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Sean T. Scuderi
P 212.216.8094 sscuderi@tarterkrinsky.com
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Sean Scuderi is an associate in the Construction practice. Sean regularly advises real estate industry clients, including institutional and individual owners, developers, architects, engineers, general contractors and construction managers, in various commercial, real estate and construction business ventures and disputes. Sean approaches each deal and legal dispute with a strong awareness of his client’s business, legal and personal goals to provide tailored legal advice and services. Sean acts as general counsel to his clients, identifying any and all legal services they may require and ensuring that their needs are best met and that their interests are protected.
Sean’s experience ranges from negotiating and preparing construction, design, and neighboring property license agreements to representing clients in complex legal disputes in litigation, arbitration and mediation. Sean has particular experience defending and prosecuting claims involving:
Construction and design defects
Delay claims
Breaches of contract
Adjacent construction issues
Breaches of fiduciary duties
Prior to joining Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, Sean was an associate at Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP.
Representative Matters:
Represented solar energy development companies and succeeded on motion to dismiss breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference with prospective business relations, unjust enrichment and conspiracy claims for lack of personal jurisdiction, failure to state a cause of action and forum non conveniens
Assisted a New York-based start-up tequila company with their launch by counseling them through various business and legal concerns, including their corporate and investment structure and product trademark issues
Succeeded on motion to dismiss professional liability claims asserted by a condominium board against a structural engineer for lack of contractual privity
Succeeded on motion for summary judgment dismissing all claims against structural engineering firm client in multimillion dollar action alleging various construction and design defects
Defended an architecture firm and structural engineer firm against design defect and professional liability claims in an adversary proceeding in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York and succeeded on motion to dismiss all claims on abstention grounds
Represented an architecture firm in breach of contract claims against a project owner and obtained a favorable settlement recovering unpaid architectural fees and dismissing professional liability counterclaims
Defended architecture firm in negligence action seeking to recover for property and telecommunications equipment damage resulting from water infiltration and successfully obtained discontinuance of all claims
Represented an owner of a landmarked, historic brownstone building in an action against a neighboring property owner for breach of a license agreement, property damage, and private nuisance and obtained a favorable settlement at mediation
Represented a not-for-profit religious organization that was developing a meditation retreat center in claims against its former construction manager for delays, defective work, and breach of contract
Represented a real estate investment company in its fraud claims against a developer arising from the developer withholding significant latent defects during the sale of high-rise residential building. Assisted with successful respondent’s brief upholding dismissal of defendants’ motion to dismiss and obtained sanctions against the defendants for the spoliation of documentation, leading to a favorable settlement
St. John’s University School of Law, cum laude, J.D. 2010
Executive Articles Editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review
Clerskships/Internships
P. Kevin Castel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Stephen A. Bucaria, New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County, Commercial Division
Gregory Lasak, New York State Supreme Court, Queens County, Criminal Term
Boston College, with honors, B.A. 2007
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
New York City Bar Association, Construction Law Committee and Social Event & Networking Committee
Center for Architecture Foundation, Young Patrons
Benefits and Pitfalls of Outsourcing Email Services, New York Law Journal (February 6, 2017)
The Design Professional’s Guide to Avoiding Problems, Claims and Disputes, Presentation at the Center for Architecture (October 20, 2016)
Introduction to Scope of Services, Presentation at American Society of Civil Engineers Conference (October 12, 2013)
What I do when not practicing law:
When I am not working, I enjoy playing tennis and snowboarding
Favorite sport team:
NY Yankees and NY Knicks
Four Tarter Krinsky & Drogin Lawyers Named to Real Estate Weekly’s 2019 Rising Stars List
Real Estate partner Brian Beller, Real Estate associate Karen Schwimmer and Construction associates Cathleen Cassidy and Sean Scuderi have been named to Real Estate Weekly’s 2019 Rising Stars list for their outstanding contributions to their field.
Why Work at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin? Meet Sean Scuderi
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin is the kind of firm where you can carve your own path as a lawyer, share ideas and to contribute your talents as part of a collaborative team. Each day creates opportunities to learn and to make an impact. The lawyers who came to our firm often tell us that they were looking for the next challenge in their legal careers and to be part of a team environment. An entrepreneurial, growing mid-size firm with a close-knit culture like Tarter Krinsky & Drogin can be just the right kind of change that you may be seeking. Take a look at Sean Scuderi’s story.
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin Expands Construction Practice with Addition of Three Lawyers
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin continues to strategically grow its practices to meet the growing needs of its clients. Michael E. Camporeale joined the firm as an associate in the Construction and Real Estate practices, and Tara McDevitt and Sean Scuderi joined the firm as associates in the Construction practice.
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin's Construction Practice Leads Cultural Revivals in Brooklyn and Queens
Leaders in the Law recently featured two of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin’s recent high-profile construction matters in a recent article, "Tarter Krinsky’s Construction Practice Leads Cultural Revivals in Brooklyn and Queens.” The highlighted matters reinforce the firm’s focus on advising the development community behind the latest hotel, residential, retail and arts projects in cutting-edge New York City neighborhoods.
TKD Helps to Revitalize Flushing, Queens Neighborhood Through Construction Work on Landmark Theater
TKD is proud to be a part of the transformation of the long abandoned RKO Keith Theater in Flushing, Queens. After shuttering its doors in 1984, the building, of which portions of its interior were designated as a landmark, has been through a series of owners, criminal activity, vandalism and general disrepair.
Our client, Xin Development, which purchased the property in 2016, is carefully dismantling the landmarked interiors, which will be restored off site and reinstalled in the new building. The dilapidated eyesore will be replaced with a gleaming residential building, bringing new life and vitality to this block and the Flushing, Queens neighborhood.
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin Continues Growth in Key Practices With Addition of Two Associates
TKD continues to grow with the addition of two associates to the firm.
Sean Scuderi to Present Program on Construction Contracts – Negotiating Tips Every Developer Needs to Know
On March 26, Construction associate Sean Scuderi will present, "Construction Contracts – Negotiating Tips Every Developer Needs to Know,” at real estate company Keller Williams in Philadelphia. The program will explore the principles of well-drafted contracts, which are critical for owners and developers to ensure they are fully protected and to maintain efficiency and order during construction.
Sean Scuderi to Serve on Host Committee at Center of Architecture’s Annual Guess-A-Sketch Event
Construction associate Sean Scuderi will once again serve on the host committee for the Center for Architecture’s annual Guess-A-Sketch event, a Pictionary-style tournament where honoree sketchers draw iconic buildings as teams guess to win the Guess-A-Sketch trophy, which will be held on March 7. All funds raised at the event, which is attended by architects, architecture enthusiasts and young professionals, support the Center for Architecture’s K-12 design education programming for schools, youth and families.
Sean Scuderi Serves on Host Committee for the Center for Architecture’s Guess-A-Sketch Event
Construction associate Sean Scuderi is once again serving on the host committee for the Center for Architecture’s Guess-A-Sketch event on Friday, March 9. Guess-A-Sketch is an evening where architects, architecture enthusiasts and young professionals gather for an architecture-themed, pictionary-style tournament. Honoree sketchers draw iconic buildings as battling teams guess to win the Guess-A-Sketch trophy. All funds raised support the Center for Architecture’s K-12 design education programming for schools, youth and families.
TKD Supports the Empire Ball to Benefit Diabetes Research
On December 13, members of TKD’s Real Estate and Construction practices attended the Empire Ball to benefit diabetes research to honor this year’s honorees for their commitment to the Diabetes Research Institute.
Sean Scuderi to Be a Featured Panelist at a New York City Bar CLE Program on Neighboring Property Construction Matters
On April 26, Construction associate Sean Scuderi will be a featured panelist at a New York City Bar program on neighboring property construction matters.
Sean Scuderi Presented at a AIA New York Program for Design Professionals
On October 20, Sean Scuderi was a presenter for the AIA New York program, “The Design Professional's Guide to Avoiding Problems, Claims and Disputes.”
Sean Scuderi Authors Article on the Benefits and Pitfalls of Outsourcing Email Services in the New York Law Journal
Construction associate Sean Scuderi co-authored an article on the benefits and pitfalls of outsourcing email services to a hosting provider in the New York Law Journal’s special e-discovery issue on February 6.
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Live Action Short Film Nominees (Oscars 2019)
Today I saw all five of the nominated films in the Live Action Short category. I'll present my reviews in the order the films were shown.
MADRE (Spain)
What begins as a mundane day for Marta (Marta Nieto) rapidly unfolds into a nightmare as her 6-year-old son Ivan (Alvaro Balas) calls to tell her he is alone on a beach in France (she and her mother, who is with her, are in Spain). His father left to retrieve a forgotten toy and he has yet to return. Concern turns to panic when Marta can't deduce exactly what beach Ivan is stranded on and the police are of no help. Did I mention Ivan's phone battery is running low?
An intense back-and-forth commences right up until the end. A well-done suspense tale that will keep your heart racing throughout.
FAUVE (Canada)
Friends Tyler (Félix Grenier) and Benjamin (Alexandre Perreault) are out exploring their surroundings as young boys often do. Benjamin "cries wolf" faking an injury, then swears he sees a fox, but Tyler doesn't believe him and they go on about their day. The end up running around a surface mine and when Benjamin gets close to the water, his feet slide into the moving earth and he yells out for help. By the time Tyler realizes he's not again crying wolf, it's too late for him to retrieve him without being sucked into the mud/sand himself, so he leaves the mine to seek help from an adult.
Grenier deserves an Oscar of his own for the way his face changes when he realizes his friend is in real danger, and his shell-shocked manner in the events that follow. Difficult to watch, but brilliantly executed.
MARGUERITE (Canada)
Marguerite (Béatrice Picard) is elderly and in poor health. She requires in-home care. Her nurse, Rachel (Sandrine Bisson), is wonderfully attentive, bathing her and administering all of her necessary tests. The two develop a lovely friendship as Marguerite nears the end of her life and begins to reflect on her younger years.
Though this is the slowest-paced film of the five, it's no less poignant as the two characters realize they share a bond they didn't know they had. Beautiful story.
DETAINMENT (IRELAND)
Based on a true story, this film recounts the questioning of the killers following the horrific kidnapping, torture and murder of toddler James Bulger (Caleb Mason) in Liverpool, England. The tragic twist? The murderers were kids themselves. The transcripts of the two ten-year-olds, Jon (Ely Solan) and Robert (Leon Hughes), confessing to the crime is how the filmmakers tell the story. It was almost unbearable to watch, so good were these young actors.
A college student when this happened in real life, I don't recall hearing about it on the news at the time, but it stands as one of the most notable murders in modern U.K. history because of the age of the killers. These images won't leave me anytime soon.
SKIN (USA)
The worst of America is represented in the small-minded, trashy community surrounding Johnny (Jonathan Tucker). The white group of friends teach their young how to be sharpshooters and how to hate people of other races.
One night when a black man makes Johnny's son laugh in a grocery checkout line, Johnny snaps, calls for "backup" and beats the man to a pulp in the parking lot as his wife and child look on in horror. They get away with it until ... it's payback time.
The audience I watched with in a Seattle theater literally clapped when Johnny got what was coming to him (which very much re-defines the Biblical "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth") — a powerful psychological exercise that should perhaps be used in schools today.
So, what's my pick to win? These were all strong contenders in their own right, but I feel as if Detained will linger in my psyche longer than the rest.
Labels: 2019, Academy Awards, Canada, Detainment, Fauve, Ireland, Live Action Short Film Nominees, Madre, Marguerite, Oscars, review, Skin, Spain, Tassoula, USA
My 2019 Oscar Picks and Predictions
Documentary Short Nominees (Oscars 2019)
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Being young is an advantage: Yuvraj Malhotra on working in the TV industry
MUMBAI: With so many budding actors entering the television industry on a regular basis, actor Yuvraj Malhotra admits that...
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MUMBAI: Being a part of the entertainment industry, popular television actor Nakuul Mehta knows how to keep his loyal fans...
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Android, Android 5.0, Android Apps, Android Devices, Apks, Apps, Google, Lollipop, Mobile OS
Download the Google Play Store 5.0.37 apk with Material Design from this direct link
Google has released a new version of Google Play Store which includes a small number of tweaks like bug fixes as well as other design updates. The latest version of Play Store updates the version to 5.0.37.
The update not only adds more Material Design to the app Store by Google similar to Android 5.0 Lollipop but, it also includes support for Android Wearable sensors and devices.
Also see: All Material Design apps
One of the most noticing feature is the moving of the ‘What’s New’ section to the top of the app details page.
You can download the latest version of Play Store from the download link at the end of this article. You will be able to get all future updates to the Play Store automatically once they are released by Google.
Once downloaded, you can install it as a regular apk (follow the instructions in this article to install apk files on your Android device). This Play Store apk can be installed on any device running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.1/4.2/4.3 Jelly Bean and Android 4.4 Kitkat but, you won’t be able to install it on Android 5.0 Lollipop devices.
– Download Google Play Store 5.0.37 apk
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Glycosmis pentaphylla
(Retz.) DC.
Glycosmis arborea (Roxb.) DC.
Glycosmis chylocarpa Wight & Arn.
Glycosmis quinquefolia Griff.
Limonia arborea Roxb.
Limonia pentaphylla Retz.
Myxospermum chylocarpum (Wight & Arn.) M.Roem.
Ripe fruits and leaves
Photograph by: Fagg, M.
Image credit to Australian National Botanic Gardens
Small plant
Photograph by: Vinayaraj
Flowering branches
Photograph by: Raffi Kojian
Glycosmis pentaphylla is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing up to 5 metres tall.
The plant is harvested from the wild, mainly for local use as a food and medicine. It has gained in popularity as an edible fruit in parts of the Caribbean, where it is sometimes cultivated[
Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336
Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
]. It is also sometimes cultivated as an ornamental in various parts of the tropics[
Trade Winds Fruit
http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/index.htm
The on-line catalogue of a company selling seeds. Gives descriptions, photos and uses of a very wide range of fruit and other food-producing plants plus ornamentals.
E. Asia - China, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
Hillside and valley woods at elevations of 600 - 1,200 metres in southwest China[
]. Prefers relatively dry habitats at elevations from sea-level up to 1,000 metres, and is commonly encountered in secondary thickets[
Plant Resources of Southeast Asia
http://proseanet.org/
Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
Pollinators Bees, Insects
A plant of low to moderate elevations in the tropics. It should be hardy to at least 0°c[
Succeeds in full sun to partial shade[
]. Prefers a fertile, moisture-retentive but well-drained medium that is rich in organic matter[
The plant flowers and fruits all year round[
Fruit - raw[
Cornucopia II
Kampong Publications, California.
The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
]. Sweet and fleshy[
]. The small, translucent pink fruits have a juicy flesh and a sort of spicy, gin-like flavour[
]. The reddish, sub-globose fruit is 8 - 10mm in diameter[
The plant is often used in traditional medicine, both on its own and as an ingredient of various medicinal mixtures[
]. Several alkaloids and amides that have been isolated from the plant are reported to have biological activities[
Glycozolidol, a carbazole alkaloid isolated from the roots, is active against some gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria[
Leaf and stem bark extracts have been shown to have a healing effect upon damaged liver tissue[
Extracts of the root bark have been shown to exhibit significant activity in the treatment of diarrhoea. An ethanol extract was found to be more effective at lower dosages than an aqueous extract[
A steam distillate of the leaves has shown high antifungal activity against Cladosporium cladosporioides, but no activity against Staphylococcus aureus or Escherichia coli[
A decoction of the roots is taken to treat bilious attacks. A decoction of roots and leaves is taken for intestinal trouble[
An infusion of leaves and roots is given after childbirth as a protective medicine[
The leaves are considered appetitive, stomachic and an infusion of roasted leaves is prescribed for women after delivery as an appetizer[
In traditional Indian medicine, the plant is used to treat diarrhoea, coughs, rheumatism, anaemia, and jaundice[
Juice of the leaves is used in fever, liver complaints and as a vermifuge[
A paste of the leaves, mixed with ginger, is applied for eczema and skin affections[
A decoction of the roots is given for facial inflammation[
Alkaloid extracts of the roots have been shown to inhibit crown gall tumours produced by Agrobacterium tumefaciens in a potato disk bioassay[
]. The roots have also been shown to inhibit the growth and survival of larvae of the citrus root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus, when incorporated in their diet[
A petroleum ether extract of the root has been shown to be lethal to the larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex sitiens, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi[
Leaf extracts have shown a high degree of nematicidal action against the adults and larvae of the nematode Radopholus similis; as well as larvicidal activity against the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus.[
]. The bio-active compound responsible for this activity was identified as the quinazolone alkaloid arborine[
The pale wood is sometimes used for tool handles[
Cuttings of half-ripe wood.
Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2019-07-17. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Glycosmis+pentaphylla>
Athira gopal , Basil c poulose , Delna jose , Haritha K.H 11th March 2016 22:37
Respected ADMIN ,
We the students of final year Bpharm was doing the project work regarding 'Glycosmis pentaphylla' are very thankful for you .We obtained some important details related to the same.
Basil c poulose 11th March 2016 22:44
Sir ,
I have an experience to share about the therapeutic importance of 'Glycosmis pentaphylla'. Once i got a ligament damage on my right angle in leg while playing football. On applying a wet extract of the crude drug on my injured part, the inflammation was purely cleared within 3 to 4 days .. It was a wonderful experience to feel the powerful (ANTI INFLAMMATORY) action of the drug..
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Economic Rights
Activist Tool-Kits
Volunteer For Tibet
Tibet & Canada
Tibetans in Canada
1000 New Tibetans
World Tibet News
About Tibet
Talk Tibet Blog
"Canada can, within a positive friendly atmosphere, ask the Chinese government to resolve the Tibetan situation."
Tibetan Resistance
Stand Up for Tibet
A Doomed Failure -- Beijing Review article on the Dalai Lama
<Beijing Review and the Xinhua News are the official mouthpiece of
the Communist Party and the Government of China>
Xinhua, October 7, 2007
The following is a Beijing Review article on the Dalai Lama titled "A
Doomed Failure", to be published on Monday:
As an increasing number of people visit Tibet, witness the region's
changes and learn about its history and the thoughts of the local
residents, many foreign media outlets have begun to reexamine the
issue and question the Dalai Lama's motives. In a recent article, Yi
Duo outlined those voices. REPRESENTATIVE OF A FEW
The Dalai Lama can only represent a few Buddhists and it is therefore
wrong to equate him to Buddhism, said some German media when he
visited Germany as a religious leader in July. Welt am Sonntag and
the online edition of Die Welt quoted sources from Deutsche
Buddhistische Union as saying that though it is good to have the
Dalai Lama speak for Buddhism, he is not expected to overshadow other
Buddhist sects. The newspapers said most of the Buddhists across the
world, including those in Germany, are not followers of Tibetan
Buddhism. Also, the Dalai Lama advocates pessimism about the
afterlife, a theory that runs counter to the optimistic Buddhist
doctrine that self-cultivation in this world can lead believers to
paradise in the other world.
Some Germans who have been to Tibet have rejected the Dalai Lama's
anti-China rhetoric. Der Spiegel magazine published a letter to the
editor on July 23 saying those who had recently been to Tibet found
what the Dalai Lama had done was ridiculous. Thousands of Tibetans
offer their prayers in and near the Jokhang Monastery every day, the
number of monks in temples is on the rise and many Buddhists travel
to Lhasa to attend prayers from across China, the letter said.
Another reader expressed bewilderment over the Dalai Lama. In a
letter to Der Spiegel, he said the Dalai Lama has attempted to become
an "omnipotent pope." But why does he oppose the Christian doctrine
of "improving the world" and insist on "overcoming the World?" The
reader believes the Dalai Lama's ultimate goal remains elusive.
Die Welt published an article coauthored by Victor Trimondi and
Victoria Trimondi, in early August, criticizing Germans who consider
the Dalai Lama the "Jesus Christ of the new era". It is wrong to take
the Dalai Lama's religion as a moderate one, because the history of
Tibet is far from peaceful, the article said. Tibet did not end its
dark medieval period until the mid 20th century. Before that, it was
plagued by violence, wars and power struggles under the name of
religion. The religious trials held under the Lama regime were no
different from those under the Catholic rule during the medieval
days, it said.
In Tibetan Buddhism, according to the article, disciples were
required to strictly obey their masters, making it impossible for
Tibetans to pursue individuality and independence, let alone create
their own fate. Old Tibet was under an extremely hierarchical regime
featuring the combination of political and religious power. Given
these facts, Tibetan Buddhism and the Dalai Lama drew worldwide
criticism in the late 1990s, the authors said. Even the Dalai Lama
had to admit the dark side of Tibetan history, they added.
The article revealed some fundamentalist features of Tibetan
Buddhism, such as combined political and religious power, alienation
of women, belief in devils, sexual and psychological abuse and
corruption. The Dalai Lama voiced support for women's participation
in religious leadership -- possibly becoming the next Dalai Lama --
in Hamburg. At the same time, he indicated that he had no right to
grant religious posts to women. CAPITALIZING ON WESTERN FEARS
The Dalai Lama clique's anti-China political propaganda has angered
some Germans. Nicole Graaf, a German scholar of Tibetan studies, said
in an article published by the Berlin-based Der Tagesspiegel
newspaper on July 22 that the Dalai Lama clique exercises strict
"press censorship." All texts and pictures depicting the dark old
Tibet and positive images of new Tibet have been taken out of its
brochures, she said. For example, there is no mention of the armed
offensive the Dalai Lama clique launched against China from Nepal
with the help of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the
1960s or the cruel rule of Tibetan serfdom.
She said the Dalai Lama's argument that China carries out "systematic
cultural genocide" in Tibet is not valid. Despite the problems in
China, Tibetan residents live normal religious, social and economic
The article said the Dalai Lama clique asks for financial aid from
the West in the name of religion and human rights. However, instead
of spending money on those badly in need of help, the leading members
in the clique buy golden watches and luxurious cars for themselves
with donations from the West while their sponsors know nothing about
these deeds.
It pointed out that the best approach to resolving the Tibetan issue
is the real, lawful autonomy granted by the Chinese Government in the
spirit of accelerating Tibet's economic development and improving the
living standards and education levels of Tibetans. Anti-China
propaganda will result in the Chinese Government's tightened control
of foreigners' access to Tibet, the article warned. This will not
only hinder the development of tourism but also make it more
difficult for foreign countries to carry out welfare programs,
worsening the situation of the local Tibetans, it said. (more)
India's Frontline biweekly magazine published a cover story by N. Ram
tilted "Future Tibet" on July 14. The story was based on the author's
second visit to Tibet this year. The "reality check" showed that
China is in firm control and "Tibet independence" is a hopeless
cause, he wrote. He said the effects of economic reform are
conspicuous on Lhasa's streets, with their fast moving traffic,
rising modern buildings and commercial complexes. However, the "real
test" is in the countryside. He said there is visible evidence of
economic development in the villages he visited.
The most dramatic change since 2000 has come with the Qinghai-Tibet
Railway, the article said. The railway symbolizes the right of
Tibetans to seek development, catch up with the rest of rising China,
and open themselves more to the outside world. The author believes
apprehension about the railway's adverse effects on the environment
and wildlife has proved exaggerated. The real threat to Tibet's
environment comes not from the railway but from global warming.
The Chinese leadership has fashioned and finessed its strategy of
dealing politically with the Dalai Lama and his followers over the
past three decades, according to the article. Given the unprecedented
economic growth, inclusive and nuanced sociopolitical and cultural
policies in China, serious international political support for "Tibet
independence" is non-existent, it said.
The article called on the Dalai Lama and the "Tibetan government in
exile" to modify their stands on two core issues. First, the concept
of "high-level" or "maximum" autonomy in line with the "one country,
two systems" principle is different from what the Chinese
constitutional framework and the Regional Ethnic Autonomy Law
stipulate. The kind of autonomy that the Dalai Lama demanded in 2005
cannot possibly be accommodated within the Chinese Constitution.
Second, in responding to the demand for "one administrative entity"
for all ethnic Tibetans, the Chinese Government makes the perfectly
reasonable point that the Tibet Autonomous Region parallels the area
under the former Tibetan regime. Acceptance of the demand for
"Greater Tibet" means doing ethnic reengineering and causing enormous
destabilization and damage to China's state, society, and political
system. A MISERABLE FAILURE
Australia's The Age newspaper published a bylined article titled
"Behind the Dalai Lama's Holy Cloak" on May 23. The article pointed
out that the Dalai Lama is no mere "spiritual leader." He was the
head of Tibet's government when he went into exile in 1959. It was a
state apparatus run by aristocratic, nepotistic monks who collected
taxes, jailed and tortured dissenters and engaged in all the usual
political intrigues, according to the article.
"The government" set up in exile in India and, at least until the
1970s, received 1.7 million U.S. dollars a year from the CIA. The
money was to pay for guerrilla operations against China,
notwithstanding the Dalai Lama's public stance in support of
nonviolence, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989,
the article said.
The Dalai Lama himself was on the CIA's payroll from the late 1950s
until 1974, reportedly receiving 15,000 U.S. dollars a month (180,000
U.S. dollars a year). The funds were paid to him personally, but he
used all or most of them for activities of the "Tibetan government in
exile," principally to fund offices in New York and Geneva and to
lobby internationally.
The article said there are certainly plenty of rumors among
expatriate Tibetans of endemic corruption and misuse of monies
collected in the name of the Dalai Lama. Many donations are channeled
through the New York-based Tibet Fund, set up in 1981 by Tibetan
refugees and U.S. citizens. It has grown into a multimillion-dollar
organization that disburses 3 million U.S. dollars each year to its
various programs. Part of its funding comes from the U.S. State
Department's Bureau for Refugee Programs.
"What has the Dalai Lama actually achieved for Tibetans inside
Tibet?" it asked. "If his goal has been independence for Tibet or,
more recently, greater autonomy, then he has been a miserable failure."
Chinese authorities in Tibetan Prefecture in Qinghai to drastically cut Tibetan language education - Radio Free Asia
The CCP rewrites history in order to justify its repression of Tibetan language and culture. - Bitter Winter
Tibetan man and his aunt sentenced for calling the release of Panchen Lama - Radio Free Asia
China has been running global influence campaigns for years - The Atlantic
2018 Annual Report on Human Rights in Tibet - TCHRD
Setting up astroturf “Tibetan Associations” in the West is China’s latest ploy to mislead the world on Tibet - ICT
Three Tibetans Are Detained For Calling For Panchen Lama's Release - Radio Free Asia
Report: Religious freedom conditions worsening in China - Freebeacon
China is attempting a large-scale rewriting of history - Telegraph India
Letter From Trudeau Supporting Pro-China Tibet Group Is Fake, PM’s Office Says - The EpochTimes
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Since taking the part time role of CDC funded by Volleyball England, in April 2010, we have managed to coach in 34 schools in the Dorset Area, mainly targeting secondary schools.
The position has been assisted by funding from Schools Sport Partnership’s, Sport Unlimited Grant through Active Dorset, and additional coaching through Bournemouth Council. This has also been complemented by my part time role coaching at Bournemouth University.
It has been very rewarding to get Volleyball introduced again in the North of Dorset, where we have managed to deliver into four secondary schools, as well as four primary schools. This enabled us to run a tournament in the region for 14 teams, with 6 schools being represented after just three months of Coaching.
In the last school term, we have delivered over 350 sessions in the local schools, run 3 outdoor schools grass tournaments, plus have the first schools beach tournament running the Friday before sandbanks later this month. We have also delivered coaching at 10 beach festivals that has introduced volleyball to over 800 school children over this period. The sessions have also included working with Poole and Bournemouth Colleges (FESCO), for whom we have run sessions indoors and on the beach.
We have also run Schools Tournaments for Individual Schools (Lytchett Minster event had over 250 children playing on one day over 8 courts), mostly in the “Schools Sports Week”, and these events have proved very popular.
We are currently using seven level 2/3 coaches to deliver these sessions, and helping with delivering these events. We have also recruited additional two level 1 coaches, through this school term, who have gained invaluable experience. Bournemouth University has also provided Volunteers to help with the tournaments and the Beach fests.
It is the intention to run additional tournaments in the next school term, and also have extra club after school sessions, where the coaches can further develop the young local players.
We have managed to get a total of 5 permanent beach courts in situ, two at Sandbanks, plus three at Boscombe, and these courts have been so successful that both Poole and Bournemouth Council’s are looking at the possibility of adding additional courts.
Throughout the summer we have been running junior sessions on the beach, and it has been very exciting that we now got a regular session running at Boscombe on a Wednesday night in addition to the Monday sessions at Sandbanks. The total of juniors that have attended these sessions on weekly basis is averaging at 90 per week.
There has been at least 3 senior sessions run through the week, and Rich Cannon has been instrumental in organizing sessions on the weekends at Boscombe, which has also attracted a high volume of players.
We have also had the GB Beach players training at both Sandbanks and Boscombe, and the GB Development players have already had two training weeks in the area, and will be doing additional training on our beaches throughout the summer.
Additional Events that have been held on our Beaches to date that we have been involved in include the Chris Evans Show, with GB Women players competing in a fun event, Two demonstration matches over two days at the Sand Beach Polo, The VE national Student Cup that attracted 90 teams in the pairs competition, plus 24 teams in the mixed fours competition, plus the first leg of the South West Junior Beach Tour at Boscombe.
We are busy planning the schedule for the next school term, with a target to deliver into an additional 14 schools in the area over the next two terms, which would take the schools that we are coaching in to 50 in a year.
There will be changes in the funding of the next few months, so I will be concentrating on getting additional funding to try and keep the current level of coaching in the schools sustainable.
It is out intention to start looking at increasing the participation numbers, increasing the schools competition, and try and get additional players and teams into the PBVA league. This will be hopefully achieved by running additional development sessions and also trying to recruit the recreational beach players into in the indoor game.
Please feel free to contact me for any additional information, and if you able to assist on any of the above.
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Feldman Gallery curator Mack McFarland interviews the Bruce High Quality Foundation in conjunction with their visit to Portland as part of their Teach 4 Amerika tour.
In March of 2011 Pacific Northwest College of Art curator Mack McFarland engaged the Bruce High Quality Foundation (BHQF) in an email interview as the Bruces prepared to take their free and proudly unaccredited art school, The Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU) on the road in Teach 4 Amerika, presented by Creative Time, the New York-based nonprofit public art presenter. The Bruce High Quality Foundation is a group of anonymous artists who have used objects and performances in a very unique and witty form of art world critique. Teach 4 Amerika was a five-week, eleven-city, coast-to-coast road trip that crossed state lines and institutional boundaries to inspire and enable local art students to define the future of their own educational experience. In conjunction with the 2011 Open Engagement Conference presented by Portland State University’s MFA in Social Practice, BHQF exhibited ephemera and insights from the trip at Pacific Northwest College of Art’s Gallery 214.
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Feature image used with permission from Matt Kowal.
PNCA students, faculty, staff and community members gather for a conversation with BHQFU in May 2011. Photo: Craig Sietsma ’14
An Interview with the Bruce High Quality Foundation
Mack McFarland, April 2011
Mack McFarland I read that many of you met at Cooper Union, the famously free art school. Was there an experience there—or in another educational environment—that made you desire to create a school?
Bruce High Quality Foundation Where did you read that? We claim no biographical material about the foundation to be accurate. It might be true that many people associated with the foundation went to art schools, but it’s not our reason for starting a school. We started a school because we believe that talking to other artists is a critical component of being an artist. BHQFU is not modeled after accredited art schools.
MM OK, I understand that you can “neither confirm or deny” your origins. I wonder what part of BHQFU, in its architecture or process, provides for the kind of meaningful dialogue you are seeking, over say, starting a book club or dinner party?
BHQF Well, book clubs and dinner parties are certainly an aspect of how BHQFU has operated. The main difference might simply be that those social forums get held to the same scrutiny as the book or topic in question. Further than that though, and why we decided to create a University rather than a school, is that we are hoping to sustain a network between different social forums. So if there is a reading group on Sundays and a dinner party on Wednesday nights and a lecture series once a month—all those independently organized events can be grounded in a more singular discussion about education itself.
MM On the BHQFU website it is written, “Blind romanticism and blind professionalism are in a false war alienating artists from their better histories.” What do you see as “better histories?”
BHQF “Better histories” is stolen from Obama’s inaugural address. We imagine, for him, it refers to a kind of pragmatic social justice. For BHQFU, it’s meant to refer to a pragmatic educational model. All artists need to talk to other artists. We need each other’s help. Critique is often a difficult experience, the highly problematic work of applying words to works of art. Running away from the fascinating collaborative thing we call human knowledge is not an option. And running full bore into the boring mechanics of commerce is also not an option.
MM What are some of The Bruces’ strategies for a pragmatic art educational model in face of “the boring mechanics of commerce?“
BHQF We should be clear, we haven’t really broken the mold in terms of how a class is conducted. If you were to come to one of our critiques you’d get an experience largely similar to many of the critiques conducted in accredited art schools. The real differences are: there are no grades, attendance is completely voluntary, and whoever is leading the discussion clearly understands his or her role as a facilitator, not as an expert.
MM Also, you write that the art education and in particular the debt-model of art education poses “a form/content problem. Arts education is divided between the practical problems of form (e.g. money—how to get it, raise it, administer it and please the powers that control it) and the slippery problems of metaphor (e.g. education—how to learn, what to learn, why to learn.)” Can you expand upon this line of thought? Is it an issue of the metaphor or content being used? The first point is crystal clear, art school does not provide the knowledge of how to make and deal with funding.
BHQF I suppose what we’re getting at is that art school, despite its curricular reliance on self-reflexive critical thinking, pretends that its own context is a blank slate. But art school is a power structure that ought to be subject to the same scrutiny we apply to the history of painting. If we believe arts education is important, we should be interrogating its forms.
MM Is this interrogation of form utilizing the methods employed by institutional critique, or some other form of examination, i.e. how an art historian may do an analysis on Pre-Raphaelite paintings within the context of the avant-garde? Perhaps we can look at Chris Burden’s Five Day Locker Piece (1971) as a gesture towards the type of interrogation you’re looking for.
BHQF We simply mean that an artist’s education ought to make some time for looking at the history and theory of arts education. It’s through that history that we begin to grasp how art has been gendered male, how it has been sexualized homosexual, how it has institutionalized the lone genius depressive poverty-stricken anti-social weirdo with no relevance to society. And it is through the theory of art education that we can understand how art has been instrumentalized as a tool for the rising creative business class. It’s important to us that knowledge begins with a critical evaluation of where we actually are, not the magical no man’s land of the academy.
MM Obama made famous the idea of the “teachable moment”. Have you ever been in a teachable moment, either as a pupil or teacher, that has had a lasting impact?
BHQF We’d suppose that any event that has had a lasting impact must be a teachable moment. That sounds like a reasonable definition of experience. As the operation of the Foundation has expanded, as we’ve gained more attention and access within the art world, we’re constantly faced with the problem of how to contend with those situations critically and creatively.
MM Is there a shift in meaning with the work that comes from this access? Do you foresee any lasting impacts on the University due to the attention and access?
BHQF We couldn’t tell you how the meaning of the work has changed for others, but to our minds this was part of the plan and part of the work from the beginning. We’re investigating myth-making, ambition and the construction of history—the irony of exceptionalism. So gaining access is part of the program. As for the University, we know it has helped gain support and we hope to continue to use that into the future.
MM What do you gain from being anonymous? Is that hard to maintain? I know folks who know you, though they have not outed you. How long do you feel you can keep this up in our age of transparency and Wikileaks? And what happens once your identities are known?
BHQF We aren’t exactly anonymous. We just don’t like the work of the Foundation being attached to individuals. The work arises out of a collaborative practice and it would be a mistake to attribute it to individuals. Plenty of people know a lot of the people who work for the Foundation. If someone felt it made an interesting story, we suppose we’d be annoyed. But hopefully people that actually care to think about the work would recognize that the biographies of Foundation employees are immaterial to the work.
MM As you set out on Teach 4 Amerika you are stopping at many art schools to, “learn from different models of art education and to rally art students, engaging them in dialogues around how we define ‘art education’, how it should be taught, and how we can build meaningful artistic and educational experiences locally, nationally and beyond.” This sounds a little like sowing the seeds of revolution among the students. Yet I can’t help but think about how these institutions will use your visit to boost recruitment. Is your message of revolutionizing arts institutions already recuperated into the institutions because of their sponsorship of your presence? Is there a shared co-opting in your relationship with these institutions? Does one side have the upper hand?
BHQF We seriously doubt that once Teach 4 Amerika actually happens that it will do anything to boost enrollment. We’re hopeful for the opposite effect.
MM Fair enough. There is quite a history of these phenomena of arts institutions sanctioning artists to be their critiquing consciousness, which then lends greater credibility to the institution itself. Here the artist serves in the capacity of a kind of public editor or secret shopper in corporate consumer culture. So, 1) Do you feel that you are taking on that kind of a role? and 2) As you do gain the attention and access mentioned above does BHQF begin to be subject to the kind of examination as other institutions? Is it fair to look into the deals of individual artists in this way? I am thinking of the New Museum exhibition, Skin Fruit and the controversy around the exhibition curator Jeff Koons and Dakis Joannou’s collection from which the show was culled. And lastly, are you implying that a situation where more artists were less professionalized would be an improvement, and if so, in what ways?
BHQF 1. We don’t really feel comfortable saying we have just one role. It’s true that in many cases critical artists are brought in to add credibility to the institution, though that is a somewhat cynical way of looking at it. Institutions may also just feel guilty for past indiscretions or the fact that they aren’t saving the world. We don’t mind helping out in that regard if it provides us a platform for our own agenda.
2. Being both an artist and an institution, it’s par for the course. We tend to side with Mr. Wilde—there is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or poorly written. But artists are people too. And some of them—very few, but some—are very wealthy collectors, board members and real estate tycoons. There’s no reason to give anyone a pass.
3. It would be an improvement, certainly. The market has a flattening effect on contemporary art. Artists are afraid to take risks because they want to appear salable.
MM Benjamin Buchloh asked Thomas Hirschhorn “Who was more important for you, Warhol or Beuys?” When looking at your oeuvre the same thought comes to mind, yet I want to add Haacke into the equation, so, Warhol, Beuys or Haacke?
BHQF Haacke, for us, has been more of an entry point for how to think about the contextual politics of the art world. But he’s a seriously unfunny dude. Warhol and Beuys gave us access to the more diverse expressive possibilities within institutional critique.
MM Your work does contain a level of humor, sometimes absurdist, as in the press release for The BRUCENNIAL 2010: Miseducation, which claimed to bring “…together 420 artists from 911 countries working in 666 discrete disciplines…” that is not found in Haacke, or even Andrea Fraser, perhaps in a bit of Marcel Broodthaers, and yet I find a melancholy in many of your objects. Could you talk about how you employ humor and sadness?
BHQF Perhaps the biggest difference between BHQF and the mainstays of institutional critique, at least how they’ve been discussed, is that with us, we aren’t inclined to instrumentalize art in the service of an ideology. We are often ideological, but we think the ultimate point of what we’re doing is empathy. The point is the sharing of human feeling – wherever it falls on the spectrum. So in that sense we aren’t employing humor or sadness. The shared experience of humor and sadness is an end in itself.
MM This interview is occurring for the 2011 Open Engagement conference—a free annual conference on socially engaged art, held in connection with the Art and Social Practice MFA program at Portland State University. Within that context I am curious to hear your thoughts regarding the language and history around social practice, participatory practice, public practice, relational aesthetics, public art, new genre, etc?
BHQF So much language! It’s a challenge to get past all the academic bunk that fills the pages around social, participatory, relational etc. It’s not that we aren’t interested in knowing what we’re doing, but most of the language surrounding social practice is a crime against humanity. We spend more time talking about Las Meninas and John Hughes movies than we do engaging with Bourriaud. Some worry about being relational. We worry about relating.
MM With BHQFU, to whom do you worry about relating? Art students, arts academics, the arts administrators?
BHQF We think of the participants in BHQFU the same way we think of our art audience—they are people with an abiding interest in art. Students, academics, administrators, working artists—it doesn’t matter. Everyone has something to gain from the experience.
MM In your interview with the band Pablo Picasso for Interview Magazine you asked them the simple question “Dream gig?” I now ask you the same.
BHQF We have a plan to build a geodesic dome in Manhattan to house Bruce’s remains and his university. We suppose the dream gig is the inaugural party.
MM What might be the motto or epitaph to be inscribed over the geometric entry to this mausoleum/university?
BHQF Professional Challenges. Amateur Solutions.
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2006 CMAS Underwater Hockey World Championships - Sheffield, Great Britain
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Welcome to the website for the 2006 World Championships!
The 2006 Championship has been quite an event - over 300 matches spanning 6 categories, twelve days of competition. And what a competition - the finals saw some spectacular matches, notably the nailbiter in the Ladies Elite between Canada and Australia. So, here's the 2006 World Champions in the all of the categories - click on the link to view the team profiles.
Open Elite - New Zealand
Ladies Elite - Australia
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Ladies U19s - New Zealand
For full details of all the medal winners and the final standings, have a look at the tournament results. Also, the whole results section has been updated to make it easier to see the results for both stages of the competition (round 1 matches and finals results).
You can now view the player profiles for all of the teams
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� Vicky Risianova
Recall all of the excitement of the championships by looking at the photo gallery. There are over 400 photographs, including underwater photographs during the tournament, as well as shots from the opening and closing ceremonies, players welcome reception and final party. You can also order copies from this site, courtesy of JAlbum and Photobox!
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New Zealand vs Great Britain Women's Under 19s - 20th August 2006
� Sol Neelman
On behalf of the CMAS Underwater Hockey Commission I welcome you to the 2006 World Championships web site. In 2006, these championships were the largest single underwater hockey event ever staged and we had 17 countries competing. It was great to see underwater hockey return to its birthplace and be celebrated by so many people from all over the world.
Underwater hockey prides itself on the reuniting of old friends and the creation of new friendships for the future. As always the competition has been played in the true spirit of fair play and respect for all involved as this is the unwritten code of underwater hockey.
This web site has been designed in the 3 official languages of CMAS and contains all the information you will need about this tournament. Please enjoy the site and we look forward to seeing you at future events.
Yours in Hockey,
Graham Henderson, World Tournament Director
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A country for old and small dogs
Michele Young • July 28, 2014 • Leave a reply
Pommy Country Rescue president Dori McRae is joined by Paris, left, and Bo, right, who are sister and brother Pomeranians looking for a permanent home together.
The online ad selling an “outdoor pom” last September raised alarm bells to those who know Pomeranians.
The little dogs are better suited to laps and being companions than left outside.
Ariel was living in a back yard in Calgary, being bred repeatedly for six years to produce puppies for sale.
Dori McRae lives in Barriere. She was contacted about Ariel and couldn’t say no to the dog who had outlived her usefulness to the people who were breeding her.
The Pom arrived in Kamloops blind in one eye, a huge hernia growing inside, feces from another dog matted in her fur and so many fleas the vet deemed were eating her alive.
“She’d never been to a vet,” McRae said Sunday (July 27).
Ariel got the treatment she needed and a pampering home with one of McRae’s friends in the U.S. McRae got the start of a new dog-rescue group, based on one in Calgary. Pommy Country Rescue was born.
Less than a year later, McRae is working on charity status for the group, has a network of foster homes for the dogs she takes in and is raising money to pay for the growing vet bills. And she’s mothering her three- and five-year-old daughters while caring for her own dogs.
Pommy Country is a bit of a misnomer now, though. McRae has taken in a basset hound, Jack Russell terrier, Yorkshire terrier, a few Chihuahuas and a medium-sized Karelian bear dog cross.
And Jazzy, an emaciated Chinese crested who at 13 years old, doesn’t have much time left.
Sweetum is a Pomeranian cross being cuddled by Pommy Country Rescue president Dori McRae at a recent fundraiser yard sale.
On Sunday, McRae had a dozen or so of the home-seeking pups with her at a fundraising yard/bake sale in Brocklehurst.
Bo, a four-year-old white Pomeranian, relentlessly clambered at the fence and yipped a few times for her attention as she stood talking nearby. McRae picked him up and he settled contentedly in her arms.
Often she gets calls from people looking to surrender their animals who won’t or can’t afford to pay a surrender fee at the SPCA (the society asks for a fee to help pay the costs of veterinary care and feeding the animals it takes in). McRae doesn’t charge anything, but welcomes donations, of course.
Pomeranians are known for their outgoing, energetic personalities, despite their small stature.
“With me, the dogs all stay in foster homes,” said McRae. None of them are kennelled, nor are they “outdoor poms.”
While the Kamloops Pommy Country group is still growing out its own puppyhood, McRae has contacted other pom and dog rescue groups to share information. In one case, a Seattle rescue covered the $4,900 vet bill needed for a foster dog who had been debarked and whose throat was growing shut.
Paying the vet bills is one of the biggest challenges she continually faces.
“It’s always a panic and a struggle,” she said.
But she keeps going. Pommy Country has a Facebook page and a web site and McRae is building a considerable network of Pomeranian lovers.
Pommy Country marks one year of rescue in September.
The group has 20 dogs up for adoption right now.
Vet bills add up to thousands of dollars, with the group raising almost $800 to go toward that debt at a yard/bake sale on Sunday.
Pommy Country has 1,700 Facebook followers.
Posted in Dogs, Fostering, Heroes, Rescue. Tags: Dogs, Pomeranians, rescue on July 28, 2014 by Michele Young.
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Forgotten Sporty Cars: Chrysler Laser
December 15, 2009 by Tom Williams 21 Comments
Welcome back to Forgotten Sporty Cars at The Garage! In this space we recall an era where small, economy car-based based vehicles were sold with zippy styling. Whether there was any substance to the sizzle we’ll leave for you to judge.
1984-1986 Chrysler Laser
Imagine for a moment you are Chrysler in the early 1980’s. The automotive industry has been in a performance car coma for years, but there are flickering signs of life at rivals Ford and Chevy with their Mustang GTs and Camaro Z-28s. Money is tight-the US Government just bailed you out in 1979. So, you work with what you have, which in this case the front wheel drive K-car platform.
In 1984, Chrysler debuted the Dodge Daytona, and its near identical corporate cousin, the Chrysler Laser as a pair of sporty 2+2s. Standard power came from a 2.2L four with 93hp on tap. Greater performance could be obtained from a turbocharged version of the same mill, boasting 142hp. Both engines offered 5-speed manuals or 3/4 speed automatics. The Laser featured some slightly different body work, and had a digital dashboard on its top-line XT trim. My uncle bought a Laser XT Turbo brand new, and would let me sit in it. I recall staring in amazement at the bright digital dash, with its digital numbers and bar graphs, the hi-tech audio and that it talked (Your door is ajar). I was convinced the Laser was the most high-tech car money could buy.
But the Chrysler Laser’s life would be a short one. After 1986, the car was quietly dropped, though the Dodge Daytona continued until 1993. Interestingly, in Canada, on the demise of the Laser, the company started selling Chrysler Daytonas, leaving Dodge out in the cold. In the US, the Laser gave way to the new 1987 Chrysler LeBaron, which was positioned as a sportier car than the version it replaced, negating the need for the Laser. Chrysler wasn’t done with the Laser name yet; in 1989, the name was resurrected as the Plymouth Laser, a rebadged Mitsubishi Eclipse.
Filed Under: Forgotten Sporty Cars, Vintage Tagged With: chrysler, Chrysler Laser, laser
Scott Simmons says
Awesome! I remember the Laser being one of my first real car crushes that wasn’t a muscle car. Got a full color brochure at a car show that I put on my wall way back in junior high school. It really was a good looking car.
Gary Grant says
A good friend bought had an 88 or 89 Daytona that had been fairly successful in the Canadian Firehawk series. After that it had been converted to a rally car. He used it as a daily driver and for the occasional navi event and some autocross. Way too much power to the front wheels for the type of super tight autocross we have here in Toronto, but it was a fun beast to drive.
michael chechel says
the laser is an awesome car, it was one of the cars that i really loved when i was a kid, i just recently bought an 84 laser xe that i am going to restore to original condition, the laser is a very good looking car, it looks a lot better and more futuristic and has more technology than most cars on the road today!
Jack S. says
I bought a Laser XE 1984 model in 1985. The price tag on the car in the lot in '84 was $20,200 CA!! That was a TON of money back then. I got a heck of a deal. The guy and his wife, who bought the car originally, she got pregers, and he got layed-off at about the same time!! They were buying the car over 3 yrs so were making BIG payments. I simply took over the payments, all be it over what became a 5 yr term. So I paid $12,500 which is how much they had left owing!! What a sweet car….and go like the wind!!! I even replaced the engine in it after it died!! BTW The engines were known for blowing head gaskets, too much compression they told me. On the 3rd one, I got a racing quality one put in and that solved the problem. Sure wish I still had the car, I envy you greatly. BUT the bill to rebuild your car I don't think I would want. Enjoy it buddy.
Dan O. says
Cool story, Jack. I got my '84 XE in 1986. I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. It was the black one with the leather interior. You're right about the head gaskets. I went through 2 before I eventually sold it. I remember reading somewhere at the time that the turbo was the culprit. Remember how nice that felt when you'd give it the gas and the turbo would kick in? I'm getting all nostalgic here. I hope your project turns out good Michael.
Joshua W. says
I’m turning 16 this month and I’m looking at a laser XE Turbo T Top for my first car, would you recommend it or will it bury me in insurance costs?
Kev says
The laser XT was my first car. It ate a lot of parts, but man was it quick! That car looked good, and never left me stranded. Even when I blew out the bottom end, and the turbo blew up, it got me home!! I miss that car…
This car was in the movie the wraith!
My second car was a 1986 Laser XE with the turbo and talking computer. Got it as a senior in high school, it was only 6 years old at the time. If my parents only knew how much "fun" I had with that car! I'll never forget the summer of 1992.
I had the 86 xe with turbo as well, I still dream about that car!
I bought a chysler lazer xe turbo in 1984, while stationed in upstate New York. I had the care for 10 months before I was sent over seas. In 10 months I put 20,000 + miles on that car. I loved driving it and I loved that spacecraft dash. It was awesome fast and just lookewd great. That car has always been missed
Doug says
My first car was an 86 Laser, Silver 5 speed. Bought it right after I graduated from high school and the car was 5 years old with low ks. I drove that car everywhere and put 11000 ks on it in the first four months. Best mileage I ever had in a vehicle. I replaced it with a 91 Integra which never gave me as good of mileage the Laser did. Hope to see some rebuilds in autoshows as the years go on.
ascendi says
I have one in my garage. .. Anyone interested in purchasing?
Shawn Nairn says
I’m 17 and have a 1984 turbo version as one of my first cars right now. In the process of restoring it. Absolutely love driving it. For the right price though anything is for sale 😉
rockin' ric says
I was looking for a vehicle and went to a car dealer in Tucson, Arizona one night. I test drove a vehicle that I liked and was set on purchasing when after getting out of the car I walked past a car that just drew me towards it. I asked the dealer (salesperson) if that car was for sale and he said that it was left here by a customer just today.
I asked if he would give me the same deal on the car that I just test drove for the car that I just looked at. I looked in the windows that were down and saw an all leather interior that was a dark and light brown combination. I saw a turbo switch. I saw an am/fm stereo cassette entertainment center with a bass booster switch. I saw an all digital L.E.D. dash board instrumentation. This was a two door hatch back with a spoiler on the back.
It was that time that I fell in love with a vehicle that I never heard of that was called the Chrysler Laser XE.
I was the lucky owner of that Laser XE for several years and even transported it from Arizona to Florida in 1993. I had it for several years after until it suffered a cracked block. At that time I was not aware of all of the options that there were in order for me to keep this beauty on the road, thus I was forced to drop it off at a local junk yard. I was devastated.
Although the Dodge Viper and the Chrysler Sebring Convertible are a part of my top 5 vehicles, the Chrysler Laser XE has been the only one that I have actually had the pleasure of owning and driving. What are my other two you ask? Well, my current Chevrolet Venture and the Pontiac Phoenix, to which I owned for a short time since the previous owner did not disclose all of the vehicles faults.
Memories! My Dad owned a 1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo XE. Bought it in 1986 with less than 8k Miles. It was Black with White trim. Gray & White checker style bucket seats. Digital cluster and onboard computer. Car also talked which could be turned off by button in glove compartment. Reminded me of Knight Rider. In 1989 it was sold. Replaced with an 89′ Plymouth Sundance RS.
Cruel Crysler says
I bought a neglected 84 Lazer,barely was able to drive it home.The steering was fine but every once in mile the front wheels would just turn in any direction.
Scarey ride home.Looked at the front end and found only one bolt holding the steering rack on.Four new bolts and a drill put me back on the road.
Then the car wouldn’t start. All the catalyst in the converter had melted into a hard black ball that blocked the exhaust completely.Hacksaw and clamp.Back on the road.
Then the brake lines rotted from the inside out and blew.Guess people never changed the fluid.New lines,back on the road to work at minimum wage to put gas and junkyard parts on that sexy lazer.
Well not bad for a $50 dollar crysler product.
1986 Chrysler laser lx 2.2 turbo t top with the factory after market ground effects. It’s running on 3 cylinders….. Recent engine rebuild and trans. Factory rear window louvors. $1500.00 or best offer
Jason Durington says
It’s been awhile since you posted but I need one of these cars!
Tempe Auto Glass says
I’ve been looking at two of these Lasers, one for ’84 and one from ’86 and one that is stick and the other manual. I just think this is a timeless car and love the talking computer and all the digital displays. Compared to boring and typical cars nowadays, this is a breath of fresh air and I can’t wait to own one and drive around Tempe. Not sure how it’s windshield is but I plan on choosing the automatic version in a brown color with checkered upholstery inside. Only 15,000 miles on it! Get these cars while you can before they drastically go up in price!
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2019 Conference Stats
Senior Banquet Fundraiser
UCF Invitational
Hometown: Plantation, Fla.
High School: American Heritage
- Appeared as a pinch hitter for the Knights in the C-USA Championship against Memphis (5/14)
- Made an appearance pinch hitting for the Knights against UTEP (5/9)
- Pinch hit for the Knights against Florida State (4/7)
- Pinch hit for the Knights in the final contest against East Carolina (4/3)
- Appeared as a pinch runner against No. 6 Florida (3/31)
- Pinch hit for the Black and Gold against Cornell (3/25)
- At the plate for the Black and Gold, she had one hit in the nightcap against Memphis (3/13)
- Made a pinch-hitter appearance for the Knights against Connecticut (3/10)
- Had a pinch hitting appearance for the Black and Gold vs. Harvard (3/5)
- Appeared in the contest against North Florida as a pinch runner (2/24)
- Pinch-hit against Georgia (2/13)
- Made her collegiate debut with a pinch-hit against #16 Tennessee (2/13)
Prior to UCF
- Was a three-sport athlete at American Heritage HS (softball, volleyball, cross country)
- Played for head coach Marty Cooper
- Helped lead her team to the 3A Florida HS State Softball Championship three different seasons
- Was named to the All-Broward County first team four-consecutive seasons
- In 2008, was named the American Heritage Best Female Athlete
- Earned the Iron Man of the Year Award in 2005
- Named Offensive Player of the Year in 2007
- Played travel ball with the Miami Stingrays
- Also played for the Gold Coast Hurricanes Gold
- While with the Hurricanes, her squad placed third at the ASA Gold Nationals in 2007
- Born in Hollywood, Fla.
- Daughter of Rick and Peggy Soltis
- Majoring is undecided
Highlights:UCF SB vs UNF
Highlights: SB vs Houston
Highlights: UCF SB vs Bethune-Cookman
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Menabilly Barton - Gribbin Head - Polkerris - Fowey
Sam Roebuck
The walk starts near Menabilly, the country house which inspired Mandalay, the house in Daphne DuMaurier's Rebecca, and her home for many years. But those hoping to catch a glimpse of the property will be disappointed.
However, they will not be disappointed as they pick up the coastal path and climb up through pasture to the National Trust 'Gribbin Daymarker' on Gribbin Head. Erected in 1832, and looking to all the world like a lighthouse, this structure has no light, but serves only as a navigation aid during the hours of daylight. It's worth a visit, but is only open to the public on Sundays.
We continue around Gribbin Head and into St Austell Bay, we are rewarded with views of the Cornish Alps on the skyline in front of us (courtesy of Cornish China Clays), including the distinctive quarry in which the Eden Project sits, invisible from here.
Before leaving the coast near Polkerris, you can climb down into this charming little cove for a drink in the pub. If not, we pick up the Saints Way, a Cornish long distance footpath running around this area, and worth further exploration by long distance walkers. The Saints Way takes us quickly over to Fowey to pick up the coastal path once more. Those who have never visited Fowey are recommended to take the short diversion to the harbour area, before returning to the coast path, where another treat awaits in the form of the view over Fowey and the estuary from St. Katherine's Castle. The castle itself is worth a visit, but after you do, the return along the coast is via some very pretty coves.
The route is on the whole dog-friendly, but a couple of stiles may be awkward, and livestock was present in one area at the time of walking.
England - South West England - Cornwall - Coast
Ancient Monument, Castle, Great Views, Sea, Woodland
29/12/2016 - Patricia Daw
Walked Dec 28 2016. Set off at 12.30 and was back at 3.50. We stopped to take lots of photos en route and have a rest at Gribbin Head. We started the walk at Polkerris and ended the walk watching the sun set from the pub on the beach. Fabulous.
Cornish Cottage Holidays
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In 2012, at least 17 newborns were named Siri
There was a boom in Apple-related names in 2012 with at least 17 newborn girls named Siri.
Other common names were Apple or Mac, although they could or could not be related to the company.
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26/05/2018: A Development Version Sword of Sodan is now Archived! It's playable, although bugs remain...on the IIGS...right now!!!
I was cautiously optimistic when Rich Walter posted in the Apple IIGS Enthusiasts group on Facebook that he'd found the 3.5" disks that friend Jimmy Huey had in storage for over 20 years which contained a development version of Sword of Sodan for the IIGS...that was playable. Jimmy had the disks as Discovery Software gave him the option to complete the project when programmer Scott Patterson moved on from it, but Jimmy turned it down. It had sat in limbo ever since.
The disks were sent to John Keoni Morris, who I recommended to carefully image as working on his Applesauce device, a way of creating disk images including the copy protection itself, he's proven multiple times from testimonials across Apple II fandom that he's been able to image disks that no-one has been able to image before. The disks were sent via mail and we all held our collective breath. Would the disks still work after nearly 30 years? Would there be one sector error that prevented the game from being playable?!
Thankfully, John was able to image the disks! As bad luck would have it (at least for everyone waiting to get their hands on the disk images), I'm out of town staying with friends, and haven't been checking social media or emails...until this evening. I've since sprang into action quickly looking at the disk images on my MacBookPro, emulating the IIGS with Sweet 16.
I've only quickly checked the game in Sweet 16, and the game appears to work! I was amazed that the title screen even appeared with the same genie like affect that the Amiga version has – I really didn't expect that, as the demo we all drooled over never included it. The game does start, however, joystick emulation in Sweet 16 is...not great. Also, not having a numeric keypad, I can't play by keyboard control under emulation. But I've taken screen shots and John has said the game works...and is hard! It looks like you can choose to start from any level, which I don't believe was in the Amiga version, but it's been a while since I checked it out. It's likely this is a development feature to help debug the game.
But enough reading this – you want to play it yourself, as every IIGS gamer has since 1989! Go to the Sword of Sodan archive and download the disk images there. 1meg of RAM should be enough to play with. Thanks to Antoine Vignau for an old scan of the box of the Amiga version, although if anyone has the boxed Amiga version, I'd ask if someone else could scan it, that'd be great for a better quality scan. As well as the manual, which may help.
The source code has yet to be found amongst Jimmy Huey's archives, but you can be sure Rich Walter and Jimmy will keep looking for it. More news as it comes!
UPDATE: Antoine's already begun disassembling it and has already made a single volume version so it doesn't require any disk swapping. I've included this single volume with the .zip file containing the disk images. I've also included the demo disassembly Antoine did back in 2010, for which I took screen grabs from the Amiga version under emulation to fill in for the graphics that the code was asking for, but was missing.
UPDATE 2: Matt Reichart seemed to be the first to play through the game and make notes of what works and what doesn't:
The levels are:
0 - Outside the City Gate
1 - Between the City Walls
2 - In the City Streets
3 - In the Heart of the Forest
4 - In the Land of the Dead
5 - In the Foyer of Castle Craggamoor
6 - Descend the Stairs
7 - In a Passage Deep
8 - In the Catacombs
9 - In the Foyer of Castle Craggamoor (repeat of 5)
A - At the Wizards Tower
The levels are in various states of completeness. I think 0, 1, 2, 4 and 6 are mostly complete (not a surprise that 2, 4, and 6 were seen in the demo). Level 8 is somewhat complete but is missing the large bird animal thing you have to ride and the water pit trap. Levels 3, 5, and 9 are empty but playable. Level A only has the first part of the boss and that doesn't display right. The second boss isn't even there.
Speaking of broken, there are lots of bugs and issues. I had the game ask for a garbled disk number sometimes and crash. I also had it ask for disk 7 at one point! There are random sounds that play on levels 5 and 9. The foreground tree graphics in level 3 aren't right or are missing, and of course the last boss is all glitched up.
UPDATE 3: I've played through the game quite a lot and after some practise, can quite comfortably play all the way to level 6 – Descend the Stairs. Although I've played the Mac version a bit in the past, I've got to say, playing it on the IIGS is awesome. Joystick control is very responsive and it really does feel like an arcade quality title that we all hoped for more of on the IIGS. Antoine's single disk image version makes play even more enjoyable, as with the CFFA3000, the game could only see the first two disks and the third had to be copied to a real 3.5" disk for play to continue.
I do hope we can all somehow contribute to a fuller version of the game, but I fear without the source code, or raw artwork, this will likely not happen.
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In-Box Review
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Tiger I (Late)
Tiger-I (Ver. Late)
by: Bill Cross [ BILL_C ]
Originally published on:
Armorama
The Tiger I tank needs no introduction.
Although it is commonly thought the Tiger was developed to counter the shock of encountering the T-34 tank, development actually began a month prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union. Nevertheless, the tank proved a necessary antidote to the upgrunned, uparmored tanks being introduced onto the battlefields of WW2. The Tiger I was considered a formidable foe because of its armor-plate and firepower that allowed it to out-punch just about anything the Allies or Soviets could throw at it. It was mounted with the deadly 8.8cm KwK 36 (a cousin of the PaK 43 anti-tank gun) developed by Krupp after Rheinmetall's 88mm design was preferred for what was Germany's best multipurpose cannon, the FlaK 18/36/37). With its dreaded "88," the Tiger could knock out most tanks before they could get in range to do battle. Stories abound of anti-tank rounds bouncing off its armor, or of commanders like Michael Wittmann single-handedly destroying 29 tanks and APCs at the battle of Villers-Bocage in June, 1944.
However, the Tiger was developed too late in the war, was significantly underpowered for its large size and weight, was expensive to build, and was built in numbers too small to turn the course of the land conflict in Germany's favor. Grouped into specialized Tiger battalions (Panzer Abteilungen), the tanks were more often used as mobile "fire brigades" sent in to stave off defeat, then withdrawn and sent somewhere else to quell a breakthrough. Yet despite its small numbers and propensity to break down (or worse, run out of gas), opponents insisted no other tank was as feared as the Tiger.
Historians (and model geeks) usually divide the Tiger I's operational life into four variants:
The terms were not official Wehrmacht nomenclature, but instead are used today to distinguish the various changes and modifications to the vehicle, whether the change in tracks (from "mirrored," matched ones in the beginning to the same tracks mounted on opposite sides), all the way to the steel wheels fitted to later models when the early rubber-rimmed wheels wore out too quickly. Variants weren't "discrete," however, with changes made along the way, so that "Late" Tigers built a few months apart might have distinct differences. The terms are more elastic than we might prefer.
Tamiya and Dragon have long dominated the Tiger I marketplace, while Korean manufacturer Academy issued Tigers that hard-cores like myself saw as inaccurate-- and inferior. Now the company has attempted to rectify at least some of the problems by releasing two new, upgraded kits recently: a mid-Tiger (reviewed on Armorama by David Foster) and a late version, reviewed here.
kit contents
Inside the usual brightly-colored Academy box are:
11 sprues of yellow styrene
1 hull tub
a length of string
small sheet of decals printed by Def.Model
a strip of poly caps for the wheels, etc.
two strands of "rubber band" tracks
8 page painting & marking guide
8 page instruction booklet
small free of PE with engine screens & a Zimmerit tool
First of all, I want to thank Tiger expert David Byrden for helping me to review this kit. I know of no one who knows more about Tigers and their differing details than David, though he has modestly disputed my saying so. He has graciously pointed out the accuracy issues of the kit, along with its strengths, and helped walk me through all the problems large and small. In addition, David secured permission to use the illustration from Hilary Doyle (at right) showing how a Tiger's turret roof should be laid out.
As pointed out above, this isn't a brand-new kit, but a combination of older Academy Tiger parts and new sprues with updated and upgraded components, as well as spiffy new decals from Cartograf. The changes include a new stab at a proper asymmetrical turret, a slide-molded 88mm gun (replacing the previous two-piece barrel), two new mantlets, two muzzle brakes, etc.
The new turret is of particular importance, since one of the areas that has concerned modelers in the past has been the inaccurate turret configuration on Academy Tigers. A small cottage industry of resin "fixes" sprang up to correct problems with the kits, along with those of Tamiya (whose accuracy issues have come in for far less scrutiny and criticism). While mostly well-molded, the earlier Academy kits often have wrong dimensions and a softness of detail.
The good news is the company has rendered the asymmetrical turret (Parts S1-2) properly for the most part with what David Byrden calls "proper angles, or very close to them." The wider vision ports are present, though the welds are positioned for an Early Tiger (likely the prototype used during the design phase). Consign Parts K22-23 to the spares box, as these are for an Early Tiger.
Sadly the good news about the asymmetrical turret is dampened by the problem of the turret roof. Three are provided in the kit (the older K1, along with new molds Q11 and S3). K1 and S3 are the older 25mm thick roofs; Q11 is the later 40mm roof. The 25mm roof is a Mid-Tiger feature, along with the very earliest Late-Tigers (got that?).
Yet the 40mm roof isn't correct, either. It has a central weld line (May '44), cupola drain slots (June '44) and the "mushrooms" for attaching a crane (Pilze, from June '44). For this reason, it's appropriate only for the the final version of the Tiger I. You can remove the three features, but that would interest only rivet counters like myself. Using Part S3 will not solve the problem, since it has the wrong loader's hatch configuration, and lacks a flare pistol port. For sticklers, the port is located too far towards the rear of the roof. Step 13 says either loader's hatch (Parts Q5 & Q6) can be used, while only Q5 is correct.
The final problem with the turret is the beveled escape hatch (Part Q15) which is suitable only for an Early Tiger.
These are not fatal errors if all you want is to build "a Tiger I." But for those who want to build one of the ten specific vehicles in the painting guide (see below), it's annoying and somewhat disappointing.
Other errors associated with the turret are the bin and the "notch" that faces the turret: this does not extend all the way to the base of the bin as in the kit, but only about 1/3 of the way down. You will need to putty-over and sand smooth the fill (check out this cross-section of a proper bin).
Turning to the business end of a Tiger's turret, there are two mantlets provided in the kit (Parts P13 and Q19). Part P13 is good for most Late Tigers, but Q19 has only one eye-hole, making it work strictly on Tigers produced after April 1944.
Not all the kit's issues are molded: the instructions are sometimes vague or wrong. For example, in Step 12, the extra tracks are shown being glued on upside down with the guide horns toward the top, instead of the other way around.
The Hull
The hull's "roof" has the protective ring around the turret that was added in February, 1944, right after steel wheels were substituted for the rubber-ringed ones on the earlier versions. This makes the hull roof suitable for almost all the Late Tigers. The pattern of bolts in the turret protective ring aren't correct, but this is a small problem. The tools intended for placement on the hull roof are in the correct positions, though the instructions don't tell modelers how to angle the tow clevis/hitch (Part L9).
The engine covers have the correct patterns for the heavy grilles, and the engine hatch is correct for Late Tigers. The wiring tube from the hull roof to the headlight is not present, but this can be scratch-built. The 6-piece gun cleaning rod is provided, though one of the pieces should be noticeably shorter than the others (none is, though this is easily remedied with a hobby knife).
The hull itself has the correct "notched" towing hook eyes. However, the rear wall (Part B6) is correct for Early Tigers and will need modification (some filling of holes and cutting off details). For example, the raised bar meant for the tool box should be removed. The "frames" underneath the mudflaps are molded onto the wall, but they were not present on Late Tigers and should be cut off. The adaptor plate (Part L18) is supposed to be glued flush to the hull wall, but was actually attached to two rods and stood off from the wall.
The rear mudguards have a cross-shaped hole in each one. These are from Early Tigers (Late Tiger mudguards had a rectangular hole). While the armored covers for the exhaust holes are too thin, the shields will conceal this problem. The small flapper valves on the exhausts (Part E20) did not exist on Late Tigers and should be discarded.
One of the decal options is for a Command Tiger (see below), and the special arrangement of tools on the rear wall is correctly-indicated for this type of vehicle (it's OK to cheer now).
The kit contains the small idler that was found on most Late Tigers, as well as the large idler. While the instructions show the large idler as an option, it will work only on the first few Late Tigers. In addition, using the large idler requires modifications to other kits parts or else requires parts not included in the kit at all.
The hull bottom has two round hatches under the engine (Part E23). Late Tigers had one round and one rectangular hatch.
The front edges of the hull have the notched armor
by the towing eyes suitable for most Late Tigers, and the older version is offered as an option for certain decals.
Zimmerit
Late Tigers had Zimmerit coating, and this kit does not. In the photo etch included for the engine grills is a tool for zim-it-yourselfers. If you're comfortable doing your own Zim, then all you will need are some reference photos to get the right pattern. Otherwise I would suggest ordering an AM Zimmerit product like the Atak one intended for the Academy Mid-Tiger. I purchased one for my planned build of this kit.
painting & decals
Take a note, Dragon: Academy hired Def. Model to put together 10 TERRIFIC variants, and Cartograf to print the necessary decals. None of the usual "unknown unit" cop-outs we see in so many of your kits (though not the recent Tiger releases). The painting guide runs the gamut from stripes over Dunkelgelb to tri-color camo. And some of the most-famous and most-colorful units are included, along with two tanks commanded by the almost legendary Michael Wittmann.
Option #1: #312, Pz.Abt 505, Central Russia 1944; tricolor stripes with the red version of the knight on horseback; tank has Panzer Grey barrel with yellow ring on the recoil chamber. According to David Byrden, this isn't the first "312" of this unit. Since photographs are unclear about the camo and markings, the kit gives you either 2-color or 3-color options. Ditto the large knight logo painted on each side of the turret: both red and green versions are included, since no one is sure of the correct color.
The instructions correctly call out the large muzzle brake for this Tiger, but the kit does not include a correct turret roof. 312 did not have the Pilze ("mushroom") lumps on the turret roof,
nor the weld line running across the middle. It had a spare track rack at the hull front, which is not supplied by the kit, but could easily be scratch-built. It is unknown whether the tank had one or two eye holes in its mantlet, but the kit has both. The instructions don't specify which kind of idler wheel to use, but the small one is correct. Q5 is the correct loader's hatch.
Option #2: #007 SS Pz.Abt. 101, Michael Wittman, near Caen, France, August 1944; tricolor Xs and stripes, including wheels. This was a Command tank, which is somewhat different from a standard Tiger I. The kit includes the correct parts and instructions for modifying the rear hull wall for a Command Tiger. However, the kit does not include the extra radio equipment and unique mantlet (without MG firing hole), nor do the instructions indicate their necessity. While it might seem quibbling, the decals render the "7" digit with a gentle curve, while the photo of the tank shows an angled bend. No one is certain what kind of roof it had, so the Mid Tiger roof included in the kit may be correct. If it had a Late Tiger roof, then the kit does not include the correct one.
The instructions call for the small muzzle brake, but this is incorrect. Nor do the instructions indicate Part Q15 is the correct hinge.
Option #3: #212 SS Pz.Abt. 101, Michael Wittman's legendary tank from the battle of Villiers-Bocage, June, 1944; tricolor camo in Xs and stripes, including wheels (also additional numbers to build six other tanks from Wittman's company). The Wittmann Tiger had a length of spare tracks mounted on the front of the hull (not included). It is unclear whether it has the weld line across the middle of the turret roof. The kit's roof does have the line. The small muzzle brake, small idler wheels and mantlet with one eye hole are all correct for this Tiger, although the instructions mistakenly call for the large muzzle brake.
Option #4: #221/#231 SS Pz.Abt. 104, Northern France, August 1944; predominantly brown and green with disruptive stripes of Dunkelgelb. The kit calls out the straight hull front, while photos clearly show the later "notched" hull front. Again, it's unknown whether the turret roof had the weld line across the top (it's present on the kit roof). The small idler wheels and the mantlet with one eye hole indicated in the instructions are correct for this Tiger.
Option #5: #313 Pz.Abt. 503, Normandy, July 1944; brown and green stripes over predominantly Dunkelgelb. The instructions wrongly indicate the large muzzle brake, however, the small idler wheels and the mantlet with one eye hole are correct for this Tiger. This is also an option where it's correct to leave the Pilze lumps on the turret roof.
Option #6: #300 Pz.Abt. 505 (red or green knight on horseback), Central Russia, July 1944; predominantly Dunkelgelb with disruptive stripes of green; Panzer gray barrel. This is not really a Late Tiger, but a Mid upgraded with new wheels and tracks. According to David Byrden, the kit contains "almost enough parts to build it, because of the sprues containing parts from the Mid Tiger kit. But you would have to diverge greatly from what the instructions say." Here is his breakdown of the changes needed:
The turret dates from October 1943. The correct roof is K1 or S3, though those parts both lack a weld line across the front (In fact I'm not sure that S3 represents any roof correctly).
K5 is the correct loader's hatch.
S1, S2 are the best turret wall parts in the kit. Use the pistol port K19.
Use the large muzzle brake, P6 and the oldest hatch hinge, K21. Use P13 for the mantlet.
The kit doesn't contain a correct hull roof for this Tiger. You could use Q18 only if you cut off the raised partial ring that surrounds the turret. You could also use B1, but you'd have to cut off the headlight stands, the S-mine brackets, and move the headlight lighting wire for the middle position. Also, move the wooden block backwards slightly, to clear the headlight wire. In summary, make B1 look like Q18 without the raised ring (but put P16 along the left side of the turret, not in front of it).
At the hull front use B22, B23. The only hull rear that they provide is B6, which needs some work in any case. For this Tiger, you should add the welded mounts for Feifels, but not use the Feifels themselves.
Use the Travel Lock, which is on the L sprue. See the instructions for Academy's Mid Tiger 13287.
Use the large idlers B4, B5.
Option #7: #2 Pz.Abt. 506, Ukraine, Spring 1944; predominantly Dunkelgelb with green & brown stripes; tiger rampant with shield unit emblem. According to Byrden, "this is almost a speculative scheme. There is only a single photo that supposedly shows a Late Tiger "2" of the 3rd company, and it's hard to be sure what the turret number really is."
Option #8: #3 Pz.Abt. 508, Tuscany, Italy, July 1944; predominantly Dunkelgelb with heavy disruptive striping of green and brown. According to David Byrden, "these decals don't represent specific Tigers, because this unit, at this time, did not give its Tigers unique numbers; only a company number." Because the photographic record of this unit's Tigers is sparse, we only know that they received 27 new tanks in June, 1944. So you're safe to use these decals for final-version Tigers. That means leaving the Pilze bumps on the turret roof, using the small idler wheels and the mantlet with one eye hole.
Option #9: #912 SS. Pz.Abt. "Totenkopf," Radzymin, Poland, August 1944; equal balance of Dunkelgelb, brown and green, including wheels. Another final-version Tiger, so all of the latest features would be used EXCEPT it has the large muzzle brake as shown in the instructions. Again, the crane mounts/Pilze should be left on the turret roof, and the small idler wheels and one-eyed mantlet used. However, the cupola should have 3 drainage slits, which are not available with this kit.
Option #10: #A22 Großdeutschland Pz. Division, Gumbinnen, Lithuania, August 1944, disruptive heavy stripes of green and brown over Dunkelgelb. Another final-version Late Tiger, so all of
the latest features should be used (Pilze "lumps," small idler wheels and the one-eyed mantlet). As with #9 above, the three drainage slits for the cupola are missing. The instructions also incorrectly indicate the large muzzle brake.
At the end, the painting guide also includes a nice overview of tanker uniform insignia which are included among the decals.
So with all the lingering issues, is this a good kit?
Given that some of the Michael Wittmann Tigers from Dragon and Cyberhobby now fetch the price of a small car, this Academy kit may be the most cost-effective means of recreating the celebrated tanker's last rides. The company's mid-Tiger traffics in the fame of Otto Carius, so perhaps Academy is prepared to give the rest of us a chance to have famous tankers' tanks after Dragon has let their versions become collector's items.
As to the kit's many issues, they have been presented here so that modelers can assess if they will detract from the enjoyment of the kit and its build. And while Dragon has availed itself of David Byrden's expertise to improve its Tiger kits, at least here at Armorama, we have that same expertise in assessing this Academy kit and even showing the way to improving it.
The bottom line is: the kit has many inaccuracies, but some can be corrected by following David's corrections here in this review. Overall, the kit is a big improvement from Academy's earlier offerings. Other issues will be more challenging, and it will depend on how much of a stickler for detail you are whether you want to fix them. There may be a place for some AM resin fixes, too, for things like the turret roof. Scratch-building a fix for that will be a PITA, and it would be nice to see someone do a correct roof.
Thanks to Model Rectifier Corporation for providing this review sample. Be sure to say that you saw the kit reviewed on Armorama when you purchase yours. And a big round of applause for our own David Byrden for helping me with this review.
Highs: Excellent painting guide with specifics on ten real tanks, plus some variants. Academy has tried to fix some of the problems of its original kits.
Lows: No Zimmerit, though a tool for the Do-It-Yourselfers is included. Some accuracy issues with the turret roof and omissions or errors in the instructions.
Verdict: A very build-able, if flawed kit that will put a Late Tiger in the hands of modelers who have been shut out of the Dragon versions. It could be argued Academy has taken over second place in the Tiger sweepstakes ahead of the ancient Tamiya kits.
Mfg. ID: 13334
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Any word about AM goodies for this kit anyone? Hisham? Frenchy?
JUL 29, 2015 - 07:34 PM
Headhunter506
Bill, you could get away with using AM (Aber,etc.) designed for Tamiya Tigers since the Academy kits are essentially knockoffs.
Thanks, Joseph!
qmccarthy
Thank you for the review. I just received this kit as a gift and want to do decal option #6. You mention that this version can mostly be built from parts in the box. Any chance you have a reference list or guide for this build? (I am tiger novice having just recently finishing my second tiger model in 30 years of modeling.) again, thanks for the excellent review!
AUG 01, 2015 - 08:29 PM
Quinn, let me see if David Byrden will step in here and point you in the right direction.
Byrden
To build "300" of s.Pz.Abt.505 with this kit; -------------------------------- The turret dates from October 1943. The correct roof is K1 or S3, though those parts both lack a weld line across the front. (In fact I'm not sure that S3 represents any roof correctly; does it protrude above the turret walls, anyone?) K5 is the correct loader's hatch. S1, S2 are the best turret wall parts in the kit. Use the pistol port K19. Use the large muzzle brake, P6. Use the oldest hatch hinge, K21. Use P13 for the mantlet. --------------------- The kit doesn't contain a correct hull roof for this Tiger. You could use Q18 only if you cut off the raised partial ring that surrounds the turret. You could also use B1, but you'd have to cut off the headlight stands, the S-mine brackets, and move the headlight lighting wire for the middle position. Also, move the wooden block backwards slightly, to clear the headlight wire. In summary, make B1 look like Q18 without the raised ring (but put P16 along the left side of the turret, not in front of it).
Thanks, David! Appreciate your helping out this way.
Continued... At the hull front use B22, B23. The only hull rear that they provide is B6, which needs some work in any case. For this Tiger, you should add the welded mounts for Feifels, but not use the Feifels themselves. You should use the Travel Lock, which is on the L sprue. See the instructions for Academy's Mid Tiger 13287. Use the large idlers B4, B5.
Thank you for the information! I appreciate the help as I work to try and make this model as accurate as I can. I will try and post a picture once I get it done.
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A KISS BEFORE DYING
1956, Park Circus/MGM, 104 min, USA, Dir: Gerd Oswald
Social-climbing college student Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) is determined to marry into money – but his girlfriend’s pregnancy could derail his plans. That’s when Bud truly becomes a ladykiller. This rare Cinemascope color noir, based on the Edgar-winning novel by Ira Levin, reveals the psychosis lurking beneath the American affluence of the Eisenhower era. Filmed on location in Tucson, Arizona, and co-starring Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward and Mary Astor.
Robert L. Jacks
Lawrence Roman
Lucien Ballard
Jeffrey Hunter
Virginia Leith
Gerd Oswald
Lionel Newman
1956, Warner Bros., 119 min, USA, Dir: John Ford
John Wayne gives the performance of his career as Ethan Edwards, a deeply troubled Civil War veteran who heads off in search of his kidnapped niece (Natalie Wood) and becomes more obsessive and irrational as his journey progresses. Through Wayne's character, Ford explores the contradictions and dark side of the American frontier.
Merian C. Cooper
Alan Le May
Frank S. Nugent
Winton C. Hoch
1961, Warner Bros., 168 min, USA, Dir: Nicholas Ray
Director Nicholas Ray and epic producer Samuel Bronston seemed an odd couple, but the pair made this reverent, straightforward portrait of the life of Christ work on its own terms. Filled with moving performances by Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus, a potent, often mysterious messiah, and Robert Ryan as John the Baptist, with support from Siobhan McKenna, Rip Torn, Royal Dano, Harry Guardino, Viveca Lindfors and others. Meticulous and spectacular production design augments the realism, while Orson Welles’ narration adds storybook charm. Originally played at the Egyptian Theatre!
Samuel Bronston
Royal Dano
Siobhan McKenna
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Daily Online Profits News – Issue #422
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Technology and the Press
Frank Reed says:
The press and technology have one of those classic “love-hate” relationships. On the one hand technology makes for good articles because of the high level of interest expressed by certain groups in society. On the other hand, technology is the one major thing that is forcing a sea change in the delivery of the news industry and changing the face of the journalistic work force.
The Pew Research
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Jennifer Davey says:
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The-Sale-You-Cant-Close
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Survey Says “Twitter Effect” is a Hollywood Myth
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Vincent Bruzzese, president of the worldwide motion picture grouptold TheWrap;
“In this business we spin ourselves into perceptions that aren’t real. They echo through the hallways of this industry, but th
Google Instant And SEO
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The [Monday] Papers
"A decade ago, when Jen Sincero was in her 40s and totally broke - flailing about in 'Loserville,' as she puts it - she decided to change her life. And she actually followed through," the Tribune reports.
Now she's a successful author. How did she do it? She became a life coach!
How To Not Be A Loser Like Me.
Actually Sincero is building a brand based on advising people to be the badasses they purportedly really are. For example, Sincero turned her life around - along with the life coaching thing - by starting a business teaching companies how to write book proposals. How bad ass is that?!
"Sincero says the following six steps can help us unlock our own inner badassery."
I'll save you the click and tell you the six steps are variations of the same things you've heard your whole life, blah blah blah.
I have my own six steps to follow to unlock your badassery, and number one is to ignore the Sinceros the world. The other five you have to pay for.
Also, it's virtually impossible to be a corporate soldier and a badass - or be a badass motivational speaker. Let's not define badass down.
"If my broke ass can get rich, you can too."
In 2011 she sold most of her possessions and spent the next three years running her business from all corners of the globe, writing, speaking, coaching and encouraging people to live lives of unbridled awesomeness.
How to get rich? Start a business teaching other people how to get rich! I think I'm qualified! No. 1: Be a badass!
Real badassery will not get you rich, sorry. That's part of being a badass.
Note: Tony Robbins never had a "real" job outside of motivational speaker. He started out at 17 telling other people how to best live their lives without the benefit of any experience of his own at doing just that. So it goes!
Programming Note
I hope to return to politics this week; I just haven't had the strength, I feel like shit every day and I think I'm dying. So we'll see!
SportsMonday: Parkey & Pace
Like his kicker, Bears GM has been the most hit-and-miss general manager we've ever seen in these parts.
Can we please get some buttons from r/chicago
Finally made it out to Bob's Blues & Jazz Mart, 3419 W Irving Park Rd., and got to talk to Chicago jazz/blues legend Bob Koester. He's the founder of @delmarkrecords, the oldest independent jazz and blues record label in the country. I told him he's a living legend. His response: "All you have to do to be a living legend is get old and be stubborn." #delmarkrecords #delmark #Jazz #blues #bobsbluesandjazzmart #vinyl #recordstore #records
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Dick "The Bruiser" Afflis vs. Bill Melby | 1950s Chicago wrestling
"Here is wild wrestling match featuring Dick The Bruiser Afflis vs. Bill Melby from Fred Kohler's Chicago territory. After being thrown off the Green Bay Packers football team, Dick Afflis turned to professional wrestling."
MUST-READ: Two Towns Forged An Unlikely Bond. Now, ICE Is Severing The Connection.
This, sadly, is my favorite piece of journalism so far this year. It illustrates so much about human identity, connection, cultural transmission, and the brutal, fascist times we live in.
Trump is very up on the details of Jeff Bezos' divorce. But when asked about Steve King's white supremacist comments he says: "I haven't been following it."
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) January 14, 2019
Nashville is Russian for New Orleans. https://t.co/8EoqsSBQJ8
I'm sympathetic, but let's be clear: Gannett laid down the template for all the vampires who followed. https://t.co/JM5T7ujAMY
American Airlines' New Tiny Bathrooms 'Most Miserable Experience In The World' https://t.co/2GoMLa3F5F via @Inc
"Nunes buried evidence on Russian meddling to protect Trump. I know because I'm on the committee" - @RepSwalwell https://t.co/pFgvBTNH9p
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) January 13, 2019
A lot of reporters revolve into taking PR jobs for pols or corporations. Then there are reporters who would never get hired for those jobs. Those are the reporters to follow.
The Beachwood McRibTipLine: Low and slow.
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Beijing Impression > Beijing Attractions > Eastern Beijing Great Stalactite Cavern
Eastern Beijing Great Stalactite Cavern
Adult: 50 RMB/person
Located about 90 kilometers from Beijing city, the Eastern Beijing Great Stalactite Cavern is proud to be the first Stalactite Cavern discovered at the Eastern area of Beijing and thus it is how it named. According to the records, mega fossils from the Mesoproterozoic Gaoyuzhuang Formation that aged one and a half billion years ago were found here. Thus, it is also well known as “The First Ever Ancient Cavern”.
The total length of the cave is over 2500 meters with about 100 meters of water way. The whole scenic area has been divided into eight districts with more than ten tourist attractions. The most majestic spot would be the Longhuitianshu, a scene which seems to be enriched with very strong carving style that was in fact naturally formed. The average temperature within the cave is almost fair throughout the years that warm in the winter and cool in summer.
On top of that, Eastern Beijing’s Great Stalactite Cavern can be reached easily. Besides the stalactite cavern as the major attractions, there are also many recreation facilities throughout the scenic area such as angling ponds, cable car, Carting Car, as well as mountain slides. Moreover, for those who are looking for an easy way to go round the scenic area, electric cars are also available to bring visitors around some specified attractions. You may experience the fruit picking activity in the farms as well if you visit here in the autumn.
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Martin Georglev's works are powerful and possess an individual style. The balance of these qualities allows his talent to unfold in pursuing perpetual themes, such as the meaning of human existence, the responsibility of the Creation to the Creator. and the divine essence of the human being. As a conductor he reaches depths in music, through precise ly measured approach to imagery and stylistic features of the works. The world premiere of Percussion Concerto No. 3 "Genesis", commissioneby the Municipality of the City of Vama was conducted by the composer in 2011 with the Symphony Orchestra of the Varna State Opera and soloist Tatiana Koleva, a leading International percussionist who was also born in Varna. The recording with the Bulgarian National Radio SO in Sofia, featured on this CD, was produced 3 years later, in 2014. The recording of Heavenly Reflections was produced in 2007 and was Georgiev's first recording as a composer and conductor with this orchestra, with whom he had recorded previously as a concert percussionist. The outer parts of the Symphonic Triptych, which are respectively the earliest and the latest composition featuring on this album, were recorded by them in 2016. Martin Georgiev was born in 1983 in Varna, Bulgaria. He showed musical talent already as a 5-year-old, studied recorder, percussion and piano and wrote his first compositions when he was twelve. The first concert featuring only his compositions was given In 2000 at the Varn a City Art Gallery and in the same year he won the First Prize and Grand Prix of the International Music Festival ·Hopes. Talents, Masters·. Albena (Bulgaria, 2000), and two awards for transcriptions from the Union of Bulgari an Composers.
Before finishing secondary education in 2002 at the National School of Arts 'Oobri Christov' in Varna, specialising in percussion with Dalila Nedelcheva, and conducting and composition with Prof. Milko Kolarov, he had participated in many festivals and concert tours to Canada, France and Greece, won 1s prizes from Bulgarian and International competitions, and in the same year performed as a soloist in the premiere of his First Percussion Concerto for vibraphone, marimba and string orchestra at the Vama Summer Intematlonal Music Festival. His achievements were acknowledged by the State Department for Education, Science and Technology with a National Diploma for outstanding achievements in music in 2002. In 2003, aged 19 he received the Award for Symphonic Composition at the 75th Anniversary of the Sofia National Philharmonic Orchestra with his Passacaglia on Two Bulgarian Themes, (Sofia Philharmonic, Rossen Milanov conductor). The same work was selected by the international panel of the TACTUS Young Composers Forum in Brussels, Belgium, performed by the National Orchestra of Belgium conducted by Pascal Rophé and later received the UBC Goldert Stave Award. He subsequently graduated with Distinction at the National Academy of Music 'Pancho Vladlgerov' (So Ha) In conducting (with Prof. Plamen Ojouroftj), composition (with Prof. Krasimir Taskov) and percussion (with Prof. Tatiana Karparova), and completed an ABRSM Conducting Diploma studying with Prof. Vassil Kazandjiev FBAS. An ABRSM International Scholarship, together with scholarships by the Royal Academy of Music, the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria and the St Cyril and Methodius International Foundation supported his postgraduate studies in conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where he studied with Colin Metters, Sir Colin Davis and George Hurst. In 2008, when graduating from the Royal Academy, he was awarded the Fred Southall Memorial Prize for Conducting. His first opera, The Mirror, with original libretto by Marike van Aerde, was premiered in London in 2009 by Azalea, conducted by Jessica Cott is with patrons Sir Charles Mackerras, Lady Valerie Solti and Andrew Ritchie CBE. From 2008 to 2013 he completed h isPhD in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, University or London, supervised by Dr. Philip Cashlan with subsidlary supervision by Sir Peter Maxwell Davis, Julian Anderson and others, supported with scholarships from the Wingate Foundation, Alan & Nesta Ferguson Trust and Sir Richard Stapley Trust. Within that doctoral research he developed "morphing modality", an innovative compositional technique involving modality, linear harmony and polyphony, enriched by applying principles drawn from Bulgarian and Byzantine Orthodox sacred chant, the visual art technique of Image Morphing, and research in music psychology, perception, cognition, and psychoacoustics. from 2003 to 2013, while guest conductor of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sofia National Philharmonic Orchestra, Varna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra or the Royal Academy of Music, London, associate conductor of the Bloomsbury Opera, London, and principal guest conductor of the contemporary music ensemble Azalea, London, he performed premieres by young British composers as well as UK premieres by Pancho Vladigerov, Oimitar Nenov and Vassil Kazandjiev. In 2010-11 he was Embedded composer in residence with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London within a programme for outstanding young composers by Sound and Music. In 2012 he was appointed composer in residence to the City of Heidelberg, Germany (Komponist für Heidelberg 2012/13), on the Initiative of Its GMO Yordan Kamdihalov. On this occasion he composed The Secret for symphony orchestra, commissioned by the Heidelberg Theatre and Symphony Orchestra and premiered in 2013 conducted by the composer. Since 2013 Georgiev has been Assistant Conductor for the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden. London. Martin Georgiev is a laureate of the TACTUS prize of the TACTUS Young Composers' forum in Brussels, Belgium, where his works were selected in 2004, 2008 and 2011, performed and recorded by the Brussels Philharmonic (cond. by Michel Tabachnik) who performed h is music also at the Ats Musica lntemational Music Festival (cond. Fabien Gabel). He is recipient of a composition prize in memory of Sir Henry Wood by the Royal Academy of Music and finalist for the Hindemith Prize, Germany. His works have been performed in the UK, Bulgaria, USA, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Greece, Israel and Italy.
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It goes without saying that vocal music speaks of God and the world. However, wordless music can also speak. It is a sonic sign language. Someone who understands its characters, signals and symbols can also detect meaning and significance which elude mere structural analysis. To trace these, it is helpful if the composer gives at least an indication in the title (Johann Kuhnau: Biblische Historien (Biblical Histories), Robert Schumann: Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration). More >>
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Midi wind controllers - Midi guitars
Here you can learn about midi wind controllers
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Once you are armed with a decent MIDI sound system and a decent MIDI editor you will have all of the essentials needed to compose just about anything you can imagine.
Some criticize MIDI as a compositional tool because it is sometimes difficult if not impossible to (re)create the subtlety and realism of sound we are used to hearing when we listen to a musician playing a traditional, acoustic instrument. (My MIDI guitar doesn't sound much like a guitar!) However, it is important to remember that even if MIDI cannot always mimick traditional instruments perfectly, it is extremely good for sequencing and manipulating an enormous range of instruments simultaneously. With MIDI you can single-handedly compose and play every part of a song from the drums up. It's like having an orchestra packed into your room, and you are the conductor.
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The Beatles Guitar and Audio Site - Guitar and bass chords, and tablature. Audio files in RealAudio, MIDI, and MP2 formats. Downloadable Pop40 database for all songs hitting the charts from 1955 though 1991.Real Time Pro Audio - Offers professional equipment and software such as midi controllers, loudspeakers and recording mixers.
Starr Labs - MIDI guitars, custom controllers, guitar electronics and accessories.
LanBox - Developer of DMX, MIDI and Network hardware and software products. DMX lighting controllers and sequencers. Netherlands.
Marimba Lumina - Electronic MIDI controller. Includes a traditionally arrayed set of electronic bars and some (not so traditional) trigger pads and strips (reminiscent of early ribbon controllers).
reFX - Developers of QuadraSID. QuadraSID emulates the Commodore 64 SID chip, enriched with many new functions. It can be controlled by MIDI-controllers.
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Here are the numbers for all defined MIDI controllers.
The first 32 numbers (0 to 31) are coarse adjustments for various parameters. The numbers from 32 to 63 are their respective fine adjustments (ie, add 32 to the coarse adjust number to get the fine adjust number, except for the General Purpose Sliders which have no fine adjust equivalents). For example, the coarse adjustment for Channel Volume is controller number 7. The fine adjustment for Channel Volume is controller number 39 (7+32). Many devices use only the coarse adjustments, and ignore the fine adjustments.
0 Bank Select (coarse)
1 Modulation Wheel (coarse)
2 Breath controller (coarse)
4 Foot Pedal (coarse)
5 Portamento Time (coarse)
6 Data Entry (coarse)
7 Volume (coarse)
8 Balance (coarse)
10 Pan position (coarse)
11 Expression (coarse)
12 Effect Control 1 (coarse)
16 General Purpose Slider 1
32 Bank Select (fine)
33 Modulation Wheel (fine)
34 Breath controller (fine)
36 Foot Pedal (fine)
37 Portamento Time (fine)
38 Data Entry (fine)
39 Volume (fine)
40 Balance (fine)
42 Pan position (fine)
43 Expression (fine)
44 Effect Control 1 (fine)
64 Hold Pedal (on/off)
65 Portamento (on/off)
66 Sustenuto Pedal (on/off)
67 Soft Pedal (on/off)
68 Legato Pedal (on/off)
69 Hold 2 Pedal (on/off)
70 Sound Variation
71 Sound Timbre
72 Sound Release Time
73 Sound Attack Time
74 Sound Brightness
75 Sound Control 6
79 Sound Control 10
80 General Purpose Button 1 (on/off)
91 Effects Level
92 Tremulo Level
93 Chorus Level
94 Celeste Level
95 Phaser Level
96 Data Button increment
97 Data Button decrement
98 Non-registered Parameter (fine)
99 Non-registered Parameter (coarse)
100 Registered Parameter (fine)
101 Registered Parameter (coarse)
120 All Sound Off
121 All Controllers Off
122 Local Keyboard (on/off)
123 All Notes Off
124 Omni Mode Off
125 Omni Mode On
126 Mono Operation
127 Poly Operation
MIDI controllers which are hardware and software
The following are classes of MIDI controller:
The human interface component of a traditional instrument redesigned as a MIDI input device. The most common type of device in this class is the keyboard controller. Such a device provides a musical keyboard and perhaps other actuators (pitch bend and modulation wheels, for example) but produces no sound on its own. It is intended only to drive other MIDI devices. Percussion controllers such as the Roland Octapad fall into this class, as do guitar-like controllers such as the SynthAxe and a variety of wind controllers.
Electronic musical instruments, including synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, and electronic drums, which are used to perform music in real time and are inherently able to transmit a MIDI data stream of the performance.
Pitch-to-MIDI converters including guitar/synthesizers analyze a pitch and convert it into a MIDI signal. There are several devices which do this for the human voice and for monophonic instruments such as flutes, for example.
Traditional instruments such as drums, pianos, and accordions which are outfitted with sensors and a computer which accepts input from the sensors and transmits real-time performance information as MIDI data.
Sequencers, which store and retrieve MIDI data and send the data to MIDI enabled instruments in order to reproduce a performance.
MIDI Machine Control (MMC) devices such as recording equipment, which transmit messages to aid in the synchronization of MIDI-enabled devices. For example, a recorder may have a feature to index a recording by measure and beat. The sequencer that it controls would stay synchronized with it as the recorder's transport controls are pushed and corresponding MIDI messages transmitted.
MIDI controllers in the data stream
Modifiers such as modulation wheels, pitch bend wheels, sustain pedals, pitch sliders, buttons, knobs, faders, switches, ribbon controllers, etc., alter an instrument's state of operation, and thus can be used to modify sounds or other parameters of music performance in real time via MIDI connections. The 128 virtual MIDI controllers and their electronic messages connect the actual buttons, knobs, wheels, sliders, etc. with their intended actions within the receiving device.
Some guitar controllers, such as pitch bend, are special. Whereas the data range of most continuous controllers (such as volume, for example) consists of 128 steps ranging in value from 0 to 127, pitch bend data may be encoded with over 16,000 data steps. This produces the illusion of a continuously sliding pitch, as in a violin's portamento, rather than a series of zippered steps such as a guitarist sliding his finger up the frets of his guitar's neck. Thus, the pitch wheel on a MIDI keyboard may generate large amounts of data which can lead to a slowdown of data throughput. Many sequencers can "thin" pitch-bend or other continuous controller data by keeping only a set number of messages per second or keeping only messages that change the controller by at least a certain amount.
The original MIDI spec included 128 virtual controller numbers for real time modifications to live instruments or their audio. MIDI Show Control (MSC) and MIDI Machine Control (MMC) are two separate extensions of the original MIDI spec, expanding the MIDI protocol to become far more than its original intent.
Over the course of the past few years, I've been attempting to help a guitarist rig up a midi studio with devices that would be controlled by a midi guitar. A midi guitar is simply a guitar fitted with electronic circuits which convert the guitarist's picking and fretting movements into appropriate MIDI messages.
In a "normal" guitar, the "sound" of the strings is detected by magnetic pickups, and this electrical signal is amplified to the point that humans can readily hear it (usually well into the next city). Now, this analog signal is just fine for feeding into an amplifier, but of course, MIDI is a digital signal. You can't send the output of those pickups over a MIDI cable and expect a MIDI device to respond, just as you can't take the audio output of an electronic keyboard and run it into another unit's MIDI jack. In an electronic keyboard, when a musician depresses a key, this is detected and immediately converted to a MIDI message. This is relatively easy to do because each key makes its own "contact" with the circuitry that determines which note is being held. There is only one middle C on a keyboard. The rest of the keys are other notes. Contrast this with a guitar. Certain notes can be played in several different "places" on a guitar (ie, different frets on different strings). It's a lot more obtuse. Nevertheless, it's possible to put a pickup on every single fret of a guitar so that some electronic circuit can determine exactly what fret the musician is holding. Then, some circuit would need to detect which of the six strings are vibrating so it can be determined which notes on that fret are actually being played. This would have proven to be a reliable and efficient method of producing MIDI codes. So, is this what the music manufacturers did? No. Most decided to take a much cheaper, but infinitely inferior approach.
The inferior method that the manufacturers chose involved "pitch to voltage conversion". Quite simply, instead of having the circuitry analyse what the musician was doing with his fretting and picking directly from the frets and strings, the circuitry got this information second-hand from the output of the magnetic pickups. Unlike on an electronic keyboard, where physically pressing the key generates the midi code, on a midi guitar, the circuitry has to analyze the "guitar sound" (ie, the pitch of the note being played) in order to generate the midi code for it. It takes a long time to do this (the circuitry has to analyze at least one entire cycle of the waveform). It's long enough that the human ear hears a delay between picking the note, and hearing the results of the generated midi code. This is very disconcerting. It's the primary reason that midi guitars have been almost universally shunned by guitarists. The manufacturers killed their own potential market with a bad design flaw, but this was probably destined to be because it's questionable as to whether guitarists would have supported a more expensive and less familiar, yet better, idea. (We keyboard players DID support technical gizmos in the mid-seventies, some of them rather unreliable, with the net result that we eventually got the best that could be offered. Nowadays, if you want to get involved in electronic music, you have to have some keyboarding skills. NOTE: A few esoteric and EXPENSIVE midi guitar systems were developed that didn't rely on pitch to voltage conversion; notably the SynthAxe. Again, these systems weren't purchased in enough quantity to warrant further development and price reduction).
When a guitarist plays, sometimes unintended vibrations of a string occur (ie, a string next to the one that is picked also vibrates due to physically hitting it with the pick or hand, or through vibrations of the neck or adjacent strings, or the string will continue to vibrate some even after the finger is removed from the fret). This really isn't too distracting when you listen to the audio output of the guitar. Usually, you'll hear a very brief and/or soft pitch that is masked by the intended pitches. It's part of the character of a guitar performance, although excessive amounts of unintended string vibration usually result in a guitarist's performance being described as "sloppy" (or "heavy metal" if you're a teenager). Another disadvantage of the pitch to voltage is that these unintended pitches ARE converted to midi notes. It would take major processing power to harmonically analyze the output of the pickups and figure out whether a note might be intentional, or unintentional. (NOTE: These unintentional midi codes are often referred to as "glitches"). The delay of converting GOOD pitches to voltages is long enough. Further processing of the pickups would just delay things to utterly unacceptable lengths. So, midi guitars don't bother doing this. The net result is that unless you have AN INCREDIBLY CLEAN PLAYING STYLE (ie, you can control the pick and your hand from touching unintended strings, and you don't pick or fret so hard that you cause vibrations), then you are going to generate lots of midi glitches.
So, how do you adapt your playing style to render a clean midi output? Learn to play a keyboard. Seriously. But if you don't want to throw away your guitar technique, then you may have to modify it to suit the "pitch to voltage" midi guitars. First, in analyzing Mike's glitches, I noticed that the most common cause was due to string vibrations when he removed his fingers from the frets. Either the open string would vibrate (softly, but indefinitely until he touched the string again), or the string would produce a brief "retriggering" of the note that he just fretted (i.e. would play the same fretted pitch as a stacatto note) when he released it. Most of these glitches can be eliminated by NOT REMOVING YOUR FINGERS FROM THE STRINGS WHEN YOU RELEASE THE NOTES. In other words, you allow the string to raise off of the fret, but you keep your fingertips touching the strings. This will mute any string vibrations as you release the strings.
Another source of glitches is by hitting unintended strings with your hand or the pick. Clean up your playing style. Develop a "light" picking style. Mike was one of those guys who was taught to give the string a hard "twang" with the pick, and he inevitably would cause the guitar neck to vibrate, or brush the pick against an adjacent string.
One last thing to consider is the delay between picking and when the midi note is generated. You have to learn to anticipate each note (ie, play each a fraction of a second before the beat). The net result is that the midi note will be generated ON the beat, where it should be. I remember reading a Robert Fripp interview in which he mentioned adapting his playing style to do this. Fripp is the only guitarist who has a clean enough style such that he can play a "pitch to voltage" midi guitar live without numerous glitches. (Holdsworth played the SynthAxe, which is an entirely different triggering system).
By adopting the preceding guidelines, you can eliminate most glitches via your playing style.
Now, if you don't have the patience or desire to "learn" to play a midi guitar without glitches, and you don't intend to play it live (ie, you just want to use it for sequencing), then there are certain features that you'll want to look for in sequencer software. These features concern "filtering" midi data (ie, removing only events with certain characteristics). The idea is that Mike would play his part as best he could, with glitches, and then use the sequencer's filtering routines to weed out the glitches from his recorded data. Mike is using a sequencer program that I myself wrote, and in the course of helping him overcome his glitch problems, I've discovered certain things about the midi output of pitch-to-voltage guitars, as well as what filtering algorithms work well to remove glitches.
First, in order to eliminate the recorded delays caused by pitch to voltage conversion, it's necessary to quantise the data. (See my article on sequencing for an explanation of quantising). Now, I don't like robotic, computer perfect performances much. If you have a sequencer with high resolution (ie, > 240 ppqn), I recommend using quantising routines that correct only the most severe timing deviations, while leaving in some human nuances. Not only did this eliminate the delays, it also got rid of the "strumming" effect that you get from a pick (ie, yielded what you'd get if you finger-picked the strings) which is desirable if you're sending the midi data to something like a piano/strings/organ/synth etc patch. Keyboard players don't strum chords. So, look for a sequencer program that has quantise features, but to avoid robotic music, use one that offers flexible quantising.
Next, I noticed that there were 2 common things about the midi data of a glitch. Sometimes only one of these 2 things were present; sometimes both. In any event, most glitches exhibited these characteristics while most "good" notes didn't. Some of the glitches were short, stacatto notes. Most likely, these were those glitches caused by retriggering of notes as he released strings from the frets. When I looked at the duration of a glitch (ie, the # of clock pulses between its note ON and its subsequent note OFF), it was usually only a few clocks. These glitches sounded like short bursts of sound, "blips", as Mike described them. (Hey, he's a guitarist, so that's the best that he can do). Normally, no good note would be held for this short a time. At 240 ppqn, a duration of a few clock pulses means that the note was something on the order of a 128th note. Not even Alan Holdsworth would tackle that. So, Mike applied a sequencer feature that allowed him to filter out all midi events that were, let's say, 5 or less clock pulses in duration. This eliminated a huge amount of his glitches.
But, there still were more glitches. These glitches weren't "blips". They weren't stacatto. They sounded for a long time. Mike called these "screeches" (probably inspired by what he would do everytime that the sequencer program would crash before he could save his data). Most likely, these were glitches caused by open strings ringing as he picked or released a chord. One thing that I noticed is that the velocity of these notes were all rather low. The glitches were quieter (but still noticeable) than the good notes. So, Mike applied a sequencer feature that allowed him to filter out all midi notes with a velocity of less than, let's say, 31. It just so happens that his Yamaha (his preferred guitar), transmits midi notes with a limited set of preset velocities (ie, doesn't produce the full range of 0 to 127, but rather velocities of 0, 7, 31, 64, etc). Mike struck his good notes hard, so their velocities were 120, but sympathetic vibrations caused midi notes with much lower velocities, typically the 7 or 31 values. This filtered out virtually all of the remaining glitches.
Look for a sequencer program that allows you to filter notes that are of very low velocities, and also filter notes that are of very short durations.
He could then easily delete (via editing the data) the remaining few glitches that managed to not have either of the two, telltale characteristics.
One drawback that we found, was that occasionally, some of his good notes would also have low velocities. Maybe he didn't pick those strings quite as hard as he should have. When he filtered by velocity, he might rip out some good notes, with the net result that certain chords would sound "empty" (ie, missing intended notes). So, an important feature is that Mike can SAVE his filtered events to a separate sequencer track to check for good notes before he deletes that data. A lot of programs just throw the filtered stuff away. To make it even easier to "recover" those good notes from the velocity filtered track, you could create a CakeWalk CAL file (ie, macro) whereby you enter which chords fall upon which beats (ie, a fake sheet of your song, if you will) and let the sequencer remove only those notes that truly don't belong in your chord changes. You can then remerge the good notes in the velocity filtered track with your "good" track.
So, although the part that Mike played was very ugly; full of glitches, he could invoke these filtering options on his recorded data, and within minutes end up with a part without glitches.
Of course, there was one last thing. Since the Yamaha had preset velocity values for its midi notes, all of his good notes came out with the same velocity of 122 or 127. This sounded very artifical. If I played the same part on a midi keyboard, there would no doubt be more variety in the velocity values. So, a randomizing feature for note velocity is useful to add variety.
When shopping for a sequencer program to be used with a midi guitar, these are some features that you might want to look for. Some programs don't filter by duration, some don't filter by velocity, some don't save filtered data so that you can further edit and filter it, some don't have "Human" quantising features or intelligent randomizing functions. Some don't have a scripting language to create a routine to weed out notes that don't "belong" in the chord changes.
Various patch editors and librarians are also available for pcs. These programs allow the user to edit sounds away from the synthesizer and often in a much friendlier environment than what the synthesizer interface offers. The more advanced librarians permit groups or banks of sounds to be edited, stored on disk, or moved back and forth from the synthesizer's reminiscence. They also allow for rearranging sounds within banks or groups of banks for customized libraries. These programs are generally small and can be incorporated into some sequencing packages for ease of employ. On the other plam, each synthesizer requires a different editor/librarian since internal data formats are unique for each. Some packages offer editor groups for a specific manufacturer's border as some of the internal data structure may be corresponding between the units. However, there is not yet a universal librarian that covers all makes and models of sound modules; it would just be as well large.
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The Most Popular Montana Blog Posts of 2015
What a year, huh?
Lots of stuff happened in Montana. I went ahead and wrote about a lot of it.
Things like budget reports, political personalities, and how we can help people.
But you didn’t really care about that.
No, when it came right down to it, you wanted speculation, conspiracy, and rumor.
So I gave it to you.
It’s easy for me to figure out which posts were popular as I keep track of my monthly analytics.
I do that with a simple screenshot like this:
So what I did was go back through those. I just look at those first 20 results or so to see what you liked the most (there are hundreds in the list).
I’m also just looking at the non-evergreen posts.
By non-evergreen I mean none of those Montana celebrity posts. Those are mainly for out-of-staters, I think.
No, you have more refined tastes, and that’s fine. Admirable, in fact.
That’s why you liked to read things like this:
A History of UFOs in Montana (645 views in January, 505 views in May, 293 views in June)
What Ever Happened to John Morrison? (457 views in January)
5 Ways to Get Rid of Art Wittich (451 views in February)
The Missing of Glacier National Park (488 views in March)
Montana Political Offices Up For Grabs in 2016 (409 views in April)
Troubles at the Missoulian (550 views in May)
The Rothschilds, Freemasons, and Illuminati (395 views in June; 794 views in November; 1,337 views in December)
Hillary the Spy (930 Views in September)
The Anti-Engstrom Social Media Campaign Results (710 views in September)
Sex in Montana Politics (1,056 views in December)
I went ahead and combined the last months of the 2014 Montana Election Blog into this list.
Hey – it’s Montana.
And those, my friends, were the most popular Montana posts I put up this year.
Thanks for reading...and expect more of that compelling content in 2016.
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Jekyll & Hyde Review – They Murdered a Musical
Posted November 20th, 2012 by BroadwayReviewed & filed under Jekyll and Hyde, Kennedy Center, Washington DC.
I just got back from seeing Jekyll and Hyde the musical at the Kennedy Center and for a show about murder, they got it right. Constantine murdered the show and people were walking out. At the end, he even started trying to get people to cheer and unfortunately for him, no one would. Before I get negative about the show, there were some good things.
The girl who played Emma, Teal Wicks, was amazing! Not only did she bring the house down with her voice, but even when Deborah Cox went flat, she pulled everyone through. Her acting was perfect, her voice amazing and she was the only one in the cast that could get you to have goose bumps when she hit a high note and the only lead that could belt a note. Emma was incredible and the only reason you should see the touring cast of Jekyll and Hyde the musical.
Deborah Cox who played Lucy actually did an awesome job acting. She was believable and her voice was gorgeous. She pulled off the role very well and brought people into her character, but where she lost us was in broadway vs. pop voices and vocals. Although she could hit every note and her voice is amazing, she just can’t belt a note or hit it solid enough to bring goosebumps to you. Her voice was beautiful to listen to and I would gladly pay to see her in concert, but in a lead role with a couple of iconic songs, she fell flat. Her voice isn’t made for classic broadway singing, it is made for main stream music. She did a great job, but she just can’t cross over into broadway. Constantine on the other hand was horrible.
He had a couple of good moments as Hyde, but he destroyed the role. People walked out after he couldn’t pull off This is the Moment and when he destroyed the role of Dr. Jekyll he lost the audience. I actually started to fall asleep a couple of times I was so bored when he was on stage. He couldn’t even get the audience cheering when he finished and was looking for applause. He has a nice voice, but he cannot act and he cannot sing a classic broadway show. He may have done a good job as Roger when he was in Rent, but for a classic show, he needs to go back to singing rock music. He unfortunately made the show fail and was one of the worst actors I have ever seen. His performance was amateur and lacked any emotion. Anyone could have gone up and after a few weeks of training done an equal to better job. Unfortunately I cannot recommend this show with him in it. With Deborah, at least you have a beautiful voice and good acting. Teal can sing and act her ass off and the ensemble stood out more than the stars…besides Emma. It’s hard to switch from main stream music to broadway, and when you cannot do it, it becomes obvious because the background characters are more interesting and get a better applause from the audience than you do.
I do not recommend seeing this cast. There are amazing songs in the show and Constantine butchered them. Deborah had a gorgeous voice and Teal showed what an actor can do, but overall you’ll probably be bored and wish you got a refund. The people next to me were equally as disappointed, half of our group walked out at intermission and the people in front asked if it was supposed to be bad or if it was just an off night. I would normally hope they were having an off night, but when Constantine sat there trying to get people to cheer and applaud louder, he even had to shrug and leave the stage. Normally I hate giving a bad review, but this show is not worth seeing or paying for. Bring something else to keep you entertained if you decide to go.
Tags: Broadway Reviews, jekyll and hyde, jekyll and hyde the tour
6 Responses to “Jekyll & Hyde Review – They Murdered a Musical”
vonLmo November 23, 2012
Did the company read your review? I was surprised that it was NOT as dire as you promised. I attended the Thursday, Nov 22 show. Yes, Mr Maroulis has stage craft issues but the cast covered well. Ms Cox, earning “brava” from the audience, channeled her inner Linda Eder. Laird Macintosh deserves strong notices. Perhaps you were expecting a trad musical and not the first cousin of Newsies as rock show, which Jeff Calhoun appears to be directing.
BroadwayReviewed November 23, 2012
Thank you for your opinion of it. I had more friends go last night and they felt the same way I did. I’m glad they got a better applause last night. They definitely gave it their best and it isn’t easy to do.
DCDad November 25, 2012
Note: My fond memories of Jekyll and Hyde the musical were before David Hasselhoff showed up. They were from the late 90’s when Linda Eder and company were blowing us all away with their performances both from an acting and singing perspective.
I came back from the performance tonight at the Kennedy Center and was horrified to find that it’s not the musical I remembered when Linda Eder was in it. On Broadway I was wowed and gladly stood applauding; but tonight I discovered it was a rock concert with some rock band type singing from the lead. Even the songs were completely different. I don’t fault the actors really, I think the artistic vision was flawed. To fault an actor for his or her acting abilities says a lot more about those that thought they fit the bill in the first place.
I’m pretty certain that if anyone had completely overhauled and changed Les Mis there would’ve be hell to pay. Heck tonight even the good acting was drowned out sadly. The final scene where Jekyll battled Hyde was disappointing to say the least. When an actor has to show the internal battle between good and evil, then sing, and act it all out – is unbelievable when done well. That occurred on Broadway. It did not tonight. Worse, Jekyll battled Hyde at the end via a screen! Yes, Jekyll was singing to a pre recorded Hyde singing back at him. No acting, no drama – just lights and wizbang to fool the audience. We were not fooled.
I wasted my money and I subjected my son to the torture. And yes, I almost didn’t return from intermission. Very disappointed indeed.
Hi DcDad. Thank you for your feedback on the show. I wouldn’t say it was torture because he did get to hear some great voices, but it wasn’t the right cast for it. If it was his first show, it could have ruined theatre for him for life because it was pretty flat and almost put me and did actually put a few of my friends to sleep at certain parts. The acting on Constantine’s part, and the fact he sounds like a rock singer instead of a broadway star just means that he needs work and training as an Actor if he wants to do a more classic show. Also, nothing can compare to Linda Eder belting out her version of the show so unfortunately it takes something stronger to compete with her.
I did want to make one more quick comment, they did actually redo Les Miserable and add in a ton of special effects, and actually pulled it off. With that said, they still kept the music very close to it’s original form which I loved. Sometimes the vision of the show just isn’t what many of us may want to see or enjoy. I agree with you on numerous parts of your comment, but it is a little harsh,,,even for me. =0) lol.
I agree with you on many of your comments and my friends who have seen the show probably do as well. I hope you will give the rest of the season at the Kennedy Center a shot because they have some amazing shows and casts coming through. Thank you again for reading and leaving your feedback.
In hindsight I must profess I was harsh – much harsher than I ordinarily am. My comments were mainly directed to the songs that I didn’t really recognize anymore. Everything else I can chalk up to being stuck to my memories. On a good note however I thought Emma & Lucy were quite grand and when Lucy sang it really was Eder-esque and rather amazing. Emma was quite the actor as well and I was thrilled to see that. In fact most the cast did a decent job – just the singing was…what can I say, the songs were just completely different.
Yes it was my boy’s first musical but I’m confident he’ll enjoy the Les MIs coming up in DC and the other shows in store at the Kennedy Center. Thanks for the forum here
No problem at all. I actually do a giveaway each month for cast recordings and other broadway merchandise. If you subscribe to the newsletter you’ll get all of the updates and giveaways via email. Thank you for reading and commenting. I love to hear what other people think.
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Dear Esther: Landmark Edition Receives Launch Date via Curve Digital
September 12, 2016 Dear Esther: Landmark Edition , News
Award-winning Masterpiece from Heralded Developer, The Chinese Room, Heads to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 20 with Graphical and Gameplay Updates Alongside a Brand New Developers’ Commentary.
The press release:
Established indie game publisher Curve Digital and developer The Chinese Room today announced that the critically-acclaimed, first-person narrative experience, Dear Esther, will arrive on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as Dear Esther: Landmark Edition on September 20 for $9.99. Heading to consoles with graphical and gameplay updates in addition to a brand new Directors’ Commentary from the original development team, Dear Esther: Landmark Edition aims to follow up on the original release’s success by refining the acclaimed indie hit for players both new and returning.
The Directors’ Commentary of Dear Esther: Landmark Edition unites Jessica Curry, Dan Pinchbeck and Rob Briscoe for the first time years as they reacquaint themselves with the game which made The Chinese Room a globally known development studio. The commentary offers first-hand insight on never-before-heard details, and provides a fresh perspective on the game’s development and legacy. The Landmark Edition also features graphical and gameplay tweaks which finesse the experience on console, making this the most complete version of Dear Esther to date.
Dear Esther is a narrative-focused first-person adventure that takes place on an uninhabited Hebridean island, upon which a lone man must piece together the chain of events that led to his wife’s death. Eschewing traditional gameplay to present a truly story-driven experience, the game composes a beautifully detailed world and an emotional tale that has inspired an entire genre of games. Dear Esther was originally developed as an experimental visual and aural experience using the Source game engine, and earned multiple awards alongside critical acclaim following its original release on Windows PC in 2012.
The console release of Dear Esther will mark the start of a month-long celebration of its legacy, during which The Guardian and The Barbican will hold events in the UK to allow members of the public to get closer to the seminal narrative than ever before.
The Guardian Event on September 30 is billed as a “Directors’ Commentary Directors’ Commentary” which will see Dan Pinchbeck and Jessica Curry discuss their journey from Half-Life mod to full console release. Tickets cost £10 direct from The Guardian’s website here: https://membership.theguardian.com/event/gaming-series-dear-esther-26635208626
On October 14, The Barbican will host a unique live performance of the game’s soundtrack led by composer Jessica Curry, accompanied by an on-stage playthrough of Dear Esther complete with live narration. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the major components of the game brought to life in what promises to be a highly emotional evening. Limited tickets remain here: https://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=20030
Developed by The Chinese Room and published on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One by Curve Digital, Dear Esther: Landmark Edition will arrive on September 20 for $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99. This title has been rated “T for Teen” by the ESRB.
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Shorten loses some bark at the Royal Commission
July 10, 2015 Brian 13 Comments
The consensus seems to be that Bill Shorten has “lost some bark” during his appearance at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption, but the damage is not serious.
Sources within the Labor Party have told the ABC that Mr Shorten has “lost some bark” through the process, and that it is “unhelpful” for the alternative prime minister to be hauled before the inquiry and the cameras.
But they do not think the damage to his credibility is serious and maintain there was “no smoking gun” or “hanging offence” in the commission hearing.
Certainly it has not been a good look for Shorten. Excuses like, it was someone else’s fault, or the other mob do it too, lead to a deficit in public esteem for politicians generally. No doubt Shorten’s personal ratings will suffer, but his leadership will only come into question if Labor sinks in the two party preferred opinion poll ratings. People probably care less than journalists and political aficionados think.
There’s a lot in body language, and Ben Eltham says Shorten looked comfortable at the Commission. Shorten, he says, was good at delivering better pay and conditions for the workers, and a co-operative workforce for the bosses. Projets got completed under budget and ahead of time.
Shorten ran foul of the Commissioner by giving answers that were too expansive. The problem was, I think, that unions and bosses are meant to be at loggerheads. That is their natural state. When they are close and bosses show their gratitude in kind it suddenly becomes a conflict of interest rather than a convergence of interest. Shorten was continually questioning the premise underlying the question, rather than accepting its terms and just answering yes or no.
Eltham says the Commission is “a blatantly partisan witch-hunt” and people understand that. Shorten said of the Commissioner “he has a job to do, I get that, it’s Tony Abbott’s Royal Commission.”
Eltham says:
The Commissioner himself has therefore now become embroiled in the swirling controversy, as perhaps was inevitable.
Eltham says Shorten may have come out of the affair with his standing enhanced. Certainly it has pepped him up.
Speaking to a rowdy crowd of Labor faithful at Sydney’s Covent Garden hotel last Sunday night, a visibly animated Shorten gave a rousing speech defending Labor’s core values.
Same-sex marriage, Indigenous recognition, affordable health and education, and “an Australia where people can organise to have a strong minimum wage and they will not be subject to a royal commission” were the key points.
An animated Shorten started to look like an alternative prime minister.
Meanwhile the real PM, if that’s not a contradiction in terms, has been looking exceptionally animated in recent times, leading to speculation about an early election. Antony Green looks at the options. With the TPP polls better than 52-48 in favor of labor, Abbott would be brave to try, but also mad enough to fancy he’s got Labor and Shorten where he wants them.
Surely Peta Credlin will say no.
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Paul Burns says:
The conduct of the Commissioner was a disgrace. He should be sacked.
Tough, the Prosecution didn’t get the answers Tony Abbott wanted.
He won’t though of course, Paul, because The Commissioner was doing what Abbott wants.
I forgot to mention that Bob Hogg called for Shorten’s resignation. I’m not sure Hogg has any credibility within the Labor.
John Davidson says:
I haven’t been following this commission closely but my (perhaps incorrect) recollection is that it has found some serious dirt on some unions. Makes it risky for Labor to dismiss the whole thing as a political stunt.
On the other hand, the commission chairman was right out of order when he tried to control Shorten’s answers and declared him an “unreliable witness.”
No matter what the chairman thought the sessions with Shorten were political and covered political things like donation reporting that had nothing to do with unions. Under these circumstances Shorten was well within his rights to challenge the questions being asked and answer questions in a way that answered the implied political questions as well as the nominal question.
If the commissioner does think that reporting of donations was part of his scope he should be dragging people from all sides of politics before the commission.
Jumpy says:
Shorten is as crooked as a question mark.
Both he, and the bosses that colluded in these scams, should be jailed.
Union corruption is rife in Australia a he was a part of it, no doubt about it.
Still happening every day;
More than seven in 10 bosses within the construction sector in the Australian
Capital Territory are being subject to bullying and intimidation
from union officials
Brian, this shit may not affect you, Paul or Ben Eltham but it sure does affect me .
Trying to make it about Abbott is missing the real point by a country mile.
Making it about Abbott is not missing the point, Jumpy.
NO Government, whether LNP, Labor or if they ever get on the front benches, the Greens, should ever ever have a Royal Commission for political purposes, which is what Abbott is trying on with this union-busting exercise, because, whether he likes it or not, unions are, and should be part of the ALP.
Paul Burns
Have a look at the list and tell me if the ALP ones were purely non-political in design.
That said, who do you thing may address the issue of organised crime within the unions, ALP, greens, who ?
Norman Abjorensen: With Shorten on the ropes, are we facing a snap election?
I recon Tanya is praying for 48-52 tpp LNP in the next 2 or 3 polls.
Will fairfax deliver for her ?
A Royal Commission into the unions was long overdue. The fact that it is in the short term embarrassing to the ALP and good for the Government is unfortunate but the whingers who are calling this a “political” Royal Commission that should not have happened should pull their heads in and think about it..
Also don’t forget Tony Abbott and other catholic conservatives had to put up with their beloved Church being dragged through an ALP orchestrated RC on child abuse. Does anyone seriously think that made the RC invalid?
I have always voted ALP and I am generally supportive of unions but the nature of industrial relations is such that dodgy things are bound to happen, especially when regulation is weak. In the long run, the tighter regulation of unions that will inevitably result from this RC, with a greater requirement for transparency etc.., will BENEFIT the Left. Conservatives have always been able to frighten people off the ALP by pointing to examples of bad union behaviour so better behaved unions will make the job of the conservatives much harder.
Jumpy: I looked at the list of royal commissions. Most of the things on the list looked reasonable to me.
Tell me which of the ones that started under Labor were targeted at the LNP?
You believe investigations into corrupt private business practices is all good but into corrupt union practices should be ignored ?
Jumpy: If you look at your list there were a number of commissions investigating union issues. They were in my list of reasonable.
You still haven’t said what royal commissions on the list look like attacks on the LNP.
I do think that the pink batts commission and the behaviour of this commission with respect to Bill shorten have a gotcha smell about them.
I have spent a lot of time on the front line of dealing with unions in the manganese, iron ore and coal industries from about 1975 to 1992 and would have to say that I would have preferred to deal with a moderate union rep like Bill Shorten than some of reps I had to manage.
For me the question is whether we already knew enough to formulate tighter regulations and transparency requirements. I suspect we did.
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4 August 2016 5 August 2016 by Collin Piprell
Bill the Mathematician has just sent me a link to ‘David Chang’s Unified Theory of Deliciousness.’ As it happens, nine years later than the rest of the world, I’m currently hooked on the Breaking Bad TV series, and I have to wonder whether there’s a connection between Chang’s theory of deliciousness and a formula for creating great characters in fiction.
As Chang says:
A chef can go crazy figuring out how much salt to add to a dish. But I believe there is an objectively correct amount of salt, and it is rooted in a counterintuitive idea. Normally we think of a balanced dish as being neither too salty nor undersalted. I think that’s wrong. When a dish is perfectly seasoned, it will taste simultaneously like it has too much salt and too little salt. It is fully committed to being both at the same time…
It’s a little bit like the famous liar’s paradox… Here’s one version of it: “The following sentence is true. The preceding sentence is false.” As soon as you accept the first sentence, you validate the second sentence, which invalidates the first sentence, which invalidates the second, which validates the first, and on and on.
Most people won’t ever notice this sensation; they’ll just appreciate that the food tastes good. But under the surface, the saltiness paradox has a very powerful effect, because it makes you very aware of what you’re eating and your own reaction to it. It nags at you, and it keeps you in the moment, thinking about what you’re tasting. And that’s what makes it delicious…
It has occurred to me that this first ‘law’ that Chang discovered relates to the way Walter White, Breaking Bad’s compelling main protagonist, as he descends a slippery slope from milquetoast chemistry teacher to progressively more brutal drug dealer, vacillates between being a thoroughly empathetic character and a thug. Jessie Pinkman, White’s partner in crime, is given a similarly dissonant portrayal. The lawyer Saul Goodman plays a minor role in this series so far as I’ve got (second season), but he’s even more clearly that sort of individual, one that I’ve been told was so successful that the character spawned Better Call Saul, another blockbuster series.
As with culinary saltiness, it would be easy for actors or writers to slip too far to one side or the other. With the Breaking Bad cast (pretty well the whole gang, it now occurs to me), that doesn’t seem to happen — viewers remain compulsively engaged, maybe in part because they constantly have to resolve these ambivalent, ever-shifting judgments in light of dramatic developments.
Chang doesn’t stop there. This notion of perfect saltiness
… was an important realization for me, because it seemed like I’d discovered an unequivocal law. And I figured if I could find one, there had to be more—a set of base patterns that people inherently respond to. So then the challenge became discovering those patterns and replicating them in dish after dish. If you could do that, you’d be like the Berry Gordy of cooking; you’d be able to crank out the hits.
One more Chang insight:
A dish can be delicious precisely because it is unsettling.
Chang: “When a dish is perfectly seasoned, it will taste simultaneously like it has too much salt and too little salt. It is fully committed to being both at the same time.”
Me (tentatively): When characters are perfectly realized, they will be both one way and its opposite, both good and bad, both courageous and cowardly, both attractive and repellent. They are fully committed to being both at the same time. But never too good or too bad, overall, or at least only a bit and sometimes.
Even granting that such abstract principles point to something real in fiction, can they provide practical guidance for writers? Some version of them certainly can. Here’s something I found after having written the foregoing: ‘Character Consistency and When to Break It.’ Good advice, no doubt, so far as it goes, though it doesn’t extend to saying characters should be “fully committed to being both at the same time.”
I’m trying to think of characters from novels that might illustrate Chang’s laws. Any ideas?
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Good one. Westlake’s / Richard Starks Parker character surely would demonstrate a few of Chang’s laws, no?
Collin Piprell
For sure. Good call.
I find myself wondering just how many of all the memorable characters demonstrate those laws, at least to some extent. Mind you it’s early of a morning, here in Bangkok, and my wonderings might well have run aground.
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This is the second time this week I’ve seen mention of Breaking Bad, of which I previously had heard nothing. Maybe time to stop boasting about not having a TV?
I think it’s really well done. It is addictive, however, and will demand much time. Be warned.
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Survival of the unfittest can work for bacteria
By Martin Leggett - 28 Mar 2011 14:55:1 GMT
Evolution may not be as 'red in tooth and claw' as we imagined, if the story that humble bacteria are telling scientists, at the UK's Universities of Exeter and Bath, is correct. Evolutionary biologists have long realized that the iron-clad maxim of the 'survival of the fittest' was an over-simplification of Darwin's theory. Now this study, published in today's Nature, has demonstrated that in certain cases, the unfittest can exist happily with their fitter bacterial brethren.
Bacteria are good candidates for studying the ways in which genes and environment interact to create evolution in organisms - the environment can be reduced to a very simple set of variables. And bacteria reproduce fast, so many hundreds of generations can be assessed quickly - making evolution an almost visible-to-the-eye process.
The team from the 2 UK universities, collaborating with colleagues from San Diego State University, were seeking to understand why repeated experimental evidence shows high levels of genetic diversity, even for simple environments. The idea of survival of the fittest suggests that one organism will be better adapted to the environment being tested - and so will eventually crowd out the others. That would produce a reduced level of diversity, due to what is called the 'competitive exclusion principle'. But that's not what many scientists have seen - diversity often seems to rule the roost.
This new work sought to find out why these unexpected results are happening - and confirms that these are indeed not flukes. In their experiments, Dr Ivana Gudelj and her co-authors set up tests where the food sources for the bacteria are abundant. Some bacteria were efficient at using those resources, others much less so. But rather than the efficient bacteria beating the less effective bacteria, it turns out that their very efficiency made them prone to higher rates of mutation.
That then hinders their ability to dominate in a competition for food - because the unfit bacteria have greater resistance to damaging mutations. So the two groups, fit and unfit, can live together without one out-competing the other. The key to this 'survival of the unfittest' is the high overall level of mutation. Without that, the fitter bacteria would win out.
The study results can now explain the high levels of bacterial biodiversity seen in other experiments. Dr Ivana Gudelj said ''Rather nicely, the numbers needed for the principle to work accord with those enigmatic experiments on bacteria. Their mutation rate seems to be high enough for both fit and unfit to be maintained.''
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Crossroads by Barbara Cameron on Amazon
In some physical or experiential crossroads one pathway or highway sometimes lies at right angles to the other, so logically they begin and end in different places at different directions on the map. At other times one road intersects another road here and there, but both have the same origin and destination. You truly could claim every moment is a crossroads, every moment contain kairos possibilities, though deciding the basic trajectory of the rest of your days when you're still in your teens or barely our of those years is scary. And honestly, these days most middle-class North Americans don't need to make most of those major decisions quite that young.
Barbara Cameron's well-written, leisurely-paced Crossroads is mostly about Isaac and Emma, a personable, young unmarried "Pennsylvania Dutch" (Deutsch) Amish couple. You may have heard that some teenaged and early 20-something Amish take months or a couple years away from the Amish ways to participate in non-Amish "Englisch" customs to help them decide whether or not to join the church and spend the rest of their lives as Amish insiders. The novel brings us closeup views of Isaac's Rumspringa (Rumschpringe, Rumshpringa, "running around') as he cuts his hair, rents his own abode and stakes out at least a temporary existence some distance away from the people and the place where he grew up. We also get a lot of Emma's reactions to Isaac's running-around!
Cameron depicts people and overall environment well with her prose, though I kept longing for visuals—drawings, photos, videos of everyone and everywhere, but reading this book encourages me to find some of my own. The glossary at the end explains that the Ordnung, or order of living, is somewhat different in every Amish group. The bishop, or ecclesiastical leader defines a lot of the rules and regulations for the community he pastors. Just as with any other organizational leaders, some bishops are more approachable and less legalistic, others are the opposite. In a first or second world country, no one truly can live completely "off the grid," but I assume the houses in Emma's and Isaac's community didn't have electricity, but used candles and lanterns, cooked with wood—or maybe coal? Pennsylvania is coal country. Like young people almost everywhere – and it doesn't end when chronological youth comes to a close – Isaac and Emma find themselves needing to sort through the complexities of relationships, the future uncertainties, the difficulties of making binding decisions (baptism, marriage) without as much information as they wished they had.
I found it interesting and surprising that although families and characters in Crossroads aren't assimilated or integrated into the surrounding "Englisch" /American Pennsylvania culture, they hover on its periphery and (for example) take advantage of tourist dollars and pizza parlors, though I'd guess that varies widely between Amish communities. Back of the book includes recipes, but only four! Again, pictures would have been an asset, though the author's vivid food descriptions in the book were quite mouth-watering. The glossary explains some terms; we get a short rundown of the Amish Roads series concept, and a teaser for the third book of the series.
my amazon review: winsome characters; interesting culture
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A long time ago I visited Lancaster County to spend a few days with a former classmate whose spouse attended seminary in the area. We drove around sight-seeing and later enjoyed dinner at a restaurant where they served a huge delicious meal that included Seven Sweets and Seven Sours. Beyond that memory, I tend to aggregate "Amish Mennonite Brethren" into a run-on sentence without commas. I know just a little about the Radical Reformation whose initiators believed reformers Martin Luther and John Calvin did not re-form and re-shape the church to an extent sufficient to recreate it back into the highly counter-cultural reality of the earliest New Testament communities. After all, among other details, in the wake of shedding the Roman magisterium Luther and Calvin both became beholden to another magisterium. Plain People include Amish and some old order Mennonites, although there are other Christian groups that aim for a more basic, far simpler overall lifestyle than the typical North American, Western European or Northern European's – Christian or not.
Just as with the Amish, any leaders in any church tradition, whether bishop, pastor, council president, clerk of session, committee chairperson / chairpeople? vary immensely in their gifts and skills, in their openness to new ideas and new people, in their support of others taking the lead. LIttle difference there!
The Ten Commandments apply to every Christian; logically so does Jesus' Great Commandment synopsis to "love God with heart, soul and mind; to love neighbor as thyself." Then there's Martin Luther's reminder every violation of every commandment transgresses the first command to have no other gods. In every denominational and other expression of Christianity, and then in every local church (congregation, parish, ward, assembly) unwritten, unspoken rules and expectations gradually come into being and typically stay put a very long time, often forever. A visitor or newcomer will note differences from their previous churches, sometimes the differences and literal "rules" hit them by surprise when they break one. So Amish church communities with their detailed Ordnung aren't all that different from churches in the more mainline mainstream. Nor is the fact the rules of the Ordnung at times seem to supersede the commandments! Book of Order on top of the Bible?! Oh, that's almost minor.
Cultural anthropologists remind us communities and organizations with solid rules and clear expectations have a certain appeal for certain people, and sometimes as certain stages of their lives. The complexity of the world around us with its choices, demands, uncertain outcomes may make any situation with less ambiguity and fewer choices appealing. The immense benefits of real community one gets after deciding to be baptized (always a seriously considered, very adult individual decision rather than one decided spontaneously or semi-arbitrarily by parents or because of reaching a certain age such as 6 or 8 or 13) and remain within the tradition sets the Amish way far apart from most others.
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Hawaii could use a technology czar to bring the state up to speed, and a little Occupy action also
Commenter Ramona posted this comment to my article The state that couldn’t shoot straight—inviting lawsuits at the airport (6/26/2012). She was commenting on the state’s decision to install a slippery floor surface at the airport even though they knew (or should have known) the danger:
My thoughts exactly, Larry.
Is it so difficult to pay attention to how a product will be used?????
It's not like multiple outdoor surfaces in Honolulu haven't already had the same problem.
I remember DECADES AGO that the tiles at the Federal Building and the USS Arizona Memorial were installed with the same problem, and also had to be redone. ("Looks pretty, but people fall when wet.")
This is just too frustrating an example of incompetence for words.
"Fire them" is right.
Is anybody listening?
Ramona has experience that I don’t have, because I did not live here decades ago. So indeed, DOT did know that putting down a slick floor at the airport was a mistake—or they should have known. Also, nobody stopped them from doing it. It’s like, taxpayer money grows on trees or something. If someone sues, just settle. Who reviewed the stupidity of installing a slick floor surface at an airport?
How about a Technology Czar for the state?
What we could use in Hawaii is a technology czar. Like the “IT czar,” the idea would be to make sure the state has its feet planted in the 21st century instead of the 19th.
I’ve written several times, for example, about how other states and municipalities use permeable asphalt and permeable concrete to avoid carrying stormwater through their sewage pipes. I haven’t seen this stuff used here, though the technology has been well-established for many years. It could save taxpayers the cost of carrying water away to the ocean that should be required to percolate down into the ground at state and private developments—just as the water went into the ground before it was paved over. In New York State, for example, new developments (such as shopping malls) must handle their own runoff. In Honolulu, we provide that service to developers for free. Well, at taxpayer expense.
I’ve also written about how the city wastes electricity by directing lighting up to the sky instead of down onto playing fields. Proper lighting design for parks and sports fields reduces energy use and is also well established elsewhere. Since we Hawaii taxpayers suffer the highest utility rates in the country, you’d think our city would use the proper reflectors to focus the lighting downwards. But no.
Henry Curtis just wrote today on the subject of a study that seems to be clearly technologically flawed:
One problem is that when wind is a large percentage of the total mix, then sudden wind speed changes can have great impact on the total system. The costs of system controls needed to offset wind variability was not included in the study.
Another problem is that the authors opted for analyzing batteries using a vanadium redox flow battery (VRB). This type of battery is currently not economically nor commercially viable. In the middle of the study they had to switched battery types when “the VRB flow battery was no longer available.”
[Surprise ! Big Wind advocates support additional wind solutions, 6/26/2012]
Henry noted that the study, based on 2005 and 2008 data but just now released (in 2012!), failed to include
the use of Pumped Storage Hydro, the dominant battery in the national grid accounting for 99.9% of all energy storage in the nation.
If Hawaii had a technology czar, this study, and the various wind projects, could have been reviewed by somebody with the best interests of the state (and its citizens) in mind.
I think the czar could perform two valuable functions:
1) Keep state and county governments informed of potentially useful technologies that would help them save money or do their jobs better, and
2) Act as a resource to provide early concept review and final proposal or contract review of state and county projects, posting these reviews publicly for everyone’s benefit.
The technology czar would be a generalist, someone equally at home with different branches of engineering, computer science, information technology, architectural design, and so forth. The person would also need to be able to render the core concepts into language simple enough that even our Department of Transportation, for example, could understand it.
It's not a new concept in the corporate world. Many years ago, when I worked for GE Information Services, they had a scientist on their payroll whose job consisted mainly of checking out new technology. He made sure that management was aware of what was going on in the world of technology not only in this country, but internationally as well.
I had a similar job function in part for a time while I was stationed by GE in Japan. I visited Japanese corporate laboratories including Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC and Sony, and reported back. I was a generalist who also spoke Japanese. I wasn’t a spy—obviously they showed me only what they wanted GE to know about.
For example, I held an early Sony 3 1/2 inch floppy disk in my hands. It had the sliding metal shutter, but at that state of development didn’t have the little spring inside. To use, one slid back the shutter and inserted the disk into the drive.
At Hitachi I saw researchers studying a single tiny disk platter spinning about a foot above the table surface on a spindle, and read by a single magnetic head. They were perfecting a new method of magnetic recording to increase the storage density of computer hard disks.
At NEC I discovered and worked with the company on a replacement mainframe for the next generation of GE’s time sharing computers. The quality was there—NEC’s product was faster, smaller, more energy efficient, and was air-cooled. The equivalent Honeywell product was water cooled and so heavy that it fell through a computer floor one day when the coolant was pumped in. Ultimately, the NEC product was selected, and became what I believe was the largest import of Japanese computers to the USA at that time.
I also served on a group reviewing potential resources in Tokyo Bay. Did I learn that stuff in school? No, but in those days one could have a general education and find ways to use it. There must still be people around who want more than to spend their lives designing the next X-ray tube. Hawaii should find one of those and put that person on the payroll.
In the old days one had to physically visit a laboratory to talk with the engineers or scientists. Now, with everyone connected to the Internet, the survey work should be highly efficient. Still the technology czar must have broad interests and knowledge and be a good technical writer.
Change requires effective activism
Finally, another thing we can do is demand that our state government not act like a banana republic. They get away with it because we don’t chase after them. A letter to the editor moves them not at all. It will take more than complaining in letters to the editor to bring about change.
Maybe I shouldn’t blame our DOT departments when we demand so little of them and remain willing to pay for inferior services.
Forget technology for a moment. A hot item in the news is the cutback in bus services. We’re accepting that, right? We’re letting them do that to us. Right? How many bus riders are Occupying the DOT offices to demand change? Hmm? How many? Zero.
[Let me recognize that during the Felix Consent Decree, parents of students with autism did just that—they occupied the offices of the chief of the Department of Health’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division until she relented on an RFP that would have cut services. 60 or so parents packed into and surrounded her small office and demanded action. And they got it.]
So a technology czar is my first suggestion, and the second is that nothing will help unless we demand, with physical presence, that our state and city governments deliver.
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Producers : Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sai Korrapati, Vishnu Induri
Director : Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi
Music Director : M.M Keeravaani
Cinematographer : Gnana Shekar V.S
Starring : Nandamuri Balakrishna, Vidya Balan,Kalyan Ram, Sumanth, Rana Daggubati, Prakash Raj And Others
The wait is finally over. The much-anticipated biopic in 2019 'NTR Kathanayakudu' finally released today on January 9th, 2019. It is known that Nandamuri Balakrishna essayed the role of his father, legendary actor turned politician Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao in the movie. Vidya Balan played the role of NTR's wife Basavatarakam. He teamed up with his 'Gautami Putra Satakarni' director Krish for this prestigious project. Balakrishna in association with Vishnu Induri and Sai Korrapati bankrolled this project. The expectations have been sky high on this magnum opus. Here is the review of the movie.
Story: Only a few of the people knows each and everything about the life history of NTR. Director Krish made sure to showcase the unknown things about NTR in the film. Especially NTR's affection and care towards Basavatarakam is portrayed in a beautiful way. The movie starts with Basavatarakam and continuous in her point of view. The movie starts with Basavatarakam (Vidya Balan) in hospital suffering from cancer. Harikrishna (Kalyan Ram) is extremely worried about her health. Then, the film shifts to a flashback where NTR's journey from an aspiring actor to becoming India's first superstar was traced.
Performances: Balakrishna as NTR delivered a stupendous performance. One can easily believe that he is NTR. Not only the way he looked but also his body language, his dialogue delivery, and even his expressions are similar to NTR. He delivered his career-best performance as his father. Balakrishna's outstanding performance added more beauty for the film. Vidya Balan as Basavatarakam did her best. Her expressions and her chemistry with Balayya are very beautiful. Vidya Balan is undoubtedly the best pick for Basavatarakam role. Sumanth as ANR also did an impressive job. Rana appears only before the climax but did a decent job. The other characters like Prakash Raj, Rakul etc also did a good job.
Technical Aspects: Director Krish has handled the script in a beautiful. He has not only scripted a beautiful story but also succeeded in executing it really well. Instead of adding unnecessary scenes, Krish only focussed on the things that are necessary to be shown. Music by MM Keeravani is really catchy and pleasant. His BGM is also gripping and added a lot of emotion to the scenes. Dialogues by Sai Madhav Burra are too good. Editing by Arram Ramakrishna is pretty decent. The costumes and makeup department will get extra brownie points in putting makeup for the actors. Cinematographer Gnana Sekhar VS' camera work is awesome.
Verdict: Making biopics is not at all an easy task. Moreover, a biopic on the life history of a legendary actor and beloved leader like Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao is definitely a tough one. But both the actors and the technical department did their best in portraying NTR's beautiful journey in an elegant way. The first half is somewhat dull and Balakrishna looked odd as 20-year-old NTR. However, the second half is undoubtedly an eye feast. Balakrishna looks exactly like his father. The second half is undoubtedly one of the plus points for the film. Overall, 'NTR Kathanayakudu' is definitely a memorable movie for the not only for the Nandamuri family but also for the fans.
A Grand Tribute To The Legendary Icon Of Telugu Cinema
Filmybuzz.com Rating: 4/5
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Sep 29 Food and Away Games at Herk
I will never forget my first Junior College (JUCO) lacrosse season as a freshmen at Herkimer County Community College. In high school teams traveled to away games on yellow school buses. At Herk we travelled in 2 sixteen passenger vans that our coaches drove. During my two years at Herkimer we traveled to Long Island to play Nassau County Community College, West Point, and Hobart College in Geneva, New York. But for reason that I will discuss later, the trip to Syracuse University stands out most in my mind. When we played against colleges and universities, we played the schools B team composed mostly of freshmen. After away games, we packed back into the vans without showering or changing. Funky and hungry we sped off for something to eat. In those days, the college allowed each player a $5 per diem for each meal which would have been fine; but Coach Wehrum did not think highly of fast food restaurants. As a result he had to come up with created ways to feed his teams. For example, he would organize with parents to host at family homes. They would both feed us and bed us in sleeping bags on the floor. Herk’s lacrosse budget made the cost of hotel too expensive for us.
I’d loved to hear about away game food stories from others who played for the great Paul Wehrum. Please share your thoughts and the years you played for him.
Sep 30 Food and Away Games at Herk, Part II
Sep 28 Now that’s a Thick Shake!
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Happy Little Master
A smiling young boy holding his dog, who seems full of energy and looks up at his little master adoringly. The boy is wearing a “chlamys” (short cloak) thrown over his left shoulder. Late 1st c. BC/early 1st c. AD; National Archaeological Museum.
The affection that children in antiquity felt for their pets is plain to see throughout ancient art.
© Ministry of Culture & Sports, National Archaeological Museum
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Divine Symbols and Adored Pets: The Animals of Ancient Greece
From cats and dogs to singing insects and drunken parrots, the ancient Greeks and Romans shared a deep and intimate connection with the animal kingdom.
John Leonard | January 11th, 2019
Rabbits, dogs, snakes and birds… Everywhere we look in the archaeological and literary records of the classical world, it seems we find animals of almost every variety. Clearly, animals in ancient times featured commonly in people’s daily experiences, in popular storytelling and in mythological beliefs; their likenesses appear in vase paintings, frescoes, mosaics, stone sculptures and ceramic figurines, as well as on utilitarian or decorative objects of intricately carved ivory or hammered gold.
Living in an age prior to mechanization, much of the ancient Greek and Roman populations resided in rural areas outside cities, so they had more regular contact and firsthand familiarity with animals than most of us do today.
A CLOSE BOND
Even in urban settings, humans and their animals tended to share space and live more closely together than we might find comfortable today. Livestock, including calves, sheep, goats and pigs, were used for pious sacrifices. Lions, tigers, bears and other wild creatures became the focus of popular and elite entertainment; either hunted in nature or captured and pitted against each other – or human combatants – in bloody arena contests.
Horses and other draft or pack animals labored on farms, but in wartime they were called up for duty on the battlefield, occasionally serving alongside elephants. At all levels of society, animals played key roles in public, religious and military life. However, it’s plain to see in ancient art and literature that the closest bond was felt in the home, between masters or mistresses and their beloved domestic pets.
Most denizens of the ancient world loved and appreciated their animal companions, even mourning them and erecting commemorative markers over their graves when they died. Aristotle, the first philosopher to undertake the formal study and classification of animals, viewed them as irrational creatures of lesser moral rank, placed on earth solely to serve people. Other thinkers had greater esteem for them, including Pythagoras, who suggested animals possessed the reincarnated souls of human beings, after reportedly having witnessed the beating of a yelping puppy.
The poignant “Little Refugee” (1st c. BC)
HOUSEHOLD COMPANIONS
Within the home and garden, the range of animals kept as pets was almost boundless, including dogs, ducks, geese, caged birds, rabbits, hares, tortoises, goats, quail and mice. Snakes had chthonic (underworld), spiritual significance, but were also employed – along with cats, ferrets or other weasels – to keep rodents at bay.
Chirping insects were treated like songbirds, with children weaving small boxes from reeds or slender branches to accommodate their pet locusts, crickets and cicadas. Boys seeking amusement are reported by a scholar writing on Aristophanes’ “Wasps” to have caught large beetles and tethered them with a thread tied to one leg – a practice also seen in red-figure vase paintings.
Other unusual pets included apes and monkeys (often taught to perform tricks), fawns and adult deer, gazelle, foxes and small mountain cats. Domesticated cats only became widespread during Roman times, perhaps due to increasing trade with Egypt.
DIVINE PETS
Religious reverence may have played a part in the selection of pets, as certain animals were symbolic of a particular god or goddess. Sacred to Apollo and Artemis, for example, was the quail (ortyx) – likely a common sight at the divine twins’ central-Cycladic sanctuary on Delos, originally known as Ortygia or “Quail Island.” Pindar (5th century BC) and later mythographers relate that Asterie, sister of Leto (who bore the twins on Delos), escaped from Zeus’ advances by transforming herself into a quail, dropping into the Aegean Sea, then rising again as an island. Quails thus possessed a divine spirit and were coveted for their pleasing voices and colorful plumage.
Far wilder pets are known from the Roman era, when the emperors Domitian and Caracalla kept lions in their palaces. Caracalla’s beloved companion, Acinaces, ate with him at table and slept in his master’s chamber. Valentinian I had his servants take precious care of two she-bears, Mica Aurea (Gold Flake) and Innocentia (Innocence), to whom he apparently handed over his enemies as playthings.
RAISING THE ALARM
Household security was always a concern in antiquity. Canines were common gatekeepers – as mosaic thresholds in Pompeii reveal with their inscriptions “Cave Canem” (Beware of the Dog). Geese, a favorite pet of Penelope, could similarly serve a protective purpose. Caged birds, too, might alert homeowners to visitors, but were more often kept for their cheerful chirping.
Talking green parrots, popular in Rome’s affluent homes, are described by Pliny as imports from India and “especially frolicsome under the influence of wine.” Even more ostentatious and expensive were pet peacocks, ridiculed alike by Greek comedic playwrights and Roman moralists.
Marble grave stele (early 3rd c. BC), known as “The Ethiopian” from its depiction of a young groom, seemingly African, who is trying to soothe a spirited horse adorned with the skin of a fierce wild animal, perhaps a wolf; found during excavations at the site of the Athens Railway Station in 1948.
Canine grave monument, Piraeus (370-360 BC). Seemingly too gentle to be of the fierce Molossian breed Odysseus’ swineherd Eumaeus kept, this humble hound was more likely one of the faithful “table dogs” often depicted in vase paintings, always close at hand and ready for a tasty handout, but here anxiously mourning his deceased master.
Above all, pets provided comforting companionship, best displayed by the loyal dog. Ancient Greece’s most illustrious hound was probably faithful Argos, who patiently awaited Odysseus’ return from Troy, and then, after their reunion, died contentedly. Among valued canine breeds were Molossian, Laconian and Cretan guard dogs and the ubiquitous Melitan lap dog from Malta.
The swineherd Eumaeus likely kept Molossians, as did nouveau riche Trimalchio, whose enormous beast Scylax, according to the Roman writer Petronius, caused a furious fracas during a banquet – attacking a smaller dog, upsetting a table lamp, smashing all the wine cups and sprinkling the guests with hot oil.
Less ferocious was Publius’ little Issa, extolled by Martial: “More pure than the kiss of a dove… more loving than any maiden… dearer than Indian gems… She lies reclined upon his neck, and sleeps… and has never sullied the coverlet with a single spot…”
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Green Party of Canada
UPDATED: Canadian Green Party gains second Member of Parliament
Posted on December 10, 2013 by Peter V. Tretter
UPDATED: Independent Thunder Bay MP Bruce Hyer has announced that he is joining the Green Party of Canada (story at CBC News).
Rumours are going around speculating that Independent Thunder Bay MP Bruce Hyer may be joining the Green Party of Canada as soon as this Friday!
This move would give the Canadian greens its second seat in the Canadian House of Commons after party leader Elizabeth May.
Thunder Bay MP Bruce Hyer Going Green?
Elizabeth May Canada’s Hardest Working MP of 2013
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Georges Laraque, former NHL enforcer poised to run for Greens in Montreal by-election
Posted on July 8, 2013 by Peter V. Tretter
English: Georges Laraque (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
According to The Globe and Mail, Green Party of Canada deputy leader Georges Laraque is going to run in a Montreal, Quebec area by-election. In Canada a by-election is a special election to fill a seat in the House of Commons between elections. The big announcement is planned for tomorrow morning.
The party has issued a statement saying there will be an announcement tomorrow at a reception hall “regarding the riding of Bourassa.”
The seat was vacated when Bourassa Liberal MP Denis Coderre resigned to run for mayor.
Georges Laraque to enter the ring for Greens in Montreal byelection
Former NHL enforcer poised to run for Greens in Montreal by-election
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Nobel Prize winning Green candidate addresses Keystone pipeline
Posted on December 13, 2012 by Green Party Watch News Network
Andrew Weaver’s campaign Facebook page is here.
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Canadian Green accuses New Democratic Party of sleezy tactics
“How about we pay you to sit this one out?” seems to be the message the New Democratic Party sent to BC Green Party candidate Andrew Weaver. Sharing sentiments similar to those which drive many former Republicans and Democrats to join the US Green Party, Weaver is quoted at the Vancouver Sun website saying
The NDP are portraying themselves as sugar-coated candy, but I’m finding that below the surface there’s some real ugliness. Anybody who knows anything about me knows that’s one of the reasons I am running: I’m sick and tired of this kind of stuff, of this underhanded political gamesmanship,
International Greens Andrew Weaver, Green Party of Canada, New Democratic Party
Green Party of PEI looks for new leader as Sharon Labchuk resigns
Posted on July 15, 2012 by Peter V. Tretter
Sharon Labchuck, leader of the Green Party of Prince Edward Island, in Canada, has resigned the leadership after leading the provincial political party for seven years.
Reports indicate there are several people interested in running for the leadership including Peter Bevan-Baker. Labchuk established the party as the province’s third party in two elections, beating out the long-lived NDP.
“Sharon Labchuk announced Thursday she was stepping down as leader after a seven-year run. Bevan-Baker told CBC News he’s looking at the leadership, but hasn’t made a decision yet.”
PEI Green Party leader stepping down after 7 successful years (gpo.ca)
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Robocall scandal hits Canada
Posted on February 27, 2012 by Peter V. Tretter
A scandal has broken out that has directly affected Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May‘s own riding. [See press release.] The governing Conservative Party is being charged with making robocalls and live calls to voters in ridings where the opposition had seats, and misdirecting their voters to false Elections Canada polling stations.
There are live callers coming forward with reports to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on this being done. Elections Canada is investigating, and there are calls for a public inquiry.
Robocalls scandal spreads across Canada as number of affected ridings hits 34 (news.nationalpost.com)
Robocalls contributed to Liberals’ defeat: Bob Rae (news.nationalpost.com)
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US Greens congratulate Elizabeth May, first Green elected to Canadian Parliament
Posted on May 4, 2011 by Green Party Watch News Network
In a press release issued today the Green Party of the United States congratulated Canada’s first Green Party member of Parliament, Elizabeth May. Elected on Monday, May has served as the Canadian Green Party’s leader since her election to that post in 2006. The full text of the press release is below the fold. Continue Reading →
Press Release Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada, Justine McCabe, Marian Douglas-Ungaro
I’m dating an MP!
Josh Rachlis posted that comment on GPW’s Facebook page after the news that Elizabeth May had won her riding was announced on the CBC. His Facebook page included a rant about how the non-conservatives were unable to coalesce, leaving a Conservative government, even though they did not win a majority of the popular vote. After going on about the New Democratic Party, Green Party and Liberal Party working at cross purposes he said “Well, guess I won’t be getting any invites to be interviewed by the media now”…which of course prompted an offer of an interview right here at Green Party Watch. I did point out that we didn’t have a huge readership, but also pointed out that Rupert Murdock didn’t own us…yet!
Well surprise, surprise, surprise…he dropped us a line and said he’s up for it! Of course, we’ll come up with some questions ourselves, but in the meantime, help a fellow out and try to come up with some we can run past him.
He’s an Eco-comedian, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, filmmaker, cartoonist, songwriter, radio & TV host, stand-up comedian, film reviewer, cupcake judge…at least that’s what his Facebook page says.
His Funny or Die page is here, and apparently he’s both loved and hated by Canadians. Surely we can love and hate him down here too.
Catch his YouTube Chanel here.
Interview Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada, Josh Rachlis, Liberal Party, New Democratic Party
Greens may win their first Member of Parliament in Canada tonight
Sadly, the hour is late…if you have news to report, please take advantage of the comments to let us know what’s going on. Of course, and of the writers here can add directly to the front page, so please do.
The Green MP candidate is Elizabeth May, and her riding, or district, is Saanich – Gulf Islands ahead by better than 2000 votes, 9659 to 7557. Reports can be watched at the CBC and reports specifically for May can be found this CBC link.
UPDATE…CBC Announces that Elizabeth May HAS been elected!
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Elizabeth May goes to court
Posted on March 31, 2011 by Peter V. Tretter
The Green Party of Canada and Elizabeth May are going to court to challenge her exclusion from the televised party leader’s debates that occur in Canada during each election. The debates are organized by a consortium of the television networks.
May was in the debate in 2008.
The Ombudsman of Canada’s public broadcaster the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is backing May in his new blog post. As well some of the non-teleivsion media are also supporting May.
The party’s own petition has over 100,000 signatures. More info. It is expected ousted nuclear watchdog Linda Keen will endorse Elizabeth May.
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I have been working at EPCC since 1998, mainly on the academic and HPC side of the Centre. Previously, I worked at the UK Met Office, and at the University of Manchester, where I also studied for a PhD in parallel numerical algorithms.
My principal responsibilities in EPCC are in the areas of research and education. My current research interests include benchmarking, parallel algorithms, parallel programming APIs, and novel uses of HPC. I am currently working on the EPiGRAM and PRACE projects. I act as EPCC’s representative on the OpenMP Architecture Review Board, and am a former chair of the OpenMP Language Committee, having had overall responsibility for Versions 2.5 and 3.0 of the OpenMP specification.
I am a member of the team responsible for EPCC’s MSc in High Performance Computing, acting as co-ordinator for the Threaded Programming module, and I am EPCC's representative for the Centre for Doctoral Training in Pervasive Parallelism. I also run training courses for the ARCHER HPC service.
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When What Goes Up Does Not Come Down ... Priapism Management in the ED
Priapus: son of Zeus & Amphrodite, rustic fertility god, protector of flocks, fruit plants, bees and gardens and star of the Priapeia.
Clinical Scenario: A 42 year old man with a history of hypertension presented with approximately 12 hours of priapism. He woke up and noticed his erection would not go away, even with ice, and is has been increasingly painful. He denies any history of erectile dysfunction medication, sickle cell disease, malignancy or recreational drug use. Urology was consulted, and after performing a penile ring block, two 18-gauge needles were inserted into the corpora cavernosa. A few mL of blood were aspirated, and then approximately 100mcg of phenylephrine were injected bilaterally with resolution of the patient’s pain and erection. Notably, he presented several days later with the same symptoms.
Clinical question: What are the potential causes of priapism, and how should it be managed?
Review: Priapism is defined as an undesired erection lasting more than 4 hours, and can be divided into ischemic (low flow), non-ischemic (high flow) and stuttering (i.e. recurrent or intermittent) etiologies. Prolonged ischemic priapism results in erectile dysfunction, corporeal fibrosis, and tissue necrosis. Ischemic priapism results in a fully erect, painful penis; whereas non-ischemic priapism (which is less commonly seen) typically presents with a partially erect penis without persistent pain. Sickle cell disease, thalassemia, leukemia, multiple myeloma, and medication side effects (intracorporeal injections, antidepressants, antihypertensives, and recreational drugs such as cocaine) are all potential risk factors for ischemic priapism; whereas non-ischemic priapism is usually attributable to congenital or traumatic arterio-venous malformations. Stuttering priapism has been less studied but its etiology is thought to be related to ischemic priapism, and is seen more commonly in men with sickle cell disease, or more rarely with neurological disorders. Overall incidence of priapism is low (1.5 per 100,000 person-years in all comers) but much higher in some populations (89% of males with sickle cell anemia will have an episode of priapism by age 20).
Diagnosis of priapism is clinical, but the differentiation between ischemic and non-ischemic can be confirmed with cavernosal blood gas analysis and Doppler ultrasonography. Ischemic priapism will result in dark blood that is acidotic, hypoxic, and hypercarbic, and ultrasound will demonstrate minimal or absent flow.
Ischemic priapism is an urologic emergency, and along with analgesia, urologic consult should be obtained. Oral systemic sympathomimetics such as terbutaline or pseudoephedrine can be initial
Image source: Reference 3
adjuncts, but clinical efficacy is estimated to be only 28-36% in one study, thus it is not standard of care. Aspiration of the corpora, which is considered definitive care, involves inserting a 19 or 21 gauge butterfly needle into each corpora cavernosa. Withdrawing about 5mL of blood should decompress the corpora. 100mcg of phenylephrine in 1mL of normal saline can then be injected into the corpora, and this can be repeated every 3-5 minutes until detumescence. Vital signs should be measured continuously. Should repeated aspiration and phenylephrine fail, shunt surgery can be performed, which involves creating a fistula between the corpus spongiosum and corpus cavernosum.
Non-ischemic priapism (because of maintenance of oxygenated blood) is non-emergent and can be followed up as an outpatient for arteriography with embolization of any offending fistulas. Treatment of stuttering priapism focuses on prevention of future episodes through the use of hormonal therapies or PDE5 inhibitors, which paradoxically seem to aid in prevention in idiopathic and sickle-cell related cases.
Submitted by Phil Chan, PGY-2
Edited by Maia Dorsett (@maiadorsett), PGY-3
Faculty reviewed by Joan Noelker, Clinical Instructor
Visual learner? Here is great 5 min review of priapism by EM in 5 and a youtube video by Larry Mellick.
1. Deveci S. Priapism. UpToDate. 2014 Jan 22. Accessed 2014 Oct 30.
2.Huang, Y. C., Harraz, A. M., Shindel, A. W., & Lue, T. F. (2009). Evaluation and management of priapism: 2009 update. Nature Reviews Urology, 6(5), 262-271.
3. Vilke, G. M., Harrigan, R. A., Ufberg, J. W., & Chan, T. C. (2004). Emergency evaluation and treatment of priapism. The Journal of emergency medicine, 26(3), 325-329.
4. Salonia A, et. al. European Association of Urology Guidelines on Priapism. Eur Urol. 2014 Feb; 65(2): 480-9.
Tagged: Urology
Let it Flow: Tamsulosin For Kidney Stone Expulsion
A middle- aged man with no significant past medical history presents with acute onset right flank pain. A CT renal stone protocol scan finds a 4 mm kidney stone. You provide hydration and pain control, and soon the patient starts to feel better. As you are preparing to discharge the person, what is the evidence that tamsulosin helps with stone expulsion?
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A 2014 meta-analysis published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine [Ref 1] selected 22 studies which were all randomized, had radiologic confirmation of renal stone, and compared tamsulosin (mostly 0.4mg daily) against placebo with standard therapy given to all patients (NSAIDs, hydration, and/or opioids). The primary outcome was percent of spontaneous passage of distal ureterolithiasis of less than or equal to 10mm, while secondary outcomes evaluated mean time to expulsion, complications/side effects, and impact of varying stone size on expulsion. Many of the studies had a high risk of bias secondary to poor descriptions of the randomization process. Of the 22 studies, there was an overall suggested benefit for stones less than or equal to 5mm (RR 1.50 95% CI 1.31-1.71) and among the studies that were double-blind and randomized there was a suggested benefit (1.22 95% CI 1.06-1.41). However, of the studies that were considered to have low risk of bias, there was no statistically significant relation between tamsulosin and expulsion (RR 1.15 95% CI 0.92-1.47). Thirteen studies analyzed mean time to expulsion of distal stones, and it was found that tamsulosin decreased expulsion time by 3.33 days. There did not seem to be a significant association for the number of hospitalizations, urology consults, or average number of pain episodes with the use of tamsulosin. Again, when limited to studies with low risk of bias, there was no significant gain in mean time to expulsion with tamsulosin. The most common side effects were orthostatic hypotension and retrograde ejaculations.
A 2014 meta-analysis published by the Cochrane Database [Ref 2] presented data more in favor of the use of tamsulosin. Tamsulosin had better rate of expulsion (RR 1.48, 95% CI 1.32 to 1.67, P < 0.00001) as well as time to expulsion with 2.91 days shorter when compared to control (95% CI -4.00 to -1.81, P < 0.00001). It did not significantly affect pain scoring, but slightly reduced the number of pain episodes. Patients using tamsulosin were more likely to experience side effects compared to standard therapy and placebo including dizziness, palpitations, headache, retrograde ejaculations, fatigue, and postural hypotension.
Take Home:
-Tamsulosin seems to shorten time to expulsion of kidney stones
-Tamsulosin does not reduce pain from kidney stones
-Most common side effects are orthostatic hypotension and retrograde ejaculations
1. Malo C, Audette-Côté JS, Emond M, Turgeon AF. Tamsulosin for treatment of unilateral distal ureterolithiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CJEM. 2014 May 1;16(3):229-42.
2. Campschroer T, Zhu Y, Duijvesz D, Grobbee DE, Lock MT. Alpha-blockers as medical expulsive therapy for ureteral stones. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Apr 2;4:CD008509.
Submitted by Lydia Luangruangrong, PGY-3.
Edited by Steven Hung (@DocHungER), PGY-2
Faculty reviewed by Joan Noelker
A Happy Ending?
Your patient is a young adult male with no significant past medical history presenting with a chief complaint of testicular pain and heaviness. He reports that the pain occurred 2 hours prior to presentation. It was gradual in onset, progressively worsened, and is now plateaued. The pain is constant, dull, and achy. It is not localized to a single side. The patient feels like his scrotum is heavy, like someone is weighing it down. It is worse with movement, better when still. The patient could not recall any inciting trauma.
Prior to onset of symptoms, the patient reports “getting my swerve on” with a new female partner, which he insisted did not consist of penetrating vaginal or anal intercourse would not further elaborate. He denies ejaculation prior to pain onset. He denies a history of penetrating intercourse altogether, but does endorses receptive oral sex activity. He denies a history of STI. Further ROS is negative.
The physical exam is notable for bilaterally descended testes, and normal-appearing Tanner stage 4 genitalia. There is generalized bilateral testicle tenderness to palpation, without scrotal discoloration, testicular deformation, or penile discharge. There is no transverse lie, nor change in symptoms with elevation. The cremasteric reflex is intact.
You’re pretty sure you are least colloquially familiar with this patient’s current affliction, but have no idea if there’s any evidence-based interventions to lessen his discomfort.
What are suggested treatments for male pelvic congestion?
The Literature:
There is a paucity of academic information regarding this phenomenon: scrotal pain following sustained sexual arousal unrelieved due to lack of orgasm and ejaculation. In the limited literature available, it is known as male pelvic congestion or epididymal hypertension. In lay terms, it has been referred to as “blue balls,” “lover’s nuts,” or “deadly sperm build-up” (DSB). Most of the available information is from anecdotal reports – “common knowledge and experience,” as one (unreferenced) article from a human sexuality journal described in 1989. Prior to the publication of a case report, with responding letters to the editor/author, published in Pediatrics in 2000, there was no information on the subject to be found in textbooks or online searchable databases (as concluded by medical librarians in three different institutions queried by the authors of this case report).
The included signs and symptoms are similar to the patient’s presentation above. In most cases the tenderness appears to be localized to the epididymis. The remainder of the GU exam and urinalysis should be normal. The pain usually resolves spontaneously within three hours of onset.
Proposed pathophysiology involves sexual arousal that produces increased blood flow to the penis and testes leading to pelvic venous dilatation. If this persists over time, testicular venous drainage slows, pressure builds, and this causes pain.
Anecdotal treatments include sexual release via ejaculation, Valsalva maneuver, or lifting a heavy object. The case report included an anecdote about a physician in Los Angeles in the 1940s who, while teaching a course on human sexuality, gave a lecture on “lover’s nuts” in which he advised that masturbation was an appropriate medical treatment. This view is shared by most sexual health "experts" in the lay press.
Male pelvic congestion is a real phenomenon, but is rarely discussed in medical literature.
It is a self-limiting and non-morbid process, but anecdotal evidence suggests that Valsalva, weight-lifting, or ejaculation via masturbation may expedite relief of discomfort.
1) Pediatrics. 2000;106;843-843.
2) Pediatrics 2001;108;1233
Contributed by Daniel Kolinsky, PGY-2.
Tagged: Pediatrics, Urology
Imaging in Renal Colic
You are working in the Emergency Department when a 30ish year-old female is wheeled by, clasping on to her right flank and clearly in pain. You head into the room and find out that she had the acute onset of right flank pain that has been coming and going for the last hour. She is otherwise healthy and denies any prior history of renal stones. Thinking that this is probably a kidney stone, you order some pain medication, a UA, and a urine pregnancy test. She is (thankfully) not pregnant and has 2+ blood in her UA.
You log back in to order your next diagnostic test of choice. You start to click on “renal stone protocol CT” but pause… and think to yourself: “Do I need to irradiate this woman to make the diagnosis? Will the results of the CT scan change my management in some way? What are the alternatives?”
Clinical Question #1:
Does a CT scan change management in cases of suspected uncomplicated renal colic?
There are several smaller studies that addressed whether a CT scan changes the clinical management in a patient where there is a high suspicion for renal stone.
Zwank et. al. [1] published a prospective observational study addressing this question. The study enrolled providers caring for 93 “clinically stable” patients > 18 yo with abdominal or flank pain, > 18 years of age and the “most likely diagnosis” of renal colic. Patients at higher risk of complication, i.e. those with a history of chronic kidney disease, nephrectomy, renal transplant, UTI, prior renal stones, were excluded from the study. Prior to the CT, providers were surveyed as to what their top 3 differential diagnoses were and whether they thought that the CT scan might change management. In the end, 62/93 patients who were scanned were diagnosed with renal colic (as a side note only 84% of these had hematuria on UA). Five (5.3%) patients received an alternative diagnosis after CT scan – two ovarian cysts, one ovarian tumor, diverticulitis, and mesenteric edema. Of the 16 patients where CT scan was obtained even though the provider thought it was very unlikely to change management, 10 had symptomatic renal stones and reportedly none had a change in management (unclear why the disparity if a diagnosis was not reach in 6/16 cases). On this small pool of data, the authors conclude that “This result indicates that providers who are confident with the diagnosis of renal colic and who do not anticipate benefit from a CT scan can trust their low pre-test probability or ‘gestalt’ of low likelihood of benefit and should strongly consider not ordering a CT scan.”
Another way of framing the question about whether CT scans change management in patients thought to have renal colic is to examine the incidence of alternative diagnoses that are found on CT in these patients. In their prospective study, Pernet et. al. [2] examined this question by following the CT diagnosis of 155 patients with suspected uncomplicated renal colic (i.e. exclusion of patients with compromised renal function, UTI, fever, suspected bilateral renal stones). 118/155 (77%) were found to have uncomplicated stones, while 10 (6%) of these patients were found to have alternative diagnoses after CT. These diagnoses included large calculi needing urology intervention, pyelonephritis, biliary colic, appendicitis, ileitis, small bowel obstruction and intra-renal hemorrhage. Though a similar proportion of alternative diagnoses were found in this study when compared with Zwank et. al. above, these authors argue that CT(low-dose radiation) should be performed in cases of predicted uncomplicated renal colic because of the proportion of alternative diagnoses that mandated other intervention or hospitalization. They further argue, that the population of patients which people would least want to irradiate (young women) are also the most likely to have some alternative diagnoses.
Given that stones requiring urologic intervention and alternative diagnoses are found on CT imaging, how does ultrasound measure up as an imaging modality?
An older article in the British Journal of Radiology published in 2001 [3] [around the advent of use of CT and Ultrasound for diagnosis of renal calculi as opposed to intravenous urography (IVU)] prospectively evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of non-contrast CT and ultrasound for renal calculi. They prospectively enrolled 62 patients with suspected uncomplicated renal colic. These patients underwent both renal ultrasound and CT scan. The gold standard was stone recovery or urological intervention. 43 (69%) of patients with suspected renal colic were confirmed by the “gold standard”. Ultrasound showed 93% sensitivity and 95% specificity in the diagnosis of ureterolithiasis, while CT showed 91% and 95%. Alternative pathology was found in six patients (~ 10%). These alternative pathologies were cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, ovarian torsion, adnexal masses and appendicitis. Both CT and ultrasound detected these, with the exception of the case of appendicitis, which was detected by CT scan alone. Given advances in imaging technology, it is likely the sensitivity of CT has increased with time, but this is an impressive comparison.
Another study compared KUB + ultrasound versus CT scan for detection of clinically significant renal stones [4]. This was a retrospective study of 300 patients evaluated with KUB, US, non-contrast CT or some combination of the above for renal colic. The study is overall very confusing because of the number of combinations of imaging modalities that patients had. Despite this, one interesting observation was that among 147 patients who underwent KUB and/or US and CT scan, 22 had a normal KUB or US (unclear what proportion had what) and a CT scan positive for stone. Of these, mean stone size was < 5 mm suggesting that this was a population of patients who was unlikely to need any type of urologic intervention.
Along the same lines of sensitivity of ultrasound for renal stones requiring urologic intervention, two separate studies examined the incidence of urologic intervention needed in patients with “normal” renal ultrasounds [5, 6]. In one of these studies (Yan et. al.) , they prospectively followed 341 patients with renal colic who were evaluated with ultrasound. Of the 105 (30.8%) patients were classified as “normal”, none had urologic intervention in the following 90 days. Alternative pelvic pathologies were identified on ultrasound (such as ovarian cysts and pregnancy) but there was no avenue for direct comparison with CT in this study. A similar study from Edmonds et. al. retrospectively reviewed the records of all patients undergoing renal ultrasound for suspected nephrolithiasis over the course of a year. Of a 352/817 (43%) that were classified as “normal”, only 2 patients (0.6%) required urologic intervention in the following 90 days. They did not comment on alternative diagnoses.
Renal ultrasound is a reasonable initially imaging modality for patients with suspected uncomplicated renal colic. While we are overall pretty good an predicting who has renal colic based on history and exam (~ 60- 70% of all patients with this as a suspected diagnosis had imaging confirming it in the above studies), we should keep in mind that anywhere between 5 – 10% of these patients will have an alternative diagnosis requiring alternative management. Ultrasound is good at picking up these alternative diagnoses as well.
1. Zwank et. al. “Does computed tomographic scan affect diagnosis and management of patients with suspected renal colic?” American Journal of Emergency Medicine 32 (2014) 367–370
2. Pernet et. al. “Prevalence of alternative diagnoses in patients with suspected uncomplicated renal colic undergoing computed tomography: a prospective study.” CJEM. 2014 Feb 1;16(0):8-14.
3. Patlas et. al. “Ultrasound vs CT for the detection of ureteric stones in
patients with renal colic”. The British Journal of Radiology, 74 (2001), 901–904
4. Ekici and Sinanoglu. “Comparison of conventional radiography combined
with ultrasonography versus nonenhanced helical computed
tomography in evaluation of patients.” Urol Res (2012) 40:543–547
5. Yan et. al. “Normal renal sonogram identifies renal colic patients at low risk for urologic intervention: a prospective cohort study” CJEM 2014:1-8.
6. Edmonds et. al. “The utility of renal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of renal colic in emergency department patients” CJEM 2010;12(3):201-6.
Kindly submitted by Maia Dorsett, PGY-3.
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An interesting car story from the show comes from Andrea of Joliet, owner of a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird. She’s had the car 12 years and has driven over 160,000 miles in it and visited over 38 states West of the Eastern seaboard with the T-bird. The odometer has over 200,000 but it’s ‘spun’ past 99,999 miles twice and is at 200; Andrea certainly feels cars should be driven.
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Organic Cotton Beats Bt Cotton in India
Organic cotton is incomparably superior to genetically modified Bt cotton. Rhea Gala
Organic cotton is more environmentally friendly, better for the health of the community and for the local economy than GM cotton, according to a study by the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh [1]. The GM Bt cotton was compared with cotton grown without pesticide, or under non-pesticide management (NPM).
The study looked at the incidence of various pests and diseases as well as the beneficial organisms in the Bt and NPM cotton fields. It also looked at the economics of pest management for both systems.
The study, designed and supervised by entomologist Dr SMA Ali, extension scientist GV Ramanjaneyulu, and development activist Ms Kavitha Kuruganti, involved end-of-season interviews with cotton growing farmers in Warangal and Medak districts.
A total of 121 NPM cotton farmers farming on 193 acres and using no synthetic pesticide were compared with 117 Bt cotton farmers using proprietary pesticides and farming 151 acres. The Bt cotton varieties grown were Mech 12 (88 farmers), Mech 184 (1 farmer), and RCH 2 (31 farmers; a few farmers grew more than one of these varieties on different plots, hence the sum of farmers is more than 117).
These Bt varieties all carried Monsanto's cry1Ac gene and display low genetic diversity; providing early pest resistance [2]. NPM cotton farmers grew many varieties including Brahma, Maruthi, Dasera, Gemini, Sumo, Tulasi, Bhagya, Durga, Kranthi.
Ten villages in two districts took part in the Bt cotton survey, and 12 villages from two districts took part in the NPM survey.
Bt cotton more prone to pests and diseases
Overall, the NPM farmers reported a lower incidence of medium to high infestations and higher incidence of low or no infestations for four traditional cotton pests.
Surprisingly, 32.5% of Bt cotton farmers reported a high incidence of American bollworm, an important pest that the Bt cotton is designed to control; while only 4.1% of NPM farmers reported a high incidence of this pest. This single statistic questions the value of the Bt approach to pest control. It also corroborates the high incidence of bollworm reported by farmers growing Bt cotton in AP [3]. In contrast, the efficacy of natural predators and/or natural pesticides to control American bollworm in particular, and the other bollworms in general, is remarkable (see Table 1).
A majority of NPM farmers reported low incidence of spotted bollworm (76.9% against 65.8% of Bt growers), American bollworm (76.1% against 17.1% of Bt growers), and Tobacco Caterpillar (76.8% against 64.1% of Bt growers). Six NPM farmers reported an absence of spotted bollworm compared to two Bt farmers .
A majority of NPM farmers reported a medium incidence of pink bollworm, as did their Bt counterparts (47.1% against 57.3%), but greater numbers of NPM farmers also reported a low incidence of this pest compared to Bt farmers (31.4% against 24.8%).
Table 1. Incidence of Bollworm complex on Bt and NPM cotton.
Level of incidence
Spotted Bollworm
American Bollworm
Tobacco Caterpillar
Pink Bollworm
Bt cotton
NPM cotton
Figure in parentheses is a percentage of respondents
In the case of sucking pests, the majority of NPM farmers also reported a low incidence, with several reporting no infestation of whitefly, aphids and mites. Again, natural predators and pesticides can be seen to be more effective at controlling sucking pests than Bt cotton. Many Bt farmers reported a high incidence of jassids, whitefly and aphids, but Bt toxins are known to be ineffective against sucking pests [4], therefore, farmers necessarily use additional pesticides specific to these pests (see Table 2).
Table 2. Incidence of sucking pests on Bt and NPM cotton.
Jassids
Thrips
Wilt, a common disease of cotton was reported absent by only 17 of the Bt cotton farmers during the season (14.5%), while 50 NPM farmers reported no wilt problems (41.3%). The degree of wilt ranged from 30% - 70% for Bt cotton, but was only 10 – 15% for the NPM cotton varieties. While wilt causes a decrease in cotton yield, the traditional cotton varieties have far greater genetic diversity than the Bt cotton, giving greater security against losses from this disease .
Beneficial insects prevail on NPM cotton
These findings reflect the fears of many environmentalists that the Bt cotton endotoxin destroys many beneficial insects [5], and that has a knock-on effect on the birds and small mammals that are the natural predators of these insects. Table 3 shows 85 (70.2%) of NPM farmers finding a high incidence of beneficial insects on their crop, with 97 (82.9%) of Bt cotton respondents finding only a low incidence and 13 (11.2%) Bt farmers found no beneficial insects at all on their crop.
Table 3. Incidence of beneficial insects on Bt and NPM cotton.
Incidence level of beneficial insects
Bt Cotton Fields
NPM Cotton Fields
The main strategy of NPM farmers' pest control on their crops is through beneficial insects that are, by definition, predators of cotton pests; they also use natural organic pesticides. In contrast, Bt farmers report a low incidence of pest predators due to the toxicity of the Bt varieties and associated pesticides, necessitating a vicious cycle of control by these synthetic pesticides.
Economics of pest management shows Bt cotton extortionate
Purchase of Bt cotton seed, genetically modified with the cry1Ac gene from soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensi s, includes a technology fee, and costs farmers Rs 1600 per acre, compared to NPM farmers who buy their seed at Rs 450 per acre. This makes Bt cotton seed 355% more expensive than the traditional varieties [1].
In addition, pest management costs were greater for Bt farmers who had to use pesticides such as Monocrotophos, Confidor, Tracer, Avaunt, Endosulfan, acephate, demethoate, imidacloprid, quinalphos, chlorpyriphos, cypermethrin etc . to manage a variety of pests including bollworms for which Bt toxin is supposed to be specific [1].
On average, Bt crops were sprayed 3.5 times, with two farmers reporting that they did not spray at all, and others spraying as many as seven times. The NPM farmers used no synthetic pesticides at all, but used natural pesticides such as Neem seed kernel extract, trichoderma and panchakavya [1].
Bt cotton pest management cost on average Rs 2632 per acre, whereas NPM cotton pest management cost on average Rs 382 per acre, making pesticide costs 690% more expensive to the Bt cotton farmers [1].
Yields and incomes were not included in this study as cotton picking was still going on at the time of data collection, but Bt cotton yield and quality has been well documented as lower than traditional varieties [6], in spite of claims to the contrary. Yet the study clearly proves that restoring the ecological balance in the cotton fields, by removing both the GM endotoxins and the synthetic chemicals, will bring both short and long term benefits to farmers and the environment.
The study punctured the following myths in the current pest management paradigm [1]:
Pests can be controlled only by killing them with pesticide; whereas prevention is better than cure
All insects in the fields are pests; whereas they include natural predators that kill pests
No relationship exists between monoculture and pest incidence; whereas a reduced genetic base over large areas results in unobstructed proliferation of the pest especially as in India where non-Bt cotton refuges are not used [2]
Chemical fertilizers and pest incidence are unrelated; whereas chemical fertilizers increase plant vulnerability to the pest due to increased ‘succulence'.
Pest resistance is a genotypic rather than an environmental issue; whereas environmental management of pests will give farmers more control over their crops than the use of patented seed derived from manipulating genes
Pest resistance management is about using newer and newer generation pesticides; whereas NPM systems cut costs to farmers and the environment leading to greater independence of farmers and a healthier, more biodiverse environment
Prevention of pest/disease means spraying even when the pest is absent; whereas pest management is not about schedules or routine but the needs of the actual situation
Benefits of synthetic pesticides outweigh the risks; whereas suicides [7] in the Indian cotton belts show that the economics of pesticide use do not add up, even before other adverse effects are taken into account, such as increased crop water consumption [8]
The story of Punukula: it's not rocket science
Punukula, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, with a population of about 860, has rediscovered the art and science of sustainable cotton cultivation by using NPM systems. But this small revolution in India's cotton belt has been ignored by agricultural scientists, perhaps because it is an appropriate technology that does not lend itself to exploitation by outsiders, and because it does not have the ‘glamour' of ‘cutting edge technology'. Nevertheless, it so impressed the AP agriculture minister, who witnessed the transformation for himself, that it has been replicated in 400 surrounding villages [7].
A few farmers from a local non-governmental organization began in 1999 (before the arrival of GM cotton in India), to experiment with non-pesticidal management practices on their cotton crop, and persuaded 20 local farmers to try it [7].
The environment, previously contaminated by a vicious cycle of pesticide application began to improve, and the pest burden reduced. By 2004, the environmental and economic impact was such that the entire village was using NPM that had restored natural pest control systems, and they therefore had no reason to adopt GM cotton when it became available [7].
In the early 1960s, only six or seven major pests worried the cotton farmer, but costly inputs prescribed by agribusiness and agricultural research has created a spiral of pollution, debt and death that has also resulted in the farmer fighting 70 major pests on cotton today. Although average yields for farmers in Punukula are greater than for Bt cotton farmers, most mainstream agricultural scientists, and politicians prefer to support GM technology and agribusiness [7].
If Punukula had adopted GM Bt cotton, the village would have paid Rs 600 000 in additional seed price for the 500 acres under cultivation (Rs1 200/acre technology fee), before addressing the extra cost of pesticide application. The farmers would have remained caught in the spiral of debt as victims of the ‘cutting edge technology' that draws millions of rupees from the small rural economy into the pockets of powerful multi-nationals every year [7].
Farmers stop spraying chemical pesticides, yields go up!
Farmers in India are not alone. In two years, 2000 poor rice farmers in Bangladesh reduced insecticide use by 99 %.
Gary John, senior scientist at the International Rice Research Institute in Manila, said “To my surprise when people stopped spraying, yields didn't drop, and this was across 600 fields in two districts over four seasons. I'm convinced that the vast majority of insecticides that rice farmers use are a complete waste of time and money”. In the Philippines, similarly, a decline in insecticide use has been accompanied by an increase in productivity leading to great savings for farmers [9].
This comes as a revelation only after land and water have been poisoned, the environment degraded, and, according to WHO figures, 20 000 people have died from pesticide poisoning worldwide annually. And because science has viewed all things traditional as backward and substandard the collective wisdom of generations of farmers has been largely lost [9]; and at the same time agricultural scientists are still promoting useless and harmful technologies like genetic modification [10].
But while ordinary farmers are getting wise to GM propaganda and hard sell around the world, an Indian government study has found serious faults with its GM Bt cotton under commercial production. The government has been sitting on this study for two years. It describes a multitude of problems already expressed by farmers but previously denied by its own scientists and politicians [11]. Meanwhile organic farming successes are being more widely reported, for example, Paul Desmarais, Director of the Kasisi Agricultural Training Centre in Zambia writes “We have successfully grown organic cotton for two years now at Kasisi.
We have good control of insects and there is not resistance built in the system as there is even with Bt cotton. Our yields are double the national yields. Farmers using the conventional route are barely ekeing out an existence with the price of cotton dropping and the price of inputs climbing up. We have just had the seed cotton tested for fibre length, micronair, etc. and our cotton did very well on all the scores. Let us pursue the growing of organic cotton. It is possible and it is sustainable” [12].
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The campaign created by Tilt Brand Solutions comprises of online video, radio and office activation in key markets. The campaign very successfully portrays four common ‘taxing situations’ people find themselves in, from January to March, depicted by four different avatars - Tax Kumbhakaran, Tax Bhola, Tax Statue, and Tax Sufi.
Tilt Brand Solutions chief creative and content officer Shriram Iyer said, “This campaign should resonate with every one of us because I’m sure each one of us has been one of these avatars at one point or another in our lives; not surprising, therefore, that this campaign has gained so much traction in just 4 days. These are people who desperately need a solution and Scripbox has the perfect platform for them. It’s been a wonderful experience creating, directing and producing these films and now we’re really excited to see how the rest of the video content bouquet turns out.”
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How To Write Your First Novel
They say that everyone has a novel in them somewhere. But where does the budding author begin the daunting process of writing that first book and how do you go about putting those thoughts and ideas on paper in a form that others will enjoy reading?
The first thing to accept is that there is no easy way to write a novel; there is no magic formula. Each piece of work (and that’s what a novel is), has its own pace and structure; its own individuality. As well as a good story you’ll need determination; perseverance, self-discipline and application to succeed and to see your book through to the final paragraph. It’s also a brilliant, fun experience and a great creative adventure as well as a challenge. And it’s your world; you create it, populate it with characters, develop it and bring all the elements together as you wish. So, if you’re still up for the challenge of writing your first novel, here are some thoughts and tips to help get you started.
From personal experience I would advise the budding author not to get too hung up on writing a really detailed outline for your novel before you start. Yes, an outline will provide you with direction but it can also feel claustrophobic and inhibit your creative flow if you try to adhere too rigidly to it. By all means sketch out the overall framework for your storyline but be prepared to move away from the model. You’ll be surprised at how the plot will develop and evolve naturally as you write.
Think carefully about the setting for your story. The setting includes the place, the season and the time. Your reader must understand the reason for the setting you have chosen. Why is this particular setting so relevant to the story? Unlike viewers of a movie where the scenes are spoon-fed to them, readers of your novel will create the scene for themselves in their mind’s eye using the information you give them and the clearer the scene you paint with your words, the more real the reader’s experience will be.
Keep these questions in mind when scene setting: What period is the story set in; present day, sometime in the past or even in the future? Where does the scene take place? What city, country etc? What’s the weather like? What can you see, smell and hear? Remember to ‘show’ rather than just ‘tell’; good descriptive narrative is very important in scene setting.
An important consideration which you must decide on before you start writing is the narration angle. Who is the one telling the story? Are you going to opt for a first-person narrator who is at the centre of the plot? Perhaps a third-person narrator who can enter the thoughts of any character at any time or one who follows one character in particular?
First-person narration is useful to the author as it allows the reader to enter the mind of the character; to understand his thoughts and motives and develop empathy with him.
The protagonist
The protagonist has a central role in the story and is usually the one whose side the reader will be on, regardless of whether they are a nice character or a wicked one. The best novels are character driven and yours should be as realistic as possible; flaws and all. Make all your characters real; imperfect, contrary, annoying, desirable etc. Shallow, two dimensional characters are boring and uninspiring for the reader who won’t really care one way or the other what happens to them in the story.
Conflict is a pivotal aspect of all good novels regardless of genre. Every story starts with conflict. In my children’s novel, ‘If I Won A Pony’, the protagonist/heroine bends the truth to keep the pony she wins in a magazine competition. Conflict immediately catches the reader’s imagination, sparks outrage, amusement or shock and draws them into the story. What’s going to happen as a result of the conflict?
What’s at stake?
There should be a clear element of risk in the story. What does your main character stand to lose or win? What is he or she seeking to gain and why? You must make the stakes clear if you want your readers to care about what happens.
Use the risk to move the story forward. The reader must want to turn every page to see whether the protagonist loses or wins and what he or she does to achieve her goal.
Writing in order
You don’t have to write your book from the first paragraph to the last in that order; this can be the road to writer’s block. If you find you’re struggling with chapter 2 but you have a great idea for a passage of dialogue which fits in nicely later on in the story, just go ahead and get it on the page. You shouldn’t feel that you have to write in linear fashion. At this stage, the novel is yours and you can write it, change it, develop it, add and take away from it as you please.
'Write what you know'
There is an element of truth in this old piece of advice for writers but don’t let that restrict your imagination. Embrace something different to enliven your writing. For example, one scene in my latest novel involved an auction at a livestock market. With Google’s assistance, I located a livestock market quite near to where I live and spent an afternoon watching an auction and making notes. From my observations on that afternoon I developed several characters with which to colour my story and really made the scene come alive for the reader. Be prepared to stretch your creativity and don’t be afraid to research areas which are new to you; make site visits and do some interviewing if you have to.
It’s very important that your characters and their actions are believable. Avoid peppering the story with unlikely coincidences or unexpected characters whose sole function is to manoeuvre the plot along an unrealistic route. The story should move smoothly and naturally from scene to scene without clunking along via a series of manufactured occurrences which are so far-fetched the reader eventually gives up in disgust.
Deadlines and discipline
Realistic deadlines are very important for the new novelist. It’s easy to have a vague idea of a date you’d like to have your book finished by and to keep on extending this date until completion remains perpetually out of sight. Challenge yourself but be kind too. Set yourself an achievable daily target. Obviously, the amount you can get done will depend on your personal circumstances, work and family commitments but the sense of achievement you get when you’ve hit your daily milestone will help to keep you motivated.
It’s very important to write something every day to keep yourself in the writing groove, even if it’s just some random jottings or notes. Writing is like a car engine; you need to keep it ticking over to stop the battery going flat!
When you finish each chapter, put it away in a drawer and forget about it. The same goes for the completed manuscript. Sometimes when you’re really close to a piece of work, you can’t see the wood for the trees editorially. Take a step back from your book and let it rest unread for a few weeks then re-read it with fresh eyes. Be prepared to make changes, or even re-write whole passages if you want to.
Don’t give up!
Writing a novel is not easy and at times you’ll feel like giving up and chucking the manuscript in the bin. Don’t! You will finish your book and when you do, it’s the biggest natural high you’ll ever experience; until you see it in print on the shelves of the local bookstore that is!
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Fixed drug eruption due to levocetirizine
Ratinder Jhaj1, Dinesh Prasad Asati2, Deepa Chaudhary3
1 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
3 Department of Pharmacovigilance, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Date of Submission 15-Dec-2015
Date of Decision 24-Feb-2016
Ratinder Jhaj
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal - 462 020, Madhya Pradesh
A fixed drug eruption (FDE) is a cutaneous adverse drug reaction due to Type IV or delayed cell-mediated hypersensitivity. Antihistamines, which antagonize the action of histamine during an allergic reaction by blocking the H 1 histamine receptors, are used routinely for the treatment of various allergic disorders such as urticaria, eczemas, and also in itchy lesions of skin like scabies.Levocetirizine, an active (R)-enantiomer of cetirizine, is a newer or second generation antihistamine, with more specific actions and fewer side effects, including cutaneous reactions. FDE due to levocetirizine as well as with cetirizine are rare. We report a case of levocetirizine induced FDE in a 49-year-old male patient with scabies. The patient had a history of cetirizine induced FDE in the past.
Keywords: Anti-histamines, cetirizine, cutaneous reactions
Jhaj R, Asati DP, Chaudhary D. Fixed drug eruption due to levocetirizine. J Pharmacol Pharmacother 2016;7:109-11
Jhaj R, Asati DP, Chaudhary D. Fixed drug eruption due to levocetirizine. J Pharmacol Pharmacother [serial online] 2016 [cited 2019 Jul 17];7:109-11. Available from: http://www.jpharmacol.com/text.asp?2016/7/2/109/184778
Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is characterized by the development of one or more annular or oval erythematous plaques, more commonly on the lips or genitalia. The hip, lower back and proximal extremities are also common sites for the initial lesion of an FDE, which may be solitary. These lesions typically resolve spontaneously after discontinuation of the causative drug but leave a residual hyperpigmentation at the reaction site(s). [1] Repeated or continued exposure to the suspected drug might cause the development of new lesions along with enhancement of the older hyperpigmented lesions. The etiology of FDEs is still not completely understood. CD8 T cells retained in the lesions serving as an immunological memory may get activated on re-challenge. Persistent expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1by an abnormal subpopulation of keratinocytes facilitates the adhesion of lymphocytes that express lymphocyte-associated antigen1, which in turn liberates lymphokines, causing damage to epidermal cell layer. Oxidative stress parameters such as reduced glutathione, malondialdehyde, and inhibition of leukocyte migration have also been significantly noted in FDE. [2] Drugs such as ibuprofen, sulfonamides, naproxen, and tetracyclines are the most common among more than 100 drugs that have been implicated to cause FDEs. [1] Older, as well as newer generation antihistamines, have also been reported to cause FDEs. [3],[4] Although rare, a few cases of FDE with cetirizine, [4] levocetirizine. [5],[6] have also been reported. There are also reports of FDE in the same patient due to Levocetirizine as well as cetirizine or other piperazine derivatives, [7],[8],[9] but such reactions appeared after intentional re-challenge or patchtesting in patients who presented with an FDE with levocetirizine/cetirizine. We present a case of FDE in a patient with a history of FDE with cetirizine, who was inadvertently given levocetirizine.
A 49-year-old male patient, a known case of scabies with prior treatment with topical permethrin and oral cetirizine, presented at the Department of Community Family Medicine, AIIMS, Bhopal. He was prescribed tablet vermact (ivermectin) 12 mg stat, tablet Rantac (ranitidine) 150 mg BD (twice a day), and tablet levorid (levocetirizine) 5 mg OD (once a day) for 3 days. He started the first two drugs on the same day without any complications. Levocetirizine was started 1 day later. About 1h after taking levocetirizine, the patient experienced several bullae formations with generalized itching and multiple erythematous macules on the left lower leg [Figure 1]a, right sole [Figure 1]b, chest, penis, and middle finger right hand. The patient has a history of similar lesions at same sites with cetirizine 1month before current presentation. Cetirizine also had been prescribed for scabies in a government hospital before presentation at AIIMS, Bhopal. Levocetirizine was stopped and tablet Dazit (desloratidine) 5 mg OD, along with Clob (clobetasol propionate) cream, for topical application twice a day on erupted areas of the skin, was prescribed to treat the reaction. The lesions resolved with a faint lingering hyper-pigmentation after 7 days of withdrawal of levocetirizine along with the above treatment. De-challenge was thus satisfactory.
Figure 1: Fixed drug eruption with levocetirizine: Reddish erythematous macular patches on right sole (a) and left lower leg (b) (column width)
The adverse drug reaction (ADR) has been reported to the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India through in-house ADR Monitoring Centre. (Worldwide Unique Number at Uppsala Monitoring Center: 201538822). Using the World Health Organization causality assessment criteria, causality was determined as certain with levocetirizine by the causality assessment committee of the concerned ADR Monitoring Centre.
Levocetirizine is generally considered as a safe and effective drug for different allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis and chronic urticaria. Paradoxically, there have been several reports of hypersensitivity reactions, including FDEs, due to levocetirizine, cetirizine and other antihistamines of the piperazine group. [4],[5],[6],[7],[8],[9] However, while there are reports of FDE with levocetirizine and cetirizine in the same patient, [7],[8],[9] these patients were deliberately re-challenged by oral route or by patch-testing with levocetirizine or cetirizine. On the other hand, in our patient levocetirizine was used therapeutically in a patient with a history of cetirizine-induced FDE and led to a similar reaction. Levocetirizine is the R-isomer of cetirizine dihydrochloride and has two times more affinity for the histamine H 1 -receptor than cetirizine. [10]
FDEs usually appear as erythematous, pruritic macules, which may occur due to systemic exposure to a causative drug. These lesions typically resolve spontaneously after discontinuation of causative drug but recur on re-administration of the causative agent. FDEs are CD8+ T cells mediated classical delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions. [11] In the present case, the patient developed levocetirizine induced FDE. Oral re-challenge test is the most reliable method for diagnosis of an FDE. However, since the lesions after levocetirizine reappeared on the same sites as those with a chemically similar drug, that is cetirizine, a diagnosis of levocetirizine induced FDE can be made without re-challenge. Further, it is recommended that a patient with history of hypersensitivity to a certain antihistamine should be expected to cross-react with other antihistamines of the same chemical class. Antihistamines with least structural resemblance to the offending agent should be used in such a patient.
We are grateful to Dr. Sanjeev Kumar; Department of Community and Family Medicine for his contribution by reporting this adverse drug reaction; and Mr. Imran Alam, Department of Pharmacology AIIMS Bhopal for his technical support.
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1 Curcumin derivative, 2,6-bis(2-fluorobenzylidene)cyclohexanone (MS65) inhibits interleukin-6 production through suppression of NF-?B and MAPK pathways in histamine-induced human keratinocytes cell (HaCaT)
Nurul Atika Razali,Nur Amiza Nazarudin,Kok Song Lai,Faridah Abas,Syahida Ahmad
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Personal Injury Litigation (Long Island City, NY) - Tort Action for Interference with a Dead Body
Personal Injury Litigation: Tort Action for Interference with a Dead Body (Long Island City, NY)
Under the common law, a person commits a tort when he or she intentionally, recklessly, or negligently removes, withholds, mutilates, or operates upon the body of a dead person or when he or she prevents the proper burial or cremation of the dead body. The person who commits this tort is liable for damages to the family member or members of the deceased person.
In order to recover damages for the tort of interference with a dead body, the family member or members of the deceased person must have been entitled to the disposition of the deceased person's body. In other words, the family member or members must have been entitled to the exclusive control of the deceased person's body. In most states, the surviving spouse is generally the person who is deemed to be entitled to the disposition of the deceased person's body. If there is no surviving spouse, the next of kin are entitled to the disposition of the deceased person's body. The deceased person's executor or administrator may also be entitled to the disposition of the deceased person's body. However, there may be circumstances under which a person who has an interest in the deceased person's body, such as the deceased person's relatives, would be entitled to damages. For example, if the deceased person's relative was present when there was interference with the deceased person's body, that relative may be entitled to damages for his or her emotional distress.
If a deceased person leaves instructions with regard to the disposition of his or her body or his or her organs, the person with whom the deceased person left the instructions will not be liable if he or she follows those instructions. However, the instructions must be legally valid and binding on the person. Also, a coroner who performs an authorized autopsy on a deceased person's body is not liable for the tort of interference with a dead body.
The tort of interference with a dead body applies to intentional acts, reckless acts, and negligent acts. An undertaker who negligently or recklessly embalms a deceased person's body is liable for the tort if he or she harms the body or if he or she prevents the body from being properly buried or cremated.
Damages for the tort of interference with a dead body include damages for physical injuries and for emotional distress. A plaintiff does not need to sustain physical injuries in order to recover for his or her emotional distress.
Examples of the tort of interference with a dead body include an unauthorized autopsy, an unauthorized disinterment, holding or refusing to release a dead body for burial or cremation, and burying a dead body in the wrong cemetery.
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Golf Club & Course Reviews
Camberley Heath GC Review
/Under Course Review
It would be a little trite and lazy to describe the course at Camberley Heath as simply a traditional heathland layout. Yes, there are the towering pines, the attractive swathes of heather, the pitches and rolls – all characteristics of the best courses in this sandy belt south west of London. And, yes, it has the architectural hallmarks of the great Harry Colt, the subtle nuances, the soft yet strategically brilliant angles, the visual treats, but there’s something different here too.
For us, the most distinctive feature that marks it apart from the otherwise comparable Colt courses in this part of the world were the short but ingenious par fours. Played from the tips, five of them measure under 335 yards but, for different reasons, none is a pushover. To some extent off-setting these there’s also one par four that can extend to over 500 yards and a couple of formidable par three holes that can play well beyond 200 yards. Together they create the most idiosyncratic of designs, one that most visitors won’t be accustomed to but which is certain to charm.
Built in 1913, the golf course clearly arrived well before many of the substantial houses that lie just beyond its borders of rhododendrons and pine trees that allow you just the occasional glimpse of what lies beyond. The course isn’t blessed with the kind of expansive plot Colt had at his disposal when laying out the likes of Sunningdale (New) and Hankley Common, but it’s testament to his skills as an architect that what he created within just 135 acres never feels claustrophobic. There are moments that you’re aware you’re playing along the boundaries of the course but never does it detract from the experience.
The club is rightly proud of its Harry Colt heritage and they must be applauded for investing so much in recent years in restoring the heather and fescue edging to the bunkering that is such a trademark of a pure Colt design.
As with any first-rate course, it’s a compliment to say that the highlights are hard to pick out. It’s always difficult (and subjective) to discern why one good hole is better than another good hole and there was considerable debate over our own choices. There are a few holes that stand out for their physical attributes, some for the intelligence of their design and the challenge they present, others for their quirkiness and originality or simply for their attractiveness. The par fives are very good, including the twisting third that promises reward for two hefty shots and the sloping 13th that demands brain as much as brawn. Equally, the pair of finishing holes are worthy of note, not least because they are so individual in character. The 17th demands much of your tee shot which must be taken down the left-hand-side to avoid the slope and hollow ready to seize anything off centre. The final hole, another short par 4, has a huge bank of heather obscuring your view of the fairway from the tee before a tricky pitch up a severe rise. That these aren’t in our highlights serves as a testament to the quality of the Camberley Heath course (and the failure of our reviewers to agree!).
Holes No. 2 & No. 14
The two long par threes on the course are both formidable, but our votes went to the shorter but so less challenging holes that occupy an area close to the clubhouse, while coming at different points on the course.
The second hole is an archetypal Harry Colt beauty. Played uphill to a green with three distinct tiers, precise distance control is absolutely essential to avoid an intimidating putt (or three). The green is generous but under-clubbing is a distinct risk, especially if there’s a wind blowing, and deep bunkers await on all sides to collect an errant shot. A really lovely hole.
Next to the second green is the tee for the 14th hole, which plays directly towards the front of the clubhouse. Unusually there are actually three different tee positions which change the angle of the hole by what must be close to thirty yards but all requiring a similar short to mid iron. From the position we played, the prominent bunker on the left guarded the green and partially blocked the view of the pin, so judging distance was tricky. Again, a sizeable green means that finding the right quarter is important if you want to avoid the risk of a three putt.
Holes Nos. 4, 5 & 6
After the third hole, a great snaking par five, you pass under the road that bisects the course via a tunnel that you return through after the 12th hole. The opening three holes on “the other side” are classic Colt, the short just as capable of testing your mettle as the long. The long comes by way of the 5th, sandwiched between two short par fours. A sweeping, shallow dogleg left, it demands a healthy drive if you’re going to put yourself in comfortable range for your second. It’s a par four that many will play as a three-shotter.
The bread in the sandwich is provided by two of the short par fours that we felt provided some of Camberley Heath’s most discerning features.
The fourth hole is drivable and therefore forces the longer hitter in to a decision on the tee. With the reward of a birdie or even an eagle comes the risk of walking off such a short hole with a double-bogey or worse. Infuriating.
The 4th hole, much like the 6th a short while later, offers you generous fairway if you opt to just clip a short iron off the tee, but then pinches in considerably as it funnels towards a small, and well-protected green. Here it’s deep bunkers and clever run-offs that might have you thinking twice about the aggressive play, while the 6th hole is guarded by thick heather and rough, as well as bunkers in all the right places. Both holes cajole you into choices that have potential for regret as much as reward, so don’t be too cock-sure when you see the yardage on the card.
Hole No.10
While the 18th is regarded as the signature hole at Camberley Heath and tends to receive more recognition, for our money the 10th takes the accolade.
Your drive is blind, played over swathes of heather that blanket the brow of the hill. The fairway cambers significantly right, so you need to favour the left side but right-handers can expect a hanging lie for their second, even with a good tee shot. From the fairway you are now faced with a long uphill approach over another steep bank of heather, to a green that sits atop another rise and is further away than it looks from down below. Much of the plateau isn’t visible, especially from the low, right side of the fairway, and so it’s easy to under-club on your approach. It’s a strong and memorable hole.
The Surrey heathland set are well-known for being some of the premier clubs in the country, and for presenting some of the finest inland layouts. Amongst them, and without naming names, some are formidably challenging, some have a built a reputation around their very private memberships, and others are just wonderfully designed golfing treats. Very deliberately, Camberley Heath concentrates on being amongst the best examples of the latter. There are no pretensions, no snobbishness, and the course is testing without ever threatening to crush the spirit.
The modern, airy clubhouse, with its terrace overlooking the 18th green, is very different to many of the other centenarian clubs in the area and it helps create an unstuffy atmosphere that most visitors will welcome.
As for the course itself, the tall pines and heather make it very attractive, but it’s the sheer variety that distinguishes it. Every hole demands a different strategy, making it everything a “bomber’s” course isn’t and it’s a joy to play because of it.
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MainAll NewsDefense/SecurityArab vandalism in Hevron
Arab vandalism in Hevron
Arabs uproot, saw dozens of grapevines in Tel Hevron causing irreversible damage; 'A criminal act.'
Mordechai Sones, 23/01/19 15:58
Dozens uprooted
Honenu
Arabs uprooted dozens of grapevines in a vineyard in the Admot Yishai (Tel Rumeida) suburb of Hevron, on land of the ancient Jewish community of Hevron.
The vineyard was planted about 8 years ago and is cultivated by a farmer from the Jewish community of Hevron.
The vandals arrived in the vineyard early in the morning under the auspices of the nearby Hevron Municipality, who received a special permit from IDF forces to enter and perform conservation work on ancient olive trees near the Jewish area.
The Arabs sawed through the vines causing irreversible damage to the vineyard.
Attorney Chaim Bleicher of the Honenu organization, a Hevron resident who supervises land on behalf of the Hevron Land Commissioner, said: "The place is recorded by IDF security cameras, and we demand the immediate arrest of the vandals. This is a criminal act, uprooting dozens of grapevines in which money and hard work were invested.
"This incident joins the many terror attacks carried out by Hevron Arabs against the Jewish community in the city, with the aim of uprooting the Jews from Hevron, just as their fathers did during the 1929 riots."
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Prince: Life Coach
Mourning a legend. On April 21st, 2016, the musical artist Prince died in his famous Paisley Park compound. The world is honoring Prince with a celebration of his life, truly fitting for the death of such an eclectic, inspiring, and unique figure. Here are four things that we can learn from the life of Prince Rogers Nelson:
1 Remember your roots
Prince was born in Minneapolis, Missouri and never forgot it. He traveled the world throughout his career, but even in his final days, Prince called Minneapolis home. His Paisley Park studio complex, that was lit purple whenever he was there, was located in Missouri.
2 Love your craft and love all of it
Eclectic is an understatement. Prince’s creative style derived from any and everywhere. His music united genres and he was known for defying boundaries. When Larry King asked him which genre he fits into in a 1999 CNN interview, the artist stated, “I don’t really like categories.” Besides reaching areas of funk, pop, rock, R&B, and more, he played multiple instruments and enjoyed music from all over the world.
3 Be unapologetic
"Prince's success in taking on Warner Brothers influenced other artists because he demonstrated that, even at the top of the pinnacle, you could still have a voice.” –Londell McMillan (ABC News)
Contracts in the music industry have caused riffs for years, but when Prince found himself feeling controlled by Warner Brothers, he was not silent. He expressed how being bound by their contract felt by performing with the word “slave” written on his face. He also changed his name to a symbol in protest of Warner Brothers controlling his name, Prince, and any creative output released under that name. In recent years, he has openly criticized the Internet for being another way to easily violate music copyrights.
4 It's okay to color outside the lines
Over the past 50 years, people have used so many words to describe Prince. He was said to be, “different,” “unique,” “outlandish,” and more. He was an eclectic musician and had a sense of style that was always sure to turn heads. Earlier in his career, his music lyrics, androgynous look, and alter ego, “Camille,” showed that he was unafraid of labels and challenged the fine lines that categorized society. Later in life, Prince became a devoted Jehovah’s Witness and vegan and expressed that he was going to be himself no matter what anyone else thought. Prince’s lifestyle reflected how he was proud of being different and even embraced it.
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Man City in Danger of Champions League Ban After New Leaked Emails Allege FFP Misdeeds
Manchester City could be banned from participating in the Champions League next season, if UEFA decides to take action over new leaked emails which appear to demonstrate the club flouting the governing body's Financial Fair Play rules.
The club are already under investigation following the leak of damning emails last November, which appeared to show how the club acquired funding to supplement sponsorship money from Abu Dhabi United Group - an investment fund owned by Sheik Mansour. UEFA has a limit over how much money an owner can invest into a club, and this looks to have been breached.
And now, the actual paperwork and correspondence the Spiegel stories are based upon. Remarkable. Man City could simply kill this story by saying these are fake. But they're not, so City can't.https://t.co/LYyh4Z2UOb
— Nick Harris (@sportingintel) March 2, 2019
According to the Daily Mail, Der Spiegel has now leaked another string of emails from the Premier League champions, which appear to show City indicating their owner had supplemented Abu Dhabi partnership deals by almost £150m. This is a serious issue, as the money is not coming directly from sponsors.
Another email, from former City chief operating officer Graham Wallace, explained the club's funding strategy, stating: "'What we therefore need is that monies we are attributing to [City's sponsors] Etisalat, ADTA, Aabar and Etihad … are physically remitted to us by those businesses … to avoid any related party influence/control considerations."
At worst, City could be thrown out of the Champions League for the alleged activity, which could have dramatic ramifications both for their financial future and the club's ability to still attract world class talent. The FA are also investigating the club for an alleged illegal payment involved in the signing of Jadon Sancho back in 2014.
Meanwhile, Chelsea are also sweating over potential consequences of their alleged misdeeds, with the club set to submit their appeal against their two window transfer ban on Monday. The Blues received the FIFA ban after being found guilty of breaching rules relating to the acquisition of players under the age of 18, including Bertrand Traore.
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Hitched, a Hammer story
by Sean Michael
Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Torquere Press
E-Book 978-1-61040-507-2 3.99
Author Page: Sean Michael
The proposal was the easy part, but can Marcus and Jim survive planning the wedding?
Jim asked Marcus to marry him on Valentine's Day and his master said yes. That should have been the hard part, right? Jim goes into full perfectionist mode, though, wanting everything to be just right for his master, and soon he's stressed and unhappy.
When the planning also interferes with Marcus and Jim's usual routine, miscommunication and misunderstandings follow. Is a wedding really worth all the aggravation?
Jim looked across the table at Tanny, hands shaking. "I did it."
Tanny's smile widened, and his best friend reached over, squeezed his fingers. "And?"
"He said yes." Jim still couldn't quite believe he'd done it. He'd been planning for months, had saved up and purchased the ring and then on Valentine's Day of all days, he'd popped the question. Tanny had been with him every nerve-wracking step of the way.
Tanny chuckled. "Well, duh. He loves you like crazy."
He heard a familiar whistling, his master's steps sounding in the hall. Then the kitchen door opened, Marcus coming in, his master had a presence that he carried with him. It was hot as hell. Big, bald, stunningly beautiful -- Jim could barely stand it.
"Master."
Tanny looked at Marcus and nodded. "Master Marcus."
"Tanny, my boy, how are you?" Marcus gave Tanny a smile, then turned to Jim, arms opening wide. "And there's my baby."
He stood up, pushed into Marcus' arms. Ever since last night, since he'd proposed, Jim couldn't get enough of Marcus. It was like everything was brand new, somehow. Only better.
Marcus' mouth landed on his, the kiss long, deep. Intense. Jim groaned, his knees buckling. Oh, please. Yes.
"Should I go?" Tanny asked as the kiss went on and on.
Please. Please, Tanny. "I..." He couldn't exactly say that, could he?
Tanny smiled, stood. "Call me and we'll make fun plans. Love you guys."
"Sorry, Tanny. We're a little... uh, in love." Marcus gave him a wink.
"I get it. I've been a little in love for a long time." Tanny's wave was playful, light. "Call me!"
"I promise. Thank you, Tanny. You're the best." He still could do no more than glance briefly at Tanny, Marcus taking up all his attention.
"Yep. Best best friend ever!"
"A little in love." Marcus laughed. "You forget we've seen you and Billy together, Tanny. There's nothing little about that."
"I'll make sure and tell him. Congratulations, guys." The door shut behind Tanny with a click, the sound welcome.
Jim groaned. "He's a good friend."
"He understands, baby." Marcus' mouth landed on his again.
Uh-huh. Tanny got it.
Jim opened up, almost climbing Marcus' body. Marcus grabbed his ass and pushed him up against the wall, rubbing against him as they kissed. His ass was still warm, tingling from his morning spanking, his cock hard as nails.
"God, you're so sexy, baby. You make me need." Marcus stroked his cheek, the new ring dragging along his skin.
"You're wearing my ring." It made him giddy.
"I am. I want everyone to know I'm a taken man."
"You are. Mine." He knew that, but it was a thrill to say it.
"Mmm. Yes. My boy asked me to marry him."
"And you said yes." He was definitely giddy.
"I can't imagine saying anything else to that question."
"Thank God." Jim couldn't stop smiling.
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I very much enjoyed reading Sean Michael’s Hammer series, as the characters were always larger than life and so endearing. Sean Michael’s newest release in the series, Hitched, fit the bill. (full review)
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NORWEGIAN ADVENTURE
KIM SØRENSEN & MARTIN SOLHAUGEN WANTED TO MAKE A 5 EPISODE TRAVEL ADVENTURE TO POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
DRIVE A CAR THROUG SOME OF NORWAY MOST ICONICS PLACES ON A TIME PERIOD OF 5 DAYS. CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF BEING TWO GOOD FRIENDS ON THE ROAD SURVIVING WITH ONLY THE NECCESARY TOOLS. NO FANCY HOTELS, NO HIGH BUDGET, JUST GOOD TIMES.
MARTIN SOLHAUGEN- CREATIVE DIRECTOR / PRODUCER
KIM SØRENSEN PHOTOGRAPHER / COORDINATIOR
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOS
The Social media concept Norwegian Adventure was produced between 5th of August 2017 – 11th of August 2017. Martin Solhaugen approached his best friend Kim Sørensen with the creative brief of producing social media content over a time span of 6 days. The concept was based of trying to show the ultimate Road trip between two best friends in the beautiful landscapes of Norway. The challenges were present from the very beginning as the team was to produce daily video blogs ready for the world to view the following day.
Due to a tight schedule and long distances to cover Martin and Kim spent long hours of pre planing the trip. Starting of in Oslo the team would drive stretches of 7 hours every day to reach the destinations. Along the route were iconic places such as Trollveggen, Trollstigen, Geirangerfjorden, Trolltunga, Tyssedal, Preikestolen, Lysefjorden, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Kragerø.
Along the route Kim worked as a brilliant coordinator having full overview of the route, destinations and time schedule while Martin focused on the Video aspect as a new video blog was to be produced every single day. The content was delivered with ease and could be enjoyed by their combined network of 100,000 people the next day.
On Instagram and Snapchat the follower base got first hand Instagram stories and whereabouts as the team was progressing through the fjords and mountainsides. The follower base would interact with the route as it went along, giving the two tips and comments to what worked and not. The concept was well received by Martins Youtube following who seemed to appreciate the genuine and raw film that the two produced.
Watch all the vlogs the team produced here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJdayow__mDoWBAikaQgtDVOKENNFSasB
See the firs episode of The Norwegian Adventure
Afterthoughts:
Five months has passed since the Norwegian Adventure was produced and the team has gathered
to reflect on the concept. What worked, and what did not?
Martin Solhaugen, Creative Director and Producer says:
"The Norwegian Adventure was such a great concept for me to produce. There are few people in the world that make me laugh as much as Kim. The entire series is focused around the real and raw. We also ended up making a lot of the concept up as we went along. The concept is a great combination of the two of us, what happens when two crazy best friends gets jammed up in a car together for 6 days. Personally, I would say this production sets the bar for what type of content I want to produce. For future note to myself I would say “Don’t do daily vlogs while recording such a massive production.” – Take your time, let the magic happen."
Kim Sørensen, Coordinator and Photographer says:
"Everything was properly planned out from the beginning. A lot of things, including pictures and videos was produced and directed on the go. We never knew where we were going to sleep. We just ended up finding the perfect spots to camp. The biggest challenge was time. We had a tight schedule and long distances to drive. The Norwegian Adventure was a ride of new experiences and great friendship. You get to know your friend even better. I can’t wait to do more content creations like this!"
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Tamil civilian rapes in North Sri Lanka : 18 by Sri Lanka Armed Forces, what about 4000 by Indian Peace Keepers?
Posted on September 1st, 2015
Shenali D Waduge
Garth Pritchard, a Canadian filmmaker who accompanied the forensic team to Kosovo said this was a massacre that never happened….I was standing there when the forensic teams were telling Louise Arbor there were no 200,000 bodies and she didn’t want to know”. Louis Arbor was the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, she was part of the ‘mass grave’ lie. Her successor is Navi Pillay and she is happy to continue the mass lies. Sri Lanka is the target and every effort is being taken to co-link rapes with the Sri Lankan military presence in the North but we are ready to take on the lies.
To Western Governments and the UN and a handful of selected heads working in cohorts with the West’s imperial agenda, Sri Lanka’s problems revolve around ONLY Tamils or Muslims. Not a single issue suffered by the Sinhalese have ever gained any international attention. Presently, these heads are going to great lengths to showcase a link with rapes to the presence of the Sri Lankan military in order to use that as an example to push for an international demand to remove Sri Lankan troops from the North.
If we are to address the question of rape directly, let us first look at some numbers and then draw conclusions based on these numbers.
Between January 2007 to November 2013, 8528 rapes have taken place throughout Sri Lanka
During war = January 2007 to May 2009
Post-war = May 2009 to November 2013
Breaking this further into during war and post war the statistics reveal:
Rape during war = 2816 (4055 accused)
Rape post war = 5712 (8174 accused)
The immediate response would be to conclude that all these rapes refer to the North.
However, in North Sri Lanka rape during and after war = 127 (during war) and 377 (post war) (total cases of 504). Other sexual offences = 6 (during war) / 84 (post war)
In East Sri Lanka rape during and after war = 124 (during war) and 418 (post war) (total cases 542)
The Western Province with a population of 5.8million, rape figures are 510 (during war) & 988 (post war) (total case of 1498)
Yet, why is the emphasis always only on North Sri Lanka? The cases of rape are highest in the Western province with 18% while North Sri Lanka it is just 6%.
Be that as it may given that the entire rape scenario is being used to discredit and prove links to rape in the North with military presence so as to generate enough international condemnation, we think that it is time to expose the lies before Sri Lanka ends up victims of West/UN mass lies.
The North cases of 504 rapes and 90 sexual offences totals 594
Of these 594 cases 18 have been attributed to the Sri Lanka Armed Forces.
The 18 accused from the Armed Forces have names/ their ages are known and full details of them are available with the Armed Forces. What needs to be said is the 18 cases of rape within a span of 7 years CANNOT constitute mass rape or showcase orders of rape by the military upon Tamil civilians as attempts are being made to prove.
What about the 576 rapes (excluding the 18)? Were these not committed by Tamils upon Tamils?
This next brings us to the subject of the Indian Peace Keeping Force arriving in Sri Lanka in July 1987 and greeted with garlands by the Tamil people. That honeymoon did not last for long as a series of incidents record the horrific 3 ½ year Indian barbarism in Sri Lanka upon the Tamil people whom Indian Prime Minister claims India wishes to treat with dignity and respect.
Over 4000 cases of rape are recorded by none other than the LTTE themselves and with the recent appointment of the Presidential Commission on the missing there are Tamils now coming forward to lodge their complaints and Indian war crimes in Sri Lanka are also getting lodged.
For Navi Pillay and the rest of the coterie of humanitarian organizations and their paid workers their statements and workshop propaganda are selective to say the least. Is there some silent understanding that Indian War crimes in particular to the period of Indian troops in Sri Lanka would be kept under the carpet?
Why have none of these entities including the Human Rights head brought up the need to investigate Indian war crimes in Sri Lanka? The Jaffna hospital massacre of even Tamil doctors, unarmed too, the Velvetiturai massacre of unarmed civilians and 4000 rapes that even Human Rights Watch recorded at the time cannot have been isolated cases in just 3 ½ years.
Will these ever be on the agenda of the UN head or its human rights head – we think not, like Louise Arbor insisted on mass graves in Yugoslavia, Navi Pillay insists of rape by Sri Lankan military and mass graves too… so these are now best practice tactics being recycled upon countries that are being targeted and the UN has a super blueprint to showcase the lies as truth.
Nevertheless, we are not prepared to continue with the lies that have led to whole countries being devastated and ruined because officials of the UN were complicit in the crimes of the big power nations out to loot and plunder Third World again or take over nations in a bid to circle the emerging super powers who are a threat to their dominance.
All that Sri Lanka needs to say is that we defeated terrorists, their cruelty and evil are known only by those who lived and suffered throughout Sri Lanka. LTTE prevailed throughout the island not just in the North. The people who suffered are not only Tamils, why is this continued insistence to portray Tamils as the only victims. In terms of reciprocity, the Sinhalese have extended enough olive branches bringing many legislative changes that no other nation with just 10% of a minority population would be given. How many of the Tamils have openly thanked and wished to start life afresh, how many Arun Thambimuttu’s are there amongst the Tamils who openly canvasses for a country that needs to move on and allow time to heal without wishing to go behind bogus Truth Commissions that are really out to take over the domestic mechanisms under the UN so that the powerful nations can through the UN puppets run the world.
Why would the UN conveniently omit any references to India’s crimes in Sri Lanka. 18 cases of rape against 4000 (which the LTTE has documented) are proof that a systematic crime was committed in Sri Lanka. Why is the Chief Minister of the North and the TNA not bringing up the need to investigate these if as they say they are so concerned about the Tamils?
24 Responses to “Tamil civilian rapes in North Sri Lanka : 18 by Sri Lanka Armed Forces, what about 4000 by Indian Peace Keepers?”
On top of these NGOs also committed rape of Tamil women in tens of thousands. This was how LTTE won over foreign NGOs.
“http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=944015”
This is proof.
LORENZO !! WHAT YOU SAY IS PERFECTLY TRUE. THERE WAS AN EMAIL CIRCULATING WITH TAMIL GIRLS IN THE NUDE, AND ONE WHITE BUGGER SEATED ON HIS HAUNCHES TAKING PHOTOS OF BLACK ASSES OF TAMIL GIRLS. I SAW THIS MYSELF.
THE FNGOS WENT TO TOWN WITH THESE YOUNG GIRLS. NOBODY EVER SPEAKS OF THESE ATROCITIES.
Fran Diaz Says:
Some Tamil women had white skinned infants ….. we saw the photos ourselves of these Tamil women carrying white skinned infants who looked like European kids, during and after the war with the LTTE.
SA Kumar Says:
Fran Diaz, I highly respect your writing .
Please DO NOT comments this very sensitive matter .
Ananda-USA Says:
This Machiavellian Eelamist Facebook Lorenzo is looking for people to “Investigate These Crooks” he HELPED into power while UNDERMINING the ONLY ONE who had the Motivation and the Power to PREVENT this CROOKERY from beginning….. President Mahinda Rajapaksa!
Instead, he jumped up and down at LankaWeb, making extensive LISTS of TOTALLY FALSE ACCUSATIONS of corrupt deals under the MR/UPFA GoSL. Now, he wants to “Investigate the New Crooks” as if the Crooked Yamapalanaya government has the Motivation to investigate itself!
What a BLOODY HYPOCRITE this Blackhearted Eelamist Facebook Lorenzo is!
This Modaya is still thinks he can convince LankaWeb readers that he is a “Patriot”! What a CONGENITAL SHAMELESS FOOL!
Facebook LORENZO the TREACHEROUS HYPOCRITE screams that 13A should be REPEALED while he UNDERMINED and HELPED to OUST the one man ….. President Mahinda Rajapaksa …. who led the Patriotic Forces that could DO IT!
Such is the DEVIOUS NATURE of this EELAMIST AGITATOR!
LORENZO KNOWS VERY WELL that REPEALING the 13A is now BEYOND REACH, now that the Yamapalanaya GoSL led by the man Somarama Sirisena that he helped to ride into the Presidency!
So, LORENZO WRAPS himself in the Lion Flag YELLING “REPEAL the 13th Amendment” and “I am the ONLY ONE who DEMANDS it”, knowing VERY WELL WHAT the rest of us PATRIOTS have long ago realized: that although we Patriots too want the 13A to be REPEALED, that is achievable only with a PATRIOTIC PRESIDENT and a PATRIOTIC POLITICAL PARTY in POWER, which this TREACHEROUS EELAMIST Facebook Lorenzo HELPED TO OUST in his QUEST for his EELAM!
WHO AMONG the Patriots STILL FAILS TO REALIZE this MACHIAVELLIAN STRATEGY of this REPROBATE Facebook LORENZO desperately seeking to stitch together his tattered “Patriotic” sheepskin under which he hopes to engage in more MISCHIEF? Hello …. Any Gullible Lorenzo Fans STILL out there among the Patriots?? Helloooo …….??
And HERE is the NEXT STEP by the INCURABLY TREASONOUS Tiger Nominated Agents of the TNA towards EELAM!
The Yamapalanaya Government’s days are NUMBERED when this REALIZATION HITS the MAJORITY COMMUNITY of Sri Lanka flat in the FACE!
TRAITORS Galore in the UNPatriotic Party can now RUN like HELL, but there is NOWHERE to HIDE in Sri Lanka!
THIS is the BEGINNING of the END for them!!
ALL the Sinhala Buddhist MODAYAS who VOTED for the Yamapalanaya can NOW BEAT their CHESTS, CRY themselves HOARSE and HEAD BACK to President Mahinda Rajapaksa … RIGHT NOW!
Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council unanimously calls for an international tribunal
Sept 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Tamil-controlled Northern Provincial Council (NPC) today unanimously called for an international probe into the alleged war crimes committed towards the end of the war with the LTTE.
The Chief Minister of the Northern Provincial Council C.V. Wigneswaran on Tuesday passed a resolution rejecting the domestic process being proposed by the United States and other members of the international community.
While acknowledging the “long standing efforts” of the United States and India along with the international community in securing justice, the NPC dismissed a domestic mechanism backed by the U.S. as Sri Lanka has had a “long and blighted history of human rights violations’ which according to the NPC amounts to genocide.
In this context, the NPC, which is controlled by the main Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA), said in its resolution that the trial of the alleged perpetrators should not take place through any mechanism instituted by the Sri Lankan Government as a State also incurs responsibility for the acts of its agents.
“Under these circumstances, the trial of the perpetrators of international crimes by a domestic mechanism would be a travesty of justice as it would amount to the potentially guilty Government trying its own agents, thereby violating the prohibition in the maxim nemo iudex in sua causa,” the resolution said.
The NPC resolution alleged that there is well-recorded prejudice among members of the Judiciary against the minorities and emphasized that Sri Lanka’s descent into grave human, political and social rights’ violations was precipitated and reinforced by the failure of key pillars of State.
“The prolonged decline in the political culture and political will of the State and the failure of key institutions of Justice, law and order, i.e. Judiciary, police and the armed forces, ensured that impunity became the new norm in Sri Lanka. The Tamil community bore the full brunt of this new norm at all levels of its existence,” it said.
“For these reasons, the Council calls upon the International community to set up an international tribunal to try those alleged to have committed international crimes against the Tamil People in Sri Lanka,” the NPC said.
“We urge the new leaders of the Sri Lankan government to be courageous enough to work with the International community to set up a credible international mechanism which will deliver justice and put this nation on a path of meaningful reconciliation.”
The United States last week confirmed that it will sponsor a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva later this month supporting the Sri Lankan government to conduct its own domestic probe into the alleged war crimes committed during the war with the LTTE.
The Tamil party has earlier rejected a domestic probe into the alleged war crimes saying that they have no faith in government mechanisms despite assurances given by the government that the domestic probe will meet international standards.
The Northern Provincial Council said it awaits the report of the OISL of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights to be released this month which is due to identify the nature of the crimes committed and possibly, the alleged perpetrators.
Not the first time. Earlier NPC passed the genocide resolution against SL.
So what is at fault here? 13 amendment fools.
“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Po2svgOMA”
Carefully watch Maru Sira’s reaction. He is LAUGHING ALL THE WAY knowing well someone had dug his own grave giving him the election win in a few months.
Had we SCRAPPED the 13 amendment nothing like this would have happened. Down with USA!
SA K !!! WHEN DID YOU BECOME THE MODERATOR ???
ANYBODY HAS FREEDOM TO WRITE ON SENSITIVE MATTERS. LET FRAN WRITE THE TRUTH. THAT IS THE TRUTH.
Fran,
This is the reason.
“http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=944015″
LTTE used them to BRIBE foreign agents. One of them was given 4 – 5 of them from Vanni, Jaffna, Batti. LTTE’s MALATHI and SOTHIYA BRIGADES were in charge of these “foreigner operations”.
This photo was taken by LTTE MALATHI BRIGADE. It captures the NGO agent with Tamil women. These photos are then used to BLACKMAIL the NGO agent to do what the LTTE wants. This was how LTTE whitewashed its foreign image.
Susantha Wijesinghe
I do not become the moderator but We- All Mother Lankan have own responsibility when We write any sensitive matters ( woman & children)
be proud to be mother Lankan !!!
THAT IS THE TRUTH.- look at the 4 womans ,are they Mother Lankan? look number plate is that Lankan number plate ?
Susantha Wijesinghe please spend rest of you life time to write how We both community can live with out a blood drop in OUR Mother Land !!!
Om Shanthy !!!
September 2nd, 2015 at 4:27 am
Kumar,
You say : “Please DO NOT comments this very sensitive matter”.
Why do you Tamil folk NOT want the truth published ? Tamil folk publish lies about Sri Lankans, especially Sinhala Buddhists, in the international press and that is perfectly acceptable to you. Words like “Genocide’ and ‘Pogroms’ are used to get the sympathy of the international community, We all know perfectly well that the Tamil case is NOT as for the Jewish people in the WWII ! In fact, Lanka is the ONLY country in the world where Tamil people have FLOURISHED over a long period of time, in spite of the Tamil Caste Wars. It is the Tamil Leaders who spoil it all by calling for Separatism, as they want more. It is the Tamil Caste System in Tamil Nadu that is the real problem for Tamil folk. We all know that there are some 15 Million Tamils of Dalit origin in Tamil Nadu, not in Lanka.
Two wrongs do not make one right !!!
two rights make one right .
let’s make right at the end We all have one Country !!! A Sinhala Theevu ( A Sinhala Island) !
Some FACTS :
(1) How do you propose to “A Sinhala Theevu ( A Sinhala Island) !” when Tamil Leaders still want a ‘Shared sovereignty …. ‘ per Mr Sampanthan’s speech just newly made in Sept 1. My understanding of ‘Shared sovereignty’ means a Federal state for Tamils only.
(2) It appears to us that Tamil Leaders have always misled the Tamil people of Lanka and Tamil Diaspora especially, particularly the poorer sector of HINDU Tamils (Caste bound and of Tamil Dalit origin from Tamil Nadu, not in Lanka), who get blamed, property lost or killed when a trumped up riot happens as in 1983. We note that NO Catholic or Christian Tamils ever get killed in any trumped up upheaval due to Tamil Leaders calling for Federal State, 50-50, and relentless Separatism. Also, it is the Tamil folk of Dalit origin who are used for all the ‘dirty work’ designed by others, including Tamil Leaders.
The WRONGS WITHIN THE TAMIL COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY DUE TO CASTE, everywhere, have crushed all in Sri Lanka continuously since Independence in 1948. Lanka was growing quite well in every sense of the word after the JVP was crushed ruthlessly and turned away from violence. We are quite aware that the JVP had justifiable reason to exist then due to Colonisation of some 500 yrs in Lanka, followed by Cold War politics.
Our Question is : When will Tamil Leaders stop Tamil Separatism ?
Please tell us what you have to say on all of the above facts. I have no intent to hurt anyone here – am only looking for permanent solutions and a lasting peace & prosperity for all.
When will Tamil Leaders stop Tamil Separatism ? is he saying he want TE ??? NO
Sampanthan says: “Our expectation for a solution to the ethnic problem of the sovereignty of the Tamil people is based on a political structure outside that of a unitary government, in a united Sri Lanka in which Tamil people have all the powers of government needed to live with self respect and self sufficiency.” On the face of it this would seem to be a reiteration of belief in a solution with powers devolved within an undivided Sri Lanka.
My understanding of ‘Shared sovereignty’ means a Federal state for Tamils only.- Sorry NO
‘Shared sovereignty’ means a Federal states of Mother Lanka that is United Mother Lanka on Tamil only TE or Sinhala only Sinhala Lanka .
Caste bound and of Tamil Dalit origin from Tamil Nadu, not in Lanka – Agreed We Mother Lanka do not have (almost zero%) caste bound because 90% educated (passed GCE O/L).
permanent solutions and a lasting peace & prosperity for all – We are not very faraway now .
Separatism dead 1987 When 13A become law of Mother Lanka. only VP carry this dead separation until 2009 at Nanthi Kaddal He handed over to MR(SL Govt) .
Now right time to bury together . I strongly believed already buried on 8 January 2015.
September 2nd, 2015 at 2:48 pm
So Mr Sampanthan does want two Fed states making one Sovereign state ?
Does he care a tup about the rest of Lanka, or for that matter about the Fed state for Tamils ? No show of care, so far. Time to freshen up and join up with the rest of Lanka.
Thanks for clarity, Lorenzo & Susantha !
May such horrible times never ever visit our island home.
So Mr Sampanthan does want two Fed states making one Sovereign state ? NO
What Sampanthan , Modi , me & all Your Hela Demila Sakodaraya want exactly like Indian sates (Kerala, Gujarat,TN etc..) no more no less .
United Mother Lanka !!! United Provincial Council of Sri Lanka (UPCSL) !!!
Let’s bring Maha velli River to Irana Madu Kulam & settle 100,000 Bhuddist Sinhala Family in Vanni !!!
Live & let’s live in Chinhala Theevu (Sinhala Desa) Happily for ever !!!
September 3rd, 2015 at 3:39 am
Fran Diaz
TNA Tamil party leader Hon Sampanthan becomes opposition leader in Sri Lanka parliament Today !!!
NO CARE FOR NE or South, Vellala Sampanthan (82 yrs old and still sunk in Caste/Cold War mode) made Opposition Leader, by Colombo-centric UNP leaders !
Lanka down the drain. It appears that multi thousands died for nothing ?
September 3rd, 2015 at 12:25 pm
” …. want exactly like Indian s(t)ates …” The present arrangements to govern India do NOT work well in India. The Indian Model does not work well for India at all. They have to constantly change the laws. It won’t work in Lanka either, same as the 13-A Indian model forced on Lanka.
Fools leading fools down a precipice to perish as greedy vultures food
True, strong souls pull together through times grey bad and golden good
Brother for brother, sister for sister, stand as one, pilgrims till journeys end
A message for Lanka so important, shake heaven and earth to send
Cerberus Says:
September 3rd, 2015 at 1:26 pm
Lorenzo, Thank you for bringing out the truth. This clearly shows how deceitful your Vellala leaders are to your own people. They used low caste Tamil women as prostitutes to blackmail NGOs and Norweigians. They used the low caste Tamil men as the LTTE terror brigade to create a separate state. What is the use of a separate state for Tamils? Right now the Tamils are free to live anywhere in the island. However the Sinhalese cannot live in the North and East. The Sri Lanka Govt. has not rehabilitated the 27,000 Sinhalese who were chased out of Jaffna by LTTE. Will these Vellala leaders reimpose the caste system in the Federal State like in Tamil Nadu?Most of the Tamil low caste came over from Tamil Nadu to get away from caste, now Tamils will be back in the same situation with the separate state.
“But Colombo accomplished something that no great power-nor any Middle Eastern country including Israel-was able to. It comprehensively defeated one of the world’s most powerful terrorist armies. “
While the Brookings Institution article below mentions the ABOVE UNDENIABLE ACHIEVEMENT of Sri Lanka …
……..it FAILS to STATE that Sri Lanka ALSO FELL VICTIM to the REGIME CHANGE STRATEGY of the NeoColonialist West that has SOWED CHAOS and REDUCED TO ANARCHY many nations of the developing world (Syria, Lybia, Ukraine, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Egypt …. ad infinitum, ad nauseam) without ANY RECOGNITION by the West of its DESTRUCTIVE ROLE in DESTABILIZING the World.
However, SOMETIMES the actions of the West have UNINTENDED DIRECT ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES to itself as the FLOOD of REFUGEES from the nations the West DESTABILIZE begin to invade Europe and America and to change their INTERNAL DEMOGRAPHIES with UNTRUSTED people they would not DREAM OF ALLOWING to cross their borders under normal circumstances.
The BEST LAID PLANS of BOTH MICE & MEN do OFTEN GO ASTRAY!
Why small states matter in international politics: The case of Sri Lanka
Sept 03 (Brookings) Sri Lanka occupied little thought throughout the West for much of the period since independence in 1948. In the last few years, however, Sri Lanka began to feature as a country of strategic relevance to great powers, particularly China and the United States.
Sitting at the center of the Indian Ocean, halfway between China and the key energy resources in the Middle East, Beijing has sought to influence politics on the island. But it has suffered blows this year, with Mahinda Rajapaksa (friendly to Chinese interests) losing the presidency in January and his party losing in recent parliamentary elections to the center-right United National Party. Now, pro-Western Ranil Wickramasinghe holds the position of prime minister.
But Western policymakers should not take the island state for granted. The larger lesson of Colombo’s shift to the West is that strategic small states like Sri Lanka now have more options and can easily switch sponsors.
Newly found interest
In May, John Kerry became the first secretary of state to visit Colombo in over a decade. There have been reports in Sri Lankan media that President Barack Obama has also promised to visit, something more likely given Wickramasinghe’s victory.
This newfound interest in the island is related to a “first-tier” security challenge for the United States: China. Rajapaksa’s government fell out of favor with Western governments for its activities during the Sri Lankan civil war. Citing non-implementation of good governance regulations, the European Union removed preferential tariff rates for Sri Lanka’s exports, causing thousands of garment factory workers to lose their jobs. Western countries supported war crimes investigations at the U.N. India, under pressure from Tamil Nadu state political parties, denied lethal weaponry to Colombo during the war and leaned on Sri Lanka to concede more legislative autonomy to Tamil-dominated provinces afterwards.
Unlike in previous decades, however, Colombo had an alternative great power to look to for military technology and investment. Beijing obliged, using its veto -alongside Russia-to defend Sri Lanka at the U.N. Sri Lanka was included as part of a chain of infrastructure projects along China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative.
The American and European stand sparked a strong anti-Western public reaction in Sri Lanka, underpinned by existing suspicions of Western support for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and anti-colonial and Cold War sentiment.
This January, however, Sri Lanka took a 180-degree foreign policy turn. The new president, Maithripala Sirisena, reached out to the West, began governance reforms and signaled a less nationalist approach to Tamil concerns. Sirisena’s first foreign visit was to New Delhi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi repaid the gesture.
Strategic importance
Washington, Delhi, and Beijing have good reason to take an interest. Sri Lanka is at the heart of the world’s busiest sea lanes (more than 80 percent of global seaborne oil trade transits through the Indian Ocean.) The island sits in a region that will form the center of future world politics, strategy, and economics.
Middle Eastern governments have probably noticed Sri Lanka’s maneuvering between China and the West. Given the recent steps by Gulf States, in particular, to diversify their security partners, they may learn from Sri Lanka’s example of extracting the most from established and rising powers.
Sri Lanka’s own history of battling non-state actors may also provide lessons for Middle Eastern states facing similar challenges. Some of those states feel hamstrung by the West’s lack of support for (or outright opposition to) their own conflicts with non-state actors. But Colombo accomplished something that no great power-nor any Middle Eastern country including Israel-was able to. It comprehensively defeated one of the world’s most powerful terrorist armies.
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Chief Keef/Zaytoven - GloToven Music Album Reviews
It isn’t really in Keef’s nature to be sentimental, but even Zaytoven has a way of getting to the hardest rappers.
Chief Keef, if you didn’t know, put out five tapes in 2017, nine projects in 2018, all capped this January by the seventh installment of his The Leek series. Sometimes, despite all that activity, and roughly one in every three of those projects doing something weird or interesting, it feels like very few people are actually paying attention. One way to draw such attention is to do an entire tape with Zaytoven, the virtuosic trap pianist who has brought soul and verve to many a great rapper’s catalogs. GloToven, a 12-track collaborative effort, finds Chief Keef once again tinkering with what his songs can be.
A few weeks ago, Zaytoven played his own Tiny Desk Concert when Future no-showed a planned set featuring a couple of their most breathtaking songs. With no rapper in front of him and a band behind him, Zay was sensational. He was no stranger to the format, having accompanied Gucci Mane there during his comeback tour in 2016, but being the focus seemed to empower him. Without verses, in a smaller space, the songs were even more intimate; they breathed, each chord lingering. One confounded YouTube commenter wrote of the Zay-led set, “It’s crazy just hearing this trap music turn into contemporary jazz with a change of performance style.” The transformative, adaptiveness of Zaytoven’s playing has become a hallmark of his: He’s turned Future into a blues singer and Usher into a man half his age.
Keef interprets Zay’s production differently than any of the maestro’s previous partners (with the exception of “Fast,” which is of a kind with Beast Mode’s “Real Sisters”). He doesn’t emote into the warm beds of the producer’s masterly keystrokes. He can’t lurch through Zay’s busiest king-making processions the way Gucci does, so he has started to taper his barked melodies so they settle just above the shimmers of a superb set of Zay beats, allowing the production to speak nearly as much as he does.
GloToven finds Keef in an entirely different mode than last October’s Back From the Dead 3, which, in keeping with that series, was rap as noise music, his largely amelodic bars erupting through booming productions, his verses sitting way up in the mix and nearly cacophonous. With Zaytoven establishing the terms, he is far more simpatico; perfectly measured and never suppressing the sounds cushioning him. Be it the crystalline gleam of “Spy Kid” or the bounce of “Sneeze,” Keef’s intoned flows are perfectly in phase.
As the godfather of “mumble,” Keef continues to push toward new sounds, expanding the scope of his music at every opportunity. (“All the young niggas grew up, wanna be me/You can act like it, bitch, I know you see me,” he raps knowingly and defiantly on “Spy Kid.”) On GloToven, he is constantly changing the shape of his voice and fiddling with its composition. Keef is far from the post-form ad-libbing of his acolytes like Playboi Carti; these songs have very clear ideas laid out and are performed deliberately. There seems to be little rhyme or reason to the songcraft beyond what Keef feels, but he has great instincts. “3rd Person” is a single rambled verse, in which his flows float through a wind tunnel of sounds from across the Zaytoven starter kit. Half of “F What the Opp Said” is just wordless Auto-Tuned warbling buoyed between Zaytoven’s oscillating keys. Ever the maverick, Keef turns a tender arrangement fit for The-Dream, on “Petty,” into an anti-ballad about how a paramour is nagging him too much about the cheating he’s definitely doing.
It isn’t really in Keef’s nature to be sentimental, but even Zaytoven has a way of getting to the hardest rappers. The presence of fallen love ones looms in the periphery as the tape goes on. “I ain’t got no choice but do this shit for my dead partners,” he raps early on. “I wanna bring my brother back but I know it ain’t gon’ happen,” he accepts on “Ain’t Gonna Happen,” calling Fredo Santana out by name. The anthropomorphic gold star on the cover, with its double cup and the cross between its eyes, is likely an homage to the late Fredo, who appears in promo footage for GloToven in which Keef bangs out a tune on a baby grand and is dubbed “the new Beethoven.” As the piano chords swell across GloToven, Chief Keef continues to expand his legacy, for both his sake and the sake of those he’s lost.
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First leg of Everyone’s A Winner draws record turnout - Running Events
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Everyone's A Winner race patron Senator Dr Floyd Morris (second left) and his guide Donovan Jacas (right) collect their second-place trophies in the Jamaica Moves Top VIP (visually impaired person) and Guide Duo race category from Minister of Health, Dr Christopher Tufton (left) and Alfred 'Frano' Francis, director of Running Events Ltd at the prize-giving ceremony for the first leg of the 5K and 10K event on Sunday at Hope Gardens.
Running Events Limited says it drew more than 2,300 entrants on Sunday for the first leg of the Everyone’s A Winner two-race series at the Hope Gardens in St Andrew. It represents the highest number of entrants in the eight years of the event and a 47 per cent increase in the span of one year, the company said.
According to Race Director of Running Events, Alfred “Frano” Francis, the record turnout represents a strong sense of social responsibility and health consciousness.
“We made a call for support to aid the Jamaica Society for the Blind (JSB) and people answered. We are truly grateful,” stated Francis in a news release.
“From the launch, the response has been extremely positive, the Ministry of Health donated $250,000 to the cause and the Minister himself [Dr. Christopher Tufton] gave $50,000 towards prizes for the blind participants and their guides,” Francis said.
The event continued to expand the pool of distance winners with new title-holders in the 5K run, 5K walk and 10K run.
UCT Steppas Garfield Gordon ran a blistering time of 14:57 to be the first person across the finish line and to take top honours in the Male 5K Run category. Kemar Leslie of Rainforest Seafood took second place in 16:25, while Jerome Kirby came in third, stopping the clock at 16:57.
Juliette Pommels crossed the line in the shortest time in the Female 5K Run category (23:25) to secure the top spot. Maureen Robinson of Pacers Running Club followed her in second place with 23:56. Fourth-year medical student at University of the West Indies, Anna-Kay Edwards clocked 25:08 to claim third place.
In other categories, Duwell Allen’s strong gait took top honours in the Male 5K Walk category with a time of 24:44. Lenworth Hunter finished second in 27:17 and Christopher Maxam copped third place in 27:36. While in the female equivalent Paula Sinclair secured the crown in 31:55 beating Anna-Kay Swaby and Kenecia McDonald in second and third with times of 32:29 and 36:13 respectively.
Janetta Robinson of Pacers Running Club topped the female 10K runners with a time off 47:12. Kelly Ann Beckford of UCT Steppas placed second in 49:47 and Mayumi Iwao, a Japanese Reggae Marathon ambassador for her second participation in the annual series in Kingston, placed third in 51:07. In the male category, Oshane Archibald dominated with a time of 33:27. Ryon Chambers crossed the line in 35:54 for second and Henry Thomas of UCT Steppas placed third in 37:12.
In the Jamaica Moves Top VIP & Guide Duo, 15-year-old Tevin Blake and guide Yoko Yamada came out on top; with second place going to Senator Dr Floyd Morris and guide Donovan Jacas and third place taken by Daniel Garvey and guide, Damaine Riley.
UCT Steppas copped the 5K Run Team Championship, followed by the largest group Rainforest Seafood in second place and Fitness Zone in third place.
“The race has truly been able to put a spotlight on the needs and capabilities of the visually impaired and blind community; and the public did not turn a blind eye. They wanted to effect change and the turnout is a reflection of that. From our side, we [Running Events] are happy to announce that we will have the Jamaica Society for the Blind as charity partners for this race for the foreseeable future. This is not a one-off partnership,” Francis said.
“I must also thank the Jamaica Moves team who partnered with us to make this the first run of the corporate series, and boosting the visibility and overall participation in the race,” he added.
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Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different th..
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Joan of Arc is born in 1412 in the village of Domrémy in the war zone of Northern France. During her youth she often witnesses the horrors of war, but her spirit is kept high by the legend of the Maiden of Lorraine. This says that a young maiden one day will unite the divided country and lead the people to freedom. 11 years old she starts hearing voices from Saint Catherine and Archangel Michael. Through them she is commissioned by God to go to Prince Charles in Chinon, to convince him to become the King of France and drive the English occupants away. Charles thinks that Joan could be the catalyst that animates his disheartened troops. He commissions her to lead the army together with captain La Hire. After their victory at Orléans Joan participates in the coronation of Charles in Reims. Bishop Cauchon accuses her of heresy, and is relocated to Northern France, where he associates with the English occupants. Joan breaks Charles treaty with Burgundy by attacking Paris. Her troops are defeated, and Charles betrays her by letting the Burgundians capture her. They hand her over to their English allies, who put her on a trial led by bishop Cauchon. The court sentences her to be burned
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Interdisciplinarity and intermediality are becoming more and more important across the 21st-century humanities. While the former, broader concept has been used increasingly since the 1980s, the latter’s appeal has grown particularly over the last decade. In a range of fields, the body of work done in intermedial studies has expanded steadily. The time has come, we believe, for a more sustained and articulate examination of the premises, ramifications, and overall principles of intermedial scholarship—indeed, for a systematically metacritical engagement with the existent critical corpus as well as with new topics, approaches, and projects in this area.
Meta-, we argue, is the crux of all intermediality insofar as the Greek prefix designates the very protocol of self-reflexiveness and, more generally, of all self-evaluation discourse or debate, which is what intermedial studies needs to foster more vigorously so as to come to terms with its interdisciplinary and methodological conditions as well as with the academic and epistemological crises its rise responds to. It is meta-work in this new cluster of fields that ultimately enables us to draw new maps for available or emerging research territories, to imagine previously uncharted ways of communicating among disciplines and ourselves, and to blaze fresh trails in analog and digital projects, in print or Web-based. Thus, the meta- operator works constructively and deconstructively, making possible future work while uncovering the systemic fallacies and power structures embedded in current scholarship.
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Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory is an open-access, double blind peer-reviewed, online publication for academic research, published twice a year (July and December) by the Faculty of Letters, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania. It promotes free-access for academic work, and it welcomes authors who want to share their research and resources with their peers. It encourages, recognizes, and rewards intellectual excellence in interdisciplinary and intermedial approaches of literary culture, visual culture, and theory. The journal welcomes papers in English (or, for regionally oriented topics, Romanian) from the following domains: comparative studies, including digital and posthuman studies; literary studies, cultural studies, including social and gender studies; media and film studies, literary criticism and theory, cultural poetics.
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Arguing for Art, Debating Censorship
Using a sociological and philosophical approach, this paper discusses the legitimacy, utility and functionality of art censorship both as a social practice and as an autonomous discourse. My intervention reconstitutes and deconstructs the legal arguments underlying the decision to censor artistic products, by investigating the most common accusations by which the law seeks to justify art censorship: immorality (pornography, obscenity), the encouragement of indecent behaviour or incitement to... ⇨ Read more
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RRS nabs two suspects for stealing 20 Bags of Cement
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The Operatives of Rapid
Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a
35 year old man, Abiola Hamzat and his accomplice, Adebayo Kazeem, 32,
for stealing 20 bags of cement from a brick making company based in
Agbado area of the state.
The suspect was arrested by the Policemen after he had successfully stolen the items from their working place.
arrested suspect, a father of three, stole the 20 bags of cement from
the company a day after he was promoted to the post of a supervisor with
a financial reward of N215, 000:00 per month.
It was learnt that the suspect who is a university graduate, was lured into the crime out of greed and lack of contentment.
to sources within the company, Hamzat, a graduate of Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology (LAUTECH), started work at the factory as a
Contract Security from where he rose to become an operator.
he was formally promoted three days ago to the post of a Supervisor,
when the company’s management discovered that he was a university
graduate”, the source added.
He was arrested on last Thursday along with an accomplice after moving 20 bags of cement out of the factory in Agbado area.
Upon his arrival at the RRS’ Headquarters, the suspect who owned up to the crime, said that he masterminded the crime.
In his confessional statement, the suspect said, “I masterminded the crime but I only co-opted Adebayo into the plan.
Initially,
Adebayo discouraged me that it was not possible to steal cement at the
company. After so much pressure, he told me to carry the gateman along
in order to be successful which I eventually yielded to”.
explained further, “I had an accommodation problem with my family. I
was desperately looking for funds to house them. That was what pushed me
into it”.
According to sources within the company, Hamzat’s new salary as a Supervisor triples his wage as an operator.
confirming the arrest, the Spokesperson for Lagos State Police Command,
Superintendent of Police, Dolapo Badmus, advised companies operating in
the state to be vigilant at all time.
The suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department (SCID), Yaba for prosecution.
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Home Top Story Feng shui and psychogenealogy on deck Tuesday, free event at Stars’n’Bars
Feng shui and psychogenealogy on deck Tuesday, free event at Stars’n’Bars
Feng shui bedroom. Photo: Facebook OZERA Interiors
As part of it’s free Wellbeing Happy Hour series, Stars’n’Bars welcomes two women to talk about feng shui and psychogenealogy on Tuesday, November 21.
Feng shui specialist Tiina Gallas, founder of OZERA Interiors, graduated as an Interior Architect from the École Nationale du Bâtiment in France with a specialisation in Sustainable Interior Design. She then went on to obtain a Feng Shui Interior Designer certificate from the New York Institute of Art & Design.
“Today, many of us strive for a healthy, joyful and balanced living in this fast-paced modern world and a well-designed space can contribute to finding harmony in our lives,” the native Finn, who has lived in the region for 15 years, said.
“My specialisation in feng shui and ecological interior design will help create balanced, healthy and harmonious interiors without forgetting aesthetic details, the touch of luxury, sensuality and beauty.”
The second guest speaker on Tuesday is Nancy Novena, an authorised Bach flower consultant. It was in the 1930s when British homeopath Edward Bach claimed that the dew found on flower petals retain imagined healing properties of that plant.
Ms Novena uses Bach flower techniques to reharmonise emotions – to build self-confidence and find happiness and inner peace – as well as for psychogenealogy, a form of therapy that identifies and provides insight into negative patterns that can be transmitted across generations.
Stars’n’Bars weekly health hour, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, takes place at the downstair’s bar and provides an opportunity to meet wellbeing specialists while enjoying complimentary snacks. No entre fee or reservation required.
Tuesday, November 28, features Beauty Concept’s Salima and Habiba Vilches of Reiki Usui.
Article first published November 18, 2017.
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Prince Albert visits Bugatti exhibit with F1’s...
Top Story Staff Writer - December 29, 2017
[caption id="attachment_26692" align="alignnone" width="640"] Prince Albert with David Coulthard. Photo: Facebook Palais Princier de Monaco[/caption] Prince Albert recently visited the Bugatti exhibition, held in Monaco at the Prince's Car Collection, until March 10, 2018. For the occasion, the Sovereign Prince was accompanied by David Coulthard, former F1 driver and champion-turned-commentator, at Les Terrasses de Fontvieille. [gallery td_select_gallery_slide="slide" size="large" ids="26693,26690,26689,26691"] Together, they discovered the iconic Bugatti models, Grand Prix and sport designs, dating from 1921 to 2016, all in working order and from private collections. Earlier this year, Coulthard made a short film on the Monaco Grand Prix with the Princely couple, which was broadcast on Channel 4.
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Business Staff Writer - September 24, 2018
The shareholders of the Monte-Carlo group Société des Bains de Mer met on Friday, September 21st, to approve the financial statements for the financial year
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Imagining Post-Capitalism Festival Schedule
Produced by Pro Arts in collaboration with Shaping San Francisco, the Imagining Post-Capitalism hybrid festival took place from May 1 – 6, 2018 and brought together activists, artists, speakers, and the general public to explore a future without capitalism. The festival took place in Oakland and San Francisco, CA. Scheduled activities included: lectures, community gatherings and salons, discussions, presentations, performances, workshops, screenings, art actions and interventions, podcasts and publications. Presentation topics include: social history of labor and labor organizing, universal basic income and alternative economies, debt abolition and jubilee, the end of work, what sustains racism and sexism beyond capitalism, revolutionary movements of the past, new social movements, ecological and social justice, urbanism and gentrification, technological innovations and techno-fetishism… and much more!
On Wednesday May 2, Thursday May 3, and Friday May 4, from 12-1 pm we will host a Brown Bag Lunch discussions (outdoors at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland CA), FREE and Open to All. The discussions aim to engage passersby and workers on their lunch break in impromptu conversation on a specific topic, facilitated by the Imagining Post-Capitalism organizers and guest artists, who will help mediate thoughts and ideas proposing a different future for us all.
7pm MAY DAY PLAY, HEY! at Pro Arts (Oakland). Artist L.M. Bogad repurposes the structure of role-playing games to create a new game of “re-enacting” the history of social movements.
Door/$5-10 donation is suggested with no one turned away for lack of funds.
9pm Precarious Labor Films: Shorts from P2P Fightsharing III: Precarity; Mayday Barcelona (8:52); St. Precarious Goes Shopping (5:51); Yomango Tango (6:11); Gimme an occupation of the premises with that McStrike (4:05) at The New Great Wall of Oakland, right outside of the Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland.
May 2nd
12-1pm Brown Bag Lunch Series (outdoors at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland CA), FREE and Open to All
Topic: Working With Nature to Reduce Work and Waste
How does nature shape the post-capitalist imaginary? How can we conserve time and resources to produce a better life for all? Guest artist: Asya Abdrahman. Asya develops conceptual strategies and physical structures in an effort to find future solutions to existing challenges, i.e. food, water, shelter, power.
7:30 pm Do Androids dream of surplus value? Robotic Labor Exploitation and the Falling Rate of Profit performative lecture by Eddie Yuen and Kal Spelletich at Shaping San Francisco, Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics (518 Valencia St, SF).
May 3rd
Topic/Fragmented Attention, Stunted Cognition
How does our current techno-obsessed frenzy reinforce confusion and isolation? How can we nurture a calmer, more contemplative pace of life? How is our ability to know the world impaired by the massive speed-up we are all living through? Who remembers life before the personal computer?
6-8pm sharp The Body as Resistance at Pro Arts Gallery (Oakland).
Door: $5-10 donation is suggested with no one turned away for lack of funds.
The Body as Resistance features the work of two radical local performance artists and cultural practitioners: Titania Kumeh & Jade Ariana Fair. Both Kumeh’s and Fair’s work deals with deconstructing our relationships with the body and it’s role within the capitalistic system of oppression. Through amplifications of their own histories and ancestries, they are actively and systematically subverting the agents of oppression which spearhead the erasure of black female narratives of struggle, history, healing, and documentation. Capitalism serves as an agent of destruction against the already violenced bodies of the oppressed citizens of earth, and these artists seek to imagine a future beyond violence, beyond erasure, beyond white supremacy, and thus beyond capitalism. In a capitalistic world, radical self care is a revolutionary act of anti-violence and anti-capitalism. Envisioning a post-capitalism within an artistic context is the first step towards better future for us all.
8:30pm Intentions. Transfer and Disappearance II interactive public projection by Eva Davidova at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (Oakland’s City Hall building)
Intentions. Transfer and Disappearance II by Eva Davidova is a short animation loop, addressing a post-capitalist future in which our future techno-centric identity, constantly manipulated by computers and ‘cold’ data, has the potential to expose the power relationship of control between the powerful and the powerless. This form a synthetic freedom, largely based on the latest technological advances, is constructed rather than natural. What if we employ the digital tools available to us and use the failure in representation to our own end, as a means of protest? Will we see the emergence of non-dualistic, perhaps even primitive, early version of ourselves? Can this dystopian future be subverted through a software glitch, one that exposes the limitation of technology to authentically represent humanity?
May 4 Topic/The Future of Work
After capitalism, what work should humans/robots/nature do? What does democracy look like when applied to work? What do we need? What do we want? Who will do the work? What are the ecological consequences? Guest artist: Dan Nelson. Dan Nelson is an interdisciplinary artist, musician, and author who plays with words, symbols, signals, and sounds to explore how humans communicate and create meaning.
7-9pm Never Work, Symposium & Provocation at Beneficial State Bank, 1438 Webster St., Suite 300, Oakland.
Join an unpredictable symposium led by Franco-German anti-work advocate Guillaume Paoli, all the way from Berlin, Marina Gorbis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Future (IFTF), and Isaac Cronin, one of the founders of the Situationist movement in the Bay Area, as the evening’s host.
Door: $10-$20 donation is suggested with no one turned away for lack of funds.
2-4pm Energy Plan for the Western Man: Art after Capitalism round table discussion with Sylvie Denis (author), Keith Hennessy (artist), Andrew Mount (artist/educator), Elizabeth Thomas (curator), and Praba Pilar (artist) at Shaping San Francisco, Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics (518 Valencia St, SF)
The round table discussion will center on each of the participant’s practice and individual work with an accent on the future/post-capitalism. Largely drawing on themes that are present in Joseph Beuys work, and to be more specific his pioneering concept of social sculpture, money and universal basic income, we will use his figure to discuss the future of art and the future of art/artist/author/performer, post-capitalism.
The first steps toward a post-capitalist practice involve the redefinition of art itself. Art after capitalism starts right now. Is the promised future artist’s emancipation providing only a contemplative respite from the exploitation, hierarchies and conflict present in the art world today? What does the future hold for artists, authors, performers? Will the artist abandon the authorial form? Will there be massive exodus from the museum/from the bookstore/from the performance venue? Will art finally merge with our lived experience? What new avenues can lead us toward an exit from our failed artistic paradigms? Will the rules of competition and money remain alive in the background and it is important to learn how to struggle absolutely for changes that are still only partial? Can we build a truly inclusive adequate, equitable and decentralized system that puts the artist/author/performer/curator at the forefront of this change?
8:20pm – 10:05pm San Francisco – Tiburon Multi-media Art Experience, PIER 41 San Francisco (Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure)
Adult round-trip ferry ticket: $25 (No Host Bar)
*Purchase your round trip ticket(s) online at: HERE
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*Bring voucher with you to the boat for entry
Join the Blue Collar Green Water Art & Culture Collective, for an hour-long journey multi-media art experience. In addition to stunning views of the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge, the evening will include readings, a short video screening, slideshow and animated video presentation on San Francisco waterfront history, presented by San Francisco Bay maritime working artists.
1-2pm Rethinking Justice by Lou Viquerat at Pro Arts Gallery (Oakland)
A post-capitalist world will need a radically different way of thinking about and providing justice. Local experiments in restorative and transformative justice are underway and Lou Viquerat will present her own experiences as part of a larger community of collectivized households in using these new practices which seek prevention and transformation of those that commit harms, over retribution and punitive measures. The Alternative Justices project has been an attempt to positively impact both the justice system and rape culture. Alt-Justices have been working on various strands of this project for over two years in the framework of two co-living spaces, and are now moving beyond that. ‘Alternative Justices’ refers to the creation and application of multiple systems of justice that can transcend and transform the state and its flawed systems. This presentation will be part history of the project, part resources sharing, part Q&A and is envisioned as an invitation to take this work and use it to make impacts of your own.
2-3pm Rethinking Economics and Embodying the Post-Capitalist Economy We Want Right Now, a presentation by Della Duncan at Pro Arts Gallery (Oakland)
A presentation by Della Duncan of Upstream podcast, covering the problems of economic paradigms and the fascinating and wide range of alternative frameworks that point to a post-capitalist future.
4- 6pm RIP Capitalism – a WAKE at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland CA
In order to imagine Post-Capitalism, we have to come to terms with the demise of Capitalism. Perhaps, even more than our parents, Capitalism has shaped our psyches and our memories. Thus, we come together, to share our memories, both fond and traumatic, of this economic system that has contributed so much to our lived experiences.
We will gather on the grass of Oscar Grant/Frank Ogawa Plaza with food and beverages to share in a non-transactional way, and collectively reminisce about Capitalism. There will be an open floor (well, literally, lawn) for those to share memories and stories of Capitalism, which has been such a significant presence in all our lives. What better way to come to terms with the demise of something so significant than in the company of others?
And in order to pay proper tribute to Capitalism, you are encouraged to bring souvenirs, mementos, and objects produced by the labor of exploited workers to send Capitalism on its way to it’s post-life. This event will conclude with a short funereal procession for Capitalism. Please wear suitable clothing if you choose to participate.
Download the Festival Poster and Calendar of Events Festival Imagining Post-Capitalism.
About the Organizers:
Pro Arts is a non-profit art institution working in the visual arts, performance, music, social practice, public art, and education. Founded in 1973, Pro Arts is one of the few remaining institutions in Oakland that is artist-centered and that continues to function as a platform for experimentation, supporting the freedom to create challenging, non-commercial work in critical art context.
Shaping San Francisco is a participatory community history project documenting and archiving overlooked stories and memories of San Francisco. We are committed to defining a new kind of public space, specifically around a shared interest in our interrelated social histories.
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Beneficial State Bank is a B Corp Certified and community development bank whose mission is to build prosperity in our communities through fair and transparent beneficial banking services. We serve individuals, nonprofits, and businesses in California, Oregon, and Washington. Beneficial State Bank is owned by a nonprofit which means we have no private shareholders seeking to maximize profit at the expense of our communities our planet.
We believe that banks should nourish our communities, not extract from them, and so we commit at least 75% of our loan dollars toward a new, inclusive, and just economy. None of our loan dollars can work against our mission. Join the movement by aligning your money with your values. Visit beneficialstate.org/impact to learn more.
AFTER TOMORROW
After Tomorrow is a season by the French Consulate in San Francisco,the Cultural and Scientific Services of the French Embassy in the United States, French Tech San Francisco, Institut Français and the French American Cultural Society. The season aims at confronting, in each event, the perspectives of scientists, artists and entrepreneurs, to imagine what our world will look like “after tomorrow”, with the year 2050 as our horizon.
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22nd Jan2019
Competition: Win action flick ‘Speed Kills’ on DVD
To celebrate the home entertainment release of John Travolta’s Speed Kills which is available on DVD and Digital HD 21st January 2019, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs, courtesy of Signature Entertainment!
Miami Vice meets The Wolf of Wall Street as superstar John Travolta stars alongside Vikings’ Katheryn Winnick in a high-octane true-crime biopic from the makers of The Mechanic and The Iceman. Based on the true story of one of Miami’s most notorious gangsters; Speed Kills is a high-octane thriller, described as “The Wolf of Wall Street on Boats.”
John Travolta (Grease, Gotti), stars as a speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire whose secret life as a drug trafficker lands him in a deadly crossfire between the DEA and the Mob. From the team behind The Iceman, USS Indianapolis and The Mechanic, the film also stars Katheryn Winnick (Vikings), Kellan Lutz (Twilight), and Matthew Modine (Stranger Things).
Strap yourselves in for a wild ride of corruption, high-speed boats, sex, drugs and double-crossing!
To win Speed Kills on DVD, just answer the following question:
Which of the following films also stars John Travolta? Is it:
a) Chain Reaction
b) Chains of Gold
c) Chained for Life
Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com, making sure to include your name and address. You can also leave your answer on our Facebook page, just make sure to like us first or your entry will be invalid.
Competition closes February 1st 2019.
• Open to UK participants only.
• 1 (one) winner will receive 1 (one) DVD copy of SPEED KILLS.
• The winner will be picked at random. The prize will be delivered to the winner within 28 days of confirmation of delivery address.
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Financial Crisis: Who will Bailout the State and Local Governments?
by Steve Bartin 12/16/2008
The continual Illinois corruption scandals have created not only ignominy to the Land of Lincoln, but have now placed a negative ranking from Standard and Poor on its credit. If Illinois vies with other states for the title of most corrupt, it has plenty of company when it comes to financial disaster.
Although building for years, the impending collapse of state and municipal finance has been hastened by the growing financial crisis. read more »
Rust Belt Realities: Pittsburgh Needs New Leaders, New Ideas and New Citizens
by Joel Kotkin 12/15/2008
The current recession provides a new opportunity for Pittsburgh's elite to feel good about itself. With other boom economies from Phoenix to Miami on the skids – and other old Rust Belt cities like Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo even more down on their luck – the slow-growth achievements of the Pittsburgh region may seem rather impressive.
Yet at the same time, the downturn also poses longer-term challenges for which the local leadership is likely to have no answers. read more »
Make Sure All That Infrastructure Spending Is Well Supported
It's the new buzzword: infrastructure.
President-elect Barack Obama has promised billions in infrastructure spending as part of a public works program bigger than any since the interstate highway system was built in the 1950s. Though it was greeted with hosannas, his proposal is only tapping into a clamor for such spending that's been rising ever since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 and a major bridge collapsed in Minneapolis last year. With the economy now officially in recession, the rage for new brick and mortar is reaching a fever pitch.
But before we commit hundreds of billions to new construction projects, we should focus on just what kind of infrastructure investment we should – and shouldn't – be making. read more »
How About a Rural Stimulus?
by Dennis Powell 12/13/2008
In Pennsylvania, public and private funds mainly are directed into areas where people live and where people vote. As a result urban Pennsylvania has significant advantages over rural communities in securing public funds and private investment. read more »
Farmer’s Markets: Reviving Public Space in Central Florida
by Richard Reep 12/13/2008
By Richard Reep
Noted architect Daniel Liebeskind, teaching at Yale in the early 1990s, proclaimed “Public space is dead”. A provocative notion at the time, he was simply observing American cultural phenomena, and our evolution away from Main Street into the mall, away from the downtown church to the suburban megachurch, and away from common space into private space. While all this is true, it misses a countercyclical element in our cities, and in the Orlando area, public space is very much alive and assuming a new role in the neighborhoods. read more »
China Should Send Western Planners Home
For centuries, the West sent missionaries around the world to spread various gospels. It is no different now, though the clerics tend to hold degrees from planning schools rather than those overtly specializing in theology.
This could also create tragic results as ideologies created in one context are imported into a totally foreign one. read more »
City Planning and The Politics of Pollution
by Greg Critser 12/11/2008
Part Two. Yesterday, in Part One, Critser discussed scientific advances in understanding air pollution. Today, he addresses the social implications.
The new science of air pollution, with its emphasis on dose-response mechanisms, may remake the traditional advocacy realm of social and environmental justice. In the past, that world has been focused on class, race and ethnicity, classic markers of inequality and vulnerability. Today, the focus is more “exposure driven.” “Dosage… may be something people who have ignored environmental justice can get their heads around,” one researcher at last month’s Environmental Epidemiology conference in Pasadena noted. “It may get people’s attention on something that affects us all.” read more »
Voting and Families: America’s Second Demographic Transition
by Ron Lesthaeghe and Lisa Neidert 12/11/2008
It has been widely accepted that geographic areas with more unconventional forms of family formation – cohabitation; children born to cohabitors; postponement of partnership, marriage and parenthood to much later ages; acceptance of interference with fertility through abortion and efficient contraception – would vote for Democrats. Conversely, those geographic areas that retain classic forms of family formation – early marriage and parenthood – and more conventional gender roles would display a preference for Republicans. read more »
Will The New Air Pollution Science Choke City Planners?
Part One of A Two-Part Series
Not long ago, Michael Woo, a former Los Angeles city councilman and current member of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, took up a case pending approval by that body: a mixed housing-retail development near the intersection of Cahuenga Boulevard and Riverside Drive. Like many of the remaining buildable sites in the city, the property is right next to a roaring motorway; the windows of some apartments would look right out onto the 134 Freeway. To Angelinos, who have grown up in a car culture, it was hardly a remarkable proposal. But Woo, perhaps one of the brainier members of the city’s political elite—after losing a mayoral race to Richard Riordan in the early 1990s he became a professor of public policy at University of Southern California—had a problem with it, and he couldn’t quite let it go. read more »
Rethinking Risk During a Financial Crisis: Learning from Mexico
by Andrew Kirby 12/09/2008
Last month I visited a small town in southern Mexico. It is a quiet and modestly prosperous place. Outside some of the homes are older Suburbans, Jeeps and Explorers; the license plates show that their owners have recently returned from the US, driven out by the collapsing economy and heightened nativist anxieties. Almost every family, it seems, has some member who has spent time up north; only a very few of them are still hanging on through the recession. read more »
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At what cost?
In 2015, Parkersburg City Council was notified by the Freedom From Religion Foundation the PCC was unconstitutional (illegal) in conducting prayer connected to the PCC’s meetings. Yet, the illegal behavior continued. After the 2016 election and a different administration, political party in power as well as a new city council, the same behavior continued. So again in 2018 PCC was notified of its continued illegal behavior and that PCC should cease such behavior.
Wouldn’t Parkersburg taxpayers reasonably assume PCC would consult with their attorney regarding research into similar cases and rulings to understand why such notification was made, let alone the rulings in such cases? Is PCC ignoring its own legal advice?
Recently, PCC decided to spend $9,800 (insurance deductible) to fight to defend this illegal behavior. How far will PCC fight this case and at what cost? Will PCC appeal a loss costing the taxpayers even more money?
So why would an organization like FFRF (a 40-year-old national watchdog group of legal specialists in separation of church and state issues) inform PCC it is behaving illegally? One could quickly assume it is 40 years of specialization in such cases — knowing it when they see it. But perhaps it is the 2017 Rowan County, N.C., County Commission’s loss of a nearly identical case involving prayer connected to the NCRCC. This loss led to an appeal and a second loss. As a result of these losses, Rowan County taxpayers have to pay the $200,000-plus attorney fees.
Remember, Parkersburg residents, West Virginia and North Carolina are in the same court district, the U.S. 4th District Court of Appeals. The cases are nearly identical.
The latest? One PCC member stated they were “appalled” that the May 28 PCC meeting didn’t start with prayer (an oversight), “as it had for the last 30 years.”
So, Parkersburg, are you appalled that your city is spending $9,800 to fight to defend illegal behavior? How about hundreds of thousands of dollars to continue a losing illegal fight?
Steve Dean
Mid-Ohio Valley Atheists and Humanists
Village idiot speaks
The village idiot, in a speech on America’s Independence, told his audience of followers during a speech at the ...
What about Plan Bee?
Charles Darwin in “The Descent of Man” explained that the survival instinct is inherited and evolved with the ...
Azinger just another hack
West Virginia State Sen. Mike Azinger wrote an op-ed printed in the News and Sentinel on June 23. That op-ed was a ...
Writer twisted Bible message
Last Sunday’s letters responding to a recent controversial op-ed by state Sen. Mike Azinger included one whose ...
Stand your ground on UNSATT
I have previously written about the United Nations Small Arms Trade Treaty (UNSATT) and the danger it poses to our ...
Time to chill out
Yep, climate change is certainly occurring here in the Mid-Ohio Valley, where vast amounts of steam and heat were ...
Horses part of therapy program for local students
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ISIS planning Istanbul-like attacks inside the United States: CIA Director
By Pratyaksha Mitra on July 1, 2016 1 Comment
Washington, dated 30th June (Press)- Chief of the U.S. Intelligence Agency CIA, John Brennan, warned Americans that the Homeland security is not impenetrable to IS and that the possibility of Istanbul kind of attack inside the United States by IS cannot be ruled out. John Brennan further stated that IS would target the U.S. in retaliation to the recently intensified attack on IS in the regions of Iraq and Syria.
In the backdrop of the attack on the Istanbul city Ataturk airport, the U.S. senate had invited CIA chief, John Brennan, to address the ‘Council on Foreign Relations’. At the event John Brennan expressed severe concern and blamed IS for Ataturk airport attack. IS has so far not claimed responsibility for the attack, however the CIA chief expressed that the modus operandi of the Ataturk attack has a similar pattern to other attacks by IS in the past. John Brennan further claimed that attacking such public places is a warning by IS to carry out such attacks in the U.S and Europe.
John Brennan mentioned that a weekly newsletter ‘Dabiq’ provides information and learning techniques on Bombs and Suicide Bombers which could inspire many terrorists to attack the U.S.
CIA Chief claimed that in recent times the U.S and its allies have intensified attacks on IS and in retaliation, the terrorists of IS could attack the U.S directly or its global allies.
U.S. President Barak Obama has condemned the Ataturk attack and stated that IS has relented to such cowardly attacks, as they are staring at defeat in the ongoing confrontation in Iraq and Syria. Other U.S. Senators have also expressed concern on the recent attack and feared the possibility of such an attack inside the U.S.
Security establishment of Turkey has so far arrested 13 suspects in connection with the terrorist attack on the Istanbul ‘Ataturk’ International Airport. Four of the thirteen suspects held are found to be of other nationality and confirmed to be connected with the attack.
Turkish President spreading extremism in Balkan countries; alleges US website On the background of Russian-Turkish-Iranian alliance, US President hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Pakistan should take stronger action against terrorists: US Vice President Mike Pence to Pakistani PM Abbasi Growing presence of IS in Somalia, concludes the UN report ‘Global Peace Index’ reports 900% increase in deaths in last decade due to terrorism Major changes in US policy on Syria, Trump Administration ready for compromise over Assad’s ouster demands Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov shot dead Turkey’s military action will continue till complete destruction of ISIS in Syria: Turkish President Erdogan
ISIS, Terrorism, Turkey, US
ISIS planning Istanbul-like attacks inside the United States: CIA Director added by Pratyaksha Mitra on July 1, 2016
One Response to "ISIS planning Istanbul-like attacks inside the United States: CIA Director"
Harsh Pawar July 7, 2016 at 1:50 pm
Here’s something to learn for the National Security agencies of the rest of the countries from the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency ) intelligence service of the U.S. Government. CIA chief John Brennan considers ISIS as the culprit behind the Istanbul attacks as the modus operandi of the Ataturk attack has a similar pattern to other attacks by ISIS in the past. This is what I appreciate about the CIA , how quickly they analyse such events and reproduce a forecast on what to expect next from the terrorists.
Immediately after the terrorist attack on Istanbul , Ataturk airport , Brennan has warned his countrymen to expect similar attacks inside the U.S. by the ISIS and that such attacks would be in retaliation to the recently intensified attack on ISIS in the regions of Iraq and Syria.
Brennan, who was invited by the U.S. senate to address the ‘Council on Foreign Relations’ also referred to a
weekly newsletter ‘Dabiq’ that provides a manual on Bombs and Suicide Bombers which could inspire many terrorists to attack the U.S. ( How insane can it get ? )
Meanwhile 4 of the 13 suspects held by the Security Establishment of Turkey are found to be of other nationality and confirmed to be linked with the shameful attack.
#ISIS #Istanbulattack #CIA #Dabiq #JohnBrennan
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Rose’s Video Diaries
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2.07 “Out with PFLAG, Part I”
by Director Jason Leaver | Mar 2, 2012 | Season 2, Watch | 92 comments
At last! We return from our hiatus! We pick up right where we left off as Rose, Nathan and Johnny attend their first PFLAG sharing meeting. Two of the stories they hear are written by members of our audience in response to our call for story submissions. For the most part, the dialog spoken by our actors comes directly from their text – with only a few changes for dramatic purposes.
Rose also happens to encounter a familiar face…
For more information about PFLAG Canada, please visit them online: pflagcanada.ca.
Les visiteurs en provenance de France peut regarder sur Studio 4.0.
Please tell us what you think! Your comments will be appreciated!
Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook!
This episode is the first of two parts, watch Part II here.
We’re happy to welcome Paul Bellini, of Kids in the Hall fame in the role of Gerry, the meeting’s moderator. You can all catch him as The Man, along side Darryl Dinn, in the Levi Brother’s hit web series Masculathon.
A note about PFLAG Canada
Nearly three years ago I started researching for Out With Dad. Like Nathan’s experiences in the beginning of our second episode, I was dismayed by the lack of resources for parents if faced with a child coming out. I did, however, find one excellent resource: pflagcanada.ca. I recall reading they had meetings every couple of weeks and tried my hand at writing a scene for Rose and Nathan. The way that early draft unfolded was based on a lot of guess work, because I didn’t have the courage to go to a meeting myself. Last year, one of our first official fans, Donna, invited me to come with her to a PFLAG Durham sharing meeting. I was really nervous – would I be accepted? I kept wondering if it was appropriate that a straight guy with no need to go other than curiosity should be there. Donna picked me up from the GO Station. On the drive to the community centre, Donna told me how the night would go. I still remember the comfort of the words “You can pass if you want to”. Yet, all the nervousness for nothing; everyone was so kind, and I was welcomed by everyone. I was also happy to learn, that my first draft of “Out with PFLAG” was fairly accurate. Jayme Harper was the moderator at that meeting, he’s since become President of PFLAG Canada – and someone I greatly admire. We’ve become pretty good friends since then. I can always turn to him for advice, as I did many times when revising this script. I wonder how he’ll feel to know that Paul Bellini should happen to be cast in a role inspired by him?
This episode is dedicated PFLAG Canada, and for all the organizations like it around the globe. They didn’t ask me to make it. It just felt like the obvious course thing Nathan would want to do. I’m very proud of this one.
Please, comment below! We really appreciate your feedback.
cast, in order of appearance
Will Conlon as Nathan
Kate Conway as Rose
Darryl Dinn as Johnny
Paul Bellini as Gerry
Harpreet Sehmbi as Nowmee
Noor Mohammed as Anwar
Caitlynne Medrek as Claire
Jennifer Kenneally as Marion
Kanza Feris as Athena
Aidan Gowland as Morgan
Music Composed, Produced and Performed by:
Adrian Ellis
Kara Dymond
Eric Taylor
Created, Written and Directed by:
Jason Leaver
Julie on July 15, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Will we ever find out what happened/happens to Morgan, the boy with the black eye?
J on May 8, 2012 at 3:40 pm
I just saw a Sponge Towel commercial on TV and thought the main “Sponge Pocket” looked a lot like Darryl Dinn… and it is him! Love that it’s in his bio! That spot makes me smile every time. Glad to see him in a speaking role – enjoy his acting even more in this web series.
sara kelsey on April 4, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Im struggling i don’t know if I’m gay or just a stupid crush on my mate but I’m 18 surley a crush is not the answer right Im to old for that. I really care for her and would do anyrhing for her and just want to kiss her but not ruin our friendship cos i font want to lose her . I wish myself and her were like rose and Claire or vanessa. I dont. Kow obe i do is im a fan of the show here in the uk prob is new eps come out at (EXCUSE THE PUN) really late in the night here.
Andy on March 29, 2012 at 2:52 am
I actually came out for a long time ago as bisexual, but coming out… like telling people about my sexuality… it doesn’t feel like a natural thing. And the thing is that it feels quite personal. I wouldn’t say that I moved back to the closet, but that I have kind of grown into not caring what anybody thinks. Just being myself. Before I might have been afraid that I could appear gay, but I don’t hide cover up anything about my sexuality. I just don’t go around and telling people about it.
And now it would seem also like a stupid thing to actually start telling people. Because the fact is that even tough I feel with myself that I like both boys and girls, I have never met a guy that I have fallen in love with. Just some crushes. Thing is that since I have never fallen in love with a guy, I could either be straight or just not have met the right guy. I mean, you don’t need to be gay to admire a guy. A girl can see if another girl is pretty without being a lesbian. I just think it’s pretty tabu that a guy can’t see if another guy is handsome.
Well, I just don’t know. It kind of feels a mess not knowing. Anyway, I just try to be myself.
Of course, there’s someone pointing out like “you could just try a guy to be sure”, but that wouldn’t do. Okey, so what if I like the sex? Does that mean I can fall in love with a guy? It doesn’t help a thing.
I think just knowing if you’re gay or straight must be much easier than not knowing.
When that’s said, I do feel gay, but in a strange way. Like a girl trapped in a man’s body. And my attraction feels kind of linked to that feeling too. Like being attracted to straight guys and lesbian girls. I mean, just being regular gay seems much easier because that’s something people can get used to. And no matter how hard I think about it, I know for a fact that I’m a guy and that’s not going to change. People think even that changing sex might be a solution, but it’s not. It would just make me look like a girl, not being one. How do you come out as a girl trapped in a mans body? And how can people understand that? When they look at me they see a man. Witch is exactly the same thing I see when looking in the mirror. And yea, it made me feel a bit lonely when I was younger and girls where playing with girls and boys where playing with boys. And I just wanted to play with the girls. And I hated being shut out by girls because I was a boy. I had to keep it together to say that I didn’t choose to be a boy and that it wasn’t my fault that I was born this way.
Oh, I wrote a bit long I guess. I just had to get it out of my system.
Anna on March 23, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Hello! The episode was amazing and really touching! Everyone did a good job! Each story was realistic and the whole episode reminds us that WE ARE NOT ALONE!! Can’t wait for the next one!
Manu on March 22, 2012 at 7:09 am
Paola on March 21, 2012 at 5:15 pm
I just watched this episode and I have tears in my eyes. It really felt real. Real stories, real emotions. I greatly appreciate your work. I hope it will be shown to as many people as possible, this work can make a real difference in many people’s lives. Thank you sincerely
Someone:) on March 20, 2012 at 7:32 pm
So, I started watching all the episodes yesterday, and finished today. Let me just say: OH MY GOD! I’m in love with this show, it’s a GREAT show, and it’s already helped me with my situation in one way, and it’s just awesome. I NEED the next episode. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! AGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Oh, and I just want to comment on something that Johnny says in the second episode in season 1 “That’s because America runs the internet.” I’m American, and I just laughed at that because it’s too true. Haha, thanks for making this show, can’t wait for the next episode!!:)
Alfredo on March 18, 2012 at 9:32 pm
when part 2 is coming out?????
Diego on March 15, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Imagino que provavelmente não vão me responder. Gostaria de pedir que por favor concertem as legendas, não estão sincronizadas e em alguns momentos elas não aparecem. Quando os vídeos eram postados diretamente no canal do Youtube isso não acontecia, acredito que seja melhor voltarem a postarem os vídeos lá.
De qualquer forma quero agradecer a tentativa de nos apresentar o vídeo com legendas e dizer a série é maravilhosa. Obrigado por tratarem do tema com tanta dedicação. Um grande abraço.
Diego – Brasil (Rio de Janeiro)
Ana on April 3, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Diego here is asking for the OWD team to check the synchronization of the subtitles. He says sometimes the subtitles don’t appear on the screen and that this didn´t happen when the videos were posted directly on Youtube.
He also says thanks to you guys for putting subtitles and for making this wonderful series. (And he sends a hug) 🙂
I have not verified the subtitle thing but I just felt like helping Diego send his message to the OWD team. 🙂
SyasaAuria on March 13, 2012 at 1:01 pm
The best episode so far. Real story told and I am touch. Doesn’t matter where you are in the world, the problem remain the same and we all share them somehow. Thank you for making this series.
Director Jason Leaver on March 14, 2012 at 11:13 am
Thank you for commenting. They are universal problems, aren’t they?
Jasmynne on March 13, 2012 at 1:54 am
When does part two come out? This first part was really moving, and was that boy beat up for being gay? I feel bad about that..I know it’s jsut acting and all but things like that really do happen, This was really moving, as others have said..
Amy on March 12, 2012 at 11:52 pm
Loved this episode. I feel like this is where the series has come into its own – I mean, all shows are designed to entertain and tell stories, and if we’re lucky they’ll tell those stories truthfully and well – but here you’ve made something very real and truthful for queer people – which is something that most shows, for whatever reason, can’t do, and something I hope you’re very, very proud of. Whatever else you do on this series, I think you’ve achieved something great here.
MaRtham on March 12, 2012 at 7:38 pm
Loved this episode (but I want more!). Thanks for helping educating the world in issues that are so sensitive and important.
I am sorry if this is out of line, but there are a few things going on in the world that need to be talked about in as many places as possible. I am moving to a developing country where being part of the LGBT comunity is illegal and punishable with jail, and I wish the international comunity keeps pushing the government until that changes. In a civilized world these things should not be happening, but it seems that lately we are having an epidemic sprout of intolerance all over the globe. I invite everyone following OWD to sign the petitions to stop the bill against talking, reading, writing, meeting about anything gay in St. Petersburg http://www.allout.org/stpetersburg-dont-go and the killings of gay-looking people in Iraq http://www.allout.org/stpetersburg-dont-go
Omega II on March 12, 2012 at 12:11 am
Very moving episode. Great to see Bellini in more than a towel too.
Samantha on March 11, 2012 at 3:38 am
This is incredibly powerful, I am sharing with this everyone I know!
Name* on March 9, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Can’t wait for tonight! 😀
Jessica on March 8, 2012 at 9:10 am
YAYYYY the girl from the bathroom !!!! I love her ! 😀
Nel on March 7, 2012 at 11:13 pm
Can I just add: very well edited and acted.
It seems it is not acted, like they tell the truth.
That is comforting and encouraging.
I’m 50 years old, when I came out to my parents they were so easy on me (30 years ago).
Basically nmy mum said: Hmm, if I had known that was possible…
And my dad said: I like your girlfriend better than your boyfriend before.
And now I am a gay mother of two straight, adult sons.
I wholeheartedly support anyone coming out to everyone or just one.
Thank you for this series.
It will help.
Lillo on March 7, 2012 at 7:44 pm
All of u can be proud od yourself!!!
Cuz the things u do are just so real,understandable and helpful!!
Thanks x)
Btw – pls keep going
Maria on March 7, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Uou! I don’t have words to descrive what I feel right now. Thank you for show how is come out with your family and friends. I’m sure this helps people to be more strong and brave for come out in their life.
Thanks very very very much!
Sabi on March 7, 2012 at 12:15 am
Excelente este capítulo, quiero ver la segunda parte! (:
kim on March 6, 2012 at 12:46 pm
hi I’m from Brazil … I wonder if you guys can get the subtitles in Portuguese, sometimes the delay and not to watch ….
Ps: (I’m on google translator)
Paula on March 5, 2012 at 10:45 pm
Gracias… desde Argentina mi apoyo al trabajo que están realizando.
Thank you … from Argentina my support for the work they are doing.
Imran Khan on March 5, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Very touching story. Reassuring to know that there are muslims who are gay too. But brothers are not supportive or proud of their gay siblings. And parents are not at all. Interesting how such young girls and boys are brave to come out. It doesn’t make me less scared or stronger but I feel some peace. Wish I had brother like anwar. He was too sad for his sister. My mom is like the mom in blue top and my father is worse. At least one of my parents should have been like Nathan.
Steven Myers on March 4, 2012 at 11:15 pm
Short review: great episode
Longer review is here: http://fedscomic.blogspot.com/2012/03/review-out-with-pflag-part-i.html
Christine on March 4, 2012 at 6:31 pm
I just want to tell you guys your show is awesome. Please make a season 3 and more… I can actually relate on the story but my life story is more complicated than your webseries story… Life is complicated… I love Vanessa and Rose OMG such a good characters… I love you show keep it up…Hope you webseries won’t end… 🙂
Sha'ron on March 4, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Athena’s story was the most touching story. I can really relate to hers the most. In the first part when she said she thought everyone was gay i thought that too. I just didnt know like she didnt.
Jean on March 4, 2012 at 10:36 am
HI, such a good programme, I have been bisexual all my life, but I have only had hetrosexual relationships, I am from a Jamaican background born in England and gay people are hated and even killed in Jamaica and they bring this hatred to England wih them. I have never had a male on male relationship and now I am looking for a male partner, and to move away from male on female relationships. I have never got on with the women I had been with, not because they are female, it is because I have always met the wrong women, the nastsy ones and mean ones and the damn right wicked ones, I never seem to meet the nice ones, the kind ones and the caring ones, I have had no luck meeting the right woman. Not saying that a male on male relationships would be any better,
I am a realist and I think I know what is what, I am not into just the sex, even though I have never had sex with a male, I just want to end my life with what I want, just a bit of happiness. My ex-wife ran off with someone else one our son was born, she did not want to bea parent, and I had to leave my job and care for him, five years later I met someone else, she wanted me to put my son in care, he was only five years old, because she wanted me to concerntrate on herlife and my son got in the way, so I got rid of her, kicked her out and sent her on her way, my other girlfriend just kept cheating, not saying that a goy relationship would be any different, but it would make me feel better in my life. I am not going into my 5th decade and most of my adult life I have spent alone and being a single parent of one. When my son leaves home a man in moving in, what man I don’t know yet.
I am looking on internet dating site, but I need to go out and hit the scene and find a male partner that way, I will have a good look around, I don’t want to meet the male equivelent of the females I have already met, someone nice, caring and understand, and someone where we can share each others lives with, I am sick of the crap and the unnecessary problems I have already been through. Coming out will be hard, and I feel that why should I come out, if I want to life a gay life, I should be able to without having to tell people, hetrosexuals don’t tell anyone, so why shuold gay people? Why is coming out such a problem? I should have done it years ago, and I know if I had I would still have a job and a house to live in, all of this I lost when my exwife ran off with some bloke she met in a night club.
I don’t want to fight anymore, just love somone in a loving way, no more problems, no more cheating people in my life and no more liars either, just love, and a male on male relationship is the way to go for me, nothing more than that, but what do I tell my Jamaican family, I know it is against the law to be gay in Jamaica, but I am not in Jamaica, I am in England, so I will confront my sexuality, confront them and move on with the life I have always wanted. Thanks for the show, Out with Dad, really encouraging and ground breaking. But the people I know are not that understanding, but I no longer care about them, and what they think and say, no way ozay. 🙂
Janett on March 4, 2012 at 12:14 am
I dont have words i loved i cry and i cant wait for the nex episode and the next one and all the future episodes THANK YOU for this, MAKES ME SO STRONG and give me a lot of HOPE 🙂
Saludos desde Mexico
Gracias, Janett.
I’m happy we’ve helped you feel strong. You’re not alone!
jesica on March 3, 2012 at 10:33 pm
que capitulo maravilloso…felicitaciones!!
Isabela Castro on March 3, 2012 at 8:33 pm
it makes me so much stronger, hearing these stories. i’m so much more confident to come out to my parent. I already came out to some friends, it makes me really good. I’m from Brazil, but I’m in Canada for 5 monsths (: This webserie, really makes me feel better. Thank you. can’t wait to see what’s next.
I’m so happy to know we’ve helped you Isabela!
viviana on March 3, 2012 at 6:26 pm
somebody know if there some page same that in spanish, because I don’t know english
Mykaela on March 3, 2012 at 5:19 pm
I recently came out to my parents. I”m bisexual, and they don’t accept it. I have been raised as a Christian. I didn’t choose to be this way…it’s just how I am. They think it’s a stage, but it’s not. Sometimes I feel so alone, no one seems to understand me. Sometimes I just can’t take it and I begin to cry. I have a crush on this girl who I am hoping to ask out soon. But if I try to break the news to my parents, they’ll get mad. I don’t know what to do. I just want to live my life.
I’m sorry you’re struggling with this, Mykaela.
Know that you’re not alone.
Jacky on March 3, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Ame este capitulo!! 😀 wow!! Me senti identificada de principio a fin… Ahora no puedo esperar por la segunda parte!!!
dave on March 3, 2012 at 4:18 pm
You did an amazing job. You share ideals in a way that gives many out there hope for a world where they can speak of and live out their sexual orientation freely. In Out With Dad it is has been a small circle. In real life with broadcasting this series you broaden that circle ever so much further.
I like the idea of being part of this circle. And I think it was a grat idea to let your audiance step into the storyline – into that visible circle. And show that we are not alone out there but always out with someone.
Thank you for your kind words Dave.
We’ve reached to people in countries around the globe.
Please, help us get known even more by sharing us!
stian on March 3, 2012 at 9:42 am
okay, i have waited months for this episode. and now it finally is released and put up on this website and for an unknown reason that damn irony decides to strike down on me and put a little error in the video. how fun.
Is it working for you now?
Zinc on March 3, 2012 at 8:09 am
Loving Ms Claire 🙂 What a sweetie.
Can’t wait for part two. Only another few weeks….
beaniidean on March 3, 2012 at 7:21 am
Exceptional episode! What a wonderful way to give your audience a voice. I was moved to tears. Keep up the good work!
I’m so happy the story submissions idea worked for us.
Thais on March 3, 2012 at 4:27 am
Wow!!!!!
One of my favorite ep so far!!!!!!
aresd on March 3, 2012 at 3:04 am
por fin!!!!! había esperado este momento. Espero que cada vez tengan mucho más éxito.
Muchas felicidades 😀
Donna McAllister on March 3, 2012 at 2:48 am
As I said before and I will say again Out With Dad is a gift. Thank you to all the actors that so get it. Parenthood is a learned concept and it may take generations to get it right. I do believe that shows like Out With Dad remind us that we are human and it is okay if we don’t get it right as long as our children know we love them and we are trying to understand. Thank you Jason and all the actors at Out With Dad. This PFLAG Mom sends love and hugs.
I have never been so proud to give a gift, such as this.
I’ll see you in a couple of weeks. 🙂
serendy on March 3, 2012 at 1:23 am
This was just amazing, you made me cry and I dont even know exactly why. Those bruises in that boy´s face hurted me, I can feel his pain. How stupid hate is, and how fragil, and at the same time, how strong we are as humans. Thank you, my soul needed this video.
What you are doing is amazing.
Thank you Serendy.
Perhaps, if we do another PFLAG episode, we’ll learn more about Morgan, who has the bruises, and why.
Olga on March 3, 2012 at 1:23 am
This episode is so emotional. All the people’s stories about being gay and their hardships with accepting it and coming out of the closet. That Greek girl’s story was flat out heartbreaking. The part where she said, “I never knew there could be something that could make my mom NOT love me,” I was in tears by then. This show is so inspiring and realistic; I love it. It makes me want to come out and tell my parents I’m bisexual. That I like girls. But since they raised me to be a Christian and to live by Bible standards makes me worry. What if they refuse to let me live here anymore? What if they start screaming at me and yelling at me? Say I’m throwing myself into eternal condemnation or something? Makes me worry.
Makes me think about the time I came out to my best friend. The only person who knows I’m bisexual. I was so nervous and freaking out. I hadn’t seen her in months since we live in different towns and she goes to public school and I’m in an online program and it was some months when I realized I was bisexual and liked girls. She came into my room and we sat on my bed. I wasn’t able to look her in the eye and was freaking out. She just kept on saying, “Come on. Tell me. We’re best friends.” And I just felt like I was going to explode. I was going to finally come out, you know? Then I just blurted out, “I’m gay.” And she just raised an eyebrow and went, “Really?” I nodded worrying she was gonna break off our friendship but then she just went, “Wow,” Then said, “So, how’ve you been lately? Been forever since I’ve seen you,” And I’m like, “I just told you I’m gay,” and then she said that she was fine with it and didn’t care. That we were best friends no matter what even if I was into girls. I was so relieved.
That’s a wonderful story! I’m so glad you have a friend like that.
In season three, I want to focus more on bisexuality.
Gina on March 3, 2012 at 1:22 am
Wow, just wow. So heartbreaking, but so beautiful. Best episode of the series. I can’t wait for the next episode. And I’m glad we get to see the bathroom girl again. Good job, Out With Dad team.
I’m so glad you liked it. I was nervous people wouldn’t because we didn’t hear much from Rose & Nathan. It would seem I didn’t have to worry!
Glad you’re happy about seeing Claire again too.
Arielle on March 3, 2012 at 12:15 am
Part 2 can’t come fast enough! This was really moving (not to sound like a broken record, repeating what everyone else seems to be saying). I loved how tentative Rose was when Claire waved at her- so adorable. I hope we’ll be seeing more of her. I can’t wait for the next part! Still loving the local setting by the way, even if we don’t get to see Toronto skyline I like knowing it’s there 🙂 Thank you so much for all your hard work, it means the world to so many people.
We can’t wait to share Part II as well!
I’m glad you enjoyed that cute moment between Rose and Claire too. When I was directing it, I too got butterflies!
I love that you love Toronto too. 🙂
Cristal on March 2, 2012 at 11:49 pm
This was absolutely beautiful! I cannot wait for the next episode!!! I Missed “Out With Dad” Episodes so much! So glad you’re back! <3
We’re happy to be back!
Maureen on March 2, 2012 at 11:33 pm
So powerful and very real. The heartache a reminder of tough times with my son …Love the work you do keep it going
lorena on March 2, 2012 at 10:57 pm
so heartbreaker
i remember when i do the same thing i talk about how i come out whit my parents and how they react (sorry if i write something wrong my englhis is no good) frist my dad speak about kant (in this moment i think ok dad i am gay i dont want a explicate of the histore of folosofy) and if i want can go to a psquiater a fixme becose everithing is posible if a want and wen i told my mom she teldme “if you want i go to one reunion of familis of gay people you have to adelgazate) extrnger i still thinking i dont now everi time i want souport for my parents they teldme some else i dont feel and i dont now if they are proud of me
I think you are very brave!
rebecca on March 2, 2012 at 9:26 pm
wow that was amazing i was cry through the all 10:50
Eliso on March 2, 2012 at 9:22 pm
Wow, this one was really…tough… what stories!!! they really get you… I really admire these people that had the guts to come out and no matter the circumstanses be happy and proud of themselves… really really moving I hope one day I have those same guts to come out to my family :/… Excellent! I can’t whait for the next one, congratz, you really had us on the loose… but it really worth it! Greetings to everyone! Rose ( Kate) looks as beatiful as always ( yeahh I still having a huge crush on her ja ja XD) and now I’ll be waiting the next episode!! again greetings from mexico!! n___n
I agree, amazing courage by those people. Not only did they go through what they have gone through, they had the courage to share it with us for Out With Dad. Amazing people!
Maya on March 2, 2012 at 9:09 pm
Amazing story I can’t wait until part 2
sammehwong on March 2, 2012 at 9:05 pm
in less than 12 minutes you have me crying like a baby.
Mission: accomplished.
Emma on March 2, 2012 at 9:05 pm
That was an incredible episode. So raw and poignant. I am not ashamed to say that I am typing through tears. Thank you all so much for bringing this into the world.
P.S I knew we would see Bathroom Girl again! Awesome!
I’m so proud that we moved you.
And also, excited that you guessed we’d see the bathroom girl again! Now, she’s got a name! Claire!
Melanie on March 2, 2012 at 8:53 pm
That was amazing – jason, will and kate ! the stories put together were heart wrenching, and i cant wait to see what the girl from the washroom / girl whose there with her mom- sorry i dont recall the characters name. i liked the introduction of the hellp in the school washroom and the see ya later.
more people will watch the show as its released on dvd —- i know i will buy one for my friends too.
Hello Melanie!
Thank you for commenting. Choosing those stores was really heart wrenching process. There were many more. Maybe we’ll do another PFLAG episode in season three?
We are now giving away the DVD, but not selling it yet. Maybe one day. For now, the only way to get the DVD is from our Contribute page:
outwithdad.com/contribute
Sky on March 2, 2012 at 8:45 pm
This was an amazing episode. Really gave insight on all the difficulties come a long with being gay in today’s society. I believe this is a episode that will be able to weave itself into many’s hearts. Really amazing job.
Thank you for your kind words, Sky.
Silvia on March 2, 2012 at 8:44 pm
This episode was very emotional. It all felt so real! I can’t wait to watch part 2 🙂 Greetings from Portugal!
Kenzie on March 2, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Where’s part 2?
Alex on March 2, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Wow this episode was realy amazing, I waited a long time to see new stuffs from you guys…Seeying this series sometimes make me come out of the closet, but then theres the questions what if I got kick out of mu house, what if my parents turn their backs on me? But i am still strugling if I come out as a lebian or not…But I really love these series and I wish I could go to a place like PFLAG in Puerto Rico…Thanks you guys for giving me and some other people hope in their lifes!!!
I’m sorry you’re stuck in that situation. Know that you’re not alone.
I looked to see if there’s a Puerto Rico PFLAG, but I don’t see one. If you ever find there is a group similar in your country, please tell us, okay?
Madelaine on March 2, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Touching and wonderful as always. Thank you for all your hard work. Once again you made me cry.
I’m glad we moved you. The hard work always feels so worth it when we hear feedback like this.
Thank you Madelaine!
thtrnerd221 on March 2, 2012 at 8:33 pm
You guys just hit it out of the park again. I watch the episode and I’m always left wanting another episode right away. I love this series and can’t wait for part two.
Thank you Brooke!
It means so much to hear from you. I was quite nervous to return from hiatus with an episode that hardly has any Rose & Nathan at all. I’m glad we didn’t disappoint.
I think you’ll love Part II.
Brittany on March 2, 2012 at 8:29 pm
I can’t wait to here what Rose will share with the group. I really liked the girl with her mom, she seemed sweet and her little wave at Rose was cute lol I hope they show more of her in upcoming episodes. But more importantly I hope Rose and Vannessa can end up together! Oooo I’m so excited!!
Did you recognize Claire?
Rose and Nathan will get their turn to share in Part II.
Karen on March 2, 2012 at 8:28 pm
A very moving episode. It shows us the viewer that everybody is different and their own personal story is unique. The one thing we all desire though is Love & Acceptance. Well done OWD for bringing us such an amazing storyline.
Thank you Karen, I’m glad you liked it. I was nervous people would be upset that we didn’t spend much time with Rose & Nathan.
Mark on March 2, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Very moving episode! Athena’s story was especially touching.
kokomargoan on March 2, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Amazing!Hear breaking and conforting and at the same time. Every single person should watch this.
Thank you for watching! Please, share it with every single person you know!
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He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. - Unknown
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Photographs and video anomalies are extremely difficult to prove as paranormal in nature. All measures should be taken into consideration such as:
The Exif info is intact for all digital photos.
Several before and after photos are available (or the entire negative strip if a film camera).
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CLASS 1 (PARANORMALLY SIGNIFICANT)
This classification means that all natural explanations have been strenuously ruled out and what remains indicates—but does not necessarily prove—a paranormal conclusion.
Examples that may be classified as Paranormally Significant include:
Apparition. The photograph/video irrefutably contains an apparition; full or partial, solid or transparent, human or animal.
Video Anomalies.
Movement of an object of its own volition.
A video anomaly that shows a decidedly intelligent flight path, i.e., one that moves, stops/hovers, then moves again and/or changes direction.
Other Anomaly. The photograph/video contains another type of anomaly that cannot be explained as a natural occurrence.
CLASS 2 (PARANORMALLY COMPELLING)
This classification means that a natural explanation is unlikely but cannot be ruled out completely. What remains could—but not necessarily is—paranormal in nature.
Examples that may be classified as Paranormally Compelling include:
Ectoplasm/Mist. An amorphous cloud that appears in a photograph as diffuse (widely spread, scattered, or dispersed), clear or blurred, light or dark, etc. A second photo taken within two minutes must show no mist.
Vortex. An anomaly that appears as a rapidly rotated movement of energy or matter with what appears to be a beginning and end point in the photograph. Often—but not always—what appears to be an orb moving very rapidly in the photograph with a very short shutter speed.
Other Anomalies. The photograph/video contains another type of anomaly that cannot be conclusively ruled out as a natural occurrence.
CLASS 3 (FALSE-POSITIVE)
This classification means that the photo/video anomaly—while appearing to be paranormal in nature—can be explained as a natural occurrence or the weight of evidence points to a natural occurrence.
Examples that may be classified as False-Positives include:
Orbs. For all intents and purposes, orbs are not paranormal in nature and can easily be explained as dust, moisture, pollen, and airborne contaminants.
Light Streaks/Light Snakes/Energy Rods. This phenomena can almost always be explained as camera shake.
Lens Flare/Camera Anomalies. Lens flare happens when a light source is in front of the camera but out of the field of view.
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Casey Dreier • December 6, 2013
Why We're Writing the President (& Congress) Now
If you haven't seen it yet, Bill Nye just posted his open letter to the President arguing for an increased commitment to Planetary Science by NASA:
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Stand with Bill and with the Society: write your own message to the President (and Congress)
I've seen a few comments to the effect of, "why write the President about this? It's Congress that funds things." Which is technically true, but ignores a lot of important stuff about the process.
First off, any message sent through our form to contact the President is also sent to your elected officials in Congress. So there's that.
But back to the President, how does he fit into this process?
Well, right now we're worrying about two fiscal years: the one that started in October – FY2014 – and the one starting next October, FY2015. Congress is hammering out their issues with FY2104 (remember the shutdown?) and a budget committee is set to do something by December 15th. The temporary funding for this year expires in January, and we want to make sure that they don't forget about planetary exploration. Both the Senate and the House have proposed legislation that funds Planetary Science at $1.3 billion, which is about $100 million more than the White House requested.
The other budget that we're worried about is FY2015. At the moment, this budget is embargoed by the White House as they finish drafting it. This budget request will come out sometime in the early spring and even though the President doesn't then actually fund anything, it does represent official Administration policy, the tune of which NASA marches to.
Unless the program is particularly political – health care, say – the funding levels proposed by the White House tend to act as a cognitive anchor and Congress usually doesn't stray too far from the initial numbers. You're in a much better position if a program has strong White House support that is reflected through the first budget request.
It's also the Administration that puts in formal requests for "new starts" of bigger projects. Do you want to see a mission to explore Europa? I do. But it requires NASA, the Office of Management and Budget, and the White House to all support it in order to put it in their budget. Congress can then approve the funding, but since Congress only works on a year-to-year basis, they can't initiate a major, decade-long project.
Until the White House decides to prioritize Planetary Science, we'll likely see this same story. Every year, the White House will propose cutting Planetary Science. The public, scientists, and organizations like the Planetary Society will work really hard to get people in Congress to restore funding. That's not sustainable until the White House changes its tune.
So that's why we write the President. We'll also forward these letters to John Holdren, the President's Science Advisor and to Charlie Bolden, the NASA Administrator.
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telluric: 2013/12/06 02:49 CST
PS should add to the main page a one-click link - 'Add your Voice', besides the "Get Involved" menu. Add a bubble popup to it- 'a fast direct means to add your voice and impact the future of space exploration'. For every person that will go through the steps, there are 10 others that must trip over a fallen log to set them into action. On a single page, have pre-written statements on each PS's positions on Space issues ($1.5B, H.R.3625,etc). The citizen adding his voice simply checks boxes, adds name, zip, - minimal work. Offer 6 brief statements from which the Voice can select to personalize their message. This is your web site. Those choosing to use your site to get involved should add to your collective voice. Yes, the White House is low-balling Planetary. Revise your post on the delivered letter to the Prez and inform, as you did here, how it is being delivered. Cut the deadwood from these letters; less gee-whiz. DC is a cynical world. To the point statements are needed.
Sorry but the link "Stand with Bill: Write the President and your Elected Officials" does not stand out enough. Furthermore, the form letter is good but needs to be cut in half and cut to the chase. One stop letters need to address not just the hot tamale- $1.5B but also the issues, bills, etc. impacting it. More than one concise letter should be active - addressing specific issues - made available for a Voice to send. Supporters need to be made aware that you are doing more than just asking for more money. State that your lobbying includes clear alternatives and solutions that will make $1.5B available to Planetary. Minor details that would raise more questions than answers are not needed, but Planetary and other groups need to take clear stands on issues effecting NASA as a whole - those in HEOMD as well as SMD. Itemize your stands on a page. Without some toughness, with just joining the DC political dance, the decades of poor decisions impacting NASA will continue for decades more.
Christina Cavalli: 2013/12/06 03:38 CST
Agreed. And on this page, the only link I see is in the first sentence of the last paragraph. Not obvious: So that's why we write the President. We'll also forward these letters to John Holdren, the President's Science Advisor and to Charlie Bolden, the NASA Administrator.
Paul McCarthy: 2013/12/07 01:23 CST
I suggest to bring it repeatedly to these elected officials' attention that, when they're retired from the excitement of high office and inevitably ruminating wistfully on what life's all about, one thing they will definitely wish they could know before they depart this mortal coil, is the answer to the question: "Is there any other life out there?", and that a well funded Planetary program has the real prospect of answering that at Europa, Enceladus, etc, within their life times - but only if they fund it NOW!!!
Self-interest is always the most likely thing to work! As telluric says: "DC is a cynical world."
Casey Dreier: 2013/12/07 11:11 CST
Thanks for the feedback, I've added a more prominent button to the action page. @telluric: Thanks for the specific suggestions! I'll try and work some of those into our content.
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Documentary about dark-skinned ‘first Swedes’ sparks horror
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by Squire » 07 Jul 2019, 12:05
White supremacists are horrified that they may have evolved from black-skinned people.
Nordic Aboriginals were black? Don't tell Donald Trump.
https://www.rt.com/news/451766-swedes-outraged-ancestors-documentary/
Documentary about dark-skinned ‘first Swedes’ sparks horror on Twitter
Published time: 18 Feb, 2019 17:59
An ad for an upcoming documentary about ‘The First Swedes,’ who were dark-skinned and blue eyed, has prompted fear and denial on Twitter.
The series will start to air on Swedish television this Wednesday, and when channel SVT began promoting it last week, some people reacted on social media with disbelief and anger.
The documentary will look at DNA technology which has revealed more about how Sweden was populated after the Ice Age and detailing how the first pioneers in the country were dark-skinned with blue eyes and came from the south. ...
Re: Documentary about dark-skinned ‘first Swedes’ sparks hor
Ahahahahaha!
But of course! People came from Africa, those in northern Europe developed light pigmentation to get enough vitamin D.
by UnSubRocky » 11 Jul 2019, 04:54
People are not going to entertain the idea that there were three different original racial groups. That these groups interacted with each other in time and developed different racial traits. The "out of Africa" theory is all nice to the idea of black supremacy. But, when the evidence is simply journalists trying to virtue signal minority groups to make them feel better about themselves, I can't take them seriously. If Africans can make it to Scandanavia, then they obviously were not Africans in the first place. There would be evidence to show this.
UnSubRocky
They were not Africans by then—blue eyed, remember?
We did arise in Africa, no doubt about that. Neanderthals, Denosovians and Homo sapiens.
UnSubRocky wrote: People are not going to entertain the idea that there were three different original racial groups. That these groups interacted with each other in time and developed different racial traits. The "out of Africa" theory is all nice to the idea of black supremacy. But, when the evidence is simply journalists trying to virtue signal minority groups to make them feel better about themselves, I can't take them seriously. If Africans can make it to Scandanavia, then they obviously were not Africans in the first place. There would be evidence to show this.
I agree with you when people try to use idea of origin to promote racism...
But if you believe in Evolution then humans would of have had to started off at one point... Africa points to the origin of humans...
by Lols » 12 Jul 2019, 10:18
It still begs the question, where did humans come from to have started from Africa?
Apes? Fish? E.T.? Adam and Eve? Asteroids?
And then there’s the interesting thing about blood types.
How does “O” that equates to the oldest blood type of hunter/meat eaters, to “A” which was the next blood group and they were the wheat growers and vegetarian.
Let’s go right back, to dinasaur era, even they had carnivorous and vegetarian dinasours at the same time.
Then I wonder where did they originate from to become so huge, as everything was at that time on earth.
It seems, as this earth ages, it will be small bugs that survive us all.
Then once humans disappear, bugs get a freehold and maybe the animal and fish kingdom will grow larger in numbers and stature, again. I would love a time machine to see 2 points of time, the very beginning and the very end.
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themsleves and wiser people so full of doubts" ~ Bertrand Russell
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Humans arose from a common ancestor of the great apes and us. In Africa.
Some Chinese anthropologists etc tried to establish that the Han Chinese arose separately. Nope, one ancestor.
HBS Guy wrote: They were not Africans by then—blue eyed, remember?
Well I'm not surprised, because that was the same conclusion that was arrived at in the UK a few years back. Someone produced a picture of an early Brit, and they were dark-skinned, and blue-eyed.
Oh guess some folk still strive to place themselves above the mass. Much like the Chinese, as you mentioned, who were convinced they were DIFFERENT SEPARATE and SUPERIOR ,, and they spent many man years trying to prove it.
All those MAN years added up to showing quite clearly that the Chinese people are JUST AS MONGREL as the rest of US.!!
Yes.. and Mesopotamia is considered the start of human civilisation. Isn't it.? Who knows.. these days it just seems to be about arguing opinions.. I like facts.
Fertile Crescent—Tigris & Euphrates and the Nile. And the Indus Valley in India and also in china.
Arguably the nomads settled down because they had accidentally invented beer and needed to look after the grain fields.
ahh .. a civilising influence.
As I said, an arguable proposition.
Indubitably.. !!
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Nowadays, large-scale RPGs seem to be everywhere, and with such a rich choice of games available, it’s hard to discern the classics from the rabble. It can also be easy to exaggerate the quality of the very best in the genre, due to long development processes and the length of the adventures on offer. But...
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A collaboration between the powerhouse videogame development studio Level-5 and the beloved animation company Studio Ghibli, Ni no Kuni puts players in the role of a 13-year-old boy whose mother dies as a result of his actions.
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Historical Events in the 1990s
24 Jan 1990 Expatriate New Zealander Richard Johnson is murdered by a gang of youths (Sydney, Australia)
Mar 1990 The fifth annual Wellington Lesbian and Gay Fair is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
According to Des Smith, one of the founders, the fair was generally held in the second week of March so that it didn't clash with Sydney's Mardi Gras.
23 Apr 1990 Singer Lew Pryme dies (Auckland, New Zealand)
Pryme dies from AIDS-related complications.
Links: NZ On Screen
20 May 1990 A will making workshop for lesbians is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
20 May 1990 International AIDS Candlelight Memorials are held (New Zealand)
21 May 1990 An AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held in the foyer of the Beehive, Parliament (Wellington, New Zealand)
The service features Sir Paul Reeves - the first patron of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation, MP Fran Wilde, plus five panels of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt.
2 Jun 1990 A lesbian gathering and conference is held (Christchurch, New Zealand)
22 Jun 1990 The Gay Community Centre closes (Wellington, New Zealand)
18 Aug 1990 A lesbian ball is held (Auckland, New Zealand)
Sep 1990 Pink Triangle magazine ends (New Zealand)
The magazine was published by the National Gay Rights Coalition. It was an important source of news and feature articles and was distributed nationally. The first issue was published on 14 May 1979.
Links: Auckland Museum
1991 The short fiction book Dangerous Desires by Peter Wells is published (New Zealand)
The book won the Reed Fiction Award for 1991.
1991 Man to Man publication begins (New Zealand)
It starts out as a 4-page pamphlet but grows into a fully-fledged newspaper called Express. In 2014 it changes to a monthly magazine format with accompanying website.
Links: Gay Express
1991 The Ever so slightly naughty Gay BC cookbook is published (Wellington, New Zealand)
The book is published by the Gay Broadcasting Collective (Gay BC) who have a weekly programme on Wellington Access Radio.
1991 The Shining City by Stevan Eldred-Grigg is published (New Zealand)
Mar 1991 The sixth annual Wellington Lesbian and Gay Fair is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
15 Apr 1991 Alex Mihailovic and Dean Howard are convicted of the murder of Richard Johnson (Sydney, Australia)
Mihailovic and Howard were part of a gang of youths convicted of the murder of the New Zealander in Sydney.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound and Vision
18 Aug 1991 A television debate is broadcast on whether there should be ordained homosexual ministers in the Christian Church (New Zealand)
The debate was broadcast on TV1.
25 Aug 1991 Singer Sue Dunlop performs at the North by Northwest cafe (Wellington, New Zealand)
Dunlop's performance includes Better than normal.
4 Oct 1991 HIV Alive '91 is held (Auckland, New Zealand)
The two week event includes specialist workshops, seminars, celebrations and fundraisers. It also includes the first public unveiling of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt.
5 Oct 1991 The first unveiling of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt is held (Auckland, New Zealand)
The first unveiling is held as part of the HIV Alive '99 event. 88 Australian and New Zealand quilt panels are displayed at the Auckland City Art Gallery. In the three months leading up to the event the number of New Zealand quilt panels had grown from 8 to 32. Soon after the gallery showing, the quilt panels were displayed at the Aotea Centre.
Links: New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt
9 Nov 1991 Heather McPherson launches Other World Relations at Unity Books (Wellington, New Zealand)
7 Dec 1991 The first Devotion dance party is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
The party is held at the Overseas Passenger Terminal. Tickets cost $20-$25.
Links: GayNZ.net
14 Dec 1991 The Bring and Buy lesbian fair is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
21 Dec 1991 The Dominion Dance is held at the Dominion Hotel (Wellington, New Zealand)
The dance is organised by Dykes Out Of Debt (DOODS).
1992 The Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand (LAGANZ) trust is established (Wellington, New Zealand)
The initial core of the collections goes back to an initiative of the National Gay Rights Coalition in 1977. It developed into a research library and archives known as the Lesbian and Gay Rights Resource Centre which was placed in the care of a trust in 1984. In 1988, to ensure the collections a secure home, the trustees made an agreement with the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington for their permanent accommodation.
Links: LAGANZ
1992 A pink book : a collection of readings on aspects of EEO and gay men by Phil Parkinson is published (Wellington, New Zealand)
Feb 1992 HERO 2 festival is held (Auckland, New Zealand)
The festival includes the first HERO parade.
Links: Wikipedia
Mar 1992 The seventh annual Wellington Lesbian and Gay Fair is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
Apr 1992 The Human Rights Commission publishes the discussion paper Discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation (New Zealand)
18 Apr 1992 The National Gay Rights Coalition Hui Aranga Easter gathering is held (New Zealand)
24 Apr 1992 The Sheilas Arms begins a women only night (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
The Shelias Arms later renames to Club 47. The building is demolished in October 1996.
Links: Fiona Clark
17 May 1992 The 9th annual International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held (New Zealand)
Over 200 cities around the world participate, with New Zealand being the first country in the world to hold memorials.
Links: Bay Area Reporter
Jun 1992 The underground newsletter Bog Spy publication begins (Auckland, New Zealand)
The newsletter is about sexual activity in Auckland's public toilets.
4 Jul 1992 Radio Gay Nelson begins broadcasting (Nelson, New Zealand)
The programme broadcasts on the local community radio station (later called Fresh FM). In 1994 the programme changed its name to Gaytime FM.
Links: NZ.com
17 Jul 1992 Lawyer and social reformer Frank Haigh dies
Among other things Haigh was prominent in the cause of homosexual law reform.
5 Aug 1992 Former Prime Minister Robert Muldoon dies (Auckland, New Zealand)
In 1976 Muldoon revealed in Parliament that prominent Labour MP Colin Moyle had been questioned by the police in regard to possible homosexual soliciting. Moyle subsequently resigned from Parliament in 1977.
Links: Te Ara
Oct 1992 The Lesbian, Gay and Christian National Conference is held (New Zealand)
The theme of the conference is sexism and heterosexism.
9 Oct 1992 The first unveiling of the International AIDS Memorial Quilt takes place (Washington D.C., United States of America)
The quilt was unveiled in Washington D.C., USA. New Zealand is one of 20 countries invited to attend.
21 Nov 1992 The second Devotion dance party is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
The party is held at Shed 26 on the waterfront and includes a merry-go-round.
25 Nov 1992 The Hero Charitable Trust Incorporated is established (Auckland, New Zealand)
The Trust's vision was: A community which, through creative expression and celebration: learns to love, care and support itself. The Trust's kaupapa was: HERO seeks to serve a community characterised by love - the love of a man for a man - the love of a woman for a woman. That service finds expression through creativity and celebration. Through the activities of Hero the mana, health and pride of our community will be strengthened.
Links: Hero.org.nz
1 Dec 1992 World AIDS Day is commemorated (Auckland, New Zealand)
Since World AIDS Day 1991, 43 people had died in New Zealand from AIDS-related complications. Father Michael Bancroft leads the first ever AIDS requiem mass in New Zealand.
1993 Douglas Wright's film Elegy premieres (New Zealand)
Wright wrote "Since I am still lucky enough to have a body, I decided to make a dance for my friends who have died of AIDS, and this is it." Ref F27589.
Links: Nga Taonga Sound & Vision
1993 The short fiction book Sweet and Sour Cocktails by Robert Leek is published (New Zealand)
1993 Aphrodisia by choreographer Michael Parmenter premieres at the HERO Festival (Auckland, New Zealand)
1 Feb 1993 The HERO 3 festival is held (Auckland, New Zealand)
The festival's theme is: a celebration of diversity.
Apr 1993 The Taranaki Lesbian Newsletter begins publication (Taranaki region, New Zealand)
17 Apr 1993 The first national conference of the New Zealand [AIDS] Quilt Project takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The conference is attended by committee members, volunteers and regional coordinators.
23 May 1993 Beacons of Hope is held at Frank Kitts Park (Wellington, New Zealand)
Beacons of Hope is held as part of the 10th International AIDS Memorial commemorations. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Wellington members of the New Zealand Youth Choir perform at Frank Kitts Park. The event begins at 7pm and includes people carrying flaming torches representing those that have passed away.
Links: Archives New Zealand, New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt
Jul 1993 The first Waikato University Gay Pride Week takes place (Waikato region, New Zealand)
28 Jul 1993 The Human Rights Bill is passed (New Zealand)
Among other things, the Bill outlaws discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. The Government is exempt until 31 December 1999.
4 Sep 1993 Darren Horn dies (Auckland, New Zealand)
Horn was an early convener of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt.
10 Oct 1993 The Coming Out Day parade is held (Auckland, New Zealand)
The parade begins at Western Park.
Links: New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt, Wikipedia
30 Oct 1993 A silent auction and cabaret evening is held to fundraise for the New Zealand [AIDS] Quilt Project (Auckland, New Zealand)
Nov 1993 Devotion: a lesbian and gay celebration is published (Wellington, New Zealand)
It's published by Sprung! Productions and Caspers.
20 Nov 1993 Eve van Grafhorst dies from AIDS-related complications (Hastings, New Zealand)
22 Nov 1993 The Look Out! Gaze In exhibition of gay men's art opens (Wellington, New Zealand)
The exhibition was held in a Wellington City Council building in Civic Square next to the present Public Relations Office. The exhibition was part of the Devotion festival.
Links: National Library
24 Nov 1993 David Halls (Hudson and Halls) is found dead in his apartment (London, United Kingdom)
Halls commits suicide after his partner Peter Hudson died from cancer a year earlier. Halls wrote "Without Peter I don't want to go on - he was my life, and I have no regrets. I love him now as much as I always did and I want to be with him for all eternity."
24 Nov 1993 The Homophony concert takes place (Wellington, New Zealand)
The concert at St Andrew's was part of the Devotion festival, and was organised by Matthew Soeburg and Gareth Farr. It featured Soeburg on the piano.
27 Nov 1993 The third Devotion dance party is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
The party is held at Shed 21 on the waterfront. There was no Devotion party held in 1994.
27 Nov 1993 The Love Parade is held as part of the Devotion festival (Wellington, New Zealand)
People gather for the parade in Civic Square.
1 Dec 1993 World AIDS Day is commemorated (Dunedin, New Zealand)
The New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt is displayed in St Paul's Cathedral in Dunedin to mark World AIDS Day. The quilt remains on display for a week.
23 Dec 1993 MP Chris Carter (Te Atatu, Labour Party) comes out publicly (New Zealand)
Carter becomes the first openly gay Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Links: Queer History NZ, Wikipedia
1994 The poetry book The Body of Man by David Herkt is published (New Zealand)
Jan 1994 Buddies - New Zealand's first gay massage parlour opens (Wellington, New Zealand)
Feb 1994 The New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt is displayed at the Aotea Centre (Auckland, New Zealand)
The Quilt is displayed for one-and-a-half weeks, followed by two days laid out on Aotea Square.
1 Feb 1994 The Human Rights Act 1993 is enacted (New Zealand)
The Act outlaws discrimination on a wide variety of grounds including sexual orientation and disability. The Act also provides protection against discrimination for those living with HIV/AIDS.
Links: Wikipedia, New Zealand Legislation, NZ.com
16 Mar 1994 MP Chris Carter (Te Atatu, Labour Party) gives his maiden speech in Parliament (New Zealand)
Carter is the first openly gay Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
May 1994 The first National Lesbian Studies Conference takes place (New Zealand)
22 May 1994 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial services are held (New Zealand)
A memorial service is held at St Matthew-in-the-City in Auckland. Following the service the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt is carried outspread in a candlelit parade via Hobson and Wellesley Streets to Aotea Square.
Jul 1994 The first Stonewall Ball is held (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
Links: Queer History NZ, NZ.com
Jul 1994 The second Waikato University Gay Pride Week takes place (Waikato region, New Zealand)
Jul 1994 Gaytime FM begins broadcasting on Fresh FM (Tasman region, New Zealand)
The radio programme broadcasts every Sunday morning at 11am
Links: NZ.com (1), NZ.com (2)
2 Aug 1994 Richard Leonard kills ex-Aucklander Stephen Dempsey with a crossbow. (Sydney, Australia)
Leonard later claims it as was an act of self-defence after Dempsey propositioned him. Leonard was finally captured, tried and found guilty of two murders and sentenced to life in prison.
Links: Forensic Investigators
17 Sep 1994 The Lesbian Information, Library and Archives Centre (LILAC) opens (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Centre is for women-oriented women and holds the largest accessible collection of lesbian books and other materials in New Zealand.
Links: LILAC
28 Sep 1994 AIDS activist and educator Tom O'Donoghue dies (Wellington, New Zealand)
O'Donoghue was a founding member of the National People Living With AIDS Union and Collective Thinking, a publication for people living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS.
Links: New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt, Tui Motu InterIslands Magazine, Tapatoru
31 Oct 1994 HIV Awarenss month is held (Auckland, New Zealand)
Links: New Zealand AIDS Quilt
Nov 1994 The first HIV Walk for Life takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
28 Nov 1994 Artist Arthur Tauhore dies (Wellington, New Zealand)
Tauhore dies from AIDS related conditions.
Dec 1994 The High Court rules that post-operative transsexuals can marry in their adopted sex (New Zealand)
1 Dec 1994 Worlds AIDS Day is commemorated (New Zealand)
In Auckland, the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt is is carried outspread down Queen Street for an unfolding ceremony. The global theme of the day is: AIDS and the family.
1995 Birthdaze dance parties are held
1995 The first annual Out Takes film festival takes place (Wellington, New Zealand)
The festival was held at the Paramount Theatre.
Links: Out Takes
1995 A Long Undressing premieres (New Zealand)
The dance and theatre work is created and performed by Michael Parmenter.
1995 Nights in the Gardens of Spain by Witi Ihimaera is published
1995 The Queer Resources - Aotearoa New Zealand web pages are launched on NZ.com (New Zealand)
The pages are created and maintained by Mark Proffit, and are some of the first (possibly the first) representations of rainbow communities from New Zealand on the internet.
1 Jan 1995 Dancer Warren Douglas dies (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Warren Douglas Scholarship Fund was subsequently established in May 1995 to help those who wanted to make the transition from performer to arts administrator, as he had done. Douglas is remembered on the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Links: New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt, Warren Douglas Scholarship Fund
Feb 1995 Devotion 95: a gay and lesbian celebration by Elizabeth Smith and Rachell Rose is published
4 Feb 1995 The fourth annual Devotion dance party is held at Civic Square and the Wellington Town Hall (Wellington, New Zealand)
18 Mar 1995 The tenth annual Gay and Lesbian Fair is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
25 Mar 1995 Writer Eric McCormick dies
McCormick wrote biographies on Alexander Turnbull and Frances Hodgkins.
22 Apr 1995 Tai Tahi Marsters attacks Jim Curtis (Napier, New Zealand)
Marsters hit Curtis using a glass decanter. Curtis is left with brain damage while Marsters is later acquitted of both attempted murder and assault. At his trial Marsters uses the provocation/gay panic defence, claiming Curtis made a sexual advance.
Links: Parliamentary debate, GayNZ
19 May 1995 The second National Lesbian Studies Conference takes place (Wellington, New Zealand)
The conference takes place at the Student Union Building at Victoria University. It runs from the 19-21 May. One of the things to come out of the conference was the group Lesbians on the Land.
Links: Queer History NZ, QNA
This is the 12th anniversary of international memorials. In Auckland, five blocks of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt are carried from St Matthew-in-the-city to Aotea Square where a Beacons of Hope service is held.
26 May 1995 Poor Superman by Brad Fraser opens at Circa Theatre (Wellington, New Zealand)
21 Jun 1995 The Dunedin Pride festival is held (Dunedin, New Zealand)
The festival runs from 21 June - 15 July 1995.
24 Jun 1995 The first Man to Man Gay and Lesbian Writing Festival is held (Auckland, New Zealand)
The festival is New Zealand's first gay and lesbian writing festival. It is held at the Auckland College of Education and features Paula Boock, Witi Ihimaera, Renee, Noel Virtue and Peter Wells.
1 Jul 1995 A day-long seminar takes placed called Exceptional Lesbian and Gay Lives (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The seminar is advertised as a "one day affirming seminar" and features Robin Duff, Kathleen Quinlivan, Brent Skerten, Ross Palmer, Andrew Carstairs McCarthy, Linda James, Sue Lovelock Marshall, Jo Drayton and Jane Ferrier. It takes place in the Elizabeth Kelly Room above Annies Wine Bar in the City Arts Centre.
1 Jul 1995 The second annual Stonewall Ball is held (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
The ball is to celebrate "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transpeople pride." It will be held at The Mill, 2 Powderham Street in New Plymouth.
22 Jul 1995 The Hawke's Bay Queer Event takes place (Napier, New Zealand)
The event is advertised as "meeting, dancing, drinking and generally doing some wild stuff in Napier, at the Bay City Club from 9pm."
24 Jul 1995 The third annual Waikato University Gay Pride Week takes place (Waikato region, New Zealand)
The week is organised by the Waikato Student Union and Queers on Campus.
7 Aug 1995 The University Of Canterbury Gay Pride Week is held (Canterbury region, New Zealand)
The week is advertised as a "celebration of lesbian, gay and bisexual sexuality." It takes place in the Student Union Building, and runs from 7 - 11 August.
19 Aug 1995 The fifth annual AIDS Benefit Concert for the Hamilton branch of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation takes place (Hamilton, New Zealand)
The concert is hosted by broadcaster Lianne Clarke and held at the Trustbank Community Theatre. The Governor General Dame Catherine Tizard attends in her capacity as patron of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation.
26 Aug 1995 The twelfth annual Auckland Lesbian Ball takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The ball is held for the third time at the Hyatt Convention Centre. Proceeds from the event go to the support group LESO - Lesbian Education and Support Organisation.
3 Sep 1995 Pianist Michael Houston performs a benefit concert for the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (Auckland, New Zealand)
The performance takes place at the School of Music, University of Auckland.
11 Sep 1995 The Auckland University Pride Week takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The week is organised by a combined group from Unigays, Women loving Women, Dykes on Campus and Uni Goblet. It runs from 11 - 16 September.
30 Sep 1995 The third annual Hamilton Pride Party takes place (Hamilton, New Zealand)
The party takes place in the Quadrangle next to the gay Next Door Bar. The theme is Greek gods and goddesses.
Oct 1995 Gays and Lesbians in University Employment at Victoria University of Wellington (GLUE-VUW) is established (Wellington, New Zealand)
The group is set up by Victoria University staff.
Oct 1995 The Queer News Aotearoa (QNA) website begins (New Zealand)
Links: QNA
11 Oct 1995 A coming out party is held to celebrate National Coming Out Day (Wellington, New Zealand)
The party is held at the National Library of New Zealand and organised by the National Library Lesbian and Gay Network, and the Friends of the Lesbian and Gay Archives of New Zealand (LAGANZ). The party starts at 5.30pm.
Links: NZ.com, Wikipedia
21 Oct 1995 Georgina Beyer is elected Mayor of Carterton (Carterton, New Zealand)
Beyer becomes the world's first openly transexual mayor.
21 Oct 1995 The Riding the Rainbow conference takes place (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Pink Health conference focuses on lesbian and gay health and is held at the Wellington College of Education. Speakers include Raz Bloomfield and Neville Creighton.
5 Nov 1995 Martin Dickson is licensed as a Presbyterian minister (New Zealand)
Dickson is the first openly gay man to be licensed in New Zealand by the Presbyterian church. In 1999 the Sunday Star Times reported that despite being licensed as a minister, no congregation wanted him. "One thing I've learnt is people often have quite good intentions, but the last thing they want in their Church is conflict."
Links: Sunday Star Times
12 Nov 1995 Lesbian's on the Land takes place (Tasman region, New Zealand)
The event is held over a weekend at Felicity's farm in Golden Bay with workshops on alternative housing and energy, and natural/holistic health. The group grew out of the second National Lesbian Studies Conference held in May 1995.
25 Nov 1995 The second annual HIV Walk for Life takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
Broadcasters Anita McNaught and Neil Waka start the Walk from Victoria Park at 11am. The route goes up College Hill, along Ponsonby, K' Rd and Queen St to Aotea Square.
This year's theme is: shared rights, shared responsibility. In Auckland, the Quilt and Baton of Hope march is held. The Quilt is carried up Queen Street with 400 placards representing people who have died from AIDS related conditions in New Zealand. Events also take place in Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Nelson.
Links: NZ.com, New Zealand AIDS Quilt
2 Dec 1995 The first Freedom dance party takes place (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The event is held at the Ministry for "lesbians, gays, bisexuals and their friends."
3 Dec 1995 The Coming Out Day parade takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The parade begins at 2pm from Three Lamps Plaza, goes along Ponsonby Road and ends at Western Park. The 1994 parade attracted approximately 3,000 people.
3 Dec 1995 The AIDS Media Awards take place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation event is hosted by Ginette McDonald and Anita McNaught. It also features Michael Parmenter performing a dance from his work A Long Undressing. The event is held at the Sheraton Auckland Hotel and Towers.
9 Dec 1995 The controversial Robert Mapplethorpe Retrospective exhibition shows at the City Gallery Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand)
City Gallery Director Paula Savage said "His work documents a pre-AIDS era in New York when homosexuality was given a social acceptability unseen for decades, perhaps centuries, and gay cultural blossomed." The exhibition runs from 9 December 1995 - 20 February 1996.
Links: NZ.com, Wikipedia, City Gallery
23 Dec 1995 The Dyke Ball takes place (Christchurch, New Zealand)
1996 Mani Bruce Mitchell publicly comes out as Intersex (New Zealand)
Mani is recognised as the first out Intersex person in New Zealand
Links: PrideNZ
1996 Patrick Clotworthy stabs Wayne Cowan six times while shouting anti gay comments (Auckland, New Zealand)
Clotworthy later pleads guilty in 1997 and was initally sentenced to a 2 year suspended sentence but this was appealed by the Crown. In June 1998 his sentence was increased to 3 years imprisonment
Links: Sensible Sentencing Trust
1996 The first Miss Riwaka Beauty Pagent is held (Nelson, New Zealand)
The first pageant was held as a private function.
1996 The Topp Twins television series begins (New Zealand)
The series features the twins as Camp Mother and Camp Leader
1996 10 Years Since The Bill is published by Spectrum (Nelson, New Zealand)
The booklet is published on the 10th anniversary of the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill, and recalls the campaign and perspectives of people in the Nelson region. The text is later published online.
Links: Spectrum
1996 Growing up gay : New Zealand men tell their stories by James Allan is published
1996 Queer Nation begins screening on TVNZ
It became the world's longest running free-to-air TV programme for an LGBT audience
Jan 1996 Labour MP Judith Tizard proposes legalising same-sex marriage (New Zealand)
19 Jan 1996 The play Eugenia premieres at Taki Rua Depot Theatre (Wellington, New Zealand)
Eugenia is written and stars Lorae Parry. It's based on the life of Eugenia Falleni.
25 Jan 1996 Composer Jonathan Larson dies (New York, United States of America)
Larson's musical Rent was just days away from opening on Broadway when he passed away.
Links: New York Times
27 Jan 1996 The Spectrum website is launched (Nelson, New Zealand)
The website is one of the earliest group websites for gay and bisexual men in New Zealand.
5 Feb 1996 The first broadcast of Express Report occurs (New Zealand)
The programme is a regular rainbow tv news and current affairs show. It is later called Out There.
8 Feb 1996 Pride Stories our Mothers never told Us takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The event is organised by the Pride Centre as part of the HERO Festival. It takes place at Footsteps Nightclub and features Mary O'Hagan, Clare Bear Reader, Robert Leak, Karin Kahurangi and Frankie Hill, poet and activist Uma Kali-Shakti, and comedian Philip Patston.
22 Feb 1996 The Gay Association of Professionals (GAP) is formed in Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Association changes its name to Rainbow Wellington in the mid-2000s.
Links: Queer History NZ, LAGANZ
Mar 1996 Tai Tahi Marsters is acquitted of attempted murder and causing Jim Curtis grievous bodily harm (New Zealand)
Marsters hit Curtis using a glass decanter. Curtis is left with brain damage while Marsters is acquitted of both attempted murder and assault. At his trial Marsters uses the homosexual panic defence, claiming Curtis made a sexual advance.
Links: Parliamentary debate
5 Mar 1996 The Census forms are constructed so the number of same-sex couples can be counted (New Zealand)
Every person in a household is provided with their own individual form which includes questions about who they are living with. By cross-referencing data the number of same-sex couples living together can be calculated.
Links: Stats NZ
19 Apr 1996 The Pride Centre opens at its new premises (Auckland, New Zealand)
The Centre is located at 33 Wyndham Street,between Albert and Hobson St, inside the Peoples Centre.
24 Apr 1996 The High Court hears an application by three lesbian couples seeking a ruling on the legality of their marriage applications (New Zealand)
16 May 1996 Sexual Healing? a documentary featuring former homosexual Noel Mosen is broadcast on TV One (New Zealand)
A number of people complain to the Broadcasting Standards Authority about the content. The complaints are upheld in November 1996.
Links: BSA
19 May 1996 The 13th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held (New Zealand)
This year's theme is: AIDS discrimination is a global epidemic - together we can overcome it. Blocks of the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt are displayed in New Plymouth, Wellington, Invercargill and Auckland. Events take place in Taranaki, Waikato, Canterbury, Wellington, Auckland and Nelson.
Links: New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt, NZ.com
30 May 1996 The High Court rules that marriage in common law means between a man and woman (New Zealand)
23 Jun 1996 The Dunedin Pride festival takes place (Dunedin, New Zealand)
The festival runs from 23 June-6 July. The festival begins with a dog show and soccer match and ends with a Masquerade Ball.
5 Jul 1996 The Presbyterian Church rules that lesbian and gay people may not be licensed or ordained as elders or ministers or put in positions of leadership (New Zealand)
The decision was to be reviewed again in 1998.
6 Jul 1996 The Gays and Lesbians Everywhere in Education (GLEE) National conference is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
The theme of the conference is: empowering lesbians and gays in education.
18 Jul 1996 Singer Shona Laing comes out as bisexual during a concert performance (New Zealand)
Laing's coming out was reported in Express magazine.
Aug 1996 Gays and Lesbians in Business (GLIB) is formed (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Links: Queer History
Aug 1996 Mani Bruce Mitchell attends the world's first international intersex retreat (United States of America)
During the gathering the documentary Hermaphrodites Speak was filmed which documented the experiences of seven people – including Mani's.
Links: ITANZ, Youtube (1), Youtube (2), Youtube (3), WorldCat
21 Sep 1996 The Riding the Rainbow '96 conference takes place (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The Pink Health conference's theme is self esteem.
Oct 1996 The building that housed Club 47 is demolished (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
The building also used be the home of the Shelias Arms in 1992.
12 Oct 1996 MP Chris Carter (Te Atatu, Labour Party) is defeated in the first MMP General Election (Auckland region, New Zealand)
Carter was New Zealalnd's first openly gay Member of Parliament. He returned to Parliament in 1999.
12 Oct 1996 Tim Barnett (Christchurch Central, Labour Party) is elected in the first MMP General Election (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Barnett, who is openly gay, would subsequently introduce the Prostitution Reform Bill (2003) and was heavily involved in the passing of the Civil Union Bill (2004).
Links: Wikipedia, Parliament
4 Nov 1996 Bryan James Gardner murders David Shore in a hotel room (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Gardener is sentenced to life imprisonment in May 1997.
14 Nov 1996 A complaint against the Sexual Healing? documentary is upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Authority (New Zealand)
The documentary featured former homosexual Noel Mosen, and broadcast on TV One on 16 May 1996.
23 Nov 1996 The third annual HIV Walk for Life takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The Walk leaves from Victoria Park. Broadcaster Anita McNaught announces the start of the walk.
30 Nov 1996 The first annual Pride Weekend takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The Staircase Nightclub hosts a Pride Party. A Pride Parade takes place on 1 December at 2pm - from Three Lamps Ponsonby to Western Park. It's followed by a Pride Picnic.
1 Dec 1996 World AIDS Day is commemorated (New Zealand)
14 Dec 1996 Teaser, a pre-Freedom dance party is held (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The party is held at Bar Particular on 14 December 1996.
1997 The Government stops funding Consistency 2000 - the Human Rights Commission's investigation into discriminatory legislation (New Zealand)
1997 Broadsheet publication ends (New Zealand)
1997 Emerging tribe: gay culture in New Zealand in the 1990s by Nigel Gearing is published (New Zealand)
2 Jan 1997 Morals campaigner Keith Hay dies (Auckland, New Zealand)
Hay took a lead role in campaigning against homosexual law reform in 1985/86.
1 Feb 1997 The second Freedom dance party takes place (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The party is at the Civic of Canterbury on Manchester Street.
7 Feb 1997 The HERO festival takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The festival runs from 7 - 22 February.
12 Feb 1997 Best Mates: Gay Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Peter Wells and Rex Pilgrim is launched (Auckland, New Zealand)
The book is launched in the Wintergardens at the Auckland Domain.
22 Feb 1997 The HERO parade takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The parade runs from Crummer Road, into Ponsonby Road and then down to Three Lamps. It's broadcast on TV3.
27 Feb 1997 Labour MP Tim Barnett gives his maiden speech in Parliament (New Zealand)
Links: Parliament
Mar 1997 Branches of the Gay and Lesbian Labour Party are formed by Tim Barnett and Chris Carter in Auckland and Christchurch (New Zealand)
8 Mar 1997 The Devotion Parade is held through the inner city (Wellington, New Zealand)
A group of fundamentalist Christians protest along the parade route. Note: another source (held at the National Library) notes the parade occurred in February.
26 Mar 1997 The Awhina Centre at 35 Mein Street, Newtown is badly damaged by a suspected arson (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Centre moves to 45 Tory Street.
13 Apr 1997 Alyson Murrie-West is licensed as a Presbyterian minister at St Andrews-on-the-Terrace (Wellington, New Zealand)
May 1997 Patrick Clotworthy pleads guilty to assaulting Wayne Cowan in a side street off Karangahape Road (Auckland, New Zealand)
Clotworthy stabbed Cowan six times in 1996 while shouting anti gay comments. He was initally sentenced to a 2 year suspended sentence but this was appealed by the Crown. In June 1998 his sentence was increased to 3 years imprisonment
4 May 1997 International AIDS Candlelight Memorials are held (New Zealand)
The memorial is moved earlier in May this year to accommodate dates in the USA calendar (generally the memorial is held on the 3rd Sunday in May).
7 May 1997 The Intersex Society of New Zealand is launched (Wellington, New Zealand)
The Society is launched by the Minister of Health Hon. Annette King at a function in the Council Chamber at Victoria University. The Society subsequently became a Charitable Trust on 26 March 1998.
Links: ITANZ (pdf)
26 May 1997 Bryan James Gardner is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering David Shore in November 1996 (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Gardner tried unsuccessfully to use the homosexual panic defence.
Sep 1997 Auckland City Council refuses to fund the Hero Parade (Auckland, New Zealand)
The organisers had asked for $32,000 to crowd barriers and cleanup
1 Nov 1997 The second Miss Riwaka Beauty Pageant is held (Nelson, New Zealand)
The event is held at Braemar Gym, with formal dress (ball gown or suit).
10 Nov 1997 Richard Leonard is found guilty of killing Stephen Dempsey with a crossbow in 1994 (Sydney, Australia)
Leonard claimed it was an act of self-defence after Dempsey propositioned him. Leonard was also found guilty of murdering a taxi driver. He was sentenced to life in prison
12 Nov 1997 The Rev. David Bromell, an openly gay man, is ordained in the Methodist Church (New Zealand)
29 Nov 1997 The fourth annual HIV Walk for Life takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
17 Dec 1997 The Court of Appeal turns down three lesbian couples' appeal against a High Court ruling against same-sex marriage (New Zealand)
1998 Vanity fierce by Graeme Aitken is published (New Zealand)
1 Jan 1998 Jacquie Grant becomes a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) (West Coast region, New Zealand)
Grant is honoured for her work as a foster parent to more than 60 children. In 2018 she was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM).
Links: Te Ara, A Gender Variance Whos Who
7 Feb 1998 The Freedom festival and dance party take place (Christchurch, New Zealand)
The Freedom dance party takes place on 14 Feburary at the Civic of Canterbury on Manchester Street. Various other events take place: an art exhibition 3 - 21 February, a film festival 7 - 13 February, a picnic on 8 February, a cocktail party on 9 February and Bar Olympics on 12 February.
The parade begins at 8.45pm and runs along Ponsonby Road. It includes 60-plus floats.
Links: NZ.com(1), NZ.com(2)
Mar 1998 The 13th annual Wellington Lesbian and Gay Fair is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
5 Mar 1998 Cabaret artist Mika donates a personal collection of materials to LAGANZ (Wellington, New Zealand)
A ceremony is held in the National Library Auditorium. The collection consists of manuscripts and typescripts from Mika's shows, audio and video recordings, posters, photographs, personal memorabilia and curiosities. There are also props and costumes from the cabarets, such as Carmen's costume jewelry and "Carmen's aerobics leotards" press kits.
14 Mar 1998 The Out of the Comfort Zone conference takes place (New Plymouth, New Zealand)
The conference is organised by Taranaki Pride Alliance and is advertised as "a 2 day conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, takataapui and transpeople focusing on community building."
9 Apr 1998 Dare, Truth or Promise by Paula Boock wins the NZ Post Children's Book Award (New Zealand)
27 Apr 1998 Anti-homosexual stickers are distributed across Victoria University campus (Wellington, New Zealand)
Salient magazine reports that at least a dozen commercially produced stickers which describe homosexuality as shameful and unnatural have been distributed across campus, one targeting Shane Town who had recently completed his PhD research on the difficulties faced by young gay men in New Zealand's secondary schools.
May 1998 The Government announces a Human Rights Amendment that will prolong the Government's exemption from the Human Rights Commission Act indefinitely (New Zealand)
17 May 1998 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is held (New Zealand)
Jul 1998 Camp Mother (a.k.a. Lynda Topp) announces that she will run for Mayor of Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand)
Topp decides to run against Les Mills who was against the HERO festival. She withdraws two weeks before the election
Jul 1998 The Defacto Property Bill is introduced (New Zealand)
It aims to standardise disposal of property on death or separation of unmarried couples (but not same-sex ones)
Jul 1998 The Labour Relations Bill is introduced, granting same-sex partners leave for partners' sickness (New Zealand)
10 Jul 1998 Presbyterian General Assembly bans ordination of practising gay men or lesbians for one year (New Zealand)
5 Aug 1998 Hamilton District Court rules a lesbian is liable for maintenance of a child born to her ex-partner during their relationship (Hamilton, New Zealand)
There are no corresponding custody rights
19 Aug 1998 National Government introduces a Human Rights Amendment saying it will bring Government into line with HRC Act (with some exceptions) (New Zealand)
30 Aug 1998 Artist Toss Woollaston dies (Tasman region, New Zealand)
12 Oct 1998 Matthew Shepard is killed in Wyoming (United States of America)
22 Oct 1998 New Zealand Navy announces a gay-friendly policy (New Zealand)
It includes the issuing of pink triangle stickers to identify "safe places"
26 Nov 1998 The Government's Human Rights Amendment Bill is defeated (New Zealand)
27 Nov 1998 Auckland City Council, under new Mayor Christine Fletcher, grants $15,000 for Hero Parade cleanup (Auckland, New Zealand)
28 Nov 1998 The fifth HIV Walk for Life takes place (Auckland, New Zealand)
The Walk starts at 11am, leaving from Victoria Park.
5 Dec 1998 The Awhina World AIDS Day variety concert is held (Wellington, New Zealand)
The concert takes place in Soundings Theatre at Te Papa, with funds raised going to the Awhina Centre.
Links: Te Papa
1999 Get used to it! children of gay and lesbian parents by Pat Rosier and Myra Hauschild is published (New Zealand)
1999 OUT! Magazine ends publication (New Zealand)
1999 When two men embrace: the New Zealand anthology of gay and lesbian poetry by Jonathan Fisher published (New Zealand)
19 Mar 1999 Dancer Freda Stark dies
9 May 1999 Teenager Jeff Whittington dies (Wellington, New Zealand)
Whittington was murdered in Wellington by Jason Meads and Stephen Smith
3 Dec 1999 Jason Meads and Stephen Smith are found guilty of murdering teenager Jeff Whittington (Wellington, New Zealand)
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Preview of the Railvolution 2/2019
Ten Years Of The TRAXX-ES
January 2019 was the tenth anniversary of the putting in service of Renfe Mercancías’ TRAXX 253.001. This machine, a TRAXX F140 DC, was built at Bombardier’s Vado Ligure works in Italy, then sent to Germany for testing. The first eight years of its life were with Renfe, but in April 2017 it was hired by Renfe Alquiler to Comsa Rail Transport, and in April 2018 to LC Rail. It is currently based at Can Tunis depot in Barcelona.
COMSA Rail Transport’s 253.101, paired with EURO 4000 335.003, near Chinchilla, to the east of Albacete, on 30 October 2010.
Spanish Open Access Railfreight - The First 12 Years
Spanish open access railfreight private operators have demonstrated their ability to run their trains more economically, more efficiently, and over longer distances than the State operator. They have captured at least 30 % of the national railfreight market. But there is still a long way to go - railfreight represents under 2 % of all freight movements in Spain.
Continental Rail’s 335.023 with an intermodal working from Sevilla to Bilbao near Grisaleña, near Briviesca in Burgos province, on 2 August 2018.
A Visit To The Stadler Minsk Works
On 20 March 2019 at its Minsk (Fanipol) works Stadler and Minsky Metropoliten presented the first Model M110 metro train. In January 2017 the operator ordered 10 trains - six four-car and four five-car. Six of these are to be delivered in 2019 and the remainder during 2020.
The first Model M110 four-car train destined for Minsk Metro waiting for the first „passengers“ at its public presentation.
A Visit To TVZ
On 28 March 2019 we visited Tverskoy vagonostroitelny zavod (TVZ). This carriage works is now, in addition to various types of carriage, also building Class EG2Tv Ivolga EMUs, which are the most modern EMU type yet developed by TMH.
These are the latest Ivolgas, EG2Tv-010 and 011 at the TVZ works, waiting for delivery to TsPPK.
The Railfreight Market In The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary And Poland
This article focuses on the main railfreight operators currently active in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland, with illustrated summaries of the activities of each. Tables are provided showing the operators' market shares.
AWT is about to increase its fleet of modern electric locomotives. The first to be purchased outright were three ES64U4 Tauruses, one of which, 183 719, appears in the photo, taken on 19 March 2019 near Řikovice, hauling a train of empty tank wagons from Germany to the Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava.
Sakhalin Class TG16M Diesel Deliveries Stalled
At EXPO 1520 in September 2015 Lyudinovsky teplovozostroitelny zavod presented the first of its new Class TG16M two-section main line diesel locomotives for use on RZD’s Sakhalin network. However, the locomotives built so far have been plagued with a series of breakdowns, and in the end RZD stopped ordering.
The photo, taken on 5 October 2017, shows a train hauled by TG16M-005 and 004 near Tomari on the west coast, in the south of the island.
Marmaray Project Phase Two Inaugurated
15 years after construction of the trans-Bosphorus rail link started in 2004, on 12 March 2019 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan inaugurated services over the whole of the 76.6 km, 43-station, 100 km/h line between Gebze in Anatolia (Asia) and Halkalı in Thrace (Europe).
The inaugural train on the Marmaray line, Hyundai Rotem-built EMU E32019, on 12 March 2019 at Kartal.
Cover of 2/2019
Features: ČD Cargo coal train from Karviná to Werndorf near Graz hauled by Vectrons 383.001 and 011 on 3 April 2019
UWC Platform Wagons For Luzales
FLIRT Akkus For NAH.SH
M7 Power Car Started Test Runs In Velim
KISS EMUs For DB Regio
Bombardier / Hitachi Unveils HS2 Train Design
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Rivers Scores Game Winner In Final Seconds
--By Jared Anderson
--Photos by Jared Anderson
Louisville women's soccer (9-1-0, 3-0-0) defeated conference rival Syracuse 1-0 at Lynn Stadium en route to their fourth straight win and third ACC victory. Brooklynn Rivers scored the game-winning goal with nine seconds remaining.
The Cards dominated nearly every aspect of the match including putting up 19 shots (11 on goal) opposed to the Orange's 7 (3). Louisville also controlled possession and spent a good amount of time in Syracuse real estate.
Syracuse goalkeeper Jordan Harris recorded seven saves in the first half off a Louisville offense that had a continuous attack. Harris retired from the match at the half due to an unspecified reason and was succeeded by Lysianne Proulx. She added another three saves before the final shot made its way into the goal.
Louisville had ample opportunities to score. Emina Ekic found space in the first half that was deflected away and her second half shot was tipped by the keeper and bounced off the crossbar, narrowly missing the goal line. Nadege L'Esperance had a header off a set piece in the first away that was hauled in by the Syracuse keeper. Both Maisie Whitsett and Rivers pressed forward in ground attacks that had shots saved by Syracuse.
With under a minute remaining in regulation the Cards found space on the left side. Whitsett dribbled the ball down the pitch. Inches from crossing the base line, Whitsett passed into the box to Rivers. Rivers used a spin move to evade a defender before getting a shot off past the reach of the goalkeeper and into the corner of the net with nine seconds remaining on the clock.
Defensively, Gabby Kouzelos recorded three saves, but was crucial in halting advances by the Syracuse offense. She also played an important role in keeping the six corner kicks way from the goal.
Louisville travels to #5 North Carolina on Saturday, Sept. 29. They will then return for a two-game home stint including Senior Day on Sunday, Oct. 7.
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Free Screening of INSIDE JOB
The Friday Night Film Series Proudly Presents
Oscar Winner – Best Documentary
Followed by a stimulating discussion with Dr. Duane Campbell, Chair of the Sacramento chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America
Free Film! Free Popcorn! Free Drinks!
Hinde Auditorium
Sac State University Union
Shorts--6:00pm Feature Film--6:30pm
"Four Stars! An angry, well argued documentary." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"A powerhouse of a documentary that will leave you both thunderstruck and boiling with rage." -- Kenneth Turan, LA Times
"This cogent, devastating synopsis is the definitive indictment of the titans who swindled America and of their pals in the federal government who enabled them.”
-- Mary & Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
Event Info: paulb1221@sbcglobal.net
Movie Info: http://www.sonyclassics.com/insidejob/
Labels: campus progressive alliance, friday night film series, Inside Job
Progressive Alliance Monthly Meeting
Progressive Alliance
Monthly Organizing Meeting
Saturday, April 30, 10am-12pm
Capital Room, 3rd Floor
Sacramento State University Union
Labels: sacramento progressive alliance
FOX40 Reports: New Plan to Keep Kings in Sacramento
Labels: jim crandell, sacramento entertainment and sports complex, sacramento kings
Bernie Sanders - The Speech
The Daily Show - Exclusive - Bernie Sanders Extended Interview Pt. 1
Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook
Labels: Sen. Bernie Sanders, socialist
President Obama on His Birth Certificate & the Real Issues Facing America
May Day Action in Sacramento
MAY DAY ACTION!
Immigrant Rights / International Workers Day
Let’s Rally!
Sunday, May 1st, 2011 @ 10 AM
CA State Captiol – North Steps
For more information, please contact Lino Pedres, Vice President of SEIU Local 1877, USWW at (916) 275-2039 or lino.pedres@seiu-usww.org.
Labels: May Day, Sacramento
Black Caucus Overwhelmingly Supports “People’s Budget”
A Black Agenda Radio commentary
by Glen Ford
When the enemy convinces us that his victory is inevitable, then he has already won the psychological war. Wall Street, which owns the White House, most of both Houses of Congress and, quite literally, the corporate media, is in a mad rush to save itself from its own contradictions by dismantling or privatizing much of the government, while cutting taxes for its own class to the bone. At the same time, under the canard of national defense, the U.S. military spends as much as the rest of the world combined to bring the entire planet under the Pentagon’s full spectrum dominance. The ever-expanding war budget is justified on national security grounds, while the destruction of the domestic social safety net is supposedly unavoidable because…well, because the government is broke.
Posted by Paul B at 6:04:00 PM 1 comment: Links to this post
Labels: black caucus, glen ford, people's budget, progressive caucus
Stadium Status, by "Internet Celebrities"
Now that it appears that Mayor Kevin Johnson and Sacramento have earned a one-year reprieve from the NBA to put together a new arena deal, the public discussion in Sacramento will shift to the negotiations over the details of the arena plan, particularly the funding mechanism. As citizens of the greater Sacramento area, we need to understand this process and make sure that our public input is maximized. Pro sports stadiums and arenas are very expensive and thus the risks are great. This humorous video pokes fun at the process of building two new baseball stadiums in New York but raises some very serious issues that Sacramentans need to consider in the months ahead.
Labels: mayor kevin johnson, Neil deMause, sacramento kings, stadium financing
Cornel West and the fight against injustice - Riz Khan - Al Jazeera English
Sen. Bernie Sanders' List of The Ten Worst Corporate Tax Avoiders
The following is a news release from the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vermont-I)
While hard working Americans fill out their income tax returns this tax season, General Electric and other giant profitable corporations are avoiding U.S. taxes altogether.
With Congress returning to Capitol Hill on Monday to debate steep spending cuts, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the wealthiest Americans and most profitable corporations must do their share to help bring down our record-breaking deficit.
Sanders renewed his call for shared sacrifice after it was reported that General Electric and other major corporations paid no U.S. taxes after posting huge profits. Sanders said it is grossly unfair for congressional Republicans to propose major cuts to Head Start, Pell Grants, the Social Security Administration, nutrition grants for pregnant low-income women and the Environmental Protection Agency while ignoring the reality that some of the most profitable corporations pay nothing or almost nothing in federal income taxes.
Sanders compiled a list of some of some of the 10 worst corporate income tax avoiders:
1) Exxon Mobil made $19 billion in profits in 2009. Exxon not only paid no federal income taxes, it actually received a $156 million rebate from the IRS, according to its SEC filings.
2) Bank of America received a $1.9 billion tax refund from the IRS last year, although it made $4.4 billion in profits and received a bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department of nearly $1 trillion.
Labels: corporate tax avoiders, Sen. Bernie Sanders
Interesting Proposal for a Publicly Owned & Controlled Arena in Sacramento
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Why Sacramento Still Loves CWebb
Work 'Til We Die
Fans welcome Johnson at airport to say thank you
Labels: mayor kevin johnson, sacramento kings
Sacramento faces a very long two weeks as the Kings decide
David SteeleAOL FanHouse Columnist
Now, all anybody in Sacramento can do is wait. The faithful haven’t given up, but they have no idea what might happen between now and May 2, the newly-extended deadline for the owners of the Kings to notify the NBA of their plans to move out of town.
Fans hold signs as the Sacramento Kings play the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 13, 2011, in what could be the Kings' last game in Sacramento. (AP Photo)
What else can the people do? They’ve loved the Kings -- the only major-league team the city has ever had -- from the moment they showed up from Kansas City 26 years ago. The Kings, in turn, have given Sacramento the lone identity it has outside the state of California. Now that might disappear, and the fate of the team is utterly out of their hands.
“We need to stay patient and positive,’’ Amber Williams said with a sigh on Saturday night. “That’s the important thing. Something positive will happen to Sacramento. I can just feel it.’’ On the phone from Sacramento, Williams actually did sound that optimistic -- either that, or she was giving an Oscar-worthy acting performance.
Labels: david steele, sacramento kings
News 10 Coverage of Mayor Kevin Johnson's Attempt to Save the Sacramento Kings
Tuesday, April 19th Vigil at Sac State: "The Death of Education, the Rebirth of Our Movement"
The Death of Education; the Rebirth of Our Movement
The Sac State Coalition is holding a vigil on Tuesday from noon to six in the Sac State Library quad to mourn the death of funding for higher education for our CSU system and to honor the rebirth of the student movement to protest the educational funding situation. Students and supporters are asked to wear black on Tuesday.
This is a also a symbolic action in response to aggressive action from campus administration. This is a also a stand against the administration’s use of intimidation toward students early Saturday morning when riot police were deployed to Sacramento Hall and non violent students were threatened with the use of force.
This is our next step. We want to make sure that our administration knows we are still here and we are going to keep fighting. People are encouraged to give ‘eulogies’ or personal stories about how the budget cuts and higher tuition have effected them.
We encourage other CSU’s around the state to have their own vigil, at at place and time that works best for them. But lets see if we can make this statewide, we know this is short notice, but it will catch the administration offguard because at the moment they think they’ve won. But we all know different!
Labels: sac state coalition, sac state protests, sac state sqe
Thom Hartmann: Secrets the Rich don't Want You to Know
Labels: economic inequality, thom hartmann
Sac State Student protest ends in the early morning
BRYAN PATRICK / BPATRICK@SACBEE.COM
The sit-in that brought dozens of students to a Sacramento State administration building, continuing through Friday, ended at about 3:30 this morning.
rdaysog@sacbee.com
Saturday, Apr. 16, 2011 - 10:52 am
Students protesting budget cuts and tuition increases at Sacramento State University ended their sit-in this morning.
The students, who had occupied the college's administrative building since Wednesday, left the campus at about 3:30 a.m. today, said Kim Nava, campus spokeswoman. No arrests were made.
The sit-in began when students and employees at California State University's 23 campuses statewide participated in protests against budget cuts and tuition increases. The protests were organized by the California Faculty Association, the union that represents professors.
Campus officials said students voluntarily left the building. But Amanda Mooers, a student who participated in the demonstration, said the sit-in ended after campus police "in riot gear" told students that they had to leave.
University officials had expressed concerns about the student's health and safety, saying the building was not equipped to handle a large number of students for several days. Up to 50 students took part in the demonstrations.
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/16/3557657/sac-state-student-protest-ends.html#ixzz1JiP3a2hi
Labels: sac state protests
RIOT POLICE (Press release from Sac State protesters after their riot police ended their vigil)
The following is a short press that was released to a local news channel about the events that occured early this morning:
This morning on the fourth day, April 16 at 3:24 A.M. we were met with the administration’s opposition expressed through a riot taskforce.
Earlier that morning at approximately 12:30 A.M CSUS police entered the building for the first time accompanied with San Francisco State police. We were told that the new forces were needed, and that our own police were showing them the layout of our building. At this time we asked to be updated about the situation and we were refused that request.
Our police liaison Yeimi Lopez, again approached CSUS police with questions and she was told that they could no longer release information, and that they were following the orders given to them.
At 3:24 AM there was a police officer at the front doors unlocking the entrance, when asked what was happening and why, we were told that he could not answer that question. At the same time police were assembling in a militant formation with full riot gear, batons, and a large amount of zip ties. They were approaching sleeping students from multiple directions within the building. They threatened with force that if we did not leave we would face arrest. Our police liaison met with Lieutenant Christine Lofthouse that if we did not leave the peaceful demonstration that we would face arrest.
When the police moved in to take action there were only about 4 students awake out of 27. The campus police felt that it was necessary to wear full riot gear, and act in a threatening manner to a completely non violent student movement.
THIS IS HOW OUR ADMINISTRATION TREATS STUDENTS
We were approched from two different directions, and they slowly advanced on us students, and continued until we were all outside, where the police preceeded to lock the doors using the zip ties that were already prepared. Then baricaded the front entrance by personally blocking it with a line of officers.
Now we are reasonable people and we understand the police did not take it upon themselves to act this way. In order to take such extreme actions they were given this command from the administration.
After having a great line of communication between our police liaison and the CSUS police, it is odd that suddenly that line of communication was cut off. The police would know first hand how we act and that we are truly a non violent group. We kept our space clean, and respected the property.
We ask that as others read this keep in mind that although we were threatened with force and we ‘voluntarily’ left as a group we still consider this action a SUCCESS. The type of action we take and the type of change we are demanding will take time. This is not a 100 meter dash, this is a marathon. This is only the beginning, we are committed and we will see this through. To put it in the words a fellow activist said “even though we walked away from our sit in, we have not walked away from our movement”.
Please know that we hear your support loud and clear and that it is so energizing to our group to know that we have such widespread support. I dont think our administrations are preapared for us, and everything we are capable of.
Lets keep on keeping on folks!
Students for Quality Education (SQE)
April 15th Press Release from Sac State Student Protesters
We have organized some 1,500 students, faculty, and staff to rally in support of quality education. We then claimed a space from the admin for the purpose of promoting sustainable education. We were able to respectfully maintain that space to educate others, and ourselves and to develop leadership in a communal environment. Through these methods of direct action we were able to force administration to meet with students to hear their demands. Gonzalez was cooperative with students in developing a webpage discussing both student demands and his response to them on the CSUS website. Our efforts have been supported by the actions and shows of solidarity on an international, national, and statewide level.
We have reclaimed this space to bring attention to the three demands we have asked of President Gonzalez. Since then, we have been able to maintain our peaceful and nonviolent atmosphere with no property damage. While we’ve reclaimed this space, we have invited classes to use the area for learning and advocacy. Hundreds of students have been engaged with the issue of budget cuts, shared their personal stories, and shown their support for our continued occupation, including a group of high school students during an orientation. Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members from other campuses have joined us in our efforts. Legislators have reached out to students as well, including Assembly member Dr. Richard Pan, and Senator Leland Yee. Students have also used this space to symbolically convey their concerns about the budget cuts through artistic expression including drawings, design, musical performances, and a spiritual cleansing of the administration building. In addition students have properly cleaned the area as well.
In response to President Gonzalez’s statement, we the students have not asked for the passage of these propositions, but for the public support of President Gonzalez. This is and always has been a fiscal issue. Despite the consistent tuition increases that students have been forced to endure, irresponsible spending and bloated administrative salaries have lead to the degradation of the quality of our education. Although President Gonzalez ambiguously stated that he would raise an unspecified issue of ours to the board of trustees of the next meeting, we will continue to hold him accountable for the lack of quality of our education as well as fight for his support in our cause regarding affordable, accessible and transparent CSU.
Labels: Sac State student protests
Staying Power (Statement on Friday evening from the Sac State student protesters)
Posted on April 16, 2011 by sacstatesqe
We have had a fantastic Friday with all the love and support shown to Sac State, thank you everyone! We had students come in from San Jose State, SF State, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Davis you guys are awesome. Our faculty continued to stop by with their classes and we continue to educate about the movement. We can’t wait to see where this road takes us.
We had a press conference at 4pm with local media, which was successful. We responded to President Gonzalez’ position to our demands. We are not satisfied with his response. We feel that as our president that he should be on the side of the students, which he is not.
So its the weekend and we are STAYING!! We will not leave until threatened with police action. We are a non violent group and will stay that way.
We are so empowered that we have so much support from our campus and all throughout the state of California and the nation all the way to Cornell and to the progressive student union at George Washington University. Even a group in Glasgow, Scotland is reaching out to us and supporting us. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! Its you that keeps us going, if it were just a small isolated group we could not have made it this far.
We are entering our 52nd hour of occupation and going strong!
Sac State students in sit-in to hold press conference
By Laurel Rosenhall, lrosenhall@sacbee.com
Friday, Apr. 15, 2011 - 3:39 pm
A group of Sacramento State students who have been holding a sit-in at a campus administration building will hold a press conference at 4 p.m. today to discuss how long they plan to stay.
A few dozen students remained inside the lobby of Sacramento Hall, or just outside, Friday afternoon, two days after they began their sit-in on Wednesday.
Campus officials have allowed the students to sleep in the lobby for two nights but said today they are growing concerned about conditions in the building. A toilet has broken from being used so much and students have been bringing food into the lobby during their stay, said campus spokeswoman Kim Nava.
"By having so many people in the lobby for a sustained period, we're getting into health issues, air quality issues and liability," Nava said. "Now our concerns are for the students and the staff who work here."
The students have issued a list of demands, including a moratorium on raises for managers at the university and for a promise from campus President Alexander Gonzalez to support an Assembly bill that calls for a fee on oil and gas extraction to support higher education. The university has provided a response to those demands on its web site at http://www.csus.edu/sacstatenews/Articles/student-demonstration041511.html
Students first presented their demands during a Wednesday protest that was part of a larger effort at all 23 California State University campuses to draw attention to budget cuts and rising tuition.
The demonstrations are also a reflection of the bitter state of negotiations between the CSU management and the California Faculty Association, the union that represents professors. The parties are bargaining for a new contract. A union newsletter described Wednesday's events as the "first major action of the campaign to win a fair contract."
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/15/3555872/extended-student-sit-in-draws.html#ixzz1JeMinjwb
Wonderful Slide Show on the Sac State Protests from the Sacramento Bee
Protesters meet with CSUS president
Student protesters spend the night in the lobby of Sacramento Hall to protest
CSU budget cuts. Protestors met with Sac State president Alexander Gonzalez
this morning to discuss proposed changes. Robert Linggi - State Hornet
The State Hornet (statehornet.com), Thursday April 14
by Mallory Fites
Sacramento State protesters who stayed overnight in the lobby of Sacramento Hall got to meet with President Alexander Gonzalez this morning.
At 7a.m., Gonzalez met with students to discuss their demands and needs regarding California State University cutbacks.
Sac State was the only CSU campus to have students stay overnight in protest.
Student organizer Amanda Mooers, senior sociology major, was one of 15 students who spent the night in Sacramento Hall. Along with two other students, she had the opportunity to speak with Gonzalez for 20 minutes.
"He was very civil and he expressed to the media beforehand that he wanted to listen to us but we felt he gave us the same answers that were given when we had a meeting with him over spring break," Mooers said.
During the meeting with Gonzalez, students presented three demands that were brainstormed during the sleep-in the night before.
The first demand is a freeze on managerial salary raises. Protestors would like to see the funding directed into instruction and student services instead.
They would also like to see public support for Assembly Bill 1326, which would impose an oil and gas severance fee to producers extracting oil or gas from California land or water. The funds from this tax would be allocated to the California Higher Education Fund, directly funding higher education classroom instruction.
Students march, sleep in protest of CSU cutbacks
Robert Linggi - State Hornet
Student protestors pack Sacramento Hall's lobby as part of a budget cut protest Wednesday.
The State Hornet (statehornet.com), April 15, 2011
Sacramento State students from different backgrounds and majors joined professors on Wednesday for "Take Class Action Walkout," a demonstration advocating for changes in the management of the university.
About 1,000 Sac State students, faculty and staff gathered in the Library Quad to listen to speakers and cheer in support. They continued the demonstration by marching to Sacramento Hall chanting slogans like, "They say cutbacks. We say fight back!"
When they got to Sacramento Hall, they passed by the empty office of university President Alexander Gonzalez, who was away at a meeting in Long Beach.
The march, organized by Students for Quality Education and the California Faculty Association, was part of a larger mobilization of CSU campuses to demand quality education. Rallies and demonstrations were held at all 23 CSU campuses Wednesday.
Students acting as Sacramento State administrators pretend to ride in a yacht during a demonstration Wednesday in the Library Quad.
The march at Sac State ended in the lobby of Sacramento Hall where students took turns speaking about how they have been affected by the actions of administrators. It was an intimate environment with everyone standing close to each other in unity.
Student protesters occupy building at Sac State
Posted: 04/14/2011 01:02:50 PM PDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Students at California State University, Sacramento are occupying a campus building for a second day to protest state budget cuts to higher education.
The sit-in began Wednesday when students protested inside the administration building at Sacramento State University, one of 23 CSU campuses where students held demonstrations.
Student organizer Yeimi Lopez says 15 students spent the night in the building's lobby, and they were joined by several groups of students and two state lawmakers Thursday.
The students are calling on university President Alexander Gonzales to stop giving raises to administrators and to support legislation that would tax oil companies to raise money for California's public colleges.
Campus officials say Gonzales has agreed to post their demands on the university's website, but can't take a public stand on state legislation.
Sac State students, employees protest budget cuts, tuition hikes
Marching through campus from the library quad area where the protest started, students make their way to the Sacramento Hall, the administration building on the Sacramento State Campus. Bryan Patrick patrick@sacbee.com
lrosenhall@sacbee.com
Sacramento Bee, Thursday, April 14, 2011
Hundreds of Sacramento State students and employees filled the campus quad Wednesday afternoon, speaking out against budget cuts, tuition increases and what they say are the university administration's misguided spending priorities.
After a lunchtime rally, many marched across campus and into the Sacramento Hall administration building, where a few dozen students held a sit-in for the afternoon and into the evening.
"Students and parents don't know how much a four-year degree will cost because they increase our tuition every semester while cutting the classes we need to graduate," student Amanda Mooers said to the crowd of about 1,500 assembled in the quad.
The protest at Sacramento State was part of a larger effort in which students and faculty at California State University campuses participated in demonstrations, walkouts and sit-ins Wednesday. The actions were organized by the California Faculty Association, the union that represents CSU professors at all 23 campuses.
The union is locked in negotiations with the university management for a new contract. With the state cutting at least $500 million to the CSU system next year, negotiations are tense as the university looks for ways to save money and the union tries to save jobs.
The parties disagree on proposals concerning workload, tenure, promotions, evaluations, layoffs and how much time professors can take off from teaching to conduct union work.
"It is clear in our bargaining over the faculty contract that the chancellor believes the state budget battle gives him license to impose policies that have everything to do with his own discretionary power and little to do with saving quality education," CFA President Lillian Taiz said in a statement.
Claudia Keith, a spokeswoman for the CSU Chancellor's Office, said the workers and administration of CSU should be working together to advocate against further funding reductions by the state.
"It is unfortunate that the faculty union chooses to promote its own collective bargaining agenda as part of the larger effort that we are all advocating for, and that's no more cuts to our budget," Keith said.
On the quad at Sacramento State, students chanted "No more cuts, no more cuts" and carried signs that said: "Cut executive salaries, not classes."
They criticized the housing and car allowances that CSU presidents receive and complained about tuition going up 60 percent over four years.
Claire De Castro, 23, said she was at the protest because her social psychology professor brought the class.
"She felt the need for it because our tuition is going up every semester, and (for) a lot of kids, it's hard for them to pay for their classes," she said.
In the lobby of the administration building, students taped a list of demands to the wall, including, "Funding should go to instruction and student services, while cuts should be allocated to administrative bloat" and "Fair contracts and fair working conditions for all faculty and staff."
They studied and chatted while conducting their sit-in. As the afternoon wore on, students ordered pizza. The faculty union picked up the bill.
After holding a lunchtime rally at the Sacramento State quad, protesters marched into Sacramento Hall, which houses the administration offices. The protest was part of a day of demonstrations Wednesday at all 23 CSU campuses statewide.
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Labels: Sac State, student protests, take class action
Students continue to hold the building at Sac State
There were rallies and marches on at least 10 of the CSU campuses today, ranging from 50 students to several hundred. (see below)
Sacramento State is the only one we know of where students have occupied the administration building.
At 8;30 PM. some 30 students continue to hold the Administration building and they plan to spend the night.
We have offered to relay their messages ( broadcast) through our blog.
Students inside the building ask that supporters join them on Thursday morning when the building opens.
Labels: protests, Sac State, student movement
Thousands Rally at Sacramento State Today
Over 2,000 students walked out of their classes at Sacramento State University today April 13, in protest against the state budget cuts and the rising tuition in the California State University System – part of the largest university system in the world. Student protesters expect that already passed budget cuts will lead to larger classes, fewer classes, eliminated programs, and an increased time to graduate.
History Professor Joe Palermo spoke to the crowd gathered in the Sac State Quad arguing,
“What we've been witnessing in recent years is nothing short of the wholesale auctioning off, often to the lowest bidder of the public commons right under the feet of the majority of California's citizens who never signed on to this long-term project of destruction…
He argued that California's economy has little chance of recovering from the Great Recession if it remains mired in a politically generated fiscal crisis that prevents us from investing in our future. Unwise public policy today has a tendency to come back and haunt us later. The decision to de-fund higher education amidst prolonged high unemployment and underemployment and record home foreclosures will go down in the state's history as one of the stupidest public policy choices ever taken.”
A series of student organizers from Students for Quality Education spoke of the costs of cuts to their lives. Amanda Moores described the irresponsibility of the University Administration in producing a 66% increase in Executive Salaries paid for in part by a 224 % increase in student fees.
Labels: rally, sacramento state university, student protests
Join the Day of Action- April 13
Labels: California, California budget crisis, CFA, student movement
Dr. Cornel West: "Wall St., Media, Military Elites' Grip Must Be Broken"
Labels: Cornel West
Solidarity Works- talk
Solidarity Works: Socialism and Organizing for Social Change
The current economic crisis is an example of the failure of capitalism. The alternative to capitalism is democratic socialism. This is a discussion of socialism and its relationship to the current budget cuts in California and anti union attacks in Wisconsin, Ohio, and other states. This talk is an introduction to what is socialism and why socialists must be organized and activists.
Duane Campbell. Chair. Sacramento Democratic Socialists of America. Wed. April 13. 6 PM. Sol Collective. Sacramento Activist School. 2574 21st. Street. Sacramento.
See reports below on attacks on unions.
Posted by Duane Campbell at 11:50:00 AM 2 comments: Links to this post
Labels: activism, democratic socialism, labor solidarity
1968 - Martin Luther King's Prophetic Last speech - Remember
Dr. Manning Marable, R.I.P.
Manning Marable, celebrated Columbia University professor and top Civil Rights scholar, dies
By Corky Siemaszko
Friday, April 1st 2011, 6:38 PM
Columbia University professor Manning Marable, an expert on African-American history, died Friday just days before his long-awaited biography of Malcolm X is released.
In "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention," the 60-year-old scholar was expected to identify an elderly Newark man as Malcolm's chief assassin, sources said.
Three other men were convicted of killing the civil rights firebrand in 1965.
"He would want to be remembered for being both a scholar and an activist and as someone who saw the two as not being separated," Manning's widow, Leith Mullings Marable, told The Root, an online magazine.
Fellow historian Abdur-Rahman Muhammad called the Marable's biography Malcolm X his "crowning achievement."
It is "the culmination of over 20 years of research and writing," he said.
Marable, director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies at Columbia, had battled the lung disease sarcoidosis for a quarter century.
He underwent a double lung transplant last summer and appeared to be on the mend until he was hospitalized with pneumonia last month.
Born May 13, 1950 in Dayton, Ohio, Marable spent much of his life combating racism and chronicling the history of blacks in America.
A prolific writer, Marable wrote or edited nearly 20 books and scholarly anthologies and was the author of 275 academic articles.
Marable was also the prime mover in the "Amistad Project," a multimedia resource project designed to help teach African-American history in public schools.
His Malcolm X biography, published by Viking Press, will be released Monday.
csiemaszko@nydailynews.com
Labels: Manning Marable
SACRAMENTO WE ARE ONE RALLY -- CESAR CHAVEZ PARK -- MONDAY, APRIL 4TH
Sacramento We Are One Rally!
April 4, 2011 05:00PM to 07:00PM
Hosted by Zak Ford
Event Description:Join us to make April 4, 2011, a time to stand in solidarity with working people in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and dozens of other states.
Sacramento Central Labor Council
Cesar Chavez Plaza Park
10th and I Streets
Labels: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., labor solidarity, Sacramento We Are One Rally
Union-Bashing Brings Backlash as Polls Reflect Most Support Labor Rights
Published on Friday, April 1, 2011 by Politico.com
by Robert Kuttner
An unexpected effect of the war on unions by several Republican governors has been a sympathy backlash among voters.
Middle class Americans are giving unions a
second look, the author writes. (AP Photo)
By ratios of about two to one, respondents told pollsters that public-sector workers should not lose their rights to unionize. A slightly smaller majority didn’t want government employees to suffer cuts in wages or benefits, according to both Gallup/USA Today and New York Times/CBS polls.
Seldom heard words, such as “collective bargaining,” began showing up on network newscasts. People who hadn’t thought much about unions, or didn’t think about them at all, evidently liked what they heard.
All this reflects the emergence of a long-simmering issue: the anxiety of the middle class.
Labels: labor solidarity, Robert Kuttner, Solidarity with Wisconsin Workers, unions
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Anti-bullying assemblies have no value in schools
Another anti-bullying assembly? Are kids raising their eyebrows? After these assemblies, does bullying seem to increase?
Another anti-bullying assembly?
Have you heard the above statements about anti-bullying assemblies? Are you one of the people who believes they have no value?
Actually, they can have incredible value if done right. They must present the information in the right way. Not a good idea to lecture students or have Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Anti Bullying Programs, arts assemblies ontario, dealing with bullying, Middle School Assemblies, ontario school assemblies and tagged bullying prevention, bullying tips, effective antibullying assemblies on July 30, 2013 by Bruce.
How to use respect activities to change your school climate
How can we truly change the climate in our school? Can we actually re-form opinions that students and staff possess? Is there a way we can change a negative or mean-spirited school climate into one where cooperation, kindness and consideration abound? Can respect activities actually make a positive difference?
Many Respect Activities at St. Sofia School
The short answer is yes; these kinds of changes can be made. In fact there are schools in our own jurisdictions that prove this fact. Attempting to define the actual system or step by step list of procedures to achieve these goals could be a challenge, but it is safe to say that some basic respect activities can go a long way toward making a difference. Here are some tips to get started.
First of all we must define what we are actually trying to achieve. Many people would agree that we are trying to achieve a climate of respect within the walls of the school. In my opinion respect must start from the top and sift its way down. If the administration, including all the teachers, all support staff and even custodial staff live respect in their day-to-day work at the school, then others will begin to take notice. By others I mean students and even any parents that may be in the school. Many teachers use model respect to their students daily and many teachers use specific respect activities in their classrooms in their day-to-day teaching and have done it for years.
If your older students in the school show respect to each other, younger students will definitely begin to take notice. As younger kids began to learn from their older role models, they will begin to see respect as the norm. Situations and incidences which do not show respect will begin to be seen as highly unusual and unacceptable. All of these steps, of course, take time to initiate. In some schools it may take months, others may take years, while still others could possibly take decades in order to make these kinds of profound changes.
There are a number of tools which can help speed up this change so the transition can begin to take place sooner. The following activities will help to grow respect and to compound the effects:
1/ Form a student group which focuses completely on posters, announcement reminders, and other methods of awareness to help remind students and staff about the goal of achieving respect.
2/ Run special spirit days throughout the year which will help you get people on board in a fun way. Examples are: pink shirt stand up for respect day, be kind to someone day, pass on a smile day or respect activities workshop day.
3/ Special assemblies can also be a great way to help lift the spirits of the student body, and get everyone working in the same direction.
The above ideas for respect activities are only starters, but once you begin, I believe you will be moving toward a most worthwhile destination — achieving a climate of true respect in your school.
Bruce Langford presents anti-bullying and respect workshops internationally. www.StandUpForRespect.com
This entry was posted in Catholic School Assemblies, Middle School Assemblies, respect in school and tagged bruce langford, Education, Ontario, Stand Up For Respect, Violence and Abuse, Youth on May 17, 2012 by StandUpAgainstBullyingGuy.
How much bullying is in The Hunger Games according to typical teenagers?
The Hunger Games is huge. Almost everyone has something to say about how appropriate the themes are or how much violence is involved. Recently I read a report that there were more than forty-one instances of violence … and that is in the first book alone. I would like to hear from you. How much bullying and violence did you notice as you read the series? Do you feel the story-line is appropriate for teens or pre-teens?
I am including a quick review by a teenager who has read the books:
“The Hunger Games was, in my opinion, a great book. There are many important issues and emotional stress that are dealt with in the book. I believe it is very beneficial to those who read it, however, the age group targeted (11-16 year olds) is generally too young to appreciate the important issues discussed in the book. Things like child cruelty, rebellion, and war go right over the heads of the younger kids who read it. Missed, too, are the important roles of love and inner turmoil. These books would gain greater appreciation if they were targeted to an older, more mature audience.”
Review by Tyson Longfield, Graduate of Lord Dorchester Secondary School, Dorchester Ontario (Thames Valley District School Board)
Stay tuned for more teen reviews of The Hunger Games in the next few days.
Let me know what you think? Please leave a comment.
Bruce Langford is a teacher, speaker and presenter of school bullying prevention programs. www.standupnow.ca
This entry was posted in anti-bullying, Character Education, dealing with bullying, Middle School Assemblies, ontario school assemblies, respect in school, The Hunger Games and tagged Hunger Games, Reality television, Thames Valley District School Board, Violence and Abuse, Young-adult fiction on March 26, 2012 by StandUpAgainstBullyingGuy.
Toronto area elementary school dedicated to student bullying prevention
Today we visited Trillium Woods Public School in Toronto area (Richmond Hill). Stand Up Against Bullying was presented three times to the various divisions. Students and staff responded with interest and enthusiasm.
Teacher, Kim Moses e-mailed us this immediate positive response:
“Hi Bruce, I just wanted to say thank you again for coming to our school. I was impressed with how each presentation was tailored to the needs and interest level of each division. The presentations were creative and interactive and they certainly captured the attention of the students. Thank you again for addressing such an important topic in such an engaging manner. Take care.
Kimberley Moses, Teacher Trillium Woods Public School, Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Toronto area schools could all learn from how bullying prevention is handled at Trillium Woods School.
I want to share with you, The Trillium Woods Pledge:
At Trillium Woods Public School we respect ourselves, each other and our environment. We are responsible for what we say and do. We feel safe at our school. We speak up for ourselves and for others. We help each other without being asked. At Trillium Woods, nous respectons la diversitè. At Trillium Woods we can succeed.
Trillium Woods Public School is part of the York Region District School Board
Bruce Langford is a teacher, presenter and anti-bullying advocate who delivers talks, presentations and keynotes on the topic of bullying and respect.
www.standupnow.ca
This entry was posted in bullying prevention, dealing with bullying, Middle School Assemblies, respect in school, School Bullying, tips for kids and tagged Anti-Bullying Workshops, bruce langford, Bullying YRDSB, confidence, Peel District School Board, School Speaker/presenter, social networking advice, stand up against bullying, York Region District School Board on March 19, 2012 by StandUpAgainstBullyingGuy.
Take a stand , make a change – stop the culture of bullying
Virgin Islands Sunset
Here is a bullying acronym – Ways to turn bullying around:
Beautiful person that has a
Unique personality and can be a
Loyal friend also
Loving & caring so
Youth stand up for your rights and
Individuals take a stand
Never give up on yourself and
Grow your confidence.
Never give up – keep on being strong.
Stand Up Against Bullying!
This acronym was created by students at the United States Virgin Islands Youth Summit 2012 under the leadership of Bruce Langford www.brucelangford.ca
This entry was posted in Character Education, dealing with bullying, Middle School Assemblies, Peaceful Schools, School Bullying, United States bullying, Youth Summit and tagged bruce langford, bullying prevention, Bullying YRDSB, Children and Young People, School Speaker/presenter, self-esteem, United States Virgin Islands, Violence and Abuse on March 12, 2012 by StandUpAgainstBullyingGuy.
Advice: Grow self-confidence and learn how to avoid bullying
Bullying can often be prevented by having a well developed level of self-confidence. In fact, studies have led people to believe that confidence is the single most important quality to help you avoid being bullied. However, there is a fine line between self-confidence and arrogance. People who are arrogant and cocky tend to be that way in one area of their lives and when they move into a different environment, they no longer have the ability to appear confident. Doubt yourself for a second, and people will be able to pick up on that momentary self-doubt.
Make up your mind to learn as much as you can about self-confidence and how to achieve it. You will learn that self-confidence comes from many sources such as personal experience, background and your ability to control your thought processes.
Let us know what you have learned about self-confidence. Share a comment and we’ll all learn a little more about this incredibly important topic.
We share tips about confidence in our ‘Stand Up For Respect’ assemblies designed specifically for school audiences. www.StandUpForRespect.com
This entry was posted in Character Education, dealing with bullying, Middle School Assemblies, ontario school assemblies, respect in school, School Bullying, School Virtues Assemblies and tagged Behavior, bullying, cyber bullying, Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board Cyberbullying, Elementary school, Martial arts, Self-confidence, self-esteem, Violence and Abuse, York Region District School Board, Youth on February 20, 2012 by StandUpAgainstBullyingGuy.
Earnscliffe Step Team Performs at Bullying Prevention Parent Presentation
EST = Earnscliffe Step Team
E S T – Earnscliffe Step Team
Amazing confidence. Precise rhythms. Spectacular showmanship.
This describes the Earnscliffe Step Team from Earnscliffe Senior Public School in
Earnscliffe Step Team Logo
Brampton, Ontario.
They came to perform. Parents came to be entertained by the step team and to learn how to deal with bullying from guest speaker, Bruce Langford of Stand Up Now Productions.
An audience of over eighty-five watched videos, listened to stories, and cheered on the student actors who performed anti-bullying role plays.
Dealing with bullying requires the same kind of discipline, confidence and respect shown by the members of the Earnscliffe Step Team.
D C R – Discipline Confidence Respect
All are needed to ‘Stand Up For Respect’ and do something, rather than just being a bystander.
Earnscliffe Senior Public School
Encourage others at your school the way Earnscliffe students encourage their Step Team!
That spirit of encouragement will grow into more confidence and more respect.
As visitors to Earnscliffe, this is the kind of respect we experienced from Vice-Principal, Claudio Moschella and Earnscliffe Principal, Gursh Budwal. Keep up the great work, Earnscliffe students and staff!
This entry was posted in Character Education, Middle School Assemblies and tagged bruce langford, bullying prevention, bullyingguy, Peel District School Board, School Speaker/presenter, stand up against bullying on March 9, 2011 by StandUpAgainstBullyingGuy.
Cyber-Safety/Cyber-Bullying Presentations by Speaker Presenter Bruce Langford (Ontario)
William G. Davis Middle School, Cambridge Ontario
A Cyber-safety tip for you:
Don’t meet people you have met on-line.
You’ve been chatting for three months. You know the person so well you consider them a good friend. They read the same magazines you do. They watch the same TV shows. They play the same computer games.
Then why not meet up when you get a chance?
Answer: As strange as it seems, even though you feel you know this person as well as any of your friends, they actually may not be the person you think. This may not be a 13 year old girl, but instead a 43-year-old man who is trying to lure people to locations.
The above scenario is based on a role-play we did at William G. Davis Public School in Cambridge. The role-play has powerful impact when student actors play the characters, including the two police officers who end up meeting the 13-year-olds at the mall.
Following the grade 7/8 student Cyber-bullying assemblies, we received the following comments:
“Excellent presentations with very relevant information on many different aspects of the internet!”
Carol Hagerman, Vice-Principal, William G. Davis Public School, Cambridge
“I would absolutely endorse Bruce Langford’s assemblies. Your way of presenting really worked for our grade 7/8 students!”
Kim Stenhouse, Teacher, William G. Davis Public School, Cambridge
“That was great! I really liked your interactive approach with the live music and acting.”
Nancy McKinnon, Teacher, William G. Davis Public School, Cambridge
To book programs for your school, visit www.standupnow.ca or phone Stand Up Now at 1-800-901-8831
This entry was posted in anti-bullying, Cyber-bullying in Schools, Middle School Assemblies, ontario school assemblies, school assemblies and tagged anti-bullying, assemblies, bruce langford, bullying prevention, cyber bullying, cyber-safety, school speaker on June 14, 2010 by StandUpAgainstBullyingGuy.
Soccer World Cup 2010, Racial Abuse and Respect
The Soccer World Cup in South Africa will be an exciting sporting event and Samuel Eto’o is one of the players to watch. He has scored over 100 goals in five seasons with FC Barcelona. As a member of the Cameroon national team, he was a part of the squad that won the 2000 Olympic tournament. He is a Cameroonian who plays as a striker for Italian Serie A club Internazionale.
Eto’o has experienced racial abuse while playing soccer. He has been the subject of racist taunts by people in the stands when he is in possession of the ball. It is unacceptable that racial prejudice continues to be present in our world. Take a stand. Make the decision that you will have the integrity to stand up against prejudice of any kind against any group of people!
We talked about World Cup Soccer and Respect at Valley Park Middle School in Toronto yesterday. Vice-Principal, Sandra Larosa was ‘totally thrilled with Bruce Langford’s assemblies’ and said ‘our middle school kids really connected with the message!’
Remember to ‘Stand Up For Respect’ in your world and with your friends. We will be happy to present musical assemblies about respect at your school. Call Bruce Langford at 1-800-901-8831 or email at info@standupnow.ca.
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Middle School Assemblies (Ontario) About Bullying & Bystanders
Middle School Bullying Prevention Presentation
Bystanders can make a big difference if they decide to do something to stop the meanness. Our anti-bullying school assemblies for intermediate students using videos, role-plays and music will teach your kids how the bystander can make a positive difference. Students tell us they relate to the bullying scenarios in the role-plays we teach. In the video below, a kid gets bullied as he walks down the stairs, but wait … is there a twist? See what someone decides to do. See how one person can make a difference in a matter of seconds. This shows how bystanders can become winners.
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Multimedia sikh museum in Canada
at Sunday, August 15, 2010
After yearlong frantic planning, Ontario Khalsa Darbar is moving ahead with setting up Canada’s first of its kind Multimedia Sikh Museum in Mississauga. The museum is being set up under volunteer support of Baba Sewa Singh Chairman Kar Sewa Khadur Sahib-India. The hi-tech brain behind the museum is Surrey resident Dr Raghbir Singh Bains, a Canadian Sikh and author of the Encyclopaedia of Sikhism.
Both the sponsor and producer have offered to set up the latest technology and put up programmed content in the museum without getting any remuneration. However, it will especially be for use of OKD in the Gurdwara premises or the Sikh Resource Center to be constructed in the near future by the committee of the said Gurdwara. There will be no entry fees for visitors and free guides would be made available for help. The Ontario Khalsa Darbar Gurdwara Mississauga is one of the largest Sikh Gurdwara in North America that attracts thousands of followers, visitors and student groups of all faiths every day.
The first of its kind Multimedia Sikh Museum in the world on robotic and touch screen technology was set up by Dr Raghbir Singh Bains at Khadur Sahib during 500th anniversary of the ‘Parkash Gurpurv’ of Guru Angad Dev Ji on April 16, 2004 in India. Similarly, the second such museum was set up at Jalandhar in Punjab during 2008.
Addressing the enthusiastic Press conference of Ontario province, Dr. Bains apprised that the ‘Multimedia Sikh Museum’ will contain more than 50,000 multi-language text pages, thousands of pictures, graphics, audios, videos and sparkling animations. The museum will cover Sikh religion, its chronological history, culture, social value system, heritage, Sikh institutions, beliefs, ceremonies, customs, traditions, and Sikh Code of Conduct. It will provide detailed information about alcohol and drugs, domestic violence, AIDS, social evils like rapes, girl foeticide and prostitution rampant in the world. It will also provide comparative briefs of the teachings of world faiths, practices, their founders and much more with simple touch on the screen.
Dr Bains further said that the museum will be a wonderful tool and fabulous reference material for students, teachers, preachers, speakers, leaders, debaters, laymen, clergies, judges, lawyers, doctors, media reporters, researchers, youth, libraries, universities, youth, Gurdwara Committees, Granthis, Ragis, Dhadis, and especially for people of all ages and all faiths. The Museum will cover interactive teaching of basic subjects like, Punjabi, English, Math, Science and General Knowledge etc for school students and enhanced learners.
While addressing the press, Jasjit Singh Bhullar President of the Gurdwara appealed the community to support the project and donate generously for erecting new building of the Sikh Resource Center and the proposed educational institutions for benefit of the community. The museum is likely to be launched shortly for public.
MISSISSAUGA –http://www.thelinkpaper.ca, Saturday, August 14th, 2010
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Saint Joseph's at Georgia Southern
Kenny Pustizzi dh........ 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Koerick ph......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Prescott pr....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Wendle ph........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jeff Williams p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia Southern 4 (4-4)
Dowling 1b............... 3 0 0 1 1 0 13 0 6
Economos rf.............. 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Caldwell 3b.............. 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Drew ph................. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Porter cf................ 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3
Richardson pr/cf........ 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Lairsey p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cogswell p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 25 4 6 4 11 4 27 13 11
Georgia Southern.... 000 031 00X - 4 6 2
E - Blahusch(3); Petrutz(1); Unkel(1); Pelfrey 2(4). DP - Hawks 2. LOB -
Hawks 5; Eagles 11. 2B - Blahusch(2); Petrutz(1); Godusky, M.(1);
Richardson(1). HR - Godusky, M.(2); Benedict(1). HBP - Koerick; Beckham. SH
- Porter(1). SF - Petrutz(1); Gentile(1); Dowling(1). CS - Economos(3);
Drew(1).
Jeff Williams....... 0.1 0 1 1 4 0 1 5
Don Werner.......... 2.2 1 0 0 2 2 8 10
Lairsey............. 6.2 5 3 3 2 4 21 25
Cogswell............ 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 9 10
Win - Lairsey (2-1). Loss - Unkel (0-1). Save - Cogswell (1).
WP - Unkel(1). HBP - by Unkel (Beckham); by Cogswell (Koerick). BK - Unkel(1);
Lairsey(2).
Umpires - HP: Toby Basner 1B: Jason Bradley 3B: Darion Padgett
Saint Joseph's at Georgia Southern - Play-by-Play
Saint Joseph's starters: 11/rf Jakubowski; 4/2b Blahusch; 24/3b Petrutz; 9/lf
Godusky, M.; 34/c Mason; 28/1b Gentile; 8/cf Smith, T.; 7/dh Pustizzi; 2/ss
Heineman; 12/p Unkel;
Southwell; 21/c Benedict; 32/rf Economos; 3/3b Caldwell; 2/ss Beckham; 35/cf
Porter; 12/p Lairsey;
Saint Joseph's 1st - Jakubowski grounded out to ss. Blahusch grounded
out to ss. Petrutz doubled down the lf line. Petrutz out at second p to 2b,
picked off. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt. Pelfrey fouled out to 3b. Hollis
advanced to third on a balk. Dowling walked. Southwell grounded into double
play ss to 2b to 1b; Dowling out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1
Saint Joseph's 2nd - Godusky, M. doubled to left field. Mason grounded
out to ss; Godusky, M. advanced to third. Gentile flied out to cf, SF, RBI;
Godusky, M. scored. Smith, T. grounded out to 3b, bunt. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
Georgia Southern 2nd - Benedict walked. Economos reached on a fielder's
choice; Benedict out at second 3b to 2b. Caldwell struck out looking. Economos
out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Saint Joseph's 3rd - Pustizzi grounded out to 2b. Heineman grounded out
to ss. Jakubowski grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Georgia Southern 3rd - Beckham hit by pitch. Porter grounded out to p
unassisted, SAC, bunt; Beckham advanced to second. Hollis walked. Hollis
advanced to second on a wild pitch; Beckham advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Pelfrey struck out. Dowling grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2
Saint Joseph's 4th - Blahusch doubled down the lf line. Petrutz flied
out to cf. Godusky, M. flied out to rf; Blahusch advanced to third. Mason lined
out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Georgia Southern 4th - Southwell singled through the left side. Benedict
flied out to rf. Economos singled to third base, advanced to second on a
throwing error by 3b; Southwell advanced to third. Caldwell grounded out to 3b.
Beckham walked. Porter lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Saint Joseph's 5th - Gentile struck out looking. Smith, T. flied out to
cf. Pustizzi struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Georgia Southern 5th - Hollis singled through the right side. Pelfrey
singled down the lf line; Hollis advanced to third. Dowling popped up to 2b to
right field, SF, RBI; Hollis scored. Southwell grounded out to 3b; Pelfrey
advanced to second. Benedict homered to right center, 2 RBI; Pelfrey scored.
Economos grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Saint Joseph's 6th - Heineman struck out. Jakubowski walked. Jakubowski
advanced to second on a balk. Blahusch singled to first base, bunt; Jakubowski
advanced to third. Petrutz lined out to lf, SF, RBI; Jakubowski scored.
Blahusch out at first p to 1b, picked off. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
Georgia Southern 6th - Williams to p for Unkel. Drew pinch hit for
Caldwell. Drew walked. Drew out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Beckham
walked. Smith pinch hit for Porter. Smith walked; Beckham advanced to second.
Richardson pinch ran for Smith. Hollis reached on a fielding error by 2b;
Richardson advanced to second; Beckham advanced to third. Pelfrey walked, RBI;
Hollis advanced to second; Richardson advanced to third; Beckham scored. Werner
to p for Williams. Dowling grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Pelfrey
out on the play. 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Saint Joseph's 7th - Shehan to 3b for Drew. Richardson to cf. Godusky,
M. homered to left field, RBI. Mason grounded out to 3b. Gentile struck out
looking. Smith, T. walked. Cogswell to p for Lairsey. Koerick pinch hit for
Pustizzi. Koerick hit by pitch; Smith, T. advanced to second. Heineman reached
on a fielding error by 2b; Koerick advanced to second; Smith, T. advanced to
third. Prescott pinch ran for Koerick. Jakubowski grounded out to p. 1 run,
1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Georgia Southern 7th - Southwell walked. Benedict flied out to cf.
Economos popped up to 2b. Shehan struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
Saint Joseph's 8th - Blahusch grounded out to 3b. Petrutz struck out.
Godusky, M. flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Georgia Southern 8th - Beckham struck out. Richardson doubled to right
center. Hollis grounded out to 2b; Richardson advanced to third. Pelfrey
walked. Dowling flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Saint Joseph's 9th - Mason grounded out to p. Gentile reached on a
throwing error by 2b. Smith, T. struck out. Wendle pinch hit for Prescott.
Wendle grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
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The Smark Henry RAW Report (2/13/17): I Love You, Man
By Stan Sy Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Coming off a really solid Elimination Chamber, RAW had to step up its game, and it did so by focusing on the big moments. In fact, this week’s RAW was all about the big moments because that’s pretty much all you’ll remember when you think about this episode. In a way, it’s as if RAW perfected the formula they’ve been working on since the brand split, which is throw everything at the key moments, while pretty much going “fuck it” for everything else.
For what it’s worth, the highs from this week’s RAW were definitely can’t-miss material. In fact, these were moments that pretty much laid out several Superstars’ trajectories towards WrestleMania, which proves that RAW is at least capable of the slow burn and/or long-term booking. That brings us to our weekly RAW Report question:
Was RAW worth watching this week?
But only for these three moments:
1. Kevin Owens just broke all of our hearts
When I saw the plugs for the Festival of Friendship for this week’s episode, I was imagining something really hokey and campy. True enough, that’s exactly what we got from Chris Jericho, which was fitting since RAW emanated from Las Vegas.
What we didn’t expect was that Kevin Owens had a surprise of his own for Chris Jericho.
What a great, heartbreaking reveal. pic.twitter.com/e7c9VBGSzJ
— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) February 14, 2017
Holy shit. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one whose mouth was left agape when that happened. Hell, I was silent all the way until Owens grabbed Jericho by the hair, yelled, “I HATE YOU!” and proceeded to ram him through the “Festival of Friendship” candy glass screen.
This was beautiful on so many levels. We’d been building up to the Owens/Jericho split since the moment they banded together last September. It was the long con we all saw coming, and yet, they found a way to shock the fuck out of us when it actually happened. Well played, WWE. Well fucking played.
What makes this work so well is the fact that Owens and Jericho had developed such great chemistry as a buddy cop duo, and that you could see how Jericho’s wacky attitude made him truly want Owens’ friendship—despite his antics that surely got on Owens’ bad side. At the same time, you had Owens—who kept Jericho at arm’s length when it was convenient for him—who just snapped, and who doesn’t hit that boiling point when someone’s annoyed you to no end the way Jericho has?
The turn benefits both guys because it finally allows Jericho to turn face, which shouldn’t hurt him since all of his catchphrases have gotten so over in the first place. More importantly, it gives Kevin Owens his teeth back as a heel. We’ve all complained about him losing his edge since Triple H came out to help him win the Universal Championship, only to disappear for months afterward. Sure, Owens isn’t as evil as he was during the Steenerico days in ROH. But this is as close as it gets for now. And if you don’t want to see Owens get trapped in the Walls of Jericho after what he did to his now-ex-best friend, then you don’t have a soul.
2. Bayley is your NEW RAW Women’s Champion
When it was made clear that the Women’s Championship Match was main-eventing RAW, it was too easy to predict that Bayley was going to win. That’s what happens when RAW overuses a formula that worked one too many times before. We already saw this with Sasha Banks twice. And what’s worse is they brought back all the gimmicks that made the moment work with Sasha.
Have Charlotte be evil. Check. Give Bayley a comeback. Check. Bring out Dana Brooke—WHO HASN’T BEEN SEEN ON TV IN WEEKS—to interfere. Check. Bring out an equalizer to neutralize Dana (that’s Sasha, by the way). Check.
That led to Bayley finally getting the win against Charlotte and achieving her dream! OH MY GOD. DREAMS DO COME TRUE. SHE’S FULFILLED HER CHILDHOOD DREAM. WHY DOES THIS SOUND SO FAMILIAR?
Maybe it’s because this happened JUST LAST FUCKING NIGHT AT ELIMINATION CHAMBER. AND WITH SASHA FUCKING BANKS LAST YEAR. TWICE. ON RAW.
Here’s the problem with Charlotte having been built as such a big-time performer. Her undefeated streak at PPVs has made every title match on both PPVs and RAW predictable. It doesn’t help that every title match Charlotte’s had has the same formula now that you already know when the big moments are supposed to happen. But that’s the thing about big moments. They’re best executed when you don’t see them coming, so you can appreciate the surprise.
What’s worse is the RAW Women’s title has been hot potatoed again. And now it’s with Bayley, who hasn’t hit peak popularity yet on the main roster the way she did on NXT. Now, RAW’s shat itself by blowing its load too early. Great.
Let's just watch this video of Izzy reacting to Bayley's win.
Thank you @itsBayleyWWE for making @ItsIzzyMania always believe in you dreams! #YouDeserveIt pic.twitter.com/gOmkZojbVN
— Cody Starbuck (@Cody_Starbuck) February 14, 2017
3. SAMI ZAYN VS. SAMOA JOE
We at the Smark Henry Offices like to fantasy-book Samoa Joe as the guy who just starts going after all of Triple H’s NXT babies for the hell of it. And after this week’s episode, it looks like we’re getting our wish. When Joe was being interviewed by Michael Cole earlier in the episode, it looked like his Sami Zayn namedrop was just something randomly inserted for the hell of it. By the time he attacked Sami, it became clear that that was supposed to set up their feud.
I honestly don’t mind because I’m excited to see Sami and Joe go at it just because it could be one hell of a match when it happens. While I’m really salty over Seth Rollins becoming the WWE’s version of Derrick Rose, getting Sami vs. Joe at Fastlane is a nice little consolation prize. Now, if we ended up getting Sami vs. Joe at ‘Mania, then that would be one hell of a deal altogether. But with the WrestleMania card getting this stacked, I don’t think that’s going to happen, so Fastlane it is.
Quick Hitters
As if you needed more reasons to hate Roman Reigns, he looked too strong against Gallows and Anderson tonight, making the tag champs look like jabronis in the process. I can’t wait for Braun Strowman to just demolish him at Fastlane.
Speaking of Strowman, I don’t mind him being made to face all of WWE’s behemoths week after week. It could be this generation’s Masterlock Challenge, which should be a nice weekly story for Braun while he waits for his opportunity to tear Roman into shreds.
If it isn’t obvious by now, the New Day clearly has no story going for them. They’re the perfect microcosm of RAW right now—perfectly coasting by on its ability to draw pops and sell merch. But in reality, there’s nothing for the New Day right now and it’s frankly quite sad.
Akira Tozawa is the best thing in the Cruiserweight division (besides Heel Neville) right now. He knows exactly what to do to get over in any city, and his unabashed charisma just makes for great TV.
Overall, this was actually a decent episode of RAW. Then again, consider that RAW is graded on a curve relative to SmackDown, which means that if it were graded using the blue brand’s standards, this would still be a bad episode. But since RAW is generally the shits, then ehh, we might as well apply that curve for the “flagship show.” This week’s show gets a solid B+.
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Stan Sy (@_StanSy) is the Editor at Large of Smark Henry, and is also an events host, a freelance writer, and one of the hosts of the Smark Gilas-Pilipinas Podcast and The Wrestling Gods on FOX. He enjoys watching WWE, NXT, Lucha Underground, and the occasional New Japan match. He dresses up in fancy suits from time to time to book matches as PWR's General Manager.
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Jesse Fischer Will Make You A ‘Believer’ With This Emily King Remix
B. Cakes
August 12, 2016 | 3:00 pm
Equally at home jamming with a band on stage or mixing sounds in a studio, it's easy to see why Jesse Fischer's talents are in high demand. And with his reputation for perfectly executed remixes and multi-faceted compositions, it's no surprise that we thoroughly enjoyed his 2015 Day Dreamer project. But still, we can't be the only ones who've noticed that the producer/composer/pianist has been fairly quiet this year when it comes to new releases. Thankfully, he too, noticed the void and recently surfaced with a new remix for Emily King's "Believer."
Taken from her latest LP The Switch, "Believer" is a funky little ditty that almost sounds like it was conceived during an '80s-era Paisley Park jam session. Fischer, though, ups the synth elements and magnifies the percussion, transforming the song from a funky strut to a static electro-house bounce. With the '80s vibe maintaining dominance throughout the extended track, Emily's untouched vocals fit nicely into the new groove. Jam with Jesse and Emily below, and be sure to keep up with Jesse Fischer via Twitter and Instagram.
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That Upcoming, "The Vision," Comic is Suddenly Cancelled and I'm Quite Perturbed
Chelsea Cain is a writer who was behind one of my favorite comics that was sadly cancelled back in 2016, "Mockingbird." It had been announced she would be writing a new comic with Marc Mohan focused on The Vision and his daughter, Viv. It was announced as a sequel of sorts to the stellar Tom King-written, "The Vision," with the exact same name as that series--e.g. just the titular character's name. It was to have some stellar-looking art by Aud Koch, and the original colorist for the first series, Jordie Bellaire, would be back too. I was very, very excited. Then, I saw on of all possible places, Bleedingcool, how Cain tweeted the book was suddenly axed. Four of the six issues were already done and turned-in to Marvel, and the company just decided it had other plans for The Vision as well as Viv and there went, "The Vision," comic. Other news outlets have reported on this now, expressing just as much confusion and sadness as everyone else.
I'm not pleased, in fact I'm quite perturbed. Marvel hired this talented bunch of people, let them get 2/3 done with the series, and then decided, "Nah, we have other plans for these characters," and shoved the completed issues in a metaphorical drawer to possibly never be seen again (its a metaphorical drawer as I imagine much of the stuff is digital, as a lot of comic-work is these days). I mean, everyone got paid so Marvel isn't necessarily screwing-over anyone besides us readers who were excited to read the series, but come on ya'all, maybe just let the team finish the series and release it as some kind of extended, "What-if," book should you really want to take the characters in a different direction? That way we can at least all read the damn thing! Oh well, at least I can look forward to Cain's upcoming Image series, "Man-Eaters," which actually has the art done by her, "Mockingbird," collaborator, Kate Niemczyk.
Posted by David Charles Bitterbaum at 2:10 PM
Labels: Aud Koch, Bleedingcool, Chelsea Cain, comics, Image, internet, Jordie Bellaire, Kate Niemczyk, Man-Eaters, Marc Mohan, Marvel, Mockingbird, news, The Vision, Tom King, twitter, Viv
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Famine and the machine
Can big money and big data make famine a thing of the past?
Gwenn Dubourthoumieu/IRIN
Humanitarian Technology
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In the runup to a 2011 famine in Somalia that killed over 250,000 people, there were 78 warnings. Last year famine nearly happened again, not only in Somalia but in Yemen, South Sudan, and West Africa’s Lake Chad region. Now, a multi-billion dollar venture is betting that big data and smart money can make famine a thing of the past.
The Famine Action Mechanism initiative, or FAM, is led by the World Bank and draws on its $1.8 billion kitty for famine-prone countries. It is taking a fresh look at how famines happen and what it would take to prevent them, including artificial intelligence (AI)-driven analytics, social safety nets, and new forms of financing. The FAM project is rooted in the belief that donor funding decisions now rely too much on “personal networks as well as political discretion”.
Abdurahman Sharif, head of a consortium of NGOs which tackle nutrition and other needs in Somalia, told IRIN he welcomed new ways to convince donors. “Early warnings can always be tricky, and we’re not always the best at getting early signs,” he said. “Decision-makers,” he added, “won’t take decisions unless they see data”.
Somalia, along with South Sudan, Afghanistan, Niger, and Mali are likely pilots for the data analysis.
Critics, however, say no amount of machine learning and creative financial architecture will change donor decision-making, and warning systems and monitoring tools already exist. It’s political will, not algorithms, they say, that’s the missing ingredient.
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim says modern-day famine is a “collective failure of shameful proportions”. Relief aid typically begins only “when pictures of starving children appear on television”, Kim said at a New York launch event alongside the UN’s September General Assembly. A “proactive” response could save millions of lives, he added, and would cost donors up to 30 percent less than a last-minute scramble. Speaking with representatives of UN agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross, Kim described the FAM as “an unprecedented global coalition to say, ‘no more’”.
The project launch was strong on rhetoric and short on detail. Few specifics are available on the World Bank website, although IRIN has obtained a June “concept note” that outlines the strategy and tasks across two main areas of work: prevention and early action. On Saturday 13 October, Kim will host another event on the FAM, this time as part of the World Bank’ annual meetings in Indonesia, with ministers from Afghanistan, Chad, Niger, Somalia and the UK.
The Bank says FAM will invest in at-risk regions to strengthen prevention and resilience and plans to swing into action when a famine is on the way. Its most headline-grabbing element is an artificial intelligence tool, Artemis, to improve forecasting. The Bank has recruited Google, Amazon, and Microsoft to analyse a mass of weather, agriculture, market, and conflict data.
More reliable predictions produced from data, the Bank argues, will remove ambiguity, win swifter response from donors, and trigger payouts from future insurance policies.
One long-term observer of food crises, who requested anonymity, said more money isn’t the solution where relief operations are “at the absolute limit,” and that “another half a billion dollars will struggle to make a big difference to South Sudan” when logistics are already stretched and access and security difficult. The analyst also doubted that data on its own – “better and better figures” – would change inherently political decision-making, pointing out that some famines are deliberate, basically “starvation for political and military aims”.
In a politically charged conflict like Yemen’s, it’s not about “how good your figures are”, the analyst said. Nobody wants to look bad because a famine is declared on their watch. This “deep reluctance” among governments may be shared by others, including aid agencies.
Saul Guerrero, a technical director at NGO Action Against Hunger, told IRIN the World Bank is far from being the first to try to model data around hunger. But, given its clout and access to funds, he said it might be able to “create a critical mass” and drive change that is overdue.
Current systems, based on a methodology known as the Integrated Phase Classification, “need some help,” said Guerrero.
Measuring and declaring famine
The strict technical definition of famine has become more scientific over the years. The five-step Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) system, developed in east Africa, is now used in 37 countries. By combining food consumption with mortality and nutrition surveys, the IPC method, and its West Africa affiliate, the Cadre Harmonisé, scores the severity of the situation. The worst, phase 5, is labeled “catastrophe/famine”. All indicators must cross a certain threshold to reach that phase 5 categorisation and trigger a declaration of famine.
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It’s not all down to numbers, however: several pockets of South Sudan were graded at phase 5 in a 29 September IPC update, but famine has not been officially declared. Pockets of people in Yemen may live under phase 5 conditions, but data collection is probably too patchy to confirm it.
The decision of how to interpret the often patchy data comes down to an in-country committee of experts and government officials. As many as 120 people were involved in South Sudan’s IPC committee. In these groups, politics, vested interests, and differing opinions can muddy the eventual IPC categorisations. The task is even more tricky when forecasts months into the future are needed. Officials may fail to agree not only “what the pattern is” but also “what the pattern means”, according to Guerrero.
The most prominent international effort working to supply data to the IPC system is a network funded by the US. Since 1985, the Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNET) has provided analysis, bulletins, and alerts. In an emailed response to questions, a World Bank spokesperson said the FAM would build “advanced analytics” and comb new sources of data. However, there is no intention to replace existing initiatives: “FEWSNET, IPC, and other food insecurity estimators are key to the success of FAM,” the spokesperson wrote. FEWSNET declined to comment for this article.
Feeding the code
The FAM will draw on a wider range of data sources than current systems: more remote sensing options, datasets tracking conflict, and possibly even social media, in the pursuit of the best model. Early results from the FAM’s AI data modelling are mixed, according to the World Bank concept note. Part of the experiment is to see if the machines can reproduce past IPC results. For a start, analysts fed algorithms various data to see if they could arrive at the same determinations as the conventional (human) IPC analysts. The World Bank spokesperson said the work was at the “proof-of-concept” stage, and continued ground-truthing was needed.
If humans struggle to agree on what the data means, can machines do any better?
The initial code hit the target 40 percent of the time for South Sudan and 55 percent of the time for Somalia. The preliminary conclusions are unlikely to surprise food security analysts.
In Mali, satellite imagery of areas that are largely desert provided little indication of food consumption. In South Sudan, more violence and higher prices did match up with a worsening food situation, as expected. But in Somalia, there was little correlation between conflict and hunger levels in the midst of near-continuous conflict.
Guerrero acknowledged that the hype around AI could be excessive. Nevertheless, he believes that technology companies can “inspire confidence”, and he welcomes having “people in the room who really understand the technology”. (AI is based on cutting edge mathematics: one model being applied to the data is called “Support Vector Machine with Radial Basis Function and cross-validated L2 penalty”).
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If humans struggle to agree on what the data means, can machines do any better? Not on their own, says Guerrero: “nobody expects it to be a mechanical process”. He says computational power and a complex analytical process could provide a clearer picture: “from greater complexity, greater simplicity.”
Guerrero, who has lobbied UN Security Council members on the issues, said decision-makers feel “the current way of monitoring the risk of famine is not reliable enough… too prone to political pressure”.
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Sharif, the Somali NGO leader, said, “I can’t recall the amount of letters as NGOs we sent to different capitals” to try and mobilise donors to avert famine in 2017. Sharif said he welcomed the prospect of greater funding and more authoritative data that could help convince donors.
“You need evidence to be able to convince them six months in advance, or one year in advance.” The current evidence only works, he said, when you’re already “very close to the crisis”.
The catastrophic effects of late funding in 2011 proved persuasive to donors in 2017, Sharif said. The UN reports that $1.3 billion of humanitarian funding went to Somalia last year, up from $681 million the year before, and a famine was not declared. Sharif said donors gave him the impression it would be “very, very hard” to raise the same amount again.
There’s little long-lasting effect from all that emergency spending, Sharif added. “Are we preventing another famine, two, three years down the line?” Sharif asked. “I don’t think so.”
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Ryne Sandberg game on national television that sort of was his coming out party as a superstar in the major league baseball. Sandberg hits a game tying home run off one of, if not the best, closer in baseball, Bruce Sutter of the St Louis Cardinals. Sandberg follows this up with another game tying home run in the tenth before Dave Owen's game-winning single in the 11th inning. the Cubs go one to the playoffs in 84 and Sandberg wins MVP honors.
Bob Dernier goes 3 for 5 with a double, walk, 2 RBI, 4 runs scored and a stolen base.
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Hack Wilson hits for the cycle and drives in 6 runs as Cubs beat Phillies 21-8 at Wrigley Field.
At Crosley Field, the Cubs defeat the Reds 3-1. Hank Wyse pitches a complete game, giving up just 6 hits and one run to earn the victory.
Eddie Waitkus & Marv Rickert of Cubs hit back-to-back, inside-the-park HR's. Cubs lose to Giant at Polo Grounds 15-10.
At Philadelphia, Andy Pafko goes 3 for 3 with a runs scored and an RBI going 3 for 3. The Cubs defeat the Phillies 7-4.
Ernie Banks consecutive game streak that dates back to 1956 ends at 717 games played. Cubs defeat Braves 5-3 at Wrigley
In game 1 of a doubleheader, the Cubs defeat the Phillies 2-0 on Dick Ellsworth 5-hit complete game shutout. Phillies take 2nd game 9-0 on Ray Culps 1-hit complete game shutout.
Trailing 4-3 into the 9th inning, Billy Williams drives in Nate Oliver to tie the game with an RBI single and Ron Santo wins it for the Cubs with a walk-off sacrifice fly driving in Don Kessinger.
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At Wrigley Field, Cubs defeat the Dodgers 1-0 on Chris Denorfia's walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning.
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Ludonarrative Dissonance: we still need to learn from Hocking
Opinion by Matt Sawrey on April 26, 2013
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Back in 2007, former Lucasarts Creative Director and current Valve employee, Clint Hocking, wrote a blog post about the Ludonarrative Dissonance resulting from Bioshock’s methods of storytelling. It expanded upon his observation that Bioshock’s played story (the ludic) sat at odds with its told story (the narrative), thus rendering the overall storytelling experience uncomfortably fractured.
Hocking’s post is an eloquent thought piece that has gained renown in the past five years for artfully summarising an issue inherent to traditional storytelling within videogames. It also seems to have gone largely ignored within the realms of big budget videogame development.
Take for instance Crystal Dynamics’s recently released Tomb Raider, an origins story that explores series protagonist Lara Croft’s development into the confident, duel-pistol wielding raider of tombs of the 90’s. Mechanically, it’s a well-crafted game, borrowing heavily from the Uncharted template of modern action-adventuring. Its storytelling, however, is a game of two disconnected halves, communicating with each other via cup and string from different dimensions.
Lara, as we first see her in an early flash-back, is young and ambitious, keen to follow in her father’s footsteps as an explorer. She’s also inexperienced and naïve, or so we’re told at the outset.
Fast forward to the present and we see Lara bound in cloth, strung upside-down in what looks like a sacrificial chamber, blood smeared across her cheek. When the player is finally given control to shake her free of her bindings, Lara plummets to the floor, impaling her abdomen on a large splinter. It takes an agonising quick time event to remove the splinter, after which we direct Lara out of the cave. She clutches her bleeding, punctured stomach and hobbles forward, doubled over in pain, moving at an excruciatingly slow pace regardless of how much pressure you apply to that left analogue stick.
Such attention to detail in Lara’s animation might lead you to believe that Crystal Dynamics have given some thought to the dissonance between the told and the controlled storytelling in Tomb Raider; that Lara’s evolution as a character might unfold organically and harmoniously through both what you can make her do and what you watch her do.
You would be wrong.
Fast forward a few more hours and you’ll find Lara doubled over once again, only this time her hunch is not the result of a personal injury, but a consequence of you, the player, making her loot the hundredth armoured assailant she has – or, more accurately, you have – just murdered. In the space of an hour Lara goes from being frightened and fragile in cut scenes, to mowing down double digit numbers of adversaries. Any illusion Crystal Dynamics are attempting to weave in the told narrative soon crumbles amidst the thick, schlocky crunch of headshots and grenade explosions the player is encouraged to enact, over and over again.
Tomb Raider does take its time to give the player a gun, but when it does, Lara becomes a force of nature, because you, as a gamer, have been trained to be a force of in-game nature. Headshots are mechanically satisfying and encouraged through the rewarding of experience points, and although stealth is a perfectly viable option in many scenarios, it simply isn’t as fleshed out in terms of mechanical design.
Similarly, the also recently released God of War: Ascension suffers from a substantial dissonance problem, just as the series always has. Ascension’s narrative plays out after Kratos has murdered his wife and child, painting the Spartan as a forlorn warrior, often sad and downbeat during cutscenes, contemplative of the horrors he has committed in his unrelenting pursuit of power. Skip to any gameplay segment, however, and it’s likely that you’ve just sliced a large-breasted medusa-style serpent from head to stomach in pursuit of Kratos’ freedom. It simply doesn’t add up.
Within the confines of a Greek melodrama this monster mutilation isn’t necessarily the dissonant issue – the creatures you so gruesomely dispatch whilst playing as Kratos are fantastical, unrelatable beasts: it’s hard to imagine that Mrs Medusa has a husband and child at home that will mourn for her passing. But the sheer brutality of Kratos’ actions under your control are diametrically opposed to the broken repenting soul we are consistently told he is. How can we care about his feelings if we strip him of any the moment we press a button?
The misalignment of Tomb Raider and God of War’s told and played stories are just two examples of a whole host of recent AAA productions that largely ignore Hocking’s 2007 post. They sit alongside titles like Max Payne 3 and Far Cry 3, exhibiting a conspicuous disregard for the jarring issue of Ludonarrative Dissonance, despite harbouring aspirations towards telling serious, hard-hitting dramas.
It’s a little unfair, perhaps, to suggest that the developers of these games are unaware of the issue. Tomb Raider’s writer, Rhianna Pratchett, recently spoke out about the problem in an interview with the website Kill Screen, with the following statements: “The needs of narrative don’t always trump the needs of gameplay. In fact, it’s usually the other way around.” She went on to say: “We tried to innovate a little bit, but narrative can’t always win. Ideally if you can find a sweet spot, that’s great. But sometimes combat, or gameplay or whatever, has to win out.”
Difficult character development, it would seem, is not perceived to be an easy thing to achieve when trying to make a mechanically satisfying game. Nor is it believed to be desirable to the mass market of consumers. But is that really the case anymore? Shouldn’t the developmental emphasis on story and gameplay be set upon equal footing if you intend to tell a tale through interactivity? Narrative is, after all, a contextual carrot on a stick, and there are plenty of critically and commercially successful titles that manage to avoid the pitfalls of Ludonarrative Dissonance.
Games like Hotline Miami, The Walking Dead and, to an extent, Spec Ops: The Line, are just a few of many that demonstrate the powerful results of considering narrative and gameplay as equals. They show that a player-created story can fit with a told narrative if a measure of forethought is given to aligning the boundaries of both. Spec Ops: The Line and Hotline Miami successfully bridge this disparity by commenting on their mechanics through their narratives, and The Walking Dead makes its main mechanic of player choice a fundamental and structured instrument to the development of its narrative.
These are the standard bearers for videogames as a unique, powerful, and most importantly, coherent storytelling medium. Games that render a human face and then attempt to make that face a relatable one have to mechanically ground themselves in a believable world of action and consequence to give any credence to a serious, heartfelt drama, and these titles show that it can be done.
I didn’t care about Kratos’ sorrow, because the carelessly brutal actions I was able to make him carry out didn’t convince me that he had any. I didn’t buy Lara’s sobbing after she murdered a doe, because under my control she was a more efficient killer than the T-1000. And yet so many big budget productions still choose to prioritise gameplay over story, despite their attempts to make that story an integral and prominent part of the experience. But to believe that it has to be a choice between one or the other is an outdated school of thought, one that could learn a thing or two from Hocking’s five year old blog post.
Matt Sawrey is a Staff Writer at Thunderbolt, having joined in April 2012. Get in touch on Twitter @matski53.
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PS3 review by James Dewitt on January 6, 2013
Doom‘s legacy as one of the pillars of the first-person shooter genre is unquestionably secured as it approaches its twentieth anniversary. Few games can claim to be so influential, and it comes as no surprise in the HD era there’s a new retail release commemorating the occasion. Doom 3 is an entirely different story. It isn’t such a fondly-remembered title, but instead quickly divided gamers between the camps that loved its dark, claustrophobic atmosphere and those that hated dealing with the darn flashlight. This edition isn’t going to change any of that.
While Ultimate Doom and Doom II are a part of the package, the bulk of it is made up of content from Doom 3. There’s the original campaign, the expansion pack Resurrection of Evil, and an additional filler campaign called The Lost Missions. All of this content adds up to be appreciably lengthy. Doom II has an additional campaign that was specifically added for the console release, making it finally available to PlayStation 3 owners. Fans practically have the entire series on disc, save for Doom 64 and Final Doom.
Despite its moniker, Doom 3 is actually a remake of the original. Players are once again cast as the nameless, voiceless space marine with more guts than any chest cavity could reasonably expect to hold. Transferred to a station on Mars, things quickly go wrong when a scientific team accidentally unleashes the horrors of Hell with the majority of everyone being either killed or turned into mindless zombies. Still, there are plenty of demons to keep company with as they teleport into one room after the other. Doom 3 is best described as a corridor shooter mixed with the ultimate monster-in-the-closet gameplay.
There’s no question that there’s going to be a demonic imp jumping out at you from the shadows or teleporting in, but only once you’ve crossed that invisible threshold to trigger it. Not that other attempts aren’t made to be scary. Indeed, the entire space station is drenched in darkness with only the faintest of lights flickering to show the way. Malevolent voices whisper and bodies are strewn about. None it is particularly scary, but at least it’s clear the game’s trying.
HD re-releases are the ultimate test of time, showing which games have aged gracefully and the ones with noticeable crow’s feet. Doom 3 is the latter. In 2004, for a brief period, Doom 3 was the pinnacle of what could be accomplished graphically on the PC. As is the nature of PC titles, it was quickly outshined as a number of developers had come up with their own graphics engines that surpassed id software’s. 2004 was the same year that gave gamers the Source engine, an engine that has continued to grow and get better with every passing year.
Sadly ,the graphics used in Doom 3 do not hold up. There’s hardly been any noticeable reworking of anything in the game. The heads of the characters are still oddly pointy and the dated visuals show how quickly graphics can age. Since the other two campaigns run on the same engine, don’t expect anything eye-catching.
Doom 3 is still largely the game it was in 2004. Quick reflexes and carrying a big gun is what it takes to make it through the game, as is the patience necessary to find all the PDA scattered for access to the next area. The problem with so much searching is that every area looks exactly the same and it’s very easy to go in circles until you stumble on the needed PDA purely by accident.
There’s no deviance to the formula in either Resurrection of Evil nor The Lost Missions, though there are a few new guns to play with like the super shotgun. Strangely, the co-op option from the original Xbox version of Resurrection of Evil is missing, nor is there one in the main campaign or The Lost Missions. Considering The Lost Missions is just another two hours of slogging through dark corridors and putting down monsters, its omission is rather glaring. Beyond the three campaigns, online play is relegated to a handful of players running around in classic Doom fashion and trying to blow each other away.
Doom and Doom II, on the other hand, shine as examples of timeless game design that are still incredibly fun to play. Four-player co-op has been thrown in to spice things up, but even playing solo is still just as enjoyable. It’s classic gameplay: running around at an insanely high speed and firing off rounds at Hell’s army, frantically looking for ammo and keys to get to the next level. It still has an appeal that resonates even after two decades have past since Doom first flickered into life on computer screens in 1993.
Doom 3: BFG Edition is advertising the wrong games in its collection. None of the Doom 3 content looks any better than it did in 2004, which is simply the kiss of death for any HD release, and the eight years since its release have not been kind to it. Doom and Doom II, which have not been available to PlayStation 3 owners until now, are still fun many years later. Had care and attention been given to those (not to mention some reworked visuals), it would’ve made for a far more compelling package instead of two classics saddled with three duds.
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An Island Garden
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1895. First edition, second printing (pp. 126) with pictures and decorations by Childe Hassam. Tall octavo (23 cm) in white publisher’s cloth (scarce), gilt title and decoration by Thaxter’s friend Sara Wyman Whitman (1842- 1904) whose cover designs, an elegant interpretation of the Art Nouveau, enhanced the work of, among others, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Sarah Orne Jewett. The tissue- guarded plates, illustrations and decorations are by the American impressionist Childe Hassam (1859- 1935) whose style seems perfectly suited to the flowered summer retreat on Appledore Island in the Gulf of Maine where Thaxter hosted a famous salon for writers and artists. Here, the frontispiece, title page, various headpieces, and eleven full-page garden portraits exhibit Hassam’s skill depicting light and colour. Celia Thaxter (1835- 1894) was a popular poet of the time (They would have said ‘poetess’). Her work, notable for its intimate familiarity with wild nature combined with conventional subjects and rhyming schemes, appeared frequently in The Atlantic. Her poem ‘The Burgomaster Gull’ is probably the best known. In Hassam’s treatment it’s as though Thaxter herself somehow has become an element in the landscape. This book, an account of her splendid flower garden on Appledore, is rightly regarded as “one of the most elaborate pieces of bookmaking of the period” (BAL). Spine and the cover’s front edge sunned, front hinge re-enforced; the binding becoming a bit dry. A bright, attractive copy.
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January 9, 2015 | By Waikiki Magazine Team
PHOTOS: YU SHING TING
Thousands gathered at Queen’s Surf Beach in Waikiki last September for CBS’ Sunset on the Beach premiere event celebrating Season Five and the 100th episode of “Hawaii Five-0.”
As the show’s cast arrived on the red carpet, many took the time to meet with fans, including Grace Park (Kono Kalakaua) who looked stunning in this gown with a plunging neckline by Versace. Daniel Dae Kim (Chin Ho Kelly) even tore his custom tailored Prada suit when he leaped the barricades to greet fans.
Adding to the excitement, the premiere was followed by a special musical guest performance by the multi-platinum selling rock band Bush.
Filmed on O‘ahu, viewers may recognize many scenes taped right here in Waikiki, including at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki Beach, Wailana
Coffee House, Ilikai Hotel, Kalakaua Avenue and more. Here, Waikiki magazine catches up with some of the show’s stars.
For Alex O’Loughlin (Steve McGarrett), his favorite place around Waikiki is his Diamond Head home, which he shares with wife surfer/model/designer Malia Jones and their children. The couple, who met through mutual friends, tied the knot on O‘ahu last April. Looking very dapper in this Dior Homme suit, Alex says he’s usually dressed pretty casual in shorts, T-shirts and flip flops.
The consensus among fashion editors on the red carpet was that the best-dressed for the night was Scott Caan (Danny ‘Danno’ Williams) who put this look together himself. He has on a Panama hat he picked up in Chinatown, Gitman Bros. shirt, Band of Outsiders pants and
Pierre Cardin shoes. Surely, he made girlfriend, stylist Kacy Byxbee who is part of the wardrobe team for “Hawaii Five-0,” proud. “She usually does” help with my wardrobe,” but she didn’t help me out with this one,” he notes.
Local girl 13-year-old Teilor Grubbs (Grace Williams) chose this navy Ralph Lauren dress and Forever 21 necklace for the red carpet, along with BCBG wedges which was extra special because it was the first year that dad Erik let her wear wedges. She says her favorite thing to do in Waikiki is going to the beach and hanging out at Walls (a popular bodyboarding spot) with her family.
Jorge Garcia (Jerry Ortega), who lived on O‘ahu during six seasons of the Emmyand Golden Globe Award-winning TV series “Lost,” has found his way back to the Island as a “Hawaii Five-0″ regular playing a former classmate of Chin Ho Kelly’s and the island’s local conspiracy theorist. For his first Sunset on the Beach red carpet, he wore this Luchiano Visconti button-up shirt from local retailer Big & Tall by Kramer’s on Ward Avenue. “It’s pretty much the store people my size shop at,” he shares.
This also was Ian Anthony Dale’s (Adam Noshimuri) first “Hawaii Five-0″ Sunset on the Beach event. “I had no idea what to expect,” he says. “It’s a little overwhelming.” Ian, who wore a suit by Spanish designer Purificacion Garcia and a Hugo Boss shirt, still lives in Los Angeles but comes to Hawai‘i five or six times a year for filming. As for his favorite spots in and near Waikiki, he lists Morimoto, MW Restaurant, Bernini, and the Mai Tai Bar in Ala Moana Center.
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NEWRY & Armagh DUP Assemblyman William Irwin MLA has spoken of his concern following the theft of three trailers in a 24 hour period from the District.
PSNI sources confirmed that the trailers, two of which were Ifor Williams units, were stolen from Newtownhamilton, Armagh and Aghagallon areas and police stated they lacked any form of identifiable markings.
Mr Irwin stated, “This is further proof of the criminal network that is operating in this district and it is concerning again to learn that three trailers have been stolen in a 24hour period.
“Whilst Police say the trailers were not brand new and well used items they are still of significant use and value to the owners who are now without these items. They have appealed to all trailer owners to have the items marked through the PSNI trailer marking scheme and this can be arranged through my constituency office.”
He added, “It is important that trailers are stored out of sight and secured when not in use so as to make them difficult to spot and steal. However, with that said I know that those in the farming and contracting business are taking steps to secure their premises however even with this preventative action, the criminals are still making off with valuable items.”
He concluded, “The latest crime spree in the area is of huge concern and counting the cost of this criminality would run into hundreds of thousands of pounds in machinery, equipment, jewellery, money and other personal and valuable items. This is the unseen cost of this criminality and it is vital that those behind these raids are caught and brought before the courts.”
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National Dirt
BELL SCORES KUNZ’S 100TH USAC MIDGET WIN AT USAC’S RED DIRT DEBUT
Christopher Bell (middle), the winner of "Tuesday Night Thunder" at Red Dirt Raceway, is joined by Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian teammates Logan Seavey (right) who finished 2nd and Tanner Carrick (left) who finished 3rd. Rich Forman Photo
Meeker, Oklahoma………In the illustrious history of Keith Kunz’s tenure as a car owner, no individual has won more USAC National Midget feature events than Christopher Bell.
Perhaps it was most fitting that it was Bell who drove Kunz’s machine to victory lane for the 100th time with the series at “Tuesday Night Thunder” in USAC ‘s Red Dirt Raceway debut.
The Norman, Oklahoma native drove to his 22nd USAC National Midget victory Tuesday, tying Bobby East and Shorty Templeman in career wins as he moved into the top-25 on the all-time list.
Just as fitting may have been the fact that Bell did it in front of his home state crowd, which saw the series visit the Sooner State for the first time since 1975, in his Motorsports-Curb-Agajanian/TRD – IWX/Bullet by Spike/Speedway Toyota.
“It’s just really cool to see how many people were here,” Bell said. “USAC hasn’t been here for a long time. Honestly, Oklahoma’s dying for professional motorsports, so it’s nice for USAC to be able to come in here.”
While the eyes of many were affixed on the first sight of USAC Midget in the state in over four decades, even Bell had not laid eyes on Red Dirt Raceway since a brief session there earlier in the decade.
“I tested here one time after the Chili Bowl in maybe 2011 or 2012,” Bell recalled. “I’m pretty sure it was an abandoned racetrack back then. I hadn’t seen the place since (track promoter) Cody (Brewer) had redone it. It was pretty perfect. They got it to where we could run all the way to the very top and all the way on the very bottom. You couldn’t ask for more.”
You would have never known that fact by watching Bell after he laid down fast time in qualifying, then picked his way through the field and into second by the ninth lap of the 30-lap feature as his KKM teammates Ryan Robinson, Tanner Carrick and Logan Seavey each took their turn at the front of the pack.
Each driver found multiple ways to navigate to the front, with Robinson up top, Carrick crawling on the bottom and Seavey finding the bottom on the sixth lap to grab the lead.
Meanwhile, Bell was searching, taking any avenue he could find as he swapped sliders with Robinson to move into second behind point leader and race leader Seavey. Bell rode the top as he attempted to reel in Seavey, yet Carrick wasn’t quite finished yet, as he drove underneath Bell to retake second momentarily.
“I knew my car was really good from the get go,” Bell said. “We had that yellow and, next thing you know, the 71K (Carrick) is leading me. I didn’t even see him go by me! But I knew he started seventh, so I figured the bottom must be there. He was really good. He could run down. He could run up. It was just a matter of me getting my momentum built up top for me to get by.”
Though a bit stunned, Bell stood his ground and drove back past Carrick on lap 14 to move back into second just prior to a yellow flag for Dave Darland, whose car slowed to a stop between turns three and four. With a clear track and a clear mind, Bell had just himself and Seavey to deal with.
Briefly, for a lap following the lap 15 restart, Bell followed Seavey on the bottom, but that was not in his long-term plans as he quickly whipped back up to the top with a hard-charging Carrick right on his tail tank entering turn one. The bottom at first seemed the place to be with Seavey holding about a ten car length lead, but that gap would narrow steadily over the ensuing laps as Bell stayed the course, ripping the lip.
On the 19th lap, his work would pay dividends as Bell finally surged ahead just prior to hitting heavy lapped traffic where the 2013 series champ diced from top to bottom to escape the clutches of Seavey’s return.
“I think it was A, me gaining momentum and B, figuring out the top,” Bell said regarding the why he was able to run down Seavey. “I figured out a trick in where I could kind of open up my entry into (turn) three on the top and that helped me gain a lot of speed off of four. I figured it out a little bit and it was a matter of just not making mistakes. It was very treacherous right on the lip in one and two. It had some character, had some bounce to it, and I was trying to not go over.”
Bell appeared to be well on his way to victory when Ace McCarthy spun between turns three and four, setting a three-lap sprint to the finish. Bell led the field high through three and four prior to taking the green, then darted to the bottom in turn one, disallowing any chance of Seavey throwing a slider for the lead.
“Logan was really good on the bottom,” Bell pointed out. “I felt really good on the bottom earlier in the race. It was just a combination of things. The top was getting really thin and it was pretty rough up there. Then, on the restart, the tire pressure is going to be a little bit lower. I’m thinking about how I don’t want my tire to be low and get up there and bounce over. I felt good on the top of three and four, so I was just going to go to the bottom of one and try and drive off hard, then go back to the top in three.”
Bell did just that, punctuating his first USAC start of the year with a W by a tick over half a second in front of Seavey, Carrick, Jerry Coons, Jr. and Brady Bacon.
Contingency award winners Tuesday night at Red Dirt Raceway included Chad Boat (Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner), Tyler Thomas (Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner), Tucker Klaasmeyer (Chalk Stix Third Heat Winner), Spencer Bayston (Indy Race Parts Fourth Heat Winner & KSE Racing Products Hard Charger) and Ryan Robinson (Wilwood Brakes 13th Place Finisher).
USAC P1 INSURANCE MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 10, 2018 – Red Dirt Raceway – Meeker, Oklahoma – “Tuesday Night Thunder”
QUALIFYING: 1. Christopher Bell, 21, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.558 (New Track Record); 2. Tanner Carrick, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.597; 3. Zane Hendricks, 27z, Tucker/Boat-13.628; 4. Logan Seavey, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.647; 5. Justin Grant, 17BC, Clauson/Marshall/Wood-13.697; 6. Brady Bacon, 76m, FMR-13.727; 7. Tyler Courtney, 7BC, Clauson/Marshall-13.767; 8. Ryan Robinson, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.837; 9. Jonathan Beason, 8K, Hard Eight-13.880; 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 25, Petry/Goff-13.881; 11. Jason McDougal, 15, Petry/Goff-13.898; 12. Cole Bodine, 39BC, Clauson/Marshall-14.081; 13. Ace McCarthy, 28, Two-Eight-14.092; 14. Dave Darland, 85, Central-14.122; 15. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 63, Dooling-14.137; 16. Holly Shelton, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.216; 17. Kyle Craker, 76E, FMR-14.260; 18. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-14.274; 19. Travis Scott, 2s, Scott-14.332; 20. Spencer Bayston, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.443; 21. Chad Boat, 84, Tucker/Boat-14.461; 22. Cannon McIntosh, 08, McIntosh-14.472; 23. Tucker Klaasmeyer, 27, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.483; 24. Trey Marcham, 32, Marcham-14.508; 25. Holley Hollan, 14, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.559; 26. Maria Cofer, 35, Petry/Goff-14.607; 27. Sam Johnson, 72, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.693; 28. Brayton Lynch, 1K, RKR-14.799; 29. Payton Pierce, 77, Simmons-14.915; 30. Todd McVay, 89JR, McVay-15.098; 31. Curtis Spicer, 4, Spicer-16.117; 32. Shaun Shapel, 84s, Shapel-17.065; 33. Brett Becker, 2B, Becker-NT.
SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Boat, 2. Bell, 3. Grant, 4. McCarthy, 5. Craker, 6. Beason, 7. Hollan, 8. Pierce, 9. Becker. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION (CSI) SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. T. Thomas, 2. McIntosh, 3. Darland, 4. Bacon, 5. Coons, 6. Carrick, 7. Cofer, 8. McVay. 2:24.03
CHALK STIX THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Klaasmeyer, 2. K. Thomas, 3. McDougal, 4. Courtney, 5. Johnson, 6. Scott, 7. Spicer, 8. Hendricks. NT
INDY RACE PARTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer) 1. Bayston, 2. Shelton, 3. Robinson, 4. Seavey, 5. Bodine, 6. Marcham, 7. Lynch. 2:25.98
SEMI: (12 laps, top-6 transfer) 1. Carrick, 2. Coons, 3. Craker, 4. Beason, 5. Hendricks, 6. Cofer, 7. Johnson, 8. Hollan, 9. Scott, 10. Becker, 11. Pierce, 12. Lynch, 13. Marcham, 14. Spicer, 15. Bodine, 16. McVay. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Christopher Bell (6), 2. Logan Seavey (5), 3. Tanner Carrick (7), 4. Jerry Coons, Jr. (10), 5. Brady Bacon (3), 6. Justin Grant (4), 7. Jason McDougal (11), 8. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (14), 9. Spencer Bayston (18), 10. Tyler Courtney (2), 11. Chad Boat (19), 12. Holly Shelton (15), 13. Ryan Robinson (1), 14. Tucker Klaasmeyer (21), 15. Tyler Thomas (17), 16. Brayton Lynch (24), 17. Jonathan Beason (9), 18. Cannon McIntosh (20), 19. Zane Hendricks (8), 20. Kyle Craker (16), 21. Cole Bodine (23), 22. Ace McCarthy (12), 23. Maria Cofer (22), 24. Dave Darland (13). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Robinson, Lap 2 Carrick, Laps 3-5 Robinson, Laps 6-18 Seavey, Laps 19-30 Bell.
KSE RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Spencer Bayston (18th to 9th)
WILWOOD BRAKES 13TH PLACE FINISHER: Ryan Robinson
NEW USAC P1 INSURANCE MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Seavey-465, 2-Bayston-435, 3-Boat-435, 4-Courtney-408, 5-Bacon-399, 6-K. Thomas-388, 7-Grant-387, 8-Zeb Wise-369, 9-Robinson-353, 10-Carrick-326.
NEXT USAC P1 INSURANCE MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 11 – Solomon Valley Raceway – Beloit, Kansas – 9th Annual “Chad McDaniel Memorial”
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First Look: W Hotel Washington
"Washington Monument from POV, W Hotel Washington" by Jenn Larsen, on Flickr
Yesterday I got a sneak peek at the W Hotel Washington, due to soft open next Wednesday. I’m so sorry I wasn’t allowed to photograph the interior for you. Because really, it’s absolutely gorgeous. I hope my words will give you a taste of what to expect on July 8.
First off, it’s impossible to tell what kind of vibe the W will actually have when its public spaces are filled with people. Will it deliver on the promise of some seriously stunning interior design and incredible libation talent? Or will it devolve into a pretentious hive? I can’t answer that now, but I do know that designer Dianna Wong’s wry elegant touches set the stage for a crazy scene.
I was happy to see the original architecture has been renovated, not gutted, melding the cool classicisim of the old hotel with the arch sensuality of the W style. Empress Josephine, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Lily Allen would all be at home in the grand Living Room, with its blacks and reds and pinstripes in a riff on the idea of “lingerie as a power suit.” The chandeliers are all lit for changing moods and clever little details abound, like the George and Martha Washington silhouettes flirting on the elevators.
My favorite part of this large room is tucked into a corner – the old registration desk with its imposing brass and marble is used as a private alcove with purple banquette seating. It’s the perfect example of how the W went about merging the historic with the new.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten is overseeing all the food menus throughout the hotel and catering as well. The J&G Steakhouse features beautiful arched windows, its ceiling scattered with Chinese coins and cherry blossoms. The steakhouse aims to have a rather light and feminine look, but my favorite part is the little nook downstairs, a cosy wine bar facing Pershing Park, with a communal table that’s bound to get lively.
Of course everyone is waiting for that famous rooftop to open. The old Hotel Washington never quite capitalized on that spectacular view, but the W has. Brilliantly. Split into two areas – the inside POV lounge and the outside terrace – this will be the spot of spots, no doubt. Outside redefines patio chic with plenty of comfy seating to admire that fabulous view. But it’s the inside bar where the design explodes with a fun flair – it’s an “Alice in Wonderland” concept – high curving chairs, mirrored walls, and (everyone will be so grateful for this touch) little steel bar tables lining the expansive windows.
I cannot wait to sink into one of those chairs in a long flowing dress and sip one of the handcrafted cocktails being designed by Sasha Petraske of ultra-exclusive Milk and Honey. Justin Guthrie of DC’s own brilliant DC Craft Bartenders Guild will be manning this helm, and you can expect the same meticulous commitment to fresh ingredients and classic pre-Prohibition recipes with a twist.
What’s bound to make for an interesting scene is the W’s stated objective to make sure hotel guests will actually be able to reserve spots and get into the bar/restaurant as well as locals. So we’ll see what kind of mingling ensues…
Beyond these public spaces, I know many women in DC are awaiting Bliss Spa! It’s very bright and girly, but be warned, it seemed quite small, so be prepared to make appointments well in advance. What will make this a destination will be the products and hopefully the service.
If anyone is interested in the rooms, if you like the W style, you’ll love them. Personally I love that style for drinks and nightlife, but hate it for sleeping. I’m not big on white and glossy. But the rooms have that airy spa feel which is so popular in hotels now, so if your guests like that, book them here.
I was really reassured by the enthusiasm for the history of the hotel (did you know the Hotel Washington was continually operated from 1917 to 2007? Elvis and Marilyn Monroe stayed here apparently?) and the commitment to reinventing the W style for DC. There is a lot of local love in the management and that is so much nicer than a corporation just stamping themselves down.
My only serious quibble is that it’s a bit disingenuous to say that “DC has never seen anything like this before,” as seems to be the main message in their brand sell. That’s not entirely accurate and smacks a bit of coming late to the party. We’ve been enjoying some ridiculously sexy restaurant design here for a while, not to mention plenty of boutique and luxury hotels. It’s like that NYC sensibility – they want to make sure DC’s not cool until they say we’re cool. But though I understand they think they need to play that game, really, there’s no need. It’s a gorgeous place and it will be popular.
In any case, I’m looking forward to having drinks in such a whimsical and elegant setting as the W Hotel Washington. Please join me, and let’s keep it fun.
Jenn Larsen
As one of the founding editors of We Love DC, Jenn’s passions are theater and cocktails. After two decades in the city, she’s loved every quirky, mundane, elegant, rude minute of her DC life. A proud advocate for DC’s talented drinks scene, she’s judged the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s ARTINI contest, the DC Rickey Month contest, the Jefferson Hotel’s Quill Cocktail competition, and is a founding member of LUPEC DC. A graduate of Catholic University’s drama program, she toured the country as a member of National Players, and has been both an actor and a costume designer before jumping the aisle to theater criticism. Writing for We Love DC restored her happiness after a life-threatening illness, and she’s grateful to you, dear readers. Send your suggestions to jenn (at) welovedc (dot) com and follow her on Twitter.
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Max on July 1, 2009 at 1:26 pm said:
I can’t wait to check this place out! I won a two night stay in a silent auction recently. Definitely looking forward to spending time on the roof.
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Press Conference at March Field
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Author : Viktor Kuprin
March Air Force Base, California.
“These are the rules,” instructed Major Diehl, the public affairs officer. “Report your observations. Tell them what you saw, but if they ask for your personal opinions about little green men, the press conference is over. Understood?”
The security policemen nodded in understanding.
“Take your seats. I’ll call you up front when it’s time,” said the Major. “How many guests, Bob?”
The old Lieutenant Colonel peeked through the conference room’s double doors. “Forty, at least,” he said.
The reporters quickly filled the room, colliding with each other and the creaky government-issue metal chairs.
Diehl stepped to the lectern. “Good morning, everyone. First, I’d like to present Airman McAlhaney and Sergeant Brandum from our Security Police Squadron. Both were on duty last night. Both witnessed the incident. Go ahead, Airman McAlhaney.”
The nervous young man stood. “At 0245 I was on guard duty at the Alert Facility, walking patrol.”
The LA Times reporter waved his hand. “That’s where a group of B-52s and in-flight refuelers are kept ready for takeoff, right?”
“That’s correct, sir. At that time I saw two very unusual aircraft approaching the flightline at a high rate of speed, on an east-to-west track. They looked like black triangles and, uh, they were glowing blue.”
A lady reporter from Riverside’s Press-Enterprise newspaper called out, “What did you do?”
McAlhaney looked questioningly towards Major Diehl, who nodded to show approval.
“I reported it to my supervisor, m’am, by radio,” McAlhaney continued. “He confirmed my report. He saw them. Then the base went on full security alert.”
The Orange County Register reporter held up his hand. “Major, did your air-traffic controllers track these UFOs?”
“Yes. They were tracked visually,” Diehl answered. “I have no information about any radar contacts.”
The reporters began grumbling incredulously.
“Thank you, Airman McAlhaney,” said Diehl. “If you please, Sargeant Brandum will give his statement.”
Brandum took a deep breath and began. “I was in the weapons storage area when the alert sounded. By the time I got outside, the, uh, objects were directly overhead. Both had blue contrails …”
A young man from an alternative newspaper shouted, “Do you think alien invaders are preparing to attack your base?!”
Major Diehl flew out of his seat. “I think we need to stop here. Thank you for coming, ladies and gentleman.” The reporters yelled and complained as they were ushered from the room.
As the two security policemen walked toward the exit, Airman McAlhaney wondered, “Think we’re the first base they’ve buzzed?”
Behind them a voice said, “No. I’ve seen them before.”
It was Bob, the near-retirement Lieutenant Colonel. “In North Dakota, Germany, even Greenland. And they always, always fly over the nuclear weapons storage areas.”
Both men stared at the old officer. “Sir, what do you think it means?” asked Sargeant Brandum.
Colonel Bob smiled. “Well, if you thought the kids might be playing with matches, wouldn’t you check on them now and then?”
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Consumer Catch-Up: New electric vehicle tax credits proposed, bill banning toxic cosmetics ingredients fails, and Specialized Bicycles issues recall
By Michael Finney
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Bipartisan group counters Trump's efforts to end electric vehicle tax credit with proposed expansion
A bipartisan group in Congress responded to President Donald Trump's threats to eliminate tax credits for electric vehicles by proposing legislation that would expand those credits.
Trump first proposed eliminating the tax credit in March, stating that the move would save the U.S. government $2.5 billion over the next ten years, even though the credit enjoyed bipartisan support in Congress and from major auto manufacturers.
Current regulations allow consumers who purchase certain electric vehicles to receive a tax credit of up to $7,500. The new legislation proposed Wednesday, called The Driving America Forward Act, would expand that credit by raising the number of eligible cars sold. As it stands, the law allows manufacturers to sell 200,000 cars before the tax credit begins to phase out. The proposed change would allow consumers to claim a smaller tax credit of $7,000 after the 200,000 limit is reached; once the manufacturer sells 600,000 vehicles, the credit would then phase out.
"Today's legislation is something we can do now to reduce emissions and combat carbon pollution," said Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), a key sponsor of the bill. "Our bill will (also) help create American jobs."
California bill that would ban "Toxic Twenty" ingredients in cosmetics fails in committee
A California bill aimed at eliminating potentially toxic ingredients in cosmetics has been shelved due to the lack of votes needed in a key committee to move the bill forward.
The Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act identified twenty hazardous ingredients, including asbestos, formaldehyde, mercury, and certain parabens, and banned their use in products sold in California. Many of these ingredients, known as the "Toxic Twenty," are already banned in other countries.
But the Personal Care Product Council, the lobbying arm of the cosmetics industry, pushed back against the bill. The group claimed the bill "grossly oversimplifies the complex science behind the ingredients in cosmetics and personal-care products." The California Chamber of Commerce also called the bill a "job-killer." Current federal laws allow the cosmetics industry to self-regulate their use of dangerous toxins like asbestos.
State lawmakers in the Environment, Safety, and Toxic Materials Committee were scheduled for to vote on April 23, but failed to garner enough votes to move the bill on to the Assembly Health Committee.
Specialized Bicycles recalls bikes with potentially faulty steerer tube collars
Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., of Morgan Hill, California, has issued a recall of four bicycle models with the potential to break and injure riders.
Specialized's Roubaix, Ruby, Diverge, and Sirrus Bicycles have steerer tube collars that can crack if exposed to corrosion. Should the tube collar fail while the bicycle is in use, the rider could crash and cause injury.
Owners of these bikes should discontinue their use and contact an authorized Specialized retailer for a free repair. Consumers can also call Specialized Bicycle Components toll-free at 877-808-8154 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, email ridercare@specialized.com, or visit their website at www.specialized.com for more information.
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Registered nurses at 3 New York City hospital systems threaten to strike
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Registered nurses at three New York City hospital systems are threatening to strike, claiming that staffing shortages put patients at risk and medical centers have ignored their complaints.
Nurses rallied at a Midtown hotel Thursday morning to announce a strike authorization vote.
The strike would affect more than 10,000 nurses at Mt. Sinai, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Montefiore. These nurses have reportedly worked without a contract since December.
"Year after year, protest after protest, these hospital administrators ignore us. What choice do we have?" said Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, a nurse at Montefiore Hospital and president of NYSNA.
The strike is a response to conditions inside hospitals and staffing shortages, and last year, around 20,000 nurses filed roughly 4,000 complaints, according to the New York State Nurses Association.
Nurses said because of these staffing shortages, patients are mistreated, nurses are taking care of people they aren't trained to care for, and nurses routinely miss breaks "at an alarming rate."
For example, one complaint reported that patients were left on stretchers in hallways with days at a time with no privacy due to lack of staff and space. The complaints also noted that only three on-duty registered nurses have cared for 44 babies in the newborn intensive care unit at a time.
"In a medical unit, four patients is really the limit for safety. Some of us are taking care of seven, eight, nine, and covering when other people go on a break, 18 patients, 19 patients, and in the emergency room, the numbers are even higher," Sheridan-Gonzalez said.
In response to the strike, the NYC Hospital Alliance released the following statement:
"Union leadership is engaged in political brinksmanship that would force nurses to abandon patients at their bedsides. Unfortunately, leadership seems more concerned with advancing a political agenda than they are with reaching an agreement that is fair, reasonable, and responsible for all parties.
We respect our NYSNA nurses who are essential to helping deliver high-quality healthcare. It is simply not true that staffing levels are unsafe-the fact is that our hospitals are nationally recognized for providing the best patient care and excellence in healthcare outcomes.
We have been clear with Union leadership that if they call a strike, we will be required to move forward with our plans to bring in trained and qualified replacement nurses to help care for patients.
Rigid, mandated staffing ratios would lower the quality of patient care by overriding the professional judgment of nurses and healthcare experts. We support a patient-first approach to staffing that is built on tailored, flexible staffing plans-designed by experienced nurses-that have proven to best meet the individual and ever-changing needs of patients."
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Abbas’s/Abu Mazen’s Palestinian Authority & Its UNRELENTING Anti-Jewish Incitement: Leftist ‘Peace’ Fetishists Outside & Inside Israel Soldier On…What To Do? Commentary By Adina Kutnicki
Posted on July 12, 2013 by Adina Kutnicki
Whatever happened to children’s magical fairy tales, instead of programs which evince imaginative ways of killing ‘Joos’ and growing up to be a jihadi ‘martyr’? Isn’t Disney movies, Veggie Tales, Barbie, CareBears, and Winnie the Pooh (in Arabic!) enticing enough? Guess not.
And when the goal is to incite to kill, well, depicting your sworn enemy as nothing more than monkeys and pigs is the most efficient path to dehumanizing them. But it is not as if this is news to any of Israel’s resident ‘peace’ fantasists, nor the unrelenting busybodies around the world, chiefly in Washington and Eurabia’s capitals.
Let’s take a short meandering down memory lane, and we will see what shakes out of the jihadi tree. Don’t be too shocked.
In PA Statehood and its violations of international law there are so many egregious crimes to cite, that one does not know where to start listing them, never mind castigating those who champion their outright violations of human rights and all norms of civilized behavior.
But regardless of the heinous actions of the PA/Fatah/Hamas terror juntas, the ‘peace’ train chugs along with many Israeli leftist fantasists, aka civil society elites, hopping on board. The seeming insanity of Israel’s resident obsessives is tackled within a recent interview at Inquisitr, and their damage wrought may very well bring down the Jewish State. They are that intrinsic to the circle of death.
Often lost in the discussion is the assistance given by America’s (and other western nations are inextricably linked) ‘helpmates’ who operate under the ISM jihadi umbrella. Readers should know that their hands are filled with Jewish blood, and many of its leaders are radical Jewish leftists too! Leftist Churches are deeply in the mix, and their whole nexus is described within the above link, aptly titled, The Assorted Terror Appendages of The US Campaign Against The ‘Occupation’.
Rest assured, the absolute illegality of propping up the PA/Fatah/Hamas (they are all inter-related) terror apparatus violates international law on a multiplicity of levels. Its legal efficacy is duly described within by – none other than this blogger’s esteemed ‘go to’ resident expert – Professor Louis Rene Beres. What happens when UN thugs bestow statehood upon terrorists?
So the following ‘news’ shouldn’t be unexpected!
‘Little girls on PA TV:’
Jews are the “most evil among creations,
barbaric monkeys, wretched pigs,”
condemned to “humiliation and hardship”
by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
Palestinian Authority TV continues to promote Islam-based hate speech and Antisemitism, voiced by little children. In this latest example, two sisters recited a poem that included the following demonization of Jews:
“You who murdered Allah’s pious prophets (i.e., Jews in Islamic tradition)
Oh, you who were brought up on spilling blood
You have been condemned to humiliation and hardship
Oh Sons of Zion, oh most evil among creations
Oh barbaric monkeys, wretched pigs.”
The poem also taught that Jerusalem is not for Jews, because Jerusalem “vomits” out the Jews who are said to be “filth” and “impure”:
“Jerusalem vomits from within it your impurity
Because Jerusalem, you impure ones, is pious, immaculate
And Jerusalem, you who are filth, is clean and pure.”
Palestinian Media Watch has documented previous examples of hate speech and Antisemitism voiced by children on official PA TV, including:
Jews are “Allah’s enemies, the sons of pigs… They raped the women in the city squares, They defiled Allah’s book [the Quran] in front of millions”
“Zion is Satan with a tail“
Jews are “inferior and smaller, more cowardly and despised“
Need more edification? The Blaze tells the tale as well.
Lest anyone requires further education, wondering, who exactly are the ‘Palestinians’ and where did they originate from, look no more. After all, this IS a valid question, especially since they are seeking to ‘reclaim’ the thousands year old Jewish homeland. So to answer this conundrum, as clearly as possible, let’s turn to the words of their own leadership, duly expressed in this blogger’s recent interview at Inquisitr: “Thus, the following is a sampling, but by no means exhaustive: Fathi Hammad, Hamas’s Minister of the Interior and National Security, had this to say, ” Brothers, half of the Palestinians are Egyptians and the other half are Saudis.” Likewise, Zuheir Muhsin, late member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Executive Council, intoned: ” The existence of a separate Palestinian identity exists only for tactical reasons. The establishment of a Palestinian State is a new tool to continue the fight against Israel.” Similarly, Hussein bin Talal, late King of Jordan, opined,” The appearance of the Palestinian personality comes as an answer to Israel’s claim that Palestine is Jewish.” To be exact, the late, non-lamented Chairman Arafat – the Palestinian godfather of suicide terror, schooled by the KGB, but I digress – was Egyptian-born! Thereby, isn’t it appropriate to posit: Shouldn’t “straight out of the horse’s mouth” proofs be more than enough evidence, to finally put to bed the lies spun on behalf of the Palestinian narrative?
In its essence, the question still remains: What happens when mega rich ‘peace’ obsessed instigators get involved? Hint: Scores of dead Jews litter graveyards; countless are maimed for life, both physically and mentally; and the real possibility of the destruction of the Jewish homeland, for the third time in history, is more than feasible!
May all those who continue said immoral (and illegal) campaign fall flat on their face – for starters – thus, unable to get up and charge forward. Regardless of their lofty positions, political power and otherwise influential stations in life, this is the least they deserve. Don’t dare get distracted by their opining: Yes, we ‘only’ want ‘peace’!
Peace of the grave.
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genomega1 on July 12, 2013 at 3:26 pm said:
Reblogged this on News You May Have Missed and commented:
Abbas’s/Abu Mazen’s #Palestinian Authority & Its UNRELENTING Anti-Jewish Incitement: Leftist ‘Peace’ Fetishists Outside & Inside Israel Soldier On…What To Do? Commentary By Adina Kutnicki
OyiaBrown on July 12, 2013 at 3:34 pm said:
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Boruch N. Hoffinger on July 12, 2013 at 10:54 pm said:
Interesting web site…great work!
Just viewed the: http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=763&fld_id=763&doc_id=9312
Jews are evil…etc.’
Well, just as is written in The Gemarra…jealousy.
B”H they have what to be jealous about.
Be proud Jews!
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