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Congratulations Dundas Real McCoy's on your 2014 Allan Cup Victory! The entire week was full of energy from the volunteers, organizers and teams. I had a great time shooting for Hamilton Scores "The voice of the #HamOnt amateur sport community". All my photographs from the event can be viewed at www.Presentitphoto.com (Direct Link-2014 Allan Cup) Please enjoy my favourite picks from the tournament.
Last year I posted about the Real McCoy's because they sponsored the newly added Atom Select team. Since adopted by the DMHA they were known as the Dundas Jr. Real McCoy's. Being part of a small community it is nice to have the boys mentored by an amazing group of local hockey players. The McCoy's sponsored the boys who were in hockey limbo and gave time to run a very special practice. Read More: They Sure Are the Real McCoy | Hockey Links
On a personal note, my little guy tried out for rep that year and didn't make it. The coach of the Atom Selects was a former Real McCoy's player giving his time to share the love of the game. A wonderful parent network and commitment to the team led to lifetime experiences for our boys. These moments add growth to our children and deepens the ambition to be better hockey players. In my sons case, he wanted to try out for the rep team again. Once again he didn't make it. In light of some events he was asked to join the team. He had a great hockey year and the team building experiences are unforgettable. Now that hockey tryouts are around the corner, he has come to play. The Allan Cup Championship game has momentum that is inspiring to a young athlete. Mentorship is not only a one time moment, it is an ongoing connection and relationship.
The feedback from the 2014 Allan Cup by community members give a sense of loyalty and pride. I am pleased to present this video from the Championship day!
It was an extremely busy week. Just coming out of the OBA's in Windsor my computer hard drive failed. Creative Technologies in Burlington has worked hard to get me up and running. I hope to have a newly revised machine by the end of the week. Now among all that my daughter caught that awful hacking cold and was off school all week, my son had multiple sports-lessons and his birthday celebrations, I was shooting tons of hockey, my colleague from the Syracuse Crunch was in town to shoot the Bulldogs and I was hosting Easter Dinner. Needless to say I stopped to smell the roses in the beautiful flower bouquet from by sweetheart. Ahhhhhhhhh got it all done though!
Photo Above: Transway Bantam Girls Emotional Celebration Reclaiming their Provincial title at the OBA's
As I wind down from hockey season, I will be processing the last of the images and putting together a portfolio specific to hockey. Dave Black, SI photographer said my football is strong, but where is all the hockey? If I'm from Canada I should have more hockey in my portfolio. Well ya gotta listen and do when someone like Dave gives you advice. OH and I am very excited...no wait jumpy excited to meet with Dave Sandford-NHL photographer to gain some valuable photographic advice. It's kinda funny because I first met Dave Sandford back in 1997 at an event I was running. Yesterday when I was going through some photos I found this one one of a future NHL'r from the Whitby area. Jason Ward played in the OLA Celebrity Lacrosse Challenge. Here he is with NHL greats (L-R backrow: Adam Foot, Gary Roberts, Jason Ward, Joe Nieuwendyk, Colin Patterson. L-R Front Row: Darren Pang, Doug Gilmore, Brendan Shanahan, Stan Johnathan) all played lacrosse to improve their hockey skills.
At the time I was the Marketing Director for the OLA. I was just starting out as a photographer back then on film and we hired a professional photographer for the event to take the team shots. Such a small world to come full circle, live in a small town, support our local team and find a photo with some history. Photo: Real McCoy, Jason Ward (1997) and NHL Celebrities
The Hamilton Bulldogs (1) finished their season with a loss to the Syracuse Crunch (3) on April 20th, 2014 at FirstOntario Centre. Shout Out: Thank you Brandon Taylor, Hamilton Bulldogs photographer for sharing the glass and strobes all season. From beginning to end, it was so much fun to work with you.
Photo: Hamilton Bulldog, Mike Blunden fires one off at the Syracuse in the final game of the season. View Photos Here: http://presentitphoto.com/hamilton_bulldogs
One last shout out...THANK YOU DMHA for the feedback on the 2013- 2014 Yearbook. The positive response and the enjoyment the membership has shared has been overwhelming. It is always a lot of work for all the volunteers and community to gather and submit the images and content, but they did an amazing job! Amy Yanover, DMHA Sponsorship bent over backwards to keep the deadlines and we accomplished amazing things together as a team. It is a true pleasure to design and include my own photographs for the Dundas hockey community to enjoy for a lifetime. "The yearbooks are great...very glossy, colourful and professional! Thank you!"..."Awesome yearbook cover!"..."The yearbook is awesome and a great keepsake for our family..."Best Yearbook EVER!!!"...
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Sunnyside of Dudwick Farm, Ellon, AB41 8EH
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A 57 ha (140 ac) farm property near Ellon. Includes new build bungalow, original farmhouse, farmbuildings and Cairnhill steading. For sale as a whole or in two lots.
The original farmhouse at Sunnyside of Dudwick is a traditional one and a half storey stone and slate dwelling with a single storey extension on the east elevation. The farmhouse requires refurbishment and upgrading throughout. The accommodation comprises:
Ground Floor: Kitchen, Bathroom, Living Room, Sitting Room, Bedroom 1, Milkhouse/Store
First Floor: Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, Boxroom
The range of traditional and semi-modern farm buildings at Sunnyside of Dudwick provide general storage and livestock accommodation. The buildings, together with approximate external measurements include:
Dutch Barn - 19.5m x 9.5m
General Purpose Shed - 13m x 7.5m
General Purpose Shed/Workshop - 13.5m x 8m
Cattle Courts - 26m x 19m
Storage Shed - 7m x 6.5m
Cairnhill Steading and Former Farmhouse
Lot 1 includes Cairnhill steading and derelict farmhouse which is situated to the north of Sunnyside of Dudwick steading and accessed by an internal farm track. The traditional stone buildings are not currently in useable condition however there is a steel portal frame Dutch barn/general purpose shed which is presently utilised for farming operations. Cairnhill may provide development opportunities subject to obtaining the appropriate planning consents.
The farmland included with Lot 1 comprises 56.79Ha (140.33 acres) or thereby of IACS registered land, as per the attached farm plan. According to the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research (now The James Hutton Institute), the land is predominantly classified as grade 3(2) with small areas of grade 4(1) land to the north west. The farm lies at an altitude of between 130m and 175m above sea level. The fields are currently all in grass. Woodland strips are also included.
BPS Entitlements are not included in sale price but available by separate negotiation. All BPS Region 1 land and LFA(SD).
Sunnyside of Dudwick Bungalow
Completed in 2018, this new build dwelllinghouse provides spacious family accommodation over one level. The 3 bed property has been finished to a high standard and benefits from picturesque and far reaching views over surrounding countryside.
The internal layout and room sizes are shown on the attached plan but in summary comprises: Kitchen/Dining Room, Lounge, Utility, Office, Bathroom with separate shower, Master Bedroom, Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3, W.C.
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Sunnyside of Dudwick Farm is conveniently located around 6 miles north of Ellon and in close proximity to the A90 trunk road which, together with the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, allows access to the north, west and south of Aberdeen. The farm occupies an attractive elevated position with fine views over the surrounding Aberdeenshire countryside. The town of Ellon provides a wide range of facilities and services including shops, supermarkets, restaurants, community centre and golf course. Primary education is available at Arnage Primary School (4 miles) with secondary education provided at Ellon Academy Community Campus (8.5 miles).
Recreational opportunities nearby include the Formartine and Buchan Way which is designated as one of Scotland’s Great Trails and is a popular route with walkers and cyclists. Haddo House & Country Park and Aden Country Park are both within a 30 minute drive and provide walking paths, attractions and events throughout the year.
The City of Aberdeen (22 miles) can be reached in less than 45 minutes by car (rush hour excepted) and provides all the facilities befitting the acknowledged capital of the North Sea Oil Industry with theatre, two universities and shopping facilities far surpassing most other cities of its size. In addition, Aberdeen has a mainline railway station providing inter-city and sleeper services to the south and also an airport operating regular flights to London and other UK cities, as well as overseas destinations.
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Front Porch Punditry » News » News you can Use » Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals
#1 | Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:01 am
Former CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson, who resigned from the network earlier this month, has wasted no time in her pursuit of the truth with the launch of her new website.
The website, featuring the tagline “Untouchable Subjects. Fearless Reporting,” is designed to educate visitors about her past reporting on stories relating to the Fast and Furious scandal, Benghazi, Healthcare.gov and other topics she has covered during her career at CBS. It isn’t clear, however, whether or not she will be adding new material to the site.
Attkisson, who received Accuracy in Media’s Reed Irvine Award for Investigative Journalism in 2012 to honor her “outstanding contributions to journalism,” often swam against the mainstream media tide. Now that she has been freed from her network shackles, she is sure to be an even larger thorn in the side of the Obama administration.
http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/freed...obama-scandals/
Website: http://sharylattkisson.com/home.html
#2 | RE: Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:26 am
Thanks for the post. Her web site looks like it willl be an interesting source of information.
#3 | RE: Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:02 am
Location: Second Circle of Hell
If she wants to get the traffic up on her new site, she needs to post some selfies of her with Kim Kardashian and cute cat pics. Low Info eats that crap up....
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions – on a sesame seed bun.
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This is great. Thanks for the post!
#5 | RE: Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:33 am
Sharyl Attkisson: Always a ‘Chummy Relationship’ Between Reporters and WH
Former CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson appeared on Friday with Philadelphia-based radio host Chris Stigall where she was asked about a story that exploded on Thursday involving an accusation from a local CBS reporter who alleged that White House correspondents often submit their questions to White House Press Sec. Jay Carney in advance. The White House press corps strongly objected to this allegation, and the reporter who made this claim later walked it back.
Attkisson said that, while she did not think this was a matter of collusion between journalists and political spokespeople for some nefarious purpose, there is some form of coordination between them. Attkisson added that there is a “chummy” relationship between reporters and political spokespeople that has been a feature of Washington D.C. that predates the Obama administration.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if sometimes there is that sort of level of cooperation with some questions that want to be asked,” Attkisson said, while noting that she had not attended a press briefing in the Obama White House. She continued, for example, that press secretaries may have questions submitted in advance and the reporter will be informed that the White House would prefer that question be raised during a press briefing so that it can be printed in a variety of news outlets.
I wouldn’t be shocked if there wasn’t sometimes more coordination,” Attkisson continued. “I don’t think it’s everybody every day. In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s not. But I think people would be surprised at the level of cooperation reporters have in general with politicians.”
“It’s almost as if, I don’t know, we’re all in the same sort of club and we’re supposed to protect each other a little bit,” she added. “There is a lot of this chummy relationship, and not just under the Obama administration. There’s been that under all of them.”
http://www.mediaite.com/online/sharyl-at...porters-and-wh/
Somehow I am a tad skeptical there has been as high a level of chumminess under Republican Presidents as under Democrat, especially Obama.
#6 | RE: Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:18 am
Whaddya mean, remember how chummy Sam Donaldson and Dan Rather were with President Nixon?
#7 | RE: Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:10 pm
Quote: truthkeeper wrote in post #6
Interesting. I had not heard of that, but considering Nixon gifted up with the EPA and price controls it sounds plausible.
#8 | RE: Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:50 pm
Rufus T Firefly
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Quote: algernonpj wrote in post #7
Don't wanna speak for Truthkeeper here, but there may have been a tad bit of sarcasm there . . .
#9 | RE: Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:54 pm (Last edited: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:54 pm)
On what alternate planet did this happen on?
#10 | RE: Freed from CBS, Sharyl Attkisson Launches Website Exposing Obama Scandals Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:56 pm
Thanks, Frank. I vaguely remembered that, but not the specifics.
Quote: Rufus T Firefly wrote in post #8
Ooooohhhhhh. I see. Well then....
It will be interesting to see if Attkisson really is a whiste-blower who shines a light on the cockroaches of the Left. People blowing whistles on statist shenanigans are far fewer in number than those who tell tales on right-wing ones. And bad things DO seem to happen to them.
I could have missed that. OTH I could see the MSM cheering the price controls and EPA, then throwing Nixon under the bus for Watergate. After all Juan McAmnesty who puts an R after his name and twists himself into a pretzel 'reaching across the aisle' is quite the fair haired child, the 'maverick' R, to the MSM.
Quote: Rufus T Firefly wrote in post #12
On a side note:
When you get to be my age, they do seem to come around faster and faster
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But if you are serious about cutting the cord, you might want to invest in less-expensive, dedicated solution called a dongle. Smart TVs are great, but technology updates so quickly that it doesn't take long before the "smart" functionality becomes a bit antiquated and you probably don't want to switch out your TV every few years. Dongles include:
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Hulu is more than just a place to find some streaming originals and a lot of day-after-air shows. Last year it launched a live TV service—and it quickly became the PCMag Editors' Choice in this arena. Yeah, you pay more, but for that $39.99 you get access to the entire Hulu library we discussed above, plus lots of cable channels, including many local affiliates that stream live (depending on your location).
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Doing a truly honest inventory of which channels you can live without can reduce the pain of paying your cable bill each month. Did you know that you don't need anything more than basic cable in order to subscribe to pay channels like Starz and per-per-view events? The FCC requires cable companies to allow you to buy these premium channels without having to subscribe to higher tiers of service. So if your must-see show is on, say, HBO, maybe you can forego a fancier, more expensive plan and simply buy the channel on top of basic cable. Furthermore, expect various service charges to infect your bill. For example, you may pay a service charge for HD programming with your service provider. Also, you may face standard installation fees and activation fees. However, there are some providers that waive both standard installation and activation fees. With all this being said, these particular service charges may be subject to change.
Consumers are inundated with inaccurate information when it comes to cutting the cord. To be clear, cord cutting is not subscribing to a lot of different streaming services that would end up costing you nearly as much as the TV service that you already have. And cord cutting is not subscribing to a contractual TV service that happens to be delivered over the Internet instead of Cable or Satellite. Cord cutting means no contracts and paying only for what you want.
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The question of "when does it make sense?" can easily be rephrased as "how much money can I save?" and one of the biggest factors will be the price difference between combined internet and TV service or just internet. These are also the options that vary the most widely based on where you live, and the availability of promotions or contracts that can keep prices down for a short time.
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“Women simply aren’t funny!” says cheese company promoting cheesy jokes for Red Nose Day
Chalking another victory for the ‘confirm an existing stereotype’ PR tactic, The Sun recently declared men to be the most rib-tickling of genders:
Men really are funnier than women say 98 per cent of new poll
MEN really are funnier than women according to a new survey – which also confirmed Billy Connolly as the nation’s favourite comedian.
An overwhelming 98 per cent of the nation think men are better at telling jokes.
The hugely one-sided outcome may surprise some given the recent upsurge in the popularity of comediennes such as Miranda Hart, Sarah Millican and Jo Brand.
Source: The Sun, 21 February 2013
While this poll soemwhat debunks itself in announcing the king of comedy to be a 70 year old Scotsman whose heydays were 30 years ago, it’s worth highlighting that the panel of comedy experts who decreed that a penis instantly bestows upon its owner the gift of comedy were quizzed by… cheese company Babybel:
Katherine Flannery, of Mini Babybel, said: “As a nation, we’re well-known for our sense of humour. With the success of Miranda Hart and Sarah Millican, we were surprised to see just 2 per cent of Brits believe women to be funnier than men.”
That’s the same Babybel who are prominently trading off their support for Red Nose Day, with their website proudly challenging readers:
Tell us a cheesy joke and you could be on TV!
Here’s one for you: did you hear the one about the cheese company who thought selling outdated sexual stereotypes was a good way to support charity?
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I Worked For Free As A Young Politician, Osinbajo Tells APC Youth Aspirants
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has recounted how he worked tirelessly and for free when he newly joined politics years ago.
According to Laolu Akande, the vice-president’s spokesman, Osinbajo said this while addressing young aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.
He urged them to embrace commitment to the party and be ready to make sacrifices.
Narrating his younger days in politics, while speaking to the youth on Wednesday night, Osinbajo said he worked for years without getting any appointment.
He said: “As a young person, I belonged to several pressure groups. I graduated at the age of 21. And when I graduated, I began to participate in various pressure groups, human rights organisations, anti-corruption, civil society groups of every kind.
“When political parties started forming, we could not aspire, but we remained involved. My first involvement in government was when I was appointed as Attorney-General in Lagos State.”
Osinbajo who served as the Attorney General of Lagos state during Bola Tinubu’s tenure, said the position was his first major appointment.
Osinbajo said: “For seven years — after serving as Lagos Attorney-General — I was part of the party. I did not have a board appointment or anything, but I kept working for the party.
“I kept working for the party as a lawyer. Most of those cases, we were not paid a dime. But we went from place to place.
“Sometimes, we didn’t even have a place to stay when we went to court the next morning. So, there is a measure of paying the price, it depends on how serious or committed we are to some of the things we say we are committed to.
“We are in a place where we are the ones who can make the difference; nothing is going to change overnight, but we can make efforts to change the process.
“We can do a lot more, but it depends on our commitment. I like the idea of young people getting a quota in the party structure to run for office on some level, such as the state Houses of Assembly,” he added.
He advised the young aspirants to invest in building the party, contribute the the development of their community and the nation as a whole.
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Fold and fly
March 2, 2009 Poornima Dasharathi
It was good to see flights take-off once again at the old HAL airport last Sunday. Only, the planes that had a smooth takeoff and landing were made of paper. And the pilots were college students dressed casually in jeans and T-shirts.
Redbull Paperwings contest underway (pic:PD)
Red Bull, the energy drink maker, had organized a paper plane flying contest for college students in India for the first time, as part of a worldwide contest, held first in 2006. The qualifying rounds that were conducted in five major cities – New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai, over January-February, attracted around 150 participants.
Forty-five participants who had qualified from the city level rounds in three categories, ‘Longest Distance’, ‘Longest Airtime’ and ‘Aerobatics’ had made it to the national finals on 1st March. The grand attraction – winners in each category would get a free ride on a real plane to participate in the Red Bull Paper Wings World Championships to be held at Hangar 7, Salzburg Airport, Austria.
Redbull Paperwings participants from St. Josephs college (pic:PD)
The area in front of the erstwhile Kaveri Crafts shop inside the HAL airport was the practice arena for the contestants. The place was littered with paper planes of all shapes and sizes. Though it looked like the boys were having fun, the underlying pressure of winning the event could be seen on their faces.
Abhi, a young IITian from Chennai gave a broad smile and showed me how to make a paper plane. Clean shaven and dressed in a dark striped shirt and light coloured trousers, he looked just like a techie. He had entered the qualifying rounds when he got to know of this contest ‘by chance’ through his friend. Now, here he was in the finals, practising for the longest distance category.
The long hall, previously the over-crowded check-in area for domestic flights at HAL airport, was used as the venue for the finals. Each participant was cheered and the Bangalore-based participants naturally had the highest support. The event had its share of glamour as young women from the local colleges cheered for their ‘guy’ to win.
Have you ever tried throwing a paper plane at home? Chances are it wouldn’t have gone too far. That’s probably because you are not Karan Shah, a bespectacled, studious looking Poddar College student from Mumbai. His plane flew an amazing 29.25 meters, winning the ‘Longest Distance’ prize comfortably.
There were paper gliders on show, too. With wide wings and blunted edges, these gliders could stay airborne for longer. Ryan Gibbs from St. Joseph’s, Bangalore, who won the ‘Longest Airtime’ prize – his plane spent 7.16 seconds before landing – explained that this design was used by other participants worldwide. The world record in this category is 27.6 seconds. Gibbs has a long way to go if he has to win the World Championship in Austria.
The third category, aerobatics, provided the best entertainment. Not only were the planes very creative, the participants put up a colourful show. While one participant came in a multi-colour costume and a bushy wig, another came in a Formula One racing suit complete with a helmet. Creativity in outfit and plane design were important criteria to win this category. This category also attracted the sole girl participant in the entire event.
Winners of the Redbull Paperwings contest, India finals (pic: Poornima Dasharathi)
Bipin Chinappa, a student from of CMR Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore was the most creative. Wearing a cardboard prop shaped like a plane, he strode in and flew his planes. He justified his costume with irrefutable logic – “I believe any pilot should be in a plane to fly a plane”.
As the judges announced the scores, Chinappa’s face broke into a huge grin. He was the crowd’s favourite and everybody was sure he would win; until Shailesh from VSM Aerospace stepped in and equalled his score taking the contest to a tie-breaker.
Unfortunately for Chinappa, his cardboard plane prop gave way. However, his paper planes put up a much better performance, and in the end it was his planes’ better flying power that won him the ticket to Austria. Chinappa’s relieved smile said it all.
There was a sizeable crowd, comprising mostly of college students. There were a few Red Bull representatives who stood at the entrance and distributed much-needed energy drinks to all. There was also some fantastic acrobatics by Pranjal and group, an amateur college dance troupe that entertained the spectators during the breaks.
The three finalists who won the Austria trip were cheered and envied by others. “The feeling has not yet sunk in” said a tired Gibbs after the photo shoots, “and obviously I’ll have to practice harder for the next event”. But for the day he was the hero as his friends planned to celebrate his win in style.
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Poornima is our correspondent for Heritage & Features. She also runs a heritage and culture themed travel outfit called Unhurried.
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Rohini Mascarenhas says:
Yeah!!! your probably missed one of the most happening evnts of the quarter:):)…
It was a great event,awesome set up and a brilliant atmosphere. The most appropriate way to spend a sunday afternoon to tell you the truth… Im sure everyone who was there will agree.
Anyhow, its time for the finalists from India to really put themselves to the test. The world final is happening on the 1st and 2nd of May and they are going to be flown down to Hangar 7 in Austria to face the best of the best from over 85 countries. Its a great experience and good exposure for all of them. THey have been busy practising and getting prepared for thr Finals and will be representing India in the event.
Wishing them all the luck they need for the Finals.
Poornima Dasharathi says:
Glad you liked it. The whole ambience was fun.. college days where flying a paper plane in the class is an offence, these college guys were actually licensed to fly a paper plane and won prizes:)
Deepa Mohan says:
I didn’t know about this event at all, or I would have been there…just when I felt I had missed something, I saw your article! Thank you, Poornima.
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by Zachary Ho - Aug 1, 2018
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Perodua established its National Technical Skill Contest in 1997 and has since been using it as a platform to help its after-sales personnel improve their knowledge, standards and skill. This is particularly helpful in 2018 as Perodua is forecasting a record 2.14 million service intakes this year.
The Perodua National Technical Skill Contest puts service advisors, foremen, mechanics, and for the first time this year, Body & Paint service advisors, through a series of tough customer-related scenarios.
This year’s contest was among the largest Perodua has ever conducted, with more than 2,000 after-sales staff across the country, from dealers as well as branches, taking part in the preliminary round in February.
“Participants are judged on how correctly, thoroughly, quickly and efficiently they solve the issues given, and not just from a technical perspective – they also have to demonstrate a strong focus on the all-important Customer Satisfaction,” said Perodua Sales Sdn Bhd Managing Director Dato’ Dr Zahari Husin.
The national finals was held recently (19 July) and saw mechanics Nur Adilin Mohd Yusuf (KK1 branch) and Muhd Izuan Kamarul Baharin (Nagoya Automobile), foremen Jamaluddin Ja’asa (Seremban branch) and Felix Chee Tuin (Posh Auto), service advisors Noor Faziha Md Anas (Ipoh2 branch) and Siti Fatimah Abu Samah (Roda Juara), as well as Body & Paint service advisor Arthur James (KK1 branch) emerge as winners.
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Rajasthan Part 2
I had tried very hard to book a flight from Jaisalmer to Jaipur. There is an airport, a former military one, and I have seen pictures of the finished terminal. However, despite lots of comments about ‘opening soon’ dating from 2012, it still isn’t. So, we faced our longest drive of the trip. Long enough we had to break it into two with a stop in Nimaaz and it would still be an 8-hour trek just to get there. Although it didn’t take long to leave the desert, the villages along the way had that same forlorn look; families living on the side of the road, cows and goats and dogs. I had been keeping a road kill count and got to three dead cows, five dead dogs, a goat and a lamb. Then, we saw our first dead guy and it wasn’t funny anymore. We think he was punted off his scooter by one of the big trucks and lay in a crumpled heap on the roadside surrounded by about 20 people. He was the first but wouldn’t be the last.
We hit Nimaaz at dusk and promptly got lost. With instructions via mobile phone we finally made it to our hotel (The Lakshman Sagar) an hour later in the dark. Tonight, we were splitting up as the 5-star tented hotel only had one room for Hubert and Nicole. We were a bit nervous about that but we were in for a pleasant surprise. This small property with 8 bungalows is a former hunting lodge. The trek to your room up and down rocky trails by flashlight is daunting but the charming stone and mud hut we found was very cool with a large bedroom, living room with fireplace, a nice big terrace with plunge pool overlooking a small lake and Australian Shiraz in the fridge. We were invited to have cocktails at a large fire pit in front of the main building where we met an American who was doing a bit of a tour following his brothers wedding in Delhi. Dinner was lovely and sleep came quickly in the total silence except for a roaring fire they started for us.
Good thing we slept as we were up for the nature walk at 7:30. Equipped with hand-whittled walking sticks we walked the cliffs around the lake following a herd of antelope that were just below us. Then, we descended the hill and walked through a field to have our ‘Field Breakfast’. The lodge arranges for a local farmers wife and daughters to cook a traditional breakfast outside that’s served on a white tablecloth with white cloth covered couches. No idea all of what we ate but there was fresh buttermilk that Ellen churned (a bit), various breads with yoghurt and ghee. It was really different, very good and the farmer’s kids were charming providing me with the best picture of the entire trip. Great place. Not 5-star but so glad we got to see it and experience a little bit of real life.
Lakshman Sagar
Field breakfast
Farmer's kids
On the road again. This time another six hours to Jaipur with a stop in Pushkar. A little town famous for its camel fair and auction that brings 50,000 camels to dress up and sell in November. Pretty good turnout given there are only 14,000 people living in Pushkar. The town also has one of the few Brahmin temples (locals say it is the only one but there are four more in India). Legend has it, Lord Brahma shed a tear on the death of his wife and one of the tears created a pond. That rather large pond now has 52 ‘ghats’, bathing places for the worshippers who arrive at the rate of 6,000 a day. We go to the temple and I take a pass as it requires removing shoes for the 10th time and a half block walk through the cow crap filled street to the temple. By the look on the faces of my compatriots when they returned, I made a good call. Nicole threw her socks out of the window of the van.
So much for Pushkar. We speed along to Jaipur. The capital of Rajasthan this city feels different. Perhaps because it was the first planned city in India, divided into seven sectors separated by broad boulevards 34 meters wide. We arrive at the Oberoi Rajvillas, a 32 acre property complete with its own restored 280 year old temple and a Rajasthani mansion that now serves as its spa. The drive from Pushkar was less than 5 hours and we settle into our tented villa, dinner and an early night.
The next morning we head out to The Amber Fort, the most spectacular we’ve seen so far; especially with the added attraction of an elephant ride to the top. They use 100 female elephants for the steep uphill trek and you sit sideways having stepped into the ‘ howdah’ from an elevated platform. We are told to pay the ‘mahout’ (the person who steers the elephant) a 50 rupees tip. I give him 100 and he complains. He wants 200 or he won’t let us off. For some reason I feel I’m being gouged for the extra $1.50 and I refuse. It takes the cops to move him along for our exit.
The fort, built in 1592 is fabulous. The Hall of Mirrors has inlaid pieces of mirrored glass by the thousands. It is said; the light of one candle reflecting from all the glass can light the huge room. The museum is excellent and while everyone is in the bookshop I pet a cobra outside. Yes, one of India’s million remaining snake charmers has set up shop on the exit ramp. While their craft was banned in 1972 due to cruelty to the cobras, these remaining ones formed a union and continue today although largely as snake removal specialists. This particular snake has had its venom glands removed that shows by the indentations behind the eyes, some have their mouths sewn shut or their fangs plugged with wax or broken off. Still, it is quite a rush to see it rising from the basket and spreading its hood.
We are liking Jaipur. It is known as the ‘Pink City’ as the buildings were all tinted rose pink after an experiment with different colors to cut down the suns glare for a visit by the Prince of Wales in 1876. Next up we head for the ‘Palace of the Winds’, an extraordinary 5 story façade built in 1799 with 953 lattice covered windows to allow the royal ladies to view the street unseen. But, it is a façade with only small rooms and access corridors behind it. The lattice is designed in such a way as to create a ‘venturi’ effect cooling the small interiors. Traffic in this area is horrible and getting out for a closer look is impossible on this day. We missed the small museum inside.
Jaipur is known for its shopping. Nicole remembers a place from a previous visit and we wind up seeing everything Jaipur has to offer under one roof. First we are shown block printing; hand made blocks, five or more in succession, dipped in different colored dyes and applied perfectly to cloth in layers. Then, a woman weaving carpet on a loom followed by a man torching the back of a carpet with a gas flame to remove all the bits. We are taken upstairs and shown fabulous carpets; some that take a year to make. One was a gorgeous 8 by 12 blue grey and he was asking $3,000 USD. Unsure of our sizing needs we pass and it was a mistake. In the courtyard dozens of workers are assembling, staining, distressing furniture while others are hand carving elephants the size of a small car. The hand block printing guy calls me over on the way out and gave me the little elephant he created for us. A place where you could spend hours. We did.
We had a final dinner with Hubert and Nicole in the Oberoi’s Indian restaurant as they were heading off to see tigers in Ranthanbore and we were going on to Agra. The restaurant staff took us into the open kitchen where we were shown how to make their wonderful ‘Naan’ bread by slapping it on the walls of a Tandoori oven. In the morning we saw our friends off and Ellen went to meet her sandalwood bead supplier in town. Getting to his factory was an adventure in its own right but successful in the end. The government tightly controls endangered sandalwood releasing from its own warehouse stock annually. Big business. Most go into the large and elaborate carvings, the scraps made into beads. This one guy buys 60 tons of it a year.
On to Agra and the Taj Mahal. Jaipur to Agra is one of our shorter trips and Ellen and I are alone with Mr. Singh now as Hubert and Nicole have another car. We are staying at another Oberoi, the Amarvillas, which is directly in front and 600 meters from the Taj we are told. It’s not. It would be more like 1,200 meters, if you could even see it through the smoke and fog. While the grounds here look lovely this is not the most impressive of the Oberois we have stayed at. It feels older and more than a bit tired. Our guide advises us that the fog and smoke could burn off the next day by around noon and to see Agra Fort and the Baby Taj first. Turned out to be good advice as in the morning we couldn’t see 100 feet. It is winter in Rajasthan and, in the morning, people light hundreds of small fires on the street for warmth and cooking. Mixed with the fog it hangs like a blanket over the city.
Oberoi Agra
Agra Fort is enormous. Its 70-foot tall red sandstone walls date from Akbars rule in 1558 but there was a fort on this spot since the 11th century. Shaped like a bow or a crescent, it once had 500 buildings within its walls but most were destroyed by Shah Jahan, Akbar’s grandson, for his more preferred white marble. Now, only 30 red stone buildings remain. This place has an amazing history but it will always be best known as the prison where Shaw Jahan’s son kept him for the last 8 years of his life. Everyday he could stare at the Taj Mahal downriver where his beloved wife Mumtaz was entombed before joining her in 1666 when he died at age 74.
Finally we arrive at the Taj Mahal. Built by Shaw Jahan in 1632 as a memorial for his wife Mumtaz who had died giving birth to their 14th child.
The Taj was built from white marble dragged by elephants from quarries 400 KM’s away. It took 20,000 workers 12 years to build and created much discontent as Shaw Jahan diverted food from locals to his craftsmen. It is nothing less than spectacular but it is when you get up close that you are completely overwhelmed. Time to speak of ‘Pietra Dura’. At the Taj and other palaces it is the art of carving out intricate patterns in marble and filling them perfectly with inlays of precious and semi precious stones. The entire face of the Taj is covered in it. It appears seamless with no rough edges or grout showing. Practiced in Italy from the early 17th century and dating back to Roman times it was adapted by Indian artisans and is still a major industry in Agra today.
The Taj is without question one of the most beautiful structures in the world, full of mystery and rife with optical illusions created by its Persian architect. The four minarets lean slightly outward in order that views from a distance keep them perfectly straight. It also ensures that in an earthquake the minarets would fall outward v/s on to the Taj itself. Then, there is the enduring love story of Shaw Jahan and Mumtaz who met at ages 14 and 15, lived a fantastic life that ended sadly until they were joined again and remain forever in the crypt below the Taj floor.
And then, we are done. The 200 KM’s back to Delhi are on a new superhighway, almost empty due to the heavy tolls. Now the trip takes less than three hours versus the 7 hours on the old road. Just as our driver is telling us this we come upon a horrific accident, a shock as we have seen almost no cars or trucks. It seems a few hours ago 7 big trucks and 3 cars barreled into a wall of fog leaving a field of carnage; dumped loads, crushed cars and smashed trucks. From the look of it, many fatalities and for the next few miles we saw flattened cars being dragged to the next exit by tractors. Road kill count went way up we think.
And that is India, more particularly Rajasthan. Shocking poverty, endless piles of garbage, filthy streets, thousands of wandering cows and crumbling infrastructure all covered in the grime of life. Then, there are the gorgeous Oberois, the unforgettable Umaid Palace, the incredible forts and, finally, the sheer beauty and elegance of the Taj Mahal. And, in the end, Hubert and Nicole saw their tiger. Just one but the biggest and oldest in the park walking slowly right beside their open truck. Damn, sorry we missed that.
Rajasthan. You won’t like all of it but you have to see it. It is spectacular.
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I asked recent MFA grad, Tom Hatcher, about his translations of Romanian poetry. Tom began his translation work in David Keplinger’s seminar on translation when he was introduced to the Romanian poet, Claudiu Komartin. Tom’s translations of Komartin’s work have been published in Poetry International and Pleiades. You can read some of Tom’s work here.
How did you connect with your poet? What initially drew you to his work?
I was quite lucky. Early in the semester David Keplinger invited a guest speaker, the Turkish poet Yaprak Oz. My colleague Nancy Kidder translated Yaprak’s work the year prior. I’ll never forget that day when David asked Yaprak to recommend poets we might translate. She wrote down Claudiu Komartin on the chalkboard, underlined it, and said, “He is genius.” My sister-in-law is Romanian, so I took this as a sign! I found Claudiu on Facebook that night and shortly after he sent me a PDF of his third book, Cobalt. As I scrolled through the book, I was blown away by his attention to detail and by the amount of variations in form.
As you were crafting these translations, were you communicating with Komartin and seeking his input? How collaborative was this process?
David Keplinger had us write three variations of each poem—a literal, formal, and connotative—which we then workshopped. I sent Claudiu copies of my translations only after the workshop and subsequent revision process. After reviewing my translations, Claudiu sent me some notes over Facebook Messenger and we had an incredible three-hour conversation as we sent ideas back and forth. Shortly after, I sent the poems out.
Did David Keplinger’s Seminar on Translation help you develop a specific theory on translation? What about the course helped guide you as you worked with Komartin’s poetry?
David Keplinger’s Seminar on Translation was not at all what I expected. I initially thought we would be studying the grammars of other languages, but instead we took a more heuristic approach. David showed us new ways of deconstructing language. We read excellent examples of translation. Above all, David taught me the joy of alternate word choice. He would have us try to translate idiomatic expressions—the untranslatable—and I loved the exercise of finding words that fit the puzzle. Ultimately I learned that there can never be a perfect translation, so it provides a forgiving place to experiment with language.
How has translating affected your writing practice? Do you find there is a difference in your work because you’ve done these translations?
Translation helped me understand my motives for writing. I found that the creative energy I exerted in translation was much different than in my own writing. Because I didn’t need a muse to get started, I was able to develop new approaches to writing. And because I didn’t have a creative axe to grind, I could focus entirely on the language. It reinvented my revision practice in my own writing. It showed me I could write without worrying about having everything figured out.
What were the greatest challenges in translating Komartin’s work? Does Romanian present unique language challenges that cannot be precisely replicated in English?
Being a Romantic language, Romanian translates rather smoothly, besides the vague gender pronoun “it.” Komartin’s poetry toes an interesting line between traditional and modern. While his poems are contemporary and filled with references to technology, they sometimes include archaic gestures. For instance, in the yet-to-be-published “Simple Poem,” Komartin mentions two women burying leaves, which is a Romanian ritual that demonstrates shame. Of course, we have no such tradition here in America, so I had to come up with a way of demonstrating this. I chose “burying leaves, burying someone’s shame,” which is about one of many great options Claudiu’s voice afforded me.
In “Preparations”— an incredibly stunning poem, that I love—the speaker addresses a woman who claims “that she does not understand and does not wish to understand something from my poems.” While I’m also deeply moved by some of the subsequent language in the poem (in particular, “turning the skin of a young turkey inside out”) these opening lines stick with me as they seem to fly in the face of the goal of a translation, an act that opens up a poem to new audiences so that they can comprehend what was originally indecipherable to them. What drew you to this poem, and did you think at all about what it might mean to translate a poem that contends with, at least in my interpretation, the idea that words and poetry may prove meaningless and “baffling?”
Claudiu Komartin loves to write about writing. He often writes about his own creative process and his frustrations with writing in a humble way. I find this meta approach to be one of his most charming qualities—he does not pretend to be anyone but himself. This poem feels like it was written after a particularly disheartening poetry workshop.
What formal elements in “something essential about dreams” did you want to preserve in your translation? In a way, the poem reads as a sort of sleepless stream of consciousness, and feels almost dream-like. Did this poem have a similar appearance in Romanian?
I’m glad it gives you that feeling—that certainly was Komartin’s intention. This was the poem that most struck me from Cobalt. I love the way the dual medial caesuras pass by each other like stalactites and stalagmites in a cave of words. I did my best to replicate the original, which was arranged by a graphic designer. That version has more crisp white space. The limitations of using Word made formatting this poem one of my greatest challenges during translation.
Were there elements of these poems that felt “untranslatable?” Did you have any particular difficulty in crafting some of these poems most memorable and beautifully unique lines?—I’m thinking specifically of “insect with a nanny soul” in “(I want to believe you)” and “You and I were two knives thrust in the grass together,” in “Together 1000 W.”
Those lines are the literal translations! My translation workshop wanted me to re-think “an insect with a nanny soul” and, believe me, I thought about it for quite a while. But David championed the line, and I just fell in love with the sheer weirdness of it. That’s when I knew it was as close to perfect as a translation can get.
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Vince Granata is a staff editor at Café MFA and a third-year candidate in American University’s Creative Writing MFA program.
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ConAgra Considering Move to Chicago: Omaha Employees Worried
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner offered tax incentives to the giant food company ConAgra earlier this year to entice them away from Omaha, Nebraska and set up shop in Chicago.
According to the Chicago Tribune these tax incentives corresponds with other reports that the owner of popular food brands such as Swiss Miss, Chef Boyardee and Slim Jim is getting closer to making the move to Chicago. The Tribune reports that ConAgra is considering renting a space in downtown Chicago’s Merchandise Mart which can hold upwards of 1,000 employees.
It is not known what Rauner’s incentives to ConAgra exactly were, and his offered was complicated by the fact that he later gave the order to halt similar tax incentives. The Tribune’s source said that the Governor still plans to honor his original offer.
Meanwhile, back in Omaha, where ConAgra has been located for almost 100 years, since 1922, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts is quilting together his own proposal with incentives to keep ConAgra at home despite the fact that his proposal is said to go beyond what the government can legally do.
According to the Omaha-World Herald the governor said:
“We are not restricting this to what is on the books. We are willing to work with them in whatever way necessary to help them be competitive in their industry.”
However the report was not enough to keep ConAgra employees from worrying. In another story from the World Herald it was reported that ConAgra CEO Sean Connolly warned that job cuts are coming, and that some ConAgra employees have even listed their homes for sale.
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US government shut down for the second time this year
By : Brain Carroll
Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blocked a vote on a bipartisan budget agreement that raises spending caps for two years and funds the government through March 23, 2018.
The bill now moves to the House. The reason I’m here tonight is to put people on the spot.
McConnell and Schumer figured they’d get that agreement.
Congress again failed to carry out its most basic duty Thursday, shutting down the USA government after a Republican senator single-handedly held up a key vote in the chamber. But it would be costly and highlight a basic shift in Republican thinking.
The deal raises spending caps on discretionary spending by almost $300 billion over two years.
Trump’s tweets came after Republican Sen.
“Now we have Republicans hand in hand with Democrats offering us trillion-dollar deficits”, he said. “The deficit is going to increase significantly within the next few years because we haven’t done a balanced budget, we’ve just done CRs [continuing resolutions]”. Really who is to blame? Both parties now can claim credit for fully funding the military.
Then it’s on to the House, where voting is expected to be held some time between 4 AM and 6 AM ET.
The rebellion that simmered among Republicans and Democrats over the bipartisan budget agreement boiled over when dogged Senator Rand Paul refused to allow the Senate to act expeditiously to pass the spending measure.
Final passage of the bill would remove some uncertainty from USA financial markets at a turbulent time. The S&P 500 slumped 3.8 per cent. When you control the executive, the legislative, the judiciary, the majority of state houses in this country, basically everything that happens is on your shoulders, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and these shutdowns have been incredibly ugly and they show that Republicans are completely unwilling not only to work with one another, but to ever reach across the aisle and say, “Hey, Democrats”.
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget “is now preparing for a lapse in appropriations”, an OMB official said on condition of anonymity, calling on lawmakers to get the measure to Trump’s desk “without delay”.
Pelosi planned to vote against the bill.
The immigration debate drove the shutdown last month, as Democrats pushed McConnell to agree to prioritize the issue, but it had not been part of more recent budget negotiations, despite Trump’s nudging. Conservatives objected to how much money it spends, and Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, voted against it since it excludes a deal on immigration. Trump announced that program, which protects immigrants from deportation, will end on March 5.
But passage in the House was not assured amid opposition from some Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
“I think this has been a very useful debate”, Mr Paul said shortly before the vote.
But Pelosi said Ryan’s words fell short, accusing him of not having “the courage to lift the shadow of fear from the lives of” Dreamers who face the prospect of deportation.
As a fallback, Flake said he’ll propose extending young immigrants’ protections for three years and providing three years’ worth of border money. Democrats have balked at those terms.
Trump echoed those concerns but said that in order to secure Democratic votes for the package, more spending “on things we do not like or want” was necessary.
Pelosi’s support for the budget deal will be vital because Ryan will nearly certainly not be able to pass spending increases over objections from his conservative flank, including the Freedom Caucus, without relying on Democratic votes. Caucus chairman Mark Meadows called it “eye-popping and eyebrow-raising”.
Trump signs United States spending bill ending government shutdown
Trump signs US budget bill to end government shutdown
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Save The River Appoints Executive Director
August 24th, 2018 | Posted by Margaret Hummel
Save The River announced today that John Peach has been appointed to serve as the executive director and Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper. Peach had been serving as the interim executive director since mid-June while a search committee received applications from potential candidates. Peach previously served on Save The River’s board of directors for nearly two decades.
“John was the obvious and overwhelming first choice as the new executive director. His years of experience in not-for-profits along with his love of our River made him an easy selection,” said Jeff Garnsey, president of Save The River’s board of directors. “John brings with him the energy to guide our organization as well as hands-on experience to make the tough decisions required by the position.”
“My passion is that Save The River remains strong in our work to protect the Upper St. Lawrence River through advocacy, education, and research,” said Peach. “Now that Plan 2014 has been approved and is in operation, it will allow Save The River to focus on key river issues such as plastics in the River and water column, the very real threat of aquatic invasive species including Asian Carp, pollution from river municipalities, residential sewages, and agriculture run-off, and the threat of diversion of our precious fresh water. Save The River’s In the Schools and On the Water programs placed 950 students and 37 educators out on the River this year for hands-on scientific education. Our Common Tern restoration program in conjunction with Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) saw a record-breaking number of Tern chicks banded. Our Beach Watch water quality analysis of six swimming sites is now its twentieth year, and our shoalmarkers continue to guide River boaters safely around many of the area’s most treacherous shoals.”
John joined Save The River’s board in 2000 and has served in several key roles including as president from 2004-2007, on the executive committee, and most recently as treasurer leading the finance committee. He is an active volunteer in Save The River’s Common Tern Monitoring program and shoal marking program and will continue his work in these programs while serving as executive director. Prior to his retirement several years ago, Peach worked as an international business consultant in fields including arts, oceanographic research, environmental, and pharmaceuticals. He and his wife Pat call Huckleberry Island near Ivy Lea home for a significant portion of the year; their children and grandchildren represent the fifth and sixth generations of family living in the Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River region.
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Save The River Remembers Ken Deedy
Save The River remembers Ken Deedy, Board of Directors Emeriti
Ken Deedy served on the Board of Directors from the mid-80s to 90s, a pivotal time in Save The River’s history as the organization developed dynamic programs engaging River residents and established a stable financial foundation with a permanent home in Clayton. Ken was an earnest and enthusiastic member of Save The River, someone who saw the big picture and was full of ideas for synergistic collaboration.
“I was very fortunate to come to know Ken over the last twenty years. He was one of the most intense individuals I’ve ever met when speaking about protecting our beloved Thousand Islands. Always generous with his time and money, he was usually in the lead on any project that benefited The River,” said John Peach, Executive Director of Save The River. “So it was no surprise to us when we learned that one of Ken’s final acts of generosity was to create the ‘Kenneth Deedy Environmental Internship Fund’ to benefit the work of Save The River, Thousand Islands Land Trust, and Minna Anthony Common Nature Center and ensure that these organizations continue to work together for the common good of The River.”
The Board and staff of Save The River are humbled and inspired by the example set by Ken in his work to protect the St. Lawrence River.
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By Chris in Science Publishing
For seven years, Jeffrey Beall, an academic librarian at the University of Colorado, maintained a blacklist of open-access Journals, which according to his criteria were questionable and untrustworthy. This list was mostly meant as a resource to warn the research community about predatory journals that would charge fees but did not provide appropriate publishing services, such …
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Fundamental research: how much is it worth?
By David in Science funding, Science Publishing
Certain scientific leaders believe that funding for science should be allocated, not based on the relative ‘trendiness’ or ‘impact’ of projects, but rather according to the acumen — either potential or proven — of the practitioners. One champion of this ethos is the President of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a certain Prof. Helmut Schwarz, …
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By Chris in Science policy, Science Publishing
Hardly any topic in scientific publishing generates as much attention, debate and frequent outbursts as the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), calculated by Thomson Reuters. Long recognized for it’s inherently flawed nature in determining the quality of individual research articles or contributions (and performance) of individual scientists, it is unfortunately still frequently used as a means …
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I’m not entirely sure what I was expecting before I left my flat this Saturday to join fellow scientists and science-fans on the March for Science in London. Demonstrations against Brexit and the Women’s March earlier this year were still on my mind, I guess, and probably contributed to my anticipation of large crowds. When …
EU influence on UK science
By Chris in At the bench, Science communication, Science funding, Science policy
There are many reasons why academics are dreading the possibility of a Brexit: the loss of EU science funding is one of them, access to highly qualified lab personnel another. Euroskeptics keep insisting that we invest more than we get out. But how much does the UK actually contribute to EU research programmes – and …
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Cell reprogramming: a new era
By Chris in Stem cells
I recently had the opportunity to produce an article about cell identity & reprogramming together with the Eurostemcell team, Thomas Graf and Austin Smith. Our body contains several hundred different types of specialised cells. Each cell has very specific features that enable it to do its job. Yet every cell in your body contains the same genes …
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The science of getting drunk
By Chris in Neuroscience
At the end of last year the media was full of articles about Professor David Nutt’s proposal to develop a drug that mimics the effect of alcohol without creating a hangover. Not surprisingly, this caused major discussions. Besides the legal concerns of replacing alcohol with another psychoactive drug, his suggestion came attached to a call for funding which was seen as …
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Patient consultation rate and clinical and NHS outcomes: a cross-sectional analysis of English primary care data from 2.7 million patients in 238 practices
Sarah Lay-Flurrie1Email author,
Edouard Mathieu1,
Clare Bankhead1,
Brian D. Nicholson1,
Rafael Perera-Salazar1,
Tim Holt1,
F. D. Richard Hobbs1Email authorView ORCID ID profile,
Chris Salisbury2 and
on behalf of the NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Received: 14 November 2018
Published: 6 April 2019
Primary care workload is high and increasing in the United Kingdom. We sought to examine the association between rates of primary care consultation and outcomes in England.
Cross sectional observational study of routine electronic health care records in 283 practices from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink from April 2013 to March 2014. Outcomes included mortality rate, hospital admission rate, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) performance and patient satisfaction. Relationships between consultation rates (with a general practitioner (GP) or nurse) and outcomes were investigated using negative binomial and ordinal logistic regression models.
Rates of GP and nurse consultation (per patient person-year) were not associated with mortality or hospital admission rates: mortality incidence rate ratio (IRR) per unit change in GP/ nurse consultation rate = 1.01, 95% CI [0.98 to 1.04]/ 0.97, 95% CI [0.93 to 1.02]; hospital admission IRR per unit change in GP/ nurse consultation rate = 1.02, 95% CI [0.99 to 1.04]/ 0.98, 95% CI [0.94 to 1.032]. Higher rates of nurse but not GP consultation were associated with higher QOF achievement: OR = 1.91, 95% CI [1.39 to 2.62] per unit change in nurse consultation rate vs. OR = 1.04, 95% CI [0.87 to 1.24] per unit change in GP consultation rate. The association between the rates of GP/ nurse consultations and patient satisfaction was mixed.
There are few associations between primary care consultation rates and outcomes. Previously identified demographic and staffing factors, rather than practice workload, appear to have the strongest relationships with mortality, admissions, performance and satisfaction. Studies with more detailed patient-level data would be required to explore these findings further.
Primary care workload in England increased by 16% between 2007 and 2014, [1] and similar large increases have been observed in secondary care [2]. The relationship between greater demand on primary care, or improved access, to primary care and outcomes such as secondary care use, mortality, satisfaction and quality of care is unclear.
Higher consultation rates might imply improved access to care with greater health care provision which could be associated with improvements in these outcomes. For example, patients in practices which provide more consultations might be less likely to use hospital services, owing to the fact that they do not experience difficulties accessing primary care. Alternatively, an increased consultation rate might indicate inadequate clinical triage and excessive practice workload. This might lead to a reduction in quality of care, worse patient outcomes and greater use of secondary health care resources. Such potential relationships are important for health service planning but are poorly understood.
Previous research has examined the association between continuity of care and hospital admissions, [3] but has largely been conducted at the patient level and has focussed on the route of admission [4, 5] or admission for specific conditions [6]. Similar research examining access to primary care and mortality has also been conducted at the patient level, [7] or in specific patients groups, [8] outside of the United Kingdom setting [9, 10]. Studies of quality of care have focussed on staffing levels, [11] which may fail to capture variation in time spent consulting rather than administrative tasks. Finally, studies of practice factors associated with patient satisfaction have not assessed consultation rates explicitly, but used data regarding patient experience of making an appointment, or list size and staff headcounts as proxies [12, 13].
We therefore explore the association between clinical and service outcomes (mortality, hospital admission rates, quality of care, and patient satisfaction) and consultation rates in primary care, at the general practice level.
Consultation and patient demographic data were obtained from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), a research database of anonymised UK patient records [14]. English practices consenting to CPRD’s data linkage scheme were included in the study if they contributed data covering any part of the study period (1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014), and were defined as “up-to-standard” (CPRD definition of continuous high quality data recording fit for use in research).
CPRD data were linked to patient-level death registration data from the Office for National Statistics, inpatient Hospital Episodes Statistics data and Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) deprivation data. These datasets were further linked to practice-level data on staffing, [15] rurality, [16] patient satisfaction and quality of care. Patient satisfaction data were drawn from the General Practice Patient Survey (GPPS) [17]. Quality of care data were drawn from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), which is a financial incentive scheme that resources practices for performing certain evidence-based tasks in patients with chronic conditions [18, 19]. Patient level data was provided directly by CPRD and practice level data was downloaded from NHS digital (formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre). The protocol for this study was approved by the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (ISAC protocol number 15_120R).
Consultations in CPRD represent distinct openings of the clinical record, coded according to the type of contact, using 51 separate codes. These were grouped into the following consultation types: face-to-face surgery consultations, telephone contacts, home visits, administrative, and other. Equivalently, staff roles are coded using 67 separate codes, which we grouped into general practitioner (GP), nurse, other clinicians, and administrative roles [1]. This analysis was restricted to face-to-face, telephone or visit consultations with a GP or nurse. Patient level data for consultation, mortality and hospital admission rates were aggregated at the practice level (total number of GP/ nurse consultations, deaths and admissions). Data on age, gender and deprivation were also aggregated (percentage of patients who were female, percentage of patients aged over 64 and percentage of patients in the most deprived quintile of IMD). Continuous data on staffing, rurality, QOF performance and patient satisfaction data were grouped (e.g. into deciles) prior to linkage with patient-level data. This was a requirement of the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) to CPRD, to limit the possibility of identifying individual CPRD practices.
Negative binomial regression models were used to examine the association between consultation rate and mortality/ hospital admission rates, with GP and nurse consultation rates examined separately. To account for patients and practices that only contributed data for part of the study period, the number of deaths/ admissions was modelled as the outcome variable with an offset term/ explanatory variable for the total patient person years of observation. Ordinal logistic regression models were used to examine the association between consultation rate and overall QOF performance score (decile, highest decile indicates best performance) and seven separate domains of patient satisfaction (decile, highest decile indicates greatest satisfaction, see Table 1).
Domains of patient satisfaction from the GP Patient Survey
Patient satisfaction domain
Able to get an appointment to see or speak to someone (% of patients responding “Yes”)
Convenience of appointment (% of patients responding “Convenient”)
How long until actually saw or spoke to GP / nurse (% of patients responding “Same or next day”)
Is GP surgery currently open at times that are convenient (% of patients responding “Yes”)
Ease of getting through to someone at GP surgery on the phone (% of patients responding “Easy”)
Frequency of seeing preferred GP (% of patients responding “Always” or “Almost always”)
Recommending GP surgery to someone (% of patients responding “Yes”)
The following variables were included in all models, without selection: GP/nurse consultation rate (number of face-to-face, visit and telephone consultations with a GP/ nurse per patient person year), percentage of patients who were female, percentage of patients aged over 64, percentage of patients in the most deprived quintile of IMD, number of full-time equivalent (FTE) GPs/ nurses per 1000 patients, practice rurality (urban vs. rural) and practice training status (practice contains at least one trainee GP vs. none). List size was also included in the models for QOF performance and patient satisfaction, but not in the models for mortality/ admission rates due to collinearity with the person-years of observation offset term. Finally, the GPPS response rate was included in all models for patient satisfaction. For all models, complete case analysis was carried out. Factors were assessed for statistical significance at the 5% level.
In total, 316 English practices were eligible for inclusion in our study. There were missing data on the number of FTE GPs in two practices and on the number of FTE nurses in 31 practices, hence we analysed data from 283 practices (90%). Characteristics of these 283 practices are presented in Table 2 and according to tertile of consultation rate for GPs and nurses in Additional file 1 : Tables S1 and S2 respectively. The distribution of practices in each decile of QOF performance and GPPS domain are given in the online supplement (Additional file 1: Table S3).
Practice characteristics (N = 283)
Mean (SD)/ N (%)
GP consultation rate (per patient person-year)
Nurse consultation rate (per patient person-year)
FTE GPs per 1000 patients
FTE Nurses per 1000 patients
Percentage of patients in most deprived quintile of IMD
Percentage of patients female
50.7 (1.50)
Percentage of patients over 64 years old
Number of deaths in 2013
Number of hospital admissions in 2013
List size
Patient person years of follow-up in 2013
Training practice (yes)
Urban practice (yes)
Consultation rate, mortality and hospital admissions
Rate of consultation (per patient person-year) with a GP or nurse was not associated with mortality rate (incidence rate ratio (IRR) for GPs = 1.01, 95% CI [0.98 to 1.04]; IRR for nurses = 0.97, 95% CI [0.93 to 1.02]; Table 3). Factors associated with higher mortality rate were as follows: urban location (compared to rural), higher percentage of female patients, higher percentage of patients over 64, higher percentage of patients in the most deprived quintile, and a higher number of FTE GPs per 1000 patients (Table 3).
Association between practice characteristics and mortality or hospital admission rate (adjusted results from negative binomial regression modelling)
Percentage of patients aged over 64
Percentage of patients who are female
Number of FTE doctors per 1000 patients
Number of FTE nurses per 1000 patients
Urban location (compared to rural)
Training practice (yes compared to no)
Rate of consultation (per patient person-year) with a GP or nurse was not associated with hospital admission rate (incidence rate ratio (IRR) for GPs = 1.02, 95% CI [0.99 to 1.04]; IRR for nurses = 0.98, 95% CI [0.94 to 1.03]; Table 3). Factors associated with higher hospital admission rate were as follows: urban location (compared to rural), higher percentage of patients over 64 and higher percentage of patients in the most deprived quintile (Table 3).
Consultation rate and quality of care assessed by QOF performance
The rate of nurse consultations was strongly associated with being in a higher achieving decile of QOF performance. An increase of one nurse consultation per patient year was associated with a 91% increase in odds of being in a higher achieving decile of QOF performance (OR = 1.91, 95% CI [1.39 to 2.62]). The only other factor associated with higher QOF performance was having a higher percentage of patients aged 64 years or over. Rate of GP consultation (per patient person-year) was not associated with being in a higher achieving decile QOF performance (OR = 1.04, 95% CI [0.87 to 1.24], Table 4).
Association between practice characteristics and decile of QOF achievement (adjusted results from ordinal logistic regression modelling)
List size (per 1000 patients)
Consultation rate and patient satisfaction
Rate of nurse consultation (per patient person-year) was not associated with any of the patient satisfaction domains studied (Additional file 1, Tables S2 and S3). Rate of GP consultation was associated with being in a higher achieving decile of the following patient satisfaction domains: the proportion of people who would recommend their GP surgery to someone (OR = 1.45, 95% CI [1.19 to 1.77]); the proportion of patients able to see or speak to someone on the same or next day (OR = 1.31, 95% CI [1.06 to 1.60]); and the proportion of people who think the surgery is open at convenient times (OR = 1.44, 95% CI [1.17 to 1.78]). In five of the seven domains of satisfaction studied, practices with larger list sizes were more likely to have lower patient satisfaction (Additional file 1: Tables S4 and S5). Other practice characteristics had less consistent associations with each of the measures of satisfaction (Additional file 1: Tables S4 and S5).
We have found that rates of GP and nurse consultation are not associated with mortality or hospital admission rates at the practice level. Higher rates of nurse consultation are associated with higher QOF achievement, and higher rates of GP consultation are associated with measures of patient satisfaction with respect to access. Other factors which have previously been observed to relate to these outcomes, such as age, deprivation and urban location, were more influential than practice workload.
A strength of our analysis is the use of data from multiple different sources to describe practice characteristics and outcomes. Practices contributing data to the CPRD are known to be representative of the UK population, so our results can be considered generalizable.
A limitation of our analysis is the grouping of certain outcome variables (such as QOF performance) into deciles, which was a requirement of the ethical approval for this study. This may have limited our ability to distinguish between practices and detect weaker associations. We have also studied several outcomes, particularly with respect to patient satisfaction, so these findings should be interpreted with caution, although they have face validity. Further studies are required to confirm our findings.
In our analyses, we adjusted for the number of GPs/ nurses per 1000 patients and characteristics of the patient population. Hence a difference in consultation rates in our models can be considered to reflect a difference in the extent to which practices, with equivalent staffing capacity and equivalent patient demand, are meeting patient demand. Our finding that there is no relationship between consultation rates and mortality or hospitalisation may therefore be surprising. This may be due to a cancelling out of both positive and negative effects but it may also indicate that any unmet patient demand relates to acute, self-limiting conditions. Disentangling these effects would require different research designs and detailed information about appointment availability and presenting problem.
Conversely, it is also possible that consultation rate is an indicator of the number of appointment slots available (supply) rather than ability to meet demand. To explore this we did repeat our analyses, removing variables for the number of GPs/ nurses per 1000 patients from the models and hence allowing consultation rate to act as a proxy for supply. Results for all outcomes were similar, with no association between consultation rates and outcomes observed in most cases (data not shown). This indicates that regardless of whether general practice workload is viewed as a problem of demand or supply, it’s association with outcomes is mixed and limited when compared with demographic factors. It may also suggest that after accounting for these demographic factors, the availability of consultations is such that the chance of death or hospitalisation is consistent across England and the service provided is broadly equitable.
We summarized data and conducted our analysis at the practice level, rather than using multilevel modelling approaches using both patient and practice level data. This was in part due to computational difficulties of conducting multilevel modelling on such a larger number of observations (data from more than 2.7 million patients has been summarized at the practice level). Furthermore, we were primarily interested in examining the relationships between consultation, mortality and admission rates to inform practice management and health policy. Arguably, examining these relationships at the patient level would answer a different research question.
Comparisons with the literature
Our finding that practices with a higher number of FTE GPs per 1000 patients also have higher mortality rates may be surprising. One possible explanation is that practices employ more doctors in settings where the patient population has greater health needs. Although we adjusted for practice deprivation and patient age we did not have more sensitive measures of patient complexity or morbidity. Alternatively, a greater number of available GPs may have an adverse effect of reducing continuity of care which has been linked to mortality [7] and hospital admissions, [3] which may also explain our findings. Finally, it is possible that this is a chance finding because of the number of statistical tests undertaken, and it needs replication in further studies using different datasets.
We did not find an association between consultation rates and hospital admission rates. A 2013 study [5] found that practices providing more timely access to primary care had fewer self-referred emergency department visits. Although we were not able to measure when appointments took place in relation to time of initial contact and did not investigate route of admission, our results suggest that any effect of reduced primary care access on accident and emergency attendances does not propagate through to admissions.
Our findings build on a previous study examining quality of care and nurse staffing levels which found that a higher ratio of nurses per patient was associated with better performance in clinical indicators from the QOF [11]. In contrast, we found no associations between practice nurse staffing and any of the outcomes examined, with the exception of the relationship between nurse consultation rate (adjusted for the number of nurses per patient) and QOF performance. This may suggest that this relationship relies on nurses having good availability to conduct consultations, rather than performing administrative tasks.
Our finding that higher patient list size is associated with poorer patient satisfaction is consistent with a study from 1995 [13]. This suggests that despite numerous changes to the primary care system in the last 10 years, larger practices may inherently struggle to satisfy their patients.
Implications for research and practice
We have previously shown that general practice consultation rates have increased substantially in recent years, such that practices appear to be reaching saturation point [1]. This investigation, which was largely exploratory and hypothesis generating, explored whether there is an association between practice consultation rates and patient outcomes. The fact that few associations were observed between consultation rates and outcomes could be considered reassuring.
There have been many policy initiatives in recent years to improve access to GP consultations, for example through the extended hours access scheme [20] and through greater use of telephone consultations, [21] and these initiatives are likely to increase consultation rates. Our study suggests that providing more primary care consultations is not associated with improvements in any of the important patient outcomes that we studied. The implication is that policy should focus more on factors which are clearly associated with improved outcomes, such as supporting practices in deprived or urban areas or with elderly populations, more than focusing on appointment availability and consultation rate per se. Furthermore, practice size is inversely related to patient satisfaction, raising questions about the current policy to encourage larger practices or setting a challenge to bigger practices in how to maintain patient continuity with GPs.
This study demonstrates that greater provision of nurse consultations is associated with improvements in practice QOF performance. For long term conditions, where evidence is strong enough to determine clear treatment pathways as with QOF, our findings provide support for the policy of encouraging more nurses and allied health professionals into general practice, [22] particularly if they dedicate their time to direct patient care.
It might be argued that this study suggests that practices can work harder and offer more consultations while still maintaining good patient outcomes. This is reassuring for patients at a time of rapidly rising demand in primary care. However, this scenario may have negative consequences for health professionals themselves, with many GPs leaving practice early in part because they find it impossible to provide good care in the face of ever increasing demand [23]. With 40% of GPs in South West England reporting their intention to retire within 5 years, mainly citing workload and working conditions, [24] there can be no complacency over these reassuring data that workload increases have not yet been associated with worsening patient outcomes. The impact of initiatives announced by the NHS to boost GP numbers and improved terms await determination.
Using linked, routinely collected data from primary and secondary care in England, we have shown that rates of consultation with a GP or nurse are not associated with clinical outcomes at the general practice level. However, higher rates of consultation are associated with greater quality of care and measures of patient satisfaction. Our results can be viewed as reassuring, indicating that despite increasing pressure in general practice, this is not associated with negative patient outcomes. However, they also indicate that improved clinical outcomes may not be achieved by simply increasing the number of consultations offered in general practice. A more nuanced approach, taking into account the particular demographic challenges individual practices face and concerns of professionals regarding workload, may be warranted.
CPRD:
Clinical Practice Research Datalink
FTE:
Full-time equivalent
GP:
GPPS:
General Practice Patient Survey
IMD:
ISAC:
Independent Scientific Advisory Committee
QOF:
Quality and Outcomes Framework
This article is based on independent research commissioned and funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme (PR-ST-0215-10008: General practice workload and intensity: an analysis for NHS England from 2007 to 2014), and part-supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research and the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Department of Health, the NIHR, or the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. FDRH acknowledges his part-funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research, the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Health Research and Care (CLARHC) Oxford, the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), and the NIHR Oxford Medtech and In-Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative (MIC). CS is partly supported by The National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West (NIHR CLAHRC West). The funders had no involvement in the design of the study or in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data or in writing the manuscript.
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) but restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for the current study, and so are not publicly available. Researchers should contact CPRD directly for access to equivalent data.
FDRH and CS conceived the research and FDRH gained funding. SLF and EM conducted the analyses and FDRH, CS, BDN, RPS, CB and TH contributed to interpretation of results. SLF drafted the paper which EM, FDRH, CS, BDN, RPS, CB and TH then edited. SLF and FDRH act as study guarantors. All authors have read and approved the manuscript.
Ethics approval for observational research using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink with approval from the Independent Scientific Advisory Committee to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency was granted by a National Research Ethics Service committee (Trent MultiResearch Ethics Committee, Research Ethics Committee reference number 05/MRE04/87).
FDRH is a part-time GP at Bellevue Medical Centre, the Modality Partnership Birmingham. CS is a GP in Bristol. TH is a GP in London. All other authors declare no competing interests.
Additional file 1: Supplementary results. This file contains additional tables presenting results from the analyses which could not be included in the main manuscript. (DOCX 29 kb)
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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"Give a man a fish..." - or a digital comic!
Andrew Tan, Shaun Spalding
Columns, Manifesto
Boris the Spider-Man: Spider-Gwen #9
Big Two, Big Two Reviews, Marvel Comics
Jumping On: Horizon #1
Image, Indie, Jumping On
Keeping It Ghastly: Reptilia
IDW, Keeping It Ghastly, Keeping It Ghastly, Manga
Interview: Tony Puryear and Erika Alexander discuss Concrete Park
Classic Interview: Ramona Fradon - "The Goofier the Better"
Boom for 7/29/15: The Circle of Life
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Review: '101 Artists to Listen To Before You Die' by Ricardo Cavolo
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10 Shot – HS Football – Pomona at Ralston Valley
HS Football – Cross Town Rivalry
After a high scoring, close early game, everyone was expecting a great second game, and typically when it is Ralston Valley and Pomona, you are guaranteed a knock down drag out fight. It was sure to be a back and forth affair between the Panthers and Mustangs. That was, until the game started. Pomona did something I was not expecting, and that Ralston Valley had no answer for. While on offense, the Panthers ran 99% of their plays out of the wildcat formation. Pomona Panthers senior running Chris Marquez back took the snaps from center and with the exception of a couple pass attempts, he ran 32 times for 257 yards and three touchdowns against the stunned Mustangs. Ralston Valley had no answer for Marquez as he racked up an average of just over 8 yards a carry and broke for 52 yards on one run.
In the second half, the Mustangs found their offensive rhythm, but Pomona had built up too much of a lead for Ralston Valley to come back from. Pomona would hold on to win, 42-30 and move to 6-1 overall.
Here is my 10 Shot from the game.
October 11, 2013: Ralston Valley Mustangs senior quarterback Jacob Knipp (15) looks to pass the ball in the game against the Pomona Panthers on Friday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.
October 11, 2013: Pomona Panthers senior running back Chris Marquez (14) runs the ball from the wildcat formation in the game against the Ralston Valley Mustangs on Friday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.
October 11, 2013: Pomona Panthers senior wide receiver Lukas Russell (28) lowers his head as he prepares for a hit as he runs with the ball in the game against the Ralston Valley Mustangs on Friday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.
October 11, 2013: Pomona Panthers senior corner back Colin Pratt (24) knocks the ball out of the hands of Ralston Valley Mustangs senior John Miller (7) in the game at the North Area Athletic Complex in Arvada, CO on Friday night.
October 11, 2013: Ralston Valley Mustangs senior John Miller (7) runs down the field with the ball in the game against the Pomona Panthers at the North Area Athletic Complex in Arvada, CO on Friday night.
October 11, 2013: Pomona Panthers senior running back Chris Marquez (14) runs away from a diving Ralston Valley Mustangs defender in the game on Friday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.
October 11, 2013: Pomona Panthers senior running back Chris Marquez (14) runs right at the Ralston Valley Mustangs defense in the game on Friday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.
October 11, 2013: After catching the ball, Ralston Valley Mustangs senior John Morales (3) turns to run down the sideline in the game against the Pomona Panthers at the North Area Athletic Complex in Arvada, CO on Friday night.
October 11, 2013: Pomona Panthers senior running back Chris Marquez (14) speeds around a block in the game against the Ralston Valley Mustangs on Friday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.
October 11, 2013: Pomona Panthers senior corner back Colin Pratt (24) tackles Ralston Valley Mustangs senior John Miller (7) in the game at the North Area Athletic Complex in Arvada, CO on Friday night.
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Hot Dogs Out
Oak Lawn hot dog stand hosts final bun salute before closing
Fresh fast-casual cafe finds another Dallas-area lunch crowd to serve
Food Halls Are So Hot
Big-name Dallas chefs sign on with Plano's trendy new food hall
Food halls are where it's at. Photo courtesy of Legacy Hall
A booming new food hall in Plano has signed up a slew of high-profile restaurateurs that include some very big names in Dallas dining.
Legacy Hall is the food-hall concept from Jack Gibbons and Randy DeWitt of Front Burner Restaurants (Velvet Taco, Whiskey Cake, Mexican Sugar). It's going into Legacy West, a massive mixed-use project being developed at Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121. When the hall opens in fall 2017, it will host approximately two dozen food vendors, a full-service restaurant, a brewery and beer garden, and a live music stage.
Gibbons and DeWitt have been recruiting what they feel are the best restaurants and chefs in North Texas.
"Our philosophy has been, 'Who makes the best [blank] in Dallas-Fort Worth?'" Gibbons says. "Whether we're talking about a chef or a restaurant group or a food truck, we think, 'This is the best in DFW.'"
Their first wave of names included Matthew McCallister (FT33), Andrew Chen (Monkey King Noodle Company), and Robert and Kaci Lyford (Patina Green). Now, they have a second round:
An Indian wrap concept by chef Gilbert Garza, owner of Suze, and Mark Brezinski, co-founder of Pei Wei and Bengal Coast
Shawarma from Yaser Khalaf, owner of Baboush and Medina
Gourmet from Misery Loves Company, owner of Proof + Pantry and Madrina
Inspired by concepts in Europe, food halls have become one of the hottest national dining trends. They bring together a collection of restaurateurs, each of whom does his or her own little stall. One has already been announced for Uptown Dallas. Restaurateurs and chefs get to expand their brand with a lower investment up front, and the food hall benefits from having multiple food options in one place.
"It's a way that people can get a wide variety of choices and also get to see the people in the stalls cooking," Gibbons says. "It creates a kind of food theater."
He and DeWitt have visited many of the well-known food halls, such as Eataly in New York and Foodhallen in Amsterdam.
"New York City is currently the epicenter of food halls. You hear about new ones opening every few months," Gibbons says. "Randy and I thought this would be such a great fit in Dallas."
Legacy Hall will be three stories, with about 55,000 square feet — the size of a large supermarket — dedicated to the food hall portion. There'll be vendors on the first floor, a fast-casual restaurant and terrace overlooking the music stage on the second floor, and a craft brewery on the third floor.
Legacy Hall will service not only residents of West Plano and Frisco but also the built-in clientele of Legacy West, with employees from Toyota, Chase, and Liberty Mutual. The complex will also be home to a Renaissance Hotel, a high-end shopping center, and 621 apartments.
For chefs and restaurateurs, food halls are a way to get their name out with less personal risk.
"Real estate is so competitive, it's a hard time to be in the restaurant business," Gibbons says. "This is like a fast-casual incubator. They come in, and we have it set up so that the chef or restaurateur gets to focus on making excellent food. The people we're bringing on, we truly believe are the best restaurateurs and chefs in the market, so it's a win-win for everybody."
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Marty Smith Returns To ESPN In Style
Wednesdays on NASCAR Now have sometimes been a little slow. The weekend highlights are now old, the next race is days away, and there is usually not a lot of news.
NASCAR Now's Lead Reporter Marty Smith returned from a recent vacation with some information that served to spice-up this Wednesday in a very big way. The Tony Stewart empire was beginning to shake, and Smith knew the reason why.
Since the Joe Gibbs move to Toyota, racing veterans have been wondering how Stewart was going to balance his long affiliation with GM and his new high-profile role with Toyota. Smith's news was that Stewart was trying to explore his options to get out of the Gibbs stable at the end of this season.
In the past, this type of story on NASCAR Now would have ended right there. This season, however, ESPN has committed to using all their NASCAR veterans to support this TV series and that is exactly what happened. It was Dale Jarrett who appeared next to speak directly to Smith's report and the Tony Stewart situation.
Jarrett's opinion carries a lot of weight, and he spoke about the fact that Stewart may have been approached by a Chevy team that perhaps put an ownership stake on the table. Jarrett's perspective was that Stewart was now in a different time in his racing career, and his priorities may have changed.
Without missing a beat, host Ryan Burr brought-in Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman with the Talladega Superspeedway looming. Newman continues to be a great interview for this program, and once again spoke about a wide variety of topics with candor and honesty.
The previews of Talladega began with Jarrett talking about the upcoming COT race. He mentioned the new surface and the drafting while calling the racing "intense." He pointed to a key to success being patience, something he mastered in his career. Having Jarrett preview this event was exactly the type of high-profile personality that is going to make viewers tune-in on what is normally a slow Wednesday.
Reporter Jamie Little stopped-by to review her win in the Toyota Celebrity Race in Long Beach, CA. After a brief recap, she moved on to handle the story of Kevin Harvick not racing in the Nationwide Series at Talladega at the request of Cup team owner Richard Childress.
Little also updated the status of Kyle Busch and his possible change in direction to focus on running the entire Nationwide Series. To add commentary to this issue, Burr then turned to Brad Daugherty.
Outside of the Monday one hour version of this show, Daugherty is struggling to find his role on the 2008 ESPN NASCAR team. With the addition of Dale Jarrett in the booth and the move of Rusty Wallace to the Infield Studio, Daugherty is overshadowed by experienced professionals everywhere he turns. Even the best efforts of Allen Bestwick are not enough to help Daugherty with his struggles.
On this show, Daugherty "guessed" that Kyle Busch will run the entire Nationwide Series schedule despite having absolutely no information on that topic. He offered an opinion that Harvick not running the Nationwide race at Talladega was not a problem. Again, no reason why. Finally, he talked in general terms about the Nationwide race and predicted the "big one" would happen and perhaps a young driver would win the race.
Why NASCAR Now continues to put Daugherty in this situation is any one's guess. Rather than let him prepare feature reports and use his owner experience to interact with the top personalities in the sport, he continues to be put on the spot for opinions that almost never turn-out to be accurate. This role damages his credibility when he appears on NASCAR Countdown and on the Monday "roundtable" shows. This season, Daugherty is the new Tim Cowlishaw.
Burr closed out the program by promoting a special one hour NASCAR Now show honoring Dale Earnhardt Sr. scheduled for next Tuesday. It was Dale Jarrett with a final comment who predicted it may well be Senior's son who is celebrating next week, and it may be with a Talladega win.
This program packed a lot of information and even some breaking news into thirty minutes. It was exactly the type of show that will make NASCAR fans think about tuning-in every Wednesday. Maybe Marty Smith should go on vacation more often.
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Ever wonder where the word mentor came from? Our word for “benevolent teacher”?
Did you ever notice how similar it is to the word for the super-elite brotherhood of mensa, our most cerebral leaders and think-tank experts?
Ever wonder why we use the exact same onset (first syllabic portion to identify the nature of the word) of “mentor” and “mensa” to also stand for “mental” or “insane”, “crazy” and “berserk”?
“Tor” from mentor means “tower” we would refer to as a tower of knowledge where the term higher education comes from today. In ancient times the tower could also be a hill or elevated area where the teacher could cast his words down to the pupils (such as “the sermon on the mount” in biblical times). Later a tor would become known as a “universe”-ity, or the highest possible tower from which to pass along wisdom. We get the words dicta”tor”, doc”tor” and tu”tor” from this exact same etymology. This comes from ancient Greek of course, as it is the oldest collection of word meanings we have available to us today.
Then we have “sa” from mensa from old Norse meaning to inform, explain, tell, or the same effective thrust as mentor and tutor, making them all synonyms.
REAL ETYMOLOGY
You may be interested to learn that the “old Norse” were the post-Rome “Tall Whites” (a now-“pure strain” of the Aquatic Ape-Reptilian/Centaur/Pleiadean “men” creation in E-Den.) These Nordic sea-faring people who hailed from ancient Phoenician descent were also known as “berserkers” who were anything but human and fought naked in the freezing snow and could kill 100 men apiece in battle that appeared to be possessed with inhuman strength, seemingly or literally “foaming at the mouth” who would be known as the “Saxons” who sacked, or plundered as a way of life, leaving nothing alive in their wake.
You can trace this lineage back to the steppes of the Mongol Khans where they interbreed with east Asians during that time of reformation in Khazaria, producing the yellow-skinned offshoot of this ultra-royal bloodline that was beyond blood thirsty in the day of Genghis the Khan). However, the “whites” wound up leaving the Khans behind, traveling higher north alone where they would become famous for the exact same barbarism of the Mongolian hoards.
In truth, these same people, long before their blood spilled over into the Asiatic Khazars, served in Rome as the special forces unit of the Roman army known as Centurions who had previously been the Olympian giants of Greece, explained in the newly revised volume 2 of decoding the hive, Spacetime Fabric.
The leadership of Greece, Etruria (old Italy) and Rome where most of our etymology dates back to were actually Babylonian Sumerians, the collective of over 50 different alien species who went on conquering lands throughout the world after the nuclear event of Erra that left Babylon in ruins for hundreds and even thousands of years. The most aggressive of which was the lineage of the Alpha Drakonians, or serpent people of old. Much later that strain would be known as Phoenicians referred to in ancient literature as “the ocean people” and “sea people” of the holy cities of Lebanon and Israel. But before that they were the Leviathans of Sumer-Ur. The Leviathans were the “Levites” who ruled over the chosen people of Babylon who later became known as the Israelites that would be ruled over by the Levant.
So what does “men” mean other than to indicate more than one male? You’ll see in a second that men doesn’t actually mean a group of male humans, but very specifically it is in reference to “mer-men” (maritime men) who would represent *modified Hu-mans* of the Angelic Human species that began in E-Den, the valley of the gods of Babylon where the giant Leviathan Enki began genetic experiments to develop his own walking talking hybrids. In that genetic cocktail was added DNA from Indigos that brought with them genius intellect, making the new species not just “man-like”, but also “god-like” as well as “even more Angel-like” (Indigos are Oraphim angelics, creators of the Angelic Hu-man).
The early versions of this new hybrid race were known as demigods who came from fallen angels.
“Sea people” comes from the fact that their previous dwelling place was the ocean and their physical appearance was that of mer“men”, as they were direct Chimera blood lineage to the aquatic apes known as the Jehovah Anunnaki, and descendants of Enki who also was known as Poseidon, Triton, Neptune and “the old man, and serpent of the sea”. This ancient history pre-dated the children of the Khan or King Enki’s blood being used to create the new “man-like sea-men” who carried the new holy grail serpent blood in their bodily fluids. It was the weapon that would be used to bioform the human evolution. You’ll see in volume 2 that mermen directly interbred long ago with Pleiadeans and Centaurs, so these three Sumerian species became entangled down through our more recent history:
Once they had been turned into air-breathing mammals who appeared humanesque and could interbreed with full-blooded humans they went on as simply “men”, dropping “mer” of SuMER-Ur. These are the Phoenicians who invented writing and spelling to begin with, their name being used as the basis across all modern communication as in phonics and phonetics and coined in photons (light) and phonons (fusion energy). They are the Light Bringers (which means reptilian semen).
This new species would be identified as “men”, NOT “man” and since they used the genetic markers of both Hu-mans and Oraphim to achieve their creation, it would specifically indicate *Anglo men. The word Anglo stands for Angels or more specifically *modified-Angels;
Wikipedia: Anglo;
“The word is derived from Anglia….. Anglia and England both mean land of the Angles, a Germanic people originating in the north German peninsula of Angeln, that is, the region of today’s Lower Saxony that joins the Jutland Peninsula.”
[Note the peninsula isn’t actually Angle, it is in fact Angel(n), n standing for the letter V which comes from the original Proto-Siniatic symbol for the “horned viper” or “nahas snake” attributed to the god of WATER known as Wawwu which is actually Mammu, Mammy, Mom and Mother, all of which are words for the hermaphrodite serpent who gave life to men; mother and father Enki.]
And to define the region where they hailed from before they spread out across the steppes and northern regions prior to being referred to as simply Nordics, Germans, Russians, Romans, or Romanians, they would have the identifying suffix of *Angels who Sac*. Hence Anglo Saxon.
Here is the true etymology of “men”. You can forget any other official explanation of the term, as it does not mean the plural of man:
Wiktionary: Men;
“Old Norse “mein”, from Proto-Germanic mainą (“to damage, hurt, injustice, sin”).”
This is why today any term beginning with men indicates inhuman berserkers who have taken up the leadership of wherever they travel. They are the ones who stand in the towers and synagogues (of Gog and Magog) and teach our peoples, the ones who cure our ills (not our ills, but the ills of men), the ones who dictate our laws and rules and bring us in as mentors and tutors of our education. Mentor does not mean benevolent, wise or educated, it means malevolent, clever and schooled in the Hermetic (son of Enki) ways of alchemical poisoning.
For a deeper look at this etymology and who it is we look to for knowledge, health and wisdom, see HIPPOCRATIC GENOCIDE, volume 2, decoding the hive.
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Title: Business cultures. (cover story) Authors: Hofstede, Geert Source
Business cultures. (cover story)
Hofstede, Geert
UNESCO Courier; Apr94, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p12, 5p, 1 chart, 3 color, 1 bw
*CORPORATE culture
Examines national cultures along five dimensions: power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance and long-term orientation. Culture's many elements may be classified in four categories: symbols, heroes, rituals and values. Definitions for each; Organizational cultures within a given country; Six independent dimensions; Where employee values are developed; Why this is so.
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BUSINESS CULTURES
Every organization has its symbols, rituals and heroes
MANAGEMENT means getting things done through (other) people. This is true the world over. In order to achieve this, one has to know what needs to be done and one has to know the people involved. Understanding people means understanding their background, from which their present and future behaviour can be predicted.
Their background has provided them with a certain culture, the word culture being used in the sense of "the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one category of people from another". The "category of people" may be a nation, a region or an ethnic group, women or men (gender culture), old or young (age group and generation culture), a social class, a profession or occupation (occupational culture), a type of business, a work organization or part of it (organizational culture), or even a family.
Culture is composed of many elements, which may be classified in four categories: symbols, heroes, rituals and values.
Symbols are words, objects and gestures which derive their meaning from convention. At the level of national cultures, symbols include the entire area of language. At the level of organizational culture, symbols include abbreviations, slang, modes of address, dress codes and status symbols, all recognized by insiders only.
Heroes are real or imaginary people, dead or alive, who serve as models for behaviour within a culture. Selection processes are often based on hero models of 'the ideal employee" or "the ideal manager". Founders of organizations sometimes become mythical heroes later on, and incredible deeds are ascribed to them.
Rituals are collective activities that are technically superfluous but, within a particular culture, socially essential. In organizations they include not only celebrations but also many formal activities defended on apparently rational grounds: meetings, the writing of memos, and planning systems, plus the informal ways in which formal activities are performed: who can afford to be late for what meeting, who speaks to whom, and so on.
Values represent the deepest level of a culture. They arc broad feelings, often unconscious and not open to discussion, about what is good and what is bad, clean or dirty, beautiful or ugly, rational or irrational, normal or abnormal, natural or paradoxical, decent or indecent. These feelings are present in the majority of the members of the culture, or at least In those persons who occupy pivotal positions.
Nationality (and gender as well) is an involuntary attribute; we are born within a family within a nation, and are subject to the mental programming of its culture from birth. Here we acquire most of our basic values. Occupational choice is partly voluntary (dependent on the society and family); it leads to choice of schools, and at school we are socialized to the values and the practices of our chosen occupation.
When we enter a work environment, we are usually young or not-so-young adults, with most of our values firmly entrenched, but we will become socialized to the practices of our new work environment. National cultures, therefore, differ mostly at the level of basic values, while occupational and, even more, organizational cultures differ more superficially (in their symbols, heroes and rituals).
National culture differences
Results from a number of research projects have led me to classify national cultures along five dimensions. The first four were found by comparing the values of employees and managers in fifty-three different national subsidiaries of the IBM Corporation. They have been labelled:
Power distance, or the degree of inequality among people which the population of a country considers as normal: from relatively equal to extremely unequal.
Individualism, or the degree to which people in a country have learned to act as individuals rather than as members of cohesive groups: from collectivist to individualist.
Masculinity, or the degree to which 'masculine" values like assertiveness, performance, success and competition prevail over "feminine values like the quality of life, maintaining warm personal relationships, service, caring, and solidarity: from tender to tough.
Uncertainty avoidance, or the degree to which people in a country prefer structured over unstructured situations: from relatively flexible to extremely rigid.
The table on page 14 lists for twenty-five out of the fifty-three countries studied the scores for these dimensions (the table also contains a fifth dimension that will be explained later). All scores are relative: the scales have been chosen so that the distance between the lowest and highest scoring country on each dimension is about 100 points.
The table shows that European countries vary widely on all four dimensions. Power distances are large in France and Portugal; collectivism prevails over individualism in Portugal and Greece; Austria and Italy are very masculine, while Sweden and the Netherlands are very feminine; Belgium at-id France are uncertainty avoiding, while Denmark and the United Kingdom easily accept uncertainty
All these differences affect ways of management in these countries. Large power distances favour centralization, while small power distances favour decentralization. Collectivism favours group rewards and family enterprises, while individualism favours easy job-hopping and individual rewards. Masculinity favours competition and survival of the fittest while femininity favours solidarity and sympathy for the weak. Uncertainty avoidance favours strict rules and principles, while its opposite favours opportunism and tolerance of deviant behaviour.
The fifth dimension.
In subsequent research, a fifth dimension of national culture differences has been found. Professor Michael H. Bond of the Chinese University of Hong Kong studied value differences among students in twenty-three different countries using a questionnaire originally designed in the Chinese language by Chinese scholars. Analysis of the data produced four dimensions, three of them very similar to three of the IBM dimensions (all except uncertainty avoidance), the fourth entirely new and very meaningful.
This fifth dimension was called "long-term orientation" (LTO) as against "short-term orientation". Values positively rated in LTO arc thrift and perseverance; values negatively related are respect for tradition, and fulfilling social expectations, "keeping up with the Joneses".
The last column in the table lists the LTO scores by country, this time based on the data collected by Bond. The highest scores on the fifth dimension are all found in East Asian countries: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan. As these are also the countries with the world's fastest rates of economic growth in the past twenty-five years, we can say that long-term orientation is strongly related to recent economic growth.
Not only values and practices, but even theories are products of culturally determined socialization. This has far-reaching consequences for management training in a multicultural organization. Not only our techniques but even the categories in which we think may be unfit fori different environment.
Research data on differences in organizational cultures within a given country were collected in 1985 and 1986 in twenty work organizations or parts of organizations in Denmark and the Netherlands. The units studied varied from a tov company to two municipal police forces.
Analysis of the data showed large differences between units in symbols, heroes and rituals (we labelled the three together "practices"), but only modest differences in values. Different organizations within the same countries can maintain very different practices on the basis of fairly similar employee values.
Six independent dimensions made it possible to describe the larger part of the variety in organizational practices:
Process-oriented as opposed to results oriented units, the former being dominated by technical and bureaucratic routines, the latter by a concern for outcomes. This dimension was associated with the degree of homogeneity of the unit's culture: in results-oriented units, everybody perceived their practices in about the same way; in process-oriented units, there were vast differences in perception within the unit. We consider the homogeneity of a culture as a measure of its "strength"; strong cultures are more results-oriented than weak ones, and vice versa.
Job-oriented as opposed to employee-oriented units. job-oriented cultures assume responsibility for the employees' job performance only, and nothing more; employee-oriented cultures assume a broader responsibility for their members' well-being. A unit's position on this dimension seems to be largely the result of historical factors, such as the philosophy of its founder(s) and the presence or absence in its recent history of economic crises with collective layoffs.
Professional as opposed to parochial units. In the former, the (usually highly educated) members identify primarily with their profession; in the latter, the members derive their identity from the organization for which they work.
Open systems as opposed to closed systems. This dimension refers to the style of internal and external communication, and to the case with which outsiders and newcomers are admitted.
Tight internal control as opposed to loose internal control. This dimension deals with the degree of formality and punctuality within the organization. It is partly a function of the unit' technology: banks and pharmaceutical companies can be expected to show tight control research laboratories and advertising agencies loose control; but even with the same technology, units still differ on this dimension.
A pragmatic as opposed to a normative way of dealing with the environment, in particular with customers. Service units should be found towards the pragmatic (flexible) side, units involved in the application of legal rules towards the normative (rigid) side, but reality does not always correspond to this pattern.
According to this research, what a person has to learn when (s)he joins a work organization is mainly a matter of practices. Employee values have been developed in the family and the school; they play a role in the selection and self-selection process for the job. The work place can only change people's values to a limited extent. In the popular literature, organization cultures are often presented as a matter of values. The confusion arises because this literature does not distinguish between the values of the founders and leaders and those of the bulk of employees.
Founders and leaders, on the basis of their values, create the symbols, the heroes and the rituals that constitute the daily practices of the organization's members. However, members only to a limited extent have to adapt their personal values to the organization's needs. A work organization, as a rule, is not a "total institution" like a prison or mental hospital. Organizational cultures according to our data reside at a more superficial level of mental programming than the things learned previously in the family and at school. In spite of their more superficial nature, organizational cultures are still hard to change because they have developed into collective habits. Changing them is a top management task that should be based on a strategy and a cost-benefit analysis. Here again there is no single formula for success.
All statements in this article should be seen as only "statistically" true: they are common trends, but individuals may differ from them. Within each country there is a wide range of individuals, and this fact too should be taken into account in order to manage successfully. However, an insight into cultural differences will prevent us from attributing to an individual's personality forms of behaviour which are normal in his or her country, and from trying to apply supposedly universal success formulas to people who are riot universal.
The information contained in this chart is presented in the following order: Country; Power distance: INDEX (PDI); Power distance: RANK; Individualism: INDEX (IDV); Individualism: RANK; Masculinity; INDEX (MAS); MAsculinity: RANK; Uncertainty avoidance: INDEX (UAI); Uncertailty avoidance: RANK; Long term orientation: INDEX (LTO); Long term orientation: RANK.
Austria; 11; 53; 55; 18; 79; 2; 70; 24-25; --; --.
Belgium; 65; 20; 75; 8; 54; 22; 94; 5-6; --; --.
Brazil; 69; 14; 38; 26-27; 49; 27; 76; 21-22; 65; 5.
Denmark; 18; 51; 74; 9; 16; 50; 23; 51; --; --.
Finland; 33; 46; 63; 17; 26; 47; 59; 31-32; --; --.
France; 68; 15-16; 71; 10-11; 43; 35-36; 86; 10-15; --; --.
Germany; 35; 42-44; 67; 15; 66; 9-10; 65; 29; 31; 11-12
Greece; 60; 27-28; 35; 30; 57; 18-19; 11; 21; --; --.
Hong Kong; 68; 15-16; 25; 37; 57; 18-19; 29; 49-50; 96; 1
India; 77; 10-11; 48; 21; 56; 20-21; 40; 45; 61; 6
Ireland; 28; 49; 70; 12; 68; 7-8; 35; 47-48; --; --.
Israel; 13; 52; 54; 19; 47; 29; 81; 19; --; --.
Italy; 50; 34; 76; 7; 70; 4-5; 75; 23; --; --.
Japan; 54; 33; 46; 22-23; 95; 1; 92; 7; 80; 3.
Mexico; 81; 5-6; 30; 32; 69; 6; 82; 18; --; --.
Netherlands; 38; 40; 80; 4-5; 14; 51; 53; 35; 44; 9.
Norway; 31; 47-48; 69; 13; 8; 52; 50; 38; --; --.
Portugal; 63; 24-25; 27; 33-35; 31; 45; 104; 2; --; --.
Spain; 57; 31; 51; 20; 42; 37-38; 86; 10-15; --; --.
Sweden; 31; 47-48; 71; 10-11; 5; 52; 29; 49-50; 33; 10
Switzerland; 34; 45; 68; 14; 70; 4-5; 58; 33; --; --.
Taiwan; 58; 29-30; 17; 44; 45; 32-33; 69; 26; 87; 2.
Turkey; 66; 18-19; 37; 28; 45; 31-33; 85; 16-17; --; --.
United Kingdom; 35; 42-44; 89; 3; 66; 9-10; 35; 47-48; 25; 15-16.
U.S.A.; 40; 38; 91; 1; 62; 15; 46; 43; 29; 14.
PHOTO: An office building in Tokyo.
PHOTO: "Founders of organizations sometimes become mythical heroes later on and incredible deeds are ascribed to them!' Above, head of Zeus (plaster cast, anonymous).
PHOTO: "Individualism favours easy job-hopping and individual rewards."
PHOTO: "Employee values have been developed in the family and the school.... The workplace can only change people's values to a limited extent."
By Geert Hofstede
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Type of music:
One of the Ectophiles' goddesses.
Ethereal experimental, evocative/eclectic pop. Sometimes one of the beautiful and fierce
Most recent release, Before the Dawn (live 3-CD set, 2016)
Kate Bush's site
Wikipedia's page for Kate Bush
Kate Bush News
There are a wealth of web pages dedicated to Kate. A good place to start looking is Gaffaweb
None—she is the one everyone is compared to. (Neile)
Happy Rhodes (vocals). (jbr@casetech.dk)
Primarily own material, occasional traditional songs and covers
From the beauty and power of "Reaching Out" to the awesome magnificence of "Breathing" to the simple vulnerability of "In Search of Peter Pan" to the terrible anger of "Get Out of My House" to the sly comedy of "Coffee Homeground" to the passionate sexuality of "Feel It" to the passionate sensuality of "The Sensual World" to the cinematic brilliance of "Night of the Swallow" to the spooky terror of "Hammer Horror" to the confusion and yearning of "Running Up That Hill" to the powerful strength of "Not This Time" to the pure love of homeland in "Oh England My Lionheart" to the tension of "Pull Out the Pin" to the comical frustration of "Ran-Tan Waltz" to the unaffected cheerfulness of "The Big Sky" to the searching chaos of "Sat In Your Lap" to the carefree silliness of "Kite" to the intrigue and larceny of "There Goes A Tenner" to the genuine gift of "Under the Ivy" to frightful horror of "Waking the Witch" to the lazy vacation of "Warm and Soothing" to the ghostly pining of "Wuthering Heights" to the exotic eccentricity of "Egypt" to vengeful violence of "The Wedding List" to the sardonic sanctuary of "Leave It Open" to the reluctant curiosity of "Rocket's Tail" to the worldly seduction of "In the Warm Room" to the graceful elegance of "Delius" to cool deception of "Babooshka" to the puzzling labyrinth of "Suspended In Gaffa" to serene trust of "The Fog" to precarious honesty of "Love and Anger" to the extraordinary and alien "The Dreaming" and on and on and on and on. All these songs and more came from the Kate *I* know and love.
The pensive Kate. The private Kate. The bizarre Kate. The insecure Kate. The bold Kate. The flashy Kate. The sexy Kate. The motherly Kate. The loyal Kate. The loving Kate. The sad Kate. The happy Kate. The serious Kate. The lazy Kate. The hardworking Kate. The smart Kate. The brilliant Kate. The human Kate. The how-did- she-*do*-that Kate. The peaceful Kate. The overwhelmed Kate. The creative Kate. The morbid Kate. The fibbing Kate. The Cathy Kate. The public Kate. The Kate nobody knows. The Kate everybody knows. Kate the artist. Kate the musician. Kate the lyricist. Kate the poet. Kate the experimenter. Kate the storyteller. Kate the trouper. Kate the survivor. The innocent Kate. The cynical Kate. The beautiful Kate. The bad-hair-day Kate. The Kate who introduced a song of hers by saying "yeah, here it is" and the Kate who presented her songs as a 3-act "play" and the Kate who thinks we're all mad and the Kate who repeats herself endlessly and the Kate who would really rather not say anything at all about her songs and the Kate who loves her family and friends and Del and unusual musical instruments and her garden and her cats and her privacy. Lots and lots of Kates.
So many Kates. So little time....
Kate has always seemed an emotional singer to me. She has a load of songs that just leave me in a puddle on the floor, including almost the entire The Sensual World album, which so many Kate fans seem to despise (that completely baffles me). It's not my favorite Kate album (The Dreaming, another album stuffed and dripping with emotion, is) but it's the one I listen to most often. (vickie@enteract.com)
Even though I have bunches of her albums, I don't particularly like KaTe Bush! She kind of reminds me of Annie Lennox, which is not a bad thing, but I'd rather hear both of them on random play than listen to a whole album at one sitting. (Riphug@aol.com)
I fell in love with Kate Bush when I saw her on Saturday Night Live way back. Hounds of Love is her pinnacle, in my view. It is an unbelievable emotional rollercoaster ride. It is a stunningly great album. (jfrancis@villagenet.com)
Most people love her earlier work but are disappointed by the later albums. Some people believe she's stopped developing as an artist, but I don't think so—I think that instead of leaping forward are she did in the early albums she's growing deeper, sinking roots farther down into "her" territory.
While I can intellectually see the flaws that others see in The Sensual World and The Red Shoes, particularly, I still find them deep albums, and for me in some ways they are richer even than The Dreaming and "The Ninth Wave" sequence from Hounds of Love. "The Sensual World" itself is probably my favourite Kate song. "The Red Shoes" is one of her most powerful songs. The core of The Red Shoes album is amazing to me. I seriously dislike several songs on the album, but those central songs to me are among her best, most complex-&-simple-at-the-same-time songs. I feel her work is getting richer and more subtle, and she's doing work now she could never have done in her teens or twenties. Unfortunately, the best of her new work is surrounded by some lesser efforts, in my opinion. The earlier albums were just knockout amazing and they tend to overshadow what follows. (Neile)
The Dreaming may be my favourite album of all time. (I'll admit that Hounds of Love is as good or better, but The Dreaming hit me so hard when I first heard it that Hounds of Love couldn't have the same impact following it. If I had heard it first, it very well might have.) The Sensual World seemed like such a letdown after such heights that I didn't think all that much of it at the time. Years later, I found that it is full of brilliant songs. True to Kate's style of songwriting, and just as interesting a step in other directions for the music. (The mediocre production did nothing to help sell this album though.)
I think The Dreaming and Hounds of Love are in your face brilliant, while The Sensual World is much subtler, and yes, more mature. But in many ways it was equally as experimental. The use of the Trio Bulgarka is haunting and was a typically bold move. So maybe it just took me a while to reach the point where Kate was already.
The Red Shoes—well, it didn't do much for me. And to be honest, after a handful of listens, I put it away and haven't listened to it since. It's something I've been meaning to return to after time and expectations have been put behind me. I remember flashes from it, though I thought it was also done a disservice by The Line, The Cross and The Curve. (neal)
I, for one, have not given up on Kate Bush. Sure I was disappointed in The Red Shoes and The Sensual World wasn't as good as Hounds of Love, but I just don't expect her to ever surpass my favorite album of all time. There could still be a masterpiece left inside Kate and I can't imagine her putting out an album with nothing of interest to me. (spike45@sos.net)
I love Kate Bush's music, really I do. And looked at on their own and taken on their own terms, both The Red Shoes and The Sensual World are excellent albums. But to me, they'll always disappear in the shadow of The Dreaming and Hounds of Love. Kate proved she is capable of brilliance...a brilliance that, to me at least, was barely visible on her last two albums. So we're going on 15 years since Kate's peak.
I totally respect those who still cherish Kate Bush. I just honestly say Kate has disappointed me, and as more and more time passes, the less an interest I have in what she's doing musically. There was a time when Kate's music was my favorite. And with the fear of igniting flames in the Kate vs. Happy Rhodes debate, I must say the discovery of Happy's music has had at least an indirect effect on my disenchantment with Kate's music. I'd be more than happy to have my mind changed back again.... ;-) All apologies to Kate loyalists whose feet I've tramped.
If you haven't ever heard any of her music, I'd definitely recommend you check it out. If you like Happy Rhodes, it's almost guaranteed you'll like Kate, and not only because their voices (in the higher register) are nearly identical. Only Kate's a bit more reclusive and a lot less prolific than Happy.
The Whole Story is the album to start with. If you love it (and you probably will), my advice is to then go ahead and splurge on the box set (if you can afford it without your voucher). I was exposed to Kate through The Whole Story and shortly thereafter bought her entire catalogue individually, unaware that there was a box set with two bonus discs available that I should've gotten instead. And those bonus tracks are definitely worth having.
If you don't want to gamble on the entire box, just listen to The Whole Story, decide which tracks you like most, and go get the albums they originally came from, because almost every Kate album has a definitive "flavor" that sets it apart from the others, and this flavor is obvious in the singles on The Whole Story. The one exception, I think, is her album The Dreaming, which I think is inadequately represented on The Whole Story. ("Sat in Your Lap" and the title track are excellent, don't get me wrong...but the entire album is amazing as a whole.) (Patrick)
I have all the regular albums, mostly on vinyl, but find myself listening a lot less to her than 10 years ago, although I don't like her any less. But, so many musicians have developed their entire careers and changed the musical landscape in between rare occasional Kate Bush albums that she's taken a backseat. How many 'new' PJH albums have I bought since I bought the last 'new' Kate Bush album...today, I have to consciously decide 'lets grab one of those Kate albums again'. All time favorite—The Dreaming. Used to be my ruling goddess in the '80s but got dethroned by Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) later on... (charlie@ilsebill.biologie.uni-freiburg.de)
i've always considered the first three albums very much of a piece; they each have their moments, they show a lot of promise, but the promise isn't really fulfilled until the dreaming comes along. (dmw@mwmw.com)
Vocally similar to Tori Amos—many people compared Tori to Kate when Tori first came out—Kate is a true musical goddess—her first album, The Kick Inside, came out in 1978, but is very similar to Tori's Little Earthquakes (she even appears inside a box on the U.S. cover).
As she progresses, she becomes more eclectic—using more synthesizer, etc. Still definitely worth checking out. (jjhanson@att.net)
I would nominate Kate Bush as one of the best voices, for having a perfect instrument, a refined talent, and *still* singing like Bowie does. (bossert@suddensound.com)
The Whole Story works as a great introduction to her music. (Patrick)
Never For Ever. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov, woj@smoe.org)
The Dreaming is the most powerful for me. (Neile)
Hounds of Love. (jbr@casetech.dk)
actually, i would recommend either getting The Whole Story compilation, or if you possibly can, *borrow* a few of the cds, or listen to them at the store, or whatever. that's what i did—a friend of mine had the dreaming and one other, i think; after hearing them i went back to the sensual world, which i'd heard once before and not liked, and found myself absolutely loving it; and after that i ran out and bought the box set! one of my most rash decisions to date at that time, but i certainly never regretted it. (damon)
The Whole Story might be the best introduction to the bulk of her work. All of her first five albums are represented there. That was my introduction to her all those years ago, and it was a good one for me. (meth@smoe.org)
The Kick Inside (1978)
Lionheart (1978)
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (c. 1979 from the 1979 tour)
Never For Ever (1980)
The Dreaming (1982)
Hounds of Love (1985)
The Whole Story (a "greatest hits" compilation, 1986)
The Sensual World (1989)
This Woman's Work (a Box Set collection of all the previous albums with two discs of B-sides and remixes, 1990)
"Rocket Man" (single, 1991)
The Red Shoes (1993)
Aerial (2005)
Director's Cut (re-recordings, 2011)
50 Words For Snow (2011)
Before the Dawn (live 3-CD set, 2016)
The Kick Inside
1978—EMI (U.K.)—EMC 3223, CDP 7 46012 2
Must have. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov, Neile, jbr@casetech.dk, woj@smoe.org)
Kate Bush—vocals, backing vocals, piano
Backing musicians:
Stuart Elliot—drums, percussion
David Paton—bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Ian Bairnson—guitars, backing vocals, beer bottles
Duncan Mackay—electric piano, organ/Calvinet
Barry de Souza—drums
Bruce Lynch—bass
Paul Keough—guitar, electric guitar
Alan Parker—guitar
Andrew Powell—keyboards, bass, celeste, synthesizer, beer bottles
Alan Skidmore—saxophone
Morris Pert—percussion, boo barns
Paddy Bush—mandolin, backing vocals
Andrew Powell
Kate Bush's first album. While her voice sounds somewhat thin and girly, and her song writing talents are not as well developed as on some of her later albums, this is made up for by the freshness and originality of the music. This album, including songs that KB wrote when she was twelve years old, clearly demonstrated her genius and established a permanent place for her at the top of the British music scene. Avoid the US release of this album because it has a much duller cover than the UK version. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov)
Sweet and fun ground-breaking music. (Neile)
Lots of great pop songs with a bit more to it. The best album for showing off Kate's high range. (jbr@casetech.dk)
As they say, KaTe shrieked her way to the top of the charts with this record. And the top of the charts is where this album belongs: it's chock-full of catchy, hook-laden pop songs and slick, sweet ballads. A great album, but nothing like what she would eventually create. (woj@smoe.org)
1978—EMI (U.K.)—CDP 7 46065 2
Good. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov, Neile, woj@smoe.org)
High. (jbr@casetech.dk)
Stuart Elliott—drums, percussion
David Paton—bass
Ian Bairnson—acoustic and electric guitars
Duncan Mackay—fender rhodes, synthesizer
Charlie Morgan—drums
Brian Bath—guitars
Del Palmer—bass
Paddy Bush—backing vocals, mandolins, slide guitar, strumento da porco, mandocello, panpipes
Francis Monkman—hammond, harpsichord
Richard Harvey—recorders
Andrew Powell—joanna stumentum, harmonium
Released as a follow up to The Kick Inside, this album consists of tracks that were recorded at the same time as, but not included in the first album. The sound is very similar, but the songs are not as inspired. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov)
Disappointing when compared to other Kate albums. Music and lyrics seem less inspired and individual than The Kick Inside. (Neile)
Much like The Kick Inside, but somehow more fragmented. Still many great songs, though. (jbr@casetech.dk)
lionheart is a bit like The Kick Inside, but i feel The Kick Inside is a little better. still worth getting if you like The Kick Inside. (iflin@speakeasy.net)
Leftovers from The Kick Inside, with the exception of three exceptional new tracks that are well-worth the price of admission. Those songs hint at future weirdness, but don't vary too much from the pattern of the first record. (woj@smoe.org)
i had no idea that lionheart had been done hastily, and i love a couple of the songs on it. (dmw@mwmw.com)
Lionheart is purported to have been done in a hurry to capitalize on the success of The Kick Inside, but it's worth listening to. (burka@jeffrey.net)
Never For Ever
1980—EMI (U.K.)—EMA 794, 7 46360 2
Must have (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov, jbr@casetech.dk, Neile, woj@smoe.org)
Kate Bush—vocals, Yamaha CS80
Stuart Elliot—drums, bodhran
John Giblin—electric bass
Max Middleton—Fender Rhodes, mini moog, string arrangement
Paddy Bush—Balalaika, backing vocals, "Delius", sitar, Koto, Strumento de Porco. harmonica, musical saw, banshee, mandolin
Gary Hurst—backing vocals
Roland—percussion
Alan Murphy—electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Ian Bairnson—backing vocals
Preston Heyman—percussion, drums, backing vocals
Del Palmer—fretless bass, electric bass, bass
Brian Bath—acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals
The Martin For Orchestra—strings
Morris Pert—timpani, percussion
Duncan Mackay—Fairlight
Andrew Bryant—backing vocals
Mike Moran—Prophet 5
Kevin Burke—violin
Adam Sceaping—viol, string arrangement
Jo Sceaping—lironi, string arrangement
Larry Fast—Prophet
Roy Harper—backing vocals
Kate Bush and Jon Kelly
The last and most accomplished album from the first part of Kate Bush's career: though a fairlight is credited, the music on this album is still mostly piano and acoustic instrument based, while those that came after it were much more electronic/technology orientated. KB's voice is more powerful, and her song writing more developed than on the first two albums. This includes perhaps the two most moving and beautiful songs she ever wrote: "Army Dreamers," a lament on the wasted possibilities for the life a young dead soldier, and "Breathing," a horrific view of a nuclear holocaust through the eyes of an unborn child. It's worth picking up the LP version of this album for the sake of the very weird cover art. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov)
Kate at her best. Great music, good lyrics. A classic. (Neile)
On this album Kate seriously starts to depart from the mainstream, using more effects and tricks. Still using her high voice for some amazing feats (e.g. "Violin"). (jbr@casetech.dk)
The album that bridges the gap between KaTe's pop past and weird future. By far, my favorite since it meshes the two strands of her creativity such that each is visible, important and complimentary. (woj@smoe.org)
1982—EMI—7 46361 2
Good. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov)
Must have (jbr@casetech.dk, Neile, woj@smoe.org)
Kate Bush—vocals, piano, Fairlight, CS80, strings
Preston Heyman—drums, sticks
Jimmy Bain—bass
Paddy Bush—sticks, backing vocals,strings, mandolins, bullroarer
Ian Bairnson—backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Stewart Arnold—backing vocals
Geoff Downess-CMI trumpet section
Stuart Elliott—drums, sticks, percussion
Del Palmer—bass, fretlass bass, 8 string bass. "Rosabel Believe"
Dave Lawson—synclavier, string arrangement
Danny Thompson—string bass
Brian Bath—electric guitar
Dave Gilmour—backing vocals
Alan Murphy—electric guitar
Rolf Harris—digeridu
Percy Edwards—animals
Gosfield Goers—crowd
Bill Whelan—pipes & strings arrangement
Liam O'Flynn—Uillean pipes, penny whistle
Donnal Lunny—bouzouki
Richard Thornton—choirboy
Eberhard Weber—bass
Andrew Powell—string arrangement
Gordon Farrell—"Houdini"
Paul Hardiman—"Eeyore"
Ismail Sheikh—drum talk
Kate Bush's most ambitious and musically complex album to date. Unfortunately the over-complexity over the music together with the poor mastering gives this album a mushy and oppressive sound and largely spoils the music on it. The first, and perhaps the most tragic victim of digital mastering in pop music. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov)
My favourite Kate album with some of my favourite Kate songs: "Sat in Your Lap" and "The Dreaming". Kate really seems to stretch the limits of pop music on this one, and shows an amazing level of songwriting talent and musical power. A classic. (Neile)
Probably the most "experimental" album, with lots of interesting tracks. The album suffers somewhat from a lack of coherence. Still, songs such as "Night of the Swallow" makes up for any lacks. (jbr@casetech.dk)
While I like Never For Ever more, I recognize that this is KaTe's masterpiece. An emotionally intense recording that pushes the boundaries. Commercially unviable for a reason. (woj@smoe.org)
1985—EMI—KAB1, EG24 0384 1, CDP 7 461642
Must have. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov, jbr@casetech.dk, Neile, woj@smoe.org)
Kate Bush—voices, Fairlight, piano
Stuart Elliott—drums
Del Palmer—bass, handclapping, backing vocals, Fairlight bass
Alan Murphy—guitars
Paddy Bush—balaika, dijeridu, backing vocals, harmonic vocals, violins, fujare
Charlie Morgan—drums, handclapping
Johnathan Williams
Youth—bass
Morris Pert—percussion
The Medicci Sextet—string
Dave Lawson—string arrangement
Brian Bath—backing vocals, guitar
John Carder Bush—backing vocals, narration
Donal Lunny—bouzouki, bodhran
John Sheahan—whistles, fiddles
Kevin McAlea—Synthesizer sequences
Danny Thompson—double bass
Liam O'Flynn—uillean pipes
The Richard Hickox Singers—choir
Michael Berkeley—choir vocal arrangement
John Williams—guitar
This is best considered as two separate albums. The first side (The Hounds Of Love) is a collection of well-crafted and inventive pop songs, while the second (The Ninth Wave) is a series of songs telling the story of a girl who has been cast into the sea, floating and waiting to be rescued, and following her thoughts as she drifts into and out of consciousness. The Ninth Wave is perhaps KB's most engrossing piece of work, and demonstrates the perfect use of an album-side as a music form. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov)
This is one of the first three things I bought for our new cd player in 1985, even though we had a vinyl copy. An amazing combination of pop sensibility and experimentation. (Neile)
I found "Running up That Hill" and "Hounds Of Love" a bit too poppish, but the rest of the A side makes up for it. The other side, The Ninth Wave is just absolutely wonderful.... (jbr@casetech.dk)
Hounds of Love is an excellent collection of songs that deal with love in its myriad forms. The Ninth Wave remains KaTe's most ambitious effort to date. An essential recording. (woj@smoe.org)
Hounds of Love still remains my ultimate musical experience. Also, "The Big Sky" is my favorite of all of Kate's singles. I simply adore that song and its accompanying silly video! In fact, I love the song "The Red Shoes" so much because it reminds me of "The Big Sky!" (colford@chlotrudis.org)
The Whole Story
1986—EMI—CDP 7464142
Must have for completists or the folk who only want one Kate cd. (Neile)
Generally a good compilation covering material from The Kick Inside through The Hounds of Love. Has new vocal for "Wuthering Heights" and includes "Experiment IV" which is not included on other albums (Neile)
This album is mostly for completists. On the other hand, get this album on LP, just for the cover photo! (jbr@casetech.dk)
The Sensual World
1989—EMI (UK), Columbia (USA)—CDP 7930782, CDEMD 1010, CK 44164
Poor. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov)
Must have. (jbr@casetech.dk, Neile)
Medium to high. (woj@smoe.org)
Kate Bush—vocals, backing vocals, piano, keyboards
Del Palmer—bass, percussion, rhythm guitar
Davey Spillane—Uillean pipes, whistles
Donal Lunny—bouzouki
John Heahan-fiddle
Paddy Bush—whips, valiha, backing vocals, mandolin, tupan
John Giblin—bass
Dave Gilmour—guitar
Alan Murphy—guitar
Nigel Kennedy—solo violin, viola
Jonathan Williams—cello
Alan Stivell—Celtic harp, backing vocals
Dr. Bush—dialogue
Michael Kamen—orchestral arrangement
Michael Nyman—string arrangement
Belavescu String Quartet—strings
Mick Karn—bass
The Trio Bulgarka—vocals
Yanka Rupkhina—solo vocals
More uneven than some other Kate albums, and while some Kate fans found it a disappointment, I like this a lot—and if only because of the brilliance of the music and lyrics of "The Sensual World" and the music of "Rocket's Tail." I would call it a classic, even though there are some songs like "Deeper Understanding" I could live without easily. (Neile)
A collection pop songs similar to the first half of The Hounds Of Love, but with a more "World"-ish flavor. The music is, for the most part, uninspiring and some of the lyrics are downright embarrassing. There are still some very good songs and, were this by some other artist, it might deserve a rating of "good", but for Kate Bush is capable of much much better. This album was made all the more disappointing by the ridiculous amount of time she took making it. (anthony@mh1.lbl.gov)
This album is quieter than the previous ones, with more emphasis on the lyrics and some very intensive singing. It is not as immediately impressive as The Kick Inside or Hounds of Love, but perhaps the best album of them all, in the long run. (jbr@casetech.dk)
the sensual world is a bit more ethereal (iflin@speakeasy.net)
While not instantly stunning like most of KaTe's previous work, this album subtly won me over. KaTe's inventiveness is still there, just subdued in the more traditional pop trappings of most of the songs. There are a couple songs that I have not warmed to, but the majority of them are very good. (woj@smoe.org)
A desert island disc for me. (bye@humnet.ucla.edu)
I must express pity for anyone who thinks this album is lacking in any possible way.
When The Sensual World first came out, I really dug "Deeper Understanding", then I lost a lot of interest in it. Just the other day, though, it occurred to me how utterly spectacular it is. A lot of it is simply in KaTe's mind-boggling delivery, but also things like the timing of it...given things like today's commentaries on internet addiction, it's amazing to think that KaTe was contemplating this a full decade ago, before the 'net was a pop-culture phenomenon. (burka@jeffrey.net)
While it may not be her finest work, it's the Kate album I return to most, since it has my favorite of her songs, "Deeper Understanding" (track 6). (jzitt@humansystems.com)
(2 volumes)
1990—EMI—E2 0777 7 95238 2 and E2 0777 7 95239 2
Only available with the This Woman's Work boxed set released in the U.K., Canada, and Japan
Volume I quite high, volume II for collectors.
NOTE: This refers to the two discs that are part of the This Woman's Work box set, which includes all of the albums from The Kick Inside to The Sensual World as well as these two discs of b-sides and remixes.
These two discs are collections of b-sides and remixes from the The Kick Inside to The Sensual World. Volume I is the best, and has some wonderful songs, like "Under The Ivy", "My Lagan Love", "The Handsome Cabin Boy" that were before this only available on hard-to-find singles. Volume II is mostly remixes. There are two more volumes only available as promos with post-The Sensual World b-sides and remixes.
I recommend seeking out the box set. It's got all the CDs except The Red Shoes, plus two discs of B-sides and oddities. It's available in multiple versions, the most expensive being the Japanese and the cheapest being the Canadian. I got mine when the Canadian box came out and it was really cheap. (Good thing, since all I needed were the 2 bonus discs, but my friends who received all the extra Kate discs were quite happy.) (neal)
the extra two TWW discs, which are *well* worth it... some of my favourite tracks are on those. (damon)
"Rocket Man" [single]
1991—Mercury (U.K.)—TRICD 2
Middle. (jbr@casetech.dk)
Great cover of Elton John and Bernie Taupin's "Rocket Man", with a not so interesting cover (and instrumental) of "Candle in the Wind". If only the instrumental had been of "Rocket Man"...Sigh! (jbr@casetech.dk)
The single appears on The Two Rooms tribute to Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
1993—Columbia/Sony (U.S.)— CK 53737
Kate Bush—vocals, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, fender rhodes, guitar, bass
Gaumont D'Olivera—bass, drums, percussion, FX
Danny McIntosh—guitars
Paddy Bush—mandola, whistles, musical bow, vocals, valiha, fujare, singing bowls
Colin Lloyd-Tucker—vocals
Justin Vali—valiha, kabossy, vocals
Gary Brooker—hammond
Nigel Hitchcock—tenor and baritone saxophone
Neil Sidwell—trombone
Paul Spong—trumpet
Steve Sidwell—trumpet and flugel horn
Nigel Kennedy—violin, viola
Eric Clapton—guitar
Prince—keyboards, guitar, bass, vocals
Lenny Henry—vocals
Charlie Morgan—percussion
Lily—narration
Jeff Beck—guitar
At this point, The Red Shoes is my least favorite of all Kate's albums. That's not to say I don't *love* it though, because I do. It's just that it contains more songs I'm not crazy about than any other Kate album. However, the songs I love more than make up for the songs I would prefer to skip over, and I'll likely get used to the songs that I'm not crazy about. Kate's still my all-time favorite artist, and any year that brings a new Kate Bush album is a wonderful year indeed. Besides, the song "The Red Shoes" has become one of my very favorite Kate songs and is my favorite *song* of the year. The wonderful song "Moments of Pleasure" is beautiful, simple, and moving. "Moments of Pleasure" will take its place alongside "This Woman's Work" and "Reaching Out" in my heart. This song is from one of the many, *many* Kates I know and love. (vickie@enteract.com)
I never thought a Kate album could place so low. I do love the album, but it just hasn't touched me emotionally. I love it because it's Kate, and it's great to hear her from her again, but the actual material just doesn't move me nearly as much as I expected it would. (jjhanson@att.net)
I loved this album on first listen, probably because I was in the right mood for it. Then there came a period when I liked some of the songs and wasn't too impressed by the others. I've played it a lot again recently, and I think it's beginning to grow on me as a whole. My favourite song is still "Lily". (awphili@hacktic.nl)
My favourite Kate album. Remember I didn't like The Dreaming until 1990, so I don't share the dedication to old-KaTe that most KaTe fans have. This album has everything from absolutely brilliant songs ('Big Stripey Lie', 'Song of Solomon' and 'The Red Shoes') to pop gems ('Rubberband Girl', 'Why should I love you?') to songs that grow on you ('Eat the Music' works if you hit the FF button at the 3 minute mark :)). (kyrlidis@earthlink.net)
i wasn't all too taken with the red shoes. it is okay and for me (being a bit of a KaTe freak) i had to get it but others might say it is worth skipping...i rarely listen to it. and in truth, i would not have put the red shoes on the list of 90 of the best '90s albums. i thought it was subpar and a bit bland in truth. sorry. (iflin@speakeasy.net)
Ah, Kate (swoon). I must admit that it wasn't what I expected, but if it were, that would have been boring. Much of Kate's attraction for me is her willingness to step out of the mainstream and experiment. I also love that she can make me cry...that's always the sign of a great song for me. (pearceja@wl.wpafb.af.mil)
I *really* like approximately half of The Red Shoes. There are a couple of other songs that are ok, but pale in front of the really good ones, and a couple of other songs that really do not do anything positive for me. (MIHARKI@indsvax1.indstate.edu)
A nice, varied, entertaining Kate Bush album. Title track is a killer. I like to see Kate expanding her musical style, even if it is into Top 40 pop! (colford@chlotrudis.org)
Some of us *love* The Red Shoes. It *is* a good album, and I might have to rank it higher than Lionheart. (burka@jeffrey.net)
As a pop album, this blows the socks off all but 6 records to come out this year. As a Kate Bush album it really rather sucks, but that's all relative. "Lily", "The Red Shoes", and "Big Stripey Lie" save it for me, and I really do hope it breaks Kate for real in the States—the law of averages states that some of the people who are introduced to her through this album will go on to discover her other material and be hooked for life. I do remember that some of you love this album, but that doesn't mean I understand why. :) I have to rank Lionheart above it because when I listen to Lionheart I don't skip over anything. When I listen to The Red Shoes (which isn't often, but then again I don't listen to KaTe much at all these days) I skip over half of the tracks on it. (meth@smoe.org)
As everyone points out. Mediocre for her, miles above the masses. (brianb@mooman.com)
Yes, there are some disappointing tracks here, but there are also some wonderful ones...I find I simply pay less attention during those songs which I like less and they make fine background music :) The only song I really dislike is "Why Should I Love You". (dreaming@nevada.edu)
It's not her worst (Lionheart gets that honor), but it's definitely one of her weaker efforts. Nevertheless, it's a new Kate album, and that's reason enough to put it in the year's top ten. Besides, "Top of the City," "Lily," and "The Red Shoes" are becoming favorite Katesongs. (stuart@sph.emory.edu)
Deeply personal music that's sometimes almost painful in its intensity of feeling. Not an easy album to live with, but rewarding for those with a taste for emotional honesty. Gary Brooker's organ on the outro to "You're the One" provides a chilling conclusion to what may be KaTe's last album for a long time (even by her recent standards). (nightwol@dircon.co.uk)
Lots has been said about this album, so I won't say much. Some of the tracks still don't work for me ("Eat The Music", "Constellation of the Heart", "Top of the City"), but some work extraordinarily well; Kate's emoting on "Song of Solomon" (esp. in the "I'll do it for you" section) gets me every time. Certainly not a groundbreaking album like The Dreaming, but generally much better than most of the pablum on the charts. (dixon@physics.Berkeley.EDU)
Breaking another of this list's long silences, Kate's new album is probably her most accessible, most varied and most commercial, but it is also irrepressibly, unmistakably, brilliantly Kate. (gmcdonald@furia.com)
My friend Cheryl introduced me to Kate with "Sat In Your Lap." Liked it, but let it go. Then came Hounds Of Love, and I was hooked. I agree with the PR folks who said this is Kate's most accessible album. But I don't think she's selling out. She's still experimenting, doing what she feels. I love her most, I think, because she's vocally descriptive. What's it feel like to be a "Rubberband Girl"? Well I guess "rub-a-dub-a-dub-a paints part of the picture! What about losing a lover? When she lets loose with the banshee cry of "Just forGET IT ALRIGHT" in "You're The One I Want" I feel her loss right down to my toes. I guess "Life is sad, and so is love." But, "whatever happens, what really matters? It's all we've got, isn't that enough?" And "The Red Shoes" (the song) keeps me dancing to a rather tragic tale. It's probably easier (and briefer) to mention what I DON'T like. "Why Should I Love You" starts promisingly, but deteriorates quickly into a simplistic funk groove. Maybe I'm just disappointed because it's not what *I* would have done. Ah well, she can do whatever she wants, because even on Ecto, she is. SHE REALLY IS!!!! (I_SW@zis.ziff.com)
Having been a Kate fan from years back, I was shocked that I took so long to pick this one up until now. I guess less-than-favorable reviews kept me away. My liking of Kate waned for awhile. Well, opportunity presented itself, and the purchase was made. It's not as bad as everyone was letting on. Sure, it's not as great as The Dreaming or Hounds of Love, but it's worth listening to. (Matt.Bittner)
While as an album The Red Shoes is a little disappointing, I think the title track is one of Kate's best songs—it's a knockout. There are a few songs on this disc that I don't like that much, there are songs I adore in the centre of this album that I think stand up to Kate's best music and which I love to hear any time: "The Song of Solomon", "Lily", "The Red Shoes", and "Top of the City". I love the emotional progression in them. And "Big Stripey Lie" is kinda fun. (Neile)
wellll...my original thought was that the red shoes didn't compare to her other work, but since then i've listened to it in different moods and situations, and found that there's really a lot to like in there. i'd still rank it as one of my least favourites, but it's something i pull out every so often! (damon)
The Red Shoes is a *good* album, and, actually contains some of Kate's best work. If you can find The Line, The Cross, The Curve, which is the mini-movie Kate did based on that album, you'll gain an even greater appreciation for the sheer amount of work she did for The Red Shoes release. (alundra@netos.com)
2005—Columbia—82796 97772 2
Kate Bush—vocals, piano, keyboards
Peter Erskine, Stuart Eliott, Steve Sanger—drums
Eberhard Weber, John Giblin, Del Palmer—bass
Bosco D'Oliveira—percussion
Dan McIntosh—electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Gary Brooker—Hammond organ
Rolf Harris—vocals, didgeridoo
Lol Creme, Gary Brooker, Paddy Bush—backing vocals
Michael Wood—backing vocals on 1 track
Chris Hall—accordion
Richard Campbell, Susan Pell—viols
Eligio Quintera—Renaissance guitar
Robin Jeffrey—Renaissance percussion
Bertie—the sun
First impressions: Disc 1 is supremely silly lyrically, but musically it's gorgeous. I think if I can concentrate on ignoring the lyrics (e.g. "Pi": I know I said I could listen to KaTe sing the phone book, but I wasn't serious!! The numbers are initially cool, but I think it goes on too long—maybe it will grow on me), everything with this disc will be all right. "The Coral Room" is overall beautiful, though—I think it's by far the strongest and most moving track on the disc. Regarding the silliness, I was mainly thinking of "Mrs. Bartolozzi", and to a certain degree "Lovely Bertie", though I know it's pretty much sacrilege to diss on a song that is obviously so personal for her.
It occurred to me that if I think of "Mrs. Bartolozzi" as a late version of one of the Cathy Demos (which it really does resemble musically), it's much easier to digest...so I'll just do that. :)
Oh yes—I think "How to be Invisible" is one of the stronger tracks on the disc.
Disc 2 is, in a word, stunning. Time will tell, but it may just prove to be the best thing she's ever done—which is saying something, considering that we're talking about the same woman who gave the world The Dreaming. When it was over, I had chills.
Most impressive, though, is her voice. She's still got it, even after all this time. :)
I think this is the nicest packaging she's had, too—I love the artwork in the booklet. (meth@smoe.org)
I don't see how you can call "A Sea of Honey," and especially Pi "supremely silly." To my reading, it's KaTe's take on unrequited love in much the way Innocence Mission tackled it with "You Chase the Light." I hear the protagonist of "Pi" as someone who wishes she could be as enchanting to the object of her affection as he finds the mysteries of pi. Further, I think the imagery of the song conveys the ideal of love as circular—endless, infinite, and yet, through the magic of the number, endlessly varying and unpredictable. I find it to be incredibly lovely.
I really dig the imagery of the chorus of "How to be Invisible" with the list of things that are seen yet unseen, part of our daily existence yet walked all over.
And yeah, "The Coral Room" pretty much makes me want to cry my eyes out.
The vocals and the piano on "Mrs. Bartolozzi", so immediate and simple, really sound just like something off the Cathy Demos (albeit with decent sound!) Lyrically, I'm not quite sure how to take it—the first verse makes me think of nothing so much as Mommie Dearest. I can just see Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford, down on her knees with Diana Scarwid, singing "it took hours and hours to scrub it out—I cleaned and I cleaned!" But the second verse seems almost scandalous, particularly the thrusting of the waves and the "little fish between my legs." I've gotten the impression from KaTe in interviews that she intended the song to be an ode to domesticity, but it seems more like an ode to the horny daydreams of a lonely housefrau.
Ooh. I love this album. (burka@jeffrey.net)
On first listen, it's as good as I had hoped, if it didn't strike me immediately with the force of, say, "The Ninth Wave." But there's a lot of depth to dig into, and I have a feeling that it will grow on me even more. I find "Bertie" quite charming, and enjoy it. So far nothing on the album has really bugged me, except perhaps for Rolf Harris's singing (and I might be missing some extra-musical resonance that its presence might have for some). (jzitt@humansystems.com)
My first impression: If this is so good, then WHY AM I SO BORED???? Seriously, I would like to know. I am not being sarcastic—this is seriously the core of my problem. It's not that I think the music is terrible, far from it!—it's just that apart from "Bertie" and "Pi", which I definitely don't like, I find myself unable to form any kind of emotional response to most of it. And that is bad, bad news.
"Bertie" is so icky and squishy I am fairly certain I will *never* play it again. "Pi" is over six minutes long, much of it consisting of Kate singing the digits of Pi. I read somewhere she wanted to see how much emotion she could put into singing each digit, and now we know the answer: not much. OK, failed experiment is still a valid experiment—fair enough—I just don't think I will ever want to hear it again, either.
The rest of it? Just kind of is, leaving no particular impression on me so far, except for a general 'I've heard it all before, and it grabbed me more back then'.
I listened to the first CD only, because I just couldn't be bothered to play the second one just now. It felt like I'd be wasting my time...
I reserve the right to change my opinion at any time. But right now I'm thinking not. (afries@zip.com.au)
well,it's uneven but it's kate...the wait was partially worth it. I like some of the songs...she could have left the birdsong out. but "bertie", "king of the mountain" and "joanni" are great. As long as I try to forget the lyrics to "bertie"...eww. Oh well..it's still good to have her back. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)
i don't dislike "Bertie" but it doesn't really appeal to me much. i like the music on that song—kinda vaguely early music-ish (sorry, i can't place the period)—but the lyrics don't really reach me in any way. i appreciate the fact that KaTe loves motherhood and her son but, though i can live without it, i won't begrudge her expression there of. (woj@smoe.org)
I do think Aerial is all that, though not as good as The Dreaming, and ok, I'd make "Bertie" a B-side. "Bertie" is a lovely song, and catchy too (I find myself humming it), I love the instrumentation, the vocals, the lyrics and the sentiment.
I think "Mrs. Bartolozzi" is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. In the song a grieving wife who's having to wash her just-died husband's clothes is having a reverie while watching the washing machine. One of the hardest things when someone you live with dies is the aftermath of gathering up their belongings, especially their clothes. Few people die immediately after doing laundry. There are going to be dirty clothes to gather up and wash, before giving them away or whatever it is you're going to do with them. This is something I had to do when my mother died, and I have never heard this topic even touched on in a song.
It's also a very erotic song. Is the thought of having sex with a spouse who's dead icky (or just nudge nudge wink wink) because they're gone now? Is a spouse supposed to forget about those times and thoughts? That's somethingelse that's rarely talked about.
So anyway, I see Mrs. B as being about a lot more than just washing machines and sex. (vickie@enteract.com)
This has to be #1 [of the year]. Kate's best since Hounds of Love, I think. For me, it will not replace Hounds of Love or The Dreaming as her best works, and it has several 'filler' cuts, but it is a wonderful album full of lovely music, and attention to detail, down to the beautiful packaging. If this is her last album, what a better way to go than with The Red Shoes. I could listen to Cd2 every day. (tpierceint@yahoo.com)
I must say that Aerial is a fabulous album, and I have had it on pretty constantly since it was released. I play the second disk (Sky) the most and I really like "Sunset", beautiful melody, enhanced by the wonderful Celtic rhythms that kick in halfway through. At least I think they're Celtic. Margreta thought they were Spanish! I can hear echoes of all of her previous albums in this one too, which is interesting. "Mrs. Bartoluzzi" reminds me of The Kick Inside, for example. (c.boek@ee.mu.OZ.AU)
I took a long time to buy Aerial, and even longer to listen to it, long enough so that I wasn't part of the conversation on ecto when it came out. I wish I'd gotten to it earlier. It's one of my all-time favorite albums by anybody, ever. What a tour de force! You sometimes hear a fan of, say, Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) insist that they'd pay admission to hear her sing the phone book, but here you get to put such fantasies to the test—and you realize that yes, it is worth it to hear Kate sing a hundred and fifty digits of pi. Or rhapsodize on a washing machine. Or gush about her son. Or carry on a hysterical conversation with a bird. It's amazing. (ciriwe@phobot.net)
Aerial's well worth having; Kate took forever making it but obviously lavished a lot of craftsmanship on it. (stevev@hexadecimal.uoregon.edu)
slow to make, and, for me, slow to appreciate. with a few exceptions—Robin Holcomb leaps to mind—i struggle with solo piano and voice. this despite the fact that many of my favorite artists, certainly those most ectoid, tend towards such settings. i have some reasonable reasons, involving the competing tonalities of piano and voice, the tendency towards rubato, etc. but it's also the fact that a piano and voice arrangement leaves nowhere to hide; if you are going to risk that exposure, you better have something worth showing. so, i waded slowly and cautiously into Aerial. but, the farther i went, the deeper it got, to stretch a metaphor. when i play it now, i have to stop any other activity and just listen. (bossert@suddensound.com)
Aerial is tough tough tough to get into, but it's got its charms. (the . walking @ gmail . com)
One of my favorites of 2006. (jjhanson@att.net)
so far, i've decided that i quite like "king of the mountain" (was sort of on the fence watching the video on my laptop), am enjoying "Pi" quite a bit (parts of which remind me more of happy than of kate), and am sorta appalled by track 3. "Mrs Bartolozzi" will take a few listens to form an opinion.
i'd have made "Bertie" an instrumental—the music is fantastic, and could have said far more eloquently by itself what she is expressing than the (in my opinion) insipid lyrics do. as it is, i have a hard time listening to it. (i have the same reaction to the Police's "da doo doo dah" and "shamoli" songs, for much the same reasons.) (brni @ kappamaki . com)
2011—Fish PΣΩplΣ
Recommended for Kate Bush fans
Kate Bush—vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, piano, Marion
Guest artists ("Cast"):
Steve Gadd—drums (1-5, 8-11)
Del Palmer—bass (1)
Davey Spillane—pipes, whistles (1)
Paddy Bush—canes (1); Fujare (3); mandola, mandolins, whistles, musical bows, backing vocals (5)
John Giblin—bass (2-5, 9, 10)
Dan McIntosh—guitars (2, 3, 8, 9, 11) Trio Bulgarka—vocals (2, 4, 8)
David Crofts—Gabriel (2)
Remi Butler—toll (2, 4, 7, 9); spinning toll (8)
Mica Paris—backing vocals (3)
Lily Cornford—narration (3)
Albert McIntosh—computer (4); additional vocals (5); vocals (6); sock puppeteer (7); rook (7, 9, 10)
Brendan Power—harmonica (4, 11) Hazel Pethig—Beryl Van Heem (4)
Terry Jones—Professor Needs (4)
Colin Lloyd-Tucker—backing vocals (5)
Jacob Thorn—additional vocals (5); vocals (6)
The Waynflete Chamber Choir, Michael Wood, Jevan Johnson Booth, Ed Rowntree—choir (7)
Jud Charlton—Michael (7)
Eberhard Weber—basses (8)
Nigel Kennedy—violin, viola (9)
Eric Clapton—guitar (10)
Gary Brooker—Hammond, keyboards (10)
Danny Thompson—bass (11)
While it was wonderful to hear the lyrics Kate Bush originally intended to use in the song "The Sensual World", here renamed "Flower of the Mountain," I'm less convinced by the rest of the album, and much to my surprise, I like her lyrics better than Joyce's (though I loved reading that section of Ulysses. Huh). I almost always prefer the original versions of the songs, sometimes not by much, at least. These versions seem somehow less energetic than the earlier ones. While I like the collection overall more than I thought I would, these new versions don't seem as essential to me as their originals. I think I may like the version of "Moments of Pleasure" here better than the original, as I found the original a little too pretty and expected; this one feels softer but somehow more raw and vulnerable, maybe more tentative. Perhaps also "And So Is Love"—interesting that these two were never favourites of mine, and so maybe I'm more open to new versions of these ones. Whatever the case, it is interesting to hear someone reimagine and revisit their work in this way, and I admire her for doing this. And I love the booklet artwork! (Neile)
A few random reactions:
On "Flower of the Mountain" I really miss her trill when she sings "yes." It's hard to let go of that as something essential to the song.
"Deeper Understanding"—after listening to the song numerous times I still find that the computer voice detracts from the song, and doesn't achieve what she said she was after with it.
On "Red Shoes" her voice sounds a lot thinner than on the original.
I don't necessarily like "This Woman's Work" better than the original, but I think it's a strong alternative.
"Moments of Pleasure" plays like a lost track from Aerial.
I miss Kate's wail in "Never Be Mine." I think the original version communicates the anguish a lot better.
Finally, "Rubberband Girl" made me think of a strangely-muted Aretha Franklin backed by the Rolling Stones. Ha! (ciriwe@phobot.net)
The whole track ("Deeper Understanding") is kind of dark, and just tumbles along, and there's no real singing except way back in a chorus or two and while I didn't *hate* it hate it, I can't much find anything to like about it either. It certainly doesn't hold a candle to anything on Aerial.
This puts me in kind of an odd place. Director's Cut was a total miss for me. (cinnamon@one.net)
50 Words For Snow
Kate Bush—vocals, backing vocals, piano, basses, keyboards
Albert McIntosh—vocals (1)
Steve Gadd—drums (1-6)
Del Palmer—bass (1); bells (4)
Dan McIntosh—guitars (1, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Stefan Roberts, Michael Wood—vocals (2)
Danny Thompson—bass (3)
John Giblin—bass (4, 5, 6)
Andy Fairweather Low—vocals (4)
Elton John—vocals (5)
Stephen Fry—Prof. Joseph Yupik (6)
Odd in a very Kate Bush-like way, and mostly pretty wonderful, 50 Words for Snow is a cycle of songs about snow and winter: a romance with a snowman, about yeti, about 50 strange names for snow. There are a couple of decisions I'm not stuck on—like the duet with Elton John (I just don't like his vocal style these days), and using her son as lead vocalist on the first track—but they don't ruin the songs for me or anything egregious like that. Others may not enjoy the title track with Stephen Fry much either, though I find it charming. While this isn't going to be my favourite album of the year, it's highly listenable, intriguing enough to pay full attention to throughout, creative, and an album only Kate Bush could have made. It's reminiscent of "The Ninth Wave" (the second side of the Hounds of Love album) and the second disc of Aerial. There are many, many, gorgeous moments. (Neile)
This album, I think more than any of her others, shows Kate Bush as a true storyteller. Even if you don't listen to the songs, just read the lyrics to "Lake Tahoe", "Misty" or "Snowed in at Wheeler Street" and you'll be taken on a journey. This is a dense album that requires some patience from the listener, and I love that. Definitely rewards the effort put into it. (lasherboy@gmail.com)
Love the idea. There is much to love in the execution, but having cycled through it several times, I think that Bertie's vocals on "Snowflake" are too clearly untrained and unsteady to help the song, however much his mother loves him, and Elton John is overripe and trying too hard. Even with its faults, in the right mood, this is a pretty mesmerizing album. (bowen@mac.com)
Kate and her quiet reflectiveness—love parts of it, but it does get a bit monotonous. If you like Aerial you'll like this album, but I wished she sounded like she was having more fun. I miss her vocal abandon. This is very controlled. (jjhanson@att.net)
One of the best albums of the year. (stjarnell@yahoo.com, JoAnn Whetsell, Alexander Johannesen, jonwesleyhuff@gmail.com)
Has sung with Peter Gabriel, Roy Harper, Big Country, Go West
Thanks to Jen P. Tagore Brage and woj for work on this entry.
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Home > Learn About Multiple Sclerosis > News > Study shows treating early symptoms may delay MS onset
Study shows treating early symptoms may delay MS onset
A new study suggests that starting medication for multiple sclerosis in people who show the beginning signs of the disease is linked with prolonging the time before the disease is definitively diagnosed.
The study involved people who had a first episode that was suggestive of MS, such as numbness, vision problems or problems with balance, and an MRI that showed signs of possible MS. Up to 85 percent of people in this situation, which is called clinically isolated syndrome, will in time be diagnosed with MS.
The study started with 468 people randomly assigned to receive either early treatment with interferon beta-1b or a placebo. After participants were diagnosed with MS or after two years, the participants on the placebo could switch to interferon beta-1b or another drug. After 11 years, researchers re-evaluated the 278 people who were still participating in the study, which included 167 people in the early group and 111 people in the delayed group.
Those who received the early treatment were 33 percent less likely to be diagnosed with MS than those who received the delayed treatment. People in the early group also had more time before their first relapse of the disease than people in the delayed group, with 1,888 days compared to 931 days. The early group also had a lower overall yearly relapse rate of 0.21 compared to 0.26 for the delayed group, which is 19 percent lower.
The study was published in online issue of Neurology.
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Bigger Than Life Nicholas Ray United States, 1956
Film - Feature | February 18 | 6 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert Simon,
One of Ray's least known films is also acclaimed by many critics as his best, featuring James Mason in one of his finest performances. Mason portrays a small-town schoolteacher who moonlights as a taxi driver to supplement his salary. When he begins taking cortisone to ward off the crippling effects of arthritis, his personality takes on a Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation. Ray's use of CinemaScope photography to frame this intense, close-in psychological drama is even more remarkable than in Rebel Without a Cause; what emerges is a powerful and many-layered vision of the pressures of middle-class life turning its uncomprehending victims into monsters.
- Judy Bloch
Tickets required: Free for Cal Student Film Pass holders $7 BAMPFA members, UC Berkeley students $8 UC Berkeley faculty, staff, retirees; non-UC Berkeley students, 65+, 18 & under, disabled persons $12 General admission
Event contact: 510-6420808
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Good, Bad, and Ugly
Movie Review Super Capers–Good
March 20, 2009 Debbie Lynn Elias Leave a comment
Growing up, just how many of you wanted to be, or during “play time” pretended to be, Superman, Batman, Spiderman, the Boy Wonder Robin, or even the villainous Riddler, Joker or Pruneface? I am willing to bet, a lot of you (and that group includes both of my brothers). Let’s face it -to kids – and even to adults – super heroes with super powers is a pretty cool thing. And how many of you dreamt these big dreams or had these fantasies thanks to reading comic books; comic books that were vividly illustrated, with characters, stories and cool costumes leaping off the page and into your imagination? But then, how many of you were more inspired by the comic books that translated into cartoon or live action tv series like “Batman”? Yep. I see it. I see those nostalgic grins of embarrassment as you relive those days of running around the house with a blanket tied around your neck, playing super hero, defending the world, conquering evil and, oh yes, tormenting your siblings and parents with your super powers of childhood fun and annoyance. And as you well know, the cape was everything! So now, here we are in the 21st Century. Imagine just how fun it would be to relive those memories now up on the silver screen. Well, thanks to the inspired imagination (and love of super heroes, cartoons, comics, classics, film and fun), Ray Griggs dons his writer/director super hero cape, puts the best of comics, tv and film together, and brings us what is destined to become a camp classic for the ages with SUPER CAPERS! Talk about fun!!!
Ed Gruberman is your average guy who just wants to be a super hero. So enthralled is he with the whole super hero, super powers thing, that as his job he dresses up as “Ed Gruber Man – Super Hero.” With his bright yellow ill-fitting spandex suit emblazoned with a green sequined “G” (stitched on in red) , flashy red cape and, dare I say, green wading boots, Gruber Man is a formidable force – not. A geek to the Nth degree, Ed’s heart may be in the right place but his skills are far from it – he has none – mortal or otherwise. But what does a wannabe super hero do while still in “uniform” when he spies a fiery red-headed damsel in distress. Why, step right in and defend the lady from her vicious tormenter, a balding middle-aged unarmed robber, of course! Taking the bull by the horns, Gruber Man leaps into action only to be flattened like a pancake and then saved by the damsel herself who just happens to have some rather amazing super powers, not to mention a super kiss. But, being a hero, or trying to be one, isn’t all that its cracked up to be as Ed finds himself getting arrested for “super hero brutality” and his damsel having exited the crime scene. Hmmm.
Brought up before “The Judge” (who wears a robe that looks more like Lucifer’s black and red cloaken cover – and ironically our filmmaker has an earlier film called “Lucifer”), Ed warms the cockles of The Judge’s heart with his life story, the death of his circus performing parents and his need to avenge their deaths. Inspired by Ed’s tale of woe, but more interested in Ed’s admiration and worship for the ubber comic book hero, The Dark Winged Vesper, The Judge orders Ed to attend super hero school. Comprised of mostly superhero misfits, the Super Capers as they are called, travel in their silver Delorean-styled time travelling RV, honing their super hero skills and powers. Super Caper Felicia Freeze can create ice and snow with her breathe. Herman Brainard, the hero with the oversized bulbous brain, can telepathically move objects by making his brain grow bigger. At the slightest sign of fear or danger, Puffer Boy turns into a roly-poly Puffer Fish who can only be deflated by pulling on one of his spikes. Robo is a cigar smoking pint-sized robot with Terminator sized muscles (and who sounds amazing like California’s governor) who assures us on every scene exist that he’ll be back. Will Powers, well, beyond making sure his hair looks perfect at all times and every muscle bugle is in place, he has super human strength. Herbert Q is the “Q” in the group, designing and building devices that would rival those of James Bond’s Q – not. And then there’s Sarge, the overseer of this merry band of misfits.
Called on for their first mission, Super Capers head out to thwart the evil plan of Captain Sludge and his sidekick Cretan in their attempts to steal an armored care of gold bouillon. With each hero taking their own crack at Sludge, it quickly falls to Gruber Man to finally display his super power to not only save the day, but save the super heroes. (Seems that if you know Will Power’s weakness – calling him fat or unhandsome – he becomes a worthless cry baby.) But what is Ed’s super power? To his knowledge he has none and so he calls on the only power he can think of at the moment, the power of prayer – well, a prayer not be killed. Talk about miracles! Prayer works. Bad guys foiled. But, bad guys also escape incurring some wrath from LAPD, who are more interested in Will Powers’ autograph than the crime scene. And who else makes a surprise visit, none other than The Judge who appears on the scene to congratulate his little protegees. Hmmm…. something doesn’t seem right – at least to Gruber Man.
With the help of Brainard, the two begin their own investigation into the gold heist, only to soon find Ed framed for the heist and Super Capers shut down. Lost and alone with nowhere to go, the group rallies together to save Ed, in whose innocence they believe (after all, he does have the power of prayer), and work together determined to discover the true villain in our story. As Ed travels back in time in the Delorean RV, long hidden secrets (including who is that vivacious red-headed damsel in distress) and surprising discoveries all come to light as we all get yet another fun-filled crime fighting lesson.
Where do I start when talking about this cast? Carefully chosen for their own super powers, each is significant to the film in their own right starting with Justin Whalin. Best known for his role as Jimmy Olsen in tv’s “Lois and Clark”, Whalin is geeky fun as Ed Gruberman (who, thankfully, thanks to Q, gets a better super hero suit, albeit from the Warner Bros. and bearing a strong resemblance to a Star Wars storm trooper suit). Exuding a sincere innocence but with over-the-top camp emotion, he is hysterical and never moreso than when “in prayer.” Danielle Harris, fresh off her stints in “Halloween 4 and 5″ is charming as Felicia Freeze. She brings a super hero bravura akin to Wonder Woman but a girlish innocence when it comes to Felicia’s affections for Gruber Man. Ryan McPartlin, recognizable from tv’s “Chuck” is perfect as the narcissistic Will Powers. With an ego puffed up bigger than his hair or his chest, McPartlin brings an appreciative level of self-deprecating humor to the character. And don’t miss Ray Griggs himself as Puffer Boy which I guarantee will bring out a hearty laugh when he puffs into action.
Our villains are no slouches either. Doug Jones, the lovable “Abe Sapien” in “Hellboy” plays Special Agent Smith #1, aide de camp to The Judge. Looking very much like Smith and Jones in “Men in Black”, Jones’ one note monotone throughout brings a laugh at every turn. Joining him as Special Agent Smith #2 is Isaac Singleton who you may remember as Bosun in “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Coen Brothers favorite Jon Polito is a kick in the ass as Captain Sludge and plays role with the most villainous camp. But are three best villainous performances come from Tom Sizemore, Michael Rooker and the wonderful, Christine Lakin. Sizemore steals every scene as attorney Roger Cheatem. Buffoonish and cartoonish, he is the epitome of sleazy lawyer, even settling his client’s case for $1.00. Michael Rooker who has done everything from good cop to bad cop to best friend to serial killer rolls everything all into one here as The Judge. But not only does he dispense justice and oversee the Super Capers, he also has a secret identity which I will not reveal here. Dichotomous, mysterious and quite funny, Rooker gives one of the most elaborate performances of his career. And then there’s Christine Lakin. You may remember her as tomboy “Al” on “Step By Step” or as “the nottie” to Paris Hilton’s “hottie” in last year’s “The Hottie & The Nottie.” Well, hold on to your hats because as Red, Lakin shows a side of herself we’ve never seen. Confident, sexy, mysterious, her eyes just draw you to the screen (and for you guys, so will her form fitting spandex outfit). When I talked to her last year, she was raving about shooting SUPER CAPERS and her excitement over playing a character with super powers.
And talk about cameos!!! Be on the lookout for a delightful cameo from that first lady lost in space, June Lockhart, who plays the mother to end all mothers to Herbert Brainard. Even Clint Howard gets in on the act as the mugger. And George Stults, the dreamy to-die-for cop turned house husband in “7th Heaven” parodies his former role here as an autograph seeking LAPD officer. But fans around the globe will get the biggest charge out of seeing a certain black Batmobile now being operated as an air conditioned taxi by a man who once played the beloved “Man Bat” (as he is called here) and who bears more than a striking resemblance to none other Batman himself, Adam West.
One of the most memorable things Lakin talked about with me was the fact that with SUPER CAPERS, “everyone wanted to do the film just for fun of it. No one was here ‘for the job.’” On seeing the film, her assessment is obvious as the permeating sense conveyed by writer/director Ray Griggs is FUN, and it shows in the performances. Not rocket science or a film with hidden subconscious messages, SUPER CAPERS is a classic “B” film tempered with spoofing while paying homage to iconic characters and films. If you’ve been paying attention to this review, by now you should have picked up on numerous films, characters and tv shows that Griggs clearly loves as they are the basis of the film. Key to the fun of SUPER CAPERS though is Griggs’ casting of recognizable iconic actors from beloved tv shows. Campy, but for the most part avoiding corny, there are a few “dry” patches in the script and action that could have been a bit tighter, but even during those down times, you find yourself looking for hints and clues and strategic placement of iconic pieces of film history. And kudos to Alys Thompson’s set decoration and Scott Enge’s production design. One look and you know what their viewing history is because neither misses a beat on touchstones.
Significant to the fun of SUPER CAPERS is the score. Composer Nathan Lanier melds just enough chords and notes to make the music and its connection identifiable to its point of origination (“Back to the Future”, “Star Wars”, “Indiana Jones”, to name a few), all of which just adds to the overall enjoyment. And for a closing theme? What else but that from “The Greatest American Hero”, which was one of the first tv shows I worked on.
Recognizable actors. Recognizable and connectable heroes and villains. Good versus evil. Adept versus inept. There is something for everyone. But above all, there’s fun. SUPER CAPERS is super fun!!!!!
Ed Gruberman – Justin Whalin
Red – Christine Lakin
Felicia Freeze – Danielle Harris
The Judge – Michael Rooker
Roger Cheatem – Tom Sizemore
Written and directed by Ray Griggs.
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The MoreHawk
May 12, 2009 Michael Chavez 1 Comment
It was a long day. I was exhausted by another Laker loss and the whole Manny ordeal. What better way to unwind than… get a haircut? That sounds silly, right? Haven’t you been paying attention? Getting your haircut has become a masculine activity and moreover, an athletic activity.
My stylist Tony knew exactly what I wanted. Yes, I have a stylist, Tony over at Hollywood Hair. Before you judge any further, just know that Tony hooked me with his “Recession Proof Haircut,” which is your first cut for three dollars. I’m going back to the faux-hawk. It’s not quite short enough to be an official Mohawk, but not quite long enough to be anything else. Not quite Mr. T. Not quite Drew Carey.
“You know, I saw a basketball player the other evening with a Mohawk,” Tony said. “He had all these crazy designs on both sides, but they didn’t match,” he continued. “I’d never seen anything like that before.”
“Ron Artest,” I replied. “It was Ron Artest and one side was the Houston Rockets logo,” I followed. “The other was just a series of crazy designs.”
Ron Artest has sported a Mohawk this postseason. It is subtle (short in length), yet fierce (original design). Because of the hair, the Rockets have the series (Western Conference Semifinals with the Lakers) notched at 2-2. Maybe it’s not the hair. However, when a player comes out with the cut, they are making a statement. They are looking to prove themselves. The Mohawk is bold and captures attention immediately. If a player flops, criticism will not follow the play, but the inability to back up the ‘hawk.’
Artest’s stylish counterpart might argue either way. Houston’s Von Wafer also has a Mohawk this postseason. However, this is nothing new in the NBA. Other NBA players to have sported the ‘do’ include former Cavs center Scott Pollard (known namely for his antics and unique looks), the 76ers’ Samuel Dalembert and Washington’s DeShawn Stevenson (when the Wizards were swept by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2006 postseason.)
The Mohawk has made an impact in other sports as well. John Riggins might be considered the pioneer of the pigskin Mohawk. The former NY Jet and (ironically) Washington Redskins running back wore a hawk back in the 70’s. He has paved the way for today’s players. Other notable “hawks” include Ocho Cinco’s (Chad Johnson) short blond strip and both Shawne Merriman’s subtle and extreme looks.
In the last few seasons, college football players have entered the movement. Universities nationwide have been wowed by the hairstyle. Even mascots have jumped onboard (Rocky the Bull, University of Southern Florida’s mascot came out with a Mohawk in the school’s 2007 contest against Cincinnati.)
It would seem the Mohawk has become a source of motivation as well as inspiration. It has become the new “rally cap,” as we saw with the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays who won the American League Championship before losing to Philadelphia in the World Series. Nearly half of the team sported the racy ‘do’ in the postseason.
Perhaps the style’s prevalence in sports is due to the fact that players are so constrained by uniform regulations their hair has become one of the few areas they can control. League associations institute fines and other sanctions if players are found to be outside of permitted attire.
However, how often have we seen athletes etch out that middle stripe when facing harder or more meaningful competition? How often have we pulled for the guy with the ‘hawk’ merely because we want to see him prove his athletic prowess?
Enter hip-hop mogul P Diddy (formerly Puff Daddy, Puffy and Diddy). Diddy was never renowned for his athletic capabilities. Yet, he captured mass attention when he supported the Mohawk movement. While he sported a ‘hawk,’ Diddy tackled the New York City marathon (in an effort to inspire young people to vote.) People were inspired by his feat, finish time and message, but captivated by the hair on his head.
This growing ritual reflects the early days of the ‘do’ when certain Native American tribes would cut their hair in this fashion before entering battle. Today, another, less gruesome, more entertaining battle ensues.
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REVIEW: Tales of Suspense #104
Posted on April 22, 2018 by Cheryl Gustafson Posted in Comic Reviews, Comics, Reviews — No Comments ↓
TALES OF SUSPENSE #104 / Writer: Matthew Rosenberg / Artist:Travel Foreman / Color Artist: Rachelle Rosenberg / Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles / Cover Art: Yasmine Putri / Publisher: Marvel / April 18, 2018
Black Widow turns the tables on absolutely everyone, including her friends, in the action packed conclusion to Rosenberg and Foreman’s Tales of Suspense. All the best pieces are there. A body count of epic proportions, explosions, sharp snappy banter, assassin ballerinas, and a talking bear fill the pages as deliciously as one would expect. More importantly, this issue equals so much more than the sum of its parts. After you finish, you realize you’ve just witnessed an effortless blending of trauma fallout mixed with a fight for hope, hope for our friends and the future. Tales of Suspense #104 leaves the reader remembering that justice doesn’t have to be pretty as it rises from the ashes of a world gone very, very wrong.
Black Widow is nothing short of a dispassionate avenging angel of death in Tale of Suspense #104, which is just how I like her. The Red Room is back in business, with a new nefarious death defying/life-giving twist. It’s truly horrific. Natasha is known for being emotionally detached and that character trait shines through in this issue. She stops at nothing, including nearly killing her old loves, Hawkeye and Winter Soldier, to execute her murderously effective plan.
From the start Clint and Bucky have been playing catch up, and Tale of Suspense #104 is no different. Missing an arm and a bow, these two continue on with their insults and gallows humor in an attempt to catch up and suss out Black Widow’s plan. By issue’s end, we see both of these talented men well out of their depth, just as the started in the first issue. Their reactions to all of this bloodshed and chaos speaks truthfully to the heart of their characters. Clint’s reactions, page after page, reinforce the idea that he might just be too good to have any place in Natasha’s world. On the flip side, Bucky sees Nat’s plan for what it is, setting in with his signature grim determination to assist her in laying waste to the Red Room (and beyond??).
Apparently there are shipper-y feelings about how Tales of Suspense #104 ends. For me, none of that matters. None of it. HydraCap decapitated Nat. Say it with me, loud enough for the people in the back. “HydraCap decapitated Nat.” That’s a mountain that cannot be moved, blown up, or flown over. Somehow, Natasha is back in the living world. As she rightly sees it, the only response is to rise up and push back hard in hopes of saving and protecting any good that remains. I don’t blame the boys for going to the ends of the earth to find her, it’s what we do for our friends. But I’m with Nat on this one, she never asked for them to do it and nothing about the situation is about them. That’s a tough truth to take.
The emotional weight is carried by the men in Tales of Suspense #104 and everything about the art reinforces this reality. Early in the issue there’s a strong two page spread built entirely out of 16 small, precise rectangular panels. Alternating cool tones during Hawkeye and Winter Soldier’s storyline for warm tones during Natasha’s storyline proves an easy and effective way to contrast two concurrent storylines. More importantly, it kept my eyes marching across the page. The energy in this spread was snappy but not chaotic, reminding the reader that Widow has a plan and those pieces are falling into place in an orderly fashion.
Rachelle Rosenberg also pulls off a sweet twist with her use of color. Most of the panels with the boys are colored in cool blues and greens. Yet, the boys are the ones carrying the emotional weight in this story; cool and detached are two words completely foreign to their arc in this issue. On the flip side, most of Natasha’s panels in early in the issue are colored with warm red and orange tones. Usually warm tones are related to passion and fire. By flipping the script with the color choices, reinforcing the truth that Nat’s plans are not easily mapped out.
The entire Tales of Suspense series is a gem, containing hidden gags and clever visual touches. Past examples include a sandwich being thrown at people on the street and Clint chugging from a milk carton like a slob. This time, a particular visual detail caught my eye. Natasha fights in flat footed boots. Flat. Footed. Boots. For the love of all that is good in this world, I’m going to cheer for this and let me tell you why. Too many comic women fight in heels, or wedge boots. It drives me crazy. Fighting in heels or wedge boots is nonsensical. Would Batman fight in wedges? How about stilettos? Hell no, an elevated heel’s sole purpose is to change the shape of the woman’s leg to make it more appealing to men. For women readers, at least the women readers I know, seeing a woman kick so much ass (and boy does she ever) in flat footed boots is gratifying. Hats off to Travel Foreman and Rachelle Rosenberg for defining Natasha, at least visually, in a way that reminds the reader, even the males ones, “It’s not about you.”
Tales of Suspense #104 perfectly balances the gritty, bloody determination of Black Widow with the perpetually on-their-heels Hawkeye and Winter Soldier, resulting in a thoroughly satisfying story worth your time.
VERDICT: 5 out of 5 Ferocious Flat-Footed Kicks to the Face
Cheryl Gustafson
I’m a curious, creative, comic(al) woman. I am unapologetically Team Cap, but not HydraCap because there is a line in the moral sands of the universe and that whole thing is on the other side of it. I teach high school students all about the joys of mythology through comic books, graphic novels, and films. I wandered into the comic book world in 2015 and is a proud member of the #DoYouEvenComicBook gang.
About Cheryl Gustafson
I'm a curious, creative, comic(al) woman. I am unapologetically Team Cap, but not HydraCap because there is a line in the moral sands of the universe and that whole thing is on the other side of it. I teach high school students all about the joys of mythology through comic books, graphic novels, and films. I wandered into the comic book world in 2015 and is a proud member of the #DoYouEvenComicBook gang.
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The Australian Crime Commission and AUSTRAC testified, at a Senate committee, that they have limited powers to track money once it goes offshore. So why are we taking the risk of funding Islamic organisations?
DISCLAIMER: I am not trying to suggest in this post that Australian halal certification does directly fund terrorism, I have no evidence of that myself, however various red flags have been raised, such as financial mismanagement by Islamic organisations, lack of traceability of money transfers etc, some of which deserve further investigation. Whether further inspection will find funding of terrorism I can’t say, however halal certification monies have been passed to Islamic groups with extremist views (such as MUI, who endorse female genital mutilation – see my other post).
And in particular, the 4 terrorist attacks that have been carried out on Australian soil in recent years have all been by Muslims, and virtually all other foiled attacks have also been planned by Muslims. Therefore considering we currently have an enormous problem worldwide with Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism, I believe that any monies passing to the hands of Islamic groups deserves extra scrutiny.
At the time of the 2015 Senate inquiry into third-party certification of food a headline was bandied around in various newspapers that no “direct links” from halal certifiers to terrorism had been found. But many of these articles were misleading, as they did not address the fact that both the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) and AUSTRAC admitted to the Senate that they had limitations on their investigative powers, particularly once money goes offshore, i.e. as AUSTRAC testified, “We can see when money leaves Australia and goes offshore to the first point of recipient…if you were in the UK, for example, and I sent money to you, Senator, we can see the transaction. Where that money goes next is a difficult challenge for us because it is not part of what is reported to AUSTRAC.”
Furthermore AUSTRAC has previously flagged the indirect funding of terrorism, by funneling money through overseas charities, as a potential high risk.
Indeed as noted in both the Senate inquiry and on ABC Four Corners, some overseas halal certifiers have either been linked to, or known to funnel monies to charities that turned out to be funding terrorism.
Of course it could also be argued that any individual or organization could be funding nefarious deeds through offshore charities, but the reason why Islamic organisations require extra scrutiny is because we do have a worldwide Islamic terrorism problem that is obviously receiving funding from somewhere.
Whilst the ACC testified that due to media interest in links between halal certification and terrorism, they “have been on a heightened lookout for any links between halal certification” and did not subsequently find any direct links, they also admitted that that they were particularly focused on “money laundering and on serious and organised crime”. The point that was made to them by Senator Bernardi is that the transfer of halal certification funds, is a legitimate business activity, and therefore would not fall into the category of money-laundering, “They are not laundering money; they are just sending money overseas for a cause”.
Our crime bodies also have further limitations. AUSTRAC testified that they do not generally investigate domestic transfers under $10,000 unless it has been drawn to their attention as suspicious.
The Australian, “Muslim school stripped of $45m”
Furthermore some Islamic organisations, such as AFIC, have been embroiled in legal proceedings with allegations of severe financial mismanagement, such as siphoning $45 million worth of government school funding from one of the schools they manage, Malek Fahd. This is not the only AFIC managed school that has come under fire, indeed others have had their government funding revoked. AFIC, as a registered charity, has the advantage that they are exempt from the reporting and tax obligations of most Australian businesses. A number of other halal certifiers are also not for profits, others set up as businesses.
Australian Government, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, “List of recognised Islamic bodies for halal certification of red meat” This is a screenshot of part of the list
Generally how halal certification operates is that the halal certifiers are hand picked by Islamic countries, particularly when it comes to red meat exports. It stands to reason that these countries are most likely to give their business to the halal certifiers that best fit their strain of Islam.
AFIC has a very cosy relationship with a number of these countries, and is one of a handful of halal certifiers approved for red meat exports to Saudi Arabia. They also are approved for Qatar.
Furthermore, particularly in the case of Indonesia, it has been alleged that some halal certifiers have been paying bribes to get these contracts.
The Guardian,”WikiLeaks cables portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists”
Whilst bribes, corruption and financial mismanagement does not necessarily lead to terrorism, when halal certifiers are handpicked by countries such as Saudi Arabia, any financial transactions should be carefully scrutinized, in light of Hillary Clinton’s statement that, “Donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide”.
Qatar too has recently been in the news, accused of funding terrorism.
In the past AFIC also had a close relationship with Libyan dictator Gaddafi, and indeed received funding from him.
The ABC Four Corners, “The Truth About Halal” episode discussed allegations of links from halal certification to terrorism. “Overseas, some halal certifiers have been linked to Islamic charities accused of assisting groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.”
Probably the most prominent Australian halal certifier to be embroiled in terrorist allegations was Mohammed El-Mouelhy.
Four Corners mentioned that El-Mouelhy “gives generously to Islamic charities, including Human Appeal International….HAI has been named overseas as a suspected fundraiser for Hamas by the US and Israeli governments. HAI’s Australian branch told Four Corners it has never funded Hamas or any of its affiliates.”
El-Mouelhy went on to concur that this charity does not fund Hamas, but if it were established that it did he would look for another charity to support.
And of course the ACC and AUSTRAC did mention that they have not found any evidence of direct links between halal certification and terrorism.
But possibly a major reason for why El-Mouelhy came under suspicion by the public was that it was reported shortly after the Lindt Café siege that one of his family members was in the Lindt café minutes before the siege took place. In fact both The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph, at the time, recounted lengthy interviews with her, however these reports were somewhat conflicting as to whether or not she had been in the café or nearby. And there also seemed to be some confusion as to whether she was his wife or his daughter.
In fact El-Mouelhy’s business is located not far from Martin Place, so presumably it would not be unusual for he or his family to be in the vicinity of the café, but to actually be in the café at that time would have been quite a close call. As proponents of halal certification it would also be hypocritical for them to be eating in Lindt, considering Lindt chocolate has resisted the urge to become halal certified, and El-Mouelhy’s business website states, “Muslims have certain dietary requirements that must be fulfilled by certification.” Unless they were at the Lindt cafe to try and persuade it to become halal certified?
But these reports combined with El-Mouelhy’s links to HAI may have made a nervous public jump to conclusions. Indeed El-Mouelhy ended up suing Halal Choices activist Kirralie Smith for defamation (they eventually settled out of court).
However since those early reports, no more mention of this appears to have been made again, so one would have to conclude that those reports of an El-Mouelhy being at the café are wrong. Most likely the inquest into the Lindt café uncovered the truth about this, but one has to ask, given the terrorism allegations that the El-Mouelhy family has endured, and the public unease about terrorism, surely it is in both the family and the public’s interest for these newspapers to either confirm or issue a rebuttal of these stories, and if the reports were false to explain why they were made.
When it comes to misleading newspaper reports, here is one from the ABC, titled “No direct link between halal certification and Islamic terrorism, Senate inquiry told”:
“Senator Cory Bernardi, who is on the committee, asked if the reason why AUSTRAC had come up with no evidence was because they were not looking at halal certifiers.
“The answer to that is ‘no’,” Craig Robertson, AUSTRAC’s acting national manager of intelligence, said.
“We’re not looking specifically at the use of those funds on the basis that I guess a third party outside of AUSTRAC hasn’t been able to refer us information that provides evidence to look at it, and our own detection and monitoring systems of what we know about how terrorism financing occurs has not surfaced that information.”
Whilst I’m not someone who normally questions the integrity of the ABC in terms of the accuracy of their reporting (I do at times question their bias however), having read the hansard this is not only somewhat misleading, it also appears that the ABC merged two separate sentences together, that would be fine if they used an ellipsis … to indicate the merging of two separate statements. I, myself, am no expert on correct referencing but in this case it appears to have been done to be misleading.
Because below is actually what is in the hansard:
Senator BERNARDI: Once again, I come back to this: have you specifically looked at the use of funds by organisations that conduct halal certification?
Mr Robertson: The answer to that is no, we are not looking specifically at the use of those funds. As Mrs Jamieson outlined in our opening statement, we do monitor for movements that relate to those activities. We use either names of entities or keywords, as we do for a range of things, in order to surface any information that we would then need to assess. But aside from those regular types of monitoring activities we do not have any active work against those movements of funds.
Senator BERNARDI: I have learned not to rely on ABC Fact Check. ABC Fact Check said, ‘A spokesman for AUSTRAC told Fact Check it had no information to indicate that there are links to terrorism financing from halal certification fees.’ That may be entirely accurate but it is because you have not investigated halal certification fees and the use of that.
Mr Robertson: Again, for clarity, we do not conduct the investigations per se—and I know it is terminology. On the basis that a third party outside of AUSTRAC has not been able to refer us to information that provides that evidence to look at it—and our own detection and monitoring systems of what we know about how terrorism financing occurs has not surfaced that information—the short answer is no.”
But there are other reasons for public unease about halal certification in general. What did come out in the Senate inquiry was that much of the Australian halal certification industry is extremely unregulated
The Australian halal certification industry is extremely unregulated with much of their activities shrouded in secrecy, and some of the responses given to the inquiry by halal certifiers were evasive. For instance the Senate committee could not establish how many halal certifiers there were in Australia (though it appears that there are at least 22). Therefore if no one knows who they all are, obviously they can not have all be investigated for terrorism!
This is not to say any Australian halal certifiers are funding terrorism, but with allegations of severe financial mismanagement, bribes and corruptions, secretive and evasive behaviours, and links to countries such as Saudi Arabia, in addition to a worldwide Islamic terrorism problem, the question should not be whether halal certifiers and Islamic organisations are funding terrorism, but should we be willing to take the risk that they might be? In particular given that many of these groups hold views that would be considered misogynistic and oppressive by most modern day Australians, one would have to ask what societal benefit to our country does funding these groups bring?
If you would like to read more, below are some of the excerpts regarding terrorism taken from the hansard of the Senate inquiry into the third party food certification (please be aware I have abbreviated some of this, so as to highlight the areas I think most relevant, but I try to make that clear by my use of ellipsis. The full Hansard can be downloaded at the end of this post):
AUSTRAC’s evidence (pg 13-14):
Senator BERNARDI: AUSTRAC is responsible for tracking domestic and external and international money transfers—is that correct?
Mr Robertson: Yes, in a broad sense, although we have much more limited visibility of domestic financial activity by virtue of what is legislated in terms of what is reported to us. The vast majority of the information that we hold relates to the movements of funds in and out of Australia, regardless of their value. We do have some direct reports of domestic activity, normally when they are performed in cash and when they are above a threshold of $10,000. As I am sure you have seen when you have travelled, you also have the cross-border movement of physical currency and that gets reported to AUSTRAC as well. The fourth type of report is a suspicious matter report, which does not have a threshold or a particular type that requires that report to be made.
AUSTRAC’s evidence (pg 14):
Mr Robertson: …we do not have any information that suggests that the entities we are aware of that provide halal certification are linked to the funding of those seeking to travel overseas to fight in Iraq or Syria or those who are onshore seeking to undertake any attack planning—
Senator BERNARDI: But you do not really track it, in essence, do you? You do not follow the certification money through a group like AFIC into a mosque or a bookstore where there are extremist materials and the conversion of people and the inspiring of jihadis is taking place.
Mr Robertson: The answer to that is: no, we do not follow those funds, particularly, for those entities who are engaged in halal certification.
Senator BERNARDI: I will turn internationally, then. In a report published last year, Terrorism financing in Australia, AUSTRAC said:
The risks associated with the misuse of charities and NPOs are high as these organisations offer the capacity for groups to raise relatively large amounts of money over time.
I understand there are national security issues at play here, but how far do you track the funds that are used by international charities?
Mr Robertson: There is a challenge in that. We can see when money leaves Australia and goes offshore to the first point of recipient, if you like. To put a broader scenario: if you were in the UK, for example, and I sent money to you, Senator, we can see the transaction. Where that money goes next is a difficult challenge for us because it is not part of what is reported to AUSTRAC. If we identified that the transaction was suspicious, we have a number of arrangements with our counterpart type units in different countries. We could ask the question of those counterparts: what happened to those funds next? We would not do that for all the transactions. As I mentioned, we would only do that in cases where we formed a suspicion or one of our partner agencies has asked us to assist them in looking at those transactions and to engage our international partners.
The delivery of funds that go overseas for charitable purposes are often devolved into goods or cash, which are not part of what we are able to track.
Senator BERNARDI: Let me give you an example: Human Appeal International. It is an international organisation that has ties to Hamas. Hamas is not a prescribed organisation in Australia, but the Hamas brigades are. You can track the money from Human Appeal International that sends out to Hamas. Is that right? They have to send it to an end recipient, so you know that it is going to Hamas or whatever their organisation is.
Mr Robertson: If Human Appeal International has a bank account in Australia and they send funds, yes, we would see where that money was.
Senator BERNARDI: But you cannot then track what Hamas does with the funding?
Mr Robertson: Based on what is reported to us, no.
Senator BERNARDI: If a halal certifier boasts about supporting an organisation like Human Appeal International, which is directly linked to Hamas and has personnel on their international body that are linked to Hezbollah, which is not a good group of people, it is not too long a bow to draw and say, ‘The profits of halal certification are linked to organisations that are not acting in Australia’s interests?
Mr Robertson: That is when AUSTRAC does not have that investigative mandate in terms of an agency. If we were to see a scenario like that where funds do move, we would need to refer that to a partner agency who would investigate the offences of terrorism financing—they are not offences under our legislation, as you are no doubt aware—and/or then we could work with partner agencies to engage with the country overseas where that money has gone so that we can understand more about it.
Senator BERNARDI: I can find this out through a Google search, effectively. We have a bloke who is boasting and is contributing to a charity which is directly linked to those types of organisations. How can you not conclude that the profits of halal certification, which this man openly boasts runs into millions of dollars for him, are contributing to extremist organisations?
Mrs Jamieson: We look at the financial transaction reports that come in. As we said, halal certification, the business, does not fall under our legislation. So we revert back to the transaction reports that we then receive, which are the international funds transfers. Mr Robertson has explained to you what we do with that information when we receive it.
Senator BERNARDI: If I give money to a charity, AUSTRAC really only see the sum of money and who the recipient is when the charity distributes it. It really does not have any knowledge of my contribution to the charity—or does it? You do not have to answer that aspect of it.
Mr Robertson: It is easy to answer that in one sense. If you donated less than $10,000 to a charity in Australia and you put it into their bank account, it would not be reported to us; but if it was more than $10,000 and you put it into their bank account, it would be reported to us.
Australian Crime Commission (ACC) evidence (pg 18):
Mr Hansford: Equally, like the evidence that AUSTRAC provided earlier this morning, we have been involved in and funded for the response to Islamist terrorism by the Australian government, particularly focusing on money-laundering, and we are involved with a whole range of partners, including AUSTRAC. This is in addition to our daily work on anything from illicit drugs, gangs and high-risk crime targets, to cybercrime. So it is in this context that we made the following statement, and on 12 November—following a considerable number of media requests, and some statements by the media that actually identified the Australian Crime Commission as having found links between halal certification and terrorism—we put out a press release that said exactly what I said at the beginning: that we have found links between money-laundering, terrorism and serious and organised crime, but we have not found any direct links between halal certification and the funding of terrorism.
My evidence today is based on our operational work and the intelligence holdings that the Australian Crime Commission has. Since this issue has been highlighted in the press, we have been on a heightened lookout for any links between halal certification in our intelligence holdings, and to date we have not found any direct linkages.
Senator BERNARDI: I will draw on some of the evidence that was produced to us. For example, the Islamic Council of Western Australia the Islamic Council of Western Australia said in their 2013 annual report that they made donations to Syria, but they did it through a charity, the Al Imdaad charity, to ensure that no recriminations could be directed to the Islamic Council of Western Australia. So you could say if, for example, the Al Imdaad charity was involved in untoward activities in Syria—and I do not know whether it was, but there are no good guys in Syria, apparently—then there is no direct link to an Islamic certifier funding terrorism or extremist activity, but there may be cause for an indirect conclusion to be drawn.
Mr Hansford: I think that wherever there is a sector with large amounts of cash that are being remitted, there is an opportunity for either serious and organised crime or people sympathetic with terrorism to utilise and exploit that particular sector. That is the answer, but from the high-risk crime targets that we look at and the money laundering operations that we have undertaken, we have not seen a direct link.
Senator BERNARDI: We come back to this directly. If a certifying agency decides to remit funds overseas for whatever purpose—for humanitarian or charitable aims, either directly or through a third party—you are not really in a position to assess how those funds are utilised overseas. Is that correct?
Mr Hansford: That is correct. But we are in a position to understand how money is laundered by organised crime, and no sector in the Australian economy is really prone from infiltration by serious and organised crime, whether that is a bank or a casino, or the alternative remittance sector. All of them have the potential to be exploited, and for laundered money—
Senator BERNARDI: But we are not talking about money laundering. We are talking about legitimate businesses, or organisations in Australia, that raise money through the halal certification schemes or whatever, and then they say they are going to participate in an international outreach, either through a charity or anything else. They are not laundering money; they are just sending money overseas for a cause. There is no way you can assess, realistically, where every dollar of that money goes once it reaches an offshore destination like Syria or Iraq or Palestine, or anywhere else.
Mr Hansford: I guess the answer is that our focus is on money laundering and on serious and organised crime.
Senator BERNARDI: So we are talking apples and oranges.
Mr Hansford: Yes.
Kirralie Smith:
Kirralie Smith is a vocal anti Halal Certification activist, a prior member of the Australian Liberty Alliance she recently joined Senator Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives party.
Kirralie has been researching Halal Certification for many years and gave evidence that she has been harassed by many people, including prominent Muslim leaders, and the intimidation reached such a point that she had to move house and keep her location secret, all because she “dared to ask questions about the halal certification industry in Australia.”
Kirralie gave a lot of evidence in general about the Halal Certification industry but in relation to terrorism this is part of what she said:
Kirralie Smith’s evidence (pg 27):
Mrs Smith: …In Canada, the example is that the Muslim Association of Canada did raise money in a number of ways, and one of the ways was through halal certification. They then gave money to IRFAN of Canada, and IRFAN then channelled approximately $14.6 million to Hamas. In that time, IRFAN has been deregistered as a charity and is no longer able to raise funds that way. That was one documented way. In the US, it was the Holy Land Foundation around 2001. CAIR, in America, was another, similar to IRFAN; it was an unindicted co-conspirator of the Holy Land Foundation, which was also found to be funding terrorism at the time.
Mrs Smith: …obviously the reports were not read in their entirety and there was some cherry picking going on this morning as well. As I have said, AUSTRAC in 2010 said that they list financial contributions through formal charitable donations as one of the three most common methods by which terrorism funds are raised in Australia. We know that these halal certifiers are giving to those charitable funds. I do not think the question was answered this morning other than it was not a direct link. Yes, we need more transparency and more investigation so that the government can comprehensively and confidently say to consumers that our grocery purchase dollars are not going to fund extremists or terrorists.
The Senate Economics References Committee into third-party certification of food (2015):
(Below is the downloadable hansard of the hearing on 24th September 2015 only, as it is relates to terrorism, you can find the hansard for the rest of the hearings in my post here about Sharia by stealth):
EconomicsReferencesCommittee_2015_09_24_3825_Official.pdf;fileType=applicationpdf#search=thirdpartyfoodcertification
Other References:
ABC News, “No direct link between halal certification and Islamic terrorism, Senate inquiry told”,
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-24/senate-inquiry-no-direct-link-between-halal-certification/6801968?pfmredir=sm
Wikipedia, “AFIC”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Federation_of_Islamic_Councils
The Australian, “Muslim school stripped of $45m”, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/malek-fahd-islamic-school-stripped-of-45m-muslim-body-accused/news-story/bb08c4e84aa9989ec2bedc651a95b2f6
Australian Government, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, “List of recognised Islamic bodies for halal certification of red meat”, http://www.agriculture.gov.au/export/controlled-goods/meat/elmer-3/list-islamic-halal-certification
The Guardian,“WikiLeaks cables portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists”, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/05/wikileaks-cables-saudi-terrorist-funding
News.com.au, “Qatar crisis: Is Saudi Arabia supporting terror also?”, http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/qatar-crisis-is-saudi-arabia-supporting-terror-also/news-story/a58c4127caddf901b799fea2acaa9718
The Daily Telegraph, “The fuse of public fury has been lit as terror comes to Sydney”,
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/the-fuse-of-public-fury-has-been-lit-as-terror-comes-to-sydney/news-story/85f0bc57087685e04059bb2e65178494
The Guardian, “Sydney hostage crisis: confusion and concern among crowds at scene”,
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/dec/15/sydney-siege-martin-place-crowds
Halal Certification Authority, https://halalauthority.org/certification/
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We need to stop funding Islamic extremism
Indonesian woman caned for having pre-marital sex under Sharia law
Whilst the argument rages on whether we are funding terrorism or not, we do know at the very least that we are funding other types of Islamic extremist views, such as those who want to see Sharia Law enacted or are involved in other questionable activities. (you can see this through my various posts here).
Let me make this clear I am not asking for a ban on Muslims, I am aware that not all of them are extremists, some are what we would call cultural Muslims, and are not particularly religious.
What I am asking for is that we defund Islam in this country. No more government funding of Islamic organisations, or charitable status given to them, no more tax exemptions, no more halal certification.
Female genital mutilation of Indonesian schoolgirls carried out in mass operations
Whilst I personally know some good Muslims, this is a religion that at its very least is misogynistic and oppressive. A religion that calls for the death of gays, apostates, atheists and people of other faiths. Women are treated like sub-humans. Animals are slaughtered inhumanely. Little girls are genitally mutilated.
The Koran preaches violence, and some of its members are putting these violent verses into action via terrorism. Even more are practising the oppressive practices outlined for them by Islamic leaders.
ISIS is guilty of numerous atrocities and terrorism – who is funding them?
No, not every Muslim is following the examples of oppression preached for them in the Koran and mosques, ironically some cultural Muslims flee their home countries to escape Islamic oppression and then find the same religion is being imposed on them here, a country that is supposedly non Islamic and is arguably secular. Therefore if we want to help these good Muslims to receive healthcare, education etc we can do all of this via secular organisations.
Keep in mind that according to Section 116, of The Australian Constitution, “The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance..” If the government and indeed every Australian is involuntarily chipping into a religion via government funding, and indeed also being forced to eat religiously slaughtered/certified food (considering halal certified foods have a monopoly in this country, and the labelling of such is inadequate) then effectively this is imposing religious observance on us.
Whilst The Constitution also says that The Commonwealth can not prohibit, “the free exercise of any religion”. Keep in mind though where the free exercise of religion has come into conflict with our laws, sometimes courts have deemed the curtailing of such free exercise as legal. For instance in 1912, The High Court “considered that Section 116 would only protect religious observance from government interference; it would not permit a person to be excused from a legal obligation merely because the obligation conflicted with his or her religious beliefs.”
Indeed during World War II, a branch of the Jehovah’s witnesses was dissolved, because “The government had declared the branch to be an organisation whose activities were “prejudicial to the defence of the Commonwealth”: one of the branch’s professed beliefs was that the government was an “organ of Satan”. This dissolution was found not to be in contravention of Section 116, because “the Constitution permitted the court to “reconcile religious freedom with ordered government”.
Therefore if a religious leader was preaching violent or illegal acts, which led to members committing said illegal acts, one would assume that there may be a legal case for banning their branch of religion.
However admittedly this is all quite a murky legal area, because funding of religion has also been argued to not be in contravention of the Constitution, but basically this has come down to legal arguments about whether government funding can be seen as being trying to establish a religion or not.
There are also arguments, which I won’t go into depth here, as to whether Islam should be classified as a religion or not. This is partially to do with the fact that Islam has a political aspect to it. Some say it therefore is a political ideology, others say it is a cult. This too is a murky area, because depending on how Islam is classified may give it more, or less, legal protection.
However what is clear is that currently Islam is considered a religion, by the powers that be, and that constitutionally we are NOT required to fund any religion, therefore why are we funding Islam?
There is no societal benefit to funding Islam in this country, and it is not a constitutional requirement, and indeed, depending on what argument you use, it may be unconstitutional, so why are we doing it?
The point is not whether Islamic organisations are funding terrorism, but the fact that they are funding various types of extremist beliefs, and in a time when we are effectively at war with parts of Islam, why are we taking the risk of funding it at all?
The question we should be asking every politician, is this:
Should we fund Islamic organisations?
Yes or No?
Then vote accordingly to their answer.
Oh, and let’s ask for a plebiscite on it.
Commonwealth Consolidated Acts, “COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT – SECT 116”, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/coaca430/s116.html
Wikipedia, “Section 116 of the Constitution of Australia”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_116_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia#.22Establishing_any_religion.22
Written by endgenderapartheid Posted in Terrorism Tagged with Halal, Halal Certification, halal certifiers, Islam, Islamic, Muslim, terrorism
Ethical Easter – Boycott funding Islam through Halal
With terror and other Islamic atrocities on the rise, one small thing you can do – Boycott Cadbury chocolate this Easter!
Have an Ethical Easter – let’s stop funding Islamic atrocities through it’s Halal Certification rort, let’s start with boycotting Cadbury!
Emergency services at the scene outside the Palace of Westminster, London, after policeman has been stabbed and his apparent attacker shot by officers in a major security incident at the Houses of Parliament. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2017. See PA story POLICE Westminster. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
Unfortunately I have just heard there has been another Islamic terror attack, this time in London.
As some of you know from my previous post, Halal Certification has been linked to female genital mutilation (FGM), I’ve been working tirelessly to get this information out to people but unfortunately few people know. Indeed the majority of our groceries are still Halal Certified, meaning that our shopping purchases are contributing to the genital mutilation of little girls.
Now with today’s terror attack in London this has reinforced to me that we need to stop funding Islam.
Yes I know that not all Muslims are terrorists, and indeed I myself know nice Muslims and I don’t wish for them to be discriminated against, but the point is when we fund Islam how do we know if the funding is going to the nice Muslims or the ones committing terrorism and human rights violations?
Well in fact as ABC Four Corners discovered part of Halal Certification funding goes to MUI (Majelis Ulama Indonesia). MUI are supporters of female genital mutilation (FGM), and indeed mass FGM ceremonies are performed on Indonesian schoolgirls, this is well documented in articles from newspapers such as The Guardian and The Jakarta Post. UNICEF have confirmed that at least 49% of Indonesian schoolgirls have undergone female genital mutilation.
UNICEF research clearly shows that female genital mutilation is worldwide a predominantly Islamic problem, with 9 out of the top 10 countries by FGM prevalence by population being majority Muslim nations.
Female genital mutilation, sometimes also referred to as FGM, female circumcision or cutting, is the mutilation of a girl’s genitals. The severity of this varies and can include the complete removal of her clitoris and sewing her vaginal lips together. Therefore the UN has declared any such procedure as a human rights violation, as it serves no medical purpose and indeed it is a barbaric, harmful practice designed to control women’s sexuality.
We also know that there is a huge problem with Islamic terrorism worldwide, and in Muslim majority nations there are many discriminatory laws against women, gay people, apostates, atheists, and people of other faiths under their sharia law system. Laws such as women can’t leave their house without permission/accompaniment from a male relative. Women can be stoned to death for adultery, yet when a man wants to commit ‘adultery’ he just marries another wife.
Having gay sex can lead to execution, and indeed simply leaving the Islamic religion or criticising it in anyway can also lead to execution. Even Bill Maher, a comedian, staunch atheist and critic of many religions including Christianity, admits that Islam is the worst as it is the “the only religion that acts like the mafia, that will f**king kill you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture or write the wrong book.”
I want to make this clear I do not wish to see Muslims discriminated against, many are suffering in hellholes like Iraq and Syria, but we need to stop funding the actual ideology that is suppressing so many people’s rights and committing so many atrocities. We can still help Muslims as individuals get medical help, education and employment, but there is nothing in our constitution to say that we have to fund any religion, particularly one as violent and oppressive as Islam.
Firstly, please share my post.
Secondly and simply, this Easter boycott Cadbury chocolate.
Why Cadbury? Well it is Halal Certified. Having said this so many of our groceries (including other chocolates) are Halal Certified, and even more frustrating it is rarely labelled as such, therefore it is very difficult without looking up an app like Halal Choices (though an excellent app by the way) to determine what few products you can buy, however as Cadbury is one of the biggest chocolate producers, by boycotting them at their busiest time this would send a clear message to Cadbury and others who pay for Halal Certification that we want them to stop chipping into Islam.
So let’s have an Ethical Easter – boycott Cadbury and stop contributing to the genital mutilation of little girls and other Islamic atrocities.
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Ruling and opposition parties together in development construction: Chair Dahal
Chitwan, Jan 8
Former Prime Minister and Chairperson of Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has said that ruling and opposition parties are together in the campaign of development construction and reconstruction.
Speaking in a meeting of Reconstruction District Coordination Committee, Chitwan, here today, NCP Chair Dahal said that it was necessary that all should move ahead together joining hands for development construction.
He further said that leaders of ruling and opposition parties even on Monday hold discussion and forged understanding in this regard.
The NCP Chair said, "A meeting was held under chairmanship of the Prime Minister and understanding has been reached among senior leaders including Sher Bahadur to carryout activities of national issues together."
He also requested the Prime Minister to address the problem surfaced in reconstruction.
Similarly, Chief Executive Officer of National Reconstruction Authority, Sushil Gyawali, said that local levels are to be empowered with reconstruction rights in order to move ahead together coordinating with local level. It would be sustainable while carrying out reconstruction task through local-level.
The 11-point agreement was signed between local levels of Chitwan district and NRA on the issue of the activities to be carried out local levels and NRA.
Executive member of the NRA, Hariram Parajuli, and Project manager of District Level Project Implementation Unit Grant Management and Local Infrastructure Office, Bharatpur, Pushkar Prasad Pokharel shed light on the activities carried out by NRA in the district so far. Gorkha earthquake had damaged 7,335 households in the district.(RSS)
Most of the important things in the world have been accompanied by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
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Olivier Lengliné
PhD. Geophysics, Jan, 2009
Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France
M.S. and Magistère Geophysics, Jul. 2005
IPGP, ENS & Université Paris VII, Paris, France
Earthquake triggering
Crack mechanics
Micro-earthquakes source studies
Earthquake and fault physics
Volcano-earthquakes interactions
Continuum Mechanics (1A)
Mechanics of fluid and flow (1A)
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Well Logging - on site instruction (2A)
Marsan D. and O. Lengliné (2008), Extending earthquakes' reach through cascading, Science, 319, (5866), 1076, [DOI:10.1126/science.1148783]
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Marsan D. and O. Lengliné (2010), A new estimation of the decay of aftershock density with distance to the mainshock, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B9302, [DOI:10.1029/2009JB007119]
Lengliné, O. and J.-L. Got (2011), Rupture Directivity of microearthquake sequences near Parkfield, California, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L08310, [DOI:10.1029/2011GL047303]
Lengliné, O., J. Schmittbuhl, J. Elkhoury, J.-P. Ampuero, R. Toussaint and K. J. Maloy (2011), Downscaling of fracture energy during brittle creep experiments, J. Geophys. Res, 116, B08215, [DOI:10.1029/2010JB008059]
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Lengliné, O., R Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, J. Elkhoury, J.-P Ampuero, K. T. Tallakstad, S. Santucci and K. J. Maloy (2011), Average crack-front velocity during subcritical fracture propagation in a heterogeneous medium, Phys. Rev. E, 84, 3, [DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.84.036104]
Traversa P., O. Lengliné, O. Macedo, J.-P. Metaxian, J.-R. Grasso, A. Inza and E. Taipe (2011), Short Term Forecasting of Explosions at Ubinas Volcano, Peru, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B11301, [DOI:10.1029/2010JB008180]
Lengliné O., J. Elkhoury, G. Daniel, J. Schmittbuhl, R. Toussaint J.-P. Ampuero and M. Bouchon (2012), Interplay of seismic and aseismic deformations during earthquake swarms: an experimental approach, Earth Pl. Sc. Lett., 331, 215-223, [DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.022]
Lengliné, O., B. Enescu, Z. Peng and K. Shiomi (2012), Decay and expansion of the early aftershock activity following the 2011, Mw9.0 Tohoku earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L18309, [DOI:10.1029/2012GL052797]
Schmittbuhl, J., Lengliné, O., Cornet, F., Cuenot, N., & Genter, A. (2014). Induced seismicity in EGS reservoir: the creep route. Geothermal Energy, 2(1), 1-13.
Lengliné, O., Lamourette, L., Vivin, L., Cuenot, N., & Schmittbuhl, J. (2014). Fluid‐induced earthquakes with variable stress drop. J. Geophys. Res. [DOI:0.1002/2014JB011282]
Stormo, A., Lengliné, O., & Schmittbuhl, J. (2015). Mechanical origin of b-value changes during stimulation of deep geothermal reservoirs. Geothermal Energy,3(1), 1-18.
Gardonio B., D. Marsan, O. Lengliné, B. Enescu, M. Bouchon & J.-L. Got (2015), Changes in seismicity and stress loading on subduction faults in the Kanto region, Japan, 2011 - 2014, J. Geophys. Res. [DOI:10.1002/2014JB011798]
Lengliné, O. and J.-P. Ampuero (2015). Insights on earthquake triggering processes from early aftershocks of repeating micro earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res. [DOI:10.1002/2015JB012287]
Schmittbuhl, J., H. Karabulut, O. Lengliné & M. Bouchon (2016), Seismicity distribution and locking depth along the Main Marmara Fault, Turkey, G-Cubed. [DOI:10.1002/2015GC006120]
Stormo, A., O. Lengliné, J. Schmittbuhl & A. Hansen (2016), Soft-Clamp Fiber Bundle Model and Interfacial Crack Propagation: Comparison Using a Non-linear Imposed Displacement, Frontiers in Physics. [DOI:10.3389/fphy.2016.00018]
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Toussaint, R., O. Lengliné, S. Santucci, T. Vincent-Dospital, M. Naert-Guillot & K. J. Måløy (2016), How cracks are hot and cool: a burning issue for paper, Soft Matter, [DOI:0.1039/C6SM00615A]
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Lengliné, O., Boubacar, M., & Schmittbuhl, J. (2017). Seismicity related to the hydraulic stimulation of GRT1, Rittershoffen, France. Geophysical Journal International, 208 (3), 1704-1715. [DOI:10.1093/gji/ggw490]
Lengliné, O., Frank, W. B., Marsan, D., & Ampuero, J. P. (2017). Imbricated slip rate processes during slow slip transients imaged by low-frequency earthquakes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 476, 122-131. [DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.07.032]
Griffiths, L., Lengliné, O., Heap, M. J., Baud, P., & Schmittbuhl, J. (2018). Thermal cracking in Westerly Granite monitored using direct wave velocity, coda wave interferometry, and acoustic emissions. J. Geophys. Res., 123(3), 2246-2261. [DOI:10.1002/2017JB015191]
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ambushes in the region. Immediately after a brief length of time, the place we have been introduced to the users of the squad (which also features a prerequisite bar combat just in advance of shipping and delivery off), our tunnel rats get all the way down to organization. They enter the 1st tunnel, exactly where They may be attacked by snakes, dismantle some wired boobytraps, are attacked by bats and one particular squad member is captured and tortured by Von Dram (The soldier claims to him, "Fuck you, you slimy goddamned stinking gook!", just before Von Dram pokes his eyes out along with his fingers!). Sgt. Burns commences a like affair with VC Female Nama (Mylene Nocum), not understanding that she is a spy for Von Dram. The tunnel rats then raid Yet another village and uncover A different tunnel, which leads to the death of some associates as a result of spiked boobytraps, a snake pit and VC ambushes (the rest of the squad users get Purple Hearts, even though they were not wounded!). Sgt. Burns stupidly tells his new gook girlfriend that he and his Guys is going to be raiding A further tunnel in the morning, so, you guessed it, Von Dram and his Males are waiting in ambush. Captain Rosenblatt shoots Von Dram multiple times at close range (although comically repeating, "Fuck you, old guy!" again and again), but Von Dram is wearing a bulletproof vest and stabs the Captain several times. Sgt. Burns and his skeleton crew ought to then blow up the tunnel (it is the VC's major communications base) just before They're killed and Von Dram escapes. Whilst the acting in Struggle RATS is several of the worst and stiffest I have observed in latest memory (I was howling with laughter throughout the total movie), the violence is so around-the-prime, it can make observing this almost seem to be that you are using a fever dream.
Publications and extra teaching supplies are offered individually For added costs. Regular training seminars can run anywhere from $20-$fifty. ” I feel this desires a tweak to be correct.
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William Pars, Letter to Francis Towne : Undated [ca. 1769-1775]
Dr Towne
I am alive as this will inform you, and that you’ll say is no news. But I didn't receive your letter until my return from the Country where I has pass’d sometime wh is the only possible reason of my long silence. - Indeed you are the last one in the World whose correspondence I ought to slight, for you are ever giving me good Advice, the surest mark of sincere & true Friendship: & out of gratitude I hope I shall always think so: it is the least I owe you. -
As for the incidental disappointments and misfortunes human Life is subject to, I come in for so large a share of them that they are so far from giving me any uneasiness, I declare they don’t even surprise me for ye time while they happen. - I think as you do every man would aim to get money, were it only to avoid the humbleness of poverty. It's a doubly wretched state, as it not only debars us every enjoyment & comfort in Life, but what is still more miserable gets us shun’d & even despised by the greater part of our acquaintance. It is very true such a Part is not worth preserving, but still you’ll own it must be most galling to a man of Spirit. Read how feelingly Cervantes speaks of Poverty in ye last P of his 10th B of D. Quixote, on Arms & Letters1 - But prey let me in my turn, beg of you not to be cast down & despond because a little cloud may seem to obscure you. Would you cut down a tender Plant after a refreshing Shower for drooping its head when it is then then it receives ye nourishment that brings it to maturity.
But now regarding yr things. Mr Sawney2 informs me He has some time ago sent yr Arms & Paper. The Cards you liked Mr Stubbs3 got from Cambell. You see how far prejudice may lead one. As you didn’t like what you saw there, I haven’t bought any for you. Your Seal4 I am ashamed to own Ned has not yet done: but in his behalf I must let you know he has been setting a couple of pictures for me round with diamonds, with a few other little jobs; However I assure you I shall be soon done. In the mean time let not your Friends suffer: put Wafers to yr letters - Yr Buckles I think will hardly be worth making a parcel of, however they shall be immediately sent. -
You tell me bad news of poor Swift.5 How sorry I am to hear he is lost. I don’t wonder that hw[sic] left you, its very well for a man of Study now & then to fast, but you should make some allowance for man & beast. Your friend Mungo5 grows as big and rough as a Bear. His first Onset is terrible. He is so rough unless you prepare yourself for his Salute he’ll knock you down.
I cannot conceive how I made a mistake in directing the Picture to you - do send me word. -
I had almost forgot a principal part of my Letter, which is, to tell you if the rough home you met with here was agreeable tis always at yr service. I should have thought an Invitation superfluous, between such Friends as I hope we are, had you not found it necessary to thank me for what’s past. -7
For want of room & not inclination to write I conclude with wishing you Fortitude & every good Quality; & I think I can wish you nothing better
W Pars
Percy Street
I cannot tell the day of the month but believe tis somewhere towards the middle of August8 and some Author says a Letter to be good ought never to see the Daylight, if so mine is a master piece.
Addresses to Mr Town
at Mrs Langworthy’s
Stepcote Hill
Exton9
1 "I would have thee to know, Sancho, that it is the glory of knights-errant to go without eating for a month, and even when they do eat, that it should be of what comes first to hand; and this would have been clear to thee hadst thou read as many histories as I have, for, though they are very many, among them all I have found no mention made of knights-errant eating, unless by accident or at some sumptuous banquets prepared for them, and the rest of the time they passed in dalliance. And though it is plain they could not do without eating and performing all the other natural functions, because, in fact, they were men like ourselves, it is plain too that, wandering as they did the most part of their lives through woods and wilds and without a cook, their most usual fare would be rustic viands such as those thou now offer me; so that, friend Sancho, let not that distress thee which pleases me, and do not seek to make a new world or pervert knight-errantry." Cervantes 2000
2 Josiah Sarney, born in 1739/1740 the son of Benjamin Sarney, a farmer from Henley-on-Thames (perhaps also a brewer and maltster) who married. From 1754 to 1761 he was apprenticed to coach painter Thomas Brookshead, under whom Towne also studied 1752-1759. In 1769 Sarney married Sara Blackman at St George's, Hanover Square. He is listed in Great Queen Street in 1776 (Tomlin) and he is presumably the same Josiah Sarney of Henley who ran a highly successful business as a painter in Bishopsgate Street (listed in Wakefield's 1789 London Directory as Fairchild & Sarney, 202 Bishopsgate without), dying at Windsor in 1818 aged 79, worth £45,000. Among Sarney's clients was William Beckford, for whom he painted "the series of eschuteons on the frieze of St Michael's Gallery" at Fonthill, "the most chaste and beautiful specimens of heraldic illumination". [Gentleman's Magazine 1822, vol 2, pp.317-320]. In his final years (from 1810 or earlier) he lived in the High Street, Windsor. Sarney and Towne were lifelong friends; the latter bequeathed him "fifty Pounds Stock and a Drawing," the work described in probate records as "a Picture a Landscape in water colour Framed". See also the note at FT649. Sarney and his widow endowed a charity at Henley to provide bread and coal for the parish poor. Berkshire Record Office D/ESv/M/F28; National Archives PROB 11/1601; Hopkins 1776, p.152; The Times, 31 January 1818; Boyd's Marriage Index, Society of Genealogists, London; Appendix 4; Devon Record Office 3459M/E36; New Monthly Magazine, 1818, vol 9, p.172
3 George Stubbs (1724-1806), the leading painter, engraver and anatomist. Towne's acquaintance with Stubbs is documented only in this letter and in letter 3, from Stubbs's friend Cosway. From 1763 Stubbs lived on Somerset Street, very close to the address Cosway and Towne shared c.1766/1767. Stubbs was also friendly with Towne's friend Ozias Humphry. Stubbs's loyalty to the Society of Artists, of which he was President in 1772/1773, and his difficult relationship with the Royal Academy, mirror Towne's own experiences. Egerton 2004.
4 A letter sent by Towne to James White in 1816, bears the impression of Towne's seal.
5 unidentified
7 Towne used Pars's Percy Street address when he exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1769 to 1773 and at the 1775 Royal Academy show. As Pars was writing in August after a 'long silence', it may be that his reference to 'ye rough home you met with here' describes Towne's use of Percy Street for one of these exhibitions, which opened in April or May.
8 Pars reached Rome by 21 December 1775 and died there in 1782, so the letter must have been written in or before 1775, but probably no earlier than 1769, when Pars began exhibiting from Percy Street. 1770 is also discounted as in August Pars was visiting Switzerland with Lord Palmerston. Ingamells 1997, pp.742-743; Wilton 1979, pp.9-18; Wilton 2004 (which states that Pars left for Switzerland in 1769).
9 Mrs Langworthy of Stepcote Hill is unidentified; a Mary Langworthy, widow of Exeter, died in 1768. Stepcote Hill was among the poorest areas of Exeter and Towne's presence there indicates the modesty of his spending.
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10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS THIS JUNE
We are marking our tenth anniversary by holding an Open Day at the station on Saturday 22 June.
Organisations providing displays include ScotRail, Caledonian MacBrayne, Royal National Lifeboat Institution and Visit Scotland, together with a variety of local groups.
Authors Chris Vine (Peter’s Railway) and Geoff Marshall & Vicki Pipe (All the Stations) will be present to meet readers and sign books.
There will be a face-painter and station quiz for children. The station bookshop and gallery run by the Friends will be open, as usual, as will the station café and bar.
The list of expected attendees is:
All The Stations, Ayrshire Coastal Path, Bute Conservation Trust, Caledonian MacBrayne, Clyde River Steamer Club, Inverclyde Tourist Group, Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, Peter’s Railway, RNLI, ScotRail, Skelmorlie/Wemyss Bay Clean Up Crew and Visit Scotland.
Come and admire our extraordinary station, one of very few to be listed Category A, and help the Friends mark their anniversary. Over the last ten years the Friends have restored the famed floral displays and enhanced the station in other ways, including installation of the statue of a wee boy “Bobby” going on holiday.
The open day is free of charge.
ScotRail in the Community Volunteer Awards 2019
Selected volunteers mingled with ScotRail staff over lunchon Friday 7th June in the Grand Central Hotel at Glasgow’s Central Station, before the award ceremony took place in the afternoon.
More than 1100 volunteers keep the 275 adopted stations in Scotland looking smart for the millions of passengers who travel throughout the country every year and this new award celebrates their efforts.
Cathy and Brenda attended the event on behalf of Wemyss Bay Station, and although we did not win anything this year it was nevertheless a most enjoyable event.
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Click HERE to see our Newsletter February 2019
Our Latest Addition to the Gallery
We were recently delighted to receive a donation of some beautiful vintage destination boards from one of our supporters. The boards had originally been used on an early paddle steamer which had taken passengers on day trips around the River Clyde. The destinations would have been arranged on a special frame to let passengers see the trip for that day.
A photograph of an original destination board was found and a joiner approached to construct a replica of the original frame. This has been beautifully accomplished and the result is proudly displayed in the Gallery.
Season’s Greetings to One and All!
A wee reminder …
See you all in 2019!
WEMYSS BAY HISTORY ON DISPLAY
A TIME LINE illustrating the history of the railway to Wemyss Bay and the local community has gone on display at the station. This has been commissioned by Friends of Wemyss Bay Station, in response to the widespread interest in the Category A listed building.
The display, which is permanent, includes many historic photographs. It describes how the railway came to be built and particularly the complete reconstruction of the station and pier in 1903. The story is brought right up to date with the recent renovation and Wemyss Bay receiving the accolade of being “Britain’s loveliest railway station”.
The Time Line was designed by Iain McGregor of Bootlace Creative Limited, who is based in Skelmorlie, using material supplied by the Friends. The Friends were particularly pleased to be able to employ a local designer.
The Friends hope that users of the station find the Time Line of interest and that it will help them appreciate the design of this remarkable building.
Greg Beecroft
Summer 2018 Floral Displays will be Amazing
Thanks to the hard work of our chief gardener Cathy Galbraith and husband Stuart, the Summer planting is finally finished and the displays promise to be absolutely stunning as another season rolls in. The current heatwave means a lot of thirsty plants and Cathy can be seen here pushing the water bowser which typically requires several fills during one watering session.
Well done to the pair of them – everyone who passes through the station is well impressed!
Another Colourful Summer Approaches
Sumnmer planting started in May with the row of twelve Photinia ‘Red Robin’ being installed along the walkway. This not inconsiderable operation was led by Cathy Galbraith and assisted by a willing band of volunteers who gave up a Sunday to get the work done.
The concourse and walkway are now once again burgeoning with blossom as a new summer approaches, mainly due to the tireless efforts of head gardener Cathy and husband Stuart. but with help along the way from two volunteers from Parklea who came along and planted the Busy Lizzies in the towers.
For more news about the Station take a look at our latest Newsletter, compiled by Gregory Beecroft, accessed by clicking the link below.
Another Success Story for our Station
A new plaque has been unveiled at Wemyss Bay (Station) to mark the station winning a top rail industry award.
The iconic, A-listed Inverclyde station was named best entry at the 2017 National Railway Heritage Awards.
The award was won for a two-year, £5m renovation of the Edwardian station by owners Network Rail.
Begun in 2014 and completed in 2016 the repair programme has restored the station’s canopies and glazed roof, repainted and improved the station buildings and repaired the seawall.
The station remained in operation during the work with special scaffolding being installed to allow trains to run while engineers worked above the platforms.
( Network Rail report of the unveiling at https://www.networkrail.co.uk/feeds/wemyss-bay-marks-heritage-award-win/ )
New Data Protection Laws (GDPR)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union. It addresses the export of personal data outside the EU.
STATEMENT FROM FRIENDS of WEMYSS BAY STATION
To meet the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Friends of Wemyss Bay Station confirm the following:
The only personal data we hold is members’ contact details
This data is provided by members themselves when they renew
Information is updated annually on renewal
Former members’ data is deleted
Information is held offline and in a secure place
Information is only used for direct mailing to members, and no other purpose
Sir Simon Jenkins Visits his Favourite Station
Acclaimed author Sir Simon Jenkins recently gave a talk in Glasgow about Britain’s 100 Best Railway Stations at the Mitchell Library at 7.45 pm on Friday 23 March,
Sir Simon’s book has been a best seller in the Bookshop and he particularly mentioned Wemyss Bay as being one of his favourite stations in Britain.
The next day he visited the station itself and was greeted by Committee members Sue, Gregory and Simon.
Below are a few photos of his visit, thanks to Sue Hothersall
HEROIC RESCUE CERTIFICATE UNEARTHED
As well as Duchess of Montrose, the life-saving certificate we were given was put on display in the gallery this week.
The text of the certificate reads:
At a Meeting of the Committee of the Royal National Life Boat Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck held at their Offices, London, on the 13th day of August 1903 the following Minute was ordered to be recorded on the Books of the Society and to be communicated to J A Gardiner Esq
Resolved. That the Silver Medal of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution be presented to Mr Hector Robertson for gallantly assisting to save, at the risk of his own life, two of the crew of the yacht “Valtos”, which foundered in a SW gale and a heavy sea at Wemyss Bay, on the 3rd July 1903.
Rough weather during the summer is not a recent phenomenum!
ARRIVAL OF THE DUCHESS!
We are delighted to welcome our latest, very beautiful acquisition to the gallery.
The Duchess of Montrose
The Duchess showcased in the Gallery
Text and photographs by Gregory Beecroft
Good Bye Nancy – we will miss you!
Nancy Cameron on bookshop duties with Bookshop manageress, Sheena Inglis
At the beginning of this year our Founder Nancy Cameron decided to stand down from her duties in the Bookshop and around the Station Concourse where she has tirelessly worked on the floral displays since the beginning. Her presence will be sorely missed and her gardening skills will be almost impossible to match, as will her knowledge of all things related to our beautiful station.
However we are delighted to welcome her successor in the gardens, Catherine Galbraith, who has alrteady been part of the regular gardening team with Nancy. We are also very pleased that production of the regular News Letter, which Nancy used to compile, has been taken over by Gregory Beecroft and a link to his first one can be found below.
Another Enhancement for the Station, courtesy of the Station Friends
Visitors to the station arriving from the main road will now be greeted by this splendid vintage panoramic poster of the Firth of Clyde.
The project has taken several months to get to this point. The Station Friends acquired the poster last year, in not very good condition, but after restoration by a specialist company near Edinburgh, the original is carefully preserved for posterity.
What we see is a reproduction, faithfully recreated using state of the art digital technology.
Yet another way of enhancing our beautiful station with funds raised in our Bookshop.
Friends of East Kilbride Railway Station Visit
We were pleased to welcome visitors from Friends of the East Kilbride Station (FOTEKS?) organised by Mary Forsyth and Fiona Sanderson, who Sheena and Brenda met at the ACORP Awards in October. Mary and Fiona brought along a group of students on a fact-finding mission to discover what they might do with their very own patch of land, given to them by Scotrail. We were shown an initiial plan that they have already drawn up which includes raised bed “carriages” and a “locomotive” coming from a mural depicting a tunnel, which will be painted by one of their members who is a talented artist.
It was a particularly cold day, but they managed to fit in a quick hot drink before catching their return train. We hope their brief visit resulted in a few good ideas!
NEW LOOK FOR 2018
Refurbishment well under way at the Bookshop and Gallery.
More work to do, but we are making good progress.
Photos: Gregory Beecroft
BRITAIN’S 100 BEST RAILWAY STATIONS
We are pleased and proud to be featured on the front cover of a new book by Sir Simon Jenkins ‘Britain’s 100 Best Railway Stations’.
This beautiful book is for sale in the Bookshop, at a discounted price
ACoRP Awards 2017 – Derby
The ACoRP awards, held in Derby last week were, as expected, a lavish and dazzling showcase of the organisation’s many facets, attended by hundreds of delegates, nearly all from English stations.
The FOWBS representatives this year were Sheena and Brenda, hoping to receive an award in the Community Art sector, after our wee statue “Bobby” was short-listed.
Although our nomination did not result in a prize, three other Scottish stations were selected and we were happy to support them and to share in the reflected glory!
Click this LINK to see a selection of photos taken on the evening
Sir Peter Hendy – Chairman of Network Rail, visits our station
Sir Peter Hendy, the Chairman of Network Rail, visited the station on August 8th, together with Andy Savage from the Railway Heritage Trust and representatives of Network Rail, ScotRail and Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd.
Friends of Wemyss Bay Station welcomed Sir Peter and gave him a guided tour. Pictured above along with the visitors are (L to R) Sheena Inglis, Bookshop Manager, Brenda Campbell, Secretary, Simon Dell, Membership and Media, Nancy Cameron, Hon President and Gregory Beecroft who organised the visit and liaised with all to ensure that it ran smoothly.
Sir Peter was very impressed by the refurbishment of the station and the work of the Friends. There was a good discussion about potential further improvements and we remain in hope that the glass in the roof will receive attention
“All The Stations” team visits Wemyss Bay
We were excited to welcome Geoff and Vicki, a couple whose project “All the Stations” has made national headlines!
All The Stations is a project to travel to ALL 2,563 of the national railway stations in Britain over the spring and summer of 2017, and to create an online documentary film about the journey. On August 8th 2017 they visited our beautiful station and pronounced it “spectacular”!
Geoff and Vicki meet some Friends in the Station Cafe – where else?! (Photo Bren Campbell)
This stunning aerial image was captured using Geoff and Vicki’s “Drone Camera”
Visit their website by clicking HERE
A Warm Welcome to “BOBBY”!
Friends of Wemyss Bay Station are grateful to all those who suggested names for the boy whose statue is on the station concourse. There were over 200 responses.
There were many good ideas, but we have decided to adopt one particularly popular name, because it is especially appropriate to Wemyss Bay.
There are several claims as to how Wemyss Bay got its name, but the one we like is that it is named after an eighteenth century fisherman who lived locally – Robert, or Bobby, Wemyss. The statue is, therefore, named after him.
It is unlikely that a small Scottish boy from the 1950s would have been known as Robert (unless, perhaps, he came from Kelvinside) so our statue is Bobby.
Wemyss Bay “Bobby” – Photo Gregory Beecroft
For more photos by Gregory Beecroft of Bobby please click HERE !
Read our Summer Newsletter
FoWBS_Newsletter_May_2017
Our Summer newsletter is ready for distribution. You can read it by clicking the above link
Boy sets off on holiday – now he needs a name!
Sculpture by Angela Hunter Photo Gregory Beecroft
The statue unveiled 13 May 2017 Photo by Erika Charlier
The statue was unveiled on Saturday 13 May by John Yellowlees, who was in charge of station adoption at ScotRail until his recent retirement. Over fifty local people turned up for the event, despite the wet weather.
We are looking for a name for the statue that was unveiled on Saturday and are inviting suggestions from users of the station and pier. A reason should be given as to why a proposed name is appropriate.
The suggestions will be shortlisted at the end of June. There will then be a public vote to decide which name is chosen.
Suggestions can be made on our FaceBook page, or by dropping in a note at the station bookshop or by email.
Some photos showing the arrival and installation of the sculpture may be viewed by clicking this link
Statue Unveiling
A statue commissioned by Friends of Wemyss Bay Station is to be unveiled on the station concourse at Wemyss Bay at 12:00 noon on Saturday 13th May.
The statue is of a small boy going on holiday, striding towards the pier with his model yacht and fishing line, looking forward to time by the sea. It recalls the days when thousands of people made their way to the Clyde coast for summer holidays.
The sculptor is Angela Hunter, who was responsible for the statue of a girl, Annie, at Gourock. The boy at Wemyss Bay is seen as Annie’s brother. The statue has been cast by Powderhall Bronze Limited. Angela Hunter will be present at the unveiling and will be talking about her work at the Friends’ annual general meeting in the afternoon.
Members of the public are welcome at the unveiling and at the AGM, which is at Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay Parish Church Hall, starting at 14:00.
The statue is to be unveiled by John Yellowlees, who was responsible for station adoption and community rail in Scotland until he recently retired from ScotRail. John provided the Friends of Wemyss Bay Station with considerable support and help over the years.
A Peek round the Back of the Newly Renovated Station
Lots of work went on around the back of the station, where the effects of wind and weather over the years were very evident.
Now this usually unseen part of the station has been beautifully restored with repointed brickwork and paint in the official station colour scheme. Photographed by Bren Campbell, before the gates from the main road were locked again.
For more of Bren’s pictures of the sea wall side please click here
New Postcards in the Shop
6 new images of the refurbished station are now available as postcards in the bookshop. Our thanks to Blue Kiwi Photography Club for their help with the images.
Wemyss Bay sees new train first!
One of ScotRail’s new Hitachi electric trains, the first to be delivered, arrived at Wemyss Bay in the small hours on Sunday 5 February. It is here for testing on the branch at night, when the regular trains are not running, and will probably be here for at least a week. The Wemyss Bay line is favoured for trials, because of its steep gradients. The train is carrying quite a lot of test equipment, but has not yet been fitted by seats. The carriages contain bags of cement to simulate the weight of passengers and seats. (Photograph and news item thanks to Gregory Beecroft)
Murals showing the history and features of the town were unveiled at Port Glasgow station yesterday
These have been created by RIG Arts http://www.rigarts.org/ working with local schoolchildren.
Funding came from the ScotRail Cultural and Arts Fund and from Riverside Inverclyde http://www.riversideinverclyde.com/.
The photographs below are courtesy of John Yellowlees
New Promotional Video from Caledonian MacBrayne
https://www.calmac.co.uk/your-west-coast
There is an interesting CalMac press release about the video here: https://www.calmac.co.uk/press/your-west-coast
“The train now standing at Platform One… “
Here is a picture of the 14:57 to Glasgow Central in platform 1 on October 5th. This is the first use we have seen of the platform for about two years.
(Photo courtesy of Gregory Beecroft)
Look at these photos from July 2016 of the Station, beautifully restored in all its glory
Station Restored – July 2016
CLICK HERE for Summer 2016 Newsletter (PDF will open)
FoWBS newsletter July 2016
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY SEAT
We are now the proud owners of an original bench from the early days of the Caledonian Railway. This vintage treasure was presented to the Friends by the National Railway Museum in York. It has now been restored to its original glory, with the CRCo monogram decorating its cast iron ends now clear for all to see.
Railway Heritage Trust visit to Wemyss Bay
Andy Savage, the Executive Director of the Railway Heritage Trust, visited Wemyss Bay on Tuesday 17 May to inspect the renovation work. He was very pleased to see the station and pier in the same colour scheme, after many years when they did not match. Network Rail and Caledonian Maritime Assets have repainted both in their original Caledonian Railway colours. Our photograph shows (L to R) John Yellowlees and Jacqueline Rae (ScotRail), Simon Dell and Nancy Cameron (Friends of Wemyss Bay Station), Andy Savage (Railway Heritage Trust) and John Urbanik (Network Rail) on the freshly-painted concourse.
To read our latest Newsletter – click below
FoWBS newsletter May 2016
Return of TS Queen Mary
An excellent shot taken on the 15th May, of the TS Queen Mary passing Wemyss Bay Pier, which can be seen in the background. Photo by Gregory Beecroft aboard the Clyde Clipper, which was chartered to escort QM on the final part of her journey home
A very special ship travelled up the Clyde on Sunday 15th May on her way to Greenock
Turbo Steamer The Queen Mary was being towed to Greenock from Tilbury Docks in London where she had been languishing after falling into disrepair after years of being a restaurant ship on the Thames.
Friends of TS Queen Mary was formed in 2012 to safeguard the future of TS Queen Mary, the Clyde’s last and Britain’s finest turbine excursion steamer. We aim to renew TS Queen Mary and return her to a new permanent berth on the River Clyde. The Clyde will give new life to TS Queen Mary and she – in return – can help give new life to the Clyde.
Help to Save the Queen Mary
This year’s AGM was held as usual in the Church Hall on Shore Road on Saturday 14th May 2016.
The Guest Speaker was from Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited, who gave a talk about the recent pier renovations.
FOWBS AGM 2016 Summary
WEMYSS BAY PIER REOPENS
The work on the pier is now virtually complete, although there still remains a fair bit of work to do within the station itself. Ferries started off-loading and loading on Good Friday and have only missed a few sailings since then due to bad weather.
Earlier this year the bookshop and gallery were so quiet that it was decided to close, but they are now open at the usual times: Monday – Saturday from 9.30 until 4.30. As always we are closed on Sundays.
The newly refurbished walkway to the ferries, complete with stylish “Edwardian period” lighting
FACT-FINDING VISIT TO KILMARNOCK
A group of bookshop volunteers enjoyed a most interesting fact finding visit to newly renovated Kilmarnock Railway Station today.
We were given an interesting insight into the station’s history and a guided tour of the completed rooms, which include an excellent coffee shop and a gift shop filled with high quality local arts and crafts as well as a well-stocked 2nd hand bookshop.
Celebrating 150 Years of Train Travel to Wemyss Bay
MV Bute got dressed specially for our anniversary, with flags flying above her decks
On Saturday, 16th May the Friends marked a special day in the history of Wemyss Bay Station – 150 years since the opening of the railway line from Glasgow to Wemyss Bay, as a branch from Port Glasgow, on 15th May, 1865. We were restricted in our activities because the station and the pier are in the process of major repair and renovation, but we didn’t let that stop us having a celebration.
M.V.Bute got dressed overall for the occasion, with flags flying above her decks. On board were displays of models of ferries old and new, paddle steamers to car ferries. In the station gallery Dugald Cameron had produced paintings of the 1865 station and pier in action. Souvenir cards showing these images were on sale in the bookshop, and some of Dugald’s models of early Caledonian Railway locomotives were on display for that morning.
New! Special commemorative cards available online, for details please visit these pages:
Commemorative cards
Commemorative Postcards
Some of the ship models displayed on M.V. Bute on 16th May 2015
MV Bute dressed overall for our 150th anniversary
To mark this special occasion Dugald Cameron produced new paintings of the 1865 station and pier in action – seen above, on the right of the fireplace. On the left are paintings of Caledonian Railway locomotives. Above the mantelpiece is a painting of Central Station, Glasgow in January, 1964, entitled “A Time of Transition”.
On 16th May, Dugald Cameron displayed some of his collection of model trains, which attracted some admirers, young and not so young.
Our special anniversary souvenir cards, of Dugald Cameron’s paintings, proved very popular.
The bookshop did a roaring trade on 16th May as many people visited us in support of the anniversary.
Bookshop & Gallery Opening Hours
Closed Sundays and from Christmas until the end of January
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Healthy Futures News
"Kaukau 100" Spurs on the community to get moving!
Teacher Toni Shanks set herself a personal physical challenge that’s grown into a broad community movement, at the same time as raising money for Healthy Futures.
The #Kaukau100 involves climbing to the site of Wellington’s main television transmitter - what Wellington City Council describes as the most visible high point in the Wellington landscape.
Toni aims to climb Mt Kaukau 100 times in 2018, each time donating $1 to Healthy Futures. For any family member she manages to drag up there with her, she’s donating an extra dollar.
“Like all New Year’s resolutions, I knew life would get in the way”, she said. “I thought to give it purpose I would give to a Charitable Trust. Healthy Futures is a perfect fit”.
“The idea matched some of its objectives. It’s getting out, it’s being active, it’s promoting a healthy lifestyle. So I thought I’d give $1 every time I did it, but that didn’t seem like a lot of money, so I hoped I could get another four people or so, so it would be $500 and I thought, that would be nice and good for the Trust”.
Toni created a Kaukau100 2018 group on Facebook.
By mid-February there were more than 70 people in the group which has now increased to 87 so has grown in awareness and size. "I’ve done 35 climbs and loving it"!
She hopes all will donate to Healthy Futures.
“For a goal you need to tell somebody and write it down in order to do it and Facebook makes you accountable”, she said.
It’s called #Kaukau100 because that was Toni’s goal but she says it’s been great to see people set their own objectives. Some are doing #Kaukau75, #Kaukau50 or #Kaukau20.
“50 is obviously once a week, which is a good goal. Whether it’s 50 times or 20 times, each time it’s another dollar for a good cause”, she said.
Last year Toni ran a “Kids Kaukau Challenge” as a fundraiser for Khandallah School.
“I was up the hill a lot, doing health and safety. I loved the hill, I loved the way it made me feel”, she said.
“I am a goal setter. My drivers for my own family are that I’m trying to promote an active, healthy lifestyle and eat healthily. My children aren’t naturally athletic, so it’s a push to get them involved sports-wise.”
“Even if the kids aren’t doing it, they’re seeing their parents doing it. It’s role modelling”, she said.
The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, except for one friend who posted “number two, want to spew”, Toni laughed.
“They climb the hill, they feel healthy and they hopefully then go and make healthy choices in the kitchen.”
“People are inspired by everyone’s photography. They’re getting addicted, I’d even say obsessed.”
“I’d like to start a photography competition and might approach businesses for prizes and incentives”, she said.
It was just an idea which has been embraced and now driven by a great community of people. It is so lovely seeing people connecting and re-connecting because of this challenge. I think it is helping to build a resilient healthy engaged community and it's having such a positive healthy flow on effect to families and friends.
One walker told her the whole family had scaled the hill in the rain, something they wouldn’t have done had it not been for the challenge.
Families are spending time together. Toni’s even heard of people having ‘dates’ up there.
Some are walking, some are running, others are doing it by bike.
Now that she’s created a social media movement and has something of a captive audience, Toni’s hoping that same group could be involved in things like a fundraising movie night.
She’s already thinking of organising a Kids Winter Onesie walk, with a reward at the top.
We’d like to see if this might be started in other communities, too, like at Colonial Knob in Porirua; in Tauranga climbing Mt Maunganui; or at Te Mata Peak in Hawke’s Bay.
Toni wants healthy competition, but doesn’t want anyone to get demoralised by seeing the achievements of others.
But with winter approaching she knows it’s going to get harder. “I’m stockpiling while I can!”.
To join the challenge, search for the Kaukau 100 page on Facebook and ask to join, or contact tonishanks@gmail.com. Donations to Healthy Futures can be made via our Givealittle page.
“Any activity is good activity”,
she said.
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Remembering the last day of the deportation of rural Hungary’s Jews — Mr. Orbán, was Horthy really an exceptional statesman?
July 9, 2017 12:32 pm·
Seventy-three years ago on this day the transport of Jews of Pécs, Bonyhád and vicinity arrived to Auschwitz and many were immediately murdered.
On July 9, 1944 11,140 Hungarian Jewish men, women and children were loaded onto transport wagons and sent to their death.
From Monor two trains with 3,065 and 3,079 Jews.
From Békásmegyer-Budakalász two trains with 3,072 and 1,924 Jews.
These were to be final transports of Jews from Hungary’s countryside.
A July 20 transport took 1,230 Jews to Auschwitz from Rákoscsaba (then not yet part of Budapest). There were some additional deportations in the vicinity of Budapest.
On July 6 Horthy ordered an end to the transports since it was obvious that the war was lost and also due to international pressure, in part due to George Mantello’s publicizing the Auschwitz Report. This triggered unprecedented large demonstrations and Sunday masses in Switzerland about the atrocities and a major spontaneous Swiss Press campaign, despite censorship rules, with about 400 glaring headlines protesting against the barbarism. It was no longer possible for free world leaders to ignore Europe’s twentieth century dark age.
Between May 14 and July 20, 1944 Horthy, the exceptional statesman, sent 423,271 Hungarian Jews to the concentration camps. (For a detailed breakdown of deportations from rural Hungary by locality in English, click here.)
May the memory of the martyrs be blessed. – Never again!
Tags: Holocaust in Hungary, Second World War
Author: Eszter Garai-Édler Eszter Garai-Édler was born in the western Hungarian town of Győr, but has been living in Budapest since 1983. She has worked at the Geographical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, as a typographer, since 1994. She is a prominent civil rights activist in the Hungarian capital and previously an active member of the "Living Memorial" grassroots Holocaust monument and lecture series in Szabadság tér, in which she served as a moderator of discussions and a program coordinator. She is also an active participant within the Hungarian Jewish community. The author is married to Róbert Garai, a well-known Hungarian actor of Jewish origins.
Curious George says:
Disgusting history! I was just in Mad, Hungary, a ghost town without its Jewish citizens.
Let’s also not forget that when the cattle trains arrived to Auschwitz, the children, babies and the trains sacred Jews were locked and kept for an additional 3 days waiting in the heat – the Huns were more than happy to give them to the Germans.
Today, the Hungarians offered 60 bucks for a killed father and 90 for a murdered mother -shame on the Horthy protectors- never again!
Karl Pfeifer says:
on July 9, 2017 at 1:01 pm
Thank you dear Eszter. I am sharing your article on my facebook page.
Karl Pfeifer
Peter I. Hidas says:
The final transport to Auschwitz was in August from the Recsk internment camp.
Prof Asher J Matathias says:
The unenviable record of Anti-Americanism-Semitism-Zionism compiled by Hungary continues; indeed, it is met and superseded by contemporary Greece, the worst exemplar of this racism in Europe (67%) of the population carrying this disease. How about pressing the Greek government to recant its sole European opposition to the creation of Israel in a UNO vote, seventy years ago?
The facts are undeniable. But some of the words, that is the way it is described is incorrect.
The basic is that socialism, being “national” or “international”, but the goal was, and is : world domination by any and all means. The end always justified any means.
Horthy did suspend the deportations only after the July 4 allied bombing of residential parts of Budapest.
That was a “warning” from the west.
So he likely could have had power to do that at any time. What we do not know is, IF Hitler had stepped in, as they did on October 15, 1944, by the Operation Panzerfaust, that was carried out by the SS, under the leadership of Eichman, Massenmeyer and Skorzeny.
Under Horthy’s Regency, at least from 1920 to 1940 the Jewish population of Hungary faired very well.
Also, we can say that Horthy did not get rich on the public dough. He was a country gentleman of the XIX . century.
First, we can say with certainty that Horthy did NOT start W.W.II. nor did he initiate the Holocaust.
He just did NOT oppose, nor attempted to prevent it in any meaningful way.
His greatest sin was is to involve Hungary in it, by allying with Germany. But again, to alter that in 1940 it was likely impossible.
For Hungary to have avoided both the war and the Holocaust, it would have been the only sencable , reasonable and possible way, is by declaring Neutrality way back in 1920, and right at the Paris Peace conference.
I know, most Hungarians even today are vehemently opposed to neutrality.
The people of tiny Switzerland were committed to it, and it worked for them very well for about 400 years.
While neutrality today, could save Hungary from the horrors of the next, and all future wars.
The entire human history is the evidence, that humans just can NOT live in peace with their fellow humans. Violence is the biological instinct of all predatory species.
Today,Germany is the economic power house of Europe. Just as in the past, and of any industrialized powers’ number one interest is the “markets”, flow of raw materials, as it has been the main cause of Germany being the initiator of two (2) world wars in Europe in the XX century.
Today, also the need of fresh new low cost labor is also a vital need of Germany. That is why Germany (in the name of EU) again aims to extend toward the East. Just like in the past.
Do not kid yourself, the world today is a much more violent place than it was in the 1930’s and 40’s.
He that refuse to learn from the mistakes of the past, will just going to repeat it in the future.
Hungarians have done that for over a thousand years.
Let me just add this to my previous comment, as I know that some smart ass will come back and claim that WWI was not initiated by Germany ,but Habsburg Austria-Hungary.
Yes, I remember that. But it was NOT Austria-Hungary’s interest to go to war just for the killings.
It was the economic interest of Germany.
First, Germany has been cut off from her African colonies and also run out of Afghanistan, by the British,Fremch colonial interests. Germany was denied markets and the flow of raw materials.
The most basic needs for industry to survive.
And it was the Germany military-industrial interest that did supply Austria-Hungary with war materials in WWI.
Philip hackett says:
The problem that existed back then is the same as it is today.Humanity and our inability to solve problems without violence and repression. These problems exist in Gasa and West Bank and unless we change as humans, there will always be another train.
Bendeguz
What’s up? Pretty reasonable comment, except that the world today is a less violent place than ever (see Better angels of our nature).
Phillip H
Why go around the world for examples and talk about humanity – we analyse/compare European countries during the WW2 period.
Hungary doesnt look good in this comparison. And now neither.
OBSERVER;
Who claimed in his comment;
“…the world today is a less violent place than ever…”
Just what planet do you live on ?
Tune in and get some news casts from Planet Earth !!!
The last Hungarian in power under Horthy, Lazar Geza gave orders to police to disobey orders even with force , if necessary to deport more peoples.
Have no record of ever come to that.
In case some one has, please let us know .
You and others will never EVER compare the burning alive, skinning alive, smashing babies to the wall – comparing it to whom??? No other nation was selected and cooperated by ALL of europe the way the Jews were!
Stop your crap about Gasa.! They never had it so good! Nose picking, lazy, squatters – no other Arab countries even want those ladies-how does Hackett have the decency to even mention it?
Steve Colman says:
Good on you Ester!
Susan Winter says:
Eszter mindig olvaslak. Persze legtobbszor egyezem veled. Most is.
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2019 Hyundai Elantra redesign revealed
Available with Hyundai SmartSense safety and convenience technologies
New 6th-generation Elantra will be available in the fall of 2018
Sophisticated new design with new instrument cluster
Three available engines
Built in Montgomery, Alabama and Ulsan, South Korea
Hyundai just took the wraps off the new redesigned 2019 Elantra, a handsome 6th-generation sedan available this fall with many safety and convenience technologies via Hyundai SmartSense. These include forward collision-avoidance assist, lane-keep assist, driver attention assist and even safe exit assist, which sounds an alert when a vehicle approaches from behind to let passengers know it may not be safe to open the door to exit the vehicle. Most of these technologies have been added to the SEL trim level and above, which means they’ll be available on 75 percent of the Elantra lineup. Hyundai has also added SmartSense safety features to the Elantra SEL, Value Edition, Eco, Limited and Sport (SEL and above) levels of trim.
“Refinements to both the interior and exterior were initiated on the 2019 Elantra to maintain its emotional design character and include affordable and desired features,” said Scott Margason, Hyundai’s director of product planning. “The hood, front fenders, fascia, grille and headlights—as well as the rear fascia, trunk and taillights—each have been redesigned to convey a catchy and confident image. On the rear of the vehicle, the license plate has been relocated to the lower fascia to further enhance the new body sculpture.”
Also: Get your first look at the new and redesigned cars of 2019
Other updates to the 2019 Hyundai Elantra include new wheel designs and LED headlights on the Limited and Sport models, plus a new center instrument cluster and handy tech such as wireless smartphone charging. This new Elantra also marks the debut of Hyundai’s AVN 5.0 infotainment, which features an upgraded processor and available 8.0-inch screen (compared to the 7-incher in the previous Elantra). Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are available with AVN 5.0, and Hyundai says the AM, FM and SiriusXM channels are now all combined onto one screen, which makes changing stations with the presets a breeze.
More: 2019 Car Reviews: First takes on new models
The 2019 Hyundai Elantra has two engines that focus on fuel efficiency and a third that will give the Elantra Sport (which will arrive later in 2018) plenty of pep. The base powerplant in the Elantra SE, SEL and Limited is an Atkinson-cycle 2.0-liter 4-cylinder that produces 147 horsepower and mates to a 6-speed manual transmission or a 6-speed automatic. The Eco model is powered by a turbocharged 1.4-liter 4-cylinder that sends 128 horsepower to the front wheels via an efficient 7-speed dual-clutch automatic that contributes to an impressive EPA Combined fuel-economy rating of 35 mpg. As for the late-arriving Elantra Sport? This Elantra model—with sport seats, paddle shifters, a flat-bottom steering wheel and a multilink rear suspension—is powered by a turbocharged 1.6-liter 4-cylinder engine that sends 201 horsepower to the Elantra’s front wheels via a 6-speed manual transmission.
When it arrives this fall, the 2019 Hyundai Elantra will be offered in six trim levels—SE, SEL, Value Edition, Limited, Eco and Sport. While we don’t have official pricing yet, we do know the handsome new 2019 Elantra will be built in Montgomery, Alabama, and Ulsan, South Korea.
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home // News // ‘I wasn’t on top of this’: At Sandy town hall meeting, mayor answers questions about bad water and lack of communication //
‘I wasn’t on top of this’: At Sandy town hall meeting, mayor answers questions about bad water and lack of communication
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune | February 19th, 2019 | By Nate Carlisle
Sandy • Residents here Monday sprayed city leaders with concerns about the drinking water and asked why they didn’t learn of problems faster.
Boyd Liddiard, who lives in Sandy, as does his 88-year-old father, questioned how the municipal water system could be allowed to have such a failure. Just as important to Liddiard was why Sandy waited so long to tell residents of tainted water.
“That’s beyond negligent,” Liddiard said before the town hall even began. “I think that’s criminal.”
Liddiard and his brother were among about 150 people in the audience at Mt. Jordan Middle School for the rare President’s Day government meeting.
Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn told the crowd that the episode has been frustrating for him, too. He was first told the water contamination was isolated to a small area and residents there had been notified. By 5 p.m. Friday, he learned the problem was bigger and he got involved in notifying the public.
“As your elected leader, I failed you in several aspects,” Bradburn said. “One of them being, I wasn’t on top of this.”
A power outage Feb. 6 caused a pump to flood parts of Sandy’s water system with large amounts of fluoride. That can cause health problems, and the acid corroded pipes in some homes to discharge heavy metals such as lead and copper.
Tom Ward, director of public utilities for Sandy, apologized to residents before giving a presentation on what happened and when.
When Ward said that by 5 p.m. on Feb. 7 tests showed the fluoride levels were safe, people in the audience interrupted him by saying no. Ward went on to explain city staff didn’t believe the excess fluoride had spread to more neighborhoods. It was a week before the the staff realized the scope of the problem required a larger effort to notify residents.
City workers eventually knocked on more doors and used social media, news releases and a reverse 911 to notify residents. The workers told residents to not drink the water and to flush their pipes. The last water restrictions were lifted Sunday.
Bradburn said it was discovered that cellphones can’t be called with the city’s reserve 911 system unless the phone user opts in. He posted instructions on a projector screen and encouraged people in the audience to register their phones.
Some at the town hall interrupted Bradburn and Ward to ask why flyers weren’t distributed faster and left on the doors of people who weren’t home. There also were questions of why the water had fluoride at all.
Salt Lake County voters in 2000 approved an initiative to require fluoride in culinary water. Bradburn said Sandy would hold another forum on whether to remove fluoride from the water.
Chrisella Herzog told Bradburn that even before the fluoride contamination, her grandmother and people in her neighborhood were suffering from gastrointestinal problems consistent with copper buildup.
“I’m talking about months before this event,” Herzog said.
Ward said the city routinely tests 400 water samples a month. He said the city would look into Herzog’s concerns.
Mark Kuehn, who works as a chemist, asked Ward why city staff didn’t have simple pH testers in their trucks. That would have revealed that the water was far too acidic and that the problem was greater than the city first realized.
The city on Monday used volunteers to collect water samples across Sandy. Evelyn Everton, Sandy’s deputy mayor, on Monday afternoon said the city received 70 volunteers. Each received 20 testing sample kits and a short training. The volunteers were instructed to knock on doors and ask residents if they have flushed their pipes. If not, Everton said, the volunteers were to tell the resident to do so. If the pipes have been flushed, the volunteer was to fill up a bottle from the kitchen faucet.
“If [water users] don’t hear from the city, they just know that their results came back safe,” Everton said. “We’re only going to contact them if there is a problem.”
Bradburn said he does not live in the affected areas but has been collecting samples from residents. Volunteers collected about 1,000 Monday, he said. He hopes to have results by Friday. Anyone with dangerous water will be notified within 24 hours.
Bradburn said residents who had to flush their pipes will receive a credit to reduce their water bills. Anyone sickened who has a doctor bill, Bradburn said, can file a claim with the city.
“You can’t reverse health damage with this!” shouted Stacy Norton, who sat near the back of the auditorium. Norton later told a reporter he worries about lead poisoning to his son.
Lee Davidson contributed to this report.
*Original article online at https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/02/19/sandy-town-hall-meeting/
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Typically, certain leagues present a very significant players rotation between national and foreign clubs. This situation tends to occur mainly in leagues considered less competitive and known as markets in which clubs aim to develop young talents and sell them to teams with more financial power.
In this sense, Football Industry compared clubs’ lineups on the last matchday of 2012/2013 with the ones presented on matchday 1 of 2013/2014. We analyzed the following competitions: Bundesliga (Germany), Liga BBVA (Spain), Ligue 1 (France), Eredivisie (Netherlands), Barclays Premier League (England) and Liga ZON Sagres (Portugal).
In general terms, Spanish and Portuguese leagues present the highest average number of changes in the starting 11, mainly with players who were not part of the squads in 2012/2013.
Barclays Premier League and Bundesliga, considered, at this time, the most competitive leagues, show the lowest average number of lineup changes, equally distributed between players who were part of the squads in 2012/2013 and were signed for 2013/2014.
AVERAGE NR. OF CHANGES
AVERAGE NR. AT THE CLUB IN 12/13
AVERAGE NR. OF SIGNINGS
Spain 6 3 3
Portugal 6 2 4
France 5 4 1
Netherlands 5 2 3
Germany 4 2 2
England 4 2 2
IMPACT OF A NEW COACH
When analyzing the impact of the arrival of a new coach at the start of 2013/2014, we can observe that, on average, only in the Netherlands and Portugal this situation led to a higher number of changes in the starting 11.
NEW COACH
COUNTRY AVERAGE NR. OF CHANGES AVERAGE NR. AT THE CLUB IN 12/13 AVERAGE NR. OF SIGNINGS
GLOBAL 6 3 3
SAME COACH
This research was discussed on the TV show “Maisfutebol“, of TVI24, on the 23rd of August.
NOTES: 1.Only were considered clubs that remained in the analyzed leagues between 2012/13 and 2013/14; 2.Signings include loan returns; 3.Sascha Lewandowski left the technical team of Bayer Leverkusen, however, Sami Hyypia remained; 4.The matches of Eredivisie’s play-off were included in the analysis; 5.Italian Serie A was not included because only began on the 25th of August.
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Escrito por: Nuno Bolas
Consultor e Analista, Mestre em Gestão pela NOVA - School of Business and Economics.
Tags: 2012, 2013, 2014, Bundesliga, coach, england, eredivisie, france, germany, last matchday, Liga BBVA, Liga ZON Sagres, Ligue 1, matchday 1, netherlands, new coach, Portugal, portuguese league, Premier League, spain, spanish league
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EXTREME CARICATURE
Even the harshest caricature requires balance. Artists with strong opinions may try extreme exaggerations, only to discover that their caricatures lose strength rather than gaining it. Illustrator Ralph Steadman offered one reason why caricaturists can't afford to get too carried away:
Distortion ultimately loses its potency as it departs too dramatically from authentic human or bestial form
Artists with the talent to maintain control at the extremes-- who can approach the limits, but retain the hair-line judgment to know when to stop-- those are the masters who are able to devise some truly devastating images. (I'm not talking here about mere likenesses. The drawings I'm describing are in a different category from anything Al Hirschfeld or David Levine or Mort Drucker ever dreamed up.)
The following are examples of such caricature from artists I admire. First is Steve Brodner's depiction of Ted Cruz:
Fairly conventional caricatures surround Brodner's vicious treatment of Cruz
Brodner's unerring eye located the reptilian elements in Cruz's DNA and brought them to the fore
Tom Fluharty's devastating treatment of Hilary Clinton won attention-- and laughs-- from both sides of the aisle.
Here, Fluharty-- who is really a very nice person in real life-- contorts Obama's face to the limits of recognizability.
Fluharty's expertise as a portrait painter enables him to take great liberties with the bones and muscles of the face, without losing control
In the following picture, John Cuneo literally strips bare a rogue's gallery of saggy old (mostly white) guys:
No limits: Dick Cheney's shriveled penis draped on the coffin of the war dead
Steadman believed that "The very dark primeval spur of all drawing [is] the deep desire to wield a supernatural power over a victim, the subject of the portrayal."
As you try to erase these horrifying images from your mind, you can feel that power at work.
Love Brodner's Cruz. That guy is a fucking vampire.
I suspect Brodner was working primarily from this photograph: here
A persuasive caricature, I'd argue, only if you haven't seen many photos of Cruz.
It seems off target; exaggerating the sharpness of his bone structure but ignoring the actual emotions and character flaws there read.
A good caricature doesn't just exaggerate anatomy, it captures something of the man that's hidden in plain sight.
Cruz is more of a smarmy and cloying character than the shrewd calculating Palpatine that Brodner makes him out to be.
If I was to purchase a caricature of Cruz, I'd hope they went for those emotions he actually wears:
They may not be the visceral attacks that Brodner tried, but they'd at least leave audiences seeing something in Cruz they may have missed prior.
Fluharty on the other hand captures expressions his characters regularly wear, and produce plausible arguments about their character -- Hillary as the authoritarian, and Obama as the condescending academic playing the populist.
I'm not sure Cuneo's drawings are caricatures, they seem to be drawn without significant distortion. I love the drawings. I'm just not sure I'd count them among caricatures.
Um... All the images shown here are from a negative point of view. Can't there be positive extreme caricatures? Or does "extreme" rule that out?
MORAN and Richard-- I singled that drawing out from Brodner's many political caricatures, not because it was the best likeness but because he pushed it so far. Brodner gave Cruz the pallor of a ghoul. He made Cruz's eyes roll up into his head and added dark circles under his eyes that make him look, in MORAN's words, like a "fucking vampire." For me, the amazing thing about the drawing is that it is even recognizable as Cruz with all that extra baggage.
I agree with Richard that it would've been an easier sell to give Cruz normal flesh tones and copy an expression from a more typical photograph. Drawing a reptile and drawing a human being pull in different directions. I like the way Brodner reconciled the competing objectives.
Donald Pittenger-- Yes there are idealized and funny caricatures out there (including the excellent Drucker and Levine work that I mentioned) but in this case I was really reaching for angry caricatures where an artist's strong feelings might tempt him or her to go wild.
Richard-- I agree with you about Fluharty. He learned the Flemish portrait painting techniques in oils, which enabled him to come back later and stretch those faces out of shape with pliers and still retain credibility.
As for the Cuneo drawings, I guess I'm not certain about the significance of the label "caricature" in this case. Cuneo certainly captures likenesses with scratchy little cartoons employing telling facial expressions. But in this case much of the power I admire is from his decision to rip the clothes off these subjects.
The caricatures are all well done, in my opinion. But there is a serious concern about this kind of material; that when adult political discourse is reduced to this nasty teenage level, we all lose.
As you try to erase these horrifying images from your mind, you can feel that power at work
All I can feel is tremendous relief that my mind, aesthetics, and sense of artistic expression continued to develop after junior high.
Awesome stuff. These are meaner then the caricatures I grew up with but the politics are also meaner. Were caricatures of Hitler this mean? These are caricatures for Fox news. The difference is that these are more truthful than Fox news.
" it would've been an easier sell to give Cruz normal flesh tones and copy an expression from a more typical photograph. Drawing a reptile and drawing a human being pull in different directions."
I'm not suggesting it would have been easier, on the contrary, I think a subtler caricature that deftly draws out a character is more difficult than just casting your character as a Sci-Fi channel villain.
Further, getting to who Cruz actually is would have been more effective as a political tool.
One of the things that most effectively destroyed 43 was the political cartooning of the time. To this day, despite being a strong Bush supporter myself, when I imagine I still see the small-mouthed, beady-eyed ape of the political cartooning of the time. That was possible because he did occasionally wear that emotion.
The caricaturists of the time could just have easily cast 43 as a reptile, he also has sharp features, but it wouldn't have been an effective caricature.
The Cruz caricature, likewise, won't be effective for anyone who wasn't already convinced that Cruz is the devil to begin with. It's just not bringing out anything of the man.
Kev Ferrara-- If these were just nasty teen age name calling, I don't think they'd be as successful as I believe they are.
I don't deny that personal political animus probably contributed passion to these images but I also think these artists have the necessary artistic detachment to keep the art powerful, rather than just plain "nasty." Rage has had a role in art since forever. Consider Kollwitz, Grosz, Goya, Bosch, Daumier, Szyk, Lasansky, etc. I wouldn't call any of them "nasty" although many of them could be brutal.
That's the issue I'm interested in exploring here. Do you disapprove of these because you think their political content is uncalled for? Would you think such a treatment would be acceptable if the subject was Hitler or Stalin or Pol Pot?
Etc, etc-- A few weeks ago we discussed how artist Nelson Shanks attacked a politician he didn't approve of by planting a secret code in an otherwise bland portrait, then running to People magazine to publicize what he'd done. Would you say Shanks' method of attack was more or less "junior high" than the methods on display here?
And I'll ask you the same question I put to Kev: would such acidic portraits would be more acceptable to you if they were of Hitler or Stalin?
JSL-- I agree we live in less civil times, but we've been there before. Try reading the editorials and the editorial cartoons about Lincoln during the civil war.
If these were just nasty teen age name calling, I don't think they'd be as successful as I believe they are.
Successful as what? That's the question. I've already praised the quality of the caricatures. But if we want to examine these as a sort of communication, (and I'll exclude Fluharty's more tasteful piece from this crit) I would say they don't even rise to the level of rhetoric; in the word's original sense of an emotionalized plea or argument. These do not make an argument. So what are they doing?
They certainly don't provide political content. (That's a hoot.) What they do is tell people who look at them for ideologically-based entertainment - political nastiness being one of the worst forms of entertainment ever created - what to think about the given political figure. Which is mullah-level minding, which one either accepts (accepting the dogma of the tribe in the process) or one rejects (and one is cast out from the tribe.) It is, in effect, saying "either hate these motherfuckers or get lost, you don't belong." Which is the most utterly tribal "you're either with us or against us" kind of statement a thug might say.
This kind of tribal communication is not just bad politics and a terrible way to educate people to think, but in my view, it is bad on a simple humanistic level.
And of course it is just visual name calling. Its no different than "W looks like a monkey." Or "Condasleaza Rice" which I once heard some dull wag say repeatedly. Its the same as "Newt Ging-GRINCH"... ar "Faux News" ... all ninth grade level stuff I've heard far too many times. ("Obama is a manchurian muslim" or "Bill Clinton had Vince Foster killed" are political statements based on paranoia, so they are problematic in a different way.)
Since we don't live in Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia, it is a little hard for me to imagine how to respond on that question. Although, my guess is that either putting a bullet in Hitler or Stalin's brain, joining an underground resistance or getting out of the country would be far ahead of drawing cartoons. Mockery, after all, is only a passive aggressive act. It won't stop the kind of people who kill cartoonists from killing cartoonists. The pen is but a refraction of the sword, after all.
Richard said: "I think a subtler caricature that deftly draws out a character is more difficult than just casting your character as a Sci-Fi channel villain."
Sometimes unsubtle times call for unsubtle measures. David Low (in my opinion the greatest political cartoonist of World War II) urged young artists not to get carried away with harsh portrayals: "To draw a hostile war lord as a horrible monster is to play his game. What he doesn't like is being shown as a silly ass." Yet, even Low occasionally felt so strongly about some of his targets that he couldn't resist giving them the full "monster" treatment. Once when the war was going particularly badly he depicted Hitler as a brutish ape (and he was very good at it).
Speaking of animal avatars, I think the choice of animal is very important. No one would have believed Bush 43 as a reptile. There was nothing the least bit reptilian about him. But Cruz...
I know Kev is tired of my repeating this, but I am an art formalist. Now knowing what the shadow represents in the Clinton portrait, while altering my opinion of Shanks as a person, does not in the least alter my judgment about the portrait and how effective it is or is not. I'm perfectly capable of disregarding that bit of information because it is not actually coded into the painting; one must be told that abstract shadow shape represents Lewinski's dress. And because I hold to a traditional heirarchy of genres, I evaluate a given genre work's success or failure on genre specific criteria.
The message of some of the works you've selected here is in fact coded into the work. I personally wouldn't even call it art because it fails to stimulate any real aesthetic interest and instead begs for a psychological and personality profiling of the artist and his social and aesthetic development.
Hitler and Stalin are total red herrings as far as I'm concerned.
Maybe the reptile quality that Brodner give Curz comes from turning him into the "wacko bird." Which is the word used in the second headline on the Nation"s cover. Maybe that is why he made Curz's nose so sharp. Pecking away at the same tired old themes.
The Cuneo drawings seem practically effect because he has rob the characters of all the "trappings of power," and what we see is are persons whose only vitality seems to be their own megalomaniac. Which of course is totally unappealing, like their naked bodies.
Mr. etc, I am not in the least tired of hearing you discuss formalism, as I am a formalist as well, as we've discussed. Which is, again, not to say that I'm a pure abstractionist - not at all - because I don't think that content can be shaped artfully without actually referencing the content. The question of a work of art, for me, is always about how the meaning of it is conveyed. If that is understood, the work is classifiable. And then it can be parsed, if so desired.
Your post above refers to much I have been gnawing on myself, quite often on this very blog, as you know... mainly, the difference between a work written in tribal code versus a universal work of art, and how the former results in a kind of text to be read, while the latter is effective wholly through aesthetic means in how it delivers its meaning (via sublimated plasticity, a.k.a. form).
Since politics is always tribal, it is no accident that all of its communiques are text or text-like, because, again text itself is a tribal medium. Being a tribalist always means being a divisionist, and the constant effort to make every thought plain in text, to surface every secret belief and test it, is the quickest way to sort the believers from the dissenters, the tribesmen from the enemy. "Here's our belief made plain... if you don't nod right now you're suspect, and if you don't nod eventually, you're cast out!" This is the method of tyrants, demagogues, the apparatchiks of retail politics, and, most obnoxious of all, the ideologically driven conversationalist who exists for his political religion and shoves it into every silence he meets.
I wouldn't go so far to say that political caricature solely amounts to name calling. Using caricature to exhume the depths of the man is an honest pursuit, all impartial portrait artists ought to do some amount of it, the caricature just requires a bit more digging.
Brodner expertly draws out character himself on a regular basis. This picture of Putin is masterful. It doesn't cast Putin as an entirely different character, or weaponize his features for ridicule. It gets to something ineffable in his person. It looks more like Putin than Putin does.
Hitler and Stalin actually were psychopaths. This caricature of Hitler, while extreme, actually gets to something of the man. Extreme caricatures are the natural results of extreme characters. This caricature looks more like Hitler than Hitler does.
Ted Cruz however is not an extreme character. Brodner knew that, and created a caricature of Cruz in the past that was far more successful. Was he just avoiding a repeat performance? Was he pressured by the magazine?
Whatever the case, this new caricature sucks, and it's a shame to see such a skilled artist stooping so low.
Caricature should never be a balancing act between recognizability and "all that extra baggage." If the caricature doesn't look more like the subject than the subject themselves, you've failed.
Richard, I hadn't said that all political caricatures are solely name calling. I agree with your take that if the caricaturist gets at something in the character, some expression or facial gesture which really pins down something, then there is an element of portraiture to it, which is its own art.
On the other hand, if one actually thinks that exaggerating some features of a person in some way reveals their deeper nature, that is a strictly phrenological belief. That is; in order for one to believe that exaggeration of the actual features actually reveals deep character, one must believe in physiognomic indications of character. And if one believes that, there is no leap to believe that certain physiognomic identifiers of the various races tells something about the character of that race. Which would make one a nazi, essentially.
Personally, I think using the sculptural forms of fictional characters' faces and bodies to exaggerate their character is a perfectly fine thing to do in storytelling Art. But when that tactic starts being utilized to visually slander real human beings, based on some idea that the deep character of real human beings can be ascertained phrenologically, then there are moral and ethical issues involved for me, not to mention scientific ones.
Which harkens back, for me, again, to the idea that caricature is necessarily an adolescent form; that it is necessarily ridiculous, shallow, and unfair. Which just so happens to be the perfect definition of modern political discourse in general.
(Which is not to say that caricatures can't be hilarious, like the Hitler cartoon you linked.)
I always liked what Degas said, "if a man can not define himself, how would you expect me to define him."
As a professional portrait painter my take on caricature is that it emphatically demonstrates a truth about how a 'likeness' is achieved; it is found in the rhythms of the forms more than their relative proportions.
BTW: I totally agree with what Kev is saying about the dubious morality of caricature, political or otherwise.
When painting a sitter much of my time is taken up with staying watchful of this tendency and ruthlessly editing it out from the painting. This is not in order to flatter them (this can be done in other ways) but to ensure that their image breaths truthfully within the ideal world of the portrait, the painting, itself.
I think this discussion has revealed some major differences in how to judge a caricature. I am surprised by the number of respected commenters who seem more distracted by the politics or the morality or these pictures than the aesthetic quality of the image.
I deliberately included images from both sides of the political spectrum because I didn't think political content or fairness were relevant to a discussion of how far an artist can push a caricature before passing the point of diminishing returns. In my view, each of these artists was able to keep their strong views on track because they had the artistic skill and judgment to elevate this content above mere name calling. That's what makes these images powerful (I would say "brutal" rather than "nasty.")
Judging from your comments, a number of you disagree with me.
Kev Ferrara quickly put aside the point that the caricatures are "are all well done" and expressed concern about the "moral and ethical" problems when we "visually slander real human beings." He went on to assert a larger point that "caricature is necessarily an adolescent form; that it is necessarily ridiculous, shallow, and unfair. Which just so happens to be the perfect definition of modern political discourse in general."
JSL seemed concerned that these pictures were "mean."
Richard also seems to fault some of these for their content, objecting that Ted Cruz did not deserve Brodner's caustic treatment ("Ted Cruz however is not an extreme character.")
Etc, etc said these works "begs for a psychological and personality profiling of the artist."
Chris Bennett talked about "the dubious morality of caricature" and how it might prevent a painting from breathing "truthfully."
I would be happy to engage on the politics and the morality of these characters on a political blog (of which there are many) but here I'm hoping to go a little farther on the aesthetic and the technique, detached from morality, before irreducible political squabbles bring the conversation down.
It may be that art and morality are ultimately inseparable at the end of the road, but I'm hoping to learn a whole lot more than I have so far, before those two endeavors merge. I am traveling right now so it is difficult for me to engage the way I'd like to, but I hope within the next day to be able to respond to some of these points more individually.
I'm of the opinion that politics and art when mixed usually results in bad art and questionable politics (no doubt one can find a few exceptions). This being particularly true where negative, rather than positive emotions are expressed.
I touched on that from a slightly different angle in this blog post from 2010.
Steve Brodner said...
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Thanks to David for this post. He, like us, thinks long and hard about what we do. Cruz is in a long line of characters who look like what they are. His face is wonderfully revealing. I have drawn him quite a few times but I feel I am just getting started. Much more to come. Working on him tonight for Newsweek BTW. Here's a recent Cruz for GQ, part of my monthly series of favorite quotes. Keep on keepin' on.
http://www.gq.com/trend-list/dumbest-quotes-2014/20
> "[Richard objects] that Ted Cruz did not deserve Brodner's caustic treatment"
Not at all,I was trying to get at your original thesis re: "how far an artist can push a caricature before passing the point of diminishing returns" by suggesting that the question is overly simplistic if it is only concerned with basic structural exaggeration, and ignores how the face is worn.
For a less politically charged example, look at this terrible caricature of Jim Carrey. It fails because it's actually more like a caricature of a manikin who looks like Jim Carrey.
On the other hand, this caricature is wildly successful, despite being considerably more exaggerated than the first.
The question isn't merely how far the structural elements of the face can be exaggerated and remain recognizable. That's kid stuff.
The really interesting question is; can the artist evoke the man behind the face by exaggerating how the face is worn, thus freeing him to break the anatomy beyond any point of reason?
To Kev's point on Phrenology -- exaggerating some feature of a person can most certainly reveal a deeper nature of the man, if the feature being exaggerated is in the expression not the anatomy.
Brodner succeeded in exaggerating anatomy, no question there, but hit your point of 'diminishing returns' in regards to personality.
It is by refining personality that a caricaturist manages to make a drawing of Hitler look more like Hitler than Hitler. By exaggerating expressions we remove the confinements of functional anatomy, and distill the person into a clearer representation than a photograph could ever provide.
The Cruz picture sucks because, like the Jim Carrey manikin, it is actually a picture of Palpatine wearing Cruz's face.
etc, etc wrote: "Now knowing what the shadow represents in the Clinton portrait, while altering my opinion of Shanks as a person, does not in the least alter my judgment about the portrait and how effective it is or is not."
You remind me that the questions posed in this blog post first occurred to me in an exchange with you during that recent post about Shanks (although it does not sound like you'll be thanking me any time soon). I agree that there are downsides to the kind of "give 'em both barrels" full frontal attack in these political drawings, by I find their candor admirable compared to Shanks' sneak attack from behind.
But here too, if we focus on the art itself, and try to hold the political content and the ethics of the attack at bay for a moment, I think it is possible to evaluate the artistic merit here. You write, "I personally wouldn't even call [this work] art because it fails to stimulate any real aesthetic interest." I recall that you like Shanks' work, and I understand that your view is shared by a great many people but personally, I would rather have a portrait painting by Fluharty, who for me stimulates more "aesthetic interest" than Shanks. I will try to explain why: Fluharty may not have logged as many hours with oil painting as Shanks, but he did master the Flemish tradition of oil painting in glazes, and has done highly representational work. In my view, Fluharty does a better job of setting priorities in his paintings, while Shanks gives me the same relentless, unblinking hard edged realism in every corner of his finished paintings. (As I've previously commented, I prefer Shanks' sketches). I also think Fluharty puts more humanity and vitality in his oil paintings. Sometimes Fluharty's paintings are handicapped by the commercial requirements of his subject matter and his space, but on a level playing field I'd far prefer a Fluharty.
I am most interested in your point about content that is "coded into" the image. You write: "I'm perfectly capable of disregarding that bit of information because it is not actually coded into the painting; one must be told that abstract shadow shape represents Lewinski's dress. And because I hold to a traditional heirarchy of genres, I evaluate a given genre work's success or failure on genre specific criteria." That sounds like a meaningful distinction to me, but I'd appreciate a little more elaboration. Are you saying that the quality of a painting should not be dependent on an external code, but rather should be comprehensible standing alone? I think I agree with that (I have a lot of trouble with conceptual art that requires an accompanying treatise). But how is that position transformed when the code is later shared with the world or (even better) how does it deal with art such as ancient Egyptian art where everybody knew the code at one time, but now the hieroglyphs are inscrutable, but still beautiful?
Richard wrote: "The question isn't merely how far the structural elements of the face can be exaggerated and remain recognizable. That's kid stuff. The really interesting question is; can the artist evoke the man behind the face by exaggerating how the face is worn, thus freeing him to break the anatomy beyond any point of reason?"
I agree with you, although I wouldn't write off as "kid stuff" the ability to exaggerate extremely the structural elements of the face. I remember as a kid reading the Mad Magazine parody of the movie "Funny Lady" in which the brilliant Mort Drucker drew Barbra Streisand in a stable, wondering why she can't stop thinking about her lost love, Omar Sharif. And in the background, Drucker drew a horse with a face that looked exactly like Omar Sharif! It was an absolutely astonishing feat, and not one in a thousand caricaturists could've pulled it off.
But that's not the kind of caricature we're talking about here.
I think the artists here have in fact "evoked the man [or person] behind the face by exaggerating how the face is worn," and you just seem to disagree with their opinion of that person. You write, "Cruz however is not an extreme character" but I'm guessing Brodner disagrees with you. I'm not sure how to break that tie here.
You say, "If the caricature doesn't look more like the subject than the subject themselves, you've failed." But I assume from your position about capturing "the man behind the face" (with which I agree, as I said) that it's not just a question of looking "like the subject" but also looking like what the subject has done and what the subject represents."
That's where think I get off the trolley with Kevin's argument about phrenology. He seems to take exception to the notion that "exaggerating some features of a person in some way reveals their deeper nature" but I have no problem turning a face into a battle map for an ideological struggle, as long as it "evokes the man behind the face by exaggerating how the face is worn." If someone wants to marry Hitler's face with a concentration camp smokestack, that's OK with me and I don't feel constrained by any qualms about phrenology.
Kev Ferrara-- You write that these pictures "certainly don't provide political content" but you go on in the same comment to say that they provide "political nastiness" and "bad politics"
So in fact they do provide political content, just not content that you approve of. You are concerned that this form of art is a "terrible way to educate people to think [and] bad on a simple humanistic level," and you may even be right, but there are of course arguments to the contrary. We all know the story of how Boss Tweed in the Tamany Hall machine was impervious to the thoughtful news articles and editorials against him, but became irate about Thomas Nast's "damn pictures" which ridiculed him and played a huge role in bringing him down. They fixed an image of him in the people's minds that stuck far better than words.
I suppose it would be nice if political debates were conducted on a more refined and erudite level, but if a huge percentage of the electorate says, "we simply choose not to read or believe 97% of the peer reviewed scientific analysis on an important issue," then I'm not exactly sure how you propose to "educate people," or at least to motivate them politically. Before you got rid of these lovely, hilarious, vicious images you'd have to get rid of talk radio, cable news, and half the the political blogs on the internet which are not only a "terrible way to educate people to think [and] bad on a simple humanistic level." but also lack the redeeming artfulness of these pictures.
I can tell that my Hitler / Stalin question fell flat with both you and Mr. etc. (who wrote, "Hitler and Stalin are total red herrings as far as I'm concerned.") But since you both seemed to disapprove of the political tone of these pictures, my question was trying to isolate political content as a factor in your analysis. You may think this kind of extreme caricature is uncalled for, but if there was a gulag or a concentration camp on a hill outside your town belching smoke from a human crematorium, you might think differently. You might think that any means of vandalizing the image of the monster responsible for such acts is justified, and the only question is, "what's the most powerful way to do it?" If we can agree that vicious pictures would become wonderful, life affirming weapons when aimed against a Hitler or Stalin, then I think your argument devolves to, "I don't think we live in a political environment where such extreme measures are warranted yet, and I'm concerned that they coarsen the level of our political debate." It's fine if you think that, but it's a judgment call, and (I think) one unrelated to the kind of issue that I'm struggling with here.
Your response to my question about Hitler / Stalin was, "Since we don't live in Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia, it is a little hard for me to imagine how to respond on that question. Although, my guess is that either putting a bullet in Hitler or Stalin's brain, joining an underground resistance or getting out of the country would be far ahead of drawing cartoons." But consider the artist Arthur Szyk, who was in the US when he got word that his aged mother had been murdered in a concentration camp during WW II. He had no way putting a bullet in Hitler's brain, but he spent the rest of the War in a tireless, relentless effort to attack and ridicule the Nazis in images. Eleanor Roosevelt referred to him as a "one man army" for the fundraising successes of his pictures and Hitler put a price on Szyk's head (which I can assure you he did not normally do for mere soldiers fighting Germany in the war. Like Boss Tweed, Hitler hated those damn pictures.
although it does not sound like you'll be thanking me any time soon
I've always thought that political caricature was unworthy of any serious consideration of artistic merit. These examples bring de-humanization to a disturbing new low (maybe Hitler and Stalin aren't such red herrings after all), and now I know political caricature does not deserve any serious consideration of artistic merit. Thank you for clarifying that for me.
Etc, etc-- Always happy to provide my own little contribution in any way I can.
So in fact they do provide political content, just not content that you approve of.
Huh? You aren't making sense, David. I was drawing out an obvious distinction between real content with integrity - smart, fair, judiciously selected to be sufficient in fact and argumentation, unfiltered by ideology or emotion, avoiding dogma, cant, exaggeration, and character assassination - and the opposite.
Regarding some of your other argumentative tactics... if you think that Newt Gingrich, Hillary Clinton, Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are in the same category as Boss Tweed and Hitler, then you are probably the kind of fellow who invokes the Triangle Fire every time the minimum wage question comes up. This is the reason I am so against politics as it is practiced... because the deft and constant manipulation of our information diets turns smart, honest, and moral people into raving, vicious hysterics. ;)
As far as I can tell, politics is a kind of socially-evolved tribal instinct that channels people's most bitter frustrations with life into hatred for the other. It is a way of directing uncontrollable stress like a laser at particular targets. It is no accident that highly political people constantly consult their chosen news sources to keep their righteous fires burning and directed, living as they do for that frisson of rage that wells up at the thought of their enemies. Living too for those rare moments of conversation when they directly confront "the enemy in the flesh" where, finally(!), the arsenal of sound-bites they have accumulated from years and years of constant unproductive self-indoctrination from their chosen "news" source finds use in the Great War.
As with all ideologically-driven people, the ideology colors the entirety of one's thought. It becomes the filter through which all is seen and understood, circumscribing in the process the imagination's ability to dream of other ways of seeing the world. And this seems to have been illustrated here. For example, if I find Brodner's faces excellent as caricatures but bad as political discourse, the for-against binary ideologue makes the determination that I am a republican (which translates in The Nation to fascist-racist-corporatist-imperialist). When the simple fact is that my ideology is Art. I simply think outside of Brodner's paradigm. Which apparently isn't imaginable. And so while I am trying to sort out whether we are looking at Art or a variation of visual text, you are making a judgement as to whether I am in your heroic, unassailable tribe or a horrible demented fascist. When I am trying to tease out the question of what is good speech or bad speech as a general matter, you are trying to figure out how to paint me as being fine with the bad speech I agree with, a hypocrite, in other words. (Demonstrating again that binary ideological-political thought always leads to ugliness.)
Which brings to my mind an elephant that surprisingly hasn't yet trundled through this room... which is the Charlie Hebdo religious murders. The Charlie Hebdo magazine, in my view, was full of crappy speech. Maybe some of it was necessary in order to keep our free speech rights in practice, and thus intact. Which I am in full support of. But as cultural product, it didn't have much to recommend it. Yet, I find no aspect of the world more threatening, more worthy of rebuke, than Islamofascism, CH's constant target. To translate that to one of your examples, in my world it is perfectly okay to say that I don't really care for Thomas Nast's art. And in saying that, I shouldn't be required to explain that I am against corruption. Of course I am against corruption. I am against it in government, in business, in politics, in religion, in the news media, and in Art.
Kev is engaging you quite brilliantly here I think, but let me just throw this in: leaving all imagery aside, wasn't de-humanization and the stripping away of all human dignity at the philosophical core of what Hitler believed and perpetrated in the holocaust? And don't you feel any sense of irony that that is what these images are doing? Should not art elevate?
>" If someone wants to marry Hitler's face with a concentration camp smokestack, that's OK with me"
>"And in the background, Drucker drew a horse with a face that looked exactly like Omar Sharif! It was an absolutely astonishing feat, and not one in a thousand caricaturists could've pulled it off."
Interesting, I wouldn't have considered Drucker's zoomorphism in that case caricature, nor the anthropomorphic Hitler smokestack. Perhaps I am using too conservative a definition of what caricature may entail (I also didn't consider the Cuneo cartoons as particularly caricature-esque).
Does the addition of any fictionalized elements to a picture of a real person a caricature make? What is to separate caricature then from style or cartoon?
I'm partial to Walt Disney's early definition of caricature, that it is "the exaggeration of an illusion of the actual."
"Cruz never makes that expression so it's not caricature, just a mean cartoon" is what my pleadings woefully amounted to. Under your looser rubric, I can see describing the Brodner as a successful 'caricature', but if that is the definition of caricature I'm disappointed.
I would much rather have a term for exaggerating facial expression and structure to distill a personality (a subspeciality of portraiture) than a shorthand for making cartoons of living people -- the former is a high art, the latter merely a genre.
With my definition of caricature, you have a fantastic word for doing this. That's worth something.
Richard, in my view you are conflating what a person is really like, their character when no one is around, with the play acting that they do on the public stage or with the unflattering/simple-minded media snippets of them that their political opponents purposely choose to publicize, or with their physical characteristics and mannerisms.
And since we've all, by now, been exposed to handsome, elegant and hyper-sophisticated monsters, and ugly, sloppy, brutes with hearts of gold... again, I urge that we resist the temptation to legitimize the judgement of people based on phrenologically or manner.
The purpose of a caricature seems to be either to entertain or to savage, sometimes to savagely entertain or entertain savages. And this is accomplished through the assertion of a ridiculous subjective symbolization of the person in question. Like all subjective symbolizations, (i.e. Art), the work says as much about the artist as the subject. Often more.
Agreed, we can't definitively know a person by their mannerisms or words. (Again, I said I was a Bush supporter didn't I?)
I'd take your premise a step further and suggest that we can't definitively know a person by their public actions -- keep in mind how many assholes give money to charity.
There are countless paintings of Chairman Mao handing out bowls of rice to the homeless, he would often do that on his propaganda tours, but that doesn't mean he was a good man by any means.
If we begin debating if a person's depicted mannerisms, words, or actions say something fundamental about the person we'd be debating politics not Art. Despite what David suggests, I don't think we're at that point.
But when you suggest that it is never appropriate to inform your opinion of a person with their mannerisms or the elegance of their words, I think you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Something telling may be gleaned from that information, we just need to be careful to remember that we may not have the genuine article.
There is a middle way here; we needn't write off caricature entirely, but neither should we be careless about what we classify as such. There is room for us to respect caricature given impartial intentions and an ennobled manner.
Vinicius said...
As far as I now, caricature is essentialy the distortion of the features (within the recognizability limits) to generate humour. It can be critical, and it can be solemn. It's a tool, a language, and it is USED by cartoon (that's why it can't BE a cartoon).
Now, it seems to me you're discussing the definition of a good caricature, Richard, which is personal. I agree that most successful caricatures are based on the subject's personality and common expression, but not always. That's a method to increase recognizability, but sometimes it's not necessary. For instance, take a look in Marvin Lorenz' Daniel Radcliffe. It's hardly his general expression, but it's as good to me as Xi Ding's mainstream Daniel - and I'm excluding technique from that judgment. One can always think it's a bad caricature because it lacks Daniel's real sef, but never that it is not a caricature, but a funny cartoon. That's a total misconcept.
David, I'd like to know some artists that go too far, on your opinion. I'm curious because, for me, Brodner and Fluharty are incredibly conservative if compared to artists such as Jota Leal, Sebastian Kruger, Marvin Lorenz, Jim Maester and Jan Op de Beeck.
Richard, the Disney quote made me think of Andre Gide definition of art as "the exaggeration of the idea," or something to that affect.
To continue with de-humanization topic, which Mr. etc, added to.... if I were to theorize how this works with the average political obsessive/parrot/sheep/indoctrinate, I'd say the mechanism is something like...
The effective (from an activist's standpoint) political caricature is so clarified in form and meaning that, with repetition, it literally substitutes in the mind of the audience for the real person. Its iconic simplicity, of the cognitive predigestibility of a corporate logo, makes it enormously easy to remember for even the dimmest bulb. With the result that the real personnage, in being transformed into this mere symbol, is dehumanized to such an extent that no amount of viciousness in assassinating that person's character, reputation, or motivation falls out of normative bounds. This symbolic dehumanization essentially licenses the en masse release of all the inner hatred and thuggery the political mob can muster, effectively bringing them a kind of low rent catharsis, while the collective negative energy is harnessed toward the desired political assassination.
This is very akin to demagoguery indeed. And it is, of course, the exact same demagogic mechanism seen dehumanizing blacks and jews in the recent past, as Mr. Etc. was intimating.
And I would argue further that most political communications that involve activists, hacks, apparatchiks, pundits, spin artists, and their media-savvy ilk is a caricature of one sort or another. It all aims to plant the winning cartoon thought in as many susceptible heads as possible.
"It all aims to plant the winning cartoon thought in as many susceptible heads as possible."
Playing the Devil's advocate Kev, but isn't that the point of all advertising art?
Hey Tom. I would say that that's the point of most advertising in general. But I believe there are a lot of illustrations that were used for ads but which stand on their own as works of art. I think John Gannam's St. Mary's Blankets and Pacific Sheets ads, shown on this blog previously, are a perfect example of that.
Donald Pittenger-- Good points.
Steve Brodner-- I'm honored that you found this little blog, and impressed by your courage at weighing in; things sometimes get heated around here. I'm a big admirer of your work, and I attended your excellent talk at Johns Hopkins a few weeks ago.
Tom-- Yes, Cuneo did something different from the other artists-- he stripped his subjects naked literally as well as figuratively. In a way, it's a more audacious tactic.
Got here through the wonderful Nell Minow. Glad you were a part of that great night at JHU. The best audience ever. People still in the fray after 2 hours!
I love your blog David. Heat is good. Warms the blood. Caricature is my life and have been living inside its intense fire for 40 years. A few thoughts about it.
A caricature is merely a portrait. The kind of a portrait, however, that endeavors to show a side of a character; one that is chosen specifically by an artist to make a point. I knew David Levine and Ed Sorel (still). I come out of their school. They honed the ability to fuse a picture with an issue. There are artists who do not care about point-of-view. They are good caricaturists, but not interesting to me. When Levine drew Nixon or LBJ, it was a portrait of David as much as those men. Likewise with my Cruz. My Nation cover was my interpretation of this man. It is, happily, because I have the skills to control my portrait and weaponize it as it were into, yes, an attack tool, this becomes an alloy of Cruz and my dark interpretation of what this man means in American Politics. And that, for the record, is a man finding power in a rare combination of ignorance, bigotry, resentment politics and meglomaniacal ego. The point here is in the face as rendered by me. If the message is unclear it is an unsuccessful illustration. But if it is clear and you don't like it and, perhaps even makes you mad . . . bingo!
Keep 'em flying David. Will check back and happy to take readers' comments and Q's.
Mr. Brodner, welcome. I said in my first comment I love your Cruz because I agree Cruz is a vampire. Others here hate it because they are Republicans. I like those Fluhartys even though I'm a liberal but the Republicans here think all caricature is evil. As a liberal are you able to enjoy conservative caricatures? Mr. Apatoff says we should separate the art of a caricature from the politics. Do you agree?
MORAN, congratulations, you have proven yourself to be exactly the binary-minded political partisan I have been decrying.
Mr. Brodner, I think the first thing to note is that the majority visiting this comments section are silent. And more than likely most of them not only think you are a fabulous caricaturist (I include myself on this count), but agree with you politically and couldn’t care less about any of the philosophical qualms that I and others have raised here regarding the mixture of politics and art. So please don’t assume that the criticisms you are reading here are representative of David’s readers as a whole.
Having said that, I am among the minority that does hold a preference for the, possibly idealistic, separation of art and politics. And since I have vocalized that opinion here, I guess it is only fair that I take up the discussion directly.
It seems, from what you just wrote, that we mostly agree on the nature of political caricature, that it is no-holds-barred and subjective (which means it can be wildly emotionalized, exaggerated, unfair, etc.), that it tells as much about the artist as the subject, that it is symbolic as much as it is a portrayal, and that it is a political weapon that an artist can wield for the purposes of achieving their political goals. And I’ll assume that the question of whether caricature teaches its consumers to think simplistically about people and issues pales before the value for you of actually achieving your political aims. I think then the only bone that remains to pick on is the epistemological one, the question of righteousness.
So I’ll ask the question this way; You have had a long and influential career…. How often do you suppose you have been wrong, politically, in all those years? That is, how often have you expressed a strong conviction in your work about a person involved in some particularly significant issue that you later came to believe was the product of not only incomplete knowledge of the subject or personage, but also demonstrated that you didn’t actually have sufficient humility regarding your state of knowledge at the time. Which is to say that, in retrospect, you realized that you sought to influence public opinion on an issue using your art without there being even a possibility that you could have been sufficiently informed about the subject at the time you were visualizing your opinion about it in print?
Mr. Brodner,
Is attack caricature something that may someday become unnecessary (if the media environment becomes civil), or do you see it as an unavoidable part of a vibrant political discourse?
Do you see your caricature as living amicably alongside more civil dialectic methods of politicking, like the Intelligence Squared debates, or the Diane Rehm show, for example?
Are there moral limits to the acceptability of visual politicking? Would producing pictures of public figures doing very heinous criminal actions (e.g. violent rape, murdering children, etc.) be acceptable toward political ends?
Others here hate it because they are Republicans
If you were capable of setting aside your emotionally driven bias (but then you wouldn't even be a liberal) you could clearly see who is doing the hating here.
Nice to hear from y’all.
Okay, in order . . .
Moran:
I think you will think about Cruz what you will. It is possible to see this creature of politics as a savior, a competent senator or a toaster anything else you want to. This is how I see this particular creature. As I described above. On separating caricature from politics? Not sure how Mr. A may have meant that. Perhaps in judging technique? To me the art and the point are blended like a perfect egg cream in all the great ones I can think of: Gillray, Daumier, Goya, Nast etc, etc. Can’t separate them because the point of view is its reason for being. It isn’t a parlor game. It isn’t a hobby to see how you can stretch things; make big things bigger and small things smaller. Guess what? They have an app for that? Why would you not use the app and call us for your page? Knowledge of issues, intense understanding of a face, the character behind the face. POV.
Mr. ferrara:
I suppose being wrong about things is the natural way for human beings. I don’t think your fallibility as a political observer should ever make you timorous about approaching a project. Many writers, like David Brock, Christopher Hitchens wind up seeing the big trajectory of their lives as needing a serious correction. I, personally, haven’t seen the need to move much on the spectrum. I guess maybe with the exception of moving a bit more left. And that is because I see the lack of clarity of liberalism, and its accommodation, which is what liberals do, creating the tweedledum / tweedledee syndrome, where voters can’t really see the differences. The experiments in wealth redistribution to the wealthy from the poor hasn’t worked. The solution of war as a default mechanism hasn’t worked. We are very messed up as a country because of these things. His is why I think the Democratic Party feels more Elizabeth Warren now than HRC.
A piece I am not proud of is my one and only New Yorker cover. This showed Bush and Gore as turkeys in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I had just spent time with Bush, covering him for Esquire. I came away feeling he was a very affable, amiable man. What could go wrong? Oh brother. I wish that were a different image. But The New Yorker has a very strict philosophy about indirect commentary, so that might have been the closest I could come. Turkeys? Meh.
Unnecessary? Who ever said it was necessary? It comes and goes and nobody cares. It seems to be called up when there’s suddenly a market. Then vanishes for a time. I am old enough to remember the period I started in, the ‘70’s, when, after Watergate and all the Levines, Sorels, Grossmans, mags and newspapers wanted nothing to do with satire. It was about 10 years until Iran-Contra and the frenzy over Reagan began. That’s when my career took off. The GW Bush years, also were a bad time. After 9/11 NOBODY wanted to criticize his administration, the wars, etc. Then, it changed.
The limits of an attack should be the limits that naturally exist at the place where you feel the satire rings true. If it doesn’t it fails. It is not a successful for piece for anybody. Your metaphor, like a good joke, is either dead on or its not. Cartoons and caricatures don’t exist in a vacumm. They work only because they resonate. And finding that zone, is hard. And magical.
Etc, etc:
Would you like to know if I am a bomb-throwing idiot? I will ask my wife. On second thought I’d better not.
BTW on Facebook I have a rule of no personal attacks toward anybody allowed. Ever. I give my friends two strikes on that. I don’t believe you can have a conversation without a foundation of respect. That’s what my blogging friends, especially my extremely conservative ones ever get from me. If you can’t back up a statement with information, take it somewhere else, I tell them. They all respect that.
Mr. Brodner, thank you for the illuminating response. Being personally all over the map politically for as long as I can remember, I find your lifelong adherence to a left-ward lean on all matters social, economic, and geopolitical hard to fathom.
Just as one small example, where I live in upstate new york, school/property taxes have never stopped increasing for about 30 years straight. The current total is 10 times the amount paid in 1980. Meanwhile economic activity in the area has been decreasing for about 20 years straight. The result for most here is a steadily decreasing cash flow and constantly increasing tax pressure. By all reports, many would-be business people are staying away in droves from upstate new york due to the high taxes, despite all the short-term incentive programs currently being deployed by the governor ("Bait and switch programs" they are called by local wags). And I personally know many highly motivated business people who have simply left this area due to the tax burden. (Looked up the stat; 43 of New York's upstate counties have had a population decrease 2013-2014. Out-migration has been 6.5 percent since 1980.)
Now this intensifying tax situation has not gone unnoticed in the local communities. Many school budgets have been voted down by strapped citizens. Local to me, if one school budget is struck down, however, a new vote to increase is never far behind. The boards simply keep on putting up new votes until that next increase passes. Half the time most people I know can't afford the time or aren't even aware of when the votes are being held because they happen so often. In the past any organized rebellion against the constant rise in taxes has resulted in a teacher's strike. Any town meetings set up with the teachers results in the teachers refusing to debate at all and doing a grandstanding move where they all leave the building en masse. (Such debates are no longer scheduled.)
Anyway, these taxes have become crushing economically for many middle-class-or-lower homeowner in these communities and hundreds of homeowners, (older citizens being particularly hard hit despite the STAR exemptions), have simply given up and left, or let their houses fall to dilapidation because they couldn't afford both the upkeep and the taxes. Many remaining homeowners have shared that they feel like they are actually renting their own homes from the school system. There have been many incidences of homeowners squatting in their own houses which they can no longer afford to pay the taxes on (until the Sheriff comes knocking). Meanwhile the number of teachers and school admins making six figures, great bennies, retirement packages, summers off, has increased constantly. Which puts increasing financial pressure on those who still remain. (Just as an example, in a local township with a median household income of around $53,000, a part time reading instructor was added in to a recent budget with close to a $60,000 salary/package.)
Given the above, I just don't see how upstate new york is ever going to recover economically. It seems to me that public sector employees' salaries and benefits must be directly coupled to the current state of the economy in the surrounding community. That way if there is an economic downturn, the community burden is shared rather than all thrown on the shoulders of those outside the unions. But the unions won't even discuss the issue.
Etc, etc wrote: "leaving all imagery aside, wasn't de-humanization and the stripping away of all human dignity at the philosophical core of what Hitler believed and perpetrated in the holocaust? And don't you feel any sense of irony that that is what these images are doing? Should not art elevate?"
What about stripping false dignity away from people who behave in highly undignified ways underneath? Isn't it possible for such art to elevate? What about art that de-humanizes people who would use their dignified positions to prolong racism or commit war crimes? That would seem to me to be one of the higher uses of art.
Richard and Kev Ferrara-- it seems to me that the categories of images you mention-- phrenology, zoomorphism, anthropomorphism-- can all be subcategories of the broad field of caricature but like so much of what we've discussed, I think there are good and bad examples. I find it difficult to draw absolute conclusions about them.
Kev writes, "in order for one to believe that exaggeration of the actual features actually reveals deep character, one must believe in physiognomic indications of character. And if one believes that, there is no leap to believe that certain physiognomic identifiers of the various races tells something about the character of that race. Which would make one a nazi, essentially."
But there's a reason why Kev and my grandmother both feel it's necessary to remind me that we can't judge a book by its cover, which is that often, we can. Open, smiling features don't always mean a person will be nice, but the whole reason villains affect a smile is because features often do stand for something. If Vice President Cheney's mouth appears fixed in a permanent snarl, and Cuneo takes full advantage of that, you can bet that everyone knows exactly what he intends by it. If that constitutes a "physiognomic indication of character," it's hard for me to be troubled by it.
Kev Ferrara wrote: "You aren't making sense, David. I was drawing out an obvious distinction between real content with integrity ...and the opposite."
Kev, I understand that's what you were doing, and I was trying to respond that the difference between "real" content and its opposite, or the difference between [good] "political content" and content not good enough to even be called "political" are not as obvious as you seem to suggest. Even if we try to classify the content with words such as "smart, fair, judiciously selected," I've reluctantly come to believe in the last several years that people of good will can reach opposite conclusions.
For example, you write, "if you think that Newt Gingrich... [is] in the same category as Boss Tweed...." I know many people I'd consider "smart, fair and judicious" who believe that Gingrich is far worse than Tweed, if only because his famous gopac memo resetting the vocabulary of American politics by advocating personal attacks on political opponents (using words such as "sick, pathetic, traitors, disgrace, and shame"). Tweed was corrupt but nobody argues that he put our domestic politics on their downward spiral. (I also know some "smart, fair and judicious" women who think he is worse simply because of the way he has treated his wives.) I'm still trying to keep this from becoming a political blog, but the point I'm trying to make is that it's hard for you to say that certain content isn't "real" or doesn't count as "political" because you'll surely find other voters in our democracy whose vote counts just as much as yours and who disagree with all their hearts.
As for my use of the bete noir "Hitler," I generally subscribe to the view that anyone who hauls out Hitler as a comparison automatically loses the argument. What I was trying to do, rather than suggest anyone was comparable to Hitler, was to use the example of Hitler as clarifying agent to isolate an ingredient in our analysis. Once you agree that vicious art is appropriate for Hitler, you no longer have a categorical distinction, you have a question of degree. (If it's OK for Hitler i it OK for Mao? And if it's OK for Mao what about Pol Pot? Bin Laden? Timothy McVeigh? Newt Gingrich? All I wanted you to do was defend your cut off line where extreme caricature is no longer acceptable.
Would you like to know if I am a bomb throwing idiot?
No. That's exactly the kind of emotionally driven hyperbole that makes you and your caricaturist ilk disinteresting to me.
David, the grave problem with partisan ideology is that it immediately retards one's moral, ethical, epistemological and historical sense. (And I mean immediately.) And I hate to say that this seems to apply to you, which makes me terribly sad. I know you are a much more objective, reasonable person than you are demonstrating here in other areas of human interest. But politics is the worst kind of religion, and so it even distorts the thinking of the best and brightest of us. Which is just why it is so pernicious, so necessary to call it out into the light and disinfect it.
The way politics goes... If the other side plays hardball, its the worst thing ever, if your side does it, it is dismissed with a shrug. If your guy demonstrates the morals of a polecat, the other side is on a witch hunt to destroy him and is ignoring the issues that are important to the american people. If their guy demonstrates the morals of a polecat, its a national disgrace which should never be forgiven or forgotten in the grand annals of statehood. And so it ever was. Not a shred of integrity in sight.
The idea that Newt Gingrich was the first to think of the tactical utility of nasty word choice in politics is so far into the realm of reality-denial that it is hard to even discuss. Did you blank on all the organized campaigns of pejorative/invective/slander flung at Reagan and Carter and Ford and so on... I mean, didn't the LBJ campaign assert on national tv that Barry Goldwater was such a violent madman that he was going to blow up the world? Could fear-mongering/slander get worse than that?
And this idea that strategic nasty word choice alone makes Gingrich worse than Boss Tweed... maybe get a book out on Tweed to refresh your memory a little. (or get your ethics meter checked) Maybe compare the gopac memo to the much more relevant Rules for Radicals (1972) to get a bit more clarity on the issue (Rule 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense" Rule 12: "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize and polarize it.") Which is not to say that anybody in politics ever actually needed Alinsky's instructions to show them how to turn civic life into a cesspool. All Alinsky did was codify the common practice.
Kev Ferrara wrote: "David, the grave problem with partisan ideology is that it immediately retards one's moral, ethical, epistemological and historical sense. (And I mean immediately.) And I hate to say that this seems to apply to you, which makes me terribly sad."
Kev, I deliberately did not say I was offering MY opinion of Newt Gingrich because I really believe my personal political opinion is irrelevant to this discussion. I'm happy to talk politics in some other forum, but my sole point here was that if you claim to know which political content is "smart" and "fair" and has "integrity," someone else will surely come back with an opposite view, equally certain that their position is "smart" and "fair" and has "integrity."
Hence, the only reason I mentioned Gingrich was to say that if you think no "smart, fair" person could equate Gingrich with Boss Tweed on a moral scale, plenty of "smart, fair" people do. Whether I do is completely irrelevant.
You seem to accept this perspective in the middle of your response, where you note how partisan ideology is a no win proposition: "If the other side plays hardball, its the worst thing ever, if your side does it, it is dismissed with a shrug." I fully agree with that. But how can someone who believes that then go on to dismiss opposing political views as devoid of "real content," or claim to know which side has "integrity" and which doesn't. It sounds like such a person forgot the lesson he espoused.
I think your arguments defending Gingrich are what I would expect from a conservative person, but surely you are aware of the standard reasons why a liberal person would be unimpressed with your defenses. Nobody suggested that Gingrich was "the first to think of...nasty words." There has obviously been a lot of acrimony and invective in our politics, especially in the eras of Lincoln and Jefferson. The argument I was citing was that Gingrich launched us on our current downward spiral to a dysfunctional Congress that is so filled with personal animosity that they can no longer cooperate on the simplest things, the way they did in the 60s and 70s and 80s. It should be obvious that when one side starts calling the other a traitor and a coward and a cheater, the other side will reciprocate. I don't want to argue about it here, but a "smart, fair" person could easily conclude that the economic consequences from this dysfunctional environment and the impact on our social fabric are worse than any harm Tweed ever did.
Similarly, a "smart, fair" person might conclude that your reference to Alinsky is not the proper comparison. Alinsky was a street organizer, not a high elected official. If you want to compare Alinsky to his right wing organizer counterparts (Patriot groups, militia, evangelical extremists) you might not find cause for indignation. If you want to find an equivalent of Gingrich deliberately debasing the language with name calling, you'd have to find a democratic speaker of the house or respected party leader who has been elected and sets policy for the party. If you think you have some democrats in mind, I will try to fix you up with some of those "smart, fair" liberals to debate.
David, I think this is getting messy. So let me see if I can introduce a little clarity and ramp it down a bit. Let's get back to what I was actually saying, or at least trying to say, before you went all gung-ho proud hillary democrat on me. ;)
The first question is what is political content?
My view of political content does not include unfair personal or emotionalized or exaggerated attacks which attempt to destroy an ideologically-opposed figure. I consider that stuff political TACTICS.
Insofar as a communication is a tactic, it is a mere tactic. I DO NOT consider actual content to be tactical in any inherent sense. (If real content is used tactically, it is generally compromised in the process, at least as I understand how information exchange can have integrity.)
I would state the following as a crucial and basic principle of motivated discourse, by which I mean discourse that aims to sway; If one believes a tactic to be content one has demonstrated a compromised mind on the debated subject. By which I mean emotion has entered a verdict into a question that should have been reasoned.
A question of possibly greater contention is, "what is politics?" And here, we can really get in the weeds.
But, for argument's sake, if we understand politics to be an argument over what to do with everybody and everything under the jurisdiction of the state apparatus, this lets out tactics too. Because tactics aren't arguments. (This leaves aside the basic totalitarian immorality of politics as defined above. I'm just trying to get at the basic point.)
Regarding your partisan jiu jitsu attempt; I was citing Alinsky because of how well he pinpointed a particular tactic that is used by all political hardball players on both sides of the aisle. I was not comparing Alinsky to Gingrich as political equals, I was discussing tactics. Gingrich's tactic is a subspecies of what Alinsky was pinpointing twenty years prior. And that tactic is pick the target, isolate the target, personalize it, and polarize it. This political tactic has never stopped being a part of politics, it was used against everybody in modern memory. It has been effective in convincing me of caricatures of real human beings and caricatures of issues, and I dare say it has been effective in convincing you of the same.
Orson Welles, who knew FDR well, called politics "Show Business for Ugly People." I feel, maybe arrogantly, that I have escaped all interest in that Kabuki show. I'd rather talk about art. I only have one life to lead. And I have no interest in any belief system that is constantly shoving me into seeing half the country as a hated enemy.
> "(If it's OK for Hitler is it OK for Mao? And if it's OK for Mao what about Pol Pot? Bin Laden? Timothy McVeigh? Newt Gingrich? All I wanted you to do was defend your cut off line where extreme caricature is no longer acceptable."
Attack caricature can be morally acceptable without being "good politics". Specifically when there is no Democratic process in place where you could reasonably be said to be participating in politics to begin with. Politics is a uniquely Democratic process -- to call the revolutionary counter-propaganda against Hitler or Mao "politics" is wholly misleading.
I believe that we still have a functioning Democratic process, and as such, should strive to participate in that process with reasoned civility.
If you agree that we have such a process, but you think parts of that process are unfair, by all means, address those issues, but that shouldn't give one free reign to malign their opponents without guilt -- that only damages the process further.
If we do not have such a process (which I find a very implausible position, but I have heard people on the left make that claim) then it wouldn't make sense to play politics to begin with.
Annefesto said...
All good. Guess they don't call him "Dick" for nothing...or, well, perhaps they do!
Another great rendering of Cheney was by Jim Borgman (now of Zits, but he was a political cartoonist in my hometown for decades). He drew him with creepy eyes and small bats flying all around his head. Borgman also did a fine Simon Leis (see "The People Vs. Larry Flynt" if you don't know who that is), as a tiny man packed tightly with hate (think Yosemite Sam).
i think Steve Brodner's caricature is great, but he's nearly always consistently great. i think his work is rarely savage. he seems to have the cuteness gene which makes everyone in his images seem likeable and attractive looking even when distorted to extremes (and even if they're not likeable and attractive in real life). reminds me of Carlos Nine in that respect. both men seem incapable of producing 'ugly' drawings or paintings.
the Fluharty's are good paintings technically, but i don't find them particularly extreme either. quite conventional caricatures in many respects. have a look at what Gerald Scarfe did to Margaret Thatcher if you want to see my idea of 'extreme'.
the Cuneo's i think are less successful as they rely on the humiliating, squirm-inducing content for effect, rather than his playful draughtsmanship which, in this case, isn't on par with his best stuff IMO.
Mr, Brodner if you can't have a conversation without a foundation of respect you can't talk to a Republican. Those fuckers disrespect Obama every day including Cotton's letter to Iran and the Netanyahu speech and that birther shit and every kind of intentional insult every day fucking day. Once I liked talking to Republicans but you're right today they just disrespect so now I just hate their fucking guts.
Anonymous, try to be funnier.
Thank you for the perfect caption and commentary on what these drawings express. Apatoff dutifully tried to capture it but was hindered by intelligence, eloquence, and vocabulary.
Vinicius-- Thanks for a comment with names of new artists to investigate; I'm always happy to look at new work. I found it interesting that so many of the contemporary caricaturists you mention combine hyper realism with a high level of distortion. The six artists you listed, including some that I like very much, did not have much diversity in their approaches. Artists such as William Auerbach-Levy, Miguel Covarrubias, Gerald Scarfe, Will Cotton, Al Frueh, Boris Artzybsheff, Ronald Searle, Topolski, Hirschfeld, Levine, Friedman and others brought a wider range of personalities and styles to their caricatures. I had not focused on it before, but there does seem to be a fairly cohesive popular style of caricature going around these days.
As for caricaturists that I believe "go too far," the ones who lack self-control don't make it to the big leagues so it's hard to come up with well known names. But I would say that Gerald Scarfe and Steadman are examples of artists who sometimes become so shrill that it is difficult for me to be comfortable with them (which is probably what they want). There are some subjects for which a scream is appropriate, but not many.
I generally agree with your point that "caricature is essentially the distortion of the features (within the recognizability limits) to generate humour. It can be critical, and it can be solemn. It's a tool, a language.... most successful caricatures are based on the subject's personality and common expression, but not always. That's a method to increase recognizability, but sometimes it's not necessary." Of course, humor isn't always the goal.
Steve Brodner writes: "There are artists who do not care about point-of-view. They are good caricaturists, but not interesting to me."
First, thanks so much for weighing in here. it's always better to hear things from the horse's mouth, and I have great respect for the way you have paid your dues and accomplished so much.
Regarding your position on expressing the artist's point of view: you pretty much restrict yourself to political subjects who always have a point of view and are likely to trigger a corresponding point of view from the artist. But what about caricatures of show business celebrities by artists such as Mort Drucker or Hirschfeld? Are those inherently inferior because some subjects cannot give rise to interesting caricatures?
And what if the artist's point of view is not well considered? For example, sometimes the opinions added by artists such as Scarfe or Steadman strike me as over the top for a subject matter, as if the artist artificially inflated his perspective, giving it elephantiasis to create a strong position that might not be warranted by the subject.
"Newt Gingrich is a first rate mind in a third rate human being."
Al Hunt writer for the Wall Street Journal
Don't you think all storying telling art, illustration, theater, movies, novels etc... depend on creating human "types?" You can't express an idea or criticize an idea without defining it, right? The hero, the villain, the victim, the smart one, the dumb one, etc.. all depend upon sterotyping or defining who we are or what we are. Or what we believe we are. And it works in both directions whether we glorify or denigrating ourselves.
In Greek theater the persona of a actor is given definition by the mask he wears, the solider, the king, the wise old man.
mindsnax said...
Much prefer Roman Genn's work but, oddly, haven't seen him or Michael Ramirez represented on this site yet. I'm working through from oldest to newest so maybe it's still to come.
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Cymbeline – Songs For Imogen
by Morph · 14th January 2019
For people who like: The Stooges, Sonic Youth, The Pixies.
Cymbeline a Wolverhampton based 4-piece Garage rock band who share their name with Shakespearian works . Formed in the summer of 2017, they play original music inspired by artists such as The Stooges and Sonic Youth. IndieMidlands covered their ‘Since Last Tuesday’ single release in July and the band released their full debut EP ‘Songs for Imogen’ on December 7th, it is available now on Apple Music and Spotify.
Since Last Tuesday: Released in July 2018 Since Last Tuesday is probably the bands best known offering . It starts slow with a relatively generic lead in before exploding into quick guitar riffs and the punky spoken style vocals that front man Aaron Hodgetts excels at throughout the album. The catchy and repetitive chorus is bound to make this a crowd favourite at any live performance.
Simply a Man: The second is of a different tone to Since Last Tuesday, its lyrically stronger but seems to lack stylistic definition, starting out on a Madness/Our House ska vibe and moving through Bowie influences into Babyshambles /Libertines vibes. Despite the mish-mash of styles Simply a Man is a well made song that showcases the obvious abilities of the band and, I think, shows Cymbeline can and will develop their sound in the future.
3069 : 3069 will appeal to fans of heavier rock and ‘screamo’, it is the rawest track on the album with Americana rock’n’roll undertones supporting with heavy drums and forceful vocals, which to be honest are at times hard to distinguish.
Can I Have a Chat?: The fourth and final track of the EP – and they saved the best for last! Can I Have a Chat? feels slick and cool compared to 3069 but in my opinion that’s not a bad thing – It is a powerful, image laden song and there are still heavy ‘punk’ elements, the instrumentals spring to mind especially, but the vocals are also much stronger and the lyrical content is both easier to understand and to appreciate.
Outro: this is a seemingly unrelated acoustic recording – almost like hidden extras. it would be good to hear it developed into a song.
Overall Opinion – Cymbeline’s punky stage presence is translated into a similarly raw garage punk rock sounding EP in ‘Songs for Imogen’ that will win them a following for sure. The wide range of influences and styles brought to bear in the album showcase talented artists with a huge potential for growth and I look forward to a full album or second EP in which the lads streamline their sound. 7/10.
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Volume 3, Issue 1 (3-2001)
2001, 3(1): 57-70 Back to browse issues page
Statistical guidelines for contributors to medical journals
M Janghorbani
Abstract: Recently, research activites and number of medical journals and articles submitted to these journals have dramatically increased. Most papers published in these medical journals contain analyses that have been carried out without any help from a statistician or epidemiologist. Although nearly all medical researchers have some acquaintance with basic statistical concepts and principles, there is also little help available about how to design, analyse and write up a whole project. Partly for these reasons, much that is published in medical journals is statistically poor or even wrong. In this article attempt is made to describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader with access to the original data to verify the reported results. When possible, contributors should quantify findings and present them with appropriate indicators of measurement error or uncertaintly (such as confidence interval). Sole reliance on statistical hypothesis testing, such as use of P values, which fails to convey important quantitative information should be avoided. These guidelines are intended to help authors know what is important statisticaly and how to present it in their papers. Detailed discussion on how to choose an appropriate statistical method is not given, such information is best obtained by consulting a statistician. We do, however, draw attention to certain misuses of statistical methods. Comprehensive statistical guidelines could help medical researchers to get more aware of important statistical principles, by indicating what information ought to be supplied in a paper. In this article an attempt has been made to meet this.
Keywords: Statistical analysis, Guidelines, Medical article, Medical research
Type of Study: Review | Subject: Endocrinology
Received: 2006/11/16
Janghorbani M. Statistical guidelines for contributors to medical journals. Iranian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2001; 3 (1) :57-70
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Creative team from Melbourne, Australia
Pantone Color of the Year 2020
When Pantone announced their 2019 Colour of the Year—lush, vibrant, Living Coral—we saw an opportunity to make a powerful observation on the state of the environment.
This wasn’t a traditional ad, just something we put out into the world. It was such a topical event that we couldn’t sit around and wait to pitch it to Pantone, we had to make it happen on our own.
Our strategy wasn’t to contact Pantone directly, but to light a fire under them by contacting the people who they would listen to—creators, designers, and brands. Here’s what we sent to almost everyone on the internet.
Our work received support from the International Coral Reef Initiative, as well as appearing in publications in the US, Spain, Italy, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, England and France.
Kendrick Lamar’s creative director said the idea was “fire”, and someone in Italy made a fan video about Bleached Coral that has 11 thousand views at the time of writing.
All Pantone Color of the Year 2020 Cadbury: Live Egg Hunt University of Melbourne: Visually Impaired Reality State Government of Victoria: Tech City University of Melbourne: The Empty Bowl University of Melbourne: Research You Can Eat Maybelline NY: The Leather Look L'Oréal Paris: Beauty of Pure VRGF: Reclaim the Game
Pantone Color of the Year 2020 Cadbury: Live Egg Hunt University of Melbourne: Visually Impaired Reality State Government of Victoria: Tech City University of Melbourne: The Empty Bowl University of Melbourne: Research You Can Eat Maybelline NY: The Leather Look L'Oréal Paris: Beauty of Pure VRGF: Reclaim the Game
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Aiken will be for World Cup – Anderson
Robert Bailey - STAR Writer
Front (from left): Adean Thomas, Shanice Beckford, Nicole Dixon, Khadijah Williams, Primary Care Wendi Peart, Patrice Simmonds-Brooks and coach Marvette Anderson.<\n>Back row (from left): Team manager Leonie Phinn, Vangelee Williams, Stacian Facey, Kerry-Ann Brown, Jodi-Ann Ward and Rebekah Robinson. The players missing from photograph are Romelda Aiken, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, Shemera Sterling, Paula Thompson and Shimona Nelson.
Romelda Aiken
Jamaica's head coach Marvette Anderson has sort to assure netball fans that injured Sunshine Girls goal shooter Romelda Aiken will be fit in time for this year's Netball World Cup tournament, which will be held in Liverpool, England, from July 12-21.
Aiken, who is key member of the Sunshine Girls squad for this year's championships, have been out of action since the middle of May after suffering a stress fracture to her right tibia after landing awkwardly. This, while representing the Queensland Firebirds in the Australian Suncorp Super League competition.
The 30-year-Aiken, who is regarded as one of the best shooters in the game, has been wearing a protective boot since.
However, Anderson told Star Sports that she has been in contact with Aiken and she has assured her that she will be ready in time for the tournament, which is less than three weeks away.
"The last time I spoke to Romelda she only had one day in the protective boot that she has been wearing," said Anderson.
"She is aware of what is at hand and I have no concerns at the moment that she will be ready for the World Championships," she said.
"She has been wearing a protective boot for the last couple of weeks and yesterday (Tuesday) was her last day in that protective gear," Anderson said. "She should be activated for the game this weekend and so let's wait and see what happens," she said.
Anderson stated that her coaching staff will be ready to put whatever plans in place if Aiken is not able to compete at the championships for the Sunshine Girls.
"I think that she will be ready for the World Cup based on the reports that I have received, but if anything happens outside of that, then we will have to deal with, but for the moment, I am not concerned," Anderson pointed. Meanwhile, the Sunshine Girls are scheduled to leave the island on June 28.
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The Last Man on Earth: 4×18 – “Cancun, Baby!” (Finale) Screen Captures
Author: Jess Category: Screen Captures ,The Last Man on Earth Comments: Comments Off on The Last Man on Earth: 4×18 – “Cancun, Baby!” (Finale) Screen Captures
Hi January fans! I’ve added screen captures of The Last Man on Earth‘s finale episode, 4×18 – “Cancun, Baby!”
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“The Last Man on Earth” Cancelled at Fox
Author: Jess Category: News ,The Last Man on Earth Comments: Comments Off on “The Last Man on Earth” Cancelled at Fox
Unfortunately FOX has cancelled their three best comedy shows. The Last Man on Earth has officially been cancelled. I would just like to mention… thank you to the Last Man cast and crew for an awesome four years full of weirdness and laughter!
‘The Last Man on Earth,’ ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ ‘The Mick’ Canceled at Fox
VARIETY – “The Last Man on Earth” has been canceled after four seasons at Fox, Variety has confirmed.
From writer-producer Will Forte and directors-producers Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, “The Last Man on Earth” centered on a small group of survivors of a deadly virus. It starred Forte, Kristen Schaal, January Jones, Mel Rodriguez, Mary Steenburgen and Cleopatra Coleman.
Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, the series was executive produced by Forte, Lord, Miller, Seth Cohen, Erik Durbin and Tim McAuliffe.
Fox has also canceled “The Mick” after two seasons.
The single-camera dysfunctional family comedy followed Kaitlin Olson as the titular Mickey, a woman stuck raising her spoiled niece and nephews after their parents are arrested for defrauding the IRS. Sofia Black-D’Elia, Thomas Barbusca, Jack Stanton, Carla Jimenez and Scott MacArthur also starred.
The series was created by John Chernin and Dave Chernin. They executive produced the comedy alongside Olson, Nicholas Frenkel, Oly Obst and Scott Marder. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox Television.
Finally, Fox has canceled “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” after five seasons.
The comedy series set in the 99th precinct of the NYPD starred Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Stephanie Beatriz, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti, Dirk Blocker and Joel McKinnon Miller.
From writers, creators and executive producers Dan Goor and Michael Schur, the series originally premiered in September 2013 and earlier this year hit its 99th and (the more traditional milestone of) 100th episodes. Universal Television is sure to shop “Brooklyn” to other buyers, with NBC and Hulu as logical options
The series was produced by Universal Television, 3 Arts Entertainment, Fremulon and Dr. Goor Productions and executive-produced by Goor, Schur, David Miner and Luke Del Tredici.
Fox previously renewed “9-1-1,” “Empire,” “Star,” “The Resident,” “The Gifted,” “The Orville” and “The Simpsons” for the 2018-19 television lineup. The network has also ordered new dramas “The Passage” and “Proven Innocent” to series, as well as a new comedy entitled “The Cool Kids.”
The Last Man on Earth: 4×17 – “Barbara Ann” Screen Captures
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Screen captures of The Last Man on Earth episode, 4×17 – “Barbara Ann,” have been added to the gallery. Make sure to watch the season finale on Sunday at 9:30/8:30c on FOX!
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The Last Man on Earth: 4×15 – “Designated Survivors” Screen Captures
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Screen captures of the recent Last Man on Earth episode (4×15 – “Designated Survivors”) have been added to the gallery.
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The Last Man on Earth: 4×14 – “Special Delivery” Screen Captures
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Review by Plez HIll – 2014
January 16, 2015 PermalinkPress Reviews Leave a comment
In case you have not heard, there is an amazing musician who resides in Amador County. He is only 14 years old and is a once-in-a-lifetime musical talent who ia a virtuoso at playing the guitar. His name is Kory Gibbs. Remember that name, for once you hear him play the guitar, you will never forget it.
Kory plays teh guitar as though he is one with the instrument – it is as though the guitar’s sounds eminate from Kory’s soul as is fingers effortlessly dance up and down his guitar’s fret board while he picks and strums creating the sounds of B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, ZZ Top, AC/DC, Lynard Skynyrd and others.
After starting out as a street performer, the demand to see Kory perform increased from groups of people attending his performances at small venues like community events to a large audience witnessing Kory and his band – “Lightning Boy and his Thundering Blues Band” – as the opening act for the rock group Kansas at a recently held concert at the Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort. Word has it the event was “sold out” in large part due to Kory’s appearance there. And yes, I must admit I too finally siccumbed to “Kory Gibbs Mania” which is sweeping across California’s Gold Country counties.
By Plez Hill
wineandgoldcountry.com
Practice a lot and Let God lead the way
Excerpt of cover story and feature article from May 2012 in Elev8Up Magazine – Sacramento, CA
On his path towards the spotlight, Kory has taken the appropriate strides to get him there. Although he says the hardest obstacle of a band is finding great reliable band members, it is an obstacle that had to be tackled. He played with his first band a year ago (2012) and the rest – as they say – is history.
Along with his strong band, so far he has accomplished successfully playing at local venues such as Sloughhouse, BG’s, Pine Cove Tavern, Theresa’s Restaurant, Helwig Winery, and the Amador County Fair, to name a few. He’s even gone as far as to play with John Lee Hooker Jr. at the Blues and Bones Festival in Angles Camp, California this past summer.
Regardless of his steady rise to success, Kory keeps it humble. He leaves his fans with this tidbit of advice, “Just practice a lot and let God lead the way.” Hitting two birds with one store, he gets practice in while making extra money on the side. He and his band can be found playing the blues on the streets of Old Sacramento, Angles Camp, West Point, San Francisco Boardwalk, Murphy’s or miscellaneous festivals in the surrounding area. Success and fame don’t always come easy, and not without trying. Kory is making sure to put forth his due diligence to get there.
Lightning Boy takes the stage by storm
Magazine Cover page and featured article from Elev8Up Magazine – Sacramento, CA
Kory started playing guitars screen years ago simply because he thought the guitar was cool and loves music. Through practice and brief lessons, he learned the essentials enough to get comfortable. He then continued by teaching himself, creating YouTube videos, tutorials, and the like.
With this natural talent for music, you would think he comes from a family of intense musicians. Oddly enough, however, in a full house with two half-sisters, he is the only musical talent in the family. This passion to play comes from deep within and only developed through his tenacity and perseverance. Now Kory wants to make a living playing guitar, so much so that he’s stated he lives, sleeps and dreams guitar.
Through his rise in popularity, one might assume that such a young, impressionable mind might get lost in the excitement and lose themselves to exposure. With Kory, however, this is definitely not the case. He goes to school every day and even finds time to enjoy a little Rock Band (for good measure) after school. On Fridays, he can be found playing at New Life Community Church during a weekly event called U-Turn for kids ages 12 through 18.
Unlike many secular artists out there, Kory wants people to know he believes in God. His faith is important to him and he has a big heart. He may be an extremely talented kid-phenom in terms of music, but he still keeps it real and down to earth enjoying basketball, pool and regularly attending bible study. Also, as most young men his age do, he likes action movies – especially zombie thrillers.
From a musical perspective however, he is anything but conventional in comparison to kids his age. His favorite musicians are Slash (former lead guitarist of Guns N Roses) and Stevie Ray Vaughn (more endearingly known to fans as SRV of Double Trouble) and he says if he had to choose one star to model his career after, he would gravitate towards slash.
Dissimilar to the professional path and eventual career-fate experienced by music icon Saul “Slash” Hudson, Kory tends to focus more on respecting the audience. He enjoys making them happy through his music and feeding off their positive energy. “At the end of each show I want the crowd to know that I am grateful and happy”, Kory says. With his bass singer and drummer by is side, this young talent is taking off at a rate similar to that of SRV, a similarly rare musician who started his career at the young age of 10 with a three-person bank in tow. Kory’s goal is to follow those footsteps and eventually make the same impact, one day headline on a significant stage.
For music and talent aficionados everywhere, we should all keep a close watch on Lightning Boy’s progress. Given his age and exposure level, we can only expect to see many more awe inspiring performances on stage everywhere, eventually landing his name in lights as the main event. Guitar pics in one hand, school books in the other, this gifted and young musical powerhouse is taking the stage by storm – representing the meaning behind his name perfectly.
By: Jackie (Jax) B
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Cautionary Tales of TV Song Rip-Offs
By on January 11, 2010 in Interviews, Music Marketing, Songwriting Business
“No cue sheets, no pay.” That’s the mantra you need to remember when you’re dealing with film/TV music. Sometimes it’s easier said than done. When my friend, topical songwriter Smokey Miles (aka Count Smokula) started to tell me the story of his “Balloon Boy” song and it’s use on TV surrounding that hoax, I though it was something you should hear about. It turned out to be an even more valuable lesson than I thought after he got deeper into his experiences with other TV projects he’d written for and companies he got screwed by. You’ll be glad you listened to this!
Smokey Miles Interview
Do I Hold Out For Producer Credit?
By on November 26, 2008 in Q&A
Here’s a question I answered recently and I thought there might be some among you who could find it useful. I’m paraphrasing the question, which comes from a writer/producer who is not in a major music center and this is potentially his first major label cut.
“My co-writer and I had a song picked up by a well-known producer who wants to produce it on a new artist who’s been signed to a major label. I put a lot of work into arranging and producing a demo in my home studio good enough for him to be interested. I feel it’s only fair that I try to get producer or co-producer credit for the song since, though he might re-record it, he’ll probably use my production ideas. My co-writer says I should chill. Don’t you think I should at least try?”
The question here is not an unusual one and pretty easily answered. NO! First of all, the chance to get a song on a project that a major label is going to put some promotion behind is so rare that you want to do everything possible to make it happen. Since the decision process is so subject to the whims and economic considerations of a variety of people (producer, A&R, promotion department, label executives who are looking at one and a half million in recording and promotion costs to launch a new artist) production credit is not what you should be interested in for this situation.
Arrangement doesn’t necessarily mean production, and a producer is responsible for the entire recording through the mastering process. So if you arranged the song it doesn’t really count. After you’ve had hits you can start working on tracks that people will actually use (record the vocal to those tracks) and at that point it would be important to go for production credits but not before you actually have a foot in the door. At this point the strategy should be to assist the producer in any way you can to make sure this works for his artist (including re-writes if necessarily) and consider yourself fortunate if the artist doesn’t want to “co-write” for a piece of the writer credits and royalties.
If you’re not part of this new artist’s team and thus responsible for delivering a finished product tailored to her style and key or adapted to creating a style for her you may be a producer but you’re not HER producer. There’s a MUCH bigger picture going on here than you’re part of at this point. Your song is, hopefully, part of a vision for the artist that includes all the other songs chosen for her project.
You should be praying that after all the other songs are chosen, yours still fits the vision and doesn’t get dropped, and you can be sure that other pro writers and publishers who are submitting songs for this project will not be insisting on production credits (unless they’re already successful) for fear they’ll lose the cut.
Commonly, many more songs are recorded than actually get released. I just interviewed Carlos Santana who said they recorded more than 30 songs for his new CD, “Shaman,” and 16 made the cut. After interviewing hundreds of writers and producers, I know this is typical. Successful writers’ lists of: 1. Held but not recorded, 2. Recorded but not released, and 3. Released but not charted, are MUCH longer than their list of hits. So my very strong suggestion is that you don’t push for producer credits, EVEN if he uses some of your actual tracks and certainly not if he uses aspects of your arrangement. The reality is that every pro writer prays that the demo arrangement/production is good enough to get the song considered for the project.
The main objective is to get the song recorded and released as a radio single since that’s where your performance royalties are generated and on a big enough selling CD to get some mechanical royalties too. To risk all that by insisting on production credits would be incredibly foolish and naive, to say the least.
Look at the long view of your career and hope that if the producer is impressed with your songs and production and finds you easy to deal with, he’ll give you an opportunity to shine when he gets his own label and you actually bring him your own projects in which you’ve found, written for/with and produced the artist yourself. That’s the long-range payoff you need to be looking at. The gutters of the music biz are strewn with the failed careers of talented artists and producers who made the wrong moves too soon and failed to see the big, long-range picture because their egos got in the way. There’s a time to hold ’em and a time to fold ’em. Your co-writer is right. Fold ’em.
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Niknami, A., Shariyat, M.. (1395). Influence of heat generation on the phase transformations and impact responses of composite plates with embedded SMA wires. فناوری آموزش, 6(2), 13-26. doi: 10.22061/jcarme.2017.581
A. Niknami; M. Shariyat. "Influence of heat generation on the phase transformations and impact responses of composite plates with embedded SMA wires". فناوری آموزش, 6, 2, 1395, 13-26. doi: 10.22061/jcarme.2017.581
Niknami, A., Shariyat, M.. (1395). 'Influence of heat generation on the phase transformations and impact responses of composite plates with embedded SMA wires', فناوری آموزش, 6(2), pp. 13-26. doi: 10.22061/jcarme.2017.581
Niknami, A., Shariyat, M.. Influence of heat generation on the phase transformations and impact responses of composite plates with embedded SMA wires. فناوری آموزش, 1395; 6(2): 13-26. doi: 10.22061/jcarme.2017.581
Influence of heat generation on the phase transformations and impact responses of composite plates with embedded SMA wires
مقاله 4، دوره 6، شماره 2 - شماره پیاپی 12، تابستان 2017، صفحه 13-26 اصل مقاله (1725 K)
A. Niknami؛ M. Shariyat
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
In the present research, in contrast to the available papers, not only the superelasticity but also the shape memory effects are taken into account in determination of the impact responses. At the same time, in addition to modifying Brinson’s model for the shape memory alloys (SMAs), to include new parameters and loading events, and Hertz contact law, distributions of the SMA phases are considered to be both localized and time-dependent. Furthermore, effects of the impact-induced heat generation and mechanical energy on the resulting histories of the martensite phase volume fraction, stress-strain, temperature, lateral deflection, and contact force are investigated. The generated heat in the SMA wires during the impact is determined through using a Helmholtz free energy function including the latent heat of the phase transformation. The resulting governing equations are solved by the finite element method. The nonlinear refined constitutive laws are solved through a return-mapping Newton-Raphson procedure. Results reveal that incorporation of the heat generation effects is significant in medium/high-velocity impacts or when the stress field is almost uniform.
Shape memory alloy؛ Impact؛ Phase transformation؛ Heat generation؛ Hybrid composite plate
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The American Revolution was not inevitable, nor was it a unanimous cause. It pitted neighbors against one another, as loyalists and colonial rebels faced off for their lives and futures. Through the remarkable lives of the first Americans, this book reveals the contentious arguments that turned friends into foes and the land into a war zone. From the riots over a child's murder that led to the Boston Massacre, to the Continental Army's first victory under George Washington's leadership, to the Southern guerrilla campaign of "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion, to Benedict Arnold's audacious betrayal, David Fisher explores the combination of resourcefulness, perseverance, strategy, and luck that resulted in the creation of a country that would go on to become the most powerful in the world. Despite the victory of the Revolution, the fight for democracy wasn't over. From the combat zone to Congress, it was a political battle as much as a physical one. With the patriots grappling to create a government, one for and by the people, the origin story of the United States of America was only starting to be written
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How Mayor Fischer Stumped Ken Jennings at the Idea Festival
What is bourbon, bitters, sugar and water? That would be the Jeopardy answer to this clue — In its economic development campaigns, Louisville and Mayor Greg Fischer promote the Old-Fashioned as the city’s signature drink. It contains these ingredients. During a discussion on the Idea Festival stage on Tuesday, the 74-time Jeopardy champion couldn’t come up with the answer posed by Fischer. Jennings was explaining how he prepared for the game show during his 2004 run, and though he doesn’t drink, explained that he memorized the ingredients for cocktails. That opened it up for Fischer to ask his question. Jennings,…
Culture, Food and Dining, I Was There, Non-Profits September 28, 2015
I Believe In Science (Hill) for Supper
Lucky me. I received an invite to Sunday Supper at Science Hill Inn in Shelbyville. If you haven’t been, the place represents a step back in time, with a traditional dining room that looks as if it hasn’t been changed in a hundred years. In fact, the building opened as a school in 1825. The only other time I’d been here was to see the Christmas decorations, but little did I know of the fine dinner available prepared by chef Ellen Gill. Much went into the menu, starting with an appetizer of watermelon wrapped in bacon. Now, I’m no culinary…
Culture, Events, I Was There, Media September 22, 2015
Dracula Will Scare You Every Time at Actors Theatre
You never forget your first time. For those who go every year to Actors’ Theatre’s production of Dracula (playing through Nov. 1), it’s surely an opportunity to look for changes and improvements to the riveting production, to compare the casting from one year to the next. But for those who go for the first time, who don’t know the real story behind the blood and the undead and the lunatic and the screaming women and children, it’s a frightening tale spun in a cozy theatre with great special effects that keep you jumping in your seat. And there’s a live rat,…
Events, I Was There, Music, Rick, Sport September 14, 2015
Monday Morning’s Culture Review of the Weekend
Well, that was fun. I was fortunate to attend three great events over the weekend, experiencing a variety of culture it would be hard to match anywhere else. CLASSICAL MOMENTS: Let’s start the Corkestra event at Norton Commons on Sunday. I had no idea there was such a gorgeous amphitheater there, and since Paula is such a great fan of the Orchestra, she insisted we go. After the initial disappointment of learning that Teddy Abrams wasn’t there, we were thoroughly entertained by Conductor Bob Bernhardt and the talented group on stage. The Orchestra breezed through a two-hour set under sunny skies,…
Business, Food and Dining, I Was There, Media, Music, Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, Politics, Rick, Sport, University of Louisville September 11, 2015
THE WEEK: Good News from Google and other Interesting Folks in the ‘Ville
Let’s start out with what I didn’t do this week — there were no trips to Riverport, no meals on Dixie Highway and no annoying phone calls. That left more time to pursue stories for LouisvilleKY.com and to produce a great episode of the Rusty Satellite Show. It was a productive week for the city as well, especially with yesterday’s announcement about Google Fiber potentially coming here. A Even Better Week for WKU: Coach Jeff Brohm‘s Hilltoppers had the only win over a Southeastern Conference school on the opening weekend of college football, surviving a 14-12 thriller over Vandy in…
I Was There, Rick, Sport September 4, 2015
WKU Hangs On to Edge Vandy in Nashville
NASHVILLE — It wasn’t pretty. And from Section U, the most red-drenched section at Vanderbilt Stadium, cheering for the visitors from Bowling Green featured disappointment after disappointment. But Vandy proved equally inept, blowing scoring chances with two end zone interceptions. Jeff Brohm’s vaunted Hilltopper offense, which operated at the end of 2014 with pinball precision, was on tilt throughout a scoreless first half and most of the third quarter. Five dropped passes, all in situations in which the play call was perfect for a big gain, kept WKU off the scoreboard. Fans in my section were clearly complaining about the…
Culture, Health, I Was There, Parenting, Rick August 11, 2015
Back to Nature with the Boys at the Gorge
For us city folks, getting out into nature is a beautiful thing. It teaches us to appreciate the majesty of mountains, to understand how harsh the environment can be, and it challenges us physically to climb and cross terrain. During an adventurous weekend with my three sons at Red River Gorge, we hiked a few miles into the woods and set up camp on the top of a ridge, where there were no other people, and the stars shone brighter than usual. It wasn’t lost on me, however, that there were dozens of emergency vehicles at the trailhead, all on a search…
Culture, I Was There July 13, 2015
Gilt Designer Outlet opens for a month in Louisville
Louisville, Ky., – There are definitely some perks to helping out louisvilleky.com. We were “cordially” invited to attend the VIP Preview of the new Gilt Designer Outlet in the Shelbyville Road Plaza. Free drinks and appetizers? I am so there. Gilt has made a name for itself as an online shopping site where registered members can purchase high-end merchandise at discount prices. The company actually has a distribution center in Shepherdsville, but this is their first outlet store. But it’ll only be open until August 15th. My husband and I made a date of it and decided we’d check it…
Culture, Education, I Was There, Louisville, LoUnique June 21, 2015
Louisville Uncovered presents: The Heigold House, mystery behind the facade on River Road
The Heigold House was built by immigrant stonemason Christopher Heigold, and stands at the intersection of River Road and Frankfort Avenue, watch the history around it on Louisville Uncovered ! “The Point” was a thriving 19th century neighborhood east of Downtown Louisville and opposite Towhead Island along the Ohio River. It was located north of the present day Butchertown area. Starting in the 1840s it was home to many upper income residents who had moved from New Orleans, giving the area the nickname “the Frenchmen’s Row”. They built many mansion houses in the area, the best known of which was…
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LEAPing into Louisville with Patrick Henshaw; Ring of Fire Rehearsals with Dan Kazemi July 11, 2019
The Rusty Satellite Show, the city’s longest-running and most interesting podcast, rolls into the summer with more of the most interesting people in the ‘Ville. We begin downtown at Story Louisville, where Patrick Henshaw explains whta the Louisville Entrepreneurship Acceleration Partnership (LEAP) is and how
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Law Out of Order
Crime!! ..
The Growing Trend of 'Revenge Porn' and the Criminal Laws That May Follow
By Stephen Brill, Founding Partner, Sullivan Brill, LLP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-brill/the-growing-trend-of-revenge-porn_b_4849990.html
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When one hears the words "revenge porn," the images conjured up are not pleasant ones. The term revenge porn stems from the idea that a way to get back at -- or take revenge -- on an ex may be to publicly send out nude or sexually compromising images of the ex by means of the web. Given the ease at which one can take a picture, edit it and disseminate it, this type of conduct is happening more frequently. As with anything that moves as fast as the tech world -- take cell phones and social media for instance -- police departments and DAs are trying to figure out just how our justice system will deal with this new trend.
href="http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2014/2014_50193.htm" target="_hplink">People v. Barber, the first "revenge porn" case of its kind, was brought in New York Criminal Court by a woman who alleged that her boyfriend sent pictures of her naked body to her sister and her employer. The ex-boyfriend was arrested and charged with aggravated harassment, dissemination of unlawful surveillance and public display of offensive sexual material. Notably, in looking at these charges, it becomes very clear, very quickly, that the defendant was not charged with specifically doing what he actually did -- which is sharing explicit images without the consent of the person in the images. The reason for this is quite simple: New York has no law that specifically proscribes this "revenge porn" conduct.
This reality made headlines this past week when a New York County Criminal Judge dismissed this "first case of its kind" for exactly those reasons: This conduct is not covered by the crimes charged against the boyfriend. Specifically, the judge reasoned that the harassment charge did not apply because the images (or communications) were not sent directly to the girlfriend. The unlawful surveillance charge did not apply because the images were obtained lawfully and with the ex-girlfriend's consent. Lastly, the public display of offensive material did apply because, well, nudity in and of itself is not offensive material. Ultimately, although the judge recognized that the girlfriend did not grant permission to her boyfriend to send the images, no laws in New York could support the criminal charges.
Needless to say this dismissal spurred some debate; debate especially among lobby groups and the legislature to enact laws to counter this behavior. Currently, two states -- New Jersey and California -- have laws directly addressing conduct that involves the dissemination of explicit material without the consent of the pictured person. Legislatures in other states like Hawaii, Wisconsin, Maryland and New York are strongly considering new laws that will specifically address this issue. For example, New York State Senators Griffo and Braunstein are introducing legislation that makes the non-consensual disclosure of sexually explicit images an A misdemeanor, which is a crime that is punishable by up to one year in jail. In Maryland, a candidate for state attorney general is proposing new legislation that would make it a felony -- more serious than a misdemeanor -- to intentionally distribute sexually explicit digital images of another person without consent. In California already, Governor Jerry Brown has enacted a law making revenge porn a misdemeanor.
Of course, these laws have imperfections. For one thing, the First Amendment presents support for the argument that one should not be arrested, let alone imprisoned, for publicizing its speech -- in the form of these photographs or images. In fact, some suggest that the criminal law is the inappropriate venue in which to deal with this conduct. After all, the conduct is non-violent and a mere example of a somewhat harsh freedom of expression. Instead, perhaps the better course of action is to file a civil suit for the damages this conduct may cause.
Clearly, the writing is on the wall. It would not be shocking if New York enacts Senator Griffo's and Braunstein's bill this year. Other states will surely follow. Times continue to change, and the criminal laws will continue to change with it.
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Nintendo Teases The "Appealing" Benefits Of Switch's Online Membership
Fevereiro 12, 2018 13:24·
Blizzard: “There are no plans to move HearthStone to the Nintendo Switch”
Now, Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima and managing executive officer Shinya Takahashi have teased some of the "appealing" bonuses that players can expect. We know how much a membership will cost, but, outside of access to online play and voice chat, Nintendo hasn't shared all the details yet regarding what you get for your dollars. Of course, one of the biggest questions many have had, is about why the service for the Nintendo Switch has been delayed. "That is why we want to apply substantial resources to the online service, with the thinking that we will devote our energies to making this a for-pay service".
"Up until now", Miyamoto recently told investors, "the hardware lifecycle has trended at around five or six years, but it would be very interesting if we could prolong that life cycle, and I think you should be looking forward to that". But Miyamoto expressed how he feels that the Switch could be around a lot longer due to its unique features and, that Nintendo is focused on extending the life of the console.
By comparison, the paid memberships for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 offer things like free games every month and discounts, among other benefits.
Online play for Switch games has been free since the system launched in March 2017. We reported previously that the service would launch in 2018, and now the official start time has been set to September 2018. At the time, Nintendo announced it would offer memberships for 1 month ($4), 3 months ($8), and 12 months ($20), but it remains to be seen if those prices are still accurate.
During a recent Q & A session that tied in with the company's latest financial report (which, by the way, had all sorts of good news), the Nintendo Switch Online service was brought up, along with the question of why it's been seeing its fair share of delays.
South Africa's Ramaphosa clears diary, pushing for Zuma…
The committee could recall the president from office, though he would be under no constitutional obligation to obey the order. Nelson Mandela was totally committed against corruption, theft and robbery of the assets of our people.
Hard for Arsenal to finish top four after Tottenham defeat, says Wenger
However, Wenger said that Arsenal could have also won the game by half-time and lamented his side's inefficiency on the counterattack.
Queen bans plastic straws and bottles from royal properties
According to The Telegraph , straws will also be phased out of all public cafes inside the royal residences. There are also some predictions suggesting that plastic waste in the sea will outweigh the fishes by 2050.
Sidney Crosby breaks out of drought to notch 400th career goal
Crosby netted three minutes and 31 seconds into the second period to tie the game at 1-1, while Conor Sheary picked up the assist. Crosby is just the third Penguins player to reach the 400-goal mark, joining Jaromir Jagr (439) and Mario Lemieux (690).
Sacramento science fair project tying race to IQ sparks outcry
The project was on view with others Monday as part of an annual science fair but was removed Wednesday after complaints. District officials said the student's project may not have violated district policy.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 render leaked ahead of February 14 launch
The teaser may reveal only these two features, previous leaks have given us a good idea of what to expect from the smartphone. Now, there are rumours that this smartphone launch could be for the Redmi 5 Plus or even the Redmi Note 5 .
Same old Illini fall to Penn State
Matthew McLaren led Penn State in kills on the night registering 12 to go along with three service aces, one dig and two blocks. Five players scored in double figures as Minnesota roared past Penn State , 101-68, Sunday afternoon at Williams Arena.
Kim Yo Jong Fascinates, And Puzzles, In South Korea
North Korea's high-level delegation to the Pyeongchang Olympics held a luncheon on Sunday with South Korea's top officials.
FY2019 Earnings Estimate for AbbVie Inc Issued By Jefferies Group (NYSE:ABBV)
BidaskClub raised shares of AbbVie from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, November 11th. Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Capital Management Incorporated has invested 0.32% of its portfolio in AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV).
North Korea heads for diplomacy gold medal at Olympics
Pence was seated between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The North's official Korean Central News Agency also referred to Moon as president.
'Trump' and 'Kim' thrown out of the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
Korean athletes marched with a flag showing the whole peninsula at nine global events, including the Olympics and Asian Games. They met the unified Korea team and took group pictures with the players on the rink after the game.
Rally to support Colten Boushie's family takes place in Calgary
About 100 people gathered at a local park to show their support for the Boushie family and many say it was an emotional event. She says that this is not the first time they have taken a stance against the justice system and it likely won't be the last.
Conmemoran 103 aniversario de la Fuerza Aérea Mexicana
Peña Nieto mencionó que en México estamos orgullosos del personal experimentado y de las nuevas generaciones de las Fuerzas Armadas .
Isaiah Thomas Allegedly "Ecstatic" To Be A Laker
Not only Boston , but Toronto and Philadelphia and a lot of other teams in the Eastern Conference and the rest of league. Now that the trade deadline has passed, the Cavs have a new look and a fresh start to their 2018 Championship hopes.
SpaceX launched more than just a auto into outer space
Whatever our dreams of exploring the final frontier might be, the economics simply don't make sense when it costs that much. Space tourism is a promising industry but the costs will limit its availability for some time to the super-rich.
YouTube to descent discoverability of channels posting offensive videos
This is with the intention of addressing hard questions creators have for the management of YouTube. Its system of strikes used to enforce those guidelines also enables a channel's termination.
Southwest runs out of plane de-icer, cancels 220 flights from Midway
Chicago has recorded measurable snowfall every day since February 3, tying a record for the longest such stretch that's only been matched twice since 1885, the National Weather Service said.
MADA: 117 Israeli Violations of Palestinian Media Freedoms since December
President Donald Trump has warned Israel that its West Bank settlements risk complicating efforts to find peace in the Middle East.
Ford Mustang 2018 pricing and specs confirmed
The GT carries over the mesh design from the current model, while also offering an optional five-spoke 19-inch forged alloy. You can still buy 2.3-litre turbocharged "EcoBoost" four, or 5.0-litre "Coyote" naturally aspirated V8, engine options.
Mattis Says North Korea Can't Drive Wedge Between South, US
On Sunday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in sat next to Kim's powerful sister at a concert in Seoul by musicians from Pyongyang. Yo-jong's visit to the South was the first visit by a member of the ruling Kim family ever since the Korean War ended in 1953.
South Korea's president hosts North Korea delegation, including dictator's sister
Take, for example, the following headlines - ones you'd normally expect to find in North Korea's state-run media. Pence and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sat nearby, looking expressionless.
Snowfall breaks dry spell, shuts Kashmir highway
The minimum temperature was zero in Srinagar while it was minus 0.1 in Pahalgam and minus 4.6 in Gulmarg. Fresh snowfall and rains lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttrakhand on Monday.
Olympics Open and Cyberattacks Begin
Sun could be 'unusually cool' by 2050
UAE Exchange joins RippleNet for blockchain-based cross-border payments
Russian figure skaters win Olympics silver in team competition
Johnson presses Suu Kyi on Rohingya plight
Kim Kardashian Supports Scott Disick, Sofia Richie's Relationship?
'Stupid' - Antonio Conte sends out a warning to Chelsea hierarchy
Seven injured in wrong-way crash on Bronx River Parkway
Top Trump aides defend White House response to Porter abuse allegations
Snapchat introduces Live video, will broadcast moments of the Olympics
Law student dies after brutal attack outside restaurant in Allahabad
Russia, Turkey to enhance military coordination in Syria
Seleção de futsal recebida em euforia em Lisboa | VÍDEO
Liberia's Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf wins Mo Ibrahim prize for African Leadership
14% of all Texas deaths related to flu — CDC
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Morbid Anatomy London Based Events This May: Morbid Anatomy Salon and One Day Anatomical Venus Symposium
The Morbid Anatomy Salon at London's Wellcome Collection is sadly now fully booked; apologies it sold out so fast! The good news is the event will be filmed and you'll be available to watch online soon after the live event. Stay tuned for more.
Those who were unable to get tickets for this event might be interested in our other upcoming event in London, a one day symposium in honor of our new book on The Anatomical Venus on May 15th. It features a few of the same speakers, such as Chiara Ambrosio, Ross MacFarlane, and Morbid Anatomy founder and museum creative director Joanna Ebenstein. Other presenters include Strange Attractor's Mark Pilkington, wax sculptor and Morbid Anatomist at Large Eleanor Crook, Anatomist in residence Emily Evans, historian of medicine James Kennaway, John Troyer of the Centre for Death and Society, magic lanternist Mervyn Heard, Stephen Coates of The Real Tuesday Weld, and much more.
Since their creation, The Anatomical Venus--an18th century life-sized wax woman created to teach a general public about anatomy--have seduced, intrigued and amazed; this symposium will also attempt to explore the ways in which, to the contemporary eye, they also confound, flickering on the edges of medicine and magic, votive and vernacular, fetish and fine art.
Full line up follows; ticket link should be added by Monday!
THE ANATOMICAL VENUS, MORBID ANATOMIES AND STRANGE ATTRACTORS: A ONE DAY SYMPOSIUM TO MARK THE LAUNCH OF THE ENW BOOK "THE ANATOMICAL VENUS"
PRICE: £13/ £7 STUDENTS
OFFSITE AT London's Horse Hospital
TICKETS LINK ADDED SOON!
Please join Morbid Anatomy and Strange Attractor as we celebrate the release of the new book “The Anatomical Venus” (published by Thames and Hudson in the UK and DAP in the US), which explores the strange and fascinating history of seductive female anatomical wax models, which peaked in fashion in the 19th century. Filled with never before published images from around the world, and documented in intricate detail, the book is the result of Morbid Anatomy founder Joanna Ebenstein’s global, ten-year photographic quest. Since their creation, these wax women have seduced, intrigued and amazed; this symposium will also attempt to explore the ways in which, to the contemporary eye, they also confound, flickering on the edges of medicine and magic, votive and vernacular, fetish and fine art.
10:00 AM: Joanna Ebenstein, Morbid Anatomy, Author of “The Anatomical Venus: “An Enlightenment-era St Teresa Ravished by Communion with the Invisible Forces of Science: A Brief Introduction to The Anatomical Venus
10:15: Keynote: Eleanor Crook, Wax Sculptor: The Deliquescent Self: Wax, Anatomies and the Fear of Melting
10:45-12:45: Panel One: Faith, Magic, Theology & The Body: Moderated by Ross MacFarlane, Wellcome Collection
Chiara Ambrosio, Filmmaker: My Grandfather the Spirit Doctor & Me: Listening to Bones and the Voices in the Ether
Emily Evans, Artist and Anatomist: The Use of Human Hair in Art and the Divine
William Maclehose, Historian of Religion and Medicine, UCL: Sleeping with the Divine: Incubation and Dream Healing in the Premodern World
Ross MacFarlane, Research Engagement Office, Wellcome Library: An Intimate Collection? Tracing Emotions in Edward Lovett’s Amulets and Charms
James Kennaway, Historian of Medicine, Newcastle: The Role of Music in Mesmerism
12:45-1:45: Lunch Break
1:45-3:45: Panel 2: Natural and Supernatural: Moderated by Mark Pilkington, Strange Attractor Press
Mark Pilkington, Strange Attractor Press: Echoes of Afterlife: Comparing Textual and Medical Models of Post-Mortem Existence
Christopher Josiffe, Cataloguer at Senate House Library and Writer: Gef! The Strange Tale of An Extra Special Talking Mongoose
Jonathan Allen. Artist, Writer and Educator: The Tarot of Austin Osman Spare
Kirsten Norrie, Artist, Writer, Performer: Second Sight in Highland Tradition
3:45-5:00: Panel 3: Wax: Moderated by Eleanor Crook, Wax Sculptor
Eleanor Crook: Talk and Wax Modeling Demonstration
Nathalie Latour, Wax Conservator, Paris: André Pierre Pinson, the Wax Modeler of the French Revolution
5:00 – 7:00 Panel 4: Morbid Amusements: Moderated by John Troyer, Centre for Death and Society
John Troyer, Director of the Centre for Death and Society, Bath: That’s Not Funny!: Morbidly Amusing Necrophilia Law
Lili Sarnyai, University of London, Graduate Student: Sleeping Beauties
Professor Mervyn Heard, performer, scholar and author of Phantasmagoria: The Secret Life of the Magic Lantern: Phantasmagoria: Ghost-raising for Fun and Profit in the 18th Century
Steven Coates, Musician (The Real Tuesday Weld) and Author: Xray Audio: Soviet Music on the Bone
Image: Anatomical Venuses created by the workshop at La Specola, Florence, Josephinum Museum, Vienna, Austria. Photo by Joanna Ebenstein
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Public Dissections, Frederik Ruysch and the Theatrum Anatomicum: Touring the Waag at Amsterdam Anatomy Weekend
As part of our recent Amsterdam Anatomy Weekend, The Vrolik Museum's Lisa Kuiper gave a fascinating tour of The Waag (above), which is not only the oldest building in Amsterdam (dating back to 1488) but also housed the anatomical theatre where public dissections were performed under the hand of Frederik Ruysch and others from 1691 until the early 19th century. The content of the following post is primarily sourced from Lisa's excellent tour.
The Waag, Kuiper explained, began its life as a city gate; called St Anthony’s Port, it was locked each evening at 10 pm. It went on to become a weighing house (Waag in Dutch) where goods would be weighed before entering the city to evaluate the appropriate taxes before they went to market. From 1588 on, it also served as the home to the city's guilds, including that of the Surgeons; they were given the top space, a testament to thier importance. The Surgeons' Guild built a "Theatrum Anatomicum," or Anatomical Theatre, which could be entered through this door:
Here, they conducted dissections, usually on the bodies of executed criminals; in this way their location was convenient, because criminals were also executed here, as seen in this artwork from 1812:
Guillotine on the Nieuwmarkt, Gerrit Lamberts , 1812.
Via Amsterdam Municipal Archives.
In 1690, neighbors of the Waag sent a letter to the Surgeon's Guild, requesting that the dissections be opened to the curious public; they did so the following year, under the persuasion of famed embalmer, anatomist and so called "artist of death" Frederik Ruysch who also conducted the first dissections. Below you can see him dissecting a child attached to the placenta; more on the man and his work below.
Jan van Neck, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Frederick Ruysch, 1683.
Amsterdams Historisch Museum
Dissections could take as long as seven days to complete, with admission prices varying based on proximity to the body and the day you wished to attend, with earlier dates being more expensive and smelling less vile. The Waag also functioned--as did the Leiden anatomical theatre--as sort of museum, open on Christmas and special fair and market days. Here, one could see a cat with four hind legs, a skeleton of a child playing violin along with other skeletons, the preserved skins of dissected criminals, a taxidermied lion and lioness, and more. At least some of the preparations were made by Frederik Ruysch himself.
Until the 1820's, as explained in a lecture by Vrolik Director Laurens de Rooy, anatomists would dress skeletons and put them in the windows during the the annual market fair, presumably to advertise the contents of the museum; he kindly sent me a copy of the image so I could include it here:
Illustration from Marja Keyser's Komt dat zien!
De Amsterdamse kermis in de 19e eeuw
(‘Come and see! The Amsterdam fair in the 19th century)
Courtesy of Laurens de Rooy
Rembrandt's famous 1632 painting "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" depicts a dissection which took place at The Waag's Theatrum Anatomicum:
Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, 1632
As with all guild portraits, each doctor would have paid for their own portrait. Dr Tulp is one of very many anatomy guild paintings; we also were lucky enough to see a few more at the Amsterdam Hermitage as part of the exhibition Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age:
Rembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Jan Deyman, 1656;
fragment; the rest destroyed in a fire.
Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy, The Osteology Lesson of
Dr Sebastiaen Egbertsz, 1619.
Adriaen Backer, Anatomy lesson of Frederik Ruysch, 1670
Amsterdam Museum
The exhibit also housed an image of the Theatrum Anatomicum in the Waag from the 18th century seemingly rendered in gold and silver:
The Theatrum Anatomicum in the Waag, Jonas Zeuner
after Adolf van der Laan, Second half of 18th Century
And a memento mori themed plaque originally on display at an orphanage; it was made during a year when the city of Amsterdam was wracked by plague, with 10% of the population decimated and the orphanages overrun.
Albert Jansz Vinckenbrinck (1604-1664), Death, 1663
Wealthy surgeons might opt for inclusion in a guild portrait, but another and less expensive way surgeons could be immortalized would be to have their family crest painted on the ceiling of the Waag's Theatrum Anatomicum; they can still be seen today
Ruysch's crest is in the very center, reflecting his fame and his importance to the space.
Around the building, in gold letters, reads a memento-mori themed exhortation in Old Dutch. said to have been written by Ruysch himself:
Here is what is says, in a impromptu translation by The Waag's Helen Fermante:
Those who have done bad in life
Will be of use after our death
Health has been taken back from death itself
The dead body gives to the pupil even though its dumb and its tongue already dead, advises you not to do as criminals
Head, finger, kidney, tongue, head, lung, brain, bones, and hands
Give you the living a warning example
So you hear and take to heart
that when you go along the different paths of life
you'll be convened that even in the small details God is still hidden there
In this way, one could see the Theatrum Anatomicum as an extension of the aims of Ruysch's home cabinet, where he displayed his unique preparations that were equal part science and memento mori, such as the allegorically themed fetal skeleton tableau in the illustration below. The skeleton at the bottom is holding a mayfly which, as it only lives a single day, is a symbol of mortality. The top skeleton plays a violin atop a mountain of gall and bladder stones, surrounded by foliage crafted from other preserved human remains. You can find out more about the remarkable Frederik Ruysch--who we call our patron saint--here.
To see more photos from our Amsterdam Anatomy Weekend, click here. The next iteration will take place on April 21-23 2007. If you sign our mailing list by clicking here, you will be alerted when the event is announced.
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Oskar Kokoschka's Effigy of Alma Mahler, 1919
In 1919, artist Oskar Kokoschka commissioned doll maker Hermione Moos to create a life-sized effigy of his former lover Alma Mahler, widow of composer Gustav Mahler and one of the most pursued and celebrated women in Vienna. Despite being unhappy with the results. he painted and photographed the doll many times, and took it out as his companion to the theater and restaurants. Eventually, he ceremonially doused it in red wine and beheaded at a party.
Learn more this--and much more!--in the new Morbid Anatomy Thames and Hudson / Artbook / D.A.P. book "The Anatomical Venus," out at the end of May!
More can be found here. It can be pre-ordered in the USA here, and here for the rest of the world.
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Kapuziner Crypt (Kapuzinergruft): Housing the Bodies of the Habsburg Royal Family, Vienna, Austria
Kapuziner Crypt (Kapuzinergruft), where the bodies of the Habsburg royal family are stored. — in Vienna, Austria. From a visit yesterday with dear friend and wax sculptor Eleanor Crook.
Anatomical Venuses and Pathological Moulages at This Weekend's Vienna Anatomy Weekend!
This weekend in Vienna, Morbid Anatomy is joining forces with two astounding Viennese medical museums--The Josephinum and The Narrenturm--for our first ever Vienna Anatomy Weekend!
The Josephinum--founded in 1785--houses an incredible collection of 18th century anatomical waxes crafted by the famed la Specola workshop in Florence, including its own dissectable Anatomical Venus, seen above with one of our lecturers, sculptor and ceroplast Eleanor Crook. The Narrenturm (bottom image) houses one of the largest and most stunning collections of pathological waxes and wet specimens I have ever personally seen in an atmospheric 18th century madhouse.
I suggest spending Saturday at the Narrenturm and Sunday at the Josephinum to be sure to see all. Below is my suggested full schedule; you can email pas@nhm-wien.ac.at to register for all Narrenturm events and sammlungen@meduniwien.ac.at for all Josephinum events. Fee can be paid at the Museums on the day of; please bring cash. Also, the museums are literally a 5 minute walk from one another, which is not clear from the addresses.
Also, we are so excited that our opening party will now take place at The Narrenturm on Friday at 5pm!
Very much looking forward to seeing you there!
SUGGESTED MORBID ANATOMY WEEKEND SCHEDULE
5pm-Opening party at The Narrenturm (Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna). Registration via Email: pas@nhm-wien.ac.at.
The Narrenturm (Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna)
Registration via Email: pas@nhm-wien.ac.at
10 - 11:30 : Lectures (8€)
• Introductory remarks by Morbid Anatomy Museum co-founders Joanna Ebenstein and Tracy Hurley Martin
• Eduard Winter on Occult Narrenturm
• Laurens de Rooy on Amsterdam’s Vrolik Museum
• Eleanor Cook: Anatomy and Expressionism
Tours (10€ each tour; please specify which you you would like to do)
Times: 1, 3 and 5
• Tour 1: Architectural tour with veterinary, electro-pathology and gynecology focus
• Tour 2: copious overview of the collection with emphasis on moulages (painted wax casts)
• Tour 3: backstage tour in areas not open to general public, such as the administrative floor, the attic, the depot and the preparation
The Josephinum (Währinger Straße 25, 1090 Vienna)
10:30 AM: Lectures in guided tours (30€ for all tours and lectures)
Registration via Email: sammlungen@meduniwien.ac.at
Lectures by Christiane Druml, Director of the Josephinum
• History of the Josephinum
• Anatomic wax models and conservation
12:00: Guided Tours
Includes all three tours:
• 18th Century Anatomical wax models (30 minutes)
• Temporary exhibition „de oculis“ (30 minutes)
• Walking tour “Old general hospital Vienna” (45 minutes)
See full schedule of events here.
Count Carl Von Cosel - Beyond Death: Guest Post by Filmmaker in Residence Ronni Thomas
People like Von Cosel live so far outside our materialist world that it’s hard for them to even perceive ’normal'. They challenge reality without effort, inhabiting in a world of their own design. Which is why I am driven to create a documentary about this strange, beautiful life.
--Ronni Thomas, Morbid Anatomy Filmmaker in Residence
Morbid Anatomy's filmmaker in residence Ronni Thomas is hard at work on a new feature length film detailing the story of self-styled Count Carl von Cosel (aka Carl von Cosel), a man best remembered today for trying to preserve the body of his beloved.
Ronni is trying currently raising funds via Kickstarter for this ambitious and worthy new project. More on the story of Cosel in Thomas' guest post below, and in the video above. Please consider supporting this amazing fever dream of a film if you can! You can do so by clicking here.
Count Carl Von Cosel - Beyond DeathIts very easy to take the story of Carl von Cosel and strip it down to the extremes: He became obsessed with a patient of his, she died, he dug her up, he slept with her for 7 years... And most accounts of his story are whittled down to just that in a sense... A mad, sad necrophile who went to extreme lengths to have the object of his desire. For the internet age, thats about as much as anyone wants to know before moving on to the next post.
The mad doctor sitting at the pipe organ he traveled the world with
But for me, "Slept with a corpse for 7 years", seemed to beg more information. My latest, highly ambitious film project, No Place For The Living,, aims to supply those interested with that information. For the past 2 years, I've made it my own personal obsession to make some sense of the Cosel story. I've devoured the sparse amounts of literature on the subject and have endured the several cheesy amber tinted dramatic recreations for television. But mostly, I am basing my story on his own personal testimony... His Journal. Of all the writings, it speaks the loudest. It fills in alot of whats MISSING from the story: the 'why'.
The cover of Cosel's journal, published by Fantastic Adventures
Now, of course I'm glossing over many details myself so let me back up a bit. If you are unfamiliar with the Cosel story, here is generally what you'll find. In 1930s Key West, Florida, a German immigrant who would dub himself 'Count' Carl von Cosel took work as a Radiologist at the Maritime Hospital. This was during the height of the tuberculosis epidemic and patients were dropping by the dozens. One of these patients was a 20 year old Cuban immigrant named Elena Hoyos. Cosel, who was 54, became instantly obsessed with the girl. In his journal, he claims to have been introduced to her spirit several times in his life and she was his 'spirit bride'. I should note that he had a very living wife and 2 daughters living on mainland Florida in Zephyrhills.
Of course Elena dies despite the Count using what he considered 'advanced technological' efforts to save her (really he was just shooting her up with radiation). He takes it upon himself to have her buried. This is odd for her family, but they agree due to their own financial situation. They also agree to let the mad Count 'rent' Elena's bedroom. Cosel moves in immediately. Almost a year passes when he realizes that heavy rains might damage the body. So, he manages to have the body dug up and placed in a mausoleum that he built with his own hands. He visits the crypt daily and converses with the dead girl. She begins to feel lonely (in his own testimony) and requests for him to take her home.... which he does. They move into a home on the beach and for 7 years they remain together until Elena's sister demands to know if rumors of her sister being not at all in the grave are true.
Elena Hoyos - Before / After
Its shocking for sure. But his journal tells a much madder tale, rife with romance and gothic visions. He plays the part of a Hollywood Mad Scientist using Alchemy, Medicine and Mysticism to bring the body of Elena back to life... an achievement he declares to have been a success. He makes references to Eastern methods of curing 'death' and disease. He seems to be confused and torn between spirituality and science... he's a desperate man, playing all sides to bring his Frankenstein Bride back from the dead.
So much historical effort has been put in to focus on his alleged sexual encounter with the corpse that little has ever been done to really scratch the surface of this entirely insane story. Its got ghostly visitations, a statue that springs to life in an Italian cemetery, a hand-built 'airship' that resembles more a George Melies prop than anything that could ever take flight (it had massive pontoon wheels and no wings) and there's even a big explosion toward the end. Its a cinematic dream. A Gothic Romance. So I ask to go PAST the alleged necrophilia, and give his story a chance. Take a Fortean approach to his case, suspend disbelief and enter the astonishing and uncanny mind of Count Carl von Cosel...
The Contessa Elena Airship which doubled as a
makeshift laboratory for Elena
Please consider supporting this project here on Kickstarter. Thanks a ton!!
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Morbid Anatomy Vienna Anatomy Weekend at the Narrenturm Pathological Museum and the Josephinum Museum, April 22 – April 24th
The Morbid Anatomy Vienna Anatomy Weekend schedule has been finalized, with special tours, backstage access and lectures at two incredible medical museums, the Narrenturm, with its spectacular pathology collection in the 18th century "Fools Tower," and the Josephinum with its exquisite Anatomical Venuses and 18th century waxes!
Full schedule follows. Hope very much to see you there!
Morbid Anatomy Vienna Anatomy Weekend at the Narrenturm Pathological Museum and the Josephinum Museum
Dates: Friday, April 22 – Sunday, April 24h
Location: Narrenturm Pathological Museum and the Josephinum Museum, Vienna
Friday April 22:
5PM: Opening party at the Vienna Museum of Natural History. Free admission, cash bar. Must RSVP to Email pas@nhm-wien.ac.at
NARRENTURM PATHOLOGICAL MUSEUM PROGRAM
10€ per guided tour, 8€ for the lectures
Please specify name and time of desired tour
10 - 11:30 : Lectures:
11:30 – 1pm lunch break
1pm first round of guided tours
3pm second round of guided tours
5pm third round of guided tours
7pm end
10 - 12 : first round of guided tours
12 – 1pm lunch break
5pm fourth round of guided tours
Tour 1: Architectural tour with veterinary, electro-pathology and gynecology focus
Tour 2: copious overview of the collection with emphasis on moulages (painted wax casts)
Tour 3: backstage tour in areas not open to general public, such as the administrative floor, the attic, the depot and the preparation
10€ each, please specify time and name of tour when making reservations.
JOSEPHINUM PROGRAM
Registration required via E-Mail: sammlungen@meduniwien.ac.at
Saturday April 23 & Sunday April 24
Guided tour package // price 17€ (cash only) for three tours
maximum of participants 80
Starting times: 10:00 am and 2:30 pm
• Anatomic wax models (30 minutes)
Sunday, 24rd April
Lecture and guided tour package // price 30€ (cash only)
Lectures (20 minutes each)
Starting time: 10:30 am
Christiane Druml, Director of the Josephinum
• Anatomic wax models & conservation
Starting time: 12:00
• Walking tour “Old general hospital Vienna ” (45 minutes)
OTHER SUGGESTIONS OF PLACES TO VISIT IN VIENNA
Dentistry museum
Crime museum
Aqua terra zoo
Sigmund Freud museum
Mozarthaus Vienna
Funeral Museum
Catacombs of St Stephens Cathedral
Central Cemetery
Dissectable Anatomical Wax Venus from the Workshop of Rudolf Pohl, Münchner Stadtmuseum, 1930s
One thinks of Anatomical Venuses as an 18th and 19th century phenomenon, but here is material proof that they continued to be made at least until as the early 1930s. This dissectible life-sized wax Anatomical Venus was created around 1930 by the wax modeling workshop of Rudolf Pohl and exhibited at a fairground museum as part of Oktoberfest 1933 and 1934. You can see her today at the fabulous Münchner Stadtmuseum.
Learn more in new Thames and Hudson / Artbook / D.A.P. book The Anatomical Venus, out soon! More can be found here.
Photos by Joanna Ebenstein.
Labels: anatomical venus
Private Tour and Party at Green-Wood Cemetery! Home Tour of Ryan Matthew Cohn of TV's Oddities Home Collection! Be King and Queen of the Krampus Party!
Photo by Axel Dupeux
This year, we are opening up the Morbid Anatomy Museum Gala Silent Auction to all of those who are unable to attend. All monies earned will go directly towards our programming.
The auction will end at 10pm (EDT) on April 11th. We will then contact the highest bidders to give them the chance to bid by proxy for the Gala on April 12th.
Below is a full list of clickable auction items. You can also see all of them here.
Private VIP Tour of The Bronx Zoo for 6 (Value: $1200.00)
Home Museum Tour with Ryan Matthew Cohn of TV's ODDITIES (Value: $500.00)
Taxidermy Piece/Private Mouse Taxidermy Class for 2 (Value: $500.00)
Private Party for 10 at the Morbid Anatomy Museum (Value: $1500.00)
Private Green-Wood Cemetery Tour and Wine in the Catacombs for 20 (Value: $400.00)
Atlas Obscura Party Package for 2 including tickets to Into the Veil event at Green-Wood Cemetery (Value: $350.00)
Be King and Queen of The 2016 Morbid Anatomy Krampus Party (Retail: $250.00)
Print from Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1877 (Value: $300.00)
Analog Filmmaking Experience: Hand-Processed Black & White 16mm Film (Value: $350.00)
Original Edgar Allan Poe Print from The Raven, Illustration by Gustave Dore (Value: $100.00)
Private Charleston or Swing Lessons (Value: $125.00)
One Group Surfing Lesson (Value: $105)
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Four-Star Corner
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
by Sara Michelle Fetters - December 13th, 2017 - Movie Reviews
Confident Last Jedi a Compelling Fight for Survival
The Resistance is on the run. After their successful assault on the Starkiller base, General Leia Organa’s (Carrie Fisher) forces must now evacuate their current hideout before General Hux’s (Domhnall Gleeson) First Order armada arrives to wipe them out for good. But while the plan instigated by Leia’s most trusted commander Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) buys her escaping ships precious time, it does so at a massive, unforeseen cost that will make defending their small fleet difficult as their flight to a new base continues.
PHOTO: Lucasfilm
Meanwhile, Rey (Daisy Ridley) has arrived at the ancient Jedi temple where Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) has been hiding for the past thirty years. She expects that the sight of his father’s old lightsaber, plus the appearance of the Millennium Falcon and old friends Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) and R2-D2 (Jimmy Vee), will be enough to convince him to return and assist the Resistance in their time of need. At the very least, the young woman hopes the Master Jedi will help her understand why she is so strong with the Force and that he will give her an insight into her abilities that might keep her from heading down the same path of darkness that is slowly destroying First Order firebrand, and Luke’s nephew, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).
As we journey back into an intergalactic world begun by George Lucas in 1977, it’s best not to know too much about the basics walking into Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The eighth installment in the saga intimately connected to Luke Skywalker and his kin, picking up immediately after the events of 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens came to an end, writer/director Rian Johnson’s (Looper, Brick) entry goes out of its way to bust convention and expectation whenever and wherever it can. Unlike the last film, this one uses nostalgia and one’s knowledge of this universe against the viewer, ideas as to what can happen, who can and cannot survive and where things go from here as they head into the ninth and final chapter blown into smithereens like a fourth Death Star.
All of which makes Johnson’s film the most challenging Star Wars motion picture ever made, and this includes Platoon meets The Dirty Dozen spinoff Rogue One: A Star Wars Story which has already significantly changed the game all on its own just last December. The director takes Luke into territory just about no one saw coming, making him a lone samurai full of heartache and regret more akin to heroes in Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo or Kagemusha than he is the dashing young champion of something like The Hidden Fortress. His interactions with Rey are the heart and soul of the film, his evolved understanding of the Force, the Jedi and what is best for the universe as a whole not exactly comforting.
This is coupled with the fight-or-flight debate that rages within the Resistance, Poe and Leia butting heads as her view as to what is best for their forces significantly differs from his. This allows for an intriguing examination of what constitutes heroism. It also leads to a number of fantastic and fascinating variations on what is, and for that matter what isn’t, sacrifice. A number of Resistance fighters give their lives in a variety of ways, most of them selflessly and with valor. But when does hubris come into play? When is sending others into battle for a victory now only setting the stage for defeat later on? It is the balance between these two that is the debate, and much like Christopher Nolan so deftly explored with Dunkirk, Johnson’s film spends a great deal of time showing how survival during retreat can be the greatest form of heroism that will inspire others to rise up and join in the fight.
All of which makes this hardly the Star Wars most fans are used to. Even The Empire Strikes Back didn’t feel this bleakly serious, and while the bad guys did well in that 1980 classic, it was still clear to all watching that Luke, Han and Leia would find a way to lead the Rebel Alliance to victory sooner rather than later. Here, while this is certainly Rey’s story going forward, while it is obvious Poe, ex-Stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega) and newcomer Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran) will be the face of the Resistance as Luke and Leia are pushed to the background, the idea that they all will make it through to the end of 2019’s final chapter is an open question.
Not that Johnson has gone all that far away from Lucas’ original template. As dark as things get, as dangerous as it becomes for Rey, especially as she figures out what there is to know about Kylo Ren and whether or not the emotionally self-destructive son of Han Solo and Leia Organa can be redeemed, her journey still isn’t without humor, energy and wide-eyed excitement. All of the stuff between her and Luke is incredibly strong, their conversations the foundation upon which everything else in the movie is built upon. A delightful energy fuels their scenes together, all of which allows the story’s climax to resonate with a startling, unexpected power it never would have been able to achieve without their combined efforts.
As for the rest, much of it works splendidly, most notably an effervescent jaunt away from the retreating fleet by Finn and Rose as they attempt to find a cybernetic genius (intriguingly played by suitably mysterious Benicio Del Toro) key to helping the Resistance escape from the First Order. But the actual retreat itself? As well-acted as these sections are, as key the moments between Poe, Leia and the quiet, intellectually astute Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo (Laura Dern) prove to be, there is a turgid, melodramatic awkwardness to some of these conversations that can grow a little tiresome. It’s as if Johnson watched a bunch of Stanley Kramer classics like On the Beach or Judgment in Nuremberg and felt the need compose high-minded debates that echo those the nine-time Oscar nominee was undeniably most known for, and as such there were moments where I felt I was being lectured to by these characters more than I was anything else.
Even so, if it wasn’t obvious after the technical virtuosity of his three low budget gems Brick, The Brothers Bloom and Looper, Johnson has only gotten better with every outing as far as his staging of action and suspense sequences are concerned. Presented an almost unlimited budget, the director does not fail to amaze, and for a series that has seen so many wonders and delights, the director still finds a way to offer up a number of new ones here. Johnson also continues a trend begun with Gareth Edwards’s Rogue One just last year in that The Last Jedi is visually stunning on a level we’re just not used to as it pertains to Star Wars, the eye-popping images he and cinematographer Steve Yedlin (Carrie) come up with frankly staggering.
But the biggest thing this eighth chapter does is change where things go next in a fundamental way. As stated, by the time things end it is an open question as to whether or not the Skywalker journey has reached its conclusion. Rey is the new central figure around which everything must now revolve, her continuing dance of death with Kylo Ren the key component moving forward. It is there that Johnson makes his boldest statements, the director taking this intergalactic soap opera into a new, undiscovered part of the galaxy where up is down, right is wrong and everything we thought we knew about this series is flung seven steps in the opposite direction. This has me excited. It also has me loving Star Wars: The Last Jedi more than I initially realized as I exited the theatre, the Force strong with this sequel even if the ways in which it is moving prove to be more mysterious than they’ve ever been before.
– Review reprinted courtesy of the SGN in Seattle
Film Rating: 3½ (out of 4)
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Photos Courtesy of adidas
With Spider-Man: Far From Home, dropping in theaters, Marvel and adidas have joined forces yet again. This go around the first shoe for Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell – D.O.N. Issue #1.
The new silhouette focuses on supporting Mitchell’s unmatched vertical leap and speed while paying tribute to his nickname through a collection of four Marvel super hero colorways.
Just as many super heroes have to overcome their own adversity, Donovan Mitchell had an unconventional path to the NBA. One that provides inspiration for those who face challenges in their own life. His journey, coupled with his positive outlook through hardship, led to the decision to name his signature line D.O.N. Issue #1, as a testament to Mitchell’s Determination Over Negativity.
“Determination Over Negativity is a belief that anything is possible no matter who you are or where you come from,” said Mitchell. “I wanted this sneaker to be a symbol of that – for the kid who believes they can do anything.”
Mitchell’s determination and belief in himself was key throughout his journey from college athlete to NBA prospect, to star with his own signature sneaker.
Much like a Spidey suit, there is fun and new tech under the hood of the D.O.N. Issue #1. Donovan Mitchell’s new kick features a propulsion clip on the side for lateral support. A wider outsole to provide stability for landing from above-the-rim leaps. BOUNCE cushioning ensures a comfortable ride. Finally a unique, wavy tread pattern, which represents Mitchell’s path to the NBA, helps drive his illusive speed.
Additional design details include spider-web stitching on the toe box and tongue, and a custom coding that represents the addresses of stops on Mitchell’s journey to NBA superstar like Brewster Academy in New Hampshire (“80/A:DR [WBR] NH”) and the University of Louisville (“1.AP.LV:KY”), among others.
Each new colorway of D.O.N. Issue #1 will celebrate Donovan Mitchell and other Marvel super heroes:
MARVEL’S AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: A red, blue, and white colorway with webbing detailed across the side pays homage to the one and only Spider-Man, and the latest film installment in Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise.
SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: They are not leaving out the bad guys. Venom gets in the actions, with shock pink, core black, white and silver, with teeth as fierce as the character. Available July 18.
STEALTH SPIDER-MAN: Black and green with glow in the dark details. Available Aug. 1.
MARVEL’S IRON SPIDER: Red and metallic gold to honor the legendary Iron Spider whose made appearances in Avengers Infinity War and End Game. These become available Aug. 31.
The D.O.N. Issue #1 ($100) will dropped on adidas.com on July 1, and at adidas retail stores globally beginning July 5.
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2012 Coachella Extended to Two Weekends
Music / June 2, 2011
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has just announced the extension of their 2012 event over two weekends in April rather than the usual one.
On April 13-15 and April 20-22 at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California, fans will enjoy two identical lineups. Heads of the festival are trying their best to accommodate the mounting popularity of Coachella after the 2011 festival sold out in only six days.
The festival was quoted as saying, “We know many of you were unable to attend this year’s festival because passes sold out much sooner than anticipated. We were truly surprised by the overwhelming response and remain honored by your passion and enthusiasm. We also know some of you purchased through non legitimate sources and were inconvenienced, gouged or totally scammed. We hope that these changes will give everyone the opportunity to purchase directly from Coachella.com,”
This will be the 13th year for the music festival, and it is getting bigger and better each year. These changes are reflected in steep ticket costs. $269 is the going price for standard weekend passes.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 3, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. until Friday, June 10th, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. A Coachella payment plan is only applicable to pre-sale customers for 10% down and 8 equal monthly payments.
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Riley Lee: shakuhachi
The fifth in the series of seven CDs containing the complete lineage of 13th century Japanese 'honkyoku', or meditation pieces, played by Riley Lee, who was the first non-Japanese to attain grand mastery of the instrument. Sumptuosly recorded in the Australian National Acoustics Laboratory, this is the first time anyone has recorded such a complete overview of this music, and it is quite beautiful and calming.
Kyorei (Spirit of Nothingness)
Suzuru (Nesting Cranes)
Shôganken reibo (Yearning for the Bell of Pine Boulder Temple)
Shin'ya no kyoku (Deep Night)
Kokû (Empty Sky)
It is hard to avoid the myths surrounding the shakuhachi. The Japanese bamboo flute may have been used as a defensive weapon by 17th century samurai, and is associated with the Zen Buddhist 'priests of nothingness' that emerged from this tradition. Recent stories include a master player who. after 'feeling he underperformed' in a cold hall in Devon (UK), was found practising in the snow the next morning in order to harness his skills for such circumstances.
A number of westerners have embarked on mastering this seemingly inaccessible tradition. Australia-based Riley Lee is probably the most renowned, with some 30 commercial recordings to his name, as well as the title of Grand Master, conferred in 19S0. Since then, Lee has performed extensively across Australia, in traditional and contemporary solo performances, as well as in various ensemble settings, including Karak Percussion.
For Tall Poppies, Lee recorded a series of 7 CDs with honkyoku, solo repertoire from the two major shakuhachi traditions, which is considered the core of the canon. The list of titles is a work of poetry in itself. including Empty Sky, Autumn Field, and Searching. Volumes 2-7 are first takes: six hours of music recorded in two consecutive afternoon sessions in a single space. That gives the recordings the intensity of a live performance, and is a tribute to the mastery of Lee, whose fabulous control of the instrument and the subtle repertoire lifts these recordings beyond the ordinary
This sense of a landmark recording is reflected in Lee's own account of the recordings: "Towards the second afternoon of recording, in the middle of playing a piece, ! suddenly started crying. Not sobbing; I didn't stop playing, and the piece was recorded successfully. Just tears. This had never happened to me before. I still can't explain why this occurred. I wasn't sad; I wasn't thinking of anything in particular other than the performing the piece. It was a good feeling, a bit like, I imagine, the tired, yet excited contentment of having reached the top of a very challenging mountain. That moment seemed to make the years of practice. and the hours playing in that cold concrete box all worth it."
Descriptions of shakuhachi music often seem to resort to new age terminology: meditative. peaceful, uplifting. That may be true, but hardly does justice to these recordings. While the New Age aesthetic tends to build on facile, harmonious chord progressions, this rendering of honkyoku pieces is an impressive and consistent array of artistic gems, constantly engaging in an abstract but clear sense of direction, controlled expression of intimacy, and infinitely refined sculpting of sound and silence.
Huib Schippers
Music Forum Feb-April 2005
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Deadline Approaching for Diana M. Priestly Memorial Scholarship
The deadline for the Canadian Association of Law Libraries' (CALL) Diana M. Priestly Memorial Scholarship is March 1, 2014:
Established in honour of the late Diana M. Priestly, a distinguished Canadian law librarian, and in recognition of her distinctive contribution to Law Librarianship, the Scholarship is intended to support professional development in the field and is awarded to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant:
who has previous law library experience and will be enrolled in an accredited Canadian Library School during the next academic term/year; or
who has a degree from or is currently enrolled in an accredited Canadian Library School and will be enrolled in an approved Canadian Law School during the next academic term/year; or
who has a degree from or is currently enrolled in an approved Canadian Law School and will be enrolled in an accredited Canadian Library School during the next academic term/year;
or who will be concurrently enrolled in an approved Canadian Law School and an accredited Canadian Library School during the next academic term/year.
The amount awarded is $2,500.
Labels: awards, continuing education
Deadline for Applications for James D. Lang Memorial Scholarship Fund
Members of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) have until March 15, 2014 to apply to the James D. Lang Memorial Scholarship fund.
The scholarship is designed to support attendance at a continuing education program, be it a workshop, certificate program or other similar activity deemed appropriate by the CALL/ACBD Scholarships and Awards Committee.
More details are available on the CALL website.
Canadian Forum on Civil Justice January 2014 Access to Justice Newsletter
The non-profit Canadian Forum on Access to Justice (CFCJ) has been publishing a monthly newsletter about Access to Justice since early 2013.
This month's newsletter includes:
an article on integrating access to justice into the UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDG) post-2015
a profile of one of the members of the Cost of Justice Research Alliance
and a number of "stories from the road" (participation of CFCJ members in events and activities in different parts of Canada)
Seeking Nominations for the 2014 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is accepting nominations for the 2014 Hugh Lawford Award for Excellence in Legal Publishing.
Members as well as non-members of CALL can make nominations.
Nominations can be submitted to Cyndi Murphy, past president of CALL [cmurphy AT stewartmckelvey DOT com], before February 15, 2014.
The award will be presented to the recipient at a reception during the 2014 CALL Annual Meeting in Winnipeg.
Labels: awards, law libraries, legal publishers
Bibliography on Self-Represented Litigants
The National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP) has published an annotated bibliography.
The NSRLP , directed by Dr. Julie Macfarlane, Faculty of Law of the University of Windsor, describes itself as a clearinghouse for resources, research data, new initiatives, training materials and other information that affects and reflects the SRL phenomenon.
From the Resources page:
"The bibliography includes writing in academic journals, newsprint and on the web as well as government reports on the SRL Phenomenon. This edition builds on the bibliography we produced for participants at the Dialogue Event in May 2013 and has been significantly updated and expanded."
"The bibliography has two sections: Section A includes material from Canada and Section B from the US and other jurisdictions. Each entry is kited in an initial table of contents and is summarized in a few short paragraphs. Of course the bibliography is searchable by key words and terms."
CALL for Nominations for Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is seeking nominations for the Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship:
"This award is an honour bestowed upon a current member of CALL/ACBD who has provided outstanding service to the Association AND/OR enhanced the profession of law librarianship in the recent past. The specific contributions may reflect the qualities engendered by Denis Marshall [CALL President 1985-1987]
a continued commitment to excellence in law librarianship;
a strong service ethic;
a commitment to continuous learning;
a significant contribution to the scholarship of the library profession;
mentoring and encouraging those who seek a profession in law librarianship;
the pursuit of innovation and/or innovative solutions;
and/or a contribution to leadership in the law library profession."
The name of the nominated person must be accompanied by two signed letters from colleagues in support of the nominee, with names and signatures of three additional CALL members supporting the nomination.
This is a confidential process, so the nominee should not be made aware that they are being nominated.
The Scholarships and Awards Committee will begin to consider applications after February 15.
Labels: awards, law libraries
The 2014 Day in the Life Contest lasts until February 28, 2014. This is an annual photography contest organized by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL).
It is open to AALL members only.
Photos can be submitted in the following categories:
Librarians as Information Evaluators and Managers
Librarians as Teachers and Trainers
The Artistry of Librarianship
Most Humorous
Best Altered Image/Use of Special Effects
NEW! Best Video
NEW! Student Services
Winners from the 2013 contest were featured in the July 2013 Issue of AALL Spectrum, a monthly publication of the Association.
Labels: law libraries, marketing
The web page explains: "The Supreme Court of Canada Library lends materials from all but the most recent New Library Titles list in accordance with its Interlibrary Loan Policy."
Charging for Reasonable Legal Research Costs
Shaunna Mireau has written a post on Slaw.ca called Sources Consulted and Legal Research Costs that describes recent court decisions relating to the kinds of legal research costs law firms can legitimately charge clients:
"There are some recent decisions of the Federal Court that acknowledge the necessity of using online legal research sources and seem positioned to allow law firms to charge reasonable disbursements for them. The basis for having computer research costs allowed appears to be the ability to justify both the amount claimed, how it is calculated and the relevance and necessity of the research performed."
"The key to costs happiness will lie in how legal researchers keep track of their work. A researcher in a costs argument will have to explain that the disbursements for billed research on Westlaw or Quicklaw was both relevant and necessary to the file and reasonably calculated. Consider how handy it would be if your research output documented both the method and sources used and a notation about what the disbursement is for that particular piece of work. Documentation on how the disbursement is calculated in your organization should also be readily available."
Mireau is the Director of Knowledge Management and Libraries at Field Law in Edmonton, Alberta.
Labels: courts, e-resources, law firms, legal research and writing
Finding Unreported Oral Court Decisions
Susannah Tredwell has written a post on Slaw.ca on Unreported Decisions: A New Challenge on the difficulties of tracking down oral decisions:
"However I would propose that there is a new category of “unreported decision”: those judgments that the courts do not make easily available. Although they cannot be easily obtained online they are still cited in court judgments or in secondary materials, and as a result lawyers expect to be able to find them."
"Oral decisions often fall into this category; for example, in British Columbia even if an oral decision is transcribed, the judge or master involved has the final say over whether it is added to the website. If consent is not given, the decision will not be made available."
"In Ontario, all court decisions are automatically assigned a neutral citation. However the existence of this neutral citation does not mean that the decision has been published in CanLII. The only way for a librarian to distinguish between the two types of decisions is by putting the neutral citation into a database and seeing if anything comes up."
"So how do you find this kind of unreported decision? The two most effective ways are contacting the registry or contacting one of the lawyers involved, although neither technique is foolproof."
Labels: courts, legal research and writing
Organized Crime Research Highlights from Public Safety Canada
The most recent issue of the Weekly Checklist of Canadian Government Publications has a link to the most recent issue of Organized Crime Research Highlights published by Public Safety Canada.
It contains summaries of recent sponsored research reports on:
Anonymous Online Marketplace for Illicit Goods
Victim-Offender Mediation and Organized Crime
Locating the Source of Diffusion in Large-Scale Networks
Drug Market Disruption and Violence
Quebec’s Synthetic Drug Market
The Weekly Checklist includes a listing of titles made available by the Parliament of Canada, federal departments, and Statistics Canada to the Depository Services Program for distribution to a network of Depository Libraries in Canada and abroad.
Labels: criminal law, drugs
Canadian Association of Law Libraries Upcoming Google Search Webinar
The Canadian Association of Law Libraries is hosting a webinar on January 28, 2013 on Google: Search Below the Surface:
"Generally the world of 'Googling' is not one closely associated with finding credible legal information. But Google has built in advanced techniques for searching that allow you to shine a light on even the most cumbersome platforms and reveal legal documents, commentary and guides with impressive precision. In this session, Meghan will take you through her top tips for harnessing the power of Google to find legislation, cases and commentary in a practical way."
The speaker is Meghan Maddigan , liaison lawyer who heads the training division at Courthouse Libraries BC.
The event is beat 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EST. The cost is $45.20 for CALL members, and $67.80 for non-members.
Labels: continuing education, Google, legal research and writing, search
Canadian Library Association 2014 Webinars
The Canadian Library Association (CLA) is hosting a series of professional development webinars in 2014.
Service Lifecycle Management:Pruning Gives Other Services Room to Grow (January 22)
So what do you do – and why do I need you – exactly? Tips on Branding for Information Professionals (February 13)
"Good Enough" Information: Threat or Opportunity? (March 5)
Leading from the Centre: Using Basic Project Management Tools to Support Innovation (March 11)
Herding Cats: Leading Teams Over Whom You Have No Formal Authority (March 13)
Becoming Indispensable: The Value Proposition (April 10)
Digital Scholarship from the Bottom Up: The Library’s Role in Open Access Student Journals (April 16)
Transferable Competencies: Opportunities for LIS Graduates in Non-Librarian Positions (April 22)
Mother Said There’d Be Days Like These: Dealing Professionally & Elegantly With the Unforeseen at Work (May 8)
Equipment requirements, registration costs as well as an online registration form are available on the CLA website.
Labels: careers, continuing education, library management, marketing, open access
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News and Interviews
Amanda Laird on Breaking Menstruation Stigma & Myth in Heavy Flow
Amanda Laird
Despite the fact that a billions of people experience, have experienced, or do experience mensuration, a normal biological process, it remains a subject shrouded in embarrassment, misinformation, and taboo. Enter Amanda Laird and her stigma-busting book Heavy Flow: Breaking the Curse of Menstruation (Dundurn Press), which asks the seemingly simple question: What do you know about your menstrual cycle?
Heavy Flow highlights the importance of periods as a barometer of health and wellness that is often ignored. She explores the misogynistic roots of fear and shame around periods and the incorrect and usually exclusively negative information people who menstruate are often taught. The book combines fascinating history, biological education, and sociological overview, with a guidebook to menstrual self-care. It's an incredible read for those who have experienced periods and those who haven't but are interested in health, history, and politics.
We're extremely excited to welcome Amanda to Open Book today to talk about Heavy Flow. She tells us about her podcast, to which the book is a companion piece; how she originally approached the book as a trained nutritionist but ending up expanding her scope; and her standing-ovation worthy goal: that "the next generation of menstruators to be free of shame and pain from the very beginning".
Open Book:
Tell us about your new book and how it came to be. What made you passionate about the subject matter you're exploring?
Amanda Laird:
Heavy Flow: Breaking the Curse of Menstruation is part feminist theory, part anatomy lesson. It covers everything about the menstrual cycle you didn’t learn in health class: why is it important beyond baby-making? Where did period shame come from? And most importantly, how can we have a better period?
The book is a companion to my podcast, The Heavy Flow Podcast. It’s a weekly show about periods, body literacy and wellness.
I’ve always been interested in reproductive health for as long as I can remember. In high school, I made my own cloth pads. In nutrition school, I learned about fertility awareness and that periods didn’t have to be a curse – which ignited my passion for sharing this information with the world.
OB:
Is there a question that is central to your book? And if so, is it the same question you were thinking about when you started writing or did it change during the writing process?
The central question is: how can you have a better period? Approaching this as a nutritionist, I assumed the answer would be “by changing your diet!” And yes, that will likely help. But a better period is one that’s free of pain and shame. We’ll all have better periods when we dismantle the systems that have ignored female bodies and the menstrual cycle in medical research, refuse to take “it’s normal” as an answer when we’re concerned about period pain, and we all have access to safe, sustainable menstrual products when we need them.
What was your research process like for this book? Did you encounter anything unexpected while you were researching?
I checked out every single book about menstruation in the Toronto Public Library system, which actually isn’t all that many! Every interview I did for the podcast also informed the book in some way – a lot of my guests are quoted in the text.
I didn’t expect to find so many connections between menstrual shame and other social justice issues like gender, race, and class. I’m a holistic nutritionist – I never thought I would be writing about capitalism!
What do you need in order to write – in terms of space, food, rituals, writing instruments?
I’m a parent and I also have a day job, so most of my book was written in hour-long spurts. I got really good at writing wherever and whenever I could. As long as I’ve got a good pair of headphones, my 'Good Vibes' Spotify playlist and a crunchy snack nearby, I'm good to write.
What do you do if you're feeling discouraged during the writing process? Do you have a method of coping with the difficult points in your projects?
Feeling discouraged usually means I'm tired or burning out or just need a break. I also like to take literal pen to paper. I ask myself, "What is it I’m trying to say?" and then write out my answer on a piece of paper. The physical act of writing always helps to create fresh energy to unblock me.
What defines a great work of non-fiction, in your opinion? Tell us about one or two books you consider to be truly great books.
I love a non-fiction book that shifts my worldview and makes me consider something I had never thought of before. The best ones make me yell at the page while I’m reading!
I think Chris Bobel’s New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation hits all those notes. It was a book that I came to just as I was beginning to connect the dots between menstruation and feminism in my own work. I could feel my world shifting as I read it. Each time a new question popped into my mind, it was addressed it in the text.
I’m working on launching an online course that will go deeper into some of the body literacy tools presented in Heavy Flow. I’m also starting to think about adapting the book to a younger audience meeting their menstruation for the first time. I’d love for the next generation of menstruators to be free of shame and pain from the very beginning!
Amanda Laird is a feminist holistic nutritionist specializing in menstrual health and is the host of Heavy Flow — a weekly podcast dedicated to casual conversations about periods and other taboo health and wellness topics. She lives in Toronto.
Heavy Flow: Breaking the Curse of Menstruation
Amanda Laird, Dundurn Press
What do you know about your menstrual cycle?
Your menstrual cycle is your fifth vital sign — a barometer of health and wellness that is as telling as your pulse or blood pressure. Yet most of us see our periods as nothing more than a source of inconvenience and embarassment.
The reasons for this are vast and complex and many are rooted in misogyny. The fact is, women the world over are taught the bare minimum about menstruation, and the messages they do receive are negative: that periods are painful and gross, that they turn us into hormonal messes, and that they shouldn't be discussed.
By examining the history of period shame and stigma and its effects on women’s health and wellness today as well as providing a crash course in menstrual self-care, Heavy Flow aims to lift the veil on menstruation, breaking the "curse" once and for all.
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Oceanside-Countryside: Another Neil Young Album in The Pipeline
Oceanside-Countryside
"The hand written title seen above is found on the timeline in March 1977, where it will soon be replaced by original album art."
via Neil Young's Archives (NYA) Times-Contrarian
Way back in 2010, we posted on some rather hugely significant Neil Young news concerning Archives Volume #2 and the NYA Special Release Series:
The NYA team, headed by Will Mitchell and Hannah Johnson, is digging through material supplied by numerous sources, including newspapers, writers, fans, bootleg audio collectors and photographers (special thanks to photographer/collector Joel Bernstein). Much work has been done and there is much left to do. Using the template designed by the late Larry Johnson, the whole team is pushing forward.
Special thanks to audio engineers John Nowland, Tim Mulligan and the team at Redwood Digital for the unbelievable amount of work that has been accomplished so far. Volume 2 promises even more content than Volume 1, with many unreleased tracks.
Four unreleased albums from this period are being rebuilt and will be available in the NYA Special Release Series. Chrome Dreams, Homegrown and Oceanside-Countryside are the three unreleased studio albums. Also from this period is the unreleased Odeon-Budokan live recording produced by David Briggs and Tim Mulligan.
These albums initially will be released in vinyl from analog masters as they originally were created for that format. So now is the time to get your new phonograph player. The new players, built with today's technology, are exceptionally good.
So here we are 8 years later and it looks like a Oceanside-Countryside album release may just happen.
Oceanside-Countryside were the solo recordings before Comes A Time, recorded at The Triad studios, Florida. Reprise advised Neil to add more instruments on it. Eventually released songs included were "Lost In Space" and "Pocahontas".
Neil writes on Neil Young's Archives (NYA) Times-Contrarian that Oceanside-Countryside "... was a record that I felt really good about. It was quite a personal record, mostly acoustic songs with no bass or drums."
While no definitive track list is confirmed, Thrasher's Wheat readers have a "99%" hunch.
OCEAN SIDE:
MY MY HEY HEY (OUT OF THE BLUE)
CAPTAIN KENNEDY
OCEAN GIRL (Live)
MIDNIGHT ON THE BAY (Live)
POWDERFINGER (Acoustic)
COAST LINE
COUNTRY SIDE:
HUMAN HIGHWAY
MOTORCYCLE MAMA
RIDE MY LLAMA
THRASHERS (Live)
THE WAYS OF LOVE (Live)
ALREADY ONE
THE OLD HOMESTEAD (Studio live)
To which Archives Guy commented: "Don't know who your 99% source is but they aren't even close. I'm sittin' here looking at the master tape reels and am pretty sure they tell the true story."
So, there you go. Use disCERNmnet, as always.
How about this track list?
The Old Country Waltz
The Old Homestead
Hanging on a Limb
Midnight on the Bay
Ocean Girl
Through My Sails
Evening Coconut
Also, in other NYA Letters to the Editor , Neil writes about a flood coming down the pipeline. (thanks Babbo B.!)
Odeon Budokan is coming, Alchemy triple vinyl "could be" next year, Homegrown "is in the wings," Toast is complete except for videos, a Ducks release is in production, the 1974 Bottom Line concert is a "borderline recording" that "may be released in some special way but not as a full recording," Boarding House audio/video is being reviewed along with a full Greendale show, with 1995 Dublin footage being prepared for a Hearse Theater screening, and ORS box sets will continue.
In reference to the original Tonight's The Night raps, "Those tapes were on the floor for a while in Zeke's room. We have them, maybe they will come out. Now's the time." In response to a LTE question about Austin City Limits '84: "I was pretty out of it for Austin City Limits, not sure it all is good enough."
whew?! We're the lucky ones.
Our longtime friend Lone Red Rider said this last year on Beyond 'Hitchhiker': 15 Archival Neil Young Albums We'd Like to Hear | Rolling Stone:
Well, now we know that Hitchhiker is the first NYAPS-SRS disk. #5 to be exact. Isn't that provocative? Recall all of the speculation of what the NYA-PS disks would be? We can now map out the blueprint of the Archives in NYA-SRS order. I might as well take a first crack at it, here on TW, as it fits with this thread:
#0) Early Daze: Early Crazy Horse materials with and without Neil. A celebration of Danny!
#1) Tonight's The Night: The original unreleased Briggs mix with drunken studio chatter.
#1.5) Human Highway (CSNY). I always doubted there was enough for an album, but Neil has talked about it as a "whole unreleased album"
#2) The stony collection of tracks Neil did after the 1974 CSNY tour (mentioned in one of his books)
#3) Homegrown!
#4) Dume
#5) Hitchhiker
#6) Chrome Dreams (though I wonder if this release was gutted by Hitchhiker)
#7) Oceanside-Countryside
#8) Old Ways (Original 1983 version)
#8.5) Meadow Dusk (sorry, I don't believe in this one)
#9) Time Square
#10) Toast
"Homegrown: Never Known to Fail"
Unreleased Neil Young Album
More on Homegrown and Other Unreleased Neil Young Albums.
Neil Young's Unreleased Songs:
The Unofficial Archive - UPDATE Vers. 5.2
Also, see Neil Young's Unreleased Songs: The Unofficial Archive - UPDATE Vers. 5.2 by long time rustie Robert Broadfoot from Germany.
Labels: album, archives, neil young, nya, unreleased
by thrasher@PermaLink: 11/03/2018 06:03:00 PM
At 11/03/2018 06:43:00 PM, Shakeydave said...
whew i am exhausted already! LOL
At 11/03/2018 06:50:00 PM, Andy Watt said...
I agree shakey dave. Exhausted. Let's just listen to Songs For Judy and enjoy that first. Lots to look forward to though next year too.
At 11/03/2018 08:03:00 PM, Richard Siciliano said...
Remember when Neil DIDN'T want these projects released? There was a coolness to the mystery of it all. Now this stuff is gonna be just a massive flood to the masses. Not only is divorce expensive, but so are Hollywood marriages.
At 11/03/2018 09:00:00 PM, Matt & Jes Wedding said...
Lol Neil gets rich from sales of albums 95% of Neil fans don't know exist and won't buy. Whatever justifies your thesis I guess
At 11/03/2018 09:03:00 PM, Syscrusher said...
Hmmm I heard it was going to be:
Give Me Strength
Goin’ Back
Field Of Opportunity
Example?
At 11/03/2018 10:49:00 PM, andrea1bianco said...
Oh well, six of the above songs aren't on the track list.
So Tired
At 11/04/2018 04:54:00 AM, Andy Watt said...
Where did you see this tracklist? Looks about right.
No point in arguing. Of course once everything is released the 'mystery' is gone but I'd rather have it all than not. I mean surely we cannot grump over releases hard core fans hsve waited decades for release
The core of the album is the seven acoustic songs recorded at The Triad. Neil mentions one of these,the overdubbed version of Pocahontas. The second group of songs was recorded with band at Crazy Mama, Nashville, the J.J.Cale' s Studio. One of these songs was Field Opportunity, ended on CAT.
At 11/04/2018 08:09:00 PM, Dan Swan said...
I’m just a dreamin’ Man. Will believe it when I see it. Speculation is not my forte. 62 years and counting. In the meantime I’ll listen to The 200 plus Grateful Dead shows that have already been released.
I enjoy Songs for Judy for a few of months in the waiting.
I just made that up.
Always kinda figured it was a completely solo acoustic (with overdubs) record. Interesting now to learn about the band performances. I had thought that the 'countryside' referred to songs about, or taking place on land, but maybe it refers to a second side of full band country songs. I wonder if we could get a song we've never heard of here ?
At 11/04/2018 09:42:00 PM, Unknown said...
Many of these songs have already been released, some several times. Is the big deal about the unreleased songs ?! I am not getting the fervor.
At 11/05/2018 02:35:00 AM, andrea1bianco said...
Neil has released almost everything over the years, though quite often not in the original versions.
Different versions of minor songs, I guess, but not completely unheard.
At 11/06/2018 08:13:00 AM, kahunasunset said...
This is my guess for track list:
Like An Inca (Hitchhiker)
Powderfinger
My tracklist in no particular order :
Comes A TIme/Already One
Going Back
It Might Have Been
Dance, Dance, Dance
At 11/09/2018 03:06:00 PM, Ken Norris said...
More clues as to the content of NYA Vol 2.
Hitchhiker, Songs for Judy and Oceanside Countryside were once part of it, but now they are not? Ditto for live TTN?
So what does that leave?
Time Fades Away
Time Fades Away 2
Dume
Odeon Budokan
The Boarding House
Then three CDs of alternatives and album tracks. For
American Stars N Bars
PS This is more of a question than an answer.
I think that most of the above albums will be released separately. TFA II, Dume will be Archives box exclusive. There's a lot of outtakes, expecially from the 1974 for the box set. I guess, for example, that he has recorded a lot of songs at Indigo, not on Hitchikker, or during the LMYR sessions.
Oden-Budokan is also in the pipeline. TTN has many outtakes. TFA period has some good material left. On The Beach has probably a couple of outtakes but 1974 is huge in terms of unreleased songs.ASNB has probably nothing. CAT has 2-3 outtakes, RNS one. The Ducks could be on the box.
At 11/10/2018 11:34:00 AM, Ken Norris said...
Sober reflection leads me to believe that Oceanside Countryside, Odeon-Budokan AND Homegrown will be in Vol 2. Maybe The Boarding House too. Maybe Chrome Dreams If any prior release is considered essential it is PROBABLY Roxy.
It sounds like there is LOTS of unreleased for the box. Maybe this time it will be 15 CDs!
It makes sense to me that, six months out, Neil is talking about listening to the masters of some of this stuff. NOW is when it would have to be done to be released in May. Last April it was Roxy. Maybe this May is NYA Vol 2. And Alchemy in the Fall.
Neil presents all this Archives albums as stand alone releases. Homegrown is in the wings of Odeon-Budokan, he says.
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PS Plus has been pretty generous this month; it gave us Lords of the Fallen and Journey, two games I’ve always wanted to play but for one reason or another never got round to. But now I have an injection of free time, some free games to play and a deadline looming over head, so there’s nothing standing in my way. So let’s review Lords of the Fallen.
Lords of the Fallen is an action RPG set in a Viking style world that was developed by Deck13 Interactive and CI Games and follows the story of Harkyn. The opening cinematic shows him fighting a massive demon and trying to summon a god to fight with his giant hammer. Right I thought, this is the business, let me fight that bastard and smite the holy shite out of him. But no, apparently that would be too much fun right of the bat, so we jump forward in time to where Harkyn has just been sprung from prison by an old mage.
So we start of in a monastery fighting demons called “Rhogar” and the first thing that came to mind was this game is very like Dark Souls, so with that in mind I approached it as such. I took my time, was careful, and if I’m being honest became cocky. That was until the first boss smacked me into the dirt to teach me a lesson in complacency. In my defence, Harkyn dodges like a three-year old showing off the tumble he just learned at pre-school and I, like a disinterested stepfather, am unimpressed.
The combat is pretty standard, light attacks, heavy attacks and shield-stun combos, it all gels pretty well together, however if you use your shield you sacrifice attack speed. So the player is left to decide if defence is the safer option. Once I worked out the attack patterns and timing I made mincemeat out of the First Warden and was well on my way to mastering this game.
So as we make our way through the monastery, we meet a number of NPCs, most of who just sneer at you because of your face tattoo and I was left wondering why in the name Odin’s arsehole am I helping these jerks? But hey we’re here to kill stuff and once you establish a good flow of combat the game can be quite fun, block-stab-dodge whey-hey, but any fun I was having with the game was short-lived as the game is riddled with gameplay issues.
One of the major bugbears I had with Lords of the Fallen is the camera, the further I got into the game the more of a bastard it became, it honestly felt like it was in cahoots with the enemies. The second I needed to doge or block in a narrow corridor, the camera would swing away from what I was aiming at and I would be left swing ineffectually at the monster that had since fucked off.
Another embuggerance is the spells, at least the first tier. I chose Cleric class and my first spell was prayer, perhaps I used it wrong but while it did distract my opponent, it also obscured my view allowing the enemy to get close enough to attack me. An additional spell is meant to daze and slow enemies, but if you hit them while they’re near it, you knock them out of effective range of the spell, making it worthless.
The game also has a nasty habit of starting boss fights with you right in front of them with bosses already launching an attack, taking a substantial chunk of your health off before you even start (which is a major dick move).
There were a few glitches and bugs as well like after I beat the second boss the dialog sound dropped out completely and a strange lag that interrupted gameplay and utterly destroyed emersion.
All in all Lords of the fallen is average at best and a pain in the arse at worst. The setting and story are solid and it is satisfying to finally beat an enemy that has been given you trouble, but the good points are outweighed by the bad. Shitty camera and bastard spell mechanics that don’t do what they’re supposed to, will turn players off. If you like Dark Souls this game is worth a go, but don’t expect the same replay ability.
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The Forgotten Palaces of Calcutta
Paper Type: Art Paper (Matt) | Size: 254 x 229mm
All colour; 145 photographs
ISBN-10: 818973878X | ISBN-13: 978-81-89738-78-5
Heritage, History
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A discovery of the old areas of the city, where heritage houses and history fill every crowded lane and secret courtyard. The Forgotten Palaces of Calcutta is an important contribution to the architectural history of both Calcutta and India.
Joanne Taylor
Australia-born Joanne Taylor is a Sydney- based scholar, writer and photographer with a passion for Indian architecture and culture. She has written for numerous publications, studied Indian history at the University of Sydney, and has done a thesis on Calcutta's Great Houses for the University of New South Wales. Joanne first visited India in 1971, which left an indelible impression on her. In The Forgotten Palaces of Calcutta, she achieves her aim of showing another side of the city of Calcutta; a city which she feels, leaves a lasting impact on all who embrace it.
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“Rise of the Guardians” Review
Caliburn24 here with the perfect movie for the holiday season.
Holidays are always fun especially watching the Rankin and Bass Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970), which was fascinating because it told of origin of Kris Kringle, and even the mash-up of holidays in Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Rise of the Guardians tops them all by bringing in five of the childhood icons, but keeps the visuals and action at Avatar level so it’s safe for adults. The film directed by Peter Ramsey for Dreamworks Animation is based on William Joyce’s short film Man in the Moon and the Guardians book series (also illustrated by Joyce), which started with Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King. In that book, North is a bandit about to attack the town of Santoff Claussen in eastern Siberia with his raiders (later turned into his Elfs), but of course he changes his ways in time to become a Guardian against the Nightmare King. Joyce worked on the concept artwork for Toy Story (1995), credited with visual development on A Bug’s Life (1998), production, and he won three Emmy awards for his animated series Rolie Polie Olie (1998-2004). His other book, A Day with Wilbur Robinson was made into the animated film, Meet the Robinsons (2007). In this film, Santa Claus, or North as he is called here, is a burly swordfighter with “Naughty” and “Nice” tattoos on his arms. His assistants are really Yeti while his Elfs with body sized party hats are comic relief. North is voiced with a Russian accent by Alec Baldwin. The Easter Bunny, real name: E. Aster Bunnymund, looks like a kangaroo with magic boomerangs. Bunny is voiced by Hugh Jackman of Wolverine fame.
The Tooth Fairy, real name Toothiana, she is dressed in a bird-of-paradise-like Carnival parade costume. She is voiced by Isla Fisher. North, Tooth, and Bunny are the trio that are in the William Joyce series. Sandman, is one of the oldest Guardians, is shown in the film as rotund in a guru-like yellow outfit. He doesn’t speak, but forms sounds in dreamsand projected above his head. Joyce covers his story in the movie tie-in picture book, The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie. He is not the Sandman of Neil Gaiman fame, this is more like the nemesis, the Boogeyman called Pitch Black or Pitch in the film. He is pale and dresses in black, he brings Nightmares into children’s dreams, demonic horses like the Nazghul steeds. Jude Law voices Pitch. The last Guardian is Jack Frost. Rankin and Bass animated him in the 1979 tv movie. He is the young hero who is our point-of-view character and carries a magic staff that can blast frost at ol’ Pitch. Chris Pine, best known as Captain Kirk in the latest Star Trek films, voices Jack Frost.
The film uses CG animation and this works at the highest level with vistas like Tooth’s Palace and the 3D is put to full effect with dazzling scenery, effects, and action. The movie opens with Jack in the Dreamworks logo with the film’s title dissolving into ice crystals that splatter to 3D effect. Jack is then seen ascending from icy water to see the moon. He is being called by the Man in the Moon, also known as the Lunar Czar in the books or Manny in the film, but his presence is only seen as moon beams. Jack Frost finds that he is unable to interact with the villagers of the town of Burgess which is never identified in the film. This comes from the The Art of Rise of the Guardians book which also places the town in western Pennsylvania. Three hundred years later, which is lifetimes past the Guardians of Childhood series, North is at his workshop in the North Pole with his Elfs and Yeti. He is warned that Pitch has returned and sounds the alarm to the other Guardians which is shown as the aurora borealis.
Jack is wandering Burgess when he sees the trails of dreamsand. The Sandman is The Guardians are out with Tooth at the Tooth Palace directing her fairies, Bunny at his Warren, and Sandman bringing dreams to children. The Guardians head to North’s workshop and Sandy desperately tries to get their attention so he ends up grabbing an Elf with hat and jingling them until he can point to the moon. North tells them that Manny has chosen a new Guardian. Sandy hopes it is the leprechaun, but the image on a crystal shows that it is Jack. He is first in Russia causing mischief like freezing a kid’s tongue to a water fountain and then has the winds take him back in Burgess. He is busy bringing Snow Day to the town, and sliding Ice Man-style young Jamie Bennett voiced by Dakota Goyo on a sled that crashes into a statue. Jack then sees Bunny who is angry with about the Blizzard of `68 during Easter. Jack is stuck in a sack by two Yeti and then taken through a magic portal back to the North Pole. The Yeti in the first book were protectors of the Lunar Lamadary in the Himalayas.
Jack is not interested in becoming a Guardian which disappoints the Elfs that really want to blow the trumpets for the ceremony. He says that he isn’t interested in all of the hard work of the other Guardians. Bunny is opposed to North, but Tooth adores him along with the rest of her fairies and inspects his teeth. North explains that the Man in the Moon has named him as Guardian and shows him the globe that shows the children of the world, whom the Guardians protect both naughty and nice. This may be the globe that North’s wizard mentor, Ombric, rested in at Santoff Claussen of the books. North takes him to the lower levels of the workshop. Jack has been trying to break into the workshop for years except that the Yetis have been keeping him out. He also finds out that the Yeti are actually the toy makers with the Elfs as the testers. North shows Jack a Russian nesting doll which he pulls apart to reveal the last doll which he says is wonder, he is the Guardian of Wonder. He hopes that Jack will find his center and know his role as Guardian. So, Jack Frost has to find his place as Guardian, the others have to keep the children of the world in believing in them, and Pitch has to be stopped before he covers the world in darkness. It’s a holiday kind of movie.
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Putin Targets America’s Achilles Heel: “He’s Going to Destroy the Stock Markets”
In 2012 an elite insider claimed that on or around March 4, 2014 the doomsday clock would ring, the effect of which would be a complete collapse of the U.S. economy. How former Vice Presidential adviser Grady Means came to this conclusion with a specific target date may forever remain clouded in secrecy. But given the state of current affairs around the world today, one can’t help but consider that maybe Grady Means was on to something. With the fight over political and resource control in the Ukraine heating up, is it possible the Means was referring to this very set of circumstances?
We know the U.S. economy is literally on the brink of a collapse. All we need now is a triggering mechanism.
Contrarian investor and commentator Greg Mannarino thinks it could be happening right now, and he explains his highly viable theory in the broadcast below.
In essence, Mannarino warns that Russia’s Vladimir Putin may be using the current geo-political climate to position his pieces on the grand chessboard with the end game being a total wipe out of domestic equity markets and the U.S. dollar itself .
Given the horrid economic fundamentals in the U.S., mounting and un-serviceable debt levels, and the fact that China is now moving lock-step with their Russian counterparts, could we be seeing the final stages of a coordinated strike on U.S. economic and financial interests?
A few more moves and it could be Checkmate:
Putin understands the Achilles heel is this hyperinflated stock market… this man is brilliant.
Since we realize all warfare is based on deception, this backing off of troops here is a part of the play.
When he re-introduces those troops and makes his move here it’s going to crush the U.S. equity markets and take trillions of dollars out of this market and a lot of peoples’ pockets.
Vladimir Putin is not in any way going to back down to Barack Obama or any of the Western powers. He has no reason to do that. He understands where this going and what he needs to do to make this work here.
(Video via Steve Quayle / Watch at Youtube)
So this is the set up in my opinion.
He’s allowing cash to flow back into the world markets, more specifically into the U.S. equity market. He’s going to re-introduce his troops almost in a Blitzkrieg type fashion and he’s going to destroy the stock markets.
We also know this… Vladimir Putin has been betting against the U.S. dollar for years by acquiring gold, just like you should be doing.
… The debt of the United States is in the biggest bubble in the history of the world. He knows all this.
This relief rally here… I can’t imagine that it’s going to last because he’s going to re-introduce troops here. It’s going to destroy this relief rally and then some.
We’re going to get panic selling… I think it can happen pretty soon.
Vladimir Putin is pulling a huge bluff on everyone right now allowing equities on a global scale to rise, only to reverse this move and crush equity markets which will destroy the United States economy.
The wealth effect that the Fed has created… Vladimir Putin knows that it is nothing more than smoke and mirrors. And he’s going to take advantage of that.
Make no mistake. Vladimir Putin strives to make Russia a global super power. China wants the same. In order for that to happen the United States of America must be crushed, and that starts with destroying our economy. And if that means a temporary destruction of global equity markets then that’s what Russia and China will do. Unlike President Obama, who bases his decisions on political surveys and half baked short-term platitudes, these nations operate with stratagems spanning decades.
For all we know, it was Putin himself who orchestrated the Ukranian coup. He’s a former KGB operative, a brilliant strategist and he comes from the ‘old school’ of Russian thought. Every move is carefully calculated and executed. While President Obama plays checkers, Putin is executing a Réti Maneuver designed to confuse and frustrate his opponent while leaving multiple pathways for the fait accompli.
The majority of informed readers understand that the collapse of America as we know it today is inevitable. It has always only been a question of “when.”
Perhaps Vladimir Putin will soon give us an answer.
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Photo: A female physician in the Republic of Yemen examines an infant in a USAID-sponsored health care clinic, photo (2006) by Ben Barber (USAID). Over the past several fiscal years, Yemen has received on average between $20 and $25 million annually in total U.S. foreign aid.
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Mac Chat Space (2006)
Director(s): Steve Jobs
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Not a real movie!
MasterWoodsman wrote on June 6, 2006, 11:10 pm
Yup, I've made the switch. Writing from my new macbook. Moo-hooo-hahahahahahahaha!
Papamikey wrote on June 7, 2006, 9:13 am
And people are complaining about the lameness of my "Reality" TV chat spaces...?
I REFUSE to post in this thread.
EGADS! I just did!
D'oheth!
Papa Mikey!
motleymitch wrote on June 7, 2006, 11:30 am
I refuse as well!
D'OETH!!
It's happening again!!!
MasterWoodsman wrote on June 7, 2006, 2:35 pm
This site is addicting.
..... Must post ..... every ...... thread!
suaveay wrote on June 7, 2006, 8:05 pm
You know, Derricco, you're the only person who's going to actually post in this chat space. The rest of us are just going to laugh at you.
*STUNNED*
Enjoying your PC, monkey-boy?
Jefferygn wrote on June 8, 2006, 7:38 am
What I want to know is why, six months ago, you counseled me to buy a PC, when you were about to switch to Mac?! I've known for 10 years that Macs wipe the ass of the PC, but noooo.... you said "Buy a Dell..."
You SONOFABEOTCH!
That's our Derricco!
He giveth with one hand and he taketh away...
Actually, he does ALOT with one hand.
motleymitch wrote on June 8, 2006, 12:43 pm
Now now now girls.... don't get rowdy. They didn't have the intel laptops 6 months ago.
And stop complaining... you liked it then and yo still like it now. Sheesh!
atomheartmother wrote on June 12, 2006, 9:54 pm
Is it true that you can even saute onions with it?
MasterWoodsman wrote on June 12, 2006, 11:58 pm
It gets so damn hot there are certain parts of the laptop I cannot touch for more than 2 seconds before burns set it. The average temeprature of the CPU at peak capacity is close to 80 degress celcius. Combine this fact with an all-metal frame 1" thick and you begin to understand how unbelievable HOT this damn thing gets!!!
Besides that it's kick ass! The Unix underpinings is just pure joy to play with. Pop into the terminal and execute TOP and behold! The entire system at your disposal. Very powerful. I'm using the Mac as a means to learn Java via Netbeans. I tell ya, I'm having total geek-fun.
I'm also appreciating the whole mac philosophy. It all started with my IPod. I was amazed how simple they made it. Now image a whole O/S built around this philosopy. Pretty cool. Installing an application involves dragging a single file into a folder. That's it. No registry, no million DLLs, no crap or BS. Pretty sweet!
Ok, the heat isn't great. I write it off by saying it's designed for cold environments.
motleymitch wrote on April 3, 2010, 9:12 am
Well, it only took me 4 years to heed Derek's advice, but MAN, the Mac is waaaaaaay better than my cruddy old PC. It actually makes me feel superior and hoity-toity to the rest of you clowns. And pretentious! Suddenly, those stupid Justin Long commercials make total sense!
Jefferygn wrote on April 5, 2010, 12:43 pm
Whad ya get?!
Deril wrote on April 5, 2010, 5:16 pm
There is only one "Mac" for me.
I got the basic Macbook, white, 13 inch screen. It's the cheapest model, but still comes with loads of memory, programs, applications.....very user-friendly for us non-compu-dorks.
Papamikey wrote on April 6, 2010, 7:46 am
Sorry, chumps...until Apple becomes less "trendy" and can produce a notebook for LESS than $4992.76, it remains only toys for Printing Company Executives, Mountain Hopping public employees and art-f@gs with too much disposable income...
Not that I'm TOTALLY Appleless: I only recently could afford an 8GB iPod Touch...go me!
Jefferygn wrote on April 6, 2010, 9:36 am
Mountain Hopping public employees?!
For the record, I don't have a Mac. I'm still running a 2005 Dell, and unlike Mitch's unfortunate experience, mine is running just fine. I am hoping to get another 18 months to 2 years out of it before I replace it.
Admittedly, a Mac is a distinct possibility. But I will see what the landscape looks like in 2012... (presuming the world hasn't come to an end...)
However, I did indeed do a bit of mountain hopping this weekend. Banged off two more Adirondack peaks on Friday: Haystack and Basin. That was a 15.5 hour, 30 km, 4,700 foot climb.
My apologies, Mr. PubEmp - I thought the last time I was at your appartment, I saw a Mac.
My own personal Dell is coming up on its 10th anniversary with NO replacement in sight...YAY!
As for banging twin peaks...I have no comment.
motleymitch wrote on April 6, 2010, 11:03 am
Look, my piece-o-crap Dell served me well for 4 years, but enough was enough. As for disposable income, I got the cheapest model AND because of recent home repairs that have inconvenienced my quality of life for two weeks, I was able to get my rent reduced to less than half for this month (!!!), thus helping me afford the Mac. You see? Karma works sometimes.
But ya wanna know what's really surreal? Apparently Dr. J. King has an iPad! (unless he's full of shit, which is highly likely)
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Netflix said in a prepared statement Tuesday that it's sorry to see "Friends" go in the U.S. Viewing rights for other countries are not affected.
While its name suggests that the service will be anchored by HBO content, WarnerMedia hopes that Friends and other company titles will attract viewers.
Reports of Friends' departure from Netflix began in earnest last December, when its "available until" date on the streaming platform said the sitcom would only be available until Jan.1, 2019. Berlanti will produce an initial four movies focused in the young adult space, while Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine will produce at least two films. The site will feature a mixture of original content and classic material from Warner Bros., HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, DC Comics and more.
Watch the promo video for HBO Max above.
Let's start with a positive from Tuesday's news regarding AT&T's WarnerMedia picking a name for its new streaming service that will be the exclusive home starting early next year for NBC's hit sitcom Friends, which now streams on Netflix. Friends first began streaming on Netflix in 2015.
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The service is just one of many new streaming products set to launch in the coming months, and consumers probably won't be able to subscribe to all of them.
It's going to be a crowded field, and with all of the major content owners pulling their most popular shows and movies back to put on their own services over the next few years, the notion of saving money by cutting the cord might not be viable much longer. Without resorting to a Google search, how many of you can explain the difference between HBO Max, HBO Go and HBO Now? But a temporary reprieve is all it was, unfortunately, because on Tuesday it was announced that beginning in 2020, Friends will move to WarnerMedia's upcoming rival streaming service, HBO Max.
HBO Max, scheduled to launch commercially in spring of 2020, is anticipated to premiere with 10,000 hours of premium content. The streaming service will also include brand-new shows, called "Max Originals", and movies.
The streaming market will be getting crowded in 2020. HBO Max will be a distinct offering.
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My favourite albums
Zahir...
Most Romantic Proposal Ever!
Sound of heavy metal ringing in my ears...
Loud...Very loud...still not enough to smother my mind from thinking...thoughts that make me uneasy...depressed...
Judas Priest...ironic name...Worshipper of Judas...the caretaker of Judas...whatever...betrayal of the divine...the divine and pure half of my self...
Rains lashing outside...or is it over? Anyway its cold...switching off the fan has done no good...its hot now...stuffiness rather.
Heat seems to be seething from within...brain is going numb and active intermittently (Nah, I am not drunk!)
A shadow...a big shadow looms over my heart...gnawing me...pricking me...a bloodless torture...
Need more air...need my oxygen...where is it?
Switched the music to Enya...will it help?
5.Metallica-The Black Album
This album brought metal to mainstream. May be a little ligher than their earlier material, but this is one kickass album.
Song after song, classic metal stuff in one song.
Enter Sandman...
Sad but True...
Where ever I may roam...
The Unforgiven...
4. Guns N Roses-Appetite for Destruction
The best selling debut album of all time!
It brought about the then 'Worlds most dangerous band' tag to GnR...
A great hard rock album...
All the songs kick ass with the rawness and attitude...
Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll unleashed in all its glory!
My favourite is Sweet Child O Mine...one of the greatest ballads of all time...
GNR could never get better than this. This raised the bar a trifle too much!
3.Cream- I Feel Free-Ultimate Cream
I was in two minds here...Whether to put Disraeli Gears or this one...
I got DG pretty recently and lost it in the hard drive crash. But this one's been with me for a long time.
I know its not nice to mention a compilation, but hey! Its my blog!
This one contains the best material from their three albums...
Cream was a seminal 60's band...the best bass and vocals (Jack Bruce), the best guitar(Eric Clapton) and the best drums (Ginger Baker). They had services of Pete Brown, an English poet. Together they created some of the best psychedelic stuff of all time.
Sunshine of your love (my favourite of all time and big factor in bringing this album here)...
I Feel Free
Tales of the brave Ullysseus
One of the greatest guitar solos (Crossroads) and one of the greatest bass line of all time (Sunshine of your love) in the same album..what more do you want?
2. The Doors-The Doors
The debut album by The Doors...
The psychedelic masterwork. The sound of the Doors is very unique and there is no other band like it. According to me, the only band with that kind of distinction is Jethro Tull.
The vocals of Jim Morrison is nearly divine and his songwriting is on the top level.
So many classics...
'Break on Through to the Other side'
'Soul Kitchen'
'Crystal Ship' (my current favourite!)
'Twentieth Century Fox'
and the Oedipus like incestful 'The End'
It would have come to the top if not for the album below!
1. The Beatles-Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The best album of all time!
No question about it...Sgt Pepper's has featured in numerous best album's list, most often grabbing the top spot.
This album showed the world, the possibility of a rock album. The songs showcase the spirit of the generation. The swinging 60's...
The hippie era, where the young people tried to change the world...
The psychedelic drugs ruled the roost and this was probably the first psychedelic album.
Track by Track this is an awesome album...
And this album made of use of lot of instruments and atmosphere noise...
Starts of with a rocker of a song, the eponymous 'Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band', filled with pompous band (the trumpet kind) sounds and atmosphere noise. A great guitar by George Harrison and vocals by Paul McCartney.
Says to the listener..."Hey we are a great band!"
Then fades into one of my favourite songs, 'With a little help from my friends" (the song was used for a commercial of Paragon(?) canvas shoes in the early 90's, one with a boy forgetting his canvas shoes to school and his dog bringing it to school) Ringo's voice really is superb here.
'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'...a brilliant psychedelic song...mind blowing to say the least...Lennon at his best.
'Getting Better' A cover version was used for Philips Commercials earlier...
Song writing Masterpiece...optimistic lines by McCartney laced with cynicism of Lennon
'When I am sixty four' a simple, elegant and lovely song by McCartney...He wrote this during his teens...
'Within You Without You' Its really hard to say its an english pop song! Seems like a Hindustani Song! Indian Instruments used in entirety. Harrison made this with the help of Ravi Shankar
All the songs are great! I just mentioned a few here...
I finished reading Zahir last week. A great book. This is the second book that I have read of Paulo Coelho, the first being Alchemist.
The book is written from a first person point of view.
Spiritual as you may expect.
This novel deals with obsession (that is somewhat the meaning of Zahir (an Arabic word)), love and happiness.
The author gives us a lot of food for thought. What is happiness?
I have been asking this myself for a long time. What defines a happy state?
Sure, I am not saying that I am a dumb loser who is bawling all the time.
Still, when I think about my happy times...
Winning something. I confess, it gives me a big rush. But then again, also a sense of insecurity. I have to keep up with this or else I would be booed. (Booed by who? That's another question altogether.)
Being with my loved ones. The very antagonistic...Not being with them...Losing them forever...Creeps up when I sink into being happy.
Sharing my thoughts with special people in the wee hours of the night...Makes me happy. But what if I screw up? There goes that happiness...
Now...take some trivial things...
Listening to my favourite music...
Makes me feel good. I tend to raise volume when some lovely parts come. Now what if I become deaf? Takes the pleasure away?
Having a cigarette. Gets a kick. Happiness...but it gets washed away after a little while. Getting cancer is a trivial matter. Did someone see me? Do I smell of tobacco? Blame it on the subsiding of the nicotine effect...But still...
Exhilaration of going at a high speed. Happiness clouded by the prospect of accident.
I can site numerous more instances...
But all things have a common point. At no particular point of time I am at a state of a total happiness.
Now what does those ill feelings point to?
What are the repurchase if something bad happens?
Now let me get back to the 'booed by who' question which cropped up earlier.
That's the root.
The fear of being booed. Booed in the sense, not being howled at. But finding yourself not good enough in front of people whom you wished would acknowledge you forever.
Not just one person or two, but a whole bunch of people at different circumstances, under different perspectives...
Some may be people whom I place as very important in my life...Some just for fact that they should know that I am better than them...
That is my obsession...My Zahir...
Feels Narcissistic? Very. I know that.
But how do I conquer it?
Doing things to please my obsession. In this process forgetting what really makes me happy?
Frankly, I have no idea what I really want...shadows are there...shadows of my real needs...
I have been able to write this because for a split moment I was free of my Zahir...I can feel it gripping me again...
I would succumb...just about...now...
This post started of as a review of The Zahir...I guess I got carried away...still I am posting it..
If you have'nt read this, this and this, please don't. They are filled with untruth and may harm your good hearts.
Atleast this is said to be the final post in this series (Me: For now! >:) )
Pappu
P.S: I am coming home on 19th. So savour this blog for now...it may not be updated after that...
Time: Lunch Break
Venue: Class
Pappu and his friends are waiting for the dame to come...
Finally she arrives...
Pappu looks at her...she bats her eyelashes...and smiles at him....Neo winks at him and urges him ownwards...the ladies pep him up...
Pappu: errr...hmmm...err...
Garfield: Want to go to bathroom?
Pappu: (in his trademark husky voice) Dame...
Dame: *bats her eyelashes...approaches*
Pappu: *legs failing*
Garfield to others: I think he is gonna shit here and now!
Pappu: (in his trademarked husky voice) Dame...
Dame:*still batting her eyelashes* Yes...
Pappu: Dame...
Dame:*now batting of eyelashes is a little slowed down* Yes...
Neo prods Pappu
Pappu: Graphicsinethra mark kitti? (How much did you score for Graphics)
(For the uninitiated...the first graphics series test was a disaster...a very few had passed...and Pappu was one of those assholes and unfortunately our Dame was crying the previous day because she didn't)
Dame:*visibly annoyed* 30...
Pappu:*with a fucked up look* Ok...
Dame walks back with a puffy red face...
Neo falls down on his ass with a bang.
Pappu: Guys! I swear I will tell the next time...Sure!
All of them decided to leave him alone for now...
Venue: The lounge
Time: A short break
The time was ideal, told Neo...Pappu was pumped up...
No one was around...Dame and her friend approaced the stairs...The friend was engaged by Neo...
Dame: *bats her eyelashes*
Dame: Yes...
Dame:*very annoyed* 30
Dame starts to walk off...Neo starts the bang his head against the wall
Pappu with a new surgence of spirit
Pappu: Dame!
Dame looks back...Pappu smiles a lavish bright smile!
Pappu: Dame, nee linadichitundo? (roughly translates to "Kabhi Line maari kya?"or "Ever had a fling?' or something like that...in short...very crude!)
Dame: *shocked* No!
Neo is stunned and waivering.
Pappu: *visibly happy* Appo nammukku line adikaamo? (roughly translates to "Hum line maarenge?" or "So lets have a fling!" or something like that...very romantic isn't it?)
Dame: *dumbstruck* *simply walks in a daze*
Neo is unconsius.
There ended Pappu's tale of the most romantic proposal ever...
or so we thought...
Yours truly is in possession of incriminating evidence from Hutch, Bangalore that they are seriously considering stopping the corporate offer of Hutch to Hutch mobile calls free due to the presence of a walking Hutch tower near Leela Palace...
and 19th eh?
Don't forget to bring me a Smirnoff! We will discuss this over some fine Vodka!
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Third-World Idol
By Bruce Thornton (bio)
American Idol has been a remarkable success. The show revives the old myth of Pygmalion to chronicle the transformation of ordinary Americans into pop-stars and instant celebrities, a plot-line familiar from a thousand Broadway plays and Hollywood musical comedies. Not content with earning billions of dollars, however, the show�s producers now must assert their social consciences. Like a medieval knight buying masses for his soul after a life of plunder and pillage, the show is now compensating for it riches by raising money for the poor.
Doing something about the starving children of Africa, of course, is now all the fashion with celebrities. It�s no surprise that American Idol is jumping on the media-powered bandwagon that Angela and Oprah and Bono have ridden, picking up free good publicity along the way. So now we are seeing Simon Cowell, the show�s acid-tongued Brit judge, and the metrosexual host Ryan Seacrest journeying to Africa to gawk at the suffering and prick our overfed American consciences. The goal is to get us to contribute money so that �something can be done.�
The first point to make is that the problems of Africa are not about money. According to William Easterly��whose White Man�s Burden all wannabe do-gooders should be forced to read��the West has transferred to the Third World $2.3 trillion in aid over the last fifty years. Yet here we are, being told once again that more money is the solution to the problem. But let�s face it, alleviating the suffering of poor little Africans isn�t really the issue.
For celebrities, waxing moralistic about African suffering is a way to grab some gravitas and compensate for having made fortunes out of the pop-cultural equivalent of Big Macs and Slurpees. It�s also good for asserting moral superiority and putting on display one�s compassion and sensitivity. But there�s a deeper pathology at work here: the way the global media thrives on human suffering, one of its most lucrative commodities. There�s a creepy voyeurism at work here as we watch all this footage of cute hungry children. There�s also the cheap guilt that provides us transient emotional pleasure, one that rarely leads to anything more than dropping another few bucks into the bottomless pit of African cultural, political, and economic dysfunction. And there�s the pleasurable sensation of contemplating our own superior sensitivity. We must be good if we feel so bad.
All this has been said before, most trenchantly by French philosopher Pascal Bruckner. His 1983 Tears of the White Man thoroughly dissected this Western pathology. One of the best chapters, called �Pity, or, The Gushing of the Ghoulish West,� is filled with devastating insights into the moral and intellectual offenses of sentimental Thirld-Worldism. One important point he makes is how the media-stoked obsession with African suffering is dehumanizing, reducing these complex humans to nothing but their misery: �The image we see, therefore, is both a copy and a model of reality. It reflects real events that are presented as the prototypes of all events. This is a double deception, because the camera denies that life �over there� is anything but a long cry of the oppressed. With regard to our far-off brothers, it means that happiness is a pathological symptom. . . . Man in the Third World is either a victim or a warrior, is caught in a logic of martyrdom or warfare, and has no right to exist except as a rebel or as one repressed� (from the translation of William R. Beer, The Free Press, 1986, 78).
The result is that suffering Africans are flattened, diminished, reduced to animal-like suffering, mere objects for our pleasurable pity and compassion��and our own superiority. �Because they are obliged to live off our gifts��what we have thrown away����they themselves assume the status of trash. . . . Our disdain for the Southern hemisphere is increased as soon as it is encapsulated and summed up in terms of its poverty. The people of these countries will forever be the targets of our generosity, and will not be revealed to us except by their abasement.� Thus the peoples of the Third World �are nothing but an immense army of subhumans, the emanation of an abstract and reassuring idea: Indigenous people are indigent people. In other words, pity becomes a form of hatred when it is the only basis for the image we have of the far-off �other�� (79-80, emphases in original).
Bruckner also shrewdly identifies the way that our consumption of Third World suffering reinforces our sense of our privilege and power: �The horror of the Third World, which is confirmed as bestial in nature to us, becomes the shadowy foil we need to feel good about ourselves. Free men need martyrs like this. The movement that designates them as poor is precisely the same one that prevents us from seeing them as human . . . . They are the dregs of the Third World, and they are all the same. We lament their fate in order to detach ourselves from it a little, and the depths are described in order to make us feel more comfortable in our cozy lives. Blaming ourselves serves two ends; it makes life more pleasant and, in the end, does not touch us . . . . We dress in our finery and berate ourselves in a welter of guilt, enjoying our peace while we contemplate those poor souls ground down in the heat and the filth. The shame they inspire makes the boredom of everyday life attractive again� (81-82).
Bruckner�s analysis makes sense of the celebrity- and media-driven spectacle of African suffering. So what should be done? One thing we can do is not give money to any organization until we have investigated what sorts of programs it funds and whether it merely offers stop-gap solutions or has as a goal giving the poor the tools that will help them feed themselves. Organizations that perpetuate the same mistakes of the past fifty years��what Easterly calls �planners���should be avoided, while those Easterly calls �searchers� should be supported: �In foreign aid, Planners announce good intentions but don�t motivate anyone to carry them out; Searchers find things that work and get some reward. Planners raise expectations but take no responsibility for meeting them; Searchers accept responsibility for their actions. Planners determine what to supply; Searchers find out what is in demand. Planners apply global blueprints, searchers adapt to local conditions. Planners at the top lack knowledge of the bottom; Searchers find out what the reality is at the bottom. Planners never hear whether the planned got what it needed; Searchers find out if the customer is satisfied. . . . A Planner thinks he already knows the answers; he thinks of poverty as a technical engineering problem that his answers will solve. A Searcher admits he doesn�t know the answers in advance; he believes that poverty is a complicated tangle of political, social, historical, institutional, and technological factors.�
In short, those who sincerely desire to improve the lot of the poor should recognize the full humanity of those in need, and not reduce them to suffering mascots of Western sensitivity. They should not see the poor as passive victims waiting for handouts, but rather as people capable of taking responsibility and initiative, and of actively participating in their own improvement. And they should avoid turning Third World suffering into a grotesque spectacle, a sentimental melodrama of Western guilt whose only purpose is to advertise the moral superiority of our pop-culture mayflies.
Posted by Bruce Thornton on April 25th, 2007
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The Realist--Mini-Review: Leatherman Rev Multitool
Another guest post from The Realist:
The Leatherman Rev in its package
As a follow-on to my recent Ozark Trails multitool review (http://practicaleschatology.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-realist-mini-review-ozark-trail-12.html), I am going to do a quick review the new-ish Leatherman "Rev" multitool. This year, Home Depot is offering the Rev for less than twenty dollars ($19.88 plus sales tax, MSRP $34.85) as part of their Black Friday sales promotion. (If past marketing holds true, it will remain twenty dollars for the holiday shopping season or until inventory is exhausted.)
The Rev is probably the cheapest full-sized genuine Leatherman multitool you will find for sale new.
The first thing I noticed was the Rev's similarity to the Leatherman Wingman (MSRP $39.85). Besides a similar tool offering, similar tool designs, and asymmetric handles, the Wingman had been sold for twenty dollars at Home Depot during several past Christmas shopping seasons.
The individual tools in the Rev are 1) needle nose pliers, 2) regular pliers, 3) hard-wire cutters, 4) wire cutters, 5) straight edge knife, 6) package opener, 7) 1.5 inch ruler, 8) can/bottle opener, 9) wood/metal file, 10) Phillips screwdriver, 11) medium straight screwdriver, 12) small straight screwdriver, and 13) wire stripper. The two types of pliers and the two types of wire cutters are all part of the same jaw assembly. The file, ruler, and small screwdriver are a single blade. The can/bottle opener and wire stripper are all a single blade. Only the knife blade locks open. The Rev also has a removable pocket clip.
The file is a signal side single-cut file, and is somewhat short (less than 2 inches). The other side of the blade with the file is the ruler. Most other full size Leatherman multitools have a longer (greater than 2.5 inches) double sided file, with one side being double-cut and the other side being single cut.
The package opening tool is fairly useful for opening those evil plastic clamshell packages. However, if you slip while using it, it is sharp enough to cut through clothes and skin (I have a half-inch scar as proof).
The knife on my Rev was not razor sharp, unlike every other Leatherman multitool with a knife I have ever purchased. But, that was remedied with a few seconds of sharpening.
Folded and end-views of the Leatherman Rev (top) and Wingman (bottom).
A side-by-side comparison of the Leatherman Wingman (left) and Rev (right).
Comparison to the Wingman
The Wingman adds scissors, and the knife blade is partially serrated. Further, the Wingman's pliers are spring loaded and one-eighth of an inch longer than the Rev's pliers. (For reference, most other Leatherman multitools, such as the Rebar (MSRP $60.85) or Charge TTi (MSRP $170.85) do not have spring loaded pliers.)
The wire cutters on the Rev have been improved over the Wingman's design. The Rev wire cutters are of a shearing design (opposing blades move past each other, like scissors), rather than the Wingman's pinching design (V-shaped blades meet each other).
The Rev is noticeably lighter (my sample weighted 166 grams, 5.9 ounces) than the Wingman (193 grams, 6.8 ounces).
I would describe the Rev as a cheapened Wingman. Besides the omission of scissors, the Rev evidences several design changes to reduce manufacturing cost. The Rev takes the handle asymmetry to a whole new level, with one handle having a trapezoidal cross section (see the end-view comparison photos). The wide size of the trapezoidal handle is what your hand will press against when using the pliers.
Twenty dollars is hard to beat for a full sized Leatherman multitool. With the low price comes compromises, although the major tools - knife, screwdrivers, pliers, can/bottle opener - are fully capable of performing their intended functions. The Rev is certainly cheap enough to buy several units to strategically place where they are likely to be needed, such as in a desk, or to put in a vehicle emergency kit if you are concerned about theft of the kit and want to limit your financial loss.
Personally, I prefer to have a multitool that also includes a saw and a better file. But, those additions will cost substantially more from Leatherman, or I will have to take my chances with something made in China.
Labels: Knives & Blades, Reviews, The Realist
A Quick Run Around the Web--November 30, 2015 (Updated)
Internal view of the Stanford torus space station design (1976).
The World In Which We Live:
"'We are becoming the architects of our own destruction': Prince Charles opens Paris climate summit with warning to largest-ever gathering of world leaders"--Daily Mail. The emperors fiddle while the world burns.
Related: "George Soros, Tom Steyer are ‘investors’ in Obama’s new ‘clean’ energy research plan"--Climate Depot. Follow the money....
Related: "Prosecutors ban Soros Foundation as ‘threat to Russian national security’"--RT. The Soros groups banned are the Open Society Institute and the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation.
Related: "California freeze: Minus-11 degrees in Sierra amid snow and ice"--Los Angeles Times.
Related: "GLOBAL COOLING: Decade long ice age predicted as sun 'hibernates'"--Express. "Based on current cycles, they predict solar activity dwindling for ten years from 2030. Professor Zharkova said two magnetic waves will cancel each other out in about 2030, leading to a drop in sun spots and solar flares of about 60 per cent."
"'Jungle' migrant camp plans for tiny rural village"--Telegraph. A developer has proposed renovating an empty business park in the village of Littleton-upon-Severn--which has just 100 residents--so that the park can serve as a refugee center, housing up to 1,800 refugees. According to the story, "[r]esidents say the site is too isolated and the influx will swamp the village, which has just two churches and a pub. But 58-year-old Mr Tull says the site will be 'completely inclusive' and those living there will have no need to leave the site and integrate with the local community." Completely inclusive? So it is to be a prison camp? Somehow, I doubt it.
Related: "Two Finnish Girls Allegedly Raped By Asylum Seekers This Week"--Return of the Kings.
Related: "Syrians are a Terror Threat, Here are the Numbers"--Sultan Knish. "They are not the Jews fleeing a Nazi Holocaust. They are the Nazis trying to relocate from a bombed out Berlin."
Related: "Uh-Oh… 14,000 Illegal Immigrants in Sweden DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE"--Gateway Pundit. "Of the 21,748 people who have been given deportation orders by Sweden’s Migration Agency last month – the largest number in history, by the way – 14,140 are registered by police as 'departed' or 'wanted,' the Swedish website The Local reports. 'We simply don’t know where they are,' said Patrik Engström, the head of the national border police."
"A Necessary Conversation"--Richard Fernandez. He writes:
The clash between the Turkish Air Force and Russia is dangerous because it violates the first rule of proxy warfare which is principals don't fight principals. The whole point of proxy warfare is that only the seconds are allowed to cross swords. The duelists are forbidden from engaging each other directly, a convention intended to limit the scope of war.
This is exactly what failed to happen when Turkey shot down an Russian SU-24 on its border with Syria.
Related: "What happens if the US lose the Kurds in the fight against ISIS?"--SNAFU. I had predicted that the easiest way for Russia to punish Turkey was to start supplying weapons and material to the Kurds. Solomon reports that is exactly what the Russians are now starting to do.
Related: "Turkey Arrests Generals Who Stopped Syria-Bound, Weapons-Laden, Spook Trucks"--Zero Hedge. "So let's just be clear about what's going on here, because it would be a shame if the absurdity was lost on anyone. In January 2014, MIT loaded up some trucks with weapons bound for militant groups operating in northwestern Syria. Those trucks were stopped at the border by police who were subsequently threatened by intelligence agents who accompanied the drivers. Erdogan has now charged the officers with "forming and leading an armed terrorist organization," when in fact they were doing the exact opposite. That is, they were trying to keep several truck loads of weapons from reaching armed terrorist organizations."
"The Return of the Frontier"--Richard Fernandez, writing about the implications of the passage of the Space Act of 2015 in the U.S. House and Senate. The Act recognizes the right of private companies to claim property on celestial bodies--i.e., space mining and claims. Opponents argue that the Act violates the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which was an international treaty intended to prevent the United States (then the only country in a position to do so) from laying claim to the Moon or other bodies in the Solar System. The Treaty, however, is silent as to private space development, and only prohibits nations from making territorial claims to extraterrestrial bodies. I suppose that the Act may be moot from the standpoint that, since under the Treaty the United States does not have any rights to extraterrestrial bodies, it cannot grant those rights to a private entity. But the Act does make sense in that it would prevent the United States from seizing materials brought back from space. Anyway, all of that aside, is the implications for space industry and expansion into space. Fernandez writes:
At stake is not only the biggest Gold Rush in human history, but the greatest territorial expansion since the Age of Discovery. Most products built from space resources will be left outside of earth's gravity well and men will go up to join their products rather than return them to Terra. Exploration means diaspora.
The Gold Rush aspect of the space industry still dominates the public discussion. As Deep Space Industries writes, until now humanity, like Robinson Crusoe, has been living off resources washed up from the ocean of space. Within a few decades humanity could go for the mother lode. The availability of limitless resources and energy will redefine material prosperity for the entire human race.
He goes on:
Liberals must rightly sense, even if they don't currently understand why, that the bureaucratic controls which they have spent decades constructing can never be fully recovered after they expire. The reason is physics. The vast distances of the cosmos impose communications latencies that make real time monitoring and control impossible. When it takes as long as 22 minutes to send a one way message to Mars, the delegation of on-the-spot decision making to artificial intelligence or human beings on location is a necessity.
The outcome will be the emergence of true frontier where authority must diminish with distance from the center. Out at the edge, humanity will be independent as never before since the age of sail. If mankind spills out into space, future historians will see the last years of the 20th century as the momentary triumph of the human hive, its golden flowering -- before it was replaced by a rough 21st century capitalism with its divergence in authority, and the re-emergence of local culture.
The Dawn of the Space Mining Age probably signals the Twilight of Socialism as much as it does the end of all material poverty. It marks the end of a way of life. We live in a special time; a brief epoch when the human universe has become as small as it will ever be, a moment when no man living is more than a few moments away by text messaging from any other and no home is beyond 48 hours of subsonic jet travel.
If man takes to the Cosmos, then distances will become real again; and goodbyes will be for the first time in a hundred years once more forever.
Related: "Super-Strong Diamond Nanothread Has People Dreaming Of A Space Elevator"--IFL Science. If we are going to have a gold-rush, we need a railroad.
"Physicists set quantum record by using photons to carry messages from electrons almost 2 kilometers apart"--Phys.org.
"The United States of El Chapo: DEA cartel map of America shows that the fugitive drug lord dominates almost the whole of the US"--Daily Mail. "Fugitive Mexican drug lord El Chapo's sprawling empire commands most of the illicit drugs trade in the United States, a new DEA report shows.The drugs kingpin's Sinaloa cartel controls swathes of the US, with his organization only facing real competition in New Mexico, southern Texas and a handful of cities in the north west of the country."
"Chinese yuan likely to be added to IMF special basket of currencies"--The Guardian. The price of Chinese goods will be increasing soon.
"Posner: The 14th Amendment is “Old, Cryptic, or Vague.” But What About Article III?"--Josh Blackman's Blog. I've noted before that one of the dangers facing the United States is that our Constitution is so easily amended--it only needs a majority (plurality) of the Supreme Court Justices. As if to underline my cynicism, Josh Black quotes the following from a Richard Posner, a federal appellate judge: "The notion that the twenty-first century can be ruled by documents authored in the eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries is nonsense."
Firearms/Self-Defense:
"New Zealand Defence Force Replaces SIG P226 With Glock 17"--The Firearms Blog.
"Self-Defense Tip: Don’t Let the Police See You Holding a Gun During A Terrorist Attack"--The Truth About Guns. "IF you engage an active shooter, be aware that you only have so much time to kill, wound or pin-down the bastard before the police will come looking to kill you. Not you per se. You holding the gun. It’s a situation where you MUST scan for multiple threats, and understand that responding cops will kill you just as soon as look at you – if you’re holding a gun. Never mind pointing it."
"F.B.I. Selects Aimpoint Micro Sights"--Blue Sheepdog. For their elite units.
"Dark Arts for Good Guys: Flight Plan"--Straight Forward in a Crooked World. Having a plan for emergency evacuation from a foreign country.
"No, things really haven’t changed: self defense in a post-Paris world."--Grant Cunningham.
"M855A1: Beyond the Hype and the Hate"--Loose Rounds.
"Bracken: Tet, Take Two – Islam’s 2016 European Offensive"--Matthew Bracken at Western Rifle Shooters Assoc. "As we roll into the New Year, we are witnessing the prelude to the culmination of a titanic struggle between three great actors. Three great social forces are now set in motion for a 2016 showdown and collision that will, in historical terms, be on par with the First and Second World Wars." The three forces are: Islam, International Socialism, and Nationalism. It is a long read, so save this for when you have some time to absorb the whole thing.
Vox Day addresses Bracken's post:
I'm not simply discounting the warning in this article postulating large-scale Islamic 4GW in Europe. But I am just a little amused by it, as Americans always, always, always fail to understand Europe and tend to underestimate the strong nationalist core underneath the soft modern welfare state.
What Americans always fail to understand is that Europeans are, by and large, far more ruthless than they are. They [America], and not the Europeans or the Russians, were the party responsible for preventing the Serbians from ethnically cleansing the Muslims out of Bosnia and Herzogovina.
.... If there is an uprising of the sort envisioned, there will be an ultraviolent, ultranationalist reaction that will make the Russians in Berlin look calm and reasonable.
Keep in mind that Europeans are already banning the wearing of burqahs in public. They are erecting barbed-wire borders and openly abrogating treaties in defense of their nations. Political parties with considerable support are talking openly about tearing up residence permits and enacting mass deportations. Nor do Europeans have much regard for religious liberties behind which Muslims can hide in the USA; Scientology is already banned in Germany and they could literally ban Islam tomorrow if the leadership was amenable. And the fact that the Islamic populations tend to be concentrated only makes the strategic issue that much easier to address, if necessary.
Furthermore, Europeans are far from unarmed. Both France and Germany have more than 30 firearms per 100 population. This is lower than 88.8 per 100 as in the USA, but it is hardly an indication of being defenseless. What Europeans don't have is handguns; they have the rifles and shotguns that would be more militarily useful.
But the chief problem with this Tet 2.0 concept is that it is simply not in keeping with everything we know from military history about how Muslims historically wage war. What works for a highly disciplined, patient group of Asians fighting foreigners in their homeland is considerably less likely to be effective for a more aggressive and impetuous collection of teenagers and twenty-somethings from the Middle East.
And while too much of the European leadership is very nearly as treacherous, and anti-nationalistic as he describes, I very much doubt that any of them are secret Muslims. The fact is that most Europeans look at Muslims the way Americans view Hispanics; they don't really see them as a serious threat. After all, their forefathers repeatedly defeated them for literally centuries. They may be right to discount the threat, they may be wrong, but they certainly aren't guided by abject fear of it.
If anything, I think the problem is that as highly secular societies, they find it difficult to take a threat that involves a religious motivation seriously.
"Everything the World Has Culturally Appropriated from the West"--Allum Bokhari at Breitbart. He writes:
... In my research on cultural appropriation, I’ve uncovered a shocking truth, a great, unspoken crime against humanity, hidden in plain sight. It is the greatest, longest-running, and most heinous act of appropriation in global history.
The appropriation of Western Civilisation.
This diabolical act of appropriation has been hidden in plain sight. For centuries, nation after nation brutally, viciously, mercilessly appropriated western culture. Just as they did Rwanda, an uncaring world averted its eyes, and this act of global racism has gone unacknowledged. Until now.
Half-Pakistani in descent, I feel a personal sense of guilt at how non-western countries have unapologetically oppressed their fellow nations. I’ve therefore taken it upon myself to compile a list of all the things the world has culturally appropriated from the west, in hope that this injustice might one day be corrected.
Read the whole thing....
"Oil Plunge Raises Fears of Societal Unrest"--Fox Business. "Five countries are high on the radar screen for societal risks from low oil prices, which RBC Capital Markets has labeled the 'Fragile Five.' They are Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, and Venezuela. ISIS operatives are believed to be in most of these countries."
Update: Added a few cites throughout, including the response to Bracken's WRSA article.
A Review of Revelations--Part 3--The Sixth Seal
"The Opening Of The Sixth Seal" (Danby) (2013)
[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] [Part 8] [Part 9] [Part 10] [Part 11] [Part 12]
This is the continuation of my series reviewing Revelations as part of my reading of The Book of Revelation: Things Which Must Shortly Come to Pass by G. Erik Brandt. My prior posts took a look at the opening of the first five seals, representing the first five thousand years of history. Now we move into the time of the Sixth Seal, approximately the period of 1,000 A.D. to the present.
This past 1,000 years has been, indeed, momentous times upon the earth. 1201 saw the deadliest earthquake in recorded history. By the 12th and 13th Centuries, Islam's expansion had largely been contained in nearly all directions. The Islamic nations subsequently turned inward, and decided to commit suicide by killing the most productive of its peoples. When the Second Millennium began, Christians still constituted the single largest religion in the Near and Middle-East. By the end of the 13th Century, purges and pogroms had reduced Christianity to all but a small percentage in almost every Middle-Eastern and Near-Eastern nation. At the same time, Medieval European Civilization has reached both an apex of its art and culture, and, from contemporary accounts, was in a steep moral decline. The Mongols spread to create the largest land empire ever seen, capturing China and threatening the Middle-East and Europe.
The next momentous event was the great plague. Starting somewhere in steppes just west of China, an especially virulent form of bubonic plague spread eastward across China, and westward across Asia to the Near East, North Africa, and Europe. (Undoubtedly, it also spread south into India and South East Asia) Although records from most regions are scarce, it is believed to have killed half of the populations in China and the Middle and Near East. So bad was it in many Muslim lands, that even livestock and wild animals succumbed to the plague. Europe did not seem to suffer the great death of animals, but anywhere between a third and half of the population died.
Although old Europe died over the next two centuries, a new (or renewed) culture arose. European art and sciences flourished. There was a renewed interest in religion, including translations of the Bible into common languages, and the Reformation. Although the Byzantine Empire finally succumbed to the Ottoman Turks, Islam was driven from Europe. And, even as the last vestiges of the Byzantine Empire fell to the Turks, Europe was discovering the New World. Unfortunately, for the natives of America, they suffered plagues and sicknesses that were even more deadly to them than the Black Plague had been in the Old World, with upwards of 90 percent of populations succumbing within 150 years of Europe's discovery of the Americas. Whole Indian cultures collapsed and disappeared without having ever been seen by the Europeans. However, the spread of food crops from the New World to the rest of the world was the greatest biological diaspora in earth's existence, immeasurably raising the standard of living for the whole world.
The 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries saw the first truly global empires of the Spanish, French, and, finally, the English. The past 100 years are largely the story of the collapse of these Empires.
Yet John's vision does not appear to focus on any of this. John's record of what he witnessed after the opening of the Sixth Seal is recorded in Revelations 6:12-17:
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. [However, Joseph Smith indicated that this verse should have indicated that the heavens were opened like a scroll].
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
(Compare D&C 88:87: "For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and reel to and fro as a drunken man; and the sun shall hide his face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be bathed in blood; and the stars shall become exceedingly angry, and shall cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from off a fig tree.").
Brandt observes that the focus of the Sixth Seal is on (or begins with) a "great earthquake," and writes: "The term great separates this disaster into a class all its own, distinguishing it from other earthquakes that will occur in 'divers places' throughout the world (Matt. 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11; D&C 45:33)." Brandt equates this to the "great earthquake" of Revelations 11:13 (following the death of the two prophets) and 16:18 (following the seventh angel pouring out his vial).
To Brandt, however, this raises somewhat of a quandary as to the timing of these events. He writes:
An interesting characteristic surrounds the signs that symbolize the sixth seal. In truth, many of these cataclysmic events take place within the seventh seal rather than the sixth. For example, John later places the "great earthquake" in the vision of the vials (or bowls) (Rev. 16:18), an event that clearly occurs after the seventh seal is opened (D&C 77:13). The well-known signs of the sun being darkened, the moon turning to blood, and the stars falling (Matt. 24:29; D&C 45:42; Joel 2:31; D&C 88:87), are prophesied events closely associated with the end of the abomination of desolation (JS-M 1:32-33) and the aforementioned great earthquake. Other prophecies portraying the heavens departing, the earth being "rolled together as a scroll" (Isa. 34:4; 3 Ne. 26:3; Morm. 5:23, 9:2), and the mountains and islands being removed ("mountains were not found") all occur within the seventh seal (Rev. 16:20).
Brandt reasons that the placement of these events in the Sixth Seal is that they are more closely associated with the events preparatory to the Second Coming rather than the primary theme of the Seventh Thousand Years which is the peace and prosperity of the Millennium. He opines that "John's symbols of the six[th] seal represent the culmination of the signs, wonders, and upheavals that began in the sixth seal but reach their climatic crescendo at the beginning of the seventh seal."
In Mick Smith's Book of Revelations: Plain, Pure, and Simple, Smith notes that the Greek word used earthquake, seismos, represents a "commotion" or "tempest." It can be of the earth or the air. (See here). For instance, the same seismos is used in Mathew 8:24, where it is rendered in English as "tempest." Smith observes that seismos could be either a figurative or literal, and can imply any experience that causes one to fear or tremble. Nevertheless, Smith also seems to accept that it refers to a literal earthquake.
I would suggest that, at least in this instance, and considering that we are discussing the Sixth Seal--the preparatory time to the Second Coming--that the "great earthquake" of Revelations 6:15 should, instead, be read more broadly as "great commotion," encompassing not just physical storms, tempests, and earthquakes, but spiritual, political and social commotion as well.
There is scriptural support for this broad of a reading. For instance, in Daniel 2:34, we read of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, wherein he saw "a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces." The image, of course, is the image of man with different materials (gold, silver, brass, iron and iron mixed with clay) representing various earthly empires. In verse 44, Daniel explains that in the days of the kings represented by the feet and toes of iron mixed with clay, "shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever." This stone cut out of the mountain we know to be the restored Gospel. Brandt summarizes many of the political and religious historic events that led to the restoration of the Gospel--all within the period of time of the Sixth Seal. This stone--the restored Church--shall shatter the kingdoms of men.
With the restoration of the Church comes a duty on the Saints to warn others through the preaching of the Gospel. Brandt writes:
The mercy and justice of God require that the inhabitants of the earth be warned of impending judgments and that due process be fulfilled. A time must be provided for men to repent and prepare for that which is to come.
In the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord commanded the elders of the Church to teach one another the Gospel, including the signs of the last days, to strengthen one another and increase in knowledge, for the purpose of preaching the Gospel to the world. (D&C 88:78-80). The Lord then stated:
81 Behold, I sent you out to testify and warn the people, and it becometh every man who hath been warned to warn his neighbor.
82 Therefore, they are left without excuse, and their sins are upon their own heads.
83 He that seeketh me early shall find me, and shall not be forsaken.
84 Therefore, tarry ye, and labor diligently, that you may be perfected in your ministry to go forth among the Gentiles for the last time, as many as the mouth of the Lord shall name, to bind up the law and seal up the testimony, and to prepare the saints for the hour of judgment which is to come;
85 That their souls may escape the wrath of God, the desolation of abomination which awaits the wicked, both in this world and in the world to come. Verily, I say unto you, let those who are not the first elders continue in the vineyard until the mouth of the Lord shall call them, for their time is not yet come; their garments are not clean from the blood of this generation.
89 For after your testimony cometh the testimony of earthquakes, that shall cause groanings in the midst of her, and men shall fall upon the ground and shall not be able to stand.
90 And also cometh the testimony of the voice of thunderings, and the voice of lightnings, and the voice of tempests, and the voice of the waves of the sea heaving themselves beyond their bounds.
91 And all things shall be in commotion; and surely, men’s hearts shall fail them; for fear shall come upon all people.
(See also D&C 43:23-26, where the Lord describes providing warnings through both the mouth of his servants and ministering of angels, but also through tempests and disasters). As Brandt writes,
The initial intent of these catastrophic events will be to stir or shake the people of the earth to repentance. Calamities help to prepare individuals and to open the doors of nations for the preaching of the gospel. As the elect are gathered in and wickedness increases, the purpose of these calamities will broaden to warn, and in some measure punish, the earth with His wrath. Scourges will intensify until they crescendo and the chastening hand of the Almighty is unmistakably felt.
In short, the "great earthquake" of the Sixth Seal need not be the "great earthquake" of the Seventh Seal as Brandt supposes, but could more broadly be disasters and political/social commotion that generally proceeds the Second Coming. Certainly, the restoration of the Gospel is one of the signs of the End Times.
It is notable that Smith, in his book, reminds his readers that the Hebrew number seven connoted completeness. Thus, citing Richard Draper, Smith observes that there seven consequences to the wickedness of mankind (1. the earthquake or commotion; 2. the darkened sun; 3. the reddening of the moon; 4. the falling stars; 5. the heavens rolled up (or opened up, per the JST); 6. the mountains and islands moving out of their place; and 7. the universal consternation of mankind). Similarly, Draper had noted seven classes of men who will be affected (1. kings; 2. great men; 3. rich men; 4. chief captains (i.e., generals); 5. mighty men (i.e., soldiers/military); 6. bondmen (i.e., slaves); and 7. free men).
Thus, by the completion of the Sixth Seal, as Smith writes, "[a]t this point in the Revelation, the Lord has done all things possible to entice men on earth to take advantage of the things of God. Their time is now past." Brandt similarly writes: "Unfortunately, in the day when the 'great earthquake' and the signs in the cosmos are fulfilled, mankind's long day of grace will be past and the night will come, with many unprepared for the tremendous upheavals and convulsions that will shake the nations and cause great fear among the wicked."
Labels: Prophetic Guidance, Second Coming
Anders Andersen-Lundby, View of a street on the outskirts of Munich, winter.
The World We Live In:
Black Lives Matter...but money matters more. The demands of the George Soros funded Black Youth Project (underline added):
We demand all local, state and federal budgets to defund the police and invest those dollars and resources in Black futures.
We want reparations for chattel slavery, Jim Crow and mass incarceration.
We want to end all profit from so-called “criminal justice” punishment – both public and private.
We want a guaranteed income for all, living wages, a federal jobs program, and freedom from discrimination for all workers.
We want the labor of Black transgender and cisgender women (unseen and seen, unpaid and paid) to be valued and supported, not criminalized and marginalized.
We want investments in Black communities that promote economic sustainability and eliminate the displacement of our people.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, where black lives don't matter to black gangs: "'My baby': Mother's heartache after court hears how 'three gangsters lured her nine-year-old son from a PLAYGROUND to execute him in gang revenge attack'"--Daily Mail. Just another victim of the Chicago political machine and black gang culture.
A lot of media attention is currently being lavished on the Colorado Springs shooting at a Planned Parenthood facility. The shooter has been identified as 57-year-old Robert Lewis Dear of North Carolina, who is described as a loner that spent time living in a cabin with no electricity or running water. The dominant theme, so far, is that the shooter was a right-wing anti-abortion protester. However, this guy sounds more like the Unibomber than anything else. There are some hints that the other shoe is about to drop: Instapundit reports that the shooter’s only online documentation suggests he identifies as a female.
Update: This AFP report, describing Obama's reaction to the shooting, notes: "The gunman had entered the Planned Parenthood clinic around noon Friday and started shooting from a window. Police surrounded the building, and after an exchange of gunfire and a standoff lasting more than five hours the gunman surrendered." In other words, he wasn't attacking the facility.
"The Mysterious Secrets Of New York City’s Underworld (Videos)"--Before It's News. From the description: "The constant buzz of the city above is nothing compared to the powerful lure of the past and the fascinating secrets hidden just beneath one’s feet! We will explore hundreds of feet beneath the pavement to reveal masked worlds that literally make up the foundations of today’s greatest cities."
"‘The sweetest meat I ever tasted': How a Wild West fortune hunter turned to cannibalism to survive... then developed a taste for human flesh"--Daily Mail. The story of Alfred Packer.
Survival/Prepping:
"DIY: Reinforcing an Entry Door"--Advanced Survival Guide. Kick-proofing a door by reinforcing the back side of the jamb with an aluminum plate.
And while you are reading the ASG article above, check out the following: "Special Holiday Knife Sale for ASG Blog Readers." "Baugo Blades is running a limited Holiday Sale specifically for Advanced Survival Guide readers! 25 specially-priced Forager’s Camp Knives with MOLLE sheaths will be available exclusively through this blog [i.e., Advanced Survival Guide] for only $40.00 each plus shipping. This deal can only be found here and will last until December 20,2015 or until the 25 knives are sold, whichever comes first."
"Making Your Own Probiotic Kombucha At Home"--The Homestead Survival. "Kombucha is a fermented, lightly effervescent sweetened black or green tea drinks that has a “symbiotic ‘colony’ of bacteria and yeast” (SCOBY). Contributing microbial populations in SCOBY cultures vary, but the yeast component generally includes Saccharomyces (a probiotic fungus) and other species, and the bacterial component almost always includes Gluconacetobacter xylinus to oxidize yeast-produced alcohols to acetic and other acids."
"Chicken Jerky Recipe: Use It To Make Turkey Jerky Too!"--Knowledge Weighs Nothing.
"The Neo Survivalist`s Special"--Neo Survivalist. The author recently had posted an article on how to make torches out of cotton strips soaked in wax. This article explains how to use the left over scraps of wax impregnated cotton as firestarters.
"Perspectives on Being the Gray Man"--The Order of the White Rose. "We talk a lot here about minimizing your online footprint. Minimizing your physical footprint and not drawing attention to yourself is just as important—and being able to spot the people around you who are gray is critical as well."
"Make a Simple Intercom From a Pair of Old Corded Phones"--Radical Survivalism.
"Checklist For Winterizing Your Home"--The Survival Place Blog. Not just getting your home ready for winter, but also getting your preps organized for a winter emergency.
"Latest Test Results"--Survival UK. Faced with some plumbing issues, Skean Dhude decided to take the opportunity to test his survival preparations by going "off-grid" for a couple weeks. In this post, he describes how he did, and what problems/issues arose.
"Abandoned Cars: Survival Salvage Ideas"--The Prepper Journal. More than just a source for siphoning old gasoline.
"7 Secrets for Burning Sticks in the Rain"--Survival Sherpa. It takes preparation to be able to light and maintain fires in damp conditions.
"Kel-Tec Sub 2000 Project Complete!"--Practical Prepping Blog. The author had purchased a Kel-Tec Sub 2000 in 9 mm to serve as a "trunk gun" to carry in a vehicle. After about a year, he decided to make some upgrades to make it a better self-defense weapon. This post shows the end product.
And, an absolute must for post-Thanksgiving: "Leftover Turkey Recipes That Don’t Suck"--Survival Mom.
A Quick Run Around the Web -- November 27, 2015
Pierre Mignard, La rencontre d'Alexandre avec la reine des Amazones ("Alexander Meets the Queen of the Amazons") (c. 1660).
Collapse of the West:
"Breaking: Supreme Court Blocks Racially Discriminatory Hawaii Election"--PJ Media.
Only one race is permitted to register to vote with Hawaiian government officials for the separatist election. Hawaii has given a private organization millions of dollars to run the election. ...
Interests on Hawaii are attempting to set up a new government representing the "colonized" native Hawaiians. They do not view American sovereignty as legitimate. Naturally, the Obama administration took their side and filed a brief supporting the racially discriminatory election. They argued that even though Congress has never authorized a new government on Hawaii comprised of the native race, the state should be allowed to establish one.
"'Black Friday' protest of police shooting shuts main Chicago shopping street"--Reuters. From the story (underline added):
About 2,000 protesters, some holding signs reading "Stop Police Terror" gathered in a cold drizzle for the march on Chicago's "Magnificent Mile," which closed the major city street of Michigan Avenue to traffic on the traditional "Black Friday" shopping day after the Thanksgiving holiday,
Organizers said the rally, led by activist-politician the Rev. Jesse Jackson and several state elected officials, was a show of outrage over the October 2014 death of Laquan McDonald, 17, and what they see as racial bias in U.S. policing.
"Obama administration tells states they can't refuse Syrian refugees"--Fox News.
"Police seize 800 shotguns being transported to Belgium in a lorry - sparking fears they were headed for ISIS fanatics"--Daily Mail.
Turkey's Double Dealings:
"NATO Is Harboring ISIS, And Here's The Evidence"--Zero Hedge.
A senior Western official familiar with a large cache of intelligence obtained this summer from a major raid on an ISIS safehouse told the Guardian that “direct dealings between Turkish officials and ranking ISIS members was now ‘undeniable.’”
The same official confirmed that Turkey, a longstanding member of NATO, is not just supporting ISIS, but also other jihadist groups, including Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria. “The distinctions they draw [with other opposition groups] are thin indeed,” said the official. “There is no doubt at all that they militarily cooperate with both.”
In a rare insight into this brazen state-sponsorship of ISIS, a year ago Newsweek reported the testimony of a former ISIS communications technician, who had travelled to Syria to fight the regime of Bashir al-Assad.
The former ISIS fighter told Newsweek that Turkey was allowing ISIS trucks from Raqqa to cross the “border, through Turkey and then back across the border to attack Syrian Kurds in the city of Serekaniye in northern Syria in February.” ISIS militants would freely travel “through Turkey in a convoy of trucks,” and stop “at safehouses along the way.”
The former ISIS communication technician also admitted that he would routinely “connect ISIS field captains and commanders from Syria with people in Turkey on innumerable occasions,” adding that “the people they talked to were Turkish officials… ISIS commanders told us to fear nothing at all because there was full cooperation with the Turks.”
"2 Turkish Journalists Jailed Over Syria Smuggling Reports"--AP. "In new blow to media freedoms in Turkey, a court on Thursday ordered two prominent opposition journalists jailed pending trial over charges of willingly aiding an armed group and of espionage for revealing state secrets for their reports on alleged arms smuggling to Syria."
"Double dealing tyrant who's sabotaging the West's battle to crush ISIS: Turkey's Erdogan seems to be doing almost everything he can to cripple the forces actually fighting ISIS, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH"--Daily Mail.
"Meet The Man Who Funds ISIS: Bilal Erdogan, The Son Of Turkey's President"--Zero Hedge. Answering at least part of the question of who is assisting ISIS in selling its oil.
"How Turkey Exports ISIS Oil To The World: The Scientific Evidence"--Zero Hedge.
Gun News:
"BREAKING NEWS: It Is Now Law, The CMP Will Sell 1911s To The Public – A Thanksgiving Day Miracle"--The Firearms Blog.
"Gun Guy Radio: The Sturmgewehr In Context"--The Firearms Blog.
"Mystery ghost fleet washes up in Japan: Eleven ships containing 20 dead sailors are discovered off the coast... and nobody can explain why"--Daily Mail. "Four of the ships washed up in early November, and seven more have been spotted in recent weeks drifting in the Sea of Japan."
"Natural disasters killed 600,000+ over past 2 decades"--Modern Readers.
"2703 Shootings, 440 Deaths Year-To-Date In Heavily Gun-Controlled Chicago"--Breitbart. Just a reminder that Chicago is the major transit hub for drugs smuggled in the United States.
""Mysterious" Fire Hits Argentine Ministry Of Finance, Destroys Years Of Prior Regime's Files"--Zero Hedge. How convenient.
"Women in Ground Combat: A Strength Coach's Opinion"--by Mark Rippetoe.
And a couple on mercenaries:
"Mercenaries make headlines again"--Bayou Renaissance Man. A New York Times article on Saudi Arabia hiring Colombian mercenaries to fight in Yemen give Peter Grant an opportunity to discuss modern mercenaries.
"Erik Prince is recruiting S. American Mercenaries for the fight in Yemen..."--SNAFU.
And last, but not least, don't forget the Weekend Knowledge Dump from Active Response Training.
Range Time
I hope my readers had a good Thanksgiving.
Since I was not working yesterday or today, I decided to set up my equipment to do some reloading and test out the loads at the range. Many years ago, I started loading light, fast loads for the 9 mm for plinking and target shooting. The specific load is a 90 grain hollow-points over 6.3 grains of Unique powder. When I last did this load, as you may remember, I had seated the bullets too deep, with the result that some were catching as they entered the chamber, causing a misfeed. I corrected this, seating the bullets so I had a cartridge overall length of 1.075 inches.
I went shooting with my son at a nearby public range to test the loads. I also took out some of my hand loads for .38 Special. It was cold--about 25 degrees F--but sunny and clear, with no appreciable wind. A perfect day for shooting. Others felt so, too, because the range was busy. This particular range has no range master: everyone is responsible for themselves. It is split up into various lanes, with high dirt berms between, but it generally necessary to share lanes with other shooters.
We took the end of one of the wider lanes. At the other side was a group practicing with handguns and shotguns. There was what appeared to be a firearms class down further from us, and, otherwise, people either shooting individually or in small groups. Someone would occasionally fire bursts from a fully automatic weapon, but I wasn't able to see what it was.
After a while, an older gentlemen took the space in the middle of the lane we were using. After setting up a target and shooting for a bit, he approached us. "Do you shoot much?" he asked. "I have a problem, and I don't want to blow my hand off." He held out an obviously new semi-auto with a slide out of battery and a cartridge partially stuck into the chamber. I removed the magazine and cleared the weapon for him. Embarrassed, he admitted he apparently hadn't pulled on the magazine hard enough. He was shooting for about another half hour, so apparently his handgun ran fine after that.
A bad day at the range beats a good day at work; but this was a good day at the range. And my hand loads all worked fine.
Why Are Black College Students Protesting?
I've seen a couple articles recently that argue that the reason that so many black students at elite universities are unhappy is because they are not suited for the rigors and competition of their respective colleges. A couple weeks ago, in an article at Chicago Boyz entitled "What are black college students rioting about?", Michael Kennedy wrote:
Power line has a post today that seems to me to be right on the topic of what these students want, which is freedom from accountability. They are afraid they are overmatched against white colleagues. They can’t hack it and want a pass. It is called“Mismatch.”
The author points out that, when examining the IQ of different races:
The curve for blacks has a peak at IQ about 80. White peak at 100 to 104. Asians peak at around 106. What this means is that the average IQ is lower for blacks but this does not mean that all blacks are less intelligent than whites. At an IQ of 110 there is a large difference but the number of blacks who will do well in certain academic fields like Medicine is still significant. It would seem important to identify those blacks who will do well in fields requiring higher than average intelligence but the present system of affirmative action ignores this truth.
The problem is that, because of affirmative action, many blacks are being admitted into colleges or programs that are above their capabilities. Kennedy finishes by stating: "I feel sorry for these students because, due to white leftist orthodoxy, they have been placed in a situation where they cannot succeed. They know it and demand special privileges. All this does is to degrade the accomplishments of black students who are far enough to the right in the curve to succeed in math or engineering or medicine."
In a similar article at the American Spectator, "A Little-Understood Engine of Campus Unrest: Racial Admissions Preferences," Stuart Taylor writes:
Many or most of the African-American student protesters really are victims — but not of old-fashioned racism.
Most are, rather, victims of the very large admissions preferences that set up racial-minority students for academic struggle at the selective universities that have cynically misled them into thinking they are well qualified to compete with classmates who are, in fact, far stronger academically.
The reality is that most good black and Hispanic students, who would be academically competitive at many selective schools, are not competitive at the more selective schools that they attend.
That’s why it takes very large racial preferences to get them admitted. An inevitable result is that many black and (to a lesser extent) Hispanic students cannot keep up with better-prepared classmates and rank low in their classes no matter how hard they work.
Studies show that this academic “mismatch effect” forces them to drop science and other challenging courses; to move into soft, easily graded, courses disproportionately populated by other preferentially admitted students; and to abandon career hopes such as engineering and pre-med. Many lose intellectual self-confidence and become unhappy even if they avoid flunking out.
Read the whole thing. But it is yet another example where blacks have been sabotaged by progressive-liberals that claimed to help them. How many of these students may have obtained degrees in useful and remunerative careers in business or the sciences, but either drifted into some useless "studies" degree or, worse yet, dropped out completely? As I've noted to my children, liberals don't actually care about people or the consequences of the policies they push; they only care about feeling good about themselves.
Labels: Civil Unrest, Society and Culture
Oleg Volk's Take on the Kel-Tec RDB
The RDB is Kel-Tec's bull-pup 5.56 mm rifle. Volk has been using a couple over a period of 8 months and liked it--enough so that, once some minor changes are made, he is going to use it as his primary defensive rifle. You can read his full review here.
Labels: Firearms, Reviews
A Quick Run Around the Web--November 25, 2015
Henryk Siemiradzki, Begging castaway (1878)
"Putin takes his revenge: Russia unleashes heavy bombardment on region held by Turkmen rebels who chanted 'Allahu Akbar' over the dead body of pilot shot down by Turkish F-16"--Daily Mail. I doubt this is the end of it. All Russia has to do to exact revenge is to begin providing munitions and intelligence to the Kurds. Turkey acted foolishly.
Related: "First pictures emerge of Russian pilot killed when Turkish F-16 shot down his jet over Syria, plus the co-pilot who survived and infantryman killed during daring rescue mission"--Daily Mail. "Captain Konstantin Murahtin was saved by Russian military in an all-night joint operation with Syrian government forces, and taken to a Russian air base. His co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov has been confirmed dead, reportedly shot by Syrian Turkmen rebels as he parachuted out of the flaming wreckage of their Sukhoi SU-24. ... Speaking after his rescue, Cpt. Murahtin flatly denied there were any warnings from Turkish F16 pilots that his plane was about to be shot out of the sky." Since the aircraft probably don't have radios set to transmit or receive on the same frequency, I doubt that there were any warnings. The article goes on to report that a Russian soldier named Alexandr Pozynich was killed during the 12-hour operation to rescue Cpt Murahtin. Our thoughts and condolences to Mssrs. Peshkov's and Murahtin's families.
Related (maybe?): "Followers Of A Mysterious Turkish Islamic Cleric Have Donated Heavily To Hillary’s Campaign And Family Charity"--The Daily Caller.
"Report: Israel strikes Hezbollah positions in Syria, killing 13"--Jerusalem Times. My take is that Israel does not want Iran/Hezbollah to get settled into Syria.
"Elite funds prepare for reflation and a bloodbath for bonds"--Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, at The Telegraph.
One by one, the giant investment funds are quietly switching out of government bonds, the most overpriced assets on the planet.
This shift in reserve flows amounts to fiscal stimulus for the world. Less money is being hoarded as capital: more is going back into the real economy as spending - or it soon will do - exactly what the doctor ordered for a 1930s world, starved of demand.
All the stars are aligned for an end to the deflationary supercycle, and therefore for an end to the 35-year bull market in government bonds.
Mr O'Neill said the "trillion dollar question" is whether the Fed and fellow central banks will wake up one day to find that the inflationary horse has already bolted.
My fear is that this is exactly what will happen. There will then be an almighty reckoning as global finance braces for a rush of staccato rate rises by the Fed, and a belated pirouette by the ECB.
We will then find out whether the world can cope with public and private debt ratios hovering at all-time highs of 265pc of GDP in the OECD club and 185pc in emerging markets, up 35 percentage points since the top of the pre-Lehman credit bubble. Equities will not fare very well either when that moment comes.
Examples of the failure of gun control:
"Mon Dieu! A Review of French Gun Laws"--The Truth About Guns. As you might expect, civilians are prohibited from owning fully automatic weapons. That obviously did not stop the terrorists. Moreover, there is evidence that even possession of handguns by civilians would have made a big difference:
"Armed Drug Traffickers May Have Returned Fire in Paris Terrorist Attacks"--The Truth About Guns. "There are some news reports circulating from foreign media sites which indicate that a couple people in that Paris restaurant were indeed armed and did in fact return fire, killing the terrorists and saving lives. There’s just one problem: they were reportedly drug traffickers."
"Horror, panic, heroism at Bataclan _ nexus of Paris attacks"--AP. From the story:
As the attackers mowed people down, a police commissioner and his driver, learning from the police radio that they were near the site, sped to the concert hall before more elite teams could get there. They charged inside, shooting one of the gunmen before the attacker had a chance to use his high-powered rifle. Then they retreated so that special-operations teams could assemble.
It was a key action that slowed the pace of carnage. "In hindsight, I know that we saved dozens, maybe hundreds of lives," the commissioner, who hasn't been named, told private television channel M6. While the Bataclan death toll of at least 89 was horrific, most of the partygoers survived.
"It's their action that made it possible to stop the killing," Christophe Molmy, who heads the elite BRI police intervention squad, said of the police commissioner and his driver.
"Kalashnikov-wielding 'robbers' take bank manager's family hostage as botched heist leads to a shootout with police in French town near Belgian border"--Daily Mail. And more criminals with illegal guns....
"Illicit Weapons Factory Busted in Brazil"--The Firearms Blog. "The group involved were producing bombs, submachine guns, pistols, shotguns as well as .50 cal rifles."
"The brutal reality of life on Nairobi’s streets: The pictures that reveal the hardships of Kenya's capital where gun crime is rife and young girls are forced to turn to prostitution"--Daily Mail. According to Wikipedia, "It is illegal in Kenya to own any type of firearm without a valid gun ownership licence as spelled out under the Firearms Act."
Immigration/Refugee crises:
"Thugs hurling stones, cars set on fire and refugee children aged five escorted to school by POLICE: Inside the once tranquil Swedish village at war with migrants housed in emergency centre"--Daily Mail. Apparently some Swedes are tired of paying high taxes to house Muslim immigrants, and that their country has become the rape capital of Europe due to the influx of Muslims.
"Hungary detains group heading to capital with explosives, finds bomb lab"--Reuters. "Hungarian anti-terrorist police last week detained four people heading to the capital with explosives in their car, and found a bomb-making laboratory set up for a mass killing, the unit's chief said on Tuesday, declining to rule out a link to Islamist militants."
"Islamic State Radicalizes ‘Thousands’ in United States"--Washington Free Beacon.
The Islamic State has likely radicalized thousands of people in the United States, according to a new report, raising concerns that supporters of the terrorist group could be plotting domestic attacks similar to the recent shootings and bombings in Paris.
The Threat Knowledge Group, an organization led by the counterterrorism experts Sebastian and Katharine Gorka, has compiled a list of 82 individuals in the United States who were affiliated with the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and apprehended by law enforcement officials, including those who traveled or attempted to travel to Iraq and Syria, launched domestic attacks, or participated in recruiting or fundraising.
The Gorkas note in a new report that almost one third of these individuals had plotted attacks against Americans on U.S. soil in the last 18 months. Sebastian is also an adviser to the Department of Defense, while Katharine has authored several publications about the terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland.
Related: "Explosives Found in Packages Bound for U.S. at Cairo Airport: Report"--Breaking 911.
Related: "Sen. Sessions Reveals 12 Refugee-Jihadis Charged this Year, Hopes to Shrink Obama’s 2016 Refugee Budget"--Breitbart.
"The New Invasion of Europe"--Chronicles. "Europe lost its will to survive and is being invaded by immigrants: It discarded its Christian faith, which plunged its birth rate to half the replacement level, meaning rapid extinction no matter what. The vacuum is being filled by foreigners arriving by the millions, encouraged by a religion, Islam, that retains strong belief and encourages children."
"Why We Should Resettle Refugees In Their Own Lands"--The Federalist. The money quote:
We can begin the road to healing—which encompasses a better understanding of immigration and immigrants—by changing how we view nationality. Nationality is a good. Iraqis want a country of their own where they can have their own language, traditions, and way of life. So do the Syrians I know. Americans should want the same for themselves.
America is a nation, too. It has a culture, and it had at one point a national identity. You should want to care for your own country, you should desire to know and uphold your identity. You should love your country, your traditions, your holidays, your shared common life. You should want to uphold your laws and protect your borders.
"Fourth Generation War and the Migrant Invasion of Europe."--Chronicles.
One of the maxims of 4GW is: Don’t break up states. Because then you create anarchic hotbeds of seething hatred that can’t be controlled, and can spread anywhere. But that’s just what President George W. Bush did in attacking Afghanistan and Iraq (instead of just going after Osama bin Laden in Northeastern Afghanistan), destroying their governments and creating anarchy, followed by the rise of ISIS in Iraq. It’s what President Obama and SecState Hillary Clinton did in Libya in 2011, with the help of Italy, Britain and France, when they toppled Qaddafi. The Libyan dictator even warned, just before he was toppled, that getting rid of him would put the jihadis in charge of Northern Africa, before they headed to Europe.
Global warming update:
"German Professor: NASA Has Fiddled Climate Data On ‘Unbelievable’ Scale"--Breitbart. "Professor Dr. Friedrich Karl Ewert is a retired geologist and data computation expert. He has painstakingly examined and tabulated all NASA GISS’s temperature data series, taken from 1153 stations and going back to 1881. His conclusion: that if you look at the raw data, as opposed to NASA’s revisions, you’ll find that since 1940 the planet has been cooling, not warming."
"GLOBAL WARMING? NASA says Antarctic has been COOLING for past SIX years"--Mirror.
"Life on the Streets: 10 Lessons I Learned From the Homeless"--Imminent Threat Solutions. Here's a brief summary, but I recommend that you read the whole thing:
Resources: "Cities have abundant offerings if you know where to find them. There are places to get a free meal and opportunities to acquire resources for manufacturing gear and tools."
Lock Picks: "One of the most essential skills/tools for urban survival is a good lock pick set and the skills to use it. This gives you access to many places that may not otherwise be available," such as dumpsters (for food) or abandoned buildings (for shelter). But don't keep them on you; cache them somewhere accessible.
Police Interaction: Basic tip--avoid police interaction. Pick good areas to sleep where police are not going to "rouse" you.
Food Is Tricky: "Any homeless person going hungry is not taking advantage of the available resources." But be careful of eating rotting food.
Hygiene Is Essential: "Poor hygiene leads to complications later, like fungal infections, rashes and sores." Good hygiene, including clean clothes, allows you to move around without being hassled by police or arousing suspicion.
Water: Like food, water is available, but be careful of drinking from non-potable sources.
Safety In Numbers: "Anywhere in the world, the appearance of vulnerability invites aggression. Consider forming a small team to increase the odds of personal safety."
Cache Locations: "Losing your gear because you were too lazy to secure it is a royal pain. Take the time."
Shelter: "Finding a secluded place to rest is not only essential to your security, it’s important for your health."
Panhandling Sucks: "The bottom line is, if you’re at the point where you have to panhandle, you’ve failed as a survivalist."
"Baby elephant in China can’t stop crying after being stomped by mom"--New York Daily News. This is from a couple months back, but a very sad story. Poor parenting is not limited to humans.
"Thousands in Washington to spend Thanksgiving in dark, cold"--Washington Post. "A windstorm Nov. 17 packed hurricane-force winds that toppled power poles and cracked trees, sending them crashing onto cars and killing three people in the state. More than 180,000 Avista customers lost power at the storm’s peak." According to the article, 11,900 customers are still without power, and they estimate that 5,000 will still be without power Thursday. This is not the first time for such problems for the area. Spokane was hit with a similar wide-scale outage in 1996 or 97 that left tens of thousands out of power for days and weeks following an "ice storm." Although we were not in the zone of the outage at the time, my wife and I lived close by. It was one of the reasons we began to take prepping seriously.
"'Turn the other cheek' Doesn't Mean What You Think"--Adventures In Keeping House. The author notes that Christ's teaching about turning the other cheek did not refer to responding to an assault or battery, but responding to an insult (to slap someone in the face was considered an insult); and an "eye for an eye" was not meant literally, but was the legal principle that a punishment had to be proportional to the crime committed.
Bruno Liljefors, Studie till Ung tjäderskytt (1923-24)
"Syrian rebels chant 'Allahu Akbar' over body of dead Russian pilot after Turkey shoots down jet for violating its air-space... then chopper searching for co-pilot is blown up by anti-Assad troops"--Daily Mail.
"Vladimir Putin warns Turkey of 'significant consequences' over shooting down of Russian jet"--Mirror.
"Turkmen forces in Syria shot dead pilots of downed Russian jet: deputy commander"--Reuters.
"Putin calls jet's downing 'stab in the back,' but Turkey says warning ignored"--CNN.
"Five people were shot near Black Lives Matter protest site"--Star Tribune. 5 BLM protesters shot by what the MSM is currently describing as "white supremacists" based solely on what the BLM is stating. However, Weasel Zippers has reviewed video and indicates that the 3 suspects were surrounded by BLM, threatened, shoved them, pushed them, and started chasing them before shots were fired. Anyway, 2 suspects (a young Hispanic man and a young white man) have been arrested, according to the Washington Post.
"White cop who shot black Chicago teenager 16 TIMES charged with first-degree murder - and the city is bracing for riots ahead of dashcam video's release"--Daily Mail.
In the McDonald case, ministers, community leaders and others worry the graphic images of the shooting from the squad car dash-board camera could lead to the kind of unrest seen in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, following police-involved deaths, including that of Michael Brown.
'I'm definitely concerned about people's outrage,' said the Rev. Corey Brooks of the New Beginnings Church on Chicago's south side.
'Many in my community feel betrayed, they are so very angry and protests are imminent. It's clear from the meeting today that Emanuel knows that,' said the Rev. Ira Acree of the Greater St. John Bible Church on the west side.
"Worldwide travel alert issued by State Department over terror threats"--New York Daily News.
Related: "Take that! Obama: Climate summit a ‘powerful rebuke’ to terrorists"--Climate Depot. "'I think it is absolutely vital for every country, every leader, to send a signal that the viciousness of a handful of killers does not stop the world from doing vital business, and that Paris … is not going to be cowered by the violent, demented actions of a few,' Obama said about the upcoming climate conference."
"As China’s Workforce Dwindles, the World Scrambles for Alternatives"--Wall Street Journal. Short story, the increased price of labor in China is undermining its competitiveness, and a shrinking working age population means that China will probably not be able to return to cheap labor. From the story:
Fearing that China will see an exodus of manufacturers, Chinese Communist Party Chief Xi Jinping last year called for “an industrial robot revolution” in China, which has become the world’s largest market for automation.
Looking ahead to 2050, the future appears mixed for consumers around the globe. Low-cost production in China has helped suppress inflation in the U.S., Europe and at home. It is an open question whether automation can hold down costs as effectively as Chinese peasant labor did. But consumers should look forward to more choice, faster delivery and, perhaps, less harm to the environment.
Some technologists even think that inventions such as 3-D printing—essentially printers that replicate solid objects like copiers reproduce printed pages—will have a big impact by 2050. In such a world, printers could spew out clothing, food, electronics and other goods ordered online from a nearly limitless selection, with far fewer workers involved in production.
"Ancient DNA shows Stone Age humans evolved quickly as they took up farming"--Washington Post. "The research, published Monday in the journal Nature, identified 12 specific genetic mutations that corresponded to the rise of agriculture and the migration of people into new regions. They include the ability to digest milk and metabolize fats. The mutations also favored greater height at maturity, lighter skin and lighter eye color in northern populations. There are also genetic markers that appear to be connected to resistance against such diseases as leprosy and tuberculosis."
"Jeff Bezos just made history by launching and landing a reusable rocket"--Tech Insider. This is a big deal. Seriously.
The New Shepard rocket lifted off from Blue Origin's launch facility in Van Horn, Texas, on Nov. 23, 2015, flew about 2,800 mph, and soared to more than 62 miles above the Earth, the company said in a press release.
After deploying a space capsule, the rocket then plummeted back toward the ground, reignited its booster, and — in a world first — gently and safely touched down in the middle of a landing target.
"Wonder of the World: Google Street View launches incredible tour of Petra in all its astonishing and timeless beauty"--Daily Mail. Probably the closest I will ever get to traveling there....
"Yours for $17.5million, the luxury home where you WON'T have a blast! Converted nuclear bunker boasts 32 acres of land, 3ft-thick walls and decontamination showers"--Daily Mail. "Built entirely underground, it boasts three-foot-thick walls, a weapons room, a $100,000 CCTV system and even decontamination showers. These photos show a one-of-a-kind luxury home that can apparently withstand an array of potential threats - including a 20-kiloton nuclear explosion. The converted bunker, situated near Savannah, Georgia, is also said to be able to survive natural disasters, civil disturbances and terrorist attacks."
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The removal of sulfurous compounds
Nowadays the following methods are used to remove acidic components from natural gas:
Absorption methods (which fall intro three groups, depending on the way the acidic components of the gas react with the active component of the absorbent)
Chemical absorption (chemisorption) is based on the chemical reactions of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide with the active components of the absorbents. Among other chemical absorbents, alcanolamines are widely used in the industry: MEA (monoethanolamine), DEA (diethanolamine), TEA (triethanolamine), MDEA, DIPA (diisopropanolamine), as well as alkаline solutions, alkaline metal solutions (potassium carbonates, 25-30% К2СО3 or Na2CO3 solutions) and ferric hydroxide solution. Chemical absorption is highly selective in relation to acidic components and assures highdegrees of H2S and CO2 removal from the gas. If amines are used, relatively minor quantities of sulfur-bearing organic compounds are removed. Fine removal of such compounds is achieved by the use of alkali.
В Physical adsorption involves the removal of acidic components and this is determined by the degree of solubility of the gas components in absorbents. Absorbents such as polyethylene glycol dimethyl ether (Selicsol®), methanol (Rectisol®), propylene carbonate (Fluor®), and various others are used. In contrast to chemisorption, physical absorption removes carbon oxysulfide, carbon bisulfide and mercaptans, as well as hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide.
Physicochemical absorption uses composite absorbents, that is to say a mixture of chemical and physical absorbents. Such absorbents have an intermediate capacity to dissolve the acidic components of gases. These absorbents enable the fine removal of not only hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide, but also of organosulfurous compounds. The most widely used absorbent in the industry is Sulfinol, a mixture of diisopropanolamine (30-45%), sulfolane (tetrahydrothiophene dioxide) (40-60%), and water (5-15%). Also, lately, Ukarsol, a domestic analogue of Ecosorb, has become increasingly popular. This absorbent makes it possible to selectively remove H2S in the presence of СО2, while simultaneously removing organosulfurous compounds.
Adsorption methods for gas purification are based on the selective removal of impurities by solid absorbents.
high absorbing capacity;
the conjunction of fine removal and deep dehydration (down to -70 0С).
relatively high operating costs;
50%-50% adsorbtion/desorbtion operation cycle.
Catalytic methods are used when the gas contains impurities (e.g. sulfides, disulfides, carbon oxide sulfide, carbon disulfide, thiophene) which cannot be efficiently removed by liquid absorbents or solid adsorbents. These are the following:
Hydrogenation into H2S or sulfur-free compounds by hydrogen or water steam. The catalysts used are cobaltous oxide, nickel oxide, molybdenum on aluminum oxide.
H2S Oxidation into elemental sulfur on active aluminum oxide or (via the Merox process) into disulfides.
In choosing a certain method for removing acidic components at the design stage, Premium Engineering takes into account a number of factors, for example the ecological standards and requirements for the disposal of sulfurous compounds; the type and concentration of impurities in sour (untreated) gas; gas purity, sour gas temperature and pressure, purified gas temperature and pressure, plant capacity, gas composition, etc.
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Shelbyville Schools: Preparing Leaders of Tomorrow
Shelbyville, Indiana is an excellent place to grow up. The small Indianapolis suburb is rife with opportunities for Shelbyville children to run around and enjoy being a kid. Shelbyville parks have playgrounds and space to play, Shelbyville attractions like the Indiana Downs have special areas reserved just for children, and there are many Shelbyville events geared specifically for the young ones. Perhaps less important to the children but more important to the parents, the Shelbyville education system is also a high quality institution.
Shelbyville Center Schools runs five different schools for children of all ages. Shelbyville High School provides Shelbyville education for students in ninth through twelfth grade in a fairly modern building south of downtown Shelbyville. Like many other high schools around the United States, Shelbyville High School has many extra curricular activities for its students to get involved with. From Japanese Club to National Honor Society, there’s something for every brand of student at Shelbyville High School. The high school has all the standard courses in math, English, and science, but it is also home to a department that is all about practicality: Blue River Career Programs.
Video of the Shelbyville High School Marching band in Indianapolis
At Blue River, students can learn advanced techniques and skills to be used in a wide variety of disciplines, including welding, adult education, car collision repair, aviation flight, business technology, and many more. This career track prepares Shelbyville High School students to tackle the technical challenges of today’s modern world. Students who spend time here have the tools to be leaders in Shelbyville business, or to design the next aircraft, or do any number of things. Blue River Career Programs is an innovator in Shelbyville education.
Shelbyville Middle School is the educational institution which serves kids in grades six through eight. The school has a range of academic programs, some of which might seem out of the ordinary for a middle school. Students can take the standard language arts, science, health, and physical education courses, but they can also participate in a cutting edge curriculum that gets them started early on technology. Digital Tools, Music Technology, and Engineering & Technology are all classes that you generally don’t see in a middle school. Students at Shelbyville Middle School can also take part in many different activities, like Fellowship of Christian Athletes, an anti-bully program, character education, and a geography bee.
The Shelbyville education system has three different elementary schools serving the town: Coulston Elementary, Loper Elementary, and Hendricks Elementary. All three of these institutions are stellar learning environments; Loper is a Title 1 Distinguished School and routinely tests above state average, and Coulston and Hendricks are both recipients of Indiana Gold Star School Counseling awards.
Video of Dr. Tony Bennet giving a speech at Loper Elementary in Shelbyville, Indiana
All in all, the Shelbyville education system prepares its students for fulfilling lives as leaders of industry, Shelbyville arts, and science. There’s something for all ages in this small Midwestern town, and Shelbyville Central Schools seems determined to teach its students the value and power of technology and the way it will impact their future lives.
Shelbyville Center Schools
803 St Joseph St
Shelbyville, IN 46176
Shelbyville High School
2003 S Miller St
Shelbyville Middle School
1200 W McKay Rd
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121 Knightstown Rd
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901 Loper Dr
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1111 St Joseph St
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Tove Cecilie Viebe
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Viebe is the founder and CEO of SEALD. She is a specialist in general surgery focusing on gastrointestinal surgery. Viebe holds an MBA from BI Norwegian Business School and is a former senior consultant at the Department of Cancer and Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, and Hospice Lovisenberg. Viebe established and ran the Biotech 2010 and 2011 conferences on commercialisation of medical research. The conferences were among the biggest in Northern Europe in their field.
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Gunnar Aarnes
MSc in Business, BI Norwegian Business School
Aarnes is CFO of SEALD. He has broad experience of financial consultancy, particularly on the use of finance functions and financial planning. Aarnes is an MSc in Business (‘siviløkonom’) from BI Norwegian Business School and a state authorised public accountant. He is a senior consultant at Uniconsult AS. His background as CFO of Targovax ASA gives him first-hand experience of taking a research-focused biotechnology company from the early stages of its development all the way to stock exchange listing.
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RPG TITLES » World Of Warships » World of Warships: Recreating The Battle of Savo Island in World of Warships
World of Warships: Recreating The Battle of Savo Island in World of Warships
July 24, 2014 World Of Warships
One of the key tasks of the World of Warships alpha test is the introduction and testing of new, original gameplay modes. One of these is a Historical Battles mode. We tried to reconstruct the Battle of Savo Island, also known to enthusiasts as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea.
Historical Setting
The idea of our battle was to fully reproduce the events of August, 9 1942 that happened in the Pacific Ocean. Two days before, Vice-Admiral Mikawa arranged a strike group in order to interrupt the deployment of US forces at Guadalcanal. His plan was simple yet very effective: enter the Ironbottom Sound and perform night-time torpedo attacks on the ships and, most importantly, the transports of the US expeditionary forces, and then instantly retreat.
The US forces were battle-weary and exhausted; they weren’t expecting any night-time ambushes. That’s why there was almost no recon arranged and Japanese forces managed to approach unnoticed and assess the situation. Japanese cruisers almost ran into the USS “Blue” on their way to Savo – the ship was patrolling the western part of the bay. Japanese vessels aimed at her but didn’t fire, unwilling to sacrifice their disguise so prematurely. The first fire contact took place 30 minutes thereafter – the ambush resulted in 4 US cruisers being sunk and 2 destroyers receiving heavy damage.
Despite causing significant chaos, Mikawa had not succeeded in fulfilling his primary task: eliminating the transports that were deploying ground forces. Therefore, the US still managed to seize control over Guadalcanal, basically meaning the loss of a key strategic edge for the Japanese forces in this region.
Reconstruction of the battle in World of Warships
The task for the event crew was to arrange teams that would resemble the fleets from both sides. The Japanese side got: 4 Aoba heavy cruisers, 1 Takao, 2 lightweight cruisers Tatsuta and one Minekaze. Unlike the US vessels, the Japanese team were allowed to launch their recon planes right from the beginning, that kept them concealed from enemy spotting. The opposing force consisted of 4 USS New Orleans, one USS Pensacola, and five destroyers (4 USS Farragut and a USS Fletcher).
The goals for both teams were conditioned by the terms of actual event. The Japanese were to destroy the transports, whereas US ships should try their best to defend them. The “transports” were represented by an unarmored variant of the USS Independence aircraft carriers, under control of the players Sub_Octavian and Jluca.
Due to the complete freedom of actions, the Japanese team wisely split into two parts: one was represented by five heavy cruisers and the other by a strike squadron comprising two Tatsuta light cruisers accompanied by the Minekaze, whose purpose it was to eliminate the transports.
It should be noted that the event was only based on historical happenings and wasn’t intended to be an accurate reproduction – the battle would still be competitive. Based on this fact, the battle went completely differently right from the outset. For instance, the Japanese instantly attacked the “USS Blue” represented by the USS Farragut in this reconstruction. The destroyer was quickly sunk, though this didn’t pass unnoticed — the aggressors were spotted and quickly got a peppering of return fire. «Takao» launched her torpedoes and retreated, allowing the US forces to chase her.
Whilst the main squad distracted the major forces, the rest of the Japanese team (mainly the light cruisers) approachefarrugd from another side, seeking the transports. They suddenly ran into the USS New Orleans, which, alone, was capable of causing a lot of trouble for the whole squad.
The situation was saved by the Minekaze. She managed to set up a smoke screen to allow the team members to prepare for battle. Afterwards, she sneaked near the USS New Orleans and consequently spotted the “transport” vessels staying in-line not far from shore. In a couple of minutes a set of torpedo salvos ended the battle.
So the outcome had turned out to be the opposite to that of the original event. The Japanese stuck to more aggressive tactics acting in an offensive manner, sacrificing a number of their ships. By being inferior in terms of casualties they managed to grasp the initiative and eliminate the US transports.
We may surely state that our historical battle experiment turned out to be very successful and productive. Not only has it shown, all the pros and cons of the mode but, as well, has demonstrated the necessity of playing as a team. On top of this, the experience brought tons of satisfaction and fun to all its participants!
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Essay Indentation Rules For Writing
Chelsea, a reader of my monthly e-newsletter, Better Writing at Work, asked me to write about indenting paragraphs in business letters. She wrote, "When writing letters, what is the 'proper' protocol on indenting?"
There are several proper ways to format a traditional business letter. Only one of them indents paragraphs, and it is not popular these days. I have described three ways below.
Modern and sleek: the full-block style. These days most business letters follow the full-block style, with nothing indented. In this style, everything (the date, inside address, salutation, body, close, and signature block) begins at the left margin. The only content that might be indented in the full-block style is bullet points or long quotes. Both of those would be indented as a block, though, not just the first line, like this:
This is an example of a paragraph that is block indented. The whole paragraph is indented, not just the first line.
Most businesses use the full-block style because it is easy to type--no indenting! Also, it looks modern and sleek on the page.
Less modern and sleek: the modified-block style. Paragraphs are not indented in the modified-block style. However, the date, closing, and signature block are indented--to begin at the center of the line. It requires the business writer or typist to create a template with the correct indention of the date, closing, and signature block. Some organizations use this style, which looks neat but not sleek.
Fussy and dated looking: the modified-block style with indented paragraphs. The only style with indented paragraphs is known as "the modified-block style with indented paragraphs." In it, the date, closing, and signature block begin at the center, as in the modified-block style. However, each paragraph is indented a half-inch (1.27 cm). This is the fussiest looking letter, with no sleek lines. It is not popular these days but was common decades ago.
If your organization wants to come across as up to date and elegant, choose the full-block style. If you want to appear up to date yet a bit traditional, consider the modified-block style. If you want to appear traditional and old-fashioned, the modified-block style with indented paragraphs might work, but remember that it doesn't look elegant.
Some letterhead is already very left-heavy. If your company's letter is designed with a very strong left line, you might want to use the modified-block style for a more balanced look. Check with your communications department.
Before anyone asks, the answer is no--paragraphs are NOT indented in email. On the screen, people focus on the left margin, so it makes no sense to indent paragraphs in email.
Chelsea, I hope this post answers your question. To indent or not to indent paragraphs? It's up to you.
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MLA General Format
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
Contributors: Tony Russell, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli, Russell Keck, Joshua M. Paiz, Michelle Campbell, Rodrigo Rodríguez-Fuentes, Daniel P. Kenzie, Susan Wegener, Maryam Ghafoor, Purdue OWL Staff
Last Edited: 2016-08-11 04:27:59
MLA style specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the English language in writing. MLA style also provides writers with a system for referencing their sources through parenthetical citation in their essays and Works Cited pages.
Writers who properly use MLA also build their credibility by demonstrating accountability to their source material. Most importantly, the use of MLA style can protect writers from accusations of plagiarism, which is the purposeful or accidental uncredited use of source material by other writers.
If you are asked to use MLA format, be sure to consult the MLA Handbook (8th edition). Publishing scholars and graduate students should also consult the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd edition). The MLA Handbook is available in most writing centers and reference libraries; it is also widely available in bookstores, libraries, and at the MLA web site. See the Additional Resources section of this handout for a list of helpful books and sites about using MLA style.
The preparation of papers and manuscripts in MLA style is covered in chapter four of the MLA Handbook, and chapter four of the MLA Style Manual. Below are some basic guidelines for formatting a paper in MLA style.
Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, white 8.5 x 11-inch paper.
Double-space the text of your paper, and use a legible font (e.g. Times New Roman). Whatever font you choose, MLA recommends that the regular and italics type styles contrast enough that they are recognizable one from another. The font size should be 12 pt.
Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks (unless otherwise instructed by your instructor).
Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.
Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin. MLA recommends that you use the Tab key as opposed to pushing the Space Bar five times.
Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor may ask that you omit the number on your first page. Always follow your instructor's guidelines.)
Use italics throughout your essay for the titles of longer works and, only when absolutely necessary, providing emphasis.
If you have any endnotes, include them on a separate page before your Works Cited page. Entitle the section Notes (centered, unformatted).
Formatting the First Page of Your Paper
Do not make a title page for your paper unless specifically requested.
In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use double-spaced text.
Double space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters.
Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other works in your title, just as you would in your text: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Morality Play; Human Weariness in "After Apple Picking"
Double space between the title and the first line of the text.
Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last name, followed by a space with a page number; number all pages consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor or other readers may ask that you omit last name/page number header on your first page. Always follow instructor guidelines.)
Here is a sample of the first page of a paper in MLA style:
Image Caption: The First Page of an MLA Paper
Section Headings
Writers sometimes use Section Headings to improve a document’s readability. These sections may include individual chapters or other named parts of a book or essay.
MLA recommends that when you divide an essay into sections that you number those sections with an arabic number and a period followed by a space and the section name.
1. Early Writings
2. The London Years
3. Traveling the Continent
4. Final Years
MLA does not have a prescribed system of headings for books (for more information on headings, please see page 146 in the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd edition). If you are only using one level of headings, meaning that all of the sections are distinct and parallel and have no additional sections that fit within them, MLA recommends that these sections resemble one another grammatically. For instance, if your headings are typically short phrases, make all of the headings short phrases (and not, for example, full sentences). Otherwise, the formatting is up to you. It should, however, be consistent throughout the document.
If you employ multiple levels of headings (some of your sections have sections within sections), you may want to provide a key of your chosen level headings and their formatting to your instructor or editor.
Sample Section Headings
The following sample headings are meant to be used only as a reference. You may employ whatever system of formatting that works best for you so long as it remains consistent throughout the document.
Numbered:
1. Soil Conservation
1.1 Erosion
1.2 Terracing
2. Water Conservation
3. Energy Conservation
Formatted, unnumbered:
Level 1 Heading: bold, flush left
Level 2 Heading: italics, flush left
Level 3 Heading: centered, bold
Level 4 Heading: centered, italics
Level 5 Heading: underlined, flush left
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'Stranger Things': Meet the 3 New Characters Joining Season 2
The Netflix drama is looking to cast a trio of actors to play new characters named Max, Roman and Billy.
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is already searching for newcomers to fill out its second-season cast.
The same day that Netflix renewed the drama for nine episodes due out in 2017, series executive producer Shawn Levy told
The Hollywood Reporter that some new castmembers would be added in season two.
"There's definitely a handful of really compelling new characters this season, but absolutely servicing the core group first and foremost," he said, later adding that the additions span a range of ages. "Like the show itself, it's multigenerational new characters and really, really intriguing ones."
According to a casting breakdown obtained by THR, the show's creative team — led by creators Matt and Ross Duffer — is looking for at least three actors to board the sci-fi thriller and play characters new to Hawkins named Max, Roman and Billy. Both Max and Roman are billed as series regulars, while Billy is listed as a potential series regular.
Max is a tough and confident 13-year-old female whose appearance, behavior and pursuits are more typical of boys than of girls in the era. She has a complicated history and a difficult relationship with her stepbrother, Billy, that's made her protective of her past and generally suspicious of those around her. She's also good on a skateboard, which she uses to get around pretty much everywhere.
Billy is a super muscular, overconfident 17-year-old. He's so captivating and edgy that there are rumors flying around that he killed someone at a school he attended in the past. Billy steals peoples' girlfriends, is a drinking-game pro and drives a black Camaro. But his violent and unpredictable nature shows itself to those closest to him, especially to ones who are younger than he is.
Roman, meanwhile, is described as a male or a female of any ethnicity between the ages of 30 and 38. After growing up homeless with a drug-addicted mother, he or she suffered a great loss at an early age and has been seeking revenge ever since. Roman is ultimately an outsider who doesn't understand how to connect with people.
The second season, which will pick up nearly a year later, in the fall of 1984, will shoot in Atlanta, Ga., roughly from October to April. In the upcoming installment — which Levy says the writers and producers are viewing less as a second season and more as a sequel — Hawkins residents believe that the horror from last year is finally over but quickly learn that's not the case.
"When terrifying supernatural forces once again begin to affect Hawkins, they realize Will's disappearance was only the beginning," reads an official season two logline posted with the casting breakdown. "And so the adventure continues …"
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Miller Tabak Is Neutral On Sirius XM With $.50 Target
February 5, 2009 (10:27 pm) By Spencer Osborne
David Joyce of Miller Tabak issued a report today on Sirius XM Radio. Citing the debt issue, the analyst lowered his price target from $1.00 to $.50 in the short term, and went from a long term $3.00 to $2.00. Considering the current prices of Sirius XM Stock, getting to these levels would be quite an accomplishment. Joyce maintained a neutral rating on the equity. Sirius XM saw a boost in share price amid speculation that EchoStar was acquiring large portions of Sirius XM's debt
Joyce is expecting Q4 earnings to be announced in the next two to three weeks, and is still estimating net subscriber additions of 460,000 with retail bringing in 253,000 and OEM 201,000. He remains cautious due to the economic environment though. This would bring the subscriber count to finish the year to about 19.38 million.
David expects 4Q08 revenue of $614 million and a $(93) million Loss from Operations (OCF). For Q4 they are expecting a Net Loss of $(239) million or $(0.08)/share, and positive Free Cash Flow of +$66 million. The $66 million of expected FCF + $360 million of cash at the end of 3Q08 would give the company $420 million of potential cash. In their estimation, this cash could help deal with the $175 million of 2.5% convertible debt due 2/17/09.
Showing some caution, Joyce brings up the issues of dilution, change of control, or bankruptcy-like restructuring, or something in between, which could play out during the course of coming months. On the Echostar news the analyst notes that the accumulation of SIRI debt may pave the way for EchoStar to have a say in how the company evolves, operationally and financially, from here. He also noted, "SIRI satellites already provide a few video channels to certain automotive models, so it would not be too far of a stretch to consider some form of satellite communications combination here."
Position: Long Sirius XM Radio
15 Responses to “Miller Tabak Is Neutral On Sirius XM With $.50 Target”
SXMInvestor says:
With the fear of 0 alot of us have, .50 cents sounds nice.
Anyhow, the stock rallied into closing with a 4 million share trade at .17 after hours & was bidding over .17 late, so we could see more upside tomorrow morning.
I sure hope so…Thanx
Saatradical says:
This whole drama is unfolding like the final act of “Jaws”!
Is Mel the cop who shoots jaws and blows him up or is he the fisherman that gets swallowed ?
Exactly! We’ll soon find out.
frigginregan says:
Speaking of the movie “Jaws”….I think we’re gonna need a bigger float.
Socalrunningfool says:
What’s up regan? Hey regan, just when you thought you had read every chapter……….lol, they add a new one. What will Mel write next………..Red or Black…..choose your color.
GambledOnSIRInLost says:
“What will Mel write next”
He’s been writing Chapter 11 for months.
Steve O says:
More like “Nightmare on “Mel” Street.”
Or better yet, “The Big Fix.”
Yeah….lol….the drama never seems to end with this stock. But at least now with the INSANE economic conditions…sirius shareholders aren’t alone.
I’ve been averaging down again. I know. I know. But at these levels I can’t help it. I’ve just been doing $500 at a time since Sirius hit .10 cents.
I figure what the hell. I’ve been adding 3 to 5,000 new shares at a pop which ain’t bad for a relatively small investment. Yeah, I can lose it all….but my feeling is adding at these levels makes good sense. Either the negative flood of news lately is just a last ditch effort by the shorts to scare us….or it’s a reality. Either way…I think the gamble is worth it.
I had previously turned my back on Sirius disgusted with everything thats happened this past year….but I’ve since rethought my attitude. We are so close to the “moment of truth”. Yes…Sirius shareholders could be wiped out. But if Sirius can survive this….they just may finally get some love from wall street.
I’m not counting on ANYTHING. I am way past that. But I feel good about throwing these relatively small chunks of cash back into Sirius. I’m finally averaged down to below a buck. Considering I was one of those who originally bought in at $6 a share….I consider that a small victory.
Yes, I could lose it all….but at least I am in a better position now should Mel pull off a miracle and shock wall street. Yeah, it’s a long shot….but I have no regrets about breaking my word and getting back in one last time.
Hopefully we will find out soon.
I agree with Regan! I have always loved Sirius and have been with them since the first month. Now that the stock has come way down, I am pouring about $100 or so when ever I can towards the stocks. And I will continue to buy more when ever I can afford it cause I really believe in Sirius and know its going to be ok once people quit panic selling.
Anyone who bid the stock up by 50% is a moron!!! Can’t you see the writing on the wall? The common shareholders are going to be wiped out! This analyst is an idiot (as most are). Who bids a stock up 50% on news that amounts to a hostile takeover??? Are you kidding me? This was terrible news for common stock shareholders! And they bid the stock up?! Wow. Just amazing.
All the company has to do is fix a way to get thru the ’09 debt obligations. Isn’t that what Mel K. has been working on all these months. You get past ’09 then you have a growth company with the common(diluted, or not) intact. Call us Moron’s A-hole but is that really an impossible task? To re-structure due to merger synergies etc. and not thru BK, that is difficult in this climate but not impossible. I guess the bottom line is: who really gives a squat about us “common” folk. Isn’t Stern a “common” holder of shares, and all the other employees of this populist supported company?
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Lessons Learned from a Hot-Headed Coach
Published on Monday, 14 July 2014 16:29 | Written by Greg Cruthers
I witnessed the most unbelievable example of bad coaching, poor sportsmanship and lack of class at last weekend's softball tournament that I've ever seen. After a close call early in a game the head and 3rd base coach furiously stormed onto the field shouting at the field umpire right up in his face and nearly chest-bumping him and with much of the support of his team's parents and players. I thought for sure this coach who was younger and physically dwarfed the umpire was going to beat the ump to a pulp. It's moments like these which contribute to the negative stereotypes associated with youth sports. I was embarrassed for my sport.
They'd learn that it's better to control their emotions behave with class.
I do not care whether the game was on the line, if it was the championship of the world or if that particular umpire had wronged him before. The act of rushing out onto the field in a physically threatening manner while screaming at the umpire is NEVER CALLED FOR! I feel so strongly about this that I've informed the tournament director about it. If I was the tournament director, I would ban him from any of my future tournaments and inform the tournament's sanctioning body of his behavior and my decision.
What did the players and parents learn from the behavior of their coach? I sat in disbelief listening to some parent's laugh and joke about it. One comment that sums it up was, "It's about time he did that. That ump is terrible." I watched a couple players on the bench laughing about it as well. I can only assume several similar incidents have taken place through the season and likely over the years. I guess what they learned is that when something doesn't go your way in softball or in life, that you throw a temper tantrum and/or physically threaten an authority figure.
The Right Way
How should the coach have responded? The coach should have calmly asked "Blue" for a timeout. Next, he should have walked out slowly to the field umpire and requested he ask his partner, the home plate umpire, for help with the play. Then, he should have allowed the two umpires to discuss the play privately to determine whether or not the call be changed. He should then accept their decision and forget about it. In most cases umpires do not overrule their partners. Expect it, then build a bridge and get over it. He should then inform his team to do the same and to focus on the game. It's just part of the imperfect game of softball.
The players and parents would learn to handle such situations calmly and to treat authority figures and for that matter people in general with respect. They'd learn that it's better to control their emotions behave with class. They would learn that umpires, opposing team's parents, players and coaches would recognize their good example of sportsmanship and character. And they would hopefully learn to incorporate this behavior into their lives outside of the softball diamond.
Nobody's perfect. We all make mistakes. We've all probably responded to close or bad calls with something like, "Oh c'mon blue." The difference is that we let it go. I just hope this example makes coaches, parents and players think about it before they react to the inevitable next close call.
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Hakeem slams hate campaign against Muslims, Buddhist monks protest against Muslim owned clothing outlet
Hakeem slams hate campaign against Muslims
Leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and Minister of Justice Rauff Hakeem has slammed the hate campaign being carried out by some Buddhist monks against Muslims and also expressed dismay over the inability of the police to contain a protest staged by monks in Maharagama yesterday.
Hakeem said that the derogatory references to the Muslims as a community, and the related isolated incidents that have taken place in different parts of the country in the recent past, are also a disturbing trend that ought to be reversed.
“I wish to convey my dismay and displeasure regarding the apathy displayed by the law and order machinery in not containing the spread of the hate campaign at Maharagama in front of a private business enterprise, yesterday. I also categorically condemn the hate campaigns against the Muslims and their business enterprises that are on the rise today in the country,” he said.
Hakeem said that law and order must be enforced to nip it in the bud and that the government is duty-bound to protect all communities equally including the weak and the vulnerable.
“At a time the country is recovering from a protracted thirty-years’ war, it is distressing to note that the conflict between ethnic communities are showing signs of flaring up again, aided and abetted by certain groups trying to discredit the government and the Sri Lankan State. We must act with restraint and tolerance, by not falling prey to vested interests that spread hate and religious bigotry and thereby inviting unwanted external interference. I believe that this could also be part of a conspiracy to isolate Sri Lanka in the international arena. As intelligent citizens who love our motherland we must not pay heed to those promoting religious disharmony,” he said in a statement.
The police prevented a group of monks from storming into a clothes store in Maharagama yesterday following a demonstration.
Police spokesman SSP Priyashantha Jayakody told the Colombo Gazette that police protection was provided to the store during the tense situation which had occurred last afternoon.
The monks, who initially distributed leaflets to people on the street, then attempted to force their way into the Magaragam No-Limit clothes store.
However the police placed barricades and prevented the monks from going further. The monks burnt an effigy and then dispersed after having discussions with the police.
According to reports the monks had chanted anti-Muslim slogans and had wanted the store closed claiming it was being operated by Muslims. (Colombo Gazette)
Buddhist protest outside Maharagama Muslim owned clothes store
Tension mounted in the Maharagama town last evening when a group of protesters called for the closure of a popular clothes store in the area.
Ven. Amatha Damma Thera, a spokesman for the Budhu Hiru organisation, said he took part in the protest because two Buddhist monks had been summoned to the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) following a complaint made by the shop’s management.
Heavy police presence outside the clothes store. Pic by Indika Handuwala
The shop management had lodged a complaint with the CCD after a group calling itself Budhu Hiru distributed leaflets inciting racial hatred and urging the people to boycott the store.
The shop management said that as a result of the hate campaign, they had suffered financial loss amounting to more than Rs. 5 million.
Maharagama police said they deployed more than 100 policemen to prevent any untoward incident.The protesters, numbering more than 500 people, dispersed after a member of the management apologised for making a complaint to the CCD.
Police Spokesman Prashantha Jayakody said no group had the right to call for the removal of any shop or establishment.
Meanwhile Bodu Bala Sena in a statement said it was not involved in yesterday’s protest.
Posted by Sri Lanka Brief at Sunday, January 20, 2013
Labels: Fundamentalism, Muslim commiunity, Rajapaksha rule, Sinhalaisation, Sri Lanka
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Posted on 21.07.2018 by Mahn — 5 Comments ↓
In fact, the depth of the vagina from the opening to the tip of the cervix can measure anywhere up to 7 inches Some women may find that their vagina feels different following childbirth. A study found the average erect penis length to be just over 5 inches If a person thinks their vagina feels different after childbirth, a doctor may recommend Kegel exercises, which involve squeezing and releasing the muscles used to control urination to help strengthen the pelvic floor. The vulva includes the labia minora and majora — the lip-like parts of the female genitals.
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Guess work starts as polls in Maharashtra get over
Many political experts consider it a herculean task for the BJP-Shiv Sena combine to replicate 2014 because odds are against them in view of the absence of any ‘Modi wave’, rural distress, youth unemployment and MNS chief’s campaigning against the alliance
Dr. Anil Singh
With polling to remaining 17 Lok Sabha seats over on April 29 in the fourth and final phase, polling to all 48 parliamentary seats of Maharashtra is over and the final outcome on May 23 is awaited anxiously by all and sundry. It is a guessing game for anyone to whether the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will be able to replicate its 2014 performance when the alliance had secured 41 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Many experts concede that it would be a herculean task for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance to replicate 2014 because odds are against them in view of the absence of any ‘Modi wave’, rural distress, youth unemployment, emergence of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi under Prakash Ambedkar and MNS chief Raj Thackrey’s campaigning against the BJP-Shiv Sena combine. This scenario reminds of Amitabh Bachchan’s famous dialogue from his movie Agnipath: <Hava bahut tez chal rahi hai. Dinkar Rao topi sambhalo>, (Air is blowing very fast, Dinkar Rao, take care of your cap).
Having won 41 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats by the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in the 2014 General Election, the alliance suffered a loss in the by-poll and the BJP had 22 seats, Shiv Sena had 18 seats, the NCP had five seats, the Congress had two seats and the remaining one seat was held by the Swabhiman Paksha in the outgoing Lok Sabha. Many critics have opined that at the current juncture, there is no Modi wave and the sentiment is against the BJP due to agrarian distress, rising unemployment, Dalit unrest and host of other issues contributing to anti-incumbency factor against the NDA-ruled Centre.
Hierarchical pattern
Hierarchical pattern is very strongly discernible in the Maharashtra politics amongst the new generation of leaders from the state’s political families during the recently-held Lok Sabha election and this pattern has been reportedly transformed into ambitious and even aggressive actions in the past couple of months. Induction of Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil into the BJP occurred at a time when his father’s party, the Congress was engaged in a fierce struggle against the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance and also spurred senior Vikhe Patil to resign from the Congress. The NCP chief Sharad Pawar had reportedly to make way for his grand-nephew and Ajit’s son, Parth.
According to observers of Maharashtra politics, at least a third of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state have at least one member of a political family contesting. Interestingly, as some experts opine, virtually every district in western Maharashtra has its own political family to reckon with; and each family tends to be proximate to the power-hub or ruling parties to ensure the safety of their family interests thereby making political power imperative for their business interests to thrive on as well as paving way for the induction of next generation into politics.
NCP state chief Jayant Patil and Congress leader Pratik Patil hail from a family with strong presence in politics and cooperative sector in Sangli. The tussle for control over district politics between two families surfaces regularly, latest being the corporation election held late last year. Mohite Patils enjoy their bastion in Solapur, with the baton passed on to the next generation. Sushilkumar Shinde, a former CM, and his MLA daughter Praniti have established themselves as key leaders in Solapur. According to media reports, in Kolhapur district, Satej Patil, son of former Bihar governor DY Patil, and MP Dhananjay Mahadik are carrying the family legacy forward. Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan is the son of former chief minister Shankarrao Chavan and has MLA wife Amita. In North Maharashtra, senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse’s daughter-in-law Raksha is an MP. NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal and his nephew Sameer and son Pankaj call the shots in Nashik. BJP leader Vijay Gavit has political control over Nandurbar district and his daughter Heena, is an MP.
Thackerays’ are best known as the ‘first political family’ of Mumbai. Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray’s decision to make son Uddhav, and not nephew Raj, the political heir, led the latter forming his own outfit, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, in 2006. Uddhav’s son and head of party’s youth wing, Aaditya, has no rival within until his younger brother Tejas joins politics.
Prospects for BJP+ Shiv Sena
The ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance both in the State and at the Centre is confronted with anti-incumbency wave in the wake of unemployment, agrarian crisis and Dalit unrest. The demolition of the press of Babasaheb Ambedkar and the riots in Bhima Koregaon are only a few among such cases that led Dalits hit the streets, protesting against not only these cases but also against the casteist politics of the ruling BJP.
Undoubtedly, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is pulling out all stops to eliminate the influence wielded by the NCP satraps, especially the Pawar clan, in the ‘sugar belt’; nevertheless, the contest remains unpredictable owing to the personality-centric politics pervading the region. In the sugar belt of Maharashtra, party loyalties seldom figure in the calculations of local leaders who are only concerned about their sugar cooperatives and business establishments. The BJP is trying to increase its clout in this region by pouching disenchanted NCP leaders.
Even after having won 41 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in 2014, it was not an easy task for the BJP and Sena to retain their old alliance. Media reports indicate that in the post-2014 period, the Sena had on multiple occasions hinted that it would head to the 2019 polls alone, using its mouthpiece Saamna to hit out at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Having continued its tirade against the BJP for over three years, suddenly on February 18 this year, the two sparring allies decided to patch up and retain their tie-up in the 2019 Lok Sabha election and the ensuing state assembly elections due later this year. In the pre-poll alliance sealed between the BJP and Shiv Sena, the former is contesting on 23 seats and the latter contesting on 23 Lok Sabha seats; with both sides agreeing to equally split the assembly seats between themselves.
According to many experts, this high-voltage political theatrics of opportunism on the part of Shiv Sena have not gone well with the general masses and even party members of both sides are often seen expressing their resentment against the sitting MPs of the alliance party. This entails the likelihood of lesser number of seats for the alliance.
Stakes of Congress and NCP
In terms of the seat-sharing pact between Congress and NCP, the former is contesting 26 seats and the NCP is gunning for the remaining 22 seats, with both parties agreeing to vacate two seats each to accommodate their allies. The Congress and NCP satraps enjoy predominance over local bodies, the sugar and milk cooperatives, and the educational and financial institutions in the sugar belt of western Maharashtra.
Some experts have opined that the BJP-Shiv Sena combine has been attempting since 2014 to make inroads in the region, not by creating its own base, but by importing Congress-NCP leaders into their fold.Nevertheless, this time the Congress-NCP leaders, along with Shetkari Sanghatana, are making all efforts to retain their base, which has been the lifeline of their politics by banking on farmers’ unrest, unemployment and disenchantment of the Dalits with the BJP-Shiv Sena combine regime.
This author’s recent tour of these and other areas confirms reports appearing in the media that rural voters support Congress-NCP alliance. Some sources close to the Congress have revealed that this time Congress is confident of winning more than 15 Lok Sabha seats.
Raj Thackrey factor
Raj Thackrey, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief, who started addressing public meetings from the closing part of the first week of April this year has emerged as a potent factor in this ongoing process of Lok Sabha election in Maharashtra. Most of the videos of Raj Thackrey have gone viral across Maharashtra, spurring thousands of memes, social media posts and, most importantly, ensuring a centre-spot in speeches and press conferences of the ruling BJP.
Having chosen to take on Modi-Shah duo of his own, and having addressed more than 12 rallies across Maharashtra amid growing crowds, has enabled Raj Thackrey to enhance the electoral prospects of Congress-NCP combine in the recently-held Lok Sabha elections and carving out for himself a niche of his own as a force to reckon with in the forthcoming state assembly polls. One expert has opined that by upping the ante, the MNS chief has made the BJP uncomfortable and the Shiv Sena nervous.
Way ahead
In the context of Maharashtra, where unemployment, agrarian distress and Dalit unrest are among the most important factors shaping these Lok Sabha polls, it is interesting to see whether it will stand in good stead for Congress-NCP alliance and let the BJP-Shiv Sena combine glide downside of the hill. Some experts opine that the unity of the Congress and the NCP, and the extent to which their leaders can tide over past differences, will be a deciding factor in the final outcome on May 23. Besides, it is also argued that anti-incumbency against NDA candidates, Raj Thackrey factor and absence of Modi wave may work in favour of Congress-NCP alliance this time. Let’s wait and watch till May 23.
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Freedom of Speech does not mean accepting voices of incivility
Posted on August 13, 2013 by Amago
Robert Spencer. AP photo
BY DAWUD WALID
The First Amendment is one of the most cherished hallmarks of America. There is no other nation on earth that has such a robust right for citizens to articulate their thoughts – including scientific discourse, the ability to challenge the government, and even expressions of hatred and bigotry.
Eastern Michigan University recently hosted a debate on Islam in which an anti-Muslim critic named Robert Spencer was the key participant. People ranging from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to prominent rabbis have criticized anti-Muslim intolerance spewed by Spencer and his affiliate organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative.
I believe that Spencer has the fundamental right to speak hatefully about fellow Americans. I also know that people of goodwill have the right not to engage him in his rhetoric. Moreover, we have the right to challenge his bigotry by not granting him dignified platforms.
Passivity in the face of hate speech has cumulative consequences. Words matter, and discrimination is inspired by those who have loud voices that repeat sweeping false generalizations and stereotypes.
Spencer – and peers like Pam Geller, Pastor Terry Jones et al who seek attention and revenue from their exploits – come to our region to prove a point about Michigan Muslims that denigrates Muslims who have been here over a century. The oldest mosque in America was established in Highland Park in 1921, and the oldest socio-political expression of American Muslims comes from Detroit. America’s first Muslim judge, Adam Shakoor, hails from Detroit, and America’s first Muslim congressman, Keith Ellison, is a Detroit native and Wayne State graduate.
Muslims guided by faith have been overwhelmingly law-abiding, peaceful and productive citizens of Michigan and America in general – counter to Spencer’s narrative.
We don’t have control over the United Kingdom barring Spencer from speaking there, nor do we have influence over other governments and people to force them to live according to American standards. We do, however, have the ability to influence civility. This includes pushing back against those who foment ethnic and religious intolerance such as Spencer and his acolytes. I encourage government officials and interfaith leaders to use their freedom of speech to drown out the speech of Spencer, Westboro Baptist Church and other merchants of vitriol who seek to prosper off of the backs of Michiganians.
Posted in Robert Spencer's The Incorrect Guide to Islam, Silly Spencer, Spencer Double Standards | Tagged Amago, Dawud Walid, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Islamophobia, Keith Ellison, Pamela Geller, Pastor Terry Jones, Robert Spencer, Westboro Baptist Church | 5 Replies
Muslims in Politics: Islamophobes Worst Nightmare
Rep. Keith Ellison, one of two Muslims in Congress
by Garibaldi
Muslims make up 1 to 2% of the population in the United States, a number which is reflected in their limited political clout. This fact however does not hinder the Islamophobia Movement’s growing fear and anxiety about Muslim advancement in the political realm. LoonPolitics, as has been clearly demonstrated over the years, is a central feature of the surreal world of anti-Muslim bigotry.
One could be forgiven if while reading Islamophobic blog headlines one actually thought he or she was reading a chapter heading of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, or Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, or maybe even the Arabian Nights. President Barack Obama is still supposedly our first “Mooslim-in-Chief” according to AtlasShrugs’ Pamela Geller, JihadWatch’s Robert Spencer and a “healthy chunk” of Americans. Even after several House hearings on the subject, conspiracy theories about the insidious world-wide octopus known as the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrating all branches of the government are regular political parlay with prominent politicians such as Michele Bachmann. Former terrorism supporter and current Chair of the House Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Rep. Peter King is due to hold his millionth hearing on the supposed “pressing” issue of the radicalization of American Muslims. I can go on and on but you get the picture.
So why are Islamophobes so anxious? Why do they feel the need to pre-empt Muslim political advancement in the United States–at any and all cost? Is it a fear of phantom Sharia’ Law replacing the US Constitution? Is it a fear of the Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation of the Holy Quran replacing the King James Holy Bible as part of the canon of English literature? No, these are not the true reasons for their fear. As one of the godfathers of Islamophobia, Daniel Pipes put it at an American Jewish Congress convention, “the presence, and increased stature, and affluence, and enfranchisement of American Muslims” is “dangerous.”
Pipes was speaking in the context of how such a scenario would “affect American Jews,” but his statement holds true with nearly all Islamophobes; they believe Muslim advancement in American life will challenge their agendas.
Almost anytime a Muslim is elected to congress, appointed as a judge, a city councillor and/or an advisor expect immediate Islamophobic backlash. Reverberating across the looniverse will be hundreds, if not thousands of blogposts and opinion articles, each one mirroring one another’s talking points.
Remember Rep. Keith Ellison and the manufactured “Koran swearing-in controversy?” Islamophobes were in a twist over Ellison putting his hand on the very same Quran Thomas Jefferson owned; un-American they claimed! Rep. Andre Carson recently faced a barrage of accusations about “stealth jihad” and slanders that he wanted public schools to teach the Quran–all because of a misunderstood and decontextualized four sentence quote ripped from a 15 minute speech. Who can forget when Judge Sohail Mohammed was appointed to a state bench and the immediate hysterics from Geller and company claiming Sharia’ Law had penetrated New Jersey–Gov. Chris Christie responded in bewilderment, “Sharia Law has nothing to do with this at all, it’s crazy!” There was also the ACT! for America campaign that targeted a Muslim Fulbright Scholar and Business professor, Parvez Ahmed appointed by Jacksonville’s mayor to a Human Right’s Commission–according to many the anti-Muslim bigotry was an embarrassing episode for the City of Jacksonville.
So it is not surprising that Islamophobes once again got bent out of shape when anti-Loon Ahmed Rehab was recently announced by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel as part of an advisory committee on immigration issues (h/t: FernandoA).
The anti-Muslim Islamophobic websites would have us believe that Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former IDF soldier, appointed a “Hamas-linked” operative as an advisor! Most of the recycled headlines in the looniverse read, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Appoints Hamas-Linked CAIR’s Ahmed Rehab to Advisory Committee. Yes, you read that right, a former IDF soldier, now the mayor of one of the largest US cities supposedly appointed a Hamas-linked individual to his advisory committee. That’s as surreal as Islamophobic stupidity gets. I mean I know they pack a lot into those deep dish pizza’s in Chicago, but there ain’t nothin’ in those pizzas that would make Emanuel, ever, appoint a “Hamas linked advisor!”
The well worn anti-Muslim smear and slander campaign (they never provide real evidence of Hamas links) against Rehab seems to have fallen on deaf, or at least unsympathetic ears, as good judgement generally sees clear through Islamophobic BS.
The most ironic and surreal part of all this is the true missed terrorist link: Mayor Emanuel’s own father, Ari Emanuel was really a member of a terrorist organization, the Irgun, but for Islamophobes such a link would never be an issue.
Posted in Spencer Hate, Spencer Stealth Conspiracy | Tagged Ahmed Rehab, André Carson, Anti-Muslim, Ari Emanuel, CAIR, Hamas, Hamas-linked CAIR, Irgun, Islam, Islamophobia, Keith Ellison, Pamela Geller, Parvez Ahmed, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Spencer, Sohail Mohammed, Terrorism | Leave a reply
Ellison Speaks of the Organized anti-Muslim Industry
Posted on March 22, 2011 by Amago
Keith Ellison is well aware of Spencer and comp. He realized that their books, blogs, interviews, etc., infiltrated the highest recesses of the Republican party.
Keith Ellison Shrugs Off Conservative Mockers
“You know it still doesn’t matter,” Ellison said of the mockers and the hearing. “Because a lot of good people stood up. A lot of people who are not Muslims stood up and said this is bad, this is ugly and we don’t like it.”
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) isn’t sweating the mocking his emotional testimony before Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) hearings on Muslim extremism last week generated from the right.
Asked by TPM Wednesday about the drubbing he’s received from conservative pundits since he teared up before King’s panel, Ellison basically said, what else is new?
“Well, you know, I don’t anticipate some people will appreciate everything that I say and stand for,” he said. “But I’ll say this: American people realize that when we say freedom and justice for all, that means all. You know, Muslims too.”
Ellison said it’s open season on the right when it comes to Muslims.
“Look there is an organized anti-Muslim industry in the United States,” he said. “It’s Pam Geller, it’s Robert Spencer, it’s Steve Emerson…it’s Frank Gaffney. They’re well-known entities.”
“They sell books doing this, they tell people they’re counter-terrorism experts, and you know,” Ellison added. “But what does that have to do with the whole economic discussion we’ve been having?”
Looking back on the King hearings, which generated more controversy about King than they exposed secret Muslim extremism in America, Ellison said they showed that the conservative anti-Muslim machine he describled is not the mainstream of the country.
Posted in Call to Action | Tagged anti-Muslim Industry, Frank Gaffney, Keith Ellison, King hearings, Muslim extremism, Pam Geller, Peter King, Robert Spencer | 1 Reply
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July 31, 2014 Reviews
by Mike D'Angelo
Indie dramas don’t get much more oppressively dreary than War Story, a film every bit as distinctive and exciting as its generic title suggests. The film’s opening scene introduces a woman named Lee, played by Catherine Keener, who works her way past a crowd of reporters into a waiting vehicle, which drives her to a hotel. It isn’t yet clear where Lee is—somewhere in Italy, it seems, perhaps Sicily—and it isn’t even remotely clear who she is or why reporters want to talk to her. Nor are answers to these questions forthcoming for a long while. Instead, War Story spends roughly half an hour just watching this unknown woman wallow in grief. The phone in her room rings off the hook, but instead of answering, she stares vacantly into space. When she does stir from her bed, she’s needlessly obnoxious to the hotel staff, and seems put out that not everybody speaks English. On more than one occasion, Lee even pulls that ugly-American trick of repeating herself louder, as if additional volume can somehow bridge a language gap. (Since she’s eventually revealed as a photojournalist who’s spent her entire working life abroad, this makes no sense whatsoever, but it does convey that she’s deeply upset.)
In the hands of a first-rate filmmaker, even a minimalist scenario like this can become riveting cinema. Julia Loktev’s Day Night Day Night, for example, spends an even longer chunk of screen time—half the movie, basically—observing its protagonist, a prospective suicide bomber, as she sits around a hotel room waiting for her handlers to return, performing mundane activities like clipping her toenails. Unlike Loktev, however, War Story director Mark Jackson, demonstrates no particular interest in human behavior. Lee’s lack of affect never comes across as anything more than a gimmick, deployed in combination with the decision to wait as long as possible before revealing what’s troubling her. Furthermore, Keener, though a superb actor in the right context, is one of the worst candidates to play a character who’s this closed-off. Her features don’t speak in a way that silently conveys multitudes. She needs something to play, and there’s more life and truth in her split-second reaction to an ex-husband’s suggestion of sex in Begin Again than in her entire performance here, even though she’s virtually never offscreen in War Story.
Eventually, a skeletal narrative does emerge, involving Lee’s efforts to regain her sense of humanity by helping a Tunisian refugee (Hafsia Herzi) make her way to France. Ben Kingsley also pops up for about five minutes to provide some belated information about Lee’s past and the incident that caused her to abandon all hope in the first place, none of which is compelling enough to retroactively justify having been withheld for so long. Mostly, though, War Story just stubbornly clings to its conviction that denuding a movie of all vitality automatically confers gravity. It’s a singularly dismal experience, culminating in an ending that functions like a punitive “fuck you” to both protagonist and audience. There’s no questioning the sincerity of everyone involved in making this film, which strives to say something trenchant about post-traumatic stress and the impossibility of remaining neutral when working in war zones. Sincerity and good intentions are all it has going for it, alas, and the result is the cinematic equivalent of a plate full of spinach.
GoWatchIt: Buy. Rent. Stream War Story
90 min / Run Time
July 30 2014 / Release Date
Theatrical Release / format
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Alexander Trostiansky
Born in 1972 in the family of musicians Alexander began his studies under the guidance of his father. After successful appearances at the regional competitions he was accepted to the Special Music School at the Novosibirsk State conservatory where he worked with Prof. M.Liberman..
In 1990 Alexander was honored as the one of Prize-winners at the very first International competition in his life - �Premio Paganini� in Genova.
In 1991-97 Trostiansky had a luck to work with Prof. Irina Bochkova at the Moscow Tchaikovsky conservatory.
Regular concerts brought artistic experience to the young musician, helped him to win another prestigious international competitions including
1996 - "Centre d'Arts" (Orford, Canada, 1st prize)
1997 - "F.Schubert and 20th Century Music" (Graz, Austria, 3rd prize)
1998 - "P.I. Tchaikovsky" (Moscow, 5th prize)
He participated in "Moscow Autumn", "Musik im Michel", "December Evenings by S.Richter", "Oleg Kagan Musikfest" (Kreuth), Y.Bashmet's festivals (Yaroslavl and Minsk) and many others.
Alexander is a regular recording artist. He recorded with "Melodia", "Vista Vera", "Chandos", "Dowani", "Egan Records", "Naxos", "ECM Records" labels, for Radio-1-Russia and "Orpheus-Radio".
Geography of his performances is extremely wide: more then 80 cities of Russia, over 30 countries of the world.
Trostiansky appeared in Great Halls of the Moscow Conservatory and St.Petersburg Philharmonic, Concert-en Congresgebouw de Doelen, Jurriaanse Zaal (Rotterdam, Holland), Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden (London), Mozarteum (Salzburg), Goetheanum (Dornach, Switzerland), Kravis Performing Arts Center (West Palm Beach), Schoenberg Hall (Los Angeles), Herbst Theatre (San-Francisco), Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York).
His wide repertoire includes over sixty(!) violin concertos, a lot of chamber music and music of 20th century. Some of modern Russian composers dedicated to him their works.
Amongst many other programs Trostiansky rendered Paganini's "24 capriccios" at once.
In 2001-2002 Alexander works as an expert at "The Window to Russia" philharmonics competition.
In 2007 Trostiansky has been given "The Honoured Artist of Russia" title.
His stage partners were such musicians as A.Lubimov, A.Rudin, N.Gutman, E.Virsaladze, V.Kholodenko, A.Melnikov, A.Bouzlov, D.Shapovalov.
Recently he made National Premieres of W.Schumann's and K.Weill's Violin Concertos, O.Messian's Fantasia for violin and piano, recorded monographic CDs with Russian composers' E.Sherbakov, V.Tarakanov and A.Muravlev music (all with "Classical Records" label).
E-mail:trostiansky@mail.ru
Tel./Fax (+7 499) 743 93 14
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The February meeting of Church Council will be February 13th. Gene Summers offered the closing prayer. The meeting was adjourned.
Marilyn Taylor, Secretary
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There are many ways to run Kubernetes. Using Minikube, a prepackaged virtual machine (VM) environment designed for local testing, reduces the complexity of running an environment.
There’s a reason we have beta versions of software: all the kinks need to be worked out. This is also why using beta versions always come with warnings and disclaimers that you’re using the software at your own risk.
Users of the iOS 13 beta have discovered that there’s a bug that makes it easy to access the data in “Website & App Passwords” in the Settings app. Certainly, this is something Apple needs to get fixed before the official release, expected for September.
Bulgaria has suffered what has been described as the biggest data leak in its history. The stolen data, which hackers emailed to local media on July 15, originates from the country’s tax reporting service – the National Revenue Agency (NRA).
The breach contains the personal data of 5 million citizens, local outlet Capital reports. To put that into perspective, Bulgaria has a population of 7 million. Among other things, the trove includes personal identifiable numbers, addresses, and even income data.
With smartphones from various tech companies falling prey to the exploding game, it seems like it’s Apple’s turn, as this time an iPhone caught fire in Bakersfield, California.
It is suggested that 11-year-old Kayla Ramos was sitting in her sister’s bedroom and was holding the iPhone 6 in her hands. She mostly used it for watching YouTube videos and sometimes gave it to her younger siblings.
Programming: Thread Synchronization, Python, C++
Thread Synchronization in Linux and Windows Systems, Part 1
In modern operating systems, each process has its own address space and one thread of control. However, in practice we often face situations requiring several concurrent tasks within a single process and with access to the same process components: structures, open file descriptors, etc.
Intro to Black – The Uncompromising Python Code Formatter
There are several Python code checkers available. For example, a lot of developers enjoy using Pylint or Flake8 to check their code for errors. These tools use static code analysis to check your code for bugs or naming issues. Flake8 will also check your code to see if you are adhering to PEP8, Python’s style guide.
Report from the February 2019 ISO C++ meeting (Library)
Back in February, I attended the WG21 C++ standards committee meeting in rainy Kona, Hawaii (yes, it rained most of the week). This report is so late that we’re now preparing for the next meeting, which will take place mid-July in Cologne.
As usual, I spent the majority of my time in the Library Working Group (for LWG; for details on the various Working Groups and Study Groups see Standard C++: The Committee). The purpose of the LWG is to formalize the specification of the C++ Standard Library, i.e. the second “half” of the C++ standard (although in terms of page count it’s closer to three quarters than half). With a new C++20 standard on the horizon, and lots of new features that people want added to the standard library, the LWG has been very busy trying to process the backlog of new proposals forwarded by the Library Evolution Working Group (LEWG).
One of the main tasks at the Kona meeting was to review the “Ranges Design Cleanup” proposal. The cleanup involves a number of fixes and improvements to the new Ranges library, addressing issues that came up during the review of the previous (much larger) proposal to add the Ranges library, which is one of the biggest additions to the C++20 library (most of the other significant additions to C++20 affect the core language, without much library impact). In fact, I’d say it’s one of the biggest additions to the C++ standard library since the first standard in 1998. The Ranges library work overhauls the parts of the standard that originated in the Standard Template Library (STL), i.e. iterators, algorithms, and containers, to re-specify them in terms of C++ Concepts. This has been a multi-year effort that has now landed in the C++20 working draft, following multiple proposals and several meetings of wording review by LWG.
JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. This format is a popular method of storing data in key-value arrangements so it can be parsed easily later. Don’t let the name fool you, though: You can use JSON in Python—not just JavaScript—as an easy way to store data, and this article demonstrates how to get started.
Android Leftovers
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Tuesday 16th of July 2019 02:18:06 PM Filed under
Agent Smith Malware Infecting Android Apps
Huawei Renames Android Replacement 'Harmony', Despite Execs Denying It Exists
How to Back up Your Personal Data on iOS and Android
Accelerate Android Build Times for Faster Time to Market
After LG G6, LG V30 ThinQ Android Pie (9.0) beta build leaks
Redmi S2/Redmi Y2 Android Pie 9.0 update rolling out once again, brings June security patch
Motorola Moto G6 Android Pie (9.0) update arrives on US unlocked variants
Early Android Pie beta build leaks for the LG V30, still no release info
Huawei Y9 (2019) joins Honor 8X as its EMUI 9 (Android Pie) update goes on hold as well
Huawei Says It's Not Actually Working on an Android Replacement
TCL 55-inch P8E 4K AI Smart Android LED TV Launched in India, Priced at Rs. 40,990
Blaupunkt launches 4K QLED Android 7 smart TV in India priced at Rs 69,999
Exclusive: Android Q will bring One UI 2.0, Galaxy S11 will get One UI 2.1
The Pixel 4 could be taking advantage of this new Android Q feature
These Samsung Android Tablets are Up to 43% Off for Prime Day 2019, Deals from Just $119.99
Return of the Keyboard: This New Android Is Actually Not a BlackBerry
The Nokia 2.2 offers the latest advances in AI and Android™ at an accessible price, now shipping in the United States
Top best karaoke apps for Android
The best remaining Amazon Prime Day Android phones that aren't sold out or backordered
In my previous two posts I looked at the Raspberry Pi 4 hardware and at the procedure for installing and booting the new Raspbian Buster Operating System on the Pi 4. With those basic steps out of the way, now it's time to look at both the hardware and software in more detail.
The first thing I want to mention is that when I wrote the previous post about Raspbian, I had not noticed that there is an updated version of Raspbian Buster (2019-07-10) available. This version was released sort of quietly (without the usual blog post announcing and explaining it), although there are release notes for it if you are interested. This release is extremely good news, because it fixes some of the biggest problems that I mentioned in my previous post...
Fedora Community Blog: Application service categories and community handoff
The Community Platform Engineering (CPE) team recently wrote about our face-to-face meeting where we developed a team mission statement and developed a framework for making our workload more manageable. Having more focus will allow us to progress higher priority work for multiple stakeholders and move the needle on more initiatives in a more efficient manner than how we are working right now.
During the F2F we walked through the process of how to gracefully remove ourselves from applications that are not fitting our mission statement. The next couple of months will be a transition phase as we want to ensure continuity and cause minimum disruption to the community. To assist in that strategy, we analysed our applications and came up with four classifications to which they could belong.
Clonezilla live 2.6.2-15 Released, which includes Major Enhancements and Bug Fixes
Clonezilla live 2.6.2-15 Released on 12-July-2019, which includes Major Enhancements and Bug Fixes.
Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image or Norton Ghost. It allows users to do system deployment, bare metal backup and recovery.
Graphics: Vulkan, AMDGPU and AMDVLK
Graphics/Benchmarks
Drew DeVault of Sway/WLROOTS fame has been dabbling with his first Vulkan extension as part of work with other upstream Wayland developers on DRM lease support and better supporting VR headsets under Wayland.
Being worked on in-step with DRM lease protocol support for Wayland, Drew is also drafting a "VK_EXT_acquire_wl_display" extension for Vulkan. That new extension is akin to VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display for X11 but for working on Wayland. The existing VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display extension allows a Vulkan application / game engine to take exclusive control of a display currently associated with an X11 screen. This goes along with the DRM lease support and was spearheaded by Red Hat, Valve, NVIDIA, and Intel as part of Steam VR support on Linux.
The past few weeks while AMD open-source developers were busy getting their Navi enablement code public and aligned for the Linux 5.3 merge window, the display core "DC" frequent code drops ceased. Every so often AMD developers volley their DC patches from their internal development trees to the public mailing list for queuing ahead of the next cycle. Now that Navi is out there and getting stabilized, they've issued a new set of DC patches and it's coming in heavy.
Given that it's been a while during Navi review and upstreaming, the AMDGPU DC patches sent out on Monday are 87 patches that add nearly ten thousand lines of new code.
Just over one week after the Radeon RX 5700/5700XT "Navi" graphics cards began shipping, the AMDVLK open-source AMD Radeon Vulkan Linux driver support is now available for these first RDNA offerings.
AMDVLK is the official open-source AMD Vulkan Linux driver and is based on the same sources as the Windows/Linux Radeon Software Vulkan driver. The open-source AMDVLK, however, uses their LLVM-based shader compiler rather than AMD's long-standing proprietary shader compiler. AMDVLK is an alternative to the Mesa RADV Vulkan driver maintained by the "community" (principally, Red Hat, Google, and Valve) that did see launch-day support last week for Navi.
The word "Arduino" often invokes a wide range of opinions and sometimes emotion. For many, it represents a very low bar to entry into the world of microcontrollers. This world before 2003 often required costly, obscure and closed-source development tools. Arduino has been a great equalizer, blowing the doors off the walled garden. Arduino now represents a huge ecosystem of hardware that speaks a (mostly) common language and eases transition from one hardware platform to another. Today, if you are a company that sells microcontrollers, it's in your best interest to get your dev boards working with Arduino. It offers a low-friction path to getting your products into lots of hands quickly.
It's also important to note that Arduino's simplicity does not inhibit digging deep into the microcontroller. Nothing stops you from directly twiddling registers and using advanced features. It does, however, decrease your portability between boards.
Also: First the E-Bike, Next the Flying Car
Games: Emberlight, Rings of Saturn, Defend The Keep, Path of Titans, Kind Words, Kingdoms of the Dump
Emberlight, a roguelike dungeon crawler from Quarter Onion Games is releasing with Linux support on August 13th and it does sound like it could be interesting.
Quarter Onion Games are saying it will be a "true roguelike dungeon crawler" and while they don't go on to explain what makes it "true" versus other games, I still love the sound of it. The gameplay loop in this especially, as you will absorb abilities used by enemies which eventually corrupts you. Eventually turning to darkness, you become the boss for the next run-through along with everything you provided them with.
Rings of Saturn from Kodera Software is something I've written about a couple of times and it seems like supporting Linux and Mac has been worth it for the developer.
It's currently doing a hybrid crowdfunding/Early Access model on itch.io, with it just recently breaking one thousand dollars. The developer recently shared this on Twitter, showing that close to half of the backers have been from Linux and Mac...
Defend The Keep from Vanille Games offers a familiar Tower Defense formula, with a few extra spices thrown in to make it worthy of your attention.
Ah yes, now I can live out my dream of not just walking with the dinosaurs but to actually live and breathe as one. Path of Titans is planning full Linux support.
Kind Words, a game about writing nice letters to people arrives on Steam this September
Kind Words from Popcannibal (Girls Like Robots, Make Sail) is a pretty sweet chilled out game, one where you write letters while listening to some seriously chilled out beats.
Well, this is certainly something unique. Kingdoms of the Dump, a SNES-styled RPG with plenty of modern touches is currently on Kickstarter. Two things make it interesting: It's made with the FOSS game engine Godot Engine and the two main creators are actual janitors chasing their dream.
Today in Techrights
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 16th of July 2019 10:34:03 AM Filed under
EPO Looney Tunes – Part 1: Is D-Day Approaching for Battistelli’s “Difficult Legacy”?
Microsoft, in Its Own Words…
Microsoft’s WSL is Designed to Weaken GNU/Linux (on the Desktop/Laptop) and Strengthen Vista 10
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors v.5.3 available
Submitted by ksanaj on Tuesday 16th of July 2019 07:28:24 AM Filed under
All the recent features of ONLYOFFICE online editors are now also available in the free open-source desktop suite, with several new features exclusive to the desktop app.
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Tuesday 16th of July 2019 07:05:27 AM Filed under
Android Q Beta 5: Apps are granted full location access in deliberate test
Hongmeng or ArkOS is not an Android alternative, says Huawei Executive
Hongmeng OS Not An Android Replacement According To Huawei Chairman
Huawei's Android alternative might arrive as 'Harmony' in Europe
Meet 'Harmony' -- Huawei Names Android OS Replacement in Europe
Huawei’s Android Alternative may be Named Harmony
Xiaomi Mi A3 is Chinese OEM’s next Android One phone
The Xiaomi Mi A3 could be the Android One phone we’ve been waiting for
Realme X, Realme 3i Announced With Dual Rear Cameras and Android Pie
Cubot R19: New budget device with Android 9 Pie coming at the end of the month
An early Android 9 Pie beta also leaks for the LG V30
AMD Link adds support for streaming PC games on Android TV
AirTV Mini is a little Android TV box that loves Sling TV
Pick Up This 43-Inch Sony 4K TV With Android TV For Just $379 - Amazon Prime Day 2019
Air TV has a cheap new Android TV device, but it’s aimed at the US market
Save over $200 on the Galaxy S10 and other Android phones with Verizon's Prime Day deal
I'm Ready for Android Foldables too, Google
Google killing AdSense on Android and iOS this year for the web
Aussie Android phone users targeted by vicious new malware called Agent Smith
Unihertz Titan Is An Android-Fueled BlackBerry Passport Clone For Keyboard Lovers
today's leftovers
Lenovo Chromebook C330 2-in-1
Today we are looking at the Lenovo Chromebook C330 (81HY0000US), it is a 2-1 device, a notebook but it can also be converted into a tablet.
It comes with a fanless quad-core MediaTek MT8173C CPU, an 11.6 inch, 1366x768, IPS display, and touch screen. It has 4gb of RAM and 64GB eMMC SSD.
The Foliate ebook reader app for Linux has added support for additional ebook formats, including those used by the Amazon Kindle.
Now, I’m conscious that I’ve mentioned Foliate a lot recently. I generally don’t like to do that — anyone remember the omg! docky! days? — but some developers are so dang prolific, able to knock out notable update after notable update at a regular clip, that I have no choice!
Foliate’s developer, John Factotum, is one such dev — nice work!
Install & Run Xampp on Ubuntu 19.04 using Terminal
How to scan your Docker installment with docker-bench-test
Make sure you commit anything you want to end up in the KDE Applications 19.08 release to them
OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 Aiming To PGO More Packages, Use IWD For WiFi Connections
While OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 was just released last month, we are already looking forward to OpenMandriva 4.1 for a number of improvements and some new features.
OpenMandriva's developer board provides an interesting look at what's ahead for OpenMandriva Lx 4.1. Already completed for this next milestone include migrating to LLVM Clang 9, and using LD.lld and BFD as the default linkers.
Installing Debian 10
Debian 10 Buster was released recently. It is the newest version on Debian operating system. Debian 10 comes with Linux Kernel 4.19. It also comes with latest Linux graphical desktop environment such as GNOME 3.30, KDE Plasma 5.14, Cinnamon 3.8, LXDE 0.99.2, LxQt 0.14, MATE 1.20, Xfce 4.12 and many more. Debian 10 also comes with awesome new artworks.
In this article, I am going to show you how to install Debian 10 Buster on your computer.
Workload Consolidation: The Entire IoT in One Box
To deliver the benefits of workload consolidation while ensuring robust partitioning, congatec has developed a proof of concept based on a six-core Core i7-based COM Express module, a type 1 hypervisor from Real-Time Systems, and Ubuntu Linux.
100,985,047 have been invited to the Evite data breach “party”
Did you get an invitation to the latest data breach? Over the weekend it was disclosed that Evite, the online invitation platform that has sent more than a few birthday and pizza party invitations over the years, suffered a data breach that included over 100 million accounts.
The Gecko Hacker's Guide to Taskcluster
I spent a good chunk of this year fiddling with taskcluster configurations in order to get various bits of continuous integration stood up for WebRender. Taskcluster configuration is very flexible and powerful, but can also be daunting at first. This guide is intended to give you a mental model of how it works, and how to add new jobs and modify existing ones. I'll try and cover things in detail where I believe the detail would be helpful, but in the interest of brevity I'll skip over things that should be mostly obvious by inspection or experimentation if you actually start digging around in the configurations. I also try and walk through examples and provide links to code as much as possible.
Events: Plasma Sprint, PyCon, SciPy and All Systems Go!
In June, I had a great time at a series of KDE events held in the offices of Slimbook, makers of fantastic Neon-powered laptops, at the outskirts of Valencia, Spain. Following on from a two-day KDE e.V. board of directors meeting, the main event was the 2019 edition of the Plasma development sprint. The location proved to be quite ideal for everything. Slimbook graciously provided us with two lovely adjacent meeting rooms for Plasma and the co-located KDE Usability & Productivity sprint, allowing the groups to mix and seperate as our topics demanded - a well-conceived spatial analog for the tight relationship and overlap between the two.
In KDE e.V. news, briefly we stole one of the sprint rooms for a convenient gathering of most of our Financial Working Group, reviewing the implementation of the annual budget plan of the organization. We also had a chance to work with the Usability goal crew (have you heard about KDE goals yet?) on a plan for the use of their remaining budget -- it's going to be exciting.
As a closing note, it was fantastic to see many new faces at this year's sprint. It's hard to believe for how many attendees it was their first KDE sprint ever, as it couldn't have been more comfortable to have them on board. It's great to see our team grow.
Real Python at PyCon US 2019
Quansight presence at SciPy'19
Yesterday the SciPy'19 conference ended. It was a lot of fun, and very productive. You can really feel that there's a lot of energy in the community, and that it's growing and maturing. This post is just a quick update to summarize Quansight's presence and contributions, as well as some of the more interesting things I noticed.
ASG! 2019 CfP Re-Opened!
Due to popular request we have re-opened the Call for Participation (CFP) for All Systems Go! 2019 for one day. It will close again TODAY, on 15 of July 2019, midnight Central European Summit Time! If you missed the deadline so far, we’d like to invite you to submit your proposals for consideration to the CFP submission site quickly! (And yes, this is the last extension, there's not going to be any more extensions.)
GNOME: GSOC, GNOME Foundation, GLib
Gaurav Agrawal: GSOC Progress by Mid July
July Marked the beginning of II GSOC coding month. This month our goal is to make the diff bar model as accurate and intuitive as possible.
One of the biggest thing which I learnt so far is how to contribute on upstream repositories on which our project depends.
In our case this was with Libgit2, we discovered a bug in Libgit2 while doing our project, and Albfan made this a perfect example to show me how to contribute on upstream, how to raise bugs and how to do discussions for getting it solved.
Jean-François Fortin Tam: Available for hire, 2019 edition
Sometime after the end of my second term on the GNOME Foundation, I was contacted by a mysterious computer vendor that ships a vanilla GNOME on their laptops, Purism.
Array copying and extending in GLib 2.61.2
A slightly more in-depth post in the mini-series this time, about various new functions which Emmanuel Fleury has landed in GLib 2.61.2 (which is due to be released soon), based on some old but not-quite-finished patches from others.
Programming: Python, Vim, Go and More
How to integrate jenkins with webhook
Serving Gifs With Discord Bot - Reading Time: 12 Mins
Python Snippet 1: More Uses For Else
Python Celery Guide
Python String Find()
PyCharm 2019.2 Beta #2
It hasn’t been long since we published PyCharm 2019.2 Beta, and now we’re ready to share with you the second Beta build! The final release date is getting closer and closer, and while you wait, give PyCharm 2019.2 Beta #2 a go! Get the PyCharm 2019.2 Beta build from our website and try all the latest functionality.
Vimrc Tutorial
In this article, we’re going to dive deep into the vimrc file of Vim. Once you’re inside the vimscript, it’s easy to mess things up. That’s why this rule of thumb will always be helpful in your journey with Vim. Don’t put any line in vimrc that you don’t understand.
CPU atomics and orderings explained
Sometimes the question comes up about how CPU memory orderings work, and what they do. I hope this post explains it in a really accessible way.
Back in 2009, Google chose to name its latest programming language Go, a decision that is still giving it a migraine
It could have called it "Google Go" to avoid confusion with Frank McCabe's Go! programming language. Despite criticism, it didn't do so. After almost a year of online grumbling, Google software engineer Russ Cox, in 2010, closed GitHub Issue #9, dismissing the complaints as "unfortunate."
And the headaches over the thing's name still won't go away (no pun intended.) Last week, Google rebuffed a request to remove its logo from the Go website, golang.org, a change supported by some developers who feel Google takes Go developers for granted.
Games: Kubernetes Within the Context of Video Games, Please, RetroArch
Kubernetes: The Video Game
Grant Shipley was recently in China for KubeCon, where he gave a keynote talk explaining the Kubernetes ecosystem within the context of Video Games. It’s a fun way to examine the entire world of Kubernetes, from end to end, while also enabling Grant to make Mavis Beacon and Commodore 64 references. Take a gander!
Please, a tense ten-minute experience has a Linux build available
Got a few minutes to burn? Why not try out the short experimental experience that Please offers. Developed by somewhat, it delivers something quite surreal and freaky.
Fans of retro (and not so retro) gaming will be pleased to hear that RetroArch is coming to Steam.
Not familiar with RetroArch? It’s a user-friendly GUI that makes use of the libretro API. That API allows developers to create, among other things, modular ‘libretro’ cores that act as game emulators for systems like the SNES, Mega Drive and Game Boy.
The famed front-end for the popular Libretro API will be available to install on Steam for Windows from July 30. Linux and macOS versions will follow.
The libretro cores that power RetroArch can be used with other compatible frontends (like GNOME Games app) but RetroArch is arguably the best one.
IBM, Red Hat and Fedora
IBM Takes A Hands Off Approach With Red Hat
IBM has been around long enough in the IT racket that it doesn’t have any trouble maintaining distinct portfolios of products that have overlapping and often incompatible functions. The System/3, which debuted in 1969, is only five years older than the System/360, which laid the foundation and set the pace for corporate computing when it launched in 1964. Both styles of machines continue to exist today as the IBM i on Power Systems platform and the System z.
With the $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, which closed last week, neither of those two legacy products are under threat and IBM does not seem to be inclined whatsoever in ceasing development of the legacy operating system and middleware stacks embodied in the IBM i and System z lines.
As Arvind Krishna, senior vice president in charge of IBM’s cloud and cognitive software products, put it bluntly in a call after the deal closed, IBM’s customers expect for Big Blue to maintain its own operating systems, middleware, storage, databases, and security software in the IBM i, AIX, and System z lines, and that is precisely what Big Blue is going to do. Krisha estimated that there is only about 5 percent overlap in products between Big Blue and Red Hat – something we talked about at length when the deal was announced last October – and added that in many enterprise accounts that use both Red Hat and IBM platforms, companies invest in both sets of software for different purposes – perhaps using JBoss in one case and WebSphere in another, for instance.
Tech cos go for Edtech tie-ups to get that ready workforce
Companies like Wipro, Accenture, IBM and others are tying up with edtech partners like upGrad, Simplilearn and Udacity to have a ready-trained workforce they can deploy on projects. Additional benefits include minimal training cost incurred post recruitment and a lesser churn as learners develop more ownership in their roles.
The edtech firms provide campus recruits the required platform, content, assignments and project work in their last semester of college to ensure they are prepared with programming skills and emerging digital skills before they join.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 improves performance for modern workloads
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 can provide significant performance improvements over RHEL 7 across a range of modern workloads. To put this in context, we used RHEL 7.6 to execute multiple benchmarks with Intel's 2nd generation of Intel Xeon Scalable processors, and our hardware partners set 35 new world record performance results using the same OS version. This post will highlight RHEL 8 performance gains over RHEL 7.
How did we get here? The performance engineering team at Red Hat collaborates with software partners and hardware OEMs to measure and optimize performance across workloads that range from high-end databases, NoSQL databases packaged in RHEL, Java applications, and third party databases and applications from Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, SAS, and SAP HANA ERP applications.
We run multiple benchmarks and measure the performance of CPU, memory, disk I/O and networking. Testing includes the filesystems we ship with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, such as XFS, Ext4, GFS2, Gluster and Ceph.
Federation V2 is now KubeFed
Some time ago we talked about how Federation V2 on Red Hat OpenShift 3.11 enables users to spread their applications and services across multiple locales or clusters. As a fast moving project, lots of changes happened since our last blog post. Among those changes, Federation V2 has been renamed to KubeFed and we have released OpenShift 4.
In today’s blog post we are going to look at KubeFed from an OpenShift 4 perspective, as well as show you a stateful demo application deployed across multiple clusters connected with KubeFed.
There are still some unknowns around KubeFed; specifically in storage and networking. We are evaluating different solutions because we want to we deliver a top-notch product to manage your clusters across multiple regions/clouds in a clear and user-friendly way. Stay tuned for more information to come!
Duplicity 0.8.01
Duplicity 0.8.01 is now in rawhide. The big change here is that it now uses Python 3. I’ve tested it in my own environment, both on it’s own and with deja-dup, and both work.
Please test and file bugs. I expect there will be more, but with Python 2 reaching EOL soon, it’s important to move everything we can to Python 3.
Back in February, I attended the WG21 C++ standards committee meeting in rainy Kona, Hawaii (yes, it rained most of the week). This report is so late that we’re now preparing for the next meeting, which will take place mid-July in Cologne. As usual, I spent the majority of my time in the Library Working Group (for LWG; for details on the various Working Groups and Study Groups see Standard C++: The Committee). The purpose of the LWG is to formalize the specification of the C++ Standard Library, i.e. the second “half” of the C++ standard (although in terms of page count it’s closer to three quarters than half). With a new C++20 standard on the horizon, and lots of new features that people want added to the standard library, the LWG has been very busy trying to process the backlog of new proposals forwarded by the Library Evolution Working Group (LEWG). One of the main tasks at the Kona meeting was to review the “Ranges Design Cleanup” proposal. The cleanup involves a number of fixes and improvements to the new Ranges library, addressing issues that came up during the review of the previous (much larger) proposal to add the Ranges library, which is one of the biggest additions to the C++20 library (most of the other significant additions to C++20 affect the core language, without much library impact). In fact, I’d say it’s one of the biggest additions to the C++ standard library since the first standard in 1998. The Ranges library work overhauls the parts of the standard that originated in the Standard Template Library (STL), i.e. iterators, algorithms, and containers, to re-specify them in terms of C++ Concepts. This has been a multi-year effort that has now landed in the C++20 working draft, following multiple proposals and several meetings of wording review by LWG.
To celebrate the Sysadmin day, the Linux Foundation is giving 60% off on its training courses on sysadmin, Kubernetes, Hyperledger etc. Advance your career with these certifications.
In my previous two posts I looked at the Raspberry Pi 4 hardware and at the procedure for installing and booting the new Raspbian Buster Operating System on the Pi 4. With those basic steps out of the way, now it's time to look at both the hardware and software in more detail. The first thing I want to mention is that when I wrote the previous post about Raspbian, I had not noticed that there is an updated version of Raspbian Buster (2019-07-10) available. This version was released sort of quietly (without the usual blog post announcing and explaining it), although there are release notes for it if you are interested. This release is extremely good news, because it fixes some of the biggest problems that I mentioned in my previous post...
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Gaming, Reviews
Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void Review
Take Back Aiur on 09.11.15
The final expansion of StarCraft II, that is Legacy of the Void was released on 09.11.15, it is the most anticipated strategy game of 2015, and for good reason. We all love Blizzard’s Protoss, those high tech plasma psionic blade wielding blue aliens that just seems so cool. In this stand alone expansion, we finally see how the story comes to an end, as Artanis takes the fight to Amon, the Dark God and Xel Naga that seeks to return all life to the void. Of couse, we also have the multiplayer that sees the introduction to so many cool new units we can command. So I got a copy of LotV from CDKEYPLUS.COM at a rate much lower than market rate, since I’m on an NSF’s budget, and boy it was so damn good.
Legacy of the Void’s campaign storyline seems a little linear and erm, lame at the end for me, but it provided the answers that many fans sought for, including what the Xel Naga is, what they look like and finally resolve the StarCraft 2 story. Unlike the previous expansions, you don’t get much choice on where to attack or what units to acquire first and how to modify them much like previous installments. However, the SP is still pretty interesting.
My Life For Aiur
Death is the greatest honour. We love the protoss, energy wielding zealots with incredible sense of divinity and honour. We get a view of the mysterious protoss society, their history, division and caste systems that fractured the unified Firstborn to the Templars, Nezarim and Tal’ Darim.
Hierach Artanis
In this expansion, Artanis leads and unites the Protoss faction, with the help of Vorazun, matriach of the Nezarim, Fenix, a dragoon containing the memories of the past Templar, Rohana, a protoss preserver and even Alarak, a high-ranking lieutenant of the Tal’ Darim to unite the protoss factions and amass a huge army to destroy Amon. Throughout the game, you will deal with Moebius Corps (Terran), Amon’s brood (Zerg) and the Tal’ Darim under Amon’s dark control and finally bring the fight to Amon himself. In the final fight, the protagonist of the 3 factions, Artanis, Raynor and Kerrigan to destroy Amon.
Fantastic Game. Lacking Plot
I loved the protoss storyline almost right up to the end when the protoss fought Amon. Getting to understand the history of the protoss and gain an insider’s perspective on the mysterious alien race was great. Seeing a XelNaga, and even fighting one was awesome. The only issue I had with the storyline was the conclusion. I didn’t really understand why Kerrigan became a [spoiler alert] flying humanoid Phoenix thing that’s suppose to be a Xel Naga, that’s when I felt things got a little too weird for my liking.
Awesome Gameplay Mechanics
Campaign gameplay was great, the unit customisation was pretty fun, although I would have preferred if we could try the units in battle first like in HotS, and I also felt some units were really overpowered, like Dark Templars that will respawn at your base and adepts with amazing teleportation abilities.
Cool New Units
There were several cool missions that involved fighting on a moving platform, multiple search and destroy missions that made the campaign gameplay ever changing so so dynamic it was impossible to get bored of. Controlling heroes in special missions was awesome too, especially when you can hijack robotic units as Karax and have Whirlwind abilities as Fenix that just seems to decimate your enemies as if you were a paper shredder, and they were…paper.
Use Solarite to Power Abilities in the Spear of Adun
I don’t recall having that much fun in gameplay in HotS and most certainly, LotV is worth being called a stand-alone game by itself.
Co-Op mode
Legacy of the Void introduces many new styles of gameplay, one of them being co-op mode. You have straightforward missions involving overcoming a final boss or simply surviving for a certain period of time. You also get slightly more complicated missions such as collecting unique resources in order to progress. What’s great about it is that you get to interact with other humans online and not just AIs, and at the same time, it is much more relaxed than a competitive deathmatch.
Archon Mode
As a new RTS player. I loved Archon mode. Archon mode is a unique style of gameplay whereby 2 players control the same base and units. If you have bad cooperation skills, you will send your units all over the place without understanding what you guys are trying to achieve, sending uncoordinated conflicting messages that leaves your poor probes with a mind-splitting headache, literally. However, if you have a master player on your side, you can let him show you the ropes whilst you micromanage the simpler tasks. Having lost 10/10 of my first SC2 games, Archon mode gave me my first win that made me so ecstatic (thought the credit wasn’t really mine, I just mined for minerals and watch my teammate decimate the enemy).
Mad Warpin with Protoss
Now I have heard amazing things about the LotV multiplayer. It plays alot differently from the previous versions of Starcraft II. There are a whole load of new units, some of which are rather overpowered like the cyclone and adept, which is really powerful against Terran units, sending their shadows forth to decimate my Orbital Commands within seconds…sigh. Then again, I am a rather new RTS player so, it might be because I’m Mr Slowhands. The various new units are great and fun to play with, and the gameplay is fast paced as always. It keeps you on your toes at all times, training me to recognise Terran hotkeys within 1 hour of gameplay, it’s really do or die (although my fate falls to the latter most of the time). It would be wise to check new builds and metas because many of them don’t work anymore since LotV is no WoL or HotS.
Freaking awesome. Despite the strange ending, Legacy of the Void is one of the best games these years and most definitely the best RTS. I can’t wait for something like Starcraft II again. I wish Blizzard would come up with a Starcraft III, but I don’t think thats coming out anytime in the future. With a solid single player gameplay and action packed multiplayer, LotV surpasses its predecessors in so many ways. So I would most definitely thank my friends at cdkeyplus.com for this awesome game.
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Panorays has received early stage funding of $5 million, led by noted venture capital fund, Aleph.
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