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[Seattle Go Center] Weekend Events
This Saturday, May 31, Simon (Ximeng) Yu 1p will be teaching at the Go Center, starting around 2:00. The Go Center will open the regular Saturday hours (1-7 p.m.) Most Saturdays we have more than 20 players visit.
The Crossroads meet-up will not be happening this Saturday, but will continue this summer on Thursdays and Saturdays, from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
The Ratings Tournament is this Sunday, June 1. From email, I know we have a 6 dan playing, and a 20 kyu as well, in addition to our usual low dan players and single digit kyu players. So we should be able to find games for a wide range of players. Registration is on the day of the tournament, starting at 12:00 p.m.
Manager, Seattle Go Center
[Seattle Go Center] Ratings Tournament this Sunday, June 1
Once again I am shocked to discover that another month is fast approaching. Our Monthly Ratings Tournament is this Sunday, June 1, at the Go Center, with registration from 12:00 to 12:45. At the last regular Monthly Ratings Tournament in April we had 10 players from 2 dan to 20 kyu.
Here are the details of the tournament:
This is a great way to play some intense Go face to face. 3 rounds, Japanese rules. The tournament is free, but you need to pay for your visit to the Go Center, or be a voting member of the Go Center, or be a "new member" which gives you ten free visits. Registration is from 12:00 - 12:45 sharp. You can call 206 545-1424 if you will run late. If you call in, your clock starts 10 min into the first round, and after 30 min, if you do not show, you forfeit.
AGA membership required; please check to see if your membership is current, and try to renew it online if it needs to be updated. More info on membership is at www.usgo.org You can join the AGA or renew in person at the Go Center as well, but please come early to do that. You do not have play all three rounds - just be sure to tell the Tournament Director what your plans are.
If your first game runs long, you do not have much time for lunch. We recommend that you bring food to the Go Center, rather than planning on going out to get lunch.
[Seattle Go Center] NO DDK CLASS TODAY!
Just a quick reminder that we will not be holding our Double-Digit Kyu
Class tonight in observance of Memorial Day.
See you next week when it's June!
Nick Sibicky, 4D AGA
Double Digit Kyu Class
Mondays, 6:30 PM at SGC
[Seattle Go Center] Closed this Sat Afternoon, Open at 6:00, also meetup in Bellevue
Here is a friendly reminder that the Go Center will be closed this afternoon, Saturday, May 24, but it will be open at 6:00 p.m. and into the night as we watch the 5th game of the Lee Sedol – Gu Li Jubango online. Of course, people will be playing Go at the Center as well. The match game will probably go past midnight, and Dennis Wheeler plans to stay until the end.
We also have a meet-up at Bellevue Crossroads scheduled this Saturday, May 24, from 6:30 – 8:30, with Frank Fukuda as host. They will meet near the giant chess board in the “Game Lane”, near Uncle’s Games. There is no charge for this, and we had 5 people come on the last Saturday we did this.
I hope you have a good weekend.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/online-sport-book-and-casino.
[Seattle Go Center] Spring Tournament Results
My apologies for not sending this out sooner. Our Spring Tournament at the Go Center on May 4 was well attended, with 26 players. Steven Shi, a UW freshman, won the Open Section. It was his first tournament at the Go Center. Jinhe Cui placed second, and Kum Kang Lee placed third. In the stronger Handicap Section, Dengda (Dan) Tang took first place, and Zhihong Yao (known to most members as Yao) took second. In the Handicap Section for 6 kyu to 30 kyu, Stella Oh took first place and Zhi Wei Chen took second. Stella also won the Youth Award with her 3-0 record. Her teacher is Sonny Cho.
Although they didn't win any prizes, congratulations also to the Betcher brothers, for playing in the Open Section for their first time, and for winning some of their games against very strong players. Jordon was 1-2, and Job 2-1.
The AGA ratings now include the results of this tournament. Thanks also to our Tournament Directors, Bill Chiles and Dan Top.
[Seattle Go Center] Eastside Donations Needed
We are pleased that our Crossroads Bellevue meet-ups are now a regular event. Frank F. will be at the “Game Lane” this Saturday, May 24, from 5:30 – to 8:30, and Thane will be there next Thursday, May 29, for the same hours. This is the first time we have had weekly gatherings on the Eastside on a continuing basis.
We are keeping some of our outreach equipment at Crossroads for the meet-ups. The replacement cost of this equipment is about $400. It would be great if the Eastside players could make donations to the Go Center to help us out. If most Crossroads regulars paid $30 each, we would come out about even. Playing at Crossroads is free; the donation would be “paying forward” for our next outreach effort. Since we are a 501(c)(3) charity, the donations would be tax deductible (for people who itemize their deductions on their federal tax).
Donation checks can be made out to the “Seattle Go Center”, and sent to the address below. You can also use our “Paypal” button on our website to make donations with a credit card, or with Paypal. The button is at the very bottom of this page:
http://www.seattlego.org/donate/ We would really appreciate your help.
[ORE] GM Screen format preference
I'm going to put together a GM Screen for Better Angels and have a choice: four panels at 8.5" tall or three panels at 11" tall. If you have an opinion, please use this form to tell me which you prefer:
ttp://tinyurl.com/gmscreenpref
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JQsS9mMwsm86l_sDvhFT3z1qBbo5eFAs8xSONGK2JTo/viewform?usp=send_form
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
Re: [ORE] Booster Question
I would word it as "Mass" and be done with it. That gives you x10 per level.
Having more minions doesn't have any mechanical effect on the rolls, it just presents you with more options related to having more people, which is pretty much the same as them all being 20 feet tall or super dense (or being a swarm of ants or nanites etc).
That's coming from a "don't over complicate it" GM.
On May 21, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Sean Worcester <worcester.sean@gmail.com> wrote:
So I have a questions regarding the application of the extra booster in Miracles in Wild Talents
I have a PC with Minion Miracle, if he add Booster to the power Minion what is a good effect as he wants to boost the number of minions summoned, not the range or the mass of the minions. Currently I am going with dice pool + 10 per rating of Booster, but i have this gut feeling that should be dice pool *10 because of the wording of the Extra.
--Sean Worcester
[ORE] Arc Dream and Delta Green at GenCon 2014
TL;DR: We will be there!
Details about seminars and games:
http://arcdream.com/home/2014/05/arc-dream-and-delta-green-at-gencon-2014/
[ORE] Booster Question
[Seattle Go Center] Closed Saturday Afternoon May 24 - Open in the Evening
We usually close for Memorial Day weekend. This time, it will be a little different. We will be closed in the afternoon, but we will open by 6:00 p.m. to watch the 5th game of the Jubango between Gu Li and Lee Sedol, which will be broadcast on-line from Shangri-La, Yunnan, China. Dennis Wheeler plans to stay late, so come by any time that evening.
[Seattle Go Center] Congratulations to the "Seattle 1" AGA Pandanet Team!
The “Seattle 1” team of the AGA Pandanet City League won their tournament with Washington D.C. this weekend, playing on-line. This means that they win a free to trip to New York City to play the Vancouver B.C. team in person for the championship at the US Go Congress in August. Congratulations!
The Seattle team this round was Simon (Ximeng) Yu, Ho Son, and Momoko Tsutsui. Dong Baek Kim has played in other rounds. Michael Cho is the team captain, and Sonny Cho helped as well.
In the final round, Sonny reports that Simon was ahead by about 20 points when his opponent resigned. Momoko Tsutsui lost a close game by 4.5 points. Ho Son won an exciting game by 9 points against Jie Li 9d, who has won many national tournaments. Ho Son captured a mid-size dragon early in the game and never gave his opponent a chance to come back.
We look forward to the finals in New York!
[Seattle Go Center] Monday's DDK Class: Beer Game/Pro Review
A couple of things about tomorrow's DDK class....
First, there is a SGC board meeting going on at 6:30 pm. Because of the
logistics of this, we will have time to play some games FIRST and do the
lecture AFTER. So, come at 6:30 and play some go!
At 7:30 pm, we will start the lecture. Recently, my friend Kevin Hwang
was in town for a job interview from Texas and we met up late night at a
bar and brought a go board and played some go. This go may not have
been our finest (because, well, you know.....beer) but he recorded the
games and showed them to his teacher, Jennie Shen, 2P. Kevin was nice
enough to transcribe her comments and send them to me, so I'd like to
show you all what a 2-dan professional said about our moves!
TLDR; Come see my drunken go game reviewed by a 2P! Hope to see you there!
Nick Sibicky, 4D
6:30-8:30 Mondays at the SGC
[ORE] GenCon registration live
Register now! Look for Delta Green, Godlike, Better Angels and more Arc Dream roleplaying game at #GenCon.
https://www.gencon.com/users/sign_in
[Seattle Go Center] Saturday Events - May 17
The big event this weekend, May 17-18, is our outreach at the U District Street Fair. We will be under a canopy on “the Ave” just north of 42nd St, almost across the way from Bulldog News and Espresso. Our hours are 10-7 Sat, and 10-6 Sun. There will be free hot drinks for all instructors.
The Go Center will be open for regular hours this Saturday, May 17, from 1-7 p.m. Dennis Wheeler will be there. Instructor John Richards will be teaching at the Street Fair.
Pro Simon (Ximeng) Yu will not be teaching this Saturday. Instead, he will be playing for Seattle in the AGA Pandanet City League. You can watch his game online on the Pandanet Go Server, starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday. By the way, the Seattle A team is doing well in this tournament, and if they win this weekend, they will one of two teams competing for the championship at the Go Congress in New York this August. Ho Son, Momoko Tsutsui, and Dong Baek Kim are also on the A team, with Michael Cho as the Captain. We wish them more success!
The Meet-up at Crossroads Bellevue will not be happening this Saturday evening. However, it will continue in the future, on both Thursdays and Saturdays.
[ORE] NO SOUL LEFT BEHIND: Playtesters needed for 'Better Angels'
Via http://arcdream.com/home/2014/05/no-soul-left-behind-playtesters-needed-for-better-angels/
For the last few months, Caleb Stokes (No Security) has been running a Better Angels campaign called "The Spared and the Spoiled." You can listen to it on the RPPR Actual Play Podcast.
But as fun as that is, it's just the beginning — the fruit with which we tempt you to evil. We are fiendishly pleased to announce that we plan to publish Caleb's campaign as a full-length Better Angels sourcebook under the title No Soul Left Behind.
It'll be coming to Kickstarter soon. But in the meantime we need playtesters! If you have Better Angels and you have a few friends willing to play it and make notes as they go, we need your help. Email shane.ivey@gmail.com with "'No Soul' Playtesting" in the subject field to sign up. (Cult of ORE warning: Please do NOT just "Reply" to this email!) We'll send detailed instructions and guidelines starting Monday, 19 May 2014.
If you playtest one or two scenarios from No Soul Left Behind—and send us playtest reports as instructed—we'll send the final PDF edition free to you and each friend who helped you playtest it. If you playtest three or more scenarios, we'll also send you one copy in print, free. Or if you playtest five or more scenarios we'll send two copies in print. Of course every playtester will be listed as such in the book's acknowledgements.
What are you in for? Listen as Caleb himself teaches to the test:
Are you still here? Send that email and sign up now!
[Seattle Go Center] No meet-up this Saturday at Crossroads May 17
This Saturday, May 17, there will be no meet-up to play Go at Crossroads Bellevue Shopping Mall. This is an exception; usually there will be meet-ups on both Thursdays and Saturdays from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., near the “Game Lane” and Uncle’s Games.
[Seattle Go Center] Bellevue Go at Crossroads tonight
Hi everyone.
We continue to meet weekly in Bellevue on Thursday evenings, from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. We usually have between 10 and 14 people of all levels, ranging from beginner to dan-level players.
We meet in the Game Lane at the Crossroads Mall, near the giant chess board. We hope to see you there!
-Thane
[ORE] Better Angels: The Cat O' Nine Tails, Vessel of the Villainous Nine
Via http://arcdream.com/home/2014/05/better-angels-the-cat-o-nine-tails-vessel-of-the-villainous-nine/
Written by Greg Stolze and illustrated by Kurt Komoda, © 2014.
The air/land/sea assault craft of the notorious Villainous Nine is a vaguely feline black-and-purple vessel roughly the size and shape of one of those ridiculous stretch Hummer limo-SUVs. The four-foot-tall tires under the stylized wheel wells that look like the limbs of a cat poised to strike propel it at rates of up to 100 mph on the road, and a respectable 65 over rough terrain like, probably, your home. Those same wheels rotate downward to house jet turbines that can lift it, let it hover, or send it through the skies at a top speed of 200 mph. On the water, the tires ratchet outwards and up while pontoons descend and let it skate along looking, for all the world, like a cat recoiling from a puddle. But cats on puddles don't run at 150 mph.
So that's the 'cat' element. What about the nine tails? Well, one of them, in the middle, is the rear jet port that provides forward thrust. The other eight are articulated tentacles, four on each side of the jet, tipped with grasping pincers and, often, with some kind of ordinary machine gun or cannon mounted. The Villainous Nine change the weapons up quite often, depending on the needs of the heist/score/atrocity.
So far, it just gets the Nine where they're going (albeit in style), with weapons turrets that aren't anything much more complicated than the snake-like robots being built at Carnegie Melon University. The unholy devilishness of the device is that it's actually cheaper to maintain than a house cat. It runs on water and doesn't even need a cat box. Moreover, it gets almost fifty miles to the gallon, flying, driving or sailing the seas. Any oil exec would tell you this is clearly, clearly the work of Hell itself.
Statted up as a device, the Cat O' Nine Tails is a Major Environmental Change, so it cost its maker (Brian "Brains" Ornichowski) 3 Generosity. It mimics normal vehicles (which would be minor) except for the fueling gimmick, which pushes it up to Major. Its flaw is one level of "Bulky," making it big enough for all nine to travel in it. (Ornichowski drives, usually making Sly Cowardice or Endurance rolls.) The guns and tentacles are really just chrome for ordinary technology, usually offering +3 weapon Advantage to Sly Cruelty rolls. Each passenger has access to one armed 'tail.'
Activation: Sly Cowardice or Endurance
Major Environmental Change
Flaws:
Cost: 3 Generosity
Re: [ORE] Abridged summary of cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic
ok, cool. :]
Glad I could help.
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:29 AM, <cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Today's topic summary
Group: http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore/topics
Update to 'Blood of the Gods' [2 Updates]
Update to 'Blood of the Gods'
matt <iamafrayed@gmail.com> May 14 09:35AM -0700
PDF only?
Is there a print version available?
On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:50:00 AM UTC-7, Shane Ivey wrote:
Shane Ivey <shane.ivey@gmail.com> May 14 11:38AM -0500
Just PDF. Although now that you mention it, I could see about doing a cover
and setting it up as POD next to the PDF.
*Shane Ivey, Arc Dream Publishing*
The One Roll Engine and more: ...more
Re: [ORE] Re: Update to 'Blood of the Gods'
Just PDF. Although now that you mention it, I could see about doing a cover and setting it up as POD next to the PDF.
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 11:35 AM, matt <iamafrayed@gmail.com> wrote:
Via http://arcdream.com/home/2014/05/seek-the-golden-fleece-in-blood-of-the-gods/
We have updated Blood of the Gods, Dr. Paul Mitchener's epic Wild Talents sourcebook of heroic action in mythic ancient Greece. In Blood of the Gods the players' heroes and heroines are descended from the gods and goddesses themselves and hold the gods and goddesses as personal patrons. As demigods the player characters derive incredible supernatural powers from both ancestor and patron. They face all the dangers and wonders of ancient myth.
The new update adds new material on roleplaying the culture of archaic Greece and a new adventure, "The Golden Fleece," where your heroes can undertake a quest to achieve the magical golden fleece of Colchis and save beloved Athens from disaster.
Heroes and Antagonists (new skills, weapons, the Divine Hero archetype)
Gods and Religion (hubris, contact with the gods, gods and titans, Olympian gods and goddesses)
Gifts (divine powers built with Wild Talents rules)
Ancient Greek Culture and Beliefs (divine heroes, the polis, philosophy and technology, women in mythic Greece, and more)
Real and Mythical Places (from Argos to the Underworld)
Events (an overview of the 6th century BCE)
Example Characters (seven heroes ready to play)
Monsters (16 creatures from Greek myth)
Sample Adventure: Funeral Games (intrigue and heroism—which will win out?)
Sample Adventure: The Golden Fleece (follow the path of Jason of the Argonauts!)
Adventure Seeds (six ideas to build new adventures and campaigns)
Download Blood of the Gods and make your own myths and legends today.
[ORE] Re: Update to 'Blood of the Gods'
[Seattle Go Center] U District Street Fair Outreach this Sat and Sun - May 17 & 18
Dear Volunteers,
It’s time to introduce ourselves to the neighbors! We will be setting up a canopy and a table with boards at the U District Street Fair this weekend. We need friendly teachers to show people how to play “capture” on small boards. There will also be chances for teaching games on the 13x13 and 19x19 boards. If you are new to teaching, we are glad to mentor you. Our main advice is to not rush the instruction; it is easy to swamp beginners with too much information. As Bill Camp put it, “Never answer a question that hasn’t been asked.”
We need instructors for:
Sunday 10 am – 6 pm
We will be on the “Ave” (University Way), in booth 343, across the street from Bulldog News Service Espresso, a bit north of 42nd St.
I also need help for load-in and load-out
Saturday 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (meet at the Go Center)
Sunday 6 – 7:30 p.m. (start at the booth)
Please contact me if you can help out.
[ORE] Update to 'Blood of the Gods'
[ORE] GenCon events
GenCon event Wish Lists open at 9 pm EST tonight. Arc Dream's games tend to fill up fast so sign up early.
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=2f77d2f8c77398c0b064223ba&id=a36e2dd664&e=a06a7c1f27
[Seattle Go Center] Youth Scholarships to Go Congress
This August, the U.S. Go Congress will be in New York City at the Hotel Pennsylvania in midtown Manhattan. More information is at:
http://www.gocongress.org/
Many young people attend the Go Congress, but they have to be accompanied by an adult. There are special programs and opportunities for kids. While this gets expensive for folks in the state of Washington, there are three scholarships available for local youth. The American Go Foundation is offering a $200 scholarship to youth who want to attend the Go Congress. They have to write an essay to apply. There is still time to apply for this. The second AGF scholarship program is for youth competing in the Redmond Cup, which is under way, and in the North American Kyu Championship, which is already finished. The third scholarship comes from the Seattle Go Center.
Using a gift from the Seattle Chapter of the AGA, the Seattle Go Center will provide up to $300 in additional scholarship funds to youth from the State of Washington who are attending the US Go Congress. The total funds available are $1,200; if there are more than four qualified youth by May 30, they will divide up the $1,200 proportionately. The Seattle Go Center funds are intended as a supplement to the current AGF scholarships for the Go Congress.
If youth have already completed their AGF scholarship application, no additional forms will be needed for the supplemental scholarship funds from the Seattle Go Center. They should simply notify Paul Barchilon at youth@usgo.org that they are interested in the additional help. For more information about the AGF Go Congress scholarship program, which is still taking applications, please go to this link:
http://agfgo.org/pages/scholarships.php#congressscholarship
[Seattle Go Center] Today, Thursday, May 8
All our regular Thursday events are happening today, May 8. The Go Center opens at 2:00 p.m., and we usually have a small group here in the afternoon. Players in the 10 kyu – 4 dan range can usually find a game. Both Japanese and English are spoken (and often Chinese). If you like a quiet game of Go, this is a good time to come. In the evening, the Beginners Class with Frank Lam continues, and it is open to new players. We usually have some kyu players, too.
On the Eastside, the very successful Crossroads Meet-Up continues, in the “Game Lane” of the Crossroads Bellevue Shopping Center. This week, they will be meeting from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. The players range from double digit kyu players to dan level. Sonny Cho 6d often comes and provides instruction. David O. 4d has also been coming.
In Greenwood, the Couth Buzzard bookstore/coffeehouse gathers Go players on Thursdays. (8310 Greenwood Ave N., Seattle, 98103.) Our instructor John Richards is a regular, and there are usually at least two games in progress. Some of the kyu players we know from Sakura Con hang out here. They close at 9:00 p.m.
[Seattle Go Center] DDK Class Tonight: Zen Go Survivor!
For those of you who haven't been to the class before, you may be
wondering exactly what "Zen Go Survivor" means. Well, simply put it's a
combination of "Zen Go" and "Survivor Go!" Zen go is a go game that is
played between 3 people (sometimes 5) where play rotates around the
table alternating black and white. The odd number of players means that
every other turn, you will alternate between playing a move for white
and playing a move for black. It is a wonderful way to study the game,
as you are trying to find the best moves for both players. "Survivor
Go" is a form of teaching, where the teacher rewards or (more often)
penalizes every move you make, based on your level of ability.
Anyway, this should be a lot of fun! I hope to see you there!
[Seattle Go Center] Tournament this Sunday May 4 Registration at 10 am
Here is a friendly reminder that our Spring Tournament is tomorrow (Sunday) May 4, with registration from 10:00 – 10:45, at the Seattle Go Center. We have special prize of $50 for the youth player with the best won lost record. The total purse for other cash prizes will be $200. We also have some nice equipment prizes. The sections will be determined by the Tournament Director after we see who shows up. I know we have a wide range of players coming – from 7 dan amateur to 20 kyu. We hope you will join us tomorrow!
[Seattle Go Center] Simon Yu 1p will be teaching today Saturday 2 pm
This is to confirm that professional Simon Yu will be teaching today, Saturday, May 3 at the Go Center, starting at 2:00 p.m.
[Seattle Go Center] Beginner Class tonight!
Just a reminder there will be class tonight at the normal time, 7pm-9pm.
Bring your (go) problems in for a free consultation!
[Seattle Go Center] Tokyo Go School Aug 26 - Sept 4
Dear Seattle Go Center Members,
The Nihon Ki-in has organized a Go workshop in Tokyo for adults and college students from August 26 – Sept 4. This is for players 10 kyu and stronger, and it is designed for non-Japanese players. It includes cultural tours, instruction from pros, and participation in a large amateur tournament. The prices look very reasonable, especially for Tokyo. For more information, please visit:
http://www.summer-go-school.info/#/home
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Series II. Family and other personal correspondence, 1924-1977 ca. 224 items
This portion of the archive is organized into two subseries: Agnes Renger-Patzsch and Ernst Renger-Patzsch (from 1966 to 1977), and Personal correspondence of Albert Renger-Patzsch (from 1924 to 1966).
Series II.A. Agnes Renger-Patzsch and Ernst Renger-Patzsch, 1966-1977 134 items
The first subseries comprises the business correspondence of Renger-Patzsch's widow Agnes Renger-Patzsch and his son Ernst Renger-Patzsch with various organizations, industrial firms, editors, and friends. The letters provide information about the range of professional activities relating to Albert Renger-Patzsch which took place after his death, mainly the reprinting of his photographs, several exhibitions of his work, lectures, and press articles. Correspondence filed under Carl Georg Heise (ca. 35 items) , which also includes letters by Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, Otto Steinert, Fritz Kempe and the Sigbert Mohn Verlag, focuses on the reissue of Die Welt ist schön and the plan for a book commemorating the late Albert Renger-Patzsch.
15 7-12 Harry Abrams - Unidentified 1947-1977
15 7 Harry N. Abrams - Harder, 1966 - 1967
15 7 Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1967
3 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P.: correspondence with the publishing house (Henriette Goppel) regarding reprints of R.P.'s photograph of a staircase in the castle in Bruchsal.
15 7 Aken, Roberto van, 1966
1 letter to Agnes R.P. from an estate administrator in Lugano regarding the death of Ninon Hesse.
15 7 Arli [?], 1967
1 postcard addressed to Agnes R.P., sent from Denmark.
15 7 Benscheidt, Karl, 1967
4 business letters to Agnes R.P. regarding reprints.
15 7 College Art Association of America, 1972
2 items (3 leaves): a letter from CAA in New York (S.A. Callisen) addressed to Albert R.P. asking him to contribute photographs for the Educational Lantern Slide Project, and a description of the project. In German. Annotated by Agnes R.P.
15 7 Colsman, Adalbert, 1967, 1976
7 items (8 leaves): 5 letters to Agnes R.P. from the industrialist and art collector, who mentions a book project about R.P. and a recently opened exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work. Also 1 personal letter to Ernst R.P. [with envelope] regarding the death of Agnes R.P.
15 7 Deutscher Spinnereimaschinenbau Ingolstadt, 1967
1 letter by Agnes R.P. regarding a payment.
15 7 Dierks, 1966
4 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P.: correspondence concerning the estate of the late R.P. Included are 2 letters from Dr. Dierks ["Wirtschaftsprüfer"] from the Westfälische Landesbausparkasse in Münster.
15 7 Evangelische Luisen-Kirchengemeinde (Berlin, Germany), 1967
4 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P. Concerning the grave of Frieda Renger-Patzsch in Berlin-Charlottenburg.
15 7 Foto Prisma, 1967
5 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P.: correspondence with the editor Heinrich Freytag concerning a lecture by Adolf J. Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth published by Foto Prisma in March 1967, which was illustrated with photographs by R.P. Agnes R.P. comments on an article about R.P. by Gerhard Kerff. With a mention of Otto Steinert.
15 7 Friends of Photography, 1973
1 business letter from the Friends of Photography in Carmel, California to Agnes R.P. Annotated by Agnes R.P.
15 7 Fuhrmann, Ilse, 1969
1 letter to Agnes R.P. by the widow of Ernst Fuhrmann, sent from Flushing, New York. With a mention of the photographer Lotte Jacobi and Ernst Fuhrmann's son Arend.
15 7 Gebrüder-Busch-Kreis, 1972
5 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the organization Gebrüder-Busch-Kreis in Hilchenbach-Dahlbruch [ written by Wolfgang Burbach] regarding the exhibition Westfälische Wasserburgen. [Also see checklist filed in Box 20, F. 11].
15 7 Harder, 1967
1 letter by Agnes R.P., refering to a list of photographs by Albert R.P. and an exhibition of his work.
15 8 Heise, Carl Georg, 1967 and 1977
ca. 35 items (on 38 leaves): professional and personal correspondence between Carl Georg Heise and Agnes R.P., also with Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, Otto Steinert, the Sigbert Mohn Verlag in Gütersloh [Dieter Struss], and Fritz Kempe at the Staatliche Landesbildstelle Hamburg; mainly concerning the reissue of Die Welt ist schön and Heise's plan to publish a book commemorating the late Albert Renger-Patzsch. Also included is a letter from Heise to Renger-Patzsch's son Ernst, and a letter from Ernst R.P. to Heise [from 1977]. Ernst R.P. mentions correspondence between Albert R.P. and Mies van der Rohe about reissuing Die Welt ist schön.
15 9 Daan Helfferich - Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
15 9 Helfferich, Daan, 1967
2 letters from Agnes R.P. to the editor of Foto. Agnes R.P. writes about the opening ceremony of an exhibition of R.P.'s work; asks if Helfferich would buy back her late husband's camera; and responds to Helfferich's question regarding copyrights of R.P.'s photographs of trees.
15 9 Henze, Helene, 1967
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. Henze mentions Rudolf Grossmann.
15 9 Hesse-Frielinghaus, Herta, 1966-1967
3 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the director of Städtisches Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum in Hagen; regarding the inclusion of R.P.'s photographic work in the exhibition Kunsthandwerk.
15 9 Hierl, Hubertus, 1967
4 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the photographer Hubertus Hierl concerning Hierl's portrait photographs of Pablo Picasso. Hierl comments on R.P.'s photographic work, and mentions his own plans for a documentary film and a televison program.
15 9 Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 1967
3 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the art editor Roberta Guerette, regarding the copyright for R.P.'s photograph of the Zwinger in Dresden, for the book by Thomas Patrick Neill Story of mankind. Included is an illustration of the Zwinger in Dresden.
15 10 Lotte Jacobi - Hugo Kückelhaus
15 10 Jacobi, Lotte, 1966-1969
5 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. The American-based photographer Jacobi mentions that an exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work, curated Hugh L. Edwards, will be held in 1967 at the Art Institute in Chicago. Jacobi also asks for a copy of a lecture R.P. gave in Dortmund, and offers to return to Agnes R.P. letters she recieved from Albert R.P. Included is an invitation to the opening of The New Community Church Art Gallery in New York, featuring an exhibition of Lotte Jacobi's photographic work.
15 10 Jünger, Ernst, 1974
1 letter to Agnes R.P. Jünger responds to the news about the death of R.P.'s daughter Sabine. Annotated by Agnes R.P. : a mention of Frau v. Hügel.
15 10 Kätelhön, Henner, 1967
1 letter to Agnes R.P. Kätelhön mentions his letter to the Sauerland Verlag.
15 10 Kempe, Fritz, 1967, 1977
2 letters from the director of Staatliche Landesbildstelle in Hamburg, one to Agnes R.P. and one to Ernst R.P. In his letter to Agnes R.P. [1967], Kempe mentions his article about Albert R.P. issued in the magazine Kamera und Schule. In his letter to Ernst R.P. [1977], Kempe expresses his interest in acquiring recordings of lectures by Albert R.P., and photographs ["Gummidrucke"] by Albert's father Robert Renger-Patzsch.
15 10 Kerff, Gerhard, 1967
1 letter to Agnes R.P. from the photographer, writing about his article on R.P. published in the September issue of Foto Prisma, stating that it is based on his own student notes taken during lectures R.P. held at the Folkwang School in Essen in 1934. Kerff provides some details about R.P.'s lectures.
15 10 Klugmann, Hedwig, 1967
2 items: 1 legal document of Das Amtsgericht Bad Salzuflen concerning mortgages of Hedwig Klugmann, and an envelope.
15 10 Knaup, Adelheid, 1967
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. from Adelheid Knaup (?).
15 10 Knupp, Karl H., 1967
7 items, including 2 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the architect and his firm (Hermann Enders) regarding reprints of a photograph of a winter landscape by R.P.
15 10 Kreutter, Wolfgang, 1967
1 letter by Agnes R.P. to the German artist. Agnes R.P. mentions the exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work in Essen, and plans for another exhibition in Arnsberg.
15 10 Kückelhaus, Hugo, 1967, 1976
3 letters: 2 to Agnes R.P. [1967] and 1 to Ernst R.P. [1976). In his letter to Agnes R.P. Kückelhaus writes about photography, mentions a portrait photograph of Pablo Picasso and Ansel Adams' photograph of a pinecone. With a caricature drawing.
15 11 Magdalena Padberg - Die Zeit
15 11 Padberg, Magdalena, 1968
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. in which Padberg writes about the popularity of her latest book, a biography of Elsa Brändström [ Das Leben der Elsa Brändström, 1968].
15 11 Rittersche Buch- und Kunsthandlung (Soest, Germany), 1967
1 thank-you letter to Agnes R.P. with letterhead of Rittersche Buch- und Kunsthandlung in Soest, regarding an invitation to the opening of the exhibition of R.P.'s photographic work in Arnsberg. Signature illegible.
15 11 Schlensker, Ernst, 1968
1 professional letter by Agnes R.P. to the Regierungspräsident Ernst Schlensker in Arnsberg concerning Schlensker's draft of a text about Albert R.P. for a calender [Heimatkalender].
15 11 Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, J. Adolf, 1967
2 items: envelope and letter to Agnes R.P. from the art historian. Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth thanks her for a copy of Gestein, mentions his lecture about R.P. published by Foto Prisma [in March 1967] and the editor Heinrich Freytag.
15 11 Schupp, F. (Fritz), 1967
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P. from the architect.
15 11 Kulturgemeinde Siegen, 1967
2 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. ; concerning a future exhibition.
15 11 Steinert, Otto, 1967
4 items: correspondence with Otto Steinert; regarding the sale of several of R.P.'s photographs for Steinert's personal collection. Included is a letter from Sigbert Mohn Verlag in Gütersloh to Otto Steinert, declining to publish a book about R.P. because of the negative impact of color television on sales of black and white photography books.
15 11 F. Tigges Buch- und Kunsthandlung, 1967
2 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. Correspondence with the editor Goldstein; regarding photographs by R.P. published in a calendar [ Westfalen-Kalender 1967]. [Also see correspondence with Albert R.P. filed in Box 14, F. 4].
15 11 Georg Westermann Schulverlag, 1967
3 items, including 1 by Agnes R.P. ; regarding reprints of a photograph by R.P. for a new edition of a school book. The photograph was previously published in the magazine Camera, no. 4, 1967.
15 11 Westfälische Landes-Bausparkasse (Münster in Westfalen, Germany), 1967
1 business letter to Agnes R.P.
15 11 Woltze, Karl, 1966
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P.
15 11 Die Zeit, 1967
1 letter by Agnes R.P. to the publishers of Die Zeit in Hamburg regarding copyright permission for the architect Karl H. Knupp.
15 12 Unidentified correspondence with Agnes Renger-Patzsch, 1967
15 12 K[?], 1967
1 personal letter to Agnes R.P., sent from a hospital [Städtisches Krankenhaus] in Soest. K. writes about the significance of R.P.'s photographic work and mentions that Carl Georg Heise is writing a book about R.P.
15 12 V[?], 1967
1 letter to Agnes A.P. dated July 4, 1967. The author writes about the light in the exhibition space in the castle in Arnsberg where R.P. s photographs were shown; and mentions sending to Agnes R.P. a list of 88 "Sujets" for a publication about R.P. With a mention of Korkmann and Krenz.
Series II.B. Personal correspondence of Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1924-1966 ca. 90 items
The second subseries, dating from 1924 to 1966, comprises personal correspondence of Albert Renger-Patzsch with his mother Frieda [Johanna Frederike], other relatives and friends.
16 Frieda Renger-Patzsch - Paul Wöller, 1924-1966
16 1 Renger-Patzsch, Frieda, 1924-1931
48 personal letters (on 49 leaves), including 6 postcards, all in Sütterlin script, by the mother of R.P. Johanna Fredericke to Albert (28 letters) and his wife Agnes (20 letters). [Needs further analysis. ]
16 2 Römer, Carl, 1954-1966
12 personal letters, including 1 by R.P. to his brother-in-law Carl Römer, specialist in internal medicine, and 1 letter from Carl Römer to Agnes Renger-Patzsch. [Needs further analysis. ]
16 3 Nina Sackett - Paul Wöller
16 3 Nina Sackett, 1962
1 letter to R.P. written in English. Sackett writes about her relationship to R.P.'s son Ernst Norman.
16 3 Werner, Elisabeth, 1949-1959
10 items (on 13 leaves): personal letters to R.P. by Elisabeth Werner, a former Zeiss employee in Jena; mainly concerning her family.
16 3 Wielfing, Alfred, 1946-1950
3 letters to R.P.
16 3 Wittke, Elisabeth, 1949
1 personal letter to R.P.
16 3 Wöller, Paul, 1946-1954
7 items (on 9 leaves), including 2 by R.P.: personal correspondence with the carpenter Paul Wöller from Gützkow near Greiswald. Wöller signs his letters as "Opa". One of the letters by R.P.'s includes an ink drawing.
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Contest, Giveaway, Short Stories
Post Spring Break Contest
April 8, 2014 Artemis Greenleaf
The first person who correctly identify the beach I was sitting on when I wrote this short story wins a signed copy of their choice of one of the following: Earthbound, Cheval Bayard, Confessions of a Troll, Dragon by Knight, The Hanged Man’s Wife, or The Magician’s Children. Reply in the comments.
Spring break was almost over, and the clouds were rolling in. The fog was so thick that even the midday sun hadn’t been able to burn through it. The wind had churned the waves to nearly the color of chocolate milk, and the mist that shrunk visibility to only a few dozen meters was only a few shades lighter.
“Should we start packing?” Carmela asked, pulling her hoodie down around her neck.
“We still have one more night in the campsite,” Madison replied.
“Supposed to rain,” Carmela said, disappointed.
She was not a fan of the ghostly white crabs that scuttled on the beach when they’d walked down to skinny dip in the wee morning hours. Last night, even the tiny sliver of moon had been obscured by clouds. The fog seemed to make the roaring waves sound louder and the crabs bolder. There were more of them last night than ever.
Today, the beach was mostly deserted. A frustrated kyaker and a family with two toddlers were the only other people around. Even the seagulls hadn’t bothered coming out. The other four girls, Carmela and Madison’s school friends, had left this morning. Carmela wished she had joined them.
A sand piper paused in its race down the wet strand of beach and dipped its long bill hopefully in the sand.
“You want to go up the seawall to Ben and Jerry’s?” Carmela asked.
They were down to their least desirable provisions, and there didn’t seem to be much point in just sitting on a chilly, empty beach with Madison.
Ka-lunk.
It sounded like someone had thrown a large rock into the water.
“What was that?” Carmela asked.
Madison rolled her eyes and sighed. “I’m sure it was just a fish jumping. They do that, you know.”
They do that because something’s chasing them. But Carmela didn’t say it out loud.
“Fine. Let’s go get lunch,” Madison said.
After pizza and ice cream, Madison used her mother’s credit card to rent a pedal car, and the girls spent a few hours riding up and down the seawall. The spring break crowd had thinned considerably.
“You sure you don’t want to head home back early?” Carmela asked.
The girls picked up some sandwiches and headed back to their tent. The fog had turned to drizzle, and Carmela couldn’t think of many things she’d rather do less than be stuck in a tent with Madison and nothing to do for the next twelve hours. Maybe she could catch up on some much-needed sleep.
“I need to call Caleb,” Madison announced when they got back to their camp.
“Okay,” Carmela replied.
“I need some privacy.”
Carmela frowned. “It’s raining outside.”
“It’s not raining that hard. Besides, you can take my umbrella.” Madison held out a pink, heart-spattered collapsible brolly to Carmela.
Madison nodded toward the tent flap. “Yes.”
Carmela should have put her foot down, should have stood up to Madison. But that was the funny thing. Nobody ever stood up to Madison, no matter how much they ought to have. Carmela snatched the umbrella and crawled out into the rain.
All the other campers had had the good sense to pack up and go home. Madison’s green and white tent was the only one left in the entire campground. At least that meant that she’d most likely be able to use one of the flush toilets instead of one of the portables. She climbed the ramp and opened the first door.
The fluorescent light flickered and hummed. Just don’t go out while I’m in here. As bathrooms go, this one was quite large, with built-in benches lining the corner facing her. There were no windows, of course, but Carmela did consider dragging her sleeping bag into it, despite the signs forbidding just that. It would be nice if her cell battery wasn’t dead. She could at least text Emily while she was waiting on Madison to finish her oh-so-important private call with her boyfriend. But, lacking anything better to do, she went out to the beach.
It wasn’t quite dark, so she wasn’t too worried about the crabs being out just yet. She hadn’t walked very far down the beach when she noticed strange tracks in the sand – a large body, pulled along by flippers. Could it be a turtle? There were “Report Nesting Turtles” signs everywhere. Although, Carmela hadn’t thought they were that large.
Ka-plunk.
Carmela whirled around, but saw nothing. That was it. Phone call or no phone call, she was going back to the tent.
She headed over the boardwalk towards the campsite. She was surprised to see Madison coming towards her.
“Bathroom,” she told Carmela.
“I want to show you something when you get out,” Carmela replied.
Madison nodded. While Carmela waited, she looked over the edge of the dunes to the wild sea. A vee of pelicans glided silently above the beach.
Something wet and cold flopped onto her shoulder. She yelled as her elbow flew back and struck its target.
“Ow!” complained Madison, rubbing her jaw. “What did you do that for?”
“Why were you sneaking up on me? How was I supposed to know you weren’t some perv?”
“Whatever. What is it you wanted to show me?”
“This way. I think there may be turtles on the beach.”
The tide was going out, and the tracks on the beach were still intact.
“I think that’s more than one turtle. Look how wide it is. Should we call the park rangers or something?” Madison asked.
“Probably. But my phone’s out of batteries.”
“Go get mine. It’s under my pillow.”
Carmela shook her head as she trudged through the deep sand to the boardwalk. Madison was wading into the water. What she saw in that cold water, Carmela would never understand. Besides, the strange tracks and odd noises made her uneasy. She’d get the phone and try to talk Madison out of the sea while they were waiting on the ranger.
Phone in hand, Carmela paused in front of the sign at the end of the boardwalk to dial the turtle hotline. She reported the location of the track as she walked back toward the ocean, then hung up.
Madison, however, was nowhere to be seen.
“Madison! Where are you? This isn’t funny,” Carmela shouted, her voice lost in the wind. She walked perhaps a hundred yards in either direction, but there was no sign of her.
There was no reply.
Carmela decided to check the bathrooms and the tent, but Madison wasn’t there, either. Fear seeped into the corners of her mind. She ran back to the water, but she was alone on the beach. Completely alone.
Madison’s phone dinged, and Carmela looked at the screen. “Battery Critically Low! Plug into Charger.”
Not even a pale, spidery crab had emerged in the thickening dusk. Carmela spun and ran back to the bathrooms, slamming the door behind her and locking it. She slid down the wall and plopped onto the bench in the farthest corner from the door. The light bulb lit up, although it still sputtered. Her hands were shaking so hard she could barely turn on Madison’s phone.
The screen lit up, then went black. “Goodbye!” the message read before the phone fell completely dark.
“No!” Carmela yelled at it, before throwing the useless thing onto the floor.
She pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged them against her. She sat there in the flickering light, heart pounding.
Carmela was sure she heard a grunting noise outside, as if there was a giant pig rooting around at the base of the bathroom structure. She held
her breath. Maybe it was just the wind.
It felt like at least an hour had passed, maybe more. It was quiet outside now. Had she just imagined the strange snuffling? Or maybe the wind had blown something up against the bathrooms? She let her breath out slowly.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Something pounded on the door.
Carmela was sure her heart stopped. She hugged herself even tighter.
“Hello?” called a voice from outside.
“Who’s there?” Carmela said, her voice too loud, too nervous.
“I’m from Parks and Wildlife. Someone called about nesting turtles, but I can’t find anybody.”
Carmela flew across the room and threw open the door. She’d never been happier to see someone in uniform in her life.
“That was me! My friend and I saw the tracks. I went back to get her phone to call, and now I can’t find her.”
“Let’s go make sure she’s not waiting for you on the beach. If not, we’ll call the Coast Guard for a search and rescue.”
Madison had still not turned up. Neither had the crabs. The turtle track was forgotten as Carmela and the park ranger called for her. At least Madison might be able to hear, now that the wind had started to die down.
Something bright green was caught in the beam of his flashlight.
Carmela felt ice in the pit of her stomach. Madison had been wearing a bright green shirt.
“Over there,” she said, suddenly hoarse.
They approached the object gingerly. It was a scrap of fabric. There was a tiny piece of a black printed mustache at one jagged edge.
“That looks like the shirt she was wearing,” Carmela said. “What could have done that?”
“You don’t know it’s her shirt. Every shop on the seawall has those.”
There was an odd sound behind them, like something heavy being dragged over sand. As Carmela turned to look, she heard the same grunting she heard earlier.
There was something large pulling itself across the sand towards them. Carmela cried out, and the ranger swung around, catching the thing in the bright glow of the flashlight.
At first, Carmela thought it was an alligator. A fifteen foot alligator. But she saw that it had flippers, rather than legs and feet. it was black and smooth, and glistened in the beam.
Carmela was sure she’d seen a picture of one of those before, if she could only think of where. She was also sure that the scrap of green fabric caught in its recurved teeth was from Madison’s shirt.
“Run!” yelled the ranger.
Carmela was rooted to the spot, so he grabbed her by the elbow and pulled her along. The beast wasn’t fast on land, and they easily outran it. The ranger radioed for help, but by the time the Coast Guard choppers arrived, the monster was gone. Carmela didn’t dare to be alone, so she stayed with the ranger. He followed the drag marks along the beach until they disappeared into the surf. Just at the water line, he bent over to pick something up.
He held it under the flashlight and examined it. “I’ve seen a lot of stuff wash up on the beach before. I’ve even hunted for fossils in South Dakota. And If I didn’t know better, I would swear this was a mosasaur tooth. Only it isn’t fossilized.”
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Famous Romanian Alina Plugaru, Bucharest 2008. Photo by Jonathan Archer
In Romania, there has been a presidential election.
Mr BASESCU versus Mr GEOANA.
Exit polls showed that President Traian Basescu had been defeated by his social democrat challenger, Mircea Geoana.
Geoana, who is a keen supporter of NATO. He once called Basescu a "drunkard" and "head of the mafia". (BBC NEWS Europe Romanian politics mired in abuse)
The exit polls gave Geoana 51 to 52 % of the votes and gave Basescu 48 to 49 %. (President of Romania refuses to concede defeat )
Geoana seemed set for victory after he won the support of the national liberal party.
Romania by Adam Jones Adam63
The election authorities have now stated that Basescu won with 50.33% of the vote; while Mircea Geoana received 49.66%. (Romania in turmoil over poll result )
Băsescu, a former sea captain, is a pro-Pentagon politician who has kept troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Romania is said to have CIA connections.
"According to CIA officials, cited by the New York Times, 'one jail (secret CIA prison) was a renovated building on a busy street in Bucharest, Romania'. (European Commission Demands Investigations Regarding CIA Secret ... / Report details CIA prisons in Europe)
Romania, which is in NATO, has troops in Iraq and in Afghanistan.
The 1989 revolt in Romania led to the fall of Ceausescu.
An article apparently written by former Securitate officers ('Was This Your Revolution? This is How It Was!' Democratia, No. 36, 24-30 Sept. 1990) describes how the CIA and KGB organised the fall of Ceausescu.
Reportedly, key figures in the revolt were working for the CIA and KGB, including Militaru (allegedly a KGB-CIA double agent) and the former Securitate officer and adviser to Ceausescu, Dumitru Mazilu (allegedly a CIA agent), and Silviu Brucan (allegedly both a CIA and KGB agent).
Reportedly, just before the revolt, there were 'massive arrivals of so-called Hungarian tourists in Timisoara and Soviet tourists in Cluj'.
BBC News - Country profile: Romania
Politics of Romania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Labels: Romania
Yes, Im Romanian and I can tell u this was the greatest election fraud in the history of our country. And whats worse it was all done in plain sight. We have the leaders we deserve. Im glad u brought this subject up.
And btw, Basescu declared himself a winner much before the exitpoll. Draw ur own conclusion now.
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Tagged: TED talks
You will be amazed to see how Bhutan, a tiny country is contributing to the existence of the whole world
Bhutan, the small Himalayan country resides between two most populated countries of the world, India and China. It may be a small country with some 770 thousand people, but its care for the environment...
Few interesting facts of history that are lesser known to people
Dr. Krithi Karanth, an Indian Conservation Biologist and the winner of National Geographic grant
INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE / SOCIAL WORK
What made professor Sandeep Desai beg on the local trains of Mumbai
Srikanth Bolla’s incredible journey from being born blind to build a 50 crore company
GlowTide on a mission to feed every hungry soul in Hyderabad, India
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This painting looks normal until you find out how brilliantly it is created
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Google hit its goal of raising $11 million for refugee relief, in less than 3 days
Once bullied as ‘world’s ugliest woman’, Lizzie Velasquez is now defining the beauty of life through her motivational speeches
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Our mission at Annandale Boys Youth Lacrosse is to:
Offer people of all ages in the Fairfax community the opportunity to discover, learn, participate in, and enjoy lacrosse.
Encourage the sport’s development at all levels.
Teach lacrosse skills and techniques.
Promote and maintain the highest ethical standards of teamwork, sportsmanship and respect of the game.
The administrators and coaches of the Annandale Youth Lacrosse Club are committed to promoting a positive athletic learning experience for all AYL athletes. Our goal is to create an environment that encourages the development of good lacro sse skills, sportsmanship, character, self-confidence, leadership and responsibility while having fun at the same time. We want each and every participant to feel like they have made a contribution, and grown as an individual, teammate and youth athlete.
Annandale Youth Lacrosse is a member of the Northern Virginia Youth Lacrosse League (NVYLL) and abides by their rules of conduct. AYL is also a member of the Annandale Boys and Girls Club and supports their player development guidelines requiring equal playing time and a diversity of position play at the U9-U11 levels. Equal playing time is also our goal at the U13-U15 levels; however, attendance, commitment and practice performance can be factors impacting playing time.
Annandale Lax and ABGC support, whenever possible, those players needing financial assistance to play. Everyone who wants to play lacrosse will play. Scholarship information is available here.
We welcome volunteers to join in the fun. You do not need lacrosse experience to get involved, as we have many administrative roles we must fill to run our all volunteer club. We welcome all support! Parents who wish to become assistant coaches are also welcomed. The league will provide parents with training to teach you how to be an assistant lacrosse coach.
Boys' Youth Lacrosse Rules
The National Federation of State High School Association's (NFHS) 2013 Boys Lacrosse Rules Book shall govern US Lacrosse boys youth play, except as amended below. The US Lacrosse Men’s Game Committee has approved these exceptions to the NFHS Rules. Send questions about the US Lacrosse Rules for Boys Youth Lacrosse to the US Lacrosse Men’s Game Rules Subcommittee at boysyouthrules@uslacrosse.org. Please do not contact NFHS about the following rules.
Overarching Principle
The game is to be played with emphasis on the proper development of individual stick skills, team play, player safety, and sportsmanship.
Age and Eligibility Guidelines
US Lacrosse establishes eligibility guidelines in order to promote the game of lacrosse among the youth of America in a safe and sportsmanlike environment. To best achieve this goal, US Lacrosse believes that leagues, associations, and other organizers of youth lacrosse should seek to provide playing opportunities that, as much as possible, establish a "level playing field" among players of similar age, size, and ability.
Age and Eligibility Guidelines are not considered "game-day rules" and are not enforced as game-day rules by officials. Exceptions to age divisions cannot be made on game day and all coaches must adhere to classifications as determined by their league or association.
League and Association Play
Leagues and associations should organize competition by age, and consider physical, cognitive, and emotional maturity when grouping players. For leagues or associations in which some local programs choose to organize their teams by grade, those teams should play in the age division determined by the oldest player on their roster. Players who are participating in any high-school level program such as a high school freshman, JV-B, junior varsity, varsity or club team should not be eligible for U15 competition in the same season. This means that a player who is age-eligible for U15 but plays on a high school level team should not concurrently play on a youth league U15 team. At other times of the year this player may be U15 eligible, for example, for summer ball or fall ball play, depending on the guidelines of the sponsoring league or organization.
Click here to read more about Age & Eligibility Guidelines
Click here for the full breakdown of US Lacrosse Boys Youth Rules (PDF)
Printable Field Diagram (PDF)
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Real Life Diagnostics: Can You Feel Any Tension or Conflict in This Scene?
Critique By Maria D'Marco
Real Life Diagnostics is a weekly column that studies a snippet of a work in progress for specific issues. Readers are encouraged to send in work with questions, and we diagnose it on the site. It’s part critique, part example, and designed to help the submitter as well as anyone else having a similar problem.
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Submissions currently in the queue: Three
Please Note: As of today, RLD slots are booked through February 16.
This week’s questions:
1. Is it showing vs telling?
2. Can you feel any tension or conflict?
Market/Genre: Romantic Comedy
On to the diagnosis…
How should she answer? Saying yes wasn’t an option, that was a level of embarrassment she wasn’t prepared to deal with today. Yet, how else could she believably explain the pile of intimate items at his feet? “Um, well, they belong to a friend.”
He looked up and pinned her with a hard stare. “A friend?”
Crap, he didn’t believe her. “Sure, yeah, she’s out of the country for the year. I’m just holding them for her.”
“Really? What else are you keeping for her?” His muscular arms crossed over his chest as he leaned all his body weight onto his right foot. If he was looking to intimidate her, it was working, even from where he stood three steps below.
“Well, if your friend is gone for a whole year, I doubt the only thing she needed stored was a box of sex toys.”
“Right. Um…” Three billion men in the world that thrived on ignoring the women around them, and she had to go and reveal her most embarrassing secret to one who actually paid attention. Where were her friends? She was going to kill them for leaving her alone like this.
“You know, at first impression you don’t look like a woman that makes a habit out of lying.” He looked her over from head to toe and a shiver ran through her at the intimacy of it.
“There’s a look?”
“Of course there is, and you don’t have it, despite lying to me three times already." His voice dipped deeper, and the air around them charged with energy. Did she imagine it, or did he feel it too?
My Thoughts in Purple:
[Your lead-in advises the male character asks a question before this next line. It does make a difference what that question might be…]
How should she answer? Saying yes wasn’t an option, that was a level of embarrassment she wasn’t prepared to deal with today. [this made me wonder why] Yet, how else could she believably explain the pile of intimate items at his feet? [lots of ‘talk’ here, which takes time, while she’s doing…what? Good spot to show what her physical reaction is – what he sees her do.]
“Um, well, they [this seems odd – why not: it all belongs…] belong to a friend.”
He looked up and pinned her with a hard stare. [nice, instantly saw her freeze in place] “A friend?”
Crap, he didn’t believe her. [this sounds like internal thought, but… “Sure, yeah, she’s out of the country for the year. I’m just holding them [again, this seems odd – perhaps: some stuff] for her.”
“Really? What else are you keeping [op here for a slight tease with “holding”] for her?” His muscular arms crossed over his chest [he crossed his muscular arms*] as he leaned all his body weight onto his right foot. [no need for ‘all’ or ‘body’ here] If he was looking to intimidate her, it was working, even from where he stood three steps below. [Would like some info on the setting here, at least where these steps are located]
“Well, if your friend is gone for a whole year, I doubt a box of sex toys is the only thing she needed stored was a box of sex toys.”
“Right. Um…” Three billion men in the world that thrived on ignoring the women around them, and she had to go and reveal her most embarrassing secret to one who actually paid attention. [I get the intent here, but it isn’t working – plus all 3 billion ignoring men would notice a box of sex toys spilled at their feet, so the point is a bit skewed**] Where were her friends? She was going to kill them for leaving her alone like this. [if she doesn’t know where her friends are, how does she know they’ve left her alone?]
“You know, at first impression [this weakens this line and the dialogue connection] you don’t look [could emphasize (italics) to underscore her dialogue] like a woman that makes a habit out of lying.” He looked her over from head to toe and a shiver ran through her at the intimacy of it. [what made it seem intimate? I wondered if she was repulsed or attracted.]
“Of course there is, and you don’t have it, despite lying to me three times already." His voice dipped deeper, and the air around them charged with energy.*** [better to show a reaction here to what she feels (like goosebumps)] Did she imagine it, or did he feel it too? [she could wonder if he noticed her reaction]
*To use ‘arms crossing over’, add ‘With’ at the beginning. Otherwise, we move our bodies and appendages.
**Removing this interruption creates a snappier pace and pushes the questions forward, which adds tension.
***You can have the character ‘feel’ like the air is charged with energy and wonder if it feels that way to him. Right now, it reads as though the air has made the decision to become charged, not that either character or their possible interaction has created the charge.
The questions:
Mostly…but there are also many opportunities to show emotions and reactions that could be taken advantage of, which would enrich the scene and inform the reader about this encounter.
With gestures, expressions, and body language, we could see how both characters felt, as well as learn more about their personalities, how well they knew each other, and if this was the first time the two characters had met. It is inferred that she was aware of him, and didn’t want to be left alone with him. But why?
(Here's more on using subtext to convey emotions)
Beyond the steps, the scene is floating in white space. No descriptions are available to help us with the weather, the type of structure, the location of the steps, the time of day. Additionally, neither character’s name is used throughout the scene, forcing it further into an abstract situation.
You can ground the scene by showing that the box is dropped because her flip-flop flew off her foot. The box can sail down the steps and land at his feet and burst open. The idea of a ‘private box’ and ‘intimate items’ made me think immediately of lingerie, not sex toys – which is fine, as I was then humorously surprised at the reveal.
The dilemma, as I saw it,wasn’t only what should she say at the moment, but how she was going to get the toys back in the box. Does she shoo him away? Does he wryly or with extreme gallantry offer to, or actually put them in the box? How titillating do you want the scene to be?
At each exchange, you can reveal a small thing about each character – what they’re wearing, their physical state (sweaty, dirty from moving, how their hair looks), their movements and expressions. Body language can be incorporated to emphasize dialogue and show what the characters are feeling or thinking without words. And by the end of the scene, the reader has had a fulfilling experience and is left with a solid idea of what was shared by the characters, and what the scene means to the story.
(Here's more on painting a story world versus dramatizing it)
This scene felt awkward, mostly. Any tension or conflict seems to be only at a flirtatious level. Even the potential for sexual tension is not strongly presented, making it tough to accept that either character has been harboring (and/or holding back) any smoldering intentions toward the other.
The circumstances produce embarrassment, the decision to lie to avoid that embarrassment, and a man whose mildly confrontational stance/attitude seems to be flirtatious, not aggressive. He is challenging her and she doesn’t seem flustered by that. Though, I wasn’t sure if she was attracted to him or simply enduring the intensity of the moment.
(Here's more on adding conflict through subtext)
There isn’t enough information in the scene to determine if this is a confrontation that was ‘doomed’ to happen eventually, or if it just occurred, without any anticipation or threat attached. I did wonder if she had been avoiding him, but that’s only speculation.
I’ll mention as an aside here that the question Michael asks can add a lot to the scene. Most, many guys who had a box full of sex toys fall at their feet and open, spilling toys everywhere, would jump back from the box and the contents. Some guys might laugh. Some might say, Oops! or Whoa! or Look out! as a reaction to the event. The body language would probably go open to closed. Arms out to try to catch the box. Arms closed when the contents are exposed.Then, slightly defiant stance, open to the humor in the situation.
(Here's more on using body language to convey feelings)
Also, we don’t know if Michael was carrying something when this happened, which could also make a difference in how the scene plays out.
Thanks to our brave volunteer for submitting this for me to play with. I hope they–and others–find it helpful. I don’t do a full critique on these, (just as it pertains to the questions) and I encourage you to comment and make suggestions of your own. Just remember that these pieces are works in progress (many by new writers), not polished drafts, so be nice and offer constructive feedback.
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E 9:29 AM EST
Maria, thank you for looking at this. I love having the feedback. Because of wanting to keep to the 250 word limit for submitting, I cut a few things, but I promise, the setting is described a couple paragraphs before, what he is wearing is actually in this scene in my draft, but I cut it to keep to the limit, and what she is wearing is the very next line after what I submitted. :) I thought it might be best to show the interactions in what I submitted, I'll know better for next time if I ever submit again to include more. :) Thank you for looking at this for me, and for all the suggestions, it gives me something to work with. I can see how the writing can be tightened up. Thank you.
Ken Hughes 10:38 AM EST
I think this scene is in the right territory, and the more detailed version probably works even better. But it could be clearer about what kind of tension exists here.
Maria pointed out, the heroine could be intimidated rather than embarrassed and attracted; it isn't quite clear. Also, I'm not feeling the context of how she knows Michael and how that changes her reaction. Being embarrassed with someone she won't see again (she thinks) is different from blowing it with someone she's talked to a couple of times and thought was cute, and those are assuming there's no other baggage between them.
Like Maria said, what about the toys themselves? The heroine must want to sweep the evidence out of sight and just get out of there before it gets worse (or someone else notices), so physically this scene happens in several stages: first when she's too embarrassed (or distracted with excuses) to move, and then when she tries to act. So that's part of the scene's framework-- maybe the pacing works better if she starts closing in during this, or maybe she shouldn't but she should be thinking "I just have to walk in and clean it up and run."
A direct romance might dig deeper into those reactions, and all the ways embarrassment and attraction twist from moment to moment. For this romantic comedy you might keep it lighter, but look for ways to bring out a bit more silliness, if it's the balance you want. Something truly absurd could happen with one of the toys, or you could spin the dialog into somewhere strange-- but be sure it's the right touch. Comedy's a very fine thing, and making embarrassment funny is some of the hardest. You don't just want heavier humor, you want to play up the kind that works for your style. Maybe half of it is about their sheer attraction to each other, or maybe that's driven right out of her head for the moment.
In any case, it's a subtle thing. And the best guide for that might be how you write the whole story, and being sure it's consistent with that.
Anonymous 10:58 AM EST
It was difficult to determine in this snippet of you were going for humor or sexual tension. Her embarrassment would be a given, I think in any situation, and as Ken mentioned could be played off in a really funny way...if that's your intent. I wasn't sure if he was upset and focused on the lying aspect or just teasing her for having a box of sex toys. Maybe the dog could run in and pick up one to play with. I remember when my brother was little, my mom was talking with the insurance agent (in our home) and my brother walked down the stairs pretending to smoke a tampon like a cigar, which my dad always had in his mouth! Talk about embarrassing. So that's my question...funny or just tense? Not quite clear to me. Perhaps more was divulged in the set-up to clarify.
Anonymous 7:56 PM EST
The line that stood out for me was..You know, at first impression...etc. I recently read that a writer should never begin a sentence with...You know... Am I right about this?
Let me be clarify the above statement... I recently read the character should never begin a sentence with...You know. Am I right about this?
It's dialogue, and people say that, so there's nothing wrong with it here. It can be a problem if it's used to tell or explain what someone knows. In this case, it's more of an idiom for "You ought to know this" or the like.
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Parish Council Minutes 12 June 2018
Posted on 14th June 2018 by beccymacklen
Minutes of the meeting of the Council held in Five Ash Down Village Hall on Tuesday 12th June 2018 at 7.30p.m.
Cllrs. Blandford (Chairman), Hoggan, Humphreys, Illingworth, Roberts, Rose and Wells.
Also present: ESCC Cllr Galley and Clerks Beccy Macklen and Claudine Feltham.
A member of the public noted that the Parish Mast is back on the agenda but did not know yet if she needed to comment.
Apologies received and accepted from Cllrs McQuarrie, Johnson and Cox
DECLARATION OF MEMBERS INTERESTS
All councillors declared a personal interest in any matters relating to the Ionides Trust/Buxted Community Hall by virtue of the parish council being managing agents of the site.
Cllr. Rose declared a prejudicial interest in any matters relating to the land west of Church Road (Taylor Wimpey site) due to having owned part of the application site and a personal interest in the Ionides Surgery/Hall site due to having a business opposite the land.
Cllr. Wells declared a personal interested in any matters relating to allotments due to being an allotment holder.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
The minutes of the meeting held on 8th May 2018 were signed by the Chairman as a correct record of the meeting.
Cllr. Galley reported that further cuts will be debated at ESCC which will unfortunately be from adult social care. He doubts it will affect Wealden, more Eastbourne and Hastings where majority of funding is allocated.
In his monthly update (available on the parish council website) Cllr. Galley concentrated on the Fire Service who are dealing less and less with fire-fighting and more fire prevention. There must remain a core of highly trained fire fighters which makes budgeting challenging.
Waste collection – Cllr. Galley commented that WDC have had a lot of problems of late with the contractor, but he has been reliably informed that they are gradually getting a grip of the problems. Kier have been very disappointing, especially given it is the last year of their contract. WDC are looking forward to better times with new contractor in 2019.
Cllr. Illingworth updated that the WDC chief executive Charlie Lant is retiring in 6 months. The terms of reference for the application procedure is now in place and it is hoped to find a replacement by the July Full Council. Management is being streamlined to provide a simplified chain of command.
The Local Plan will finally be considered at Full Council on 18th July. We will all be delighted to see this published in a couple of weeks-time.
Proposed by Cllr. Illingworth and seconded by Cllr. Rose, Mr Chris Humphrey, was unanimously co-opted onto the parish council and welcomed to the meeting.
ADOPTION OF GENERAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY
New General Data Protection laws came into force on 25th May 2018 which has previously caused some confusion with regards how it would affect parish councils.
The Information Commission confirmed last month that which made parish councils exempt from the requirement to appoint a Data Protection Officer. The clerks have therefore carried out the following to satisfy new GDPR rules:
Written a policy based on advice from the National Association of Local Councils (to be adopted at the meeting)
Disposed of all personal data from paper files
Disposed of personal date from electronic files and emails
Added a footer to the bottom of emails being sent confirming what will be done with any personal data
Awaiting a pop up to be added to the home page of the website advising how the information they submit will be used
Proposed by Cllr. Blandford and seconded by Cllr. Rose, the new Data Protection Policy was adopted.
ROUND UP OF ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
The chairman reported that the Annual Assembly was relatively well attended, and it gave parishioners the opportunity to talk to councillors and raise any matters to the parish council.
OUTSTANDING MATTERS
Parish Telecommunications Mast: No further contact has been made to the parish council from the telecommunications agent.
Public footpaths: Nothing to report.
Trees: Nothing to report.
Road Safety:
· Buxted High Street Update – Following the parish council meeting in May, the chairman and clerk attended a meeting with two ESCC Highways officers at which we discussed in detail the Buxted High Street situation, specifically in relation to the potential road crossing outside the Buxted Inn. Following the meeting, the following information was received:
“In accordance with national guidance, pedestrian crossings should be located away from conflict points at uncontrolled junctions. This will give drivers an adequate opportunity to appreciate the existence of a crossing and to brake safely. The minimum recommended distance away from a junction is 20 metres for a traffic signalled-controlled crossing and an absolute minimum of 5 metres for a Zebra crossing.
As we discussed at the meeting, introducing a crossing in the vicinity of the mini roundabout is unlikely to achieve the minimum distance specified above and should a scheme be progressed it is likely that this matter would be raised as a safety concern.
The combination of private driveways and on street parking along the High Street prevent a crossing being introduced. Possible locations further east, towards Gordon Road are away from the pedestrian desire line and become close to the existing zebra crossing by Church Road.”
Subsequently, it as also established that it would not be possible to install a zebra crossing below the roundabout as you could not create a sufficiently wide footway between the wall and carriageway. In addition, the verge levels would also need to be altered as you head towards the Station to accommodate a footway. Visibility may also be compromised at this corner too.
Additionally, it was confirmed that the previous central refuge would fall under different legislation to a zebra crossing.
The parish council commented that the parish council has taken this matter as far as it practically can without unfortunately, being able to come to a positive conclusion.
Top End of Buxted High Street (Outside The Moorings)
With regards the top end of Buxted High Street where the speed survey recorded that everyone passing the sensor was over the speed limit, a Senior Highways Officer advised that he had discussed this matter with Sussex Police and commented as follows:
“Further to our recent email correspondence, I can advise you that I have now had the opportunity to discuss the speed data with Sussex Police.
In summary, the data indicates that the 30mph speed limit is generally well adhered to, given that it is a main east – west ‘A’ class road. The westbound figures, for traffic heading towards the village where the level of frontage development becomes more apparent, are good with mean speeds of around 31mph whilst the eastbound figures, for traffic leaving the village centre and heading out through the slightly less developed part, are a little higher with mean speeds around 33mph.
There is also a relatively low percentage of vehicles exceeding the speed limit by a significant amount, given the volumes of traffic using the road, and the Police would prioritise their resources on roads with a higher level of offending and a more significant crash record. For information, there has only been one slight personal injury crash in the entire length of the 30mph speed limit for the latest available three-year period.
Although this is not a priority site for the Road Safety Team, you may wish to consider applying for a Feasibility Study through East Sussex Highways to consider what options might be available to further enhance the existing 30mph speed limit. I would suggest that the measures that could be used would be limited as it is an ‘A’ class road and there are already in position a number of 30mph roundels and red surfacing on the carriageway to reinforce the upright 30 signing.”
Members therefore suggested that the clerks investigate the option of obtaining a SID which can be located in various approved locations in the parish. Hadlow Down are looking at the same scheme so the clerk will liaise. Update in July.
The clerk was also requested to update this information onto the website.
· Court Lane/Five Ash Down safety concerns
Following concerns raised by residents of Court Lane, Five Ash Down, the clerk contacted ESCC Highways and received the following response:
“Last year, we did improve the speed limit signing through Five Ash Down, but I am not aware of a speeding issue in Court Lane.
I have checked the personal injury crash records supplied by Sussex Police and there are none showing in either Court Lane or Five Ash Down. You will appreciate that these sites would not therefore be a priority for us and would require any possible improvements to be considered through the Community Match process.
In the first instance, to establish the nature of any concerns, you should obtain speed data for both roads, after which we can discuss the results to ascertain whether further action would be necessary or justified.”
Councillors therefore discussed this matter and agreed that a speed survey should be carried out on the main road through Five Ash Down and Court Lane and the clerk should request this is funded from the developer contributions.
· Grass Cutting and Wildflower Verges
Cllr. Illingworth raised concerns regarding the allocated wild flower verge in Five Ash Down which is becoming a hazard. Immediately the verge edges need to be cut to give a clear line of vision at this junction and we request that the designation of a wildflower verge, in this location be removed. It is appreciated that there are some varieties of wild flowers in this verge, but it is not species rich and ones to the back of the cut area will survive uncut. Safety is of paramount importance in this location. The clerk will request that the verge be undesignated. Cllr. Humphreys mentioned that he reported the overgrown verge as a hazard, to Highways, and it was cut as a special measure, outside the usual cutting programme.
Now that ESCC have confirmed that parish grass cutting will take place in June and September the clerk has requested the cost of extra cuts on the verges between Buxted School/White Hart, verge at the end of Gordon Road and the verge at the end of Court Lane. Costs are awaited, although it is noted that other parish councils are finding that ESCC are by far the most cost effective.
Ionides Trust: Refer to separate meeting minutes. This topic can now be removed from Outstanding Matters
New community hall: Cllr. Illingworth attended the last BCHT meeting. The Trust has effectively gone into hibernation until the new lease is signed. One Trust member has resigned and fund raising will be kept to a minimum. The chairman commented that there was other work that could be carried out with regards the next stage of build and that they desperately need new members to push the project forward.
Defibrillators: Nothing to report.
Wealden Local Development Framework – Local Plan As per above.
Property issues:
· Consideration of quotes to relocate water pipe on the allotment track
Following the previous meeting the clerk confirmed with the contractor that the works would be guaranteed against any further damaged cause by heavy vehicles using the track. Councillors therefore resolved to award the contract of works to Roy Muddle.
· Damage to Reading Room front wall update and consideration of quote to bollard car park
As requested the proposed bollard was emailed to all councillors that day. It was resolved that the work to install the bollards should go ahead.
With regards the damage to the front of the Reading Room, the insurers have confirmed that the second quote (lower quote) should be accepted and if further works are required than that quoted, photographs should be taken, and further costs given to the insurers to approve. Clerk to instruct builders to go ahead with the works.
Communications Matters:
· Buxted Fete 23rd June 2018: Cllr. Illingworth suggested that the parish council should have a stand at High Hurst wood and Buxted Village Fete. It was agreed that this was short notice and maybe it should be considered for next year.
P1 Trevor Leggo – Invitation to clerks’ discussion on Community Wardens – clerks attending in July
Prior to the parish council meeting, a Finance Committee took place to review the annual end of year financial report.
i) Payments: On the proposal of Cllr. Rose seconded by Cllr. Blandford, payments totalling £8,049.17 covered by cheque numbers 4136 and 4153 were approved. No notable costs.
ii) Bank reconciliations: The clerk had circulated completed a reconciliation for May which were signed
Cllr. Illingworth attended BCHT meeting – as above.
Following main parish council meeting, an Ionides meeting will take place.
The meeting closed at 8.15p.m.
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AND WHAT ABOUT CRICKET
AND WHAT ABOUT CRICKET (contd. 2 )
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AND WHAT ABOUT CRICKET (contd.2) By CAMERON DUODU
If you are bringing up children and you become aware that they are seriously interested in something – no matter how uninterested in it you are yourself – help them to acquire a prowess in it if you can. That interest will eventually transfer itself to you, if you allow it. And the probability is that you will more than enjoy it.
I was never interested in martial arts – beyond cheering Bruce Lee on when he dealt with crooks such as “The Big Boss” or the iron-fisted monster of a murderer in “Enter The Dragon”.
Yet when my kids became interested in Taekwondo and began to take lessons in it at the Ghana International School in Accra, I gave them all the encouragement I could. This was not easy – they had to be taken to the venue and brought back in the evening, when all one wanted to do was to put one’s feet up with a glass of something cold at hand, and watch a video or two.
But the encouragement paid off – one of them nearly went to an international a tournament in Seoul, with the trip being cancelled, however, because it was in the early eighties, and things happened – or didn’t happen – for reasons that no-one ever got to know or understand..
For me, the funniest thing that happened with that whole Taekwondo business was that one day, when I tried playfully to hit the youngest of them – then only about ten years old – because he had done something I considered naughty, I could not do it! The guy effortlessly parried every single blow I aimed at him! He looked at me impishly as if he was daring me to bring on some more! I had to give up! At which, I suppose, he said “Ki-herp!” in his head and bowed mischievously to himself.
I realised, with secret delight, that he would, from then on, never need any physical protection whatsoever from anyone else, no matter how ‘big’ his would-be assailant was. Not for him the plaintive litany for which little boys were known: “I shall go and tell my father!” or “You wait! My elder brother will get you!” No. Just – “Bring it on, man!” What? At ten years of age?
Simultaneously as the taekwondo was going on, I was told that some of their friends used to go to Burma Camp to ride horses, and could I….?
What? Burma Camp? Horses? For the offspring of a bush man like me? The only horses I knew of were those spoken about by a “Chorus” in Shakespeare:
Think, when we talk of horses,
That you see them
Printing their proud hoofs
I’ the receiving earth….
But it was as good as an order. So, to Burma Camp I went; to the Riding School that trained horses for army officers to sit on to command national parades. Horses that were past parade duties were not destroyed but used to teach young officers how to ride, preparatory to their commanding parades themselves on horseback. The children of army officers were also taught to ride, as were a small number of civilian kids. Two of my boys got in.
The riding lessons took only about an hour or two in the afternoon. But sitting around doing nothing while my kids were doing high kinks in the fenced training ground made me extremely nervous. Suppose one of them fell and was trampled upon by the horse? Suppose one was thrown? Suppose… suppose?
The NCOs in charge were excellent psychologists and one of them who had noticed my nervous disposition came to me and said, “Sah, why don’t you too come along and learn how to ride? Then you would get to know the horses and you wouldn’t be afraid of something bad happening to your boys!”
That made a lot of sense to me. But – oh my God! — me on a horse? How could I ever live it down if the story got told at Asiakwa that I had obtained a gammy leg because I had fallen off a horse? How would all those friends some of whose actions I’d sneered at as being “bourgeois”, take it if they got to know I was into such pursuits as horse-riding?
But that was the least of it. The complications came when I realised that it meant kitting myself in a pair of knee-length boots, plus a riding hat! I felt absolutely ridiculous when I put these on. But it was either that or breaking my fingernails down to the bone with sheer nervousness whilst I sat waiting for the boys to finish their riding lessons. There was no choice, really, was there?
I got on a horse. Or rather horses, for if you went and someone had taken a horse that you’d got used to, or particularly fancied, you got whichever horse it was that was available. Thus, I got to know that horses had personalities as distinct as those in humans. There was a horse called “Dagomba” who wouldn’t move, no matter how hard you kicked it! There was another which turned its head and bit you on the knee if you kicked it too hard. In between, there were horses like “Do good” which were perfectly happy to be ridden, but these were always taken, of course.
One other horse had the habit of stopping to eat leaves from trees when we went “hacking” into the bush. I suppose he thought he was a giraffe born in the wrong body! Anyway, you would kick him and kick him and kick him — GBOO! GBOO”! – with you boot. But he wouldn’t stir a muscle until he had satisfied himself. If by then, the other riders had gone ahead by about 500 yards, he didn’t care! You’d have to gallop hard to catch up with them, and if you had only learnt how to “canter” and not yet learnt how to gallop, you’d have to learn how to gallop by force. It was no joke hanging on for dear life whilst the horse raced to rejoin the convoy that he had deliberately allowed to leave him behind. One could almost see the horse laughing to himself as he said, “You were kicking me because you wanted me to go with the others. Okay — I am ready to go now! So let’s go!” I didn’t know that one could pant whilst trying to stay on a horse that was going fast. I had a lot to learn very very quickly.
If I thought this horse was a rascal, I didn’t know what was lurking in those stables. There was another one that I never dared to ride, but which my elder boy could not have enough of. This was a horse that was at the very end of the behaviour spectrum, and should never have been let loose on humans. He wasn’t just mischievous. He wasn’t merely a vagabond. He was wicked! Damn wicked. And his handlers at the Riding School, knowing what he could do, had named him appropriately as ”Lucifer”!
This horse behaved as if it had seen the horses that were used for rodeo shows in movies and wanted to beat them at their own game. And this boy of mine found Lucifer such a great challenge that against all advice, he would often go and ride him. In trying to save myself from my nerves, I had in fact jumped from the frying-pan into the fire, for now, I was only a few feet away, close at hand on the same turf in the riding pen, when Lucifer was trying to ram my son against the fence railings! Or jump the fence altogether with my son on nits back! The boys in our group were always daring each other, beyond the earshot of us adults, to ride Lucifer, and one day, when I was absent, my son actually rode Lucifer in a gymkhana (horse game) no less! When I learnt of this, I died a thousand times. In absentia! I mean, what would his mother have said to me if he had been hurt? I was supposed to be there to look after him for God’s sake, wasn’t I?
Fortunately, nothing untoward ever happened to any of us, apart from the odd falling-off, which was accepted as a perfectly normal thing in riding. We all managed to master the rudiments of the game. And to begin to love riding. The soldiers used to take us into the bush to do some hacking. We would ride in the bush, cross a stream (of which more later) and then cross the tarred part of the Accra-Nungua road and ride on to Labadi beach.
As soon as the horses saw the sand on Labadi beach, something went “click” in their heads, and they began to race, unbidden! It needed great skill and nerves of steel to steer them though the coconut palms that were all over the beach. But again, thankfully, we never had an accident. Some of the horses loved to rush into the sea straightaway and joyfully immerse themselves in it. How you stayed on their backs as they were doing this was none of their business. The best thing was to alight quickly, hold the reins and allow the horse to lie on its back in the water, and roll about kicking its legs in the air, through the waves.
Because of such adventures, it was always with great relief that we rode safely back to the camp. For a reason regarding which your guess is as good as mine, all the horses broke into a fierce gallop when they saw their stables. Something went ”click” in their heads once more, and they began to race one another. We would do our best to slow them down and take them to their individual stables. But it wasn’t an easy task. When we’d handed them to their stable lads, we would troop into the seargeant’s mess and look for a cool drink.
The soldiers who ran the riding school at that time were very good-humoured and it was quite a joy sitting there sipping a beer with them and listening to them relax and tell stories. I gradually realised that beneath their bonhomie, they were full of tricks. They had a horse called “Leo” which didn’t like to go across water.. Without telling me this, they gave me Leo to ride one day, while we were going to hack to the Labadi beach.Our path lay across a stream!
When we came to the stream we formed a single line and began to go across. Unsuspecting, I followed the others in single file into the water. As soon as Leo reached the middle of the stream, where the water was at its deepest, he just leaned back without warning and sat in the water! I was, of course, thrown into the stream.
I heard everyone laughing. Of course, Leo’s propensity to take a dip in the water uninvited was well known by our riding instructors and in fact had been eagerly anticipatedby trhem! But I, who knew nothing of it, was so surprised I could have had a heart attack right there! What? A horse could do this? I got up, all flustered, took hold of the reins and laboriously tried to pull Leo out of the water. But he lay in it unconcerned. After a great deal of huffing and puffing, I managed to get him. out of the water and wearily climb on to the bank of the stream, dripping with water. The other riders had lined up, watching the two of us pitting our wits against each other. Rider and horse? It was rather a case of horse and rider, I thought!
Once on the opposite bank, I tried to get the water out of my boots, while, at the same time holding hard on to Leo to prevent him from going back into the water, as he was threatening to do every second by looking back and shaking his tail wildly. Exasperated and wet as I was, I must have cut a most pathetic figure, I thought. For I could see that everyone was in stitches and hiding their faces from me – including my own two sons! I’ve never felt so humiliated in my life! But I later got to learn that this was a trick they used Leo to play on every new rider. That still didn’t make me feel any better. Yet I couldn’t show my anger plainly — my kids needed to learn a stoical attitude from me!
While trying self-consciously to deal with my discomfiture, I heard the leader of the ride, who had offered me no help whatsoever, pour zsalt into my wounds by saying, “Sah, as for riding, sah, if you are riding and you fell, sah, your fine is twelve bottles of beer, sah. One carton, sah!”
Everybody laughed at this. I was to be punished for having been ejected into the water? Oh, so that was why they hadn’t put the boys too through the water initiation? There was a fine to pay! How could they have bought twelve bottles of beer? I was literally the ‘fall guy’. Right?
But buying the beer was the least of my concerns right then. How would my kids describe the scene of Leo throwing me into the stream to their mum, when we got back home? Was I going to be the laughing stock of the day in my own home as well?
For some reason, the boys didn’t breathe a word of it to my resident dictator. Was the reason that were we already developing an esprit de corps between ourselves? I swear I appreciated their reticence very much indeed.
The soldiers, for their part, were nothing but the gentlest of creatures when we began quaffing the beer I had been made to buy. No-one refewrred to my misadveture with Leo. As we sat and drank, they told me one of the funniest stories I have ever heard, about class behaviour in Ghana. Again, Leo was to feature hugely in that.
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Meg Tilly and Christine Lahti star in this female buddy story that recalls the earlier Thelma and Louise.
Marianne (Meg Tilly) is a quiet waif who has just walked out on her abusive husband (Brett Cullen). Darly (Christine Lahti) is a brassy waitress who was a ballsy stripper using the stage name Pillow Talk.
Darly is on her way to Alaska to claim a home being built for her and return to the family she abandoned eighteen years earlier. The two women run into each other and Darly allows Marianne to tag along as they journey to Alaska.
On the way, they met a collection of colorful characters, including a strange-talking waitress named 66 (Patrika Darbo), and Walt (James Gammon), a road guy who recognizes Darly as the former Pillow Talk and wants to pay her big money for sex.
The gals finally make it to Alaska, where Darly finds that the house she was expecting to find has never been built. The two set up in a house trailer and, with the Alaskian wilderness as a backdrop, they begin to reevaluate their lives. — Paul Brenner, allmovie.com
Brett Cullen appears only in the first 10 minutes of the movie.
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He was supporting a wife and two girlfriends. His Viagra prescriptions alone must have cost the year-old mayor a pretty penny. She continued to see the married mayor, 18 years her senior, through fall
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Some bike parts have a date code cast or stamped into the piece. This clearly is when the component was made and not when the bike was made, but unless the component or bike manufacturer had lots of stock lying around in inventory, the date should be a fairly good indication of the year of the bike. At least it would be the earliest date that the bike could have been made. Of course, all this assumes the bike has the original component.
The most likely components to be original are the stem, handlebars, seatpost, and brakes. On a vintage bike in excellent condition that apparently had a lonely existence in a garage all of the components likely are original. As the wear on a vintage bike increases, the greater the likelihood components are not original, either through replacement of worn parts or through component swaps.
Swaps can take place early in the life of a bike as the proud new owner upgrades to new or used components of higher quality. Swaps also can be made as the bike falls out of favor, or is being sold, where the higher quality components are traded for lower quality ones that the owner had onhand. Don’t all cyclists have boxes and boxes of old components in their garage?
Most early Treks through about were sold as framesets. The components were added by the local bike shop or by the buyer. New components often were used.
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Early life[ edit ] Brooks was born Rebekah Mary Wade in Warrington , Lancashire now Cheshire , to a father variously described as a tugboat deckhand and gardener. A childhood friend, Louise Weir, described her as “more emotionally intelligent than academic”, charming and always able to get what she wanted out of people. The commentator Henry Porter claims little is known of Brooks personally. She then returned to the News of the World in as editor; at the time, she was the youngest editor of a national British newspaper.
The next day The Sun ran a word reply from the head of the mental health charity SANE , and since then has adopted a style guide on covering mental health stories prepared by the same charity. Brooks and her husband spent a day with the head of SANE and made donations to the charity.
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Brooks B17 saddle Author: Hilary Stone For a bicycle part to be still in production for probably nearly years is really quite unique — only matched by another saddle from the Brooks range the B And from the s right through to the s it was the saddle of choice for most serious riders across the world including pro riders from France, Netherlands and Italy who could have chosen a saddle made in their own country.
Hard riding tourists will still often choose a B17 for the sheer comfort it offers over many miles. Initially, the B17 was not the top racing model in Brooks lineup. The B9, B10 and B11 were the top racing saddles. In the s a new B17 model was introduced, the Narrow which was just 6in wide. It had made a brief appearance in the catalogue but it does not appear to become established in the range before the s. A further two new models were introduced for — the Flyer and the Swallow left.
The Swallow was the same width as the Narrow but had cutaway sides in order it was claimed to allow for more rider leg movement. A year later the B17 Flyweight Champion was introduced. Earlier in the 30s Brooks had made several racing saddles with aluminium sideplates in order to effect a weight saving. The Flyweight used conventional steel wires but had an aluminium cantleplate and the leather significantly trimmed, it was the same width as a Flyer and 5ozs lighter.
Reaction When Dave Dameshek asked me to list my top quarterbacks on a recent installment of “The Dave Dameshek Football Podcast” — a topic we revisited in the following episode — I thought it was important to avoid citing the same old names based on career achievements. In the scouting world, evaluators not only monitor and assess players on how they perform; they also project whether a player should be considered to be ascending or descending, based on his expected production in the upcoming season.
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Kennedy — there are numerous problems with the claims that form the “big picture” of their book. While the authors hardly go out of their way to emphasize the New Orleans aspect of their theory, it is nothing less than crucial to their “follow the guns” scenario, and it relies almost wholly on the convictions of “an American original” 2 –that “flamboyant” 3 but “frequently pilloried former New Orleans DA Jim Garrison. On the other hand, the La Fontaines note, “Only the Camp Street building” 13 — where Garrison suspect Guy Banister had an office, and where the authors theorize Oswald used an office on the second floor 14 — “can put Oswald in the company of other ‘conspirators.
Later, as we’ll see,” the authors write,” even after he was back in Dallas According to the La Fontaines, if there was a conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy, only “one group” 25 could have been responsible for involving Oswald — in whatever capacity he was involved — and that group is the DRE.
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Everyday after school, both Bell and Duncan would wait outside to be collected – Duncan would wait for the bus to take him to the ‘The Boys and Girls Club’ and Bell would wait for her father to collect her. Duncan stated that he and Bell were in different social circles at this time, however while waiting, they would converse and he “Looked forward to it” each day. The two remained friends throughout High school and did not start dating until Bell was in college and Duncan had began touring with band We The Kings.
Bell and Duncan met up to “hangout” while Duncan’s band played a show in Tallahassee in the summer of Duncan stated “He couldn’t take his eyes off of her” and the two began their relationship soon after in
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Another major problem for Adam had been finding love as a trans man. After numerous attempts at romance, he finally found true love in Becky Baker despite their beliefs. During summer break, Adam was involved in a car accident after texting Becky while driving and later passed away during surgery.
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Edit Jimmy in season 1 Jimmy makes his first appearance in Grade 8 in the third episode, Family Politics, in which his girlfriend, Ashley Kerwin, is running for, school president. Jimmy is seen with his best friend, Spinner, as they tease Emma and Manny. Jimmy also bribes J. When Ashley wins the election, he congratulates her and walks her home. Jimmy is also uncharacteristically rude to Sean Cameron, who is repeating the 7th grade.
At the school dance, Jimmy is bragging about the 8th graders-only after party and tries to aggravate him. When he pushes Sean too far, Emma saves Sean from getting into further trouble by asking him to dance. Coming up to his and Ashley’s 8-month anniversary, Jimmy is pressured to have sex with her by Spinner at the same time Paige is doing the same to Ashley.
Also, in class they are studying Romeo and Juliet, with Jimmy and Paige playing the main roles. Ashley and Jimmy make plans to have sex, but at the sex talk with Dr. Sally, Ashley becomes worried and backs out. Jimmy assures her that he won’t leave her for Paige and they spend the evening blowing up their condoms, content with their romantic yet non-sexual relationship.
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UN Agency Warns of Unemployment-Related Unrest through 2015
Posted on October 2, 2010 by Yves Smith
The specter of demonstrations in Europe are not only likely to become a regular news item, but other economies have high odds of similar social stresses, a UN agency forecasts. The International Labour Organisation has pushed back its estimate of when global employment will return to pre-crisis levels back to 2015. Given the widespread signs of discontent, pressures can only intensify. From the :
The United Nations work agency today warned of a long “labour market recession” and noted that social unrest related to the crisis had already been reported in at least 25 countries, including some recovering emerging economies.
Crisis-hit Spain faced its first general strike in eight years this week as unions protested against the government’s austerity measures and labour reforms. The strike on Wednesday coincided with protests in Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Slovenia and Lithuania, as well as demonstrations in Brussels by tens of thousands of workers from across Europe as part of a European day of action against public spending cuts.
“Fairness must be the compass guiding us out of the crisis,” said ILO director general Juan Somavia. “People can understand and accept difficult choices, if they perceive that all share in the burden of pain. Governments should not have to choose between the demands of financial markets and the needs of their citizens. Financial and social stability must come together. Otherwise, not only the global economy but also social cohesion will be at risk.”
Raymond Torres, lead author of the ILO’s annual World of Work report, published today, warned governments against withdrawing fiscal stimulus measures while the economic recovery was still weak.
Torres said there were two main reasons for the bleaker outlook facing many countries: “The first is that fiscal stimulus measures that were critical in averting a deeper crisis and helped jump-start the economy are now being withdrawn in countries where recovery, if any, is still too weak,” he said. “The second, and more fundamental factor is that the root causes of the crisis have not been properly tackled.”
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Paul Repstock October 2, 2010 at 3:31 am
Wow!I hope their cystal ball is better or atleast more accuratethan mine. 2015 for a return to normal employment levels seems wildly optimistic..Or perhaps they are predicating that scenario on a lot smaller population??
I loved this statement>>”Governments should not have to choose between the demands of financial markets and the needs of their citizens.” It should have been stated differently. {Governments -should not be allowed- to choose between the demands of the financial markets and the needs of their citizens}. If there is a difference between these objectives, then something is out of whack. And we know where most politicians will choose.
Maybe 2015 represents an estimate as to when pumped up police forces will be able to effectively suppress the masses because it’s way too optimistic to be a “return to normal employment levels”. Those are gone forever without any real change.
I agree, the 2015 date, as bad as it sounds, is just a carrot dangled before the dying workhorse to induce him to stagger on.
This “economy” will never restore livable jobs. Anyone who’s been paying attention knows that on the contrary destroying all real jobs has been the intentional policy of close to 40 years now. They’re not going to stop when final victory is in sight.
I hope we see effective general strikes in Europe and elsewhere. They still have the spirit and perhaps the labor infrastructure.
As for America, the spirit seems doubtful. And it seems that part of the genius of the atomization of the citizenry, along with ending the draft and greatly lowering taxes (replacing taxation with government debt), has been the dispersal of the labor force. Part of the goal of the destruction of manufacturing and replacing it with a “service economy” was to disperse physical labor concentration even as all economic power became ever more centralized.
In reading Tocqueville recently, I was struck by his observation that at the same historical moment that government and economic power was most centralized in Paris, all industrialization and its related capitalist infrastructure were also physically centralized there.
So when the bourgeoisie and the workers combined against the government, it was literally a stroll down the street, and the job was done. It was almost effortless, the moment they decided to do it.
But how can people combine for any kind of action in physically disintegrated America? In a bizarre way, it’s like asymmetrical warfare, but with the elites as the rapidly moving guerrillas whose power is in general dispersed and unassailable, but who are able to combine and strike with great force at any chosen point, while the lumbering, sprawled-out beast of the people has no idea where it is or how to move.
i on the ball patriot October 2, 2010 at 8:13 am
Attempter says; “But how can people combine for any kind of action in physically disintegrated America? In a bizarre way, it’s like asymmetrical warfare, but with the elites as the rapidly moving guerrillas whose power is in general dispersed and unassailable, but who are able to combine and strike with great force at any chosen point, while the lumbering, sprawled-out beast of the people has no idea where it is or how to move.”
First, it IS asymmetrical warfare, and second, it is NOT limited to scamerica. The wealthy ruling elite exert financial control GLOBALLY through their hijacked central banks and through them control global governments, their militaries, and most importantly, Mr. Global Propaganda that has considerably dumbed down the “lumbering, sprawled-out beast of the people” (I repeat, globally, not just in scamerica) who are still stuck in their old paradigm, rah, rah, patriotic nation state box bullshit thinking.
If you want to combine the “lumbering, sprawled-out beast of the people” for any kind of action you must work to;
• Get them all out of their nationcentric state box thinking.
• Make them see the GLOBAL nature of the threat.
• Make them see that this is just the very beginning of an intentional herd thinning to conserve over consumed global resources.
• That it is orchestrated by the global wealthy gangster elite, the same thugs who are responsible for creating the global imbalance in resources.
• Make them see that this is a well planned and orchestrated program of creating perpetual conflict in the masses so as to control them and deplete their energies of resistance against each other, and that it is designed to ultimately produce a two tier ruler and ruled world.
• Work diligently to NOT take the bait, or engage in, any of the many perpetual conflict strategies set out for you, and work instead to inform of the reality, and, for solidarity against the uber rich and their government puppets by mounting massive global election boycotts as a ’vote of no confidence’ in these co-opted governments.
Reading comments yesterday about the attempted coup against the clintonesque Rafael Correa, trying to impose ‘austerity’ in Ecuador, was indicative of the nation state box thinking that exists today. Most all comments took sides with the false left or right factions that were set in conflict, one against the other — caused by the financial machinations — but few questioned those financial machinations and in fact they are accepted as easily as dysfunctional children accept beatings from scum bag parents.
Skip the Sarah Palin, Tea Bag, Mortgage War soaps, and organize globally to de-atomize.
Deception is the strongest political force on the planet.
Right you are, although I didn’t say it was only in America. Nevertheless, as we see from the evidence, the people are more intrepid in many other places.
Election boycotts sound good as far as they go (I personally boycott them, although I would vote at lower levels for relocalization activist-candidates if they existed; indeed I might become such a candidate), but how far do they go? The syndicalist general strike, for example, is a full revolutionary strategy, laid out in concept from the first strikes to the complete assumption of power by workers’ and community councils.
But what do we do with election boycotts other than try to shame governments who don’t seem very prone to shame, to say the least?
i on the ball patriot October 2, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Attemptor says; “But what do we do with election boycotts other than try to shame governments who don’t seem very prone to shame, to say the least?”
Thanks attemptor, I know you are aware of the global scope of the problem, my rant was more for emphasis for those reading on. As for the value of GLOBAL election boycotts, they can go well beyond the shaming of the gangsters and can be far more powerful than the general strikes you mention, and in fact THEY ARE the quintessential general strike. Consider …
For starters, election boycotts have to be proactive. You must write a letter to your supervisor of elections DEMANDING that your letter be COUNTED as your guaranteed vote as a citizen, and counted and posted as a ‘vote of no confidence’ in this crooked gangster hijacked government and the scam electoral process that sustains it (yes I have done so). If your letter vote is not reported with election results, as a legitimate vote, you have a cause of action and can make some noise in the court of public opinion about how your vote has not been counted and that the system is a lie and a scam — which it is (yes I have done so and it prompted the local supervisor of elections to get on local talk radio and defend the system and at the same time demonize a few “kooks” (me) who refused to participate.) A of this approach is that many who are fearful of marching on the streets and making themselves subject to crooked sell out cop beatings and harassment — like in Miami, Oakland and Seattle — would have no qualms about engaging in a letter writing campaign and public constitutional rewrite for betterment meetings.
In tandem with the letter writing, hold highly visible meetings on the public commons of towns and cities throughout scamerica (publicly burn USELESS voter registration cards to gain attention and blame those who vote as responsible for legitimizing and validating the crooked system, WHICH THEY ARE) and work at the same time to rewrite the Constitution. A hallmark of these meetings will be to erase the aggregate generational corruption in the now scam existing ’rule of law’, and blue sky and document remedial measures that can be implemented and incorporated into the new constitution that will be enacted when the old government falls as a result of the ‘vote of no confidence’ that will negate its legitimacy. For example;
• Corporations should be required to have drafted citizens on corporate boards proportional to the dollar volume size of the corporations.
• Loans should be made to citizens interest free and approved by local credit committees that judge applications on societal benefit.
• Cops and military members should be drafted from a pool of ALL citizens for a period of eighteen months (no more of the oppressed and needy selling their morality for a pay check).
• Etc. …
I could go on, but the purpose of the meetings would be to provide REAL hope and a sense of community, a GLOBAL community, that would counter the feelings of atomization. Pot luck dinners, singing and dancing, and reconnecting of citizens, should be a staple of these meetings.
With the proper PR effort, those who do not vote now could be included in the numbers of those who write boycott letters and make for impressive numbers of the ‘no confidence’ block. Currently about half of registered voters do not vote. I am sure they would be happy to be counted with the ‘No confidence’ crowd. Said another way they could be claimed, willing or not.
The alternative is of course participating in the same old non responsive corrupt electoral bullshit. That alone provides fertile ground for the efforts I speak of …
That sounds like a good way to bring many current non-participants into participation. As you describe, the idea offers several layers of participation.
And having been initially mobilized that way, the formerly non-participating could then expand their activism in other ways, as this boycott was interlinked with other avenues of action under a movement umbrella. The goal would be to link negative action like this with positive relocalization and direct democratic action.
Externality October 2, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I find it interesting how the Left and elites are suddenly suddenly opposed to identity politics. I recently responded to a similar post by Jeffrey Sachs decrying the divisive nature of American politics.
Sachs, who is Jewish, has historically endorsed the Hegelian Marxist idea of minorities struggling against a heterosexual, White male protestant culture. He has also supported the Gramscian idea that it is immoral to expect immigrants to assimilate, even minimally, into Western culture.
Why is anyone surprised that, as Whites become just another racial group in the “rich multicultural tapestry” of “post-White America,” that they will endorse the identity politics every other ethnic and racial group uses?
The current recession, for example, is often analyzed in terms of which racial or ethnic groups is most affected. Blacks and Hispanics, according to the media, are affected more than Whites who are affected more than Asians. (Within these groups, some subgroups are affected more than other subgroups, and some subgroups are affected more or less than other groups.) Just as we have groups purporting to represent the interests of Jews, Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, we will soon have groups representing the interest of Whites. This is not racism, just Whites becoming like other groups.
Sachs is a Harvard economist. He is well known for his application of economic shock therapy:
“Nancy Holmstrom and Richard Smith pointed out that, in advising implementation of his shock therapy on the collapsing Soviet Union, Sachs “supposed the transition to capitalism would be a natural, virtually automatic economic process: start by abandoning state planning, free up prices, promote private competition with state-owned industry, and sell off state industry as fast as possible…”. They go on to cite the drastic decreases in industrial output over the ensuing years, a nearly halving of the country’s GDP and of personal incomes, a doubling of the suicide rate, and a skyrocketing unemployment rate.[15] The Lancet [16] has recently reported that rapid privatization of the Soviet Union caused a 12.8% death rate increase among males in just two years,[17] a claim that The Economist attributed to alcoholism, though The Lancet article attributed the rise in alcoholism to changes in the economy. Canadian activist Naomi Klein argues in her 2007 book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism that Sachs’ Bolivian “success” is not true. In her analysis, the radical reforms pushed by Sachs were neither democratically agreed upon nor achieved without violent state repression and left the majority of Bolivians in worse circumstances.”
I think there’s an easier explanation for his recent cocerns. He’s got “creator’s remorse” for the world which he created.
Externality October 2, 2010 at 9:13 pm
I also think that the Wall Street crowd is unhappy that average Americans are adopting Wall Street values. Businessmen who strategically defaulted on commercial mortgages and used legal maneuvering to avoid pension obligations were lauded on Wall Street, which had and has contempt for average Americans’ (former) view that people and entities have a moral, as well as legal, obligation to pay their debts. Morals, we have been told for a century by Wall Street and jurists such as Benjamin Cardozo, Learned Hand, and Richard Posner, have nothing to do with business.
Now, average Americans are increasingly willing to strategically default on their mortgages and use legal maneuvering (“show me the mortgage note, please”) to avoid mortgage obligations altogether. Others see delays in the foreclosure process as an opportunity to live rent-free while saving money or spending it elsewhere in what Judge Posner would call an “efficient breach” of contract.
Many mainstream financial blogs have pointed out the hypocrisy of Wall Street bankers simultaneously (1) supporting Morgan Stanley abandoning underwater commercial real estate and (2) denouncing average Americans who abandon their underwater homes.
(An article re: Morgan Stanley’s strategic default can be found here:)
For the growing trend among average Americans:
Blogs comparing the residential and commercial defaults:
Doug Terpstra October 2, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Externality writes, “…the Wall Street crowd is unhappy that average Americans are adopting Wall Street values.”
Not the sort of trickle-down they had in mind, aye? Too much yellow rain is making the peasants uppity and savvy.
Jojo October 2, 2010 at 4:00 am
“The specter of demonstrations in Europe are not only likely to become a regular news item, but other economies have high odds of similar social stresses, a UN agency forecasts.”
Except for in the USA where the un/underemployed appear to be unusually placated.
Hell, even the crime rate has declined in USA in 2009. Apparently, the downtrodden can’t even get motivated enough to go out and mug someone or steal something.
As I’ve said previously, there must be something in the water. Maybe it is all that Prozac dumped down toilet bowls that has leeched it way back into the drinking water supplies?
Psychoanalystus October 2, 2010 at 6:44 pm
As one who spends 6 months in the USA and 6 months in Europe every year, I too have wondered if there is something with American water supply that makes people more subdued. Perhaps the overfluoridation and clorination of water supply. One thing I noticed: as soon as I get to the USA my sex drive diminishes noticeably.
Psychoanalystus
“Anyone who’s been paying attention knows that on the contrary destroying all real jobs has been the intentional policy of close to 40 years now.”
What exactly do you mean by “real” jobs and to what benefit would destroying them be to anyone?
Personally, by real jobs I mean self-determined, self-managed work within a co-operative, voluntaristic order.
But for existing purposes I’d call them jobs that pay a living wage, provide decent benefits, where human working conditions prevail.
Why would the elite criminals want to destroy these jobs? Because they mean spreading the economic wealth and political power. Because they mean the producers actually keep far more of the produce of their work. Because they mean the elites are a lot less elite, the super-rich a lot less super, the powerful a lot less powerful.
Since the elites are nothing but gangsters, they want the total monopoly of ALL socially created wealth, and they want to usurp ALL the power which reposes rightfully in the people. They want their tiny handful to rule over a vast mass of penniless slaves.
That’s why they’ve been systematically destroying real jobs and job security for 40 years, through globalization, technology deployment, union-bashing, labor-hostile legislation, ideology, and propaganda.
Does this really benefit the criminals? At any rate, they think it does, in their psychopathy.
hermanas October 2, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Exactly, imagine the Washington-Wall Street “White Door Party” enjoying cocaine. The “benefit”? “they think it does, in their psychopathy.”
Yearning to Learn October 2, 2010 at 10:08 am
There is an interesting conundrum at play.
on the one hand, people will be placated so long as they have access to bare necessities. The easiest and cheapest way to do that by far is to continue welfare and other poverty assistance. Despite deficit hawk squawking, it is rather cheap.
without govt assistance we would have likely have mass riots quickly. Welfare is the glue that helps bind the haves and have-nots in our fragile society.
Ironically, the Elites (who I call the Welfare Empresses and Welfare Goddesses) seem to not understand this point and they get upset that anybody ELSE gets any pork from the government, no matter how little. So they try to undermine the very programs that are actually keeping them in power. In a twist of language they call those in poverty “welfare Queens”.
All Americans seem to really want is a place to live, some food (not matter how little nutrition is in there), some water, and some entertainment (TV, internet, and now smart phones). Lastly, they like at least a modicum of “fairness” even if that fairness doesn’t exist.
Give them that and no riots. all IMO.
Mickey Marzick in Akron, Ohio October 2, 2010 at 12:10 pm
Much of the above analysis is predicated on IMMISERATION – that if enough pain and suffering is inflicted on the lower/working classes that it will lead to “unrest”.
In the industrialized countries, the standard of living still allows for a good deal “dieting” before the starving masses will take to the streets, if ever. Anecdotally, when asked why he emigrated to the US, a recent immmigrant stated that it was the only country where “poor” people were fat – if perhaps malnourished! But such “dieting” would also require the agricultural sector to go on strike en masse… Is this likely in the USA, Canada, Western and Eastern Europe, Brazil, Russia, India, and China simultaneously? A situation where a FORGED consensus – an assumption that I find hard to believe – among these various elites to induce starvation would have to be agreed upon? Yes, there will likely be crop failures and famines in certain parts of the planet on occasion, but the global farm and mountains of foodstuffs will likely remain intact. Barring an ecological/genetic disaster of global proportions such a scenario isn’t likely. Those prone to conspiracy and MONSANTO/CARGILL may choose to differ.
The different histories of these national/regional entities will also influence how higher structural unemployment/underemployment plays out. I just don’t see the FASCIST beast rearing its ugly head in Europe. This is one thing most Europeans, including Russians, all agree on. Tried it once and the lesson was learned!
The demonstrations, protests, and strikes in Europe across national boundaries are suggestive of something much more fundamental. The legitimacy of the ruling elites there depends on the “prosperity” and well being of the populace and the former[elites] understand this. In China the mandate of heaven functions in a similar capacity. The ILO Report is merely a reminder of this, something that European elites are aware of already and it is never far from the minds of the communist mandarins in China.
Likewise, the role of the state in the economy is much more pronounced in other parts of world. No matter how “Americanized/Anglicized” global economic thinking may appear, the Europeans are reeling from our 40 year experiment in neoclassical free market stupidity… and not likely to forget it soon. “Laissez-faire, c’est fini!” [To quote Nicolas Sarkozy]. Europe, Japan, and the BRIC in the wall will chart their own course, influenced by this country perhaps, but increasingly without US. That’s a good thing! The American Century didn’t last long…
So, on this side of the pond where things appear a bit more bleak, there are still areas of vulnerability for American elites.
One, is the sense that American imperial hegemony and leadership is beginning to wane as new actors – BRIC – emerge on the global stage. Multipolarity and multiculturalism are forces they are going to have to learn to live with whether they like it or not. And they may not be “primus inter paribus”…
Two is their blind belief in technology. Inevitably this commitment will bring the issue of technological unemployment/underemployment into the public discourse. Likewise, anyone who works in IT/Network Communications knows how vulnerable both WE and THEY are to breakdown/shutdown. The former are much more dependent on this techonolgy for CONTROL than we are. The sitdown strikes of the 30s may have their counterpart in the random breakdown strikes of the future as the technopeasantry resorts to sabotage to disrupt the information flows vital to their CONTROL. This is a two-edged sword that cuts both ways. There are simply too many ways to thwart any given technology for good or evil.
Finally, one thing the moribund labor movement could do is use their dwindling pension funds to set up peoples’ banks that would accept savings and the like by working people – unionized or not – which would then be used to build affordable housing at reasonable rates of interest employing UNION labor – the building trades – etc. Putting ourselves back to work, if you will. SYNDICALISM!!! If ever the opportunity for doing so existed, it is now. Similar co-operative ventures could be funded by individual 401K funds pooled together that are languishing, if not evaporating. There are opportunities for change that have been created by this crisis. It’s up to us to find them.
killben October 2, 2010 at 12:12 pm
AS usual they will not dare mention that the guys who should have eaten shit were enables to transfer it to the tax-payers plate. If there is social unrest there is valid reasons for the same. Let it go ahead. When policy makers make policies which suit a certain section of society this what happens and rightly so. Get on with the social movement!! None too soon. Infact should have started in UK when Northern Bank was bailed out.
Ellen Anderson October 2, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Impressive level of discourse on this site. Wonder how many of you were philosophy majors.
I think it is likely Europe will explode with riots and strikes before the US. The Greeks especially don’t take too much BS. I think the fact that Greece is the first country where the elites are trying their most severe measures of austerity is strategic, in order to subdue the toughest ones first. The Germans, French, Italians, Romanians, British, Spanish, and Polish people will be a lot easier to subdue than the Greeks.
I think it’s safe to say that there would be much more civil unrest in America if Obama had not been elected into office. The American people had pinned their hopes on “change you can believe in” as a clear sign that the balance would begin to shift back towards fair play for all, and a government which supported the middle class.
Right now, I’d have to say most of America is rather pissed off with how things turned out which for some strange reason Obama have labelled as “irresponsible”.
But in general, Americans really don’t have the free time, money, or real civil liberties to go protest compared to Europe. They know the game is rigged, and they are screwed.
I have been saying that Obama is a trojan horse of the elites meant only to buy them more time so they could finish their ongoing work of stealing everything and anything of value still left in America. Once the government bailouts will stop, we’ll be worse off than Zimbabwe.
And that, my friends, is change you can believe in…
I cannot disagree at this point.
But it’s worth exploring why there is such a disparity between European and American activism. Some of that can be attributed to Obama’s success at crushing the left in his own party. Some of it to the effective astroturfing of the Tea Party which seems so kooky at times and so obviously bought and paid for by the ultra-conservative rich as to de-legitimize populist demonstrations.
I suspect the elites have some surprises in store. Their cynical political chess is not as predictable as the board game, and their Trojan dark horse may yet prove to be their Achilles’ heel. To underscore Glen’s point, I think people are in fact _seriously_ pissed off, just reeling from the shock and awe scale of betrayals and still getting their bearings, as seen here. There are still some on the “professional left” whose salaries depend on telling the base to suck up and buck up, but where I’ve been these are usually pounded to a bloodless pulp by commenters. Tipping points can be hard to foresee accurately, but I suspect we’re in for a doozy in 2012.
ep3 October 2, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Sure all human persons will have to share in the pain and suffering. But all corporate persons won’t have to.
Francois T October 2, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Contrast what is happening to us here and now with this:
As head of state, president Dilma Rousseff would outrank Angela Merkel, Germany’s Chancellor, and Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State: her enormous country of 200 million people is reveling in its new oil wealth. Brazil’s growth rate, rivaling China’s, is one that Europe and Washington can only envy.
Her widely predicted victory in next Sunday’s presidential poll will be greeted with delight by millions. It marks the final demolition of the “national security state“, an arrangement that conservative governments in the US and Europe once regarded as their best artifice for limiting democracy and reform. It maintained a rotten status quo that kept a vast majority in poverty in Latin America while favoring their rich friends.
Just to put this in context:
The generals seized power in 1964 and decreed a reign of terror to defend what they called “national security”. She joined secretive radical groups that saw nothing wrong with taking up arms against an illegitimate military regime. Besides cosseting the rich and crushing trade unions and the underclass, the generals censored the press, forbidding editors from leaving gaps in newspapers to show where news had been suppressed.
Anyone who has followed the saga of the destruction of civil liberties in this country can connect the dots.
Rick Halsen October 2, 2010 at 11:46 pm
Ah, you that are concerned of the when’s and why’s, don’t worry. IMO, there’ll certainly be a globally grand Black Swan event here sooner rather than later.
Everything will come into sharper HD focus on our collective fates which even the elites won’t be able to deal with or escape from.
God at times has one hell of a sense of dark humor.
That is exactly one of my main concerns in reguard to the global inequities and disparities Rick…We have no idea of knowing wher such an event mght hit hardest. All I could guess is that it is unlikely to be an event which respects the social order we know now. Therefore, al humans should be given opportunities to advance as much as possible so that not everything is lost.
I have no precience, or premonition of such an event, but like you I’m aware that they occur periodically.
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Breast milk contains more than 700 species of bacteria, Spanish researchers find
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Spanish researchers have traced the bacterial microbiota map in breast milk, which is often the main source of nourishment for newborns. The study has revealed a larger microbial diversity than originally thought: more than 700 species.
The breast milk received from the mother is one of the factors determining how the bacterial flora will develop in the newborn baby. However, the composition and the biological role of these bacteria in infants remain unknown.
A group of Spanish scientists have now used a technique based on massive DNA sequencing to identify the set of bacteria contained within breast milk called microbiome. Thanks to their study, pre- and postnatal variables influencing the micriobial richness of milk can now be determined.
Colostrum is the first secretion of the mammary glands after giving birth. In some of the samples taken of this liquid, more than 700 species of these microorganisms were found, which is more than originally expected by experts. The results have been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
“This is one of the first studies to document such diversity using the pyrosequencing technique (a large scale DNA sequencing determination technique) on colostrum samples on the one hand, and breast milk on the other, the latter being collected after one and six months of breastfeeding,” explain the coauthors, María Carmen Collado, researcher at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC) and Alex Mira, researcher at the Higher Public Health Research Centre (CSISP-GVA).
The most common bacterial genera in the colostrum samples were Weissella, Leuconostoc, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Lactococcus. In the fluid developed between the first and sixth month of breastfeeding, bacteria typical of the oral cavity were observed, such as Veillonella, Leptotrichia and Prevotella.
“We are not yet able to determine if these bacteria colonise the mouth of the baby or whether oral bacteria of the breast-fed baby enter the breast milk and thus change its composition,” outline the authors.
The heavier the mother, the fewer the bacteria
The study also reveals that the milk of overweight mothers or those who put on more weight than recommended during pregnancy contains a lesser diversity of species.
The type of labour also affects the microbiome within the breast milk: that of mothers who underwent a planned caesarean is different and not as rich in microorganisms as that of mothers who had a vaginal birth. However, when the caesarean is unplanned (intrapartum), milk composition is very similar to that of mothers who have a vaginal birth.
These results suggest that the hormonal state of the mother at the time of labour also plays a role: “The lack of signals of physiological stress, as well as hormonal signals specific to labour, could influence the microbial composition and diversity of breast milk,” state the authors.
Help for the food industry
Given that the bacteria present in breast milk constitute one of initial instances of contact with microorganisms that colonise the infant’s digestive system, the researchers are now working to determine if their role is metabolic (it helps the breast-fed baby to digest the milk) or immune (it helps to distinguish beneficial or foreign organisms).
For the authors, the results have opened up new doors for the design of child nutrition strategies that improve health. “If the breast milk bacteria discovered in this study were important for the development of the immune system, its addition to infant formula could decrease the risk of allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases,” conclude the authors.
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130104083103.htm
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R. Cabrera-Rubio, M. C. Collado, K. Laitinen, S. Salminen, E. Isolauri, A. Mira. The human milk microbiome changes over lactation and is shaped by maternal weight and mode of delivery. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2012; 96 (3): 544 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.037382
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R Davis says:
Well Done !!!
We fail to realise that all the medical research that today’s Western medical practice was done a century or 2 ago –
Yes, that’s right.
!00 to 200 years ago –
The research of just a few people only –
From a massive population of scholars & academics –
Was embraced as acceptable medical knowledge.
Look at Charles Darwin as an example –
Charles Darwin is famous for his Theory of Evolution –
He went to Madagascar & was gobsmacked by the vast diversity of plant & animal life & proceeded to write up his BIBLE of how it all came about.
What Charles Darwin did not wonder is – how – in such a hostile environment as Madagascar anything was alive in the first place.
He never wondered if there weren’t supernatural forces in play that caused the abundance of life & diversity represented within that life.
By supernatural forces I mean – not fairies at the bottom of the garden with a paint pot & brush –
But electromagnetic – atomic & the like energies & the conscious will of the universe to survive & flourish –
Is it possible that in the most unlikely places – life is cast to be the saving grace after the 11th hour has passed ???
Our whole understanding & practice of medicine is based on a very little portion of knowledge that was realised & even made up – so long ago.
Today we can allow ourselves to imagine that we know nothing much that is real & true about ourselves & the universe we live in.
It is all yesterdays obsolete imaginings.
No new work has been done since square one.
It is still all out there waiting to be discovered.
We have been duped by opportunistic fraudsters.
Snake Oil Salesmen –
Madagascar & The Galapagos Islands are place where we can believe – that God does exist & can make Miracles.
Interesting video article:
The Electronic Intifada – “Killing Gaza” captured culture of resistance by Max Blumenthal.
It is the Salivating Bastard that Worship’s The Sacred Almighty Buck that has held us in suspended animation –
The Self Ordained Gods of the Mortal World …
Who know how long ago we could have known who & what we really are ???
But for their intervention.
Physics holds that the universe never forgets
Therefore everything has memory
Therefore everything has conscious intelligence
Therefore nothing can be forgotten
Therefore nothing can become extince
Code of all matter is held in suspended animation till such time as it is required to fill a gap to maintain the mathematical equation of existence of all things
Physics holds the energy cannot be created or destroyed.
The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
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Dalmak by Esmerine
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Winner of the 2014 Juno Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, Dalmak is an exemplary album of that blends contemporary classical, folk, and Turkish elements into a singularly beautiful and affecting record.
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1. Learning To Crawl
2. Lost River Blues I
3. Lost River Blues II
4. Barn Board Fire
5. Hayale Dalmak
6. Translator’s Clos I
7. Translator’s Clos II
8. White Pine
9. Yavri Yavri
Running time: 00:42:16
When Esmerine surfaced with La Lechuza in 2011, the album signaled many things: the band's first new recordings in six years, an expanded line-up, and a song cycle inspired by and dedicated to the life and untimely death of a dear friend and fellow musician. What wasn't immediately clear was whether this acclaimed record would mark the opening of a new chapter for the band, or stand alone as a singular work of eulogy and homage driven by emotion and circumstance.
Esmerine's new album Dalmak emphatically confirms that the group has indeed continued writing, exploring and collaborating - definitively extending its horizons in this new iteration of the band's trajectory. Bruce Cawdron (marimba) resigned from his seat as drummer for Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 2012, allowing him to focus more fully on Esmerine alongside co-founder and cellist Rebecca Foon (Silver Mt. Zion, Set Fire To Flames); the two principals also recruited percussionist Jamie Thompson (Unicorns, Islands) and multi-instrumentalist Brian Sanderson as full-time members to solidify the group as a writing and performing quartet.
European tours in 2011-2012 brought Esmerine to Istanbul, where the group's enthusiastic reception led to an invitation for an artist residency in the city. Dalmak is the fruit of that visit: the majority of the album was recorded in Istanbul, where the band's four Canadian musicians were joined by an equal number of Turkish guest players: Hakan Vreskala, Baran Aşık, Ali Kazim Akdağ, James Hakan Dedeoğlu on various instruments.
Dalmak is a Turkish verb with many connotations: to contemplate, to be absorbed in, to dive into, to bathe in, to rush into, to plummet. As a title for Esmerine's new album, "dalmak" refers in a literal sense to immersion in the culture and music of Istanbul but also appropriately evokes the range of music that emerged from this immersion: a collection of songs that shift between meditative pulsing and enveloping restraint to headlong flights into rhythm and groove. With Dalmak, Esmerine presents some of its most richly minimal and intimate music alongside what is surely its most explosive, energized and ornate. The album is a tour-de-force of cross-cultural music-making, emotive but unsentimental, deeply textured and detailed but never precious, superbly guided throughout by a balance of DIY rock, new folk and modern classical/contemporary sensibilities.
With initial recording by Barkin Engin and Metin Bozkurt in Istanbul, Esmerine laid down the live bed tracks for the up-tempo rhythmic songs at the album's core: "Lost River Blues", "Barn Board Fire" and "Translator's Clos". Marimba, cello, drums, tenor banjo, bass and trumpet are joined by bendir, darbuka, erbane, meh, barama, saz and electric guitar from the local players for these centerpiece tracks, where extended melodic themes are passed around and woven through staccato grooves and polyrhythmic vamps in deeply satisfying fashion. The sessions continued back in Montréal at Breakglass Studio, where Cawdron and Foon tracked the more studied cello and marimba songs "Learning To Crawl" and "White Pine", and where the album's gorgeously saturated warmth, depth and pulsing grit was achieved courtesy of Breakglass head engineer Jace Lasek (Wolf Parade, The Besnard Lakes, Suuns) and Ian Ilavsky, who mixed the album alongside Beckie and Bruce.
Rebecca Foon, Bruce Cawdron, Jamie Thompson and Brian Sanderson
Hakan Vreskala: bendir, darbuka, erbane, voice (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
Baran Aşık: mey (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
Ali Kazim Akdağ: bağlama, saz (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
James Hakan Dedeoğlu: electric guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9)
Sarah Neufeld: violin (tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
Aaron Lumley: contrabass (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7)
Recorded by Barkin Engin + Metin Bozkurt at Tercüman Çıkmazı, Istanbul and by Jace Lasek + James Benjamin at Breakglass, Montreal in autumn 2012. Mixed by Jace Lasek, Ian Ilavsky + Esmerine at Breakglass.
Mastered by Ryan Morey.
Front/back cover photos by Aylin Gungor.
"['Dalmak']involves four Turkish players on everything from saz to electric guitar, with space for the haunting, duduk-like meh oboe and a ton of trad percussion. Rich textural explorations alternate with fiery melodic workouts in Turkish rhythms." – The Wire
"'Dalmak' is a Turkish verb that can mean many things – to contemplate, to become absorbed by, to dive into, to plummet – and it provides an apt title. On Dalmak, the meditative drones and shifting melodies of the Canadians’ strings and percussions are vamped up by an array of [Turkish] sounds...in a thrilling and meaningful conversation." – New Internationalist (5/5 review)
"A listen of brutal intensity and beautiful celebration...At times, melodies are plucked quietly, arcing as delicately as black eyelashes, but they never deviate from what is at the center – an intense cauldron of dynamic fire and free flowing passion." – Fluid Radio
"Lost River Blues II” explodes in an exuberant array of swaying rhythms and sinuous melodies, while the equally intense “Barn Board Fire” casts a powerful spell…" – Textura
"Esmerine’s upcoming fourth LP continues to eschew guitars for moody, often unsettling fits of dramatic movements through cello, marimba, and tenor banjo as well as imported tools that include bendir, darbuka, erbane, meh, barama and saz... A welcome and fitting return." – Decoder
"Esmerine are avidly developing a fascinating and melodic balance between cultural and musical boundaries." – Beats Per Minute
"Esmerine compositions are emotional portals for the listeners. There is significance in these songs, and the band uses their notes to convey heartfelt and deep emotion. This record is triumphant when asked, but still grounded in sadness. Nothing in my life is fused with the livelihood and beauty you find in Turkish markets or the political strife the country’s citizens face on an everyday basis, but these songs still act as a gateway into my own soul. These songs force me to think, to explore, to question. They make me want to love, to hold, to push on." – HeroHill
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Page Six SKIDMORE NEWS March 5, 1970
Women Faculty - Poorer, Fewer
By Louise Dalby
Professor and Chairman, Department of History
The Status of Faculty Women at Skidmore College
From the first moment of organization, Bread and Roses has been concerned with knowing whether Skidmore offers a fair opportunity for the employment of women in the teaching of women. We have made several investigations to date to determine whether the many rumors have any foundation in reality. Our first effort was to discover the ratio of women to men on the faculty over a period of time. The following table gives the result of that part of our survey.
Distribution of Faculty at Skidmore College According; to Rank and Sex
Academic Yr. Total Profs. Assoc. Profs Asst. Profs. Instrs.
F M F M F M F M F M
1956-57 68 29 19 12 18 4 17 20 14 3
1960-61 61 51 17 14 13 9 11 17 20 11
1965-66 57 61 16 11 9 13 18 24 13 14
Spring 1970 62 88 12 19 6 20 24 24 20 25
Figures for the years 1956-57, 1960-61, and 1956-66 are drawn from the College’s report to the Middle States Evaluation; figures for the Spring Term 1970 are compiled from the list distributed by the Administration on 9/11/69 and the various addenda which have followed. These last figures include only those who are actually teaching this spring at the level of Instructor or above. In addition, there are 4 women and 5 men on leave of abscence.
The table shows clearly that Skidmore has steadily hired more men and fewer women over a period of years. In 1956-57, women made up slightly better than 70% of the faculty; this spring that percentage has dropped to slightly better than 41%. We are particularly concerned by the declining numbers of women in the upper ranks. Only 6 women are now, by virtue of their present rank, eligible for promotion to full professor. These women represent the Departments of Biology, Music, Nursing and Physical Education.
We also wish to know where faculty women are located and we have prepared a chart to illustrate the distribution by departments. We have divided the results into two columns according to whether the department offers a major leading to the B.A. or B.S. degree. Again we have confined our count to those who are actually teaching this present term.
About this chart, we have asked only one question so far: Is there a policy at Skidmore that says women are competent to teach in some departments and not in others?
We have written to all department chairmen to inquire how many women teach in each department and at what rank, and we have stated that our position is to ask chairmen to make a special effort to employ competent women as members of the faculty. To date, we have received replies, some hostile and some sympathetic, from all but 4 chairmen. We have written again to these 4 asking them to cooperate with us to make our survey complete.
A second concern has been to learn whether faculty women are receiving at least an average salary for the positions they fill. We sent out the following questionnaire to faculty women and so far received 40 responses. We are making a special request here to the remaining women to return the forms to us. We have extra copies which we can distribute to any woman who has lost the one we sent or to any woman we may have missed.
B.A. B.S.
Department F M Department F M
American Art 3 14
Studies 0 3
Drama 0 3 1/2*
Asian Education 2 6
Music 4 4
Biology 3 4 Nursing 12 0
Chem. Physics 2 3 Physical Ed. 10 0
Economics 0 3 Business 4 0
English 4 14 1/2*
Geology 0 2
Government 0 7
History 3 4
Mathematics 2 3
Language 7 5
Philosophy 1 4
Psychology 2 4
Sociology &
Anthropology 3 4
TOTALS 27 62 1/2 35 27 1/2
*Joint appointment Drama/ English
For a survey of the status of women at Skidmore, we are asking your cooperation in determining the position of women in relation to average salaries. Since the administration has released two different sets of figures, we hope you will be willing to answer the same question according to two tables. Please note that these figures give the average salary only and do NOT include fringe benefits.
see top next column
Since we had sent a questionnaire to one woman on leave, a woman not counted in any other tabulation, we have reduced the number of answers to 39. Of those 39, 30 women are below average in salary according to Table I and 21 are below average by the figures given in Table II.
We have begun an investigation of appointments to the Administration where we find the problems of accurate compilation and comparison infinitely more difficult due to the addition of many offices and the several changes in title. We note that the catalogue for 1958-59 listed 11 women and 6 men as officers of Administration, the catalogue for 1964-65 16 women and 7 men in roughly comparable offices, while the current catalogue lists 13 women and 21 men in key posts. We expect to make a further report when we fully work our way through the maze created by Parkinson’s Law. We note that catalogues up to the year 1969 listed a major position, filled by a woman, in second place. Beginning in that year, the same position, and still filled by a woman, has been dropped to third place in the College’s official publications.
All the evidence we have gathered, inconclusive as it may still be, adds to our concern for the present status of women and for the future of women at Skidmore. We have been told that the social situation at Skidmore makes it difficult to persuade women to come here. Is there something about the College that makes the social situation more pleasant for men? We have also been told that co-educational and allmale academic institutions are now employing enough women to add to the difficulties faced by a women’s college. Is that really a satisfactory explanation? Does Harvard or SUNY at Albany employ women in the same ratio as they grant degrees to women? How many women are employed at Union? Or at Colgate?
Skidmore says its aim is to prepare “... young women for lives of continuing personal growth.... ” and its pursuit is “academic excellence.” When these aims have been realized, when the Skidmore graduate has been “grasped by learning” and distinguished the excellent from the second-rate, to what use will she put these great benefits? Unhappy housewives and den mothers, women embittered by the lack of opportunity to put their talents and education to good use, make up one of the more serious sociological problems in American culture as well as contributing to the wastefulness of this country. With a Katy Gibbs syndrome, the term students so often use to describe Skidmore’s attitude toward women, the College may actually be contributing to the seriousness of that problem. It is time to make that special effort to employ more women, competent women, to remind the able student that academic success is possible. It is time to accept a great degree of responsibility for the employment of women commensurate to their education and abilities.
Professors $16,210
Associate Professors 12,018
Assistant Professors 10,383
Instructors 8,558
Question: Does your salary for this current academic year fall below the average?
Yes___ No___
Assistant Professors 9,977
Yes___-No___
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Women Support Abortion Reform
by CORINNE HURLBUT
The Committee on Personal Freedom has several purposes. First it is hoped that gynecological services and sex counseling will be made available to all Skidmore students by September 1970. It is assured that Freshman Orientation will involve both physical and psychological sex education seminars given by the medical staff and nursing majors.
Also there is great interest in the N.Y. State Abortion Repeal Bill. In the repeal bill, all questions of abortion remain between the woman and her doctor. The state is no longer involved. On March, 21st, local Women’s Liberation groups will protest the bill’s entrapment in the Codes Committee, despite its 30 co-sponsors. And again, on March 28th, a demonstration of several thousand women will take place in N.Y.C, (noon, 23rd and 1st Avenue) to march in favor of the Abortion Repeal Bill.
The Personal Freedoms Committee hopes also that the Skidmore Trustees will cease “in loco parentis” and will legalize 24 hour parietals at the next trustees meeting. To do less than endorse freedom for all women students belies their traditional adherence to a double standard.
Many members of the Personal Freedom’s Committee have incorporated the first local chapter of the nationwide group headed by Dr. Paul Erlich, ZERO POPULATION GROWTH. This group’s purpose is to advocate a balancing of the birth and death rate. Today, the world’s population stands to double in 35 years due to the government enforced death control and increased life-span. Today, the birth rate far exceeds the death rate. Unfortunately there is virtually no land left to be cultivated in the world. No “synthetic foods” or “foods from the oceans’ panacea” will stave off the famines of 10’s of millions in the year 1975. (Paddock) At present, the United States consumes nearly half the world’s natural resources. Our affluence depends largely on imports from underdeveloped countries whose population doubling rates are about 20 to 25 years. Clearly, birth control must be made available to all women. Abortion laws must be repealed. Two children families must be advocated. As Malthus rightly demonstrates, FOOD INCREASES ARITHMETICALly (1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128 etc.)
Women today face a terrifying future. The college student of today is a product of the Post World War II baby-boom. They will set off the population bomb—(Erlich calls them the ‘mini-skirted bombs’). Hopefully, today’s young women are seeking to combine motherhood and work outside the suburbs. As Margaret Sanger once wrote: “Brood mothers breed slave children. Free women bear a free, brave race.”
WOMAN'S LIBERATION
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Title March 5, 1970
Date March 05 1970
Transcript Page Six SKIDMORE NEWS March 5, 1970 Women Faculty - Poorer, Fewer By Louise Dalby Professor and Chairman, Department of History The Status of Faculty Women at Skidmore College From the first moment of organization, Bread and Roses has been concerned with knowing whether Skidmore offers a fair opportunity for the employment of women in the teaching of women. We have made several investigations to date to determine whether the many rumors have any foundation in reality. Our first effort was to discover the ratio of women to men on the faculty over a period of time. The following table gives the result of that part of our survey. Distribution of Faculty at Skidmore College According; to Rank and Sex Academic Yr. Total Profs. Assoc. Profs Asst. Profs. Instrs. F M F M F M F M F M 1956-57 68 29 19 12 18 4 17 20 14 3 1960-61 61 51 17 14 13 9 11 17 20 11 1965-66 57 61 16 11 9 13 18 24 13 14 Spring 1970 62 88 12 19 6 20 24 24 20 25 Figures for the years 1956-57, 1960-61, and 1956-66 are drawn from the College’s report to the Middle States Evaluation; figures for the Spring Term 1970 are compiled from the list distributed by the Administration on 9/11/69 and the various addenda which have followed. These last figures include only those who are actually teaching this spring at the level of Instructor or above. In addition, there are 4 women and 5 men on leave of abscence. The table shows clearly that Skidmore has steadily hired more men and fewer women over a period of years. In 1956-57, women made up slightly better than 70% of the faculty; this spring that percentage has dropped to slightly better than 41%. We are particularly concerned by the declining numbers of women in the upper ranks. Only 6 women are now, by virtue of their present rank, eligible for promotion to full professor. These women represent the Departments of Biology, Music, Nursing and Physical Education. We also wish to know where faculty women are located and we have prepared a chart to illustrate the distribution by departments. We have divided the results into two columns according to whether the department offers a major leading to the B.A. or B.S. degree. Again we have confined our count to those who are actually teaching this present term. About this chart, we have asked only one question so far: Is there a policy at Skidmore that says women are competent to teach in some departments and not in others? We have written to all department chairmen to inquire how many women teach in each department and at what rank, and we have stated that our position is to ask chairmen to make a special effort to employ competent women as members of the faculty. To date, we have received replies, some hostile and some sympathetic, from all but 4 chairmen. We have written again to these 4 asking them to cooperate with us to make our survey complete. A second concern has been to learn whether faculty women are receiving at least an average salary for the positions they fill. We sent out the following questionnaire to faculty women and so far received 40 responses. We are making a special request here to the remaining women to return the forms to us. We have extra copies which we can distribute to any woman who has lost the one we sent or to any woman we may have missed. B.A. B.S. Department F M Department F M American Art 3 14 Studies 0 3 Drama 0 3 1/2* Asian Education 2 6 Studies 0 2 Music 4 4 Biology 3 4 Nursing 12 0 Chem. Physics 2 3 Physical Ed. 10 0 Economics 0 3 Business 4 0 English 4 14 1/2* Geology 0 2 Government 0 7 History 3 4 Mathematics 2 3 Modern Language 7 5 Philosophy 1 4 Psychology 2 4 Sociology & Anthropology 3 4 TOTALS 27 62 1/2 35 27 1/2 *Joint appointment Drama/ English For a survey of the status of women at Skidmore, we are asking your cooperation in determining the position of women in relation to average salaries. Since the administration has released two different sets of figures, we hope you will be willing to answer the same question according to two tables. Please note that these figures give the average salary only and do NOT include fringe benefits. see top next column Since we had sent a questionnaire to one woman on leave, a woman not counted in any other tabulation, we have reduced the number of answers to 39. Of those 39, 30 women are below average in salary according to Table I and 21 are below average by the figures given in Table II. We have begun an investigation of appointments to the Administration where we find the problems of accurate compilation and comparison infinitely more difficult due to the addition of many offices and the several changes in title. We note that the catalogue for 1958-59 listed 11 women and 6 men as officers of Administration, the catalogue for 1964-65 16 women and 7 men in roughly comparable offices, while the current catalogue lists 13 women and 21 men in key posts. We expect to make a further report when we fully work our way through the maze created by Parkinson’s Law. We note that catalogues up to the year 1969 listed a major position, filled by a woman, in second place. Beginning in that year, the same position, and still filled by a woman, has been dropped to third place in the College’s official publications. All the evidence we have gathered, inconclusive as it may still be, adds to our concern for the present status of women and for the future of women at Skidmore. We have been told that the social situation at Skidmore makes it difficult to persuade women to come here. Is there something about the College that makes the social situation more pleasant for men? We have also been told that co-educational and allmale academic institutions are now employing enough women to add to the difficulties faced by a women’s college. Is that really a satisfactory explanation? Does Harvard or SUNY at Albany employ women in the same ratio as they grant degrees to women? How many women are employed at Union? Or at Colgate? Skidmore says its aim is to prepare “... young women for lives of continuing personal growth.... ” and its pursuit is “academic excellence.” When these aims have been realized, when the Skidmore graduate has been “grasped by learning” and distinguished the excellent from the second-rate, to what use will she put these great benefits? Unhappy housewives and den mothers, women embittered by the lack of opportunity to put their talents and education to good use, make up one of the more serious sociological problems in American culture as well as contributing to the wastefulness of this country. With a Katy Gibbs syndrome, the term students so often use to describe Skidmore’s attitude toward women, the College may actually be contributing to the seriousness of that problem. It is time to make that special effort to employ more women, competent women, to remind the able student that academic success is possible. It is time to accept a great degree of responsibility for the employment of women commensurate to their education and abilities. Table I Professors $16,210 Associate Professors 12,018 Assistant Professors 10,383 Instructors 8,558 Question: Does your salary for this current academic year fall below the average? Yes___ No___ Table II Professors $15,856 Associate Professors 11,539 Assistant Professors 9,977 Instructors 8,430 Question: Does your salary for this current academic year fall below the average? Yes___-No___ [photograph] Women Support Abortion Reform by CORINNE HURLBUT The Committee on Personal Freedom has several purposes. First it is hoped that gynecological services and sex counseling will be made available to all Skidmore students by September 1970. It is assured that Freshman Orientation will involve both physical and psychological sex education seminars given by the medical staff and nursing majors. Also there is great interest in the N.Y. State Abortion Repeal Bill. In the repeal bill, all questions of abortion remain between the woman and her doctor. The state is no longer involved. On March, 21st, local Women’s Liberation groups will protest the bill’s entrapment in the Codes Committee, despite its 30 co-sponsors. And again, on March 28th, a demonstration of several thousand women will take place in N.Y.C, (noon, 23rd and 1st Avenue) to march in favor of the Abortion Repeal Bill. The Personal Freedoms Committee hopes also that the Skidmore Trustees will cease “in loco parentis” and will legalize 24 hour parietals at the next trustees meeting. To do less than endorse freedom for all women students belies their traditional adherence to a double standard. Many members of the Personal Freedom’s Committee have incorporated the first local chapter of the nationwide group headed by Dr. Paul Erlich, ZERO POPULATION GROWTH. This group’s purpose is to advocate a balancing of the birth and death rate. Today, the world’s population stands to double in 35 years due to the government enforced death control and increased life-span. Today, the birth rate far exceeds the death rate. Unfortunately there is virtually no land left to be cultivated in the world. No “synthetic foods” or “foods from the oceans’ panacea” will stave off the famines of 10’s of millions in the year 1975. (Paddock) At present, the United States consumes nearly half the world’s natural resources. Our affluence depends largely on imports from underdeveloped countries whose population doubling rates are about 20 to 25 years. Clearly, birth control must be made available to all women. Abortion laws must be repealed. Two children families must be advocated. As Malthus rightly demonstrates, FOOD INCREASES ARITHMETICALly (1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128 etc.) Women today face a terrifying future. The college student of today is a product of the Post World War II baby-boom. They will set off the population bomb—(Erlich calls them the ‘mini-skirted bombs’). Hopefully, today’s young women are seeking to combine motherhood and work outside the suburbs. As Margaret Sanger once wrote: “Brood mothers breed slave children. Free women bear a free, brave race.” WOMAN'S LIBERATION Join the Orange Juice Revolt WILLIAMS OR BUST Is Vietnam Ivy League? [illustration]
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[Signed petition for the Senate and House of Representatives]
Undated petition signed by c.150 Boston citizens arguring against the removal of Judge [Edward Greely] Loring in 1850 from his appointment as judge for forcing Anthony Burns to return back to slavery in the South.
[Letter from P.C. Brooks to Mr. William H. Vernon]
Letter from P. C. Brooks of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].
[Form letter soliciting donations for Captain Drayton]
Form letter from Francis Jackson and others requesting donations for the financial support of Captain [Daniel] Drayton while visiting in Boston.
[Draft of circular letter from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society]
Draft of letter from the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society to S. E. Sewall regarding gathering signatures for petitions oppsoing the Texas Constitution's endorsement of slavery.
Contribution of the Churches in Mass for Fugitive Slaves
List of donations [to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] from ca. 110 people belonging to various churches. Divided into columns labeled Orthodox, Baptists, Methodist, and Unitarian. Some of the names included in the list are: James Trask Woodbury, G. Buckingham Wilcox, Giles Pease; E. A. (Edward Ainsley) Stockman, Abijah Stowell, Benjamin Whitmore, Luther Sheldon, Asaph Meriam, C. T. Tucker, and Charles Manning Bowers.
Phelps resolution
Resolution supporting the anti-slavery movement.
The Role of Infamy
Unsigned and undated two-page manuscript regarding the return of Anthony Burns to slavery, and the wrongful circumstances of his arrest and trial.
The Problem of the Free Negroes. A few thoughts upon the proposed solution of it.
Unsigned and undated six-page memoranda in support of slave colonization to Liberia.
Liberator Circular
Manuscript draft of a [Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society] circular to solicit donations to operate the anti-slavery publication The Liberator.
[Resolutions adopted regarding the management and promotion of The Liberator]
Resolutions and ennumerated proposals for the management and promotion of the anti-slavery publication The Liberator.
Invitation to National Convention 1839
Printed invitation from Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison to represent the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the National Convention of Abolitionists in Albany, N.Y.
Petition Woman to be divorced & negro & c.
Two document on one leaf. On front, petition dated January 4, 1709, by "Jack O [sic] Negro]" of Boston [Massachusets] to marry "Esther, a negro servant" despite witheld consent from his master, Mr. Gutteridge. On back, petition dated March 30, 1780, by Mercy Turner to divorce her husband Philip Turner.
Liberator Appeal 1836
Circular letter from the committee of The Liberator, Samuel E. Sewall, Joseph Southwick, and John Cutts Smith soliciting donations to support the operation of The Liberator.
[Notification for appointment to attend the 6th Anniversary of the American A. S. Society]
Letter from Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison, with no addressee, notifying of appointment to serve as a delegate for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society at the 6th Anniversary celebration of the American Anti-Slavery Society in New York on May 7, 1839.
Two letters on one sheet dated August 21 and 27, 1786, from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island].
[Circular for The Liberator]
Four-page circular for distribution to readers of The Liberator, soliciting donations and additional subscribers. Includes quotes of praise from several well-known abolitionists, such as Gerrit Smith and George Thompson.
Bradburns Petition
Unsigned and undated petition to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives to condemn the imprisonment of African American sailors when docked in particular United States ports.
Old debts paid
List of "old debts paid" [probably costs for the abolitionist publication The Liberator].
[Letter from John A. Collins and Henry W. Williams to Increase S. Smith]
Letter from John A. Collins, Henry W. Williams and [missing from bottom of page], committee members of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Boston, inviting Increase S. Smith, from Hingham, Massachusetts, to pariticipate in the eleventh anniversary of the Society. Names participants Nathaniel C. [Peabody?] Rogers, Thomas Earle, J. C. Fuller, C. C. Burleigh, J. C. Hathaway, and George Bradburn.
A. S. Circular from the Decade meeting Dec. 1843, American A. S. Soc.
Three-page manuscript circular letter from the American Anti-Slavery Society, soliciting donations to sustain operation of the organization.
Circular for Aid to the Liberator
Three-page circular soliciting donations and support for abolitionist publication The Liberator.
[Letter from Ellis Gray Loring to Mr. Jackson of Boston]
Letter from Ellis Gray Loring to Francis Jackson regarding concerns of being charged with libel for an article published [in The Liberator].
Money Circular, American Socy.
Undated and unsigned printed circular from the American Anti-Slavery Society for distribution among auxiliary societies, outlining plans of operation including distibution of material, collection of funds, and reports to the Executive Committee.
[Letter from Ellis Gray Loring to Andrew Robeson]
Four-page letter from Ellis Gray Loring to Andrew Robeson soliciting donations to operate the anti-slavery publication The Liberator, under the management of Francis Jackson, Samuel Philbrick, Edmund Quincy, William Bassett, and Loring.
Treasurer's report for 1845 sumbitted by Francis Jackson to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society.
[Letter from Francis Jackson, et al]
Two-page letter from Francis Jackson, Samuel Philbrick, Ellis Gray Loring, William Bassett, and Edmund Quincy of Boston, [Massachusetts] to an unnamed addressee soliciting funds for the operation of The Liberator, an explaining a new subscription service.
[Letter to Mr. Blanchard]
Unsigned letter addressed to Mr. Blanchard regarding building plans for the "Copeland Estate at Quincy," discussing the construction of basements and cellars underneath a particular building. Dated Boston, Mary 1856. On back, extensive list of names titled "Early Abolitionists" dated December 16, 1831, identifying several notable abolitionists including William Lloyd Garrison and David Lee Child.
Liberator 1838
Four-page agreement between William Lloyd Garrison, Francis Jackson, Isaac Knapp, Edmund Quincy, and William Bassett [of Boston, Massachusetts] for the financial and physcial operation of The Liberator. Followed by additional agreement dated December 22, 1838.
Donations in aid of the Liberator in 1840 - for types
List of ca. 20 donors to The Liberator in 1840, including amounts of donations.
Liberator Accts, 1839
Accounts statement between abolitionist publication The Liberator and Francis Jackson for the year 1839.
Fugitive Slaves aided by the Vigilance Committee since the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill, 1850
Two-page list of names of fugitive slaves aided by the Vigilance Committee [probably of Boston, Massachusetts] since the passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill in 1850 until 1854.
Letter from Sam Brown of Boston [Massachusetts] to William Vernon of Newport [Rhode Island]. Followed by manuscript copy of letter from Silvester Jones, in the Isle of France, to Sam Brown dated October 3, 1794.
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society records, 1850-1858 (44) + -
Slavery Collection (16) + -
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877 (9) + -
Don Galvez (Brig) (8) + -
Knapp, Isaac, 1804-1843 (8) + -
Gardner, Daniel (6) + -
Bassett, William, 1803-1871 (5) + -
Grey, Captain (5) + -
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 (5) + -
Burns, Anthony, 1834-1862 (4) + -
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885 (4) + -
Child, David Lee, 1794-1874 (4) + -
Abolitionists--United States (36) + -
Slave trade--Rhode Island--Newport (14) + -
Slave trade--Mozambique (3) + -
Slavery--Law and legislation--Washington (D.C.) (3) + -
Abolitionists--Massachusetts (2) + -
Antislavery movements--Massachusetts (2) + -
Petitions--Massachusetts--Boston (2) + -
Slave trade--Ile-de-France (2) + -
Slave trade--South Carolina--Charleston (2) + -
Slavery--Massachusetts--Hingham (2) + -
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LEXINGTON, Mass.—In keeping with its dedication to growth as a provider of therapies for rare disorders, Shire PLC has acquired Uppsala, Sweden-based Premacure AB, a privately held biotechnology company developing a protein replacement therapy for the rare eye disorder retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Though no financial details were disclosed, the transaction includes an upfront payment as well as additional potential payments contingent on the achievement of pre-arranged development and commercial milestones.
"ROP is a devastating eye disorder that can severely impact preterm infants for the rest of their lives," Dr. Flemming Ornskov, CEO-designate for Shire, said in a press release. "This investigational protein has the potential to provide a first-in-class treatment that may minimize the development and impact of complications arising from ROP. We will build on the work that Premacure has done and will apply Shire's proven ability in developing protein replacement therapies for rare disorders to bring this much-needed therapy to the market."
During normal gestation, a fetus receives necessary growth factors from the maternal serum, and full-term babies can produce said factors on their own. Preterm infants, however, lose specific growth factors such as insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), which supports childhood growth and development, as a result of early separation from their mothers. The lack of growth factors like IGF-1 is linked to lifelong complications such as ROP, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis and impaired brain growth, according to Premacure's website, and "chronic complications following premature birth are present in up to 70 percent of these neonates."
According to current estimates, roughly 54,000 premature infants are born in the European Union each year, and 87,000 in the United States, and of those numbers, approximately 14,000 to 16,000 preterm infants in the United States present with some degree of ROP. For anywhere between 1,100 and 1,500 of those infants, ROP is severe enough to require medical treatment, and some 400 to 600 infants become legally blind. ROP primarily affects preterm infants born before 31 weeks of gestation, and the smaller an infant is at birth, the higher its chances of developing ROP, which usually develops in both eyes and is one of the leading causes of childhood vision loss.
At present, only symptomatic treatment exists for ROP. However, administering IGF-1 to premature infants to compensate for the loss of the maternal source has been shown to establish a physiological level of the hormone similar to that seen in utero.
Premacure's treatment—which it is developing under the brand name Premiplex—began with a formulation of IGF-1 combined with a recombinant version of insulin-like growth factor-1 binding protein-3, IGF-1's naturally occurring binding protein. In a Phase I clinical trial, the investigational protein was shown to be generally well tolerated in preterm infants, and IGF-1 levels were increased to within physiological levels. The current multicenter Phase II clinical trial to determine safety and efficacy is ongoing, and Shire HGT will continue the study following the acquisition.
Jessica Cotrone, senior director of corporate communications for Shire HGT, comments that Shire is "always looking to partner or acquire companies who have life-altering therapies and are looking for a global development and commercial partner. Taking all of this into consideration, Premacure was the right strategic fit for us."
The transaction complements Shire's existing expertise in protein replacement, she adds, and is "aligned with Shire's focus on the orphan disease space, meeting the needs of the specialist physician and pursuing innovative treatment options in areas of high unmet need that deliver value for patients, physicians and the healthcare community." In addition, it allows Shire to expand its footprint into the field of neonatology.
"The acquisition of Premacure by Shire further underscores the potential to change the long-term outlook for preterm infants with ROP and their families," said Jan Borg, founding CEO of Premacure, in a statement. "We are excited that this program will become part of the innovative pipeline at Shire and believe that their experience and resources may accelerate the development of a product that seeks to prevent some of the devastating long-term consequences of ROP."
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Gordon, Doris A was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1355 N Mountain View DR, BAYFIELD, La Plata County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4931083.
Gordon, Doris Dannielle was born in 1976 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4636 N Walden CT, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200064234.
Gordon, Doris E was born in 1934 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2246 S Kenton ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 689495.
Gordon, Doris Jean was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 22879 E Union AVE, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 902692.
Gordon, Dorothy Eleanor was born in 1926 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1725 Norwood LN, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600925239.
Gordon, Dorothy Louise was born in 1941 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 357 Ash ST, HUDSON, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6299545.
Gordon, Douglas Christopher was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9774 Chanteclair CIR, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5685495.
Gordon, Douglas L was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8295 Everett WAY, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4067617.
Gordon, Douglas R was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1005 Medicine Man CT, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6355977.
Gordon, Douglas Richard was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16462 W 56Th DR, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4095682.
Gordon, Douglas Rodgers Jr was born in 1964 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7708 Waverly Mountain, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4122658.
Gordon, Drew Connell was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16151 E Dorado PL, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601208752.
Gordon, Drew Hirsch was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2903 Dawn DR UNIT 1, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 601373151.
Gordon, Dustin James was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 253 10Th ST, PENROSE, Fremont County, CO. His voter ID number is 600362627.
Gordon, Dustin Paul Moore was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3285 S High ST, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600257317.
Gordon, Dusty Katherine was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4950 S Sedalia WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 711719.
Gordon, Dusty Lucky was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 107 Peaks View CT # 323, BLUE RIVER, Summit County, CO. His voter ID number is 200377871.
Gordon, Dyanne K was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10070 W 9Th DR, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4053157.
Gordon, Dylan was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 815 N El Paso ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601573994.
Gordon, Dylan Edward was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4933 Fenwood DR, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 600337016.
Gordon, Dylan Michael Irvan was born in 1999 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7764 W Coal Mine PL, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601784700.
Gordon, Ebone Dawn Shantae Mo was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1185 Goodview CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601211168.
Gordon, Ebony Monique was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 19255 E Brown DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 697867.
Gordon, Eddie Lewis was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3729 Oro Blanco DR APT 103, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200283633.
Gordon, Edna L was born in 1942 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8295 Everett WAY, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4066609.
Gordon, Edward L was born in 1938 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6390 W Jefferson PL, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 3979101.
Gordon, Edward Lee Iii was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9801 W Wesley CT, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4208551.
Gordon, Edward P was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5024 N Zuni ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2539286.
Gordon, Edward Young was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3750 Highview DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 146499.
Gordon, Edwin D was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1212 Bowser DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601162296.
Gordon, Edwin Rycroft was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6967 Chestnut Hill ST, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5774084.
Gordon, Eileen Clover was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 15235 O74 RD, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5360009.
Gordon, Eileen K was born in 1942 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6043 W 23Rd Street RD, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6362445.
Gordon, Eileen Mary was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10772 Remmick Ridge RD, PARKER, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5826237.
Gordon, Elaina Holburn was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6567 S Cook WAY, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4062215.
Gordon, Elaine was born in 1958 and registered to vote, giving the address as 2641 Black Bear CT, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. Gordon voter ID number is 601365891.
Gordon, Elaine Ruth was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4101 S Eliot ST, SHERIDAN, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 945470.
Gordon, Eleanor Rynearson was born in 1941 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4751 E Costilla AVE # 204, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 803055.
Gordon, Elijah Michael was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11802 Osceola ST, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601139736.
Gordon, Eli Jake was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 660 S Gilpin ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600810216.
Gordon, Elisabeth Susanna was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2325 Goss ST UNIT 3, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601092871.
Gordon, Eli Samuel was born in 2000 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3705 Manchester ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601728272.
Gordon, Elise Nicole was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2 Bigcone Spruce, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600277486.
Gordon, Elizabeth A was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 20 Verde LN, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4965184.
Gordon, Elizabeth Ann was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 105 Sunlight LN, BAILEY, Park County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601039341.
Gordon, Elizabeth Chantel was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4380 S Monaco ST UNIT 2049, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600891417.
Gordon, Elizabeth Frances was born in 1979 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2671 Alpha PL, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2377101.
Gordon, Elizabeth Frances was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 187 Stagecoach TRL, ELIZABETH, Elbert County, CO. Her voter ID number is 602014664.
Gordon, Elizabeth Jane was born in 1966 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1008 Badger RD, CRESTONE, Saguache County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600909285.
Gordon, Elizabeth Margaret was born in 1962 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 23550 Handle RD, CALHAN, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601914557.
Gordon, Elizabeth Maria was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 493 S Youngfield CT # 13-105, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601379263.
Gordon, Elizabeth Marie was born in 1978 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5460 N Xenia ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600768377.
Gordon, Elizabeth Marks was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5292 S Everett ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4162634.
Gordon, Elizabeth Mckinley was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1409 Kalmia AVE, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8064115.
Gordon, Elizabeth Olivia was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1513 W Lake ST, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600917467.
Gordon, Elizabeth Slaven was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13105 W 15Th DR, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4049761.
Gordon, Elizabeth W was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 21589 E Crestridge PL, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 749815.
Gordon, Elizabeth Williams was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2984 Mesa AVE, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2358767.
Gordon, Ellen was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 716 S 3Rd ST, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5387982.
Gordon, Ellen Elizabeth Isom was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1362 S Elizabeth ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601364733.
Gordon, Elliot Anthony was born in 1977 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 0 Fort Carson, FT CARSON, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600665485.
Gordon, Elliott Moshe was born in 1996 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1440 8Th ST # 2210, GOLDEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 600911076.
Gordon, Eloise Lola was born in 1999 and registered to vote, giving the address as 2109 E 9Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Gordon voter ID number is 601584233.
Gordon, Emiko F was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6013 E 137Th AVE, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6833586.
Gordon, Emily Aileen was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 685 Wuthering Heights DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601386667.
Gordon, Emily Ann was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 340 4Th ST, ESTES PARK, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600451499.
Gordon, Emily Anne was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 13581 Via Varra # 3308, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601142417.
Gordon, Emily Anne was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2031 Oakwood LN, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601253522.
Gordon, Emily Beth was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4335 N Wolff ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5389702.
Gordon, Emily Bryan was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2975 N Huron ST APT 230, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600915313.
Gordon, Emily Christine was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 14520 Prairie Sky LN, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600900158.
Gordon, Emily Elizabeth was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 810 N Glencoe ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600934137.
Gordon, Emily Elizabeth was born in 1990 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6500 W 13Th AVE # 215, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601938608.
Gordon, Emily H was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4702 S Clarkson ST, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2800463.
Gordon, Emily Lauren was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2315 Washo CIR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601155104.
Gordon, Emily Martha was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 101 Maple LN, ASPEN, Pitkin County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6795237.
Gordon, Emily Rose was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2300 W County Road 38E # 66, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1595921.
Gordon, Emily Sue was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2515 Bellamy ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600502996.
Gordon, Emily Victoria C was born in 1997 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5332 E Brittany PL, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601180263.
Gordon, Emily Woods was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 360 Paepcke DR 104, ASPEN, Pitkin County, CO. Her voter ID number is 141127.
Gordon, Emma Beth was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2832 N Decatur ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601308408.
Gordon, England Walter Ii was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 56455 E 40Th AVE, STRASBURG, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 726486.
Gordon, England Walter Iii was born in 1983 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 56455 E 40Th AVE, STRASBURG, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 914240.
Gordon, Erica Ann was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2190 N Bryant ST APT 215, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600986357.
Gordon, Erica Christine was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 102 Juniper PL # D, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200177417.
Gordon, Erica Elizabeth was born in 1980 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2860 Rose Hill ST, STRASBURG, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7089543.
Gordon, Eric Cuyler was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 494 S Youngfield CT # 105, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601563060.
Gordon, Eric D was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5582 E Oxford AVE, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 868695.
Gordon, Eric Matthew was born in 1980 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2522 W 40Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601298429.
Gordon, Eric Maurice was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 750 S Clinton ST APT 4A, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600915273.
Gordon, Eric Michael was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6482 Simms ST # A, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4099135.
Gordon, Eric Richard was born in 1973 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5858 Thurber DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601769828.
Gordon, Eric Ross was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1057 S Dale CT, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 4184796.
Gordon, Eric Russell was born in 1994 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3025 Ebbtide VW, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601773971.
Gordon, Eric Ryan was born in 1940 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 208 11Th ST, FOWLER, Otero County, CO. His voter ID number is 4009260.
Gordon, Eric Samuel was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 470 S 39Th ST, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8064118.
Gordon, Eric Thomas was born in 1971 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 482 Jaquette LN, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 600739774.
Gordon, Erika Joan was born in 1969 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 18155 E Weaver AVE, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3965973.
Gordon, Erika Lynn was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 308 S Elizabeth ST, RIDGWAY, Ouray County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6023584.
Gordon, Erik Hans was born in 1990 and registered to vote, giving the address as 2960 18Th ST, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Gordon voter ID number is 601383889.
Gordon, Erin Elizabeth was born in 1998 and registered to vote, giving the address as 9774 Chanteclair CIR, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Gordon voter ID number is 601356345.
Gordon, Erin Jane was born in 1976 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1931 Cedar CT, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7040571.
Gordon, Erin M was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4040 N Albion ST APT G302, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600581917.
Gordon, Erin Nicole was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2613 Partridge CT, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600843550.
Gordon, Ernest Donald Iii was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 19255 E Brown DR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 677678.
Gordon, Ernest James was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2651 S Sable WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 702976.
Gordon, Ethan Hunter was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1516 N Perry ST APT 2, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 200312642.
Gordon, Eugene Glen was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 527 Rosemont DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200089525.
Gordon, Evan Alexander was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 518 Remington ST # D, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601733097.
Gordon, Evelyn Franzoni was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9130 W Portland AVE, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4262941.
Gordon, Eve Lynne was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 737 N Corona ST APT C, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601180586.
Gordon, Felicia Dianne was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1760 S Ensenada WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 680287.
Gordon, Fenix Michael was born in 2000 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7330 Royal Country Down DR, WINDSOR, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601913494.
Gordon, Florine was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7401 E 26Th AVE APT 411, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2409698.
Gordon, Flynn Fitzhugh was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1426 N Bellaire ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600967295.
Gordon, Foley Delbert was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5803 E 9Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2548402.
Gordon, Frances was born in 1950 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 643 Grandview Meadows DR, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601174544.
Gordon, Frances May was born in 1939 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 362 Shamrock AVE, HOWARD, Fremont County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3659884.
Gordon, Frank J was born in 1942 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1836 22Nd ST, GREELEY, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6340721.
Gordon, Frank James Iii was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 700 Brown AVE, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3094767.
Gordon, Frank W was born in 1935 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3324 N Niagara ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2394705.
Gordon, Frank Webster Jr was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 21462 E 50Th PL, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2513512.
Gordon, Frederick Adolph was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5509 N Chandler CT, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2775398.
Gordon, Frederick Allen was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2109 E 6Th ST, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3022768.
Gordon, Fredric Jeffrey was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 750 Mohawk DR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 601355518.
Gordon, Gabrielle Ann was born in 2000 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 15519 W 75Th PL, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601253157.
Gordon, Gabrielle Anna Marie was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 729 Mathews CIR, ERIE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3937197.
Gordon, Gabrielle Cerise was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 915 Rainlilly LN, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8064124.
Gordon, Gabrielle Christine was born in 1994 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 12504 Mt Belford WAY, PEYTON, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600444266.
Gordon, Gail Gardens was born in 1938 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 20 Cherrymoor DR, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 850317.
Gordon, Gail Kinzer was born in 1953 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 377 W Arapahoe LN, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8064125.
Gordon, Gail Margaret was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 217 Alcove DR, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2355923.
Gordon, Gairy Anthony was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3710 Misty Meadows DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 201728.
Gordon, Garett John was born in 1982 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5996 S Jellison ST # F, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 2921636.
Gordon, Garrett Loyde was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 13440 Newton CT, BROOMFIELD, Broomfield County, CO. His voter ID number is 600378038.
Gordon, Garrett Mathew was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 211 S Sherman AVE, HOLYOKE, Phillips County, CO. His voter ID number is 2205011.
Gordon, Garry George was born in 1941 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7272 Old Post RD, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8064126.
Gordon, Garry K was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 755 N Clarkson ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2598897.
Gordon, Gary A Ii was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7764 W Coal Mine PL, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4117816.
Gordon, Gary Alan was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 97 Amherst AVE, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3064928.
Gordon, Gary Charles was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12015 E Harvard AVE # 12-107, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 703030.
Gordon, Gary Clifford was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5230 Hwy 285, ANTONITO, Conejos County, CO. His voter ID number is 200167321.
Gordon, Gary D was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4950 S Sedalia WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 711353.
Gordon, Gary Isaac was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7757 E 24Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 200293135.
Gordon, Gary Keith was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2093 Link LN, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2332584.
Gordon, Gary Kent was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11463 Ruby Mountain LN, NATHROP, Chaffee County, CO. His voter ID number is 601598015.
Gordon, Gary Lee was born in 1945 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3147 Teardrop CIR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 243647.
Gordon, Gary R was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5145 Farm Ridge PL, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 260252.
Gordon, Gayle was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 55 Longmont Dam RD, LYONS, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8064129.
Gordon, Gayle E was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2301 N Logan AVE, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 358529.
Gordon, Gayle F was born in 1946 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7885 Armadillo TRL, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4137249.
Gordon, Gayle Lea was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3209 Thorn CIR, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1398130.
Gordon, Gene R was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4020 S Jason ST, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 854749.
Gordon, Geoffrey Landor was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1309 Grace AVE, LA JUNTA, Otero County, CO. His voter ID number is 600295111.
Gordon, Geoffrey Robert was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 143 Caesar RD, BLACK HAWK, Gilpin County, CO. His voter ID number is 8064132.
Gordon, Geoffrey T was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 234 S Camino De Los Ranchos, PUEBLO WEST, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3081992.
Gordon, George Jr was born in 1954 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4610 Cassidy ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 458882.
Gordon, George Andrew was born in 1942 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 622 Agana DR, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 2364861.
Gordon, George M was born in 1948 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11 Assay Hill CT # 201, SNOWMASS VLG, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 6775289.
Gordon, George Macdonnll was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1568 N Quitman ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2932492.
Gordon, George Matthew was born in 1962 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4591 Christensen CIR, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 4285286.
Gordon, George Richard was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1514 Point DR # B, FRISCO, Summit County, CO. His voter ID number is 600304293.
Gordon, George Robert was born in 1973 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 422 Vine ST, ASPEN, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 200177404.
Gordon, George Scott was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6075 Trevino CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1478711.
Gordon, George W was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3032 E Long CIR S, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 826645.
Gordon, Georgia Carol Phyllis was born in 1947 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3405 Sinton RD LOT 111, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600659596.
Gordon, Georgie Marilyn was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 26448 County Rd 26.2, SPRINGFIELD, Baca County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3766500.
Gordon, Gerald K was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10976 Grange Creek DR, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 7163736.
Gordon, Gerald Lyndell was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4393 S Independence ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4273029.
Gordon, Gerard M was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5143 Sawgrass CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1470639.
Gordon, Gerry Lynn was born in 1958 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 259 Scepter CIR, GEORGETOWN, Clear Creek County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601434050.
Gordon, Gery Gene was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 16355 6416 RD, MONTROSE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 5367981.
Gordon, G Grant was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4610 Champions VW APT 110, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 4026369.
Gordon, Gilad Shalag was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1565 Rockmont CIR, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8064133.
Gordon, Gilbert Cornelius Jr was born in 1972 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3051 S Helena ST, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 948222.
Gordon, Gina Marie was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6310 Saddleback AVE, FIRESTONE, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 6386054.
Gordon, Ginette Jeanne was born in 1942 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8335 E Fairmount DR APT 8 204, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600629786.
Gordon, Glenda Christine was born in 1971 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4326 Axtell South, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601518014.
Gordon, Glenda Rae was born in 1964 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1217 Pennsylvania AVE, CANON CITY, Fremont County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200108864.
Gordon, Glen Frank was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 551 Pearl ST, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8064134.
Gordon, Glenn Anthony was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1710 Parkdale CIR S, ERIE, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 4291978.
Gordon, Glenn Girard was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2000 Midnight Mine RD, ASPEN, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 200175246.
Gordon, Glenn Ray was born in 1959 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 15370 E Evans AVE # 101, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601722273.
Gordon, Glen P was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 18155 E Weaver AVE, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 734078.
Gordon, Gloria K was born in 1938 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 9616 W 106Th AVE, WESTMINSTER, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4192033.
Gordon, Gloria Yvette was born in 1955 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 15451 E Wyoming DR # G, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 678663.
Gordon, Godfray George was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 17587 E Baker PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 724979.
Gordon, Grace was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 37492 Melting Shadows WAY, ELIZABETH, Elbert County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600684591.
Gordon, Grace M was born in 1936 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3070 S High ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2445531.
Gordon, Grace Willcox was born in 1981 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 209 Alamo ST, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601752331.
Gordon, Grant Thomas was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 551 Pearl ST, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 600898313.
Gordon, Grayden Thomas was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1211 N Vine ST APT 101, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601371671.
Gordon, Greg Edwin was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1515 N Poplar ST # 11, LEADVILLE, Lake County, CO. His voter ID number is 200384742.
Gordon, Gregory Clay was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1247 S Race ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600087312.
Gordon, Gregory Keith was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 902 E 8Th ST, LOVELAND, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1659775.
Gordon, Gregory L was born in 1953 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 231 Gold Dust DR, EDWARDS, Eagle County, CO. His voter ID number is 6696602.
Gordon, Gregory Mark was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1621 Rosemary CT, CASTLE ROCK, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 5836904.
Gordon, Gregory S was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 251 Southside DR, BASALT, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 6777487.
Gordon, Gretchen Marie was born in 1996 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 16484 E 99Th AVE, COMMERCE CITY, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601284043.
Gordon, Griffin was born in 1997 and registered to vote, giving the address as 9188 Williams Village North Hall, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Gordon voter ID number is 601412170.
Gordon, Gudiva Harriet was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5525 Whimsical DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600241262.
Gordon, Guilliano Delgado was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 398 W Powers AVE # 306, LITTLETON, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600497746.
Gordon, Guy was born in 1991 and registered to vote, giving the address as 2736 W Denver PL, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Gordon voter ID number is 601860656.
Gordon, Guy Alan was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1834 E Seadrift DR, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. His voter ID number is 6359551.
Gordon, Gwendolyn was born in 1938 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5509 N Chandler CT, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2776643.
Gordon, Gwendolyn Yvonne was born in 1957 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 750 S Clinton ST APT 4A, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2570230.
Gordon, Haley Kathleen was born in 1992 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 791 N Newport ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600555700.
Gordon, Hal P was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4880 Warbler CT, PUEBLO, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3065327.
Gordon, Hannah Dylan was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8197 Summerset DR APT D, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601749356.
Gordon, Hannah Kate was born in 1993 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2630 N Ash ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600524897.
Gordon, Hannah Rose was born in 1989 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11001 E Crestridge CIR, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8064255.
Gordon, Harley A was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5124 Iris ST, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4236453.
Gordon, Harold was born in 1944 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 15056 La Jolla PL, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 100187.
Gordon, Harry Paul was born in 1936 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 760 S Garfield ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600400027.
Gordon, Harry Paul was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7057 Indian Peaks TRL, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8062383.
Gordon, Hava Rachel was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 621 N Race ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8064257.
Gordon, Hazel Joan was born in 1939 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1600 Adkinson AVE, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601826630.
Gordon, Heather was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1508 Pintail Cove, WINDSOR, Weld County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600130043.
Gordon, Heather was born in 1971 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10695 Riverbrook CIR, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600919513.
Gordon, Heather A was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4875 S Lisbon WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601658385.
Gordon, Heather Marie was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 777 Lost LN, GYPSUM, Eagle County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601139406.
Gordon, Heath Wayne was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2415 Camelot CT, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601064454.
Gordon, Heidi May was born in 1973 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 835 N Uinta WAY, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4180071.
Gordon, Heidi Noel was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 78679 Hwy 40, WINTER PARK, Grand County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600458981.
Gordon, Helen Caroline was born in 1982 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5851 Dripping Rock LN # C102, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1511500.
Gordon, Helen Dunlap was born in 1928 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2091 Panorama DR, CARBONDALE, Garfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601178368.
Gordon, Helen Michelle was born in 1959 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1534 Renaissance DR, LONGMONT, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8064259.
Gordon, Henry Blake was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4441 S Yosemite CT, GREENWOOD VLG, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601404681.
Gordon, Henry Hhodges was born in 1952 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 335 N High ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 771507.
Gordon, Herman was born in 1925 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5500 E Peakview AVE # 1321, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600873857.
Gordon, Hertha was born in 1942 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 6828 Millbrook CIR, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 200086253.
Gordon, Holly B was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2150 S Gilpin ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601301392.
Gordon, Holly Ellen was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3548 N Decatur ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600829048.
Gordon, Holly Taylor was born in 1996 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2197 E 145Th PL, THORNTON, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601043193.
Gordon, Houston Kent was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9730 W Highway 24, GRN MTN FLS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601023351.
Gordon, Howard Charles Iii was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 410 N Washington ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2776133.
Gordon, Howard Eugene was born in 1943 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 85 Sunflower RD APT 337, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 2323979.
Gordon, Howard J was born in 1951 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8157 Middle Fork RD, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8064263.
Gordon, Hugh Geoffrey was born in 1981 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2018 W Warren AVE, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 3921875.
Gordon, Ian was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5348 S Harvest WAY, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601261093.
Gordon, Ian M was born in 1960 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6600 S 3R RD, BEULAH, Pueblo County, CO. His voter ID number is 3102042.
Gordon, Ida Easum was born in 1939 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 532 Taylor ST, CRAIG, Moffat County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5583360.
Gordon, Imanda Lynn was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5654 Celtic Cross GRV, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600868219.
Gordon, Imogene was born in 1937 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3324 N Niagara ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2448161.
Gordon, Ines Dolores was born in 1961 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7013 Grand Prairie DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600146075.
Gordon, Irina M was born in 1972 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10622 Jewelberry TRL, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600063583.
Gordon, Isaac was born in 1974 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4576 S Himalaya CIR, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601722717.
Gordon, Isabel was born in 1998 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8235 W Ken Caryl PL # A, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601823066.
Gordon, Isabelle Aniko was born in 1996 and registered to vote, giving the address as 2109 E 9Th AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Gordon voter ID number is 601276004.
Gordon, Isabel Nelly was born in 1940 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4901 E Kentucky CIR APT 102, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2913611.
Gordon, Isiah Dominique was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4610 Cassidy ST, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 458963.
Gordon, Jack Chester was born in 1995 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4441 S Yosemite CT, GREENWOOD VLG, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 600787358.
Gordon, Jack Howard was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7526 Sherman ST, DENVER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 4236802.
Gordon, Jackie Arnold Jr was born in 1976 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4825 Astrozon BLVD APT 58, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 200131303.
Gordon, Jackie Kay was born in 1987 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5175 Swadley ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601641760.
Gordon, Jack Judson was born in 1940 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1575 N Pennsylvania ST APT 106, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 200086421.
Gordon, Jacob Adam was born in 1984 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7236 River Bend RD, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600726090.
Gordon, Jacob James was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 54132 County Road S, YUMA, Yuma County, CO. His voter ID number is 601179621.
Gordon, Jacob Jeremiah Matthe was born in 1978 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4631 W 110Th AVE, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. His voter ID number is 601714390.
Gordon, Jacob Richard was born in 1991 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7166 W Custer AVE # C414, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601832127.
Gordon, Jacob Thomas was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1251 Bookcliff AVE UNIT 14, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. His voter ID number is 601328020.
Gordon, Jacob Todd was born in 2001 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 35348 Highway 145, REDVALE, Montrose County, CO. His voter ID number is 601761801.
Gordon, Jacqualine Mary was born in 1943 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 579 N Alton WAY APT A, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2760825.
Gordon, Jacqueline Yolanda was born in 1975 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4450 N Eugene WAY, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601180927.
Gordon, Jaden Beck was born in 1997 and registered to vote, giving the address as 7803 E 8Th PL, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Gordon voter ID number is 601465709.
Gordon, Jaimes Tomas Mcinnis was born in 1986 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4063 Harrington CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 200007385.
Gordon, Jalanie Alison was born in 1999 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3600 W 84Th AVE UNIT 130, WESTMINSTER, Adams County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601478346.
Gordon, Jalen Valovis was born in 1997 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3304 W Clyde PL, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600876814.
Gordon, Jalon Jaleel was born in 1998 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12477 E Virginia PL, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601288330.
Gordon, Jameason Matthew was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6002 Thurber DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601728424.
Gordon, James was born in 1984 and registered to vote, giving the address as 9859 Decatur ST, FEDERAL HGTS, Adams County, CO. Gordon voter ID number is 601902918.
Gordon, James A was born in 1966 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2780 Interlocken DR, EVERGREEN, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4171701.
Gordon, James Alan was born in 1970 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1936 Crestview DR, DURANGO, La Plata County, CO. His voter ID number is 601379198.
Gordon, James Alan was born in 1949 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1801 Owl Creek RD, ASPEN, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 602014020.
Gordon, James Alfred was born in 1925 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1122 N 15Th ST # 304, CANON CITY, Fremont County, CO. His voter ID number is 3688715.
Gordon, James Allan was born in 1950 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9019 E Panorama CIR # 306, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 739553.
Gordon, James Andrew Dukoff was born in 1989 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1244 N Jackson ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601225946.
Gordon, James Anthony was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1941 Tyler RD, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 200102142.
Gordon, James Bernard was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 943 Sailors Reef, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 600653510.
Gordon, James Blake was born in 1937 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3270 Gray ST, WHEAT RIDGE, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4035267.
Gordon, James Brooks was born in 1968 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 4406 Stoney Creek DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 1466938.
Gordon, James Carl Jr was born in 1967 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5816 Chokecherry DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600987985.
Gordon, James Clifton was born in 1961 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 12010 E Maple AVE, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 601064108.
Gordon, James Craig was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 864 Boulder ST, CALHAN, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 336519.
Gordon, James David was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 360 Paepcke DR UNIT 101, ASPEN, Pitkin County, CO. His voter ID number is 3695064.
Gordon, James Dee was born in 1956 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3690 W Cresta Loma CIR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 487954.
Gordon, James Duncan was born in 1939 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 3715 County Road 62, GRANT, Park County, CO. His voter ID number is 544606.
Gordon, James Franklin was born in 1935 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1514 Purple Sage CT, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. His voter ID number is 601954287.
Gordon, James George was born in 1988 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 10 N Ogden ST UNIT 306, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 601212213.
Gordon, James J was born in 1955 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 937 S Jasmine ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 2827723.
Gordon, James Joaquin was born in 1969 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 622 Aspen DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601474081.
Gordon, James Joseph Jr was born in 1990 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 937 S Jasmine ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 600375143.
Gordon, James Lewis Redale was born in 1992 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 7205 Quail Brush Creek DR, COLO SPRINGS, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 600383184.
Gordon, James Louis was born in 1938 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 6828 Millbrook CIR, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 477448.
Gordon, James Matthew was born in 1978 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1540 Luna DR, FOUNTAIN, El Paso County, CO. His voter ID number is 601028914.
Gordon, James Michael Jr was born in 1987 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1281 N Columbine ST APT 402, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 200106030.
Gordon, James Michael was born in 1958 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 1433 Amherst ST, SUPERIOR, Boulder County, CO. His voter ID number is 8064269.
Gordon, James Nicholas was born in 1945 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 9181 County Road 141, HESPERUS, La Plata County, CO. His voter ID number is 4937900.
Gordon, James Patrick was born in 1957 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 14925 E Warren AVE, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 685128.
Gordon, James R was born in 1947 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 11675 W 31St PL, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 4016119.
Gordon, James Richardson was born in 1946 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8891 Chestnut Hill LN, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. His voter ID number is 805976.
Gordon, James Robert was born in 1979 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 5301 W 1St AVE, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. His voter ID number is 601178503.
Gordon, James Robert was born in 1963 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 8144 S Humboldt CIR, CENTENNIAL, Arapahoe County, CO. His voter ID number is 905241.
Gordon, James William Iii was born in 1965 and he registered to vote, giving his address as 2636 N Josephine ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. His voter ID number is 200084519.
Gordon, Jamie was born in 1954 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 951 Homer CIR, LAFAYETTE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8064270.
Gordon, Jamie Ann was born in 1977 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 10021 Hughes WAY, HIGHLANDS RANCH, Douglas County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5746691.
Gordon, Jamie Carol was born in 1952 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3340 S Pearl ST # 205, ENGLEWOOD, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600625217.
Gordon, Jamie Latoya was born in 1985 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1313 N Xenia ST APT 407, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2849933.
Gordon, Jamie Lee was born in 1988 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 3324 N Niagara ST, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2923749.
Gordon, Jamie Lynn was born in 1991 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1164 S Acoma ST UNIT 438, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601397435.
Gordon, Jamie Lynne was born in 1999 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 5621 W Bates AVE, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601100390.
Gordon, Jamie Mckinley was born in 1995 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 1409 Kalmia AVE, BOULDER, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 600834498.
Gordon, Jamila Enirisha was born in 1974 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4800 E Cherry Creek South DR APT J205, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601632861.
Gordon, Jane Ellen was born in 1960 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 8022 E Bucknell PL, DENVER, Denver County, CO. Her voter ID number is 601265966.
Gordon, Jane Harding was born in 1970 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 4617 Regency DR, FORT COLLINS, Larimer County, CO. Her voter ID number is 1541699.
Gordon, Janet C was born in 1934 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7565 Loveland ST, ARVADA, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4195765.
Gordon, Janet Caroline was born in 1934 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 630 W Juniper CT, LOUISVILLE, Boulder County, CO. Her voter ID number is 8064272.
Gordon, Janet E was born in 1971 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 20 Marble CT, CARBONDALE, Garfield County, CO. Her voter ID number is 5528864.
Gordon, Janet Marie was born in 1956 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2215 S Buckley RD # 102, AURORA, Arapahoe County, CO. Her voter ID number is 7019536.
Gordon, Janet S was born in 1963 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 37492 Melting Shadows WAY, ELIZABETH, Elbert County, CO. Her voter ID number is 758965.
Gordon, Janice Jay was born in 1949 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 2216 Dixon AVE, GRAND JUNCTION, Mesa County, CO. Her voter ID number is 2273044.
Gordon, Janice K was born in 1944 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 11 S Depew ST, LAKEWOOD, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 3989234.
Gordon, Janice Kay was born in 1940 and she registered to vote, giving her address as 7012 S Owens ST, LITTLETON, Jefferson County, CO. Her voter ID number is 4113928.
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Notice...RNLI Reindeer Run in Fota House & Gardens... Sun 26th Nov 2017
This one might be of interest to anyone with young families or want to take part in a fun event while helping out the RNLI. There is a 5km & 10km Reindeer Run on the grounds of Fota House on Sunday the 26th of November 2017.
Entries......
Sun 26th Nov ...
Race times
1K Santa Saunter starts at 10.30am
10K race starts at 11am
5K race starts at 12 noon
To enter, click HERE
Additional Info...This is the approx route for the event in Fota.
While the route isn't the exact same of the Rebel Run4Fun 5k which was held there before, much of it is the same. You can see some photos of that route HERE which should give you a good idea of what it's like.
From the RNLI...Derval backs RNLI Reindeer Run for fitness, fun and raising funds for a good cause
Cork athlete, broadcaster and self-confessed foodie, Derval O’Rourke, says the RNLI’s Reindeer Run is the perfect opportunity to get fit, have fun and raise funds for a good cause. Derval is the charity’s Ambassador for the popular annual family event, now in its sixth year and being held in Cork’s Fota Park on Sunday 26 November.
The three time Olympian and four time European medalist, launched the Reindeer Run at Crosshaven lifeboat station and was joined by Maeve Leonard and Vincent Fleming, volunteer lifeboat crew from Crosshaven RNLI, along with Alex Fegan (11) and Maggie O’Brien (12), who plan on running in the event at the end of the month.
Speaking at the launch Derval said, ‘It is a privilege to be back as the Ambassador for the Reindeer Run. It is fantastic fundraising event for a charity close to my heart. My husband is heavily involved in sailing and I find it incredibly reassuring that the RNLI provides such a great service.’
‘This event is open to all ages and levels of fitness. If you are a beginner, my advice is to give it a go as it is a family friendly and fun event and it is a great opportunity to put your training in action. I will also be running the 5km on the day and hope to see lots of people there.’
Well known journalist, broadcaster and sailor, Tom MacSweeney will be reprising his role as MC on the day, encouraging all finishers across the line.
Registration for the three events is now open online at rnli.org/reindeerrun and costs €20 for the 5K and €22 for the 10K. Children’s tickets start from €12.50 and a family ticket (two adults and two children) is €55. All participants in the 1K, 5K and 10K will receive an RNLI Reindeer Run t-shirt, a pair of antlers and a sticker for their car showing their support.
Derval’s website has helpful fitness and diet tips which are perfect for those taking part in the Reindeer Run. They can be found at www.derval.ie.
Last year, RNLI lifeboats in Cork launched 173 times, bringing 209 people to safety. Across Ireland, there were 1,136 lifeboat launches and 1,649 people were rescued.
RNLI media contacts...For more information please contact Niamh Stephenson RNLI Public Relations Manager Tel: 087 1254 124 / 01 8900 460 email Niamh_Stephenson@rnli.org or Nuala McAloon RNLI Press Officer Tel: 087 6483547 email: Nuala_McAloon@rnli.org
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Home » Breaking News » Government under fire for “neglecting Kilkee and Kilrush”
Michael Haugh, the last chairman of the Board of Management at Baltard National School, Doonbeg.
Government under fire for “neglecting Kilkee and Kilrush”
July 1, 2018 3,484 Views
The Government has come under fire for “neglecting” two of the main West Clare towns – Kilkee and Kilrush.
Michael Haugh from Doonbeg is keenly aware of impact of rural depopulation in West Clare, having seen the closure of Baltard National School in recent years.
He believes that urgent action is needed to secure a major new industry for West Clare.
“The Government has neglected towns like Kilkee and Kilrush. They are putting no new industry into these towns.
“I have been to towns in Kerry where ministers like Dick Spring got in industries to places like Tralee and Killorglin.
“What can be done to create jobs? A big factory should be brought into Kilrush. They have these factories in places like Killorglin, Kenmare and Cahersiveen but not in Clare.
“Our problem is we don’t have a senior minister. Brendan Daly brought the Kilrush Creek Marina to Kilrush, nothing else has happened since then.
“We need a big industry for West Clare. There is an industrial estate in Kilkee and there is no major industry in it,” he said.
Despite the best efforts of the local community, Baltard National School closed its doors for the last time in June 2013.
At the time there were only eight pupils attending the school.
What is known locally as the “new” Baltard NS was built in 1911 while the old one dates as far back as 1867.
Before the closure of Baltard NS there were five national schools in the Doonbeg parish, Bansha National School, Clohanes National School, Shragh National School and Doonbeg National School.
The last chairman of the Baltard NS Board of Management, Michael Haugh told the Clare Champion this week there is only one family with a teenager, who previously attended the school, now residing west of the school.
Mr Haugh recalled the rest of the dwellings in this area were sold off as holiday homes.
The former Doonbeg footballer claimed the Department of Education had a plan to build one large national school for the peninsula area but this never came to fruition because officials knew it wouldn’t work.
“We did our best to keep Baltard National School open but we couldn’t do so. Families from Dublin brought in by Rural Resettlement Ireland kept the school going for about ten or 12 years.
“One family that came down from Dublin had four children. The local children weren’t there any more to keep the school going.
“Some children went to Bansha National School, which would be the nearest, because it had a good reputation.
“Back in the early days of Baltard NS there were up to 90 children attending the school. It had three classrooms with one principal and two teachers.
Mr Haugh said not enough jobs are being provided locally in West Clare. Apart from Trump International Golf Club, he said the only other major local industry is Saint Gobain Performance Plastics in Kilrush.
He outlined the majority of residents have to rely on farming and tourism, which is seasonal.
“Some of the restaurants in Doonbeg village are doing reasonably well but the pubs are struggling. Publicans are doing their best to keep their licensed premises going with festivals, they work very hard to keep these going.
“Some of the shops in Kilkee are also struggling. John O’Dwyers, a big business in Kilrush closed, Shannonside is continuing to provide a hardware business in the town.
“Construction is gone down and that took a lot of employment away from labourers, tradesman and general construction workers.
A lot of the houses in West Clare have been turned into holiday homes.
“West Clare is very popular for tourists because it is on the Wild Atlantic Way,” he said.
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Crosstalk : The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, February 1999; Volume 12, Issue 2 : Team Software Process: Team Software Process
By Bowers, Pamela
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Title: Crosstalk : The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, February 1999; Volume 12, Issue 2 : Team Software Process: Team Software Process
Author: Bowers, Pamela
Volume: Volume 12, Issue 2
Subject: Government, Technology, Software Development
Collections: Periodicals: Journal and Magazine Collection, CrossTalk Journal Collection
Publisher: Usaf Software Technology Support Center
Watts S. Humphrey, Donald J. Reifer, Barry W. Boehm, Sunita Chulani, William M. Wilson, Paul Clements, Carol A. Dekkers, John B. Hubb, D. W. (1999). Crosstalk : The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, February 1999; Volume 12, Issue 2 : Team Software Process. Retrieved from http://cn.ebooklibrary.org/
Description: From the Ogden Air Logistics Center, the first results of using the Team Software Process on a software-intensive system project; a guide to making the transition from the older version to the newer; how to avoid three common documentation problems; how a practice common in manufacturing will enhance software development; An introduction to the concepts related to function points; not all the fallout from the year 2000 debacle will be negative.
Summary: CrossTalk, The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, is an approved U.S. Department of Defense journal. CrossTalk's mission is to encourage the engineering development of software in order to improve the reliability, sustainability, and responsiveness of our warfighting capability and to inform and educate readers on up-to-date policy decisions and new software engineering technologies.
Table of Contents: Software Engineering Technology: Using the TSP on the TaskView Project; by David Webb and Watts S. Humphrey. From the Ogden Air Logistics Center, the first results of using the Team Software Process on a software-intensive system project -- The Rosetta Stone Making COCOMO 81 Estimates Work with COCOMO II; by Donald J. Reifer, Barry W. Boehm, and Sunita Chulani. A guide to making the transition from the older version to the newer -- Writing Effective Natural Language Requirements Specifications; by William M. Wilson. How to avoid three common documentation problems -- Emerging Ideas: Software Product Lines--A New Paradigm for the New Century; by Paul Clements. How a practice common in manufacturing will enhance software development -- In the Classroom: Managing (the Size of) Your Projects--A Project Management Look at Function Points; by Carol A. Dekkers. An intoduction to the concepts related to function points -- Open Forum: The Upside of Y2K; by John B. Hubbs. Not all the fallout from the year 2000 debacle will be negative.
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Home Entertainment I don’t eat fish, chicken or pigs-Museveni
I don’t eat fish, chicken or pigs-Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that he, unlike Muslims who only do not eat pork, does not eat fish and chicken as well.
The president made the revelation on Thursday while speaking at the Somalia Conference held in London, UK where he praised Uganda for being the pioneer troop contributing country with the leading elements of her first contingent landing in Mogadishu on March 6, 2007.
Museveni quoted observers who were convinced that his effort was hopeless, if not suicidal.
“We were, however, confident of the correctness and feasibility of our decision. This was due to our knowledge of the African peoples, those people that have inhabited this area for the last 4 million years,” he reminded them.
Many of the African societies live symbiotically with one another, utilising their diversity for mutual benefit, Museveni continued, noting that bigotry, which seems to characterise some societies in the world, is not common in African societies.
He thus chastised the “bankrupt ideology of bigotry” being pushed by groups from Asia and the Middle East being imposed on the people of Somalia saying Somalia was one of the rendezvous points between the two diametrically opposed world outlooks: live and let live or chauvinism.
“I normally tell my Moslem friends that, according to my culture my list of haram (ebihagaro) is much longer than theirs,” he pointed out.
“It is not only pigs that we regard as haram. Our list includes: fish (ebijongoma), chicken and mutton etc.”
According to Museveni, fish is regarded as snake which chicken is seen as a bird that is always flying.
“If you eat it [chicken] you are likely to be restless and unsettled,” he said.
Nevertheless, Museveni noted, chicken are reared for use in divination in the traditional religions.
“Moreover, our people would happily donate chicken to our neighbouring communities who relish the consuming of those creatures.”
He said the same applies to fish, mutton, etc. “In other-words, our philosophy was: “live and let live” ─ enjoy your rights but do not interfere with the rights of others. Our communities specialise in skills and products and exchange ─ goods and services.”
He added: “That is how we were able to build a strong civilisation that withstood the assaults we suffered from the slave-trade, colonialism and the local tyranny of our myopic and ego-centric chiefs.”
The president has, over the years, championed a combative campaign on healthy living centring on dieting and physical exercise.
“If Ugandans, individually and or collectively, could add hygiene, nutrition and personal discipline (for example, avoiding umalaya (prostitution), alcohol, smoking and obesity) the total disease burden eliminated would amount to 80 per cent,” he said while addressing the nation in 2013.
He is quoted telling BBC’s Stephen Sackur during a Hard Talk programme, “I don’t eat fish because I call it snake, I don’t eat chicken because I think if you eat chicken you will be unstable, I don’t eat pigs, I don’t eat very many of those things which you people eat.”
According to reports, Museveni’s heaviest meal is breakfast and he loves African or organic foods with his favourite being millet both bread and porridge.
His breakfast menu comprises milk tea, bananas and fruit salads and he enjoys vegetable sandwiches, steamed bananas, vegetables like spinach, nakati, dodo and broccoli.
He also enjoys rice and either boiled sweet or Irish potatoes served with beef, groundnut stew with vegetables.
Growing up as a child, a younger Museveni like other family members fed exclusively on cattle products; mainly milk — fresh milk, soured milk, and, once in a while, a kind of thick cream variety called eshabwe which they ate with steamed bananas.
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Kyrgyz Republic : Weak Growth Despite Emerging Regional Opportunities - With a Special Focus on Agricultural Potential for Growth and Development (English)
Real GDP growth slowed to 3.1 percent in January-November 2018 from 3.7 percent in the same period of 2017. This deceleration was the result of slower growth in both gold production and non-gold industry. ... See More + Export performance remains weak, largely on account of a sharp slowdown in gold exports, and in spite of trade opportunities within the Eurasian Economic Union. Attracting private investment remains a challenge. Recent developments point to limited progress in addressing structural issues over the past few years. While the Kyrgyz Republic was able to avoid an external shock driven recession in 2014-15, the economy remains vulnerable to external economic shocks given its high dependence on an undiversified export base, workers’ remittances, and foreign aid.The fiscal position has improved with a strong tax revenue performance and cuts to capital outlays. This has helped keeping public debt under control following a sharp increase in 2014-15. With inflation pressures low, the monetary policy stance remains relaxed. The National Bank reduced its policy rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 percent in May 2018 to support economic growth and has maintained a managed float of the exchange rate.Going forward, real GDP growth is forecast to accelerate slowly to 3.9 percent by 2020 supported by all the major sectors – industry, agriculture, construction and services. On the demand side, growth is projected to be driven by private consumption, investment and exports. The economy will continue to benefit from large remittance inflows and firming external demand. Strong remittances will support average consumption growth of around 3 percent in 2018–20. However, the current account deficit is projected to remain elevated at about 9 percent of GDP, reflecting structural constraints, the significant import content of public investment, and an indirect feed-through effect of remittances via imports. To rebuild fiscal buffers, the authorities are committed to reducing the deficit to 3 percent of GDP by 2020. See Less -
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 134473 Document Date: FEB 07, 2019
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Mbowe,Appolenia; Ismailakhunova,Saida; Zorya,Sergiy Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic : Weak Growth Despite Emerging Regional Opportunities - With a Special Focus on Agricultural Potential for Growth and Development (Russian)
Kyrgyz Republic - Favorable Headwinds Time for Structural Reform with a Special Focus on Digital Challenge (English)
Economic growth was robust in 2017, above expectations. This was thanks to favorable external developments in the region, continued expansionary fiscal policy, and growth in the gold sector. ... See More + Real GDP growth reached 4.6 percent in 2017, up from 4.3 percent in 2016, and the fastest rate since 2013. During the first 4 months of 2018, growth slowed to 1.3 percent, from a year earlier, as a result of the contraction in gold production; excluding gold, output grew at 2.5 percent, up from 2.3 percent over the same period in 2017. In short, the economy appears to have fully recovered from the recent shock brought about by the fall in oil prices. Investment and consumption drove output growth last year. Sources of growth appear to have been balanced. Growth was mainly driven by consumption and investment, with: private consumption growth returning to positive territory, after two consecutive years of contraction and high rates of public and private investment. Net exports also made a positive contribution, thanks to robust export growth. With the regional downturn now over, it is time the authorities should seize the opportunity for fiscal reform. First and foremost, action is required on the fiscal side to increase discipline and policy quality, transparency and consistency. In the past years, the authorities have deliberately delayed planned fiscal consolidation to accommodate the external shocks. As a result, public debt has remained elevated and fiscal buffers have been depleted. Moreover, fiscal discipline (in the context of relaxed targets) has been achieved at the cost of ad hoc measures, which entail reduced spending efficiency. It is now time to reverse this trend through implementing the recently adopted fiscal rule, tax administration reform and concrete measures to contain recurrent spending (to preserve room for investment). Additional steps to improve spending quality, include ensuring that planned amendments to the Public Procurement Law safeguard best international practice and that steps are taken to improve public investment management. In the long run the core challenge is to increase overall productivity in the economy. Creating and preserving fiscal space for investment in infrastructure is key, including via reforming energy tariffs. Significant long-term payoffs can also be expected from implementing the ambitious digital agenda under the Taza Koom flagship program. The Special Focus section of this report highlights the main challenges the country will face in this regard. See Less -
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 133934 Document Date: JAN 01, 2018
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Kruse, Aurélien; Ismailakhunova,Saida; Petrov,Oleg V.; Navas-Sabater,Juan Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic : a robust recovery with underlying weaknesses : Economic update with a special focus on labor migration (English)
The Kyrgyz economy appears to have recovered from the 2014-2015 external shocks. Over the first nine months of 2017, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded by five percent, year-on-year, thanks to improvements in the external environment and a continued expansionary fiscal policy, which were mirrored by a strong gold production and a strengthening in domestic demand. ... See More + The Kyrgyz economy performed robustly over 2017. Macroeconomic policies were supportive to growth, but the fiscal stance has deteriorated significantly and inflation has tilted upwards. Growth is estimated to have decelerated toward the end of 2017, and expected to pick up in 2018. The economy is expected to remain dependent on remittances. Private inflows will continue to support household incomes and boost domestic demand, but they also come with challenges. The first part of this Economic update analyzes recent macroeconomic trends and presents an assessment of the country’s short- and medium-term outlook. The Special Focus section discusses recent trends in labor migration and the implications of remittance dependence for macroeconomic policies. See Less -
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 122978 Document Date: DEC 01, 2017
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Kruse,Aurélien; Ismailakhunova,Saida Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic : a robust recovery with underlying weaknesses : Economic update with a special focus on labor migration (Russian)
Kyrgyz Republic - A resilient economy on a slow growth trajectory : with a special focus on tax reform (English)
The first part of the Economic Update analyzes recent macroeconomic trends and presents an assessment of the country’s short- and medium-term outlook. ... See More + The Kyrgyz economy has remained resilient to the adverse regional environment, but growth prospects are modest and adjustments needed.Overall, the macroeconomic situation improved slightly since the shock stemming from Russia’s recession hit in [late 2014]. In the medium term, growth prospects should improve as remittances and the external demand environment recover.However, although risks have moderated, they remain elevated. The main sources of risk relate to possible adverse developments in neighboring economies, principally related to oil prices and exchange rate dynamics. This implies the need to rebuild fiscal buffers over the next 2-3 years through a mix of expenditure consolidation and revenue mobilization. The Special Focus Section discusses tax revenue reforms, presenting the findings of a recent World Bank Tax Administration Diagnostics Assessment (TADAT). See Less -
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 112199 Document Date: DEC 01, 2016
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Kruse,Aurelien; Balabushko,Oleksii Document also available in: Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic - Policy Challenges in a Difficult Environment : With a Special Focus on the Growing Burden of Public Debt (English)
The Kyrgyz economy has remained resilient in the face of continued significant external head winds in 2015, but sources of vulnerability have increased.While overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP)growth is estimated to have slowed to 3.5 percent in 2015, this deceleration was mostly on accountof lower gold production. ... See More + Non-gold output growth remained robust at 4.5 percent (essentiallyunchanged from 2014), although with significant shifts in drivers. The policy stance was broadly appropriate.Looking forward to 2016 and beyond, economic activity is expected to slow down,with significant downside risks.With gold production expected to decline in coming years, andagricultural output growth returning to historical averages, overall growth is projected to moderate to 3.4 percent and 3.1 percent in 2016 and 2017 respectively. For public policy, the main challenge will be to reconcile the objective of supporting economic activity with principles of prudent management.Indeed, while the Kyrgyz Republic’s debt path remains sustainable, there are good reasons to be concerned over risks of debt distress. The Special Focus section of this Economic Update analyzes the features of the Kyrgyz Republic’s public debt and explains the factors behindthe recent deterioration of the debt sustainability outlook. It concludes by pointing out some of the policy steps that ought to be taken in response. See Less -
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 107178 Document Date: JUN 01, 2016
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Kruse,Aurelien; Ismailakhunova,Saida; Pigato,Miria A.; Kostopoulos,Christos; Babirye,Sarah Nankya; Osmonalieva,Akylai Document also available in: Russian Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic - Policy Challenges in a Difficult Environment : With a Special Focus on the Growing Burden of Public Debt : Кыргызская Республика - политические задачи в сложных условиях (Russian)
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Kruse,Aurelien; Ismailakhunova,Saida; Pigato,Miria A.; Kostopoulos,Christos; Babirye,Sarah Nankya; Osmonalieva,Akylai Document also available in: English Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic - Biannual economic update : resilience amid turbulence - special focus : meeting the jobs challenge (English)
GDP grew at a rate of 6.8 percent, year-on-year (y/y), between January and August, boosted by frontloaded gold production and a strong performance of the agricultural sector. ... See More + Gold output grew by 46 percent (y/y), while the non-gold GDP growth rate reached 4.5 percent, up 0.9 percentage points from the same period in the previous year. However, gold production is projected to decelerate markedly during the remainder of 2015, while increasingly adverse external conditions and exchange-rate developments are expected to depress domestic consumption and private investment, as well as foreign demand. As a result, the overall growth rate for 2015 is projected to slow to 2 percent. As of August the headline inflation rate had fallen to 5.8 percent (y/y) from 10.5 percent at end-2014, but the combined effect of higher public spending and exchange-rate pressures are expected to drive up prices during the final months of the year, underscoring the importance of maintaining a tight monetary stance. Looking beyond 2015, the Kyrgyz economy is projected to recover over the medium term, and public finances are expected to stabilize, but this generally positive outlook is subject to significant downside risks. In the baseline scenario, growth is projected to accelerate to 4.2 percent in 2016, driven by higher gold production and an expected acceleration in regional economic activity. Growth in the non-gold sectors should be relatively robust at around 3.7 percent, but a slower-than-anticipated recovery in Russia and Kazakhstan could threaten this projection. Moreover, slower growth in both the domestic and regional economies could complicate the process of fiscal consolidation. See Less -
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 100763 Document Date: OCT 01, 2015
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Kruse, Aurélien; Ismailakhunova,Saida Document also available in: Russian Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic - Biannual economic update : resilience amid turbulence - special focus : meeting the jobs challenge (Russian)
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Kruse, Aurélien; Ismailakhunova,Saida Document also available in: English Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic - Capacity Building for Economic Management Grant : P108525 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 10 (English)
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt
Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR14235 Document Date: APR 26, 2014
Kyrgyz Republic - Growth Rebounds, Risks Remain (English)
The Kyrgyz Republic's three party coalition has tackled a number of events during 2013, including mayoral elections in the country's biggest cities Bishkek and Osh road blockages around Kumtor, the country's largest gold mine; as well as tense negotiations on the future of the mine; and clashes in the south of the country. ... See More + The government has navigated through these difficult times, quashing a motion of no confidence in parliament. An agreement between the Kyrgyz Republic and Centerra Inc. the majority stakeholder in Kumtor was accepted by parliament in early 2014. A surge in gold output and solid growth in the non-gold sectors contributed to an impressive 10.5 percent expansion of the Kyrgyz economy in 2013. Smaller increases in food prices than in recent years, and relatively stable energy prices helped bring inflation down. Expenditure controls and robust revenue outturns have brought the fiscal deficit down to 3.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Preliminary estimates suggest the trade deficit and current account deficit remained high in 2013. Medium term growth is expected to moderate to 5 percent, however, a number of risks remain. The exceptional performance of gold output in 2013 is unlikely to be repeated in 2014. The rest of the economy is expected to continue expanding at 5 to 6 percent. A slowdown in the Russian economy, declining gold prices, and uncertainty created by the recent fluctuations in the exchange rate can adversely affect this outcome. This report presents recent political developments; recent economic developments; and economic and structural policies. See Less -
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 87802 Document Date: MAR 01, 2014
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Edmundson,Helen; Najdov,Evgenij Document also available in: Russian Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic - Growth Rebounds, Risks Remain : Kyrgyz Republic - Growth rebounds, risks remain (Russian)
Author: Dubashov,Bakyt; Edmundson,Helen; Najdov,Evgenij Document also available in: English Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR12015 Document Date: OCT 08, 2013
Kyrgyz Republic : growth is back, headwinds persist (English)
This regular economic report records the economic activities of Kyrgyz Republic for the year 2013. The growth performance of the Kyrgyz Republic has been encouraging and largely in line with our forecasts from the Spring 2013 update. ... See More + Real Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 8 percent in the first eight months of 2013 (year-on-year) driven by a recovery in gold production at the Kumtor mine. The non-gold economy also performed well, as strong private transfers from abroad and higher credit to the private sector fueled private consumption and investment. At the same time, the contribution of the public sector was more limited with government spending kept under control. Following a slow start, officially recorded exports have started to recover. Macroeconomic policies have been supportive of stability and stronger economic activity. The baseline scenario for 2014 remains optimistic, though headwinds have been gaining strength. The challenge to sustain high economic growth rates in the medium term is considerable. Monetary policy needs to be cautious to prevent the build-up of risks in the financial sector and limit inflationary pressures. Second, creation of a vibrant and competitive private sector will require significant upgrading of the country’s institutional, physical and human capital. A business environment characterized by efficient institutions, reliable infrastructure and highly-skilled labor will help realize the country’s growth potential and reduce poverty. See Less -
Author: Najdov,Evgenij; Dubashov,Bakyt Document also available in: Disclosure Status: Disclosed
Kyrgyz Republic - Gold is not enough (English)
A new coalition government was formed in September 2012 following the collapse of the previous government at the end of August 2012. The Kyrgyz economy experienced a significant decline during the first half of 2012 caused by disrupted operations at the Kumtor gold mine. ... See More + A decline in gold exports combined with a higher level of imports has increased the current account deficit. Expansionary fiscal policy during the first half of the year along with revenue weakness during the remainder of the year will widen the fiscal deficit to 6.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012 from 4.8 percent of GDP a year ago. The medium-term growth outlook is favorable although there are significant downside risks. There are also exogenous shocks that will need to be mitigated, including rising food prices, spillover effects from the Euro zone sovereign debt crisis, and a weak global economy. See Less -
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 77764 Document Date: OCT 01, 2012
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List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)
Revision as of 09:55, 23 March 2008 by Serenity (talk | contribs)
For deleted scenes from the Original Series, see List of Deleted Scenes (TOS).
This page lists deleted scenes that never made the final cut of the episode for any number of reasons. Most of these are available on the Region 1 DVDs. The Region 2 DVDs only have deleted scenes for Season 1 and the first half of Season 2, but none for the second half of Season 2 or Season 3. Many scenes not on DVD - or only on the Region 1 sets - used to be available online on SciFi Pulse, but most were deleted recently.
1 Miniseries
2 Season One
3 Season Two
4 Season Three
5 Season Four
They are available on the Region 1 version of the Miniseries DVD. Below is a list, as they appear on that DVD.
Billy Keikeya meets Laura Roslin aboard Colonial Heavy 798; Roslin has just heard that she has terminal breast cancer.
As Apollo's Viper is about to dock with Galactica, Aaron Doral poses questions to the film crew as to why Vipers and their landings are not automated.
Boomer and Helo make a difficult landing on Galactica, replete with incomplete CGI. This scene was to separate two of the prominent sex scenes, the first with Gaius Baltar and Number Six, and the second with Boomer and Chief Tyrol. According to David Eick, his "biggest regret" is cutting the scene, as "[w]ithout it, I think we inadvertently created this idea that we were trying to be the show that was going to have lots of sex in it."[1]
Cally, Socinus and Prosna talk about Valerii's and Tyrol's forbidden relationship.
(Extended Scene) Billy and Dualla walk out of the unisex head to rejoin Commander Adama and Roslin.
Adama remotely detonates Galactica's remaining munitions, as a part of the pre-decommissioning ceremonies. (Adama implies that his father was a military man in this scene, though we later learn that his father was a civil liberties lawyer).
(Alternate Scene) Apollo has the Cylon missile chase him through the Colonial Fleet training range on the Trevor Moon, subsequently destroying the missile.
Roslin and 798's crew find Apollo's Viper adrift and recover the ship.
Starbuck and the Mark II Vipers take on three unsuspecting Cylon Raiders.
Tyrol brings Boxey to the pilot's bunk, telling the child that Galactica is a very lucky ship.
Roslin and Billy discuss the current situation; Roslin questions Billy's support of her.
Cally confronts Chief Tyrol regarding his relationship with Valerii prior to boarding Ragnar Station.
Other scenes removed from the Miniseries's final cut, include:
An alternate opening scene where the Armistice Officer continually visits the station year after year, progressively getting older between title cards, was shot. However, while Michael Rymer believed the scenes worked, they were too long for the Miniseries ran over an hour longer than originally intened.[2]
The Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion makes mention of another scene featuring the death of Socinus, who would later become a recurring character. However, details regarding this scene are not provided.
See List of Deleted Scenes - Season 1 (RDM)
↑ Bassom, David (2005). Adam "Adama" Newell Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion. Titan Books. ISBN 1-84576-097-2, p. 31.
↑ From the Miniseries commentary track.
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By JackFetch, September 13, 2010 in Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy
Venneh
Glad we're all on the same murderous page.
next ep looks to be centered away from kings landing, and going by titles, Tyrion's trial will be ep 5, and the Oberyn/Mountain duel will be ep 8. If they do this right, there is amazing potential to examine the fallout and still hit all the book plot threads.
Pan-dub
Hoi Sin Crispy Owl
Location:Middle England
Some gigantic douche just spoiled the thing that I'm guessing is 'that' event. FFS!
So, what in the actual fuck was with them deciding to make the sept sex into a rape scene? Was there some damn quota that they hadn't fulfilled? Cersei does not look more sympathetic for having undergone this, and they literally threw all of Jaime's character development out the window for this.
Koete
Black and White Movie Guy
Apparently the director thought that it was consensual by the end and that the whole thing was a turn-on for them, which is completely fucked up. I was going to see if there was any point to what they did, but after reading that and how the scene was in the book, I'm going to go ahead and say the show is permanently damaged.
I've been reading two different things - the Salon article making the rounds, and this, where he isn't saying it's consensual and that the show runners were more into it than he was:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-director-controversial-scene-697733
Wolf 359 was an inside job!
Location:Bristol, UK
Her protesting and yet still doing it was pretty much exactly how I remember the deal in the books. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seemed pretty accurate to the source.
The passage is posted here and it's significantly different.
Fair enough, I still think they were going for something like the original, and I'm putting it down to poor execution.
Hey Dudes.
Location:New Richmond, WI
I'm with Tom, the problem is the book scene starts out rape-y and significantly changes tune. The episode cut out before the change really occurred.
I think Jamie can be redeemed, but it will need to be carefully done. Let's not forget they made Khal Drogo a rapist, too.
KnightWing
I add Ks to things that don't need them. It's my kthing.
So what's worse, sister rape or attempted child murder? Because the show started out with Jaime doing the latter.
Well murder is worse than rape and Cercei is worse than Bran so on the scale of things too awful to be quantified on a scale you can make a guess.
The problem is, the attempted murder of Brandon should have been Jamie's lowest point, the point that makes his heroic redemption all the more impressive. Whereas the reunion with Cersei was meant to be a stumbling block on his heroic journey, and it's almost turned back into another Moral Event Horizon.
That and Bran is just... awful.
Urban Spaceman
Location:Boston, MA
GRRM weighs in.
I'd rather die than go to heaven.
I like how people are up in arms over a rape. A rape. Do you realize you're watching Game of Thrones? There is literally no moral compass on this show.
JackFetch
Vader knows what you did.
People are just upset because Jaime is a fan favorite and it makes him look bad, even though he was never a good person to start with.
dc20willsave
I've Got a Headache
There's a character with the fan name, "The Mountain That Rapes." Jamie threw a kid out the window in the first episode. It's mainly people forgetting he was a douche until last season. They forget a wounded dog can still rip your face off.
He threw a kid out a window WHILE FUCKING HIS SISTER. This should come as no surprise.
It seems that a lot of the upset is not that there was a rape in and of itself (although some of that is there as well), but that it deviated from the book. Sometimes in an adaptation changes are made (and that all by itself will cause consternation), but it appears to me that taking a scene which read as either consensual or as "it became consensual at some point" (which is problematic all by its lonesome) appeared on screen to have been changed to a violent act against a woman for no real reason other than shock or tittilation (although there was NOTHING tittilating about that scene).
Brother-sister bumping of uglies in a church under the body of their dead incest baby not being shocking enough, mind.
I'm more bothered by the derailment of the best character arc on the series.
Jamie went to all that effort to keep Brienne from getting raped last season and then rapes Cersei? There's my fucking issue.
And I get that Brienne is the honorable, virginal knightess and Cersei is the hateful bitch who uses sex as the most effective weapon in the series, but rape is still rape. There are characters that could, should and will perform more sexual violence in the upcoming seasons. The new and improved Jamie Lannister is not one of them.
I understand where you're coming from, but you're looking at this from the perspective of someone who's read the books. I would argue most viewers haven't and this is a thing on its own. I love that one of the best people in this world is a rapist and murderer. Even Arya takes great sadistic joy in killing when she does.
Game of Thrones is nihilistic and misanthropic. I love that it is so popular.
Badhead
Location:Belfast
real life does not have neat story and character arks that go from A to Z. So why should a TV show have them. Is playing with the conventions of what people expect from a show not a good thing?
Except it doesn't fit the character's arc at all.
Because I'm one of those guys that has read the books and knows where this is going.
That's the thing. This isn't the novels.
Not to outright defend it but remember that in the novels, Jamie is just getting back when The Purple Wedding occurs. Now, he's had weeks to be rejected by Cersei and see the extent of how she's changed. Not only that but Cersei has been able to adjust to the new Jamie. It might be a narrative mistake but it's not outright character derailment.
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'''Anti-forensic techniques''' try to frustrate [[forensic investigator]]s and their [[techniques]].
From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-computer_forensics]: Attempts to negatively affect the existence, amount and/or quality of evidence from a crime scene, or make the analysis and examination of evidence difficult or impossible to conduct
This can include refusing to run when [[debugging]] mode is enabled, refusing to run when running inside of a [[virtual machine]], or deliberately overwriting data. Although some anti-forensic tools have legitimate purposes, such as overwriting sensitive data that shouldn't fall into the wrong hands, like any [[Tools|tool]] they can be abused.
=Traditional anti-forensics=
==Overwriting Data and Metdata==
==Overwriting Data and Metadata==
=== Secure Data Deletion ===
# The program can attempt to overwrite files that were previously “deleted” but left on the drive. Programs typically do this by creating one or more files on the media and then writing to these files until no free space remains, taking special measures to erase small files — for example, files that exist entirely within the Windows Master File Table of an NTFS partition (Garfinkel and Malan, 2005).
Programs employ a variety of techniques to overwrite data. Apple’s Disk Utility allows data to be overwritten with a single pass of NULL bytes, with 7 passes of random data, or with 35 passes of data. Microsoft’s cipher.exe, writes a pass of zeros, a pass of FFs, and a pass of random data, in compliance with DoD standard 5220.22-M. (US DoD, 1995). In 1996 Gutmann asserted that it might be possible to recover overwritten data and proposed a 35-pass approach for assured sanitization (Gutmann 1996). However, a single overwriting pass is now viewed as sufficient for sanitizing data from ATA drives with capacities over 15 GB that were manufactured after 2001 (NIST 2006).
Programs employ a variety of techniques to overwrite data. Apple’s Disk Utility allows data to be overwritten with a single pass of NULL bytes, with 7 passes of random data, or with 35 passes of data. Microsoft’s cipher.exe, writes a pass of zeros, a pass of FFs, and a pass of random data, in compliance with DoD standard 5220.22-M. (US DoD, 1995). In 1996 Gutmann asserted that it might be possible to recover overwritten data and proposed a 35-pass approach for assured sanitization (Gutmann 1996). However, a single overwriting pass is now viewed as sufficient for [[Sanitizing Tools|sanitizing]] data from ATA drives with capacities over 15 GB that were manufactured after 2001 (NIST 2006).
Be aware that software 'data destroyers' may not necessarily do what they state on the burb site. In particular a common mistake is the oversight of how the underlying file system actually stores files, for instance a 'wipe drive' application that will write a series of random values across unallocated space on the hard disk may not take into account the slack space at the end of allocated data blocks. Thus allowing a large portion of old data to still be recoverable. This is a very handy for a forensic analyst, but not so handy for IT Managers.
Be aware that software 'data destroyers' may not necessaruly do what they state on the burb site. In particular a common mistake is the oversight of how the underlying file system actually stores files, for instance a 'wipe drive' application that will write a series of random values across unallocated space on the hard disk may not take into account the slack space at the end of allocated data blocks. Thus allowing a large portion of old data to still be recoverable. This is a very handy for a forensic analyst, but not so handy for IT Managers.
===Overwriting Metadata===
If the examiner knows when an attacker had access to a Windows, Mac or Unix system, it is frequently possible to determine which files the attacker accessed, by examining file “access” times for every file on the system. Some CFTs can prepare a “timeline” of the attacker’s actions by sorting all of the computer’s timestamps in chronological order. Although an attacker could wipe the contents of the media, this action itself might attract attention. Instead, the attacker might hide her tracks by overwriting the access times themselves so that the timeline could not be reliably constructed.
If the examiner knows when an attacker had access to a Windows, Mac or Unix system, it is frequently possible to determine which files the attacker accessed, by examining file “access” times for every file on the system. Some CFTs can prepare a “timeline” of the attacker’s actions by sorting all of the computer’s timestamps in chronological order. Although an attacker could wipe the contents of the media, this action itself might attract attention. Instead, the attacker might hide their tracks by overwriting the access times themselves so that the timeline could not be reliably constructed.
For example, Timestomp will overwrite NTFS “create,” “modify,” “access,” and “change” timestamps (Metasploit 2006). The Defiler’s Toolkit can overwrite inode timetamps and deleted directory entries on many Unix systems; timestamps on allocated files can also be modified using the Unix touch command (Grugq 2003).
For example, [[Timestomp]] will overwrite [[NTFS]] “create,” “modify,” “access,” and “change” timestamps ([[Metasploi]]t 2006). [[The Defiler’s Toolkit]] can overwrite inode timestamps and deleted directory entries on many Unix systems; timestamps on allocated files can also be modified using the Unix touch command ([[The Grugq]] 2003).
=== Preventing Data Creation ===
Cryptography can also be used at the application level. For example, Microsoft Word can be configured to encrypt the contents of a document by specifying that the document has a “password to open.” Although older versions of Microsoft Word encrypted documents with a 40-bit key that can be cracked with commercial tools, modern versions can optionally use a 128-bit encryption that is uncrackable if a secure passphrase is used.
=== Encrypted Network Protocols===
Network traffic can likewise be encrypted to protect its content from forensic analysis. Cryptographic encapsulation protocols such as SSL and SSH only protect the content of the traffic. Protecting against traffic analysis requires the use of intermediaries. Onion Routing (Goldschlag, Reed and Syverson, 1999) combines both approaches with multiple layers of encryption, so that no intermediary knows both ends of the communication and the plaintext content.
Network traffic can likewise be encrypted to protect its content from forensic analysis. Cryptographic encapsulation protocols such as [[SSL forensics|SSL]] and SSH only protect the content of the traffic. Protecting against traffic analysis requires the use of intermediaries. Onion Routing (Goldschlag, Reed and Syverson, 1999) combines both approaches with multiple layers of encryption, so that no intermediary knows both ends of the communication and the plaintext content.
''More information: [[Tor]] and [[VPN]].''
===Program Packers===
Packers are commonly used by attackers so that attack tools will not be subject to reverse engineering or detection by scanning. Packers such as PECompact (Bitsum 2006) and Burneye (Vrba 2004) will take a second program, compress and/or encrypt it, and wrap it with a suitable extractor. Packers can also incorporate active protection against debugging or reverse engineering techniques. For example, Shiva will exit if its process is being traced; if the process is not being traced, it will create a second process, and the two processes will then trace each other, since each process on a Unix system may only be traced by one other process. (Mehta and Clowes, 2003)
Packed programs that require a password in order to be run can be as strong as their encryption and password. However, the programs are vulnerable at runtime. Burndump is a loadable kernel module (LKM) that automatically detects when a Burneye-protected file is run, waits for the program to be decrypted, and then writes the raw, unprotected binary to another location (ByteRage 2002). Packed programs are also vulnerable to static analysis if no password is required (Eagle 2003).
=== Steganography ===
=== Steganography ===
Steganography can be used to embed encrypted data in a cover text to avoid detection. Steghide embeds text in JPEG, MBP, MP3, WAV and AU files (Hetzl 2002). Hydan exploits redundancy in the x86 instruction set; it can encode roughly 1 byte per 110 (El-Khalil 2004). Stegdetect (Provos 2004) can detect some forms of steganography.
StegFS hides encrypted data in the unused blocks of a Linux ext2 file system, making the data “look like a partition in which unused blocks have recently been overwritten with random bytes using some disk wiping tool” (McDonald and Kuhn, 2003).
TrueCrypt allows a second encrypted file system to be hidden within the first (TrueCrypt 2006). The goal of this filesystem-within-a-filesystem is to allow the TrueCrypt users to have a “decoy” file system with data that is interesting but not overtly sensitive. A person who is arrested or captured with a TrueCrypt-protected laptop could then give up the first file system’s password, with the hope that the decoy would be sufficient to satisfy the person’s interrogators.
[[FreeOTFE]] and [[TrueCrypt]] allow a second encrypted file system to be hidden within another encrypted file system. The goal of this filesystem-within-a-filesystem is to allow the users to have a “decoy” file system with data that is interesting but not overtly sensitive. A person who is arrested or captured with a laptop encrypted using this software could then give up the first file system’s password, with the hope that the decoy would be sufficient to satisfy the person’s interrogators.
=== Generic Data Hiding===
Metasploit’s Slacker will hide data within the slack space of FAT or NTFS file system. FragFS hides data within the NTFS Master File Table. RuneFS (Grugq 2003) stores data in bad blocks. (Thompson and Monroe, 2006). Waffen FS stores data in the ext3 journal file (Eckstein and Jahnke 2005). KY FS stores data in directories (Grugq 2003). Data Mule FS stores data in inode reserved space (Grugq 2003). It is also possible to store information in the unallocated pages of Microsoft Office files.
Information can be stored in the Host Protected Area (HPA) and the Device Configuration Overlay (DCO) areas of modern ATA hard drives. Data in the HPA and DCO is not visible to the BIOS or operating system, although it can be extracted with special tools.
Information can be stored in the [[DCO and HPA|Host Protected Area]] (HPA) and the [[DCO and HPA|Device Configuration Overlay]] (DCO) areas of modern ATA hard drives. Data in the HPA and DCO is not visible to the BIOS or operating system, although it can be extracted with special tools.
== Detecting Forensic Analysis ==
There are methods to detect whether an [[investigator]] tries to perform a (live) forensic analysis on the system. A malicious user or program could react to that by destroying evidence, for example.
=Other Anti Forensics=
==Targeting forensic tool blind spots==
==Targeting forensic tool vulnerabilities==
=== Casper ===
[[Image:Grml.png|thumb|right|[[grml]] mounted root file system on the [[hard drive]]]]
[http://bromavilleherald.com/index.php/Casper_boot_process Casper] is a set of scripts used to enable Linux-based distributions to boot from removable media. Casper scripts will search for the root file system (typically [[SquashFS]]) on the local data storage media during the boot, mount it, and execute ''/sbin/init'' program on mounted root. Most forensic Linux distributions based on [[Ubuntu]] and [[Debian]] lack of integrity checks of selected SquashFS images and will boot specially crafted images found on the hard drive (not on the CD).
=== STARFisH - Structured Testing Approach for Resilience of Forensic Soft- and Hardware ===
[http://www.digitrace.de/de/forschung/starfish STARFisH] was a B.Sc. project by Phil Knüfer, which dealt with using a structured testing approach to improve the resilience of IT forensic software (and hardware). To this end, a test schema was designed and test cases were developed.
==Targeting generic tool/lib vulnerabilities==
=References=
Garfinkel, S., Anti-Forensics: Techniques, Detection and Countermeasures, The 2nd International Conference on i-Warfare and Security (ICIW), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, March 8-9, 2007. [http://www.simson.net/clips/academic/2007.ICIW.AntiForensics.pdf]
Henrique, G. Wendel, Anti Forensics: Making computer forensics hard, Code Breakers III, São Paulo, Brazil, Setember 2006.
[http://ws.hackaholic.org/slides/AntiForensics-CodeBreakers2006-Translation-To-English.pdf]
* [[Tools#Anti-forensics_Tools|Anti-Forensic Tools]]
* [[:Category:Anti-forensics tools|Anti-forensics tools category]]
== Externals Links ==
* [http://www.digitrace.de/de/veroeffentlichung-2/fachliteratur/84-anti-forensics-the-next-step-in-digital-forensics-tool-testing Anti-Forensics: The Next Step in Digital Forensics Tool Testing], in: IT Security Incident Management and IT Forensics (IMF): 2013 Seventh International Conference on, Date 12-14 March 2013, IEEE, S. 83 – 97
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP9k-G2yq9I Talk on Anti-Forensics, on 28C3] (in German)
* [http://www.safehack.com/Textware/forensic/Anti_Forensic_Break_Encase.pdf Breaking Encase with FILE0 and Winhex]
* [http://ws.hackaholic.org/slides/AntiForensics-CodeBreakers2006-Translation-To-English.pdf Anti Forensics: making computer forensics hard]
* [http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Nov/0038.html PTK Forensic Local Command Execution Vulnerability (fixed in 1.0.1, see CHANGELOG)]
* [http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/anti-forensics-occult-computing Anti-Forensics Class] Little over 3hr of video on the subject of anti-forensic techniques
* [http://www.computer-forensics-lab.org/pdf/Linux_for_computer_forensic_investigators_2.pdf Linux for computer forensic investigators: problems of booting trusted operating system]
* [http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-jp-06/BH-JP-06-Bilby-up.pdf Low Down and Dirty: Anti-forensic Rootkits], by [[Darren Bilby]], Blackhat Japan 2006
* [https://media.blackhat.com/bh-eu-12/Haruyama/bh-eu-12-Haruyama-Memory_Forensic-Slides.pdf One-byte Modification for Breaking Memory Forensic Analysis], by Takahiro Haruyama, Hiroshi Suzuki, March 14-16, 2012
=== Mitigation ===
* [http://starfish.digitrace.de/media/thesis.pdf Mitigating Anti-Forensics: A Schema-based Approach], by Phil Knüfer, January 5, 2014
=== Windows ===
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557671(v=vs.85).aspx NtSetInformationFile function]
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365539(v=vs.85).aspx SetFileInformationByHandle function]
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724933(v=vs.85).aspx SetFileTime function]
* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff567096(v=vs.85).aspx ZwSetInformationFile function]
[[Category:Anti-Forensics]]
Anti-forensic techniques try to frustrate forensic investigators and their techniques.
From [1]: Attempts to negatively affect the existence, amount and/or quality of evidence from a crime scene, or make the analysis and examination of evidence difficult or impossible to conduct
This can include refusing to run when debugging mode is enabled, refusing to run when running inside of a virtual machine, or deliberately overwriting data. Although some anti-forensic tools have legitimate purposes, such as overwriting sensitive data that shouldn't fall into the wrong hands, like any tool they can be abused.
1 Traditional anti-forensics
1.1 Overwriting Data and Metadata
1.1.1 Secure Data Deletion
1.1.2 Overwriting Metadata
1.1.3 Preventing Data Creation
1.2 Cryptography, Steganography, and other Data Hiding Approaches
1.2.1 Encrypted Data
1.2.2 Encrypted Network Protocols
1.2.3 Program Packers
1.2.4 Steganography
1.2.5 Generic Data Hiding
1.3 Detecting Forensic Analysis
2 Other Anti Forensics
2.1 Targeting forensic tool blind spots
2.2 Targeting forensic tool vulnerabilities
2.2.1 Casper
2.2.2 STARFisH - Structured Testing Approach for Resilience of Forensic Soft- and Hardware
2.3 Targeting generic tool/lib vulnerabilities
3.2 Externals Links
3.2.1 Mitigation
3.2.2 Windows
Traditional anti-forensics
Overwriting Data and Metadata
Secure Data Deletion
Securely deleting data, so that it cannot be restored with forensic methods.
Overwriting programs typically operate in one of three modes:
The program can overwrite the entire media.
The program can attempt to overwrite individual files. This task is complicated by journaling file systems: the file itself may be overwritten, but portions may be left in the journal.
The program can attempt to overwrite files that were previously “deleted” but left on the drive. Programs typically do this by creating one or more files on the media and then writing to these files until no free space remains, taking special measures to erase small files — for example, files that exist entirely within the Windows Master File Table of an NTFS partition (Garfinkel and Malan, 2005).
Overwriting Metadata
For example, Timestomp will overwrite NTFS “create,” “modify,” “access,” and “change” timestamps (Metasploit 2006). The Defiler’s Toolkit can overwrite inode timestamps and deleted directory entries on many Unix systems; timestamps on allocated files can also be modified using the Unix touch command (The Grugq 2003).
Preventing Data Creation
Prevent the creation of certain data in the first place. Data which was never there, obviously cannot be restored with forensic methods.
For example, a partition can be mounted read-only or accessed through the raw device to prevent the file access times from being updated. The Windows registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate can be set to “1” to disable updating of the last-accessed timestamp; this setting is default under Windows Vista (Microsoft 2006).
Cryptography, Steganography, and other Data Hiding Approaches
Cryptographic file systems transparently encrypt data when it is written to the disk and decrypt data when it is read back, making the data opaque to any attacker (or CFT) that does not have the key. These file systems are now readily available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. The key can be protected with a passphrase or stored on an auxiliary device such as a USB token. If there is no copy of the key, intentionally destroying the key makes the data stored on the media inaccessible (Boneh and Lipton, 1996). Even if the cryptographic system lacks an intentional sanitization command or “self-destruct,” cryptography can still be a potent barrier to forensic analysis if the cryptographic key is unknown to the examiner.
Encrypted Network Protocols
More information: Tor and VPN.
Program Packers
FreeOTFE and TrueCrypt allow a second encrypted file system to be hidden within another encrypted file system. The goal of this filesystem-within-a-filesystem is to allow the users to have a “decoy” file system with data that is interesting but not overtly sensitive. A person who is arrested or captured with a laptop encrypted using this software could then give up the first file system’s password, with the hope that the decoy would be sufficient to satisfy the person’s interrogators.
Generic Data Hiding
Data can also be hidden in unallocated or otherwise unreachable locations that are ignored by the current generation of forensic tools.
Detecting Forensic Analysis
There are methods to detect whether an investigator tries to perform a (live) forensic analysis on the system. A malicious user or program could react to that by destroying evidence, for example.
Other Anti Forensics
Targeting forensic tool blind spots
Targeting forensic tool vulnerabilities
grml mounted root file system on the hard drive
Casper is a set of scripts used to enable Linux-based distributions to boot from removable media. Casper scripts will search for the root file system (typically SquashFS) on the local data storage media during the boot, mount it, and execute /sbin/init program on mounted root. Most forensic Linux distributions based on Ubuntu and Debian lack of integrity checks of selected SquashFS images and will boot specially crafted images found on the hard drive (not on the CD).
STARFisH - Structured Testing Approach for Resilience of Forensic Soft- and Hardware
STARFisH was a B.Sc. project by Phil Knüfer, which dealt with using a structured testing approach to improve the resilience of IT forensic software (and hardware). To this end, a test schema was designed and test cases were developed.
Targeting generic tool/lib vulnerabilities
Garfinkel, S., Anti-Forensics: Techniques, Detection and Countermeasures, The 2nd International Conference on i-Warfare and Security (ICIW), Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, March 8-9, 2007. [2]
Henrique, G. Wendel, Anti Forensics: Making computer forensics hard, Code Breakers III, São Paulo, Brazil, Setember 2006. [3]
Anti-forensics tools category
Externals Links
Anti-Forensics: The Next Step in Digital Forensics Tool Testing, in: IT Security Incident Management and IT Forensics (IMF): 2013 Seventh International Conference on, Date 12-14 March 2013, IEEE, S. 83 – 97
Talk on Anti-Forensics, on 28C3 (in German)
Breaking Encase with FILE0 and Winhex
Anti Forensics: making computer forensics hard
PTK Forensic Local Command Execution Vulnerability (fixed in 1.0.1, see CHANGELOG)
Anti-Forensics Class Little over 3hr of video on the subject of anti-forensic techniques
Linux for computer forensic investigators: problems of booting trusted operating system
Low Down and Dirty: Anti-forensic Rootkits, by Darren Bilby, Blackhat Japan 2006
One-byte Modification for Breaking Memory Forensic Analysis, by Takahiro Haruyama, Hiroshi Suzuki, March 14-16, 2012
Mitigating Anti-Forensics: A Schema-based Approach, by Phil Knüfer, January 5, 2014
NtSetInformationFile function
SetFileInformationByHandle function
SetFileTime function
ZwSetInformationFile function
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Seravin
Posted - 05 Mar 2019 : 14:15:51
Originally posted by Seravin
They should be near impossible to kill permanently due to the phylactery but for some reason Ed's Spellfire books completely ignore this core concept of what a Dracolich is. Sigh.
I'm fairly certain Ed wouldn't have ignored this core concept of something he created... It's been stated, more than once, that the editorial axe bit very deeply into Spellfire -- a third of the book or more was cut out.
Damn the editorial scissors! I'd loved to have seen the real cut of this book. I'm not convinced that this was simply cut content though due to the way the cell talks about the dracoliches being gone forever and what a great cost it was to chase Spellfire (and it was with the Shadowsil, the other mage, and the hoard gone from one dracolich).
I think here perhaps the lore didn't line up with the story Ed wanted, and so was ignored. Or perhaps you're right and the idea of a phylactery was too complicated to tell in a debut novel. I do know in a 2nd edition sourcebook (draconomicon or the Cult sourcebook) they reference those 3 Spellfire dracoliches as having reanimated from rock lizards or something and the cult trying to get them back to full power. So it was addressed later!
I'm seriously doubting Ed would ignore lore that he created. Dracoliches came from his pen.
Gary Dallison
Ed did say he had to rewrite large bits to fit in with the edits wanted.
Shargrailar isn't permanently dead either. I think his phylactery is in that 3e adventure set in sildeyuir, I'd like to think Ed had a hand in that nugget
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George Krashos
It's the Grail of Shargrailer but I don't think it is her phylactery.
-- George Krashos
"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus
I guess I just assumed that like the holy trail it would have contained Shargrailar blood and I vaguely recall dracoliches needed some dust or somethung from their body to complete the transformation.
I figured it would be typical of the cult to betray the Dragon it was for (didn't they want to give it to a fang dragon) and give her a gift that would result in them transforming into Shargrailar.
Apologies for the side track, continue reviewing novels. Even though I never read them myself it's always nice to see what are good or bad ones and why.
VikingLegion
/continuing to review novels
Today I finished The Fall of Highwatch. I really, really enjoy Mark Sehestedt's writing style. He does an absolutely fantastic job introducing the nuances of different cultures, you feel like you know these disparate groups and societies. I'd put him nearly on par with Dave "Zeb" Cook in that regard, whom I hold as the gold standard at this particular craft. Sehestedt, much like James P. Davis, seems to thrive when writing on obscure, remote, frontier areas. Here we have a lonely fortress occupied by Tormish knights, guarding a pass in Narfell that sees various Nar, Damarans, dwarven clans, etc. pass through for trade, hunting, and migratory purposes. Through treachery, the fortress is overcome (as one might surmise from the title) and nearly all the defenders are slaughtered aside from the 17 year old daughter of the High Warden.
It turns out she's got a whole lot going on for her than simply being a somewhat sheltered brat. Her lineage leads her and a couple companions on a harrowing trek through the wilds and enemy territory, and even into the Feywild where the author's prose is particularly brilliant. We have more eladrin here - was there some kind of mandate by the D&D 4e team to stuff these guys into EVERY storyline possible? They are popping out of the woodwork even more prevalently than monks lately! Anyway, Sehestedt's fey perfectly ride that line of being alternately playful and utterly capricious and uncaring. I think he writes fey about as good as anyone I've seen. The icy palace of Ellesthorn and its Winter Queen were just excellent. She is served by a court of mixed eladrin, elves, and something new to me called Uldra. At first I thought they were just arctic halflings that were particularly close to nature and Faerie, but they are actually a unique race of fey.
The side characters were great. Lendri has appeared before in Frostfell, and he is joined by several mysterious fey that are never quite exactly defined, other than by some of their characteristics and flashes of their backstories. Every one of them was interesting in their own way. Another bonus - in this remote region of the Realms, the whole Spellplague influence was really light. Other than one spell-scarred individual, who's power could really be explained away in any number of ways, this book would work well even for a reader that hated the direction of FR and still pines for more 1300's DR stuff (do I know anyone like that???)
Lastly, here are a couple quick passages that I particularly liked. They don't necessarily fit any of my above points, I just really enjoy them for their primal quality:
"You have to understand, Hweilan, your world... your cities and walls and castles and fires that keep out the night. Your wizards waving their wands and warriors strutting with their swords on their hips... they think they've tamed the world. Made it serve them. And maybe in their little cities and towers they have. They've tamed it by keeping it out. By hiding. But there are powers in the world that were ancient when the greatest grandfathers of men still huddled in caves by their fires and prayed for the gods to keep out the night. These older powers... they don't fear the dark or the things that stalk in it. They revel in the dark. They are the things that stalk it. You speak of good and evil. When a wolf pack takes down a doe, are they evil? When a falcon takes a young rabbit, is it evil? Or are they merely reveling in their nature?"
"They killed my family! Do you remember what you told me? 'The world isn't a nice place,' you said. 'Fools say it's unforgiving, but that's why they're fools. The world doesn't forgive because it doesn't blame. And the world doesn't blame because it doesn't care.' You were right, you bastard. The world doesn't care. But there are people in the world who do. I loved my family. They loved me. And they're dead now. Murdered. And those who did it are sitting in my home. My home!"
Good stuff. Tonight I will start in on book two: Hand of the Hunter.
gylippus
Originally posted by VikingLegion
Last night I finished Red Magic. This is the lone entry in the Forgotten Realms by Jean Rabe, but I've read a bunch of her Dragonlance work not all that long ago.
I'm convinced she has a secondary hobby in the fashion industry, because every character she writes - regardless of race, class, or gender - is absolutely obsessed with clothing. The first thing any of her characters do upon reaching a new town or city is go clothes shopping. I noticed this initially in her Dragons of a New Age trilogy, then again in the Dhamon Saga. And now, in Red Magic we have a centaur and two humans (one being a druid that cares nothing for civilization or its conventions) immediately hitting the tailor as soon as they arrive in Amruthar. I chuckled a bit and said "Wow, that is so Rabey..." Every book she writes could be trimmed by about 30 pages if she didn't go into exhaustive detail over the character's outfits - color schemes, fabric and texture descriptions....
Other than that, this was a fairly average story, much like Parched Sea. To her credit, she did make me feel a strong revulsion for Maligor, the BBEG. I mentioned way back in the original post that wildlife and environmental conservation resonates deeply with me, and to see how this red wizard so callously tortures the trapped animals for his own sick, twisted ends (mainly in the creation of his darkenbeasts), and the deplorable conditions he kept them in, got me invested in the story. So his eventual defeat, while fairly predictable, was still quite satisfying.
I had a big problem with Galvin wildshaping himself into a darkenbeast to fit in with the flock. This is a druid turning himself into an utter abomination/corruption of nature. Putting game mechanics aside, even if he could get over his revulsion over such a vile form, I don't think he could physically make the transformation.
Well that finishes everything up to 1991 except for Canticle, but I really don't want to start a quintet that will carry all the way into 1994 just now. So instead I'll continue to pick around it, continuing with the Harpers series. Tonight I'll start The Night Parade.
Dredging up old posts again. I finished Red Magic tonight. I think the book is fine and I definitely like the characters of Wynter, Galvin, and Brenna. The book did make me think about a couple of things.
I hate to keep bringing population numbers up. I understand this fantasy and sometimes you just have to go with it, but I tend to keep thinking of population density and the economy of these kingdoms. I saw somewhere online that Thay has over 4 million people. This seems like a large number to me and the book doesn't seem to hint at anywhere close to those numbers. Keep in mind the main characters walked a good portion of this country in around 3 - 4 days. I am thinking the average daily rate of walking is around 20 miles or so on flat ground. Maybe some people can walk faster and certainly some rangers or druids can go much farther, so that is open to interpretation. But this means the country can't be that big in terms of square miles. How 4 million people can fit in this area I have no idea.
Okay, on to the story.
1. Why didn't Maligor have any means of communicating or keeping an eye on his tower when he left for the mines? It seems like a powerful magician like him could have established some magical means of doing so. Instead, Brenna and Galvin have a pretty easy time of taking his tower when he is gone.
2. Maligor could have killed the main characters in the mine. When he was a fog and turned into human form and 'shot' Galvin with a spell why didn't he just use a fireball? Or lightning bolt? Or any other spell that would have killed them all right away. According to the wiki Maligor is level 20 (2e) so he definitely had the spells to do so.
3. The entire Harper plan seemed to lack common sense. First, why do Harpers wear jewelry that obviously identifies them? This is like a CIA agent having a CIA identification card when spying in the Soviet Union. Secondly, the plan was a lack of a plan. Let's just send some agents to Thay and hope they find something.
4. Seemed like Asp died too easily also. For some reason, I was expecting more from her, but she basically fell off a cliff.
5. Too bad there are not more stories with Galvin. I liked his character quite a bit and would have looked forward to him becoming even more powerful. I believe he is around level 11 (2e), which puts him up there with some of the most powerful druids.
Next up, Elfshadow, which I read a long, long time ago. After that, maybe I will continue with Crypt of the Shadowking or go back and finally finish the third book in the Giants of Twilight Series. Not looking forward to that...
Originally posted by gylippus
I want to say he was in one of the early Realms of... anthologies, but it's been a long time, and I won't swear to it.
Gyllipus maybe you can start your own thread? Would love to discuss the novels you're reading (I have a lot to say about the contrivances in Elfshadow's ending) and I feel bad for clogging up Viking's amazing post with discussions off topic.
While I love Red Magic for being one of the few books that depicts Thay's cities and countryside - I think The Simbul's Gift does Thay best.
When I re-read Red Magic, as much as I nostalgia love it, the writing doesn't seem that great for the general plot. To note: Szass using the Harpers to thwart Maligor *covertly*--by giving them a huge undead army...? What?! Maligor would know Harpers don't use undead armies but the Zulkir of Necromancy does, so why not just come out and directly attack Maligor instead? Why use Harpers at all except contrivance to keep them alive? I don't think Szass should have been involved in the Harpers to the extent he was, it should have been more of a covert spy operation with a deadly strike rather than the Harpers leading an undead army which makes NO SENSE and reads like fan fiction to me. But the start of the book and everything up until Szass Tam capturing them is pretty well done.
Edited by - Seravin on 11 Mar 2019 11:16:28
Yes, this is my last post in this thread. I will start a new one after I finish the next book I am reading. Sorry for dredging up old posts Viking! Plus, you are so far ahead of me I have no chance of ever keeping up with your reading pace.
I pretty much agree with everything you said Seravin. I didn't follow any of that plot logic myself. Like you said, it would be obvious Szass was attacking Maligor because of the undead army. I also just remembered that all of the high level apprentices went with Maligor to the mines, yet we don't see a single one of them in the mine battle. There are a lot of plot holes, but at least we got a decent character in Galvin.
I finished Hand of the Hunter yesterday, another excellent book by Mark Sehestedt. My notes are fairly sparse on this one, I guess I don't have too much to say other than it's a solid continuation of the Chosen of Nendawen series.
I see the capital of Damara has been altered in the edition change from Heliogabalus to just Helgalab. Solid idea, as the original shared a name with a real-world Roman emperor. I wonder if I'll ever get filled in (from the novels) on how Gareth Dragonbane and his Super Friends ended up fairing during the initial Spellplague. I vaguely recall seeing somewhere that Drizzt and Kane meet somewhere, I don't know if that's going to happen in one of the Transitions books or if Kane, due to his monkey-mastery will outlive all the other humans of that particular adventuring group and meet Drizzt in the current timeline.
As for Nendawen "The Hunter", I love the description of an 8-foot tall humanoid with an antlered helm - obviously drawing heavy inspiration from The Wild Hunt mythos of European folklore. I still don't know exactly what he is, some kind of primordial or nature spirit or lesser power. Whatever he is, he is *not* nice, exhibiting all the ruthless and uncaring aspects of predatory Nature. Hweilan, the main protagonist, has gone from pampered castle girl to total badarse. Her arc reminds me a little bit of Arya from Game of Thrones. There were other GoT similarities as well, like being forced to eat a heart to complete a ritual, but nothing too blatant.
Tonight I will start book 3 of the trilogy: Cry of the Ghost Wolf.
I finished Cry of the Ghost Wolf today, thus concluding the excellent Chosen of Nendawen trilogy. I won't say too much on it, being that there haven't been any comments on books 1 or 2 yet, leading me to believe nobody else has read it.
This one was maybe just a step behind the other two. Still very good, but perhaps just a tiny bit underwhelming. But when taken in its entirety, this was one of the better story arcs, with very interesting characters and really evocative writing. It left off on a bit of tease regarding the heritage of the main character, as though a future work was possibly planned. But there is nothing I can find, so I assume this is the end of the road for Hweilan and Co, unless she appears again in one of the short story collections.
Speaking of which, up next is the anthology Realms of the Dead.
Edited by - VikingLegion on 24 Mar 2019 18:24:43
I didn't mind the Chosen of Nendawen books save for this seminal aspect: the far too close to Earth choice of cultures (i.e. American Indian). That might not have been so bad had the author not so diligently scattered pseudo-American Indian speech throughout the narrative and told the reader it was Elvish. Just ... no. Destroyed my suspension of disbelief every time.
Edited by - George Krashos on 24 Mar 2019 22:21:03
Originally posted by George Krashos
Hmmm, I definitely see what you're saying, but rather than bother me, I thought it really brought a sort of primal, barely-touched-by-civilization vibe to it that I found very enjoyable. A rough and tumble feel that I think works well with the Cold Lands, which I've always viewed as semi-frontier regions in my own head canon. To each their own I suppose.
Yesterday I finished Realms of the Dead, an anthology where each story features undead and is spread throughout all various periods of time. Overall this was a very strong anthology, only two stories didn't do much for me. The standouts, to me, were:
The Resurrection Agent - my first exposure to Erin Evans, about who (whom? I never know when to use that) I've heard so many great things. The hype is justified, as this was the weirdest, most imaginative and innovative story of the collection. Here we have a story of a spy that is intentionally sent into the most suicidal of missions, nearly always resulting in her murder. She is then brought back to life to testify against her killer. Her "handler" always severs her pinky finger before each mission to have something to bring her back with if the original body can't be recovered. There is a really neat plot twist when she is forced to fight one of her former bodies, now re-animated as a wight or ghoul. Excellent stuff!
A Prayer For Brother Robert - normally I'm not crazy about Phil Athans' work, but this one knocked it out of the park for me. Two words: Crawling Claws. This is an old-school D&D monster going all the way back to the late 70s, but how often do they get a chance in the spotlight? I want to say there was a short adventure set in Yhaunn that featured them, but I'm really stretching my memory on that one. This story had a bit of a B-movie horror feel, but in the most enjoyable way.
The Bone Bird - another fine example of how consistently strong Jaleigh Johnson's storytelling is. I wasn't familiar with this particular form of undead - an "entomber" - but it seems to be a super-strong, hulked-out zombie type.
Pieces - Richard Lee Byers - an update on Bareris and Mirror
Soul Steel - Lisa Smedman - a very cool vengeance story about an elf that makes an ill-advised pact with a lich
Wandering Stones - Bruce R. Cordell - really weird tale about a dragon tracking a woman to a ghost-infested town. The lore was strange in this one, not like anything I recognize in the Realms, but then again I'm a bit lost in this Post-Spellplague world. Cool reveal at the end, portending some mysterious event that is left unresolved.
Feast of the Moon - Cristopher Rowe - a satisfying tale about a stubborn Malarite on a ritual hunt.
The King in Copper - Richard Baker - backstory on the Hulburg area and the reason why it is so taboo to steal from the dead in this region.
Dusty Bones - Rosemary Jones - a side story of the Carver family we met back in City of the Dead.
The Many Murders of Manshoon - Ed Greenwood - a sprawling, rambling mess where everyone is either a shape-shifter or utilizing illusion magic. Also highlighted is the endless supply of Zhentarim. They are cut down like mayflies and yet there is always a never-ending line of them to take their place.
A Body In A Bag - Erik Scott de Bie - I can't decide on this story about a love-struck tiefling trying to win the heart of a goth necromancer girl. It was either a charming, witty romance tale, or a cheesy teenage groan fest.
Iruladoon - RA Salvatore - I can't even remember what this was about even though it was the one I read last. I just looked it up, there was a wizard named Addadearber and a ranger on some remote, haunted forest on the shores of Lac Dinneshir in Icewind Dale. It was some sort of ghost/primal nature spirit type story, but it didn't do a whole lot for me.
Up next, building off my excitement of having read Erin M. Evans short story, I delve into one of her novels: The Ghost Catcher.
You are correct. Galvin appears in the story Grandfather's Toys in the anthology Realms of Valor. I recall thinking it was a pretty ho-hum story and it didn't make the cut of the ones I detailed in that writeup. I think it was about a bunch of clockwork menaces in some remote tower, or something like that...
Taleras
Posted - 02 Apr 2019 : 04:04:31
The first time I read this one, I had no idea what it was about. After getting through a chunk of the Drizzt novels I believe it is referring to some spoilery stuff that I won't mention here around the Gauntlgrym era.
Did the women find a way to be inappropriately dressed as well at some point? Just a hunch...as well Zhentarim are FR's stormtroopers. An endless supply of fodder. Only it doesn't make near as much sense since Faerun is not a galaxy with cloned troops capable of hyperspace transport. I never understood the Zhentarim numbers (never mind the mages they have) nor how they maintain standing armies at the Citadel of The Raven and Darkhold in a world building context. Cult of the Dragon cells (with dracoliches to back them up) and Knights of the Shield covert guilds, and Maulgrym and other enenimes make much sense in a world building way to me than Zhentarim.
I tend to view it as a large portion of the rank-and-file soldier Zhents (not the mages, whose numbers are just ludicrious) might not necessarily be all card carrying Banites/Cyricist types. Some might just be from disadvantaged areas, moving to Zhent controlled regions simply to get work. "Hey, it's a tough world and if my choices are me and my family starving, or I have to go crack a few kneecaps as a thug/enforcer, well that's what I'm going to go do even if I find the work distasteful." I like to think they're not all caricature bad guys. The mages, on the other hand.... it seems like every single one is a sneering, preening, power-mad wannabe tyrant, with very little nuance between them. That's why I barely even read the names anymore, just sort of gloss over them because they are so eminently disposable.
Yesterday I finished The God Catcher. Much like my first Elaine Cunningham novel, I liked it a lot while not absolutely loving it. And yet, immediately I could tell that this is an awesome talent that is going to create wonderful things, exactly as EC went on to do. I loved the imagery of a neighborhood springing up around the "corpse" of a giant statue that went rogue and then defunct during the chaos of the Spellplague. Cool cover art too, it made me think just a little bit of Ready Player One and the "stacks" built for the poorer section of society.
Erin M. Evans seems to know quite a bit about the thieving arts. I feel like I could pick a lock and detect traps after reading this book. The knowledge was very in depth, like a tutorial. Just how does she know so much about roguish skills??? :)
The great game that dragons participate in was very intriguing. I wonder if that was primarily her creation or if it exists in other FR lore.
The characters were excellent in this story. Not to make too many Elaine comparisons, but it was a similar level of development going on. I particularly liked Feremmo Magli, the dapper assassin. It's nice to see a contract killer who enjoys his work and isn't the brooding, angsty, all-black wearing type. Magli read something like a dark mirror version of Danilo Thann to me. Early on in the story it was mentioned that the main character had some Uskevren blood in her on her mother's side. I was very much hoping to see more of that lineage and who, exactly, her grand (and possibly great-grand) parents were, but that avenue sort of trailed away with no more information.
Anyway, very good debut novel for Mrs. Evans, I'm eager to see more! Up next I stayed with the EG Presents series for Circle of Skulls.
Edited by - VikingLegion on 03 Apr 2019 22:19:40
Zeromaru X
The Xorvintaal was created for core D&D during 3.5 (IIRC, it debuted in the Monster Manual V), and Erin Evans adapted it to the Realms in this novel. Richard Lee Byers later expands in the lore of the Xorvintaal in the three first novels of the Brotherhood of the Griffon series.
Long ago, in the distant past, they fell into decay. The philosopher�s path... The river of glory... Even the saints resting in the darkness rise up without response and block the way...
Excellent, thanks for that Zeromaru!
I finished Circle of Skulls yesterday. I kinda feel like James P. Davis doesn't get his due. He writes really creepy, super evocative stories. He incorporates some great visuals too, I can "see" several of his scenes playing out for me in great cinematic fashion. He taps into my teenage anime-nerd phase where all the protagonists wear black dusters and do that sword-drag-on-the-ground move - I know you know what I'm talking about!
Anyway, this book showed a really dark and seedy side of Waterdeep. It's easy to assume there is a nasty underbelly to the city, but this particular brand of rot is not among the usual culprits in the squalid areas, but instead among the upper crust - as several noble/aristocratic families are secret members of a cult of Asmodeus; venerating a devil-god in exchange for material prosperity. I particularly liked the mobs of ahimazzi - soulless ex-nobles who have nothing more to give and become near mindless (but not undead) shuffling cannon-fodder.
If I have some criticisms of Davis they are:
1. I tend to get a little lost at times in his stories. I don't know if I'm just not a careful enough reader, or if he is slightly unclear at times.
2. His protagonist in this book was so similar to the one from Bloodwalk I had to look up the previous book to make sure it wasn't the same guy. Both are reluctant heroes. Not quite anti-heroes, but definitely not in it for the most noble of reasons. Both also have celestial roots, cool outfits/swords, and some of those anime moves I mentioned previously. These guys were near clones.
Aside from that one gripe, I liked this story quite a bit. In fact, the entire "Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep" series has been well above average and exceeded my expectations. Up next: tonight I will start Unbroken Chain by Jaleigh Johnson, who has been another very pleasant surprise for me.
I finished Unbroken Chain yesterday. I'm guessing no one else has read it, and that's a shame because this book was terrific. I don't even know where to start, I'm having trouble ordering my thoughts.
First, before I forget: Jaleigh Johnson is excellent. I picked her out in one of the anthologies early on, I couldn't put my finger on it exactly, but something about her storytelling really stood out from all the other voices in that collection (I believe Elaine commented on it right after, also touting the praises of this author.) That short story was no fluke, she's been consistently good in everything I've read from her, and I think this was her best yet.
This book focuses on a city of shadar-kai in the Shadowfell. I know, I know... too many shadow-related creatures... Well Seravin, if you thought Sembia took a turn for the worse with the gothic/shadow transformation, this book probably isn't for you. It's basically like "What if D&D made a pitch for a Hot Topic clothing line." I say that *mostly* in jest, but these guys do have some serious teen-angst angle going for them. Due to the gloomy and overall depressing nature of their home plane, they experience a phenomenon called The Fading, where they become so apathetic they literally melt away, surrendering their souls to the environment. So, to combat this, they have to *feel* as strongly as possible - some turn to cruelty and ambition, some become thrill-seeking adrenaline junky types, some resort to "cutting" to focus their thoughts (yep, more goth/teen stuff).
But all that edginess aside (and it might be hard for some to get by), the exploration of their city and culture was absolutely fascinating. Reading this book gave me the same sense of wonder and excitement that I haven't felt since teenage me read Homeland and got to see how the mysterious and enigmatic (at that point) drow lived their day-to-day lives. These guys share some similarities to dark elves (with a reversed color palette swap) mostly in their fanaticism. The cynic in me says that was a calculated move by WoTC to come up with "The Next Drow", but these guys are unique enough to stand up by themselves. Rather than being all agility-based, stealthy killers, the shadar-kai (at least in this city) lean more towards the platemail and greatsword aesthetic. I can see their armour being highly stylized and very gothic/baroque, with all kinds of protrusions and swirling designs, faces carved into the pauldrons and kneecaps and so on - not entirely unlike the old school githyanki illustrations. An even better visual comparison might be the armour of the Necromongers (cheesy name, but they looked cool as hell) from The Chronicles of Riddick, for anyone that might remember that mostly forgettable movie. These shadar-kai are practically begging to be illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi.
If I can continue my ramble to an even greater tangent - I think many of us older fans have been, perhaps unfairly, dismissive of anything that came about in the 4e era. I know I never gave it a fair chance. But after reading the book Arts and Arcana, and liking a good deal of what I saw, I'm trying to keep a more open mind on the lore aspect. Yeah, it's not what we all grew up reading and playing. It's something very different in nearly all ways - visually, philosophically, etc. - but that doesn't mean there isn't some cool stuff in there to mine from.
Back to the book: the main character is an outcast from a small, primitive backwater settlement, transplanted to an enormous city of shadar-kai. He must learn to adapt to a vastly different lifestyle from everything he's ever known. It's your fish-out-of-water story where he needs to overcome his own fears and lack of trust to adjust to a new way of living. Naturally, as he gains friends and status, there are those around him that are jealous and can't stand to see him succeed. There's so much more than just this going on, but this post is getting on the long side so I'll leave the rest for anyone that may give this book a chance, which I strongly urge.
Up next: today I started in on Elminster Must Die.
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Have to say that El must die (and that trilogy overall) was quite painful read at times. As I am non native Eng speaker, it was sometimes quite hard to keep track. And I mostly read in Eng all the time. Also El and Drizzt stories are like Batman or Superman stories: yes there might be troubles, but they will always prevail in the end.
I have to say, I couldn't get through that series. I hated the time skip and spell plague and reading this series just didn't work for me. I like Ed's novels almost entirely because of the lore and occassionally the characters (I love the Knights and Rangers 3 and Chosen). Elminster was kind of pathetic, everyone was dead, meh..and the point of 4th edition was to erase the previous lore and start over 100 years ahead fresh, so..nope. Add that with Ed's "loose" writing style with Deus Ex Machina and complicated backstories/characters that die in one page or chapter and I can't be bothered.
*Sigh*, no discussion on Unbroken Chain, as I suspected. Though I'm excited there is a sequel not too far ahead in my reading order.
As for Elminster Must Die, I just finished powering through it in a Herculean effort to just get it done. This book had basically everything I dislike about EG novels: the absurd body counts, the excessive snarkiness, confusing/improbable plot lines, a dizzying cast of throwaway characters, weird/creepy sexuality that reads more like how a 12 year old boy thinks sex works, and - of course - Elminster's nigh omnipotence, even when supposedly handicapped.
It took me all of 10 pages or so before I was already rolling my eyes. There is a scene where Storm is spying on Elminster and The Simbul during their lovemaking, and silently wishing it were she, and not her sister, getting it on with him. Ok, first of all... watching your own sister getting intimate with anyone is pretty sketchy to begin with. But to see her banging a decrepit, scrawny, old vulture of a man and thinking "Oh, I got to get me some of that" is even weirder. To make matters infinitely worse, said old man is the man who RAISED STORM AS HER FATHER. I remember reading in earlier Elminster books how El recalled when he first was given care of the girls, how they were so young and small he would bounce them around on his knees and delight them with simple magic tricks. Now he's screwing one while another peeks at them from behind a tree, wishing she were the one making love to him. It's really weird pervy old-man wish fulfillment writing.
As for the story, I kinda liked this old, tired, magic-denied version of Elminster. I figure it would make for a more interesting tale, him having to rely on his wits and clever usage of whatever magical baubles he could scrounge up, rather than the normal godlike command of magic, with an actual goddess to bail him out of any jam. It started off fairly well, but I didn't like the turn it took as El started slaughtering Cormyrian war wizards and high knights that were, for the most part, simply just doing their jobs and trying to apprehend a felon. Of course Elminster was able to justify his theft of magical items from the Crown, and thereby further justify his killing of said agents as purely self defense, but it was an ugly look on him, no doubt.
My favorite character ended up being Thirsty the stirge - a trained pet of the villainous noble Marlin Stormserpent, whose beak was often coated in a paralytic poison. Lord Delcastle was fairly amusing at times, but he came off a bit too much like a Danilo Thann Lite.
Manshoon showed up as the mastermind behind a very tortured, convoluted plot. But even his competently executed plan didn't ultimately change much, as Elminster's ashes still retained enough sentience and was able to possess the body of his great-granddaughter, who happens to be a stripper/pole dancer at a local Suzailan club, because... well, why not? At one point, as she is getting naked for bed, Elminster - who is hiding in her room under a pile of dirty laundry - has to subdue her. He lunges out and wrestles her down to the bed, grabbing whatever parts of her unclothed anatomy he can during the wild tumult. But I suppose this is the least weird thing he's done with his own female family members...
So now he's in her body, sort of acting as a mentor to train her as the next great Defender of the Realm, but able to mentally assert his complete control in those times where he needs to take the reigns. Also there is a hint of Mystra returning at the very end, so I suppose I can look forward to Elminster regaining his godlike status in the not too distant future. Also, Mirt the Moneylender comes completely out of left field, having spent the last 100 years or so trapped within a magical hand axe, so there's that. I had some more notes on this one, but honestly I'm tired of beating a dead horse, so I'll just end it here.
Up next is Gauntlgrym.
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Forums - Sony Discussion - Sony boss reveals plans for PlayStation
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NoCtiS_NoX on 24 August 2009
Source: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6808050.ece
he Times was the only UK publication at Gamescom in Cologne last week to speak with Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kazuo “Kaz” Hirai. We met up with him the morning after he had taken the stage to announce the new PlayStation 3 Slim, and half an hour before he was due to fly back to Tokyo.
Portions of this interview have appeared in other stories from Gamescom (see below left), but we thought he had so many interesting things to say that our chat deserved reproducing in full. So here it is. Our questions are in bold, with his answers beneath.
The obvious question is, why a new PlayStation 3 now?
Well, it's closing in on our third anniversary in November in America and Japan, and we felt it was the right time to kind of pass on the benefits of the fact that we've been able to reduce the number of components and their sizes.
And we wanted to pass the cost savings on to our consumers, in the new price point as well. We also felt it was the right time in terms of the great line-up of software titles we have coming out. We wanted to make sure we had a great line-up of software, a new form factor and a new pricing point as well.
Is the new machine really an admission that sales of the existing PS3 have been disappointing?
If you look at the growth of the installed base, it is slower than the PS2 was but it's pretty much on track with the growth that we had with the original PlayStation.
We also always look at our business as being a 10-year lifecycle for all of our platforms. It's kind of difficult to say whether a platform has been successful or not going into our third anniversary. The fifth anniversary and beyond is when we really start to say how's our trajectory looking?
In retrospect, do you wish you had packed less into the PS3?
Had we done less, I think we'd have gotten into a situation where, especially with the way technology ramps up, it would have been very difficult for us to embark on a 10-year life cycle with this particular console.
I think that because of all the things we were able to pack into the platform - Blu-ray's a great example - we were able to make sure we could take advantage of some of the great services we are offering.
Those things aren't possible if we didn't put that kind of power into the platform.
A marketing person once told me that the most difficult thing to sell is a Swiss Army penknife, because it does everything. Do you think you made the same mistake with the PS3?
Right. That was more of a marketing issue than anything else. When I came back to Japan in November 2006, one of the first things I did was to go out with a very clear message that said the PS3 is first and foremost a video game console, before we talk about any of the other great things it can do. I think the PS3 had a bit of an identity problem.
We focused therefore in the first year and a half or so on talking about the great games and also we sent that message to all of our development partners.
I think we've done a pretty good job of doing that, which is why we've got this great raft of software coming into this holiday season. Once we've done that, then we can talk about all the other things that it can do in terms of the non-game video content, whether it's the video delivery service or the catchup TV service or the movie rental service. But none of that makes much sense unless we can say first and foremost it's a great video game console.
It’s well known that Sony loses money on every PS3 it sells. Will that still be the case with the new machine?
If you're just talking about the hardware alone, the quick answer is yes. That makes good headlines, but I don't actually know that that's the true nature of the business that we're all in, whether it's PlayStation, Xbox or the Wii. I think the better indicator is to look at the business as a whole platform, to ask: are you profitable in terms of the hardware, software and peripherals. And the answer t o that question is yes on a gross profit level since the last fiscal year.
Click the link for the whole interview
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6808050.ece
inverted3reality
inverted3reality on 24 August 2009
Kaz is really great. Him and tretton are a baller team.
Blaiyan
Blaiyan on 24 August 2009
I'm slightly confused. Does he know or not? So still losing on hardware but profiting on software. Well the manufacturing cost will drop by the end of the year. Exactly how much it cost to make would be nice to know.
FKNetwork
FKNetwork on 25 August 2009
The full interview is a good read, go read!
^ agreed
numonex
numonex on 25 August 2009
PS3 on track with PS1 sales. Yeah right. So the PS3 will end up selling over 100 million systems? It is very hard to see that happening.
PS1 and PS2 were highly successful both sold over 100 million systems due to Playstation consoles having most of the third party exclusives and limited/weak competition. Now things are so much different this generation with healthy competition in the video games industry (Nintendo and Microsoft). Sony have gone from first of the previous two generations to third place this generation with the PS3.
Sony PR spin is what the article is all about.
CGI-Quality on 25 August 2009
numonex said:
Interesting, have you seen the graphs on VG?
http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=PS3®1=All&cons2=PS2®2=All&cons3=PS®3=All&weeks=156
You were saying...?
Galaki
Galaki on 25 August 2009
What do you expect them to say? "We are domed"?
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Kantor on 25 August 2009
CGI-Quality said:
Those are just Japan sales- VGC has no numbers outside of Japan pre-PS2. It's worth noting how well even the PS1 was selling in Japan.
OT: That's a great read, and it's good to know Kaz Hirai has some sense.
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Kantor said:
You get my point though. Sony says the PS3 is currently on track with PS1, I showed a region where the PS3 is actually ahead of the PS1. I'm assuming the data evens out to where the two are on track, with the PS2 way ahead of both...
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In brand new storylines pulled from current and relevant events, Batwoman, a.k.a. Kate Kane, has now been dishonorably discharged from the United States army during “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” Her stunning, strong, intelligent detective girlfriend Maggie Sawyer didn’t yet know her secret identity in this new, modern narrative.
Surely you’d heard that news by now.
Back in 2009, “Lesbian Batwoman” was revealed as DC Comics’ first LGBT superhero. Since DC comics poured new life into the graphic novel, gone is the safe, staid 1950s character that the world thought they knew.
While these lesbian-themed elements are old news, (just like “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is!), this flame-redheaded lesbian superheroine continues to break new ground. In a timely romantic gesture, Batwoman’s latest dish is that she’s proposed to her girlfriend, Captain Maggie Sawyer.
These new layers that have been woven into Batwoman’s character arc aren’t only a “win” for lesbian women and LGBT allies, but the new incarnations also bring about strong imagery and encouragement for women in general. Feminist twists in gaming and comic book storylines are still considered to be edgy, underground, and rare.
Originally created by Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Shiff, Bob Kane and Edmond Hamilton, Batwoman’s more secretive birth narrative had to do with the minds of the writers (Moldoff, Shiff, Kane and Hamilton), who dreamed her up as—essentially—a beard, created to fend off rumors that Batman as depicted in comics was a latent homosexual (mind you, this was in 1956).
DC Comics contributing writer Greg Rucka announced to the Comic Book Resources web team, “We have been waiting to unlock her,” he said. “Yes, she’s a lesbian. She’s also a redhead. It is an element of her character. It is not her character.”
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One of our new discoveries, featured on our new Pride month playlist, Jenna McDaniels “In the Sun” shines. After hearing McDaniel play at local Nashville bar, Belcourt Taps, known for its weekly writer rounds. It was not only her talent but her story that hooked me when listening to her latest single. With the release of her newest single “In the Sun” it is clear that this piece is a tender expression and letter to her former self and to others.
As I sat down across from Jenna McDaniel I saw a passionate and graceful spirit that is ready to make her mark on the world. Jenna McDaniel, a Texan native, is making Nashville home and finding her tribe as well as helping any newcomers along of the way like a true leader. With a voice that has been compared to the likeness of early Taylor Swift, McDaniel has proved to be nothing but FEARLESS. Being a country music artist and out is still rare, but Jenna is living in her light. With other lesbian artists like Chely Wright facing backlash for coming out, it would be understandable why others wouldn’t follow those footsteps, but with this beautiful piece of art that McDaniel brings, it gives nothing but hope to live in your own truth.
Jenna has multiple years of experience, after beginning to tour at the young age of 15 and the with not only the support of her family but school administration. Having around 100 days of practicing, lessons and performing a year while attending high school it is no wonder why she is proving to be an amazing songwriter. She has the ability to pull you into the story within her music but also allows you to be the main character because it resonates with you.
Her advice for any newcomer to Nashville chasing a dream? “Ask anyone for help, someone will sit down and have a coffee with you.”
Let McDaniel be a guide to stepping out in the sun and living in your truth because, “It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”- Marianne Williamson
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Minnesota DNR: Mille Lacs Walleye Limit 1; Night Muskie, Bow Fishing Allowed
By Staff Report
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced Wednesday that anglers on Mille Lacs Lake, known as the “Walleye Capital of the World,” will be able to keep only one walleye 19- to 21-inches long or one over 28 inches when the fishing season opens Saturday, May 9.
The DNR says it is taking the action because the walleye numbers are at a 40-year low. Last year, Mille Lacs anglers could keep two walleye 18- to 20-inches long or one longer than 28 inches.
The 128,000-plus acre lake, the second largest in Minnesota, is about 100 miles north of the Twin Cities near Garrison. It brings in many anglers from the Midwest each summer to fish the ( former?) “walleye factory,” for “marble eyes.”
And the DNR also announced it will close night fishing beginning the Monday after the opener with two exceptions. Beginning Monday, June 8, muskie anglers may fish at night with artificial lures longer than 8 inches or sucker minnows longer than 8 inches. Also, bow fishing for rough fish only will be allowed at night beginning June 8 provided no angling equipment is in a boat.
The DNR says the restrictive walleye regulations are necessary to keep walleye harvest within the lake’s established safe harvest level.
“The new regulations reflect our commitment to improve the walleye fishery as quickly as possible and stay within the state’s 1837 Treaty safe harvest allocation yet continue to provide walleye angling opportunities,” said Don Pereira, fisheries chief for the DNR.
The 2015 regulations for Mille Lacs Lake are as follows:
Walleye – Limit of one and the fish must be 19- to 21-inches long or longer than 28 inches. Night closure from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. May 11 to December 1.
Northern pike – Limit of 10. One fish may be longer than 30 inches only if two fish shorter than 30 inches are caught on the same trip and in possession.
Bass – Limit of six smallmouth and largemouth bass in combination. Only one smallmouth bass may be longer than 18 inches.
Mille Lacs’ 2015 walleye safe harvest level was reduced from 60,000 to 40,000 pounds in 2015 so more fish could potentially survive and spawn to improve the walleye population. State anglers can harvest up to 28,600 pounds of walleye. The eight Chippewa bands with 1837 Treaty harvest rights can harvest up to 11,400 pounds of walleye, according to the DNR.
“This set of regulations is designed to minimize the likelihood that a catch-and-release only walleye fishing regulation would be needed later in the season to stay within the state’s safe harvest allocation,” Pereira said.
The DNR noted like last year, anglers may keep up to 10 northern pike. A change – suggested and supported by the Mille Lacs input group – this year allows one of those fish to be longer than 30 inches only if an angler has first caught at least two northerns shorter than 30 inches on the same trip and has them in immediate possession. Angling season for northern pike runs from May 9 through March 27, 2016.
“There was too much pressure on large northern pike last year when anglers and spearers could harvest one fish longer than 30 inches without restriction,” Pereira said. “So this year we’re experimenting with an ‘earn-a-trophy’ concept that requires anglers to harvest more abundant smaller fish before they can take home a big fish.”
Mille Lacs’ relaxed smallmouth bass regulations remain in effect. The smallmouth bass season begins May 9 and allows anglers to harvest smallmouth bass from the walleye opener until the last Sunday in February 2016. Anglers may keep six smallmouth and largemouth bass in combination, but only one smallmouth bass may be longer than 18 inches.
Pereira said the suite of regulations reflects significant fish population changes at Mille Lacs. Northern pike numbers are at record highs. The smallmouth bass population has been increasing since the 1990s. Tullibee and perch populations, both important forage species, are relatively low.
The DNR noted fish populations likely are being influenced by many factors including a management approach that focused too much walleye harvest on too narrow a size range of fish. An adequate number of spawners remain in the lake and sufficient walleye continue to hatch each year. The problem is that since 2008, not enough young walleye are surviving to maturity and replenishing the population.
“We’re encouraged by walleye hatched in 2013,” Pereira said. “That year class shows strong signs that more of those fish are surviving and will mature.”
The DNR added other factors contributing to the changing fishery on Mille Lacs and possibly influencing the survival of young walleye include clearer water that may limit suitable habitat and increase vulnerability to predation, longer growing seasons related to climate change that may favor other species, and the indirect impacts of a variety of invasive species in the lake, including zebra mussels, spiny water fleas and Eurasian water milfoil.
Much more information on Mille Lacs management can be found at www.mndnr.gov/millelacslake. This year’s fishing regulations are on the DNR website at www.mndnr.gov/fishmn.
Midwest Guide Outdoors Readers: What’s your take on the Minnesota DNR’s action? For all: Has your state DNR done a good job with fish management?
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Private Banks Are the New Hedge Funds
(Bloomberg) -- Who needs hedge funds when a $2.4 trillion private bank is offering global macro trades to navigate late-cycle markets -- mimicking fast-money strategies with leverage to boot.
UBS Group AG’s wealth management arm, the world’s largest, is pitching just that to billionaire clients.
Call it smart-money investing democratized at an institution where $2 million is needed to get your foot in the door.
As investors seek fresh ways to bet on winners while guarding against turbulence, UBS is marketing structured debt products that give short-term exposure to cross-asset moves from currencies to bonds and stocks.
Not convinced? The relative-value strategies -- typically the domain of hedge funds -- aim to deliver juicy returns at 1 percent per month.
“People are asking questions about whether it’s the end of the cycle,” said Vinay Pande, head of short-term investment opportunities at UBS Global Wealth Management. “And the questions are being asked around tech, value versus growth, what does the inversion of the yield curve mean? We’ve been suggesting to people how you address this.”
The UBS answer: structured notes that combine a long position with a short. Some of the latest trades pair the Nikkei with dollar/yen, gold with Treasuries, and the Russell 2000 with the Cboe Volatility Index.
The bank has issued over 70 such securities since 2016 with terms of three months on average. A model portfolio tracking the program’s performance returned about 20 percent over the past two years, with a maximum drawdown of around 5 percent.
There’s even a structured product that invests in all 10 of the Swiss bank’s live trades, delivering a return linked to the cross-asset moves.
“The key thing is to educate private clients in something that is deemed to be an esoteric hedge-fund product and to make this available in an extremely transparent way to more and more private-wealth customers,” Pande, a former partner at hedge fund Brevan Howard Asset Management, said.
The average hedge fund pursuing the investing style has returned 3.06 percent this year through July, after climbing 6.82 percent in 2017, according to data from Eurekahedge Pte. That compares with a return of less than 1 percent for hedge funds overall this year through July, according to Mohammad Hassan, analyst at the Singapore-based firm.
“Relative-value hedge funds generally produce consistent returns as they take out the element of directionality present in other long-biased mandates,” he said. “When it comes to downside protection, relative-value hedge funds do very well.”
Demand for hedge funds is the highest in at least three years, according to a Credit Suisse Group AG survey released Tuesday.
In Switzerland, structured-product turnover is up year-over-year
Sales of structured notes also appear to be picking up, with investors turning to customized strategies as the post-crisis bull run shows signs of splintering. In Switzerland, where UBS is headquartered, sales and trading volume in the second quarter increased by 17 percent from a year earlier to 83 billion Swiss francs ($83.4 billion), according to a local trade group.
Compared with index-based vehicles like exchange-traded funds, structured securities still leave a lot to be desired. While the Swiss bank provides a daily price at which it is willing to buy back the notes, liquidity outside of the issuer is limited.
The UBS instruments don’t track clear benchmarks, with holders compelled to manually calculate performance during the product’s lifetime. While the UBS notes come with stop-losses, with leverage adjusted accordingly, they lack capital protection, a feature common to many structured products.
And though they’re arguably more cost-effective than hedge funds, whether such securities are an effective alternative to elite vehicles is far from certain.
“Market timing can be a big aspect of return generation,” said Eurekahedge’s Hassan. “When do you decide to go into the market and when do you decide to go out? A rigid rules-based methodology may not offer as much wiggle room and oversight compared to an active manager.”
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45: To The Galaxy's Edge
We have the future, the past, and the present to discuss in this month’s episode of Hyperspace Theories. With Celebration Chicago in the rear-view mirror and December’s movie still half a year away, Kay, Tricia, and B.J. still have plenty of Star Wars to talk about.
We begin with the Vanity Fair cover story on The Rise of Skywalker, featuring an article by Lev Grossman and photographs by Annie Leibowitz. As is typical for these pieces, we learned a few new character and planet names, but very little other new information – especially following so closely on the heels of similar interview answers given at Celebration. Likewise, Leibowitz’s composite style provides imagery presumably intended to convey the tone and spirit of the film, but they are traditional behind-the-scenes snapshots or on-set stills. But we did get much better looks at the costumes for Rey and Zorri Bliss, much to Kay’s excitement.
Our storytelling segment travels over sixty years back in time on the Star Wars in-universe chronology, to the era when the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic – though the seeds of the Order’s demise already had begun to grow. The novel Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray focuses on the teacher-pupil relationship between Qui-Gon Jinn and a teenage Obi-Wan Kenobi a number of years before The Phantom Menace. She spins a tale of trust and friendship, as well as prophecy, ethical dilemmas, and the political power of governments, leaders, corporations, and the Jedi. One of the new characters is Rael Averross, also an iconoclast to the Jedi Order – but in a quite different manner than Qui-Gon. What they have in common is that both are former apprentices to Dooku, who appears only briefly in flashbacks in Master & Apprentice. The fallen Jedi turned Sith Lord is central figure of the full-cast audiobook Dooku: Jedi Lost by Cavan Scott, released two weeks after Gray’s novel, which also includes Rael and Asajj Ventress from The Clone Wars. Between the two stories, the backstory to Episode I gains a considerable amount of new perspective.
This month’s world-building segment takes us to Anaheim, California, where Tricia attended the official grand opening of the Galaxy’s Edge expansion at Disneyland. She shares her reactions to the new land, including the setting, inhabitants, food and drink, and of course the ride Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run. She also gives a behind-the-scenes peek at the dedication ceremony and formal opening of the ride, with VIPs in attendance including Star Wars animation guru Dave Filoni and Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson. One prominent new character in Galaxy’s Edge is Resistance spy Vi Moradi, who appears in Delilah Dawson’s novel Phasma and August’s upcoming Black Spire. In the park, Vi is portrayed by cast member Alex Marshall-Brown, who has been sharing her experience on Instagram and Twitter.
Vanity Fair‘s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Links
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Ultimate Preview (Lev Grossman)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Photos: Meet the Characters and Go on Set (Cover Shoot / Photographs by Annie Leibowitz)
Everything New Revealed in Vanity Fair’s The Rise of Skywalker Cover Story (Joanna Robinson)
Star Wars: The Truth About Kylo Ren and Rey’s Connection (Joanna Robinson)
Star Wars: Keri Russell Is the Roguish Zorri Bliss (Joanna Robinson)
Star Wars: The Knights of Ren Make Their Long-Awaited Return (Joanna Robinson)
Star Wars: Richard E. Grant’s Villainous Character, Revealed (Joanna Robinson)
Star Wars: Why Billie Lourd Asked to Share Scenes with Her Late Mother, Carrie Fisher (Joanna Robinson)
A Lot of the Final Skywalker Film Has Been Planned “from the Very Beginning” (Joanna Robinson)
In Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, C-3PO Will Surprise Everybody (Joanna Robinson)
Hyperspace Theories: Twitter @HyperspacePod
Tricia Barr: Twitter @FANgirlcantina; email Tricia@fangirlblog.com
B.J. Priester: Twitter @RedPenofLex; email Lex@fangirlblog.com
Kay: Twitter @Geek_Kay; email Kay@fangirlblog.com
Direct download: Hyperspace_Theories_45.mp3
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Workers’ Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain by Michael Rosen
Spanning forty years with short stories from the last two decades of the 19th century and the first two of the 20th century, Michael Rosen has collected these tales, many allegorical and geared to entertain children providing a specific ‘twist’ that reflected the changes in society and a particular political bent I have listened to these forty-five tales over several days.
Workers’ Tales
It is often said that the ones who make history are the ‘winning sides’ and that all other ‘noise’ surrounding any conflict is doomed to silence. It’s actually not far off, as achievements of countries, people and civilizations have often been relegated to footnotes or ignored completely by those who have brought the story of their own accomplishments into the history books. But, here is a chance to hear the other part of the story – the ones often suppressed or ignored, rising through great societal and cultural change, and in some circles, tagged as ideas to be feared or reviled.
Most interesting for the way in which the authors have presented the story – subtle (and not so subtle) undermining of the social norm and expectations, the dissembling of the ‘imperialistic’ outlook of the history texts and general knowledge. These stories are intriguing and entertaining as well, keeping me interested as I limited myself to 4 or 5 at a stretch – allowing time to digest what I had heard, and occasionally try to see why something was penned, researching historic context, upheavals and changes around the time of authoring. This was all kinds of intriguing and did exactly what I hope to find from a title – provided me with new perspective: tilting a view of a situation and stepping into another’s explanation and view of the scene laid out before me. While I’m not a huge fan of allegorical tales of the modern day, finding them pretentious and often over-burdened with the “look how smart I am” attitude, the clarity of such tales and easy accessibility of the “it’s this signifying or pointing to that” was easy to see, bringing a sort of subtle and occasionally sly humor apparent as the listen continued.
Testing messages that hit themes of hard work, less versus more, Darwin and even enforcing the value of a being, these were entertaining and eye opening, and quite a bit different from what I expected going in. Narrated by a cast of voices that included John Telfer, Lisa Coleman, Michael Rosen, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Kenny, Ric Jerrom, and Samuel West, each voice was clear and precise, providing a flow through the listen that varied tone and approach and kept auditory interest, there wasn’t time to feel ‘overburdened’ by to much information or tiring of any singular voice.
Stars: Overall: 5 Narration: 5 Stories: 5
Title: Workers' Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain
Author: Michael Rosen
Genre: Allegorical, British, Fairie Tale, Folk Tales, Historical Non-Fiction, Humor elements, Myth, Political commentary, Short Story
Narrator: John Telfer, Lisa Coleman, Michael Rosen, Miriam Margolyes, Peter Kenny, Ric Jerrom, Samuel West
Published by: Princeton University Press
Published on: 13 November, 2018
Source: Princeton University Press
Audio Length: 9 Hours: 45 minutes
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A collection of political tales--first published in British workers' magazines--selected and introduced by acclaimed critic and author Michael Rosen
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, unique tales inspired by traditional literary forms appeared frequently in socialist-leaning British periodicals, such as the Clarion, Labour Leader, and Social Democrat. Based on familiar genres--the fairy tale, fable, allegory, parable, and moral tale--and penned by a range of lesser-known and celebrated authors, including Schalom Asch, Charles Allen Clarke, Frederick James Gould, and William Morris, these stories were meant to entertain readers of all ages--and some challenged the conventional values promoted in children's literature for the middle class. In Workers' Tales, acclaimed critic and author Michael Rosen brings together more than forty of the best and most enduring examples of these stories in one beautiful volume.
Throughout, the tales in this collection exemplify themes and ideas related to work and the class system, sometimes in wish-fulfilling ways. In "Tom Hickathrift," a little, poor person gets the better of a gigantic, wealthy one. In "The Man Without a Heart," a man learns about the value of basic labor after testing out more privileged lives. And in "The Political Economist and the Flowers," two contrasting gardeners highlight the cold heart of Darwinian competition. Rosen's informative introduction describes how such tales advocated for contemporary progressive causes and countered the dominant celebration of Britain's imperial values. The book includes archival illustrations, biographical notes about the writers, and details about the periodicals where the tales first appeared.
Provocative and enlightening, Workers' Tales presents voices of resistance that are more relevant than ever before.
A copy of this title was provided via Princeton University Press for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.
Titles and authors included in this work:
1. An Old Fable Retold by William Morris, 1884
2. Fables for the Times—I: The Monkeys and the Nuts by ‘Utile Dulci’, 1884
3. Fables for the Times—II: The Political Economist and the Flowers by Anon., 1884
4. Aristos and Demos by D. F. Hannigan, 1887
5. A Dream of Queer Fishes (A Modern Prose Idyll) by H. S. S., 1887
6. Chips by H. Bellingham, 1888
7. Nobody’s Business by Elihu, 1892
8. The History of a Giant: Being a Study in Politics for Very Young Boys by Keir Hardie, 1893
9. The Man Without a Heart by F. J. Gould, 1893
10. A Terrible Crime by Dan Baxter, 1893
11. Tom Hickathrift by Edited by Joseph Jacobs, 1894
12. Jack Clearhead: A Fairy Tale for crusaders, and to be read by them to their fathers and mothers by Keir Hardie M. P., 1894
13. The Four Friends: A Translation by Anon., 1894
14. The Princesses by J. H., 1895 (adapted)
15. The New Shilling by Dan Baxter, 1895
16. The Harebell’s Sermon by ‘The Fairy’, 1895
17. Little Red Riding Hood by C. Allen Clarke, 1895
18. A Mystery by Caroline E. Derecourt Martyn, 1896
19. Odin and his One Eye by T. Robinson, 1896
20. The Elves and Fairies by T. Robinson, 1896
21. A Monkey Story by Dan Baxter, 1896
22. Elfhome (Charlie’s Garden) by T. Robinson, 1897
23. A Fairy Tale for Tired Socialists by C. S. J., 1898
24. The Golden Egg by Joseph Grose, 1901
25. When Death Crossed the Threshold by E. Whittaker, 1903
26. The Doll Shop by Frank Starr, 1903
27. The Scarlet Shoes. (The Story of a Serio-comic Walking Tour and its Tragic End.) by Harford Wilson, 1906
28. He, She, and It by M. Winchevsky, 1906
29. An Idyll of the Dover Road. A True Story by McGinnis, 1907
30. His Sister. A Little Spangle of Real Life by Glanville Maidstone, 1907
31. “Happy Valley.” A Fairy Tale by Anon., 1907
32. The Peasants and the Parasites. A Fable by R. B. Suthers, 1908
33. The Eternal Feminine by C. L. Everard, 1908
34. The Myopian’s Muddle by Victor Grayson, 1909
35. A Martian’s Visit to Earth. Being a Literal Translation into English of the Preface to an Account by a Martian of his Visit to England by A. L. Gray, 1909
36. Nightmare Bridge by Glanville Maidstone, 1910
37. The Fool and the Wise Man by W. Anderson, 1910
38. The May-Day Festival in the Year 1970 by ‘Optimus’, 1911
39. Mary Davis; or the Fate of a Proletarian Family. A Lesson Given to the Glasgow S. L. P. Socialist Sunday School by Tom Anderson, 1912
40. The Lost Vision. A Spring Fantasy by Victor Grayson, 1912
41. The Aerial Armada. What Took Place in A. D. 2000 by Frank Starr, 1913
42. Mr. Prowser-Wowser by Edward Hartley, 1913
43. Behind the Wall by Schalom Asch, 1913
44. Alice in Sunderland. A Baffling Mystery by ‘Casey’, 1914
45. It Can’t Be Done! A History of Impossibilities by Edward Meyer, 1914
Lucy’s Last Straw by Debbie Viggiano
The Nurses of Lark Lane: Lark Lane #3 by Pam Howes
Our Last Goodbye by Shirley Dickson
A Walk in Wildflower Park: Wildflower Park Series by Bella Osborne
Hattie’s Home for Broken Hearts by Tilly Tennant
Ibn Khaldun: An Intellectual Biography by Robert Irwin
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The Jerome Artists Coop Opens
3-Woman Art Expo,
on Aug 1st
To Scatter: throw or spread loosely over wide area; to send off, to disperse in different directions.
For one trio of Jerome Cooperative Gallery members- Watercolor/Mixed Media artist, Judy Jaaskelainen, Glass Fusion artist, Isabel Mathieson and Traditional Batik artist, Judy Yescalis, the term ‘scattered’ aptly describes much of their creative lives from beginning to end… from idea to production of finished art.
On Saturday, August 1 from 5-8pm, the public is invited to enjoy opening night of the 8 week exposition, SCATTERED, at the Jerome Artists Cooperative. The expo will feature jewelry and functional glassware, both framed and ready-to frame wall art and cards as well as a delightful adventure in Collaborative Art. Food and wine will be available and Clarkdale favorite, jazz pianist, Janice Paul who is known for her personalized jazz stylings will provide the entertainment.
Judy Jaaskelainen resides in northern Arizona and is an award winning, juried member of the Northern Arizona Watercolor Society. Her other memberships include the Arizona Watercolor Association which has also recognized her work, Watercolor West and the National Watercolor Society. Judy is also a long time member of the Jerome Artists Cooperative Gallery and is a gallery favorite.
While she is primarily known for her watercolors, Judy has also enjoyed experimenting with new techniques that she has learned over the years, primarily from her friend and mentor, Patty Mikles. Her current works include watercolors, mixed media, acrylics, and collage. A quick glance at a very long list of ongoing ‘Series’ in the Jaaskelainen portfolio reveals her sense of humor, a penchant for political activism and a very ‘scattered’ approach to choosing subject matter: Hands and Feet, Cactus, Booze and Tattoos and Women: toddlers to crones are evidence that her art and her personality are well worth the drive up Jerome hill.
Like many other artists, Isabel Mathieson ‘scattered’ her creative attention for many years while sampling a variety of media, but in the end her heart was won by the “amazing, always challenging process” of Kiln-formed Glass. In an early Stained Glass class, she was introduced to the intriguing process of glass fusing, and what followed was a nine year immersion in classes and workshops from coast to coast- Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Florida. Isabel continues to attend classes in Las Vegas and has been an active member of the Jerome Cooperative for 6 years.
Isabel is quick to point out that the process of creating in glass is more complex than most people realize. A piece of functional kiln-formed glass art, for instance, requires two or more firings; the more intricate the design, the more specialized each firing becomes.
“It is rather exciting to open a kiln to see if your vision materialized; it feels like Christmas morning when you open that gift you have been waiting for. If it meets your expectation, you are delighted. If it doesn’t, re-purpose the piece. If it is a total failure, it’s back to the drawing board!”
Her collection for the SCATTERED exposition will include jewelry and functional art pieces- plates, platters, candy dishes, business card holders, crosses, and “whatever strikes my interest.”
Friends and colleagues of Judy Yescalis will agree that the term ‘scattered’ appropriately describes this energetic, always-on-the-go Batik artist who is currently living a double life in two states and two cooperative art galleries. More of a hobbyist than a professional, the former high school language teacher never pursued formal training as an artist, though she has taught Batik at Yavapai College, won a variety of awards for her traditionally waxed and dyed batiks in various shows in Arizona and supported her music and travel passions with her art sales.
The traditional Batik process that Judy uses is a complex and extremely time-consuming undertaking that requires a large studio space, much patience and a work station to facilitate each of the major steps in the procedure: -freehand sketching of design on fabric (from personal sketches or photo), application of wax to fabric design on stretcher bars, dipping fabric in cold water dye baths and -after many repetitions of waxing, dipping, rinsing and drying- the final step of removing all wax from finished batik with a hot iron.
Due to prolonged family commitments in California, much of Judy’s in-studio art production time has been greatly reduced recently, but she is currently working full steam ahead to complete an old dream to create new batiks from her years spent at the University in France and teaching in northern Spain- a dream that remains clear in her mind’s eye, thanks to her European photo and sketch books. Judy Y’s Jerome display will also include giclee prints on canvas and unframed work.
All three artists will be available on opening night to answer questions, explain processes and share artistic insights.
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VIDEO: More support for expansion of Alliston hospital
(October 21, 2015) Simcoe-Grey MPP Jim Wilson, in the Ontario Legislature yesterday, introduced more signed copies of his petition calling on the government to fund the expansion of Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston.
The petition, containing signatures from residents across New Tecumseth, was sent to Wilson by the BDO Canada office in Alliston.
The hospital redevelopment project – when it does finally go ahead – will involve a new emergency department, operating rooms, diagnostic imaging and laboratory.
Stevenson Memorial was built in 1964 for just 7,000 visits but today experiences more than 33,000 visits each year.
Copies of Wilson's petition are available at the hospital and at the Alliston constituency office and at a variety of businesses throughout New Tecumseth. People can also print off a copy by visiting www.jimwilsonmpp.com.
Once signed, the petition can be dropped off at the Alliston constituency office at 180 Parsons Rd.
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Penguins stun Red Wings in overtime, 7-6
by Tony on 11/12/08 at 01:55 AM ET
You folks have no idea how many variations of negativity I was planning on putting in the title of this post.
The Red Wings’ stifling forecheck, their transition game, expertly having bodies in front of the net, having the Penguins on their heels, it looked lousy for the Pens for a lot of this game.
But Jordan Staal led a furious Penguins’ comeback with his 2nd career hat trick and caused the turnover that resulted in the game-winning goal in overtime by Ruslan Fedotenko, giving the Penguins an improbable 7-6 win over the defending Stanley Cup champions.
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Tags: detroit+red+wings, nhl-hockey, pittsburgh+penguins
Penguins at Red Wings preview - 11/11
Penguins at Red Wings, 7PM ET, Joe Louis Arena
Season records:
Penguins, 8-4-2, 18 pts., T-5th in Eastern Conference
Red Wings, 9-2-2, 20 pts, 2nd in Western Conference
Penguins would be smart ignoring Wings’ game hype
by Tony on 11/09/08 at 02:25 PM ET
And let the hype machine begin.
Tuesday night at the Joe, the Penguins will return to Detroit for the first time since June’s Stanley Cup Finals, which of course the Red Wings won in six games.
A lot will be made of the matchup by the MSHM, it’s the en vogue story, especially with The Marian Hossa Story thrown in there for good measure.
But the Penguins should do themselves a favor; Forget about comparisons to the Wings, you’ve got more important things to worry about.
Penguins wake up late, down Islanders in SO, 4-3
Someone keeps forgetting to tell the Penguins that they’re supposed to be playing better against the lesser teams in the league.
Nine days after the Penguins looked horrendous on their recent road trip at Phoenix, it looked like it would be a similar result tonight on Long Island against the Islanders.
However, Tyler Kennedy’s tip of an Alex Goligoski slapper from the right point sailed past Isles’ goalie Joey Macdonald for the tying goal late in the third period, and the Penguins eventually prevailed in the shootout over the Islanders, 4-3.
Tags: new+york+islanders, nhl-hockey, pittsburgh+penguins
UPDATE: Penguins/Islanders preview - 11/8: Sabourin to start, Crosby will play
Penguins at Islanders, 7PM ET, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Penguins, 7-4-2, 16 pts., 7th in Eastern Conference
Islanders, 4-8-1, 9 pts, 15th in Eastern Conference
Crosby sits out practice, questionable for Isles’ game
From the Post-Gazette’s Dave Molinari:
Sidney Crosby sat out the Penguins’ practice today and is questionable for their game on Long Island tomorrow night because of an undisclosed injury.
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Penguins escape with 5-4 win over Oilers
Well, um, they won.
That’s the important thing, isn’t it ??
To borrow a phrase from the late great Pirates’ announcer Bob Prince, the Penguins came within a knat’s eyelash of blowing a 5-goal lead within the last 21 minutes of the game but hung on for dear life to barely defeat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 at the Igloo.
Tags: edmonton+oilers, nhl-hockey, pittsburgh+penguins
Oilers/Penguins preview - 11/6
Oilers at Penguins, 7PM ET, Mellon Arena.
Oilers, 6-5-1, 13 pts., 9th in Western Conference
Is Jordan Staal in the Penguins’ future plans ??
Way back during the 2006-2007 NHL season, Pittsburgh Penguins fans certainly had visions of offensive domination for years to come.
Sidney Crosby had 36 goals and 120 points, plus the Hart, Art Ross and Pearson trophies. Evgeni Malkin had 33 goals and 85 points, quickly establishing him as one of the league’s most feared snipers.
And then there was Jordan Staal. He burst on the scene in impressive fashion, scoring his NHL first goal short-handed in Madison Square Garden. He ended up scoring seven of his 29 goals short-handed, tying the NHL rookie record and led the NHL in that category. He also led the NHL in shooting percentage with 22.1%.
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A Penguins self-improvement checklist
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So we’re 12 games into the Penguins’ annual mediocre start of their season. Fans have been talked out of jumping off the Roberto Clemente bridge (slight exaggeration). Wild rumors are circulating about Mario Lemieux, once again, being in the best shape of his life (OK, I made that one up too).
That said, there are some valid criticisms that deserve to be leveled towards this incarnation of the Penguins. Maybe it’s in the Pittsburgh water, but the Penguins do a great impression of Adam LaRoche, who always seem to take the first couple months of the season off.
So without further ado (in a somewhat half-assed order):
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Metal News Post-hardcore
Motionless in White Announce Fall Tour
July 24, 2017 Amanda Krause infectious magazine, miss may I, motionless in white, music, the amity affliction0 comment
The ultimate metalcore tour will be hitting the road this fall on Motionless in White‘s “The Graveyard Shift Tour.” Supporting the group will be The Amity Affliction, Miss May I, and other special guests to be announced. Please follow and like us:
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STREAM: The Amity Affliction “This Could Be Heartbreak”
July 12, 2016 Angie Flores being as an ocean, deadships, hundreth, infectious magazine, Joel Birch, music, post hardcore, single, the amity affliction, this could be heartbreak, Trophy Eyes0 comment
As they’re getting ready to release their upcoming album, The Amity Affliction released a new song, and accompanying music video, for single “This Could Be Heartbreak.” With a careful mix of heavy and soft vocals, the title track tells a strong storyline about death and the burdern of leaving others behind. “As sad as it sounds, will I miss you when I’m undergound?” sings vocalist Joel Birch as he rests inside a coffin that’s already been burried. Check out the song, below, and let us know what you think of it in…
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The Amity Affliction Announce North American Tour
June 6, 2016 Brooke Daly Ahren Stringer, announcement, being as an ocean, Dan Brown, equal vision records, hardcore, hopeless records, infectious magazine, Joel Birch, melodic hardcore, metal, metalcore, music, new, north american tour, post hardcore, roadrunner records, rock, Ryan Burt, the amity affliction, tour0 comment
After a couple of massive tours in their homeland of Australia, The Amity Affliction are coming back to North America. The group announced a new headlining tour to take place this fall. Supporting them will be Being As An Ocean, Hundredth, Trophy Eyes and Deadships. VIP tickets and pre-sales will be available on their website. Check out the announcement on their Facebook after the jump! You can purchase a concert ticket here or buy a CD here! Please follow and like us:
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And The Nominees For The 2016 APMAs Are…
March 17, 2016 March 17, 2016 Ashley M. Jacobs a day to remember, all time low, alt press, alternative press, alternative press magazine, Alternative Press Music Awards, andrew mcmahon, APMAs 2016, as it is, attilla, august burns red, Babymetal, beartooth, being as an ocean, bring me the horizon, cane hillc, creeper, fall out boy, falling in reverse, Halestorm, I Prevail, issues, Jake Luhrs, Knuckle Puck, marianas trench, marilyn manson, mayday parade, miss may I, moose blood, motionless in white, neck deep, never shout never, new found glory, New Years Day, of monsters and men, One OK Rock, panic! at the disco, parkway drive, periphery, pierce the veil, PVRIS, real friends, roam, set it off, sleeping with sirens, Slipknot, state champs, the amity affliction, the ghost inside, the maine, the story so far, the used, the wonder years, This Wild Life, tiny moving parts, tonight alive, Too Close To Touch, twenty | one | pilots |, underoath, you me at six0 comment
Every 30 minutes for the past six hours today, Alternative Press has gradually revealed, via Instagram video, this year’s nominees for the Journeys Alternative Press Music Awards fueled by Monster Energy. Set It Off‘s Cody Carson and Jenna McDougall from Tonight Alive were the magazine’s emcees. Leading the charge with nominations are All Time Low, August Burns Red and Sleeping with Sirens, all of whom are in the running for Album of the Year. Want to vote? Click here. Find out who wins on July 18. You can see the full list…
The Amity Affliction Announce Documentary DVD Release
May 8, 2015 May 8, 2015 Austin Heath documentary, dvd, infectious magazine, metal, music, news, seems like forever, the amity affliction0 comment
The Amity Affliction have announced the upcoming release of a DVD documentary based on the band. The DVD will be titled “Seems Like Forever” and include footage of the band on tour, member interviews, and two previously unheard songs. This comes after the band’s 2014 album release Let The Ocean Take Me. Pre-orders will be available for the documentary Thursday, May 14th. The documentary is scheduled for release on July 10th. Below the jump is a trailer shared by the band’s official Facebook page. To hear more from the band, purchase CD here or…
STREAM: Stick To Your Guns New Album “Disobedient”
February 8, 2015 February 8, 2015 Angie Flores '68, being as an ocean, Disobedient, hardcore, In Hearts Wake, infectious magazine, music, north america, stick to your guns, sumerian records, the amity affliction, the disobedient tour0 comment
Stick To Your Guns will be releasing their fifth studio album, Disobedient, on Feb.10 via Sumerian Records. In anticipation of the new album, the band has begun streaming the record in its entirety. Check out the stream below and let us know what you think about the release. Late last year, the band announced a North American Headlining Tour, The Disobedient Tour. STYG will be hitting the road this February with support from The Amity Affliction, Being As An Ocean, ’68 and In Hearts Wake. You can buy concert tickets here. To listen to more…
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Five More Bands Added To Warped Tour Lineup
January 29, 2015 Adriana Sanchez chrisb, jule vera, music, news, pop punk, seaway, the amity affliction, This Wild Life, vans warped tour, warped tour0 comment
In this announcement, it has been reveled that The Amity Affliction, This Wild Life, Seaway, Jule Vera, ChrisB will all be joining the Vans Warped Tour this summer. Check out the full lineup so far after the jump. Fans of the tour can purchase a CD here or buy concert tickets here. Please follow and like us:
Self Help Fest 2015 Announces First Bands
December 22, 2014 Hayley Hoyle falling in reverse, infectious magazine, music, news, pierce the veil, PVRIS, real friends, rock music, self help fest, sleeping with sirens, stick to your guns, the amity affliction, the devil wears prada, the ghost inside, whitechapel0 comment
Self Help Fest is back! The festival will be returning to San Bernardino, CA on March 7, 2015 at NOS Event Center. Pierce The Veil, Sleeping With Sirens, Falling In Reverse, The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside, Whitechapel, Real Friends, Stick To Your Guns, PVRIS and The Amity Affliction have been announced to be playing the festival with more to be announced later. You can check out the poster for the event below. If you want to catch all these great bands at Self Help Fest, you can buy concert tickets…
WATCH: The Amity Affliction “The Weigh Down” Music Video
September 19, 2014 September 19, 2014 Angie Flores Ahren Stringer, Dan Brown, infectious magazine, Joel Birch, Let The ocean take me, music, music video, new, Ryan Burt, the amity affliction, The Weigh Down, Troy Brady, watch0 comment
The Amity Affliction have released a new music video for “The Weigh Down” off the band’s newest album Let The Ocean Take Me. You can watch the video below the jump. To hear more from The Amity Affliction, you can buy concert tickets here or purchase a CD here. Please follow and like us:
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Sun Never Set ‘Self-Titled’
July 29, 2014 July 29, 2014 Craig Roxburgh Artforms, brand new, ep, Hold Tight PR, infectious magazine, music, One Drop of Blood and We'll All See Red, Over Our Fallen Empire, post hardcore, taking back sunday, the amity affliction, The Sun Never Sets, thrice, underoath, Valiant, wildcard0 comment
Post-hardcore has always had the tendency to deliver unparalleled beauty in some of the most emotionally devastating ways possible. Taking Back Sunday’s debut album rips your heart out. Brand New plays with your emotions, and do not even get me started on the feelings that Thrice invokes. Bands have an added strength when they are of the heavier persuasion yet also manage to pull off the emotionally devastating songs. The Amity Affliction and Underoath both deliver some devastatingly beautiful yet also senselessly brutal songs – for post-hardcore bands at least. British…
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Home to more than one million people, Dharavi is one of Asia’s largest slums. Shanty-homes line its narrow alleyways where open drains run along the ground and electric cables hang overhead. The slum’s manufacturing and retail ecosystem is worth more than $1 billion on its own. Residents work in a variety of industries—leather tannery, textiles, pottery, recycling—and Dharavi’s bustling market is a retail haven for savvy buyers of leather products, jewellery, furniture, textiles, and more.
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News Stories 2019
Key Human Services Announces Elizabeth Weiblen as New President and CEO
Key Human Services, our subsidiary in Connecticut that has provided service for people with disability for 30 years, welcomed Elizabeth Weiblen as the new President and CEO. She brings valuable experience in designing, developing, and directing high-performing community-based programs and services, and is recognized as a leader in the field.
Jenny Laurita, Chairman of the Board of Key Human Services said, "Liz has an impressive reputation in the Connecticut nonprofit community. Her appointment highlights our organizational focus on growth, creating deeper connections with our partners and stakeholders, increasing advocacy for people with disability, and furthering our long commitment to encouraging growth and meaningful life choices for the people we support."
Charles J. Hooker, President and CEO of parent organization Keystone Human Services (KHS) said, "The entire KHS community from around the world joins together to welcome Liz to her new role. We look forward to working with her as we advance our mission to create inclusive communities, change lives, and build a better world."
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NEXT KAM FUELED RACING EVENT: Saturday April 16th, 2016 Grandview Speedway - Racing Starts at 7:00 PM
35 LAP NASCAR MODIFIED RACE PAYS $3500PLUS TO WIN ON SATURDAY, BERNHEISEL RACE COMPONENTS RENEW SUPPORT OF BRC LATE MODEL RACING, RCN/TV TO COVER SATURDAY EVENTS By Grandview PR
BECHTELSVILLE, PA April 13, 2016 . . . Many of the top names in area dirt track modified stock car racing will be seen in action on Saturday (April 16th) at NASCAR sanctioned Grandview Speedway when the 35-lap T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modified race, froze out last week, is presented. The winner walks off with more than $3500 for his winning efforts.
Craig VonDohren, winner of the opening night Modified feature race, is a favorite in the 35-lapper but he will have plenty of competition from the likes of Duane Howard, Jeff Strunk, Meme DeSantis, Mike Gular, Ray Swinehart and a host of others.
Along with the Modifieds racing in a full schedule of qualifying events topped off by the 35-lap special event there will be racing for the BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock cars. At least 12 events of racing will make up the night of racing excitement.
Adult admission is $20 for the special night while youngsters 6 thru 11 paying just $5. Kids under 6 are admitted free. Gates open at 5 p.m. with racing getting the green at 7 p.m.
The 5 p.m. Low Down and Dirty Meet and Greet will feature the same drivers with their cars on display as were scheduled on April 9. Included are NASCAR 358 Modified driver Steve Swinehart, Late Model talent Eric Hoch and Sportsman veteran Dean Bachman.
The night of racing will be filmed for later viewing on RCN/TV with the racing spread over two TV nights.
Jim Bernheisel, President of Bernheisel Race Components, announced that last year’s sponsorship for the BRC Late Models at Grandview Speedway will be renewed in 2016. There will be a BRC Superior Products Night, with every late model competitor in action that night receiving something of real value. Bernheisel will be partnering with parts suppliers and manufacturers to provide real components and parts. The only requirements to the competitors is that on that night they display Bernheisel Race Components decals on the left and right sides of their cars to receive their portion of the $7000 parts to be handed out.
Also at Grandview, Bernheisel will again sponsor the Hard Charger Award and will have a weekly tire giveaway. Each night a tire will be given away by the luck of the draw of all late models in attendance. A driver can only win one time and at the end of the year, any driver that has participated in all late model events during the season who has not won a tire during the year will be given a tire.
On Sunday, April 17th at 1 p.m. the Outlaw Enduro racers and Blast from the Past Vintage cars will be in action. Included will be Twin 60 Enduros for Big Cars and Twin 60 Enduros for Small Cars. A Ladies Enduro plus feature races for the Vintage cars will also be part of the show. Adults pay just $10 admission.
Blast from the Past Vintage racers will be part of the Saturday, April 23rd show with the NASCAR 358 Modifieds, BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock cars included. Racing starts at 7 p.m.
Grandview Speedway, a one-third-mile, banked clay track, is located on Passmore Road just off Route 100 in Bechtelsville, PA, 10 miles north of Pottstown. A full assortment of great concessions and novelty items are available. Free parking on the grounds. Fans are invited to the competition area after the events are completed to meet the racers. For information telephone 610.754.7688 or check in at www.grandviewspeedway.com, Twitter@GrandviewSpeedway and www.facebook.com/grandviewspeedway along with Rainedout.com (for weather issues).
KAM Fueled Racing on Racer's Roundtable
Sunday night the KAM Fueled Racing team sat down with Racer's Roundtable, check out the podcast and team as Geezer and team talk about the new KAM Fueled Racing team, sponsorship, and some racing antics. Always entertaining and always fun!April 10th 2016 Joe "Geezer" Fanelli on Racer's Round Table Podcast
Also some video footage from the night where Geezer begins with talking about the teams Sponsors:
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GRANDVIEW FORCED TO POSTPONE
COLD, WIND, WET WEATHER MAKES GROUNDHOG WRONG ABOUT EARLY SPRING, GRANDVIEW FORCED TO POSTPONE $3500 TO WIN NASCAR 358 MODIFIED RACE UNTIL SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH By Grandview PR
BECHTELSVILLE, PA April 8, 2016 . . . The groundhog seems to have been wrong. His prediction of spring weather did not hold true and Grandview Speedway management was forced to postpone their Saturday, April 9th NASCAR stock car racing events and reschedule them for Saturday, April 16th.
That means the Modified racers will have to wait a few more days to have their chance to race in the T.P.Trailers NASCAR 358 Modified 35-lapper that rewards the winner with $3500plus. All the same talents will be returning including opening night winner Craig VonDohren, Duane Howard, Jeff Strunk, Meme DeSantis, Doug Manmiller and a long list of others as they battle for top honors and the big bucks.
A full series of qualifying events will lead up to the 35-lap main event featuring 28 starters.
Also the BRC Late Models and Sportsman stock cars will run in qualifying events topped off by 25-lap features in each division.
Adult admission is $20 while youngsters 6 through 11 are admitted for $5. Kids under 6 get in for free. Military with proper ID are admitted free.
Then on Sunday (April 17th) at 1 p.m. a full show of Outlaw Enduro and Blast From the Past Vintage Car racing will be presented.
Information on what is happening at Grandview Speedway can be had at www.grandviewspeedway.com or check in on Facebook and Twitter. The track phone number is 610.754.7688.
Grandview Speedway, a one-third-mile, banked clay oval, is in its 54th consecutive season of presenting stock car racing. The track is located on Passmore Road, just off Route 100, in Bechtelsville, PA, 10 miles north of Pottstown.
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During his more than 30 years of practice in Palm Beach County, Mr. Keller has been instrumental in receiving verdicts in many notable cases, while settling countless others without a jury trial.
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After graduating from Law School in 1994 Allen served Palm Beach County and gained valuable courtroom and trial experience as an Assistant Public Defender. Allen presently practices exclusively in the area of Plaintiff’s personal injury law with the majority of his cases consisting of auto accidents,premises liability, wrongful death and negligent security matters.
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David has helped hundreds of individuals receive much needed compensation for injuries sustained. Recently, one of his wrongful death cases settled for a confidential seven-figure amount. In another case, David successfully persuaded the Fourth District Court of Appeal to overturn a Circuit Court decision, which ultimately resulted in a six-figure settlement for his client. Further, in a Personal Injury Protection case, David obtained the largest settlement of such a case in the firm’s history.
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India dethrone Pakistan...
INDIA won the Asian Champions Trophy gold medal when they edged defending champions Pakistan 3-2 in a highly entertaining match in Kuantan Sunday.
The India goals were scored by Rupinder Pal Singh (eighth), Yousuf Affan (23rd) and Thimmaiah Chandanda (51st).
And Pakistan got their goals off Aleem Bilal (26th) and Ali Shan (38th).
Fourth consecutive bronze for Malaysia...
MALAYSIA won their fourth consecutive Asian Champions Trophy bronze medal when they beat South Korea 3-1 in a penalty shoot-out in Kuantan Sunday.
It was the Fourth Edition of the ACT, and Malaysia held Korea 1-1 before winning the shoot-out confidently.
In the final -- will send one more para -- one more para.
After a poot shoot-out in the semi-finals against Pakistan on Saturday, Firhan Ashaari, Faizal Shaari and Nabil Fiqri were all Malaysia needed to win the bronze while the other two players were never needed.
Goalkeper S. Kumar brought off three saves and was the hero of the moment.
"It has been a tough tournament as we had to play seven matches in a packed schedule because the tournament rules were changed to the semi-finals format instead of the norm in the last three editions where the top-two teams after the round-robbin qualify for the final.
"Malaysia (who finished second in the pool) would have been in the final if not for the change of format to semi-finals in a six-team tournament," lamented Kumar. who has been involved in many shoot-outs in his career.
Kumar also said after watching the video of the Korea-India semi-finals shoot-out, he knew what to do yesterday.
"I have been in many shoot-outs before and prepared for today (yesterday) by watching the Korea-India shoot-out. It helped me identify the strikers patterns and that's why I managed to stop all of them," said Kumar.
The rain came pouring down as Malaysia and South Korea started their quest for bronze.
Malaysia took the lead of Shahril Saabah in the 14th minute, his fourth goal of the tournament.
However, South Korea equalised off skipper Jung Manjae off their first penalty corner in the 17th minute.
Shahril was yellow carded 20 seconds from half-time, and Malaysia re-entered the pitch with 10-men and looking very jaded.
The score stood in the next two quarters, and it went to a penalty shoot-out to decide the winners.
RESULTS: Final -- India x Pakistan x; Third-Fourth: Malaysia 1 South Korea 1 (Malaysia win shoot-out 3-1).
SOJC: England challenge for hosts...
MALAYSIA confirmed their Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) squad at the 11th Hour, with ten players from last year's bronze medallists still remain standing.
The hosts - the only team in Johor not bound for the Junior World Cup in Lucknow - are out on a missing to redeem themselves after failing at the Junior Asia Cup last year.
Malaysia open their campaign against England Monday, at the Taman Daya Stadium, who boast of many players from last year's Great Britain side, before taking on Australia, Pakistan, Japan and New Zealand.
"We will be out to prove that we are worthy alongside five countries which have qualified for the world cup," said team manager Yahya Atan.
"These are the next batch of Malaysian players and in Johor they must indicate, that they want to be in contention for the senior team someday."
Malaysia have named a number of players that competed in the Australian Hockey League, among them are Rizwan Azmi, Firdaus Omar, Lukman Nur Hakim, Nor Azmi Rahman and Syed Shafiq.
MALAYSIA: Rizwan Azmi, Zaimi Mat Deris, Luqman Nul Hakim, Firdaus Omar, Najib Hassan, Najmi Farizal, Zalupidaus Mizun, Rozaini Baharom, Syed Syafiq Cholan, Amrirol Aideed, Arif Syafie, Ashran Hamsani, Rafizul Ezry, Firdaus Fauzi, Norsyafiq Sumantri, Nik Aiman Rozemi, Hafiizhuddin Zaidi, Akhimullah Anuar, Abdul Khaliq, Zulhamizan Awang.
Shoot-out nightmare...
MALAYSIA lost another golden chance when they were bundled out of the Asian Champions Trophy final in a penalty shoot-out in Kuantan Saturday.
The score was tied 1-1 at regulation time, but Pakistan were better in the shoot-out to win 3-2 and play India in the final today.
Faiz Helmi Jali, Shahril Saabah and Fitri Shaari failed to score and Malaysia will now play South Korea for the bronze.
For the record, Malaysia have only won bronze medals in the last three editions.
Malaysian coach Stephen Van Huizen admitted his players did not play their best.
"Yes I admit the players were not up to the mark and have played much better against Japan and India. I hope this is a bitter lesson for them when they play in the World League (Round Two in Trinidad and Tobago next year) where they must get the job done at the crucial period," said van Huizen.
The game was played in constant drizzle, but the 4,000-odd crowd refuse to leave their seats and cheered on their favourite sport.
Goalkeeper S. Kumar was padded-up on Deepavali day, while striker Faizal Shaari rushed to Ipoh in the morning to welcome his first child, a son, to the world and was back in the evening to play for Malaysia.
Their dedication and sacrifices did not go to waste as Malaysia took the lead off their first penalty corner itself.
Shahril Saabah's drive in the 18th minute brought some relief into the game as it stood until the half-time breather.
It never stopped raining, and the slippery pitch made strikers from both sides slip and fall. However, Pakistan came back into the picture when Abdul Khan nailed the equalsier from close range in the 34th minute, and it was enough to take the match into penalty shoot-out.
In the other semi-finals, India had to bring out their best to deny a fighting South Korea in a tensed penalty shoot-out after the match ended 2-2.
Talwinder Singh (15th) and Ramandeep Singh (55th) scored for India while Seo Inwoo (21st) and Yang Jihun (53rd) scored for Korea.
In the shoot-out, India held their nerves to win 5-4.
RESULTS: Semi-finals -- Malaysia 1 Pakistan 1 (Pakistan win shoot-out 3-2), India 2 South Korea 2 (India win shoot-out 5-4).
Fifth-Sixth: China 4 Japan 3.
SUNDAY: Final -- Pakistan v India (8.30pm); Third-Fourth: Malaysia v South Korea (6.15pm).
SOJC: Pakistan finding their feet in Johor
The Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) has not been a glorious moment for Pakistan, but the thirst for success in the juniors category is something Tahir Zaman's men have.
The Junior World Cup bound side will not, however, have things easy.
In this edition as well as four of the other sides - Australia, New Zealand, Japan and England - are also bound for the world meet in Lucknow, India in December.
Tournament records in Johor indicated Pakistan finished with the wooden spoon in the previous two editions.
Pakistan also finished last in the inaugural edition in 2011 and fourth in the following two years.
Pakistan, who won the Junior World Cup in 1979 and were among the powerhouses in hockey, needs to establish themselves after several disappointing recent years.
Pakistan have been drawn in Group B with Belgium, Netherlands and Egypt at the Junior World Cup.
Tahir Zaman surely realises the SOJC is a yardstick for participating teams and a good outing is needed.
Their ability to finish runners' in the Junior Asia Cup last year could make teams take note of their presence at the Taman Daya Stadium.
Mas women 2 Korea 5...
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ACT: Malaysia v Pakistan semi-finals
MALAYSIA came to life in the fourth quarter to hold South Korea to a 1-1 draw in the last pool match of the Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan yesterday.
The draw saw them finish second on the standings, and will play third placed Pakistan in the semi-finals on Saturday.
India, top of the table, will meet South Korea in the other semis.
Nabil Fiqri, an Inspector trainee, said his mates did not fear any team in the semi-finals.
"We slowed down the match a little to conserve energy, avoid cards and injuries leading into the semi-finals as that is the most important match at the end of the day.
"Going into the match, we knew that it was either Pakistan or South Korea for us in the last four, and we don't fear both of them and will give our best to play in our first final in the ACT," said Nabil.
For the record, Malaysia have only three bronze medals to show from the last three editions of the ACT.
South Korean coach Paul Lissek was also not worried that his charges will be playing against tournament favourites India.
"We played our best Match of the tournament to hold Malaysia, and could have even beaten them. So, looking at the positive side, if we beat India, we can also win the title for the first time," said Lissek, a former Malaysian national coach.
Even before the match started, Malaysia were hit by the stupidity of Firhan Ashaari who was suspended from the Korea match, for an off the ball incident against India on Wednesday.
Firhan had elbowed India's Akashdeep Singh and was suspended after the Technical Delegates met yesterday morning and watched the recording.
Also suspended, but for two matches, was India's Surender Kumar who hit Malaysia's Azri Hassan in another off the ball incident in the highly charged match where India edged Malaysia 2-1.
An din the match yesterday, coach Stephen van Huizen's men played like they did not have a care in the world, and allowed South Korea to dictate terms.
The first two quarters were uneventful, and Korea took the lead in the 37th minute field goal scored by Jeong Junwoo.
Razie Rahim finally found his rhythm, and scored the equalsier off a penalty corner attempt in the 56th minute.
RESULTS: Pakistan 4 China 0, Malaysia 1 South Korea 1.
TODAY: REST DAY
SATURDAY: Semi-finals -- Malaysia v Pakistan (6.30pm), India v South Korea (8.30pm).
Fifth-Sixth: China v Japan (4pm).
INDIA 5 4 1 0 25 6 13
MALAYSIA 5 3 1 1 18 8 10
PAKISTAN 5 3 0 2 13 10 9
S. KOREA 5 2 2 1 11 9 8
CHINA 5 1 0 4 6 24 3
JAPAN 5 0 0 5 11 27 0
Half Black Sticks for SOJC
THE Black Stick are no strangers to the Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC), having competed regularly since 2011.
New Zealand are also among the teams in Johor that are bound for the Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India from Dec 8-18, but have listed only part of their squad for the coming tournament at Taman Daya Stadium next month.
Although the likes of David Brydon, Dominic Newman, Hayden Phillips and Nicholas Woods are absent, Bryce Collins charges still look strong with the presence of 12 players set for the world meet.
The SOJC is New Zealand's last preparation before heading to India.
The presence of forwards Sam La mine, Jonty Keaney dan Thomas Dylan, midfielders Alex Hanham, Aiden Sarikaya, defenders Breadly Read, Hugh Hendrickson dan Johny Thorn, in addition to goalkeeper Dominic Dizon, makes New Zealand among the contenders for the SOJC this time around.
The coming edition is the perfect warm-up for New Zealand following the participation of teams such Australia, Pakistan, England dan Jepun - teams also competing in the Junior World Cup next month.
The Black Sticks have competed three times in the SOJC, the inaugural edition in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
New Zealand finished last in 2011, before improving by one place in the 2012 edition. In 2014, New Zealand came fourth, giving rise to hope of another improvement.
New Zealand open their campaign against Pakistan on Monday on October 31 followed with matches against Japan and Pakistan before a one day break.
Collins' men play England on November 4 before a showdown with Malaysia the next day. The final classification matches takes place on Nov 6.
When the best is not enough...
MALAYSIA played the best game of the tournament, but were denied a point when India won 2-1 in the Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan Wednesday.
India will go into the semi-finals as the No 1 team, while Malaysia need to beat South Korea today to remain in the No 2 or No 3 bracke heading into the last four.
Rupinder Pal Singh scored both the goals, to take his tally to 10, and denied a fighting Malaysia their glory.
Goalkeeper S. Kumar said: "We had our chances but could not make it count, and world No 6 India is never easy to beat. We lost fighting, and kept our heads high the entire match and that's what is more important heading into the last match against Korea."
Kumar, who brought off brilliant saves to deny India strikers, knows that the semi-finals is the most important match of this tournament.
"As we are already in the last four, we need to give another good performance against Korea and they give our all in the semi-finals. That's what matters in the end," said Kumar.
For the record, Malaysia finished bronze medallist in the last three editions, and making the final would be a great achievement.
Goalkeeper S. Kumar brought out half a dozen saves to keep Malaysia in the match, going into the half-time breather as India tried every trick in the book but were denied at the last shot by the veteran custodian.
India took the lead, when tournament top-scorer Rupinder Pal Singh was denied his direct penalty corner flick, but he charged up and slammed the rebound in the 13th minute to take his tally to nine goals.
However, Malaysia never broke like their usual self, and attacked relentlessly and got the equaliser in the 18th minute.
Razie Rahim blasted in Malaysia's first penalty corner for his first goal of the tournament.
The crowd turned up in full force, as Malaysia won their last three matches convincingly.
Malaysia played one of their best matches in this tournament, as they pushed India to defend in numbers.
However, with two minutes remaining in the game, Rupinder Pal scored his 10th goal of the tournament -- and Malaysia removed S. Kumar to play a kicking back.
Coach van Huizen's men won their last penalty corner with 26 seconds remaining but failed to score the equaliser.
RESULTS: South Korea 4 Japan 3, Malaysia 1 India 2.
THURSDAY: Pakistan v China (6.30pm), Malaysia v South Korea (8.30pm).
SOJC: England in JB to get it right...
England return to Johor Bahru after a two-year absence but there is unlikely to be any unfamilarity at the Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) as several players played under the Great Britain banner for the past two years.
With the Junior World Cup just around the corner, England - especially head coach Jon Bleby and players James Gall and Chris Proctor - will hope they find better rhythm than in 2013 at Taman Daya Stadium before travelling to India for the world meet in December.
The trio were part of the English set-up that finished last in Johor before a dismal 14th place at the Junior World Cup.
Proctor and several others were also part of the Great Britain side that won the SOJC last year after playing bridesmaid to India in 2014. Among those absent in this year's squad include Ed Horler, James Albery, Jonty Griffiths and now-overage Luke Taylor.
Gall, who is among the handful 20 years and above players Bleby have named for the tournament, is perhaps lucky to even be on the pitch again after a career threatening fall in July 2015.
Gall fell on his head in an accident, suffered a fractured skull which caused severe swelling to the brain, and fractured his spine.
The SOJC is the final chance for players to catch the eye before the 16-team Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India between December 8-18, an event that is only held every four years.
England qualified for the world meet after finishing third at the 2014 EuroHockey Junior Nations Championship, the first time they finished on the podium since 1998.
England are scheduled to play Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Pakistan and New Zealand in the Sultan of Johor Cup starting Monday, before a final classification game on November 6.
Difficult, but not impossible...
THE plan is simple.
Malaysia need to beat India in the Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan Wednesday to cement their top spot in the pool as this will pit them against the fourth placed team in the semi-finals.
Executing it might be difficult, but not impossible, as Malaysia have been on fire in the three previous matches where they beat Pakistan 4-2, China 5-1 and Japan 7-2 convincingly.
India, on the other hand, have had a roller-coaster ride as after hammering Japan 10-2 they were held 1-1 by South Korea and only edged Pakistan 3-2 and yesterday hammered China 9-0.
And India were the only Asian team which played in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Ranked sixth in the world, they are eight rungs above No 14 Malaysia.
But a determined Fitri Shaari, Malaysia's engine room engineer, has a solution.
"We will be playing against Olympians who are ranked eight rungs above us, but that does not place us in awe. In fact, the team is determined to play eight time harder to win full points," said Fitri.
Always reliable to take command of the midfield, Shukri has scored two goals while his brother Faizal is Malaysia's top scorer on four.
However, the main goal-getter for Malaysia in any tournament, Razie Rahim has yet to hit the mark but has has four of his penalty corner rebounds turned into goals.
Razie, who joined the Inspector training in May, has lost his power, but not the placing.
"I'm a little rusty after being off hockey for a while to concentrate on my Police training. But still on target during penalty corners and the rebounds have been turned into goals by my team mates.
"However, after today morning's training (yesterday) I could feel the power coming back to my arms and I am ready to give my best against India," said Razie.
Malaysia have a lousy record against the Olympians, as in 109 encounters the nation has only won 15 times, while India won 76 and 18 ended in draws.
The last win for Malaysia was 3-2 in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup last year.
India coach Roelant Oltmans did not want to comment on the Malaysia match as his mind was locked on preparing for the China encounter yesterday.
RESULTS: Pakistan 4 Japan 3, India 9 China 0.
WEDNESDAY: South Korea v Japan (6.30pm), Malaysia v India (8.30pm).
S. KOREA 3 1 1 1 6 5 4
JAPAN 4 0 0 4 8 23 0
SOJC: 'Unfriendly' Australia...
AUSTRALIA continue their good relations with Malaysia at the Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) in Johor Bahru next week, but the hosts can expect nothing friendly about their visit this time around.
The Burras kick-off their campaign against Japan at Taman Daya Stadium on Oct 31 with a squad set for the upcoming Junior World Cup in India just one month later.
Australia, who finished a dismal fifth in last year's SOJC, missed the Junior World Cup podium in 2013 and having never finished outside the top three in back-to-back editions, the pressure is on Ben Bishop's men.
“As always, it was a difficult task to select this group. Our broader junior program has developed very good depth as a result of the great work done around our network," said in a recent interview in Australia.
“The group we have selected will enjoy another great competition in Johor this year against some quality international teams.
“This year, the SOJC presents a further opportunity for us as our major competition focus in the lead up to the Junior World Cup. I look forward to seeing our Burras take another step up in their development in readiness for the Junior World Cup.”
Bishop will want to avoid repeating their 2015 outing, where Australia only manage to defeat Pakistan.
Australia lost to Argentina on the opening day before bouncing back with a 6-2 win over Pakistan, only to lose 3-2 to hosts Malaysia in the following match. Australia also drew 4-4 with Great Britain and lost 1-0 to India before disposing Pakistan 5-0 to avoid finishing with the wooden spoon.
Australia have a largely unchanged side from last year. Among the 20 players selected are Rio Olympian Blake Govers and fellow Kookaburra Tom Craig. Kiran Arunasalam from the national development squad is also included while the rest are from the national juniors.
With a talent pool so wide, the players are unlikely to take the SOJC lightly as places for the trip to Lucknow, India are up for grabs.
Lessons from Cikgu Shukri...
CIKGU Shukri Mutalib has set his mind to lead Malaysia into another promising battle against India on Wednesday in the Asian Champions Trophy at the Kuantan Hockey Stadium.
A teacher by profession, the national hockey skipper and his men have so far scored three 'As' by beating Pakistan 4-2, China 5-1 and Japan 7-2 to check into the semi-finals.
With two more matches in hand, which could turn out to be the most difficult, Shukri is confident he can lead his men to victories.
"We still have to face India and then South Korea to complete our pool matches and I believe my team-mates can overcome whatever obstacles that come their way," said Shukri.
Interestingly, Shukri treats his mates as 'students' when it comes to handling them on the pitch.
"I am used to handling a large number of students with many more issues and problems in school. In hockey I only have 17 players to take charge and it is much easier as they are a disciplined lot."
Even though Malaysia have scored a total of 16 goals in three matches, but they have also let in five silly goals and look especially vulnerable in the last five minutes of every match.
"Against Japan, we were leading 7-0 and I felt that it was a moment to utilise my substitutes and I replaced goalkeeper S. Kumar and all the first choice defenders and fielded my reserves.
"Well, it was a good chance to give them some match practice ahead of the India and Korea matches. Even though it resulted in two goals in two minutes, I believe we have a strong bench to rely upon," insisted coach Stephen van Huizen.
Just like planning for lessons and motivating his students in class, Shukri has also been encouraging his mates, and parting information he picks up from watching other teams play.
"The most encouraging sign in this present team is that all the players are not selfish, especially the strikers. They are playing for the glory of Malaysia and not self pride. This can be seen in the passing done in the semi-circle, before goals are scored.
"One example is the three passes that led to Fazal Shaari blasting the ball to the top of the Japan net. It took real good understanding and unselfishness to achieve that goal.
Things are looking up for Malaysia, and now they must play two more pool to make the country proud, by finishing tops in the pool and play the fourth-placed team in the semi-finals.
RESULTS: South Korea 5 China 3.
TUESDAY: Pakistan v Japan (6.30pm), India v China (8.30pm).
INDIA 3 2 1 0 14 5 7
Malaysia hammer Japan 7-2 for semis slot...
MALAYSIA qualified for the semi-finals of the Asian Champions Trophy with two matches in hand when they beat Japan 7-2 at the Kuantan Hockey Stadium Sunday.
It was a third straight victory for coach Stephen van Huizen's men as they had beaten defending champions Pakistan 4-2 and China 5-1 earlier.
In another match yesterday, India beat Pakistan 3-2 in a close encounter and with seven points after three matches, India are also mathematically in the semi-finals in this six-team tournament.
"We have achieved out first target which was to qualify for the semi-finals of the ACT. Japan defended well in the first quarter, but after Aiman cracked open their goalmouth, they had to move forward and that was when we got our chances to score more goals," said van Huizen.
And after this Malaysia will rest for two days before playing India on Wednesday and South Korea on Thursday.
"The rest will be used for recovery as well as tactical purposes. Both India and South Korea look like the teams to beat in this tournament and we need to play much better than we did in the previous three matches to win points," said van Huizen.
After making the semi-finals, Malaysia's next target should be topping the table at the end of the pool matches, as the No 1 team plays No 4, while the No 2 team plays No 3 in the semi-finals.
The crowd came by droves to watch Malaysia maul Japan, but the first quarter ended uneventful as the hosts failed to find a single penalty corner, and the goal which they scored was disallowed.
Japan, who had lost to India 10-2 and China 2-1, played a defensive game by camping in their own half and only opening up for counter attacks.
But they finally cracked in the 23rd minute, when Aiman Nik Rosemi shot home from close range.
The goal opened up the match, and with Japan chasing for the equaliser, they were hit with another world class deflection from Rashid Baharom in the 27th minute.
A long shot from Najmi Farizal, from the 25-yard line, saw Rashid deflecting it past goalkeeper Kunitomo Masahito for a 2-0 lead entering into the dressing room.
The other goals came easy with super efforts from Nabil Fiqri (33rd), Faizal Shaari (37th, 59th), Firhan Ashaari (44th) and Fitri Shaari (58th).
The Japan goals were scored by Kenji Kitazato (59th) and Kentaro Fukuda (60th).
RESULTS: India 3 Pakistan 2, Malaysia 7 Japan 2.
MONDAY: South Korea v China (6.30pm).
CHINA 2 1 0 1 3 6 3
Everything points to a Malaysian victory...
RESULTS: India 1 South Korea 1, China 2 Japan 1.
THE last time Malaysia played Japan in a four-match Test series in Kakamigahara in June, coach Stephen van Huizen's men were whipped beyond recognition.
Both the teams will meet again in the Asian Champions Trophy Saturday at the Kuantan Hockey Stadium.
Malaysia are on a high after beating defending champions Pakistan 4-2 and China 5-1, and a win against Japan will place them in the ACT semi-finals.
Coach Stephen van Huizen has his full squad in Kuantan, unlike in Kakamigahara where seven regulars could not make the trip and they lost 5-1, 3-1, 4-3 and drew 1-1 in the Test.
Japan, on the other hand, were whipped 10-2 by India in their opening ACT match.
The seven regulars who did not make the trip to Kakamigahara but are in Kuantan are goalkeeper S. Kumar, Faiz Helmi, Shahril Saabah, Fitri Shaari, Faizal Shaari, Razie Rahim and Nabil Fiqri.
"We know the stakes are high against Japan as a win will see us in the semi-finals with two matches (South Korea and India) in hand. We have had two good matches, and even though Japan did not start off well, we can't take them lightly," said Van Huizen.
Skipper Shukri Mutalib was also realistic.
"There were moments in both the matches when we almost lost the script after taking leads and we will need to improve in that department. We took the lead against Pakistan but let them claw back, and I am particularly not happy with the way we played in the last five minutes against China," said Shukri, who made his debut as in the 2005 Rotterdam Junior World Cup.
There was no rest for the players yesterday, as they plotted Japan's defeat.
"Video's of Japan's matches as well as other information will be passed to the players so that they know what to expect tomorrow (today). And taking them lightly just because they lost 10-2 to India would be disastrous," said Van Huizen.
Japan coach Yamabori Takahiko is down without four players, and knows Malaysia has a full battery for the ACT.
"Yes, we won comfortably in Kakamigahara, but then, Malaysia did not have seven regulars. And in Kuantan, we do not have four of our senior players and it would be a different game. However, we have our plans to rise from the heavy defeat in the hands of India," said Yamabori. Malaysia have been doing just enough for full points, but they need to improve on their semi-circle shooting to beat Japan comfortably, and they go for maximum points against South Korea and tournament favourites India.
SATURDAY: India v Pakistan (6.30pm), Malaysia v Japan (8.30pm).
SUNDAY: South Korea v China (6.30pm).
Malaysia beat China 5-1
MALAYSIA, wearing an all-white outfit, were not clinical but still beat China 5-1 to move closer to the semi-finals of the Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan Friday.
Coach Stephen van Huizen, elated with the three points, agreed that there are areas that need improvement.
"We got the three points, and even though the team has been scoring more from penalty corner rebounds in two matches, I'm happy cos they are still goals.
"I understand that China are a young team, but the pressure was not on them and so they played calmly," said van Huizen.
China coach Song Yi is looking at the next four years to groom his side.
"We played in the national championships two weeks before the ACT and selected a young side because we are looking for results in four years time. The scoreline was big, but my players can play better but did not perform against Malaysia," said Song.
Razie Rahim, the No 1 penalty corner flicker could not execute powerful flicks, but they were on target and Haziq Samsul made the rebounds count.
Haziq scored off penalty corner rebounds in the sixth and 20th minutes, while Fitri Shaari's world class field goal in the 22nd minute gave coach Stephen van Huizen's men some breathing space going into the half-time break.
China pulled one back off Wang Bowen in the 33rd minute, but Shahril Saabah scored off a penalty corner attempt in the 37th minute to take a three-goal lead again.
Goalkeeper S. Kumar played one of his beat game yet, as he pulled off stunning saves to deny China.
Firhan Ashaari made it 5-1 with a penalty corner rebound in the 54th minute.
After a days rest, Malaysia play Japan and a win would ensure their semi-finals slot.
In another match, Pakistan edged South Korea 1-0 with a last minute penalty corner goal scored by Abdul Khan.
RESULTS: Pakistan 1 South Korea 0, Malaysia 5 China 1.
SATURDAY: India v South Korea (6.30pm), China v Japan (8.30pm).
SUNDAY: India v Pakistan (6.30pm), Malaysia v Japan (8.30pm).
Good start for Malaysia...
MALAYSIA sang in the rain, when they beat defending champions Pakistan 4-2 in the Asian Champions Trophy at the Kuantan Stadium Thursday.
Faizal Shaari, who returned to the national squad after serving his six-month ban and service with the back-up squad, scored a penalty stroke and a field goal to hand Malaysia the crucial win.
The first quarter was shaky, as Malaysia and Pakistan both played bad hockey and the crowd were almost put to sleep,
However, when the rain came pouring and stopped the match for 10 minutes, Malaysia regrouped and came out looking fresh in attack -- winning three crucial points in their attempt to finish higher than three consecutive bronze medals in the ACT.
Coach Stephen van Huizen's men lived dangerously, and three goals after the second half breather is what separated them from Pakistan.
They face China today, in what is expected to be another three points in the bag.
"The rain came at the right moment and my players regrouped and put up a good fight in the opening match even though Pakistan are never easy to beat," said Van Huizen.
"Penalty corners are our strongest in this tournament, and we utilised those that came our way. As for Faizal his goals made the difference but there is still much work to be done form him before he becomes what he was in previous years," said Van Huizen.
And China?: "We expect another good match, and even though they are a new side, nothing can be taken for granted tomorrow (today)."
Malaysia, with six penalty corner flickers in their fold, won their first in the 12th minute but Razie Rahim's flick was blocked by the first runner and they were awarded a consecutive second.
This time, Razie was on target but the ball was deflected out for pusher Firhan Ashaari to knock in from close range for a 13th minute lead.
However Aleem Bilal, 23, and into his first International with the seniors, scored two penalty corner goals in the 18th and 34th minutes to put the pressure on the hosts.
It was then that the match was stopped for 10 minutes as the rain lashed heavier and flooded the pitch.
And after resumption, two consecutive rough tackles by Pakistan goalkeeper Imran Butt on youngster Aiman Nik Rosemi in the 36th, resulted in a penalty stroke after a video referral.
Faizal Shaari executed a low push from the spot, and Malaysia were level at 2-2 by the 37th minute.
Malaysia were presented with a golden opportunity when they won their fifth penalty corner in the 41st minute, and Shahril Saabah's attempt made it 3-2.
The fourth goal came off a botched sixth penalty corner under pouring rain, which was salvaged by a powerful hit to the top of the net by Faizal in the 60th minute, for his brace.
RESULTS: Malaysia 4 Pakistan 2, India 10 Japan 2.
FRIDAY: Pakistan v South Korea (6.30pm), Malaysia v China (8.30pm).
ASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY
MALAYSIA 4 PAKISTAN 2 -- MATCH OVER
No reason for Malaysia to lose ACT opener...
MALAYSIA will open the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) accounts against Pakistan in Kuantan Thursday, and nothing but a win is expected from coach Stephen van Huizen's men.
For, Malaysia will field their strongest penalty corner battery of six players, as well as having a better squad than the one which finished which sixth in the recent Australian Hockey League.
And Pakistan will be playing without their skipper Mohamed Irfan, who never arrived in Kuantan due to visa problems back home.
Van Huizen said as both the teams will be trying to claw back into world hockey, it will be a tough encounter.
"Both Pakistan and Malaysia missed out of the Rio Olympics and are trying to climb back into the world hockey ladder and so I expect a tough match from the ACT defending champions," said van Huizen.
The six penalty corner flickers for Malaysia are Shahril Saabah, Fitri Shaari, Firhan Ashaari, Razie Rahim, Faizal Shaari and Najmi Farizal.
"Our penalty corner choises are the strongest ever as I have five other players to select from other than our No 1 Razie.
"This will be our mainstay in the tournament, where we aim to qualify for the semi-finals first and then take one game at a time."
In the last encounter at the Azlan Shah Cup, Malaysia edged Pakistan 1-0 with the winner coming from Razie's direct flick.
However, in the ACT, Malaysia have yet to beat Pakistan in the three encounters. They lost 3-2 in 2011, drew 2-2 in 2012 and lost 1-0 in 2013 when the tournament was last held.
Pakistan manager Hanif Khan said the absence of Irfan will be felt, but they have Plan B.
"Our captain Irfan could not make it here due to viss problems and so we will be bringing in another player soon. It will be tougher for us now, but we have a Plan B to counter his absence," said Hanif.
Pakistan won the last two editions and are gunning for a hat-trick.
"We came here on a hat-trick mission, and winning the first match will be utmost in our minds to kick-start that ambition," said Hanif.
The other teams in the ACt are India, South Korea, China and Japan.
THURSDAY: Malaysia v Pakistan (6.30pm), India v Japan (8.30pm).
SOJC: Malaysia in for a tough time...
THE Sixth Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) promises high quality matches as most teams will be using the tournament as a final preparation for the Junior World Cup in Dec 8-18 in Lucknow, India.
Organised by the Johor Hockey Association, the SOJC will be held on Oct 31 to Nov 6 at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium, and entry is free.
The six competing are Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and hosts Malaysia with England and Japan making their debut.
Only Malaysia will not see action at the Junior World Cup and team manager Yahya Atan was the first to admit that it will be a keenly contested tournament.
"All the five other teams are in the final stages of preparation for the Junior World Cup and will potentially be the early favourites for the title," said Yahya.
"We will no doubt face strong opponents but at the same time our players too have benefited from playing in the Australian Hockey League as part of our preparations for the SOJC."
Yahya added that the team will be going to Johor Baru on October 24 and the final list of players, coached by Wallace Tan and Amin Rahim will be announced this coming Friday.
Two juniors, Najmi Farizal Azlan and Nik Aiman Nik Rozemi who are eligible to play in the Under-21 tournament have been selected for duty with the senior national team that will compete in the Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan on Oct 20-30.
However Najib Hassan, another player in the senior training squad, has been given the nod to join his junior counterparts.
The team can count on Rizwan Azmi, Firdaus Omar, Lukman Nur Hakim, Nor Azmi Rahman, Syed Shafiq Syed Choulan, Amirul Aideed, Ashran Hamsani, Rafizul Ezry Mustafa, Norsyafiq Sumantri, Sufi Ismat Rohulmin and Akhimullah Anuar, all of whom were in Perth, Australia for the AHL.
Yesterday, several sponsors presented their contributions towards the tournament to YAM Tunku Idris Iskandar ibni Sultan Ibrahim, Tengku Temenggong Johor.
The total sponsorship received was RM1.450 million.
Also present was Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin and Johor Hockey Association President Datuk Haji Jais Sarday and Deputy President Datuk Manjit Majid Abdullah.
Leading the list of contributors were the Johor State Government with RM500,000, followed by Astaka Padu RM200,000, Johor Corporation, UM Land, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Yayasan Harmoni, JBB Builders, all contributing RM100,000 each.
Women's ACT: Tough for Dharmaraj's charges...
MALAYSIA will utilise the women's Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) in Singapore on Oct 29-Nov 5 as a training base for the World League Round Two.
Kuala Lumpur will host the World League Round Two on Jan 14-22, and its a chance for coach K. Dharmaraj's charges to make an attempt to play in the World Cup in 2018.
For the ACT, World No 21 Malaysia will face uphill battles against higher ranked teams China (eighth), Japan (10th), South Korea (ninth) and India (12th).
Dharmaraj knows the score in the ACT, and even though the statistics looks bad, the Malaysian girls only need to beat one team for a chance to play in the third-fourth medal match.
"All the teams are much higher ranked than our women and it will be a tough tournament but good in the sense that it will prepare us for the World League Round Two in Singapore," said Dharmaraj.
The 18 who competed in the Australian Hockey League in Perth and finished seventh out of 10 teams are in the running for the ACT, together with trainee Inspectors Farah Ayuni Yahya and Noor Hasliza Ali.
"Farah and Hasliza could not go to Peth because they had Inspector training at Pulapol, but have been released to play in the ACT in Singapore.
"Their presence will inject experience into the team and I am expecting them to give all the higher ranked teams a tough fight," said Dharmaraj.
The women's ACT was last held in 2013, and Malaysia claimed the bronze by beating China 3-1.
And for the World League Round Two, in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 14-22, Malaysia will battle for a slot in the World League Semi-finals and a shot at the 2018 World Cup against Ireland, Italy, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Fiji and Wales.
"With all teams advancing to the quarter-finals of the World League, I believe we have a good chance of advancing, to the World league Semi-finals," said Dharmaraj.
For the record, the Malaysia women have yet to break past Round Two of the World League.
ACT: Faizal in, injured Baljit out...
THE Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) will announce their squad for the Asian Champions Trophy only on Monday, but among those who have cemented their spot is troubled striker Faizal Shaari.
The ACT will be held in Kuantan on Oct 20-30, and Faizal's performance in the Malaysia Hockey League where he played for double champions Terengganu Hockey Team and also the Australian Hockey League (AHL) has earned him a ticket back into the national outfit.
He was dropped from the national team after failing to show up for training without a valid reason in December last year, and after completing his six months ban, he was placed in the national back-up squad and played in the AHL recently.
National coach Stephen van Huizen was impressed with his performance and he will play against Pakistan, India, South Korea, China and Japan in Kuantan.
In Perth, Faizal scored five goals but still, the back-up squad ended 11th among 12 teams in the AHL.
There was more good news when inspector trainees Razie Rahim and Nabil Fiqri were released by Pulapol to play in the ACT. Razie is the nations top penalty corner flicker while Nabil is a pillar in midfield.
Both of them did not play in the AHL, and the Malaysian national side finished sixth out of 12 teams.
But van Huizen will not have Baljit Singh, among his best defenders, as he picked up a hamstring injury while skippering the back-up squad in Perth.
The others who will surely be named on Monday are goalkeeper S. Kumar, Joel Samuel van Huizen, Fitri Shari, Shukri Mutalib and Shahril Saabah.
Three juniors were given the chance to play for the national team in the AHL, but only Najmi Farizal and Nik Aiman Rozemi impressed, while former juniors skipper Najib Hassan's form dropped and he will not be on the ACT list. Najib will be released to play in the Sultan of Johor Cup instead.
The ACT will offer International Hockey Federation (FIH) ranking points for the first time in its Fourth Edition and Malaysia must play in the final to maximise the effect leading to the World League Round Two in Trinidad and Tobago on March 25 to April 2.
The World League will confirm teams for the 2018 World Cup.
OLAK Gala Dinner open for bookings...
Call Joseph de Silva (Right) for more information -- 019-6491927
THE old boys of Lasalle Klang, popularly known as OLAK, are getting back together on the 22nd of October 2016 at a grand dinner to celebrate 25 years of the existence of its association, to be held at the Top Glove Ballroom, Level 9, Top Glove Tower, Persiaran Setia Indah, Alam Nusantara, Selangor.
OLAK is inviting old boys from as far back as 1963, teachers who have retired as well as present teachers in the school to attend this reunion to rekindle old relationships. Many ex-students who have migrated overseas will be making the journey back home to spend some precious moments with old friends, teachers and family too.
Marking this significant milestone will be a sumptuous 10-course Chinese dinner, a special opening ceremony featuring the St. Johns Institution Bagpipers, music and songs of yesteryear by the ever popular STAG band from Klang, an all-Lasallian cast of entertainers made of old and present students, door gifts and raffle draw with fantastic prizes.
Demand for tables for the event has been amazing and those who have not got their tables yet are urged to do so right away to avoid disappointment. Tables are priced at RM5000, RM3000 and RM1000. Proceeds will be used to defray costs for the dinner and profits generated will applied to OLAK’s various student empowerment, and school-related programs.
OLAK’s sports programs, especially its hockey team is always on the lookout for generous financial assistance. OLAK has the distinction of being the only school alumni to have fielded a team in the Malaysian Junior Hockey League since its inception in 1995 to the present day. The OLAK Hockey Team were MJHL Champions in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and overall Champions in 1998 and 1999 and 2000. OLAK are the first and only team to have achieved such a feat of three championships in a row.
OLAK are also regular participants in the Pesta Hockey Penang USM Six-a Side where OLAK has been champions numerous times. OLAK also plays an active role in facilitating job placements for it’s hockey players, as well as placements in institutions of higher learning.
If you are a Lasallian from Klang and want to get your dinner tickets, please call our OLAK Secretariat c/o Caxton House, No. 8 Jalan Stesen, 41000 Klang, Selangor, and ask for Joseph D’Silva 019-6491927, Ho King Min 012-3259188, K Selva ( 012-3600358).
ACT: Pakistan deal with FIH straight...
THE Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) never received Pakistan's confirmation letter, but the International Hockey Federation (FIH) have received their team list for the Asian Champions Trophy on Oct 20-30 in Kuantan.
MHC CEO K. Logan Raj is still waiting for the confirmation letter, even as travel arrangements have been forwarded to them.
"Surprisingly, Pakistan sent their team list to the FIH and not the hosts or organisers Asian Hockey Federation (AHF). They wrote to us only today (Friday) about their travelling schedule and are expected to arrive on Sunday," said Logan.
The MHC were ready to run a five-team tournament, as Pakistan never responded to the queries until the cut-off date on Oct 6.
Malaysia will be up against defending champions Pakistan, Asian Games champions India, South Korea, Japan and China in the ACT which will offer FIH ranking points for the first time.
On another matter, MHC are also closely following Pakistan's entry for the Junior World Cup on Dec 8-18 in Lucknow, India.
"There has been online reports saying that Pakistan might not play in the Junior World Cup because of security reasons and if that happens, Malaysia are the No 1 standby to replace them.
"Even though its a far shot, but we cant wait for the final moment to prepare if it happens," said Logan.
The Malaysian juniors, who finished fifth in the Junior Asia Cup in Kuantan and missed the boat to Lucknow, will be playing in the Sultan of Johor Cup and that could be their training ground to select players if Pakistan are unable to compete in India.
The SOJC, the only junior invitational tournament in the world, will be held in Johor Baru on Oct 31-Nov 6 where the hosts will battle Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
For the record, Malaysia beat Argentina 3-2 for the bronze in the last edition.
MHC still waiting for Pakistan ACT entry...
THE Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) are still awaiting for Pakistan to send in their confirmation letter to play in the Asian Champions Trophy in Kuantan on Oct 20-30.
MHC, the hosts, gave them until Oct 6 to reply but after sending Pakistan Hockey several reminders, they have hit a brick wall.
"Yes, we have yet to get a confirmation letter from Pakistan. And our cut-off date was Oct 6, but the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) asked us to wait until today (yesterday).
"But we have not received anything from them. If they do decide to come after this, they will have to make their own internal travel and accommodation bookings," said MHC CEO K. Logan Raj.
And if Pakistan fail to turn up?
"The tournament will go on with five teams, and the semi-finals format will be maintained after the pool matches," said Logan.
It is believed that Pakistan, champions of the last edition, have yet to get the green-light from their government to play in Kuantan.
The teams which have sent confirmation are hosts Malaysia, India, South Korea, China and Japan.
The ACT offers International Hockey Federation (FIH) ranking points for the first time in its Fourth Edition, and media reports in Pakistan say that they have already selected a team for Kuantan.
WL RD2: Malaysia to play in Trinidad and Tobago..
By FIH
...The Malaysian men will be playing in Tunapuna in Trinidad and Tobago on 25 March-April 2. The other teams involved are Japan, Russia, USA, Barbados, Chile and Switzerland.
...For the women's Round Two, in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 14-22, Malaysia will battle for a slot in the World League Semi-finals and a shot at the 2018 World Cup against Ireland, Italy, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Fiji and Wales.
The Trinidad and Tobago Carnival is an annual event held on the Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday in Trinidad and Tobago. The event is well known for participants' colorful costumes and exuberant celebrations...
THE International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed which teams will participate in each of the Hockey World League Round 2 events taking place at six locations around the world between January and April 2017.
Round 2 will be played over three men’s and three women’s events, with eight teams assigned to each destination by the FIH Competitions Committee.
The first Round 2 women’s event will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 14-22 January. The teams aiming for qualification for the Hockey World League Semi-Finals and a shot at 2018 Hockey World Cup qualification are Ireland, Italy, hosts Malaysia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Fiji and Wales.
A couple of weeks later, a further eight women’s teams will take to the field in Valencia, Spain between 4-12 February. Hosts Spain will compete against Scotland, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Ghana and one more team to be confirmed.
The third women’s event will be hosted in West Vancouver, Canada between 1-9 April. Teams taking to the field there will be India, Belarus, Canada, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Chile and France.
Men’s Round 2 begins in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where Canada, Oman, Egypt, hosts Bangladesh, China, Sri Lanka, Ghana and Fiji will be playing between 4-12 March.
From 11-19 March Ireland will also host a men’s Round 2 event in Ulster, with a venue to be confirmed shortly. Hosts Ireland will welcome France, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Wales, Scotland and Austria.
The last men’s Round 2 event takes place in Tunapuna in Trinidad and Tobago from 25 March until 2 April. There, Malaysia, Japan, Russia, hosts Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Barbados, Chile and Switzerland will take part.
Composed of four rounds (Round 1, 2, Semi-Finals and Finals) and played over two years, the Hockey World League shines a spotlight on the sport around the world. Even the smallest hockey-playing nations have the opportunity to write their own chapter in hockey’s history books.
A lot is at stake for teams participating in these Hockey World League Round 2 events. Whilst vital FIH Hero World Ranking points will be awarded depending on final standings, eight teams per gender will qualify for the Hockey World League Semi-Finals. These will be the top two teams from each event plus the two highest placed teams in the FIH Hero World Rankings of the teams that finish third.
Taking place next June and July, the Semi-Finals offer teams the chance to qualify for the Hockey World League Finals later in the year, plus the ultimate prize of 2018 Hockey World Cup qualification.
Tickets for the first of those, the men’s Hockey World League Semi-Final at London’s Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre (15-25 June) are now on sale and can be purchased by clicking here.
Fans can support their nation’s journey throughout the Hockey World League by following FIH on Twitter,Facebook and Instagram and visiting FIH.ch over the coming months.
SUBAHAN: Lets reach for No 8..
THE Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) president Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal yesterday revised his KPI for the national team, from current World No 14 to World No eight in two years time.
He said this at the launching of new attire and sponsorship presentation for the national men's and women's teams. The men will be playing in the Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) in Kuantan on Oct 20-30.
"When I took over more than a year ago, I said I wanted the men's team to become 10th by the time my tenure is over. However, after charting their path to qualify for the World Cup (2018) and Olympics (2020), I have renewed my KPI to take the team to eight in the world," said Subahan.
A total of RM900,000 sponsorship has been received for the ACT, and from the traditional yellow, the men and women will now wear orange jerseys as their first kits. Their second and third kits remain blue and white respectively.
The sponsorship is RM500,000 from QNET, RM300,000 from Tenaga Nasional, RM50,000 from Genting Malaysia and RM50,000 from Waz Lian Group of Companies.
Kappa, an Italian sportswear brand, had pledged RM350,000 in sponsorship towards the national men's and women's senior teams for the duration of three years.
"Since the team is known as Tigers, a change from yellow to orange is appropriate," said Subahan.
The ACT will be offering International Hockey Federation (FIH) ranking points for the first time in its Fourth Edition, and to achieve Subahan's KPI, the Tigers need to play in the final of the ACT.
When asked about Malaysia's target in the ACT, Subaha said: "I have my own KPI, and coach Stephen (van Huizen) has his own."
Van Huizen maintained semi-finals in the ACT as his first target.
"We are ranked fourth in Asia and going by ranking, we will aim for the semi-finals first," said van Huizen.
The other teams in the ACT are defending champions Pakistan, Asian Games champions India, South Korea, China and Japan.
The format is easy, as the top-four after a Round Robbin, play in the semi-finals.
Brother Jesbir: A passionate sports official...
JESBIR ... Holding card with I love Tolley (Punjabi slang for Tanjung Tualang)
SERGEANT JESBIR SINGH S/O MOKHTAR SINGH (101575), a passionate member of Sarawak hockey and cricket, passed away Monday.
His last assignment with hockey was during the Sarawak Malaysia Games in August where he was the recorder for the men's and women's finals.
Originally from Tanjung Tualang Sikh Settlement in Perak, Jesbir joined the force when he was 20 years old and has been stationed in Sarawak for the past 32 years.
"I never wanted to leave Perak and cried when I was posted to Sarawak after I finished my police training. But after 32 years, Sarawak has given me everything and I will cry if I am posted back to Malaysia," said Jesbir to this scribe when we met during the Malaysia Games.
Rest In Peace my brother, will miss you.... Had a fantastic time with you for 20 days during the Malaysia Games.
RESIDENCE: No 605 Lorong Kedandi 1, Tabuan Jaya. Kuching.
CREMATION: Expected to be on 12/10/2016 at the Buddhist Village, Jalan Seniawan, Bau.
Malaya: 1956 Olympian Aman Ullah dies...
AMAN Ullah Karim, 85, died on Sunday.
He was among the first batch of hockey players from the Federation of Malaya who represented the country in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics where he scored a total of eight goals.
And the man who played alongside him in Melbourne, Tan Sri P. Alagendra, was beyond grief as all his team-mates have now left him.
"Oh! No... the two of us were the last remaining members of the squad and now Aman has also left," grieved Alagendra.
"Before joining national training, he was Perak's top striker and his darting runs from the left had no answers from the defenders," remembered Alagendra, 86.
Alagendra, who retired as Selangor Chief Police officer, said: "We encountered many difficulties travelling to Melbourne those days, but Aman was always a helping hand. He was a bit quiet and unassuming, but with the ball and stick, he tore the defence apart with ease."
And among the notable goals he scored in 1956 were the two against Australia, but Malaya still lost 3-2.
Aman was a terror in his days, and his school-mate at the Government English School, Tapah, remembers well his mentor and hero.
Datuk R. Yogeswaran, coach of the famous 1975 World Cup team, remembers him well as he received a hockey stick from Aman.
"He was my senior in school, and I used to look up to him as my mentor and hero those days because he was such a terror in Perak. One day, after training, he gave me his hockey stick, which was one of my best moments with him," said Yogeswaran.
Aman later moved to Anderson School.
Yoges also remembers him as one of the best left inside in the country in his days.
"He was referred to as 'half of the Perak strikers' for his speed and when he moved into the semi-circle, the defenders and goalkeeper used to panic," said Yoges.
Aman was an all-rounder as he played cricket, golf and tennis as well.
"After the Melbourne Olympics, he started playing golf and was active at Kelab Golf Negara Subang.
"In the first game against Great Britain, Malaya drew 2-2 and Aman was one of the scorers. In the end he scored a total of eight goals for the nation in our maiden Olympics," said Yogeswaran.
AHL: Miserable Down Under debut...
THE three Malaysian teams which made their debut in the Australian Hockey League (AHL) fared miserably against club as well as junior sides in Perth.
Malaysian Tigers, the national team minus three players, finished sixth among 12 teams while the Malaysian Blues (back-up squad) only won one match to finish second from the bottom.
The Malaysian women's national team, Tigress, were at the brink of semi-finals and then almost became the Losers Pool champions but broke down on both occasions to end seventh among 10 teams.
Missing from the Tigers were inspector trainees Razie Rahim and Nabil Fiqri and injured Marhan Jalil -- and there was almost a total collapse.
Marhan's ankle injury, picked up during the Malaysia Hockey League, is so bad that we will be out of action for at least six months.
And hopefully Razie and Nabil are released from their training base in Pulapol for the Kuantan Asian Champions Trophy on Oct 20-30.
For, players in the back-up squad would find it difficult to fill their shoes in Kuantan when playing against India, Pakistan, Japan, South Korea and China.
As for the women, coach K. Dharmaraj said: "For my players, this was a golden opportunity in our preparations for the World League. We had two chances to first qualify for the semi-finals, and then finish at the top of the Losers Pool but over enthusiasm and failing to capture the moment when opportunity presents, was the fumbling block."
Dharmaraj will next lead his women into Singapore for the Women's Asian Champions Trophy on Oct 29-Nov 5 where China, India, Japan and South Korea await them.
HOW THEY FARED -- Tigers: Drew 1-1 with New Zealand Futures, lost 5-2 to Queensland Blades, beat NT Stingers 3-1, lost 5-2 to NSW Waratahs, lost 4-1 to Victorian Vikings, beat Canberra Lakers 3-0 and lost 4-2 to Queensland Blades.
BLUES -- lost 4-2 to India Juniors, lost 2-0 to WA Thundersticks, lost 4-0 to SA Hotshots, lost 3-1 to Canberra Lakers, drew 1-1 with Tassie Tigers, lost 5-1 to NT Stingers, beat New Zealand Futures 3-0.
TIGRESS -- lost 3-1 to New Zealand Futures, beat NT Pearls 7-1, drew 3-3 with NSW Arrows, beat SA Suns 4-2, lost 6-2 to Victorian Vipers, drew 1-1 with New Zealand Futures and lost 3-1 to WA Diamonds.
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August 29, 2018 • Let's Go To Court! Explicit
Episode 31: The Many Losses of Marybeth Tinning & the Cannibal Cop
When Marybeth Tinning’s infant daughter Jennifer died, friends, neighbors and medical personnel felt sorry for the grieving mother. A few weeks later, Marybeth’s young son died, too. People couldn’t believe it. How many losses could one person withstand? Then another child died. And another. And another. In total, nine of Marybeth’s children died over the course of 14 years. In that time, people’s reactions evolved from sympathetic to suspicious.
Then Kristin tells us the story of Gilberto Valle, a.k.a., the cannibal cop. Kathleen Valle knew her marriage wasn’t going great. But when Kathleen figured out exactly what her husband Gilberto was doing online, her blood ran cold. Her NYPD policeman husband had been chatting online about torturing, raping, killing and eating her. But the horror didn’t end there. He talked about carrying out these plans on many women. Authorities took action, but Gilberto’s defense was strong. He hadn’t actually carried out any of these plans. He claimed he was just fantasizing — with no intention of ever harming anyone. This case had people everywhere trying to draw the line between fantasies and criminal intent.
“A Dangerous Mind” by: Robert Kolker for New York Magazine
“Gilberto Valle, ex-New York police officer, talks about his cannibalism fantasies in film,” New York Times
HBO Documentary, “Thought Crimes: The case of the cannibal cop”
“Ex-officer’s conviction in cannibal case shouldn’t be reinstated, appeals court rules,” New York Times
“Cannibal Cop’s wife takes the stand as horrific details of former NYPD officer’s twisted bondage fetish emerge in first day of trial,” New York Daily News
“14 years and nine tiny corpses later, authorities finally took action on murderous mother” by Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News
“Baby Killer” by Mark Gado, crimelibrary.com
“Baby killer Marybeth Tinning leaves prison” Albany Times Union
Episode 30: Murders at a Chinese Hostel & Gypsy Blanchard’s Quest for Freedom →
← Episode 32: The Trials of Lizzie Borden & Alice Crimmins
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Dragon-Marked War God - Chapter 620
Eighteen Punches For Every Person
Hi there, this is the sixth regular chapter of the week!
The atmosphere became very tense. At this time, there were already more than two hundred inner-sect disciples. Most of them had already sensed the big group in Huang Ling Desert. The source of the shockwave was in the deeper region of the desert, so it naturally attracted a lot of disciples over.
No one talked amongst the two hundred disciples. They were very focused on the little girl who held the Fiery Sharp Spear. Underestimating the little girl was a mistake. They could already imagine how she would turn out to be when she entered Nebula Sect. She would definitely be a shining star in the sect and would become an important figure soon.
Zuo Ling Er was too strong, even the fifth and ninth ranked geniuses were beaten up like a pig’s head until they fainted. She was now challenging the third ranked genius.
How strong was Guo Xudong? He should be stronger than the other two. However, his strength wasn’t the main point, it was whether he could defeat the little girl or not. No one was able to comment on that.
Hu Lai and his comrades’ faces were drawn and pale, they were nervous. If Guo Xudong was defeated, the reputation of the geniuses on the Earth Ranking would be lost. Most importantly, that barbarous little girl would certainly not let them go. They would probably end up just like the first two.
However, he couldn’t think much of it now, his swollen face was still in pain.
*Hu* *Hu*
Strong winds howled powerfully. It was Guo Xudong, his Yuan Force was rushing out like rippling sea waves. The long sword in his hand released a very strong aura. Every step he made trembled the spatial zone near him. He, as a Ninth Grade Combat King, was truly amazing.
Guo Xudong was about to attack. Everyone held their breaths, they didn’t know who would win.
“Sword Piercing Vault.”
Guo Xudong humphed coldly. Light radiated out from the sword. It shined all over the dark sky, its destructive force was so strong that the spatial zone cracked into lines. It was as if the sword could pierce through anything.
His strike was powerful since it was combined with a sharp sword technique. This attack had already locked Zuo Ling Er’s Qi. Guo Xudong went all out with this strike. It seemed like he wanted to take down Zuo Ling Er with this strike, not giving her a chance to defend it.
Jiang Chen and Big Yellow looked at each other. It was true that the third genius of the Earth Ranking was extraordinary and was incomparable to any ordinary Ninth Grade Combat King. His attack had surpassed his Combat King realm.
However, Zuo Ling Er wasn’t nervous at all and everyone could see it. The strength hidden deep inside of her little body was rippling, it move to her hands and into the Fiery Sharp Spear.
The spear was a weapon of fire property. Although Zuo Ling Er didn’t possess a fire property ability, the spear itself was an Emperor Weapon, which was stronger than her opponent's long sword. Ling Er’s ability wouldn’t be weaker than him. Now that she had the spear, she obviously gained the upper hand.
*Whizz*
The Fiery Sharp Spear created a sharp noise. She raised the giant spear and pierced at the direction of the incoming sword light.
*Ching* *Ching*
Everyone could clearly see it, there were strange talisman marks shining at the tip of the spear. It moved like a serpent, carrying Zuo Ling Er’s barbarous strength while striking the threatening metal.
*Bang!*
The two weapons met and collided. The spear undoubtedly had the upper hand. The scary part was that the sword light crumbled into pieces after colliding with the spear. The spatial zone near the collision was destroyed, making it look like a dark black hole that could suck every light into it.
*Deng* *Deng* *Deng*
Guo Xudong absorbed most of the vibration before he was pushed 50 metres away. His face was drawn, the sword in his hand was trembling intensely. Traces of blood flowed from the broken skin between his forefinger and thumb. The collision had injured him.
“Guo Xudong failed. He was just like Zhang Da and Zhou Hong. They were defeated by senior sister Zuo’s attack, she is really very good.”
“Another monstrous talent arrives in Nebula Sect. The elders definitely won’t miss the chance to take her as a core disciple.”
“Guo Xudong is also a very talented disciple based on the fact that he is third in the Earth ranking. However, it seems like the weapon that senior sister Zuo used is much more powerful. It has to be an Emperor Weapon.”
Everyone focused their attention to the scene in front of them. Guo Xudong was also defeated. It wasn’t because the geniuses on the Earth Ranking were weak, it was just that Zuo Ling Er was extraordinarily powerful. The fact before them told them everything; after she entered Nebula Sect, she would certainly be in the top three of the Earth Ranking.
“Senior brother Guo, what now?”
Hu Lai’s tone was trembling because of fear. His arrogance disappeared. He wouldn’t have thought that Zuo Ling Er would be this strong, even Guo Xudong was no match for her. All his backups were taken down, the only way to take his revenge now was to wait for his brother’s arrival.
“What else can we do now? Let’s flee.”
Guo Xudong gave a cold glance at Hu Lai. It was all because of this useless man. If not for him, he wouldn't be in such a shameful situation.
Hu Lai kept quiet after being berated.
Guo Xudong humphed coldly, twisted his body and then flew away from the battlefield. He was fast, but someone was faster. A white silhouette blocked his path, it was Jiang Chen.
“What? You want to leave?”
Jiang Chen smiled.
“Jiang Chen, what do you want? Don’t cross the line.”
Guo Xudong said coldly.
“Cross the line? It was you who crossed the line. Don’t worry, I won’t ask you all to kneel and kowtow unreasonably. You all can go, but you have to bear Zuo Ling Er’s eighteen punches. That’s the condition before you can leave. Or else, I will leave you guys here to be eaten by the devils.”
Jiang Chen’s tone turned cold and cruel. He wasn’t magnanimous to those who had offended him.
Hu Lai exclaimed. He looked again at Zhang Da and Zhou Hong’s faces. A cold chill was sent down to his spine. It had to be a joke. ‘Would I still be alive after taking those eighteen punches?’
“Jiang Chen, you dare do this to me? My brother won’t let you go.”
Hu Lai raged.
*Pa*
As soon as his voice faded, Jiang Chen slapped his face violently.
“A garbage that only knows how to threaten people with his brother.”
Jiang Chen stared at him in disdain. This type of person wouldn’t gain his respect.
“Ling Er, there is no need to be polite to them.”
Jiang Chen said to her.
“Roger that big brother!”
Zuo Ling Er ran happily to Guo Xudong. Before her opponent could react, her punches had already reached her oppenent's face. How could an injured man who had lost his fighting spirit fight a monstrous talent?
The sound from the impact was heard. As the third genius on the Earth Ranking, after bearing her Barbarous Eighteen Punches, his face turned swollen, just like a pig’s face. His body was swaying uncontrollably. He wasn’t as bad as the other two, he was still able to stand on his two feet.
“It’s your turn.”
Zuo Ling Er followed Jiang Chen’s instruction. Each of them should take her eighteen punches. She scurried to the front of Hu Lai, and a few people beside him was shocked.
“Auntie, please spare me.”
Someone almost cried. This little girl was too scary, especially when they thought of her fists.
*Peng* *Peng* *Peng*
*Argh* *Argh* *Argh*
Zuo Ling Er didn’t give in to their pleadings. Her fists continuously punched their faces, one by one. Their faces became irregularly shaped, their close friends wouldn’t even recognize them now. Except for Guo Xudong, all of them fainted and fell to the ground. Hu Lai was the most pitiful one, his pig face was the largest. It seemed like Zuo Ling Er had given him a special treatment.
Guo Xudong gritted his teeth because of the pain, but he kept quiet and didn’t dare curse her. He was smart enough to know that his opponent today was so much stronger than him. Apparently, Jiang Chen wasn’t a man to be trifled with. If he tried to provoke him again, perhaps Jiang Chen wouldn’t kill him. However, he might probably be tortured to hell.
The rest of the disciples held their breaths. They felt that today’s incident was just like a dream. The incident that happened to Guo Xudong and the rest of his group were the result of their actions. It served as a deterrent for everyone in Nebula Sect. It seemed like there would be no peace for the upcoming days in the sect. Jiang Chen and Zuo Ling Er, not only were they heaven defying geniuses, they were as twisted as a devil. People like them wouldn’t bring peace to any place.
“Let’s go, we will continue killing the devils.”
Jiang Chen didn’t even bother to look at Guo Xudong and led the group to the deeper region of the desert. More people followed him this time. He had successfully gathered this many people in less than a day’s time. These followers were volunteers that wanted to fight along with him.
This was a scenario that no one had expected. All of the inner sect disciples of Nebula Sect were egotistical. Even if the sect assigned a genius leader, the group wouldn’t be this organized.
“Brother Jiang, leaving them here won’t attract the presence of devils, right?”
Lan Yi asked worriedly.
“Don’t worry, those are only bruises and skin injuries which is nothing to a Ninth Grade Combat King.”
Jiang Chen smiled. He was new to Nebula Sect after all. It was unreasonable to murder someone during his first arrival. Also, their conflict wasn’t that great that they had to chop off each other’s head.
Seeing the vanishing group in the night, Guo Xudong’s eyes sparkled with a cold and vengeful light. He said coldly, “Jiang Chen. When Hu Song arrives tomorrow, it will be your end. You are still not an official disciple of Nebula Sect. Hu Song will take your life. We’ll wait and see how long you can retain you arrogance.”
Guo Xudong wasn’t wrong at all. Jiang Chen only obtained the pass to enter Nebula Sect. He wasn’t accepted as an official disciple yet. He still had to go through the assessment of the sect...
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Photo highlight from LATT’s 2017 OGM & Professional Reporting Session
LATT Participates at the TTGPA's 6th Annual Professional Services Day
LATT 56th AGM
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LATT's 55th AGM
LATT’s Advanced MARC Cataloguing Workshop (2011)
LATT's Participation in the TTGPA's Professional Culinary Classics (2009)
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Big business has a bad name. But the growing movement of conscious capitalism proves that there is another way.
From the mega-profits of the ‘big four’ banks to the Coles and Woolies duopoly, large corporations have a track record of ignoring the interests of suppliers, customers, employees and the greater good. But fear not, because there is positive change afoot.
Rajendra Sisodia’s book, Firms of Endearment, has sparked a new model for business management. One that gives all stakeholders – including the environment – a place at the table. It’s called Conscious Capitalism.
Formed as a not-for-profit organisation in the US, Conscious Capitalism argues that business is inherently good because, as noted in the ‘credo’ on the site, www.consciouscapitalism.org: “It creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity.” Conscious Capitalism gives business the tools it needs to become a force for good in the world, while also creating a healthy profit.
A ‘conscious’ business adopts Conscious Capitalism’s four pillars: higher purpose, stakeholder integration, conscious leadership and conscious culture.
Higher purpose is the ‘why’ of doing business. It’s the guiding vision that activates and motivates stakeholders: employees, customers, suppliers and investors. Stakeholder integration acknowledges that businesses should exist not just to maximise profits for shareholders, but also to add value for stakeholders – to foster a culture of mutual benefits for all. Conscious leadership empowers its stakeholders to engage, creating transformative cultures of shared vision and responsibility. A conscious culture is the embodiment of the principles of the business. It fosters care, trust, mutual respect – it’s the supporting structure of the company’s conscious capitalist objectives.
Whole Foods Market, the world’s largest retailer of natural and organic foods, is a Conscious Capitalism business. Its co-founder, John Mackey, co-authored a blueprint for action, Conscious Capitalism, with Sisodia. Both men have been instrumental in the Conscious Capitalism movement in the US, outlining how some of the world’s most successful companies – Google and Amazon among them – create value for all stakeholders. They argue that these companies owe their success in part to this new way of doing business, a way that looks forward, taking everyone along for the ride.
But Conscious Capitalism is no longer just transforming US businesses. Conscious Capitalism Australia launched in May 2012, thanks to Kate Walker and Amy Powell, two keen proponents of the movement. The Australian chapter’s mission is to inspire, connect and support local businesses on their journey. And it seems Australians are keen to get on board.
Intrepid Travel and Red Balloon are two successful Australian businesses subscribing to the Conscious Capitalism credo. Geoff Manchester, co-founder and director of Intrepid Travel, is now also a Conscious Capitalism ambassador.
For Manchester, Conscious Capitalism is about understanding and responding to the changing needs of the market. “Consumers are becoming much savvier about the impact the products they buy have on the planet,” he says. “Consumer decisions are based more and more on what companies do, more so than what they say. As businesses, we need to be aware of this and ensure our house is in order and that we are proud of everything our company does.”
Another benefit of being a Conscious company, Manchester adds, is it helps you to attract, motivate and keep the right staff. “Many people, especially younger people, want to work for a company that behaves appropriately and whose products do not damage the environment or other people.”
Manchester advises business leaders looking to get involved in the movement to find like-minded business leaders for support and to help maintain motivation.
How might you bring a Conscious culture into your workplace? Carolyn Tate, community leader for Conscious Capitalism’s Victorian chapter, advises that the most important way to get started is by educating yourself: “Read the books, check out the websites.” It is crucial that the leadership team is on board, she adds. Enlist the support of external consultants, attend Conscious Capitalism events, network, share and learn. There are several case studies that crunch the benefits for all stakeholders – including investors – to help them start visualising the business in this new light. “It’s not easy,” adds Tate, “but companies that don’t embrace these business principles won’t exist in this new world. The average lifespan of a company is 60 years – how is your business going to be placed in the future if you don’t make this positive change?”
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Dice of destiny : an introduction to human heredity and racial variations, by David C. Rife
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MFT Price lists
MFT is offered in three versions: a low cost version for Laptops and Workstations, a single thread version for smaller servers, and various Enterprise versions suitable for different types of large or ultra-high-performance servers.
Windows Edition for XP and Vista
Part Number Item Description Price UOM
MFT-SD16 MFT edition for Windows workstations and laptops up to 16gb $40 each
MFT-SD128 MFT edition for Windows workstations and laptops up to 128gb $110 each
MFT for workstations and laptops is value-priced and designed for the comparitively limited performance needs of the single user. As with all MFT variants, this product dramatically speeds up the random writing process of Flash SSDs, generally by more than 100-fold. This is extremely useful when the user is running write-intensive applications. Similarly, MFT extends the useful life of flash drives typically by well in excess of 100-fold by fixing the erase problem inherent to virtually all Flash SSDs.
Single-Thread Windows Server and Linux Server Edition
MFT-SSD MFT 128GB single-drive-performance edition for Linux and Windows servers $250 each
MFT-SSD256 MFT 256GB single-drive-performance edition for Linux and Windows servers $600 each
MFT-SSD512 MFT 512GB single-drive-performance edition for Linux and Windows servers $1,400 each
Single-Drive-Performance MFT software for Linux and Windows Servers is a low cost way to speed up web and other simple servers. This version throttles random-read performance to that of a single drive at a time. Single flash drives typically have a peak random read rate of 2,500 to 13,000 IOs per second depending upon brand and construction. This is typically 25 to 125 times faster than a standard disk drive, and ten to fifty times faster than the fastest disks made. Random write speeds in this version are unrestricted and can be up to 90% of the composite linear write speed of the drive set, which can be tens of thousands of IOs per second. This version of MFT works with multiple drives and software and hardware RAID arrays. People using Single-Thread MFT with large sized inexpensive MLC flash drives have found that it often allows them to increase the number of customers on a server by a factor of up to four, or that it results in a four- to ten-fold improvement in general performance.
Full Function MFT Server Editions for Windows and Linux
MFT-MLC MFT MLC Server edition for multiple and RAIDed MLC drives and CF Cards - Windows or Linux $125 32gb
MFT-ENT MFT Enterprise Server Edition for SLC flash memory - Windows or Linux $250
MFT-HDD MFT Hard Disk Drive Server Edition - only available when used with other MFT product - Windows or Linux. See notes below $25
Full-function MFT when used with multiple multiple drives has been clocked at speeds of up to 138,000 read IOs per second: more than 1,300 times faster than a single standard disk drive. It has also been clocked at well over 60,000 random write IOs. The MLC, Enterprise and hard disk server versions of MFT are sold in a pricing modulus of 32GB of net addressable space. Addressable space excludes both parity drives in a striped RAID environment and mirror drives in a Mirrored Raid Environment. It also excludes "dedicated" free space which you choose to set aside as unaddressable, but does include practically free space which also accelerates performance but is addressable.
The "MLC" Server Edition is intended for use with high performance or large scale MLC drives. The best performing MLC drives deliver performance 20 times higher than a 15,000 rpm SAS hard disk drive. The MLC variant is "tuned" to the erase cycle limitations of Multi-Level Cell flash (MLC) media (which is much less expensive than SLC flash media). This permits approximately two to four full overwrites of the Flash drive daily with live data. The MLC server edition is ideal for large mail servers as well as most general purpose servers.
The Enterprise Server Edition is intended for full duty SLC drives that have a 10x to 20x longer erase life than MLC media. SLC drives also typically have faster random read and linear write times than MLC drives, and will typically outperform 15,000 rpm SAS hard disks by a factor of at least 30. The Enterprise version can be used anyplace, but is most valuable in heavy duty environments as it will permit 30 to 40 daily overwrites of media with a projected life of 5 years.
The Hard Disk Drive Server Edition of MFT can be used in environments such as RAM-resident data where the chief limiting factor is the speed of random writes. It also can be used in independent low cost backup systems where the customer has parallel Flash and Hard Disk storage subsystems.
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The saying, “All things bright and beautiful …” truly represents the hibiscus with its large, conspicuous and trumpet-shaped flower. Hibiscus (a Greek word “hibiskos” which means marshmallow and named by Pedanius Dioscorides), is a genus of a...
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Earthworm: Nature’s Little Recycles
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Have you ever wondered how the burnt rice or spoilt beans you threw out just disappears or becomes like sand after a while? Or how a dead cockroach turns into a pile of soil after a while? The process through which organic materials are broken...
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Enquire from a traditional healer in Africa how to boost your luck, and they may offer you a prescription to smoke or snort dried vulture brains. Did I hear you say Yuck! African vultures are not coping well. A contemporary study, published in...
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By Mike Chuktu, LUFASI’s Volunteer To tell you the truth, I was so full of relief as I boarded a commercial bus from the popular CMS area in the heart of Lagos to LUFASI Nature Park. I was happy to get away from the strife, noise, hustle and...
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July 5, 2018 by editor Views 206
Beating plastic pollution is the theme for this year’s World Environment Day, Earth Day and several other events, which is absolutely fantastic and good. The reality of the danger of plastic pollution has finally emerged and it has eaten...
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Biodiversity is the conglomeration of all life forms on planet earth. All Flora and fauna from the micro to the macro. Latest technology has enabled us to appreciate the complexity and importance of biodiversity that exists on this planet. It is...
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Biodiversity by definition is the variety of animal and plant life ranging from all habitats, its organisms and ecological processes they are part of. This involves diversity within species and between species. Biodiversity forms the foundation...
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In the not too distant past, here in most parts of Nigeria, a look through the window or a walk to the backyard will reveal anthills that dotted our landscapes. The question to ask is what has happened to these beauties of nature. The sad reality...
Dear Friends of Nature, LUFASI joins the rest of the world in wishing all mothers including Mother Earth a happy Mother’s Day. As we celebrate and honour mothers for their compassion, tolerance, love and bravery on this auspicious day, let us...
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Melissa Ayr
Contemporary Abstract Ayr Art
Original Ayr Painting “Be Ruinart” Going to Art Basel Miami
Posted on September 14, 2010 //
Contemporary Abstract Artist Melissa Ayr has been selected as one of ten artists in the United States to be represented at Art Basel in Miami by Ruinart Champagne, a brand of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey. Melissa Ayr and Ruinart champagne share the same fundamental values of authenticity, openness, refinement and quality. Ruinart sponsored the opening night of the “Ayr Art Transformation Tour”, a national solo art exhibition featuring new and existing works of art created by Melissa Ayr. Featured at the Dallas exhibition was a special toast of Ruinart Champagne to unveil the new painting by Melissa Ayr titled “Be Ruinart.”
Melissa Ayr Unveils "Be Ruinart"
Melissa Ayr is a colorful contemporary abstract painter whose work incorporates high energy, fluidity, growth, and life. Melissa Ayr’s art has hung in the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and her art resides in homes of high profile collectors. Earlier this year, Melissa was featured with a solo exhibition “Ocean Drive” as part the Celebrity Super Bowl Charity Bash in Miami Beach. Last year, Melissa was featured as the only American Artist at the 2009 World Wilderness Congress with her ground breaking “Wild Thing” painting that raised awareness and funding for the Wild Foundation and Jane Goodall.
The night the piece was unveiled Ms. Ayr shared thoughts about “Be Ruinart”. “I was asked to create my interpretation of what Ruinart champagne would look like as a contemporary art piece. I was given a bottle to enjoy and sit alone with my thoughts.” “The name Ruinart was something that caught my eye; ‘art’ being in the name of the champagne itself. How could this champagne, art and the excitement built up within be combined and conveyed on a canvas?” Ms. Ayr stated that as she opened the bottle, the Champagne cork popped and champagne spilled out. Melissa took this into the studio and used paint tubes spilling out of the bottle onto the canvas to convey an explosion of art.
Ms. Ayr was inspired to use paint tubes in “Be Ruinart” because of a story about Picasso. While living in Lake Tahoe, Ms. Ayr had an opportunity to work with DA Russo, a student of Pablo Picasso. He would speak of his time living with Picasso in France when he was a young boy. According to DA Russo, Picasso was known for keeping the left over tubes of oil paints his students discarded. He had a box near the door of the class where the students would dispose of them. When the box was filled Picasso would snip off the ends of the tubes, butterfly the tubes and then use the remainder of the paint that was left inside for his own art.
“Be Ruinart” is a 3-dimensional multi media painting on hand stretched linen. Melissa states, “In the painting, I have included over 40 opened tubes of paint I used myself and have butterflied open. I have also included my own pallet, a pallet knife, a sable paint brush, a pencil sharper, oil paint medium, a bottle of Ruinart champagne, the Ruinart cork and wrapper, small speaks of clear plastic, and my signature monarch butterfly. If you look closely you will find a Dragon, a symbol of creativity. “
“Be Ruinart” is a Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey commission with a mission. “Be Ruinart” will be represented at Art Basel Miami in December 2010 and then auctioned off in New York in January 2011. The painting will benefit the Museum of Arts & Design in New York with 100% of the proceeds donated to the Museum for their education programs.
To find out more about the “Ayr Art Transformation Tour” and artist Melissa Ayr visit http://www.melissaayr.com.
About Artist Melissa Ayr:
Melissa Ayr’s mission is simple; create with passion, open the World’s mind to creativity and become the highest valued female artist of our time. Melissa offers high end fine art using hand crafted custom made canvas, the finest quality paint and artist talent to make every original painting unique. Melissa sells original abstract paintings in oil, acrylic and mixed media and keeps her indelible oath to grow her brand, maintain value and hold true to the trust that many collectors have placed in her. http://www.melissaayr.com
About Ruinart:
Champagne Ruinart is the oldest French Champagne company, established in 1729. It is a very high-quality Champagne, and has recently been re-introduced to the U.S market. It is owned now by Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey, the world leader in luxury items. http://www.ruinart.com :: http://www.lvmh.com
Filed Under: Art, Events, Press Release // Tagged: Abstract, art, Art Basel, Art Basel Miami, Ayr Art, Contemporary, Event, Liverpool Biennial, melissa ayr, Ocean Drive, Ruinart, Transformation Tour
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In the context of Ronald Reagan's passing I did think about Bill Clinton -- by way of contrast, that is. Clinton once said, with his trademark modesty, "a President like me only comes around about once a century." I'm sure I wasn't the only American who, upon learning this, sent up a prayer of gratitude for The Almighty's parsimony. And I'm sure that many more Americans, like me, thank God for His generosity in sending America a leader like Ronald Reagan in a century that most desperately needed him.
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God Used Him To Change My Life
I finished my dinner and climbed into my 1974 Buick LaSabre, to drive to an evening ensemble rehearsal. The DePaul University Music Campus was a five minute walk from the cafeteria, or a three minute drive for the indolent or the overburdened with books and musical instruments. I usually fell into one of the two driving categories, and that night it was fortuitous that I did. On the car radio a man was speaking, addressing what sounded to be an enthusiastic crowd. What he was saying captured my interest so much that I spent the next thirty to forty minutes parked in the Music Campus Student Lot, with the key turned to accessory, listening to the radio, and missed my class.
I had tuned in after the introduction, so I didn't know who was speaking; what I did know was that this man was talking about public policy, and making more sense than anybody I had ever heard. When he finished, a radio announcer cut into the applause of the audience, to say that the speaker was Ronald Reagan, announcing that he would seek the Republican nomination for President. The year was 1979. I was 18 years old. I was astonished. All I knew about Ronald Reagan up to that point was that I used watch him on TV hosting Death Valley Days, and that he was "a right-wing war monger." I decided that I had better learn about the real man. From that day, I began devouring any information I could find about Ronald Reagan, and the more I learned, the more I liked him. I was proud to cast my first vote in a Presidential Election for Ronald Reagan.
Reagan's faith in the goodness of America and in the power of human liberty, spawned policies that changed America and changed the World, in ways that few believed possible when he ran for President with a vision of reviving the stagnant U.S. economy by cutting taxes and reducing regulation, and rolling back the Soviet evil empire by building up our military and confronting the Soviet threat in Europe and Communist expansion around the world. Reagan's fabulous success in both of these goals has earned him a place among America's greatest Presidents, and made him one of my personal heroes (our third son, Isaac Reagan Naselli, is named in honor of President Reagan); but there is another special way in which this great man affected my life, and I'd like to tell you about it.
As I sought out information about Ronald Reagan, beginning in 1979, one thing that surprised me was his faith in God. As a thoroughly secular young man myself, I had no hostility to religion, but I didn't think it much mattered in real life either. Reagan, a man whose character and leadership I was coming to admire, confessed a constant dependence on God, and specifically a personal faith in Jesus Christ, and this made a deep impression on me. If a great leader like Ronald Reagan took God seriously, perhaps I wasn't quite as wise as I thought I was to ignore Him.
I began asking questions about God of everybody I knew, and I found that although many of my friends and acquaintances attended church, none of them had a personal relationship with God. Instead, help came to me from the most unlikely quarter, the Liberal Media. Through Reagan's first year as President I found the Network TV News broadcasts so revoltingly biased against the President that I went searching elsewhere for news and information. This was before Rush Limbaugh, before the rise of cable news networks, and before Al Gore invented the Internet. On my brother's recommendation I tuned in CBN (The Christian Broadcasting Network) News on The 700 Club, and found high quality news programming without the supercilious Liberal bias of the major Networks.
Along with CBN's News broadcasts, I soon found myself getting interested in the testimonies of people who claimed that their lives had been changed by an encounter with God. I began staying tuned after the news to hear these stories, and the message of salvation from sin through Jesus Christ. During those same years, 1981-1983, I watched President Reagan stand like a rock against the tides of political pressure that assailed him over the Air Traffic Controllers' strike, the deployment of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe, and his income-tax rate cuts. Reagan's steadfastness against the kind of pressure calculated to make politicians fold, made me concede that there must be a special power at work in his life. Knowing that he confessed faith in Christ helped me to open my theretofore closed mind to my own need for Jesus. In September of 1983 I gave my life to Christ and received forgiveness of sins and a new life in Him. That transformation is, without rival, the best thing that ever happened to me, and has shaped the whole course of my life since then.
While Ronald Reagan was saving America from malaise and Stagflation, and saving the World from Soviet Communism, God was also using Reagan's simple testimony of faith in Christ to change the life of an obscure young man, and by extension, the lives of my wife and children, and generations to come in our family (God only knows how many others could tell a similar tale). So, my deepest appreciation goes to a great man, for his heroic leadership of a great nation, and for his unashamed testimony that turned my attention to Jesus Christ and helped change my life for eternity. I look forward to shaking Ronald Reagan's hand in heaven one day, and telling him "thanks" in person.
I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation, to everyone who believes. Romans 1:16
Posted by larry_naselli at 8:23 AM CDT
Updated: Friday, July 1, 2005 12:06 PM CDT
Campbell Hits The Bullseye
Colorado Senator, Ben Campbell's Denver Post Guest Commentary (see link below) is not a fabulous piece of writing, but it is a great distillation of the moment of truth in which America now finds itself.
John Kerry called the Iraq War a moment of truth, and he was right -- for all the wrong reasons. This moment of truth is not about whether the United States will kiss ass at the United Nations Security Council, as Kerry would have it, but about whether Americans will realize that our nation is at war, and unite accordingly. A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Unfortunately, the Democrat Party Leadership has made -- what is the phrase? -- "a quality decision" to divide America over the War on Terrorism, because Democrats are out of power, and the Party Leadership will pay any price, bear any burden, to get that power back.
In a way, George W. Bush probably brought this division upon us 1) by his "new tone" trust of the Democrats' brief pretensions to be with him in the WOT, and 2) by denying the Dems their signature election year bludgeons of Education, Healthcare and Social Security. After all, the only real way to get Liberal Democrats to go in for national unity is to let them win.
Read Sen. Campbell's Guest Commentary at http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E158%257E2190738,00.html
Updated: Monday, June 14, 2004 1:39 PM CDT
The Final Mostaccioli
Like a sword of Damocles above a crimson lake,
the final mostaccioli dangles high above my plate;
though hardly superstitious, still I'm tempted to believe
that this doughy delectation has some mischief up its sleeve.
So tenuously skewered on my fork, that noodle writhes,
unwilling, like his fellows, to be swallowed up alive.
I might have seen it coming, had I been on the alert,
and parried this assault by putting on a darker shirt.
But that reluctant pasta has escaped my forked grasp;
I watch it (like slow-motion) plummet toward a saucy splash.
There isn't time to dodge it, nor to move aside the platter
as, to my horror, marinara on my shirt is splattered.
I ought to know by now to take appropriate precaution;
aware it's hopeless such a stain will come out in the washin',
O' how many speckled garments will it take to demonstrate
that the final mostaccioli's better left upon my plate?
Copyright 2004 by Larry Naselli, All rights reserved.
Posted by larry_naselli at 6:01 PM CDT
Mr. Excitement
I was languishing in the Atlanta Airport last Friday, waiting for the storms in Chicago to abate sufficiently to permit our plane to take off, when the following remark distinguished itself to my ears, amid the continuous droning of CNN on the waiting room television: "If Kerry decides not to make his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention, it could rob what little excitement is left to political Conventions these days..." I couldn't help but laugh aloud at the idea that anybody's excitement would be diminished by John Kerry not making a speech.
Posted by larry_naselli at 11:41 AM CDT
Updated: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:50 AM CDT
Why was this waste made?
Why was this waste made of costly perfume?
The smell of such squandering's filling the room.
It could have been sold to help out the poor,
but now its just making a mess on the floor.
So say the blind guides and ambitious men,
presuming to speak for the One Who has said,
"it is a good work to pour out your best,
to sit at My feet, to lie on My breast."
For those who most love me, most gladly obey,
and bear an abundance of fruit on the way.
Remember your first love -- your heart's been misplaced
if you think spending time loving Me is a waste.
Why was this waste made? To pour out a heart
too much overflowing to want to depart
from worshiping Jesus in fervent embrace,
without a concern for the time or the place.
Copyright 2004 by Larry Naselli
Updated: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:32 AM CDT
Honor and Context
Last week ABC's Nightline spent an entire program showing photos of American military personnel who have died in Iraq. It was an exercise that did nothing to honor those Americans, because it lacked reference to the true context of their sacrifice.
Perhaps Nightline could devote an entire program to showing photos, and reading the names of every U.S. city in which there has not been a terrorist attack since President Bush made the decision to take the war to the terrorists turf, rather than continue the Clinton policy of making a token response, then waiting around for the next attack.
Thanks to this change of strategy, our military has been destroying the terrorist threat at its source, and many brave American warriors have given their lives in that effort. The State Departmet recently released statistics recommending the value of those sacrifices: the number of terror attacks against Americans is at a historic low; moreover, no attack by terrorist networks has reached U.S. soil, since our armed forces took the fight to the enemy following September 11, 2001.
Interestingly, it vexes Ted Koppel that Americans are not disrupted in their daily lives by the War on Terror, so Koppel has appointed himself Designated Disrupter, and displayed the faces of America's war dead, as if they were victims, rather than the heroes whose courage and devotion have allowed most Americans to continue living in peace and safety.
On the night of 9/11/01, who would have guessed that two and one-half years later life would be normal in the United States? But, unharmed American cities, and the American people going about life as usual are the images that give proper meaning to the casualties of this war. Those who have died gave the last full measure of devotion to protecting the liberty of their countrymen, and the right way to honor them is for those of us who still walk in that liberty which their blood has vouchsafed, to rededicate ourselves to finishing the noble task for which these men and women gave their all.
Updated: Friday, May 7, 2004 10:06 AM CDT
Supporting the Troops
If you are one of those Americans who believe the war in Iraq and subsequent occupation are immoral or criminal acts, but you still claim to support our troops, I have a question for you: do you support the troops who abused Iraqi POW's? To be consistent, there is no reason you should not support those troops, unless you differentiate that the rest of our troops deserve our support because they are only following orders.
In a way, it would be refreshing to hear you say so, since you would then be admitting that the abuse of POW's is an anomoly and a violation of American policy, rather than the norm. On the other hand, that answer places you in the unenviable position of having to defend the Nazi guards at Auschwitz, on the same basis of "only following orders" - not merely defend those guards, mind you, but assent to the proposition that all German Citizens owed them their support.
For those of us who believe in the goodness of America's mission in Iraq, supporting the troops is simple. I wholeheartedly support the activities of our troops in Iraq, and by extension I support the troops themselves. I do not support the activities of those troops who participated in violations of their code of arms, therefore I do not support those troops themselves. By contrast, the anti-war crowd has staked out a tough position to defend. They claim to support our troops, while opposing the activities of our troops; therefore anti-war Americans, who claim to support our troops generally, have no grounds on which to not support those troops who abused Iraqi POW's.
The fact is that those who do not support the activities of the troops do not support the troops themselves, and indeed insult all those who serve honorably. The only reason the anti-war crowd insists that they do support our troops is that they know it is politically damaging to say otherwise. To accomodate the political needs of anti-war partisans then, the word "support" has been emptied of meaning, so that those who denigrate the mission of our troops can claim that they "support the troops." They are hoping nobody notices how ridiculous that claim is.
Updated: Thursday, May 6, 2004 7:17 AM CDT
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New Democrat Strategy: Win One For The Griper
One year ago President Bush announced the "end of major combat operations" in Iraq, and congratulated our Military for toppling Saddam Hussein in a remarkably short time. As he spoke to the crew of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, a banner behind the President declared "Mission Accomplished." That banner, which congratulated our troops on the liberation of Iraq from the grip of an evil dictator, has now become the focal point for criticisms of President Bush's war leadership.
In their weekly radio address Saturday, the Democrats trotted out an American veteran, returned from duty in Iraq, Army National Guard 1st Lt. Paul Rieckhoff, who passionately complained about the lack of foresight by the President and his war advisers; about their putative inflexibility in the face of changing or unexpected circumstances; about the lack of international support for our efforts in Iraq, and about the disappointments of soldiers who expected to go home, then were ordered to remain in Iraq.
This speech, delivered by a military man who was there, is the most compelling attack the Democrats have brought against President Bush so far. Most of the Democrats' criticisms of Bush's war leadership are a big hit with the anti-war Left, which now defines the mainstream of a Democrat Party that is steadily losing market-share, but to the majority of Americans those attacks on the Commander in Chief and on our mission in Iraq have a repulsive anti-American ring, and convey a sickening glee over American setbacks.
Finally, some bright consultant at the DNC recognized the problem, and sagaciously determined to paint a military face on Democrat criticisms of the President's handling of the War on Terror. Leftist anti-war radicalism, after all, may win friends and influence people in the Media and Hollywood, and it may be a necessary rite of passage to the Democrat Presidential nomination, but it is a ticket to oblivion in a general election. So, the Democrats have a new message: "the overthrow of Saddam Hussein was a tolerably positive event, but Bush is handling it all wrong - and Democrats would handle it right." This approach is as clever as it is disingenuous; and yesterday's radio address was illustrative of both.
On behalf of the Democrats, Rieckhoff complained of soldiers' hardships in the War on Terror. Democrats are frustrated that the Bush policy has placed the weight of the hardships of war upon our Armed Forces, and not upon the American People generally. Why does this frustrate Democrats? The White House, Senate and House of Representatives all are controlled by Republicans. The Democrats are out of power, and need a political upheaval in order to regain power. A war that causes widespread suffering at home is the kind of war that can deliver such political upheaval, and restore Democrats to power. President Bush has declined to give Democrats such a war.
Instead, the central feature of the Bush strategy in the War on Terror is that America has taken the fight to the enemy's turf. Therefore, American casualties and other hardships are concentrated among those who have volunteered to face danger and hardship in the defense of our Country. The Left's attempts to market the American fighting man as a victim just haven't played, even in this Oprah-fied age. America's warriors are just too tough and too noble for the victim image to take root.
Notwithstanding, amidst our proud and devoted military men, there have always been, and always will be Gripers. They are, thankfully, the exception that proves the rule, but Gripers invariably erode troop morale at the margin, so leaders with victory in mind are careful not to indulge them. The novelty of Saturday's Democrat radio address is that a major political party chose to give a microphone to a Griper, in a time of war: when morale matters most.
Even coming from an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, the complaint, that the U.S. is "going it alone," and we need a greater "international presence," sounded like the Left's favorite broken record (although this record got precious little airplay when President Clinton led NATO to war, against the will of the U.N. Security Council). The simple fact is that not every nation agrees with America's objectives, therefore some nations will disagree with our policy. It may come as a surprise to Messr. Kerry & Co., but some nations want the United States to fail; therefore, the only sure way to gain the support of those nations is to adopt policies that are bound to fail.
As to the President imperfectly foreseeing the future, neither Presidents nor anyone else has the benefit of knowing the future when it is time to make decisions. The President's critics have the luxury of hindsight, but we should recall just how poorly those same critics have done at predicting the future themselves, before we grant them credence. The anti-war Left told us that our troops would be unable to cope with the battlefield conditions in Iraq, that our troops would be bogged down in the desert with inoperative equipment, that an assault on Baghdad would entail weeks or months of house-to-house fighting, and that the fabled "Arab Street" would erupt with violence in their indignation over a U.S. invasion of Iraq. Ah, but the beauty of being a Liberal is that when you are dead wrong about something, you simply ignore what you've said and shamelessly move on to the next complaint.
That George W. Bush and his team have made mistakes or failed to adapt to this or that tactical development is a given. Even the most successful wars are full of mistakes. What matters is that Bush's strategy is right, and his determination to win is right; and what we are asked to believe, on the other hand, is that John Kerry, the Democrats, and the U.N. will not only pursue the right strategy - a proposition that defies the official policy pronouncements of all the above - but that Kerry, the Dems and the U.N. will do a better job than Bush of executing that strategy. That's a tough sell, and with good reason. The American People may not be happy with the current difficulties in Iraq, but they instinctively recognize that the above proposition is preposterous.
This November, Americans will not be electing a fortune-teller, they will be electing a leader. Not someone who knows the future, but someone who will assess the past and the present, someone who has a clear vision for America's role in the World, and someone who is not afraid to act on his conclusions - with or without the smiles of the French and the United Nations. George W. Bush is just such a leader, but the Democrats have so far failed to put forward anyone who fits that bill, which leaves them with little to offer besides nitpicking and second-guessing. The fact that the Democrats have found an Iraq war veteran to do the complaining for them may gull the credulous, but offers no practical solutions to America's security.
Last Gasps
If the seething hatred and crazed outbursts of hostility in Fallujah, Najif & Karbala are evidence of a last gasp by Jihadi fanatics, who see their prospects of wielding power about to be snuffed out for good, then how shall we explain the seething hatred and crazed outbursts of hostility by Kennedy, Kerry, Gore, Lautenberg, Kerrey, BenVeniste, Begala, Couric et al?
Updated: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:00 AM CDT
UN Priorities and US Presidents
The one theme on which John Kerry is utterly consistent is in recommending that the path to a successful conclusion of the Iraq War lies in putting the United Nations in charge.
Kerry evidently forgets that it was deference to the U.N. that stopped the 1991 Persian Gulf War with Saddam Hussein still in power, and the compromise-oriented U.N. that has left us with a half century-old battle line on the Korean Peninsula.
Besides this record of ineptitude, the United Nations is simply not motivated by America's national interest. The fact that John Kerry is comfortable with making the U.N.'s priorities the guiding light of American policy makes Kerry unfit to lead America to victory in the War on Terrorism.
Updated: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:53 PM CDT
Ashcroft set to become a Verb
OK, so the Democrat partisans on the 9/11 Commission couldn't nail Condi Rice, so they will settle for Attorney General, John Ashcroft. The latest buzz is that 9/11 is all John Ashcroft's fault, and the Democrats on the Commission are sharpening their teeth in preparation of transforming the current Attorney General's surname into a verb, like "Bork."
Why, if John Ashcroft had followed the Justice Departments priorities of Clinton/Reno, not only would 9/11 have never happened, but the Bush Administration would have identified and brought the awesome power of the United States military to bear upon . . . a religious cult compound, and our Commando strike teams would have been deployed to pounce upon . . . a Cuban refugee boy.
What a joke. This will make great Democrat National Committe Direct Mail fundraising, but how stupid do the Dems think the American People are?
Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 11:31 AM CDT
Another Vietnam?
Ted Kennedy has declared the American mission in Iraq "George Bush's Vietnam." The Senator has been dutifully echoed by a bevy of Liberal journalists, reporters and pundits, who always seem most exultant when entertaining bad news for the United States of America, without much regard for the facts, but with a flush of excitement for the good old war protest/free love/pot party days of their youth.
If there is any genuine similarity between Vietnam and Iraq it is the attitude of the American Left. Liberals then and now are offended by the projection of American military power to advance American interests, and sympathize with America's enemies.
Another Vietnam? Not on the ground in Iraq, where the United States and its Allies have liberated 25 million oppressed people from a decades-long tyranny of stunning brutality, but surely on the American Left, where Ted Kennedy and his ilk still consider America to be the problem, not the solution.
The Best Defense
In her testimony before the 9/11 Commission today Condoleeza Rice remarking upon the difficulty of preventing terrorist attacks through defensive measures alone, said, "we have to be right 100% of the time. [the terrorists] only have to be right once."
That comment made me think of one of the favorite Liberal objections to the Strategic Defense Initiative: since Missile Defense is not guaranteed to intercept 100% of incoming missiles, we should not invest in it.
So, it is remarkable that the proposed Liberal solution to Homeland Security against terrorism is to pour our national resources into defensive measures, in the nearly impossible effort to intercept 100% of terrorist attacks.
The Bush Doctrine, by contrast, is to invest in defensive measures certainly; but first of all to go where the terrorists train and plot, and kill them; that is, to disrupt and destroy their operations at the source, and to eliminate foreign governments that facilitate terrorism, so that the War on Terrorism is fought primarily on the enemy's territory.
The upcoming election should be about how America will answer the threat of terrorism, according to the Bush Doctrine of pre-emption, or according to the Democrats doctrine of catch the raindrops and identify the bodies.
Updated: Thursday, April 8, 2004 5:19 PM CDT
Swatting Flies
Condoleeza Rice, testifying before the 9/11 Commission, explained that President Bush's phrase "I'm tired of swatting flies" referred to the President's demand that the United States formulate a strategic policy to confront terrorism, to replace the decade's-old U.S. approach of responding piece-meal, or not at all to terrorist attacks. As she spoke, Commissioner Bob Kerrey shouted her down, demanding "what flies did [Bush] swat?" Kerrey then refused to allow the witness to respond, evidently not wanting an answer so much as a sound-byte for the evening news.
Perhaps this is beyond the capacity of the partisan thinking of professional politicians like Bob Kerrey, but George W. Bush, as an American citizen, identifies himself with The United States of America. So that the past two-plus decades of U.S. response to terrorism - sagaciously described as "swatting flies" - is what we Americans had been doing heretofore about the problem, and what Bush was tired of doing. As you might say, "I'm tired of not responding to these terrorists attacking our troops in Iraq with bombs and RPG's," even though you have not personally been in a position to do anything about it. As an American you identify with our nation's efforts. President Bush, at last in a position to shape policy, acted to change what we Americans would do henceforth.
For those who think of themselves first by Party affiliation, and only second, third or fourth as Americans (ranked after, according to individual, after Citizen of the World, Race, or Ethnic Background identifiers), the significance of the phrase "I'm tired of swatting flies" eludes understanding entirely.
Bob Kerrey Plays Both "Good Cop" And "Bad Cop"
9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey eventually got tired of playing "good cop" to extract a confession of "mistakes were made" from Condoleeza Rice, and when his patience expired he shifted to playing "bad cop," browbeating and interrupting the one person whose testimony, we were told, all the nation waited breathlessly to hear.
Dr. Rice aquitted herself admirably both in substance and in her unshakable poise.
Can Dems Reverse Field Now?
By now, does anybody doubt that the Democrats are against the U.S. effort in Iraq? Our lightning fast military victory allowed Democrats to emerge from the uncomfortable position which they had briefly assumed, wrapped in the American Flag, while our boys were fighting on TV. Once major combat operations were ended the Democrats returned to their natural posture of gainsaying the effective projection of American military power. But now that the bullets are flying again in Iraq it is hard for the Dems to reverse field and pretend to support our troops again - their momentum in the opposite direction is just too strong.
Not every voter will be able to articulate it, but people watching prominent Democrats remark upon the war in Iraq will have a gut feeling (possibly unidentified, but still real) that Democrats are against America -- that Democrats wish America ill. Any salesman knows - as Bill Clinton certainly knew - that people buy on emotion. Now, what emotions will the foregoing produce in the American electorate? The voters will demonstrate in November that The USA is not Spain.
Here are a couple of poll questions that deserve to be asked:
"Do you think that Democrats are rooting for American success or American disaster in Iraq?"
"Do you think that Democrats are rooting for success or disaster in the U.S. Economy?"
Updated: Wednesday, April 7, 2004 4:30 PM CDT
The current uprising in Iraq is the answer to President Bush's "bring it on" remark. As such, the current fighting is welcome. How much better for the future of Iraq to deal with these scum now, while the U.S. military is on hand, than leave them to fester and subvert Iraqi democracy in the cradle.
The main problem our Armed Forces have with our enemies in Iraq is finding them. Since these Islamist and Saddam-ite "militiamen" are now coming out of hiding, they will be in the right position for our boys to kill them.
Pretty, no. Better than the status-quo ante, yes. Bring it on.
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24 www.metals.rala.com.au METAL Casting Technologies 3rd Quarter 2017 25 l Is the specimen sensitive to the heating effects of the electron beam? Will the electron beam damage the specimen? l Is the specimen poorly conducting, will it charge up? Does it need to be given a conducting coating? Procedures for specimen preparation of non-delicate materials such as metals and most foundry materials are relatively straightforward. The maximum size of specimen, depending upon the instrument available, is normally 75-100mm across x 25-50mm in height. For convenience, most specimens are sectioned to fit in standard size specimen holders, e.g. 15 or 30mm in diameter. Smaller sized specimens allow greater ranges of movement within the specimen chamber in the horizontal and vertical directions and in rotation and tilting. To ensure an effective conducting path between the specimen and holder/stage a small conducting Ag or graphite paint path can be made or the specimen is attached to the stage using double-sided conducting adhesive tape. In instruments with conventional vacuum systems the specimen must be clean and dry to prevention contamination of the vacuum system. To remove dust or oil, non-friable metal specimens can be ultrasonically cleaned where the cleaning does not cause deterioration of the original surface, e.g. does not remove any second phase particles from a fracture surface. Non-conducting specimens such as sand and refractory samples normally need to be sputter-coated with a very thin conducting metal layer, usually gold or gold/palladium, prior to examination. This coating prevents any charging effects at the surface of the specimen during examination. Such charging distorts the incident electron beam causing focusing difficulties. Without coating examination of non-conducting materials would result in unstable poor-quality images with erratic contrast variations. Carbon coating of specimens is used when EDS or WDS analysis is required or where BSE imaging is to be used. Coating can be avoided. Many instruments can now operate in low vacuum or differentially pumped vacuum modes and at low kV levels to enable the examination of uncoated, moisture- containing, outgassing or delicate specimens. Field emission scanning electron microscopes (FESEMs) allow not only the examination of uncoated samples but also reduce any sample degradation and provide higher resolution (down to 1nm) compared to conventional SEMs (3-4nm). Note: the resolution of the Stereoscan Mark 1 1965 instrument was 50nm [1]. TECHNICAL FEATURE Introduction t is just over 50 years since the first commercially available Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was introduced in 1965 by the Cambridge Instrument Company in the U.K . During the following three decades progressive developments in instrumentation, multi- signal capability and computerization provided significant improvements not only in image quality and resolution but also in reliability and ease of maintenance [1]. Since the 1990s further advances in electron-optics, vacuum systems, computer control, auto-operation, image processing, and microanalytical features and their accuracy have widened the range of applications, improved ease of use and led to the introduction of portable table-top instruments [2, 3]. The intention of this short review for the non-specialist is to provide some examples of how scanning electron microscopy can help foundries towards improved understanding of metal casting processes, and of the structure, properties and performance of cast products. Electron beam – specimen interactions in the SE In scanning electron microscopy electrons are generated at the top of a vacuum column via thermionic emission (TE) from a heated tungsten filament or LaB6 crystal emitter or by field emission (FE). Using a high voltage (normally 5-30kV) the electrons are accelerated down the column as a beam smaller than 50μm in diameter. A high vacuum (normally 10-3 to 10-4 Pa) is needed in the column and attached specimen chamber to prevent scattering of the electrons by air or any other gas molecules. As the beam travels down the column its diameter is reduced by electromagnetic lenses to the order of 5nm and the beam is then scanned in a rectangular raster over the selected regions of the specimen being examined. When the electrons meet the specimen a number of interactions occur from which useful information to characterize the specimen can be obtained [4, 5]. The main effects are: l Generation of secondary electrons (SE) giving an image that depends largely on surface topography enabling, for example, the study of rough surfaces such as fractures and deeply etched specimens. SE images provide 3D views with high resolution and good depth of focus over a range of magnifications. l Back scattering of electrons giving a BSE image that depends on atomic number and thus, via compositional (atomic number) contrast, enabling, smooth surface metallography with no need to etch micro-specimens. l Generation of characteristic X-rays whose energies, and hence wavelengths, depend on the elements present in the volume of the specimen being excited by the electron beam. Measuring the relative intensity of each characteristic X-ray energy or wavelength peak then enables the amount of its parent element to be determined. Most metallurgical observations are made at x15 to x20,000 magnification but some instruments, for nanotechnology studies can give 1nm resolution and up to x106 magnification. Examination at low kV (typically 1-5) gives less electron penetration of the specimen and hence provides much more information about the immediate surface detail but tends to give lower resolution and a weaker BSE image. For higher resolution and BSE, imaging at 15kV is used, and 30kV where microanalysis is needed. Energy dispersive analysis (EDS) differentiates between the energies in the X-rays emitted from the specimen, whereas the wavelength dispersive (WDS) technique analyses the X-rays in terms of their wavelengths using a crystal spectrometer. The relative merits of each system have been outlined in an earlier MCT article [5]. WDS was used in the original electron probe instruments dedicated to microanalysis that began to be developed during the 1950s. EDS came into use nearly 20 years later because of the need for a more compact system that could be fitted on to a SEM. EDS systems can offer shorter analysis times than WDS and are now routinely fitted to most SEM instruments. Specimen requirements SEM observation can be made on a wide range of materials but we must consider [4]: l Is any part of the specimen likely to be volatile under the vacuum conditions in the instrument? Some examples of SEM applications in metal casting By John Pearce I FIGURE 1. Fracture surfaces of cast iron tensile test pieces. (a) Flake graphite hypo-eutectic iron showing that the fracture surface consists of eutectic graphite flakes (x200). (b) Ductile iron showing that the fracture passes through the matrix with separation at graphite nodule-matrix interfaces and damage to larger nodules (x700). FIGURE 2. Fracture in a High Cr Iron reveals presence of shrinkage porosity enabling the form of the primary austenite dendrites and shape of the fibrous M7C3 eutectic carbides to be observed (x150). A B
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Based at Oyonnax in France, George Pernoud is a family-run business with around 100 employees, producing molds for the automotive, domestic appliance and construction industries. CEO Gilles Pernoud says Vero’s involvement has meant the approach to digitizing their design and manufacturing aspects ensured end-to-end digital processing, and represents a global company project rather than just an I.T. scheme.
The company has worked with Vero products for 17 years. “We rely on innovation and productivity, and started digitizing our systems in 2000. At that time we were looking for a 25 per cent reduction in the price of our tooling equipment to remain competitive.”
Their most recent digital investment involved replacing the CAD system to cut time taken on tasks such as data recording, file transfer and translating, alongside the creation of technical documentation.
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The VISI product suite is just one of four Vero Software packages currently in use by the company, as Gilles Pernoud explains: “After receiving data from our clients we use WORKXPLORE to analyse the geometry and rapidly supply a tooling feasibility report to the prime contractor. Then we move on to the actual project phase, using the VISI applications to design the tool and manage associated documentation.”
Using the WORKPLAN CAPE module allows Pernoud to link data both from the workshop and the CAD platform.
“Once the design is complete we recover all relevant CAD data, whether this has been generated internally, from our engineering office in India, or from the subcontractors.” And he says they have other procedures in place for recovering files originating in other CAD systems.
“Finally, we generate CNC programs for our machines with WORKNC using a native data transfer from VISI.”
The whole process means data can be accessed from any of the company’s sites. “This includes Slovakia, where we have 25 staff providing after-sales service for molds sold in Eastern Europe. They can access all project data from our headquarters in France...and the same process applies to our subsidiary in the United States.”
Gilles Pernoud says not only did Vero help implement the system, they also provided security access and database duplication, ensuring operational continuity in the case of network failures.
“After using this system for two years we achieved a 35 per cent reduction in time spent on non-productive CAD tasks. And we believe we can do even better by integrating the metrology branch, following Vero’s acquisition by the Hexagon Group.”
Finally, he says incorporating VISI into the I.T. system has enhanced the company’s reputation as it enables their prime contractors to access up-to-date technical elements of projects on their FTP site.
Vero Software’s Sales Manager for France, Antonio Parisse, says: “We’ve established a fully collaborative relationship with the Pernoud company. We consolidated everything for efficient communication between the engineering department and the workshop, and later with production control allowing us to adapt each of the different software solutions to meet their specific requirements and ensure full interoperability.”
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The Role of the Scroll
Written by Mike Summers on December 7th, 2011
Scrolls have been around from the very beginning. Honestly, I’ve never given them much thought. Recently, they drew my attention and I decided that it was time to evaluate whether they could (or should) be improved.
What is a Scroll?
Scrolls have actually seen a number of changes, either in new editions, magazine articles or forum posts. Instead of discussing all the minor variants other people have used, I want to focus on how scrolls operate in my game.
A scroll is a piece of parchment (alternately paper, papyrus, hide, etc), roughly 8½” x 11″, possibly attached to a leather strip or wooden dowel (top and bottom) to facilitate unrolling quickly (This adornment is purely cosmetic and provides no in-game benefit).
A scroll contains a single spell, which may be either arcane (wizard spell) or divine (clerical spell). Any caster may create a scroll containing any spell she knows. This process involves creating a special ink (requiring special ingredients whose rarity increases with the level of the spell), scribing the appropriate magical symbols onto the parchment, and then casting the spell in a way that imbues the symbols written on the scroll with the power of the spell. It requires the same amount of mana to cast a spell into a scroll as it does to cast the spell normally. When creating a scroll containing a ritual spell, no material components are needed (instead they must be provided later when the scroll is used).
When casting a spell from a scroll, the spell is cast at the level of the wizard or cleric using the scroll (regardless of the level of the caster who created the scroll). Casting time for spells (and rituals) cast from a scroll are identical to their normal casting times.
Scrolls are single-use items, allowing the spell contained within to be cast one time. At the completion of the casting, the scroll disappears in a puff of smoke.
Benefits of Using a Scroll
Spell Availability
In a Vancian spell system, you have to memorize your allotment of spells each morning. Since you have a limited number of spell slots, no wizard wants to memorize a spell (however useful it may be) if it is unlikely that she will need that spell that day. By carrying a scroll containing such a spell, the wizard has access to that spell without using up a spell slot. In a Vancian system, this is a huge benefit! In my game, wizards do not need to memorize spells each day and can, instead, cast any spell they know, assuming they have sufficient mana to do so. Therefore, this benefit becomes moot in my game, but I felt it should be included for completeness.
Increased Spell Capacity
Wizards and clerics in my game use spell energy and spell levels, respectively, to cast their spells. When they run out of mana, they are done casting spells. Scrolls augment the number of spells a caster may cast each day. At low levels, the cost of creating/buying scrolls is somewhat prohibitive, but at higher levels a character may be able to afford to use scrolls all day long.
Higher Level Spells
Only wizards may use arcane scrolls and only clerics may use divine scrolls. Beyond that, casters need only have the requisite int/wis score (spell level plus ten) in order to cast a spell from a scroll. There is no spell level limitation. However, if the spell level exceeds the caster’s level (note that spell levels have been adjusted to correspond to requisite caster level) there is a chance of failure. For each level of the spell above that of the caster there is a cumulative 5% chance of spell failure. If the spell fails, the scroll is still used up and any material components (in the case of a ritual) are used up as well.
As detailed above, a caster may cast any spell from a scroll, limited only by class and requisite int/wis score. There is no level limit (although there is a failure chance that increases by spell level). Further, there is no limit on how many scrolls may be used in a day.
Go to any forum and you will quickly find discussions about how casters (usually focusing on Wizards, et al) are overpowered and game-breaking. I’m not sure I agree with this assessment, but casters can be quite powerful). Editing (or removing) certain spells goes a long way towards fixing any potentially serious problems. Beyond that, limitations on casters, imo, keep them from being overpowered let alone game-breaking.
However, scrolls circumvent some of those limitations. By allowing wizards and clerics unlimited spell casting capabilities, and stretching the spell level limitation, scrolls certainly have the potential to make casters much more powerful than non-casters of the same level. On the other hand, I have DM’d for many groups and never once had a player abuse scrolls in this way. We do tend to run lower level campaigns (where scroll cost is more of a factor) so that may play a significant role in keeping scroll abuse to a minimum.
Let’s start with the level limitation. It’s important for casters to have a limit on how high level a spell they can cast. However, what happens when a character dies and your cleric isn’t high enough level to cast raise dead? You stop what you are doing and head to town where, hopefully, you will find a higher level cleric to raise her. Alternately, you stop what you are doing and wait for that player to create and equip a new character and contrive a reason for this new character to join the party. The operative phrase here is “you stop what you are doing”. It’s hard enough to find time to get together for a game. Reducing wasted time therefore becomes a significant goal. If a cleric is allowed to carry and use Raise Dead scrolls (even though they are higher level than what she could normally cast), I think the benefit greatly outweighs any hesitation I might have about stretching the level limitation.
The Raise Dead spell is the most obvious example, but there are many (albeit less critical) other spells for which the same argument could be made. The cost of the scrolls (and the increasing failure rate) is, imo, enough of a limiting factor to offset the benefit.
The lack of limitation on the number of scrolls that can be used each day is another matter entirely. Whatever system you use (spell slots, spell levels, spell energy, etc) probably incorporates limitations on the number of spells a caster may cast each day.
What I propose is to restore the limitation on spell casting capability by modifying how scrolls are used. Previously, when a scroll was created, the magic for the spell in question was embedded in the scroll and released when the scroll was used. The character using the scroll merely read the scroll with no cost to herself. Instead, when the caster reads the scroll, she must now expend the same amount of energy to release the spell from the scroll. In this way the character has the same spell casting capability each day whether the spells are cast normally or from a scroll.
Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of using a scroll? Yes and no. With this change, there is no point in a caster creating scrolls for personal use. Anything she can cast (or put into a scroll) is better cast directly. The benefit is now seen solely by those that can’t cast a particular spell.
In the earlier example, a cleric (who couldn’t cast Raise Dead) used a Scroll of Raise Dead to bring back a dead comrade. That’s a pretty big benefit all by itself! There are a great many higher level divine scrolls that alone still make scrolls a valuable asset.
But what about wizards? A wizard needs to find (or research) new spells in order to learn them. Spells can’t be learned from scrolls but only from other wizards or their spell books. Since most wizards are quite covetous of their spell repertoire, there is little exchange between wizards, causing them all to be constantly looking for new spells. A wizard, unable to learn a particular spell, would certainly find a scroll containing that spell to be quite useful.
As I’ve said in previous posts, almost every house rule I have is designed to either benefit the characters or increase the enjoyment of the players. Adding a mana cost to using a scroll does neither, which made me hesitant about adopting this change. On the other hand, I don’t see it as a particular hardship either, at least not based on the way scrolls have been used to date by characters in my own games. This change does plug a potentially exploitable hole. Imo, that’s always a good reason to at least consider a change.
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Staff hierarchies
HaiWolfe
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 3:55 am Post subject: Staff hierarchies
Here's a topic to get some discussion rolling in this forum. What are the different styles of hierarchy you've come across in MUDs and their admin staff? What are some that you've found to be the most effective?
It's fairly common sensical to assume that the level of complexity in a chain of command would increase with the size of the staff, but there can be variances in style even for a smaller team. For example, if MUD is just starting up with the owner and a couple others, the owner could be the sole wielder of power and act as taskmaster, or everyone could operate as equals and co-founders.
In larger MUDs, the tradition is often to have a head administrator/implementor, a head coder (could be the same person), and a head builder or area/project leads. This is probably good for keeping a staff organized and on-task, yet I've also seen successful MUDs that have just a head admin and everyone else on an equal footing, where game decisions are generally made in a more democratic manner.
Largely I think how viable a particular style of hierarchy is depends on the individual personalities of a team and its leaders. A "democratic" system would be difficult to achieve without trustworthy and cooperative staff members. Likewise, a highly structured system would stagnate without motivated (and motivating) heads to push new projects to completion.
Iluvatar
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:00 am Post subject:
Holy carp! Talk about a controversial beginning! Well, I love it though and that's exactly the kind of question that draws meaningful, intelligent discussion and "opinion."
I've got to step back though and see how the responses come in while I formulate a few cogent replies myself. There's a plethora of viewpoints that range from 'Deming' styles on the personnel side through Oligarchy, Monarchy and outright dictatorships on the political side of things.
Potentially heavy stuff.
Cenwyc
Location: Davis, CA
Having gone from a nonhierarchical mud to a hierarchical one, I think you make some good points. The nonhierarchical system seemed more casual and welcoming to new players. The founder had the reigns on coding, but he counted on cooperation from a small and highly dedicated staff to build concensus on everything else.
The nonhierarchical mud was successful in this case because:
1. the mud was small.
2. the advancement of the players depended on role-playing more than on item aquisition. That minimized the potential for corruption, either from players or staff, since very little could be accomplished without a community of witnesses. On the other hand, since this mud was all about plot, even the newest imms had tremendous power, through their rp interactions with players, to shape the ongoing story.
I've come to appreciate the value of a hierarchical system for larger muds, but the devil is in the details. The more power you put in the hands of the top staff, the more the mud lives or dies with their integrity and leadership skills.
A "democratic" system would be difficult to achieve without trustworthy and cooperative staff members.
In October 2000 I put together the first design draft for a mud, and emailed it to two friends of mine. We were good friends in real life, and all had years of experience developing and running muds, but we could not agree on what made a good mud! By March 2001 we still couldn't even agree on the basic design (with not a single line of code in sight), and the points we had finalised were compromises that none of us found particularly appealing. Suffice to say that we lost interest, and the design was scrapped.
So I would say that as well as trust and cooperation, a shared vision is also something that is absolutely critical if the staff are developing a mud in a 'democratic' way. Unfortunately this is extremely difficult to achieve, as there will always be disagreements on one point or another. Therefore I think it's better to have one admin with the power to make final decisions in any particular area - either one admin with the final say on everything, or dividing it up so that one admin has the final say on building, another has the final say on coding, etc.
Alayla
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 11:33 am Post subject:
On Midnight Sun, we have a hierarchical system with 6 levels, and while in general it has worked out fine over the years, there are two major drawbacks:
-- You get understaffed easily.
-- Everything takes too long.
Of course, if you start having problems with the former, the latter gets so much worse. Every gap in the hierarchy that you cannot fill slows the machine.
cron0s
KaVir wrote:
I agree completely with that. I would say further that if you want a truely democratic system, you have to have it in place from the very start. I think that the moment you start working on your game, it becomes YOUR game, and no amount of power sharing that comes later will ever change that.
This is based on opinion and observation, not on any direct experience.
The most beneficial mudwise of doing it would be to have the lead admin (owner/whatever) , Head Builder, and Head Coder. They form the high council or whatever. Then you break it down into specific areas of specilization. Your coding group. The Head Coder works as CIO, and runs the coding department. The head builder works as lead for her department. And the Admin can run the Roleplaying/Game-enhancement/Enforcers group.
The key here, I think is to distribute amongst the wizards a sense, that there is no one over them who is responsible for things, but it's a different department that's responsibile for things. When you have 9 levels of Wizards, the buck'll be passed. It's Middle Management Mud style! So I think that by giving ownership to the people who can handle the ownership (got a feature you want added? Talk to Coder. Got a typo in a room? Talk to Builder. Got a problem with another player? Talk to an Admin Assistant.
But then of course, I live in a fantasy world.
Kjartan
We have what I'll call a concentric-groups approach. There's a head admin who has the final say, is pretty well-respected by everybody, and who mostly only steps in to stop people from doing horribly unbalancing things and to stop fights. There's a group of about 4 more admins who decides (usually by unanimous agreement) serious admin issues like when someone needs to be kicked out; around that is a group of about 10 who decide by vote when to promote people in the admin hierarchy, and outside that is the full group of admins, builders, etc. who decide all other mud issues by chaotic discussion: they more-or-less have a veto of game changes and can suggest ideas. We don't really have a split of "Alice is a coder, Bob is a builder", wizards are wizards and they just need to do something.
The coders are all in at least circle-of-10, mostly because we don't give anyone access to the code until we have some level of trust. We have an in-game scripting language that is good enough for a lot of coding-type-things, everybody has access to that. People advance through the hierarchy by contributing (time, not money), either by building, adminning, running quests, or doing something else for the game like running the website.
Throughout my experience on a variety of MU* administrative teams, I've found that hierarchies are nearly always more productive, stable and sound. They also run the risk of totalitarian despotism, however, and require the key administrators to not only be visionaries but also talented managers and executives.
As many MU* administrators, particularly the novice or inexperienced, have had the majority of their MU* experience as players, the majority of staff hierarchies that I've seen are similar to player hierarchies - a number of hegemonic levels that staff members advance through based on the number of projects they've taken up and completed. (Eg. After building three areas, a Prospective Builder is promoted to Builder). This, as far as I've seen, does not work well, and often leads to bruised egos and egoist powerplays.
So while I suggest a hierarchical structure, I also stress the important of keeping things as simple and community-based as is possible. Having an administrative head for each major department (building, coding, roleplaying/story creation) can assist in staff structure, but dividing it into further stratas is a dangerous strategy.
While I've seen the model suggested by KaVir, and seen it work extremely well, I've had incredible success in my current and past projects with a binary division at the top of the hierarchy.
My current project, despite being in its infancy, works under the following model:
Executive Development Director - Essentially the CEO, directs the development and design, maintains the server, establishes the ethics and rules, is the final authority on all staff/player administration and code implementation.
Executive Creative Director - Directs the implementation of theme, world, storyline, roleplaying, building and in-game atmosphere. Presides over non-coded implementations and day-to-day staff and player administration.
The seperation into such a duality allows for brainstorming and compromise while offering a 'buck-stops-here' executive leadership that is essential. Traithe and I have been able to pull this off based on a mutual respect and trust in the other's capabilities - as such, we've been able to move quickly toward the pursuit of a joint-vision while adapting our ideas toward compromises we're both happy with.
In the future, we'll most likely be adding directors of various staff spheres (eg. Director of Building) who will act as administrative foremen under the respective executive architect. The majority of staff members, however, will most likely be engaged in a plethora of activities - from building to roleplay administration to player assistance - with the relevant directors approving and monitoring projects to ensure cohesiveness. I believe that any further stratification - having a group of 'builders' and a group of 'roleplay administrators' for example would be counter-productive. We'll see how it goes.
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: Admin Hierarchy
We use multiple levels of hierarchy (10), grouped into 3 major tiers. Avatars are new to the staff, and have minimal access to immcommands and internal information. Immortals are the bulk of the staff, and Implementors manage the staff and have the final say on design/etc. issues.
One thing we do that most games don't is that we try to cross-train all members of the staff- we don't have 'builder' positions, for example. Everyone who has earned at least the Immortal tier knows how to build, run quests, handle a religion, run a mortal cabal, design, and enforce the rules. Coding is probably the only exception, and is done largely by Implementors, although some jobs are "farmed out" to Immortals with appropriate background and interest.
This cross-training has given us a lot of cohesion-- there aren't "camps" of builders vs. quest people, or whatever, because everyone has had to walk in each other's moccassins for a while. Also, it means hybrid projects (i.e., alter this area, have your cabal kick off a quest around it, then have it culminate in a global quest when the new area is ready to be switched in) can be handled by one person.
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:16 pm Post subject: a different view
I think any kind of hierarchy is just a power trip and will eventually lead to corruption... besides no MUD should ever have the amount of staff with different roles to require any kind of structured hierarchy anyway.
In MUDs only one person has real power, the coder- everything else is just perceived power, in the words of the great philosopher "they are guarding all the doors, they are holding all the keys". Even builders must work under the constraints the coder grants them.
And perceived power is very dangerous because most of the time feeling inadequate at not having any real power will make one strive to gain more and more perceived power which results in corruption. This is just what I have seen, but I have strong empirical evidence.
If the coder is not the owner of the mud then that coder is granting control to the owner and they can be perceived as a single totalitarian dictator. That's one rank. Most of the time some powertripping owner will put his coder a step below on some artificial hierarchy but who is he kidding- I have been in this situation and find it very funny when the owner says, 'ok now set me to level 105 and you to level 104'... yeh sure thing boss
Everyone else has a position of perceived power granted to them by the dictator(s). So I think you should just set up a series of classes that separate the immortal commands into groups that perform a certain function. All the builder commands to a builder class, all the rpcontrol commands to the rpimm class, etc... however many roles you have on your mud. Then assign these classes to your staff as required by their function. These classes should not be mutually exclusive but instead build on each other so that the dictator is a member of all the classes and so has access to all commands.
Now you have owner(s) and staff, and no distinction between each member of the staff. Communism wins again!
Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject: Re: a different view
Cornelius wrote:
I think any kind of hierarchy is just a power trip and will eventually lead to corruption...
I think that really depends on the individuals in question - there'll only be as much corruption as the top admin allows.
besides no MUD should ever have the amount of staff with different roles to require any kind of structured hierarchy anyway.
You'd be surprised - most mud admin have real lives as well, so if you want staff on most of the time to help people then you might find yourself needing several staff members. And the larger your playerbase, the more important this is likely to become.
Well by the same logic the coder works under the constraints that the machine owner grants them. And the machine owner works under the contraints that their ISP grants them. And the ISP works under the constraints that the electricity companies grant them. And so on...
Besides which, what's the worst a coder can do? Delete the source code? Fill it with backdoors? Delete the pfiles? If the mud owner has kept backups then it shouldn't be more than a setback - certainly no worse than a hacker can do, and I'm sure you wouldn't suggest that hackers have the real power?
I'm sure you wouldn't suggest that hackers have the real power
Wouldn't I . But seriously you made a bit of a leap there, I was talking about strictly within the MUD environment. All power within the mud is controlled by the coder do you dispute this?
er... maybe I should define my use of the word- by power I mean the ability to affect, and to not be affected by, the environment, in this case the environment is the mud (not the machine, not the network, not the power grid, not the shadow government, etc...)
If the coder displeases the owner than the coder can be fired and then the next coder has all the power, I don't mean to imply that the coder himself has the power it is the position and the capabilities of that position that has it.
My main point here is that hierarchies don't make sense in an environment where only one person has any real power.
But why does it need to depend on the individuals in question? I'm naivly looking for the perfect solution not a system of checks and balances (balances move and sway and eventualy come to equilibrium, a perfect solution is always perfect), and I'm assuming corruption comes from a position of perceived power- therfore in my mind by eliminating such positions you eliminate corruption. I may not be right... but thats what makes the conversation interesting
if you want staff on most of the time to help people then you might find yourself needing several staff members
I said staff with different roles, a 100 person staff will still have what... 4 roles? coder, builder, rpimm, greeter (5 if you include owner as a separate role) but I dont see why newbie greeters have to be part of the staff. Slap a fancy title and a newbiepack command on a few high level players that play at different time intervals and you have your greeters. Restrict the term staff to mean those that can directly affect the game's content. I still don't see a reason why some hierarchy needs to be imposed.
eiz
If proper source control policies are in place, I absolutely would dispute this. It happens that most MUDs don't have anything like that, but there's no reason you can't require an approval process for any patch to the mud. Of course if whoever is running the show is not qualified to review for quality, a programmer could slip in backdoors and such, but in terms of actual features and so forth, it's certainly possible. Perhaps you're thinking of some other notion of power - what sort of power exactly does the coder have that others don't? Sure, the server can't do anything that's not supported by its code, but significantly generic servers exist that put a lot of that power in the hands of builders.
But why does it need to depend on the individuals in question? I'm naivly looking for the perfect solution not a system of checks and balances (balances move and sway and eventualy come to equilibrium, a perfect solution is always perfect), and I'm assuming corruption comes from a position of perceived power- therfore in my mind by eliminating such positions you eliminate corruption. I may not be right... but thats what makes the conversation interesting Twisted Evil
Well, the perfect solution is to have perfect staff who never do anything bad and always get along. Good luck with that one. I think as team size grows, the need for some kind of hierarchy increases. Not necessarily deep like a lot of muds have, but at least some kind of structure to keep everyone on track and organized.
I dont see why newbie greeters have to be part of the staff.
I was unaware that such a practice existed. There are newbie greeters?
It's not really a useful way of looking at it, that "the coder has all the real power". There's a sort of power that the coder has, inserting back-doors etc., but if he's exercising that sort of power then the mud is in a lot of trouble.
Maybe you mean he has power because if some builder wants a special feature he has to come ask the coder, but the coder rarely decides to go ask a builder to build a special area, so it looks like the dependency all points one way. But really, the builder can probably get by without the feature; he doesn't absolutely require the coder's help to contribute to the mud.
If the mud admin is set up to have one specific person ultimately responsible for each decision, it doesn't make any sense for the coder to make the decisions regarding aspects of the game that he doesn't pay close attention to, like consistency in building. Possibly the coder doesn't even want to pay so much attention to the building that he can make informed decisions there. Also, it's hard to make good game balance decisions if you don't spend a lot of time playing the mud, and a coder may not want to do that either - I know I don't.
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Please remember that tonight is National Amateur Drunks Night so please be careful. Stash cab fare in your shoe or hand it over to a trusted buddy that won't buy drinks with it. I can't imagine that a recovering alcoholic would want to go out tonight, but if you can find one, pay them lavishly to be your designated driver.
Stay safe -- I need all of the readers I can get! As for us? When the ball drops in Times Square, so do we!
I HATE the Rose Bowl Parade (rant)
Consider: This parade routinely draws half a million spectators who discard 65 tons of trash, cost $80,000 in police salaries -- 97% of the Pasadena police force will be on duty at a cost of $200 per man.
Going back into time, there is a Rose Bowl Queen and her Royal Court -- in 2011? Wass up with that?
The floats require 80,000 hours of manpower to build which is the equivalent of 7.42 YEARS in labor on them. Floats cost on average $50,000 and with 46 floats participating that works out to $2.3 million in float costs alone.
Non-commercial floats (like the Boy Scouts of America vs. American Honda) have the joy of paying $3,700 for a parade license. You'd think corporate would get that, not non-commercial. All floats require insurance and have to carry fire extinguishers. Those pesky engines that keep catching fire...
Every year, there is a truck that breaks down. Which is extraorindarily boring because then all of the announcers have to fill dead air by talking and it is rarely interesting or informative.
If the man hours and the costs were deflected into our sad schools or into job training, think how great that would be! I hate waste. The Rose Bowl Parade is a waste of time, money and energy. Bah, humbug.
A Waste of Time/A Learning Experience
"Suck It, Wonder Woman" by Olivia Munn and Mac Montandon St. Martins Press 270 turgid pages $23.00
Munn is a 30 year old sorta-model; sorta-comedienne, self-described Nerd Girl. She is clearly greatly enamored by her appearanced. She has a program entitled "Attack of the Show!" on a channel called G4. Her book is a mismatched collection of anecdotes, copious photos of Our Star and cartoons (of her) drawn by her adoring fans. As a paean to one's own glory, it would be hard to beat.
Besides being vapid, her language is atrocious. I'm sorry, but by the time you're 30 - as she is - it's time to discard the toilet tongue, potty mouth.
"50 American Artists You Should Know" by Debra N. Mancoff Prestel 157 pages No price in or on book
Now this is an interesting book. I'm fairly hip on the major art names, but very weak on our American artists. Oh sure, Mary Cassat, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat...are a few that come to mind, but nothing like the number presented in this book.
All are presented in in order of appearance. The early guys were very often drawn to painting from another field (saddlery, lawyering and so forth.)
Intelligently presented with a timeline for each artist (and with no bad language whatsoever in stark contrast to You Know Who) it is a good read. After absorbing as much as I can, it's doubtful I'll ever be able to merely glance at an oil and knowledgeably say, "Oh, yes, that's a Charles Wilson Peale" but it's an enjoyable book, well presented and lavishly illustrated.
I'm Against!
Periodically, outrage boils within me and I give my thoughts on some popular cultural customs (which, quite naturally, I hate.)
Today's discussion includes female showbiz types who are what used to be called "bottle blondes." After having gone platinum on a whim, I discovered how expensive it is -- dye job every six weeks; special (expensive) shampoos and conditioners.
But: take a look at Madonna. Forbes estimates her wealth at $325.5 million, but in every recent photo, she's got a reverse skunk stripe down her blonde part. She's not alone - there were three more today alone in "Page Six." Tara Reid, actress; Reese Witherspoon, actress; and Lizzie Grubman, PR.
What is wrong with this picture, moralists of a certain age have to ask: "Nathalie Portman - Engaged and Pregnant!"
Expressions (cont'd)
We saw the movie "The Full Monty" and I wondered what it meant. No one seemed to know. I could only think of Field Marshall Montgomery who wore all of his ribbons/medals every day -- in war, no less!
Today I looked it up. Back in 1904 there was a tailor named Sir Montague Burton in Sheffield, England, who made suits. Customers would come in and order "the full Monty" meaning pants, jacket and waistcoat perhaps for a wedding or similar occasion. By 1906, he was doing a roaring business.
"Going commando" means "not wearing underpants." But ... where did the commandos come into it? The term may refer to an earlier custom in the Scots' armies where the men "went regimental" underneath their kilts.
Amusingly enough, in Chile the custom is referred to as "andar a lo gringo" - "To go gringo style"! C'mon, Chileans -- look to Scotland, not America!
This is the "between season" for me when Himself won't allow me to strip the house of Christmas decorations until after New Year's (and it's sometimes a struggle even then.) Thus, stymied in that activity, my mind tends to wander. Today it rolled over to where did certain common expressions arise from?
"Fit to be tied" (which I said the other day) apparently comes out of the 1600s when the mad people of Europe were often chained to dundgeon walls. Reform began during the 1700s, happily. Later usage indicated the person needed to be inserted into a strait jacket.
"The cat's out of the bag" In medieval England piglets were sold in the city markets, customarily in a burlap bag called a "poke." Unscrupulous pig dealers might instead substitute a large cat for the piglet so customers were wise to open the bag and look.
Another possible explanation: shipboard punishment back in those days required that a new cat-o-nine-tails (horrible lash!) be made for each person being punished. The new "cat" was kept in a bag during sentencing and then brought out and used on the prisoner.
Misled! Lied To!
Hallmark birthday card
Front cover: close up of a lobster tank. Two lobsters are lolling on the bottom of it while a third is being lifted out of the tank by a hand and arm.
The trapped lobster is saying, "Did you hear that, guys? I get to go to a party in the hot tub!"
Inside: "May your birthday be full of only pleasant surprises!"
My Sister Pulls A Fast One...
I have to hand it to her, she was so clever about it that I never suspected what she was really up to ... Here's what she did.
They live in Illinois, we're here in Southern California. Three days before Christmas, she e's to ask what we're doing for dinner Christmas Eve? I e back and tell her, "Bluewater Grill, Redondo" adding that it's become kind of a tradition to eat that meal near the marina so we can see the lit boats. She e'd that she googled the place and lucky us! And I e her back, "Good thing you mentioned it; I've got to call them for reservations!"
At the restaurant, we're given a primo table with a good view of the marina, but we count only three lit boat. "Ah, recession," we think. Richie enjoys his fish, my shrimp are good. Our server comes to the table and says, "What about dessert?" but we both say, "No! Thanks though!"
She says she'll be right back with the bill and sashays off.
When she returns, she walks right up to my side of the table, stares at me and says, "Are you Neena Murphy?" Startled at this, I said I was and didn't bother to correct her pronunciation of "Nina."
She leans back, grins hugely and says, "Your sister, Jane, paid your tab! You don't owe anything!" Richie and I gasp as one and our jaws hit the table top. "How the hell..." we splutter.
Jane cut a deal with the manager by e-mail and phone! How sly was that? I was on the phone to her as I cleared the resto door and she answered on the first ring. "How the hell did you do that?" I bawled.
She was giggling so hard she had trouble replying, "For once, little sis put one over on big sis!" she crowed. Damned if she didn't!
Tinsel on the Rug
Inquiring Minds Want to Know: How did the Three Wise Men bringing gifts to Baby Jesus turn into us giving each other iPods, gift certificates to Victoria's Secret and what not?
Christmas In A Box! Richie's wonderful cousin John, of Staten Island, sent one to us -- a tree ornament, two Pez dispensers - a snowman and a Santa; a tiny sculpture of a deer nibbling the carrot nose of a snowman; a little train engine pulling an Elsbridge Flour vat; a package of marshmallow Santa heads; a Grumpy Party Pooper - it looks like a dog and it poops jelly beans! and lastly, a beautiful little Christmas tree made of twirled red and white candy canes! And as if that wasn't enough, DVDs of old Christmas favorites! John, you da man!
And Nobody Cared - I wore my double strand of flashing Christmas lights necklace to the gym this morning and not one person seemed to notice it. At the jazz club, four different ladies asked about it. Guess that's the difference between music enthusiasts and gym thugs (haughty sniff.)
Good News! Pilsbury crescent rolls now come in a flat sheet of the dough. No dotted lines to tear, so you can easily make, say, pigs in blankets without have to twist/stretch the dough. How cool is that?
And Unto Them a Child Was Born
Congratulations to Lori and Keith and big sister Sasha Grace on the December 2nd arrival of Luke Michael, at 7 lbs. 12 oz., and 21.5 in. tall. Welcome to our world!
Old #383
Our friend "D" gave us his cabdriver. At the time, "D" was working out of state a lot and used to fly home for weekends. To get back to LAX in a timely fashion, he needed what was essentially his own driver. A guy he could call the night before or whatever and guy'd be there. Thus Frank.
Frank is "#383 on his cab; #1 in your heart." He and Richie are both New Yorkers (instant admiration society) and many are the interesting discussions we have on the way to LAX. But: only TO LAX. Frank's license doesn't cover picking people up; only getting them there.
It's a game to us - spotting Frank driving around here. Honks and waves! But today, intent on getting in and back out of Trader Joe's, we didn't pay any attention to the cab we parked next to in the lot.
I was moodily staring at the cheeses when Richie appeared at my elbow. "It's Frank!" and said, "and his wife!" "Where?" I asked, all ears. "Come with me..."
Frank, a mountain of a man, immediately grabbed me in a big hug and kissed my cheek. "Lila, Lila," he bellowed, "Come meet Nina!" She was about a third as big as he is and has long red hair. They were as cordial as could be and now we can brag to "D" that we've met Frank's wife!
Day 6: Mixed Skies
Dry going to the gym; schmizzling on the way home. Patches of blue sky off to the West, but all of the rest is dark to light gray. We shall see what the day brings...
LATER THAT SAME DAY...
Halfway through running errands this mid-morning, the skies opened up, but only briefly. It amazes me how quickly the sewers back up ...
This afternoon I went over to visit with Madame and it was dry all the way there. However, by the time I left it was pouring. And I was delighted! Truck got to go through God's carwash after all!
Now, sunshine is pouring in the kitchen window, but off to the East... black clouds prevail. (dum de dum dum...)
Day 5: Rain
Beach people apparently take exercise seriously. In our gym's garage this morning, there was a steady stream of cars looking for parking spots. I counted 12 on the way out of there. I also have noticed that when both sound systems are on and the treadmills in full throttle, the gym sounds like a Vegas casino!
It began to rain Friday so we prudently stayed in over the weekend. But on Monday -- in full storm -- we decided to go out because clearly between the two of us we don't have one working brain. We had to get my cousin down in South Texas a birthday card. That accomplished, we set off on a tour, meandering down past the beach, up to the RB Pier and marveling at the depth of the puddles on the road sides and in parking lots. The sewers weren't able to accomodate the onrush of water.
If you follow the news and are concerned about mudslides, don't be. Only a small portion of LA County has homes isolated enough to have one; the rest of us pretty much live in a concrete world.
I looked up winter solstice (wikipedia.com) in the faint hope that it might include some kind of festivities involving over use of alcohol, but the only festivities occurred back in the Middle Ages and for this reason: cattled were killed and eaten because they required food in the winter and there wasn't any. Beer and Wine had finally fermented so they got drunk. And then people starved until around April. No thank you.
As far as noticing that the day is shorter, it's doubtful that we will. The skies are overcast, the rain is poundng down and we had to turn on the living room/kitchen lights at 2 p.m. yesterday.
And so it goes...
For the past three days, we've had schmizzles, showers and sometimes wind-driven, plain old rain. We all seem to be holding up well, but I wouldn't want to speculate on tempers on Christmas Day -- with yet another storm scheduled to pass through. Ah well, that bridge when we come to it.
The weekend was spent reading, which is the best occupation in weather like this. Comfy chair, good reading light -- box of chocolates or a bowl of popcorn... here's what I managed to get through (while doing as little housework as possible, you may be sure.)
First, when your mother decides to off herself -- "Imperfect Endings, A Daughter's Tale of Life and Death" by Zoe Fitzgerald Carter Simon & Schuster 254 pages $25
Aged 75, Carter's mother decides she wants to die. Medically, she has: congestive heart failure, asthma, chronic pulmonary diseae, osteoporosis, arthritis, low blood pressure (which causes her to pass out unexpectedly) and Parkinson's. The Parkinson's has progressed to the point that she has had aphasia (unable to speak) and dyskinesia (uncontrolled writhing.) All of the diseases seem compatible with a 75 year old body except the Parkinson's and she has had it for the past 20 years.
But: she's determined to die and, being a control freak, she's going to do it her way. Assisted suicide. Her three daughters are horrified. It was an interesting read and the way it all came down was satisfying to the participants.
Look out! Loose cannon! "Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness, Only More So, A Memoir" by Mark Vonnegut, MD Delacorte Press 203 pages $24
Both sides of his family tree sprouted people who were mentally unstable. His father was the late Kurt Vonnegut, a man not especially noted for his serenity. It's no wonder Mark was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. He was hospitalized several times, but triumphed to enter Harvard Medicalschool at the ripe old age of 28. He proved to be a good doctor with a sure grasp of his speciality, pediatrics.
It was encouraging to read the story of a man who overcame a severe handicap to become a productive member of society. His is a sly wit and he can make you laugh before you realize you're doing it.
"Poor Little Bitch Girl" by JackieCollins None of the main characters are sympathetic (spoiled movie star daughter; cokehead DJ and pimp ...) the plot is extraordinarily weak and the writing style would be most suitable for a book for teens.
Why? you ask? See headline.
A Death in the Family
I am saddened to report the death of my nephew Steve's Doberman Pinscher, Kane (short for "Hurricane.") He was a thoroughbred in every sense of the word.
He delighted Steve, Steve's parents and sister as well as all of the people who met him. He was euthanized yesterday as a result of serious post-operative problems after Wobbly Neck surgery. He was nine years and six months old.
RIP Kane, you brought a lot of joy and you will be sorely missed.
Be The Hit of The Party!
Flash photo doesn't show it, but the red nose blinks. $5 at Pier 1 Imports. Why, yes, it is Made in China -- how did you ever guess!
The Office Christmas Party
In 1996, when I self-published my first book, I decided it would be prudent to get a California DBA. Thus Murf Ink was born. Richie didn't retire from a Major American Airline (MAA) until 2003 (I think) so every year, I would grab whatever book I was reading, go to McDonald's and have a quarter pounder, small fries and a caramel sundae and eat it in the car. This was my office Christmas party and I was well content with it.
Richie retired and although he's not listed at all on the DBA, he now gets to go to the office Christmas party lunch. I didn't put him on it as while I had/have no idea what I could be sued about, his pockets are deeper than mine. Frankly, if you decide to come after me financially, don't waste your time. You can't get blood out of a turnip nor money out of me.
All week long, he has been agitating about this free lunch. He claims, "Staff are dissatisfied; they're beginning to grumble!" I consulted "staff" two cats and a cockatiel and the bird looked bored and both cats were asleep. So much for dissension in the ranks.
Today, he (who has nothing to do with the DBA; I am listed as OEO or only executive officer) decided we would lunch at Creme de la Crepe, Hermosa Beach (previously reviewed.) Off we sailed. We each had a savory crepe, a dessert crepe and he had a cup of coffee. The tab came to $40 (before tip) and I thought to myself, "This is a pretty far cry from a $1.75 hamburger." Back then I was making money and now I'm not. Do you think maybe I got something wrong here?
The Thurs. Writers and the Love-Sick Squirrel
Today is the annual Christmas lunch for the Thurs. Writers. It's a tradition to lay aside our normal projects and contribute something funny, saluting each member, or else a poem in that vein. Bob's are famous; he calls each effort "My beautiful poem" and I mutter under my breath, "Doggerel." Naturally, Gentle Reader, you are not likely to know any of the cast in my story, but I want to see how it goes AS a story. With no further ado ...
It was a bright, sunny autumn afternoon and the Thurs. Writers had finished another spirited, but helpful series of critiques. We lingered as we exited the Veterans Park senior center, chatting in little groups, enjoying the fine weather.
Suddenly, Joyce looked down and said, "Oh! how cute!" A handsome-looking squirrel was sitting just by the toe of her shoe, looking inquiringly up at her. (Not a great distance as Joyce is not very tall.)
"I wonder what it wants?" she asked the group, but the squirrel itself answered her. He leaned his head forward, putting it delicately on the toe of her shoe, then turned his neck and gazed adoringly at her.
The squirrel was in love!
"This will never do!" sniffed Donna. "Squirrels are nasty things; they're just rats with bushy tails. We need to chase it away -- here, I'll poke it with my ski pole" and she did poke it, but gently. The squirrel shot her an angry glare. She backed off immediately.
"Nonsense!" bawled Peggy, "Let me take care of this -- I'll swot the damned thing with my lucky prospector's bed pan!" and so saying, she tossed it at the squirrel. He dodged easily, glared at her and then turned his admiring gaze back on Joyce.
"Damn it all, this is unacceptable!" huffed Dale. "I'll just run home, unlock my gun cabinet and ..."
"Dale! It's against the law to shoot stuff in a public park!" shrieked Nina. "Remember how you and Bob almost got us kicked out of here for having wine at the last Christmas party? You shoot off a gun and they'll have us all in jail!"
"No need for guns," said David and began softly singing "Danny Boy." The squirrel looked at him suspiciously. It almost seemed as if it regarded David as competition. It narrowed its little black eyes. David smiled encouragingly at it, but the squirrel once again turned his affectionate gaze toward Joyce.
Bob, who'd been studying the developing situation carefully, helpfully volunteered, "If a couple of you can catch it, I'd be happy to trip the toilet flush lever..."
No one wanted to try that. The situation was at an impasse until, suddenly, all eyes turned to Emma's big Mercedes, clearly visible in the parking lot. Our heads swung back to her, but Emma flapped her hands dismissively, "Nuh, uh, I'm not running over that squirrel with my Mercedes! No, no, not me!"
"Oh, Lerri," said Joyce, "Can't we take it home?" Lerri shuddered and said, "Mom. The dogs."
"Oh, that's right," Joyce said.
But then the group saw a second squirrel -- just its face as it peeked around the base of a nearby tree. It made a funny noise and the amorous squirrel gave a great start! Ashamed, he tucked his chin into his chest. The strange squirrel emerged from her observation spot, walked over, grabbed the love-sick squirrel's ear in her teeth and dragged him away.
Bob and Dale looked at each other. "Women!" they chorused, "They'll ruin a good time every time!"
Santa As a Tax Write-Off
We sent out 89 Christmas cards this season.
Cards $54.00 (purchased 12/26/09; thanks a lot, Richie)
Postage $39.16
Xeroxing $1.25 for 25 Christmas letters
Grand total: $95.66
Because the 25 Christmas letters also contained this blog address (promotion) I can write that amount off!
The Horizontal Goldfish
Tenderhearted Readers, this is a sad story of love and death among goldfish. Kleenex at the ready, here we go --
On November 24th, we had three goldfish (50 cents each) in a 10 gal. aquarium on the counter beteen the kitchen and dining room. We have had goldfish on and off for the past 25 years. After the first couple of years, I quit personalizing them with a name; they died to quickly. It's a freak goldfish that lives as long as 10 years. Frankly, 10 months is a good life expectancy.
On November 25th, I noted the fatal beginning of the goldfish traditional demise. It was lying on its side on the bottom of the tank (once down, never up again.) Unusually though, another goldfish seemed to be taking care of it. It would hover, gently nudging the prone goldfish with its mouth and body as if to say, "I'm here; it's gonna be okay."
This sorry state of affairs continued for five days; an exceptionally long period of time. It drives me wild when a goldfish dies as they always seem reluctant to go ... and I always stupidly think, 'This one's gonna make it!" The rare exception (in my experience, anyhow) is the goldfish that's fine Monday night; dead Tuesday morning. I really like that in a goldfish. None have ever lingered as long as this one did. I finally discovered it stone, cold, dead the morning of December 10th.
The "nurse" goldfish seemed none the worse which made me curious: had it been being friendly to a fallen companion or (sinisterly) cannibalizing it? So I looked it up. wikipedia.com had this to say about goldfish:
Goldfish rarely hurt each other deliberately, but food is such a driving force with them that in competition for some, accidents can happen. Goldfish are "gregarious" (their word) and can come to recognize their feeder as well as the time of day they are fed.
Remembering that wikipedia is not always accurate, take what follows with a very large grain of salt: Goldfish can be trained (using positive reinforcement, i.e. food) to do tricks such as doing the limbo, slalom, fetch (with what?) and SOCCER. C'mon, wikipedia -- pull the other one; it's got bells on it.
But I am adamant: when these last two die they will be the last two for quite some time. The trauma of this one's death is just too raw, too fresh. Besides I need to scour out the aquarium and replace all of the rocks and fernery.
Christmas at the Jazz Club
The South Bay New Orleans Jazz Club meets the second Sunday of every month so despite the fact that Christmas was a good two weeks away, the members were ready to bring it on right now! On entry, each of the 25 to 30 woman was given a Christmas tree ornament made from a plastic champagne "cork," made by a particularly creative member. Beaded with gold studs and thin gold wires, they looked like chandeliers. I found myself rather enviously wondering who had drunk all the bottles of champagne...
Red was the predominant color -- women in red sweaters, blouses, jackets; men boasting red shirts and socks. Several of the men had on Santa hats, but none was as good as Richard T's. He fiddled with something at the back of the hat and the hat top which had been in a floppy position near his shoulder began to rise to what I can only call a full erection! And then it waved around, side to side! He said he got it Card Smart, Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance.
I was wearing my Christmas lights necklace and several women admired it and asked where I got it? Hallmark Cards, $12. It's particularly noticeable set on "blink."
The featured band was Night-Blooming Jazz Men (isn't that special?) under the baton of a rather crusty leader. He announced the key of each number to the band and asked that they try to find it this time. He told us that the band plays Christmas songs only once a year -- right here and at no other place.
It was certainly ... different to hear carols with a New Orleans jazz beat. "O Christmas Tree" rocked the house. Four couples got up to dance to "Silver Bells" in 3/4 time as a waltz. The drummer helpfully held up and rang a little set of bells at each chorus.
I began to be glad they hadn't tackled "O Holy Night" until I remembered the New Orleans funeral classic, "Just A Closer Walk With Thee."
All in all, it was a great afternoon. All of the musicians were in good spirits and enthusiastically played and sang. Thank you, Gentlemen!
What Is Wrong With This Picture?
Richie's electronic thermometer says it's 81 outside, 71 inside.
And I am wrapping Christmas presents!
A group of wacka-dos plans to disrupt the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards tomorrow by gathering across the street from the church where the last rites will be held and waving anti-Elizabeth placards.
The group is the Westboro Baptist Church, of Topeka, KS., led by lead wingnut Fred Phelps, Pastor. Most in the congregation are members of his extended family.
A photo showed a placard which said, "Thank God for breast cancer."
They have gone too far.
Granted the Edwards were not the most admirable couple in North America; criticism is certainly due them for some of their behavioral choices, BUT: disrupting someone one's funeral is totally Beyond The Pale.
Normally I am as anti-gun as one can be, but for this? Justice would be served if the NRA showed up, armed, and scared them off like you would crows on your wheat field! Since, alas, it's too late to clorox their gene pool...
World's Longest-Titled Cookies...
Cousin Marvin, down in Harlingen, TX, sent me this yesterday and said he was ready to roll -- no oven required!
Jack Daniels Old No. 7 Sour Mash Whiskey Balls (whew)
2 1/4 cups fine vanilla wafer crumbs
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1/4 cup sifted Hershey's cocoa
2 T dark corn syrup
6 T Jack Daniels Old No. 7 Sour Mash Whiskey
Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly. Roll balls using 2 T of mix per ball then roll the finished ball in cocoa or powdered sugar. Store in a sealed container. Makes 4 dozen +/-.
Another good thing that travels well -- Patron English Toffee
(This is so simple that I can make it; the tedious part is standing at the stove stirring for five (5) full minutes)
1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped and spread out on a pizza pan
1 1/4 cups sugar and 2 sticks butter, melted together in a quart saucepan
add in 2 T water
1 8-oz. bag chocolate chips
Cook the sugar, butter and water until the candy thermometer reads 300 degrees. When it does, stir for five minutes.
When done (it or you) pour the mixture over the pecans and then sprinkle the chocolate chips over the mixture. The heat will melt the chips a bit; take a knife and smooth them out. Let cool and then wham the pizza pan across the counter and break into bite-sized pieces.
Richie wants to go out to dinner Christmas Eve. I'm always amenable to a meal out! I looked at the menu for Chez Melange (Robert Bell-Richard Franks mother ship) and immediately saw two things that I'd never heard of and certainly never eaten.
Tomato Nage - this turns out to be a broth flavored with white wine, vegetables and herbs. In short: vegetable broth with a fancy name.
Plugra Butter - "Plugra" is a corruption of the French "plus gras" (more fat) and contains 82% butterfat, not the more normal 80%. Thus you could make Alfredo sauce using only plugra and Parmesan cheese; no need for cream. So said Google at any rate.
Alas, nothing on the menu appealed to me so the quest is still on.
Last Words?
Elizabeth Edwards: Hah! I told you I was dying of cancer!
Rielle Hunter: I do! I do!
John Edwards: Hi, I'm John Edwards -- can I tell you about my dead son?
(What do you expect from two lawyers and a New Age bit of fluff?)
In Praise of Bathroom Books
The perfect bathroom books are 1 1/2 to 2 pages per story, all of which are self-contained when they end. Here are a couple of examples:
"Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog" by Lisa Scottoline St. Martin's Press 288 pages $21.99
I was surprised to see her as the author of a humor book as her previous 17 books have been feminist-tinged murder mysteries. She writes particularly of a female lawyer (Bennie Rosato) and her office full of women attorneys.
In this book she refers to two previous marriage partners as Thing One and Thing Two. Her daughter Francine has written a couple of chapters in the book, presenting a younger woman's opinions on various. Francine is 21; Scottoline is 45. Not a whole helluva lot of difference there other than world experiences.
"I'll Mature When I'm Dead" by Dave Barry G.P. Putnam's Sons 254 pages $24.95
Although Barry is now 63, according to my calculations, no one would ever peg his age at much more than 14.
In this volume of 18 new pieces (i.e. not cobbled together from previous newspaper columns) he offers his advice to first-time Dads, describes his son's wedding and explains to women why men do the things they are accused of doing and addresses other weighty issues.
Both have short chapters; each chapter begins and ends decisively. Doesn't get much better than that for a bathroom book.
Shameless plug: my book "Dispatches From a Born-Again CYNIC" is another one. amazon.com
Betcha Don't Have One of These in Your Neighborhood!
This is usually parked over by Birney grade school on Grant Avenue. The Web site - curbsideconfessions.net
is not working or at least not for me. Perhaps this was used in some movie by the name of "Curbside Confessions"...
Up On the Hill With the Swells
Palos Verdes looms over us flatlanders with beautiful homes, smart malls and expensively-dressed people. How do I know this? We had lunch up there yesterday.
I've long been a fan of Robert Bell, a local chef-restaurant owner (with partner Michael Franks.) Their mother ship is undoubtedly Chez Melange with the attached bistro pub Bouzy. Bell tells the press that he had an Italian grandmother and one of his childhood's greatest pleasures was Sunday dinner at her house. Thus his newest restaurant Mama Terano. Remembering those days, he's doing a Sunday Family Supper, serving the food family-style (passed bowls and platters.)
Well, yesterday was Friday, not Sunday so let us move on. It's a split room - tables and a counter to your left, booths to your right. There's an outside patio for better weather. They have two kitchens, too -- cold prep and hot stove.
I ordered a smal Caesar salad ($5) a small salumi plate ($8) and we shared a small serving of mozzarella marinara ($7.) Richie ordered chicken cacciatore which came with a split, grilled artichoke and sauteed mushrooms on the side ($13.)
The Caesar was crisply fresh, the dressing didn't overpower. Both of us were startled to see that the mozzarella marinara came shaped like golf balls (but bigger) instead of the flat slabs we're used to. They were served on a folded dish towel on a plate with the marinara on the side in a cup. I took one, bit into it and got a shower of mozzarella juice down my front. Then I got it about the presentation on a dish towel!
Bell's trademark is a sort of sly wink and a nod at quirky foods. The salumi came on a cutting board; four slightly rolled pieces of prosciutto, six or eight rounds of dry sausage, a nice chunk of mozzarella and six rustic-looking green olives. I say "rustic" because several had a long, thin stem attached.
They weren't olives. Three of them were caper berries (the larger version of capers) and the rest were dwarf peaches in truffle oil! The peaches hadn't formed a pit; one just bites right into their very firm flesh.
Dessert was equally off-beat. They're served in a French water glass (500 kg?) and contain deliberate surprises in taste and texture for your tongue. I had the Nightcap "Coppetta" (It. for "cup") which had: maple ginger gelato, candied pecans (some in maple candy clumps) chocolate espresso sauce and biscotti. It was very good, but there was a lot of it. I mentally tried to invent an ice cream take-home box, but was unsuccessful.
Richie? he scraped his spoon against the glass to get the last drops of his New York Coppetta of chocolate and vanilla gelatos, cheesecake, cherry sauce and almonds.
We drank water; the tab was $47.19 and we added a 20% tip. Mama Terano, 815 Deep Valley Drive, Rolling Hills Estates 310-377-5757 - Sunday reservations a must; not really necessary the rest of the time.
Shakespeare By the Sea?
The specific play would be "Much Ado About Nothing" and it's an evil tale of friendship betrayed! Theft! Grand larceny!
"What?" you say? "In sleepy little Redondo Beach?" Nay, good sir, it is a neighbor of ours -- a clearly not-so-sleepy small town called Hawthorne.
Larry Guidi (GW-eedy) has been Hawthorne's mayor for the past 17 years. Today he was ordered to make an appearance in the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles on December 16 for arraignment. Good heavens! Did he, like the denizens of Bell, CA, outrageously overpay himself? Er, not exactly.
He allegedly stole a commercial food mixer from an elementary school in the august City of Hawthorne! Statements vary as to the worth of said item. Guidi's lawyer claims it was worthless due to being some 30 years old, rusty, dirty and anyhow, it hadn't been used by the school for the past eight years. But wait! Anna Apoian, food supervisor for the district, claims that the Hobart A200 20-quart mixer could have been sold for $1,350 and the push cart it was on was worth between $50 to $100.
Guidi was caught on video surveillance taking both items (after allegedly "hiding" it in a storage facility by covering it with a black plastic bag) and putting them on his truck.
And who was the desperado who ratted him out and caused cameras to be used? His former best friend who worked directly for him at the school district -- Louis Velez. Guidi helped Velez get elected to the City Council in 2003, but Velez resigned in 2008 over accusations of conflict-of-interest when he rented a house from a local developer while also voting on the developers city contracts.
The theft occured last March; by April, Guidi was saying that, yes, he took it and moved it to a storehouse. But Velez testified as to a possible motive. He reported that he's seen Guidi's backyard pizza oven and remembers that Guidi told him he'd bought a food mixer to make pizza dough, but that Guidi also said it was too small. Velez added, "He makes a lot of pizzas for his family." And under his breath he might possibly have muttered, "Vengeance!"
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New MKVI(TM) Video Slot Games, Multi-Site Progressive, Multi-Station Table Games Exhibited by Aristocrat Technologies at NIGA April 4-5 in Albuquerque
The new product lines to be exhibited by Aristocrat Technologies Inc. on the 4th of April in Albuquerque, N.M. at the National Indian Gaming Association include a variety of newly designed MKVI low-denomination video slots, multi-station table games, a multi-site progressive, a new five-reel stepper series, and slant-top cabinets. Thus players will be acquainted with new gaming solutions including video and stepper slots, the OASIS Casino Management System, Interblock multi-station games.
The attention at the NIGA, as the promise, will be drawn by Aristocrat’s newest multi-site progressive game – Loco Loot (R) which features 3 local area jackpots and one multi-site progressive jackpot offering a high hit frequency. This is the patented game where the players purchase reels instead of lines, and when al the reels are played, the players have 243 ways to win.
Another Aristocrat’s highlight is the Crown Slant (TM) cabinet, which is 100% coinless. It is available in casinos in different variations:
casino top, round top, chop top. Playing them you’ll feel comfortable as they present extra leg space, angled buttons, a rubber front, and angled speakers to increase the sound. All these innovations will make your play unforgettable.
SCX (TM) 5-reel Stepper Series designed in a new video-style format to link video and stepper games is another series of Aristocrat’s latest innovations. Their you’ll find already known video games such as Eagle Rock(R), Geisha(R), Queen of the Nile(R), and Sun and Moon(R), but now available in low-denomination stepper games.
Scorchin’ Fortune(R) Hyperlink(R) will also be a part of Aristocrat’s presentation. Being 4-level, 5 and 9-line games, they are designed for high denomination play. Famous and popular MKVI (TM) base games such as Wild Cougar(R) and Black Panther(R) are eatured in Scorchin’ Fortune.
To this list we can also add Corrida De Toros(TM) and Zorro(TM), offering a 2-level, standalone progressive jackpot and outstanding bonus games; new MKVI low-denomination video slot games – Desert Gold(TM), Road Trip(TM), Crystal Springs(TM), Love Birds(TM), Inca Sun(TM), and Phoenix Fantasy(TM).
The focus of the company on low-denomination games enables players to get outstanding gaming experience.
At NIGA we’ll also witness the company’s downloadable technology with the help of which operators are guaranteed quick access to the company’s games. Moreover operators will be allowed to change the games, titles, and denominations with only one click. To that we’d like to add that operators we’ll also get the access to real-time analysis by area, bank, and individual game. All that will make it possible for the operators to work effectively enhancing their chances for optimal performance.
Isaacs said that operators know that they do not only improve their portfolio by constantly adding new games, but they present their 180-day extended performance warranty — the best in the business.
Besides all that the Aristocrats offer Interblock Megastar Roulette games (booth # 1705) – multi-station, automatic, secure, amusing, with outstanding design games that are considered to be the best all over the world. Being a part of 50% acquisition of Elektroncek, a producer of electro-mechanical multi-station gaming products that is located in Slovenia, it is distributed by Aristocrats in North America. The game is a single or double zero roulette where 5 to 10 players can sit at. What is important is that there are four different table configurations. It means that both small and large casinos can have them.
This entry was posted in Gambling News on April 2, 2006 by Mark Newman.
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LeftMaps does Dayton
LeftMaps is as tied to this blog as right-wing think tanks are to the recent Tea Parties.
What is LeftMaps? That's a question any child may ask you, but it is not a childish question. LeftMaps is my side gig of drawing bicycling maps for Cincinnati area neighborhoods. And the Far Right hates every moment of it. Whenever a new LeftMap comes out, they can't stand it. It makes them cry so.
I've just completed the map for Dayton, Kentucky - a small but important industrial city opposite Cincinnati. Dayton is known as the birthplace of paint manufacturer Perry & Derrick, and this burg gave President Obama some of his highest vote totals in northern Kentucky.
Traveling Dayton Pike at night in the '70s evoked a haunted aura, as the narrow road wound its way through thick woods. So Halloween is the best time to release my LeftMap of Dayton!
In search of detailed cycling maps of Dayton and other local neighborhoods? Point your pooper here:
http://bunkerblast.info/maps
Big Brother device monitors workers' activity
Workplace drug testing and RFID chip implants were bad enough, but now a new device threatens to nibble away at workers' right to privacy even more.
American companies are using this little gadget - known as DirectLife - to monitor workers' physical activity 24/7 to make sure they meet "performance benchmarks." The device is about the size of a postage stamp and must be worn at all times.
Right now, it's voluntary - but I don't expect that to last. Only the very naive would doubt that it'll soon be mandatory.
It'll be mandatory, that is, unless we pass a law to bar companies from making it mandatory. At last count, however, very few American jurisdictions even outlawed forced RFID chipping, so who truly expects our government representatives to rein in our corporate overlords?
If companies are worried that employees aren't getting enough exercise, maybe they should shorten the work week so folks would have more time for recreation.
Soon, the privacy violations may heighten further: A skin patch to detect what we eat is now in the works.
(Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6896175.ece)
War on Halloween stepped up in West Virginia
I really did speak too soon, didn't I?
Public schools in Moundsville, West Virginia, are (in a local TV station's words) "doing away with" Halloween.
School officials have been listening to too much Pat Robertson, I guess.
Officials have abolished the schools' traditional Halloween festivities and banned Halloween costumes. The schools' excuse? They say it's for "security reasons."
Seriously. They said that.
Nope, it's not for safety. It's dominionism. And they're never going to admit it, because that'll turn folks off.
Most Americans have enough understanding of separation of church and state that if public schools admit the real reason for their War on Halloween, it simply wouldn't fly. So our schools create excuses for this war.
Don't believe the excuses. There is an organized effort in our schools to rob your children of their childhood and mold them into the schools' image.
(Source: http://www.wtov9.com/news/21467941/detail.html)
Pat Robertson's network launches crazed attack on Halloween
I thought I was gonna make it to November without a War on Halloween story. But I guess I spoke too soon!
I know Pat Robertson's CBN usually never fails to entertain. So I shoulda known to look there. Turns out a CBN guest writer called Kimberly Daniels has produced one of the most frenzied diatribes against Halloween I've seen since - well, probably last year.
CBN was starting to get bad press from Daniels's rant, so they tried flushing it down the memory hole. But it remains in Google's cache:
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:tpp4ipDgs2IJ:www.cbn.com/spirituallife/onlinediscipleship/halloween/halloween_danger_daniels.aspx+pat+robertson+candy&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
This tirade urges folks to shun Halloween. Central to the article's theme seems to be the notion that demons secretly infiltrated bags of Halloween candy on store shelves.
Among the "dangers of Halloween" cited in the piece? "Orgies between animals and humans."
This entry might be of more urgent interest, except that any public school bureaucrat who follows Pat Robertson has probably already done everything they could to deprive their community's schools of Halloween celebrations.
Still no War on Halloween stories?
This is hope and change, isn't it?
By October 30, I've usually found at least a handful of news items about the right-wing War on Halloween. This war usually takes the form of dominionists getting Halloween celebrations banished from a public school or forcing a city to cancel trick-or-treating if it falls on a Sunday. Or it involves the "zero tolerance" Nazis who run our schools banning pirate costumes that feature a fake sword.
This year, I haven't found any new stories like this. The War on Halloween seems to be stalled at the level it was at a year ago. This is probably the longest we've waited for new War on Halloween items since my youth when I donned a disguise each Halloween and went door to door for stale Zagnut bars and morsels of Super Bubble that probably came from a Cocoa Puffs box.
Still, we need to reverse the War on Halloween.
A stake needs to be driven through the heart of this war so it never comes back to haunt us and our children.
In the meantime, I bet I know what the recent Tea Party participants' favorite Halloween costume is. Probably a ghost - because they already have the white sheets!
Bloomberg outlaws bake sales
You can't blame "the liberals" for this, conservos. (Try as though they have.)
Republican New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg - in his "rule by decree" fashion - has now banned bake sales in the city's schools.
This at a time when the schools are more cash-strapped than ever.
You're a clod, Loomy.
Then again, New York City schools would hardly qualify as public if either Bloomberg or his leading electoral opponent get their way - because they have both expressed support for mandatory school uniforms. Uniforms are something public schools just aren't supposed to do. But I think Loomy has his opponents beaten in the category of who can be the biggest overall Allowed Cloud.
(Source: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/6DFF6232A373F14E86257645000B5943?OpenDocument)
Nursing homes caught poisoning patients
Nursing home abuse is one of the fastest growing crimes in America - and one of the vilest.
A Chicago Tribune investigation has unearthed thousands of cases across Illinois of nursing home patients being bombarded with psychotropic drugs for no medically defensible reason. Many of these forced druggings have resulted in death.
A 74-year-old man suffered a fatal head injury when he fell after staffers held him down and shot him up with antipsychotics. An 87-year-old man was drugged without his consent because he was "easily annoyed." A woman with Alzheimer's disease and a urinary tract infection was drugged because she complained about not being allowed to use the bathroom.
Unwarranted diagnoses of mental illnesses were added to patients' records to provide an excuse to drug them. In other words, staffers lied about the patients having mental illnesses - just so they could give them psychiatric drugs.
If you have loved ones in a nursing home anywhere in America or elsewhere, keep a sharp eye on them. Make sure you can visit them periodically, and keep an eye out for anything strange.
Don't let Grandma become a statistic.
(Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-nursing-home1-psychotropics-oct27,0,4539632.story)
Right-wing congresscritters try revoking Obama's Nobel
Gee, isn't it nice to know the Republicans are on top of the issues that really, really matter?
Three Republican members of Congress are upset that President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize instead of them. The Republicans think they deserve the prize, because we all know how peace-loving they are.
So now they absurdly claim Obama is not allowed to accept this prize.
A letter from Reps. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Florida), Cliff Stearns (R-Florida again!), and Ron Paul (R-Texas) says the President is required to obtain congressional approval before accepting the Nobel. They cite the Constitution's clause that says public officials may not accept a "present, emolument, office or title" issued by a "king, prince or foreign state" without congressional approval.
The Nobel, however, is not a state-sponsored prize. It's awarded by a committee authorized by a foreign parliament - but that doesn't necessarily mean the prize itself is state-sponsored. This debate though is moot, because Congress passed a law decades ago authorizing Presidents to receive awards like the Nobel.
Why didn't anyone raise a stink when Reagan received a title of nobility from the British monarchy? Nobody saw the irony of a U.S. President accepting a British title of nobility? I thought America was founded upon breaking away from Britain's ruling elite. Rappin' Ronnie had a hell of a way to unwin the Revolutionary War, huh?
The health care system is broken, our schools have become glorified prisons, and we're arguing about this???
Right-wing Ohio politician indicted
Let's play another exciting game of "guess the party affiliation."
Michael A. Fox is a former Ohio state representative and Butler County commish. Fox is the namesake of a highway north of Cincinnati.
Now Fox and a friend of his named Robert Schuler (not to be confused with the televangelist of a similar name) have been indicted by a federal grand jury. Fox is accused of illegally accepting almost $500,000 in connection with a fiber optics contract and other money from county contractors.
Fox is charged with 4 counts of mail fraud, a count of conspiracy to commit mail or wire fraud, and a count of filing a false income tax return. Schuler was indicted for mail fraud, filing a false tax return, and perjury.
What party is Michael A. Fox? Well, the Cincinnati Enquirer's account of the indictment doesn't say. So he must be a Green.
Just kidding! Why, he's a Republican. Of course. Fox was a leader of right-wing causes when he served in the near-hopeless Ohio legislature.
The fiber optics scandal has already resulted in the conviction of former Butler County Auditor Kay Rogers - also a Republican.
McCain joins shitfit against 'Net neutrality
John McCain. A man who could've been so much more.
But nope. He chooses instead to be the unbending partisan he claimed he'd never be. Paying heed to the GOP hacks who surround him will do that, I guess.
Now McCain wants to block the FCC's 'Net neutrality regulations. The senator has a new bill that would rob the FCC of the power to enact such rules.
McCain's bill would be of questionable constitutionality and would certainly upset the very heart of separation of powers. You'd think it wouldn't pass in a Democratic Congress - but then again, this is the same Congress where more Democrats support the Patriot Act than health care reform or the Employee Free Choice Act.
And that's pretty sad.
As another writer pointed out, for McCain's bill to bar the FCC from overseeing telcom policy would be like a bill to bar the Treasury from minting money.
I also agree with this writer that part of McCain's sudden interest in Internet-related legislation is that he wants to see his name in the paper again.
Why else would such a self-described "maverick" produce such partisan hackery as this bill? This bill would hurt consumers but would carry big Internet providers' pee water.
(Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUS238174038020091023)
Doctor turns away sick baby over money
It's hard to say exactly which categories this story falls under on the key for this blog, but it may take the putrid core of America's broken health care system to entirely new levels.
In Staten Island, a violently ill 10-month-old baby was turned away by a doctor's office because her mom didn't have enough money to pay upfront before the child was treated. This after the doctor had already told her on the phone to bring the child in. The doctor later admitted turning her away.
A small number of far-right ideologues are quick to defend the pediatrician. They've even attacked the infant's mother for grabbing the child's medical records and walking out - using the bogus argument that the records belong to the doctor. (The records actually belong to the patient - or in the case of a minor, the patient's parents.) But none of this would even be an issue if America had universal health care like all other industrialized countries.
The Hippocratic Oath says doctors shall do no harm. Physicians swear to this oath. To reject a patient for not paying upfront raises serious questions as to whether the Hippocratic Oath is being followed.
If a doctor is off-duty and happens to see somebody in a public place in need of immediate medical attention, the doctor jumps right into action - without asking to be paid first. Why should an emergency be treated any differently at the doctor's office? Physicians usually bill patients after the visit - not before.
(Source: http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2009/10/sick_baby_is_turned_away_by_do.html)
What does Grover do when he's alone? ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)
What does lovable, furry Grover do when he's alone?
Ponder, ponder.
Because numerous 'Sesame Street' sketches show ol' Groves failing at every occupation he takes, I'm sure he doesn't have much of a social life, so he probably does lots of things alone.
In his free time, Grover probably dons an old-fashioned police hat, ties himself to a chair with rope, pretends it's Mr. Snuffleupagus's trunk, and starts goin' to town.
He probably logs on to Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt fetish sites, downloads all the images, and charges them to the credit card he stole from Bert. Then he fantasizes about working at a Hard Rock Cafe instead of the restaurant where he is usually seen, and selling a shirt to the blue Anything Muppet who complains about everything.
Whatever floats your boat, Grovie.
Grover's never going to admit any of this, of course. Like in this 1971 clip, he sings a song in which he never faces up to his interests:
Although the clip is from 1971, somebody added '80s MTV-style tags at the beginning and end.
Grover, you are a hero to us all.
Washington Times writer misleads
Because this is a day ending in 'y', it's time for another story about the misleading propaganda spread by the nation's most right-wing major (?) newspaper.
Donald Lambro is the chief political correspondent at the Washington Times. Last year, I exposed him for spreading the bogus meme that tax cuts for the working class were welfare.
Today, Lambro has a new piece that spreads blatant misinformation in plain sight and actually expects nobody to notice. If it's not an outright lie, it's certainly misleading.
The gist of Lambro's rant is that health care reform is unconstitutional because it is. To back up this stance, Lambro laments the prospect of people being required to buy medical insurance. Lambro says, "Congress has never before required citizens to purchase any good or service, but that is what both House and Senate health bills would mandate."
What about auto insurance, Donald? Car insurance is probably mandatory in all 50 states now. Granted, it's the states (not Congress) that require it, but Lambro's point is deliberately misleading.
What about taxes? Congress charges us taxes to pay for things like bailouts for big banks. How is that not requiring citizens to purchase goods and services for banks?
Don't get me wrong: Being required to buy health insurance isn't a good thing. But if you object to it, support single payer. Under single payer (which the Washington Times thought cops militantly oppose), this wouldn't be a worry.
The bigger question is: is it unconstitutional to require people to buy health insurance? If it is, that means it's also unconstitutional to force us to buy car insurance. You can't have it both ways.
So there. Nyeh.
If there is any serious effort to challenge the constitutionality of health care reform on these grounds, then I have a right to expect mandatory car insurance (which keeps the working class down) to be challenged as well.
Bandit answers questions on forgeries
Bandit's in effect, folks, so put on your listening faces...
Every so often, I have to answer these same questions I shouldn't even have to field. Namely, how do I account for certain idiotic statements I allegedly made online years ago?
Well, for those just getting acclimated to the politics of the Internets (sic), let me introduce you to something called a forgery.
Until fairly recently, the 'Net used to be kind of a wide-open frontier. Think the Hubba Bubba ads with the Gum Fighter. There's no law and order except when the ol' Fighter blows that bubble and everyone stands around to see if it bursts and covers his face in sticky, pink goo. Well, the Internet was like that.
Not only was it possible for someone to forge your name and e-mail address on an Internet message. It was widespread. In fact, it's still possible.
I admit to using the name of an imaginary person once, but this was just to force a foe to do a little more legwork in tracking me down. Besides, this wasn't an attempt to impersonate a real person.
However, there were countless posts in which someone forged my name or e-mail address in an effort to impersonate me. Some of them appear to be Last Word posts. Several people have pointed out that the archive that Google inherited allowed people to send requests to modify posts after they appeared. I know for a fact this happened with some of my posts.
I don't know the exact history of each post, but some evidence suggests the forgers got an account on my ISP just so some of these forgeries would trace to my ISP. I firmly believe they would have spent the money on an account. In fact, it may have been someone in my area who already had an account there. Remember, this wasn't long after I ran for student government at NKU, so it's not as if I was unknown locally. Plus, I had been harassed and beaten continuously by violent bullies in middle and high school (the topic of my book 'The Fight That Never Ends').
If there was any person of my generation in my county who would have been the target of a vendetta at the time the forged posts appeared, it would be me. I'm not being paranoid. That's just the way it is.
So, to answer your questions: I did not post some of what appears under my name or address. In some cases, I can prove it. In others, it would be my word against my foes'.
I'm going to have to keep answering these questions until Google makes it easier for folks to delete fraudulent posts that others posted under their name. And I don't think Google's going to do this until there's a law protecting our right to delete these forgeries.
The forged posts are open-and-shut cases of fraud. It flourished because authorities made no effort to find out who was behind it. Regardless, there ought to be a law to allow us to delete these forgeries on sight.
Wingnuts throw fit over 'Net neutrality
Let's get this straight: 'Net neutrality is already the law - as it should be.
The FCC is clarifying its neutrality policies - but the fact is, 'Net neutrality is already required under FCC rules.
So the wingnutosphere isn't just being petty and ridiculous when it criticizes the FCC's latest actions. The wingnuts are also out of step with what the issues are.
They complain that the FCC's 'Net neutrality policy - which says ISP's may not restrict residential customers' communication streams - is excessive regulation. But they were all in favor of the Communications Decency Act, which was designed to unconstitutionally muzzle what people could say online.
If the CDA hadn't been ruled unconstitutional, this blog and The Last Word would have been banned. Indeed, some Last Word articles that were once legal are now banned - because of other legislation the wingnuts supported.
Right-wingers also supported the scuzzo federal law that's now in force that requires libraries to block certain websites even for adults. If anyone is guilty of excessive regulation, it's them.
Private school teacher loses license after improper messages
The career of a 6th grade teacher at a Catholic school near Cincinnati appears to be over - and deservedly so.
The state of Ohio has revoked the 42-year-old instructor's teaching license after finding that she engaged in a "deceitful and inappropriate relationship" with a female student.
This relationship involved the teacher impersonating a boy and sending text messages full of sexual innuendo to the girl.
What a weirdo teacher.
College student faces 15 years in prison for alleged Wal-Mart line-jumping
America's so-called "justice" system is so determined to keep the public saddled by the prison-industrial complex that minor incidents are treated as serious crimes.
Almost 3 years ago, an African-American college honors student in Kennett, Missouri, joined a checkout line at Wal-Mart where her cousin was buying goods. The store accused her of line-jumping and called the police.
Even if she had cut ahead in the line, this act was at worst a breach of store protocol - not a crime. And it's certainly not a crime that warrants 15 years in prison.
But 15 years is what prosecutors are seeking.
For what?????
Furthermore, when the young woman's family organized a protest against the trumped-up charges, the Ku Klux Klan issued threats against them.
Meanwhile, real criminals roam free - to make room in prison for people accused of line-jumping at Wal-Mart.
(Source: http://newsreleasenow.blogspot.com/2009/10/black-woman-faces-15-years-in-prison.html;
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/100109_Kennett_MO_Woman_Faces_Prison_for_Cutting_Line)
Ohio bill would deregulate phone service (sigh)
Yes, I know. The header for this entry - "Ohio bill would deregulate phone service" - is just restating an existing condition. It's a bit like if the header said, "Farts to become smelly."
That's because Ohio's so-called regulators are already astonishingly generous to phone and utility companies. It seems that whenever a phone company wants a rate increase, it's rubber-stamped.
In Ohio - as in some other states - there's almost no regulation at all of phone and utilities.
Now right-wing state lawmakers want to deregulate the phone industry even further. A new bill in Ohio would allow phone companies to increase the deposit charged on customers and raise monthly rates by $1.25 each year without even proving that competition exists. It also lets phone companies wait 3 days to repair out-of-service lines, instead of one day. (Phone companies routinely ignore the one-day rule anyway.) And it would reduce eligibility for assistance for low-income households.
Whose idiotic idea was this?
Ohio wants to deregulate phone service even after lawmakers rejected a bill to clamp down on employer discrimination. They think phone companies and other big businesses have a "right" to gouge consumers and fire employees for no reason, but that nobody has a right to be protected from them.
The essence of the modern GOP, folks.
GOP caught committing mail fraud
Several years ago, Elizabeth Dole mailed out a Republican fundraising plea disguised as an urgent government letter. This letter literally threatened people into donating to the GOP (although it was mailed to folks who had no connection with the Republicans).
But since nobody prosecuted Dole for the mail fraud she committed, the national Republican Party knows it can do the same thing again.
Recently, countless people across America reported receiving what appeared to be an official letter from the U.S. Census Bureau. It's even labeled as an "official document" and includes a "census tracking code." But the letter was actually a GOP fundraising scam that made people believe they were required to fill it out.
Some folks weren't fooled. So they filled out the form with a bunch of joke answers and shoved a bunch of carpet fuzzes and other waste in the postage paid envelope to be mailed back.
If you receive this letter, it's mail fraud, and it's a crime. Report it immediately by visiting this website:
https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MailFraudComplaint.aspx
(Source: http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=136679&catid=40)
GOP congressman wants to abolish Medicare
Now there's a way for the Republicans to win over America's hearts and minds! (Just joking!)
After right-wing Rep. Paul Broun Jr. (R-Georgia) introduced a bill that would privatize Medicare, more details about Broun's disdain for Medicare have emerged. (This after privatizing other government services had proven to be a failure.)
Indeed, Broun's bill would replace Medicare benefits with private insurance vouchers. He expects people to buy private insurance even despite the countless stories of insurers refusing to cover medically necessary treatment.
Broun's view for years has been that Medicare, Social Security, and other personal benefit programs are unconstitutional. He never says why. He thinks what he thinks because he thinks it. He needn't argue.
Has Broun ever read the Constitution? The Constitution authorizes programs like Medicare by giving Congress the power to provide for them. It doesn't prohibit these programs in any way.
Broun's view is part of the funhouse mirror distortion of the Constitution that the extreme right has developed in recent years. They claim something is unconstitutional but never provide proof - in the hopes people will believe them. They expect the public's understanding of the Constitution to be molded to fit their agenda.
(Source: http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/102409/new_508293130.shtml)
Media ignores health care rally
I didn't know about this rally until after the fact - because I have yet to see a single mention of it in the pop-up media.
Back on October 18, there was a rally on Fountain Square in Cincinnati supporting health care reform featuring a strong public option.
This contrasts with the recent Tea Party kook-a-thons, which the media has covered every minute of.
Ironically, the only place I've read about the health care rally was on the Tea Party blog - which opposed it! It's pretty sad when the Nastea crowd is doing a better job of covering events than the major media.
Pro-bullying lawmaker appointed judge
In the civilized world, the act of serial harassment in schools is taboo.
But in BushWorld, supporting school harassment is a stepping stone to any government or corporate position you want.
Meet Dan Kelly. Until recently, Kelly was the Republican floor leader in the Kentucky Senate. He was perhaps best known for his opposition to a bill that directed schools to enact policies against student harassment.
That's the type of bill you'd think nobody would oppose. But Kelly offered several excuses. Central to his repertoire of arguments was that the bill would saddle serial harassers with a "label" that would follow them around for years.
Well, yes. Why shouldn't it? It should follow them around for life. Harassers label their victims for life, so why not?
Hypocritically, Kelly refused to support legislation that would allow folks to remove material posted on the Internet by people impersonating them. As a result, this material remains online forever - even after the victims are dead and buried.
Dan Kelly also reportedly complained that the bill to combat school harassment violated the Mormon church's laws. Even if the bill did violate a church's laws, it's still not a reason to oppose the bill. All this proves is that Kelly doesn't believe in separation of church and state, and that he thinks he should be allowed to impose his religion on the state's citizenry.
Because of Kelly's support for school harassment, he should have been expelled from the Kentucky Senate on the spot. But by that time, the rule that governed Kentucky was that his support of bullies led him to be considered a demigod rather than a pariah.
Now this child-hater has been appointed to a circuit court judgeship in central Kentucky. This follows a recommendation by a nominating committee.
Some have speculated that appointing Kelly as a judge is a ploy by the Democratic governor to free up a senate seat for the Democrats to possibly win. If that's the goal, this is a miserable way to accomplish it.
Dan Kelly is an absolute nut.
(Source: http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/10/26/kelly-appointed-to-judgeship)
Court says water a drug
Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and the expansion of the disastrous War on Drugs.
And if there's a way for authorities to "get" someone, they'll use it.
Now the Minnesota Supreme Court has (in another mind-numbing display of matchbook law) ruled that bong water is an illegal drug - not just paraphernalia. This heightens the threat of longer jail sentences for bong water.
The primary problem with this ruling? That's not what the law says. The law does not classify water as a drug (even if it was used in a drug pipe).
But the real effect of this ruling is that it expands a drug war that has long been known to be a failure.
Right-wing judicial activism has been the rule among the Minnesota Supreme Court in recent years. This is the same court that gutted the state child abuse statute. Like much of the federal judiciary, they have made themselves a legislature in black robes.
(Source: http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/saywhat/story/Bong-Water-Counts-As-Illegal-Drug/Gr4Rfq8HbUSeuGMlE_sSRA.cspx)
Tea Parties dying
In keeping with my plans, I monitored the Tea Party farce in downtown Cincinnati on Saturday. This was by far the smallest downtown Tea Party I've seen yet.
Hardly anything of interest occurred. Some nobody gave a speech on Fountain Square in which he mumbled some complaint about "redistribution", and folks occasionally heckled the meager crowd from 5th Street.
In brief, this was barely even an event - which is especially amusing after they ducked out of at least one of the I-275 protests on Thursday.
In the meantime, I'm happy to say this blog can now afford to resume its previous quota of 3½ posts per day, while the LOSEianne crew is left in the dust.
2009: the year of the fake Democrat
Stories like this make me ask if there's any difference whatsoever betwixt the Republicans and the Democrats.
Some of the most important elections in America this year don't even have a real Democrat running - not like the Republican is any better. They have a candidate who claims the Democratic label, but would not be recognizably Democratic by the standards we have a right to expect.
Voters in Virginia appear to have only 2 choices in the election for governor: Republican Bob McDonnell and so-called Democrat Creigh Deeds. McDonnell is an extremist nut, a Pat Robertson follower who supports outlawing birth control even for married couples. Despite McDonnell's lunacy, Deeds isn't much better: He supports gluttonous work-for-less laws and pulling Virginia out of national health care reform.
Democrats in New York City lack a bona fide mayoral candidate in this 9-person contest. Instead they have Bill Thompson - who as head of the city's school system advocated the right-wing policy of making school uniforms mandatory.
Based on these stances, Creigh Deeds and Bill Thompson are both so far to the right of not just the Democratic mainstream but also of voters' mainstream that there's no way I could endorse either one. True to form, Thompson and Deeds are also among the few Democrats in major elections this year who appear likely to lose - which underscores why the party should run real candidates.
If the Democrats refuse to field competitive candidates in 2 of the most important elections in the land, it proves they didn't learn shit from the electoral debacles of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Because they won't learn, we have to muster our energy behind an alternative such as the Greens.
We have to demand that the media give as much time to progressive populist alternatives as they do to the Republican and Democratic parties that are fused at the trough.
Considering the Republicans' continuing downfall, I'd love to see what the results in Virginia and New York City would be if the Democrats actually had a candidate.
Week 11 of POOP
Looks like this feature is going to last at least a few more weeks - because it appears as if Google has once again lapsed into one of their weeks-long beauty naps in which they don't read their help forums.
My experience has been that, when Google actually reads their help forums, it gets results. Usually, however, they never read them.
So now I'm holding vigil for them to delete my copyrighted posts that reappeared after I successfully had them removed months ago. This after they finally removed the ones I recently asked them to delete.
The next order of business will be for Google to delete forged posts.
And their search feature? Still broken.
Even talking condoms bubble (Bubble Gum Weekend)
Condoms share many characteristics with bubble gum.
They're both inflatable. They both include rubber as an ingredient.
And - according to what appears to be a brand new commercial out of the Netherlands - they both bubble.
At least I think that's what happens in this ad. The commersh appears to depict a cartoon of a talking pink condom blowing a bubble with bubble gum. Then again, it's hard to tell, because of the language barrier:
Twice during the ad, an amusing honking sound is heard - which seems to be greater than the number of supportive car horn honks the Tea Parties lately get.
Bubble gum. The universal language.
Fine mess you've gotten us into, New Economy
I'm violating my one-post-a-day mantra to offer this comment about what even the Associated Press calls the "'new normal' of higher joblessness and lower standards of living for many Americans."
The pop-up media - especially the AP - has long lived in denial of America's economic woes. In almost every year in recent memory, things get ever worse - but to hear the media tell it, you'd think Americans were swimming in dough. Until now.
Now - even with the current economic recovery - the AP reports that unemployment and poverty are the "new normal", thanks to the ravages of the New Economy. The jobs that have been killed in recent years don't seem to be coming back - because nobody tries to bring them back.
The problem has been expanding for over 20 years, but what used to seem like a fluke now appears permanent.
This story puts the kibosh on the mean-spirited canard that says those who can't get ahead have something wrong with them. If people with a college education can't even find a job, that's a problem with the system, not with the workforce.
If the government would halt companies from shipping jobs overseas, we'd have more jobs for Americans. In the meantime, we might as well make the best of a bad situation. I know firsthand about subpar wages and the lack of employment opportunities. So I've reached the point where I realize this country is mine and yours, and sometimes you have to grab what rightfully belongs to you - just to survive. To hell with the corporatists who scream that you didn't earn it. Trust me, you've earned it.
In the New Economy, it's about survival.
(Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grRQ6dLLl9di4HgR4iI_gOesmUkwD9BEAN383)
One entry per day
I do not work for free.
Accordingly - effective immediately - this blog will feature no more than one entry per day until I can afford to resume my previous schedule.
TV personality Soupy Sales dies
I'm saddened to report yet another celebrity death.
TV and radio personality Soupy Sales died last night at the age of 83. Sales was known for getting many pies in the face, and for telling young viewers of his show to empty their mothers' purses and mail him the green pieces of paper with pictures of Presidents on them.
Soupy Sales reached his peak of popularity in the '50s and '60s but had major radio and TV appearances for decades afterward.
(Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ-8A5RJvk5EwfcUEinx0CoOGM9gD9BGIE8O0)
BTPers duck and run; cloud of sawdust appears
You thought it was a slow news day, but I was out looking for the BTPers. The LOSEianne crowd. The Tea Party comedians.
After they sent out press releases talking about how they'd be peopling the exit ramps off I-275 today, I decided to take a look, after attending the 8th Street Viaduct reopening. I figured the exit most easily accessible to me would be the one to the AA Highway.
Well, the BTPers apparently thought so too. Because they didn't even bother to show up at that exit.
They're just like Kids Helping Kids: They duck out when they know they're going to be confronted.
I arrived at the exit at precisely 4 PM (when the rally was supposed to start). When I noticed they were nowhere in sight, I got dinner, and then I went back that way around 4:30. Still no sign of 'em.
Maybe they were just very late. But since the Republicans were the ones who supported extending Daylight Wasting Time in a region where it's useless, you'd think they wouldn't be late.
Nah. They wussed out. They knew I'd probably be there to challenge them, and they couldn't handle it.
Frankly, it's no skin off my nose, because it gave me a chance to go Roads Scholaring. But it just goes to show that they can't tolerate someone calling them out on their right-wing baloney.
I know they wimped out, because when I got home, I discovered that one of the Cincinnati leaders of their movement had left a lengthy comment on this blog trying to negotiate with me.
In other words, I won. I have more strength in one finger than they have in their entire movement.
See what happens when you stand up to bullies instead of ignoring them?
I've seen the BTPers' name-calling and invective firsthand. I've heard about the way they treat reporters who were covering their rallies. And frankly, I'm not going to negotiate with them. All year long, they've proven themselves to be irrational and just plain nasty.
It's an extension of what we saw at the height of the Iraq War, during the Contract With America, and in the '88 election. They have a history of this. They took it down to a personal level with me years ago, and I don't make deals with movements that have chosen to make things personal.
They know the ideology of this blog is diametrically opposed to theirs, so why would they even try to deal with me unless it's so they can come out ahead?
The Tea Party movement is ridiculous. It is one of the most ridiculous developments in modern American history. Let there be no doubt about this whatsoever.
GOP blocks unemployment extension
The nastiness-industrial complex that is the modern Republican Party is on display again.
Democrats in Congress wanted to extend unemployment benefits by 20 weeks. But Republicans have stalled this measure by trotting out tired platitudes.
One of their big gripes is that it would lead to a budget deficit.
I'm all for staying within a budget. You and I do it weekly. Each month, you fill 5 envelopes with cash and walk on eggshells to make sure you don't spend money you don't have. A broken vehicle can mean missed meals.
But the GOP has created the lion's share of the national debt. They've given tax breaks to millionaires, doled out free money to banks, and started costly wars. I'm not being partisan. That's simply the truth. So why are they so worried about the deficit now?
And I want to know why the Democrats are saying the Republicans won't "let" them extend unemployment benefits. The Democrats have a majority in the Senate now. They should act like it - especially coming out of the worst recession since the Great Depression. If you think the country doesn't need unemployment benefits extended, just try applying for even a menial job these days. Try it. See what happens.
Any senator who is holding up the unemployment extension needs to be recalled from office. Not just voted out in the next election. Recalled!
(Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=abdI0IokR6FE)
Iraq War vet kicked off bus over service dog
It's illegal under the Americans with Disabilities Act for public transit systems to remove a passenger because they use a service dog. Service dogs for the disabled must be allowed even where dogs are otherwise prohibited.
But transit officials in Miami apparently think laws are just "damn pieces of paper" (as Bush might say). Accordingly, they kicked an Iraq War vet off the bus system because he uses a service dog.
The transit system's excuse was that the man does not have a "visible" disability.
Seriously? Transit officials actually think the ADA makes such a distinction between "visible" and "invisible" conditions in regards to service dogs?
Ignorance in high places bodes ill for any society.
(Source: http://www.wtkr.com/news/military/wtkr-iraq-vet-kicked-off-bus,0,6434445.story)
Tom Ridge wants leniency for creep who beat toddler
One creep goes to bat for another creep.
The Bushist brain trust seems to have never met a violent criminal they didn't like. As with the leniency displayed by Mike Huckabee and Haley Barbour towards particular monsters in their respective states, Tom Ridge now seems to have taken up the hug-a-thug mantle.
The former Pennsylvania governor and Bush's Homeland Security director wrote a letter demanding leniency for Matthew Lazenby. Lazenby is an Erie area man who has just been sentenced to 4 to 8 years in prison for beating his former girlfriend's 23-month-old daughter so brutally that her skull was broken. The toddler also suffered neurological damage that may be permanent.
Ridge called Lazenby a "loving and nurturing father" despite this revolting crime.
This episode probably means Tom Ridge will never win another elected office again. Then again, you never know, because stuff like this doesn't seem to stick to Republicans. The media tried holding Michael Dukakis responsible for a prison furlough program that he had nothing to do with, but the Huckabee and Barbour scandals are forgotten.
(Source: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09294/1007219-100.stm;
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091021/NEWS02/310209906/-1/NEWS03)
2 phone rate hikes in 2 years
Utility and phone regulators in California are a lot like those in Kentucky and Ohio - i.e., a rubber stamp for unnecessary rate increases that harm consumers.
Years ago, I noticed an interesting gimmick used by phone and utility firms. Every time they asked for a rate increase, they claimed it was the first in many years, even if the ink was barely dry on their previous rate hike.
This time, however, they know nobody's going to fall for it. So they've just decided to go ahead and ask for an increase and hedge their bets that regulators will approve it - which they did.
In California, AT&T is raising telephone rates by a staggering 22%. This is their second rate hike in only 2 years.
That's nice, because average household incomes also went up by - wait, they didn't.
This after the California Public Utilities Commission deregulated rates almost entirely - despite the lack of competition.
Hey, how's that 1996 Telecommunications Act - which was supposed to increase competition and lower rates - working out? It isn't, and its supporters knew it wouldn't.
Sadly, the merger mania fostered by the '96 telcom law has almost completely reversed the ruling in the '80s that split up the phone industry.
(Source: http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_13579916)
Tsk, tsk, Oscar! ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)
'Sesame Street' has put out several sets of DVD's full of old sketches. These are marketed to adults who grew up with the series. Indeed, each collection features a warning about their supposed unsuitability for today's children.
You should buy these DVD's to help keep continued production of 'Sesame Street' afloat (even if the ol' Ses is but a ghost of what it was in our day).
Why they're deemed unsuitable for today's kids, I don't know.
Perhaps the closing credits used from 1972 to 1974 might have something to do with it.
This credit roll features a drawing of the tenements found on our favorite television alley. Numerous lovable Muppets peer at us as it scrolls down. I count no fewer than 6 appearances by Grover.
Of particular interest is the fact that the blue male Muppet who often patronizes Grover's restaurant appears to be wearing only a bra.
But the real X-rated moment arrives at the end of the scroll, where it stops on Oscar the Grouch, who appears to be humping the signpost for the Sesame Street sign.
Naughty, naughty, Oscar!
I surround them
That comedy routine known as the Cincinnati Tea Party is at it again!
Most of these loudmouths aren't from this region. For most of them, their job is to travel from city to city to stir up trouble. They're professional right-wing operatives.
In the spring, they protested the stimulus bill. But - showcasing their mission creep - now they're attacking health care reform.
A particular target of their hateful invective is members of Congress who defeated right-wing incumbents. They've set their sights on Cincinnati congressman Steve Driehaus - a Democrat who defeated Republican Steve Chabot. (Chabot was known for his support of the now-defunct Kids Helping Kids cult.)
The BTPers' gimmick in their drive against Driehaus is: "We surround him." To symbolize this, they plan on gathering at most exits off Interstate 275, a loop around Cincinnati.
I learned of this because the Cincinnati Enquirer insists on republishing the BTPers' press releases verbatim, in an effort to drum up support for them. Well, I read 'em too, so they may be in for a little bit of negative exposure - as they were this past spring.
The press release said the I-275 gatherings will occur at most exit ramps to and from this beltway. I assume that includes those in Kentucky, even though Driehaus's district is in Ohio. (They sure know how to misspend their resources.) These events will take place today, tomorrow, and Friday from 4 to 6 PM.
I already planned to peep the reopened 8th Street Viaduct tomorrow, so maybe afterward I'll take a little jaunt into hostile suburbia to monitor these sore losers.
The LOSEianne crowd's finale will be Saturday from 4 to 6 PM, in which they plan to encircle the Carew Tower skyscraper in downtown Cincinnati. The Carew Tower contains Driehaus's office, you see.
Hate to disappoint you, BTPer peeps, but I doubt there's anyone at Driehaus's office on weekends. This is already shaping up to be like the Palin cult's bombarding of the Capitol switchboard on a federal holiday.
After that, they plan to march across the street to Fountain Square for what seems to be another rally like their complain-a-thons earlier this year.
Their ideology is one of aggrieved wealth. They are privileged pied pipers of Potemkin populism. And if I happen to see them, I'll call them out here once again on their propaganda.
Oh noes! Banks may have to obey laws!
Today, the House Financial Services Committee voted to (gasp!) let the states regulate large banks in the interest of protecting consumers.
You mean banks might have to obey laws like we do? Heaven forbid!
The real story here may be that the states couldn't already regulate banks. This power was robbed from the states - especially by the Reagan regime, but also under the Contract With America.
Although the measure to restore state regulation of big banks is a Democratic effort, the bill is threatened by (you guessed it!) the DLC - the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. DLCer Melissa Bean is expected to fight the bill's passage.
This even after the bill was diluted by compromises that would let banks appeal state laws.
Hey, maybe I'll appeal that FCC law that won't let me run a pirate radio station.
(Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g7ffRdswXTlfgaQS0FCOZmrvbwcAD9BFIEGO0)
Court lets FBI gag free speech
How fascist is this?
The spleezox Patriot Act allows the FBI to send letters to ISP's and banks to demand records about customers without a warrant - in violation of the Constitution.
The Idiot Act also lets the FBI prohibit recipients of these letters from even disclosing that they received these letters. This also violates the Constitution.
And in the matchbook law world of the current makeup of much of the federal judiciary, this outrage is considered fine and dandy. Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that the FBI can continue to gag an ISP that received such a letter - even though they received the letter 5 years ago.
This gag order has in fact been used to suppress damning information about the FBI's Patriot Act abuses.
That's enough to make anyone gag.
That the government can violate the safeguard against warrantless searches and then violate the First Amendment by preventing the target of the search from even discussing it is more proof we no longer have a country.
(Source: http://rawstory.com/2009/10/judge-rules-fbi-continue-gag-recipient-national-security-letter)
3 arrested for disagreeing with Nazis
In Austin, Minnesota, it's considered perfectly acceptable for neo-Nazis to bring a stun gun and other weapons to a rally. But it's Stripe City for anyone who so much as expresses a different opinion.
On Saturday, the National Socialist Movement - a neo-Nazi group - held a rally at a veterans' memorial there.
That they'd desecrate a veterans' memorial by spewing hate speech is the first outrage. Our troops fought for freedom and the rights of all Americans. America's war dead would be turning in their graves if they knew this monument was being defiled by neo-Nazis.
I'm not saying that even neo-Nazis don't have the same rights as everyone else to free speech. But to use a veterans' memorial as a venue for their vile views is outrageous even if it's legal.
This story gets much worse.
Three people who showed up to protest against these neo-Nazis were arrested just for protesting. They were also sprayed with pepper spray.
So in Austin, Minnesota, only a neo-Nazi group is entitled to free speech protections now?
The charges include..."unlawful assembly." I swear I'm not making this up.
It turns out that one of the neo-Nazis had a stun gun, a knife, and an expandable baton. Clearly, he was spoiling for a fight. Yet he wasn't arrested, and was allowed to remain at the event. But those who protested against these extremists were arrested despite being unarmed.
I hope to high hell there's a lawsuit against the city over this. It's a crying shame the good folks of Austin have to live under a municipal government that rolls out the red carpet for neo-Nazis but arrests anyone who dares to challenge them.
This story reminds me of the bad old days when Cincinnati gave special protection to the Klan cross on Fountain Square.
(Source: http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=421662)
Mississippians sue over climate change
A smashing legal assault against Corporate America for contributing to climate change is long overdue.
After an Alaska village launched a suit over climate change ruining locals' livelihoods, Mississippi farmers and other residents whose lives were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina have joined the cause.
The basis of the suit is this: Energy companies released greenhouse gases that contributed to climate change. This melted sea ice and increased sea levels - which added to the hurricane's damage.
Even the ultraconservative U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recognized the plaintiffs' standing to sue. This shows how weak Big Business's heavy-handed refusal to accept responsibility for climate change is. The polluters don't have a legal leg to stand on.
The Fifth Circuit's decision will likely encourage more climate change lawsuits - as well it should. Corporate America had years to mend its ways, yet it dragged its feet.
(Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/19/hurricane-katrina-victims-have-standing-to-sue-over-global-warming)
1 in 6 Americans now poor
Honesty should go a long way towards debunking the "prosperity" hoax that's flourished since the '80s.
A new formula for determining the poverty rate shows that 1 in 6 Americans now live in poverty - 7,000,000 more people than previously thought.
The new formula factors in soaring medical costs, child care, and regional costs of living. The old standard may have worked 30 years ago - but not in 2009.
The situation is actually even worse than it appears, because the economic safety net was so thoroughly gutted under the Contract With America. This measure still doesn't consider certain forms of government aid - which means the poverty rate is really much higher than this 1 in 6 figure.
The increase of poverty is fostered not only by politicians but also by media outlets who coddle their distorted, bombastic outlook. The entire "soak the poor" mentality of recent years is based on a web of filthy, evil, wicked lies.
(Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOhjiPSEzO9gnbwUK96-ZeZo4liwD9BEQVVO0)
The Gospel according to wingnuts
When I first saw this story, I thought it was just a parody. But nope! It's all too real.
Andy Schlafly is known as the intellectually flatulent doofus behind Conservapedia - which is like Wikipedia except that it was designed to be a retelling of The World According To Conservatives.
Now Schlafly is expanding his conservative funhouse world by trying to rewrite the Bible as well.
Schlafly has founded something called the Conservative Bible Project, which is working on a new version of the Bible that would eliminate "liberal" text. He complains that widely read translations of the Bible such as the King James Version and the New International Version (one of the most common English-language translations) contain too many socialist ideas.
One of Schlafly's big complaints about these Bible translations: They use the word 'laborer', which Schlafly says is socialist.
Among other changes Schlafly would make: While the King James Version says, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God," Schlafly would change "rich man" to "a man who cares only for money." Schlafly groans that the King James translation is an attack against the affluent.
Schlafly also declares that the biblical passage that says, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone," will be removed from his version because it was a "liberal addition."
Biblical scholars are highly critical of Andy Schlafly's efforts.
Schlafly's attention to economic terms is yet another example of how the right-wing brain trust tries to hide behind religion to keep the working class down. It's much like Star Parker's idiotic claim that progressive taxation violates the commandment that says, "Thou shalt not covet."
What's potentially dangerous is that dominionists expect the entire citizenry to be required to live by their warped interpretations of religious texts. And I'll be bipped if I'm going to live by their economic policies just because they misuse the Bible in an attempt to back these policies up.
(Source: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091018/NEWS06/910180341/New+Conservative+Bible+will+eliminate++liberal++text)
Palin cultists r dumm
Sarah Palin being a national laughingstock doesn't mean she doesn't have a cult of followers who are determined to make her President of the Universe. She's still one of the frontrunners for the 2012 GOP nomination, thanks to them.
Palinism is embodied by Team Sarah, a group of activists that describes itself as being "dedicated to advancing the values that Sarah Palin represents in the political process" (which I guess means censoring library books and illegally intervening to fire state troopers).
Team Sarah membership is "by approval only", and its website is full of password-protected pages. So they're pretty secretive.
Anybip, Team Sarah recently sent out an alert to members about a "phone bank blast" in which they planned to bombard the U.S. Capitol's switchboard to complain about health care reform. This event was supposed to take place from 2 to 3 PM EDT on October 12.
One problem with that, Palin peeps. October 12 was a national holiday. Nobody was working at the Capitol that day to field Team Sarah's calls.
This story showcases the wingnuts' trademark combination of babyishness and dumbness. Abusing the Capitol switchboard is a sign of their immaturity; doing it on a day when nobody was even there to take their calls is something else altogether.
Private school teacher accused of roughing up 6-year-old
This is another story that (if the allegation is true) illustrates the abuse rampant in private schools.
A teacher at a Catholic school outside Cincinnati is accused of roughing up a 6-year-old boy at the school for trying to use the drinking fountain. The teacher is now charged with disorderly conduct over the incident.
Disorderly conduct? Why isn't she charged with assault?
On the other hand, at least she's being charged with something. After I was injured at least once by a teacher at a Catholic school, I just wish the authorities had reined in this abuse back then.
(Source: http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story/Student-Allegedly-Roughed-Up-Teacher-Charged/ajOgS-NHxk6MnZBeokCdRA.cspx)
Obama launches new medical marijuana policy?
I sincerely hope this story is for real and not just another "strongly worded letter."
The Obama administration has announced a new policy on medical marijuana users. Under these new guidelines, users and suppliers won't be arrested as long as they follow state laws.
After Eric Holder has changed his stance countless times on this matter over the past 9 months, one hopes this policy isn't just talk.
If this policy is followed, this will be probably the most significant nationwide rollback of the failed War on Drugs in my lifetime. But perhaps it only seems significant because it differs so drastically from the policy of the Bush regime - which was to ignore state laws and prosecute seriously ill people no matter what the law said. (Bush really did take "regulation for thee, not for me" to new levels.)
The real test is: is the new policy talk or action? And if the prosecutions continue, will the states have the sense to prosecute the DEA for not following state law?
(Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9mnrkJu2S7Mly9xuWs4p9_TRkdwD9BDT0701)
Miracle of miracles: Google has finally deleted my copyrighted posts I asked to be removed months ago.
But our work isn't done: The removal tool is still down. And now old posts that folks successfully removed ages ago are reappearing. That includes several other posts of mine.
This was a problem at least once before, but Google then claimed they had fixed it for good. Oops.
This isn't just an issue of people trying to keep personal matters private and protect their works. What's going to happen to Google if something illegal that someone else posted but Google deleted reappears? What if somebody had posted child porn or violent threats against public officials, and it reappears on Google?
Google could actually be prosecuted if it allows illegal material to reappear on its site.
Also, remember how last week I told you that Google reportedly fixed its long-broken message search feature after reading about the problem in Wired? Welp, it's already broken again. This isn't a serious matter as far as this blog is concerned, but it bodes ill for other problems being fixed soon.
Bubble gum rapper (Bubble Gum Weekend)
Because the mere existence of bubble gum makes you tumble onto the floor in laughter, this is yet another Bubble Gum Weekend - in which we usually profile hilarious old gum commercials.
Care-Free put out a strange ad in 1992 for its bubble gum (a product nobody seemed to buy).
In this preposterous commersh, a stick of this massively unpopular brand of gum magically turns an opera singer into a hip rapper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw86BZu_sas
The ad is somewhat whimsical, though not quite as clever as earlier gum advertising promenades. But the fact that it shows a person repeatedly bubbling is considered by advertising experts to be the commercial's saving grace.
Trendy doesn't always mean more appealing. Even some viewers who cracked a smile at this ad probably still longed for the days of the goofy charm and simplicity of Care-Free's '70s ad campaign that featured historical figures like George Washington and the Wright brothers.
Now the '70s were some carefree times!
Insurers have an antitrust exemption now?
If there's one industry that doesn't need an antitrust exemption, it may be big insurance.
The Obama administration is warning the insurance racket that it may lose its antitrust exemption if it doesn't stop running deceptive, dishonest ads against health care reform.
The real story though is that insurance has such an exemption in the first place.
Why haven't the states reined this exemption in? Admittedly, amidst all the other signs of expanding economic fascism since the 1980s, it's been hard to notice their failure to do so.
We can't afford just to warn insurers about losing their exemption. We need to just go ahead and revoke this exemption. They should have had plenty of warning by now.
(Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/us/politics/18address.html)
Judge guts ruling against Microsoft
Impartial juries are central to the legal system of any democratic republic.
Recently, a Rhode Island jury delivered a powerful blow against Microsoft for violating an Australian inventor's patent. Microsoft was ordered to pay $388,000,000 to the inventor.
But in BushWorld, no jury decision can be counted on to stand for very long before the judge decides to ignore it.
True to form, U.S. District Judge William Smith - another Bush appointee - decided to "vacate" the jury's ruling and rule in Microsoft's favor.
What was the point in even calling in a jury when the judge just ignores its verdict? If I was on that jury, I'd be furious that I took the time to hear the case only to have my decision ignored.
In the matchbook law world of BushAmerica, a major corporation barely has to crack its war chest to fund its case. Judges just rule in their favor almost by reflex.
(Source: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/aussie-inventors-445m-microsoft-windfall-wiped-out-20090930-gc77.html)
Freepers think Alexander Hamilton was President (more Freeper Madness)
Now that the burper movement is spreading its ridiculous myth that natural-born citizens must have citizen parents, not even all right-wing blog diehards are buying this claim. Indeed, even a regular of extremist website Free Republic got a little bit suspicious of it.
But don't just assume this user is a history genius. This user said:
"Tell me how Alexander Hamilton become president..he was born in the East Indies."
For one thing, being a natural-born citizen wasn't a requirement to be President, if one was a citizen at the time the Constitution was adopted. Otherwise, America would have had to wait until 35 years after independence just to have a President.
I can overlook that Freeper error, because I doubt that it's an uncommon one. The more important point is that Hamilton's natural-born status wouldn't have mattered anyway - because Alexander Hamilton was never President!
The Freeper person who thought Hamilton was President not only flunked history but also geography. Hamilton wasn't born in the East Indies, but in the West Indies - which are in the Caribbean. The East Indies are in southern Asia - almost precisely at the other end of the world.
That's like how when I was 7 years old I thought Walter Mondale was born in Ceylon the country instead of Ceylon, Minnesota. The difference is that I think most Freepers are a bit older than 7 (though they have the emotional maturity of someone half that age).
This coming from the folks who think the czars were communist.
Bush diktat costs America the Olympics
When Cincinnati's economic booster class wanted to bring the Olympics to town, I took exception. The region lacks the infrastructure or facilities to handle it, and I knew local residents would be treated as criminals just stepping outside their house.
But Chicago really wanted the 2016 Summer Olympics. If they can handle it, that's their prerogative.
But Chicago didn't get the Olympics. The Windy City was the last choice of the International Olympic Committee. Why?
It turns out it's because the IOC didn't want athletes and fans to have to deal with Bush's tourist visa policy. Bush barked down this policy after 9/11.
Michael Froomkin, a law professor at the University of Miami in Florida, said that "the same stupid anti-visitor policy that is destroying American higher education" also cost America its hope of hosting the Olympics.
I'm not talking about minor inconveniences like customs agents asking tourists if they're bringing in beer. This is major: Even Americans have wound up dead in U.S. airport questioning rooms while trying to return home from abroad.
And who wants to spend bazillions on Olympics tickets only to find out they can't fly to Chicago just because someone with a similar name is on the no-fly list (the Bushist Bible)?
Say what you want about the Republicans at large, but one thing is for sure: Bush will forever be remembered as the Energizer Bunny of economic ruin.
In the meantime, it's long past time to reverse Bush's visa rules.
(Source: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/02/chicago-olympics-bush)
The latest hilarious burper meme
The birther movement - or as I call it, the burper movement - composes much of the useless skeletal husk that American conservatism has been reduced to.
After Orly Taitz found out the hard way that her frivolous lawsuit costs real money, the burpers have got to be feeling chastised.
So they've decided to unleash a whole new argument that's just as laughable as their claim that the President was born in Kenya. Now they're claiming Obama isn't a natural-born citizen even if he was born in America.
Their "reasoning": They claim that for a person to be a U.S. citizen at birth, both parents must be citizens. One burper screed declares, "In order to be a Natural Born Citizen, one must have parents - two parents, that are citizens of the Nation, and must be born on the soil of the Nation. It does not get any simpler than this."
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution reads in part, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
All persons. Understand? If you're born on U.S. soil, you're a natural-born U.S. citizen. The only exception is those not "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" - which means the offspring of diplomats, who enjoy diplomatic immunity.
Under certain circumstances, one may be a natural-born American citizen if born on foreign soil. This is not an issue in Obama's case, as he was born in the United States.
To back up their latest argument, burpers are citing court rulings that were issued before the Fourteenth Amendment passed. Thus, these rulings are no longer even in force.
None of this should even be a topic for this blog - except that the wingnutosphere still has more influence than it deserves. Their online presence is so bloated that it's impossible not to notice them.
So I still keep one eye on them.
Catholic school sued for expelling students
Contrary to popular belief, private schools are not above the law.
I attended some that thought they were, but they're not.
If you pay money for a service, you have a right to expect that service to be delivered. Similarly, if you pay tuition, you should be able to expect an education.
A Catholic school in Delray Beach, Florida, is now being sued by the parents of students who were expelled. The expulsions seem to be retaliation against parents who questioned the parish's financial practices.
This follows a scandal in which 2 priests were accused of stealing millions of dollars in church funds (including money from the collection plate). One of the clergymen allegedly spent almost $300,000 of this money to buy rare coins.
(Source: http://www.cbs12.com/news/church-4721832-lawsuit-beach.html)
Man gets 1,000 lashes for discussing sex life
Why would an American blog be concerned with a foreign government's disdain for justice?
This story is of interest not just from a basic human rights standpoint but also from the perspective of foreign relations. The regime in Saudi Arabia is a longtime friend of the Bush clan, and we need to expose the dreadful human rights record of Bush's pals.
A 32-year-old divorced father of 4 in Saudi Arabia spoke openly about his sex life on a TV show. Following this appearance, a court sentenced him to 5 years in prison and 1,000 lashes.
I think any website or media outlet needs to be called out if they bash Hugo Chavez or Manuel Zelaya without giving at least as much time to criticizing Bush's friends in the Saudi regime. Venezuela would never sentence someone to 1,000 lashes just for discussing their sex life on TV.
(Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/07/saudi.sex.braggart)
"State opt-out for me, not for thee"?
What the hell kind of "compromise" is this?
Health care reform hasn't been abandoned - except by Congress, it seems.
There's a saying that, in a compromise between good and evil, only evil stands to benefit. I think this story illustrates this maxim spiffily.
As a handful of right-wing legislators in various states are threatening to pass bills to bar residents of their states from receiving benefits of a proposed national health care program, some in Congress think they can meet them halfway.
But let me tell you, we all know the corporatists don't settle for halfway. Whenever they get a foot in the door, it's all the way.
This "compromise" would let states opt out of national health care. At first, I wasn't concerned, because I figured that no state government would possibly be stupid enough to bar its citizens from benefiting from a popular public program.
Then I remembered a former Governor of Wisconsin named Tommy Thompson. Republican Thompson pulled his state out of AFDC, a federal assistance program for poor families. And the law didn't even authorize a state to unilaterally opt-out. Thompson had to get a federal waiver.
If a governor could pull his state out of a popular program like AFDC, what's to stop a state from doing the same with health care? Despite GOP losses, there's still no shortage of arrogant state leaders who don't care what the public thinks, because they know they'll stay in power through it all. (The names Rick Perry, Haley Barbour, and Bobby Jindal come to mind.)
You can also compare this to places that have tried to opt out of public education by turning their public schools over to private firms. If places get away with opting out of popular services like schools, why wouldn't they do the same to health care?
The Far Right keeps citing the Tenth Amendment to pull their states out of health care. But where were they when the draconian 1996 welfare "reform" law passed? The welfare "reform" law doesn't let the states opt out. This law prescribes in hairy detail who the states can give welfare to and how long poor families can collect. (Most state legislators were such wusses that they didn't dare to cite the Tenth Amendment then.)
The health care bill doesn't even tell the states what to do, yet still some state lawmakers think they can use the Tenth Amendment to opt out!
Did they even bother to read the Tenth Amendment? It was never intended for states to deny people federal benefits they deserve.
Sorry, Grandma. The government spent your money on bank bailouts.
Now it's official: For the first time since the low-inflation '70s, there will be no increase in Social Security or disability benefits.
That's because - according to official numbers - there has been no inflation in the past year. All that inflation is just a figment of our imaginations, you see. (Better up the Trilafon!)
Consumer prices have leveled off over the past few months, but were still skyrocketing through the end of last year. (See a pattern here?) Fact is, last year's soaring costs haven't been offset by later trends.
Big banks and insurers got a cost-of-living increase in the form of massive taxpayer-funded bailouts. Yet if you're disabled or elderly, you don't get anything.
Thankfully, President Obama seems to recognize that the inflation numbers are misleading, as he supports a one-time extra payment of $250 for Americans who receive these benefits. Already, people who must rely on benefits can barely make ends meet even if they spend their checks only on food, rent, and electricity. This is especially stinging because most of them have already paid into the system.
Obama's stance is an improvement, because we all know what would have happened under Bush. Not only would there not be this $250 extra check for people who get benefits. Everyone else would get $250, but people on Social Security or disability wouldn't. (Remember the "rebate" debacles?)
(Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jWbDrKBPDcOvEPhXT9GeIzB4ijLQD9BBHCMO3)
Let's buy the Washington Times a dictionary
Why should a progressive populist blog pay any attention to a right-wing scumbag rag with weak circulation numbers that was founded by a convicted tax cheat?
Because it bips.
Just joking!
The real answer is that the publication in question - the Washington Times - is now showcasing just how out of touch with reality it is. And it speaks volumes about the right-wing intelligentsia as a whole.
Today, the Washington Times ran an editorial accusing President Obama of waging a war against "independent" media.
What's the Timesies' definition of "independent"? Well, the only media organization that the Times cites as being under attack is Fox News.
Yes, the Times says Fox News is "independent" media.
Zine websites have got to be rolling on the floor in laughter over that claim!
Go look up the word 'independent' in your Merriam-Webster's, Timesies. The Last Word is independent. Fux News is as establishment as it possibly gets.
The Times also cites false statistics about Fox's popularity. Predictably, the piece accuses the White House of trying to "quash dissent" just by disagreeing with Fox's coverage.
If anyone was trying to stifle dissent, it was the Bush regime when it ordered Indymedia's servers to be raided in 2004. That was an outright assault on journalistic freedom.
What does it say about the conservative movement when the Washington Times says Fox News is "independent"? It's another illustration of how the right-wing brain trust is trying to manipulate public opinion by portraying themselves as oppressed victims.
I know that when I think of victims, I think of poor little Fox News. (That's sarcasm!)
ACLU may sue over Sudafed crackdown
After 2 towns in Missouri (Washington and Union) decided to defy federal law by making over-the-counter allergy drugs available by prescription only, the eastern Missouri chapter of the ACLU took notice.
This ridiculous, idiotic crackdown on these drugs hurts only innocent people, and the ACLU is now warning of a lawsuit against these 2 cities.
The only thing in this story I disagree with the ACLU about is an ACLU official's claim that these ordinances have "good intentions." I honestly don't think these ordinances do have good intentions.
At minimum, the original crackdown in the mid-2000s didn't. A Republican lawmaker in another state who led this effort was probably making meth himself and was just trying to use the new laws as a price support for his meth labs.
(Source: http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/10/15/new-effort-fight-meth-comes-under-fire)
Kermit uses magic word! ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)
The English language is full of funny words: 'viaduct', 'mayhem', 'tirade'.
And what may be the funniest word of all: 'ruin'.
If the magic word was ever spoken on 'Sesame Street', that clip would be almost a shoo-in for this feature. And finally, one such sketch (reportedly from the show's first season) has turned up:
'Ruin'!
Hear that, everyone? Kermit the Frog said 'ruin'!!!
There was supposedly a longer version of this skit, in which Kermit uttered the magic word several more times.
Kermit's letter sure was ruined by Cookie Monster!
UN defends illegal Honduran coup
When did the United Nations become such a reliable apologist for right-wing dictatorships?
Of course, this is the same UN that interferes with countries' drug policy and let the Bush regime enjoy veto power over other countries. But now it's gone wackier than ever.
The UN is now defending the right-wing coup in Honduras. In fact, the UN is denying that it even was a coup. The UN said that the overthrow of democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya "was constitutional under the laws of the country."
Nice to know the UN has decided to anoint itself as a country's Supreme Court.
Now that the UN supports a dictatorship's violent putsch against a democratic government, what's next?
The United Nations is supposed to be a force for peace and human rights. But now that the UN has abandoned its purpose, the United States should consider withholding UN dues until it calls the Honduran coup what it is.
AIG execs lie about paying back bonuses
Remember when the government gave AIG skillions in taxpayer money?
And remember when AIG's executives squandered it all on pay bonuses for themselves?
And remember when they promised to pay part of it back? (Heaven forfend they have to pay all of it back like they should.)
Well, guess what?
Yep, you guessed it, peeps!
Now they're refusing to pay back even a nickel.
Over $200,000,000 of your hard-earned money down the portable poopot. You could have used your share of this $200,000,000 to help pay for your glasses or to take your kids to Mammoth Cave.
But nope. The only thing that's mammoth in this story is AIG's fleecing of hard-working taxpayers and the subsequent broken promises.
(Source: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/14/793063/-Economic-Outrage-du-Jour:-AIG)
GOP candidate lived in luxury on taxpayers' dime
Chris Christie - Republican gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey - likes to portray himself as a mean, lean corruption-fighting machine. This despite the fact that he was U.S. Attorney under Bush, the most corrupt administration in America's history, and used his position to fix traffic tickets he received.
Now it turns out that Christie has lived the high life at taxpayer expense.
On at least 23 trips that Christie took on government business, he exceeded his hotel allowance by staying at luxury hotels. On 4 of these trips, lodging cost over $400 a night! Then he billed the government when he went over his allowance.
Christie also approved his top deputy Michele Brown exceeding the government allowance by staying at the same luxury inns where Christie was booked.
(Ahem.)
The downfall of one of few remaining viable Republican candidates for a major office in the Northeast may be unfolding right before our very eyes. And I can't say I feel sorry for the Republicans, after everything they've put America through.
(Source: http://www.kansascity.com/444/story/1506677.html)
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Tessa Morrison, Staff Picks, Under Worlds Austin
Tessa Morrison
All Dolled Up and Nowhere to Run
In honor of the launch of Under Worlds Austin (a Horror Sidebar to Other Worlds Austin) each OWA staff member has written about the Horror movie moment that had the biggest effect on them. Write us a comment with your own Horror movie moment! And if you’ve made a Horror film, submit it now to Under Worlds Austin!
The Horror Movie Moment That Changed My Life
By Tessa Morrision, Programmer & Outreach Director
A moment in Horror film that affected me in a visceral way was the scene in CHILD'S PLAY 3 where Chucky cuts Andy's Achilles' tendon. This was scary on a couple levels: firstly his victim shouldn't have been able to run away, and secondly my aunt had recently given me a creepy antique glass-eyed doll. You know, the kind that always looks at you no matter where it is in the room? Yeah, one of those. Creepy AF. So I methodically put it in the bottom of my toy chest face down with all the other toys piled on top of it. I would also leap into my bed from several feet away, causing the wrought iron bed frame to clang against the wall. I say "should not have been able to run away" because for some reason in the film Andy is hurt for a bit, but then is totally capable of getting around with a severed Achilles' tendon.
Somebody thought it would be hilarious to put that creepy antique doll at the end of my bed staring at me while I was asleep. And I would wake up to it looking at me. For years I assumed it had been my brother (sorry Dusty!) playing a prank on me, but when I brought the story up to my father he got a sheepish look on his face and confessed that it was him and mom all along. My parents have a sick sense of humor that probably should have traumatized me causing several hours and dollars in therapy, but in a strange twist of fate, I actually make dolls - well plushies, puppets, and marionettes. People often ask me if they ever freak me out, to which I reply, "Hell no! I made them, I know what's in them, and I'm fairly certain Brad Dourif is not in there." Funny coincidence, Brad Dourif is from Huntington, West Virginia, which is my home state and the town where I went to college.
Are there scarier or more traumatizing moments in Horror film? Oh, for sure. This is a relatively tame moment for most, but for some reason this scene lodged itself in my pre-pubescent brain and scared the crap out of me.
I'm super stoked that Other Worlds Austin is expanding its reaches into the darker spaces of genre film with Under Worlds Austin. SciFi and Horror have always been intermingled and we've had SciFi/Horror films show before, but it's great to officially be accepting straight Horror films into the festival as well. I'm looking forward to seeing how the festival will continue to grow with this addition. As a huge fan of Horror, this news comes as an early Christmas present. Hopefully we shall see all you SciFi and Horror fiends in December!
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RBI Fundraiser takes center stage at Victory Field
By Jason Klein
For most of the fans in attendance for the Indianapolis Indians’ July 16 game against the Gwinnett Braves, it was just another swelteringly hot game of baseball. The sky was crystal blue, the grass was emerald green and the flags out behind left-center field blew gently outwards. For the members of Play Ball Indiana, however, that evening marked Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) Night at Victory Field.
“(RBI Night) just encompasses an opportunity to get inner-city baseball and softball players together with sponsors and board members and coaches and umpires,” Mike Lennox, executive director of Play Ball Indiana, said. “We’re all kind of enjoying a common bond and getting a chance for kids to see a neat game that a lot of them don’t get a chance to see very often.”
According to Lennox, 50 or 60 kids from Play Ball Indiana were expected at the event.
“It’s maybe somewhat scary,” he said.
Featured at the event was Bob Muzikowski, author of “Safe at Home,” a narrative recounting Muzikowski’s story of organizing a baseball league in Chicago’s now nonexistent Cabrini-Green public housing development.
“The main reason I’m here is to try to get people more involved. It happens to be baseball is the carrot but it could be dance, it could be soccer, it could be track, but for us it’s baseball,” he said. “I started to have a catch with a boy 24 years ago in Cabrini-Green housing project and it became the biggest inner-city little league in America.”
Muzikowski gave away and signed copies of “Safe at Home” during the event.
“They were giving them out for free to support RBI just as a nice takeaway so it doesn’t have to be perfect; it just has to be done,” he said. “Usually when you come to events like that there could be a little chaos in the beginning and I think a lot of the people didn’t realize they could grab a free gift.”
Another highlight of the night occurred directly before the start of the game as Muzikowski and the members of Play Ball Indiana in attendance came onto the field to pose for photos. He threw the ceremonial first pitch before the ball game along with two softball players from Play Ball Indiana.
“I was low and outside with the pitch,” Muzikowski said. “I’m usually a catcher, I caught from when I was eight all the way through college.”
At the end of the day Lennox said he was satisfied with the event.
“I think tonight went really well,” he said. “It’s always a concern whether all the kids are going to make it and when they all roll in and you see all of these kids of all different shapes and sizes and heights and weights and all having a great time at the ballpark, that’s what it’s all about.
“I think we’ll raise some awareness and we’ll raise a few dollars that will help pay for some of the equipment and uniforms that these kids need and the more people that know about this program the more chances we’ll have for sponsorships.”
Lennox also talked about Play Ball Indiana’s upcoming plans.
“We’re going to try to do another event in the fall tied to the World Series, try to get a lot of corporate folks and sponsors to come be part of that, enjoy the World Series and learn a bit about how they can help the young kids right here.”
Muzikowski offered his thoughts on RBI.
“We’re the only nation where the poor people are fat so we’ve just gotten spoiled and for the youth today to not get in trouble, stay out of jail and not be violent we’ve got to get in the game and we do that through baseball in Chicago and RBI’s doing that here,” he said.
“It just should be ten times bigger.”
Editor’s note – Jason Klein is a sophomore at Carmel High School and is a member of the school’s newspaper staff. His father Andy is a professor at IUPUI and a board member for Play Ball Indiana.
Cleveland Hosts RBI Regional Tournament
The RBI Eastern Regional Tournament took place in Cleveland July 19-22. Indianapolis brought two baseball and one softball teams, but only managed to win one game, a 6-5 decision over Detroit in the Jr. baseball division.
The Jr. baseball team lost its other games 5-4 to Cleveland and 2-0 to Cincinnati. The Sr. baseball ran into to bad luck, as three of the players came down with food poisoning the night before the tournament and did not play. Indianapolis lost games to Cincinnati in extra innings, Cleveland, Detroit and Detroit Arsenal.
The softball girls lost a hearbreaker to Detroit 8-7 losing the lead in the last inning. Indy then lost to Cincinnati and Cleveland to end the tournament.
Despite the lack of success, the trip was a great time for the players, as they were treated to a Cleveland Indians game on Friday. Two of the Indy players, Justin Hidleburg and Malik Brinkley, were part of the pre-game ceremony on the field. After the ceremony Malik and Justin were standing near the Indians dugout when Lou Marsen, Indians catcher, gave his catcher’s gear to Justin. What a thrill, and certainly the highlight of the weekend.
June 13, 2012 by PBICheese Leave a Comment
Deloitte Day of Service Targets Forest Manor Park
Over 150 employees of the international accounting firm Deloitte took part in their 13th “Community Day of Service” by working on Forest Manor Park on Fri. June 8. The parking and concession areas were raked and re-graveled. All the grounds were mowed, trimmed and weeded, while 30 new trees courtesy of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful were planted throughout the grounds.
The concession stand and office spaces were cleaned, painted and re-carpeted. And, two new pee wee diamonds were built in the grassy area to the east of the parking lot.
In addition over 30 Deloitte employees took part in a “sponsor an RBI kid” mini-fundraising campaign. So far over $3500 has been donated to help give inner city youth opportunities to play baseball or softball.
Five Indy Sectional Winners Advance to Chicago in the Aquafina Pitch Hit & Run Competition
Victory Field in Indianapolis hosted the Sectional Round of the Aquafina Pitch Hit & Run Competition on June 2, and ended up sending five out of eight individual age group winners to the Team Championship Round at Chicago’s U.S. Cellular Field, home of the White Sox. The five boys and girls competed against other sectional winners from northern Indiana and parts of Illinois.
All five of the Indianapolis champions won in Chicago. Elizabeth Estes of Indianapolis won the girls 7/8 year-old division with a score of 428, Reagan Holeman of Sullivan won the girls 9/10 year-old division with 731 points, and Shoni Dinkins of Sullivan won the girls 11/12 year-old division with a score of 816.
In the boys division, Nick Schnell of Indianapolis scored 945 points while winning the 11/12 year-old division, and Reece Jensen of Danville scored 1099 points to win the 13/14 year-old division.
The Finals will take place at Royals Park in Kansas City during the All-Star break. The three best scores for each age group from the entire country will advance to the finals.
After the competition in Chicago, all of the winners were treated to the White Sox-Astros game, and were introduced to the crowd before the game. White Sox player Jordan Danks is pictured with the champions. Pictured with Jordan are Elizabeth Estes (second from right), and Reece Jensen, Shoni Dinkins, Nick Schnell and Reagan Holeman (second, third, fourth and fifth from left).
June 6, 2012 by PBICheese Leave a Comment
Aquafina Pitch Hit & Run Sectionals @ Victory Field
Reece Jensen of Brownsburg defended his Sectional Championship of a year ago by scoring 1177 points to lead all competitors at Victory Field on Sat. June 2. Reece’s win in the 13/14 year-old age group was his third Sectional win in a row. Shoni Dinkins of Sullivan also won her second straight Sectional by scoring 818 points in the girls 11/12 year-old age group.
A total of 75 boys and girls took part in the Sectional competition, and five out of the eight overall winners qualified to advance to the Team Championship round of competition at Chicago’s US Cellular Field on June 9.
Here are the overall results:
7/8 Girls
Elizabeth Estes (Indianapolis) – 631 pts.
Avery Wiltermood (Shelburn) – 471 pts.
Gracie Shorter (Carlisle) – 431 pts.
7/8 Boys
Andrew Rowen (Indianapolis) – 408 pts.
Garrison Barile (Indianapolis) – 397 pts.
Caden Bottorff (Shelbyville) – 354 pts.
9/10 Girls
Reagan Holeman (Sullivan) – 739 pts.
Lily Thompson (Mekom) – 583 pts.
Heather Eales (Economy) – 537 pts.
9/10 Boys
Ryan Pruitt (Greenwood) – 752 pts.
Justin Fleener (Indianapolis) – 676 pts.
Brady Brewer (New Whiteland) – 669 pts.
11/12 Girls
Shoni Dinkins (Sullivan) – 818 pts.
Zoe Smith (Sullivan) – 614 pts.
Alexia Dewester (Indianapolis) – 571 pts.
11/12 Boys
Nicholas Schnell (Indianapolis) – 982 pts.
Ryan Hammond (New Whiteland) – 910 pts.
Grant Vinson (Cambridge City) – 847 pts.
Kalie Wallace (Amo) – 604 pts.
Ciarra Hale (Indianapolis) – 379
Reece Jensen (Brownsburg) – 1177 pts.
Austin Lovelace (Indianapolis) – 741 pts.
James Young (Greenwood) – 740 pts.
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15 day weatherforecast Namur (BE)
Region: Wallonien
Longitude: 4.8618°E
88 masl
Gust: 11.4 m/s
Gust: 10 m/s
Feels: 27.6° 1022.2 hPa 7.2 mm 14.0°
06:00 0 J/kg -0.3 K 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 m²/s² 0 0 1.62 3
12:00 536 J/kg -2.6 K 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 m²/s² 0 0 -1.79 80
18:00 1037 J/kg -4.4 K 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 m²/s² 0 0 -2.3 80
19:00 1167 J/kg -4.0 K 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 m²/s² 0 0 -3.01 80
02:00 0 J/kg 7.9 K 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 m²/s² 0 0 13 1
03:00 0 J/kg 7.8 K 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 m²/s² 0 0 13.02
23:00 19.4° 1013.3 hPa 2.5 m/s 0.0 mm 19.3° 1013.6 hPa 3.0 m/s 0.2 mm 18.5° 1013.1 hPa 1.2 m/s 0.0 mm 19.4° 1013.4 hPa 2.8 m/s 0.0 mm 16.7° 1014.6 hPa 2.4 m/s
05:00 17.0° 1017.5 hPa 3.4 m/s 10.2 mm 14.7° 1016.8 hPa 3.4 m/s 10.2 mm 17.4° 1017.6 hPa 3.4 m/s 13.7° 1017.5 hPa 3.4 m/s
Lightning probability maps - Green and yellow colors indicates lightning probability within 40 km of a point. Orange, red and violet are similar levels seen on estofex.org including also probablity for hails and supercells.
dBZ - dBZ stands for decibels relative to Z. It is a meteorological measure of equivalent reflectivity (Z) of a radar signal reflected off a remote object
Cape - Convective available potential energy (CAPE), sometimes, simply, available potential energy (APE), is the amount of energy a parcel of air would have if lifted a certain distance vertically through the atmosphere.
K Index - K-Index is a measure of the thunderstorm potential based on vertical temperature lapse rate, moisture content of the lower atmosphere, and the vertical extent of the moist layer.
TT Index - Convective index used for forecasting severe weather.
WRF - The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) is a next-generation mesocale numerical weather prediction system designed to serve both operational forecasting and atmospheric research needs. WRF is a cooperation between National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL), Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), Naval Research Laboratory, University of Oklahoma, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This software are runned on our server.
WRFDA - A more advanced version of WRF
Arome - The 2.5 km Arome model. Provided by Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
MET Norway - The proff-default 4km meteorological data is a best-guess selection of meteorological models run at met.no and joined/interpolated into a common dataset. Provided by Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
SMHI - The Hirlam model provided by Swedish meteorological institute.
FMI - The Hirlam model provided by Finnish meteorological institute. Covering only Finland.
GFS - The Global Forecast System (GFS) is a global numerical weather prediction computer model run by NOAA.
GEM-GDPS - The GEM-GDPS is a global numerical weather prediction computer model run by the Canadian Meteorological Centre.
Credits/Info: Thanks to Stefan Gofferje at sääkeskus.fi for some of the formulas for GrADS. Infos: Wikipedia.
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NB! 2015-03-29: Rebuilding the accuracy-test!
The accuracy-check compares measured temperature to the forecasted temperature for ca 500 places north of 52°N up to Nordkapp in North Norway. One criteria for the choosed locations is need of a realible weatherstation (in most cases met office stations). Error-values are in absolute degrees, what means the values are allways positive. The check shows data for last 30 days.
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Browse: Home / 2018 / February / Semester Conversion Tour Helps Students Ready for Change
Semester Conversion Tour Helps Students Ready for Change
President Soraya Coley talks with students and faculty at CLASS during Pizza with the Presidents College tour.
At colleges across the university’s campus, students huddled around booths under banners imprinted with their majors, gathered at tables with advisors and professors, or sat at desks classroom-style listening to presentations, all with the same goal in mind – to better prepare for semester conversion.
Instead of a campuswide gathering in the quad, this quarter’s Pizza with the Presidents, dubbed “The Semester Conversion College Tour,” offered students more personalized assistance with each college hosting its own event.
President Soraya M. Coley and ASI President Farris Hamza briefly visited each college during the Feb. 13 event, shaking hands and encouraging students to work with their advisors, department chairs and professors to get ready for the switch, which goes into effect on Aug. 23, the first day of the fall semester.
Chris Konieczny, a graduate student studying landscape architecture, said he appreciated the one-on-one time with advisors and department representatives.
“It was a great opportunity for personal dialogue with the teachers we have this year and the teachers we will have in the future to hear about changes to our program,” he said.
Fellow landscape architecture graduate student Morgan Ruby said hearing the questions other students asked helped her get additional information.
“The best way was the group session where we were able to hear everyone’s questions and the answers,” she said. “Normally we go to our advisor on our own and we might not think of the same follow-up questions. I feel like this way, we heard more of a full story.”
A fear of not getting the classes needed to graduate and changes to sequence courses were among students’ chief concerns.
“I don’t feel prepared,” said Jacqueline Ayala, a communications sophomore, while in line for pizza. “I just feel like maybe I am taking classes that won’t count in semester because in my communications department, they have been changing a lot of classes. I am worried that some classes are available and some aren’t, so I am stressed. I want to graduate in four years, so it’s important to me.”
Erika Velasquez gives a thumbs up as she eats pizza at the College of Business Administration during Pizza with the Presidents College tour.
Losing credit for completed courses has been a common misconception. Under a pledge the university has made, students will not lose credits they’ve completed before conversion. All students have the option of continuing to follow the quarter curriculum of classes outlined when they started their programs. If they opt to switch to the semester curriculum, they can work with their academic advisor on a plan. More information on how students can switch is forthcoming.
Taylor Hennessy, a senior majoring in chemical and materials engineering, said she has concerns about a class in a series that is only offered once a year. John Chao, a freshman studying chemical and materials engineering, said wondered how retaking a class in the semester system would affect grades.
Students were urged to talk to their academic advisors and department about any concerns they might have regarding the transition. Also key is filling out their MyPlanner, a tool in Bronco Direct that helps students chart the courses needed as they move toward graduation. The university also relies on MyPlanner to see which classes are in high demand or must be taken as part of a sequence so that more sections can be added.
Academic policies are currently being revised in the Academic Senate.
ASI President Farris Hamza also encouraged his fellow students to talk to their advisors, chairs, deans and ASI if they had any concerns or questions.
“This highlights how important of a transition this is for us,” he said. “I know other CSUs have gone through this and we want to make sure it’s as perfect as it can be for you.
Several of the students said they feel prepared for the change.
“I’m not minding semester conversion too much,” said Steven Beadle, a sophomore majoring in sociology. “I feel confident.”
Melanie Ortiz, a junior majoring in Spanish, said she is not new to semesters, so the adjustment won’t be tough.
“I think I am prepared for semester conversion, especially after speaking with advisors,” she said. “I saw how they took a lot of notes. Hopefully, my time goes by pretty fast. And I’m used to semesters because I had the semester system before transferring.”
For more information and resources, visit the Semester Conversion website.
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Melanie is a communications specialist in the Department of Strategic Communications and a Cal Poly Pomona alumna. The areas she writes about include ASI, University Library, CLASS, The Collins College of Hospitality Management, the College of Agriculture, student affairs, foundation, CEU, and events. Her other duties include CyberNews.
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Addressing vaccine hesitancy and refusal can be difficult. Online environments produce adversarial discussions about vaccination, intensifying polarisation and marginalising the hesitant. Parents often bring questions or concerns about vaccination to the clinical encounter. How health professionals invite and address these concerns can move parents towards, or further away from, vaccination. Many health professionals find resolute vaccine refusal very challenging.
This seminar focused on work to support conversations between parents and health professionals called SKAI (Sharing Knowledge About Immunisation). Developed by a multidisciplinary team, SKAI offers communication strategies and resources for three possible pathways aligned to whether parents are (1) ready to vaccinate, (2) hesitant or (3) declining vaccination. The presentation by Julie Leask will focus on findings from early testing in parent focus groups; in-depth interviews with GPs and nurses; and conversations between clinicians and vaccine-hesitant or declining parents. Professor Leask will also present on the broader evidence base of how to improve vaccination coverage, concluding that there is no single formula but that a range of strategies are needed.
A link to the video resources from this seminar can be requested by emailing ncirs.schn@health.nsw.gov.au
Julie Leask is a social scientist and associate professor in the Sydney Nursing School at the University of Sydney. She is also a visiting senior research fellow at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. Julie has academic qualifications in nursing and midwifery, a Master of Public Health (USYD, 1998) and PhD on vaccine risk communication (USYD, 2002). She currently leads a program of research on vaccination acceptance with a focus on primary care and community settings. She has had advisory roles with the WHO Europe Regional Office, the US President’s Cancer Panel, the US Institute of Medicine, the US National Vaccine Program Office, the Australian Academy of Science and the Council of the National Health and Medical Research Council. In 2015 she won the PHAA NSW branch Public Health Impact Award and the Sax Institute Research Action Award.
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Nepal may be venue of opposing Chinese and Indo-US Security interests
Sulabh Khatiwada
MBA Graduate,Jhapa, Nepal
Sulabh Khatiwada, a fresh MBA Graduate from Apex College, Kathmandu, is now associated with a business firm named DR Construction & DR Supplies. Apart from being involved in the business activities, he is closely observing the political events happening within and without the national boundaries.
Sujit Sharma for the Telegraph Weekly and its online edition telegraphnepal.com approached and talked with this lively young man on several aspects of Nepali economy and politics, recent trends observed in global politics and its possible impact in Nepal.
Below are the excerpts of this exclusive interview: Chief Editor.
Q1: Nepal is now undergoing through peace process. Does this situation have had any impact in the development activities happening in the country?
Khatiwada: Being an associate of a construction company, I am largely benefitted by the current state of country. Nepalese economy was in stagnation, better say it was very much close to a collapse, during the 10 years long Maoist insurgency. After the mainstreaming of the Maoists in national politics, some positive changes have been noticed in the national economy. Our economy is gradually becoming pulsating.
The firm to which I am associated is mainly focused on the construction works in several municipalities. The development activities in the municipalities have been increased drastically after the beginning of the peace process. Government has increased budgetary allocation for the development activities and Consumer Groups have been formed at the local levels to monitor such activities. The ongoing development activities have integrated the aspiration and stake of the local people. I am satisfied with this change.
Q2: It is being rumored that the businessmen in Nepal are being victimized by the extortion campaign of different political parties and armed groups. Is it true?
Khatiwada: I would prefer to remain tight lipped over this issue. Let it remain just a rumor only. I apologize for this.
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Posted by NEPAL POLITY at Wednesday, November 30, 2011 No comments: Links to this post
Nepal Perspective: Mounting Sino-India Tensions
Given the past few years' experiences, India appears in China’s news media very few and far between. Even bilateral exchanges, ministerial visits and official cultural events do not make the kind of splash as in India, for such events for Chinese.
It is Chinese manner that they use media outlets as and when the State, Party or Government wants to send subtle messages without the official cover.
On the contrary, there is much more of China in the Indian media, which is more preoccupied with Beijing. At a time when Indian television and newspapers, along with a number of 'think tanks' are cautioning about Chinese assertiveness and aggressive posture towards India, China has, since last two months so to say, been speaking loud on Sino-India relations. Since India signed an agreement with Vietnam to jointly explore oil resources in the South China Sea, Chinese media, both English and Chinese languages, are coming up with a flurry of verbal attacks on India.
Headlined 'India needs pause when driving East' ,Xinhua, Chinese state-run news agency on November 8, in an analytical piece, wrote, 'It is highly advisable for New Delhi to think twice about the pitfalls in making its foreign policies.'
India signed an agreement with Vietnam in September, 2011 to jointly explore oil resources in the South China Sea, despite China’s indisposition and amid strains in their ties with China. In a similar event, India and Afghanistan declared, in October, the establishment of strategic and cooperative partnership between the two countries. As seen by the Chinese as provocation of its northern neighbor, India signed defense pacts respectively with China’s neighboring Vietnam and Myanmar.
Dissatisfaction of Beijing towards India's recent military and strategic move are well mirrored in Xinhua's article. Thus, 'The intensification of defense cooperation will also be high on the agenda of India, as it expects China’s small neighbors would rather look to it to balance what is said China’s increased assertiveness in the region, and view it as an increasingly important player in evolving an “inclusive regional architecture” in Asia,' Xinhua opines, adding, 'More significantly, scared by China's “muscle-flexing”, India plans to recruit and deploy another 100,000 soldiers along the disputed borders with China and the Chinese Southwestern Tibet. The troop increase will come over the next five years, as part of a $13 billion modernization program that will mark the largest expansion of the Indian army throughout the sub-continental country’s 60-year history.'
When China has been reported to have been strengthening its military and strategic build-up in Tibet, India too has joined the race. The Indian Express early this month reported that New Delhi gave the green signal for the Indian military to deploy Brahmos cruise missiles in Arunachal Pradesh in what could be taken as India's first tactical missile deployment. This Indian move has aptly been answered by Chinese state news agency Xinhua, which states, 'This is, many observers see, awfully disrupting the volatile tranquility along the China-India border.' Xinhua further warned, 'There is nothing to be said against its overtures to others for strategic cooperation. But if it intended to estrange and antagonize its neighbor by taking it as an imaginary enemy and get unwisely involved in affairs which fall within others’ backyards, it would hold its national strategies as hostage and put at stake its own national interests.'
Referring to India's military build-up on the border, the People’s Daily earlier this month had said, ‘India has begun to consider China an opponent.’ In a November 10, Beijing-datelined article headlined, ‘India’s border troop surge aimed at rising China?’, the paper looks at India’s ties with others like the US, Japan and Vietnam, and how these are fuelled by fear and suspicion of China. This Chinese voice towards India came immediately after Xinhua’s ‘warning’ that India needs to reconsider its Look East policy and ‘pause driving east.’
While Chinese, through their media outlets, are suggesting India to be 'more realistic, Indian think tanks are predicting a Sino-Indian conflict. Some Indian experts are viewing the growing Sino-Indian rivalry as tensions between these two neighbors inescapable. China and India face each other across a heavily militarized nearly 4,000km-long border and are increasingly competing against each other in a scramble for natural resources around the world. Indian fears over Chinese projects along the Indian Ocean rim were matched recently by Beijing's ire over growing Indian interests in the South China Sea.
Adding fuel to the increasing verbal exchanges through media, an Indian Ministry of Defense affiliated independent think tank predicts a conflict between the two Asian giants. By spelling out a few concrete scenarios of how conflict may look between the two countries, the Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis (IDSA) report reveals the palpable lack of trust on the part of strategists both in New Delhi and Beijing. The report applauds long-term Indian efforts underway to beef up defenses along the Chinese border, but warns that Beijing may still take action. 'In future, India could be subject to China's hegemonic attention. Since India would be better prepared by then, China may instead wish to set India back now by a preventive war. This means current day preparedness is as essential as preparation for the future. A [defeat] now will have as severe political costs, internally and externally, as it had back in 1962; for, as then, India is yet again contemplating a global role,' IDSA writes in its recent report entitled ' Consideration of Sino-Indian Conflict.'
At a time when a lot of recent media attention has focused on the likelihood of Sino-Indian clashes at sea, the IDSA report keeps its scope trained along the traditional, glacial Himalayan land boundary in the LAC, the Line of Actual Control. Since the 1962 war, China and India have yet to formally resolve longstanding disputes over vast stretches of territory along this line. Those disputes have resurfaced noticeably in recent years, with China making unprecedented signals through news media, including PLA Daily, much to the unease of New Delhi, over its historical claims to the entirety of the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, to what the Chinese claim to be 'Southern Tibet.'
IDSA speculates that China could make a targeted territorial grab, 'for example, a bid to take Tawang.' Further west along the LAC, another flashpoint lies in Kashmir. China controls a piece of largely uninhabited territory known as Aksai Chin that it captured during the 1962 war. The report notes the threat of coordinated action between China and Pakistan, an alliance built largely out of years of mutual antipathy toward India. In one mooted scenario, Pakistan, either with its own forces or terrorist, insurgent proxies, would 'make diversionary moves' across the blood-stained Siachin glacier or Kargil, while a Chinese offensive strikes further east along the border.
Things seem cautionary when Chinese are speaking to 'teach India a lesson' on the one hand, and some Indian strategists are predicting, on the other, 'with the 50th anniversary of the 1962 invasion approaching, history is in danger of repeating itself.' The recent media and experts' flare-ups against each other suggest that the situation seems to have approached a serious level.
Exclusive for telegraphnepal.com/telegraph weekly dated November 30, 2011
Originally published by telegraphnepal.com at:
http://www.telegraphnepal.com/views/2011-11-30/nepal-perspective:-mounting-sino-india-tensions.html
Posted by NEPAL POLITY at Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1 comment: Links to this post
चीन-भारत तनावका सम्भावित खतरा
पाँच दशकभन्दा बढी समयदेखि सीमा विवादमा अल्झिरहेका चीन र भारतबीच पछिल्लो सीमा वार्ता नहुने भएको छ । दलाई लामालाई भारतको राजधानी नयाँ दिल्लीमा प्रवचन गर्न अनुमति दिने भारतीय नीतिको विरोध गर्दै चीनले सो वार्तामा सहभागी नहुने जनाउ दिएको हो । सन् १९६२ को संक्षिप्त युद्धपछि लगातार विवादमा रहेको सीमा सम्बन्धमा दुबै देशबीच १४ पटक वार्ता भैसके पनि अल्लेखनीय प्रगति चाहिँ हुनसकेको छैन ।
सीमा विवाद र सामरिक होडबाजी जारी रहे पनि चीन र भारत आपसी व्यापारचाहिँ बढाइराखेका छन् । अहिले करिब ६० अर्व अमेरिकी डलर रहेको दुईपक्षीय व्यापार आगामी चार वर्षमा १०० अर्व डलर पुर्याउने लक्ष्य रहेको बताइएको छ । औपचारिक रुपमा, आधिकारिक सरकारी स्तरमा, चीन र भारतबीच कुनै प्रकारको संवेदनशील तनाव देखिन्न । तर करिब २ महिना यता आम-सञ्चारका माध्यमबाट बेइजिङ्ग र दिल्ली दुबै एक अर्का विरुद्ध खनिएका छन् ।
चीन-भारतबीच बढ्दो तनाव
चिनियाँ अखबार वा समाचार संस्थाले भनेका/लेखेका कुरालाई सिद्धान्तत: चीनको सरकारी धारणा मानिन्न । तर चीनको शासन प्रणाली र त्यहाँको शैली अनुसार चीनका अखबार, टेलिभिजन वा समाचार संस्थाले भनेका/लेखेका बिचारलाई चीनको सरकारी धारणाका रुपमा हेरिन्छ । र यतिबेला चिनियाँ समाचार माध्यमहरु भारत विरुद्ध आक्रामक रुपमा खनिएका छन् ।
भारत वा अन्य कुनै छिमेकी देशका बारेमा सामान्यतया त्यति 'कभरेज' नदिने चिनियाँ समाचार माध्यमहरु गत सेप्टेम्बर यता लगभग दिनहुँजसो भारतका बारेमा लेख्दै/बोल्दै आएका छन् । पाँच दशकको चिनियाँ शैली र तरिकाको पृष्ठभूमिमा यो अस्वभाविक हो । चिनियाँ कम्यूनिष्ट पार्टी वा सरकारले कसैलाई कुनै सन्देश दिनुपर्यो भने आफ्ना सञ्चार माध्यम मार्फत अहिले जसरी नै दिने गर्छन् भन्ने विगत्ले देखाउँछ । त्यसैले यसबेलाको भारत विरुद्ध चिनियाँ आक्रामकतालाई सामान्य ढंगले लिनसकिने अवस्था छैन ।
भारतका समाचार माध्यमहरु बेलाबेला चीनको आक्रामक नीति तथा कार्यशैलीको आलोचना गर्छन् । 'चीनले भारतलाई घेर्दैछ', 'चीनले भारतको सीमा मिच्यो' जस्ता प्रचार भारतीय सञ्चार माध्यममा नियमितजसो आइराख्छन् । तर यसबेलाको चिनियाँ शैली बढी नै आक्रामक देखिँदैछ । 'भारतलाई पाठ सिकाउनै पर्छ' भनेर केही दिन अघि बेइजिङ्गबाट प्रकाशित हुने ग्लोबल टाइम्सले लेख्यो । भारतले साउथ चाइना सीमा प्राकृतिक स्रोतको अन्वेषण गर्न गत सेप्टम्बरमा भियतनामसँग सम्झौता गरेपछिका दिनमा यस्तो चिनियाँ चेतावनी बढ्दो छ ।
चीनको सरकारी समाचार संस्था सिन्ह्वाले यही नोभेम्बर ८ मा 'पूर्वतर्फ बढ्नुअघि भारतले सोच्नु पर्छ' भन्ने शीर्षकमा भारतलाई चेतावनी दिँदै लेख्यो, 'विदेश नीति बनाउँदा त्यसको परिणाम के हुनेछ भन्ने विषयमा दुई पटक सोच्न भारतलाई सुझाव छ ।'
गत् तीन महिनाको अवधिमा अफगानिस्तान, भियतनाम, म्यानमार लगायतका देशहरुसँग भारतले गरेको सुरक्षा सम्बन्धी सम्झौताहरुको पनि चिनियाँहरुले विरोध गरेका छन् । 'आफ्नो वरपरको क्षेत्रमा चीनको बढ्दो प्रभावलाई सन्तुलित पार्ने उद्देश्यले भारतले यी देशहरुसँग यस्ता सम्झौताहरु गरेको बुझिन्छ' भन्दै सिन्ह्वाले लेखेको छ, 'चीनको तागत्देखि डराएर भारत आफ्नो सैनिक संख्या बढाउँदैछ, र सेनाको आधुनिकीकरण गर्दैछ ।' तर जे गरे पनि भारत चीनको अगाडि केही गर्न सक्ने हुनेवाला छैन भन्ने चेतावनी पनि उक्त चिनियाँ सरकारी समाचार संस्थाले दिएको छ ।
भारत विरुद्ध चेतावनीयुक्त बिचार सिन्ह्वा, ग्लोबल टाइम्स्, चाइना वायर, पिपुल्स डेली जस्ता चिनियाँ सञ्चार माध्यमहरुबाट मात्र आएका छैनन् । चिनियाँ सेनाको आधिकारिक प्रकाशन 'पि. एल. ए. डेली' ले समेत भारतलाई 'अर्काको अधिकार क्षेत्रमा प्रवेश गर्नु अघि बिचार पुर्याउन, नत्र परिणाम भोग्न तयार रहन' चेतावनी जारी गरेको छ । केही हप्ता यताका चिनियाँ सञ्चार माध्यममा भारत सम्बन्धमा आइराखेका सामग्री हेर्दा यस्तो लाग्छ, चीन भारतसँग बेस्सरी रिसाएको छ र चिनियाँ सेनाले भारतमाथि कुनै पनि बेला आक्रमण गर्न सक्छ ।
भारतमा चीनको त्रास
उत्तरी छिमेकी चीनका तर्फबाट भारतविरुद्ध तगातार चेतावनीयुक्त धारणा आइराखेको बेला केही भारतीय 'थिङ्क ट्याङ्क' हरुबाट चीन-भारत युद्धको खतरा औँल्याउन थालिएको छ । रणनीतिक विश्लेषक शशी थरुर लगायत कतिपय भारतीय विद्वानले अव 'चीन-भारत युद्ध टार्न सकिन्न' सम्म भन्न थालेका छन् । भारत र चीन दुबै अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय शक्ति समीकरणमा आ-आफ्नै ढंगले अघि बढेका र एउटाको कदमले अर्कालाई बाधा पुग्ने अवस्था रहेकाले यी दुई देशबीच द्वन्द्व बढेर जाने ठहर उनीहरुको छ ।
चीनले पाकिस्तानी सेनासँग मिलेर आतङ्कवाद विरुद्ध हालै गरेको संयुक्त सैनिक अभ्यासलाई 'चीनले भारतलाई डर देखाएर तर्साएको' व्याख्या भारतीय टेलिभिजनहरुले गरेका छन् । सामरिक तथा रक्षा सम्बन्धी केही स्वतन्त्र भारतीय विश्लेषकहरुले अब चीन र भारत युद्धमा होमिन्छन् तर भारत चीनसँग युद्धका लागि तयार छैन भनेका छन् ।
एकजना भारतीय रक्षा विशेषज्ञ भरत वर्माले त झण्डै दुई वर्ष अघि नै 'चीनले भारतमाथि आक्रमण गर्ने 'अग्रिम जानकारी' दिएका थिए । सन् २०१२ भित्र चीनले भारतमाथि कुनै न कुनै बहानमा सैनिक हमला गर्ने स्थिति बन्दै गएको चेतावनी विवादमा परिरहने यी विशेषज्ञले दिएका थिए ।
स्वतन्त्र विशेषज्ञ र सञ्चार माध्यमहरुले भारतमाथि चिनियाँ आक्रमणको त्रास देखाइराखेको बेला भारतीय रक्षा मन्त्रालयसँग सम्बन्धित तर स्वतन्त्र संस्थाको रुपमा प्रचारित एउटा 'थिङ्क ट्याङ्क' ले चीन-भारत युद्धको संभावित परिदृश्य सहितको एउटा प्रतिवेदन सार्वजनिक गरेको छ । करिव एक महिनाअघि प्रकाशित इन्ष्टिच्यूट अफ डिफेन्स स्टडिज् याण्ड एनालिसिस् (आईडिएसए) को सो प्रतिवेदनमा चीन र भारत दुबैतिर एक अर्काप्रति अविश्वास रहेको स्वीकारिएको छ । 'भारतले आफ्नो सैनिक सुदृढीकरण गर्दैछ । अहिलेका लागि मात्र होइन भविष्यका लागि पनि त्यसो गर्नु आवश्यक छ । तर पनि चीनले भारत विरुद्ध 'याक्सन्' लिन सक्छ' भन्छ आईडिएसएको कन्सिडरेसन अफ सिनो इण्डियन कन्फ्लिक्ट शीर्षकको सो प्रतिवेदन ।
'भारत आगामी दिनमा अझै शक्तिशाली र सशक्त बन्न सक्छ । त्यसैले भारत अझ बलियो हुनु अघि नै भारतलाई रोक्न 'प्रिएम्प्टिभ वार' मा चीन जान सक्छ' भन्ने सो थिङ्क ट्याङ्कको प्रक्षेपण छ । आईडिएसएको सो प्रतिवेदनले चीन-भारत युद्धका विभिन्न संभावित परिदृश्य समेत आंकलन गरेको छ । र त्यस्तो युद्धको परिणाम भारतका साथै छिमेकी नेपाल र भूटानमा समेत कसरी तथा कस्तो पर्नेछ भन्ने प्रक्षेपण गरेको छ ।
औपचारिक रुपमा स्वतन्त्र भनिए पनि वास्तविक रुपमा भारतीय रक्षा मन्त्रालय अन्तर्गतको रक्षा सम्बन्धी विश्लेषण गरी आवश्यक नीतिगत् सुझाव दिने सो संस्थाले चीनले भारतमाथि आक्रमण गरेको बेला पाकिस्तानले पनि भारतमाथि दवाव बढाउने रणनीति अख्तियार गर्न सक्ने तर्फ समेत नयाँ दिल्लीका नीति निर्माताहरुलाई सचेत गराएको छ ।
साउथ चाइना सीमा भारत प्रवेश गर्न खोजेको विषयलाई लिएर विवाद उत्पन्न भएका कारण पूर्व रक्षा मन्त्री जशवन्त सिँह लगायतका केही भारतीय विद्वानहरुले चीन र भारतबीच समुद्रमा भीडन्त हुनसक्ने आशंका गरेका छन् । तर आईडिएसएले चीन-भारत लडाइँ यी दुबै देशको सीमाको भूमिका हुने आँकलन गरेको छ । 'चीनले तवाङ्ग कब्जा गर्न सक्छ । त्यस्तै, कश्मीर लडाइँको अर्को क्षेत्र हुनसक्छ' आईडिएसए भन्छ ।
परम्परागत् रुपमै विश्वासको संकटमा रहेका चीन र भारतबीच अहिलेको यो छद्म जस्तो देखिने वाक्युद्धको परिणाम के र कस्तो हुने हो, अहिले नै ठोकुवा गर्न सकिन्न । तर अहिलेको यो द्वन्द्वले भावी दिनमा हिमालयन एशियाका लागि खतरनाक स्थिति सिर्जना गर्न सक्ने संभावना चाहिँ बढाएको छ ।
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हिमालयन एशियामा चिनियाँ रणनीति र नेपाल
'नेपाली भूमिमा चीन विरोधी गतिविधि भैराखेको छ र क-कसले चीनको राष्ट्रिय स्वार्थ विरुद्ध यहाँ काम गरिरहेका छन् भन्ने एक-एक विवरण हामीसँग छ । यहाँ बाहिरी शक्तिले चीन विरोधी कामहरु गराइराखेको पनि हाम्रो जानकारीमा छ ।' नेपालका लागि चिनियाँ राजदूतले हालै एउटा औपचारिक कार्यक्रममा बोल्दै नेपाल शक्ति रष्ट्रहरुको छद्म भीडन्तको अखडा बनेको स्पष्ट सन्देश दिए ।
केही समयअघि नेपाल भ्रमणमा आएका चिनियाँ कम्यूनिष्ट पार्टीका प्रभावशाली एक नेताले चिनियाँ राजदूतले भनेकै कुरा फरक शब्दमा बोलेका थिए । 'स्वतन्त्र तिब्बत' सम्बन्धी गतिविधि केही वर्षयता नेपालमा तीव्र गतिमा बढाइएको छ । चीनको सिमानासम्म पुगेर चीन विरुद्ध नारा लगाउने अवसर 'गणतान्त्रिक' नेपालका शासकहरुले दिइराखेका छन् । भन्ने बेलामा 'एक चीन नीतिप्रति हामी प्रतिवद्ध छौँ' भनिन्छ, तर व्यवहारमा स्थिति ठीक उल्टो छ । काठमाण्डौँस्थित चिनियाँ राजदूतावास र अन्य चिनियाँ निकाय अगाडि बाह्रै महिना, चौबिसै घण्टा सुरक्षाकर्मी तैनाथ गर्नुपरेको केही वर्षयता हो । यसले पनि नेपालमा दलाई लामाका मान्छेहरुलाई (तिब्बती र अन्य विदेशी मात्र होइन, भाडामा काम गर्ने नेपालीसमेत) चीन विरुद्ध काम गर्न कति सहज अवसर उपलब्ध गराइएको छ भन्ने प्रष्ट हुन्छ । 'पुरानो नेपाल' मा यसअघि कहिल्यै नभएका दृश्य-अदृश्य यी लगायत चीन विरोधी काम किन भैराखेका छन् भनेर बेइजिङ्गले बुझेको छैन भन्न मिल्दैन ।
नेपाल बाहेक, पसिफिक लगायत अन्य क्षेत्रमा समेत चीनलक्षित गतिविधि व्यापक भैराखेको बेला चिनियाँ नेता तथा पदाधिकारीहरुको नेपाल भ्रमण बाक्लिँदै गएको छ । अन्य क्षेत्रसँगै तिब्बत चीनका लागि अत्यन्तै सम्वदेनशील र चुनौतिपूर्ण अवस्थामा रहेको कुरा बेइजिङ्गका शासकहरुले बुझेका छन् । त्यसैले हिमालय दक्षिणबाट तिब्बतमा कुनै खतरा नहोस् भन्ने कुरामा चिनियाँहरु सचेत छन् ।
नेपालको आन्तरिक राजनीति अत्यन्तै जटिल र अन्यौलपूर्ण रहेको अहिलेको अबस्थामा चीनको तर्फवाट झन् भन्दा झन् कठोर धारणा आइराखेका छन्, नेपाल र तिब्बतका विषयलाई लिएर । आधा दशक अघि नरहेको यस्तो स्थिति किन अहिले आयो ? चीनले नेपालमा चलिरहेको सत्ता सँघर्ष र वर्तमान दक्षिण एशियाली शक्ति समीकरणलाई कसरी हेरिराखेको छ ? र नेपालको सार्वभौमसत्तासँग चीनको के-कस्तो स्वार्थ जोडिएको छ भनेर हेर्नु जरुरी छ, चीनको बढ्दो चासोलाई बुझ्न ।
यसबेला नेपालप्रति चीनको चासो अलि धेरै बढ्नुमा नेपाल राष्ट्रको भौगोलिक अवस्थिति एउटा कारण हो । यसका साथै, विगत् केही वर्षयता दक्षिण एशिया र वरपरका क्षेत्रमा विकसित रणनीतिक परिदृष्यले पनि चीनलाई हिमालपारी बढी सचेत हुँदै प्रभावकारी कदम चाल्न बाध्य पारेको हो ।
अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय शक्ति समीकरणमा चीनको बढ्दो प्रभाव, एशिया, खासगरी दक्षिण एशिया, दक्षिण पूर्व तथा सुदूर पूर्वी एशियामा चीनको शक्तिशाली उपस्थिति, चीन विरुद्ध हुन सक्ने सम्भाव्य नकारात्मक दबाव र बेइजिङ्गको प्रभाव विस्तार गर्ने रणनीतिको परिणाम हो यतिबेला नेपालप्रति चीनको बढ्दो चासो र सतर्कता ।
नेपालमा चीनको स्वार्थ, उसले चाहेको वातावरण र उसले भावी दिनमा चाल्न सक्ने कदमलाई दुई मुख्य आधारमा विश्लेषण गरिनु पर्छ । पहिलो, आत्मरक्षा: चीनको अखण्डता अक्षुण राख्दै आफ्नो रणनीतिक स्थितिलाई अझ सुदृढ पार्दै लाने, र दोश्रो, एशियाका साथै सिँगो विश्व शक्ति सँघर्षको रणभूमिमा आफ्नो प्रभाव शक्तिशाली ढँगले बढाउँदै लाने ।
आत्मरक्षाको चिनियाँ स्वार्थ
अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय शक्ति समीकरणमा चीन अहिले सम्भाव्य महाशक्तिको रुपमा माथि उठ्दैछ । पश्चिमाहरुले 'सुतेको बाघ' भन्ने गरेको चीनको शक्ति बिस्तार रोक्नु र उसलाई कमजोर पार्नु विश्वको एक मात्र महाशक्तिका लागि अनिवार्य छ, आफ्नो विश्वव्यापी प्रभूत्व कायम राख्दै अझ व्यापक पार्न ।
दलाई लामालाई उचालेर तिब्बतमा उथल-पुथल मच्चाउने र यसका लागि नेपाली भूमि समेत प्रयोग गर्ने रणनीति व्यापक पारिएको छ । सन् १९७० को दशकको मध्यतिरको खम्पा विद्रोहपछि पहिलो पटक काठमाडौँका सडकमा फ्री तिब्बतको नारा-जुलुस र 'सँघर्ष' तीव्र पारिएको छ । भिक्षुका भेषमा चीन विरोधी 'छापामार' हरुलाई तालिम दिएर नेपाली भूमिहुँदै तिब्बत छिराइँदैछ भन्ने केही नेपाली अखबारको दाबीलाई ठाडै अस्वीकार गर्न सकिने अबस्था छैन । नेपालसँगको एक हजार किलोमिटर सीमा क्षेत्रबाट चीनको अभिन्न अङ्ग तिब्बत यस अघि जस्तो अब सुरक्षित रहेन भन्ने बेइजिङ्गको विश्लेषण देखिन्छ । 'नेपाल-तिब्बत सीमामा हाम्रो सेनाको सँख्या र क्षमता वृद्धि गरिँदैछ' भन्ने जनाउ बेइजिङ्गबाट आइसकेको छ । र चीनले तिब्बतमा आफ्नो सुरक्षा स्थिति मजबुत बनाउँदै लगेको यथार्थ चीन बाहिरकाहरुले पनि भनिराखेका छन् ।
अरुतिरको भन्दा चीनको नेपालसँगको सीमा तुलनात्मक रुपमा तिब्बत विरुद्ध प्रयोग गर्न सहज छ, भौगोलिकका साथै कूटनीतिक तथा राजनीतिक हिसाबले । नेपाल एउटा स्वतन्त्र, अखण्ड राष्ट्र रहिरहेको खण्डमा तथा नेपालमा सशक्त शासन प्रणाली रह्यो भने नेपाली सीमाका तर्फबाट चीनलाई सुरक्षाको चिन्ता कम हुन्छ भन्ने कुरा विगत्ले स्पष्ट पारेको छ । नेपालको स्थिति सिक्किम वा भुटानको जस्तो हुन पुगेको अबस्थामा चीनलाई गाह्रो हुनेछ । त्यसैले नेपाल अखण्ड राष्ट्रका रुपमा रहनु र माठमाडौँमा सशक्त (assertive) शासक रहनु चीनका लागि आवश्यक छ । अहिलेको जस्तो अन्योलपूर्ण, अराजक तथा भद्रगोल अबस्था लामो समय रहनु चीनका लागि चिन्ताको विषय हो । सिक्किम विलयलाई चीनले अहिलेसम्म औपचारिक रुपमा मान्यता नदिनु र 'मान्यता दिइने पनि छैन' भनेर बेइजिङ्गबाट सूचित गरिएको सन्दर्भ यहाँ स्मरण गर्नु उपयुक्त होला ।
नेपाली भूमिमा बढ्दो राजनीतिक अस्थिरता तथा भारतीय र अमेरिकीको यहाँ चुलिँदो हैकमका कारण नेपालमा चीन-प्रतिकूल वातावरण बन्ने चिन्ता बेइजिङ्गलाई छ । 'चुपचाप' काम गर्ने चीन यतिबेला खुला रुपमा आउनु भनेको 'अब अति भयो' भन्ने सन्देशका रुपमा बुझ्नु उपयुक्त हुन्छ । 'नेपालको सार्वभौमसत्ता रक्षाका लागि चीनले सहयोग गर्नेछ' भन्ने चिनियाँ नेताहरुको केही समय अघि आएको अभिव्यक्तिलाई सन् १९६२ मा चेन यीले दिएको चेतावनीसँग जोडेर हेर्नु सान्दर्भिक हुन्छ ।
चेन यीको चेतावनी लगत्तै चीनले भारतमाथि आक्रमण गरेको थियो, सन् १९६२ मा । नेपालमा राजा महेन्द्रको शासनप्रति नयाँ दिल्लीले त्यसबेला अपनाएको नीति चीन-भारत युद्धपछि १८० डिग्रीमा घुमेको र त्यो झण्डै तीन दशकसम्म जारी रहेको अहिले स्मरणयोग्य छ । कोदारी राजमार्ग बनाउने सम्झौताको विरोध गर्दै नेपालमाथि भारतले लगाएको नाकाबन्दी चिनियाँ आक्रमण लगत्तै फुकुवा गरेको पनि सम्झनु मनासिव होला यतिबेला ।
नेपाली भूमि बाहेक चीनको पूर्व, दक्षिण र पश्चिम दिशामा भैराखेको विकासलाई पनि हेर्नु आवश्यक छ । साउथ चाइना सीमा बढ्दो तनाव, ताइवानको सैन्य सुदृढीकरण, भारतीय शासकहरुले दलाई लामालाई दिँदै लगेको बढी छुट, किर्गिस्तान लगायत केही पूर्वसोभियत गणराज्यमा भैराखेको चीन लक्षित अप्रत्यक्ष गतिविधि, तिब्बत लगायत पश्चिमी चीनको मुस्लिम बाहुल्य क्षेत्रमा देखिन थालेको गडबडी जस्ता विकासक्रमले चीनलाई उत्तेजित पार्दैछ ।
नेपाल बाहेक अन्यत्रका सन्दर्भमा चीनको रणनीति फरक ढंगले जाने देखिन्छ । तर नेपालमा स्थायित्वका साथै 'सशक्त', 'राष्ट्रवादी' तथा 'स्वाभिमानी' शासनको अपेक्षा चीनले गरेको छ भन्ने सन्देश बेइजिङ्गबाट आइराखेको छ, बुझ्नेका लागि । चीनको यो चाहनासँगै उसको खुला कूटनीतिक व्यबहारलाई नेपाली शासकले मात्र होइन नेपाली भूमिमा 'हैकम' देखाउने अन्यले पनि बेलैमा बुझ्नु श्रेयष्कर हुन्छ ।
प्रभूत्व बिस्तारको रणनीति
अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय शक्ति समीकरणमा प्रभावशाली शक्तिका रुपमा उदय हुँदैगरेको चीन अव प्रतिरक्षात्मक मात्र होइन आक्रामक रुपमा आफ्नो प्रभूत्व फैलाउन खोज्दैछ । साउथ चाइना सीमा भारतसमेत प्रबेश गर्न खोज्दा बेइजिङ्गबाट आएको हुँकार, अष्ट्रेलियामा अमेरिकी सेना राख्ने सम्झौताको विरोधमा चीनले अष्ट्रेलियालाई दिएको 'क्रसफायरमा पर्नसक्ने' चेतावनी, भारतले अमेरिकासँग आणविक सम्झौता गरे लगत्तै चीनले पाकिस्तानसँग गरेको सामरिक सम्झौतालाई कम महत्व दिइनु हुँदैन । यो सम्झौताको असर आगामी दिनमा दक्षिण एशियामा देखिनेछ । केही विश्लेषकहरुले 'स्ट्रिङ्ग अफ पर्ल्स' भन्ने गरेको दक्षिण एशिया र हिन्द महासागरमा चीनको गतिविधिलाई सामान्य मान्न सकिन्न, क्षेत्रीय शक्ति समीकरणको सन्दर्भमा । दोश्रो विश्व युद्ध पछिको शीत युद्धकालीन दुई ध्रुवीय शक्ति समीकरण फेरिइसकेको छ भन्ने यहाँ नेर सम्झनु आवश्यक छ, पाकिस्तान-अफगानिस्तान-भारतको सन्दर्भमा चीनको रणनीतिका दृष्टिले । त्यसैले आउँदा दिनहरु हिमालयन एशिया चीन केन्द्रित हुने निश्चित छ । र नेपालले गम्भीर तर अकल्पनीय अबस्थाको सामना गर्नुपर्ने हुन सक्छ ।
हिमालय टाइम्स दैनिकमा प्रकाशित, मंसिर ०९, २०६८ (नोभेम्बर २५, २०११)
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Turbulence in South Asia
By Maj Gen Afsir Karim
November 17, 2011 / Indian Defense Review
http://www.indiandefencereview.com/geopolitics/Turbulence-in-South-Asia.html
The main reason for the growing influence of fundamentalists in the Af-Pak region is the continued presence of U.S.-NATO troops in this region. The Islamists in both countries have a common aim—of throwing out Americans from this region—and hence have garnered more support. Lethal terrorist attacks in the region and the appearance of new jihadi groups in India under the patronage of Pakistan’s ISI are alarming indications of this phenomenon. The Taliban are undefeated in Afghanistan and growing in strength in Pakistan. The prospects of Americans carrying out a face-saving withdrawal from Afghanistan have further encouraged the jihadi movements, whose ultimate goal is to establish an Islamic caliphate in the entire Af-Pak region.
Hostility between India and Pakistan for over 60 years has been a fact of life. Later, Pakistan embarked on a plan to destabilise India so that the balance of powers shifts in its favour in South Asia.
The bold attacks in Kabul on American and Afghan security forces, suicide attacks in Pakistan and new terror attacks in India are a clear signal of a more powerful and vigorous jihadi movement in the region. These developments are pushing the moderate elements in the Pakistan army and the civil society on the defensive, and prospects of regional peace and developments are receding. The rapid deterioration in the relations between America and Pakistan are further adding to the turbulence in the region and jeopardising peace initiatives. It is in these circumstances that we look into various developments and growth of Islamic terrorism in the Af-Pak region and some parts of India.
Receding Prospects of Peace in South Asia
The peace process between India and Pakistan and between Afghanistan and Pakistan has slowed down as the real decision makers—the Pakistan army and the ISI—have yet to show any change in their policy of exporting terrorism. There is a warlike situation on the Afghan- Pakistan borders. There is almost a daily exchange of fire between Pakistan and Afghan forces in border areas and frequent raids across the borders.
The military brass talks of war, with the possibility of a nuclear confrontation with India. A report in the media states 25 more nuclear missiles with a range of 700–1,000 km are to be added to Pakistan’s arsenal. If Pakistan successfully achieves this target, this would be the highest addition of missiles to Pakistan’s arsenal ever in a year. The air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles would be capable of hitting a target in all major Indian cities. Pakistan has been rapidly adding to its nuclear arsenal, and according to some reports, the number of warheads it possesses has already surpassed that of France.
Pakistan has been following a dual policy of continuing a dialogue with India and Afghanistan and supporting terrorist groups.
Hostility between India and Pakistan for over 60 years has been a fact of life. Later, Pakistan embarked on a plan to destabilise India so that the balance of powers shifts in its favour in South Asia. The annexation of J&K was a pivotal part of this scheme. Despite India’s gesture of peace, the Pakistan army shows no inclination to demolish the infrastructure that supports cross-border terrorism. Infiltration across the borders continues unabated, and Pakistan is keeping its options open to mount major terrorist attacks across the borders.
Pakistan has been following a dual policy of continuing a dialogue with India and Afghanistan and supporting terrorist groups. The Pakistan army still seems to believe that pressure must be maintained on India and Afghanistan so that they do not ignore Pakistani claims in the region. Many in the Pakistan army seem convinced that terrorist assaults will ultimately become unbearable and force India and Afghanistan to accept their demands and change the status quo in the region in favour of Pakistan. If the terrorism sponsored by Pakistan is not controlled in its present form, no peace process can make progress and chaos will ultimately overtake the entire region.
Indian Mujahideen (IM)
The mujahideens in India have lately become more aggressive, and there have been nine terrorist strikes since 26/11, in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Varanasi. The government believes that IM is involved in most of these attacks. The security agencies still do not seem to know what the real motives behind such attacks are and whether they are all indigenous in nature or sponsored and directed from across the borders by Pakistani terrorist groups supported by the ISI.
The series of terrorist strikes carried out by the IM and Pakistani organisations across India outside Jammu & Kashmir since the Mumbai blasts of March, 1993, show that jihadi terrorism has become a permanent threat to India.
Some attacks came after the arrest of members of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) in India, who were reported to be planning to kidnap a VIP and demand the release of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri who was sentenced to death for his role in the attack on the Indian parliament in December 2001. An e-mail message purported to be from “Indian Mujahedeen” received by some news channels before the explosions indicated that these explosions were planned by them. The message also referred to 17 September, when according them the total number of Kashmiris killed in Jammu & Kashmir crossed 100. Many of the messages in the past have borrowed the text from some messages from Osama bin Laden.
Recently, a powerful bomb placed outside the high court in New Delhi killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 100. All we know is that it was 2 kg bomb and it left a crater 3 to 4 feet deep near the main reception counter, where passes were being issued for lawyers and visitors. This was a second attack in the same area, but so far few clues have been found to establish which organisation was actually responsible for these attacks.
The series of terrorist strikes carried out by the IM and Pakistani organisations across India outside Jammu & Kashmir since the Mumbai blasts of March, 1993, show that jihadi terrorism has become a permanent threat to India. Several bomb attacks in large Indian cities in recent years connected to the IM are said to have support from Pakistan-based militants.
Role of the Pakistan Army in Terrorism
There are a lot of stories doing rounds around the world about whether Pakistan was directly involved in hiding and maintaining Osama bin Laden in Pakistan for so many years, hoodwinking the world about its role in promoting al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Now, a new story maintains Osama was provided protection in Pakistan against huge amounts as protection money. Of course Pakistan has rubbished these reports. The report, however, seems quite feasible as both the policy and religious belief in Pakistan support jihad and terrorism against those they consider infidels. The on-going terrorism against the Americans and European countries and others like India and many African countries has proved Pakistani involvement with al-Qaeda and other domestic terrorist outfits fostered by its army and the ISI.
A report claims that the Saudis were paying money to the Pakistan army and intelligence (ISI) to keep bin Laden in a safe house in Abbottabad, a city with a high military presence and after ascertaining bin Laden’s
presence in the town, the U.S. approached Pakistan’s military leaders for their cooperation in capturing Osama, of course, in return for cash and assured them complete secrecy about their role.
If Pakistan army is gaining millions by playing such a game, it will never give up supporting or sponsoring terrorism in neighbouring countries and keep the terrorist groups safe and well oiled.
Such reports indicate that Pakistan has been fooling the world and America completely from day one since Bush and Musharraf came to an agreement to become close allies in fighting al-Qaeda and combating jihadi terrorism. It is believed that Pakistan has gained huge amounts by playing a double game all the time and that it has been getting huge amounts from the Arab countries, al-Qaeda and other unknown sources, besides American aid. The Pakistan army is training and supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan for strategic reasons, but it also gets huge sums from jihadi groups and has a large share in the billion-dollar illegal opium trade flourishing in Afghanistan. This being the case, peace will not return to the region whether American troops stay or withdraw from here. Recent reports from China suggest that Pakistani terrorist groups are even involved in brewing trouble in Xinjiang province of China through the Gilgit region. All this indicates a huge worldwide network of terrorist groups supported and trained by Pakistani elements, and it is a money-spinning trade.
If Pakistan army is gaining millions by playing such a game, it will never give up supporting or sponsoring terrorism in neighbouring countries and keep the terrorist groups safe and well oiled. India, of course, will remain its main target, and since we neither plan to attack nor otherwise destroy Pakistani terrorist groups, so far we remain extremely vulnerable. The world has yet to find some ingenious plan to neutralise Pakistan terrorist groups; however, in these circumstances, Pakistan cannot remain stable and grows internally weak and vulnerable to subversion, terrorism and disruptive forces. No one can help Pakistan in fighting internal enemies unless the public is united in convincing the Pakistan army to give up its dangerous game.
Pakistan-U.S. Face Off
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who led the way among senior U.S. officers in urging the administration to have a close look into the dual role of Pakistan in Afghanistan, just before retiring, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Pakistan’s spy agency—the Inter-Services Intelligence—played a direct role in supporting insurgents who attacked the American Embassy in Kabul the previous week, killing 16 people. He also said that ISI supported the Haqqani network in planning and conducting an earlier truck bombing on a NATO outpost that killed 5 people and wounded 77 coalition troops, besides other recent attacks in Afghanistan on American troops.
The Obama administration has already suspended or cancelled $800 million in military aid to Pakistan this year, and more could follow, but this is unlikely to bring Pakistan to heel.
It is believed that Admiral Mullen and some other top U.S. officials in the past have been repeatedly pleading with Pakistan to sever all ties with the Taliban, the Haqqani network and other extremists who are spreading violence both inside and outside Pakistani borders. According to the Pakistan army’s Web site, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani dismissed the recent statements from Admiral Mullen as “very unfortunate and not based on facts.” Pakistan’s prime minister went a step further and warned the U.S. that it “could lose an ally” if it keeps humiliating Pakistan with unsubstantiated allegations.
The U.S. administration still hopes that Pakistan will change its present stance. That, however, is unlikely even though the extremists pose a great threat to Pakistan itself. The main reason for this is that the Pakistan army considers all terrorist groups as strategic assets in the event of an Indian invasion and hence intends to nurture and support them.
The Americans have limited options open to them in these circumstances to coerce Pakistan as they need Pakistan to fight terrorism and they need direct access to the intelligence sources inside Pakistan about the al-Qaeda and Taliban forces in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. They also need Pakistani routes to deliver military supplies to its forces in Afghanistan. Although there are now alternatives available to America, they are not easily available and may make the operations in Afghanistan more risky. Americans cannot just walk away and leave their most dangerous enemy undefeated or leave Pakistani nuclear assets at the mercy of the extremist forces.
Pakistan denies the charges of official complicity in the attacks on the U.S. embassy, the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul and a 10 September truck bomb attack and refuses to take military action against the Haqqanis. However, it may go slow in attacking targets across the border into Afghanistan.
The Obama administration has already suspended or cancelled $800 million in military aid to Pakistan this year, and more could follow, but this is unlikely to bring Pakistan to heel. In these circumstances, America has to go for Haqqani forces on its own in whatever way it can without provoking Pakistan to a major war.1
Pakistan stands accused of being a state sponsoring terrorism and faces the possible threat of sanctions and even the use of force by America, but if this really ever happens, Kayani and the other military leaders will retaliate and not take this lying down—they will turn to China and Saudi Arabia for military hardware and financial aid.
Pakistan denies the charges of official complicity in the attacks on the U.S. embassy, the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul and a 10 September truck bomb attack and refuses to take military action against the Haqqanis. However, it may go slow in attacking targets across the border into Afghanistan. It may try to bring the Haqqanis to the negotiating table if the U.S. softens its stand and gives a more favourable deal to it in Afghanistan. As the endgame in Afghanistan comes nearer, the U.S. is bound to soften its stand and expect Pakistan to cooperate, but this may not be easy after Admiral Mullen said the “Quetta Shura” and the Haqqani network were not only hurting prospects for security but also “spoiling possibilities for broader reconciliation.” He also added that Islamabad’s support for these groups “continues to jeopardize Pakistan’s opportunity to be a respected and prosperous nation with genuine regional and international influence.” This suggests that Pakistan could be kept out of the Afghanistan endgame.
Regardless of all this, Washington cannot afford to rupture relations with Pakistan at this critical juncture and Admiral Mullen himself emphasised the need to maintain good relations with Pakistan recently. “A flawed and strained engagement with Pakistan is better than disengagement,” he said.
The possibility of penalising Pakistan by other means has not been ruled out. Sanctions may not be immediately imposed, but by highlighting Pakistani complicity in the attacks on U.S. targets in Afghanistan, the U.S. has turned global opinion against the Pakistan army and the ISI and has moved closer to mounting new attacks on the Haqqani group and some other targets in Pakistan.
The killing of Osama bin Laden and continuous U.S. drone strikes on al-Qaeda and the Taliban targets in Pakistan’s tribal lands strained U.S.-Pakistan relations greatly.
Sanctions, or withholding of further U.S. aid, are unlikely to coax Pakistan into changing its fundamental strategic thinking. If the U.S. resorts to the use of force, Pakistan would be forced to respond. There is a fiercely anti-American mood in Pakistan, and Kayani and his top generals are a bit concerned about the growing influence of fundamentalism in the army’s middle and lower ranks. Any perceived compromise with the U.S. may trigger a near mutiny. The worse situation would be if the army splits.2
Many observers believe that, as a result of the U.S.-Pakistan duel, India will face a heightened threat to its security because of regional turmoil. Presently, India is prepared to face the new terrorist threats, but the main threats to India arise from a military confrontation between the U.S. and Pakistan in which may get embroiled. The U.S., which for long has turned a blind eye towards Indian problems regarding the role of the ISI in planning and sponsoring terrorist attacks against India, is now no longer in a position to ignore India’s concern after finding direct involvement of the ISI with the Haqqani group in mounting attacks on American establishments and U.S. assets in Kabul, which were masterminded by the ISI. America must now accept the fact of Pakistan’s double game and reshape its policies in South Asia.
The U.S. has declared that it will do “whatever it takes” to protect its security interests in Afghanistan—hinting at unilateral strikes that may be far more damaging than the sorts that led to the killing of bin Laden. There is increasing belief in the U.S. military in aggressive “hot pursuit” of terrorists who strike in Afghanistan and disappear into the rugged frontier terrain of Pakistan. This, however, would mean U.S.-NATO forces crossing the Durand Line, which is an internationally recognised border, and will entail a risk of an escalation of violence along the Afghan-Pakistan border. Pakistan may pose a new dangerous terrorist threat to India and be ready for a far more audacious terrorist strike in India. Its calculation will be that the Indian government will be forced to respond militarily to the provocation, which will draw U.S. attention from Pakistan’s western borders and force the U.S. to pullback from the brinkmanship with Pakistan. The best course for America, therefore. may be to seek cooperation from Pakistan and avoid any military confrontation with it.3
If the terrorists lay hands on the nuclear weapons of Pakistan, they will threaten the entire civilised world.
The killing of Osama bin Laden and continuous U.S. drone strikes on al-Qaeda and the Taliban targets in Pakistan’s tribal lands strained U.S.-Pakistan relations greatly. Of course, the continuing refusal of the Pakistan army to launch attacks on the militants of North Waziristan has made matters worse. The Pakistan army is still unable to see that its terror-based policies have boomeranged and are wrecking its own country and economy. Those monsters it raised to execute its covert agendas in India and Afghanistan have now come home to attack Pakistani establishments, and innocent people are now dying daily by blasts triggered by those who had raised it in the first place. The ISI headquarters in Rawalpindi itself, apart from some of its offices in the provinces, have been targeted lately.
The Pakistan army still wants all these terror organisations as part of its strategic assets to be employed against India, Afghanistan and the United States forces operating in the Af-Pak region. The Pakistan army and the ISI continue their game, and it is not possible to establish peace in the region unless these two instruments of Pakistani power are brought under control of a civilian government in Pakistan.
Conflicting interests and internal factions have made the civil government in Pakistan ineffective. Unless the military and the ISI change their strategy of supporting terrorist groups, the situation will not change in South Asia. The terrorist groups and its supporters have already grown stronger than the state. If the terrorists lay hands on the nuclear weapons of Pakistan, they will threaten the entire civilised world.
Source, New York Times. .
Source, Time.com .
Venky Vembu. “India at Risk of Being Caught in US-Pak Crossfire.” First Post, 25 September 2011. .
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Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Pro Basketball Betting Preview
Get ready for an exciting Game two as the Dallas Mavericks will look to steal a win in their best of seven series against the Oklahoma City Thunder from the NBA playoffs on Monday night. The action gets underway from Oklahoma City at 9:30PM Eastern Time and TNT is where you can watch this game.
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The current betting odds at Oddsmaker has the Dallas Mavericks lined as a -6 ½ point favorite with this NBA total set at 194 ½ points. An Oklahoma City money line wager will return -285 odds back to bettors. If you believe the road squad Dallas Mavericks can deliver the upset win in game two your return is +245 odds for your money line wager.
Game one of this best of seven series opened up in Oklahoma City and it went right down to the wire as Thunder All Star Kevin Durant hit the jumper via help from a friendly roll to overcome a one point deficit and give his team the 99-98 win as a -7 ½ point home favorite. With no timeouts and very little time left on the clock the Dallas counter attack was a desperate measure and failed.
One thing bettors can take from game one is the fact the Dallas Mavericks were able to match the intensity on the court of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Mavericks the NBA champions of a year ago showed great poise on the court and will prove to be a tough out in this series. In their Western Conference Finals playoff series a year ago Dallas beat Oklahoma City in five games and won both games played at Oklahoma City.
Saturday marked the second time this season that Oklahoma City needed a buzzer beating shot from Kevin Durant to beat the Mavericks as they accomplished this feat back in a regular season game played at OKC on December 29th.
Dallas is trending well on the Oklahoma City home court. The Mavericks have now covered the pointspread in five straight of their head to head meetings played at OKC. In the three games between these clubs played at Oklahoma City the margin of victory by the Thunder has been no greater than four points.
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LA Clippers at Memphis Grizzlies NBA Pro Basketball Betting Preview
It will be a #4 seed facing the #5 seed as the NBA playoffs kick off from the Western conference quarterfinal round as Chris Paul and his LA Clippers are on the road in game one as they face the Memphis Grizzlies. The Clippers and Grizzlies will tip off from Memphis at 9:30PM Eastern time and you can watch this NBA game over TNT.
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The current odds at Oddsmaker has the home team Memphis Grizzlies favored by -5 ½ points with the over under coming in at 184 points. A money line wager on the home club Memphis Grizzlies will return -225 odds. If you believe the LA Clippers can go into Memphis and steal game one with an outright victory your return on the money line is a healthy +185 odds for your wager.
The home team has dominated the three regular season meetings between the LA Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies. Two games were played at Staples Center and one in Memphis with all home teams winnings and covering the spread. Each game was decided by seven or more points.
LA Clippers lost home court advantage in this best of 7 NBA playoff series with Memphis based on back to back losses to Atlanta and the New York Knicks to conclude the regular season. Point guard Chris Paul was held out of the Knicks game with a groin injury he suffered the night before at Atlanta. Paul missed practice leading up to game one but is probable for the start tonight with all the rest he has had. A major concern for the LA Clippers tonight has been the play of their defense. They have allowed 99 points and 48% shooting to their past five opponents.
Memphis really rallied down the stretch as the team got Zach Randolph into good form as he missed much of the season due to injury. The Grizzlies earned home court in this series off a six game winning streak to close the season. Ironically they beat only one playoff team in that stretch and that game came in the final regular season game to Orlando who rested all their starters with nothing to play for. The Grizzlies has covered just one pointspread over their past nine games.
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NBA Playoff Match Up Previews for Saturday and Sunday
The NBA playoffs have now arrived and this weekend scheduled are 8 games from the first round featuring outstanding watch and wagering opportunities for pro basketball betting enthusiasts.
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Four games are scheduled to go on Saturday as the action begins at 1PM Eastern Time as the Philadelphia 76ers travels to take on the Chicago Bulls on TNT TV. After a great start to the season the 76ers played poorly to close out the year as they struggled scoring points.
ABC Television at 3:30PM Eastern Time will air Carmelo Anthony and his New York Knicks as they begin their best of 7 series against Lebron James and the Miami Heat in South Beach. Miami won all three regular season meetings against New York. Jeremy Lin is listed as out but had a light practice with the team this week to signal a possible return later in the playoffs if New York can advance here.
At 7PM Eastern Time over ESPN the Orlando Magic minus Dwight Howard will be on the road to face the surging Indiana Pacers in their game one of their best of seven series. Orlando won the season series three games to one against Indiana but will have their backs up against the wall without Dwight Howard.
The nightcap on Saturday will tip off at 9:30PM Eastern Time on ESPN as the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks hit the road to battle Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. James Harden has been upgraded to probable on Saturday for OKC.
Four NBA playoff games go on Sunday as well.
The Sunday action begins at 1PM Eastern Time on ESPN as the Utah Jazz hit the road to battle the number one seed in the west the San Antonio Spurs. San Antonio won three of four against Utah this season.
The Denver Nuggets will travel to Staples Center with a game one date against Kobe Bryant and the LA Lakers at 3:30PM Eastern Time over ABC TV. Metta World Peace will serve the second game of his seven game suspension. The Nuggets will be without Rudy Fernandez and Wilson Chandler who are both out with season ending injuries.
At 7PM Eastern Time over TNT the Boston Celtics will be on the road as they battle the streaking Atlanta Hawks in their game one of their best of seven series. No Al Horford in the middle for the Hawks this series due to injury.
The finale of the weekend is set to go off at 9:30PM Eastern Time over TNT as the fifth seeded LA Clippers are on the road to battle the fourth seeded Memphis Grizzlies. The Clips surrendered home court to Memphis in this series as they opted to rest Chris Paul in the regular season finale which resulted in a loss at New York. The Clips won two of three versus Memphis this season.
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Major League Baseball Sports Betting Match Up Previews for Saturday
MLB bettors will have a watch and wagering opportunity on Saturday afternoon as FOX TV presents three Major League Baseball games offered on a regional television broadcast. The action begins at 1PM Eastern Time over FOX so check your local listings for the game in your area.
Some parts of the country will get an American League battle as the LA Angels travels to face the Cleveland Indians. Scheduled to start for the Angels on Saturday will be veteran right hander Dan Haren as he faces off with Jeanmar Gomez for the Tribe. Haren started slowly allowing eight earned runs in his first two games working just 10 1/3rd innings. He had pitched better allowing three earned runs combined in his past two starts in 14 innings of work. Gomez has worked three games this season and started two of them and the righty sits with an ERA of 1.93 working 9 1/3rds innings this season.
Others will receive and National League Central divisional match up as the Milwaukee Brewers travels to face the defending World Series champions the St Louis Cardinals. Veteran Yovani Gallardo is on the hill for Milwaukee as he will face Kyle Lohse for St Louis. After a bad first start this year Gallardo has turned it around by allowing just four earned runs over his past three starts working 21 innings. In his first start of the 2012 season Gallardo gave up six earned runs and seven hits with four homers in 3 2/3rd innings pitched. Lohse has been solid in 2012 as the veteran right hander is 3-0 in four starts with an ERA of 0.99 and WHIP of 0.66. Lohse has allowed no more than one earned run in any of his four starts this season.
A small audience will receive and an American League Central contest as the Kansas City Royals travels to face the Minnesota Twins. Bruce Chen will start for Kansas City as he will oppose Jason Marquis for the Twins. Chen has been a hard luck pitcher in the 2012 year as the righty starter is 0-2 with an ERA of 2.52 and WHIP of 0.92. Teams bat just .211 against Chen this season. Chen gets no run support as Kansas City has scored a combined six runs in his four mound appearances. Marquis has not been sharp in 2012 as the veteran right hander has allowed nine earned runs and 18 hits with two home runs over 11 1/3rd innings. Opponents are batting .391 against Marquis.
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Major League Baseball Sports Betting Match Up Previews for Friday
Baseball betting enthusiasts on Friday night will receive a national television broadcast giving them a watch and wagering opportunity. The action gets started at 7PM Eastern Time over the MLB Network.
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Most of the nation will be treated to an outstanding American League clash as the Detroit Tigers will travel to face the New York Yankees for the first time this young season.
A good pitching matchup is scheduled for Friday night as Detroit 2011 Cy Young Award winner Dustin Verlander will battle Ivan Nova from the Yankees. Verlander in four starts in the 2012 year is 2-1 with an ERA of 1.72 and WHIP of 0.80. Nova will face the Tigers batters carrying a 3-0 record in three starts in 2012 with an ERA of 3.79 and WHIP of 1.42. Verlander in two starts against the Yankees last season was 0-0 with an ERA of 4.50 with six walks allowed. Nova had no appearances versus Detroit last year.
Viewers in the New York and Detroit areas will see a National League affair as the Chicago Cubs travels to face the Philadelphia Phillies.
On the hill for the Cubs will be Paul Maholm and he battles Phillies ace Roy Halladay. Maholm has been roughed up in 2012 as the former Pittsburgh Pirate is 1-2 in three starts with an ERA of 8.36 and WHIP of 1.57. Halladay will pitch with a record of 3-1 in four starts with an ERA of 1.50 and WHIP of 0.90. Halladay was off his form in his last start as he took the loss to San Diego on Sunday. He allowed four walks and struggled for most of the game with control issues. The big right hander faced the Cubs twice in the 2011 campaign and went 1-1 with an ERA of 2.45 and WHIP of 1.27. The Cubs batted .295 against Halladay last season. Only the Dodgers were higher last year. After two rough outings to start the season Maholm settled down in his last start on Saturday where he allowed just one earned run and four hits over six innings of work against the Reds. The Cubs right hander did not square off in 2011 against the Philadelphia Phillies hitters.
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TNT TV NBA Pro Basketball Sports Betting Match Up Previews for Thursday
We have reached the final day of the NBA regular season on Thursday and TNT television provides two pro basketball contests for betting enthusiasts to partake into with a watch and wagering opportunity.
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Game 1 on TNT TV will tip off at 8PM Eastern Time as the New York Knicks will tune up their playoff form as they battle the Charlotte Bobcats. The Knicks will be on a back to back in this spot having hosted the LA Clippers the night before. Heading into their Wednesday matchup against the Clips the New York Knicks were sitting in a tie with the Philadelphia 76ers for the 7th and 8th spot in the Eastern conference. Should the Knicks hold the seventh seed they will face Lebron James and the Miami Heat in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Should New York slip to the eighth seed they will open up the first round of the playoffs with a best of seven series against Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls. The Charlotte Bobcats have a shot at being the worst basketball team ever in the NBA. If they lose to Orlando on Wednesday and then the Knicks on TNT on Thursday the Charlotte Bobcats will finish with the worst winning percentage in the history of the NBA.
The second game of the TNT TV doubleheader will feature the San Antonio Spurs traveling to the Bay Area to battle the Golden St Warriors at 10:30PM Eastern Time. The San Antonio Spurs have clinched the best record in the Western conference following their 124-89 home win against Portland on Monday. They will be playing the back end of a back to back having played at Phoenix the night before. Heading into Tuesday’s action the Spurs were tied with the Chicago Bulls with the best record in the NBA but held a two game lead over the Miami Heat. It’s greatly possible that once the Spurs clinched best record in the west on Monday they could rest many of their starters in the regular season finale. Since trading Monta Ellis the Golden St Warriors has seen their season crumble. Rookie Klay Thompson has had good moments in his rookie campaign but he doesn’t rebound or dish enough assists to be really impactful in the NBA.
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New York Yankees at Texas Rangers MLB Major League Baseball Betting Preview
ESPN Monday Night Baseball will be a good one as the New York Yankees will travel to play the red hot Texas Rangers. The Yankees and Rangers will begin from Texas at 7PM Eastern Time and you can watch this Major League Baseball game live over ESPN TV.
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The current odds at Oddsmaker have the home team Texas Rangers favored by -113 odds with the Yankees the underdog returning +103 odds. The run total is lined at 9 ½ runs. Bettors who lay the -1 ½ runs with a run line wager on Texas will take back +165 odds. Those who take the +1 ½ runs on the run line with the New York Yankees will lay -195 odds for their wager.
The New York Yankees will send their ace C.C. Sabathia to the mound on Monday to battle the hot Rangers bats. Sabathia has had a rocky beginning in the 2012 season as he sits with an ERA of 5.59 and WHIP of 1.34. The Yankees starter in three starts versus Texas last year allowed 11 earned runs in 19 1/3rd innings pitched.
Left hander Derek Holland will get the start for Texas. Holland has an ERA in 2012 of 3.01 and a low WHIP of 0.89 with a record of 2-0 in three starts. Holland has struggled mightily against the Yankees as the Rangers lefty is 0-4 lifetime in four starts with an ERA of 8.77 and WHIP nearly at two.
Both the Yankees and Rangers bats have crushed left handed pitching in the 2012 year. New York averages nearly seven runs a game and hitting .299 against lefty pitchers. The Rangers push across nearly eight runs and bats .339 against left handers.
Texas enters play tonight with a 13-3 record have won nine of their past ten games. They took three of four games last weekend against the Detroit Tigers.
New York has won three straight games. They were rained out on Sunday but went 2-0 in the two games last series against the hated rival Boston Red Sox. The Yankees pounded Red Sox pitching with 24 runs in the two games.
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New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox MLB Major League Baseball Betting Preview
The New York Yankees will be looking for the series sweep as they take the field to face the struggling Boston Red Sox on ESPN Sunday night baseball. The Yankees and Red Sox will begin play at 8PM Eastern Time from Fenway Park in Boston and ESPN TV provides the live national television coverage.
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The current odds posted at Oddsmaker have the road team New York Yankees favored by -135 odds with the take back on the home club Boston Red Sox at +125 odds. The run total is set at 9 runs. Those who place a run line wager on the New York Yankees laying -1 ½ runs will get back +115 odds. Bettors taking +1 ½ runs with a run line wager on the Boston Red Sox will get back -135 odds.
The New York Yankees will send their ace C.C. Sabathia on the hill on Sunday night baseball. Sabathia carries a record of 1-0 in three starts with an ERA of 5.59 and WHIP of 1.34. Last time out the Yankees ace allowed three earned runs over 7 1/3rd innings with four hits in an 8-3 win against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday.
The last place Boston Red Sox possesses a record of 4-10 and has lost their past five games in this young season. They send right hander Daniel Bard to the hill on Sunday night baseball to try and right the ship. Bard is 0-2 in the 2012 season with an ERA of 4.63 and WHIP of 1.71. He started the year with a rough outing by allowing five earned runs in five innings in a loss at Toronto earlier in the month. He was a hard luck loser this past Monday in a 1-0 loss by the Red Sox to the Tampa Bay Rays as a -110 betting favorite. The Red Sox starter threw 6 2/3rd innings and gave up just one earned run with four hits with seven walks.
New York has taken both games of this three game weekend series. The Yankees overcame a 9-0 deficit after five innings by scoring 15 straight runs in a 15-9 victory on Saturday over national television as a -118 betting favorite.
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LA Lakers at San Antonio Spurs NBA Pro Basketball Betting Preview
As we head into the final Friday of the NBA regular season we have an outstanding matchup over national television for betting enthusiasts as Kobe Bryant and the LA Lakers will travel to play the San Antonio Spurs. The Lakers and Spurs will tip off from San Antonio at 9:30PM Eastern Time and you can watch this game nationally over ESPN.
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The current pointspread at Oddsmaker sportsbook has the home team San Antonio Spurs favored by -6 ½ points with the total coming in at 203 points. Those who bet the home favored San Antonio Spurs on the money line will lay -280 odds. If you think that Kobe Bryant and the LA Lakers can head into San Antonio and come away with a straight up victory the return are +240 odds for the wager on the money line.
On the injury front the LA Lakers are reporting that Kobe Bryant is likely to return to the starting lineup on Friday night after being sidelined for six games with a shin injury. The Lakers have just three games left on their regular season schedule and the Spurs have five games to be played.
The LA Lakers playoff situation will likely see the team qualify as the third seed in the Western conference. They hold a one game lead over the LA Clippers and hold the tiebreaker against the Clips so one more Lakers win or one Clippers loss gives the LA Lakers the Pacific division title and third seed.
The San Antonio Spurs holds a one game advantage in the loss column against the Oklahoma City Thunder for best record in the Western conference. San Antonio won the season series against the Thunder so the Spurs own the tiebreaker advantage.
The Spurs and LA Lakers last met on Tuesday at Staples Center where San Antonio earned the 112-91 road blowout win as a -3 point road favorite. The Spurs had a tremendous shooting night in the win as the club made 59.5% of their shots in victory. The Lakers had a forgettable game as the team was very sloppy with 20 turnovers in the home loss.
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ABC, ESPN and NBA TV Pro Basketball Sports Betting Match Up Previews for Sunday
As we enter the final weekend of the NBA regular season betting enthusiasts will have four outstanding watch and wagering opportunities from Sunday’s action on the hardwood.
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The NBA quadruple header gets underway at 1PM Eastern Time as the New York Knicks travels to play the Atlanta Hawks on ESPN TV. The Knicks clinched a playoff berth on Thursday night and entering play on Friday held a one game lead over the 76ers for the seventh seed. If New York remains as a #7 seed they likely get Miami in the first round of the playoffs. Atlanta won’t catch Indiana for the third seed and will be either a fifth seed or sixth seed and will be on the road in the first round.
ABC TV will feature an outstanding matchup at 3:30PM Eastern Time as Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder will be on the road to battle Kobe Bryant and the LA Lakers from Staples Center. Oklahoma City is in a dogfight with San Antonio for the best record in the Western conference entering the final week of the season. LA Lakers appears headed into the playoffs as the number three seed in the west and will likely face either Dallas or Denver in the first round.
The action then shifts to NBA TV as at 6PM Eastern Time the Houston Rockets visit South Beach to battle Lebron James and the Miami Heat. Houston is fighting for a playoff spot as they sit one game behind the eighth seeded Phoenix Suns entering Friday’s action. After beating Chicago on Thursday that send Miami one game in the loss column behind the Bulls for best record in the East.
The final game on the four NBA TV games on Sunday will feature the hard trying New Orleans Hornets as they travel west to face Chris Paul and the LA Clippers. The Hornets and Clips tip off at Staples Center at 9:30PM Eastern Time and NBA TV provide the live national television telecast. New Orleans is out of the playoffs but is riding a 7-1 ATS run entering Sunday’s game. The LA Clippers enter with great motivation as they are trying to hold onto the fourth seed as Memphis is challenging them for home court advantage for the first round of their probable playoff series.
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NCAA College Football Sports Betting Match Up Previews for Saturday
It is a Big Saturday of college football games on September 30th with several outstanding matchups over national television to the delight of sports bettors worldwide.
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It will be an SEC showdown at 3:30PM Eastern Time on CBS TV with the Tennessee Volunteers hosting the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia is favored by -7 ½ points with a total of 47. Tennessee has won the past two meetings with Georgia. In their two step up games they needed overtime to beat Georgia Tech 42-41 and lost at Florida 26-20 on a 65 yard touchdown pass allowed as time expired. Georgia is 4-0 with impressive wins at Notre Dame and a 31-3 home victory to Mississippi St last week. Volunteers have been poor in defending he run allowing 242 yards a game.
On ABC TV at 8PM Eastern Time the Virginia Tech Hokies are home to the Clemson Tigers. Clemson is favored by -7 ½ with the total of 51. Clemson in their lone road game this season traveled to Louisville and won 47-21. Virginia Tech has a Week 1 win at home to West Virginia 31-24 but the competition has been soft since with wins against Delaware, East Carolina and Old Dominion. Clemson has run the football extremely well and will test the Hokies defense.
At 8PM Eastern Time on FOX TV the Texas Tech Red Raiders will host Oklahoma St Cowboys. Oklahoma St is favored by -10 ½ points with the total set at 85. Oklahoma St suffered their first loss of the season getting beat at home to TCU 44-31. They have little margin for error in their hopes for a playoff spot. After beating Arizona ST 52-45 two weeks ago the Red Raiders defeated Houston on the road 27-24. Texas Tech has issues defending the pass allowing 287 yards per game.
ESPN TV will broadcast at 9PM Eastern Time Alabama at home to the Mississippi Rebels. Alabama is favored by -27 with the total of 59. Alabama opened up play in the SEC by blowing out Vanderbilt last week 59-0. Ole Miss suffered their only loss of the season traveling to California and losing 27-16 by failing to score in the second half.
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NCAA College Football Sports Betting Match Up Previews for Friday
The college football card continues Week 5 action on Friday September 29th with four games on the schedule to the delight of sports bettors worldwide.
It all gets underway at 7PM Eastern Time on ESPN TV as the Duke Blue Devils will host the Miami Hurricanes. The current odds available for wagering at Oddsmaker, where the bonuses are the best in the business has the Miami Hurricanes favored by -6 with over under odds of 55 ½ points. Miami has had success in the past with Duke winning and covering four of their past meetings including a 40-21 home victory last year as a -16 point favorite. Miami’s offense is averaging 571 yards this season.
On FOX Sports 1 at 8PM Eastern Time the Illinois Fighting Illini will be home to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Nebraska is favored by -5 ½ points with the total set at 47 ½. Nebraska had another offensive struggled beating Rutgers at home last week 21-17 after losing at home to Northern Illinois 21-17. Illinois in their first step up game of the season got blown out at South Florida last week 47-23.
At 8PM Eastern Time on CBS Sports Network the Utah St Aggies have a home date with the BYU Cougars. BYU is favored by -1 ½ with the total of 48. BYU has been a disappointment this year as they have dropped three straight after a 50-6 home defeat to Wisconsin as the offensive struggles continue. Utah St is 2-2 with blow out losses against good competition on the road to Wake Forest and Wisconsin. BYU is averaging only 221 yards per game on offense.
The late night game kicks off at 10:30PM Eastern Time on ESPN with the Washington St Cougars hosting the USC Trojans. USC is favored by -4 ½ points with the total set at 62 ½ points. USC remains undefeated as they forced miscues by California in their 30-20 road victory at California where they failed to cover as a -16 ½ point favorite. Some thought that Washington St would look ahead to USC last week but they took good care of business in a 45-7 home victory to Nevada as a -28 ½ point favorite to run their record to 4-0.
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What to Watch and Bet NFL and College Football for Thursday September 28th, 2017
The football action continues Thursday September 28th with an NFL and college game scheduled to the satisfaction of sports bettors worldwide.
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Thursday Night Football will air on CBS at 8:25PM Eastern Time as the Green Bay Packers will host the Chicago Bears. The current odds available for wagering at Oddsmaker, where the bonuses are the best in the business has the home side Green Bay Packers favored by -7 points with the over under line set at 45 ½ points. Green Bay is 2-1 and wasn’t their best in a 27-24 home overtime victory to Cincinnati. Packers had to come back from a 21-7 deficit at the half and needed a short touchdown pass by Aaron Rodgers with 17 seconds left to force overtime. They had trouble protecting Rodgers with six sacks. Bears get their first win of the season by beating Pittsburgh Steelers at home 23-17 in overtime. They have been competitive at home against good teams this year but in their lone road game Chicago was blown out at Tampa Bay 29-7.
It will be Big 12 action from College Football on Thursday night on ESPN TV at 8PM Eastern Time with the Iowa St Cyclones at home to the Texas Longhorns. Texas is favored on the road by -6 points with the total set at 63 ½ points. Texas will return to action after they dropped a game to USC on the road in overtime 27-24. Longhorns took a 17-14 lead in the fourth quarter by a Sam Ehlinger 17 yard touchdown pass. Texas then allowed USC on the ensuing drive to get within distance of a game tying 31 yard field goal that forced the overtime period. A fumble by Ehlinger led to the game winning field goal by the Trojans for the victory to drop Texas to 1-2 on the season. Iowa St is 2-1. Cyclones have wins against Akron and Northern Iowa by double digits. Their big test in this young season came at home to Iowa Hawkeyes where they lose 44-41 as a +3 ½ point underdog. Cyclones quarterback Jacob Park threw for 347 yards and four touchdowns on the Iowa defense in the loss.
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Dallas Cowboys vs. Arizona Cardinals NFL Pro Football Betting Preview
Monday Night Football for September 25th features a pair of 1-1 teams as the Arizona Cardinals are at home to face the Dallas Cowboys. The Cardinals and Cowboys get things started from Arizona at 8:30PM Eastern Time and ESPN TV has the coast to coast broadcast.
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The current odds available for wagering at Oddsmaker, where the bonuses are the best in the business have the road team Dallas Cowboys favored by -3 points with the total lined at 46 ½ points.
Cowboys have to be concerned about the performance of their team in their 42-17 road defeat at Denver. The offensive line has seen two new starters this season and the Broncos were able to find cracks in the Cowboys pass protection as they were able to bring the heat on quarterback Dak Prescott. The Cowboys second year quarterback threw two interceptions including one that was returned 103 yards for a Broncos touchdown. Wide receiver Dez Bryant is having trouble getting open. He was not getting double teamed by the Denver secondary and that made it very difficult for Prescott to find open receivers in the passing game. Coaches film is revealing Bryant’s inability to break clean from the line of scrimmage and it is taking him longer to get in stride in his route running. Another concern was the play of the Dallas defense. They are still not getting adequate pass rush on the quarterback. They have a young secondary and missed veteran Orlando Scrandrick last week who was out due to injury. Dallas allowed Trevor Siemian to throw for four touchdowns while the Cowboys run defense allowed 178 yards.
Arizona was staring at a possible 0-2 start to the season. Cardinals were down 13-3 with under eight minutes remaining. Cardinals rallied with ten late points with a 45 yard touchdown pass by Carson Palmer and a field goal from 40 yards by Phil Dawson with just over three minutes remaining. In the overtime the Cardinals win on a Dawson 30 yard field goal. Palmer after a poor opener at Detroit bounced back throwing for 332 yards with a touchdown and pick. They will need to improve on a 0 of 3 performance in the red zone last week.
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Week 5 NCAA College Football Sports Betting Match Up Previews
College football moves into Week 5 and on tap are several outstanding matchups over national television to the satisfaction of sports bettors worldwide.
It all gets underway on Thursday September 28th at 8PM Eastern Time on ESPN as the Iowa St Cyclones will host the Texas Longhorns. The current odds available for wagering at Oddsmaker, where the bonuses are the best in the business has the road team Texas Longhorns favored by -5 ½ points. Texas returns off a bye week after they failed to hold a late lead to USC in their overtime defeat for their second loss of the year. Iowa St in their lone test this season dropped a 44-41 home overtime defeat to rival Iowa as the Cyclones also couldn’t protect a fourth quarter lead. Texas has stopped the run well this year but struggling in pass defense.
Friday September 29th features a PAC 12 affair at 10:30PM Eastern Time on ESPN as the Washington St Cougars are home to the USC Trojans. USC is favored by -4. USC forced six turnovers in their 30-20 road victory at Cal last week. Washington St remains undefeated by blowing out Nevada last week. Cougars are 4-0 and will be playing their fifth straight home game to start the season. Washington St is not running the football as good as last year.
It will be an SEC showdown on CBS TV at 3:30PM Eastern Time on Saturday September 30th as the Tennessee Volunteers host the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia is favored on the road by -7. Volunteers have won two straight against the Bulldogs. Georgia is 4-0 as they blowout Mississippi St at home 31-3. Tennessee after their gut wrenching 26-20 road loss at Florida struggle offensively in a 17-13 home victory to Massachusetts.
In primetime on ABC TV at 8PM Eastern Time the Virginia Tech Hokies welcome into town the Clemson Tigers. Clemson is favored by on the road by -7. Both teams enter 4-0. Tigers have flexed a good defense thus far in the season holding teams to just 9.3 points a game. Virginia Tech opened the season beating West Virginia 31-24 on a neutral site but have faced weak foes each of the following week leading up to this game.
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NFL Pro Football Sports Betting Match Up Odds Previews for Sunday
The NFL Sunday action from Week 3 features several outstanding games on the schedule to the satisfaction of pro football bettors worldwide.
At 1PM Eastern Time it is a battle in the NFL East division as the Philadelphia Eagles are home to the New York Giants on FOX. The current odds available for wagering at Oddsmaker, where the bonuses are the best in the business has the home side Philadelphia Eagles favored by -6 points with the over under line of 42 ½ points. New York Giants have serious problems with their offense. Their top playmaker Odell Beckham Jr. is hurt and the Giants are averaging only 251 yards per game. They have struggled now for years with their run game and it is only producing 48 yards per game with 3.2 yards per attempt. Beckham is probable for this game but the question is how effective will he be with his sprained ankle? Eagles are 1-1 after dropping a 27-20 defeat at Kansas City last week. Eagles are moving the football through the air with nearly 300 yards passing per game.
At 4:25PM Eastern Time on CBS TV it will be the LA Chargers hosting the Kansas City Chiefs. KC is favored on the road by -3 points with the total set at 47 ½ points. It was another hard luck loss for the Chargers as a missed field goal again cost LA a chance at victory. KC after their opening night blowout win at New England faced a good Philadelphia Eagles team and came away with a 27-20 victory. Quarterback Alex Smith is completing nearly 78% of his passes this season and had five touchdown passes.
NBC Sunday Night Football kicks off at 8:30PM Eastern Time as the Washington Redskins have a home date with the Oakland Raiders. Oakland is favored by -3 points with the total lined at 54 ½ points. Washington is 1-1 as they held off an improved LA Rams team 27-20. Quarterback Kirk Cousins came up with a clutch late fourth quarter drive that led to the winning touchdown pass for the game winner. Oakland is 2-0 with double digit wins at Tennessee and at home to the New York Jets.
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It is Week 4 from college football and on Saturday September 23rd features several outstanding games on the schedule to the satisfaction of sports bettors worldwide.
It all gets underway at 12PM Eastern Time on ESPN TV as the Arkansas Razorbacks meet the Texas A&M Aggies from Arlington Texas. The current odds available for wagering at Oddsmaker, where the bonuses are the best in the business has the Texas A&M Aggies favored by -2 ½ points with the total of 55 points. Texas A&M has had success against Arkansas with five straight victories. Aggies after blowing their big lead in a road loss at UCLA was sluggish in home wins against UL Lafayette and Nichols St. Arkansas tries to respond after a home 28-7 loss to TCU.
At 3:30PM Eastern Time on ABC TV the California Golden Bears welcome into town the USC Trojans. USC is favored by -17 points on the road with the total set at 64 ½ points. USC plays their first true road game of the season. They needed overtime to beat Texas at home last week 27-24. California is an improved team this season as they have posted a road victory a North Carolina then win at home to Mississippi on Saturday 27-16 as a +7 point underdog.
ABC TV at 7:30PM Eastern Time it is the Iowa Hawkeyes hosting the Penn St Nittany Lions. Penn St is favored on the road by -12 /2 points with the total set at 52 points. Iowa Hawkeyes have been historically good at home in these huge prime time games. In their only big test they need overtime to beat Iowa St 44-41. Penn St is 3-0 with wins against Akron, Pittsburgh and Georgia St at home. They play their first true road game of the season.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish has a road game at 8PM Eastern Time at the Michigan St Spartans televised by FOX. Notre Dame is favored by -3 ½ points with the total set at 54 points. Notre Dame responded after a home defeat to Georgia pulled away with a huge second half in their 49-20 road victory at Boston College. Michigan St comes off a bye week after their 28-14 home victory to Western Michigan where their defense allowed no points. Western Michigan got their points on a kickoff and interception return.
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Friday, September 22nd, 2017
The college football card for Week 3 continues on Friday September 22nd features two games on the schedule to the delight of college football bettors worldwide.
The action gets underway at 8PM Eastern Time on ESPN 2 TV as the Boise St Broncos host the Virginia Cavaliers. The current odds available for wagering at Oddsmaker, where the bonuses are the best in the business has the home side Boise St Broncos favored by -13 points with the total set at 53 points. Virginia head coach Broncos Mendenhall is no stranger to Boise St during his years as head coach of the BYU Cougars. For years the Cavaliers have struggled on the offensive side of the field but in week three the team put up 626 offensive yards and 455 from their passing game in their 38-18 victory against Connecticut. This will be the Cavaliers first true road game as their other win came against William & Mary and they dropped a 34-17 decision to Indiana. Boise St traveled to Virginia two seasons ago and crushed the Cavaliers 56-14 as they covered as a one point underdog. They are 2-1 on the season. In Week 2 the Broncos blew a 31-10 road lead at Washington St in the second half of their 47-44 overtime defeat. They bounced back last week as they opened up Mountain West play by defeating New Mexico 28-14 but failing to cover as a 16 point favorite.
The late night game kicks off at 10:30PM Eastern Time on FOX Sports 1 as the Arizona Wildcats are home to the Utah Utes. Utah is favored by -3 ½ points on the road with the total set at 57 ½ points. Utah had lost four straight against Arizona until beating the Wildcats 36-23 last year at home as a -9 ½ point favorite. The Utes are 3-0 with wins against North Dakota, BYU on the road and a blowout victory at home to San Jose St last week. Utah has changed their offense to a spread. They are averaging 476 yards per game with 294 passing. Arizona is 2-1 with a home win to Northern Arizona and a road victory at UTEP. Their offense struggled in a 19-16 home defeat to Houston.
What to Watch and Bet NFL and College Football for Thursday September 21st, 2017
Thursday, September 21st, 2017
The action from the gridiron on Thursday September 21st features one NFL and one college football game on the schedule over national television to the satisfaction of sports bettors worldwide.
Thursday Night Football from the NFL begins at 8:25PM Eastern Time on NFL Network as the San Francisco 49ers will be home to the LA Rams. The current odds available for wagering at Oddsmaker, where the bonuses are the best in the business has the road team LA Rams favored by -2 points with the total set at 40 points. San Francisco’s only two wins of 2016 came against the LA Rams. LA after a good start to their season in a blowout win against Indianapolis dropped a 27-20 decision at home to Washington. It was a poor defensive effort by the Rams as they surrendered 229 rushing yards in defeat. The LA secondary then began giving up too much space to the Redskins receivers who were catching passes from Kirk Cousins wide open. Rams did a good job of coming back from an early 13-0 deficit to tie the game at 20-20 in the fourth quarter. But LA failed to get a key third down stop in the ensuing drive as Washington drove the field for a long drive to cap it with a game winning touchdown late. San Francisco has struggled offensively with just four field goals in their first two games of the season in losses to Carolina at home and at Seattle.
College football will feature action from the AAC conference as the South Florida Bulls welcome into town the Temple Owls at 7:30PM Eastern Time on ESPN TV. South Florida is favored by -15 ½ points with the total set at 63 points. South Florida has their offense in high gear as they sit 3-0 after beating Illinois at home 47-23. They are averaging 40 points per game on the season. Temple is a team that is going through a rebuilding period. After losing to Notre Dame on the road to open the season they win but failed to cover in close home victories to Massachusetts and Villanova.
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Major League Baseball Sports Betting Match up Previews for Wednesday
The action from Major League Baseball for Wednesday September 20th features 15 games on the schedule to the delight of MLB bettors worldwide.
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ESPN Wednesday Night Baseball will feature the Baltimore Orioles at home to meet the Boston Red Sox. The current odds available for wagering at Oddsmaker, where the bonuses are the best in the business has the road team Boston Red Sox favored by -200 odds with the return on the underdog Baltimore Orioles at +180 odds. The run total is lined at 8 ½ runs. Starting for Baltimore will be lefty Wade Miley as he will oppose Red Sox lefty Chris Sale. Boston has won two straight and five of their past six games after their 1-0 road victory at Baltimore. Red Sox maintain their three game lead in the AL East division with only 11 games left to be played. The loss sends Baltimore to 5 ½ games back of Minnesota for the final AL Wildcard spot. Orioles have dropped out of contention in the AL losers of nine of their past 11 games. Wade Miley is 0-3 in his past three starts. He looks to rebound after a poor start at the New York Yankees as he gives up six earned runs with six hits in a 1/3rd of an inning in defeat. Sale is coming off a no decision at Tampa Bay as he allowed four earned runs and six hits in 5 2/3rd innings.
The late night game begins at 10PM Eastern Time on MLB Network as the LA Angels will host the Cleveland Indians. Cleveland is favored by -125 odds with the return on the underdog LA Angels at +105 odds. Run total is set at 8 ½ runs. On the mound for the Angels will be righthander Ricky Nolasco as he will oppose Indians right Josh Tomlin. The Angels lose the first game of this series to Cleveland 6-3 at home to remain two games back of Minnesota for the final AL Wildcard spot. Cleveland wins the first game of this series on Tuesday 6-3 to hurt the Angels AL Wildcard hopes. The Indians are 6-1 in Tomlin’s past seven starts.
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent , NBC: Rozie plays a lawyer in the episode "Brother's Keeper" broadcast 10pm Tuesday, February 20th, 2007.
Law & Order: SVU, NBC: Rozie's episode "Recall" was broadcast at 10pm Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006.
Stand Up Nation With Greg Giraldo, Comedy Central : the Herpes Chef. Friday May 12th 2006 at 9pm (Rozie's bit at approximately 11 - 11:30pm).
One Life To Live, ABC: recurring under 5 player
Olive Garden, national television commercials
The Dinner Party: short film by Dan Mitchell. Rozie plays Joan, a kooky psychic that may or may not be trying to kill the guests. Shooting wrapped, currently in post production.
Nadine: Rozie plays the title role, a hair-replacement specialist struggling with her independence. Shooting is wrapped on this short film directed by Caroline Oliveira, currently in post production.
Security: by Israel Horowitz. Rozie plays Chris Messina's (Six Feet Under) tough as nails ex-wife.
The Method: playing at film festivals around the country.
Errors, Freaks & Oddities: released on video at a rental store near you!
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National Congress of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina 29.05.2007
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ONLINE NEWSLETTER No. 470 - International issue
1. Silajdzic consents to "Police of Republika Srpska" contrary to the election promises
2. Bosnian politicians reached agreement on Srebrenica's future status
3. WHAT PEOPLE OF SREBRENICA ORIGINALY ASKED FOR
4. THE 2007 EUROVISION WINNER IS PLAGERIZED FROM AN ALBANIAN SONG
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By Dr. Muhamed Borogovac
Banja Luka "Independent News" published the following news on May 9, 2007.
We cite:
Bruxelles -- The visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Sven Alkalaj to Bruxelles, and the talks with the highest level EU authorities -- High Representative Xavier Solana and the EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn -- had the purpose to produce some movement in the stalled negotiations on police reform with assistance from Bruxelles, as 'Independent News' has been informed by knowledgeable sources within diplomatic circles close to Solana and Rehn.
"Alkalaj communicated that Haris Silajdzic, i.e. the Bosniak side, would be ready to reopen negotiations on police reform on the basis of the proposal that opens the possibility that the police agency with responsibilities within Republika Srpska be named 'Police of Republika Srpska in BiH'", stated the EU diplomat, who requested anonymity. According to him, after Solana and Rehn heard out Alkalaj, they repeated the well known stance that EU approves any deal that respects the three principles that Bruxelles has already put forth as necessary for police reform in BiH.
"Because of previous experience, the EU stance shows a dose of skepticism.
The proposal put forth by Alkalaj had already been on the table, it was accepted by the Premier of RS Milorad Dodik, but Silajdzic had done everything to make sure that this compromise fell through. Dodik used that to return to his own previous position. Alkalaj showed a great deal of optimism in his presentation, but we have seen that many times from BiH politicians when they come to Bruxelles." -- end citation.
COMMENT: Let us remember the behavior of the tandem Silajdzic-Tihic after the genocide verdict. At the time the two of them were making strong statements such as the following: "The Hague verdict confirms that the RS institutions, including the police committed genocide. As such, the RS police must not continue to exist."
At that time, immediately after the genocide verdict, Tihic needed a patriotic statement about the RS police because the most optimistic portrayal of the verdict would hide his previous efforts to weaken the genocide lawsuit -- in which he had enjoyed the full support of Silajdzic.
However today, only a few months after that verdict and as soon as the dust settled, Silajdzic and Tihic have gathered some courage and are continuing their treacherous plan. There is not a single trace of his boisterous patriotism from Silajdzic any more. Easily he consents to "The Police of RS in BiH", which is the worst outcome -- to keep the police within the entity borders. Of course, Dodik and our own traitors are trying to present that unimportant name change as a major RS concession.
The EU has been pressuring RS to respect last year's agreement on police reform which was ratified even in the RS parliament. That agreement set up the Commission for Police Reform, formed with EU monitoring, as an expert and non-political body in charge of creating the new police law. In its report, the Commission left much room for RS to obstruct further development by not explicitly defining the police regions or stating where or whether they should cross entity lines. Instead, it left that most important issue to be decided by a subsequent "agreement by the politicians", despite having the mandate to draw those regions itself -- a mandate not affected by the boycott of the commission by RS members of the commission ordered by Dodik.
However, the EU still insists on the three principles, and such a political agreement therefore must bring police regions that are defined to be functional, rather than by entity. Silajdzic's current message to the EU, carried by Alkalaj, is that the Bosniak side will accept the existence of the RS police. This, of course, is completely untrue -- neither Bosniak nor Croat parliamentarians would vote for such a blatant and clear betrayal.
Even those who have been loyal to Silajdzic would be politically dead after that -- there is much more popular pressure against this than even against the failed constitutional reform amendments of last year. Silajdzic simply needed to take EU's pressure off Dodik in his tug of war over the three principles. The message to the EU is to forget about the three principles and the Commission report, because even the Bosniaks are not insisting on them. If Europe falls for it and stops insisting on the three principles and the report, then Silajdzic would blame the EU for "again" caving in to Dodik and the genocidal RS.
Let us note the efforts that Silajdzic exerts to obfuscate his role and intentions in this. No one is naive enough to actually believe that Alkalaj proposed this to Solana and Rehn by himself. Blaming it on Alkalaj seems to be the backup story, only employed after the proposal was leaked by someone at the EU to a reporter. In fact, in the same article, it is noted how recently Silajdzic publicly refused and denounced that exact same proposal.
Clearly, such exertion to simply hide the fact that he is making this proposal now indicates that he has no power to push it through or intention to even publicly endorse it, and confirms that this is not actually a proposal, just a trick to protect RS by getting the EU to back off from its insistence on the three principles.
It has become obvious that Silajdzic has remained loyal to Serbian (formerly Yugoslavian) intelligence services, for which he worked in confidential positions primarily operating from Yugoslav embassies in the Islamic world, and that Dodik is his indirect (perhaps even direct) superior.
However, it is interesting that Dodik is actually playing the role of an uncompromising and difficult boss -- expecting Silajdzic to deliver results without cutting him any slack or leaving any possibility to at least keep up appearances. For example, it would be much easier for Silajdzic if Dodik agreed to some proposal that in the least resembles a true compromise, with at least some selling points that Silajdzic could use to try to fool the Bosniaks, even if it still allowed RS to keep its genocidal police within entity borders.
OHR: "Under the agreement,Srebrenica will have a special status within the Serb Republic."
So once again, just as they did in 1995, the entire world will sell out the People of Srebrenica to the genocidaires of Republika Srpska, the genocidal statelet.
Professor Francis A. Boyle
Attorney for the Mothers of Srebrenica and Podrinja
Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
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BBC Monitoring European
Source says Bosnian politicians reach agreement on Srebrenica's future status
Source: Slobodna Bosna, Sarajevo, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 3 May 07
Text of report by Bosnian newspaper Slobodna Bosna on 3 May
[Report by Adnan Buturovic: "American Denial of Srebrenica Genocide"]
A few days ago, [Bosnian] Serb Republic [RS] Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, Bosnia-Hercegovina [B-H] Federation Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic, member of State Parliament and chairman of the SDA [Party of Democratic Action] Sulejman Tihic and B-H Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, through the mediation of Principal Deputy High Representative Raffi Gregorian, reached agreement in principle on the future special status of Srebrenica municipality and the first part of the "package of measures for Srebrenica."
A source in the OHR [Office of the High Representative], confirmed the unofficial information for Slobodna Bosna, adding that all the details regarding the measures and ways of their implementation would be known after the appointment of an OHR supervisor for Srebrenica.
"We can say that the Serb and the Bosniak sides have reached an agreement on the future special status of Srebrenica municipality. Under the agreement, Srebrenica will have a special status within the Serb Republic. The special status implies appointing an international supervisor, whose powers will largely resemble those of the former EU administrator for Mostar, Hans Koschnik, with the difference that in Srebrenica political conditions for implementing a package of measures are more favorable than they were in Mostar in 1996.
As soon as the agreement is signed, I hope that the tent camp in Sarajevo will be removed and that Srebrenica residents will return to their homes and start making efforts to completely revitalize Srebrenica," the OHR source told this newspaper.
Measures for New Beginning
Although Dodik would never admit it publicly, the ruling of the International Court of Justice [ICJ] in The Hague, according to which the RS army and police committed genocide against Srebrenica Bosniaks, has obviously been the decisive factor that made him succumb to pressure from the international community and its second-highest official in B-H, Raffi Gregorian, and start solving the status of Srebrenica. Namely, it has become clear to the entity prime minister, Milorad Dodik, that his scheming ambitions in the process of privatization in the RS may be seriously limited if he continues to aggravate the existing dispute with the international community over the Srebrenica status.
According to a list drawn up by the RS Srebrenica Commission, among the 810 people who participated in conquering the town in July 1995 and in the subsequent organized extermination of Bosniaks, as many as 500 are still members of the Serb Republic police.
The second measure relates to the establishment of an ethnic balance in the Srebrenica public sector, in conformity with the 1991 census in B-H.
According to it, the population of Srebrenica municipality consisted of 75.2 per cent of Bosniaks, 22.6 per cent of Serbs, 0.10 per cent of Croats, and 1 per cent of Yugoslavs. The population of the town of Srebrenica consisted of 64 per cent of Bosniaks, 28.4 per cent of Serbs, 34 Croats, and 328 Yugoslavs.
The following is an excerpt from the draft or the declaration requiring status of Srebrenica as a municipality under the control of Bosnia-Herzegovina rather than the Serbian Republic, quote:
"Thus, the International Court of Justice in its final judgment of February 26, 2007, confirmed that "Republika Srpska" is guilty of crimes of genocide carried out by military (vojska) and police of "Republika Srpska" against people of Srebrenica and people of the entire East Region (Podrinje) of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The International Court of Justice confirmed that "Republika Srpska" is a genocidal statelet without any legal base and thus without legal right to exist. Because it is based on genocide, we reject "Republika Srpska" as illegitimate entity which can not have any sovereignty and jurisdictional control over the Municipality of Srebrenica.
Therefore, the Parliament of the Municipality of Srebrenica, representing the victims of genocide, based on the final judgment of the International Court of Justice and the legal right to "RESTITUTION IN INTEGRUM" (restoration of the original condition), declares, that from this date forward Srebrenica is not under jurisdiction of the constitution and the legal system of "Republika Srpska." We have always been loyal to Bosnia and Herzegovina; our sole loyalty is to Bosnia and Herzegovina and its Constitution. Therefore, we reinstate the laws and the Constitution of Bosnian and Herzegovina.
The constitution and the legal system of Bosnia and Herzegovina was never legally terminated and it is for this reason that we recognize that Bosnia and Herzegovina and its Constitution are still in force here in Srebrenica. We, the Parliament of the Municipality and people of Srebrenica, will be applying the laws and constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, flying the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We will be a part of the State of Bosnia and Herzegovina like Brcko District, but will be applying only the laws of the Bosnia and Herzegovina."
The following is the proof. It is a mixture displaying the similarities of the original Albanian song with the plagiarized Serbian song.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mn0WAvFh9GQ&mode=related&search=
The following is the beautiful original Albanian song by itself.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4NvjII8_8AM&mode=related&search=
In a strange way the justice has been served. Namely, the beautiful Albanian Singer became a star on You Tube, while nobody remembers the Serbian singer any more.
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Protest against the brutal CSC system!
Created: Thursday, 03 November 2016 10:31
Written by FRFI
The Close Supervision Centre (CSC) system is essentially an English version of US Supermax prison conditions, indefinite solitary confinement within the most oppressive and brutal environment found in this country. As only around 50 prisoners fall victim to the CSC at any one time its existence is largely unknown even amongst the general prison population.
With a decreasing level of funding for the prison system whilst prisoner numbers continue to rise it is inevitable that more and more failings and inadequacies will be identified. When the entire prison system can be seen to be declining in the level of treatment it provides, it is obvious that those already at the harsh end will suffer the most.
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) has the task of reporting on all places of detention within the country. Considering the CSC is in violation of international and European law, as well as being morally reprehensible, you would expect HMIP to dedicate some time to exposing the secretive system, with the goal of achieving its abolition, or at least securing desperately needed reforms; however, since I was first allocated to the CSC in March 2010, HMIP has only once ‘inspected’ the CSC.
Although the inspectors were provided with extensive detail of the abuses which were taking place, they chose to omit all of the most serious points and gloss over those that actually made it into the report, with the consequence that life on the CSC became even more anguished. HMIP has also not even bothered to perform its mandatory ‘follow-up inspection’.
The suicide of Joanne Latham (aka Eddie Brown, aka Edward Latham) on the CSC was one direct result of the continuing deterioration, and also of the structure of the CSC itself, which causes severe mental illness and exacerbates pre-existing medical issues amongst its residents, so much so that around 50% end up damaged to the extent it becomes necessary for them to be removed from prison to one of the high secure mental health hospitals (Broadmoor, Brampton, Ashworth).
I sent a detailed complaint to HMIP after reading their cover-up report (solitaryconfinement.org/uploads/HMCIP_CSC_Report_2015.pdf) but received nothing more than a fob-off in reply, confirming that their substandard work was intentional.
It is about time that HMIP learned that it can no longer ignore the CSC system or be allowed to prop up its existence. The CSC has been in operation since 1998 and must be condemned as the abomination it is. To achieve this end, I am calling on every person with some level of compassion and humanity for their fellow man and all those disgusted at what their taxes are funding to attend a demonstration protest outside the offices of HMIP. This has been organised to take place on: Friday 18th November 2016 from 12.30-2.30pm at HM Inspectorate of Prisons, 6th Floor, Victory House, Kingsway, London, WC2B 6EX.
All those unable to attend are encouraged to write demanding the Inspectorate address the CSC system immediately. You can write either directly or through your MP for greater impact. For other ways to show support and for more information go to www.justiceforkevan.com or join the group at www.facebook.com/justiceforkev
Kevan Thakrar A4907AE, HMP Wakefield, 5 Love Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 9AG.
[Kev Thakrar is suffering from a miscarriage of justice having been wrongly convicted of the triple murder of three men, and although found innocent of the attempted murder of HMP Frankland prison officers during his sentence he has remained in solitary confinement within the Close Supervision Centre system since March 2010 as a political prisoner.]
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Lawyer investigating St. George’s sexual assaults is partner of school’s legal counsel
Posted on December 15, 2015 by margotmagowan
Today, the Boston Globe reports on sexual assault at St.George’s school in the 70s and 80s and subsequent cover ups.
Anne Scott was molested by the school’s athletic trainer, Al Gibbs.There were 4 other girls who told school authorities they were also molested by Gibbs. Apparently, Gibbs was known not only for molesting the girls but for taking pictures them when they were naked or in their underwear and showing those photos to male students at the school.
When Scott filed suit against St. George’s, the school’s lawyers told the court that she was either lying or that the 15 year old having consensual sex with 67 year old, apparently oblivious to statutory rape laws. The Globe reports:
School attorneys also sought to change it from a “Jane Doe” case and reveal Scott’s real name. “Maybe people will come forward and say the plaintiff is a, with all due respect to those in the court, has a tendency to lie, and that would be relevant, also,” said defense attorney William P. Robinson III of the Providence firm Edwards & Angell. (In 2004, Robinson was appointed to the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Robinson did not return calls from the Globe.)
But Judge Jacob Hagopian of the US District Court in Rhode Island denied the school’s motion to dismiss and admonished its attorneys that the teenager could not consent to such “detestable” acts. “It violates the criminal laws of the United States,” he said.
In the end, it was Scott who dropped the case. School attorneys had investigated and deposed her parents and were preparing to depose neighbors. “I was 27 years old, I had struggled, and then they came down on my family like a ton of bricks,” she said. “I just wanted it all to go away.”
St. George’s would not agree to the dismissal unless Scott signed a gag order that prohibited her from speaking about the case. MacLeish advised against it.
“The school did everything they could to intimidate Anne,” said MacLeish, of the Cambridge law firm of Clark, Hunt, Ahern & Embry. “It worked.”
While St. George’s is currently running an investigation into the abuse, the Boston Globe reports that the lead investigator, Will Hannum is a law partner of the legal counsel for the school. Furthermore, comments reported by the Globe from Tony Zane, the head of school at the time, seem to indicate he could’ve worked much harder to prevent Gibbs from finding more victims. Katie Wales, another survivor of Gibb’s abuse tells the Globe:
She said she went to see Zane in 1979 about Gibbs. “He told me I was crazy, making it up to get attention, and that I had to see the school shrink,” Wales said.
Zane claims a different but shockingly apathetic response:
Zane says today that he believed Wales at the time, but thought that she came to him in confidence and “didn’t authorize me to go to Al Gibbs.” He added: “Gibbs declared his innocence until the end, so I was operating on hearsay.”
Though Zane eventually fired Gibbs, he didn’t report the assaults as required by law. When asked by the Globe about his lack of action, Zane replies: “Was that true in Rhode Island in 1980?”
Here’s another Zane quote to the Globe reporter, explaining the school’s aggressive response to Scott’s legal action. “Don’t blame us for trying to defend ourselves against a $10 million lawsuit.”
Wow. Does this guy care at all about the implications of his failure to protect students? Unless I’m missing something, he seems to feel no guilt or remorse about his mistakes, to even realize that the school’s lawyers calling Scott a liar and claiming she may have had consensual sex with a 67 year old were, in fact, mistakes.
A girls dorm at the school is named for Zane’s The Globe reports that the students who brought the suit want the name of the dorm changed and Zane’s portrait taken down from the dining hall.
I went to St. George’s as a freshman in 1983, the last year Zane was at the school. After reading about the St. Paul’s rape the night of ‘senior salute,‘ I blogged about traditions of sexism and female disempowerment at St. George’s. For us, there was Casino Night. All the female “newbies,” mostly freshman and sophomores dressed as bunnies, complete with ears and tails. Here are pictures from my 1984 yearbook:
This is how the boys dressed and acted for the same occasion.
They gambled, we sold them candy. Entitlement, anyone?
One thing I find particularly disturbing about Gibbs’s photos is that he showed them to the male students, all those kids knew this was going on and no one stopped it. The Globe reports:
But one firsthand report came from Katie Wales, class of 1980, who went to see Gibbs after a horseback riding injury. He began to molest her and took photos of her naked in the school’s whirlpool, she says, which he then circulated among the boys at school.
“The taunting by the boys was horrible”
When I went to the school, the typical make up of the student government was one female to four males. Here’s a yearbook pic of the prefects.
Here’s my best friend and me, captioned “Todd’s toys,” he was a senior prefect.
His bequeath in the yearbook? A twenty year sentence. That’s a rape joke.
In my last blog about all this, I wrote I remember that prefect as being a pretty nice guy. I was never raped or sexually assaulted by him or anyone at the school. I was lucky. The school culture under Zane was mostly sexist and not empowering for girls in any way that I can recall. Recently, when telling someone about Casino Night, she asked me if I could have chosen not to wear the bunny suit. I never considered not saying yes.
Here’s my advice to St. George’s:
Take down the portrait of Zane. His apathy was criminal and today, his quotes in the Globe show he hasn’t learned much after all these years. Change the name of the dorm, consider naming it after a woman, maybe Miss Minton? She taught me how to write a killer 5 paragraph essay. Hire a new investigator, one without a conflict of interest, because it seems like you’re only interested in protecting yourself financially. Most importantly, do everything you can to prevent sexual assault and rape from happening again. Commit to ensuring gender equality at the school, meaning: include girls in student government and all positions of leadership and power at the school; make sure women authors and scientists and engineers, philosophers and historians etc are included in the curriculum, appoint women to positions of power and leadership in the faculty as heads of department; hang portraits of female leaders throughout the school; abolish sexist traditions; create a climate where if sexual assault ever occurs, students will feel confident they will be listened to. Educate students about gender equality. Be a leader in this area, stop dragging your feet.
One final thing– when you hire a new investigator, have him contact the expelled kids. I was kicked out in 1985 (for smoking a cigarette in the dorm freshman year and drinking sophomore year.) I never heard got the letter you sent to the alumni about these assaults. While I was lucky, my peers may not have been.
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The SSCC brothers of India have a new Regional Government. Ajith Kumar (Photo center) had already been nominated Regional Superior by the Provincial Government of the US, as it is provided in the Statutes of the Region. At the regional assembly held in Dangadighila, Kolkata, during the latter part of June 2019, the brothers have chosen Alexis Nayak as Regional Vicar and Premanand (Balakrishna) Singh as councilor.
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The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Authority of the Special Administrative Region of Oe-Cusse Ambeno (SAROA) and Special Zones for Social Market Economy (ZEESM) Timor-Leste (SAROA-ZEESM TL), formalising a collaboration under which SIAC will provide dispute resolution services for SAROA-ZEESM TL in relation to contracts between SAROA-ZEESM TL and private sector firms, investors and service providers.
Dr Mari Alkatiri, President of the Authority of SAROA-ZEESM TL, stated that the MOU aimed to strengthen investor confidence, adding that “Access to high quality dispute resolution services is a prime concern for investors and contractors. By partnering with SIAC, we have ensured that anyone investing in Oe-Cusse can be assured of dispute resolution services of the highest standards. This is an innovative step we have taken and sends a clear message to the private sector: Oe-Cusse offers an enabling, world class business environment.”
Ms Lim Seok Hui, CEO of SIAC and the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), commented that “Arbitration and the innovative Arb-Med-Arb process offer international investors and businesses from different legal systems and cultures, the benefits of certainty coupled with flexibility within an institutionalised framework that is user-friendly, practical and saves parties time and costs. Over the past 25 years, SIAC has worked closely with parties from all over the world, including governments and private sector firms, to develop and promote international arbitration as an efficient and cost-effective means to resolve their cross-border commercial disputes. By providing quality, efficient and neutral dispute resolution mechanisms, we aim to contribute to Oe-Cusse's economic development.”
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Prizes and Virtues: an interdisciplinary workshop
The Heirs interdisciplinary workshop "Prizes and Virtues" will be held on April 10-11 in Rome, at the LUMSA University. The deadline for submission of extended abstracts is February 15, 2017. Heirs will honour the memory of the past Heirs’ President Professor Pier Luigi Porta by a special award to the best paper presented at this conference. Heirs (Happiness Economics and Interpersonal RelationS) is an association of economists applying the instruments and logic of economic theory to the study of subjective well-being or happiness.
To an economist, a prize, such as a golden medal, is merely a special type of incentive. Any other kind of social scientist would be perplexed by thinking of the Nobel Prize, or of the Medal of Honour, in these terms. In contemporary neoclassical economics, the concept of incentive is a primitive, similar to that of “utility”, “price”, “production” or “consumption”, that all economists use but none feels the need to define: it is a foundation, or a corner stone, of the science of economics. However, if we tried to articulate what economists mean by incentives, we would probably find that they are considered as any “motivation” for adhering to and for complying with some form of contract. Once incentives are intended in this all-embracing way, it immediately follows that prizes and awards are considered simply as their sub-set. Yet many real world prizes and awards do not follow this contractarian, consequentialist logic and cannot be understood within this framework. A more complex understanding of human motivation–we believe-is needed to hold that prizes are indeed not incentives.
This search cannot ignore the history of economic and philosophical ideals. Competing theories of action and motivation were central topics of debate among eighteenth century philosophers. David Hume, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Adam Smith’s theories implied much more complex social and economic motivations than mere self-interest, which can be opportunely diverted through an appropriate incentive. Within the Italian school of civil economy, Pietro Verri and Antonio Genovesi elaborated on the unintended consequences of public and institutional actions on individuals’ behaviour. In the same line, Giacinto Dragonetti debated (at a distance) with Cesare Beccaria on the nature and effectiveness of punishments and awards in shaping agents’ choices, both in private and public contexts. From the mid XIX century onward, economists became those social scientists most characterized by the purest anthropology (i.e. that of a human being acting in order to maximize individual utility), endorsing utilitarian philosophy and sacrificing previously complex understanding of human actions. In the XX century, microeconomics has continued this process of anthropological reductionism: management theory, as well as agency and contract theory, have distilled the allembracing theory of incentives.
In the last three decades, behavioural and experimental economics are undermining from
within this reductionist model of human behaviour. By taking serious account of concepts such as reciprocity, intrinsic motivation, inequality aversion, and fairness, they are making more complex interpretations of human action and motivation central again, albeit still within the utilitarian framework. In addition, there is an important contemporary philosophical stream of inquiry, the socalled virtue ethics, which competes with utilitarianism yet remains almost unknown to the economic profession. We argue that this research may provide further insights into human action, which seem otherwise intractable within the current anthropological framework, and can cast a new light on the nature and working of prizes as fundamentally different from incentives. In particular, prizes may well suit the rewarding of virtues, because incentive are known to be liable to cause motivation crowdingout.
To advance our understanding of the economics of prizes, awards and their link with virtues,we warmly invite economists, historians, philosophers, scholars in organization and management and other social scientists to answer to this call and submit an extended abstract (max 1000 words).
– Robert Dur, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Economics)
– Bruno Frey, University of Basel (Behavioural Science)
– Ruth Grant, Duke University (Political Science)
“Pier Luigi Porta” Award:
Heirs will honour the memory of the past Heirs’ President Professor Pier Luigi Porta by a special award to the best paper presented at this conference, a stream of research strongly supported by him before dying. Heirs invites all under fourty scholars to apply for this special “Pier Luigi Porta Award”. The award consist in 2500 euro plus travel cost and accomodation for the conference. The prize will be assigned during the social dinner.
Deadline for submissions of extended abstracts (max 1000 words)
February 15th, 2017 (acceptance date: February 25th, 2017)
to: heirs.unimib@gmail.com
HEIRS & LUMSA University
Luigino Bruni (LUMSA), Vittorio Pelligra (U. Cagliari), Tommaso Reggiani (LUMSA), Matteo Rizzolli (LUMSA), Alessandra Smerilli (LUMSA).
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HEIRS of what? It is our convintion that the eitheenth Italian tradition of “pubblica felicità”, based on the strict connection between happiness and sociality, has something important to say to contemporary social theory once again open to this concept, old and always new....
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Flute Choir - Spring 2019
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Spring 2019 £45
23 & 30 January, 6 March - 18.00 -19.30
& 13 March - 18.00 -19.30 (presentation at 19.00)
Stapleford Granary Flute Choir meets four times a term. Janna Hüneke directs rehearsals focusing on sight reading, technique and ensemble skills. Players will have the opportunity to try alto and bass flutes and can bring their own piccolo if they have one. Janna has a large library of Flute Choir music which includes both original compositions and arrangements of much-loved works.
Open to flute players of all ages grade 5+
About Janna
Janna has been devoted to music and the flute for most of her life. Growing up in a musical family, she was surrounded by music from birth - her father was a professional singer and her mother a keen pianist. As children Janna and her siblings were taught to sing & hold a part on their own, which she now realises was invaluable musical education.
Once Janna discovered the flute, she was hooked for life! She first learned the basics with Janice Gillard, then soon moved on to Michael Axtell, followed by a period of intense learning with Averil Williams at the Guildhall School of Music in London, while she was also taking a Degree in Music at the City University, London, close by. Since then Janna also studied with Patricia Morris, Geoffrey Gilbert & Peter Lloyd.
Janna's musical career has taken several routes - she started teaching the flute early on whilst building her reputation in both the UK and Germany, freelancing with many different orchestras and chamber ensembles, touring all around Europe, sometimes as a soloist, sometimes in orchestras or small ensembles. Janna has also spent some time in the recording studio working on film sessions, background music and other recordings, and also appeared on WDR3 radio in Germany with fellow flautist Camilla Hoitenga. Janna was Principal Flute for the touring company Pimlico Opera for many years, and additionally played for Grange Park Opera for 10 years.
In the last 10 years Janna has returned more to teaching, and both adults and children are benefitting from her experience. She founded a flute ensemble in London together with colleague Kate Grace, which then inspired them to start a flute course, Flute School London, which is now in its 10th successful year. This year Janna returns to teach on the very successful Flutes in France course at Monplaisir.
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It is grateful for the help in this question how I can thank you? Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Yet we lack the self-confidence to see ourselves as a developed nation. Visiontoo, does not belong to any single party, government or individual. Information and Communication Technology.
ComiXology Thousands of Digital Comics. Only strength respects strength. Yet, due to insensitivity and lethargy on our part and due to the negative slant of the media here, we as a nation have not been able to attain the status of a developed nation so far. This book is a wake up call. This article needs additional citations for verification.
The book describes the present and future scenario in India and developed countries. India is an old civilization and an extremely complex society.
For this reason, it has to cut across party lines and be approved by Parliament to ensure continuity in its realization irrespective of the government of the day. Alexa Actionable Analytics for the Web.
Kalam says that there are millions of such achievements in India but our media is only obsessed with only the bad news and failures and disasters. The same sense of purpose can make us a prosperous, strong nation in a matter of years, assert Kalam and Rajan. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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With the ups and downs of his, ory it has retained its vibrancy. India has made substantial progress in enhancing agricultural productivity and increasing per capita income. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place, nor are we going to stop to pick up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. The report is based on Government of India study.
It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears, we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system.
Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan is a well-recognized authority and a thought leader on technology development, business management and society linkages. This section needs expansion. Sudarshan, who has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit, Dr. The book sometimes turn into more of a documentary and statistics which could have been omitted.
Sell on Amazon Start a Selling Account. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs. Nobody thinks of feeding the system because our conscience is mortgaged to money.
He emphasizes the need to tap indigenous resources, our rich heritage of natural herbs as well as tribal systems of medicine. And for all these negatives on our part, we blame it on the system. Indian political institutions are inclusive, or at least partially so, based as they are on a democratically elected Parliament and democratic political parties.
One of these items ships sooner than the other. It is written with an in-depth understanding of the problems on hand given the vast experience of the authors. Our poverty levels are falling. The environment has certainly undergone a big change since then. The lowdown on the crisis in Sri Lanka.
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Technology for progress with a human face is a common thread across the book. There is an obsession with everything that is imported. Amazon Inspire Digital Educational Resources. India You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This means that although at the time of articulation of vision, the goal may perhaps appear to be improbable but at no point of time should it seem to be impossible.
This does not mean that Kalam overlooks our natural resources or heritage. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. In years of our history, people from all over the world have come and invaded us, captured our lands and conquered our minds.
Yet, we have not conquered anyone. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. In India, we the people blame the government for being inefficient, the laws for being too old, the municipality for not picking up the garbage etc. All citizens, particularly the more fortunate and better educated have a major role in the road ahead. Our achievements are being globally recognised today.
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Against the backdrop of this growth, we have to assess where we stand in terms of what we aspired to in the s and see if and why there is a gap. The authors request Indians to avoid pessimism in every form. This book shows us the way.
It is essential to develop sustainable systems in every domain, so that fluctuations in the world economy do not have a direct impact on the Indian economy. Did India meet Abdul Kalam's vision so far? While written a decade earlier and the messages in his book has been still unrealized even as India is getting closer toit reflects the passion of a vision apj abdul kalam mind. Vision apj abdul kalam About India Now our metro cities have airports of international standards with several of them being underway. In the book, the will to believe pdf Kalam has also said that it should be the dream of all the citizens to see India as a developed country.
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We have only six years left to achieve Dr. The foundation for this should be laid at the grass-root level.
Build confidence in people to start enterprise. Instead of consumption spending, we need to increase infrastructure spending. The role of technology will not only be to provide sophisticated machinery and but also to provide materials of basic utility value to the common man at an affordable price.
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Daiter Published
Lincoln Park, Chicago, 1948
Gelatin silver photograph on mount. 1940s-50s print. Signed, titled and dated in ink my artist on mount verso. Annotated 'c1565' on verso. [Estate no.137-3]
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Store Display, Chicago, 1947-48
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Fire Escape, Chicago, 1947-48
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Ferenc Berko
Ferenc Berko (1916-2000) was born in Nagyvárad, Hungary. After his parents passed away while Berko was still young, he was raised by family friends in Berlin, Germany. His adoptive parents encouraged the boy’s creative energies and gave him his first camera. The family spent time with artists and teachers of the Bauhaus School, among them László Moholy-Nagy, Walter Gropius, and Marcel Breuer, who inspired Berko’s passion for modern art and photography. Moholy-Nagy especially became a friend and mentor. In the 1930s, Berko was sent to live in London and study philosophy. While there he also became immersed in photojournalistic as well as fine art photography and short documentary films. He then encountered another major figure in photography, Emile Hoppe, who also served as mentor. After his studies, Berko moved to Paris where he worked with his new wife, Mirte (whom he married in 1937) on a series of photographic studies of the nude. In 1937, he traveled to Hungary to document the Jews of Budapest, but by 1938, the growing power of Nazism compelled him to leave. In 1938 Berko moved to Bombay, India and held various positions as a documentary filmmaker, often working closely with the British as well as the Indians. Here he spent considerable time in photographic experimentation.
In 1947, Berko who had become British by naturalization, had his first one-man show; this at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He also left India that year to move to the United States, where he arrived in Chicago in answer to a job offer from his old friend, Moholy-Nagy. Moholy had just died of leukemia but Berko stayed and taught photography and filmmaking at the Institute of Design 1947-48. While there he made work centering on the abstraction offered by urban design. He was also doing work for publications such as Paris-Match, Réalitiés and Popular Photography. In 1948, Berko was invited to visit Aspen, Colorado by industrialist and philanthropist (and guiding force behind the Institute of Design) Walter Paepcke, to document the post-war transition and development of the town. Paepcke also hoped his friend would want to stay. However, Berko and his family returned to London hoping to reestablish themselves,but were quick to return to Aspen after seeing postwar living conditions. Once settled, Berko continued to work, in photography and filmmaking, using the rapidly evolving community as a base for his extensive world travel. He exhibited his photographs in numerous publications and exhibitions, until his death in March 2000. Berko’s photographs are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Gernsheim Collection, the Center for Creative Photography, the Ludwig Museum, Cologne among others. In 1995, Ferenc Berko: 60 Years of Photography-The Discovering Eye, was published by Edition Stemmle. In 1995 Berko: Photographs was published by Graphis.
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Subaru picks Zulu Alpha Kilo as AOR
The auto brand's previous agency, Red Urban, did not participate in the review and will soon close its office.
Subaru Canada has selected Zulu Alpha Kilo as its new agency of record.
The assignment covers all aspects of brand strategy, creative, digital and production for the automaker. It is a national assignment, though Zulu will work closely with Agency Rinaldi, which handles dealer association work in Quebec. OMD continues to lead the automaker’s Canadian media planning and buying.
The win marks Zulu’s return to the automotive category. It had previously spent five years as the Canadian AOR for Audi, before declining to participate in an RFP for the business, with the account going to Taxi in 2017. Ted Lalka, VP of product planning, marketing and customer experience at Subaru Canada, says it was the agency’s experience in automotive and retail that made it stand out, as well as well as its understanding of the Subaru brand and a feeling of chemistry that would help push it in new creative directions and keep from getting “too comfortable in its marketing.”
“There’s been a legacy of great work for Subaru over the years,” adds Zak Mroueh, founder, CEO and CCO at Zulu Alpha Kilo. “We look forward to building upon that even further.”
The selection comes after an agency review that began in November. The assignment was previously handled by Red Urban Toronto, which it won in 2015, but declined to participate in the pitch. Steve Carli, president of Red Urban, said in an email to strategy that “given the agency’s proven track record of success on the brand, it would not have been prudent to participate in the pitch.”
Parent company Omnicom has since moved to close Red Urban, effective March 1.
Subaru made up the bulk of Red Urban’s recent work – such as a campaign in the fall for the new Forester model – though its creatives were brought in to work on the first campaign from Omnicom’s dedicated McDonald’s agency, We Are Unlimited, last year. In October, EVP and CD Christina Yu left the agency to join the creative leadership at Rethink.
“We enjoyed working with Red Urban and the entire team and very proud of the work that was done,” Lalka says. “But we felt to get us to the next level, we needed an agency that was larger in size and scope and will leverage all the different channels that are available to communicate our message to the marketplace.”
Subaru sold 58,070 new vehicles in Canada last year, up 6.4% from 2017, and Lalka adds that market share and brand awareness have also seen improvements in recent years. But he says there is a feeling that there are still opportunities for growth by working with Zulu to communicate what makes Subaru unique in the automotive market. Lalka says that includes the technology and engineering in its vehicles, as well as the fact that most Subaru buyers tend to be very well-informed and have high loyalty to the brand.
“We have a lot of repeat buyers, and vehicles typically don’t get traded in,” he says. “They typically get handed down to family members or sold to friends. That’s not typical of a mainstream brand. So we want to leverage that and communicate that positioning, not only as a differentiation point against our competitors, but also as a way to show how we appeal to individual people.”
Zulu’s work with Subaru has already begun, and Lalka says the first “major” project the agency will be tasked with will likely be promoting the new Legacy model, set for release this fall.
This story was updated at 2:55 p.m. on Feb. 25 with commentary from Ted Lalka.
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New ASB president brings unique perspective
Valerie Wang works on a project for ASB.
Andrea Butler
Andrea Butler, Staff Writer
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Valerie Wang is the first ASB president that hasn’t been a class officer before and the first ASB president that came from the Service Council sector rather than the Activities sector. However, this doesn’t mean that she’s any less competent than those who came before her.
Wang first became interested in becoming ASB president when she heard Jim Kelly, the ASB supervisor, talk about how each new class has the responsibility to change the culture of Carlmont. That idea really appealed to her, so she felt that she wanted to have a position in ASB where she could achieve that.
“This year, when I thought I saw an opportunity to run and was confident enough in myself, I felt like it was the perfect opportunity for me,” Wang said.
This year, when I thought I saw an opportunity to run, and me being confident enough in myself enough to run, I felt like that was the perfect opportunity for me.”
— Valerie Wang
Being the first ASB president that didn’t previously hold a class officer position comes with a responsibility to prove that she can succeed. According to Wang, many ASB members are appreciative of the difference, especially considering that she initiated the change.
“Valerie works super hard and has earned the respect of the people around her. She’s really responsible, and a friendly and reliable person. She’ll be great!” Leslie Jin, a sophomore ASB member, said.
Wang already has some ideas about what she wants to accomplish during her time in office. She said she wants to manage ASB in a way that they interact well with the school and vice versa.
“ASB is such a widely seen program that there’s obviously a lot of opinions on it. The importance of ASB is spirit and making sure that we have an engaged community at Carlmont,” Wang said.
To be a reliable president, one needs to be able to manage their time, and have the ability to keep up with their other classes while handling the position.
“Valerie has always been someone who makes sure she is on top of all that is expected of her. She is prepared and organized. I enjoy having her as a band student,” Wang’s music teacher, John DaBaldo, said.
Some other qualities of a great ASB president come from their extracurriculars, such as athletics. For example, Wang participates in the Carlmont basketball program.
“I think basketball, and athletics in general, is a big part of being a good president,” Wang said. “Yes, I have to balance my time between doing basketball and ASB activities, but being involved in that is just going to further my reach with the rest of the school.”
For Wang, she just wishes to do her best during her time in office and perhaps improve the culture of the school.
Wang said, “I hope to have ASB’s image become something that reflects our wish for a better community at Carlmont.”
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Saunois, M, Bousquet P, Poulter B, Peregon A, Ciais P, Canadell JG, Dlugokencky EJ, Etiope G, Bastviken D, Houweling S, Janssens-Maenhout G, Tubiello FN, Castaldi S, Jackson RB, Alexe M, Arora VK, Beerling DJ, Bergamaschi P, Blake DR, Brailsford G, Bruhwiler L, Crevoisier C, Crill P, Covey K, Frankenberg C, Gedney N, Hoglund-Isaksson L, Ishizawa M, Ito A, Joos F, Kim HS, Kleinen T, Krummel P, Lamarque JF, Langenfelds R, Locatelli R, Machida T, Maksyutov S, Melton JR, Morino I, Naik V, O'Doherty S, Parmentier FJ, Patra PK, Peng CH, Peng SS, Peters GP, Pison I, Prinn R, Ramonet M, Riley WJ, Saito M, Santini M, Schroeder R, Simpson IJ, Spahni R, Takizawa A, Thornton BF, Tian HQ, Tohjima Y, Viovy N, Voulgarakis A, Weiss R, Wilton DJ, Wiltshire A, Worthy D, Wunch D, Xu XY, Yoshida Y, Zhang BW, Zhang Z, Zhu QA. 2017. Variability and quasi-decadal changes in the methane budget over the period 2000-2012. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 17:11135-11161. 10.5194/acp-17-11135-2017 AbstractWebsite
Following the recent Global Carbon Project (GCP) synthesis of the decadal methane (CH4) budget over 2000-2012 (Saunois et al., 2016), we analyse here the same dataset with a focus on quasi-decadal and inter-annual variability in CH4 emissions. The GCP dataset integrates results from top-down studies (exploiting atmospheric observations within an atmospheric inverse-modelling framework) and bottom-up models (including process-based models for estimating land surface emissions and atmospheric chemistry), inventories of anthropogenic emissions, and data-driven approaches. The annual global methane emissions from top-down studies, which by construction match the observed methane growth rate within their uncertainties, all show an increase in total methane emissions over the period 2000-2012, but this increase is not linear over the 13 years. Despite differences between individual studies, the mean emission anomaly of the top-down ensemble shows no significant trend in total methane emissions over the period 2000-2006, during the plateau of atmospheric methane mole fractions, and also over the period 2008-2012, during the renewed atmospheric methane increase. However, the top-down ensemble mean produces an emission shift between 2006 and 2008, leading to 22 [16-32] Tg CH4 yr(-1) higher methane emissions over the period 2008-2012 compared to 2002-2006. This emission increase mostly originated from the tropics, with a smaller contribution from mid-latitudes and no significant change from boreal regions. The regional contributions remain uncertain in top-down studies. Tropical South America and South and East Asia seem to contribute the most to the emission increase in the tropics. However, these two regions have only limited atmospheric measurements and remain therefore poorly constrained. The sectorial partitioning of this emission increase between the periods 2002-2006 and 2008-2012 differs from one atmospheric inversion study to another. However, all top-down studies suggest smaller changes in fossil fuel emissions (from oil, gas, and coal industries) compared to the mean of the bottom-up inventories included in this study. This difference is partly driven by a smaller emission change in China from the top-down studies compared to the estimate in the Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGARv4.2) inventory, which should be revised to smaller values in a near future. We apply isotopic signatures to the emission changes estimated for individual studies based on five emission sectors and find that for six individual top-down studies (out of eight) the average isotopic signature of the emission changes is not consistent with the observed change in atmospheric (CH4)-C-13. However, the partitioning in emission change derived from the ensemble mean is consistent with this isotopic constraint. At the global scale, the top-down ensemble mean suggests that the dominant contribution to the resumed atmospheric CH4 growth after 2006 comes from microbial sources (more from agriculture and waste sectors than from natural wetlands), with an uncertain but smaller contribution from fossil CH4 emissions. In addition, a decrease in biomass burning emissions (in agreement with the biomass burning emission databases) makes the balance of sources consistent with atmospheric (CH4)-C-13 observations. In most of the top-down studies included here, OH concentrations are considered constant over the years (seasonal variations but without any inter-annual variability). As a result, the methane loss (in particular through OH oxidation) varies mainly through the change in methane concentrations and not its oxidants. For these reasons, changes in the methane loss could not be properly investigated in this study, although it may play a significant role in the recent atmospheric methane changes as briefly discussed at the end of the paper.
Ganesan, AL, Chatterjee A, Prinn RG, Harth CM, Salameh PK, Manning AJ, Hall BD, Mühle J, Meredith LK, Weiss RF, O'Doherty S, Young D. 2013. The variability of methane, nitrous oxide and sulfur hexafluoride in Northeast India. Atmos. Chem. Phys.. 13:10633-10644.: Copernicus Publications 10.5194/acp-13-10633-2013 AbstractWebsite
High-frequency atmospheric measurements of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) from Darjeeling, India are presented from December 2011 (CH4)/March 2012 (N2O and SF6) through February 2013. These measurements were made on a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector and electron capture detector, and were calibrated on the Tohoku University, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)-98 and SIO-2005 scales for CH4, N2O and SF6, respectively. The observations show large variability and frequent pollution events in CH4 and N2O mole fractions, suggesting significant sources in the regions sampled by Darjeeling throughout the year. By contrast, SF6 mole fractions show little variability and only occasional pollution episodes, likely due to weak sources in the region. Simulations using the Numerical Atmospheric dispersion Modelling Environment (NAME) particle dispersion model suggest that many of the enhancements in the three gases result from the transport of pollutants from the densely populated Indo-Gangetic Plains of India to Darjeeling. The meteorology of the region varies considerably throughout the year from Himalayan flows in the winter to the strong south Asian summer monsoon. The model is consistent in simulating a diurnal cycle in CH4 and N2O mole fractions that is present during the winter but absent in the summer and suggests that the signals measured at Darjeeling are dominated by large-scale (~100 km) flows rather than local (<10 km) flows.
Murphy, PP, Harrison DE, Feely RA, Takahashi T, Weiss RF, Gammon RH. 1998. Variability of Δ pCO2 in the subarctic North Pacific. A comparison of results from four expeditions. Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical Meteorology. 50:185-204. 10.1034/j.1600-0889.1998.t01-1-00006.x AbstractWebsite
Time-space variability of surface seawater pCO(2) is examined over the region (150 degrees W-180 degrees, 46 degrees N-50 degrees N) of the subarctic North Pacific where large meridional gradients of temperature and nutrient concentrations exist. The data were collected during four trans-Pacific expeditions in three different years (1985-1987), but within the same 30-day period of the year (August-September). Systematic measurement differences between the four data sets are estimated as <10 mu atm. The inter-expedition comparison suggests that surface seawater pCO(2) in the study area is quite variable, with mean differences of up to 25 mu atm and local differences up to 60 mu atm. Spatial and interannual variability of surface seawater pCO(2) were found to contribute significant uncertainty to estimates of the mean Delta pCO(2) for the study area. Fluxes were calculated using Delta pCO(2) values from the four expeditions combined with gas exchange coefficients calculated from four different wind fields giving a range of -0.94 to +4.1 mmol CO2 m(-2) d(-1). The range of fluxes from the study area is scaled to a larger area of the North Pacific to address how this variability can translate into uncertainties in basin-wide carbon air-sea exchange fluxes.
Vollmer, MK, Weiss RF, Bootsma HA. 2002. Ventilation of Lake Malawi/Nyasa. The East African great lakes limnology, palaeolimnology, and biodiversity. ( Odada EO, Olago DO, Eds.).:209-233., Dordrecht; Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers Abstract
Reverdin, G, Weiss RF, Jenkins WJ. 1993. Ventilation of the Atlantic Ocean equatorial thermocline. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 98:16289-16310. 10.1029/93jc00976 AbstractWebsite
The ventilation of the lower equatorial Atlantic thermocline (100 m to 400 m) is investigated from the distributions of salinity, oxygen, the chlorofluoromethanes F-11 and F-12, tritium, and the excess helium 3; 1983 data suggest a correlation on isopycnal surfaces between oxygen, chlorofluoromethanes and to a lesser extent, with the apparent ages derived from F-11/F-12 and helium 3/tritium. The apparent ages increase with depth from 10 years on sigma(THETA)=26.5 to over 15 years near 400 m. The tracers are largely undersaturated with respect to the surface concentrations corresponding to the apparent ages. We investigate the ventilation processes responsible for these distributions with simple circulation models, where water from the subtropical gyres reaches isopycnally the equatorial thermocline. The few model parameters are determined by fitting the simulations to the chlorofluoromethane distributions in 1983. The sensitivity of these parameters to expected errors on the past surface concentrations and to vertical mixing is comparable and can result in an error of more than 20% in the model parameters. In 1983, model [H-3] and [He-3]* are too large, in particular when no diapycnal mixing is modeled, but the differences could have arisen from errors on past surface concentrations. During the 1980s, die model overestimates the increase in chlorofluoromethanes, in particular F-12. The fitted model inflow from the southern subtropical gyre between 110 m and 400 m is 14 x 10(6) m3 s-1, in the range of expected transports by the western boundary current near Brazil. The model oxygen utilization rate is on the order of 12 mmol kg-1 yr-1 at 100 m and 5 mmol kg-1 yr-1 at 400 m (below sigma(theta)=27.1).
California Environment, Earth and Planetary Chemistry, Global Change, Global Environmental Monitoring, Ice and Climate, Instruments and Innovation
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Atmospheric histories, growth rates and solubilities in seawater and other natural waters of the potential transient tracers HCFC-22, HCFC-141b, HCFC-142b, HFC-134a, HFC-125, HFC-23, PFC-14 and PFC-116
Rapid increase in ozone-depleting chloroform emissions from China
Inverse modelling of CF4 and NF3 emissions in East Asia
Continued emissions of the ozone-depleting substance carbon tetrachloride from Eastern Asia
Observing the atmospheric evolution of ozone-depleting substances
Chemical evidence of inter-hemispheric air mass intrusion into the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes
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Kaneko, Y, Fialko Y. 2011. Shallow slip deficit due to large strike-slip earthquakes in dynamic rupture simulations with elasto-plastic off-fault response. Geophysical Journal International. 186:1389-1403. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05117.x AbstractWebsite
Slip inversions of geodetic data from several large (magnitude similar to 7) strike-slip earthquakes point to coseismic slip deficit at shallow depths (< 3-4 km), that is, coseismic slip appears to decrease towards the Earth surface. While the inferred slip distribution may be consistent with laboratory-derived rate and state friction laws suggesting that the uppermost brittle crust may be velocity strengthening, there remains a question of how the coseismic slip deficit is accommodated throughout the earthquake cycle. The consequence of velocity-strengthening fault friction at shallow depths is that the deficit of coseismic slip is relieved by post-seismic afterslip and interseismic creep. However, many seismic events with inferred shallow slip deficit were not associated with either resolvable shallow interseismic creep or robust shallow afterslip. Hence, the origin of shallow 'slip deficit' remains uncertain. In this study, we investigate whether inelastic failure in the shallow crust due to dynamic earthquake rupture can explain the inferred deficit of shallow slip. Evidence for such failure is emerging from geologic, seismic and geodetic observations. We find that the amount of shallow slip deficit is proportional to the amount of inelastic deformation near the Earth surface. Such deformation occurs under a wide range of parameters that characterize rock strength in the upper crust. However, the largest magnitude of slip deficit in models accounting for off-fault yielding is 2-4 times smaller than that inferred from kinematic inversions of geodetic data. To explain this discrepancy, we further explore to what extent assumptions in the kinematic inversions may bias the inferred slip distributions. Inelastic deformation in the shallow crust reduces coseismic strain near the fault, introducing an additional 'artificial' deficit of up to 10 per cent of the maximum slip in inversions of geodetic data that are based on purely elastic models. The largest magnitude of slip deficit in our models combined with the bias in inversions accounts for up to 25 per cent of shallow slip deficit, which is comparable, but still smaller than 3060 per cent deficit inferred from kinematic inversions. We discuss potential mechanisms that may account for the remaining discrepancy between slip deficit predicted by elasto-plastic rupture models and that inferred from inversions of space geodetic data.
Wei, M, Sandwell D, Fialko Y. 2009. A silent M-w 4.7 slip event of October 2006 on the Superstition Hills fault, southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 114 10.1029/2008jb006135 AbstractWebsite
During October 2006, the 20-km-long Superstition Hills fault (SHF) in the Salton Trough, southern California, slipped aseismically, producing a maximum offset of 27 mm, as recorded by a creepmeter. We investigate this creep event as well as the spatial and temporal variations in slip history since 1992 using ERS-1/2 and Envisat satellite data. During a 15-year period, steady creep is punctuated by at least three events. The first two events were dynamically triggered by the 1992 Landers and 1999 Hector Mine earthquakes. In contrast, there is no obvious triggering mechanism for the October 2006 event. Field measurements of fault offset after the 1999 and 2006 events are in good agreement with the interferometric synthetic aperture radar data indicating that creep occurred along the 20-km-long fault above 4 km depth, with most of the slip occurring at the surface. The moment released during this event is equivalent to a M-w 4.7 earthquake. This event produced no detectable aftershocks and was not recorded by the continuous GPS stations that were 9 km away. Modeling of the long-term creep from 1992 to 2007 creep using stacked ERS-1/2 interferograms also shows a maximum creep depth of 2-4 km, with slip tapering with depth. Considering that the sediment thickness varies between 3 km and 5 km along the SHF, our results are consistent with previous studies suggesting that shallow creep is controlled by sediment depth, perhaps due to high pore pressures in the unconsolidated sediments.
Wang, K, Fialko Y. 2015. Slip model of the 2015 M-w 7.8 Gorkha (Nepal) earthquake from inversions of ALOS-2 and GPS data. Geophysical Research Letters. 42:7452-7458. 10.1002/2015gl065201 AbstractWebsite
We use surface deformation measurements including Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar data acquired by the ALOS-2 mission of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and Global Positioning System (GPS) data to invert for the fault geometry and coseismic slip distribution of the 2015 M-w 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. Assuming that the ruptured fault connects to the surface trace of the Main Frontal Thrust (MFT) fault between 84.34 degrees E and 86.19 degrees E, the best fitting model suggests a dip angle of 7 degrees. The moment calculated from the slip model is 6.08 x 10(20)Nm, corresponding to the moment magnitude of 7.79. The rupture of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake was dominated by thrust motion that was primarily concentrated in a 150km long zone 50 to 100km northward from the surface trace of the Main Frontal Thrust (MFT), with maximum slip of approximate to 5.8m at a depth of approximate to 8km. Data thus indicate that the 2015 Gorkha earthquake ruptured a deep part of the seismogenic zone, in contrast to the 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake, which had ruptured a shallow part of the adjacent fault segment to the east.
Wei, M, Sandwell D, Fialko Y, Bilham R. 2011. Slip on faults in the Imperial Valley triggered by the 4 April 2010 Mw 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake revealed by InSAR. Geophysical Research Letters. 38 10.1029/2010gl045235 AbstractWebsite
Radar interferometry (InSAR), field measurements and creepmeters reveal surface slip on multiple faults in the Imperial Valley triggered by the main shock of the 4 April 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah M(w) 7.2 earthquake. Co-seismic offsets occurred on the San Andreas, Superstition Hills, Imperial, Elmore Ranch, Wienert, Coyote Creek, Elsinore, Yuha, and several minor faults near the town of Ocotillo at the northern end of the mainshock rupture. We documented right-lateral slip (<40 mm) on northwest-striking faults and left-lateral slip (<40 mm) on southwest-striking faults. Slip occurred on 15-km- and 20-km-long segments of the San Andreas Fault in the Mecca Hills (<= 50 mm) and Durmid Hill (<= 10 mm) respectively, and on 25 km of the Superstition Hills Fault (<= 37 mm). Field measurements of slip on the Superstition Hills Fault agree with InSAR and creepmeter measurements to within a few millimeters. Dislocation models of the InSAR data from the Superstition Hills Fault confirm that creep in this sequence, as in previous slip events, is confined to shallow depths (<3 km). Citation: Wei, M., D. Sandwell, Y. Fialko, and R. Bilham (2011), Slip on faults in the Imperial Valley triggered by the 4 April 2010 Mw 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake revealed by InSAR, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L01308, doi:10.1029/2010GL045235.
Fialko, Y, Pearse J. 2012. Sombrero Uplift Above the Altiplano-Puna Magma Body: Evidence of a Ballooning Mid-Crustal Diapir. Science. 338(6104):250-252. 10.1126/science.1226358
Barbot, S, Hamiel Y, Fialko Y. 2008. Space geodetic investigation of the coseismic and postseismic deformation due to the 2003 M(w)7.2 Altai earthquake: Implications for the local lithospheric rheology. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 113 10.1029/2007jb005063 AbstractWebsite
We use Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar data and SPOT optical imagery to investigate the coseismic and postseismic deformation due to the 27 September 2003, M(w)7.2 Altai earthquake, which occurred in the Chuya Basin near the Russia-China-Mongolia border. On the basis of the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and SPOT data, we determined the rupture location and developed a coseismic slip model for the Altai earthquake. The inferred rupture location is in a good agreement with field observations, and the geodetic moment from our slip model is consistent with the seismic moment determined from the teleseismic data. While the epicentral area of the Altai earthquake is not optimal for radar interferometry (in particular, due to temporal decorrelation), we were able to detect a transient signal over a time period of 3 years following the earthquake. The signal is robust in that it allows us to discriminate among several commonly assumed mechanisms of postseismic relaxation. We find that the postearthquake interferometric SAR data do not warrant poroelastic rebound in the upper crust. The observed deformation also disagrees with linear viscoelastic relaxation in the upper mantle or lower crust, giving rise to a lower bound on the dynamic viscosity of the lower crust of the order of 10(19) Pa s. The data can be explained in terms of fault slip within the seismogenic zone, on the periphery of areas with high coseismic slip. Most of the postseismic deformation can be explained in terms of seismic moment release in aftershocks; some shallow slip may have also occurred aseismically. Therefore the observed postseismic deformation due to the Altai earthquake is qualitatively different from deformation due to other similarly sized earthquakes, in particular, the Landers and Hector Mine earthquakes in the Mojave desert, southern California. The observed variations in the deformation pattern may be indicative of different rheologic structure of the continental lithosphere in different tectonically active areas.
Wang, K, Fialko Y. 2014. Space geodetic observations and models of postseismic deformation due to the 2005 M7.6 Kashmir (Pakistan) earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 119:7306-7318. 10.1002/2014jb011122 AbstractWebsite
We use the L-band Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) and C-band Envisat interferometric synthetic aperture data and campaign GPS observations to study the postseismic deformation due to the 2005 magnitude 7.6 Kashmir (Pakistan) earthquake that occurred in the northwestern Himalaya. Envisat data are available from both the descending and ascending orbits and span a time period of similar to 4.5years immediately following the earthquake (2005-2010), with nearly monthly acquisitions. However, the Envisat data are highly decorrelated due to high topography and snow cover. ALOS data are available from the ascending orbit and span a time period of similar to 2.5years between 2007 and 2009, over which they remain reasonably well correlated. We derive the mean line-of-sight (LOS) postseismic velocity maps in the epicentral area of the Kashmir earthquake using persistent scatterer method for Envisat data and selective stacking for ALOS data. LOS velocities from all data sets indicate an uplift (decrease in radar range), primarily in the hanging wall of the earthquake rupture over the entire period of synthetic aperture radar observations (2005-2010). Models of poroelastic relaxation predict uplift of both the footwall and the hanging wall, while models of viscoelastic relaxation below the brittle-ductile transition predict subsidence (increase in radar range) in both the footwall and the hanging wall. Therefore, the observed pattern of surface velocities indicates that the early several years of postseismic deformation were dominated by afterslip on the fault plane, possibly with a minor contribution from poroelastic rebound. Kinematic inversions of interferometric synthetic aperture radar and GPS data confirm that the observed deformation is consistent with afterslip, primarily downdip of the seismic asperity. To place constraints on the effective viscosity of the ductile substrate in the study area, we subtract the surface deformation predicted by stress-driven afterslip model from the mean LOS velocities and compare the residuals to models of viscoelastic relaxation for a range of assumed viscosities. We show that in order to prevent surface subsidence, the effective viscosity has to be greater than 10(19)Pas. ations are negligible
Hamiel, Y, Katz O, Lyakhovsky V, Reches Z, Fialko Y. 2006. Stable and unstable damage evolution in rocks with implications to fracturing of granite. Geophysical Journal International. 167:1005-1016. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03126.x AbstractWebsite
We address the relation between the rock rigidity and crack density by comparing predictions of a viscoelastic damage rheology model to laboratory data that include direct microscopic mapping of cracks. The damage rheology provides a generalization of Hookean elasticity to a non-linear continuum mechanics framework incorporating degradation and recovery of the effective elastic properties, transition from stable to unstable fracturing, and gradual accumulation of irreversible deformation. This approach is based on the assumption that the density of microcracks is uniform over a length scale much larger than the length of a typical crack, yet much smaller than the size of the entire deforming domain. For a system with a sufficiently large number of cracks, one can define a representative volume in which the crack density is uniform and introduce an intensive damage variable for this volume. We tested our viscoelastic damage rheology against sets of laboratory experiments done on Mount Scott granite. Based on fitting the entire stress-strain records the damage variable is constrained, and found to be a linear function of the crack density. An advantage of these sets experiments is that they were preformed with different loading paths and explicitly demonstrated the existence of stable and unstable fracturing regimes. We demonstrate that the viscoelastic damage rheology provides an adequate quantitative description of the brittle rock deformation and simulates both the stable and unstable damage evolution under various loading conditions. Comparison between the presented data analysis of experiments with Mount Scott granite and previous results with Westerly granite and Berea sandstone indicates that granular or porous rocks have lower seismic coupling. This implies that the portion of elastic strain released during a seismic cycle as brittle deformation depends on the lithology of the region. Hence, upper crustal regions with thick sedimentary cover, or fault zones with high degree of damage are expected to undergo a more significant inelastic deformation in the interseismic period compared to 'intact' crystalline rocks.
Hamiel, Y, Fialko Y. 2007. Structure and mechanical properties of faults in the North Anatolian Fault system from InSAR observations of coseismic deformation due to the 1999 Izmit (Turkey) earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 112 10.1029/2006jb004777 AbstractWebsite
We study the structure and mechanical properties of faults in the North Anatolian Fault system by observing near-fault deformation induced by the 1999 M-w 7.4 Izmit earthquake (Turkey). We use interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Global Positioning System observations to analyze the coseismic surface deformation in the near field of the Izmit rupture. The overall observed coseismic deformation is consistent with deformation predicted by a dislocation model assuming a uniform elastic crust. Previous InSAR studies revealed small-scale changes in the radar range across the nearby faults of the North Anatolian fault system (in particular, the Mudurnu Valley and Iznik faults) (e.g., Wright et al., 2001). We demonstrate that these anomalous range changes are consistent with an elastic response of compliant fault zones to the stress perturbation induced by the Izmit earthquake. We examine the spatial variations and mechanical properties of fault zones around the Mudurnu Valley and Iznik faults using three-dimensional finite element models. In these models, we include compliant fault zones having various geometries and elastic properties and apply stress changes deduced from a kinematic slip model of the Izmit earthquake. The best fitting models suggest that the inferred fault zones have a characteristic width of a few kilometers, depth in excess of 10 km, and reductions in the effective shear modulus of about a factor of 3 compared to the surrounding rocks. The characteristic width of the best fitting fault zone models is consistent with field observations along the North Anatolian Fault system (Ambraseys, 1970). Our results are also in agreement with InSAR observations of small-scale deformation on faults in the Eastern California Shear Zone in response to the 1992 Landers and 1999 Hector Mine earthquakes (Fialko et al., 2002; Fialko, 2004). The inferred compliant fault zones likely represent intense damage and may be quite commonly associated with large crustal faults.
Samsonov, SV, Feng WP, Fialko Y. 2017. Subsidence at Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field and postseismic slip along the Indiviso fault from 2011 to 2016 RADARSAT-2 DInSAR time series analysis. Geophysical Research Letters. 44:2716-2724. 10.1002/2017gl072690 AbstractWebsite
We present RADARSAT-2 Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) observations of deformation due to fluid extraction at the Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field (CPGF) and afterslip on the 2010 M7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah (EMC) earthquake rupture during 2011-2016. Advanced multidimensional time series analysis reveals subsidence at the CPGF with the maximum rate greater than 100mm/yr accompanied by horizontal motion (radial contraction) at a rate greater than 30mm/yr. During the same time period, more than 30mm of surface creep occurred on the Indiviso fault ruptured by the EMC earthquake. We performed inversions of DInSAR data to estimate the rate of volume changes at depth due to the geothermal production at the CPGF and the distribution of afterslip on the Indiviso fault. The maximum coseismic slip due to the EMC earthquake correlates with the Coulomb stress changes on the Indiviso fault due to fluid extraction at the CPGF. Afterslip occurs on the periphery of maximum coseismic slip areas. Time series analysis indicates that afterslip still occurs 6years after the earthquake.
Mitchell, EK, Fialko Y, Brown KM. 2013. Temperature dependence of frictional healing of Westerly granite: Experimental observations and numerical simulations. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 14:567-582. 10.1029/2012gc004241 AbstractWebsite
Temperature is believed to have an important control on frictional properties of rocks, yet the amount of experimental observations of time-dependent rock friction at high temperatures is rather limited. In this study, we investigated frictional healing of Westerly granite in a series of slide-hold-slide experiments using a direct shear apparatus at ambient temperatures between 20 degrees C and 550 degrees C. We observed that at room temperature coefficient of friction increases in proportion to the logarithm of hold time at a rate consistent with findings of previous studies. For a given hold time, the coefficient of friction linearly increases with temperature, but temperature has little effect on the rate of change in static friction with hold time. We used a numerical model to investigate whether time-dependent increases in real contact area between rough surfaces could account for the observed frictional healing. The model incorporates fractal geometry and temperature-dependent viscoelasoplastic rheology. We explored several candidate rheologies that have been proposed for steady state creep of rocks at high stresses and temperatures. None of the tested laws could provide an agreement between the observed and modeled healing behavior given material properties reported in the bulk creep experiments. An acceptable fit to the experimental data could be achieved with modified parameters. In particular, for the power-law rheology to provide a reasonable fit to the data, the stress exponent needs to be greater than 40. Alternative mechanisms include time-dependent gouge compaction and increases in bond strength between contacting asperities.
Fialko, Y. 2004. Temperature fields generated by the elastodynamic propagation of shear cracks in the Earth. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 109 10.1029/2003jb002497 AbstractWebsite
Thermal perturbations associated with seismic slip on faults may significantly affect the dynamic friction and the mechanical energy release during earthquakes. This paper investigates details of the coseismic temperature increases associated with the elastodynamic propagation of shear cracks and effects of fault heating on the dynamic fault strength. Self-similar solutions are presented for the temperature evolution on a surface of a mode II shear crack and a self-healing pulse rupturing at a constant velocity. The along-crack temperature distribution is controlled by a single parameter, the ratio of the crack thickness to the width of the conductive thermal boundary layer, (w) over bar. For "thick'' cracks, or at early stages of rupture ((w) over bar > 1), the local temperature on the crack surface is directly proportional to the amount of slip. For "thin'' cracks, or at later times ((w) over bar < 1), the temperature maximum shifts toward the crack tip. For faults having slip zone thickness of the order of centimeters or less, the onset of thermally induced phenomena (e.g., frictional melting, thermal pressurization, etc.) may occur at any point along the rupture, depending on the degree of slip localization and rupture duration. In the absence of significant increases in the pore fluid pressure, localized fault slip may raise temperature by several hundred degrees, sufficient to cause melting. The onset of frictional melting may give rise to substantial increases in the effective fault strength due to an increase in the effective fault contact area, and high viscosity of silicate melts near solidus. The inferred transient increases in the dynamic friction ("viscous braking'') are consistent with results of high-speed rock sliding experiments and might explain field observations of the fault wall rip-out structures associated with pseudotachylites. Possible effects of viscous braking on the earthquake rupture dynamics include (1) delocalization of slip and increases in the effective fracture energy, (2) transition from a crack-like to a pulse-like rupture propagation, or (3) ultimate rupture arrest. Assuming that the pulse-like ruptures heal by incipient fusion, the seismologic observations can be used to place a lower bound on the dynamic fault friction. This bound is found to be of the order of several megapascals, essentially independent of the earthquake size. Further experimental and theoretical studies of melt rheology at high strain rates are needed to quantify the effects of melting on the dynamic fault strength.
Khazan, YM, Fialko YA. 2001. Tensile and shear cracks in the Dugdale-Barenblatt model. Geofizicheskii Zhurnal. 23:13-30.
Fialko, YA, Rubin AM. 1999. Thermal and mechanical aspects of magma emplacement in giant dike swarms. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 104:23033-23049. 10.1029/1999jb900213 AbstractWebsite
We consider the thermal history and dynamics of magma emplacement in giant feeder dikes associated with continental flood basalts. For driving pressure gradients inferred for giant dike swarms, thicknesses of <10 m would enable dikes to transport magma laterally over the distances observed in the field (up to thousands of kilometers) without suffering thermal lock-up. Using time-dependent numerical solutions for the thermal evolution of a dike channel under laminar and turbulent flow conditions in the presence of phase transitions, we investigate the possibility that the observed dike thicknesses (of the order of 100 m) result from thermal erosion of the country rocks during dike emplacement. This implies that the observed range of dike widths in giant dike swarms may reflect variations in the source volume and not the excess magma pressure. It is found that the total volume of intruded magma required to produce an order of magnitude increase in dike width via wall rock melting broadly agrees with the estimated volumes of individual flows in continental flood basalts. The presence of chilled margins and apparently low crustal contamination characteristics of some giant dikes may be consistent with turbulent magma flow and extensive melt back during dike emplacement. In this case, measurements of the anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility most likely indicate magma flow directions during the final stages of dike intrusion. Shear stresses generated at the dike wall when the dike starts to freeze strongly decrease with increasing dike width, which implies that thicker dikes may have less tendency to produce consistent fabric alignment. Our results suggest that if the dike was propagating downslope off a plume-related topographic swell, the mechanism responsible for flow termination could possibly have been related to underpressurization and collapse (implosion) of the shallow magma plumbing system feeding the intrusion. Radial dikes that erupted at the periphery of the topographic uplift might have increased (rather than decreased) extensional stresses in the crust within the topographic uplift upon their solidification.
Fialko, YA, Rubin AM. 1998. Thermodynamics of lateral dike propagation: Implications for crustal accretion at slow spreading mid-ocean ridges. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 103:2501-2514. 10.1029/97jb03105 AbstractWebsite
We consider solidification of hot fluid flowing through a rigid-wall channel of infinite extent. The calculated "thermal arrest" lengths are used to investigate the role of magma freezing in limiting the propagation distance of lateral dike intrusions. Our results demonstrate that for reasonable parameters the propagation distances of meter-wide dikes do not exceed the wavelength of crustal thickness variations or transform fault spacing along slow spreading ridges. This suggests that thermal controls on the crustal melt delivery system could be an important factor in modulating these variations. Unlike published results for a finite channel, which predict unlimited meltback of the channel walls if the prefreezing fluid velocity exceeds some critical value, any flow into an infinite channel will eventually freeze, provided that shear heating in the magma is negligible. The thermal arrest distances depend strongly on the average dike thickness h (proportional to h(4) for dikes driven by an along-strike topographic slope and proportional to h(2) for dikes driven by an excess source pressure). Thermal erosion of the country rocks associated with lateral dike intrusions is likely to be confined to a very small region near the ma,oma source. Substantial correlations between the along-strike bathymetry and geochemistry of the erupted lavas along individual ridge segments may be consistent with high-level basalt fractionation in the laterally propagating dikes.
Fialko, Y, Sandwell D, Simons M, Rosen P. 2005. Three-dimensional deformation caused by the Bam, Iran, earthquake and the origin of shallow slip deficit. Nature. 435:295-299. 10.1038/nature03425 AbstractWebsite
Our understanding of the earthquake process requires detailed insights into how the tectonic stresses are accumulated and released on seismogenic faults. We derive the full vector displacement field due to the Bam, Iran, earthquake of moment magnitude 6.5 using radar data from the Envisat satellite of the European Space Agency. Analysis of surface deformation indicates that most of the seismic moment release along the 20-km-long strike-slip rupture occurred at a shallow depth of 4 - 5 km, yet the rupture did not break the surface. The Bam event may therefore represent an end-member case of the 'shallow slip deficit' model, which postulates that coseismic slip in the uppermost crust is systematically less than that at seismogenic depths ( 4 - 10 km). The InSAR-derived surface displacement data from the Bam and other large shallow earthquakes suggest that the uppermost section of the seismogenic crust around young and developing faults may undergo a distributed failure in the interseismic period, thereby accumulating little elastic strain.
Barbot, S, Fialko Y, Sandwell D. 2009. Three-dimensional models of elastostatic deformation in heterogeneous media, with applications to the Eastern California Shear Zone. Geophysical Journal International. 179:500-520. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04194.x AbstractWebsite
P>We present a semi-analytic iterative procedure for evaluating the 3-D deformation due to faults in an arbitrarily heterogeneous elastic half-space. Spatially variable elastic properties are modelled with equivalent body forces and equivalent surface traction in a 'homogenized' elastic medium. The displacement field is obtained in the Fourier domain using a semi-analytic Green function. We apply this model to investigate the response of 3-D compliant zones (CZ) around major crustal faults to coseismic stressing by nearby earthquakes. We constrain the two elastic moduli, as well as the geometry of the fault zones by comparing the model predictions to Synthetic Aperture Radar inferferometric (InSAR) data. Our results confirm that the CZ models for the Rodman, Calico and Pinto Mountain faults in the Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) can explain the coseismic InSAR data from both the Landers and the Hector Mine earthquakes. For the Pinto Mountain fault zone, InSAR data suggest a 50 per cent reduction in effective shear modulus and no significant change in Poisson's ratio compared to the ambient crust. The large wavelength of coseismic line-of-sight displacements around the Pinto Mountain fault requires a fairly wide (similar to 1.9 km) CZ extending to a depth of at least 9 km. Best fit for the Calico CZ, north of Galway Dry Lake, is obtained for a 4 km deep structure, with a 60 per cent reduction in shear modulus, with no change in Poisson's ratio. We find that the required effective rigidity of the Calico fault zone south of Galway Dry Lake is not as low as that of the northern segment, suggesting along-strike variations of effective elastic moduli within the same fault zone. The ECSZ InSAR data is best explained by CZ models with reduction in both shear and bulk moduli. These observations suggest pervasive and widespread damage around active crustal faults.
Barbot, S, Fialko Y. 2010. A unified continuum representation of post-seismic relaxation mechanisms: semi-analytic models of afterslip, poroelastic rebound and viscoelastic flow. Geophysical Journal International. 182:1124-1140. 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04678.x AbstractWebsite
P>We present a unified continuum mechanics representation of the mechanisms believed to be commonly involved in post-seismic transients such as viscoelasticity, fault creep and poroelasticity. The time-dependent relaxation that follows an earthquake, or any other static stress perturbation, is considered in a framework of a generalized viscoelastoplastic rheology whereby some inelastic strain relaxes a physical quantity in the material. The relaxed quantity is the deviatoric stress in case of viscoelastic relaxation, the shear stress in case of creep on a fault plane and the trace of the stress tensor in case of poroelastic rebound. In this framework, the instantaneous velocity field satisfies the linear inhomogeneous Navier's equation with sources parametrized as equivalent body forces and surface tractions. We evaluate the velocity field using the Fourier-domain Green's function for an elastic half-space with surface buoyancy boundary condition. The accuracy of the proposed method is demonstrated by comparisons with finite-element simulations of viscoelastic relaxation following strike-slip and dip-slip ruptures for linear and power-law rheologies. We also present comparisons with analytic solutions for afterslip driven by coseismic stress changes. Finally, we demonstrate that the proposed method can be used to model time-dependent poroelastic rebound by adopting a viscoelastic rheology with bulk viscosity and work hardening. The proposed method allows one to model post-seismic transients that involve multiple mechanisms (afterslip, poroelastic rebound, ductile flow) with an account for the effects of gravity, non-linear rheologies and arbitrary spatial variations in inelastic properties of rocks (e.g. the effective viscosity, rate-and-state frictional parameters and poroelastic properties).
Bassett, D, Sandwell DT, Fialko Y, Watts AB. 2016. Upper-plate controls on co-seismic slip in the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake. Nature. 531:92-96.: Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/nature16945 Abstract
The March 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake was only the second giant (moment magnitude Mw ≥ 9.0) earthquake to occur in the last 50 years and is the most recent to be recorded using modern geophysical techniques. Available data place high-resolution constraints on the kinematics of earthquake rupture1, which have challenged prior knowledge about how much a fault can slip in a single earthquake and the seismic potential of a partially coupled megathrust interface2. But it is not clear what physical or structural characteristics controlled either the rupture extent or the amplitude of slip in this earthquake. Here we use residual topography and gravity anomalies to constrain the geological structure of the overthrusting (upper) plate offshore northeast Japan. These data reveal an abrupt southwest–northeast-striking boundary in upper-plate structure, across which gravity modelling indicates a south-to-north increase in the density of rocks overlying the megathrust of 150–200 kilograms per cubic metre. We suggest that this boundary represents the offshore continuation of the Median Tectonic Line, which onshore juxtaposes geological terranes composed of granite batholiths (in the north) and accretionary complexes (in the south)3. The megathrust north of the Median Tectonic Line is interseismically locked2, has a history of large earthquakes (18 with Mw > 7 since 1896) and produced peak slip exceeding 40 metres in the Tohoku-oki earthquake1. In contrast, the megathrust south of this boundary has higher rates of interseismic creep2, has not generated an earthquake with MJ > 7 (local magnitude estimated by the Japan Meteorological Agency) since 1923, and experienced relatively minor (if any) co-seismic slip in 20111. We propose that the structure and frictional properties of the overthrusting plate control megathrust coupling and seismogenic behaviour in northeast Japan.
Lau, N, Tymofyeyeva E, Fialko Y. 2018. Variations in the long-term uplift rate due to the Altiplano-Puna magma body observed with Sentinel-1 interferometry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 491:43-47. 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.03.026 AbstractWebsite
We present new Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) observations of surface deformation in the Altiplano-Puna region (South America) where previous studies documented a broad uplift at an average rate of similar to 10 mm/yr. We use data from the Sentinel-1 satellite mission to produce high-resolution velocity maps and time series of surface displacements between years 2014-2017. The data reveal that the uplift has slowed down substantially compared to the 1992-2010 epoch and is characterized by short-term fluctuations on time scales of months to years. The observed variations in uplift rate may indicate a non-steady supply of melt and/or volatiles from the partially molten Altiplano-Puna Magma Body (APMB) into an incipient diapir forming in the roof of the APMB. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Mitchell, EK, Fialko Y, Brown KM. 2016. Velocity-weakening behavior of Westerly granite at temperature up to 600 degrees C. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 121:6932-6946. 10.1002/2016jb013081 AbstractWebsite
The deep limit to seismicity in continental crust is believed to be controlled by a transition from velocity-weakening to velocity-strengthening friction based on experimental measurements of the rate dependence of friction at different temperatures. Available experimental data on granite suggest a transition to stable creep at about 350 degrees C (approximate to 15km depth). Here we present results from unconfined experiments on Westerly granite at both dry and hydrated conditions that show increasingly unstable slip (velocity-weakening behavior) at temperature up to 600 degrees C. A comparison of previously published experimental results with those presented in this study suggests that the rate and state friction parameters strongly depend on normal stress and pore pressure at high (>400 degrees C) temperature, which may help explain regional variations in the depth distribution of earthquakes in continental crust. Temperature dependence of the rate and state friction parameters may also contribute to strong dynamic weakening observed in high-speed friction experiments on crystalline rocks such as granite and gabbro.
Sandwell, D, Fialko Y. 2004. Warping and cracking of the Pacific plate by thermal contraction. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 109 10.1029/2004jb003091 AbstractWebsite
Lineaments in the gravity field and associated chains of volcanic ridges are widespread on the Pacific plate but are not yet explained by plate tectonics. Recent studies have proposed that they are warps and cracks in the plate caused by uneven thermal contraction of the cooling lithosphere. We show that the large thermoelastic stress produced by top-down cooling is optimally released by lithospheric flexure between regularly spaced parallel cracks. Both the crack spacing and approximate gravity amplitude are predicted by elastic plate theory and variational principle. Cracks along the troughs of the gravity lineaments provide conduits for the generation of volcanic ridges in agreement with new observations from satellite-derived gravity. Our model suggests that gravity lineaments are a natural consequence of lithospheric cooling so that convective rolls or mantle plumes are not required.
Fialko, YA, Rubin AM. 1999. What controls the along-strike slopes of volcanic rift zones? Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 104:20007-20020. 10.1029/1999jb900143 AbstractWebsite
We investigate the dynamics of viscous pressure losses associated with lateral magma transport in volcanic rift zones by performing (I) coupled elastic-hydrodynamic simulations of downrift magma flow in dikes and (2) analog experiments mimicking lateral dike propagation in the presence of an along-rift topographic slope. It is found that near-source eruptions are likely to be favored by shallow slopes while distant downrift eruptions may be encouraged by steeper slopes, provided that along-rift variations in the tectonic stress are negligible or uncorrelated on the timescale of multiple dike intrusions. This implies the existence of a critical slope to which a volcanic rift zone would naturally evolve. Such behavior is produced by three-dimensional (3-D) elastic effects and is controlled by the ratio of the driving pressure gradient due to the along-strike topographic slope to the vertical gradient in the excess magma pressure in the dike. This model may be viewed as complementary to commonly cited mechanisms that appeal to magma viscosity and the dynamics of freezing of lava flows at the surface to explain the low profiles of basaltic shield volcanoes. Our estimated values of the critical slopes are in general agreement with observations in Hawaiian rift zones, but further development of fully 3-D models is required for more accurate predictions.
Khazan, Y, Fialko Y. 2005. Why do kimberlites from different provinces have similar trace element patterns? Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 6 10.1029/2005gc000919 AbstractWebsite
Analysis of the trace element contents in kimberlites from various provinces around the world, including South Africa, India, and Yakutia ( Siberia, Russia), reveals remarkable similarity of the maximum abundances. In addition, we find that abundances of the rare earth elements ( REE) in the South African kimberlites are highly coherent between individual elements. We suggest that the observed similarity of the trace element patterns may result from a common physicochemical process operating in the kimberlite source region, rather than from peculiar source compositions and magmatic histories. The most likely candidates for such a process are ( 1) partial melting at very low melting degrees and ( 2) porous melt flow and diffusive exchange with the host rocks. These two processes can produce the same maximum trace element abundances and similar undersaturated patterns. We argue that the porous flow, and the associated chromatographic enrichment, is preferred because it allows high saturations at relatively large melt fractions of similar to 1%. Observations of enrichment of the xenolith grain rims due to an exchange with metasomatizing melts of quasi- kimberlitic composition imply that the melt percolated beyond the source region, in agreement with basic assumptions of the percolation model. We demonstrate that the saturated REE patterns are in a good agreement with the maximum observed REE abundances in kimberlites from different provinces. The theoretical patterns are independent of the melt fraction and only weakly ( if at all) depend on the source modal composition. Characteristic diverging fan- like patterns of trace elements predicted by the percolation model are identified in kimberlites from South Africa. We propose that a high coherency of the REE patterns in the South African kimberlites results from a general dependence of all REE abundances on the calcium content. According to this interpretation, the overall depletion of the source rocks in REE with temperature ( and depth) postulated by our model is a natural consequence of a decrease in the calcium content along the lherzolite trend.
Earth Through Space and Time
Geodesy and Lithospheric Deformation, Geodynamics, Mathematical and Theoretical Geophysics, Numerical Modeling, Remote Sensing, Seismology and Earthquake Physics, Tectonics and Structural Geology
Location: 321 IGPP/Munk Lab
yfialko at ucsd.edu
Geodetic evidence for a blind fault segment at the southern end of the San Jacinto Fault Zone
Observations and modeling of coseismic and postseismic deformation due to the 2015 M-w 7.8 Gorkha (Nepal) earthquake
Variations in the long-term uplift rate due to the Altiplano-Puna magma body observed with Sentinel-1 interferometry
Subsidence at Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field and postseismic slip along the Indiviso fault from 2011 to 2016 RADARSAT-2 DInSAR time series analysis
Improving Burst Alignment in TOPS Interferometry With Bivariate Enhanced Spectral Diversity
Upper-plate controls on co-seismic slip in the 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake
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Subject: BS: shakespeare
Date: 16 Jan 19 - 05:02 AM
in my opinion his content of historical plays he shows himself to be an establishment lackey. however he does write beautifully. how do thers feel about his work
Subject: RE: BS: shakespeare
I think they are much ado about nothing but if that is as you like it then all's well that ends well.
From: Bonnie Shaljean
I like the Henry IV's and Richard II - I saw Timothy Dalton play Hal at the Roundhouse in London years ago, and also thought the Beeb's Hollow Crown series was superb (worth the price of the DVDs just for the banish-not-Falstaff scene alone). On the strength of that, I've bought, but not yet watched, the next plays in the line. Looking forward to Cumberbatch as Richard III, and also Sophie Okonedo, who's long been a fave of mine.
Wish WS had written a play about Queen Elizabeth & Mary Queen of Scots, but he wouldn't have dared, I suppose.
PS (to address the actual topic raised): I don't see any particular establishment-lackeyism in the above works I referred to, and am not exactly sure how that term is being defined here. As we know, Shakespeare's historical accuracy is sometimes - shall we say - a bit fanciful. But (a) he had to consider his plays in a commercial bums-on-seats (or bums-on-ground) context, which meant providing a strong dramatic line; and (b) he still had to be a bit careful of what he said, owing to the prevailing politics of the day, and also which powerful families he was in danger of offending. It concentrates the mind wonderfully.
From: Charmion
I live in Stratford, Ontario, where Shakespeare is what brings in the punters to the theatre festival that keeps this town alive and prospering. Many come for the Culture with a capital C, and then come back because the plots blow their socks off.
Coriolanus did that for me last summer, despite the director’s misguided attempts to put a gay “love that dare not speak its name” spin on the relationship between Coriolanus and his ex-enemy and friend in need, Aegidius.
One problem with the Bard is that he’s so canonical — and so free of copyright — that impresarios can’t resist screwing around with the plays any way they can think of. Our female Prospero was okay, but casting a woman — even a great actor — as Julius Caesar was just silly. I hope I never see Othello played by a blonde woman in dreadlocks, but I fear it’s but a matter of time.
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Jan 19 - 01:18 PM
Well, The Merchant of Venice is one of several problematic dramas here.
It is Shakespeare's genius to give a superb speech to Shylock -- Hath not a Jew eyes? and so on -- and he still plays to the gallery by having Shylock shut down, by the law, before the pardon that spares Shylock his life.
Likewise, before Portia, disguised as a man, lays down the law on Shylock and his desired pound of flesh, Shakespeare gives her the superlative "The quality of mercy" speech.
It seems as though the playwright wants it both ways in that one.
From: Donuel
I saw Dame Judith Anderson as Hamlet 40 years ago.
Bonnie, let us take the play Richard the third , S portrayed Richard in a certain way , why because he was writing during the period 1580 T0 1616, WHO WAS ON THE THRONE/?Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603. SHE WAS THE GRANDAUGHTER OF HENRY 7 TH WHO DEFEATED RICHARD THE THIRD.
THE PLAY IS BIASED TOWARDS THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TIME AND DOUBTS MUST BE CAST ON ITS FACTUAL ACCURACY, he was an establishment poodle
A guy's gotta eat.
The Sandman wrote: he was an establishment poodle
Had he written against the Queen or the Queen's family he would have died quite quickly. There were very different rules back then.
From: G-Force
Sandman, if you were living in North Korea would you be singing songs critical of the Kim dynasty? I don't think so. So you'd be a lackey too.
Re-read my post, Dick. It's not genealogy that drives leaders, it's the power currents of their own times and situations. And I did already mention WS's historical inaccuracies. But he's also engaging with universal psychological truths, as good dramatists must.
I'm not commenting any further here, though that's no fault of yours or anyone else in this thread. But after what's just happened in Parliament, I'm in no mood for any kind of political analyses, even if they took place centuries ago. Switching the internet off, gonna eat a pizza, watch a DVD, and find something alcoholic to drink. Not necessarily in that order.
Sorry if I sound crabby. I AM crabby.
#WTFhappensnow?
"#WT*happensnow?"
Just more of the same, I suspect - round and round and going nowhere ...
Of course Shakespeare was an establishment lackey. He had seen what happened to Marlowe.
From: Amergin
Well the asinine opening post is obviously much ado about nothing.
Coriol anus
Why does any of the above make him 'an establishment poodle'? He was born during the reign of Elizabeth. Is he likely to have had any access to information on the history of royalty other than that which was current (and acceptable) at that time?
And why is Bill Shake full of quotations? A bit cliché if you ask me.
And the company that owned the Globe (or was it the Rose?) - didn't they also have a bear baiting pit next door?
From: Neil D
Coriol anus. Huh-huh, huh-huh. That's pretty funny Beavis.
Christopher Marlowe,[1] also known as Kit Marlowe (/'m??rlo?/; baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day.[2] He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe's mysterious early death. Marlowe's plays are known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists.
A warrant was issued for Marlowe's arrest on 18 May 1593. No reason was given for it, though it was thought to be connected to allegations of blasphemy—a manuscript believed to have been written by Marlowe was said to contain "vile heretical conceipts". On 20 May, he was brought to the court to attend upon the Privy Council for questioning. There is no record of their having met that day, however, and he was commanded to attend upon them each day thereafter until "licensed to the contrary". Ten days later, he was stabbed to death by Ingram Frizer. Whether or not the stabbing was connected to his arrest remains unknown.[3]
It seems to me Shakespeare needs to be judged in context of the uneasy times he was living in - the uneasy period following the despotism of Henry VIII and the insanity of anti Catholicism which made open criticism of the establishment a dodgy exercise - in the circumstances, I don't think he did too badly
If you saw the magnificent Shakespeare 'War of the Roses' compendium - 'The Hollow Crown, the monarchy can hardly be said to have gotten of lightly
Far from being "clichéd" (lacking in original thought) Shakespeare's writings were original though - all his on work, and beautifully executed
Early this week we saw a filmed live performance of 'Richard II' for the first time
I thought it a poor production - based entirely in one room (a large metal box), with a cast of excellent actors playing multiple parts
Despite the difficulty of following the plot and working out who was who, the beautiful use of language still made the experience an enjoyable one
Also remember the trouble Shakespeare's father got into for his Catholic leanings & sympathies, at a time when this drew harsh punishments; so his name was already tainted. And then there are those ten "missing years" in the known facts of his life - which I think Michael Wood has solved (his TV documentary In Search Of Shakespeare is excellent). Scholars still aren't sure whether WS himself was a "closet Papist" or not - which doesn't matter now, but sure as hell did then. He really had to tread carefully, AND make a living, with a family to support. You can't impose 21st-century liberal sensibilities on a Renaissance artist trying to survive under a very different social and political system.
When somebody can point to a work as universally and timelessly brilliant and relevant as Hamlet they may start to have a point
The beauty of the language still brings a lump to the throat - never fails
Just thinking about it....!
Jim, did it really not occur to you that the comment about Shakespeare's "cliché" just might have been a little joke ... ?
From: KarenH
May I put in a word for Ben Elton's brilliant series on Shakespeare? At first I didn't like the choice of actor for Shakespeare, but now I think it was inspired.
What series is that, Karen? I'm certainly interested to know more - is there a link anywhere?
Do you mean the film All Is True? Haven't seen it, but now want to, so thanks for the prompt!
Ah, Upstart Crow I bet...
"Jim, did it really not occur to you that the comment about Shakespeare's "cliché" just might have been a little joke ... ?"
If it was, I apologise - I have heard in said in all seriousness before now though
The best series of programmes on Shakespeare, 'My Shakespeare' was broadcast on Sky Arts (before it lost a channel and was dumbed down) filmed different leading actors talking about their various roles - I saved most of them and replay them occasionally - a really magnificent series of analyses of the characters they played
The one disappointment was David Tennant who, I thought, somewhat trivialised Hamlet
Just learned that Benedict Cumberbach's Hamlet is due for a screening in a couple of weeks in our local Arts Centre
One of the greatest surprises was Al Pachino's 'Merchant of Venice' - a play I have always had trouble with - approached superbly and sensitively
It was an odd, uplifting experience watching it one afternoon in the Galway Multiplex
We chose our seats in a near-empty cinema and, just before the film started about a dozen schoolgirls, unaccompanied, sat down a couple of rows in front of us
We expected fidgeting and chatting throughout - instead, rapt attention for the whole performance, followed by excited discussion #
Jim, is that Sky Arts programme available on DVD anywhere? It sounds fascinating and I'd love to see it. Ditto this (speaking of Al Pacino):
Looking For Richard
I have heard it said in all seriousness before now though
Gawd, so have I. About how he's soooooo boring, nothing but a load of old quotes...
"Jim, is that Sky Arts programme available on DVD anywhere? "Don't know Bonnie - maybe through Sky
There are about ten of them I think - I don't think they are available, but we've just purchased a film receiver which includes a channel for television box sets - I'll check it out later
It would be wonderful if Sky re-ran it
I enjoyed 'Looking for Richard' too
We have a DVD of Orson Welles'Chimes at Midnight' (Falstaff) waiting to be viewed - I thoroughly enjoyed it first time around (a lifetime ago)
I would highly recommend 'Ran' to anybody who hasn't seen it - a magnificent Japanese re-adaptation of King Lear (Kirosawa) with a malevolent Lady Macbeth thrown in for good measure
Last year we saw the filmed live performance of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' from The National - never quite made my mind up about it - it was directed by a self-confessed fan of 'The Only Way is Essex' which obviously influenced her approach - great fun, but it ain't Shakespeare
I studied Shakespeare for my A levels (Othello was my favourite of all) and when I arrived for my first lecture in Eng Lit at University, the lecturer began with a list of stuff we had to 'read, learn and inwardly digest'.
He stood there and sternly demanded we familiarise ourselves with 'the entire works of Shakespeare, Chaucer, all the Romance poets, Robert Burns, the Brontes....' and on and on.
I already had a huge list of literature to study for my main subject (French), not to mention Soc Anth., Moral Phil., Sociology, Linguistics, Phonetics etc.
I was only seventeen, very tiny and thin, and staggered out of the University Bookshop with a huge pile of heavy books (the Library was excellent, but the Arts Faculty students had taken out most of the set books already) and tottering to the bus stop to my Halls of Residence. I wore a tatty duffel coat and a massive Edinburgh scarf which almost hid me from sight.
I wished Shakespeare had written rather fewer blooming plays!
Thanks for all mouth-watering heads-ups, Jim - I'll check out as many of them as I can (tho we don't subscribe to $ky).
I second your recommendation of Ran, which I saw on the big screen (remember those?) aeons ago. Changing the daughters into sons so that one of them could have a Lady-MacBeth-wife was inspired. Her even-more-artificial-than-usual eyebrows, relentlessly grey-toned attire, and flat, affectless voice rendered her utterly chilling.
YOU MIGHT TRY HERE BONNIE
I suppose everybody knows the story of Richard Burton's Shakespeare experience with Richard III
He was sitting in The Lamb, in a backstreet off St Martins Lane, a favourite hangout for actors appearing in the local theatres, when he made the acquaintance of two visitors to London
After a while he told them he had complimentary tickets to a current performance of Richard III and asked them if they'd care to join him
They settled down in their excellent seats and, as the curtain rose, he whispered to them "You know, I'm really pleased with my interpretation of Richard in the first act..... OH SHIT"
"(remember those?)"
We have revived our visits to the cinema greatly recently, but the only way we can get to see the films that interest us is to travel to galway (60 miles) or Dublin - usually a two/three night stop taking in as many as we can in the tame (our record is six films in three days)
Just got back from Galway, where we saw 'Stan and Ollie' (highly pleasurable), Richard II (good but should have been better) and 'The Favourite' (brutally brilliant - don't get me stated about Queen Anne)
We find, to our delight, that we can now watch newly released films on our Sky Box - looking forward to 'The Young Karl Marx' (missed it when it came out) and Mary Queen of Scots
Some films simply don't work on the small screen - I remember, when living in Manchester, having to sit on the front row of a Cinemascope production of 'War and Peace' and ducking to avoid the horse shit - you just don't get that experience in your living room
all his on work
Shakespearean schollars do say the his favoured actor Burbage had a large influence on the plays he performed in.
I would posit there are two immediately obvious reasons.
1) he had to deliver the lines, and any playwrite will tell you, the script changes in rehearsal and in production.
2) Bill Shake would have written to the strengths of his cast, and particularly Burbage.
3) Contrary to popular comedians' impression of him as a Brummy, Shakespeare would not have had that accent, it would have been more Warwickshire (Brum was not even a village near Aston at the time). And Burbage would have been distinctly Mummerset, where he was from. Oo Arr.
cliche eh? :)
Wonder whether he could spell scholars ? :-)
We find, to our delight, that we can now watch newly released films on our Sky Box"
Jim you disappoint me you financially support Murdoch?Iwould rather not have a television than supoprt that nasty capitalist
If we weer all able to adhere to our principles, we'd read very little, watch nothing and probably have to live in a tent on the Yorshire Moors (is we could find a tent not manufactured by sweat labour
I would rather continue keep in touch with what's happening in the world in the hope of changing it
Do you know that parts of computers and mobile phones are assembled by people working under near-slave labour conditions - have you checked whether yours were?
I hope this is only a passing diversion in a very enjoyable thread - I won't respond again and I hope you don't
Meanwhile - back at the ranch
"Shakespearean schollars"
Very little is known about Shakespeare, apart from his plays (and even the authorship of those is under constant dispute)
Information on his background, influences, accent, sources... is sparse to the point of non-existence (a trip round the Globe Museum shows that pretty clearly) so it is as likely that the writers of 'Shakespeare in Love' (lovely, re-visitable film) are as as accurate as most (and certainly a damn sight more entertaining)
I believe it is Shakespeare's use of the English language that makes him the literary colossus that he remains after all these centuries
Whether he invented his quoteable outpourings or borrowed them is immaterial - his use of them is uniquely superb - you don't find his equal in Jonson, or Marlow, or Webster, or Kyd, or Fletcher .... or any of his contemporaries.... or those from a later date, as enjoyable as they are
I'm not sure that originality is that important anyway - for me, the knack of observation and recreation is every bit as important as imaginative new creation
As people who know my tastes in music will be aware, I consider MacColl to be the finest song-maker of my lifetime creating in traditional forms.
In my opinion, his best and most ageless songs are the ones he made by recording the people he was writing about and making songs from what they said - 'Freeborn Man', 'Shoals of Herring', 'The Tenant Farmer', Shellback..... all - and more lifted directly from the spoken word, with all its literary flaws and grammatical inconsistencies.
MacColl seeped himself in the vernacular - wherever Shakespeare took his inspiration from, his use of language leaves me with the same impression
I believe it is Shakespeare's use of the English language that makes him the literary colossus that he remains after all these centuries"
however one difference between MacColl and Shakespeare is that MacColl was trying to achieve social change and fight against injustice.
Shakespeare did not challenge the status quo, he was part and parcel of Tudor propaganda and the tudor establishmernt
iF one makes a comparison to George Eliot who also wrote beautiful English ,Shakespears lack of social conscience becomes apparent
You are presuming that he used modern spelling? He was ahead of his time, but not that far ahead. !-)
One thing is certain - he used language that spoke to his audience. Otherwise he would not have had an audience.
He was a dab hand at the bow and arrow, and not averse to using them on the local deer. That much is well documented. It is the reason he had to go to London, or, at least, places other than Stratford/Shottery or Charlcote where the Lord of the Manor was the magistrate and owner of said deer.
or Thomas Hardy, this poem has more power than anything Shakespeare in his pomp anmd verbosity ever managed to say, and Hardy does it in 4 lines truly brilliant, concise and challenging
Christmas: 1924
'Peace upon earth!' was said. We sing it,
We've got as far as poison-gas.
"You are presuming that he used modern spelling?"
Nope - I made a joke and put a smiley behind it
His audience presents us with one of the great enigmas of understanding Shakespeare - they were largely "the sweepings of the London streets", not similar in class to the readers of Dickens, yet today's equivalents would largely run a mile before sitting though 'King Lear' or reading 'Great Expectations'
I had both educated out of me at school, where I was told on leaving that all I needed to know was how to tot up my wage packet at the end of the week
I was lucky enough to come from a family background where both were considered important and enjoyable
"MacColl was trying to achieve social change and fight against injustice."
Not entirely Dick - MacColl was a Socialist reformer, certainly, but he worked by holding up working class art as being creatively important and usin it to create his own compositions
We don't know why Shakespeare wrote how and why he did but it's a debatable point as to whether he did not challenge the status quo
I would suggest that, by presenting the Monarchy and Nobility as flawed human beings rather than the "appointed by God" superhumans they were often regarded as, he managed to challenge the status quo and keep his head on his shoulders at the same time - not a bad trick in those days
You obviously don't like Shakespeare - I pity your loss
It's not only Shakespeare's incomparable command of language that keeps him immortal. I'm also gripped, time and time again, by his piercing insights into the human mind: how the psyche works, what drives it, the consequences, internal and external, that arise when these come into opposition.
Shakespeare is one of civilisation's true giants. Not for nothing has he lived on in modern societies for century after century, in country after country. He's accompanied me in every age since my youth, and will light my way to dusty death.
Amen to that Bonnie
I seriously believe Hamlet predated Freud by three centuries
Nice try but no cigar, Jim.
I'll get me coat then...
Not for nothing has he lived on in modern societies for century after century, in country after country"
Could it be that he has always been on the schools syllabus because he did not challenge the status quo, schoolchildren have no choice as to whether Shakespeare is taught to them, it is part of the school curriculum , did not the Jesuits say get them young and they are yours for life, i rest my case.
"Could it be that he has always been on the schools syllabus because he did not challenge the status quo, "
You really aren't interested in what others have to say, are you Dick?
Dick: No
[Sorry, duplication was unintentional]
Worth saying twice Bonnie
Yes. I am allowed to question and challenge what others have to say. It is an undisputed fact that school children are [as part of the school curriculum] made to read Shakespeare, in doing so they are made to accept his historical fiction as if it is presented as fact.
I do not disasgree that his style of writing is beautiful,I do agree that some of his plays Macbeth and Hamlet are very good.,in my opinion Shakespeare is compulsory not just because his style is good but the content is mostly pro establishment.
,Jim, please dont make any more excuses about why you put money into skybox and murdoch,Ido not own a television , and it gives me more time to ead books and play music, you are a typical armchair socialist, you should be ashaned of yourself giving money to rupert murdoch
As a teacher myself, I think it's vital that Shakespeare is taught imaginatively and with enormous enthusiasm, otherwise youngsters may be put of for life.
A stuffy, boring English teacher droning on and on from various plays with obscure vocabulary could induce somnolence (or misbehaviour!).
I was incredibly lucky with Mr Shearn. I now have an idea that he was gay, as he was wonderfully flamboyant and almost acted out the roles as he read them to us. He made us laugh, sad, a bit frightened and horrified in turns. Wonderful teacher.
A bit like that film Dead Poets' Society.
That should say 'off' not 'of'. I was taught to spell!
My teachers (English lit and drama classes, several years of each) specifically told us that Shakespeare's history was not to be taken as literal truth, that it came from a varied mix of influences (not to mention a highly fertile imagination), and they actively encouraged us to question and explore, to study the factual sources, and to draw our own interpretations & conclusions.
That's what good literature/theatre do, activate something in the reader or viewer that adds up to more than the sum of its parts. And I still believe that an artist - any artist - cannot be dismissed simply because they don't fit a particular ideological viewpoint, especially one formed centuries later.
In any case, he was not taught to me in brainwash-fashion.
"Yes. I am allowed to question and challenge what others have to say. I"
O course you are Dick - it is just bad manners to repeat the same thing over and over again as if you hadn't been given a response
If you don't agree with what is being suggested - disagree with it, that's what we're here for
Same with Rupert Murdoch
If you want to insult someone, go find someone else please
You didn't respond to my computer comment Dick - have you checked it wasn't made by near slave labour - far worse than dealing with Sky
Noah Berlatsky
Ira Glass recently admitted that he is not all that into Shakespeare, explaining that Shakespeare's plays are "not relatable [and are] unemotional." This caused a certain amount of incredulity and horror—but The Washington Post’s Alyssa Rosenberg took the opportunity to point out that Shakespeare reverence can be deadening. "It does greater honor to Shakespeare to recognize that he was a man rather than a god. We keep him [Shakespeare] alive best by debating his work and the work that others do with it rather than by locking him away to dusty, honored and ultimately doomed posterity," she argued.
Rosenberg has a point. A Shakespeare who is never questioned is a Shakespeare who's irrelevant. And there are a lot of things to question in Shakespeare for a modern audience. One of those things, often overlooked in popular discussions of his work, is his politics.
Shakespeare was a conservative, in the sense that he supported early modern England's status quo and established hierarchy, which meant defending the Crown's view of divine monarchical right and opposing the radicals, often Puritan, who questioned it.
For all the complexity and nuance of Shakespeare's plays, his political allegiances were clear. James I was his patron, and Macbeth in particular is thought to be a tribute to the King. It even includes a reference to the Gunpowder Plot assassination attempt at James. That reference is made by Lady Macbeth as part of her effort to convince her husband to murder Duncan. The villainous traitors in the play are thus directly linked to traitors against James.
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Macbeth isn't a one-off to flatter the King, either: Rebels and usurpers in Shakespeare's plays are always the bad guys. When Hamlet spits out the lines:
Oh fie, fie, 'tis an unweeded Garden
That grows to Seed: Things rank, and gross in Nature
Possess it merely.
The vision of sickening wrongness there is in part repulsion at his mother marrying his uncle, but it's also a political disgust at the fact that the rightful ruler is gone, replaced by a usurpur. What’s "rank and gross" is not just sexual impropriety, but perversion of divine order. The Tempest is about restoring the rightful Duke to his place in spite of his usurping brother, while Othello shows that Shakespeare's sympathies are not just with kings, but with any authority figure, as the sneaking underling Iago attempts to overthrow his noble Captain. It is significant here, too, that (as many critics have pointed out) Iago has no real motive for his animosity. He does not articulate a critique, or even a complaint, about the way Othello exercises power. Instead, he simply says:
I hate the Moor
And it is thought abroad, that ‘twixt my sheets
He has done my office: I know not if’t be true;
But I, for mere suspicion in that kind,
Will do as if for surety.
Rebellion against one's superiors is presented as a matter of misguided jealousy and intrinsic spite. Similarly, the Puritan Malvolio in Twelfth Night, who aspires to the hand of a woman above him in social standing, is a hypocrite and a fool. The Puritan political resistance, or the Puritan ideological opposition to hierarchical norms, is never voiced, much less endorsed.
In Shakespeare, those in authority rarely provoke resistance through injustice. In general, the one thing Shakespeare's rulers can do wrong is to shirk their authority, trying to retire too early (King Lear) or consorting with those beneath them (Henry IV.) Often, their role is to come on at the end as a kind of hierarch ex machina, assuring all that "Some shall be pardon'd and some punished," like the Prince at the end of Romeo and Juliet, or Prince Fortinbras at the end of Hamlet ("with sorrow I embrace my fortune"—yeah, we bet you're sorry).
It’s sometimes said that Shakespeare always wrapped things up with a king on his throne and all right with the world as a reflection of a general belief among his contemporaries in the Great Chain of Being—a conception of the universe as divinely ordered hierarchy, each subordinate in his or her divinely ordered place. But there were many people in Shakespeare's time who were mistrustful of kings and received authority—real-life versions of Malvolio, who Shakespeare pillories. Within his own context and within his own milieu, Shakespeare consistently championed the most powerful, and set himself against those who challenged their authority. He saw hierarchy as good and rebels as evil.
None of this is a good reason to dismiss Shakespeare. But it is a good basis for critical skepticism toward him. What would Twelfth Night look like from Malvolio's perspective—or even from a perspective where it is not on its face ridiculous to imagine someone marrying across class? What real grievances might Iago or Macbeth have if it were possible for Shakespeare to show us an authority figure who isn't a paragon? What happens to Julius Caesar if the rebels have some actual, genuine concerns about tyranny? As Rosenberg says, Shakespeare was a man, not a god—and as a man, he had a particular perspective, particular axes to grind, and particular blind spots. His plays aren't entombed, authoritative holy writ; they're living arguments, which means that, at least at times, they're worth rebelling against.
God have mercy.....
"God have mercy....."
One more go Dick - I have no intention of rowing with you any more, but I do ask you respectfully that you read what I have to say
I came to Shakespeare though my family - my father's father was a merchant seaman in the last days of sail and he became an early member of the Labour Party - he decided that the best way to change Society was not to tear the old one down but to take the best it had to offer and use it to educate himself - he and a few mates started the first sea-going branches of The Workers Education Association, I'm proud that a family member was part of that)
My grandfather found Shakespeare as a young man - Liverpool had a Shakespeare Theater in those days, not very good, I suspect, but enough for someone who perseveres to get hooked for a lifetime
When my Grandmother died, he re-married a lovely lady from Stoke on Trent - a hand-painter working in Spode Pottery - a worker-artist
He had learned to tell Shakespeare's plots in broad Scouse and when a couple of local folkies got wind of it, he was invited to do so at the local Arts College
When my sister and I visited them as children, we visited two worker art-lovers - that rubbed off a bit
My dad was forced to become a navvy because he fought in a war that the Establishment disapproved of and he too u his father's 'educate yourself' message with a vengeance - he spent his entire life with a book in his hand and passed that on to me, I'm glad to say
I didn't get much of a chance at Shakespeare as a youngster - I've never got the hang of reading plays and Merseyside didn't offer much and what little it did, The Swingin' Sixties destroyed
I don't believe that, unless you go to a specialist school that teaches the arts, Shakespeare can be taught (beyond learning to appreciate, that is) - certainly not in hour-long weekly lessons the Secondary Modern system I attended, so my interest fell into decline
Even so, I left school being able to recite Seven Ages of Man and MacBeth's speech on the death of his missus, and Hamlet's soliloquy's, and Winter of our discontent.... off the top of my head - and sixty odd years later, I still can
My 'passionate' period, when I took up lusting after women led me to be smitten by a beautiful daughter of a Holocaust survivor family and she insisted we went to see all the Shakespeare films on offer - starting with Olivier's Hamlet (not my favourite, but still enjoyable)
I saw the few that were available, Richard III, Henry V..., King Lear... not too many more in those days - and the might Kurosawa's 'Throne of Blood' (Macbeth)
When I moved to London it was like being locked into a sweetshop - it was all there - the week I arrived I say all the season of the Ben Jonson plays, starting with Bartholomew Fair
I'm a retired electrician who spent his life on the docks, on building sites and crawling into peoples lofts and under their floorboards - I left school with low marks and no great background in the Arts - if I can develop a love of good and important things, anybody can
I've come to believe that the Arts are the most important thing the society we live in has ever offered - little else
Shakespeare is the top of that particular tree, as far as I'm concerned - if we don't take advantage of it we're the losers
How many plays have you actually seen - honestly now, everybody's seen West Side Story and Kiss me Kate (good in their way) - a few saw Ten Things I Hate About You (not me, I'm afraid) I mean the real stuff
If you haven't seen as many as are now available, you're missing something
By insulting England's Internationally recognised poetic playwright you are insulting those of us who do
If you have to dredge the internet to find an unknown American broadcaster who specialises in US popular media floss to make your case, then you have no case
Do your self a favour and dive in - the water's lovely once you learn to swim
Sorry to bang on Dick - your annoying behavior gave me a sleepless night and I need to get it out of my system (They also serve who only stand and irritate)
I think his plays need to be watched as performances (or undertaken by my Mr Shearn!) rather than merely read. Quotes stick in the mind of course, and have infiltrated our very vocabulary and culture. But they were first and foremost written to be performed.
Even the Sonnets (of which I have a most beautiful copy, illustrated with Elizabethan art) affect one much more when read aloud.
I have provided an analysis by Noah BERLATSKY. iF you can answer his points
Noahs nationality is irrelevant , why mention he is American, does that make his criticsm less valid?Stick to mhiscpoints and if you can dis provethem intellectually , why not try rather than banging on about how cmuch you know and love shakespeare or your working class father and his grandfather it is not relevant
"I have provided an analysis by Noah BERLATSKY. iF you can answer his points"
"My book, Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics, 1941-1948 will be published in early 2015 by Rutgers University Press."
Why the hell should I or anybody - why are his points important ?
You obviously haven't experienced a Shakespeare play and don't intend to
You started a good thread please stop spoiling it
The thing with Mr Berlatsky is that he's a modern person, and an American at that. As such, he believes in the virtue of the under-dog and the value of protest as devoutly as Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed in the divine right of kings and the Great Chain of Being. To expect a person like Shakespeare, a Renaissance commoner totally dependant for his livelihood on the goodwill of noble patrons, to offer any kind of political critique of his social superiors is to ignore every known fact of life in that time -- or, indeed, in ours.
I mentioned above that I live in a town with a major Shakespeare theatre festival that is the centrepiece of our summer tourist trade and a very, very big deal on the Canadian arts scene. Here in Stratford, Ontario, we see more than our share of revisionist and modernist Shakespeare, and it frequently reminds me Flanders and Swann's Greensleeves routine and its bit about varying "Ralph Roister-Doister" -- "anything to avoid having to do it straight!"
Which, of course, raises the question: Why not do Shakespeare straight?
I suspect the answer is that thinking your way into Shakespeare and his characters requires some serious effort for a 21st-century person. First of all, it requires understanding and accepting as valid their complete and utter belief in God, the authority of the church, and the importance of preserving social order at any cost. If we can't grok that, Shakespeare simply doesn't make sense.
"Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed in the divine right of kings and the Great Chain of Being"
Are you sure Shakespeare believed that ?- he had a strange way of showing it !
Murderous, humped-backed child-killing English Monarchs systematically killing of the opposition, mythical ones disinheriting family because he thought they did't love him enough, Scottish nobles slaughtering their way to the top egged on by a conniving delusional consort, Kings who were wimpish leaders refusing to act on the barons getting above their station.. hardly god-made material
The Wars of the Roses saga was a magnificent web of incompetence, brutality and mass murder and corruption by God's chosen people
Even the patriotic Henry V is depicted (correctly) as a brutal slaughterer of prisoners
Even Will's contemporaries laid a somewhat jaundiced eye on God's chosen - his mate Kit had one them dying by a carefully applied red-hot poker to his bum
I think it is somewhat simplistic to paint your picture of the playwrights, even if there is a grain of truth in what you say
They were people of their time yes, but they stll managed to cut their 'betters' down to size when they wanted to
I believe Shakespeare and his mates dealt with Royalty and nobility in the same way as the Folktales did with their Kings, Queens and nobles.. as flawed and often very, very nasty human beings
It is no coincidence that Shakespeare drew heavily from contemporary folklore - if you haven't, you should dip into the 500 pages-worth of Folklore of Shakespeare (Rev, T S Thisleton Dyer - 1883)
I have long believed that Shakespeare was much nearer the people that he was the nobs - he was a right son-of-a-glove-maker when he put his mind to it
That he sucked up to them upstairs is understandable -after all - a man's gotta live (and keep his insides inside at a time when hanging, drawing and quartering was all in fashion)
Don't know what Mr Berlatskys take on Wonder Woman was, but I find his summing up of The Immortal Bard somewhat superficial, I'm afraid
Wouldn't 'cha love to see what Shakespeare and his mates made of the Queen's consort driving into a car containing a couple of women while not wearing a seat-belt
Gives you a warm glow, just thinking about it
"To prosecute or not to prosecute? That is the question."
Ay - there's the rub
Personally I'd shove a bare bodkin up his jaxie and then Kit Marlowe could write another play about it
I thought the 'no-seatbelt' incident was a couple of days after the crash.
Or are we using the theatrical device of condensing time into the length of a theatre performance?
"I thought the 'no-seat belt' incident was a couple of days after the crash."
May well be, but I think you'll find the Royals make their own rules concerning such matters
I have little doubt he's a serial offender in such matters
Having reached the age where retaining my license depends on medical checks and eye-tests, I often wonder if the same applies to the residents of Buck House
Stop spoiling my jokes by being serious please, just getting in my element.
Just wait til "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" and I'll let you in on my "Is his a digger I see before me" Australian joke
But soft! What crash my offside window breaks?"
Jim Carroll — Yes, indeed, flawed and very human beings who still found themselves at the top of the social tree because God willed it so, and when they did nasty things like knifing their predecessors and ordering their nephews done to death they come to sticky ends. That’s why Richard III is the villain of his piece, and “MacBeth” is a tragedy, dammit!
The thing with Mr Berlatsky is that he's a modern person, and an American at that."
what the feck does his nationsailty have to do with it? and as for all jim carrolls stuff about richard the third being a humnchback villain and murdering the princes, just more shakespeare historical fiction
From: beardedbruce
Senoufou,
"Even the Sonnets (of which I have a most beautiful copy, illustrated with Elizabethan art) affect one much more when read aloud. "
ALL sonnets affect one much more when read aloud. That is a fundamental characteristic of Lyrical verse. At the very least, one must read then so the words sound in one's head to fully appreciate the work.
The sound is as important to the verse as the meaning of the words.
By John Keats ( whose 65 sonnets rival in quality ( or exceed in my estimation) the 154 of W Shakespeare )
When I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain,
Before high-pilèd books, in charactery,
Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain;
When I behold, upon the night’s starred face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And think that I may never live to trace
Their shadows with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour,
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think
Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Round many western islands have I been
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne;
Yet did I never breathe its pure serene
Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold:
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He star'd at the Pacific — and all his men
Look'd at each other with a wild surmise —
Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
(Shakespearean Criticism)
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Shakespeare's Representation of History
Shakespeare dramatized the national history of England in two tetralogies, which cover English history from 1398 to 1485. The first tetralogy includes Henry VI, Parts One, Two, and Three and Richard III, and the second tetralogy includes Richard II, Henry IV, Parts One and Two, and Henry V. While the series from Richard II through Henry V deals with a historical time earlier than the Henry VI plays and Richard III, it is usually referred to as the second tetralogy in reference to the order in which Shakespeare composed the plays. The two other English history plays, King John and Henry VIII, have been viewed as prologue and epilogue to the other eight plays. The sources from which Shakespeare drew to write the history plays include Edward Hall's The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancaster and York (1548) and Raphael Holinshed's The Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1577; the second edition, that used by Shakespeare, was published in 1587).
Much modern critical attention has focused on the way Shakespeare utilized his sources in his interpretations of historical events. The characteristics of Renaissance historiography—the narrative presentation of history based on critical evaluations of primary and secondary source materials—is often compared with Shakespeare's own historiographical style. Graham Holderness (1985) stresses that most of Shakespeare's plays, and especially the English history plays, were intended as historiography. Holderness contends that the new, bourgeois historiography employed by Shakespeare grew out of two other historiographical traditions, that of providentialist orthodoxy and humanist historiography. (Providentialism stressed that God's divine will governed the world and ordained the succession of English monarchs; rebellion against God's anoited monarch, it was argued, was punished by political disorder, warfare, and bloodshed. Humanism emphasized the dominance of individual human will and intellect.) Matthew H. Wikander (1986) similarly states that the revolution in Renaissance historiography in which Shakespeare took part grew out of both providential and humanist attitudes. The central issue within this new historiographical attitude, states Wikander, was the problem of how to moralize the past. Tracing the development of Shakespeare's historiography from early histories such as Henry VI, Part One to later histories, including Henry IV, Part One and Henry VIII, Wikander finds that the moral patterns and lessons in the earlier plays are more straightforward than in the later histories. Additionally, Wikander comments that Shakespeare's attitude toward his sources was “cavalier,” but that Shakespeare, as well as the authors of his sources, were all guilty of drawing parallels and analogies, allegorizing historical figures, and telescoping historical time. While Wikander sees these tendencies as “faults,” Don M. Ricks (1968) observes that sixteenth-century historiography was not bound by modern rules of objectivity and historical accuracy. Rather, it was understood that historical data should be presented in a way that made a subjective and moralistic argument. Such biases, including Shakespeare's, Ricks maintains, resulted from the attitude toward history and its purposes, rather than from ignorance. Ricks further argues that although Shakespeare's own political bias was geared toward defending the Tudor status quo, his views regarding the doctrine of providential order were more subtle and complex than many of his contemporaries. Clifford Leech (1962) agrees, maintaining that although Shakespeare does “enshrine” many of the sixteenth-century attitudes regarding history and its values, his purpose transcends that of stressing the danger of civil rebellion and glorifying England.
The relationship between the two tetralogies in general, and the parts of Henry IV in particular, is also an area of tremendous critical interest. Many critics have sought unity in the history plays, while others emphasize the problems with trying to link plays that Shakespeare intended as separate units. Ricks argues that the unity of the two tetralogies stems primarily from the fact that the plays coherently dramatize the consecutive reigns of several kings, but that the eight plays do in fact stand distinctly apart from one another. Paul Yachnin (1991) and Paola Pugliatti (1996) focus their attention on the structural relationship between the two parts of Henry IV. Yachnin argues that the plays should be thought of in terms of sequence rather than structure, and that they should be viewed as performance rather than literary texts. As such, Yachnin maintains, the two plays reveal Shakespeare's critique of Renaissance historiography and demonstrate the “open-ended” character of historical change. Yachnin further states that the first play stands as a complete unit until the second play revises the premises of the first, and that the second play has a darker conception of politics which undercuts the views of the first part of Henry IV. The revisionist relationship between the plays, Yachnin asserts, demonstrates that Shakespeare's view of history was not providentialist. Pugliatti agrees with Yachnin's claims in general, but argues that the second play, rather than contradicting the premises of the first, further develops certain elements, particularly the concept of political, as well as historiographical, instability. The two plays are based on the concept of this instability, Pugliatti argues, and this framework of instability is used by Shakespeare to question the providential view of history.
Clifford Leech (essay date 1962).
Now are you going to denounce Cifford leech because of his nationality, and bec ause he criticised him in 1962, forty six years ago
I watched a documentary in which the bones of Richard III (found buried under a car park) were examined. It was fairly obvious that he had a deformity of the spine of some sort. Not a 'hunchback' exactly, but possibly scoliosis or something similar.
Did not stop him from being the last king to die in battle ,richard 3 also passed the law for bail in this country , yet shakespeare casts him as entirely bad, now more varied criticism from differnt periods and from many diffeent nationalities,so lets stop this nasty anti american racist nonsense.
Timeline of Shakespeare criticism
Main article: Shakespeare's reputation
Engraving of Shakespeare: the term "bardolatry" derives from Shaw's coinage "Bardolator", combining the words "bard" and "idolatry" by refers to the excessive adulation of Shakespeare.[1][2]
This article is a collection of critical quotations and other criticism against William Shakespeare and his works.
Shakespeare enjoyed recognition in his own time, but in the 17th century, poets and authors began to consider him as the supreme dramatist and poet of all times of the English language. In fact, even today, no other dramatist has been performed even remotely as often on the British (and later the world) stage as Shakespeare
Since then, several editors and critics of theater began to focus on the dramatic text and the language of Shakespeare, creating a study that focused on extracting all the power of his literary texts, being used in studies on the printed page rather than in the theater. This attitude reached a high point with the Romantics, which saw his figure as a genius, prophet, and Bard – and continued important in the last century, receiving analysis not only by poets and authors, but also by psychoanalysts, psychologists and philosophers.
1 17th century
4 Twentieth century
Ben Jonson: "He was not of an age, but for all time."[3]
Ben Jonson, 1630: "I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honor to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, 'Would he had blotted a thousand,' which they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own candor, for I loved the man, and do honor his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometime it was necessary he should be stopped. 'Sufflaminandus erat,' as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things, could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him: 'Caesar, thou dost me wrong.' He replied: 'Caesar did never wrong but with just cause;' and such like, which were ridiculous. But he redeemed his vices with his virtues. There was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned." "Timber" or "Discoveries"
John Milton, 1632: "What need'st thou such weak witnes of thy name?"
John Milton, 1632:
What needs my Shakespeare for his honour'd Bones,
The labour of an age in piled Stones,
Or that his hallow'd reliques should be hid
Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid?
What need'st thou such weak witnes of thy name?
Hast built thy self a live-long Monument.
For whilst to th' shame of slow-endeavouring art,
Thy easie numbers flow, and that each heart
Hath from the leaves of thy unvalu'd Book,
Those Delphick lines with deep impression took,
Then thou our fancy of it self bereaving,
Dost make us Marble with too much conceaving;
And so Sepulcher'd in such pomp dost lie,
—?"On Shakespeare"
"On Shakespeare" was Milton's first published poem & appeared (anonymously) in the 2nd folio of plays by Shakespeare (1632) as "An Epitaph on the admirable Dramaticke Poet, W.SHAKESPEARE".
Samuel Pepys, 1662: "...it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life..."
Samuel Pepys, diary entry for 29 September, 1662: "This day my oaths of drinking wine and going to plays are out, and so I do resolve to take a liberty to-day, and then to fall to them again. To the King's Theatre, where we saw "Midsummer's Night's Dream [sic]," which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life. I saw, I confess, some good dancing and some handsome women, which was all my pleasure."
John Dryden, 1668: "All the Images of Nature were still present to him..."
John Dryden, 1668: "To begin then with Shakespeare; he was the man who of all Modern, and perhaps Ancient Poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the Images of Nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily: when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learn'd; he needed not the spectacles of Books to read Nature; he look'd inwards, and found her there." Essay of Dramatic Poesy
Thomas Rymer (neo-classical "rules" and "classical unities" extremist), 1692: "The Moral, sure, of this Fable [Othello] is very instructive. First, This may be a caution to all Maidens of Quality how, without their Parents consent, they run away with Blackamoors. Secondly, This may be a warning to all good Wives, that they look well to their Linnen. Thirdly, This may be a lesson to Husbands, that before their Jealousie be Tragical, the proofs may be Mathematical".
(Rymer's notorious attack on Othello ultimately did Shakespeare's reputation more good than harm, by firing up John Dryden, John Dennis and other influential critics into writing eloquent replies.)
Samuel Cobb (1675–1713), translator and master at Christ's Hospital:
"Yet He with Plautus could instruct and please,
And what requir'd long toil, perform with ease
Tho' sometimes Rude, Unpolish'd, and Undress'd,
His Sentence flows more careless than the rest.
But when his Muse complying with his Will,
Deigns with informing heat his Breast to fill,
Then hear him Thunder in the pompous strain
Of Aeschylus, or sooth in Ovid's Vein.
Then in his Artless Tragedies I see,
What Nature seldom gives, Propriety."
From Poetica Brittanici (1700). Cobb provides an example of the diffusion of Jonson's concept of Shakespeare as the "child of nature."
Bevill Higgons:
These scenes in their rough native dress were mine,
But now improved with nobler lustre shine;
The first rude sketches Shakespeare's pencil drew,
But all the shining master strokes are new.
This play, ye Critics, shall your fury stand,
Adorned and rescued by a blameless hand.
—?"Shakespeare"
From the preface to the revision of The Merchant of Venice (1701) by George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne. Here, Shakespeare is made both to recognize his own lack of sophistication and to approve the neoclassical polish added by Granville.
Joseph Addison, 1712: "Among the English, Shakespeare has incomparably excelled all others."
Joseph Addison, 1712: "Among the English, Shakespeare has incomparably excelled all others. That noble extravagance of fancy, which he had in so great perfection, thoroughly qualified him to touch... his reader's imagination, and made him capable of succeeding, where he had nothing to support him besides the strength of his own genius." Spectator no. 419
Alexander Pope, 1725: "His Characters are so much Nature her self that 'tis a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as Copies of her. Those of other Poets have a constant resemblance, which shews that they receiv'd them from one another and were but multiplyers of the same image: each picture like a mock-rainbow is but the reflexion of a reflexion. But every single character in Shakespeare is as much an Individual as those in Life itself; it is as impossible to find any two alike; and such as from their relation or affinity in any respect appear most to be Twins will upon comparison be found remarkably distinct. To this life and variety of Character we must add the wonderful Preservation of it; which is such throughout his plays that had all the Speeches been printed without the very names of the persons I believe one might have apply'd them with certainty to every speaker. . . . I will conclude by saying of Shakespeare, that with all his faults, in comparison of those that are more finished and regular, as upon an ancient majestick piece of Gothick architecture, compared with a neat modern building: the latter is more elegant and glaring, but the former is more strong and more solemn . . Nor does the whole fail to strike us with greater reverence, though many of the parts are childish, ill-placed, and unequal to its grandeur." Preface to Pope's edition of Shakespeare's works
Samuel Johnson, 1775: "The form, the characters, the language, and the shows of the English drama are his."
Voltaire, 1733 Letters concerning the English nation: He created theatre. He had a genius full of strength and fertility, natural and without any spark of good taste and any knowledge of the rules. I'll tell you something hazardous but true: the merit of this author has lost the English theatre; there are such beautiful scenes, such great and at the same time so terrible pieces widespread in his monstrous farces which go by the name of tragedies; these plays have always been performed with great success. The Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, at the end made their faults respectable. The most gigantic and bizarre ideas of this author have earned, after two hundred years, the right to be considered sublime.
Samuel Johnson, 1765 The Plays of William Shakespeare: "[Shakespeare's] adherence to general nature has exposed him to the censure of criticks, who form their judgments upon narrower principles. Dennis and Rymer think his Romans not sufficiently Roman; and Voltaire censures his kings as not completely royal. ... These are the petty cavils of petty minds."
"That it [mixing tragedy and comedy] is a practice contrary to the rules of criticism will be readily allowed; but there is always an appeal open from criticism to nature."
"To the unities of time and place he has shewn no regard, and perhaps a nearer view of the principles on which they stand will diminish their value, and withdraw from them the veneration which, from the time of Corneille, they have very generally received by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor."
"Perhaps it would not be easy to find any author, except Homer, who invented so much as Shakespeare, who so much advanced the studies which he cultivated, or effused so much novelty upon his age or country. The form, the characters, the language, and the shows of the English drama are his."
"The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and diligently planted, varied with shades, and scented with flowers; the composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend their branches, and pines tower in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelter to myrtles and to roses; filling the eye with awful pomp, and gratifying the mind with endless diversity. Other poets display cabinets of precious rarities, minutely finished, wrought into shape, and polished unto brightness. Shakespeare opens a mine which contains gold and diamonds in unexhaustible plenty, though clouded by incrustations, debased by impurities, and mingled with a mass of meaner minerals."
Goethe: "There is no pleasure greater and purer than, with eyes closed, accompany a Shakespeare's play, not declaimed, but recited by a safe and natural voice."[4]
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1795-1796 Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (book IV, chap. 3 and 13): "Prince Hamlet is suddenly facing the need for a great action imposed upon your soul that is unable to do it." / "He [the character] is a beautiful being that succumbs under the load he can't distance itself without it."
J. W. Goethe, Writings on literature: "Much has been said about Shakespeare that does not seem anything left to say, but the spirit has features to stimulate the spirit forever..."
"Shakespeare make effect with vitality of the word, and this is what becomes apparent in reading aloud, when the listener is distracted, not by a flawed or right presentation. There is no pleasure greater and purer than, with closed eyes, accompanied a Shakespeare's play, not declaimed, but recited by a safe and natural voice. Follow up the wires with it simple plot developments. For the description of the characters we can to imagine certain pictures, but we must, indeed, through a series of words and speeches, to experiment what is happening internally, and here all who are part of the story seem to have combined not leave anything obscure or in doubt."
"Shakespeare meets with the spirit of the world. He enters the world as it is spirit. For both, nothing is hidden; but as the work of the spirit of the world is to store mysteries before the action, or even after, the meaning of the poet is going to reveal the mystery, making us confident before the action, or just in run it."
"Shakespeare stands out singularly, linking the old and new in a lush. Wish and duty trying to put itself in balance in his plays; both are faced with violence, but always so that the wish is at a disadvantage."
"Perhaps no one has made so great as the first major link of wish and duty in the individual character as Shakespeare did."
Machado de Assis, 1896: "when we stop speaking English, we will speak Shakespeare."
Machado de Assis, 1896: "One day, when there is no more British Empire or North-American Republic, there will be Shakespeare; when we stop speaking English, we will speak Shakespeare."[5]
Charles Lamb, 1811: "We talk of Shakespeare's admirable observation of life, when we should feel, that not from a petty inquisition into those cheap and every-day characters which surrounded him, as they surround us, but from his own mind, which was, to borrow a phrase of Ben Jonson's, the very 'sphere of humanity' he fetched those images of virtue and of knowledge, of which every one of us recognizing a part, think we comprehend in our natures the whole; and often mistake the powers which he positively creates in us, for nothing more than indigenous faculties of our own minds, which only waited the application of corresponding virtues in him to return a full and clear echo of the same." On the Tragedies of Shakespeare
Thomas de Quincey, 1823: "O, mighty poet! Thy works are not as those of other men, simply and merely great works of art; but are also like the phenomena of nature, like the sun and the sea, the stars and the flowers,—like frost and snow, rain and dew, hail-storm and thunder, which are to be studied with entire submission of our own faculties, and in the perfect faith that in them there can be no too much or too little, nothing useless or inert—but that, the further we press in our discoveries, the more we shall see proofs of design and self-supporting arrangement where the careless eye had seen nothing but accident!" "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth".
Thomas Carlyle, 1841: "Nay, apart from spiritualities; and considering him merely as a real, marketable, tangibly useful possession. England, before long, this Island of ours, will hold but a small fraction of the English: in America, in New Holland, east and west to the very Antipodes, there will be a Saxondom covering great spaces of the Globe. And now, what is it that can keep all these together into virtually one Nation, so that they do not fall out and fight, but live at peace, in brotherlike intercourse, helping one another? This is justly regarded as the greatest practical problem, the thing all manner of sovereignties and governments are here to accomplish: what is it that will accomplish this? Acts of Parliament, administrative prime-ministers cannot. America is parted from us, so far as Parliament could part it. Call it not fantastic, for there is much reality in it: Here, I say, is an English King, whom no time or chance, Parliament or combination of Parliaments, can dethrone! This King Shakespeare, does not he shine, in crowned sovereignty, over us all, as the noblest, gentlest, yet strongest of rallying-signs; indestructible; really more valuable in that point of view than any other means or appliance whatsoever? We can fancy him as radiant aloft over all the Nations of Englishmen, a thousand years hence. From Paramatta, from New York, wheresoever, under what sort of Parish-Constable soever, English men and women are, they will say to one another: 'Yes, this Shakespeare is ours; we produced him, we speak and think by him; we are of one blood and kind with him.'" On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
Victor Hugo, 1859: "Two exiles, father and son, are on a desert island serving a long sentence. In a morning, sitting in front of the house, the young man asks: 'What do you think of this exile?' 'It will be long... ", replied the father. 'And how occupy it?', continues the young son. The old serene man reply: 'I will look the ocean, and you?' It is a long silence before the son's answer: 'I will translate Shakespeare.' Shekespeare: the ocean."[6]
Leo Tolstoy, 1906: ", but having read, one after the other, works regarded as his best, ...not only did I feel no delight, but I felt an irresistible repulsion and tedium."
Leo Tolstoy, 1906: "I remember the astonishment I felt when I first read Shakespeare. I expected to receive a powerful aesthetic pleasure, but having read, one after the other, works regarded as his best: "King Lear," "Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet" and "Macbeth," not only did I feel no delight, but I felt an irresistible repulsion and tedium... Several times I read the dramas and the comedies and historical plays, and I invariably underwent the same feelings: repulsion, weariness, and bewilderment. At the present time, before writing this preface, being desirous once more to test myself, I have, as an old man of seventy-five, again read the whole of Shakespeare, including the historical plays, the "Henrys," "Troilus and Cressida," "The Tempest", "Cymbeline", and I have felt, with even greater force, the same feelings,—this time, however, not of bewilderment, but of firm, indubitable conviction that the unquestionable glory of a great genius which Shakespeare enjoys, and which compels writers of our time to imitate him and readers and spectators to discover in him non-existent merits,—thereby distorting their aesthetic and ethical understanding,—is a great evil, as is every untruth." Tolstoy on Shakespeare.[7][8]
D. H. Lawrence, 1928:
"When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder
in such lovely language
How boring, how small Shakespeare's people are!
Yet the language so lovely! like the dyes from gas-tar."
"When I Read Shakespeare" in The Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence.
Sigmund Freud, 1930: "Incidentally, in this meantime, I stopped to believe that the author of Shakespeare's works were the man of Stratford." (Freud supported the theory that the works attributed to Shakespeare were written by Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford,[9] and that this discovery help in better interpretation of his sonnets) (Outline of Psychoanalysis, 1940/1987: 220). Note added in The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) – Freud, 1900/1987: 260
Sigmund Freud, 1930: "I stopped to believe that the author of Shakespeare's works was the man of Stratford."
Freud, 1939: "It is well known that the genius is incomprehensible and irresponsible; so we should bring it to the dance as a full explanation to what the other solution has failed. The same consideration applies also to the remarkable case of William Shakespeare of Stratford." Moses and Monotheism, 1939/1987: 83
W. H. Auden, 1947: "There is a continual process of simplification in Shakespeare's plays. What is he up to? He is holding the mirror up to nature. In the early minor sonnets he talks about his works outlasting time. But increasingly he suggests, as Theseus does in A Midsummer Night's Dream, that "The best in this kind are but shadows" (V.i.214), that art is rather a bore. . . . I find Shakespeare particularly appealing in his attitude towards his work. There's something a little irritating in the determination of the very greatest artists, like Dante, Joyce, Milton, to create masterpieces and to think themselves important. To be able to devote one's life to art without forgetting that art is frivolous is a tremendous achievement of personal character. Shakespeare never takes himself too seriously." Lectures on Shakespeare (ed. by Arthur Kirsch)
T. S. Eliot: "Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them, there is no third."
T. S. Eliot, 1922 : "We must simply admit that here Shakespeare tackled a problem which proved too much for him. Why he attempted it at all is an insoluble puzzle; under compulsion of what experience he attempted to express the inexpressibly horrible, we cannot ever know. We need a great many facts in his biography; and we should like to know whether, and when, and after or at the same time as what personal experience, he read Montaigne, II. xii., Apologie de Raimond Sebond. We should have, finally, to know something which is by hypothesis unknowable, for we assume it to be an experience which, in the manner indicated, exceeded the facts. We should have to understand things which Shakespeare did not understand himself." Hamlet and His Problems, in The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism.
Otto Maria Carpeaux: "The greatest poet of modern times and - except for the limitations of our critical judgement - of all time."[10]
J. R. R. Tolkien, 1955: "[The Ents'] pan in the story is due, I think, to my bitter disappointment and disgust from schooldays with the shabby use made in Shakespeare of the coming of 'Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill': I longed to devise a setting in which the trees might really march to war."[11]
Allan Bloom, 1964: "Shakespeare devotes great care to establishing the political setting in almost all his plays, and his greatest heroes are rulers who exercise capacities which can only be exercised within civil society. To neglect this is simply to be blinded by the brilliance of one's own prejudices. As soon as one sees this, one cannot help asking what Shakespeare thought about a good regime and a good ruler." on his Shakespeare's Politics (with Harry V. Jaffa).
Kenneth Burke: "Shakespeare found many ingenious ways to make it seem that his greatest plays unfolded of themselves, like a destiny rather than by a technical expert’s scheming. . . . He spontaneously knew how to translate some typical tension or conflict of his society into terms of variously interrelated personalities—and his function as a dramatist was to let that whole complexity act itself out, by endowing each personality with the appropriate ideas, images, attitudes, actions, situations, relationships, and fatality. The true essence of his “beliefs” was thus embodied in the vision of that complexity itself. . . . Perhaps in this sense Shakespeare never wrote the ideal Shakespearean play; but again and again he came close to it. . . . he was the sort of craftsman who, if we believed such-and-such, could make a great play out of such beliefs, and could as easily have made a great play out of the opposite beliefs, if those others were what moved us. For what he believed in above all was the glory of his trade itself, which is to say, the great humaneness of the word . . . so masterfully embodied in Shakespeare’s blithe dramaturgic schemings." Kenneth Burke on Shakespeare
Stephen Booth, 1994: "A good metaphor for ... the action of casual, incidental relationships among words and ideas in Shakespeare is patina. Networks of nonsensical relationship act upon speeches and plays the way a patina does upon artwork in metal. They smooth across seams and deny them without obliterating them. Grosser examples of the effect have been noted in literature ever since people started analyzing double plots and noticing echoing situations and spotting thematic common denominators and sustained patterns of imagery." Close Reading Without Readings
Harold Bloom, 1994: "...Shakespeare is the Canon. He sets the standard and the limits of literature." The Western Canon
leo tolstoy and George Shaw, gave the following opinions
One of Shakespeare’s most notorious critics was War and Peace novelist Leo Tolstoy, whose non-fiction work includes a 100-page critique of Shakespeare’s plays and his reputation as a writer. In the essay, published as On Shakespeare and Drama in 1906, Tolstoy called Shakespeare’s plays “trivial and positively bad,” labeled his enduring popularity “pernicious,” and dismissed Shakespeare himself as “an insignificant, inartistic writer” who was “not only not moral, but immoral.” He also mentioned reading King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth ("works regarded as his best”) for the first time in his youth, but recalled feeling nothing more than “an irresistible repulsion and tedium.” But was that just the kneejerk reaction of a young and inexperienced reader? Apparently not. In the introduction to On Shakespeare, a then-75-year-old Tolstoy admitted to rereading Shakespeare’s complete works to see whether his tastes or opinions had changed over time. Never one to pull any punches, he concluded:
"I have felt, with even greater force, the same feelings—this time, however, not of bewilderment, but of firm, indubitable conviction that the unquestionable glory of a great genius, which Shakespeare enjoys and which compels writers of our time to imitate him and readers and spectators to discover in him non-existent merits (thereby distorting their aesthetic and ethical understanding)—is a great evil, as is every untruth."
2. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
Quibik, Wikimedia Commons
In the late 1890s, George Bernard Shaw spent three years as theater critic of the London newspaper Saturday Review. During his tenure, he reviewed 19 Shakespeare works and made his opinions about the Bard perfectly clear: “With the single exception of Homer,” he once wrote, “there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I despise so entirely as I despise Shakespear [sic] when I measure my mind against his.”
Although he occasionally praised the playwright’s wordplay and linguistic inventiveness in his reviews, Shaw labeled Twelfth Night and Much Ado About Nothing as “potboilers,” dismissed Othello as “melodramatic,” and admitted to preferring Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Falstaff to The Merry Wives of Windsor, the play on which it was based. Though Shaw’s opinion of Shakespeare slightly mellowed as his own reputation as a playwright grew, it always remained sour: Later editions of Tolstoy’s essay even included a letter written by Shaw to its publishers, in which he wrote:
"I have striven hard to open English eyes to the emptiness of Shakespeare's philosophy, to the superficiality and second-handedness of his morality, to his weakness and incoherence as a thinker, to his snobbery, his vulgar prejudices, his ignorance, his disqualifications of all sorts for the philosophic eminence claimed for him."
" Yes, indeed, flawed and very human beings who still found themselves at the top of the social tree because God willed it so,"
I couldn't agree more Charmion - I'm not sure whether you are with what I am saying or agin' it
It seems to me that many of Shakespeare's plays are allegories - oblique references to events nearer his time in a period where it would have been fatal to be outspoken towards the Monarch and the establishment - I don't think that makes him a lackey; just careful
You are killing this thread by swamping it with undigested cut-'n-pastes which confirm my opinion that you have probably never seen a play by Shakespeare or, if you have, you haven't absorbed it
If you want to take part in this enjoyable discussion you started, please give us YOUR opinion and not the hastily gathered opinions of others
Please don't get this thread closed - that's what's likely to happen if you continue
Shaw once said "I'm a better playwright than Shakespeare - I've read everything he wrote", more recently, Martin McDonagh said something similar.
Both are among my favouriie playwrights - they are excellent writers WITH A FINE SENSE OF HUMOUR
You really need to sort out which is which
Tolstoy's War and Peace heroes and villains were Tsarist lackeys and members of the Russian elite - just like Shakespeare's were members of the English elite
"Shaw once said 'I'm a better playwright than Shakespeare - I've read everything he wrote'"
A lie! A lie! I haven't read Twelfth Night yet! Anyway, it was Ernie Wise, not me, and he actually said "'I'm a better playwright than Shakespeare - I've read everything wot he wrote"!
"in my opinion his content of historical plays he shows himself to be an establishment lackey. however he does write beautifully. how do others feel about his work"
Absolutely correct about being an establishment lackey! BUT! He was living in a different time, ruled by a monarchy believing in Divine right.
Elizabeth 1. During her reign she topped a bunch of people. No bleeding heart liberals back in days of yore, society was far more regimented. " The actors of Shakespeare’s age saw fluctuations in reputation; actors were alternately classified as “vagabonds and sturdy beggars,” as an act of Parliament in 1572 defined them, and as servants of noblemen". actors lived lives of danger and instability because when they abandoned their respectable trades, they also left behind the comfort and protection of the trade guilds. A second Act followed
In the first one, the Queen forbade “‘the unlawful retaining of multitudes of unordinary servants by liveries, badges, and other signs and tokens (contrary to the good and ancient statutes and laws of this realm)’” in order to “curb the power of local grandees”. To make matters even worse, these actors faced yet another impediment: the “‘Acte for the punishment of Vacabondes’”, in which actors were declared “vagabonds and masterless men and hence were subject to arrest and imprisonment”
A significant indication of Shakespeare's talent is the very fact that he played in London rather than touring other less lucrative towns. If players were to be legally retained by noblemen, they had to prove they could act, and one means of demonstrating their legitimacy was playing at court for Queen Elizabeth. The more skilled companies obtained the queen’s favor and were granted permission to remain in London.
Shakespeare and his company performed successfully in London from the early 1590s until 1611.
In order to exist and perform you not only had to be competent but also be appealing to the monarchy. Inevitably this makes an establishment lackey. There was no other viable choice.
The mileu of the times also dictated scientific thought, as galileo found out to his cost. Also during the 16th 17th centuries it is estimated 80,000 were executed for witchcraft in europe.
Shakespeare's audience was the London people - the Monarchy controlled from behind the scenes, their edicts had to be obeyed - "appealing to" never entered the equation
Shakesepeare did a damn good job of getting around it
SOME REFERENCES HERE
the Monarchy controlled from behind the scenes, their edicts had to be obeyed
Under Elizabeth I the Office of the Revels was further increased and was subdivided into Toyles, Revels and Tents. With the patent given to John Farlyon in 1534 as Yeoman of the Revels, what may be considered as an independent office of the Revels (within the general sphere of the Lord Chamberlain) came into being. When Sir Thomas Cawarden received a 1544 patent as Master of the Revels and Tents he became the first to head an independent office. At this point the role of the Master of the Revels was focused on royal entertainment. One of the Master’s fundamental roles was to audition players and companies for performances before the monarch and court. The Master was also charged with matters of public health and ensured that playing companies ceased performances during plague seasons, as well as religious matters, guaranteeing that theaters closed on Lent. Each Master of the Revels kept an official office book that served as a record of all business transactions; including purchases and preparations for each theatrical entertainment and after 1578 included fees taken after licensing plays for performance.
Master of the Revels
Revels Office
Style The Right Honourable
Appointer The British Monarch
Term length No fixed term
Inaugural holder Walter Halliday
Jim Carroll -- Yes, I believe we agree, however fiercely we may argue!
I have already given my opinion,
the opinions of other respected writers is imo important their nationalities or their period of criticism is not , they vary from pepys tolkien tolstoy shaw auden lawrence etc. to dismiss someone because they are American is eccentric to put it mildly.
" it was Ernie Wise, not me, and he actually said "'I'm a better playwright than Shakespeare"
Actually, Litle Ern nicked that from Shaw Steve (he's not a relative, is he?)
Interesting (to me at least, he once wrote about Ewan "Apart from myself, Ewan MacColl is one of the most important figures in the English Theatre at the present time"
Shakespeares family background was pro establishment , his father was a money lender, his mother[ on at least one occasion a very large quantity of money 200 thousand in todays terms, sjhakespeares mother came from a minor branch of a prominent family and was descibed as a comfortably off farmer. Elizabeth first was authoritarian , at one point anthony babington was disenmbowelled alive for being involved in an assasination attempt, john stubbs had his right hand cut offfor crticising her marriage. Shakespeare came from an establishment back ground and lived during a period when to crticise the monarch could be fatal ,hardly surprising he was pro establishment. Shakespears father was a burgess and an alderman, and was entitled to be adressed as Master rather than Goodman and was very much an establishment figure.
In 1568 shakespears fathwe was appointed high bailiff [ mayor in all but name], he was not just a working class but was born itno a family of prominent local importance.
to decribe him as a working class glover is a typical over simplificatioin, and not the total picture
Ah, the sins of the father (and the mother)...
Well, Dick, my dad's career was spent measuring men's inside legs and deciding whether they dressed to the left or to the right (for Burton the Tailor as it was then), and my mum ran the finest chippy in Radcliffe bar none. Care to tell me how you think any of this may have impacted me? Spotted anything have you?
I had my wedding suit made by Burton's on the, then new, Salford precinct in 1973. Would your Dad have been involved then, Steve?
Sorry for the thread (pun intended) hijack
"Shakespeares family background was pro establishment , "
Shigh
Why do you do this Dick - why not just answer a simple question
How many plays have you seen of his and what do you find in them that makes him an "establishment figure"
You have responded to nothing
Did you know that one of England's greatest campaigning bigots, Mary Whitehouse, made her name by campaigning about films and literature she refused to see or read on principle
She once had the plot of a Shakespeare play, Titus Andronicus, (rape, cutting of of hands and tongue, murder and th eating of human flesh) described to her and said the author should be imprisoned for a long period.
Where do you stand on that
My dad was shop manager of three branches in his time, Dave: Pendleton in the sixties, then Stretford Road, then Bury. I can't remember the exact years.
As for Dick and his bard-smearing obsession, there's many a great artist who is surrounded by murky circumstances. Caravaggio spent years on the run accused of murder and Gesualdo definitely murdered his wife. It doesn't pay to delve too deeply into the sexual proclivities of Benjamin Britten and Schubert, Wagner was a rabid antisemite and Karajan was a card-carrying Nazi. The composer of Carmina Burana is hardly beyond reproach either, and a good few of our great romantic poets were self-regarding, up-their-own-arses druggies. The private lives of Mario Lanza and Maria Callas were utter disasters and let's not delve too deeply into the sexual abuses of a twentieth-century artist or two. Can't think what might have been going through the minds of those baroque sculptors as they carved out those beautiful naked pre-pubescent putti in those magnificent Italian basilicas, but they certainly spent lots of time on them...
The thing is, Dick, that great art, literature, poetry and music are all out there. That's how it should be. It's up to you as an individual to decide how much you're going to investigate the backgrounds of the creators. Sometimes that can inform your understanding of their work, sometimes it can make it impossible for you to digest it. We all have our own red lines. I won't have anything by Wagner or Karajan in the house and I've said so a few times (though, unlike with you, it isn't an argument I'd actually start), but it's a free country and I thoroughly respect anyone who has a different take. Shakespeare, whether you like it or not, is pivotal in the development of the English language and literature. If you can't stomach his background to the extent that you'd eschew his works then I suspect you may be missing out on quite a lot.
All hail Steve Shaw! He da man!
It seems a sort of inverted snobbery to reject art because of the artist's background
Taken to its logical conclusion, we'd on't have Robert Tressel to read and TS Lowry to look at - both fairly high on my personal list but hardly enough to fill your needs
Shakespeare was the son of a glove-maker who pretty well made it to the top internationally in the theatre world - considering the times and the prevailing political oppression, that's something to shout from the rooftops, not to snide at
INTERESTING ANALYSIS HERE
i am not smearing anyone , it is all fact. I have watched many o his plays and had to read them for exams, stop being silly Jim. I do not reject shakespeare because of his background, as i have said before he writes beautiful english, his family back ground and the political background ofthe time explains Shakespeares historical perspective, that is all, nothing more nothing less
here is the original post.Subject: BS: shakespeare
From: The Sandman - PM
Aristophanes was an establishment lackey as well.
That was a waspish remark! :-)
School conditioning doesn't count Dick - I left school hating Shakespeare
No wonder you have such a twisted view of Shakespeare if that's your experience of his work
You have yet to respond to a single thing people have said about your jaundiced attacks
"That was a waspish remark! :-)"
'Bees' that as it may, your remark is for the 'Birds' and pretty much up in 'The Clouds'
Would say more but I have a 'Frog' in my throat
No Jim i have seen many of his plays , i do not hate shakespeare, i am interested in his work ,apparantly after the defeat of the spanish armada there was a rush of patriotism in england ,shakespeare exploited this in his history plays which were nearly all written in the following decade
Nonsense Dick
Yore not responding to anything that is said, so for fear of wrecking this threade I will nor waste my time with you any more - I hope others continue this discussion - it' could be an excellent one under different circumstances
Facts not nosense , i suggest you read some biographies of Shakespeare/
From: EBarnacle
Sandman, consider that all of the quotes you provide are snippets out of context. Harold Bloom is a delightful correspondent, as is James Shapiro. They both have encouraged me to adapt material from Richard II, Henry IV, parts 1 and 2 and Henry V into a play about the relationship between Falstaff and Hal. Part of the reason I did this was that I was dissatisfied by Chimes at Midnight. The Welles productions are as much about Welles ass they are about the plays. The play is in the process of being sold to public television.
At Bloom's encouragement, when we were discussing Lear, I have begun a play about Lyndon Johnson, who I view as probably the most tragic leader of our era.
Shakespeare is a starting point. He is the transition between Middle and Modern English and standard for what came after. He created the forms that we follow now. whatever his motives and stylistic moves to stay in business - and for him the theater was a business - he did it successfully, pleasing his patrons, both high and low. When he retired, he did so almost completely, though there are indications he participated in several plays that did not appear under his name. I suggest you read "Becoming Shakespeare." It is a social study of his era and discusses many of the issues you raise.
Tennessee Williams was doubtless an establishment lackey as well.
I used to do my college homework with the radio on. Once was doing physics homework and listening to some horror horror shock kill rape mayhem mayhem deliver dead sons.
"Titus Andronicus"
Will Never Forget
Dropped Physics
Shakespeare Goddam Great - But avoid doing critical work while listening. If I'd been working on my motorcycle I'd be dead right now.
" consider that all of the quotes you provide are snippets out of context"
Amen to that, with knobs on
A description of Harold Bloom's 'Shakespeare, the Invention of The Human (2008)
Harold Bloom, the doyen of American literary critics and author of The Western Canon, has spent a professional lifetime reading, writing about and teaching Shakespeare. In this magisterial interpretation, Bloom explains Shakespeare’s genius in a radical and provocative re-reading of the plays.
How to understand Shakespeare, whose ability so far exceeds his predecessors and successors, whose genius has defied generations of critics’ explanations, whose work is of greater influence in the modern age even than the Bible? This book is a visionary summation of Harold Bloom’s reading of Shakespeare and in it he expounds a brilliant and far-reaching critical theory: that Shakespeare was, through his dramatic characters, the inventor of human personality as we have come to understand it. In short, Shakespeare invented our understanding of ourselves. He knows us better than we do: ‘The plays remain the outward limit of human achievement: aesthetically, cognitively, in certain ways morally, even spiritually. They abide beyond the end of the mind’s reach; we cannot catch up to them. Shakespeare will go on explaining us in part because he invented us… ’ In a chronological survey of each of the plays, Bloom explores the supra-human personalities of Shakespeare’s great protagonists: Hamlet, Lear, Falstaff, Rosalind, Juliet. They represent the apogee of Shakespeare’s art, that art which is Britain’s most powerful and dominant cultural contribution to the world, here vividly recovered by an inspired and wise scholar at the height of his powers.
As for this brilliant comparison by JAMES SHAPIRO
This sums up spectacularly for me that, far from being an Establishment lackey, Shakespeare's brilliant analysis of the way we are ruled is still relevant and will continue to be so long after we're all singing in the Celestial Choir
These cut-'n-pastes are only of use if you read and understand them yourself Dick
Jim when will you understand that discussion is not about being patronising,or throwing insults, which seems to be your general style below the line and below the belt.
Shakespears family background was establishment, he was operating during a period when england was governed by autocratic rulers his historical plays reflect that position, it is well written fiction that is presented as fact, tudor propogasnda uin the case of Richard the third
Was shakespeare an establishment lackey? A view:
https://books.google.ie/books?id=MwZ5CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT240&lpg=PT240&dq=was+shakespeare+an+establishment+lackey&source=bl&ots=hwYtDI
"Jim when will you understand that discussion is not about being patronising,or throwing insults, "
You are responding to noting that has been said Dick
Your last statement is evidnec e that, despite people having put their opinions kandly and carefully, you continue to make your repies an unchanged a mantra
One of your own linlks, Jamers Sahapiro, has contradicted your argument perfectly with his comarisong of Richard III with Trump - now you are ignoring yur own links
Until you respond to what is being said I will continue to regard you as I do - I have not insulted you, I have merely described your behaviour
Meant to say thanks for those names EBarnacle (no rational to Nora, I suppose?)
Feckin spelcheck spoiled my joke - no relation to Nora it should read
There is no question that he was establishment. Consider his efforts [and his father's] to get a coat of arms. There is also the issue of his being a crypto Catholic--perhaps. If you read the Greenblatt "Will in the World" you will find these issues explored more deeply.
As with many of the authors and playwrights of that era, he trod a very fine line between message and threat. In many ways, the Master of the Revels was a friend, keeping material that could be subversive and dangerous to the author from being released to the public.
"[and his father's] to get a coat of arms"
A business move in both cases surely ?
Don't know about his dad's gloves, but I don't think Bill painted a too-rosy picture of them in charge to earn the accusation of 'state suckhole"
He was a man of his time and, as you say, he trod the tightrope with care as they all had to
It really is immaterial to the fact that he was and remains the world's leading playwright - far from the 'verbose poodle' he is being accused of being here
I'm beginning to feel like Shirley Valentine talking to her kitchen wall, trying to communicate with Dick
on the subject of his historical plays here are some inaccuracies,in henry v part one, lord tabor is killed 22 years early which means he predeceases joan of arc. in corialanus he has Lartius refer to Cato 300 years before he was born, he mentions a clock in Caesars Rome four hundred years before the first mechanical clock, there are geographical inaccuracies too in the Tempest and two gentlemen of venice, prospero and valentine set sail from, respectively Milan and Verona, both cites were 48 hours travel from salt water. geographically and historically in correct, and so it goes on, in the taming of the shrew he puts a sailmaker in bergamo[ a landlocked italian city, well written but laughable from a factual perspective
It has been said that facts should never get in the way of a good story--except in debate.
He was a PLAYWRIGHT writing entertainment, for fuck's sake, not an historian or geographer. Give it a rest, already, willya?
Isn't that essentially what I said in my previous post?
I suggest if you wish to continue with this fascinating topic you do so
I think Shirley Valentine got more satisfaction from her kitchen wall
Off to see Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet in a few weeks - god bless filmed national Theatre productions that reach as far as the Wild Atlantic Way *(nearly)
I sometimes wonder what plays Shakespeare might have written if he'd lived in the 21st century.
Basically All Good Innit?
Two Gangstas in Da Hood
A Lotta Grief 'Bout Nuffin'
Romeo Da Man 'N 'Is Bird
De Dealer in Venice
Lear De Legend
Thank God he he did not speak in estuary English.
Saw a Lovely production of The Merry Wives of Windsor on film last year
It was produced by a self-confessed 'The Only Way is Essex' devotee and bore all the influences, especially the use of language
Great entertainment, but a far cry from what Shakespeare intended, I think
The fact that if could make the leap in this way is testimony to the timlessness of his genius
Well, he had to find themes that would interest his audiences,
and nowadays he'd have been on the Internet, social media, TV (probably various soaps) writing film scripts and composing raps etc.
I've always loved his elegant use of language, but Shakespeare-Estuary-English would be fun.
It was, try it Sen - but it ain't Shakespeare
I loved the last scene where the 'Sharon-type' heroine held up her engagement ring and waved it at the audience
Still brings a wide grin
As a big fan of Falstaff, the character, I cannot help but agree that Merry Wives is among the least of the Bard's plays. I was reportedly created by royal command after Henry V. Shakespeare did not wish to do it, yet this is the play of the group which got turned into an opera. Go figure.
You should try Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight, where four plays were made into one story based around Falstaff
It tends to concentrate the attention to someone I believe depicted a malevolent clown
All Shakespear's clowns served a purpose - down to interpretation and taste I suppose
INTERESTING PIECE FROM BRITANNICA
A high point of my early theatregoing was when me and two mates drove up to Scotland and caught MacBeth during the second week of the Edinburgh Festival
We were first drawn there by Matt McGinn playing the part of the Gatekeeper and the three witches being presented as three very attractive young women in see-through robes
Couldn't really follow McGinn's broad Glasgowese but would have followed the three witches up Ben Nevis
Playwrights writing entertainment,
pepys opinion here
“Saw Midsummer Night's Dream which I have never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid, ridiculous play that I ever saw in my life. There was, I confess, some good dancing and some handsome women, but that was all of my pleasure.” (29 September 1662)
“Saw Twelfth Night acted well, though it be but a silly play and not relating at all to the name or day" (6 January 1663)
“Though I went with the resolution to like [Henry VIII], it’s so simple a thing, made up of a great many patches…that there is nothing in the work.” (1 January 1664)
to answer this quote from moss back" he was a PLAYWRIGHT writing entertainment, for fuck's sake, not an historian or geographer.
if we extended that logic, that excuses any entertainers from any moral responsibilty, it becomes ok to make people laugh regardless your argument excuses bernard manning[ entertainer] or playwrights that flirted with fascism.
entertainers and playwrights have responsibilities other than just entertaining.
Weber, in my view a talented and admirable composer, declared on hearing his contemporary Beethoven's seventh symphony that poor old Ludwig was ripe for the madhouse. The new can seem strange at first. I'm guessing that that was Pepys' problem too.
Shakespeare wrote some brilliant tragedies.. othello. king lear macbeth anthony and cleopatra,and possibly his worst play timothy of athens, during the reign of james, james was a generous patron of drama,so perhaps Shakespeares creative flow was encouraged, apparantly his company performed over 150 times for james, and the less stifling atmosphere of the jacobean rather than elisabethan period brought out the best works of shakespeare.
What don't you like about Timon of Atens Dick ?
"Herman Melville considered Timon to be among the most profound of Shakespeare's plays, and in his 1850 review "Hawthorne and His Mosses"[32] writes that Shakespeare is not "a mere man of Richard-the-Third humps, and Macbeth daggers," but rather "it is those deep far-away things in him; those occasional flashings-forth of the intuitive Truth in him; those short, quick probings at the very axis of reality:–these are the things that make Shakespeare, Shakespeare. Through the mouths of the dark characters of Hamlet, Timon, Lear, and Iago, he craftily says, or sometimes insinuates the things, which we feel to be so terrifically true, that it were all but madness for any good man, in his own proper character, to utter, or even hint of them." In his 1590 Greene's Mourning Garment, Robert Greene used the term "Timonist" to refer to a lonely misanthrope. In his 1852 novel Pierre, Melville used the term "Timonism" about an artist's contemptuous rejection of both his audience and mankind in general."
What is the point of the plot? it is imo a play that seems uncompleted.
defintely one of his more forgettable plays and one which is rarely performed.
Jim, can you explain this line in king lear "swithaldfooted thrice the old a nellthu night more and her nine fold"
answer that question. please
Ah that's a well-known sort of 'typo' from the early manuscripts.
The printers of the time couldn't decipher it, but it was later 'translated' as 'Swithin footed thrice the wold and met the nightmare and her nine-fold'.
Still not terribly clear though!
From: meself
Not every line Shakespeare wrote was his best. In fact, I'd go so far as to say, only his best was his best.
if we extended that logic, that excuses any entertainers from any moral responsibilty
"answer that question. please"
Just look it up Dick and stop sabotaging this thread
You've had a landslide of opinions - you've ignored them all and you want me to.... you've gotta be joking
You are pretty well a world minority of one here - from Melville to the world's finest that takes a special talent
What Moosy just said - on hundred times
Jim, nobody is sabotaging this thread.I am pointing out flaws in his work that does not mean his work is not good, or generally well written. the purpose of discussion is to discuss different points of view amicably, if you want a shakespeare adiration society go and start your own thread, and stop messing this one up
To get back to the original question you really have to solve the interrelationship of at least three factors:
Shakespeare the man
Shakespeare the body of his work.
Shakespeare the milieu of his times.
To make judgements on his work in terms of the norms of today does the man a great disservice.
Very little is known about the man.
From the British Library:
"Grammar school was tough. (There is in fact no record of Shakespeare’s name on the register of the King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford, but his father’s position on the council – by now he was an alderman – brought free education for his sons with it, so it is inconceivable that he would not have been educated there.) These grammar schools were part of the Tudor educational revolution of which the chief beneficiaries were middle-class boys like Will Shakespeare, who were being groomed to be lawyers and clerks, Church of England ministers, secretaries to politicians or indeed politicians themselves, many of whom came from perfectly ordinary middle-class families. They were being trained up, in fact, to be the mainstays of the rapidly expanding Elizabethan state.
They didn’t study history, they didn’t study mathematics, they didn’t study geography, they didn’t study science. They studied grammar, from dawn to dusk, six days a week, all the year round. Grammar – Latin grammar. They translated from Latin into English and from English into Latin. At school, ordinary conversation was in Latin; any boy caught speaking English was flogged."
I think the above would explain his mastery of language, but not his knowledge of history. Whatever was produced for public consumption had to be politically acceptable to the crown, which may well have cramped his style. Being PC in those days kept head attached to shoulders. Free speech came with consequences.
I've been reading Macaulay's essays, in pursuit of Fanny Burney through Napoleonic France, and happened upon the passage below. Sorry for another long quote (I typed it out myself from Victorian text, if that helps any...) but it perfectly expresses my reverence for Shakespeare's innate understanding of the complex blend of subliminal subtleties that go to make up a human psyche - what Keats called negative capability. (The world today is suffering from a woeful lack of this quality, and just look how that's played out across the globe.)
To define Shakespeare by a single political ideology and then judge him only through that lens is like assessing the paintings of Rembrandt or Turner by viewing them solely in a three-inch black-&-white snapshot.
Macaulay writes:
Highest among those who have exhibited human nature by means of dialogue stands Shakespeare. His variety is like the variety of nature, endless diversity, scarcely any monstrosity. The characters, of which he has given us an impression as vivid as that which we receive from... our own associates, are to be reckoned by scores. Yet in all these scores hardly one character is to be found which deviates widely from the common standard, and which we should call very eccentric if we met it in real life.
The silly notion that every man [or playwright - bs] has one ruling passion, and that this clue, once known, unravels all the mysteries of his conduct, finds no countenance in the plays of Shakespeare. There, man appears as he is, made up of a crowd of passions, which contend for the mastery over him, and govern him in turn... Take a single example - Shylock. Is he so eager for money as to be indifferent to revenge? Or so eager for revenge as to be indifferent to money? Or so bent on both together as to be indifferent to the honour of his nation and the law of Moses? All his propensities are mingled with each other; so that, in trying to apportion to each its proper part, we find the same difficulty which constantly meets us in real life. A superficial critic may say that hatred is Shylock's ruling passion. But how many passions have amalgamated to form that hatred? It is partly the result of wounded pride: Antonio has called him dog. It is partly the result of covetousness: Antonio has hindered him of half a million, and, when Antonio is gone, there will be no limit to the gains of usury. It is partly the result of national and religious feeling: Antonio has spit on the Jewish gabardine; and the oath of revenge has been sworn by the Jewish Sabbath.
We might go through all the characters which we have mentioned, and through fifty more in the same way; for it is the constant manner of Shakespeare to represent the human mind as lying not under the absolute dominion of one domestic propensity, but under a mixed government, in which a hundred powers balance each other. Admirable as he was in all parts of his art, we most admire him for this: that while he has left us a greater number of striking portraits than all the other dramatists put together, he has scarcely left us a single caricature. Shakespeare has had neither equal nor second.
Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859)
Publ. Phillips, Sampson & Co., Boston USA, 1856
Free download from Archive.org if anybody's interested. I can't get the EPub or Kindle links to work, but the PDF one does (though it takes awhile). The above excerpt is on digital page 605, printed page 589. There's some great stuff in there.
https://archive.org/details/criticalmiscellan00macarich/page/n7
I've seen Chimes at Midnight. Welles does a decent job but, as with all of his productions, the production is about him, rather than being about itself. Probably the best moment in the film is when Hal rides out of the relationship. Falstaff, realizing this, allows a tear to fall. My dissatisfaction with this movie is one of the reasons I adapted my play based on the four plays and almost entirely about the relationship between Sir John and Hal as it deteriorates.
A friend of mine, recently deceased, Malcolm "Mac" Nelson, described Falstaff as the leading tragic clown in the Shakespearean canon.
Thanks for that quotation, Bonnie - Macauley puts his finger on it.
Shakespeares historical plays are influenced by the period he was writing, if he had dcriticised elizabeths father or grandfather he would have been executed, that does not mean they are not well written, but it cats doubt on some of the historical accuracy, which at the time was presented as fact but was well written fiction
Has anyone ever claimed that WS's plays are historically accurate? I thought the first thing you learned about WS's "history" in high school is that it is not accurate ... ?
> I thought the first thing you learned about WS's "history" in high school is that it is not accurate
Yes... or at least I did. Our teachers always made that very clear, right from the get-go, as I already said above. This point is also frequently mentioned in critical commentary, literature textbooks, and even theatre programme notes. I don't think many people take him literally.
And numberless other writers have done the same over the centuries, too many to cite. Plays ARE fiction - they need plot-points, dramatic arcs, characters with depth and credibility, whose dialogue keeps the pace moving. When it's non-fiction, they call it reading a transcript.
They're fiction, and many - including Shakespeare's - are politically slanted.
no,that was not ho it was taught at the grammar sachool i attended.
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Illustration of Jetta by Josh Finney of Titanium Rain
Josh has an art piece appearing in the upcoming Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa Graphic Novel. You can check it out HERE.
Lots of Titanium Rain News
Well, first and foremost, IT'S OUT TODAY!!!! Yes, the long wait is finally over. Titanium Rain Double Size Issue 1-2 is out in stores TODAY!!
So if you haven't picked it up yet, do so ASAP!! As well, stay tuned for news on our upcoming signing at Rising Sun Productions in San Diego. Josh and I are making plans to do a signing with this wonderful store as soon as 3-4 comes out, which should be in another few weeks.
Second, CBR has just run an interview with Josh on Titanium Rain. It's called "Archaia Forecasts Titanium Rain". In it, Josh talks about what inspired the story and what his goals were in how he told it. It's an awesome interview and I highly recommend that you check it out.
Last, but not least. We've put in our application for a table at the Comic Geek Speak Super Show Convention in March of '10. I know it's a ways away but we're going to start beating the drum now so that people can make plans to head out to PA and come see us. We'll do sketches, have books, patches, and exclusive swag that you can only get from Josh and I. It's going to be awesome!!
Press Release: Who Does What
Due to numerous articles in the comics press containing false or misleading information about Titanium Rain, the creators of the book have decided to step forward and clear up a few things.
First and for most, Josh Finney is both the WRITER and LEAD ARTIST on the book. Along with writing the story, he is also responsible for the panel layouts, digital painting, 3D graphics, graphic design, lettering, and concept art. Kat Rocha's role in the process is as a penciler and flatter. Early in Titanium Rain's creation Josh and Kat had opted to simply list the art credits as being done by both of them. Specifically stating who does which tasks seemed unnecessary. That is until the press repeatedly ran articles crediting Kat for all the art tasks, and on occasion, even credited her for Josh's past body of work as a professional artist.
The truth is, for the last couple of years Josh has been essentially mentoring Kat, teaching her the skills to eventually become an artist in her own right. This is not something Josh or Kat would have wanted to have made public, but apparently the press cannot get it right. Look, we all understand these feel-good "Girls can draw too!" human-interest stories are en vogue right now, but it does not excuse piss-poor journalism.
Josh Finney is the lead artist on Titanium Rain. Kat Rocha is the penciler and flatter.
Josh has done past work for Star Trek Enterprise, NOT Kat.
All the Titanium Rain covers are painted by Josh.
The "Digital Realism" style that Titanium Rain is known for was created by Josh Finney, and can be seen in much of his work for game companies such as Spartan Publishing and Rebel Games.
Please of the love of dog, comics press, do your damn homework next time.
Labels: again., The press gets it wrong
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Titanium Rain AND God Machine are back from the printer!!! YEAH!!!!!!
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Town Council Should Reject Budget Committee’s Vindictive Scheme to Kill Trash Pickup
Robert Coulter June 23, 2016
The Tiverton Budget Committee has no authority to eliminate residential trash pickup, but in order to make a political statement with next year’s budget, a majority of its members voted to do just that. Tiverton residents should not be fooled. The threat of eliminating trash pickup is intended to hurt taxpayers and teach us a lesson so that we never again dare to challenge the demands of town government and its special-interest friends.
The Budget Committee’s assumption that the Town Council can and will implement a new trash fee for those who wish to continue the service is disturbing and familiar. In 2008, a Town Council led by Louise Durfee engineered the financial town meeting (FTM) and effectively undid the smaller tax increase that a majority of voters wanted. Now, in 2016, Louise Durfee has taken the lead of the Budget Committee in attempting to undo the vote of more than 1,200 Tiverton residents (over 55% of voters) who rejected a big tax increase at this year’s financial town referendum (FTR).
The Budget Committee’s move was especially stunning because, as a post on TivertonFactCheck.org makes clear, it was not necessary. In order to match the 0.9% tax increase required by the FTR vote, the Budget Committee had to find $782,895 in adjustments. Between suggestions made by petitioner Justin Katz, a list of “concepts” put forward by Town Administrator Matthew Wojcik, and votes actually taken by the Budget Committee, the members had at least $2.3 million of options without touching trash pickup or paving.
In fact, during its first meeting after the FTR, the Budget Committee was 84% of the way there. When committee member Nancy Driggs asked to continue the progress at the next meeting by going through her list of suggestions, Ms. Durfee told her it wasn’t worth the effort, because she wasn’t going to “win the day.” Instead, the committee reversed course and went on a spending spree on the taxpayer’s dime.
If the Town Council follows through with the Budget Committee’s threat and breaks its contract with Patriot Disposal, maybe voters will “learn the lesson” that angry insiders want to teach them… or maybe instead we’ll remember this stunt when the officials who are supposed to represent voters are up for reelection in less than five months from now. Maybe, too, we’ll decide to take back the new trash fee through additional tax reductions at next year’s FTR. After all, the Budget Committee left over $2 million in alternatives on the table.
We should all prefer a different outcome. The Town Council should not respond to the vindictive scheme of the Budget Committee. Instead it should respond to the clear message from taxpayers and work to balance Tiverton’s budget in a way that respects the will of the voters.
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Robert Coulter is President of the Tiverton Town Council and is a former member of the Charter Review Commission and Budget Committee. A lawyer, he is also a founding member of the Tiverton Taxpayers Association.
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GOV. LEE SIGNS FIRST KKK GRAND WIZARD DAY PROCLAMATION
July 12, 2019 /0 Comments/in Civil Rights, State, Topics /by Staff
From the Tennessean today:
Gov. Bill Lee has proclaimed Saturday as Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in Tennessee, a day of observation to honor the former Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader whose bust is on display in the state Capitol.
Per state law, the Tennessee governor is tasked with issuing proclamations for six separate days of special observation, three of which, including the July 13 Forrest Day, pertain to the Confederacy.
There have been repeated protests of the bust of Forrest, the KKK’s first Grand Wizard, which is still featured prominently in the Tennessee state legislature to this day.
The Tennessean reports that Lee said “I signed the bill because the law requires that I do that and I haven’t looked at changing that law.”
They also remind us that Lee was found to have worn confederate uniforms in college, which he now says he regrets:
Lee earlier this year said he regretted participating in “Old South” parties at Auburn University nearly four decades ago as part of Kappa Alpha Order, a fraternity that lists Robert E. Lee as its “spiritual founder.”
The governor, a college student at the time, was also pictured in an Auburn yearbook dressed in a Confederate Army uniform, a common practice for members of the fraternity at the time.
“I never intentionally acted in an insensitive way, but with the benefit of hindsight, I can see that participating in that was insensitive and I’ve come to regret it,” Lee said in February.
Lee has said he may be open to “adding context” to the statue rather than removing it, but has done nothing to pursue that.
Rep. Bob Freeman has proposed replacing it with a women’s suffrage statue, and has vowed to introduce that legislation in the next session.
Holler at your reps to support Freeman’s legislation, and holler at Governor Bill Lee if you think he should not be reaffirming Nathan Bedford Forrest Day.
Tags: forrest, kkk, lee, racism, statue
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