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Thursday, February 18, 2010 Tri-Coun News, Kimball, MN Community Calendar Community Thursday, Feb. 18,"7:30 p.m., "Tour de Europa" concert at St. Cloud State University; see story on page ft. Friday, Feb. 19, 8:30 p.m.- 12:30 a.m., St. Cloud Singles Club Dance at the Moose Family Cen- ter in Waite Park; (320) 562-2592 or <www.stcloudsingles.net>. Friday-Sunday, Feb. 19-21, Hutchinson Area Home, Land- scape & Garden Show at McLeod County Fairgrounds; free admis- sion and parking. See ad on page 21 for details. (Includes all-you- can-eat pancake breakfast for $5!) Saturday, Feb. 20, 9th annual Kimball Mens' Alumni Round- ball Classic, at KAHS; contact Jer- emy Kuechle at (320) 398-2150 or 398-8888, or <jeremykuechle@ yahoo.corn>. Saturday, Feb. 20, 10 a.m., Kim- ball Area Historical Society board meeting, at City Hall. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., Kim- ball Area Historical Society pro- gram: Dean Urdahl, "Reparation follows Sioux Uprising," at Kim- ball City Hall. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., Wat- kins Lionesses. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., "Lilies" seminar at Sauk Rapids City Hall Community Room by Diane Hans- gen of Thomsen Greenhouse. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., Kingston 'Legion. Thursday, Feb. 25, 12 noon, Kimball Chamber. Saturday, Feb. 27,10-11 a.m., "Meet the author: Jess Lourey" at Kimball Public Library;, Lourey is the author of the Murder By Month series. Saturday, Feb. 27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Basic weaving seminar by Linda Stewart (Studio in the Barn, Kingston); free and open to all; see notice on page 7. Monday, March 1, 3:15-5:45 p.m., Cartoon Art Workshop at Kimball Public Library, for ages 12-18. Advance registration required, at <www.griver.org>, or (320) 398-3915. Tuesday, March 2, 7 p.m., Kim- ball Legion. Tuesday, March 2, 8 p.m., Wat- kins Legion. Wednesday, March 3, 5-7 p.m., $2 spaghetti supper at KUMC. 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Cross School; see ad on page 5 for Thursday, Feb. 25, FFA Day at details, the Capitol. Sunday, Feb. 21, 8 a.m. - noon, Monday, March 1, 6 p.m., Pub- Benefit breakfast and silent auc- lic "focus night" with Kimball tion for Kaisha Beumer, at the Wat- school board to discuss AYE No kins Village Hall; sponsored by Child Left Behind, statewide test- Wat-Kim-ValleyVFW Post 5460. ing, and post-secondary educa- Sunday, Feb. 21, 8:30-11:30 tion opportunities. Anyone inter- a.m., Knights of Columbus bene- ested is encouraged to attend. (At fit Breakfast, at St. Anne's Catho- School Board room.) lic Church in Kimball. See ad on page 5. Saturday, March 6, 10 a.m., Woodchuck Bocci Tournament at Watkins Skating Rink; sign up by March 1. See ad on page 15 for details and contact information. Saturday, March 6, 5-7 p.m., Spaghetti supper and silent auc- tion at Kingston Community Cen- ter, sponsored by Lake Union Cov- enant Church; see ad on page 5. 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Review: The Expendables 2 (2012) - tastes great, less filling.
by Scott Mendelson
The good news is that The Expendables 2 is that it gives you more of what you wanted the first time around. There is a greater volume of action and the film has even more A-list action stars offering their services this time around. The picture is rarely dull and often amusing, but at what cost? The film barely tries to pretend that it exists as an actual motion picture, with the various onscreen tough guys openly referencing their iconic roles or real-life biographies in a manner that takes you out of the movie each time. The first picture may have been light on the A-level firepower, but it attempted to be a real film with an actual story and token attempts at depth. The original Expendables (barely) worked as a metaphor for a modern America that could still do the right thing for the right reasons in a manner honoring its alleged superior morality. This new film has 'more of what you came to see' but is paper thin without a hint of substance or even dramatic credibility. Comparing the two films is a classic example of 'trying and (perhaps) failing' versus 'failing to try'.
The initial Expendables was not quite the 80s/90s Action Star Blowout that was promised, but rather a Sylvester Stallone/Jason Statham vehicle that featured several comparative lightweights of varying action-god status. Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li are legitimate action stars, but Randy Couture and Terry Crews were merely actors who have appeared in an action picture or two who happened to say "yes". This time around, armed with the first film's $274 million worldwide box office (off a $80 million budget), Stallone was able to rally the troops. The two dream 'gets', Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis get larger and 'in the action' parts to play this time around while Chuck Norris shows up in an extended cameo. Like the first picture, the film is basically a vehicle for Sylvester Stallone with newbie Nan Yu stepping in for Statham as the theoretical second lead this time around. Once the film gets past the 'but... she's a *woman*!' stuff, she fits right in with the gang. Oddly enough, Jet Li appears in the prologue just long enough to remind you that he can still kick butt only to arbitrarily disappear from the rest of the picture. Since much of the film still involves Stallone and his motley crew, Li is sorely missed.
The biggest acting pleasure actually comes from Jean-Claude Va Damme, playing the main heavy this time around. Van Damme actually gives the best performance of the whole cast, showing that he's used his decade-or-so in direct-to-DVD action fare to bone up his acting skills. Van Damme is quite entertaining here as he clearly relishes the chance to play a vicious super-villain. I'd argue that he's at least as due for a big-screen comeback as the quite-terrible 'I forgot how to act' Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold's brief cameo in the first film was its low-light and he's equally as self-aware this time around in a comparatively larger role, to the film's overall detriment. Willis also delivers hardcore smirk instead of giving a real performance, which is odd as he's easily the best actor of the bunch and the one with the most accomplished big-screen career. History will judge Mr. Willis as a fine actor who occasionally dabbled in action films rather than a pure action star. Statham also tries to give a real performance, but he's nowhere near as compelling here as he's been in the likes of Safe or The Bank Job and shines only in a major second act action sequence. Liam Hemsworth shows up as a new youthful recruit who gets to tell a 'meaningful story', but it only makes you (shockingly) realize how much pathos Mickey Rourke offered the last time around (he's completely MIA here). Point being, with the arguable exception of Van Damme, no one will put this on their highlight reel.
I focus on the performers because they are the main attraction. The plot is negligible (notice how I skipped the synopsis) and there is little subtext to be discussed. The core problem is that several members of the cast aren't playing characters so much as playing themselves in a 'wink-wink' manner that deflates any potential drama. Come what may, the original film at least pretended to be playing for keeps. Simon West (who made the great Con Air and the awful Tomb Raider) directs the carnage relatively well although he seems unable to stop his cast from giving into some of their worst and campiest impulses. The opening action set-piece basically blows the majority of the budget, and its an unquestionably impressive montage of utter carnage, even if its so lacking context that you could easily imagine that our heroes are actually villains paid to lay waste to well-meaning soldiers of whatever country they happen to be blowing up. The rest of the film can't measure up to the opening reel, although the climax delivers the body count, mixing god-awful planning by our heroes (which puts the villains smack-dab in the middle of a populated area filled with civilians) and some atrocious editing (which seemingly shows our heroes slaughtering innocent bystanders as well as faceless enemy soldiers). What action the elder statesmen do partake in is notable only for how little action it really is. Sorry Arnold, standing in one place and shooting machine guns off-screen isn't 'action'. With strictly CGI blood and various moments of poorly re-dubbed would-be profanities, it's clear that this film was shot and edited with a PG-13 in mind, just like the last time.
As entertaining and (usually) fun as the destruction-filled male bonding is, one only wonders what could have been (or what may someday be) if someone took this cast and tried to make a truly great action drama. If you could take the attempted substance of the first film and combine it with the over-the-top action excess of this sequel, along with a director who could actually direct these actors (cough-Andrew Davis-cough), you could make this franchise into something special, something where the best part of the film isn't merely that it exists at all. But for the moment, the franchise exists as a place for some of the 'classic' action stars of the 1980s and 1990s to get together and blow stuff up while the oldest among them try their hardest to pretend they can still run and jump like the old days (there is quite a bit of um... stationary action in this film). One could argue that a film starring the defining action titans of their day should produce something approaching the biggest/best action epic around, but The Expendables 2 is not that film. It is a step down from the original in terms of relative quality while a step up in terms of sheer entertainment value.
The Expendables may be a better film, but The Expendables 2 is a better movie. Now let's hope The Expendables 3 can muscle up to offer the best of both worlds.
Posted by Scott Mendelson at 11:55 PM
Labels: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, Expendables, Expendables 2, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, Lionsgate, Reviews, Simon West, Sylvester Stallone
Candice Frederick said...
i actually really liked this one, thought it was fun and fulfilled its promise. of course the plot is whatever, but van damme??? wow, that was excellent,
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Crew & Contacts
Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke
Michelle(dot)Scott(at)USherbrooke(dot)ca
Michelle completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Montreal in Biochemistry and a Masters degree at the University of Calgary in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology followed by several semesters in computer engineering before discovering Bioinformatics. Following this revelation, she undertook a PhD in Bioinformatics at McGill University in Montreal under the co-supervision of Mike Hallett and David Thomas, studying the prediction and characterization of protein localization in the cell. She then moved to Geoff Barton's group at the University of Dundee in Scotland for her postdoc. Amongst her research interests during this time, she investigated the prediction of protein-protein interactions in human and the localization of proteins in the nucleolus, creating the predictors PIPs (human protein-protein interaction predictor) and NoD (nucleolar localization sequence detector). During this time, she also got intiated into the marvelous world of RNA (and particularly snoRNAs) by members of the Lamond group.
Michelle is currently an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Sherbrooke, and a member of the Riboclub.
Philia Bourelle-Bouchard
Philia(dot)Bouchard-Bourelle(at)USerbrooke(dot)ca
Philia is a 2017 Université de Sherbrooke graduate in health biochemistry who first started working at Scott lab in the fall of 2016 doing research credits. Philia would go on to do additional research credits in the winter before interning during the summer and fall semesters consecutively. Philia now pursues graduate studies in biochemistry.
Roles: snoDB developer, webmaster.
Gabrielle Deschamps-Francoeur
Gabrielle(dot)Deschamps-Francoeur(at)USherbrooke(dot)ca
Gabrielle obtained a bachelor's degree in biotechnological engineering from the University of Sherbrooke. She started her master’s degree in May 2016 in Professor Michelle Scott's group in which she completed two internships during her undergraduate studies.
Safa Jammali
Department of Computer Science, Université de Sherbrooke
Safa(dot)Jammali(at)USherbrooke(dot)ca
Safa is a PhD student in Computer Sciences with Bioinformatics profile at "Université de Sherbrooke". She is studying under the supervision of Pr. Aïda Ouangraoua and Pr. Michelle Scott. Her project is focused on representation and prediction of genes structures.
She holds a geomatic master degree with remote sensing specialization from "Université de Sherbrooke", in which she performed a computational analysis of NASA satellite images in order to estimate the soil moisture in forest areas. She received her bachelor's degree in mathematics-informatics from the faculty of sciences of Sfax in Tunisia.
Joël Simoneau
Joel(dot)Simoneau(at)USherbrooke(dot)ca
Joël is a biotechnological engineer bachelor student of Université de Sherbrooke and spent the 2017 winter session in Michelle Scott’s laboratory. During his stay, Joël worked on the regulation of proteins localization with a particular interest to nuclear proteins intended for mitochondria. Joël also had the opportunity to write a text about himself at the third person.
Delong Zhou
Department of Microbiology, University of Sherbrooke
Delong(dot)Zhou(at)USherbrooke(dot)ca
Delong obtained an engineer degree from École Centrale Paris in 2012.
Since April 2013 he joined the lab of Sherif Abou Elela in co-direction with Michelle Scott to study how the regulation of alternative splicing is implied in the biology of ovarian cancer.
Hardcore gamer and proud veteran of the HORDE.
Hoang Dong Nguyen
Masters 2 internship
hoang(dot)dong(dot)nguyen(at)usherbrooke(dot)ca
Hoang Dong completed a bachelor in biology at the Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse. In order to finalize his master degree in bioinformatics, he obtained a intership for the winter session at the bioinformatic lab of Michelle Scott, co-supervised by Maxime Richer and Andréa Allaire with the aim of discovering new molecular and genetic biomarkers that would allow for a reliable classification of humain brain cancer malignancy.
Hoang Dong, with his common contraction Hoang, discovered that he loved bioinformatic as much as Quebec beers.
Clément Desjardins-Henri
Department of Computer Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke
Clement(.)Desjardins-Henri(@)USherbrooke(.)ca
Graduated from Cegep Lionel-Groulx in Mathematic and Computer Sciences and bachelor's student at Université de Sherbrooke in Imaging and Digital Media Sciences. He works on a heatmap tool for the snoDB project. Always salutes with the devil horns because he's 60% made of liquid metal.
Tommy Duval
Département d'anatomie et de biologie cellulaire
tommy(dot)duval2(at)usherbrooke(dot)ca
Tommy is a 3rd year student at the university of Sherbrooke in molecular biology. He is doing his 3rd internship in Michelle's laboratory analysing RNA-RNA interaction data implicating snoRNAs.
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AS IT IS 2016-07-21 Pro Wrestlers Sue WWE Over Brain Injuries
WWE CEO Vince McMahon is being sued by a group of former professional wrestlers.
Retired professional wrestlers are suing World Wrestling Entertainment, also known as WWE, for head injuries they claim to have suffered in the ring.
The WWE is the latest American sports organization to face a lawsuit over head injuries, following the National Football League and the National Hockey League.
More than 50 wrestlers are listed on the complaint. That includes Joseph Laurinaitis, Jimmy Snuka and Paul Orndorff. Laurinaitis was known as “Road Warrior Animal,” Snuka was “Superfly” and Orndorff was “Mr. Wonderful.”
The lawsuit charges WWE with classifying the wrestlers as independent contractors instead of employees. This, the suit says, was to avoid paying injured wrestlers who could not work.
The suit says, “WWE wrestling matches, unlike other contact sports, involve very specific moves that are scripted, controlled, directed and choreographed by WWE.” And the wrestlers’ head injuries “were the direct result of the WWE’s actions.”
The complaint says many of the wrestlers have headaches, dizziness and memory loss. Others are showing signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease that can only be officially diagnosed after death.
The wrestlers claim the organization knew about, but hid the long-term effects of head injuries they suffered in the ring.
The WWE, in a statement, called the lawsuit a “ridiculous” attempt by a lawyer who had filed two earlier lawsuits against the organization.
There have been high-profile cases in the U.S between sports leagues and their players. The National Football League settled recent lawsuits that claimed it knew about, but did little to protect its players from head injuries. The National Hockey League is defending itself from a lawsuit that names over 100 former players as plaintiffs in a similar case.
In April, a court approved a settlement that granted over 20,000 former NFL players a share of about $1 billion. The settlement for each player depends on the severity of a player’s injuries and how long they played in the league.
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complaint – n. a formal charge saying that someone has done something wrong
contractor – n. a person who is hired to perform work or to provide goods at a certain price or within a certain time
choreograph – v. to decide how a dancer or group of dancers will move during a performance
chronic traumatic encephalopathy – n. a brain disease caused by repeated hits to the head
diagnose – v. to recognize (a disease, illness, etc.) by examining someone
script – n. a plan for what is going to be done or said in a particular situation
ridiculous – adj. extremely silly or unreasonable
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Home / HVAC Industry News / Solar Air Conditioner Completes TUV Testing, Receives CE Global Product Safety Approval
Solar Air Conditioner Completes TUV Testing, Receives CE Global Product Safety Approval
CHESAPEAKE – Solar Panels Plus (SPP) announces that the SplitCool DC-18 solar air conditioner has passed its TUV product safety testing and now carries the CE mark. Customers can be assured that electrical, fire, and mechanical safety issues have been properly addressed and that the SplitCool unit fully complies with global product safety standards.
The SplitCool system design allows for operation between 5,000 BTU and 18,000 BTU, meaning that capacity, refrigerant flow and compressor speed are variable and are dynamically adjusted in real time to match the current conditions and heat load. The system is designed to use the lowest possible amount of electric power so as to reduce the number of solar panels needed to operate the system. The base configuration requires only three solar panels.
The SplitCool solar air conditioner uses a hermetically sealed permanent magnet brushless DC compressor for maximum service life. Specially designed controls and a digital frequency driver send power to the compressor using alternating pulses of DC current at a rate between 25 Hz and 125 Hz, depending on requirements, matching the compressor capacity to the operating conditions. By contrast, a normal air conditioner with a fixed capacity must run at a steady 50/60 Hz AC and must continually turn itself on and off to satisfy the thermostat, wasting energy. The 48 volt SplitCool design avoids the use of a DC-AC inverter, and eliminates the rectifier circuits found in normal high efficiency AC systems, thus avoiding up to 23% of power conversion losses that would occur when running a high efficiency air conditioner from solar power or other DC source through an inverter.
According to John Williams, Chief Operating Officer of SPP, “The SplitCool solar air conditioning system was designed for off-grid solar applications, for example on a mountain top, in the desert, on an island, or anywhere that cooling or heating is needed and power is a problem.” Williams also noted that the high efficiency system is appropriate for non-solar applications like telecommunications or data center equipment cooling, where 48 volt DC power is the industry standard. “We are also seeing a fair amount of domestic U.S. residential inquiries, which was not expected, but we are happy about it,” said Williams.
A working prototype of the SplitCool solar powered air conditioner was first demonstrated at the Solar Power International conference in late 2009 and since then a number of pre-release systems have been deployed around the world in trials and demonstration installations with highly successful results. The SplitCool DC-18 solar air conditioner will begin shipping in April to Solar Panels Plus wholesale customers in the U.S. and worldwide and will be available to end users through SPP’s dealer network. SPP invites solar and HVAC organizations around the world to inquire about distribution opportunities.
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Philadelphia Monsignor William Lynn gets 3-6 years for cover-up in Catholic priest sex-abuse scandal
Tuesday Jul 24, 2012 10:06 AM
Monsignor William Lynn became the first U.S. church official convicted of a felony. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
By NBC News and wire services
PHILADELPHIA -- Monsignor William Lynn, the most senior U.S. Catholic clergyman convicted in the church’s decades-long sex abuse scandal, was sentenced on Tuesday to three to six years in jail for covering up child sex abuse by priests in Philadelphia.
The sentence handed down by Judge M. Teresa Sarmina was less than the maximum penalty of seven years in prison for Lynn's conviction on a single count of child endangerment.
Sarmina said the sentence was meant to punish Lynn for protecting "monsters in clerical garb who molested children … to destroy the souls of children, to whom you turned a hard heart."
She added: "You knew full well what was right, Monsignor Lynn, but you chose wrong."
Tim Shaffer / Reuters file
Monsignor William Lynn is shown walking to the courthouse as the jury deliberates on his sexual abuse trial in Philadelphia on June 20.
As the former secretary for the clergy for the Philadelphia Archdiocese, Lynn, 61, was essentially personnel director for 800 priests from 1992 to 2004. He was convicted last month of covering up the allegations by transferring predatory priests to unsuspecting parishes.
Lynn was acquitted of conspiracy and a second endangerment count. The jury deadlocked on a 1996 abuse charge against a co-defendant, the Rev. James Brennan, and prosecutors said Monday that they would retry him.
Related: Roman Catholic Church official convicted of endangerment in priest-abuse trial
"I believe that what Lynn did was done by just about every diocese," Terence McKiernan, president of BishopAccountability.org, which tracks priest-abuse cases, told NBCPhiladelphia.com. "In most cases, I think the vicar general was well informed, and also the bishop."
More than 500 U.S. priests have now been convicted of abuse, according to his organization. But Lynn's three-month trial, he said, shows "just how hard it is to demonstrate collusion."
Bishop Robert Finn and the Kansas City diocese face a misdemeanor charge of failing to report suspected child sexual abuse. Both Finn and the diocese have pleaded not guilty, and are set to go on trial next month.
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Lynn has been in prison since the June 22 jury verdict, when the trial judge revoked his bail, NBCPhiladelphia.com reported.
Defense lawyers call Lynn a scapegoat for the Philadelphia archdiocese, and plan an appeal. They will also ask that he be released while the lengthy appeals process plays out, NBCPhiladelphia.com reported.
They said the trial was flawed on many levels, starting with the fact Lynn was charged with child endangerment under a law revised in 2007 to include those who supervise the caretakers of children. Lynn had left the archdiocese headquarters in 2004, after serving 12 years as secretary for clergy, and returned to parish work.
Prosecutors pushed for the maximum seven-year sentence, NBCPhiladelphia.com reported.
"His active, even eager execution of archdiocese policies, carried out in the face of victims' vivid suffering, and employing constant deceit, required a more amoral character, a striving to please his bosses no matter how sinister the business," they wrote in a sentencing memo filed Friday. "At any time during those 12 years, he could have had a moment of conscience."
This article includes reporting by Reuters and The Associated Press.
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Negan Joins the Fight: What exactly will he bring to Tekken 7?
What could Negan’s story, fighting style, stage and more be?
Francesco Dovis
Tekken’s very popular tagline tells us to ‘get ready for the next battle.’ However, we weren’t quite ready for a particular one – the one against Negan! The most famous (or infamous, I should say) villain of AMC’s The Walking Dead is coming to the roster of Tekken 7, leaving many surprised and raising some perplexing questions.
First, let’s make clear who Negan is for anyone not familiar with the genre of zombie fiction.
Negan’s Backstory
The Walking Dead started as comic book written by Robert Kirkman. After a while it became a TV series boasting eight seasons, recently centered about the friction between the protagonists and Negan, who is the leader of a group of survivors called ‘The Saviors,’ which he rules with merciless methods. He crosses lines that Rick Grimes, the main character, is not willing to step on, since he knows it will make him become a different individual.
There are some differences between the comic book and the TV show though. We’re focusing on the latter because Tekken Project team has pretty much let us know that they chose this version of Negan as the character they’re introducing into their game.
Negan is played by actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He’s a man in his late forties, wearing a leather jacket and using a baseball bat with barbwire around it as his personal weapon of choice. The importance of this is not small, since this object assumes a dual role in characterizing him. As a homage to his deceased wife, Negan has named the bat Lucille, meaning it has strong sentimental value to him. However, it’s the same weapon he uses to perform many brutal killings, even against some members of the original team of characters, making him a sort of scourge. What makes it even worse is his habit of singing lullabies, like he’s a peaceful person, while on the verge of doing something ruthless.
How does he fit?
But how is Negan linked to the rest of Tekken 7 roster? The new DLC characters – Geese and Noctis – were paired to existing members of the cast during their introduction. They didn’t have a part in the story. So, as Geese was threatening Heihachi about the Mishima Zaibatsu, or as Noctis was going fishing with Lars, will Negan challenge someone to pick a brawl with? Will he be swinging Lucille around just to be stopped by one of the good guys, which seems quite possible since there is an artwork going around the web with him and Jin Kazama opposed to one another.
How does it feels to have such character coming to Tekken? It sounds strange for sure. At least there was a common theme with guest fighters, sharing a kind of imagery with the video games’ genre, comics or mangas with Spawn (SoulCalibur 2) and Gon (Tekken 3), which were extremely rare occurrences. When exceptions were made, there was always a specific theme to justify it. For example, introducing Yoda and Darth Vader into Soul Calibur 4 because both were blade users, or horror movie characters into Mortal Kombat because there was the gore factor to make them compatible. But this time it’s really hard to find a good link for putting Negan in Tekken 7, and it all seems an even more bold marketing stunt like it was with Noctis, who was at least a video game character.
The fighting style that Negan will use to fight is a much better thread instead, since we can wonder about something that can have a real impact into the game. As our chief editor Zee the CEO said, it could be interesting to feature the brawler fighting style of Miguel with the short weapon range of Noctis, since they are both fitting the character. The baseball bat could have basically the same range as the short sword of the young prince, and the brawler techniques are fitting the theme, since Negan is not a martial artist. He’s just a normal person accustomed to violence.
I can see Negan have a fighting style that mashes Miguel (brawler) and Noctis (weapon in hand; ie, Lucille the bat) together. He’s going to be very angry and condescending with a laugh as sadistic as Bryan Fury.
— ZEE THE CEO (@ZeetheCEO) August 6, 2018
Negan’s Stage
Just as other guest characters, Negan will likely have a dedicated stage, and here is where things start to get weird. Since it may be a location seen in the TV show, could there be other survivors cheering for their leader in the background, or even worse, zombies? While the first seems a quite common scenario, the latter could be a horror parenthesis as compared to usual Tekken stages.
Could it be this?
Possibly a new mode?
Some suppose that Negan was chosen to introduce a new Tekken Force mode, but using zombies as opponents instead than Mishima soldiers. Fighting games can basically feature any kind of enemy for sure, but does Tekken need a ‘zombie mode’? Over the past few years we’ve seen countless games proposing such a mode because it’s trendy, and zombies in video games are as popular as dinosaurs were during the nineties. Many shooting games like Call of Duty offer some form of zombies because it’s ‘cool,’ but this fad could start to bore if overly done and used even in fighting games. A new Tekken Force is welcome for sure, but to feature zombies even in Tekken could make it look less fresh, since we’re seeing them basically everywhere in games.
From what we’ve seen on social media, many people are perplexed by this move. Without a solid criterion to choose guests, choices may be made just to bring some spotlight to the game. Perhaps the goal is to reach outside of its original audience, bringing fans of the TV show to play the game rather than satisfying Tekken’s fanbase. Everybody knows that the players of Tekken are asking for a totally different kind of guest character – as many polls showed.
But there is a part of the fanbase already perplexed about the lore that Tekken gathers under its umbrella, since the game started to be less about martial artists and fighters when it featured dinosaurs, kangaroos, pandas, demons, robot-lolitas and all kind of strange things that very often make people to raise the eyebrow. This choice makes the games’ lore even less serious than it already is and make look the whole more like a circus, rather than a martial arts game, which was originally the main theme.
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Journal>Statement>Masters of West Coast Modernism: A City Reflected
Masters of West Coast Modernism: A City Reflected
Category : Statement
Date : October 1, 2018
This year, we celebrate the legacy, works, and stories, of Peter Cardew, Bruno Freschi, Richard Henriquez, Paul Merrick, and Don Vaughan, and their pivotal roles in the shaping and evolution of the west coast design ethos.
Vancouver is a city reflected: tucked along the edges of the Pacific Ocean, the Fraser River, and the coastal mountains, it presents a mirrored view of itself in the facades of its ubiquitous, thin glass towers. This quiet, city-scaled monument to its surroundings is emphasized further by its glossy surfaces, rendered reflective by the rain that dominates our climate and culture.
Principles of “Vancouverism,” synonymous with access to the sky and green spaces, coupled with a celebration of mixed-used density, have been reflected in the city’s planning ethos for decades, a mirror of our cultural love and respect for the supernatural sensibilities of this place.
And yet, the city is in flux, and it is through this lens that we can perhaps begin to explore another type of reflection that is occurring alongside current decision making at the architectural and city scales. Local dinner gatherings and social discourse are weighted heavily by an omnipresent debate on housing crises, affordability, and security. The commodification of the ocean and mountain views that have been so integral to the physical shaping of this place began long ago, seemingly alongside a shift in sensibility and language that now defines housing as units of currency, rather than spaces of dwelling and connection.
Many will readily concede that there exists no magic wand, no simple solution as remedy to this situation. The city’s brightest and best continue to debate this at length. These discussions are complex, nuanced, and necessary; Vancouver has a long history of rigorous discourse and spirited debate, dialogue that often mixes a love for the outdoors with a deep-rooted sense of environmental stewardship. As we explore what it is that makes us unique–mountains and ocean aside–it is perhaps also an opportunity to reflect on what it is that makes us whole, and where these sensibilities come from.
Vancouver’s own architecturally-recognized, regional approach to modern design, West Coast Modernism, is one that takes its primary cues not simply from new manufacturing processes or an eagerness to explore material possibilities, but from climate and from place. This is a movement that is influenced by light, rain, views and orientation, sensitive and deliberate use of local materials, and– perhaps most notably–an interest in planning that blurs the boundaries of interior and exterior spaces, connecting us as directly as possible to the context around which it has been designed.
Many may be quick to label this as an aesthetic oeuvre (heavy timber framing, glass window walls, feathered landscapes), but perhaps we should view this more as a sensibility, examining further what it is that these tenants truly achieve.
West Coast Modernism concerns itself with context: what is it about today’s shifting landscape–cultural, physical, historical, economic, or otherwise–that could inform a sensible approach to the future development of our city, one that is readily-accessible to all residents? What is it about the moderation of rain, the celebration of both grey skies and precious access to sunlight, or the sense of calm that comes from a thoughtfully executed landscape, that inspires those of us who can, to stay here, despite all odds? Do these sensibilities only remain in the realm of the privileged, excesses afforded to those inhabiting a fast-growing luxury market, or are these basic rights of access that should be accessible to even the most liminal of our citizenry–and if so, how?
The sensibilities of West Coast Modernism are about connection, not insulation, inviting us to come outside and play, to care and to connect with one another.
In the spirit of BC Binning, who catalyzed the movement and inspired local greats like Arthur Erickson, Geoffrey Massey, and Gordon Smith through salon discussions and spirited discourse, the West Coast Modern League is presenting its second annual Masters of West Coast Modernism tribute series, a celebration and moderated panel discussion that aims to encourage discussion about what it means to live, build, and be in the Metro Vancouver region.
This year, we celebrate the legacy, works, and stories, of Peter Cardew, Bruno Freschi, Richard Henriquez, Paul Merrick, and Don Vaughan, and their pivotal roles in the shaping and evolution of the west coast design ethos. These architects and landscape architects have made seminal contributions to our city. It is our hope that by sharing the narratives of these architects–and their experiences in shaping the way we inhabit this place– we can develop a broader appreciation of how context and place can continue to positively shape our attitudes towards the public realm.
Those unfamiliar with the work of these designers need only take a short walk around the city to see their impact, and to feel the nuanced and masterful stitching of style with substance that permeates the quiet and often handmade sensibilities of built Vancouver. The airy, geodesic structure of Science World (Freshi) is an icon of the city skyline. The dynamic presence of our terrain, and its direct relationship to the trees that stabilize it, is immediately evident in the seventeen levels of the Merrick House (Merrick). A deep understanding and appreciation for the historical narratives of Vancouver’s old-growth forests are recounted in the tree-adorned Eugenia Place (Henriquez). Opposite the North Shore Mountains, the western artery to downtown is flanked by the dynamic play of raised mass and moving waters at 1500 West Georgia (Cardew, for Rhone & Iredale). The steps of the beloved landscape installation, Marking High Tide (Vaughan), remind of us our place in a much broader world, feet firmly planted on local granite as we witness the moon’s effects on the tides that surround us.
In examining the works of these west coast, modernist, architects, can we ascertain if West Coast Modernism is actually more than an aesthetic movement–and if so, what are its true goals? Can its tenants be applied sensibly, and with care, to the way that we plan and build now, and in the future? At a time when our collective sense of identity and belonging seems in question– what can we learn from the past, what is dear to our hearts, who do we want to be, and what should we carry into the future?
Chelsea Louise Grant is an Intern Architect, and Director of the West Coast Modern League, living in Vancouver.
The second instalment of the Masters of West Coast Modernism series takes place at Inform Interiors, in Vancouver, on October 4, 2018 from 5:00–7:00 pm.
Photograph by Ilijc Albanese
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Executive Director of Visegrad Fund, and the Executive Director of Western Balkan Fund met with Deputy Minister Murtezaj
Pristina, 22 July 2016 Pristina, 22 July 2016 –Executive Director of the Visegrad Fund, Ms. Beata Jazcewska and Executive Director of the Western Balkans Fund, Mr. Gjergj Murra met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Valon Murtezaj. The efforts being done in functionalizing the Western Balkans Fund, and the assistance provided by the Visegrad…
DPM and FM Nikola Poposki meet Executive Director of IVF, Mrs. Beata Jaczewska and Director of WBF, Mr. Gjergj Murra.
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Western Balkans Informative Tour of IVF and WBF in the WB Region
18-29 July 2016 From 18-29 July 2016, the Western Balkans Fund (WBF) in cooperation with the International Visegrad Fund (IVF) participated in a fact-finding Tour in the Western Balkans region. Supported by all Polish Embassies in the Region, in the framework of the Polish V4 Presidency, the activities aimed to inform about funding opportunities for…
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Tirana, 07 July 2016 On July 7 2016, the 2’nd meeting of Western Balkans Fund Committee of Coordinators took place at the Funds offices, in Tirana. Mrs. Odeta Barbullushi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania made the opening remarks and welcomed the participants. The Ambassadors of V4 countries and representatives from the International Visegrad…
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UFO Last Orders 50th Anniversary Tour
UFO will embark on a very special 50th anniversary UK & Ireland tour this spring and will be bringing it to The Queen's Hall on 29th March.
About UFO Last Orders 50th Anniversary Tour
Phil Mogg has confirmed that the 50th anniversary tour with UFO will be his last as the frontman of the long-running hard rock band. Consequently, it seems almost certain that at that point they will cease to exist. UFO were formed in London in 1968 and Mogg is their only ever-present member, performing on all of the group’s 22 studio albums.
“This decision has been a long time coming, I’ve considered stepping down at the end of UFO’s previous two tours,” Mogg explains. “I don’t want to call this a farewell tour as I hate that word, but the gigs will represent my final tap-dancing appearances with the band."
While many veteran bands in such a position simply cease playing live and continue to record, UFO will no longer be releasing new music. "A Conspiracy Of Stars" in 2015 and last year’s covers collection ‘The Salentino Cuts’ are set to become a signing-off point, though Mogg insists that however unlikely the prospect might seem – the singer is a lone strand of consistency throughout a 50-year history – he would have no problem with UFO continuing with a replacement.
The band’s current line-up – completed by keyboard player/second guitarist Paul Raymond, guitarist Vinnie Moore, drummer Andy Parker and bassist Rob Le Luca – have of course been informed of Mogg’s decision.
Support is from Tara Lynch.
Presented by The Gig Cartel
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Edinburgh International Festival: Andreas Ottensamer and Yuja Wang
The Berlin Philharmonic’s principal clarinettist and the Chinese piano sensation launch The Queen’s Hall series in spectacular style.
Edinburgh International Festival: Beatrice Rana
Beatrice Rana plays a sparkling programme of virtuoso piano showpieces by Chopin, Ravel & Stravinsky.
Edinburgh International Festival: Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason
The winner of 2016’s BBC Young Musician of the Year performs Debussy, Mendelssohn, Fauré and Lutoslawski at The Queen's Hall.
Edinburgh International Festival: Michael Volle & Helmut Deutsch
The powerhouse German baritone performs a gloriously dramatic programme of Schubert, Mahler and Strauss on 8th August at The Queen's Hall and is joined by recital partner Helmut Deutsch!
Edinburgh International Festival: Llŷr Williams
Commanding, provocative and fearlessly intelligent, remarkable Welsh pianist Llŷr Williams can dazzle and transport listeners with his astonishingly intense, captivating playing.
Edinburgh International Festival: Europa Galante & Fabio Biondi
The Italian period instrument Baroque orchestra journey through four of Mozart’s youthful string quartets and forgotten gems by Italian composer Carlo Monza.
Edinburgh International Festival: Maxim Emelyanychev and Principals of the SCO
The Russian conductor and pianist is joined by the SCO’s principal players for a Romantic recital of Brahms, Dohnányi and Schumann.
Edinburgh International Festival: Meta4
The Finnish string quartet makes its International Festival debut, with a recital of surging emotion.
Blazin’ Fiddles with Emily Smith
Scotland’s most celebrated fiddle band Blazin’ Fiddles joins the twice voted ‘Scots Singer of the Year’ Emily Smith for a special one-off Scottish tour and plays The Queens Hall in August!
Edinburgh International Festival: Amber Wagner and Malcolm Martineau
American soprano Amber Wagner is accompanied by Edinburgh-born Malcolm Martineau, for a rich recital of works by Strauss, Barber and Wagner.
Edinburgh International Festival: The Sixteen
With a repertoire spanning over 500 years of music, the world-renowned choir blends resplendent vocal colour, immaculate technique and irresistible power and passion.
Edinburgh International Festival: Lawrence Brownlee and Iain Burnside
The US tenor and Scottish-born pianist performs Schumann’s intimate song cycle before a programme of Poulenc, Liszt and Ginastera.
Edinburgh International Festival: Nash Ensemble
Two glorious chamber classics and the remarkable Fourteen Little Pictures make up the Nash Ensemble’s richly coloured recital.
Edinburgh International Festival: Jeremy Denk
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Edinburgh International Festival: Doric String Quartet
The first European performance of Brett Dean’s String Quartet No. 3 "Hidden Agendas" and the soaring melodies of Brahms’ powerful Second String Quintet.
Edinburgh International Festival: Christiane Karg and Gerold Huber
Christiane Karg, the fast-rising international star of Covent Garden, La Scala and Glyndebourne, performs an all-Schubert programme, alongside German pianist Gerold Huber.
Edinburgh International Festival: Bach’s Multiple Concertos
22nd August 2019
The International Festival’s six-concert survey of J S Bach’s complete keyboard concertos comes to a spectacular conclusion in The Queen’s Hall on 22nd August.
Edinburgh International Festival: Amatis Piano Trio and friends
A special collaboration between former BBC New Generation Artists to perform two iconic chamber works by Franck and Dvořák.
Edinburgh International Festival: Dunedin Consort
The Queen’s Hall series comes to a gloriously theatrical close, in two larger-than-life secular cantatas, some of Bach’s most opulent, joyfully inventive music.
John Mayall’s 85th Anniversary Tour
Don't miss John Mayall ‘The Godfather of British Blues’ on his 85th Anniversary Tour when he stops off, with his band, at The Queen's Hall Edinburgh on Sunday 3rd November!
Ardal O’Hanlon - the Showing Off Must Go On
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Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival: Nimbus Sextet
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Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival: Laura Macdonald History of Jazz Saxophone
Teviot Row House, Edinburgh South
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Scratch ‘N’ Sniff: An Evening of New Writing and Music
The Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh Old Town
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Kenny Clayton and Baiana present ‘It’s the Rio Thing’
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Hearthstone Arena Tier List
Who are ADWCTA & Merps, and what is the Grinning Goat?
Hi, we're ADWCTA & Merps (the two members of the Grinning Goat). We've been good friends since middle school and have a long history of tryharding at co-op games. We started playing Hearthstone in open beta and fell in love with the Arena, collecting a combined 20,000+ Arena wins since release.
We started writing articles and streaming weekly co-op Arena runs back in July 2014 (the "Arena Coop") , seeing just how high we could push our record. The Arena Coop plays all classes evenly and averages ~7.5 wins/run, with ~15% of our runs ending in 12-wins. All runs are meticulously tracked, and you can find the current Arena Coop record here and ADWCTA's personal record here.
Ever since we started, our mission for the Grinning Goat has always been to produce the highest quality Arena content for the community, live streams to on demand videos, audio podcasts, written articles, updated tier lists, and more.
What is the Lightforge?
Welcome to the Lightforge!
The "Lightforge" is named after the Lightforge Key earned in the Hearthstone Arena after getting 12-wins. Whether your goal is to earn the Lightforge Key just once, to earn it with every class, or to have it so often that you never have to pay for another Arena again (going "infinite"), the Lightforge will help you reach your goals.
One of our top concerns for the Arena community is the barrier of entry/re-entry and the existence of secret information. Inevitably with the release of hundreds of new cards every year and the increased skill of veteran players, Hearthstone Arena will become a more and more dangerous place for all players. New players will be unable to win games, and veterans will find their skills rusty after any prolonged break. Even regular players in the Arena will oftentimes benefit from a guide to the current meta. Ultimately, our goal for the Lightforge is to shine a light on the mysteries of the Arena so that no player feels lost in the ever-shifting meta, and so that no player is denied the opportunity to grow as an Arena player at his or her own pace.
Expert Arena Tier List
The Lightforge Arena Tier List is the continuation of ADWCTA's Arena Tier List, the most-consulted Hearthstone Arena Tier List since classic. Here at the Lightforge, we use our expertise and experience to crack every Arena meta, oftentimes before the cards are even released into the Arena, to ensure that you always have the edge. Our Tier List is updated multiple times through every Arena meta, and we pledge to keep the Lightforge Arena Tier List updated with new valuations of new and altered cards on Day 0 of every Blizzard expansion and patch release.
We have upgraded to a slightly different scaling from the old tier list as we continue to tweak our internal mathematical model of card values with new experiences. Our philosophy is that Hearthstone Arena is a game of skill (in addition to luck) and therefore the true value of cards can be best recognized by the best players. Our card values have always proudly differed in many areas from statistical performances of data gathered from average players. After all, the best cards are usually the ones easiest to play with. This is the Lightforge's underlying philosophy and its edge in Tier List performance. We are always pushing to find the highest potential of each and every card, rather than settling for the comfortable mediocrity of a statistical approach.
Custom Grouping and Filtering
We all think about our cards and decks in a different way, and we learn and absorb information in different ways. The Lightforge's personalized grouping and filtering options display information the way most helpful to you. Further, as an old school Magic the Gathering player, one of the things I missed most about playing a virtual card game over a physical card game is the feel of the cards. I would spend hours sorting and arranging my collection in different orders to plot my next deck. Looking at all those cards together made the game feel more real for me. While we cannot physically create the cards for you, hopefully, these additional options bring back the joy of interacting with cards in a more immediate way.
I swear "The Lightforge" is also a Podcast!
Not a question. But you're right! The Lightforge Podcast is the Hearthstone world's top Arena-focused podcast, hosted by the same people behind this website. We release a new episode every week, covering Arena-related news, analyzing the best strategies in the current Arena meta, and challenging the way you think about drafting and gameplay in the Arena. We make sure that you stay on top of the meta while you improve your record in the Arena. If you like listening to top players talk about the Arena, then check us out on Youtube, or download on iTunes!
How can I support the Lightforge's future?
We have BIG plans for the Lightforge! I don't want to give too many details, but the current website is only a very small portion of what the tools the Lightforge Development Team hopes to eventually bring to the community. We are laying the groundwork for a much larger project. When the final website releases, we hope it will revolutionize the way you interact with the Arena, and any other similar formats Blizzard creates for Hearthstone.
In the meantime, the best way to support the Lightforge is to tell your friends and/or random strangers on the internet about us! If you would like to support us with donations, please Feed the Goat! Your support in any form is greatly appreciated!
Hearthstone connects a global community with large playerbases in many areas across the world, from Russia to Brazil, from China to France. Although we speak different languages, we hope that the Lightforge can connect the entire global Arena community. The Lightforge currently supports all Blizzard-supported languages, and we hope to be able to continue to provide all new features to all languages as well. To make this global dream a reality, we are currently looking for translators with working knowledge of Hearthstone Arena terminology to volunteer to translate. Please contact us at [email protected] if you are interested in helping out with our localization efforts!
How do I use the Tier List?
It's easy! The "value" of a card is the giant number on the right, and the tiny number on the left is its mana cost. The higher a number is, the better the card is. Value is scaled linearly so a 80-value card is better than a 60-value card by 20-points, same as a 60-value card is better than a 40-value card. You can group and sort and filter any way you like so that the information is easiest for you to see.
The "Neutral" cards are available to every class and many of them are adjusted to suit the particular class, so while this tab is a good reference point for general thinking, you should really be looking at the class you're drafting for!
Finally, sometimes, you will see a * next to a card, which means that this card is fairly situational and that you should be wary of picking more than one copy of this card in your deck, as it is unlikely that that situation will arise multiple times in a match. A smart strategy is to pick these cards at lower values earlier in the draft to prevent duplicates, and value them higher late in the draft if you don't have one yet!
How are Value #s Determined?
This is. . . complicated. We have a mathematical model that sets the baseline (not shown) for every card in a meta-less environment, tying the entire tier list in a complicated web. Value numbers are adjusted for each meta based on our experience with and against the card, and progressively adjusted through the 4-month expansion cycle as the meta changes. When one card is adjusted, the reasoning behind the adjustment typically affects many cards in a Chain Reaction as the web moves together.
The Value you see represents the 15th pick value in an average deck.
We also sometimes consult with other arena experts as to their experiences in the current meta, as well as read reddit and other forums for feedback. We generally value feedback from infinite players much more than those by others, but everything is filtered through our own experiences. No card (except certain legendries) move without our personal experience, and in any case this Tier List values all cards assuming a max skilled player.
Should I Draft Straight Down the Tier List?
Drafting strictly based on the Tier List is not the best gameplan. At least, not for the second half of your deck. In the beginning of a draft, it makes more sense to draft for value and going down the Tier List is a pretty good idea to build the best deck. However, as more and more cards are added to your deck, you should be able to identify certain needs of your deck and adjust accordingly. There are many considerations in an Arena draft, from card-to-card synergies (Kobold w/ Swipe), to curve considerations (a minimum of 5 two-drops), to diversity of removal options (small/large removal, board clear, and ping cards for certain classes). There are then advanced deck construction considerations, such as the balance between tempo and card advantage, victory conditions, reach, and survivability.
You should definitely use your brain to adjust your picks based on the cards already in your deck. Later on in the draft, the Tier List should be used as a starting point and not the final word!
Is there an Automatic Overlay for this Tier List?
Yes! Currently, two third-party apps use the Lightforge Arena Tier List. We are also developing our own system, complete with stat-tracking/analysis and an advanced algorithm for Arena deckbuilding when the site is complete. We hope to release by the end of the year, but may experience delays in development. In the meantime, the two tools below are excellent and you will be able to import your data from both of these tools when our website is complete.
ArenaDrafts - Created by a longtime supporter of the Grinning Goat, this website / automatic overlay shows your our tier list values, and also automatically tracks and organizes your stats while also providing a basic decktracker. It also has some advanced card-categorizations like "reach" or "true 2-drop". Super easy to setup and easy to use. If you are used to other stat-tracking systems, you’ll feel right at home here. ADWCTA and Merps currently use this themselves!
Decktracker - Arena Helper - This is a plugin for the popular Hearthstone Decktracker. Hearthstone Decktracker itself has extremely advanced and helpful features such as tracking when your opponent drew each card in hand and automatically eliminating secrets played based on game info. We currently use Decktracker too. The Arena Helper plugin creates an overlay that shows you our Tier List Values for cards offered during the draft. If you have no need to track your stats, or already use Decktracker, this is recommended.
What are the most important skills for an Arena player?
Although there is a ton of luck involved in any particular Arena match or run, Arena actually evens out in the big picture to be a highly consistent game mode for good players. Top Arena players can generally average 7+ wins/run playing all classes evenly, and 8.5+ wins/run with their top classes. In order to be "true infinite", meaning you earn gold on average from playing the Arena without counting quests, a ~6.7 win/run average is needed. To be "soft infinite", meaning you can earn enough gold in the Arena to play one Arena per day indefinitely after completing daily quests, a ~6.0 win/run average is needed.
The most important skill in the Arena is playing the game. That may seem obvious, but too many people believe that the draft is more important. The difference between a good deck and a bad deck typically accounts for a 2-win differential on average. Drafting skill will account for about half of this win differential. You still cannot control what cards you are offered no matter how good you are at drafting! This means that in the difference between a 6-win per run player and a 3-win per run player, 67% of the difference is gameplay skill!
So, while drafting is certainly important (who wouldn't want an extra win/run?), for the average player, once you consult a Tier List and get the basics down, it is much more beneficial to focus on gameplay. The most important decisions you make in an Arena match are: "Should I attack the enemy hero or trade with his minions?", "Should I use a removal on his minion or play my own minion?", and "Should I play around Card X, given what I know about his hand?" There are no easy answers to these questions in most cases and context is everything. This is where the top arena players separate themselves from the average player. Good luck!
What's the best way to improve in the Arena?
The best way to improve Arena is to play the Arena! That being said, watching Streams/VoDs or reading articles is a helpful thing to do on the side, helping you think about things you wouldn't have thought otherwise, and testing your Accumulated Knowledge/skill. Particularly helpful is watching a VoD and pausing before every play, to test yourself to see if you make the same decision as the streamer. This can be tedious, but it is very helpful for learning the game. Hearthstone is 100% about decision-making, so if you regularly make the same decisions as a great Arena player, then you are a great Arena player. No exceptions.
We recommend a 3:1 ratio between playing the game yourself and watching/learning the game from others.
Where can I discuss this Tier List or the Arena generally?
The Hearthstone Arena community is full of discussion! If you would like to join, please visit Subreddit arenaHS for general arena discussion, or Subreddit grinninggoat for discussion specific to this Tier List or our other content. We check both of these subreddits on a frequent basis, and we read every post.
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Barr has issued misleading summaries to Congress before.
This [post at Just Security is well-researched and worth reading](https://www.justsecurity.org/63635/barrs-playbook-he-misled-congress-when-omitting-parts-of-justice-dept-memo-in-1989/). I have summarized below, and added important missing context.
# A 1980s political problem: what to do with Noriega?
[Manuel Noriega](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/world/americas/manuel-antonio-noriega-dead-panama.html) was dictator of Panama – sometimes a cooperative ally/informant for American drug and intelligence agencies, sometimes tipping off drug cartels.
* 1986: U.S. approves resolution calling on Panama to remove Noriega from the Panamanian Defense Forces pending investigation of corruption, election fraud, murder and drug trafficking.
* 1987: Military and economic aid cut off to Panama; their economy contracts by 20 percent.
* 1988: first coup fails.
* 1989: Noriega annuls results of Panama’s presidential election. Second coup fails. Naming himself “maximum leader,” the National Assembly declares war on the U.S. In late December, the U.S. invades Panama (at the time, the largest American military action since the Vietnam War).
* January 3, 1990: Noriega surrenders.
But before America invaded, a different idea was floated: how about we just kidnap Noriega instead? It’s not strictly legal, but… maybe we can get around that.
# The June 21, 1989 Barr memo
In 1989 [news leaked](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-13-mn-138-story.html) of a legal memo authored by Barr. In the June 21 legal opinion, requested by Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and issued in unusual secrecy, Assistant A.G. Barr concluded the FBI could forcibly abduct people in other countries without the consent of the foreign state. That legal opinion appeared to pave the way for abducting Noriega.
It reversed a Carter Administration ruling that denied the FBI such authority to take unilateral action overseas.
The Chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on civil and constitutional rights [wrote](https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Edwards-letter.pdf) to AG Thornbugh requesting the full legal opinion. Barr refused, but said he ‘d provide an account that “summarizes the principal conclusions.” (This echoes Barr’s March 2019 assurance that he’d “summarize the principal conclusions” of the Mueller report.)
Yale law school professor Harold Koh [wrote](https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2939&context=fss_papers) that Barr’s position was “particularly egregious.”
>*“Barr’s [refusal] left outsiders with no way to tell whether it rested on factual assumptions that did not apply to the earlier situation, which part of the earlier opinion had not been overruled, or whether the overruling opinion contained nuances, subtleties, or exceptions that Barr’s summary in testimony simply omitted.”*
Later, when that opinion was finally [made public](https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Authority-of-the-Federal-Bureau-of-Investigation-to-Override-Customary-International-Law-OLC-1989.pdf), it was clear Barr’s summary had **failed to fully disclose** the opinion’s principal conclusions. His [13 pages of written testimony](https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1989-William-Barr-Hearing-FBI-authority-to-seize-suspects-abroad.pdf) omitted some of the most consequential and incendiary conclusions from the actual opinion.
Professor Jeanne Woods, in a 1996 law review article in Boston University International Law Journal, said.
>*“Barr’s congressional testimony attempted to gloss over the broad legal and policy changes that his written opinion advocated.”*
# Barr’s summary to Congress omits three important things
**Omission 1: President’s authority to violate the U.N. Charter**
The 1989 opinion asserted that the President could violate the United Nations Charter because such actions are “fundamentally political questions.” Barr did not disclose this.
**Omission 2: Presumption that acts of Congress comply with international law**
The OLC opinion authored by Barr failed to properly apply the “Charming Betsy” method for interpreting statutes. That canon of statutory construction comes from an 1804 decision, Murray v. The Schooner Charming Betsy, in which the Supreme Court stated,
>*“An act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains.”*
In other words, Congress should be presumed to authorize only actions that are consistent with U.S. obligations under international law.
Barr’s opinion **reversed** this presumption, suggesting “in the absence of an explicit restriction” re: international law, the congressional statute should be read to **authorize the executive branch to violate international law**.
**Omission 3: International law on abductions in foreign countries**
Finally, Barr’s testimony failed to inform Congress that the 1989 opinion discussed international law. Barr’s written testimony said that the opinion “is strictly a legal analysis of the FBI’s authority, as a matter of domestic law, to conduct extraterritorial arrests of individuals for violations of U.S. law.”
# Why it matters (TL;DR)
* There was a political issue in the 1980s.
* Barr agreed to write a legal opinion for his boss that reversed past policy and ignored legal precedents.
* When Congress asked to see the full legal opinion, Barr refused, instead “summarizing” in a way that covered up the true intent.
* His summary to Congress was directly misleading, omitting three important things at the core of the issue.
* IMO given Barr’s history, Congress should insist on seeing the unredacted report.
# But what if Barr was correct in his legal opinion? Doesn’t that matter?
I’m not a lawyer, but the point of this post is not the correctness of the legal opinion.
What is worrisome is that it was issued in secret and its intent was covered up. In doing so, Barr denied Congress its right to proper oversight.
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2 thoughts on “Barr has issued misleading summaries to Congress before.”
bophed says:
It isn’t his place to be the single judge of the president. It is the place of Congress. This is called checks and balances. Barr was appointed by the president so I am sure he is just a yes man.
Good write up. It was very informative.
pijinglish says:
Barr did exactly what Bush needed him to do, which is why Trump hired him again. Noriega had been a CIA asset for decades, and even though Bush himself destroyed most of his notes, it’s pretty clear from Ollie North’s records and the testimony of everyone involved in Iran Contra, that it was well known Noriega was allowing Panama to be a transshipment point for weapons throughout Central America, as well as a money laundering haven. All Bush and Co had to do was turn a blind eye to the fact that Noriega was using CIA planes to bring cocaine and marijuana to the US, which they did until it became politically inconvenient. Just like he did in ’89, Barr is covering up for an entirely criminal administration.
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Chelas And Lay Chelas
As the word Chela has, among others, been introduced by Theosophy into the nomenclature of Western metaphysics, and the circulation of our magazine is constantly widening, it will be as well if some more definite explanation than heretofore is given with respect to the meaning of this term and the rules of Chelaship, for the benefit of our European if not Eastern members. A "Chela" then, is one who has offered himself or herself as a pupil to learn practically the "hidden mysteries of Nature and the psychical powers latent in man." The spiritual teacher to whom he proposes his candidature is called in India a Guru; and the real Guru is always an Adept in the Occult Science. A man of profound knowledge, exoteric and esoteric, especially the latter; and one who has brought his carnal nature under subjection of the WILL; who has developed in himself both the power (Siddhi) to control the forces of nature, and the capacity to probe her secrets by the help of the formerly latent but now active powers of his being: – this is the real Guru. To offer oneself as a candidate for Chelaship is easy enough, to develop into an Adept the most difficult task any man could possibly undertake. There are scores of "natural-born" poets, mathematicians, mechanics, statesmen, etc., but a natural-born Adept is something practically impossible. For, though we do hear at very rare intervals of one who has an extraordinary innate capacity for the acquisition of occult knowledge and power, yet even he has to pass the self-same tests and probations, and go through the same self-training as any less endowed fellow aspirant. In this matter it is most true that there is no royal road by which favourites may travel.
For centuries the selection of Chelas – outside the hereditary group within the gon-pa (temple) – has been made by the Himalayan Mahatmas themselves from among the class – in Tibet, a considerable one as to number – of natural mystics. The only exceptions have been in the cases of Western men like Fludd, Thomas Vaughan, Paracelsus, Pico di Mirandola, Count St. Germain, etc., whose temperamental affinity to this celestial science more or less forced the distant Adepts to come into personal relations with them, and enabled them to get such small (or large) proportion of the whole truth as was possible under their social surroundings. from Book IV of Kiu-te, Chapter on "the Laws of Upasans," we learn that the qualifications expected in a Chela were: –
1. Perfect physical health;
2. Absolute mental and physical purity;
3. Unselfishness of purpose; universal charity; pity for all animate beings;
4. Truthfulness and unswerving faith in the law of Karma, independent of any power in nature that could interfere: a law whose course is not to be obstructed by any agency, not to be caused to deviate by prayer or propitiatory exoteric ceremonies;
5. A courage undaunted in every emergency, even by peril to life;
6. An intuitional perception of one's being the vehicle of the manifested Avalokitesvara or Divine Atman (Spirit);
7. Calm indifference for, but a just appreciation of everything that constitutes the objective and transitory world, in its relation with, and to, the invisible regions.
Such, at the least, must have been the recommendations of one aspiring to perfect Chelaship. With the sole exception of the 1st, which in rare and exceptional cases might have been modified, each one of these points has been invariably insisted upon, and all must have been more or less developed in the inner nature by the Chela's UNHELPED EXERTIONS, before he could be actually put to the test.
When the self-evolving ascetic – whether in, or outside the active world – had placed himself, according to his natural capacity, above, hence made himself master of, his (1) Sarira – body; (2) lndriya – senses; (3) Dosha – faults; (4) Dukkha – pain; and is ready to become one with his Manas – mind; Buddhi – intellection, or spiritual intelligence; and Atma – highest soul, i.e., spirit. When he is ready for this, and, further, to recognize in Atma the highest ruler in the world of perceptions, and in the will, the highest executive energy (power), then may he, under the time-honoured rules, be taken in hand by one of the Initiates. He may then be shown the mysterious path at whose thither end the Chela is taught the unerring discernment of Phala, or the fruits of causes produced, and given the means of reaching ,Apavarga – emancipation, from the misery of repeated births (in whose determination the ignorant has no hand), and thus of avoiding Pratya-bhava – transmigration.
But since the advent of the Theosophical Society, one of whose arduous tasks it was to re-awaken in the Aryan mind the dormant memory of the existence of this science and of those transcendent human capabilities, the rules of Chela selection have become slightly relaxed in one respect. Many members of the Society becoming convinced by practical proof upon the above points, and rightly enough thinking that if other men had hitherto reached the goal, they too if inherently fitted, might reach it by following the same path, pressed to be taken as candidates. And as it would be an interference with Karma to deny them the chance of at least beginning – since they were so importunate, they were given it. The results have been far from encouraging so far, and it is to show these unfortunates the cause of their failure as much as to warn others against rushing heedlessly upon a similar fate, that the writing of the present article has been ordered. The candidates in question, though plainly warned against it in advance, began wrong by selfishly looking to the future and losing sight of the past. They forgot that they had done nothing to deserve the rare honour of selection, nothing which warranted their expecting such a privilege; that they could boast of none of the above enumerated merits. As men of the selfish, sensual world, whether married or single, merchants, civilian or military employees, or members of the learned professions, they had been to a school most calculated to assimilate them to the animal nature, least so to develope their spiritual potentialities. Yet each and all had vanity enough to suppose that their case would be made an exception to the law of countless centuries' establishment as though, indeed, in their person had been born to the world a new Avatar! All expected to have hidden things taught, extraordinary powers given them because – well, because they had joined the Theosophical Society. Some had sincerely resolved to amend their lives, and give up their evil courses; we must do them that justice, at all events.
All were refused at first, Col. Olcott, the President, himself, to begin with; and as to the latter gentleman there is now no harm in saying that he was not formally accepted as a Chela until he had proved by more than a year's devoted labours and by a determination which brooked no denial, that he might safely be tested. Then from all sides came complaints – from Hindus, who ought to have known better, as well as from Europeans who, of course, were not in a condition to know anything at all about the rules. The cry was that unless at least a few Theosophists were given the chance to try, the Society could not endure. Every other noble and unselfish feature of our programme was ignored – a man's duty to his neighbour, to his country, his duty to help, enlighten, encourage and elevate those weaker and less favoured than he; all were trampled out of sight in the insane rush for adeptship. The call for phenomena, phenomena, phenomena, resounded in every quarter, and the Founders were impeded in their real work and teased importunately to intercede with the Mahatmas, against whom the real grievance lay, though their poor agents had to take all the buffets. At last, the word came from the higher authorities that a few of the most urgent candidates should be taken at their word. The result of the experiment would perhaps show better than any amount of preaching what Chelaship meant, and what are the consequences of selfishness and temerity. Each candidate was warned that he must wait for years in any event, before his fitness could be proven, and that he must pass through a series of tests that would bring out all there was in him, whether bad or good. They were nearly all married men and hence were designated "Lay Chelas" – a term new in English, but having long had its equivalent in Asiatic tongues. A Lay Chela is but a man of the world who affirms his desire to become wise in spiritual things. Virtually, every member of the Theosophical Society who subscribes to the second of our three "Declared Objects" is such; for though not of the number of true Chelas, he has yet the possibility of becoming one, for he has stepped across the boundary-line which separated him from the Mahatmas, and has brought himself, as it were, under their notice. In joining the Society and binding himself to help along its work, he has pledged himself to act in some degree in concert with those Mahatmas, at whose behest the Society was organized, and under whose conditional protection it remains. The joining is then, the introduction; all the rest depends entirely upon the member himself, and he need never expect the most distant approach to the "favor" of one of our Mahatmas, or any other Mahatmas in the world – should the latter consent to become known – that has not been fully earned by personal merit. The Mahatmas are the servants, not the arbiters of the Law of Karma. LAY-CHELASHIP CONFERS NO PRIVILEGE UPON ANY ONE EXCEPT THAT OF WORKING FOR MERIT UNDER THE OBSERVATION OF A MASTER. And whether that Master be or be not seen by the Chela makes no difference whatever as to the result: his good thoughts, words and deeds will bear their fruits, his evil ones, theirs. To boast of Lay Chelaship or make a parade of it, is the surest way to reduce the relationship with the Guru to a mere empty name, for it would be primâ facie evidence of vanity and unfitness for farther progress. And for years we have been teaching everywhere the maxim "First deserve, then desire" intimacy with the Mahatmas.
Now there is a terrible law operative in nature, one which cannot be altered, and whose operation clears up the apparent mystery of the selection of certain "Chelas" who have turned out sorry specimens of morality, these few years past. Does the reader recall the old proverb, "Let sleeping dogs lie"? There is a world of occult meaning in it. No man or woman knows his or her moral strength until it is tried. Thousands go through life very respectably, because they were never put to the pinch. This is a truism doubtless, but it is most pertinent to the present case. One who undertakes to try for Chelaship by that very act rouses and lashes to desperation every sleeping passion of his animal nature. For this is the commencement of a struggle for the mastery in which quarter is neither to be given nor taken. It is, once for all, "To be, or Not to be"; to conquer, means ADEPTSHIP; to fail, an ignoble Martyrdom: for to fall victim to lust, pride, avarice, vanity, selfishness, cowardice, or any other of the lower propensities, is indeed ignoble, if measured by the standard of true manhood. The Chela is not only called to face all the latent evil propensities of his nature, but, in addition, the whole volume of maleficent power accumulated by the community and nation to which he belongs. For he is an integral part of those aggregates, and what affects either the individual man, or the group (town or nation) reacts upon the other. And in this instance his struggle for goodness jars upon the whole body of badness in his environment, and draws its fury upon him. If he is content to go along with his neighbours and be almost as they are – perhaps a little better or somewhat worse than the average – no one may give him a thought. But let it be known that he has been able to detect the hollow mockery of social life, its hypocrisy, selfishness, sensuality, cupidity and other bad features, and has determined to lift himself up to a higher level, at once he is hated, and every bad, or bigoted, or malicious nature sends at him a current of opposing will power. If he is innately strong he shakes it off, as the powerful swimmer dashes through the current that would bear a weaker one away. But in this moral battle, if the Chela has one single hidden blemish – do what he may, it shall and will be brought to light. The varnish of conventionalities which "civilization" overlays us all with must come off to the last coat, and the Inner Self, naked and without the slightest veil to conceal its reality, is exposed. The habits of society which hold men to a certain degree under moral restraint, and compel them to pay tribute to virtue by seeming to be good whether they are so or not, these habits are apt to be all forgotten, these restraints to be all broken through under the strain of chelaship. He is now in an atmosphere of illusions – Maya. Vice puts on its most alluring face, and the tempting passions try to lure the inexperienced aspirant to the depths of psychic debasement. This is not a case like that depicted by a great artist, where Satan is seen playing a game of chess with a man upon the stake of his soul, while the latter's good angel stands beside him to counsel and assist. For the strife is in this instance between the Chela's Will and his carnal nature, and Karma forbids that any angel or Guru should interfere until the result is known. With the vividness of poetic fancy Bulwer Lytton has idealised it for us in his Zanoni, a work which will ever be prized by the occultist; while in his Strange Story he has with equal power shown the black side of occult research and its deadly perils. Chelaship was defined, the other day, by a Mahatma as a "psychic resolvent, which eats away all dross and leaves only the pure gold behind." If the candidate has the latent lust for money, or political chicanery, or materialistic scepticism, or vain display, or false speaking, or cruelty, or sensual gratification of any kind, the germ is almost sure to sprout; and so, on the other hand, as regards the noble qualities of human nature. The real man comes out. Is it not the height of folly, then, for any one to leave the smooth path of common-place life to scale the crags of chelaship without some reasonable feeling of certainty that he has the right stuff in him? Well says the Bible: "Let him that standeth take heed lest he fall" – a text that would-be Chelas should consider well before they rush headlong into the fray! It would have been well for some of our Lay-Chelas it they had thought twice before defying the tests. We call to mind several sad failures within a twelvemonth. One went bad in the head, recanted noble sentiments uttered but a few weeks previously, and became a member of a religion he had just scornfully and unanswerably proven false. A second became a defaulter and absconded with his employer's money – the latter also a Theosophist. A third gave himself up to gross debauchery, and confessed it with ineffectual sobs and tears, to his chosen Guru. A fourth got entangled with a person of the other sex and fell out with his dearest and truest friends. A fifth showed signs of mental aberration and was brought into Court upon charges of discreditable conduct. A sixth shot himself to escape the consequences of criminality, on the verge of detection! And so we might go on and on. All these were apparently sincere searchers after truth, and passed in the world for respectable persons. Externally, they were fairly eligible as candidates for Chelaship, as appearances go; but "within all was rottenness and dead men's bones." The world's varnish was so thick as to hide the absence of the true gold underneath; and the "resolvent" doing its work, the candidate proved in each instance but a gilded figure of moral dross, from circumference to core. . . .
In what precedes we have, of course, dealt but with the failures among Lay-Chelas; there have been partial successes too, and these are passing gradually through the first stages of their probation. Some are making themselves useful to the Society and to the world in general by good example and precept. If they persist, well for them, well for us all: the odds are fearfully against them, but still "there is no Impossibility to him who WILLS." The difficulties in Chelaship will never be less until human nature changes and a new sort is evolved. St. Paul (Rom. vii, 18, 19) might have had a Chela in mind when he said "to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good I would I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do." And in the wise Kirátárjuniya of Bharávi it is written: –
The enemies which rise within the body,
Hard to be overcome – the evil passions –
Should manfully be fought; who conquers these
Is equal to the conqueror of worlds. (xi, 32.)
Supplement to Theosophist, July, 1883
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Betraying Mercy by Amber Lin #Giveaway
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Can she be more than a mistress?
With a tarnished reputation, Mercy Lyndhurst expected to become the Earl of Rochford's mistress, not his wife. Immediately abandoned by her husband after their wedding, Mercy transformed herself from commoner to countess, vowing to protect the lands and people her husband was forced to leave.
Over the past six years, William has restored the family fortune all the while tortured by his memories of Mercy…and the dark night he killed a man. When a threat draws him home, William learns just how much has changed—including his wife. While the passion still flares between them, he fears he has wounded her too badly to regain her trust. But as the danger grows they must unite to save the estate…and possibly their marriage.
Now enjoy an excerpt:
William stopped beside his horse, staring into the gray hills.
“Back there,” Beck said. “My lord, it was murder.”
His heart squeezed tight. Murder. “He was going to hurt her. You saw it.”
“He was drunk and unarmed but for a piece of glass. You came to the house with a pistol. It will look like revenge. There are limits to what the law will accept, even for a peer.”
William paused, swallowed. “No. There aren’t.”
A part of him wished Beck was right, that someone would punish William for what he had done, that someone would protect this young woman from his misuse. But that part of him was very small and William spoke the truth. That was the problem with being an earl, even a poor one—there was no one to stop him.
The young woman crossed the marshy grass in her thin nightgown—already halfway to translucence in the rain. She faced him with a blankness he recognized in himself. Shock at what had happened. Acceptance of what was to come.
Sweet little Mercy Lyndhurst, and here he was to defile her.
The last time he’d seen her she’d been a waif of a girl. Now she was all woman. And why shouldn’t he take her? He could have her and help her at the same time.
A poor excuse.
He examined her, struggling for detachment. Already the rain was clearing some of the fog from his mind, allowing rays of sanity to peek through. The thought of going home alone to the empty cavern of a house chilled him. He might as well be a stranger in his own lands for all that he knew anyone here.
He was selfish to take her this way, but concern whispered, too.
What would she do here? Jasper may have been a poor excuse for a caretaker, but a young woman with no means could starve in the next cruel winter. She deserved better than him for a rescuer, but he was all she had.
Another excuse. The simple truth was, he couldn’t quite bring himself to leave her here, in a place that reeked of death.
“Did you send the note?” he asked suddenly. He didn’t know where the idea had come from, but he knew the answer even before she nodded.
She’d sent the note, because she knew there was trouble. She’d used code from their childhood, so that he would understand. And that was as good a reason to take her as any—there were very few people he could trust.
Just her, perhaps.
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Home | Dossiers | Water in the newsroom | Water and journalists: why don't they mix?
Water and journalists: why don't they mix?
Radio show with Umaru Sanda Amadu (Presenter at Citi FM Ghana and winner of the 2014 WASH Media Award)
Umaru Sanda gives the listener of this show insight in the main challenges of getting water reports in mainstream media. One of the reasons is money. It simply costs money to cover a story. Politicians and celebrities spend money to get their stories covered, hence this is the majority of the news.
This can and should not be the case of community story coverage, says Umaru Sanda who recently won an award for the documentary called "Water Wahala" in which he shares the story of his community members. He was inspired to make this documentary as he watched his community members struggle to get water every day.
Umaru Sanda is sure that there is no lack of demand for similar stories. Also, people like his community members are eager to share these stories. Incentives to cover them is still a challenge though. Having more recognition through awards like the WASH Media Award would certainly help, but more important is to create a change in thinking among journalists. It should become clear to journalist that they are a mirror of society and it is their duty to report on important topics as water and sanitation, says Umaru Sanda.
More info: www.citifmonline.com
Produced by: TheWaterChannel
Region: Ghana, West Africa
This interview is part of the series "Water in the newsroom" that brings together journalists and water professionals. The series aims to create conversations about water in the mainstream media. The interviews were done on Google Hangouts. Would you like to join the conversation? Send us an email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Tichi, Cecelia 1942-
32 works in 215 publications in 2 languages and 13,913 library holdings
Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography Utopian fiction History Biographies Autobiographies Case studies Science fiction Feminist fiction
Author, Editor, Other, Author of introduction, Creator, Contributor
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Most widely held works by Cecelia Tichi
Electronic hearth : creating an American television culture by Cecelia Tichi( )
We all talk about the "tube" or "box," as if television were simply another appliance like the refrigerator or toaster oven. But Cecilia Tichi argues that TV is actually an environment--a pervasive screen-world that saturates almost every aspect of modern life. In Electronic Hearth, she looks at how that environment evolved, and how it, in turn, has shaped the American experience. Tichi explores almost fifty years of writing about television--in novels, cartoons, journalism, advertising, and critical books and articles--to define the role of television in the American consciousness. She examines early TV advertising to show how the industry tried to position the new device as not just a gadget but a prestigious new piece of furniture, a highly prized addition to the home. The television set, she writes, has emerged as a new electronic hearth--the center of family activity. John Updike described this "primitive appeal of the hearth" in Roger's Version: "Television is--its irresistable charm--a fire. Entering an empty room, we turn it on, and a talking face flares into being." Sitting in front of the TV, Americans exist in a safety zone, free from the hostility and violence of the outside world. She also discusses long-standing suspicions of TV viewing: its often solitary, almost autoerotic character, its supposed numbing of the minds and imagination of children, and assertions that watching television drugs the minds of Americans. Television has been seen as treacherous territory for public figures, from generals to presidents, where satire and broadcast journalism often deflate their authority. And the print culture of journalism and book publishing has waged a decades-long war of survival against it--only to see new TV generations embrace both the box and the book as a part of their cultural world. In today's culture, she writes, we have become "teleconscious"--Seeing, for example, real life being certified through television ("as seen on TV"), and television constantly ratified through its universal presence in art, movies, music, comic strips, fabric prints, and even references to TV on TV. Ranging far beyond the bounds of the broadcast industry, Tichi provides a history of contemporary American culture, a culture defined by the television environment. Intensively researched and insightfully written, The Electronic Hearth offers a new understanding of a critical, but much-maligned, aspect of modern life
Embodiment of a nation : human form in American places by Cecelia Tichi( )
"From Harriet Beecher Stowe's image of the Mississippi's "bosom" to Henry David Thoreau's vision of Cape Cod as the "bared and bended arm of Massachusetts," the U.S. environment has been recurrently represented in terms of the human body. Exploring such instances of embodiment, Cecelia Tichi exposes the historically varied and often contrary geomorphic expression of a national paradigm. Environmental history as cultural studies, her book plumbs the deep and peculiarly American bond between nationalism, the environment, and the human body." "Tichi disputes the United States' reputation of being "nature's nation." U.S. citizens have effectively screened out nature by projecting the bodies of U.S. citizens upon nature. She pursues this idea by pairing Mt. Rushmore with Walden Pond as competing efforts to locate the head of the American body in nature; Yellowstone's Old Faithful with the Moon as complementary embodiments of the American frontier; and Hot Springs, Arkansas, with Love Canal as contrasting sites of the identification of women and water. A major contribution to current discussions of gender and nature, her book also demonstrates the intellectual power of wedding environmental studies to the social history of the human body."--Jacket
Civic passions : seven who launched progressive America (and what they teach us) by Cecelia Tichi( )
"Civic Passions examines innovative leadership in periods of crisis in American history. Starting from the late nineteenth century, when respected voices warned that America was on the brink of collapse, Cecelia Tichi explores the wisdom of practical visionaries who were confronted with a series of social, political, and financial upheavals that, in certain respects, seem eerily similar to modern times. The United States - then, as now - was riddled with political corruption, financial panics, social disruption, labor strife, and bourgeois inertia."
Jack London : a writer's fight for a better America by Cecelia Tichi( )
"Jack London (1876 -1916) found fame with his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North, but Cecelia Tichi challenges the longstanding view of London as merely a mass-market producer of potboilers. A onetime child laborer, London led a life of poverty in the Gilded Age before rising to worldwide acclaim for stories, novels, and essays designed to hasten the social, economic, and political advance of America. In this major reinterpretation of London's career, Tichi examines how the beloved writer leveraged his written words as a force for the future"--
Exposés and excess : muckraking in America, 1900/2000 by Cecelia Tichi( Book )
"From robber barons to titanic CEOs, from the labor unrest of the 1880s to the mass layoffs of the 1990s, two American Gilded Ages - one in the early 1900s, another in the final years of the twentieth century - mirror each other in their laissez-faire excess and rampant social crises. Both eras have ignited the civic passions of investigative writers who have drafted diagnostic blueprints for urgently needed change. The compelling narratives of the muckrakers - Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, and Ray Stannard Baker among them - became best-sellers and prize-winners a hundred years ago; today, Cecelia Tichi notes, they have found their worthy successors in writers such as Barbara Ehrenreich, Eric Schlosser, and Naomi Klein." "In Exposes and Excess Tichi explores the two Gilded Ages through the lens of their muckrakers. Drawing from her considerable and wide-ranging work in American studies, Tichi details how the writers of the first muckraking generation used fact-based narratives in magazines such as McClure's to rouse the U.S. public to civic action in an era of unbridled industrial capitalism and fear of the barbarous immigrant "dangerous classes." Offering a damning cultural analysis of the new Gilded Age, Tichi depicts a booming, insecure, fortress America of bulked up baby strollers, McMansion housing, and an obsession with money-as-lifeline in an era of deregulation, yawning income gaps, and idolatry of the market and its rock-star CEOs. No one has captured this period of corrosive boom more acutely than the group of nonfiction writers who burst on the scene in the late 1990s with their exposes of the fast-food industry, the world of low-wage work, inadequate health care, corporate branding, and the multibillion-dollar prison industry. And nowhere have these authors - Ehrenreich, Schlosser, Klein, Laurie Garrett, and Joseph Hallinan - revealed more about their emergence as writers and the connections between journalism and literary narrative than in the rich and insightful interviews that round out the book."--Jacket
New world, new earth : environmental reform in American literature from the Puritans through Whitman by Cecelia Tichi( Book )
Shifting gears : technology, literature, culture in modernist America by Cecelia Tichi( Book )
16 editions published between 1987 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 906 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Shifting Gears is a richly illustrated exploration of the American era of gear-and-girder technology. From the 1890s to the 1920s machines and structures shaped by this technology emerged in many forms, from automobiles and harvesting machines to bridges and skyscrapers. The most casual onlooker to American life saw examples of the new technology on Main Street, on the local railway platform, and in the pages of popular magazines
High lonesome : the American culture of country music by Cecelia Tichi( Book )
10 editions published between 1994 and 1996 in English and held by 809 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"What does the "country" in country music mean? Most interpret country as a regional or folk music that belongs to people in the hills and in honky-tonks, but Cecelia Tichi argues that it is in fact a national music form, one that belongs to all Americans. In High Lonesome, she shows that country music is strongly linked to our nation's literature and art." "Country music, Tichi argues, explores the same themes that have intrigued this country's premier writers and artists over three centuries: the American road, the meaning of home, class struggle, spiritual travail, and the persistent loneliness of the American character. These are obsessions that country music artists like Dolly Parton, Hank Williams, Rodney Crowell, Merle Haggard, and Emmylou Harris share with artists not thought of as "pop"--Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Thomas Cole, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O'Keeffe." "Generously illustrated with photographs of country music artists and images from American art, High Lonesome uses interviews and biographical profiles to present an insider's look at the schooling, customs, demands, and discipline of country music - an art form that Tichi maintains is emphatically part of mainstream American culture." "A compact disc of well-known country songs by leading artists is packaged with the book."--Jacket
Reading country music : steel guitars, Opry stars, and honky-tonk bars( Book )
Looking backward, 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy( Book )
Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy is a novel that takes the reader from the end of the 19th century into an idealistic vision of the 21st century. In many ways Looking Backward is a 19th century romantic novel; yet, on another level the novel is a complex investigation of the possibilities of humanity as the conversations unfold between Julian West, the narrator and time traveler, and Dr. leetee, his 21st century guide and mentor. Through these often Socratic conversations, Bellamy provides the reader with insight into the social problems and ills of the mid-to-late 19th century as well as with a vision of a utopian possibility for the millennium. Description from http://www.us.penguingroup.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/looking.pdf (Visited on Nov. 20, 2012)
Life in the iron mills by Rebecca Harding Davis( Book )
This definitive edition reprints the text of Rebecca Harding Davis's Life in the Iron-Mills together with a broad selection of historical and cultural documents that open up the novella to the consideration of a range social and cultural issues vital to Davis's nineteenth century. Special attention is given to nineteenth-century American discussions of work and social class, moral and social reform, the development of American art and industry, and the position of the woman writer
What would Mrs. Astor do? : the essential guide to the manners and mores of the Gilded Age by Cecelia Tichi( Book )
5 editions published in 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 279 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Cecilia Tichi invites us on a beautifully illustrated tour of the Gilded Age, transporting readers to New York at its most fashionable. A colorful tapestry of fun facts and true tales, What Would Mrs. Astor Do? presents a vivid portrait of this remarkable time of social metamorphosis, starring Caroline Astor, the ultimate gatekeeper"--
Best of times, worst of times : contemporary American short stories from the new Gilded Age( Book )
A collection of short stories depicting and analyzing key issues in America's "New Gilded Age", a phrase that embodies the glitz and glamour of one of the wealthiest countries in the world but also suggests the greed, corruption, and inequalities teeming just below the surface
What democracy looks like : a new critical realism for a post-Seattle world( Book )
Picturing the banjo by Leo G Mazow( Book )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Gilded Age and Progressive era : a historical exploration of literature by Wendy Martin( )
"This book offers a one-stop reference work covering the Gilded Age and Progressive era that serves teachers and their students. Integrates and aligns material for American literature and social studies curricula. Offers a range of tools to support literary works--analysis, history, document excerpts, and areas for study. Provides historical context for multiple key works of literature on the Gilded Age and Progressive era"--
The present state of New England : being a narrative of the troubles with the Indians, 1677 by William Hubbard( Book )
High lonesome : songs & samples( Recording )
Jack London and the fight for America's future by Cecelia Tichi( Book )
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie( Book )
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie - Popular Edition
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London, Jack 1876-1916
Martin, Wendy 1940- Author
Bellamy, Edward 1850-1898 Author
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Astor, Caroline Schermerhorn 1830-1908
Lang, Amy Schrager
Harris, Michael D. 1948-
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Dirt Sheet History: June 2009
Take a trip back to a memorable timeline in sports entertainment with the most important stories reported as fact in the journalistic world of pro wrestling dirt sheets.
Following the timeline of the last Dirt Sheet History looking back at May 2009, we get a glimpse into the top scoops from June of 2009 as we read Dirt Sheet History.
Reminder that you can find all past editions of Dirt Sheet History looking at 2004 through 2008 right here. Now enjoy June 2009!
Recently released WWE Superstar Mr. Kennedy has already made inquiries about wrestling in Japan. He does not appear to have interest in TNA.
According to numerous sources, Sting plans on making this his final year in TNA — and presumably, professional wrestling.
Since his return to the company in 2006, the multi-time world champion has directed his career on a year-to-year basis, hence the one-year contract agreements year after year.
He has been telling people that this year’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view will be it for him in TNA. His contract with the organization is once again set to expire shortly before the end of the year.
In an interview with The Sun, Evan Bourne says he is a huge fan of the original ECW, but feels the WWE version blows them out of the water.
“You can’t make a direct comparison between the rosters, as we’re so different,” Bourne told The Sun. “But if you compare ECW now to the old ECW on TNN – we blow that show out of the water. Every week we blow it out of the water.
“I have tons of respect for Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Super Crazy, and Tajiri – as they were the guys I idolized growing up. I loved ECW. So that’s why I’m so proud to part of the current ECW, to make sure the name has the same feel and fans feel the same way I did at that age.
“The main difference is that the original ECW’s events weren’t as large as ours. They were wrestling in front of 4,000-5,000, whereas WWE’s arena shows attract 10,000.”
Perhaps in response to a ten minute rant Jim Cornette did earlier this week concerning Joey Styles‘ political views the former ECW announcer has posted some more anti-Barack Obama statements on his Twitter account
Yesterday morning, he posted the following three “Tweets” within a ten minute span:
“Our marxist president is in the Middle East apologizing for for the USA and snubbing Israel. The disgrace continues.”
“Obama hid from his middle name, Hussein, during the election and now brags about how many Muslims live in America. He’s a fraud.”
“By the way, he used taxpayer money to turn ownership of Chrysler and GM to the UAW which donated millions to his campaign. That’s a payoff!”
Evan Bourne is rumored to have a match with Tony Atlas on ECW tonight.
Internally, some people feel Monday Night Raw has been “boring” as of late, but no one dares to say anything to Vince McMahon about it. The feeling is that if you suggest something minor that is logical and would improve the show, you will get chewed out by him for it.
Sources within TNA claim company officials are indeed interested in both Umaga and Mr. Kennedy. One member of management sees huge dollar signs in a Umaga vs Samoa Joe feud.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer very much believes the WWE creative team patterned Vickie Guerrero‘s promo this past Monday on Raw after a promo indy worker and porn star Trina Michaels cut at a recent AWS show.
During tonight’s Free-For-All RAW special, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced that he has “sold” Monday Night RAW after receiving an offer he couldn’t refuse. The man who will own and operate WWE’s flagship brand is none other than Donald Trump.
Trump appeared via satellite to confirm the purchase and inform the WWE Universe that he’ll be at RAW next week to run things his way. He also announced that next week’s RAW will presented commercial-free for the first time in the show’s history.
There’s no word yet on how long Trump’s involvement with WWE will last, but it has a good chance of helping RAW’s recently-soft ratings.
John Laurinaitis, WWE’s Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, recently went to the creative team with a list of former WCW wrestlers to see if there was any possible interest.
Laurinaitis is quite familiar with talent from the dying days of World Championship Wrestling as he joined the promotion in the summer of 2000 as a booker, carrying the role until the company was sold to the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001.
Among those still actively wrestling (and not already under contract to WWE or under contract to TNA) from the 2001 roster include Buff Bagwell, Mark Jindrak, Shawn Stasiak, Chuck Palumbo, Shannon Moore, Kaz Hayashi and Sid Vicious.
On his Twitter yesterday, Chris Jericho took a good-natured shot at Raw, writing: “Nice to see tht the smackdown boys totally dominated Raw last night. Watch and learn kids…..”
He also said he will be guest starring on Aaron Stone, which airs on Monday night at 9:00 p.m. on the Disney XD channel.
Eric Bischoff posted a blog on his official website giving his thoughts on Monday Night Raw this past week.
* “Triple H’s entrance is weak, old and so tired I went to go floss my teeth when it started. He looks like a Lhasa Apso genetic experiment gone bad. Get him some new music for Gods sake, and a hair-cut. One word describes HHH’s character: dated.”
* “The VKM announcement of the new GM tease was weak at best…is it me or are Vince’s ears gaining size on his head? The VKM revelation that he “sold RAW” was lame. When you start out a story line with a premise that is completely unbelievable, should it be a surprise that the audiences gags on it? Trump isn’t good in this role and is too forced. My guess is that Trump will bring in Ric to handle day-to-day duties on his behalf, and at least give fans something to get excited about for a while.”
* “Golddust and Hornswaggle? Too f’n goofy for comment. And Miz, make me believe. Because right now I don’t.”
* “CM Punk was the best interview I heard all night. He’s believable, his in ring work is great, and he’s comfortable in his character. Props on the respect for Masawa. Can’t say enough good things about him. Matt Hardy‘s mic skills are marginal in this interview. Unless he was just having an off night, his interview skills reached a plateau a few years ago.”
* “WTF is Jeff Hardy’s character supposed to be? He looks like Papa Shango after a Lap-Band procedure, and doesn’t look he could crack an egg. Enjoyed watching Edge, but the match was a bit too much of a spot fest for my liking, although I recognize some people enjoy that type of match. Did I mention that I hate 3 ways, 4 ways?”
Quite like every year since he came back to TNA, there has been a lot of talk as of late concerning Sting possibly retiring. This year’s Bound for Glory pay-per-view is being targeted as the show where he could possibly retire.
Every year, Sting, 50, say it’s his last year, and every year TNA president Dixie Carter gives him a good deal and talks him into staying for another year. Internally, many believe the same thing will happen this year as a result of the new television taping schedule. His schedule would have him working four days per month, all in a row, once a month, since he doesn’t work live events or foreign tours. Plus, he’ll earn north of $500,000 per year, so it’s a guarantee he’ll always be on top.
John Cena threw his hat into the audience. The fan who caught the hat threw it back at Cena was then ejected from the arena.
For those wondering, Lisa Marie Varon did not come up with her ring name in TNA Wrestling, which is Tara. In actuality, management decided her name for her.
When asked if she came up with the ring name, Varon responded on her Twitter account with the following: “TNA gave me the name. :((“
CM Punk on working for Vince McMahon: “I think he’s a great dude. He’s so passionate about what he does, and when you think about how long he’s been doing it, it’s outstanding. He took something very small and made it a global phenomena.”
Former WWE tag champion, Brian “Grandmaster Sexay” Christopher, has been arrested for public intoxication.
Brian Christopher Lawler, son of Jerry “The King” Lawler, was arrested just before 3:00 a.m. Friday at a convenience store. The store clerk told officers Lawler fell over a cooler outside the store before coming inside.
The word going around the locker room is that Vickie Guerrero was only being paid $500 per appearance by WWE. On top of that, she had to cover her own hotel and road expenses.
Typically, talent on the main roster net a $75,000 downside guarantee at the very least, so her salary was drastically below even the lowest paid main roster performers in the company.
Some wrestlers are understandably fired up over this rumor, as the feeling is that the company could have done more to take care of a person who was such an integral part of WWE.
Although, it’s worth noting that WWE paid for Eddie Guerrero’s funeral and likely did more to help out Vickie financially than the locker room is aware of.
Taz‘s 90-day no-compete clause with World Wrestling Entertainment expires today.
He has also answered another set of questions on his facebook. When asked why he left ECW to return to commentating on Smackdown, Taz wrote: “It happen because I was in a very tough spot on ECW, calling 1 match on PPV’s and stuck in quicksand with Adamle and VKM & K Dunn knew I wanted to get back where I belonged on one of the bigger brands! So when the opportunity popped up Kevin Dunn did what he said he would do and he moved me back up. See, the plan for the re-birth of ECW and for the ECW brand was for it to be on par with Raw & SD….but it just didn’t have a chance because half the people in creative wanted the brand to represent what the brand use to be and the other half of the Powers That Be wanted it to be Raw or SD “LIGHT”…so it became the red headed step child in my opinion (no offense to any actual red headed step children). I wanted off the show….i wasn’t challenged anymore on that show.”
Shane Douglas was advertised to wrestle Al Snow at Saturday’s “Legends of the Arena” event promoted by longtime ECW performer Francine and her husband Joe to raise money for the American Cancer Society, but pulled a no-show.
When Snow came out for his match, he blamed the Head, saying he was responsible for all their losses to Douglas in the past and now that he had a chance to beat him, Head pulled this. The lights went out and when they returned, Jerry Lynn was in the ring. A few minutes into the match, the crowd began chanting, “F*** Shane Douglas.”
Tammy Sytch was also scheduled to appear at the show, but did not appear as well. In fact, her picture was on the banner advertisements promoting the show. Sytch backed out of the appearance to take a booking in California.
During an episode of Brooke Hogan‘s reality show that aired on VH1 this past weekend, Brooke Knows Best, Brooke was seen chatting with people. When asked what Macho Man’s (Randy Savage) favorite snack is, she replied “steroids.”
– Tune back in next time for more Dirt Sheet History as we continue looking at 2009.
Stories are credited from Rajah, PWTorch, PWInsider and The Wrestling Observer. Month name photo art is by Phillip Martin.
All past editions of Dirt Sheet History are found here.
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Claire Extended Cut (PS4) Review: Great story and atmosphere hurt by poor gameplay
Claire: Extended Cut perfectly captures the tone of the horror genre.
Nathaniel Muir
As we close in on October 31, AiPT! will be reviewing and recommending various pieces of underappreciated scary media-books, comics, movies, and television-to help keep you terrified and entertained all the way up to Halloween.
It is unfortunate that the gameplay is unable to keep up with its strong story and characters. While the mystery surrounding Claire is engaging, the game itself is incredibly repetitive. The entire time consists of walking down dimly lit halls and opening doors. There are attempts to change things up by replacing halls with alleys or storage closets, but they basically look the same. At times, it is almost as if the true challenge is whether interest in the story outweighs the monotonous levels. In a game that does not allow you to attack and relies on running and jumping, controls are incredibly important. In Claire, the controls are frustratingly slow to respond. At first, I thought it may be the game was designed to add the sense of being unprepared. I then noticed that this was also the case with dialogue choices. (These decisions also affect which one of six different endings you get.)
Claire: Extended Cut is a well told horror story with a protagonist that is easy to get behind. The plot is engaging and the endings provoke conversation. Unfortunately, poor gameplay and repetitive level design ruin what could have been a truly special game.
Claire: Extended Cut (PS4)
Great atmosphere and characters, but poor gameplay. If ever there was a game that was made to be a "walking simulator," this is it.
Perfect atmosphere and tone for a horror game
Claire is a great character to play as
Engaging, if depressing, story
Horrible gameplay mechanics. Controls lag to a game breaking degree
Repetitive level design
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Valio and Gasum intend to make energy from farm manure
Created: Monday, 06 May 2019 06:46
Finland’s food company Valio and energy company Gasum intend to find solutions to the climate challenge together, binding more atmospheric carbon dioxide in grass fields and generating biogas from manure to replace fossil fuels
Cow manure can be used to generate biogas, which can replace fossil fuels used in transportation. This new statement of intent serves to initiate an investigation into an appropriate cooperation model.
According to Valio, if the cow manure from all its farms is used to make biogas, the volume would be enough to fuel the farm machinery and Valio’s milk collection trucks. Recycling manure into biogas could, therefore, reduce milk’s carbon footprint by up to 50 per cent.
This would reduce the use of fossil fuels as well as methane emissions, generated during manure storage and use, said Juha Nousiainen, director at Valio for the carbon neutral milk chain.
Biogas to reduce traffic emissions
Finland produces around 15mn tonnes of manure every year, making it an interesting raw material for large-scale biogas production. Currently, the market has not taken off, as using manure in biogas production is not profitable in Finland. In other Nordic countries, government subsidies make it possible to use manure as both an ingredient for biogas and as recycled fertiliser, enabling a better nutrient cycle.
Gasum invests in growing its gas refuelling station network in Finland and the other Nordics. Biogas production must increase to meet traffic emissions reduction targets.
Finland’s Ministry of Transport and Communications published an action plan in December 2018, outlining the changes in Finland’s transportation towards 100 per cent renewable fuel by 2045. One solution is to increase the share of renewable fuels, such as biogas. At the same time, Finland’s government has set a goal to have 50 per cent of the farms’ manure to be recycled by 2025.
Biogas, clean water and fertiliser
The manner of Valio and Gasum’s cooperation will be detailed over the course of this year. One option is to build a shared biogas plant or a network of several plants. All the while, Valio and Gasum are continuing to design their shared plant at Nivala, in Finland’s Ostrobothnia region. An investment decision on the Nivala plant has not yet been made, and the project is in the planning stages.
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UT TPL Legal Analysis - Historical Background Part 1
Posted by Ken Ivory · December 14, 2015 10:47 AM
(Historical Background Part 1 excerpts pages 10-23 of the UT TPL Legal Analysis. Click here for the full Legal Analysis and here the the bios of the Legal Team.)
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - PART ONE
The Equal Sovereignty Principle and the Equal Footing Doctrine, together with the legal and historical precedent discussed below, conclude that the federal government must treat all States as equal. Indeed, Utah’s enabling act promised that she would be admitted on “an equal footing with the original States.” It was against the historical background of equal treatment that Congress and Utah engaged in the admission process, and documented an understanding that the United States would continue the timely disposal of the public lands within Utah’s borders, just as the United States had always done in previously admitted States with public lands. In fact, however, Congress breached this understanding. As a result of that breach, Utah has been treated as decidedly less than an equal sovereign, a result, as the Supreme Court recently reaffirmed in Shelby, the Constitution does not allow.
UT TPL Legal Analysis - Introduction
Posted by Ken Ivory · December 12, 2015 12:13 PM
(Executive Summary excerpted from the UT TPL Legal Analysis. Click here for the full Legal Analysis and here for the bios of the Legal Team)
Nearly 250 years ago, thirteen English colonies in North America declared their independence from the Crown. In doing so, they created thirteen nation-states; sovereign, free and independent not only of Britain but of each other. As nation-states, they had exclusive jurisdiction over the people and territory within their geographical limits. No law of any other State or nation was enforceable or enforced within their borders. They formed their own legislatures, elected their own legislators, had their own executive departments, maintained their own courts, passed their own laws and exercised dominion over all the land they encompassed. They also succeeded to the ownership of any land that had not previously been appropriated, sold or granted by the Crown while recognizing private title to any that had already been appropriated.
Legal Analysis - Executive Summary
(Executive Summary excerpted from the UT TPL Legal Analysis. Click here for the full Legal Analysis and here the the bios of the Legal Team)
1. Summary of Conclusion
Our task is to evaluate alternative legal theories that Utah may use in court to attempt to gain ownership or control of the public lands within its borders. The Legal Consulting Services team has reviewed the historical record regarding public lands, evaluated various legal theories, taken into account strengths and weaknesses of various arguments, analyzed procedural options available to the State of Utah, and considered the cost of pursuing such litigation. Based on that review and evaluation, it is the opinion of the Legal Consulting Services team that legitimate legal theories exist to pursue litigation in an effort to gain ownership or control of the public lands.1 We caution, however, that litigation is time consuming, expensive, and never certain in outcome. We further caution that the federal government will most likely vigorously oppose this effort, raising substantive and procedural hurdles to achieving such an outcome. In the interest of preserving attorney client privilege, this public document does not discuss all anticipated defenses and counterarguments thereto.
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"Whether the Property Clause grants the United States the power to permanently own over sixty-six percent of the State of Utah is an open [question] under existing jurisprudence. There is an indication, however, that this Court might be open to the structural Constitutional arguments noted above. In Chief Justice Roberts’ analysis of the structure of government as envisioned by the Framers, we note this admonition:
'The States are separate and independent sovereigns. Sometimes they have to act like it.'
"Perhaps this is an invitation by the Roberts Court to States like Utah, willing to reassert their sovereignty in an effort to restore balance to the federal State relationship." Page 128, Utah TPL Legal Analysis.
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3rd Space is the Place to Cultivate & Illuminate. ...Welcome to Your Zone!
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Over the last two centuries Americans has experienced rapid cultural/structural changes starting from the Industrial Ages of the late 19th and early 20th century to the Information Age of the Late 20th Century. The current winds of change have ushered in a whole new era called "The Conceptual Age."
Required Skill Sets for the 21st Century
The skill sets required of "digital natives" for leadership, workforce maturity & sustainability in the future, necessitate the cultivation of abilities that produce creativity, competence, collaboration, effective communication needed to successfully function, compete in & navigate through a global economy of the 21st century. Thus, current and future thriving industries of the global 21st century need a sophisticated, culturally competent, holistically developed workforce with mastery of multiple abilities and proficiencies beyond a single subject area.
YOU CAN LEARN ALL THESE SKILLS WITH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY DEGREE IN BLACK STUDIES.
Click each one of the links below to learn more about the value and relevance of this discipline in shaping a lives of students, communities and civilizations worldwide with a holistic approach to understanding what it means to be human through knowledge of self, critical analysis and voices of empowerment.
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In 2004 Dr. Taylor created an online website resource center for African American history now called BlackPast.org (www.blackpast.org). The center which houses over 3,000 pages of information, has links to over 600 other websites, and features contributions by more than 400 scholars. It is now one of the largest reference centers of its type on the Internet. In 2009 two million people from over 100 nations visited the website.
* What can I do with a Black Studies Major? Here are 220 Answers
This document was first developed by Robert Fikes, Jr., Librarian at SDSU over 20 year ago.
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In the Nguzo Saba Kuumba (Creativity) is a core element of all life and living. The Saku represents the illumination of the spirit (Nobles, 2006) obtained from inspiration that manifests as one of humanities greatest gifts, Creativity. In 2013 the first Community College committed to inspiring all students, at all levels, in all areas, was inspired by the courage and foresight of three Queen Mothers. This project served as a model of what's possible when you know, not just believe, that anything is possible. From their mission, vision and goals, came the naissance of this website, designed to ignite the Sahku in all of us on our Journey to Excellence (Jones, 2003). - Akirah
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Press Release - FAA Relaunches ADS-B Out Rebate
Written by Federal Aviation Administration
WASHINGTON – The FAA today announced it is relaunching its $500 ADS-B rebate program effective immediately and through Oct. 11, 2019. The Agency is making $4,900,000 available under the rebate program, which will fund 9,792 ADS-B Out
installations.
As of Jan. 1, 2020, aircraft flying in airspace where a transponder is necessary today will be required to be equipped with compliant ADS-B Out technology.
“The ADS-B mandate is not going away. We are about 15 months from the Jan. 1, 2020, deadline and now is the time for aircraft owners to equip,” said FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) welcomed the rebate’s return.
“Pilots across America thank Acting Administrator Elwell for reopening the ADS-B Out rebate that will make our skies safer and more efficient by incentivizing even more pilots to adopt the cutting-edge technology. This is the last opportunity for GA aircraft owners to take advantage of the FAA rebate in meeting the 2020 deadline,” said AOPA President and CEO Mark Baker.
The previous rebate program, which ran from Sept. 19, 2016, to Sept. 18, 2017, issued more than 10,000 rebate payments.
As before, there are five steps aircraft owners should follow to meet the mandate and receive the $500 rebate:
Purchase the equipment and schedule installation.
Obtain a Rebate Reservation Code by reserving a position online.
Install the equipment.
Conduct the required equipment performance validation and get an Incentive Code.
Claim the $500 rebate online using the Rebate Reservation Code and Incentive Code.
As with the earlier rebate program, the relaunched rebate program is available only to those who have not yet equipped their aircraft.
To help determine which ADS-B products might be best for your aircraft, see the AOPA ADS-B Selection Tool online.
In addition to the ADS-B Rebate reservation portal, the FAA’s Equip ADS-B website lists FAA certified ADS-B equipment and features an equipage database searchable by aircraft type and model.
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Press Release - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $11 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 10 Airports in South Carolina
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Saudi patriot SAM battery engages multiple Burkan-2 ballistic missiles
March 25, 2018 Defense
Saudi Patriot SAM battery successfully engaged seven Houthi Burkan-2 short range ballistic missiles launched against the Kingdom from Yemen, on Sunday night.
Three missiles were fired against the capital Riyadh, two against Jiza…
Three missiles were fired against the capital Riyadh, two against Jizan and one each toward Khamis Mushayt and Najran regions.
While all the Houthi ballistic missiles were neutralized by the Saudi Royal Air Defense Force Patriot PAC-2 SAM battery with the MIM-104C surface to air missiles.
Two MIM-104C missiles launched to intercept the Burkan-2 over Riyadh malfunctioned.
One of the missile exploded mid air shortly after launch from the battery, while another missile veered of its flight path and hit residential area.
The Burkan-2 is reportedly based on Iranian Qiam-1 ballistic missile with a claimed range of ~800 km, which in turn is based on the Soviet era Scud missile. It is launched from a Transporter-Erector-Launcher (TEL) vehicle.
The rebels have also repurposed the S-75 (SA-2 'Guideline') surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems to create the Qaher-1 and Qaher -M2 surface to surface ballistic missiles with a range of 250 and 350 km respectively.
The incident comes days after Houthis crippled a Saudi Air Force F-15 fighter jet using a modified R-27 air to air missile.
Even though with failures, the Patriot has been highly successful in defending the kingdom from the inaccurate Houthi ballistic missiles.
The PAC-2 operational with Saudi Arabia has limited capabilities against ballistic missiles, being designed as an anti-aircraft weapon.
The latest PAC-3 variant is specifically adapted for intercepting short-range tactical ballistic missiles.
Hence, Saudi is bolstering its air defense system further with the acquisition of the S-400 missile system from Russia under a deal worth $3 billion signed in October 2017. It has a operational engagement range of up to 400 km.
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NASA Launches Most Capable and Robust Rover to Explore Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the
Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), which carries a
car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air
Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket occurred at 10:02 a.m. EST.
"We are very excited about sending the world's most advanced
scientific laboratory to Mars," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
said. "MSL will tell us critical things we need to know about Mars,
and while it advances science, we'll be working on the capabilities
for a human mission to the Red Planet and to other destinations where
we've never been."
The mission will pioneer precision landing technology and a sky-crane
touchdown to place Curiosity near the foot of a mountain inside Gale
Crater on Aug. 6, 2012. During a nearly two-year prime mission after
landing, the rover will investigate whether the region has ever
offered conditions favorable for microbial life, including the
chemical ingredients for life.
"The launch vehicle has given us a great injection into our
trajectory, and we're on our way to Mars," said MSL Project Manager
Peter Theisinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in
Pasadena, Calif. "The spacecraft is in communication, thermally
stable and power positive."
The Atlas V initially lofted the spacecraft into Earth orbit and then,
with a second burst from the vehicle's upper stage, pushed it out of
Earth orbit into a 352-million-mile (567-million-kilometer) journey
to Mars.
"Our first trajectory correction maneuver will be in about two weeks,"
Theisinger said. "We'll do instrument checkouts in the next several
weeks and continue with thorough preparations for the landing on Mars
and operations on the surface."
Curiosity's ambitious science goals are among the mission's many
differences from earlier Mars rovers. It will use a drill and scoop
at the end of its robotic arm to gather soil and powdered samples of
rock interiors, then sieve and parcel out these samples into
analytical laboratory instruments inside the rover. Curiosity carries
10 science instruments with a total mass 15 times as large as the
science-instrument payloads on the Mars rovers Spirit and
Opportunity. Some of the tools are the first of their kind on Mars,
such as a laser-firing instrument for checking rocks' elemental
composition from a distance, and an X-ray diffraction instrument for
definitive identification of minerals in powdered samples.
To haul and wield its science payload, Curiosity is twice as long and
five times as heavy as Spirit or Opportunity. Because of its one-ton
mass, Curiosity is too heavy to employ airbags to cushion its landing
as previous Mars rovers could. Part of the MSL spacecraft is a
rocket-powered descent stage that will lower the rover on tethers as
the rocket engines control the speed of descent.
The mission's landing site offers Curiosity access for driving to
layers of the mountain inside Gale Crater. Observations from orbit
have identified clay and sulfate minerals in the lower layers,
indicating a wet history.
Precision landing maneuvers as the spacecraft flies through the
Martian atmosphere before opening its parachute make Gale a safe
target for the first time. This innovation shrinks the target area to
less than one-fourth the size of earlier Mars landing targets.
Without it, rough terrain at the edges of Curiosity's target would
make the site unacceptably hazardous.
The innovations for landing a heavier spacecraft with greater
precision are steps in technology development for human Mars
missions. In addition, Curiosity carries an instrument for monitoring
the natural radiation environment on Mars, important information for
designing human Mars missions that protect astronauts' health.
The mission is managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate
in Washington. The rover was designed, developed and assembled at
JPL. NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in
Florida managed the launch. NASA's Space Network provided space
communication services for the launch vehicle. NASA's Deep Space
Network will provide spacecraft acquisition and mission
communication.
For more information about the mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/msl
For more information about the Deep Space Network, visit:
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Discussion in 'League Championship' started by JacksonJazz#9, Jul 25, 2007.
ArgyleEd Member
Plymouth Argyle FC
#851 ArgyleEd, Mar 27, 2010
JacksonJazz#9 said: ↑
2-0 loss for us.... the dream bursts as we give up 2 late goals... we needed to win at home... ugh.... we are going down, but how quickly can we bounce back up?
Ed... what was the reception Ollie got at Home Park?
It was quite hostile, there was a fair amount of booing and anti-Holloway chants but nothing too bad.
We need a goalscorer, we have all season and it was painfully obvious today. We had the chances in the first half to be 2 or 3 up, if we'd had a decent striker we would have been but those chances weren't taken. Blackpool were much better in the second half and were desering winners.
With a good striker this team is good enough to win promotion back out of League One. The board will have to spend money to bring in a striker and to continue paying the high wages of our better players, that's what it'll take to bounce back. Unfortunately though I can't see that happening, the club's losing money and there are a few of our players that I don't think will be happy at a lower level, unless the board invest a lot of their own cash I don't think we'll do any better than midtable next year as we're forced to slowly rebuild.
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Grand Ledge, Mich
#852 JacksonJazz#9, Apr 3, 2010
YES!!!!! we steal a win in the 90th minute ON THE ROAD!!!!... beating Doncaster who were for sure counting on 3 points from us!!!!
4 pointS from safety!!!! WOW.... good win for us today..
Cooper in in the 81st minute....
all i can say is WOW
Ottawa Green Member
#853 Ottawa Green, Apr 3, 2010
JJ i was able to watch this game on the net, unfortunately did'nt find out about the stream until just before the game started.
Yes Argyle won but i think they can count thrmselves lucky, again David Stockdale was a key player for Argyle making some good saves.
Argyle caught Doncaster at the right time, their leading goalscorer was injured and a virus went through the team and they only dressed 5 subs instead of 7.
Doncaster are a good footballing team neat passes intelligent play but they lacked a finishing touch, stats from the game, we were outshot 19-7, out cornered 7-1, but the key thing is we outscored them. Kenny Cooper came on and played out on the right for last 10 mins, he did'nt play badly, looked better than before, but he needs a goal to boost his confidence.
Next game monday afternoon home to Middlesboro.
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#854 wingman8, Apr 4, 2010
glad to see plymouth win today, they really needed it too. I hope they stay up this year, but they have a tough schedule coming up with their remaining fixtures.
also im surprised plymouth doesn't have their own thread by now, im sure the moderators see that this thread gets a lot of post
OG..... you know.. a win is a win... i dont care if they whole team was puking on the field.. we won... we need every win we can get... that keeper Stockdale seems like a great loan signing.... when we lose, we usually only lose by 1 goal.. he seems to be keeping us in the games..
Wingman... i think this thread fly so far under the radar.. there are only about 3 of us that are regular posters.. so im sure the mod's dont even know we are around...
hope to fix that though.... hope we stay up... tough schedule, but 3 of 5 remaining games are at home... and we finish with peterborough... if we need 3 on the last day, that should be the team to get them from..
what about the schedule of the team above us, do they have a tough schedule?
JJ your wish is my command
5 Apr, 15:00 Sheffield Wednesday v Bristol City
10 Apr, 15:00 Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday
18 Apr, 13:00 Sheffield Wednesday v Sheffield United
24 Apr, 15:00 Cardiff City v Sheffield Wednesday
2 May, 13:00 Sheffield Wednesday v Crystal Palace
5 Apr, 15:00 Watford v West Bromwich Albion
10 Apr, 15:00 Watford v Plymouth Argyle
17 Apr, 15:00 Leicester City v Watford
20 Apr, 20:00 Queens Park Rangers v Watford
24 Apr, 15:00 Watford v Reading
2 May, 13:00 Coventry City v Watford Championship
5 Apr, 15:00 Crystal Palace v Preston North End
10 Apr, 15:00 Crystal Palace v Queens Park Rangers
17 Apr, 15:00 Derby County v Crystal Palace
26 Apr, 20:00 Crystal Palace v West Bromwich Albion
5 Apr, 15:00 Plymouth Argyle v Middlesbrough
19 Apr, 19:45 Plymouth Argyle v Newcastle United
24 Apr, 15:00 Nottingham Forest v Plymouth Argyle
2 May, 13:00 Plymouth Argyle v Peterborough
#858 ArgyleEd, Apr 4, 2010
Huge win, keeps us in the fight. To stay up we'll probably have to win against Middlesbrough and Peterborough at home at Watford away, three wins might well be enough. We're very unlikely to get anything against Newcastle at home or Forest away, although it might be possible if Forest are not able to go up automatically by the tmie we play them that they'll rest players for the play-offs but it's far from certain. At least it makes the end of season very exciting.
if Newcastle is promoted already by the time they get to play us, they might just field a team of reserves against us... that would be helpful if we could steal a point... im counting on -0- points from the newcastle game, but who knows...
exciting last few games.. lets just hope we stay up
We'll have to hope Newcastle or Forest rest players and give us an easy game now, we won't be able to stay up just by beating Watford and Peterborough. Judge's missed penalty could turn out to be very, very costly. Watford next, lose there and even the slim chance than still remains will be gone, they'g get away from danger and our next two games would be Newcastle and Forest, it would become impossibe. Hopefully there'll be a good turn out from the fans for this one, anything that might help us get some much needed points.
Argyle 0 Midlesborough 2
Judge missed a penalty, sounded like Argyle did not have it today, Middsboro 2nd goal was scored into a empty net in last minute after Stockdale moved up into attack, and could not get back in time.
Another nail in the coffin.
how huge is April 10th game?????
if we could beat watford, and then 'castle and Forrest field reserve sides, and we beat Peterborogh, do we have a chance? possibly!!
Three wins might be enough, that would mean beating one of Forest or Newcastle which will be difficult, Newcastle may be in a position to win the league when they play us, win it on live tv so I doubt they'll be playing their reserves. Forest, if they're already guarranteed a play-off spot and can't catch West Brom in second may rest players for the play-offs which wouod give us a chance but their home record is excellent, getting any kind of result there will be very tough. Wins against Watford and Peterborough will be vital but not easy, Watford are fighting for survival as well but are in terrible form, Peterborough were relegated today but, now there's no pressure on them, play better, it does often seem to happen. I don't think we can do it, if we'd won today we'd be in with a real shot but it's too much to do now, it would ba an incredible escape if it happened.
Cooper finally scores ( for the reserves )
http://www.pafc.co.uk/page/ReservesReport/0,,10364~2017588,00.html
Ottawa Green said: ↑
well, finally a goal... hopefully he can do that for the first team a few more times before we go down
#866 JacksonJazz#9, Apr 10, 2010
1 more nail in our coffin.... 1-0 loss to watford... that wouldve really helped.. would have put us 1 point from safety...
my friends, the lifeboats are filling quickly, i urge you to get a seat... i feel the Mayflower is going down.... to Division 1
#867 ArgyleEd, Apr 10, 2010
It's over, we'd have to win every remaining game now and with Forest and Newcastle to come that will not happen.
Newcastle tomorrow.... is this the end? is this where we get relegated??? i hope not... if they play like their lives depend on it... we could still have a chance.
#869 Ottawa Green, Apr 19, 2010
Today's game is being streamed, you get a chance to see Argyle relegated and Newcastle crowned as champions.
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=72332&part=sports
Well that's it, we're relegated. Even though I knew it was coming it's still feels horrible.
lets finish this season off.... solidify the team on the field, off the field, in the front office, in the financial books, and lets get promoted back up.
Cooper is injured and finished with Argyle.
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/spo...er-Cooper/article-2092095-detail/article.html
another story on Cooper
http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/sport/Cooper-chance-shine/article-2092466-detail/article.html
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#874 england66, Apr 30, 2010
nice find, thanks.
#875 JacksonJazz#9, May 2, 2010
a fitting end to our season... 2-1 loss to peterboro.... who, by the way, are bottom of the table...
following the team in League 1 will be difficult... if you thought we didnt get much press in the CCC, what about in league 1? first, i hope we get our finances in order, 2nd i hope we come right back up...
its lonely being an Argyle supporter... and even in a lower league, less and less of us will be around...
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Bike/Walk Tampa Bay Board of Directors welcomes Brian Kelly
Complete Streets Update: Martin Luther King, Jr. Street in St. Petersburg
Walk of Silence memorializes victims of traffic crashes
Brian spent 40 years in the Information Technology field progressing from programming to management, where he learned the value of teamwork and creativity to solve complex problems. He was a freelance beat reporter in the 80s and 90s covering the nascent GLBTQ drive for equality in the passage of Chicago’s and San Diego’s first ordinances to ensure non-discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations; he also wrote about the early struggles to understand and combat AIDS.
Last year he became interested in AARP’s mission to advance the needs of senior citizens and joined the organization as a volunteer advocate. He covered the battle to preserve the Affordable Care Act last year and recorded PSAs in favor of keeping the ACA intact. Early this year he followed AARP’s advocacy team in Tallahassee on bills of interest to seniors and gained an appreciation and a strong interest in the results-oriented work the advocacy team performs in our state. He participated in the listening sessions held in the neighborhoods by the St. Petersburg Age-Friendly coalition to gather insights into what residents of all ages want and need to make their city more livable.
Today Mr. Kelly represents AARP on the St. Petersburg Complete Streets Committee which oversees implementation of Complete Streets guidelines to promote a balance between pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle modes of transport in the city, an ongoing effort projected for the next 5 years.
From left: Jonathan Forbes, Grace Lougheed, Vicki Lougheed, and Gena Torres.
Local community groups recognized at second annual Bike/Walk Tampa Bay awards
Florida Department of Transportation District Seven Secretary David Gwynn addresses the crowd at the BWTB Summer Summit.
Summer Summit brings community together to move region forward
Gulf Coast Safe Streets Summit wins “Future of the Region” award
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So You Think You Can Dance: Top 14
The top 14 dancers performed on So You Think You Can Dance this week. The show began with a group dance to "Last Moment" by Christopher Filippi. The number, choreographed by Mandy Moore, featured atmospheric lighting and the dancers in Roman garb. It was a lovely way to start the show.
The guest judge this week was Christina Applegate. I really like her as a judge. She takes the show seriously and has insightful comments, but also offers a sense of fun.
The bottom 6 were announced, with news that 4 of them would go home. They were: Serge, Teddy, Casey, Jessica, Carly, and Emily
Emilio and Bridget danced first. Emilio said that Bridget brings congeniality to the show, while Bridget said that Emilio brings a potty mouth. They danced a jazz number by Ray Leeper about two devils on a mission from hell. The music was "Long Road to Hell" (Avicii). Their costumes were red and cheesy and the whole number was a little bit too much for me.
Next up were Tanisha and Rudy. According to the dancers, Tanisha brings hiccups to the show and Rudy brings a quiet demeanor (said ironically, as he is very loud!). They danced a Mandy Moore contemporary number about seduction to "Seduces Me" (Celine Dion). There was lots of big movement and an impressive overhead lift. Christina gave them a standing ovation.
Serge performed a solo to "Wicked Game" (Parra for Cuva) in ballroom style. I wish I had voted for him last week! (I rarely vote.)
Jacque and Zack were introduced. The dancers said that Jacque brings customer service skills from her job at a grocery store to the show. Zack brings "mad rapping skills." They danced a vampire theme Paso Doble by Jean Marc Generaux to "Dragula" (Rob Zombie). It was dramatic and interesting to watch. Nigel said it was good that the concept did not overshadow the routine, and I agree.
Carly performed a contemporary solo to "Not About Angels" (Birdy). I keep getting Carly and Emily confused - they are very similar to me in look and style.
Emily and Teddy were next. Emily brings a business degree to the show, while Teddy brings rubbery arms and neck. They performed a Warren Carlyle Broadway number about a cat and mouse style flirtation. The song was "From This Moment On" (Kiss Me Kate). Nigel said it ended weak and I agree. Teddy lost synchronization in several places.
Casey performed a solo to "Kiss Me" (Ed Sheeran).
Jessica and Casey performed next. Jessica brings her awkwardness to the show (according to Casey), while Casey brings a great turning ability. Travis Wall choreographed a number for them about finding a person in your life who centers you. It was danced to "Like Real People Do" (Hozier). There is a screen capture of the dance above. The pivotal moment of the dance was a kiss. Their chemistry was great. The judges all gave them a standing ovation.
Emily performed a solo to "Infra 8" (Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, Nick Barr, Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey).
Teddy then performed a solo to "If I Ever Fall in Love" (Shai).
Carly and Serge were next up. According to the dancers, Carly brings her emotions to the show, while Serge brings a ponytail. They did a quickstep choreographed by Jean Marc Generaux to "A Cool Cat in Town" (Tape Five). Serge shone in this number.
Jessica performed a solo to "Fever" by Beyonce.
Valerie and Ricky danced next. Valerie brings her tomboy personality to the show, while Ricky brings great Cuban coffee. They danced a hip hop choreographed by Pharside and Phoenix. It was about a witch doctor and a doll, performed to "Turn Down for What" (D.J. Snake and Lil John). It was a fun dance, completely in character.
The girls performed a group number choreographed by Mandy Moore. It was a salute to strong women dancing together, performed to "My Immortal" by Evanescence. The judges loved it, and Christina singled Valerie out for praise, calling her "Tappy McTapperson."
The guys performed a group routine choreographed by Travis Wall about a city of lost souls. It was to "Wave" (Beck). The men wore what my friends and I termed "skants" (pants that looked like long skirts). They did some amazing leaps and at the end of the number they fell off the stage, one by one. It was a beautiful number and I think perhaps my favorite of the season so far.
The judges decided unanimously on the four dancers going home: Teddy, Serge, Emily, and Carly. They kept Casey and Jessica. I prefer Serge to Casey, and was sorry to see him go.
The All Stars are returning next week. Woohoo! I love seeing them return. The pairs for next week were announced:
Rudy will dance with Jenna.
Jacque will dance with Cheon. (Can't wait to see him next week!)
Zack will dance with Amy.
Bridget will dance with Brandon.
Ricky will dance with Lauren.
Tanisha will dance with Ryan.
Emilio will dance with Jasmine.
Valerie will dance with Ade.
Casey will dance with Katherine.
Jessica will dance with Twitch.
What did you think of this week's show? Are you excited to see the All Stars return? I would love to hear from you in the comments below.
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Tag Archives: Sweet Charity
(reviewed at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich on 8 September)
Happy endings don’t always occur, even in fairy tales. At one level the musical Sweet Charity by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Neil Simon and Bob Fosse is a variation on the Cinderella myth. it is also a wry study of the way in which a woman can be her own worst enemy, something which Peter Rowe’s radical new production for the New Wolsey Theatre emphasises.
The Ipswich theatre is one of those which specialise in actor-musicians, as opposed to using a more conventional pit orchestra. Musical director Greg Last has some good instrumentalists in the acting-singing-dancing performers who keep to the sides of Libby Watson’s deceptively simply framing set when not occupying centre stage.
It is Katie Birtill in the title role of dance-hall hostess Charity Valentine who really dominates. She has the kookiness of the small-town girl who is hopelessly adrift both in New York and in her relationships with the various men she repeatedly views ‘from the off” as The One – only to be let down each time.
The first of these is Charlie, who steal her cash and lets her half-drown in the Central Park lake. Her encounter with film star Vittorio Vidal (Jeffrey Harmer) leaves her less bruised. Harmer has a very good voice as well as the right sort of flamboyant personality; his ballad number is deservedly applauded.
Just before the interval, Charity meets Oscar (James Haggie), an introverted youngish man with acute claustrophobia – just one of his multiple hang-ups. But he’s no Price Charming, not even a Frog Prince. it’s a tribute to Haggie’s performance that the character (as opposed to the performer) was roundly booed at the first night curtain calls.
Choreographer Francesca Jaynes has devised some good routines for Charity’s fellow hostesses – Katia Sartini, Sophie Byrne, Nicola Bryan, Giovanna Ryan, Elisa Boyd and Lindsay Goodhand – as they await their customers and then have to entice them to dance and the stylised movement for the various New Yorkers work very well.
Perhaps, though Rowe uses the space and cast cleverly throughout, the fault in the production lies in the show being tuneful enough but without real stick-in-the-memory show-stopper numbers, “Big spender” and “The rhythm of life” apart. It’s all properly slick with some nice visual touches and good performances, especially that of Birtill, but the only heart in which you can believe is that of Charity herself. And that’s pretty bruised by the end of the evening.
Sweet Charity runs at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich until 26 September.
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‘Game of Thrones’ fan changes Toronto-area highway sign to ‘Jon Snow’ Parkway
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Depth comes from unlikely places in Ratatouille
There have been precisely three animated movies that have impressed me since Disney's Toy Story brought practicality to bear on the promise of CGI to change the animation landscape in 1996.
Tarzan, the last notable non-CGI animated blockbuster, made me sit up and take notice with the way in which the animators were able to manipulate objects of high detail and move the titular character seamlessly between the front and back of a static backdrop.
The attention to detail and the ability to render it in Pixar's A Bug's Life left me speechless. I remember my eyes darting around the screen so much that they positively hurt when it was all over.
The third movie to fill me with the same sense of wonder about the craft was Ratatouille. It is just as good because the movie itself arrives with an innovative plot filled with hackneyed situations and often forgoes genuine enchantment in favor of quick thrills.
Remy (Patton Oswalt) is a rat who is born with a gift. He has a super-sensitive nose and a palette to match, both of which give him a laser-sharp sense of good food. He arrives in a restaurant in Paris which seems to have lost its way. Unbeknownst to the management who understandably don't want rats around, Remy joins forces with Linguini (Lou Romano) to conjure up magical recipes and restore the restaurant back to pole position. Along the way they encounter important life lessons - standard fare for this genre.
There are two exceptional things that save Ratatouille and make it a really good time at the multiplex. First, the canny and versatile Ian Holm shows up as Skinner, the head chef at the restaurant who has a vested interest in seeing the restaurant remain at status quo. Holm sinks his teeth into the role by essaying an unapologetically ridiculous French accent. He makes Skinner smart, pompous, vulnerable, afraid, swashbuckling and driven. Its a hilarious performance which culminates in one rollicking chase scene with Skinner on a scooter.
And the innovative animation is the second one. More than any movie I've seen, Ratatouille is able to deliver terrific depth and perception in frame after frame. (Compare this to, say, the flat and lifeless backdrops of a major blockbuster like Shrek 3.) Although the characters are cartoons, the backdrops are rendered in true form. And by dissolving the sharpness ever so slightly between multiple objects in the backdrop, the animators of the movie have managed to create a fully realized 3D universe that is positively dazzling.
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BARU BIAN: SARAWAK UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW PM ON HUDUD LAW
I was extremely disappointed and appalled to read this morning Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman’s statement that Sarawak will comply with any decision or stand made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on the motion of the private bill for hudud. This statement shows his lack of understanding on the rights of Sarawak, which are protected under the Malaysia Agreement. For Sarawak, the stand is very clear. That the first of the 18 points of agreement relates to Religion points to the paramount concern our forefathers had about protecting this most precious freedom for Sarawakians. As a reminder, let me reproduce this point, which was a key finding in the Cobbold Report:
While there was no objection to Islam being the national religion of Malaysia there should be no State religion in Sarawak, and the provisions relating to Islam in the present Constitution of Malaya should not apply to Sarawak.
The absence of a state religion was one of the pivotal factors in Sarawak agreeing to join in the formation Malaysia in 1963. Let there be no doubt then that in accordance with the vision of our forefathers, Sarawak remained and should remain a secular state.
Daud’s response should be clear and unequivocal, that there should be no hudud law for Sarawak, in accordance with our rights. Even the former Chief Minister Taib Mahmud had consistently rejected all forms of religious extremism in Sarawak. How can we simply follow the PM’s stand when he is neither here nor there? The PM’s response should be that Malaysia is a secular country as provided in the Federal Constitution and that there is no place for the implementation of hudud law unless the Federal Constitution is amended to allow for it.
Notwithstanding the assurance given by some political leaders that hudud will not affect non-Muslims even if it is implemented, I am not convinced as recent developments in West Malaysia have been infringing on the rights of non-Muslims. One instance is the banning of Bibles in hotel rooms in Pahang by the state Islamic Council. Clearly this deprives the rights of traveller Christians to read their Holy Book. There is nothing wrong with having both the Bible and the Koran in hotel rooms and leaving it to the guest to read whichever one is applicable. This would be in accordance with the principle of religious freedom. We should give Muslims credit for their ability to hold steadfast to their religious beliefs and not be confused by the mere presence of a Bible in the room.
The misgivings of non-Muslims are fully justified, given the Allah controversy, the raid of the Bible Society and confiscation of the Al-Kitab and Bup Kudus and most recently, the kidnapping of the Hindu boy by his Muslim-convert father and the subsequent refusal of the IGP to take any action. All these are not consistent with the rhetoric of the authorities that non-Muslims will not be affected by the goings-on of the religious bodies. These incidents are signs that the rights of minorities are slowly and insidiously being eroded whilst the government pays lip service to the protection of our rights. How do they expect us to trust them?
I want to make it clear that we are not opposing hudud for the purpose of rejecting Islam nor are we claiming new rights for ourselves; we are talking about maintaining the status quo under the social contract that was agreed among the partners in the Federation of Malaysia. The decision had already been made for us and it is not for Datuk Daud, one or two state governments or even the Prime Minister to make any alterations to those rights. In case Datuk Daud is unaware, I wish to point out that besides Point 1 of the 18/20 agreement, Point 16 should be highlighted: that no amendment, modification or withdrawal of any special safeguard granted to Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak) should be made by the Central Government without the positive concurrence of the Government of the state of North Borneo/Sarawak. Therefore, the power to amend the Sarawak Constitution or the Federal Constitution insofar as the changes affect the rights of Sarawak belongs exclusively to the people of Sarawak.
This protection is reinforced in Article 161E of the Federal Constitution, which provides safeguards for the constitutional position of Sabah and Sarawak, whereby no amendment of the Constitution can be made without the concurrence of the Governor if it is to affect the constitution and jurisdiction of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, and the religion in the State.
These safeguards were promulgated to ensure that our rights cannot be taken from us without our consent. With such hurdles to clear, it is obvious that the framers of the Sarawak and Federal Constitutions had every intention of preserving our autonomy. Why should Datuk Daud just throw all that away by declaring we will follow Najib? Given his pathetic track record in controlling the religious extremists and bigots in West Malaysia, we will be led into the dark abyss of racial strife and religious intolerance should we be so foolish as to follow Najib. I would ask that our state leaders be more knowledgeable about the history of Sarawak and about our constitutional rights, and be more assertive in speaking up for these rights of Sarawak and Sarawakians so that the harmony in our community will be protected and preserved for generations to come.
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Egyptian Troops Hunt Hamas Gunmen Fighting To Control Northern Sinai ... Two Captured
gyptian reinforcements reached northern Sinai Monday, January 31 to hunt down Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip battling Egyptian forces for control of the territory. Two were captured. The gunmen of Hamas' armed wing, Ezz e-Din al Qassam opened a second, Palestinian, front against the Mubarak regime on orders from Hamas' parent organization, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, confirmed by its bosses in Damascus. The Muslim Brotherhood is therefore more aggressively involved in the uprising than it would seem. Hamas gunmen attacked Egyptian Interior Ministry Special Forces (CFF) stationed in the southern Egyptian-controlled section of the border town of Rafah and the Sinai port of El Arish.
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RodrigueGabriel
Moderator Pee-Wee Division
Originally Posted by rmc51
If true he isn't going to give up the wall. That would be 2020 suicide.
All he has to say is that the job was longer and more difficult than he originally thought and that he is still the only guy who can build the wall. Stay the course.
I think it could work because his base still doesn't understand that to build the wall the way he wants it he needs to pass legislation and to pass legislation he needs to have the votes. (Whether he understands that yet or not, I am not sure.) But the point is he has not had, does not have, and will not have the votes to fund the wall. They only way they might have done it before is on the budget reconciliation, but they used that bullet to avoid a filibuster on the tax bill. Reconciliation is no longer an option with Pelosi in place.. Even if he somehow manages to find another impossible slit in the fabric of the electoral universe he can shapeshift through and get re-elected, he will likely have even fewer votes to work with after 2020. A President cannot just will a legislative proposal through Congress. (See Bill Clinton on health care, GWB on Social Security, and Obama on pretty much everything after 2010.) It was always a bullshit campaign promise unless he was able to get a bunch more GOP Senators. The Constitution is funny that way.
The national emergency route is all he's got and I think there is some pretty severe downside to that or he would have used it already.
Last edited by RodrigueGabriel; 01-26-2019 at 12:06 PM.
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rmc51
Senior Member Bantam Division
Originally Posted by RodrigueGabriel
That is a losing strategy and you know it. Trump will not run with that because he would lose large swaths of his base and moderate conservatives.
Hey, he promised that Mexico would pay for it but he never promised he'd get it in one term. He can accurately say he just got the stuffing beat out of him working for the wall. His commitment is proven and it's just going to take longer. Like I said, it is a promise that he has never had the capacity as President to deliver. He's not the first politician to make one of those. Many don't have to face an ultimate reckoning for conning the people. But this is one Trump is not going to be able to run away from. He's going to have to fudge it somehow or he's meat.
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Trump will say that over half the wall is now built and with just one more term he'll be able to finish the rest on schedule and under budget.
He has never let facts or the truth get in the way of a good marketing push. Why would he start now?
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As Mr. Kushner tucked into his “typical salad,” Mr. Christie wrote, the president said to him, “This Russia thing is all over now, because I fired Flynn.” Mr. Christie said that he started laughing, and the president asked why.
“‘Sir,’ I said, ‘this Russia thing is far from over,’” Mr. Christie wrote. Mr. Trump responded: “What do you mean? Flynn met with the Russians. That was the problem. I fired Flynn. It’s over.” Mr. Kushner added, “That’s right, firing Flynn ends the whole Russia thing.”
Mr. Christie, who wrote that it all sounded “naïve,” recalled Mr. Kushner telling him that he was “crazy” when he said they would most likely still be discussing the Russia issue in February 2018.
In an interview on Sunday, Mr. Christie said that he did not believe Mr. Flynn was let go because of the Russia inquiry, but because keeping him on was “untenable” after officials said he had lied to the vice president.
“I think they thought that a result of that would be that this Russia stuff was over with, but I did not ever hear anybody say that that was the motivation,” he said.
Mr. Christie said the campaign was too disorganized and threadbare “to run a Tom Clancy operation,” and said he never saw evidence of collusion with Russian officials. But he argued that people like Mr. Flynn never should have been hired in the first place.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/u...ook-trump.html
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Kushner and Ivanka are the worst thing in the administration.
I'd argue having a Commander in Chief who values either of their input is worse.
jsrangers
Senior Member Pee-Wee Division
I guess today on twitter he went back to the voter fraud theme which like most other things he holds onto just isn't true.
"just isn't true"
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov...h47X30.twitter
Originally Posted by Dunny
I'd like to see the letter next to the names of the candidates those people voted for, though I don't really have to. I think we all know. And isn't that what the "fight" to not improve border security really all about?
That and cheap labour, yes. I think beyond any reasonable doubt.
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Maybe that's where Trump's 16% bump in approval ratings among Hispanics is coming from.
The US tried free labor. General Robert E Lee surrendered April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War. The 13th amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery in the US, and was ratified on December 6, 1865.
Minimum wage was hard won.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimu..._United_States
Workers used to work 7 days a week... 6.5 day week (with a half day for Sunday worship) was hard won.
Undocumented workers are a cheap labor force, but don't have the protections afforded US citizens. Misbehave, get reported, get deported.
Rich people accumulated their wealth in various ways. You can pay a fair wage, treat workers well, and build loyalty. Or, you can treat people as disposable, screw them over, because there are always more people looking for work. Alternatively, you can have that one great idea, have a lot of luck, use available resources, and leverage your way up the social ladder. Or you can win the lottery.
Apparent wealth (or poverty!) is a measure of social status. Based on dress, behavior, interaction, we form instantaneous impressions of who we like or don't like. Subsequent interactions modify initial impressions... but that first interaction affects how we view someone for weeks or months...
At work, at home, socially, I have to interact with (mostly) people I like, but also have to figure out how to deal with people I don't like. Arrogant, disrespectful, dramatic people are hardest for me to deal with. These assholes are democrats and republicans, people with various religious beliefs, people from different countries, people with different ethnicities, sexual preferences, etc.
'I hate New Yorkers' or 'I hate people from LA' Really? You're condemning millions of people from one city, just because of a few social interactions.
I'll stop rambling... temporarily
I named my 3rd kid after Lee's father, but don't tell my wife.
I'd like to know how many of those illegals who registered to vote are taxpayers....
BlairBettsBlocksEverything
Senior Member Junior Division
didn't we already go through the whole 3 million illegals voted for clinton thing?
didn't they form a whole commission to investigate the ridiculous claim and there was literally no evidence of it?
If only there was a piece of ID, or something, that could be used to verify identity.
Another fake solution to a fake problem with, at best, anecdotal evidence that does not, in the slightest, support the claim of widespread fraud.
Puck Head
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General Political Thread: News, Slander & Debate
Originally Posted by Phil in Absentia
Fake problem is debatable
But the solution would be real.
This is a question of rights granted per the constitution....not a debate of fixing a problem
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We have been devastated to hear that at least 310 people lost their lives and hundreds were injured in the Sri Lanka terrorist attacks this Easter. A time where Christians and others where enjoying Easter Sunday with their loved ones at prayers in various churches and hotels in eight locations.
The Board of Trustees and Staff at the British Muslim Heritage Centre express their deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government of Sri Lanka. We also wish a speedy and full recovery to those who were injured.
The Chair of BMHC, Nasar Mahmood OBE reiterated:
“Terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to local, national and international peace and understanding. We will continue to work with our multi-faith and non-faith partners to ensure that we are united in tackling hate crimes wherever, whenever and by whomsoever commits them.”
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Worlds Most Powerful Cocaine Broker Back in Italy...Behind Bars
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Pannuzi supplied both Ndrangheta and Cosa Nostra-Zetas have ties to Ndrangheta
A man described as Europe’s most wanted drug trafficker and Italy’s answer to Pablo Escobar was on Sunday night languishing in an Italian jail, after being extradited from Colombia.
Roberto Pannunzi, 65 connected by blood and marriage to the powerful ’Ndrangheta clan based in Calabria, in the Italian deep south, was captured on Friday in Bogota in a joint operation by Colombian police and the US’s Drug Enforcement Administration.
Nicknamed “Bebe” and known in Colombia as “el Señor” (the Gentleman), Pannunzi is said to have done more than any other mafia boss to bring the smuggling of cocaine and heroin into the modern age by becoming a trusted middleman for trade across continents.
He was on excellent terms not only with ’Ndrangheta and Cosa Nostra of Sicily but also with the Colombian drug cartels. His name was a byword for high-quality cocaine. Nicola Gratteri, Italy’s top anti-Mafia prosecutor, commented: “He is the biggest cocaine importer in the world. We know that he organizes purchases of 3000 to 6000kg plus, at a time.”
It is said that Pannunzi travelled the world with a suitcase of cash so as to be able to bribe his way out of trouble if need be. He is said to have offered his captors in Colombia $1m to set him free. Born in Rome of a Calabrian mother, Pannunzi moved to Toronto with his family as a child.
As a young man there he fell under the influence of Antonio Macri, nicknamed Zzi ’Ntoni, who had pioneered the importation of drugs into Canada, bypassing the New York gangs. He also became friendly with a Cosa Nostra leader from Sicily, Salvatore Miceli, with whose help he obtained top-quality heroin refined in Palermo.
His career as one of the first fully international drug smugglers was underway. Roberto Saviano, best-selling Italian author of Gomorra, commented: “He is a modern figure who has transformed the world’s drug traffic.”
Though linked to ’Ndrangheta through a brief marriage to the daughter of a Calabrian boss, Pannunzi made a point of keeping excellent relations with all the different clans. As such, and in contrast to Pablo Escobar, he is said never to have killed anyone. In Rome he operated for years under the cover of running a men’s boutique, and his own appearance was always immaculate.
Pannunzi had been captured twice before – and walked free both times. When he was captured again in Madrid in 2004, he was handed over to Italian authorities, tried, and jailed. But in 2010, he was transferred from jail to a private clinic near Rome for medical treatment, from where he managed to escape. A few days earlier he had said: “If I must die, I prefer to die a free man.” In Italy he has sentences totaling 16 years to serve.
Deriving from the Greek words for “man” and “heroic”, the ’Ndrangheta have never enjoyed the fame of Cosa Nostra in Sicily, but in the past two decades they have overtaken the Sicilian clans as the most powerful and successful Italian drug smuggling gangs, and Pannunzi has played a large part in that success.
The secret network has been in existence for well over a century and possibly much longer. A written code of rules discovered in the 1890s referred to the gangs’ behavior as based on honor, secrecy, violence, solidarity and mutual assistance. One explanation for their success in overtaking Cosa Nostra is that the gangs are organised strictly by families, with a sense of omerta that is correspondingly stronger than in Sicily. As a result, supergrasses are almost unknown.
Source: The Independent
Ndrangheta: Los Zetas Powerful Ally
In April 2011 I posted a couple of articles about the Zetas-Ndrangheta connection, as a friend sent me a Italian government report regarding the subject. A few months later Milenio and Insight wrote articles on the same subject. I am posting the article from Insight Crime by Patrick Corcoran, as it is largely comprised of the outstanding Milenio article....in addition to his insight. The relationship began when Zs were with CDG-it was unclear until now if the Italian-Mexican relationship was with Zs on behalf of CDG or themselves. Since the split the Zs relationship has strengthened and it is them that have the alliance and are main suppliers of cocaine to the Italian mafia by shipping cocaine through the U.S.....Paz, Chivis
The rise of the Zetas as not just a Mexican menace but as a significant power in the international drug trade has been helped along by its growing links to a sprawling Italian mafia group known as the ‘Ndrangheta.
As M Semanal, the weekly magazine of the newspaper Milenio, reports in its most recent edition, the links between the ‘Ndrangheta and the Zetas have grown sharply in recent years. A new international investigation demonstrates that the Mexicans have turned themselves into the main suppliers of the ‘Ndrangheta by shipping cocaine through the U.S. and on to Italy.
This is not the first illustration of Zetas-’Ndrangheta collaboration. Project Reckoning also known as Operation Solare in Italy, uncovered a sophisticated logistical network between the two groups in 2008. The investigation, which involved authorities in the U.S., Italy, Mexico, and Guatemala, resulted in the seizure of millions of dollars in cash. The operation later served as the basis for the Mexican book "Contacto En Italia," authored by the Mexican journalist Cynthia Rodriguez.
The Zetas' links to the ‘Ndrangheta and their growing weight in Europe further demonstrates the Mexican cartel's international clout. While the gang was initially no more than a squad of hit men when formed in the later 1990s, since its 2010 split with the Gulf Cartel, for whom it had worked for more than a decade, the Zetas have increased their operations in Central America (especially Guatemala), South America, and Europe. This gives them a separate base of power and source of income more resistent to the pressure from the Mexican government.
As M Semanal notes, Europe, where the cocaine industry is worth an estimated $34 billion annually is a logical target for Mexican gangs. For the time being, that means working with the ‘Ndrangheta, the dominant importer in Europe. The intimate links between the two gangs suggests that the Zetas' relevance as an international supplier will continue for years into the future, notwithstanding redoubled American and Mexican attempts to eliminate the group.....continues next page...........
As M Semanal reports:
In 2007 the attorney general for the Italian region of Reggio Calabria, Nicola Gratteri, spoke for the first time about the participation of the Mexican cartels in the traffic of drugs to Europe. A series of seizures carried out that year “made him suppose” that the Mexican narcos were aquiring weight on the old continent thanks to their nexus with the Italian mafia group “Ndrangheta, considered the most powerful criminal organization in the world.
At that time, however, he couldn’t prove the existence of a direct relationship between both criminal group. Four years later, a wide-reaching investigation in which he participated would prove his suspicions.
In Madrid, in 2009, during the release of the new edition of the book "Blood Brothers: Stories of the ‘Ndrangheta," Gratteri himself again expounded on the connection between the Mexicans and the Italians. This time he warned abut the criminal revolution that the presence of Mexican cartels would cause there. Gratteri was accompanied in the Spanish capital by Antonio Nicaso, the book’s co-author, an Italian researcher and journalist, who also warned of evidence that the Mexican cartels had been put into contact with the Italian mafia because “although they have a monopoly over the drug trafficking in the U.S., they want to enter the European market. So today there are relations between the Zetas, the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel, and the Calabrian mafia,” he explained.
A month ago (July 2011)-- two years later -- the conjectures of Gratteria and Nicaso were proven true. On July 14 the attorney general’s office of Reggio Calabria reported on the results of a mega-operation known as "Crimine 3," which proved that the ‘Ndrangheta have absolute control over cocaine traffic in Europe. According to the results of the wide-reaching international investigation, in which police from Italy, Holland, the US, and Spain all participated, the Italian capos are backed by Colombian traffickers that operate from Europe and by the Zetas, who do so from the US.
During three years of investigation, "Crimine 3" identified the Zetas who operated in New York and who then supplied South American cocaine to the port of Gioia Tauro, a way into the old continent.
Until now, the Mexican gangs in Europe were considered of secondary importance, after the Colombians. As in many European countries, the World Drug Report from the United Nations underestimated their participation on the continent. At the same time, Europol maintained over the last four years a discreet position on the matter. Nevertheless, in April of this year they changed their opinion by assuring that the Mexican criminal groups had increased their participation in cocaine traffic to Europe, and had alarmed authorities regarding the “levels of violence linked to their activities.”
In Europe, the consumption of cocaine has doubled in the past ten years, reaching between 4.5 and 5 million consumers, which generate revenues of up to $34 billion dollars a year, according to the UN.
The increase in demand from the old country has made groups like the ‘Ndrangheta seek more cocaine. In his investigations, Nicaso has identified two supplier groups for the drug: Mexicans and Serbians. The strategy of the Mexicans is to take the drugs directly to Italy from the U.S. at a low cost. In conrtast, the Serbians bring the cocaine “to the doors of the Italian mafia” without them having to look for it in Latin America and transport it to Europe.
However, “the Mexicans don’t like the Serbians looking for drugs in Latin America to take it to Europe...This can create more violence,” Nicaso adds. He even points to confrontations between the Zetas and the Serbs, because according to the author of the book "‘Ndrangheta: The Roots of the Hatred," a group of Serbians recently traveled to Mexico with the idea of exploring opportunities for their illegal businesses. Nevertheless, members of the Zetas intercepted them and killed them.
Sources: Insight and Milenio
65 yrs old rockin that Polo keepin it TRILL
Hel yehhh!
Sounds like this guy was a serious big-wig
The media has all you people fooled. Now who said Chapo is in total control or has the most solid network?
This guy wasnt a big fish , he was a killer whale.
Probally has his billions stashed under the ground of his one of many villas in Italy.
He was a middleman!! The read the article!!! Now guess who supplied him the drugs!!!??
Damn 300,000kg that's is major freaking weight ther
Your a genius. Shut up asshole.
And u guys just thought the italians were out of the game.they have always been there and never went away
even the police in italy have their uniforms designer made by gucci, it goes to show, be quiet, careful and ready to go. why stand your ground and get your flesh mangled and your teeth gnashed, shut the fuck up, work the angles to keep the peace
Yup! Thats how they roll and how this guy is 65 yrs old and still at it.40 will never make it to this guys age cause he dont operate like this guy.i dont justifiy any of it but if u gonna sell dope just do it like this guy did and dont just randomly kill innocent ppl.italians have known that wasnt good business for well over a 100 yrs too bad the narcos in mexico havent learned this yet
You're wrong
Robert Pannuzi moves major weight-of slices pizza and meatballs into his mouth.lmao. In all seriousness though, although Pannuzi is a criminal, I like his style of work. He moves major weight without all the killings that are usually involved with drug trafficking in places like Colombia and Mexico. Just like in futbol soccer-
no violence. N'drangheta and Cosa Nostra tend to establish commissions inorder to share the wealth of the rackets of organize crime. Not to say the N'drangheta is not susceptible to violence, however, they tend to limit it to when its absolutely necessary. Let's remember that Italians are Latin just like Mexicanos and Colombianos. Maybe the cartels ought to take a page out of the Italians "this thing of ours".
I like the ndrangheta`s style, period. They`re pretty ballsy, from dealing with afghani heroin lords to somali war lords for toxic waste disposal.
Great article as always, thanks!!!
Its all about the Italian Mafia and there best best buddys the Zetas.No wonder the Z are the bloodiest cartel in Mexico cuz they have that Italian blood.
Viva Italian Z! Keep killing those Golfas jerks!
Lol que pendejo.
You are retarded how do you even know how to work a computer , moron
Lol seriously the stupidest comment I have ever heard ^^^ fuck all those nasty rats of Z
What the fuck hahaha you just made your self look stupid, But on the real there is Zetas in Europe.
When people say Europe, what part of Europe ?? Europe is a continent.. so what country
Z40 and his bro 42 are eating some good italian pasta and drinking the most expensive Italian wine with the Godfathers of the Ndrangheta Mafia and La Costa Nostra.And hearing some good old opera.Can't hate the Italian mafia style most probably they are talking about La Formula 1 and there ferraris and joking around how they kill golfas in Mexico.
VAFFANCULO alla ndrangheta siciliano, cosa nostra Siciliana, camorra Napoletana, sacra corona unita Pugliese, cartello di Sinaloa, los zetas, cartello del golfo ecc... MAFIOSI DI MERDA!!!
What's the old saying? "Life starts after 65"
300,000kg at a time talk about exaggerating to make there take down look 100 times better lol i call Bullshit on that one but it was a good laugh.
This dude looks like an Italian Juan Gabriel.lol
hahaha the look on his face was priceless!!
I like how he tried to bargain with the police..he's like yo check out this Rolex I got like 10 more at home. how much u want and we each go our separate ways. The officer is like sorry man I can't this time they have us on camera!! Sorry to jail u go buddy!!
From all the italaian mob movies I've seen it was getting involved in drugs that brings em down.
Another report from the same person said this guy only moved 2 tons a month. That's a lot of weight but definitely not the worlds most powerful player. A small fry compared to Amado Carrillo or even Pablo Acosta . As far as the 300tons, it would take him 12.5 years at the rate he was going. His capacity was with serving as an emissary (a go-between, a link) between the Italians and the Colombians and the Italians and the Mexicans. He himself was not the most powerful. He represented powerful people. The cops, as always, are playing it up for the camera. He will be replaced. Business will go on.
Sure thing budy. thats for sure.
Lol this is funny people believe anything
If its in the internet it must be true right
you haven't made it in the cartel game until you own a RoLexus-thats a lexus, filled with rolex's...puro pedo
I kno for a fact sinaloa has ties with the Camorra real gangstas rite there.
Meth will take over in Europe in the next couple of years....Then its the Zombie apocalypse....kill all tweakers...
Lololololololol yo no se! yo no tengo la culpa. Lolololol
300,000 kg at a time hahaha talk about exaggerating the take down to make it look 100 times better to the sheeple. That statement was a good laugh though.
He will pull a chapo and walk out of prison. Too much money to corrupt and already corrupted italian government
Yeah I also belive he will find the ropes or the shade under the tree.
He is even more cute than chapo. Hmmm
Chivis July 8, 2013 at 5:07 PM
I wanted to give readers a heads up...
I added an article about the relationship of Zetas and Ndrangheta mafia. the 'N' controls 80% of the cocaine market in Italy..
TW15T3R GARCIA July 8, 2013 at 10:38 PM
There was A columbia. Group who declared war on Zetas or am i wrong?
Interesting article, but seriously, 300,000 kilos? who are you trying to kid? Jokes
I didnt know the pillsbury doughboy was real...
Whatever happened to cuatro ojos after Acosya was gun down
thats more than 661 thousand pounds, thats quite a bit. sounds excessive
Big pauli got caught lol but i bet unlike the mexican narcos he dont give up shit to the police.
thats more than 661 thousand pounds, thats quite a bit. sounds excessive. are you positive someone didnt add some extra zeros along the way in translation.
I wonder what kind of conditioner his barber uses? Nice.
But seriously, his hanging out in Colombia with the producers is nothing new. Its the sure way to guarantee a certain shipment quantity. & everyone knows most of the coca going to Europe is trafficked to Houston and then on to Italy and Spain by the Italians.
The only good thing is, the Italian mafiosos abroad have class and are quiet about their dirt.
Chivis July 9, 2013 at 12:56 AM
There was no translation..written in English
Chivis July 9, 2013 at 1:16 AM
As for amount of drug he moves I agree there must be a typo, so I did some searching of interviews with the Italian police etc and found the following two reports:
1. He is the biggest cocaine importer in the world,'' said Nicola Gratteri, deputy chief prosecutor in Reggio Calabria in southern Italy - a bastion of the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate Pannunzi belonged to.
"He is the only one who can organise purchases and sales of cocaine shipments of 3,000 kilos to 6,000 kilos and up,'' Gratteri told reporters.
2. Roberto Pannunzi `'at the moment is the most important broker for cocaine trafficking from South America to Europe," Gen. Andrea De Gennaro, an Italian anti-drug customs police official, was quoted as saying by the Italian news agency ANSA.
De Gennaro described Pannunzi as being able to `'move thousands of kilos of cocaine – out of every 10 shipments, eight passed through,
Pannunzi's hands", De Gennaro said, as Italian law enforcement officials and prosecutors rejoiced over his capture.
Wow 8 of the 10 passed thru damn they were makn serious money if that's the case
The mexican narcos will never be as smart as the italians about running organized crime.the closest they got to that is chapo lowkey with little violence among the communities is how the italians do it.not saying i like any of them cause the italian mafiosos are as greedy as any of them out there they just know that bodies in the street is bad for their business and draws unwanted attention
I would assume their smarter if they are making much more money then the italian mafias and are much more powerful than the italians. When it comes down to it all that matters is the money and the power to them. Ive never seen an Italian mobsters networth at 25 billion like Amado Carillo had in the 90s. Lets be realistic, the Mexican cartels would eat the italian mafia alive
Maybe for now but will they be around in over a hundred years like the italian mafiosos? I seriously doubt it.when u make that much noise and are that greedy u bound to go down the roman empire did
@July 8, 2013 at 3:14 PM
Bullshit. Europe have pure amphetamine, a lot. You think here is markets for shit like meth? Thats for stupid idiots who's not gonna live long with it.
Pure amphetamines: I know users who has done it for decades and you cant see it out.
As long as we have labs here for amphetamine, no-one is even thinking your shit meth. Actually, we dont need anything from there. Good weed, amphetamine, you dont need anything else. Coke doesnt compete with that mix either. :)
@July 9, 2013 at 1:44 AM
I guarantee you that Houston has very little to nothing to do with Europe's coke. It's at least 90% what comes through north africa and spain into Europe.
thanks Chivis that sounds a bit more reasonable
They are obviously exaggerating with Pannunzi, if anybody in Italy is close to Pablo Escobar or Chapo Guzman its Matteo Messina Denaro, strongest crime figure in Italy by far and richest, no way they will arrest him ever.
If this connection between La Letra and the Ndrangheta continues without disruption, that can only mean more success for the Zetas. The Europeans pay in Euros and Pounds - the Euro/Pound is worth 20%/34% more than the our U.S.D. respectively. More purchase power for MATM and his Zs expansionist policies. The other cartels better watch-out. It's not surprising that Mexicans and Italians have started working together out of NYC, since a large Mexican community mainly from Puebla has been established in NYC. We all know about the Italian community out of NYC. One key factor that assists the Ndrangheta in trafficking cocaine successfully is the network of Italian communities that exist worldwide, including Mexico; in fact, Italian communities are prominent in Latin American in places like Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, etc. You have to hand it to Lazca and Z-40 with establishing this business arrangement with the Ndrangheta; perhaps out of Monterrey since there was a story not long ago about Italian mafiosi living there with organized crime(Zs )connection. Watch-out for Brazilians! According to a story posted on BB thread, their starting to move weight thru Africa. They might turn Africa into the next Mexico if they if trafficking organizations begin to fight for corridors to Europe. The Brazilians share a common language with countries like Angola and Guinea-Bissau.
Blah blah zeta nut hugging..
to 4:59 you need to go back and read again and do some research.
chivis got to give you props I remember when you posted 2 or 3 article about Zetas and Ngdrangheta years ago on forum and people weren't buying it. You stuck to your guns on the subject. Yours was the first body of information about it I ever read. This year the "news" was big all over the place only it was old news if you follow BB and chivis. good job.
there is an even better article right now at proceso about a book by lucia capuzzi, exactly about the italian mafia, their level of secrecy is impressive, they try by all means to avoid murders, they do exactly the opposite to what mexican cartels do, they avoid heating up their plazas, they're absolutely forbidden by their codes of honor to hurt civilians, specially women and children, imagine the public outrage that would come from the italian mafia killing a woman or a child,and forget decapitations, and all these atrocities that mexicans do, i'm saying just plain old execution style murder of a woman or a child, there would be so much public pressure that the state would have no other option than to crush these mafias, they've done it in the past with the cosa nostra, but that's europe, mexico is exactly the opposite, these sons of bitches murder, rape, torture, decapitate women and children and even film it for it to be viewed by thousands online, and what does the public opinion, the mexican society say? absolutely nothing! they don't give a shit, mexico is the best example of a darwinian society where nobody gives a shit about the rest, there is no sense of community, they just care about their own circle of fuckin compadres and so called familia, fuckin drunks, it's so sad to see a society fall so low, and watch out! have you gotten a feelin' of the vox populi these days? mexicans once again are being depicted as savages by the american media, look at all these movies coming out about mexican culture and violence, there's one called exactly that, savages, once again like at the turn of las century, before that cocksucker john wayne, where mexicans were seen as bandits, savages, low lifes, less than human creatures whom all american wanted to avoid, or just forget about them being around. that's what mexico is becoming once again to the eyes of the world because of these mafias, but more importantly by the ever present aphaty, the stoic nature of mexicans that is not even conservative individualism about not giving a shit about the rest, not in the american way, it's more than that. they know it.
I m mexican and instead of me bashing ur post im goint to agree, our country mexico and its people have fallen to an all time low.sad but truee
The U.S also had really good amphenimines,the point is JUNKIES get used to it ,and they want something stronger.Right now there are mega labs that are producing 95 to 98 percent pure Meth. Once the junkies do it, they LOVE IT!!!!Also ,I'm willing to bet that the Coke in Europe is cut with some sort of Meth or lidocaine,lethicin,speed,ect.NO WAY IS PURE....Too many people are involved before it gets to the consumer-they all cut it with something....It's a damn shame-
El Senor Chapo moves tons of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico to USA to Europe and Australia to China .CDS transports and generates more money than this pizza delivery man .Arriba la gente de negocios pesados .
Cool story bro.
UNI MATA July 9, 2013 at 8:31 PM
Been a reader for years.. only posted once.. but i had to post on this one.. the Italian mob vs the Mexican cartels comparison is so off.. so wrong.. there is NO comparison. Let's first start off with the Mexican cartels.. the Mexican cartels had to deal with the political pressure from the USA for the Mexican president to put pressure on them.. for years there was violence.. but never like this.. never before.. the pot had been stirred.. and where lines were drawn.. now there was a battle for turf.. and now everyone is muscling for turf. Please let's clarify and remember that this is a TURF WAR. The Italians are long established.. they don't have to deal with this at all. They are much smaller, so therefore control is a lot easier to achieve, and there are roots in those organizations that go way back. While MExican Cartels seem to spring up every month or so. Also.. Italy is a lot smaller.. therefore there is a lot less turf and a lot less people to compete for the market. Mexico has 2 oceans on its borders.. it borders the USA.. it borders other Central American nations.. and it is like 10 times as big as Italy. In addition to all of this.. we are talking about ONE Italian guy that got caught.. you mentioned 2 Italian gangs/organization.. while in Mexico there are a lot more regions/families/organizations. These comparisons talking shit about the Mexican cartels is really annoying because it does not take into account all of the other dynamics that are going on. I love how some people love to talk shit about not killing and being low-key like the Italians.. well this would be easy for anyone if you don't have any competition like the Mexicans do.. you got DEA/Mexican authorities fucking shit up.. and then you've got your cartels fighting each other.. the proximity to the USA by that fact alone is going to produce instability. So please stop the comparison.
The italian mafiosos been battling the u.s gvt for a very very long time.it took the u.s a long ass time to even establish that there was an organization of them cause they were so secretive and was very aggravating for the gvt.italy is not the only place they operate as they are greedy like the rest of them.the mexican narcos are easy to spot for the u.s as they make too much noise about their business.i dont talk shit about anyone except the ones that kill innocent ppl u never see the italians do that.i dont have much use for any of them though and they damn sure dont make any money off of me
Cool story bro.... face it, when it comes to organized crime the low key silent type make the more amount money. Which would be the Italians.
So because their country is smaller, you can't compare them to the carteles Mexicanos. Apparently the cartels and culture of Mexico doesn't agree with you. Who's cars and designer clothes do Mexicanos/narcos glorify in their culture? The Italian culture has been very influencial on a world scale. Remember the Roman Empire? That was them. They know how to run businesses, including the business of organized crime. I agree with the turf war part of what you said. What is the solution to that problem. One, two, or three cartels need to outright wipe out the rest of the cartels. As of this moment, no cartel is strong enough to carry that out. Some of the cartels are working on that: Sinaloa, Gulf, Zetas come to mind. That is why the Italians don't have that chaos. Either that or a stronger Federal government that reins in the cartels. However you need to read the the story more closely and give credit where credit is due. Your not giving the Mexico cartels enough credit. Even with all the pressure their receiving from the U.S.A./Mexico govts./ rival cartels they still managed to traffic drugs and establish business arrangements in Europe. The Zetas are working with the Ndrangheta and control parts of of Guatemala, The Sinaloa Cartel are working with the Italian Camorra, moving major weight throughout Europe, Australia, highly influential in Colombia, and control parts of Guatemala. That's not even talking about the weight their moving in the U.S.A. I'am not Italian. I'm American and Mexican.(Mexican- American)
Mexico is so fucked up now. Why cant it be like the 90s where everybody worked without beheadings or gruesome video shit. The Arellano Felix brothers had Mexico on lock. They were well organized with the the structural organization of a Italian crime family. I know what you expressing though.
11:28 pm sinaloa and camorra working together.... Cool story bro
El señor = The lord
El caballero = The gentelmen
Steven Rodriguez July 10, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Actually el senor means thee man
most of that article is about how this guy brings in most of the coke that goes to europe through his networks, mostly southern europe up through north and west afrika
chivis are you gay
so he work just for colombia and zetas and what about chapo and mexican mafia
Guys like this are just as big just not as noisy bout their business.u think any of their dope is gonna get into italy without those italian mafiosos hands in it? Dont think so they have been into criminal activity far longer than the mexican narcos
2:05 another Chapo nuthugger... you need to realize that Chapo is not top dog son.. the low key mafiosos are the ones making real money.. cause you heard you're history lesson on a corrido dont make it true son.. fuck Chapo and all cartels..
pobres pendejetes los dizque expertos hablan si saber y ni conocer nada mas lo que ven aqui puro narco de fantasia pinchis imbeciles
Cracker cracka crack . The whip master.. whipping yo ass
Italian mafia is secret society, you will never see killing with message, or songs about bosses, or pictures with guns, convoys of cars with names of organization's, that's nonexistent.They are secret organization that through money and other connections asserts control on society.Ndrangheta makes around 70 billion a year, main business drug trafficking,extortion and commercial enterprise and public contracts.Because they make their living on secrecy there will never be popular boss like in Mexico.But they are powerful and rich, the organizations turnover is around 70 billion and growing.
Puro Chapo Mayo y Azul .CDS al control moviendo mota coca y ice pa que los gringos la disfruten.Los italianos solo pa hacer pasta.
Mexican cartels got no class!!!!!!!
Im mexican and asamed of my country. Look at these men. No mask , if that were here thayed hide there faces. These men r proud of taking the garbage out. A country thats scared of thete crominals is a deying country. We need to stop glorifying these basterds. Theres nothing good about them pinche pendejos
Never be ashamed of where youre from just the ones who are doing this bullshit.i am a u.s citizen and love my country just dont like what the gvt does but alot of good ppl here just like mexico has a lot of good ppl
Italy went through something similar to what Mexico is going now, but because the country is smaller and crime groups are all south there was not that many killings,around 2000,but high number of officials.It all escalated in 1992/93 and killings of Falcone and Borsellino.What end up happening after that is not victory of Italian government but arrangement,heads of crime families and high government officials made peace that is still active .They communicated through ex mayor of Palermo, Vito Ciancimino.Government wanted Riina(head of the mafia,boss of bosses), other bosses thought Riina was maniac, they made a deal and Provenzano gave him up, his sons and all his family members and allies were arrested.Peace was made and business continued.
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We believe that the Safety Card Training Talks will be of benefit to many. The easy to use cards have a novelty feel that helps bring serious subjects as a learning tool to site operatives. This training allows management to be safe in the knowledge that the operatives have the safety training tools for their activities to allow them to carry out their tasks in a safe and efficient manner. Ceilite expect to achieve no financial return for the Safety Training Card Talks (this is a not for profit training initiative), directly we have had a reduction in accidents and this has reduced lost time for our operatives.
We feel Ceilite has excelled in our industry and have a Health and Safety training tool that can be widened for operatives across our industry. Ceilite’s unselfish approach to sharing of best practice, we feel is a generous attitude in business and sets us aside from others who may not be as willing to share ideas or best practice. It should be noted this is a not for profit initiative by Ceilite.
For Ceilite to win would indeed highlight to others the importance of the Safety Training Card Talks. This new development can work alongside the existing Tool Box Talk procedure that is already being used within the industry as a whole. The developed talks enable the user to have constant access to the required safety information because at present the procedure of having a talk and handing it in or attending to a talk and not having the hand outs does not enable constant access or the possibility of refreshing information as required by the operatives prior to them attending to a specific task.
Whilst these talks have already been distributed to the old HVCA/new B&ES member companies and also the Institute of Refrigeration site engineers and via Summit Skills we believe that a national endorsement within our industry will set us aside from others and highlight the importance of training or awareness shortfalls that can be covered by attending to these Safety Card Talks. Winning the National Heat Pump awards and the publicity will highlight our initiative, this would be immeasurable and the awareness of this could in turn save lives.
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10 Certifiably Insane Rants from the Right-Wing Fringe This Week: War on Santa Edition
Our interrupt our religious theme with Janet Allon's weekly look at Conservative insanity and viciousness at Alternet.org. This week her column is entitled, "10 Certifiably Insane Rants from the Right-Wing Fringe This Week: War on Santa Edition.":
"1. Megyn Kelly: This is for all you kids out there: Santa is white! Hear me? He’s white!
"One is only left to scratch one’s head and wonder why, why, why? Why was it so important to Fox host Megyn Kelly to repeatedly look into the camera and tell America’s children that Santa is 'just white'?
"It is laughable, yes—and Jon Stewart helped us laugh at it when he asked, 'Who is Megyn Kelly talking to? Children who are sophisticated enough to watch the 10 o’clock news, yet naïve enough to believe in Santa, and racist enough to be upset that he might not be white?' That is, as he points out, a fairly narrow segment of viewers.
"But what Kelly’s insane rant really shows is just how mean-spirited she really is, that her vaunted empathy extends only to white working women, or rather to white working right-wing women who think like her. Her empathy deficit is front and center in the repetition of the word, 'kids,' and the use of the word 'just.' When she says, Santa is 'just white' to the 'kids' out there, and they are just going to have to deal with it, it seems that she is also talking to non-white kids. Just deal with it, you non-white kids. Santa’s not for you.
"In the ensuing kerfuffle, she accused her detractors of race-baiting — and claimed it was an off-handed remark, that she was just kidding — and again asserted that Santa is white. In response to a thoughtful article on Slate by Aisha Harris, who chronicles the genuine pain she felt reconciling Santa’s 'whiteness' with her African-American family’s Christmas celebration, Kelly ratcheted up the jerkiness. 'Just because it makes people uncomfortable, doesn’t mean it has to change.'
"Because you can’t change the facts of a made-up story about a jolly man who flies around and gives children toys. And made-up stories belong on the news, kids.
"Kids!? Are you listening?
"2. Pat Robertson: Letting lesbians into your house could turn your kids gay.
"Patty Robertson slays us. He really does. His delusional view that gayness is a contagious germ was revealed this week when a viewer named Catherine wrote in for some advice. She had recently reconnected with an old best friend who, it turned out, was a lesbian. Catherine had invited her old friend to meet her children, but became concerned when her old friend wanted to bring her life partner along.
"Big mistake, the 700 Club host told her. Having lesbian friends in her home could turn her children gay, and 'you don’t want your children to grow up as lesbians.'
"Exactly how this transmission of sexuality would occur, he did not explain. It, like the lord, works in mysterious ways, but suffice it to say, 'Danger!'
"While Catherine should not risk infecting her children with the acceptance-of-the-lesbian-lifestyle virus, Rev. Pat said nor should she shun her old friend. Because, who knows, maybe Catherine could infect her friend with the good Christian, heterosexual lifestyle, ummm, virus.
"Failing that, he counseled: 'It doesn’t hurt to tell somebody, "Look, I love you and we’re going to do what we can to be friends if we can, but I have my lifestyle, it’s Christian. And you have yours, it’s not. And so, I’m sorry, we can’t indulge in certain things together."'
"Like lesbian sex, we’re presuming. That’s out.
"3. Trump rejoices at having his birther conspiracy confirmed.
"Perhaps Trump’s obsession with the wide-ranging conspiracy to obscure President Obama’s real birthplace could be better sorted out by a psychiatrist, one who specializes in racist delusions. Know anybody?
"Of course, the wonderful thing about conspiracies is that everything proves them. And so it was this week that a tragedy gave the real estate tycoon Spy magazine dubbed 'the short-fingered vulgarian' further fodder for his ongoing crusade to prove the president is a 'furriner.' (Note that we high-minded, progressive scribblers would never make fun of someone for physical attributes they can’t help, so we won’t repeat that short-fingered thing again. Vulgarian, maybe.)
"Loretta Fuddy, the 65-year-old Hawaii state health director who authorized the release of Obama’s birth certificate was killed in a small plane crash over the coast of Hawaii. Nine other passengers survived. 'How amazing, the state health director who verified copies of Obama’s "birth certificate" died in plane crash today. All others lived,' the Donald tweeted.
"The implication is clear. The president had his thugs kill her. How? you ask. Or, more to the point, why? Since the birth certificate is released, confirmed Obama’s Hawaii birth and the matter closed for everyone except the truly irrational.
"Dunno.
"Maybe the comb-over can explain.
"4. Jim Garrow: Of course, Obama was in on that plane crash, and he also tried to nuke America (God stopped him!).
"The Donald is not the only eminently reasonable man who thinks Obama arranged that plane crash. He enjoys the company of Conservative nutjob Jim Garrow, who also knows for a fact that Obama killed Andrew Breitbart, Michael Hastings and Tom Clancy. Oh, yes, and he tried to nuke America.
"'There are no coincidences with this administration and with the thugs that have brought Chicago tactics to bear,' Garrow said. 'We’re seeing murder.' No, never coincidences for conspiracy theorists. No such thing.
"His theory: Fuddy was killed with neurotoxins before the plane crash.
"Dastardly plan revealed. Mwah-ha-ha-ha, the president said in a statement.
"5. Glenn Beck manages to make the strange story of the fraudulent sign language interpreter at Mandela’s funeral even stranger.
"For many, truth can truly be stranger than fiction. Much of what is in the news would not be believable in a fictional universe. The revelations about the fraudulent, schizophrenic sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s funeral, who may have thought he was signing the voices inside his head, was one such story. It was all the responsible media could do to keep up with the bizarre and somewhat sad facts as they were revealed. But for Glenn Beck, mental illness and a history of violence were not enough. Something else, an even more sinister plot, had to be at work. He wants the man’s blood tested, he said on his radio show 'to find out if anybody jacked him on anything.' Why, you say?
"'This is exactly the kind of guy,' Beck said, 'you hire to stand next to all of the world leaders at something like this hoping that he will do something. I believe it is not unreasonable to check his bloodstream to find out if anybody jacked him on anything to have him hallucinate ... It might have just been enough to say somebody cause some kind of problem at this, for whatever the reason. But something is really wrong here.'
"For the crazies, there are no simple or even massive screwups.
"6. Todd Kincannon: The left likes school shootings.
"The Twitter war launched by gun nuts in the immediate aftermath of the Arapahoe school shooting, which coincided with the anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting, reached new levels of viciousness.
"'Allow law-abiding school employees who will go through weapons training to carry guns at school. Solved. But the Left likes school shootings,' Todd Kincannon, former executive of the South Carolina GOP tweeted.
"Kincannon is not a nice man. Some of his earlier tweets include suggesting transgendered people be put in camps, and lamenting to an Iraqi veteran that the enemy did not have better aim. It should be mentioned that he was pushed out of his leadership role with the South Carolina GOP. Still, the gunnies love him, and he definitely has his followers.
"'I bet gun-hating commies are just giddy that a bunch of children got shot in one of their "gun free zones." More propaganda for them,' he continued.
"And still more:
"'Obama started the day using Christmas to push socialized healthcare. Now he can use children killed by gun control to push gun control.' Guns don't kill people, gun control does?
"One of his followers chimed in that since the left likes abortion so much, it only stands to reason that they like school shootings too.
"See, this is just another example of how when it comes to fighting dirty, Democrats, progressives, the left, is totally, well, out-gunned.
"7. Gun lobby uses Newtown anniversary to raise money.
"While the parents and family members of the 20 children and six adults massacred in Newtown a year ago celebrated the sad anniversary of these horrific murders by urging others to perform acts of kindness for their fellow humans, the gun lobby celebrated in its own way: by using the anniversary as a way to raise money.
"On the eve of the anniversary, Gun Owners of America, one of the most aggressive pro-gun lobbies, posted a message on its website celebrating all of its achievements in the past year. They failed to include that, by Mother Jones’ estimate, at least 194 children have been killed by guns in the year since Newtown, many of them at home, by family members, many by accident, simply because there was a gun around.
"More guns is the solution. And more money for Gun Owners of America, in order that they may attain their goal of a fully armed America, and the defeat of this naïve notion that schools should be gun-free zones. A fully armed and cocked nation—that will cut down on the gun violence.
"8. Eric Cantor calls Capitol police to bully singing children away.
"Some children gathered outside GOP leader Eric Cantor’s office last week to sing Christmas carol tunes with immigration reform lyrics. They were pretty cute, and of course, their singing carried a poignant message about not tearing their families apart. Apparently, Cantor was unmoved. Instead of coming out and talking to them and the adults who were escorting them—or even giving them lip service like most politicians—he called the Capitol police to come and bully them away. That they did. Large men with booming voices came and told those kids to stop their caterwauling, comprende? Or else. They did stop singing—the littlest among them looking a bit frightened. Two minutes later, the big men reappeared and told them that arrests were going to start happening.
"What was Cantor doing during all this? Speculation is that he might have been reading the GOP White Paper on how to talk to women without offending them, soon to be followed by the GOP White Paper on how to talk to children without scaring them.
"9. Wait, did the head of the Virginia GOP just threaten Obama’s life?.
"What’s a little humor among friends? Well, if the friends are Virginia Republicans, it can be vaguely incoherent and a little menacing. Last weekend, Pat Mullins, chair of the state’s Republican Party joked to about 450 party members at a party retreat that President Barack Obama was 'so close to death' that Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) needed to buy a life insurance policy.
"You might have thought such a gathering would include some soul-searching about the drubbing Virginia Republicans recently received in all three statewide races, for the first time in 24 years.
"You’d be wrong. It was the media’s fault Ken Cuccinelli lost, Mullins said, because they keep hammering away on that whole fictitious 'war on women' thing when all Cuccinelli wanted to do was ban abortions and oral sex.
"'This is false narrative by false prophets… Republicans do not win when we are mini-Democrats or Democrat-lite,' he said. Or even, reasonably modern people-lite.
"But the certain failure—or should we say, fervently wished-for failure—of the healthcare law is the hook on which Republicans like Mullins will continue to pin their hopes. And that was when he made this creepy pronouncement.
"'Obama’s so close to death that Terry McAuliffe is about to buy life insurance on him,' Mullins joked. 'I’m looking forward to taking the gloves off!'
"Oh those Republicans. Such cards.
"10. Steve King: Don’t vote on immigration; keep fruitlessly fighting Obamacare.
"Elsewhere in the country, similarly delusional Tea Partying fools continued to rally supporters despite the fact that there does not seem to be any more tea to dump into Boston Harbor.
"Iowa right-winger, rabid anti-immigrationist Steve ("cantaloupe calves") King remains desperate not to let the nation or President Obama move on to immigration reform, which he fears will further divide the Republican Party. (On that he might be right.) 'Only bad can come from passing anything in the House that has to do with immigration,' he portentously told the far-right birther site WorldNetDaily. The bad he fears the most? Those immigrants who will 'erode the law' by voting Democratic.
"Why this would be illegal, he does not say.
"He would prefer just to keep debating Obamacare forever, refusing to acknowledge that that ship has sailed."
We noticed that this week of craziness excluded Tea Partiers - a most unusual occurence. The Tea Baggers who have been elected to Congress display all the nuttiness one would expect from a group representing the inmates who have taken over the asylum, but most of the ten people above have been around for awhile and haven't displayed the intellectual starvation so typical of the loonies on the Right. And stupidity is no defense for these idiotic statements.
Could they be preparing for an insanity plea when Conservatism is finally criminalized? There's not a chance that they'll get to hide behind the plea that they've derided for so many years.
“I wonder if it’s possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.”
Hillary Clinton.
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How did it happen that Republicans of the Conservative type became the uncle your Aunt Sophia kept locked in the attic when family came to call? Republicans have totally lost their way and there's not a Moderate to be found.
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Lorin had a very busy day today - These are some of the newspaper articles...
Police call handler could have saved my son from sex killer': Mother claims 101 operator ignored her pleas for help when her teenage son was being groomed online by predator who went on to murder him
The mother of a teenager murdered by an internet sex predator said he would still be alive today if a 101 call handler had not ignored her plea for help.
Lorin LaFave called Surrey Police ‘begging’ them to help protect her 14-year-old son Breck Bednar who was being groomed online.
But an ‘incompetent and uncaring’ non-emergency call operator fobbed her off with a reference number after just 12 minutes on the line.
Within an hour the case had been ‘closed’ by junior civilian staff who failed to undertake even the most basic checks.
Breck Bednar 'would still be alive today' if police had not ignored mother's plea for help over grooming fears
The mother of a teenager murdered by a sex offender he met on the internet has said he would still be alive if Surrey Police had not ignored her pleas for help.
Breck Bednar, 14, was stabbed to death in a "sadistic or sexual motivated" attack by Lewis Daynes, then 18, at Daynes’ Essex flat in February 2014 after being groomed online.
Police 'incompetence' before Caterham boy was murdered
POLICE incompetence contributed to the death of Caterham boy Breck Bednar, says his grieving mother.
It follows the murder of the 14-year-old - a pupil at St Bede's School in Redhill - who was stabbed by 17-year-old Lewis Daynes at the older boy's Essex flat in February last year.
Daynes was subsequently jailed for a minimum of 25 years.
Just two months before the tragedy, Breck's mum Lorin LaFave had phoned police to raise concerns about an older boy (Daynes) who she feared had been grooming her son online.
Tragically her fears were not acted upon.
Breck Bednar murder: 'Lessons to be learned' after Surrey Police failings identified in report
Concerns Lewis Daynes was grooming 14-year-old Breck were raised with police by his mother two months before he was murdered.
An inquiry into Surrey Police's handling of reports of grooming had identified a number of failings by the force following the murder of Surrey teen Breck Bednar.
In a new report, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said police contact centre staff "lacked knowledge" when Breck's mother, Lorin LeFave, called the force with concerns her son was being "groomed for gay sex" by Lewis Daynes.
The phonecall was made on December 17, 2013. Two months later on February 17, 2014, the teenager was killed by Daynes.
Computer engineer Daynes, from Essex, was jailed for life with a minimum tariff of 25 years on January 12, 2015, for the murder of Breck, 14, from Caterham.
The 19-year-old killed Breck at a flat in Grays in what Judge Mrs Justice Cox described as a "murder driven by sadistic or sexual motivation".
Breck Bednar murder case prompts police call handling training move
Lorin LeFave, mother of murdered Breck Bednar, raised concerns her child was being groomed, but call handlers failed to heed the warning
The police watchdog has called for better training for call handlers, after finding that the mother of a schoolboy murdered by a teenager did not receive the support she needed when she rang to raise concerns he was being groomed online.
Computer engineer Lewis Daynes was jailed for life in January with a minimum of 25 years for the murder of Breck Bednar, 14, from Caterham, Surrey, who was found with a fatal neck wound at a flat in Grays, Essex, in February last year.
UK police forces urged to review handling of child grooming cases
Police forces in England and Wales have been urged to review their handling of child grooming cases after inspectors found serious failings in the case of Breck Bednar, a 14-year-old who was murdered in a “sexual and sadistic” attack by a teenager he met online.
Breck was tied up and fatally stabbed after going to meet Lewis Daynes, then 19, at his flat in Greys, Essex, on 17 February last year. He had told his parents he was sleeping at a friend’s house near their home in Caterham, Surrey, but secretly travelled to see Daynes after months of talking in an online gaming forum.
Daynes, who was known to police at the time of the murder, used duct tape to bind Breck by his wrists and ankles before knifing him in the throat, causing him to die within seconds. He was jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years in prison in January.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission launched an investigation into the killing after it emerged that Breck’s mother, Lorin LaFave, told Surrey police in December 2013 – two months before the murder – she feared her son was being groomed online by Daynes, but police failed to take any action.
The police watchdog on Monday released a clip of LaFave’s call, during which she raised concerns five times that her son was being groomed. A log of her call was reviewed by a police supervisor later that day and marked “no further action”, adding: “Nothing to suggest this is grooming”.
Karen Rosser
Hi Lorin, I can't even begin to understand your pain, I watched Britains Darkest taboos and my heart went out to you and your family. Well done for broaching a subject we all shy away from. My son is 28 years old and I wish with every fibre of my being I had never allowed my son access to a computer. His whole life is dominated by computers and online gaming. It has ruined his life and I l am helpless to control it. He lives his life online has no real friends outside the gaming community it's like he's been brain washed and theirs absolutely nothing I can do and it breaks my heart that his life has been destroyed. I hope with all my heart you find some peace and I absolutely believe that telling Brecks story will resonate with other parents and make them more aware of the dangers of living in a virtual world. My warmest regards and God bless x
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Asker ’17: Conclusions after the Chapel Hill shooting
By Nicholas Asker
Opinions Columnist
After three Muslim students attending the University of North Carolina were shot dead in their apartment by a white, atheistic neighbor Feb. 11, many people across the nation and the world spoke out against the egregious murders. They expressed support for the friends and families of the victims and commemorated the deceased as exemplary students and good people.
In social media posts bearing the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter, some alleged that the students had been murdered because of their religious beliefs. Speculation about the killer’s motives ignited when it was discovered that his Facebook profile contained posts expressing antipathy for all religions, despite the police releasing a preliminary statement indicating that the killing had been the result of a parking dispute, the New York Times reported.
As the Times highlighted in a different article, some social media users condemning what they saw as a hate crime also criticized the news media for their initially meager coverage of the shooting. They creatively argued that if the ancestry of the killer and the victims were reversed, the incident would have more immediately outraged the West and received more comprehensive coverage.
At the victims’ funeral assembly, the father of two of the students told the crowd of around 5,000 that “this (shooting) has hate crime written all over it,” the Times reported.
It is perfectly reasonable to demand that local, state and federal justice systems rigorously investigate all aspects of the case, including the possibility of religious hatred being a motivating factor. On the other hand, though it is understandable for family members and the world to be upset by the loss of life and to be angry at the murderer, it is not right to jump to conclusions and claim that this incident was a hate crime.
As a murder, it is an undeniably heinous act, one that deserves public censure and demands immediate justice before the law. And any person with half a heart agrees that the lives of the victims matter. But the number of people who have voiced with such conviction that the killing was motivated by religious hatred, as though it were an incontrovertible fact, is shocking. You can’t legitimately infer from the case as of now that the killer was motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment. Having an inkling does not warrant such a bold assertion.
Though it might appear hate-crime believers are only making innocuous overstatements — after all, the reasoning goes, the killer is a scumbag who deserves any criticism we can throw at him — what they’re doing is actually more harmful than they think. Prematurely labeling the incident a hate crime sensationalizes and foments an unproductive uproar from the previously uninformed, and now misinformed, masses. As a result, the facts — the firm foundation on which productive dialogue rests — are confused, turned into shifting sands, thereby miring constructive debate.
Even if the goal of the claims is to create a public conversation about minorities’ human rights, which I agree is a noble cause worth pursuing, it does not justify the use of false propaganda.
We need to realize that ends-justify-the-means rhetoric sets dangerous precedents and repurposes fanatical logic that has led to innumerable atrocities throughout history. We need to respect the intelligence of the masses we are trying to sway and show them facts. We can denounce Islamophobia and anti-Arab sentiment by accurately depicting facts with which the public can engage. Why falsely cry wolf now when demonstrable wolves exist and will exist in the future?
Take, for instance, the fact that hate crimes against Muslims have jumped five-fold since 9/11, according to a Washington Post article citing data from the FBI. Though these hate crimes are rarely murders, this statistic shows that intimidation and violence are a reality for many American Muslims. To make things more concrete, we don’t have to look any further than West Warwick. Over the weekend, the Islamic School of Rhode Island was vandalized with orange spray paint covering its doors reading, “‘Now this is a hate crime’ and ‘pigs,’ along with expletives referring to the prophet Muhammad and to Allah,” according to the Providence Journal. These are just a few of the many facts we can appropriately use that speak to the injustice Muslims face in the United States today.
Moreover, drawing attention to the legitimate fear felt by Muslims across the United States because of gratuitous Islamophobic reactions to 9/11 — and, more recently, to the shootings in France and to the film “American Sniper” — is a more accurate way to appeal to the general public’s emotions and convince them that people’s basic human right to feel safe where they reside is being violated.
The demand for level-headed assertions is not limited to some hasty social justice advocates. American people generally, including those most susceptible to the fear-mongering television news channels, need to be open-minded and willing to accept reason as the basis of their sentiments toward others. We cannot let fear dictate our everyday actions and conversations.
It is all too predictable that, after a terrorist attack somewhere, ignorant people will indiscriminately alienate Muslims, not recognizing that for every belief, there are wingnuts whose views are in no way representative of the entire group.
Failure to understand this, and failure to call people out who commit these irrational generalizations, allows hate to thrive. It marginalizes communities that have a rightful place and play a valuable role in America. To those fanatics with whom the humanity argument doesn’t resonate, I say: Your zealotry ultimately fuels the very thing you single-mindedly try to prevent — terrorism.
Impulsivity and lack of reflectiveness are never excusable, no matter the hardship and how natural it is to fall prey to them. They lead to hatred like Islamophobia. And as much as people may balk at the assertion, they lead to assumptions of anti-Muslim motives in the Chapel Hill shooting. To prevent these undue reactions, our goal should be to have debates over the controversies of our time rooted in reason and reason-checked emotions.
Nick Asker ’17 can be reached at nicholas_asker@brown.edu
Asker '17: How sororities can fight derelict frats and rape
Asker '17: Debunking non-cancellation complaints
There are statistics and then there are statistics. I thought journalism was supposed to be about uncovering the truth – no matter how ugly it may be. Instead it has become about spinning a tale. Truth be damned!
A detailed analysis of FBI statistics covering ten full calendar
years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks reveals that, on a per capita basis,
American Muslims, contrary to spin, have been subjected to hate crimes less
often than other prominent minorities. From 2002 to 2011, Muslims are estimated
to have suffered hate crimes at a frequency of 6.0 incidents per 100,000 per
year – 10 percent lower than blacks (6.7), 48 percent lower than homosexuals
and bisexuals (11.5), and 59 percent lower than Jews (14.8). Americans should
keep these numbers in mind whenever Islamists attempt to silence critics by
invoking Muslim victimhood.
Yassir
Or it could be that it’s because people refuse to call hate crimes against Muslims hate crimes because they think it is a rational reaction to the core tenets of Islam.
Or it could be the world is flat as many Muslim imams insist.
Oh yeah, because the christian church has such a great track record with this stuff…
You’re right. It does not. But that does not mean they are the same.
When Christians sin they sin. They are not behaving in accordance with the Golden Rule or as Jesus would have them act.
When Muslims sin they are promised paradise and are emulating many of the same things Mohammed did.
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2012/05/kansas-pastor-government-should-kill-gays.html
GopherPatriot
Your narrative and knowledge of Islam is the same as ISIS and their like, which is to say, ignorant.
So, you’re down with selling daughters into slavery as Judaism calls for in Exodus 21:7?
Do you also endorse killing those who work on the Sabbath, as decreed in Exodus 35:2?
Shall we all take up the sword and sow discord, as Christ taught us in Matthew 10:34?
Arafat, do you support rabbis sucking infant genitals as part of circumcision? Tell us where that venerable tradition originated from?
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/.premium-1.644138
“I will cast terror into the hearts of those who
disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads
and strike off every fingertip of them.”
“Allah” (Qur’an 8:12)
“Fight everyone in the way of Allah and
kill those who disbelieve in Allah.”
Muhammad (Ibn Ishaq 992)
“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”
Jesus (Matthew 5:14)
Even though many Muslims regard terrorists who kill in the name of Allah as criminals, they cannot deny that Muhammad also killed in the name of Allah. What example of Jesus do Christians emulate which has them confused them with terrorists and criminals?
Each year, thousands of Christian homes and churches are torched or bombed by Muslim mobs, and hundreds of Christians, including dozens of priests, pastors, nuns and other church workers are murdered at the hands of Islamic extremists. The so-called justification varies, from charges of apostasy or evangelism, to purported “blasphemy” or “insulting” Islam. Innocent people have even been hacked to death by devout Muslims over cartoons.
Yet, there is little if any violent retaliation from religious Christians to the discrimination, kidnapping, rape, torture, mutilation and murder that is routinely reported from nations with Muslim majorities. Neither is there is any significant deadly terrorism in the name of Jesus, as there is in the stated cause of Allah each and every day. Muslim clerics in the West do not fear for their safety as do their Christian counterparts.
The “Christian world” and the Islamic world contrast sharply in other ways as well, from the disparate condition of human rights and civil liberties to economic status. An astonishing 70% of the world’s refugees are Muslims – usually seeking to live in Christian-based countries.
While Western societies take seriously “scandals” such as Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo (where no one has actually been killed), Muslims routinely turn a blind eye to their own horrible atrocities, even those committed explicitly in the name of Allah. The Muslim world has yet to offer a single apology for the tens of millions of lives consumed by centuries of relentless Jihad and slavery.
How come you didn’t answer the question? Dodging as usual because you’re dishonest and have the same interpretive skills as ignorant terrorists. You must be their PR firm.
“Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel.” Deuteronomy 17:12
” A man or a woman who acts as a medium or fortuneteller shall be put to death by stoning; they have no one but themselves to blame for their death.” Leviticus 20:27
“If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death.” Leviticus 20:10
Shall we go on? God of the Bible or the Quran doesn’t seem to like people who sin.
But your ignorance leads you to simplistic conclusions. The only difference between an extremist who warps religion to suit their madness and you, is that you haven’t acted out yet. At least that we know of.. but clearly you’ve got the same fabric.
Sick.
GP,
You are obsessing over this and you need help. I am worried about your mental health.
As I wrote yesterday our debate was getting circular, repetitive and boring; and today is no different. We both made our points and anything else we say on this topic is neither new or interesting.
Please let it go and seek counseling if not for your sake then for the sake of the editors of the Brown Herald.
As I promised yesterday: This will be my last comment on this specific article. And this time I mean it.
So why don’t you answer? I figured you employed rhetorical dishonesty in discussion but I at least thought you had some integrity. I’m glad to see you are done. I’m sure there’s appreciation for the exchange of your rants and my rebuttals.
Considering your 7,000+ posts usually maligning Muslims and others whenever you can find a tangential reason to do so, I think I’ve got a long, long way to go before I get to your level of obsession.
“Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt. Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your ancestors. “The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to him.” Deuteronomy 13:13-19
I guess you condone mass killing, Arafat.
No, Arafat. There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Disraeli seems to have been prescient about your rhetorical approach.
So, Gopher, I link evidence contradicting Nick’s and you call me names.
Why does that not surprise me?
I didn’t call you names. If I called you a moron, or a tard, as you’ve done many times to me, then that would be name calling.
I’m critiquing your rhetorical style which is reductive, repetitive, decontextualized, and dishonest at best.
Can you differentiate or is that too hard for you?
Much as it is a surprise to you, I don’t hate you, Arafat. But what you do is dishonest and harmful because you’re not interested at examining root causes and fostering dialogue.
You want to promote hate, plain and simple. In this case, toward Muslims. So you deserve to be stood up to.
You wanna argue there is no God, that Islamic doctrine is backwards and all religions are bunk, that’s fine.
But, make no mistake. This is a posting about three kids that got killed. They happened to be Muslim and by all accounts, led exemplary lives of contribution to society. You debase their memory by ignoring their lives and that their lives reflect Islam far more than the narrative you want to promote.
You pour all this time and effort to try and get people to hate Islam and Muslims. That’s sad.
What I do is “dishonest and harmful” from your perspective, not from where I sit.
Believe it or not, you do not get to define honesty just because you think a lie is true.
Here is another man who wrote in a “dishonest and harmful” way and a person who I am honored to be of a like mind.
John Quincy Adams on Islam
“The precept of the Koran is, perpetual war against all who deny, that Mahomet is the prophet of God. The vanquished may purchase their lives, by the payment of tribute; the victorious may be appeased by a false and delusive promise of peace; and the faithful follower of the prophet, may submit to the imperious necessities of defeat: but the command to propagate the Moslem creed by the sword is always obligatory, when it can be made effective. The commands of the prophet may be performed alike, by fraud, or by force.”
You could not have more succinctly validated what I wrote above in regards to your approach.
So, GP, is John Adams an evil, prejudiced person like me too, or is he simply stating the obvious – the truth?
Well, gosh, you have me there. A citation of the 6th President of the United States more than suffices. Let’s quote historical figures that align with the narrative of hate and voila, proof. You’re a rhetorical alchemist.
Why do you also endorse the inferiority of blacks, support of slavery, disenfranchisement of women and other such views? There were many Founders who believed that. Or do you just like to cherry pick?
Not surprising you make light of this as is your wont for anything I write that supports my point of view.
So you would prefer I quote more contemporary figures? Well, then, here is one:
Richard Dawkins on Islam
“Islam deserves criticism on account of the logical consequences of its dogma, namely, that the murder of fellow human beings is to be rewarded with sensual pleasure in a hedonistic ‘Paradise’- a concept born in the fantasies of an Arab rebel some fourteen centuries ago. The religion of Mohammed is a dangerous system when the teachings and example of the ‘prophet’ are believed and followed.”
Please tell me where his views differ from mine?
I swear you must have watched Dodgeball because all you do is “dodge, dip, duck, dive, and dodge”.
Do you go to an MD, DO, NP, PA for your medical care? Or do you go to someone on the internet who can share some quotes on health?
Accusing me of doing what you’re doing. Pretty laughable, pretty pathetic.
Let me ask it again. How are my opinions about Islam different than Richard Dawkins? Why do you dodge answering this question?
This is little different than your belittling John Adams views about Muslims because as you claimed he was an example of, “historical figures that align with the narrative of hate and voila, proof. You’re a rhetorical alchemist.”
Why are you dodging this question while accusing me of doing this?
Because neither Richard Dawkins, nor John Quincy Adams has standing in regards to establishing what is or is not valid doctrine in regard to the Islamic faith. And you don’t answer any question honestly, so why bother to answer your diversions?
You have a right to peddle hate. People have a right to call it out and expose it for what it is.
So you have standing in regards to Islam but these men do not.
Wow! You really are something.
I am glad you acknowledge that standing is relevant. I’ll keep it short and sweet.
Who determines what is valid, orthodox doctrine for Judaism? Christianity? Islam? or any -ism for that matter?
A great question! I’d guess the answer is for Christianity and particularly Judaism it is subject to interpretation within certain defined obvious truths. For instance, in Christianity the Golden Rule and the example that Jesus set defines certain parameters defining orthodox doctrine.
And, of course, the same would be true for Islam. The example Mohammed set – as a lascivious megalomaniac – and the teachings set forth in the Qur’an about violent jihad and Islamic supremacism over all others sets parameters around which a valid and orthodox definition of Islam is.
And, of course the same is true of Buddhism or Hinduism too. The fact that Buddha strived for enlightenment and cherished all life helps us understand this religion too.
This is, of course, where you choose to live in denial. You refuse to acknowledge facts defining Mohammed’s personality and actions versus, say, those of Buddha or Jesus.
Instead you embrace falsehoods about Mohammed that are easily contradicted by simply reading Islam’s core religious texts.
Folks, it’s evident right there. Simple question. Dodge, malign, insult. The Arafat model of dialogue.
So, you’re down with selling daughters, Judaism calls for in Exodus 21:7?
Do you endorse killing those who work on the Sabbath, as decreed in Exodus 35:2?
Etc, etc, etc.
You’re a dishonest discussant. Gave you a chance, and you proved to us all what you’re made of. Oh well.
His views are equally critical and negative of all religions, not just islam. That’s where they differ from yours.
This is not true. I have no beef with any religion other than Islam.
No other religion’s core tenets are inimical to my well-being.
Dude every religion has crazy passages. Have you even read a bible?? And your mischaracterizing Dawkins.
I am quoting Dawkins verbatim.
Yes, every religion has “crazy passages” but none other than Islam call for subjugation of all others and forever.
“[If you find disbelievers] you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely, both its people and its livestock. You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt” Deuteronomy 13
Ya, that’s pretty pacifistic there. I didn’t realize how easy it is to take things out of context. Thanks for showing us.
Thank you. You proved my point. Dawkins has beef with all religions. You only have beef with Islam.
Good to know that the following are inimical to your well being. However, I think it’s reasonable to say that they are not inimical to any reasonable person:
Shahadah: declaring there is no god except God, and Muhammad is God’s Messenger
Salat: ritual prayer five times a day
Zakat: giving 2.5% of one’s savings to the poor and needy
Sawm: fasting and self-control during the holy month of Ramadan
Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime[5][6] if one is able[7]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Pillars_of_Islam
You claim I am not interested in discussing root causes, yet it is my experience that this fault lies with you. I have argued here on several occasions that the root cause is found in the example Mohammed set in his life, i.e, he raped, pillaged, tortured and killed (as is easily fond in the Hadiths and Sunna). In addition the root cause is easily found in the Qur’an which is filled with admonitions to believers to fight and conquer infidels.
Are you saying anything I wrote here is dishonest? If so let’s have an open discussion with anything you disagree with.
Arafat, your postings stretch back years. I’ve engaged you many times. You simply repeat your assertions, with various quotes and “facts”, all of which are decontextualized.
Neither of us are scholars of Arabic and linguistics, or a lettered historian or theologian. Neither of us are scholars of the foundational texts of the religion. But there are those who are and in fact, learned individuals of the religion, in addition to well over a billion practitioners of that faith. Overwhelmingly, the practice of Islam according to these individuals is 180 degrees opposite your narrative.
Oddly enough, your narrative is in line with extremists and people who have been denounced as having no standing. Yet, you take them as exemplary, which is what they want. They want validity. You and others similarly doing what you do, act as their PR firm. You share the same mindset of hating all who do not adhere to your contrived, warped narrative. Extremism and zealotry is a human failing for which any ideology, philosophy and religion is prone to being warped to create “justification”. Again, every nutjob thinks themselves rational.
Your approach is wholly reductive as well. You ignore over a thousand years of rich history and contributions to civilization by Muslims who were spurred on by their faith. They were not angels nor were they the paragon of human achievement. But, neither were nor are they the monolithic boogeyman you insist they are. You ignore complex issues of local, regional and global geopolitics, the influence of colonial and neocolonial interference, and social and cultural problems as well. You simply state “Islam is the problem” which is banal and devoid of any value.
Your approach always seeks to diminish any positive story involving Muslims or laudatory of Islam or Islamic tenets by way of highlighting the actions of criminals and terrorists whom you then hold up in order to ascribe their actions to the religion, and by proxy, all Muslims. It’s the same bigotry you just denounced elsewhere when it’s directed egregiously toward Jews for the repugnant actions of the Israeli government toward Jewish dissenters and Palestinian Christians and Muslims. But you welcome that approach when it comes to Muslims and their religion.
So, don’t think you’re fooling anyone but yourself. You may post a million times and may convince a few of your hateful narrative. Maybe you’ll achieve your goal of having some nutjob get riled up to act on your hate. Good for you.
GP writes, “Neither of us are scholars of Arabic and linguistics, or a lettered historian or theologian. Neither of us are scholars of the foundational texts of the religion. But there are those who are and in fact, learned individuals of the religion, in addition to well over a billion practitioners of that faith. Overwhelmingly, the practice of Islam according to these individuals is 180 degrees opposite your narrative.”
I would suggest the evidence is quite the contrary. One can easily YouTube Imams spreading the most despicable hatred in their sermons – hundreds of Imams doing so. Do these Imams not understand Arabic or Islam? Are you suggesting these Imams misunderstand their own religion?
Additionally wherever we find Islam practiced we find some degree of hatred, repression and cruelty practiced. Be it in Saudi Arabia where women are treated as chattel (as are Shi’ites) and where no infidels are allowed citizenry; or in a dozen Muslim countries where murder of infidels is a common practice and goes unpunished.
What you fail to understand is that one of Islam’s core tenets permits lying to infidels. You are naïve enough to believe lies told by liars despite the evidence to the contrary. You might try studying the use of taqiyya and kitman in Islam.
And while you accuse me of being an extremist for daring to speak honestly about Islam are defending those who behead, burn alive, gang-rape in the name of Islam.
You refuse to deal in facts concerning Islam because the facts support my side. So you generalize and obfuscate instead. The facts are that Islam’s prophet was a violent man, a man who either raped, tortured and killed or had his men do it instead. You cannot dispute these facts, so you gloss over them as if unimportant. Or you insinuate my facts are untrue because I do not understand Arabic, as if Arabic were unique among the world’s languages and impossible to translate.
You continue to ignore my comments about Muslims being no different than anyone else when born, but that socialization plays a huge role in shaping people. Just as Amish generally share characteristics due to their socialization so too do Muslims. It is not my fault Islam is a hate-filled ideology and that it has a tendency to twist a meaningful percentage of Muslims into uncaring sadists. This is a fact not my opinion. No one can question the heightened sadism experienced in Islamic countries without denying reality.
As I have written many times before: Muslims are Islam’s first victims as Islam crushed the human spirit. I feel sorry for Muslims and hope there comes a day when they can walk away from Islam and towards something more enriching without threat to their safety.
Wow, YouTube? You can also find people on YouTube who believe 9/11 was an inside job, that we never landed on the moon, and rabbis, priests and clergy who call for eradication of those who don’t believe in their views. Is that your standard of validity?
You want to critique Mideast countries? Fine by me, there’s plenty to argue. But again, you ignore the multiplicity of factors and ascribe everything to religion. That’s reductive and simplistic. It’s also narrow and arguable that in many aspects, those societies run counter to Islamic precepts. Saudi Arabian government does not equal Islam or all Muslims any more or less than Vatican government defines Catholics or Israel equates to all Jews.
Really? I took an religion course once. I’m pretty sure I remember the Five Pillars and the central articles of faith including belief in God, their books, their prophets, their angels, their day of judgment, and fate. Lying to infidels isn’t among them. But that’s a convenient argument isn’t it? If some Muslim comes along to counter an argument, we can just brand them as lying.
BTW, infidel, is a Middle French derived word used to denote people who did not believe in Christianity. I guess we can add English to the things wherein your scholarship is lacking.
You repeat and drone on and on. It’s boring, Ari. Mohammad was this that and the other. Again, a billion people and over a thousand years of history and legitimate scholars, theologians, historians, and people with a modicum of critical thought argue more convincingly of what represents a truer indication of Islamic teaching than some guy hiding behind an Arabic name while posting dross on the internet.
You just hope some nutjob will act on your hate. I hope by pointing out your hate and flimsy substance, it’ll give them pause to realize you peddle a sham narrative.
It’s my opinion we both drone on. Neither of us are particularly great debaters or communicators. I’m OK with that.
Was the following man different than me? Was he also a prejudiced bigot? Why do you avoid this? Can you not acknowledge that my understanding of Islam is similar to that of many great men who have actually dealt with Islam first hand?
Gregory Palamus of Thessalonica on Islam
“For these impious people, hated by God and infamous, boast of having got the better of the Romans by their love of God…they live by the bow, the sword and debauchery, finding pleasure in taking slaves, devoting themselves to murder, pillage, spoil and not only do they commit these crimes, but even – what an aberration – they believe that God approves of them. This is what I think of them, now that I know precisely about their way of life.”
Sorry, false equivalency. Your posts are repetitive and a rehash of snippits you’ve used all over Disqus comment boards.
But I’m glad you are admitting your problem. That’s the first step. I admit your narrative is one that has been around for as long as there have been people wanting to hate another people for no other reason than they are ‘other’.
There have been ‘great’ people and generations who were racist toward Africans, bigoted antisemitics toward Jews, misogynists toward women, homophobes toward gays, and hate filled people toward Catholics, Protestants, Irish, Italians, Mexicans, Chinese, etc, etc, etc.
You just want to get in on the hate of Muslims and Islam among other minorities.
Whatever floats your boat. But it’s pretty sick.
You simply do not understand and that’s OK with me. This explains your accusing me of things that are untrue. You just don’t get it. Let me try to keep it simple.
Islam is similar in some ways to Nazism. Islam’s core belief that Muslims are superior to infidels is similar to Nazism. Islam’s core tenets about waging jihad as a means of conquering the world (something which, by the way, has proven very successful for Islam) is similar to Nazism.
Your inability to acknowledge this is a problem that speaks volumes about you, but nothing about me or Islam.
In any case I appreciate this exchange. It was civil and helped define our differences. It also hopefully helped others better understand the root causes of Islam’s aggression and sadism.
It’s amazing how easily I can take you through your stages of deceptive dialogue. I am just glad it’s all available on Disqus.
Keep up the hate. Love and humanity will win in the end despite you. But, hopefully one day you’ll wake up from committing to a life of peddling hate of others.
This is getting tedious.
I am not peddling hate, I am peddling truisms about Islam. It is Islam that peddles hate as is witnessed every day in countries throughout the world.
Every time you say something bigoted, reductive, and erroneously generalized, you’re going to get called out for saying it. What do you want?
What I try to do GP is educate people about Islam. And, yes, Islam is something to be hated. It is a supremacist doctrine filled with hatred of others.
These killings were a tragedy. No question about it. But why is it that American Muslims pervert this into a hate crime when the evidence currently suggests this was a killing by a psychotic who lost it over a dispute over a parking lot? More importantly, why is it Muslims never hold vigils for people killed by Muslims? I mean there is not a day that goes by when we don’t read about people (journalists, aid workers, UN forces, Christian villagers, Jews at temple or at stores) being murdered by Muslims.
In my pursuit to educate people about Islam I also focus on the hypocrisy of practicing Muslims. Of how they ignore crimes committed against infidels in the name of Islam, but if there own people are attacked by a psycho they shout out from the rooftops.
I think this is worth noting. You do not. That’s life, dude. Get used to the fact that not everyone thinks like you or agrees with your misguided opinions.
Islamophobia = hatred. Really? Are you sure it is not a rational reaction to Islam and its core tenets of supremacism, disdain for infidels and goal of creating a worldwide caliphate?
A beheading in Woolwich, a suicide bomb in Beijing, a blown-up marathon in
Boston, a shooting in the head of a young Pakistani girl seeking education, a
destroyed shopping mall in Nairobi – and so it continues, in the name of Islam,
from south London to Timbuktu. It is time to take stock, especially on the
left, since these things are part of the world’s daily round.
Leave aside the parrot-cry of “Islamophobia” for a moment. I will return to
it. Leave aside, too, the pretences that it is all beyond comprehension.
“Progressives” might ask instead: what do Kabul, Karachi, Kashmir, Kunming and
a Kansas airport have in common? Is it that they all begin with “K”? Yes. But
all of them have been sites of recent Islamist or, in the case of Kansas, of
wannabe-Islamist, attacks; at Wichita Airport planned by a Muslim convert ready
to blow himself up, and others, “in support of al-Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula”. “We cannot stop lone wolves,” a British counterterrorism expert
told us after Woolwich. Are they “lone”? Of course not.
A gas facility in southern Algeria, a hospital in Yemen, an Egyptian police
convoy in the Sinai – it’s complex all right – a New Year’s party in the
southern Philippines, a railway station in the Caucasus, a bus terminal in
Nigeria’s capital, and on and on, have all been hit by jihadis, with hostages
taken, suicide belts detonated, cars and trucks exploded, and bodies blown to
bits. And Flight MH370? Perhaps. In other places – in Red Square and Times
Square, in Jakarta and New Delhi, in Amman and who-knows-where in Britain –
attacks have been thwarted. But in 2013 some 18 countries got it in the
neck (so to speak) from Islam’s holy warriors….
I’m wondering if Arafat is hoping some nutjob who reads his incessant hate based narrative of Muslims will maybe take actions into their own hands and act out to rid us of his contrived “threat” that every Muslim apparently represents.
Pretty sure the Europe went through the result of an insidious, persistent, and pervasive contrived narrative about the “inherent evil” of one group of people.
You sure you didn’t just time travel from 1930s Germany, Arafat?
Your insinuation is offensive.
Once again you defend those who burn people to death, behead people on a regular basis, kill in the name of Allah while castigating those who have the courage to discuss this openly.
It is you who is enabling psychotics to ply their trade, not me.
No, you do. You act as their PR firm and endorse their hate while promoting your own. Your hope is to generate hate and derision of Muslims and their faith. While it’s your right, in so doing, you pollute the public space and make fertile ground for nutjobs to take it to the next level. You welcome the vitriol in the hopes that we continue to bomb and destabilize parts of the world, which only adds fuel to the fire and helps those who sell the bullets and bombs and the gasoline. You’re all part and parcel of one sick group bent on peddling hate.
My posts are all visible. So, you’re a liar and a poor interlocutor, Ari.
And I’m not insinuating. I’m calling you out for your hate and your obvious thinly veiled intent.
GP, this is nothing more than your perception. You are not the end-all-be-all on all truths even though you evidently believe you are.
You are also typical of those who cherry-pick facts to confirm their biases. For instance you insinuate America is at fault for radicalizing Muslims when Muslims are radicalized by anything and everything. In your opinion have Muslims killed 5,000 Buddhists in southern Thailand because Buddhists are bombing Muslims, or is it because Islam’s core tenets teach true followers to wage jihad against infidels?
Or did Muslims kill upwards of 70 million Hindus in their centuries long jihad against the Hindus of southern Asia because Hindus were bombing them?
Your opinions are neither consistent or jibe with the facts.
You aren’t honest as a discussant.
You accuse your opponent of that which you demonstrably are guilty of. You never carry a consistent line of engagement and toss in all manner of tangential items. You generalize and stereotype. You repeat, ad nauseam, the same things over and over while not comprehending that what you do is insufficient in developing a proof, but is clear that it’s an intent to peddle a narrative that foments hate.
You want some nutjob to act out on your hate. Sad.
What I want is for people to understand Islam for what it is: a totalitarian ideology typical of all totalitarian ideologies where repression, groupthink rule the day and individual freedoms are all but non-existent.
I know it’s important for you to insinuate otherwise, but that is your problem not mine.
I know that’s what you want: you want people to ascribe to your narrative which promotes hate and anger and fear of a group of people. In that mix, all it takes is a nutjob to take it to the next step. And since you’re not unintelligent to know that, your persistence implies a willful desire. Short of that, you’ll hope to create a climate of hate no different than what was done to Jews.
That’s all our problem, because unlike you, “never again” means “never again” for everyone. Go back to 1930s Germany.
Let’s call it a day. You’re repeating yourself as am I. We’ve made our points and we disagree. Let’s leave it at that.
Arafat, I’m sorry, but I don’t accept your false equivalency in this regard. You’ve demonstrated your repetitive approach and it’s been called out. I’ve argued that there is a far broader context that undermines your narrative, but you won’t acknowledge it. Given that you are intelligent enough to know that (admittedly, an assumption), we are left with seeing that your intent is clear to malign and distort a group of people and their faith. That serves no other purpose than to foster hate of them, with all its consequences.
But, if you want to call it a day, I’ll give you that. If I see you post somewhere on Disqus, I’ll know how honest you are.
Please see the dialogue below as an example of Arafat’s approach to peddle hate.
God rest the souls of the three murdered kids. They lived exemplary lives. That’s worth remembering.
Gary Rumain
Not according to their Twitter feeds, it wasn’t. One was a blatant racist.
da Sage
I do not know Arafat. I have seen several of his comments to this article and to other articles. It is clear that he has strong views. I think that I do not share some of Arafat’s views, but they do not really bother me. I see also in this blog that GopherPatriot and Arafat are at it like there is no tomorrow. Gopher’s dogged personality tells me something about him. Gopher himself holds that religion. He has content knowledge about that religion. He knows less about it than he thinks he does. As a matter of fact he knows less about anything than he thinks he knows. He is blindsided by his great impression of himself. In the rare moments when he has a good point to make, he does not know when or how to stop. He is a misogynist. He is himself a racist. If he is in fact getting a Brown University education, and if, god forbids, that will help him to have real roles amongst his ilk one day, he will be a problem. In the olden days, that would be a job for James Bond to deal with. But so that we do not dramatize anything, as James Bond deals with the Gopher type, it is typically only a 2-second clip, without any scratch on Bond himself, and without any increase in his body temperature or perspiration level. As a matter of fact, many of the moviegoers might not even remember anything about the Gopher type, because his will always be a side show. He is a problem – a small problem. Bond gets rid of him. That’s the end of that.
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Hazel Claudia Wyerman
Name Hazel Claudia Wyerman [1]
Born 8 Jul 1886 Sperry, Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 2]
Iowa State Census 1895 Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa [3]
Hazel Wierman (sic), age 8, born in Des Moines County Iowa, white
Census 1910 Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa [4]
Hazell C. Wyerman, daughter, female, white, age 33 (sic), single, birthplace Iowa, father's birthplace Pennsylvania, mother's birthplace Iowa, could speak English, occupation servant, nature of industry private family, wage earner, not out of work April 15, 1910, number of weeks out of work in 1909: 0, could read, could write
Census 1930 Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa [5]
(Widowed, living with sons Paul and Robert Swafford:) Line number 43: dwelling number: 158, family number: 158: Hazel Swafford, head of household, owned home, value of house or monthly rental $500, owned a radio set, did not live on a farm, female, white, age 43, widowed, did not attend school since September 1929, could read and write, born in Iowa, father's birthplace Pennsylvania, mother's birthplace Iowa, state code: 65, could speak English, occupation launderer, nature of industry own home, occupation code 8596, wage earner, actively employed at time of census
Residence Feb 1932 Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa [6]
Residence May 1952 Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa [7]
Died 26 Oct 1963 Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa [1, 2]
Obituary 27 Oct 1963 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
The Burlington Hawk-Eye
Morning Sun (IA) -- Mrs. Hazel Claudia Thompson, 77, died at her home here Saturday. She was the daughter of George W. and Anna Duryea Wyerman, and was born at Sperry, July 8, 1886. She was married October 16, 1910, to Ivan Swafford, who died December 12, 1918. Later, June 22, 1933, she married Edwin Thompson at Unionville, Missouri. She spent her life in the Morning Sun community.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Paul Swafford Fairfield, and Robert L. Swafford, Bloomfield; three step children, Mrs. Marjorie Crawford, Lawrence Thompson and Mrs. Martha Jane Walsh, all of Burlington; seven sisters, Mrs. Gladys Kerr, Morning Sun Mrs. Frances Brown, Morning Sun; Mrs. Harriet Keller, Wapello; Mrs. Jessie Stewart, Burlington; Mrs. Nellie Wolverton Davenport; Mrs. Bernice Brown, Muscatine; Mrs. Marguerite Walker, Colorado Springs, Colorado, nine grandchildren; four great grandchildren, and many niece and nephews.
Services will be conducted by the Reverend A. V. Weigel at the Methodist church here Monday at 2 p.m. Burial will be at Elmwood cemetery here. The body is at the Pierce funeral home.
Cemetery Info/Epitaph Louisa County, Iowa, Cemetery Records [8]
Name: Hazel (Thompson) Swafford; Sex: F; Born: 1886; Died or Buried: 1963; Age: 77; Buried: Elmwood (township = Morning Sun); County/State: Louisa, Iowa; Military Service: none; Book: LCC ©1990 - page MS-73; Notes: 1886-1963. (Note: Ed Thompson was first husband)
Buried 28 Oct 1963 Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa [2, 8]
Person ID I2422 All Families
Father George Washington Wyerman, b. 1 Dec 1851, Sugar Run, Blair County, Pennsylvania , d. 24 Feb 1932, near Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa
Mother Anne Idella Duryea, b. 8 Nov 1862, Kingston, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 5 May 1952, Mercy Hospital, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
Married 7 Feb 1881 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa [7, 9]
Alt. Marriage 12 Feb 1881 Iowa [10]
Iowa Marriage Records
Groom's Name: George W. Wyerman; Groom's Birth Date: 1853; Groom's Age: 28; Bride's Name: Hannah Idella Duryea; Bride's Birth Date: 1862; Bride's Age: 19; Marriage Date: 7 February 1881; Marriage Place: Des Moines County, Iowa; Groom's Father's Name: John Wyerman; Groom's Mother's Name: Barbara Wilt; Bride's Father's Name: F. J. Duryea; Bride's Mother's Name: Harriet Fox; Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I10009-9; System Origin: Iowa-EASy; Source Film Number: 956352; Collection: Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992
Morning Sun to Graduate Class of 19 Students
The news from Morning Sun, Iowa, with mention of the graduating high school in 1924; also a news item regarding the family of John Burton Duryea of San Francisco, who were visiting Morning Sun (he was married to the former Claudia Rachel Bowlby). They were honored at the home of Wilbur Orlando and Mary (Howes) Duryea by their family and all the Iowa children of Anne Idella (Duryea) Wyerman.
Graduates in the 1924 Morning Sun High School class included Frances Willard Moyers, Delbert Green, S. Howard Willson, and Maurice M. Willson.
Family 1 Victor Ivan "Ivan" Swafford, b. 2 Jul 1888, near Oakville, Louisa County, Iowa , d. 12 Dec 1918
Alt. Marriage 16 Oct 1910 [2, 11]
Married 16 Oct 1911 [11, 12]
> 1. Paul Berton Swafford, b. 23 Feb 1912, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa , d. 23 Jan 1979, near Batavia, Jefferson County, Iowa
> 2. Robert Swafford, b. 24 Jul 1914, Iowa , d. Nov 1970
Family 2 Edwin "Ed" Thompson, b. 2 Feb 1886, Lee County, Iowa , d. 11 Jun 1974, Morning Sun Manor, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa
Married 22 Jun 1933 Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri [2, 13]
[S739] Ancestry World Tree (ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3).
[S813] Thompson, Hazel Claudia (Wyerman/Swafford) - Obituary, (originally published in The Burlington Hawk-Eye, page 3, October 27, 1963; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa) (Reliability: 3).
[S29] 1895 Iowa State Census (Reliability: 4).
Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa
[S72] 1910 US Census (Reliability: 3).
Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa; supervisor's district: 1, enumeration district: 88, sheet number: 4A, page number: 109; enumeration date: April 22, 1910
Morning Sun town, Morning Sun Township, Louisa County, Iowa; enumeration district: 58-15, supervisor's district: 15; sheet number: 6A, page number: 77; enumeration date: April 3, 1930
[S8100] Wyerman, George Washington - Obituary, (originally published in The Burlington Hawk-Eye, page 2, February 25, 1932; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa) (Reliability: 3).
[S293] Wyerman, Anne Idella (Duryea) - Obituary, (originally published in The Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, page 12, May 6, 1952; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa) (Reliability: 3).
[S634] Louisa County, Iowa - Cemetery Records Through 1997 (Rootsweb) (Reliability: 3).
[S13] Iowa Marriage Collection, 1809 -1992 (Family Search) (Reliability: 3).
[S292] World Connect - Dodd -- Wolverton -- Wyerman: :873121, (last updated: Sat Aug 25 17:38:52 2001, contact Amy DOnnelly) (Reliability: 3).
[S814] Swafford, Victor "Ivan" - Obituary, (originally published in The Morning Sun News-Herald, front page, December 19, 1918; Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa) (Reliability: 3).
[S189] Wyerman Family Descendants' Chart, (date unknown; Louisa County, Iowa).
[S815] Thompson, Edwin "Ed" - Obituary, (originally published in The Hawk Eye, page 20, June 12, 1974; Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa) (Reliability: 3).
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Topic: Question to John #2: Days of Future Past & the Terminator ( Topic Closed)
Jerome Bonnet
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Posted: 11 February 2007 at 12:01pm | IP Logged | 1
A lot have been written about the sources of inspiration behind James Cameron's picture "The Terminator", including in this forum. Am I the only one to have noticed a possible link with these two sources: "The Skull" (a Philip K. Dick's 1952 short story about a time traveling assassin), and John Byrne's 1981 "Days of Future Past" X-Men story?
When I first watched the Terminator, I was shocked of the similitude between Cameron's post-apocalyptic world and the X-Men's future: the landscape, the giant killing machines, the concentration camps...
John, do you know if James Cameron was reading your stories while he was preparing the Terminator?
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Posted: 11 February 2007 at 1:37pm | IP Logged | 2
That I do not know -- but I have noted before that I was surprised by the degree to which "Days of Future Past" resembles the DOCTOR WHO serial "Day of the Daleks". Surprised, that is, when I saw the story for the second time, about a decade after I'd seen it the first time. "Days of Future Past" was plotted somewhere in the middle part of that decade.
From this, I learned the ever-so-important lesson to be wary of storylines that seem to spring from nowhere, almost fully formed.
John Mietus
Joined: 16 April 2004
Plagiarist.
(Do I really need a smiley face there to show that my tongue is trying to
poke a hole through my cheek?)
No -- but gosh darn it, I sure wish I'd realized my source at the time! Then I could have had one of the Sentinels say "We got the idea from an old 'Doctor Who' episode," and my reputation as a writer of unsurpassed brilliance would have been assured!
Or you could have had the sentinel turn toward Wolverine and say "Exterminate! We will exterminate!" :-D
Brian O'Neill
JB, just blame it on the 'Blinovitch Limitation Effect'.
Philippe Pinoli
Posted: 12 February 2007 at 4:58am | IP Logged | 7
Cameron usually says he was more than inspired, for the terminator character, with Yul Brynner role of a dressed in black killing robot role in 1976' Mondwest (a must-see), that Crichton partially plagiarized too, as fun park gone crazy, for Jurassik Park.
Didn't Michael Crichton also write Westworld? I wouldn't call it plagiarizing per se as he's ripping himself off.
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oups memory fades wth age.
Btw did U knowq Crichton was 2m06 !!!
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Philippe Pinoli wrote:
Yul Brynner role of a dressed in black killing robot
If I remember correctly, it was a robotic cowboy.
I've never thought of a link between that robot and the Terminator. On the other hand, it looks like a clear source of inspiration for Arcade's cowboy robot, doesn't it?
Brian Crispkey
The scary thing about Westworld was that the Brynner robot never ran
anywhere. It just walked at its own pace, like it knew it was only a matter of
time before it caught and killed the guy it was after. Creepy.
James Cameron's Terminator was much more inspired (ripped off?) from two stories Harlan Ellison wrote for the original Outer Limits, namely "Soldier" and "Demon With a Glass Hand". In both stories, soldiers from future wars are transported back in time to our present, where hostilities continue. Demon With a Glass Hand is amazing. Soldier...not so much.
James Cameron was interviewed by Starlog while making Terminator, and when asked where the idea had come from, he jokingly said, "Oh I ripped off some old Harlan Ellison Outer Limits scripts!". He later phoned Starlog to request they NOT print that. They agreed, but one of their staffers was a good friend of Ellisons, and told him so. Ellison made some legal threats at the studio, and they agreed to add a credit that the story was inspired by Harlan Ellsion's concepts somewhere in the fine print of the end titles for any subsequent prints of the movie. Supposedly, Harlan just wanted the recognition; no money ever changed hands.
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It's free: Du Quoin Fair announces beer tent entertainment line-up
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Du Quoin Call Staff Report
Posted on 6/28/2019, 3:39 PM
Du Quoin, IL -- This year's lineup for the Du Quoin State Fair beer tent features a bevy of dynamic artists ranging from hybrid country to classic rock.
The LACS will perform Friday, August 23. They are a fresh breed of country merging rap and rock genres to create something entirely new. The blend sounds like it shouldn't work, but so does chicken and waffles. Not many artists can give John Denver's "Country Road" a hip-hop facelift and survive it, but these guys did--and they made it their own. Heavy guitar accompanied by twangy Americana rap will surely keep your toes tapping! It's no wonder two albums have reached the Top Five on Billboard's rap and country charts, and they've sold over 200,000 albums and 400,000 digital tracks. On August 23, experience the rich flavor of the rural south with a dash of urban grit that transcends music into a cultural celebration.
Saving Abel performs Saturday, August 24. The band exudes a stage presence that can only be described as infectious. Hits like "Addicted," "Love Sick Suicide," and "Blood Stained Revolution" ooze angsty explosiveness and ferocious energy that fuels the crowd. Saving Abel is a must see on August 24.
The Neverly Brothers play Sunday, August 25. They are a powerful rock & roll tribute band inspired by early-American rockabilly artists and British Invasion bands. Their historic presentation of rock history is told through high energy performances that offer a new-found appreciation for the music of yesteryear. You'll be thoroughly entertained with chronological song sequence, stories behind the music and vintage wardrobe changes. Their library includes colorful renditions ranging from Elvis to The Rolling Stones. Their one-of-a-kind stage performance will take you on a musical expedition through time.
"We have been working tirelessly with management agencies to secure the best talent possible for this year's Du Quoin State Fair," said Josh Gross, Du Quoin State Fair Manager. "Our mission is to provide a dynamic musical journey that offers something for everyone."
Here is the complete lineup for the beer tent entertainment:
Friday, August 23:
6:00 pm Three Day Weekend
8:30 pm The Lacs
Saturday, August 24:
2:00 pm Karaoke Contest
5:00 pm Neil Dover
8:30 pm Saving Abel
5:00 pm Neverly Brothers
8:30 pm Four Deep
Tuesday, August 27:
5:00 pm Clayton Mann
8:30 pm 4 Play
Wednesday, August 28:
5:00 pm Jack Hoult
8:30 pm Mickey Utley Band
Thursday, August 29:
5:00 pm 1973
8:30 pm JWR Band
5:00 pm Chris McGee
8:30 pm Charles Lueker Band
2:00 pm John Ryan
5:00 pm Miles Station
8:30 pm Johnny Rockitt
Sunday, September 1:
2:00 pm Year 12
5:00 pm Brandon Maddox
8:30 pm Back Country Road
5:00 pm Boom Box
The Du Quoin State Fair runs from Aug. 23-Sept. 2. Admission to this year's fair is free.
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this arranged in the sub-committee, but when I got to the Cancer Council in March, I found that somehow or other the New York University's needs had been overlooked. I had really made a terrible fuss about it at the meeting. I'm sure that everybody was shocked to hear the tone that I took about this, and Dr. Rauscher hurriedly said that the request for funds would be paid. They might have to wait till after the first of July when we got new .
Had you flown from California and went back to California again?
Lasker:
Yes, I did. I really don't to do things like that, which for me are very tiring, unless I can get something accomplished that's a substantive thing.
Then when I was in California, where I was for about two months in a house in Beverly Hills which I rented, I made a trip to Houston for the dedication of a heart and blood vessel research and demonstration center at the Methodist Hospital at Baylor that is headed by Dr. Mike DeBakey. There was an excellent symposium, and Dr. Deakey and his associate, Dr. Gotto, has a very elaborate effort to identify an enzyme that would maybe be useful in the reversal of arteriosclerosis. If this works, we really will have a long time of life.
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RUMOR MILL - THERE'S ANOTHER MUSTANG HEADED TO PRO STOCK
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SUNDAY NOTEBOOK - GREEN WHITE CHECKERED PUTS KESELOWSKI IN VICTORY LANE
Two green-white-checkered finishes gave Brad Keselowski the opportunity he needed to win.
While teammates Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick thought they were the two battling for the win in the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway Keselowski used their battle to grab the lead and his first win of the 2015 season.
“At the end we caught some breaks, made the most of the breaks we caught,” stated Keselowski. “That was kind of the story of our race.”
Keselowski's crew chief gambled on the final pit stop taking on four tires while Harvick and Busch took on two right side tires. Two left side tires made all the difference for Keselowski.
“Obviously it was a big win for us today,” said Paul Wolfe, crew chief of the No. 2 Miller Ford. “We were a sixth or seventh place car. When I heard guys were going for two tires, I told Brad over the radio, If we're going to win this thing, I think we're going to need four. I didn't feel we were going to be able to pass those guys on equal tires. At that point, it's like, Let's go for the win.”
Keselowski wasted no time charging to the front at the waving of the final green flag and Harvick was able to take advantage of a close run into the way by teammate Busch to gather his seventh consecutive first/second place finish.
Harvick was second, Busch third, Paul Menard fourth and Ryan Newman 5th. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Joey Logano, Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top ten.
There were 7 cautions for 31 laps.
The win means both Penske Team cars are now in the Chase. Penske was pleased with the step.
Well, to have both cars in the Chase is exceptional” stated Penske. “I think last year we had that opportunity to get in early. It certainly paid off as we got through the season. We can do other things as we try to explore the outer boundaries.”
While pleased with the win Penske was quick to admit there are still challenges being faced by the organization.
“(We were) great in the pits today, which you need to be because of competition. Still we're chasing the 4 car. As you know, he's been awful hot. To me, two cars in the Chase at this time, I think we're going in the right direction.”
Martin Truex Jr and the Furniture Row team also appear to be going in the right direction. While they have not won, the quality of their runs is better than ever.
"We were way off after Saturday's final practice but came out today and did what we needed to do,} said Truex. “I am proud of the guys for going to work last night and not being afraid to take a big swing at the setup. To go out there and run with a completely different setup than we had Friday and Saturday and come away with an eighth-place finish really says something about this team. We never give up and believe in each other.”
After five races at five different styles of race tracks, the schedule now offers a sixth different style track as the Sprint Cup Series heads off to Martinsville Speedway, the oldest and shortest track on the schedule.
Post Race Video Interview with sixth place finisher Dale Earnhardt Jr and second place finisher Kevin Harvick.
VICKERS TALKS - After feeling poor in the middle of the week, Brian Vickers was tested and it was discovered he was once again suffering from blood clots which is a severe condition when driving a race car.
Vickers talks about the issue and takes questions concerning his future as a driver.
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Greenhorn's Guide to the Rodeo
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D e s e r t E x p o s u r e June 2013
Unlocking a Garden
Martha Blacklock and her marvelous keyhole garden.
by Twana Sparks
Martha Blacklock relocated from a place where nearly any seed dropped on the ground grows into something lush in short order. It's even known as the Garden State. She eventually landed in the southeast quadrant of Silver City, known as Brewer Hill, named after its most notable resident, the medium Rebecca Brewer (1868-1969). Brewer made potions for love, cast spells and curses, and told the future for thousands in her colorful life, but that is a whole other story.
Martha Blacklock places a hardware-cloth wire cage for compost in the center of her newest keyhole garden.
Brewer Hill is a pile of gravel on top of rocks on top of bedrock. It looks to be mostly Early Proterozoic coarse-grained (really fragile) granite. San Vicente Creek is a large fault, so the rock on the eastern Brewer Hill is completely different from the western Boston Hill. It is said that this phenomenon is due to the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field meeting the Burro Mountain uplift during Jurassic rifting and subsequent Laramide compressional deformation. But, as one might guess, that is another story, too.
So despite being near the relatively fertile Big Ditch, most soil on Brewer Hill is too sandy, alkaline and shallow to grow much of anything except native cacti and grass. It is a challenge for a wannabe gardener.
Blacklock's research into raised-bed gardens gleaned an interesting concept first popularized in southern Africa. Their weather is dry and soil poor, too.
In Lesotho, the design of the "keyhole garden" was found to allow those too weakened (usually by AIDS, which afflicts 25% of the population), those confined to wheelchairs, or even schoolchildren to grow their food and contribute to their communities' needs and produce income. By entering a slot in the circular shape, or moving around the perimeter, the grower has access to all the growing surface. About six feet in diameter and three feet deep, the keyhole allows the gardener to reach all the produce even from a chair or without bending much. In the middle is a conical wire cage where one places composted or compostable material.
According to the BBC, a humanitarian organization in Lesotho, in southern Africa, developed the first keyhole gardens. Each originally had a hole in the middle from which to work, and no compost cage. A bird's eye view looked like a keyhole, hence the name. In America, buzzwords such as sustainability, non-GMO, organic techniques and permaculture are intriguing. In practice, in Lesotho, the household expenditures for food and use of chemical fertilizers and chronic hunger/starvation have been greatly tempered where keyholes have flourished.
Blacklock sought online advice from Dr. Deb Tolman, who started the trend in central Texas and basically has a PhD in dirt as related to survival. Blacklock filled her papercrete structure with logs at the bottom, then cardboard, phone books, aged (not hot) goat and horse manure, compost, homegrown worms, and finally about a foot of soil at the top. The results were very satisfactory, with copious fresh greens available for six months.
"Dr. Deb" claims three keyhole gardens can feed a family of 10 all year round. At a gallon or two a day, it requires much less water than a conventional garden. An umbrella or shade can be added during the hottest times of the year to reduce water loss and plant drying. In Africa, fresh water is used on the plants, but gray water is used in the compost cage. This higher-nitrogen-content water keeps the plant roots headed toward the center instead of deeper or outward. Thankfully, now drought and food crises have little affect on the keyhole gardeners.
Blacklock set about building an experimental keyhole garden in mid-2012 using papercrete blocks left over from a house she built on LS Mesa when she first arrived in 2006. They are very lightweight and fairly permanent, becoming harder as years pass. Her prior 10-by-30-foot dwelling was off the grid, solar powered, and had composted toilets and garden, but that is yet another story.
Keyhole gardens can be built of many things. The external framework may be posts wrapped in heavy plastic or woven grass. For the two new structures of her expanded keyhole garden, Blacklock had access to a great deal of discarded fractured concrete and upcycled it into permanent walls, with the help of talented local rock workers. In an emergency, the structures could also become hot tubs or gun towers.
Both of the current raised-bed gardens have at their ground level recycled cardboard, and a year's supply of Sunday New York Times newspapers. Surely that publication has rarely gone to a more noble use, but that is really, really another story.
Twana Sparks, a Grant County native, was conceived by two former Arkansas farmers.
She is a surgeon, humorist, storyteller, writer and, she says, "mediocre photographer."
Life in a state of nature…
Inspired by the reader response to our long-running "Postcards from the edge" in Desert Diary, we're kicking off another reader-photo feature. Here in Tumbleweeds, we're inviting readers to submit their best pictures of wildlife snapped in southwest New Mexico. Show us what you've seen out there, large or small, from hummingbirds and scorpions to eagles and elk. Send to editor@desertexposure.com or mail to PO Box 191, Silver City, NM 88062, and include your postal address for a little thank-you.
We kick off this feature with this eye-catching photo by Mike Moutoux of Pinos Altos, taken in his backyard. He writes, "Lots of folk around here don't like javelinas, but we really do. Someone said they have a purposeful look about them — even when tiny."
The Tumbleweeds Top 10
Who and what's been making news from New Mexico this past month, as measured by mentions in Google News (news.google.com). Trends noted are vs. last month's total hits; * indicates new to the list. Number in parenthesis indicates last month's Top 10 rank. To make up for a slow news month, except for the heating-up immigration-legislation debate, Top 10 is adopting Disney's ill-fated effort to trademark "Dia de los Muertos." According to the LA Times: "The company filed 10 applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office for ‘Dia de los Muertos,' including applications pertaining to toys, cereals and jewelry. The May 1 filings came in anticipation of an untitled movie about the Mexican holiday, known in English as Day of the Dead."
(-) Disney + Dia de los Muertos — 16,900 hits*
(2) New Mexico budget — 390 hits (▼)
(1) Gov. Susana Martinez — 260 hits (▼)
(-) New Mexico + immigration — 254 hits (▲)
(3) Ex-Gov. Bill Richardson — 173 hits (▼)
(6) New Mexico wolves — 158 hits (▲)
(4) New Mexico drought — 148 hits (▼)
(8) Sen. Tom Udall — 136 hits (▲)
(7) New Mexico wildfires — 128 hits (▲)
(5) Virgin Galactic — 119 hits (▼)
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UN judges deny last-ditch Karadzic life sentence appeal
By AFP Apr 3, 2019 in Crime
A UN war crimes tribunal Wednesday slapped down former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's challenge to an increase in his sentence for war crimes to a life term, saying its ruling was final.
Appeals judges in The Hague last month upheld Karadzic's 2016 conviction for genocide in the Srebrenica massacre and other atrocities during the Bosnian civil war in the 1990s.
They then increased his sentence from 40 years to life, saying the initial jail term had underestimated the "sheer scale and systematic cruelty" of his crimes.
Karadzic's lawyer last week filed a last-ditch attempt to overturn his client's sentencing, arguing that Karadzic's latest effort "may be distinguishable since he seeks to appeal only his sentence" -- and not the verdict.
But the tribunal's judges said "there is no legal basis... for Karadzic to appeal the appeal judgement."
Therefore, the court "dismiss(es) the appeal and the motion," the tribunal's president Carmel Agius said in a court document.
Karadzic, now 73, and his military chief Ratko Mladic were among the last suspects put on trial for Bosnia's bloody 1992-95 civil war.
Mladic, 76, dubbed the "Butcher of Bosnia", is currently appealing a life sentence on similar charges, including for the death of almost 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in mid-1995.
The massacre, which followed after lightly armed UN troops were overrun by Bosnian Serb forces, was the worst bloodshed on European soil since World War II.
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You are here: Home » ECT Information » Professional accounts of electroconvulsive therapy: A discourse analysis
Professional accounts of electroconvulsive therapy: A discourse analysis
Peter Stevens a, , and David J. Harper b,
aOxleas NHS Trust, Dartford, Kent, UK
bUniversity of East London, UK
Available online 8 January 2007.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a socially contested psychiatric intervention. However, the accounts of professionals involved in its use have rarely been systematically investigated. This study aimed to examine the accounts of clinicians who have used ECT on a routine basis. Eight health professionals (psychiatrists, anaesthetists and psychiatric nurses from a major city in the United Kingdom) with experience of ECT administration were interviewed about the procedure. Discourse analysis was used to interpret the interview transcripts. Interviewees appeared to draw on a repertoire, which constructed ECT recipients as severely ill. This was used to support claims which had the effect of: defining who should receive ECT; warranting the use of urgent physical psychiatric treatments; reformulating distress in biological terms; and discounting the therapeutic value of alternative, non-physical interventions. The interviewees managed concerns about ECT in a variety of ways, for example by: rendering it as a medical procedure with concomitant risks and benefits; downplaying a lack of clarity over its evidence base; and undermining the legitimacy of criticisms. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Keywords: Discourse analysis; Electroconvulsive therapy; Debates; Persuasive communication; UK
The unconscious motives of professionals: psychoanalytic research
From motives to attitudes, belief and knowledge: cognitive research
From motives, knowledge and attitudes to accounts: the contribution of a discursive approach
Initial reading and coding
The biomedicalˆmedical repertoire
The Œsevere end‚ rhetorical device
Who is appropriate for ECT?
ECT as Œlife-saving‚
Locating the focus of concern at the biological level
Exclusion of non-physical interventions
Managing concern about ECT
Acknowledging grounds for concern: weighing up risks and benefits
Rendering ECT as a medical procedure
Downplaying debate: the evidence is becoming clearer
Managing criticism of ECT: who has rights to speak?
Appendix A. Appendix
A.1. Transcription notation
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains one of the most widely used but contested and debated interventions in psychiatry. Advocates argue that the procedure is safe, effective and often life-saving (e.g., Abrams, 1997; Fink, 1979) whilst critics argue that it is ineffective and has the potential to cause psychological and neurological harm (e.g., Breggin, 1993; Friedberg, 1977; Johnstone (2000) and Johnstone (2003); Read, 2004).
However, there are two neglected areas in the research literature. The first is the relative lack of interest in the experiences of ECT recipients. Recently, researchers, including those with direct personal experience of receiving ECT have tried to redress this imbalance (Johnstone, 1999; Rose, Wykes, Leese, Bindman, & Fleischmann, 2003; Rose, Fleischmann, & Wykes, 2004), and there is a need for further investigation in this area.
A second neglected area is the empirical investigation of the accounts of those involved in ECT administration. The two most popular investigatory paradigms here have been psychoanalytic and cognitive. We will briefly review studies from these two paradigms, arguing that these studies are both theoretically and methodologically limited, before making the case for the contribution of a discursive approach.
In the two decades following the introduction of ECT in the late 1930s, a variety of theories emerged to explain how Œshock treatments‚ worked and affected patients˜Gordon (1948), for example, reviews 50 of these. Less frequently, theorists examined the way ECT affected the professionals involved in its administration (e.g., Abse & Ewing, 1956; Fenichel, 1945; Wayne, 1955). Both were characterised by a psychoanalytic approach.
Abse and Ewing (1956) analysed Œoff guard‚ statements made by psychiatrists who were experienced in administering Œshock treatments‚. They suggested that such accounts were characterised by themes of hostility and punishment. For example, Œlet’s see if a few shocks will knock him out of it‚; Œwhy don‚t you put him on the assembly line‚; and the description of ECT as Œa mental spanking‚ (all p. 37). The authors suggested that Œthe very nature of the treatment itself can produce the attitudes described‚ (p. 38).
In a more recent example, Levenson and Willett (1982) reported observing Œsplitting‚ (divided clinical opinions), and disruption to the Œtherapeutic alliance‚ (rapport and empathy) in a multidisciplinary team involved in the care of two patients who received ECT. They concluded that ECT was an upsetting procedure because it Œoften produces rapid improvement in patients who had previously not responded to treatment‚ (p. 298) and the staff team experienced the therapeutic success as Œimplying devaluation of their own therapeutic skills‚ (p. 302).
However, this paradigm suffers from a number of limitations. For example, these studies have tended to be based on anecdotal reports rather than a more systematic gathering of material. Moreover, the reported comments are open to a number of competing explanations. Since psychoanalytic interpretations rely for their plausibility on inferred constructs which lie, as it were, within the person’s unconscious and thus cannot be demonstrated in the texts, they remain largely speculative.
The second dominant approach in this area is cognitive, with questionnaires as the primary methodology. There have been a number of questionnaire-based studies investigating the attitudes and knowledge of professionals who are involved with ECT (e.g., Finch, Sobin, Carmody, deWitt, & Shiwach, 1999; Janicak, Mask, Trimakas, & Gibbons, 1985; Kalayam & Steinhart, 1981; Lutchman, Stevens, Bashir, & Orrell, 2001). Janicak et al. (1985) compared the knowledge and attitudes of psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists and social workers in relation to ECT. They reported that a positive attitude towards ECT in professional groups was correlated with increased knowledge about the procedure, and they concluded that educating staff about the facts of ECT would increase its utilisation in conditions where they suggested it should be the treatment of choice. Lutchman et al. (2001) used a similar design and drew similar conclusions finding differences in attitudes and knowledge across different disciplines, with psychiatrists being the most positive about ECT and psychologists the least.
However, as Diana Rose and her colleagues (Rose, Fleischmann, & Wykes (2004) and Rose, Wykes, Leese, Bindman, & Fleischmann (2003)) have argued in relation to investigations of ECT recipients‚ experiences, questionnaire-based methods limit and reduce the responses available to participants (see also Rosier, 1974). As a result, the possibility that factors other than knowledge might correspond with attitudes towards ECT has remained unexplored. More importantly, perhaps, this paradigm is methodologically and conceptually limited as a result of its assumptions about what constitutes Œknowledge‚ and Œattitudes‚ which are, again, inferred constructs thought to lie within the individual’s head.
A more fundamental problem with this approach is the way in which knowledge about ECT is presented as uncontested fact when the reality is much more complicated. Both the Janicak et al. (1985) and Lutchman et al. (2001) studies asked participants whether they agreed or disagreed with statements about the procedure. Despite being presented as Œfactually correct‚ or Œfactually incorrect‚ each statement could be interpreted in different ways and their facticity has been disputed in the literature. For example, the first statement from Janicak et al. (1985)˜Œthe therapeutic effect of ECT is related to the induction of a seizure in the brain‚˜is both supported (West, 1981) and contradicted by research demonstrating the effectiveness of placebo ECT (see Medical Research Council, 1965).
Similar assumptions have been made about Œattitudes‚ towards ECT. Janicak et al.’s (1985) participants were asked whether they would have ECT themselves if they were Œsuffering from varying degrees of depression‚ (p. 263). These responses were then regarded as demonstrating positive or negative attitudes toward the procedure. However, as with most attitude research there are fundamental epistemological difficulties with the notion that responses to lists of statements are unproblematically transformed into inferred mental constructs like beliefs or attitudes or unproblematically linked with conduct. Discursive psychologists like Potter and Wetherell (1987) dispute the idea that completing an attitude questionnaire represents a neutral and transparent transfer of an internal cognitive state to a mark on a page. Instead, they argue that people construct what they say in order to serve a range of functions (though not necessarily intentionally) and that this can be seen in intra- and inter-participant response variation. Thus the meaning of a psychiatrist agreeing with the statement that they would undergo the procedure if they were depressed (as 76.6% of Janicak et al.’s participants did) is not straightforward. For example, such agreement might enable participants to counter the potential charge of ethical inconsistency which might accompany disagreement with the statement. Moreover, the statement is abstracted from a context: there might conceivably be situations where these participants would be less likely to agree to have ECT.
Variation, disagreement and contradiction are usually rigorously controlled for in traditional cognitive research but at the cost of focusing on attitudes shorn of their context and this may tell us little about situated Œattitudes‚. In contrast, such variation is a topic of analytic importance for discourse analysts. For example, Harper (1999), in his study of professional and service user accounts of psychiatric medication, reported that a variety of explanations could be used in order to account for events such as the apparent failure of medication. Moreover, these explanations could be seen as having a variety of rhetorical effects˜in other words, they served a persuasive function, though this was not necessarily seen as an intentional action on the part of speakers. For example, when speakers claimed that medication had not worked because of the chronicity of the service user’s Œillness‚, this emphasised the permanence and severity of biological symptoms and shifted responsibility for treatment failure away from the medication and on to the illness.
Discourse analysis (DA) has been used to explore the accounts of health professionals in relation to a number of topics (Griffiths & Hughes, 2000; Parker, Georgaca, Harper, McLaughlin, & Stowell-Smith, 1995; Soyland, 1995). Because of its focus on the inherent variability of accounts, it is particularly useful in understanding how contested issues are constructed by participants. For example, Horton-Salway (2002) has shown how general practitioner’s discussions about ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis or CFS) are often concerned with the management of blame for the condition. Boyle (2002) and Boyle (2004) has suggested that professionals‚ use of rhetorical resources can make some ways of talking about a topic like schizophrenia seem more reasonable than others. In his study of talk about medication, for example, Harper (1999) argued that one of the effects of such talk was to serve certain institutional interests. For example, accounting for medication failure as due to the chronicity of illness could be seen to serve the interests of the Œpsychopharmaceutical complex‚ (Breggin, 1993) because questions about the efficacy of medication were deflected when such responses were deployed.
Johnstone and Frith (2005) have recently used DA to examine Freeman and Kendall’s (1980) study of ECT recipients‚ experiences and attitudes. They describe how patients are rhetorically constructed in this article in a number of ways, for example as passive and compliant or as hostile and unreasonable. They note that one of the effects of such constructions is to Œpreserve the view of ECT as a benign and beneficial procedure, and to validate both psychiatrists and psychiatry in the continued use of this treatment‚ (p. 200).
DA thus provides a novel perspective on the accounts of professionals. However, the kind of accounts presented in published research articles are highly systematised and organised and are likely to differ from those found in more informal settings. The aim of the present study, therefore, was to conduct an empirical qualitative investigation of accounts of the administration of ECT by those who administer it in the more informal context setting of a semi-structured interview.
Eight clinicians involved in administering ECT were interviewed about it by the first author. The interview transcripts were interpreted using DA, which draws on a broadly social constructionist epistemology. Here we will briefly note key discourse analytic concepts on which we drew in the present study. Following Wetherell’s (1998) suggestion, we have drawn on both discursive psychology and Foucauldian discourse analytic traditions (Willig, 2001).
In discursive psychology, the systematic ways of talking about a topic generally found in conversations are termed interpretative repertoires. Edwards and Potter (1992) have described a number of ways in which speakers use rhetorical devices which have the effect of making what they are saying appear factual˜an example is the empiricist forms of accounting found in journal articles, where the agency of the scientist is minimised and agency is implicitly located in the objects of research. Such devices are often deployed when there is some disagreement about the facts and when the speaker has a stake in the outcome.
The analysis also drew on positioning theory (Davies & Harré, 1990), which attempts to re-conceptualise static and essentialist notions like role and identity. It assumes that when people speak they implicitly position themselves and others in relation to the topic under discussion. For example, in a conversation between a doctor and a patient, the doctor is implicitly assumed to have expertise about topics like illness, diagnosis and so on, whilst the patient is implicitly assumed to have expertise about topics like their health concerns. Parker (1997) notes that all positions carry Œcertain rights to speak and specifications for what may be spoken‚ (p. 291). Thus there are certain things which can and cannot be said from particular positions and within particular interpretative repertoires.
Discourse analysts try to avoid the ascription of intentionality to participants‚ accounts. In other words, it is not assumed that participants strategically design their talk in order to have certain effects. Parker (1992) comments that Œpeople make discourse, but not in discursive conditions of their choosing‚ (p. 32). One significant context-marker for the present study is that the participants were being interviewed by a psychologist who, by virtue of his discipline (see Lutchman et al., 2001), might be thought to have a different position to them on ECT, and this may well have influenced the results. Walkup (1994) has argued, for example, that such situations may well lead to Œquite self-conscious attention to legitimation themes‚ (p. 149). The reader needs to take this into account in judging the quality of the analysis.
All the interviews took place in a major city in the United Kingdom. The interviewees represented the cross-professional involvement in ECT administration, including pre- and post-procedure care (psychiatric nurses), prescription and delivery of the treatment (psychiatrists) and the administration of anaesthetic and muscle relaxant (anaesthetists). The research aim was to identify which positions and repertoires were culturally available to the speakers˜in other words to see what range of things could be said about ECT by professionals. Since discourse analysts are critical of abstract notions like Œattitude‚ and Œview‚, the aim was not to represent participants‚ views nor to compare views within the sample.
We considered that eight participants would produce a reasonable range of possible repertoires and positions, and this is consistent with previous DA research. A purposive sampling strategy was followed in that a range of disciplines were interviewed: four psychiatrists, two psychiatric in-patient nurses, and two anaesthetists. More psychiatrists were interviewed since ECT is primarily a psychiatric intervention.
Potential participants were identified and recruited through liaison with departments of anaesthetics or old age psychiatry˜the latter departments prescribe a substantial portion of the total number of ECT administrations in the UK (Pippard & Ellam, 1981). All were sent a standard invitation letter followed by a telephone call. The first eight professionals invited to take part agreed to do so.
The small number of participants increases the risk that they will be identified and so, in order to protect confidentiality, we will present demographic information for the group as a whole and not for individuals. Four men and four women were interviewed. Three participants were aged in their 30s, three in their 40s and two in their 50s. Five of the six medical professionals were consultants and one was a senior registrar. The two nurse participants had considerable involvement with ECT. All but one participant was involved with ECT administration at the time of the interviews.
Potter and Hepburn (2005) have cautioned against what they see as the inappropriate and over-use of interview methods in DA studies. It is certainly true that interviews create particular kinds of interaction, and they should not be seen as a proxy for more Œnaturally occurring‚ kinds of conversations. However, it seemed that interviews were an appropriate source of data here because the study was interested in how professionals constructed accounts about ECT, for example how they might provide justifications for a contested intervention.
Interviews took place at a time and place of participants‚ choosing, usually at their workplace. The aims of the investigation were explained, anonymity was guaranteed and consent to both audio-taping the interviews and publishing extracts was obtained. A semi-structured interview schedule was followed, covering the participants‚ experiences of ECT and issues that had been debated within the literature. Appropriate ethical permission had previously been granted from a University Ethics Committee and interviews were conducted in 2001.
Following Wood and Kroger’s (2000) guidelines, all the transcripts were read through in their entirety while a separate list of recurring or interesting categories and features were noted and eventually categorised. Extracts seen as related to each category were copied and pasted into correspondingly named computer topic files. Once printed, these became the material for analysis.
Discourse analysts see their interpretation of such texts as only one of a number of possible readings and not the definitive one (Willig, 2001). Our reading of the interview transcripts indicated that different interpretative repertoires and rhetorical devices were drawn on by the interviewees, suggesting that a range of such features were culturally available to them. During the reading, the subject of interest was talk about ECT and, increasingly, as the analysis progressed, about those to whom it was administered. Although a range of features were identified, because of limitations of space, our analysis is structured by a focus on the Œbiomedicalˆmedical‚ interpretative repertoire and the Œsevere end‚ rhetorical device. We will also discuss how interviewees managed concerns about ECT. We will also draw on some of the psychiatric literature in order to place the interview material in context.
Transcription notation is described in the Appendix A. The code underneath each extract refers to the participant (e.g., Dr. A), their discipline (e.g., consultant psychiatrist) and the line numbers of the interview transcript from which the extract derives (e.g., lines 20ˆ22).
Throughout the interviews, it was common for ECT recipients to be described with diagnostic medical language, which typically referred to their behaviour and the consequences of that behaviour. For example, asked who was most likely to receive ECT, Dr. A responded Œpatients with severe depression who may be in a depressive stupor˜that means that they‚re sort of bed-bound, immobile, not eating not drinking‚ (Dr. A, consultant psychiatrist: lines 54ˆ55). Such lists of behaviour were described elsewhere as Œclear biological features‚ (Dr. E, consultant psychiatrist: lines 753ˆ754) or Œprominent physical symptoms‚ (Dr. B, senior psychiatric registrar: line 117).
A variant of the biomedicalˆmedical conceptualisation of patient behaviour and psychiatric interventions were accounts framed in electro-chemical terms. These are also to be found in some of the professional literature, for example, Œrepeated treatments [of ECT] alter chemical messages in the brain and bring them back to normal‚ (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995, p. 104).
The biomedicalˆmedical repertoire was often accompanied by a rhetorical device which focused on the chronicity and severity of problems.
In the following extract the characteristics of those who are seen as most likely to be appropriate for treatment with ECT are discussed. Dr. A is discussing the occasions when ECT might be used to save life:
Dr. A: They‚re sort of bed bound, immobile, not eating, not drinking, er at risk of developing um major medical problems such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolic complications, which will kill them.
Interviewer: Right. Is that as a result of er (.)
Dr. A: Depression. Because they‚re severely depressed, they‚re in a depressive stupor. It’s defined as stuporous, literally.
(Dr. A, consultant psychiatrist: lines 54ˆ60)
One feature of the extract is the way in which Dr. A constructs those patients who are seen as appropriate for ECT. They are Œbed bound, immobile, not eating, not drinking‚˜and located at what another interviewee described as Œthe severe end‚ of the clinical spectrum (Dr. E, consultant psychiatrist: line 56). Examples of the use of the Œsevere end‚ device can also be found in the professional literature:
It is recommended that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used only to achieve rapid and short-term improvement of severe symptoms after an adequate trial of other treatment options has proven ineffective and/or when the condition is considered to be potentially life-threatening, in individuals with: severe depressive illness; catatonia; a prolonged or severe manic episode.
(National Institute for Clinical Excellence, 2003, p. 1)
A formulation of ECT recipients as Œsevere‚ appeared to warrant the use of ECT on occasions when the person was viewed as at risk of dying either because of their attempts to actively kill themselves or because they were not eating or drinking. Both these kinds of behaviour were seen as symptoms of depression with failure to eat or drink viewed more seriously if the person was older, thereby potentially increasing the risk of physical health complications. The claim that ECT was life-saving was common across the interviews, regardless of participants‚ professional orientation. One effect of the Œlife-saving‚ repertoire was to sanction the use of ECT under conditions of compulsory psychiatric treatment (i.e., without requiring recipients‚ consent). This was termed Œemergency ECT‚ by participants. The grounds for such treatment are highly contested: both Johnstone (2003) and Read (2004) argue that there are no studies to support the claims of advocates for Œemergency ECT‚. Read comments that ECT Œdoes not prevent suicide and for a small number may precipitate it‚ (2004, p. 95).
Another feature of interest in Dr. A’s extract is that there appears to be a causal chain in the location of the cause of problems. Causal agency initially appears to be located in physical health problems but these are then framed as caused by the patients‚ self-destructive behaviour, which in turn is seen as caused by depression. Ultimately, these biological signs and symptoms are presented as the threat to life. One effect of using technical descriptions (Œpulmonary embolic complications‚) is to construct the patient as both the cause of, and passive victim of, biological processes.
A second effect of constructing the problem at the biomedicalˆmedical level, rather than, say the psychological, or societal, is that it then becomes difficult to argue for alternative, especially non-biomedical, explanations and interventions. ECT was thus constructed not only as a reasonable intervention, but also an obvious one because it was viewed as fast-working and effective. One effect of this was that non-physical interventions were often discounted.
In the following extract, a participant describes the importance of early treatment when service users are extremely Œill‚:
Dr. E: ∑ if you delay effective treatment, you often have a tougher fight to fight.
(Dr. E, consultant psychiatrist: lines 789ˆ709)
In this extract Œtreatment‚ is implicitly seen as synonymous with ECT and the notion of time is foregrounded. It is implied that the use of other interventions would mean delaying the use of ECT, which is constructed as an Œeffective treatment‚. Elsewhere in the interviews the term Œtreatment‚ was seen as synonymous with pharmaceutical interventions. The ECT fact sheet for patients published by the UK’s Royal College of Psychiatrists (1995) states, Œthe alternative [to ECT] is drug therapy which also has risks and complications‚ (p. 104). Non-physical interventions such as psychotherapy or increased social support are absenced in these accounts, and one effect of this is to preclude them from being offered as alternative interventions. Arscott (1999) points out, Œit is likely to be difficult for a patient to refuse treatment with ECT if they believe that this is their only chance of cure‚ (p. 106).
All of the interviewees recognised that there was public concern about ECT and that it was seen as controversial, and they managed this in a number of ways. They acknowledged grounds for concern but framed ECT within a risks and benefits calculus similar to other medical procedures, sometimes accompanying this with claims that the evidential basis was becoming clearer. The interviewees acknowledged criticisms of ECT but in some of their accounts, more rights to speak were accorded to service user critics who had undergone it.
Dr. E: And I‚m actually quite scrupulous about g-, giving the pros and cons I, I, I very often clear with people, I really think this is the treatment you should be having, but I‚m also very clear ab-, that many people don‚t agree with this treatment, it’s still regarded as controversial, there are some things you probably will experience which you will not like. You probably will find your memory’s adversely affected. Er there are, you know, having an anaesthetic is at, at some level a risk, oh, the figure that’s quoted in the College of Psychiatrists Handbook is three deaths per one hundred thousand anaesthetics.
One way in which concern about ECT was managed was by drawing on a notion of informed consent. In this extract Dr. E notes how ECT recipients are presented with Œthe pros and cons‚. He includes some of the key concerns that critics of ECT have raised: that many disagree with it; that memory problems may occur; and that the administration of the anaesthetic itself is a risk. However, at the same time Dr. E says that he states ŒI really think this is the treatment you should be having‚. Also, the risk from the anaesthetic is slightly downplayed by noting that it is a risk Œat some level‚, although it was the risk seen as raising the most concern. This informed consent account is commonly encountered in discussions about medical procedures like major surgery, and so one effect of employing such a risk and benefits calculus is that ECT was seen as similar to other medical procedures.
Within the interviews, ECT was often discussed through analogies with effects or processes associated with general medical procedures, and this also had an effect of managing concern about ECT. If ECT can be seen as a medical procedure with concomitant risks and benefits, then its particularly controversial status within the popular imagination (e.g., from films like One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest) can be minimised. Differences between the work of psychiatrists administering ECT and that of their medical colleagues carrying out surgery are de-emphasised and the procedure is presented as reasonable˜as Johnstone and Frith (2005) put it, ECT is thus presented as a Œbenign and beneficial procedure‚ (p. 200). Pilgrim and Rogers (1993) have argued that linking the content of psychiatric procedures with those of other medical procedures is one way of increasing the institutional alignment between psychiatry and general medicine˜an enterprise which Baruch and Treacher (1978) have suggested began in the 1960s when psychiatrists shifted their site of operation from separate institutions to district general hospitals. Equating the physical processes involved in psychiatric treatment with those involved in general medical treatment allows the status of the problem to be more easily conceptualised as biomedicalˆmedical. Moreover, Bracken and Thomas (2001) note that attempts to assert the equivalence of psychiatric and medical illness ignore the power of psychiatrists to use psychiatric treatments coercively. They remark, Œpatients and the public know that a diagnosis of diabetes, unlike one of schizophrenia cannot result in their being forcibly detained in hospital‚ (p. 725) and note, Œit is hard to imagine the emergence of Œanti-paediatrics‚ or Œcritical anaesthetics‚ movements‚ (Bracken & Thomas, 2001, p. 724).
A common theme in many psychiatric accounts of contested treatments is that the grounds for debate are lessening with increased research (see, for example Clare, 1976). This was evidenced in the interview material. In the transcript just before the next extract, Dr. B had noted that patient concerns about the lack of knowledge about how ECT works was understandable.
Dr. B: If the case for ECT was (.) crystal clear, that it does definitely work, then that wouldn‚t happen. (.) But as it happens, the case is not crystal clear, but I think it’s clearing up.
(Dr. B, senior psychiatric registrar: lines 447ˆ449)
Here Dr. B acknowledges that the case for ECT is Œnot crystal clear‚. Left at this point, Dr. B could potentially be challenged on why he continues to prescribe ECT. However, he then goes on to claim that it is Œclearing up‚. This could be seen as a form of Œrhetorical inoculation‚ (Sorenson, 1991) where a speaker deflects anticipated criticism.
In addition to these ways in which ECT recipients‚ concerns were managed within the interviews, the interviewees also drew on a range of other responses to direct challenges from ECT critics including groups of patients who have received ECT.
In the following extract, a participant discusses the confusion which they suggest can be experienced by patients and relatives regarding the behaviour of service users after they have received ECT. Dr. B is discussing the case of a patient who had Œlost her memory of her holidays‚ (line 89):
Dr. B: ECT is given to people who are very ill. And it’s very easy for relatives and patients (.) to (.) mix the two, sort of to (.) blame (.) ECT, the ECT for things that are to do with the illness.
(Dr. B, senior psychiatric registrar: lines 93ˆ95)
Here Dr. B suggests that behaviour could be viewed both as the direct result of ECT or, instead, Œto do with the illness‚. In claiming that it is due to the latter, Dr. B draws on the Œsevere end‚ device by describing those receiving ECT as Œvery ill‚. If this statement was made by a non-professional, it might be seen simply as an assertion. However, discourse analysts note that the force of a statement comes not only from its content but who makes it. Edwards and Potter (1992) describe the Œcategory entitlement‚ device which refers to the way in which the veracity of a report can be warranted by the entitlement of a speaker in a particular category to know certain things or have certain skills. Dr. B’s professional status confers rights to speak about what might constitute both unwanted effects of ECT and symptoms of illness. Others, like the relatives and patients mentioned here are positioned as less informed about the medical understanding of emotional distress and the effects of treatment. Thus it becomes possible to construct them as less authorised to make such judgements. One effect of this is to undermine the legitimacy of criticisms made by non-experts and especially recipients of ECT and their relatives. Johnstone and Frith (2005) have noted similar strategies at work in their DA of Freeman and Kendall’s (1980) article.
Of course, service users can attempt to claim certain kinds of category entitlements. As recipients of ECT they might understandably argue that they had expertise in understanding the effects of ECT. Indeed, such arguments have enabled users‚ experiences of ECT to gain a foothold in research conducted by ECT recipients themselves (Rose, Fleischmann, & Wykes (2004) and Rose, Wykes, Leese, Bindman, & Fleischmann (2003)). However, in the next extract, we see how attempts to gain such rights to speak can be challenged:
Interviewer: What, and when you talk about er (.) lay views of depression, many people underestimate how profoundly depressed people can be, what, what is the lay view of depression do you think? What is the standard view?
Dr. F: Well, I, it could be people who don‚t feel like going to work, who don‚t feel like going out, who don‚t feel like getting out of bed in the morning (.) er and they‚re a bit low (.) er it’s really, they stop socialising. I don‚t think people realise that depression is also, you stop eating, (.) that you‚ve stopped having baths, that you don‚t have a bath for three months and they find you at home. You know, that’s what they don‚t realise. You know, because as I said, most people have felt a bit low, but they don‚t really realise that depression is a serious illness. I don‚t know if you‚re a patient. Did, did you talk to the patient groups?
Interviewer: Well I‚ve read some of their literature.
Dr. F: I don‚t know, do they really know how bad these people are (.) those, those who are against ECT? (.) Do they ever come across, them, do they ever see how bad they are, do they/
Interviewer: /Do you mean people in the anti-ECT groups?
Dr. F: That’s right, do they really see them? You see it’s so easy for them to say when they get better Œoh ECT is a cruel treatment‚, but do they remember how bad they were to start with? Do they really know how severely ill?
(Dr. F, consultant anaesthetist: lines 342ˆ364).
Dr. F’s account here follows a similar trajectory to that of the previous extract from Dr. B in that lay views of depression are challenged: Œthey don‚t really realise that depression is a serious illness‚. In this extract, the Œsevere end‚ device is drawn on by describing Œhow bad‚ and how Œseverely ill‚ patients can be before they have ECT. However, Dr. F goes on to use a similar formulation to challenge the legitimacy of accounts of Œpatient groups‚. These critical accounts are implicitly challenged for being selective or lacking in objectivity in some way: Œdo they really see them?‚
There is an interesting shift in this extract, from describing individuals who are against ECT, but who have not Œcome across‚ those who receive it, to describing those who have received it (Œpatient groups‚), but who are Œbetter‚ and might have forgotten Œhow bad they were to start with‚. This account appears to challenge the legitimacy of the criticisms of both groups by drawing on the implied category entitlement of Œdoctor‚, which is set against the category entitlement of Œpatient‚. Thus, the knowledge and claims of ECT recipients who have experienced adverse effects are positioned as secondary to the knowledge and claims of the professionals who administer the procedure. These service users are positioned as poorly informed and forgetful. However, those who are critical of the procedure, but who have not been recipients, are implicitly positioned as even less authorised to criticise ECT. Elsewhere this is put more explicitly:
Nurse A: And especially if the person is really anti-ECT and had ECT then I haven‚t got too much of a problem. (.) It’s the ones that haven‚t had ECT that are against it that I‚ve got a bit of a problem with.
(Nurse A, Psychiatric Nurse: lines 364ˆ367)
By singling out those who are critical but who Œhaven‚t had ECT‚, Nurse A’s account appears to imply a hierarchy of authority to speak about ECT with those who have received ECT seen as having more rights to speak than those who have not. However, as we have seen, even those service users who have received ECT can still have the validity of their views challenged.
We have presented a reading of professionals‚ accounts of ECT in which interviewees appeared to draw on a repertoire which constructed ECT recipients as severely ill. This was used to support claims which: circumscribed who should receive ECT; warranted the use of urgent physical psychiatric treatments; reformulated distress in biological terms; and discounted the therapeutic value of alternative, non-physical treatments. The interviewees managed concerns about ECT by: rendering it as a medical procedure with concomitant risks and benefits; downplaying a lack of clarity over its evidence base; and undermining the legitimacy of criticisms.
The use of the Œsevere end‚ rhetorical device is interesting in the light of evidence that the strongest predictor of ECT prescription is gender and age, rather than severity of illness: women and those aged over 65 (again, predominantly women for demographic reasons) are most likely to receive ECT (Read, 2004; Salford Community Health Council, 1998). Moreover, the viewing of memory problems as resulting from depression rather than ECT seems a little dated˜the consensus view from a range of studies does appear to demonstrate a range of cognitive problems following ECT administration (McElhiney et al., 1995; Neylan et al., 2001; Robertson & Pryor, 2006).
In interviewees‚ accounts, the agency of psychiatrists in prescribing ECT was downplayed with the decision portrayed as flowing from factors relating to the severity of illness. However, this does not account for the variability of ECT prescription over time, in different regions and also between psychiatrists. For example, the study of ECT prescription in Salford and Greater Manchester (Salford Community Health Council, 1998) detailed wide variations both between individual psychiatrists and over time. In his analysis of discourse concerning paranoid delusions, Harper (1994) reported that professionals used empiricist forms of accounting to explain how they reached diagnoses but he noted that they drew on a more contingent and subjective form of accounting to explain variations in diagnoses between professionals. This could be explored in further research focused on professionals‚ accounts.
There are epistemological challenges associated with applying findings from discourse analytic research (Willig, 1999). However, some discourse analysts explicitly seek to promote Œsubversive discursive practices and spaces of resistance‚ (Willig, 1999, p. 12). Here we will suggest some implications consistent with our analysis for different interest groups in mental health: researchers, professionals and service users.
DA can provide a useful way both of examining some of the assumptions implicit in professional accounts and of detailing their effects. This can be most useful in relation to topics like mental health where conceptualisations are contested. Future research could explore whether the strategies employed here can be seen in other accounts both of ECT and of other psychiatric interventions. However, there is also a need for further research into the experiences of the recipients of psychiatric interventions, including studies conducted by service user researchers.
It may be possible to draw on some of the insights of studies like this to develop training packages to help mental health professionals become aware of the ways in which particular rhetorical resources may foreclose the offering of choices about interventions, like ECT, to service users. Such training could be aimed not only at psychiatrists, but also other health professionals (e.g., psychiatric nurses and social workers, psychologists and anaesthetists, etc.).
It is important to note that ECT recipients, like other users of mental health services, are not a homogeneous group of individuals (see Campbell, 1999). For example, some (e.g., ECT Anonymous, 1999a) have called for ECT to be banned, whilst others (e.g., Perkins, 1994) have made a case for its benefits. Service users could be provided with specific information about the type of accounts which they might expect prescribing clinicians to draw on during discussions about ECT. Robertson and Pryor (2006) have provided a useful format for discussing the benefits and risks associated with ECT with mental health service users. Informing service users about the ways in which health professionals can use language to construct ECT as Œordinary‚ or Œurgent‚, and patients as Œseverely ill‚ for example, could allow them to recognise that this is only one possible way of understanding their situation. Simply knowing that other accounts are available could empower service users to ask more questions about ECT and alternative treatments.
Service users could also develop training packages˜similar to assertiveness training˜in managing psychiatric interviews by role-playing possible responses. Such training would need to be accessible and to acknowledge both the emotional distress experienced by potential ECT recipients and the difficulties associated with challenging professional power. An example of what such training might look like can be seen in the ECT Anonymous (1999b) factsheet which pre-empts a list of questions and suggests possible responses with the suggestion that Œthere are simple answers to all these queries, even ones with technical terms. If there is a deep reluctance to answer these questions you should suspect the likely quality of your treatment‚ (p. 1).
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Appendix A.
Noticeable pauses of less than one second were indicated by a full stop in brackets (.) while pauses of between 1 and 3 s are indicated by the word Œpause‚. A slash (/) indicates interruption and triangular brackets (< and >) indicate incidental contributions that were made by speakers during the other speaker’s turn. Transcripts were punctuated to facilitate reading. Identifying details were changed to preserve the anonymity of participants.
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Caribbean Princess 16 Day Transatlantic Cruise Review
Day 3 Bergen, Norway Arrival: 12:00PM Departure: 6:00PM
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Arrival: After experiencing very rocky seas all night long, it was nice to enter the fjord, where the wind was much calmer, and begin the approach to Bergen. Since we were two hours late in leaving Southampton, we were also two hours late in arriving in Bergen, 12 noon instead of 10am. We spent a very leisurely morning around the ship and had already eaten lunch by the time we docked. For those who had excursions scheduled, there was a rush to get off the ship and to the coaches. For those of us who were going to explore Bergen on our own, we waited until the ones leaving for excursions were able to get off the ship.
Along coastline toward Bergen
Getting close to Bergen, Norway
Approaching Bergen
Shuttle bus from ship took us to this park
Another small but pretty park
History: Bergen, located on the west coast of Norway, is known as the city of seven mountains and is the 2nd largest city in Norway. It was established before 1070A.D. and was the oldest trading port of Northern Europe. Its principal export was dried cod. The Hanseatic League was established in Bryggen in 1360 and was a guild of German and Baltic merchants who controlled trade from England to Russia during the Middle Ages. The wooden buildings in Bryggen are from those days.
Self-touring: After getting off the ship, we walked a very short distance to get on a free shuttle bus that took us to a park in Bergen that was very close to the main shopping areas and also to the harbor. Our walking tour took us toward the waterfront where the open-air Fish Market sells all kinds of fish and seafood, uncooked as well as dinners already prepared. We were very near the trail and/or funicular that goes up the side of Mt. Floien where you can see all the surrounding scenery; however, we chose to continue on to Bryggen (old town) which is an old medieval port and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Today, the colorful buildings facing the port have many different kinds of shops in them but the wooden buildings in the alleys make you feel like you are back in those medieval times. Other stops on our walking tour along the cobbled walkways included Mariakirken (St. Mary’s Church), Rosenkrantz Tower and Hakon’s Hall. After our walking tour, we returned to the park where the shuttle bus met us and took us back to the ship. It was a very nice service that was provided for cruise ship passengers.
Other sights to see: Some of the places and things seen on the excursions include Hardangerfjord, the 3rd largest fjord in the world, 2nd in Norway with its magnificent scenery; Steinsdalsfossen, the most visited waterfall in Norway; Troldhaugen, the Swiss-style home and gardens where Edvard Grieg the famous composer lived and is buried; and Fantoft Stave Church, a replica of an old church which is unique to Norway.
Statue of Ole Bull, famous Norwegian violinist and composer
Seen while walking through town to the harbor
Walking toward harbor and old town (Bryggen)
Going up the side of Mt. Floien is the funicular and also the walking trail
Above colorful buildings you can see the top of Mt. Floien
Famous Fish Market (Fisketorget)
Some very unusual fish!
Different kinds of fish
A wide variety of seafood
Looking across harbor at Bryggen (old town Bergen) which is an UNESCO World Heritage Site
Old medieval port
Medieval trading center
Wooden buildings from days of Hanseatic League
Today, different kinds of shops
Unusual signs on the buildings
Alleys between buildings in old town Bergen
Pulley used to lift merchandise to upper floor of building
Fish carved out of tree trunk
Mariakirken (St. Mary's Church) is oldest building in Bergen from early 12th century
Rosenkrantz Tower - Medieval castle
Side view of Rosenkrantz Tower
Hakon's Hall - Medieval Hanseatic League's assembly hall
Side view of Hakon's Hall
Dinner: After all the walking during the afternoon, we were ready for an early dinner. As usual, we had a variety of choices on the menu. Each day we have had at least one selection of seafood which is always a favorite of mine.
Creamy fettuccini with parmesan cheese
Pan seared fish with veggies
Entrée selection
Sugar Free Dessert
Special chocolate cake with ice cream and chocolate sauce
Evening entertainment: There were two opportunities to watch the show in the Princess Theater. The entertainer was a very talented imitator of Elton John. He put on quite a show with his piano skills and showmanship. After the show, we had time to attend other musical offerings in various places throughout the ship.
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I hope you know what I'm talking about. I could be talking about "who", "which", "whose" and so on, or I could be talking about aunts, uncles and cousins. That's the trouble with English. One word can have two quite different meanings. Well, in this short piece I'm going to talk about both that is primarily aunts, uncles and so on and with a bit of luck the other "relatives" should be there too.
Anyhow, there are those members of the family whom you regard as part of the family and it never occurs to you that the chap whom you call Dave is also someone to whom you could give the title "uncle". You know him so well that it never occurs to you that he is in fact a relative. Then there are those that you only see on special occasions, which don't take place very often like weddings and funerals. In the former you're usually enjoying yourself so much that you don't take much notice of them and in the latter you hardly talk to anyone because it's a time when you don't talk much to anyone and a place where you don't normally go out of your way to be sociable.
Then there is that special category of relatives which you hardly ever consider and whose names you only vaguely remember because they did something terrible or left the country in a hurry or who have funny ways which most of us can't accept.
I had one like that, an aunt whose name was Enid. In fact whenever I hear the name spoken or read it in a book, I always conjure up in my mind that aunt who must have been the strangest member that my family has produced. As a child I had heard stories about her that may or may not have been true. The best one I remember was when she ended up in hospital with a broken leg. Apparently she was very proud of her house, which she kept in an immaculate condition, and in this particular incident that illustrates her eccentricity, she had seen a mess on one of the rugs she kept in her sitting room. As she was expecting a visitor, who was due any minute, she opened the door to the garden and threw out the rug that was causing the trouble and whose stain was upsetting her. Unfortunately she forgot to get off the rug first and threw herself out into the garden as well. That was how she ended up in the hospital with a broken leg. There were endless stories like those, which were probably exaggerated and that had been added to over the years. Nobody really knew what was true and what was complete fabrication. The one thing that nobody could understand or explain was why she had gone to live in another country where she had stayed for more than twenty years. Everybody had something to say on the matter: she had had an unhappy love affair with a man who was married, she wanted to make a fresh start in a place where no-one knew her, she wanted to get away from her family whom she couldn't put up with. Such stories, which grew in number as the years went by, fascinated me. The strange thing was that not one of these stories fitted with the generally accepted belief that Aunt Enid was supposed to be a very shy person, who wouldn't have the courage to say boo to a goose. This was an enigma that I wanted to resolve and when I heard that she was returning to the place where she was born, I hoped I might have the opportunity to meet this living legend and get to the bottom of these stories.
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What FibsLeaGammoners think about migrating one day from FLG to IIBGF
Author Topic: What FibsLeaGammoners think about migrating one day from FLG to IIBGF (Read 7305 times)
Tomawaky
I was asking myself the question yesterday and want to know about your opinion.
I don't want to develop what I think, but hoping that this topic start an open discussion.
Tomawaky "I feel good da da da da da da da.........i knew that i would now........."
dorbel
Advanced Fibsboarder
Re: What FibsLeaGammoners think about migrating one day from FLG to IIBGF
I hope that all Internet players will join and support the IIBGF. This could the birth of a democratic body representing players all over the world. I hope too that Fibsleague will continue to provide its players with a well run competition, as it has in the past. This doesn't necessarily mean exactly as in the past and if Franck has some ideas for the competition to change, I'm all ears.
The main reason I stay on Fibs is for the League setup. I enjoy the challenge of trying to improve my position (fail mostly).
I'm all for a body to represent worldwide internet players and the league setup looks good, with one notable exception - the timescale involved in completing each round. I think it was PL who brought this up on another thread and I totally agree that 6 months is far too long - I often thought 2 or 3 months on FibsLeague was too long - but that's just my opinion.
You also have to allow for players of all rankings to compete against players at a similar level and, I guess, as the IIBGF grows, there will be more divisions and the cream will float to the top, so to say.
The IIGBF gives an opportunity, at least initially, to play some really good players, but I would hate to see FLG dissappear. It's difficult enough trying to get players to complete their FLG committments without them having committments elsewhere.
Keep it going Franck - it's the best online league setup I've come across - but I'm also very interested to hear your ideas for development.
When I said Migrating from FLG to IIBGF, I meant :
If we can put all that is on FLG to IIBGF and keep running division as they run today (and why not improve it )
What will you miss ?
Nothing I guess.
What is the necessity to run FLG and IIBGF separatly ?
Backgammon players are not so many to put them on different places. I see in IIBGF developpement many similarities with FLG.
I am not speaking about stoping your favorite League Thanks stop applause
I am speaking about merge it to IIBGF.
I think more about improvment of the league as I did at FLG for the past 10 years than anything else.
But by staying alone at FLG, I am really not sure that I can make many more improvment. Where we are now, I Think we have to go a step further.
Don't you ?
Krazula
Fibsboarder
I've already joined iibgf. I think it is best to give people the choice of playing in both leagues or only in one. I like the league experience and hope both keep running for a long time. I also hope many people choose to join iibgf, the more people in the group means a larger sample size and that their rankings will be more accurate. I don't think its a good idea to require people in flg to join iibgf though, some people may not have enough time for both and it might cause a fewer percentage of matches to be completed.
don't roll your dice in the sand
I don't think its a good idea to require people in flg to join iibgf though, some people may not have enough time for both and it might cause a fewer percentage of matches to be completed.
yes agreed - especially as the IIBF matches are 2x13 pointers
whereas FLG are a v good single 7 pointers ('cept Masters division which are 9 pointers)
But if IIBGF agreed to run a league with same format over the same period with masters ranking over the year, keeping the FLG's history ?
--keep FLG the same for all of the reasons already given by others.
--its not practical to make the flg a division of the IIBGF. The IIBGF requires all matches played to be recorded and then sent in to the TD. Users may also remain anonymous in FLG, but its impossible with the IIBGF. It does not make sense to combine the two.
--by all means, FLG and IIBGF share resources and ideas, but keep then separate.
It may or may not be desirable to make FLG a division of IIBGF, but it isn't impractical. It is trivially easy to record a match file and email it in. I can see that some people might value anonymity, but why they should do so isn't clear to me. What is the point of it? If you enter a live tournament you don't normally do so under a false name and wearing a disguise. Actually one known dice cheat did fly to Spain in 1990 wearing a beard and dark glasses, but was quickly spotted and ejected! One thing that I hope IIBGF will be able to do is to name, shame and ban dice cheats. The derisory 3 month ban handed down by the Danish Federation to one of their best players after he admitted cheating for money on TMG should be life IMO.
Joining the IIBGF doesn't mean that you have to play in IIBGF tournaments.
It's difficult enough trying to get players to complete their FLG committments without them having committments elsewhere.
I don't really know what this means. People who want to join IIBGF and play in their tournaments will do so whether FLG migrates or not. As IIBGF tourneys are conducted at a fairly leisurely pace (about one match a week) I can't see that making any difference anyway.
On the question of anonimity - I personally have no problem with revealing my name, but others might, for whatever reasons they may have.
That is one advantage, and some might say disadvantage, of internet play. As the IIBGF has been formed for internet backgammon (the clue is in the name), making comparisons to live play is irrelevant. There are already international bodies which govern live tournaments, rankings etc.
If migration can bring advantages, then I'm all for it, but haven't as yet been convinced of the advantages. Bear in mind that it might be easier for Franck, who undoubtably puts a lot of work into running FLG.
Yours open-mindedly,
making comparisons to live play is irrelevant. There are already international bodies which govern live tournaments, rankings etc.
Actually no, there aren't any "International bodies that govern live tournaments", nor are there any international rankings. The IIBGF seeks to fill these gaps, at least as far as the Internet is concerned. Who knows, it may even grow into a world governing body for all play, but it can't do that while its members are anonymous.
Quote from: dorbel on July 01, 2011, 10:17:44 AM
It may or may not be desirable to make FLG a division of IIBGF, but it isn't impractical.
dorbel is correct, poor usage of words on my part and an extremely poor explanation as to why I think it not desirable, so I'll elaborate:
--FLG has been successfully running for 10 years in its present format, which relies more on player good will and self-accountability rather than rules and regulations. There is something to be said for not drastically changing something that has been this successful, especially if it requires adding more requirements.
--It logically follows that if the FLG is integrated into the the IIBGF in some manner, that FLG adopt IIBGF rules and regulations, otherwise there is no point in integrating.
Some of these rules, which would most certainly affect FLG player participation in a drastic manner, are as follows:
1) no anonymity
I can see that some people might value anonymity, but why they should do so isn't clear to me. What is the point of it? If you enter a live tournament you don't normally do so under a false name and wearing a disguise.
In today's world its quite clear why some value online anonymity and the reasons aren't necessarily nefarious. News reports are rife with reasons why people do well to exercise caution in guarding their online privacy, but that's a separate subject.
Simply put, requiring one to register in FLG with their given name will affect participation, especially 'newbies' who may look at FIBS "shouts" and decide they don't want some of those dysfunctional online personas knowing who they are as one of them very well might be a Ted Bundy or Son of Sam looking for the next victim.
As far as anonymity and the IIGBF goes, it currently would be quite easy to thwart the system if one really want to and register as Clint Eastwood, Kate Middleton or Blunder Moon--ok, not that obvious--as none would be the wiser. Currently, no photo id and proof of current address by submission of a utility bill are required for IIBGF registration. (I trust I haven't given Leonardo or Zagloba any ideas here.) And if that ever became a requirement it would be quite easy to photoshop, which would leave the IIBGF no recourse but to require those that register to submit by mail an original notarized copy of your passport and utility bill.
Backgammon cheats are not going to play in the FLG-- there is no financial incentive and I can't see someone cheating for the prestige of winning as the tourney is rather a quiet in-house affair.
Requiring FLG to register with their given names will reduce participation.
2) recording and sending in all matches played to the TD
It is trivially easy to record a match file and email it in.
Yes, its easy to do, but that is not the point. Its an extra burden I suspect many currently in FLG would not be willing to do and they would just drop out.
3) advising the TD if they wish to withdraw from a tournament and severe penalties of 12 month and 5 year bans from all IIBGF events if the withdrawal is deemed unwarranted, including a player that "silently" withdraws. (see Section 6 of IIBGF rules)
This is currently one of the good points of FLG in that players drop out for one reason or another, either temporarily or permanently, and the pools go on will little fanfare. Some players that have dropped out over the years come back and re-enter with no hassle. Yes, its technically unfair if a player plays only half the participants in pool and then drops out before playing the others, but no one has complained about it and the pools go on year after year.
4) voluntary match forfeits are not allowed.
I know of some instances in FLG where Player A has forfeited a match with Player B because of issues, either real or imagined, they have with Player B. Also, FLG grants forfeits if an opponent fails to respond to an email invitation to play. Though this forfeiting is technically not fair, it works for FLG and the players play on.
Many of the current FLG players in the lower Bronze and Silver pools--and I dare say even some from the Gold and Master pools as well--would drop out completely from the FLG rather than comply with all the IIBGF rules, not because they have some sinister purpose or want to cheat, but they like the way it is now and would not want to jump through more hoops in order to play backgammon in a less formal league that has fewer rules or requirements.
The main reason I would give for keeping the FLG the same and not integrating it into the IIBGF is that the FLG in its current less structured and less formal state will continue to draw new players the more formalized and structured IIBGF will not.
Leave the FLG as it is and don't tinker with a successful model.
Perhaps Tomawaky could regard the FLG as a feeder system for the IIBGF. Keep FLG like it is but promote the IIBGF to FLG players. (Put links to it on the FLG site, send simple promotional emails to players, etc.)
« Last Edit: July 01, 2011, 05:26:36 PM by moonshadow »
Very very thanks for all the reply, we expect more ...
That is the goal of that topic : benefits / disadvantages
Why it's a good idea or a bad idea ?
What would be necessary to migrate to IIBGF ? what is incompatible ?
Is it better or not to have IIBGF and FLG ...
All this kind of questions.
But Yes I heard your comment FLG is THE GREATEST BACKGAMMON LEAGUE ON EARTH and you all love his TD who is almost as great
Let's hear some others comments
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Op Eds and Essays
HuffPost Transformed Workplace Op-Ed-12.14.2017
Thoughts: 2019
The Fissured Workplace in the World
Index for The Fissured Workplace
ABM Industries, 56, 133
Abraham, Katherine, 90, 314n36
accounting, and outsourcing, 52, 54–55
adverse selection, 63
Aetna, 39
Affordable Care Act (2010), 309n3
agriculture industry: and offshoring, 169; enforcement in 217-219, 351n12; definition of establishment in, 218; competitive forces, 259-260; and labor standards, 260
Ahn, Sarah, 256
Airstream, 53
Akerson, Dan, 74
ALT Inc., 109–112
Americans with Disabilities Act, and notification about employee rights, 252
A&P, 28–30, 294n4
apparel industry: and offshoring, 172; in Bangladesh, 176; enforcement in, 224–228; and lean retailing, 225-226; supply chain approach, 226-228; compliance with labor standards, 226, 228.
Apple Inc., 7–8, 171–175, 234, 302n27; and core competencies, 50–51; and Foxconn, 174-175,
Asian American Hotel Operators Association (AAHOA), 257–258, 363n28
A. T. Massey Coal Company, 102–105, 204, 315n7
AT&T, 94–95, 107, 109; task matrix for subcontractors, 66; and cell tower fatalities, 111–113
August Belmont and Company, 179
Automatic Data Processing (ADP), 54
automobile industry: and core competencies, 36, 50; and offshoring, 172
Autor, David, 264, 284
Awuah, Pius, 3, 197–198
Axiom Global Inc., 369n19
back wages, 155, 166, 249, 254; recovery of, 16, 130, 222; and traditional enforcement, 221-222; and FLSA, 227; defined, 327n23
backward integration, 63
Bain Capital, 47, 301n18
Bakery Confectionery, Tobacco, and Grainmillers Union, 321n51; Local 464, 114
Bank of America, 2–3, 55
Barboza, David, 174–175
Beatrice (company), 36, 52–53
Bebchuk, Lucian, 49
Becker, Gary, 80
Berle, Adolph, 35–36, 44
Bernhardt, Annette, 246–247
Bessemer process, 32
Betacom, 111–112
Bewley, Truman, 84–86, 310n14, 312n22
Bituminous Coal Operators Association (BCOA), 103
Black Mag LLC, 240–241
BlackRock, 46
BlackStone Group, 47, 125
Blankenship, Don, 238
Blinder, Alan, 171, 337n28
Boeing, 41
Bonsack machine, 32
Boston Manufacturing Company, 295n17
BP, and Deepwater Horizon accident, 19, 186, 207; and outsourcing, 54–55
Bradsher, Keith, 174–175
branding, 4, 8, 11, 56, 313n34, 323n2; and core competencies, 66, 123; importance of, 123; and franchising, 126; in hospitality industry, 143–144; and enforcement, 234–236; of chicken, 323n3
“broken windows” analogy, 243–267
Burger King, 129, 261, 323n4
business credit cards, 324n9–324n10
business cycle, and fissuring, 9, 282-285
business ownership, and management control, 34–37; role of institutional investors, 45-46; and private equity, 46-47
cable TV industry, and fissuring, 118–121
California Labor Department, 166
call center work, and offshoring, 168, 172
CALPERS, 46
Campbell Soup, 259–261
capital, and franchising, 125–126
capital markets, 125–126, 298n35, 298n38; demands of, 8, 44–49; private equity, 46-47; and executive compensation, 49; response to shedding employment, 73–75
Carnegie, Andrew, 32
Carrillo, Everardo, 3, 201
Carrols Food Group, 129
Cascom Inc., 1, 119–121, 322n65
cell towers, expansion and maintenance of, 108–109; and subcontracting methods, 109-110; and standards for quality, 110, 319n37, 319n39; and consequences of fissuring, 111–113, 318n32
Chicago Tribune, 279
China Labor Watch, 174
Choice Hotels, 146
Cingular, 109, 111–113; and audits, 70; and penalties, 72. See also AT&T
Cisco, 173
Civil Rights Act (1964), Title VII, and notification about employee rights, 252
CleanNet USA, 133–134, 141
Cleeland, Nancy, 91
Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), 261–262
coal industry, 101, 315n5, 316n10; and subcontracting, 102–107, 316, n12, 317n23; and fatalities, 105, 216; and legislation regarding subcontracting, 204
Coase, Ronald, 30
Cocoa Services, 115–117, 321n55
collective action problem, 253–256
collective agents, role of, 253-256
collective bargaining, 37, 56, 77, 86, 280; and NLRA, 21; process, 39; in 1950s, 41; agreements, 54, 101, 254, 277; and FLOC, 261; in construction, 355n40
common law, views of employment relationships, 184–190
Commons, John R., 179, 342n21
communication technology, 8–9; role in employment restructuring, 4; and standards, 60-61; in trucking industry, 61-62; in retailing, 62-63
company towns, 79
compensation: and horizontal equity, 83–85; and vertical equity, 85–87
complaint behavior, 245–248; and employer retaliation, 246-247, 360n5; and inspections, 237; changes over time, 247-248; and exercise of rights, 252-253
ConAgra, 53
conglomerates, 36–37; dismantling of, 51–53
construction industry, 315n2; and injuries, 192; residential, 218-219, 231, 350n8, 351n15; and enforcement, 230–234; and subcontracting, 99, 355n40
Continental Bread, 36
contingent employment, 271–274
contracts, incomplete, 64–66, 301n19, 311n18
coordination, falling cost of, 60–63
core competencies, 49-50, 63, 302n26, 313n34; focusing on, 11, 53-55, 57-58; and branding, 66, 123; in hospitality industry, 145; logistics as, 161; in retailing, 162; of law firms, 275; in financial services, 279,
Costco, 259
Cotton, William “Bubba,” 111–113
Council for Educational Travel, U.S.A. (CETUSA), 2, 114, 117–118
Coverall North America, 1–3, 133–134, 137, 197–198; franchise agreement, 328n36, 329n40
credit cards, as source of capital, 125–126
Current Population Survey, 292n7; Contingent Work Supplement, 271–272
Davis-Bacon Act, 356n45
Day, Liz, 109, 111
Dell, 173
DeMoulas Supermarket (Market Basket), 229–230
Desai, Bhairavi, 256
deterrence: general and specific, 237-238; theory of, 357n54
Dey, Matthew, 270
DHL, 57, 321n59; as logistics provider, 161
distribution: and outsourcing, 57; fissuring of, and Hershey Company, 117–118
Doeringer, Peter, 38
Domino’s Pizza, 199–201, 346n41,
downsizing, stock market effects of, 74–75
Dunkin’ Donuts: standards for franchisees, 13; franchise agreement, 66
Dunlop, John, 261, 310n9, 365n34
DuPont, 33–34
Easterbrook, Judge Frank, 191–192
electronics industry, and offshoring, 172
Ember Contracting Corporation, 105–107, 318n25
employee, definition of, 20–23, 184–186
Employee Free Choice Act, 209
Employee Misclassification Prevention Act, 205
employer: definition of, 184–186, 292n14; types of, defined, 343n25
employment: shift in focus of, 8–10; shedding, 11–12; contingent forms of, 24; contracted, 293n22
employment conditions, and fissuring, 16
employment restructuring, 7; examples of, 1–3; development of, 3–4; role of communication technology in, 4; role of information technology in, 4; consequences of, 9–10
enforcement, 22; federal spending for, 215-216; and probability of inspection, 217-220; and investigation protocols, 220; limits of traditional approaches to, 221–222; strategies in fissured workplaces, 222-234; and deterrence, 237; strategic, 249-252
enterprise boundaries, defining, 30–31
enterprise-wide agreements, as enforcement strategy, 228–230
Erickcek, George, 58–59
establishment, use of term, 218
exchange traded funds (ETFs), 300n12
executive compensation: and firm performance, 48–49; and capital markets, 49
Exel, 2, 117–118, 321n59
externalities, and fissuring, 18-19
Exult, 54–55
Fair Labor Association, 175, 263, 365n36
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 3, 184, 235, 246; definition of employee, 21, 184, 190-192; and hospitality industry, 155; and enforcement of minimum wage and overtime regulations, 221–222; and complaints, 247–248; and notification about employee rights, 252
fairness, 81-83, 310n12, 311n21, 312n22, 360n1; and horizontal equity, 83-85; and vertical equity, 85-87; and income inequality, 280-282 Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia), 224, 352n18
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA, 1993), 209, 246; and notification about employee rights, 252
Farber, Hank, 74–75
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), 260–262
farms, use of term, 218; See also agriculture industry
fast food industry, 126-132; franchise agreements, 66-69; franchising and workplace labor standards, 129–132; and minimum wage, 326n19. See also names of firms
Federal Express, as logistics provider, 161
Federal Trade Commission, 52, 291n3, 303n31, 329n40, 346n39
FedEx Home Delivery v. NLRB, 341n7
Feenstra, Rob, 169
Fidelity, 46
financial markets, efficient market model of, 45
financial services industry, and fissuring, 279–280
Ford, Henry, 32, 63
Forever 21, 228
Foulkes, Fred, 84, 296n28, 312n27
401(k) accounts, 45
Foxconn, 171–176, 264, 366n44
franchise disclosure documents (FDDs), 139, 306n62
franchisee associations, 257–258, 363n28
franchising, 1–3, 70–72, 94–95, 305n49; and fissuring, 9, 122–158; extent of, 12, 324n7; as business format, 25, 61, 66, 270; and janitorial services industry, 56, 132–142; and capital, 125–126; and branding, 126; and fast food industry, 129–132, 325n15; conflict of interest in, 136; and hospitality industry, 146–150; and right to control, 195–201; as misclassification, 197–199; and Massachusetts, 198–199; and liability, 199–201; and enforcement, 236; and AAHOA, 257–258; and contingent workers, 273; traditional, 305n51; hybrid, 314n3; origin of, 323n1
franchising agreement, 67–69; Dunkin’ Donuts, 66; Taco Bell, 66, 124, 307n68; Jan-Pro Franchising International, 134–136; Pizza Hut, 307n67; Coverall North America, 328n36, 329n40
Freeman, Richard, 245
Fried, Jesse, 49
Friedman, Milton, 299n1
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 37, 44, 49
General Foods, 33
General Motors, 33–34, 41, 163, 172–173
Glynn, Timothy, 206–207
Gou, Terry, 175
Government Performance Review Act (GPRA, 1996), 214
Great Recession of 2007–2009, 15, 23, 282–285
Greenhouse, Steven, 93
G. R. Mining, 106, 318n25
guest workers (H2-A), 261–262
Guest Workers Alliance, 118
Gunningham, Neil, 241, 359n64
Hallock, Kevin, 74–75
health insurance, 16; employer-paid, 292n8
hedge funds, 47, 301n14
Heerden, Auret van, 175
Hershey, Milton, 114
Hershey Company, 2–3, 321n54; and fissuring, 113–118
Hewlett Packard (HP), 173, 175–176
Hilton, 41, 146
Hilton Management Services, 150–151
horizontal equity, 88–89, 312n24; and compensation, 83–85
hospitality industry: and hybrid fissuring, 142–157; and branding, 143–144; and core competencies, 145; franchising in, 146–150; franchising agreements in, 147–149; and independent operating companies, 150-152; and staffing agencies, 152-154; and workplace labor standards, 154–157
Hospitality Staffing Solutions, 142–143, 152–154, 157, 332n61
“hot cargo” provision, 206, 227-228, 356n49
Houseman, Susan, 58–59, 270
House of Representatives, Committee on Manufacturers, 224
housing starts, 350n8
human capital: investment in, 310n9; job-specific, 80
Hyatt Hotels Corporation, 143, 155, 157
IBM, 7, 39, 173, 338n35
Impact Logistics, 164–166, 201–203
implicit contract theory, and internal labor markets, 81
incentive-based pay systems, 84; growth of, 48–49; and Lincoln Electric, 311n20. See also piece rates
income inequality, changes in, 19-20, 23, 280-281, 293n19, 296n26 372n40, 372n45; and politics, 208-209; and fissuring, 92, 281-282
independent contracting, 10, 314n37, 314n39, 341n7; in the logistics industry, 161-162; as form of employment, 270
Independent Contractor Proper Classification Act of 2007, 205
independent contractors, 21, 24, 186, 205, 212, 236; misclassification of workers as, 10; and cable installation, 119–121; FedEx drivers as, 161; and petrochemical industry, 186–188
independent operating companies, in hospitality industry, 151–152
information asymmetries, in employment, 80
information technology, 8–9, 305n53; role of, in employment restructuring, 4; and outsourcing, 52, 54–55; development of, 60–61
internal labor markets: development of, 37-39; and wage determination, 39-40, 80-81, 296n24; decline of, 40-41, 87-88; alternative theories of 80-81, 296n25, 296n26, 297n31, 298n38
International Labour Organization, 263, 366n42
international monitoring, and global supply chains, 262–265
inventory: minimizing of, 162; turns, 294n4
IRAs, growth of, 45
Island Creek Coal, 104–105
ITT Corporation, 36
J-1 visa program, 2, 113, 118
Jacobs, Jane, 243, 265–266
Jani-King International, 134, 198
janitorial services industry: and outsourcing, 55–56; as vanguard of fissuring, 90–91; origin of, 132–133; business model for franchising, 134–136; financial viability of franchising, 136–139; franchising and labor standards, 139–142; evolution of employment structures in, 220; and independent contractors, 327n31; and branding, 327n31;
Jan-Pro Franchising International, 133–134; franchising agreement, 134–136
job polarization, 284–285
Jobs, Steve, 51
Journatic, 277–279
Justice for Janitors campaign, 327n31
Kahneman, Daniel, 82
Kalleberg, Arne, 58–59, 270
Kaufmann, Patrick J., 127, 363n28
Kelling, George, 243, 249
KFC, 129, 323n4
KKR and Company, 47, 53
Knutson, Ryan, 109, 111
Kodak, 39
Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts. See KKR and Company
Krugman, Paul, 281, 372n43
labor brokers, 9, 97, 167; early form, 179-180
labor market, 309n4, 309n7, 340n2; internal, 37–40, 81, 296n24–296n25, 297n31, 298n38; information as lubricant in, 79; and large employers, 79; compensation studies, 85; in coal mining industry, 105; in cell tower industry, 111; in janitorial services industry, 141-142; in hospitality industry, 154-155; in apparel industry, 224-225; social networks in, 255–256; segmented, 298n34; and wages, 352n22. See also internal labor markets
labor standards: and fissuring, 16; and fast food franchising, 129, 132; and janitorial services franchising, 139–142; compliance, in hospitality industry, 154–157; and cucumbers, 259–262
labor unions: role in internal labor markets, 37, 41, 86; as collective agents, 253–254; density of, 41, 254. See also names of labor unions
Lafontaine, Francine, 127, 363n28
large-firm wage premium, 39-40, 297n30, 297n31, 298n37
lean retailing, 62, 65; principles of, 162–163. 334n4; and apparel industry, 226
legal process outsourcing (LPO) firms, 275
legal profession, and fissuring, 274–276
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. v. Yensavage, 347n50
Lenny, Richard, 115
Lettire Construction, 233–234
liability: as issue in fissuring, 78; tests to assess, 186, 190; vicarious liability defined, 189; and subcontracting, 190-192; and multiemployer settings, 192-195, 233-234; and franchising, 195-201; and supply chain relationships, 201-203 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009), 209
Litton Industries, 36
Locke, Richard, 174, 264, 365n39, 366n41
logistics industry; and outsourcing, 57-58, 63; and fissuring, 96, 117-118, 160–167
loss aversion, 85–86
LRSolutions, 275–276
Lyons and Sons, 115–117, 321n55
maintenance services, and outsourcing, 55–56
markets. See capital markets; competitive markets; financial markets; labor market; stock market
Marriott, 2–3, 146, 150; and branding, 331n54
Massachusetts: and franchising, 198–199; and presumption of employee status, 204–205
Massey Doctrine, 102–103, 107, 369n17
Massey Upper Big Branch (mine disaster), 238
McDonald’s, 127, 259, 261, 323n4, 325n14; Miller v. McDonald’s Corp., 195, 345n33
McKinley, President William, 224
Means, Gardiner, 35–36, 44
Microtel, standards for affiliated properties, 13
Migrant and Seasonal Worker Protection Act, 260; and notification about employee rights, 252
Miller v. McDonald’s Corp., 195, 345n33
Milliken, Michael, 53
Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (MINER Act), 317n24, 357n55, 359n62
Mine Safety and Health Act, 102–103, 238
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), 101–103, 357n55; and enforcement outlays, 215-216; and POV program, 238–240 , 358n59, 358n60
minimum wage standards. 326n19, 349n65; violations rates, 9, 18, 130, 132; and fast food industry, 130; and janitorial services industry, 140; and hospitality industry, 154; and apparel industry, 226
misclassification of workers, 10, 212, 236. See also independent contracting
misclassification law, 292n12; Massachusetts, 197–198
modern corporation, origins of, 31–34
monopsony, 296n25, 309n4–309n5, 309n7, 313n33; power, 79–81; model, 87
Moore’s Law, 61
moral hazard, 306n57
Morgan Foods, 129
Mt. Olive Pickles, 260
Munro Muffler Company, 229-230
mutual funds, 45–46
nail salons, 256
National Employment Law Project, 284, 293n20
National Franchise Program (Australia), 224
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 41, 77, 184–185, 207, 246, 316n11; definition of employee, 21; and posting of notices, 253
National Labor Relations Board, 185, 292n14; NLRB v. Hearst Publications Inc., 185, 341n6; and posting of notices, 253; NLRB v. United Insurance, 341n7
Nations Roof LLC, 231–233
New Hampshire, and presumption of employee status, 205
newspapers, and fissuring, 276–279
Nike, 234; and supply chain monitoring, 264, 365n36
NLRB v. Hearst Publications Inc., 185, 341n6
NLRB v. United Insurance, 341n7
non-profit entities, and outsourcing, 304n41
North Carolina Growers Association, 260–262
NPC International, 129
Nsoro LLC Inc., 109, 113
Nyden, Paul, 104, 315n4
Obama, President Barack, 51, 205
Occupational Safety and Health Act, 207, 246, 343n22, 360n5; and definition of employer, 184-185; and multiemployer settings, 192-195, 207; and complaints, 247–248; and notification about employee rights, 252
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 112, 116–117, 185, 192–195, 207; and enforcement outlays, 215-216; and DeMoulas Supermarket agreement, 229-230; and Munro Muffler agreement, 228-230; and Nations Roof agreement, 231-233; and Black Mag inspection, 240-241
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), 194
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), 215
offshoring, 168, 336n22; use of term, 159; in supply chains, 167–177; and workers, 168–171
Oi, Walter, 80
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 273
outsourcing, 270, 304n37, 336n22; of human resource activities, 52, 54, 55; of information technology activities, 54-55; of janitorial and maintenance, 55-56; and reengineering, 57; use of term, 159; in supply chains, 167–177; consequences of, 174–176; increases in, 270–271; and legal profession, 274–276; and non-profit entities, 304n41
overtime standards: violations rates, 18; and fast food industry, 130; and janitorial services industry, 132; and hospitality industry, 154
Patrick, Governor Deval (Massachusetts), 155
Patriot Coal Corporation, 105, 317n22
pensions, 16, 45, 292n7–292n8; defined benefit, 299n4; defined contributions, 299n4
Perrow, Charles, 113
petrochemical industry, 186–188
Phillips 66, 186
Pickens, T. Boone, 53
piece rates, 84, 311n16, 311n20; as compensation in logistics, 165–166
Piore, Michael, 38, 296n24, 298n34
Pizza Hut, 72, 129; franchise agreement, 307n67
Polivka, Anne, 270
Premier Warehousing Ventures LLC (PWV), 2, 164–165, 201–203
principal/agent dilemma, 59
private equity model, 46–47, 301n14, 308n70; and company restructuring, 47; employment impacts of, 73–74
property rights framework, 295n14–295n15
Prudential Financial, 55
Quiznos, 127, 325n15
Rana Plaza complex, collapse of, 176
reengineering, 57
REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts), 125, 293n16, 324n8
residential construction. See construction industry
restaurant hygiene, impact of transparency on, 235
retail industry, 28–30; history of, 28-30, 294n1, 295n13, 323n1; and information costs, 62-63, 226; and fissuring, 291n1; and supply chains, 159, 227-228; logistics requirements, 163-164, 334n8. See also lean retailing
Reyes v. Remington Hybrid Seed Co., 191–192
rights: assertion of, 243–248. See also workplace rights
Robinson-Patman Act, 294n5
Rogers, Brishen, 206
Rogers, Joel, 245
Rogers-Premier Unloading Services, 164–165, 201–203
Romney, Mitt, 301n18
Rosalez, Ruben, 228
Rutherford Food v. McComb, 190–191
Saks Fifth Avenue, 65, 163; standards for vendors, 13; and audits, 70; and penalties, 71–72
Samuelson, Paul, 169–171
Sanborn, Craig, 240
scale, economies of, 32–33
Schneider Logistics, 2, 57–58, 163–167, 201–203, 334n5
Sears, Roebuck and Co., 33, 41, 295n13
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 303n31
Service Employees International Union, 327n31
Sheraton Hotels, 36
SHS OnSite Solutions, 2, 117–118
Singer Company, 323n1
Sloan, Alfred P., 36
Smith, Vincent, 116–117
Snyder, Judge Christine, 201
social consequences, of fissured workplace, 16, 91–92; of franchising, 158
social insurance benefits, 77
social networks, in labor market, 255–256
Soho Coal Company, 104
standards: as driver of fissuring, 11; creating and reinforcing, 12–14; explicit, 64–66; and franchising, 123-124; in fast food industry, 13, 66-69, 126; in retailing industry, 13, 62-63, 65-66, 165, 307n65, 334n8; in hospitality industry, 13, 146-150; and technology, 60-62; in cell towers, 110; and rebalancing, 288-289 Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc., 150
Stiglitz, Joseph, 208–209
stock market, effects of downsizing, 74–75
strategic enforcement. See enforcement
subcontracting, 94–95, 99–121, 204, 314n3, 315n4, 316n11, 322n67; turfer model of, 109–111; and Hershey Company, 115–118; and logistics, 164–165; and liability, 186–190; and incentives for insolvency, 189; and right to control, 190–195; and multiemployer liability, 192–195; measuring prevalence of, 270; and newspapers, 277–279
Subway, 224
subway construction (NYC), 179–180
Summit Contractors, 194, 207, 230–231, 343n27
supply chains, 25-26, 94-94, 314n3; strategy at Hershey, 115; in manufacturing and retail, 159; and fissuring, 159–177; outsourcing and offshoring in, 167–177; globalization of, in electronics, 171–174; relationships in, 201–203; for garments, 228; global, and international monitoring, 262–265; international, 338n39
sweatshops, 224, 365n36
Taco Bell, 129, 259; and franchise agreement, 66, 124, 307n68; and audits, 70–71
targeted transparency, 234–235
tasks and assets, “complementarity” of, 295n14
Taxi Workers Alliance (NYC), 256
Tazreen Fashions, fire at, 176
telecommunications, and fissuring, 107–113. See also cell towers
temporary workers:traditional use of, 59, 153; in distribution industry 164, 201-202; prevalence of, 271, 273, 291n1, 367n8;
third-party management, 9, 25; in hospitality industry, 142-143, 151-152; in logistics industry, 162-163
Time Warner, 1–3, 119–121
Timpone, Brian, 277
Torres-Lopez v. May, 342n17
trade: and supply chains, 168–171; benefits of, 337n27
transaction cost economics, theory of, 30–31
Transocean, 19
transparency, as regulatory instrument, 234-235, 241, 349n63; in international supply chains, 262-264; political economy of, 349n66
Transparency in Supply Chains Act (California), 356n49
Triangle Shirtwaist, fire at, 176
T. Rowe Price, 46
trucking, and information costs, 61–62
turfer model of subcontracting, 94-95, 109–111
ultimatum game, 82, 310n11
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), 101–104
United Service Companies, 157
UNITE HERE!, 155, 365n36
UPS, 57–58; as logistics provider, 161
Ureche, Tudor, 3, 113
U.S. Chemical Safety Board, 19, 341n12, 348n60
U.S. Department of Labor. See Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA); Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCC); Wage and Hour Division
U.S. exports and imports by end use, 169–170
Vanguard, 46
Verizon, 94–95, 107
vertical equity, 89; and compensation, 85–87
vicarious liability, 186–201. See also liability
Vlasic Pickle, 259–260
Wage and Hour Division, 118, 120, 206, 215, 226–227, 230, 235; and Lettire Construction, 233–234; and complaints, 247–248
wage determination, 8, 76–92, 207–208; and fairness, 81–83
Wage Payment and Collection Act (WPCA), 105, 204
Walmart, 2–3, 29, 162, 173, 176, 201, 234, 292n9, 295n13; and lean retailing, 163–167
Webb, Beatrice, 80, 83
Webb, Sidney, 80, 83
We Can Help campaign, 252
Wendy’s, 259
WesTower Communications, 109–113
West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Fund, 104
Williams, Jeff, 175
Williams, Lucine, 143
Williamson, Oliver, 30–31
Wilson, Charles Erwin, 172
Wilson, James Q., 243, 249
Wirtz v. Lone Star Steel Co., 342n17
Wolf, Judge Mark, 198
Worker Adjustment Notifications Act (1988), 209
Workers Rights Consortium, 263
workplace governance, 265–267
workplace rights, knowledge about, 245–246, 252–253; role of collective agents, 253-256
Wyndham, 146
Young, Judge William, 198
Yum! (company), 129, 261
Zatz, Noah, 203
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Abortion: Birth Control or Legal Murder?
Approximately 1.6 million murders are committed legally each year. With the
exception of laws in few states, the mutilated bodies of the victims are thrown
into dumpsters like pieces of rotten meat. While these victims lay waiting in
the infested dumpsters to be hauled off to a landfill, the murderers are in
their offices waiting for their next patient--the accomplice to the murder. This
is the murder of an innocent child by a procedure known as abortion. Abortion
stops the beating of an innocent child's heart. People must no longer ignore the
scientific evidence that life begins at the moment of conception. People can no
longer ignore the medical and emotional problems an abortion causes women.
People must stop denying the facts about the procedure, and start hearing the
silent screams of unborn children.
The argument by the pro-abortion side is that the unborn child is not truly
a child. Many people who are pro-abortion justify their beliefs through the
concept that a fetus is only a blob of tissue until it is born, or the
statement: life begins at birth. Abortion is not as simple as removing a "blob
of tissue" (as the pro-abortion activists put it) from a woman's body. Abortion
is the destruction, dismembering and killing of a human life--an unborn baby.
"But it is scientific and medical fact based on experimental evidence, that a
fetus is a living, growing, thriving human being, directing his or her own
development" (Fetal Development). A fetus is not just a blob of tissue, rather a
fetus is Latin for "offspring or young one." Human life begins at fertilization,
therefore it is wrong to murder the innocent child in the womb. At a US Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee meeting, most scientists said that life begins at
conception or implantation of the embryo. No scientist at the meeting claimed
that life begins at birth (Factbot). Professor Hymie Gordon of the Mayo clinic
stated "' . . by all criteria of modern biology, life is present from the moment
of conception'" (Fetal Development). In a 1963 Planned Parenthood pamphlet
entitled 'Plan Your Children' it states "an abortion kills the life of a baby
after it has begun. It is dangerous to your life and health" (Factbot). Even
though abortion is dangerous to a woman's life, and it kills her baby, Planned
Parenthood still offers it as a safe solution. This statement contradicts what
most abortion clinics say. It is not possible for abortion to be offered to
women as a safe solution, when it not only puts her life in danger, but it also
kills her child.
Not only has science proven that a fetus is truly a human, the simple facts
also confer abortion kills the life of a human being. Life begins at conception
because of the fact that life in the womb does not change at birth. There are no
special procedures or changes that occur during birth to magically change the
fetus to a baby. It is already a baby--a human life. "'If a fertilized egg is
not by itself a full human being it could not become one, because nothing is
added to it,'" said Dr. Jerome Lejeune (Factbot). Most of all the development
also takes place before one is born. Of the 45 generations of cell divisions
before adulthood, 41 have taken place before a person is born (Factbot).
Fertilization is just the beginning of a long process of growing and maturing.
"Life in a continuum. From the moment the egg is fertilized a new life has begun.
All of the genetic information is present to construct a unique individual.
Gender, physical features, eye color have already been determined. The baby's
heart begins beating regularly at 24 days. Babies in the womb hiccup, cry, play,
and learn" (Factbot). Life continues from the day of fertilization until death.
Nothing is added to a person during a lifetime. "'Conception confers life and
makes that life one of a kind,'" said Dr Landrum Shettles father of in vitro
fertilization (Factbot). Abortion is wrong because it ends the life of a human
being. The day of conception marks the beginning of a new human life. "'The
zygote is the first cell of a new human being,'" said Keith L. Moore. There is
no way that the fetus is just a "blob of (Factbot) tissue." Scientific and
medical facts prove that the fetus is living. They prove that the fetus is a
person, a human, and functions separate from the mother. According to our law
murder is wrong, therefore it is unlawful to kill an unborn child. The child in
the womb deserves the right to life.
The fetus is a real human being and deserves all the rights and freedom
given to people under the Constitution. This right is evident in the Fourteenth
Amendment that states, "The State shall not deprive any person of life, liberty,
property, without due process of the law; nor deny any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the law" (Factbot). Abortion denies babies
equal protection under the law, and is depriving a person of life. Thomas
Jefferson stated human rights best when he wrote, "We hold these truths to be
self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" (Factbot). All unborn babies have the right to life
guaranteed to humans under the constitution. No other person has the right to
take away the unborn child's life, no matter what the situation is. One must not
sacrifice a life to make one's own life better.
Many argue that most of the babies that are aborted are unwanted babies.
They believe that they would be abused and neglected. This is why abortion is
okay to them. They believe abortion is saving the child from abuse. Abortion,
however, is the most severe case of child abuse. The procedures are painful to
the child and intentionally end in death (except in cases where the procedure
results in a living child. "About once a day, somewhere in the US, something
goes wrong and an abortion results in a live baby" (Factbot)). The fetus is
alive and has the capacity to feel the painful abortion procedure. The US
Department of Health and Human Services reported that after nine weeks unborn
babies can feel pain, yet 48 per cent of all abortions are done after this point
( Fetal Development). The baby can feel all the pain put on it by the painful
procedures. The ultra sound shows the baby struggling to survive. Abortionist
doctors such as Joseph Randall admit that seeing the abortion ". . . of the baby
on the ultra sound bothered me more than anything else. The staff couldn't take
it. Women were never allowed to see the ultra sound" (Factbot). Women should be
allowed to see this. They should see the struggling of the life they are killing.
An early abortion takes about five minutes and is performed six to fourteen
weeks after a woman's last period. The procedure is called a suction aspiration.
It is like a vacuum cleaner. "'A hollow plastic tube with a sharp edge is placed
into the uterus. The suction tears the baby apart, and the sharp edge is used to
scrape the placenta from the wall of the uterus. Everything is sucked out into a
bottle'" (Whitney 94). The other common method is dilation and curettage. "'A
curette, which is a loop-shaped steel knife, is inserted into the uterus, and
the baby and the placenta are cut into pieces and scraped out. Both procedures
are usually done under general anesthesia, so they're not painful for the mother.
Of course we know the child feels pain'" (Whitney 94). Another method that is
not performed much anymore is the saline injection; a long slow death process of
poisoning the baby. The saline injection was developed in the Nazi Concentration
Camps (Factbot) The most controversial form of abortion is the partial-birth
abortion. Using an ultra sound the abortionist grabs the baby's legs with
forceps and pulls them out into the birth canal. The abortionist then delivers
the entire baby except for the head and continues by jamming scissors into the
baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole. The scissors are
removed and a suction is inserted. The baby's brains are sucked out causing the
skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed ( Partial). It has been proven
that babies can feel pain in these procedures. The fetus can feel pain because
it is alive and growing like a human. Something that is not living cannot feel
pain. If one crushes a pop can as the abortionist crushes a baby, the pop can
feels no pain because it is not living. The baby feels pain because it is a
living human being. Abortion is wrong because it deprives the baby of rights and
happiness because of the suffering it must go through during the abortion.
Women who have these painful abortions suffer emotional stress, and years
after having the procedure they discover that they destroyed a human life. The
women finally realize after many years of emotional stress the cause of it.
"After 5-10 years 54 per cent of mothers choosing abortion had nightmares and 96
per cent felt they had taken a life" a from study by Dr Anne Speckhard of the
University of Minnesota. People need to listen to the women who have had
abortions in the past to hear what they are really about. From them people can
learn much more than a clinic can teach. After having an abortion, many women
can tell a person the true facts--abortion is murder. "'Recent evidence
indicates many women harbor strong guilt feelings long after their abortions.
Guilt is one important cause of child battering and infanticide. Abortion lowers
women's self-esteem and there are studies reporting a major loss of self-esteem
in battering parents,'" said Dr. Phillip Ney. There are places that give
abortion counseling. However, many of these places do not give accurate
information Accurate information is needed so women, and men, know that abortion
will take away a human life. Ninety-five percent of women who had abortions said
their Planned Parenthood counselors gave ". . . little or no biological
information about the fetus which the abortion would destroy." Where 80 percent
of women who have had abortions from Planned Parenthood said little or no health
information was given to them about potential health risks (Factbot). Women need
to be told the true facts of abortion. They need to see the fetal monitors. In
many clinics they are not allowed to see the ultra sound. The doctors do not
want a woman to see that the baby inside of her is alive. This is wrong because
it not only denies the child the rights such as the right to be heard and seen,
it denies women the truth. The truth must be told and shown. Shari Richard, an
Ultrasonographer, said, "'In fact many women will come to me considering an
abortion, and I have been personally told that I am to turn the monitor away
from her view so that seeing her baby jump around on the screen does not
influence her choice'" (Factbot). Abortion clinic staff members are taught how
to sell abortions, told never to give alternatives, and told to tell the women
how much trouble a baby is. Women are not told the facts. It is obvious from the
ultra sound that the baby they are carrying is alive, and abortion kills the
baby. If the clinic can clearly see that the baby is alive, the mother should
also see. Abortion is described as a decision between a women and her doctor.
Yet over 90 percent don't even see the doctor until he appears to abort their
baby. This should not be the case. The clinics are hiding and withholding the
true facts. Clinics need to shape-up and tell the truth to women: Abortion is
Abortion is one of the key issues facing the human race today. This issue,
like many, forces people to take sides against each other, and is one of the
main factors people look at when voting. In a 1973 court ruling, known as Roe v.
Wade, abortion became legal. Since this ruling the number of teen pregnancies
has increased from 4.94 per cent in 1972 to 9.92 per cent in 1990. The number of
teen abortions has doubled from 19.9 per thousand teenagers in 1972 to 43.8 per
thousand teenagers in 1990 while the number of teen births has increased from
22.8 to 42.5 per thousand. The number of births to unmarried women has increased
7.3 per cent during the years from1972 to 1990 while the number of abortions
increased 11.7 per cent during those years (Factbot). Abortion should no longer
be legal. It is rapidly becoming a form of birth control. No longer must women
worry about protection, if they should conceive a child, they can choose to take
its life. One-third of all babies (Planned Parenthood) are aborted, which
entitles the abortion industry to $500 million a year in income in the United
States (Factbot). Abortion is the most frequent surgical operation in the US,
and the leading cause of death in Minnesota (Factbot). Currently there are two
million couples waiting for adoption in America, yet there are 30 abortions for
every one adoption (Factbot). These statistics are true. Abortion needs to be
There are arguments against the stopping of abortion. However, there are
solutions. Many say abortion should be legal if the woman's life is in danger.
Only three percent of all abortions are done for the mother's health, where 40
percent of women who have abortions will have more than one, and 50 per cent use
it as their sole means of birth control (Factbot). As for the argument that
women will do them illegally in the back alleys endangering their lives, 72 per
cent said they would definitely not have sought an abortion if they were illegal,
and death happens during a legal abortion too; maternal death rates for first
trimester abortions are 61 per 100,000 cases (Factbot).
Abortion is clearly the taking of a human life, an action that is wrong
under the United States constitution. Women must stop being denied the facts and
start being told the truth. The people of the US must start standing up for the
rights of all people, born and unborn. "Abortion concerns not only the unborn
child , it concerns every one of us." said former President of the United States
Ronald Reagan (Factbot). Abortion concerns all of us. People need to start
caring for the women who are hurting as a result of an abortion, and women who
are struggling over the decision. People must tell them the facts, and work at
making the conditions better for women, because 84 per cent would keep their
babies under better circumstances (Factbot). America needs to open her ears to
the screams of the 1.6 million babies murdered each year.
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Eva Herzigová, 46, goes braless in a sheer black gown at the Dior And Vogue Paris dinner in Cannes
The blonde beauty accessorised by wearing dazzling blue pendant earrings and a statement cuff on her wrist. Eva Herzigova attended the Dior And Vogue Paris Dinner at Cannes and the 46-year-old ...
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Eva Herzigova, 46, showcased her supermodel figure in a revealing ensemble as she attended the Dior and Vogue Paris dinner at Fred L'Ecailler during the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival 2019. The ...
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IMAGE: The year was 2006. In a sea of blacks, reds and whites, Czech model Eva Herzigova made quite a splash on the Cannes red carpet when she arrived in a bright yellow strappy Anna Molinari dress. ...
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Filings with Companies House reveal a double-digit uptick in revenue at Lawyers of Demand over the last year.
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According to the filings, the emerging NewLaw business saw an 18 per cent increase in revenue from £12.3m to £14.6m over the 2015/16 financial year. However, the company’s operating profit tumbled during the same period from £987,000 to £200,000 over the same period, the filing citing expenses connected to ‘one-off exceptional items’ – potentially among them, a £255,000 spend on new technology that includes LOD’s own online legal services marketplace, Spoke.
LOD chief executive Tom Hartley commented: ‘We're very happy with the profitability, the final profit number was almost entirely determined by the merger with AdventBalance.’ The combination between LOD and AdventBalance came about as the result of a £6m investment from Berwin Leighton Paisner in the Australian legal resourcing business. BLP now holds a 62 per cent stake in the holding company, LOD Global, that houses the businesses.
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Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Josh Perryman recorded his second straight shutout against Appalachian State Saturday night with ETSU winning 1-0.
Bucs blank undefeated Appalachian State, 1-0
Men’s soccer records second straight home shutout Saturday night
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Sept. 8, 2018) – Welcoming an undefeated rival into town, the ETSU men’s soccer team stepped up to the challenge and shutout Appalachian State 1-0 in Johnson City Saturday night.
The Mountaineers were 4-0 coming into tonight’s match, including two wins over back-to-back SoCon opponents VMI and Belmont. ETSU (2-3) not only handed App State its first loss, but also earned its second win in a row via a shutout.
With the win, ETSU has now defeated the Mountaineers three seasons in a row by way of 1-0 victories. Furthermore, the last seven contests (since 2010) between the two side have ended in a one-goal margin of victory.
“App State was a good team — 4-0 coming in and had full confidence,” said ETSU coach David Casper. “I thought we did a great job to defend today, especially when they put us under pressure in the second half.”
The Bucs broke through with the game’s lone score with 5:00 remaining in the first half. After a shot by Luke Parker (Memphis, Tenn.) ricocheted off the goalkeeper, sophomore Danny Barlow (Newcastle, England) picked up the pieces and buried his third goal of the season.
In goal, redshirt freshman Josh Perryman (Sheffield, England) recorded his second career clean sheet with back-to-back shutouts. Perryman recorded three saves in the win — including a game saving one-on-one save in the final 10 minutes.
The 1-0 lead would not be easy for ETSU to hold on to in the ensuing 49 minutes as Appalachian State attempted eight corner kicks while trailing and 10 for the game.
“(Josh Perryman) came up with a big save, the back four was solid and the midfield was good,” Casper said. “It was a team effort today and it feels good because it feels like everybody contributed today.”
The Bucs had 14 shots on the night with five shots on goal. Barlow led with five shots — including three requiring an effort save. Appalachian State answered with nine shots and three shots on target, but could not find the twine.
The Blue and Gold continues wearing white on Tuesday as it closes a four-game home stand against Dayton on Sept. 11. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Summers-Taylor Stadium.
For more information on Buccaneer men’s soccer visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the men’s soccer page. Also, like us on Facebook at ETSU Men’s Soccer and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at the handle @ETSUMSoccer.
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Malawians should forget about using impeachment as a solution to do away with a failed president or a failed vice president as the wording of the Constitution is so vague that it renders the process almost unattainable, Constitutional Law expert Edge Kanyongolo has said.
Kanyongolo, a law lecturer with the University of Malawi, made this observation on Thursday at Public Affairs Committee (Pac) conference in Blantyre when making a presentation on opportunities and challenges in the Constitution.
“Much as Section 86(2a) of the Constitution provides for impeachment of the President or Vice President on the grounds of “serious violation of the Constitution” or “serious breach”, it never specifies what constitutes such violations or breaches,” Kanyongolo said.
He contrasted the country’s Constitution with those of other countries, like the United States of America, in which it is clearly spelt out that such violations and breaches could be “treason, bribery or high crimes of misdemeanour”.
Kanyongolo further faulted the Constitution for lacking enforcement mechanism in case there is deliberate ploy to disregard the laws.
He said much as the Constitution empowers Parliament to summon the president to respond to questions regarding issues of governance, among others, it does not state what should happen in case the president decides to ignore such summons.
Kanyongolo, therefore, advised participants at the conference that the Constitution should not be viewed as a key to addressing all the problems rocking the country due to its limitations.
He said political problems should be solved using political solutions while economic problems should be solved using economic solutions instead expecting the laws to help.
This left many excited participants seemingly lost, with others asked questions for more clarifications.
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[K9JI] RTS-HHD-02 Misadventures in Costume Acquisitions
April 27th, 2019, 05:41:39 PM
This is an ongoing story I've been writing that occurs in the QC Planet continuum that is part of my Night the Superdog serial universe. It is about the teenage son of the all black version of Krypto the Superdog, and of all the circumstances revolving around his life and the ending results thereof. Enjoy.
This was started on April 26th 2019 by me (Darrel James Vanwinkle)
Tags: Human, Cartoon, Anime, Various Animals, Transformation, Male, Female
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By Darrel Vanwinkle (Lord Pouchlaw)
Sylver Streakmane's Costume Rentals; Jules' Fantasy Earth.
Jack said, "If you just want to spend a day with good old Jack, feel free to drop by and we can talk about anything you want to talk about." Nick nodded his head briskly. "Okay!"
Streak opened up the wearable costume converter. "Place Nicholas on that stool inside, please. And don't worry; you can't get changed in this one simply by going in. The controls on this model have safety switches." Nick nodded his head as he carefully placed Nicholas inside. What Nick noticed while inside was that it smelled nice in there and; Nick got an erection for some reason from the scent. He tried not to show too much although the scent was very likable. But the smell was simply part of the device. Nick did like it but he's trying to be professional for Nicholas and Streak. Streak chuckled when he saw Nick's tented pants. "The machine oil scent strikes again, seems like. Don't worry, it wears off in an hour. Be pleased it doesn't make you want to have sex, like some oils do. Now, let's get Nicholas' conversion started. Pay attention and you'll learn how to do this. You might get to do it to someone some day." (Meaning a 'friend' who got in trouble with a costume.) And he walked Nick through the steps. Nick nodded his head.
Streak pointed to the viewing window. "Now watch how your new friend changes from costume to wearable species." And he activated the machine and the process began. Nick went over to watch. Thankfully with all the safeties, even if he tripped, nothing could go bad. It didn't look painful at all; instead, it looked like it might be fun to try for himself but Nick didn't wanna end up like that yet - He'd just watch.
Jack then said to Streak, "The authorities closed down another illegal soul costume place, Streak. McKilister's Costumes this time. Heck, I didn't even know he was into that kind of business. He used to be on the up and up. I wonder why he switched?" Streak replied, "Good people get sucked into bad things too easily. Oh well, I hope he had good lawyers." Nick said, "McKilister's? That name sounds familiar..." Streak replied, "In what way, Nick?" Nick said, "I dunno. Just sounds familiar. I think I saw they were auctioning off some of his costumes or something." Streak replied, "He used to produce school mascot costumes." Nick said, "Maybe that's where."
Jack said, "I remember that a few schools complained that the mascot costumes didn't look real enough. And then he started producing these unbelievably realistic mascot costumes. But then school kids were disappearing. And according to this news story on TV, those kids were the designated Mascots and the mascot costumes were transforming them one way into the species, then once changed; the victims were being ported to a slavers camp in the Planar Middle Lands. A traveling lord spoke to one of the captives and after getting the true story, he contacted the authorities on planet." Nick made a face, "ICK!" Streak replied, "Like I said, good people get involved in bad things."
Through the window, Nicholas suddenly sat up and waved at Nick with a smile as he bent over and lifted his tail where Nick got to watch the wearable part occur. Very sexy, actually. And if the erection wasn't enough before, Nick definitely felt interested in the otter. He blushed even more at that. "You're being naughty, Nicholas, but at least you're looking better. Less worn too." Nicholas said, "I just wanted to show you the conversion process, Nick. It actually feels super. And I do feel younger and more energetic. Are you still going to wear me this weekend?" Nick nodded his head, "Of course. I told you I would. Plus I do need a posture problematic costume." Nicholas said, "The difference between my being a living costume and my being a wearable species is that I have more control in this form than I did as a costume. That means I can be active while you're resting." Nick smiled as he asked, "Which is good for you, right?" Nicholas said, "It can be, yes. But I love being worn. And once you wear me for a while, you might find yourself not wanting to take me off when you're done. But it doesn't mean you're stuck; it's just the pleasure feeling." Nick nodded his head again. "Well I don't want to be stuck." Nicholas said with a smile, "You won't; but you might orgasm if you get too excited."
Hudson giggled since he had heard some of these explanations before.
Nick giggled as well. "You're in a good mood. Things almost done?" He went to open the door as Nicholas replied, "I think so." Nick opened the door immediately then. Nicholas couldn't see where Nick stepped to until the door opened. "No wait, Nick." But before he could say the rest the toon human male had taken a step closer into the machine with Nicholas. "Don't come in here. The machine is still on. You said you wanted to be careful, remember?" Nick remarked, "But the door makes the device auto-shut off, right?" He then fell in as the door closed behind him. Fortunately, Streak was half expecting something like that happening; and he tried to stop the machine before anything can happen to Nick. Because the machine took time to shut down, Nick would definitely get something from this experience to his own body. Nick rubbed his head, wincing. "Ow...." Nicholas helped Nick to his feet. "I tried to warn you... are you alright? Oh man... I hope Streak can stop the machine before anything lasting happens to you." Nick nodded his head again as he allowed the otter to help him to his feet. "Me too... Um... He looks like he's struggling with something..." Hudson and Jack were trying to help Streak at that point.
Nick said, "Super strength? Please don't break it, Hudson." Nicholas said, "I'm sorry you ended up in here like this, Nick. Although you might not feel a thing during the process, it could still be happening; but what you need to watch for, Nick, is animal parts forming. Streak had the machine set to wearable otters." Nick looked himself over, "Nothing yet... Though if they break it, gods knows what could happen." Nicholas said, "Hudson is speed-reading the manual out loud to Streak; and Streak and Jack are working the controls. Now you know why we are insured. In case accidents like this happen." Nick nodded his head again; something he obviously did a lot. "But I'm not sure insurance covers new arrivals -" Suddenly Nick felt his pants rip open in the back as his otter tail grew out and his ears shifted and formed. Nick loudly remarked, "ACK!" before falling over as a result! "NOW would be A GOOD time, Guys!" His legs, feet, arms, and hands were now transforming. Nick started scratching as the fur was starting to form, "GUYS!!!!" Then the painful part... his muzzle formed as his torso grew fur. Nick YELLED loudly at that point... his bones, digitigrade paws, and the shrinking were even worse though. Feral otters weren't that big to begin with. Nicholas was trying to help Nick through this by being there for him. He knew how much transformation could hurt.
Nick was in bloody agony at that point... and yelling very loudly, he's not wearable yet, but after the animal transformation, that part of the conversion would be next. And then the wearable transformation occurred, but it wasn't painful at all... instead, it was like the total opposite of what Nick had just went through: the ultimate pleasuring sensation. Which was exactly what Nicholas told him earlier. It felt good.
The sudden change threw Nick off, shocking him into blissful silence when that started; pleasure, arousal, orgasm, cum, and happy happy joy joy... just as his friend had told him that it would feel. He didn't mean to be naughty in the window when Nick was watching, but now Nick knew why he was doing it. Before the machine could finalize the changes to Nick's body... the costumer machine went dead and quiet. Nick panted heavily, laying there on the floor... He felt like he ran a 10K marathon.
Hudson had the machine's plug in his toon canine muzzle. He had unplugged the machine. "Nasty tasting cord. Yuck."
Streak got Nicholas out of the machine, then he set the machine into reverse before having Hudson plug the machine back up... and now it started to undo the changes to Nick... he would get back to normal, but his clothes were gone. Naked boy. When the whole situation was done, Nick was not just naked; he's unconscious. It might not hurt as much undoing it; but GOD DAMN the previous experience HURT and it was not pleasant. Thankfully most magical wearable species could access the top level memories of their people inside so Nicholas the Otter could put the toon boy inside of himself and take him back to his home. Even unconscious. The machine was then turned off and Nick was brought out and laid down in Jack's bedroom on the big bed. Jack played bedside manner while Nicholas and Streak were off finishing up the paperwork for Nick renting Nicholas. Hudson went out to where the magical costume section was to visit with the costume guys therein.
Restored to human, but still wearable. Only the toon human was restored; his wearable parts will felt like an otter much like Nicholas himself. Jack gently petted on Nick as he cleaned up Nick's lower quarters. Nicholas then (since the 50 bucks is in the toon boy's wallet to pay for it) found out that Nick's full name was Nicholas Luther King. Nicholas thought that it was interesting that Nick had the same first name. It would have been more funny if Luther was Lutra.
Out in the outer magical costume section, Hudson noted that there was a few new costumes among the others as he looked them over. "Never saw this skunk in here before. Must have been a call for one or something." Or worse, someone got into the machine like Nick did. He also noted a solid black wearable Hellhound in the magical costume section as well. "This guy looks brand new, too. He is even more built than my dad is. Look at those muscular tones." He was impressed by any hound that was able to be sexier than his dad.
The Hellhound costume opened his eyes and said to Hudson, "Skunky boy hasn't regained his speaking ability as yet, stud. And thank you for admiring my good looks. I don't know who your father is, but it doesn't take much for a Hellhound to outshine a surface worlder canine. As for my story, I had been found guilty of a crime I had not committed in the Underworld and when asked if I preferred the death sentence or conversion into a costume as my final punishment, I chose the costume route. It was my hope that I would end up at Lord Paul Pardusius' costume shop so I could tell him my side of the story. But instead, I was transported up to Streak's costume shop to receive my conversion herein. I watched to see how Streak set the controls; I knew if I was made into a non-magical costume, then no one would ever get to hear my story. After Streak set the controls, he turned to my jailer escort; the Hell Skunk; to discuss payment with him and while he was distracted, I reset the controls to Magical Living Costume before activating the machine and diving inside. When the stupid skunk saw me leap into the machine, he stupidly thought that I was trying to escape, and he gave chase inside the machine with me. Once inside, he saw that I was leaning up against the back wall inside of the machine with a dumb smile on my muzzle. And I said, 'Welcome to my Hell, asshole.' And then we were both hit by the conversion process; he was screaming in bloody agony while I withheld better dignity since I was prepared for what was about to happen to me. In his attempt to get the skunk out of the machine, Streak accidentally pressed the speech removal button on the console. Since I was smartly forcing myself to stay silent, the new setting had no effect on me. And since the skunk was being very loud, the machine removed his voice entirely as it changed him into a silent costume. When the process ended, he removed me from the machine and after giving me a pretty nice grooming, he initially placed me into the regular costume racks. Then he returned to see about restoring the stupid client. After being restored to normal, or so he hoped, he supposedly departed to return to the Underworld to have the Yuskay Groomers check him out to remove any effects from his experience. And that was when he made his biggest mistake." Hudson asked, "What mistake was that? And what was the supposed crime?"
The Hellhound costume replied, "When he went to the Yuskay Groomers, he couldn't know that a living costume effect originating from Jules' world was grounds of committing theft from the Cat Lord himself. When the Groomers learned of the Jules connection, they contacted Jules and told him that a villain had been in the process of stealing property from the cat lord and they asked Jules if he wanted the costume property back. Or the criminal himself. Jules requested that the Groomers skin the criminal out of the costume and then restore the skin to costume status while transporting the de-pelted criminal directly to him. Doing as requested and receiving payment from Jules to get it done, they removed the pelt from the skunk and transported him without his fur directly to Jules where I assume the stupid bum became a familiar cat. The costume was restored to costume status and returned to Streak along with a legal note explaining that stolen property from his shop was being returned to him. And that's how the skunk costume got here." He then smiled at Hudson. "As for my supposed crime, my name is Lenspaw; and my father owns and operates Imperial Hellhound Productions. It is a military filming company in the Underworld. They mainly make documentaries for Lord Impy at Devi-TV. My crime was reported to be sabotage to one of Lord Impy's production properties; the accusers bribed Imperial Court to rush my case through the system. My father had hired a Mack Roo Lawyer to gather evidence to defend me in court and all of a sudden, I was convicted since I had no legal representation. If you can help me to get word to my father, Filmfang of IHP, then I will repay you some day if and when you want to get into a TV series."
Hudson smiled. "I'll do it, Lenspaw; I promise! My father is Night the Superdog and he would want me to do the right thing!" And then he called for a Law Imp immediately.
April 28th, 2019, 12:07:43 AM
In the Meantime at the Davison Household.
Lawrence was already taking care of his own costume. He had put out an ad on Toonslist for 'cute human boy seeking awesome 2nd skin-costume for a PP outting, canine preference!' Most people knew that a person could get stuck in something if they weren't careful. It was a dangerous way to search for a costume. But Lawrence wanted to impress Hudson. This was one of the reasons that Hudson had taken Nick to Sylver Streakmane's costume shop. The costumes were guaranteed and Sylver had the implements for freeing someone from a costume as long as that costume was purchased or rented from his shop. Nick was smart and he had asked Hudson for help. Lawrence.. well... practically anyone could answer his ad. Lawrence didn't notice them leaving because he was heading home early to be at home to answer just such things... hoping someone got back to him soon so he could let Hudson know the costume side of things was covered. Lawrence was pacing in front of his house near the mailbox... Still waiting for someone to have answered his ad.
Peddling up to the mailbox was a fox guy on a bike. "Are you the boy wanting a canine costume for a weekend outing?" Lawrence nodded his head. "Yes, that's me." The Fox said, "The name is Vule Phox; my dad used to run a costume shop before he retired and he has a lot of costumes locked up in storage, although he specialized in kangaroos and foxes. I brought a teen aged feral fox costume for you to try out, if you want it, that is. But I would like to see you try it on before we talk about the price. Because if you can't get it on, then I'll have to take you back to dad's storage building to find you another fox costume there." Lawrence remarked, "That sounds pretty reasonable to me. Come on inside." Vule stated, "A private room, I hope." He followed Lawrence into the toon boy's house. Lawrence said, "Yep. My parents aren't home." Vule said, "That's even better. Parents are sometimes yuck."
Lawrence took Vule up to his room and said, "Let me see the costume." Once in the room, Vule looked it over with a smile. "Nice bedroom. Cozy." He unpacked the costume. "This is a Euro Todd Suit. Euro Todds are larger than standard foxes, but no less canine." He handed it over. "Word of advice for PP costumes... you have to strip naked before you put them on or else you will chafe something fierce. And no one likes that pain." Lawrence nodded. "He is a bit big... although smaller than I thought it would be. I guess PP foxes are - not dog sized." He took the costume and stepped into the bedroom's bathroom to put it on. Vule was a bit disappointed that he couldn't see the boy naked, but he grinned anyway as he looked at Lawrence's 'Super Fimpy' posters and comic books in the room. Vule grinned big at 'Super Fimpy' since he'd met the fan club before. Especially since Vule was from Hell himself. Noticing that the bathroom door had been left opened a crack, Vules peeked in on the toon boy. He's greeted by a very cute young boy's body as he's putting on the costume. Very light blond hair, smooth form, younger than the other two boys but it looked like he worked out. There was work out equipment in the room as well to support this. Like he probably worked out to avoid bullies.
Vule moved back to resume looking at the stuff in the bedroom so he knew what Lawrence liked. There was a LOT of photography equipment, books, and journals, so he's obviously VERY big into that. He's also got a lot of books on art... although no obvious art tools... maybe he threw them away after giving up that.
Lawrence said, "Um...Vule? I'm having a little trouble getting my feet settled into this thing... it's super slick... Can you give me a hand?" Vule entered the bathroom and began to assist the boy into the feet. "Yeah, getting the feet settled in right is sometimes tricky. The slick innards is to make it cooler when you wear it. No one likes to sweat in a costume. You look awesome though. I saw your Super Fimpy poster. I've met his fan club." Lawrence smiled. "Yeah. I like canines and super heroes and stuff. He's cute! I've always wondered what he'd be like in my lap." He winked and ohed as he felt the slurpy pop feeling. "There, I think that's right." He works to get his hands and head in, the last parts out. Vule made sure the feet were set in right... and feeling real; then he worked his way up the legs helping the legs get set in right as well. Then he helped with the rest. "I can arrange for one of his fan club foxy members to sit in your lap, if you'd like to try one. Fimpy is really busy these days with his own clan, or so I've heard. 600 and growing according to rumor." Lawrence said, "Wow... That's hu-, irk!" He laughed a little. "Sorry, the posture change surprised me when it hit my legs... oh..." He blinked his eyes as he tilted his head a little, rubbing it against his new fore paw. "I think it's all on. You look a LOT bigger now."
Vule helped the rest of the costume get settled on all the limbs and head properly. "Optical illusion, actually. We're the same size; I'm just standing up. There is two more things I need to do to make the costume perfect... now hold as still as possible." And he reached inside the sheath and pulled Lawrence's penis into the sheath before releasing it and pulling his hand out. "How does that part feel? I still have to align the back." Lawrence gasped a little. "Oh wow; that felt... really odd but nice!" Vule lined up the tail hole and then... he gently mounted it with his own foxy cock and knot... doing it just so Lawrence would know how canine feeling a fox could be. Lawrence yipped a very vulpine like yip at that; he was surprised. "Vule?" But he's not trying to get away. Vule started out slowly, but he worked it up to devi-foxy pleasure... as he injects devi-foxy fluids into Lawrence's body... fluids which will make a fox without the costume. "Do you want a turn on me when I'm done back here, Lawrence? I mean, if you're going to play with canines while wearing the costume, you need to know how to do it right. Get it?"
Lawrence moaned and pressed back into the knot before replying, "Y-yeah... I-I guess you-you're right." Vule said, "You're okay, Lawrence. Any time you want to spend the night with me, let me know, and we'll have a great time. I have a basement bedroom overlooking a fox club." Lawrence moaned, "Th-that sounds like fun, Vule!" The Hellish fox filled Lawrence and worked him some more. "So you really like the idea of Super Fimpy, do you? Would you like to be like him?" Lawrence nodded his head briskly, moaning and pressing back into Vule more. "O-oh y-y-yeah... He-he's a-awesome." Vule grinned. "I know dad has a Fimpy PP costume in storage if you want to try that some night... but I'm not allowed to take it away from home. So if you wanted to try it, you'd have to spend the weekend with me... maybe a Friday night and all day Saturday." Lawrence clenched on the hot knot inside of him. "Y-yeah that-that'd be awesome too!"
Lawrence panted a little, his tongue lolling out cutely. "Maybe we can do this... more... too... You-Your knot fe-feels so... hot... an-and nice." Vule grinned. "You've never had a real knot before, have you? Well, know you know what canines do and why they are so secretive about it. But I'm willing to share this with you cause you need to know what a fox really has." Lawrence remarked, "f-first... time... It's awesome..." He whimpered softly, "Mo-more?" Vule grinned. "I'll give you all you want, Lawrence. And when you spend the night with me, I'll show you how the rest of what a foxy like me can do." Lawrence grinned, "T-that sounds like a lot of fun! Just like this!" Vule grinned. "And more. I promise." Lawrence clenched on the knot tightly, pressing against it like a good foxy. He's definitely liking his new friend!
Vule grinned. "Did you know that one of Super Fimpy's favorite tricks is to use x-ray vision so he can see everyone naked." Lawrence giggled and shook his head as he thrust against Vule firmly. "N-nope... That's awesome... I bet they're sexy naked the people he works with." Vule grinned. "Mating season in his realm right now. Maybe someday you and I can go visit him, yes?" Lawrence nodded his head happily. Vule grinned as he set up the recruiters trick. "I wish I could go there right now. What about you?" He released more fluids inside of his new friend again. Lawrence yipped loudly, nodding as he panted and pressed against the cummy knot, his tongue lolling out again in pleasure. "Y-y-yeah... I-I wish we... wer-were the-there righ-right now too... especially since he's as good as you!"
One of many 'fake' Super Fimpy realms in the Underworld.
One sneaky teleport and Lawrence was in the same position he had been in with Vule, but he was locked into a breeding station in one of many 'fake' Super Fimpy realms getting it by the breeder up the rump, knot and all... only difference this time was that... Lawrence was starting to undergo male pregnancy. Apparently there were over 600 of these 'fake' Fimpy-like realms that recruiters and trappers worked for. When Lawrence realized he'd been teleported... he was trying to get out of the costume and the breeder's station really fast; trying being the operative word. Being in a feral fox costume made it a lot harder. (It could have been worse though; Lawrence could have been teleported to a DeviFoxImp Lord's lap and inducted.)
The Breeder held him tightly in place and tightened up the straps on the holding station. If he did escape from this Breeder, he would end up in a DeviFoxImp Lord's lap. Lawrence would try just because he didn't wanna be with someone he didn't know! He's honestly scared. If Vule had been there he might not have freaked out like he did. The Breeder said, "Did you meet Vule? You are going to HATE him after today... he's our top recruiter/trapper. He finds foolish boys who want cheap canine costumes and he tricks them into wanting to come here." Lawrence growled, "Why did Vule do this to me? He was being nice originally. I thought he and I were really getting along." The Breeder replied, "He was doing his job for his lord, young lad... but he did get you to make a wish to be here and now you cannot leave until you pay off the cost of the wish in either the local currency or birthed fox kits. This is the exact reason you must be very careful in where you acquire costumes from when you are in the market for one. You could have ended up in one of those soul stealing costumes that the law top-side has been cracking down on. Recruiters and Trappers keep careful watch for foolish people who advertise on Toonslist. Perhaps someone can hold Vule in place when you kick his ass. He has been getting a little pompous lately."
Many birthings later in that Underworld realm, night fell across the Planar land and the lord of the realm received visitors in the form of Silversurge and Frostika. Apparently Jules was not completely clueless. He had a kidnapping detection field set up around the planet space his world resided within. Whenever trappers and recruiters nabbed someone out of his world, he was alerted to the transaction and he immediately got word out to those who were best suited to the emergency. The DeviFoxImp Lord politely greeted the famous 'Got Wolf' spokesman as well as the Battle Mage extraordinaire from the Wolf Stars. "To what do I owe your presence in my realm, stars? Neither of you are foxes."
Frostika remarked, "Lawrence Davison is not a fox either, yet one of your trappers kidnapped him away from Jules' world earlier today and now we are tasked with getting him back. What price does he owe you that you are keeping him here?"
The DeviFoxImp Lord replied, "He freely made a wish to be transported into our realm to participate with other Fimp-like vulpines after he placed an advertisement on Toonslist for a feral canine costume rather than going to a trusted and reliable source. He merely owes the value of one wish in either birthed kits or the remainder of the monetary value depending upon how many birthed kits he has provided. However, I am reasonable. I will lower the price of his release to a thousand credits in addition to Bart giving off his famous line over our realms' public announcement system. What do you say?"
Silversurge exclaimed, "Contract Imp! Law Imp!" Two poofs later and the summoned imps were at the meeting. Bart repeated what the lord had stated in regards to releasing Lawrence into their custody. "I want this stricken to the record so no one can say we didn't pay the price to get a kidnapped victim back to Jules' World. Jules' has authorized payment in a reasonable amount. I surely hope this boy is truly worth all this effort. I find the whole thing mighty suspicious in truth."
After recording the offer to the legal record, the monetary payment was made followed by Silversurge speaking over the P.A. system of the realm. "Ahem! Gotte Wolf!" Afterwards, Lawrence was brought forth by the Breeder who gave off an accounting of Lawrence's services and how many kits he had provided. Then the costumed boy was handed over to the two werewolves who then took him back to Jules' World where a visit to Sylver Streakmane's Costume Shop was made and a payment was made to help get Lawrence out of the costume. After delivering Lawrence to Streak, the two werewolves departed to return to Studio City. Frostika had a filming schedule to get back to and Bart had to go check on his son whom was struggling to make it in the filming industry. Streak and Jack then helped Lawrence to get cleaned up and to get a cleansing enema. "I hope you learned something from this experience you almost didn't recover from. Hudson and Nick would have been devastated if you had not been recoverable." Jack added, "Plus you have school in the morning."
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The Food Chain Sept. 9, 2011
The Publican’s Brian Huston Adores Diner’s ‘Hot and Juicy’ Burger and Fries
By Jenny Miller and Nick Kindelsperger
Diner’s burger and fries. Photo: Melissa Hom
Each week on the Food Chain, we ask a chef to describe a dish he or she recently enjoyed. The chef who prepared the dish responds and then picks his or her own memorable meal. On and on it goes. Last week, Blue Bottle Café’s pastry chef, Caitlin Freeman, found ham perfection at Chicago’s the Publican. Now it’s time to see what the Publican’s chef de cuisine, Brian Huston, has enjoyed recently. Take it away, Brian.
Who: Brian Huston, chef de cuisine at Publican, Chicago
What: Burger and fries
Where: Diner in Brooklyn
“I had an amazing burger and fries at Diner in Brooklyn. It had a great burger-to-bun ratio, and it was hot and juicy. But there was something else. I don’t know, maybe it was the company, maybe it was just the atmosphere in the dining car, but it felt like the perfect place to eat that specific food — just like eating seafood in the Mediterranean. You know, it’s like, Why can’t I always eat my burgers in Brooklyn?”
Diner chef Sean Rembold responds:
“Essentially, since we’re utilizing whole animals that we bring in from our butcher shop, Marlow & Daughters, a lot of times what’s being ground is the scrap — the trimmings from other cuts of meat. If you come in Tuesday, it might be an animal from upstate New York; or if you come in Friday, it might be from Vermont or Pennsylvania. I know farm-to-table is out of style, but we do try to operate under that. Also, a lot of the meat is dry-aged here at our butcher shop, so it will have that aged-steak flavor. A lot of times it’s aged for a week before it arrives, and then another three to four weeks here. It doesn’t hurt that we sell a lot of burgers daily, so the grind is always fresh, ground that morning. Everything else is pretty simple. We make our own mayonnaise; we’re using salt and pepper — there are no bells and whistles attached.
The buns are from Amy’s Bread. We do toast them. We toyed around with brushing them with butter, but we decided we’d rather have a higher fat content and just kind of toast them without butter. The fat content is something we’re always working with. Animals tend to be leaner certain times of year. We’re just kind of always eyeing it and toying with the fat-to-protein ratio. And then the fries are really amazing potatoes we’re able to obtain from Sheldon Farms [upstate] or Lancaster Co-op in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.”
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IBEW members helped fill sandbags, among other tasks, when the Ottawa River flooded in April. The rising water impacted thousands in the region.
Ottawa-Area Members Pitch in for Flood Victims
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When the Ottawa River swelled to record levels this spring, IBEW members were there to help.
"Anytime there's a call, we always help out," said Toronto Local 636 Business Representative Mike Hall.
The end of April saw the river that forms part of the border between Ontario and Quebec rise to over 80 meters above sea level, higher than 2017's "flood of the century," reported the Ottawa Citizen.
According to Statistics Canada, 2,196 Ottawa dwellings were flooded or at risk of flooding. Across the river in Gatineau, 3,800 homes and cottages were affected. The western Quebec community of Pontiac was among the hardest hit, the agency said, with more than 20% of homes affected. More than 100 kilometres were flooded or put at risk, including 39 kilometres in Ottawa and 62 in Gatineau.
Fortunately, no IBEW members were known to be harmed or had their homes damaged, Hall said, but they likely knew someone who was.
"When something like this happens, you always know someone," Hall said.
Ottawa Local 2228 Business Manager Paul Cameron also noted that he knew of no members who were personally impacted, but that several members had stepped up to help in the aftermath, including retirees.
About 470 Local 636 members work for the utility Hydro Ottawa, which offered those who wanted to volunteer with relief efforts a day off to help. Various groups went out, with one 12-member contingent going on May 2 to Dunrobin, about 40 kilometres west of the capital.
The crew worked with other volunteers to fill sandbags, eventually packing up about four tri-axle dump trucks. According to the CBC, more than a million sandbags were distributed in the Ottawa area. Other groups also helped build walls, while others volunteered closer to their neighbourhoods.
"I texted people and they started responding right away," said Local 636 chief steward David Burns. "They were ready to volunteer whether they got the day off or not."
The flooding also managed to wreak havoc in Bracebridge, about 400 kilometres west of Ottawa, where Local 636 members from the nearby city of Orillia pitched in to help with filling sandbags on April 27. Business Representative Tim Pitts noted that the city asked staff to volunteer but still paid their regular wages.
"It was a great team effort," Pitts said.
Burns said, with waters expected to rise again, members were gearing up for additional volunteering as needed.
The sense of community service expressed during the flooding isn't anything new for the local. Members helped out in the aftermath of a tornado that swept through a similar area in 2018, overturning cars and uprooting trees from roughly Dunrobin to Ottawa and Gatineau and injuring at least 30 people.
"We worked around the clock to put the power back on," Burns said, referring to both paid employees and those volunteering their time. "Most everyone has stepped up in one way or another."
Some have also traveled south to the U.S. to help during different disasters, Hall said. Most recently, members participated in a volunteer day with Hydro Ottawa and Ottawa Therapy Dogs at a local library.
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By Latasha Willis Monday, April 22, 2013 12:01 p.m. CDT
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Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3). American Cancer Society seeks volunteers ages 30-65 without a history of cancer to participate in the long-term study. Free; call 888-604-5888; email cps3@cancer.org; cps3jackson.org. April 23, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and April 24, 3-6:30 p.m., at Broadmoor Baptist Church (1531 Highland Colony Parkway, Madison), in the Gold Room, second floor.April 23-24, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., at Mississippi State Capitol (400 High St.), in room 113.April 25, 3-6:30 p.m., April 26, 7-11:30 a.m. and April 27, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Central Mississippi Medical Center (1850 Chadwick Drive), in the main lobby, second floor.April 26, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and April 27, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at Hinds Community College, Rankin Campus (3805 Highway 80 E., Pearl), in the Career and Technical Building, room 204. Events at Fleet Feet Sports (Trace Station, 500 Highway 51 N., Ridgeland). Call 601-899-9696. Old Sneakers Shoe Drive through April 26. Donate used sneakers to help the More Foundation Group. The shoes will be given to the poor in Ghana. Donations welcome; morefoundationgroup.org.Medals4Mettle Medal Drive. Donate marathon, half marathon and triathlon medals without ribbons. M4M gives the medals to children and adults with debilitating illnesses. Donations welcome. Events at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). Conversation with the Mississippi Museum of Art Director and Chief Curator April 23, 5:30 p.m. Enjoy refreshments at 5:30 p.m. and the program at 6 p.m. MMA director Betsy Bradley leads a conversation with deputy director and chief curator Dr. Roger Ward about art, curating and museums. Free; call 601-960-1515; msmuseumart.org.Operation Shoestring Spring Fling April 25, 7:30 p.m. Enjoy refreshments, a cash bar and music from Mingo Fishtrap in the Art Garden. Proceeds benefit Operation Shoestring. Sponsorships available. $20; call 601-353-6336, ext. 27; email sjordan@operationshoestring.org; operationshoestring.org. Events at Mississippi Trade Mart (1200 Mississippi St.). Mississippi International Hair Show and Expo April 22, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Includes hairstyling workshops, competitions and more. Licensed professionals and students must bring credentials. $30 in advance, $35 at the door for general public and professionals; $20 in advance, $25 at the door for students; call 601-291-0154; msinternationalhairshowandexpo.com.Bagwell Antiques Show and Sale April 26-27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and April 28, noon-5 p.m. Purchase furniture, jewelry, books and other items. Admission good for all three days. $5, $3 children; call 662-231-9654; email bagwellantiques@afo.net.Governor's 5K Run for Health April 27, 8 a.m. Check-in is at 6:30 a.m. Proceeds benefit Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital. $25 in advance, $30 day of race; governorbryant.com/5k. Events at Union Station (300 W. Capitol St.) Jackson People Action Coalition Economic Summit April 24-26. Signature events include a clergy breakfast April 24, a health fair April 25, and a mayoral forum and black-tie affair April 26. Guest speakers include James Meredith, Cindy Ayers-Elliott and Dr. Aaron Shirley. $50 per day, $150 three days, $75 black tie gala only, $50 additional gala ticket; call 601-421-5258 or 404-915-8626. Salute to Black Women Luncheon April 25, noon. J*PAC (Jackson People Action Coalition) is the host. The speaker is Natchez Alderwoman Joyce Arceneaux Matthews. $25; call 601-668-5583; email cayers2010@att.net. Events at William F. Winter Archives and History Building (200 North St.). History Is Lunch April 24, noon. Author Andrew Haley presents "Dining in 'Eleven Different Languages:' America's Cosmopolitan Cuisine." Free; call 601-576-6998. Modern Architecture Bus Tour April 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Includes a slide preview and a bus tour through the Fondren commercial district, Woodland Hills, Medgar Evers' post-war subdivision, and Eastover. Lunch at Brent's in Fondren. Space limited. $40; call 601-576-6953.
Free Oral Cancer Screenings April 22-23, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.), in the Thad C. Cochran Center. The University of Mississippi Medical Center's Oral Oncology Clinic is the host. Appointment required. Free; call 601-815-1181; umc.edu. 4 p.m., Jackson City Council Meeting, at Jackson City Hall (219 S. President St.). Open to the public. Free; call 601-960-1064; jacksonms.gov.
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., When You Can't Catch Your Breath, at Baptist Health Systems, Madison Campus (401 Baptist Drive, Madison), in the Community Room. Dr. William Harris explains what mitral regurgitation is and how to treat it. Free, $5 optional lunch; call 601-948-6262; mbhs.org. 4:30-5:30 p.m., World Book Night, at Piggly Wiggly, Canton (1150 E Peace St.) . The Canton Public Library gives away copies of Rick Riordan's "The Lightning Thief" outside the store while supplies last. Free; call 601-859-3202. 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., American Board Teaching Career Information Session, at Brandon Public Library (1475 W. Government St., Brandon). Learn how to earn a professional teaching license. Teacher certification specialist Ashley Guy is the facilitator. Bachelor's degree required. Online registration available. Free; call 601-329-0654; email aguy@americanboard.org; abcte.org. 5-8 p.m., Cooking For Our Kids Fundraiser, at Mississippi Community Education Center (961 Madison Ave., Madison). Enjoy food and beverages from local restaurants and vendors. Proceeds benefit the Children's Advocacy Center of Madison and Rankin Counties. $45. $60 couples; call 601-366-6405 or 601-714-1040; email jpickering@mscec.org; mscec.org. 5:30-8 p.m., Vicksburg Candidate Forum, at Outlets at Vicksburg (4000 S. Frontage Road, Vicksburg). Candidates running for the offices of mayor and aldermen answer economy-related questions at the forum. Free; call 601-636-7434 or 601-630-6776; email mchan@outletsatvicksburg.com. 5:30-7 p.m., Fair Housing Education Workshop, at Warren G. Hood Building (200 S. President St.). The University of Southern Mississippi's Institute for Disability Studies hosts the program in recognition of National Fair Housing Month. Free; call 601-266-5163; usm.edu/disability-studies. 6 p.m., Mayor's Ward 6 Community Meeting, at Griffith Memorial Church (5275 Terry Road). Share suggestions, address concerns and receive information on services the city provides. The WIN Job Center will have a representative available to discuss job opportunities. Free; call 601-960-1084. 6 p.m., JPS Salute to Scholars, at Murrah High School (1400 Murrah Drive). The school district honors the top ten graduating seniors from each JPS high school. Reception follows. Free; call 601-960-8700. Yoga for Everyone April 23-July 9, at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). Sally Holly is the instructor. Registration required. Bring a yoga sticky mat and a firm blanket. Come on an empty stomach and wear comfortable clothes. $140; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu/conted. 6:30 p.m., Jackson Audubon Society Chapter Meeting, at Eudora Welty Library (300 N. State St.). JAS expert birder Skipper Anding speaks on the topic "A Photographic Tour of Mississippi Bird Migration." Visitors welcome. Free; call 601-832-6788; jacksonaudubonsociety.org.
10-11:45 a.m., Art in Mind Art Program, at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The Alzheimer's Association of Mississippi offers the program for people with early-stage dementia and their caregivers. Participants tour the galleries and make art in the studio classroom. Registration required. Free; call 601-987-0020; alz.org/ms. 4 p.m., Jackson/Hinds Library System Board of Trustees, at Margaret Walker Alexander Library (2525 Robinson Road). The board discusses matters concerning the local library system. Open to the public. Call 601-968-5825.
Gulf States Camera Club Council Convention April 25-28, at Hilton Jackson (1001 E. County Line Road)Amateur and professional photographers participate in seminars, field trips and award presentations. The keynote speaker is WLBT's Walt Grayson. Open to the public. $30-$60 per event; gsconvention2013.com. Habitat for Humanity/Metro Jackson Women Build Fundraiser April 25, 5-7 p.m., at View Gallery (Township at Colony Park, 1107 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 105, Ridgeland). Enjoy wine and cheese, and shop for art. 10 percent of proceeds from sales go toward the construction of a Habitat home in Virden Addition. Free admission, donations welcome; call 601-353-6060; habitatjackson.org. 5:30 p.m., Precinct 4 COPS Meeting, at Redeemer Church (640 E. Northside Drive). These monthly forums are designed to help resolve community issues or problems, from crime to potholes. Free; call 601-960-0004. 6:30-9:30 p.m., Project Rezway: Keep the Rez Beautiful's Recycle Fashion Show, at Mississippi Craft Center (950 Rice Road, Ridgeland). The show features apparel and accessories composed of at least 75 percent recycled materials. Proceeds go toward tree plantings and litter cleanups in the Reservoir area. $25; call 601-856-7546; email keeptherezbeautiful@gmail.com; keeptherezbeautiful.org.
9 a.m., Friday Forum, at Koinonia Coffee House (136 S. Adams St., Suite C). Hinds County Sheriff Tyrone Lewis is the speaker. Free; email jonathan.lee@msprodinc.com. 10:30 a.m., 20th Annual Make-A-Wish Golf Tournament, at Deerfield Country Club (264 Deerfield Club Drive, Canton). The format is a four-person scramble; awards given. Make-A-Wish grants wishes of children with life-threatning illnesses. Registration required. Free; call 601-366-9474; email jwalsh@ms.wish.org; ms.wish.org. 10:45 a.m., Kairos of Mississippi Prison Ministry Golf Tournament, at Eagle Ridge Golf Course (1500 Raymond Lake Road, Highway 18 S., Raymond). The format is a four-person scramble, and the grand prize is a golf cart. Lunch at 11 a.m.; shotgun start at noon. Registration required. Kairos offers support to incarcerated people and their families. $75 individual, $300 team of four, $5 mulligan (limit of two); call 601-896-6543; email genniav@windstream.net; kairos-mississippi.org. 11:30 a.m., Bruin Classic Golf Tournament, at Country Club of Canton (183 Country Club Road, Canton). Registration and lunch is at 11:30 a.m., the shotgun start is at 1 p.m. and cocktail hour is at 5 p.m. The format is a six-person scramble. Prizes given. The event is a fundraiser for St. Joseph Catholic School. $800 team of six, sponsorships start at $150; call 601-898-4800, ext. 138; stjoebruins.com. 6 p.m., Relay For Life of Madison-Canton April 26, at Historic Canton Square (Courthouse Square, Canton) The night-long relay race includes a luminaria ceremony and entertainment. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. $10 registration plus fundraising ($100 minimum to receive a T-shirt), fundraising goal of $1,000 for teams; call 601-622-0581; relayforlife.org/cantonms. 6 p.m., Community Bike Ride, at Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative (2807 Old Canton Road) Bikers ride to a different destination on the last Friday of each month. Jackson Bike Advocates is the sponsor. Free; find Jackson Bike Advocates on Facebook.
6-10 a.m., Belk Charity Sale, at Belk (1200 E. County Line Road, Ridgeland, and 150 Dogwood Ave., Flowood) . Take advantage of discounts of up to 70 percent off. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit participating local charities. $5 tickets; call 601-991-2017 or 601-919-5000; belk.com/charitysale. 7 a.m.-noon, Jackson State University Blue Bengal Athletic Association Garage Sale, at Metro 24 (3003 John R. Lynch St.). The sale takes place in the parking lot. Call 769-243-3996. 7 a.m.-2 p.m., On the Road to Health Bike Ride, at Old Trace Park (Post Road, Ridgeland). Ride up to 64 miles along the Natchez Trace. Ride at least 15 miles to receive a T-shirt. Proceeds benefit the On the Road to Health initiative, a movement to promote exercise, healthy eating and positive lifestyles in a family setting. Free; call 601-853-2011; vocm.org. Mississippi Opportunity to Learn Conference April 27-28, at Jackson Convention Complex (105 E. Pascagoula St.). The theme is "Taking Steps Towards a Vision for Quality Education in Mississippi." The conference is open to students, parents, educators and education advocates. Registration required. Free; call 601-353-8452; email zsummers@uniteonevoice.org; naacpms.org. 7:45 a.m.-noon, Jackson Audubon Society Spring Migration Field Trip, at Vicksburg Military Park (Clay St., Vicksburg). An expert birder leads the expedition. Look for warblers, tanagers, thrushes, orioles, flycatchers and more. Carpoolers may meet at McDonald's in Clinton (474 Springridge Road, Clinton) at 7 p.m. to travel to the park. $8 park entrance fee per car; call 601-832-6788; jacksonaudubonsociety.org. 8 a.m.-noon, Jump Start Jackson Spring Farmers Market, at Battlefield Park (953 Porter St.). Enter from Highway 80. Call 601-898-0000, ext. 118; email jcollins@mbk-inc.org. 8 a.m., Racing for Donation 8K Run/Walk, at Liberty Road, Flowood. Check-in is at 7 a.m. Proceeds benefit the Mississippi Organ Recovery Agency. The Celebration of Life Picnic follows the race; Chris Gill and the Soleshakers perform. $25, $15 team members (groups of two to 10); email ljoe@msora.org; msora.org. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Homebuyer Education Class, at Jackson Housing Authority Homeownership Center (256 E. Fortification St.). Topics include personal finances, home inspections and the role of lenders and real estate agents. Registration required. The class is required to qualify for a Jackson Housing Authority loan. Free; call 601-398-0446. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., How Not to Be a Starving Artist, at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). Tracie James-Wade is the instructor. Registration required. $50 plus $10 materials fee; call 601-974-1130; millsaps.edu/conted. 9-11 a.m., Clothing Giveaway, at Sheppard Brothers Park (1355 Hattiesburg St.). The Greater Is He Outreach Ministry is the host. Gently-used clothing and shoes for adults and children available. Donations welcome. Free; call 769-257-8494. 9-11 a.m., "Friend or Foe: Breaking the Silence to Stop the Violence - Abuse Stops Here," at Relevant Empowerment Church (3900 W. Northside Drive). The workshop for youth ages 18 and under, and their parents covers topics such as recognizing inappropriate touching, sexual abuse and resources for victims of sexual assault. Registration required. Free, $10-$12 T-shirts (order in advance); call 662-466-2006; email qmbrown@hotmail.com. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Jackson Streets Alive, at North Congress Street between Capitol and Mississippi streets . Bike Walk Mississippi hosts the festival. Traffic is blocked off to encourage citizens to travel by foot or bicycle. Enjoy art, music, concessions and games such as bike polo, hula hooping, and roller skating. Fitness classes at Smith Park (Yazoo St.) Free; email bikewalk@bikewalkmississippi.org; find Jackson Streets Alive on Facebook. Noon-4 p.m., Kids' Outdoor Skills Challenge Event, at Bass Pro Shops (100 Bass Pro Drive, Pearl). Enjoy fishing and archery challenges, crafts and prizes. Free; call 601-933-3700. Noon-4 p.m., Divas 4 Charity's Diva Sale, at Optimum 1 Dance Studios (Jackson Square Promenade, 2460 Terry Road, Suite 2000). The consignment sales features clothing, shoes and accessories prices at $25 or less. Proceeds benefit Southern Christian Services, a transitional shelter for homeless teens. Free; call 508-44-DIVAS. 3 p.m., Alpha Kappa Alpha Cotillion Pre-Tea Interest Meeting, at Richard Wright Library (515 W. McDowell Road). The Rho Lambda Omega Chapter is the host. Girls in grades 9-12 may attend the learn more about the upcoming cotillion. Free; email aka.rlo1988@gmail.com.
Tapestry: The Pilgrimage to Vicksburg. Tour Vicksburg's antebellum homes and other historic places. Tickets sold at each venue and the Vicksburg Visitor Information Center (52 Old Highway 27, Vicksburg). $15 per presentation, $30 for three presentations; call 601-636-9421 or 800-221-3536; visitvicksburg.com.
JFP Chef Week April 28-May 4, at multiple Jackson locations . Enjoy a signature dish from participating chefs at local restaurants, and proceeds go to a local charity. Call 601-362-6121, ext. 11.
United Way's Pages of Promise Summer Reading Book Drive . Donate books at United Way, Lemuria Books, the Mississippi Coliseum box office, any Jackson-Hinds library and any JPS school (starting April 1). Free; call 601-948-4725; myunitedway.com.
Mississippi Department of Mental Health Online Survey. The department seeks input regarding core services at community mental health centers. Participants must be willing to be identified to respond. The survey closes April 30. Free; surveymonkey.com/s/dmh_coreservices.
Through May 10
Art for the Park Call for Art Submissions. The Belhaven Garden Club seeks silent auction art donations for the upcoming Art in the Park May 16 at Fairview Inn. The event goes toward the upkeep of Laurel Street Park. Free; call 601-503-5762; email caseyamborn@hotmail.com
North Mississippi Fish Hatchery Youth Art Contest, at North Mississippi Fish Hatchery Visitor Education Center (457 Carrier Route 36, Enid) . Each student must submit a portfolio including an entry form and artwork with an outdoor theme no later than May 15. Winners will have their work included in Mississippi Outdoors magazine and mdwfp.com. Free; call 662-563-8068; foundationmwfp.com.
Land's End to John O'Groats Cycling Fundraiser MondaysTuesdaysWednesdaysThursdaysFridaysSaturdays Local business owner and cyclist Peter Sharp takes a 14-day, 1,000-mile bike ride through the United Kingdom to raise funds for the Simon Sharp Eagle Fund. The fund benefits the Boy Scouts and Blair E. Batson Children's Cancer Clinic. Free; lejogbike.blogspot.com. Through July 20
Mississippi Youth Hip Hop Summit and Parent/Advocate Conference Call for Volunteers. Volunteers ages 19 and up with youth that are not participating in the summit are welcome. The conferences are July 20-21 at Millsaps College (1701 N. State St.). Free; call 601-354-3408, ext. 104; email ddenney@aclu-ms.org; tinyurl.com/2013MSYouthHHSVolunteerReg.
Through Oct. 1
Doris Berry's Farmers Market (352 E. Woodrow Wilson Ave.). Open Monday-Saturday from 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Sunday from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Call 601-353-1633.
Through Oct. 25
Mississippi Nurses Foundation Volvo Raffle, at Mississippi Nurses Foundation (31 Woodgreen Place, Madison). Purchase tickets for a chance to win a 2014 Volvo XC60, a seven-day vacation to Sweden or $10,000. Winner announced Oct. 25 at the MNA Convention in Biloxi; winner does not have to be present to win. $50 ticket; call 601-898-0850.
Byram Farmers Market (20 Willow Creek Lane, Byram). Open Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Call 601-373-4545.
Through Nov. 30
Yazoo Farmers Market, at American Legion Post 7 (417 N. Main St., Yazoo City). Open Saturdays from 8 a.m.-noon; may open on Tuesdays later in the season. Free; call 662-590-5415; find Yazoo Farmers Market on Facebook.
Through Dec. 21
Mississippi Farmers Market (929 High St.). Open 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Call 601-354-6573; mdac.state.ms.us.
Old Fannin Road Farmers Market (1307 Old Fannin Road, Brandon). Open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Call 601-919-1690.
Events at Fleet Feet Sports (Trace Station, 500 Highway 51 N., Ridgeland), at the multi-use trail. Open to the public. Free; call 601-899-9696. Weekly Group Walk. Walks are Tuesdays at 6 p.m. Walk two or four miles. Weekly Group Run. Run 5.4 miles Thursdays at 6 p.m. Super Star Senior Adult Walking Club. The group walks Thursdays at 10 a.m.
New Foundation Toastmasters Club #702994 Meetings Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m., at Mississippi e-Center at Jackson State University (1230 Raymond Road), in the Nebraska Room. Practice impromptu speaking, active listening, evaluation and leadership skills. Call 601-918-5164 or 601-896-4400 for information on membership dues; 702994.toastmastersclubs.org.
"Good Twin, Bad Twin Unleashed." Calden and Alden Hopkins hosts the interactive talk show Mondays at 10:30 p.m. The twins present opposing viewpoints for Facebook fans to comment on. Like "Good Twin, Bad Twin" on Facebook.
Hill Training Workout, at Avondale Street and Old Canton Road in Fondren. liveRIGHTnow hosts the exercise session Mondays at 7 p.m. and Fridays at 6 p.m. Free; call 601-717-2012.
Computer Courses for Adults, at Hinds Community College, Raymond Campus (501 E. Main St., Raymond). Classes usually meet once a week for four to eight weeks, and fees depend on the level and type of class. Call 601-857-3773.
Toastmasters Club Meetings. Improve your communication skills, and become a better speaker and leader. Membership required. Public Policy Club 8689 Meetings, at Universities Center (3825 Ridgewood Road). The group meets on first and third Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m. in the computer lab. Call 601-540-8472 or 601-432-6277; visit publicpolicy.freetoasthost.biz. "Guess Who's Talking Now" Club 3284 Meetings, at Woolfolk Building (501 N. West St.). The group meets from noon-1 p.m. Tuesdays in the conference room on the first floor. Call 601-359-6653 or 601-359-2573; visit club3284.freetoasthost.net. Downtown Jackson Toastmasters, at Plaza Building (120 N. Congress St.). Meetings are Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. on the 12th floor in the Common Room. Call 601-940-5247; visit 1275010.toastmastersclubs.org.
First Friday Free ADHD Screenings, at the office of Suzanne Russell, LPC (665 Highway 51 N., Ridgeland). Licensed professional counselor Suzanne Russell offers free 30-minute ADHD screenings for children every first Friday of the month. Appointment required. Free; call 601-707-7355.
"Real Divas Read" Book Program. Divas 4 Charity seeks low-income women in college who are need assistance with purchasing textbooks. To qualify, students must have a grade point average of 3.0-4.0 and submit a one-page essay of why they should receive benefits to info@divas4charity.com. Benefits include an Amazon Kindle and e-books. The charity also sells $5 raffle tickets to fund the program, and a $100 gas card is given away each month. Call 508-443-4827.
Mississippi Roadmap to Health Wellness Center , at Mississippi Roadmap to Health Equity (2548 Livingston Road). Options include aerobics and Zumba classes, equipment for resistance training and toning, and a children's gym. Hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays. Free; call 601-987-6783.
Diabetes Support Group Meetings, at Baptist Health Systems, Madison Campus (401 Baptist Drive, Madison). Baptist Nutrition Center hosts the meetings on third Thursdays at 1 p.m. Free; call 601-973-1624. Venture Incubator Talk and Tour Open House, at Venture Incubator (City Centre Building, 200 S. Lamar St., South Tower, 10th floor). Potential or current small business owners, and professionals interested in mentoring small business owners are welcome to meet with Wes Holsapple, president and CEO, and tour the facilities on Mondays from 5-6 p.m. and Wednesdays from noon-1 p.m. Refreshments served. Free; call 601-414-0140. Jackson 2000 Dialogue Circles Program. The program includes six two-hour sessions of dialogue and problem-solving to encourage racial harmony and community involvement. Six-week commitment required. Free; email nikalea@gmail.com. Events at Jackson Medical Mall (350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave.) Adopt-a-Park Program Registration, at the Department of Parks and Recreation. Organizations and businesses are encouraged to sign up to help maintain Jackson parks and trails by picking up litter, landscaping and painting. Call 601-960-0471. ENCOUNTER Teen Empowerment Corps. On first Tuesdays from 6:30-8 p.m., Youth Solutions hosts a rally for teens in the Community Room. Activities include spending time with mentors, motivational talks, IGNITE Vocal Talent rehearsal, teen dramas and character development. Free; call 601-829-0323.
Medical Mall Moment Report, at WOAD 1300 AM. Find out about the Jackson Medical Mall Foundation's current activities every second Friday of the month at 8:30 a.m. Call-ins to 601-995-1400 are welcome. The broadcast is also available on jacksonmedicalmall.org. Call 601-982-8467. Events at Baptist Medical Center (1225 N. State St.), at Hederman Cancer Center. Registration required. Free; call 601-948-6262 or 800-948-6262. Cancer Rehab Classes, in the Activity Room on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2 p.m. The class helps cancer patients enhance cardiovascular strength, endurance, their immune system and bone density. It helps to increase overall strength and stamina, decrease fatigue and weight loss, and improve digestion. Positive Ones Breast Cancer Support Group. Baptist Cancer Services hosts the meetings on third Mondays at 5:30 p.m. Weekly Storytime, at Pearl Public Library (2416 Old Brandon Road, Pearl). Each Tuesday, Baby Bookworms Storytime for children ages birth-36 months is at 9:30 a.m., and Preschool Storytime for children ages 3-6 is at 10:30 a.m. The event includes stories, rhymes, music and a puppet show on the last Tuesday of the month. Free; call 601-932-2562. Tutoring Sessions and Peer-to-peer Study Groups, at Richard Wright Library (515 W. McDowell Road), in the Community Room. Sessions are every other Saturday from 9-11:30 a.m.; call to confirm dates. Students in grades 8-12 and GED students are welcome to get help with research projects, state subject areas tests, English, science, history and math. School supplies and snacks provided. Free; call 601-948-4725 or 601-372-1621. Programs on WMPR 90.1 FM and wmpr901.com. Women for Progress Radio Broadcast. Dorothy Stewart and Willie Jones host the program on Thursdays from 6-7 p.m. Topics include education, economics and politics. Call 601-918-5137. Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. Show. Every Wednesday from 1:30-2:30 p.m., Jackson mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. discusses activities, issues and other newsworthy items that are occurring in the city of Jackson. Call 601-960-1084. Home Repair Grant Call for Applicants, at Hood Building (200 S. President St.), in suite 316. Seniors 62 and older or disabled citizens may apply between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Bring valid photo ID, a deed or warranty deed, proof of income, homeowner's insurance and a Social Security card. Call 601-960-1438 or 601-960-1491. On Location TV, on Comcast channel 18. Host and producer Phyllis "Peaches" Robinson spotlights people, places and events in Jackson. The variety talk show airs at 8:30 p.m. Sundays and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Send an email if you have a story idea for the show. Email onlocationtv@yahoo.com. NAMI Connection Support Group Meetings. The alliance of individuals with mental illnesses meets Tuesdays at 2 p.m. to share experiences and learn new ways to cope. Trained facilitators lead the meetings. Free; call 601-899-9058 for location information. NAMI In Our Own Voice Presenter Training, at NAMI Mississippi (411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 401). In Our Own Voice is a public education program that allows trained speakers to share their personal stories of mental illness and recovery. Presenters commit to making at least one presentation per month for one year after the two-day training. Free; call 601-899-9058. Gentle Joints Aquatic Program, at The Club at St. Dominic's (970 Lakeland Drive). The Arthritis Foundation sponsors the low-intensity water class. Sessions are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2 p.m. Registration required; club membership optional. $35 for 12 classes, $60 for 24 classes; call 601-200-4925. Events at St. Dominic Hospital (969 Lakeland Drive). Free. Cancer Support Group Meetings. Cancer patients and survivors meet on second Tuesdays at 9 a.m. at the Canter Center. Additional meetings for women are on second Tuesdays at 5 p.m. Call 601-200-3070. Caregivers Support Group Meetings. The group meets on second Wednesdays at 10 a.m. in the conference rooms. Call 601-200-6768. National Alliance on Mental Illness Family Support Group, in the St. Catherine Room. NAMI Mississippi offers a support group for family members who have an adult relative with a mental illness on second Thursdays at 7 p.m. Free; call 601-899-9058. Game Night, at Heroes and Dreams (5352 Highway 25, Suite 1650, Flowood). Play video, board and card games Fridays from 7:30-11:30 p.m. Free; call 601-992-3100. Girl Talk Monthly Live Chat. Chat with an OB/GYN on second Tuesdays at 8 p.m. to ask health questions. Questions can also be emailed ahead of time. Visit mbhs.org/girltalk. PRIYDE Recycling Drive, at PERICO Institute for Youth Development and Entrepreneurship (PRIYDE) (Jackson Medical Mall, 350 W. Woodrow Wilson Ave, Suite 300). The youth advocacy group is collecting electronic equipment to send to FundingFactory for cash. Donate ink and toner cartridges, call phones, MP3 players, GPS devices, digital cameras and laptops. Call 769-251-1408. American Rosie the Riveter Association Membership Drive. ARRA seeks to honor women who were involved in World War II efforts such as factory work, collecting scrap metal or volunteering with the Red Cross. Call 888-557-6743.
Events at Mississippi Children's Museum (2145 Highland Drive). $8, children 12 months and under and members free; call 877-793-5437. Tinker with Tuesdays. Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m., children ages 4-11 learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. ABC Come Play with Me. Wednesdays at 10 a.m., children ages 3 and under enjoy songs, games and learning activities to prepare them for preschool. Farm Bureau Spotlight. Fridays at 3:30 p.m., children ages 4-11 learn about agriculture and visit one of the galleries for a featured topic.
Ultimate Frisbee Pickup Game, Sundays, 3 p.m., at Chastain Middle School (4650 Manhattan Road). The sport is played with teams of seven who score by catching and throwing a disc toward an end zone. Free; call 987-3550; mississippiultimate.blogspot.com.
Art in Mind Art Program, at Mississippi Museum of Art (380 S. Lamar St.). The Alzheimer's Association of Mississippi offers the program on fourth Wednesdays at 10 a.m. for people with early-stage dementia and their caregivers. Participants tour the galleries and make art in the studio classroom. Registration required; space limited. Registration forms available at alz.org/ms. Free; call 601-987-0020.
Senior Aides Program. The city of Jackson offers the part-time job program to low-income seniors ages 55 and up. Participants receive assistance in finding a job during the training process. Applicants must have state ID, a Social Security card, proof of income and a utility bill to sign up. Call 601-960-0335.
Early Childhood Development Program. The city of Jackson offers child-care services for ages six weeks to 4 years at Jones Early Childhood Development Center (2050 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), and ages 1-4 at Virden Early Childhood Development Center (3159 Edwards Ave.) and Westside Early Childhood Development Center (1450 Wiggins Road). Register weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at either location. Bring items such as proof of income, proof of residency, a birth certificate and immunization records; call for a complete list of documents. Call 601-960-0335.
Mission Mississippi Prayer Breakfasts. Mission Mississippi hosts the event on most Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:45-7:45 a.m. to encourage unity across racial and denominational lines. Visit missionmississippi.org for a schedule and locations. Call 601-353-6477.
Zumba Fitness Classes, at Optimum 1 Dance Studios (Jackson Square Promenade, 2460 Terry Road, Suite 2000). The one-hour classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6 p.m. $5 per class; call 601-918-5107.
Events at Ridgeland Recreational Center (Old Trace Park, Post Road, Ridgeland). Call 601-856-6876. Yoga Classes. Learn gentle stretching poses and strength exercises. Classes are Mondays and Fridays from 11 a.m.-noon. Registration required. $10 per class. Tai-Chi Fusion on the Reservoir for Seniors. The ancient Chinese martial art promotes flexibility, stamina and focused breathing. Held Wednesdays from 11-11:30 a.m. Registration required. $5 per class. Zumba Fitness Class for Seniors. The Latin-inspired aerobics class for ages 40 and up is held Thursdays from 1-1:45 p.m. Registration required. $5 per class.
Sick and Tired, and Seeking SOULutions Saturdays, 4-5:30 p.m., at Afrikan Arts and Culture Studio (612 N. Farish St.). Our Community Against Racism hosts the forum on second Saturdays. The focus of the monthly forum is to provide African-centered cultural enrichment and work toward racial equality. Free; call 601-979-1413 or 601-918-5075.
Saturday Morning Weekly Walk Saturdays, 8 a.m., at Parham Bridges Park (5055 Old Canton Road). Dr. Timothy Quinn hosts the walk to promote wellness. Walkers should park on Ridgewood Road next to the playground. Free; call 601-487-6482.
StinkyFeet Fondren Run Tuesdays, 6 p.m., in Fondren. StinkyFeet Athletics leads the weekly fun run through the neighborhoods off Old Canton Road. Meet in the parking lot at Babalu. Free; find Fondren Group Run on Facebook.
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Janae Marks
FROM THE DESK OF ZOE WASHINGTON
is now available for pre-order!
On sale January 14, 2020 in Hardcover, ebook
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“With a dash of mystery, sprinkle of passion, and whole lot of heart, From the Desk of Zoe Washington has found a winning recipe.” - Coe Booth, author of Kinda Like Brothers
“Marks doesn’t downplay the immense impact of mass incarceration on communities of color, but neither does she dramatize it, allowing the reader to focus, instead, on Zoe’s discovery of the amazing work of the Innocence Project, and the bittersweet blossoming of her relationship with her birth father. From the Desk of Zoe Washington tackles the complex costs of the pursuit of justice and motivates readers to feel equipped—and energized—to stand up for what’s right, right now. Readers will recognize that, like Zoe Washington, they need not wait until they grow up to make their actions count.” - Tanita S. Davis, author of Mare’s War
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Independent Boards Irish Co-Production 'The Racer'
Tour de France in Ireland, 1998.
International sales agent Independent has boarded the gripping cycling drama ‘The Racer’, which it will introduce to international buyers at Cannes this May.
Blinder Films (‘Love & Friendship’) in co-production with Calach Films (‘Mammal’) and Caviar Films (‘The Rider’) produce the film, which stars Louis Talpe (‘Of Kings and Prophets’), Tara Lee (‘A Date for Mad Mary’), Matteo Simoni (‘Gangsta’) Iain Glen (‘Game of Thrones’) and Karel Roden (‘The Bourne Supremacy’) and is directed by Kieron J. Walsh (‘Jump’, ‘Finding Joy’).
Summer 1998 — the opening stages of Le Tour de France are relocated to Ireland. Belgian rider Dom Chabol (late 30s) has been one of the best “Domestiques” (support riders) on the Tour for the last 20 years. It’s a sacrificial role — setting pace, blocking wind, and providing support to enable the team’s sprinter to victory - winning is not an option. But Dom secretly harbours a desire to wear the yellow jersey — just once before his career is over.
At the start of what will likely be his last Tour, Dom is unceremoniously dropped from the Team he has dedicated his life to. His best mate Sonny, the team masseur, fails to reassure him about his future. But a chance liaison with Lynn, a young Irish doctor, softens the blow, and Dom starts to accept - and even enjoy - the idea of civilian life. But as he gears up to go home and to face his estranged sister, a massive doping error knocks another teammate off the Tour and Dom is thrown back in the saddle…
Written by Ciaran Cassidy (‘The Last Days of Peter Bergmann’) and Kieron J. Walsh with Blinder Films’ Katie Holly (‘Vita & Virginia’, ‘Love & Friendship’, ‘Citadel’) and Yvonne Donohoe (‘Extra Ordinary’, ‘Striking Out’) producing and Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira (Calach Films) co-producing along with Caviar Films’ Robin Kerremans and Dimitri Verbeeck. The film shoots in Ireland and Luxembourg.
Speaking about the film, Director Kieron said:
“I am delighted to be finally bringing The Racer, to the screen. I distinctly remember the Tour de France descending into Ireland in 1998 and the buzz that it brought with it. That tour proved to be a challenging time for cycling, filled with scandal, emotion and turmoil and I am confident that the film will be just as thrilling. I couldn’t have asked for a better cast along with a crack-team of HODs including DOP James Mather and designer Ray Ball.”
Sarah Lebutsch of Independent added:
“The Racer is one of those rare scripts that manages to give a glimpse into the determination and obsession it takes to be a professional athlete. Tour de France riders take their bodies to the absolute limits and must respect their role within the team, and it is within this explosive environment that we spend three days following a team at a turning point. We have huge confidence in Kieron’s vision to bring the story to life and are excited to work with the talented production team.”
The film is supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Film Fund Luxembourg, Eurimages, Screen Flanders, the BAI Sound & Vision Fund and RTE. Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) will release the film in the Benelux territory.
Independent will introduce the film to international buyers at Cannes this May.
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Oxfam Trailwalker 2014 - 'Fearless Dragon' Teams and Zheng Sheng College finished in 27 hours 43 minutes and 25 hours 58 minutes respectively
OXFAM TRAILWALKER 2014
'Fearless Dragon' Teams and Zheng Sheng College
Finished in 27 hours 43 minutes and 25 hours 58 minutes respectively
The hearing-impaired ‘Fearless Dragon’ team (Team number 0349 and 0350: photo 1, photo 2 and photo 3), and first-timers Christian Zheng Sheng Association / Zheng Sheng College team (Team number 0153: photo 4, 5), finished the 100km trail in 27 hours 43 minutes and 25 hours 58 minutes respectively. Bernard Chan, Chair of Oxfam Trailwalker Advisory Committee, greeted the teams at the Finish Point and presented them with certificates.
Mok Kim Wing, Kim, the founder of Fearless Dragon team and Michael Ng, the hearing-impaired walker said, ‘We hope we will be able to encourage more people who have disabilities to come out and challenge themselves through this event. Our example can promote the integration of people with disabilities in society, and promote the spirit of helping people to help themselves’. Last year, the team formed by visually and hearing-impaired walkers completed the trail in 32 hours and 19 minutes, and Mok received the ‘State Street Overcoming the Odds Award 2013’. With the experience gained from last year, the team demonstrated their tenacity and finished strong once again in the gruelling challenge.
With Trailwalker veteran KK Chan as their coach, students from Christian Zheng Sheng Association / Zheng Sheng College participated in the Oxfam Trailwalker for the first time. The College’s principal, Alman Chan said, ‘I believe that every step students take in this journey will show them what it means to persevere and believe in themselves. Through the trailwalking experience and training they will learn important moral values that will enable them reintegrate into society'.
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Zee TV’s new weekend detective drama costs 50% more to produce
04 Dec, 2017 - 09:24 AM IST | By Kirti Chauhan
MUMBAI: Women empowerment is Zee TV’s new motto as it embraces the recently adopted brand philosophy – ‘Aaj Likhenge Kal’. Its latest weekend primetime show Detective Didi will attempt to inspire the girls of India by showing how Bunty Sharma chooses a bold career of a detective in a male-dominated field.
Produced by Manik Bedi and Ila Bedi Dutta, the show is both set and shot in the bylanes of Delhi. Bedi, who has previously produced Hitler Didi, says that the investment is also 50 per cent more because of the location change. “The entire crew has been brought from Mumbai for the shoot. It’s an expensive experiment,” he says. The shooting schedule is one year and so planning is being done three months in advance.
The local police are supporting the shoot as they cover iconic Delhi locations like Chandni Chowk, Jama Masjid, India Gate and Parliament House. “We are mobilising in a way that it is similar to shooting in Mumbai,” he adds.
Zee TV deputy business head Deepak Rajadhyaksha says that the character demanded Delhi due to its different socio-cultural ethos and to give authenticity to the adventures. He agrees that shooting cost is higher but the channel can manage it.
Following up Detective Didi’s new time slot of 8-9 pm on weekend, the channel will be opening more such slots. “There is no recipe for success and this show is a big experiment. What we can control are understanding sentiments, requirements and the aspirations and to portray them effectively through the shows,” says Rajadhyaksha.
Similar shows on other channels target the 9 pm slot but Zee didn’t want to cater to a pure crime audience but rather those that can be relatable to and viewed by families. A few years ago, the channel experimented with Neeli Chhatri Waale at this time which took a dive in ratings after the initial hype. “Our new programming strategy is to provide three different entertainment types from 8-11/11.30 pm,” reveals Rajadhyaksha. If Didi makes a mark in one year, the channel may give the producers a longer lifeline. This is also Zee’s first attempt at a detective drama on the weekend.
Rajadhyaksha says that Didi’s storytelling is different from others because of two episodes making one story. That leaves room for just the weekend slot. Bedi says this is better for producers since one topic will be explored on two consecutive days and so the recall value is higher. Zee TV was the one to decide the time slot for the show, which begins on 9 December. Bedi also explains that the success of a show doesn’t solely depend on the time slot, though that is a major factor.
In the show, Bunty is assisted by a second character Bhim Singh Bhullar and it will attempt to be hilarious as the duo takes different routes to solve cases. Dutta says that Bunty is the reflection of many ambitious Indian women who don’t forget their family responsibilities. “She isn’t a professional detective. She is an amateur with an uncanny knack for spotting crime and arresting it in time. The emotional aspects of a situation help her in cracking a case.”
The earlier name for the show was Delhi Crime Diaries but that would have made it Delhi-specific, says Dutta. Instead, the producers thought of using the common term ‘didi’ to make it relatable to the audiences.
Detective Didi is being sponsored by Bagh Bakri Mili Chai, Flamingo Knee Cap and Pillsbury Cookie cake, special partner – Combiflam Icy hot. It is hunting for a title sponsor.
Didi follows the lives of special agent Bhim Singh Bhullar and private detective Bunty’s journey, amidst their professional assignments, making way for some lighter moments while they investigate the city’s most baffling criminal cases. While Bhim is a jolly cop from the Delhi crime branch who investigates staying well within the rule book, Bunty takes matters into her own hands as she has no faith in the capabilities of the police. In the chase for who solves the case first, Bhim and Bunty, a man and a woman who can’t stand each other, fight tooth and nail to catch criminals and solve many interesting cases. Brilliant at their work and having their own individual strengths, they employ distinctly different methods while solving the same cases. But, when both Bunty and Bhim work together as a unit despite their differences, they seem to successfully solve cases with relative ease. Playing the dynamic character of Bunty Sharma is actor Sonia Balani while Manish Goplani will be seen stepping into the pivotal role of Bhim Singh Bhullar.
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Indigenous Policy Journal
Leo Killsback, American Indian Studies, Arizona State University, editor@indigenouspolicy.org.
Co-Editors:
Phil Bellfy, American Indian Studies Program, Michigan State University, bellfy@msu.edu.
Thomas Brasdefer (Webmaster),
thomas@indigenouspolicy.org.
Thaddieus (Tad) Conner, New Mexico State University,
conner03@nmsu.edu.
Jonathon Erlen, Ph.D., History of Medicine Librarian, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh,
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Moki Kokoris (Facebook Coordinator & Arctic Editor),
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Eileen Luna-Firebaugh,
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Anne Luna-Gordinier,
luna-gordinier@csus.edu.
Paula Mohan,
paulamohan@gmail.com.
Ignacio Ochoa, M.A., Director, Nahual Foundation / Fundación Nahual, Sacatepéquez. Guatemala.
ignacio@fundacion-nahual.org.
Michael Posluns,
mposluns@accglobal.net.
Annalise Romoser,
aromoser@lwr.org.
Steve Sachs (Senior Editor, Coordinator of Editorial Board),
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Jay Toth, M.A., Professor of Anthropology, SUNY Fredonia,
jtoth@atlanticbb.net.
William (Bill) Taggart, New Mexico State University, Department of Government,
witaggar@nmsu.edu.
Mark Trahant, Atwood Journalism Chair, University of Alaska Anchorage,
marktrahant@thecedarsgroup.org.
David Weiden (Book Review Editor), Assistant Professor of Political Science and Native American Studies, Metropolitan State University of Denver,
dweiden@msudenver.edu.
Richard Wheelock, Fort Lewis College,
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Mark Graber (Program Co-Chair), University of Maryland), mgraber@law.umaryland.edu.
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Raising a Child within Early Childhood Dis-ability Support Systems Shakonehya:ra's ne shakoyen'okon:'a G’chi-gshkewesiwad binoonhyag ᑲᒥᓂᑯᓯᒼ ᑭᑫᑕᓱᐧᐃᓇ ᐊᐧᐊᔕᔥ ᑲᒥᓂᑯᓯᒼ ᑲᐧᐃᔕᑭᑫᑕᑲ: Ga-Miinigoowozid Gikendaagoosowin Awaazigish, Ga-Miinigoowozid Ga-Izhichigetan
Nicole Ineese-Nash, Yvonne Bomberry, Kathryn Underwood, Arlene Hache
The Inclusive Early Childhood Service System Project (IECSS) is a qualitative longitudinal study seeking to explore families’ experiences of accessing services for their children who have disabilities or developmental delays in early childhood. This article specifically examines the experiences of Indigenous participants navigating the multiple support services in their communities, with analytical discussion with community agencies working from an Indigenous framework, as well as the perspectives of the Elders Council of Temiskaming. The project has taken place through local partnerships in five geographic areas in Ontario: The County of Wellington, District of Timiskaming, Constance Lake First Nation, City of Hamilton, and City of Toronto. The study found that Indigenous families were often very engaged in culturally specific services for their children and families, in addition to accessing disability support services operating from a medical framework. The juxtaposition of these two ideologies often led to conflict for Indigenous families as they sought to maintain their cultural understandings of children and their development while seeking supports for their children. These findings suggest that Indigenous concepts of disability and childhood are not integrated in the current disability support system, which operates in a manner that is inconsistent with an Indigenous worldview.
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Palestine demands intl. investigation into detainee’s death in Israeli prison
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HRW slams Kuwait over deportation of 3 Egyptians
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed as “unlawful” Kuwait’s deportation of eight Egyptian dissidents linked to the Muslim Brotherhood to their country, saying the move exposes them to torture and persecution.
All S-400 defense systems will be installed by April 2020: Turkey's Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says all the Russian S-400s received by his country will be fully deployed in April 2020, and that Ankara seeks to produce the missile defense systems jointly with Moscow.
US-led airstrike kills 15 civilians in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr: Report
At least 15 civilians have reportedly been killed in an airstrike by the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the terrorist Takfiri Daesh group on a residential area in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani decried the US plots to create division between Iran and Iraq, saying the American policies have backfired as the two neighbors enjoy deep-rooted ties.
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Taste Knutsford Campaign
Hopefully many of you will have seen the window display, 'love Knutsford,'at the shop on Canute square, which arrived last week. The next bit of the jigsaw has been production of the ‘taste Knutsford ‘ promotion which started from yesterday, funded by Cheshire East Council as part of its Recession mitigation plan through the visitor economy ‘event towns’ project. This is being distributed initially via the featured businesses, the TIC and at the Tatton food lover’s fair. Every car arriving at Tatton for this event is being given a copy and it is also available via the info cabin and the Housekeeper’s Store. This makes the distribution very targeted on a discerning ‘foodie’ audience.
Knutsford – Shaping up for Christmas
Written by Girl about Town
Having spent time away this summer, I returned to take a fresh look at Knutsford. Our town, perhaps more than most, is in a constant state of flux. You go away for a week and come back to find an old favourite has shut up shop. Two doors down someone new is setting up. This rapid turnover is perhaps because the survival of many of our retailers depends on visitors – and they’re an unpredictable lot.
However this can’t be said of Panache, the hairdressers on bottom street, who disappeared after 32 years leaving such a sad little farewell note in the window I almost shed a tear. At the other end of the scale Mallard Tea Shop didn’t last a year. Nice tea, wrong location? Having Costa Coffee next door can’t have helped.
Thankfully Knutsford caters well for our daily needs with the likes of Woods and The Easy Fish Co. Then there are those that tempt you to browse – the new Hidden Jem is a treat and The Summer House, Chalk, House and Cherry Tree Gallery need constant checks for the loveliest gifts.
Indeed the majority of our shopkeepers seem to have weathered the recession and are in positive mood. Mode-Elle on Minshull Street was on the brink of closing, sending a shudder of fear through women within a 30 mile radius. But I was glad to hear they have re-signed their lease and we can all breathe a well-measured sigh of relief.
Question put to George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor and MP for Tatton, could provide a solution to help stimulate the property market
My Question to George Osborne ...
I wonder what you think about the possibility of reversing the way that Stamp Duty is paid by homebuyers. My proposal would be that you pay stamp duty on the home you are selling rather than the home you are buying, which would mean first time buyers would pay nothing and families wishing to move up the property ladder would pay a smaller amount than under the current system. This would mean that anyone downsizing would be paying stamp duty on the value of the home they were selling, which would take slightly out of their profit. Government revenue would not alter as stamp duty would still be paid every property sold, and making moving cost cheaper would help to keep the property market more fluid I would be interested to hear your opinion. Mrs C Hutton 6th October 2009.
Opening of Five New Independent Businesses in Knutsford provides first real evidence of green shoots of recovery
Over the last month, five new independent businesses are opening, or are due to open in Knutsford. Princess Street will see the addition of Vermilion Art Gallery, owned by Manchester born, contemporary artist James Blinkhorn, and the return of Halstone Mobile phones . King Street saw Primavera Restaurant & Bar open with Sayed, the new owner, Glamorous, a womens' fashion shop, is due to open shortly near Pizza Express, the realisation of two local Knutsford women, Dionne Bradbury and Tracy Tiller and Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe - a new sugar-laden box of delights right next door to Glamorous
Knutsford Property Agents are now reporting an increase in enquiries for retail premises to rent from independent businesses. See retail properties to let.
Last Updated on Sunday, 27 September 2009 22:15
Knutsford Business Club's intervention leads to a brighter future for Knutsford Businesses on King Street
Following a request for help to the Knutsford Business Club regarding the power cuts experienced by businesses in the centre of Knutsford, and subsequent help from George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor and MP for Tatton progress can now be reported.
Following a meeting between Scottish Power and a Commercial Director of one of the restaurants affected, he reported "that he is pleased to say that things appear to have settled down for their business although I understand there have been some outages in recent weeks. There does at least appear to be a long term plan in place and there is now an effective line of communications. It is a pity that we had to shout and scream to get it but on hopes that this progress will continue."
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LG Innotek unveils upgraded wireless charging modules
By Kim Young-won
Korean electric component maker LG Innotek has unveiled its new wireless charging modules with a charging speed that is three times as fast as its conventional peers.
LG Innotek’s new modules are capable of delivering 15 watts of output power, the same as wired charging modules. But they can be charged three times faster than existing 5-watt wireless charging modules.
A model poses with a wireless smartphone charger pad installed with LG Innotek’s 15-watt power-receiving modules. (LG Innotek)
The company said it only takes 30 minutes to charge an empty battery up to 50 percent.
LG Innotek’s latest modules are also compatible with all smartphone brands, regardless of the output power of the wireless charger pads used.
An increasing number of devices have recently been deploying wireless smartphone charging systems, as more and more wireless chargers are being used in places such as offices, retail stores and coffee shops.
LG Innotek said it is currently working with global power chipset companies to develop and supply wireless chargers to global automakers.
The company, an affiliate of LG Group, previously supplied wireless power-receiving modules to smartphone makers such as LG Electronics, Motorola, and Kyosera. Google’s Nexus 4, released in 2012, also used LG Innotek’s power receivers.
By Kim Young-won (wone0102@heraldcorp.com)
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Silo Rebels trying to defend spring baseball title - KTEN.com - Texoma news, weather and sports
Silo Rebels trying to defend spring baseball title
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:57 PM EDT
SILO, OK -- No surprise the Rebs are back. The 2013 spring champion Silo Rebels have maintained the top ranking in the class the entire season. In fact they haven't lost a game in Oklahoma.
Their one and only loss came in Florida over spring break.
Silo is known as a powerhouse, where a three year span between titles is considered a drought.
They're the winningest program in the state over the last 13 years and the players know what it would feel like to cap off this season as champions once again.
"We've all had a lot of hard work and it's all coming through, just hopefully we can finish it off," senior designated hitter Hunter Jackson said.
"End the season. End a remarkable season, best one Silo's ever had," senior short stop Tanner Hearon added.
"You know, it would be, it would be amazing. It would be better the first time. I heard it gets better each and every time. So I just want to experience that," junior center fielder Drew Bolin said.
They'll play Latta at 4 p.m. Thursday in Shawnee.
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River front living and mountain metro lifestyle! Spacious 3 bedroom townhomes perched over the confluence of Beaver Creek and Eagle River minutes to all of what Avon and Beaver Creek has to offer. Air-conditioning, 2 car-garage and mountain modern styling - delivery August 2019 - NEW CONSTRUCTION!
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About Avon & Wildridge
Avon The Town of Avon used to be known for its prime location at the base of Beaver Creek Ski Resort, but Avon has come into its own in recent years thanks to thoughtful redevelopment projects, new restaurants and businesses, top-notch events and endless outdoor recreation. One of Avon’s town jewels is Nottingham Lake, where you’ll find everything from standup paddleboarding to concerts to family-friendly festivals. Free buses shuttle visitors and residents around town or up to the ski resort, and a transit center also provides quick and easy access to Vail. The Town has made many improvements in recent years to its pedestrian connections, making the town much more walkable overall. Avon has become an extension of the resorts, offering mountain living without any sacrifices. Wal-Mart, City Market and The Home Depot anchor the town’s retail business mix, which also offers a variety of unique local retail businesses and some of the valley’s top restaurants. The Westin Riverfront also offers gondola access from town to Beaver Creek Resort. The Town’s 40,000-square-foot recreation center features an indoor waterslide, a 5-lane lap pool, and a state-of-the-art fitness facility. Just outside its doors, Nottingham Park Pavilion plays host to concerts and events, including the annual Fourth of July festivities which include one of the most impressive fireworks shows in the state. The real estate in Avon features a combination of townhomes, condominiums and single-family homes. Second-home owners have taken a particular liking to the Westin Riverfront, Basecamp, The Ascent and Brookside. Wildridge Perched high above the valley with views of Beaver Creek, Game Creek Bowl and Edwards, Wildridge is a community with a unique identity in the valley. Just a few minutes up the hill from Avon, Wildridge is a mix of condominium complexes, townhomes, duplexes and single-family homes. Lot sizes here are comparatively larger than what’s available in most neighborhoods throughout the Vail Valley, and the expansive views add to one of Wildridge’s greatest amenities — being surrounded by open space. Hiking and biking trails are fun for all ability levels, and the community’s dedicated bike lanes — especially the uphill climbing lanes from Avon — add to the community’s bike friendliness. Two playgrounds and a popular dog park make families with children and/or dogs feel especially welcome here. The extensive trail systems in sunny Wildridge also bring together an eclectic mix of local residents looking to get their lungs pumping outside or just to socialize with neighbors. Many residents enjoy an evening stroll around the neighborhood’s trails, where friendships are formed and neighbors get to know each other. With no noise from I-70, a quality trail system and expansive views, life in Wildridge is mountaintop living at its finest.
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When Serial Harassers Attack
By Scott Lemieux
Excellent Jill Filipovic column on the well-known misogynists in the press corps who helped put Trump in the White House:
Many of the male journalists who stand accused of sexual harassment were on the forefront of covering the presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Matt Lauer interviewed Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trump in an official “commander-in-chief forum” for NBC. He notoriously peppered and interrupted Mrs. Clinton with cold, aggressive, condescending questions hyper-focused on her emails, only to pitch softballs at Mr. Trump and treat him with gentle collegiality a half-hour later. Mark Halperin and Charlie Rose set much of the televised political discourse on the race, interviewing other pundits, opining themselves and obsessing over the electoral play-by-play. Mr. Rose, after the election, took a tone similar to Mr. Lauer’s with Mrs. Clinton — talking down to her, interrupting her, portraying her as untrustworthy. Mr. Halperin was a harsh critic of Mrs. Clinton, painting her as ruthless and corrupt, while going surprisingly easy on Mr. Trump. The reporter Glenn Thrush, currently on leave from The New York Times because of sexual harassment allegations, covered Mrs. Clinton’s 2008 campaign when he was at Newsday and continued to write about her over the next eight years for Politico.
A pervasive theme of all of these men’s coverage of Mrs. Clinton was that she was dishonest and unlikable. These recent harassment allegations suggest that perhaps the problem wasn’t that Mrs. Clinton was untruthful or inherently hard to connect with, but that these particular men hold deep biases against women who seek power instead of sticking to acquiescent sex-object status.
And let’s again consider the “scandals” the media used to portray Clinton as being as or more dishonest and corrupt than Donald Trump:
Failure to cover Trump University illegal fraud to any real extent is the true mark of media's utter failure in 2016 & central role in putting Trump in office.
From https://t.co/WlcQCsoE38pic.twitter.com/owRILzleLv
— Nathan Newman (@nathansnewman) November 25, 2017
EMAILS!, which dominated campaign coverage, involved trivial misconduct virtually nobody would care about if it involved anybody but Hillary Clinton. The Clinton Foundation entailed no misconduct by Clinton whatsoever, although this complete lack of corruption was generally revealed in stories that would spend 46 grafs strongly implying misconduct by Clinton before a 47th graf sheepishly conceding that there was not only no evidence Clinton did anything wrong, but not even a plausible story about what she could have done wrong. Both stories got more coverage that Trump bilking people out of tens of millions of dollars with a fake university and running a foundation that was a pure grift, and far more coverage than Trump boasting about sexually assaulting women. Whatever drove this coverage, it wasn’t that Clinton’s behavior was worse by any reasonable standard. Sexism isn’t the only thing that drove this malpractice, but it’s certainly one of the things that drove this.
If Only You Had Voted For Nina Turner, 48 Could Be More Than 52
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Liong Sik’s culture of defeatism in direct contrast to Mahathir’s slogan of "Malaysia Boleh" when he concedes that the RM9 million KLIA cannot be rat-free for the next few years
Media Statement
by Lim Kit Siang
(Petaling Jaya, Sunday): Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Ling Liong Sik’s culture of defeatism is in direct contrast to the "Malaysia Boleh" slogan of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad when the MCA President concedes that the RM9 billion Kuala Lumpur International Airport cannot be rat-free for the next few years.
This means that the KLIA, which the government prides as "the airport of the next century", will enter the new century with the unique claim as the only hi-tech airport of the world infested with rats!
Yesterday, Liong Sik said that 3,340 rats had been caught and destroyed at the KLIA since the opening of the airport last June.
He said: "This problem will remain at least for a few years as the airport is located quite near to oil palm plantations,"
What has happened to Liong Sik’s call last July to make the KLIA rat-free after KLIA received bad publicity of rats running around in broad daylight at the KLIA?
Liong Sik had said then that a pest control company which was appointed to exterminate rats at KLIA had caught 291 rodents in the past five days and the company estimated that there were still about 600 rats in the airport!
Six months have elapsed, and although Liong Sik said last July that there were about 600 rats left at the KLIA, the number killed since then is five times this figure. What is worse, Liong Sik dare not mention how many rats are now left at the KLIA. Is it 1,000 or 2,000?
Malaysians must be flabbergasted by Liong Sik’s complacency about the rat menace at the KLIA. Ling said the rodent problem had not disrupted airport systems so far and that the only complaints received so far have been from the press.
Last month, a Malaysian Airlines captain aborted a flight half an hour after take-off to Perth and returned with its 251 passengers to the KLIA after a rat was spotted on board in the first-class cabin.
A similar incident took place last July when a MAS flight was delayed for 15 hours after a rat was spotted aboard.
I presume Liong Sik has been informed that all the passengers affected enjoyed the flight delays and disruptions caused by the KLIA rats!
How can Liong Sik be so complacent, insensitive and irresponsible as to claim that nobody have complained about the KLIA rats except the press?
Can the Transport Minister disclose how many flights had been delayed or affected at the KLIA because of the rampant rodent problem?
It is no use Liong Sik talking about giving incentives to promote the KLIA when the authorities concerned are giving the worse publicity to KLIA by their inability to run a hi-tech airport by making it rat-free.
The Transport Minister is clearly fighting a losing battle to make KLIA a rat-free hi-tech airport. May be the Transport Minister’s portfolio should be privatised to anyone who can make the KLIA rat-free.
*Lim Kit Siang - Malaysian Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Democratic Action Party Secretary-General & Member of Parliament for Tanjong
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[REPORTS 2016] Defining Violence: Reducing Incarceration by Rethinking America's Approach to Violence
While the national conversation and policy reforms have focused on reducing the incarceration of people convicted of nonviolent offenses, just under half the people in prison have been convicted of a violent crime.
In Defining Violence, JPI says it's impossible the U.S. will be able to lower its incarceration rate significantly without changing how the justice system treats violent crimes.
Defining Violence surveys the current debate in state legislatures and Congress on criminal justice reform, noting where justice reform proposals have been mired down in debates over what constitutes a violent crime, how justice systems treat violent crimes, and how these debates have made it challenging to making lasting justice reform possible.
To address this complicated issue, we need to rethink how the justice system responds to violent crimes, starting with how these crimes and behaviors are defined, and how that affects prison populations. Who defines a behavior as violent, how the justice system treats these behaviors, and whether the approach to violent crime makes us safer needs to be scrutinized if we are ever going to make meaningful reductions in the use of incarceration.
Defining Violence: Reducing Incarceration by Rethinking America's Approach to Violence
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Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2016 show half the people in state prison are there for violent offenses. This Prison Policy Initiative report presents one graph showing the offense the composition of the United States’ prison and jail population.
Crime Victims Speak: The first-ever national survey of victims view on Safety and Justice, from The Alliance for Safety and Justice.
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Sexuality, Gender and Identity
28 July – 5 November 2017
Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender and Identity marked the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual acts in England and Wales and brought together a diverse range of artists who have used their work to explore sexuality and gender identity since 1967. The exhibition revealed the findings of over two years of research by the Gallery into LGBT history, visual culture, its collection and the Arts Council Collection, revealing hidden queer histories and institutional blind spots that was addressed through the exhibition’s programme of events and performances.
The exhibition included artists David Hockney, Steve McQueen, LINDER, James Richards and Sarah Lucas among others, as well as new acquisitions to the Walker’s collection, generously funded by the Art Fund New Collecting Award scheme.
Coming Out is a touring exhibition conceived by National Museums Liverpool, in partnership with Birmingham Museums Trust as part of the Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme 2016-19.
"Coming Out is an important step in the recognition of queer cultural history and its impact on society".
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India Gate from the series 'Exiles', 1987, Sunil Gupta © the artist
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Women of the World Unite, You Have Nothing to Lose but Cheesecake, 1969, Margaret Harrison © the artist
Untitled, 1981, Linder © the artist and courtesy Stuart Shave, Modern Art London
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Gentlemen: Men are interested in Power. Women are more interested in Service, 1981-1982, Karen Knorr © the artist
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National Museums Liverpool flies the flag for Human Rights
This year marks 70 years since the UN Declaration of Human Rights. It was drafted in 1948, with no more than 50 countries getting involved – and today, we have over 190 who have co-signed this much needed legal text.
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Myanmar gives UN teams access to Rakhine
Agence France-Presse . Yangon | Published: 18:54, Sep 12,2018
The UN began work Wednesday inside Myanmar's violence-torn northern Rakhine state, the first time its agencies have been granted permission to operate there since more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled the area last year.
The UN has been waiting for access to the epicentre of the military's ‘clearance operations’ against the Rohingya minority since June when its refugee and development agencies signed a deal with the government.
Its work is highly sensitive inside Rakhine, a state cut deep with ethnic and religious hatred and where Buddhist locals stand accused of helping the army chase out their Muslim neighbours.
Many Rakhine accuse international aid groups, including the UN, of a pro-Rohingya bias and foreign aid groups have been granted very limited access to the state.
The task is complicated further as the UN's rights arm is expected to heavily censure Myanmar again in the coming days when it publishes in full the findings of its investigation into atrocities against the Rohingya.
On Friday, specialists from the UNHCR and UNDP agencies were finally given permission to enter northern Rakhine before work began on Wednesday to assess local conditions.
‘The team is on the ground and commenced with the first assessments today,’ UNHCR spokeswoman Aoife McDonnell told AFP.
This first step of the UN's ‘confidence-building measures’ is expected to take two weeks and will cover 23 villages and three additional clusters of hamlets.
It was not immediately clear which villages they will visit or which communities the UN teams will consult.
The expectation is this ‘very initial and small step in terms of access will be expanded rapidly to all areas covered’ by the agreement, McDonnell said.
The stateless Rohingya are widely seen as illegal immigrants by Myanmar's majority-Buddhist population, complicating the repatriation of those who fled to Bangladesh.
Last August's crackdown by Myanmar's army pushed hundreds of thousands of Rohingya across the border.
Refugees have carried accounts of rape, murder, arson and torture perpetrated by the military and buttressed by Rakhine mobs.
The northern part of Rakhine has been locked down since then, with journalists and observers only allowed to visit on short, chaperoned trips.
The deployment of the two UN agencies comes as Myanmar faces growing demands for accountability over its treatment of the Rohingya.
A UN-led report last week two weeks ago called for the prosecution of army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and five other top-ranking generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
That was swiftly followed by a ruling by the International Criminal Court that it has jurisdiction to open a probe into ‘deportations’ of the Rohingya, saying it was a cross-border crime.
Myanmar is not a signatory of the statute underpinning the tribunal and has rejected the remit of the court.
The move could potentially lead to a wider probe and an eventual trial.
Myanmar will once again be under scrutiny at the UN General Assembly in early October, though civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be notably absent.
Once considered a pro-democracy and human rights icon, Suu Kyi's reputation globally is in tatters for failing to stand up for the Muslim minority.
Myanmar has vehemently denied nearly all allegations of atrocities, justifying its actions as legitimate means to root out Rohingya militants.
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Official Launch of the National Policy on Sport (2017-2027)
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, the Honourable Shamfa Cudjoe, officially launched the National Policy on Sport (2017 – 2027), on Wednesday September 12, 2018.
The event was aimed at informing organizations under the Ministry’s remit and the public at large, of the policy’s objectives, as well as the strategic plan to position sport as a viable alternative for economic diversity in Trinidad and Tobago.
The National Policy on Sport envisions “the establishment of clear pathways towards holistic sport development and sporting achievement, which lead to the evolution and growth of our nation and its citizens”.
To view the policy: http://static.msya.gov.tt/…/2018-03mar-19-TT-National-Polic…
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US envoy to Sudan reiterates US commitment to a timely referendum in Southern Sudan
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Published on Tuesday, 27 April 2010 23:16
Written by The New Sudan Vision (NSV), newsudanvision.com
US President Barack Obam meets with Scott Gration, his envoy for Sudan, in the Oval Office on April 23, 2009
(Washington DC NSV) - President Obama’s envoy to Sudan, Major General Scott Gration presented a briefing on his activities in Sudan to a gathering of Southern Sudanese in Washington last weekend. He outlined the scope of his responsibilities, which includes the support to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, pursuing a settlement of the conflict in Darfur and ensuring that Sudan is not a haven for terrorist groups and their sympathizers as part of an overall US counter-terrorism effort across the world.
Gration forcefully defended his previous stance against opposition calls for postponing the election by pointing out the repercussions to the future timely conduct of the referenda in Southern Sudan and Abyei. He reiterated his adamant commitment to the CPA timeline, even as he acknowledges the serious challenges ahead for the partners to the agreement.
He said that the elections were clearly below standards and no one entering into that process should have been surprised by the outcome or the identity of the winner.
In response toa question from theaudience, he said thatthe election process wasnot perfect in the South too, and that the SPLMwillhave tofind a way to heal thewounds precipitated by some of these acts that affected the credibility of the elections in some states of the region.
He also elaborated on the need for the government of Southern Sudan and the people of the region to find a way to close ranks in the upcoming phase, and asserted that such cohesiveness is essential for the South not to emerge as a failed state if that is the outcome of the vote. He also stressed that while the ultimate decision rests with the people of the region, his government and the rest of the Troika will vigorously work to provide assistance in the interim.
The post-referendum arrangements were a recurring theme in his briefing, alluding more than once to the need for agreements with the North on the borders, oil, citizenship rights and other outstanding issues before the projected plebiscite in January, 2011.
He mentioned efforts underway to bring Russia on board as a cooperative partner to the US in addressing the challenges of consolidating peace in Sudan. The role of China was also important because of its commercial interest in the oil sector in Sudan, according to the Envoy, and he said that discussions are always on-going with the Chinese to keep them abreast of developments in his mediation efforts and to solicit their constructive engagement on that front.
He also said that the immediate region and the whole of Africa have an instrumental and critical role in the overall success of the peace process in Sudan, and that he continues to dialogue with neighboring governments to ensure their cooperation is forthcoming and their concerns for regional stability are addressed.
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Horror Channel unleashes monstrous FrightFest Season
To celebrate FrightFest 2018, taking place in London during the August Bank Holiday, Horror Channel is dedicating thirteen nights to past festival hits.
Amongst the twenty-six fear-filled favourites, the channel will air four UK TV premieres: Simeon Halligan’s ‘terror-torial’ home invasion shocker WHITE SETTLERS; Jeff Maher’s crowd-pleasingly ghoulish orgy of sex and gore BED OF THE DEAD; Chad Archibald’s breath-choking supernatural thriller THE DROWNSMAN; and the hauntingly sinister NIGHTWORLD, directed by Patricio Valladares and starring horror icon Robert Englund.
Plus, the channel is broadcasting three network premieres; Alberto Marini’s sly and witty scaremonger SUMMER CAMP; Bernard Rose’s FRANKENSTEIN, a stylishly smart update of the classic myth, starring Xavier Samuel, Danny Huston, Carrie-Anne Moss and Tony Todd, plus RUPTURE, a surreally spooky sci-fi horror from Steven Shainberg (Secretary), starring Noomi Rapace.
The double bills airing every night from 9pm from August 17th – 29th also feature FrightFest crowd-pleasing classics such as the pulsating, blood-soaked ‘80s homage TURBO KID; Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer’s stunning contemporary occult tale of Hollywood ambition, STARRY EYES; the terrifying anthology V/H/S, which pushes the genre in a fresh direction; Lowell Dean’s rage-fuelled WOLFCOP; Franck Khalfoun’s superior psychological horror MANIAC starring Elijah Wood; and Paul Hyett’s hairy horror and bloody action adventure HOWL, starring Ed Speleers, Shauna Macdonald and Sean Pertwee.
Full film details in transmission order:
Fri 17 Aug @ 21:00 - SUMMER CAMP (2015) *Network Premiere
Sat 18 Aug @ 21:00 - FRANKENSTEIN (2015) *Network Premiere
Sat 18 Aug @ 22.50 - RADIUS (2017)
Sun 19 Aug @ 21:00 - WHITE SETTLERS (2014) *UK TV Premiere
Sun 19 Aug @ 22:40 - THE LESSON (2015)
Mon 20 Aug @ 21:00 - CHERRY TREE (2015)
Mon 20 Aug @ 22:45 - MANIAC (2012)
Tues 21 Aug @ 21:00 - THE POSSESSION (2012)
Tues 21 Aug @ 22:55 - SOME KIND OF HATE (2015)
Wed 22 Aug @ 21:00 - CURSE OF CHUCKY (2013)
Wed 22 Aug @ 22:55 - TURBO KID (2015)
Thurs 23 Aug @ 21:00 - THE STRANGERS (2008)
Thurs 23 Aug @ 22:40 - HONEYMOON (2014)
Fri 24 Aug @ 21:00 - BED OF THE DEAD (2016) *UK TV Premiere
Fri 24 Aug @ 22:40 - THE DIVIDE (2011)
Sat 25 Aug @ 21:00 - RUPTURE (2016) * Network Premiere
Sat 25 Aug @ 23:00 - I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE 2 (2013)
Sun 26 Aug @ 21:00 - THE DROWNSMAN (2014) *UK TV Premiere
Sun 26 Aug @ 22:45 - LATE PHASES (2014)
Mon 27 Aug @ 21:00 - NIGHTWORLD (2017) *UK TV Premiere
Mon 27 Aug @ 22:55 - STARRY EYES (2014)
Tues 28 Aug @ 21:00 - THE EVIL IN US (2016)
Tues 28 Aug @ 22:50 - WOLF COP (2014)
Wed 29 Aug @ 21:00 - KNUCKLEBONES (2016)
Wed 29 Aug @ 22:40 - V/H/S (2012)
Horror Channel: Be Afraid
TV: Sky 317 / Virgin 149 / Freeview 70 / Freesat 138
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Interview with Padraig Reynolds - Director of Open 24 Hours
OPEN 24 HOURS is your third time being represented at Frightfest. Why is it important you show your movies at the UK’s premier festival?
FrightFest is the best horror festival in the world. It has the best fans and the best organisers a genre director could hope for. There is so much love and care that goes into the festival and I’m honored every time I get to be a part of it. I’m just happy that they let me keep coming back and showing my films. Everyone involved has become like a family to me and I really can’t thank them enough for helping me with my career and showing my films.
Where did you get the story concept for OPEN 24 HOURS?
The idea of ‘Open 24 Hours’ came to me while I was shooting my first feature “Rites Of Spring” in Mississippi. We were scouting locations for the movie and came across this time worn Gas Station on a lonely rural road. This gas station was a character of itself and I knew that it would make a great self-contained horror movie. I went back to my hotel room and began writing the script. I knew I wanted a strong female protagonist to be as lonely as our main location. Mary is a damaged woman in a thrift store dress. She is desperately trying to put her life back together after years of abuse from her Serial Killer boyfriend who made her watch while killing people. She gets a job and feels that her haunted past is finally behind her. But on a cold rainy night the past returns with a vengeance.
How much did the story change from first treatment to finished screenplay?
I wrote the overall script nine years ago and most of it never changed. I added some gags and tweaked some dialogue. We were going to change the ending but we left it alone.
Is the Rain Ripper based on any particular serial killer from criminal history?
This is a funny story. An ex-girlfriend asked me one night if I was a serial killer who would I be? I said the Rain Ripper and I would only kill when it rained. She thought that was really scary and I kept that element for years and plugged it into Open 24 Hours. The killing with the hammer part came from The Yorkshire Ripper who use to kill off his victims with a variety of blunt objects.
You play with reality, illusion and delusion within the movie, was that the biggest challenge?
Actually, it was a blessing because you can get away with so much more playing with reality and illusions. I really wanted to push the illusions into territories we haven’t seen before but try to keep them grounded.
We love Vanessa Grasse because of LEATHERFACE and IT CAME FROM THE DESERT. Why did you choose her to play Mary?
She gave a killer audition and her look was exactly what I had always envisioned for Mary. Mary is a great female character. A well rounded protagonist that you feel for and you want her to conquer her demons. I think Vanessa really knocked it out of the park. I was blown away by how well she could switch her accent from English to American as well.
Did you build the garage/gas station from scratch? And where did you shoot the movie?
I had a full Gas Station that I could use in Mississippi but the producers wanted to shoot in Serbia. So my production designer, Jelena Sopik, and her team built me the exact Gas Station that was in Mississippi in Serbia. It was crazy but really cool. It gave me the freedom to put more rooms in the Gas Station for more cat and mouse play. I really can’t thank them enough. They really made the movie special since the Gas Station is basically a character in the film.
When directing a Psychological Horror film like OPEN 24 HOURS, what do you have to bear in mind?
You want to keep the audience guessing as to what is real and what is not. You also want to deliver the thrills that they expect when they come into a horror movie.
Were you influenced by any past horrors in either the look or tone of OPEN 24 HOURS?
John Carpenter’s Body Bags episode ‘The Gas Station’ and ‘High Tension’ for sure. Since we shot in Serbia in the winter I really wanted to capture the cold and the rain. I really think that added a nice element to the film.
What are your opinions on the state of the current horror genre?
I think horror is so great now. You have all these different avenues where your film can be watched. Netflix, Amazon, Shudder, Theatrical, Hulu, You Tube. It’s just crazy how many places where your movie can be played. And this year has had some killer horror movies already. ‘A Quiet Place’, ‘Sequence Break’, ‘Mohawk’, ‘Downrange’, ‘The Ritual’.
OPEN 24 HOURS plays at Arrow Video FrightFest on Mon 27 August, Cineworld Leicester SQ.
Tickets: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/2018Films/open-24-hours.html
Labels: Padraig Reynolds
Interview with Jenn Wexler - Director of THE RANGER
What is it about the Punk movement you like so much? It informs so much of THE RANGER…
I’m incredibly drawn to punk’s spirit of rebellion and its embracing of individuality. Growing up in the suburbs, there was so much pressure to fit in, to be seen as “normal,” and going to punk shows was thrilling for me because it helped me realize it was okay to want other things. I went to college in Philadelphia at the University of the Arts and studied screenwriting, where my classmate, Giaco, wrote a script that would eventually become THE RANGER. I fell in love with the concept of a group of punks going up against this figure of authority, someone who deems them less than, because they don’t conform to what he values as worthy. I find personality types like this terrifying-- ones that say you have to fit into some cookie-cutter mould or else you’re living your life wrong. Punk is all about fighting that.
You started out at Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix in the marketing department and moved on to producing. But was it always your ambition to direct?
I’ve always wanted to direct and was directing shorts while working in marketing, but to direct a feature, I wanted to first understand as much as possible about filmmaking. Producing films like DARLING, LIKE ME and MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND was invaluable, it taught me so much. When you’re a hands-on producer, you’re in the trenches with directors, helping them realize their visions, weathering the pitfalls and celebrating in the triumphs through every stage of the process.
THE RANGER is your feature debut so what was important for it to be about and what did you want it to achieve artistically?
I wanted to combine the outrageous, absurd humor of 80s punk movies with the thrill of the slasher, all circling around a girl who’s trying to figure herself out in the face of others telling her who she should be. Throughout the film, Chelsea is trying to unravel memories about her childhood, which informed the bubblegum, candy
colored aesthetic — sweet on the outside but getting sour the more her memories are revealed. Overall I wanted the film to have an EC Comics vibe, to feel larger than life, with the world of the punks and the world of the Ranger colliding, both visually and musically. We start the film in the punk club, with all these insane colors, and when the punks escape to the woods they bring those colors with them, invading The Ranger’s rustic, Smokey-the-Bear parkland.
Should we make something relevant out of SCREAM being the first horror film you ever saw?
I’ve been drawn to scary stuff since I was a kid. I was obsessed with the television show ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK and would try to get my friends to hang out with me in graveyards after school. I was 10 years old when SCREAM came out, and I remember overhearing a conversation between my mom and one of her friends about how utterly horrible this new movie was, my mother completely disturbed by the description of the sweet little girl from ET hanging from a tree with her insides out.
My curiosity was more than piqued. At a sleepover party soon after, someone had the VHS. I felt a supreme sense of rebellion watching the movie, knowing how much it would freak out my mom. It became more than rebelling against my parents, though. It was like an entirely new world had been revealed to me. SCREAM ushered me into adolescence, and I became obsessed with the teen horror movies of the time, including THE CRAFT, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, URBAN LEGEND, DISTURBING BEHAVIOR, THE FACULTY, with BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER my favorite TV show.
As with my discovery of punk, they offered me a sense of adventure and an emotional escape from the tedium of being a kid in suburbia. Eventually they gave way to my discovery of the rich history of the genre. I think a lot of what you see when you’re in your early adolescence informs your development as an artist and as a human, and I can say the 90s teen slasher craze informed mine.
Why did you choose Chloë Levine as Chelsea and Jeremy Holm as the Ranger?
Jeremy is a friend of co-writer Giaco Furino, so we wrote the part with Jeremy in mind. I was a fan, watching him in HOUSE OF CARDS and MR ROBOT. When at long last we showed him the script, we were very happy to find out that he loved it! We had a meeting and we all clicked. He was the first person we cast.
We worked with casting director Lois Drabkin who suggested, while I was at SXSW 2017, I check out Chloë Levine in THE TRANSFIGURATION. Her performance was mesmerizing, and we ended up having a meeting at the festival. We bonded over the character, and I could tell she would bring so much nuance to the role.
Does Larry Fessenden always insist being in every production, or does he actually wait to be asked?
Larry is the last person who would ever ask for a role. It’s just all of us filmmakers who love and admire him who keep asking him to be in our movies.
Did you worry that there’s been quite a few other 80s slasher homages recently?
No, if a concept speaks to me—and THE RANGER is one that wouldn’t let me go—I’ll follow it through. Projects may have similarities on the surface, but when film is being made from a sincere place, each one will be so informed by the specifics of the people who make it.
You used the term ‘80s Dreamland’ during shooting on the Hunter’s Mountain locations, what did you mean exactly?
As we were prepping for production, a few of the actors and crew members asked what year the film takes place in; the kids have no cell phones and there’s a boombox, so they guessed sometime in the 80s. I expressed that the film doesn’t take place in the actual 80s, but just to the left of reality, in a comic-book, fairy-tale-esque world that I dubbed 80s Dreamland. In my mind’s eye, it was a world where 80s punk movies like RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, Smokey-the-Bear PSAs, and Lisa Frank colors collide.
What was the biggest lesson you learned from your first time behind the horror camera?
Anytime I make a film I feel like someone has drilled a hole into my skull and poured information into it. THE RANGER was exciting because, while I’ve certainly worked across departments before as a producer, it was my first time working with department heads from a creative perspective. Collaborating with our DP, production designer, costume designer, composers, and more to realize the film was such an incredible experience. At the end of the day I learned that directing was just as intense and also just as rewarding as I hoped it would be.
All that Punk music but Charlie Rich’s 1973 hit ‘The Most Beautiful Girl’ makes the biggest impression. WTF?
I really wanted the music in the movie to feel like a mix-tape. When the punks are in control, the soundtrack is primarily punk music, but as they get deeper into the woods and lose control, The Ranger’s music of choice takes over. Jeremy would use ‘The Most Beautiful Girl’ to get into character, and he was always singing it on set. Our on-set editor, Kyle Mumford, dropped the song into the cut just to see how it would feel, and immediately we were all obsessed! But my personal favorite song on the soundtrack is “The Good The Bad and The Kowalskis” by The Avengers, which plays over the closing credits. I feel The Avengers are Chelsea’s spirit band.
THE RANGER opens Arrow Video FrightFest on Thurs 23rd August, Cineworld Leicester SQ.
Tickets: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/2018Films/the-ranger.html
Labels: Jenn Wexler
Competition: Win It Lives on DVD
It Lives is out on DVD on 6th August 2018. And to celebrate we have a great competition for you and 3 copies on DVD to give away.
A lone scientist maintains a bunker in preparation for a coming nuclear disaster. Isolated deep underground his worst fears are realised when communication is lost and he is trapped with no knowledge of events on the surface. The walls begin to close in and a terrifying series of events make him question his sanity. But is he losing his mind, or is there something else in the bunker with him?
Starring Andrew Kinsler & Peter McCrohon
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For your chance to win just answer the question below.
COMPETITION CLOSED
1. Closing date 13-08-18
2. No alternative prize is available
3. When the competition ends as indicated on this page, any and all entries received after this point will not count and emails blacklisted due to not checking this page first.
4. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be informed via email.
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Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 announces guest line-up, additional films & Long List for Screen Genre Rising Star Award
Two extra films have been added to the record-breaking 2018 line-up: PIMPED is director David Barker’s modern transgressive erotic thriller, an Hitchcocktail of elevated suspense and shock in the revered style of Brian De Palma, And If you’ve never seen John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN on the big screen, now’s your best chance. The inclusion of this 4K restoration needs no explanation in anticipation of a new Michael Myers slasher being released in October. Check screening details on the FrightFest website.
Ahead of single tickets going on sale from Sat 21st July, we’re thrilled to announce our current slate of guests, which includes Poldark star Aidan Turner, who will be with his co-star Caitlin Fitzgerald, director Robert Krzykowski and composer Joe Kraemer for THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT.
Leading ladies shine this year. Joining THE RANGER director Jenn Wexler on opening night is The Transfiguration star Chloe Levine. Also delighting audiences are Brittany Allan (It Stains The Sands Red and Jigsaw), attending with director Colin Minihan to support WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE. Shauna McDonald joins director Paul Aviary for WHITE CHAMBER, HERETIKS star Hannah Arterton is in the house to support director Paul Hyett, Imitation Girl Lauren Ashley Carter and action heroine Angela Dixon accompany director Tom Paton for BLACK SITE and director Issa Lopez flies over from Mexico with her sensational TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID,
Plus, The First Lady of FrightFest, Barbara Crampton is back!. The beloved Re-Animator legend will be introducing her new movies PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH and DEAD NIGHT. With the former she will be united with Italian composer extraordinaire Fabio Frizzi and with the latter by her Heroes co-star Brea Grant. Also returning is THE CLEANING LADY producer and Goddess of Love star Alexis Kendra.
This year there are more International directors attending than ever before. Acclaimed music video and film director Joseph Kahn (Detention, Torque) joins us for BODIED, RKSS personnel François Simard, Anouk Whissell and Yoann-Karl Whissell will be rocking in for SUMMER OF 84 and UPGRADE director Leigh Whannell, the creator of SAW and INSIDIOUS, will light up FrightFest’s Saturday night.
Also guaranteed to liven up proceedings are THE GOLEM helmers the Paz Brothers, alongside producer Shaked Berenson, CULT OF TERROR director Gustavo Leonel Mendoza, DEMENTIA PART II director Matt Mercer with stars Graham Skipper (SEQUENCE BREAK), Suzanne Voss and Najarra Townsend, HELL IS WHERE THE HOME IS director Orson Oblowitz, MEGA TIME SQUAD director Tim van Dammen, OPEN 24 HOURS director Padraig Reynolds, HAMMER HORROR: THE WARNER BROS. YEARS director and Dr. Who author Marcus Hearn, LIFECHANGER director Justin McConnell, SECRET SANTA director Adam Marcus, SEEDS director Owen Long, THE MOST ASSASSINATED WOMAN IN THE WORLD writer/producer David Murdoch, VIDEOMAN director Kristian A. Söderström, CRYSTAL EYES directors Ezequiel Endelman and Leondro Montejano, and WOLFMAN’S GOT NARDS director Andre Gower (THE MONSTER SQUAD).
Also attending is writer/director Axelle Carolyn (Soulmate, Tales of Halloween), author of THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO GHOST MOVIES, who will be signing copies exclusively at the event.
Homegrown talent will be present in abundance this year. Actor and director Matthew Holness brings us his much-awaited POSSUM, AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS will spring director Johnny Kervorkian, his producer Jack Tarling (God’s Own Country) with stars Holly Weston, Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, Grant Masters and Kris Saddler. And a warm welcome for BOOK OF MONSTERS director Stewart Sparke, CHUCK STEEL: NIGHT OF THE TRAMPIRES director Mike Mort, FRANKENSTEIN’S CREATURE director Sam Ashurst and RAVERS director Bernhard Pucher, who will be attending alongside the cast including Vikings star Georgia Hirst.
The FIRST BLOOD strand goes from strength to strength and all the helmers will be around, supported by their cast and crews. CTRL director Harry Lindley, F.U.B.A.R. director Ben Kent, PERFECT SKIN director Kevin Chicken (with Games of Thrones star Richard Brake) and THE DEVIL’S DOORWAY director Aislinn Clark.
Also present will be writer/director Roxanne Benjamin (XX, SOUTHBOUND, V/H/S), presenting an exclusive screening of FINAL STOP, a must-hear horror short produced by Sennheiser and Soapbox Films. Shot entirely on smart phone, and recorded in full binaural audio using the AMBEO Smart Headset, the film is designed to be watched with headphones (which will be supplied), so audiences can immerse themselves in the story and its terrifying 3D soundscape.
Equally terrifying is GHOST STORIES and we have co-directors/co-writers Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson hosting a live commentary on their mega-successful stage show-turned-major movie. Get ready for sly humour, fun facts and plenty of behind-the-scenes secrets!
Established in 2016 to celebrate the work of emerging UK genre talent, FrightFest is proud to team up for the third year running with Screen International to present the ‘Screen Genre Rising Star Award’. This year’s long list salutes the work of Kevin Chicken, director of PERFECT SKIN, actresses Hannah Arterton and Ella Hunt, Aislinn Clarke, director of THE DEVIL’S DOORWAY, Mike Mort, director of CHUCK STEEL: NIGHT OF THE TRAMPIRES, actress/producer Marcia Do Vales and actor Sam Gittins, The short list will be announced prior to the event. Previous winners include Alice Lowe Danny Morgan.
Keep watching the official twitter @frightfest for even more guest announcements in the coming weeks…
Arrow Video FrightFest runs from 23rd -27th August 2018 at Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema.
Single tickets go on sale Sat 21 July at noon and, alongside the few remaining Festival and day pass sales are available to buy online: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/tickets.html
Labels: FrightFest
Interview with Andrew P. Jones - Director of "Darkness Reigns"
Did you write the film as a vehicle for Casper Van Dien or did you simply realize, looking back, that he was the best man for the job?
We looked for a celebrity actor who would play himself and have fun doing it. That takes a special kind of actor who can push his own ego aside and just go along for the ride. Casper was perfect for that because he’s such a talented, fun, and incredibly nice human being which is important on a low budget set where the creature comforts are very limited compared to those you might find on larger productions.
Do you recall how and where you pitched Casper the movie?
I like to meet and socialize with my “name” actors before I cast them to see I how it will be working with them, especially since with "Darkness" we would be in a closed, haunted, old hotel with no air-conditioning, in Missouri, in the middle of August. So, our casting director set up a meeting at a restaurant with Casper and his fiancé Jennifer Wenger, my wife and producing partner Linara Washington, and myself. And we all really hit it off, like we’d known each other for years. I knew right then that Jennifer, who is well known in the horror genre, was perfect for the role of Rebecca Long, the movie star. And I knew Casper would have a great attitude and sense of humor about playing himself. And in fact, that friendship has continued now nearly two years later and I can't wait to work with them both again.
Did Casper struggle with anything on it? Did he make any suggestions to improve scenes?
Casper is not only an actor, but an accomplished director, so he knew what I was dealing with and did everything he could to make my job easier and keep things light and fun. He is the consummate cheerleader on set and makes the entire crew feel good.
Is he the type of actor that tends to stay in character between takes? Which, in this case, means he simply stayed… himself?
Casper was playing a slightly surrealistic version of himself, or as we joke - an “asshole” version, which he had a lot of fun with. He’s been acting a very long time and has the ability to slip in and out of character with no problem, whatsoever. He is a lot of fun on set.
Do you click on and off easily after shooting a film? How did you personally wind down after shooting?
There is very little “wind down” time for me on my movies because I go right into post. I give myself maybe a week to unwind but then, honestly I can’t wait to start editing because that's when the real work starts.
Tell us how many hats you wear in this movie. A lot, right?
I have worked in film and TV for over thirty years now, and I started my career doing special effects – puppets, makeup effect, miniatures etc. So, with my films I do wear a lot of hats; writer, producer, director, editor, sound designer, sometimes I score - but not on this one, and I help out with a lot of the makeup effects.
What’s the best thing about being a producer on your own movie? I imagine it means you get more say at the table?
As my own producer I have no push-back. I have no one telling me "no." I do surround myself with other producers who I bounce things off of, and who once we’re in production, allow me to just be creative and thankfully they take on the headaches.
And finally, just how haunted was the place you shot the movie in? Even if it isn’t, I imagine nobody will be willing to step one-foot into it now!
One of the really uncanny things about making this film was that there were many things that happened in the script that also ended up happening in real life. Even Casper at one point said, “be careful what you write, you’re really powerful.” The script originally was written to be in a hospital, but we couldn’t find one that worked, and then we found an old hotel that was closed, so it was an easy re-write to set it there.
It turned out the hotel was, in fact, thought to be haunted and many people who used to work there had all kinds of experiences, many of which were similar to things that had already been written into the script. As these things kept revealing themselves, the crew was getting increasingly nervous since there we were making a horror movie about a film crew making a horror movie in a haunted location – and everyone dies. I had written a running gag about Casper’s flight getting messed up and guess what? His flight was horribly messed up the night before he was to begin working and it was a miracle he made it to location. There was a long list of “coincidences” that were unnerving to say the least.
Labels: Andrew P. Jones
ARROW VIDEO FRIGHTFEST RENEWS NEW BLOOD TALENT SEARCH
SECOND YEAR FOR HORROR FEATURE WRITERS INITIATIVE IN ASSOCIATION WITH QUEENSBURY PICTURES
After the success of last year's inaugural 'New Blood' search for new writers in the horror genre, the hunt is on for another batch of scribes to cook up a potent cauldron of original ideas and devilish tales. And the search starts today!
New Blood 2 finds FrightFest once again teamed with Giles Edwards of Queensbury Pictures, which aims to find new writers and nurture their project from script to screen.
One of last year's entries, thriller BROADCAST SIGNAL INTRUSION, is now in pre-production, and is one of Queensbury Pictures' first titles out of the traps. Written by Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall, it will be directed by Jacob Gentry (The Signal, Syncronicity).
Giles Edwards of Queensbury Pictures said: "2017's edition of New Blood threw up a slew of vibrant, bold and riotously diverse pitches. But the hunt for great material doesn't pause for breath. Projects that strive to enthral critically, perform commercially and that will entice a global audience hungry for thrilling new voices in the realm of fiercely entertaining genre cinema: that's the hallmark of Queensbury Pictures and of New Blood."
Ian Rattray, co-director of FrightFest commented: "The fact that Queensbury Pictures have taken last year's winning entry to the stage where it is about to go into production vindicates our decision to partner up with them again. It's not only an exciting venture but also an important one to help discover and nurture new talent"
Greg Day, co-director of FrightFest added: "What's so exciting about this initiative is that it allows talented UK-based writers to interface with a US-based production company and get invaluable feedback and encouragement, knowing that it comes with a state-side commercial sensibility which is complimentary to the further development of their scripts."
The successful shortlisted applicants will workshop their ideas in a group setting under the guidance of top industry professionals and genre experts which this year includes BAFTA-nominated UK producer Jack Tarling (God's Own Country; Await Further Instructions) who is joined again by horror icon Barbara Crampton, director (The Ranger) and producer (Psychopaths) Jenn Wexlerand Queensbury Pictures' Giles Edwards.
The New Blood networking and workshop event will be held at on Thursday 23rd August, the opening day of this year's festival, in a Central London venue
Applications are open from Wed 4 July with potential participants asked to submit a 200 word proposal through Film Freeway. The deadline is Thurs 2 August. All successful applicants will be notified by Mon 9 August. All participants are expected to pay for their own travel and accommodation.
For full application requirements and to apply: http://www.frightfest.co.uk/newblood.html
Interview with Andrea Mugnaini
Ouija Séance : Origin of Evil filmmaker Andrea Mugnaini explains that she’s always been fascinated with the world of the paranormal.
How long have you been on the film for now, Andrea?
I was 19 when I was attending the first year of “science of communication” at the University of Florence. In the café of the University there was an advertising poster of a local film school that often caught my attention. I decided to go and take a look, a few months later I shot my first short film and now that I’m 36 I’m still shooting.
Was it an idea you came up with?
Yes, I’ve always been very fascinated by the world of paranormal since I was a child.
Once, at a dinner party, I had the opportunity to chat with a girl who had personally experienced a Ouija session that had gone wrong. She was really shocked by the incident and her story struck me deeply. I few days later I started writing the script.
Where did you get inspiration from?
After the first chat with the girl at the dinner party I interview many other people. I wanted to speak with different people to observe as many points of view as possible regarding this phenomenon. So, during the first year of researches, I spoke with people of different nationalities, ages, religion, culture, and social status. The amazing thing is that their stories were all very similar despite the big differences of the interviewees.
Did you have to do any research into the world of Ouija boards and communicating with the afterlife?
To get a more scientific opinion on this phenomenon I also wanted to talk with a couple of psychologists. I was very happy to find out that one of them had a direct experience with a Ouija board. It was not easy to convince him to talk about his personal experience but in the end the information I gathered was very important for the development of the script.
What were your initial plans for it? To sell it to a studio or did you always intend of doing it independently?
I always intended to do it independently, from the beginning of the project, in order to maintain control over the film artistically and productively.
Any hiccups along the way?
When you shoot an indie movie it’s very normal to get some hiccups along the way I guess. In any phase of production we encountered some problems, sometimes bigger sometimes smaller but I must say I got an incredible crew for this project and all together we have solved all the issues. In particular I’m very grateful to Monica Sperandio, the executive producer, without her this project would have hardly seen the light… she always found the right syrup for each type of hiccups.
How did you go about getting distribution?
After the long phase of postproduction I went to “Le Marché du film” during the Cannes Film Festival. Was my first time there cause “Ouija Séance” was my first movie produced for an international distribution and everything was a new discovery for me. So I filled my backpack with an hard disk containing the movie, a PDF of the project and a lot of hope. This is when I met Galen Christy, the founder of High Octane Pictures. We were in tune from the beginning and I loved his enthusiasm and his ideas about the distribution of OUIJA SÉANCE . I’m very happy to have chosen High Octane Pictures and very proud to have been chosen by them.
Some beautiful locations there. Which city was it shot in?
The movie is set in Italy, my wonderful Country, and more precisely in Florence and Vallombrosa, an amazing ancient forest not too far from the town. Vallombrosa translated means literally shady valley and it’s a place with an unique atmosphere. It’s an area rich of legends and folklore so it was the perfect location to set my movie. Despite the difficulties to shoot in a place with practically no streets, no electric energy, no hotels or restaurants within many miles, I really wanted to capture that atmosphere with my camera.
Also, the Villa where it takes place a big part of the movie it’s been the witness of a brutal murder back in the 80’s and I could breath some kind of energy there.. hard to explain, but definitely that was the perfect location for my movie.
If you were going to watch Ouija Séance : The Final Game in a double feature with another film, what would you consider be a perfect second film?
The perfect second film would be “Profondo Rosso” by Dario Argento, probably the best Italian horror film director. “Profondo rosso” means “deep red” and despite the fact that it’s been released more than 40 years ago it’s still very modern in its language. I think that this movie deeply influenced me and increased my passion for horror genre. The use he does of music it’s incredible and I think that it’s a must see for all the horror fans.
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Inter Captain Mauro Icardi Claims He Will Remain With Nerazzurri for the Rest of His Career
Mauro Icardi has no intention to leave Inter and has claimed that he intends to remain with the Milan outfit until they let him go.
The Argentine superstar has had a wonderful start of the season with the Nerazzurri, is the top Serie A goalscorer – 15 nets in 14 matches – and had led his side to a well-deserved second place in the league behind Napoli.
As Inter welcome Chievo at San Siro on Sunday night, Icardi has got just another chance to drag his men forward: winning the match would take them one point above Napoli and Juventus and make them table leaders.
He is also close to becoming the sixth player to score 100 goals in Serie A before turning 25, and the chances are pretty high considering that his birthday falls in February.
Following this brilliant ensemble of performances, he is now number one target for La Liga giants Real Madrid, who have been trying to approach him in the past few weeks.
However, Icardi, who has only recently refound a good relationship with his fans, has denied Los Blancos any chance to land him.
Real Madrid are insisting on signing Inter’s Icardi in January and has opened talks with his agent who is also his wife, Wanda. The price will be around €100M. [marca]
— Abdullah (@iamAbdullah342) 2 December 2017
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, he told his friends: “If they don’t kick me out, I’m staying at Inter for the rest of my career.”
The Argentine is currently holding talks with the Inter chiefs to extend his contract with the club to 2023.
Negotiations reportedly include a raise of the salary €7m-per-year and the chance to either increase or completely remove his €100m break clause.
Real Madrid to Bring Vinicius Junior Over From Brazil at First Opportunity in Summer 2018
Real Madrid have reportedly decided to take teenage sensation Vinicius Junior over to Spain from Brazil at the first opportunity in summer, rather than leaving him at home a little while longer to continue developing with Flamengo.
Real struck a big money deal with Vinicius in May when he was still only 16 years of age. Due to international transfer laws, Los Blancos cannot take him to Madrid until after he turns 18.
With the 2017 Brazilian season almost at a close, there was an option to let Flamengo keep him for one more season, which would have seen the player arrive at the Bernabeu in January 2019.
However, a report from AS claims that Real staff are convinced Vinicius is ready to join the first-team in Madrid as soon as possible. His 18th birthday is on 12th July 2018.
It is said that Real are impressed by his ability, confidence and personality. It is also said that having Vincius join the first-team at the end of the season will go at least some way to placating Zinedine Zidane after the coach has been asking for new signings.
AS say that Zidane is on board with having Vinicius in the squad and has been tipped to treat the Brazilian in a similar way to how Dani Ceballos has been slowly integrated this season, ensuring that he gains exposure to first-team life and yet still remains suitably protected.
Real’s capture of Vinicius, reported to be worth around €45m, makes him one of the most expensive players in Real history. It raised eyebrows at the time it was agreed and sealed as the player had only made his professional debut for Flamengo 10 days earlier.
He has enjoyed a strong debut season, though, playing 34 times in all competitions.
Sergio Ramos Confirms He’ll Play for Real Madrid on Saturday With a Protective Mask
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos has told Real Madrid fans that he will be back in action for Los Blancos when they take on Athletic Bilbao at San Mames on Saturday.
The Spaniard, who had his nose broken whilst playing against Atletico Madrid on November 18, will be wearing a protective mask, however, and he has revealed that he will be playing with said mask for the next three weeks.
His injury, though, does not require surgery, and he does expect to make a full recovery by the end of the year.
“It’s a bit uncomfortable, but I’ve been practicing even the head goals and it leaves me a gap to give the ball in,” he said at a meet and greet with fans during the week (H/T Marca).
“In principle I’ll use it for three weeks, because the fissure this time has been small and the partition has not been damaged, it’s going to need operation.”
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Ramos also revealed that he plans to open a museum in a few months, where his trophies, awards and matchday kit will be on display.
Antonio Conte Dismisses ‘Constant’ Press Talk After David Luiz Linked With Real Madrid Move
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has shut down the rumours claiming David Luiz could be on his way to Real Madrid in January, by simply saying he hasn’t paid them any attention.
The Brazilian centre-back is currently sidelined with a knee problem and hasn’t been in the team much since that loss against Roma in the Champions League. But a healthy Luiz would have probably been out anyway, given Andreas Christensen’s confidence and composure at the back.
Conte and Luiz are reported as being unhappy with each other, and that has led to rumours of a January exit. But the Italian manager says he isn’t giving the talk any thought and hasn’t even taken any notice.
Questioned over the links in his press conference on Friday, Conte said: “I must be honest I don’t read it. I don’t have time to read because we are playing every three days. My focus is on the pitch and prepare the team in the right way. As you know this is speculation in this period.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has dismissed speculation linking defender David Luiz with a move away from Stamford Bridge and said that the club’s main focus was on catching up with Premier League leaders Manchester City.
— SG TasteMakers (@sgtastemakers) December 1, 2017
“We pass from my sacking to Real Madrid, we are very fast to pass these situations. My focus is on Chelsea and I am totally committed to Chelsea and the players.”
The Blues will host Newcastle at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, with Rafa Benitez set to visit the London ground for the first time since being replaced by Jose Mourinho in 2013.
And Conte claims that – contrary to certain reports – he shares a good, respectful relationship with the Spaniard.
“No, this is not true [that we have a bad relationship],” he declared. “Rafa did a great job in his time with Napoli.
“Then I remember when I was the coach of the national team I went to watch the training session with Napoli and stay with him. He is a good manager and has won a lot with his career. I have a great respect for him.”
Real Madrid Set to Offload Newcastle Target to Prepare the Way for Kepa Arrival
Rafael Benitez target Kiko Casilla will be available in the summer as Real Madrid look to offload the number two goalkeeper.
Benitez was thought to have identified Casilla at the end of last season and was reported to have ‘expressly requested’ his signing, but both Real Madrid and the player were against it.
Marca have since reported that Real Madrid are hoping to sign 23-year-old Kepa Arrizabalaga from Athletic Bilbao to compete with Keylor Navas as the first choice goalkeeper. Consequently, The Spanish giants now want to sell Casilla in order to facilitate a move for the former Spain Under-21 goalkeeper.
With Real Madrid decided on selling their back up goalkeeper it is understood that a deal could materialise quickly – with an outside possibility of Newcastle signing Casilla initially on loan in January with an option to make the move permanent in the summer.
The news outlet also suggest that Benitez’s success with Pepe Reina, and getting the goalkeeper into the national squad regularly, could be a pull for Casilla.
Newcastle face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in their next fixture and will be looking to build on their recent draw against West Bromwich Albion. The Tyneside club’s point against West Brom was the first time that they avoided defeat in November.
Spanish Report Claims Madrid’s Sergio Ramos Is Exerting Dressing Room Influence to Isolate Ronaldo
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is apparently using his influence in the Bernabeu dressing room to isolate ‘disgruntled’ superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
Reports have gathered pace lately that the duo have a frosty relationship at the club, after Ronaldo criticised the club’s transfer policy and Ramos disagreed, amongst other squabbles.
As reported by Diario Gol, via the Mirror, the Spaniard is now trying to use his status as leader of the dressing room by turning his teammates, namely Gareth Bale and Luka Modric, against the former Manchester United winger.
Ramos apparently wants to secure his status as the most powerful player at the club, and interestingly, the report claims that there are currently three cliques at Real.
The first consists of Ronaldo, Marcelo, Casemiro, Keylor Navas, Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema. The second is made up of Spaniards Ramos, Dani Carvajal, Dani Ceballos, Marco Asensio, Isco, Lucas Vasquez, Nacho Fernandez, Marcos Llorente Jesus Vallejo and Spanish speaker Theo Hernandez.
The smallest faction at the club consists of former Tottenham teammates Gareth Bale and Luka Modric, and also Mateo Kovacic and Toni Kroos, and Ramos is targeting the former for his clan, in a subconscious bid to boost his own power and lure them away from Ronaldo.
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Ronaldo has struggled to replicate the form he has shown over the last 10+ seasons so far in La Liga this season, and is being linked with a move away from the club – he has already said he won’t sign a new deal at the Bernabeu.
REVEALED: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Stunning Earnings From a Single Instagram Post
Cristiano Ronaldo is accustomed to being the top of pretty much every ranking system he is eligible for and his personal fortune has him as one of the leading earners for a male athlete in the world.
A new study has identified yet another area where Ronaldo comes out on top, as it has been revealed that the Real Madrid star earns a whopping £308,000 for every post he makes on Instagram. Every. Single. One.
The Portugal international has a staggering 116m followers on Instagram, which sees him share photos of his football career, expanding family, and various lucrative sponsorship deals which range from mobile phones and shampoo, to Egyptian Steel companies.
The research by HopperHQ, via Goal, shows Ronaldo as the third highest-paid celebrity in the world from sponsored photos, and the highest-earning male.
Ronaldo was surpassed by pop star Selena Gomez, who earns a healthy £424,000 per post, and Kim Kardashian who collects £385,000 for her daily posts. Whilst the only other sports star on the list was basketball superstar Lebron James, with £92,457.
Whilst Ronaldo’s off-field life is well and truly taken care of, his career on the field has started to return to normal programming as the 32-year-old scored his second league goal against Malaga on Wednesday, taking his tally to four goals in his last five games.
Ronaldo will have the opportunity to add to his goal scoring tally when Real Madrid make the trip to face Athletic Bilbao on the weekend, before returning to Champions League’s league action against Borussia Dortmund in mid-week.
Keylor Navas Adamant He Is Good Enough Despite Growing Speculation Over Real Madrid Goalkeeping Plan
Keylor Navas has publicly defended his place in the Real Madrid side this week, after criticism regarding his recent form, which has led to speculation over his future at the club.
According to reports, Madrid are already close to signing a would-be replacement for the Costa Rican keeper, in the form of Athletic Bilbao’s rising star Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Kepa has impressed since coming through the ranks in the Basque country and has been touted as the future custodian of the national team, with his place in Spain’s upcoming World Cup Squad likely.
Ironically, he made his long-awaited debut for La Roja in their 5-0 trouncing of Navas’s Costa Rica, although the 30 year old was absent from the team through a thigh injury.
The 23-year-old star has been unsettled for over a year now, and embroiled in a dispute with Bilbao regarding the intricacies within his current contract. Despite the fact that his current deal with the Basque club is set to expire next summer, it is thought Real are willing to pay the €20m buy-out required to release him in January.
In addition rumours continue to fly surrounding Florentino Perez and Zinedine Zidane’s coveting of Premier League stoppers David de Gea and Thibaut Courtois.
Despite the speculation, Navas has remained upbeat about his future and form in the Spanish capital, if a little pensive, telling Fox Sports (via Marca): “I don’t have to prove anything to anyone.
“I must enjoy my career and being what Real Madrid is, you never know what may happen in the future. But the one that is here is me.”
The 30-year-old former Levante star also confirmed he is still working his way back to full fitness, after sustaining his injury on international duty, declaring: “I feel calm and I don’t feel any pain anymore and that is important.
“I can train to the fullest and be back again at the best level as soon as possible.”
Spanish Prosecutors Accuse Real Madrid Midfielder Luka Modric of Owing Over €800k in Tax
Spanish prosecutors have accused Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric of defrauding tax authorities of €870,728 in 2013 and 2014, Marca have reported.
Prosecutors have claimed that they were informed last month that the Croatia international might have “financial positions” on the Isle of Man.
These were not known by tax authorities and could have had an impact on the total amount of tax Modric paid in Spain.
The 32-year-old’s wife, Vadja, has also been accused of tax irregularities following the revelations.
The Prosecutor’s Office have taken action against Modric just one day after his Real Madrid teammate Marcelo appeared in court as part of another tax case.
The Brazilian full-back is accused of defrauding authorities of €490,917.70 by using companies abroad to handle his earnings from image rights.
Los Blancos are not the only club to have been targeted by Spanish authorities in recent weeks.
Lionel Messi and his father were last year found guilty on three counts of defrauding tax authorities of €4.1m from image rights income.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Carvalho, Angel Di Maria, Javier Mascherano, Radamel Falcao and Fabio Coentrao are also under investigation.
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Nor is it restricted to players; former Real Madrid and current Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has also found himself embroiled in investigations from Spanish authorities.
Sergio Ramos Tweets Heartfelt Support Following Yet Another Santi Cazorla Injury Setback
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has tweeted his support to Santi Cazorla, after the Arsenal midfielder announced yet another setback in his arduous road to recovery from an ankle injury.
The 32-year-old has not played a game of football since October 2016, and after a failed surgery on his ankle, Cazorla has had to undergo eight more as a result of infection and its inability to heal.
Recently there was good news. It appeared the Spaniard was finally on the road to recovery following one final session under the knife – an instance that required a skin graft, and left part of his tattoo sleeve from his arm being removed, and subsequently placed onto his ankle.
He broke the news via Twitter on Wednesday:
Debido a unas molestias en el tendón que llevaba arrastrando los ultimos dias, he tenido que volver a pasar por el quirofano. Toca retrasar la fecha de vuelta a los terrenos de juego, mantengo la ilusión y motivación para volver a disfrutar de mi gran pasión, el futbol.#footballpic.twitter.com/HpYYRd9VyQ
— Santi Cazorla (@19SCazorla) November 29, 2017
The heartbreaking tweet roughly translates to:
“Some discomfort in the tendon that had dragged the last few days, I have had to undergo surgery. It is delaying the date of return to the playing fields, I maintain the illusion and motivation to enjoy my great passion, soccer. #football”
Cazorla isn’t without the support of fellow teammates, though. Despite receiving a lot of hate for his antics on the pitch, Madrid skipper Ramos has proven that he will always be there for his friends, and Santi is no exception; Ramos tweeting his support also through a tweet:
Amigo, el fútbol está en deuda contigo. Volverás a disfrutar y a hacernos disfrutar a todos, seguro. Cabeza alta y ánimo arriba. Estamos contigo. ¡Mucho ánimo y un fuerte abrazo, bro @19SCazorla! pic.twitter.com/bsE5yOjd1P
— Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos) November 29, 2017
“Friend, soccer is in debt with you. Head high and cheer up. We’re with you. Lots of encouragement and a strong hug, bro @19SCazorla!”
It now seems like forever since Cazorla grace the pitch, and at one point he was told not to expect to be able to kick a ball again. The Arsenal man’s return still seems far away, and there is no word of when that day will arrive just yet.
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Six Actionable Steps for the Theater #3: Hire a Diversity Officer
Theaters large and small should have the humility and the foresight to hire a diversity officer. Corporations have one. Hollywood studios have one. You should have one too.
Hire a diversity officer and vertically integrate them into all your activity: season planning, casting, hiring and board cultivation (Think of the NFL Rooney Rule.), audience development, marketing, and staff training. I guarantee they will never be lacking for things to do.
We in the theater like to think we're so open-minded and so inclusive that we don't even need a diversity officer. But the statistics for inclusion of women and artists of color belie that argument. Moreover the mark of someone who is truly open-minded is one who has the humility to recognize when they need an outside perspective. I keep hearing "it's getting better," but it's called "best practices," not "better practices." By the time it gets best, we'll be dead.
You need a diversity officer because -
1) national demographics are shifting
2) if the theater hopes to shape the national discourse, then the plays we put out should reflect the diversity and values of all Americans
3) theaters are publicly-funded institutions that are accountable to the populations they serve
4) the only way to attract new audiences is by widening the perspective of the stories we tell;
5) many efforts at wider community outreach feel half-hearted at best and tone-deaf at worst; and
6) as forward-minded as we like to think that we are in this industry, the theater is actually lagging behind corporate America when it comes to putting women and people of color in power positions.
If you can't afford to hire a diversity officer, get an artist to volunteer as one. But really consider whether you can or can't afford one. Because I would argue that what you really can't afford is to alienate your audience and lose the faith of the artists who comprise your community. While nobody seeks to offend, we all have our blind spots. In the past year alone, I've witnessed...
- one member-based theater that offended their female artists by putting out a season of plays that was nearly entirely written by men
- several theaters that offended the Asian community by staging stories set in Asia without casting any Asian actors
- one play with a depiction of a transgendered character that was so offensive to a transgendered audience member that he wrote a protest letter to the producing theater
A diversity officer would have been able to help in all of those situations, and those were just the situations that erupted in controversy. Behind the scenes, a diversity officer would be able to contribute perspective on all of the hundreds of microdecisions that go on in a theater every day.
Because those microdecisions add up to a theater's integrity and values. And I think we can all do a lot better.
Six Actionable Steps for the Theater #4: Common App for Summer Development Conferences
Continuing on in this series of six actionable steps we can take to improve the field of new plays... and remembering that we're going in order from most feasible to most batshit...
I'd mentioned this idea earlier in the Fall on my Facebook feed, and I believe my agent brought this up at an LMDA conference as well, to largely positive response.
Each year in November/December I apply to about 11 summer development conferences and they all ask for the same thing: my play (sometimes anonymous, sometimes not), my resume (or sometimes a bio), a synopsis of the play and a casting breakdown, and a one-page application statement.
I send the same exact play to all of these conferences, and say pretty much the same exact thing in my statement (sometimes tailoring it a bit here or there). Yet I spend about an hour on each application, mostly sorting through each conference's particular set of submission requirements.
These conferences get about 600 submissions a year. (I know that because during Spring Rejection Season invariably I'll get 11 rejection letters informing me that my play was carefully considered among 600 talented applicants... *WAAAAAAH*... but I digress...)
If the summer development conferences were to create a common application online - like they do for colleges - you'd be saving 600 playwrights 10 hours of their time every year. That's 6,000 hours a year. (I know it's dangerous to just brazenly multiply a projection, but I do it for rhetorical purposes knowing that the principle itself remains solid.)
On the writers' side, a common app would save us a boatload of time and in those rare instances where a writer is unaware of a conference (or doesn't have it together enough to juggle all those deadlines), our work would be reaching a wider body of decision-makers.
On the conferences' side, sharing resources might cut costs, allow for increased coordination and exchange of ideas between conferences, and might attract new grant support (since - especially for the smaller conferences - it may be easier to garner new funding collectively). For instance, creating an online common app seems perfect for a TCG/MetLife ThinkIt/DoIt grant. Garnering funding as a group might also reduce reliance on onerous annual application fees levied on playwrights.
Over the long term, thinking of these development conferences as a collective rather than as a gaggle of individual groups might also yield interesting collaborative possibilities. For instance, doing a shared press release of the work that's been chosen might make play selection more of an event and attract future production support for the plays. (I'm thinking particularly of the upfronts in television, which is when all the TV networks announce their entire fall lineup, all at pretty much the same time.) Or in the case of plays of particular promise and scope, it might be interesting to send a play through multiple conferences in a coordinated way. (This already happens for a few lucky writers, but it's by chance and not by design.)
One argument against doing all this is the concern that all the conferences might end up picking the exact same plays. But I would argue that these conferences are already getting the same plays from the same pool of applicants, just in a way that's inefficient for both parties. With a common application, each conference's unique aesthetics would still guide their decision-making, which should yield the same kind of aesthetic diversity that's happening now.
The point is that there's no real "TCG" or "LORT" for development conferences (since these things are relatively new), but now that summer development's here to stay you might as well form an alliance, starting with something that will make writers' lives much easier year in and year out.
Six Actionable Steps for the Theater #5: Specialized Co-Pros
Recently there's been a lot of movement towards co-productions, mostly between two smaller-sized companies. But a place where co-productions might be particularly effective is between large institutional theaters and theaters that serve a specialized audience. In NYC I'm thinking particularly of what would happen if theaters like The Public or Second Stage paired up with theaters like Ma-Yi or New Georges, under either a co-producer or associate producer arrangement.
At first it seems like the benefits of such an arrangement would be all on the small theater's side: increased resources, increased visibility, the ability to take on stories of larger scope and to reach a larger audience. But the benefits to the larger theater are palpable too: an influx of new audience members, increased artist diversity, and more efficient use of the space (since theaters that own a building don't always fill it).
But perhaps the greatest benefit to the big theater would be the expertise that the small theater brings to serving their particular audience. Increasingly I find that when big theaters try to do plays that are set in a specific cultural milieu they fall flat on their face and end up having to do big mea culpa talkbacks and apologetic press releases. This kind of arrangement might help avoid that.
These partnerships will take a lot of ego suppression and some flexibility in adapting to each other's working methods. And they can't just be financial in nature (i.e., "Yeah we'll do your whatever show; just give us $150,000.") But the long term goal here is audience development. On both sides of the equation, if theaters keep going to the same pool of subscribers year in and year out, we're not (pardon the expression) diversifying our holdings. Which is bad for the long-term viability of this art form.
Institutions large and small can therefore benefit from sharing resources and expertise (and , and in the process broaden the art we present and the people who see it.
Six Actionable Steps for the Theater - NUMBER SIX
I'm starting a new page on my website, Thoughts on the Theater, which is meant to be an infrequently-updated place to collect my ideas on the field that have little to do with my work as a writer.
To whit - Seth Rozin at InterAct recently had me in Philly on an NNPN panel. As he put it, "My goal is to have a conversation around the major challenges in the new play industry that will identify concrete, actionable programs or initiatives that can improve the chances for a greater quantity, quality and diversity of new plays to be produced... I would love it if each of you could bring a concrete idea to the table OR identify a soluble problem."
I presented the panel with six ideas, which I'll be posting here. As I did for the panel, I've decided to list the ideas in order from "Hmm what a sage idea, Mike, we could do that tomorrow" down to "That's batshit crazy." Here's the first idea, which is the most practical idea.
I will get to the rest when I feel like it.
6. The Blacklist - In Hollywood, as in the theater, there is a huge volume of screenplays that are highly praiseworthy but for whatever reason can't be produced. So someone created The Blacklist, an annual list of the best screenplays that were neglected that year. I believe the same thing exists for TV pilots. At any rate, we could very easily do the same thing for theater, and pair up with American Theater magazine or The Dramatist to publish the results (or blog-publish them). This would be a great way to highlight plays that haven't yet gotten their due, as well as unsung writers.
Let's say we survey a diverse group of around 300 people - mostly playwrights and lit managers - and ask them to create a list of their top 5 favorite (other people's) plays that have been kicking around for a while but haven't yet found production. We then tabulate the results and highlight a list of frequently-mentioned plays. We could also ask high-profile playwrights to write up a short testimonial about their #1 pick, in the hopes of bringing more attention to lesser-known writers.
Way down the line, it'd be great to get an angel investor who'd be willing to provide enhancement money towards producing one (or several) of the plays on the annual list. This would enhance artist buy-in with institutions, because the writers will essentially be electing a "people's choice" winner for production in the next season.
In my experience, fellow playwrights are hugely committed to championing each other's work, and lit managers are enormous advocates as well. But we can't always translate that enthusiasm into any kind of concrete result. If theaters know that there's a wealth of built-in support behind particular plays, perhaps they'd be more willing to take a risk on producing them. I think of how Madeleine George's Zero Hour was so beloved by fellow writers but kicked around for years until she produced it herself with 13P, or how Jorge Cortinas' Bird in the Hand was developed everywhere but produced nowhere until he self-produced it with Fulcrum.
This is something we could do to provide more attention to those overlooked gems.
BONUS. My wife and fellow playwright Rehana Lew Mirza posits that we should make a blacklist specifically for women playwrights and for playwrights of color, which might help theaters put more thought into season planning. In our opinion, theaters generally: 1) don't produce a lot of plays by women or by writers of color; and 2) may have trouble finding a way into scripts told from under-represented perspectives. So advocating specifically for these groups would give theaters the confidence that a wealth of fellow artists see the merits in these plays.
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Arts Education Won't Save Us from Boring, Inaccessible Theater
I’ve been avidly following coverage of The Summit and there’s a lot of FANTASTIC discussion coming out of that, but one thing that caught my attention that hasn’t been really dissected yet is the false notion that arts education will save the theater.
When confronted with the stark reality that “the youth” won’t buy theater tickets, theaters oftentimes place the blame on the school system. The argument goes that decreased arts funding in schools begets students who aren’t accustomed to coming to theater, and that by not being exposed to theater at a young age we’re losing all our potential patrons. It’s a chestnut that found its way into The Summit, and it’s a position that Isherwood floated in an article about Rocco Landesman’s tenure at the NEA.
It’s also a myth.
While it may be true that arts education is on the decline, is that really a primary cause for declining theater attendance?
I personally didn’t receive much arts education as a child, and yet here I am in the theater. MFA programs are doing more robust business than ever before. (In fact they barely existed a generation ago.) Where did all those eager young applicants come from? I see hundreds of young audience members at black box theaters enjoying the heck out of off-off Broadway. But those same audience members won’t buy season tickets to larger theaters. Is it really a lack of education that’s stopping them from becoming subscribers?
Take the basic argument of “We need more theater in schools so more people will go see theater later in life” and substitute comparable forms of entertainment where young people are already dropping boatloads of money. The very logic of the construction collapses.
Consider the following assertions:
No one likes cooking anymore because we stopped teaching Home Ec in the schools.
We need more video game training in classrooms to ensure the next generation of Xbox users.
If we don’t teach kids how to listen to standup comedy, Louis CK will go bankrupt.
Kids who never played live music in school just plain won't pay for a Jay-Z concert.
Now consider the converse, swapping out theater for things that we do teach in schools:
Good thing we taught kids biology, because zoo attendance is up 50%.
Colonial Williamsburg is popping thanks to US History classes.
Now that we have English in schools, bookstores are saved!
My classroom had a PC, therefore this ipad is nonsense.
The truth is that no one needs to be trained to enjoy theater. Theater is primal. When a show is electric – when a play surprises and delights and actually says something new and truthful about the world that we live in – there’s a collective energy in the room that needs no explanation. It’s just that a lot of theater is terribly boring, and we're not doing all we can to respect audiences enough to present them with challenging work.
A lot of theater buildings feel inaccessible, too. A clubhouse for people already in the know, what with their arcane ticketing rules and inflexible schedules and clueless volunteer ushers and lack of lobby seating and strict bans on beverages in the house. I’ve heard theater people complain, “Young people will drop $100 on a restaurant, but won't buy a theater ticket!” Well would you go to a restaurant where you have to make a prepaid nonrefundable deposit, your reservation time can’t be changed, the host is just a volunteer who wants to eat there for free, if you buy a drink at the bar you can't bring it to your table, you have to be totally silent at dinner, there's only 5 items on the menu and the menu never changes, and you’re kicked out of the restaurant exactly 10 minutes after your dinner? If you wouldn't go to that restaurant, is it because you lack education?
Audiences don’t have a problem with arts education. Theaters have a problem with hospitality. Most efforts at bringing in young audiences are condescending at best. Designated Twitter Seats... because kids can’t stop tweeting. Free Beer with Your Ticket... because all kids want to do is get wasted. No efforts made at changing up the actual plays.
In truth theaters have a serious curatorial problem when it comes to choosing plays that a young, diverse audience can get behind. The fantastic documentary Miss Representation introduces the concept of symbolic annihilation in the media, and it applies exceedingly well to the theater. Why would young people (or people of color, or women) bother coming to the theater when they’re so rarely depicted onstage, and when they're so rarely in command of the artistic process? Is our dwindling audience truly a reflection of the educational landscape, or is it a reflection of a chronic homogeneity onstage exacerbated by an attendant homogeneity in our staffing?
Even if there were some correlation between arts education and audience attendance, it will take a generation to fix the educational system and even more time to measure whether increased arts education had any downstream effect. Whereas we are facing a crisis of audience right here and now. We are in a war of attrition – a war that we know we are losing. In the midst of losing a war, you don’t get the luxury of saying, “I wish we had more military education.” The only recourse is a quick strategy change.
Instead of blaming something so distal as arts education, let’s look at the proximal barriers that are keeping young people out of the theater, and consider fixes we can implement now:
To attract a young, diverse audience, present work that’s reflective of a young, diverse audience.
Widen the perspectives being presented onstage.
Place more faith in the artists.
More funding for artists, less funding for buildings.
Make the theater a more friendly and welcoming place.
Make seeing theater easier on working parents.
Lower the barrier of entry by lowering ticket prices.
Right now the institutional theater has the same demographic problems as the Republican Party: largely aging, largely affluent, largely White. If you truly want a young and diverse audience, you’re going to have fundamentally change up your programming in a way that may very well alienate your existing base. Which may be okay. Because that base isn't large enough to form a sustainable coalition.
It actually verges on arrogance, this tendency to blame arts education for our own shortcomings. It’s an elitist argument that absolves us of agency. “We can’t do anything about it! We’ve done all we can! They’re just too uneducated to appreciate theater!”
Am I arguing against education? Of course not. I’m just saying we owe it to ourselves to be more diligent about tracing causality. It’s easy to point the finger at arts education; that’s a factor beyond our control. But taking ownership over the factors we can control? That’s a much harder matter.
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Dog agility is a sport in which a dog moves through an obstacle course with the guidance of his or her handler. Dogs run off lead, so the handler's only controls are voice and body language, requiring exceptional high standards of obedience.
In competition agility, both accuracy and speed are important. Dog agility is a fairly new sport, created as merely a demonstration in the 1978 Crufts Dog Show in the United Kindom . It has since spread rapidly around the world, with major competitions held worldwide.
What is an Agility Course?
In its simplest form, an agility course consists of a set of standard obstacles, laid out by an agility judge in a design of his own choosing, with numbers indicating the order in which the dog must complete the obstacles. Although different organisations specify somewhat different rules for the construction of obstacles, the basic form of the obstacles is the same wherever they are used. Obstacles include the following:
Contact Obstacles
A-Frame Two platforms, usually about 3 feet (1 m) wide by 8 to 9 feet (3 m) long, hinged together and raised so that the hinged connection is between five and six-and-a-half feet above the ground, forming roughly an A shape. The bottom 36 to 42 inches (1 m) of both sides of the A-frame are painted a light color, usually yellow, forming the contact zone, into which the dog must place at least one paw while ascending or descending. Most sanctioning organisations require that A-frames have low, narrow horizontal slats all along their length to assist the dog's grip going up and down.
Dog Walk Three 8 to 12 ft (3 to 4 m) planks, 9 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm) wide, connected at the ends. The center plank is raised to about 4 feet (1.2 m) above the ground, so that the two end planks form ramps leading up to and down from the center plank. This obstacle also has contact zones. Most sanctioning organisations also require slats on the dogwalk ramps; a slatless dogwalk looks almost the same as a teeter-totter to a dog approaching it head-on.
Seesaw/Teeter-totter is a 10 to 12 foot (3 to 4 m) plank supported just off-center about 2 feet (60 cm) above the ground so that the same end always returns to the ground. This also has contact zones. The balance point and the weight of the plank must be such that even a tiny dog, can cause the high end of the teeter-totter to descend to the ground within a reasonable amount of time, specified by the sanctioning organisation's rules (usually about 2 seconds). Smaller dogs get more time to run a course, and this is one reason why it can take them longer than it takes larger dogs.
Crossover Picture a 4 foot (1.2 m) high table (see "Miscellaneous") obstacle with dogwalk ramps descending from the center of all four sides. The dog must ascend the correct ramp and then possibly change direction at the top to descend the ramp indicated by the handler. This has not been a commonly used obstacle and not all organisations have allowed it.
Tunnel / Chute A solid tube, 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 m) long and about 2 feet (60 cm) in diameter, through which the dog runs. The tunnel is constructed of flexible vinyl and wire so that it can be configured in a straight line or curved.
Collapsed tunnel /Chute A barrel-like cylinder with a tube of fabric attached around one end. The fabric extends about 8 to 12 feet (3 to 4 m) and lies closed until the dog runs into the open end of the chute and pushes his way out through the fabric tube.
Tunnel Maze A new obstacle (as of 2004) consisting of several interconnected tunnels through which the handler must guide the dog by voice commands.
Jump / HurdleTwo upright bars supporting a horizontal bar over which the dog jumps. The height is adjusted for dogs of different heights. The uprights can be simple bars or can have wings of various shapes, sizes, and colors.
Double and triple jumps Two or three sets of uprights, each with horizontal poles. The Double can have parallel or ascending horizontal bars; the triple always has ascending bars. The spread between the horizontal bars is sometimes adjusted for the height of the dog.
Panel jump Instead of horizontal bars, the jump is a solid panel from the ground up to the jump height. This is usually constructed of several short panels that can be removed to adjust the height for different dog heights.
Broad jump A set of four or five slightly raised platforms that form a broad area over which the dog must jump without setting feet on any of the platforms. Length is adjusted for dog's height.
Tire jump This is just what it sounds like: A tire shape suspended in a frame. The dog must jump through the opening of the tire, which varies between about 18 and 24 inches (450 to 600 mm). The tire must be wrapped with tape so that there are no openings or uneven places in which the dog could catch. The height is adjusted for dogs of different heights.
Other Obstacles
Table (or pause table) An elevated square platform about 3 feet (1 m) across onto which the dog must jump and pause, either sitting or in a down position, for a certain period counted out by the judge, usually about 5 seconds. The height ranges from about 8 to 30 inches (20 to 75 cm) depending on the dog's height.
Weave poles Similar to a slalom, this is a series of upright poles, each about 3 feet (1 m) tall and spaced about 20 inches (50 cm) apart, through which the dog weaves. Varies from 5 to 12 poles at one time. The dog must always enter with the first pole to his left and must not skip poles.
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The Oxford CREAT Scholarships
From right to left: Dr Yang Tang, Liesl Elder (Director of Development, Oxford University), Mr Wu Xu, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Andrew Hamilton, Mrs Jennie Hamilton, Jeremy Woodall (Director of Development Asia, Oxford University), Jennifer Tung (Development Projects Officer, Oxford China Office)
Oxford alumni are ambassadors for the University and often act as a bridge between the academic and business worlds. Dr Yang Tang (Templeton 2005) and now Managing Director of CREAT Capital Co. Ltd, part of a leading investment company in China, had a vital role in setting up the new Oxford-CREAT Graduate Scholarships. These will provide full funding for two students from China per year to pursue an MBA, Master of Public Policy, MSc in Financial Economics or MSc Law & Finance at Oxford. With the firm belief that higher education is the catalyst for technology and progress, the CREAT group, under the leadership of Mr Wu Xu, CEO, has dedicated a portion of the company’s profits to philanthropy each year, from maintaining rural elementary schools to supporting graduate students undertaking advanced degrees. The support for the Oxford-CREAT Graduate Scholarship is their first donation to an overseas project. It is the wish of the CREAT group that the Oxford-CREAT Scholars will make a considerable contribution to the further development of China’s economy in the future as leaders in their chosen fields.
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