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Geoffrey A. Fowler
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Only One Beyoncé: Services Pick Up After Your Music
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My digital music collection is over a decade old, and it’s as disorderly as a drawer of mismatched socks.
Many songs are missing the correct album titles and cover art—or just show up in Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iTunes with mysterious names like “Track04.” Over the years I’ve used several programs to import and buy music, resulting in wild inconsistencies in my collection. I’ve got songs by Beyoncé (with accent), Beyonce (without accent), Beyoncé Knowles (with accent) and Beyonce Knowles (without accent).
Several companies have developed programs that tap into vast databases of songs to tame music collections. I’ve been testing one by San Francisco startup TuneUp Media that’s available to download online and buy in Apple’s stores. While I was reluctant to pay $19.95 for a year’s subscription to a service I reckon should be in iTunes for free, TuneUp has largely delivered on its promise to scrub my music collection with minimal effort, making sure tracks were properly titled and adding extras like album cover art.
TuneUp’s greatest asset is that it works seamlessly with iTunes (for Mac and PC). With TuneUp hooked on to the right side of the iTunes program, you drag “dirty,” or mislabeled, songs into a box identified by a spray bottle of cleaner. The software identifies songs by taking clues from information you’ve embedded in your music, as well as sampling the song’s digital fingerprint. TuneUp looks for a match to those clues in a database of songs maintained by Sony Corp.’s (SNE) Gracenote.
Some matches are a slam dunk, but almost half of my collection proved to be problematic. Of the 500 most-played songs in my pop-oriented collection, TuneUp found “matches” for songs across 79 albums and “likely matches” for songs across 209 albums. It couldn’t identify 10 songs. The company says it counts matches as a 90% or higher chance of a match, and “likely” as at least 75% chance of a match. Songs with a likelihood under 75% are labeled “not found.”
TuneUp gives you the chance to review each of the matches before it adjusts your catalog. (It comes with an undo button.) Accepting all of the sure matches is easy enough, but slogging through the likely matches is troublesome. TuneUp gives you only the option to accept or reject its one recommendation after listening to the file, if you want.I worried that I might be inadvertently mislabeling a song, but haven’t yet found evidence of errors in my collection. The company says it cut out alternative matches to simplify the cleaning process, but is working on adding them to future releases of the software.
Once a song has been cleaned by TuneUp, it is given a consistent name, track number, album cover and other helpful information, such as the year it was released. Now I’ve got songs by just Beyoncé (with accent) and almost all of my songs feature the album cover art that looks so nifty on iPhone screens. The software assigns your songs genre identifications, which can be handy for matching music to your mood. Most of the classifications aren’t terms I would have come up with: Beyoncé is dubbed “urban crossover,” while Michael Jackson is either “disco” or “other pop” depending on the era—but at least they’re consistent. You also can tell TuneUp not to change any specific part of a song’s existing catalog listing, including genre.
TuneUp takes a few seconds, depending on your computer and Internet speed, to identify and re-classify each song. Attempting to scrub a whole collection—mine has more than 10,000 songs—can be a lengthy affair. The company suggests cleaning 500 songs at a time, but you can do many more than that if you leave it running over night.
I tried out a free competitor to TuneUp called MusicBrainz Picard, which matches songs based on a database collected by a swarm of Internet users, rather than one particular company. TuneUp and MusicBrainz, which is run by a nonprofit, are as different as Britannica and Wikipedia in their approaches to cataloging information.
The MusicBrainz approach to building a user-generated database is powerful and has been tapped by companies such as the BBC and Amazon.com (AMZN) to improve the way they keep track of music on their sites. Some of my songs that TuneUp couldn’t identify, such as the song “This Way” by hip hop group Dilated Peoples, were a breeze for MusicBrainz. To date, MusicBrainz has about 700,000 “releases” (such as whole albums) and 8,000,000 individual “tracks” in its database.
But MusicBrainz’s database has limitations, such as the inability to catalog album-cover images or song lyrics, both of which are copyrighted material. The free Picard program lets you tap the MusicBrainz database from your own computer. Serious music fans will be attracted to Picard because it is more precise than TuneUp; Picard guides you to choose from a variety of options when it isn’t certain of a match. But the software is rudimentary and requires concentration and time to use. Picard also doesn’t connect directly into iTunes’ catalog. To use it with iTunes, you have to first clean up all of your music files with Picard and then re-import your songs into iTunes.
I recommend TuneUp for the average music fan who might view cleaning up a music collection as the sort of task that shouldn’t take much longer than one rainy Sunday afternoon. Picard is better for people for whom maintaining an orderly music collection is a never-ending project.
TuneUp comes with a feature called “Tuniverse,” which fills the right side of the screen with information related to whatever song iTunes is playing at the time. That information includes YouTube videos, biographical details from Wikipedia, Google (GOOG) News, music recommendations from Amazon and tickets from StubHub to coming concerts in your area. While I initially worried Tuniverse would feel like added advertising on the screen, I’ve come to enjoy the extra information. And once again, I was left wondering why Apple hasn’t built these capabilities directly into iTunes. I, for one, learned from Tuniverse that Beyoncé has a concert in San Francisco next week, and I just might buy a ticket.
Walt Mossberg is on vacation.
Write to Geoffrey A. Fowler at Geoffrey.Fowler@wsj.com
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Het Smeden van Gongs by Kleynenberg (c.1912)
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Tags: Antique Print, Asia, Indonesia, Java.
No. 91 Het Smeden van Gongs. Java.
Beautiful print depicting gong making on Java. This photograph depicting the Dutch East Indies was originally published as part of an information series for school children. It consisted of 170 educational prints and covered a diverse range of subjects, separated into two parts: numbers 1-150 depicted places and people in the Dutch East Indies and numbers 151-170 depicted places and people in the Dutch West Indies. The first 150 photographs of the collection are attributed to the photographer Jean Demmeni (1866-1939), whose pictures provided the Dutch public with some of the first photographic depictions of the colonies that they had read so much about. Demmeni was born in Padang Panjang in West Sumatra, the son of a native woman of the island of Madura and a Frenchman who had left his country to join the Dutch East Indies Army. Demmeni followed in his fatherʹs footsteps and, after technical training in Holland, entered the Third Infantry Regiment in 1887. He was seconded to the topographic unit of the armed forces and in 1894 was assigned as the official photographer to an expedition to Borneo led by Dr. A.W. Nieuwenhuis. Demmeni was then employed by the Topographical Service at Batavia from 1911 until 1920, after which he worked as a photographer at the Central Office of Dactyloscopy. In the biography of Jean Demmeni Indonesia: Image s of the Past (Singapore: 1987), Leo Haks described him as ʹone of the first photographersʹ to capture the islands of the Indonesian archipelago, and called his work a ‘vital contribution to Indonesian history and the art of photography’ which ʹprovides a comprehensive record of the Indonesian islands at the turn of the century, unmatched in its singular insightsʹ. This selection of photographs shows interesting details around the expansion of industries such as tobacco (a lucrative export) in the area, and the local processes of production. The group also records the religious influences in the region, showing Islamic and Christian presences in local communities. Islam had been established in Indonesia since the fourteenth century, and colonial European settlers had ushered in a new phase of Christian proselytising around the Pacific Ocean – one which was frequently characterised by notorious insensitivity towards the indigenous population. However, these photographs demonstrate the more tolerant educational interest being taken at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Measures: 72 x 60 cm.
Purchase Code: KB91
5.500.000 IDR
Antique Map Batavia by Leti (c.1690) – SOLD
Antique Maps, Plans & Charts, Asia, Indonesia, Southeast Asia
Antique Map Batavia by Leti titled ‘Waere affbeeldinge Wegens hets Cafteel ende Stadt BATAVIA/gelegen opt groot Eylant JAVA Anno 1681’. The very rare and sought after large map of Batavia in 1681 in old colour...
Antique Map of China and Indonesia by Covens & Mortier (c.1735)
Antique Map of China and Indonesia by Covens & Mortier titled ‘Carte d’une Partie de la Chine, les Isles Philippines, de la Sonde, Moloques, de Papoesi &c’. Rare map of China and Southeast Asia, centered...
Antique Map of the Indonesian Archipelago by Bonne (1773) – SOLD
Antique Map of the Indonesian Archipelago by Bonne ‘CARTE DES ISLES DE LA SONDE, ET DES ISLES MOLUQUES. Par M.Bonne, Ingenieur – Hydrographe de la Marine’. Late 18th century French map of South-east Asia and...
Antique Map Batavia and Bantam by Van der Aa (c.1714)
Antique Map Batavia and Bantam titled ‘La Rade de Batavia, La Rade de Bantam’. Two small early 18th century black and white maps of Batavia and Bantam by the prolific Dutch cartographer Pieter van der...
Antique Map Java by Van Keulen (c.1753) – SOLD
Antique Map Java by Van Keulen titled ‘INSULAE IAVAE PARS OCCIDENTALIS EDENTE HADRIANO RELANDO/INSULAE IAVAE PARS ORIENTALIS EDENTE HADRIANO RELANDO/t’Amfterdam by GERARD van KEULEN aan de Nieuwe brug met Privilegie’. The very rare and much sought-after...
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Antique Map of Java, Sumatra and Borneo by Bellin (1773) – SOLD
Antique map of Java, Sumatra and Borneo by Bellin titled ‘Carte des Isles de Java, Sumatra Borneo &a. Les Detroits de la Sunde, Malaca, et Banca, Golfe de Siam &a. Orbis terrarum’. A nicely coloured...
Antique Map Java by Tombe (1811)
Antique map Java by Tombe titled ‘Carte de l’Isle de Java et des Détroits de la Sonde de Madure et Baly / dresée par Mr. Tombe, Chef de Batallion, Officier Supérieur d’Etat Major; gravé par...
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Antique Map Java by Van Linschoten titled ‘Iava Maior’ (Java Major). A rare and interesting woodblock map on page with text, from ‘Iohn Huighen van Linschoten his discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West...
Antique Map Batavia and Surroundings by Van Schley (c.1760)
Antique Map Batavia and Surroundings titled ‘Carte des Environs de Batavia, Kaart van de Buitenstreeken van Batavia’. Mid-18th century black and white map of Batavia engraved by Jacob van der Schley (1715-1779) and published in...
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Condé Nast Tries Turning the App Store Into a Newsstand: Will You Buy GQ for Your iPhone?
October 20, 2009 at 12:26 pm PT
I’ve all but declared a moratorium on “Company X has an iPhone app” stories–memo to PR folk: There are now 85,000 apps–but this one is actually interesting: Condé Nast is turning the app into a digital magazine.
The publisher plans to start selling digital copies of its print titles via a yet-to-be-approved app. Condé will start with the December issue of GQ, which it will sell for $2.99 (versus a newsstand price of $4.99), but the idea is that the publisher can use the same technology to sell other issues of other magazines down the road.
Condé says the GQ digital issue will replicate the print one on a page-by-page basis, including the ads. Digital bonuses include related videos, as well as links to sites for products (clothing, music, etc.) featured in the issue.
I wasn’t able to attend Condé’s presentation this morning, so I can’t tell you how its attempt to transfer a rich glossy magazine onto a phone (or iPod touch) actually works. But for now, I’ll take the company’s word for it and assume that it’s a nice alternative to carrying around some dead trees.
The interesting question is the business model, which I think has some real potential. This doesn’t solve Condé’s core problem–its costs are too high to support its shrinking ad revenue–but it does have several things going for it.
For one, this approach reaches its potential readers where they are: I don’t want to read a magazine at my desk, and I’m far from sold on the idea of buying a specialized reader to consume it digitally. Getting it to me on my phone, which goes wherever I do, is the way to go.
It also generates some (potential) additional revenue for Condé Nast right off the bat without creating a channel conflict with its analog product line: Condé will be able to count any magazines sold via its app platform toward its audited circulation numbers, a trick that no publisher has been able to pull off with Web products so far. Meanwhile advertisers in the print publication who want to add digital links to the iPhone version will pay a premium, Condé says. And the publisher has been able to extract additional dollars from Grey Goose and Gillette, which will be “premium sponsors” of the GQ issue.
Bonus upside: Condé says the technology it has assembled for this effort should work well for future Apple (AAPL) products, like, say, its mythical tablet. “We think that the minute Apple is ready, if they ever are, to announce that they’re going forward with a tablet, that we’ll be ahead of everybody,” says Sarah Chubb, president of Condé Nast Digital.
This doesn’t solve the distribution issue that Condé and other publishers have with Apple, Amazon (AMZN) and other potential digital delivery outfits: Apple, not Condé, will control the billing relationship for the app. But then again, Condé doesn’t get to interact with you when you buy a magazine at a newsstand either, so at least it’s not getting disintermediated.
The question, as always, is whether customers are willing to pay anything at all for content they’ve been getting free on the Web. I still think we’re going to end up with a small segment of people willing to pay up for specialized stuff and a very large group that are going to end up with free things of dubious value. It would be great to be proved wrong, though.
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There was a worry before I started this that I was going to burn every bridge I had. But I realize now that there are some bridges that are worth burning.
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Home Mobile Phone POCO revealed as new Xiaomi sub-brand, images and specs of first device leak
POCO revealed as new Xiaomi sub-brand, images and specs of first device leak
Xiaomi is one of the most well-known Android device makers around, but this week they’ve confirmed that they’re launching a new Android brand.
POCO is a new smartphone brand from Xiaomi. According to a letter from Jai Mani, POCO’s Head of Product, the Xiaomi sub-brand aims to offer a powerful smartphone that’s also affordable:
Many of you have been wondering what POCO is really about. Here’s our answer from @jaimani….#GoPOCO pic.twitter.com/f7CadsK68e
— POCOPHONE Global (@GlobalPocophone) August 10, 2018
The Xiaomi sub-brand hasn’t made any announcements about what that first product will be, but the rumor mill has churned out a few leaks that’ve revealed the device ahead of time. Reportedly called the Pocophone F1, the device has been shown in leaked photos and a 9-minute long unboxing video.
Like many other recent Android phones, the Pocophone F1 has a notch at the top of its display and a chin at the bottom, as well as a dual rear camera setup and a rear fingerprint reader. Spec leaks have tipped the Pocophone F1 as having a Snapdragon 845 processor, a liquid cooling system, dual rear cameras, a 20MP front-facing camera, and a 4000mAh battery. It’s also allegedly equipped with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.
It’s rumored that the Pocophone F1 could launch in Europe in mid-September and then in India in early October. There’s no word on any other launches or pricing, but considering POCO’s statement, expect the Pocophone F1 to be priced aggressively.
Based on these leaks, the Pocophone F1 doesn’t seem like anything crazy different from what we’ve seen from some other Android makers lately. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though, as it’s nice to see high-end Android phones with aggressive pricing for folks that can’t or don’t want to pony up $1,000 for a phone. Here’s to hoping that we get an official Pocophone F1 announcement soon so we can learn more about what makes it tick and try it for ourselves.
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Guide To Understanding Catalonian Dissent: From Proclamation To Referendum, Andrew Larkin Apr 2018
Guide To Understanding Catalonian Dissent: From Proclamation To Referendum, Andrew Larkin
Honors Theses
"Guide to Understanding Catalonian Independence Efforts: From referendum proclamation to 1-O" explains and chronicles key events from June 9 to October 1, 2017 that have impacted Catalonia's ploy for independence. The northeastern region in Spain is situated on the Mediterranean coast and plays a strong role in the Spanish economy. Although the region is well situated and prosperous, some push for an independent Catalonia. The guide is written with readers from the United States of America in mind and includes excerpts translated into English so that the struggle between Spain and independence-minded Catalans can be easily understood. Official statements ...
The Behavioral Revolution In Contemporary Political Science: Narrative, Identity, Practice, Joshua R. Berkenpas Apr 2016
The Behavioral Revolution In Contemporary Political Science: Narrative, Identity, Practice, Joshua R. Berkenpas
The behavioral revolution of the 1950s and early 1960s is a foundational moment in the history of political science and is widely considered to be a time in when the discipline shed its traditional roots by embracing its identity as a modern social science. This dissertation examines reference works published between 1980 and 2012 in order to gauge the contemporary significance of the behavioral revolution. The behavioral revolution is discussed in many foundation narratives throughout reference works like dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks. After sixty years, why does the behavioral revolution still figure centrally in the way political scientists remember their ...
Failure Of Democratic Consolidation: The Three Year Interlude Of Military Rule (1958-1962) In Burma, Zaw Thein Aug 2014
Failure Of Democratic Consolidation: The Three Year Interlude Of Military Rule (1958-1962) In Burma, Zaw Thein
Many scholars believe that the period between 1948 when Burma won Independence and 1962 when the military took over the country from the elected civilian government as the parliamentary democracy era. During this era, there was a three-year interlude where the military leaders ruled the country as the Caretaker Government- a euphemism for the three-year military interlude. My argument is that this interlude happened due to the growing strength of the military as an institution and the decline of political parties in Burma. The strength of the military institution was due to the civil war that broke out just after ...
The Social And Political Philosophy Of Bertolt Brecht, Anthony Squiers Dec 2012
The Social And Political Philosophy Of Bertolt Brecht, Anthony Squiers
Bertolt Brecht is widely considered to be one of the most important figures in Twentieth Century literature. An acclaimed poet, he is best known as a playwright and director. His 'epic theatre' revolutionized the theatre by creating radical breaks from traditional literary and theatrical form. These radical breaks were done in an effort to facilitate radical social change. Specifically, Brecht designed his epic theatre as a revolutionary aesthetic which would help bring about the advent of a Marxist revolution. There is a broad corpus of academic work which analyzes the formalistic elements of his work. However, this body of work ...
International Cooperation In The World Of Sovereign But Interdependent Nation States: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation As An International Regime, Chien-Hong Lee Dec 2001
International Cooperation In The World Of Sovereign But Interdependent Nation States: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation As An International Regime, Chien-Hong Lee
Assassination In Modern America: Political Participation Through A Gun Barrel?, Richard Grossenbacher Dec 1993
Assassination In Modern America: Political Participation Through A Gun Barrel?, Richard Grossenbacher
Assassination has been a constant companion of the world's societies from the beginning of recorded history. Only relatively recently have social scientists begun empirical study of these acts in an effort to reveal any commonalties and possible predictive traits. Investigation of the assassination phenomenon assumed a special urgency in America as violence seemed to escalate in the 1960s, which resulted in some notable research.
The present research collected data of presidential and non-presidential assassinations and attempts that occurred from 1969 through 1992 and compared the findings with the results of earlier studies.
The data indicate that presidential assaults increased ...
Contracts In Conflict: Perestroika And The Decline Of Soviet Legitimacy, Karl Glenn Hokenmaier Aug 1993
Contracts In Conflict: Perestroika And The Decline Of Soviet Legitimacy, Karl Glenn Hokenmaier
Gorbachev's perception of the Soviet Union's socio-economic crisis and his subsequent actions to correct the economy and reform the political system were linked with attempts to renegotiate the social contract between the state and the Soviet people. However, reformulation of the social contract was incompatible with the conditions of a second arrangement between the leadership and the nomenklatura--the Soviet ruling class. The failure of Gorbachev's reforms and the decline of Soviet legitimacy were linked to the irreconcilability of the nomenklatura's "political contract" and the social contract.
The construct of the social contract was utilized to represent ...
Offense Perceived, Appropriate Actions And Possible Solutions: A Research Of Censorship, Sharon K. Van Poolen Jun 1993
Offense Perceived, Appropriate Actions And Possible Solutions: A Research Of Censorship, Sharon K. Van Poolen
Students at Western Michigan University were asked via a survey to read lyrics and indicate an offensiveness rating. Lyrics containing vulgar or sexual language or derogatory statements about religion received higher offensive ratings. Actions deemed acceptable in response to offensive lyrics include picketing and boycotting. Prevalent themes identified in the lyrics are antagonism toward religion, sexism and unhealthy sexual relations. Groups cited most frequently as potentially harmed by lyrics are children 5-12, adolescents and women. Respondents were questioned about participation in certain activities and what alternatives to direct censorship are acceptable. Most would prefer to be involved indirectly, for example ...
Ethical Implications Of Politics In English Speaking West African Countries: The Need For A Greater Ethical Concern, Adeyinka Christopher Thompson Dec 1991
Ethical Implications Of Politics In English Speaking West African Countries: The Need For A Greater Ethical Concern, Adeyinka Christopher Thompson
This thesis evaluates the ethical implications of policies adopted by politicians in three West African countries: Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The evaluation focuses on the policies African politicians adopt in their bid to solve two problems facing Africa: corruption, and achieving a democracy.
The evaluation relates selected policies of some African politicians to certain ethical theories propounded by various philosophers. Such questions as the respect politicians show for human life or dignity; the way they manipulate people, using them solely as a means to an end; secrecy in government; and whether their policies are meant for the general good ...
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After Painful Ordeal and $800K Medical Bill, Unvaccinated Boy Survives Tetanus
FRIDAY, March 8, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Amid outbreaks of preventable childhood illnesses, one unvaccinated Oregon boy's nightmarish encounter with tetanus should serve as a cautionary tale for "anti-vaxxer" parents, doctors say.
A team led by Dr. Judith Guzman-Cottrill, a pediatrician at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, related the harrowing story of a preventable illness in a 6-year-old.
It began in 2017, when the boy cut his forehead while playing outside. According to the report, "the wound was cleaned and sutured at home."
Unfortunately, the boy's parents had never gotten him the routine combo DTaP (diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis) vaccine. Potentially deadly tetanus developed six days later.
Tetanus is caused by infection with the Clostridium tetani bacterium. "Bacterial spores found in soil can enter the body through skin disruption," the Oregon doctors noted, with onset of illness typically occurring within about eight days.
The young boy went through a severe, life-threatening illness.
"He was really sick and it was really difficult to watch," Guzman-Cottrill told Stat News. "He was suffering."
First came the painful, telltale signs of tetanus known as "lockjaw."
Still at home, "he had episodes of crying, jaw clenching, and involuntary upper extremity muscle spasms, followed by arching of the neck and back," his doctors reported.
"Later that day, at the onset of breathing difficulty, the parents contacted emergency medical services," and he was transported by air to OHSU's Doernbecher Children's Hospital in Portland.
Upon admission, the boy was still conscious and asked for water, but the "lockjaw" of tetanus rendered him unable to open his mouth. He was still undergoing spasms, so he was sedated, placed on a ventilator to help him breathe, and a tube was placed in his trachea.
Because any stimulation appeared to trigger more spasms, the boy received earplugs and was placed in a darkened room in the ICU, Guzman-Cottrill's team said.
Symptoms worsened, however, and he developed a form of high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat and fever up to nearly 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
Doctors gave him the first of the recommended two-dose DTaP vaccine, and treated the boy with "neuromuscular blockade" therapy to help ease spasms.
Only by the 35th day after admission to the ICU was the boy able to be weaned off neuromuscular blockade therapy, and by Day 44 he could breathe on his own again and took his first sips of water.
By Day 50, the boy could walk a few steps with assistance, and at Day 54 he was transferred to 17 more days at a rehab facility.
The total bill for his inpatient care was $811,929, Guzman-Cottrill and her colleagues said. And that didn't include costs for air transport, rehab and any follow-up costs.
The good news: The boy survived his vaccine-preventable ordeal and seems to have fully recovered, running and bicycling again as might any child his age.
The bad news: His parents have refused the second recommended dose of the DTaP vaccine and any other vaccinations for the boy, despite what he went through. His physicians noted that "inadequately vaccinated persons" remain at risk for tetanus, and the boy's encounter with the disease doesn't render him immune from it happening again.
This is the first case of tetanus in an Oregon child in more than 30 years, the doctors noted.
"I never thought I would see a case of severe tetanus in the United States," Guzman-Cottrill told Stat. "That was an astounding point for me."
Luckily, the vast majority of American parents do follow guidelines that advise routine five-dose vaccination of DTaP vaccine at four points in infancy and then a "booster" between 4 and 6 years of age. Ideally, people should then get DTaP boosters every 10 years throughout their lives, according to guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Widespread vaccination has nearly -- but not completely -- eradicated tetanus as a major threat, causing deaths linked to the illness to fall by 99 percent since the 1940s, the CDC says.
The boy's case was outlined in an article published in the March 8 issue of the CDC journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Are your kids up to date on their shots? Find out at the CDC's immunization schedules page.
SOURCES: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March 8, 2019; Stat News
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Boys and Girls, Men and Women
We do use these terms differently for males and females. No, let me be more precise right from the start, as I am hoping to make some distinctions. We use these terms in almost the same way in some situations, while using them differently in others when referring to males and females of different ages and status. This is generally to the disadvantage of females and their perceived status, but there are some reverses.
First, people of both sexes use the term for themselves for single-sex groupings that are primarily social. Going out with the boys in your 80's is not different in tone from your sister going out with the girls in her 80's. This is especially true if these are age-mates one actually has known for years. The term signals informality, but not the least hint of disrespect.
There is a slight weakening when one uses it about others. A husband who goes out with The Boys might reference that his wife is out with The Girls at the moment and vice-versa if each uses that term themselves. But if not, there might be a hint of superiority. That flows both ways about equally, I think. This is even more true of children speaking about their parents. It is possible that there is not the least amusement or condescension when talking about Mother going out with The Girls, but more likely, there's at least a touch of it. It is very likely to be present in the comment of a granddaughter talking about her grandfather going out with The Boys.
Yet even here some other factors have quietly entered in. The age-reversal of speaking of people 40-60 years older than you as boys or girls is humorous in itself. Children don't use the words that way in other contexts. They lack the abstraction and metaphor to even understand that the reference to boys is subtly humorous to a 70-year-old and is signalling affection. This collision of meanings does not go away quickly in children, even into their 20's before they are quite comfortable with it.
This is a good spot to insert that there are going to be regional and cultural complications here. In New England people are very likely to use the term "guys," and there is no good female equivalent. "Gals" is more southern and midwestern, though we do use it some, especially in combination with guys.
At the other end are the clearly sexist references, in contexts where 25 y/o males are called "men" but 45 y/o females "girls." There aren't so many of these now, but they persist. The gap has narrowed, anyway. The complication here is that age is not the only factor directing our choices. The status of the person or group of people is usually an even stronger driver of whether they get called man or boy, woman or girl. This starts to curve back upon itself. For most of history men have had the higher status jobs. Do we ascribe greater status to them in our reference because of their maleness, their age, or their status? Cart, horse. (I would very much like to digress here and discuss what preferable metaphor I should use instead of cart/horse when there are three choices. But I refrain. Though it bothers me, and it's a wrench to leave it behind.)
Racial discussions had a steady undercurrent in the 20th C of not using "boy" or "girl" for any grown African-American, hoping that language change would bring social change. This turned into a huge factor in original feminism, as there was suddenly pressure to use clumsy terms like chairperson. The consensus at the time was that such language changes are not effective when imposed by fiat, they have to evolve naturally. I don't think that has turned out to be entirely true. I think the enforced language changes have had mixed effect, but have mostly worked in the direction their advocates wanted. There has been a cost in resentment and less-graceful, less-comfortable language, but I think the changes have indirectly changed thinking. I don't hold with that ever-popular linguistic myth that changes in language create changes in thinking, but I do believe that the artificial awareness of language has reminded people of the potentially insulting nature of some traditional phrasings. Christmas carols and other hymns are made worse, and not only because we are cutting ourselves off from our own ancestors. But not as worse as was predicted, and I believe the gains elsewhere in equality have compensated.
Though again: Cart. Horse. Perhaps the changes were going to happen anyway and all the language battles have been irritating to no effect.
In between all this is a swamp of usages that depend on competing forces and contexts. One of my patients years ago was a black man my own age. He had been an honor student at a rival highschool and I knew friends of his from a summer studies program at St. Paul's. He was bipolar with some additional, but not severe alcohol problems. He would slow down pretty quickly on medications and we would have a fine time talking. He only had 3-4 admissions in a 2 year period and then I never saw him again. I liked to thank him for going out for walks with me so that I could look like I was working when I was just hanging out with a guy. But when I was talking with his mother on the phone, I completely lost the context that she did not my age or my connection, and when I said "He's a very smart boy" there was a chill on the other end of the line. My error, not hers, though I have said the same about other men my own age.
There are male-female contexts that are equally perilous. I have read a few times of women quietly shuddering the first time a young man called them "ma'am," and developed the habit decades ago of calling every woman "miss." Thank you, miss. Not every woman comments, but when they do the response has been overwhelmingly positive, usually humorous. Yet not always. A very few times I have felt instant resentment to my word-choice. I understand it. You would think the resentment would lessen as I aged, as a large percentage of females are indeed young to me now. But I think the offense is increasing. I don't know if that is a culture change, where my use of "miss" is heard as an equivalent of "girl," or some assumption that because I am an old guy I must be a benighted individual who still adheres to ancient attitudes.
Grim said...
Here in my part of the South, which is primarily the mountain regions of Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, we call actual girls "ma'am," not just ladies. I hear my mother refer to her granddaughter that way, and I do it also when I have reason to address girls of six or seven (or any other age).
Thank you for this, Grim. This inspired enough to require a Part II.
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Review: How Old is the Universe? By David A. Weintraub.
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Probably the toughest questions an astronomer ever has to field with the public are those in cosmology. How old/how big/how far are truly mind bending questions, and difficult to explain to the average man on the street in sound-bite style. This week, we look at David Weintraub’s latest, How Old is the Universe? out by Princeton Press. Fans of this site will remember our review of Is Pluto a Planet? also by Mr. Weintraub a few years back.
How Old is the Universe? Serves as an address on the state of cosmology today, and how we’ve accumulated our knowledge up to this point and what it says about our present and future. Its premise is a simple one; a basic question of the age of existence and the ramifications that it implies. A field such as cosmology builds on evidence-based suppositions; the author starts with how we know the age of the Earth, Moon and bodies in the solar system and how this puts rough constraints on the lower age limit of the cosmos. You can’t be older than your parents by definition, and objects in the universe cannot be older than the universe itself.
Cosmology has rapidly moved in the last century from the realm of philosophy to one of science. Imagine; the universe of our grandparents consisted of the Milky Way, with a few dim smudges on a photographic plate that defied description. Edwin Hubble blew the doors off of that in the 1920’s, showing that our galaxy is but one in the cosmos. And our great-grandparents had the formidable task of measuring the stellar parallax, using nothing but windup time pieces and wire transit micrometers and a sharp eye… the road to modern cosmology has been a tough one indeed.
Universe climaxes with another quiet watershed moment of the 20th century; the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMB) by Penzias & Wilson in 1964. Here is science at its best; a surreptitious discovery of a prediction made by theory.
The author also covers other points of evidence that builds a compelling case for the Big Bang; did you know that the ages of globular clusters fit nicely with the constraints of predictions, or that the temperature/luminosity of white dwarfs suggests a lower limit to the age of the universe? Or that the Hubble constant has been narrowed down considerably in the past few years, or that the ratios of lithium, deuterium and even the very existence of such elements as boron suggest that the Big Bang had to occur and the the resulting universe was non-homogeous? Universe covers all of this and more, looking at the compelling questions of modern cosmology; is the universe open, flat or curved? What is dark energy? Where is a majority of the universe (aka dark matter) hiding? These are questions we may just see answers to in our lifetimes.
Read How Old is the Universe? To get a compelling look at a fundamental question. The cosmological questions are always the toughest to answer, as our knowledge stacks one careful cornerstone after another. It seems that after evolution and climate change, the Big Bang Theory stacks up as public enemy no. 3 in the theories that the anti-science crowd wants to knock down. It’s strange that this should be so; most creation tales start with a finite beginning, a “let there be light” moment that jibes well with what modern cosmology tells us, if you allow for a modicum of allegory… in our minds, a steady state universe would be more bizarre. Read Mr. Weintraub’s work to arm yourself with the best reply, that of knowledge and wonder at the universe we all inhabit.
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Ten recipients of the Gratitude Scholarship program from Syria, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Lebanon will begin their studies at United World College (UWC) schools around the world in September. Each is either a refugee or displaced, living in extreme poverty, or living with the loss of a parent or a guardian. Seven of the students will attend UWC Dilijan in Armenia, an international co-educational boarding school which hosts students from more than 60 countries.
The Gratitude Scholarship program, valued over $7 million, is a joint undertaking of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative and the Near East Foundation. Over the duration of the program, 100 promising students from countries affected by conflict, displacement and poverty in the Middle East will benefit from the opportunity to study at one of the United World College international schools and colleges. The program was established to thank the people of the Middle East who offered shelter and food to those displaced by the Armenian Genocide a century ago.
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August 31, 2016 - New York – Ten recipients of the Gratitude Scholarship program from Syria, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Lebanon will begin their studies at United World College (UWC) schools around the world in September. These students have been chosen based on their high academic performance. Each is either a refugee or displaced, living in extreme poverty, or living with the loss of a parent or a guardian. Seven of the students will attend UWC Dilijan in Armenia, an international co-educational boarding school which hosts students from more than 60 countries.
The Co-Founders of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative have also announced the continuation of the Amal Clooney Scholarship. Now in its second year, the scholarship offers one female student from Lebanon free enrollment in a two-year international baccalaureate program at UWC Dilijan. The student is selected based on her exemplary academic performance and interest in the promotion of human rights and international issues. The scholarship was established to strengthen cross-cultural education and understanding, in honor of the scholarship’s namesake, esteemed international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.
“We are proud to offer education and international experience to deserving students from the Middle East, home to so many Armenians during the last century,” said Ruben Vardanyan, Co-Founder of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative. “By bringing together young people from across the world, we seek to promote international dialogue and understanding at an early age, when relationships are formed and values are instilled. Our hope is that this reinforces a sense of compassion, understanding and the willingness to help each other, even in the face of adversity.”
This year's Amal Clooney Scholar was selected from more than 43 short-listed applicants for her stellar academic performance, positive energy and passionate sense of social responsibility, which she plans to put to good use by studying law at university.
“We are proud to be able to help empower our next generation of female leaders and humanitarians through this program,” Vardanyan added. “And we’re excited by the possibilities this scholarship holds for the young women of Lebanon and the region.”
The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative aims to advance collaborative social and philanthropic projects on behalf of the global Armenian community. Its flagship project is the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, a $1 million global humanitarian prize which honors those who put themselves at risk to enable others to survive. George Clooney, Co-Chair of the Aurora Prize Selection Committee, presented the inaugural Aurora Prize to Ms. Marguerite Barankitse during a ceremony in Armenia on April 24, 2016.
Nominations for next year’s Aurora Prize are open until September 9, 2016. Members of the public are encouraged to nominate inspiring humanitarians who are saving lives and advancing humanitarian causes in all parts of the world. To nominate an eligible candidate, please visit https://auroraprize.com/en/prize/detail/nominatenow.
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The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is committed to building a broad, global humanitarian movement. The initiative is rooted in inspiring stories of courage and survival that emerged during the Armenian Genocide, when 1.5 million Armenians perished. Those fortunate few who survived were saved also by the courageous and heroic acts of intervening institutions and individuals. A century later, the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative seeks to express gratitude, share remarkable stories of survivors and their saviors, and celebrate the strength of the human spirit.
The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative instigates, includes and supports projects designed to raise public awareness and address some of the world’s most pressing humanitarian issues. These projects include the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, the Aurora Dialogues, the Aurora Humanitarian Index, the Aurora Gratitude Projects and the 100 LIVES initiative. The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is an enterprise of the IDeA Foundation (Initiatives for Development of Armenia).
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The Near East Foundation helps build more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities in the Middle East and Africa. NEF has worked with refugees since it was founded in 1915 in response to the Armenian Genocide, and has organized relief and development projects in nearly 50 countries. For the past 100 years, NEF has worked to provide vulnerable and disenfranchised populations with the skills and resources they need in order to fully engage and prosper in their own communities and economies.
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United World College makes education a force to unite peoples, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. Established in 1962 UWC educational movement now is comprising of 16 international schools and colleges, national committees in more than 150 countries, and a series of short educational programmes.
UWC Dilijan School is the first international boarding school of the UWC education model in Eastern Europe and CIS. The school opened in September 2014 in the Armenian town of Dilijan and currently has 198 students enrolled from 72 countries. Its admissions policy aims to make enrollment available to anyone, regardless of socio-economic background, on the basis of demonstrated need. Forty nine percent of students receive full or nearly full scholarships and 43% have partial funding. In May 2016 the first generation of UWC Dilijan alumni graduated; many of them are continuing their education in the leading universities worldwide – Yale, Columbia, UCL, Duke, Berkeley and many more.
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Recommended Shows: Fin de Siècle and Sara Greenberger Rafferty
by Corinna Kirsch on November 6, 2014 · 3 comments Reviews
Sara Greenberger Rafferty installation view; image courtesy of Rachel Uffner
Rachel Uffner
170 Suffolk Street
Runs through December 21, 2014
What a difference a space can make. Rafferty has created a theatrical event in the upstairs and downstairs of the still-new Uffner galleries with floor-to-ceiling curtains dotted with pink-and-purple flies; blob-like paintings (of people, a wall, a noose) and inkjet prints layered on top of each other, flattened behind plexi to give the appearance of multi-dimensional depth; all adorned with the tiniest of hardware, like screws, that have been attached to the surface of her works.
Throughout the exhibition, I kept thinking about flatness—how even three-dimensional screwheads can look planar when added atop plexi. But hers is really a theatre of deception, and no matter just how flat her works may seem, there’s always shallow depth. In a time of flat paintings—mostly I’m referring to those that lack perspective, as if all that’s shown on the canvas has been pressed up close to your eyes—I appreciate that the next course of action might be a transition from pure flatness to a somewhat flat, though highly layered space. (Just take a trip around NADA, or the Lower East Side to see full-on flatness in action.) Though that’s likely to seem like a boring formal conceit to some, in an age where we look at flat screens all day long, it’s unsurprising that artists are trying to understand the depths of flatness. But full-on flatness could be a misreading of how we actually interact with screens: looking at emails all day might seem like a very flat life, but when you’re roaming the halls of a video game, you can become fully immersed. Sara Greenberger Rafferty’s works come close to demonstrating that strange balance found in our age of screens.
Fin de Siècle installation view; clockwise from top right: Chairs by H.R. Giger, Oswald Dubach, anonymous, Bruno Rey, Gian Franco, Legler, Marie Botta, and Marcel Breuer. Image courtesy of the Swiss Institute.
The Swiss Institute’s First Annual Design Series: Fin de Siècle
Curated by Andreas Angelidakis
Swiss Institute
Runs through November 23, 2014
I’ve found a nominee for this year’s best exhibition. It’s a show about chairs.
At the Swiss Institute’s first annual design exhibition, you’ll find Modernist designs by the likes of Le Corbusier alongside less-household names like Martine Boileau. Walk into their main gallery and you’ll see chairs scattered about, as if acting in several unconnected plays. Save for the occasional industrial floodlight set on the floor, to spotlight certain chairs, The first: H.R. Giger’s predatory chair—the same type of sleek, black plastic as Darth Vader’s armor—comes complete with a bony spine along the chair’s back. It has been set high upon high, as if on a throne, with other chairs down below, a captive audience playing the role of disciples. Other settings include a schoolroom with a chalkboard and a chair set up as a dunce in the corner, and a disco ball-lit psychoanalyst chair (Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand) in conversation with another chair, one with an orange ball substituted for one of its four feet (Peter Shire). These chairs were on stage, but rather than seeming human, they approximated evil, having a brooding, unknown life of their own.
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8changes November 6, 2014 at 10:24 pm
You do know that your taste in art is going to be tired in ten years. It’s sadly so obvious. It’s lazy..actually it’s not lazy it’s just fashionable and at best intellectual fashion…which is even worst. No, that’s not the worst of it, the worst is that you’re privileged white people attempting to be fair. There’s no real risk in the work you promote…gifs? really? Whats worst is that you’re considered independent reporting….it’s like a vacuum with horse blinders. Go away or try harder….it’s like the last sip a very a watered down jamesons.
Paddy Johnson November 6, 2014 at 10:41 pm
Oh boo hoo. Someone doesn’t have the same taste as you. The failure of independent blogs must be decried!
Being told we take no risks by an anonymous commenter sure is rich. Grow up.
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Blinn’s fifth annual Boots and Blue Jeans Fundraiser raises $12,000 for Sealy Campus students
Proceeds benefit academic scholarships and new educational programs
The Blinn College-Sealy Campus recently raised $12,000 for academic scholarships and new educational programs during its fifth annual “Boots and Blue Jeans for Blinn” fundraising celebration.
“I am very appreciative and grateful for the support the Blinn College-Sealy Campus receives from the community,” said Lisa Caton, Executive Dean, Sealy Campus. “It was a great evening and the generosity displayed will help provide scholarship funds for local students.”
The fundraiser takes place each year at the Sealy American Legion Hall and features a ribeye dinner, live music, auction, and raffle.
“I love that the funds at this event all go back into the students’ tuition through scholarships,” said Janice Whitehead, City of Sealy Mayor and Blinn instructor. “The Blinn-Sealy Campus allows students to go to a local college and get an individualized education.”
Approximately 140 people attended this year’s event, which allows Blinn to provide scholarships to Sealy Campus and local dual credit students.
Austin County Judge Tim Lapham, who attended Blinn College along with his three brothers, has supported the Sealy Campus fundraiser every year.
“This fundraiser is great because it supports our local college and the students who attend, and it is important for our community to have a junior college here in town,” Lapham said.
Former Austin County Judge Carolyn Bilski attended Blinn along with her husband and three children.
“Blinn is a great investment for education and I was on board right away when we had the opportunity to fundraise to help families get a Blinn College education,” Bilski said. “Blinn College offers such a wide variety of opportunities in higher education for students and young adults, so this cause is very important to me. Blinn College and community colleges are great places to start and we are happy that Sealy gets to be a part of that.”
Current high school and college students can apply for all Blinn College endowed scholarships by completing the single application at www.blinn.edu/scholarships. Prior to applying for scholarships, students must complete their application for admission to Blinn College at www.applytexas.org and submit their high school transcripts to the Blinn College Admissions Office.
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Sandy Kim
Family Bookstore invites you to join us for an afternoon with Sandy Kim. At our temporary bookstore at the MOCA Geffen
Monday, April 23, 5pm (today! please don't be late - museum closes at 6!)
We will be launching Kim's book, Sky High, co-published by Unpiano Books and SF's Evergold Gallery
Kim will present a slideshow with commentary and be signing copies of Sky High. Copies are available at event only (sorry).
"I kept hearing about how great her work was from all of my interns and assistants. She's the real deal. Sandy is a confessional photographer with a thing for body fluid. She really knows how to use natural light, like early morning light, or sunset light in an apartment. She pays attention to it and that's always the sign of a good photographer, knowing when and how to use that light. She's small, a fly on the wall, with balls to pick up her arm and take the photo without asking permission. Sandy brings her camera everywhere and she's always ready and waiting for the moment. She documents her life in San Francisco and you get a sense of the scene there-but not in a blogger way, Sandy is actually talented - an artist. I like how she still shoots film. it's old school. She reminds me of when I was young - out partying every night, snapping away so that the pictures can provide evidence of the night." - Ryan McGinley (Sky High introduction)
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No reprieve for Poso 3, officials say
PALU - Prosecutors insisted Sunday the death sentence for three men convicted for their role in the sectarian conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi, would be carried out soon despite mounting calls for a stay of execution. Central Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office head M. Jahja Sibe said technical difficulties were holding up the execution of Fabianus Tibo, 60, Marinus Riwu, 54, and Dominggus da Silva, 43, three Christians who were convicted of masterminding a series of attacks on Muslims in Poso in 2000.
"I need to reaffirm that the executions have not been carried out because the preparations are incomplete," Sibe was quoted by Antara newswire as saying. Last week, lawyers for the three filed a second plea for clemency with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, while demanding the prosecution of 16 men they said were the real masterminds of the Poso unrest.
"We will press ahead with the execution process of the three convicted men despite their second appeal for a presidential pardon," Sibe said, adding a convict could only make one appeal for presidential clemency. Attorney General's Office spokesman Masyhudi Ridwan also said Saturday that "technical reasons" forced prosecutors to delay the execution although he did not explain the difficulties.
The office previously said the men, currently detained in a Palu penitentiary, would face the firing squad by the end of March after their appeal for a presidential pardon was turned down last December. Local Christians and some Muslims have backed the demand to delay the executions until the three men have been given the opportunity to testify in any future trial of the people identified by the lawyers.
Thousands of Christians held a mass prayer gathering Saturday in the Central Sulawesi town of Tentena to show their opposition to the executions. There were tearful prayers asking for the salvation of the men. Local Christian leader Rev. Renaldy Damanik, who led the prayer, expressed concern the executions could trigger a new wave of sectarian hostilities in Poso.
"I can't imagine about what will happen after the execution, as hundreds of emotional Christian people would carry the three men's coffins along the 200-kilometer-road connecting Tagolu village to Poso and Beteleme in Morowali regency (all mainly Christian areas," said Damanik, who was released from police custody in 2004 for alleged involvement in the turmoil.
Damanik also said the execution would "bury the truth" of who orchestrated the two-year conflict in Poso. Other local Christian leaders have said Tibo, Da Silva and Riwo were scapegoats in a scenario contrived by the political elite. In an effort to maintain calm before the executions, local police and religious leaders held a meeting Sunday evening, an activist said.
However, Central Sulawesi Police chief Brig. Gen. Oegroseno claimed the situation in Poso was "under control". Damanik also urged Yudhoyono to visit Poso to hear the local community's opposition to the executions. The three men were sentenced to death in March 2001 by the Palu District Court for masterminding a series of attacks that killed a total of 200 Muslims in 2000.
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Home » Blog » Art » Red Baraat inspires celebration of spring colors
18 May, 2017 in Art / Botany / Nature Photography tagged arizona / arizona native plants / art / botanical illustration / botany / celebrate / color / Hinduism / holiday / illustration / inspiration / marker / music / native plants / nature / nature journal / pedicularis centranthera / pen and ink / prismacolor / Red Baraat / science / sketching / spring
In the March 13th NPR Tiny Desk Concert video, Red Baraat frontman Sunny Jain introduces the band, saying “we’re here presenting Holi, the festival of colors. It’s a Hindu holiday, a celebration, a commemoration of Hindu mythology, of victory of good over evil. And also a rejoicing with family, friends, and strangers in an array of colors.”
There is so much color and energy in this inspiring concert! The contrast of their white clothing covered in colorful swirls of flowers complements the music so well. Plus, the confetti and scarves are a blast! Dancing to their music was a wonderful way to welcome the season of renewed growth- I can feel that energy on the Prairie as spring continues to blow into Northern Arizona.
Red Baraat’s enthusiasm inspired me to illustrate Pedicularis centranthera, known commonly as betony and dwarf lousewort. These herbs in the Orobanchaceae Family bloom in early spring. Each plant’s inflorescence nestles within their exuberantly shaped leaves, which are referred to in botanical nomenclature as pinnatifid with broad, obtuse lobes and crenate-dentate margins with white tipped teeth.
Sketching P. centranthera, 05/18/2017
P. centranthera flowers and leaves display a fantastic variety of colors from cool, minty tea-green to deep, dark violet-mahogany (in Prismacolor marker pigments!).
Pedicularis centranthera leaf, 05/11/2017
The colors and shapes of these low-growing perennials signal the beginning of spring for me in Northern AZ. Right now, these little plants are fruiting in the xerophytic forests of ponderosa pine/Arizona fescue where I live and work.
Close-up of sketchbook page of P. centranthera, 05/18/2017
Glossary of Botanical Terms
crenate: with a round-toothed or scalloped edge or margin
dentate: toothed or serrated
flower: in angiosperms, the structure concerned with sexual reproduction, consisting of the *androecium (male organs) and *gynoecium (female organs), commonly surrounded by a *corolla (petals) and *calyx (sepals). The male and female parts may be in the same flower or in separate flowers.
fruit: the ripened ovary of a plant and its contents. More loosely, the term is extended to the ripened ovary and seeds together with any structure with which they are combined, e.g. the apple, a *pome, in which the true fruit (core) is surrounded by flesh derived from the floral *receptacle (that part of the stem from which all the parts of the flower arise).
herb: a small, non-woody seed bearing plant in which all the aerial parts die back at the end of each growing season.
inflorescence: a flowering structure that consists of more than a single flower.
leaf: a thin, usu. green expanded organ borne at a node on the stem of a plant, typically comprising a *petiole (stalk) and *blade (lamina) and subtending a bud in the axil of the petiole. The leaves are usu. the main site of photosynthesis. Sometimes in classification, the term is restricted to the leaves that are *diploid (having two sets of chromosomes) structures of the *sporophyte (the spore producing generation in the life cycle of plants).
margin: edge
perennial: a plant that normally lives for more than 2 seasons and, after an initial period, produces flowers annually.
pinnate: *compound (applied to flowers or leaves that have two or more parts), with leaflets displayed on either side of a central stalk or *rachis.
pinnatifid: applied to leaves that are *pinnately divided, but not all the way down to the rachis.
pome: fruit in which the seeds are protected by a touch carpel wall and the entire fruit is embedded in a fleshy receptacle. In an apple, the carpel wall surrounding the seeds comprises the core, which is the true fruit.
rachis: the axis that bears the flower or, if the plant has compound leaves, the leaflets
Oxford Dictionary of Plant Sciences (3rd ed., 2006). Oxford, NY.
Field Guide to Forest & Mountain Plants of Northern Arizona (1st ed., 2009). Springer, J. D., Daniels, M. L., Nazaire, M. Flagstaff, Arizona: Ecological Restoration Initiative.
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Raging Vortex of Weirdness
The raging vortex of weirdness descended today upon the place I work part-time for a little extra cash. First, a truck went through our carwash. Apparently the goof driving didn't expect the storm windows lying in the bed to fall out onto the carwash tracks and cause it to be out-of-order for two hours.
Then, the ATM went off-line.
Then, three gas pumps rejected credit cards simultaneously ... and refused to take them even though later inside they were found to be good.
Later, after the car wash had been fixed, a bolt snapped on a counter-weight bar and 400 pounds of weights landed on the car wash floor, leaving an indentation that my co-worker described thusly, "Like the depression in the ground where Superman lands after being pummeled by some huge space creature."
Then I actually won $15 in scratch-offs.
I'm home now. Fortunately for me and my wife, she's already seven months pregnant ... no longer any chance for twins.
It is Bullshit!
Tom Tomorrow is spot on.
The depravity of conservatives, and the willingness of the media to indulge it, never ceases to amaze me. In a rational society, when a drug-addled gasbag radio host mocks an actor with a debilitating disease, the ensuing discussion would revolve around said drug-addled gasbag’s many, many faults as a human being, not least of which being his ready willingness to mock the handicapped. Rather than treating his uninformed speculation as beneath contempt, however, people are actually discussing whether Michael J. Fox’s symptoms are as bad as they look in these campaign commercials. I know that the media are amoral predators, constantly alert for any hint of blood in the water, but I guess I’m still naive enough to wish that occasionally Keith Olbermann wouldn’t be the only person in the entire industry willing to call bullshit when the odor is rank enough to make you gag.
But I’m also naive enough to imagine that this will backfire as spectacularly as the Terry Schiavo circus did. Seriously, Republicans — you want to rally around the drug-addled gasbag hatemonger in his war against the beloved actor with the debilitating disease — please, by all means, go for it.
Dueling Sad Songs
Having just finished listening to The Dears at Pundit Nation, I offer this sad song for my listener. This YouTube effort includes some sappy pictures, but the music is pure Prine.
Conservatism: A Definition
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy: that is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
-- John Kenneth Galbraith
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Al-Republican
This is powerful ... by Keith Olberman. Any Republican or conservative who still supports this administration is just as culpable in the Bush administration's continuing effort to frighten and terrorize its fellow citizens.
It's Our Home
Listen to the wombat.
h/t Bob Harris
The Republican National Committee today announced a new series of ads with Rush Limbaugh as the centerpiece. The ads will feature Limbaugh speaking about the need to increase funding for rehab centers for wealthy Republican donors and politicians.
A pre-screening of one of the ads was shown to media representatives on the east and west coasts. Most shocking about the ads was the vision of Limbaugh drooling puddles on his lap. He also fell off his chair twice. The second time he fell while apparently trying to push away from, what was later determined to be, killer butterflys wearing Cubs hats. He also mumbled something about the where-a-bouts of his personal physician or physicians. It was hard to discern.
There was also a question whether the audio was a voice over, and not truly Limbaugh’s voice … considering his mouth was full of saliva and tiny round and white objects, there is some credence to that.
Republicans immediately attacked the media for distorting the ad and ignoring the important message that Limbaugh had to convey. When confronted with the fact the only possible message that could be garnered from the ad was “Don’t take drugs,” and “Rush Limbaugh is a drug-addled sot,” Republican objections soon faded away. However, Democratic candidates across the nation asked for permission to air the ads. As one high-profile candidate said, "We're all for exposing the need for rehab centers."
With Friends Like These ....
Want to know who Big Oil likes the most. Ask Jim Jubak.
Think it's a matter of chance that we don't have a meaningful national energy policy? Wondering why oil and gas companies don't pay higher royalties to the Treasury now that oil is over $55 a barrel? Amazed that Washington loves to talk about energy research with promise 15 years down the road, but won't put significant money into alternative technologies that could reduce energy consumption now?
For answers to all those questions and more, just follow the money. Nothing about U.S. energy policy should be a surprise if you know where the money's been going and which legislators have taken the biggest payouts from the energy industry. So don't miss your only chance in the next two years -- the Nov. 7 election -- to tell Congress what you think of its sellout to the energy companies.
And here's the list of Big Oil's 10 favorite Congress members:
1 - Hutchison, Kay Bailey, R-Texas - Senate - $258,361
2 - Burns, Conrad, R-Mont. - Senate - $188,775
3 - Santorum, Rick, R-Pa. - Senate - $188,120
4 - Bode, Denise, R-Okla. - House $153,650
5 - Allen, George, R-Va. - Senate - $148,600
6 - Talent, James M., R-Mo. - Senate - $147,470
7 - Cornyn, John, R-Texas - Senate - $142,750
8 - Barton, Joe, R-Texas - House - $138,450
9 - Hastert, Dennis, R-Ill. - House - $122,200
10 - Pombo, Richard, R-Calif. - House - $121,340
Data from the FEC as of Sept. 11, 2006. Compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
As Gomer Pyle was often heard to say: “Surprise, surprise, surprise.”
This about Jim Jubak:
Jim Jubak is senior markets editor for MSN Money. Previously, he served as senior financial editor at Worth magazine and as editor of Venture magazine. Jubak was a Bagehot Business Journalism Fellow at Columbia University and has written two books: "The Worth Guide to Electronic Investing" and "In the Image of the Brain: Breaking the Barrier Between the Human Mind and Intelligent Machines." As an investor, he says he believes the conventional wisdom is always wrong -- but that he will nonetheless go with the herd if he believes there's a profit to be made. His column Jubak's Journal appears on MSN Money every Tuesday and Friday. He lives in New York.
Gomer Pyle Does the White Album
A friend e-mailed this to me. I managed to make it half way through before the urge to chew off my arms began to overwhelm me. I offer this Jim Nabors and Leslie Uggams duet from her early 1970s replacement show, for those who are stronger.
No Friend of the Death Penalty
I have been contemplating a post regarding the referendum vote this Novemeber 7 on the death penalty and whether it should be reinstated in Wisconsin. My argument has always been twofold: We should not place ourselves in the role of god (or God, for those annoyed by the small "g") and what if an innocent is executed? There is no going back.
I asked a person I know (staunchly conservative) the question about innocence some time ago and his response was a cold-hearted, "So What. Accidents happen." The answer and its callousness astounded me. I guess I should not have been surprised. Like chickenhawk conservatives who support the fiasco in Iraq from afar, though they could serve, too many conservatives are ready to throw the switch ... damn the consequences.
James Wigderson, author of Wigderson Library & Pub, is different. He has written an excellent piece in the Waukesha Freeman on the demerits of reinstating the death penalty. I initially thought it odd that James would be on the con side of this debate, considering he is a staunch conservative. But thinking it over, his being against the death penalty is consistent with his views, and if there is one thing I know about James it's he is consistent.
How is James consistent? James is consistent in his views on abortion and the death penalty ... in both cases, his belief is to stand with life. Without getting into an abortion debate (we disagree about abortion, though I suspect we have more in common that we think) his consistency is admirable ... an area, in my opinion, in which far too many conservative fall short.
And, to be fair, some liberals.
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Who Does He Think He Is? Gandalf?
This is weird. From Jonathan Schwarz at This Modern World.
A short letter to Pennsylvania
Dear Pennsylvania,
Please do not reelect this man to the Senate:
Embattled U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said America has avoided a second terrorist attack for five years because the “Eye of Mordor” has been drawn to Iraq instead.
Santorum used the analogy from one of his favorite books, J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1950s fantasy classic “Lord of the Rings,” to put an increasingly unpopular war in Iraq into terms any school kid could easily understand.
“As the hobbits are going up Mount Doom, the Eye of Mordor is being drawn somewhere else,” Santorum said, describing the tool the evil Lord Sauron used in search of the magical ring that would consolidate his power over Middle-earth.
“It’s being drawn to Iraq and it’s not being drawn to the U.S.,” Santorum continued. “You know what? I want to keep it on Iraq. I don’t want the Eye to come back here to the United States.”
your friend,Jon
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Terrestrial Mollusks of the Family Urocoptidae in the Island of Cuba
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Tomas Barrera expedition to Cuba, 1914
Paul Bartsch (1871-1960) was a zoologist with the United States National Museum, 1896-1946, Professor of Zoology at George Washington University, and Director of the Histological and Physiological Laboratory at the Medical School of Howard University. He was in charge of the pearl mussel inquiry, 1907; Smithsonian representative on the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907-1909; Director, Tomas Barrera expedition to Cuba, 1914; recipient of the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship to explore the West Indies, 1928-1930; Director, first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rico Trench, 1933; and a member of the Smithsonian-Roebling Expedition, 1937.
(1) Biographical materials, 1952-1963; (2) correspondence, 1907-1946; (3) field notes on birds, 1912-1927; (4) research expedition materials, 1907-1933; (5) bibliography and publications, 1904-1950; (6) draft articles and monographs; (7) notes, speeches, and specimen lists; (8) student theses, reports, and examinations, 1915-1936; (9) photographs and prints; (10) newspaper clippings, 1907-1909, 1933; (11) gazetteers of Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic; (12) field notes and journals, 1907-1937; (13) publications with card index, 1901-1955
These papers include Bartsch's field notes based on his ornithological investigations in Haiti, the Florida Keys, and the West Indies; field notes pertaining to the Albatross Philippine expedition; field notes regarding the Tomas Barrera expedition to Cuba; extensive field notes, manuscripts, financial accounts, and correspondence regarding his explorations to the West Indies on the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship, and the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition to the West Indies; papers relating to the Bartsch process for the preservation of wood and fibres; student theses and reports done under Bartsch's guidance; publications, draft articles, and monographs including the text of Bartsch and Carlos de la Torre y de la Huerta, The Terrestrial Mollusks of the Family Urocoptidae in the Island of Cuba, with two supplementary reports, 1943-1950, unpublished; photographs of Bartsch and de la Torre, as well as of birds, mollusks, and research activities in Florida and the Caribbean.
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Palestine and Europe’s Symbolic Gestures – Alan Hart
Pro-Palestinian supporters position a giant banner calling for a recognised Palestinian State, in Parliament Square, central London on October 13, 2014 (AFP Photo/Leon Neal)
Why symbolic European gestures of state recognition alone won’t advance the Palestinian cause
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t a recent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) conference in Chicago, Israeli peace activist and author Miko Peled said the following: “Palestinians are subjected to the inevitable brutality that comes with occupation and they are subject to racist laws that are designed to discriminate against them, to disenfranchise them, to take away their land and eventually get them to surrender completely or leave or die.” In the light of that reality how should votes in European parliaments to recognise a Palestine state be judged?
Miko’s answer was that they should be seen for what they really are: “cowardly and symbolic acts”.
The real cowards are European leaders and their governments.
I disagree with Miko to the extent that I believe it’s wrong to label (if only by implication) all who voted in favour of recognising a Palestinian state as cowards. Many of them would like the governments of the parliaments of which they are members to set a timetable for an end to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and siege of the Gaza Strip prison camp with the declared intention to isolate and impose sanctions on the Zionist (not Jewish) state if it did not comply with the withdrawal timetable. My point here is that the real cowards are European leaders and their governments.
In the words of a recent Haaretz editorial, many of the members of European parliaments who voted in favour of recognising a Palestinian state did so in part because they are aware that a growing number of the citizens whose votes they need at election time “have had enough of Israel’s occupation and settlement”.
In that light, and noting that European leaders are not prisoners of the Zionist lobby to anything like the extent President Obama is and loathe Netanyahu and his ever expanding settlement policy every bit as much as he does, the question arising is this.
Is there any reason to believe that the time is coming when European leaders will stop being cowards and summon up the courage to take action to cause (or try to cause) Israel to end its defiance of international law and be serious about peace on terms which would provide the Palestinians with an acceptable amount of justice and security for all?
At the time of writing there is a French initiative underway. Its purpose is, it seems, to get a new Security Council resolution in which the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 would be a key component and which would limit restarted negotiations for peace to two years.
Without a declaration that a rejectionist Israel will be isolated and have sanctions imposed on it, a new Security Council resolution would be just another cowardly and symbolic act.
According to usually well informed sources, the French have received an assurance from the Obama administration that it will not seek to derail the initiative. And this has led the French to entertain the hope that Obama will not veto a new Security Council resolution no matter how much Israel’s leaders, their lobby and its deluded, so-called Christian fundamentalist allies object to it.
At first glance the developing French initiative seems to offer a small ray of hope for a peace. But… There is no indication of whether or not a new UN Security Council resolution would declare that Israel will be isolated and have sanctions imposed on it at the end of two years of a restarted peace process if it continued its rejectionist position and demonstrated that it’s not interested in peace on any terms the Palestinians could accept.
I want to close this post with some suggested reading for President Obama.
It was drawn to my attention by John V. Whitbeck, an American international lawyer who specialises in conflict resolution in general and international law as it relates to the conflict in and over Palestine that became Israel in particular.
It is a quotation from part of President George Washington’s Farewell Address in 1796. In this letter to his people, America’s first president warned of the political dangers that had to be avoided if Americans were to remain true to their values.
Here is the paragraph containing his most prophetic vision.
…a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favourite nation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions; by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained; and by exciting jealousy, ill will and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld: And it gives to ambitious, corrupted or deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the favourite nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliance of ambition corruption or infatuation.
If he could revisit us today I am sure he would say that America’s passionate attachment for Israel has produced the variety of evils he described.
If the time comes when President Obama has to debate with himself about whether or not he should veto a Security Council resolution demanding that Israel ends its defiance of international law with the promise of sanctions if it doesn’t, I think he should read the whole of Washington’s Farewell Address before making his decision.
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Adder, Snake
Deer or Stag
Dog or Hound
Dolphin:
Griffin:
Hare or Rabbit
Hedgehog:
Turtle:
(NATHAIR): The snake has long been associated with wisdom, reincarnation, and cunning. The poisonous adder of the British Isles has the same reputation. The Druids were known in Wales as Nadredd; in the Fold of the Bards, Taliesin says "I am a Wiseman, I am a serpent". The Druids carried an amulet called gloine nathair (serpent glass); although they said that this was formed by snakes, it was probably really an adder stone or blown glass. In the Scottish Highlands, the adder symbolized the Cailleach's power. When you see a snake while on a shamanic journey, prepare to shed something in favor of something greater and better.
(BROC): This animal is unyielding in the face of danger and is noted for its tenacity and courage. In the Welsh tale of Pwyll's courting of Rhiannon, a badger is mentioned as a guide during dreaming. The badger will teach you to fight for your rights and defend your spiritual ideas.
(IALTAG): Associated with the Underworld; as the bat's radar helps it to avoid obstacles and barriers, so it can teach you to do the same thing.
(ARTH): Although the bear was native to the Isles, it is now extinct there. Evidence of its being a totem animal is found in many Celtic designs; although it is not mentioned in the legends. The word "arth", which means, "bear", is the root word for the name Arthur. The bear was noted for its strength and stamina. It can help you find balance and harmony in your life, and the strength to do what is necessary.
(BEACH): The bee is usually mentioned in connection with honey and mead, which was made from honey. The bee is industrious, single-minded when performing a task, and fearless when defending its home.
(DRUID-DHUBH, LON DUBH): Legend says that the birds of Rhiannon are three blackbirds, which sit and sing in the World Tree of the Otherworlds. Their singing puts the listener in to a sleep or trance that enables her/him to go to the Otherworlds. It was said to impart mystic secrets.
(BACRIE, TORC): Important to the art and myths of the Celtic peoples, the boar was known for its cunning and ferocious nature. Once common throughout the British Isles. A famous Irish legendary boar was Orc Triath, which the Goddess Brigit owned. In the Arthurian tales of the Mabinogion the boar Twrch Trwyth was a terrible foe to Arthur. The White Boar of Marvan sent inspiration to its master to write music and poetry.
(TARBH): A common animal-figure in Celtic mythology, the bull symbolized strength and potency. Certain divination rituals required the sacrifice of a white bull. In the tale of the Tain Bo Cuilgne (Cattle Raid of Cooley), two special bulls are coveted by two rulers. The Taroo-Ushtey (Water Bull) is said to haunt the Isle of Man.
(DEALAN-DÉ: Many cultures cal butterflies the souls of the dead and the keepers of power. No negative energies will be experienced in any Otherworld area where you see butterflies. They will teach you to free yourself form self-imposed restrictions and to look at problems with greater clarity.
(CAOIT, CAT): Many of the Celtic legends pictured the cat as a ferocious, evil creature, but that may have been because cats at that time were untamed. However, it was considered a potent totem animal of several clans; Caithness was named after the clan of the Catti. In Ireland Finn Mac Cumhail was said to have fought a clan of "cat-headed" people, probably Celts who wore cat skins on their helmets. The cat is a strong protector, especially when facing a confrontational situation.
(COILEACH): In several Celtic legends, the cock chases away ghosts and other night terrors by his crowing at dawn. It represents the power of the word to dispel negativity.
(BO): Once so important to the Celts that it was considered a form of currency or monetary exchange. Ancient Irish lords were known as bo-aire or cow-lord. The cow was sacred to the Goddess Brigit. The cow symbolizes contentedness, defending the inner child, and providing for daily needs.
(CORR): At one time the crane was a common animal in the British Isles. One late Celtic tradition, apparently originated after the arrival of Christianity, is that cranes are people who are paying a penance for wrongdoing. The crane is associated with the Cailleach and Manannan Mac Lir, who made his crane bag from its skin. The crane, with its colors of black, white, and red, was a Moon bird, sacred to the Triple Goddess. Magic, shamanic travel, learning and keeping secrets, reaching deeper mysteries and truths.
(BADB, ROCAS): This animal is to be treated with care. Along with the raven, the crow is a symbol of conflict and death, an ill omen associated with such Goddess as Macha, Badb, and the Morrigan. The Irish word for crow is badb, which is also the name of a Celtic war Goddess. Although the crow was an ill omen, it was also considered to be skillful, cunning, single-minded, and a bringer of knowledge. It is of value when trickery is needed. It also teaches you to learn from the past, but not hold onto it.
(FIADH) OR (SAILETHEACH, DAMH): In its form of the White Doe or White Stag, the deer was often a messenger and guide from the Otherworlds. Following such an animal led the unsuspecting human into contact with supernatural beings. Celtic shamans may have copied the antlered headdress of Cernunnos as apparel in their rituals. The deer represents keen scent, grace swiftness, and gentleness. There are ways of reaching your goals other than force.
(ABACH, MADADH) OR (CÙ): Devoted hounds are often mentioned in Celtic myths, such as Bran and Sceolan, which belonged to Finn Mac Cumhail. Underworld hounds, such as the Welsh Cwn Annwn belonging to Arawn, are always white with red ears. The Underworld Hounds run down and punish the guilty. Dogs represent tracking skills, the ability to scent a trail, and companionship.
This creature was associated with sea deities. It deals with dreams and harmony, and recognizing an balancing the rhythms of your body with those of nature.
(PIASTRAS (PAYSHTHA), HORM): The dragon in Celtic-British mythology has more varieties then the standard legged form; it is sometimes represented as a water serpent or worm-shaped beast. There are many references to serpents or dragons in Celtic myths. On many occasions the Fianna fought huge dragons in lakes. One likely center of the serpent (dragon) was the sacred site of Kildare, under the protection of the Goddess Brigit. Most cultures considered the dragon a benevolent dweller of caves, lakes, and the inner Earth. It was an ancient symbol of wealth. The dragon symbolized the power of the Elements, especially that of the Earth, but also of the treasure of the subconscious mind. It may appear at initiation.
(IOLAIR, FIREUN): A bird noted for wisdom and long life in Celtic stories. The eagle represents swiftness, strength, keen sight, and the knowledge of magic. It helps you to see hidden spiritual truths.
(EAS-GANU): The eel is mentioned in several Celtic legends, on of which is the story of the two swineherds who battled through a variety of shape-shifting forms. In their final form as eels, the swineherds were swallowed by cows that later gave birth to magical bulls. Cu Chulainn's spear Gae-Bolga got its name from the eel. The Morrigan took on the form of an eel when she had a magical battle with the hero. The eel symbolizes adaptability, wisdom, inspiration, and defense.
(MADADH-RUADH, SIONNACH): In Taliesin's Song of His Origins, the Bard says he assumed the shape of a satirizing fox, a reference to the cunning, slyness, and ability of the fox to make fools out of those who chase it. The ability to watch the motivations and movements of others while remaining unobserved yourself.
(LOSGRINN): In many cultures the frog is a symbol of shamanism and magic. It can teach you to leap swiftly from one level of consciousness to another, from this world to the Otherworlds. The frog can also help you find the courage to accept new ideas, nurture yourself, and find connections between ideas.
This mythical beast has the head and wings of an eagle, and the body and tail of a lion. It teaches the shaman to combine various positive traits in strength, yet maintaining discretion and seeing the truth. The protective griffin symbolizes great magic and power.
(GÈARR) OR (COINEAN): An animal sacred to the Goddess Andraste in particular. Its movements were sometimes used for divination; Boadiccea used a hare this way just before her last battle with the Romans. Associated with transformation, the receiving of hidden teachings, and intuitive messages.
(SEABHAG): Celtic oral tradition lists the oldest animal as the hawk of Achill. As with other birds, the hawk is a messenger between the Otherworlds and this world. However, it is of greater skill and strength than other birds. It symbolizes clear-sightedness and far-memory. If you hear a hawk cry during a journey, be alert to upcoming situations that need boldness and decisiveness to keep from being thrown off balance.
This prickly little creature often shows a need for less defensiveness and seriousness. Appreciate life more.
(CORRA-GRIOTHACH): Many of the myths and attributes of the crane are shared by this bird.
(EACH): A popular totem animal of the Celts; sacred to the Goddesses Epona and Rhiannon. The horse was considered to be a faithful guide to the Otherworlds. It symbolizes stamina, endurance, and faithfulness.
(DEARC): One of the few reptiles recognized as helpful to the shaman. It symbolizes the shadowy plane of manifestation where events are constantly changing shapes and patterns. If you see a lizard on a journey, be alert to all below-the-surface activities going on around you.
This creature is the keeper of deep secrets and hidden knowledge. It can help with divinatory skills and the development of psychic senses. Sometimes it symbolizes the need to look deeper within yourself and see what is hidden.
(PIOGHAID): This bird deals with omens and prophecies; the mysteries of life and death.
(LUCH): The mouse is often mentioned in Celtic folklore. In one Welsh story concerning Manawydan and Pryderi, a mouse is portrayed as the shape-shifted wife of the magician Llwyd. The mouse represents secrets, cunning, shyness, and the ability to hide in times of danger. Its appearance often signals a need to pay attention to small details, such as the fine print in contracts or the double meaning in words.
(CÙ-DUBH OR DÒBHRAN): These animals were considered very magical by the Celts. During the voyages of Maelduine, Brendan and others, these traveling Celts were met by helpful otters. The otter is a strong protector who helps with gaining wisdom, finding inner treasures or valuable talents, faithfulness, and the ability to recover from any crisis. Enjoy life instead of just enduring it.
(CAILLEACH, OIDHCHE, COMACHAG): These birds were most often associated with the Crone aspect of the Goddess. The word "cailleach" in the Scottish-Gaelic means "owl". The owl is often a guide to and through the Underworld, a creature of keen sight in darkness, and a silent and swift hunter. It can help unmask those who would deceive you or take advantage of you.
(MUC): It was considered to be the magical, sacred food the Tuatha de Danann and an animal of Manannan Mac Lir. In the Mabinogion Pwyll received a gift of pigs from the Underworld god Arawn. The writings of Merlin say that he spoke with a little pig in visions. Symbolic of the spiritual food necessary to the shaman.
(RADAN): Rats are not mentioned in a favorable light in Celtic folklore, but hey have their place in shamanic journeys. Rats are sly, sometimes aggressive, creatures that can track down whatever they seek, defending themselves with great ferociousness.
(FITHEACH): Take care when dealing with this bird. An important totem animal of the Celts. In Ireland the raven was associated with the battlefields and such goddesses as the Morrigu or later Welsh Morrigan, just as was the crow. The bird was connected with Bran the Blessed; in Welsh bran means "raven". Although its reputation is dubious, it is an oracular bird. It often represents the upsets and crises of life that are necessary for anything new to be created.
(BRADAN): A very wise, magical creature in Celtic lore. A salmon of great knowledge is said to swim in the Well of Segais, eating the mystical hazelnuts that fall into the well. This salmon is said to be as old as time itself and knows everything past and future. When the Irish hero Finn Mac Cumhail burned his thumb on a salmon and then put the thumb in his mouth, he gained shamanic knowledge. The salmon teaches you how to get in touch with ancestral knowledge and put it to practical use.
(FAOILLEANN): Seagulls do not figure in Celtic legends. However, they are connected to sea deities, such as the god Manannan Mac Lir and the goddess Don. Like other birds, they are messengers from the Otherworlds.
(AIRC, MUC): The Goddess Cerridwen is known as the White Sow. The sow was considered a very powerful creature in the Otherworlds, particularly the Underworld. As a creature of Cerridwen, it was associated with the Sacred Cauldron and the granting of inspiration; also a creature of death and rebirth.
(FEÒRAG): This creature is always preparing for the future; it can show the shaman how to do this in a practical way. Sometimes its appearance heralds changes, even adversities. Plan ahead so that you have time, resource, and energy stored.
(EALA): A mystical bird who figures in several Celtic stories. Its feathers were often used in the ritual cloak of the Bards. Swans are connected with music and song. Swans also help with the interpretation of dream symbols, transitions, and spiritual evolution.
The turtle is a slow-moving, methodical creature, carrying its protection constantly with it. It can teach the shaman to be grounded, how to stay in tune with Earth energies, the wisdom of flowing with the cycles of life, and to be gentle with the body's needs.
(BRIABHALL): This mythic animal had the body of a white horse, the legs of an antelope, and the tail of lion; a single horn was on its head. It is the symbol of supreme magical power. It teaches that every action is creation, so make every day counts. It also helps to understand the relationship between physical and spiritual realities.
(MADADH-ALLUIDH): The wolf is a cunning, intelligent creature, capable of out-thinking hunters. It can teach you how to read the signs of Nature in everything, how to pass by danger invisibly, how to outwit those who wish you harm, and how to fight when needed. Sometimes the world, seen on a journey, will lead you to a spiritual teacher and guide.
(DREATHAN-DONN, DREÒLAN): A sacred bird to the Druids, its musical notes were used for divination. As with many other birds, the wren was considered a messenger from the deities.
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Downtown Vancouver – Original works of art on paper, European and American masterworks
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Dali, The Divine Comedy
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Dalí was a prolific artist all his life and the scope of this article is not to give a chronological recap of the artist’s life – this you can read on our Dalí Biography web page – but it is Dalí’s personality and interests, with special regards in later years of his life, at the time when this sculpture collection was created.
In the years after the Second World War Dalí stopped confining himself to painting and experimented with many new and unusual media. This period bore the hallmark of technical virtuosity and an intensifying interest in optical effects, science, and religion. Many of his works incorporated optical illusions, negative space, visual puns, and visual effects of distorted space. He created bulletist works, which is an artistic process that involves shooting ink at a blank piece of paper. Dalí also experimented with pointillism, enlarged half-tone dot grids (which Roy Lichtenstein would later use), and stereoscopic images. He was among the first artists to employ holography in an artistic manner. Young artists such as Andy Warhol proclaimed Dalí had an important influence on pop art.
Dalí was a very unique artist in every way, a one-of-a-kind thinker, innovator, even his choice of words was through and through Daliesque.
Reynolds Morse, Dalí’s patron quotes the artist when he remarked about his large canvases: “Now is necessary expline one other aspect of les masterworks. Quand myself am paint dees verks, is no one question of choice (choosing) one subject apres les udder. Is no one random apparition. On le contrary les masterworks is represent le ultimate manifestation of le Continuité Dalienne, parce que each is relate avec le udder, et each is involvéd some new discovery que y yam make”.
– Dalí – the Masterworks, vol. 3, by A. Reynolds Morse
Dalí also had a keen interest in natural science and mathematics. This is manifested in several of his paintings, notably from the 1950s, in which he painted his subjects as composed of rhinoceros horn shapes. According to Dalí, the rhinoceros horn signifies divine geometry because it grows in a logarithmic spiral. Dalí was also fascinated by DNA and the 4-dimensional cube and the quantum mechanics. He became an increasingly devout Catholic, while at the same time he had been inspired by the shock of Hiroshima and the dawning of the “atomic age”. Therefore Dalí labeled this period “Nuclear Mysticism.” Dalí sought to synthesize Christian iconography with images of material disintegration inspired by nuclear physics.
At some point, Dalí had a glass floor installed in a room near his studio. He made extensive use of it to study foreshortening, both from above and from below, incorporating dramatic perspectives of figures and objects into his paintings.
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THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT
John S. Gray
(b. 18 January 1953, Halifax, Nova Scotia).
Canadian composer of mostly chamber, piano and electroacoustic works that have been performed in North America.
Mr. Gray is self-taught as a composer. He studied piano privately in Halifax from 1959–69.
He is also active in other positions. As a pianist, he made his début in 1960. He sang as a chorister in the King's College School Chapel Choir from 1966–69 and the Dalhousie Chorale in Nova Scotia in 1974–75. He worked with the ensemble Murphy's Law from 1975–78 and served as an interim director of the Experimental Sound Studio in 1979. He established the studio Life Force Productions in Halifax in 1980 and later worked for the Canadian Music Centre in Toronto.
E-mail address: john@musiccentre.ca
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
Waiting for Dinner (incidental music), 1978, revised 1994
ORCHESTRAL:
Untitled, string orchestra, 1992
Episodes for Orchestra, 2003
Introduction and Autumn Prelude, 2004 (expanded version of Autumn Prelude)
Sinfonia d'espoir, large orchestra, 2005
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Elegy, flute, French horn, double bass, piano, 1973
Drunk Jam, The Third Take, 2 synthesizers, 1975
Journeys without Direction, synthesizer, percussion, fixed media, 1976, revised 1990
Rievaulx, 2 trumpets (1st + vibraphone), electric guitar, double bass, piano (+ synthesizer), 2 percussion, 1977–78
Witness to the Holocaust, synthesizer, 1980
Untitled, ensemble, fixed media, 1985
Untitled, synthesizer, fixed media, 1986
A3W-1, oboe, bassoon, piano, 1987
Pastoral Sequence, synthesizer, 1987
A Hearing in Our Time, synthesizer, fixed media, 1988
Fire Flux, synthesizer, 1990
4W-1, oboe, bassoon, violin, piano, 1991–93 (also version for flute, bassoon, violin, 1993)
Autumn Prelude (original title Advent Prelude), bassoon, violin, harmonium, 1996 (also expanded version as Introduction and Autumn Prelude, orchestra)
Andante in C minor, oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, organ, 2002 (version of work for piano)
Le Vernissage, flute ad libitum, oboe, bassoon, 2 French horns, electric guitar, violin, viola, cello, organ, MIDI-keyboard, 2002
Three Old Friends, any 3 players, 2002
Promenade, flute, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2004
Steps to the Setting Sun, flute, clarinet, MIDI-keyboard, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2005
Clarinet Quintet, clarinet, string quartet, 2005
Little Cantata for Christmas Eve (text from the Book of Luke), mezzo-soprano, baritone, bassoon, violin, harmonium, 1995
Improvisation on the 5'9" Baldwin, 1977
Improvisations, 1981
Hauskonzert, piano (+ synthesizer), 1983
The Big Slow C Major Improvisation with Sostenuto Trick, 1983
Improvisation for David Nos. 1–2, 1984
The Big B-flat Improvisation, 1984
Consolation, 1985
This Subsequent Time, 1986
Benediction, 1986
This Immediate Time, 1986
Benediction Variations, 1987
Improvisation for Chris and Diane, 1990
Fantasie, Minuet and Trio, 1997
Andante in C minor, 1998–99 (also version for oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, organ)
Three Late-Night Improvisations on the Steinway A-3, 1999
Morning Improvisation on the Steinway A-3, 1999
The 29 March 1999 Piano Piece, 1999
The 10 April 2000 Piano Piece, 2000
ORGAN:
Lenten Prelude, 1997
ELECTROACOUSTIC:
Exercises on the Modes, Continued, fixed media, 1974
The First CDKU Jingle, fixed media, 1979
The Nova Scotia Tattoo Synthesizer Piece, fixed media, 1979
D3W-1, fixed media, 1981
Igor's 99th, fixed media, 1981
Belinda's O, fixed media, 1981
Sergeant Bluepetal's Dream, fixed media, 1981
Tea Time, fixed media, 1981
By Appointment to Her Majesty, Blended in Scotland, fixed media, 1981
Glory Be!, fixed media, 1981
Afterthought, fixed media, 1981
Coda, fixed media, 1981
Music for Art Galleries No. 1, fixed media, 1979–83 (its four sections may be performed separately: Dinner Music One, 1979; Lamentation, 1981; Reflection, 1981; 23:41.1, 1983)
Venezia, fixed media, 1984
No Radio, fixed media, 1984
The D minor Harpsichord Construction, fixed media, 1984
Music for Art Galleries, Volume 1.1, fixed media, 1984 (one section may be performed separately: Embers)
Peregrine, fixed media, 1985
Preconsolation, fixed media, 1987
Der Abschied, fixed media, 1987
Music for Art Galleries No. 2, fixed media, 1991
FILM SCORES (DIRECTOR):
Perspectives, 1980 (Floyd Gillis)
Time Lines, 1981 (Floyd Gillis)
Atomic Dragons, 1981 (James MacSwain)
Flower, 1985 (James MacSwain)
Glory Be!; D3W-1; Belinda's O; Sergeant Bluepetal's Dream; Witness to the Holocaust; Tea Time; By Appointment to Her Majesty, Blended in Scotland; Igor's 99th (excerpt); Recent Works/8 PM (excerpt); Rievaulx; concert (2 excerpts). John S. Gray, piano, synthesizer; ensemble (CSM: 001, 1981) (cassette)
Lamentation; Afterthought; Reflection; Dinner Music One; Coda. (CSM: 002, 1986) (cassette)
Venezia; 23:41.1; Improvisation for David No. 1; Hauskonzert. John S. Gray, piano, synthesizer (CSM: 003, 1986) (cassette)
Improvisation on the 5'9" Baldwin; Journeys without Direction; Drunk Jam, The Third Take. John S. Gray, piano, synthesizer (CSM: 005, 2000) (cassette)
Three Late-Night Improvisations on the Steinway A-3; Morning Improvisation on the Steinway A-3; Andante in C minor (original version); The 29 March 1999 Piano Piece; The 10 April 2000 Piano Piece. John S. Gray, piano (CSM: 006, 2000) (cassette)
9 improvisations. John S. Gray, piano (CSM: 007, 2002)
Website designed by Ron Hannah.
Renovations in 2012 by Romeo Talento.
All data compiled by Dan Albertson and Ron Hannah, 2000–.
This page last revised on 2 January 2017.
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Kane Heating & Ventilating suffers great loss with Hubbard’s passing
Posted by Travis Silvas | Feb 11, 2019 | Charlotte | 0 |
Chad Lewis had worked by Joe Hubbard’s side for 30 years. The two started as co-workers in the late 80s, building a friendship over the course of a decade that eventually led into a business partnership in 1999, when the two purchased Kane Heating and Ventilating from founder Frank Kane.
As friendship turned to partnership, the Hubbard and Lewis families came together, building upon the family business that Kane started nearly 70 years ago.
Joe succumbed to cancer Sunday, Feb. 3, leaving a great hole in the Hubbard family, in the Kane Heating business, and in Chad’s friendship.
“I’m going to miss our friendship the most,” Lewis said this past week. “We liked to cut up a lot, and I’m really going to miss the non-work related conversations.”
Chad said Joe and his wife, Kathy were eyeing retirement in a few short years when Joe’s cancer diagnosis sped up the process. It was always the plan that Chad would take sole ownership, just not this quickly.
Currently Joe and Kathy’s daughter, Jenn works in the office as the service dispatcher, schedules service calls, locates and retrieves repair parts and also does the duct cleaning.
In the past Kane’s has also employed two of Joe and Kathy’s others daughters, Jennifer and Antonia, granddaughter Alexis, who continues to help out when needed and son-in-law, Adam as well as Chad’s daughter, Courtney and sons, John and Chris. Chad’s other daughter, Haylee has worked as a co-op student.
“I want to reassure our customers that it’s business as usual,” Chad said. “We learned a lot together through the years, and we’re going to continue to be a company built on our reputation of service. We’ll always honor that.”
Though Chad said Joe leaves awfully big shoes to fill, he’s confident in his team moving forward.
Joe is survived by his loving wife of 31 years, Kathleen; five daughters, Jennifer Robles (Chris Tossava), Jesica Hubbard, Michelle Henry, Antonia (Joseph) Challender, and Jennifer Lynn (Joey Green) Squier; grandchildren, Cody, Kayla, Mason, Rose, Grace, Katie, Austin, DeVante, Britany, Alexis, Rachel, Athena, Adara, J.D. (Joseph Donald), Chrisitian, Trevor Joe-Jack, Emalynn, and Elijah; six great-grandkids; mother and step-dad, Eileen and Bennie Pittman; step-mother, Sharon Hubbard; siblings, Shannon, Shawn (Michelle), Jerry, Antonette, Jack Wayne, Teresa, Lynda (Mike), Betty, and Julie (Jerry); many specials aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, and cousins.
Funeral services are Monday, February 11, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Pray Funeral Home in Charlotte.
Kane Heating & Ventilating is located at 504 Island Highway and offers Air Ease equipment, as well as a full custom sheet metal shop, fireplace showroom, a full line of installation services, service and repair parts for the professional and do-it-yourselfers. Kane also provides and experienced and knowledgeable service and installation staff for all service and installation of furnaces, air conditioning, ventilation, wood, gas and pellet stoves and fireplaces, heat pumps, boilers, water heaters, high efficiency air cleaners, humidifiers and duct cleaning. Kane has also added a line of made in the U.S.A. wood stoves from Buck Stove. Kane offers free replacement estimates and provides discounts for senior citizens.
Kane is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon (closed on Saturdays during the summer), Kane also offers 24-hour emergency service.
Stop in or contact Kane Heating and Ventilating at (517) 543-1040, email kaneheating@hotmail.com or visit KaneVentHeat.com.
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A photo posted by Lisa Rinna (@lisarinna) on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills diva wrote to her 323K followers: 'It hurt and angered many of you and we are deeply sorry for that. We should have been more careful and thoughtful'Polish the crystal glasses and chill the rosé.Similarly, he went on working hard and appearing in different series. Afterward, he appeared in many films like “Blue Skies Again”, “Frogs and Snakes”, “Perfume”, and others. Presently, he earns a huge amount of salary and has a net worth of million. Presently, there are no other rumors that surround his personal or professional life.Consequently, in 1981, he joined the cast of fantasy film, “Clash of the Titans”. Moving towards his body measurements he has a good height of 5 feet 11 inches 77kg.Dazzling: Stood on pointed kitten heels, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star looked sensational as she was dressed in panelled straight-leg trousers, paired with a low-cut sparkly blouse, which she tucked into her bottoms Her suave husband looked dapper as he teamed a rich velvet blazer with a black shirt and fitted denim jeans.Harry's youthful face was accessorised with square framed glasses as he walked arm in arm with his mother and wife.Guest star Harry Hamlin is an actor you probably already know (trust me).And you better get to know him fast, because who can say how long Walter will be in the picture?The pair celebrated their 20-year anniversary earlier in March this year.And Lisa Rinna, 54, slipped into a glamorous all-black ensemble as she visited Craig's restaurant with Emmy nominated actor Harry Hamlin, 66, in West Hollywood.'The pair share daughters Delilah, 19, and Amelia, 16, who are both signed to IMG modelling agency, while Harry has a son Dimitri Alexander Hamlin, 37, with former partner Ursula Andress. As per his proper TV career, he made his debut in 1979 in a TV show, “Studs Lonigan”. Law”, “Ink”, “Movie Stars”, “Veronica Mars”, “Shameless”, and others. Afterward, rumors started spreading that they are separating.
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Harry Hamlin Dating History - FamousFix
Since 1997, Hamlin has been married to former Days of our Lives actress and television host Lisa Rinna. They have two daughters, Delilah Belle Hamlin and Amelia Gray Hamlin, who both featured in the reality show Harry Loves Lisa with the couple. Harry and Lisa were first seen together at the 7th Annual. more. 6. 0 0.
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Mar 8, 2015. Happy couple Harry Hamlin stood behind his wife Lisa Rinna after her outburst on Tuesday's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills defending his honor. The pair are pictured at an awards dinner. The season five reunion episode was filmed on February 20 and will air on a later date. Fans witnessed the feud.
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28 years ago - Tony Woodward is born.
13 years ago - 15-year-old Tony drops out of school.
7 years ago - 21-year-old Tony is sent to prison for assault.
6 years ago - 22-year-old Tony is released from prison. He finds work with a hazardous material clean-up crew.
4 years ago - 24-year-old Tony incites a riot. He falls into a vat of molten steel from a starr labs facility. He gains is synthetic metal body and goes on a rampage, eventually stopped by the Flash.
3 years ago - 25-year-old Tony is freed from Iron Heights by Clifford Devoe to form his new team of Rogues. They are defeated by the combined strength of the Flash and the original Rogues.
1 year ago - 27-year-old Tony joins the Legion of Doom.
Wally West really arrived as a character during the series written by Mark Waid and Geoff Johns in the late 90's early 2000's. Part of what made that era so sucessful was that it really revolutionized the Flash's villains, focusing on what made them unique and interesting while also introducing a suprisingly broad spectrum of new threats. One of those new threats, for better or worse, was the metal-bodied Girder.
Girder's Comic History
First created by Geoff Johns as he worked to modernize and update Flash's rogues gallery in the early 2000's, Girder is a pretty noteworthy departure from the traditional baddies the Flash fights. He's noteably not 'a guy with a gimmick' like most of the others, nor is he a serial killer like a lot of the villains introduced in that era; he's an actual metahuman with a specific power set
Of course, it's kind of hard to miss just how poor a fit Girder is as a villain for the Flash. He has nothing to combat his enemies superspeed, doesn't really control the battlefield in any noteworthy way, and isn't even a kitchy throwback. He's just a big, angry, mean blunt object, the sort of character that generally gets beaten in the opening pages of a comic as the introduction to the heroes before we even begin the larger threat. He certainly LOOKS threatening and might actually serve as a great challenge for, say, the Teen Titans, but for an experienced speedster like Wally West's Flash, this is the sort of enemy he would defeat in nanoseconds while rushing out to pick up flowers for his wife when her back was turned.
Our Girder Story
It does sort of beg the question why we're even bothering to include Girder at all. He does have at least some recognition; he was depicted in the live-action CW Flash series all the way back in it's first season, since that was really the only time when a baddie like this presented any sort of challenge. So why would we do the work to bring him in?
The answer is actually in our decision to create a new, more dangerous group of Rogues. We made our team centered around the Thinker, but really the idea was that this was a younger, less likeable, more dangerous collection of baddies, and Girder is a near-perfect addition. The Thinker would WANT a blunt-instrument enforcer. Even if Wally would normally be able to mop up a big dumb violent enemy like this, when paring him with the Thinker he suddenly becomes way more dangerous. Sometimes you just need some narrative foot-soldiers, and characters like this are perfect for that job.
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Vainglory is a MOBA action-oriented action game set in multiplayer, maintained in a fantasy atmosphere and produced by the Super Evil Megacorp team. Fun comes down to clashes between the two teams of players, with each trying to reach and destroy the enemy base located there crystal. Vainglory is a network battle game belonging to the category known as MOBA, which popularized such hits as League of Legends or Dota 2. The production was developed, among others, with a view to mobile devices running Android and uses the free model with micropayments. The title is a design studio debut of Super Evil Megacorp, founded by veterans of bands such as Supercell, Riot, Rockstar and Gazillion Entertainment. The action takes place in a standard full of magic and fantasy land where people live next to a few other sentient races. However, the story does not play any significant role in the game and is only a background for online games. The basic gameplay mechanisms do not deviate from the standards of the genre MOBA. Fun turns around so triple battles between two teams, each trying to destroy the crystal in the base and prevent the enemy to do the same thing in the command center. Winning is not easy, because the access to the base is defended by numerous automated defensive systems and you must destroy them first. The authors prepared a nice variety of characters and each of them has, of course, a unique set of skills and development of their own tree. The map has been designed so that the bases are located at its opposite ends. Between them runs the path we are traveling the attacking side. It pays, however, also down from the proposed route, as it is located on the roadside forest hiding numerous treasures for easy referencing victory. An important role is also played by the bases, where we can regenerate life points and use the shop that receives the currency earned during the game.
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The pharmaceutical company that makes the expensive, life-saving EpiPen—an auto-injector that comes preloaded with anaphylaxis treatment—will launch a generic version of the product in the wake of intense criticism over recent price hikes. Manufacturer Mylan said early Monday that a new generic will cost $300 for a two-pack, which is about half the regular version’s market price. It will be available within the next several weeks. Mylan CEO Heather Bresch called her company’s move “an extraordinary commercial response” to patient anger and frustration over the rising cost of EpiPen. Last week, the drug maker had offered discounts on the shots for lower-income patients and triggered further anger. The company was widely criticized by parents and politicians, including Hillary Clinton, following the latest price rises, which amounted to more than 400 percent over the past 10 years.
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Will the third time be the charm? After his first two picks to head the Transportation Security Administration withdrew their nominations after confirmation appeared to be doubtful, President Obama must be relieved that his third choice, John S. Pistole, has accepted. "I am grateful that he has agreed to take on this important role, and I look forward to working with him in the weeks and months ahead," Obama said. Pistole is currently deputy director of the FBI. "The talent and knowledge John has acquired in more than two decades of service with the FBI will make him a valuable asset to our administration's efforts to strengthen the security and screening measures at our airports."
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Neil Leach, “Swarm Urbanism,” Architectural Design 79, issue 4 (2009), pp. 56-63.
Neil Leach applies the concept of swarm theory to urbanism in search of a future computational method that may act predictively according to the dynamic urban system. Leach, a prolific theorist in the realm of computation, formats this article as a review of theories on urban behavior that may contribute to a new digital modeling system.
Significant to the discussion on swarm theory is the concept of emergence. In accordance with Steven Johnson’s Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Cities, and Software, Leach offers a definition as it relates to the city:
The city operates as a dynamic, adaptive system, based on interactions with neighbors, informal feedback loops, pattern recognition, and indirect control. . . Like any other population composed of a large number of smaller discrete elements, such as colonies of ants, flocks of birds, networks of neurons or even the global economy, it displays a bottom-up collective intelligence that is more sophisticated than the behavior of its parts” (58)
The term “emergence” has been recently popularized in relation to contemporary design issues and the use of digital modeling, since a similarity exists between the aforementioned emergent logic of cities and the operations of some computational software. However, Leach posits that emergence may be most clearly observed in traditional aggregative urban forms, such as medieval villages, Chinese hutongs, and Brazilian favelas. Here, the logic of part-to-whole becomes clear: these vernacular urban formations “constitute a relatively homogeneous field of operations, where individual components do not stand out, but conform to the pervasive logic of their surrounding environment” (58). While new urban developments and landmark architecture may provide emergent logic as well, it is the “architectures of the everyday” that most clearly aggregate to form a more intelligent system.
The emergent city is formed from individual elements that display a swarm intelligence. Leach cites Manuel DeLanda’s research which strives toward modeling the behavior of these elements to produce the effects of urban processes. This model, like the city, would consist of “a system of intelligent agents capable of making their own decisions and of influencing others in their decisions in order to generate urban form” (61). Although such a system has yet to be developed, there are a few existing examples of swarm theory that may be called upon. Frei Otto’s “wet grid” experimented with different materials dipped in water to produce unique geometries. While the effects of such an experiment are interesting and display a useful behavioral logic, it is geometrically fixed, thus eliminating the necessary shifts in form, space, and time that are necessary for a pure model of swarm intelligence.
Leach’s premier example of swarm intelligence as a successful design tool is the work of Australian architecture firm Kokkugia. The firm’s work does not intend to model the behavior of the agents of a swarm system but rather to develop single flexible systems that embody a similar type of intelligence. Leach states:
“With their swarm urbanism projects, the concern of Kokkugia is not to simulate actual populations or their occupation of architecture, but to devise processes operating and much greater levels of abstraction that involved seeding design intent into a set of autonomous design agents which are capable of self-organizing into emergent urban forms” (61).
This logic marks an important shift in urban design from the master-plan to the master-algorithm. In this way, design ceases to be composed of a set of small-scale elements, but rather a synchronized flexible process with micro and macro decisions occurring.
The Rhizome
Leach relinks the logistics of an intelligent urban model to the concept of emergence through Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s theoretical model of rhizomatic urbanism, as outlined in their work A Thousand Plateaus. They describe the city as a network of self-regulating, flexible processes, and often refer to the multiplicities that exist in the logic of the crowd as in a pack of wolves. It is emphasized that the rhizome is based on multiplicities and is not hierarchical: it is “proliferating and serial, functioning by means of the principles of connection and heterogeneity . . . of ‘becoming’, of forming a relationship with the other . . . where one de-territorializes the other” (62).
Following this definition, the rhizome is best illustrated in the naturally occurring relationship between the wasp and the orchid. Serving the purpose of cross-pollination, the wasp is attracted to and housed by the orchid, but the main concern for Deleuze and Guattari is the mutuality exhibited in the pairing. The wasp and orchid “enter a mutual reciprocity, such that the wasp has adapted to the orchid, no less than the orchid has adapted to the wasp.” The two form an assemblage, such that “there is not a pre-existing collective body . . . but rather a new stable body is composed from the intricate connections of these previously disparate bodies” (62). This exemplification of the rhizome points out the wisdom of all living things that eventually form a relationship with something else, such as other plants, animals, or the weather. By extension of this logic, we may understand the city and its inhabitants as forming a rhizome. Furthermore, this leads us to view humans as the agents operating within the urban system, but in a mutually responsive way:
“It is as though the city is ‘formed’ by registering the impulses of human occupation, much as the sheets on our beds record the movements of our bodies through the night. . . Over time the fabric of the city evolves through interaction with its inhabitants“ (62).
The idea of mutual modification is a temporal phenomenon that is integral to a system modeling the city and its inhabitants.
Once he has collected the elements deemed necessary to understand in a future model of swarm urbanism, Leach concludes without a solution to the problem of a computational methodology. Rather, he identifies a design method called “scenario planning” that may assist in the predictability required in imitating urban processes. He states that “the task of design therefore would be to anticipate what would have evolved over time from the interaction between inhabitants and city.” In implementing scenario planning, “we can see that in effect the task of design is to ‘fast forward’ that process of evolution” (62). In this conclusion, the reader remains hopeful that such a design logic may culminate in the future.
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Never ones to sit still, the band have also been busy teaming up with the Garage Project on another creative venture. Music and beer are two great bedfellows, and with The Phoenix Foundation and Garage Project both being born and bred Wellingtonian outfits, a partnership to collectively give up their dreams with the creation of New Zealand's finest craft draught was just good sense. More details on this exciting collaboration will be coming soon.
The prog-indie sextet have established themselves as firm favourites among local fans with their innovative, experimental sound and hypnotic live show and can’t wait to kick off the tour in Wellington on September 18th. Tickets will be available through Under The Radar from thephoenixfoundation.co.nz, with support acts to be announced.
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P-glycoprotein-9 and macrocyclic lactone resistance status in selected strains of the ovine gastrointestinal nematode, Teladorsagia circumcincta
Turnbull, F., Jonsson, N. , Kenyon, F., Skuce, P. J. and Bisset, S. A. (2018) P-glycoprotein-9 and macrocyclic lactone resistance status in selected strains of the ovine gastrointestinal nematode, Teladorsagia circumcincta. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 8(1), pp. 70-80. (doi:10.1016/j.ijpddr.2018.01.004) (PMID:29414109)
The Teladorsagia circumcincta P-glycoprotein-9 (Tci-pgp-9) gene has previously been implicated in multiple-anthelmintic resistance in this parasite. Here we further characterise genetic diversity in Tci-pgp-9 and its possible role in ivermectin (IVM) and multi-drug resistance using two UK field isolates of T. circumcincta, one susceptible to anthelmintics (MTci2) and the other resistant to most available anthelmintics including IVM (MTci5). A comparison of full-length Tci-pgp-9 cDNA transcripts from the MTci2 and MTci5 isolates (∼3.8 kb in both cases) indicated that they shared 95.6% and 99.5% identity at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, respectively. Nine non-synonymous SNPs were found in the MTci5 sequences relative to their MTci2 counterparts. Twelve genomic sequence variants of the first internucleotide binding domain of Tci-pgp-9 were identified and up to 10 of these were present in some individual worms, strongly supporting previous evidence that amplification of this gene has occurred in T. circumcincta. On average, fewer distinct sequence variants of Tci-pgp-9 were present in individual worms of the MTci5 isolate than in those of the MTci2 isolate. A further reduction in the number of sequence variants was observed in individuals derived from an IVM-treated sub-population of MTci5. These findings suggest that Tci-pgp-9 was under purifying selection in the face of IVM treatment in T. circumcincta, with some sequence variants being selected against.
This work was funded by Moredun Research Institute (UK) and AgResearch (NZ)
Anthelmintic resistance, Ivermectin, P-glycoprotein, Teladorsagia circumcincta
Jonsson, Professor Nicholas and Turnbull, Dr Frank
Turnbull, F., Jonsson, N., Kenyon, F., Skuce, P. J., and Bisset, S. A.
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Tag: Joseph Hamrick
What We Learned This Week: July 29-August 4
Posted on August 4, 2018 by everymoviehasalesson.
LESSON #1: THIS PRESENT CULTURE OF HEADLINE NEWS NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN— Feelin’ Film Facebook Discussion Group member Joseph Hamrick penned an outstanding editorial recently on his website Article Asylum entitled “We Need to Talk about the ‘We Need to Talk About’ Headline Culture.” Joseph discusses the wayward directions and lack of due diligence taken in entertainment news nowadays where too many so-called discussion pieces are reactive rather than reflective, defeating the purpose and wearing out that headline trope. James Gunn and even Chris Hardwick are recent examples where patience could have gone a long way before vilification and over-inflation. I know I see this all the time researching for this weekly column and Joseph nailed it. Kudos and my compliments on a great piece!
LESSON #2: TROPES ARE SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN IN THEIR EFFECTIVENESS— The concepts that we all call tropes become tropes because they are successful to a nearly automatic level more than not. I greatly enjoyed an article in The Guardian this week that reported on findings compiled by a behavioral economics and data science team at the University of Birmingham. They combed through over 6,000 scripts to show which story arcs made the most money at the box office. The winner was the “man in the hole” arc, which might as well be your classic underdog story. Enriching stuff! Give it a read.
LESSON #3: TRAILERS TOO HAVE BECOME AN EFFECTIVE SCIENCE— Speaking of effectiveness, trailers know exactly what they are doing to get audiences to desire the product they are advertising. The top trailer-makers have studied and refined the craft of provoking emotions and evoking the senses right down to the algorithms and triggers. As you know I’ve ranted in this soapbox space before, they have still become formulaic with their own troublesome tropes in my opinion and should be avoided, or at least tempered. Still, the entire addictive draw and the creativity behind the craft is fascinating. Enjoy this interview and examination video from Vice News:
LESSON #4: EVEN MONUMENTAL BLOCKBUSTERS BECOME “LITTLE ENGINES THAT COULD”— It has taken six months after its huge February debut and spring box office dominance, but Marvel’s Black Panther, thanks to one final tickle of $15,000 becomes only the third film to earn $700 million or more domestically. It joins Avatar ($760 million) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936 million). To be the highest grossing MCU film was already achievement, but to hit that benchmark is both impressive and special. Congratulations to Ryan Coogler and company!
LESSON #5: NEED A LAST MINUTE HOT SUMMER BEACH READ? CONSIDER A SCREENPLAY— Are you a movie fan that wants to dive in and relive some classic stories? Then get to read between the lines with their scripts. Sure, they might have zero pictures and whole bunch of extra framing words, but I bet they’re better than another trashy hit-or-miss novel off the rack. Last year, Script Reader Pro collected 50 of the greatest film screenplays of all-time and released them for free available downloads. In July, Shore Scripts added 45 more, also completely for free. The combined selections are extraordinary. Search by genre in either stack and revisit some cinematic gold in its purest creative form.
DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based film critic writing on his website Every Movie Has a Lesson and also on Medium.com where he is one of the 50 “Top Writers” in the Movies category. As an educator by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle. As a contributor here on Feelin’ Film now for over a year, he’s going to expand those lessons to current movie news and trends while chipping in with guest spots and co-hosting duties, including the special “Connecting with Classics” podcast program. Find “Every Movie Has a Lesson” on Facebook, Twitter, and Medium to follow his work.
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Posted on August 15, 2014 August 14, 2014 by Steven
DIR/WRI: David Michôd • PRO: David Linde, David Michôd,Liz Watts • DOP: Natasha Braier • ED: Peter Sciberras • DES: Josephine Ford • MUS: Antony Partos • CAST: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy
In a world bereft of new Twilight films, anything that Robert Pattinson does is going to be looked at, and he couldn’t have gone further (in almost every way) in this film, which is set in a desolate, dilapidated Australia “ten years after the collapse” and begins with grubby Eric (Guy Pearce) driving across the dusty, deserted land. We don’t know where he’s going or why, but his eyes are fixed in a thousand yard stare and only just register signs of life when his car is stolen outside a lonely bar.
After revving the thieves abandoned truck out of the ditch it landed in when it crashed, he gives chase. The injured Henry (Scoot McNairy) and his two scavenger friends can’t believe it, and even when they pepper the truck with bullets and come to a halt, standing off like cowboys on the road, Eric vows that he won’t stop following them until they give his car back.
Elsewhere, a shot and bleeding Rey (Pattinson) clambers into a dying soldier’s Hummer and sets off along the road. He’s chasing after Henry too; he was a member of the gang and got left behind for dead when things went wrong.
Eric comes to and gets back into the truck, then stops at every bizarre roadside shack looking for information – and to buy a gun. Now the killing begins. Back outside, Rey appears and unwittingly asks Eric where he got Henry’s truck from; now Eric has a way to get his car back, though first he has to get Rey patched up at the house of a bush doctor (Susan Prior).
As they drive, drive, drive, Eric says little and seems to care even less, while the seemingly slow-witted Rey struggles with being left behind. Sleeping under the stars, they’re soon on the run from the army too as they make for the small town where the gang was due to lay low…
Owing a great deal to Westerns, the legacy of Mad Max – and the often-forced quirkiness of David Lynch too – this rather frustrating but compelling film is held together by excellent performances from the leads. Pearce – his shoulder hunched, his eyes looking exhausted and his mind as focused as a psychopaths – is as intense as the ruined country he now lives in, while Pattinson is a revelation, a mass of ticks and confusion as he heavy-breathes and tries to come to terms with not only his sibling betrayal, but the fact his only source of hope is a man unconcerned with humanity.
The shoot took place in sweltering and isolated spots of Australia, and it certainly did its job: you’re always itching for a shower. The countless supporting characters – many of them local people and all of them shouldering rifles – look so drawn and wild that they could easily fit into the world of JRR Tolkien.
But it’s relentlessly grim, violent stuff, and the long stretches of time when we simply follow the car or Eric sits in silence while Rey tries desperately to make a connection, the pair of them seeming like Lennie and George from Of Mice and Men, can get very tiresome.
There are some major self-serving logic problems too; it’s unbelievable that Henry’s truck is drivable after the crash we see – let alone that they leave it by the unconscious Eric after he’s just said he’d never stop chasing them – and as thieves it’s inconceivable that they wouldn’t bother to look in the boot, or at least siphon out the precious petrol.
Eric never seems to want for water or food either – though he almost seems like he doesn’t need it – and the thing that was in his car? Well, I’ll leave it to you to decide whether – and why – it was worth it all the dead bodies.
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Analysis of the apology (Zvi) (update)
From Zvi:
Erdogan is a repulsive anti-Semite, and apologizing to him because soldiers defended their own lives against violent rioters masquerading as "activists" angers me.
But I don't think that Netanyahu would have done this for no reason, or just because he was pleased by Obama's visit.
The following is speculation.
I notice that the "reconciliation" happened very late in the visit, but that it was far from spontaneous; the diplomatic push began 2 weeks ago, purportedly triggered by a letter that 89 senators sent to Erdogan after his recent anti-Semitic rant:
On March 12, 89 members of the U.S. Congress wrote a letter to Erdoğan and asked him to retract his words on Zionism, which he did not; he said he stood behind what he said but he had been misunderstood.
It seems that letter triggered the U.S. move, since the White House wanted to see its two main allies in the region work together once again as they did until the “one minute” incident in Davos in 2009.
Additional steps were taken in the background.
Turkey's foreign minister said:
I spoke with Kerry six times over the last week. We talked about the negotiations on the texts [of the apology]," he said. Davutoğlu noted that during the last week Turkey had only been in contact with U.S. officials, who mediated the final agreement before U.S. President Barack Obama's Israel visit. "We agreed that [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu would call the Turkish prime minister accompanied by President Obama. Each word of the agreement has been studied. We worked on it until the morning and at noon we got a clearer picture."
Erdogan appears to have sought the approval of Hamas and Fatah before he accepted the call - which speaks volumes. Turks may well ask who is the final arbiter of Turkish foreign policy. But I won't go off on that tangent. Hurriyet:
Davutoğlu also said that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called both the Hamas prime minister of Gaza and the leader of the Palestinian Authority to get their approval before accepting Israel's formal apology for the Mavi Marmara raid. He explained that the conversations took place moments before Netanyahu's call. He added that Erdoğan also called Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. "The tripartite meeting started afterward. Netanyahu began, then passed the phone to Obama. [Other sources say that it was the other way around - Zvi] I did not count the minutes, but the call lasted between 20 and 30 minutes," Davutoğlu said.
The "reconciliation" was evidently an important objective of the visit, but this has not really been acknowledged. For most of the visit, the press babbled on about the Palestinians and all but ignored Israel-Turkish relations. Even afterward, Obama almost seems to be deemphasizing the Israeli-Turkish meeting, though he is clearly pleased with it.
Which leaves me thinking about Syria, and about Iran.
In Jordan, after leaving Israel, Obama said, "I am very concerned about Syria becoming an enclave for extremism because extremists thrive in chaos, they thrive in failed states, they thrive in power vacuums."
The situation in Syria is going critical. Israel, Jordan and Turkey are Syria's neighbors. Chemical weapons are being used by the regime, and maybe by some of the rebel groups. Did Obama tell Netanyahu that a new phase has arrived, and that the only way to prevent the spread of chemical weapons among al-Nusra (closely aligned with al Qaeda in Iraq), and throughout the failed Syrian state and the region, is for Israel to work together very closely with Turkey, at the highest levels? I don't know.
Netanyahu has always been a pragmatist. He has never been the strongest-willed leader, but he does try hard to save Israeli lives. I can easily imagine him agreeing to the lesser of two evils - a formula that includes an apology for any mistakes made, as long as the soldiers are protected from revenge harassment by the Turkish state - if it might achieve something that is far more important. I can easily imagine that with really solid US guarantees, he would have been willing to pick his battles and set aside the fight with Erdogan in order to save thousands of Israeli lives.
In Jordan, Obama also indicated that he would ask Congress to provide more budget support for the kingdom, which currently houses 460,000 Syrian refugees. This is consistent with a deep concern in Washington about the civil war raging in Syria, especially if one expects the situation to grow much worse before it improves.
After meeting with the Jordanians, John Kerry will return to Israel. But he won't return to Ramallah. The president's conversation with King Abdullah concerns Syria at least as much as it concerns the Palestinians, and probably much more.
At the same time, Turkey is reaching out to the Kurds, and Abdullah Ocalan has responded.
Things are shifting in the region, some of them below the radar, and I think that meltdown of Syria lies very close to the center.
And then there is Iran.
Turkey's subsequent behavior will tell us a lot about the strategic importance of this "reconciliation." If Erdogan demonstrably ends his attacks on Israel and actively promotes cooperation, then that will tell me that Turkey views reconciliation as strategically vital. If not, then Erdogan's regime views all of this as a "political football," all speculation aside.
Bülent Yildirim of the IHH claims that the trials of the Israeli soldiers in the ICC will go ahead; but this is apparently incorrect.
Sometimes, when the risk of fire is high, you need to establish firebreaks that can prevent a conflagration from getting out of control. Obama and Netanyahu both know this. Erdogan may be thinking along the same lines.
UPDATE: See also The Daily Beast. And Foreign Affairs.
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Offa's Dyke | Article about Offa's Dyke by The Free Dictionary
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Offa's Dyke,
ancient entrenchment of W England and E Wales, from the Dee estuary to near the estuary of the Wye River. It was built in the 8th cent. by Offa, king of MerciaMercia
, one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, consisting generally of the region of the Midlands. It was settled by Angles c.500, probably first along the Trent valley.
..... Click the link for more information. , as a barrier against the Welsh and lies mainly along the England-Wales boundary. Watt's Dyke, a similar work, roughly parallels a section of Offa's at a distance of c.2 mi (3.2 km). Parts of the dikes are well preserved.
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A March of Kings (Book #2 in the Sorcerer's Ring)
by Morgan Rice – Lukeman Literary Management Ltd (August 20, 2014)
THE SORCERERS RING has all the ingredients for an instant success: plots, counterplots, mystery, valiant knights, and blossoming relationships replete with broken hearts, deception and betrayal. It will keep...
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Endsinger
The Lotus War #3
by Jay Kristoff – St. Martin's Press (November 25, 2014)
With Stormdancer, Jay Kristoff came roaring onto the fantasy scene-he has been praised as "the master of unique and intense plots and huge twists" (USAToday.com), while critics raved about the novel, calling...
The Saga of Recluce #18
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. – Tom Doherty Associates (November 18, 2014)
L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Heritage of Cyador continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.
Five years after utterly destroing an Afritan...
Lowball
by Wild Cards Trust, George R. R. Martin & Melinda Snodgrass – Tom Doherty Associates (November 04, 2014)
Soon to be a show on Hulu!
Rights to develop Wild Cards for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought you The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor of Wild Cards, Melinda...
Modern Classics of Fantasy
by Gardner Dozois – St. Martin's Press (October 28, 2014)
While humanity has been telling fantastic stories for millennia, fantasy fiction has only come into its own as a genre in the latter half of the twentieth century, as the works of such writers as J.R.R. Tolkien...
Anthologies (mul...
Seventh Grave and No Body
Charley Davidson #7
by Darynda Jones – St. Martin's Press (October 21, 2014)
The New York Times bestseller from Darynda Jones, Seventh Grave and No Body, puts Charley Davidson in the line of more fires than she may be able to handle...
Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged...
Contemporary & S...
Bathing the Lion
by Jonathan Carroll – St. Martin's Press (October 21, 2014)
In Jonathan Carroll's surreal masterpiece, Bathing the Lion, five people who live in the same New England town go to sleep one night and all share the same hyper-realistic dream. Some of these people know each...
The Shotgun Arcana
Golgotha #2
by R. S. Belcher – Tom Doherty Associates (October 07, 2014)
R. S. Belcher's debut novel, The Six-Gun Tarot, was enthusiastically greeted by critics and readers, who praised its wildly inventive mixture of dark fantasy, steampunk, and the Wild West. Now Belcher returns...
Vlad Taltos #14
by Steven Brust – Tom Doherty Associates (October 07, 2014)
Years ago, Vlad Taltos came to make his way as a human amidst the impossibly tall, fantastically long-lived natives of the Dragaeran Empire. He joined the Jhereg, the Dragaeran House (of which there are seventeen)...
When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami
by Kendare Blake – Tom Doherty Associates (September 30, 2014)
"When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami" is the story of when immortal teen goddess Athena is mistaken for a vampire by a desperate youth who refuses to leave her side until she turns him. This tale takes place...
Die and Stay Dead
Trent #2
by Nicholas Kaufmann – St. Martin's Press (September 30, 2014)
In Die and Stay Dead, Nicholas Kaufmann's gripping sequel to Dying is My Business, A brutal murder in Greenwich village puts Trent and the Five-Pointed Star on the trail of Erickson Arkwright, the last surviving...
The Seventh Sigil
The Dragon Brigade #3
by Margaret Weis & Robert Krammes – Tom Doherty Associates (September 23, 2014)
Margaret Weis and co-author Robert Krammes bring the enthralling Dragon Brigade trilogy to a thrilling conclusion in The Seven Sigil, a sweeping novel of worldwide war and personal redemption.
Five hundred years...
Strongest Conjuration
by Skyler White – Tom Doherty Associates (August 27, 2014)
A tale of the Incrementalists—a secret society of two hundred people, with an unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, communicate with one another across...
Mrs. Sorenson and the Sasquatch
by Kelly Barnhill – Tom Doherty Associates (August 13, 2014)
When Mr. Sorensen - a drab, cipher of a man - passes away, his lovely widow falls in love with a most unsuitable mate. Enraged and scandalized (and armed with hot-dish and gossip and seven-layer bars), the Parish...
The Godless
Children #1
by Ben Peek – St. Martin's Press (August 19, 2014)
The Gods are dying. Fifteen thousand years after the end of their war, their bodies can still be found across the world. They kneel in forests, lie beneath mountains, and rest at the bottom of the world's ocean....
by Bruce McAllister – Tom Doherty Associates (August 13, 2014)
"La Signora", by Bruce McAllister, is a dark fantasy about a teenage American living in an ancient Italian fishing village with his parents. He's invited by his friends to go night-fishing on one special night,...
Mist #2
by Susan Krinard – Tom Doherty Associates (August 12, 2014)
New York Times bestselling author Susan Krinard continues the thrilling urban fantasy series that began with Mist in Black Ice.
Centuries ago, all was lost in the Last Battle when the Norse gods and goddesses...
Severed Souls
The Sword of Truth #14, Richard and Kahlan #3
by Terry Goodkind – Tom Doherty Associates (August 05, 2014)
From the far reaches of the D'Haran Empire, Bishop Hannis Arc and the ancient Emperor Sulachan lead a vast horde of Shun-Tuk and other depraved "half-people" into the Empire's heart, raising an army of the dead...
The House of the Four Winds
One Dozen Daughters #1
by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory – Tom Doherty Associates (August 05, 2014)
Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Valdemar series and romantic fantasies like Beauty and the Werewolf and The Fairy Godmother. James Mallory and Lackey have collaborated on six...
The Malazan Empire #6
by Ian C. Esslemont – Tom Doherty Associates (August 05, 2014)
This followup to Ian C. Esslemont's Blood and Bone is sure to delight Malazan fans.
Tens of thousands of years of ice is melting, and the land of Assail, long a byword for menace and inaccessibility, is at last...
The Book of Dragon
by Steven Brust – Tom Doherty Associates (July 22, 2014)
The first seven of Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos fantasy novels have long been in print from Ace Books in a set of three trade paperback omnibuses. Now Tor, publisher of the series from book eight on, continues...
Craft Sequence #3
by Max Gladstone – Tom Doherty Associates (July 15, 2014)
“This is the best kind of urban fantasy, filled with diverse characters and thought-provoking philosophies.” —The Washington Post
Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence chronicles the epic struggle to build a just...
The Wurms of Blearmouth
by Steven Erikson – Tom Doherty Associates (July 08, 2014)
A new novella from New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson, set in the world of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Wurms of Blearmouth.
Tyranny comes in many guises, and tyrants thrive in palaces and...
A Plunder of Souls
Thieftaker Chronicles #3
by D. B. Jackson – Tom Doherty Associates (July 08, 2014)
Boston, 1769: Ethan Kaille, a Boston thieftaker who uses his conjuring to catch criminals, has snared villains and defeated magic that would have daunted a lesser man. What starts out as a mysterious phenomenon...
Alias Hook
by Lisa Jensen – St. Martin's Press (July 08, 2014)
"Every child knows how the story ends. The wicked pirate captain is flung overboard, caught in the jaws of the monster crocodile who drags him down to a watery grave. But it was not yet my time to die. It's...
The Devil in the Details
by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald – Tom Doherty Associates (July 02, 2014)
A new adventure of Peter Crossman, special agent of the Knights Templar — a man prepared to administer last rites with one hand while wielding a flamethrower with the other. Now an ancient manuscript of peculiar...
Born of Fury
The League Series #6
by Sherrilyn Kenyon – St. Martin's Press (July 01, 2014)
The war is on…
Counted among the fiercest Andarion warriors ever born, Hauk is one of the five founding members of the Sentella: an organization that has declared war on the League. They rule the Ichidian universe...
Bloodshifted
Edie Spence #5
by Cassie Alexander – St. Martin's Press (July 01, 2014)
Ambushed. Blindfolded. Kidnapped by vampires. Edie Spence must race against time to save herself and her baby—from the nightmare that flows through her veins…
As a nurse in the hospital's secret Y4 ward,...
Occult & Superna...
Child of a Hidden Sea
Hidden Sea Tales #1
by A. M. Dellamonica – Tom Doherty Associates (June 24, 2014)
One minute, twenty-four-year-old Sophie Hansa is in a San Francisco alley trying to save the life of the aunt she has never known. The next, she finds herself flung into the warm and salty waters of an unfamiliar...
The Walking-stick Forest
by Anna Tambour – Tom Doherty Associates (June 10, 2014)
The Walking-Stick Forest, by Anna Tambour, is a dark fantasy about a recluse who creates collectible walking sticks in post WWI Scotland by manipulating the woods somewhat like bonsais. He refuses a commission...
Flight of the Golden Harpy
by Susan Klaus – Tom Doherty Associates (June 17, 2014)
Kari, a young woman, returns to the jungle planet of Dora after ten years in Earth's schools determined to unravel the mysteries surrounding the harpies, a feral species with the appearance half-bird, half-human....
Chasers of the Wind
The Cycle of Wind and Sparks #1
by Alexey Pehov & Elinor Huntington – Tom Doherty Associates (June 17, 2014)
Centuries after the disastrous War of the Necromancers, the Nabatorians, aligned with the evil necromancers of Sdis, mount an invasion of the Empire. Luk, a soldier, and Ga-Nor, a Northern barbarian, are thrown...
The Insects of Love
by Genevieve Valentine – Tom Doherty Associates (June 10, 2014)
The Insects of Love, by Genevieve Valentine, is a dream-like science fiction/fantasy puzzle about two sisters and several possible realities. The only certainty is that one sister gets a tattoo and disappears...
California Bones
Daniel Blackland #1
by Greg Van Eekhout – Tom Doherty Associates (June 10, 2014)
When Daniel Blackland was six, he ingested his first bone fragment, a bit of kraken spine plucked out of the sand during a visit with his demanding, brilliant, and powerful magician father, Sebastian.
When Daniel...
The Merchant Emperor
Symphony of Ages #7
by Elizabeth Haydon – Tom Doherty Associates (June 03, 2014)
The long awaited seventh book in Elizabeth Haydon's critically-acclaimed epic fantasy series, the Symphony of Ages.
The war that they had feared is now upon them. Ashe and Rhapsody, leaders of the Cymrian Alliance,...
A Barricade in Hell
Delia Martin #2
by Jaime Lee Moyer – Tom Doherty Associates (June 03, 2014)
In Jaime Lee Moyer's A Barricade in Hell, Delia Martin has been gifted (or some would say cursed) with the ability to peer across to the other side. Since childhood, her constant companions have been ghosts....
Strange Country
Wide Open #3
by Deborah Coates – Tom Doherty Associates (May 27, 2014)
After facing Death himself and banishing a reaper bent on the destruction of Sheriff's deputy Boyd Davies, Hallie Michaels had hoped things would finally settle down; that she and Boyd would find more time to...
The Severed Streets
James Quill #2
by Paul Cornell – Tom Doherty Associates (May 20, 2014)
Desperate to find a case to justify the team's existence, with budget cuts and a police strike on the horizon, Quill thinks he's struck gold when a cabinet minister is murdered by an assailant who wasn't seen...
Friends 'Til the End
by Bethany Neal – Tom Doherty Associates (May 27, 2014)
In Bethany Neal's "Friends 'Til the End," death isn't the end for Emily Winstead, not even close. She died with a wrong to make right, and she's been given a second chance to set things straight. The only problem:...
Sixth Grave on the Edge
by Darynda Jones – St. Martin's Press (May 20, 2014)
Charley Davidson—part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper—returns in the New York Times bestseller, Sixth Grave on the Edge by Darynda Jones.
Sometimes I wrestle my demons. Sometimes we just...
Cyador's Heirs
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. – Tom Doherty Associates (May 20, 2014)
L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Cyador's Heirs continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.
Decades after the fall of Cyador, its survivors have...
The Witch of Belladonna Bay
by Suzanne Palmieri – St. Martin's Press (May 13, 2014)
It's the trouble you aren't expecting that gets you. And it's all around you, Bronwyn, it's all around you like the air.…
Bronwyn "BitsyWyn" Whalen hasn't set eyes on the red dirt of Magnolia Creek, Alabama,...
The Madonna of the Abattoir
by Anne M. Pillsworth – Tom Doherty Associates (May 07, 2014)
In Victorian-era Arkham, Redemption Orne observes that art is indeed long and life only too short when a painter chooses Orne's wife Patience, mistress of the Outer Gods, for his model.
At the Publisher's request,...
Valour and Vanity
Glamourist Histories #4
by Mary Robinette Kowal – Tom Doherty Associates (April 29, 2014)
Acclaimed fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal has enchanted many fans with her beloved novels featuring a Regency setting in which magic—known here as glamour—is real. In Valour and Vanity, master glamourists...
Thornlost
Touchstone #3
by Melanie Rawn – Tom Doherty Associates (April 29, 2014)
Melanie Rawn returns to her rich high fantasy world in Thornlost, the sequel to Touchstone and Elsewhens.
Cayden is part Elf, part Fae, part human Wizard—and all rebel. His aristocratic mother would have him...
The Demon Lord
by Paula Altenburg – Entangled Publishing, LLC (April 28, 2014)
The Demon Lord has conquered the mortal world and sampled its pleasures. Now all he needs is to conquer the goddess who is meant to complete him. She, however, has other plans.
Allia is sent by her goddess sisters...
Cold Wind
by Nicola Griffith – Tom Doherty Associates (April 22, 2014)
"Cold Wind", by Nicola Griffith, is a dark fantasy tale about a woman who enters a Seattle bar on a cold wintry night in the midst of the Christmas holidays, searching for something…or someone.
"Rich description...
Unwrapped Sky
Caeli-Amur #1
by Rjurik Davidson – Tom Doherty Associates (April 15, 2014)
A hundred years ago, the Minotaurs saved Caeli-Amur from conquest. Now, three very different people may hold the keys to the city's survival.
Once, it is said, gods used magic to create reality, with powers...
Steles of the Sky
Eternal Sky #3
by Elizabeth Bear – Tom Doherty Associates (April 08, 2014)
Elizabeth Bear concludes her award-winning epic fantasy trilogy, The Eternal Sky, with Steles of the Sky.
Re Temur, exiled heir to his grandfather's Khaganate, has finally raised his banner and declared himself...
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Miami Airbnb operators dodged $16M in taxes in one year: report
Real Estate NewsBy GH.Writer May 25, 2016
South Beach Airbnb has grown exponentially in Miami, marking one of the top five markets for the short-term rentals website. A new report shows that if municipalities collected the same taxes as other local lodging businesses in Miami, Airbnb operators would have owed nearly $16 million from October 2014 to September 2015. And more than…
The Wrap: Pérez Art Museum Miami announces gift of 100 artworks by developer Craig Robins, Fort Lauderdale real estate perks up…and more
Dacra CEO Craig Robins
1. Pérez Art Museum Miami gets gift of 100 artworks from Craig Robins [Miami Herald]
3. Fort Lauderdale real estate perks up [Daily Business Review]
3. Construction underway on 19-story Marriott in Sunny Isles [The Next Miami]
4. Call center plans to hire as it relocates, expands HQ [SFBJ]
— Sean Stewart-Muniz
President of Swire Properties to retire
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Broker who inked $800 million in deals splits from big firm to start his own
Veteran commercial real estate broker Adam J. Tiktin has left Marcus & Millichap to start his own firm, and he’s taken some team members with him. Tiktin has over $800 million in about 325 transactions under his belt during his 18-year-long career. He spend 15 of those years at Marcus & Millichap. He specializes in…
Co-working space planned for one of Wynwood’s oldest buildings
co-working spaceBy GH.Writer May 25, 2016
A photo from 1925 and a rendering of the proposed redevelopment A MiMo developer has purchased one of Wynwood’s oldest buildings with plans to repurpose the former car manufacturing facility into a co-working space for creatives. Alex Karakhanian, an active developer and property owner in the MiMo District, paid $6.6 million for the roughly 60,000-square-foot…
New York developer returns to South Florida with new condo proposal
The Boymelgreens from Brooklyn want to once again start building condos in Miami-Dade County with the proposal of its first local project since exiting the market during the recession. The Jewish Orthodox family and an Israeli logistics executive are behind the application for a condo in Miami Beach that will be considered at the city’s…
Brickell City Centre’s massive shopping center will open just in time for holidays
Brickell City Centre’s 500,000-square-foot shopping center is slated to open November with 70 retailers and restaurants, including some brands not previously announced. Swire Properties and retail developers Whitman Family Development and Simon Property Group will debut the open-air center just in time for South Florida’s busy holiday shopping season, as an influx of tourists arrive…
New renderings revealed of Morgan Group’s Pearl Midtown 29
morgan group, pearl midtown 29By GH.Writer May 24, 2016
Updated rendering of Pearl Midtown 29 With site work well underway at Morgan Group’s Pearl Midtown 29 rental tower, the developer’s architect just released new renderings of the project that are a big step up from what’s previously been circulated. Morgan is building a 20-story apartment building with 309 units at 180 Northeast 29th Street,…
As rental market heats up, PMG turns to luxury sector for downtown Miami project
Renderings of 300 Biscayne apartments New York-based Property Markets Group is about to break ground on its rental tower in downtown Miami as it works on securing $110 million in financing for the amenities-laden, luxury apartment tower, principal Ryan Shear told The Real Deal. Ryan Shear As planned, the property at 300 Biscayne Boulevard will include condo…
Owners of Bal Harbour Shops launch public records-based website aimed at vice-mayor
A screenshot from the website BalHarbourPublicRecords.com In the latest attempt to salvage their original $400 million expansion plan, the owners of Bal Harbour Shops have launched a website targeting their leading opponent, drawing a sharp rebuke from a perceived competitor caught in the crossfire. Rendering of Bal Harbour Shops BalHarbourPublicRecords.com makes available more than 10,500…
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Hard News by Russell Brown
10:32 Apr 16, 2019 11
Splore 2019 – Please Don't F*ck This Up Part 3: Harm Reduction
This is the third excerpt from the panel looking at the next two years' pending drug policy reforms at the Splore Listening Lounge in February this year.
Those reforms include a new amendment guiding police discretion in the case of drug possession (effectively requiring the police to justify prosecution), new medicinal cannabis regulations, the possibility of onsite drug checking getting some legal cover, a new focus (and funding) for addiction services and treatment and next year's referendum on legalising cannabis for adult use.
The panel was called, in recognition of the historic opportunity these reforms embody, Please Don't Fuck This Up.
Panelists were Chloe Swarbrick MP, Wendy Allison of the volunteer harm reduction service Know Your Stuff, Otago University researcher Geoff Noller and David Hornblow, who works for Waipareira Trust and independently as an addiction practitioner.
This section of the panel covers harm reduction – and specifically festival drug-checking of the kind conducted by Know Your Stuff. The organisation's work was stukl underway at the time of the panel, but this week, Know Your Stuff announced that it conducted 880 tests over summer – twice as many as the previous summer.
The last of those rounds of testing, during O-Week in Dunedin, was potentially the most alarming. After initially identifying a white powder presented in capsules presumed by the holder to be MDMA as the cathinone n-ethylpentylone – which put several young people in hospital last summer – Know Your Stuff determined that the powder was in fact a different, previously-unseen cathinone, identified only as C86. The Otago Daily Times duly relayed a warning.
It's a warning that would not have been possible without Know Your Stuff's work. But the Misuse of Drugs Act continues to hamper that work. Section 12 of the Act, which puts event organisers at risk if they allow this kind of harm reduction, has been widely discussed. But the organisation is also asking for changes to Section 7, which currently prevents volunteers handling samples (technical possession) or taking them away for lab testing. The problem is particularly acute in the case of new and unknown substances like the sample in Dunedin.
But back in February, I opened the topic by observing to Wendy Allison that the Minister of Police, Stuart Nash, had spoken after Rhythm and Vines and said he would like to see permitted drug checking at events as part of a harm reduction practice. Had the comments made any difference?
Wendy: Okay, so the first thing that happened when we heard that was we all did a little happy dance around the room. Then we sat down and we thought about it, because the second thing that happened was festivals and events started ringing us up and going, well if the Police Minister is supporting it, then we want you.
And we've had to turn down six events since then. The reason being that we have access to two spectrometers, we have 50 volunteers, and we run entirely on donations. So essentially, we have not enough money, not enough equipment, and not enough people.
So if Minister Nash's vision is to be realised by next festival season, then some sort of support and framework for that support needs to be forthcoming. So we rang him up, and went, Okay, you said you wanted to know how this works. We know how it works, let's talk. And we got together with him, and said, your vision is great, we love it, but support is needed – and the response is that the government is not in a position to provide financial support to a service like ours without a change in the legislation.
Because they need it to be explicitly legal, or the public will not support any financial support to us. And we can't charge events for our service because they can't put us on their books. Because of the legislation. So the next question is, how is the legislation going to change, and when is it going to change?
"Before next season" is a lovely happy thing to say, but in order to actually get a trained, well-supported, well-equipped team out there next season at all of the events, we need the law changed by June. So that's what we're pushing for. We're advocating for what we do to be explicitly legal, for the ability to provide support and also small things like being able to actually touch the substances – because if we're going to go to an event like Rhythm and Vines, which has 20,000 people, with several spectrometers, we're going to need to be able to process that stuff ourselves.
At the moment, we're making everybody do it in front of us – so every single person is new to it, and we have to teach them how to do it, and that means it takes way longer than it needs to. So realistically, a lot of work needs to happen, but the main one is changing that law and changing it quickly.
Chloe: If I can just talk on what Wendy's just saying, and Wendy obviously knows this inside out, but for the sake of background, the barrier is Section 12 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 is a carbon copy of the UK legislation, Misuse of Drugs Act 1972.
The general premise of it is that any use of a drug is a misuse. But it also essentially prescribes certain levels of substances where, if you have over a certain amount then it's presumed that you have it for supply, at which point there is a reversal of the burden of proof – which is absolutely contrary to the Bill of Rights Act, but we do not have a supreme codified constitution. But that's a whole other point.
The issue with Section 12 of the Misuse of Drugs Act is that it essentially says that it is illegal to knowingly provide a place where people will consume illegal substances. So theoretically actually all festivals are kind of in a grey area there, as are all bars and clubs.
W: And hovercraft.
Wendy's not joking. It specifically says in Section 12 that if you knowingly allow people to take drugs in your hovercraft …
W: Don't do it, kids.
You're in some significant criminal peril. And the short version here is that it's all very well for politicians to say the nice things.
C: I mean, this is the point that, I didn't come into parliament to advocate for drug law reform, it just struck me when I inherited Julie Anne Genter's medicinal cannabis bill that nobody else was advocating in this space generally. And the more research that I looked at, and the more evidence that I looked at, I just found out how grotesquely fucked up it is that we've had these laws for 40 years and they've only perpetuated harm. They have pushed substances into the shadows, and they have made them more dangerous as well. And they have made them controlled by people who you do not want the illicit supply of substances to be controlled by.
Geoff: Just to add to that too Chloe, we have a national drug policy, and the central plank of the national drug policy is harm reduction, and the key element of that is that it's accepted that people will use substances, so the aim of policy is to reduce harm as much as possible. And if you change policy, whatever you do, even if the use of substances increases, as long as there is a net reduction in harm.
C: And it's one thing to say that there's a policy, and there's another thing to have legislation, which is to Wendy's point. So it's awesome for the Police minister to be saying this stuff, and I've been working a lot with Stuart. There's kind of like a holy trifecta of ministers who have responsibility for drug law, and it's Minister David Clarke, who's Minister of Health, Andrew Little, Minister of Justice, and Stuart Nash, who's Minister of Police. So they have a lot of chats about the future of things.
But speaking to your point, leading into this whole chat, there is massive reform coming in the Misuse of Drugs Act this year, and what I'm trying to hold politicians' hands through is the fear of the blowback from the general public. But based on my experience talking to the general public about this stuff, people are far ahead of politicians, and they kind of always have been.
W: From our perspective, all of the feedback we've had on our service has been 100% positive. You get the odd Australian ranting at us on the internet, but apart from that, we have never had anybody come up and say, This is a stupid idea, you shouldn't do it.
Something else that's going on in this space that is related to this, is that New Zealand's early warning system is finally starting to get moving. And we are involved. They've finally realised that we exist and we have information that could help with this.
They've rung us up, they've got us round the table, and the potential framework for this is a database in which everyone who collects information about substances that are out there, puts it into this database. And a group of people who have specific knowledge in the area – for example, we would be the representatives for the festival and events sector – then makes a decision about whether an alert is worth putting out and how it should be worded, so that people actually know what's out there, instead of just finding out when we put something on Facebook. Because that's not good enough.
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andin, 12:46 Apr 16, 2019
fear of the blowback from the general public. But based on my experience talking to the general public about this stuff, people are far ahead of politicians,
The general public is a many headed beast, its when it finds a voice in the form of a talkback radio tool or local MP usually NAT, it is at its most vitriol spewing worst. If the delicate flower politicians can weather that is always the worry.
Many people have to live with all kinds of things going on around them so they learn to be more forgiving, turning that into legislation means allowing the unfettered fears of people who have never come into personal contact before this, to do whatever it is they do.
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Craig Young, 09:55 Apr 23, 2019
Prohibitionist propaganda alert: With the assistance of David Farrar's Curia Market Research firm, Family First has just released a somewhat suspect opinion poll. eighty five percent say cannabis can be neurotoxic for young smokers (which is why there's an age of consent provision in the proposed legislation), eighty one percent think stoned driving under the influence of pot can cause accidents (how many demonstrable cases are on file from the NZTA? "Think?"). sixty three percent are concerned regular pot users aren't employable (so what about local infrastructure and employment training options? What about local rates of alcohol consumption?) forty nine percent think cannabis use will increase if decriminalised ("Think?" What does the data actually say?!) ...thirty percent *disagree* with the proposition that tobacco companies want cannabis prohibition weakened, thirty five percent think useage will *remain the same* in the event of decriminalisation and twenty percent think there will be no effect on employment prospects. And only seven percent want the law to stay the way it is!!!: The sample measured 1000 respondents, and was sampled in April 2019: https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/2019/04/shock-cannabis-poll-yes-to-medicinal-no-to-legalising/
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Russell Brown, in reply to Craig Young, 17:54 Apr 23, 2019
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Prohibitionist propaganda alert: With the assistance of David Farrar’s Curia Market Research firm, Family First has just released a somewhat suspect opinion poll.
It's an extremely suspect poll, one which appears to breach at least the spirit of the NZ Political Polling Code. The question order shown in the formal report loads in all those dubious questions ahead of the primary voting intention question.
The poll script also doesn't mention the law, not once, yet Family First's article does. It's stinky as all hell.
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andin, in reply to Russell Brown, 09:24 Apr 24, 2019
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Can Bob McCoskrie just eat a Gummy Bear on live TV so we can all watch, please.
Ian Dalziel, in reply to Russell Brown, 11:22 Apr 24, 2019
David Farrar’s Curia Market Research firm
It’s stinky as all hell.
Seeing it is such an entrenched part of National's 'Old Boys network' perhaps it should more aptly be called OBscuria Market Research...
One wonders if its naming as Curia is in relation to the Roman Catholic court of justice, and other public tribunes - albeit self-styled like the self-serving and misleadingly named 'Taxpayers Union' (also founded by Farrar)...
...or was it by the more obscure route of an anagram of 'Auric' - an ion of gold but also (and more probably) a tribute to the Bond villain, Goldfinger - Auric is his first name...
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Craig Young, 09:53 May 2, 2019
The sound below is Family First tieing itself in knots over its stance on medicinal cannabis: https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/2019/04/modern-medical-marijuana-is-more-potent-dangerous-than-ever-before/
Neil, 10:25 May 2, 2019
The effective decriminalisation of small time possession and use is welcome news even if the government is choosing to be coy about it.
But as others are pointing out there needs to be a substantial boost to treatment funding as the other part of the equation.
Something else that should be a very high priority is increased funding and resourcing of acute mental health facilities. That is where the most vulnerable wind up and at present these units are being turned into war zones by drug use and consequent anti-social behaviour placing other patients and staff at great risk.
Specialist secure detox units could be one part of the solution. Separating those with violent P rage from vulnerable people with mental health issues. It’s often the case now that people admitted to acute inpatient units are exposed to violent and predatory behaviour which is highly traumatic.
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andin, in reply to Craig Young, 10:26 May 2, 2019
Family First tieing itself in knots
Wow that is just sick, if anything it is an indictment of US mental health care. The person they use as an example to push their agenda, had blazingly obvious mental health issues. That needed clinical care, which were obviously neglected in his case.
That his tragic story can be used like that shows how unscrupulous FF are.
steven crawford, in reply to Neil, 18:13 May 2, 2019
Separating those with violent P rage from vulnerable people with mental health issues.
Thats touching on an urban myth. It’s true that some meth addicts have become psychotic and violent, but it’s not common. They normally sleep for a couple of days when they enter treatment centres.
I know you are talking about other serious mental health problems being aggravated by meth. I just thought I would relay in addition, what the residential drug and alcohol treatment managers say about meth. Another thing about meth is that it will cause irreversible brain damage with long term use. Don’t get addicted to the crap!
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Neil, in reply to steven crawford, 00:51 May 3, 2019
True it’s not necessarily the majority of people coming off meth but the people being seen in residential settings may already have gone through the more intense part of withdrawal with paramedics and in ED.
The meth rampage is not an urban myth. The paramedic protocol is physical restraint and IV ketamine.
The brain damage is one the most troubling aspects. There’s a frightening number of young people coming into adulthood with meth induced brain damage that will place increasing demands on health resources and sadly prison resources.
But it’s not every meth user. However it is a group that appear to be being left out of the current harm minimisation debate. And they are the most vulnerable and most at risk to themselves and others.
People who have the wherewithal to engage in a residential setting don’t pose quite the same dilemmas and risk as those that don’t. And those that don’t I think have less chance of having their voices heard.
You have hit on something I find hard to articulate. PTSD (complex) plus self medication equals an expensive social problem that isn’t fixed with ignorance.
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This section is for posting questions regarding Wolfhome, workings or details, or simply needing to contact one of the administration. Bans or warnings given, whether temporary or permanent, will NOT be discussed, and topics containing such material will be immediately deleted.
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That for sure will be a tough competition... do you know if it will be like lioden or more like a 2D graphical chat site similar to Wolfhome? The interactive aspect is a different than Wolfhome but for sure it can be more appeasing to people.. especially younger generations
From what I've seen, it's going to be more like a SIM like Lioden is, with a forum you can chat on. More so breeding, and exploring, and things like that.
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You're fine - I just didn't want it to seem that way LOL
I am wondering what you mean by letting the administration advertise? Unless you mean the FA ads like suggested, but I'm not sure if you meant otherwise. I'm also unsure how active the instagram is and what we're doing there? Relations handles that though, and advertisement is specifically what they're for, so I think they should play their part in whatever they can. Also, an idea for FA besides ads: do what you did with instragram, but post it there, updated it frequently with uploads, and you'll gain a following there like any other user, and constantly link back to the chat site, since if people miss the ads, they're definitely browsing submissions!
You're making sense! No fear. I agree bugs really should be worked on, but I don't think UD is going to be really willing to get it into gear any time soon (and let's be real, he sees this place as a business, if he's not making profit, it's not worth it, and I'm not slamming him for that, that's just.. business and how it be) to fix them, unless he has a reason too.
I just meant more that UD allows the administration to make those kinds of decisions... I know his focus is all of Chatlands, so that makes things a little more difficult as far as mechanics updates, because they have to work on all sites, not just Wolfhome.
As far as having an FA account for Wolfhome, it's not a bad idea. Then eventually bring in advertisements for it. Maybe start small with an account, possibly offer comms like for the fundraiser. I'm only a little concerned (as many people are) of the crowd that might be pulled in. Ideally, they'd be adults, read the rules, and abide by them, but it's always a concern. Though, I think that DA has more miscreants than FA does anymore (stares at most popular).
It also comes down to activity. I know that there has been some issues with RT and EC in the past with activity. It's hard to keep motivated when there's no feedback...
Ahh okay, and that makes sense obviously, Chatlands as a whole should be fixed, however I really think the top main sites should be first priority, since obviously they bring in revenue (even if it's just cutting even). However, with the mechanics, I don't fully know what bugs WH is experiencing, besides the email restrictions, as they're not really posted or talked about publicly (not counting the whf bug topic, which is specifically for the forum), which is why I stated a list needed to be made so that everyone is on the same page, and can see what needs to be taken care of first, and what can be done later on.
That's a valid concern, but I don't feel it's right to exclude people on something they haven't even had the chance to do or we don't know, and it'd bring in revenue for the site possibly which is the strongest pro there is. We're not supposed to be a site that excludes people, as long as they follow the rules, so I don't think it's the best approach to completely base whether or not we advertise on FA with that, since again, no rules have been broken, so assuming the userbase of FA is automatically guilty and gonna cause trouble, isn't fair on them. Will there possibly be cases that happen if it works out? Yes, but that's exactly what an administration team is for. Also to be honest here, most of this site is now adults, with a few stragglers of 15+ year olds, who all have FA or at least heard of it.
Recently there was a feedback form, and it was abused, and I'm one of the people who DIDN'T actually abuse it, and was outraged when it was taken down (I'm p sure Vis made the official post to let everyone know it was closed). With EC, events are a huge issue that I'm aware of, and getting feedback on them is too. However, with activity, if it's about the team members, weed them out and open apps, don't keep people who aren't willing to work, in the team. Sometimes a fresh start of faces is better to get motivation going, gets ideas circulating. If the motivation is lacking, then there needs to be suggestions on how to increase motivation for the volunteers, and the community, and I don't have any right now, but I will think on it and try to get back and post something.
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WH offers a different service to lioden though. WH offers a PG-13 2D space for people to "be" their characters. Those sim sites always feel hollow to me. Discord has become wildly popular in the furry community, probably because it's a place to chat in real time, that is something Chatlands offers. Even if WH only gets 20 or 30 new users and manages to keep 10 of them, it'd be something. WH has never really advertised on FA, it exists in its own bubble.
There may be teething problems with a whole new set of users joining and maybe having issues with the PG-13 rules, but the PG-13 nature of WH might simply mean private rooms get used a lot more. Do we want to have 40 active users on the site, or 100 with the potential for a few rule breakers here and there?
WH is outdated looking, but FA isn't exactly the most up to date looking site in the world. We've been looking at this interface and dealing with its issues since 1999 but new users haven't. I really hope that fear of the unknown isn't what is holding WH back from advertising on FA. It'd be sad if the idea of having to moderate new users is what is the biggest reluctance.
Also if users wish to donate money for WH as a cause, I think that should honestly be embraced. I understand it feeling iffy but there's a few options:
Separate FA advert fundraiser (auctions, fixed price stuff etc.)
Allow users to straight out donate dollary doos. We're in the Patreon day and age!
Users who donate get some delta rebate? Not the full amount but a small amount as a thank you.
While we may not be able to incentivse updates and bug fixes to be implemented, raising the userbase up will feel better for the community as a whole. I hate there only being two rooms of active users on a good day.
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I would like to see WH updated/fixed up a bit before advertising too. However, users have been pretty stagnant for years and there's not much incentive for UD to focus on this (profit-wise) more than Revolvy. WH needs the morale boost. More users can only be a good thing.
If there's one thing I think absolutely should be changed before advertising, it's the ability to register with gmail. I can't even remember why it was removed. Chatlands's e-mails were going to their junk folders/Chatlands was being marked spam or something? There are things you can do to help prevent this.
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Then I got it backwards. Outlook and its cluster of domains are blocked, and registration is still glitchy. My friend and I both tried registering with gmail a couple weeks ago and it wasn't working. Told us to use a gmail address lol. I already told UD.
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Call it a pipe dream, but WH could get the much-needed revamp it deserves if only UD made the site's entire code open source.
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I was curious so I looked at WHFs members sorted by registration date. We honestly get a lot of new registrations, so retention seems a bigger or at least more equal problem. Why aren't we keeping people?
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Negativity possibly, or they might be signing up from other chatsites just to get access for the free poses or art etc...
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Most likely the negativity. I did a little looking around yesterday and it was brutal. That's not to say that everyone here is negative all the time, or that there isn't mature discussion, but there are some key site-wide drama topics that could turn someone off if they are registering and browsing for the first time. That and the forum theme is dark and not very lighthearted, and personally when I go to a forum, if I'm turned off by the theme I won't bother with the rest. Our expressive banners do help this a lot and I appreciate them.
Another thing that might be stunting retention is that new users are overwhelmed and not sure where to start. Or perhaps, users sign up, and then forget.
Perhaps when a new member joins, as part of the activation process, the forum admin who accepts the account can send them a PM with a little info on how to browse and whatnot. I know this was discussed before, but it's a good idea. There are mods for this, too, but I don't know if they've been updated for this forum version.
We could also send out a biweekly or monthly newsletter to all registered e-mail addresses as a reminder that we exist.
Lastly, I still see cliques. If the community is truly involved and passionate about bringing up our member base, then they should take the extra 10 seconds to comment on topics from those who are new or outside their friend circle. Especially art topics, since that is the primary focus typically.
So many good points @Clovette
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AUSTIN — Over the last week here, more than 2,200 bands and artists performed more than 3,000 gigs in music halls, bars and even hotel lobbies.
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South Korean punk rockers No Brain held down Saturday at South By Southwest. (Photo: Mike Snider, USA TODAY)South Korean punk rock godfathers No Brain were among the last performers inside the Austin Convention Center on Saturday. Lead singer Bulldaegal took seriously his job of inciting a sluggish 1 p.m. crowd, telling them their first attempt at cheering didn't match the band's previous South By Southwest audiences.
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8PM The Majestic
Seoulsonic is different from the previous night's K-pop Night Out, in the sense that it focuses on the less bubbly and less commercially viable corners of the Korean music industry. Headlining is YB, a legit Korean rock band that writes songs that could easily co-headline a distant Warped Tour circa 2005. They sing in English, so you don't have any excuses. Victim Mentality are a bedazzled, leopard-print glam-metal act, which is about as ridiculous as you'd expect. The language barrier means we probably won't even know how seriously they take themselves. Big Phony makes stripped-down, empty-space folk à la Iron & Wine and Elliott Smith, which is the exact opposite of Heo's dreamy, chill-out synth-pop. Other acts include the Solutions, who deeply idealize the bygone alternative nation and Britpop revolution right down to the skinny ties, and From the Airport, who wear sunglasses and make heavy beats. Remember that outside the K-pop corporate sugar, which we all love, South Korea remains a place with musicians trying to make their way far away from the machine. SXSW exists for us to acknowledge that. – Luke Winkie
03.21 DAILY SXSW
SXSW Live Shot : Victim Mentality
Korea Night II : The Revenge of Glam Metal
The Austin Chronicle [Photo By John Anderson]
We can thank South Korea for many things: bimbibap, director Park Chan-wook, Psy, and the 38th parallel among them. Now let us raise a glass of soju and toast our good fortune at discovering Seoul-based Victim Mentality. Friday brought the second half of SXSW’s Korea night, but it might as well have been 1990 at the Starwood on the Sunset Strip.
Glam metal dead? Not on your life. It’s simply changed hemispheres and now thrives on kimchi instead of the more traditional fare of blow, booze, and babes.
Playing to an overpacked crowd, the band looked the part – of Warrant’s best buddies – with hair extensions nearly to the floor and enough technicolor spandex to impress even Richard Simmons. Then guitarist Kyungho Sohn hit the first monster power chord of Korean smash “Don’t Spit on Me” and all of hair metal’s sins were forgiven in a high decibel blast of pure pop metal froth.
Frontman Krocodile lunged to the front of the stage and let loose a yowl, a come-hither glint in his eye, and more strutty swagger than Cinderella’s Tom Keifer and Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach combined. The crowd roared its approval and Victim Mentality roared right back at them.
Drummer Tarantula kept up a mid-tempo beat, occasionally kicking it up a notch, and Sohn’s fretwork can’t be faulted. Six songs in, the band closed with kickass chorus shouter “I’m Not Your Friend,” which may or may have a ring of truth to it. Certainly the long lines of autograph hounds fervently prayed that wasn’t really the case.
2K15 SXSW Seoulsonic Showcase (Planning/Production/Promotions) : DFSB Kollective x Mandoo Entertainment
International Agent/Distribution : DFSB Kollective (From The Airport/Heo/Big Phony)
International Distribution : DFSB Kollective (YB)
MTV K : (K)Pop, Rock, Metal & More @ SXSW ’15
Courtesy of SM Entertainment
South By Southwest 2015 is well under way! The music, film, and tech show, which kicked off opening exhibitions on March 13, annually draws the hottest international talent to Austin, Texas like a giant convention magnet. Naturally, we’ve got our eyes on the music acts repping Korea this year.
Lucky for attendees (and fan-cam watchers), most of these acts will appear together in two showcases this week: K-Pop Night Out on Thursday and Korea Night II: Seoulsonic on Friday. We couldn’t have planned it better ourselves.
Of course, you don’t have to be partying it up in Austin to get the best of Asian Chairshot, Epik High, The Solutions, Victim Mentality, and all the rest — check out these essential tracks and rock on wherever you are:
KPOP NIGHT OUT | MARCH 19 @ ELYSIUM
EASTERN SIDEKICK | 7:30PM
SXSW’s third annual K-pop Night Out will get a grunge rock kickoff with Eastern Sidekick, the five-piece band that swept rookie awards in Korea back in 2011 and specifically captured our attention with their 2012 single “Fight for Rainbow.” Why deny it – we’re waiting for their upcoming EP, Hammer Lane, with baited breath.
ASIAN CHAIRSHOT | 8:30PM
Asian Chairshot’s blend of psychedelic, garage rock, and alt-rock will hit you over the head much like the outlawed wrestling move they’re named for: hard, fast, and outta nowhere. Showcase attendees should brace themselves for our personal favorite of theirs, “Mask Dance,” which won them a “Best Rock Song” nomination at the 2014 Korean Music Awards.
THE BARBARETTES | 9:30PM
The Barbarettes will croon their way through through covers of golden oldies and nostalgia-inspired originals. The lovely “timeslip” trio have been stealing hearts in perfect harmony since mid-2014, when they released their debut album full of ’50s and ’60s inspired tunes.
More SXSW performances:
—March 22 @ The Palm Door on Sixth | 9PM
EE | 10:30PM
Husband and wife duo EE take their “total art performance” tagline to a level so high, pretty soon we’re going to need binoculars to see them. Every genre-defying sight and sound is perfectly crafted to engage the audience, and we’re totally hooked. On top of impressive credits like being the first Korean band to play at Cochella (2011), the pair have been extra busy lately: Check them out on Drunken Tiger’s new album and definitely don’t miss their new digital EP, Dear Door.
—March 18 @ 405 Club | 11PM
HITCHHIKER : 11:30PM
K-pop hit production machine turned global EDM enigma HITCHHIKER is also on the list for K-Pop Night Out, and he’ll grace Elysium with the shiniest suit and the hypest beats. Check out the insane MV for his first single “11(Eleven)” below, and if you don’t feel confused enough after that, make a beeline for the remix and this hilarious profile piece. You are welcome.
—March 17 @ Highland | 11:45PM
CRAYON POP : 12:30AM
If we loved Crayon Pop any more, we’d probably need to be committed (click HERE to hear all about it). The five-member K-pop team is gearing up to drop new material later this month, and we’re excited to see if it lives up to viral expectations.
EPIK HIGH : 1:10AM
The one and only Epik High holds the final K-Pop Night Out showcase slot — get there early because we expect the venue will be PACKED by the time they hit the stage. It’s probably safe to expect tracks from their latest album, Shoebox, so familiarize yourself with “Spoiler” and “Happen Ending” below. You can also join us in hoping against hope for an abbreviated live version of “BORN HATER,” sans guest rappers.
KOREA NIGHT II : SEOULSONIC | MARCH 20 @ THE MAJESTIC
FROM THE AIRPORT : 8:00PM
The electro rock is strong in this one. The Seoulsonic 2015 showcase will satisfy all your digital cravings, starting with the guitar and synth-driven melodies of From the Airport. It wouldn’t be such a bad deal if we only hear tracks from the duo’s first full-length album You Could Imagine, but we have a good feeling that they’ll knock out fan favorites like “Colors” as well.
THE SOLUTIONS | 9:00PM
The Solutions call their brand of electronic rock “future pop” — we just call it gold. The duo’s 90s-Brit-pop-meets-American-alternative-meets-modern-J-pop sound is primed and ready to get the whole venue jamming to tracks off of their 2014 album, MOVEMENTS.
HEO | 10:00PM
How much does the crowd love it when HEO delivers their ambient indie rock with a dark edge? Enough to land the trio “Best Dance/Electronic Album of the Year” at the 2015 Korean Music Awards with their latest album, Structure, that’s how much. Check out “Luna” and “Word of Silence” for a taste:
BIG PHONY : 11:00PM
This Seoul-based singer-songwriter from NYC (woo!!) makes his return to SXSW this year wielding everything from acoustic folk sounds to electronic indie rock. On this year’s schedule: An acoustic solo set on Thursday, electronic set with a band for Seoulsonic on Friday, and party with No Brain at the Funny Or Die booth.
VICTIM MENTALITY : 12:00AM
Armed with 80′s glam metal inspiration, epic stage names like Tarantula and Krocodile, and (sometimes) a bullwhip, Victim Mentality is bringing metal to Seoulsonic 2015. On top of fan favorites “Magic Finger” and their latest single “Don’t Spit on Me”, Seoulsonic attendees should look forward to first listen privileges for tracks off of the band’s upcoming album.
—March 18 @ Club Metropolis(Heavy Metal Pool Party) | 4:30PM
—March 18 @ Karma Lounge | 9PM
YB : 1:00AM
YB (aka Yoon Do Hyun Band aka Yoon Band) will close out the Seoulsonic showcase, a fitting spot for one of Korea’s top rock groups and a 4-time SXSW veteran. If you’re not into them yet, you’ve got nine albums of top-quality material to get started on. At a loss for where to begin? Why not their their newest English single, “Cigarette Girl?”
—March 21 @ Lucille | 11PM
By Corynn Smith
Austin American Statesman : SXSW INTERNATIONAL BANDS Around the world in 5 days -- Our top SXSW international acts
Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 7:55AM | DFSB Kollective
Global sounds have been a part of the South by Southwest Music Festival since its beginning nearly 30 years ago, and the international component has grown yearly since. Of the nearly 2,200 bands scheduled to play this year’s event, 584 are international acts.
Though many of the artists traveling thousands of miles to share their sounds are top-billed performers in their home countries, these showcases generally take place in the shadows of high-profile headliners and buzz bands. This makes them some of the most accessible events for locals without credentials. Though all official shows offer priority entry to SXSW badge and wristband holders, it’s possible to pay a cover charge of $5-$20 at many international showcases. As Austin has grown as an international city, these shows have become rich gathering spots for local expats from around the world.
Over the past five years or so, Latin music has flourished at the festival, with many South American countries represented in their own showcases. This year’s lineup includes dedicated nights for Chile, Uruguay and Colombia. On the Asian front, Japan Nite, one of the flagship international fest events, celebrates 20 years this year, Korea expands to two nights of dedicated showcases, and for the first time Pakistan has a big presence at the festival.
The festival provides an incredible opportunity for Austinites to explore the world without leaving our own city limits, and this guide is an overview of the places you can go.
KPop Night Out at Elysium: Korean music at the fest has grown into two big showcases, and though this one is billed as KPop, the styles represented go deeper than the saccharine manufactured pop songs associated with the genre. Highlights include retro doo-wop girl group the Barberettes, who play at 9:30 p.m., and excellent hip-hop outfit Epik High, who close the show out at 1:10 a.m. (Korea Night II, Seoulsonic, is Friday at the Majestic) — D.S.S.
By Nancy Flores and Deborah Sengupta Stith
SXSW.com/Music : 2nd Korean Showcase Added to the SXSW Music 2015 Schedule!
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 7:48AM | DFSB Kollective
Photos (clockwise from top left): YB, From the Airport, Victim Mentality, Big Phony All photos courtesy of the artists
Korea Night II : Seoulsonic, a second showcase of Korean acts, has been added on Friday, March 20 at The Majestic (419 E 6th St). This will be the 5th annual Seoulsonic showcase.
Hosted by the cast of KTown Cowboys, a full-length comedy feature based on the popular web series which will be premiering at SXSW this year, this Seoulsonic showcase features a diverse range of talent ranging from KTown Cowboys star Bobby Choy’s Elliott Smith-meets-The Postal Service musical project Big Phony, to arena rock legend Yoon Do Hyun’s rock band YB, head-turning hair metal act Victim Mentality, moody electronic rock experimentalists HEO and the indie dance pop of The Solutions and From The Airport.
Korea Night I : KPop Night Out will be held the previous day on Thursday, March 19 at Elysium with Epik High, The Barberettes, Crayon Pop, Hitchhiker, EE, Eastern Sidekick and Asian Chairshot.
Doors will open at 7:00PM for both showcases. Music and Platinum Badge holders, as well as Music Wristband holders, will receive priority admission. If you haven't already, it's not too late to register.
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Tommy Robinson jailed for nine months over contempt of court
"Today's sentencing of Yaxley-Lennon serves to illustrate how seriously the courts will take matters of contempt", said Attorney General Geoffrey Cox, the government's chief legal adviser Yaxley-Lennon, who arrived at court wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the message "Convicted of Journalism" with the words "Britain = North Korea" on the back, was arrested in May a year ago for making the video recordings and jailed for 13 months later that day.
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by the name of Tommy Robinson, has been jailed for 9 months for contempt of court.
Violent clashes erupted outside court after the sentencing was booed by Robinson's supporters.
The activist's Telegram account slammed the court's ruling and called on his supporters to protest it.
Dame Victoria Sharp and Mr Justice Warby found him in contempt in three respects. He has lied about a number of matters and sought to portray himself as the victim of unfairness and oppression.
Dozens of his supporters protested in central London, after he was imprisoned for nine months for contempt of court.
He wore a shirt emblazoned with the messages "convicted of journalism" and "Britain = North Korea".
She said the objective of sentencing for contempt was "punishment and deterrence" and said the court was also "concerned to demonstrate its determination to uphold the rule of law". The idea is that juries must not be influenced by anything but the evidence they hear in court.
Borderlands 3 will include a ping system among improved accessibility features
Borderlands 3 will allow you to play whilst matchmaking, allowing you to finish some busywork while you wait to find some friends. The ability to remap controls will be worked into the game, enabling players to assign commands and actions as they see fit.
Dame Victoria and Mr Justice Warby concluded he committed contempt by breaching the reporting restriction imposed on the trial, by live-streaming the video from outside the public entrance to the court and by "aggressively confronting and filming" some of the defendants.
The video lasted an hour-and-a-half and was viewed online 250,000 times, after being live-streamed on Facebook.
He was originally jailed for the offence on May 25 and released on August 1 following his appeal - serving a total of 69 days in custody, having received a 13-month sentence.
The case was then referred back to Attorney General Geoffrey Cox, who announced, in March this year, that it was in the public interest to bring fresh proceedings.
He was found guilty of contempt of court last week in relation to the live streaming which was broadcast to almost a million followers.
In an appearance on the far-right conspiracy theory website InfoWars on Monday, Robinson asked Donald Trump to grant him asylum in the United States of America, claiming he faced being killed in prison if he was jailed on Thursday.
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France to impose green tax on plane tickets
Despite a warning by the Trump administration, France has chose to move ahead on a new technology tax initiative. Despite U.S. pressure, French officials stood firm on Thursday, brushing off the criticism.
Google Stadia reassures users, "You own the right to play it"
Google Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3a series will support Stadia and we now also know that the Chrome OS tablet will run it as well. You can buy codes as gifts for family and friends if you're bored and want to try some of the platform's multiplayer games.
BO4 Update 1.20 Patch Notes (Black Ops 4)
Previous year the band compiled their songs from the Call Of Duty: Black Ops soundtracks into one EP, "Black Reign". Call of Duty Black Ops 4 update version 1.20 is available to download now on PS4, Xbox One , and PC.
PSG get tough with Neymar after pre-season no-show
Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac has admitted the Germans would be interested in signing the French winger if he was available. Kovac is known to favour Manchester City's Germany worldwide Leroy Sane but Dembele is being seen as a back-up option.
Markets Right Now: Stocks rise as Powell signals rates cut
The two-year Treasury yield, a proxy for market sentiment about interest rate policy, was last 7.3 basis points lower at 1.8317%. She tells Powell that it was essential that he and other Fed official refuse to "submit to these high pressure tactics".
Bank of Canada holds interest rate steady amidst trade uncertainties
The bank is now projecting second-quarter growth at an annual pace of 2.3 per cent, up from its April call of 1.3 per cent. The Fed has signaled a rate cut could come as soon as the end of July due to growing risks to USA economic growth.
Apple quietly updates Macs to remove Zoom's risky web server
If someone had uninstalled Zoom and clicks a meeting link, the local web server reinstalls Zoom. We've reached out to Apple regarding that question and will report if we hear more on that.
Iran says seized oil tanker in Gibraltar wasn't sailing to Syria
Seyed Abdolrahim Mousavi said that Tehran is not looking for war with any country, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.
Stranger Things Season 4 Will 'Open Up,' Says The Duffer Brothers
However, in season two it was revealed Brenner had survived this and is still alive. Stranger Things Season 3 premiered on the 4th of July and a lot of people watched.
New Zealand stun India to reach final despite Jadeja heroics
Williamson and co. will now play the World Cup finals against the victor of the upcoming Australia-England semifinal fixture. If there is no result, India will advance because they finished higher in the group standings.
Cowboys sit out 2019 supplemental draft, no safety help coming
Thompson was a three-year starter for the Cougars who picked off six passes and forced five fumbles in his stint with the team. The Arizona Cardinals entered a fifth-round bid on the defensive back and won his rights.
People can't stop talking about Beyoncé's outfit at 'The Lion King' premiere
Other stars include Seth Rogen (Pumba), Billy Eichner (Timon), James Earl Jones (Mufasa), John Oliver (Zazu) and more. The Wrap reporter continued: 'It's a true testament to the lasting effect Disney movies have on all generations'.
Facebook Responds To US Senate Questions On Libra
While India hasn't acknowledged Libra and what it will entail, the anti-cryptocurrency regulations are still frustratingly vague. Facebook has had discussions with various governments on both the Libra cryptocurrency and the Calibra digital wallet.
Men in Black and Larry Sanders Star Rip Torn Dead At 88
Charlie, The Cuban Thing, Dance of Death, The Glass Menagerie, Mixed Couples, Anna Christie , and The Young Man from Atlanta . In 2010, Torn was arrested after drunkenly breaking into a bank with a loaded gun, claiming he thought it was his home.
Samsung releases beta version of Ethereum blockchain development kit
While the Black color variant comes with a Black S-Pen, Samsung has added a Blue S-Pen with the Gradient color option. The company has already confirmed that it will launch the Galaxy Note 10 on August 7 at an event in New York City.
Floyd Mayweather Speaks Out For First Time Since Bone Collector Crossover
During the event, Mayweather went one-on-one with Larry Williams, who is a street baller known as the " Bone Collector ". The most embarrassing part for Mayweather?
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Boeing delivery of 737 jets registers drastic fall in Q2 2019
Customers, including three of the four largest US airlines, have given no hint that they plan to nix orders from Boeing. Oman Air said in June it would start talks with Airbus if Boeing didn't provide "support and recovery" for the 737 Max .
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Warriors Waive Shaun Livingston
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Trump rule requiring drug prices in TV ads blocked
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Turkey's 2nd ship to drill off eastern Cyprus despite European Union warnings
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Mario Lemina wants Premier League stay with one of 'very biggest clubs'
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Justice Department Botches Even The Simplest Of Tasks In Census Case
District Court Judge Jesse Furman for the Southern District of NY on Monday for permission to withdraw from the case. Trump and his supporters say it makes sense to know how many non-citizens are living in the United States.
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Ms Davis later told U.S. news outlet WMAZ she believed the bakery misunderstood her mum because of her accent. Her mom ordered the cake because she is a huge fan of the 2016 Disney film " Moana ".
Big wardrobe change Meghan Markle is making
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Nintendo Switch Online July Update and Rewind Feature
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Facebook not invited to White House social media summit
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'Always, Always this woman haunted him': on the poems of Jennifer Maiden
I wrote this review for the Wheeler Centre when Liquid Nitrogen was shortlisted for the 2014 Victorian Premier's Awards. It's sort of old now, but it came back to me during a brief exchange with Charlotte Wood and I decided to place it here, for posterity, and because, as Charlotte said on my recommendation that she read Jennifer Maiden's work:
@eglantinescake I shall, thankyou. Poetry is the best at times like these. Xxx
— Charlotte Wood (@charlottewoodau) November 14, 2016
Review of Liquid Nitrogen
Cross posted from The Wheeler Centre
This morning it was just me and my daughters at the kitchen table. They were filling in their lunch orders. The conversation turned to Julia Gillard, as it sometimes does. My daughters, like the rest of us genetically inclined to the Left, struggle to understand the unravelling narrative of politics of the last few years. For the first time, I showed them Gillard’s misogyny speech on YouTube. Then we watched Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generation.
The immediacy and intimacy that technology has brought to politics reverberates in Jennifer Maiden’s astonishing collection, Liquid Nitrogen. The personal is political, but for Maiden the political is personal; she draws us into the lounge room of politics. Maiden unstrands the individuals from the state.
She returns to a motif she’s employed before, presumably inspired by Hillary Clinton’s confession that she ‘communes’ with Eleanor Roosevelt. She summons other political leaders and their ‘guiding spirits’ - Rudd and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Gillard and Aneurin (Nye) Bevan, Bob Carr and Robert Byrd.
Basically, she conjures artefacts: Julia Gillard et. al, Maiden’s own fictional characters George Jeffreys and Claire Collins from a previous novel, her adult daughter Katharine, herself, Julian Assange, Florence Nightingale, liquid nitrogen, birds, dogs, the State Emergency Services Current Incidents site… The reader becomes an archaeologist, sifting out these artefacts and recognising the present for what it is: a series of objects, laden with meaning, and knitted together inside a giant web of information. I, for one, relished the project.
Maiden uses the term ‘weaving poem’, and I love this idea of form: a confluence of story, poetic imagery and current affairs, a sort of resting on the boundaries of consciousness, where the logic of story can tip over into the chaos of unfiltered information, so that the end product is not quite a verse novel, and is not quite not a verse novel.
This is poetry very much of its time, an organic, human approach to the world we live in, to the collective consciousness that is the internet, and the deeply individual, personal existence we each lead within this collective.
I have to say, from a purely fan-girlish point of view, my favourite poem is ‘Poor Petal’. I keep thrusting it at people and making them read it. I sit there while they do, part embarrassed, part proud, as if I made it myself. In it, Aneurin Bevan wakes up in Canberra, in Gillard’s lounge room, as she watches herself on the television. Here in the presence of her attending spirit, she is silent.
Her eyes searched his, but she had never yet
spoken with him, acknowledged his return.
He had expected speech but her sad eyes
as grey as baby sparrows emptily
flickered around the room…
…This woman did not converse, her flame
ate her within always. Always. Always
this woman haunted him.’
(Jennifer Maiden ‘Poor Petal’)
Here, to me, Maiden finds the true power of her recurring motif. As I grow older, I find the ambiguity of power in politics depressing. Gillard – in poetry – is a way of exploring the vulnerable body that exists in politics. Her femaleness – like Obama’s blackness – brings the body into play. With the body comes the vulnerabilities of the body, the limitations, sex, death, ambivalent power. ‘Poor Petal’ reverberates with the same resonance as Adrienne Rich’s poem about Marie Curie:
She died a famous woman denying
her wounds
denying
her wounds came from the same source as her power
(Adrienne Rich, ‘Power’)
'Always, Always this woman haunted him': on the po...
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Roadtrip: Warbird Brewery, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
My wife is from the greater Ft. Wayne area and I first heard of Warbird Brewing from the Ft. Wayne newspaper. What really caught my attention was the company founder's desire to serve his beers in cans. And his reasoning was sound: it did a better job of keeping beer than bottles. You didn't hear about many craft breweries doing that.
My first experience with Warbird Brewing, however, was at a bar in Ossian that served the T-6 Red Ale on tap. It wasn't until I returned to Indy that I finally bought a six pack of the T-6 Red Ale, which happened to be the only beer they produced and distributed.
That was a couple of years ago. Today, much has changed. They couldn't get past the public perception that canned beers are cheap beers, so now they put them in bottles. And they have added new ales to their collection. But Warbird founder Dave Holmes is still continuing his mission of brewing better beers. And on Saturday, Hoosier Beer Geek took flight and landed at his brewery where we were given a tour and a few samples.
It sounds kinda funny to hear Dave (seen above) say that he brews beers that his wife would like. But don't think of Warbird as a chick beer brand. He's not brewing Zima or wine coolers. But he's not brewing the super hopped, super malted, super complicated beers either. He's doing traditional ales. And he's doing a great job at it. More about the specific beers later.
Warbird is unlike most Indiana breweries, in that they have no restaurant, bar, or gift shop as part of their operations. They are a brewery in the strictest since of the word. Located near the Ft. Wayne airport in an industrial park, it is all about work when he is on site.
The brewmaster at Warbird recently left, leaving Dave with those duties. Though Chris Tallman (seen above) has been brought on recently, and I suspect that after a while, he will have the brewmaster title.
Marketing-wise, everything revolves around planes. Dave is a former military pilot and until recently would fly antique aircraft in air shows. He sold his plane, but his love for the old birds carries on as every beer is named for a plane. Military stencil fonts are found on their labels, packaging, and kegs.
Currently, there are four beers available in bottles. But they currently brew five styles. We were lucky enough to taste four of the five, and we started with the "Shanty Irish" Irish Ale. It is only available at JK O’Donnell’s Irish Ale House in Ft. Wayne, but it will be bottled and released for St. Patrick's Day next year. It is a very nice Irish red with sweet notes of molasses, brown sugar, and caramel, but with a little bit of hops. A great beer and my favorite of the four we tasted.
I should also point out that a variety of this Irish Ale is now on tap at the Rathskeller in Indianapolis as the "Rathskeller Red". Warbird is the new brewery for the house beer and first went on tap on October 16th, so be sure to check it out. We were informed that this new deal made the Rathskeller their number 1 outlet.
We also had the T-6 red ale, the Warhawk pale ale (above), and the Mustang golden ale (below).
All four are quality beers that everybody in our group enjoyed. Which brings us back to the "beers my wife would drink" statement. Four knights made it up: Kelly,Mike, Gina, and myself. I brought along my father-in-law and brother-in-law. Both have been trying to expand their beer pallet. But neither are big into big hoppy beers.
So I say again, everybody in our group really enjoyed all of the beers, geeks and novices. These are beers that are easy to enjoy and easy to convince others to enjoy. While the Mustang is not a lager or a pilsner, you should serve these to Bud and Miller drinkers and watch them light up as they discover what real beer tastes like.
Know someone who isn't big into the big hops of Hopslam, Hoptimus, or any other double, triple, quadruple, or any other numbered IPA? Start them on a Warhawk. They brewed this beer in the traditional sense. It has bite, but it doesn't leave bite wounds.
Speaking for myself, I'd say that all four beers would receive at least a 3 mug rating with the Shanty Irish getting at least 4. And while it is readily available in Indianapolis and most of Indiana, it is probably one of the most under appreciated breweries in the state. Which is a shame. I would recommend that everybody should try and take flight with Warbird.
Labels: Beer run, breweries, Chris Tallman, Dave Holmes, travel, Warbird
CorrND October 26, 2007 10:07 AM
Amazing. Totally unrelated to your post, I just bought my first 6-pack of Warhawk pale yesterday. I've seen Warhawk everywhere for months but for some reason just never got around to trying it.
I have to agree with your assessment: it's not a Hopslam, but it's got enough kick to keep hop heads happy. It was very enjoyable, not overly complicated and a bit too drinkable! My glass emptied like it had a hole in the bottom of it. At 7.3% abv, I'll have to watch out with this one.
Good for them getting on tap at Rathskeller. I'll have to head over there soon for the Irish Ale/Rathskeller Red.
Rex Mercer February 11, 2008 4:28 PM
We are going to Indy in March and I am definitely going to visit Rathskeller. The Shanty is one of the best beers I have ever had locally. In my opinion it knocks any of Mad Anthony's beers of the map.
Jason266 February 14, 2008 3:00 PM
Rex, the Rathskellar is an enjoyable bar just for it's ambiance. But they have a nice German beer collection too.
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QIOs back to reviewing Two-Midnight rule claims
September 15, 2016 by Sarah Baumann
Beneficiary and Family Centered Care quality improvement organizations (BFCC-QIOs) are back to performing initial patient status reviews to determine whether short stays qualify for Medicare Part A payment under the Two-Midnight Rule as of September 12, 2016. In May 2016, CMS put the reviews on hold “to promote consistent application of the medical review policies” concerning short stays and to standardize the review process. BFCC-QIOs will once again review short stays in acute care inpatient hospitals, long-term care hospitals, and inpatient psychiatric facilities.
Pursuant to the Two-Midnight Rule, Medicare Part A will provide coverage for inpatient stays not passing two midnights where, at the time of admission, the admitting practitioner expected the patient to be hospitalized over the span of two midnights or where the practitioner believes that inpatient admission is medically necessary despite an expected stay shorter than two midnights. In both situations, the medical record must support that expectation. During the review hiatus, the BFCC-QIOs underwent retraining on the Two-Midnight Rule and completed re-reviews of claims that had been formally denied. They reached out to providers to discuss claims impacted by the suspension and also to educate them on the Two-Midnight policy. CMS also validated BFCC-QIO peer review activities related to the reviews.
BFFC-QIOs are still expected to follow the CMS guidance entitled, “Reviewing Short Stay Hospital Claims for Patient Status: Admissions On or After January 1, 2016.” CMS will ensure that BFFC-QIOs are complying with requirements by re-reviewing a sample of completed claim reviews on a monthly basis. The agency will also monitoring provider education calls and respond to individual provider inquiries and concerns.
Filed Under: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, HHS, IPPS, Medicare, News, Part A, Prospective Payment Systems, Two Midnight Rule Tagged With: Beneficiary and Family Centered Care, BFCC, BFCC-QIOs, QIOs, quality improvement organizations
Hospital appeals settlement recipients identified by CMS
August 26, 2016 by Kathryn Beard
More than 2,000 hospitals that received almost $1.5 billion in total settlement money from CMS for fee-for-service denials based on patient status reviews for admissions prior to October 1, 2013, were identified by name, provider number, total claims settled, and amount of money received. The settlement, which was paid in 2015 at 68 percent of the net allowable amount, gave providers a guaranteed timely payment in exchange for withdrawing pending appeals that were tied up waiting through a large administrative hearing backlog. Settled claims numbers ranged from one to almost 3,000, with amounts paid between $0 and almost $16 million.
The settlement was a one-time offer by CMS to alleviate the burdens on the Medicare appeals system. The agency only settled claims for patients admitted prior to October 1, 2013, because it believed that the two-midnight rule, which began on that date, would reduce future appeals volume (see CMS offers partial payments for certain Part A hospital claims under appeal, Health Law Daily, September 3, 2014; CMS pays $1.3B to settle hospital inpatient claims, Health Law Daily, June 15, 2015).
The administrative hearing backlog remains a problem for CMS, which last month proposed regulations to improve the efficiency of the Medicare appeals process and address the increasing number of backlogged appeals waiting for administrative adjudication (Proposed rule, 81 FR 43789, July 5, 2016). The settlement offer was made nine months after Nancy Griswold, Chief Administrative Law Judge for HHS’ Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA), said that there were 375,000 claims waiting for adjudication and suspended new requests for hearings before an administrative law judge. As of April 2016, however, OMHA had over 750,000 pending appeals. The two-midnight rule, which did not have the desired effect of reducing appeals, has also ended after hospital backlash (see 1.5 percent payment cut overshadows end of Two-Midnight, Health Law Daily, August 3, 2016).
Filed Under: Appeals, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Claims, Health care spending, HHS, IPPS, Medicare, News, Part A, Prospective Payment Systems, Two Midnight Rule Tagged With: fee-for-service, FFS, Medicare claims appeals, Medicare claims appeals backlog, Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, OMHA, patient status reviews, two-midnight rule
Unanimous Senate sends NOTICE Act to President
July 31, 2015 by Michelle Oxman
On July 27, 2015, the Senate passed the Notice of Observation Treatment and Implication for Care Eligibility (NOTICE) Act by unanimous consent, without any amendment to the bill passed by the House on March 16, 2015. The bill has been sent to President Obama for signature. Effective one year from that date, hospitals will be required to explain to patients in observation status for more than 24 hours the effects and financial consequences of that status and the reason hospital has not admitted them.
Extended observation services. The legislation addresses a burden experienced by many Medicare patients who spent several days in the hospital in outpatient status, for “observation.” Although they were at the hospital for more than three days, they did not qualify for Medicare coverage of post-discharge services because did not have a three-day inpatient stay. Therefore, they were required to spend thousands of dollars more for the care they received at the hospital and, afterward, from home health agencies or nursing or rehabilitation facilities (See Whether two midnights or more, observation is costly for patients, Health Law Daily, September 9, 2014).
The legislation
The bill adds subparagraph (Y) to Soc. Sec. Act sec. 1866 to require that any hospital or critical access hospital at which a Medicare patient receives observation services for more than 24 hours must notify the patient in writing that: (1) he or she has is receiving observation services as an outpatient and has not been admitted to the hospital as an inpatient; (2) the reasons for the patient’s outpatient status; (3) the implications of outpatient status for the beneficiary’s cost sharing obligations for the hospital services; and (4) the implications for the patient’s eligibility for Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility services after the hospital stay. The notice must be given to the patient or patient representative within 36 hours of the beginning of the outpatient status or at discharge, whichever occurs earlier.
Filed Under: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, HHS, IPPS, Legislation, Medicare, News, Part A, Prospective Payment Systems, Two Midnight Rule
Kusserow on Compliance: CMS proposes modifying rules on meaningful use requirements
July 30, 2015 by Richard Kusserow
CMS is proposing changes to how Medicare covers stays in the hospital for observation under the “meaningful use” program. The original concern by CMS and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) was that hospitals could potentially use the differences in payment rules to game the system. The proposed changes would allow inpatient coverage of some short hospital stays based on a doctor’s judgment instead of requiring a hospital stay to span at least two midnights to be considered an inpatient stays.
The current policy, known as “the two-midnight rule” has been criticized because it can result in higher costs for seniors. Under Medicare, coverage for inpatient and outpatient care is determined under very different payment rules. In some cases, a hospital admission classified as inpatient can result in lower bills for beneficiaries. The problem arises when patients are admitted for short observation stays. Medicare policy generally requires a hospitalization to span at least two midnights to qualify as an inpatient case. The proposed rules would allow for case-by-case exceptions. Based on a doctor’s judgment, certain short hospital stays could be covered under inpatient payment rules. The two-midnight rule has been on the books since 2013, but is not being enforced because of the controversy surrounding it.
The proposal would also change the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program reporting period in 2015 to a 90-day period aligned with the calendar year, and align the EHR reporting period in 2016 with the calendar year. It also would modify the patient action measures in the Stage 2 objectives related to patient engagement. Additionally, the proposed changes would streamline the program by removing reporting requirements on measures which have become redundant, duplicative, or topped out through advancements in EHR function and provider performance for Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.
This action by CMS is underscored by the fact that the final date by which they would adopt the final rule on the issue remains open. The proposed rule-making period allows for public comments and permits CMS to modify the rule before it is adopted in final form.
Filed Under: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Electronic Health Records, General, Health Care Compliance, HHS, IPPS, Kusserow, Kusserow on Compliance, Medicare, Part A, Prospective Payment Systems, Two Midnight Rule, Wolters Kluwer- KC
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February 25, 2015 - If My People - On Watch in Washington
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COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER 2.26.2015
As the students go, so goes our nation! If we win the spiritual battles across our nation but neglect our college campuses, all our progress will be undone in a generation. Therefore, students today need our support and earnest prayers. However, college students don't just need more prayer, they need our UNITED prayer. Without a greater degree of genuine, unified prayer, our hopes and dreams for this generation may never be realized. According to Matthew 18:18-20, the greater the number united in faith and prayer, the easier the battle for this generation can be won. Just as a team of horses can move a heavy load faster and easier together, so our greatest barriers can be better overcome through united prayer.
Prayer focus: This is a promising and challenging intercessory opportunity! Praying for an Open Heaven, an Open Heart, and an Open Hand will provide an open window for God's grace to "invade" many college and university campuses for evangelism and revival. Experienced intercessors will remember campus revivals of the past that led to widespread mission conferences. Thousands of students responded to God's call to foreign and home missions that changed the world for Jesus Christ, nation by nation. May God move in such power once again!
"For 'whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.' How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!' But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, 'Lord, who has believed our report?' So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Rom. 10:13-17)
AMAZING ECHOES OF QUEEN ESTHER
Controversy surrounds the Prime Minister of Israel's forthcoming appearance on Capitol Hill.
Invited by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to address Congress about the threat of Iran's nuclear ambitions, Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed this opportunity to share his country's existential concern as the Iranian regime comes ever closer to achieving the capability of fulfilling its avowed goal of the total annihilation of Israel. But the White House has made known its displeasure. A growing number of Democratic lawmakers said they would boycott his talk. Vice President Joe Biden, who as president of the Senate would normally oversee Netanyahu's address, said he would be out of town. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she hoped the speech "doesn't take place."
Prayer focus: We commend Rabbi Blech for citing the analogy between Queen Esther's courage and faith in her day and what Israel faces today. In both cases, demonic forces were and are involved in a determination to destroy the Jews. The historical settings differ, and the comparison won't work if we seek a parallel between Esther and Prime Minister Netanyahu. But without divine intervention, the wicked Haman would have succeeded, and in today's conflict, Israel is vulnerable unless God steps in. Pray much for Mr. Netanyahu's U.S. visit and speech. Consider prayer with fasting as you are led.
[Jesus laments:] "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!" (Luke 13:34)
"Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God." (Rom. 10:1-3)
CHURCHES COMING TOGETHER
Churches come together in Northern Indiana to bring revival...
Kyle Lance Martin, leader of Revive Indiana, shares about the current revival happening in the heart of Amish country.
Hundreds of believers from numerous denominations, ages, and races came together the first of this year to take their cities for Christ. Known as "Revive Indiana", these churches are mobilizing not only churches, but many youth in local high schools, to take Jesus into the streets and homes of their communities. Entire high schools have cancelled classes to allow hundreds of students to go to the streets with the gospel. One Amish couple shares their testimony of being baptized in the Holy Spirit, fueling the vision for denominations to come together.
Watch a short clip of their story and follow along on their journey at their website: http://reviveindiana.org
SUPREME COURT: THE OBAMACARE OBSTACLES
A legal challenge that threatens to unravel President Obama's health care law has been stricken by a series of ill-timed setbacks before next month's Supreme Court showdown.
The four plaintiffs' qualifications to bring the lawsuit have been cast in doubt because of their low incomes and potential eligibility for other government benefits. At least one of the four Virginians must show that the law constitutes a burden.
The legal theory behind the complaint - that Congress intended to deny financial aid to consumers in states that use a federal health insurance exchange - has been refuted by the law's authors. Officials from 22 states told the court they were never warned of that possibility.
Prayer focus: IFA is not a partisan political organization but a ministry to encourage intercessory prayer for America and its leaders. We pray "for" or "against" issues when moral questions call for decisions that represent truth vs. evil or injustice. Many citizens believe they have been deceived in the confusion of the federal government's health care law. Pray that the Supreme Court be led (or restrained) by God's Spirit in their decisions for what is right and best for the U.S., based on God's moral law. Pray for God's will to prevail.
"Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. No one calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; they conceive evil and bring forth iniquity." (Isa 59:1-2, 4)
WALKER'S ANTI-UNION LAW: REELING IN WISCONSIN
At the old union hall here on a recent afternoon, Terry Magnant sat at the head of a table surrounded by 18 empty chairs. A members meeting had been scheduled to start a half-hour earlier, but the small house, with its cracked walls and loose roof shingles, was lonely and desolate.
"There used to be a lot more people coming," said Magnant, a 51-year-old nursing assistant, sighing.
The anti-union law passed here four years ago, which made Gov. Scott Walker a national Republican star and a possible presidential candidate, has turned out to be even more transformative than many had predicted.
Prayer focus: Intercessors, be alert! As you know, IFA is not a political voice. However, we remind readers that now, early in 2015, the 2016 presidential campaign is already "unofficially" underway. We offer readers this example: former Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, has not said he is a presidential candidate, though he is "out there" making speeches and has become a "target" for liberal news outlets, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. In the past week alone, the Post has run six anti-Walker stories. One calls him "spineless" (Feb. 22). It will get worse. An ideological war is waging. IFA is neither for nor against Governor Walker. Other conservatives will be pilloried. We will report. Please pray as you are led.
"For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace." (Jas. 3:16-18)
WILL ISIS FALL TO JORDAN?
With the barbaric murder of Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh -- the Jordanian pilot locked in a cage and burned alive by operatives of the Islamic State, for all the world to see -- Jordan's King Abdullah faces the most dangerous moment since ascending to the throne in 1999.
ISIS jihadists in Syria and Iraq have publicly threatened to invade Jordan and "slaughter" the Abdullah, whom they denounce as a "tyrant." Extremists inside Jordan took to the streets last summer shouting, "Down, down with Abdullah!" The latest ISIS propaganda video attacks the king as an "ally of the crusaders." One figure in the video proclaims, "all Arab tyrants should...be burned."
Prayer focus: Thankfully, Joel Rosenberg is a friend of truth and an insightful and fair reporter. The situation in Jordan is, as he explains, complicated, intense, and dangerous. We urge intercessors not only to pray but to share your intercessory vision with Christian friends and church leaders. God will respond to the effectual, fervent, and unified prayers of His people. Pray for the Church to have a great awakening and renewed vision to help change the world through united prayer and fasting. Pray that international leaders receive an infusion of divine wisdom to handle the threat to Jordan.
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways." (Jas. 1:5-8)
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CONSTITUTION OF The
Initiative for Housing and Development in Africa
(IFHDA, Inc)
ARTICLE I – Organization Name and Purpose
The name of The Initiative shall be the Initiative for Housing and Development in Africa, hereafter referred to as the “Initiative”. The Initiative may also be identified by the short title “IFHDA”. The Initiative is formed exclusively for the purposes of promoting and enhancing and propagating the development of Affordable Agro-Allied Housing, the promotion and engendering of the building maintenance ethic in the body politic and other allied poverty alleviation strategies on the African continent within the meaning of Section 501C (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, specifically for the purpose of promoting the welfare and development by self help method of the underprivileged and rural dis-advantaged in Africa.
ARTICLE II – General Provisions
The objectives of The Initiative are to:
a.) Establish an organization which will foster, maintain and strengthen a sense of fraternity among Africans in the Diaspora as well like minded people sympathetic to the African poverty problem and other Africans on the mother continent to provide a forum for continued education and professional development.
b.) Strengthen the relationship and personal contacts among Africans at home and those marooned in the Diaspora and sympathetic minded philanthropists and like minded African professionals to transfer the experience and knowledge of the former to the latter.
c.) Promote support in the developmental activities of sympathetic philanthropist and able minded African professionals and promotion of a maintenance culture mind set.
d.) Promote interest and support of activities from sympathetic philanthropists and able minded African professionals in the alleviation of poverty on the African sub continent through the implementation of self help stratagems, particularly in the fields of education health, building maintenance and sustainable housing provision.
To meet these objectives, the IFHDA shall conduct meetings and symposia, issue correspondence and appropriate publications, and publish information of mutual interest to IFHDA members.
ARTICLE III – Policy
The Initiative is a private and not for profit association and, therefore, has no official relationship between its activities and the official positions/duties of any corporations or individuals who may be members or participants.
A copy of this Constitution, and its associated By-Laws shall be posted at all times in the building constituting The Initiative’s principal place of business. All companies, organizations and individuals with whom The Initiative transacts business shall take strict and careful notice of the provisions of this Article.
The Constitution may be amended by majority vote of the General Membership present at any meeting called by the Board of Directors. Final adoption of any amendment voted by the General Membership is contingent upon legal review to ensure that The Initiative’s status, as a private organization, remains intact.
By-Laws may be enacted or amended by majority vote of the Board of Directors at any of their regularly scheduled or special meetings.
In furtherance of its objectives, no use of the net earnings of the Association shall benefit any officer or member. Also, no activities of The Initiative shall be for the purpose of influencing government legislation or intervening (including publishing or distributing statements) in political campaigns on behalf of any candidate for public notice.
ARTICLE IV – Membership
Membership in The Initiative shall be voluntary. There shall be three classes of membership. Categories (a) and (b) shall constitute the General Membership.
To be eligible for membership in The Initiative, individuals/corporate bodies shall meet the following qualifications:
a.) Regular Membership: Possess empathy with and intellectual understanding of the stated UN millennium development goals MDGs or the plight of the dis-advantaged poor in black Africa, with a certain understanding that the issues have to be addressed principally by Africans, themselves, along with assistance from the few men/corporate bodies of goodwill, who appreciate that African Attitudes have to change, through utilizing innovative approaches to the 4 identifiable ‘key issues’ encompassing housing and housing ownership in the region.
i. Sustainability
ii. Poverty
iii. Manufacturing Systems Engineering
iv. The existing less than adequate approach to housing finance in the region.
- and that change starts when some-one sees the first step. The IFHDA ‘approach’ to housing delivery from this quadrangular stance will take a ‘first step’ by using the paradigm innovation to bring about the setting up of Agro-Allied
communities or villages that will embrace collective farming.
b.) Student/Associate Membership: Be officially enrolled as a student in good standing in sympathetic philanthropist and able minded African professionals; be the surviving spouse of any regular member;
c.) Honorary Membership: Persons not otherwise eligible for membership who have: (1) made an outstanding contribution to development in Africa or to sympathetic philanthropists and able minded African professionals, and (2) been nominated for Honorary membership by a member of the Board of Directors and approved by that body for such membership.
Honorary Members have the right to speak at meetings, but do not need to pay fees or
assessments, make motions, vote, or hold any IFHDA office.
Regular and Student/Association memberships shall be conferred upon eligible persons upon their application and payment of prescribed membership fees (reference Article X) to the Vice President for Finance of The Initiative. Honorary membership shall be conferred without regard to payment of fees. Membership shall be terminated upon written request of the member concerned, death or any other valid cause (e.g., member brings discredit upon sympathetic philanthropists and able minded African professionals or IFHDA) as determined by the Board of Directors.
Any member failing to pay duly authorized fees and assessments within a period of time to be fixed by the Board of Directors shall be suspended. If this cause for suspension is not rectified within one year from date of delinquency, the member shall be dropped from the membership rolls of the IFHDA.
A member who resigns, is suspended without reinstatement, or is denied the privilege of further membership shall forfeit all privileges in the IFHDA and all rights in IFHDA assets.
Section 5. All Regular members shall be eligible to hold office and to vote at membership meetings.
Membership in The Initiative shall not be based upon race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin.
ARTICLE V– Governing Body
The IFHDA shall be governed by the Board of Directors (BOD), the composition of which shall be:
a.) Elected Officers
b.) Immediate Past Executive Vice President
c.) Appointed Officers (e.g., Standing Committee Chairpersons)
The BOD shall meet annually and at such additional times as the Executive Vice President may direct.
The BOD shall exercise all powers not specifically granted to other persons or bodies by this Constitution and shall have the power to set up such Standing Committees, as may be considered appropriate to consider and deliberate upon specified aspects of its functions which same decisions shall be considered valid and binding decisions of the BOD itself, subject to written engrossment by the BOD EVP and Chairman or their designates.
ARTICLE VI – Officers
The Elected Officers of The Initiative, each of whom must be a Regular
member in good standing, shall be the:
a. 3No Co Chairpersons of the Board, one each for the Africa, UK and USA regions
b. Executive Vice President
c. Vice President (HR Support & Finance)
d. Vice President (Membership)
e. Vice President (Information Technology)
Executive Vice President. In the absence of any of the Co-Chairpersons, the Executive Vice President shall preside at Association meetings. The EVP shall coordinate the periodic IFHDA luncheon/Dinner to include selection of venue and meal, coordinate the guest speaker, prepare the luncheon/Dinner brochure, arrange the guest speaker, gift and write follow-up thank you notes to guest speakers. The EVP shall liaison with the BOD in the coordination of Special Events (extracurricular activities, and seminars), as appropriate and speak for the Initiative, at Public Relations events.
Vice President for HR Support & Finance. The Vice President for Support shall preside at Association meetings in the absence of any of the Chairpersons and the EVP. The VP for Support shall take reservations for the periodic IFHDA luncheon, provide final count of attendees to establishment and coordinate to ensure all monies are collected for confirmed reservations. The VP for Support shall also serve as custodian of the IFHDA Constitution, seal, documents, and official papers; issue notices of meetings; and record minutes at various gatherings and meetings, as needed. The VP for Support shall promote awareness and visibility of the IFHDA and handle all HR matters. He/She shall also maintain The Initiative’s finances to include: (2) receipt and deposit of all IFHDA monies; (b) payment of just bills; (c) entering transactions into and maintaining books of account; and (d) making appropriate reports of the financial condition of the IFHDA to the Chairpersons, the Board of Directors and members attending General Membership meetings.
Vice President for Membership. The Vice President for Membership shall update and maintain membership rosters, and solicit, promote and encourage additional membership.
Vice President for Information Technology. The Vice President for Information Technology (IT) shall be the web master for the IFHDA web pages. The VP for IT shall maintain a distribution list of IFHDA members and provide email notification of luncheons, events and other information, as required. The VP for IT shall liaison with operational management to ensure the IFHDA web page is a focal point for news and current events for both IFHDA members, corporate members and current students, as well as providing a communications medium for teleconferencing, email and all other IT needs of the organization.
IFHDA Class Leaders. Duly appointed Class Leaders shall: (a) maintain a current list of members of their respective IFHDA classes; (b) provide changes of address and status to the VP for Membership and VP for Information Technology; and (c) correspond with each class member at least annually to solicit current personal information for publication to IFHDA members.
ARTICLE VII – Duties of the Officers
Overall administrative and operational oversight of the activities, endeavours and the every day business of The Initiative shall be exercised by the EVPresident, aided by the other Elected Officers, and shall be in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Initiative shall be one of the regional Co-Chairpersons of the Board of Directors, in rotation and shall preside at all meetings of The Initiative or Board of Directors, that are held within their region. (with any or both of the other 2 Chairpersons in attendance) The Chairman shall also:
a.) execute such papers as shall require his/her signature relating to his/her region.
b.) be (either personally or through his designated representative) be an ex-officio member of all committees or other properly constituted bodies of the Initiative within their region and may, at his/her pleasure, examine their minutes, records, and books
c.) exercise general supervisory control over all other IFHDA officers
d.) biennially appoint an Auditor or Audit Committee to examine the IFHDA financial and membership records and to issue a report of findings to the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII – Elections and Voting
The officers shall be elected from a slate of nominations by majority vote of the General Membership present at a meeting. The nomination slate shall be prepared in open forum
and shall consist of no more than three nominees for each office. Proxy voting will be permitted for voting members who are unable to attend General Membership meetings.
ARTICLE IX – Standing Committees
The BOD shall be empowered to create ad hoc committees as necessary to carry out business and activities of The Initiative, either ona regional or global level. Ad hoc committee chairpersons shall be appointed by the appropriate Regional Chairperson and shall remain in office at the pleasure of the said regional Chairperson.
Standing Committee Chairpersons may recruit members for their committees, as they desire, subject to the concurrence of the appropriate regional Chairperson. Committee Chairpersons shall advise the regional Chairperson, the Executive Vice President and the Board of Directors on matters within their purview.
Standing Committee Chairpersons and committee members shall receive no compensation from The Initiative for serving in such capacity. When so authorized, they may be reimbursed for expenditures they incur on behalf of The Initiative.
ARTICLE X – Method of Financing
The Initiative shall be financed through annual membership dues and gifts. The IFHDA membership year is 1 April through 31 March (fiscal year basis), regardless of the date of membership application.
Effective upon adoption of this Charter, the dues schedule for each fiscal year shall be:
a.) Regular Membership Individuals - $100.00 Corporate - $ 1,000.00
b.) Student/Associate Membership - $10.00
c.) Lifetime Membership - $5,000.00
Student/Associate membership will be valid for one year from the date of enrollment after which time membership renewal will be as a Regular member for those individuals who remain eligible for continued membership. Lifetime Membership will be valid for the life span of the member. The fee schedule may be changed to maintain the financial integrity of The Initiative by majority vote of the Board of Directors as ratified by the membership.
The Initiative may accept gifts and monetary donations form its members when such gifts aid in the operation of The Initiative and are consistent with its purpose and objectives
An independent, qualified auditor shall audit The Initiative at least every two years. The auditor may be a member of The Initiative, but may not have held any Association office.
Upon dissolution of the IFHDA, all bona fide debts shall be paid and any residual funds shall be donated to be used specifically and exclusively for sympathetic philanthropists and able minded African professionals.
ARTICLE XI – Taxes
The Initiative shall only engage in activities permitted under the provisions of Sections 501C (3) and 170C (2) of the Internal Revenue Code (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Code). As The Initiative is a not-for-profit association, The Initiative shall secure tax-exempt status from appropriate Federal, State, and local taxing authorities through full and proper registration.
ARTICLE XII- Insurance Coverage
The Initiative shall consider acquiring liability insurance coverage for Association officers while lawfully performing Association business in an official capacity as provided for in the Charter.
ARTICLE XIII – Local Chapters
Since the IFHDA is essentially composed of members residing in the African Diaspora the Board of Directors will consider establishment of local, regional chapters to be called Classes. Establishment of such chapters will be considered for approval upon receipt of a petition with signatures of at least five eligible potential members. These Chapters will be known as Classes and each class leader will be entitled to a seat on the BOD.
ARTICLE XIV – Meetings and Quorums
The Board of Directors shall meet at least bi-annually and at the call of any the Chairpersons. Three members of the BOD shall constitute a quorum, and the action of the BOD shall be by a majority vote of the total members present. The Initiative EVPresident shall ensure that all BOD members are provided with reasonable notice of the time, date, and location of all BOD meetings.
The BOD shall recruit and make a 5 year offer of employment to an upstanding Project Manager and Development Professional individual who has knowledge of Affordable Housing delivery, and who will by invitation serve as an Honorary member of the BOD and Director of Operations. The Director of Operations, IFHDA, shall be entitled to attend and speak at all meetings of The Initiative Board of Directors (without voting rights) and will be the initial sole paid employee of the IFHDA. His/Her remuneration and that of any Operational Staff, he co-opts/hires to work with him (always subject to BOD Approval) will be fixed by the BOD. He/She is mandated to present a budget for day to day running of the Operational Secretariat, which must be approved subject to any amendment, at the first Board of Director’s meeting, subsequent to its submission. Upon Approval, this Operational Budget will be the yardstick for Annual Expenditure by the IFHDA. The Operational Performance of the Director of Operations shall be directly monitored and evaluated by the VP (HR Affairs & Finance) who will make annual report upon same to the BOD.
The BOD may also offer any corporate representative, from among those eligible for Regular membership in The Initiative, an invitation to serve as an Honorary member of the BOD. The Corporate Representative/s shall be entitled to attend and speak at all meetings of the Board of Directors, in an Advisory Capacity without a vote. Normal membership fees or dues shall be required.
The general membership of The Initiative shall meet at least annually at a time and place determined by the Board of Directors. All business transacted, a statement of financial conditions, and a record of the election of officers and amendments to this Constitution, as appropriate, shall be entered in the minutes. The Board of Directors shall ensure that all members are provided with reasonable notice of time, date, and location of General Membership Convention.
Article XV – Activities
The Initiative shall engage in activities appropriate to the objectives of The Initiative as determined by the BOD, in such a manner as:
1. GENERALLY.
1.1 To exercise an effective strategic role in the overall provision of housing in Africa as well as the facilitation of physical and otherwise development by the utilization of voluntary un-paid country managers in each African country of activity. This strategy will ensure that administrative costs associated with the policies, initiatives and programmes will be kept to a bare minimum. Working under direction/leadership of the Operations Director, through the operational single “ Central” co-ordinatory secretariat, the initiative, through the tried and tested seasoned country managers (Men and Women who are ready successful in their own careers simply have a desire to “give something back” to the societies that nurtured them ) will ensure that funding agencies, development banks, building developers, building, professionals and construction contractors, work in partnership with the IFHDA to product sufficient accommodation that though technologically appropriate can ensure its occupants access to a basic decent living standard and quality of life and is of a type and quality that can be produced in sufficient numbers all over Africa to meet the identified housing needs.
1.2 To investigate, research and implement initiatives that offer the potential for increased non-governmental investment in IFHDA’s housing stock and allows for the provision of new homes.
1.3 To promote a reversal of rural-urban migration through facilitation, again through partnership effort, of the construction of model modern villages or” Housing Estates”.
1.4 To facilitate the building of appropriate technology housing for (1.2) above and to financially enable home ownership of such housing by cross section of African from different economic bases.
1.5 To adopt initiatives that will promote the employment of Women through rural regeneratory tactics
1.6 To identify and promote community development initiatives as well as physical development opportunities whilst promoting and engendering a housing maintenance culture in all areas of IFHDA endeavour.
Section 2. PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES
2.1 To instigate and support development of privately owned houses, residential Estates and the private rented sector, monitoring , inspecting and where appropriate making positive use of legislation to secure satisfactory standard standards of fitness and repair.
2.2 To recognise and promote the contribution that Housing Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can make to the provision of affordable accommodation at acceptable prices and to encourage and support legislative backing for legal ownership of such HMOs for mortgage securitisation purposes.
Section 3. HOMELESSNESS.
3.1 To assiduously promote initiatives to combat homelessness in Africa and to deal with the issue so effectively that it becomes a continental problem of manageable proportions.
Section 4. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
4.1 To initiate the provision of specialised dwellings and adaptations to mainstream housing stock that meet the need of elderly peoples and people with dis-abilities, on the African continent.
Section 5. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
5.1 To offer equality of opportunity in all aspects of the housing and development initiatives, regardless of sex, race or disabilities.
Section 6. IFHDA’S OWN ‘MODEL’ VILLAGE HOUSING STOCK
6.1 To advise and implement partnership schemes that will enable the contracting out of housing management to managing agents through voluntary competitive tender.
6.2 To ensure the beginning and the continuance of responsive, effective and efficient housing management and maintenance service culture.
6.3 To continue to develop effective tenant participation schemes for the management and maintenance of homes preparation of policy for such management and maintenance, as well schemes for the employment of tenants in influencing the decision making process.
Section 7. OTHER
a.) The Conduct of periodic symposia, conferences, and meetings of The Initiative to promote developmental and professional development of its current and prospective members.
b.) The Conduct of extracurricular activities (e.g., academic, cultural or sporting events) to promote esprit de corps among IFHDA members and between the IFHDA and other like minded NGOs.or other Multi Lateral Organisations.
c.) The Publication of an Initiative Newsletter (Web Based) to promote fraternity among Initiative members, to transmit useful information on matters of developmental and professional development, and to conduct Initiative business, as and when due.
d.) Recognize outstanding alumni, student, and faculty members of sympathetic philanthropic organizations, individual well wishers, NGOs and able minded African professionals.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Constitution, The Initiative shall only engage in activities permitted under the provisions of Sections 501 © (3) and 170 © (2) of the Internal Revenue Code (or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE XVI – Awards and Gifts
The Initiative may give awards of certificates and material objects. Material objects shall be an appropriate symbol of the founding principles of The Initiative and shall not exceed $55.00 per object. The Initiative may also bestow gifts to sympathetic philanthropists and able minded African professionals. No single gift shall exceed $500.00 in value and any such gift shall be approved by a majority vote of The Initiative’s Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XVII – Amendments
This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the Regular members present at a General Membership Meeting.
Amendments will only be recognized by The Initiative Chairman if they have been previously submitted to the Board of Directors and published to the membership at least thirty days prior to a General Membership meeting.
ARTICLE XVIII – Effective Date
This Constitution supersedes any Constitution adopted previously and shall become effective immediately upon adoption by a two-thirds vote of the Regular members assembled at a General Membership meeting.
ARTICLE XIX – Dissolution
The Initiative shall be dissolved by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.
Upon dissolution, all funds in the treasury will be used to meet any outstanding debts, liabilities, or obligations. The balance of these assets will be disposed of in accordance with Article X.
Signed into Existence:
Founding UK CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD
Founding EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Founding VICE PRESIDENT HR & Finance
Founding VICE PRESIDENT (Membership)
As Witnessed by:
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* Member of the Israeli Institute for Group
Ruth Duek, M.A, Senior Clinical Psychologist and Group Analyst. Born in the USA to German-Jewish refugees. Made aliyah to Israel at the age of 15. Mother and grandmother.
Formerly Co-chairwoman of Besod Siach Organization for the Promotion of Dialogue between Conflict Groups in Israeli
Society. Member of the Israeli Institute for Group Analysis.
Former Head Psychologist for the Israeli Prison System and establisher of its clinical psychology internship
Since 2010 I have participated in four PCCA conferences for German-Israeli Dialogue.
I have completed training groups at IFSI and Tavistock conferences.
I have served on staff and also directed 2 annual Besod Siach conferences that included a broad spectrum of conflict groups in Israeli society (Arabs and Jews, hawks and doves, Eastern and Western Jews, secular, religious and ultra-orthodox Jews, new immigrants and veterans in the country.)
For Besod Siach I prepared the curriculum, lectured, supervised and administered a course for consultants to secular and religious dialogue groups.
In my private practice I do individual, couples and group-analytic therapy.
I have special expertise in dealing with incestuous families - perpetrators, bystanders and victims - and have given courses to social workers dealing with incest survivors and their families.
While serving as Head Psychologist of the Israeli Prison System – I also did therapy with sex offenders and perpetrators of incest. This serves as part of my background in working with incestuous families.
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Program for the week of August 13, 1944, featuring "Green Grow the Lilacs"
Cain Park Theatre; Cain Park; Theaters; Amphitheaters; Parks; Theater programs; Theatrical productions; Theatrical producers & directors; Spayde, Sydney H.; Wadsworth, Handel; Set designers; Gentile, Gerard; Dance; Choreography; Cramer, Miriam;...
The theatrical production for the week of August 13, 1944, was Lynn Riggs' "Green Grow The Lilacs". The Cain Park Theatre production was directed by Sydney H. Spayde and Handel Wadsworth, with scenes designed by Gerard Gentile. Musical arrangements...
Program for the week of June 18, 1944, featuring "Arsenic and Old Lace"
Cain Park Theatre; Cain Park; Theaters; Amphitheaters; Parks; Theater programs; Theatrical productions; Theatrical producers & directors; Hulburt, John W.; Set designers; Russell, Walter S.
The theatrical production for the week of June 18, 1944, was Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace". The Cain Park Theatre production was directed by John W. Hulburt, with scenes designed by Walter S. Russell. It was performed on Wednesday,...
Program for the week of August 6, 1944, featuring "Janie"
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The theatrical production for the week of August 6, 1944, was Jospehine Brentham and Herschel Williams' "Janie". The Cain Park Theatre production was directed by John W. Hulburt, with scenes designed by Gerard Gentile. It was performed on...
Program for the week of July 9, 1944, featuring "The School For Husbands"
Cain Park Theatre; Cain Park; Theaters; Amphitheaters; Parks; Theater programs; Theatrical productions; Molière, 1622-1673; Theatrical producers & directors; Hulburt, John W.; Set designers; Hanby, John; Ballet; Choreography; Dance; Weidman,...
The theatrical production for the week of July 9, 1944 was Moliere's comedy, "The School For Husbands". The Cain Park Theatre production was adapted in rhyme by Arthur Guiterman and Lawrence Langer. It was directed by John W. Hulburt, with scenes...
Program for the week of July 23, 1944, featuring "Decision"
Cain Park Theatre; Cain Park; Theaters; Amphitheaters; Parks; Theater programs; Theatrical productions; Theatrical producers & directors; Spayde, Sydney H.; Set designers; Adix, Vern; Mantz, Harold
The theatrical production for the week of July 23, 1944, was Edward Chodorov's "Decision". The Cain Park Theatre production was directed by Sydney H. Spayde, with scenes designed by Vern Adix and Harold Mantz. It was performed on Wednesday,...
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Iris Ministries Madagascar is part of Iris Global, a mission organization founded and led by Heidi and Rolland Baker.
The center was founded in 2010 by Caroline Thomas in the capital city of Antananarivo and is recognized and welcomed by the government as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
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A Conversation Beyond the Silver Screen
Interview…’PostHuman’ Directors Cole Drumb and Jen Luk
2013/07/18 by Marc Ciafardini
Editor’s Note: This interview took place at the 2012 Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX. It has been republished to coincide with the 2013 San Diego Comic Con where directors Cole Drumb and Jen Luk will be screening PostHuman.
Action anime isn’t something that American animation studios make all that often. Inspired by Akira and a slew of other seminal sci-fi titles, Jen Luk and Cole Drumb set out to create a modern rendition of what Heavy Metal was back in the 80’s. The duo has crammed so much awesome content into a 6 minute short that once you see PostHuman you will want to see so much more, trust us. Have a look at the short film here…fyi, this is NSFW.
Go,See,Talk sat with the directors (for the interview and a handful of screenings and drinks actually) and picked their brain about PostHuman. Here’s what they had to say about their baby.
– Guys, this is like the 10th time we’ve hung out during the Fest and now we’re finally getting something recorded right?
*Both laugh*
– Well again I have to say this short is sensational, so let’s hear all about it. What inspired PostHuman?
CD: As huge fans of Heavy Metal we were looking for something that would feel like it would fit in seamless with a brand new vision of that film. So if there were a new generation of animated sequences our story would be one of those. That was one of our primary inspirations and then there’s Cronenberg’s Scanners, Akira and Jen’s favorite which is…
JL: Aeon Flux! It’s one of my very favorite series. Initially when we started PostHuman it was going to have no dialog like the original Aeon Flux shorts. The we decided it needed dialog and so we got Tricia Helfer which was awesome so I’m glad we ended up going in that direction.
– Yeah I saw that in the credits. How did you approach and attach various talents including Tricia for this?
CD: Well it started slow. We had the script and I had done a lot of sketches and we were at the second or third draft of the script which was about 22 pages and we finally found a storyboard artist named Tom Price who had a lot of the same interests and he ended up doing 500 storyboards.
JL: But that was for a 22 minute pilot episode…
CD: It was almost key-framed out and he would come to me with questions and we’d work story tweaks through our meetings. But his response to my requests was always “what the hell are you trying to do?” because as we got further in we kept taking things more and more extreme. But he was kind of bored with the work he was doing previously and this was his chance to really unleash his talents. When he first tarted working he would try to hide the violence in a corner or behind characters…
JL: And nudity was a little rough for him too…
CD: So yeah he would always ask us, “do you really want to show naked people?” And we kept saying just let go, this is not a commercial and that’s when he went crazy with it and drew those 500 boards. So we did rough animatics, with sounds and effects that matched what we wanted to do. After we talked to multiple multiple people they all told us cut it down to 10 minutes but we reedited it and cut it down to 6. Our next step was to find an animation company and we got exceptionally lucky with Humoring the Fates who made it look just awesome.
JL: From there we attracted Tricia Helfer, did the post, and got some great sound design. Bad Animals did a lot of good sound design and Neil Sanford Livingston did the score. We worked a lot with him because we were looking for something along the lines of hard rock/heavy metal with hard guitar riffs.
CD: But then Tron: Reconfigured came out and that’s all anyone was into and our composer was big into that too, he usually does a lot of electronic stuff. PostHuman has a lot of an electronic feel to it but we asked him to get more of the hard driving guitar element and he brought more of that into it.
– Well it definitely had that feel. Plus who doesn’t love Tron: Reconfigured? But what I want to know is when am I going to see more? Once PostHuman ended I wanted it to go on, especially if the angle you were going for with this segment would be to have it as part of a larger vehicle. But what stopped you from going further?
CD: Cash
JL: *laughs*
CD: *laughs* This is truly an independent production.
JL: We have day jobs and we funded everything ourselves, and we paid everybody who worked on it. We didn’t ask anyone to work for free and it was all on us, we had no financiers.
– Wow, a real labor of love then huh?
CD: Yeah, you’re betting on yourself which is always a tough gamble. For most people their biggest investment is their house…well we don’t have a house. Our car is 20 years old…you see what I mean?
JL: *laughs* We don’t even have a dog even though we would like to.
– So tell me more about your backgrounds, what did you two do before PostHuman?
CD: I was always into film, comics, all of the standard tropes for geeks. I could have easily been comic book guy on the Simpsons. *laughs* I grew up going to Comic-cons in Oklahoma and toyed with becoming a comic book artist/author, then looked looked at CG animation, I even worked for a games developer in
Seattle called Monolith Games and eventually ended up doing what I knew I wanted to do which was film.
JL: For me, growing up as a kid I was always into movies. But as a family we didn’t go out to movies quite that often and I grew up in a pretty small town that only had three theaters with one screen each but even so going to a movie was a major treat. Before the Internet, seeing a movie trailer on TV was always super exciting because they were rare to catch, you know? And I remember trying to stay up late to watch Siskel and Ebert because that was another one of the only times to be able to see movie trailers then so I’ve always been interested in films and trying to see as many as I can. And VHS helped with that but I just always wanted to see as much as I could.
CD: When did your parents take you to see Clockwork Orange?
JL: *laughs* My parents for some strange reason didn’t want to take me to the babysitter very often so they took me to some films when I was way too young so I think I saw Clockwork Orange when I was like 5 or 7 and my mom took me to see Animal House with her for some reason. I don’t know, it doesn’t seem like something my mom would be into but maybe because we had just moved to the states she was wanting to get into the American culture or something *laughs*. So I saw a lot of films that were not appropriate for me at the time but now I appreciate that experience even if at the time it was kind of freaking me out. From then on I stayed interested in film and then when I met Cole and found out that he was also doing some film work that’s when we started working together and here we are now.
– Perceptually speaking, when an audience sees a short they think “well that didn’t take very long to make right?” But you said it came down from 22 minutes to 5 and change. So what’s the production time for something as deceptively swift as PostHuman?
JL: Well it’s been pretty much 5 years now from when we first started so that means we were script-to-screen in 5 years. That included the storyboards and cutting and editing it down from the 22 minutes. The people we approached told us that we probably wouldn’t find a festival that would program a 22 minute “short” because the length isn’t optional for festival programming. So we got it to 10 then and were told that’s still too long and then finally landed on 6 minutes.
The whole process of finding an animation studio took a while too and the production time was probably a year and a half. The studio we used does a lot of commercial work so they were busy with other things but they worked on this simultaneously. Then once we got to editing that took about 6 months to a year as well, and sound design took a few months, as well as color correction and the voice work, which included working with Tricia and choosing the take we liked. that was tough because of of 20 takes we really liked all 20 takes.
CD: It was essentially like doing a feature film. All the elements were there, and you still have to do all those steps it was just that we ended up with a smaller final run time.
– One of the things that made me smile were the references and nods to anime you’re fond of. Yesterday we talked about Cowboy Bebop being influential and the Pierrot Le Fou episode jumped off the screen for me at least. What other nods did you throw in there that people may or may not notice?
CD: Well you’d probably have to see this as much as we have to catch all the references but there’s Pierrot Le Fou as you mentioned which we were thrilled to hear because that was definitely one of our favorite episodes and wanted to reference it. But in doing so we decided not to throw in the Pink Floyd kind of soundtrack, that kind of bubbles through Pierrot Le Fou. It’s a brilliant lab sequence in Cowboy Bebop and we told the animators at Humoring the Fates that we want the lab to be just blindingly white. You see something like Re-Animator, or…
JL: …or X-Files. You know, the shows and movies that all have these dark labs and medical facilities and we’re like, “come on, would it really be that dark?” You gotta see the stuff in a lab.
CD: So we almost washed it out and it worked out brilliantly and we think it’s awesome. We’re hoping people will think the same and wonder “yeah, why don’t other people do that with their labs?”. Also we’re a big fan of Michael Mann’s Heat and in Japan there’s a love of handling weapons properly so doing an anime we
wanted to have a weapon that was current and more importantly one that was handled properly. The animators went out and made sure they had the operational functionality right. It was a TAR 21 which was a very compact Israeli semi-automatic rifle.
JL: So it’s a real weapon but it kind of looks science fictiony.
CD: It’s a really cool gun where the long barrel has been put clear back to the butt stock so you can turn corners faster but it has the distance of an M-16 since the barrel is the same but it’s just not way out in front of you. But back to references, there are so many I’ll have to get you a list *laughs*
– Your lead animator was here at the screening. Did he do those 500 storyboards?
CD: No, he’s from Humoring the Fates.
JL: That was Ben McSweeney, our lead animator. But funny enough we only dealt with the owner of Humoring the Fates. We had never met with Ben before yesterday.
CD: So it was thrilling to see him. He actually did the facial animation and we didn’t know that so when we were talking to him he was like “oh yeah, that’s mine. I did that” And then we go, “Holy crap that’s awesome, Thank you!!”. He did a phenomenal job.
– Was Humoring the Fates the only animation company working on this and what kind of man power did they devote to PostHuman?
JL: On our giant list of credits for the animation team it was about 50 or 60 people.
CD: They’re based out of Florida. There are are very few animation studios here in the US and we met with a couple in Seattle as well as LA and I then I found the site for Humoring the Fates and started researching them. They do 2D as well as 3D which not many people do here anymore. It’s only 3D these days if they do animation at all.
JL: In the states…
CD: Yeah, in the states. So we had a reference DVD that had a lot of Blood: The Last Vampire for the liquid effects and Cowboy Bebop for things we liked and wanted to replicate and Heat for the gun play and we would send those out and have meetings with these people and say here’s what we want and here’s our animatic. Then those people would just go “wow! That is amazing!…and there’s no way we can afford to do something like this”. So we had people who we incredibly encouraging who said, “we can’t wait to see this when you get it done…but we can’t help you get from A to B”. So we sent it to Humoring the Fates, we got a call back from them and went “OK, Hell yes! We’re in!” So that was a thrill.
– This reminds me of The Animatrix where, likened to Heavy Metal, it is a group of shorts that tell a larger story from these various points of view. Now that you have this completed, have you met anyone who wants to help make that larger feature you were envisioning or an anthology that could become Heavy Metal 3.0?
CD: Yeah, we have had interest and been talking back and forth with quite a few different people. Everyone has their own ideas. The short answer is yes, but until something is signed and we start moving forward on whatever direction it will take we don’t know yet. We think that PostHuman is just starting to live so whatever form it takes next is unclear but yes we have had people talk to us about that.
I hear that Robert Rodriguez is working on the next Heavy Metal so if not PostHuman I would love to get my hands dirty playing around in the Heavy Metal universe and knock out another short. But my understanding is that you have Cameron, Spielberg, Zemeckis and all these heavy weights that want to do it too since they have been so influenced by it that they seem like they’ll be first in line.
– Well look what happened to someone like Neill Blomkamp, so you never know. But getting your name out there is the first step and PostHuman speaks for itself. So far the Press has seen it, Fantastic Fest guests have seen it, so when does the public see PostHuman?
CD: We’ll be showing it at Sitges, Spain next and then from there we’re still figuring it out and making the festival rounds. One day in the future we’ll put out a DVD because we have a lot of material from our planning stages we want to share, it’s just so cool. Like all the boards for the head grind sequence that I actually drew up myself. There’s about 47 of them that last about 5 to 10 seconds and it shows how I wanted it to happen with all the detail. It would also have the various scripts and sketches and things that made PostHuman what it is. Maybe we’ll go the download route but it will definitely be available very soon.
– Final thoughts. Have you ever thought about taking this in the direction of a video game? One of the many brilliant things the Wachowski’s did with The Matrix is to tell their story across different mediums. After The Matrix, there was Reloaded but leading to and including that story was the anime The Animatrix and the video game. Unless you watched and played it all, you didn’t get the whole story which is a really cool way of doing it.
CD: We just had a conversation with a video game designer inside. Video games are so grueling as compared to filmmaking. I worked for a video game company and I totally respect any video game designer. Now I’d love to do it and am happy to take PostHuman in any direction as long as it retains its integrity but we haven’t spoken to anyone specifically about that yet.
Filed Under: Fantastic Fest, Festivals, Interviews, Movies/Entertainment Tagged With: Animated Short, Cole Drumb, Fantastic Fest, Interview, Jen Luk, PostHuman, Short film
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Posted on March 31, 2013 December 6, 2017 by Ken Seeroi
Sakura Ka-Boom
Another year, and already sakura season’s almost over, thank God. So exhausting, all that relaxing under the cherry blossom trees, for real.
Sakura season isn’t just great. It’s better than great, whatever that is, since everyone’s waited like six months for Japan to get warm again, and then once it does, Boom! it’s Hanami Party Explosion. I guess I should say that hanami is a Japanese word that translates to “Sitting under blossoming trees on giant blue plastic sheets and drinking ridiculous amounts of sake while eating boxes of rice with little weiners shaped like octopuses.” But maybe “hanami” sounds better, and anyway it’s shorter.
Japanese April Fool’s Joke
On a related note, have you noticed that everything in Japan starts on April first, like a giant April Fool’s joke the nation plays on its citizens? Schools start, companies welcome their new employees, and contracts are renewed. I finally figured out why.
See, if you had to face a year of working till midnight six days a week, and you got a contract in gray, freezing January, you’d say, Screw this, I’m moving to Thailand. But in the springtime, when you see all those pink trees with their lovely cotton candy flowers, you think, Ahhh, Japan, how could I have ever doubted you? I love you. Now, where do I sign? Then a week later it rains and all the flowers are gone, and you’re like, Aw, man, what’ve I done? Probably drank way too much sake, is what.
So once the flowers start to bloom, everyone and their employee races to the park to stake out the best spots under the flowering trees. And then the not-so-great spots next to the bushes. And then some rocky-ass ledge overlooking a canal, because you got there late. But you’ve only got a few days to get in your massive bacchanalia and then it’s back to work for a year, so you invite everyone you know—come to my hanami!
My Faulty DNA
My problem, as any doctor will tell you, is that I have no self control. I just can not not go to every hanami party I’m invited to. It’s genetic, so it’s not my fault. Don’t hate on the handicapped, is what I’m saying. So rather than lazily stumbling to the park in the sun with a couple cans of malt liquor and and falling asleep on the children’s swingset, I spend most of my hanami time hustling through train stations from one party to the next. There’s a lot of flowers to see. And if I don’t see them all, who will? I’m responsible like that.
Walk like a Zombie in Japan
So I’m rushing from one hanami to another, and it’s hazardous, because Japanese people have an almost pathological lack of spacial awareness when they walk. Every day is like National Sleepwalking Day. So as I’m flying down the street on my bike to Ueno park, this dude decides to step off the curb right in front of me. Not even a look before launching his body into the street. Good thing I wasn’t drunk, because I swerved and just missed him. I probably should have snatched his man-purse and kept going, but I didn’t because I’m responsible, as I said. Plus it was brown and I was wearing mostly black, so it wouldn’t have matched. Anyway, this happens all the time. People are constantly making lefts, rights, and u-turns in the middle of crowds without once lifting their heads. I understand if you’re texting on your iPhone, because hey, we all do that, but no smartphone equals no excuse, amigo. So buy one already. Anyway, two hanamis and several cocktails later, I found myself running down the stairs to catch the train right next to some random dude.
Running for the Train
Now, you’re not supposed to run for the train. It’s not, you know, like civically responsible. But let’s be real—the next train’s not for a whole minute and a half, and that’s time you could spend assed-out under some cherry blossoms, so of course you’re gonna run. And me and this guy are racing side by side to make the train before the doors close, going down the steps two at a time, and he’s on the inside of the turn in front of me, so he jumps into the train first, and then—and this is so Japanese—just stops in the doorway, cold. Like he’s instantly forgotten there’s a huge white guy running full-speed an inch behind him.
Once we picked ourselves up from the floor of the train car, this is what our conversation would have sounded like in English:
“Dude, why the hell’d you stop in the middle of the doorway?”
“I didn’t know you also wanted to get in the train!”
“What’d you think I was running for?”
“How should I know?”
But in Japanese, it sounded like, well, nothing, since we didn’t say a word or look at each other. We just dusted ourselves off and pretended like nothing happened. Japanese unspoken communication. It’s easier, sometimes.
Hanami Number Four
My next hanami was in Yoyogi Park with a bunch of people from an English school I used to teach at. One of the dudes was dressed like a woman with a blue wig and voluptuous fake breasts. Actually, he looked pretty hot. We were in the middle of a long field and there was an enormous pile of garbage and at some point I looked up to see one of my female students squatting beside it and taking a whiz. Ah, good times.
Hanami Number Five
This was a spontaneous hanami that happened as I was trying to walk through the crowds avoiding all the Japanese people making sudden turns in front of me. A group of college kids spotted me and called me over to their blue plastic sheet. Actually, it may have been green, but you get the idea.
“Hey, come drink!” a couple of guys shouted in English.
“Okay!” I said, and sat on the edge of their sheet. I’m always up for new adventures of the liquid variety.
“Where are you from?” a girl asked, in English.
“Tokyo,” I replied, in Japanese. It sounds a little different in Japanese, really.
“No, where were you born?” she asked again.
“America,” I confessed.
“Oooh,” Everyone cooed. “America!” They always say that.
“Here, this is Japanese rice wine,” said one of the guys, and poured me a paper cup.
“You mean, sake?” I said.
“Yes, rice wine,” he continued. “And we say ‘kanpai!’”
“I see,” I said. “How does one drink such a beverage?”
“Like this!” shouted another guy. “Kanpai!” and downed an entire cup.
“Well, fair enough,” I said. “Kanpai!” and followed suit.
This seemed to make everyone quite pleased. We did it a few more times.
Hanami Number Six
Suddenly it was early evening and I was in this little park near Oji, walking with some girl. The sun was setting. I remember she seemed very pretty and young, and we were walking slowly. I had a can of beer in one hand. I thought about holding her hand with the other. Since I had a free hand, you know.
“The trees are very beautiful,” I said. This is how you tell a girl you are in love with her in Japan. You talk about nature.
“Yes, they are.” she agreed.
“Spring is such a lovely season,” I continued, “with all the flowers blooming and the air getting warmer. I wonder if it’ll be a full moon tonight?” Talking about the moon is especially good.
“We should probably get back to the party now,” she said.
Hanami Number Seven
Now it was completely dark and cold, and I was drunk as hell in some crowded urban park on the west side of Ikebukuro station. The lights were on under the trees and the flowers were all lit up pink. There was an older woman beside me and she had nice large breasts and I was crying for some reason. I had a tall can of Chu-hi in my hand, which should have made me happy.
“It’ll be okay,” she said, in Japanese, and handed me another tissue.
“But the sakura are all falling,” I sobbed. “They’re all blowing away in the wind. It’s so sad.”
“That’s what they do,” she said.
“But why does life have to be like this? Why does it have to be so tragic and so beautiful? Why does everything go away?
“It’ll be summer soon. You like summer.
“Yes, I do like summer. I really do. God, look at the petals in the wind—just like snow floating up to heaven.
“Yes, there they go,” she said. “It’s wonderful.”
And we sat there and she held my hand, the one without the Chu-hi, while the sakura scattered in the breeze. And that’s how hanami season went down.
CategoriesLiving In Japan TagsCherry blossoms, hanami, sakura
38 Replies to “Sakura Ka-Boom”
I just watched some “slice-of-life” anime that talked about the flower viewing for the cherry blossoms called Minami-ke Tadaima. It just finished the season of episodes and the last episode centered around the Hanami they had. It seems like many anime also end around the first of April. From the anime, it seems like a lot of young kids and families participate in this yearly event. Your descriptions sort of reminded me of the spring break ritual here in the U.S., but older people and families here don’t participate, just young people mainly. I’ve only seen Sakura trees in Washington D.C. in any numbers and the petals do look like snow when the wind blows, it’s quite beautiful. Glad to see that the Japanese don’t mind foreigners partaking in the Sakura viewing too?
Yeah, I’ve never seen a hanami where everybody wasn’t pleased as punch that a “foreigner” showed up. It’s pretty much a the-more-the-merrier kind of event. Not sure I’d liken it to spring break though, since you probably won’t see many bikinis or kegs of beer. So that’s unfortunate. It does seem pretty similar to the 4th of July, however.
By the way, I’m now on episode 4 of “Tonbi,” so thanks for the link to that. It really is very good.
You might check out a new drama -“Made in Japan”:
http://www.gooddrama.net/japanese-drama/made-in-japan
It has only 4 episodes and its very interesting in that it turned around completely from what I thought it was going to be about in the beginning. I found it very thought provoking, and sort of disturbing and though it was a play on some real historical events; I hope that Japan doesn’t end up continuing the practices that the story implied they must do.
The corporate politics and attitudes of the salarymen and executives involved seemed like something very unfamiliar to me (unprofessional or illogical) and it sort of made me wonder if Japanese businessmen were really men or children. I was suddenly remembering what you said before about the Japanese people and their child-like nature and it made a lot more sense after viewing this Drama.
I frankly think it bodes bad for Japan and the US to continue to do business with China because I think their economy is going to implode in the next six months after hardline measures are instituted by the new pro-Maoist leader of China as he starts to implement his radical suppression of the freedoms that China has gained over the last decade.
Sounds interesting. Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll add that to my summertime viewing list.
Off the Subject: I heard they’re setting up Patriot missile batteries in Tokyo preparing for a N. Korean launch of 3-4 missiles in the next 5 days. Anyone hear about that?
Well, I’ve certainly been following it closely, and the news that North Korea could possibly launch a nuclear weapon has raised my personal Threat Level from No Big Deal to Holy Crap. Let’s hope things settle down soon.
Kanchi says:
Neat, I’ve read quite a bit about Hanami but it’s always interesting to read about it more I guess. I’m not one for picnics/outdoor events so I’d probably have to skip it. Do Hanami festivals/parties just take place on regular days? Or are they a public holiday? Also this is a but unrelated (Read: Completely) but have you ever been to an arcade in Japan? I know their arcade scene is still quite active as opposed to the arcade scene in the west which is deader than dead.
There aren’t any holidays specifically associated with hanami, which means that there’s about two weekends—four days—when the entire population of Japan will descend upon the same spots. It’s not so bad in the countryside, but in Tokyo, it’s challenging to find even a small patch of dirt to sit on. I guess that’s where sake helps.
As for arcades, I’m thinking that’s what we call “Game Centers,” and yeah, there are tons of them. They have pretty much every kind of game you could think of—video games, win a Rirakuma mug by picking it up with a crane, do a snowboard ski jump—all that stuff. Most also have purikura photo booths, and some have fairly extensive sports activities, such as golf and baseball batting cages. They’re popular with high school and college kids, as well as people on dates.
Game Centers sound cool. I wouldn’t mind going to one when I go to Japan. I mean I’m a bit of a geek so I really like things like Gundam as well as Japanese culture. I guess when I get to live in Japan one day I’ll make a blog about those things haha. I wouldn’t be able to compete with yours though, you have a far superior ability to write funny stuff. Yes. Keep it up!
Thanks a lot. Japan has a way of making things funny, or maybe it’s just my brain or something. Anyway thanks, really.
Deano @ JTM says:
Love your writing style. It truly is an explosion of activity come hanami time! Interestingly subtle shut-down in hanami #6…
Yeah, things don’t always work out the way you want. Sigh. You can’t win ’em all. Unleash the platitudes. Pretty sure that’s why we have karaoke, so you can sing about that stuff.
Hanami season isn’t over here in Kansai yet.
Where I live they just started now and I think we’ll see the peak very soon.
I haven’t been to too many hanamis yet, because I prefer traveling during that season of the year.
And although I wasn’t on a hanami yesterday, I had all these weird and typical conversations:
No, I mean where did you live before that?
No, I mean … where were you born?
Oh, are you working as an English teacher?
etc. … and repeat another 10 times. (T___T)/
Yeah, I’ve been getting more of those questions lately too. Wonder why? They pretty much follow the Japanese Rule of 7, that all Japanese people must, by law, adhere to. Maybe it’s the spring influx of new English teachers into the country . . .
Yeah, I know. Still very annoying, though.
One of them apparently noticed that I was annoyed by his questions and said: “Sorry, I’m a weird Japanese.”
And all I could think was: “No, you’re NOT! I wish you were! But sadly most Japanese are like that!”
A little education would go a long way on this issue. Japanese persons should be aware that treating people differently based upon appearance can be offensive. Sometimes they know but choose to do it anyway, and sometimes they’ve really never thought about it. In either case, they should understand that making assumptions based upon race isn’t a great way to start off a conversation.
On the flip side, people coming from foreign countries could do a better job of trying to fit in. It wouldn’t hurt to have a bit more self-respect, instead of playing to cultural stereotypes just to get attention.
I think I try hard enough to fit in.
They spot me immediately anyways. Right now – and at that time, too – I’m wearing a mask because of hay fever. I have the figure and same hair color as a Japanese person, but still I don’t seem to blend in. So annoying. ^^; ….
I guess part of it has to do with me living in the boonies, though.
malduit says:
Aww, Hanamis 6 and 7 are so cute.
Yes, science has proven that the cuteness of hanami increases relative to the lateness of the hour and the amount of mixed drinks one has consumed. Kind of like beer goggles for flowers.
blackkitty says:
I love you, Ken.
I know it’s probably just the springtime talking, but thanks, I love you too!
M. Oleman says:
But wait, what happened with Hanami woman #7? Did she move in? Is she standing over you right now scolding you for not taking out the trash?
That made me laugh, because you know that’s exactly how things would end up if you let them go far enough. But no, I try to avoid that situation, including the “gradual move-in.” You know, that’s where the first time it’s a stray earring, then the next time a toothbrush in the bathroom, then some make-up, and suddenly you’re buying furniture together. Gotta watch out for that.
Mattholomew III, Esquire says:
Sometimes that sexy nature talk happens here too. Like, I was at the grocery store and this attractive young lady was scanning my groceries and she says “so how’s the weather out there?” Being a man who has been around the cul de sac several times, my spidey-sense told me that anything more than a bored “how are you?” from a grocery clerk means something is afoot. I made eye contact and smoothly responded “It’s very pretty.” She smiled and finished my transaction, then I silently swiped my credit card and took my receipt. I got in my car, buckled the seatbelt, and had a good cry at my cowardice. It really was pretty outside.
Yeah, that happened to me a few years ago in the U.S. too. The girl in front of me in line was like, “oh, you’re buying wine too.” And I was like “Uh, yes.” Then silence, and she was like, “Well, have a nice day.” And I was like, Yeah, thanks, guess I’ll go home and drink this wine by myself. I really need to establish some emergency procedures to cover situations like that.
Beer goggles with hanami! Bet you wouldn’t need to wear them. Here, the flowers tried to live for a day, but barely made it.
Wow, that was quick. Hope you did an express hanami—like spread out a sheet, sit down, drink a beer, fall asleep for five minutes, then get up and go home. Boom, you’re done.
Er, thanks. Maybe it’s the season that inspires the urgency of the short and sweet, and yes, why hasn’t anyone written a manual for procedures for how to interpret supermarket conversations?
Benjamin Martin says:
This was a great post for me since I’ve never had a hanmai party in Okinawa, maybe its because we get them so early. We have our giant festival. I take pictures. People are probably doing stuff, but its February and we have tons of events. Fun to read about other parts of Japan!
No hanami party in Okinawa? My dreams are shattered. But maybe spring isn’t as big a deal if you haven’t spent five months freezing your ass off.
ADesposito says:
Just found your blog, your stories are great. I’m also an American living in Japan (Gunma). So this is the first time I’ve seen someone else mention the “pathological lack of spatial awareness when they walk”. What is up with that?!?!
Thanks for reading my stuff. I really appreciate it!
Yeah, it’s a mystery why Japanese people—who are so detail-oriented in other situations—are completely oblivious when it comes to walking. They’ll just step in front of other people, cars, bicycles, anything, without a glance. I’m sure there’s a few contributing factors, but one reason that stands out for me is that nobody calls them on it. Do that in America and somebody’d honk, yell, or just plain shoot you. But here, you can go pretty far over the line before somebody says something. I guess that’s good. Or is it bad? I don’t even know any more.
This is so true. I really wanted to understand it at first but now, I figure it’s just helping me develop my dexterity. I still get baffled by the folks that exit the trains and immediately freeze up looking for directions or at their phones. It’s not like anyone else is trying to get off the Yamanote line in Shinjuku.
Having said that, I am now catching myself contributing to the problem by just stepping out in front of cars/bikes prior to looking both ways. Mom wouldn’t be so excited.
Word. I’ve caught myself doing the same thing, stepping off the curb without looking. What do they say—complacency killed the cat? Eh, something like that. And just yesterday I was walking home from the supermarket and a car passed so close that it clipped the plastic bag I was holding. Trying to avoid dying in Japan might be a good idea, I’m starting to think.
Was it a taxi by any chance?
I see you know Japan well. That’s a good guess, actually, since those guys seem singularly bent on taking me out, but no, just was some dick in a white Lexus.
Well, I’ve learned enough of Japan to not look any more when stepping into the road. 🙂 Taxis are spooky. But the drivers have an AMAZING sense of spatial awareness. I wonder what they’re like when walking.
Ah, see now there’s where you jumped to a conclusion, because there’s no scientific evidence that Japanese taxi drivers actually walk, other than to the toilet at the public park. The only footage that exists is grainy, and shows an apelike creature with a taxi-driver-like gait, likely going to the konbini for another pack of cigarettes.
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3 Lawsuits Every Growth Team Needs To Know
I’ve found that people in Growth are all too often not aware of some of the major laws that govern the industry. In this post, I’ll cover three major lawsuits that sued over growth tactics used by well-known companies and some principles for how your Growth team can stay out of trouble.
Hickey v. Voxernet LLC
In 2012, Voxer was sued over their invite flow where users sent SMS invites to their friends. Instead of just popping up the SMS app with a pre-populated message, the flow in Voxer was it would popup a contact list picker and have the user select a number of different friends from their contact list to invite. After the user selected the friends they wanted to invite then Voxer sent those friends an invite from their servers. The claim was that Voxer sending SMS invites violated a clause in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) against Automated Telephone Dialing Systems (known as ATDS or auto-dialers). Voxer ultimately settled, and in the three years following that lawsuit, a number of lawsuits were filed against other companies that also had similar flows which used a contact list picker to allow users to send multiple SMS invites [Sterk v. Path Inc.][Huricks et al v. Shopkick, Inc][McKenna v. WhisperText LLC][Glauser v. GroupMe, Inc.][Reichman v. Poshmark, Inc]. A lot of the lawsuits stemmed from some ambiguity on what was considered an auto-dialer. Then in 2015, the FCC issued a ruling to clarify the ambiguity and laid out clear guidelines for when SMS invites were ok. Namely, they needed to meet the following criteria:
The invites required human intervention (i.e. they had to be initiated by the user) The user needs to play a role affirmatively deciding to send a text message, selecting who to send to, and preferably controlling the contents of the text message.
It had to be clear to users that their friends were going to receive a text message and how many messages would be sent as a result of their action (as opposed to a different communication channel such as an email).
The biggest takeaway is that while sending SMS invites can be very powerful, they can also open a company up to a lot of legal risk. To mitigate that risk, be very thoughtful about how you design your invite flow and preferably get a lawyer to carefully review your invite flow and provide a written legal opinion with screenshots of the flow.
Perkins v. LinkedIn Corp.
LinkedIn was sued in 2013 for sending invite reminder emails. When a LinkedIn user invited their friends or colleagues to the service, LinkedIn would send an email to those people. If they didn’t respond to the initial email, they would receive a 2nd and a 3rd email as a follow up reminder to join the service. While on the surface, that doesn’t sound very nefarious, the lawsuit alleged that users had consented to the 1st email, but they had not consented to the 2nd or 3rd reminder emails. The lawsuit also alleged that by sending reminder emails the user had not consented to, it could potentially damage the user’s reputation by spamming their contacts without their consent. It also alleged that users had not consented to their name and profile picture in the reminder email. LinkedIn ultimately settled for $13M, changed its product policy and privacy policy. The takeaway from this lawsuit is that even for email invites it needs to be very clear to users how many people will be contacted and how many times their friends will be contacted.
Opperman et al v. Kong Technologies, Inc. et al
In 2011 and 2012, many apps such as Instagram, Twitter, Yelp, Path, Kik, Gowalla, Foodspotting, and Foursquare were caught uploading users’ contact lists to their servers without user knowledge or consent. In most cases, the reason these companies were doing this was to do friend recommendations (to either identify friends already on the service or to recommend friends to invite). Apple quickly added the Contact List Permission to iOS 6 as a result of the scandal and the defendants agreed to settle the class action lawsuit for $5.3M. The takeaway from this lawsuit is that even if something is technically possible, and even if you are allowed by your products Terms of Service, you should be very clear and upfront when collecting data that a user would not reasonably expect be collected.
Path Inc. in particular got hit with a triple whammy. Not only was it sued for SMS invites in Sterk v. Path and had to pay into the Opperman et al v. Kong Technologies, Inc. et al settlement, it was also fined $800,000 by the FCC for violating the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The violation stemmed from the fact that a few thousand children under age 13 were allowed to sign up for the product and Path collected personal information from those users without parental consent.
Growth teams and startups can have a mentality of “move fast and break things.” However, it is important to understand what areas to pay careful attention to if you want to avoid the company getting bogged down in lawsuits and legal wrangling: SMS, invites, referrals, and data privacy. These two principles can help you stay out of trouble:
Make sure the Growth team is aware of major laws that impact their work like the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), European General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), etc.
Make sure you always get informed user consent any time you are collecting data the user might not expect, or when the user is going to send an invite/referral.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and this post in no way constitutes legal advice
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The Chief Executive Officer of gold derivative dealership company, Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, has arrived in Ghana from Dubai. JoyNews sources say he is currently with the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service for interrogation. He had been in detention in Dubai since December 7, 2018 when he was arrested in that country on charges defrauding a business partner there. After months of legal tussle, he was released as prosecutors could not prove their case of fraud against him. A few weeks ago, it was reported that a…
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Parliament ‘drops the chamber’
July 8, 2019 ghentertainers
The Parliamentary Service Board is set to announce a decision to drop plans to build a 450-seat chamber estimated to cost $200m. The Acting Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, Ms. Kate Addo, told Joy News’ Parliamentary Correspondent, Joseph Opoku Gakpo the concerns of the people is paramount and have been taken into consideration in reaching the decision. She subsequently told the Midday News on Joy FM that the construction has been put on hold for now. Anger on social and mainstream media has been simmering since it emerged plans…
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Sista Afia Wins Best Female Artiste At Ghana Entertainment Awards USA
Been the most influential female artist in Ghana, Sista Afia has been awarded as the best Female artiste at the just ended Ghana Entertainment Awards USA. Sista Afia has over the years been consistent and after releasing series of hit songs in and outside Ghana under the year review, organizers of the event felt it right to award her craft Speaking to manager of Sista Afia, Emmanuel Arhin (Bossu Kule) on this achievement he stated We couldn’t do this alone, Glory be to God. He further talked about other projects…
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Ghana ranked 4th Most Peaceful Country in Africa
June 20, 2019 ghentertainers
Ghana came 4th after Mauritius, Botswana and Malawi and respectively as the most peaceful country in Africa in the latest Global Peace Index. Ghana placed 44th in the world with Iceland leading the overall chart as the most ‘peaceful’ nation on Earth in the 2019 Global Peace Index. In addition, the world’s overall ‘peacefulness’ has improved for the first time in five years – although only marginally. Afghanistan was bottom of the list, moving below even Syria, while South Sudan, Yemen and Iraq were all in the bottom five. The report measures the ‘peacefulness’ of…
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Junior US’ Death: Police arrests Prime Suspect
June 20, 2019 June 20, 2019 ghentertainers
Junior US’ Murder Arrest Police in Philadelphia in the United States have arrested a suspect in connection to the assassination of Nana Yaw Opoku popularly known on social media as Junior US aka Iron Boy. According to a police report, the suspect identified as 20-year-old Tejan Sherif, from the 200 block of Marshall Street is the prime suspect in the act and was arrested on Tuesday morning. Tejan Sherif has so far been charged with murder, criminal conspiracy, burglary, robbery, and related offenses. Prior to Junior US’ murder, he was…
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Akufo-Addo’s policies improving our lives – Upper West Chiefs
June 3, 2019 June 2, 2019 ghentertainers
A number of chiefs and their people in the Upper West Region have hailed the Akufo-Addo government for implementing programmes they say continue to transform their lives. At separate mini durbars on Saturday, 1st June, 2019 the chiefs and people of Tanina, Bulenga and Tabeasi in the Wa West, Wa East and Daffiama Bussie Issa districts respectively all lauded government for its targeted approach to ensure inclusive development which have a direct, positive bearing on their daily lives, which revolves around agriculture. Government’s policies received a thumbs up when the…
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Ursula cuts sod for construction, overhaul, repair of Ablekuma west roads
The Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful on Friday, May 31, 2019, cut the sod for the construction, repair and rehabilitation of roads in the Constituency. The project would see the construction of the 2.9km Western Link road, which on completion will become an alternative for the main Dansoman highway and it would be executed by Oswald Investment Limited. The project would also include the repair and rehabilitation (asphalting) of inside roads in the Constituency. Speaking to Journalists after cutting the sod for the commencement of…
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US demands social media details from visa applicants
June 2, 2019 ghentertainers
Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under newly adopted rules. The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years’ worth of email addresses and phone numbers. When proposed last year, authorities estimated the proposal would affect 14.7 million people annually. Certain diplomatic and official visa applicants will be exempt from the stringent new measures. However, people travelling to the US to work or to study will have to hand over their information. “We are constantly…
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Virginia Beach shooting: 12 killed after city worker opens fire at colleagues
At least 12 people were killed and several injured on Friday in a mass shooting at a government building in the US state of Virginia. Police said the suspect, a long-term and current Virginia Beach city employee, fired “indiscriminately” in a public utilities building. The gunman, whose identity was not released, was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police. Officials said an officer was wounded when a bullet struck his vest. How did the shooting unfold? The attack began shortly after 16:00 (20:00 GMT), at Virginia Beach Municipal Center,…
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GIJ launches media contest to mark 60 years
May 30, 2019 ghentertainers
The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) on Wednesday launched its 60th-anniversary celebrations to students, staff, alumni and corporate Ghana. Activities to mark Diamond Jubilee celebrations include a media contest. Mr Akwasi Owusu Agyeman, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of Ghana Tourism Authority who was present at the launch encouraged citizen participation in national matters, adding that they had a role to play as ordinary individuals in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. The CEO who is also a Council member of the Institute said the media contest which would include; articles,…
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Find Something, Leave It: Huppert turns formulaic "Greta" into nutso camp
Release Date: March 1, 2019 (Wide)
If it weren’t for the “…from Hell” thriller label the film embraces, “Greta” would pan out as a lovely platonic May-December relationship drama about loneliness, but that would make it far less twisted, bonkers, and fun to watch. Writer-director Neil Jordan (2012’s “Byzantium”) and co-writer Ray Wright (2010’s “The Crazies”) approach the material with just enough of a wink, recognizing what kind of movie they’re making and diving wildly into a blurred mix of camp and black comedy. As the “Single White Female”-esque surrogate-mother-from-Hell entry in this well-worn but admittedly irresistible sub-genre, “Greta” is a high-end B-movie with a pedigree (and a warning against being a Good Samaritan). It’s formulaic and prefers not to get psychologically deep, but given a major lift by a gleefully unhinged performance by Isabelle Huppert (2016’s “Elle”) and Chloë Grace Moretz’s emotionally vital and forthright presence.
After her mother passed away a year ago, recent college graduate Frances McMullen (Chloë Grace Moretz) left Boston to live in Manhattan with her best friend, Erica (Maika Monroe), in a Tribeca apartment that Erica’s Daddy bought. About to get off at her stop on the subway, she finds a handbag that belongs to an older woman. Despite the street-smart Erica urging her not to, Frances decides to return it to its rightful owner, Greta Hideg (Isabelle Huppert), a friendly French widow who lives alone since her daughter left for Paris. Greta is so grateful and invites Frances inside for coffee, and from there, they begin an unlikely friendship that fills the void in each other’s life. They make dinner together and play piano, and Frances tags along with Greta to adopt a dog that’s about to be put to sleep. Everything is going well, until Frances is at Greta’s home and finds a cabinet full of handbags identical to the one she found on the subway, along with other women’s names and phone numbers on post-it notes. Realizing she has been manipulated and took the bait, Frances shuts down Greta, ignoring her many calls and voicemails and leans into Greta when she shows up at the fine dining restaurant where Frances works. Greta’s stalking worsens, though, as she stands outside the restaurant for hours on end and makes it clear that she’s not going anywhere until Frances remains her friend because, as Greta says, “Everyone needs a friend.”
Anyone who has ever seen a movie about a possessive, aggrieved character who doesn’t take rejection lightly will catch on before Frances does, but that’s customary in this type of film. A De Palma-esque dream within a dream besides, “Greta” takes on a loony, almost surreal logic, as the script strains credulity to give Greta supernatural powers of sorts, like the ability to be unseen, to show up in Frances’ face when she least expects it, and to gain access into Frances’ apartment. Seemingly normal and sophisticated at first, Greta takes some time to reveal that she isn’t playing with a full deck, doesn’t know the definition of personal space, and will keep turning the screws until Frances pays attention to her. Not unlike Glenn Close’s Alex Forrest, Kathy Bates’ Annie Wilkes, and Jennifer Jason Leigh’s Hedy Carlson, Greta has clearly lost her mental stability through years of loneliness, her new obsession stemming from her maternal love and neediness, which gives her traces of pathetic vulnerability before showing her certifiably dangerous capabilities. Clearly having a ball as the villain, the divine Isabelle Huppert is fascinating to watch as she makes Greta's insanity feel controlled at times and intensely explosive at others, and she manages to find surprising, darkly amusing notes to play in a mostly stock role. Watching Huppert spit her gum out into her younger co-star’s hair, joyously twirl around like a deranged ballerina when she goes in for the kill, and then make a huge scene by flipping a table at a restaurant is delicious popcorn-entertainment fodder.
Chloë Grace Moretz is sympathetic as the impressionable Frances, who aside from seeing the good in people doesn’t make many dumb mistakes (even if she doesn’t just block Greta’s number); she calls the police in the early stages of Greta's stalking, even if their efforts are ineffectual, and when she’s finally captured by Greta, Frances does deserve points for making a feisty getaway attempt. Maika Monroe (2015’s “It Follows”) also sparkles as the privileged, yoga-stretching Erica, a would-be throwaway role that the actress enlivens with sharp line readings and no-nonsense, Greek chorus-like intelligence, while Stephen Rea (who tends to work with director Jordan) steps in as a private eye who might as well be wearing a name tag that reads, “Next Victim.”
What seems largely derivative remains eminently watchable the juicier and more overwrought “Greta” gets, and director Neil Jordan unabashedly inserts menacing musical stings to punch up the horror-thriller dread. A sequence where Frances begins receiving real-time photos of an unsuspecting Erica at a bar on her phone from a sneaky Greta is a tensely creepy highlight, and the use of a cookie cutter in self-defense is bloody inspired. While the table-turning finale adheres to the climactic undead-killer and to-the-death showdown tropes, it still satisfies immensely. There comes a point where it’s hard to take much of "Greta" seriously, but then again, Neil Jordan presumably doesn’t want us to take this nutso, slickly shot psychodrama as seriously as his performers who are committing 100%.
Labels: "...from Hell" thriller, Chloe Grace Moretz, Greta, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, NEIL JORDAN, Stephen Rea
Keeping it in the Ring: "Fighting with My Family" a warm, funny winner even for the wrestling-averse viewer
Release Date: February 22, 2019 (Wide)
When a movie centered around a subject that one has zero interest in (i.e. pro wrestling) can entertain and make the viewer care through and through, it has to be doing something right. So it goes with “Fighting with My Family,” a thoroughly engaging underdog sports saga that gives World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Paige the fictionalized biographical treatment, itself inspired by a 2012 hour-long British documentary special “The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family.” Written and directed by Stephen Merchant (co-creator of TV’s “The Office”), the film sports sharp humor, humane sensitivity, and a little insight into the professional world of WWE and the over-the-top pageantry that comes with it, along with a winning lead performance by rising star Florence Pugh (2017’s “Lady Macbeth”). Leaving skepticism and all preconceived notions at the door, “Fighting with My Family” will surprise as an early-2019 gem that won’t require wrestling-averse audiences to know Big Show from Sheamus.
Born with wrestling in her blood in Norwich, England, scrappy 18-year-old Saraya-Jade Bevis (Florence Pugh) has always dreamed of joining the WWE one day and now goes by the moniker “Paige” (Rose McGowan’s Paige on TV’s “Charmed” is her favorite character). Having been trained by their working-class parents, ex-con Patrick “Rowdy Ricky Knight” (Nick Frost) and Julia “Sweet Saraya” (Lena Headey), she and older brother Zak “Zodiac” (Jack Lowden) know every move in the ring, and together as a family, they run a local wrestling gym for troubled youths and manage an indie wrestling league in their close-knit community. Both Paige and Zak get their breakout chance when they’re invited to try out for WWE talent scout and coach Hutch Morgan (Vince Vaughn) in London. Tensions arise between siblings when Paige only makes the cut to train in the WWE’s NXT boot camp. When Paige gets to Orlando, she learns how hard the training really is and that her Hot Topic-attired oddball image might not exactly be the typical WWE brand, feeling overmatched yet insecure by other trainees who are blonde, sun-tanned models and cheerleaders. As Zak deals with his dashed dreams and the reality of having a newborn baby with his girlfriend back home, Paige will have to persevere if she wants to make it to the big time.
Writer-director Stephen Merchant establishes the family dynamics so well, presenting the tatted, buzz-cut mohawked Patrick and the pink-haired, lip-pierced Julia as loving, brashly funny parents, and it helps that Nick Frost and Lena Headey are so perfectly cast and provide part of the film’s levity. Merchant, who wouldn’t seem like an obvious choice for the material, brings a specificity to this Norwich family and their devoted love for each other, as well as for wrestling, and takes the sport as seriously as the characters do. Fierce but accessible, Florence Pugh makes Paige easy to warm up to with a quick sense of humor and a vulnerability underneath her hard-edged, seemingly unapproachable exterior, and it’s a thrill to watch the character refuse to quit and grow more confident, pushback and nerves be damned, until her victorious debut in the ring. Jack Lowden (2018's "Mary Queen of Scots") is equally strong and understated as Zak; though the focus is on Paige, the narrative doesn’t forget about the rejected-turned-resentful Zak, whose goals are thwarted for not having the spark that his sister does, and gives the subplot emotional heft. Also, Vince Vaughn is effective in acerbic mode as coach Hutch Morgan; Dwayne Johnson (who produced the project) appears as his magnetic, charismatic self in a few scenes with flashes of his eyebrow-raising “The Rock” persona; and Merchant casts himself and the hilarious Julia Davis (HBO’s “Sally4Ever”) as Zak’s girlfriend’s straight-laced parents who loosen up by the end.
“Fighting with My Family” isn’t immune to hitting the predictably routed notes of any rags-to-riches story, but it’s not exactly a fatal deal-breaker when a well-trodden sports formula is executed this well and upends expectations with certain characters Paige meets along the way. Culminating with Paige’s debut at WrestleMania, where she became history’s youngest Divas champion in 2014, there is an aspirational quality that should resonate with anyone pursuing their dream of choice. Again, rest assured, one does not have to know anything about pro wrestling or even be a fan of it to get something out of “Fighting with My Family.” Unsuspectingly touching and definitely a clap-worthy crowd-pleaser, it is sure to be a sleeper hit that will convert the uninitiated to gain a newfound appreciation for the “fixed,” albeit not fake, sport.
Grade: B +
Labels: Dwayne Johnson, Fighting with My Family, Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Paige, Stephen Merchant, Vince Vaughn, wrestling
Merry Zombie Apocalypse: "Anna and the Apocalypse" a scrappy, exuberant, toe-tapping genre-buster
Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
Release Date: November 30, 2018; February 12, 2019 (VOD)
Intersecting a multitude of disparate genres on the Venn diagram, “Anna and the Apocalypse” is a Scottish “High School Musical” set around Christmas with zombies coming to town. It’s alternately toe-tapping, cheeky, bloody, and surprisingly touching. Based on the late Ryan McHenry’s 2011 short “Zombie Musical,” the film is lovingly made with humble means by director John McPhail and screenwriters Alan McDonald and McHenry, refusing to stodgily remain in one lane and adeptly criss-crossing a coming-of-age high school dramedy, a zombie horror picture, and a full-blown musical. Alive with a sincere, scrappy "let's-put-on-a-show" enthusiasm that proves infectious, “Anna and the Apocalypse” is one exuberantly inspired genre-buster that will be wonderful for any time of the year.
Leading a spirited ensemble, newcomer Ella Hunt is sympathetic with an appealing mix of charm, edge, and pluck as Anna, a high school senior who plans to live in Australia for a year instead of going straight to university, much to the chagrin of her widowed janitor father (Mark Benton). Until then, she’s just trying to get through the school day, as are classmates John (Malcolm Cumming), Anna’s adorably sweet, torch-carrying best friend; lesbian newspaper editor Steph (Sarah Swire), who wants to make a difference at a soup kitchen while her parents are in Mexico without her for the holidays; Lisa (Marli Siu), Anna’s happily-in-love friend who’s excited about putting on the school’s Christmas show; and videographer Chris (Christopher Leveaux), Lisa’s boyfriend who needs to find his creative voice to pass a class. Little do they all know that their small Scotland town of Little Haven has become threatened by a lethal flu-like virus that’s turning everyone into a flesh-eater. When four of them are holed up in the bowling alley where Anna and John work, they must dodge the zombies and make their way across town to their loved ones who are barricaded in their high school with tyrannical headmaster Mr. Savage (Paul Kaye).
The enormously likable “Anna and the Apocalypse” has all the trimmings of a cult favorite: zombie carnage, memorable characters, and song-and-dance numbers. While the film isn’t necessarily scary, it is merrily blood-splattered—Anna uses a razor-sharp candy cane decoration and a seesaw at one point to slay a couple zombies, and an undead head gets fed through the bowling alley’s ball return—and dread-inducing in spots, like when our group of characters must take a shortcut through a darkly lit Christmas tree emporium. Making even more of a poignant impact, there are actual stakes by having endearing, distinctly drawn characters to root for, and not everyone makes it out without a bite. Catchy and full of yearning, the songs by writers Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly manage to develop the characters in their respective crises before the zombie outbreak and push the story forward, beginning with the melancholy-tinged “Break Away.” And, without ever looking overly slick or rehearsed the night before, the small-scale musical numbers are often stirring and joyfully choreographed.
As bloody entertaining and song-happy as it is, "Anna and the Apocalypse" isn't afraid of having a bittersweet undercurrent to match the apocalyptic setting and the end of lives (both young and old), pushing it above being a frothy lark. It's never a downer, though, and how could it be? The instantly hummable cafeteria-set “Hollywood Ending” is the most unapologetically peppy bursting-into-song show-stopper about how reality disappoints and doesn’t match up with cinematic romances; Lisa’s “It’s That Time of Year” is a naughty riff on “Santa Baby” at the Christmas show; and “Turning My Life Around” is another upbeat standout, following an earbud-wearing Anna as she leaves her house to walk to school, oblivious to the zombie mayhem happening around her (perhaps a nod to another genre-smasher, "Shaun of the Dead"). As a dream project that co-writer Ryan McHenry (who tragically died of bone cancer) never got to see come to fruition and was made in his memory, “Anna and the Apocalypse” would have made him very proud. It deserves to become a musical staple that one will want to watch not solely around Christmastime.
Labels: Anna and the Apocalypse, Christmas, Ella Hunt, John McPhail, Malcolm Cumming, Musical, Ryan McHenry, Sarah Swire, Scotland, zombies
And Many More: "Happy Death Day 2U" a superior sequel that's just as fun and ups the ante and pathos
2017’s “Happy Death Day” was shrewdly imagined as “Groundhog Day” with a whodunit slasher spin, and the result was cheeky, fresh, and a lot of fun, much like its sequel. The déjà vu is intentional again with “Happy Death Day 2U,” a sequel that seemingly shouldn’t exist or work and could have easily felt like a lazy, slapdash cash-in rushed into production to be released only 16 months later. While the film repeats itself by design, returning director Christopher Landon (who also co-wrote the script) avoids the easy pitfall of making the same movie twice and being too cute by a half. This time name-checking “Back to the Future Part II” (another movie its protagonist has never heard of), “Happy Death Day 2U” is funnier and just as breathlessly entertaining with a more sci-fi flavor and even more surprising pathos. It is ambitious and busier than its lean predecessor, but it might even be superior by upping the ante and deepening its characters.
The story opens shortly after the end of “Happy Death Day,” finding Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) and Carter (Israel Broussard) happily canoodling in Carter’s dorm room just as roommate Ryan (Phi Vu) barges in, having experienced a case of déjà vu like Tree, right down to being murdered by someone in their Bayfield University’s Babies mascot mask. Tree knows a thing or two about dying eleven times and tries to help before she herself relives her birthday, September 18th, all over again. When she discovers the quantum reactor that Ryan and two other science nerds, Samar (Suraj Sharma) and Dre (Sarah Yarkin), created was the cause of her time loop, Tree gets sent into an alternate dimension, where everything is different: Carter is no longer her boyfriend but actually dating snarky sorority president Danielle (Rachel Matthews); Tree’s mother (Missy Yager) is still alive; and there is someone new behind that creepy baby mask.
"Happy Death Day 2U" is a little less concerned with its slasher-centric plot than before, although a few set-pieces still manage to be suspenseful; in one case, Tree and Lori must enter an under-construction wing of the hospital to evade the killer. In another tonal high-wire act, director Christopher Landon expertly seesaws between absurdist comedy, poppy horror, an affecting emotional core, and crazy time looping, while raising the emotional stakes. By unveiling the answer to why Tree was stuck in a time loop, the film goes full-bore sci-fi and it's the most ideal direction this story could go. In a few small but amusingly savvy throwaway touches, Ryan asks why their university would ever choose a creepy baby as their mascot, and in another instance, Tree wonders what Carter is always looking for under his desk when she wakes up every time in his dorm.
A breakout star right out of the gate, Jessica Rothe is such a charismatic performer with tip-top comedic timing, while handling the dramatic challenge of making Tree sympathetic and organically making her come to terms with her grief. Like before, Rothe sells every facet of Tree’s situation and personal growth, her emotional conundrum feeling real and her furious aggravation hilarious, as she stomps through the campus grounds yet again, now with Carter and Ryan in tow. Also, there is another very funny montage that goes through the many ways Tree dies, from downing toxic cleaner to skydiving in her underwear without a parachute. Though not much time has passed, Landon was also lucky to get the entire original cast to return, including extremely supporting characters. Rachel Matthews even gets to be a true scene-stealer, bringing a sweeter, more generous side to Danielle, who uses her thespian talents to play a blind French student as a distraction to comedically pleasing effect. “Happy Death Day 2U” never seems like it means to be frightening, but it’s so much fun and emotionally involving, the kind of crowd-pleaser that audiences will want to experience on a loop.
Labels: Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U, Israel Broussard, Jessica Rothe
Last Rom-Com Heroine: "Isn't It Romantic" a smart, knowingly clichéd PG-13 romantic comedy
“Isn’t It Romantic” is a clichéd PG-13 romantic comedy, but knowingly so, at once calling out and indulging in the general mechanics and conventions of every blissful rom-com. Having helmed a similar film-within-a-film conceit to ingeniously fresh effect with pathos to boot in 2015’s slasher-pic love letter “The Final Girls,” director Todd Strauss-Schulson employs a buoyant, breezy tone from a bright screenplay by Erin Cardillo and Dana Fox (2016’s “How to Be Single”) & Katie Silberman (2018’s “Set It Up”) that is always in on the joke and trusts audiences to do the same. Neither a full-on parody like 2014’s gleefully mocking “They Came Together” nor is it a “spoof” that thinks lazily referencing a number of films is the same as commenting on the genre (i.e. 2006’s “Date Movie”), “Isn’t It Romantic” is a gently meta ribbing with the brassy, appealing Rebel Wilson at its sweet center.
As a young girl in Australia, Natalie (Rebel Wilson) couldn’t get enough of watching romantic comedies, hoping she would one day be just like Julia Roberts and live happily ever after like in "Pretty Woman," but her straight-talking mother (Jennifer Saunders) squashed her dreams. Twenty-five cynical years later, she lives in a cramped New York apartment and works as an architect who designs parking lots. As opposed to her romantic comedy-loving assistant and friend, Whitney (Betty Gilpin), Natalie has closed her heart off to love and hates such movies now because they perpetuate lies to independent, goal-oriented women. After being mugged in the subway, Natalie takes a blow to the head, waking up in the Williams Sonoma-styled hospital room of a magical parallel universe not unlike a gauzy, idealistic romantic comedy. New York now smells like lavender and not garbage, her apartment building is now surrounded by bridal and cupcake shops, and her apartment itself is impossibly spacious and gorgeously designed. She also earns herself a flamboyantly gay BFF, Donny (Brandon Scott Jones, a scream), who lives to give her advice and hopes for a clothing montage, but has no life, job, or other interests of his own. Natalie’s suitor happens to be the rich and dashingly handsome Blake (Liam Hemsworth), who finds her positively “beguiling,” but wouldn’t you know it that Mr. Right is actually co-worker Josh (Adam Devine), who is already on course to marry stunningly beautiful swimsuit model and “yoga ambassador” Isabella (Priyanka Chopra).
Smartly self-aware and pleasantly funny, “Isn’t It Romantic” has so much affection for its formulaic genre that it winds up becoming the genuine article of a romantic comedy, and a charming one at that. The film is both obvious and sly but always savvy in its criticisms of the genre's archetypes and tropes, like Natalie pointing out how problematic it is for two women to hate each other in the workplace rather than stick together, and Natalie realizing the fantasy Movie Land she's stuck in is sorely PG-13 when her four-letter words are perfectly bleeped out by a truck backing up and her sex scene with Blake just keeps cutting to the morning after. Thankfully, the film avoids being hypocritical and largely stays true to Natalie’s disenchantment with rom-coms. Sure, it gets to have it both ways, but it allows her journey to reach a wise, well-earned destination, being just as concerned with Natalie as it is about which guy she will be embracing by the end.
Receiving her first solo lead role after being a standout supporting performer in every film she’s been a part of, Rebel Wilson gives her most vivacious and fully formed performance as Natalie, making the character's arc, from a talented but put-upon doormat blossoming into a confident woman who loves herself and can stick up for herself, fun to watch. Game to pratfall on cue and commit to any shenanigans that come her way like she does in the “Pitch Perfect” movies, Wilson also carries over her sweet, naturally honed chemistry with Adam Devine, who’s toned-down but still energetic as Josh. The soundtrack, featuring Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles," Annie Lennox's "No More 'I Love You's," and Donna Lewis’ “I Love You Always Forever,” is well-chosen, and an impromptu musical number of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” in a karaoke bar is an irresistible highlight, where all the patrons and servers turn into backup dancers and nail the choreography. To send us on our way, the entire cast reunites for a big finish with an exuberant song-and-dance number to Madonna's "Express Yourself" before the end credits. While the script could have been written with an even sharper satirical bite, “Isn’t It Romantic” remains such a richly comic delight that proves romantic leads can realistically love themselves and fall in love. It’s just that beguiling.
Labels: Adam DeVine, Brandon Scott Jones, Isn't It Romantic, Liam Hemsworth, Priyanka Chopra, Rebel Wilson, Romantic Comedy, Todd Strauss-Schulson
We Need to Talk About Miles: "The Prodigy" another Bad Seed horror pic but sufficiently unsettling
The Prodigy (2019)
Release Date: February 8, 2019 (Wide)
“The Prodigy” is neither the first nor the last horror film about a bad seed, and while not wholly unexpected in every beat, it does dare to go to some pretty ballsy, disturbing places along the way. Recognizable to fiercely devoted genre fans, director Nicholas McCarthy (2014’s “At the Devil’s Door”) steps into the mainstream with his first wide theatrical release, working from a script by writer Jeff Buhler (2008’s “The Midnight Meat Train”), and the result is pretty good. Melding together 1988’s “Child’s Play” and 2004’s “Birth” with every movie about an evil child, the film does offer an intriguing variation on the immortal sub-genre, although that wrinkle is revealed before the title card that watching the film becomes a waiting game for the characters to catch up with what the viewer already knows. It is decidedly exploitative, but for an unsettling, R-rated horror offering released so early in the year, “The Prodigy” is more than serviceable.
At the same instant, married couple Sarah (Taylor Schilling) and John (Peter Mooney) bring their son Miles into the world in Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania as severed hand-collecting serial killer Edward Scarka (Paul Fauteux) is ambushed and killed by a SWAT team in Montgomery Country, Ohio. Other than being born with heterochromia—one eye is brown and the other is blue—Miles is a completely healthy baby, so developmentally ahead of the curve that he begins talking at just 20 weeks. At 8 years old, Miles (Jackson Robert Scott) has an IQ that’s off the charts, but he struggles to socialize with other kids his age, to the point of there being a violent incident at school and an injury with the babysitter at home. Then, checking on him at night, Sarah hears Miles muttering gibberish and records it, only to discover that it’s actually something profane in a rare Hungarian dialect. On the advice of Miles’ child psychologist, Sarah gets referred to Arthur Jacobson (Colm Feore), a researcher with a theory of his own, but Miles’ behavior gets even more disturbing from there.
“What is wrong with Miles?” is the question being built around the film’s marketing campaign, and it ends up being answered from the very beginning. Opening with a would-be victim (Brittany Allen) escaping with one hand still intact from her captor and intercutting to Sarah going into early labor, “The Prodigy” tips its hand early with the death-and-birth connection of two souls, Edward Scarka and Miles, through reincarnation. That forthright decision sheds some of the mystique, but actually works more to the film's advantage rather than saving it for a third-act exposition dump. Director Nicholas McCarthy stages some familiar shocks, like Miles taking a pipe wrench to a classmate and having something to do with his family’s “lost” dog, but Miles’ hypnosis session with Arthur Jacobson is more riveting, toeing the line between uncomfortable and darkly amusing, and there is a boldly suggestive moment where Miles holds hands with his mother during a regular staring contest. There is also one humdinger of a jolt involving Miles running into Sarah’s arms that, with moodier lighting, is either a homage or a direct steal from 1977’s Mario Bava-directed “Shock,” and an expertly timed scare has Sarah spotting a grown man’s sinister face grafted on Miles’ face.
Taylor Schilling (Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black”) is strong in handling the role of Sarah, who reasonably at first doesn’t buy into the ridiculous notion of her son being the manifestation of a former life to carry out his unfinished business. Schilling understands Sarah’s internal conflict and sells the character’s choices to do something reprehensible, making the implausible easier to swallow in terms of what a mother would to do rid the evil from her son. Sure, outside of having a son, Sarah and Peter Mooney’s John are curiously underwritten, never seen at their jobs or even working from home, and never visiting with friends, but perhaps it’s just the tight, albeit superficial, nature of the script. As 8-year-old Miles, Jackson Robert Scott (who played the ill-fated Georgie in 2017’s “It”) effectively flips from sweet and innocent to malevolent and manipulative; like Macaulay Culkin in 1993’s “The Good Son” and so many other actors before him, it’s startling to see and hear a child performer doing and saying such heinous things.
“The Prodigy” is worthwhile enough for what it does right within its genre parameters, not to mention sleekly shot and chillingly scored by Joseph Bishara in a way that’s reminiscent of horror films from the 1970s, but one can’t help but walk away thinking that it could have been more. The fiendish final moments are a little frustrating, too, but they aren’t a cop-out at least. Without setting itself apart from superior like-minded entries, namely 2007’s subtly chilling “Joshua,” 2009’s deliciously diabolical “Orphan,” and 2011’s supremely unnerving “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” “The Prodigy” still fits the bill as another reliable form of birth control.
Labels: bad seed, Colm Feore, Jackson Robert Scott, Nicholas McCarthy, Paul Fauteux, Peter Mooney, Taylor Schilling, The Prodigy
In the Art of Madness: "Velvet Buzzsaw" a mean, wildly entertaining art-world satire with a slasher horror twist and an excitingly eclectic ensemble
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Release Date: February 1, 2019 (Limited & Netflix)
The haute Los Angeles art scene is ripe for criticism in “Velvet Buzzsaw,” writer-director Dan Gilroy’s (2014’s “Nightcrawler”) barbed, wildly entertaining satire with an offbeat slasher horror twist. Gilroy has things to say about the commodification of art and how art is valued before literally skewering all types of people—critics, gallery owners, curators, advisers, agents, and artists themselves—in the cutthroat art world, most of them covetous, shallow, and altogether unpleasant, but really, it comes down to despicable people dying at the hands of art in spectacularly gruesome fashion. If one can get on its straight-up mean wavelength, “Velvet Buzzsaw” plays like a wickedly unpredictable nightmare yarn that would have the Crypt Keeper cackling with glee.
Opening by introducing a gallery of characters, Robert Altman-style, the film weaves between all of them and establishes their self-serving networking relationships at a Miami art show. There’s respected art critic Morf Vandewalt (Jake Gyllenhaal); gallery owner Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo); Rhodora’s promising assistant Josephina (Zawe Ashton); museum curator Gretchen (Toni Collette); up-and-coming street artist Damrish (Daveed Diggs); gallery rival Jon Dondon (Tom Sturridge); and legendary installation artist Piers (John Malkovich). Back in Los Angeles, when Josephina’s old neighbor, Ventril Dease, drops dead, she realizes he was an artist. Ignoring his instructions to have all of his artwork destroyed, she decides to represent him posthumously and put his collection into circulation. It seems Dease’s art has a mind of its own, so much that anyone who tries to benefit and profit from promoting, selling, or stealing his darkly visionary paintings gets what’s coming to them.
Coming from one of the most excitingly eclectic ensembles in recent memory, the performances are of the big, juicy, memorable variety, each actor seeing who can play the biggest narcissist. Always one to transform himself as he did with his intensely chilling performance in 2014’s Dan Gilroy-directed “Nightcrawler,” Jake Gyllenhaal is more mannered and yet not entirely one-note as Morf Vandewalt, but he’s still fascinating to watch and no less committed to making this character feel like somebody who probably exists, blending his work into every facet of his life that he even critiques the color of a casket at a funeral. Seconding Gyllenhaal's deliciously cruel and cruelly funny one-liners is Rene Russo (Gilroy's spouse), terrific in ball-breaking mode and sinking her teeth into the tough-as-nails Rhodora, who used to be a punk rocker.
Zawe Ashton is endlessly interesting to watch as Josephina, who seems like she could be the moral anchor of the story before she becomes just as treacherous as anyone else when getting swept up in her power of finding Dease’s art; a few extra beats might have smoothed out her rushed arc and made it more convincing, but that's a script issue rather than a fault of Ashton's performance. That leaves plenty of colorful supporting turns from Toni Collette, John Malkovich, Tom Sturridge, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen, and Natalia Dyer (Netflix’s “Stranger Things”), as meek assistant Coco. With the lone exception of Coco, who hilariously keeps finding every one of her bosses dead, the awesomely named characters are all caricaturized body-count constructs and, by design, only show humanity after someone in their art circle dies or is about to die.
Slickly shot by Robert Elswit and whimsically scored by composers Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, “Velvet Buzzsaw” is one posh, tonally arch slasher film that delights in having it out for its characters. This time, art in its various forms is the masked killer, and Dan Gilroy's script, as bonkers as it gets, actually makes sure there is an internal logic to who lives and who dies; the gnarliest sequences involve one character getting their arm severed by an interactive art piece called Sphere, while another literally gets absorbed into the dripping paint from a graffiti painting. Right down to its nihilistic conclusion, the film knows exactly what it wants to do and does it well, critiquing the art world without blowing the lid off in saying anything surprising or being a hard-hitting exposé. Darkly playful and startlingly weird, “Velvet Buzzsaw” might not be high art, but one shouldn’t mistake it for being idiotic or commercial.
Labels: Billy Magnussen, Dan Gilroy, Daveed Diggs, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Malkovich, Natalia Dyer, Nightcrawler, Rene Russo, Tom Sturridge, Toni Collette, Velvet Buzzsaw, Zawe Ashton
Mr. and Mrs. Murder: "Piercing" a demented waltz with retro style and pitch-perfect performances
Release Date: February 1, 2019 (Limited); March 12, 2019 (Blu-ray/DVD)
The macabre, twistedly perverse retro answer to “Fifty Shades of Grey” with hints of 2000’s “American Psycho” and 2017’s “Phantom Thread,” “Piercing” is the sophomore effort of writer-director Nicolas Pesce, whose meticulously crafted, unforgivingly grim “The Eyes of My Mother” was a very assured debut. While that film announced a talented filmmaker right out of the gate with an auteur’s nerve, his follow-up still avoids the infamous sophomore slump by taking on a project that he made exactly the way he wanted to make it and that won’t be for everyone. Based on the novel of the same name by Ryū Murakami (who also wrote the novel that was adapted into 1999’s grisly, unsettling shocker “Audition”), “Piercing” is a pitch-perfect exercise in tone, style, and performance that doesn’t quite hang together as a complete story, but for 81 minutes, it never wears out its welcome as a lurid, demented waltz.
Resisting the urge to take an ice pick to his baby daughter while his wife (Laia Costa) sleeps, Reed (Christopher Abbott) leaves on “business,” but he’s really planning the perfect murder that he needs to get out of his system before taking on fatherhood. Once in his hotel room, Reed tests out chloroform and runs through his murder process before calling an escort service and carrying out his best-laid plans. An hour later, prostitute Jackie (Mia Wasikowska) walks in, and she’s not what Reed expected once he finds Jackie stabbing her thigh with a pair of scissors in the bathroom. Is Jackie more aware than she lets on and consenting to Reed’s plans, or does she have a plan of her own? Who is more mentally unstable, or are they each other’s soul mate?
“Piercing” could be the closest writer-director Nicolas Pesce might ever get to making a romantic comedy, where kink and murder make for fine bedfellows. With Reed and Jackie, the film flips the roles of predator and prey in a sadistic power play that keeps ratcheting up the often wince-inducing tension and a deviant sense of humor. If “The Eyes of My Mother” was Pesce’s Hitchcock film, albeit with more black-and-white blood, then “Piercing” is his Argento film. From the word go, the film is precisely, stylishly designed like a homage to giallo films from the 1970s, complete with split screens, urban high-rise miniatures, and Goblin’s magnificent original scores from Dario Argento’s “Deep Red” and “Tenebre” to create a heightened reality. Since the story predominantly takes place within two interior locations, it gives Pesce the opportunity to bring much unexpected specificity to every detail in the production design, particularly Jackie’s minimalistic but striking self-decorated apartment.
Aside from Laia Costa as Reed's wife, as well as Reed’s mother (Maria Dizzia) and a girl (Olivia Bond) from Reed’s past who both pop up in hallucinatory flashbacks, “Piercing” is largely a two-hander between two proverbial cats who take turns being the mouse. Christopher Abbott (2017's "It Comes at Night") is an expert internal performer, and as Reed, he effectively conveys a cold, calculating apathy behind that baby face. It is revealed that Reed has acted upon his impulses in the past, but his ability can’t quite equal his desire when he finally meets his match. In an amusing moment of gallows humor, Abbott gets to pantomime-rehearse his murder and cleanup of the dismembered body, and his murmurs and the disgusting sound effects do all the talking. As the unpredictable Jackie, Mia Wasikowska (2015's "Crimson Peak") is fearless and sprightly, keeping the viewer guessing what her next move will be and coloring her quirky proclivities with a tortured sense of self-loathing. Like an oddball couple made for each other, Abbott and Wasikowska’s performances are so in-sync with one another and with Pesce’s darkly playful tone. Even if it ends abruptly on a cheeky punchline of sorts rather than a fully satisfying payoff, “Piercing” is bracingly wicked and weird with two compelling lead performances and plenty of style to burn.
Labels: Christopher Abbott, Laia Costa, Mia Wasikowska, Nicolas Pesce, Piercing, Ryu Murakami, The Eyes of My Mother
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Revolution: Chapter Sixteen
Last updated: Saturday, October 6, 2018 10:18 EDT
Varan:
I stared out the viewport as The Eönwyl was brought down to a cleared landing area in the central bay of the Kukanaro. I realized that they must be taking the fighters which had deployed to intercept us into the other landing bays and it’d be getting very tight. Their flight deck boss would be severely annoyed.
With all nonessential power cut off, we could appreciate the delicacy of the maneuvering by the unseen tractor wrangler. There was barely a jar as The Eönwyl was set down, and for a moment the only movement in that two hundred meter expanse of gray, white, black, and gold was the closing of the bay doors.
As soon as they closed, the lights flickered slightly and a damper field slammed down on my psionics like an avalanche of wet sand; my last fading impression was of another of Vick’s psychic curses. It’s a double screen. Someone’s taking no chances, and they’re diverting a lot of power to do it not to mention they’ve got to have a top-notch DD engineer to keep the fields synergized instead of interfering.
And the crew was drilled well. No sooner had the psi damper field stabilized than three Seven-squads almost a hundred and fifty Guardsmen sprinted out, semi-portable shields and heavy weapons at the fore. They locked down at about thirty meters, enough of them to maintain a full field of fire from any direction. I knew the shield generators would be tuned and synched with their main weapons, too; no taking them out with crossfire from each other.
I did notice that about one-seventh of the squads seemed to be in slightly different armor that triggered a feeling of familiarity, but I was more concerned about what was coming to bother trying to sort it out.
“Eönwyl,” the voice this time being a level tenor, “This is Red Sergeant Harag, in charge of the units now surrounding your vessel. On my signal and not before you will lower your ramp. After that ramp is completely lowered, and not before, all persons on board your vessel will exit it, one at a time, starting with yourself and the others proceeding out when, and only when, I so instruct them to. As each of you exits, you will walk and only walk to the bottom of the ramp, with your hands on your head, and then continue a slow walk until instructed to stop. At that point you will drop to your knees and my men will secure you. Any resistance will be met with deadly force. Is this understood?”
“Understood, Sergeant.” The Eönwyl’s voice was just as level, and her face was expressionless. I still had no idea exactly what had happened with her how she had somehow anticipated our being forced out, or what had caused her to surrender so easily, when I would have expected much more of a fight.
“Then lower your ramp in three
two
one
Now.”
The Eönwyl tapped the controls to lower the ramp, stood, and began to walk towards the rear of her vessel. I reached out and touched her shoulder. “I’m sorry.”
Her expression flickered and she raised her hand, gripped my fingers for a moment. “I accepted the risk when I took you on board, Sasham. And we’re not dead yet.” She let go and continued walking. “But
thank you.”
We reached the cargo bay where the other two were waiting, and I stopped. The Eönwyl kept going, a slow, methodical walk, putting her hands atop her head as she started down the ramp.
With all other power shut down, there were no operating screens, so all we could see was her spectacular head of hair disappear from sight as she continued walking. Then Sergeant Harag’s voice called “Halt!”. There was the sound of several people running forward and metallic-plastic sounds of bindings being fastened. After a moment of silence, the Sergeant spoke again. “Next person walk down, slowly, hands on your head.”
I glanced at the others, laced my fingers together atop my head, and walked down.
The wall of soldiers and weapons facing me would have been intimidating, but it was the massive pressure crippling my mind that held most of my attention. It was almost funny, in a way; I’d been terrified of even getting these powers, and certainly fearful of what they’d do to me; I’d never imagined I’d become so used to them that they’d feel a real part of me
but they had, and this leaden pressure was like being blindfolded and deafened at the same time.
I stopped and knelt as instructed, and a small detachment of Guards jogged towards me. One of them was in that familiar
Even as they grabbed my arms and forced them into shackles, I felt my jaw drop. “Narleya r’arren kintarr, Ptiala,” I managed, while other hands removed my vya-shadu and my sidearm.
The Ptilian Warrior looked at me, startled, but paused in her work to make the great circular gesture that looked like the embrace of a world. “May the Lady smile upon you as well, man of Empire,” she said in Imperial Standard. “Though this is an inauspicious beginning to our friendship.”
A second group was bringing up a semi-portable platform like those which supported the shields ringing The Eönwyl but this one was clearly meant for me to sit on. I could guess what that was for. Rather than dwell on the fact that they were going to have me sit on yet another psi-damper, I chuckled a rather forced sound, but better than nothing. “The Hyarale once told me
let me get this right
Hurerre glimill arrada ti’ garren ruru, friendships of adversity are those of eternity.”
“She is wise indeed.” The green slit-pupiled eyes regarded me with curiosity and a grim humor, and her furry tail lashed in amusement. “But eternity also waits on the other side of death, so the saying is not without its darker meanings.”
“Enough talk, Kilarren’tian.” The Sergeant’s voice was annoyed, and I could now see him a big man, almost as big as my old teacher Helkoth. “We’re here to capture him and his allies, not have a social call!”
Kilarren’tian whose name told me she was actually born to one of the Priest clans, presumably offered for the Arren warrior clan let out a soft, rumbling purr-growl. “He spoke in the manner of a proper warrior, I responded. Recall that our people are here to observe as well as assist.”
“Apologies.” Sergeant Harag did manage to inject a small amount of real contriteness in his voice; this told me that Kilarren’tian wasn’t under Imperial command. A nice thought but I wasn’t sure if there would be any way to use it. She certainly wasn’t here to help overthrow the Empire. “Now could you please finish locking him down to the secure chair? There’s other people we need to process.”
“As you wish, Red Sergeant.” The Ptilian Warrior did as she was told, and did it efficiently, holding my arms in position as the catches locked and just avoiding digging razor-sharp claws into my arms as she did so. I could now see the Eönwyl, standing off to one side in restraints considerably less massive than mine.
I could not, however, quite prevent a grin at the thought of “massive”, and on cue the immense form of Guvthor appeared, towering so high that he could barely fit under the tail of The Eönwyl with his great hands properly held on his head; there was a slight but perceptible movement around the perimeter, some of startlement, some of people probably almost at the point of firing.
Whether all his men were aware of just what they were trying to catch, it was clear that Harag was fully informed; the squad that came and secured Guvthor were carrying restraints quite adequate for the occasion. It did require two Guardsmen to remove the Thovian’s axe. “Gently, gently,” Guvthor admonished them as they accidentally scraped one edge on the floor. “The Makthu Hok Guvthor has been passed down through our family line for generations. It is a weapon of honor and a symbol of power indeed, and you mistreat it at your peril.”
I realized Guvthor was playing to the perception of his people as, ultimately, primitives. Can’t hurt if you can get these people to underestimate you. I doubt it’ll work, though.
Vick was last, and once more the restraints were clearly designed with him in mind. “Curiosity still there is,” he said, finally, as all of us were now lined up in our shackles, with none of the Guardsmen within twenty meters of us. “Precise intercept you were capable of how? Position our known how was?”
“My report,” said the voice I’d recognized the moment it first spoke over the comm, “will state that we deduced it from your presence, R’Thann.”
The ranks had parted nearby, and Commodore Veshdar Morno stood there, a rather unprofessional grin showing that he was enjoying our reunion already. “Although that isn’t precisely true. You know, I really have to thank you, Sasham.”
“Capturing the most wanted enemy of the Empire? There’s stiff competition for promotions even now, but I have a strong suspicion, my old friend, that catching you will give me a pretty decisive edge. Admiral sounds like a fine rank, don’t you think?”
I decided not to answer; I couldn’t turn this into a verbal firefight, not when he had all the advantages. Ptialians
that might give me an edge. But I’ve got to figure it out right. “So what do you mean by your report not being precisely true?” I said finally.
“Our presence here can be justified by the fact that you had an R’Thann on board; we can argue that we guessed you’d come through this nameless little system on your way to Thann’ta, and it will look like a stroke of genius with no little luck on my part.” His brown hair was still just a little longer than the usual Guardsman, his eyes just as sharp gray-blue, and his shoulders looked a little broader than they’d been twenty years ago on Wyllas. “But really, we have to thank your people, Doctor.”
Vick stared at him, eyes narrowing, crest flaring upward.
“The R’thann told us you were coming.”
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'He said ma'am you can't run out of petrol on the N2, and threw in R100'
Written by: Barbara Friedman
3 June 2019 8:09 AM
Monet Van Deventer's story has gone viral and she chats to Kieno Kammies about how she was inspired to create a crowdfunding campaign to help the kind petrol attendant Nkosikho Mbele who saved her from running out of fuel.
She says she was on her way to work on Thursday morning on the N2 in Cape Town, needed petrol and pulled in to the nearest filling station.
As soon as I stopped I realised I had forgotten my card at home.
— Monet Van Deventer
She searched for a few minutes before giving up.
But since my petrol light was on, he was extremely worried, and he said 'Ma'am you can't run out of petrol on the N2. I will just throw in R100 and then you can bring the money.
He paid for her petrol and she left.
After I left, I realised how amazing it was, because he didn't even ask for my name or number. He was just doing it out of kindness.
She decided to share her story on social media wanting to draw attention to something positive.
I wanted to share it with my friends on Facebook, and I never thought it would go viral.
She returned to the petrol station with the money for Nkosikho Mbele.
He was so surprised to have me back. He thought I would only be back later in the week.
I asked him why he was so kind to me, a complete stranger, and he said 'Ma'am I am a believer.' And I think that is the message of the story. He said he does not want the story to be about him but about God.
Read: 'I was just doing what was in my heart', says Cape Town good Samaritan
Monet Van Deventer has so far raised R350 000 for Nkosikho Mbele through a BackaBuddy Campaign.
Take a listen to this inspiring story below:
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Victoria outlaws synthetic drugs from November 1st
Thread: Victoria outlaws synthetic drugs from November 1st
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Cracking Down On Synthetic Drugs And Drug Dealing
The Andrews Labor Government last night passed tough new laws banning synthetic drugs and increasing the penalties for ice dealers.
From 1 November, it will be illegal to produce, sell or advertise any substances that have a psychoactive effect, including synthetic cannabinoids.
Not only do these changes ban the sale and advertising of these drugs, this Act will also ensure that current police search, seizure and forfeiture powers will apply to psychoactive drugs.
Tough new penalties will apply to anyone peddling these drugs, including up to two years in prison or more than $38,000 in fines.
Synthetic drugs are designed to mimic the effects of illicit drugs like cannabis and ecstasy, while trying to avoid existing drug control measures.
They have been linked to hospital emergency admissions and three Victorian deaths over a four-month period between 2013 and 2014.
The Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Miscellaneous Amendment Bill 2017 also includes amendments to crack down on ice dealers.
Dealers will soon face significantly longer sentences with the government cutting:
The large commercial traffickable quantities for methylamphetamine from 750g to 500g (when pure) and from 1kg to 750g (when mixed)
The commercial traffickable quantities for methylamphetamine from 100g to 50g (when pure) and from 500g to 250g (when mixed).
The Labor Government’s $184 million Ice Action Plan is expanding treatment services, providing more support for families, protecting frontline workers, and giving extra powers to close down manufacturers and make our community safer.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Police Lisa Neville
“Synthetic drugs are dangerous chemical cocktails masquerading as legal highs. These new offences will put an end to their legal presence on Victorian streets.”
“Anyone peddling these life-threatening psychoactive drugs now faces tough punishment including two years jail or more than $37,000 in fines.”
“We are giving police the power to put away ice dealers for longer by reducing the amount of ice required for commercial drug trafficking offences.”
http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/cracki...-drug-dealing/
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When?? So fn harsh ,Datura leaf? Wtf. Free legal highs.., so much free beer, I'm drowning in the liquid gold...,.. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Opposing Force 2 – Demo Coming This Weekend!
It isn’t very often that you see a mod that not only tries to continue Adrian Shephard’s story into the HL2 universe, but one that tries to live up to Gearbox’s Opposing Force.
Opposing Force 2, which has been in the making for 3 years, might just do both of those things.
And now, it appears a demo is on the way! Not only that, but it’s coming out this weekend!
In a news update posted on ModDB, MenteR, Opposing Force 2’s team leader talks about the upcoming demo, which may be the first of several!
The first demo of Opposing Force 2 is called “The Stadium Demo”, and it carries the name for a reason. On this demo we focused solely on NPCs and weapons, and for this, we have made a stadium map similar to Sven-Coop’s. On this map, you’ll be able to spawn a bunch of HL2 and OF2 NPCs, spawn barricades, spawn props and press a button that casts the incredible Michael Bay mode, which triggers a lot of explosions throughout the stadium. All that by simplying pressing buttons all around. We’ll also include of2_forest_contact, one of the Deadlock Conflict maps, which is being designed by one of our mappers, Hazard24, as a bonus. And finally, the Crossfire map for all your unnecessary needs of exploding nukes and spamming NPCs.
Being completely sincere, we did not include a few weapons and NPCs. However, you can make sure that our team is working hard on them. This month only, our subversion had more than 200 revisions. Which means, estimatively 8 assignments (including models, maps, NPCs, weapons, and so on) got finished per day. So worry not, because this is not going to be our only demo. We plan on releasing a longer demo with the full weapon arsenal and the complete list of NPCs in game in one or two months.
Sounds great, but we wanted to see more actual levels, as was promised in previous updates. Let’s hope the team does that for future demos.
The team have also released some brand new media, featuring weapons, some of the levels we’ll see in the first demo, as well as the chapters “Wastelands” and “Deadlock Conflict”.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/opposing-force-2/news/of2-demo-this-weekend
✎ January 26th 2011 at 10:45pm
David-B-737 January 27th 2011 at 12:10pm
A good thing about a dev team that releases a tech demo of it’s game is that the players can then find glitches and bugs early and save the team a lot of time of testing and finding them.
Also it’s nice to see that this mod has some progress.
Jeff January 27th 2011 at 4:18am
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Gritty Chimp JP & Doc Interview, Now With Audio!
Dec. 13, 2010, 5:26pm | 0 Comments
It's the interview that keeps on giving, which is awesome because it's a great interview. If you don't like to read (or can't?) head on over to Adult Swim Central for the full audio of the interview. Or, if you can't hear (which would be tragic), you can always read part one and part two over at Adult Swim UK's site.
Publick Nuisance Post-Season
Jackson has a new update on his site going over the DeStefano family auctions I posted the other day as well as the pre-orders for the Hank & Dr. Girlfriend and Dr. Orpheus & Phantom Limb figures for March. Also some quick DVD news, seems the Venture Bros. season four, volume two DVD will be out in March as well as a complete season Blu-Ray. Enjoy!
Let's Watch: A Very Venture Christmas
Dec. 11, 2010, 2:21pm | 13 Comments
This is a shorty, clocking in at a mere fifteen minutes (with commercials), "A Very Venture Christmas" is still full of insane references to almost every Christmas special ever and still manages to throw in a Brock beat-down for good measure. Hopefully a part of your new Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) tradition! Feel free to say whatever about the episode and watch along Sunday, December 12th at 10pm eastern and pacific! If you're the type who likes to peep at your presents early you can also watch it here!
Adult Swim UK Interview, Part Two
For those of you following along, part two of the Gritty Chimp interview with JP & Doc is up (or actually, was up yesterday). Enjoy!
It's Auction-tastic!
Dec. 7, 2010, 3:20pm | 3 Comments
As promised Venture Bros. storyboarder Siobhan DeStefano has put up some more VB-related auctions. There are some pretty great storyboards in there, plus a couple of other items including a HankCo knit hat and Venture Bros. crew jacket. Head over to her blog or just visit the eBay page.
Adult Swim UK Jackson and Doc Interview
Dec. 7, 2010, 2:25pm | 1 Comment
I know the season is over and you're all sad so why not read this interview with Jackson & Doc on Adult Swim.co.uk? It's chock full of Doc and Jackson-y goodness:
DH: We're less afraid of our bad ideas. Which is a big stumbling block when you're writing. You feel like a total tool when you go 'oh here's my idea' and it's bad and then you think 'oh god I'm the guy with the bad ideas'. But we have no problem just coughing up our crappy ideas to each other and then hopefully it'll spark a better idea or we can just laugh at our own incompetence.
JP: We're very judgemental people.
DH: All we do is judge!
There's a lot more stuff and it's part one of two, so stay tuned for more tomorrow.
Let's Watch: Victor. Echo. November.
Dec. 3, 2010, 8:17pm | 25 Comments
It's the new thing to do! I mentioned this elsewhere but it will pretty much just work like a new episode discussion except we'll (hopefully) talk about a rerun. Sunday at 10pm you can see "Victor. Echo. November.", one of the best episodes of season two (if not the best). Post in the comments here about whatever you want! Talk about the relationship between Phantom Limb and the Monarch, or start a Kim fan club, whatever you want! Enjoy the episode (which will hopefully be shown properly, unlike last Sunday).
Operation C.A.P.S.U.L.E.
The final season four capsule is up. It's ultra-long and contains a ridiculous number of screen shots. If you think anything is missing (I know there's stuff) or wrong you should let me know via one of the various methods. Enjoy!
I'm On A Podcast
If you're a sci-fi fan (and how could you not be?) then you may know of The Sci-Fi Block, an excellent site devoted to all things sci-fi. So when the site's editor in chief and founder, Robert Ring, asked me to come on the Sci-Fi block podcast of course I agreed. Also joining me as a guest was Chandra Free, author of the graphic novel The God Machine (which you should buy immediately) and huge Venture Bros. fan in her own right. We talk about the season four finale, season four in general and a lot more Venture-related stuff. It's a good time, you should check it out at Sci-Fi Block or on iTunes (whenever it shows up there).
Dec. 2, 2010, 12:37pm | 8 Comments
We have a few items of note for you today:
Signed Venture Bros. DVD Winners
So for those of you curious, here are the winners. In first place with the highest score (at the time) we have a comic by Brickman. Everyone seemed to like it the most, so he won and picked up a signed Blu-Ray. Coming in second place was a mystery man only known as 'light-wednesday' who made a comic that I and many other people enjoyed because he got the second highest score (and the most votes) and picked the season one DVD. Third place, which was my pick (and let me tell you, that shit was difficult, you guys are some funny fuckers) is a wonderful comic by Cate. She grabbed the season two DVD. I just like the idea of Jackson and Doc running rampant at Legoland. And finally, the man only known as 'Fig' was randomly selected and made a pretty funny comic to boot and was left with only the season three DVD.
Mantis-Eye Mug Winner
Normally I don't divulge who wins the smaller giveaways (unless they reveal it themselves) but I was very pleased when my random winner script actually picked a site regular, Phil, to win this prize. Phil has been regularly visiting this site for a while now, so it's (hopefully) cool that he'd win such a weird prize. Hopefully he enjoys many a hot beverage from it.
"Let's Watch" Interest?
Finally I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in some kind of "Let's Watch" thing. Obviously the new episodes are over for now, but the show is still airing. It would basically be an extension of discussion threads, except for reruns. I can put one up for Sunday's airing of "Victor. Echo. November.". They won't be as busy as any of the new episode discussions, but I'm willing to give it a shot if there's a reasonable amount of interest. I'd probably put it up sometime tomorrow and the idea would be to get people watching the episode and even commenting on it while they watch. Let me know what you think in the comments.
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Okay, Venturoos. Here's what ya get for the Extras, at least on the DVD version. I felt it was a little light, but that's just my opinion. Deleted Scenes (as always) - Some are B&W sketches with the dialog, others are animated with the dialog. Ghost in the Pro-Blem - An extended view of the distorted images of events from the Pro-BLEM's point of view. Maybe there are some clues hidden in it if you like frame-by-frame advancing. Maybe not. Sirena Goes Off... - Cristin Milioti ad-libbing way more dialog than the script calls for. Poor Rocco. Promo - Basically the season 7 promo. Maybe there's Easter Eggs to find. I haven't done any extensive searching yet. If anyone finds any feel free to post them here!
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I haven't seen a press release yet, but people on reddit say June 4, 2019 is when Season 7 is on bluray. https://www.reddit.com/r/venturebros/comments/b14aa2/june_4_2019/
Season 7 Blu Ray announced! https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/70798/venture_brothers_s5.html
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THE BAR STOOL PREACHERS have released the music video for “Grazie Governo,” the second video in a trilogy of videos which are all from their upcoming album Grazie Governo.
The album will be available digitally on on August 3rd and in stores in August 24th. Physical pre-orders are available via Pirates Press Records and The Bar Stool Preachers. With a digital pre-order on iTunes and Bandcamp, fans get 4 tracks instantly!
With the upcoming release of Grazie Governo, there are seven different vinyl versions available (the PPR version is pictured below), each including two BIG spraypaint stencils and a digital download. In addition, three picture flexis were made to accompany the music video trilogy. They’re in all colored vinyl copies of the records, and also available at local shops, in mailorder, and at various festivals/gigs.
Last week, fans were treated to “Warchief,” the first video in the trilogy, and it can be viewed here. “Choose My Friends (feat. Aimee Interrupter)”, the final video in the series, will be released on July 24th.
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Mainstream, VOL LIV No 25 New Delhi June 11, 2016
PM Modi in the US
Saturday 11 June 2016, by SC
While there is no dearth of national issues hitting the headlines, the focus now has shifted to international affairs not only because PM Narendra Modi is currently in Washington D.C. holding substantive talks with US President Barack Obama on major subjects of special concern to New Delhi.
The latest information from the United States is that Hillary Clinton made history yesterday by winning the US presidential nomination from the side of the Democrats; she thus becomes the first American woman to contest for occupation of the White House, having defeated her Democrat rival Bernie Sanders in the race. However, Sanders has declared: “The struggle continues,” adding: “We will not allow Right-wing Republicans to control our government.”
As for Modi’s trip to the US, the most noteworthy event in the US capital was his address to the US Congress today. As the fifth Indian PM to do so, he brought into prominence the urgency of enhancing the struggle against terrorism, underscoring the fact that “not just in Afghanistan, but elsewhere in South Asia and globally, terrorism remains the biggest threat”. In his opinion,
In the territory stretching from west of India’s border to Africa, it may go by different names, from Lashkar-e-Taiba, to Taliban, to ISIS.
But its philosophy is common: of hate, murder and violence.
Although its shadow is spreading across the world, it is incubated in India’s neighbourhood...
The need of the hour is for us to deepen our security cooperation.
And base it on a policy
• that isolates those who harbour, support and sponsor terrorists;
• that does not distinguish between “good” and “bad” terrorists; and
• that delinks religion from terrorism.
Well aware that several members of the US House of Representatives had conveyed their opposition to religious intolerance in India, Modi in the first half of his speech explicitly pointed out:
For my government, the Constitution is its real holy book.
And in that holy book, freedom of faith, speech and franchise, and equality of all citizens, regardless of background, are enshrined as fundamental rights.
And towards the end of the speech, he underlined:
As we deepen our partnership, there would be times when we would have differing perspectives.
But since our interests and concerns converge, the autonomy in decision-making and diversity in our perspectives can only add value to our partnership.
Needless to mention, Modi’s hourlong extempore address to the US Congress was punctuated by frequent applause and standing ovations.
The address to the US Congress apart, there were major takeaways from the talks Modi had with Obama—the US extending support to India’s bid to enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) while it was simultaneously disclosed that India had cleared all hurdles to become a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); India and the US Exim Bank deciding to work out an attractive package for delivering AP 1000 nuclear reactors built by Westinghouse to this country; registering considerable forward movement in materialising the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) which will allow the militaries of the two countries to get access to each other’s facilities; India declaring its preparedness to meet climate change commitments before Obama demits office.
June 8 S.C.
Braving the Heaviest of Odds
Nehru for Today / India-Pakistan: Imperative of Amity / We Must All Resist BJP’s Two-Nation Theory / Relevance of Gandhiji’s Message Today
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Populism Finds the Way: Trump, Pollsters and the People’s Choice
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Curbing the Black Economy: Demonetisation Not the Way
Demonetisation: A Silent but Monster Killer - Modi Must Own Up Killing Over A Hundred in Bank Queues
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The Resource How to get away with murder, The complete first season, creators & executive producers, Shonda Rhimes, Pete Nowalk, (DVD)
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Brilliant and seductive Annalise Keating dominates her classroom as powerfully as she dominates the courtroom
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The definitive, never-before-told story of the prep-to-pro generation, those basketball prodigies who from 1995 to 2005 made the jump directly from high school to the NBA. When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he would not be attending college--as young basketball prodigies were expected to do--but instead enter the 1995 NBA draft directly from high school, he blazed a trail for a generation of teenage basketball players to head straight for the pros. That trend would continue until the NBA instituted an age limit in 2005, requiring all players to attend college or another developmental program for at least one year. Over that decade-plus period, the list of players who made that difficult leap includes some of the most celebrated players of the modern era--Garnett, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Tracy McGrady, and numerous other stars. It also includes notable "busts" who either physically or mentally proved unable to handle the transition. But for better or for worse, the face of the NBA was forever changed by the prep-to-pro generation. In compelling, masterfully crafted prose, Boys Among Men goes behind the scenes and draws on hundreds of firsthand interviews to paint insightful and engaging portraits of the most pivotal figures and events during this time. Award-winning basketball writer Jonathan Abrams has obtained remarkable access to the key players, coaches, and other movers and shakers from that time, and the result is a book packed with rare insights and never-before-published details about this chapter in NBA history. Boys Among Men is a thrilling, informative, must-read for any basketball fan
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question from a grad student <– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: E. Rice (lizrice u.washington.edu)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 17:14:58 -0600 (MDT)
I'm a graduate student at University of Washington School of Public
Affairs. I'm in a policy class, and a group of us are looking at issues of
housing and low-income affordability. I, in particular, am looking at
cohousing as an option for the city to get more behind in terms of
low-income housing development. I know many cohousing groups seek
diversity of all kinds, including income diversity, but I'm wondering how
well you feel it works, and how city incentives to create affordable
housing as part of the cohousing unit help or inhibit its creation. I'm
also wondering how those who are part of the cohousing movement in general
feel about the ability of cohousing to address issues of availability of
low-income housing options, especially in cities such as Seattle in which
real estate prices have increased to the point where it is difficult to
maintain affordable housing.
Hope you don't mind me posting to this email list. I would love any input
anyone has on this matter.
Liz Rice
question from a grad student E. Rice, May 16 2000
RE: question from a grad student Odysseus Levy, May 16 2000
RE: question from a grad student Berrins, May 16 2000
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Ninth Year
417.) (rerun) Liz Renay interview
418.) Consumer Guide–Bunuel book, Ferreri’s The Last Woman, and the Eastern European summer musical Hot Summer.
419.) “Deceased Artiste” tribute to Brother Theodore, cohosted by comedy expert Ron Smith.
420.) Halloween show, featuring the “vampire lesbian cycle” in Euro cinema, circa the early 1970s.
421.) (rerun) Neil Gaiman interview.
422.) D.A. Pennebaker/Chris Hegedus interview, part 1. We talk about the documentary Town Bloody Hall, a chronicle of the night in the early 1970s when “Norman Mailer met the feminists” (for a debate at NYC’s Town Hall). Also: a review of the French feature The Town is Quiet.
423.) D.A. Pennebaker/Chris Hegedus interview, part 2. Discussed are Norman Mailer’s features (no clips, sorry); Dylan’s Eat the Document; P&H’s The War Room and Startup.com; and Pennebaker’s first film, the short Daybreak Express (1958).
424.) Thanksgiving tribute to ’60s actors on “lean times.” Featured is Hell Riders, a biker movie directed by our fave auteur, Renee Harmon, and starring Adam West and Tina Louise (!).
425.) (rerun) Leos Carax, part 2.
426.) D.A. Pennebaker/Chris Hegedus interview, part 3. Included in this segment are discussions of Pennebaker’s work with Drew Associates (Primary, Crisis); his filming of the Monterey Pop Festival; his work with Ms. Hegedus on filming a Samuel Beckett original production (Rockabye); their documenting an Alvin Ailey dance number (Dance Black America); and Pennebaker’s Original Cast Album: Company.
427.) “Deceased Artiste” tribute to George Harrison. Includes rare footage of Harrison in and out of the Beatles, and a “higher-tech” look for the Funhouse.
428.) “Deceased Artistes 2001” Numerous performers and creators are featured from Lorenzo Music to Jack Lemmon.
429.) (rerun of previous episode–to allow the Forces That Be to air it right this time!)
430.) Consumer guide: W.C. Fields festival at AMMI. “Deceased Artiste” tributes to Jason Miller, Ken Kesey, and Imogene Coca.
431.) Interview with Kathryn Leigh Scott, “Dark Shadows” star turned independent publisher.
432.) (repeat) Noir night, Part 1
433.) Sammy Davis, Part 3 (part four if you count the “Joey Bishop Show”). Featuring clips from Sammy’s 1969 appearance on the Mod Squad and a simultaneous hosting gig on The Hollywood Palace, with guest stars Nipsey Russell, Peggy Lipton (singing a duet with Sam), Dave Madden…and the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, in perfect form (cape and all).
434.) Serge Gainsbourg, part 1. Musical clips from the singer/songwriter’s TV appearances, 1958-1967.
435.) The British 1976-77 miniseries Rock Follies is featured. Musical clips and scenes featuring guest stars Tim Curry, Little Nell, and Bob Hoskins. Remember–this is the series that featured catchy pop tunes from Roxy Music’s Andy Mackay, and…Rula Lenska!
436.) Brigitte Bardot, in clips from Godard’s masterwork Contempt and her 1967 Xmas special, with songs written by (and co-performed by, in some cases), good old Serge Gainsbourg, Special Bardot (aka Le Bardot Show).
437.) (rerun) Noir, part 2
438.) Consumer Guide: “Rendezvous with French Cinema”: reviews of Cet Amour-La, Tanguy, Betty Fisher, God is Great, I’m Not, and The Pornographer.
439.) Deceased Artistes: Lawrence Tierney, tough guy extraordinaire, and Chuck Jones, Looney Tunes animator.
441.) Aki Kaurismaki tribute. Scenes from films unreleased in the U.S.: Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana, Drifting Clouds, and I Hired a Contract Killer.
442.) (rerun) Carroll Baker interview
443.) Consumer Guide: Olivier Assayas’ Les Destiness, AMMI festival “Hardboiled Hollywood,” and Godard’s Keep Your Right Up!.
444.) D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus interview, part 4. Discussed are Depeche Mode 101; Sweet Toronto(aka Keep on Rockin’); and the unfinished Leacock-Pennebaker collaboration with Jean-Luc Godard, One P.M.
445.) Consumer Guide time once more: Chris Marker’s remarkable documentary about the rise (and fall) of the Left in world politics Grin Without a Cat; the Aki Kaurismaki oddball “hick comedy” Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses; and the East German 1973 drama (with cool period rock music) The Legend of Paul and Paula.
446.) (rerun) Our salute to “little people.”
447.) “Deceased Artiste” tributes to Dudley Moore (incl. his brilliant work with P. Cook as “Pete and Dud” and “Derek and Clive”) and Milton Berle.
448.) Consumer Guide: praise for CUNY-TV’s French film festival (footage of the 1964 Fantomas, the Danish documentary The Humiliated (about the making of Von Trier’s The Idiots), and Seijun Suzuki’s Branded to Kill.
449.) Scenes from Serge Gainsbourg’s only musical, the TV-film Anna starring Anna Karina and Jean-Claude Brialy. Echoes of Fellini, William Klein’s Mr. Freedom, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and A Man and a Woman in this downbeat tale of romantic longing, punctuated by some very catchy tunes by the inimitable Gainsbarre. Anna’s joyous “Roller Girl” kills.
450.) Anna, part 2. Also: musical clips of Serge Gainsbourg.
451.) Ernie Kovacs tribute (clips from various shows).
452.) Tribute to George Sidney, part 1. Cohost Eric Monder introduces clips from the director’s career, ranging from MGM short subjects (and “Our Gang”) to vehicles for Kim Novak and Ann-Margret.
453.) George Sidney, part 2
454.) Soupy Sales interview, part 1
456.) Korean music videos–see American trends, musical genres and visual tropes copied, and in many cases, improved upon, in a selection of “K-Pop” music videos.
457.) Evil Roy Slade. Clips from the 1970s cult TV-movie, plus a mini-tribute to star John Astin.
458.) Our second tribute to little people. Scenes from an informercial, a Mexican comedy, an incredible Mexican horror film (Al Filo de Terror, in which an angry ventriloquist punishes his dummies, gets his daughter to replace one in performance, and finally receives his comeuppance…), and an update on the life of “el hombre mas pequeno del mundo,” Nelson de la Rosa.
459.) (rerun) Groucho Marx on TV
460.) (rerun) Karen Black interiew, part 1
461.) Our annual Jerry Lewis tribute focus on news updates in the life of “le Roi du Crazy,” as well as clips of Jer clowining around with his pal Sammy Davis Jr. in the movies, on TV, and (you guessed it) the MDA telethon.
462.) Consumer guide: reviews of video releases. Brigitte Bardot in Plucking the Daisy and Don Juan, or if Don Juan were a woman; also: The Confessions of Robert Crumb and Seijun Suzuki’s classic bit of technicolor, widescreen erotica Gate of Flesh.
463.) Interview with filmmaker Claude Miller, part 1
464.) Claude Miller, part 2
465.) Interview with Francois Ozon, plus career overview.
466.) “Media Funhouse West”–Ed visits the home of L.A. memorabilia collector Wally Wingert, and focuses on Wally’s stash of “Batman,” Andy Kaufman and Lon Chaney Sr. collectibles.
467.) (rerun) Kiyoshi Kurosawa interview, part 1
468.) Antonio Fargas interview, part one
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Dir: Richard Fleischer (Red Sonja, Soylent Green)
Based on the stories by Robert E. Howard
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mako, Grace Jones, Olivia d'Abo, Wilt Chamberlain, Tracey Walter, Sarah Douglas
Revisited: January 27, 2010
Reason to Watch & Review: For the Sword & Sandal Marathon*
The general consensus on the Conan films seems to be that Conan the Barbarian is awesome, and Conan the Destroyer sucks, which means it's not all that fair that I watched the films back to back. But, I knew I liked Conan the Destroyer more than most and there are certain scenes and characters that will always shine through for me.
While watching, I kept wondering to myself "What is it that makes people not like this film?", and then it became abundantly clear. The effects. Oh boy. I'm willing to give films the benefit of the doubt, acknowledge the time period and limitations, but not here. It's a mere 2 years after Conan the Barbarian yet the effects are so much worse, and in part it's the choices they made of when and where to use them because have to say that they were not great choices. This is one challenge that all fantasy/historical films that have a magical element face - how will you show something that doesn't exist in reality, be it a creature, a place or an occurrence. In Conan the Destroyer all the times they used effects I had to contain laughter. It also moved the sorcery element from feeling powerful and mythical to more sideshow and goofy. Add to that some of the fighting feels straight up an 80's WWF wrestling match, and I was dumbfounded.
It's also seemed to reverse good choice that were made in the first film - instead of little dialogue, we get a fair amount of dialogue. Instead of just a few comedic moments (mostly unintentional) we have a whole character dedicated to comic relief which actually wasn't so bad. Instead of working with beautiful locations, we get created sets and effects. Play to the strengths, not the other way around!
That being said I can forgive the film a lot simply for Grace Jones' character Zula, a fierce warrior who fights with unmatched energy and vigour. What I love about that character is she never gives up, never complains, is extremely capable and goes for what she wants - it's awesome. Of course the film tempers by having a Princess Jehnna, played by Olivia d'Abo, who is part of a prophecy and I was worried that that would get a little Temple of Doom-like with her being whiny, but that isn't really the case although her isolation of the world in general leads to lots of awkward comedy about men and women which provided more comic relief that really didn't feel necessary.
Overall, it's true that it's no where near as good as Conan the Barbarian, but there is enough in there for it to be an enjoyable and fun watch.
I didn't love it but I love the things that I love about it
I'd recommend it as a light/fun adventure film
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* The Sword & Sandal Marathon is a 13 week marathon exploring sword & sandal films in anticipation of the 2010 release of Clash of the Titans (2010)
Labels: Marathons, Sword and Sandal Marathon
The Film Connoisseur said...
I think the main difference between the two is that one is a serious fantasy film, very dark in tone, very adult like. The levels of violence and gore on Conan are fairly high. That scene in the orgy hall where they spill a giant cauldron and it was fool of human body parts that had been chopped up!! Graphic! Daring!
But the sequel, though fun it is, went too much into comic book territory. Treating the character like a super hero, it had corny dialog, story, the performances weren't up to par either. I mean, that little princess...shes so fake, so superficial! I always laugh when I see her 80s make up and hair do!
But, the film is fun non the less, I mean I love all that cheesy sword and sorcery! That scene with the green monster in the mirror room looked like a wrestling match because I think they used a real life wrestler to play that creature!
The magic is cartoony, that scene where the two magicians are facing of with hand gestures to open and close a chamber door...the faces they make and the noises, hilarious.
So I guess the big difference is really the tone. One is dead serious, the other is goofy and comic book like. Im guessing they were going more for the Marvel Comics version of Conan that existed at one point. I mean, Conan comes from the novels, but Conan was also a very successful comic book for years as well.
Shannon the Movie Moxie said...
You are so right - the 2nd one is very much comic book territory. It's funny how the dialogue in both is funny, but for different reason.
I expected to really hate the Princess this time but in all honesty, she wasn't that bad or whiny or anything. All the hair is pretty funny though, actually some of the bad guys in the first film totally look like an 80s hair band.
Buy Viagra said...
Excellent,it's my favorite movie, I could die for him. By the way... I've been following all about Fleischer's works. He's one of the best in this category and his movies are special.
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Jaguar: British brand to build electric XJ luxury sedan
The Advertiser 2019-07-08 03:49:00
Luxury limousines are about to get quieter and smoother — thanks to batteries and powerpoints.
Jaguar is the first luxury brand to confirm its lengthy limousine, the XJ, will drop petrol power altogether and replace it with electric motors.
It means the ride of choice for some royals, including Princes William and Harry, could glide along almost silently while using no fuel.
Jaguar last week produced its last XJ powered by a regular engine, confirming the next model will make a radical electric change.
The XJ will become the first all-electric car to be produced at the Castle Bromwich production line that will undergo an “extensive transformation” to prepare it for manufacturing a new breed of Jaguar electric cars.
“The future of mobility is electric and, as a visionary British company, we are committed to making our next generation of zero-emission vehicles in the UK,” said Jaguar Land Rover CEO Professor Doctor Ralf Speth in a statement. “We are co-locating our electric vehicle manufacture, electronic drive units and battery assembly to create a powerhouse of electrification in the Midlands.”
While shifting away from petrol propulsion for such a traditional vehicle may seem counter intuitive, in many ways it makes sense.
Limousines typically cost upwards of $200,000, so the hefty price premium that typically cripples sales of electric vehicles doesn’t have quite the same sticker shock and can be more easily absorbed within the price tag.
Plus, most limos have very specific usage patterns. While limousines are perfectly suited to high speed interstate runs, the reality is most are confined to major cities, where they shuttle wealthy owners to the golf club or airport.
And even most limousines used for hire car services would be unlikely to surpass the circa-500km range between charges such a vehicle is likely to have.
Besides, there’s an argument Jaguar needed to try something. The XJ has never come close to challenging the rival Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7-Series in terms of sales.
By differentiating the offering — and likely beating competitors to the punch — Jaguar could appeal to buyers who otherwise may never have gone British.
But Prof Speth acknowledges there are challenges for electric cars.
“Convenience and affordability are the two key enablers to drive the uptake of electric vehicles to the levels that we all need,” he said, confirming battery production for the new model would be done in the UK.
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Are Teeth Necessary? Chewing on the Food of the Future
June 18, 2014 in Flavor, Technology, Futures
There's been a cluster of recent articles about Soylent, the Silicon Valley open-source pap that is supposed to be the perfect fuel for knowledge-workers' ceaseless sedentary labors. "What if you never had to worry about food again?" is Soylent's slogan, and the product promises to resolve all our nagging food anxieties. Not only: what's for dinner? But also: is it good for me? Will it make me fat? Does it wreck the environment or exploit migrant farm workers? Will it get crumbs on my keyboard, and make me look conspicuously sad and slovenly as I eat yet another meal at my desk? Soylent is a powder (either purchased from the company or DIY) that, when mixed with water and oil, forms a nutritious beige slurry - allegedly capable of providing sustenance for hours of uninterrupted, untroubled, supremely focused labor.
But in all the chatter about the resultant mephitic farts and "the end of food," I haven't heard much said about how Soylent revises the actual mechanics of eating. It is a chew-less food, and this places it in a particular tradition of techno-scientific "foods of the future." The company's name, of course, is an explicit (either ironic or ill-considered) reference to the eponymous edible in the film Soylent Green, a nutritious wafer allegedly derived from algae, but which we all know by now is people. But other, earlier science-fictional precursors to this kind of all-in-one food product are perhaps better models for Soylent's particular material ideology.
Gernsback demonstrating one of his many inventions, "The Isolator." "Outside noises being eliminated, the worker can concentrate with ease upon the subject at hand."
For instance: Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660. First serialized in the 1910s, Ralph gets hazed as one of the worst novels to have ever made it into print, and I suppose most people read it as a historical curiosity rather than with genuine relish. (Gernsback is the Luxembourgian immigrant credited with creating "science fiction" as a pulp magazine genre, which was initially a sideline to promote his radio-and-electrical hobbyist mail-order emporium. He's the guy the "Hugo Awards" are named for.)
Ralph and Alice explore New York 2660 on tele-motor-coasters.
Ralph, the scientist-hero of the story, is one of literature's most dogged and unflappable mansplainers. A rudimentary damsel-in-distress plot serves as the occasion for him to take his lady-love, Alice, on a guided tour of future New York. Total weather control? Sleep-learning? Solar-powered generators wirelessly transmitting energy? "Alomagnesium" roller skates (er, "tele-motor-coasters") for smooth gliding over crack-less "steelonium" sidewalks? They've got all the mod cons. Earth circa 2660 is a place where the forces of nature have been entirely subdued, and where all matter (and ether) has been organized to facilitate a particular kind of human design: maximally efficient, maximally automated, where form always follows function, and where waste of all kinds is assiduously eliminated (eg, the lossless conversion of solar to electrical energy; the time we once wasted sleeping now a time for productive learning).
Rob Rhinehart, the creator of Soylent, is but a stripling of twenty-five, yet his fixations seem to spring directly from this Progressive-era obsession with maximizing efficiency and minimizing waste. The idea for Soylent occurred to him when he became frustrated by the time, labor, and expense necessary to feed himself adequately during the waning days of a failing start-up. An engineer by training, Rhinehart began to perceive food itself as inefficient, a poorly designed vehicle for the delivery of the chemical compounds that sustain life. As he puts it in Lizzie Widdicombe's fantastic New Yorker profile, "You need amino acids and lipids, not milk itself... You need carbohydrates, not bread." Fruits and vegetables? Sure, they've got vitamins and minerals, but as a matter of fact they're "mostly water." And so he did research: streamlining life's necessities to a list of 35 essential vitamins and nutrients, and ordered the raw materials for his simplified, complete food off the Internet. It's got everything you need, nothing you don't.
For Rhinehart, food's inefficiencies begin at the source: agriculture. Farms, he explains, are "very inefficient factories" that require excessively strenuous and dangerous work from an impoverished underclass. Unlike slow-food advocates who prescribe a return to skilled, artisanal practices to restore dignity and meaning to farm work, Rhinehart believes that the solution is to increase mechanization and industrialization: "There’s so much walking and manual labor, counting and measuring. Surely it should be automated.”
This is certainly a sentiment that Ralph would get on board with. Food in 2660 is grown in vast, machine-tended, accelerated-growth greenhouses, stimulated to rapid ripeness by artificial lights and electric currents. And when it's not grown, it's manufactured. Taking Alice on a tour of a synthetic food factory, Ralph proclaims: "Men of an inquisitive nature must have asked themselves the question for thousands of years, 'Why grow grass, let the cow eat the grass, digest it, and finally turn it into milk? Why not eliminate the cow entirely?'"
But while I think Rhinehart would definitely be for eliminating the cow, he still concedes the social and emotional need for traditional meals, prepared with care, eaten in the company of others -- "recreational food," he calls this, arguing that Soylent actually makes these indulgences less fraught, heightens their pleasure and meaning, by taking the problem of mere sustenance off the table. Soylent provides everything you need, nothing you don't, so that when you do choose to chomp on larks and pavlovas, you needn't worry about ruining your diet. Your diet is taken care of.
In Ralph's world, on the other hand, the material consistency of food is as important as its nutritional composition. The future food in Ralph's world is exclusively chew-less. When Ralph escorts Alice to a "Scientificafé," he assures her, "I think you will prefer it to the old-fashioned masticating places." Crucially, the "scientific food" served at these restaurants is available exclusively in liquefied form. Chewing (or, as Ralph invariably puts it, "masticating") is just another inefficiency, one that technoscience has rendered no longer necessary.
Let's accompany Ralph and Alice on their date at the Scientificafé, shall we? Before entering the dining room, they tarry in the Appetizer, "a large room, hermetically closed," where pages from humor magazines are projected on the walls. When Alice grows peckish, Ralph explains: "The air in here is invigorating, being charged with several harmless gases for the purpose of giving you an appetite before you eat -- hence its name!"
After being gassed into a proper state of hunger, they then proceed to the "main eating salon," white-and-gold luxe in international moderne style. There are no waiters, no attendants, and the room is silent save for a "muffled, far-off, murmuring music." The diners recline in leather armchairs, in front of a complicated silver board at whose side hangs a flexible tube capped by a silver nozzle, resting in disinfectant solution.
You feed through the tube. "Meat, vegetables, and other eatables, were all liquefied and were prepared with utmost skill to make them palatable." The silver board lists the day's offerings, diners push buttons to make their selections, and the food begins to flow. A red button controls the flow-rate, and other buttons and switches allow the diner to adjust the temperature, or add salt, pepper, and spices to the slurry. Between courses, the tube rinses itself out with hot water.
There's no need to labor over your meal with a knife and fork; no need to chew each bite until it can safely be swallowed. Ergo, the book's narrator concludes, "eating had become a pleasure."
The only problem to the widespread acceptance of scientific food was getting people to overcome their repulsion at sucking their meals through tubes. "Masticating" is old-fashioned, and like all "inherited habits," difficult to shake. At first, Ralph explains, people rejected the new mode of eating, regarding it "with a suspicion similar to a twentieth century European observing a Chinaman using his chop-sticks." It seemed "unaesthetic," and "devoid of the pleasures of the old way of eating." But once people understood the physiological benefits -- how chew-less food "did away almost entirely with indigestion, dyspepsia, and other ills," how it made people "stronger and more vigorous" -- they abandoned their irrational, sentimental attachment to mastication.
For Ralph (and Gernsback), the chief virtue of "scientific foods" is not their refined flavor nor even their nutritional content, but their "digestibility." Many scientifically-minded Americans of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries considered dyspepsia (indigestion) to be a genuine health crisis -- "the great American plague," to quote Henry Finck, whose 1913 book, Food and Flavor: A Gastronomic Guide to Good Health and Good Living, makes the epicurean case for chew, chew, chewing food to a proper liquefaction. Chewing each mouthful - up to a hundred times - was seen as an essential component of physical and mental hygiene. In the words of health reformer Horace Fletcher, "nature will castigate those who don't masticate," a gospel that was promoted widely during this period, including at John Harvey Kellogg's famous sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Historian Christina Cogdell has chronicled the obsession with "smooth flow" in the Progressive era, showing how the Progressive virtue of frictionless efficiency manifested in different cultural realms: in concerns about the dangers of constipation, in the fad for streamlined design, and in eugenic policies and politics.
From Ladies Home Journal, 1934. Image courtesy Duke University Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Constipation was understood to be "a disease of civilization," caused by excessive consumption of excessively rich or highly flavored foods, by impurities and contaminants, and by the habit of hastily "bolting down" food rather than civil, deliberate chewing. But the consequences of constipation were more significant than any one individual's discomfort and bloating; they undermined the very health of the polity. To Progressive reformers, a stagnant colon was at the root of both moral and physical degeneracy, causing "autointoxication" that enfeebled, enervated, and exhausted the nation's citizens. Food should flow smoothly and at a consistent rate, as though down a factory assembly line, from mouth to anus. Dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion -- all of these things made us, as a society, less productive, less fit, less suited to meet the challenges and seize the opportunities of modernity.
And though we've left Fletcherism and its gospel of mastication more or less in the past, functional foods like Soylent stage a sort of return to this dream of a food perfectly suited for frictionless productivity - a food designed for the steady satiation of needs without the distracting stimulation of appetites. By design, Soylent has no particular flavor - which Rhinehart sees as unnecessary ornament, a compromise of the compound's commitment to functionalism. (The New Yorker quotes him: “I think the best technology is the one that disappears.... Water doesn’t have a lot of taste or flavor, and it’s the world’s most popular beverage.”) On a steady diet of Soylent, Lizzie Widdicombe writes:
"As Rhinehart puts it, you 'cruise' through the day. If you’re in a groove at your computer, and feel a hunger pang, you don’t have to stop for lunch. Your energy levels stay consistent: 'There’s no afternoon crash, no post-burrito coma.' Afternoons can be just as productive as mornings."
Who wouldn't want this? As a lady who sometimes (often) struggles to write, who owns not one but two copies of Getting Things Done, (neither of which I've read beyond the first chapter, naturally), and who, on the regular, postpones lunch for as long as possible, because of the sluggish lull of afternoon lackadaisy that always succeeds eating - this sounds pretty excellent. Like putting on Gernsback's isolator helmet, and concentrating "with ease at the subject at hand." And yet. And yet... Latent in this, I think -- and tracing back to at least some of those Progressive reformers, whose vigorous championship of rational design and smooth flow came from the most unimpeachable motives, produced monuments of exceeding beauty, but concealed some pretty ugly collateral -- is a suspicion of eating itself. A belief that food is somehow toxic, harmful, or impure -- and that our appetites and desires betray us rather than guide us toward well-being. That life's processes should be kept distinct from life's purposes, and to delight in one degrades the other. Who hasn't felt a pang of - something, maybe regret? - when encountering yet again the oft-cited fact, that we spend a third of our lives in bed? Food is a pleasure, but only the most shameless gourmandiser might calculate the amount of time spent eating, thinking about eating, talking about eating, getting ready to eat, resisting and indulging, without somehow feeling at a loss. Well, "enjoy every sandwich."
Technology mediates all aspects of life in Ralph's world, from stimulating the desire to eat (that Appetizer room) to mechanizing the labor of chewing - once done by teeth, now done by liquefying machines. But Gernsback does not go so far as to imagine whether these new technological accommodations will result in bodily alterations, new human physiologies emerging adaptively in response to the technological reshaping of the edible world.
Other science fiction writers - HG Wells, JBS Haldane (in his exercise in speculative eschatology, "The Last Judgment," from 1927) - did take the opportunity to imagine future iterations of human beings as conspicuously toothless. In a 1893 article in The World, Wells argued that technoscience would make chewing obsolete, rendering teeth vestigial and maladaptive. He explained:
"Science gives [mankind] the knife and fork. There is no reason why it should not masticate and insalivate his food. Does it now digest it with all the pepsin compounds? Teeth will disappear....
In some of the most highly developed crustaceans, the whole alimentary canal has solidified into a useless cord, because the animal is nourished by the food in which it swims. The man of the year one million will not be bothered with servants handing him things on plates which he will chew, and swallow, and digest. He will bathe in amber liquid which will be pure food, no waste matter assimilated through the pores of the skin. The mouth will shrink to a rosebud thing; the teeth will disappear; the nose will disappear - it is not nearly as big now as it was in savage days - the ears will go away. They are already folded up from what they were, and only a little tip fast vanishing remains to show that ages ago they were long-pointed things which bent forward and backward to catch the sound of approaching enemies."
Wells imagined the man of the year one million as a toothless cranium, with huge saucer-eyes and teeny tiny limbs:
HG Wells' own depiction of the man of the year one million.
According to Bee Wilson in her recent Consider the Fork, technologies have indeed changed our dentition, though not in the way that Wells presumed. The widespread adoption of the fork, she claims, made overbites endemic. What made teeth optional, she says, was not forks and knives but stew-pots. A stew, simmering for days, softened up all tough bits so that even the toothless could get their share of calories.
Will our species ever be able to leave this toothy period of our evolution behind? There's something tempting about imagining it. Teeth are expensive and uncomfortable to maintain, and thus a sterling status symbol: indicators not only of wealth, but of deserving wealth (because they display the fastidious rigor of our self-care, or our self-denying willingness to submit to pain and discomfort in service of straightness, conformity, regularity, and impeccable whiteness; compare with the derision reserved for grills and tooth-jewels, racialized bling that seems to signify money but not wealth). If the protestant ethic still holds (settle down, Max Weber) straight white teeth could be considered one of the hallmarks of the elect.
So keep smiling, dentists; you've got a million years or so before teeth go out of fashion.
Tags: Soylent, SciFi, Gernsback, food of the future, Teeth, Progressive era, HG Wells, perfect food, chewing
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Princeton in the Nation’s Service: Inside Princeton’s BDSM and Kink Club
by Chris Lombreglia on April 11, 2013 September 22, 2017
“The College does not endorse the views or activities of any independent student organization,” said Harvard College spokesman Jeff Neal in November of last year, after the College granted official recognition to Harvard College Munch, Harvard’s kink and BDSM (bonding, discipline, sadism, and masochism) club. Originally started as a casual support group over a year ago, Munch now hosts private parties complete with paddles and canes.
Here in Princeton, you may have seen the posters hung over urinals or in bathroom stalls advertising a group new to campus this semester: PINS (Princeton in the Nation’s Service), a BDSM/kink support group.
After a few messages to the group’s email address, we were able to secure an interview at around nine one evening in March. Spring was here, but outside it still felt like winter. Out of the cold, we sat somewhat secluded at a white table in the sterile-feeling café downstairs in Lewis Library. Considering none of us knew one another’s names, the atmosphere between us and the three people we talked to—two female, one male— was unexpectedly relaxed.
“We only got started this semester, actually,” said the group’s founder, now a junior, who says he’s wanted to see a group like PINS on campus since his freshman year but never met the right people or felt the campus climate was conducive to a kink support group.
“Harvard’s MUNCH organization just got recognition from their University this year,” said another group member, “And I guess we just thought the time was right.”
They read the campus climate well. Roughly two months old, the group has had 6 meetings and has built a mailing list of roughly 25 people. Mystery and fascination surrounds kink culture, and no one here at Princeton quite knows the mission or purpose of PINS. None of the three members we spoke to provided a clear, concrete definition, but their responses to our question about their definition of kink helped us to gain a better sense of their group’s nature and mission.
“Rule number three is something like ‘We respect other peoples’ kink identities’. We don’t call them out for being not kinky enough, and we don’t say that they’re too kinky or too weird,” said the group’s founder, “So long as it’s nothing dangerous or consent is being violated.”
“I would say that kink is imagination,” said another member, a female. The group defines kink very broadly, and they didn’t provide us with examples.
Kink and BDSM have a variety of definitions. BDSM generally involves two sexual partners exchanging power, with one being the dominant, or top, and another being the submissive, or bottom. Often times the submissive partner is bound in some way and hit or hurt (with a paddle, for example) by the dominant partner. Many are concerned that BDSM is unsafe both mentally and physically, but “safe words” are a common practice in BDSM culture—when a partner is in extreme duress, he or she says a pre-determined safe word, and the dominant partner responds accordingly. Kink has a broader definition: it can be any sort of role-play or activity beyond “vanilla” standard intercourse, even if it doesn’t involve the definite power exchanges of BDSM.
Princeton’s group seeks to define kink as broadly as possible, and their goal is to be open to any definition of kink. While Harvard Munch has hosted kink parties, Princeton’s group hasn’t reached that point yet.
“We have not been doing any things that you might have read about Harvard MUNCH doing, like demonstrations or play parties or anything like that,” said the group’s founder, “And those are typically the parts that people latch on to when you read about these sensationalized versions in the media.”
Citing liability concerns, the members said they don’t plan to host parties even in the future. They explained that the group is mainly for discussion, and that alcohol sobriety is strictly enforced. Yet, in its coverage of Munch’s recognition by the University, the Harvard Crimson wrote that the group started by “informally meeting over meals to discuss issues and topics relating to kinky sex.” In a Huffington post article, one Munch member reported having been hit by a cane at a recent meeting. Over the next year, it will be interesting to watch the evolution of PINS to see if it gives birth to the kind of kink parties reported at Harvard.
As of now, they’ve spent their first few meetings figuring out their rules and deciding what their mission would be, and they decided to be a social rather than an advocacy group. The goal is to create a safe environment “without the support group vibe,” as one group member put it.
Regardless, kinky people undoubtedly benefit from the group’s existence. While in larger communities kinky clubs and sex shops are becoming more readily available, in small, insular Princeton, it can be hard to find others interested in BDSM and kink. Social networking sites such as FetLife, which has close to two million members, can help kinky people meet each other, but using sites like this may be uncomfortable for some on campus. It would be difficult and likely unsuccessful to use this site to meet people without any on-campus social infrastructure for kinky people. The site is full of strangers who can be into dangerous things, and joining the site involves coming out as kinky, a difficult process for college students who could be tentatively interested in kink but unsure and uncomfortable. While anonymous social networking sites are impersonal and full of people of all ages from around the world, PINS provides a more reliable environment. It is a safe space for Princeton students interested in kink, to whatever extent, to meet others for socialization and possibly more.
More than just providing a safe space for kinky people, PINS also seeks to improve the sex climate on campus. Hoping to eventually gain formal recognition by the University, a group member wrote in an email to Connor and me after the interview, “Education and community is so important because the worst thing that could happen is if kinky person, out of ignorance or neglect, ends up harming other people or themselves, or violating principles of consent. In this sense, I believe that PINS is a positive contribution to the conversation about sex and consent on campus by representing practices that are not commonly discussed.”
While now a social group shrouded in secrecy, PINS could make a significant contribution to sex safety on campus. In the email, the group member explained, “SHARE [Princeton’s Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources, and Education organization] does not specifically train their peer advisors to be knowledgeable in handing kinky consent and safe-words, and nowhere in the enthusiastic consent conversation on campus (Sex on a Saturday Night, etc.) are we taught that there are Good and Bad ways to practice kinky consent, or that ignoring a safe-word IS ASSAULT.”
Beyond improving kink culture by making it safer, PINS has the potential to raise awareness and improve the broader campus dialogue on sex. Not much is known about BDSM/kink culture; it isn’t a common conversation topic on campus, and the group feels the lack of discussion is reflected in the incomplete university policies they mentioned. The group hopes to improve and broaden the dialogue about sex on campus, and they add themselves to a growing national chorus of voices on the issue. Harvard Munch’s recognition received mixed responses, one of which came from the Love and Fidelity Network criticizing Harvard for allowing sexuality to be associated with “violence, oppression, and humiliation.” Yet kink groups would likely call this a narrow-minded view. Look to the responses of the Princeton group’s members: their definition of kink is as broad as “imagination,” and they don’t discriminate on the basis of someone being too kinky or not kinky enough. PINS members portrayed themselves as a relatively tame group, if not relatively tame in their definition of kink.
Regardless of what the Love and Fidelity Network might have to say on the matter, kink is moving into the mainstream. Much of the rhetoric about kink is shared by the gay rights movement, with discussions of the “leather closet,” cited by the PINS founder in our interview. The New York Times wrote in February that kinky people are looking for a way to “come out and begin living more open, integrated lives.” The Times also reported on Paddles, a club in New York dedicated to creating a safe space for kinky people—they serve no alcohol, and while there are rings and chains in the corners of the club for demonstrations, intercourse in the club is banned. The article cites the BDSM trilogy “50 Shades of Grey” as generating more interest in kink.
Groups like Princeton’s and Harvard’s, much like Paddles, are helping to stimulate broader conversation about sex. They provide support for kinky people, and they ride the wave of “Fifty Shades of Grey” to bring kink closer to the mainstream. Whether we like it or not, Laurie Essig, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies at Middlebury College, writes, “We really and truly believe we are what we do in bed, a lesson drilled into us with modernity, played out with identity politics, and now packaged and sold to us as a series of consumer choices.”
And so the Nassau Weekly runs a story on PINS and BDSM culture, and people talk quietly about the PINS advertisements on the walls of bathroom stalls. Essig’s reasons, along with the women’s and gay movements, brought sex and sexuality into the public eye. Kink is no exception. In some ways kinky people are quietly fighting for societal recognition, recognition and comfort they need because sex and sexuality have become so publicly discussed. They need to be comfortable in their own skin precisely because what happens in the bedroom is so tied to our identity that it can’t stay in the bedroom.
Yet the task of PINS to improve the dialogue about sex on campus and make Princeton and the world more accepting to kinky people is a challenging one. BDSM and kink provoke discomfort in sexually liberal and conservative people alike. Those who believe that sex should be tender and soft between two people who were happily married in a church in front of their parents, married for half a century themselves, are going to be uncomfortable with the idea of power exchange with handcuffs and a paddle. Along the same lines, liberals who favor equal rights for those who are gay or polygamous or of some other non-mainstream sexuality, tend to believe strongly in equality, which is in some ways the antithesis of a BDSM culture based on power exchanges. The challenge of talking about BDSM is that it lies outside the liberal and conservative sexual mainstream. While clubs like Paddles and groups like Munch and PINS are helping to change that, they have the power of socio-sexual norms up against their goal to foster meaningful dialogue and the acceptance of kinky people.
As an article in the Princeton Alumni Weekly explained recently, in the mid-20th century, Princeton and the world lacked the vocabulary to talk about homosexuality in a constructive way, if at all. The scene was entirely underground. And it’s still sometimes uncomfortable for me to talk about my homosexuality, but I do so because it is tied so fundamentally to my identity. In many places, the LGBT community has moved into the mainstream despite having its insular pockets. Kink is still in the shadows, and many see it as taboo and lack the knowledge to talk about it constructively. PINS and Munch through their very existence bring kink into the dialogue and raise awareness. The challenge now is overcoming social and sexual norms and pushing people outside of their comfort zones in a seemingly never-ending conversation about sexual acceptance.
Conor McGrory contributed reporting to this article.
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4 thoughts on “Princeton in the Nation’s Service: Inside Princeton’s BDSM and Kink Club”
What’s the email for the group, if someone wanted to get onto the mailing list?
member says:
princetonins@gmail.com
Does the writer of this article have an email/contact? I am a fellow journalist with a few questions
JZb says:
johnnyzhang@newlywedsfoods.cn
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Swing Groups & Law Enforcement: Group Issues
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Educational Outreach Overview
The Sexual Freedom Resolution is a stand against discrimination by professionals in the field of sexuality and sexual health. This Resolution can be submitted to civil, criminal and family courts by people who are stigmatized because of their sexual expression in order to help them get a fair trial on the merits of their case. We encourage organizations that serve mental and health professionals to sign onto this resolution, as well as educational groups and Kink Aware Professionals.
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Richard G. Soper, MD, JD, MS, DABAM, DFASAM
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Press Release - NCSF Marching Forward
Marching Forward: NCSF proactively advocates for sexual freedom
November 19, 2008 - NCSF is proud to be the only group in the country with a national mission committed to changing the political, legal and social environment for those involved with the BDSM, swing and polyamory communities. The new board of NCSF was voted in at the annual Coalition Partner meeting held in Atlanta in September: Leigha Fleming is the new Chairwoman of NCSF, and new board members Laura
Carlson (Secretary), Klawdya Rothschild, Tim Murray, and Ron Zimmerman have joined existing board members Vivienne Kramer (Treasurer), Jim Duvall, Jim Fleckenstein, and Howie Zusel.
NCSF has directly helped tens of thousands of practitioners, businesses and groups since its founding in 1997. NCSF's newest project is the DSM Revision Project: Kinky is NOT a Diagnosis! The DSM Revision Petition is gathering signatures from individuals and organizations calling on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to adhere to empirical research when revising the diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Susan Wright is working directly with the DSM revision committee to ensure that healthy BDSM practitioners and cross-dressers are not misdiagnosed under the DSM criteria.
NCSF's Incident Response team is directed by Leigha Fleming (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Over 600 individuals, groups, attorneys, prosecutors, and businesses contact NCSF for help every year because of persecution or discrimination. This year NCSF assisted both Folsom Street Fair with media relations, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change conference when they were attacked for presenting Guy Baldwin with a "Leather Leadership Award". This continues our practice of fighting religious political extremists and performing outreach to local communities and authorities.
Media Outreach Project
NCSF's Media Outreach Program provides sound bites, media statements and proven tactics for anyone speaking to the media about sexual freedom issues. Spokesperson Susan Wright (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) regularly gives media trainings and conducts over 60 interviews every year, influencing the coverage of alternative sexuality in the mainstream media. The NCSF Media Updates feature articles about BDSM, swinging and polyamory, and provides contact information to write letters to the editor in order to influence how editorial decisions are made in the future.
Kink Aware Professionals (KAP)
NCSF's Kink Aware Professionals (KAP) free referral list was started by Race Bannon who gave NCSF custody of the list in 2006. James Huesmann (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) is currently the director for the KAP program. Please request NCSF's KAP brochure for your members. NCSF actively recruits psychotherapeutic, medical, and legal professionals nationwide for this list, ensuring that community members can access professionals who are knowledgeable about and sensitive to diverse expressions of sexuality.
Legal Committee
NCSF's Legal Advocacy team is led by John (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), with pro bono lawyers researching current laws and creating Amicus Briefs to submit to courts in cases involving obscenity prosecutions, "consent is not a defense to assault", and right to freedom of assembly. NCSF's Communications Decency Act lawsuit with Barbara Nitke made history by challenging the Miller standard of obscenity as it applies to the Internet.
The Education Outreach Program (EOP) is run under the Institute for 21st Century Relationships by The Foundation of NCSF. ITCR supports the freedom of consenting adults to discover and to practice the intimate relationship structure that best meets their emotional and human needs. The EOP educates law enforcement officials, and our constituents about the risks of selective enforcement and how to minimize the risk of becoming a target. NCSF has published a number of pieces of literature for this program and has trained a team of individuals from across the country to deliver 10 educational presentations from "Traveling With Toys" to "How to Protect Your Event."
For over a decade, NCSF has formed valuable alliances with other advocacy organizations to work on projects that defend sexual freedom rights: Free Speech Coalition, the ACLU, American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance, among others. Susan Wright is on the Advocacy Committee of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists.
NCSF is a member of the organizing committee for the Sex Positive Journalism Awards, along with journalist Miriam Axel-Lute and activists from The Center for Sex & Culture. The first award ceremony for the Sexies was held in New York City on October 4, 2008 (www.sexies.org). NCSF also participates in
Consent Counts, a group formed at Creating Change 2007 to take on the work of decriminalizing Leather/kink/fetish/BDSM consensual adult behavior (www.consentcounts.org).
Currently NCSF has 56 Coalition Partners who elect the board and establish the yearly goals at the annual Coalition Partner meeting. Coalition Partners are groups and businesses that serve BDSM, swing and polyamory practitioners. NCSF also has nearly 100 Supporting Members - groups and businesses who actively support NCSF - totaling tens of thousands of members. You can also become an individual member for $25, which goes directly to supporting NCSF programs and projects.
Aside from part-time Office Manager Levi Halberstadt (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), the staff of NCSF consists of dozens of volunteers around the country. Every dollar that is donated to NCSF and ITCR goes to directly serving the alt sex communities. All donations to ITCR-NCSF are tax deductible.
In the past decade, alternative sexual expression has become much more visible to the general public, bringing about an increasing number of attacks. The success of this fight depends on your support. You can become an individual member of NCSF, volunteer to join the NCSF staff, make a donation to NCSF, initiate or help out at a fund-raiser for NCSF, and encourage your group to become a Coalition Partner of NCSF. Every step you take helps us further the sexual freedom movement!
Check out these exciting projects on the NCSF website at: www.ncsfreedom.org
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Home » World » Turkey, Iran, Russia Presidents to Hold Summit over Syrian Crisis on Sept. 7
Turkey, Iran, Russia Presidents to Hold Summit over Syrian Crisis on Sept. 7
ANKARA - Presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey will hold a trilateral summit in Iran on Sept. 7 as part of the Astana peace process over the Syrian crisis, the Turkish presidency said Monday.
The meeting between Turkey, Russia and Iran, the three guarantors of a cease-fire deal in Syria, comes ahead of increasing international efforts in reaching a solution to the Syrian crisis.
The summit will be held in the northern Iranian city of Tabriz, according to broadcaster TRT Haber.
The three countries have been mediating a peace process for the Syrian crisis since 2016.
Ankara has been urging against an impending military operation by the Syrian forces targeting the rebel-held Idlib Province, citing concerns of civilian casualties and a possible refugee influx toward Turkish border. (Xinhua)
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Exercise on Referral
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Posted on Tuesday 15th April 2014
Exercise on Referral team and patients at the Wigton project,
A successful project to help people improve their health through GPs prescribing exercise at their local gym is expanding across Cumbria.
Exercise on Referral, which has been working in Carlisle and Allerdale is now to be offered to patients in Eden. North Country Leisure, who run Penrith and Appleby Leisure Centres are working with local family doctors and rehabilitation teams, and Specialist Nursing teams to provide a 15 week exercise programme for patients with conditions such as diabetes, respiratory diseases, arthritis, osteoporosis, neurological conditions, obesity, muscular skeletal conditions, stress, anxiety and depression.
The scheme in Eden is set to start on April 28 however Exercise on Referral in Carlisle and Allerdale has already helped many Cumbrian’s to improve their health, fitness and enjoy the social aspect of using their local facilities.
Lead GP for Eden, Rachel Preston said: “The exercise on referral scheme is a great way of supporting patients to improve their own health and wellbeing as well as improve their recovery from certain illnesses and conditions.
“By using the facilities already available in our community, we are able to provide much needed service to our patients in Eden.”
The scheme has been funded by the leading commissioner of health services in Cumbria, NHS Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), in in Carlisle and Allerdale they are working with Carlisle Leisure Ltd to provide exercise support and tips aimed at helping patients to carry on being more active after the 12-week course is completed.
For £2 per visit, patients can use the facilities at the leisure centres in Keswick, Cockermouth and Workington, the Wave in Maryport and G&S Fitness Gym in Wigton with support from Carlisle Leisure Ltd’s Clinical Exercise Instructors Ian Harkness and Geoff Haugh.
Wigton’s G&S Gym owner, Gary Thwayts has provided the use of his gym for free to the scheme, where husband and wife, Jean and Samuel Capstick have been attending Exercise on Referral sessions together.
Jean, 61 said: “What I like about coming to these sessions at the gym is that Ian makes sure you don’t do too much, yet you do enough to improve. I can really feel the benefits. And my husband (Samuel) who has asthma problems is really feeling the benefit since starting here.
“Ian is there to support and give advice, so you feel comfortable and confident that you are doing the exercise right. And the atmosphere is really lovely. It’s friendly and we really enjoy coming.”
Samuel, 58 said: “We have felt the benefits so much and enjoy coming here that we are planning to take up membership and continue after the 12-week course is completed.”
Keith Roberts, 65 who has rheumatoid arthritis is 10 weeks into his 12-week course. Keith said: “I can feel a real improvement in my basic fitness. And I have noticed if I miss a week I really miss coming.
“Coming to the sessions provides a discipline to exercise. Getting started on any exercise plan is the hardest part, and coming here has made it easier.
“As well as feeling better physically, it has the added social benefit. I come down and meet people and it really does make you feel better.
“Now I’ve started exercising I plan to continue. I am planning to join and come down a couple of times a week.”
A Clinical Exercise Instructor, Ian Harkness gives everyone on the scheme a start and end assessment, so that their plan is tailored to their needs and abilities.
Ian said: “I keep each session to a maximum of 15-20 people so I know exactly what everyone is doing. We start with the assessment to ensure we know the fitness and capabilities of each person, and develop a programme designed around them.
“People can be referred by their GP, community nurse, a member of the STINT team or self-referral. We have people with neurological conditions, issues around obesity and a wide range of other conditions who benefit from the 12-week course. And the gym is for everyone - from 18 up to 80 years old.”
Health Care Assistant at Wigton Medical Practice, Deborah Slan said: “We have referred a lot of patients to the gym and have seen people really improve their own conditions through the Exercise on Referral course over the past two years. Patients with complex health needs have their referral overseen by their GP and Ian gives everyone a detailed assessment to ensure they don’t over stretch themselves, yet benefit from the exercises.
“There is also anecdotal evidence that exercise can also improve the mood as well as the body. Anyone wishing to know more about the scheme can ask their practice nurse or GP.”
NHS Cumbria CCG Commissioning Lead, Sally Jenkins said: “Information collected over the two years the scheme has been running shows that this form of programme supports people with a wide range of health conditions by providing professional knowledge, to help boost confidence and also help people plan realistic targets which they can aim for to continue with after their programme ends."
The Eden Exercise on Referral scheme with North Country Leisure will be held at Penrith leisure Centre on Tuesdays 10.30am-11.30am, 11.30am-12.30pm and Thursdays 12non-1pm and 1pm-2pm, and at Appleby Leisure Centre on Fridays 10am-11am and 11am-12noon.
Clients will be assessed to ensure they are on the correct programme and the cost to the patient is £2 per session. At the end of the 15 weeks the clients will be discharged and guided to the next stage to sit their specific needs, health and wellbeing for a free three-year membership or other activities.
To be referred into the service contact your GP practice, rehabilitation or specialist nursing team.
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Site.com Page Data Connections
June 24, 2014 June 24, 2014 Peter Knolle2 Comments
Site.com Page Data Connections provide a way to retrieve data from Salesforce.com into a Site.com page. They allow the page implementer to specify a connection to a Salesforce object that can be used from within the entire page. This article describes how Page Data Connections can be used in Site.com page templates and pages.
Page Data Connections are useful for record detail/informational page templates or pages. Prior to Page Data Connections, the most common way to create a record detail page was to add a data repeater to the page template (or page), add a filter to it to get the specific record, and add all data access elements as child elements. Now, a Page Data Connection to a specific object can be specified at the page template or page level and all data access elements or expressions in the page will automatically have access to the fields of the object.
Example Data Model
An example of a product detail page with related products is used to illustrate the features. The relationship is a many-to-many from Product to Product. A junction object called Product Relation exists to relate the main product to its related products and allow the user to specify the type of relation. For example, a diesel engine product could have two related products that are related as cross-sell products.
Adding to the Page Template
The Page Data Connection can be added to a page template or a page. In many cases, it makes sense to add it to the page template (e.g., product page template), so that all children have access to fields automatically. To add the Page Data Connection, select the page element in the sidebar element navigator to view the page properties in the properties panel. From the properties panel, select the Page Data Connection section and click the button to add the Page Data Connection.
Clicking the Add Connection button will display the dialog to create the data connection.
If you do not see the desired object in the picklist, you might need to click the link to enable the correct permissions on the Site.com Guest Profile, first. Since this is a page template that can be used for all products a way to specify which product’s page is being used is needed. This can be done by specifying a filter of the Product ID as a URL query string (e.g., Product?id=01t2000000111X1).
Using in the Page Template
In this example, the list of related cross-sell products for a given product should always be displayed in the footer section for each product’s page. Since every product needs it and the look and feel should be uniform, the best place to put it is in the product template. This can be done by adding a data repeater element to the page template footer, so that the final structure of the page template is as follows.
The data repeater should be configured to retrieve all Product Relation records where the type is Cross-Sell and the Main Product is the Parent Repeater. In this case the Parent Repeater is actually the Page Data Connection.
Once the data repeater for the related list is set up, data elements can be added as child elements to it. For example, links to the related product pages could be shown on the page.
Using in the Page
A page for each product can be created from the product template page. The product template’s content div should have first been made editable, so that each page can provide their own implementation. The Page Data Connection is visible in each page’s properties, but it appears read-only and the edit button is disabled. It is only editable from the page template.
The fields of the object are available directly from within the entire page. The title property can be set to a field, e.g., {!Name}. Additionally, the fields can be used in other elements, such as content blocks.
The final page consists of the content block, maintained at the page level, and the data repeater of related products, maintained at the page template level.
Site.com Page Data Connections provide an efficient and convenient way to provide access to data from Salesforce on a Site.com page. A common use case for a Page Data Connection is an informational/detail page for a type of object (e.g., product). Check out the Salesforce.com help page on Site.com Page Data Connections for more information.
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Great post once again Peter. This is the clean way to reduce the clutter of too many Data Repeaters in your pages. Use templates, use data connections.
Peter Knolle says:
Thanks Tony. 🙂
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Huddersfield professor appointed to RAE/Renishaw Chair
Prof Xiangqian Jiang working on precise measurement tools for future factories and "Industry 4.0".
Future factory developer: Professor Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang FREng.
Huddersfield University’s Professor Xiangqian (Jane) Jiang FREng has been appointed as the UK's Royal Academy Engineering/Renishaw Chair in Precision Metrology. Professor Jiang’s research at the university will support the future of manufacturing by developing new precise measurement tools, including photonics-based systems, for use in smart, automated factories.
The Chair is jointly sponsored by the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering and Renishaw, the UK engineering company involved with research in precision engineering.
New technology is required to ensure that factory systems remain reliable during the design, production and verification of high value products. However, current measurement systems lag behind the pace of development of computer technology, which is being used to create increasingly smart, connected production lines – so-called ‘Industry 4.0’.
The research will bring together modern mathematics and optics to create sensor hardware and bespoke software, with a new approach to hierarchical design and metrology. Building on her experience in the automotive industry and over 20 years’ research in measurement science, the new research funding will enable Prof. Jiang to develop the technology that will form the backbone of autonomous manufacturing infrastructure over the coming 30 years.
“I am delighted to be able to work closely with Renishaw, a world-leading engineering and scientific technology company, and the Royal Academy of Engineering to challenge formidable barriers in today’s measurement technologies,” she commented.
Under this research sponsorship, the next generation of embedded metrology technologies will be explored, generated and then integrated into manufacturing systems and platforms. It will facilitate the future factory to produce ‘right first time and every time’ fabrication of complex products in many sectors, for example, aerospace, automotive, electronics, healthcare, energy and even astronomy.
Professor Geoff McFarland, Group Engineering Director at Renishaw, said, “We would like to congratulate Professor Jiang on her appointment to this important role and look forward to working closely with her in the coming years. It is highly gratifying that metrology is increasingly being recognized for its importance as a core enabling technology at the very heart of the manufacturing process and no longer simply a standalone."
Prof Jiang with University Chancellor Sir Patrick Stewart.
Interviewed by optics.org, Prof. Jiang commented, “This new appointment builds on my previous research in embedded optical instrumentation. I received a prestigious European Research Council Advanced Grant in 2008, which focused in the Fundamentals and Principles for Measurement and Characterization of 21st Century Science and Engineering Surfaces
o.o: In relation to metrology using optical systems, what types of process and application are you working on at the moment?
"I am continuing research into new optical sensors and instruments but increasingly the focus is on how these can be integrated into manufacturing platforms and production lines. The research that I and my team are undertaking will also lead to new technology systems for machine tool technology – CNC, Additive and roll-to-roll manufacturing.”
o.o: What types of optical systems are you working with?
“One of my key areas of research is developing and generating bespoke optical systems. Current systems are not advanced enough for the future demands of high-value advanced manufacturing sectors, which require precision surface measurement for their products. By improving metrology instrumentation, the benefits to industry will be reduced manufacturing costs as well as enabling complex components to be produced, which currently only exist in the design phase.
“Once the instruments are in a prototype stage we look for partners to commercialize them. We are currently working with a commercial partner to commercialize our wavelength-scanning interferometer, which was awarded the IET Innovation Award in 2014 ”.
o.o: Are you working with other academic and industrial partners?
“We work closely with NPL (National Physical Laboratory) as well as a range of industrial partners. The four co-creators of the EPSRC Centre were NPL, Renishaw, Rolls-Royce and Taylor Hobson and we are working with companies from a range of sectors including aerospace, automotive, instrumentation, healthcare, machine-tools and optics sectors. We’re also currently doing some feasibility study projects with universities including Strathclyde, Sheffield and Surrey.”
o.o: What is the link between your work and Industry 4.0?
“Smart factories, which will be at the heart of Industry 4.0, will require next-generation sensors and instrumentation so there is a need for further breakthroughs in optical sensor research and instrument development to address the challenges around optical performance and sensor response. For industry, the development of self-aware and self-learning control and measurement systems at a new level of sophistication will result in metrology solutions that are linked to the design process and deliver real-time verification and process control capabilities.”
Matthew Peach is a contributing editor to optics.org.
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"I came to Peru in 1995, where I graduated in communication science and worked as copy editor for different publicity agencies," recalls Iuliana.
"Moving to Peru and trying to fit in and get used to a new culture and its traditions was a challenge, at first. Eventually, I got acclimated and fell in love with Peru's customs, traditions, and landscapes, as well as the warmth of the Peruvian people. It was a seed that was to blossom into a personal project.
"When I came upon the knitting traditions of Peruvian artisans, the beautiful colors, the story lines and mythical history that each piece conveys, it inspired me to fuse them along with fashion design. This set my creativity free, and I started to knit in an original and at times fun style in order to continue telling a story, a more modern one.
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"This venture is both gratifying and challenging. I started a workshop where I work along with my mother-in-law, my husband and Peruvian artisans who specialize in knitting – they are all so impassioned about their craft! Hopefully one day we can increase our workshop and be in a position to offer jobs to more people.
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Anti-Indian
Whitening New Zealand
Notes from Drury
I'm honoured that the Spinoff Review of Books is devoting itself to The Stolen Island this week. I've done an interview with Spinoff books editor Steve Braunias, and he's commissioned a couple of reviews - one of them, by veteran Pacific journalist and historian Michael Field, appears today - and taken an excerpt from my book.
When my wife and I visited Samoa in 2009, on our first tentative venture into the tropical Pacific, Michael Field's book Mau: the tragic story of Samoa's Freedom Struggle was our guide, as we visited sites like the parliament improvised by Samoa's nationalists in a band rotunda, and the seaside road where New Zealand cops machine gunned a protest march.
Field has always been at home in Samoa, but he has had a difficult relationship with Tonga, whose authorities have several times banned him. In the chapter of his 2010 book Swimming with Sharks dedicated to Tonga, Field makes clear his exasperation with the kingdom's hierarchical social structure. He records seeing Tongan commoners crawling on their stomachs towards members of their royal family, and suggests that only the unambitious and untalented avoid emigrating to more meritocratic societies like Nu'u Sila and Amelika.
But Field's review acknowledges the other, apparently contradictory side of Tonga - the tradition of critical thinking and cultural eclecticism most famously represented by Futa Helu and his 'Atenisi Institute...
posted by Skyler at 2/28/2017 12:21:00 pm 12 comments
Reclusive, and a genius?
There are few things more intriguing than a reclusive literary genius: somebody who sends out a flow of captivating words, and fills the shelves of bookshops and libraries with volume after volume, but refuses to participate in the rituals of celebrity - refuses to appear at book festivals, to read in bookshops, to sign books for fans, and even to be photographed and put on dust jackets.
New Zealand has been short of reclusive geniuses. We have had no Thomas Pynchon, no JD Salinger. It is true that Frank Sargeson worked for decades in isolation, behind the buffer of his overgrown vegetable garden, but he never cherished obscurity, and was happy to become a celebrity in the last decade of his life. Janet Frame was intensely shy, but she struggled through interviews, and never turned away a photographer.
Now, though, Brett Cross, the boss of Titus Books and its offshoot Atuanui Books, claims to have discovered a reclusive genius living and writing in Auckland. Brett has a manuscript and a global publishing deal to support his claim. He has written about his discovery at The Spinoff.
Shocked by slavery
I'm grateful to Sarah Hayward of Booksellers.co.nz for this review of The Stolen Island.
posted by Skyler at 2/22/2017 07:56:00 pm 6 comments
Snatching and killing
[I wrote this article for a magazine editor who wanted something based on my book about the nineteenth century slave raids in Tonga. When I sent it through the editor in question demurred, complaining that my text didn't, in fact, relate very obviously to The Stolen Island. My excuse is that my mind is drifting this year away from Tonga and towards Melanesia, where most of the Pacific slave trade took place, and where a vast amount of research remains to be done.]
Few histories of New Zealand rugby mention the first international fixture played in this country. The game in question took place in June 1870, on an uneven, muddy paddock that is now central Auckland’s Albert Park. A group of locals took on a team picked from the crew of the British warship HMS Rosario. The British brought the ball, and also the goalposts. We don’t know whether they won the game.
The Rosario had stopped in Auckland to stuff its hold with hard biscuits and potatoes. By the winter of 1870 the ship was a year and a half into an impossible commission. The faraway British government had instructed the Rosario to end the Pacific slave trade.
In 1870 the law abolishing slavery in Britain was more than three and a half decades old, and the blacks of America’s south had been free for five years. But scores of ships were crossing the Pacific with shackled islanders in their holds.
The Pacific slave trade had begun in 1862, when the Peruvian government had invited ships to collect ‘colonists’ from the Pacific Islands, and to sell these captives at the port of Callao.
Opportunistic captains soon raided almost every island society from Rapa Nui in the east to Kiribati in the west of the Pacific. In the middle of 1863 the Peruvians responded to international condemnation and rescinded their law; by that time more than three thousand islanders had vanished into Callao, a place they nicknamed ‘the jaws of hell’. Only a couple of hundred islanders returned, but they carried, to their already decimated homelands, the gifts of civilisation: smallpox, dysentery, and tuberculosis.
Lincoln’s war on the Confederate States of America may have emancipated the slaves of that nation, but it invigorated the Pacific labour trade. As Lincoln’s army burned the crops and mansions of southern plantation owners, it made cotton a scarce and valuable commodity, and also made inevitable a diaspora of ruined and unrepentantly racist Confederates.
Confederate refugees landed in the South Seas, where they bought or stole land, planted cotton, sugar, and tobacco, and sought a new supply of slaves. The men who gave Peru its slaves had provoked European powers by raiding islands under colonial control. The slavers of the late 1860s were cannier: they targeted Melanesia, a region not yet digested by empires.
The planters paid well for slaves. An adult male could fetch nine pounds; women and children could change hands for six pounds. Slaving became popularly known as blackbirding; slavers were blackbirders. Soon Queensland was being nicknamed ‘the second Louisiana’, because of its sugar plantations where blacks toiled, and Confederate planters on Fiji were founding a branch of the Ku Klux Klan to terrorise locals unwilling to pick cotton for free.
The Rosario was a fast, modern vessel. A steam engine complemented its sails, and its mechanised cannons were efficiently deadly. But the Rosario was working alone, against an industry.
Even when the British intercepted a ship, unsympathetic colonial governments and courts could undo their work.
In June 1869 the Rosario’s Captain George Palmer boarded a Queensland schooner called Daphne, and found more than one hundred ni-Vanuatu men in its small hold. Palmer freed these slaves, and brought Daphne’s captain to Sydney for trial; the chief justice of New South Wales threw the case out, explaining that Britain’s anti-slavery laws did not apply in the Pacific.
Slavers may not have had much to fear from the British navy, but they soon began to dread the warriors of Melanesia. The young men of the New Hebrides and the Solomons learned to withdraw from the beach when tall ships appeared. They hid in trees or behind stones beside the steep and muddy paths that led to the interiors of their islands, and waited with bows and spears and darts for exhausted white men.
Sometimes Melanesians pretended to be eager to sail away from their islands. Smiling, they climbed aboard the small boats that slavers sent through reefs and estuaries. On the decks of the big ships they pulled tomahawks from under their skirts and blankets.
Some stretches of coast, like the eastern edge of the large island of Malaita, became notorious. It was off eastern Malaita that several canoeloads of islanders stormed Kenneth McKenzie’s slave ship the Borealis. McKenzie was one of several sailors from the Scottish settlement of Waipu who had profited by shipping Melanesians to Queensland and Fiji in the 1860s and ‘70s. He was on a small boat, headed for the coast of Malaita, when warriors began to leap from their canoes and climb the steep sides of the Borealis. McKenzie fled from his ship, leaving half a dozen members of his crew, including his son Willie, to face the attackers.
After reaching a group of other slave ships a few miles up the coast and holding a ‘council of war’, Kenneth McKenzie returned to the Borealis with reinforcements. He found the ship deserted. There was ‘blood all over the deck’ and brain fluid was ‘scattered on the windlass’; there were ‘axe marks all over the bulwarks’. The Malaitans had withdrawn to their island, and taken the bodies of Willie and his fellow sailors with them.
Melanesian resistance forced slavers to improvise new tactics. Some ships, like the Dunedin-based screw steamer Wainui, began to hunt in open seas, away from the lagoons and jungles that had become so dangerous. The Anglican mariner John Jacob described the Wainui ploughing into a group of small canoes in deep water off the island of Savo. The canoes spilt their paddlers and passengers; the Wainui’s crew pulled the islanders to safety, then made them into slaves.
Other slavers began to outsource the most dangerous parts of their jobs. Melanesia was a region of small-scale, decentralised societies, whose language groups and clans and lineages made and broke alliances with one another as their circumstances and interests changed. Some blackbirders learned to play one group of Melanesians off against another.
In certain parts of Melanesia, like New Georgia and Makira, chiefs collected the heads of their enemies, and built special houses where, arranged one after another along rafters and on shelves, these trophies could be admired and mocked. Soon white men were also becoming enthusiastic headhunters.
In 1870 two Anglican missionaries in the Nggela Islands saw a group of local men go out in a canoe to trade with a vessel that had anchored offshore. The ship was called the Water Lily; its crew were, at first, friendly towards the islanders, and seemed keen to trade. Suddenly, though, one of the white men jumped into the canoe, and others reached down with long oars and began to beat its riders. One of the five islanders leapt overboard and swam to safety. Before he had reached shore, though, he had seen his four friends beheaded with tomahawks in the bloody hollow of their canoe.
Melanesians began to talk about ‘kill kill’ as well as ‘snatch snatch’ ships. Blackbirders had discovered that the chiefs of New Georgia and other regions would supply labour parties for Queensland, in return for the heads of their traditional enemies.
Some slavers fearful of showers of arrows began to impersonate the only white man who was widely liked in Melanesia. They would anchor off islands that had been visited by John Coleridge Patteson, the first Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, don black garments, hold Bibles aloft on the decks of their ships, and wait for locals to paddle or swim towards them.
For sixteen years Patteson landed on Pacific beaches. By 1871, the great-nephew of Samuel Taylor Coleridge could preach in twenty-three of Melanesia's thousand languages. On island after island, the bishop left Bibles and medicines and sailed away with young men, who learned to read and pray at Anglican schools on Norfolk Island and in Auckland.
After hearing about his imitators, the Bishop of Melanesia became a meticulous opponent of the slave trade. He collected stories of raids, chains, and whippings, and wrote long memoranda to the governments of Australasia and Britain.
In September 1871 Bishop Patteson landed on Nukapu, one of the Reef Islands in the northern Solomons. Nukapu covers nearly three quarters of a square kilometre, and is surrounded by a teardrop-shaped lagoon and a reef. In the months before the Southern Cross' visit, the island had been repeatedly raided by blackbirders. Nukapuans were not happy to see another exotic ship.
Patteson crossed Nukapu’s reef in a Melanesian canoe given to him by some of his students. Hours later he drifted back towards the Southern Cross on the same vessel. There were arrows and axe marks in his torso, and the right side of his face had collapsed. The bishop had become Nukapu's message to the white world.
Patteson became the first Pacific martyr of the Anglican church. Today his certificate of ordination is displayed as a sacred relic at Auckland's Anglican cathedral. On a window in a church in a Surrey village called Kingswood there is a portrait of the martyr serenely contemplating his Bible while two copper-coloured savages carrying clubs approach him.
In a letter published in many Australasian newspapers Captain Jacobs, who had brought Patteson to Nukapu, blamed the bishop’s death on blackbirding. Memorial meetings in the towns of New Zealand and the Australian colonies agreed. A gathering in Auckland’s Choral Hall unanimously urged the British and Australasian governments to place ‘the so-called labour trade…under effective control’. But after the slaying of Patteson, the Rosario’s mission changed. The ship had first been charged with stopping the Pacific slave trade: now it was ordered to take vengeance on the victims of that trade.
On November the 29th, 1871, nearly three months after the slaying of Bishop Patteson, the Rosario anchored outside Nukapu’s lagoon, and sent four small boats through its reef wall. Scores of men began what George Palmer described as a ‘war dance’ on the distant beach, then fired arrows in the direction of the small boats. The Rosario’s canons opened up, and the men in the small boats added ‘hundreds of rounds’ of rifle and pistol fire, until the Nukapuans retreated into the coconut groves beyond their beach. The invaders followed them, and found, in a clearing near the centre of the island, a village whose wooden huts had been fortified with slabs of beachrock. They shot their way through the village, set each of its dwellings ablaze, and withdrew over the lagoon and through the reef to the Rosario, where they continued to snipe at the islanders.
A corporal surnamed Marcus was one of several men wounded on Nukapu; he had been crossing the island’s beach when an arrow had grazed his arm. Back on the Rosario Marcus seemed to have recovered from his injury. His captain remembered him doing ‘some capital shooting’ at the remnants of the Nukapuan force. When Marcus noticed five natives gathering ‘on a point of their land with their canoes’ he ‘lodged a shell in the midst of them’, causing ‘most terrible havoc’. But Marcus’ recovery was illusory. The arrow that had cut him was tipped with poison. The corporal would die three and a half weeks after the raid on Nukapu.
As the Rosario steamed away from Nukapu, the ‘natives were seen at work trying to extinguish the fire that covered their island. Despite their efforts, Palmer reported, the shadows of flames ‘could be seen for three hours’ as the Rosario travelled south. George Palmer estimated that ‘twenty to thirty natives’ had been killed by his men. A ship that had been charged with protecting Pacific islanders had devastated the island of Nukapu.
In the tropical Pacific the days of slavery have not been forgotten. When I was researching my book The Stolen Island, which describes the slave raids on two Tongan islands and their aftermath, I sat around kava bowls and heard men talk about the nineteenth century as though it were our own.
When I visited Vanuatu last year I noticed how closely that nation’s identity is connected to blackbirding. Vanuatu’s national language is Bislama, a creole brought back from the sugar fields of Queensland; the government organises ceremonies to remember the theft of so many ni-Vanuatu, and demands an apology from Australia.
Australia is yet to apologise to Vanuatu, but it has recognised the South Sea Islander community, whose twelve thousand members are the descendants of ‘sugar slaves’ who never returned to their homelands, as a distinct ethnic community, and some New South Wales and Queensland schools now teach the history of blackbirding.
In New Zealand, though, the memory of the Pacific slave trade has been almost successfully repressed.
Our government has belatedly created an annual day of remembrance for the Land Wars of the nineteenth century. Perhaps we also need a day to remember the Pacific slave trade, and the warfare that the trade brought to islands like Nukapu.
[Posted by Scott Hamilton]
Roasting Von Tempsky
[Paul Janman, Ian Powell, and I are holding an exhibition about the Great South Road - or, as we increasingly call it, Ghost South Road - in the middle of this year, an exhibition which will include panel discussions and theatrical performances as well as art. Paul has set up a facebook group for the actors rehearsing for the exhibition; I left this message there last week.]
I commented here recently about theatrical performances that took place during the Waikato War. But there was an intriguing play that was performed for the first time at the beginning of the 1870s, and which presented, in a very dubious way, one of the most famous parts of the New Zealand Wars - the death of Gustavus Von Tempsky, the brilliant and brutal commander of the Forest Rangers, the colonial army's counter-insurgency unit, during the battle of Te Ngutu o te Manu in Taranaki.
Launcelot Booth was a Durham-born immigrant to the antipodes who became involved with Auckland's fledgling theatre scene soon after arriving in the city in 1870. In February 1871 a review of Booth's play Crime in the Clouds appeared in both the New Zealand Herald and the Daily Southern Cross. The anonymous reviewer explained that the play had attracted a large audience to Auckland's Theatre Royal. The reviewer praised Crime in the Clouds for 'providing some very good scenery', and was particularly impressed by the 'view of Fort Britomart and the North Shore'.
Later in the 1870s Booth would bring Crime in the Clouds to Christchurch, and a newspaper report suggests that in 1898, decades after he had left New Zealand for Australia, he was performing the play in Sydney.
The reviewer for the New Zealand Herald and the Daily Southern Cross promised to provide a 'synopsis' of Booth's play in a later article, but never obliged. His review does give us a rough idea of how the play unfolded. All but one of the play's acts were set in England. In the first act a passenger in a balloon is murdered high above Buckinghamshire; in the third act the action moved to Taranaki, and Booth portrayed the death of Von Tempsky, who was shot while hacking furiously at the undergrowth of the Taranaki bush during the rout of his men by the army of Titokowaru. Booth's play featured 'real Maoris' and a 'real war dance'.
Crime in the Clouds seems never to have been published. In 1888, though, the Hawkes Bay Herald published a memoir by someone named JF Graham, who had helped to run a theatre troupe in 1870s Christchurch. Graham's reminiscences are quite well written, if you can forgive his casual racism and the orotund prose style that was common in the nineteenth century, and they give a good deal of information about Crime in the Clouds. Graham explains how he and his colleagues created a 'large transparency' for Booth, and how they tried to simulate the flight of a balloon against it.
If Graham's memoir is to be believed, then Booth's portrayal of the death of Von Tempsky was ludicrously and luridly inaccurate. Graham says that a group of 'aboriginals' from Banks Peninsula were persuaded to take part in the play in return for whisky, and that they were obliged to tie the actor playing Von Tempsky up, and dangle him over a fire, as if they were about to cook him. According to Graham, the 'aboriginals' got too enthusiastic, and Von Tempsky got burnt. Here's a link to Graham's text.
The loneliness of Donald Trump
President Trump's first fortnight in power has taught us three lessons.
The first lesson is that Trump is an economic nationalist. He was serious when he talked, on the campaign trail, about scrapping free trade deals and keeping American companies from migrating to Mexico and Asia. He was serious about building new infrastructure, like roads and bridges and his notorious border wall, that will create jobs and stimulate the economy.
Last year Boris Kagarlitsky argued that Trump represented the declining manufacturing sector of the American capitalist class, and was opposed by the financial sector of the country's capitalist class, as well by new high tech industries. Trump's first fortnight in power suggests that Kagarlitsky was right.
Wall Street, which had hoped Trump's denunciations of neo-liberal capitalism were unserious, has begun to admit it was wrong. The financial sector and high tech sectors benefit from the relatively free movement of labour as well as capital; they have been unimpressed by Trump's talk of tariffs, and also by his attempts to ban the citizens of seven mainly Muslim nations from entering America. It is no coincidence that tech companies are joining forces to challenge Trump's ban.
Trump's economic nationalism makes him careless about alienating traditional allies like Australia, and reckless in his dealings with China.
The second lesson Trump has taught us is that he wants to conquer and reshape the American state.
Before Trump was elected, observers disagreed over whether or not he would be content to govern within the limits the American constitution traditionally gives to presidents, or whether he was interested in ending the separation of powers between congress, the courts, and the presidency and concentrating power in the White House. We can now see that Trump is keen to control the innermost parts of the American state, and contemptuous of the limits that have traditionally been placed on presidential power.
Trump has pushed members of his family and his political advisers into parts of the 'deep state', like the National Security Council, that have traditionally been off limits to political appointees. He has sacked an Attorney General who questioned the legality of his ban on visitors from seven Muslim majority nations, and has condemned a federal judge who considered the ban unconstitutional. He has attacked congressmen like John McCain, after they queried his authoritarian style.
Some critics of Trump's reach for power point at Stephen Bannon, the former boss of Breitbart News who has been making himself comfortable in the White House over the last fortnight. Bannon's politics have been characterised as fascist, but he isn't necessarily responsible for Trump's authoritarianism. America's new president has spent his life as a corporate dictator, sacking staff and buying and selling companies at will; it is perhaps not surprising that he is still acting like a dictator.
The third lesson Trump has taught us, albeit unwittingly, is that he is isolated, and unlikely, given the present balance of forces, to succeed in turning America towards economic nationalism and in conquering the state. Trump's chthonic nationalism and his contempt for the rule of law have convinced many observers that he is a fascist. But Trump lacks the support of the most powerful parts of America's capitalist class, and he lacks the organised and menacing street army that has traditionally helped fascists take and consolidate power.
In capitalist countries, the ruling class traditionally only turns to fascism when it sees its own power threatened by another class. The German capitalists turned to Hitler because they were traumatised by the Great Depression and terrified that the country's massive Communist Party would take power and seize their factories in the name of the working class.
America is not suffering a Great Depression, although isolated parts of the country, like the Trump-voting coal counties of Kentucky, are suffering an apparently endless economic decline, and no mass radical movement threatens the assets of its elite. A large majority of Republican lawmakers will baulk at Trump's economic nationalism, and will be unimpressed by his attempts to undermine the powers of congress and the courts.
Trump could try to overcome the opposition of the courts and of mainstream Republicans if he had a streetfighting army behind him. If he had such an army he might call on its members to intimidate judges who defy him, to flood airports and make sure that his ban on Muslims is maintained, and to blockade any state legislature that opposes him.
But although Trump won millions of devoted supporters during his election campaign, he has not tried to turn these supporters into brownshirts. He may fulminate against 'so-called judges' and other enemies in his tweets, and his followers may angrily retweet him, but indignation is no substitute for force. It is Trump's opponents who have created, in an extraordinarily brief time, a large and impressively mobile protest movement. Trump is, at present, a lonely figure: a general without an army.
About that trilithon
I know that parents are the very worst art critics when they are viewing the work of their offspring, but I was quite impressed with the painting that my oldest son did at kindy the day before we jointly showed some slides of the Ha'amonga a Maui and other Tongan landmarks associated with the demigod and anti-hero of Moana. Let me go completely hyperbolic and suggest that there's a Rothko-like quality to those rectangular slabs of paint.
I recently ran into 'Opeti Taliai, my old boss at the 'Atenisi Institute, at Auckland hospital. I was there to pick up a new-fangled drug; he was getting his new liver tested. We'd lost touch, and got to talking about his recent efforts to develop his PhD thesis, which is called The Legitimation of Economic and Political Power in Tonga, into a book. I mentioned that I'd raided the thesis when I was reviewing the Tongan New Zealand artist Sione Faletau's remarkable flesh and blood reconstruction of the trilithon for EyeContact.
Ha'amonga a Maui translates approximately as burden of Maui, and 'Opeti links the structure with the centralisation of power in Tonga, and the extraction of a regular 'inasi, or tribute, from farmers. He suggests that the trilithon, which stood beside Heketa, Tonga's earliest capital, might have been designed as a gateway through which commoners had to bring their 'gifts' to a nascent monarchy.
'Opeti Taliai's explanation for the Ha'amonga is surely more plausible than the late King Tupou IV's claim that the monument was designed as a sort of open-air observatory, or Gavin Menzies' theory that it was raised by Chinese interlopers.
You can read 'Opeti's thesis here.
In defence of Maui
Morgan Godfery has written a long and fascinating review of Moana, Disney's blockbusting excursion into Polynesian history and myth.
Godfery talks about how he, like many other Polynesians, grew up hearing two versions of his people's history.
The first version, which came from whanau, described the heroic and skilful settlement of the Pacific, and the development of complex cultures on often inhospitable islands.
The second version, which was broadcast in classrooms and through televisions and other media, insisted that Polynesians drifted desperately across the Pacific, were wrecked on random islands, and established primitive ways of life that were rendered obsolete by the arrival of Europeans.
Some reviewers of Moana have praised the film for making its heroes Polynesians, and for showing off Polynesian tattooing and vaka. The film's eponymous protagonist is a sixteen year old girl with an appetite and aptitude for adventure; she has been acclaimed as an 'anti-princess' and therefore a feminist hero.
Godfery, though, finds himself unable to join the chorus of praise for Moana. He points out that Moana is an invented character, not a part of Polynesian mythology, and that the supposedly feminist movie debases a real feminist hero of Pacific folklore, the fire goddess Pele, by portraying her as Te Fiti, a wretched 'lava witch'.
And like Jenny Salesa, the Tongan New Zealand MP for Manukau East, Morgan Godfery is upset by the depiction of the demigod and hero Maui in Moana. Stories about Maui's strength, cunning, and imagination have been told for many centuries in almost all of Polynesia's thirty or so cultures, from Rapa Nui to Tonga to Tikopia. When tales are told in marae, or beside a campfire, or around a kava bowl, it is Maui who is credited with pulling islands from the sea, with holding up the world, with stealing fire and sharing it with mortals.
In Moana, though, the legendary Maui is turned into what Godfery calls 'an American jerk'. Maui is obese, obnoxious, ignorant, a comic sidekick to the film's teenage hero.
Last week the kids at my oldest son's kindergarten watched Moana, and loved the film. My son came home from kindy laughing about Maui, and acting out some of his scenes.
I didn't want to detract from the kids' enjoyment of the film, but I thought I could broaden their appreciation of Maui by showing some images of the demigod's exploits in Tonga. This morning I put on my tupenu and ta'ovala and headed down to kindy.
When the kids saw the bulky mat tied around my waist with coconut fibre they were intrigued; one of them decided that I was wearing a 'Maui skirt'. I described how Tongans make ta'ovala by taking the bark off paper mulberry trees, soaking it in the sea, then beating and weaving it, and explained that on formal occasions in Tonga everyone must wear a mat.
I showed a series of pictures of sites associated with Maui on a laptop. My son, who was wearing his own tupenu, had visited all of the landmarks, and added his own commentary on them.
Even as I talked to my audience of three and four year olds, I realised how much I was simplifying the tangled network of tales that are told about Maui in the Friendly Islands. Some stories, for example, attribute Maui's deeds to a family, rather than the individual I described. Maui fusi-fonua, or Maui the puller of land, brought islands out of the sea; his nephew Maui Kisikisi was the thief of fire. A 1921 article by EEV Collocott introduced English-language readers to some of the Tongan stories about Maui.
The Ha'amonga a Maui, or burden of Maui, stands near the ruins of Heketa, Tonga's first capital, in the far east of the island of Tongatapu. Some stories say that Maui, with his prodigous strength, quarried the monument's three slabs of beachrock, dragged them to Heketa, and forced them together. In an essay for the art journal EyeContact I looked at other theories and versions of the Ha'amonga a Maui.
Scientists say that the boulder that stands near the village of Kala'au, in the west of Tongatapu, was ripped from coral rock and thrown inland by an immense tsunami about ten thousand years ago. But old stories speak of a giant chicken that was terrorising the island of 'Eua, which lies twenty or so kilometres from Kala'au across a deep and stormy Tongatapu Channel. Maui ran the chicken down and threw it across the water, away from 'Eua. When the bird landed on Tongatapu it turned to stone.
Maui's boulder almost qualifies as a mountain on an island as flat as Tongatapu, and during the wars that divided the island early in the nineteenth century the rock was used as a lookout.
A sign in the middle of Kala'au directs curious palangi to Maui's boulders, and to some of the other historic sites that cluster around the village.
It was hard work throwing a giant chicken across the sea, and as he struggled with the bird Maui sunk one of his feet into the porous earth of 'Eua. Maui's footprint is a giant sinkhole, and a favourite destination of the hikers who explore the 'Euan highland.
Lianga Huao a Maui, or Maui's archway, is found at the southern end of 'Eua, and is considered a monument to the demigod's mischievousness. After his mother forced him out of bed and into his kava plantation, and gave him a stick to dig with, Maui rebelled. He stamped his foot; the ground shook. His exasperated mother, who had as much strength as her son, grabbed the digging stick and threw it away: it stuck into a cliff. When Maui pulled the tool free, it left a hole that tourists like to photograph.
My oldest son's classmates seemed to enjoy seeing Maui's handiwork, and hearing about his feats. I hope that they now find the 'American jerk' of Moana more complicated, and interesting.
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Virulotyping of Shigella spp. isolated from pediatric patients in Tehran, Iran
Ranjbar, Reza and Bolandian, Masomeh and Behzadi, Payam (2017) Virulotyping of Shigella spp. isolated from pediatric patients in Tehran, Iran. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, 64 (1). pp. 71-80. ISSN 1217-8950
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Shigellosis is a considerable infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality among children worldwide. In this survey the prevalence of four important virulence genes including ial, ipaH, set1A, and set1B were investigated among Shigella strains and the related gene profiles identified in the present investigation, stool specimens were collected from children who were referred to two hospitals in Tehran, Iran. The samples were collected during 3 years (2008–2010) from children who were suspected to shigellosis. Shigella spp. were identified throughout microbiological and serological tests and then subjected to PCR for virulotyping. Shigella sonnei was ranking first (65.5%) followed by Shigella flexneri (25.9%), Shigella boydii (6.9%), and Shigella dysenteriae (1.7%). The ial gene was the most frequent virulence gene among isolated bacterial strains and was followed by ipaH, set1B, and set1A. S. flexneri possessed all of the studied virulence genes (ial 65.51%, ipaH 58.62%, set1A 12.07%, and set1B 22.41%). Moreover, the pattern of virulence gene profiles including ial, ial–ipaH, ial–ipaH–set1B, and ial–ipaH–set1B–set1A was identified for isolated Shigella spp. strains. The pattern of virulence genes is changed in isolated strains of Shigella in this study. So, the ial gene is placed first and the ipaH in second.
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The Poetic Offices in the Eastern Part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia
Snoj, Jurij (2004) The Poetic Offices in the Eastern Part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia. Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 45 (1-2). pp. 213-224. ISSN 0039-3266
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Since the territories of the ancient patriarchate of Aquileia did not share the same historical development, the eastern, Austrian part of the patriarchate, comprising the land of Carniola, but also the southern parts of Styria and Carinthia, must be regarded as a special area within the Aquileian ecclesiastical province. There is a repertoire of 23 poetic (or to some extent poetic) offices preserved in the manuscripts from this region. Its main characteristic appears to be the mixture of south German and Aquileian creations, the latter layer consisting of four offices for four groups of local Aquileian saints. Judging by the sources preserved, these offices circulated only within the patriarchate; however, one of them (the poetic office of the Cancius' family) seems to be unique to the antiphonary from Kranj/Krainburg. The Aquileian offices appear to have come into being in different periods from the late 13th to the late 15th centuries; they therefore disclose different musical characteristics that do not allow us to conceive of them as representing a distinct and stylistically unified group of musical creations. The study has three objectives: presents the repertoire of the poetic offices, analyses the repertoire according to the origin of its items, compares some basic traits of those offices.
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Intel Based Mac
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Modernist Anecdotes
Essay by Scott Esposito — Published on March 10, 2014
The Lydia Davis Symposium, Spring 2014
BOOKS COVERED:
The Collected Stories by Lydia Davis, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2008.
Can’t and Won’t by Lydia Davis, Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2014.
We seem to be reaching a consensus that there is something distinctly new about what Lydia Davis does. After awarding her the 2013 International Booker Prize over a slate of titans like Marilynne Robinson, Russia’s Vladimir Sorokin, and Pakistan’s Intizar Husain, the author and critic Tim Parks said that Davis deserved the award because he and his co-jurists “felt that we were reading something we hadn’t read before in any shape or form—that it really was sparkling and new and fresh, a new form for the short story, and that carried the day in the end.” Even discounting the hyped-up language of major literary awards, the claim is staggering: he essentially says that Davis is head and shoulders above nine of the greatest living writers in the world.
Such heady praise may owe something to the International Booker’s provincialism (Davis is their third Anglo out of five awards), but bear in mind that Parks is an estimable reader, and, more importantly, he is not alone. In awarding Davis one of its prestigious fellowships in 2007, the MacArthur Foundation raved, “eschewing the conventions of plot, character, and drama, Davis shows how language itself can entertain, how all that what one word says, and leaves unsaid, can hold a reader’s interest.” She “grants readers a glimpse of life’s previously invisible details, revealing new sources of philosophical insight and beauty.” Once again, this is language that underlines how particularly new Davis feels. Even The New Yorker’s difficult-to-impress James Wood was unambiguous in claiming that she has made something authentically new: “A body of work probably unique in American writing. . . . I suspect that [Davis’] prose will in time be seen as one of the great, strange American literary contributions, distinct and crookedly personal, in the way of the work of Flannery O’Connor, or Donald Barthelme, or J. F. Powers.” The list goes on: David Shields says “she has utterly altered how I think about writing”; Francine Prose raves: “[she] expanded my ideas of what fiction could be, what language could accomplish.” There seems no end to her devotees, all making claims for Davis’ arresting newness.
These are major assertions, but they’re not excessive: Davis’ body of work really does seem this original. Original, but not sui generis: she’s an author whose forebears are right there in front of you. Some are in her fiction, like Beckett and Kafka. Others she’s translated: her first prominence came for bringing Maurice Blanchot’s demanding essays into English, and her endlessly ruminative narrators clearly show her following the French philosopher’s declaration that writing is “the invention of a language that one recollects” (words Davis herself translated in his essay “From Dread to Language”). Gertrude Stein is another ancestor, as she shares Stein’s strange sense of humor and delight in playing with the thinginess of language, particularly through sonic repetition. Then of course there is Franz Kafka, who, like Davis, was preternaturally capable of having everything that words can’t say somehow hijack his stories, becoming his true protagonists. In this way they both force a reader toward the unsaid through beguilingly simple prose.
As each of these writers did, she has developed her own sensibility, a certain experience that is instantly recognizable when you read a Davis story: the first piece in the 2008 Collected, simply titled “Story,” may very well exchange places with the volume’s last, “A Different Man,” which appears over 700 pages and two decades later. Both feel like the full articulation of a mature style, and everything in between feels as though it bears an essential familial resemblance. Davis has consistently spoken in her own singular voice.
So what exactly is the nature of her innovation? Many qualities leap to mind. A Lydia Davis story tends to be brief, not only in its overall length but also in each sentence within it. Her language is unadorned—simple even—but its rock-solid, compact voice feels somehow different from any other. Her work frequently turns on observations that all seem to come from the same jaundiced eye, but one that very often appreciates life’s humor. Hers is the voice of the soliloquy, which helps give her stories a form different from what we’re accustomed to. She works by building up repetitions, then suddenly introducing juxtapositions that change their course; this is a perfect fit for her obsessive narrators, who always seem to release five new questions in the process of pinning down just one detail. She loves to diagram out nests of relationships, and she frequently spends more attention on the system than the people that compose it. She is fascinated by objects, describing them in unfamiliar ways and often treating people like objects, or objects like people. Perhaps most of all, the stories adhere to the processes of logic and the ways in which it’s shaped by things like grammar, language, the law, morality, and commerce.
These are all recognizable, complementary aspects of Davis’ work, but I would say that none of them are that one thing that gives her stories their particular feel. More than anything else, I feel that the common denominator of her short fiction is its anecdotal quality.
Webster’s defines an anecdote as “a short story about an interesting or funny event or occurrence,” and indeed this is most often what Davis gives us. They are the stories a friend might share while waiting for the bus, the events that we tell to a spouse over dinner, those reflections we occupy ourselves with in a few spare moments, the incidents we just can’t get out of our head. An anecdote’s unit of exchange is the wry observation, a thing Davis is a master of and the reason why the rumor she was joining Twitter caused a minor sensation. Anecdotes also tend to be about small situations that we can easily relate to (and have probably experienced ourselves), and this is just the terrain Davis most frequently covers. The genius here is that in her hands these everyday stories feel both new and significant.
Here are some examples of standard Davis plots: A neighbor’s rooster is smashed to bits by a truck. A woman attends an uneventful session of jury duty. A writer takes a walk with a translator at a conference. A woman ruminates over a break-up. Someone turns the pages of an old dictionary. A woman watches her dying father. Sometimes she writes about famous people, but it is always in a slight way: when she makes Kafka her narrator, it’s not during a moment of high drama but rather all the Kafkaesque thoughts passing through his head as he cooks dinner (we hardly even get to see the woman he is preparing it for, and their date is dull). Her story about Marie Curie is a series of short anecdotes from the famous scientist’s life, and it only glancingly treats her Nobel-worthy discoveries. Even when Davis writes about death, she focuses in on the most quotidian or quirky details of the experience—for instance, the way a funeral homes refers to the ashes as “cremains.”
As that last example might suggest, Davis’ writing is true to the anecdote’s form in that it’s dominated by light irony and good humor. (For some reason, angst, drama, and tragedy rarely make for a good anecdote.) Although she can and does treat the very serious subjects that make up the great conundrums of existence, these matters are introduced surreptitiously, and even the presence of death cannot fully chase away her detached sense of bemusement and levity. For instance, her heartbreaking story “Head, Heart,” is emotionally devastating; but although it stings us with the difficulty of moving on after the loss of a loved one, it still sounds a little like child-speak: “Help, head. Help heart.” Looking through the Collected, only very, very rarely does Davis leave the friendly confines of the anecdote for something dominated by a sense of menace, by the elemental—for instance, the mysterious and spectacular “In a Northern Country.”
Davis’ work feels weighty because in a very significant, insidious way, anecdotes guide our lives. Just like Davis’ work, they appear small, but they have a way of sticking with us and popping up again and again. They are the things we most often talk about with one another, and they are generally where we examine life up close and learn its lessons. This is precisely what Davis does: she attacks the big subjects conversationally, and she insinuates them into the banality of everyday life, or everyday language. “A Mown Lawn” (from her 2001 collection Samuel Johnson Is Indignant), is a perfect example, finding the Vietnam War, female sexuality, and the law all by simply rolling that simple phrase round and round her mouth. Or “Happy Memories,” also from Samuel Johnson, where the narrator ruminates on the inevitable disintegration of her body and the loss of everything she loves, yet with an equanimity bordering on whimsy. Davis is quite consciously working in the existential terrain uncovered by the modernists, but her stories do not carry their unrelenting angst. She presents these concerns in a different light that’s appropriate to the anecdote. This is perhaps a large part of Davis’ success: the world does not lack for talented authors dreaming of filling Kafka’s and Beckett’s shoes, but very few are capable, or desirous, of finding how this legacy might be compatible with smallness, cheer, and whimsical humor. In a world where darkness is generally equated with seriousness and comedy is thought to be a matter for light fiction, Davis’ work is both courageous and refreshing.
Her anecdotes also provide a missing link between the minimalism of the ’70s, the dominant school when she was producing her first work, and the flash fiction that proliferates in an Internet era. Davis often eschews plot, character, setting—really all the trappings of so-called realist fiction—and in this she clearly shares many of minimalism’s aesthetic impulses, yet her work never feels “minimalist.” I think this is because whereas a writer like Raymond Carver always makes you aware of everything he has stripped away from his stories—this is what makes minimalism minimal—in Davis we never feel the lack: her stories are exactly as large as they should be. They don’t give the impression that they have stripped away all excess because there is simply no indication that there should be anything more than what we have. In this way Davis again references the anecdote, which never means to be any larger than it is and never gives the impression that it is a truncated version of something that’s actually much grander. It is a form that’s comfortable with being small because it simply is what it is.
Lastly, an anecdote is generally told for a certain reason, and this is what gives Davis’ stories their offbeat energy. We all know a good tale when it happens to us—it fills us with a desire to share it with another person, and it has a way of coming to mind just when we need it to keep the conversation going. It’s not hard to sense this desire in Davis’ narrators. Their voices sound like people who want to tell us their stories because they’ve made them think about life differently. This is the quality of her writing that I think continually draws me back in. I know I am always going to receive a new viewpoint, very often on an old question; I am going to look differently at an everyday term, or a daily occurrence, or a question I have pondered all my life. Not only that, I am going to see the very process by which these matters become unfamiliar—this is exactly what Davis walks us through, sentence by sentence, as her stories inch through their logic. It is a little magical to watch it happen, and it makes me want to fill in all the infinitely small, infinitely deep crevices that Davis surmounts in her innumerable leaps of intuition.
One of my favorite of her stories is “Jury Duty,” from Samuel Johnson Is Indignant. It has such a peaceful, refreshing voice, the kind that our biases tell us shouldn’t come across as sincere, worldly, or weighty, but does. The premise is simple: a woman answers a series of unspecified questions about the term of jury duty she has just fulfilled. You get the sense she’s talking with a girlfriend over coffee. So uneventful is this story that the narrator doesn’t even get to serve, she just waits at the courthouse all day, imagining that those “who stayed on the jury were the Chosen.” After failing to join the ranks of the Chosen, she’s sent off to a lunch break with the other jurors. On the way out she happens to see a bunch of convicts, “all men, in orange suits,” and it makes her “feel even more that I was good, or that I was not bad. That it was all very simple, some people were good and some people were not so good.” This establishes a bond with her fellow rejects, these not-bad, un-Chosen people, and as they all head out of the courthouse to lunch it reminds the narrator “of something and I wasn’t sure what.” Suddenly it hits her:
Then I realized it was ladybugs. You can order a package of ladybugs and you get a few hundred in the package. You keep them in the refrigerator until the warm weather comes, and then you release them to feed in your yard. Some of them stay nearby and feed, and some fly away. That’s how it was. We were released all at the same time into the neighborhood, nearly two hundred of us, most of us not knowing the neighborhood, and we went out and looked for a place to eat. Most of us stayed and ate near the courthouse.
From jurors to ladybugs—has ever such a leap been made? Yet it works perfectly. It is precisely for moments such as these that we tell anecdotes. These instants of pure illumination and wonder are among life’s graces, and they carry much, much more within them than meets the eye. We all want to believe that worthy literature drips with pathos, is formed from epic plots and holds high philosophical weight atop world-churning dilemmas, but the fact is that in order to have earned its right to exist, a story need simply provide the proper home for a passage that so gracefully shows us the strange wonder of this life.
I am going to return to Lydia Davis in a moment, but first I need to go back to the beginning. For some reason that I don’t entirely understand, and lack the space here to even attempt to explain in depth, we have conspired to make modernism difficult. So, for instance, we simply never speak of Finnegans Wake without first genuflecting before its unreadability. We always define that book by that one essential trait before we attempt to describe it, having scared off half its readers before we have even begun. Ditto for its kid brother, Ulysses, which is said to be beyond most of us. We call In Search of Lost Time gigantic beyond all proportion, its sentences labyrinthine, its plot as static as a broken clock. And so on and so forth. This is what we do to our modernist icons—we valorize them as things that make us think of Mt. Everest.
But modernism is not that difficult, or, at least, its difficulty is greatly overblown. If the writing was really so willfully obscure, it would be self-satisfied garbage unworthy of our attention. But modernism is not self-satisfied garbage: it’s some of the most ingenious writing I’ve ever read. Its art is in how carefully it uses language, not how difficultly. Syntactically, Kafka’s sentences are not hard, yet he still manages to make them defy the mind, and that is why he is a great artist. The same for Virginia Woolf: I first read her To the Lighthouse as a complete modernist novice, and, despite her famously long, intricate sentences, I finished it in just a few hours. It was only later that I was to learn how I could return to these same sentences for a lifetime and never finish with them. Even Gertrude Stein’s Three Lives is not that demanding of a read: after you’ve gotten the hang of it, all of the awkwardness slips off like so many unwanted pounds and you’re simply carried along by the beauty of her utterance. The same, I think, could be said even for the more ponderous modernist works—it’s true that many sections of Ulysses are more complex than something like Kafka, but even Ulysses is surprisingly fast once you get used to its movement. And of course Hemingway . . . is there any more to say?
Or consider those writers carrying on the modernist tradition in later generations: Thomas Bernhard’s works are dark and emotionally challenging, but the sentences are not difficult to read. Roberto Bolaño’s sentences are perfectly calibrated works of literary architecture, and they too are easy to read. For all the ballyhooed length of Javier Marías’s sentences, they are also simple to follow, and his books are as plotty as they come. Most of J.M. Coetzee’s novels can be read in a heartbeat. Etc, etc.
My point, I suppose, is that good writing is good writing. The great modernists did not write dense, impenetrable prose any more than the great romantics or the great classicists, or Shakespeare, or whomever—if they did then they wouldn’t be great. No—they wrote amazingly elegant sentences that could be re-read again and again for a lifetime. I believe modernism only took on a sheen of difficulty after the fact, partly because of what we, its children, wanted to make it into, and partly because so many second-rate modernists were added to its ranks after the fact through our well-meaning efforts to rigorously develop the corpus in full.
This brings me to Lydia Davis, whom we surely must recognize as part of modernism, and yet who is very much not a difficult writer. We can start with her sentences, which, for the most part, are short. They also rarely delve into abstractions: though much of her work could be called philosophical, it stays firmly within the realm of the concrete, avoiding jargon and finding ways to drag rarefied concepts back down into terms we can all easily comprehend. Her stories are also very short, many of them comprising just a page or two, and this surely makes her easier to digest. And, as Davis’ writing is frequently categorized as poetry, she is without a doubt one of the most widely read, gratuitously acclaimed poets of her generation, yet she is immune to the charge of difficulty that most poets must withstand these days.
So here is another reason I would say that Davis is of the first rank among writers: she does very challenging, imaginative things with language, things that at their best can withstand hours and hours of thought, but she makes it look easy, almost charmingly simple. This is the bottomless symmetry of a Calder mobile, those sinuous, perfectly balanced lines that appear to be the most basic of forms yet that only came into existence though the hands of a genius. This is modernism made popular and easy to love.
Davis has honed her prose to the point where she reflects the best of modernism, and she has brought this uncompromising, innovative work to a wide readership. These are considerable achievements. More than that: we might only count a handful of living writers who have managed as much. In nudging modernism toward the cultural mainstream she has reminded us that modernism can be fun, and inspiring, even as it plumbs the abyme. Her humorous, lightly ironic tone that slaps its own face as much as it slaps ours feels at once hip, humane, and worldly. She also manages to accrue many of the benefits of poetry—the brevity, the fixation over language, the ability to discuss abstract ideas with vivid language free from plot’s constraints—without having to apologize for all the baggage that comes along with poetic enjambment. She has sort of disguised poetry as short fiction, or interbred the two, and this is a key thing: if Davis wrote short novels instead of short short stories, and definitely if she wrote poetry, she would have a much smaller readership. (This might explain why her one novel, The End of the Story, is often overlooked.)
The upshot of this is that Davis has managed to make modernism feel fresh and cool, without attracting any of the negative press that would burden a so-called difficult modernist like Bernhard or Woolf. In addition to the anecdote, I would say this is one of the foundations of her originality, and of her success. I would also say that this gives her great relevance as a writer and thinker.
There is a fine line between creative banality and irrelevance. It’s a line Davis has magnificently tiptoed along throughout her career, although from time to time she trips off of it. To paraphrase the recent words of a friend: at times the fiction does everything as it should—technique, sophistication, artistry, irony—but the glue seems somehow missing. This is a thing I find too often occurring in her latest collection, Can’t and Won’t.
Story by story, Can’t and Won’t is Davis’ shortest book yet, with roughly three-quarters of the pieces here counting less than a page in length. Already I can hear the critics murmuring things about the rarefied “late style”—and it’s true that Davis is approaching 70 years of age—but this book does not feel like a baroque foray into unmapped territory so much as a rest to catch one’s breath.
Part of the charm of encountering Davis’ really short stories—I mean the one- to three-liners—is that they pose a refreshing counterpoint to whatever is going on around them. If you see them in the pages of a journal, they usually puncture everything else in it. And even if you find them in the pages of a Lydia Davis book, they juxtapose nicely with the longer prose around them. So their dominance in this collection is not to their advantage: in fact, it makes it difficult to ignore the fact that many of them strike the same note. See, for instance, the similarities between “Bloomington”—”Now that I have been here for a little while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before”—and “Ph.D.”: “All these years I thought I had a Ph.D. But I do not have a Ph.D.” Or the two successive stories “The Old Vacuum Cleaner Keeps Dying on Her” and “Family Shopping”: one ends with a maid screaming “motherfucker!” at an object, the other with a woman screaming “I’ll wring your neck!” at her sister.
Even when ignoring the similarities, many of the extremely short stories (or just call them poems) are not as fresh as in previous volumes. “Master” reads, “‘You want to be a master,’ he said. ‘Well, you’re not a master.’ / That took me down a peg. / Seems I still have a lot to learn.” Surely Davis deserves as open-minded a reading as possible, but the only interesting thing I can detect about this story is that it was written by Lydia Davis. It lacks the ambiguity and ingenuity that characterize her best work in this form: for instance, “Suddenly Afraid” from her 2007 collection, Varieties of Disturbance, which reads “because she couldn’t write the name of what she was: a wa wam owm owamn womn.” This is typical Davis in seeding the trivial with the fearsome—imagine the growing sense of panic as you, a writer, failed and failed to write a word essential to your identity. It asks questions about how our sense of self is mediated through language, while also dramatically revealing just how reliant we are on it. And it’s so very immediate: you can almost feel the narrator inching her way toward the correct spelling, like that nickel she can’t quite fish out from her pocket. But “Master” does not have that range of implication, and nor does it evoke such strong emotions. Or consider the story “The Results of One Statistical Study,” which reads “People who are more conscientious // as children // live longer.” There is some charm in the “people / as children” part, but overall the awkward spacing seems to be trying much too hard to force novelty into a largely uninteresting statement. It doesn’t linger in the mind, and nor does it produce that small gasp of wonder as does the superior “Information from the North Concerning the Ice”: “Each seal uses many blowholes, and every blowhole is used by many seals.” I do, however, think Davis succeeds with the earlier story from Can’t and Won’t, “The Language of the Telephone Company,” which says, “‘The trouble you reported recently / is now working properly.’” This one gets the chuckle, but then it makes you ponder—is that good language or bad? Why does something sound so normal when spoken, yet look so off when written down? I also admire Davis’ precision with that line break, effectively slicing the statement at the exact right point to make the language writhe like a split worm.
It’s unfortunate that roughly 1/5th of the stories in Can’t and Won’t are derived from dreams. Though dreams are a fascinating subject for a number of reasons, their unembellished narration only rarely makes for an interesting story, and the ones that manage that trick seem to do so by working against the very things that characterize them as dreams. This is no slight against Davis: I’ve never really seen any author do much of interest with their dreams, presented as such. And there is another reason Davis should not mine dreams for subject-matter: her non-dream stories are so much better at capturing dreams’ strange juxtapositions and beguiling sensations, and without resorting to the excessively absurd logic and flat endings that tend to make dreams founder as stories.
One of Davis’ particular strengths is how she observes things from angles that thrust us into new emotional terrain. In “Grammar Questions,” which appeared in Varieties of Disturbance, she describes a man who is slowly succumbing to death: “The only thing he is still doing is breathing. He looks as if he is breathing on purpose, because he is working hard at it, and frowning slightly.” The very idea of having to consciously focus on such an essential task as breathing—and to have it be the whole of your existence—takes us intimately into the dying man’s struggle. It so precisely, and originally, defines what dying is: the point in our life when nothing is as important as simply maintaining our breath. We feel frighteningly close to death and experience deep sympathy for the dying man—as well as for the narrator, who has the unenviable task of watching all this. Such observations earn Davis her plaudits. But in “The Cows,” one of the lengthier and much-discussed pieces in Can’t and Won’t (and originally published as a chapbook in 2011), her observations fail to do so much, or much of anything. They read like the sorts of things that anyone might observe about cows. For instance, “Standing with their back ends close together now, they face three of the four cardinal points of the compass.” But any animals might be doing this, there is nothing bovine about it. Later on in “The Cows,” one senses some potential when we learn that they “like to be licked,” for this seems something that might pertain to cows in some interesting way, but things fail to go anywhere: “while she is being licked, she stands very still with her head slightly lowered and a look of deep concentration in her eyes.” This has none of the penetration, the elegance of the dying man’s breath.
A much better animal story in this new collection is the two-page “The Rooster,” which feels at once about something and nothing. As it begins, the narrator’s neighbor, Safwan, has seen his rooster die while trying to cross the road: “his rooster had often wandered into the road picking at crumbs, Safwan said, instead of staying in the back yard, because of the dog in the yard next door.” After registering her regrets, the narrator “picked up two of the rooster’s oily green feathers from the side of the road for a keepsake,” and then sends a text message to her friend Rachel, explaining how she missed the rooster, “whose regular cry all day long made me happy.” Rachel sends her back some lines from Elizabeth Bishop describing a hen, but the narrator finds them unconvincing, then muses about another line of Bishop’s, “The pet hen went chook-chook,” which she thinks sounds more like a train than a bird. After this she hears an eye-witness account of the accident from some neighbors, who, she imagines, “were amused by the violence of the impact and the sight of the bird exploding up into the air.” Finally she realizes that the rooster probably crossed the road to see the hens in a chicken coop, then muses that chicken are sociable creatures. She concludes with advice from a guidebook: “When you are ready to buy your chicks, be sure to buy at least five.”
I prefer this story because we understand the narrator’s attachment to the rooster in much more vivid terms than with Davis’ fascination with the cows. The rooster also becomes something of an enigma: just how did he die, and why? I admire how Davis effortlessly moves us through several interactions and multiple, diverse pieces of information, bringing them all together over the irrational central incident. And then there is that resounding last line, seemingly pertinent, but in a not-quite-fathomable way. With its range of responses to the creature’s death—Safwan’s frustration, the narrator’s own sadness, the bemused bunch of witnesses, Rachel and Elizabeth Bishop, and the guide to raising chickens—this to me feels much truer to how we relate to animals than do all of Davis’ observations of cows.
Just one more example: I want to wander toward a conclusion by considering one of the relatively successful stories in this collection, “The Letter to the Foundation,” which follows the lightly Kafkaesque struggles that ensue once a writer receives a longed-for grant. The grant is a very mixed blessing, one of those things that seems unambiguously good in the abstract but then introduces all sorts of uncomfortable complications once obtained. In writing a long letter to the granting foundation, the writer attempts to convey this experience. She says that the grant brought to her “a feeling of freedom because of the sudden change in my life,” but this freedom was not necessarily good:
but then, once I became used to that freedom, even small tasks became more difficult. I placed constraints on myself, and filled the hours of the day. Or perhaps it was even more complicated than that. Sometimes I did exactly what I wanted to do all day—I lay on the sofa and read a book, or I typed up an old diary—and then the most terrifying sort of despair would descent on me: the very freedom I was enjoying seemed to say that what I did in my day was arbitrary, and that therefore my whole life and how I spent it was arbitrary.
As observations, these are good, but I still don’t find them as strong as “Grammar Questions.” Fundamentally, we have all been in a situation where we finally receive a longed-for thing, only to discover that it really doesn’t change our life, or changes it in ways that are more bad than good. I applaud Davis for capturing this feeling in “The Letter to the Foundation,” but I cannot help but think that the story stops short. It captures this feeling, but it doesn’t delve into it as Davis should, perhaps to plumb the systems that nurture it, or to chase these spiraling thoughts farther and farther—in short, to do what Davis does so well: untangle the hidden assumptions at work in order to offer a new perspective on a common feeling. This is what occurs when her stories have that “glue” my friend spoke of earlier. “Grammar Questions” has that glue. It upends the way I look at things. Every time I read it I cannot help but think about it for the rest of the day.
Beyond discussing the substance of the work itself, I do not think it would be interesting to speculate about why I find Can’t and Won’t the least compelling of Davis’ collections. I will say, however, that in this collection Davis feels more like a commodity than ever before. What I have enjoyed most about her writing—indeed, what I enjoy most about great literature in general—is how it resists being reduced to anything but itself. Kafka, for instance, despite being analyzed as everything from a Jew to a Gnostic to a Freudian to a Marxist to a Christian (this is Saul Friedländer’s brilliant observation), despite being interpreted probably more than any writer of the twentieth century, remains as untouched as the very first day he was published. Absorbing all our best efforts, Kafka remains Kafka. This is when literature is most like art, and some of Davis’ work does reach this rare space. But in Can’t and Won’t I have such a strong sense of the work so easily becoming bounded and trivialized, of it becoming just another commodity to be bought and sold. More so than with any other Davis book I’ve read.
I think part of my disconnect may be that the stories in Can’t and Won’t studiously distance themselves from the very sort of tough existential questions that Davis has made such an art of approaching in her own way. Rather than veering toward the dying man’s breath, they veer off in the direction of light humor—what Can’t and Won’t feels most like is a very precisely honed book of jokes. Of course, an effective sense of humor has always been one of Davis’ most potent weapons, and I would not want to see her work deprived of it, but here it leaves precious little room for the other emotions that tend to mix so profoundly in her fiction. For instance, “Letter to the President of the American Biographical Institute, Inc.,” one of several “letters of complaint” in this book. Here, a woman named Lydia Davis receives notice of being nominated for “Woman of the Year” (as “Lydia Danj”), with an accompanying offer of a formal “decree” for a mere $195. The thoughts generated by this ludicrous offer are too ordinary, and the tone of the response does not punch: “The fact that you have mistaken my name and that you are also asking me to pay for my award suggests to me that you are not truly honoring me but rather want me to believe I am being honored so that I will send you either $195 or $295. But now I am further puzzled.” Davis goes on to hypothesize that the firm producing this award must have conducted lengthy “research,” either generating a list of accomplished but unworldly women, or a list of accomplished women so deeply in need of validation as to fork over $195, despite knowing this is a scam. She concludes, “If your research has identified me as a member of one of these two groups . . . then I am sorry and I must wonder what it suggests about me.” But really—what is all this “research”? Wouldn’t the firm have simply bought a list of names and fired off its mail, not caring to know anything more about its marks? And would someone of Lydia Davis’ accomplishments really care?
I can appreciate that the Lydia Davis in “Letter to the President” is probably just a version of the real Lydia Davis, as are most of her autobiographical figments. And I can imagine that this semi-fictitious Davis might react in this way. My problem is that I do not find this convincing. I admit, I enjoyed the letter as I read it, and I appreciated the implicit feminist critique in the idea that a female writer might fall prey to such a condescending tactic, whereas a male writer would probably shred the letter without another thought. But again, I feel like this story was more about enjoying the joke than that mix of humor, angst, and revelation that makes Davis sparkle—that realm of eye-opening-astonishment that I regularly enter whenever browsing through the Collected. One of the things that’s so good about Davis is that she attempts to respond to situations that few, if any, writers before her have attempted to address. There is authentic risk there, and courage. I applaud her for the risks she continues to take, attempting to make literature out of things like dreams and Flaubert’s letters, as well as her ongoing translation efforts from the French and the Dutch. It is precisely this sort of continual experimentation and discovery that all of our very best writers should exhibit. And now we know how Davis responds to junk mail—I do not find it as inspiring as her response to death, jury duty, a mown lawn, Kafka cooking dinner, old dictionaries, the buzzing of a fly, or grammar. Or, to speak of this most recent collection, a zany idea for a sign, a fight over a rug, how the telephone company talks, dirt on the floor, eating fish ethically, digestion, and books one doesn’t like very much. The author who covered all of those subjects is the Lydia Davis who received the astonishing acclaim with which I began this piece. And that is the Lydia Davis whom I celebrate in this essay.
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The world of Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal is about to get a lot bigger—and more star-studded than ever. On Monday, Netflix unveiled some of the cast for its upcoming puppet prequel series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, featuring leads Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Nathalie Emmanuel, whom Game of Thrones fans might know best as Missandei. And the supporting cast is equally impressive.
Henson’s original 1982 film takes place in the world of Thra—populated by creatures including Gelflings, sage Mystics, and villainous Skeksis—and has become a cult classic. Multiple graphic novels and Y.A. novels have expanded the world, telling origin stories and sequel story lines, and now the new Netflix series will focus on what happened before the action of the movie. Per Netflix’s logline, the new series “returns to the world of Thra with an all-new adventure. When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.” Egerton, Taylor-Joy, and Emmanuel will play those three Gelfling heroes—Rian, Brea, and Deet, respectively.
The Gelfling count a lot of other stars among their ranks, including, [deep breath]: Helena Bonham Carter, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Izzard, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mark Strong, Alicia Vikander, Caitriona Balfe (who stars as Claire in Outlander), and Toby Jones (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). And as for the Skeksis and Mystics? They’re just as star-powered, with actors including Mark Hamill, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Pegg, Andy Samberg, Jason Isaacs, Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy), Ralph Ineson (best known as Dagmer Cleftjaw in Game of Thrones), and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Lady Dynamite) in their ranks. And Aughra, the ancient embodiment of Thra, will be voiced by Donna Kimball (The Happytime Murders).
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2 Responses to Vanity Fair: Netflix’s Dark Crystal Voice Cast Glimmers with Insane Star Power
Rachel 31 December 2018 at 3:42 pm
Should be great! I’m assuming Simon doesn’t play a Skeksis!
Alex Harrison 7 February 2019 at 1:37 pm
thank you, until I saw this I was blissfully unaware of the new dark crystal content in production! Exciting stuff :)
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If you’ve ever taken a walk along Kavanaugh in the heart of Hillcrest, you’ve experienced what the historic neighborhood offers – a gentle pace and a tight community.
That was enough to draw Box Turtle’s Emese Boone to the neighborhood, although she was miles away when she made the decision to finally open up shop.
The desire to be a business owner, though, actually dates back to when Boone was a teenager. “I always wanted to have my own business,” she says, “Originally I wanted to have a ethnic gourmet food store. … My family is Hungarian, so I always loved different foods and foods from other countries.”
Even before that, she and her friends would play a game they called ‘jobs.’ Each would pretend to have a professional career – as a nurse, a restaurant owner, and a banker. That game turned out to be more prophetic than they could have imagined, as Boone says, “We all ended up being what we acted out – it’s so funny.”
Fast forward to 2000, the year that Boone opened Box Turtle. She was actually in Mexico when a friend told her the property on 2616 Kavanaugh was for lease.
Boone wasn’t immediate to react, as she had a job, and everything in her life was stable. But that itch was still there, her dream to own a business, and with her husband’s full support, she decided to go for it.
“Three months later we opened the doors,” she remembers.
Opening a business can be incredibly overwhelming, but Boone was more equipped to be successful than she imagined, thanks to her genes. “My mom was always a hunter and gatherer – she would do flea markets and auctions, and we always had that kind of stuff all over our house. … She was just so good at finding the coolest things,” Boone explains.
And although Boone herself was more into artisan-made products from far away countries, she found that she was also a hunter, and quite the skilled shopper.
Keeping inline with her interest, Box Turtle initially featured items from all over the world. She even chose the name ‘Box Turtle’ to exhibit her interest in faraway lands as she says, “[Box Turtles] are on every continent … and the name just kind of stuck. The turtle is also a symbol of longevity.”
Mirroring the animal’s endurance, the business has proved its staying power. Over the past 15 years, however, the shop has really evolved. The three-story property has rooms for patrons on all levels and currently sells women’s clothes, unique toys, artist-made jewelry, cards, and knick-knacks you just can’t find anywhere else.
Over time, a lot of changes have come from customer requests, and was also driven by the movement to shop local. Boone now hosts a myriad of local artisan jewelry.
She says, “When people started coming in and showing us things that they were making, our jewelry selection really took on a life on its own.” Boone has also sought out local artists, as she says, “I would go to different shows – at the Arkansas Art Center – and find people that I thought were a good fit for us.”
A similar thing happened after her husband convinced her to add clothes to the third level. The addition even lead to the memorable designer fashion shows that were once a part of Hillcrest’s staple autumn festival – HarvestFest.
Nearly sixteen years in the business doesn’t always come easily, but Boone loves what she does. She says, “The customers. I don’t think I knew that that was what I was going to like so much … but I’ve just gotten to know so many people over the years.”
The key to Boone’s success besides having such ample support from her family, friends, work team, and neighborhood, is being able to change with the times. Starting an online market and working social media into her repertoire wasn’t necessarily a thing she loved doing, but she recognized its importance. “We are definitely trying to do it because there’s a whole generation of people that don’t shop in person,” she explains.
Boone herself likes that moment when you finally pick up the perfect item – “I love the find,” she says smiling.
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US: neo-Nazi violence reawakens resistance
Mass demonstrations and a left alternative needed to fight the right
This is a statement from Socialist Alternative, the CWI's co-thinkers in the United States. You can also read the statement at Socialist Alternative's website.
The vicious white nationalist violence in Charlottesville and across the country this weekend has acted as a collective wake-up call. A powerful left challenge must be built against racist violence, vigilante intimidation, and bigoted government policies. Leaders like Bernie Sanders, alongside the unions, civil rights, immigrant, socialist, and other progressive organisations must step up to coordinate mass protests in every city to isolate and drive back far-right forces. These protests should be linked to a clear anti-Trump, anti-corporate programme to unite the vast majority of working people against racism and bigotry.
The far-right threat
'Alt-right', white nationalist, and neo-Nazi groups have organised increasingly bold, racist demonstrations since Trump's election. While still small, the size and confidence of neo-Nazi and white nationalist groups are growing. The hundreds of white nationalists who descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, this past weekend for the "Unite the Right" convergence clearly aimed to launch their movement onto a higher plane.
With the brutal murder of Heather Heyer by neo-Nazi motorist James Fields during these events still fresh in the headlines on Saturday, Trump got on national television to condemn the violence and hatred "on many sides." His failure to specifically condemn the white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups drew immediate outrage from millions, while at least one alt-right website welcomed Trump's remarks as "really, really good."
The sweeping public outcry against this display of violence and bigotry in Charlottesville demonstrates the real balance of forces in US society against the far right. Spontaneous mass protests are erupting in cities across the country. Alongside a plan for nationally coordinated mass protests, wherever necessary the left needs to pull together democratic community/labour defence coalitions to physically defend our movement and communities against attack.
What is increasingly clear, however, is that anti-racist protests alone are not enough to cut across the growth of nationalism and racism in society. To push back against the rise of white nationalism, or to build an effective resistance against Trump, requires a conscious political strategy to isolate the far right.
Addressing the roots of Trumpism
While most Republican leaders attempt to distance themselves from alt-right groups, in reality their coded bigotry and racist government policies have encouraged the growth of racist and reactionary ideas. Decades of business-backed bipartisan "tough-on-crime" policies, whipping up Islamophobia under the guise of "anti-terrorism," and escalating deportations of immigrant workers have created a racist climate that white nationalist forces can take advantage of.
At root, the rise of far-right, reactionary and neo-fascist forces can only be understood as an international phenomenon, a result of the deep crisis of global capitalism. Capitalist governments everywhere have overseen a dramatic rise in inequality, with islands of extreme wealth surrounded by a fast-growing sea of poverty, economic insecurity, and social disintegration. With their system in crisis, and faced with the threat of a working class resistance, a section of the ruling class is resorting to racism, nationalism, and bigotry to divide and conquer.
At the same time, the failure of the left and labour movement to offer a bold, working class political alternative has allowed the rise of right-populist figures like Trump. In the last election, Trump appeared as the only "anti-establishment" alternative to the rule of Wall Street and the corrupted political elite after Bernie Sanders' left-populist campaign was blocked by the Democratic Party establishment. This allowed Trump to demagogically appeal to millions of white working and middle class voters who face falling living standards and are furious at the corrupt out-of-touch political establishment.
It was this political and social context that allowed Trump to get an echo for his cynical appeals to nationalist pride, his scapegoating of immigrants, his naked misogyny, and his pledge to "drain the swamp" in Washington.
Left alternative needed
If the root cause of Trumpism is the crisis of capitalism, any effective movement to fight the right must link a strong opposition to racism and bigotry with an equally bold programme to end poverty, unemployment, housing insecurity, and the chronic underfunding of education, infrastructure, and social services - paid for by taxes on the rich. In short, cutting across support for Trump and alt-right groups will require building a mass movement which can provide a clear left-wing political alternative.
The potential for this is already visible in the broad support for Bernie Sanders, especially in "red states" that voted heavily for Trump. The self-identified democratic socialist has emerged as the most popular politician in America and is the most prominent voice opposing Trump. Bernie's popularity is rooted in his call for "a political revolution against the billionaire class," his demands for "Medicare for all," free college education, a massive jobs programme paid for by taxes on the rich, and his attacks on not just Republicans but also on the Democratic Party's corporate-sponsored establishment.
Unfortunately, Sanders has failed to combine his radical programme with the need for a new, mass working class political party, a vital step to unite the growing Trump resistance into a coherent mass movement.
Mass protests and community defence coalitions
The Unite the Right marches in Charlottesville have outraged millions of working people who are looking for an effective way to fight back. Understandably, the vicious violence of neo-Nazis has created growing sympathy among a section of activists to physically respond, with the popular chant "any time, any place, punch a Nazi in the face" heard on demonstrations across the country.
While appealing to a genuine sentiment, unfortunately, such an approach risks isolating anti-racist activists, cutting across our ability to build the mass involvement and support we need to win. Our power to defeat Trump and alt-right forces lies in the real potential to mobilise the majority of society against them. If progressive leaders like Sanders - alongside civil rights groups, socialists, and labour organisations - energetically built for coordinated, mass, peaceful demonstrations, hundreds of thousands - possibly millions - could be brought into the streets in a decisive show of force against bigotry and racism.
At the same time, bitter experience has made clear that the police cannot be relied on to defend our movements, much less to defend the black, brown, and immigrant communities targeted for racist intimidation and violence. We must begin to rely on our own collective strength and self-organisation to defend one another. Wherever necessary, the anti-Trump movement should organise democratic community/labour coalitions to steward and defend our demonstrations and come to the aid of threatened communities.
Since Trump's first hours in office, Socialist Alternative has been at the forefront of building the resistance to his racist, sexist, big business agenda. At every stage, we have aimed to link the movement against Trump and his far-right backers to a strategy and programme that can unite working people into a multiracial mass movement. Our central message is that to effectively fight the right, we cannot limit our message to simply saying "no."
Instead, we must link today's defensive struggles to a programme and strategy to challenge corporate control of society and to end the economic and social insecurity that is the soil from which racism, nationalism, and bigotry grow.
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Given names: Daniel Christopher Anatoli Alekseyevich Anton Nikolayevich Oleg Dmitriyevich Donald Roy André
Spacecraft (Launch): Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-03M
Launchtime: 04:14:03.953 UTC 04:14:03.953 UTC 04:14:03.953 UTC 13:16:14.190 UTC 13:16:14.190 UTC 13:16:14.190 UTC
Spacecraft (Landing): Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-03M
Surname: Acaba Padalka Revin Malenchenko Williams Hoshide
Given names: Joseph Michael Gennadi Ivanovich Sergei Nikolayevich Yuri Ivanovich Sunita Lyn "Suni" Akihiko
Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Oleg Kononenko, Donald Pettit and André Kuipers with Soyuz TMA-03M). Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoli Ivanishin and Daniel Burbank were onboard since November 16, 2011 (arrival with Soyuz TMA-22).
ISS Expedition 30 began with the undocking of spacecraft Soyuz TMA-02M on November 21, 2011 at 23:00 UTC. The former Expedition 29 (Sergei Volkov, Michael Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa) returned safely to Earth.
With the arrival of Soyuz TMA-03M on December 23, 2011 at 15:19 UTC the Expedition 30 became a six-person-crew. Soyuz TMA-03M carried Oleg Kononenko, Donald Pettit and André Kuipers to the space station.
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Progress M-14M was launched at 23:06 UTC on January 25, 2012. About 529 seconds after launch, the spacecraft separated from the Soyuz-U into a low Earth orbit with a target perigee of 193 kilometers (120 mi), apogee of 275 kilometers (171 mi) and 51.66 degrees of inclination. It spent a little over two days in free-flight, during which time it conducted two main engine burns and a firing of its maneuvering thrusters to raise its orbit before docking with the Pirs module of the International Space Station on January 28, 2012 at around 00:09 UTC; the docking port having been vacated by Progress M-13M on January 23, 2012.
Progress M-14M undocked on April 19, 2012 at 11:04 UTC from the Pirs Module, making way for Progress M-15M. Unlike most Progress departures, Progress M-14M spent additional time on orbit in order to carry out the "Radar-Progress" experiment, sounding the ionospheric environment as modified by thruster firings. The experiment was conducted by the Siberian Institute of Solar-Earth Physics of the Russian Academy of Science. The radar participating in the experiment is located in the Irkutsk region in southern Siberia. The Progress M-14M spacecraft was deorbited on April 28, 2012 at around 13:46 UTC and sank in the Pacific Ocean upon its reentry.
An EVA was performed by Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov on February 16, 2012 (6h 15m). The tasks included: space crane Strela 1 relocation from DC1 to MRM2, using Strela 2, jettison MLI (Multi-Layer Insulation) cover, installing the Strela 1 on MRM2 (to aid future EVAs), stowing Strela 2 at DC1, installing the Vinoslivost Materials Sample Experiment on the DC1, taking a sample from the MLI insulation of the SM to look for any signs of living organisms and collecting one (of two planned) samples from the "Test" experiment.
On March 24, 2012 NASAs Expedition 30 Commander Daniel Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoli Ivanishin entered their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft attached to the Poisk module on the space-facing side of the Zvezda service module, while cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASAs Donald Pettit and André Kuipers of the European Space Agency settled into their Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft on the Earth-facing side of the Zarya module to wait for the debris to pass, after which they exited their respective spacecraft and resumed their normal duties. It is the third time in station history that a crew has had to shelter in their Soyuz return craft due to the possibility of a conjunction with orbital debris and the first since June 2011. The debris was initially tracked on March 23, 2012 morning, but the late notification to the flight control team of a possible conjunction between the debris and the station precluded planning for a maneuver to steer clear of the object which was predicted to pass about 23 kilometers from the complex at its closest approach on March 24, 2012
The Edoardo Amaldi ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 003 (ATV-003), was a European unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft, named after the 20th-century Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi. The spacecraft was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) on March 23, 2012, on a mission to supply the International Space Station (ISS) with propellant, water, oxygen, and dry cargo. Edoardo Amaldi was the third ATV to be built, following Jules Verne (2008) and Johannes Kepler (2011). At the time of its launch, it was the world's largest single operational spacecraft, with a total launch mass of over 20 tons (44,000 lb).
The ATV docked with the ISS on March 28, 2012, five days after its launch. In addition to resupplying the Expedition 30 astronauts, Edoardo Amaldi used its thrusters to boost the station's altitude. The ATV was initially planned to undock from the ISS on September 25, 2012. However, a command program error during the undocking procedure delayed the release, and Edoardo Amaldi did not actually undock until 21:44 UTC on September 28, 2012. The spacecraft finally deorbited and performed a destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean on October 04, 2012, taking with it a payload of station waste.
Progress M-15M was launched on time at 12:50:24 UTC on April 20, 2012 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Ten minutes after liftoff, the Soyuz-U Rocket carrying Progress M-15M successfully delivered the spacecraft to orbit to begin its International Space Station (ISS) Resupply Mission. Progress M-15M was inserted into a 193.68 x 256.52 km x 51.63 deg. inclination orbit.
Five Maneuvers were conducted to refine the orbit of Progress M-15M before rendezvous operations started early on April 22, 2012. Progress M-15M docked with the ISS on April 22, 2012 at 14:39 UTC to the Pirs Docking Compartment Nadir Port. The port was vacated on April 19, 2012 by Progress M-14M. Fully automated rendezvous and docking operations using the Kurs docking system aboard the ISS and the Progress, drove the spacecraft to the linkup at orbital sunset. During the docking the ISS and Progress M-15M were orbiting 249 miles (400 km) above northern China. Hooks and latches were engaged a few minutes after docking to firmly secure the spacecraft to the ISS.
On July 22, 2012, Progress M-15M undocked from the Pirs Docking Compartment and tried to perform a re-rendezvous two days later to test the new Kurs-NA navigation antenna. The undocking from the space station's Pirs compartment occurred around 20:27 UTC. The undocking occurred 255 miles over eastern Mongolia.
Progress M-15M was packed with 2,703 pounds (1,226 kg) of equipment, food, clothing, life support system gear ("dry" cargo), 1,988 pounds (901.7 kg) of propellant to replenish reservoirs that feed the Russian maneuvering thrusters, 926 pounds (420 kg) of water and some 110 pounds (49.9 kg) of oxygen and air. Among the cargo items inside the Progress, there was a special present for the Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who arrived at the ISS on May 15, 2012 and is expected to celebrate his 54th birthday in orbit on June 21, 2012.
Kurs is the system used by Progress spacecraft for automated rendezvous and docking with the space station. In addition to its current Kurs-A antennas, Progress M-15M was also fitted with a new antenna system known as Kurs-NA. The first Progress M-15M docking to the space station used the traditional Kurs-A. It was decided as such to ensure that Progress' cargo would not go wasted, should the new Kurs-NA system fail. Kurs-NA system is more power efficient than its predecessor, Kurs-A. It also replaces the function of five existing Kurs-A antennas into one antenna, thus allowing for the removal of four antennas from future Progress and Soyuz spacecraft. Getting rid of these antennas will reduce the risk of a docking failure as some are deployed post-launch and one is retracted prior to docking since it extends forward of the Progress docking interface.
The redocking was scheduled for 01:57 UTC on July 24, 2012. However it was aborted after equipment aboard the Progress spacecraft failed a self-test. The problem occurred at 01:23 UTC while the KURS-NA system was being activated. The issue forced the spacecraft into a passive abort mode as designed under safety protocols. At the time of the abort ISS and Progress were flying 9.3 miles (15 km) apart. Two orbits after the abort, Russian flight controllers commanded the automated rendezvous system to re-activate for the collection of data. A second redocking attempt had to be delayed till July 28, 2012 to de-conflict with the arrival of the Japanese Kounotori 3 spacecraft at the ISS on July 27, 2012. A likely cause for the aborted rendezvous was pointed at lower than expected temperatures on Progress M-15M. As a solution to the issue, Russian engineers turned on all available heaters on the spacecraft, which kept Progress M-15M at a constant 22 degrees, which in turn resulted in Kurs-NA activating successfully, paving the way for the second docking attempt. When Kurs-NA was successfully activated at 23:00 UTC on July 28, 2012, it locked on to the passive Kurs-P on the Zvezda service module of the ISS. The re-rendezvous, fly-around and docking to the space station's Pirs compartment successfully occurred at around 01:00 UTC on July 29, 2012. During the time of the docking the ISS and the Progress was flying above the Earth to the west of New Guinea.
The Progress departed the space station for the second and final time on July 30, 2012 at 21:16 UTC.
Expedition 30 / 31 continued to expand the scope of research aboard the International Space Station now that assembly of the orbiting laboratory is complete.
As with prior expeditions, many investigations are designed to gather information about the effects of long-duration spaceflight on the human body, which will help us understand complicated processes such as immune systems with plans for future exploration missions. The investigations cover human research; biological and physical sciences; technology development; Earth observation; and education.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) investigation will be finishing up its stay on the station. MAXI has been installed on the Exposed Facility (JEM EF) of the Japanese Kibo laboratory since Expedition 19/20, monitoring more than 1,000 X-ray sources in space once every 96 minutes using slit cameras, and has already produced significant results in the area of space science. In 2010, MAXI, along with the SWIFT spacecraft, found two new X-ray sources from its sky scans. Both instruments made the first observation of a relativistic (moving at a velocity approaching the speed of light) X-ray burst from a supermassive black hole destroying a star and creating a jet of X-rays.
The Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus Science Insert - 05 (CSI-05) Directional Plant Growth (also referred to as Plants in Space) investigation is continuing, comparing plant growth on the ground (by thousands of students in classrooms around the world) to plant growth in microgravity on board the station. Results from this investigation will continue to expand the knowledge base regarding how plants react in a microgravity environment, using this information to support longduration deep space missions providing food and oxygen generation. This also allows students to work essentially side-byside with scientists and astronauts.
Space radiation exposure is always a concern, and must be protected against. The European Space Agency's Dose Distribution Inside the International Space Station - 3D (DOSIS-3D) investigation will employ various active and passive radiation detector devices to assemble a threedimensional dose distribution map, of all segments of the station, to determine the radiation field parameters dose and dose equivalent to assist in assessing radiation safe exposure limits and exposure health risks. This investigation will provide important information regarding devices used for data collection and real-time data monitoring, proving valuable to commercial crews and military flight crews regarding radiation monitoring.
As part of U.S. National Laboratory activities on the station, Nanoracks modules provide autonomous, self-contained experiments that can be flown quickly and inexpensively by students, companies and other U.S. government agencies. Nanorack investigations during this timeframe will look at exploring the use of readily available commercial-off-the-shelf products and technologies (a smart phone and an electronic book) in microgravity, remote control mechanisms and mechanical devices, the behavior of 18S Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid (RNA), and the MC3T3 mouse bone cell line, along with several student-based investigations.
Earth science is also on the list of topics that generates much interest, and there are many investigations involving this aspect. AuroraMax (simultaneous photography of the aurora borealis from the space station and ground-based observatories), Crew Earth Observations (CEO) (photography of natural and man-made surface changes), HREP-HICO (coastal imagery), and Geoflow-2 (studying heat and flow currents in the Earth's mantle to better understand and predict volcanic eruptions, plate tectonics and earthquakes) are all recording images, many never seen before.
The Burning and Suppression of Solids (BASS) investigation examines burning and extinction characteristics of a wide variety of fuel samples in microgravity. Results from this investigation will assist in devising strategies for extinguishing accidental fires in microgravity, along with contributing to advances in fire detection and suppression in microgravity and on Earth. Crew members will observe the burning process, noting flame shape (as a function of flow speed), flame spread rate, and flame dynamics, along with extinction data to be used for comparison to modeling data. A nitrogen suppressant system is used as the means for flame extinction.
Checkout and testing of hand motions for Robonaut 2, installed in the U.S. Destiny Laboratory, was planned for later this year.
Finally the station command changed from US astronaut Daniel Burbank to Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko. With undocking of Soyuz TMA-22, carrying Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoli Ivanishin and Daniel Burbank on April 27, 2012 at 08:18 UTC the Expedition 30 concluded and the new ISS Expedition 31 began.
2D-NanoTemplate (Production of Two Dimensional NanoTemplate in Microgravity) ,
3DA1 Camcorder (Panasonic 3D Camera) ,
ALTEA-Dosi (Anomalous Long Term Effects in Astronauts' - Dosimetry),
ALTEA-GAP (Anomalous Long Term Effects in Astronauts' Central Nervous System-GAP),
ALTEA-Shield (Anomalous Long Term Effects in Astronauts' Central Nervous System - Shield),
AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - 02),
Actiwatch Spectrum (Actiwatch Spectrum System),
Alloy Semiconductor (Crystal Growth of Alloy Semiconductor Under Microgravity),
Amine Swingbed (Amine Swingbed),
Aquatic Habitat (Aquatic Habitat),
Area PADLES (Passive Dosimeter for Lifescience Experiment in Space),
AuroraMAX (Coordinated Aurora Photography from Earth and Space (AuroraMAX)),
BASS (Burning and Suppression of Solids),
BCAT-3-4-CP (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 3 and 4: Critical Point),
BCAT-4-Poly (Binodal Colloidal Aggregation Test - 4: Polydispersion),
BCAT-5-3D-Melt (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5: Three-Dimensional Melt),
BCAT-5-PhaseSep (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-5: Phase Separation),
BCAT-5-Seeded Growth (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5: Seeded Growth),
BCAT-6-Colloidal Disks (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 6 - Colloidal Disks),
BCAT-6-PS-DNA (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 6: Polystyrene - Deoxyribonucleic Acid),
BCAT-6-Phase_Separation (Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 6 - Phase Separation),
BioLab (Biological Experiment Laboratory),
Biological Rhythms (The Effect of Long-term Microgravity Exposure on Cardiac Autonomic Function by Analyzing 24-hours Electrocardiogram),
Bisphosphonates (Bisphosphonates as a Countermeasure to Space Flight Induced Bone Loss),
CCF (Capillary Channel Flow),
CEO (Crew Earth Observations),
CEVIS (Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization System),
CFE-2 (Capillary Flow Experiment - 2),
CIR (Combustion Integrated Rack - Fluids and Combustion Facility),
COLBERT (Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill),
CSI-05 (Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus Science Insert - 05: Spiders, Fruit Flies and Directional Plant Growth),
Card (Long Term Microgravity: A Model for Investigating Mechanisms of Heart Disease with New Portable Equipment),
CsPINs (Dynamism of Auxin Efflux Facilitators, CsPINs, Responsible for Gravity-regulated Growth and Development in Cucumber),
DECLIC-ALI (DEvice for the study of Critical LIquids and Crystallization - Alice Like Insert),
DECLIC-DSI (DEvice for the study of Critical LIquids and Crystallization - Directional Solidification Insert),
DECLIC-HTI (DEvice for the study of Critical LIquids and Crystallization - High Temperature Insert),
DOD-SPHERES-CSAC (Department of Defense Synchronized Position, Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites-Chip Scale Atomic Clock),
DTN (Disruption Tolerant Networking for Space Operations),
Dynamic Surf (Experimental Assessment of Dynamic Surface Deformation Effects in Transition to Oscillatory Thermo capillary Flow in Liquid Bridge of High Prandtl Number Fluid),
EDOS (Early Detection of Osteoporosis in Space),
EDR (European Drawer Rack),
EKE (Assessment of Endurance Capacity by Gas Exchange and Heart Rate Kinetics During Physical Training),
EMCS (European Modular Cultivation System),
EPM (European Physiology Module),
EPO-Demos (Education Payload Operation - Demonstrations),
ERB-2 (Erasmus Recording Binocular - 2),
ESA-EPO (European Space Agency - Education Payload Operations),
ESA Nodding Mechanism (ESA Nodding Mechanism),
EXPRESS Racks (EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments for Space Station Racks),
EarthKAM (Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students),
FIR (Fluids Integrated Rack - Fluids and Combustion Facility),
FLEX (Flame Extinguishment Experiment),
FLEX-2 (Flame Extinguishment Experiment - 2),
FSL (Fluid Science Laboratory),
Functional Task Test (Physiological Factors Contributing to Changes in Postflight Functional Performance),
GLACIER (General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator),
Geoflow-2 (Simulation of Geophysical Fluid Flow Under Microgravity - 2),
HET-Smartphone (Human Exploration Telerobotics Smartphone),
HREP-HICO (HICO and RAIDS Experiment Payload - Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean),
HREP-RAIDS (HICO and RAIDS Experiment Payload - Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS)),
HRF-1 (Human Research Facility - 1),
Hair (Biomedical Analyses of Human Hair Exposed to a Long-term Space Flight),
Hicari (Growth of Homogeneous SiGe Crystals in Microgravity by the TLZ Method),
ISERV (ISS SERVIR Environmental Research and Visualization System),
ISSAC (International Space Station Agricultural Camera),
ISS Ham Radio (International Space Station Ham Radio),
Ice Crystal 2 (Crystal growth mechanisms associated with the macromolecules adsorbed at a growing interface - Microgravity effect for self-oscillatory growth - 2),
Immuno (Neuroendocrine and Immune Responses in Humans During and After Long Term Stay at ISS),
InSPACE-3 (Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions - 3),
Integrated Cardiovascular (Cardiac Atrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction During and After Long Duration Spaceflight: Functional Consequences for Orthostatic Intolerance, Exercise Capability and Risk for Cardiac Arrhythmias),
Integrated Immune (Validation of Procedures for Monitoring Crewmember Immune Function),
JAXA-Commercial (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency - Commercial Payload Program),
JAXA EPO 7 (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Education Payload Observation 7),
JAXA PCG (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Protein Crystal Growth),
Journals (Behavioral Issues Associated with isolation and Confinement: Review and Analysis of Astronaut Journals),
Kubik (Kubik),
LEGO Bricks (LEGO® Bricks, formerly known as NLO-Education-2),
MAMS (Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System),
MARES (Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System),
MAXI (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image),
MCE (Multi-mission Consolidated Equipment),
MELFI (Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS),
MERLIN (Microgravity Experiment Research Locker Incubator),
MFMG (Miscible Fluids in Microgravity),
MISSE-8 (Materials International Space Station Experiment - 8),
MSG (Microgravity Science Glovebox),
MSL-CETSOL and MICAST (Materials Science Laboratory - Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition in Solidification Processing and Microstructure Formation in Casting of Technical Alloys under Diffusive and Magnetically Controlled Convective Conditions),
MSRR-1 (Materials Science Research Rack-1),
Marangoni-Exp (Chaos, Turbulence and its Transition Process in Marangoni Convection-Exp),
Myco-3 (Mycological Evaluation of Crew Exposure to ISS Ambient Air - 3),
NanoRacks-CubeLabs Platforms (NanoRacks-CubeLabs Platforms),
NanoRacks-E-Book (NanoRacks-Electronic-Book),
NanoRacks-FCA-Concrete Mixing (NanoRacks-Faith Christian Academy-Concrete Mixing Experiment),
NanoRacks-FCHS-Robot (NanoRacks-Fremont Christian High School-Mini-Robot),
NanoRacks-Fischer-18S-rRNA (NanoRacks-Fischer Institute of Air and Space-Footsteps of Creation and Origin of Life),
NanoRacks-Fischer-Bone (NanoRacks-Fischer Institute of Air and Space-Bone Study),
NanoRacks-Fischer-Early Development (NanoRacks-Fischer Institute of Air and Space-Early Development),
NanoRacks-Fischer-Milk (NanoRacks-Fischer Institute of Air and Space-Probiotic Milk),
NanoRacks-NanoKit-1 (NanoRacks-DreamUP!-Crystal Microplates-NanoKit-1),
NanoRacks-Smartphone-2 (NanoRacks-Smartphone-2),
NanoRacks-Terpene (NanoRacks-Terpene Extraction in Microgravity),
NanoRacks-VCHS-B. Sphaericus (NanoRacks-Valley Christian High School- Bacillus Sphaericus Bacteria Growth),
NanoRacks-VCHS-Electromagnetic Ferrofluid (NanoRacks-Valley Christian High School-Electromagnetic Effects on Ferrofluid),
NanoRacks-VCHS-Electroplating (NanoRacks-Valley Christian High School-Electroplating),
NanoRacks-VCHS-Plant Growth (NanoRacks-Valley Christian High School-Plant Growth),
NanoRacks-VCHS-To Be Selected (NanoRacks-Valley Christian High School-To Be Selected Experiment),
NanoRacks-WCHS-E. Coli and Kanamycin (NanoRacks-Whittier Christian High School-E.Coli Bacteria and Kanamycin Antibiotic),
NanoRacks Plate Reader (NanoRacks Plate Reader),
Nano Step (In-situ Observation of Growth Mechanisms of Protein Crystals and Their Perfection Under Microgravity),
Neurospat (Effect of Gravitational Context on EEG Dynamics: A Study of Spatial Cognition, Novelty Processing and Sensorimotor Integration),
Nutrition (Nutritional Status Assessment),
Onboard Diagnostic Kit (Evaluation of Onboard Diagnostic Kit),
PACE-2 (Preliminary Advanced Colloids Experiment - 2: 3D Particle Test),
Particle Flux (Particle Flux Demonstrator),
Passages (Scaling Body-Related Actions in the Absence of Gravity),
Photosynth (Photosynth Three-Dimensional Modeling of ISS Interior and Exterior),
Pro K (Dietary Intake Can Predict and Protect Against Changes in Bone Metabolism during Spaceflight and Recovery,
REBR (ReEntry Breakup Recorder),
ROALD-2 (ROle of Apoptosis in Lymphocyte Depression-2),
RRM (Robotic Refueling Mission),
Reaction Self Test (Psychomotor Vigilance Self Test on the International Space Station),
Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration Biological Specimen Repository),
Robonaut (Robonaut),
Ryutai (Ryutai Experiment Rack),
SAMS-II (Space Acceleration Measurement System-II),
SATS-Interact (Supervision of Autonomous and Teleoperated Satellites - Interact),
SCAN Testbed (Space Communications and Navigation Testbed),
SEDA-AP (Space Environment Data Acquisition Equipment - Attached Payload),
SLICE (Structure and Liftoff In Combustion Experiment),
SMILES (Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder),
SNFM (Serial Network Flow Monitor),
SODI-Colloid-2 (SODI-Colloid-2),
SODI-DSC (Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument - Diffusion and Soret Coefficient),
SOLO (SOdium LOading in Microgravity),
SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites),
SPHERES-Zero-Robotics (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites-Zero-Robotics),
SS-HDTV (Super-Sensitive High Definition TV),
STP-H3-Canary (Space Test Program - Houston 3 - Canary),
STP-H3-DISC (Space Test Program - Houston 3 - Digital Imaging Star Camera),
STP-H3-MHTEX (Space Test Program - Houston 3 - Massive Heat Transfer Experiment),
STP-H3-VADER (Space Test Program - Houston 3 - Variable emissivity radiator Aerogel insulation blanket Dual zone thermal control Experiment suite for Responsive space),
Saibo (Saibo Experiment Rack),
Solar-SOLACES (Sun Monitoring on the External Payload Facility of Columbus - SOLar Auto-Calibrating EUV/UV Spectrophotometers),
Solar-SOLSPEC (Sun Monitoring on the External Payload Facility of Columbus -Sun Monitoring on the External Payload Facility of Columbus -SOLar SPECtral Irradiance Measurements),
SpaceDRUMS (Space Dynamically Responding Ultrasonic Matrix System),
Space Headaches (Space Headaches),
Spin (Validation of Centrifugation as a Countermeasure for Otolith Deconditioning During Spaceflight),
Sprint (Integrated Resistance and Aerobic Training Study),
TEM (Transport Environment Monitor Packages),
Thermolab (Thermoregulation in Humans During Long-Term Spaceflight),
Tomatosphere-III (Tomatosphere-III),
Treadmill Kinematics (Biomechanical Analysis of Treadmill Exercise on the International Space Station),
UMS (Urine Monitoring System),
Ultrasound 2 (Human Research Facility Ultrasound on the International Space Station 2),
VIABLE ISS (eValuatIon And monitoring of microBiofiLms insidE International Space Station),
VO2max (Evaluation of Maximal Oxygen Uptake and Submaximal Estimates of VO2max Before, During, and After Long Duration International Space Station Missions),
Vascular (Cardiovascular Health Consequences of Long-Duration Space Flight),
Vessel ID System (Vessel ID System),
Vessel Imaging (Vascular Echography),
WORF (Window Observational Research Facility),
You Tube Space Lab (You Tube Space Lab).
EVA Shkaplerov, Anton 16.02.2012, 14:31 UTC 16.02.2012, 20:46 UTC 6h 15m ISS-30 ISS - Pirs Orlan-MK No. 6
EVA Kononenko, Oleg 16.02.2012, 14:31 UTC 16.02.2012, 20:46 UTC 6h 15m ISS-30 ISS - Pirs Orlan-MK No. 4
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California Lighthouse Series - Pigeon Point, CA
A couple of weeks ago I shared with you one of the ugliest lighthouses in California at Long Beach. Today, I make up for it by sharing one of the most picturesque lighthouses – Pigeon Point.
Pigeon Point is located south of San Francisco on a rocky promontory. (mass of rocks) Its 115 feet tower makes it one of the tallest lighthouses on California's coast.
Pigeon Point opened in SEP 1871 with a steam whistle (fog signal). Unfortunately, bad weather and heavy rain caused a 14 month delay with installing the light. On 15 NOV 1872, the 1st order Frensel lens went into use. A frensel lens was developed by French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel for lighthouses. The design allows the construction of lenses of large aperture and short focal length without the mass and volume of material that would be required by a lens of conventional design. Compared to conventional bulky lenses, the Fresnel lens is much thinner, larger, and flatter, and captures more oblique light from a light source, thus allowing lighthouses to be visible over much greater distances. (Definition taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens)
Pigeon Point's Frensel lens weighed 4 tons and rotated every 4 seconds. Originally powered by a clockworks and weight, electricity replaced that in 1926.
A lighthouse is only as interesting as the people and stories behind it and Pigeon Point has some interesting stories. The one I found most interesting involved The Carrier Pigeon, a 175 ft. Clipper ship.
That's a Bummer
In the fall of 1852, a Clipper ship, The Carrier Pigeon, began its maiden voyage from Bath, Maine. After traveling around Cape Horn, it traveled up the west coast of the Americas. Not far away from San Francisco, near Santa Cruz, the fog really got thick and the boat struck rocks, sinking. The crew made it to shore, but the ship was lost. Sadly, the boat was valued at $54,000. In the 1860's, 3 more ships were lost in this area due to the heavy fog.
Can you imagine traveling months down the east coast of the Americas, through Cape Horn and up the west side of the America only to crash miles from your destination? Big Bummer.
Today the tours to the tower are closed due to crumbling brickwork, but every year on the 15th of NOV the Frensel lens is lit to celebrate its anniversary. The lighthouse keepers housing currently serves as a youth hostel.
Labels: California lighthouse series, Pigeon Point
Welcome Cathy Pegau & The Giants to the Football Blog Stop Tour!
STEPH: Who's your favorite football team? How long have you been a fan?
CATHY: My favorite team is the NY Giants. I’ve been a fan essentially since birth because my father was a fan. Sundays in our house were for football. Nothing else.
STEPH: Who's your favorite player "playing" right now? Why?
CATHY: After this last game on 9/25, WR Victor Cruz. He made some amazing catches during and shows huge promise. He’s a talent that the Big Blue needs to cultivate.
But I’m also a huge fan of the defensive game. Watching Osi Umenyiora, Justin Tuck, Aaron Ross and Antrel Rolle in action is a thrill.
STEPH: Who's your favorite all time Giants player?
CATHY: Tough choice, so I’m going to cheat and give you three : ) Michael Strahan for his enthusiasm and toughness. Lawrence Taylor for his relentlessness. Phil Simms for his skill. All three also are so knowledgeable about the game, it’s mindblowing.
STEPH: Who's the Giants "evil" nemsis?
CATHY: Dallas Cowgirls Cowboys. My father-in-law is a Cowboys fan, so we have a friendly rivalry going on : ) And anyone who is playing the Cowboys is the team I root for, even if it’s the Philadelphia Eagles!
STEPH: Ever been to a football game? What's it like?
CATHY: I went to one game when I was 15 or so. It was freakin’ cold! But soooo fun! The atmosphere around a professional game is like nothing else.
STEPH: Do you own a jersey?
CATHY: I do! #10, Eli Manning. I inherited it when my dad passed away.
STEPH: What's your favorite food to eat during the game?
CATHY: For something quick and easy, nachos. A more elaborate snack is wings. And a good cold beer.
Rulebreaker from Carina Press
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Liv Braxton's Felon Rule #1: Don't get emotionally involved.
Smash-and-grab thieving doesn't lend itself to getting chummy with the victims, and Liv hasn't met anyone on the mining colony of Nevarro worth knowing, anyway. So it's easy to follow her Rules.
Until her ex, Tonio, shows up with an invitation to join him on the job of a lifetime.
Until Zia Talbot, the woman she's supposed to deceive, turns Liv's expectations upside down in a way no woman ever has.
Until corporate secrets turn deadly.
But to make things work with Zia, Liv has to do more than break her Rules, and the stakes are higher than just a broken heart…
*From The Galaxy Express http://www.thegalaxyexpress.net/2011/08/interview-with-cathy-pegau-author-of.html
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Mercurial Times : "I thoroughly enjoyed this SFR espionage novel. The worldbuilding is very good, the main characters are vivid and vivacious."
*From Loving Venus-Loving Mars http://bi-curious-romancenovel-chat.blogspot.com/2011/07/advanced-review-rulebreaker-by-cathy.html
"All in all Rulebreaker is an excellent read. It’s suspenseful and has a lot of interesting twists and side corridors that are fun to go down. The writing is smooth with a perfect pace, which kept me on edge until the end."
*From Lesbrary http://lesbrary.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/anna-reviews-rulebreaker-by-cathy-pegau/
"I knew I liked Rulebreaker when I kept thinking of other books and fanfiction to compare it to."
"Pegau showed herself willing to make difficult authorial decisions in order to lend weight to her narrative, and both Liv and Zia were portrayed as sympathetic, if flawed, people."
*From Smexybooks.com http://www.smexybooks.com/2011/08/guest-review-rulebreaker-by-cathy-pegau.html
"...let me say that the writing and world-building are excellent. The futuristic details add a lot of flavor but don’t overwhelm the story. There is a stylish, sexy quality to the writing, despite the fact that there is very little sex. Rulebreaker reminded me of a George Clooney caper film. It’s compelling and charismatic."
Labels: Cathy Pegau, Football Blog Tour Stop, NY Giants, Rulebreaker
Steph's Favorites Read to date!
I know its September and usually people wait to list their favorites, buy hey, we just had the Emmy's so I figured why not share some of my favorite reads now? ~~grin~~ (I promise a top ten in January)
NOT WITHOUT RISK by Sarah Grimm
Contemporary romantic suspense
Set in San Diego, Paige and Justin must learn to trust each other and love if they want a future together. Excellent! I was on the edge of my seat the entire novel. Romantic with pulse-pounding suspense.
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Not-Without-Risk-Sarah-Grimm/dp/1601546343/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316635145&sr=1-2
HIS CONQUEST by Diana Cosby
Scottish historical romance
Set in Scotland, 1297, Lady Linet, an English noblewoman, frees Scottish lord Seathan Grey from a dungeon, but the journey to his keep is rife with peril. Cosby weaves love and danger effortlessly in order to tell a highly romantic, suspense filled story.
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/His-Conquest-Diana-J-Cosby/dp/142010991X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316635275&sr=1-1
THE ARRIVAL OF LILY CURTIS by Rachel Brimble
Victorian/Historical Romance
Lily wants to find love on her own terms. After convincing her parents to allow her to work as a maid, she meets Andrew, Viscount Westrope and the sparks fly. Dare they follow their hearts despite the conventions of the day? The chemistry between the couple is combustible and the inner conflict that keeps them both at bay is well done!
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Arrival-Lily-Curtis-Rachel-Brimble/dp/1601547927/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316635340&sr=1-1
OSIRIS' MISSING PART by Mona Risk
Historical/Egyptian Romance
Isis brings Osiris back to life, but can she tame the womanizer's ways? Rich in history, adventure and love.
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Osiris-Missing-Part-ebook/dp/B005950KR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316635528&sr=1-1
REDEMPTION FOR THE DEVIL by Jillian Chantel
Vintage Romance
Can a boy from the wrong side of the tracks win an honest woman's love? Part of the novel is set on the Mauretania and I swear I felt like a fly on the wall. A heartwarming read – especially watching Liam and Peg grow as characters.
Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Redemption-for-the-Devil-ebook/dp/B005CQ5VM4/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316635635&sr=1-2
So, what stories have been your favorite so far?
PS… I just want to gush a little. Peter Dinklage who plays "Tyrian Lannister" from GAME OF THRONES won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actor! Well earned! Games of Thrones is a book I'm reading now and I really like it! The Mini-series is "spot on" with the book. Sign in if you want to give a shout out to Peter!
Labels: A Game of Thrones, Not Without Risk, Osiris Missing Part, Peter Dinklage, Redemption for the Devil, The Arrival of Lily Curtis
Welcome Julie Lence & the Colts to the Football Blog Tour Stop!
STEPH: Julie, welcome to the football blog tour stop! Who's your favorite football team? How long have you been a fan?
JULIE: The Indianapolis Colts and the New England Patriots, 6 years, give or take, each.
JULIE: Peyton Manning. He seems like a very nice person, and he has a dedication not only to his craft and team but to every aspect of the game. He works diligently with his rookies to help them hone their talents, and he's constantly practicing and looking for ways to better himself and his skills. Plus, when he's at fault for a mistake made during the game, he blames no one but himself. In my opinion, he truly exudes good sportsmanship all the way around.
STEPH: Who's your favorite all time Colts player?
JULIE: Peyton Manning
STEPH: Who's the Colt's "evil" Nemesis?
JULIE: I don't really have an evil nemesis, as far as a team or a player. There are some players I don't care for, mostly for their off-field antics, like Michael Vick and his dog fighting ring, but I wouldn't necessarily say they are evil people. They just do stupid things, which, in my opinion, doesn't make them good role models, especially for children who dream of playing the sport professionally one day.
JULIE: Yes. A few years ago, my son entered a contest to be the 'Kick-off' kid for the Denver Broncos. During the pre-season games and the regular games, one child, accompanied by a parent, went down to the field and onto the sidelines with their escort from the Broncos. Every time the Denver Broncos kicked off and the play was over, the child rushed out onto the field and retrieved the football tee. My son won the opportunity to do this for one of the pre-season games and had a great time. Up close to the players, his name was announced over the sound system the first time he went onto the field and he was on the big screen each time he ran out to retrieve the tee. He also had his picture taken with some of the cheerleaders, and I watched all of this from way up high in the stands, as the hubby accompanied him onto the field. I think the Broncos were playing Cleveland that day, but had it been the Colts or the Patriots, I would have been on the field with him. All in all, it was a great experience for him, but I much prefer watching the games at home, where I have a front row seat to see all of the action.
JULIE: Yes. Three of them: Peyton Manning, Eli Manning and Tom Brady
JULIE: Chicken wings, Artichoke Dip with Rye bread and fresh vegetables.
Blurb for No Luck at All:
The youngest son of a wealthy rancher, Creel Weston spent his childhood breaking wild mustangs and dreaming of becoming a doctor. Being blackmailed into marrying a spoiled socialite wasn't part of his plans, especially when he loved her. He'd take Racine back home with him and find a comfortable ground with her. Trouble was, she wasn't as spoiled as he'd been led to believe, and harbored scars that would take more than his doctoring skills to heal.
Boston socialite Racine Somerfield had an unbearable childhood. Mama despised her, and although he said he loved her, Papa couldn't wait to get rid of her. Marrying Creel and accompanying him back to his home in Colorado Territory, Racine hoped to find some semblance of peace and happiness at Wooded Acres, and in Creel's arms. She didn't expect to add another wound to those she already carried.
Western Historical Romance Author
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Labels: Colts, Football Blog Tour, Julie Lence, Not Luck at All
Welcome Jami Davenport & The Seahawks to the Football Blog Stop Tour
JAMI: The Seattle Seahawks. I’ve been a fan since their birth in 1976.
JAMI: That’s a tough one, as most the veterans on the team are gone. I guess I’d have to say Marcus Trufant because he’s a hometown boy. If you’re talking football player among all the teams, I’ve come to like Aaron Rodgers, especially since he’s my fantasy football quarterback, and it’s looking pretty good so far.
STEPH: Who's your favorite all time player?
JAMI: That would be Jim Zorn. I remember the Seahawk’s first years when didn’t stand a chance, yet Zorn and Largent always seemed to pull a rabbit out of their hats and win games they had no business winning. I loved it back in those days because it was exciting to watch them, and you never knew what was coming next.
STEPH: Who's the Seahawks "evil" nemsis?
JAMI: When we were in the AFC West, it was Oakland Raiders. We had season tickets back in those days, and we loved to hate those Raiders. Now, I’d have to say the St. Louis Rams, but it’s not the same.
JAMI: Yes, we had season tickets for years when the Hawks still played in the King Dome. If you’ve never been at a home Seahawk game, you have no idea why the 12th man is called the loudest fans in the league. Believe me, we deserve that honor. I’ve left games with my ears ringing and my head pounding. I swear I don’t hear very well because of those games. I’ve screamed myself hoarse at just about every game.
JAMI: Two, which I bought last year, and neither player is on the team this year (Hasselbeck and Tatupu). L
JAMI: A hot dog, what else?
"I got sucked into this book. I mean, hook line and sinker sucked in. I was deeply invested in these characters. Hooked folks, I'm positively hooked."--Recommended Read from Wendy, the Super Librarian
"The ending was heartrending and I loved reading my way through the football season with a player who had lost his mojo." -- Jane Litte via Goodreads
"I am thoroughly impressed with Ms. Davenport's ability to instill escapism in her story. For the duration, I was consumed with her tale of two friends to lovers intertwined with football." -- Top Pick from Yadira, Night Owl Reviews
"Romance so real that you feel you are there."--Trixie, Blackravens Reviews
"With sultry and inventive sex scenes, heart-breaking sorrow, nail-biting football plays and a cast that is captivating and engaging, Fourth and Goal is a winner!" -- Whipped Cream Reviews
In a game played on and off the field, only one of them will emerge the winner.
Armed with an uncanny ability for evaluating football talent, a dogged determination to succeed in a man’s world, and an empty bank account, Rachel McCormick agrees to help struggling wide receiver Derek Ramsey get his game back. Rachel believes Derek, her former best friend and lover, knows the truth behind the points-shaving scandal which ruined her father. She vows to expose the secret even if it destroys Derek in the process.
When Derek’s coach suggests sex as an excellent tension reliever the night before a game, Rachel takes one for the team. The next day, Derek has the best performance of his not-so illustrious pro football career.
As Derek and Rachel rack up nights in bed and other places, the team racks up wins on the field. Rachel is torn between her loyalty to her father and her growing affection for Derek. Now it’s fourth and goal, one second left on the clock. Their hearts are on the line. Do they trust each other enough to go for the long bomb or do they get dropped for a loss?
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Labels: 4th and Goal, Football Blog tour, Jami Davenport, Seahawks
Welcome Elaine Cantrel & the Clemons Tigers to the Football Blog Tour Stop!
Do you like football? I live in the South, and there aren’t many people in the South who don’t like football. Some Southerners like pro teams, and some like college teams. Some follow high school football, and some follow all three.
Personally, I first learned about football when I was in high school. I didn’t miss a single high school football game until my senior year. After I graduated from high school, I went off to college and became a Clemson Tiger. Then I got married, and my husband taught me to watch NFL football on TV.
So, why do we do it? Why do we devote sometimes an entire day to football when there are so many other things we could be doing? First, we do it because we like the game. We get a thrill out of watching the game and dissecting what everyone on the field should have done. And of course that includes the coach!
Second, we do it because there’s a social aspect to it. We get to see our friends and exchange news. One of the most important social aspects is tailgating. Have you ever done that? On the day of the football game we have a picnic out of our cars, vans or SUVs in the stadium parking lot. Some people pick up a bucket of KFC, but others bring their grills and cook steaks. If you can think of a menu, you can find it. Many local restaurants have picnic baskets that you can pick up on your way to the game.
You see paper plates, plastic dinnerware, and in a few cases nice china. Oh, and some people bring liquid refreshment.
Third, we get to live vicariously through the team and the cheerleaders. For a few hours we can pretend we’re a star.
And fourth, it gives us a sense of satisfaction and tradition to participate in a fall ritual that’s been going on for many years.
The team that I follow most closely is the Clemson Tigers. On the days when Clemson is playing we hang our tiger tail from the tailgate of our SUV, and we fly orange flags because orange and purple are Clemson’s colors. At the school where I work, we have a luncheon when Clemson plays their arch rival Carolina. Followers of each team decorates one side of the faculty lounge, and we all bring party foods which we have for lunch. It’s fun, and on that day lots of emails fly back and forth between followers of each team.
My last release is called A New Dream, and guess what job the hero has in the beginning of the book? He’s an NFL player for the Green Bay Packers. It just seemed like an obvious choice to me!
If you’ve never caught football fever, let me get you started. First of all, buy a team jersey. Then, pick up some hot wings, nachos, or whatever it is you like to snack on. Invite as many of your friends as you can accommodate in your home, and then sit back and enjoy yourself.
Blurb for A New Dream
Blurb: A New Dream
What do you do when you lose everything?
After an auto accident destroys his pro-football career, Matt McCallum struggles to find a new dream for his life, but nothing engages him the way football did. After a stint in rehab, he takes a job managing a grocery store where he meets Violet Emerson.
Violet works in the bakery department, but her dreams carry her far beyond the doors of Chef’s Pantry. As soon as she can save the money, she plans to open a catering business. And she thinks the new manager’s broad shoulders and blue eyes are simply divine.
Thrown together at work, Matt and Violet find a common dream for their lives, but a loose end from Matt’s past returns to jeopardize their future. Will love be enough to save their new dream before it turns into a nightmare?
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RJ gave A New Dream a 4.5 and said, A NEW DREAM is a wonderful contemporary romance with heartwarming characters and heartfelt moments. Elaine Cantrell creates a beautiful, believable relationship with old fashioned values that adds sweetness to the story. All of her characters were likable with emotions and reactions that one can relate to. My favorite though had to be the hero Matt, who had to face a very difficult reality. His growth and the way Ms. Cantrell portrayed his struggles with coming to terms with the changes in his life was nicely done. This is one of the best inspirational romances I’ve read in a while.
Romantic Times gave a New Dream 4 stars and said,
Readers will love this touching and inspirational story in which a former football player learns to live his life under new terms after a tragic accident. As he journeys toward a new dream he meets (Violet) and falls in love.
Labels: A New Dream, Clemson Tigers, Elaine Cantrel, Football Blog Tour Stop
Welcome Allison Knight and Alabama Crimson Tide to the Football Blog Tour Stop!
ALLISON: I'm an Alabama University Football fan. I don't fly a flag, I don't go to their
games, but on Saturday when they are on the field - don't bother me.
'Roll Tide'! I do no writing on Saturday afternoon during the season.
We moved to Alabama in 1997 and I learned quick enough, there are two
seasons here in Alabama. We have Football season and the rest of the year.
You have two choices. You either route for Auburn or for Alabama.
I chose Alabama.
ALLISON: Trent Richardson was Mark Ingram's partner, and Mark kinda
overshadowed him, but now that Mark has signed with the Saints,
Trent will get a chance to show just how good he is.
STEPH: Who's your favorite all time 'Bama player?
ALLISON: I'm especially fond of Julio Jones. First he played well. And he wasn't
afraid to play with injuries. But I have to also admit, when your
granddaughter went to school with the guy, you are interested. He's a
local kid, and his mother works for my cleaning lady. I know first hand
this kid is a really nice guy. Unfortunately he's gone pro and is now
with the Atlanta Falcons.
STEPH: Who's the Tide's "evil" nemesis?
ALLISON: Auburn of course, but Mississippi State runs a close second. The
Auburn game is on November 26 and Mississippi is on the 12th of
November. You better believe I'll be glued to the TV on both those days.
ALLISON: When we lived in Indiana, I went to a Notre Dame game.
I remember the excitement. The problem is of course, a lot of
noise, the stands were not that comfortable when you are 6 months
pregnant, and you miss a lot of the game trotting back and forth to the
restroom.
I do remember the half time show, because they had their trademark
Scottish guard. At the time the school was all men. The Scottish guard
were in kilts, with those tall hats, their plaids flappingin the breeze.
They also had an impressive band. Quite a spectical.
ALLISON: No, nor do I fly an Alabama University flag, but I sure know a lot of people who do!
ALLISON: Who eats! I get too excited and would probably throw food all over the
living room. During half time we frequently have pizza or chips and dip.
It depends if we have people watching with us.
Blurb for Battlesong:
Their marriage begins with a lie. Tricked into wedding young Laren Blair, the daughter of a Scottish laird, Arthur ap Brynn Ffrydd, an English baron, abandons her at his keep. When he finally returns six years later she has won the affection of his people but all he sees are the changes she has made. Their battles begin.
She fears her life will be as miserable with Arthur as it was with her cruel father. He envisions losing his property to her Scottish clan. As they learn to tolerate each other, desire draws them together. When Laren is kidnaped and Arthur is wounded in battle they realize they love each other. Reunited, can their love withstand the strain of another lie?
Reviews for Battlesong:
The Romance Studio
Reviewed by Theresa B.
This was a story about a Scottish bride and an English Baron. Tension was still tight between the two sides and mixed marriage was frowned upon though Laren's father had his own devious reasons for the marriage.
Allison Knight did a good job with the characters and the historical detail.
The Pagan and The Pen Book Reviews
Reviewed by Violet
Ms. Knight just keeps getting better. Battlesong is the follow-up to Heartsong, though one doesn't have to read Heartsong to fully enjoy Battlesong. From the second I picked it up, I was whisked away to Medieval England. It's a dangerous, romantic time that Ms. Knight vividly and expertly recreates.
The characters are fully realized and full of life. Laren is a woman to admire. Her grit and strength create sparks in any setting, but especially in this one where women were considered property. Arthur is rash, headstrong, handsome, and true to his values-a perfect recipe for a hero.
Battlesong is an enjoyable, relaxing read that provides the perfect escape for a rainy afternoon. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys historical romance.
Labels: Alabama Crimson Tide, Allison Knight, Battlesong
Welcome Author Carol Preflatish & the Colts to the Football Blog Tour Stop!
Here's Carol to gush about her team, The Colts!
CAROL: My favorite team is the Indianapolis Colts and I've been a fan for over ten years.
CAROL: I've always been a sucker for the kickers. My favorite Colt is their kicker, Adam Vinatieri, but a very close second is their wide receiver, Austin Collie. Both players are very dedicated and have played with injuries that could have ended their careers.
CAROL: My all time favorite Colt would be Brandon Stokley. He was a wide receiver that played for the Colts a few years ago. He was always the one player that could pull out a catch when they really needed it. Unfortunately, he suffered a lot of injuries and the Colts released him. He played for the Denver Broncos for a while and he's now with the Seattle Seahawks.
STEPH: Who's the Colts "evil" nemsis?
CAROL: That would have to be the New England Patriots. No matter how good or bad either team is for that particular season, you never know who will win and you can always count on an exciting game. Both teams have such superb quarterbacks, that it's really a joy to watch them do battle.
CAROL: I went to my first Colts game last year and I loved it, even with the horribly high seats we had. The energy is so exciting and when the team is announced and they run onto the field, I got shivers. It was so cool. It also feels like a much slower pace than on television because you have to wait for the commercial breaks at the game. At the game we were at, we sat next to a husband and wife and the husband normally works security on the field for the game. It was his day off so they came to watch the game together. It was really interesting to hear some of the inside stuff they said. For instance, we got really cold during the 4th quarter. He said that Peyton Manning gets hot toward the end of the game, so he wants the heat turned off.
CAROL: I own two jerseys. I have a Brandon Stokley, which I don't wear since he doesn't play for them anymore. My other jersey is a Peyton Manning jersey. I bought it because I needed a jersey and I couldn't find a Vinatieri or Collie jersey, but I'm on the lookout for either one this season.
CAROL: I always pop a big bowl of buttered popcorn to eat and Diet Pepsi to drink while I watch the television pre-game. I do have a special sandwich that I always fix for the Super Bowl. it's Hawaiian Ham and Cheese Mini Sandwiches and you can find the recipe on my Food blog at http://tinyurl.com/3lfnree
Nathan Perry, having recuperated from a Gulf War injury, returns to his hometown of Mystic, Massachusetts to become the town's first ever police detective.
His first assignment is to discover who has been stealing valuable antique signs from the town's businesses and why. Even though he's a hometown boy, Nathan finds some of the residents less than cooperative with his investigation.
During his investigation, Nathan is surprised to find out who is involved and what the thefts are linked to.
This book will be available as a Kindle ebook later this fall. Watch my web site for news on the release, http:CarolPre.webs.com
Labels: Beginnings, Carol Preflatish, Colts, Football Blog Tour
Welcome LE Harvey & The Philadelphia Eagles to the Football Blog Tour Stop!
STEPH: Let's welcome author LE Harvey to the blog! Who's your favorite football team? How long have you been a fan?
LE: Philadelphia Eagles. I've been a fan since childhood: a cousin of mine was an Eagles Cheerleader and being a Philadelphian, it was only natural! :)
LE: Fred Jackson of the Buffalo Bills. I like anyone who has a "no fear" approach to the game. :)
STEPH: Who's your favorite all time Eagles player?
LE: I think I 'd have to say Donovan McNabb. He is an incredible player and always had a great sense of team.
STEPH: Who's the Eagles' "evil" Nemesis?
LE Dallas, of course!
LE: If memory serves, the last football game I attended was a college game where my cousin was cheerleading. But I am excited because this year, I will see my first pro game: Eagles vs. Buffalo thanks to my wonderful partner! :)
LE: Not yet ;)
LE: I'm like a goat during football games: I'll eat anything! :)
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Carol Mathers: born a sickly child, in a home fraught with undercurrents that threaten to sweep away any chance she might have for a normal life. Now in her mid-thirties, she's a highly sought-after IT guru in St. Louis. She has built a great life for herself with her partner, Alexandria, even though the two face prejudice as lesbians, and as an interracial couple -fighting tragedy and sometimes, finding triumph. During her tumultuous life, Carol discovers that she has acquired AIDS as a result of a childhood transfusion from the dark period of time before AIDS was widely known... or understood, not even by the medical profession. Now, the two women face even more obstacles, prejudice, and a strange, new life as AIDS patients. Carol learns just how much her chaotic past has affected her, and how she can never really escape it, even as she tries to move on with her life. An unexpected event creates even more pain and tragedy in Carol's life, and causes her to wonder about the meaning of and purpose of her own life... or if there is any purpose at all...
"Rich!" -Chelle Cordero, author
"I really like it! It reads well and it moves really well. And, you literally paint pictures very well. I get very clear mental images while reading the book!" -Lloyd Kaneko, author
"As I read "Imperfect," I saw both Carol and her partner Alexandria as strong, determined characters. But they were facing a lot: prejudice, sexism, baggage from the past. Is love enough? Is strength enough?
The ending hit me like a ton of bricks because I really liked these people,...I must tell you that after your powerful ending for Imperfect , I'll be waiting to read Impeccable as soon as it's hot off the press." - Malcolm R. Campbell, author
Labels: Football Blog Tour, Imperfect, LE Harvey, Philadelphia Eagles
Welcome M.S. Spencer and the Vikings to the Football Blog Tour Stop!
M.S. SPENCER: The MEN IN PURPLE. They have the best helmets, don’t they? Seriously, I’ve been a fan of the Vikings since 1975 when I moved to Chicago for graduate school. A couple of classmates came from Minnesota and we would watch every single game on our little black and white TV, eating our chili on tray tables. Though not exactly an obsession (well, maybe) I still get very emotional when I watch them play. Unfortunately, their games don’t always air here in Washington. Someday when I win the lottery I’ll spring for one of those TV football packages.
My family always found my devotion a bit freakish but grew used to it. The best birthday present they ever gave me was a scrapbook filled with stuff about the Vikings. I keep it next to Calvin & Hobbs books.
M.S. SPENCER: Well it WAS Brett Favre. They have a new coach this year, Leslie Frazier, who filled in after last year’s natural disasters (the Metrodome collapse and snowed out games) and have changed a lot of the roster. If Adrian Peterson stays, he’ll be great. Visanthe Shiancoe is also wonderful at tight end. I’m not a big fan of Donovan McNabb, but the backup Christian Ponder looks really good—I just watched highlights of the Houston pre-season game (Vikings 28-0).
STEPH: Who's your favorite all time Vikings player?
M.S. SPENCER: Fran Tarkenton—who else? I was such a big fan I actually read the mystery novel he wrote (not much of a mystery but a fascinating insight into the game). After that Alan Page, the great defensive tackle & member of the Purple People Eaters, the bane of quarterbacks everywhere. He played for the Vikings from 1967 to 1978, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and went on to be (wait for it!) a justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Talk about versatile…
Third is of course Ahmad Rashad. As a Vikings fan in Washington DC with a mother who hated football, I watched a lot of games alone with the door closed. I’ll never forget the Browns game in 1980 when Tommy Kramer sent a "Hail Mary" pass down the field to Ahmad Rashad as time expired resulting in a 28-23 victory. I was jumping up and down and screaming in ecstasy. My mother threatened to call an ambulance.
STEPH: Who's their "evil" nemesis?
M.S. SPENCER: You mean team? Some might say the Chicago Bears, but I say Green Bay—my son’s favorite team (coincidence? I think not). Actually, while they are great rivals I root for Green Bay whenever it’s playing someone else. I was in heaven for the couple of seasons that Bret Favre played for the Vikings. Like having the cherry on top.
M.S. SPENCER: Yes, I’ve been to Redskins games. I live in Washington and do love the team (although it’s not as visceral an adoration as I have for the Vikings). Redskins fans are really the best in the world—and they’ve had to deal with even more adversity than Vikings fans! There’s nothing like an open stadium and real grass. One of the things that endeared me to the Vikings was when they played outside (before the Metrodome, aka Mall of America Stadium). You had to be tough to play in Minnesota in the winter—it was too funny watching teams like the Dolphins try to keep up in a blizzard. Of course I went to many a college football game (Ivy League, so it was more a drinking than a sporting event). My son took me to a UVA game—we had a blast. UVA students always dress up for the game—it’s a tradition & so refreshing to see young ladies in dresses & young men in khakis.
M.S. SPENCER: Of course! Although I’m a bit superstitious. If the game isn’t going well I take it off.
M.S. SPENCER: My own chili—hot, with lots of toppings. I don’t take any shortcuts, starting with fresh ground spices and whole tomatoes. Ask my kids (and their friends!)—it’s the best. Plus homemade coleslaw. Back in my slimmer days, I’d scarf up cornbread slathered in butter and a couple of Geary’s Pale Ales to go with.
Fun Facts about the Vikings:
In their opening game on September 17, 1961, the Vikings gave their followers a little taste of what the next 47 years would be like when rookie quarterback Fran Tarkenton came off the bench. Tarkenton threw four touchdown passes and ran for another as he led the men in purple to a 37-13 victory over the Chicago Bears.
In 1986, exactly 25 years later, Tarkenton would become the first Vikings player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Only four NFL teams have played in more Super Bowls, and only one (the Dallas Cowboys), have more playoff appearances.
Biography ~ M. S. Spencer
Although M. S. Spencer has lived in Chicago, Boston, New York, France, Morocco, Turkey, Egypt, and England, the last 30 years have been spent mostly in Washington, D.C. as a librarian, Congressional staff assistant, speechwriter, editor, birdwatcher, kayaker, policy wonk, non-profit director and parent. Once she escaped academia, she worked for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Department of the Interior, in several library systems, both public and academic, and at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. She holds a BA from Vassar College, a Diploma in Arabic Studies from the American University in Cairo, and Masters in Anthropology and in Library Science from the University of Chicago. She divides her time among Virginia, Maine and Florida. All of this tends to insinuate itself into her works.
Ms. Spencer has two fabulous grown children, Spencer and Emma. She has only one cat (down from three, plus a dog, a snake and two hamsters). It’s a quiet household now, but since her study window looks on a park and river there is plenty of wildlife to distract her from her writing.
My latest release is Losers Keepers, the story of a romantic triangle enmeshed in murder, set on the Atlantic barrier island of Chincoteague.
Losers Keepers, by M. S. Spencer
Published July 27, 2011 by Secret Cravings Publishing
eBook, 72,000 words, ISBN 978-1-936653-95-9
Contemporary romantic suspense, M/F, 3 flames
Dagne Lonegan, aka Dear Philomena, advice dispenser extraordinaire, hoped that spending a year on the Eastern Shore island of Chincoteague to write her novel would clear her sinuses, if not her heart, of any feelings for Jack Andrews, erstwhile lover and long-time jerk. It’s just her luck that her first week on the island she’s in the right place at the right time to be involved with a murder. Only she doesn’t know it. Unfortunately, the murderer doesn’t know she doesn’t know. Strange and dangerous things begin happening to her, interfering with her new romance with Tom Ellis, the handsome manager of the National Wildlife Refuge. Complications ensue when her Jack arrives to take charge of the murder investigation.
Will Dagne stick with the tall, cool glass of a Ranger or fall back into the arms of her first tempestuous passion?
http://www.secretcravingspublishing.com/MSSpencer.html
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Losers-Keepers-ebook/dp/B005FG699A/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1313242150&sr=1-4
allRomanceEBooks.com:
http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-loserskeepers-581754-149.html
Book Strand: http://www.bookstrand.com/losers-keepers
You might also be interested in my first novel Lost in His Arms, romantic suspense set in the spinning world of 1991 when countries fell like flies and a CIA fixer had his hands full. Or try my second novel, Lost and Found, in which we follow a desperate wife searching the wilds of Maine and Florida for the husband who disappeared.
Buy Links for Lost in His Arms and Lost and Found:
www.redrosepublishing.com/books/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=282∏ucts_id=17
www.redrosepublishing/books/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=282∏ucts_id=654
All three books are also available here:
http://allromanceebooks.com/
www.fictionwise.com
www.bookstrand.com
I’d love to hear from you! Contact M. S. Spencer at
www.MeredithEllsworth.com
http://msspencertalespinner.blogspot.com
http://www.twitter.com/mssellsworth
Labels: contemporary romantic suspense, Losers Keepers, M.S. Spencer, MMinnesota Vikings
Welcome Fran Shaff to the Football Blog Tour Stop!
Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Quarterback
FRAN: Steph, thanks much for inviting me to be a part of your football guest blog series. I’m thrilled to be here!
STEPH: It's great to have you here, Fran! Who's your favorite football team, and how long have you been a fan?
FRAN: Steph, I’ve been a fan of the Green Bay Packers since the mid 70s when I began to watch pro football. I was living in Northern Illinois at the time so they were sort of a “home” team since they played some of their games in nearby Milwaukee in those days.
FRAN: Aaron Rogers has been tremendously impressive since he took over Brett Favre’s spot as quarterback. His skill and ability have blown me away. I hated to see Brett leave. How would we ever win again? Rogers came in following one of the best NFL players of all time and led the team to a Super Bowl victory in very short order. Wow!! He never gives up. He’s inspirational.
STEPH: Who's your favorite all time Packer player?
FRAN: That is a very difficult question because there have been so many outstanding players for the Packers in the last thirty plus years. Naturally, Brett Favre is a favorite. Reggie White was fantastic on defense. I loved watching him play. But I guess my favorite Packer player of all would be Sterling Sharp. Watching receivers make great catches is one of the most thrilling things about football, and it seemed he caught everything he could see.
STEPH: Who's the Packers "evil" nemesis?
FRAN: The Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears are tied for the honor of being named as the Packers’ “evil” nemesis. The Packers have great rivalries with both of those teams, though the Bears have been around a LOT longer than the Vikings have. When I lived on the Wisconsin/Minnesota border years ago I saw a sign along the beautiful St. Croix River separating the two states. The sign sported caricatures of injured Packer and Vikings players shaking hands. So I guess they’re not nemeses as much as they’re rivals, huh? Since my husband is a Bears fan, when our two teams meet we’ve got to try to maintain peace in the family, so we can’t consider either team “evil.” (But my Packers DID walk over the Bears last season right into the Super Bowl, didn’t they? I think Hubby thought my team was a little evil that day. ☺)
FRAN: No, Steph, I’ve never had the pleasure of attending a pro football game in person. The view’s probably better on TV, but I’m sure the excitement is palpable when a fan attends a game in person.
FRAN: I have tee shirts and sweatshirts, of course, even a cap, but no jersey.
FRAN: Whatever we’re having for lunch is my football food since most of the games start at noon in the time zone where we live.
You know, Steph, I enjoy NFL football so much I just knew one day I’d have to combine my love of the sport with my passion for writing. “Male Fraud,” my most recent romantic comedy and the result of meshing football and storytelling, made its debut recently. Here’s the blurb:
Terry Fiscus wants to be a trainer for the pro football Chicago Cyclones. Coach Dan Barringer doesn’t believe a woman belongs in a men’s locker room. Terry really, really wants this job so she disguises herself as a man, and Dan hires her. When Dan meets Terry outside of work and gets to know her as the lovely “Teresa” he falls in love, and so does Terry. As she tries to manage her double life things get extremely complicated and side-splittingly funny.
“Male Fraud” is available as an e-book at most major e-book stores. It is also available in paperback at Amazon as part of my “Romantic Comedy Collection.” A video book trailer, excerpts and more information are available at: http://sites.google.com/site/malefraudbook/
Thanks so much, Steph, for inviting me to be a part of your special football event. It has been a real pleasure to be here.
Labels: Football Blog tour, Fran Shaff, Green Bay Packers, Male Fraud
The Count's Lair - 2011 Winner, Silver, Reader's Favorites in Romance: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Imagine my surprise when I popped into my email the other day and discovered that my book, The Count's Lair, won the 2011 Reader's Favorites, Romance:Sci-Fi/Fantasy Silver award. 2nd Place. That's not too shabby. :)
A little about The Count's Lair
The story was a natural, organic story that grew out of "The Hungarian." Count Anton Varga had been the "villian" in "The Hungarian." As werewolf, Anton was finding it hard to control the feral nature of the beast as a man and sought attention from Katherine, Matthias's wife. Then, a chance encounter with Lady Amelia Andrassy in the Duma bookstore changed everything for him and made him question his motives, his wants, his desire, and even the direction of his soul.
That lay the ground work for "Moonlight Sonata," a 21K "prequel" free read. Anton seeks out Amelia to offer his emotional support just after the death of her cheating husband. Amelia welcomes his friendship, but is not ready for more. Instead, she goes off on a six week piano tour of the Austrian-Hungary Empire to find herself.
The Count's Lair was my 2009 NaNoWriMo project. I met with my friened, Jenifer Ranieri at the local coffeehouse to work on the project and had a blast. I wrote close to 54K words that November and met my NaNoWriMo goal, but there was more to go. I actually finished the novel the following January.
The novel is set in Budapest, Hungary in 1901 during the Christmas season. Ah, what a romantic time of year to fall in love. Anton has also taken a personal journey, traveling to Sopron, near the Austrian border to find peace with his soul. He determines in order to win Amelia's love, he must forgive himself for his past indescitions and be a "noble" man - one deserving of Amelia's affections.
Why Budapest? I had an opportunity to travel to Budapest in 1997 as part of a USO tour and I loved the city. The people were so open and friendly. The aritecture was haunting, yet beautiful, capturing the ambience of the immediate past century. It was a place where you could believe werewolves might exist.
Anton and Amelia's story had to be one of the most favorite stories I've written to date. He's the dark, brooding, handsome count, Amelia is the idealist, wanting to fall in love, but afraid it won't meet up to her expectation. It's a great story. Here are some reviews:
Ralph Fienes, Character inspiration for "Anton"
5 Stars, Readers Favorite:
The Count's Lair is filled with suspense, mystery, passion, and the paranormal.
5 Stars, Long & Short Reviews
Want a recipe for a great story? Take an awesome writer like Ms. Burkhart, stir in her intimate knowledge of Hungary, her innate ability to create wonderful characters, a book-full of suspense, mystery and passion and you get a book you can't put down.
5 Stars, Tami Dee, Author of the Mists Time of Series
Budapest Moon book two The Count's Lair is everything a romance novel should be.
Pen and Muse Reviews:
Burkhart does it again with book two in the Budapest Moon book series, The Count’s Lair. The second book is filled with passion, chock full of paranormal goodness, romance, suspense and mystery.
ENJOY THIS EXCERPT:
The manor had grown quieter. The orchestra still played music, but at a softer tempo. The clattering of dishes and the clicking of glasses came from the direction of the kitchen.
The guest rooms were deep within the mansion, toward the south end. Anton took Amelia to the last room in the hall, facing east. He opened the door, and she followed him inside. The room was dark. He flicked a switch near the door, and a small lamp on a dresser came on.
Amelia surveyed the compact room. A double bed rested against the side wall, next to a small door. On the opposite side of the bed was a nightstand. Across from it, next to the fireplace, was a dresser, along with a mirror and another small door.
Anton walked toward the door on the other side of the bed. "This is the washroom, and a small closet is over there."
Amelia nodded. Anton placed her vase of flowers on the dresser. She went to the window and looked out. It faced the Danube and the parliament building.
"What a nice view," she whispered.
He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, pressing his chest against her back. "That's why I chose it for you. The view is magnificent."
His seductive voice and intimate touch made her insides grow warm. She loved to feel the full length of his hard body against hers. They didn't say anything for several minutes. Then he slowly turned her in his arms and kissed her.
She molded her body to his, threading her fingers through his hair, pulling him toward her. She needed to feel him. His sweet tongue pierced the warm barrier of her mouth, and she gladly allowed him to explore. Uncomfortable warmth pooled inside her and slowly radiated out to her arms and legs.
Amy Adams, inspiration for "Amelia"
"I've missed this," he whispered between deep kisses. "So have I." He trailed his honey wet lips down her neck. "I've dreamed of you, Amelia. I've dreamed of you running your hands over my body--" She placed her hands against his cheeks and broke contact with his mouth to look into his eyes, recalling her earlier thoughts about turning him into a mess. "You want me to touch you? More intimately?"
He said nothing, only his eyes, now a deep sapphire blue, expressed his desire. She placed her hands on his white shirt and slid them under his dinner jacket. He wiggled his shoulders, and the garment dropped to the floor. Then she wrapped her hands around his neck, undid his tie, and placed it on the dresser.
He put his hands on her waist, drawing her closer. She started at the top button on his shirt and unfastened them. Her fingers fumbled on the third or fourth one, and he placed his hands over hers, helping to guide her. When she finished, his white shirt hung loosely over his shoulders.
PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE:
http://stores.desertbreezepublishing.com/-strse-142/Stephanie-Burkhart-Budapest-Moon/Detail.bok
AMAZON KINDLE:
http://www.amazon.com/Budapest-Moon-Book-Two-ebook/dp/B004LLIEMK/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1315240342&sr=1-1
BARNES & NOBLE NOOK:
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Labels: paranormal romance, Reader's Favorites, the count's lair, werewolf romance
Welcome Dee Ann Williamson and the Nebraska Cornhuskers to the Football Blog Stop Tour!
Goodbye summer, here comes football season! I live in Nebraska and we don’t have a professional team, but we have a huge college team at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. They are the Nebraska Cornhuskers. One may either love or hate the Huskers and I am one of the super fan-a-tics.
Preparation for game day is and can be comical. People around here don’t plan weddings or parties on football Saturday when Nebraska is playing. And most people know that the best time to go shopping is during the game as the stores are sparse.
I don’t own a jersey in the school colors of red and white but I do own over 30 t-shirts and sweatshirts including jackets, slippers, books, earrings, and a gazillion other Nebraska related stuff. I do draw the line at wearing the goofy bright yellow corn cob headgear. Nope, I’m not that crazy.
Going to the stadium in Lincoln that seats over 80,000 people is incredible. The air is electric and seeing the sea of red is breathtaking. Or maybe I can’t breathe because I’m squished onto a bench seat hip to shoulder with people I don’t know. Everyone should experience it at some time in their life. There is nothing like it. Be prepared to find a new best friend sitting next to you whether you like it or not.
If I don’t get to a game at the stadium I’ll have people over or I’ll go to a family member’s house to watch the game. Oddly enough I watch football with other Husker fans and they’re all women. Our husbands don’t like football. We’re the ones screaming at the TV, jumping up and down for bad calls or touchdowns or we’ll high five each other. I would say we’re easily a lot louder than guys and just as passionate.
I’ve also driven to away games or flown to bowl games. The stadiums that I’ve driven to such as Kansas, Missouri or Iowa remind me of a high school football field including a track around the turf. I’ve flown to Arizona, Texas and California for bowl games and they’re the best because you can legally drink beer in the stadium and hang out with a bunch of drunken Nebraska fans especially after a win. Nothing beats being in a different state, taking over the bar and singing ‘The Nebraska Fight’ song at the top of your lungs.
A lot of great players have graduated from the University and have gone on to play in the NFL or coaching. For example, most recently Ndamukong Suh, defensive tackle was a first round draft pick and is now playing for the Detroit Lions. “Yeah Suhhhh!”
He is a great guy with a big heart and gave back to the college within a week or two of being drafted. He donated over $2 million dollars to the college so they could improve the strength and conditioning program. What a guy!
Formerly part of the Big 12 Conference the college jumped ship and is now in the Big 10 Conference. Former rivals were Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado and now, the schedule is going to be rough. Or rougher. The team is scheduled to play powerhouses such as Ohio State, and Michigan just to name a few teams. Excitement is building as I read more about the team’s preparation. I can hardly wait till the first game on September 3rd against Chattanooga. Click here to see the schedule. Go BIG RED!
Dee Ann Williamson is an aspiring author and a marketing consultant by day. Besides being a super football fan and glued to the TV both Saturday and Sundays, she loves boating and reading. Stop by http://facebook.com/deeann.nebraska to learn more about her. She is a marketing professional who has promoted authors through the creation of business cards, postcards and fliers, etc.. She has also arranged book signings and taught classes on how to market and promote your book.
Labels: Dee Ann Williamson, Football Blog Tour, Nebraska Cornhuskers
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Bach: Keyboard Masterworks / Andrew Rangell
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Performer: Andrew Rangell Number of Discs: 3
CD: $1.49
MP3: $9.99
BACH Goldberg Variations . 6 Partitas. The Musical Offering: 2 Ricercars. Toccata in f# • Andrew Rangell (pn) • STEINWAY & SONS 30024 (3 CDs: 211:35)
Less than a generation ago, it seemed as if playing Bach on a modern piano would become a sort of quaint anachronism, washed away by the ascendency of the period instrument movement. Of course, there was the huge legacy of Glenn Gould, who received a Read more pass because he was a singular artistic phenomenon, and because, even though he used the “wrong” instrument, he was a critical player in the Bach revival of the second half of the 20th century. Today, there are more recordings of Bach on the piano than ever. I don’t think it is a stretch to say that Andrew Rangell’s widely acclaimed series of recordings for the now defunct Dorian label in the 1990s was a powerful impetus towards the current situation. His recording of the Goldberg Variations , along with The Musical Offering ricercars and the Toccata in F# Minor, all played on a modern piano, came across as anti-Gould, with an emphasis on the magnificent lyricism of the music, presented with generally relaxed tempos.
Since Rangell’s recording of the Goldberg Variations over two decades ago, an almost unbelievable flood of recordings on the piano of this beloved music has been released, and more is still coming. And yet Rangell’s version holds up very well, sounding smart and distinctive, and unabashedly sensual. The Dorian recordings, made in the acoustically lovely Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, are all included on this very rewarding three-CD set, an ArkivMusic production for Steinway. There is also a 2000 recording of the Six Partitas, made in Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. A 20-year stretch in an artist’s career can have any number of affects. There may be a deepening in some cases, but Rangell sounds essentially like the same interpreter. If anything, there seems to be a bit more reticence in the newer recording, perhaps reflecting a loss of some youthful exuberance. What remains consistent is the pianist’s gently probing intellect and his abiding respect for the sheer beauty of the music.
I can’t imagine anyone who loves this music not thoroughly enjoying this set, but of course the range of choices for the consumer is immense. I would not even attempt any kind of ranking among modern piano recordings of Bach, especially in the case of the Goldberg s, but I do have a special affection for Vladimir Feltsman’s magical recent recording of the Partitas.
FANFARE: Peter Burwasser
"Highly present, transparent recordings in the first place, these solo piano works are timeless, high watermarks for the genre. On a purely musical basis, these recordings are must hearing for any fan of music music that want to soak in the joy of masterful playing at it’s best."
-- Midwest Record Entertainment[11/2013]
R E V I E W S of original releases:
"...the strands of counterpoint sing with extraordinary transparency; you will hear relationships never apparent before." -- NEW YORK TIMES
"For the most part, this is a much saner view than Gould's, and Rangell's deep affection for the music projects itself strongly. He certainly finds more joy and bounce in the score than the austere Schiff, and overall, this may be the best choice for the Goldbergs on piano...fanciers of Bach on the piano will surely enjoy this generous offering."
-- Peter Burwasser, FANFARE
The Partitas
"I have many versions of this sublime work and love several, very different, renditions. Glenn Gould’s is my favorite for architecture, Rosalyn Tureck perhaps for warmth and classic intimacy. But Rangell has opened up whole dimensions in these works. Listen especially for a hint of rubato near the beginning of first partita, the confident mastery of the sublime 6th partita. Sublime is an overused word, but Rangell’s performance is nothing if not sublime."
-- Roger Kimball, THE NEW CRITERION
1. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Performer: Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Period: Baroque Written: 1741-1742 Nuremberg, Germany
2. Toccata in F sharp minor, BWV 910
Period: Baroque Written: circa 1710 Weimar, Germany
3. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: no 1, Ricercar a 3
Period: Baroque Written: 1747 Leipzig, Germany
5. Partita for Keyboard no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
Period: Baroque Written: 1726-1731 Leipzig, Germany
6. Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Period: Baroque Written: 1726-1731 Germany
7. Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828
8. Partita for Keyboard no 3 in A minor, BWV 827
9. Partita for Keyboard no 5 in G major, BWV 829
10. Partita for Keyboard no 6 in E minor, BWV 830
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Raikkonen's car breaks Ferrari mechanic's leg in tire stop
Ferrari mechanic Francesco, lies on the ground after being bitted by Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen during a pit stop the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Sunday, April 8, 2018. (Pool/Giuseppe Cacace Via AP)
Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland steers his car during the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Sunday, April 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany leads at the start and followed by Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland during the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, Sunday, April 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
SAKHIR, Bahrain — A Ferrari team mechanic was hospitalized with a broken leg after being struck by Kimi Raikkonen's car during a botched tire change at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
Raikkonen came in for his second tire change of the race after 36 of 57 laps and was given the green light to go despite work still continuing on the rear left tire. As the Ferrari driver pulled away, the tire hit the leg of one of the mechanics, knocking him to the ground.
Ferrari later tweeted that the mechanic, named only as Francesco, likely sustained a "shinbone and fibula fracture."
The mechanic was standing next to the car's rear left tire, with his back turned to Raikkonen, and did not notice the Finn suddenly pulling away. As the tire impacted heavily, the mechanic's left leg twisted and buckled under him.
Sergio Marchionne, Ferrari's chairman, expressed his sympathy.
"First and foremost, I wish our mechanic a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on the track soon," Marchionne said in a statement.
Raikkonen had looked set to finish in third place before the incident happened.
"I am sorry for Kimi who could certainly have finished on the podium," Marchionne said. "The team performed consistently all weekend and we were front-runners from the start of practice."
Raikkonen's car came to a halt a few meters later and he took off the steering wheel and dejectedly threw it into the cockpit. As he walked back through the team garage, the Finnish driver swiped away a water bottle in frustration.
It was an astonishing error of judgment from the Ferrari team, which was fined 50,000 euros ($61,500) for an unsafe pit release.
Ferrari was also fined 5,000 euros ($6,140) for the same error during practice on Friday.
Raikkonen was arguably not to blame as he only had a split-second to react to the green light following the tire change, which usually takes less than three seconds.
"I don't see what happens," Raikkonen said after the race. "My job is to go when the light is green."
Raikkonen's teammate Sebastian Vettel made it two straight F1 wins after victory at the season-opening Australian GP two weeks ago, sealing his 49th career win on his 200th race start.
But celebrations were muted.
"A bit sad because one of our mechanics got injured," Vettel said. "A mixed day overall."
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Cameron Brown 3rd Trial, Day 9, Prosecution's Case Continues
Defense attorney Lara Yeretsian and Cameron Brown, 9/2009.
Photo credit: Al Seib, Los Angeles Times
UPDATE 1:00 PM spelling, clarity
I apologize. I was unable to attend court yesterday.
Our beloved 1 year old kitten, Rocket has been diagnosed with a fatal illness, feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). Rocket, named in honor of the original ‘Sprocket,’ was adopted from the Baldwin Park shelter last July, in celebration of Mr. Sprocket’s recovery from his heart attack. Mr. Sprocket and I are very sad. I’ve been up quite late the last few nights, researching alternative treatments and trying to find a homeopathic vet who has experience using Irene de Villers protocol.
It’s my understanding that court resumed Wednesday afternoon and that several witnesses from Lauren’s school testified. I will inquire about the cost of purchasing a copy of Wednesday’s transcript so I can prepare a synopsis of the witnesses who testified. If I am unable to afford the transcript, I will at least get the names of the witnesses who testified.
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I'm inside Dept. 107. Defense attorney Aron Laub is at the defense table. There are three women in the gallery I do not recognize.
DDA Craig Hum and Detective Jeff Leslie arrive with their files.
Sarah Key-Marer, Lauren's mother arrives with two friends. Since the middle of the second row is occupied, they sit in the third row.
The jurors are brought in and put in the jury room.
Brown is brought into the courtroom handcuffed to a wheelchair. I have heard that Brown has an injury to his toe but I haven't had that confirmed via counsel. Brown was wearing an orange jumpsuit and the white long-john type shirt underneath. The two sheriff's that brought him in exit.
Two jurors enter a bit late.
At sidebar, counsel and the judge are talking about Brown's foot issue. The foot is swollen. The court tells counsel that there is no issue with the court that he has a problem, but apparently, the doctor has cleared Brown. The court indicates that they are providing a wheelchair for Brown.
Laub argues to the court that Brown's foot issue is spreading. The court states that he's been seen by three doctors in three days.
The court responds that Brown said he wouldn't come to court unless seen by a doctor. The court tells Laub if he continues this behavior, then court will continue [the trial] with his absence.
Court goes on the record with what was discussed at side bar.
Laub states that he was first informed by Mr. Brown he was seen by Dr. Vilatie (sp?) [Va-lah-hee?] on Monday. The court corrects him and states that it was Tuesday. It was his memory that he saw a doctor on Monday morning and saw a female associate on Wednesday. Dr. Vilatie told Brown that he would need to be seen again. Laub claims that doctor ordered follow up treatments in prior occasions have not happened.
There is a long history of problems that Mr. Brown has had, at the jail. Understand from the jails perspective, that he is a complainer. Laub has talked to a watch commander ... some of Brown's complaints have been legitimate. I can tell the court this morning, the foot remains swollen. And the red spot has spread to the outer side of the foot. Feels that it is a violation of Mr. Brown's due process rights. It's not only going to be a discomfort, but now his health is at issue.
Laub states that the doctor who has cleared Brown is not the doctor who treated him. Asking the court to speak to the Dr. Vilatie directly. Laub mentions that one of the problems that the jail has had is staph infections.
The court states that Dr. Vilatie cleared him. Next day seen by the nurse. The court states that Brown would like to be seen by the same doctor every day. "We don't have that luxury." Based on the information that the court has received, Dr. Vilatie has cleared him for court. The court went through great lengths and the bailiff went to great lengths to ensure that Brown was seen by a doctor.
DDA Hum asks that the medical records be reviewed from all three trials. DDA Hum asks that any review in court, include all medical records.
Laub brings to the point that Brown was in a cell for two weeks without any light. (I remember when Laub brought this up last year.)
Court asks tha the jury be brought in. Brown stays seated. The jury enters.
Judge apologizes to the court. "I'm so embarrassed I can't even look at you. Some jurors laugh.
JANINE HERRERA-SAUNDERS
Back in November of 2000. Working at a preschool Christian Montessori school. She had been working there approximately 2 years. She was the assistant director. Performed many duties from A to Z. Responsible for paperwork, interacting with parents, evaluated classrooms, compliance with state regulations and children interacting.
She also had children at the Montessori school. Their ages were: 6, 4.5, 2, and 1. In everyday basis, she had contact with the children and parents. Via drop off and pick up as well as by phone. She was responsible for knowing who was allowed to pick up the children for safety as the school as a whole.
Legal paperwork completed by parents before child enrolled as to who could pickup the child from school.
She knew Lauren Key. Photo of Lauren put up that she identifies. She was one of the children of the school and became a student in the kindergarten class. She interact with her on a daily basis. She was on the playground often, doing a lot supervising there. It was easy to get to know all the children.
What kind of little girl was she? Lauren was delight. Lauren, was very lovable. She exuberated life. She was very [?]. She had very good social skills, good child to child social skills. Her development verbally was very advanced. She could form sentences; very advanced. She could speak to adults well. She was just a very happy, well behaved child.
She was obedient? She knew her boundaries. To my memory, she was one of the children you wouldn't have reprimand. My description of obedient, she had social skills. She knew what she was allowed to do. And she would follow the procedure and enjoy her life.
Was she adventurous, or not so much? A risk taker, or not so much? Her temperament followed more into the docile side. She wasn't an adventurous child. She became like family to her. She was more docile.
What did she like to do? In regards to activities, predominantly on the playground, would be more [the playhouse]. There were various options for the children, she was a natural child she loved live, her temperament was more toward the playhouse and more toward pretend play, in the playhouse.
Did you also know Sarah Key-Marer? Yes.
Did you ever see Lauren interact with her mother? Yes. It was very open. Very loving. You would see hugs, it was back and forth between both, very loving and bonding. It was a very loving scene. Sarah would be interested in what was going on with her life. It was a situation that you would expect.
What was her reaction when her mom came to pick her up? Happy. Her face was illuminated. She had the same bond with the staff at the school, even more so with her mom. Run to her. She was happy.
What a cubby? A cubby is space within the preschool classroom, where the kids would place their articles for the day. A lunch pail, a blanket, their personal belongings.
Were there swimming lessons offered through the school? Yes. They took place at the YMCA kitty-corner to the school.
Her memory of Lauren going there is not clear. She would wait to cross streets. When they would go to the pool, Lauren was extremely resistant into entering the water. Her body would tense up, she would shake her head. Despite our relationship, despite, the training [by the swimming coaches] to get children into the water, Lauren would resist.
The witness gives a demonstration using the witness stand. Lauren would sit a half a yard plus from the water, the sitting fetal position and sit there. She did not want to go into the water.
Any individuals other than Sarah, who on occasion would pick Lauren up? Yes. She identifies the defendant.
Were you informed by Sarah who this individual was? Yes.
Was there a procedure that the court mandated if someone picked Lauren up, other than Sarah? According to school rules, they had to be properly be placed with the paperwork. As far as school rules, once they are on the form, they could pick up. Sarah would type up a document each time that Lauren would have a visit with Brown when he was picking Lauren up.
Had you personally seen Brown pick up Lauren from the school? Yes. She observed [about] three to four, less than 10.
When the defendant would pick up Lauren from school, was he ever by himself? No. He was generally with another woman who was his girlfriend.
Speaking of Patty Brown, she is not in court today. Sprocket
When they came to pick up Lauren, it was very tense from the moment of entering to the school. She observed this. The defendant came in [to the school], he didn't appear to want to engage [with Lauren?]. Being the father, I tried to make, from the school standpoint, to engage him with Lauren's day. He appeared very disinterested. As Lauren would come in as well, she would come in more slowly, He appeared more irritable, more impatient. [The atmosphere when Brown and the girlfriend would come] was intense.
What else did you observe? Lauren would come in generally slow. Her face would look solemn. Her walk appeared to be hesitant. The girlfriend again, now showing, appeared to be more tense and impatient as well. She [the girlfriend] was more reactive and tried to hurry Lauren along. She would just try to get things going and move Lauren out the door. The witness, she's gesturing with her hands.
Questions the witness about November 8, 2000.
Do you remember that day? Very much so. She saw Lauren that day. She saw Lauren within the early morning.
How was Lauren acting on Nov. 8? From early morning until pick up time, Lauren was acting totally out of her normal character. Lauren was very frantic that day. She was crying all day long. She was whimpering. She was crying, very frantic. Her sentences, at the same time, one word. She woul, her mind would appear to be in a frantic state.
On Nov. 8 in 200, did you see Lauren engage in the playground? No. That was unusual for Lauren. Did not see Lauren socializing with her friends that day? No. She was with Lauren most of the day, walking with her, talking with her, trying to calm her down. She was unable to engage in her usual activities at all. That was because of her disposition that day.
Was Lauren asking you to do anything? She was asking me to phone her mother. Continuously all day, she was asking me to call her mother.
At some point, did you allow Lauren to speak to her mother? Yes. Not long prior Cameron coming to pick up Lauren, I placed Lauren on the phone with her mother. We were on the pick-nick benches when they called.
She cannot remember the conversation. I do remember her [Lauren] yelling, 'Mommy, Mommy Mommy,' and crying.
This was on the phone? Yes.
While on the phone, did someone come to pick Lauren up? Yes, the defendant.
As far as her observation, Brown was by himself. This was the first time that she saw Brown pick up Lauren by himself. While Lauren was on the phone with her Mom, she was crying.
What happened when the defendant came into view? My memory is, he arrived a bit earlier. When he came into view, he asked what was wrong. I made light of the situation, and let him know, that maybe she wasn't feeling well and that she was talking to her mother. Lauren at that point immediately changed her dipsosition as to what was going on all day. She stood up straight, in a type of robotic stance. Her hands were by her sides. No emotion on her face at all. She looked at him with eyes of boldness as I was observing her. Lauren then said she was fine.
Brown was standing up straight as well. He bent down at his waist and picked her up under her arms and placed her on the right side of his body. He picked Lauren up and turned and carried her away.
Her arms were close to her body. Then her face was clenched. Then Lauren reached out with one of her arms, reaching for the teacher.
Was that the last time you ever saw Lauren? Yes, that was the last time I ever saw Lauren.
I have a coughing fit and have to leave the courtroom. When I come back, Mr. Laub is cross examining the witness.
What does it mean to be here for Lauren to you? Lauren still lives in our hearts. I got to know Sarah very well. You're always looking for the best interests of the child. When I say the best interests, I'm not here taking Sarah s side or Brown's side, I'm just reporting what I saw that day. That's what I was trying to say.
But you do believe that Mr. Brown killed Laruen? That is not why I'm here today.
But that's what you told Sarah? She has not talked to Sarah in lieu of the case.
Where did it come that Brown had to have a separate approval every time that Brown came? Sarah asked that it be done as part of the custody case, so that it was documented, each time that Brown picked up Lauren.
Do you remember if you had a court document [ordering this]? She doesn't remember.
Isn't it a fact, that you didn't have a court document, that said you had to have a separate document when Brown picked up Lauren? From her memory, she did not.
So that meant that each time Brown came up to pick up Lauren, he had to interact with the school staff? Insists that every parent interacted with staff when they picked up their child.
But that didn't happen with every parent? (Miss complete answer.)
She would call Sarah, if she didn't have a document for Brown to pick up. She assumed that
there was a custody issue with Lauren.
Another coughing fit. I leave the courtroom to get water.
Questioning the witness on differences in her testimony from this trial to prior proceedings as to how Lauren behaved when Brown picked up Lauren.
Laub challenges the witness that she never described Lauren as robotic before. Witness states that she didn't reread prior court proceedings.
Isn't it true that you do believe that Mr. Brown killed Lauren, and that you're trying to remember things in a way [that's supportive of Sarah/ Brown's guilt]... Isn't that what's going on? No sir.
Laub confronts the witness again that she's trying to testify this time in a way that supports Brown's guilt? Witness asks to see her prior statements.
Witness explains that compared to the prior proceeding, she found her voice. That back then, she wasn't as descriptive. Now, she's using more ajectives.
Laub confronts her on that aspect of her testimony.
Laub states that the reason she's using those words, is because she's more convinced than ever, that Mr. Brown killed Lauren? No sir.
Now questioning about how she described Lauren's temperament, and that she used the word docile and described to detectives that Lauren was docile and did more feminine things and did not play on the obstacles? Yes sir.
Witness is excused.
I'm really struggling not to cough at the moment.
Deborah Jenkin
What is your occupation? Works with Los Angeles school system. In Nov. 2000, she was a Recreation Leader for Rancho Palos Verdes. Worked at a museum, park locations, City Hall. She was a city employee.
Was one of your jobs as a recreation person, was to work at parking lot at Abalone Cove? Yes. That park was beach access they had a parking lot. She took the money for patrons to go in.
There's a parking lot at Abalone Cove. Yes. She took the money for people to park and that's what she was doing on that day.
The parking lot is off of Palos Verdes Drive South. It runs parallel to the coast in the area of Abalone Cove. One direction is San Pedro, the other direction is LAX.
The road at that location is raised up. It is on the top area of the bluff. Explains how one gets into the parking lot from the main road.
On Nov 8, 2000, that day she worked from 9 am to 4 pm. She worked that entire shift. Describe the parking lot back then. The driveway was blacktop then it turned to gravel. The booth to pay was located on the driver's side. She was looking towards the ocean, sitting in the booth. Parking was $5.00 on that day. The parking lot was raised up, on the bluff.
Was there any time of fencing or safety devices around the parking lot? Yes there was. There was metal poles and wood slats all around the parking lot. Like a fence, the framework of the fence. The fence was about four feet hall.
Were there any openings in this fence that encircled the parking lot. Yes. There was an opening for hikers to go down to the tide pools. There was a trail head. The trail head went downwards towards the beach. There was a preschool, tide pools and the beach area.
There was another way to get to the preschool. There was a private road. That road was further down the main road. There was a gate across this road.
The path from the parking lot that went down to the preschool and beach what is it? It's dirt.
The parking lot itself, were there bathroom? AT that time there were bathrooms that were connected to the shack where she took the money, and then an outhouse a few feet away. There were public phones in that area at the time.
There was a separate exit to get out of the parking lot. To get in the lot they would have to pass her. To exit, they would not pass her.
Nov 8, 2000, was that a busy day for the parking lot? Not at all. How many cars came in that day? Ten or eleven.
Somewhere between noon and 2 pm, there was a car that caught your attention? Yes. How many were in the car? Two. It was one adult and one child. The adult was a man. The child was a girl.
People's 101 for identification. Is that the girl? Yes. Is that how she was dressed when you saw her in the car? Yes. Lauren has on a long sleeve shirt, It looks like a tunic.
She identifies the defendant as the man who was driving the car.
The car was an older model, American made car, possibly white and gray. There was a surfboard on top of the car. Lauren was in the front passenger seat. She was not in a car seat and she didn't have a seat belt on.
What was it about this man and little girl that caught your attention? It's not what I saw, it's what I didn't see. First of all, she was in the front seat, with no safety restraints. I saw the man, who I can't even describe how he was, like I'd never seen. His eyes were different, his hair was all blown, so when I looked at him, I looked at the inconsistencies that were there. There was someone who was put together, [Lauren] and then there was the man.
The little girl was extremely still. Some kids are excited to get to the beach. She sat right there in the passenger seat. She turned and looked at me and stared me in the eye. We were locked in eye contact for the duration. It was just inconsistent behavior of what I've normally seen. It just raised my [?]. I just wondered what was going on. I was trying to like process, what's going on here.
One of her thoughts was, that it was a kidnapping.
Before the car pulled into the driveway, what were you doing? You were on the phone with city hall? Yes. She then put the phone down. Did the defendant give you the five dollars? Yes.
I gave him a map of the paths down to the tide pools.
What did the defendant do? He took the map and they drove off to the left into the parking lot. After they turned to the left, she could not see the car anymore. She then picked up the phone and continued with her conversation on the phone. [To the person she was speaking with on the phone] I told her that something just strange happened. I asked her what should I do. Should she report it or what.
Their conversation ended that she didn't see anything that this was a kidnapping. She had called the police before, and they would not come until you see something.
After you hung up the phone, did you go anywhere? She wnet to see where the little girl and the man had parked, and to see if she could see anything else going on. It was parked between the shack and phone booth. There were parking spots closer to the trail head, but they did not park there.
Could not see the defendant or little girl when she went out to look where they had parked.
Later that evening, as getting ready to leave the job, did yo unotice anything unusual? there was a ton of sirens. Then they just kept coming. Then one helicopr came, then there were two then three or four helicoptors. Picked up the phone and calle city hall and asked if they knew anything that was going on. They didn't know anything. City hall said they would call back.
At some time she found out that a child had died on the cliff. Her thoughts went immediately to the little girl.
Group of six photographs, marked collectively 104.
First photograph 104aof the parking lot shack. It's a decent sized building. This is the shack where she collected the money. There are big windows in the center of the photo. Photo b. This is the photo, of where you would go down the trail.
Photo C, of the fence and signs. That is closer photo of the trail head. Those signs were there on that day. Photo D. Bottom right hand corner, was the preschool, nursery school. The bluff off in the distance, is Portuguese Point. Inspiration Point is past Portuguese Point. Photo E. Another trail that one can hike on. It goes down the nursery school. Photo F, some of the play equipment at the nursery school.
Direct is finished. Cross examination.
You sounded pretty emotional, about not calling the police that day, have you felt guilt since then? Of course. She testified prior. Yes.
Has it been frustrating for you that this case kept going on? Well I would like him to answer. I think there needs a finality to it?
Would that relieve your guilt some how? .... Nothing's going to bring that little girl back.
You feel in some way personall responsible? My thought is, that adults are here to protect children. And adults did not protect her.
And she fell off the cliff? And how did that happen? Objection!
Judge interceedes.
How would calling the police would have interceded? Maybe it would have [change his consciousness?]
Now questions about statements she gave the police. You did say that, that these two people, Mr. Brown and Lauren didn't seem right together. Yes. They looked like two different socioeconomic levels.
That was one of the significant things that caught her eye. She was dressed very well, and he was in beach attire. She looked well kept. She looked clean. She looked gorgeous.
Judge interrupts. Calls the lunch hour.
Judge is off the bench.
I've tentatively heard that five individuals testified Wednesday afternoon. I hope to have their names later today or tomorrow.
In the 9th floor hallway. DDA Hum is pacing by the door to Dept. 107. He's wearing a black suit and white shirt. I finally get a close look at Detective Leslie's tie. It's stunning. A paisley pattern of tan, gold threads and touches of brownish-burgundy.
Inside Dept. 107. Brown is brought out. The jurors are asked to line up. Judge Lomeli comes out from the back rooms and stops at his clerks desk. The jury files in.
Mr. Laub continues his cross examination.
Asks about the trail in one of the photos. She testifies that the playground and the school are connected.
The trail down to the beach was used regularly by school age children? Yes, by school aged children.
Asks how long the trail is, 1 mile, 1.5 mile? 1/2 to 3/4 mile. She's not sure.
Going back to when she saw the car, with the little girl going in, when you observed the little girl, she observed to her that she must have just awakened. That's what I told Detective Leslie, but she didn't appear sleepy. All the things that she said prior to that were negative about the defendant.
You were struck by his eyes? His and hers. Because she looked at me and stare.
You went about your normal performance of your duties? And the whole time I'm looking at her.
And when you turned around to get the map? Well, just for a second.
Their eyes were locked the entire time.
When looking at the eyes of the little girl, did you say anything to her? No, I did not.
So it sounds like, you don't know if she's staring at you and being polite, it's really hard to know what was happening. Well, it was she just turned, and stared at me, and I'd never had that with another child.
Well it sounds like, she turned to look at you, and different economical circumstance, ... Mr. Brown's face, it looked like a mad man? Yes. It looked to you, like he was crazy? Yes.
Seven days later, you did have the opportunity to talk to Detective Leslie? Correct. And you were able to tell them, what it was? Correct. At that time, you didn't say anything about Mr. Brown's eyes? I talked about kidnapping. Actually, you didn't say anything about his face at all? No.
You were shown a photograph of Lauren Keywhich you identified. And you couldn't remember the photograph of Mr. Brown. Correct.
Redirect.
The attoreny sayd that you didn't say anything about the defendant's face, but it concerned you that it might be a kidnapping. Correct.
You made eye contact with Lauren? Correct. You saidit looked like they were strangeers? Correct. You said it looked like they didn't belong together? Correct.
He asked you about feeling guilty, about not calling the police. After this happened she left this career to go into something to help children.
Recross.
Doing special ed work is honerable and needed. Is the reason this comes out now, is your feelings of guilt made you become a special ed teacher? (Miss complete answer.
Witness is finished.
People call Saad Omar.
SAAD OMAR
He also goes by "Sam." He's 52 years old.
Back in Nov 2000, he lived in Long Beach. He worked at The Coffee Clatch, in Redondo? Beach. Back then, he used to take Wednesday's off.
On his days off, he used to go to Rancho Palos Verdes, Portuguese Point. He would go about once a month. It was quiet, serene, beautiful.
How long as of Nov 2000, how long had you been going to PP? About 10 years.
Prior to Nov 8, 2000, had you ever seen a young child on the trails in that area? No.
Specifically about Nov. 8, 2000. He went there that day. He drove from Long Beach. He parked in the parking lot.
Where did you go after? I went down the trail to the beach area, and came back up. Was preschool in session when you were down there? I don't think so.
The preschool is on the beach? Yes. When he got down to the beach and preschool, he went east/south, toward Long Beach.
He walked on to the beach area, and then he took a trail, back up to Portuguese Point. Went along this trail that goes up. It's a dirt trail. It's wider than a hiking trail, so that a vehicle could drive. There was a lifeguard station down at the bottom of that trial.
From the parking lot at Abalone Cove, how long did it take you to get there? About a half hour.
He went there, because he had a book he was going to read.
Asked to describe Portuguese Point. It's like a penensula. It's square, a long flat wide area. There is a fence around it. It's a nice view from there. It's a relatively safe area.
After he got onto PP, did you look in any particular direction? Yes. Towards LAX, where he parked.
Did you see any people who caught your attention? Yes, I did. Tell us what you saw. I saw a man walking with a little girl. Where were the man and the little girl. Just before, halfway through the trail, they were walking, coming up the trial.
This was the general area of the trail that he took, but some distance away.
Why did you notice them. It was odd seeing kids in that area. I'd never see that before. I saw them walking up to portuguese point.
When you saw them were they together? The gentleman was in front, she was walking behind. Do you remember how far behind was the little girl? Four to five feet.
You were observing this from a significant distance? Objection? Sustance?
Witness estimates that the people were about a quarter of a mile away from him.
Observed the man and child as they came towards him. They were walking up the same road that he had taken. And they continued up in the same direction he had taken. He watched them a couple of minutes. The man was in front of the little girl, the entire time.
Did you ever see the little girl running ahead? No.
What did you do? I turned around towards Catalina Island for a few seconds, 30 seconds, and then turned back around and saw the man and little girl again. Saw that he could see that the little girl was a girl.
Describes the next point where he saw the defendant and Lauren. When he turned around, the man was still in front and the girl was still behind, three to four feet.
Did the man and the girl continue to come up the road in your direciton? Yes. About how close did they get to you? Four to five feet.
Hum demonstrates how far they were by standing 5-6 feet away. The man was still ahead of the little girl. When the man saw Sam, he stopped. [The little girl caught up] Identifies the defendant.
Asks him to look at people's 101. That's the little girl.
After the defendant stopped he continued to watch them. They walked to the other end of PP. When he first saw them, they were on the LAX side of PP. And he saw them walk towards the Long Beach side. The man was in front. Did the little girl look to be leading him? No. When they got to the Long Beach side, he stopped watching them. At no time, was the little girl ever in front.
He jumped the fence at the end of PP, and sat under the trees. Did you see where the little girl and the defendant went? No.
He could not see IP from where he was sitting on PP. Now some time between did you hear a sound? 3:45.
Did you hear a noise that caught your attention? Do you remember how long after it was you saw the man and the little girl? About 45 minutes.
Tell us what sound you heard? I thought I heard a short scream, a faint scream? I got up and looked around and didn't see anything. I thought it was sea gulls. The sound came from the Long Beach direction.
After you looked around and didn't see anything, did you continue to read your book? Yes. Later did you see helicopters? Yes. Did you watch the news that night? Yes I did.
What did you do the next day? On the news they were saying if there were any witnesses, to call the police. What was it about what you had seen that day that made you call the police? Just the fact that I had seen kids in that area.
After you called the police, did they get back in touch with you? Yes. He met the police out there, at PP, and pointed out the various areas, that he was describing.
Arial photograph, mark as 105. Big, blown up photo overview of PP.
Witness identifies the photo as Portuguese Point. Points out the trail that switches back up the side of the mountain, up to PP.
Witness points to where he was on PP when he first saw the man and the little girl. The man and little girl, were off the photo, to the left when he first saw them. When he first saw them, they were on the lower trail. DDA Hum makes a dotted line as to the path that Omar saw the defendant and Lauren take.
He was still at the same spot, when the defendant and Lauren came within five feet from him.
The defendant and the little girl, went from left to right on the photo, the back portion/dirt area of Portuguese Point. He went to a group of trees, at the very end of Portuguese Point. The spot is sort of in the middle, but a bit more towards the LAX side of PP. That's where he was reading a book.
Another enlarged photo, People's 106.
Photo of the trail that goes up from the beach to the top of PP. A switchback road that climbs the side of the cliff from the beach to the top. DDA Hum marks the exhibit in red dotted line, where the witness outlined with the laser pointer.
He went out with the detectives to PP. Photographs were taken to show the areas he was talking about.
Photos 107 a-d. Four photos on a big poster board. These were the photos that were taken when he went with detectives. In the photo, Omar is standing where he was when he first saw the father and the little girl, and pointing to where he first saw them.
Photo B, part of the road that goes to the top of PP. Photo C, of Omar and the edge of the white wall in the photo, is where he last saw the defendant and Lauren.
Photo D. This is a rea that goes to, around the end that faces Catalina Island. This leads to where he jumped the fence and was reading his book.
In 2006, did you go back to this area with Detective Leslie and people from the DA's office. Another photo, Peoples 108, a-c.
Did you direct Detective Leslie, to a particular spot, via cell phone? Yes, directed them to a particular spot. In the photo, can you see Detective Leslie and someone from our office? Yes. Identifies the location as where he first saw the defendant and Lauren. Photo B, another photo of where he saw the defendant and Lauren on the road. Same thing in Photo C, is where defendant and Lauren came up the trail to PP.
Why did you keep watching them? I just, it was just weird. It didn't look right. It didn't make sense.
Been going to that area once or twice over 10 years. Had never seen children on those trails in that time.
When you were at the top of PP, and the defendant got to within five or six feet you, describe how the little girl looked. She looked tired, out of breath, and she was dragging down. It didn't look like she wasn't having a good time.
Did you hear them talk to each other at all? No. From the time that you first saw the defendant and the little girl, until the time they got up to PP and were five or six feet from you, did you ever see the little girl in front of the defendant? No. Obj. asked and answered. Sustained.
Did you always see the little girl behind the defendant? Yes.
During the time that you saw them, when you first saw them, did it ever appear to you, that the defendant was having trouble keeping up with the little girl? No.
Now you said that after the little girl caught up with the defendant, they then went to the Long Beach side of PP? Yes.
In that entire time, did the little girl, ever run ahead?
Judge clarifies in question. No.
Several more questions of this type, that Mr. Laub objects to. Judge asks the question to cover the entire area. The little girl was never ahead.
Did the police ever tell you what the defendant said happened? No. Did the police ever tell you to say one thing or the other? No.
You know where IP is located? Yes. Have you ever been out on IP? Once. When was that? A year later. Did you go out to the end of the IP? Yes.
The entire time you've been out to PP, have you ever seen a child out on IP? No.
Cross examination.
Back years ago, at some point you were contacted an investiagor from the public defenders office. Yes. And you refused to talk to him? No, I asked if I had to talk to him. I asked if it was manditory.
Is there a reason, personal to you, because you wanted to talk to the prosecution and not the defense? Because of what I saw that day?
I know that you are here to testify, is the facts different if the defense knows them? It was the bad feeling I have, and that's why I contacted the police.
What harm would there be in sharing facts as facts, to both sides of the investigation? If they told me I had to, I would have. They didn't call me back.
You told them on the first call, you wouldn't talk to them, unless it was required.
You mentioned that you'd never seen kids in this area. Do you know of something. Do you know if Palos Verdes Conservatory took kids up there. I heard it in prior testimony, but before I had never heard that.
At any point at all, in any of your observations, did the little girl appear to stop and refuse to go forward? No. did she stop and sit down? No. did you ever see the man take the girls hand and start to pull her? No. When you saw her closer up, did she appear to have been crying? No, but her demeanor, she was subdued, really tired. She wasn't crying? No.
As she got closer to you, did she say anthing to you, Mister, please help me? No. Did the little girl say anything like I didn't feel well? no. Did she say anything to try to direct your attention to her? No. did you hear her, say anything to this little girl? At any time did you hear the man say anything to the little girl? No.
Cross ends, no redirect.
James Witherow.
JAMES WITHEROW
Back in 2000, in what city did you live? In 2000, Long Beach. Prior to living there, he lived in Rancho Palos Verdes, San Pedro. Back during that time, he would hike around the fire station near PP.
He would go hiking there, because hardly anyone went there and it was good walking because you had a hill to climb. He would go two to three days a week. He was hiking there since the 80's. He would hike 2-3 days a week.
He used to go there and dive and hike.
Did you have certain hikes that were set hikes he would take in that area? Yes. Did one of those involve the Abalone Cove, PP area? Yes.
In that area that you had been hiking in since 2000, was there other hikes you would take in that area as well? He would hike down to what was called the nude beach and back up.
Nov 8, 2000. He went hiking in the area. He parked his car on PV Drive, there's a firestation nearby there are a few parking spots on PV Drive, away from the parking lot, towards LAX. Gives a long description of the trail that he takes.
Sounds like you were in pretty good shape back then? Still am for an old man. Jury chuckles.
More detailed descriptions of the trails on the side of the cliff from the parking lot. When he gets to the playground, there's a trail that drops that down into a gully, and then as soon as you get to the beach, there is a trail that goes up to the top of the bluff. When in the gully, you are at the beach level. Then he goes back up the other side of the gully, to the bluff area. After the blacktop road, there is a lifeguard station.
He continued to travel in the direction of PP. From the bluff, he went to PP. Eventually he connects with a road. This is on the LAX side of PP. The road eventually connects to PV Drive. He intersected this road, part way up the cliff side.
The road, if you take it too quick, you can get winded. He took the loop around PP, then stopped at the rock wall. He hiked up to a little knoll, and then went up to PV Drive.
During this hike, did you see a man and a small child as well? Yes. I saw them three times. The first time, when I cam up that narrow trail to that flat area, the bluff, and they were going up the blacktop road, in front of me.
Where were they, when you first saw them? On the blacktop road. When you first saw them, could you tell if the child was male or female? No. The child was behind the male, a larger person. The child was behind the man five to 20 feet. That's an estimate.
As you saw the two of them, were they moving at the same pace? I really couldn't tell but they seem to be moving at about the same pace.
The second time he saw them. He was on PP on the San Pedro side, where the fence and white wall meet.
Now asking about the second time (?). At that time, the were near where there was a port-a-potty. They were on a trail, next to the road. PV Drive South. They were on the side of the road, [on PV Drive South].
Judge Lomeli calls for the afternoon break. The jury files out.
In the gallery, DDA Hum jokes with his witness. Now inside the well, DDA Hum paces. There is a suited gentleman who entered Dept. 107 about five minutes prior. He greeted DDA Hum. Now he's sitting in the gallery.
On the record, provided defense counsel with a disk, that was redacted from previous 83. Less than what people's 83 had been, it's minus the excessive ringing.
We start at 9:30 AM tomorrow.
The clerk gets the jury. The jury files in. We are back on the record.
Continuing with direct. The second time he saw them, the man and the child were on the side of Palos Verdes Drive South. They were walking towards San Pedro, towards IP. The second time saw them, the child was behind the man. About the same distance as prior.
Saw the man and child a third time. He went up the hill, from that white stone wall, to the top and back down. The next time he saw them, he was on PP, and saw them heading out towards IP.
When he saw the man and child the third time, he was basically in the same spot, when he saw them the third time. The were in a narrow area, just before the trees and bushes. He saw them going out toward the end of IP. The third time he saw them, they were in the same position, the child was behind the man again. Anywhere between five and 20 feet.
Exhibit 110 a-c. Big blow up of three photographs. Photos on the board. Photo A, that's the top of the bluff. There's a flat area. It's a side view of the cliff, from the view of the parking lot towards Portuguese Point.
It's confusing to understand this witnesses description. Photo B is an area of PV Drive South. The photo was taken from about the same spot he was in, when he saw the man and child.
Third time he saw the man and child. Photo C, another view of Inspiration Point. In the center of the photo, is where he last saw the man and child on IP.
Peoples 109, Ariel photograph of IP and PP. The view is in the direction of LAX.
In that photo, can you se the place where the man and child were, the second time. You can see Palos Verdes Drive South. The witness outlines on this road, where he saw the man and child the second time. The first time he saw them, was when they were beside the rock wall. Where he saw them, all three times are marked on the exhibit.
After he saw them for the third time, he went out to PV Drive, beyond where the landslide was. He then walked back to his car on PV Drive.
At some point he heard that something had happened. He asked the parking people about the helicopters. The police left a business card at his door, and they came out to interview him.
He saw the man and the child three separate times. Every time he saw them the man was always in front. Did you ever see the little girl, running ahead? No.
Coming to the area since 1984 1985. In the entire time going to that area, have you ever seen a child on Inspiration Point? No. Have you ever been out to IP? One time. There's a narrow area, where it's unstable. That was the area where he saw the man and child a third time.
Direct ends and cross begins.
As informed experienced hiker, you said IP is unstable? In my opinion. I didn't feel safe there. Is IP from your knowledge, a place where a person could fall off, slip off because of the instability of the place? Easily.
If you were to add all three different moments, it adds up to two to three minutes? And at no time, did I get to see the people. So I can't ask you how they were interacting? No. [He didn't see them that close.]
When you spoke to Det. Leslie on Nov. 20th, 2000. You said that the man was ahead of the child five to 20 feet? Yes. I made that mistake. From where you were, you couldn't tell how far it was exactly? [No.] The witness adds, five to 20 feet.
Mr. Barber
RICHARD IKEL BARBER
Back in Nov of 2000, he was living in Palos Verdes estates. On Nov 8, sometimes between 12 and 2:30 PM. He was driving on PV Drive South. Headed in the direction of LAX.
At some point was in the area of IP and PP. Correct. HE was driving and he saw a man and a young girl on the side of the road. On the ocean side. He saw them walking together. They were 20 to 25 feet apart. The gentleman was in front.
Were they as far apart as you and I are right now? Close. Approximately 20 feet. Yes.
Were they on the same side of the road as you were driving? Opposite? They were traveling in the opposite direction. They were near the intersection of Peppertree and PVDrive South.
People's 109 on the screen. Identifies where the streets intersect on the large exhibit. DDA Hum makes a mark on the exhibit.
111 a-b. Shows two view of Palos Verdes Drive South, each from a different direction. 111a, can see in that photograph, where he saw the man and little girl as they were walking on the side of the road. Saw the man in front of a bush, and saw the little girl, behind the man, behind the bush in the photo.
Back in Nov. of 2000, he drove that area of PV Drive S. regularly. His work took him down that road regularly. Was it common for you to see children walking on the side of the road? Absolutely not.
How often had you seen a child walking on the side of the road there? Never.
Would it be accurate to say you saw the man and little girl during a brief time? Yes. Did you ever see the little girl running ahead of the man? I can't be sure. Did you ever see the little girl ahead of the man? No.
You just identifed Cameron Brown as the person you saw in 2000, am I correct that you only saw this man and this girl for a few seconds? It was unusual. It left an impression.
Were they walking at a normal pace? The impression I had, was the little girl was a distance from him. Were they walking at a normal pace? I can't be sure.
You said there was nothing unusual about the man and little girl, you told that to the police back in November? Yes.
You said it just felt weird? Just the expression between the two of them, it was a feeling.
Recross
Where were you living at the time? RPV. Were you aware of that the city blocked to have signs and guard views? He wasn't aware of that.
Then a question about children and running around but I miss it and the answer.
The witness is excused and the jury is excused.
The defendant is brought back into custody and the judge is off the bench.
9:30 AM tomorrow.
Labels: Aron Laub, Cameron Brown, Craig Hum, Judge Lomeli, Lauren Sarene Key
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Home Government Bellone restores $100K to St. James General Store
Bellone restores $100K to St. James General Store
by Sara-Megan Walsh - February 2, 2019
A look inside the St. James General Store. Photo by Sara-Megan Walsh
Residents’ outcry over Suffolk County’s shortchanging of St. James General Store was met with an immediate reaction.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) made an internal budget transfer Jan. 23 to reallocate $100,000 from the Parks Department’s line for staffing to the funds for operation of St. James General Store, making good on his office’s promise to make the historic landmark whole.
“The hotel/motel tax came in better than we expected,” Eric Naughton, Suffolk’s budget director said. “We felt we could move $100,000 without impacting our operations.”
Alarm swept through the St. James community, residents and the store’s supporters last week after it was brought to light that the iconic store had its funding reduced by nearly 80 percent under the county’s adopted 2019 operating budget. Backers of the shop were concerned about its ability to keep its shelves stocked and continue operations.
“This is something that is near and dear to all of our hearts,” said Kerry Maher-Weisse, president of the Community Association of Greater St. James. “It’s a landmark that was the original post office of St. James. It’s such a huge part of our town that people come from all over to come to this place.”
Bellone only set aside $29,129 for the general store to purchase items for resale in 2019, down from a 2018 budget of $125,000. These funds were expected to stock the shelves of both the store and the Big Duck gift shop in Flanders, which is overseen by the same county staff. Naughton admitted the lowered funds would have only been sufficient through mid- to late spring.
Funding for the St. James General Store is taken from the proceeds of Suffolk’s hotel/motel tax, according to Naughton, which places a 3 percent occupancy tax on individuals renting rooms or lodging within the county that took effect in 2014.
Naughton said part of the reason the internal transfer was done is that the county executive did not want to delay funding to St. James General Store, which generally turns a profit for the county. Suffolk Legislature is expected to review and vote on allocation of the 2018 hotel/motel at its Feb. 13 general meeting for various organizations. To wait till then would have left St. James community wondering about the future fate of the landmark for an additional three weeks.
St. James General Store
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