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Thalidomide Controls Adipose Tissue Inflammation Associated with High- Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice
Author(s): Patricia Z Nakamitsu, Cecilia M. Compri, Livia de Fraia Pinto, Erica M.F. Gotardo, Caroline C. de Oliveira, Marcelo L. Ribeiro, Jose Pedrazzoli, Alessandra Gambero. Clinical Pharmacology and Gastroenterology Unit, Sao Francisco University Medical School, Av. Sao Francisco de Assis 218, 12916-900, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil.
DOI : 10.2174/1871530314666141128115225
Introduction: Immunosuppressant agents modulate the activity of the immune system and control adipose tissue inflammatory responses associated with obesity. Controlling adipose tissue inflammation represents an interesting option for inhibiting the low-grade inflammatory state in obese subjects and for preventing obesity-associated pathologies. In this work, we assessed the effects of thalidomide on the inflammatory response in adipose tissue as well as on systemic inflammatory marker expression in the well-established high-fat diet-induced obesity mouse model.
Methods: Swiss male mice were fed a high-fat diet (60% kcal from fat) for 12 weeks and received thalidomide for the last 10 days (100 mg.kg-1). Adipokine levels were measured in serum and adipose tissue by EIA and real-time quantitative PCR, respectively. Adipose tissue infiltrating macrophages were identified by immunohistochemistry and western blot analysis of F4/80 marker expression. Other inflammatory markers, such as c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) production, were also evaluated by western blot analysis. In vitro assays using 3T3-L1 adipocytes were also conducted to evaluated adipokine release.
Results: In obese mice, thalidomide administration induced a reduction in adiposity accompanied by a reduction of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), leptin and MCP-1 adipose tissue production, macrophage infiltration and JNK activation. TNF-α and leptin serum levels were also reduced by thalidomide treatment in obese mice. In vitro, the release of basal TNF-α and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced MCP-1 was inhibited in 3T3-L1 cells.
Significance: Our results suggest that drugs that can modulate the inflammatory status as well as control adipose tissue expansion could represent an interesting approach in the management of obesity, highlighting the need for further development of such compounds.
Keywords: 3T3-L1 cells, adipokines, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, immunosuppressant, macrophage, obesity.
Title:Thalidomide Controls Adipose Tissue Inflammation Associated with High- Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice
Author(s):Patricia Z Nakamitsu, Cecilia M. Compri, Livia de Fraia Pinto, Erica M.F. Gotardo, Caroline C. de Oliveira, Marcelo L. Ribeiro, Jose Pedrazzoli and Alessandra Gambero
Affiliation:Clinical Pharmacology and Gastroenterology Unit, Sao Francisco University Medical School, Av. Sao Francisco de Assis 218, 12916-900, Bragança Paulista, SP, Brazil.
Keywords:3T3-L1 cells, adipokines, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, immunosuppressant, macrophage, obesity.
Abstract:Introduction: Immunosuppressant agents modulate the activity of the immune system and control adipose tissue inflammatory responses associated with obesity. Controlling adipose tissue inflammation represents an interesting option for inhibiting the low-grade inflammatory state in obese subjects and for preventing obesity-associated pathologies. In this work, we assessed the effects of thalidomide on the inflammatory response in adipose tissue as well as on systemic inflammatory marker expression in the well-established high-fat diet-induced obesity mouse model.
Patricia Z Nakamitsu, Cecilia M. Compri, Livia de Fraia Pinto, Erica M.F. Gotardo, Caroline C. de Oliveira, Marcelo L. Ribeiro, Jose Pedrazzoli and Alessandra Gambero, “Thalidomide Controls Adipose Tissue Inflammation Associated with High- Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice”, Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets (2015) 15: 151. https://doi.org/10.2174/1871530314666141128115225
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1943: Jerzy Iwanow (Georgios Ivanof) 1794: Maurice Joseph Louis Gigost d’Elbee, Vendean general
1993: Westley Allan Dodd, child molester
January 5th, 2010 Headsman
Just after midnight this date in 1993, Washington state carried out the first legal hanging in the U.S. since 1965.
Pornstached child molester Westley Allan Dodd is the textbook “incorrigible sex offender” case study. That’s certainly how Dodd himself asked us to interpret him.
“I have said all along the system does not work,” he wrote of his long career in pedophilia, notoriously unrehabilitated by the criminal justice system. “I knew what I was doing, I knew it was wrong. I knew I could get the death penalty if caught.”
From the usual humble beginnings in teenage child-groping, and despite several arrests over the years, Dodd devolved into abducting young boys to actualize horrific fantasies he did not scruple to jot in his journal.
Incident 3 will die maybe this way: He’ll be tied down as Lee was in Incident 2. Instead of placing a bag over his head as had previously planned, I’ll tape his mouth shut with duct tape. Then, when ready, I’ll use a clothespin or something to plug his nose. That way I can sit back, take pictures and watch him die instead of concentrating on my hands or the rope tight around his neck — that would also eliminate the rope burns on the neck . . . I can clearly see his face and eyes now…
He suspects nothing now. Will probably wait until morning to kill him. That way his body will be fairly fresh for experiments after work. I’ll suffocate him in his sleep when I wake up for work (if I sleep).
In short: not the nicest guy, though also a monster as much pathetic as diabolic.
Dodd pleaded guilty to his three sex murders, and fought for his own execution. The state of Washington obliged him in a speedy three years.
Although the Evergreen State had lethal injection on the books, Dodd also availed his right to select its holdover alternative method, hanging.
Those kids didn’t get a nice, neat painless easy death. Why should I?
Which justification’s nobility (such as it is) is considerably more socially gratifying than, say, a hankering for the gallows’ post-mortem priapism.
(He didn’t get everything, though: they turned down his request to televise the hanging.)
Not content with his headline-grabbing mode of departing the world, Dodd had a hand in a statutory milestone, too. His stranger-danger nightmare case surfacing in the fall of 1989 was part of the background that drove Washington to pass the nation’s first sexually violent predator law, the Community Protection Act of 1990.*
Trutv.com’s Crime Library has a good deal more about the mind of this particular maniac.
* It was really Earl Shriner’s crimes more than Dodd’s that led most directly to the new law, which licensed indefinite “civil commitment” of sexually violent predators after the completion of their criminal sentences.
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Entry Filed under: 20th Century,Capital Punishment,Common Criminals,Crime,Death Penalty,Execution,Hanged,Milestones,Murder,Serial Killers,Sex,USA,Volunteers,Washington
Tags: 1990s, 1993, january 5, westley allan dodd
19 thoughts on “1993: Westley Allan Dodd, child molester”
I was 11 years old when this sick excuse for a human being walked by my house near 39th ave. in Portland and saw me and my sister and friend through a window. He waited for us to walk out of the house (we were unaware) and do followed us three blocks where he exposed himself to us. We ran to the nearest school where we told the Principal, whom did not believe us. I believe this was right before the innocent 4-yr old little boy was abducted by him at Richmond School. It haunts me to this day.
Irish says:
For my money, both a sadist and a masochist. In one sentence he refers to his victim(s) as an “incident” and in the next he uses the child’s name; Lee. He seems disassociated in some respects.
Make no mistake, I’m glad he swung and that the prosecutor got his wish; he can’t fantasize or relive his crimes behind prison bars. On the other hand, creepy people like me have a morbid fascination with evil, and this is one brain I’d love to pick. Perhaps to understand where the self inflicted punishment in his mind ends and the punishment in others begins.
Like I said, morbidly fascinating….
What the heck, stretch his neck….
Kathy Moore says:
2 April, 2014 at 10:53 pm
Dodd was a sick piece of shit. I remember this from the news. Now that I am the mother of a 10 yr old boy this makes my heart break the loss and helpless feeling these victim’s families felt. The pain and anger must of been unbearable !!So glad he was caught so soon before more little boys wearnt hurt/tortured/killed. Hearing what he did to them still makes me cry and feel sick! I still think of these poor families and wonder how they move on. Hope Dodd is roasting in HELL !!!!
Bowlegged Is A Retard says:
Haha, someone didn’t get enough hugs as a kid. I know Sam and he is telling the truth. Typical New Yorker.
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TTownT says:
dodd’s execution was televised live, in a way. It was done in silhouette, behind what appeared to be a sheet. I happened to be in a bar here in Tacoma the night he was executed and I watched it. afterward everyone in the bar started clapping and cheering, including me. The consensus seemed to be good riddance to really bad rubbish. Does that qualify as a public hanging?
Bowlegged In Brooklyn says:
Bullshit Sam!
U may have lived in the house he once lived in. I might even consider the photo comment. But U took it to unbelievable lengths when you said he basically had tunnells under his house.
What a cafone!!
Seriously, if there was ever tunnels or “old passage ways” as U call it under the house, HE would have talked about it in a braggadocious way because thats what sociopaths do! Im sure he would have bragged about it all to the police and the police Im sure would have found those and probably even the photos that U speak of.
If U havent noticed, Wesley Dodd is fairly honest about shit when asked. And no I dont mean his comment about being executed in a way that isnt comfortable since his victims didnt get comfort when they died. Wesley Dodd was a true blue sexual sadist and also masochist and experiencing pain right before death would have been the ultimate “get off” for him Im sure. He merely manipulated his way to the hanging gallows on that one.
Anyhoo, U sir are a liar. Have a seat.
sec says:
Yes, the ACLU fought like heck to save him, and Dodd actually told them that he would file suit against them if they continued to lobby to try and stop his execution. That was the ONLY good thing about this guy: he knew he had to be put to death and was going to fight anyone who attempted to stop that act.
i lived in his house after he died and we found pictures of little kids behind the dry wall and old passage ways under the house
Lisa Wilson says:
Thank God the judge had the good sense to execute this miserable excuse for a human being. There is no one more evil than one who so enjoys killing and torturing innocent children. Admittedly Mr. Dodd asked to be executed, as he admitted he would never stop and executing him was the only way to protect kids. He admitted what I have always believed…a sexual deviate can NEVER be cured or rehabilitated. At least there is one less in the world.
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Tamahome Jenkins says:
8 January, 2010 at 12:29 am
Thanks for those links! I’m checking them out right now.
7 January, 2010 at 12:30 pm
this is how every sexual predetor should be handled.Not after the 2nd or 3rd offense but the 1st.Thats just it ,they are PREDETORS.They are sick and incureable.This is beyond any drug,alchol or other mental illness.Someone who can violate another human being in such away especially our inocent children is a threat to all mankind and will always be.Every state should be hanging all these sick assholes or maybe they should be thrown to the wolves.Like that Jeffery Dhamer,he got his just desserts and because of that these scums of the earth are protected.Fuck em kill them all.Usually a 1st offensive is 7 years 4 w/good behavior,in Texas.I’ve seen some cases jsut probation for molesting a 3 and 5 year old.I wonder:if the mother of these victims put a bullet in these sorry bastards heads if her children would still at least have the comforrt of their mother or would she be locked up…for just 4 years?Of coarse she would,while the pervert walked free,thats if he lived.Of coarse I am not one to judge but we need some better judges out there…I mean how can these sicko’s walk free and a 16 year old caught w/weed goes down 2 years.
Fiz says:
5 January, 2010 at 6:23 pm
This man was no loss to mankind. He deserved to be hanged and a whole lot more!
Headsman says:
No, there was another one in Washington in 1994, and then Billy Bailey in Delaware in 1996. Bailey is currently the last hanging in the U.S.
The Death Penalty Information Center’s executions database is a good place to get up-to-date information on stuff like that.
It says on Wikipedia that this was the last execution by hanging in the U.S. Is this true?
Kevin M. Sullivan says:
Please tell me there were no bleeding-hearts trying to save this turd’s life? Dodd’s the kind of guy, that, if you could wake him up after he’s been executed the first time, just so you can do it again to him, then maybe, just maybe, justice has been served. In truth, nothing can undo what this vermin did. Duct tape to the mouth and a clothespin to the nose of a child? Unbelievable!
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Explore Big Sky
Montana partners commit to wildlife-vehicle collision reduction
A wildlife overpass in Banff National Park west of Calgary, Alberta. These type of wildlife bridges incorporate vegetation and fencing to encourage safe passage over highways for wildlife. PHOTO BY WENDY FRANCIS
By Jessianne Castle ENVIRONMENTAL AND OUTDOORS EDITOR
LIVINGSTON – According to statistics released by the vehicle insurance company State Farm, in 2018, Montana ranked second in the nation for a driver’s chance of experiencing a vehicle collision with a deer, with 14,098 claims filed by Montana drivers.
“We all see roadkill and most of us want to do something about it, but we just don’t know how to help,” wrote Laramie Maxwell in an email to EBS. Maxwell is the co-coordinator for the advocacy group Montanans for Safe Wildlife Passage and was among a team that convened at the first-ever Montana Wildlife and Transportation Summit in December of 2018.
In June, the summit partners released a 60-page report that includes a summary of the event as well as efforts the collaborating agencies and organizations have agreed to in moving forward. The summit, which was held at Carroll College in Helena, saw participation from more than 160 individuals, and was organized by Montanans for Safe Wildlife Passage, the Governor’s office, Montana Department of Transportation, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University.
According to Nick Clarke, also of Montanans for Safe Wildlife Passage and a project coordinator for conservation organization Yellowstone to Yukon, the summit has prompted greater collaboration among agencies and nonprofits, helping to form new relationships, new collaborations and a new understanding among those involved.
“This strong foundation has opened up additional possibilities and created momentum for collectively addressing wildlife and transportation issues in Montana,” he wrote in an email to EBS.
The recent report outlines several measures aimed to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. To start, FWP, MDT and Montanans for Safe Wildlife Passage are organizing a steering committee that will provide guidance in developing a wildlife and transportation plan that identifies connectivity and safety priorities, encourages information sharing, outlines education and outreach initiatives and discusses funding opportunities.
“The intent of the work plan is that it is informed by local-level efforts. Community interest and support are integral to planning highways for people and wildlife,” wrote FWP Communication and Education Chief-of-Staff Greg Lemon in an email to EBS.
“There are a variety of wildlife accommodations that can help wildlife safely cross the highway, including signs, fencing and crossing structures,” he added. “For example, variable message signs activated seasonally can alert drivers when wildlife are moving. These seasonally-placed signs seem to be more effective than permanent signs.”
One key challenge the plan will address is related to information gaps across agencies and research groups. While FWP and MDT have a history of collaboration, the summit organizers believe additional partnerships are a valuable part of developing solutions.
“Information can be better shared among stakeholders so that decision-makers have the best information available at their disposal,” Clarke said. “Additionally, there is a need to support new and ongoing research to better understand how wildlife populations are moving across the landscape, and where their movements intersect with highways, so that we can make roads safer for everyone.”
Currently, FWP deploys GPS transmitters on a variety of species to track movements and habitat use. Not only does this data provide a glimpse into a specific animal’s movement pathways and ranges, but it can also be extrapolated to other populations and areas.
“In any given year, FWP maintains and collects data from hundreds of GPS-marked animals around the state,” Lemon said. “This information can help with highway planning and other conservation efforts.”
Maxwell said one important aspect to keep in mind is that distinct areas of the state are of greater concern for different reasons.
“One area may not have as many crashes, but because a certain resident species—think bighorn sheep—is relatively small, each crash may have the potential to affect the population’s ability to survive, while another area may be of concern because the high crash rate is dangerous for people,” he said.
Once migratory corridors are identified that overlap with significant traffic areas or proposed development, transportation officials are often tasked with some form of mitigation.
A 2014 survey conducted by the Western Transportation Institute found that transportation officials nationwide credit funding as the greatest barrier to developing wildlife crossing structures. In Montana, this is also coupled with what MDT Director Mike Tooley describes as a 3 to 1 ratio between overall transportation infrastructure needs and available fiscal resources—and the fact that the department manages over 25,000 lane miles of highway.
Maxwell says that while crossing structures are expensive, the actual cost with the benefits tells a nuanced story.
Wildlife collisions are estimated to cost the U.S. $6 to 12 billion annually in the form of paid law enforcement, emergency services, road maintenance crews, wildlife managers and vehicle repairs. As one example, Maxwell cited a pronghorn and mule deer crossing built in 2012 over Highway 191 near Pinedale, Wyoming, which is estimated to pay for itself in 20 years.
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Investment in Hamilton showing strong signs
Wednesday, 8 February 2012 - 9:06am
Julie Hardaker
A new survey showing reduced vacancy rates for central city retail sites is a positive economic sign for Hamilton, says Mayor Julie Hardaker.
A CB Richard Ellis occupancy survey shows vacancy rates for retail space in Hamilton's central business district at 11.3 per cent for December 2011, down from 12.7 per cent for June 2011 - the equivalent of more than 10,000 square metres.
Ms Hardaker says she is pleased to see the retail vacancy figure at its lowest point in three years.
"Since 2004, the CBD retail vacancy figures - especially those on the fringe - have significantly increased, but this result is a very positive sign, and what we want to see."
Ms Hardaker says she there have been several new retail businesses open in central Hamilton, and excellent retail spending figures in the CBD during the Christmas period reinforced confidence in the city centre. She said the latest BNZ business confidence survey also reinforced that confidence was returning to the business sector which should drive more investment into the city.
She identified Kiwi Income Property Trust's $40 million redevelopment of Centre Place and other construction central city projects by Wintec and Tainui Group Holdings as positives for the CBD. Work has also begun on the development of a new office block at the site of the old Hamilton Club on Grantham Street.
"Council has also received strong expressions of interest in the four sites in the CBD which it was offering for sale. These are premier sites and the Council is currently in negotiations with developers about three of the four sites."
Ms Hardaker says although there are still people critical of the CBD, and economic conditions remained difficult, Hamilton should capitalise on its cheaper retail space
rentals, confidence in the agricultural sector, and continued commercial development in the city.
"Development of the CBD is in the hands of the owners of the properties. Upgrades and investment in revitalising buildings as well as meeting the retail rates of the market in these economic conditions is essential. These latest figures indicate that those prepared to do that are successful."
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Clearer Audio Silver-Line Optimus Reference 75 digital cable
Clearer Audio Silver-Line Optimus Reference 75
Perhaps one of the most underrated cables in audio, the good ol’ 75 Ohm coaxial digital interconnect is beset on the one hand by those who think it a ‘legacy’ connection, and on the other by those who dismiss any implication that better audio performance can be had by a product that simply passes a digital datastream. It’s all ones and noughts after all, isn’t it?
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The cable itself is a coaxial design, featuring a central 6N (99.9999%) OCC silver central conductor, and micron-thick silver-plating over a 6N PC-OCC copper in two of the conducting braids (for the return path and the shield). The conductors are insulated by a foamed polyethylene dielectric, the diameter of which is crucial in order to make the cable precisely achieve a 75 Ohm impedance.There is an additional dual-layer active copper foil shield, and a passive silver-plated Nylon braid shield, which is said to provide ‘plane wave shielding’. Clearer Audio’s signature blue-wrapped ‘Super Suppressor’ ferrite rings are affixed at both ends of the cable, it is extensively treated through the build-up process with CAIG Labs treatment, and the fully built cable is then given a 57-hour run-in on an Audiodharma Pro 2.5 Cable Cooker. Despite this, Clearer Audio recommends an additional 50-100 hours to let a cable ‘bed in’ after connection. This level of detail is why the Silver-Line Optimus Reference 75 is not available ‘ex-stock’ but is made to order.
I hooked the cable between the excellent Hegel Mohican CD player (used as a transport) and the outstanding APL DSD-S digital converter. This combination works well, the Hegel introducing just the right amounts of ‘zing’ to energise the APL’s overall presentation, but not so much as to detract from the natural tonal balance of the converter. This combination is, however, somewhat poised on a digital knife-edge sonically, and a perfect indicator of when everything works in harmony, and when it doesn’t. And, with the Clearer Audio Silver-Line Optimus Reference 75, everything really worked in harmony. Instead of that knife-edge between too flat and too edgy, the cable helped create more of a balanced platform of digital audio. By this, I mean the cable didn’t necessarily bring a sense of order on the sound (because in the main it was well-ordered); instead it helped keep the sound ordered for longer and across a wider range of musical styles. This is no small feat; the combination of CD and DAC – though often excellent – is capable of simply failing to shine on some discs such as ‘In Salah’ from Back Country Suite by the late, great Mose Allison [Prestige], which should just jump out of the loudspeakers but simply sounds a little too ‘digital transfer’ bright and overly clean. On connecting the Clearer Audio cable, the problem was traced to the interface rather than the album itself and it became more dynamic, refreshing, and exciting. Taking the interconnect out and replacing it with a very good cable of a few years hence, and that brightness came right back.
This is one of the interesting aspects of digital cable performance. It should do nothing to the sound, but the simple expedient of getting the links in the chain right help bring out the best in even a first rate system.
I hope Clearer Audio is able to introduce a wider range of connectors than just RCA for its top digital interconnect, if only because I can see this being used in the multitude of different digital connections around the back of a four-box dCS Vivaldi 2.0 digital system. Often, that task is taken on by cables like Nordost Odin 2 and, while an excellent cable able to highlight perfectly what the Vivaldi can do, the cost of the Gordian knot of cables used to wire these four boxes together can approach or even exceed the already ‘spendy’ cost of the player. Clearer Audio’s Silver-Line Optimus Reference 75 is more than up to the task and is certainly more than good enough to let any good digital audio shine. Despite the name being a bit of a mouthful, this cable comes firmly recommended.
Price & contact details
Product: Clearer Audio Silver-Line Optimus Reference 75 Digital Interconnect
Connections: RCA only
Price: £495/0.5m (£975/1.5m as tested)
Manufactured by: Clearer Audio
URL: www.cleareraudio.com
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Russell K Red 150 floorstanding loudspeaker
Steve Dickinson
Russell K Red 150
You may be looking at the picture and thinking “Ho hum, just another mid-sized two-and-a-half-way floorstander, with doped paper cones and a soft dome tweeter”. And you’d be wrong.
Yes, it is a mid sized, two-and-a-half-way floorstander and, yes, it has doped paper cones and a soft dome tweeter, but no, the Russell K Red 150 is anything but ‘just another floorstander.’
Like its standmount siblings, the Red 150’s cabinet is undamped. Its designer, Russell Kauffman, argues that damping materials store energy and then release it, out of time from the music, leading to blurring and smearing of the sound. You can’t realistically prevent a cabinet from resonating, so Russell K makes an undamped cabinet to resonate in sympathy with the signal and, crucially, still in time with the signal, and then control that resonance by internal bracing as necessary.
That bracing also serves to divide the cabinet internally into cavities optimised for the output of each driver. The bracing comprises panels mounted horizontally between each driver, and additional panels in the bass cavity, each with holes of a specific size and number, different for each panel. Their function is to alter the mechanical impedance within the cabinet, so that only sounds within a certain frequency range can pass freely through the panel. In effect, the driver ‘sees’ a sealed box at mid range frequencies, a mechanically damped box at mid bass, and a reflex box at the lower bass. This gives many of the benefits of a sealed box, while allowing the bass extension and efficiency of a ported design.
Two ports vent from the bottom of the cabinet but are of different lengths, and there is also an internal port between two of the cavities in the bass section, responsible for the main tuning of both 165mm drivers to a very low 20Hz, while the asymmetric lengths of the two external ports affect the phase of the speaker system. The result is a bass output that is deeper, but also tighter and more tuneful, than is the norm for speakers of this size and, coupled with the other design features, leads to a high degree of phase coherence across the audio band.
Regarding the drivers themselves, these were chosen after extensive tests just listening to the raw output of the driver when fed a music signal directly. The bass/mid units are treated paper cones, but the cone profile has been carefully selected to control breakup modes by making the radiating area progressively smaller with increasing frequency. The crossover is a modified second-order for the bass/mid to treble and has been designed to ensure minimum phase distortion through the crossover region, while the sub bass unit is first order from a very low 80Hz roll off and it, again, is designed to minimize phase distortion. Only one component is in the crossover circuit between the amplifier and each of the three drive units, all of which are working in positive phase.
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Green River Lake Day Hike
Green River Lakes Day Hike
Distance: 6.2 - 10.6 miles (round trip)
Bridger Wilderness, Bridger-Teton National Forest, near Green River Lakes in Wyoming's Wind River Range
Splendid views of the Green River Lakes, gorgeous meadows and a beautiful river set amid a backdrop of dramatic Squaretop Mountain are the highlights of this easy, popular day hike starting at the foot of lower Green River Lake. The trip can be done as an out-and-back hike or a loop.
I recommend walking as far up the valley as time and energy allow on an out-and-back hike. The turquoise upper lake, set beneath the steep west facing slopes of the White Rock Cliffs, is lovely. Beyond the upper lake is one of the most scenic sections of the trail through the Green River Valley. Here the Green River meanders down emerald green meadows along the valley floor. Squaretop Mountain, flanked by the distinctive Bottle to the west, fills the skyline to the south.
The loop is a nice alternative for parties seeking a shorter hike. For the best views walk in a clockwise direction around the lake, heading up the Highline along the east side of the lake and returning via the Lakeside trail along the west side of the lake. The Highline trail is quite scenic with vistas extending south to Squaretop Mountain. The White Rock Cliffs rise to the southeast while a trio of unnamed 11,000-ft. peaks towering above the valley to the southwest. Views from the forested Lakeside trail pale in comparison to the Highline.
The Highline Trail starts at the southwest end of the Green River Lakes trailhead parking lot near an old cabin. Follow the trail as it curves to the left (east) and descends on easy grades through trees. Soon the horse trail joins from the left as the trail curves to the right and drops down to meadows along the northwest side of the Green River. Here views open to Squaretop Mountain (11,695-ft.), framed by the White Rock cliffs, rising to the east, and the high plateau formed by a trio of 11,000-ft peaks to the west.
In the meadows ignore the use trail branching right toward the lakeshore. At 0.3 miles the path briefly turns to the left (north) as it crosses a good wood bridge over the Green River and then curves back to the right (east/southeast), swinging around the foot of lower Green River Lake (7,961-ft.). In route, pass the old cabins from the historic Osborn homestead and the junction with the Highline Trail heading north toward the Roaring Fork Basin.
Along the east side of the lake the trail travels through a rolling landscape of grasslands and sage covered slopes scattered with aspen, cottonwood and pines trees. Squaretop Mountain dominates the view at the head of the lake while Sheep Mountain towers above the west side of the lake.
Enter the Bridger Wilderness at 0.7 miles and reach the southeast end of the lake at 2.1 miles. Beyond the lake the path skirts the edge of soggy meadows choked with willow thickets, passing the junction with the Clear Creek Canyon Trail branching left at 2.2 miles. We continue straight ahead on the Highline trail toward Three Forks Park.
At 2.3 miles the path crosses Clear Creek on a bridge and then travels through meadows along the edge of the forest before entering the trees at 2.7 miles. At 3.1 miles the trail reaches a trail junction at a wood bridge spanning the Green River.
Here you need to make a decision. To hike the loop, cross the bridge to the west side of the river and then follow a spur trail across meadows for 0.3 miles to a “T” intersection. At the intersection the Porcupine Trail to Porcupine Pass heads left (southeast). We turn right (north/northwest) on the Lakeside Trail. The trail soon enters a spruce-pine forest and travels along the west side of the lower Green River Lake on easy grades. Overlooks along the lake offer views of the peaks towering above the Clear Creek Valley to the east. Reach the foot of the lake at 5.9 miles and then follow the dirt roads back to the trailhead parking area for a 6.2 mile loop hike.
For the out-and-back hike, continue on the Highline Trail along the east side of the river. Beyond the bridge the Highline swings to the left (east), travels through trees and then lush grasslands above the north end of upper Green River Lake (7,968-ft.). Fine views extend south to Squaretop Mountain and the distinctive Bottle (11,457-ft.), a tower rising to the west of the Squaretop.
At 3.6 miles the path curves to the right (south) and begins a traverse through meadows and spruce-pine forest along the east side of the upper lake. The lake’s beautiful turquoise tint is the result of rock flour, fine grained silt suspended in glacial meltwater that flows into the lake.
Halfway along the lake the trail climbs over a rock outcropping. A few small streams trickle down the slopes above the trail. Near the head (south end) of the upper lake great views open to the limestone cliffs of White Rock towering above the east side of the lake. Reach the head (south) end of the upper lake at 4.75 miles.
Beyond the upper lake the trail skirts the forested fringe along the east side of the valley. The turquoise Green River meanders down emerald green meadows along the valley floor. Squaretop Mountain, flanked by the Bottle to the west, fills the skyline to the south. Travel as far up the valley as time and energy permit. The scenes along this section of the trail are sublime. Pick a scenic spot for lunch and then retrace your steps to the trailhead.
Hike Facts
Elevation: 8,040-ft. - 8,130-ft.
Elevation Gain: 90-ft.
Difficulty: easy-moderate
Basecamp(s): Green River Lakes
Region: Wyoming's Wind River Range
To Green River Lakes Trailhead: From the intersection of Pine Street (US 191) and North Tyler Ave (the Pinedale Tourism office is located on the northeast corner) in Pinedale, WY, drive west on Highway 191 (West Pine Street) for 6 miles and then turn right on WY-352 toward Cora. Follow WY-352 for 25.3 miles to the National Forest boundary, where the pavement ends. Continue straight ahead on Green River Lakes Road (Forest Service Road 600). (Stay along the east side of the river, ignoring any roads branching to the left.)
Follow Green River Lakes Road for 18.5 miles to a signed intersection for the Green River Lakes campground and trailhead. The road to the right leads to the campground. We bear slightly left, staying on the Green River Lakes Road. Continue on the road for 0.2 miles and then turn left at the signed intersection for the trailhead parking area. Drive along the spur road for 0.1 miles to a “Y” intersection and turn right into the trailhead parking area. The road to the left leads to the equestrian parking lot. The trailhead is located at the southwest end of the parking area.
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General News Helalyn Flowers interviewed by Metal Divas
Helalyn Flowers interviewed by Metal Divas
General News, Interviews & Articles
We’re glad that our new album keep on getting beautiful words by the media!
After our new album great review, this time Metal Divas.com warmly welcomed Helalyn Flowers on their female-metal-portal asking for an interview with both band members.
Interview from Metal Divas portal http://metaldivas.com/2013/10/30/interview-max-n0emi-helalyn-flowers/
HELALYN FLOWERS are one of the most revolutionary female-fronted acts in the Industrial scene, performing a hugely unique combination of Goth, Metal, Punk and Electro sonorities. Max andN0emi were kind enough to answer our questions about their new album and also about the band in general.
Metal Divas: Hello HELALYN FLOWERS and congratulations on your new album. What’s the feedback so far?
HF: Thank you so much for enjoying. All feedbacks are really great, also the ones from the Metal scene. We’re really happy with that. We are satisfied with the new album. Not only it’s important for our musical career but also for us personally.
Metal Divas: Could you please introduce yourselves and tell a brief history of your band to our readers?
HF: We rose from the electric suburbs of Rome back in 2004. It took only a bunch of months before we entered the studio to record our first Mini CD “Disconnection“. In 2006 we released a new single which included the songs “E-race Generation” and “Voices” that literally shook the scene and led us to a contract deal with Alfa Matrix which released three albums so far: “A Voluntary Coincidence” (2007), “Stitches Of Eden” (2009) and “White Me In Black Me Out” on last May. Also we shared European stages with Emilie Autumn, Theatres Des Vampires, Ataraxia, Neon,Das Ich and Gothminister. The official line up exclusively consists of N0emi Aurora (Singer, Songwriter, Designer) and Max (Songwriter, Guitarist, Producer), while we are accompanied by two session members on stage: Marco Fiormonti (Bass Guitar) and Ernst Ruscio (Drums and Electronic Pads).
Metal Divas: And what exactly does HELALYN FLOWERS mean? Has it anything to do with the primitive meaning of the words?
Max: Yes, we played with the archaic form of “hell” as meant as subconscious or hidden part of ourselves and of the universe. Flowers symbolize life emerging from chaos. We see this as a symbol of countless possibilities, of pure freedom.
Metal Divas: It’s been very nice listening to your new album “White Me In Black Me Out“, it was a first for me and I enjoyed it. Please tell us more about the song-writing process.
HF: There’s no process we follow in particular. This album was conceived in a sort of detachment from the world. We didn’t have any models of direct inspiration from other music. Simply we deepened ourselves in every single note and word.
Metal Divas: What did you guys had in mind writing this album? What did you do different this time and why?
N0emi: As mentioned above, the only thing we had in mind was simply writing our album. Previous record “Stitches Of Eden” had a marked 80s music appeal, so at the time we liked to take inspiration from the bands of that period. The result was that every evident reference to those sounds was wanted by the band. This time, we went in the opposite direction. We took several time to find the ideal sound since it’s an album based on opposites, songs mood changes very often and we needed to create a continuity. So we decided to record, mix and produce all by ourselves at our Az Tech Room studios. In this way we had all the time to take care of every little detail.
Metal Divas: It sounds to me as if you combine elements of Gothic, Industrial, Dark Electro and Synth Pop music. How do you characterize your sound?
Max: Even if the target of the band is to combine Rock music and electronics, always we feel free to contaminate this basis formula with everything that has a relevant place in our likes. There’s Hard Rock and Metal but there’s a lot of Post-Punk and Dark/Goth too. What we really care of is the mood of a song, not how it should sound like. Our free approach to genres and the unique vocal style of N0emi always distinguished HELALYN FLOWERS and pleasantly brought our band to be a reference for many young groups.
Metal Divas: What are your influences and sort of your musical background?
Max: Personally, I come from genres like Hardcore Punk, Crust, Speed/ Thrash Metal. But also bands like Madre Del Vizio, Bauhaus, Christian Death or Ministry and Skinny Puppy had a strong impact on me.
N0emi: My very first music approach to music was with Metal and Hard Rock. Bands likeMetallica, Iron Maiden, Sepultura, Guns’n’Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Led Zeppelin,Nirvana, NIN, Killing Joke…have been played in my stereo since I was a child. Also industrial and dark electronic have influenced me a lot, especially bands like Marilyn Manson, the Prodigy,Ministry, Skinny Puppy, Shotgun Messiah and projects like Bjork, The Gathering, PJ Harvey,Miranda Sex Garden…If you listen carefully to our albums you can perceive all these influences even from the most subtle element.
Metal Divas: What’s “White Me In Black Me Out” all about lyrically? Who is responsible for the words?
N0emi: I take care of words and lyrics concept. ‘White Me In Black Me Out‘ born like a flash, a title that I conceived correlating our social lives to a white-out landscape made of tons of medias, subliminal messages, life-style. A kind of artificial snow falling inside ourselves which implicitly instill us the need to be part of the system suffocating our ego and personality. But we don’t need to be afraid to face our darkest side. Even if sometimes our instinct leads us to self-destruction, I don’t think it’s always a negative factor. Oblivion’s calling is part of us, let us fill alive and it’s fundamental to re-connect ourselves to life, with a brighter halo. I don’t mean white for ‘good’ and black for ‘evil’, but I think at both parts as one energy we need to keep on balanced. When one pushes the other to move away from the center, then it is negative.
Metal Divas: Why did you guys release a bonus disc with so many remixes and covers? Perhaps it’s a way to give more back to your fans? Or maybe reach a greater audience?
HF: That’s our label’s policy. For each album they release a bonus disc including mainly remixes which are addressed to Industrial and EBM media. This time we wanted to do something different and added some covers of 2 Unlimited, Ramones and Rolling Stones plus our own club-mix of the title-track. 2CD edition is a limited collector box featuring lots of goodies, poster, cards…A beautiful piece for our collector fans.
Metal Divas: Do you honestly believe there’s money to be made nowadays in the music business with all the illegal downloading and such?
HF: We think that nowadays you should have to be a talented marketer of your music. Doing good music is not enough when you’re literally submerged by tons of free tunes and the apathy generated by social networks abuse. Illegal downloading represents a threat of course, especially if the listener is absent-minded and uses music as a decoration for his iPod archives. In that case, it’s a shame. Bands really need financial support because recording an album, doing an artwork, doing photos, doing promotion, instrumentation and traveling are not for free and people should be aware of that if they claim to love music. ‘Success’ is a word that has a meaning in the music-biz only when it comes in form of millions copies sold. But if you want to reach that level you’d better realize that you have to sell out your arse and your soul.
Metal Divas: According to your opinion, what’s the real essence of “White Me In Black Me Out” and your music in general?
N0emi: The coexistence of opposites.
Metal Divas: Some people consider you a “goth” band. What do you think about the modern “goth” scene?
N0emi: If “goth” represents detachment from social mediocrity, focusing on your inner ‘dark’ side, rejecting mainstream music and trends, raising passion and anti-conformity, loving what normal people hate and so on… then, yes: we are a Goth band. I don’t know if modern Goth really embraces these values, we come from the old Dark/Goth scene and our musical, visual and literary likes take inspiration from those days. You know, everything becomes a trend and everything ends to be incorporated by the industry, but we are not interested in this. Even the trendiest guy is free to listen to HELALYN FLOWERS and enjoy us. What we come from or our background is part of our life. And everyone has its own.
Metal Divas: Correct me if I am wrong, but you guys have been together for almost 10 years now. What kind of difficulties you had to overcome?
Max: I think that difficulties rise when you are not the only to manage your music. It’s the business-side of things and once you understand where and why you’ve committed mistakes then you become stronger. Besides this, of course the band lived their own dark periods but I’m proud of saying that those were because of our mental wickedness, not because of money or the musical trend.
Metal Divas: Do you feel you sacrifice yourselves in the altar of art just to fulfill your personal expression and ambitions?
Max: We really enjoy what we do. We are sinful human creatures so always we aim to what’s best with us. I don’t like the idea of suffering to reach your own goals. If you have to suffer why do you do that then? It’s bourgeois mentality. I prefer the word ‘passion’ which deals with both happiness and sadness which is not torturing yourself.
Metal Divas: Are there any confirmed shows on the agenda to promote your new album?
HF: We’ll headline a couple of festivals here in Italy by the end of this year. Probably we’ll land the UK again for a bunch of shows on early 2014. I suggest you all to check our main media for updates.
Metal Divas: Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions. I wish you best of luck in the future and much success. The final words belong to you.
HF: We take this opportunity to tell all your readers that a new EP has been released since few weeks. It’s called “Videodope” and it is available exclusively onwww.helalynflowers.bandcamp.com
It’s a collection of previously unreleased stuff plus a new killer remix of “Alkaline Twins“.
Thanks to you for this nice talk!
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Why comedy is good for girls Why girls are good for comedy
“Comedy helps you practice communication, confidence, bravery—how to live in the moment, how to process challenges, how to survive failure, how to get up there without a script: pretty much everything we try to teach girls, all rolled into one.”
Girls’ leadership coach Laurie Wolk
Comedy does all that? It seriously does. Let’s break it down.
Comedy is power.
Comedy helps you be YOU.
Comedy kills perfectionism.
Comedy is confidence.
Comedy is good for your brain.
Comedy makes you a better writer.
Comedy makes you a better speaker.
Comedy is perfect for shy people.
Comedy helps address tough topics.
Comedy helps you deal with tough stuff.
“Comedy is pure power. You’re up there by yourself. You’ve got that mic,” says Susie Essman. (Adam Sandler says the same thing in The Wedding Singer, less delicately.) When you tell a joke, you are in charge. You’re expressing your point of view, on your timing. As Joan Rivers put it: “You’re commanding them to listen to you.”
And on a good day/night, they’re not just listening. They’re laughing. Says Jamie Masada: “Making someone laugh is the greatest power any human being can have!“
That power is especially key for you. Things are changing (selectively, glacially), and there are a zillion exceptions, but girls are STILL expected to be and rewarded for being quiet, acquiescent, and polite, while boys are encouraged to be (and/or excused for being) loud, opinionated, even combative. As gender issue expert Soraya Chemaly puts it:
“We socialize girls to take turns, listen more carefully, not curse, and resist interrupting in ways we do not expect boys to. We generally teach girls subservient habits and boys to exercise dominance.”
Yep, dudes still tend to dominate conversation in workplaces and classrooms from grade school to law school. (Study upon study shows that girls and women get interrupted more than boys/men, even on television.)
Know what can help break those habits—for you and those around you? Humor. Whether your style is aggressive or subdued, humor means owning, expressing, valuing—and sticking to—your point of view.
That’s Emika in one of our workshops!
At very least, humor can help shut down interrupters. Hey, they’re just a heckler, and you’ve got the mic. (Or, as Naomi Ekperigin likes to say, “I have the talking stick, sir!”)
But it’s not only about fighting for screen time in the moment. Comedy gives you a powerful new way of speaking, taking up space, and making yourself heard.
“Comedy gives girls a new way for people to hear about their experiences,” says Rosalind Wiseman, author of (among many other books) Queen Bees and Wannabes—which formed the basis for the movie Mean Girls—and founder of Cultures of Dignity. “Girls are out there for people’s scrutiny all the time, especially physically. With humor or comedy, they’re in a different kind of spotlight—one that they get to define. Comedy lets them say, ‘What I think is important.’ It gives them a new and different way to claim authority and power.”
Wiseman says girls are in the perfect place to claim the power of punching up. “Comedy can help girls process what it’s like to be a girl in this culture and give voice to it. I would love to see girls use biting humor to expose how messed up things like the hookup culture and school dress codes can be, and not even necessarily in the ways people assume,” she says. “Girls have such power to be the comics we really need: the courageous ones, the people who bear witness to the absurdities around them, and to the hypocrisy of the adults in their lives—parents, teachers, or politicians.”
Comedy (especially, but not only, standup) requires you to find and hone your authentic persona. Of course, comedians spend years developing and refining their personas. But you’ve got to start somewhere.
Even for beginners, the jokes that work best are the jokes that only you could write. We can all write jokes about weird teachers or strange habits or that ridiculous night of margaritas and slapstick in a homemade hot tub in the Idaho wilderness with three cowboys named Shane, Cody, and Shane (OK, that was just me), but only YOU can have YOUR take on YOUR family, school, job, life, etc.
What’s extra powerful here is that the best comedy comes from who you already are, not who you want to be or wish you were or will be if you only try harder. When it comes to your persona, you might wind up exaggerating it a bit, but you’re not inventing it. So if you’re shy, or awkward, or think you’re too much this or too little that, well, BOOM. That thing you think is “wrong” with you or “weird” about you, or that you maybe wish you could fix, IS your persona. You don’t have to change it. In fact, please don’t. Better yet, you should double down.
Because what makes you different is what makes you funny, and what makes you funny is what makes you strong.
Here’s a great example from (an article about GOLD Comedy® #humblebrag in) New York magazine: “Thea, 13, feels like she doesn’t fit in at school. While the other kids obsess over ‘memes and anime’ and think ‘books have gone out of style,’ she’d rather read than do pretty much anything else. In her [standup] performance, Thea plays up her bookishness, using a high-pitched voice as she deadpans a joke about her classmates: ‘I don’t know all their names, but I do know their test scores.’ Comedy helped Thea turn her feelings of “being too uncool,” she says, “into something cool.”
What helped Sara Benincasa embrace her true self? Oh, comedy. “I tried to play-act at being a woman,” she says. “This false me was always pretty and always ready for anything, and fun, and carefree. The real me had a lot of things to say. The ‘me’ I created was not bold and outspoken. She was not very funny.” Becoming a comic, she says, forced her to be authentic, onstage and off. “I had to be myself or the audience wouldn’t accept it.”
That’s Uma from our workshops!
“You can’t be perfect and funny. Perfect isn’t funny,” says Lynn Johnson, founder of Spotlight Girls!
(So true. THAT is why I am EFFING SIDESPLITTING.) “Being willing to recognize the humor in your humanity and the mistakes that you make strengthens your resilience. It allows you to accomplish so much more.”
That’s especially powerful for girls, who “are under incredible pressure to be ‘perfect,’” says girls’ leadership coach Laurie Wolk. Cultivating a comic perspective, she says, “helps girls see that life doesn’t have to be so serious. They can make mistakes—and see that they survived to try again. It makes them practice being brave, which yes, takes practice. Comedy gives them a big exhale.”
See, comedy doesn’t just allow for mistakes. It requires mistakes. It encourages risk-taking. It forces you to try things out—in public!—without being 100% sure they’ll work. It helps you realize there’s only so much of a situation you can control, which is a highly annoying yet extremely healthy realization. It’s a really safe place to fail. No one ever died from not getting a laugh.
Cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems, Ph.D. found that people exposed to comedy are better able to solve creative problems. He says: “Comedy is like mental exercise, and just as physical exercise strengthens the body, comedy pumps up the mind.” And that’s just from watching a lot of comedy (which we highly recommend).
Bonus: NEVER FORGET that laughter apparently improves memory.
Listen to any comic and hear how much information they convey in how few words. Listen to their use of specificity and detail. Listen to how they use words to show you what happened, not just tell you about it. Listen to how they order their words in a sentence. Narrative flow, word choice, vivid descriptions, punchy sounds: that’s not just abstract “funny”—that’s the rigor of writing. Writing, and a ton of rewriting.
That’s how comedy is the best thesaurus. It teaches you to find the exact right word. The right length, the right sound, the right meaning. Comedy teaches you to say exactly what you need to say: no more, no less. Comedy makes you an ace editor. As you write, and rewrite, you get better and faster at turning 50 words into 40 into 10 perfect gems. That’s why Kerri Louise teaches students to imagine that they’re writing their jokes as tweets: “Keep taking out words until the joke fits into that little box!”
Says Colin Lingle, Ph.D., experienced improviser and expert in political communication and civic engagement: “Building your disparate ideas into a coherent story, especially a funny one, is not the work of slackers and half-wits. Telling jokes to a live audience tunes your senses to how people react and respond as groups. This invaluable information can shape your entire life. It’s like training for the Olympics of Standing Up in Front of People. Once you learn it, any other venue seems like mini-golf, at worst.”
So many people say, “Oh, I would do comedy, but I’m too shy.” You’re shy? PERFECT. Because fun fact: COMEDIANS ARE SHY. Why do you think they like to talk on stage, or wear giant funny mustaches? So they don’t have to talk TO PEOPLE. Seriously. Carol Burnett, who describes herself as shy, has said she can perform only when she’s in character. Joan Rivers–yes, Joan Rivers—has described feeling uncomfortable chatting in real life, one on one.
Also, your comedy can be ABOUT how shy you are. (See “Comedy helps you tell YOUR story.”) Just think how many people in your audience will relate to it. And not come up and tell you that afterwards! HA!
So don’t do comedy to “fix” your shyness—but know that it can’t hurt. “Comedy is contact sport for your ego,” says Says Colin Lingle, Ph.D., experienced improviser and expert in political communication and civic engagement. “Confront a room full of skeptical sourpusses, and you will find that it’s subsequently much easier to join in any conversation. After all, you’ve been in an actual spotlight, so metaphorical one is a walk in the park.”
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Says Aparna Nancherla: “Humor opens a lot of conversations that would be difficult or sensitive to have otherwise.” This doesn’t mean that comedy is or should be used to trivialize the significant. It means that comedy—a shared laugh, a bit of levity—can ease the way into topics that might otherwise put people on the defensive, or cause them to disengage entirely.
Here’s how Iliza Shlesinger puts it: “You can shroud an ‘agenda’ in comedy, and it’s more digestible. Of course the laughs come first, but the message is, once I’ve gotten you laughing, I want to get you thinking.”
Laughter relieves stress, this we know. But comedy is also power—over pain.
“My race and gender have been the source of a lot of pain in my life so I use humor to reassert power over the things I feel least funny about,” says San Francisco standup Allison Mick.
How does that work? “Comedy is almost a form of cognitive therapy,” says Leslie Sokol, Ph.D., author of Think Confident, Be Confident and Think Confident, Be Confident For Teens. (Sokol is also a cognitive therapist and founding fellow/past president of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, so that is not just a random metaphor.) When you write a joke about—or at least search for the humor in—something painful, she explains, you force yourself to examine it, hold it at a distance, separate yourself from it, stop it from taking you over. Over time, she says, “it pulls you toward a less negative, more healthy perspective. Comedy helps you cope.”
It worked for Annika Kastetter, a sketch comedy writer and performer at Colorado College.
“When I first became involved with comedy my freshman year, it was one of the worst times of my life,” she says. “It was a saving grace that I was able to find this thing that had such a positive and uplifting effect on me and the way that I viewed the way things were going around me.”
For Kate Lindstedt, comedy actually helps her manage depression and anxiety. She writes: “When I tell people I do comedy, their first instinct is to praise my courage. The more I elaborate about my act, the more their astonishment grows. Isn’t it scary, talking about depression and anxiety in front of so many unfamiliar faces? But the truth is, talking about my mental illness in a room full of strangers is much easier than talking about it with people I actually know.” Lindstedt is not messing around; she literally makes jokes—rueful, dark jokes, but jokes—about cutting herself. It works, in all sorts of ways. “When I make it funny and the audience laughs, they’re laughing both with me and at me. I am also laughing at me—at the me who didn’t know any better,” she says. “Laughing and talking about it as though it’s firmly in the past helps me to actually leave it there.”
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MOTHER OF CHRIST MY LEGS!-New Alduwin thread
Started by Thugren , Apr 04 2014 06:26 PM
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you awake in a slightly flooded tunnel, you are laying on your back in the rising water and see augustus trudging through the murk to get to you.
"up and at em al....Seems we got seperated from rob,....Hell need to be heading out soon anyway...The damn Neo Armada are pushing forward too fast to coantain,...Youre with me asshole."
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With a pained grunt of effort, Alduwin sat up and he was appreantly back to human form in the body suit Augustus gave them earlier but now there was blackened bone in the shape of ceramic plates that would normally be put on the armor. "Just like old times then, Ja bruder?" he chuckled as he readjusted his enclosed helm before standing back up. "You are going to go over what you did to me right?" he asked as he tried to walk through the watery tunnel with Augustus. "Or you know, the 'I'm in constant pain' thing you mentioned earlier bruder?" he asked as well, the earlier mirth dampened by concern.
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We have such sights to show you...
Augustus is leaning agasit the side of the tube, gripping his forearm with a pained look on his face as he inhjects something into his arm.
"Brother...Do you really want to know.."
"Uh, Ja? I think I would want to know what is wrong with my own bruder who saved my arse multiple times?" he replied to Augustus as he watched him inject. "I thought the apple thingy was suppose to help you while we were on ice?" he asked as he leaned against the wall facing Augustus the tunnel wall opposite of him.
I'm to the point that my body rejects edens apple friend....."
He says tiredly as the injection does it's work .
" if I'm to survive te deterioration we need to go to Russia.... They have the vaccine now."
"Then what are we waiting for, that's a long trip just getting to the continent." he said as stood back up and walked over to Augustus, ready to help him if he wanted it. "Hell, I'm sure we could even get there with Drachens if you can't spare any of your silencers too." he said in a upbeat tone, looking forward to see how his family has fared over the centuries.
Adolfo has taken over the nazi regime in Germany...
Augustus grunts with a pained expression.
" he fights his father, alduin..... The last loyal sea hen blur forces are with him ."
His smile immediately fell off as Augustus broke the news to him. "You know.....I think I might have been happier in the ice." he said as he helps him move. "So, are all my relatives killing each other instead of doing what Drachen blut was then?" he asked, his whole mood and tone now soured at the illusion breaking update.
" your grandson is holding to the morals.... His grandfather as we'll. I don't know what happened to Adolfo ."
He gets to his feet and sighs .
" I did my best to give him a good life."
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"I know bruder, I know." He sighed as he goes over to help him a little, seeing him struggle to even get up. " I guess I should have expected some Scheiße to happen while I sleep. Unfair to expect you to handle the whole world with the way it is and you." He said as they moved down the hall, still getting used to his own armor and legs again as well after being frozen for so long. "I do not suppose after getting you cured first before anything that there might be some time to fix that, I mean, I'm just asking." he inquired.
#11 Thugren
augustus smiled injecting a blue serum into his leg.
"focus...We have to get to cain as soon as posssible.....he has my grandson...And that is a ticking shell"
"I think you dying on your feet wouldn't be the best way to go see your son there bruder. Not the best way to present yourself." He chuckled a little, trying to lighten the rather grim tone that's been going on with degenertative diseases and broken families. "I guess as long as we get things done though, and you do not get too sicky." he said with a shrug.
augustus shakes his friend off and stands, cracking his back.
"The attack here was bold....but we should be ok...We need to get to the submarine bay."
"Wow, we still have U-boats?" Alduwin asked, letting him lead them to the submarine pen. "Wait, how bad did the oceans get while I been on ice Augustus? Because I do remember you predicting that it would be, how did you say it?.......Not pretty?" He asked him, already thinking they would become canned meals to some fish ghouls, the irony not lost on him.
augustus limps to a door and swipes a card.
"the oceans arent too bad....We managed to hunt some of the apex predators into the abysses and havent seen them for years."
".....That's not really comforting you know that right?" he told him as he helped him move through the threshold of the door. "I guess as long as they don't get a sudden surge of motivation to come back out of the dark, it won't be so bad. But lets get this trip over with as fast as possible and get you better, ja?" he said as he tried to lighten his and Augustus mood after what they been through withing just the past few hours.
he takes you into the bay and you can see it was a bloodbath. Inhotep forces are recovering from the firefight, leaning agasint crates and scavenging from the dead as you notice one ,am watching the fight closely. His face is obscured behind a black hood and long leather hooks hang from his jacket, tipped with wicked edges
"Kann ich auch wissen wollen, wer Herr Haken ist da?" He asked Augustus as they moved through the carnage. Looks like whatever fight that happened here was over and done in the inhotep forces' favor easily enough.
[spoiler=translation] Do I even want to know how Mr.hook is over there?[/spoiler]
"my son.."
augustus replies tiredly as the figure watches them carefully.
"His name is abel.."
"I thought you didn't like the name able?" Alduwin asked Augustus, head cocked to one side in question. He looks over to the man watching them and gives a small wave, seeing that the guy doesn't seem that sociable. 'Even Augsutus was warmer then that.' a voice whispered in the back of his mind.
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Israel PM offers quake aid to arch foe Iran
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered aid to victims of the deadly earthquake in Iran, insisting enmity between the two governments does not prevent humanitarian sympathy.
The offer was made in a video conference with the Jewish Federations of North America.
It comes as many of the tens of thousands left homeless by the quake have vented anger at the Islamic regime for what they say has been the slow response of the charitable foundations set up after the revolution of 1979.
“I saw these heartbreaking images of men and women and children buried under the rubble,” Netanyahu told the meeting in Los Angeles.
“A few hours ago, I directed that we offer the Red Cross medical assistance for the Iraqi and Iranian victims of this disaster.
“I’ve said many times that we have no quarrel with the people of Iran. Our quarrel is only with the tyrannical regime that holds them hostage and threatens our destruction. But our humanity is greater than their hatred.”
Iran does not recognise the Jewish state.
The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed Netanyahu’s offer, but said neither Iran nor Iraq had as yet requested any external aid.
“The offer was not rejected,” ICRC spokeswoman in Jerusalem Alyona Synenko told AFP, after Israeli media said Iran had turned down the offer through the Red Cross.
“It is important to stress that humanitarian assistance must always be based on needs and stay away from politics,” she added.
More than 400 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless by the quake that struck on the Iran-Iraq border late on Sunday.
Israel regards Iran and its close ally, Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, as its most dangerous foes.
Iran has been a staunch supporter of Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Tens of thousands of Jews of Iranian ancestry have played a prominent role in the state of Israel, counting among their number a former president, a former army chief and several former government ministers.afp
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To provide the highest quality of services, resources, and support to children ages birth to 21 who are deaf/hard of hearing, by collaborating with their families, their communities, and the professionals that serve them.
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The Kansas School for the Deaf (KSD) has a strong commitment to the education of students in Kansas whom are deaf and hard of hearing. This commitment extends not only to students attending KSD's center-based program but also to students enrolled in programs throughout the state. KSD's Outreach department is a group of inter-disciplinary professionals that collaborate with families and local professionals. Here are some of the programs KSD Outreach offers:
Consultation, Assessment, and Training Team
Based on LEA staff and family questions/requests, as well as student needs, the Outreach Team is available for consultations. Initial consultations are provided free of charge to the district. At least two members of the team will conduct a brief observation and interview staff working with the student(s) prior to a meeting with the local school team and parents. The meeting will incorporate recommendations and resources available to the LEA and family. Written summaries will be provided to the school team and parents. Mentoring support is also available for teachers of the deaf in Kansas.
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Student evaluations can be conducted for the student's triennial re-evaluation or at any time the local district would like more in-depth knowledge about how the student is performing. Areas evaluated are:
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Local Education Agency (LEA) staff and parents are directly involved in the evaluation process. An evaluation takes place at KSD during a three-day time frame. A parent or family member is required to accompany the student to KSD. The KSD Family Suite may be available for family and/or school staff lodging at no cost. The evaluation process may include some outreach team members visiting the local school and observing the student in a typical day prior to the evaluation. A team meeting occurs at the end of the evaluation to review results as well as detailed written reports provided to LEA staff and parents.
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KSD provides remote microphone hearing assistive technology equipment on a lease basis to local districts. Normal repair of equipment is covered under the terms of the lease. For districts leasing equipment, KSD's audiologist is available to provide in-service training and/or consultation to those programs that do not have audiological services locally.
Family Signs Kansas (FSK)
Family Signs Kansas is a program through KSD that provides free ASL classes to families with children (ages birth to 12 years) who are deaf/hard of hearing in the state of Kansas.
Any family member of a child who is deaf/hard of hearing that cannot attend our on-campus ASL classes due to distance is eligible to participate in FSK. All you need is high-speed internet and a webcam! You take the classes from the comfort of your own home! Classes are provided via distance technology. You provide the days and times that fit into your schedule and we match a teacher to your schedule. Classes run from August to May and you can join at any time.
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The Deaf Mentor Program provides weekly home visits by a deaf adult who is trained in using the Deaf Mentor Program curriculum. The goals of the program are to support families in learning American Sign Language (ASL) and to help them learn about Deaf Culture. The three areas of focus are ASL for Families, Early Visual Communication, and Deaf Culture.
The roles of the Deaf Mentor are to interact with the family and their child using ASL while providing fun and educational language modeling, guide family members in understanding and appreciating Deaf Culture, and serve as a connection for families to participate in the Deaf Community. The program currently serves families in Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Shawnee, Sedgwick, and Wyandotte counties with children who are deaf/hard of hearing, aged birth to three. The goal is to expand services to encompass families with children who are deaf/hard of hearing, aged birth to eight, statewide.
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Access to healthy foods worse in poor areas
By Anne Harding
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who live in poorer neighborhoods in the U.S. are less likely to have easy access to supermarkets carrying a wide variety of fresh produce and other healthy food, an analysis of 54 studies confirms.
But they probably have plenty of unhealthy fast food joints to choose from, Dr. Nicole I. Larson of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and her colleagues found.
“The research I reviewed suggests there is a need for new policies and other local actions to address the problem of poor access to healthy foods in many lower income, rural, and minority communities,” Larson told Reuters Health.
Evidence is mounting, Larson and her team note, that segregation of neighborhoods by “income, race, and ethnicity” plays a major role in US health disparities, and accessibility to healthy — and unhealthy — food may be a factor.
To investigate, they reviewed studies published between 1985 and 2008 that looked at food access by neighborhood in the United States. While supermarkets are likely to sell the widest variety of healthy foods at the cheapest prices, convenience stores usually charge more, and tend not to sell fresh food, the researchers note in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The studies they reviewed confirmed that minority and low-income individuals who live near supermarkets have healthier diets. For example, one investigation found that the likelihood that African-Americans would meet guidelines for fruit and vegetable consumption rose by 32% with every additional supermarket located in the census tract where they lived.
Three studies found a reduced risk of obesity among people with more supermarkets in their neighborhood; two of these studies found a link between better access to convenience stores and increased obesity risk.
Research also clearly shows “stark racial and ethnic disparities” in the type of food stores available in neighborhoods, according to the researchers. One study showed that mostly-black neighborhoods had half as many chain supermarkets as predominantly white neighborhoods, while Hispanic neighborhoods had a third as many such stores as white areas.
Six studies in which investigators actually visited stores and checked out the merchandise found healthy foods like fresh produce, low fat dairy foods, high fiber breads and lean meats were more available and of higher quality in white neighborhoods than non-white neighborhoods. Rural communities also tend to have worse access to supermarkets, the researchers add.
Possible ways to encourage supermarkets to set up shop in lower income neighborhoods could include “financial incentives, helping to conduct market feasibility studies, assistance with parking/transportation plans, and assistance with site cleanup/assembly,” Larson said. However, she added, there has been very little research on evaluating strategies or policies for reducing inequalities to access to healthy foods.”
But the experience of other countries shows that there’s no reason it can’t be done; Larson pointed out that studies in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Scotland found that supermarket availability was actually greater in lower-income neighborhoods.
SOURCE: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, January 2009.
Will Americans put on “recession pounds”?
By Ed Stoddard DALLAS (Reuters) - Americans may reduce the amount they spend on food in response to a sour economy but some experts fear they may pick up weight in the process. The specter of “recession pounds” is a concern weighing on health professionals, who point to numerous studies linking obesity and unhealthy eating habits to
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Greener neighborhoods better for kids’ waistlines
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children living in city neighborhoods with higher “greenness” ratings seem to gain less weight over time than their counterparts living in areas with less green space, a new study suggests. In the study, Dr. Janice F. Bell of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues followed more than
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Home visits may cut risk of low birthweight
By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A program that offers home visits to low- income pregnant women may lower their risk of delivering an underweight baby, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers found that women who received home-visitation services from the program, called Healthy Families New York, were about half as likely to deliver
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You Really Can Enjoy Delicious Soul Food and Still Lose Weight!
Soul food and weight loss are two phrases that don’t seem to fit together. Soul food is the impossibly good, tasty foods that come from the African-American tradition of cooking - the foods that light a fire in your belly and make you feel comfortably at home, no matter where you are when you eat
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Fast food + nearby schools = fat kids
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Youth who study just a short walk from a fast-food outlet eat fewer fruit and vegetables, drink more soda and are more likely to be obese than students at other schools, according to research published Tuesday. The study, which involved more than 500,000 adolescents at middle schools and high schools in
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Nollywood Actor IK Ogbonna's Baby Mama Slams Him For Allegedly Being A Dead Beat Dad
Nollywood actor IK Ogbonna's baby mama Sonia Columbus has slammed him for being a deadbeat dad in the comment section of a post he made on Instagram wishing his daughter a Happy Birthday. IK shared this photo with the caption:
Happy birthday to my beautiful daughter Makayla Ogbonna you will always be my first love story ... this is our year and we will def have the best of times. I wish you all the best and May you continue to grow in strength, wisdom and May ur truth be our story. I love you #MakaylaOgbonna ❤️❤️ #2019ourstorywouldbeautiful
Read Sonia's replied to IK Ogbona's post inside...
Photos From Actor Gideon Okeke's Traditional Wedding
Actor Gideon Okeke yesterday had his traditional wedding with his fiancee, Chidera.
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#Davido’s Baby Mamas, Sophia and Amanda, Photographed With Their Kids In Lagos
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#2019Election: Aliko Dangote And Femi Otedola Make APC Presidential Campaign Council
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Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
The duo is joined by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Ahmed Lawan (Senate Leader), Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila (Leader of the House) and APC Party National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole, in the special advisory committee to Pres. Buhari.
Actor Terrence Howard Proposes To His 3rd Ex-Wife Miranda Pak, 3 Years After They Divorced
Three years after his two-year marriage to Miranda Pak ended in divorce, the 49-year-old proposed to the model and restaurant owner on Christmas Day and vowed to make it last ‘for eternity’ this time.
The Empire actor, who similarly remarried his first wife after a two-year split, presented his third wife with an unbelievable rose gold diamond ring and told her she ‘made him complete’.
A proposal video, posted to Instagram on Tuesday, captured the moment Terrence declared his love for his ex-wife in front of a room of dinner guests.
Photos: Bobby Brown In Nigeria, Visits Afrika Shrine
Bobby Brown and his wife Alicia and the members of the New Edition music group are in Nigerian and last night they visited the Afrika Shrine where they met the Kutis.
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We Wanted To Use The Money To Celebrate Xmas – Bank Robbers
One of the two bank robbers arrested, on Friday, in Lagos, has said his plan was to use the money realized to celebrate Christmas.
According to vanguardngr, policemen attached to Ilasamaja division arrested the duo who specialized in attacking customers, who had gone to withdraw money from banks at Sadiku/ Ilasamaja, along with the Oshodi-Apapa expressway.
Boniface Ewerem, 46, and Joseph, 42, who usually operate on motorcycle, had positioned themselves along the service lane, awaiting their victims.
US Based Nollywood Actor William Uchemba Denies Fraud Allegations Heaped On Him
Former Nollywood child actor, Williams Uchemba, has denied claims of fraud against him after messages of him requesting money to arrange a delegation to a United Nations youth event in the United States went viral on Sunday.
A US-based Nigerian human rights activist, Edafe Okporo, had shared a screenshot of a supposed chat thread with Uchemba in which the former child actor allegedly said, “I will need three things from you: passport data page, email address and registration fee ($1,000). After payment is confirmed, I will then send you a questionnaire for you to fill and send back.
Following queries made on social media, United Nations Youth Envoy, Ms Jayathma Wickramanayake, who is an aide to the Secretary-General of the UN, António Guterres, said Uchemba was unknown to the organisation.
Photo: Comedian Igosave And His Wife Welcome Baby Girl
Comedian Otaghware Otas Onodjayeke popularly known as ‘I Go Save’ and his wife have welcomed a beautiful baby girl. The excited father announced the good news on Instagram with the caption:
Photo: Man Reveals He Left Priesthood After 15 Years To Get Married
A former Catholic Priest, who left the priesthood after 15 to 16 years – has revealed that it was not an easy decision for him but he had to stay true to himself after he rediscovered and found his true self.
On the Citi Breakfast Show, the Ghanaian identified as Samuel Deku said he left the Catholic priesthood because he realized that God would only bless any individual when that individual stays true to themselves in every aspect.
“First of all, I realized that to get any big blessing from God, you must be true to yourself in all aspect. I got in touch with myself and I realized the ecosystem of the Catholic priesthood is not where God really wants me to be,” he said.
Samuel said leaving the priesthood was not an abrupt decision; it was something he took time to think through. He said he was counselled through his period of descendent.
Government Should Deduct Tithes From Workers' Salaries And Forward To Church - Catholic Archbishop
Most Reverend Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, a Catholic Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda, has proposed that the central government deducts 10% from the monthly salaries of workers, and forward the deductions directly to the church.
He stated this at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Rubaga during mass, according to Citizen TV. He said non-payment of tithes affects project development in the church.
His words: "Whenever we ask for tithe, everyone gives only what they have at that time. But the Bible says a tenth of whatever you earn belongs to the church. Give me your support as I front this proposal because it is good for us.
Photos: Vice President Osinbajo Hosts Members Of The Entertainment Industry
On Friday October 26th Alhaji Nasiru Dunu Convened members of the Entertainment Industry in Lagos to meet with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,SAN.
In attendance were the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; Governor of Bauchi State, Barr. Mohammed Abdulli Abubakar; Senator Godwill Akpabio, Honourable Ahmed Wadada,The Convener Alhaji Nasiru and key members of the Entertainment industry.
Pastor Chris Oyahkilome's Daughter Sharon Holds Another Wedding In The UK To Honour Her Mum
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The date of the ceremony is uncertain but on her Instagram page, Sharon shares some pictures on October 22, 2018 which look to be from a wedding reception and disabled comments to those posts.
Timaya Opens Up For The First Time - Explains Why He Collected The Car He Gave Empress Njamah
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Liberian President, George Manneh Weah on Thursday declared that all undergraduates public entering universities across the country will enjoy free tuition.
“Today, I’m excited to announce that I have declared the University of Liberia and all other Public Universities in Liberia tuition free for all undergraduates,” Weah wrote on Facebook without giving any further details.
Reports indicate that he made the declaration before students of the University of Liberia at the Capitol Hill campus located in the capital Liberia. The announcement was met with loud cheers and applause.
IPOB Sacks Nnamdi Kanu As It's Leader For Being Insensitive And Callous
The Director of Strategy and Documentation of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Olisa Mbakwe on Monday announced that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu has been sacked from the group.
Mbakwe said Kanu was fired for placing more value on his dog than those murdered in the struggle for the realization of Biafra.
Speaking during Sunday’s broadcast from his base in Israel, Kanu mourned his dog and “a few other people” in his compound, who lost their lives when military men invaded the place in September 2017.
Photos: EFCC Arraigns Ex-Ekiti Gov, Fayose, For N2.2bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Monday, October 22, 2018, arraigned a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, alongside his company, Spotless Limited, before Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on an 11-count charge bordering on fraud and money laundering to the tune of N2.2bn.
The former governor is facing trial in connection with N1.299 billion and $5.3 million allegedly allocated to him out of the N4.65 billion slush fund shared by the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, through a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro.
Ooni Of Ife’s Ex-Queen, Zaynab, Forgives Him, Congratulates Him And His New Queen
The Ooni of Ife’s ex-queen, Zaynab has sent a congratulatory message to her ex husband and the new queen, Shilekunola Naomi Moronke Oluwaseyi, who got married last week.
The ex-queen, Zaynab took to her I.G page to congratulate the new queen and her husband, saying; she forgives him and congratulates him and his new queen, Naomi.
Her post reads;
Actress Victoria Inyama Says It's Embarrassing Being Referred To As An Actress + Reveals Why Her Marriage Crashed
The veteran actress, Victoria Inyama, kicked off her acting career with a soap opera titled Ripples between 1998/1999; this was after she was discovered by Alex Usifo who saw, the talent in her and invited her over for an audition. Describing her days in the industry as beautiful and memorable, the beautiful mother of three told Saturday Beats some of the things she feels make the profession look embarrassing compared to how it was when she started her career.
“My days in the industry were lovely; there was so much love; there was so much hard work. People wanted to act for acting sake, they didn’t want to act because of money. We were competing with who could cry the most, memorize long lines the most, who was the saddest character and stuffs like that unlike now that it is all about unnecessary competition like cars and houses. Back then, it was just innocent and genuine competition. It wasn’t for the fame but integrity.
Men Now Go Into Relationship For Money – Ini Edo
Nollywood actress Ini Edo has dropped a bombshell about what now motivates men to go into the relationship.
She made the revelation while expressing concerns over the rate at which men of nowadays jump from one relationship to another for financial gains.
In a recent interview with TheSun, the actress said while young girls engage in one trade or the other for survival, some men move from one woman to the other for money.
Photos: #IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Spotted In Jerusalem
Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Knau was spotted praying in Jerusalem, Israel today.
Kanu went missing in September last year after the military invaded his home in Abia state.
Photos: Ooni Of Ife Welcomes His New Bride, Olori Prophetess Shilekunola Ogunwusi
The Ooni of Ife has taken a new Bride and all rights have been fully performed. The beautiful new Olori is an Evangelist and is in her 20's.
Congratulations to them. See more photos inside...
Photos: President Muhammadu Buhari Hosts Xplicit Dancers At The Presidential Villa
President Buhari with Miss Samuel Goodness and other dancers as he hosts Xplicit Dancers to Breakfast in State House on 7th Oct 2018.
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Former Miss World Agbani Darego and Her Hubby Ishaya Danjuma Welcomed a son recently and the beauty queen and entrepreneur has announced the arrival of Baby Danjuma on her Instagram handle.
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television -> Community season six, episode four recap/ review
Director Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Producer Dan Harmon
Rated TV-14
Writers Matt Lawton
Cast Joel McHale
Paget Brewster
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Community season six, episode four recap/ review
Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing
March 31, 2015 by Levi DeYounge
This week’s “Community” installment welcomed the second episode directed by Academy Award-winning duo Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, who plays the Dean for the series as well. At over a half hour run time, the episode proves just how comfortably the series transitioned over to Yahoo! Screen. This longer run also had a negative effect—dragging out the Dean’s conundrum completely overpowered the pacing for the other two subplots involving Chang/ Annie and Abed/ Elroy. Unfortunately, the fourth episode this season is so far the weakest due to the uneven storytelling (that’s still pretty solid).
“Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing” opens on Chang and Annie reading lines. Chang, between forgetting all of his lines, explains that he’s about to audition for the role of “Daniel” in a stage production of “The Karate Kid” Specifically, he points out to Abed that he isn’t trying out for Miyagi, as the stereotype would suggest. It’s nice to see Ken Jeong get some time to act as Chang in an episode this season as opposed to disappearing, reappearing, and saying an unstable comment of no consequence. The rest of the crew wanders into the study room individually as the group complains to Frankie about a lack of Wi-Fi. It was nice to hear Frankie describe the scary IT lady as Paget Brewster herself also played the IT lady last season on “Community” when the show was still over at NBC. The Dean strolls in and they begin screaming “Wi-Fi!” at him. In true Dean protocol, he quickly delegates the responsibility back at Frankie to hire an IT lady. He suggests she hire Elroy as the new “IT lady” and just like that, Elroy is both student and staff at Greendale. It turns out the Dean only interrupted to see if his tie was too short.
The two morons from the school board from seasons past roll up and ambush in the Dean in his office. He promises to put out the bonfire when the weather breaks. (I gotta see this.) They explain to him that they’re impressed by his good work and want to promote him to join them on the board. However, they list one caveat: Dean Pelton must come out as a gay man in order for the school board to save face on cancelling a pride parade in favor of a school board parade. He explains to the two board members that he’s so much more than gay when it comes to the spectrum of his sexuality and will have to get back to them with an answer. It could be a big step up for him, but at what cost? As they leave, the idiot board members contemplate homosexuality for themselves and sing “Gay Dean” to the tune of “Jolene.” Across campus, Abed and Elroy fall upon the source of the Wi-Fi problem—a nest of bird eggs inside a fuse box. Elroy suggests moving the eggs to make room for working on the problem, however, Abed states that moving the nest will prevent the mother from returning. They decide to follow the example of “The IT Crowd” and wait around doing nothing until the birds to leave.
Downtown in Greendale, Colorado, Chang appears for his audition in “The Karate Kid.” Special guest Jason Mantzoukas (The Dictator, Neighbors) plays the community theatre director who eagerly casts Annie as Daniel and Chang, to his own dismay, as Miyagi. Chang clearly feels down in the dumps about the seemingly stereotype casting. The camera focuses on a reconvened group where Elroy tells the Dean he’ll need more time to fix the Wi-Fi. The Dean then summons Jeff and Frankie to his office for advice. He explains his conundrum to Jeff and Frankie. Jeff unfortunately suggests that any kind of sexuality that isn’t traditionally straight should be “gay enough” for the school board to hire the Dean. Frankie, however, asks the Dean if he’s ready to use his “coming out” as a platform for leadership, suggesting that she, personally, is not ready for such a task so she will keep her sexuality private. Jeff and the Dean humorously try a short-hand behind her back to determine her sexuality. Then we jump back to the theater where Annie watches the director rip Chang to verbal shreds.
Jeff and Frankie fall upon a press conference the school throws to celebrate the “Gay Dean” joining the school board. Also present at the event is the actor the board hires to stand-in as the Dean’s fake partner, “Domingo.” As they leave the press conference, an off-put Dean spells it all out for his faux-interest, “I make gayness look like Mormonism.” A student approaches the Dean and thanks him for coming out because it helps him come to terms with his self-esteem. The “Jolene/ Gay Dean” parody plays over a montage of the Dean hitting several magazine covers after coming out of the closet, including the “Latino Colorado” periodical with Domingo. Across town, the director keeps bullying Chang to the point where Annie questions her involvement over a drink at a bar that Britta tends. Britta (the odd one out for this episode) suggests Annie stand up for Chang at the next rehearsal. Back at Greendale, Abed and Elroy talk about the time it takes for eggs to hatch among different birds. The Dean shows up to take an easy shot at an IT joke, but agrees with Abed that the mother wouldn’t find her birds. With the Dean’s encouragement, Abed and Elroy keep their watch.
Annie finally quits the play when the director rips into Chang yet again. However, she learns that the director never believed she had any talent and subsequently, no room for improvement. He believed Chang to be a talented thespian all along, and pressed him to get the best possible performance. Jumping back to Greendale, the annoying board morons ambush the Dean again about the baby birds and Wi-Fi, instructing him to fix the problem. This leads into the next scene where the camera follows the Dean in a showdown with Elroy over the protection of the birds. Ultimately, Elroy and Abed are forced to transplant the birds to the basement over another montage of “Gay Dean.” As they tend the birds, a couple of them die and the two buddies bury the birds outside Elroy’s Winnebago. The montage closes on a pensive Dean ordering a drink from Britta. The next day sees the Dean calling another press conference to set the record straight (no pun intended). He explains that the term “gay” doesn’t begin to define him, and instead, “comes out” as political. The school board sends the Dean back to his normal duties as the group meets in the study room and makes poignant comparisons to sexuality and politics. Abed suggests they all catch Chang’s performance, the Dean invites himself, and they all head for the theatre. Once there, Chang’s moving performance surprises them all, but it’s not as big of a surprise to see Annie Kim or “Asian Annie” replacing Annie Edison in the role of Daniel.
Keywords: Community, Yahoo, Queer Studies and Advanced Waxing, recap, review, Joel McHale, Jim Rash, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie
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Thursday, 13 Aug, 2009 Science
Scientists Closer to Developing Invisible Portals
With the help of a technique called transformation optics, scientists will be able to make "invisible portals" like the ones seen in several Harry Potter movies leading to platform 9 and 3/4. Transformation optics allows researchers from Hong Kong University and Fudan University in Shanghai to change the direction of light waves, which would make portals invisible to the human eye.
Scientists portray the idea of "a gateway that can block electromagnetic waves but that allows the passage of other entities". The portal is hidden as a result of optical illusion created with the help of transformation optics and a "superscatterer" developed using photonic crystals.
The New Journal of Physics published an article about the discovery that also mentioned its ability to be turned on and off remotely. According to Dr Huanyang Chen, from the Physics Department at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, those who stand outside the gateway are going to see something that resembles a mirror, reports The Telegraph. You can find more information on similar technology here at www.InfoNIAC.com, check the links at the bottom of the story.
The breakthrough could be used for developing cloaking devices that would be used by the military.
Invisibility is now one step closer
Scientists One Step Closer to Creating Invisibility Material
Invisibility Vs Waves and the Void Vs Copernicus
Latest Invention: Cloak that Redirects Seismic Waves from Buildings
The Silent Protests of the Invisible Man
//2 Sep 09, 2009 09:03 AM | posted by: Avishek Dey
woooooooooooooo, its pretty cool. Wud like to more evaluate this theory by revealing more details?
//1 Aug 24, 2009 02:20 PM | posted by: kevin
whoa! that' quite a big breakthrough in the fields of physics!
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Drag-and-Drop Techniques for Creating Database Applications in Visual Studio 2005
By Joel Mueller
Using Tables Isnt Safe
Choosing a Stored Procedure Type
Creating a Data Source
Using Standard Stored Procedures
Creating an Application to Use the Standard Stored Procedure
Creating a Managed Project
Creating an Application by Using a Stored Procedure
Don't think of drag-and-drop as something for the ill-prepared, says John Mueller. It's a valuable technique for anyone who can express an idea as a stored procedure.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Unleashed
Many developers today think about database programming as a grueling task requiring hundreds or even thousands of lines of code for each data-manipulation requirement. Of course, it doesn’t help that database programming environments of the past didn’t exactly make working with stored procedures easy. In fact, Visual Studio of the past was downright hostile to stored procedures. Consequently, developers generally used the drag-and-drop technique for single tables and not much else—when they used drag-and-drop at all. Fortunately, Visual Studio 2005 makes it significantly easier to use drag-and-drop for queries of any complexity, because it supports stored procedures directly.
In reality, direct table access isn’t the safest way to access the data in your database. You really need to implement tasks by using stored procedures in order to provide centralized protection of your data through the database manager. When you access a table directly, you actually give the user complete control over the table. Even with the best code in place, SQL injection attacks can provide a cracker with unexpected and unwelcome opportunities for intrusion. Using a stored procedure helps you control precisely how the user accesses the data through the database manager, where it’s much harder to overcome the security measures you create. By their very nature, stored procedures let a user perform at most one task with the database (add, delete, update, or read).
An underused but valuable option for working with databases is the view. In many cases, a view does everything the user requires. It shows the content of the database in a specific manner. Because views are read-only looks at a database, you don’t have to worry about anyone adding, deleting, or updating records. You also have considerable control over precisely what the user sees and can safeguard sensitive data without any trouble. The standard stored procedure techniques described in this article also work fine with views.
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E-AN-NA release debut single
Romanian folk metallers E-an-na from Sibiu, Timişoara have just released their debut single ”Jiana”. The band has also prepared a lyric video for the song, that you can watch below. E-an-na is a new folk metal band with various musical influences and they were formed in the beginning of 2015. “Jiana” is an ancestral dance from the area surrounding Sibiu, the band’s hometown. They’ve adapted it, so now it also fits the needs of the dead, not only those of the living. And as the band states “the lyrics say ”Our dead man dances”. The dead man represents each of us at a certain moment, a moment of transmigration into the realms beyond. It is in powerful moments as such when the spirit journey can be altered, so that spirit and body can join once again and enter E-an-na“. ”Jiana” was mixed & mastered by Marius Costache (who also worked with Goran Bregović, White Walls, Coma, Lake of Tears, Amenra etc.) at Studio 148. S.
Andrei ”Solomonar” Oltean – vocals, whistles & recorders, accordion, bagpipes
Ovidiu Ban – guitar
Alex Giurgeca – guitar
Dragoş Berţia – bass guitar
E-an-na @ Facebook
E-an-na @ Bandcamp
DARKESTRAH reveal upcoming album details
DISTORIAM release debut full-length album
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U.S., Mexico at odds over deportation as top officials meet
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's mounting unease and resentment over President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown are looming over a gathering of U.S. and Mexican leaders that the U.S. had hoped would project a strong future for relations between neighbors.
There is no shortage of tension points as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly meet Thursday with top Mexican officials. After all, it's Kelly who's tasked with executing Trump's plan to target millions for possible deportation, and Tillerson who must explain it to the rest of the world.
As the pair arrived in Mexico City, the two countries seemed much farther apart than their close geographical proximity would suggest.
"I think Secretary Tillerson and Secretary Kelly are going to have a great discussion down there," said White House press secretary Sean Spicer. He called the relationship "phenomenal."
But while Spicer said the officials would "talk through the implementation of the executive order," Mexico made clear it intended to do nothing of the sort.
"I want to say clearly and most emphatically that the Mexican government and the Mexican people have no reason to accept unilateral decisions imposed by one government on another," said Mexico's foreign relations secretary, Luis Videgaray. "We are not going to accept that, because we don't have to."
Videgaray added a cryptic but pointed warning that Mexico wouldn't hesitate to challenge the U.
S. move at the United Nations or other global venues.
The visiting Americans planned to meet Thursday with Videgaray before a working lunch with Mexican officials and a formal meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
The worsening rift over deportations and illegal immigration adds to an array of disputes that have sent U.S.-Mexico relations plunging since Trump took office a month ago. Trump's insistence that Mexico pay billions for a border wall led Pena Nieto to cancel a planned Washington visit. Mexican officials are also apprehensive over Trump's pledge to overhaul the trade relationship and possible apply steep taxes to Mexican products, a move with profound impacts for Mexico's export-heavy economy.
New immigration enforcement memos signed by Kelly this week call for sending send some immigrants who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally back into Mexico -- even those from third countries who have no connection to Mexico. The memos also prioritize deportation for anyone charged or convicted of any crime, rather than just serious crimes, potentially subjecting millions in the U.S. illegally to deportation, including many Mexicans.
Those policies have raised fears in Mexico about the possibility of deportee and refugee camps emerging along Mexico's northern border. Mexican officials are also likely to seek answers about whether a forthcoming report ordered by Trump's administration that will list all current U.S. aid to Mexico is intended to threaten Mexico into compliance over immigration or the wall.
Dismayed by the deteriorating relations, six Democratic senators urged Tillerson and Kelly to strike a more cooperative tone than Trump.
"We urge you to use your visit to disavow vitriolic rhetoric and forge a strong partnership based on mutual respect with the government of Mexico," the senators wrote in an open letter to be released Thursday.
Kelly arrived in the Mexican capital from Guatemala on a visit intended to deter Guatemalans from trying to enter the U.S. illegally. Though Kelly promised "there will be no mass roundups," he acknowledged that those caught will be removed from the U.S. much more quickly than in the past.
"My best advice is to not do it," he said.
Reach Josh Lederman on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joshledermanAP
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Norway has a unique tradition of storytelling. Norwegian mythology originated from the ancient religion of the region. The chief god, Odin, lived in a walled city called Valhalla and was escorted... More > into battle by nine warrior maidens called the Valkyries. Norway has a strong tradition of storytelling, and its folklore is full of odd, sometimes grotesque, creatures. Probably the most famous creatures of Norwegian folklore are the trolls—large, powerful, grotesque beings. Some trolls are considered friendly, while others delight in causing harm to human beings. Trolls appear as mascots, in Norwegian place names, in folk art, and in many folktales. Many Norwegian folktales portray a nearly senseless world; a world in which people never quite know what is going on.< Less
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THE QABALA RUNES – A COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY OF THE QABALA, OGHAM, SANSKRIT, GREEK, ARABIC AND THE RUNIC SYSTEMS OF WISDOM By Dr. Thomas Clough Daffern
The Qabalah Runes is an important study of how the ancient Hebrew Qabalistic system, which had influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam, can in fact be taken even further back in time to link with... More > the Norse, Germanic and Anglo-Saxon runic teachings, which by tradition were discovered by Odin. This work enables students and seekers of wisdom to have a valuable tool for spiritual transformation in the palm of their hands. It will be of value to all Qabalists and Runologists and all who seek to understand the human condition. Philosophers of religion and also philosophers of language will all find something in this work that sets them thinking anew about some very old problems. It also includes much information on the Druid understandings of language and sound and magic, as well as Ancient Egyptian, Arabic, Sanskrit, Anglo-Saxon and Aramaic. The book proposes a new field of linguistics, psycho-semantics and gives a very detailed overview of the thesis that Indo European and Hamito Semitic languages are relate< Less
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One Girl.. Five Capitols.. Can She Save Them All? After her mothers death when she was a born, Kesina Lonacre grew up learning from her father and uncle. Now sixteen, she lived in the woods after her... More > father and uncle died in a fire, with only a horse, a dog, and her fathers sword left. She meets Anxton Morner- a wagon man with no family. She takes the job helping him get a wagon to Whitavo, Zaladin where the God Odin awaits to help guide her to her destiny. With the help of Thor, Loki and a couple of friends, will Kesina stay to save them all? Or will she leave them all behind? Finding out her father kept secrets from her about the family she thought she knew, will she be able to live up to her family name?< Less
The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga): With Excerpts from The Poetic Edda By William Morris & Eirikr Magnusson
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The Story of the Volsungs is an epic work by William Morris, numbering over 10,000 lines and notable for inspiring the high fantasy literature of J. R. R. Tolkien and other famous authors. In his... More > lifetime, Morris was praised by contemporaries for this poem, inspired by the existing legends of Nibelungenlied and the Volsungs, dating to the Middle Ages. The warrior society these tales depict are thought to have a reasonable measure of grounding in the reality of Nordic life as it was during antiquity; a martial culture, where strength and iron playing their pivotal part. We are introduced to the legend with a wedding; King Volsung's daughter Signy marries Siggeir, king of the Goths. However the God Odin, disguised as an elderly man of benign appearance, enters the ceremony and drives a blade into a tree trunk. Inviting everyone in the room to draw their swords in response, it is to the shock of those attending the ceremony that only Sigmund, a young and otherwise undistinguished man, is able to do so.< Less
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"My favorite captivating book so far!" - Tonja Marshall. The first part of this book will explore Greek heroes, what they were like and what they accomplished. Furthermore, the book will... More > tackle Greek religion—the gods and goddesses which establish the backdrop against which Greek legends were formed. We will also take a close look at the myths of Greek monsters. The second part of this book is jam-packed with fascinating facts and stories of Norse mythology. For instance, part 2 covers all that you need to know about the nine realms as well as captivating tales of Odin, Thor, Loki, and Ragnarök. In the third part of this book, we will start by looking at the gods and goddesses of Kemet—Ancient Egypt. Then, we will turn our attention to the monsters which likely gave them nightmares and humbled them in their quest to bring order to the world around them. Get your copy of this captivating mythology book now!< Less
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Binding, The (2015)
Written and Directed by: Gus Krieger
Starring: Amy Gumenick, Josh Heisler, and Leon Russom
Reviewed by: Brett Gallman (@brettgallman)
Fear what you believe.
Even though I’m not a religious person, I find that religious-based horror movies have the most potential to be scary. Maybe this owes to some residual trauma from when my family went through a brief phase, or maybe it’s more natural than that: for many people, faith is a great comfort, so there’s arguably nothing worse than to see that perverted and twisted into some unfathomable horror. The Binding is perched right along this fault line, delicately straddling that point where faith becomes a terrifying burden by taking it to a logical, literal extreme. For most of its runtime, it’s a harrowing, intimate look at the destructiveness of the ambiguity of it all—since, by definition, faith requires trust in the unknown, what does it look like when you have to peer into such an abyss?
Sarah (Amy Gumenick) and Bramwell (Josh Heisler) seem like the perfect couple: happily married, the couple has just welcomed the birth of a daughter. They live in a nice house, and Bram has a steady job as a pastor at a local church. Everything’s almost disgustingly great for these two—I mean, they even seem like pretty nice people to boot. When Bram claims to receive a vision from God himself, it can only mean more good things, at least until it becomes clear that it most certainly does not. It turns out God’s presence comes with a caveat: Bram has been chosen to stave off the apocalypse, but only if he sacrifices his infant daughter.
I can’t imagine anything that would shake one’s faith more resoundingly than that. Naturally, Sarah is reluctant to accept this and begins searching for other possibilities: is her husband experiencing a psychotic break? Is it a physiological disorder? What if it’s not God but rather Satan that has visited Bram and compelled him to consider committing this unspeakable act of violence? Writer/director Gus Krieger explores these possibilities via a series of confrontations and conversations, resulting in a rather talky movie that reserves its sparse visual storytelling for the expected showdowns and moments, such as the obligatory heated arguments and a requisite exorcism.
Otherwise, the film leaves Sarah to fend for herself and her baby by digging around to discover the possible truth. As there’s not much narrative heft to the film, it follows that it mostly involves following Sarah down a path of false starts and dead ends: as she can’t truly know the nature of her husband’s disturbance (especially once the medical professionals find nothing wrong with him), she can only find solace in friends and family. In one case, even that’s a small comfort, as an old family friend relays the story of how her brother butchered her mother after he, too, heard voices. Other revelations involving Bram’s own tortured path are at hand too, which only compounds Sarah’s desperation and confusion.
Despite its heavily expository nature, The Binding nonetheless captures this suffocating ambiguity well. It unfolds in unfussy style, with unassuming photography capturing similarly modest surroundings (well, except for a super nice beach house), seemingly in an effort to highlight just how mundane this is. There’s nothing glamorous about what these characters endure, and Krieger’s filmmaking style appropriately reflects this. It’s perhaps tempting to mistake it for utter plainness or blandness, but The Binding seems to be awash in a certain anonymity, as if to suggest that this horrific ordeal could occur anywhere.
Krieger’s approach also wisely transforms this into a vehicle for his actors, particularly the two leads. Just as Sarah shoulders the burden of protecting her family, so too does Gumenick shoulder the film in a role that sees her come to the slow, horrifying realization of her utter helplessness. Her initial meekness (not to mention a faint whiff of piety) is almost deceptive, as she eventually takes an admirable stand in a situation that almost demands her submission. As a pastor’s wife, her obedience is expected, and the film occasionally finds a tension between this institutionalized sexism, most notably whenever she and Bram argue.
I almost wish Krieger were more willing to explore this, especially since Bram proves to be somewhat slippery. Even when we first meet him, there’s something a little sneaky and untrustworthy hiding behind his almost too boyish, doughy face. When Sarah’s mother cryptically mentions some of his past misdeeds, it sets off so many alarms, and much of the film’s intrigue hinges on Heisler’s elusive performance. At different points in the film, Bram ranges from tortured victim to weaselly, deceptive little shit depending on what proves to be a volatile demeanor. It’s the latter that really drives The Binding: sometimes, Heisler is so convincing that you absolutely believe this character will be capable of committing something awful, if only because his faith seems to coincide with a certain sense of entitlement. His interactions with his wife become uncomfortably domineering to the point where the film almost becomes an examination of how faith shapes interpersonal dynamics.
The Binding stops short of being about anything that substantial, though. Eventually, it degenerates into piquing the lizard part of your brain that thrives on trashy curiosity: will he or won’t he go Abraham on his baby? Is he just insane? Who the fuck names their kid “Bramwell” anyway? Sort of like a less elegant and less gripping version of Take Shelter, it teases these questions out until a devastating climax lands rather heavily. Not content to merely linger on it, however, Heisler script an absurd little monologue that spells out the obvious, a stumble that isn’t nearly as damaging as the film’s final shot, a cheap little “gotcha” moment that undermines the ambiguity driving the film. For 85 minutes, The Binding is unsettling because neither Sarah nor the audience can ever truly know what caused these horrors to be visited upon her, but, for whatever reason, this final moment is in a rush to provide an answer.
To be fair, however, it does hint at something so sinister that I can’t help but be curious about what Heisler does next—it may feel like a misguided ending for this movie, but I do kind of like how dark and twisted The Binding’s final note is.
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Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz-C 800MHz FSB Processor Review
Abstract: The P4 3.2C, like the other 'C-class' processors, runs on a 800 MHz FSB Northword core.
External Mfg. Website: Intel Oct 23 2003 Colin Sun
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Intel Pentium4 3.2GHz C Processor Review
If you're looking for a sure bet, Intel is as good as it comes. As a company, Intel never seems to lose money, and when it does the coffers are large enough to keep big blue out of the red. There's a good reason why Intel is respected, and held in a very unique regard by the computer industry and average user alike. Simply put, Intel has the power to drive the economy, to set technology trends, and to change the direction of desktop computing virtually overnight.
Intel has been making microprocessors for the last 30-odd years, and that lead has allowed them to set the tone for virtually every other IC manufacturer in the world.
The last two years has been a roller coaster ride for the Pentium 4 processor. From the relatively weak Williamette 1.5 GHz P4 was released, to the powerhouse Northwood P4 3.2 GHz processor, it has been quite an adventure.
With the "Prescott" core just around the corner, with potentially the "Pentium 5" name attached, but not quite ready to be released, there could be no better time to release the new Intel Pentium 4 3.2C - a 3.2GHz microprocessor.
This was done for several reasons, but mainly to take over top pricing spot from the 3.0C which has been around since May. Keeping pressure on AMD is always just a side benefit. The P4 3.2C, like the other 'C-class' processors, runs on a 800 MHz FSB Northword core. Architecturally it's identical to the P4 3.0C PCstats reviewed previously, and even the lowly P4 1.6A!
The Intel 3.2GHz C Pentium 4 processor runs on an 800MHz FSB.
The Pentium 4 3.2C uses the same FC-PGA2 form factor as previous Socket 478 processors, and while I love the IHS (Integrated Heat Spreader) the pins on the bottom are fragile and tend to get bent pretty easily. None the less you're going to want to be very careful when handling the processor.
The P4 3.2C is based on the new D1 revision of the Northwood core and the default voltage has been raised to 1.55V from 1.525V (C1 and 1.5V for the original B0).
All Pentium 4 processors running on a 200 MHz FSB have HyperThreading enabled (including the 2.4C, 2.6C and 2.8C) and as we discussed earlier in our The Basics of HyperThreading: What is it? article, HyperThreading like has potential to revolutionize the way microprocessors function.
While I'm not going to dwell too deep into HyperThreading in this review, it in a nut shell allows the processor to work on two independent threads (instructions are called threads) at the same time while utilizing the free idling execution units with the CPU. Now, on with the benchmarks!
Contents of Article: Intel 3.2GHz
Pg 1. — Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz-C 800MHz FSB Processor Review
Pg 3. Benchmarks: SuperPi, POVray
Pg 4. Benchmarks: ScienceMark 2.0, SiSoft Sandra
Pg 5. Benchmarks: PCMark2002, 3DMark2001
Pg 6. Benchmarks: AquaMark3, Quake III Arena
Pg 7. Benchmarks: UT2003, Conclusions
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Seeds may be tiny, but they are packed with nutrients: protein, fibre, iron, vitamins and omega-3 fatty acids. They should be a regular part of your diet.
It is little wonder that seeds are so nutritionally good for us - they are, in essence, an embryonic plant, enclosed in a protective outer covering (the seed coat), usually with some stored food. To nurture a new plant, a seed - almost by definition - needs to be packed with nutrition.
Seed guide from Naturally Good Food
Raw or toasted
The general advice is to eat your seeds without cooking them: in their raw state. But if you are looking for a slightly different, healthy snack (instead of, say, a packet of crisps), then you might like to try some lightly toasted sunflower seeds. These also benefit from the addition of a little soy sauce.
Ground seeds
With some of the smaller seeds, such as sesame and linseed, they may be better ground and added to a smoothie, or used as a topping for your breakfast cereal - otherwise, they might pass straight through!
Available seeds
As anyone who has looked at our site can tell, we like to offer choice and as wide a variety of products as we can. In our seed section you will find :
Alfalfa seeds (Lucerne) - alfalfa, which is related to the pea, superficially resembles clover when growing, with clusters of small purple flowers, followed by fruits, spiralled in two to three turns, containing 10-20 seeds. Alfalfa is native to warmer temperate climates. In the US, much of the alfalfa grown is genetically modified, but our organic alfalfa seeds are not. Alfalfa is possibly the easiest seed to sprout, giving a bumper crop of mild, nutty-tasting sprouts. It's particularly good for those who exercise, as it is a complete protein and supports the regeneration of muscle tissue after exertion. The sprouted seed contains good levels of fibre, protein, vitamin C, vitamin A, niacin (B3), calcium and iron. As with many spouted seeds, these sprouts are best eaten raw, as they start to shrivel and lose their crunch when cooked.
Broccoli - broccoli seeds take just 4-5 days to grow and can be grown right through the year. Ten grams of seed will produce up to 100g of sprouts.
Chia - chia seeds have become the 'must have' seed for those who exercise. A 'new world' seed cultivated by the Aztecs, chia seeds are still used in Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Mexico and Guatemala - sometimes ground, or whole, in nutritious drinks and as a food source. Chia, which is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, is grown commercially, with the seeds boasting an extractable yield of about 25–30%. A rich source of nutrients and antioxidants, these seeds are particularly popular with vegetarians and vegans for their nutritional properties.
Hemp - hempseeds are high in fibre and provide an excellent source of protein. About 44% of the weight of hempseed is edible oil, with a total of about 80% essential fatty acids (EFAs). Hempseed's amino acid profile is comparable to other sources of protein, such as meat, milk, eggs and soy.
Linseed (flax) - flaxseed comes in two basic varieties: brown and yellow (or golden: also known as golden linseed). Most types have similar nutritional characteristics and equal numbers of short-chain omega-3 fatty acids. Flaxseeds contain a large amount of a nutritious polyunsaturated oil, which is high in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, both of which reduce the risk of coronary disease and cancer. The fatty acids contained in flaxseeds also raise the levels of good cholesterol, while lowering high blood pressure. Flaxseeds contain an omega-6 fatty acid known as linoleic acid, which is considered to be an important component of human health. In addition, these seeds are high in dietary fibre, which promotes good digestion. The small seeds have a crunchy surface and therefore need some chewing. At Naturally Good Food we sell Prewetts' ground linseed: for maximum benefit, we suggest you grind this before adding to a smoothie or sprinkling on top of your morning cereal.
Omega four mixed seeds - a crunchy, healthy mix of specially selected, unseasoned, organic seeds. This famous combination of seeds is designed by Infinity Foods to provide colour, texture and taste. Perfect for adding to cereals and muesli and for sprinkling over salads.
Poppy - we often see poppy seeds sprinkled on the top of bread rolls. These seeds contain some niacin and folate, and are a good source of minerals. Just 1 teaspoon provides measurable amounts of calcium, iron and zinc. Every gram of seeds has about 33 micrograms of morphine and 14 micrograms of codeine. That’s not enough to cause any ill effects from their use in baked goods, but is enough to show up as a false positive result in drug tests.
Pumpkin - a one-quarter cup of pumpkin seeds contains nearly one-half of the recommended daily amount of magnesium. Magnesium helps with a wide range of vitally important physiological functions, including the creation of ATP (adenosine triphosphate: the energy molecules of your body), the synthesis of RNA and DNA, the pumping of your heart, proper bone and tooth formation, relaxation of your blood vessels, and good bowel function. There is also some indication that pumpkin consumption is related to increased libido. Pumpkin seeds have a high zinc content, which is associated with a healthy amount of male testosterone.
Sesame - sesame seeds are an important source of phytonutrients, omega-6 fatty acids, flavonoid phenolic antioxidants, vitamins and dietary fibre. Sesame oil was one of the first seed oils used by man. Toasted sesame oil has a unique taste, giving a distinctive, authentic flavour to Asian dishes. Click here to view this oil.
Sprouting mix - a great mix of beans and seeds to sprout.
Sunflower - at Naturally Good Food our sunflower seeds come from either the USA or China. Our high sales of this product mean that we have to ensure good, diverse sources of supply. Sunflower seeds are a fine source of iron and unsaturated fatty acids. To intensify their taste, lightly toast them in a dry pan and add to salads, homemade bread, to a sandwich, to muesli, to a yogurt or to baked potatoes.
In our Herbs and Spices section, we also have seeds - 'the spice of life'! Here you will find:
Caraway - caraway seeds are not really a seed, but a fruit, and are a member of the carrot family. The caraway fruit has a strong, pungent, aniseed-like flavour and is often teamed up with rye bread. Caraway is a key ingredient in many cultures (in the UK, we have our traditional caraway seed cake). For those who like to know just where their food comes from, we note that just under 30% of the world production of caraway comes from Finland, where the long summer nights offer ideal growing conditions.
Celery - celery seeds have a strong celery taste and are best used sparingly, unless you are making a dish such as celery soup. Celery seeds can be added to bread or used as a sprinkle - and you can also try celery tea. Celery seed has been used as medicine for thousands of years in many parts of the world, but is not particularly well-known in the West. Indian Ayurvedic medicine uses celery seed to treat colds, flu, water retention, poor digestion, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases.
In our seed selection you will find both organic and non-organic seed options, in lots of different sizes, designed for customers ranging from the home cook to professional chefs.
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Chia Seeds - 25kg
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Cumin Seed - 1kg
Cumin Seed - 500g
Cumin Seed - while stocks last - 50g
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Sanity is forbidden Circulation: 142,557,853 Issue: 289 | 27th day of Eating, Y9
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Further Tales of Woe: Part One
by jjquil
Gilly the Usul smiled, breathing in the crisp autumn air. "I love it here," she mused aloud, bright blue eyes drinking in the rich colours of the Haunted Woods.
Really, the bad reputation is undeserved. There are so many charismatic figures here - who would want to forget endearing Sidney, with his patchy suit and unique speech impediment? Or my new favourite, the gypsy camp.
Gilly waved as she strolled past the gaudy tents of the caravan, offering her cheerful grin to her friend, the Elephante storyteller.
In all honesty, I would never choose another place to call home. So what if the Money Tree is friendlier than the Brain Tree, or if fairs aren't supposed to be dilapidated and full of con artists? Every day is an adventure in the Haunted Woods.
The young Usul smoothed her patched skirt as she carefully sat down in the shade of an eerie green-hued tree. Dipping her gloved paw into a hand sewn pocket, she drew out her meagre dinner for a picnic of sorts. All she had to eat was a lone slice of stale bread topped with some gooseberry jam that a gypsy had kindly donated to her. Homeless and poor, Gilly had lived for years through the help of donations, and still her optimism persevered.
"Who knows what tomorrow may bring," she whispered to herself, before crunching into her makeshift sandwich. As small as her meal was, Gilly made it a point to scatter some crumbs about, so as to treat the stray petpets that timidly roamed about the woods.
As night fell, Gilly watched the garish lights of the fairgrounds flicker to life. Sounds floated through the evening air - the creaking of the ancient Ferris Wheel, the clanging of the rusty Test-Your-Strength bell, the shouts of vendors.
It made her feel rather small, and out of place...
Curling her bushy Usul tail around her for warmth, Gilly stood and stepped meekly onto the path. She needed a place to spend the night...
It was the first time in weeks that she was on her own. She'd spent so much time with Sophie and Bruno that, for the first time, she could really feel the pain of loneliness. She missed Sophie's wry wit and Bruno's gentle friendship.
They had both chosen to return to their solitary lives after having lifted Neovia's curse. Gilly hadn't protested; after all, she too spent the majority of her time on her own. But now...
Now that they were separated, she found herself wishing that she could see those two siblings again.
"Two siblings... Wait!"
The Usul's face lit up in the inky blackness of the forest.
"Bruno told me once that he had a little brother, too - Reginald! If Sophie and Bruno want to be alone, then maybe Reginald can be my friend!"
Gilly dashed down the path, stumbling over unseen obstacles in her desperate rush to find companionship. She wasn't sure why the pangs of solitude had suddenly converged on her so sharply, but she couldn't rest until they were sated in some way.
After what seemed like forever, Gilly finally stumbled into the thick grey mist that surrounded the antiquated town of Neovia. Bruno's description had helped her to find it quickly, but she was still very much out of breath. Her shock-orange hair had tumbled free from her hood and scarf, and was windswept across her thin face. Breathing heavily from her brisk flight through the forest, Gilly stepped slowly across the cobbled town square.
Sitting on the stone rim of the fountain to catch her breath, she gazed at the various buildings, all tall, dim, and grey. They had many ornate decorations and stylized facades, and they seemed to speak of sophistication to Gilly.
She swallowed hard, realizing that this wasn't her best-planned idea. It was the dead of night - what aristocrat would appreciate a half-starved orphan knocking on their door at this hour? The Usul sighed, dejected head sinking into her paws.
"I don't even know where Reginald lives," she breathed in defeat.
"'Reginald'?" came a voice from within the fog.
Gilly peeked up from between her gloved fingers. She didn't startle easily - someone with luck as bad as hers quickly became accustomed to sudden appearances, disembodied voices, denizens of evil, etc. She had a particular history of Pant Devil robberies, and of course, the infamous Eliv Thade incident...
Then there was Sophie...
"Do you know him?" she called, hope creeping into her tone.
A light 'thump' sounded behind her - a figure had dropped from one of the sharp-peaked homes. As he strode forward, the swirling mists cleared to reveal the speaker's form. He was a tall, slim Lupe. His brick red and cream fur was groomed to immaculate perfection, topped with a gleaming chestnut-brown ponytail; his suit and trousers were perfectly tailored and matching. The Lupe had a thick tome under one arm, and his curious lime green eyes shone with a sharp glint of intelligence.
"I am Reginald," he stated calmly, unruffled by Gilly's disheveled appearance, "but I prefer the sobriquet 'Reggie', as it's far more casual, thereby better suiting my personality. By your quaint garb, I believe it's safe to conclude that you are indeed 'Gilly' of the Haunted Woods? Brother Bruno has praised you on many occasions for the assistance you provided our fair town - I feel as though I know you already."
He extended a paw for her to shake in greeting, but Gilly was too confused to react. "Sob-ree-what?" she muttered, nose wrinkled quizzically. Reggie smirked, shaking his head in amusement.
"I apologize if my idiosyncrasies are too verbose for your country vernacular... I have a tendency to keep my nose in the books, and my head in the clouds. As you can see, besides my bookwormish habits, I'm also a bit of an insomniac - I simply cannot sleep, not since the curse. So I spend my nights on the rooftop, reading by moonlight."
Gilly timidly accepted his outstretched paw, offering him a meek smile.
"I... I don't sleep a lot, either," she said meekly. "Not since I was locked in Eliv Thade's castle. But I got pretty good at anagrams - do you like word puzzles, or just straight reading?"
Reggie laughed, draping his long arm across her thin shoulders to steer her down the shadowy streets. He decided to make an effort to simplify his vocabulary, so as not to confuse the short Usul again.
"Well... mostly straight reading," he admitted to her, grinning sheepishly. "My parents are very traditional, and spend the majority of their time at various social get-togethers, preserving their sophisticated image. And since my elder brother and younger sister both left home when I was young, my time was spent alone, perusing the family library. I've read every volume on those shelves," he added proudly - but there was a touch of sadness in his gaze.
Gilly looked at the tall Lupe with admiration reflected in her sky-blue eyes. Even though they'd just met, she already trusted Bruno's handsome little brother, and felt they had a great deal in common. It seemed he too over-thought situations, and couldn't sleep at night because of it...
"Here's my house," Reggie announced with slightly less enthusiasm. Too many lonely hours had passed within those walls for him to feel truly at home there, but he still had some pride in their aristocratic heritage. The majestic peaked house had elegant arched windows and a tall dark hardwood door, adorned with an antique iron knob fashioned to resemble an Eyrie rampant.
Gilly stared in awe, curling her bushy Usul tail self-consciously. Reginald had such a fancy home! She had no idea that he, Bruno, and Sophie were rich... Even the Elephante storyteller had failed to make that clear.
Feeling insignificant once again, Gilly adjusted her threadbare hood to hide her wavy orange hair, and smoothed the wrinkles from her patchwork skirt before meekly following the Lupe into the manor house.
"You can spend the night in the parlor, on our spare sofa - then tomorrow I can speak with Mother and Father, to arrange some better accommodations for you," Reggie called over one shoulder.
Gilly stiffened, eyes wide. "Wait - are you saying I'll be staying here? L-living with your family?! I could never impose upon you like this, Reggie! I wouldn't dream of-"
He snorted, cutting off her protests with a raised hand. "You're quite malnourished, my underfed friend, and if you ever hope to reach a healthy weight, you'll have to eat real food. I can't imagine what you've been sustaining yourself on, but it can't have been much..."
As he strolled casually through the parlor, fluffing the pillow cushions on Gilly's sofa, he added: "And... I'd like to have you around for a while, Gilly. I'm bored out of my mind here, reading the same stories repeatedly in a town that never changes. I'd love to hear some of your stories - you mentioned a haunted castle earlier, and I'm dying to know your perspective on what transpired in your adventures with Brother Bruno and Sister Sophie. You've led such an exciting life - please impart some of your worldliness on a restless middle child."
He handed her a blanket, smiling encouragingly. "Good night, Gilly - we'll have plenty of time to chat in the morning. Sleep tight!"
He snuffed out the room's candle as he exited, leaving her in the dark.
What an odd fellow - he's so smart, but he doesn't seem to see how nice a life he has. If I had a beautiful mansion like this, with loving parents and siblings, and limitless food...?
Gilly sighed, snuggling comfortably beneath the heavy blanket. She yawned, curling her thick-furred tail about her slim body for warmth, before sinking into a deep dreamless sleep. She hadn't slept in so long... Finally she felt at home.
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Folk-noir musical duo Charming Disaster presents a cycle of original songs inspired by the life of the scientist Marie Curie, her research and discoveries, and their repercussions – from the struggles she faced as a female scientist, to the relationship of equals she shared with her fellow-scientist husband Pierre, to her discovery of radium and the principles of radiation, to the “radium girls” who were poisoned by their work painting watch dials with luminous paint. These songs touch on themes from Curie’s biography, the physics of radiation, and the consequences of nuclear physics in the world. Charming Disaster frames each song with contextual information in a storytelling format, with room for audience interaction and questions. Instrumentation is guitar and ukulele with male/female duet vocals.
Edgecomb, Diane Rainforest Legends Nature- Other,
From the banks of the Amazon River to the heart of the West African jungle, Rainforest Legends brings to life favorite folktales and songs about the animals and plants of these lands. Legends tell how the Amazon Birds grew feathers as brilliant as the colors of the rainbow, why three Invisible Hunters came to haunt the Nicaraguan rainforest, and how Jabuti the tortoise tricked the Amazon monster Kibungo into sparing the lives of three-toed frog, jaguar and monkey. For schools different Rainforest Legends performances are available for K-2 and 3-6th grade. Each performancevcomes with an extensive curriculum package, which includes both science-based and language-based activities. "Our storytelling assembly for the 5th and 6th graders was one of the best hours we have enjoyed in many years. Even our most reluctant listeners were involved. Thank you for exposing all of us to the pleasure and excitement of listening to stories." Rosemary Carr, 6th grade teacher, Warwick Elementary School, Warwick PA
Sprague, Lindsay (Lynn) Dig - In Gardening Life Skills- Food,
Nature- Gardening,
During the program, the presenter will help patrons plant their own square foot garden, using heirloom seeds. A 4x4 square area can be tilled on library grounds, a vacant lot, or local park with permission prior to the program for a garden site, or an alternative will be to use a contained box garden to inspire patrons of all ages to be aware of where their food comes from and to eat local. I will also talk about heirloom seeds and seed saving, do it yourself vertical hydroponics, and environmental conservation. Some libraries are hosting a community seed swap after the program to increase plant diversity and availability of great food for all. I think this is an AWESOME idea! Please email me with Programs in the subject line with any questions to be added to my live booking link. This program is suitable for the 2019 summer reading program.
Sprague, Lindsay (Lynn) Life Size Solar System - A Walk Through Exhibit Media- Other,
Full immersion walk through of our solar system for all ages! Spiral into the solar system on a glow in the dark path past scalar size planets with their moons, read about their discovery and the elements that they are made of at each planet. Dodge asteroids as you spiral out and learn about constellations and comets too! This program will inspire young and old alike to learn more about what science is doing to explore our solar system. Please email me with Programs in the subject line with any questions and to be added to my live booking link and visual catalog. Suitable for the 2019 Summer Reading Program.
Sprague, Lindsay (Lynn) Butterfly Metamorphosis Observation Solarium Nature- Animals,
Nature- Environment,
A large, library grade, decorative table/desk set solarium will be set up in a public location within the library. It will contain host plants, butterfly eggs, and patrons will be encouraged to return to the library regularly ro view the progress of caterpillars, chrysalis hatching, and butterflies within the solarium. This can be replenished as often as desired throughout the season, with the understanding that it takes 5-7 weeks for the life cycle to be complete. The library may choose to keep the solarium for future use or return it at the end of the season for a rebate. Please email me with Programs in the subject line with any questions and to be added to my live booking link and visual catalog.
Ceceri, Kathy Musical Inventions -- The Science of Instruments! Music,
Visual Arts- Crafts
Explore the physics of sound using homemade musical instruments with Kathy Ceceri, author of Musical Inventions. Kids will learn how instruments create sound waves and how design affects pitch (frequency), timber, and volume (amplitude) by making drinking straw oboes, foam cup string basses, balloon drums, and paper poppers to take home. They'll also get to try out a variety of unusual musical gadgets such as a toolbox xylophones, salad bowl singing bowl, and musical glasses. For ages 11 and up, ask about advanced projects including Paint Stirrer Bullroarers, Wooden Thumb Pianos, or Cardboard Record Players. Kathy Ceceri is the author of over a dozen books of hands-on learning projects for kids. Her titles include Paper Inventions, Fabric Inventions, Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future, Video Games: Design and Code Your Own Adventure, and Micronations: Invent Your Own Country and Culture.
Knight, Leonora K-2 Science Show Literature- Other,
Take your patrons on a journey beneath the sea, to a farm, a zoo, a swamp, a garbage dump, a rainforest, from the dirt to the sky experiencing and comparing habits of animals, fish and critters. Children sing, dance and move like these animals in this delightful interactive concert. Choose 7 out of 11 books by Eric Carle, Doreen Cronin and more, making your science show unforgettable. Children will sing, dance and act as their favorite books come to life with Lee Knight's original and multi-cultural music. Costumes, props and puppets enhance creativity.
Ceceri, Kathy Amazing Robotics Projects Literature- Authors,
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) projects with an arts-and-crafts twist, featuring projects from my books 'Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future' and 'Making Simple Robots.' Kids will learn about 'programmable bodies' and other concepts in cutting-edge robotics while designing and building their own working robots. Popular projects are suitable for ages 8 and up include Motorized ArtBots, Gravity-Powered Mini Robot Walkers, and bendable Robot Hands. Teen projects include Solar Wobblebots. Photos and more details at http://craftsforlearning.com.
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Why Democrats Should Heed the Warnings of Nancy Pelosi
May 9, 2019 phaylen
“He’s goading us to impeach him,” She warned.
She’s right. In fact, Nancy Pelosi has been involved in a world dominated by outrageous male ego long enough to know the tricks they keep up their cuff linked sleeves.
In a time that was even close to normal, where co-equal branches of government were interested in service to the people rather than themselves, impeachment would be a reasonable consequence. Sadly, that’s not where we are. Not even remotely. Were so far adrift that the island of normalcy is no longer in sight when it comes to the vast expanse and deeply chaotic seas of politics.
Donald Trump has built his wall. Indeed, an impenetrable one around himself that is composed of controversial Supreme Court Judges he appointed, Republican Senators that he campaigned aggressively to seat so they might obstruct any pursuit of accountability. His radicalized base would riot, further widening the chasm that is dividing America.
One of Trump’s greatest protectors, or, one of the bricks in his wall, is Mitch McConnell, who dubbed himself “The Grim Reaper” and vowed to kill any legislation from Democrats that found its way to the Senate floor, especially if it involved investigating the President.
The American Senate itself is populated by majority republicans; People like Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows and Lindsey Graham who love to make a spectacle of themselves any time they believe the president might be watching as if they’re auditioning for his favor. They have set aside the concepts of rule and law and supplemented this with a morally bankrupt urgency to preserve Trump’s power.
Impeachment would never be approved by Republican Senators. It could be challenged all the way to the Supreme Court if Democrats chose to take that route, but the robed figures behind the Nations highest bench are now, like our Senate, majority conservatives, some who owe Trump for the privilege of being there. They aren’t about to turn on him now.
The Attorney General, William Barr, wrote a 19 page letter to Donald Trump prior to his appointment, assuring the President that he could not and would not be indicted for criminal activity if he were given the job. Of course, he got the job. Now he acts as the President’s personal attorney, not one who enforces the constitutional law. Just another brick in the wall.
Nancy Pelosi knows this. She maintains a keen awareness that Donald Trump has masterfully manipulated and populated the most powerful branches of law, order and oversight. He has methodically placed so many obstacles between himself and accountability that he is now virtually untouchable. He flaunts it a cavalier attitude knowing that he is beyond reproach. They’ll block subpoenas, assert executive privilege, refuse to allow access to things like his tax returns or medical records. The Republican party, now the party of Trump acolytes, hold the most power in Washington and they’re flexing every muscle they have to demonstrate their willful treading upon the constitution and the rule of law, all for Trump. They are complicit in burying any evidence that might implicate Donald Trump in a crime. They act not in service to the American people, but in subservience to a dictator.
Nancy pelosi understands that Trump’s greatest weapon, however, is his stronghold on a cult-like, red hat wearing sect of Americans who are responsible for an unprecedented spike in hate crimes and extremism. Trump has postured himself as a God-like figure, a savior to the straight, white, cisgender Americans who resent having ever been asked to play on an even field with those they deem as possessing lesser human value… people of color, LGBT people, non-christians.
For Donald, the movement to impeach would be a gift. It would ultimately solidify the beliefs of his radicalized base- Those who perceive him as a shepherd to their flock would view an effort to impeach him similarly to a modern day crucifixion. After all, he has spent 3 years manipulating them into believing he is a victim; A victim of democrats, a victim of the fake news, a victim of false allegation of sexual misconduct, a victim of a bunch of sore losers.
Let us not forgot that Donald Trump lost the popular vote by a mere 2.1%. That means of the 137.5 million Americans that voted in 2016, half remain under Trump’s toxic influence of lies, misinformation and gas lighting. Most shockingly, 43% of eligible voters didn’t care enough to vote at all. Despite all the arm-chair outrage expressed on twitter by the general public, it’s the conservatives taking the hate to the ballot box.
While Democrats can claim victory in the 2018 midterms, it was by the skin of their teeth. For days, many elections remained to close to call. This only amplified the division in America and the eagerness many have to turn a blind eye to Trump’s leadership as long as it means creating an America in their own image. How can we possibly forget the fact that Trump campaigned for a known pedophile, Roy Moore, who almost won his bid for senate and certainly would have if not for the mobilization of black female voters who made up the small difference and allowed Moore’s opponent, Doug Jones, to win the seat instead. You see, Trump would have rather have had a pedophile in senate than a democrat if it meant tipping the scales of justice more in his favor.
Perhaps that is why conservative leaders around the country went to great lengths to block or unregister minorities who attempted to vote in the midterms. Some districts that were primarily people of color saw local authorities move their voting stations miles away from a centralized location to deliberately make it more difficult for democrats to vote. Worse, sometimes those who attempted to transport voters to stations in minority communities were arrested. Other states, like Georgia, had their election essentially refereed by the Republican candidate running for the seat. Indeed, in any other country, this would be recognized as a hostile takeover by a dangerous regime. Trump is well aware that his flagellants would be willing to go to extremes on his behalf- some of them have sent bombs to his critics and political opposition.
Trump has his wall. Nancy Pelosi seems to be one of the few democrats that acknowledge how rugged and unnatural this new terrain is. This isn’t merely political sparring, this is a potential civil war brewing. Trump would love for nothing more than to bellow from behind his phone: “Look what they’re doing to us!” He uses that often. “Us.” Implying his base is under some fictitious siege so they feel threatened themselves. “Us” is a vernacular he uses to incite panic and make every single one of his loyalists perceive it as a personal attack that requires their retaliation. Trump uses them as guard dogs and they haven’t disappointed him.
Again, he uses their prejudices, fears and bias to his advantage. We who have remained outside the smokescreen of Trumpism understand that this President doesn’t do anything for his followers. He only care about weaponizing them to do his bidding. It’s a political Waco, Texas in the rust belt and he is their divine leader.
Nancy Pelosi has tried to substitute the justified anger of the freshmen class in the House of Representatives with pro-activity instead. Still, she has been ridiculed, mocked and degraded by her own party who think they can parlay their win by running in front a freight train to stop it from going further. It just doesn’t work that way, not in this new world of tribal politics where the wellbeing of America has been reprioritized to fall into formation with the Trump agenda instead. Democrats, in terms of organization, can’t even seem to agree on or approve of any candidates on their side stepping up to save them in 2020. They’ve effectively knee-capped every one of the democratic potentials for one reason or another, cutting off their nose to spite their face thus ensuring Trump a second term.
We have impeached Presidents for less, of course. However, we’ve never seen such a terrifying stronghold that a President maintains and wields against his opposition- all with the approval of his colleagues in Senate. Let’s be factual, even in a universe where facts are “Alternative fact” and “The truth is not the truth.” We cannot impeach Trump. Once proposed, it would not pass senate. It would not get past the Attorney General. It would be rejected by the Supreme Court. We have a government coup. We’re in unfamiliar, uncertain territory and Nancy Pelosi is attempting to navigate carefully through it while maintaining what remains of the integrity of the governing body of the United States, our democracy and, more importantly, the safety of Americans in jeopardy who are currently at the mercy of Trump and his Red Hats.
Trans People Historically Neglected By Medical Industry Now Told It’s Legal
Like I needed another reason to be afraid to go to the doctor.
I’ve often spoken about the Trump administration’s new branch of Health and Human Services dubbed the “New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division” and its intent to excise LGBT+ Americans from the mainstream healthcare system or obstruct our access to it.
I’ve also openly discussed the anxiety inducing experience of going to a physician or hospital where we, as transgender people, must allow ourselves to be vulnerable in order to get better. In such an personal setting, wherein we find ourselves placing our physical well-being in the hands of someone who may or may not have a prejudice toward us, a simple visit to a doctor becomes an emotionally exhausting event. Many of us have seen doctors for issues or concerns unrelated to our gender and found ourselves in a room with a tightly wound, middle aged, visibly nervous carer who won’t come within arms reach. I’ve had doctors never touch me- not even to conduct traditional, run-of-the-mill diagnostic tests such as listening to my heart with a stethoscope, tapping my kneecap to test my reflexes or look into my ears or throat. These are routine processes of any check up.
Trans people have died from illnesses that could have been prevented or treated because of their inherent fear of seeking help from a medical professional. We fear judgement, persecution, even humiliation as we place ourselves at the mercy of a medical caregiver who may have an immediate bias the second they walk through the door. We experience this in all areas of social integration- whether it’s at school, our place of work, a local bar, institutions of worship or trying on clothes in a department store, we as trans+ people have been forced to be hyper vigilant in order to self preserve. One might even say we’ve had to develop a sixth sense. An asset to our survival can be our ability to sense someone else’s unspoken discomfort or tempered disgust provoked by our mere presence in their company. We can read a person or situation better than the Long Island Medium. Our culture has demonstrated to my community over and over that the privileges straight, white, cigender people take for granted are not intended for us- the “othered.”
Many LGBT folks and people of color have stood before a judge with that bias; Many of us have had a teacher with that bias, or worked beneath a supervisor with that bias, or been pulled over by a cop with that bias. Far to many of us have been born into a family with that bias. Whether it is motivated by religion, the passing down of toxic systems of belief or consuming the opinions of others and accepting it has gospel, it has resulted in our isolation and the deterioration of our quality of life, our ability to thrive and be productive in a society that champions our rejection and dehumanizing. We’ve seen people like us killed while murderers walks free. We’ve seen people laugh and cheer and we’re mocked and degraded. While we are allowed our pride week, we still have to watch ignorance on parade ever single day of our lives.
My therapist once asked me if my emotional struggles were the result of coming to terms with my gender identity.
“No.” I said matter-of-factly. “The erosion of my mental health is the result of how I have been treated by those who refuse to allow me to exist unchallenged.”
Those people responsible have never been held accountable for the damage they incur on LGBT+ people. They aren’t asked to be held responsible for their behavior wherein their duties to us as professionals are impeded by their bigotry. No one has bothered asking why.
That’s how we got here.
That is why we have an administration that advocates for the inevitable genocide of my community. It may not be gas chambers this time, but instead by leveraging the legal system, the education system, the medical institution to allow those in power to drive us into darkness and embolden the hatred expressed by those who wield it. My community experiences a disproportionate number of murders and suicide. Prisons are populated, in some stated, by 70% black men who will never be allowed to reintegrate into society even after released due to the stigma. They can’t get a job. They can’t get a loan. They don’t qualify for benefits to get back on their feet. They can’t even vote. The system relies on their return to prison, not their recovery, redemption or success.
This is deliberate.
Now that medical caregivers can refuse us basic healthcare treatment citing their religion or moral conscience, more transgender people will die. This is a deterrent for us; Something else to advertise with gleeful authority that we are not human. It comes on the heels of the Trump administrations 3 year war on minorities- Trans people, people of color, immigrants, muslims, people of non-christian faith as geriatric Republicans with antiquated world views attempt to reshape American into their image. White, wealthy, straight, christian. No one else matters. The rest of us our disposable.
Trans people are just the first to find ourselves in their direct fire, eve though people of color in large communities have had their votes tossed and even been arrested for trying to vote in a democratic election. None of those responsible were asked why. But it is transgender Americans, some who served in the military before the trans ban, some who just need a flu shot, that are walking around with a bullseye on our backs. I know we’re not alone; We’e not the only community they’re severing the rights from; Whose existence they’re erasing. We’re just the smallest, easiest community to start with. We’re the experiment. When Trump and his appointed cronies see how far they can get while the est f the world says silent or, at best, indifferent to our politicized destruction, they’re laying the groundwork for which community they’ll take down next. Black and brown folks and gay rights.
Now, can we be afraid? Can we angry without being ridiculed or accused of suffering from “Trump derangement Syndrome?” Can we not be accused of lacking a sense of humor as people make jokes at our expense as if that’s hat we’re here for- your entertainment as you watch us being stoned in the town square?
Upside down world, backward morals. Everything is wrong with this. There is not one rational or logical explanation for the onslaught of domestic attacks launched against us by a government standing on “We, the People.” conservatives have distorted that in to “We, the People Only Like Us.”
The consequences to this are grave. People will suffer. Good people- not the tiki torch carrying white nationalists chanting “Jews Will Not replace Us” that the President adores, but we Americans who just want to live our lives and contribute. We have no one advocating for us in government now. We have no high-powered ally punching back at Trump and his gang of thugs in our name. We have to sit back and accept that this is what out live will be like.
This is sadly the hill many of those who came before us died on. Pioneers of the LGBT+ movement and Black leaders formative to civil rights like Martin Luther King didn’t die so this could be our future. They wanted for us what had been denied them. They fought, they sacrificed so we might not have to.
And all it took was Donald Trump to lure all that rage and white, heterosexual, cisgender fear of sharing space out the shadows of shame and hand them the power to influence our lives our safety in an increasingly violent society and his notorious abusing of government henchmen to disrupt the promise of a hopeful future.
Now, here’s what needs to happen: Medical caregivers with these prejudices should be required to be transparent and disclose this information visibly in their office and website. “This office does not provide care for Gay/Transgender/Jewish/ Muslim Patients.” At minimum, we targeted Americans should be equipped with the information necessary to maintain some dignity and ensure our safety rather than risk becoming the victim of government authorized abuse or negligence resulting from retaliatory behavior from a radical with a degree. We deserve to know where we are safe, and in terms of our tedious task of seeking healthcare, where we are welcome. Require these “care”givers to out themselves instead of letting them potentially hurt innocent people with no consequence.
This is a sad day for transgender Americans… but we are the canary in the mine. We have stopped singing. The climate is now deadly, and if you’re not one of them, you won’t be handed a mask either.
How Democrats Are Destroying A 2020 Win and Why I Walked Away
April 24, 2019 phaylen
From the the moment I woke up in the world of politics, I was designed to be a democrat by my very nature. My very existence represented everything Republicans loathed. I’m a transgender person that conservatives on Capitol Hill have characterized as a potential predator. My gay friends had the acknowledgement of their relationships as marriage compared to practitioners of bestiality. We, an innocent demographic of society have endured a barrage of attacks from Republicans which, as a developing person, was one of the first legitimized institution to make sure I knew I was wrong. I was sick. I should e exempt from civil rights, denied healthcare, housing and eve the right to have a family with a partner. It was evident to me that Republicans serving in positions of power had one goal — to create a nation in their image. The rest of us, people of color, LGBT folks, those who don’t subscribe to the faith of Christianity… we have no place. That’s when I opened my eyes and realized that I had no choice but to use my words to push back against the venom and deadly fearmongering and propaganda being peddled by White men in expensive suits speaking from a Senate podium.
I’m not the American they wanted to represent.
Maybe you aren’t either.
4 years of Trump has taken an immense toll of so many of us. Each sun rises with a new crisis wherein we find ourselves- we who are othered- as sitting in the cross-hairs of people with extraordinary power to influence our lives, or safety and our ability to thrive in society without an inordinate amount of resistance. It has been demonstrated repeatedly that Republicans want to make it harder…
… Harder for people of color to vote.
… Harder for women to get access to feminine healthcare.
… Harder for transgender people to server our country.
… Harder for the poor to reach beyond their grasp and flourish economically.
…. Harder for gay people to adopt children into loving families and now, potentially stay married.
…. Harder for LGBT and children of color to have equal access to education…
…. Harder for all Americans to achieve results in environmental conservation to protect future generations from the devastating effects of climate change.
Trump may not be responsible for molding this agenda, but he and his administration have amplified it. In fact, they’ve emboldened hatred to such an extreme that our cultural division has grown more hostile and dangerous for minorities because every wrung of the political ladder has been corrupted by a theater entirely cast by Donald Trump and his cult-like followers.
So, why would I, a disabled, transgender person of Arabic descent who lives in a state of perpetual fear from the opposition walk away from a party that was supposed to be my allies? Why would I step away from a collective that I once eagerly sang in chorus with?
Because as much as Donald Trump completely distorted the Republican party beyond recognition, robbed it of any shred of integrity or accountability, the other end of the spectrum found themselves growing equally radical. I’ll concede that we’ve all been forever altered by the emotional and psychological trauma over what we’ve witnessed during Trumps tenure in the Oval Office. From bombs sent to journalist and Democratic leaders to black families having the police called on them for spending family time in parks or selling lemonade on a hot day, to immigrant babies in cages, to white nationalists marching as they proudly chanted “Jews will not replace us” before being called “Fine people” by the Commander in Chief. How does one maintain some semblance of normalcy, much less sanity? How do we organize to resist and ultimately refuse this macabre twisting of reality instead of fall victim to it and become the very monster we’re fighting?
Those were question I asked myself. During the past few months, a surprising number of Democrats stepped forward to challenge Donald Trump in the 2020 election and provide some salve for our ever-deepening wounds as a nation.
Instead of breathing a sigh of relief and listening, the liberal extremists segregated immediately into primitive tribes and each found something wrong with every candidate that came forward.
Bernie Sanders is too old. His ship has sailed.
Kamala Harris isn’t black enough, she’s married to a white man.
Elizabeth Warren is too far left and “Lied” about having Native American ancestry.
Pete Buttigeig isn’t gay enough and comes off as pretentious.
Joe Biden invades women’s spaces.
Amy Klobachar is mean to her staff.
Beto O’Rourke appeared entitled when he said he was “Born for this.”
These are tweets and facebook statuses of absolute condemnation filled my timeline on the event of every announcement of candidacy. Bizarrely, they all came from liberal social justice warriors who are impossible to satisfy and thus are willing to hand Trump another presidency. They were all self-described Democrats. Ideologues who have decided upon an unattainable standard of expectation despite the bar being so low that a piss ant couldn’t limbo beneath it. Still, there’s something wrong with everyone willing to save them from four more years of Trump terrorism.
Contrastly, there are those who are factioning off. Teams are developing like it’s a superbowl event instead of a tipping point in history. In fact, it was recently reported that 20% of Bernie Sanders supporters admitted that they would vote for Donald Trump is Bernie did not win the primary. They would actually burn down the entire house to make a retaliatory statement. It has been estimated that 1 in 10 Bernie supporters voted for Trump in 2016 as an act of rebellion.
Once again, Bernie has tapped into an enthusiastic base who see him as gentle, thoughtful, experienced candidate who is, perhaps most importantly, likable. They’ve thrown their weight behind him and in doing so have openly attacked other candidates with shocking ferocity. I didn’t believe in the term “Bernie Bros” when it was used in 2016. I believed it was a caustic slur. Today, it is clear they exist.
Then there are the gay men, a specific brand of gay men, to be clear, who are straight acting and enthralled by the idea of having our first openly gay president. It sounds great- full disclosure: It’s something I’d love to see. But Mayor Pete has developed a base as loyal as Sanders who refuse to see beyond their own relatable candidate.
Some people of color, quite understandably, have aligned themselves firmly behind Corey Booker more than they have Kamala Harris. They see him as the next Obama (If only!) and they have created this narrative of him that isn’t accurate, but idealist. They do not see an alternative.
Democrats have splintered off into a dozen different directions. There is no organization, no communication between the factions; It’s been reduced to in-fighting, insults and damning accusations as the different teams rally behind their fighter and sling mud at each other.
We don’t need a crystal ball to see that the results of the primary will leave the bulk of loyalists behind the 21 losing candidates outraged that their horse didn’t finish first in the Kentucky Derby of politics. Many have, disturbingly, confessed that they won’t support anyone else.
Since the first candidate stepped forward, I have say agog at the immediate division that formed with the democratic party based primarily on identity politics. While it’s a historic year election year, being the most diverse cast of representatives from every sector of society, I know that the ego of the democratic voter will, inevitably, split communities into small subsets white Trump followers, united beneath their bigotry and red-hat wearing symbolism, will turn up at the polls in record numbers. These are people who will not tolerate another black president, a woman president, a gay president or even a diminutive, white haired old man. In fact, some women voters are determined not to have a male president at all, and gender alone has committed them to candidate already based on that fact.
So, while the democrats- the proverbial snake eating it’s own tail — take aim at each other, Trump is thumping across the country hitting very backwoods township and village to rally his backwoods voters who are chanting his name and willing to dismiss his estimated 9,000 lies, his alleged obstruction of justice and even christians re filling seats at his stadium speeches. They don’t care that they can’t see his tax returns but can, indeed, see his wifes nude photos. They don’t care he is an adulterer. They don’t care he is antithetical to everything their institutionalized religion represents. They’ve allied with even their most heinous enemies to ensure their Divine leader stays in power. They’re even having him autograph their bibles. No. Really.
I’ve seen enough at this point to know that I don’t fit into the democratic party anymore. I’m not interested in voting for someone who simply looks like me, share an identity encompassed beneath my LGBT umbrella, or who has shared a similar life experience. I don’t want a president created in my image, and I don’t want one who thinks I need to reshape my identity to fit their standard of acceptability. I want a leader who will give the office of the most powerful seat in the world the dignity it deserves. I want someone who represents the interests of all Americans and recognizes the trials and tribulations of those of us who are treading water, surviving instead of living, and is more concerned with the health and wellbeing of, for example, the residents of Flint, Michigan who still have no clean drinking water and are suffering irreparable damage to their health. I want someone who doesn’t sit on a loft perch and build a wall around him with appointed flagellants that protect him from accountability but a President who wants to protect us and improve our quality of life.
I used to think that every American who identified as a Democrat shared that sentiment, but I was wrong. It has now become a blood sport. It’s become hyper-emotional and rife with protest voting… even while our current President and his colleagues have manipulated the system so, if you come from a poor community or one that is populated with people predominantly of color, your vote won’t count a all.
Democrats are distracted. Many have chased Trump into the rabbit hole of his crazy, upside-down world where extremism is normal, where lies are alt-facts, where white nationalists are fine people, and the results have been, much to his delight, we’ve turned on each other and have lost our way.
To maintain my own sanity, I had to take a step back and watch the very same people I was once in lock-step with. I think the path they’re going down is detrimental to us as a people- not just some of us, all of us.
And if Trump wins, it will be a deserved win. He won’t need Russia this time. Democrats are sabotaging each other.
Candace Owens: “White Nationalism Just Democrat Strategy” In Live Testimony As Streamers Forced To…
Candace Owens: “White Nationalism Just Democrat Strategy” In Live Testimony As Streamers Forced To Shut Down Feeds Due to Hate
In a hearing that was long overdue, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing to address the ominous rise in White Nationalism in America. Most minorities didn’t need an official House Hearing to detail the onslaught of hate hurled their direction on a daily basis, both online and in nearly every aspect of their lives, from the workplace, institutions of education, even places of worship have proven to become targets of a growing number of White Supremacists who have been emboldened under the leadership of Donald Trump.
Bizarrely, Controversial conservative mouthpiece, Candace Owens, took to the floor to testify that, you know, White Nationalism is a myth perpetuated by Democrats as a means to win the 2020 Election. Shockingly, Owens literally denied that prejudice in America even existed as anything more than a machination created by liberals.
Meanwhile, because this specific hearing was one of such public importance, the hearing was live streamed via Facebook and Youtube so those who could not be present might listen to our Nations leaders finally address the plague of bigotry that is impacting so many lives in America.
However, all of those live streams had their accompanying comments quickly disabled mid-hearing as Owens rambled on about Hate not really being an issue of relevance.
Why were all live broadcasts ended prematurely? Hate.
Just as Owens is sitting there in a room denying its existence, all live streams broadcasting the hearing were swarmed by white nationalists proclaiming “White Power” and “Jews Will Not Replace Us” and “Ni**ers Go Home.”
The live chats that accompanied the streams were full of people targeting not only Americans of color, the LGBTQ community, Muslims and Jews, but also Democrats conducting the hearing along with Democratic Presidential Candidates like Pete Buttigeig, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Corey Booker. The hatred being spewed had made the broadcasts so septic that both Facebook and Youtube decided to cease the broadcasts and close the chat sessions.
I was one of the people watching.
As a transgender person, a committee hearing that finally address the daily firestorm of hate that all minorities are subjected to in America was of grave importance to me. Imagine me expression, if you will, as I’m listening to Candace Owens testify to the committee that White Nationalism is simply a “Democratic Strategy for 2020,” and thumbing her nose at it’s very existence… all this as I’m watching the chats alongside the broadcast filled with homophobic, racial and antisemitic slurs by white folks- many of them aimed squarely at Owens as she spoke. “No on wants to hear what a c**n has to say, go pick cotton!” stood out to me as Owens spoke. I left Youtube and went to Facebook hoping for a reprieve from the violent language, but it was tragically worse. Youtube was quick to address the issue via twitter:
Hate speech has no place on YouTube. We’ve invested heavily in teams and technology dedicated to removing hateful comments / videos. Due to the presence of hateful comments, we disabled comments on the livestream of today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing.
— @YouTubeInsider
Perhaps the most disheartening of all of this remains the fact that Owens, herself, is a woman of color… she exists at an intersection of targeted prejudice, oppression and radical attacks just because of who she is and what she looks like- yet still, she has found her platform being a defender of those who would subjugate her. Congressman Ted Lieu brought up Owens ominous history of making remarks defending Nationalism.
@TedLieu just played Candace Owens' comments on Hitler and nationalism during the hearing on white nationalism. She looks less than pleased. https://t.co/AwOLiGhQkK
— @JordanUhl
If ever the House Committee needed evidence of the reality that hate doesn’t just exist, but is thriving and growing at an alarming rate, the could have dismissed Owens from the hearing and just watched the comments.
Stephanie Borowicz and Religious Politics vs. Minority Americans
March 31, 2019 phaylen
When newly elected Pennsylvania State House Member Movita Johnson-Harrell arrived on the floor to be sworn in as the states first Muslim Representative, she had her children by her side and fifty-five family members and guests in the seats to support her confirmation.
That’s when Rep. Stephanie Borowicz took to the podium, opened her arms and began a jaw-dropping religious rant that she called a “Prayer.” Borowicz prayed for forgiveness for a country that has “Lost it’s way,” cited Biblical scripture that condemned non-believers as “wicked” and demanded they fall on their knees before her Lord.
If we had been in Church, such a sermon would be fine… expected even. But not on the floor of the State House, and moreover, completely inappropriate and downright malicious given Movita Johnson-Harrell is the one she is preaching to. Make no mistake, this swearing in ceremony became anything but what it was intended to be. Borowicz distorted the event into a public shaming of a colleague who didn’t share her religious belief. She took it upon herself to weaponize her religion as a protest in her most official capacity and even ask for forgiveness from the Lord, presumably for making way for a Muslim person. It got awkward, painfully. You could see the discomfort that manifested on the faces of onlookers as Borowicz hammered on the Name of God over 20 times in under 2 minutes.
https://medium.com/media/522bdf406f07d4573b48d25955d5314b/href
Now put yourself in the shoes of Movita Harrell-Johnson as this heavily conservative religious zealot is shouting the name “Jesus” and “God” in your face, in front of your family, friends and constituents who elected you.
Now, for a moment imagine if Borowicz were not merely a member of the State House, but instead, a Judge holding authority over a Muslim woman who is challenging a traffic ticket. One can predict the outcome. There are, in fact, thousands of Officers of the Law and Judges holding authority of every civilian who stands before them who may not break out into radical prayer, but certainly share the same sentiments as Borowicz. It is not what they say, it is the bias and prejudice that makes its presence known in how they rule.
Whether it is racial discrimination- as we know, our prisons and jails are disproportionately populated with black and brown men and women as well a LGBT people- or religious persecution, gender discrimination or old-fashioned bigotry, straight, white, cisgender people are rarely met with the same heavy hand of justice as minorities. This is a fact that has been proven time and time again with absolutely nothing done to counter this gross abuse of power. One can argue that this is the consequence of giving people who are just as prone to conflict and character flaw control without oversight over the masses. Power of that magnitude quickly escalates into ego and devolves into toxic corruption. History has demonstrated this for us, repeatedly, be it the Holocaust, the Apartheid, Native American genocide, African slavery or the Chechnyan purge of LGBT men and women, that humans who aggregate social power always attempt to shape it in their own image.
The Williams Institute highlights the prejudices in the legal system.
President Trump is doing this now, and although some recoil at comparing him to a modern Nazi, the similarities are undeniable. The cult-like following that lifts him up as a sacred idol, the symbolism of the blood red hat that has come to represent a hive-mind of those united in hatred and strike fear through those communities Trumps orders them to attack. The marriage of politics and religion, in spite of the constitution, as the President appeals to their embedded intolerances and promises to return control of the country to God… the latter at an event where anti-gay propaganda was passed around an adoring audience and President Trump applauded a minister who suggested gay men should be burned to death in hellfire. Trump has leveraged religion like a commodity. He’s walking around signing bibles for his radicalized base that preach love and then throw acidic hate into the faces of minorities at every opportunity. Border walls, transgender bans, travel bans, redacting protective executive orders issued by previous presidents. All this as his entranced audience chants his name and demands the heads of his enemies on a pike. Indeed, it was just earlier this year that many of Trumps political critics were sent bombs by radicalized supporters. His influence is bleeding out of America into other Nations. The shooter in Christchurch, New Zealand who took 55 lives at a Mosque praised Donald Trump in his manifesto. Hate crimes in America have increased 17% in the last year alone.
But, facts don’t exist, and lies are the truth. Or, alternative facts. While hatred and bigotry wielded by a powerful elite over society is not new by any means- we can ask any black man who ever stood before a white judge or laid down in the street with arms in the air and still shot by Police officers– it has been revitalized, emboldened and now given the Presidential stamp of approval.
Add to this already dangerous equation, the heightened intensity of the political climate with division an everyday nuance as the president peddles outrage toward minorities, women, the disabled, the poor, the mexicans, transgender people, democrats… and his base bites on command.
Whatever convinced Rep. Stephanie Borowicz that such a tirade was either acceptable or appropriate is likely the direct result of our septic culture toward those of us who the privileged deem “Othered.” What manifested on that State room floor was a terrifying example of what so many have experienced at much greater cost by someone who presumed a post, an office or a seat of power. It only amplifies why so many Americans have lost their faith in leadership or its ability to protect us as equals to our counterparts who have no visible differentials.
What we saw captured in just under two minutes is a clear symptom of our social direction and the alarming momentum it has gained in the last three years.
As for Borowicz? When asked to apologize for being ignorant and insensitive, she replied “Oh no! I don’t apologize ever for praying.”
The Media War On Transgender People
It’s not just in America. The UK media has been pushing anti-trans propaganda for years.
If you were a transgender identifying person who woke to the startling headline from the Economist which questioned, quite matter-of-factly, whether Transgender people should be sterilized before be recognized as their preferred gender, you were shocked, but not surprised.
Such a grotesque headline that postures itself to seemingly attempt to intellectually debate whether or not Trans people deserve to experience having and raising biological children, develop loving families, you know, the same rights that cis people have always had in civilized countries found activists quick to condemn the publication for such blatant, unfettered transphobia. The Economist apologized, but the reality is, this wasn’t their first missile aimed directly at the Transgender community and likely won’t be their last. They had previously discussed the sterilization of trans people back in 2017. The publication The Daily Dot has revealed that the Economist editor, Helen Joyce, has her own grim history of transphobia.
Sadly, the media’s war on transgender people has amped up over the past two years; In the US since the election of Trump, and in the UK since the reforming of the Gender Recognition Act that allowed trans people to self identify without the burden of the restrictive, bureaucratic red tape that had to be navigated through in order for their gender identity to be legally acknowledged. The reform fetched great opposition from TERFs (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists) and conservatives alike who took a page directly from the US political playbook on investing inordinate amounts of energy (and Headlines) to vilify transgender women, create a series of narratives that sexualize the trans experience in bizarre fashion- pontificate on our activities in spaces such as bathroom settings, public gyms and what we do there that they apparently don’t.
UK Headlines courtesy of Pink News
The Times has been incredibly strategic in their relentless attempts to disseminate misinformation and provoke ire toward the transgender community by using a Transgender identifying writer in the form of Debbie Hayton. Hayton, herself hated by those she is desperate to earn approval from by appearing to align with Times readers disdain for trans people, authors a weekly column that criticizes progressive legislations and protections as well as the safety and equalities of other transgender individuals. She’s a self loathing transwoman used as a conservative puppet by hate groups like Mumsnet to give credibility to their extremist anti-trans agenda with the hopes it will these trans critical articles will legitimize their hate since they are coming from a transgender person. Her conservative and evangelical readers laud her as “Sensible” on the issues while at the same time referring to her using transphobic slurs on social media.
A Hayton reader and supporter referring to her as a “Toon” in a casual conversation
Back in the USA, as recently as three days ago the widely respected newspaper The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Abigail Shrier that bellowed from the front page:
The Transgender War on Women is as real as the War on Christmas manufactured by radical Christians. It doesn’t exist. One can presume that Ms. Shrier was thrust into a panic when the House of Representatives prioritized the reintroduction off the Equality Act which would protect the civil rights of LGBTQ people living in the United States and defend them from targeted harassment and discrimination similarly to the one already implemented in the UK back in 2010. Efforts to introduce an American version of this act has already been struck down by the Republican majority senate twice before.
Hate crimes in America have been on a steep incline for three consecutive years since Donald Trump assumed the office of Presidency in 2016. After a string of political attacks targeting the trans community, from banning trans service members from the military to passing laws allowing first responders to legally refuse LGBTQ+ patients life saving medical care of it conflicts with their religious or moral convictions, prejudice has been emboldened by those believing their bigotry now comes with a Presidential stamp of approval.
And the mainstream media seems to be running with it. It sells papers; It feeds Trump’s base, all of them eager to consume anything that justifies their openly expressed venom toward minorities, especially transgender women.
With respect to Trans Visibility Week, it’s important to acknowledge just how we’re met when visible, online or otherwise, often due to reckless, irresponsible and inaccurate headlines that encourage the relentless, aggressive pursuit of a vulnerable minority who already suffer disproportionate instances of suicide, verbal harassment and physical assaults.
We mustn’t underestimate the devastating impact of their commitment to harm trans folks before audiences of millions.
Twitter Declines To Enforce Own Safety Guidelines When Trans Women Are the Targets
February 1, 2019 phaylen
In 2017, Twitter, the popular social media platform boasting 261 million users worldwide announced new guidelines to ensure the safety of its accoount holders from targeted harassment, bullying and incited violence. Although they’ve claimed to crack down on misgendering trans users, we’ve seen little change. In fact, it has been demonstrated repeatedly that these protections ensconced in their guidelines do not apply to the transgender community, nor are they enforced on behalf of us.
Even more disturbing is how Twitter actually did a full pivot on their own rule set which states:
Instead of protecting transgender users who are frequently targeted by religious extremists, bigots and trans exclusionary radical feminists, they started banning transgender folks instead.
Why? For using the word “TERF” — and acronym for the aforementioned Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist- which is a moniker given to those who do not believe that transgender women should be included in the feminist movement, nor will they acknowledge them as women at all. Often, TERFs use social media to organize malicious attacks, especially on higher profile transgender women, misgendering them, harassing them while provoking their followers to do the same. They believe transgender women are men and claim they pose a threat to women and children everywhere despite having absolutely nothing to substantiate this malformed logic except their own, deeply ingrained hatred.
While trans women who use Twitter have had to compromise their own comfort and emotional health to use the platform due to the relentless hysteria they’re met with every time they log in, more often than not, when trying to defend themselves, they end up being the one put in Twitter’s proverbial time-out, not their attackers.
@horridbaby Reported them but since Twitter is banning trans people speaking out against TERFS rather than the TERFs themselves – I’d imagine not much is going to happen.
— @CraigRoxy
Based on the breadth of reports, it appears that there's a certain word which Twitter's policy team has designated as a slur. The word is an acronym factually describing people who hold a certain category of transmisic belief and attempt to enforce it on others. This is bad.
— @ireneista
Anyways twitter has no morality when it comes to what will get your account suspended I've seen people get banned for cursing or saying "terf" but Ann Coulter can post the most racist and insensitive images and nothing! Please go report the tweet 2x as sensitive images and abuse!
— @blxnkie
Fascinating that Twitter will suspend accounts for saying "terf" but not the n-word, calling people fat, inciting harassment against trans people, etc. I've reported multiple abusive people with no results and yet a non-slur is getting people banned.
— @cafween
Hey twitter, stop banning people for calling out TERF bullshit. Our existence is not up for debate and you cannot treat both sides of this equally, as we wish to simply exist and they wish for us to be erased from society. Cut it out. TERFs can go to hell.
— @About20Donuts
Stefan gets to say shit like this but @missjules5x gets banned for saying TERF https://t.co/7sD4nKiHeM
— @KingLuddTalks
While transgender individuals and their allies are finding themselves hit with a ban for using the term TERF, those to whom the term applies are still rampaging across the platform using it to aggregate audiences of anti-trans support.
When a report is made over a tweet or, in most cases, entire accounts devoted to anti-trans vitriol designed to intentionally mislead the public, peddle dangerous misinformation and prejudices that provokes violence towards the trans community, this is typically Twitter’s response:
To be clear, free speech is not hate speech. While we are constitutionally guaranteed our right to our opinions, belief systems and cultural/political alignments, all too often, anti-trans activists leveraging social meddia ultimately turn it into a battlefield for trans people on the platform who are subjected to antagonistic actors simply for being there- simply for existing in the space.
This, in spite of Twitter’s own declaration that targeted harassment or abuse of an individual or group is against its rules. Indeed, Twitter is complicit in the mobilizing of TERFs and other hate groups or accounts whose sole purpose is to promote aggression toward transgender people as well as provoke others to do the same.
Twitter has, in the past, already demonstrated that they are not an ally, but a platform that permits hate-speech and bullying while punishing trans folks who either report, or those who have the audacity to fight back.
Graham Linehan’s Terrifying Transgender Obsession
January 26, 2019 phaylen
The British writer/comedian has made inciting violence and hatred toward transgender women a full time job via social media.
The 50 year old has become better known for his relentless twitter attacks on trans women- and those in the LGBT community who ally with them- than any of his former career achievements, one of which includes creating the beloved classic comedy sitcom “Father Ted.”
Ever since the proposal to reform the Gender Recognition Act in 2018 which would allow transgender individuals to self identify and receive legal recognition of their proper gender without the restrictive requirements previously in place that obstructed comfortable medical and social transition, Linehan has postured himself as one of the most vocal antagonists of transgender women on the platform. To an audience of over 650,000 followers, Linehan has made a practice of parroting misleading information, posting fear-mongering, anti-trans statements and attacking anyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation and even age (He has openly attacked Transgender children) who attempt to inform or correct his dangerous erroneous statements and open any meaningful dialog.
One of his favorite targets is Linda Riley, the out lesbian editor of Diva Magazine and Board director of the GLAAD organization. Riley has been a strong ally for the Transgender community and made great strides in dispelling myths created by people like Lineham which are intended to make cisgender women fear transgender women. Riley has worked tirelessly to unify the lesbian and transgender community of women who also identify as lesbian, acknowledging that gender identity and sexual orientation are unrelated to one another. A trans woman can, in fact, also be a lesbian, or straight, or asexual, bisexual or polyamorous. Riley has gone to great effort in her career to demonstrate that affording the rights to one letter of the LGBT acronym does not result in the removal of said rights from another.
Because of Riley’s support of the inclusion of trans women, she found herself placed firmly in Linehan’s crosshairs. Her refusal to condemn all transgender women, label them perverted men donning dresses to assault innocent women and children in private dressing rooms and public bathrooms, or preemptively convict them of crimes they’ve never committed, minority report style, infuriated Linehan. He dubbed her a Transgender sympathizer.
Linehan posts upwards of 20 times a day, and every single post rests solely on one topic… his staggering hatred of transgender women. His twitter account appears to be devoted entirely to targeting this community and inspiring attacks against us. He has introduced himself as the Great Straight Male Hope of women, especially lesbians, who he works diligently to convince suffer indelibly as a result of transgender women being allowed to exist. To the Trans exclusionary radical feminists, he has become something of a hero. To the rest of us, it’s clear that Linehan has done nothing more than leverage the ignorance and prejudices of others in order to amass an army of bigots who join him in his twitter tirades.
As Linehan presumed himself the spokesperson for lesbians around the globe- a misogynist maneuver if ever there was, ironically- Riley asked him to stop speaking on behalf of lesbians and allow them their own platform. Not an unreasonable request as Linehan has been literally propelling their opinions and statements- except they weren’t theirs… they were his. In response, Linehan posted a poll on his twitter timeline that immediately blew up in his face.
And there the truth sat before him. Most lesbians have no desire to be locked in a culture war with transgender women for the benefit of Linehan, nor do they feel compelled to exist in a state of perpetual unrest beneath the shared umbrella of LGBT activism simply to pander to his blatant bigotry. Most women know that Linehan’s rapid fire attacks on transgender women are not motivated by any desire to protect them, but instead to exact his own brand of vengeance and ceaseless bullying of an already vulnerable group of innocent people.
They refused to co-sign his targeted hatred or enable what has become a disturbing obsession Linehan has with transgender women altogether. Make note- Linehan never references transgender men in his missives which only further exposes his explicit interest in transgender women. He has mocked the disproportionate number of transgender suicides, berated lesbians who stand in support of transgender women and launched a barrage of scathing insults toward women who question his unhealthy fixation with trans women altogether claiming they are “Siding with their oppressors”
The reality is, women do not require Graham Linehan or any man to push them from their own platform so that he can do the talking for them. Nor do they require informing on what they should be worried about or who they should rail against. Linehan, despite it being demonstrated for him over and over again via his own vanity polls, refuses to concede that women are smart enough to speak for themselves. He prefers to believe women are fragile and dim-witted, so they must need him.
But, it is Linehan that needs them, actually. His efforts to develop a fanbase around his manufactured “Truths” intended to provoke outrage among women and lesbians while grooming them for his own makeshift war against transgender folks only elevates his status and serves his very personal agenda. He does this while convincing his followers that he is doing it for them… and that is masterful deception.
There is only one individual here guilty of misogyny and it isn’t your transgender neighbor… It’s Graham Linehan. The Alex Jones of the LGBT world- and he’s not even LGBT. He simply enjoys spewing rhetoric, complaining about transgender women and encouraging lesbians to pick up their proverbial swords to fight us so he can sit back and watch from his lofty perch. But even the worst of our society has varied on their targets. Katie Hopkins, for example, has said abhorrent things about everyone from overweight people to immigrants. Linehan, however, has zeroed in on one community with an alarming intensity, and he’s using women as his pawns.
The Future Of Trans Americans Still Hangs In The Balance
November 11, 2018 phaylen
It’s easy to get excited about the House Of Representatives becoming majority Democrat, but what does that really mean?
For transgender people, the last two years have exposed us to a steady onslaught of relentless attacks. From fear-mongering televised advertisements that posture us as inevitable sex predators to rile of the evangelical voters, to the attempted ban on transgender people serving in the military, the ban of the word “Transgender” or “Vulnerable people” in any missives between the CDC and the White House, the redactions of protections for transgender students in public schools and college campuses. Then came the establishment of the United States Department of Health and Human Services founding a new branch called The New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division intended to allow medical caregivers the right to refuse treatment to LGBT individuals citing their religious convictions.
Most recently, we’ve seen the proposal to remove us of from inclusions beneath the 1964 Civil Rights Act which will, consequentially, expose to to further acts of violence, discrimination and harassment. In a memo that was leaked to the Washington Post which had been drafted and amended by four judicial branches, the Department of Justice, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor since early 2018, it stated that the Obama Administration, by force “…wrongfully extend(ed) civil rights to people who should not have had them.”
Within days, Trump appointed renowned anti-LGBT attorney Eric Dreiband to the head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division who immediately sent a directive to the United States Supreme Court saying trans identifying people can now be fired without legal recourse.
The latest series of attacks came from all sides, fast and furious. In true Trump fashion, so many other stories dominated the headlines that the conversation, the outrage, the backlash disappeared within days, buried. This is truly the era where it seems impossible to keep up or even stay proactive when something new arises every day, provoking more shock, more fear and more cultural division.
But, transgender Americans were watching this election from the edge of their seats. We knew that the unfolding results had direct implications on our lives, our safety, our security and our future ability to thrive in this nation as an equal. There were throngs of cheers as Democrats swept the House of Representatives, but that alone cannot protect us from the political missiles ready to launch in our direction.
The House of Representatives has several powers assigned to it, including financial oversight, introducing or reforming revenue bills and even the ability to impeach a federal official- yes, they can move to impeach the President. However, what passes through the House must also pass through Senate… and if you, like millions of others, watched the election results come in on November 6th, you know that Republicans not only maintained control of the Senate, but picked up two seats.
The Senate can block every effort that the House of Representatives makes. This is the dark reality of having two branches each run by opposing factions. They don’t care about the issues as much as they care about keeping score. They vote with each other, not against each other. They are more like National Sports teams than a body intended to represent everyday folks like you and me. We must accept there is no bipartisan effort in government.
Even before all the votes had been counted, the future for transgender Americans began to look more bleak when Trump demanded the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions– who was, himself, notoriously anti-LGBT- and appointed a younger, more bigoted version of Sessions in the form of Matt Whitaker. A Man who has historically weaponized his political power against LGBT people. A man who insists that Federal Judges must rule by Biblical Law.
We trans folks and our allies can fight these immeasurably damaging lawmakers all the way to the Supreme Court, but Trump has been ahead of the ball, stacking the bench with Conservative Judges- and one specifically, Justice Kavanaugh, is very eager to please the President who defended him against multiple sexual assault claims to ensure his confirmation- a decision made by Senators who, unsurprisingly, voted along party lines to put him there for the duration of his lifetime despite evidence he may have perjured himself during his testimony.
It’s been hard for the nation to stay on course, however, with so many minorities coming under fire by Trump Administration and the venomous candidates he has devoted the last two years campaigning across the country for. Amidst blatant voter suppression, bombs sent to leaders of the Democratic Party by a Trump loyalist, more devastating gun violence, the latest at a Country and Western Bar in Thousand Oaks, California marking the 307th mass shooting since the beginning of the year, it’s easy for us to get lost in the chaos.
And it is chaos. The entire Nation is reeling.
As a Transgender person, I get a lot of critical feedback. Some are polite and some are violent threats. The argument most often posed to me is this:
Many people say; “There are just too few of you to matter.”
They can’t even agree on how many of us there are. All our detractors care about is there being more of “Them” than there are of “Us.” Those are the politics this administration relies on. Them vs. Us.
Trumpists vs. Immigrants.
Trumpists vs. Muslims
Trumpists vs. Transgender people
Trumpists vs. Women
Trumpists vs. People of Color
Everywhere you look, the Trump administration is starting a war on people. Their goal is to keep everyone scattered. Like a pride of Lions attacking a herd of wild buffalo, they keep the attacks coming with a rapid intensity, thus there is no time to organize against or even react to the last. They go for who they perceives as the weakest first. It is not unnatural, if you are a member of any of the disenfranchised communities that have suffered as a result of this cancerous presidency, to be concerned for your own fate or be hyper-focused on issues that explicitly target you. It’s hard to be angry with others for having already moved on from the discussion of my civil rights. That only happened two weeks ago, although it feels like years by now. As a social activist, or, more accurately, a humanist, it’s a challenge to determine where my own efforts are best served. Every day it feels like a new crisis and another marginalized community in need of our collective acknowledgment and more importantly, our compassion as acts of hate are emboldened and then escalated by Presidential rhetoric. He winds up his base with lies and fuels their white, cisgender, heterosexual anxieties over sharing spaces with people unlike themselves. He gives them a show, they give him unwavering loyalty. It isn’t entirely dissimilar to the time he was a mainstay on the World Wrestling Entertainment Stage. That was a gig Trump maintained for awhile, appealing mostly to those who enjoy watching others being kicked, punched and body slammed, but in a ring rather than at a rally. Although not a wrestler, he was combative sidebar; A character of antagonism and the audience loved him… and he loved the attention. Great entertainment for denizens of a sports bar, a tragedy for a country under his unqualified leadership.
For several years there has been talk about developing an Equalities Act, one akin to that already adopted by the United Kingdom in 2010. Again, for that to ever see the light of day, it would have to pass Senate. It does not, sadly, rely solely on the House of Representatives. In Senate, transgender Americans have absolutely no representation. While several trans candidates were elected to local and state offices, Vermont’s Christine Hallquist is the first trans person to win a Gubernatorial primary, but lost in the race Tuesday night. She immediately expressed her concerns for the future of transgender Americans and their potential loss of more rights.
The Department of Health and Human Services has already moved to replace references to “Gender” with “Sex” as they have decided- behind closed doors as the world spun off its axis and we were all distracted- that sex is binary and gender identity that contradicts genital does not exist, nor will it be acknowledged by government agencies despite scientific evidence that anatomy does not determine gender. This reformation of policies, not just from the Obama era, but as far back as 1964, will have far reaching implications, including limiting or removing our right to vote given that some are arguing the constitution directly references sex, not gender, and some have had their government documents amended to reflect their gender identity, not their birth assigned gender. If Republicans succeed in their efforts to remove insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, that will undoubtedly include those diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Suddenly, transgender people could find themselves without affordable access to medications vital to their health and emotional well being. Those in the House of Representatives claim they will prevent this when they assume office in January, 2019.
Kanye, Flat Earthers and the Rise of Free Thinkers
November 7, 2018 phaylen
That’s a fancy term, isn’t it? It’s actually a dangerous trend. Here’s why.
People who self-identify as “Free Thinkers” are growing in numbers at an alarming rate. From the perspective of a casual observer, these individuals parade themselves as an elite collective that have taken the proverbial red pill. To them, we live in a complex machination, a Matrix like world where all of us who possess a conscience- but not an elevated consciousness- are merely drones. We’re tendrils acting with uniform behaviors and our thoughts are not independent, but instead a reflection of some great hive mind that they, themselves, have managed to unshackle themselves from.
Everything is a lie, if you ask a Free thinker. The moon landing never happened, the Earth is flat, global mind control is plaguing society, wealthy lizard people are influencing the political direction of the Nation. To be fair, not every Free Thinker subscribes to all of these campfire conspiracy theories. Some adopt a decidedly different tactic and attempt to legitimize their attempt to swing away from reality using faux science and pack mentality. They find pockets of people who claim the Free-Thinker badge and spoon feed each other misinformation, propaganda and radical hyperbole as they enable each other’s further untethering from logic.
Throughout the decades, Free Thinkers came in various forms; Some were simply anarchists, interested in mostly in rebuking power and authority figures. Some were social rebels fighting against man-made traditions, cultural constructs and heavily embedded world views we accepted without resistance. They regarded themselves as uniquely informed and inarguably correct. With that gift of awareness that eluded most others, they perceive themselves as superior to the rest of us simpletons; Us worker ants trapped in a never-ending mechanism of primal habit and indoctrination, effectively blind to our own slavery of automated responses and thought.
There is something disturbing about today’s emergence of those who dub themselves Free Thinkers and that lies in the fact that they are functioning based on emotion, not thought, not logic, not facts. Science is abandoned, truths are a burden and reality, as it irrefutably exists doesn’t anymore thus is open to debate. This deviation from reason; This departure from the tangible world and its myriad of functions- they shirking of these things they embrace as a form of liberation.
It’s not liberation. It’s a wanton desire so impermeable that they have accepted a grotesque distortion of a fantasy in order to cope with adversity or appear as if they’ve been delivered some vast insight into the secrets of the universe that science has somehow missed altogether. They know things that even the most intelligent of our species clearly missed as we are prisoners of a singular structure. We do what we are allowed. We think within the boundaries of the thought police. We fear being detached from some make-shift mother organism and developing our own self governance or manifesting an unaided perspective or untainted opinion.
Many times we dismiss those who self-identify as “free Thinkers” as wild haired neurotics living in houses of tin foil. Some might say that Einstein was free-thinker, or Benjamin Franklin who went out into a lightening storm with a kite connected to a conductive wire. Bystanders surely though that was indisputably crazy. Maybe you could argue that Da Vinci whose genius allowed him access to experimentation and the development of new concepts. None of them dismissed reality, but by their very acceptance of it, they maneuvered to re-shape it.
These are not the Free-Thinkers of today. Today, free thinkers are, in fact, eager to place themselves in the shackles of control while convincing themselves that they’re actually absolving themselves of them. Kanye West, for example, a black man who has often defined himself as a free-thinker, aligned himself with his own oppressor. He deliberately omitted all cogniscence of social conditions in an effort to appear rebellious and exalted when he was actually handing his own fate to a man who, historically, would have refused him basic human rights. He expressed absolute disinterest in was was unquestionably bad for him- and all black Americans, with the intent of appearing separated from those of us who sat in disbelief.
“You wouldn’t do this, but look at me, everyone is telling me not to, but I am! I don’t do what everyone else does! I’m not a sheep! I’m a free thinker!”
No. You’ve been radicalized enough to declare yourself your own enemy. That’s not being a free thinker or indicative of any heightened awareness; That’s self sabotage. That’s intentionally wounding yourself while the world watches, hoping that we’ll believe your proclaimed divinity will keep you alive as you bleed out in front of a man who would have happily done that on your behalf. Abandoning common sense, refuting what we know to be true or false to aggrandize yourself isn’t free thinking… that’s one letting their own ego obstruct their judgement. It’s not innovating new concepts or ideas. It’s not pioneering new paths or demonstrating things we have never before seen or considered.
Gay or Trans Republicans, black people joining groups of white nationalists, people insisting the Earth is flat just to feel they’ve gone against the grain and that somehow makes them special. Listening to flat-Earthers attempt to provide evidence that the planet is disc-shaped and the shocking confidence they have in their presentation of a shared delusion is not only bizarre, but deeply disturbing.
The fact they have developed their own organization to legitimize their ostentatious ignorance and people have subscribed to it is only evidence of an inherent need some humans have to be, not just informed, but specially informed, like Moses standing atop Mount Sinai receiving a Godly message. They want to be recognized as a people set apart from the rest of us… just because it provides them a message or a purpose. It turns an otherwise ordinary life experience into an extraordinary mission of delivering what we now call alternative facts.
Many who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election viewed themselves as free-thinkers. That superhero-like free thought gave them the courage to rebuff their responsibility to their fellow Americans, to break the establishment, which they accept as bad, and turn it on its head. It was all about the ego of influencing change via the power they recklessly wielded at the polls. Vote for the reality television star, they thought, he’ll destroy the system and set us all free from ruin. Trump brilliantly played to that demographic; Those whose ego inevitably hamstrings their discernment. They operated under the impression that they were Trump’s chosen. The promises he made appealed directly to their prejudices and fears. He represented everything that went against what we know to be good; Equality, due process, freedom of the press and he conjured up a monolithic adult version of a boy’s club in a tree house. The red hat grants you access. It is the equivalent of the white hood, but they don’t see it that way. Falling into ranks behind a chest thumping tribal chieftain of the Republican party wasn’t flipping the middle finger to the system or executing free thought… it was, despite what they’ll tell you, an abandonment of civility and refusal to co-exist peacefully with others as they see themselves as superior. Because Free-Thinkers all see themselves as operating on a different plane of wisdom and expanded knowledge… in this case, we’re all left to pay the consequences for the mass hysteria the ensues.
There is an undeniable confusion that free-thinkers suffer from, and that is their inability to tell the difference between being an individual and being a revolutionary. Revolutionaries were the true free thinkers. Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King, the Wright brothers, Rosa Parks, Sylvia Rivera, the people who changed the world by changing minds and expanding our scope of appreciating the experiences of those who are not like us. They weren’t peddling conspiracies or burning down their own houses to demonstrate on behalf of those who would have done it for them. They did express free thought by shedding dismissing knowledge and suppressing their awareness of social evolution to give credibility to those who hoped to thwart it. They fought for a better world and an improved quality of life. They were not these absent-minded, hate motivated rebellious teenagers who balked at things like research, hard-line evidence and preached against a common good, they were indeed revolutionaries who challenged social injustices they knew were corrupt and removed them of their self sovereignty.
Free thinkers want to set themselves on fire to push back against those they deem controllers. Revolutionaries simply want to empower and inspire the rest of the world to make it a better place. They were devoted to a cause, as where free thinkers are mere followers of a mythical design and devoted only to self interest.
In the end, they only hurt themselves. We must rely on the revolutionaries to save us from the self appointed free thinkers.
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THE WINTER OF THE WITCH by Katherine Arden on sale 1/8
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Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen.
Reviewers called Katherine Arden’s novels The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower “lyrical,” “emotionally stirring,” and “utterly bewitching.” The Winternight Trilogy introduced an unforgettable heroine, Vasilisa Petrovna, a girl determined to forge her own path in a world that would rather lock her away. Her gifts and her courage have drawn the attention of Morozko, the winter-king, but it is too soon to know if this connection will prove a blessing or a curse.
Now Moscow has been struck by disaster. Its people are searching for answers—and for someone to blame. Vasya finds herself alone, beset on all sides. The Grand Prince is in a rage, choosing allies that will lead him on a path to war and ruin. A wicked demon returns, stronger than ever and determined to spread chaos. Caught at the center of the conflict is Vasya, who finds the fate of two worlds resting on her shoulders. Her destiny uncertain, Vasya will uncover surprising truths about herself and her history as she desperately tries to save Russia, Morozko, and the magical world she treasures. But she may not be able to save them all.
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Grigory Melkonyants and Ramil Akhmedgaliev on Court Dismissal of Golos Appeal
posted 30 Dec 2011, 05:45 by Rights in Russia [ updated 30 Dec 2011, 06:29 ]
Yesterday, 29 December, Moscow’s Meshansky district court upheld a 30,000 rouble fine levied against independent election watchdog Golos on 2 December 2011. On that day the court ruled that Golos had violated a law prohibiting news outlets from publishing polling data five days before an election. Rights in Russia was at the hearing and afterwards spoke with Grigory Melkonyants, deputy director of Golos, and Ramil Akhmedgaliev, Golos’ legal representative, a lawyer from the Agora Human Rights Association.
Grigory Melkonyants Ramil Akhmedgaliev
Rights in Russia: How would you assess the significance of today's court decision?
Ramil Akhmedgaliev: Today Meshchansky Court rejected our appeal. In fact what happened is that the court simply restated the earlier decision that had been issued by the magistrate. So far as procedural violations are concerned, the judge simply ignored them (I mean, violations of the principles that are at the basis of how a court should work: a court should consider an issue from all sides, in a full and objective manner, and treat prosecutor and defendant equally - the "equality of arms").
Grigory Melkonyants: What we see is that today’s court decision had already been prepared in advance and the court proceedings and our arguments were of no significance. The judge needed only twenty minutes to reach his judgment and write out his five-page decision, print it and hand us copies. The court system has once again shown that even the most absurd accusations can find support in court. In the event, the nature of the ‘sociological research’ of which we have been accused has still not been made clear to us. In the same way, not a single paragraph was cited during the court hearing. Not a single figure was quoted. None of the accusations were substantiated. Moreover, the charges only speak of posting research of this kind on the site www.golos.org. However, for some reason the case materials contained screen shots of reports of violations taken from the Map of Violations.
The Court did not react to the numerous procedural violations that had occurred in the first case, heard on 2 December, that had been seen by journalists and sympathisers present at the hearing. The court, however, took the view that everything had been in line with the law.
Rights in Russia: What will be your next steps?
Grigory Melkonyants: We shall petition for a judicial review of this decision and prepare an application to the European Court of Human Rights.
Photos: (c) Grigory Melkonyants and (c) HRO.org
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Property Rights Newsletta
February 18, 2011 - Issue #602
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need,
but not every man's greed"
HI Bill would allow drinkers to light up. SB708 would create a “smoking establishment permit” that would allow patrons of bars, cabarets and private clubs to legally smoke. There are bar owners who ignore the state’s smoking ban and risk fines and penalties, but this bill would give them the right to let their customers puff away — for a price. The cost of a permit runs from $1,000 to $3,000 and money generated would go into the state’s general fund. The bill would continue to ban smoking in restaurants with bars.
WA state considers allowing cigar smoking lounges. State lawmakers are looking into the possibility of allowing people to smoke cigars and pipes at some cigar lounges and tobacco shops... if you buy an endorsement. The cost of applying for the state endorsement would be $15,000 for cigar lounges, and $5,000 for tobacco stores. The stores would have to pay the fee every year to renew their endorsements.
Refuse to Hire Smokers? What's Next? By Pam Parker. To not hire a worker who chooses to use a legal product is wrong. While a hospital, or any property owner for that matter, should be free to make decisions on what may take place on private property, it doesn't own the bodies of its employees. What employees do legally on their own time is no business of any employer. Otherwise, we are taking a big step on a slippery slope with no clear end. What about people who use salt or sugar? Will prospective employees eventually be forced to give a sample in a cup to make sure they're under some predetermined limit? Will they be subjected to a body mass index test? Will we start to hear claims of "secondhand obesity" -- the danger of obese people making their nonobese friends gain weight?
IL: Tenants told to stop smoking or move. Once the transition year ends, a first violation of the smoking ban will cost tenants $350. A second violation will result in eviction. If the transition at Kingsbury is successful, Habitat said it might create a smoke-free environment in its other buildings.
KY: SAYS NO! Smoking ban repealed in Campbell County. Two newly appointed commissioners, who were elected partly because of their opposition to the ban, followed up on their campaign pledges, and voted in favour of a repeal.
NY: The 14th Annual Stoli & Stogies Dinner! 4/7/11 Sponsored by Uptown Cigar and Drew Estate. Includes all you can eat buffet, unlimited martinis, and 3 cigars
UT: Legislators Ill-advised in Moves Against Tobacco, Says Premium Cigar Association. “These kinds of proposals are ill-advised and should be dumped as bad ideas,” according to Chris McCalla, legislative director of the IPCPR which maintains that business owners should be left to decide for themselves to ban or not to ban and that Governor Gary R. Herbert has promised “no new taxes of any kind.”
WY: SAYS NO! Judge Day kills smoking ban. Ninth Judicial District Court Judge Timothy Day on Wednesday struck down the county-wide smoking ban passed by the Teton County Board of Health two years ago. Day said in a ruling the Smokefree Air Rule of 2009 not only was outside of the authority of the county board of health but that the act of passing it was unconstitutional.
France: Paris – A city of Smokers? By Peter Thurgood. Inside the area cordoned off by the plastic awning, it was comfortable and warm, and the waitress accepted me and my smoking habit with a friendly smile, and no irritating hand waving in front of her face, which we seem to experience in the UK. Other customers came and went, some smoked, some didn’t, but the atmosphere at all times was warm and friendly, just the opposite to the intolerance smokers are subjected to here in the UK.
Scotland: I smoke despite, or perhaps in spite of, the protestations of those who class me as a threat to society. MPs can smoke in certain areas of Westminster; Iain Gray surely manages to have a puff somewhere in Holyrood; prisoners can smoke – yet the Royal Edinburgh Hospital is now a no-go area for smokers and Belinda puts the case for continuing to keep psychiatric hospitals’ smoking rooms exempt. Even a non-smoker couldn’t argue with the validity of her argument.
Spain: Spanish bars report plunging sales since smoking ban. The FEHR last month launched an effort to obtain half a million signatures on a petition to demand that parliament change the legislation. It has also called for demonstrations in several towns and cities.
UK: The British Pub - A thesis on it's decline and fall. By Pete Robinson. The majority of front-line publicans were intelligent enough to have grave concerns. But their voice was drowned out by those upper echelons of the industry, men-in-suits, who presume to speak for us.
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Psychology News > Gambling Addiction
Brain structure could predict risky behavior
Some people avoid risks at all costs, while others will put their wealth, health, and safety at risk without a thought. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that the volume of the parietal cortex in the brain could predict where people fall on the risk-taking spectrum.
Led by Ifat Levy, assistant professor in comparative medicine and neurobiology at Yale School of Medicine, the team found that those with larger volume in a particular part of the parietal cortex were willing to take more risks than those with less volume in this part of the brain. The findings are published in the Sept. 10 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.
Although several cognitive and personality traits are reflected in brain structure, there has been little research linking brain structure to economic preferences. Levy and her colleagues sought to examine this question in their study.
Study participants included young adult men and women from the northeastern United States. Participants made a series of choices between monetary lotteries that varied in their degree of risk, and the research team conducted standard anatomical MRI brain scans. The results were first obtained in a group of 28 participants, and then confirmed in a second, independent, group of 33 participants.
"Based on our findings, we could, in principle, use millions of existing medical brains scans to assess risk attitudes in populations," said Levy. "It could also help us explain differences in risk attitudes based in part on structural brain differences."
Levy cautions that the results do not speak to causality. "We don't know if structural changes lead to behavioral changes or vice-versa," she said.
Levy and her team had previously shown that risk aversion increases as people age, and we scientists also know that the cortex thins substantially with age. "It could be that this thinning explains the behavioral changes; we are now testing that possibility," said Levy, who also notes that more studies in wider populations are needed.
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US, China reach agreement on return of US underwater drone
The US said it has reached an agreement with China on Saturday on the return of a US Navy underwater drone that raised tensions when it was seized by the Chinese earlier this week.
"We have registered our objection to China's unlawful seizure of a US unmanned underwater vehicle operating in international waters in the South China Sea," spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement.
"Through direct engagement with Chinese authorities, we have secured an understanding that the Chinese will return the [vehicle] to the United States."
The Pentagon did not provide details about what the agreement entailed.
The Chinese Defence Ministry said it had agreed to hand over the craft "in an appropriate manner," the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Spokesman Yang Yujun said the drone had been seized out of safety concerns and examined in a "professional and responsible manner."
The Chinese had harsh words for the United States, saying its "unilateral move to dramatize the issue in the process is inappropriate, and not conductive to its settlement."
"China resolutely opposes [US surveillance activities], and demands that the US side should stop such activities. China will continue to be vigilant against the relevant activities on the US side, and will take necessary measures in response," Yang said.
Meanwhile, US president-elect Donald Trump blasted China for what he called an "unprecedented act."
"China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unprecedented act," Trump said on Twitter, correcting an earlier tweet for which he was ridiculed for calling the act "unpresidented".
The US and China have previously clashed over the South China Sea amid territorial disputes between Beijing and its neighbours. China has also intercepted US military aircraft in the region before, most prominently provoking an international incident by capturing a US spy plane early in George W Bush's presidency.
China seized the underwater vehicle in the South China Sea, the Pentagon said on Friday.
The drone known as an ocean glider was being used to collect military oceanographic data as part of routine operations near the Philippines when a Chinese Navy PRC DALANG III-Class ship intercepted it, Cook said.
The US Navy contacted the Chinese ship to ask for the return of the vessel, but was ignored, Cook said.
Territorial disputes and navigation issues in the South China Sea have caused tensions between China, its neighbours and the United States.
New satellite images this week showed China has significantly strengthened its military capabilities on contested islands in the South China Sea.
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Team USA Starts WC Quest Today
Team USA will start their quest for WC gold today at 7:15 pm EST at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, NS, Canada. Their opponent will be Latvia. The Americans will start off in the B group which includes Latvia, Slovenia and Canada. While team USA has loaded up on young talent, they aren't even the favorites for their group or for gold or silver. Canada and Russia have those honors.
But the youngsters can make some noise. Especially now, which seems this is the year where the torch has been passed to a new generation of hockey players. Team USA's development program has paid dividends with gold and solid competitive edge in the U18 group for the past couple of years. Now many of those players have come to age.
While there still seems to be the standard veterans that pepper the line up, like Robert Esche (who didn't play in the NHL this season, but in the Russian Super League) and Zach Parise (New Jersey Devils), now there are new faces in the USA sweater. Young talent like David Booth (Florida Panthers), Patrick Kane (Chicago Blackhawks), Peter Mueller (Phoenix Coyotes) and James Wisniewski (Chicago Blackhawks) get their chance on a bigger stage. Former Capital Jeff Halpern takes captain honors from current Capital Chris Clark, who is still nursing a bad groin.
It's all about experience, something that will be needed in two years time when the Winter Olympics rears it's ugly head. How these youths perform will be something to take some interest in now and could predict Team USA's chances in 2010. The group Team USA has been placed will be no easy task with Canada in the mix and will most likely be the toughest team to play on their home soil.
Team USA's chemistry seems okay as they won easily against Team Sweden in an exhibition game 5-1. Their camp in Portland, Oregon seemed to be productive and the team gelled well. They would have to, with the two favorites Russia and Canada picked to play in the gold medal game with inflated rosters. One thing is for sure, this new group should prove to be an exciting bunch to watch, and of course they are my dark horse for the gold medal game.
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See all the reviews for the Banbury Cross Players production of Ghosts here
Henrik Ibsen in a version by Mike Poulton
society/company: Banbury Cross Players (directory)
venue: The Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Pk Road, Banbury, OX16 5QE
reviewer/s: Alex Wood (Sardines review)
I was very impressed by this production.
Mike Poulton's adaptation gives the play a 21st century freshness which at the same time pays proper respect to the original. That he is able to do this, of course, reflects very well on the way Ibsen's play lays bare themes which are still totally relevant today, over a hundred years since the play was written; which is why the play is a classic.
Ghosts - the things that we prefer not to talk about - are everywhere, most notably for thethree adult characters in the play.
At its centre is Helen Alving, caught in the trap of trying to preserve her late husband's reputation, in spite of despising his memory as a drunken lech, as a means of saving her own. As well as this she feels a deep need to protect her son, especially when she discovers the he has inherited his father's disease.
A huge role, hardly ever off the stage, Hilary Beaton plays it with impressive understanding and empathy. Utterly believable - especially in the final scene with Osvald.
Pastor Manders is an old family friend. He possesses an unwordliness combined with a moralistic approach to the world and its problems. But there is another ghost here -he encouraged Helen Alving to marry the man who became her tormentor, but has never realised the nightmare he pushed her into until she reveals how unhappy she is.
Phillip Croxson is ideal as the niaive man who sees himself as her confidant and advisor, so palpably shocked when he realises otherwise.
Jacob Engstrand is a very fallible man - as he is willing to remind one and all - whose apparently hopeless aspect is a cover for a very scheming bad sort and abusive father.
Surprising then that this character provides some light relief in this tense masterpiece and Anthony Collier clearly took on this challenge with enthusiasm, skill and a good deal of very good comic timing, whilst never allowing us to forget what Engstrand is really about.
Ben Harwood gives his all and duly impresses as the tortured Osvald - at first the rather louche young artist, back from his soujourn in Paris, becoming more unsettled as the play progresses and the ghosts emerge. His pleas to his mother at the end of the play reminding me of Hamlet in his scene with Gertude.
Regina Engstarnd is a smaller but important role, played with great confidence by Katy Roberts. Her fury on her discovery that she is no longer wanted in the Alving household is extremely well-observed.
With a very fine set by Richard Ashby this play, directed by John McCormick, was a fitting finale to another great season by Banbury Cross Players.
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Steve Angello Interview
There’s Steve Angello the DJ, the producer, the label owner and the larger-than-life member of the Swedish House Mafia, but Steve Angello the designer? At just 28, this shining light of the electronic scene has grand plans for world domination.
“I'm doing a couple of collaborations with a couple of different designers and a couple of labels,†he says. “I'm going to have sneakers done, tracksuits, varsity jackets. People ask for it so there's a demand.
Angello knows a bit about being in demand. Alongside Sebastian Ingrosso and Axwell as the Swedish House Mafia, he has rocked clubs from Miami to Sheffield. As a solo producer, DJ and label owner meanwhile, he has built a deserved reputation as one of the hardest-working names on the scene.
His Size imprint is routinely checked as one of the finest purveyors of quality house, electro and techno, while his steady production output - both under his name and his Mescal Kid moniker - see his tunes hammered by the best in the business.
Now Australia-bound for the Creamfields national tour, Angello reveals Aussie audiences can look forward to some exclusive content from his eagerly-anticipated artist album as well as a taste of his Size Matters events, which he has been road-testing throughout Europe and the US over the past six weeks.
“I've been developing a set for Australia,†he says. “The first time I'll ever play it will be for Australia; I'm holding it really really tight, I haven't even played it for Sebastian or Axwell. The thing is when you leave Australia the only thing you think about is to come back. I've really been looking forward to it. It's been a while so I'm excited to be back.â€
Speaking from Los Angeles, where he is now based six months a year, Angello is refreshingly confident about the future of the global electronic scene, despite doomsdayers continuing to predict its demise.
The United States in particular, he says, is a region about to explode, pointing to the recent crossover success of artists like David Guetta as examples of how dance music can penetrate the fickle American music industry.
“I've been working so hard with the American scene,†he says. “I've been coming here for years and … I think if you make it in America - with 300 million people - you're going to have a great time.
“I think it's a good time right now for dance music in America … there's going to be a lot of dance music penetrating the charts this year. We're (also) in a good spot right now to communicate with bigger brands and get people to see what we're doing in dance music. It's a good time for artists and labels to grow.â€
While acknowledging that times have certainly changed, Angello believes dance music artists are better placed than most to evolve with the changing musical landscape.
“When I used to DJ when I was a kid I went to buy ten vinyls and I kept those ten vinyls for a whole year; it was something special,†he says.
“Music today is becoming fast food, unfortunately. An album is out and it's old in three weeks. Dance music has a big chance because all of us guys are so productive already.â€
America, Angello believes, is where the next chapter of his career will be written. While he still plays around Europe - and in Sweden - he is now firmly focused on his artist album, and it's in LA where he believes he will do his greatest work.
“LA is a great place for me,†he says. “I needed a change and I needed a changed environment to stay inspired. [Here] I have the biggest record labels in the world, I have all the biggest artists in the world. There's a lot going on in America right now. I'm going to continue to be here for a few years and see what we can do about this dance music thing.â€
While the workaholic has booked a studio and hopes to get to work with our own Dirty South in his down time in Australia, he is on a tight schedule for a much more important reason.
“I'm having a baby the day after I finish my tour so I need to get home pretty quick after I'm done over there.â€
Steve Angello plays Creamfields at Southern Cross Fields Monday May 3.
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Penn State Football: What To Know About Attending College GameDay On Saturday
by Ben Jones on October 16, 2017 9:28 PM
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As you may have heard, College GameDay is broadcasting live from State College this weekend outside of Old Main.
And if you haven't heard, well, spoilers.
Additionally, College Football Live will originate from the set around 3 p.m. Friday. There will also be several SportsCenter segments from the set Friday afternoon and early Saturday morning.
In either case there are plenty of details to know prior to show if you want your face on national TV.
Regulations for Fans Interested in Standing in the GameDay “Pit”
The following regulations will be in place, per ESPN and Penn State, for fans who are interested in standing in the “pit” near the College GameDay stage (show is free of charge):
Fans may begin lining up for access to the pit Saturday at 4 a.m. ET, with the pit being open at approximately 6:30 a.m. (no overnight camping)
Fans entering the pit will be screened by security using metal detection wands
No bags, backpacks or purses are permitted
No offensive, vulgar, inappropriate or solicitation signage will be allowed (i.e., no political, religious, or .com, .org, .net signage)
No signs or flags on a stick
No pens, pencils, markers or dry erase boards
No food or drinks
Throwing of objects is prohibited
Transportation and Parking Recommendations for Fans Attending College GameDay
Penn State is making the following transportation and parking recommendations for fans who plan to attend College GameDay. The Beaver Stadium parking lots will open at 8 a.m.
Students who live on campus are encouraged to walk to Old Main lawn or take the CATA White or Blue Loop bus and walk from stops on Burrowes Street or the Schlow Library on Beaver Avenue (White) or intersection of College Avenue and Allen Street (Blue).
Students who live off campus and State College residents are encouraged to walk to Old Main or take the CATA bus and walk from the Schlow Library stop on Beaver Avenue.
Students and fans who plan to park near College GameDay location
For fans who plan to drive to attend College GameDay, there are three downtown parking garages that are within three blocks of the Old Main lawn that have hourly rates: the Beaver Avenue Garage, the Fraser Street Garage and the Pugh Street Garage. Metered street parking also is available downtown.
There also are four parking garages on campus: East, Eisenhower, HUB and Nittany parking decks. There is a flat fee of $25 to park in the University decks on football game day.
Fans who plan to park in Beaver Stadium lots and attend GameDay
Fans who have a Beaver Stadium parking permit and plan to park in their game day space and then attend College GameDay are encouraged to walk to Old Main (1.3 miles) or take the CATA White or Blue Loop bus to downtown and walk (2-3 blocks).
Fans can pick up the CATA White Loop near the Northbound lane of University Drive, just south of the intersection with Hastings Road and outside Gate D of the Bryce Jordan Center. The White Loop also stops in front of the Intramural Building and makes three more stops as it heads west on Curtin Road. Fans can walk from Schlow Library to Old Main.
Fans can pick up the CATA Blue Loop on Curtin Road in front of McCoy Natatorium and Shields Building and walk from the intersection of College Avenue and Allen Street to Old Main.
Ben Jones
Ben Jones covers Penn State football and basketball for StateCollege.com. He's on Twitter as @Ben_Jones88.
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Home from Hospital, State College Teenager Begins Long Recovery After Shooting
by Geoff Rushton
A State College teenager was permanently blinded in his right eye when he was shot at point-blank range with an air gun on Friday night.
But 13-year-old middle school student Jason Anderson is determined not to let the injury hold him back.
"He’s determined not to let this ruin his life," Amy Omo-Osagie, Anderson's mother, said on Monday night. "He said ‘I’m still going to play
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SO SOHA The Series
Click Here to Watch SO SOHA Season Two!
SO SOHA SEASON TWO is officially upon us! Check out the trailer below, and like and follow us ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE for all the latest info and episodes!
What up from South Harlem! The ladies of SO SOHA are back for round two. Will they continue to nibble their way through the Big Bad Apple, or will this city eat them alive?! Join us for a new episode every week and find out! www.sosohatheseries.com
SO SOHA is an award-winning web series from RoundTable Productions about three young women living together in South Harlem, New York City's newest up-and-coming (ie. affordable) neighborhood. Gale, an inner-city schoolteacher, is trying to reach her students. Steph, an aspiring musical theater actress, is trying to catch her big break. Jenna, a model/cocktail waitress, is just trying to catch a clue. In Season One, these three roommates navigated the choppy waters of love, career opportunities, and friendship - all while trying to take a bite out of the Big Apple.
Phoebe Halkowich (Gale)
Phoebe Halkowich was born in Margate, Fl and quickly found her life on the stage...often in partnership with her brother Oliver in their famed “Fred and Ginger” showstoppers. Phoebe is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and has trained at the British American Drama Academy, Shakespeare and Co., and with the American Mime Theatre. She is a resident actor with Writopia, New York’s playwriting workshop for children, and is a contributor to A Gathering of Tribes Artist collective. The New York stage has seen Phoebe in memorable roles such as Florrie in Clifford Odet’s Waiting for Lefty at the 45th st theatre, and the White Slave in Desiree Burch’s Tar Baby, under the direction of Isaac Byrne. In 2013 Ms. Halkowich made her film debut in Stephanie Domini’s 1930’s period short, A Cool Dark Place, which just showed at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. She currently studies acting with the Anthony Abeson and is cowriting a play with Tribes founder and award winning poet/author Steve Cannon. Phoebe is grateful for the hard work and faith of RoundTable Productions, and is an awe of her powerhouse co-stars and friends, Ms. Pearce and Ms. Dobrinich. www.phoebehalkowich.com
Sara Dobrinich (Steph)
Sara Dobrinich loves her So Soha family and is stoked to be a part of this project. She is a NY based actor with a BFA in Musical Theatre from Emerson College. She just released her own original web series called Topanga's Canyon. Other credits include video tutorials with Tresemme, production singer on Celebrity Cruise Line's Constellation, and improv training at The PIT-NYC. Sara's theatre credits include such shows as, "Hairspray" at the John Engeman Theatre, "The Three Sisters," Shrunken Shakespeare Company, "The Marvelous Wonderettes," Penobscot Theatre Company and more.
For updates and info check out www.saradobrinich.com. To view her spoof series on Topanga from Boy Meets World, go to www.topangascanyon.com.
Katelyn Pearce (JENNA)
Katelyn Pearce is a graduate of the Stella Adler Conservatory and also holds a BA in Political Science and English from DePaul University. She has been working professionally as an Actress, Model and Producer in NYC since 2012. She recently played "Olivia" in LIMITLESS and had the great fortune to be directed by Marc Webb. Katelyn was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the NYC Web Fest for her portrayal of "Jenna" . Some other credits include: WE REMEMBER (Alison, co-producer, dir. John A Gallagher); GAME ON (Vanessa, dir. Rob Margolies); MY DIRTY LITTLE SECRET (Guest Star, Investigative Discovery Channel); MANSIONS AND MURDER (Guest Star, Investigative Discovery Channel); JARED POSTS A PERSONAL (Special Agent Veronica Bikini). Katelyn is ecstatic to be a part of such an awesome team, and especially grateful to TJ Clark for writing a character with such a zest for life and the (perfect?) amount of crazy. To learn more about Katelyn, check out her website: www.katelynpearce.com
Katelyn is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA.
TJ Clark (DAN)
TJ is a writer, actor and proud graduate of the Syracuse University Drama Program. Since moving to New York, he has been an active participant in the independent theater scene. He has performed at the American Theater for Actors, and The Theater for the New City (among other venues of various shapes and sizes) and has been involved in many companies including The Electric Pear, The Red Fern, The Araca Group, and The Lark. TJ is a founding member of Round Table Productions and served as producer and creator of their inaugural web-series "So SOHA". More information is available at tjclark86.wix.com/tjclarkactor.
Jordan Yanco (Various)
Jordan prides himself on making his clients' accents sound flawless.
After being featured on “Sesame Street” at the age of five, his childhood obsession with character voices, accents, and impressions later led him to stand-up comedy, where he won a Jerry Seinfeld Impersonation Contest at The Comic Strip in New York City.
Round Table Productions first met Jordan at the So SOHA table read, and since then, he went on to be "Jordan-of-all-trades" - helping with everything from sound, lighting and slating, to playing several characters in "So Soha" and helping both actors and crew with accents wherever necessary.
His guilty pleasures include 90′s grunge karaoke, BBQ, and New Jersey Devils hockey. He swears he watches MTV’s Teen Mom for accent research.
Jordan wishes to thank Round Table Productions for allowing him to be a part of this amazing opportunity.
Christopher James Raynor (JOE)
Christopher James Raynor is incredibly proud to be an original and founding member of RoundTable Productions, standing alongside such immense and inspiring talent! He hails from Silver Spring, MD, moving to this amazing city in 2000, and has never looked back.
He is ever so grateful to say that he has the training along with a Fine Arts Degree from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts and the Stella Adler Studio. With this training, he has had the fortune of performing on stage, on TV and in films. His most recent stage appearance was as Cassio in the greatest wordsmiths' play, Othello. This was a role he always desired the chance to perform.
Christopher has the fortune of working with another incredible company, Rags to Riches Productions, and can currently be seen in festivals as the lead in their latest short film, "The Ephesian", as well as co-starring in their last award winning feature production, "Greencastle".
His television credits include a featured role in Biography Channel's "Celebrity Close Calls", as well as "Celebrity Ghost Stories".
Being a huge kid at both heart and with perception of the world, he continues to inspire and be inspired by the young dreamers daily. He has the distinct privilege and fortune of being the most Senior Teaching Artist of the amazing program Ballroom Basix, which has reached over 4,000 students in 5 years.
He would be both passionless and lost without the constant love, support and encouragement from his family and friends. He especially would be a drifting soul sans the incredible love one amazing mother. Go! Do! Feel! Live.
Adam Keane (JAYDEN)
Adam Keane is so excited to make his web debut on So SOHA. The cast was amazing and it was great to be a part of it! He has just booked a lead role in the short film "Before Breakfast" set to shoot in July. Adam was also in Scholastic Superscience Magazine. He loves to be a part of his drama club at school and has had lead roles for the last two years in Footloose and Bye Bye Birdie. Adam has trained with Ann Gray Graf in the "Actors Garage" taking group and private lessons. He also loves to sing and takes voice lessons. This summer he is looking forward to his third summer at USDAN- a creative and performing arts camp.
Samara Amat (ANGELA)
Samara has been performing professionally since the age of 9. She has appeared in several commercials, including those for Time Warner, Nickelodeon, Chuck E. Cheese, and international commercials for Dawn Bleach Alternative. She also been the voice on radio spots heard on many stations, including Radio Disney. Her film credits include an award-winning film at the Tribeca Film Festival, A Birder's Guide to Everything. As an actress, host, and voiceover talent, she has appeared in many award-winning industrials.
In addition to acting, she has been a model and fit-model for many clothing brands, including Disney, J. Lo, and Mary-Kate and Ashley.
Matthew J Harris (LAWRENCE)
Matthew J. Harris is a BFA graduate from Rutgers University. NY theatre credits include: A Midsummer Nights Dream (Classical Theatre of Harlem) Trouble:A New Rock Musical (NYMF) Macbeth (Pulse Ensemble Theatre). Regional credits include: In The Heights (The Walnut Street Theatre) Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Nights Dream(Shakesperience Inc.) Comedy of Errors (Theatre at Monmouth) Treasure Island(Cumberland Theatre) The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi ( Mile Square Theatre).Matthew is also a frequent Hip-Hop dancer, teacher, and choreographer. www.matthewjharris.net
Peter Oliver (NORMAL GUY)
Pete is a native New Yorker, so stop telling him 'this is the best pizza he'll ever have', it's not... okay? As an actor he has been beaten up by a girl's lacrosse team on Law and Order, served Gene Shalit popcorn, and has been fully naked in both an opera at BAM and a non-musical version of Yentl. He thinks you should watch So SOHA, because it will be funny with a tinge of humanity.
Gabriel Wright (BEEFCAKE)
A South Carolina native, Gabriel Wright has performed and appeared in many various plays, shows, and films across the country. Some of which include, Othello (off broadway), American Games (off broadway), A Lesson in Blood, regional productions of Chicago, Avenue Q, The Wiz, Hairspray, Blue, Chocolate On The Outside, Peter Pan, and Army Wives. Check out his latest upcoming projects at www.gabriel-wright.com.
TJ Clark (CREATOR/WRITER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)
Lauren Terilli (DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)
Lauren Terilli, a native/ current New Yorker (and ex-Angeleno), holds a BFA in drama from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has been working professionally as an actor since the age of 11, when she was paid a handsome $50 salary for her work as Louisa Von Trapp in a community theater production of The Sound of Music. Since then, she has been fortunate to study under the likes of David Mamet, Clark Gregg, William H Macy, and Felicity Huffman at the Atlantic Theater Company's prestigious Acting School (both through NYU and the exclusive Los Angeles program), perform for legendary producer/director Joseph Cates in his pilot Talk Show, and appear in the Lifetime network's commercial series The Millennium Project. She also served espresso to Robert DeNiro a couple of times... that was super cool.
ACTOR CREDITS: Regional: THE WOMEN (NYU/Atlantic Theater, Paul Urcioli dir.); JOHNNY PANIC AND THE BIBLE OF DREAMS (NYC Fringe Festival Selection); SEXTUPLE INDEMNITY (NYC Fringe Festival Selection); DOWN IN THE FACE OF GOD (World Premier, Caitlin Hart dir.) Film/ TV: TALK SHOW (Pilot, Joseph Cates dir.); REUNION (Short, Clark Gregg exec producer); CUPID AND EROS (Web Series, Avi Glijansky dir.); SILVER LAKE BADMINTON AND ADVENTURERS CLUB (Web Series, Matthew Smith dir.).
DIRECTOR CREDITS: SO SOHA (Award-Winning Webseries); TEREZIN: CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST (New York/ Long Island Tour); DENMARK (Audience Favorite, Strawberry Theater Festival, NYC).
Lauren is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. www.laurenterilli.com
Katelyn Pearce (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CASTING DIRECTOR)
Katelyn is an Actress, Model and first time producer of So SOHA. After receiving her BA in Political Science and English from DePaul University in Chicago, Katelyn moved to NYC to attend the Stella Adler Conservatory. Some credits include a starring role on Investigative Discovery's new series: The Help (working title); a scantily clad Crystal on upcoming series Flesh and Bone (Starz); Special Agent Veronica Bikini on the hit comedy web series Jared Posts a Personal, and her performance of Samantha Owns in the award winning feature film, Gravedigger, for which she received rave reviews. Katelyn is ecstatic to be a part of such an awesome team, and especially grateful to her loving boyfriend, TJ Clark, for writing Jenna, a character with such a zest for life and with the (perfect?) amount of CRAZY. And as always, she is thankful to her amazing grandfather, mother and the rest of her family. If you'd like to learn more, follow her on twitter and instagram @katelynkpearce, and check out her website: www.katelynpearce.com… which she makes an effort to updated on a semi-regular basis.
Jordan Yanco (ASSOCIATE PRODUCER)
Christopher James Raynor (ASSOCIATE PRODUCER)
Snyder Derival (DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)
With a passion and determination for creative storytelling Snyder Derival has been steadily working in the industry since 2009. Upon graduating with a bachelor in film from Full Sail University Snyder moved to New York to further his career as a cinematographer. Since then, he has worked on several commercials, music videos, documentaries, and over a dozen narratives.www.snyderderival.com
Catch up on our award-winning first season here!
From RoundTable Productions comes So SOHA, a hilarious new web series about three girls living together in southern South Harlem, NYC.
Gale drops a bomb that Steph and Jenna just can't deal with.
When her roommates get too caught up in their own New York lives, Gale decides that she needs to find a new gay bestie.
Some people make living in New York look so easy; Steph realizes it never really is.
Jenna decides that she knows the best way to comfort Steph.
SO SOHA SEASON TWO
In SO SOHA's Season Two opener, Gale decides to plan Steph's birthday party... but quickly realizes she's in way over her head.
Jenna finally goes on her date with "nice guy" Joe.
After another professional rejection, Steph decides to up her audition game.
The ladies commiserate over their current employment situations; Jenna gets a new job.
In SO SOHA's season two finale, the SOHA ladies do what they can to complete the pact.
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county. the permits last for five yearses, and can be issued to colorado residents who are legally able to own a gun, pass a background check, take a hand gun training course, and not be a threat to themselves or >> the reality, a citizen has no less authority, or a right to dead themselves than i do as a police officer. >> last year, the larimer county sheriff's office, revoked 22 permit holders. >>> a denver police officer killed in the line of duty received a special recognition. it's part of his mission to r to protect and serve. >> reporter: at the corner of 41st in teholm, one of denver's finest finally received his due. >> the reminder to the citizens of denver of sacrifices that year. >> reporter: detective darrell sewer are was protecting his family. >> he placed the muzzle of a gun against the woman's head. sewer responded immediately. >> reporter: after a confrontation with the other robbers, sewer was shot in the chest. his wife poured hot coffee on the men. >> strikes closer to the heart of all of us. >> reporter: to help no of other officers who have given their lives in t
county. the permits last for five yearses, and can be issued to colorado residents who are legally able to own a gun, pass a background check, take a hand gun training course, and not be a threat to themselves or >> the reality, a citizen has no less authority, or a right to dead themselves than i do as a police officer. >> last year, the larimer county sheriff's office, revoked 22 permit holders. >>> a denver police officer killed in the line of duty received a special...
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brad pitt. they carried six yearsing a -- married six years ago and have six children. jolie cites irreconcilable differences but pitt's use of marijuana and anger problems are behind it. pitt say itself what matters most is the welfare of the children. a popular breakfast food is on the recall list. waffle would make you sick. >> reporter: there is a problem with the new iphone 7. next at 5:00 the strange jim dunlap: too many nevada police officers have been killed in the last few years. the truth is, we make it too easy for criminals and the dangerously mentally ill to buy guns. they get them at gun shows or online from strangers, no questions asked. so here's something we can do to honor the fallen: close the background check loophole. in states that have closed the loophole, nearly half as many police officers have been shot and killed in the line of duty. background checks save lives. >>ed family of a young girl who died in a lawsuit. how much the county is agreeing to pay the family for their loss. >> life is beautiful just days away in downtown las vegas. coming up brand new
brad pitt. they carried six yearsing a -- married six years ago and have six children. jolie cites irreconcilable differences but pitt's use of marijuana and anger problems are behind it. pitt say itself what matters most is the welfare of the children. a popular breakfast food is on the recall list. waffle would make you sick. >> reporter: there is a problem with the new iphone 7. next at 5:00 the strange jim dunlap: too many nevada police officers have been killed in the last few...
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lives, but the if you look at that last 100 yearses and the rate of improvement, the pace of change really hasn't changed, and so we should expect more of it. >> host: soothe woolley is the -- scott woolley is the author of this book, "the network." thanks for being our guest. >> guest: thanks so much for having me. >> for campaign 2016, c-span continues on the road to the white house. >> we are going to get things done, big things. that's who we are as americans. >> we will have one great american future. our potential is unlimited. >> ahead, live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debate withs on c-span. the c-span radio app and c-span.org. monday, september 26th is the first presidential debate live from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. then on tuesday, october 4th, vice presidential candidates governor mike pence and senator tim kaine debate at longwood university in farmville, virginia. and on sunday, october 9th, washington university in st. louis hosts the second presidential debate leading to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and do
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in the line of duty 14 yearsing a. he wrecked speed chase on the belt line. the officer served with raleigh plus for 7 years. >>> the down of smithfield has a new police chief and he is no stranger to johnston county. mike scottown manager mike scott promoted keith powell to the police chief. ceremonies are taking place this weekend to commemorate 15 years since the 9/11 terror attacks. the 18th airborne honored the victims with a gun salute and wreath laying ceremony yesterday at fort bragg. >> the metal caldron that houses the flame was made from center. >>> you can find more on the 9/11 remember ands ceremonies happening over the weekend. right now, on w nc n.com. there is a link on the home page >>> the time now is 6:07. a burned down mill in hillsboro might have a new future if developers get their way. coming up here, the multi- million dollar plans. >>> and in tornadoes were confirmed. up next, some of the footage captured. >>> we still have a warm one, 74 degrees outside of raleigh durham international airport. i'll let you know exactly check out this video. four confirmed t
in the line of duty 14 yearsing a. he wrecked speed chase on the belt line. the officer served with raleigh plus for 7 years. >>> the down of smithfield has a new police chief and he is no stranger to johnston county. mike scottown manager mike scott promoted keith powell to the police chief. ceremonies are taking place this weekend to commemorate 15 years since the 9/11 terror attacks. the 18th airborne honored the victims with a gun salute and wreath laying ceremony yesterday at...
Fox 5 Morning News @ 4:30 : WTTG : September 1, 2016 4:30am-5:00am EDT
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delays in the del past. in fact, the u t.s.he open men's final was postponed five yearse in a row because of wetet weather.he that was from 2008 to 2012. 201 and i don't know if you guysuy have actually seen this, ifhis,f you see he a wider picture p it's cool because arthur ashe stadium they couldn't build the roof on it.the of o it's almost like a big pop-up. u >> that's pretty cool.t' >> reporter: the structures that actually holds the roortfer is amazing in and of itself. it. >> let the games begin. b thanks holly.anks holly. >>> coming up on fox news morning, two thieves decide to use a hammer to rob a local 7-eleven.7-el >> and the nation's high courtrt issues a ruling on north carolina's voter i.d. law. i.d.. >> also a we head to break a tok live look across the d.c.. region.regi it's 4:41 and it's a very nice 76 degrees outside.utside little muggy but not bad. b back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning.isg >> today on fox news morningewsg labor day debate. maryland governor larry hoganrr ordering all public schools inin the state to remain closedlosed un
delays in the del past. in fact, the u t.s.he open men's final was postponed five yearse in a row because of wetet weather.he that was from 2008 to 2012. 201 and i don't know if you guysuy have actually seen this, ifhis,f you see he a wider picture p it's cool because arthur ashe stadium they couldn't build the roof on it.the of o it's almost like a big pop-up. u >> that's pretty cool.t' >> reporter: the structures that actually holds the roortfer is amazing in and of itself. it....
Squawk Alley : CNBC : September 9, 2016 11:00am-12:01pm EDT
available. apple will not announce weekend sales for the first time in yearsful meanwhile there's trouble for samsung. the faa strongly advising passengers to not turn on, charge or store their samsung galaxy note 7 phones and checked bags due to concerns over batteries. samsung is recalling phones equipped with those batteries. kara, happy friday to you. >> how are you doing? >> let's start with apple here coming off of the event earlier in the week. your colleague says the event puts at risk apple's reputation for constantly turning out delightful surprising new objects. were you disappointed? nothing accept you can drop it in the toilet. there's a lot of great cameras on mobile phones so i don't think it was -- it certainly wasn't as exciting as other z and you know they are not doing a major update. this is a nice looking iphone as they all are and the question is are people excited to buy them this weekend or preorder them and upgrade is the real story that apple and samsung are crying hard to cram new technology into a smaller space than ever? that they're making compromises
available. apple will not announce weekend sales for the first time in yearsful meanwhile there's trouble for samsung. the faa strongly advising passengers to not turn on, charge or store their samsung galaxy note 7 phones and checked bags due to concerns over batteries. samsung is recalling phones equipped with those batteries. kara, happy friday to you. >> how are you doing? >> let's start with apple here coming off of the event earlier in the week. your colleague says the event...
Today : WCAU : September 8, 2016 10:00am-11:01am EDT
. >> great work. >> right here. i promise you, we have another 50 yearsing to. here's what i did. i made her hair, of course, she had gray hair. 20 minutes today we med her hair soft blonde color. will blend through. then, of course, we have the great stylist. the hair was too far off her forehead. new look. >> i love the jacket and the jeans! >> i love it. >> they're all from talbot. a great piece for fall is a leather blazer. >> round of applause for marianne. can you go right over there. our second lady is sheila miller. she is 55 from a beautiful part of california, dana point. she's in town with an extended family reunion. she is a volunteer with church and very involved in jail ministry. she likes hiking. she has four children and two granddaughters. she wasn't planned on being ambushed this morning but with these experts, how could she go wrong? let's listen to her story. >> you said a lot of words to me about how your feeling before thinlt view. so tell everyone. >> well, i'm shocked. i'm nervous. i'm stunned. just going to be an amazing experience. >> i promise that. what d
. >> great work. >> right here. i promise you, we have another 50 yearsing to. here's what i did. i made her hair, of course, she had gray hair. 20 minutes today we med her hair soft blonde color. will blend through. then, of course, we have the great stylist. the hair was too far off her forehead. new look. >> i love the jacket and the jeans! >> i love it. >> they're all from talbot. a great piece for fall is a leather blazer. >> round of applause for...
Fox 8 News in the Morning : WJW : September 13, 2016 6:00am-8:00am EDT
compassion. >> he's been signed popsicles for 20 yearsed p even in the wintertime. he plans to use some of thatth money to buy his wife the present. that's the news at 5:00 a.m. the news at six same begins right now. near waking up to temperatures that are chilly things are warming up.te thank you for choosing us for your source of news on this terrific tuesday morning let'sl checke in with scott sabol. scott sabol.wi it's a man crush. let's take a look at the temperatures bainbridge at 53. kids in the more middle 50s. in further west atlas 251 ashland at 60. notice isg now is were still looking at the rain and thunderstorms traveling will start toast increase the wind andnd temperatures most of us today bright blue skies early will stay above 80 degrees. and look at the rain and thunder for the weekend in just a few we are in sky fox on the city's they said that thesere 152. a car into the building. you know the journal with their and lakeshore another attempted smash and grab it's just ridiculous, but that's what they are doing here.e. if you drive-by i think you can dry by you can figur
compassion. >> he's been signed popsicles for 20 yearsed p even in the wintertime. he plans to use some of thatth money to buy his wife the present. that's the news at 5:00 a.m. the news at six same begins right now. near waking up to temperatures that are chilly things are warming up.te thank you for choosing us for your source of news on this terrific tuesday morning let'sl checke in with scott sabol. scott sabol.wi it's a man crush. let's take a look at the temperatures bainbridge at...
Morning Blend : KTNV : September 7, 2016 9:00am-10:00am PDT
to do the show. >> i know. >> he was just getting discovered. he passed away a few yearsing a. he was just getting discovered. >> very, very funny guy. so much talent. and still is. this guy is in boston that can blow away some of these stars you see on tv, and you just don't know who they are unless you're a real comedy fan. there are guys back home, you know, steve sweeney, they paveed the way for us. guys like -- we used to see them before it was -- >> they are still around that. >> when you have these geniuses, back in the day we were doing six shows a night. people wind around the block. it was crazy. and i was very lucky. i came in to the comedy scene at much comedy that the guys who were just starting to come up could get work. george my personal favorite forever, because he is the first guy to put me on stage, and he ended up being the producer from madtv, she is the one who got me my first gig, she said you know -- i know you know who she is. >> oh, gosh. >> oh, wow. i'm going on kill this guy. >> we'll talk about this at the house. talent. boston, you know, a lot of us b
to do the show. >> i know. >> he was just getting discovered. he passed away a few yearsing a. he was just getting discovered. >> very, very funny guy. so much talent. and still is. this guy is in boston that can blow away some of these stars you see on tv, and you just don't know who they are unless you're a real comedy fan. there are guys back home, you know, steve sweeney, they paveed the way for us. guys like -- we used to see them before it was -- >> they are still...
News Ch8 First @ 4 : WFLA : September 29, 2016 4:00pm-5:00pm EDT
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smart 10 yearsing and we didn't and now with this, the evolution of the development of the satellite and the technology, it's leaps and bounds ahead. >> reporter: a rocket will launch it into orbit more than 22,000 miles above us. so we had to head into the clean room to get a look at it before the satellite leaves earth in early november. it will send back images of the atmosphere above us four times better resolution than the current that's like going from a tube tv to a hd tv. and it will send the images back five times faster. and we are flighting a lightning mapper. it's basically a giant camera that's take an image 200 times a second so we can see the entire field across the united states. this say big upgrade over the bound-based methods we currently use, allowing to see lightning over the open ocean. >> what that means for like a lightning intensity actually increases as the early sign of a change in that event. >> reporter: it will help meteorologists make more accurate tropical forecastses. >> for that hurricane, i can watch it every 30 seconds with that fine resolution and
smart 10 yearsing and we didn't and now with this, the evolution of the development of the satellite and the technology, it's leaps and bounds ahead. >> reporter: a rocket will launch it into orbit more than 22,000 miles above us. so we had to head into the clean room to get a look at it before the satellite leaves earth in early november. it will send back images of the atmosphere above us four times better resolution than the current that's like going from a tube tv to a hd tv. and it...
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Good Morning Cleveland : WEWS : September 17, 2016 6:00am-7:00am EDT
over several yearses. >>> in akron homeless people will need to notice before their belongings are removed from public policy, part of a movement and because of a lawsuit brought with the help of law students. the students stepped in to help after many homeless people lost belongings during sweeps of homeless camps. akron is paying 20,000 in damages and court costs to set it will dispute. >>> health and fitness day at the summit mall. the childrens hospital is hosting the event which will and information for the parents. it's happening in the food court from 11:30 to 1:00. >>> also today , the cleveland museum of arts annual chalk festival is back, expected to draw 15,000 people and 3000 artists. they will give a square to decorate with chalk. community members can reserve squares to chalk as well. this year's theme, spheres of influence, examining how artist inspire each other. it runs from 11 to 5 today and tomorrow. stay within your square. >>> thank you for starting your saturday with us. i'm nick foley, coming up this morning, we reached the home stretch in the inner belt brid
over several yearses. >>> in akron homeless people will need to notice before their belongings are removed from public policy, part of a movement and because of a lawsuit brought with the help of law students. the students stepped in to help after many homeless people lost belongings during sweeps of homeless camps. akron is paying 20,000 in damages and court costs to set it will dispute. >>> health and fitness day at the summit mall. the childrens hospital is hosting the...
With All Due Respect : BLOOMBERG : September 9, 2016 8:00pm-9:01pm EDT
patient into a survivor. [applause] this, 30 yearse from now, 20, 10, if we are lucky, someone asks, where were you in the fight against cancer? -- did you stand up? did you give? did you take part in the fight against the big c? don't you want to say to our grandkids and great grandkids that we all stood up, gave, join the movement? call the number on the screen. do it for your wife come your partner, your best friend, your dad come your mom come your kids, do it for the grandkids. join so we can leave an extraordinary gift to humankind and insuring one day that every cancer patient can become a survivor. now from a woman who knows all too well why we must stand up, our final performance of the night, celine dion. [applause] ♪ miss him every day, and the loss when a be part of my life. i also lost my father and my brother to cancer. ago, during my most difficult time of grieving, i received an unexpected gift from an amazing artist that i have always admired, pink. she offered me a song that expresses power to stand up and stay strong. the most wonderful song is "recovery." ♪ >
patient into a survivor. [applause] this, 30 yearse from now, 20, 10, if we are lucky, someone asks, where were you in the fight against cancer? -- did you stand up? did you give? did you take part in the fight against the big c? don't you want to say to our grandkids and great grandkids that we all stood up, gave, join the movement? call the number on the screen. do it for your wife come your partner, your best friend, your dad come your mom come your kids, do it for the grandkids. join so we...
>> this is uber he is a little camera shot b>> be as a rescue t rescued about three or four yearse ago >> awesome good morning head we have heree. >> this is true a very rare pomeranian a blue pomeranian he is three years old. last but not least our little friend hea here with you on here? >> this is lulu she is a rescue two. h council man, thank you o happy hour. you can find all 30 things happening, but we have more. back to you guys in the studio. >> yesto when you get dogs together, you never know. a love connection may be made it never know. >> and a little one the little one is the aggressive want absolutely. good morning and happy monday to you. we have your local news weather and traffic until 7:00 a.m. coming up at the top of the arctic morning. >> a new coaching staff and new players is a similar outcome. they beat the cleveland browns, but coming up, we hear from coats jackson about why he is pretty positive about the games to my getting plugged in on this monday morning talking about your cell phone ?- how longng could you go without it? a day or a weaker girl week a ge
>> this is uber he is a little camera shot b>> be as a rescue t rescued about three or four yearse ago >> awesome good morning head we have heree. >> this is true a very rare pomeranian a blue pomeranian he is three years old. last but not least our little friend hea here with you on here? >> this is lulu she is a rescue two. h council man, thank you o happy hour. you can find all 30 things happening, but we have more. back to you guys in the studio. >>...
Fox 5 Morning News @ 6 : WTTG : September 8, 2016 6:00am-7:00am EDT
hillary clinton or thenton te leadership.er she's been theresh for 30 yearse i mean, we need change.ng >> now my opponent was for theot in iraq. he says he wasn't. w you can -- you can go back andaa look at the record.d. i have taken responsibilityily for my decision. >> let me go to another --nothe- >> he refuses to take responsibility for his support.t. >> while the candidates did not appea tr face to face laste night they will go head too head on september 26th duringh g the first presidential debate. >> warrant out for the arrestes of jill stein.ei north dakota county said stein spray painted construction equipment during a protesty paip against the dakota access pipeline and she's been charged with misdemeanorisme counts of criminal trespassingta and criminal mischief.chf. stein tweeted this photo of herself during spray pai incident yesterday afternoon. yd >> last nightay a the washington spirit prevented seattle rainai mid fielder megan rapinoe fromro kneeling during the ceremonies. they moved up the anthem moved t playing it while the teamshemg w were off the t field.
hillary clinton or thenton te leadership.er she's been theresh for 30 yearse i mean, we need change.ng >> now my opponent was for theot in iraq. he says he wasn't. w you can -- you can go back andaa look at the record.d. i have taken responsibilityily for my decision. >> let me go to another --nothe- >> he refuses to take responsibility for his support.t. >> while the candidates did not appea tr face to face laste night they will go head too head on september 26th...
World News Now : KGO : September 21, 2016 1:37am-4:01am PDT
through the cracks some on two yearsing ago. we have the latest on the investigation and what police are finding out now. >>> federal officials were warned about ahmad rahami. >> and what did you tell them? but the fbi said the father later recanted his allegations and the son was never questioned by the fbi. >> they found that there was not enough there to continue the investigation. the father's allegations came after his son's yearlong trip to pakistan, now key to investigation. they are reviewing photos posted on facebook. while in pakistan, he married and had two children with this woman who came into the the u.s. in 2014 and left three months ago in june. officials say she was stopped at the airport in dubai and interviewed by the fbi. >> basically, trying to get a picture of him through her. that's going to open up a lot more avenues of investigation. >> reporter: after rahami was caught monday in the shoot-out with police, authorities say found a personal journal in his pants pockets which contained anti-american rants and praise for the late radical islamic cleric that inspired
through the cracks some on two yearsing ago. we have the latest on the investigation and what police are finding out now. >>> federal officials were warned about ahmad rahami. >> and what did you tell them? but the fbi said the father later recanted his allegations and the son was never questioned by the fbi. >> they found that there was not enough there to continue the investigation. the father's allegations came after his son's yearlong trip to pakistan, now key to...
Key Capitol Hill Hearings : CSPAN2 : September 22, 2016 8:00am-10:01am EDT
question. did you have a plan to raise the price every year for six yearse and then stopped? >> we have raised the price anything managing to what wenag. received, that 274 out of the 600 acres what we're managing. >> be awfully proud of your country. you think that was fair to raise the price. you've got a drug of $100 which is probably too much, i know she made a fancy pen because i had one of direct combat to office and shall not use its i know that cost a little bit of money. generally when a drug goes to generic doesn't the price go down? >> which is why we dropped it to $300. >> only after you jack it up the 6-under. you fio by this time 66 oh dollars but you will sell for $300, that doesn't make it worth $300. when did you know you going to release the generic? >> we announced that several weeks ago. >> appointed you know as a company? unit it was company. you've got a gentleman sitting next to same it takes months oru years. >> no. we are putting an authorized generic in the market which isia equivalent -- >> we are supposed to do good because you've taken a drug that you're ove
question. did you have a plan to raise the price every year for six yearse and then stopped? >> we have raised the price anything managing to what wenag. received, that 274 out of the 600 acres what we're managing. >> be awfully proud of your country. you think that was fair to raise the price. you've got a drug of $100 which is probably too much, i know she made a fancy pen because i had one of direct combat to office and shall not use its i know that cost a little bit of money....
Washington Journal : CSPAN : September 7, 2016 7:00am-10:01am EDT
group of people, 10-20 yearsing in time, and say, what am i going to be doing? i want to be part of the 1% or the 5%. and this is where i think the political extremes will come out of this process. host: we go to stare at in washington state. good morning. on the issue of technology, i retired in technology some time ago. since then, i have been busier than i ever was while i was working. i am in the northwest. and i have been able to decipher a number of things going on in politics simply from my experience in technology. aen i began i was taught matter of programming codes and i went on during the years and learned it and used it and continue to grow in my career. with several employers. three. i was sent out to the pacific northwest by a growing company and i am grateful to them anduse i continued to learn i have always loved puzzles. card will help us repair and rebuild and build a that this the bridges country has been needing for a very long time. mr. trump has the answers. i am going to volunteer, if i have to. guest: well, let's see. to i would say that you went the right place
group of people, 10-20 yearsing in time, and say, what am i going to be doing? i want to be part of the 1% or the 5%. and this is where i think the political extremes will come out of this process. host: we go to stare at in washington state. good morning. on the issue of technology, i retired in technology some time ago. since then, i have been busier than i ever was while i was working. i am in the northwest. and i have been able to decipher a number of things going on in politics simply...
U.S. House of Representatives Legislative Business : CSPAN : September 29, 2016 4:00pm-6:01pm EDT
yearses killing d five years of osama bin laden, terrorist activities are still going on around the u.s. and in india and of course in many parts of europe. what message do you have for the global leaders meeting today at the united nations in new york, including president obama and others spoke already and many will be speaking in the coming weeks. what message do you have for the future that will live in fear? mr. mccaul: that's a great question. it's an area, i'm glad you brought it up, i meant to touch on this. when we talk about capturing violent exdreamism or radical islamists -- islamist terrorism, how can you effectively do that? our state department used to do it through voice of america and wave the american flag. that's not going to persuade the guy who is radicalizing. same thing in the united states. i've urged the department of homeland security to start adopting a counterradicalization strategy in the united states. how can you effectively do that? back in the day of after 9/11, i remember walking into a mosque with an f.b.i. agent as a federal prosecutor. that's not
yearses killing d five years of osama bin laden, terrorist activities are still going on around the u.s. and in india and of course in many parts of europe. what message do you have for the global leaders meeting today at the united nations in new york, including president obama and others spoke already and many will be speaking in the coming weeks. what message do you have for the future that will live in fear? mr. mccaul: that's a great question. it's an area, i'm glad you brought it up, i...
Fox and Friends Sunday : FOXNEWSW : September 11, 2016 3:00am-7:01am PDT
the horrible day 15 yearsing a that changed my life. i was 10. my brothers were 8, 7, and 5. today i'm proud to be here to memorialize my father. this is the place that gives me a chance to think about beautiful memories like christmas eve when dad took my brothers and i to work to give my mom a break. on 9/11 the nation came together. people really tried to help us. i spent endless summers at a camp for kids who lost family members on 9/11. the counselors helped us to laugh and have fun, to let us know we were not alone. this summer i had the privilege of working with kids who had their own horrific loss, kids from sandy hook, and this time i got to be the one who cared for them when they needed it. these kids lifted me up and made me know that i wanted to give back as much as i can. sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us on the path to where we should be going, to help others as many have helped me. ps, i love you, dad. [ applause ] and now as we remember all those we loved and lost, their families and friends will once again read each person's name. [ applause
the horrible day 15 yearsing a that changed my life. i was 10. my brothers were 8, 7, and 5. today i'm proud to be here to memorialize my father. this is the place that gives me a chance to think about beautiful memories like christmas eve when dad took my brothers and i to work to give my mom a break. on 9/11 the nation came together. people really tried to help us. i spent endless summers at a camp for kids who lost family members on 9/11. the counselors helped us to laugh and have fun, to...
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29 Days to Diva: Day 7 – You Gotta Know How to Schmooze, Darling
February 7, 2017 By sybariticsinger Leave a Comment
So sentimental
Not sentimental no
Romantic not discussing it
Darling I’m down and lonely
When were the fortunate only?
I’ve been looking for something else
The lyrics came bursting forth from the stereo speakers in our diva’s living room. She smelled the curling iron heating up on the bathroom counter while she bobbed her head to the beat of her ‘gettin’ ready’ jam. The gala that her cousin convinced her to go to was opening its doors in an hour. An introductory sip of her gin and tonic and she was ready to perfect her smokey eye skills. She didn’t want to admit that she was feeling a bit nervous. She was excited to go with her cousin. But, she knew that it was going to feel like their recent coffeeshop experience with everyone greeting her cousin and stretches of time filled with conversations with strangers. “Oh wonderful, my favorite…” scoffed our diva.
The Day 7 challenge on your journey is to perfect your ability to schmooze.
A moment after receiving her cousin’s text, she bounded out to meet the cab. “Oooooo girl, you look so glamorous!” squealed her cousin in delight. Our diva brushed off the compliment as she slammed the door and the cab lurched away from her apartment and into Saturday night traffic. As they hit red light after red light in the cab, they started talking about the evening ahead.
“This is the best party all year,” her cousin said matter-of-factly. “Everyone is there and it always has the best booze and I cannot wait to see the themed decorations this year. It’s called, ‘The Rock.’ They’re doing the whole theme around that Sean Connery movie. Isn’t it wild? There’s gonna be prison cells and nuclear weapons-themed drinks. I mean, ridiculous. But, this is the party that all of my best stories come from.”
“Well, I can’t wait then…” our diva rejoined but with a severe lack of assuredness.
“Oh c’mon, darling. It’s going to be fun. You’ll meet all sorts of people. Won’t that be great? I think that’s gotta be wonderful for your career. These are the kinds of people that really love what you do. They’re gonna be so into you.”
“I mean, sure, I guess. It’s just so hard to make conversation with strangers all night. It’s like I start talking to them and I just don’t know what to say and you can practically feel their attention waning. It’s death by small talk. Not everybody is extroverted like you…”
“Oh goodness,” our diva’s cousin laughed heartily, “that’s not how it works at all. We gotta work on your schmoozing ability. You don’t have to click with everybody. But, these types of things are all about exchanging information and inventing a memorable experience.”
“Dear Lord, inventing a memorable experience?” our diva’s pulse began to quicken and suddenly she felt her pre-party gin and tonic kick in.
“You’ll be fine.” reassured her cousin.
A Warmly Welcomed Diva
They walked into the gala and it was everything her cousin said and more. There were three floors of event space with dance floors, food and beverage stations, and performers in all stages of undress. Our diva felt slightly pleased that she didn’t have to perform at this event. But, then she felt an equal pang of wishing she had the confidence to bare, even just her soul, and perform. Her premonition about her cousin was correct; she was already chatting and laughing and toasting friends right and left. “Wait! What? How in the world did you already get a drink?” our diva asked her cousin. “Oh, I know the bartender,” she responded. Our diva sighed, “of course she does.”
They made their way to the basement of the building with exposed damp stone. Our diva was surprised that the theme was working out so bluntly. Her cousin led them, practically via homing signal, to a group of her closest friends. There was the familiar eruption of sound when one of their own joined the group. Each of the friends warmly welcomed our diva into the circle with “Oh my gosh, how is your Traviata going? When are the performances?” and a “Have you been to that new Thai restaurant across the street from here? It’s divine!” as well as a “I had to tear myself away from my new puppy to get here tonight. But, I made it. Do you have any pets?” Like water beginning to boil on the stove, the conversation just took off and kept building steam from there.
The Schmoozing Formula
Because of her conversation in the cab on the way to the party, our diva had her analyst side working on overdrive throughout the party. She quickly began to see the formula, that had been hidden from her for so long, that her cousin and her friends used to be so magnetic and schmooze their way from group to group. Our diva knew that her cousin had been friends with some of the core members of this friend group for quite a while, but they had always brought new people into the group without separating from each other. That influence definitely played out during this party as one of the other of them would know a person in another group and the whole mass of them would start to meet and interact with each other. There was not a single business card in sight, but our diva knew that the yellow brick road of potential contracts and projects was being laid between these drinks and horrendous Sean Connery impressions with “don’t tempt me, we are going to the morgue…”
Our diva had instantly picked up on the “asking good questions” part early when she realized that her cousin’s friends had asked about the things she really loves to talk about or gave her a way to participate in the conversation quickly and earnestly. It was very clear that if anyone launched into an exhausted “well, what do you think about this weather?” that they wouldn’t last very long in this friend group. But, more than that, they had asked her questions that they really wanted to listen to and then they did. It made her want to ask them questions in return. She felt like she was having a schmoozing epiphany. It made her hungry to observe more qualities that she could adopt.
Making It All About Others
As soon as the thought crossed her mind, one of her cousin’s coworkers said, “Oh my gosh, are you as hungry as I am? Let’s see if we can go find something to eat.” With that, they took off together in search of what absurdly themed-food options were available. While waiting in line, our diva realized that she was going on and on about her new-found desire to become more creative and go after big opportunities. She caught herself for a second and wondered, “wait, how did I get here?” She was being so open with this woman that she hardly knew about stuff that she wasn’t even sure she had a grasp on yet. “I love what you’re saying,” said her cousin’s friend, “I’d love to hear more about what sparked that decision for you.” Not feeling toyed with at all, she immediately became more aware that she opened up to this new friend because she had shown a genuine interest. They continued their conversation while they ate. Then, our diva excused herself and said she would meet back up with her down with the rest of the group.
As she wriggled her way through the many party-goers, she thought over her conversation with this friend. She picked up on the fact that she trusted this woman right away because she’d been so upbeat and positive in meeting her. While they were talking she had a way with getting closer and closer to the things our diva really cared about without making it creepy. She didn’t come right out and ask her, “what is your greatest fear in life right now?” She just started asking more questions about the things that were relevant to both of them. But, our diva could tell that she really started to open up when her new-found friend showed empathy and candor. She even started to realize that she was trying to work out a way in her mind to work with this woman on her upcoming goals. It was like she had just discovered the answers to her math problems in the back of the book.
Winning The People Lottery
With her wrap trailing behind her, our diva poured herself into the cab following her cousin. Her cousin gave the cab driver the address, but our diva couldn’t even help talking over her, “that was so much fun! Your friends are so much fun! Let’s do this again. Why does this party only happen once a year?” They trilled and cooed back and forth about their whole night. Our diva was going on and on about how she couldn’t wait to work with her friend and spend more time together.
“See?” purred her cousin.
“See what?” our diva asked, genuinely confused.
“That’s what I meant about making it a memorable event or memorable experience. An experience doesn’t have to be just the crazy themed gala. It’s about the connection. If you do it right, that overall feeling is the experience. The experience is the feeling that you’ve received something for nothing. It’s like you won the people lottery by running into her tonight.”
“You’re so right. Oh my God! Do I create experiences? Wait! I mean, like good experiences? Like people lottery experiences?” cried out our diva.
“Ah-ha, now you’ve got it,” laughed her cousin.
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Airport awards outstanding employees year-end accolades
Nassau Airport Development Co, which operates Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, has acknowledged three employees for their outstanding contribution over the last year. The airport is currently undergoing a multi-million dollar redevelopment.
Three employees at the Nassau Airport Development Co (NAD) walked away with accolades for their hard work and dedication as the company wraps up a busy year at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA).
The three employees for their outstanding contribution over the last year (left to right): NAD Employee of the Year 2011 – Gina Johnson, NAD Manager of the Year 2011 – Peter Tynes, and NAD Employee of the Year 2011 – Deandra Pinder.
At the annual staff Christmas party, held on Tuesday this week, Stewart Steeves, NAD president and chief executive officer, named Peter Tynes, manager of Apron Drive Bridges (ADB) & Baggage Handling Systems (BHS) as Manager of the Year.
He also awarded Employee of the Year to two dedicated workers: Gina Johnson, a Level 4 technician in the maintenance department; and Deandra Pinder, accounts officer in the finance department.
During the construction and opening of the new US Departures Terminal, Peter Tynes was instrumental in ensuring that major systems, such as the $10.8-million baggage system, operated when the terminal opened in March.
Gina Johnson, NAD’s only female electrician, recently received her 3-Phase electrical license from the Bahamas Ministry of Works. Earlier this year, Gina received the award for NAD’s Key Employee of the Quarter.
Nominators describe her as “a very decisive and assertive individual who is quick to take initiative and well known for going above and beyond the call of duty. She reports to work early and leaves late. Gina is an individual that is always willing to assist in any area in which she’s needed.”
Deandra Pinder started her career at NAD as a summer student in 2008. She became a permanent employee in the finance department in May 2010. As accounts officer, her major responsibilities include generating aeronautical billings, working with aeronautical clients to collect data for billing and generating reports to be sent out for local and international airline billing and collection.
“I was shocked,” she says of being awarded the accolade. “I am very thankful for everyone that supported me and I will continue to do my best.”
According to Steeves, this year’s awardees should feel particularly proud considering the momentous year for the airport management company, including the opening of Stage One of the LPIA expansion project.
“This past year, we’ve put our entire team to the test. We’ve asked a lot of their time, energy and efforts in order to accomplish a major goal. I would like to commend our entire staff for showing their commitment and dedication to the success of NAD and LPIA.”
In 2012, NAD will focus on the completion of Stage Two—a new International Arrivals Terminal set to open in the Fall.
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Butterfield Bank (Bahamas) Ltd has announced that Timothy Colclough has been appointed Vice President and Head of Trust and Fiduciary Services, according to businesslife.com.
Pennine Petroleum Corp has announced it has signed a letter of intent with NPT Oil Corp in respect to the proposed acquisition of all data, deposits and license applications held by NPT or its subsidiaries on the Blake Plateau in the northern territorial waters of The Bahamas, reports MarketWatch website.
New VP appointed at Butterfield Bahamas
Pennine signs Letter of Intent with NPT Oil Corp
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 2:54pm
The Baileyville Police officers were called this week for a civil assist, an accident, sexual assault, agency assist, unattended death and a commercial alarm.
On November 29, on-duty officer was called to Second Avenue for a civil assist.
On November 29, on-duty officer was called to the parking lot on Route 1 for an accident. Roxanne Cirrincirone, 56, of Lubec, operating a 2004 Ford SUV backed into a 2012 Dodge sedan operated by Nancy Carlow, 33, of Baileyville. Minimal damage was reported to both vehicles.
On November 29, on-duty officer was called to a residence in Baileyville where a resident reported that she had been sexually assaulted. Since the incident happened in Cathance Township, the investigation was turned over to the Sheriff’s Department.
On November 30, on-duty officer assisted Calais Police Department by issuing a criminal trespass warning to a resident of Broadway.
On December 2, on-duty officer was called to Houlton Road for an unattended death.
Also on December 2, a commercial alarm rang in from Houlton Road. No one was in the building and nothing was missing.
Chief Donahue is asking all drivers to use caution as our temperatures hover around the freezing mark. While the roads may just look wet, they could be covered with black ice.
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Inhuman Experiment on State Housing Tenants
Monday, 9 March 2015, 11:10 am
Press Release: Tamaki Housing Group
Press Release - Tāmaki Housing Group
For Immediate Use
On the back of the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) being taken to task for operating an unsafe work environment, MSD are also complicit in housing reforms experimenting with a failed and inhumane policy imported from the UK called Northgate Matching Programme.
This software will determine who will be allocated housing and where this housing will be, likely to be in undesirable areas due to state housing sitting on valuable land.
This programme, alongside the social housing reforms will have a catastrophic impact on 69,000 HNZ families and pensioners in council units.
In the UK the transfer of public housing to charities and other community housing providers under public-private partnerships has led to the privatisation of the housing stock and the increase of rents for the tenants that occupy them.
The Tāmaki Housing Group demands the reinstatement of HNZ to manage tenant allocations and all other matters. We also call on all social housing providers to place their self-interests at profiting from these reforms aside.
These policy shifts are argued to create more housing for those in need. These policy shifts, however, will destabilise the most vulnerable New Zealanders.
Moving state housing into the private market will only increase unaffordability. The only way to solve a housing crisis is to support the state housing struggle.
Find more from Tamaki Housing Group on InfoPages.
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Sony Gulf to sponsor Gulf Cup
Dubai, December 31, 2008
Sony Gulf will be the official partner of the Gulf’s most popular football event - the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup set to take place in Oman.
This is the first major Middle East football tournament Sony is partnering with and is an extension of the Sony’s global eight-year Fifa partnership from 2007 to 2014 that covers the 2010 and 2014 Fifa World Cups.
The Gulf Cup will be held in Muscat from January 4 to 17.
“Football is the GCC’s favourite sport. I can’t think of a better way for Sony to enter the hearts and minds of the people and celebrate the game with them than to partner with the best of the Middle East football action through the Arabian Gulf Cup of Nations,” said managing director of Sony Gulf Osamu Miura.
“Sony isn’t just committed to the promotion of football at the global level, but we are very keen on supporting it at the regional level. We have great respect for the energy, enthusiasm and dedication to the sport in our region and we look forward to promoting football in the region and exciting our Sony customers along the way.”
Each of the eight Gulf Confederation Countries will be represented by their national teams bidding to become the GCC Champion, with the first game, between Oman and Kuwait, scheduled to be held at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat on January 4.
“We are delighted that Sony has agreed to become a partner of the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup of Nations. As a partner of Fifa and of the Uefa Champions League, and now of the most important tournament in the GCC region, Sony's pedigree in international football sponsorship is second to none. Most of all, this partnership will allow us to enhance fans' experience of the Gulf Cup of Nations tournament through Sony's hi-definition products, leading to a successful and memorable event,” said assistant under secretary, ministry of sports affairs, Oman, Fahad Al-Raisi.
As the official electronics and data partner of the Arabian Gulf Cup, Sony will enjoy various category exclusive rights regionally. Sony Gulf will also have access to other Gulf Cup properties and sports, namely, handball, basketball and volleyball. – TradeArabia News Service
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Vuelta a Burgos: Jens Keukeleire powers away to win an uphill stage two
by Ben Atkins at 11:20 AM EST comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results
Anthony Roux takes overall lead as Ponzi drops two seconds at the finish
Jens Keukeleire (Orica-GreenEdge) took his first road race victory in the colours of his Australian team in the second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos, between Roa de Duero and Clunia. The Belgian sprinted clear of the front of a splintering peloton in the final half-kilometre of the steady drag to the finish line, and managed to hold off a three-man chase all the way to the line.
As Keukeleire was sitting up to celebrate, Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) was winning the three-way battle for second place, ahead of Dario Cataldo (Team Sky) and Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr. A two-second gap to Roux’s teammate Benoit Vaugrenard, wo led race leader Simone Ponzi (Astana) across the line, however, meant that Roux was to take over the purple jersey.
“It was not very easy today,” said Keukeleire. There wasn’t a lot of wind but there was enough to make it nervous in the bunch. You had to stay attentive the whole day.
“The hardest part was 2km from the finish when we took a left turn on a small road,” he added. “Then it gradually started going up to the finish and got steeper in the last kilometre. The team brought me in to a perfect position going into the final stretch.”
The 157km stage saw seven riders escape in the very first moments, as Spanish champion Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Jon Larrinaga and Unai Iparragirre (Euskadi), Christian Meier (Orica-GreenEdge), Fabricio Ferrari (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Luis Guillermo Mas (Burgos BH-Castilla y León) and Egoi Martínez (EUS) broke clear.
Slowly, but surely, the group was allowed to open up an advantage by the Astana team of race leader Simone Ponzi, until it reached a maximum of 3’30” after 46km. From that point the Kazakh team gradually chipped away at the gap, until it was less than two minutes as the leaders entered the final 25km.
With 15km to go, the gap was less than a minute, and Mas attacked the break. Herrada chased across to him, but the rest were unable to follow and steadily drifted back to the peloton.
Under the ten kilometre banner the duo still had 37 seconds, but this was steadily chipped away by the Astana and Cannondale teams. With six kilometres left the two riders looked at one another, sat up, and were absorbed by the peloton shortly afterwards.
Team Sky then took over as the race headed towards Clunia, with Cannondale sitting on the British team’s shoulder. With Meier having been caught, Orica-GreenEdge moved up to take over with two kilometres to go, and began to string out the peloton as it hit the foot of the steady drag to the finish.
Into the final kilometre Nairo Quintana (Movistar) accelerated, but the the king of the mountains and best young rider from the Tour de France was not able to get clear of the front of the bunch. Mauro Finetto (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) the attacked past the Colombian, with Keukeleire on his wheel, but a group formed on the back wheels of the two riders and they eased up.
“It was a bit bizarre when Quintana went off the front with an attack at the end,” said Keukeleire. “I’ve never raced with him and I only know him from flying uphill at the Tour. I wasn’t scared when he attacked but I was surprised he thought he could get away at the point.”
Keukeleire kicked again, however, and was able to open up a lead big enough to allow him the luxury of looking back over his shoulder before sitting up to take the victory.
“With 300m to go, I had enough power in my legs to keep going into the finish,” added Keukeleire. “I just went, and I had enough to hold on.
“Winning is always a special moment. It’s extra special when you can finish the work the boys have done for you.”
Result stage 2
1. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
2. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
3. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Sky Procycling
4. Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr
5. Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr @ 2s
6. Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7. Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Katusha Team
8. Mauro Finetto (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia
9. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, solutions credits
10. Jeffry Johan Romero (Col) Colombia
Standings after stage 2
2. Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team @ 2s
4. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge @ 3s
8. Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale @ 8s
10. Jeffry Johan Romero (Col) Colombia @ 10s
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Freedom Force (aka The Illusionauts) 3D
A group of kids with special powers and their trusted dog are sent back in time to restore the artist Leonardo Da Vinci's place in history that the mad President and Minister of Cultural Affairs are trying to erase.
STARRING: Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Cruel Intentions, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Adventures of Mark Twain, The
Restored to High Definition, recently released by Magnolia in Dec. 2012. The imagination of Mark Twain meets the magic of Will Vinton, in this fantastical journey of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn as they travel through time in search of Halley's Comet. This year marks the 175th Anniversary of Twain's birth, and the 125th Anniversary of Twain's pinnacle work Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and the 100th anniversary of his death.
STARRING: Director: Will Vinton Producer: Will Vinton Executive Producer: Hugh Tirrell Writer: Mark Twain and Susan Shadburne Animators: Barry Bruce, Joan Gratz,, Don Merkt, Will Vinton, Craig Bartlett, Bill Fiesterman, Mark Gustafson, Bruce McKean, Tom Gasek, Doug Aberle, Matt Wuerker Music: Billy Scream James Whitmore (Shawshank Redemption) as the voice of Mark Twaln
DIRECTED BY: Will Vinton
PRODUCED BY: Hugh K. Tirrell
GENRE(S): Animation, Family
Velveteen Rabbit, The
A live action & animated adaptation of the classic children's story. A boy wins over his father & grandmother with the help of a magical toy rabbit he befriends in the attic. The rabbit's only wish is to become real, and through the boy, learns that it is love that makes us real.
STARRING: Voices of Jane Seymour along with Tom Skerritt and Ellen Burstyn. Live Action Cast: Matthew Harbour (Equilibrium), Kevin Jubinville (Ice Princess), Una Kay (Eye of the Beholder)
DIRECTED BY: Michael Landon, Jr.
PRODUCED BY: Believe Pictutes, Family Films, Feature Films For Families, Michael Landon Jr., Serge Denis
GENRE(S): Family, Drama, Historical, Animation
Boogie (3D)
In a city where crime seems to rule the streets and there appears to be no way out, he showed up… and things got worse. Based on the character from the comic genius Black Fontanarossa comes BOOGIE, an action-packed, jaw-dropping, 3-D animated film. Boogie is a violent, cold-blooded, and ruthless hit man who follows his own rules. Women love him, criminals fear him and his knack for killing precedes him. Exploding with irony, alcohol, and non-stop bullets, it becomes impossible NOT to laugh.
STARRING: Voices of Nancy Duplaå, Nicolås Frîas, Paublo Echarri
DIRECTED BY: Gustavo Cova
PRODUCED BY: Hugo Laurîa, Illusion Studios, José Luis Massa
GENRE(S): Action, Comedy, Animation, 3D, Teen
Valentina and her friends are fun-loving, teenage girls. They shop, they have sleepovers, and they dream about their first true love. But when Valentina and her classmates decide to throw a spring bonfire party, they never expected it would turn into such an adventure!
STARRING: Gastón D'Angelo, Sebastián Francini, Lucila Gómez
DIRECTED BY: Eduardo Gondell
PRODUCED BY: Illusion Studios
Captain Scarlet, Gerry Anderson's New
Just outside Earth’s atmosphere lies Skybase, a vast floating aircraft carrier that’s headquarters to an international security group called the Spectrum Organization, tasked with maintaining peace on Earth. Join Captain Scarlet, Destiny Angel, leader of the fighter pilots, Captain Blue and Lieutenant Green as they battle the Mysterons and fight for the future of the planet.
STARRING: Created by Gerry Anderson (Thunderbirds)
DIRECTED BY: David Lane
PRODUCED BY: Gerry Anderson
GENRE(S): Animation, Adventure
RUNTIME: (26 x 30 Min), YEAR: 2005
Claymation: Amazing World of Will Vinton (shorts)
Will Vinton's Amazing World of Claymation Closed Mondays (Academy Award winner, 7:37 min.) The Great Cognito (Academy Award Nominee, 3:11 min.) A Christmas Gift (8:16 min.) The Jumping Frog (4:00 min.) Dinosaur (13:04 min.) Legacy (5:23 min.) Mountain Music (7:18 min.) Go Down Death (8:00 min.) A Claymation Documentary (17:30 min.)
GENRE(S): Animation, Family, Claymation, Shorts
RUNTIME: (Approx 60 Min)
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Shale Industry Struggles with Rising Costs as Production Increases
U.S. crude oil production topped 10 million barrels per day (bpd) in November, according to monthly estimates published by the Energy Information Administration on Wednesday.
Crude output was the highest in 47 years and just 6,000 bpd below the record set in November 1970 (“Petroleum Supply Monthly”, EIA, Jan. 31).
Production has doubled over the last 10 years, from a low of around 5 million bpd in 2007, reversing decades of decline since the 1970s.
The most recent surge in output confounded some observers, who had forecast production was about to level off, though the EIA had predicted it for some time.
Even as production increases, though, there are concerns about the profitability of shale drilling. Another article from Reuters:
U.S. shale producers are facing rising costs for everything from drilling rigs to pressure pumping equipment and labour as the cyclical expansion in oil prices and drilling matures.
The cost of drilling oil and gas wells has increased significantly over the last year, according to the latest provisional estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Drilling costs have increased by more than 10 percent since hitting a cyclical low in November 2016, though they are still 27 percent below the cyclical peak set in March 2014.
Changes in drilling costs tend to follow changes in the number of rigs employed with a lag of around 1-2 months.
Meanwhile, oilprice.com asks why the shale industry is not profitable:
Echoing the criticism of too much hype surrounding U.S. shale from the Saudi oil minister last week, a new report finds that shale drilling is still largely not profitable. Not only that, but costs are on the rise and drillers are pursuing “irrational production.”
Riyadh-based Al Rajhi Capital dug into the financials of a long list of U.S. shale companies, and found that “despite rising prices most firms under our study are still in losses with no signs of improvement.” The average return on asset for U.S. shale companies “is still a measly 0.8 percent,” the financial services company wrote in its report.
Moreover, the widely-publicized efficiency gains could be overstated, at least according to Al Rajhi Capital. The firm said that in the third quarter of 2017, the “average operating cost per barrel has broadly remained the same without any efficiency gains.” Not only that, but the cost of producing a barrel of oil, after factoring in the cost of spending and higher debt levels, has actually been rising quite a bit.
Shale companies often tout their rock-bottom breakeven prices, and they often use a narrowly defined metric that only includes the cost of drilling and production, leaving out all other costs. But because there are a lot of other expenses, only focusing on operating costs can be a bit misleading.
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U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson Expresses Optimism About Belmont County Cracker Plant
From The Intelligencer:
U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson urged patience as the region awaits official word on a proposed ethane cracker plant in Belmont County, and said the local project is moving faster than a similar one did in Western Pennsylvania.
Johnson, R-Ohio, gave the keynote address at the Project BEST “Excellence in Construction” Awards Thursday at The Highlands Event Center in Triadelphia.
He reminded those attending the project represents a $9 billion investment by PTT Global Chemical that would take six years and 10,000 construction workers to build. After this, there would be 1,000 permanent jobs at the plant, and many more expected in ancillary industries.
The Shell Oil Corp. already is constructing a similar plant in Western Pennsylvania across the river from East Liverpool.
“I am still very optimistic about this (Belmont County) project,” Johnson said. “Do I wish we already had a decision on it? You bet. But let me remind you. … The time frame of this project — the PTT Chemical Project — is faster and at a point in time quicker than Shell’s was.
OOGA PR Director Touts Benefits of Natural Gas Development in Ohio
From The New Philadelphia Times-Reporter:
Over the past nine years, the oil and gas industry has brought jobs, better roads and increased tax revenues to counties and school districts throughout eastern Ohio.
That was the message that Mike Chadsey, director of public relations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, brought to members of the New Philadelphia Rotary on Tuesday.
After he made his presentation, he stopped at The Times-Reporter office to discuss issues related to the industry.
“I am grateful to have had the opportunity to speak to the Rotary Club today,” he said. “My message was, as Tuscarawas County, you are not on the outside looking in, regarding shale development. There is much going on locally that is positive and directly connected to the oil and gas industry.”
Between 2010 and 2015, the industry has paid $45.8 million in taxes in six Ohio counties — Belmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Monroe and Noble, he said. During that time, it paid $14 million in property taxes in Carroll County and $11 million in Harrison County.
Amid Opposition, Bobcat Energy Prepares to Place Injection Well Into Service
From Business Journal Daily:
Work is underway at a Class II injection well site in Coitsville Township that was drilled, but then idled after a 4.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the Mahoning Valley more than seven years ago.
On Friday morning, backhoes and construction workers were busy at the well site along McCartney Road, preparing the area for further development.
“The Northstar Collins No. 6 well is listed as drilled, and the old permit has expired,” said Adam Schroeder, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Oil and Gas Division. “We’re having ongoing conversations with the owners and are awaiting an application for a new permit, if that’s the direction they want to go with the property.”
Schroeder said it’s likely that Bobcat Energy will apply for a permit to use the site for “oil and gas activity” once it is prepared.
When contacted by a reporter, a representative from Bobcat Energy hung up the phone.
Continue the article by clicking here.
Marathon Considers Building Storage Caverns in Harrison County
Marathon Pipe Line is looking to build storage caverns for ethane, butane and propane near Hopedale in northeastern Harrison County.
Jason Stechschulte, the company’s commercial development manager, said Marathon Pipe Line finished taking geologic core samples at the end of last year, and felt confident the location is viable.
MPLX has a gas processing plant at the Hopedale site, and Findlay-based Marathon Petroleum Corp. controls MPLX and Marathon Pipe Line.
Stechschulte didn’t provide a timeline for when the project might be completed.
He spoke Thursday at the Utica Midstream conference at Walsh University’s Barrette Center. The Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and ShaleDirectories.com produced the event.
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Bernie Sanders Pledges to Ban Fracking if Elected President
From The Daily Caller:
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2020 presidential candidate, pledged to ban the drilling technique that’s turned the U.S. into the world’s largest oil and natural gas producer.
“Fracking pollutes water, degrades air quality and worsens climate change,” the Vermont Independent tweeted Tuesday. “When we are in the White House we are going to ban fracking nationwide and rapidly move to renewable energy.”
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Sanders was responding to Oregon state lawmakers passing legislation to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. However, Sanders also voiced his opposition to fracking during the 2016 election cycle.
Sanders, who is running on the Democratic ticket, is popular among the so-called “keep it in the ground” movement, which seeks to ban fossil fuels in the name of global warming. Activists in this camp have also pressured candidates not to take fossil fuel industry campaign donations, which Sanders has pledged not to do.
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Meeting Set for April 15 on Re-Classification of Coshocton County Injection Wells
From Kallanish Energy News:
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled an April 15 public meeting on draft permits to allow Buckeye Brine to switch its Class 2 brine injection wells in Coshocton County to Class 1 facilities, to handle other industrial liquid wastes.
The facility currently takes brine water from hydraulic fracturing at its three injection wells in Coshocton in east-central Ohio, Kallanish Energy reports. The company has been handling roughly 600,000 gallons of brine per year from Utica Shale production.
Four Years of Studies in Texas Leads to Conclusion That Groundwater Contamination is Not From Drilling
From UT News:
After four years of studies, scientists have found no link between methane present in water wells outside of Fort Worth and nearby gas production activities in the Barnett Shale. The methane appears to have migrated naturally to the wells from the shallower Strawn formations and not from the Barnett Shale, where natural gas production and hydraulic fracturing are occurring. By conducting the studies, researchers believe they have developed important methods that could be applied in similar situations to determine where methane originates in an environment.
The latest study, published in August in Water Resources Research, is the fifth and final in a series conducted by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan that looks at groundwater wells in the Barnett Shale area. The vast majority of the wells have little or no methane in the water, but a cluster of 11 wells near the Parker County and Hood County line had methane levels above 10 milligrams per liter of water, a level that can require venting of well water systems to ensure the flammable gas does not accumulate to hazardous levels.
“Protecting groundwater quality is a fundamental requirement for sustainable energy development, and it is important to develop tools that can be used to monitor ongoing gas exploration and production activities,” said lead author Toti Larson, a research associate at the Bureau of Economic Geology, a research unit of the UT Jackson School of Geosciences.
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Oil Giants Look to Cash In on Shale as Independents Pull Up
In New Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert, Exxon Mobil Corp is building a massive shale oil project that its executives boast will allow it to ride out the industry’s notorious boom-and-bust cycles.
Workers at its Remuda lease near Carlsbad - part of a staff of 5,000 spread across New Mexico and Texas - are drilling wells, operating fleets of hydraulic pumps and digging trenches for pipelines.
The sprawling site reflects the massive commitment to the Permian Basin by oil majors, who have spent an estimated $10 billion buying acreage in the top U.S. shale field since the beginning of 2017, according to research firm Drillinginfo Inc.
The rising investment also reflects a recognition that Exxon, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell and BP Plc largely missed out on the first phase of the Permian shale bonanza while more nimble independent producers, who pioneered shale drilling technology, leased Permian acreage on the cheap.
Read the rest of the article by clicking here.
Last Week Was a Quiet One in Utica Shale Permitting
Utica rig count: 15 (Previous week: 15) +-0
Effort to Reduce Ohio Regulations Stands to Benefit Oil and Gas Industry
From Energy News Network:
A broad proposal in Ohio to slash state regulations by 30 percent across the board could further tilt the playing field against renewable energy by relaxing rules on utilities and fossil fuels.
Supporters see Senate Bill 1 as a way to create an ideal business environment in the state, while opponents say it would threaten many rules that are essential to protect Ohioans, including environmental rules, regulations for utilities, the state fire code and a host of other requirements.
Utilities and mining companies are expected to be among the biggest winners if the legislation makes it into law. Among other things, the bill could stymie adoption of new environmental rules requiring fossil fuel operations to control emissions more. At the same time, it could relieve fossil fuel plants of some of their current obligations if those rules get eliminated.
“This is an arbitrary reduction that does not get at whether rules are accomplishing a useful purpose. Nor does the bill consider the interplay with federal statutes and rules,” said research director Zach Schiller of Policy Matters Ohio in his March 5 testimony against the bill.
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Landowners in Pennsylvania Get Good News in Fight Against Chesapeake Energy Royalty Scheme
From the PA Environment Digest Blog:
On March 15, Commonwealth Court issued a decision allowing Attorney General Josh Shapiro to pursue Unfair Trade Practices Act cases against Chesapeake Energy and Anadarko for promises they made to landowners when leasing their land for natural gas drilling.
The Court found that natural gas leases were in fact “trade” and “commerce” and therefore covered by the state Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act.
With respect to a second claim based on anti-trust by the Attorney General that the companies made an unlawful market sharing agreement to not lease properties for drilling in areas where one or the other company was operating intrinsically violated the Unfair Trade Practices Act, the Court said the law does not support that conclusion.
However, with respect a separate count argued by the Attorney General that the companies allegedly disingenuous and misleading behavior constitutes unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Unfair Trade Practices Act, the Court sided with the Attorney General.
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Founder of the Center for Industrial Progress Touts Fossil Fuel Benefits
An energy theorist and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress, a for-profit think tank based in California, says efforts to constrict the use of fossil fuels stand to make overall life on the planet worse, not better.
“There are unique positives that outweigh the unique negatives,” Alex Epstein, author of the book “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels,” told attendees at the Youngstown/Warren Regional Commerce’s annual meeting Thursday at Mr. Anthony’s Banquet Center. “The fossil fuel industry is the only industry that can supply enough energy so that billions can afford it.”
Epstein often clashes with environmentalists and scientists who say that the continued use of fossil fuels – oil, natural gas and coal – to power society has contributed to global warming and is irreparably damaging the earth. They also challenge Epstein’s reluctance to accept renewable forms of energy – solar and wind, for example – as a workable alternative to traditional energy sources.
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Stark County Judge Throws Out Ohio AG's Lawsuit Against Rover Pipeline
A Stark County judge has dismissed the state’s lawsuit against Rover Pipeline over alleged water pollution during construction of the natural gas pipeline.
In a ruling filed Monday, Common Pleas Judge Kristin G. Farmer said the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency waived its right to regulate pipeline construction under the Clean Water Act.
The state had a year to act on Rover’s application seeking to discharge pollutants under the Clean Water Act, and failed to do so, the judge wrote. Instead, Ohio EPA asked Rover to resubmit its application, which was approved.
The Ohio attorney general sued Rover in November 2017, alleging environmental violations in more than a dozen counties across the state due to sediment-laden stormwater, leaks and spills of clay-based drilling fluid or the release of water used to pressure-test the pipeline.
The biggest spill happened in April 2017 when millions of gallons of clay-based drilling fluid leaked into a Bethlehem Township wetland while workers bored a path for one of two main lines beneath the Tuscarawas River.
Ohio Landowner Misses Rice Energy
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Larry Cain is a “we” kind of guy.
“We’re playing our rivals,” Mr. Cain, 61, says on his way to a high school basketball game.
“We just milk cows,” he says modestly, and it’s not clear if he’s talking about himself and his son Devin Cain who run the Cain Farm in Bethesda, Ohio, or the hundreds of farmers and landowners he once shepherded into a lucrative arrangement with Rice Energy Inc.
When Canonsburg-based Rice announced in June 2017 that it had agreed to be acquired by EQT Corp., Mr. Cain had another kind of “we” moment.
“We need to talk,” he texted Toby Rice, COO and co-founder of Rice Energy.
That night, he got a call — a difficult call. Mr. Rice didn’t come out and say he didn’t want to sell the company, Mr. Cain recalled. He talked about doing what’s best for the shareholders and how EQT offered $6.7 billion.
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Work Continues at Proposed Cracker Plant Site
Tree clearing is under way at the site of a proposed ethane cracker plant in eastern Ohio, even though a final investment decision is still pending by PTT Global Chemical America and its partner, Daelim.
The companies last week announced they have hired a local firm to clear 140 acres in Belmont County of trees by March 31, Kallanish Energy reports.
The local company will remove all trees three inches in diameter and larger at the site at Shadyside, on the Ohio River where a now-razed coal-burning power plant used to stand.
Click here to read the rest of that article.
Meanwhile, Marcellus Drilling News reports that the reason for the delay in a final decision on the construction of the plant may be a dispute over labor rates. From MDN:
Our impeccable source tells us that multiple reliable sources told him/her that while the engineering contract was awarded to Bechtel last year, and while Bechtel was also tapped to actually perform construction of the plant (along with Bechtel’s joint venture partner, Great Arrow Builders), Bectel’s involvement with the project is now “up in the air.” Our source says depending on who you talk to, the Bechtel contract is not just “up in the air,” but that Bechtel is out, plain and simple.
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Permitting Slows in Utica Shale Last Week, But Producing Wells Total Climbs
Utica Shale Activity Map for March 2019 Now Available
There was previously an error on the ODNR website causing the Marcellus shale map to show when attempting to access the Utica map, but that has been corrected. So here is the updated activity map!
Encino Plans a Measured Approach to Maximizing Utica Assets
From the Akron Beacon Journal:
In an industry known for boom-and-bust cycles, Encino Energy plans to follow a strategy of stable development in Ohio’s Utica Shale, President and CEO Hardy Murchison said Friday.
Encino Energy is a partner in Encino Acquisitions Partners, which bought Chesapeake Energy’s assets in Ohio last year for $2 billion, including an office building office in Louisville, drilling rights to 900,000 acres and more than 900 wells.
But where Chesapeake spent freely to explore new areas — and piled up debt — Texas-based Encino Energy has focused on proven reserves and a healthier balance sheet.
“All of that is part of a longer-term strategy to run this as a normal business that needs to be profitable, less volatile and therefore better for its shareholders, its employees and the community,” Murchison told The Canton Repository after he and other members of Encino’s team spoke to the Stark Economic Development Board at Kent State University at Stark.
On Thursday, Murchison and chief operations officer Ray N. Walker Jr. met with Gov. Mike DeWine and other state leaders, and spoke at the Ohio Oil & Gas Association’s annual meeting.
And from NGI:
“You have to recognize that we’re in the transition from Chesapeake to Encino and that takes months to accomplish,” Murchison said Thursday at the winter meeting of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association (OOGA) in Columbus. “As we take over, we obviously start to have more and more influence, but to be clear, virtually all of the wells that will go into production in 2019 were planned by Chesapeake when we arrived on scene.”
In his first public address since the acquisition was announced, Murchison said Encino is stabilizing operations and trying to work at a steadier pace. Chesapeake was among the first to develop the Utica, and with a once formidable position across the Appalachian Basin, it earned a reputation for innovation and solid well results. Chesapeake, Murchison said, had regularly been moving crews back and forth between Ohio and Pennsylvania, where it still has a large position in the northeastern part of the state.
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Digging Deep Into the 4th Quarter 2018 Utica Shale Production Data
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has now released the production data from the Utica shale for the fourth and final quarter of 2018. As always, we are going to give you a look at how the numbers compare to past quarters, past years, and how they break down among the various drillers who are active in Ohio and the counties where they are drilling. We also give you the top 10 oil and gas-producing wells of the quarter.
First, a quick note. The ODNR news release says that there are 2,575 wells on the report and 2,241 of them reported some production. But in examining the actual report that was released, only 2,241 total wells are listed, and 39 of those do not show any oil, gas, or brine produced. So the numbers on this deep dive into the numbers will use what we were actually able to take from the report rather than what was listed in the news release.
PRODUCTION RATE COMPARISONS
First up, let's take a look at how the quarterly data compares from the first quarter of 2014 (which is when the ODNR began reporting quarterly data rather than one yearly report) through the final quarter of 2018. As a reminder, all oil figures are 42-gallon barrels, and all gas production is measured in MCF:
For the fourth consecutive quarter, oil production was on the rise. In fact, the fourth quarter of 2018 saw the second-most total oil produced from shale in Ohio in any quarter over the past five years. Of course, the production rates remained much lower than they were at their peak, although the 2,639 barrels of oil per well is the highest number since the third quarter of 2016.
Gas, meanwhile, continues to set a new peak for total production in each quarter. Also, after a couple of quarters of production rates slowing a bit, the fourth quarter of 2018 also set new peaks for gas produced per well and per day in production.
The next table shows the production comparison year-over-year.
After trending up for the first three quarters, the strong oil production in the fourth quarter of 2018 results in a yearly total that ends the decline of the previous two years. The 19,786,375 barrels of oil produced is the second-highest yearly total seen in the past eight years. Gas, meanwhile, set yet another production peak and surpassed 2,000,000,000 mcf in a year for the first time.
TOP PRODUCING WELLS
Here are the top 10 oil-producing wells in quarter four of 2018:
As usual, Eclipse Resources dominates the list of the top 10 oil wells. 7 of the 10 wells are operated by Eclipse. The Outlaw A 1H takes the top spot after being in 5th in total production during the third quarter, but the added total production isn't a surprise because that well had a production rate of 1,985 barrels per day in the third quarter and simply wasn't in production for as many days as some of the other wells on the list.
Here are the top 10 gas-producing wells from the quarter:
There's some interesting changes to this list as compared to the third quarter. During quarter three, 9 of the 10 top gas-producing wells belonged to Ascent Resources (although Eclipse did hold the top spot with the Rolland C 5H well that was the fourth-highest producer of the fourth quarter). In this quarter, though, Eclipse takes not only the top spot but also four more. Ascent has four wells in the top 10, and Chesapeake Exploration sneaks into the tenth spot.
So, out of the twenty wells making up the top 10 oil producers and the top 10 gas producers, Eclipse Resources operates twelve of them.
COUNTY-BY-COUNTY
Here is the production data broken down by county:
Without much change in the well count during this quarter, some of the changes that might have been expected did not occur. Carroll County continues to have the most wells in production by a small margin despite seeing no change to this number during the quarter. Guernsey County continues to be the hot spot for oil, while Belmont County is the leader in total gas production and gas produced per well, although Jefferson County still edged it out in gas produced per day.
OPERATOR-BY-OPERATOR
And here are the results broken down by operator:
Eclipse Resources now has enough wells in production that it becomes the new leader in total barrels of oil produced. Ascent Resources continues to lead the way in total gas produced.
Also, we see Encino Acquisition Partners, which acquired all of Chesapeake Energy's Utica shale assets in Ohio, make its first appearance on the production data summary under the name EAP Ohio LLC.
We hope you enjoyed this breakdown of the data. You can view the spreadsheet from the ODNR containing all of the production data by clicking here.
ODNR Publishes 4th Quarter 2018 Utica Shale Production Data
From the ODNR:
During the fourth quarter of 2018, Ohio’s horizontal shale wells produced 5,810,484 barrels of oil and 663,534,323 Mcf (663 billion cubic feet) of natural gas, according to figures released today by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
Natural gas production from the fourth quarter of 2018 showed a 31.89 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2017, while oil production increased 38.56 percent for the same period.
2017 Quarter 4 (Shale)
Percentage Change
Barrels of oil
4,193,562 bbl
Mcf of natural gas
503,066,907 Mcf
The average number of fourth quarter days in production was 86.
All horizontal production reports can be accessed at oilandgas.ohiodnr.gov/production.
We will have our breakdown of the data ready soon!
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Utica Rig Count Dips During Busy Week of Permitting
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ODNR Publishes Marcellus Activity Map for March 2019
The ODNR also published a map that it says is the Utica activity map for the month, but when opened it is just the Marcellus map again. If/when that error gets corrected, we will share that map as well.
Rig Count, Wells Drilled, Wells Producing All Hold Steady in Utica Shale
New permits issued last week: 9 (Previous week: 9) +-0
Total horizontal wells drilled: 2535 (Previous week: 2535) +-0
As Wait for Final Decision Continues, Preparation for Belmont County Cracker Plant Carries On
Community leaders on both sides of the Ohio River want to ensure the local region is prepared if an ethane cracker plant proposed for Belmont County becomes a reality.
PTT Global Chemical America and its partner, Daelim Industrial Co., have acquired the necessary property and permits to build a petrochemical complex that could require an investment of up to $10 billion. One of the needed environmental permits has been challenged, and the companies are awaiting the results of the appeals process. There has been no official announcement yet regarding whether the plant will actually be built.
In hopes that an announcement to that effect will come soon, Belmont County Tourism Council, Wheeling Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Greater Moundsville Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted an event Thursday at Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack where community members could ask questions and learn more about the proposed plant and about other communities that have experienced similar development.
One NEXUS Pipeline Lawsuit Gets Tossed, Another Keeps Going
From Vorys Energy & Environmental Law Blog:
On February 21, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a petition for review of air permits issued by Ohio EPA for two compressor stations to be constructed along the NEXUS pipeline in Ohio. The Court dismissed the petition for review for lack of jurisdiction, holding the environmental groups that filed the petition for review failed to establish standing. In reaching its decision, the Court highlighted that “petitioners bore the burden of establishing the irreducible constitutional minimum of standing” which requires petitioners demonstrate that they (1) suffered an injury in fact, (2) that is fairly traceable to the challenged conduct of the defendant, and (3) that is likely to be redressed by a favorable judicial decision. The Court also noted that a citizen group can establish standing on behalf of their members, but such “representational standing” requires the group to show that “its members would otherwise have standing to sue in their own right.”
The Court held that petitioners failed to demonstrate the first element of standing – i.e. injury in fact. To demonstrate injury-in-fact, petitioners were required to “make specific allegations establishing that at least one identified member had suffered or would suffer harm.” The Court highlighted that petitioners could not rest on bare allegations to establish a concrete injury. Rather, petitioners were required to “present specific facts through citations to the administrative record or affidavits or other evidence” that at least one member of each petitioner group would suffer a concrete particularized harm from the compressor stations’ emissions.
And from Law 360:
Nexus Gas Transmission LLC has shot back at Oberlin, Ohio’s challenge to FERC greenlighting a $2.1 billion pipeline, telling the D.C. Circuit there was plenty of need for the natural gas project and that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had properly scrutinized it.
Nexus on Friday rebutted allegations by the city and the Coalition to Reroute Nexus that there wasn’t a real need for the pipeline — which is now in operation — because a significant portion of its capacity wasn’t under contract. Instead, available capacity provided a needed alternative for the market that enhanced competition, which is a public benefit, according to the company’s brief.
“Petitioners argue that the amount of capacity subject to precedent agreements — 59 percent — is insufficient to support FERC’s finding of public need,” the Nexus brief said, noting that FERC cited “providing competitive alternatives” as a public benefit. “In order for a pipeline to be an available competitive alternative, it must have available capacity; thus, the commission’s policy of encouraging competition requires available capacity on new pipelines to provide an alternative to existing pipelines.”
Ohio Man Charged for Making Bomb Threat to Oil and Gas Company
From the Observer-Reporter:
An Ohio man was arrested Tuesday on accusations he phoned a bomb threat last year into a company in North Strabane Township that services the Marcellus shale natural gas industry.
Township police charged Ryan Patrick Dougherty, 39, of Belmont, after determining his cellphone was used to place the call about 11:25 p.m. Nov. 16 to Myers Well Service in Eighty Four, court records show.
The threat prompted evacuations of Myers, at 40 Industry Drive, and several other nearby businesses, including the SpringHouse Market, where bakers were working the midnight shift, police stated in the affidavit.
The night supervisor at Myers answered the call, in which a man told him that half of his employees were on drugs, the court record show.
The caller didn’t like the answer he received, and he then said, “Since you don’t care, the bomb has already been planted, and at 9 a.m., the place will go up in smoke,” police stated in the affidavit.
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Legal Dispute Over Second Lordstown Power Plant Resolved, Construction Planned
The first plant began operation last October after about 21/2 years of construction.
Siderewicz and his company filed the lawsuit on behalf of the proposed second plant, known as the Trumbull Energy Center, in September 2017 asking Judge Peter Kontos to enforce the agreements the owners of the first plant signed to allow the second plant to be built.
The owners of the first plant, known as the Lords-town Energy Center, said they were holding off on deciding whether to allow the second plant’s construction until they had time to study the impact the second plant would have on the first plant.
Judge Kontos ruled in late 2017 that the owners of the first plant must sign an agreement related to the industrial park necessary for the second plant to proceed. An appeal of that ruling is pending.
Read the rest of that article by clicking right here.
And also from the Vindicator:
Construction of a $925 million clean-energy power plant in Lordstown should begin this summer, according to a press release issued today from Clean Energy Future, the project’s developer.
The center is projected to have a $26 billion long-term economic impact on the Mahoning Valley economy and local and state governments, according to CEF.
Trumbull Energy Center will be built adjacent to and just south of the $900 million Lordstown Energy Center, which CEF also developed. It went into commercial operation last October.
Huntington Bank and Key Bank have both expressed interest in loaning debt capital to Trumbull, according to the press release issued by Bill Siderewicz, CEF’s president.
Trumbull has all its major permits and licenses, and CEF was ready to proceed to the financing stage for Trumbull when a contract dispute arose that forced Trumbull to file suit against the adjacent Lordstown energy facility. That dispute has been settled, officials said.
“Once funded, Trumbull will yield substantial economic benefits to Northeast Ohio and the to the people of Trumbull and Mahoning counties,” said Bill Siderewicz, CEF’s president.
Trumbull will be a huge economic boost to the Mahoning Valley and greater-Ohio, he said.
The immediate impact will be new construction jobs over 34 consecutive months that will peak at 950 workers, representing close to 2 million man-hours of construction effort, CEF said.
Click here to read that whole article.
Results From Cabot's Exploratory Wells Unsatisfactory
From a Cabot Oil & Gas press release:
Fourth-quarter 2018 operating expenses (including financing) decreased to $1.87 per Mcfe, a seven percent improvement compared to the prior-year period. All operating expenses per unit were in-line with the Company's guidance for the quarter except for depreciation, depletion and amortization and exploration, driven by higher amortization of undeveloped leasehold and exploratory dry hole costs associated with unsuccessful drilling results in our exploration areas. "After further evaluation of our remaining exploration prospect, we have determined that this area is unlikely to yield results that generate long-term value creation for our shareholders," noted Dinges. "As we have said through this entire evaluation process, we remain committed to deploying capital judiciously and if a project fails to generate competitive full-cycle returns, then we will not allocate additional capital to it going forward."
The exploration area in question here is Ashland County, and it is apparent from this release and further comments during the company's fourth quarter earnings call with reporters that Cabot is not planning any more activity in the area at this time. Read the whole press release by clicking here.
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#UmitBenan talks to #FilepMotwary
Interview and photography by Filep Motwary © Courtesy of Dapper Dan Magazine, Volume #10, released in October 2014.
Umit Benan’s collections are invariably well received by the press. The menswear design genius is happy with simple things like manly morals, brilliant storytelling and quality time at work or home. Since the launch of his eponymous menswear label in 2009, Benan’s interesting and inspiring work has made him one of the leaders in menswear through his great narrative ability, strong outlines and excellent craftsmanship and techniques.
Dapper Dan met Umit the week before his spring/summer 2015 show in Paris.
FILEP MOTWARY: What led you to become a designer?
UMIT BENAN: I felt like that was the easiest way for me to become a respected person, for who I am and not because of who my father is. Also, simply because I liked it.
FM: You are Turkish, you were born in Germany and you were raised in Istanbul. How are your origins reflected in what you do?
UM: Being raised in Istanbul helped me a lot and it is something quite visible in my work. Istanbul is a city full of contrasts, which is exactly what my own work is about. The Turkish language has a way to play with humour, which is something I like as well: humour is also part of what I do.
FM: What are your memories of Turkey?
UM: Not very good, I’m afraid. As a child, many people who wanted to control me always surrounded me. The truth is I was very naughty by nature but still, trying to control me never actually worked. Once I left home, I found the freedom I was seeking and myself.
FM: There is always a very strong emotional and cinematic undercurrent in your shows. At your first show in Paris (autumn/winter 2014), I actually witnessed people in tears. Do you feel exposed to the world by being so openly personal in your references?
UM: I am a designer because I love being one. It’s the only place where my anger or happiness beauty come out free and during the 15 minutes a show lasts, I always try to give all of me. I explode! Everything I live and come across during the six months before every show is revealed during the show. As a child I was fascinated by cinema and wanted to study it—something I never did due to lack of trust by my parents, so I was never sent to LA alone, to study. Instead they sent me to Boston where my brother was…
FM: Your entire cast featured black models. Why?
UM: The entire collection’s inspiration came from a true American hero: the first African-American baseball player in the professional league, Jackie Robinson. I tried to tell his story through my collection and show.
FM: Why did you come out holding a “NO TO RACISM” sign at the end of the show?
UM: Because Jackie Robinson was the first African-American player. Before Robinson, no other African American was allowed on the baseball field, which was crazy! It is outrageous to think that these people were not judged by their genuine talent but by their skin colour. Robinson broke the rule and others followed. He is my hero and this show was my political message.
FM: I wonder if there is a cause today that would get you to go out on the streets to support it? How passionate are you for the things you believe in?
UM: How Turkey as a country is being managed is a reason that could cause a passionate manifesto with a real result! The Turks are very passionate. I would go and fight until my last minute in this lifetime.
FM: Do you believe in heroism? Are there heroes today and what is a hero for you?
UM: A true hero for me was Kemal Atatürk, the greatest Turk of all time. I see heroes more like a political figure for some reason. But Michael Jackson can also be another kind of hero!
FM: What are the traits you admire in men?
UM: Honesty, being natural as a state of mind, being a man, fatherhood…
FM: What about women?
UM: Femininity, fragility, motherhood, beauty.
FM: Do you think it is necessary to think or act differently in order to create something great?
UM: Of course! That’s the key. Being different makes you unique. You can create something great only if you are obsessed. Obsessed with anything. It doesn’t matter.
FM: The collection represents the classic American fashion of the early 1940s and included all sorts of preppy letterman jackets in denim, woollen trenches and heavy quilted silhouettes. How easy was it for you to escape the retro and the historical and come up with a contemporary result?
UM: My work is a combination of nostalgia and the current world state. The `40s and Robinson were two references I used from the past. I try always to present my work in a modern way that becomes an interesting mix with my references at the end.
FM: What is your general creative procedure?
UM: First I start with a story, then I sketch the timeline, the moment of my interest in the story, the way I want to present it. Then I go on the streets and find people who could play that part of the scene I imagine. And finally, I start sketching the clothes.
FM: What about the fall collection: how did everything start? The idea and this need you had to explore such a specific character of the past?
UM: Five years ago, while walking on the streets of NYC, I came across this guy in SoHo who was selling these amazing posters while shouting the name of Jackie Robinson. I loved the photos and asked him about the guy and he told me the whole story. From that moment on, I started researching everything about him and his story. For some time I wanted to do a story about racism and Jackie’s life was the best way to give the “No to Racism” message to the world.
FM: What about your editing process? What is your strong point? What are your chief preoccupations in your collections technically?
UM: I have no stress in anything other than just putting on an emotional and real show. For me, to do that, I need the heart of others, which I can’t control but only ask them to open for me. It is not easy to find passionate people who can share the same feelings toward your project.
FM: The press raves about your tailoring ability. Indeed it is a very strong element in your work, as is your use of luxury fabrics. Should fashion always be expensive?
UM: Fashion should always be expensive. Otherwise it’s just a product in a store. Fashion is emotions and a dream and that is something that should always have a price!
FM: In which direction do you think fashion is moving?
UM: I hate the fact that we are consuming very fast. And I hate that this puts too much pressure on us. It becomes way too hard for independent designers to deliver the expected.
FM: What about technology, how involved is it in your work?
UM: I neither like nor use it!
FM: How do you spend the majority of your time, when you’re not working?
UM: On road trips with my wife.
Tags: #FilepMotwary, #UmitBenan, dapper dan magazine, filep motwary, umit benan
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Do you have some interesting wildlife news? Nov. 25, 2018 edition Trump Administration to Auction Off 900,000 Acres for Fracking in Nevada
BLM to destroy sagegrouse habitat in the name of cows
By George Wuerthner On December 1, 2018 · 4 Comments · In B.L.M., Grazing and Livestock, Idaho, Sage Grouse
The Challis and Salmon BLM of central Idaho appear to be ready to destroy much of the sage grouse habitat in the Lemhi, Pahsimeroi, and Lost River valleys, ironically in the name of protecting sage grouse.
As an ecologist, and someone who has studied both sagebrush and sage-grouse ecology, I find the proposal to crush 134,000 acres of sagebrush in prime and associated sage grouse habitat almost criminal. I do not say that lightly.
There is abundant scientific evidence that demonstrates that sagebrush is critical to sage grouse survival. Much of the area proposed for treatment currently does not even meet the BLM’s minimum levels of sagebrush cover for sage grouse, thus destroying tens of thousands of acres of sagebrush can only lead to the continued decline of sage grouse in the area.
There is also abundant evidence that disturbance of sagebrush landscapes leads to an increase in cheatgrass. Cheatgrass is an invasive annual grass that is highly flammable. Since it can increase wildfire frequency in sagebrush landscapes, it is one of the significant threats to sagebrush ecosystems and sage grouse.
But cheatgrass does not suddenly appear from space or with aliens. Instead, cheatgrass spread is a direct consequence of disturbance that harms native grasses and landscapes.
For instance, one recent study in Oregon that compared mowed and unmowed sagebrush sites concluded: “By the third year post-treatment annual forb and annual grass (cheatgrass) biomass production was more than nine and sevenfold higher in the mowed than reference treatment.”
Another 2012 study found: “The preponderance of literature indicates that habitat management programs that emphasize treating (like mowing) Wyoming big sagebrush are not supported with respect to positive responses by sage-grouse habitats or populations.” The same study went on to conclude: “Most published information suggests that treatments to winter or breeding habitats of sage-grouse have a negative effect on the species.”
Research published in 2018 concluded that “grazing impacts resulted in reduced site resistance to B. tectorum, suggesting that grazing management that enhances plant and biocrust communities will also enhance site resistance” (to cheatgrass). Translation: If you want healthy sagebrush ecosystems, remove the irritations like livestock grazing.
Beyond the fact that these treatments are likely to increase cheatgrass at the expense of sagebrush and sage grouse, the real threat to sage grouse in these valleys as well as elsewhere across much of its range is livestock production. Yet the BLM does not even consider the cumulative impacts of sagebrush destruction with the on-going adverse effects of domestic livestock production on these same lands.
If the BLM really wanted to improve things for sage grouse, it would be eliminating livestock grazing on OUR public lands.
For instance, much research has shown that the trampling of biological crusts enhances the spread of cheatgrass. Biological crust covers the soil in between perennial bunchgrasses and inhibits the seedling establishment of annual grasses like cheatgrass.
Cattle also the primary agent that has destroyed riparian areas and wet meadows which are critical habitat to sage-grouse chicks. Livestock breaks down creekbanks which can lead to entrenchment of waterways and a lowering of water levels which can lead to a shrinkage of wet meadow habitat. Plus, by consuming streamside vegetation and reducing hiding cover, cattle expose sage grouse chicks to predators.
Fences constructed to control livestock constitute a significant source of mortality to sage grouse. Sage grouse are weak fliers and tend to fly close to the ground. In some studies, as much as 30% of sage-grouse populations are killed by collisions with fences.
Fences also act as “lookout posts” for avian predators like ravens.
Why are their fences on public lands? Only one reason—to facilitate the exploitation of public resources for the benefit of private ranching interest.
Livestock also consumes many of the same forbs that sage grouse chicks require during the first couple of weeks of their lives, thus directly compete with sage grouse for an essential and critical food resource.
Water troughs designed to serve livestock also as breeding grounds for mosquitoes that spread West Nile Virus, which in some areas, is also a significant source of morality for sage grouse.
In short, the BLM appears to be capitulating to private interests at the expense of the public’s interest in healthy sagebrush ecosystems and healthy sage-grouse populations.
Tagged with: B.L.M. • Cattle • livestock • sage brush • Sage Grouse
George Wuerthner
George Wuerthner is an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology
4 Responses to BLM to destroy sagegrouse habitat in the name of cows
Ida Lupine says:
This is maddening. Whatever happened to the agreement, or promise, made to set aside sage grouse habitat in lieu of an Endangered Species listing? A big nothing.
This is a great example of compromises made and getting nothing in return.
Bruce Bowen says:
Endangered species listing and critical habitat designation has become a black hole of bureaucracy. This of course is what the republican led congress wanted; to basically sabotage it by making endless requirements.
Economic impacts: In the case of the Gunnison sage grouse the USFWS hired a firm to determine the economic impacts of critical habitat designation on the following:
1. Livestock grazing; 2. Agriculture and water management; 3. Mineral and fossil fuel extraction; 4. renewable energy development; 5. recreation and transportation; 6. residential related projects.
Other requirements could include getting comments from other agencies like homeland security, the military establishment and the small business administration, plus there are a number of procedural requirements that must be followed. (like the paperwork reduction act–what a crock!)
The economic analysis is largely based on what the courts called a measure of reduced market value of the land and benefits foregone by society. Since wildlife species cannot enter into the market directly, they don’t stand a chance in the current capitalistic environment.
So now that the Greater sage hen has not been listed the BLM can do what it is best at; destroying habitat just like it has done since its beginning. Chaining, discing, spraying, burning etc.. to set vegetational succession back so that wildlife can only barely hang on. If the habitat burns because of cheat grass invasion all the better because the BLM fire program will just seek more money.
Historically the treatment of wildlife was to obliterate the food sources for Native Americans and to be sacrificed for the market in the form of cheap food, furs, bones, plumes etc.. This old policy has not morphed that much from the frontier days. Anything that stands in the way of the “free market” will get run over.
It’s especially violent to me to see video of sage habitat, and trees closer to where I live, being constantly bulldozed.
The sage grouse is named so for a reason; they’re not the cheatgrass grouse! Removing sage habitat, I just cannot wrap my head around it.
MAD says:
George, do you have a link to the BLM decision because all I could find is links to stuff several months ago? Unfortunately, the sage grouse “compromises” was a scam from day one, and was always a capitulation to the the ag-ranching community. It does bother me that biologists on the ground are either disregarded or have to go along to keep their jobs.
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Ledgin shares historical research techniques
Sally of Monticello: Founding Mother is Norm Ledgin’s latest historical fiction—“the 38-year love story of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson.” Temple Grandin helped him write the nonfiction Diagnosing Jefferson (2000), followed by Asperger’s and Self-Esteem (2002), the latter republished in France and referenced widely in literature and film. His historical fiction includes The Jayhawker (2006), a Kansas “best books” selection. His mystery, Sour Notes (2009), has prompted a sequel-in-progress, Disharmony.
Website: normledgin.com
Tell us a little about your research techniques. What's important is to read deeply about whatever true character you're weaving into your story. I would estimate everything I've written and lectured about Jefferson required advance reading of forty or fifty volumes before I penned my first line about the man. The effort paid: The University of Kansas has so far hired me five or six times (adjunct) to teach courses about him. Not a bad late-in-life career.
What are some of the online sources for your historical research?
http://www.about.com
http://www.ancestry.com
http://www.artic.edu
http://www.earlyamerica.com
http://www.e-familytree.net
http://www.en.wikipedia.org
http://www.firstladies.org
http://www.franceshunter.wordpress.com
http://www.fullbooks.com
http://www.monticello.org
http://www.questia.com
http://www.thefreelibrary.com
http://www.virginia.edu
How do you verify the accuracy of your information? To assure any who question the reliability of some online references, the author uses multiple sources always to double-check and often to triple-check factual material, a good journalistic habit.
The Writers’ Lens is about Bringing fiction into focus–what brings your writing into focus, the characters, the stories, the love of words? The characters.
What inspired your latest book? Historians' misunderstanding the character of Sally Hemings, who gave up freedom in France to return to bondage in Virginia voluntarily with her lover, Thomas Jefferson.
How much fact is in your fiction? The work is thoroughly researched. Every action can be accounted for by place and date in Jefferson's records. Every person named in the book actually lived and was where I said he or she was at the time.
What's the highest compliment someone could make about your writing? "I couldn't put it down."
SALLY OF MONTICELLO: Teenaged Sally Hemings, mixed-race slave and sister-in-law to widower Thomas Jefferson, captured his heart while serving his daughters in Paris where he was U.S. Minister. It was there a 38-year relationship began.
The historical novel, Sally of Monticello: Founding Mother, by Jefferson lecturer N.M. Ledgin, portrays a bright, assertive woman. She resolved his “inner conflict,” according to historian Winthrop D. Jordan, by ridding him of “high tension concerning women and Negroes.” Ledgin based the novel’s timeline on Jefferson’s precise recordkeeping and collection of letters.
Controversy over the affair and over recent DNA findings continues to fuel books and articles. Sally decided voluntarily to return with Jefferson from slavery-free France to Virginia. They had several children who went free, and they left a mixed-race legacy now woven into the fabric of the nation. This novel is an illuminating take on history. It is filled with emotion and adventure in the voice of a self-educated, sacrificing woman, whose passionate love and devotion helped guide one of our founding fathers.
"What an extraordinary accomplishment. I was held captive all through it, sometimes reading late into the night because I couldn't put it down."
Elizabeth Black, author of Buffalo Spirits
You can buy Sally of Monticello at:
This is T.W. Fendley. Thanks for reading and commenting on The Writers' Lens.You can find out more about me at www.twfendley.com.
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Into The Storm - Where The Merfalo Roam
1. Truck Van Trailer
2. Ghostmaker
3. Seduced And Disappointed
4. I Gotta Get The Bees Outta My Teeth
5. Wellwisher
6. Maturin
7. Maths
8. Fell Of A Horse
9. Jobbernaught
10. Where The Merfalo Roam
Apologies for the radio silence over the last week. My job is taking it out of me and now I've got flu or something. I can't think of a better way to stop it taking hold than taking time to check out Into The Storm, who as it turns covered CKY's 96 Quite Bitter Beings prior to the release of their second album in November. I don't know a great deal about the band, although they released their first full-length in 2010, following it up with two EPs in 2011 and 2013 respectively. "Where The Merfalo Roam" was released via Alive And Breathing Records.
Into The Storm plays heavy, noisy metal tinged with sludge, which definitely takes more from the Savannah scene than it does from Seattle. Truck Van Trailer is pretty high octane and reverb on the vocals help them to match the soundstage created by the guitars and drums. Kinda like Crowbar being forced to mate with Torche. The wicked melody created by the lead guitar provide plenty of atmosphere on Ghostmaker that fights through it’s mid-paced drawl, before Into The Storm hits with off-kilter riffs that will curb stomp you harder than a chav from Birmingham that’s into beatdown! Things get more depraved and experimental with the slow burning Seduced and Disappointed. They pick up the pace with I Gotta Get The Bees Outta My Teeth, which is basically pile-driving rock with added sledgehammers. They pull out a huge number midway through the album with the six+ minute Wellwisher. It’s awesome when a band writes a longer song and then just rages through it, instead of getting too proggy or flowery. There’s no need for gimmicks here. Alexis Tahiri’s trumpet playing on Maturin adds a whole new layer to Into The Storm’s sound and seems to lift it to another place. Semi-improv intros are the best and it gives way to more heaviness. It’s this song where the screams also take on a new character all of their own, backed up by more monumental riffs and cymbal crashes. This half of the record has a more definite hardcore approach as Maths follows in the same footsteps as Maturin did, despite it’s more obvious introspective sections. Fell Off A Horse is more of a grinding frenzy at a little over a minute, while the bizarrely titled Jobbernaught is a…juggernaught (sorry). They end with the title-track and again it’s a big-un. A precise mix of everything that’s made this album great, with added violin from both Kim Pack and Sarah Pendleton. Brant, James, Matthew and Oliver have made more noise than a quartet really ought to and with it they’ve made an album worth strapping yourself in for.
Stream "Where The Merfalo Roam" and grab it digitally or on cd/vinyl from Into The Storm's bandcamp page below:-
Where the Merfalo Roam by INTO THE STORM
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By : Jamie Hyman
Tags:beer, breakfast, business, Disney, food, friendly, get, green, love, school
Soon, Se7en Bites’ customers will be able to fill their pie holes at a much bigger location.
The bake shop, owned by Trina Gregory-Propst and Va Propst, is currently located on a small green building on Primrose Drive and opened in 2013. Over the next six months, they’ll work on renovating the 3500-square-foot building that used to the home of Sunshine School Uniforms, just north of Se7en Bites’ current location at 617 N. Primrose Drive.
“Still in Colonialtown North area, which we are thrilled about,” Gregory-Propst says.
The original location will remain open throughout the entire renovation.
“When get into new building, the old one will close,” she says, adding that they leased the old location but own the new building. I’m sure something fabulous will go in [the original location]. “The owner of the property and I have been bombarded with so many inquiries.”
In addition to more space, the new locations will bring an expanded menu.
“Since we’ll be going into a full kitchen with gas, we will have the ability to do fries and fried chicken, plus we’ll be adding some breakfast and lunch poutine, burgers, chicken and waffles, donuts, fritters, larger pastry kitchen; we’ll be able to add specialty bread,” Gregory-Propst says. “We’ll have a full line of baked goods.”
They’ll also have a beer and wine license and are working with Disney’s recycling specialists to plan a green-friendly disposal of glass bottles. The bigger location will mean more staff, as well – Gregory-Propst says they currently have 14 staff members and expect they’ll need to expand to 40-50 employees between the kitchen, bakery and front of house.
Two things that won’t change are the look of the business and the general hours of operation. Gregory-Propst says they’re going to paint the new building their trademark green, because it’s a signature color created by their graphic designer, and the “pie lady” mural will reappear on the front of the new location. Se7en Bites will continue to offer just breakfast and lunch, with some slightly expanded hours, although Gregory-Propst says, “We might throw in a pop-up dinner every once in a while.”
She says as a small business, they’re qualified for several grants that will help with the renovation.
“We fully intend on working with the city to make this spot as fabulous as it used to be,” Propst says. “This whole area is just flourishing, with new business coming in.”
Se7en Bites originated with Gregory-Propst making desserts for other businesses around town. She says she’s pleased with Se7en Bites success, but also a little surprised.
“We just thought we’d open this small storefront and continue making food for other businesses,” Gregory-Propst says. “I had no idea it would take off the way it did and we are so grateful that people love what we do that much.”
Jamie Hyman
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2017 STATE GAMES OF AMERICA KICKS OFF AUG. 4 WITH OPENING CEREMONY AT VAN ANDEL ARENA
Event Features Parade of 12K Athletes, National Trampoline Act, Cauldron Lighting and Laser Light Show
Grand Rapids, Mich., July 11, 2017 – In less than 30 days, West Michigan will host the 2017 State Games of America (Aug. 3-6) for the first time in Michigan, welcoming 12,000 athletes from 47 states, the District of Columbia and Canada plus 25,000 attendees. The 60-event, 48-sport festival will begin in true Olympic fashion with an Opening Ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4 at Van Andel Arena, 130 W. Fulton St. in Grand Rapids. The ticketed event is open to the public and is expected to sell out.
“This Opening Ceremony will be like nothing hosted in Grand Rapids before,” said Eric Engelbarts, event director of the 2017 State Games of America. “Ticket holders will be treated to Olympic-style fanfare, from the impressive Parade of Athletes to a nationally-renowned trampoline act. We urge people to buy tickets now before it sells out.”
Spectators also can enjoy the free Athlete Village in Rosa Parks Circle beforehand from 2 to 7 p.m.
Olympic-Style Opening Ceremony Embodies State Games Spirit
Similar to the tradition at the Olympic Games, the Opening Ceremony of the State Games of America begins with the Parade of Athletes – a spectacle featuring all 12,000 athletes entering Van Andel Arena in order by state, with commentary by local broadcasters Bret Bakita and Kevin Richards. Leading the parade will be Grand Marshal Greg Meyer, Grand Rapids resident and the last American male runner to win the Boston Marathon prior to 2014 (1983). Other Opening Ceremony highlights include:
Tribute to Michigan State Police – In honor of the Michigan State Police’s 100th anniversary, police motorcycles will lead the Parade of Athletes, and Michigan State Police will hold the American flag during the national anthem as well as administer the Oath of Athletes.
National Anthem Performance – The Pearson family of Grand Rapids will perform, featuring Scotty and Lafoya Pearson and their six children ranging in age from 6 to 17 years old.
Olympian Recognition – Nine Michigan Olympians will attend, including Cheryl Angelelli of Clinton Township (Paralympic swimmer; Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), Andrew Bremer of Grand Rapids (Paralympic soccer player; Rio 2016), Alfred Jones of Southfield (Olympic boxer; Mexico City 1968), Pam Kruse of Grand Rapids (Olympic swimmer; Mexico City 1968), John Kusko of Commerce Township (Paralympic goalball player; Rio 2016), Fred Lowe of Dewitt (Olympic weightlifter; Mexico City 1968, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976), Lou Scott of Detroit (Olympic distance runner; Mexico City 1968), Brian Sheridan of Clarkston (Paralympic cyclist; Rio 2016) and Mackenzie Woodring of Lowell (Olympic cyclist; Beijing 2008, Rio 2016).
Skyriders! High Flying Trampoline Show – Guinness World Record holder and three-time national trampoline champion Ken Kovach and his team of acrobats will perform high-flying and daring stunts. With more than 20 years of experience entertaining worldwide audiences, the team has performed at halftime shows for every NBA team plus at the 2015 NBA Finals.
Oath of Athletes – University of Detroit Jesuit high school senior Sean English of Northville will lead the oath on behalf of the athletes. A runner on U-D Jesuit's track team, he was struck by a car in April while helping an overturned SUV on I-96 and had his right leg amputated below the knee. Michigan State Trooper Patrick Arena, who made a tourniquet at the crash site and saved English’s life, will administer the oath. Arena is stationed at the Michigan State Police Metro South Post in Taylor.
Lighting the Cauldron / Laser Light Show – An athlete yet to be named will light the cauldron at the center of Van Andel to officially open the State Games of America. A second torch will be lit and carried by Treney Tweedy, vice mayor of Lynchburg, Va., home of the 2019 State Games of America. A laser light show will conclude the evening.
“This event embodies the spirit of State Games events across America – welcoming all ages and all abilities from across the country and Canada,” said Engelbarts. “We are celebrating the sportsmanship and team spirit of athletics, and we invite all Michigan residents to enjoy this evening and the rest of the weekend festivities.”
Tickets to the Opening Ceremony are $5 for athletes and $15 for spectators if purchased online in advance, or $10 for athletes and $20 for spectators for on-site admission the day of the event (if available). Children under 2 years old are free if sitting on someone’s lap. Tickets can be purchased at stategamesofamerica.com/admissions. Planners anticipate the event to sell out and encourage interested attendees to order tickets online in advance.
MEDIA COVERAGE NOTE: A designated media viewing platform will be available for media wishing to cover the Opening Ceremony. Journalists should RSVP to Kim Skeltis at kim@blueblazepr.com or 616.419.8385, and a media credential can be picked up at DeVos Place starting Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Volunteer Check-In area or at the admission area of Van Andel Arena up to 30 minutes prior to the Opening Ceremony starting. The media credential also allows coverage access to all State Games of America events throughout the weekend.
Athlete Village Offers Free Fun at Rosa Parks Circle
In addition to the Opening Ceremony, spectators can enjoy Athlete Village at Rosa Parks Circle Friday, Aug. 4 from 2 to 7 p.m., featuring a live broadcast from 105.3 Hot FM; food trucks; a photo booth; and games including 4D virtual reality, foot darts and double-shot basketball. Athlete Village is free and open to the public with no reservations necessary. More information can be found at stategamesofamerica.com/athletevillage.
Other Ways to Participate in State Games of America
There are many ways to participate in the State Games of America:
Compete as an athlete – All Michigan residents are eligible to compete without prequalifying in a State Games event. See registration information for each sport at stategamesofamerica.com/sportlisting2017, noting online registration ends Aug. 1 for most events.
Watch an event – A $10 Spectator Event Pass provides access to special events (except the Opening Ceremony) and all sports venues, and a $20 Super Pass includes the above plus one spectator Opening Ceremony ticket, one athlete Opening Ceremony ticket and discounts at participating restaurants. Super Pass sales end Aug. 1, after which individual event ticket sales can be purchased on site at varying prices per event (see individual sports pages for details). Children under the age of 3 are free. Visit stategamesofamerica.com/admissions for ticket information.
Volunteer – Approximately 1,000 volunteers are needed to support the State Games of America. Visit stategamesofamerica.com/volunteer for information.
Sponsor – Sponsorship opportunities are still available - contact Eric Engelbarts at eengelbarts@stategamesofmichigan.com more information.
About the 2017 State Games of America
The State Games of America is a biennial Olympic-style event featuring competition between State Games medal winners from the 30 states that conduct State Games events. The 2017 State Games of America operates in place of the annual Meijer State Games of Michigan - Summer Games. The West Michigan Sports Commission, Experience Grand Rapids and Meijer State Games of Michigan partnered to bid on and host the 2017 State Games of America, beating San Diego; Lincoln, Neb. and Hampton Roads, Va. Grand Rapids is the first Michigan city to host a State Games of America.
The 2017 State Games of America is expected to draw 12,000 athletes (4,000 from out of state) and 25,000 attendees, filling 5,500 hotel rooms at 30 partner hotels from Kalamazoo to Big Rapids and generating $10 million in estimated economic impact. The State Games of America features 48 sports in 60 events at 35 venues across West Michigan.
About the West Michigan Sports Commission
The West Michigan Sports Commission, a non-profit 501 (c) (3), works to identify, secure and host a diverse level of youth and amateur sporting events to make a positive impact on the region’s economy and quality of life. Celebrating 10 years since its inception in 2007, the WMSC has booked 600 sporting events and tournaments that attracted more than 900,000 athletes and visitors, generating $260 million in direct visitor spending. For more information, visit westmisports.com.
About the National Congress of State Games/State Games of America
The National Congress of State Games (NCSG) is a membership organization comprised of 30 State Games organizations and a member of the United States Olympic Committee's Multi Sport Organizational Council. The NCSG is the rights holder of the State Games of America, an Olympic-style event featuring competition between State Games medal winners (gold, silver, bronze) from across the nation. The mission of the NCSG is to support State Games member organizations in the promotion of health, fitness and character building through Olympic-style competitions and physical activities. For more information, visit stategames.org.
About the Meijer State Games of Michigan
Modeled after the Olympics, the Meijer State Games of Michigan welcomes athletes regardless of age or ability level and embodies the values of participation, sportsmanship and healthy living among residents of Michigan. A signature event of the West Michigan Sports Commission, the Meijer State Games of Michigan is a grassroots organization that relies on the dedication of thousands of volunteers and the support of corporate partners. The 2017 State Games of America will take place instead of the 2017 State Games of Michigan - Summer Games. For more information, visit stategamesofmichigan.com.
West Michigan Sports Commission:
Katy Tigchelaar
Kim Skeltis, Blue Blaze PR
Meijer State Games of Michigan:
Eric Engelbarts, II
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Home Weekly Filming Updates The Sweetest Christmas & At Home in Mitford Start Filming in BC
The Sweetest Christmas & At Home in Mitford Start Filming in BC
The Sweetest Christmas with Party of Five star Lacey Chabert and At Home in Mitford with Andie MacDowell start filming in BC this week.
Credit: Copyright 2016 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Bettina Strauss
The Sweetest Christmas (aka Sugar and Spice) (Hallmark TV Movie)
The Sweetest Christmas is Lacey’s second Hallmark movie filmed in BC this year, the first of which was Moonlight in Vermont. She also filmed a Hallmark Christmas movie in the area last year called A Wish For Christmas.
In The Sweetest Christmas, Lacey plays Kylie, a pastry chef whose talent just landed her in the American Gingerbread Competition finals. But the feeling is “bittersweet” since she just came out of a failed engagement. Despite that, Kylie is determined to get her career back on track and take home the grand prize at the competition. Her plans are almost foiled due to a oven malfunction, but in an unlikely turn of events, her former high school sweetheart, Bobby, lends a helping hand. Although his intentions are admirable, they too many get in the way.
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According to Entertainment Weekly, Lacey will be joined by Lea Coco (Sinister 2, Queen Sugar) and Jonathan Adams (Last Man Standing, American Dreams). Vancouver’s own Ava Grace Cooper (When Calls the Heart, The Perfect Bride) will play Hannah – thank you @trudy_ptm for the info!
The Sweetest Christmas continues filming in British Columbia until June 28th and will premiere during Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas event later this year. Update: The Sweetest Christmas premieres on November 11th at 8pm on the Hallmark Channel in the US.
At Home In Mitford (TV Movie)
Based on author Jan Karon’s best-selling book of the same name, At Home In Mitford is centred around a writer named Cynthia Copperstone. In an effort to break her writer’s block and jump start her career, Cynthia take her cat and leaves her life in Boston behind in favour of a small town called Mitford, North Carolina. While looking for inspiration, she meets Father Tim Kavanagh, a pastor in town. The two end up joining forces to help a boy named Dooley who recently lost his family. It turns out that their time with Dooley helps them work through their own challenges and even find love.
Cedar Cove star Andie MacDowell will portray Cynthia alongside Cameron Mathison (All My Children, Murder She Baked) who plays Tim. BC’s own Nicholas Holmes will play Dooley. Nicholas just recently wrapped up a role in the big budget feature Hard Powder, and has also had roles on Bates Motel, Arrow and in The Shack.
At Home in Mitford continues filming in British Columbia until June 30th and will premiere Saturday, August 19th at 9pm on Hallmark Channel in the US.
Garage Sale Mystery: Case of Murder (TV Movie)
Cast: Lori Loughlin
Filming until June 29th
Signed, Sealed, Delivered 8 & 9 (TV Movie)
Cast: Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson
Filming until July 21
For a full list of what’s filming in Vancouver and British Columbia right now, check out our In Production page.
The Wedding March: A Valentine Wedding (TV Movie) with Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett wraps up June 16th
Psych: The Movie (TV Movie) with James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Corbin Bernsen, Kirsten Nelson, Kurt Fuller, Sage Brocklebank and Charlotte Flair wraps up June 17th
If you see any of these productions, including the The Sweetest Christmas filming in Vancouver and British Columbia, be sure to let us know by tweeting us (@WhatsFilming) or via our Submit a Location page.
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UA and regents make funding, tuition primary focus of state legislative session
Published Jan 14, 2017 6:00am
By Mark Lawson 07/16/19 1:00pm
By Harrison Moreno 07/16/19 2:52am
By Selena Kuikahi 07/16/19 2:49am
Courtesy Governor Doug Ducey | The Daily Wildcat
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (left) in Mexico City. Ducey's Executive Budget proposal would give universities an exemption from sales tax at the expense of the cities in which they operate.
Arizona began its 53rd legislative session at the state capital on Jan. 9. After the November elections, republicans maintained control of both the state House and Senate.
Gov. Doug Ducey, in his State of the State address, presented his legislative agenda for the new year. Many of Ducey’s proposals focused on increasing funding for education.
“I will call for an increased investment in our public schools above and beyond inflation every single year I am governor,” Ducey said during the speech.
Ducey previously outlined his plan to spend an additional $1.8 billion on K-12 education in a press release. Ducey promised salary increases and bonuses for teachers as well as loan forgiveness for STEM teachers and all-day kindergarten for residents.
“Without a doubt, schools in low-income areas are the ones that really need our focus—and that’s what my budget prioritizes,” Ducey said.
Absent from Ducey’s speech was a plan for Arizona's public universities.
“Ducey went the entire speech never substantively mentioning higher education,” said Jo Holt, chair of the Pima County Democratic Party.
Over the past decade, the legislature's cuts to state funding have contributed to increased university tuition rates paid by in-state students, Holt said.
Public universities are strongly tied to the local economy and Holt believes continuing to weaken these institutions will result in negative economic ramifications.
“If you are serious about improving education in Arizona, you have to look at higher education,” she said.
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The Arizona Board of Regents, the governing body of Arizona’s public universities, plans to lobby the state legislature in order to achieve their goals as outlined in their IMPACT Arizona plan.
In a board meeting held last year at UA, Regent Ron Shoopman said the goal of covering 50 percent of in-state student tuition by 2020 must be placed at the forefront of the regents' short-term legislative agenda.
“Every legislature wishes they had more revenue,” said Regent Rick Myers at the meeting.
Public universities can enhance that revenue by providing an adequately educated workforce, Meyers said.
Meyers said he understands the short-term need to fix potholes, but believes increasing tuition coverage will benefit the state long term.
Apart from the board of regents, UA students also plan to lobby the state legislature to increase funding to Arizona’s public universities.
Michael Sistak, UA director of advocacy and community engagement, organized the “Fund Arizona Students" campaign.
The campaign gathered short, selfie videos from UA alumnus, parents and students stating why they believe state legislators should fund public universities.
“The idea is to collect these videos, post them on social media several times a week, and send them to legislators to drive up our engagement with supporters and drive the message home with lawmakers,” Sistak said in an email to students.
UA students will be traveling to the Arizona State Capitol Jan. 18 to participate in Cats at the Capitol.
Cats at the Capitol is the UA's kickoff event for all of our advocacy efforts during the legislative session,” AdvoCats, UA's alumni advocacy group, said in a email to students.
During the trip, UA students will hear from President Ann Weaver Hart, receive advocacy training from lobbyists, have a chance to ask state lawmakers questions and meet with legislative leaders.
“Currently, the state commits to approximately 34% of this cost. Using a three-year 'phase-in' process, the universities are asking the state to increase investment by roughly $77.8 million per year to fully establish the new model,” a press release from the AdvoCats says.
They encourage UA students to attend state Capitol meetings, send letters to their legislators and engage their communities in order to help increase legislative funding for UA.
University funding is not the only issue on UA student’s minds.
Jude Udeozor, president of UA’s Graduate and Professional Student Council, introduced a plan to write to congressional members in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students on campus at a Jan. 9 executive board meeting.
Jasmine Sears, GPSC administrative vice president, hopes the Arizona Legislature and the regents will adopt a state policy to protect DACA students should a federal repeal occur.
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In his policy speech, Ducey discussed many non-education related issues students can voice their opinions on this year. He has promised to assemble a team to examine Arizona business regulations.
“Our team will do the research, and if a rule or regulation is not protecting consumers, public safety or public health, it’s time for it to go,” Ducey said.
Students also have the opportunity to voice their opinions on issues Ducey did not address. According to Holt, the legislature must address economic inequality.
“Corporations do not understand they are shooting themselves in the foot by taking so much wealth out of the middle class. It is not a sustainable design for an economic program,” Holt said.
Students can find information on their state legislators and their right to request to speak on the Arizona State Legislature's website.
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Guardians of Glede: Next Generation Book 6: Battle for Argathia
Return to the land of Glede for new adventures with the next generation!
A desperate plea for help, written on a scroll and sent with magic, falls into the wrong hands, and with a few misplace words, Treyas' young daughter activates the spell, sending her and her friends to a world controlled by the Albino.
The Albino, not content with being dictator of only one world, now has a hostage--and one of royal pedigree--with which to extend his empire. It is up to Treyas and his companions to stop the Albino and free the world he has claimed as his own.
Kimber ran the whetstone along the blade with short, furious strokes, each one angrier then the last. How dare he use that tone with her! How dare he forbid her from going! As if he was in a position to forbid her anything. He who argued loudest at Kren's Pub, who forced his opinions on anyone who would listen and some who tried not to, who said the only good Argathian was a dead one. He was nothing more than a weathered, arrogant ex-soldier who called himself her stepfather. Rage ran through Kimber's body and brought her to her feet.
She was not a small woman, nor was she slight of build. She bore the well-proportioned muscular form of her clan. Her waist-length hair was jet black and bound in a tight plait of leather, ribbons and strung stones. The sea-foam green of her short tunic matched her eyes, which were set in an oval face with skin the color of adobe clay. She turned her gaze out over the land before her.
Sharply hewn boulders vied for space with tall, spidery sage-green Anawatha trees, which clung tenaciously to life in the soft, powdery red earth. A sea of azure blue sparkled beneath the summer sun and the ghostly appearance of the twin moons.
Kimber bent and took up a pinch of red dirt. Using her thumb, she smeared a short, red stripe on her forehead; another on each cheek, then fixed her gaze on the moons. Goddess moons, they were, sent to reassure her that at least one of her messages for help would survive the dimensional Web. The great sorcerer would come. Soon. And end the turmoil in Argathia.
She lifted high the scroll she held, and cast the spell that would send it on a desperate search for help.
Prince Treyas Merripen regarded those around him questioningly. "Well?" He leaned his elbows on his wide desktop and waited.
"I can't think what purpose it would serve to take the children," Jansson van Tannen replied, settling back in his chair.
"I can't think what purpose there is in even going," Druce Sinclair mumbled, displeasure evident in his voice.
Treyas looked at his Merian SoulMate. "Because the children want to know," he said. "They need to know. If they have family in Winze, they should at least be offered the chance at reconciliation."
"I don't agree!" Druce snapped, rising. He refilled his wine glass, then turned to the others, his dark eyes flashing. "Most of the children weren't even old enough to remember Winze. Their homes are here, with us. We're their family."
"I tend to agree," Quinlin Thomarius put in. "My boys don't want to go back. Their feeling is that they were unwanted. Why return?" He rose and laid a hand on Treyas' shoulder. "Maybe you're simply transferring your desires to them."
Treyas looked up at him with a sigh. There was truth to the elf's words. He had to admit that. He had grown up not knowing either of his parents and, though he loved his guardian Elek like a father, he had still yearned to know of his heritage, of those who had given him life. He had been fortunate. He had found out. It had closed a gap in his life, had given him a foundation. He couldn't understand why any of the children he and his friends had brought back from the Caves of Challenge ten years ago would feel any different. But, apparently, some did.
"So, yours don't want to go," he said. "What about the others?"
"Well," Quinlin replied, "my girls have each other now. They're content with that."
"And I know that neither of mine want to go back," Druce put in, throwing himself back into his chair. "They've made that quite clear."
Treyas' gaze swung to the others in the room - the two black elves and the Karsab king who had so far remained quiet. "Elvy, Renny, Dar, what do your children say? Do they want to return and find their twins?"
"They're intrigued," Elvy replied. "Especially Maslin. He was with his family in Winze for four years before going to the caves. He remembers his family with love. He knows they put him into the caves to save his life."
"And he's told stories to mine," Renny added. "Stories that have them interested."
"The girls have mentioned their twins a few times," Darosenim Quartermane admitted, stroking his short, red beard. "But I don't like the idea of going back. We don't know how well that Bardic memory spell worked. For all we know, the Winzens could still have their morbid fear of second-born twins. I'm not risking my children's lives to find out."
Treyas rubbed his face wearily. "I guess my main concern is that if we don't satisfy their curiosity, they will. I do not want to go on anymore rescue missions."
Jansson chuckled softly. "With over fifty children between our seven families, rescue missions are a way of life."
Darosenim's blue eyes took on a mischievous glint. "Especially when nine of those children were bred from the King of Catastrophe."
"I resent that, Dar," Jansson replied calmly. "We van Tannen's simply have a thirst for life."
"That's not how Kyel explains it," Darosenim teased.
"Oh, Kyel." Jansson waved away the mention of Kyel Sylvain, King of the Elves, his advisor and surrogate father. "He's just getting old, set in his ways. And he wants everyone else that way - nice, stolid and boring."
"Indeed?" A quiet voice sounded from the doorway of the study. Kyel stepped into the room, his tall, sinewy form seeming to float across the colorful carpets. He was dressed completely in black, as was usual, and his crystal blue eyes sparkled like small jewels set in his ebony skin. He approached Jansson.
"Kyel! I...I was..." Jansson rose, flushing. He smiled and clasped Kyel to him in a brief hug. "When did you get back from the Caves?" he asked lightly, looking up at the elf who towered a good foot and a half above him.
"Nice save," Darosenim whispered loudly. He rose to pour Kyel a glass of wine.
Treyas chuckled and waited for the black elf to answer.
"Only just," Kyel replied and sank into a chair.
"And?" Treyas pressed.
"Unfortunately, children are still coming into the Caves, both by their own choice and the choice of others."
"Baerns!" Darosenim muttered, handing Kyel the wine. "I thought we would at least have slowed it."
"Are they still coming from Winze?" Quinlin asked.
Kyel sighed, nodded and took a sip of wine. "Yes."
"Then Jan's song did no good?" Treyas asked with a frown.
"Sending a Bardic Spell through a sorcery web was a gamble at best," Kyel replied grimly. "I imagine the impact it made was short-lived."
"All the more reason, then, for not going back to Winze," Druce said. "If they're still fearful of twins, it would be far too dangerous."
"I agree," Quinlin said.
"But we don't know that for a fact," Treyas argued. "Maybe these aren't twins coming into the Caves. Maybe they're lonelings or...or..." he shrugged. "It could be any number of things."
"Give it up, Trey," Jansson said. "They're not going to let you go. That's obvious."
Kyel looked over at him. "You seem upset by that, King Jansson. Please explain."
Jansson ran a hand through his brown curls and sighed. "It's just that I understand what Treyas is getting at. I wish I had known a little about Xyza's life."
Treyas flinched. Jansson rarely mentioned the little girl. Though he had not given rise to her birth, he had still loved her as his own. To have her background snatch her away after nine years was excruciating. Especially when Jansson had had no idea of that background.
"Xyza was a special case," Quinlin said softly. "I highly doubt we would find another Fane Queen amongst our children."
"Still," Jansson said, "I wish I had known." He slouched back into his chair and stared morosely into his wine.
Kyel shook his head. "Perhaps now is simply not the time, Jansson."
Jansson said nothing and a heavy silence fell on the room, until broken by the arrival of Treyas' ten-year old daughter Falan. Treyas smiled and motioned her to him.
"What can I do for you?" he asked after giving her a hug.
"I just came to see Uncle Jansson," the little girl replied. She turned. "Are you done with my cats? Can I have them back now?"
"Cats?" Kyel asked, his gaze going to Jansson.
Jansson nodded. "There were some mice in the lower section of the palace. I borrowed Falan's cats to roust them out."
"Cats?" Kyel said again. "In my workshop?"
Jansson frowned. "I highly doubt that. Nothing can get into your workshops with the WardSpell. Not even dust."
Kyel passed his hand across his face. "Cats can. They alone are immune to WardSpells, no matter how tight." He rose. "Why didn't you simply tell me about the mice?"
"You were gone," Jansson replied. He shrugged. "Besides, they're just cats."
Kyel fixed a withering gaze on Jansson. "I don't like cats," he said slowly.
Jansson frowned. "Since when?"
"Since they got into my workshops!" Kyel snapped. He stepped toward the portal but stopped at Falan's little squeak of alarm.
"Grandpapay! Don't hurt them!" she cried.
Kyel's countenance softened. Treyas felt magic move through the air, and three cats materialized on the floor of the study. The animals regarded Kyel almost with amusement, and twisted lovingly about his legs, before following Falan from the room. He shuddered once, cast a TravelSpell and disappeared.
"Now that," Jansson said, "was strange." He rose. "I'd better get over there, see what damage has been done. As for Winze, Trey, I'm open to going. Count me in."
Treyas smiled in gratitude at his long-time friend, then shot a glance to Druce as he grunted his disapproval of the whole thing.
Jansson grinned. "Apparently more open than some others," he mumbled and stepped into the portal. A second later, he was gone.
Treyas turned his gaze on Druce, but before he could say anything, the Merian rose with a gesture of dismissal.
"I know! I'm just your squire. I can't prevent you from going. If you have your heart set on it, then so be it." He sat down his wine goblet and headed for the door. "I promised Brynne we would spend some time together with the children. Fill me in on the details of the trip later."
Treyas watched him go with a frown. Darosenim exhaled loudly.
"Someone's in a foul mood," he mumbled. "Not that I blame him really."
"Not you, too," Treyas grumbled.
Darosenim shrugged. "Winze was hard for Druce." He drained his goblet and rose. "I need to go as well. I should listen to Druce's sage advice about spending some quiet time with my wife."
"And Winze?" Treyas pressed.
Darosenim paused. "Count me in as well. Good-night." He left through the portal.
"We wish we could say yes," Renny said. "But I think Winze would take exception to our kind."
Treyas nodded. He knew the meaning. Not only were Elvy and Renny black elves and renounced necromancers, they were also Jodau. Lovers of the same sex were not easily accepted outside of Glede, and occasionally not in Glede. Treyas certainly didn't want to put either of them in an uncomfortable, or potentially dangerous, situation.
"I understand completely," he said, rising with them. "The way it looks, we may not be going anyway. I'll let you know."
They nodded their acceptance, bade their goodnights and left. Treyas touched at his MindLink with Druce. The Merian didn't respond and, with a heavy sigh, Treyas left the study for his own quarters.
Jansson hesitated before taking the last three steps into the palace's lower quarters. As always, the air smelled musty, and touched at his skin like spider webs. He grimaced and peered into the gloom toward Kyel's workshop. The door was closed, though an eerie blue light glowed underneath and all about the edges. A GuardSpell. Set up with color so non-elfin residents would know it was there.
A quick movement caught Jansson's eye and he leapt back, startled, as a mouse darted past. Damn! Apparently neither the cats nor Kyel had been successful. Jansson glanced about, then started toward the blue glow. He supposed he shouldn't be too surprised at the prevalence of mice here. At one time this had been the granary. All sorts of food products had been stored here. As a child, Jansson had spent hours playing amongst the wooden barrels and metal bins, using the space as his own private world. He had been everything here, from a bold, fierce warrior confronting his enemies, to a regal young prince surveying his property. Strange how the mice had never bothered him then. They were almost as companions to the only child, friends and confidants to a small boy who had none. Children weren't common about the palace then. None of the soldiers' families lived on the grounds and, even if they had, Jansson doubted they would have been allowed to play with him. His father, though kind and generous as he was, had always drawn a thick line between commoners and royalty.
"They mix like oil and water, Jansson," he used to say. "You are the oil and must always remember that you are on the top."
Jansson wondered how his life would have turned out had his father lived. When Jansson had grown old enough to assume princely duties, would he have remained the 'oil on the top' instead of who he was today? He wouldn't trade any of his commoner friends for royalty.
He stopped before the heavy, wooden door, thinking of the elf beyond. Kyel had been his caregiver, guardian, advisor and father for the past twenty years. He owed his life to the black elf. In more ways than one. A smile touched at his lips as he caught oaths of frustration coming from the workshop. He supposed it was time to beg forgiveness for the cats.
He was about to announce his presence when something hard and pointed pressed against the small of his back. He stiffened, his heart leaping, his breath catching in his throat.
"Don't move!" A gruff voice came from behind him.
A gruff voice holding just a little too much youth. Jansson relaxed with an audible sigh and rolled his eyes, recognizing Druce's son. "Kind sir, do me the favor of removing your dagger from my back so that we may talk," he said. "I have no quarrel with you."
"No!" the voice replied. "I have captured you. You are my prisoner. Walk." The weapon poked harder into Jansson's back.
"Ow!" he cried. "I'll walk, I'll walk." He turned away from the door and began to walk down the dark corridor. Abruptly, he spun, whipped out his hand, disarmed his attacker and grabbed him in a bear hug.
"Hoi!" Gair cried out in surprise, struggling against him. "Help!"
There was a wild shuffling of feet, and Jansson was attacked from behind. Small arms wrapped about his neck, waist and legs, pulling him away from the boy. He fought back, then tripped over the small bodies pummeling him and went down hard.
"Gods! Uncle Jansson!" Gair yelped. "Are you hurt?"
Jansson sat up, grimacing, and rubbing at his backside. "Just my pride, Gair," he replied, then laughed, looking at the other children. They all carried wooden practice swords and had woolen hats pulled down snug over their heads. "Who are you supposed to be?" Jansson asked.
"We're Rendars," Ashton replied. "Come to seek out slaves for our trade."
A small shudder ran through Jansson at the mention of the slave traders. It had been only a year since he'd fought against them, rescued his older son from their brutality. The scars ran deep in both, but deeper yet in Tavin, Kyel's youngest. Jansson wasn't sure if 'playing' Rendars was such a good idea. Still, he remembered how he had played 'troll attack' when he was young. It was ironic that the trolls had indeed come, destroyed the palace and killed his father. He shook away the unpleasant thoughts.
"What are you all still doing here?" he asked the boys. "It's late."
"We're having a sleepover," Tey replied. "Mama said it was all right."
Jansson looked at his son. "Ah, I see. Boys only? No girls allowed?"
"No girls!" Brishan said forcefully. "Unless they want to be our slaves."
"Oh, gods! Don't let your Aunt Zira hear that," Jansson teased. "She'll take you to task for it."
"We don't need girls for slaves," another boy snorted. "We have a King!"
"Spare me, please," Jansson begged, then collapsed as all six boys piled onto him, laughing and shrieking.
"What is going on?" An angry roar stilled the play, and Kyel stepped into the corridor.
Jansson sat up and gave an apologetic grin. "Kyel! They've captured me. You have to help. Please!"
Kyel huffed out an impatient breath. "Jansson, I am working here. Can't you go play somewhere else?"
"Ah, grandpapa!" Tey wailed. "This is the best place."
"It is also my place," Kyel replied sternly.
"Besides," Jansson put in, cupping his hand about his ear, "I think I hear applecakes calling."
"Applecakes!" they shrieked in unison. "Come on!"
They started for the stairs as one body, then Tey rushed back and planted a kiss on Jansson's cheek. "You're free, papa," he announced then dashed to join his friends.
Jansson chuckled, watching them disappear up the narrow stone staircase.
"Do get up," Kyel said. "A King's place is not sprawled in the dirt and mouse excrement of a cellar."
Jansson grimaced, coming hurriedly to his feet. He wiped his hands against his tunic in disgust. "I thought you were going to take care of the mice," he muttered.
"I have been a bit busy taking care of my workshop," Kyel retorted as he turned aside.
Jansson followed him back to his workshop, then stopped in the doorway. The place was a shambles. Parchments were strewn on the floor; bundles of herbs were torn open, their leafy green contents spilling from them like entrails; a collection of jars, all broken, lay on the stone floor, jagged bits of glass held in place by shiny, multi-colored ointments that now oozed together; and a pile of tins lay coated with a fine dusting of the powders once in them.
Jansson winced and dared a look at Kyel. "Three cats did all of this?" he asked weakly.
"Three cats in pursuit of a several dozen mice," Kyel replied, picking his way across the room.
"Well...how did they get in? Wasn't the door shut?"
Kyel turned a weary gaze on him. "The mice have been in here for years. They do not bother me. I do not bother them. The cats, however..." He stopped and pointed upward. Three dark holes in the stone near the low ceiling stared back. Vents. A vain attempt to keep the air moving through the cellars to prevent food from rotting. They hadn't worked well, which necessitated the storage facilities being moved above ground.
"Oh...yes," Jansson mumbled. "I forgot about those."
"Do tell." Kyel gathered up several scrolls and returned them to his desk.
"Gods, I'm sorry, Kyel." Jansson began to scoop the herbs spilled on the worktable into a pile.
"Stop!" Kyel leapt forward, seizing his wrists.
"That is poison hemlock, Jansson," Kyel returned. "It is quite deadly."
"Poison...gods, Kyel! What the hell do you have poison hemlock down here for?"
"It is a sedative and a pain killer when used correctly. But even a small amount can kill. We need to get you washed up. Come."
"I think I got some on my face," Jansson cried, true panic settling over him. "Is it on my face, Kyel?"
Kyel sighed. "No. There is nothing on your face. Yet. But keep fussing and it will be. We'll go up the back stairs to the courtyard and wash your hands at the pump basin." He pulled Jansson out of the workshop, reset the GuardSpell and guided him toward the stairs.
"Ward that tight!" Jansson cried. "I don't want any of the children near it!"
"I have. Now, come on."
Jansson gave a last worried glance at the workshop. A small scroll lay on the floor just outside the blue GuardSpell. He started to mention it, then remembered the mess on his hands and went with Kyel up the stairs. He supposed the elf could always pick up the scroll when he returned.
In the kitchen, the six young boys had succeeded in polishing off one entire tray of applecakes and were starting on the second. Zira watched them from her chair near the hearth as she rocked six-month old Amaris to sleep. The dwarf cook clucked her tongue as she stirred a large batch of batter.
"Boys!" she declared. "You should be thanking the gods your wee one is a girl, Your Majesty."
Zira smiled, looking down at the downy head of her youngest.
"Mama," Tey said. "Can we go back down to the cellar for a little longer?"
"Och, it's getting late, Tey. Maybe tomorrow."
"Please, mama," he begged. "Just for another hour?"
The others joined him in his pleadings. Zira sighed, her gaze drifting amongst them. "Be still with ye!" she admonished gently. "Ye'll wake Amaris again. All right then, one hour, then it's off to bed."
"Thank you, mama!" Tey cried. He leapt up, planted a kiss on Zira's cheek, then dashed from the kitchen, the others following.
They raced back to the cellar, intent on picking up where they left off with Jansson, only to be disappointed to find both him and Kyel gone.
"Danns!" Gair mumbled. "Just when it was getting fun."
"Hoi! Look here!" Tem gestured to the still open door of Kyel's workshop. The others joined him, though all were very familiar with the telltale glow and took care not to touch it.
"Gods!" Tey said. "Grandpapa's sort of a slob isn't he?"
"It looks like a Deathwind went through there," Brishan added.
"No Deathwind," a female voice said. "My cats."
The boys whirled as one to stare at the three girls before them--Falan, Dara and Cwen.
"What are you doing down here?" Tey demanded.
"Playing," Dara, his sister, retorted. "Mama said I could have a sleepover, too. The cellar doesn't belong to you."
"We were here first though!" Tey protested hotly.
"So what? We're here now." Dara glared back at him.
Falan ignored their sibling squabble and peered into the workshop. "Tens! My cats did all of that? No wonder Grandpapay was angry. Hoi! What's this?" She bent and retrieved the scroll that lay wedged by the door.
"It looks like one of Grandpapa's," Tey replied. "You'd better leave it alone." He made a grab for it but Falan was quicker. She danced out of his reach and unrolled the scroll.
"What does it say?" Jasson asked.
Falan frowned. "I don't know. It's some sort of strange language."
The others pressed around her to stare at the scroll.
Cwen read the words aloud softly, stumbling over the unfamiliar spellings. She stopped and pointed. "Look. These three words are set apart. I wonder why."
Falan screwed up her face in thought, then spoke the three words. "Aris terranden Argathia."
A sudden draft of cold air whipped around the children, drawing a collective gasp and snuffing out two of the wall lamps. Gair grabbed for Jasson with one hand, Tey with the other.
"What's happening?" Tem shrieked.
"Oh, gods!" Falan breathed. She stumbled backward, away from the others but in so doing, her feet tangled with Gair's and she, Gair, Jasson and Tey went down in a pile. Almost immediately they vanished, swept up by a TravelSpell of such magnitude, it threw the other children aside into the dark corridor like so many rag dolls.
Outside, near the pump basin, Kyel gasped, his head snapping up in alarm. Jansson looked at him, puzzled.
"What's wrong?" he demanded. "Is there something about this hemlock that--"
"The cellar!" Kyel breathed. He spun and bolted for the stairs.
"Kyel! Wait!" Jansson shook the water from his hands and rushed after the elf, pounding down the stairs behind him.
Kyel caught him at the bottom. "Hold! Don't disturb the magic."
"Magic?" Jansson peered into the gloom uneasily.
"TravelSpell," Kyel murmured. "And it's still active."
"Trav—"
"Hush! Let me work!"
Jansson clamped his mouth closed and watched Kyel move slowly down the corridor toward his workshop. A sudden movement to his left caught his eye. His eldest daughter, Chaia, hurried down the corridor, a scowl on her face. Kyel saw her at the same moment she saw him.
"Chaia! No!" Kyel's cry of warning came too late.
Chaia took but two more steps and vanished.
"Chaia!" Jansson's yelp of panic echoed against Kyel's and he darted forward.
"Jans! Stop!" Kyel grabbed him by both shoulders, propelling him backward.
"But, Kyel, Chaia...she..."
"Stop!" Kyel snapped, silencing him. "Disturb the magic anymore and I'll never find her! Now plant yourself over there and make sure no one else comes down here."
Jansson retreated to the foot of the stairs, shaking. He waited but a few moments before speaking. "Where'd she go?"
Kyel frowned but said nothing, his blue eyes distant. Jansson knew he was doing a StrandSearch, following the TravelSpell's magic trail. What he couldn't figure out was why it was taking so long. Kyel was extremely adept at StrandSearches. He should have been done and pulled Chaia back by now. Jansson sank down on the bottom step as his gut churned. The door at the top of the stairs opened, throwing a shaft of yellow light down on him.
"Chaia?" Zira's voice pierced the darkness.
"Zira, stay!" Jansson called softly, bringing up his mental shields against her MindRead.
"Oh, Jans. Has Chaia found the boys yet?" Zira called.
"The boys?" Jansson came to his feet. "I thought they were in the kitchen."
"Aye, they were but I was going to give them another hour to play before bed," she replied, her voice coming closer. "Then I remembered that Dar said Ashton had a bit of a cold. He shouldn't even have been down here." She rounded the curving stairwell. "Why is it so dark down here? Did the lamps go out?"
Jansson glanced at the walls, then answered, forcing a calm to his voice he did not feel. "Yes, I guess they did. Are you sure the boys came back down here?"
Zira eyed him warily then glanced at Kyel. "What's he doing?" Her eyes narrowed. "Why are ye blocking me? What's going on?"
Jansson took hold of her by both shoulders. He supposed honesty was the best policy, yet Zira had only recently suffered the loss of Xyza. Jansson had no desire to lay more pain on her until he was sure of what they were dealing with. He opted to lie.
"Kyel is working on his GuardSpell. And I did see Chaia. She was in the corridor, but she was too far away for me to speak with. She's probably gone toward the back. That's where I used to play when I was little."
"But, Jans," Zira protested, "it's not safe back there. That part was never really rebuilt after the fire."
"I'll go back and roust them then," Jansson promised. "You go on upstairs. I'll bring them up as soon as I find them." He gave her a gentle kiss and steered her back toward the kitchen above.
She studied his face, gave Kyel a parting glance then did as Jansson had asked. He breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Kyel. The elf was standing still and rigid, staring into the air about him.
"Kyel?" Jansson approached him slowly, giving a wide berth. "I'm going to look for the boys. Have you--"
He was interrupted by a soft moan, and whirled to peer into the darkness. Kyel immediately relit the torches, sending the soft glow of torchlight into the passageway.
"Oh, gods!" Jansson cried. "Dara!" He rushed forward to help his daughter sit up, then saw the others laying behind her.
"Papa?" Dara seemed dazed and blood oozed from a small gash on her forehead. She began to cry and held to him, trembling.
Kyel silently attended to the others. They were all quite badly shaken, though none appeared to be injured. Kyel turned Tem to face him. "Tell me what happened."
Tem stared at him blankly. "I...I don't feel so good," he mumbled, then quickly turned aside to retch.
Kyel held him until he calmed, then systematically helped the others to their feet. Jansson stood and looked to the black elf questioningly. Kyel turned back to Tem. "Who else was down here with you?" He waited but Tem was silent, his dark eyes glazed and unfocused. Kyel turned to the nearest girl. "Cwen? Do you remember what happened?"
The little girl's chin trembled, and tears slid down her cheeks. "I want to go home. I want my papa."
Kyel put an arm around each child and looked back to Jansson. "Who else was playing over here?"
"Tey, Jasson and Gair."
"And Falan," Ashton managed. "She was here, too. She found one of Grandpapa's scrolls on the floor. It was her fault."
"Scroll?" Kyel asked at once.
Ashton nodded and pointed. "It was lying there, by the door. Falan read it. There were some strange words on it. She said them, and then this wind came through. And...and we..." He broke off with a shudder, then looked up at Jansson. "I want to go home. Where's Jasson?"
Jansson glanced at him, then looked back at Kyel. "Are you trying to tell me that they all got sucked up in a TravelSpell?"
Kyel sighed, then nodded. "Apparently so."
"Then fetch them back!"
"I can't. They have crossed over the dimensional web."
"The dimensional web?" Jansson repeated in disbelief. "How the hell could Falan cast a Spell across a Dimensional Web? She's a child!"
"Jansson," Kyel admonished gently. "Take the children upstairs, but under no circumstances do I want you to use magic. That includes the Portal."
"But what about Jasson?" Ashton asked, his voice trembling.
Kyel looked down at the child, and gave a wan smile. "I shall do my best to have him back home as soon as possible. Now, please, go with Jansson."
"Two of my children, Kyel!" Jansson murmured, herding the children before him. "Two!" He raked a hand through his hair. "What am I supposed to tell Zira? We just lost Xyza a year ago! Now this!"
Kyel ushered him forward. "We will tell her the truth," he said. "There is nothing else we can do. I am going to Lidgerwood. I am going to ask Treyas to contact Elek. If anyone can read through a dimensional web, he can. I want you to go to Willow. Tell her that no one, and I stress this highly, no one is to use magic until I get back with Elek."
"Then how are you going to get to Lidgerwood?"
"I will take Maki. It shouldn't take more than a few hours. Now, go. Quickly. Before we lose the trail altogether."
Guardians of Glede: Beginnings Book 1: The Triskelion
Guardians of Glede: Beginnings Book 2: Dark Prince
Guardians of Glede: Beginnings Book 3: Sorcerer's Pool
Guardians of Glede: Beginnings Book 4: Dragons of Mere Odain
Guardians of Glede: Beginnings Book 5: DragonMaster
Guardians of Glede: Beginnings Book 6: For the Love of Dragons
Guardians of Glede: Next Generation Book 1: Caves of Challenge
Guardians of Glede: Next Generation Book 2: Blood Sacrifice
Guardians of Glede: Next Generation Book 3: The Coven
Guardians of Glede: Next Generation Book 4: Fire Stone
Guardians of Glede: Next Generation Book 5: The Fane Queen
Guardians of Glede: Reckonings Book 1: Dukker's Revenge
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Two KU golfers make 24-man playoff, fail to advance to match play at U.S. Amateur
August 15, 2018 at 12:58 p.m.
KU senior golfer Daniel Hudson, right, takes some chip shots inside the new KU Golf facility at the Jayhawk Club. Pictured from left are team members Harry Hillier, his brother Charlie Hillier, Andy Spencer, Ben Sigel and Hudson. by Mike Yoder
A whopping 24 players, including two current University of Kansas golfers, tied after two rounds of stroke play for the 64th and final spot in match play in the U.S. Amateur.
The 24 players, including KU junior Andy Spencer and sophomore Ben Sigel, all finished stroke play, which consisted of a round at Pebble Beach and a round at Spy Glass Hill, at 4-over par.
The playoff started at 9:30 a.m. and took two holes to complete after two players advanced with a birdie.
The playoff started at No. 17 at Pebble Beach, a par 3, and concluded on No. 18, a par 5. Neither Spencer nor Sigel made it past the first hole.
Playing in the second foursome to tee off in the playoff, Spencer pulled his tee shot well left of the green into a deep rough, missed a long putt on a misread and picked up.
Sigel teed off in the third foursome, and reached the front of the massive green. He initially took a few practice swings with a wedge and then put that club back in the bag in favor of a putter. He left the putt well short, then left his par putt of about 75 feet, which, as it turned out, was meaningless anyway, an inch short.
Another player left in the same spot later in the playoff hit wedge from there and left it a few feet from the pin. Had he sunk it, he would have incurred a two-stroke penalty anyway because he had suffered a brain cramp and left the pin in.
Jacob Bergeron emerged from the playoff victorious with a bogey 6 on No. 18, knocking Peter Quest, who knocked his second shot into the ocean, out of match play. Quest missed his 5-foot bogey putt.
Bergeron earned the No. 64 seed in match play and advanced to a first-round match with Daniel Hillier, 19, of New Zealand. By the way, Hillier is not a brother to KU golf team brothers Charlie and Harry Hillier.
A replay of the playoff can be watched on the USGA Twitter account.
The playoff for the final match-play spots in the 118th #USAmateur at Pebble Beach. https://t.co/mr3jFk3GzZ
— USGA (@USGA) August 15, 2018
Phil Leister 11 months ago
I saw Hillier from New Zealand on the leaderboard and tried to figure out if he was of any relation to the Hillier brothers. Guess not!
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Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (X360)
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Release Date: February 15, 2011 (US)
Release Date: February 18, 2011 (UK)
Release Date: February 17, 2011 (AU)
T for Teen: Mild Language, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Violence
PEGI: 12+
OFLC: PG
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E3 2010: Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Hands-on
By Eric Neigher & Ryan Scott | Jun 18, 2010
Crisis on Infinite... wait, wrong multiverse.
Welcome to the Interrogation Room, GameSpy's signature pre-release game coverage format. Here, a GameSpy editor (typically one who's relatively in-the-dark about the game in question) grills his peers for information on a hotly anticipated game -- hopefully with more entertaining results than the typical boilerplate preview would provide.
Ryan Scott, Executive Editor: I sure kicked your ass with my dorky Ryu tactics in Marvel vs. Capcom 3. What'd you think? Are you much of an MvC fan?
Eric Neigher, Contributing Editor: Yes, and screw you very much, you fireball-spammer. If I would've known how to make Iron Man shoot his repulsor beams, it would've been an entirely different match. My general impressions are that the game feels exactly like Marvel vs. Capcom 2, but with much better graphics. Since we had such a limited number of characters to choose from, I have to believe we didn't see the game in its full range of options (which I'd bet will be insane), but the gameplay emphasizes just what the series always has: extreme speed, bread-and-butter combos, over-the-top Japanese style, and fanboy-approved callbacks to the various comic book and videogame properties involved. Should be a fun enough romp for the people who love MvC2.
Ryan Scott: The fighting game scene has no shortage of them, either -- MvC2 is still a staple at each year's Evo Championship Series tournament in Las Vegas. Anyway, it's really hard to form an opinion about this game based on, what, the two or three matches we played? I concur with you, though; it definitely feels like MvC2, which is very different from, say, Street Fighter or Guilty Gear. I've never really been able to wrap my head around the MvC games, to be honest. But I digress. Do you have any favorite MvC2 characters that you're hoping to see in this game?
Eric Neigher: I hope Pikachu is in it. Pika! Actually, the series is known for having tons and tons of characters, only a few of which are actually serviceable at all. I suspect that everybody I usually play is in for sure already: Spider-Man, Juggernaut, Ken, etc., although I was a little disturbed to see Marvel suddenly pushing characters that nobody cared about a year ago (ahem, Deadpool) -- which makes me wonder if these games aren't more valuable for their marketing pushes than for their actual revenues. Still, I think most folks who like this series are gonna know what they're getting -- and I guess half the fun is discerning which characters will be useful and which are just marketing filler.
Ryan Scott: That's an interesting point of view. Heck, on that note, I suppose it wouldn't be much of a stretch to expect Thor, Hawkeye, War Machine, Black Widow, and Nick Fury. Now I'm curious how that will play out. Anyway, did you play any characters that you liked at all? You know, in the brief windows you had to figure them out between ass-kickings.
Eric Neigher: Funny. More like ass-cheesing, Mister Fireball-man. I played Iron Man, Morrigan, and Hulk, all of whom played essentially identical to how they felt in MvC2. This game features updated graphics and will likely have more characters and some small gameplay tweaks, but as far as characters are concerned, it seems pretty much like MvC2 HD. How about you? Anyone besides Ryu-fireball-cheese that you liked?
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During the American civil war, Liverpool was the unofficial home of the Confederate fleet. Three significant acts of the war involved Liverpool.
The first act of the war - the first shot of the civil war was fired by a cannon made in Lydia Anne Street.
The very last act of the war - Captain Waddell of the CCS Shenandoah walking up the steps of Liverpool Town Hall surrendering his vessel to the Lord Mayor, after sailing 'home' from Alaska to surrender.
The last official lowering of the Confederate flag - Was on CSS Shenandoah on the River Mersey at Liverpool overseen by the Royal Navy.
At the outbreak of war the Northern Union fleet blockaded Confederate ports to prevent trade and supply of munitions of war. The Confederacy had no navy and proceeded to build one from Liverpool. The British government was officially neutral in the dispute not recognising the Confederacy. Cotton importers Frazer Trenholm at 10 Rumford Place, now known as Alabama House, acted as the unofficial Confederate embassy where operations were conducted. The Northern Union consulate was a few minutes walk away in Tower Buildings, Water Street. Commander Bulloch of the Confederate Navy was based in Liverpool, his prime task was to assemble and run a navy. He never returned to America after the conflict remaining in Liverpool for the rest of his life, and now lays in Toxteth Cemetery.
Charles Kuhn Prioleau’s lived in a house Abercromby Square, he was senior partner of Fraser, Trenholm and Coin Rumford Street, (the building in the photograph), and the leading Confederate financier in Britain during the war. He provided the funding necessary to build ships such as the Alabama, Florida, and Shenandoah, and numerous blockade runners.
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This was the very religious sounding Church of the Holy Innocents. Built in 1854, it was the Church attached to the two nearby orphanages, orphan street still exists in the area.
The boys orphanage in 1885
The girls orphanage in 1885
When these poor souls passed away, many were buried in St James cemetery at the foot of the Anglican Cathedral.
Then in 1934 with a mass slum clearance and rehousing programme scheduled, along came the wrecking ball for the building of Myrtle Gardens.
When the council were demolishing or selling off these tenements in the 1980s, part of Myrtle Gardens were bought by Barratts who converted them into student accommodation, renaming them Minster Court.
This is my own pic taken just after the conversion.
I have a lot more of around this area including damage during wartime which resulted in loss of lives, desolation before the renovation, a festival being held within the square and a bommie night scene as well as general photos of the street and its other properties - all to come later.
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Nice Pics Ged.
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Good post Ged.
The Orphans Grave Stones shown from St James 's Cemetery each have about 2 dozen names on each one. Any ideas if each group were all buried in the same plot, and if so how would they get that many coffins into it, presuming ,of course they were interred within coffins.
in the Refurbished Minster Court shot of Myrtle Gardens it looks like they have been lowered by one storey, , Am a seeing that correct.
I seem to recall from somewhere ,that a corner of that building was taken out by bombing in the Blitz , but was rebuilt .Looking forward to the development of this interesting Thread. Thanks !
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Yes, it has been taken down a floor as the South West corner also suffered from a huge fire and was permanently damaged, I think it was early 80's.
Also, Minster Court is a private dwelling as far as I know - not student accommodation. Quite a close little community it is too, from what I've heard.
goldenface, I believe it is quite popular with the Chinese community. There are, as Ged indicated, a fair number of Students who live in the flats, there is also a small development of houses within the complex which forms a more stable community, The last time I was in there ,it appeared to have a facility for a Manned entrance ,via a small gatehouse, but I have never been stopped from entering or leaving. in fact I don't think I have ever seen anyone in the Gatehouse.
Yes it's mixed dwellings now and it's good the way they've incorporated the houses into the development. I will post the fire photo up and some of my recent photos of it including the garden with sculptures etc.
There is a website on it here: http://www.minstercourt.org.uk/myrtl..._liverpool.htm
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Originally Posted by collegepudding
The treatment and burial of the Liverpool poor was a matter which was of concern in Victorian days, and the disposal of the dead as described here was probably a similar scene elsewhere:
THE BURIAL OF PAUPERS IN LIVERPOOL
The fortnightly meeting of the Liverpool Workhouse Committee was held yesterday at the workhouse, Brownlow-hill, Mr Hodkinson presiding. There were also present Miss Thorburn, Mrs McElroy, Alderman Rudkin, Messrs King, O'Hara, Burke, Hughes, O'Shea, Peet, Rathbone, Laurence, Woodcock, Sparling, Coffey, Geating, Moss, Kelly, O'Niel, Brady, Bolger, Gillmoore and T Salter. The routine business having been transacted.
Mr Moss said he had a few remarks to make. He visited the Anfield Cemetery on Monday last, when the pauper funerals take place, and was greatly surprised to find that the Catholic paupers were buried in a stone quarry, and on making further inquiries he found that the Protestant paupers were buried at Rice-lane, Walton, in soil graves. He should like to know why such a distinction should be made between one class of paupers and another. It was neither right nor fair. He saw a large tract of land where the Catholic community buried their dead, where the funerals took place in soil graves, and they had not to resort to the stone quarry. One of the Catholic members of the Select Vestry was, he believed, one of the members of the Anfield Burial Board, but he could not have very much sympathy for his poor co-religionists, or he would not allow such a state of things to go on. Catholic paupers should be interred in soil graves, instead of stone quarries - similar to what was done with regard to Protestant paupers. One of his colleagues was a witness to what he had described, and he agreed with him that it was very inhuman that a class should be subjected to such unnecessary degradation. He hoped they would see that some better arrangement was made in the future. He must say that he was completely upset when he went round Anfield Cemetery. Why not let the Catholic paupers be buried in the large tract of land used by the Catholic body, instead of the quarry? HE went down to the quarry and found that it was from 90 to 100 feet below the ground level, and he considered that it was a very great shame for such a thing to occur.
The Chairman: I don't think it is a matter that concerns this board. - Mr Moss: I beg your pardon; I think it is. - The Chairman: Just a moment; take your seat. After we have taken the dead away, and taken them respectably, our duties end there. - Mr Moss: It is not a proper burial place, this stone quarry. - The Chairman: As to where they are buried is outside this committee. - Mr Moss: said he maintained that the Catholic paupers should be buried in soil graves like the Protestants. The Catholic paupers were put in the stone quarry and merely placed there with lime over them to get rid of them as soon as possible. He thought that it was disgraceful that such a thing should be tolerated in a civilised country. - The Clerk (Mr H J Hagger) stated that the whole of the bodies of the deceased poor were recently buried at Walton, in particular graves that Mr Moss seemed to approve of, and it was at a very strong request of the Roman Catholic poor were not buried at Walton. The interments were withdrawn from there and now took place in the Roman Catholic burial ground at Anfield. - Mr Moss: It is not a burial ground; it is a stone quarry. - The Clerk proceeding, said the interments were conducted by the Burial Board, which was specially constituted for the management of the cemetery, and any representation they liked - (Mr Moss: It is disgraceful.) - to make to that body no doubt would receive attention. The transfer of the Roman Catholic burials from Walton to Anfield was by special request. One thing on which Mr Moss was wrong was with regard to a member of the Burial Board. There was no Catholic member of the Select Vestry on the Anfield Board, as he resigned some time ago. - Mr Moss: I give in to that. - The Clerk added that there was, however, one member of the Vestry that was a member of the Burial Board, and that was Mr Jenings. - Mr Peet said that as a churchwarden of that parish he was very sorry that the Roman Catholic burials were taken from Walton, as it was a source of revenue to them; therefore the burials would not have been taken from Walton, had it not been at the special request of the Roman Catholic body. - Mr Moss rose to make some further remarks, when the Chairman interposed, and told him he had already spoken three times. - Mr Moss; Yes and I will speak again; (Hear, hear.) I can't help it. (Laughter.) I will let the outside public know how these poor paupers are buried. - Mr Rathbone said it was no disgrace to be buried there, as a great number of the wealthy people, who had their choice, were buried in what was a quarry, at St James Cemetery. He remembered that being a quarry in his younger days. He, however, sympathised with Mr Moss's feelings that he would rather be buried in soil, and go the way of all flesh naturally. (Hear, hear.) But yet the majority of those who could and did choose their burial ground were buried in vaults, and he wished that that system of burial were put an end to. He should not be buried in that way, because he would not be a nuisance and a danger to those who remained. Therefore, the bodies of him and his wife would be cremated when they died. On that ground, he thought that soil graves were more natural than a quarry, but still there was no disgrace in it. - Mr Woodcock said he did not think that Mr Moss should have brought the matter before the vestry until he has made an inquiry as to whether it was carried out on a basis of equity and justice. - Mr Moss: It is not justice. - Mr Woodcock, continuing remarked that the Roman Catholics wished to have their poor buried there, and how the burials had been carried out depended more on the Burial Board than the Vestry. He thought that some of the Catholic authorities would have found it out if anything so derogatory had been done as Mr Moss had stated. - Alderman Rudkin said that as far as he was personally concerned, so long as he was buried in consecrated ground, he did not care whether it was in a quarry or in clay. It was immaterial to him if he knew that he was on the right road, and the straight way to Heaven. - Mr Peet said he should like to know if the Catholics had any grievance or whether Mr O'Shea said he had not seen the ground, but they were thankful to Mr Moss for bringing the question forward. If hundreds f bodies tumbled over one another he certainly did think it objectionable. Mr Moss: Ten on top of each other. - Mr O'Shea said he did not think ten too many. He certainly found no objections to rock instead of earth graves. He preferred the rock to earth, but he found a fault with the Vestry as to giving their credence in that matter, - Mr Burke asked if the question could not be adjourned until Mr Philip Smith was preset, as he should like Mr Smith to be there. - Mr Hagger had relieved his mind, and the Catholics had heard Mr Moss's tale. - Mr Moss: It is no tale; there is no tale about it. - Mr Laurence, continuing added that now that the Catholics had heard what Mr Moss had to say, they could make their own inquiries, and bring the question forward again if they thought fit. - Mr Gearing said he had heard that some of the relatives of the poor had not been altogether satisfied with the way in which there relatives had been buried. He did believe that they had some cause of complaint if the bodies were being used for filling up a quarry, and he thought that they should pay a visit to the cemetery and see what was taking place. - The Chairman: Is it your pleasure that we go on with the next business? - Several members: Yes. - The matter then dropped.
LIVERPOOL MERCURY 4th October 1895
Good post Grekko.
Despicable isn't it the way the poor were treated in times gone by.
The point I am trying to make is. those grave stones must be Memorial stones because they are sited directly next to each other ,but stating they represent about 2 dozen bodies each, That many bodies couldn't be buried in a tract about Two foot wide could they ?, unless the grave is a very very deep one or alternatively , a very very long one in front of each stone.
Nice post Grekko and good reading.
Great post grekko. CP, after making some enquiries, I'm none the wiser as to how those Orphans are buried - sorry. It is interesting though, the stones obviously act as markers - it's a lot of bodies.
All the stones were moved about when the gardens were set out.I remember when it was laid out as you would think.
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Top 50 Sox Seasons #9: Babe Ruth, 1918
.300/.411/.555, .966 OPS, 380 PA, 95 H, 58 BB, 11 HR, 66 RBI, 48 XBH, 194 OPS+
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Postseason Batting: 1-for-5, 3B, 2 RBI
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He scoffs when he hits a single, merely lifts his eyebrows at a double, begins to take a little interest in life when he hits a triple, and only begins to have a good time when he slams out a home run. That’s George Babe Ruth, the caveman of baseball, who is whaling away to fame this season with the Boston Red Sox. – The New York Times, July 21, 1918.
Putting together arguably the most unique season in Red Sox history, Ruth divided his time as a pitcher and an outfielder and was phenomenal at both. Ruth’s abilities as a pitcher were clearly slipping – either because he was fading or because he was concentrating on his offense instead. Nevertheless, he had this final great year, one of the 10 best in the league.
Meanwhile, Ruth’s bat became a wonder of baseball. The Red Sox as a team hit 15 home runs – 11 of which were by Ruth. Eleven home runs were more than the Senators and Browns hit combined. On the mound, Ruth was second in WHIP and winning percentage and fifth in ERA. Ruth is certainly the only player to post OPS+ and ERA+ both over 120 while qualifying for the batting and ERA titles. Only two other full-time pitchers have ever also qualified for the batting title, with the Giants’ Doc Crandall in 1910 the only other player to even approach Ruth’s numbers at the plate and on the mound.
As Stout and Johnson note, Ruth’s remarkable 1918 season – which showed he was likely a better hitter than a pitcher – was only made possible by World War I, which left Boston short on players and forced manager Ed Barrow to try Ruth out as a hitter in spring training. Baseball would never be the same.
Key game: Aug. 24. Ruth the pitcher hurls a gem against St. Louis, giving up just five hits and one run, with two walks and four strikeouts. On offense, with Ruth at third and Jack Coffey on first, the Babe steals home on the front end of a double steal. The Red Sox win, 3-1.
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Hoping Bibi’s Schalit photo-op could be a Dukakis moment
As my colleague Dimi Reider posted yesterday, the social networks are swamped with pictures of PM Binyamin Netanyahu popping up in famous historical photos, after seeing him in almost every picture that the government released yesterday during the Schalit prisoner swap.
The momentum seems to be in full swing, and anyone who opened up their Facebook this morning was most probably met by a whole new batch of funny photos. Here are a few more:
I can’t help but hope that the PM’s efforts to promote himself so aggressively yesterday could actually backfire somehow. It reminded me of the notorious Michael Dukakis photo, which some claim lost him the campaign. Dukakis was trying to play it strong on defense, even though he wanted to cut “Star Wars.” Didn’t work out too well.
Bibi’s trying to be the “national father”, despite negotiating a controversial deal – that could have been signed much earlier – to free the “national son.”
Could Bibi’s ego bring him down? I doubt it. But it has the potential of shedding more light on his character and on his true motives.
Speaking of ego, one interesting thing I heard last night was that Channel 10 reporter Raviv Drucker counted how many times Bibi used the word “I” in his 10 minute speech at the airforce base yesterday. 37 times. Thirty seven!
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Well, Ami, this time I’m with you, although possibly for different reasons (or maybe not). I am convinced Bibi has destroyed himself and is on the way out. Everyone thinks that politicians are smarter than the rest of us but Israel’s history, particularly that of the last 20 years shows that is not true at all. People will see throught this cynical media circus. It is time for you guys to prepare to take power, it will probably come sooner than you expect!
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Hey, just a funny thing about the Dukakis video: looks like an anti-Democratic party thing made during Deval Patrick’s campaign (current incumbent governor, re-elected in 2010, in office until 2014). Even us leftie[r]s cringe remembering Dukakis in his helmet–the image of him *in* the tank is even worse than this one, somehow). This clip made by American equivalents of fans of Bibi’s, maybe?
With that said, it’s sad sometimes how media spin distorts things which would be minor (the Howard Dean “Graahhhhhhh!” scream of 2004, later attributed to a faulty microphone), but I’m with you on this one. 37 “I”s is a lot.
Do you have a count on “Gilad”? I assume it’s fewer than 20.
Oh, I forgot to say: Deval Patrick is Governor of Commonwealth/State of Massachusetts.
I live in Connecticut. Some people here call it “Taxachusetts;” they have a toll road (Massachusetts Turnpike) but they also have health insurance as a non-deniable option for everyone. Anyone can get health insurance in Mass, which is not the case where I live, ten miles away from the border. Off-topic.
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It’s just the tip of the iceberg: Lebogang Rasethaba on ‘The People versus The Rainbow Nation’
Written by Dave Mann on Apr 22, 2016 in Documentary, Featured, film, Interviews
Last night was the television premiere of The People versus The Rainbow Nation, a much anticipated documentary film directed by Lebogang Rasethaba.
With the rise of the #RhodesMustFall movement towards the start of 2015 becoming a catalyst for institutional and societal evils such as racism, classism, sexism, and more, South Africa was soon witness to the nationwide, student led #FeesMustFall movement. Now more than ever, the notion of a ‘rainbow nation’ is being torn down.
Approached by MTV, Lebogang was tasked with the challenge of documenting this nationwide movement in a concise and wholly representative film to be screened nationally on both MTV and MTV Base. After last night’s screening, we got in touch with him for a quick discussion on his experience of filming the project, what he learned throughout the process, and where he’d like to see The People versus The Rainbow Nation go.
So you were approached by MTV to make a film about the #FeesMustFall protests. How did you initially go about conceptualising the film and when did filming on the project begin?
I think I was petrified at first, because how do you make a film about a topic that’s essentially as old as time? Race, as we all know, is one of the oldest social constructs. So it was essentially about finding a way to talk about the thorniest issue in history and somehow translate it into a contemporary and relevant cinematic experience. We worked closely together into shaping the narrative that essentially wanted to illustrate more than just explain; and therein lies in the power of filmmaking. We had the opportunity to show very simply by following five young students from different universities how the age old structural forms of power that were created at the beginning of time still continue to shape our so-called rainbow nation.
Likewise, this specific movement was constantly in a state of flux. How much did you need to change the concept throughout the filming process?
I am basically an old ass beat up raggedy doll with lots of amazing new patches…patches of insight, awakening and shedding the inter-generational blood that haunts my existence. I know that sounds dramatic as fuck but that’s precisely the point.
You feature commentary from many well-known South African media personalities. How and why did you select these individuals?
I don’t see them as media personalities, they are the mothers and fathers of my awakening. They were already active in these topics before this documentary was even conceived to me, I was honoured to have their voices in the film.
With a national movement like #FeesMustFall, positionality is key. You’ve said that you initially weren’t the right guy for the job, but throughout the process, you became the right guy. How did you navigate this project as a straight male and eventually become the one for the job?
I don’t know, maybe I’m still not the right guy for the job…but I am a guy who is learning a lot. I am still a straight male now, but I guess I move around the world with a lot of more awareness of what that implies.
Do you have plans to screen the film at any academic institution around the country or make the film available to the public for those who can’t view it on DSTV?
I would love nothing more.
Lastly, what are you hoping South African audiences take away from this film?
This film is only the tip of the iceberg.
Watch the full documentary below.
The People versus the Rainbow Nation
Portrait of Lebogang Rasethaba by Darren Gwynn.
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The 1878 five dollar bill national currency series 1875 note was issued between 1875 and 1902.
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Samsung unwraps new 970 EVO/Pro NVMe Solid-State Drives, available in May
- Apr. 24th 2018 10:57 am ET
New Toy of the Day
Today, Samsung has announced two new SSD stacks, the 970 EVO and 970 Pro. With the rise of popularity of NVMe solid-state drives, these new storage solutions are sure to be a hit for DIY prosumers and professionals alike. Both drives arrive on the scene with a M.2 form-factor designed to handle high-end content-focused work loads via the PCIe Gen 3×4 lane interface. More below.
There’s any number of reasons to reach for a SSD these days. Increased performance across the board is key on graphics-intensive work, which has become even more prevalent amongst consumers than ever before. Specifically, Samsung notes that it’s new 970 line is made for 3D, 4K graphics work, high-end games and data analytics.
“Samsung has led the NVMe SSD industry since its inception, and the company continues to define the latest standards of consumer storage with unprecedented performance of the 970 PRO and EVO SSDs,” said Un-Soo Kim, senior vice president of Brand Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. “The 970 series sets a new bar in all aspects for the NVMe SSD market.”
Samsung’s 970 EVO line will come in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities. But the real spec of note here is the transfer speeds. If you’re at all familiar with how a SSD can impact performance, this comes as no surprise. The 970 EVO hits sequential read speeds of up to 3,500 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 2,500 MB/s. That’s blazing fast transfer speeds in comparison to a traditional hard drive or even some SSDs.
Jumping to the 970 Pro will deliver similar read speeds, and a slightly better write performance at 2,700MB/s. The pro line will ship in 512GB and 1TB capacities.
Samsung is set to release its new line of solid-state drives on May 7th, with prices starting at $120 and $330, respectively. We expect to see listings pop up on Amazon any day now. Samsung includes an industry-leading five-year warranty with purchase.
Look for these new drives to be a hit with prosumers looking to upgrade their laptops. More and more these days we’re seeing at-home tinkerers willing to take on this type of project to increase performance on gaming machines and laptops in general.
Samsung Electronics Sets New Performance Standards for NVMe SSDs with 970 PRO and EVO
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Samsung Electronics America, Inc., today introduced the Samsung 970 PRO and EVO, the third generation of its industry-leading consumer solid state drive (SSD) lineup. Having led the market with the first consumer-focused NVMe SSD in 2015, Samsung continues to push the performance barriers with this latest generation of SSDs that are built for tech enthusiasts and professionals so that they can enjoy higher bandwidth for intensive workloads on PCs and workstations.
“Samsung has led the NVMe SSD industry since its inception, and the company continues to define the latest standards of consumer storage with unprecedented performance of the 970 PRO and EVO SSDs,” said Un-Soo Kim, senior vice president of Brand Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. “The 970 series sets a new bar in all aspects for the NVMe SSD market with groundbreaking performance, superior reliability and best-in-class capacity.”
The Samsung 970 PRO and EVO are designed based on the M.2 form factor standard and with the latest PCIe Gen 3×4 lane interface. The 970 series maximizes the potential of NVMe bandwidth, delivering unparalleled performance for processing large volumes of data, including 3D, 4K graphics work, high-end games and data analytics.
The 970 PRO enables sequential read speed of up to 3,500 MB/s and sequential write speed of up to 2,700 MB/s1, while the EVO features sequential read speed of up to 3,500 MB/s and sequential write speed of up to 2,500 MB/s2. The sequential write speeds represent an enhancement of up to 30 percent over the previous generation3, thanks to Samsung’s latest V-NAND technology and the newly designed Phoenix controller. The 970 EVO, in particular, utilizes the Intelligent TurboWrite technology, which uses a large buffer size of up to 78GB4 to enable faster write speeds.
In addition to the advancements in performance levels, the 970 PRO and EVO deliver exceptional endurance and reliability. Featuring a five-year warranty5, or up to 1,200 terabytes written6 – 50 percent higher than those provided for the previous generation7 – the 970 PRO and EVO are built to last. The Dynamic Thermal Guard technology safeguards against overheating by automatically monitoring and maintaining optimal operating temperatures, while a heat spreader and new nickel-coated controller further lower the SSD temperatures.
The 970 PRO and EVO also provide greater system design flexibility for the high-performance computing systems. Offering a variety of high capacity options in a compact M.2 form factor – including the single-sided 2TB EVO model – the 970 series enables convenient storage expansion across a wide range of computing devices.
The 970 EVO will be offered in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB8 capacities, and the 970 PRO in 512GB and 1TB capacities. The 970 PRO and EVO will be available for purchase worldwide starting May 7, 2018, with manufacturer’s suggested retail prices starting at $329.99 and $119.99 USD, respectively. For more information, including warranty details, please visit samsung.com.
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Thieves use fender bender as ruse for carjacking in Park Forest, police say
PARK FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- Park Forest police warned residents Wednesday after what seemed like a fender bender turned into a carjacking.
A woman reported that she was driving in the 100-block of Lester Road in the early morning hours on Sunday, Oct. 14, when a car that she noticed had been following her bumped into her vehicle, police said. A passenger of that car got out and told the woman that the back of her car had been damaged. When the woman got out to investigate, the man got into her car and drove off.
The stolen car was later recovered in northwest Indiana.
This is the first theft of its kind, police said.
While authorities felt it was necessary to warn the public, they made a point of saying that not every fender bender is a ruse to steal your vehicle. Police told drivers to take note of unusual or suspicious circumstances, such as being followed. Authorities also urged caution when in an area with inadequate lighting or without people around.
Police also noted a spike in car thefts as the weather gets colder and people leave cars running unattended to warm them up or while running a quick errand.
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Sayyid Ammar Al Hakim: The popular Crowd is the Remaining Power to Save Iraq, and Questioning it Only Means Further Advancement of Terrorism
Sayyid Ammar Al Hakim, head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, expressed his confidence in Iraq’s victory in its battle against ISIS despite all the wounds and suffering, adding that this confidence stems from a realistic reading; it is not an emotional affectionate confidence. His eminence indicated that achieving victory in the shortest time and with minimal losses needs a proper vision and a mature political mindset, warning against the language of media clamor that will only stir the feelings of naïve people and lead them to losing battles. He mentioned the previous warnings he had launched from the tribune of the cultural forum about the fact that ISIS are fervent ideologist fighters who have nothing to lose regardless of how deviant this ideology is, they have a strategy, a plan and an oriented media.
His eminence also pointed out that some are trying to win this fierce battle of existence, through hotels and air-conditioned conference rooms, highlighting that a country is slaughtered and cities are violated while some are discussing whether angels are females and males (in reference to the famous moot point) and are trying to distort the image of the tough ideologist fighters, and while ISIS glorifies its criminal leaders. Sayyid Ammar Al Hakim stated that the popular crowd is the only remaining force to save Iraq, defend its cities and villages and protect is children from orphanhood and women from captivation, insisting that the political language is no longer useful with those who are pretentions politicians, singing a wrong note and overlooking the real enemy to the point of treachery. He explained that he said Ramadi has not fallen because he had previously said that Anbar is resistant, and this is still the case although some are not convinced of it now. His eminence added in this regard that Anbar means Baghdad, northern Babel, Karbala and Samawah desert and it is resistant not just because it belongs to its people but also because it belongs to all Iraqis; it is the heart of Iraq, its strategic depth, the meeting point of its transport systems. He reminded attendees of his call to support Anbar before it is too late but the media clamor and the wrongful political reading did not allowed the people to listen to that call and think about its meanings. Today, it is imperative for us to maintain the resistance of Anbar with the blood of hundreds of our sons.
Sayyid Al Hakim emphasized that it is imperative for us today to maintain the resistance of Anbar with the blood of hundreds of our sons, wondering when will this mix up in positions and their interpretation stop, knowing that there is no more room for concealing positions that makes everyone drown into chaos. He added that questioning the popular crowd only means further advancement of terrorism, warning against the shame that history will carry for the coming generations when they go over the disputes of Iraqis at a time when the country is being slaughtered and the people captivated while criminals are united. Furthermore, his eminence stressed the need for a proper strategic vision, sound battle priorities, useful plans, competent national tools, a good investment of available capacities, as well as for a good coordination and integration of roles between the military institutions of the army, the police, the popular crowd, the tribe members and the Peshmerga.
This came in the celebration of the births of pure Imams the held at his eminence’s office in Baghdad on Wednesday, 20/5/2015.
The Unity of Iraq Is a Fate Albeit the Separation and the Division Some Talk About
His Eminence stressed the need to stick to the unity of Iraq since it’s the country that embraces and protects all Iraqis of all components, colors and religious, denominational, racial, territorial and political affiliations, considering the Iraq’s unity as a fate albeit the separation and the division some talk about and the talk of division as nonsense because Iraq was formed long time ago in a way that is possible for its boundaries to be divided. He also noted that there is interconnection in terms of the Iraqi people, the Iraqi geography and the Iraqi history, so what kind of division are they talking about? His Eminence reminded that all the countries all over the world faced hard conditions and pivotal challenges, but the division was never a solution for them, warning that the states born from the division won’t be stable or able to succeed. Here he reassured the Iraqis that there would be only one united Iraqi, and that its unity is the most reasonable, most moral and most patriotic choice albeit all the challenges, describing the attack of ISIS against Iraq as fiercest than that of the Mogul and the Tatars because it’s an evil terrorist organization that knows very well its goals and operates according to regional and international plans.
The Promoters of Division Are Behind the Naïve and Exposed Events of Adhamiyah
His Eminence maintained that the promoters of division are behind the last events of Adhamiyah. In his opinion, those think that the division, if achieved, will give them opportunities to win and rise and it is them who planned for such events and the perpetrators are as usual the naïve misled people. He said that their intent was to tear the capital apart so that the Shia won’t pass in the Sunni regions and vice versa. According to him, the war against the common enemy is a global pivotal war and the enemy has diverse ways, calling for uniting the opinions and the arms against the common enemy, describing the events of Adhamiyah as naïve and exposed. Finally, he asserted that the hands of the promoters of division will be cut whoever they are and that like all the tyrants, persecutors and criminals over the history, they will be forgotten.
The Ministry of Electricity Must Supply Schools of Power during Exams
His Eminence has considered the students’ final exams as proof of people’s refusal to die and to stop the wheel of life and its pinnacle represented by education. He praised the students’ spirit as they are passing their exams in difficult circumstances, calling on educational institutions to redouble their efforts in order to make examinations where comfort necessities are available as much as possible and to improve timing selection since it’s difficult for some students to pass their exams during the month of Ramadan because when the exams’pressure coincides with fasting pressure, students will find it very difficult to afford. Al-Hakim appeals as well the Ministry of Electricity to take into account the examination timings and dates and to make their effort to supply citizens and schools of electric power to maintain examinations’ smoothness. He also called on the security agencies to provide safe environment for students; on the other hand, families must maintain calm atmosphere inside the houses and avoid exchange visits and social events that distract their student children from their full-time study and peace of mind, stressing that the Iraqis are fighting the darkness for light. Moreover, he called to consider examinations as important in their moral value because they represent the pinnacle of the Iraqi challenge against the forces of terror and darkness.
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PG&E seeks decommissioning head start as cost estimates rise
A deeper analysis of decommissioning work at Diablo Canyon has hiked cost estimates for waste and staffing and operator Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is accelerating pre-shutdown planning to minimize permitting risks.
The Diablo Canyon plant is scheduled to close in 2024-25 and decommissioning costs are now estimated at $4.8 billion.
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In December, PG&E filed its first site-specific Decommissioning Cost Estimate (DCE) for the immediate decommissioning of the 2.2 GW Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
The DCE report is required for CPUC to release funding for pre-shutdown planning ahead of the closure of the two 1.1 GW units in 2024 and 2025.
The report estimates a total decommissioning cost of $4.8 billion, some $700 million higher than the estimate made in its 2015 in its Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding (NDCTP) document.
The DCE applied a more detailed “ground-up” cost assessment than the 2015 report and cost estimates rose on the back of higher "waste disposal, program oversight and site infrastructure costs," PG&E spokesperson Blair Jones told Nuclear Energy Insider.
In particular, waste disposal cost estimates more than doubled due to increases in waste disposal rates and waste volume assumptions, Jones said.
PG&E is under pressure to minimize decommissioning timelines and costs.
Decommissioning should be performed immediately after shutdown and decommissioning and decontamination (D&D) should be completed within 10 years of closure, the Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel (DCDEP), a local group of community members created by PG&E, said in December.
PG&E’s latest cost estimate assumes significant planning, design, licensing and permitting work will be performed ahead of shutdown.
Pre-shutdown spending is estimated at $187.8 million and PG&E expects the CPUC to issue a funding decision by mid-2020 at the latest, Jones said.
“Early planning will allow PG&E to commence active decommissioning immediately upon shutdown and will result in significant cost savings to customers," Jones said.
PG&E’s nuclear decommissioning trust fund (DTF) for the Diablo Canyon plant is currently at around $3.2 billion.
In January, the utility filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after several recent deadly wildfires left it with billions of dollars of potential liabilities.
The Chapter 11 filing will not impact planning of the Diablo Canyon project as the DTF's are considered "‘bankruptcy remote’ under the law and cannot be accessed by creditors,” Jones said.
The latest decommissioning cost estimate is "fundamentally different" to the 2015 estimate as it is based on a ground-up approach, applying cost-based and historical bid-based estimating, direct experience from the decommissioning of PG&E's Humboldt Bay Power Plant, industry learnings and benchmarking, PG&E said. The report was independently reviewed by High Bridge Associates (HBA) consultancy.
The 2015 estimation was less detailed and based on similar projects in the nuclear industry and the company’s own experience with decommissioning its Humboldt Bay Power Plant (HBPP).
Diablo Canyon decommissioning cost estimate (2018)
(Thousands of dollars)
Source: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), December 2018.
Higher waste disposal costs were the largest contributor to the cost increase in the latest report.
The DCE estimates include more “accurate volume analysis and more defendable waste rates,” PG&E said.
For example, the 2015 estimate did not fully quantify low activity radioactive waste, which is estimated at a volume of 5 million cubic feet, it said.
Water management and staffing costs also rose. Staffing costs increased due to more accurate, site-specific analysis and an overall extended schedule for emergency planning activities, the company said.
In addition, cost estimates for permitting and fees doubled and the DCE report identified additional site infrastructure needs.
"These include construction of waste handling facilities, construction of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) security building, upgrades to the rail yard in Pismo beach, and other modifications," PG&E said.
Total cost estimates could fall if existing nuclear site infrastructure, such as the site’s marina, is repurposed for alternative uses, Jones told Nuclear Energy Insider.
Repurposing decisions will include input from local community groups and will be subject to regulatory approval, he said.
Industry learnings
Overall, U.S. nuclear decommissioning cost estimates are improving as operators gain greater experience in D&D projects.
Total U.S. decommissioning cost estimates fell by 2.5% in 2017 to $88.8 billion, ending a decade of year-on-year increases, according to figures from the Callan Institute.
US decommissioning cost estimates
Source: Callan Institute's 2018 Nuclear Decommissioning Funding Study.
Decommissioning operators are using economies of scale and the latest technology advancements to shorten decommissioning procedures and cut costs.
More recently, growing demand for D&D services has spawned new decommissioning joint ventures and business models involving the transfer of plant ownership to specialist decommissioning groups.
In the U.S., Holtec and SNC-Lavalin created a joint company, Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI) while Orano (formerly Areva) and U.S. demolition specialist Northstar created Accelerated Decommissioning Partners (ADP). The newly-combined groups will offer full ownership transfer and decommissioning services.
10-year goal
The DCDEP's target of completing radiological D&D within 10 years of closure represents a "significant challenge," Thomas Magette, president of Talisman International, a consultancy group, said.
Early planning of human resources, financial management and timely licensing and permitting submittals are crucial for controlling schedules and costs, Magette said.
California's lengthy environmental permitting processes will be a key challenge for the project, he said.
Southern California Edison's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), shut down in June 2013, has yet to make significant progress in decommissioning and is yet to complete the removal of spent fuel to dry storage.
SCE awarded the D&D and site restoration contract for SONGS to a joint venture held by EnergySolutions and AECOM but the operator has suffered delays in spent fuel transfer and is continuing to work through environmental assessment procedures. SCE aims to complete decommissioning and site restoration within 20 years and estimates the total decommissioning cost at $4.4 billion.
PG&E may be able to achieve the DCDEP's 10 year target if permitting and decommissioning contracts are addressed well prior to shutdown, Magette said.
The SONGS plant was shut down with little prior notice and PG&E will benefit from years of planning, he noted.
Pre-shutdown activities at Diablo Canyon will include early engagement with environmental agencies to complete required technical studies and detailed permit application packages, Jones said.
PG&E can draw from decommissioning experience at Humbolt Bay, where final decommissioning activities are underway ahead of final site surveys and NRC approval in 2020.
Operators must not underestimate the timelines required for state and federal level permit approvals, Loren Sharp, Senior Director, Nuclear Decommissioning at PG&E, told a conference in 2017.
"Even starting two or three years in advance, we were pushing very hard to try and get Humboldt Bay to the point where we could continue operations and demolition with the permits we needed," he said.
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News: Dummy Falls Down on his Stupid Face in Front of Everybody
June 20, 2019 June 20, 2019 AndrewHalterOmniblogautobiographical, Comedy, Donald Trump, fun, humanity, mass shooting, mime, news, opinion, personal, philosophy, satire, suicide, technology, the onion, writingLeave a comment
Dummy Falls Down on His Stupid Face in Front of Everybody
by: Andrew Halter
Chicago, IL — Andrew Halter, fledgling journalist and part-time stand-up comedian, looked like an idiot last Thursday when his right toe clipped the curb in front of the Walgreens at Foster and Lincoln, causing him to drop his bag of candy and painfully exclaim “Dammit!”
Most of the 11 bystanders who witnessed the event declined to comment on how foolish Halter seemed, brushing Swedish Fish off the same jeans he wears everyday, preferring instead to look at the sky as though they’d not witnessed Andrew’s humiliation.
“Yeah that was pretty funny I guess,” remarked David Grant, local father of five, after witnessing the doofus peel himself off the asphalt.
Immediately after falling, Halter tried to gather himself as quickly as he could and walk away, though he could not hide the painful limp in his stride.
When authorities attempted to reach Halter for comment, he yelled “I don’t know what you’re talking about!” before slamming into the nearby Lincoln bus stop kiosk as he attempted to hurry away.
Upon hearing him walk into the bus stop, Margaret Atwood, grandmother of twelve, was unable to keep herself from audibly guffawing at the silly boob as he hobbled down the sidewalk toward his apartment.
“I’m sorry,” Atwood explained as she attempted to cover her mouth with her right hand, “it was funny, I feel bad for him though.”
Douglas and Jerry Ignacio, local high schoolers who also witnessed the disturbance were less kind, remarking that “(the) bit*h better watch where he’s going.”
Reports say that after he got back to his apartment, Halter turned off the lights and watched Fargo on Netflix under his heavy comforter, vowing to never again mention the occurrence.
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Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales
Bryan P. Wallace, Andrew D. Di Matteo, Brendan J. Hurley, Elena M. Finkbeiner, et al
http://www.mendeley.com/research/regional-management-units-marine-turtles-novel-framework-prioritizing-conservation-research-across-m-13
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{"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/811923"], "description"=>"<p>Individual maps are presented for A) global nesting sites and in-water distributions (global distributions for each species represented by hatching); B) mitochondrial (mtDNA) genetic stocks; C) nuclear genetic (nDNA) stocks; and D) Regional Management Units (shown with nesting sites). Nesting sites that were unquantified or have no count values reported since 2000 are represented by black squares, whereas nesting sites for which count data are available are represented by a colored circle. For genetic stock maps (<a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465#pone-0015465-g003\" target=\"_blank\">Figs. 3B and C</a>), each symbol represents a different site that was sampled for genetic analyses, while each color represents a distinct genetic stock. Data shown are contained in metadata tables (<a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465#pone.0015465.s003\" target=\"_blank\">Appendix S2</a>).</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["units", "leatherback", "turtles"], "article_id"=>482235, "categories"=>["Inorganic Chemistry", "Ecology"], "users"=>["Bryan P. Wallace", "Andrew D. DiMatteo", "Brendan J. Hurley", "Elena M. Finkbeiner", "Alan B. Bolten", "Milani Y. Chaloupka", "Brian J. Hutchinson", "F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois", "Diego Amorocho", "Karen A. Bjorndal", "Jérôme Bourjea", "Brian W. Bowen", "Raquel Briseño Dueñas", "Paolo Casale", "B. C. Choudhury", "Alice Costa", "Peter H. Dutton", "Alejandro Fallabrino", "Alexandre Girard", "Marc Girondot", "Matthew H. Godfrey", "Mark Hamann", "Milagros López-Mendilaharsu", "Maria Angela Marcovaldi", "Jeanne A. Mortimer", "John A. Musick", "Ronel Nel", "Nicolas J. Pilcher", "Jeffrey A. Seminoff", "Sebastian Troëng", "Blair Witherington", "Roderic B. Mast"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465.g003", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>1, "page_views"=>6, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Multi_scale_Regional_Management_Units_for_leatherback_turtles_Dermochelys_coriacea_/482235", "title"=>"Multi-scale Regional Management Units for leatherback turtles <i>Dermochelys coriacea</i>.", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>1, "published_date"=>"2010-12-17 00:37:15"}
{"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/811549"], "description"=>"<p>Individual maps are presented for A) global nesting sites and in-water distributions (global distributions for each species represented by hatching); B) mitochondrial (mtDNA) genetic stocks; C) nuclear genetic (nDNA) stocks; and D) Regional Management Units (shown with nesting sites). Nesting sites that were unquantified or have no count values reported since 2000 are represented by black squares, whereas nesting sites for which count data are available are represented by a colored circle. For genetic stock maps (<a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465#pone-0015465-g001\" target=\"_blank\">Figs. 1B and C</a>), each symbol represents a different site that was sampled for genetic analyses, while each color represents a distinct genetic stock. Putative RMUs (see text for description) are noted by asterisks in the figure legends, and are colorless. Data shown are contained in metadata tables (<a href=\"http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465#pone.0015465.s003\" target=\"_blank\">Appendix S2</a>).</p>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["units", "loggerhead", "turtles"], "article_id"=>481868, "categories"=>["Inorganic Chemistry", "Ecology"], "users"=>["Bryan P. Wallace", "Andrew D. DiMatteo", "Brendan J. Hurley", "Elena M. Finkbeiner", "Alan B. Bolten", "Milani Y. Chaloupka", "Brian J. Hutchinson", "F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois", "Diego Amorocho", "Karen A. Bjorndal", "Jérôme Bourjea", "Brian W. Bowen", "Raquel Briseño Dueñas", "Paolo Casale", "B. C. Choudhury", "Alice Costa", "Peter H. Dutton", "Alejandro Fallabrino", "Alexandre Girard", "Marc Girondot", "Matthew H. Godfrey", "Mark Hamann", "Milagros López-Mendilaharsu", "Maria Angela Marcovaldi", "Jeanne A. Mortimer", "John A. Musick", "Ronel Nel", "Nicolas J. Pilcher", "Jeffrey A. Seminoff", "Sebastian Troëng", "Blair Witherington", "Roderic B. Mast"], "doi"=>"https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465.g001", "stats"=>{"downloads"=>1, "page_views"=>17, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/_Multi_scale_Regional_Management_Units_for_loggerhead_turtles_Caretta_caretta_/481868", "title"=>"Multi-scale Regional Management Units for loggerhead turtles <i>Caretta caretta</i>.", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>1, "published_date"=>"2010-12-17 00:31:08"}
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{"files"=>["https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/404931", "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/404961", "https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/404970"], "description"=>"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Resolving threats to widely distributed marine megafauna requires definition of the geographic distributions of both the threats as well as the population unit(s) of interest. In turn, because individual threats can operate on varying spatial scales, their impacts can affect different segments of a population of the same species. Therefore, integration of multiple tools and techniques — including site-based monitoring, genetic analyses, mark-recapture studies and telemetry — can facilitate robust definitions of population segments at multiple biological and spatial scales to address different management and research challenges.</p> <h3>Methodology/Principal Findings</h3><p>To address these issues for marine turtles, we collated all available studies on marine turtle biogeography, including nesting sites, population abundances and trends, population genetics, and satellite telemetry. We georeferenced this information to generate separate layers for nesting sites, genetic stocks, and core distributions of population segments of all marine turtle species. We then spatially integrated this information from fine- to coarse-spatial scales to develop nested envelope models, or Regional Management Units (RMUs), for marine turtles globally.</p> <h3>Conclusions/Significance</h3><p>The RMU framework is a solution to the challenge of how to organize marine turtles into units of protection above the level of nesting populations, but below the level of species, within regional entities that might be on independent evolutionary trajectories. Among many potential applications, RMUs provide a framework for identifying data gaps, assessing high diversity areas for multiple species and genetic stocks, and evaluating conservation status of marine turtles. Furthermore, RMUs allow for identification of geographic barriers to gene flow, and can provide valuable guidance to marine spatial planning initiatives that integrate spatial distributions of protected species and human activities. In addition, the RMU framework — including maps and supporting metadata — will be an iterative, user-driven tool made publicly available in an online application for comments, improvements, download and analysis.</p> </div>", "links"=>[], "tags"=>["units", "prioritizing", "scales"], "article_id"=>140016, "categories"=>["Inorganic Chemistry", "Ecology"], "users"=>["Bryan P. Wallace", "Andrew D. DiMatteo", "Brendan J. Hurley", "Elena M. Finkbeiner", "Alan B. Bolten", "Milani Y. Chaloupka", "Brian J. Hutchinson", "F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois", "Diego Amorocho", "Karen A. Bjorndal", "Jérôme Bourjea", "Brian W. Bowen", "Raquel Briseño Dueñas", "Paolo Casale", "B. C. Choudhury", "Alice Costa", "Peter H. Dutton", "Alejandro Fallabrino", "Alexandre Girard", "Marc Girondot", "Matthew H. Godfrey", "Mark Hamann", "Milagros López-Mendilaharsu", "Maria Angela Marcovaldi", "Jeanne A. Mortimer", "John A. Musick", "Ronel Nel", "Nicolas J. Pilcher", "Jeffrey A. Seminoff", "Sebastian Troëng", "Blair Witherington", "Roderic B. Mast"], "doi"=>["https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465.s001", "https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465.s002", "https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015465.s003"], "stats"=>{"downloads"=>5, "page_views"=>15, "likes"=>0}, "figshare_url"=>"https://figshare.com/articles/Regional_Management_Units_for_Marine_Turtles_A_Novel_Framework_for_Prioritizing_Conservation_and_Research_across_Multiple_Scales/140016", "title"=>"Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales", "pos_in_sequence"=>0, "defined_type"=>4, "published_date"=>"2010-12-17 00:00:16"}
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Melissa Reidy - Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey is a collection of hybrid birds presented in 19 different handmade antique books. Each hybrid creature has been born out of a bird and it’s prey, exploring what happens when two enemies become the same creature.
Art Exhibition previously on at Mailbox Art Space in Flinders Lane precinct, Victoria, Australia.
From Tuesday 19 July 2011 to Friday 19 August 2011
Published by anonymous on Wednesday 13 July 2011.
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Each creature is displayed on the page of a handmade book, 19 of which will fill the cabinets of Mailbox 141. The series of books will create the feel of looking at an ornithologist’s library and is partly inspired by Neville W Cayley’s, ‘What Bird Is That?’
Melissa Reidy is a Melbourne based artist who works with HB pencils on paper. She has a fascination for creating hybrid creatures in her drawings, taking two or three seperate species and fusing them into one strange creature. Her drawings also feature men’s suits, people in improbable situations and a lot of feathers. Her work has appeared in the Tango comics anthology and her first solo exhibition was held at NineOnSeven in November 2010.
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UA Technology Innovation Award Honors Salim Hariri’s Advancement of CyberSecurity
As a young boy in Syria, Salim Hariri spent his time building tiny radios and dreamed of one day becoming an electrical engineer. Today he is a cybersecurity expert known in academic and government circles for his ability to think outside the box and far beyond the constrains of today’s computer systems. For his work in cyber-security autonomic computing technology, the University of Arizona recognized Hariri, director of the National Science Foundation Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing, with a 2013 Technology Innovation Award.
“He and his research team are advancing technology that has the potential to revolutionize how the world manages, secures and protect its cyber-resources,” said Tamal Bose, ECE department head. While his entrepreneurial contributions are much grander and far more complex than the transistor radios of his boyhood, they still stem from a desire to make something useful, to do work that reaches the masses and makes a difference. The litmus test, Hariri said, is whether the research will result in something “somebody can pick up and use.”
For more about Innovation Day at the UA please visit
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Hariri video at youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNGr_HoBiWw
Advancing Cyber Security: Dr. Salim Hariri, UA Site Director, NSF Center for Cloud and Autonomic Computing http://startuptucson.com/2013/advancing-cyber-security-dr-salim-hariri-uas-cloud-and-autonomic-computing-center/
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How to Prevent Strokes in Non-Valvular AFib Patients – Without Anticoagulants
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Every year, more than 125,000 strokes in the US are caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), including 40 percent of strokes in patients over age 80. But up to a third of AFib patients aren’t candidates for long-term anticoagulation to prevent these strokes, because of factors like past major bleeding episodes. What’s more, 30 percent of patients who are prescribed anticoagulants will stop taking them within two years, likely because they’re worried about their bleeding risk and/or don’t grasp the stroke danger.
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New report reveals 100,000 dolphins and small whales hunted every year
By nicola.hodgins | 6th August 2018
When you hear the words ‘dolphin hunts’ it’s likely that you think of Japan or the Faroe Islands. Although they are complicit in the deaths of many thousands of individuals, they are sadly and probably surprisingly, not the worst offenders. I knew that dolphins and small whales were being hunted in many countries all over…
Taiji – another season of slaughter as marine park links grow stronger
By nicola.hodgins | 9th May 2018
Life as a small whale or dolphin can be precarious at the best of times, but off the coast of Japan they face a sinister threat – the fishermen of Taiji. If they’re caught up in the maelstrom of one of the infamous ‘drive hunts’ the outcome is unlikely to be a good one. They’ll…
What prospects for whales, dolphins and porpoises in 2018?
By nicola.hodgins | 15th January 2018
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the world’s main authority on the conservation status of species. Its ‘Red List of Threatened Species’ – known as ‘The Red List’ – is the most comprehensive inventory we have of species at risk. The Red List divides these species into various classes from ‘Data Deficient’…
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By nicola.hodgins | 8th December 2017
Just the other day i blogged about how, as a direct result of bycatch, the IUCN had uplisted both the Irrawaddy dolphin and the finless porpoise to Endangered status. I thought that was depressing enough but more bad news was to follow with the elevation of Atlantic humpback dolphins to Critically Endangered status and Indian…
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Unfortunately, 2017 is not turning out to be a great year for whales, dolphins and porpoises with the numbers of some species dropping to worrying levels. Added to the list of “endangered” species by the IUCN are the Irrawaddy dolphin and the finless porpoise both having had their numbers more than halved over the last…
Eaten to extinction?
By nicola.hodgins | 17th November 2017
Will you make a donation to help us stop dolphins being killed for meat? Thank you. The plight of the large whales at the hands of commercial whalers both historically and currently, is well documented. As a result of intensive and unregulated hunting, population figures plummeted, some even went extinct (the north east Atlantic population…
Conserving Migratory Species
By nicola.hodgins | 31st October 2017
Some species of whales and dolphins can migrate many thousands of miles, travelling through the national waters of a number of different countries to get to their destinations. Others can live their lives more locally in the national waters of more than one country – take for example a dolphin in the Mediterranean Sea, in…
So long and thanks for all the fins! – Isle of Lewis Research Blog
By nicola.hodgins | 7th October 2017
Time has flown and it’s almost time to say farewell to the Isle of Lewis and all the whales, dolphins and porpoises who call these waters home. Although it’s been a bit of a mixed bag weather wise, we’ve managed to get out on the water a surprising amount of times and every time been…
Famine or Feast – Isle of Lewis Research Blog
By nicola.hodgins | 27th September 2017
It was a slow start to this seasons fieldwork here on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. High winds (at this time of year the remnants from the various hurricanes battering the Caribbean and USA) and lots of rain kept us on land and indoors for the first week however patience, being a…
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The sight of any beached whale or dolphin can be really distressing for onlookers, even for scientists like me who visit strandings on a regular basis. After watching the ‘whale fall’ experiment on Britain’s Whales on ITV, many of supporters were asking why stranded whales are often taken to landfill rather than being placed to…
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After review, the ruling on the field is…
I did a little research after blogging about Monday night’s episode of The Big Bang Theory about Sheldon Cooper and his connections with autism spectrum disorder. This should make things more clear, but as we’ve seen several times this season, there’s always room for overlap.
Last summer, creator Bill Prady went on the record saying Sheldon doesn’t have Asperger’s in the face of unscientific polls suggesting the contrary. Prady told TV Squad’s Allison Waldman that he never had Asperger Syndrome or any form of autism in mind when writing for Sheldon, writing the character as the character.
The A.V. Club discovered in an interview with Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon, that Parsons himself asked the writers if he had Asperger’s. Parsons hasn’t approached them on the topic since, but he read Look Me in the Eye by John Robison after Big Bang co-star Johnny Galecki recommended the book, noting the comparisons to Sheldon. Parsons notes the intellectual nature of Sheldon’s character makes it easier for viewers to leap into the autism realm; he often wonders what elements of the autism spectrum are included in scripts despite the character not being on the spectrum.
Waldman’s analysis mirrors my conclusion on why the writers refuse to make the leap, but she presents the argument in vocabulary that would not rival Spock (I consider him to bear the closest resemblance to me of any fictional character, read my Star Trek post to find out why): If Sheldon did have a diagnosis, his friends could no longer mock him and would be constrained by the nature of the spectrum (implying an ironically interpersonal quality for a condition known to create introverts).
There is a precedent: an episode of House featured an autistic child and suggests a possibility that Gregory House’s personality is a result of Asperger Syndrome, a hypothesis that was later refuted by his colleague, Wilson, as an excuse for his behaviors.
After reading these articles, fans will have to carry on with Sheldon not having an official diagnosis in the same way multiracial people carry on with their lives even with the current President not officially recognizing his multiracial status. Given my examinations this week, perhaps we’re looking for a label to please ourselves than the actual parties involved. Sheldon is quite hilarious on his own as fans wait to see what nerdy exploits he pursues, what ways he’ll insult Penny, and how he’ll annoy his friends to no end. What more could be requested for a show that bases its comedy on intellectualism, a rarity among the prime-time lineup?
I’m sure I’ll find another show this season and in years to come that highlights Sheldon’s “trips” to the autism spectrum while not staying there permanently.
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Bazinga!
Sheldon, right, taunts Leonard as Leonard attempts to remove Sheldon from a ball pit
This blog marks the first time I’ve analyzed CBS’ hit show The Big Bang Theory this season. After watching this week’s episode, “The Einstein Approximation,” I saw several examples of the writers avoiding any attempt to link Sheldon Cooper with the autism spectrum, but certainly toying with those traits whether they intend to or not.
My most popular blog last year was an overall critique of Sheldon, portrayed by Jim Parsons, and how he and the production staff of Big Bang handled inquiries regarding Sheldon’s mental state. The creators summarized his behaviors as “Sheldony,” but even without an official label, I’ve often cited the show as a great illustrator for autism and how others respond to the bohemian characteristics of Sheldon.
In Monday’s episode, Sheldon attempts to solve a physics problem and devotes all his effort to solving the problem, using anything nearby as a prop. Unfortunately, his quest for knowledge usually comes at the expense of his friends. One scene combines two trends of autistic people and employs them for comedic effect. The first represents an obliviousness to the surrounding environment because Sheldon is focused solely on his mission. Since Sheldon can’t sleep while he’s solving a problem, he leaves his apartment in the middle of the night and enters a ball pit inside a kids play area (rigging a tumbler and alarm system to get inside). A security guard then calls Leonard, and Leonard arrives to bring Sheldon home.
Before Leonard meets Sheldon, the security guard tells Leonard that he once worked a party with a “special” kid, special a clear reference to a mentally disabled child. Leonard replies that Sheldon is “extra special.” Again, the writers don’t consider Sheldon an autistic, but Leonard’s reply reinforces the audience that Sheldon’s thought process is vastly different from his academic and social peers and could be easily interpreted that Sheldon, at the very least, definitely has traits that match with autism spectrum disorder.
Of course, Sheldon refuses to leave because he’s still working on his problem, using balls to represent the parts of a carbon atom. The stubborn behavior reflects the intense focus autistic people put into their projects, refusing to let anything distract them, which often leads to ignoring other people’s requests. Leonard threatens to forcibly remove Sheldon and enters the ball pit to do so (pictured), but Sheldon’s superior knowledge of the structure allows him to outfox Leonard, appearing every few seconds to taunt him with “Bazinga!”
While fans familiar with autism still relate Sheldon’s behavior to that of an autistic friend or relative, I haven’t read any articles or noticed a recurring pattern on the show that suggests a direct link in the Big Bang timeline. Seeing almost every episode since season 2, I’m convinced that making Sheldon an official autistic would remove most of his comedic value. We understand much more than we did when Rain Man was released, but after seeing the domino effect that occurred after Dr. Andrew Wakefield suggested a link between vaccines and autism, the precedent exists to suggest that fans, TV critics, and casual mainstream viewers could blindly assume that anyone with autism would interact the same way as Sheldon. That assumption would certainly complicate the education process and perhaps kill the momentum The Big Bang Theory is riding.
For now, I’ll continue to enjoy the comedic follies of contemporary television’s favorite nerds while I watch for more “hidden” signs of autism that find their way into the show’s script.
Posted in autism, CBS, television, The Big Bang Theory
Tagged with Asperger's Syndrome, autism, autism spectrum disorder, ball pit, behaviors, CBS, Sheldon Cooper, sitcom, television show, The Big Bang Theory, The Einsten Approximation
A little “Sheldony?”
Leonard, left, and Sheldon discuss a matter on CBS' hit The Big Bang Theory
I mentioned in my last post that my co-worker told me I was exactly like Sheldon Cooper from the CBS show The Big Bang Theory, and an argument can be made. In fact, there’s a lot of discussion going on about the character played by Jim Parsons and if he is indeed on the spectrum. One of the creators considers it coincidental and Parsons himself said his character isn’t on the spectrum as far as he knows, but Sheldon may display more facets of the disorder in future seasons (the show was picked up for two more seasons on CBS and will now follow its sister show, Two and a Half Men).
I talked about this revelation in an interview I did for the next installment of my autism documentary series. My neighbor and I discussed the potential for a flagship character autistic people can identify with on primetime television. While Sheldon’s behavior continues to show signs of Asperger Syndrome (his intelligence is high, but his social skills are non-existent), creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady ultimately may not make the distinction official in the show’s canon. Although the show doesn’t make baffoons out of the nerdy nature of Sheldon and his highly intellectual friends, my neighbor and I thought there’s a chance that if the writers did decide he was on the spectrum, some members of the autism community could interpret such a development as making fun of autistic people. As the show enters its third season in the fall, I think more people will get a glimpse of what an autistic person might process in his or her mind.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the creative team does explore the autistic realm with Sheldon as more people question the creators and Parsons about Sheldon’s presumably autistic behavior. As the fanbase and ratings continue to increase, I haven’t seen any backlash from viewers about the behavioral patterns of any character. Anecdotally speaking, fans I’ve talked to say Sheldon helps make the show what it is, suggesting that people aren’t taking this as mocking autistic people. Spock and Data may get some competition as icons of the autism spectrum before long.
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Mercedes-AMG GLC63- Glamour Luxury Class
Looking back at the AMG line Mercedes has produced, car critics are nothing less than impressed and in awe. Mercedes has been able to continue their legacy in their GL series by releasing the GLC63.
The engine packs a handmade AMG built V8 Biturbo monster that is found in their other series including the E and S class. Its base model the GLC63 SUV hauls 469 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque and its upgraded version the GLC63 S has 503 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque. Its transmission is an all new Speedshift MCT nine-speed that shifts through gears effortlessly. Here’s where it gets intense, the GLC63 reaches 60 mph in under 4 seconds (3.9). As for the GLC63 S, it reaches 60 mph in 3.7 seconds!
Mercedes has proved their moto time and time again; the best or nothing. By looking at their AMG line we can tell it’s quite simple to turn one of their elegant base models into a super car such as an AMG. What is surprising about this model is that it is already tuned to perfection!
What also differentiates the GLC series is that it has 3 models, the GLC, GLC63 and GLC63 S compared to Range Rover which has limited models. Range Rover now has to find a way to differentiate themselves from BMW and Mercedes because they only offer one type of car for each model, and if that car is not as fitting to a customers needs then that customer is more likely to shop German.
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Date: 30-MAR-2011
McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet
Owner/operator: US Marine Corps (USMC)
Registration: 165190
C/n / msn: 1328/C415
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location: off coast San Diego, California - United States of America
Phase: Pushback / towing
Departure airport: USS Stennis
Destination airport:
A Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 F-18C based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, while getting ready for departure from the aircraft carrier USS Stennis (CVN-74) - had an engine explosion and fire - injuring 10 crew members - 4 flown to hospitals in San Diego. Mostly burns - but none said to be life threatening.
Accident occurred approximately 100 miles off the coast of San Diego - while conducting qualifying flights.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/30/10-sailors-injured-in-jet-fire-on-carrier/
http://www.military.com/news/article/jet-engine-explodes-injuring-10-on-carrier.html
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8638004-explosion-ten-us-sailors-injured
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RHYTHMS FOR RUNNING
Shake up your workout playlist with some new tracks worth adding By Shelika Baez
While the music industry prepares to celebrate the 52nd annual GRAMMY Awards tomorrow Sunday, January 31, 2010, get familiar with the nominees and prepare for bikini season with a workout playlist great for no matter what exercise you prefer.
Warm-up/Cool down
Life in Technicolor ii- Coldplay
( Best Rock Performance by a duo or group)
Hometown Glory-Adele
( Best Female Pop Vocal Performance nominee)
Pretty wings-Maxwell
( Best R&B Album, R&B song, Best male R&B Vocal Performance, Song of the year nominee)
You belong with me- Taylor Swift
( Record of the year, Song of the year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Album of the year nominee)
Halo- Beyonce
( Best Contemporary R&B album, Record of the year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Album of the year nominee)
Cardio: Elliptical/Stationary Bikes, Running
Poker Face-Lady Gaga
( Record of the year, Song of the year, Best Dance Recording, Best Electronic/Dance Album, Album of the year nominee)
Use somebody- Kings of Leon
( Record of the year, Best Rock Song, Best Rock performance by a duo or group, Song of the year nominee)
That’s not my name- The Ting Tings
( Best New Artist nominee)
Love sex magic-Ciara and Justin Timberlake
( Best Pop Collaboration nominee)
Womanizer-Britney Spears
( Best Dance Recording nominee)
You found me- The Fray
( Best Pop Vocal Album nominee)
Life would suck without you- Kelly Clarkson
Shots Shots Shots-LMFAO
( Best Electronic/Dance Album nominee)
Right Round-Flo Rida
( Best Rap Album nominee)
Run this town-Jay Z, Rhianna, Kanye West
( Best Rap Song, Best Rap/Sung collaboration nominee)
Hot n Cold- Katy Perry
I gotta feeling- Black Eyed Peas
( Record of the year, Best Pop performance by a duo or group, Best Pop Vocal Album, Album of the year nominee)
Kids- MGMT
( Best New Artist, Best Pop performance by a duo or group nominee)
When love takes over- David Guetta feat Kelly Rowland
( Best Dance Recording, Best Electronic/Dance Album nominee)
Weight-lifting/ Squats, Lunges, Pushups etc.
Boom Boom Pow- Black Eyed Peas
( Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Dance Recording, Best Short form music Nominee, Album of the year nominee)
21 guns Green Day
( Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, Best Rock performance by a duo or group nominee)
Blame it- Jamie Foxx & T. Pain
( Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best R&B performance by duo or group nominee)
Crack a bottle- Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50cent
( Best Rap Album, Best Rap performance by a duo or group nominee)
Day N Nite- Kid Cudi
( Best Rap solo performance nominee)
Best I ever Had- Drake
( Best Rap Song, Best Rap solo performance nominee)
Dead and Gone- T.I feat Justin Timberlake
Make it mine- Jason Mraz
( Best Male Pop Vocal Performance nominee)
Sober- Pink
( Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album nominee)
Entertaintment, LIFESTYLE, MUSICShelika January 30, 2010 beyonce, grammys, itunes, playlist, taylor swift, working outComment
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Home News Apple Watch Series 4 With ECG Feature Launched at $399
Apple Watch Series 4 With ECG Feature Launched at $399
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Akshay Gangwar
At its iPhone event being held in Cupertino, Apple has unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 4.
The watch comes with an edge to edge display that’s now 35% larger, and to go with the new display, the company has redesigned the entire UI of the Apple Watch. There’s also a new watch face, which we’ve seen in the leaks before; it comes with a whopping 8 complications on the watch face itself, and you can customise the complications to make it suitable to your personal needs.
There are also some new dynamic watch faces in the Apple Watch Series 4 designed to take full advantage of the new display and the curved corners.
The watch now has a 50% louder speakers, and now has a new back made out of black ceramic.
In Series 4, Apple has added ECG capabilities to the Apple Watch and you can quickly take an ECG reading by simply touching and holding on the digital crown.
The Apple Watch Series 4 pricing starts at $399 for GPS, and $499 for GPS+Cellular variants, and will be available in Silver, Gold, and Space Gray. Orders go live on September 14, and the watch will go on sale from September 21.
Note: This story is still developing, check back often for more details.
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Home News Motorola Confirms 2018 Moto Line-up Will Be Unveiled in April; Moto G6...
Motorola Confirms 2018 Moto Line-up Will Be Unveiled in April; Moto G6 Seen on TENAA Listing
Earlier this year, the complete line-up of Motorola smartphones set to be announced in 2018 was leaked, consisting of devices like the Moto X5, the Moto Z3 flagship and the entire Moto G6 series. Despite Motorola’s no-show at the MWC 2018 event, details of other devices like the G6 Play kept popping up online frequently and now, the Moto G6 has been spotted on TENAA.
Images of the Moto G6 on TENAA’s website suggest that the upcoming smartphone will come with a dual glass design with curved edges, much like the Moto X4. Moreover, the Moto G6 also features a dual camera set-up on its rear panel, which according to previous leaks, will consist of a 12MP and 5MP sensor.
On the front side, the Moto G6 features a fingerprint sensor embedded inside the home button, sitting below a 5.7-inch display. The TENAA listing further confirmed that the upcoming smartphone will pack a 3,000 mAh battery.
Going by previous leaks, the Moto G6 will reportedly come with a 5.7-inch FHD+ display with an 18:9 aspect ratio and a Snapdragon 450 SoC inside the hood. The Moto G6 is expected to come in two variants viz. a lower-end version with 3GB+32GB configuration and a higher-end 4GB+64GB version.
In another news, Motorola has made a major change in the company’s leadership and has appointed Sergio Buniac as the President and Chairman of Motorola. The company announced the news through an official blog post, which also mentioned that new Motorola smartphones will be unveiled in April. “We’re excited for what 2018 (and beyond!) is going to bring us and look forward to sharing our first products of the year with you next month!”, read Motorola’s blog post. While it is not known which Motorola smartphone(s) will be unveiled next month, the Moto G6’s TENAA certification is a clear sign that the device is ready for a launch soon.
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Office 12 Beta 1 Released to Testers
By Nate Mook
10,000 Microsoft beta testers received a long-awaited e-mail Wednesday evening: Welcome to Office 12. Beta 1 of the next-generation Office suite has been released and is now available for download -- assuming Beta Place doesn't buckle under the mad rush for bits.
In a statement heralding the beta's arrival, Microsoft vice president Chris Capossela called Office 12 "the most significant release in more than 10 years" that comes only after "many years of research and development." But the devil is in the details.
Beta 1 has been broken down into various separate components. Like its predecessors, Office 12 Professional includes Word, Excel, Access, InfoPath, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook.
Testers will get a taste of the new user interface Microsoft has created, which replaces the standard toolbars with "ribbons" that offer features specific for the current task. Outlook 12 has a few new features of its own, including a "To Do" bar for viewing mail, tasks and appointments in a single pane, and built-in RSS reader.
Despite the changes, Microsoft has kept its applications trim. The Office 12 Professional CD weighs in at just over 400MB. FrontPage 12, which has been re-focused for SharePoint development as Expression Studio becomes Microsoft's consumer HTML tool, stands on its own at 200MB.
Old Office hats like Microsoft Project, OneNote, Visio Pro, and Business Contact Manager are also available individually, ranging from 100MB to 200MB.
The newcomer to Office 12 is Groove's Virtual Office suite, which Microsoft acquired earlier this year. Aside from its main 190MB download, Groove has three add-ons: Groove Management Services, Groove Data Bridge and Groove Relay Server.
Beta testers will also get a taste of the new server-based offerings. Microsoft has packaged Office 12 Server into a single 408MB download, which contains Project Server and the new SharePoint Portal Servers. These servers will offer hosted Excel and InfoPath capabilities.
Also available on its own, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 weighs in at just over 160MB. Microsoft warns there will be no upgrade path from Beta 1 for the Office 12 Server products.
Aside from the new server functionality and task-oriented user interface, the big change coming to Office 12 is the new Open XML file format. Although not a published standard like OpenDocument, Microsoft Office Open XML packages editable XML files within a ZIP archive and will be licensed royalty-free.
Microsoft has provided testers a compatibility pack to add support for Open XML to Office 2003. However, the company says that the format will likely change during the Office 12 beta, and any files created in Beta 1 "may not be compatible with the new file formats in later releases."
Office 12 system requirements are also currently up in the air. But Microsoft is aiming to support all users currently running Office 2000 and beyond. "Our goal is that you will not need to upgrade your hardware (you may need to upgrade to a supported operating system)," the company says, adding that no performance optimization has been done for Beta 1.
With the first milestone complete, Microsoft is already looking down the road. Office 12 Beta 2 is scheduled for spring 2006, and will be open to a much larger number of testers. A final release of Office 12, which has not officially been named, is expected for late 2006 -- around the time Windows Vista hits store shelves.
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THE CRYSTAL SKULL.
By Garvin, Richard.
New York:: Pocket Books,, (1974). Very good overall. Note: vintage paperbacks are very fragile and need to be handled with care.. Paperback. "The story of the mystery, myth, and magic of the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull discovered in a lost Mayan city during a search for Atlantis." Illustrated with photographs. Notes. 128 pp.
SOPHY OF KRAVONIA.
By Hope, Anthony (pseudonym of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, 1863 - 1933)
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1906.. Near fine in sage green cloth with a lovely art nouveau decorative binding of a thistle flower and leaves in copper and white. . First US printing. Novel of adventure and intrigue by prolific English novelist and playwright, now best remembered for The Prisoner of Zenda. "The heroine, a high spirited, penniless English girl, goes to Kravonia to seek her fortune. She has the good luck to save the life of the Prince, who falls in love with her. The story of her career becomes a galloping romance, in which adventures, court intrigues, and hair breadth escapes follow one another in quick succession." Basis for a 1920 silent film. Tinted frontispiece with tissue guard. 332 pp.
48 SAROYAN STORIES.
By Saroyan, William.
New York:: Avon,, (1942). Very good overall. Note: vintage paperbacks are very fragile and need to be handled with care.. Paperback original - early printing. Collects the stories from the 1938-1939 collections "Love, Here Is My Hat" and "Peace, It's Wonderful" with a short new introduction by Saroyan. Avon 19 (lists thru 58 inside back cover) 314 pp.
THE WHITE MICE.
By Davis, Richard Harding (1964-1916)
New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1909.. Near fine (previous owner's name on front endpaper). First printing. A "story of love and revolution in a South American republic." Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and seven inserted plates by George Gibbs. Bound in beige cloth with red and black lettering, black illustration on front cover. 309 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.
OTHER MAIN-TRAVELLED ROADS.
By Garland, Hamlin.
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, (1910). Very near fine - a lovely copy. . First edition. A collection of short stories, written between 1887-1889, a companion to 'Main-Travelled Roads', inspired by Garland's return to the West of his youth - Iowa, Dakota, & Wisconsin. Bound in tan cloth with gilt titling a gilt Art Nouveau corn motif decoration. viii, 350 pp.
VERA THE MEDIUM.
New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1908.. Near fine. (spine slightly sunned, hint of spine slant). First printing. Novel of a young woman spiritualist; basis of the Selznick 1917 silent film of the same name, a movie now considered lost. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five inserted glossy plates Frederic Door Steele (who possibly also did the illustrated binding) In the first issue binding of violet cloth with gilt titling and green and ivory illustration on front cover. 216 pp.plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.
LOVE AFFAIRS OF LITERARY MEN.
By Reed, Myrtle (1874-1911); binding by Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944)
New York:: Putnam,, 1907.. Near fine (corner slightly bumped).. First edition. A look at the lives and loves of several well-known literary figures including Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley, Samuel Johnson and Esther Thrale, and Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Whitman as well as Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Lawrence Sterne, William Cowper and John Keats. Bound in lavender cloth in a beautiful example of Margaret Armstrong's Art Nouveau style with gilt lettering and flowers, and her monogram on the front board. Frontispiece portrait of Shelley and Mary Shelley with a tissue guard, and double portraits of all the other writers included. Title page with a floral design, and each page has the text inside black ruled borders with red running heads. 204 pp.
A SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC.
By Hope, Anthony (Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, 1863-1933)
New York:: Frederick A. Stokes Company,, (1905). Very good in tan boards with small green and pink illustrations on the front cover and spine, no dust jacket.. First US printing. A novel about the love of acting by this prolific British writer, best known for his adventure novel "The Prisoner of Zenda." Illustrated by Harold Percival with a glossy frontispiece and three internal glossy plates. 362 pp.
A MADCAP.
By Meade. Mrs. L. T.
New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (c 1904). Good overall in decorated red cloth with a pasted on portrait of a young woman (front hinge cracked) . Reprint. Shortly after their father dies a family with six young children discovers that the house they thought was their home really belongs to a previously unknown cousin from the West Indies. Plain frontispiece. 261 pp.
TANGLED PATHS.
By Dorsey, Mrs. Anna Hanson (1815-1896)
New York:: D. & J. Sadlier,, (1885). Good overall in illustrated gold cloth - a bit of foxing, corners bumped, previous owner's name dated in 1895.. Early printing. A novel by this author, a convert to Catholicism, who was considered a pioneer of Catholic fiction in the U.S. Her stories were written for a non-Catholic audience, and the plots were often melodramatic involving - as this one does - mistaken identity and false accusations. 465 pp.
THE BAD ONE.
By Farrow, John.
New York:: A. L. Burt,, (1930). Good overall in orange cloth with red lettering (some damage to the cloth at the base of the spine), no dust jacket.. First edition. Photoplay edition of this story of an American seaman in Marseilles, who kills another seaman in a bar fight over a beautiful young woman and winds up sentenced to 10 years hard labor in the Chateau d'Isle. Illustrated with photographic stills from the United Artists' Picture starring Dolores Del Rio with Edmund Lowe. 266 pp, plus 6 pp publisher's ads.
JUNGLE MENACE.
By Lawton, Charles.
New York:: Cupples & Leon Company,, (1937). Good in orange cloth with black lettering (upper corner has been torn from half title page), no dust jacket.. First thus- photoplay edition. Illustrated with scenes from the Columbia Motion Picture starring Frank Buck. Frontispiece and 7 internal glossy plates. 240 pp plus 4 pp ads. Endpapers are illustrated with a collage of photo scenes.
SARAH AND SON.
By Shea, Timothy.
New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, ( ca 1930, c 1929). Very good minus in blue cloth with black lettering (spine sunned), no dust jacket.. First photoplay edition. The story of a music hall singer whose husband steals their baby and the quest she embarks on to find her son. First photoplay edition illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture starring Fredric March and Ruth Chatterton - Frontispiece and five inserted glossy plates. Note from author to publisher, vii, 296 pp.
EASY TO MURDER.
By Rutledge, Nancy.
Garden City, NY:: Doubleday,, 1951.. Fair condition only in a fair dust jacket (small round indentation on front cover affecting the first few pages, rather severe toning to the pages, dust jacket is missing a large chip at the top of the spine, extending onto the back cover, other smaller chips and edgewear).. First printing. A woman with an insatiable need for power finds her brother-in-law, a reporter, and his fiancee in her way, and determines that murder is the simplest solution to her problem,
PIC.
By Kerouac, Jack.
New York:: Grove Press,, (1973.). Very good in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, minor rubbing and wear to covers, a straight, tight copy, no creases.). Paperback original - second printing. Kerouac's last novel, published as a paperback original. From the back cover: "Set in 1948, Pic is told by a ten-year old black boy, Pictorial Review Jackson, in the black dialect indigenous to the North Carolina farm country. It is of Pic's adventures - in his native state, in New York, and on the road - with his brother Slim who has 'adopted' him after the death of his grandfather. In his candid way, Pic defines aspects of black life that foreshadow the civil rights movement of the sixties " Zebra Books Z-1090-Z, cover price 1.25. 120 pp.
LONESOME TRAVELER.
By Kerouac, Jack
New York:: Grove Press,, (1970). Good overall - usual toning to the pages, penciled notes on first and last page (erasable) . Paperback - first Evergreen printing. The story of Kerouac's life during the years he was writing his books - originally published in 1960. 183 pp.
THE TOPLESS TULIP CAPER.
By [Block, Lawrence] Harrison, Chip.
New York:: Fawcett Gold Medal., (1971). Near fine (usual toning to the pages). Paperback original - first printing. Fourth book in this series of humorous mysteries described as a "sex-obssessed saga" by the eponymous 'Harrison.' Chip is still playing Archie to Leo Haig's Nero Wolfe. SIGNED on the title page by Block. 160 pp. Good girl cover art.
NO SCORE.
New York:: Fawcett Gold Medal., (1970). Very good (name inside front cover, usual toning to the pages). Paperback original - first printing. First book in this series described as a "sex-obssessed saga" by the eponymous 'Harrison' who starts out as a 17 year old male virgin. The book is dedicated to his 'favorite writer', Lawrence Block. SIGNED on the title page by Block. 160 pp. Good girl cover art by Elaine..
MAKE OUT WITH MURDER.
New York:: Fawcett Gold Medal., (1971). Near fine (usual toning to the pages). Paperback original - first printing. Third book in this series described as a "sex-obssessed saga" by the eponymous 'Harrison.' Chip gets a job as assistant to a portly detective -i"if Archie Goodwin can do it, so can I" - Dedicated to Rex Stout, of course. SIGNED on the title page by Block. 160 pp. Good girl cover art.
CHIP HARRISON SCORES AGAIN.
New York:: Fawcett Gold Medal., (1971). Near fine (usual toning to the pages). Paperback original - first printing. Second book in this series described as a "sex-obssessed saga" by the eponymous 'Harrison.' Chip finds a bus ticket which takes him to a small Southern town where he is befriended by the sherriff and sworn in a deputy to maintain order in the local 'pleasure palace.' SIGNED on the title page by Block. 158 pp. Good girl cover art by Elaine..
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Started at the Bottom: The Importance of Your Marketing Story
by Rocky Kev | Nov 10, 2016 | Business, Marketing | 0 comments
The marketing story is the ‘meta-story’ behind the product; it’s the story of how the product came to be. In a market crowded by thousands of gaming options, your marketing story is what puts you above the rest. In this article, I’ll be sharing marketing stories and explaining how you can find your story, your way to elevate yourself above the crowd.
The Marketing Story of How Apple Took Over the World
I’m not an Apple enthusiast. I’m writing this on a Windows 10 computer. I have an Amazon Kindle Tablet, a Google Nexus 5 phone, and a laptop with Linux to stream movies to my projector. Sometimes, I listen to podcasts on my old iTouch. I’m tech-agnostic.
To talk about Apple, we need to learn about Steve Jobs. In 1985, Jobs was fired by Apple, the company he founded. In 1997, Apple acquired Jobs’s new company, NeXT Inc, and he then rose to the CEO status. His first order was to refocus the company and focus on a few products, terminating hundreds of projects.
And the press paid attention.
The ousted founder came back and was going to flip the old Apple on its head. Then, in 2001, Steve revealed the iPod to the press and became wildly successful. It didn’t matter that there were other music devices on the market that had better technology and had more features.
Buying an iPod meant you were buying into the new Steve Jobs vision.
Why Does a Marketing Story Work
The marketing story taps into a core motivation of a user’s need to belong. When people buy anything, their purchase is a reflection of their identity. (Write that bit down. Understanding this will change how you look at everything.)
Let me give you an example:
On a subconscious level, the clothes you wear define who you are.
A person can identify as a gamer with a $20 Zelda T-shirt. Or maybe they see themselves as a cool hip-hop head with a $100 Kayne West t-shirt. Maybe they only care about comfort, buying $30 t-shirts made with cotton and polyester blend. Or they fall into the “I don’t care” camp with a $2 t-shirt from the thrift store.
Of all of the t-shirts you could buy, why did you pick the one you’re wearing?
It’s the same with food (“I don’t eat at McDonalds. They’re disgusting!”), the same with movies (“I only watch French Noir films”), and the same with video games (“Single-player games for me. I don’t care about multiplayer”).
A gamer who buys all the big releases is saying to the world, “Look at me! I play all the latest games. I know all the latest trends.”
Gamers who hang out in the subreddit /r/patientgamers are saying, “I’m sick of new releases being so expensive and having day one patches. I rather wait for the hype to die down and go for the Game of the Year edition.”
If you can understand their buyer behavior, you’re much closer to knowing how to sell to that market.
Defining Your Marketing Story
Your marketing story can be about you, the developer. Or the development process in getting the game out to the world.
It was once trendy for indie devs to lean on the “living together with maxed out credit cards” story. Today, journalists roll their eyes when they hear that because that story no longer gets attention. It’s old digital hat.
Let’s look at some examples of marketing stories throughout the journey of a game.
A Marketing Story About Rising Again
This marketing story of Runic Games is a classic business angle. During 2003, dissatisfied with how Blizzard’s parent corporation was acting, Blizzard North (the Diablo team) formed a new company, Flagship Studios. They released Hellgate: London and were on their way to launching Mythos. But by 2008, their business collapsed, and all of the IP was sold to a Korean company.
Once again, The Diablo team reformed into another company, Runic Games. They rushed to turn what they built for Mythos into another game.
Screenshot of Torchlight 2
Their marketing story was one of ups and downs. There was:
Rising From the Ashes: When a studio closes down, it’s often game over. The team reformed out of a passion for development.
Sheer Determination: This new company bought second-hand computers to finish their game.
A David and Goliath moment: The media giant Blizzard, revealing Diablo 3 (Runic Games was founded and staffed by some of the original Diablo and Diablo II developers). Blizzard has millions of dollars and a large development team. Runic Games was working with scraps and had a modest budget.
Visionary: The game Hellgate: London was a vision of what the hack-and-slash genre could be. The game wasn’t perfect, but it was their first step toward evolving the genre.
This angle was so attractive that Gamasutra named them one of the Top 5 Developers of 2009. Runic Games finally released Torchlight, which sold over 2 million copies.
A Marketing Story that Took a Stance
The game Radical Fishing was developed by the Vlambeer team. They sold their game to flash sites but kept the rights to turning it into an app. Vlambeer was ready to release their improved version, now Ridiculous Fishing in the app store. But that’s when they noticed Ninja Fishing by Gamenauts. Outside of the visual differences, everything else about Ninja Fishing was taken from Radical Fishing.
Their marketing story was one that appealed to everybody: the victim of wrongdoing. They started a movement for all game developers, even taking center stage at GDC 2012 to share their perspective.
A Marketing Story That is Deeply Personal
In 2013, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, father and indie developer Ryan Green shared his game concept. “My son Joel just turned one year old the day we found the monster in his brain . . . Joelle is alive and fighting his eighth tumor.” The impact of his story had other game developers giving him one recommendation after another, putting him in front of investors who sponsored his development. During PAX-West 2013, his booth had an emergency tissue box for attendees to use after demoing his game, That Dragon, Cancer.
The power of his marketing story lead to a podcast episode on Radiolab and Reply All, articles in The Guardian, The New York Times, Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, as well as a documentary Thank You for Playing.
How to Discover Your Marketing Story
Often, marketing stories are crafted by Mad Men-esque figures in an office, tapping into emotions and aiming to hit the values that align with customers. While that’s nice for a product like exotic cars and soap, gamers prefer a more genuine angle.
The stories I’ve shared were people who had something relatable and compelling. They didn’t make it up. It was happening around them, and they grabbed onto that opportunity.
To discover your story, I recommend the following:
ABS: Always Be Sharing
A developer log is valuable here. Don’t be afraid to be personal. The more you share, the more opportunities you provide for others to share. Well-written posts get discovered. If an influencer shares your content, that spirals to their fans and other influencers.
Laser-focus on the emotional triggers
Imagine that a reader discovers that your game included a sidequest involving fighting off your mother-in-law. They share their mother-in-law story, and many others do the same.
A journalist can already see the headline: “The game where you can finally take down your mother-in-law!”
A word of caution: Make sure the narrative fits with your fan-base. Creating controversy for the sake of news can attract the wrong audience.
Learn to get better at what motivates people
Understanding what gets a rise out of people is outside of the scope of this article. Some key resources I recommend are the books Drive by Dan Pink, and Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath.
What’s Your Story
There’s a quote by a non-marketer who sums up this very well:
Is your marketing story compelling? Share it in the comments and let the world decide.
Cover image: “We stand out in a crowd” by Charles & Adrienne Esseltine is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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See MILCK perform "Quiet" on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Viral video of the a cappella empowerment anthem has inspired a movement.
Since hitting the web, this video of an impromptu a cappella choir performing "Quiet" last weekend at the Women's March on Washington has racked up over 11 million views and inspired a movement. Organized by Los Angeles-based musician MILCK, aka Connie Lim, the moving empowerment anthem was performed multiple times, flash mob-style, for unsuspecting onlookers around D.C. during the march.
And they're still singing it. This week, MILCK was invited to perform the song on TBS' Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, backed by GW Sirens and Capital Blend. Check it out (starting at 4:23):
To learn more about the song and the ongoing #ICANTKEEPQUIET project, go here.
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Alps partner with Assembly to transform how secondary schools analyse and interpret data.
Alps to use Assembly to handle data integration between Alps Connect and school Management Information Systems (MIS).
Assessment data analysis is an essential part of school life, but for many schools it is a complex and time-consuming process. Competing systems are frequently used in different phases of a school, and there’s often been plenty of manual spreadsheet work required to make sense of the data.
However, a new partnership between Alps and Assembly is set to transform how secondary schools approach assessment analytics. Alps Connect is the new web-based interactive reporting platform from Alps, the highly-regarded school data analysis and training company. For the first time, the tool allows schools to contextualise and interpret their internal monitoring data in relation to the popular Alps benchmarks.
Alps’ partnership with Assembly will allow them to automate fully the flow of a school’s assessment and exams data from their MIS into Alps Connect. By integrating with the Assembly platform, Alps can take advantage of Assembly’s unique ability to process assessment and exams data from the MIS and pass it on to partners in a standard, normalised format.
Rick Boyce, CTO, Alps: “We’ve had our own methods for extracting exams data from school MIS for some time, but with Alps Connect we wanted to offer our schools more, including the ability to process and analyse assessment data from multiple MIS with the minimum of fuss. Assembly allows us to do just that.”
Joshua Perry, Director, Assembly: "We’ve always had great respect for Alps - for decades they’ve been the leading name in secondary data analysis - so it’s a privilege to be helping them to offer schools an enhanced analytics experience. To our knowledge, Alps Connect is the first UK schools data platform to offer exams and monitoring data analysis with full MIS integration across a range of suppliers."
Assembly is a non-profit education data venture jointly founded by Ark, an education charity and UK academy trust, and NEON Foundation, the philanthropic arm of a family office. Assembly aims to transform the way schools use data to inform decision-making. Assembly’s cloud-based data platform allows different products to integrate with each other and share valuable data. The platform also offers schools easy to understand, visual analytics combining data from across multiple systems. Assembly doesn’t replace existing systems; it connects them.
About Alps
Alps is a simple, student focused quality improvement system that supports schools and colleges at Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 in ensuring their students make the best possible progress. They provide easy to use analytical reports which are developed to meet the real day-to-day demands of teachers, governors, leadership teams, local authorities and groups of schools.
Alps Connect is their new interactive, online platform, which allows for flexible analysis of school exams and in-year monitoring data using familiar Alps benchmarks.
Alps will be at BETT from Wednesday to Saturday. You are also welcome to contact the Alps team on 01484 887 600.
Joshua from Assembly will be attending BETT from Wednesday to Friday and can be contacted on 07812 104491 or by email at josh@assembly.education.
Director of Assembly, a joint venture from Ark and NEON to help schools do more with their data.
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Recap and Review: DC Universe: Rebirth #1
Derek Spicer
Comic Book Reviews, Reviews
**This article contains Spoilers for DC Universe: Rebirth #1**
Last week, the television version of The Flash (spoiler alert for those who haven’t seen the season two finale) left viewers with a final shot of what many believe to be the start of a Flashpoint storyline for the CW’s “Arrowverse”. I don’t know if it was planned this way, if it was a coincidence, or if the Speed Force itself was guiding us to this moment, but it’s almost prophetic that DC’s Rebirth series would launch the day after The Flash season finale inspired by an event that’s one of the catalysts for this soft DC Universe reboot. I say it’s a soft reboot because Rebirth doesn’t really act like a typical reboot. In fact, Geoff Johns, Chief Creative Officer at DC Comics, has stated these stories are a continuation not a reboot. Well whatever they decide to call it, Rebirth is definitely a game-changer for DC’s continuity. After reading it, I’d call it a meta-commentary or even self-criticism of the DC universe after the New 52 launch. You at least need passing familiarity with the New 52 to follow most of what’s going on. The comic at the beginning even recommends you read Justice League #50 and Superman #52 before you read this. The one-shot is told mostly from the point of view of a character left out the New 52 canon…Wally West. The original Wally West.
Yes, there are now two Wally Wests. One that was lost in the Speed Force after the events of Flashpoint and the New 52 biracial Wally West. This isn’t the last shocker we see. I, like many others, really missed the old Wally West. I watched the old Justice League cartoon show even to this day on Netflix. In fact, I’m watching it as I’m writing this. Then there’s the Wally West from Young Justice that’s fantastic. For me, my definitive version of the Flash has always been Wally West. The CW’s Barry Allen has started to change that somewhat, but I was still very happy to see that huge close up shot of the yellow and red-suited Kid Flash Wally West burst through the Speed Force like a hero to the rescue. In many ways, he acts like it in a meta-reflection of the DC universe.
Throughout the issue, the original Wally West, decked out in his traditional Kid Flash yellow and red suit, is struggling to escape the Speed Force. He tries reaching out to various people he once knew in his old life with mixed results. The first person he tries to reach is Bruce Wayne in the Batcave. In an illustration that looks remarkably similar to a scene in Batman v Superman, Wally breaks out of the Speed Force, temporarily, to try to alert Batman. Bruce thinks the Speedster is Barry. He seems to have no memory of who Wally is. Wally emphatically implores Bruce to remember the letter Bruce’s father, Thomas Wayne, sent him before Wally is ripped back into the Speed Force. The letter Wally referring to is presumably the one Thomas Wayne wrote to Bruce during the events of Flashpoint, where Thomas Wayne, as that timeline’sBatman, gives Barry Allen a letter for Bruce to read when Barry makes it back to his own timeline. Wally says that letter is how it all started. The letter is the key.
We also learn from this sequence another big reveal about the Joker. It’s a continuation of the events from Justice League #50 after Batman sat on the Mobius Chair, giving him access to all the knowledge in the universe. He asked the Mobius Chair about the identity of the Joker, and the answer seemed impossible to Batman. Well, we find out the Mobius Chair told him that there are three Jokers. The three Jokers are stylized after the different versions of previous Jokers: one from the Golden Age, one from the Silver Age, and one from the New 52. It’s a pretty cool twist on the mythology of the Joker. It’s certainly a lot better than the idea that the Joker is immortal hinted at in the New 52. I’m very interested to see how this storyline plays out.
Wally continues on with his inner monologue briefly describing his life becoming Kid Flash and then as the Flash himself before disappearing after the events of Flashpoint, According to Wally, ten years were “stolen” when the timelines reconstituted after Flashpoint. Wally becomes convinced that the Flashpoint incident wasn’t Barry’s work but that of an outside unknown entity. Wally doesn’t think he’ll survive, but he keeps pushing himself to reach out to more people to make sure that history isn’t lost. He reaches out to an elderly Johnny Thunder aka Thunderbolt, who is committed to a nursing home because the world thinks he’s crazy. Wally reassures Johnny he’s not crazy, asks him to, “use the genie,” and to find the Justice Society before getting pulled back into the Speed Force, but not before Johnny makes a tearful apology to Wally for, “throwing him away.” I’m not exactly sure what that means, but it again seems like a meta commentary on DC for “throwing away” this version of Wally West when the New 52 launched. I imagine we’ll eventually find out what Johnny Thunder meant by that soon.
As Wally is hurtling through the Speed Force, there’s then a brief montage of various different DC characters that serve to establish each person’s starting point before their own issue series is launched in the coming months. One of the overarching themes in this montage Wally talks about is legacy:
There’s an interrogation of who I presume to be Saturn Girl, in which Saturn Girl asks to see Superman because she can see the future and needs to speak to him. Her interrogator has possession of Saturn Girl’s Legion of Superheroes flight ring. Also Superman is apparently missing.
A college-aged Ryan Choi rushing to get Ray Palmer, who leaves a cryptic message for Ryan along with one of Palmer’s Atom belts. Palmer discovered something potentially universe shattering in the sub-atomic microverse, and he needs Ryan to take over as the Atom for a while. Someone is messing with the timeline, and Ryan is going to meet someone, whose identity is left a mystery as Ray Palmer’s message is cut off before he can say who.
Ted Kord is making a large mobile bug command center while Jaime Reyes begs Ted to get the Blue Beetle scarab off his, Jaime’s, back. Ted gives Jaime a talk about destiny before Jaime has to take off for school. When he leaves, Doctor Fate, another character missing in the New 52, appears to Ted to tell him that the scarab is not extra-terrestrial but rather magic.
Damian Wayne blowing out the candles on his cake for his 13th birthday with a smile.
The two new Green Lanterns in charge of protecting Earth, Jessica Cruz and Simon Baz, talk about Sinestro.
Jackson Hyde talks to his mom about his boyfriend. A very quick, non-ceremonial way to reveal the new Aqualad is gay.
The sequence ends with Trinity of Sin member, Pandora, the being responsible for helping Barry Allen merge the timelines during the Flashpoint event, getting vaporized by the unknown entity Wally keeps alluding to. Pandora gives a quick last word that the heroes of this universe, with their love, devotion, and hope, will defeat the entity. Another big secret is revealed that Wonder Woman has twin brother named Jason that she doesn’t know about. Also, Darkseid is back, so yay for that, too! I think that set a record for shortest comic book death and revival. These events go by with lightning speed, pun intended. All of these are big teasers, but they serve their purpose.
Rebirth #1 is divided into four chapters each with its own theme. The first chapter is about Wally being lost. The second is all about legacy, as seen with the montage of the next generation of superheroes. The third is about love, more specifically lost love. Still from Wally’s vantage point in the Speed Force, we see Green Arrow and Black Canary aren’t in love, but they feel a spark when they see each other. Something’s missing. Something’s been taken from them. Something’s been taken from Wally. That someone is Linda. He tries to reach out to his lost love through the Speed Force, but, like Bruce Wayne before her, she has no memory of Wally. He tries to get her to take his hand, which will pull him out of the Speed Force, but she’s scared and refuses. It’s pretty tragic to see Wally, heartbroken, get ripped back into the Speed Force again.
Wally sees more former friends and foes as he’s pulled through the Speed Force. He sees Captain Boomerang in the Suicide Squad, a few unidentified members of the Bat family, Cyborg, Nightwing, and even Constantine with Swamp Thing in his swamp. He then glimpses the New 52 version of Wally, who is revealed to be his cousin named after their mutual great-grandfather, Wallace West. A nice little retcon. Wally is accepting the fact he’s not going to make it, and he is happy the mantle of Kid Flash is in good hands.
Then he comes to Barry. His mentor. His friend. Before he dies, Wally wants to say goodbye to Barry. He musters all of his strength to push himself out of the Speed Force to appear to Barry. Like the others, Barry doesn’t know who this Wally West is. Wally tells him that this is both a hello and goodbye. It’s a testimony to how much I love the pre-52 Wally West and the beauty of the artwork that I was tearing up as Wally was saying farewell. He tells Barry to go to Batman about the letter mentioned earlier and that history has been infected. The goodbye is drawn out over several panels and pages in short brief snippets that serve as very good emotional drama and turmoil. The reader is prepared to say goodbye to OG Wally West forever.
Then fate has another idea. Through some miracle, just before Wally disappears forever into the Speed Force, Barry remembers Wally. Wally’s heartfelt goodbye breaks through the timeline change. Barry grabs Wally and pulls him from the Speed Force, rescuing him. I wish I had a camera on me when I was reading that part because I was grinning ear to ear. They share a touching reunion as Barry explains he remembers it all. Well he remembers a version of it. Wally explains to Barry how Flashpoint has changed history. All this time, Barry has been blaming himself for the way things changed, but Wally tells him that it was, “someone else.”
Before I get to the someone else, I skipped over the part about Superman’s death. It’s probably the most confusing element of the comic. The New 52 Superman is missing after a battle and presumed dead after the events of Superman #52. The pre-New 52 Superman is revealed to be alive and from another world. He’s hiding out as Clark Kent with his wife, Lois, and their young son, Jon. This version of Superman is the one that was killed by Doomsday before being revived. Clark thinks the new Superman will be revived as well. As I said though, the New 52 Superman is only missing. We have two Wallys, three Jokers, and now two Supermans. That’s on top of all the second, third, and fourth generation versions of each hero already mentioned. This is going to be fun to keep straight.
Clark is about to head out when he’s visited by the mysterious Mr. Oz. We don’t know who this guy is. He makes a few scattered appearances as a figure watching Superman in the Geoff Johns run of the Superman series. Based on who the, “someone else,” is we can probably guess. He is most likely Ozymandias.
Yes, the Ozymandias from Watchmen. While reading the letter from his father in the Batcave, Bruce notices something glimmering in the distance. He digs out of the wall a smiley-face button with a drop of blood on it. The Comedian’s smiley-face button. The someone else is revealed in the epilogue to be none other than Dr. Manhattan watching Earth from Mars. Manhattan is responsible for Flashpoint. He is responsible for creating the New 52. He is responsible for taking ten years from Wally West. Him and Ozymandias. Wally’s watch from the beginning of the comic reappears on Mars, and it symbolizes a ticking clock for the DC universe.
This reveal is particularly shocking because the Watchmen universe, while still part of DC Comics, has always been separate from the DC universe as a whole. It’s also pretty shocking because the Watchmen, as I’ve been saying throughout, are essentially acting as stand-ins for DC Comics execs responsible for the creation of the New 52. Manhattan chose Flashpoint as the time to attack, and they are on the verge of striking again. Wally describes the upcoming attack as a war between hope & despair, love & apathy, faith & disbelief. In other words, the light and greatness of the pre-52 and the dark and weakness of the New 52.
I think this is a wonderful develop for DC Comics. I also appreciate the idea DC is willing to take a shot at itself for the generally not well-received New 52 line. This will give them the perfect chance to correct any mistakes or unpopular elements of the New 52 while still holding onto some of their more popular elements. I’m really excited to see what DC has in store for us with all the new Rebirth issues. Most of all though, I’m really happy Wally West, the real Wally West, is back. In fact, I found this entire issue so thrilling I subscribed to several of the various DC character issue series just to make sure I don’t miss anything. I never got into the New 52 all that much, but I’m completely sold on Rebirth.
OG Wally West is back along with the incorporation of the Watchmen as part of the DC Universe
Three Jokers reveal and Fun new mysteries with Atom, Blue Beetle, and Wonder Woman
Positive meta-commentary and course correction for DC universe
Superman mystery/identity a little confusing
Many questions still need answering
DCDC ComicsEthan Van SciverGary FrankGeoff JohnsIvan ReisPhil JimenezRebirth
Derek works as the Development Administrator for Young Americans for Liberty Foundation. He is a huge fan of nerd culture, whose interests include but are not limited to Star Wars, DC Comics, Game of Thrones, Marvel's Cinematic Universe, The Arrow, The Flash, and the upcoming DC Cinematic Universe. He currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Report: James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is Expected to Film in Georgia
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Supernatural Plans Spin-Off Series Wayward Sisters – Pilot To Debut As Supernatural Episode!
Jorge Arenas
Fans of Supernatural have been itching to hear more about the latest attempt at a spin-off from the long standing CW series.
Titled, “Wayward Sisters” this show follows fan favorite Sheriff Jody Mills and a group of women who share one thing. They all have been struck by some sort of supernatural event that has scarred their lives. The pilot for the series will be a regular episode on Supernatural’s upcoming 13th season this fall.
This isn’t the first time the producers of the show have attempted to create a spin-off for Supernatural by launching it as an episode. Some of us remember the 20th episode of Supernatural’s 9th season titled “Bloodlines.”
There, the show was centered on the mafia families who controlled Chicago. Werewolves, Jinn, and other monster factions carved out territory and fought for control of the windy city.
The major sticking point of “Bloodlines” that set it apart from the regular series was how it was a center in one space, one city. It didn’t share the backdrop of a television show that constantly changes places and environments. In Supernatural, Sam and Dean go from one state to another. However, in “Bloodlines” everything was tied to Chicago, and that in itself made the city an important part of the cast.
It doesn’t appear they will be attempting to use that formula for Wayward Sisters. Instead they will stick with their tried and true formula. We might see the sisters hitting the road and taking on the monster of the week that made Supernatural into the phenomenon it is!
Another change that might assist this potential new series is the fact that fans won’t be introduced to an entirely new ensemble. Wayward Sisters includes recognizable faces from Supernatural. There will be Sheriff Mills, but also joining her on her crusade will be Cass’s vessel’s daughter Claire Novak, Alex Jones the runaway saved by the Winchesters from a den of vampires, and Sheriff Donna Hanscum, a close friend of Sheriff Mills in the series.
With this cast, it seems the creators are hedging their bets this time on familiarity instead of a new set of people. We’re going to have to wait a few months before we learn the fate of the Wayward Sisters, but I’m hoping this spin-off happens!
If they can hold their own against what goes bump in the night, they might have a shot against audiences.
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Resident Star Trek Specialist/ Writer
Jorge Arenas is a Governmental Affairs Director working in the Southwest. If Starfleet were real his career would be in a much different place. Currently, he specializes in all things Star Trek. He loves DC but has a soft spot for Deadpool. When not writing you can find him on World of Warcraft. Battle.net, ID-PassStage6#1707
Fans React to The CW’s First Batwoman Trailer Starring Ruby Rose
John F. Trent
The CW Releases First Batwoman Trailer Starring Ruby Rose: “It Will Be When It Fits A Woman”
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