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__label__cc	0.635366	0.364634	I noticed on the google newsfeed tonight this article on Nasdaq's "raid" on the prestigious London Stock Exchange. It was under the headline "LSE seeks talks over Nasdaq raid". The problem was, as a regular watcher of Yes, Minister my brain immediately assumed they were talking about the London School of Economics (LSE) rather than the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Whoops. Honest mistake. Sir Mark Spencer: Sir Humphrey Appleby would tell Hacker he'd be crazy to tell the job. Sir Arnold Robinson: Yes. "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes", I can hear him say. "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts", roughly translated. Though Humphrey would have to put it in English for Hacker's benefit. Hacker went to the LSE, you know. Sir Mark Spencer: So did I. Sir Arnold Robinson: Oh, I am sorry. - Episode #19, "The Bed of Nails" Jim Hacker: "Sir Mark thinks there maybe votes in it. And if so, I don't intend to look a gift horse in the mouth." Sir Humphrey: "I put it to you, Minister, that you are looking a Trojan Horse in the mouth." Jim Hacker: "If we look closely at this gift horse, we'll find it's full of Trojans?" Bernard Woolley: "If you had looked a Trojan Horse in the mouth, Minister, you would have found Greeks inside. Well the point is that it was the Greeks that gave the Trojan Horse to the Trojans, so technically it wasn't a Trojan Horse at all, it was a Greek Horse. Hence the tag "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes" which you recall is usually, and somewhat inaccurately translated as Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Or doubtless you would have recalled had you not attended the LSE. No well, the point is, Minister, that just as the Trojan Horse was in fact Greek, what you describe as a Greek tag is in fact Latin. It's obvious really, the Greeks would never suggest bewaring of themselves if one used such a participle, bewaring that is, and it is clearly Latin, not because Timeo ends in 'o', because the Greek first person also ends in 'o'. Though actually, there is a Greek word called Timao meaning I honour. But the 'os' ending is a nominative singular termination of the second declension in Greek, and an accusative plural in Latin of course, though actually Danaos is not only the Greek for Greek but also the Latin for Greek, it is very interesting really." Sir Humphrey: Well I think Bernard means is that he'll know how to behave if he went to an English university, even if it was the LSE. - Episode #2, "The Official Visit"	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line0
__label__cc	0.733799	0.266201	thankyoubrain.com W. R. Klemm Professor/Scientist Book Reviews of Blame Game, How To Win It GoodReads, 5 Star https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5706258-blame-game-how-to-win-it Dr. Bill Klemm calls his book “Debt relief for the hidden costs of excuses.” People lose their homes because they made foolish purchases they couldn’t afford, but we blame greedy lenders or the government for insufficient regulation. The price of gas is going out of sight, but many of us won’t blame Congress for restricting oil exploration or ourselves for driving gas-guzzler vehicles. When our kids don t do well in school, we blame government schools or the teachers. The poor blame their poverty on the rich. If we don t advance in our careers, it’s our boss s fault. If we get divorced, it’s the spouse’s fault. American prisons are stuffed with criminals, but many Americans say prisoners are victims of racism or the justice system. Check any news outlet, on any day, and you will always find somebody in the news making excuses and placing blame in the wrong places. How did we come to this? How did we develop a culture of knee-jerk blaming the victim and excusing the villain? I think the cause emanates from an excuse-making character flaw in a growing number of Americans. We even make excuses for others because it relieves our guilt over our own flaws. It’s called political correctness. Dr. Klemm, a prominent university neuroscientist at Texas A&M University, tackles these issues head on in his provocative new book, Blame Game. How To Win it. Excuses are costly: 1) others see our excuses for the weaknesses they reflect, and 2) failure to recognize our excuses prevents us from addressing the weaknesses that cause them. Blame Game s focus is on debt relief for the hidden costs of making excuses. Dr. Klemm lays out a five-step program for playing the blame game to win, a game plan that reduces the need for excuses and thereby leads to a more successful, fulfilled, and happy life. One clinical psychologist, Dr. Bob Rich, calls Klemm s book a manual for living the good life, and says the book combines common-sense advice and sound scientific evidence. He says the book combines findings from many relevant fields, especially psychology, presented in easy-to-understand, plain language. Radio/TV celebrity psychologist, Dr. Laura Schlesinger says she absolutely loves this book, because it shows that positive personal change is so achievable. Dr. Robert Schuler, syndicated TV minister and founder of Crystal Cathedral, says the book will help people solve their personal problems and achieve their dreams. Goodreads #2, Tami, 5 stars Tami‘s review Mar 21, 09 5 of 5 stars We all play the blame game. I just can’t get a promotion because my boss hates me. With gas prices the way they are, I can’t save any money. I was born with big bones. If my family were more supportive, I could follow my dreams. Underneath it all, it’s just excuses. Yes, we might convince ourselves that these things are true that someone else is at fault for our failings and we are merely an innocent victim of circumstance. Ultimately though, we are responsible for our own lives. Blame Game provides a wake-up call for us all. It reminds us to take ownership of our life. If we really want something, we have to work through our issues. When bad things happen the all too familiar response by all too many people is to find someone else to blame for it happening to them. Folks who didn’t have a sufficient income to justify buying a home and who are now caught up in the mortgage foreclosure crisis can find themselves tempted to blame rapacious lenders and/or a negligent government that deregulated the financial industry. When marriages fail each spouse seeks to pass off responsibility for the divorce to the other. It’s a rare prisoner who doesn’t attribute their imprisonment to flaws in the U.S. justice system, minorities who attribute their hardships to racism and discrimination, parents with children failing to learn in seeing the problems at the schools and not within their own homes. The list of blame-passing grievances goes on and on. What scientist, educator, author, and public speaker W. R. (Bill) Klemm has done with writing “Blame Game: How To Win It” is to reveal the hidden personal costs of making excuses and blaming others for the shortcomings (both real and perceived) within our own lives. Professor Klemm presents a five-step program for helping readers to recognize when excuses are being made, move away from denial and self-deception, accept responsibility, re-program the brain to reduce the thoughts and behaviors that prompt excuses, and to make their new program work to improve their enjoyment and success in life. Essentially, “Blame Game” is a thoroughly ‘user friendly’ and highly recommended ‘how to’ manual for the non-specialist general reader to effect enduring and positive changes in their personal and professional lives. –Midwest Book Review Insite Magazine Reviewed August 2009, p. 12, 13 Have you ever caught yourself making an excuse to someone, or possibly even yourself, for receiving low grades in a class, not getting that job promotion or missing a deadline? If so, then you have already completed the first step toward making yourself happier, according to Dr. William Klemm’s Blame Game: How To Win It self-help book. Klemm, a firm believer in shaping your own happiness, says the first step on the road to self-improvement is to realize when you are blaming other people or circumstances for your own shortcomings. Only then will you be able to move on to Blame Game’s next four steps and learn how to free yourself from the factors that are keeping you dissatisfied with your life. These steps include moving from denial and deception, accepting responsibility, re-programming the brain to reduce the thoughts and behavior that prompt excuses and running the new program and making it work. Klemm, a professor of Neuroscience at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University, specializes in analyzing and explaining mental processes. With the publication of his last book on memory, Thank You Brain, and seminars at various colleges on “Better Grades, Less Effort,” Klemm provides answers for self-help book fans looking for direction and motivation in their lives. When writing Blame Game, Klemm says he drew from his personal experiences as he was growing up and “learning how to take responsibility, be productive, and be happy.” He relates a specific experience in graduate school that changed his entire perspective on receiving negative criticism. A strict professor constantly criticized Klemm’s work despite his constant attempts to improve until one day the professor took Klemm aside and pointed out that any time his academic performance was being attacked, Klemm would make an excuse. This sparked his interest in evaluating and creating methods with which we can avoid making excuses and take active responsibility for the outcomes of our lives. Praised by celebrity psychologist Dr. Laura Schlessinger and TV minister Dr. Robert Schuller, Blame Game urges you to love yourself and to find a lifestyle that makes you happy. Excuse making only creates obstacles to personal fulfillment and happiness. Klemm invites you to avoid these obstacles by utilizing his book as “debt relief for the high costs of making excuses.” www.readerviews.com admin@readerviews.com Blame Game: How to Win It Reviewed by Danelle Drake for Reader Views (10/08) “Blame Game: How to Win It,”–when I first saw the title I thought of the books that our girls purchase to accompany and conquer video games. The books are giving you all the secret doors and instructions on how to get the extra points thus earning quicker, almost instant gratification. Winning is always good and winning the blame game would be WOW! Needless to say, Ijumped into this book with tons of anticipation and great expectations. Explaining why we react the way we do to situations was only the beginning. Blame is always the easiest thing to do. Divided into five steps that are easy to understand, follow, and unlike many self- help books, actually do-able. By the time you read through step three you are ready to reprogram your brain. Step 4 begins the process and step 5 gives guidance for the future. Each section has “help pages” that will reiterate the information learned while pinpointing your issues to be dealt with. Yes, it’s hard, but you have to write it all down. Trust me, you will feel much better for it. Focus blocks that are encouraging and insightful thoughts are included to make you take a moment and think. Personally, I found these very helpful and inspirational by copying the thought onto note cards and placing them in visible locations in our home. My favorite: “We learn our counterproductive attitudes and behaviors, and we reinforce them by repetition.” “Blame Game” is very well written. Klemm takes very complex issues and breaks them down in an easy-to-understand process. If you feel you are holding grudges, placing blame, or having negative thoughts about any life situation, this book is for you. I was thinking of buying in bulk and giving it to all my relatives for the holidays. If everyone would read it and apply the practice to their self, the world would be a much healthier, happier place. Rebeccas Reads Blame Game. How To Win It Benecton Press (2008) ISBN 9780975522530 Reviewed by Randy Lakin for RebeccasReads (10/08) W. R. Klemm’s new book, “Blame Game. How to Win It,” is fantastic. Finally, someone who doesn’t make excuses for ever yone else. I was raised that you take responsibility for yourself and your actions. It is unfortunate that we live in a world where it is everyone’s fault but his or hers. The book covers Klemm’s 5-Steps to understand blame: 1st Step: Place blame where it belongs. 2nd Step: Move from Denial and Deception 3rd Step: Take Charge 4th Step: Re-program your Brain 5th Step: Run the Program Professor Klemm points out several examples of blame. Many blame teachers for the fact that our students lack basic kno wledge. I can tell you from my own experience that the blame should be on the parents, not the teachers. When I started school I could sign my name; not just printed, but in cursive. My mother taught me to write my whole name in cursive where most of my fellow students could only print their names. My mother wanted me to succeed in life so she tried to teach me more than the basics. In this day and age so many parents blame teachers when their child does not succeed. I can tell you for a fact that the parents are lazy and don’t want to put that extra effort in so their children can get a leg up in society. You hear so many people make statements like “that’s just the way little Tommy is.” That is such a lame excuse; they’re basically saying Tommy is that way because we are too lazy to correct his behavior. People need to acknowledge that they are placing blame, instead of just accepting the problem and doing something to fix it. People need to acknowledge their responsibility and be in control of their behavior and thoughts. So many people make excuses for everything that is wrong in their lives and the world today. Bad behavior is a learned process: when you make excuses for that bad behavior you are placing blame on the wrong person. People should take a look at the Asian community; from my own experiences there I have seen adults feel bad when they do something wrong, unlike adults in the US. When a child does something wrong they are held responsible and they must accept the blame. Here in the U.S. we make excuses and try to place blame on everyone except the one it belongs to. This is one truly enjoyable book; it lets people like myself know that there are others out there who know how to behave like adults. Take it from me that this is one book you don’t want to miss out on; it’s a real winner. W.R. Klemm, Ph.D. Benecton Press Non-Fiction, Self Help Reviewed by Dr. Tami Brady Blame Game provides a wake up call for us all. It reminds us to take ownership of our life. 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__label__cc	0.542607	0.457393	[Click for all books] Armchair Arcade warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/buckman/public_html/neo/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc on line 33. Thoughts on Google's Big Reveals Wed, 06/27/2012 - 2:14pm — Bill Loguidice Hot on the heels of yesterday's striking Vizio Co-Star announcement - a proper Google TV device for $99 that also happens to incorporate the excellent OnLive streaming game service - was Google's big I/O event today. There were several major reveals, including the nifty features of the next version of the Android operating system, Jellybean; the Nexus 7 7" tablet; the Google Nexus Q, a streaming media device that's made in the USA; and Project Glass, Google's upcoming augmented reality glasses. Let's take each one of these in order: Bill Loguidice's blog All editorial content © 2003 - 2014 Armchair Arcade, Inc., an Armchair Creative Services, L.L.C., property. All rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. All trademarks and copyrights are retained by their respective owners. No content is to be removed or reused from the Armchair Arcade Website for commercial purposes without explicit permission from the principal Armchair Arcade staff, or the original trademark or copyright holders. Armchair Arcade, Inc., is not responsible for the content of any external sources or links. Further, endorsement of any external sources or links is neither implied nor suggested.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line13
__label__wiki	0.71154	0.71154	Annual report 2018admin-annual-20182019-06-18T10:00:32+00:00 TNI envisions a world of peace, equity and democracy on a sustainable planet brought about and sustained by an informed and engaged citizenry. TNI achieved so much in 2018. I trust the productivity and reach we achieved will impress in equal proportion to my pride in our colleagues, fellows, allies and networks around the world. Two of our fellows were honoured by the Latin American Social Science Council for their life-time contributions to social science: Susan George and Edgardo Lander. A third, Jun Borras, was named by Clarivate as among the top most cited social scientists in his field for 2018. It is always useful to remind ourselves of some of the big developments of the previous year, and to assess the relevance of TNI’s work to these. A wake-up call for the world came with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. It warned that, within the next decade, we will reach the point of no return regarding ecological breakdown of crisis proportions. The IPCC called for unprecedented transformation of the world economy. Significant new movements have emerged – Extinction Rebellion, School Strikes that have quickly globalised, and the Gilets Jaunes of France that put climate justice firmly on the political agenda. These movements are helping to shift the focus to the fundamentals of the transformation required. Imagining post-capitalist futures was the frame for the annual fellows’ meeting. Our annual flagship State of Power report focused on how to build the popular counter-power necessary to achieve the transformations required. Our Transformative Cities project curated a showcase of some extraordinary prefigurative cases of how transformation can be achieved. TNI also began new exciting work on energy transitions, with a focus on European municipal levels, as well as ongoing collaborations with Trade Unions for Energy Democracy across Latin America and in South Africa. Another significant revelation of 2018 – the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, which exposed how ‘surveillance capitalism’ services political manipulation – is of particular concern with the rise of the far-right. The Whatsapp-conducted election campaign of President Bolsanaro in Brazil being the latest such example. Fellows continued to produce insightful analyses of the growing pattern of authoritarian politics, particularly its notably middle-class base. The new authoritarianism was high on the agenda of the bi-annual Asia-Europe People’s Conference, as well as being the subject of a large agrarian studies conference which focused the minds of activist scholars across the world – both co-organised by TNI. Predictably, scapegoats for the far-right have been migrants, refugees and ‘others’. We were involved in a series of people’s tribunals on violations of migrants’ human rights, and published a briefing highlighting the unconscionable criminalisation of solidarity. We also (co) published two important reports — one of which famous artist Ai Wei Wei helped publicise – concerning the externalisation of EU border policies. They drew attention to the dubious strategy of propping up dictatorships on all EU borders and the vested corporate interests that see arms exported and refugees imported. Indeed, corporate power — and the state capture that neoliberalism has invited – has been a longstanding concern of TNI. In 2018, we finally saw negotiations begin for a new international treaty on transnational corporations and human rights. We also saw encouraging signs that the system that puts investors’ interests above the public interest (and in so doing also discourages governments taking the decisions required to rise to the transformative challenge that the IPCC urges) is proving indefensible. In our drugs policy work, there had been much optimism that with cannabis legalisation – given decisive momentum by Canada in 2018 with TNI providing expert advice to its Senate — one might see new possibilities for impoverished small-scale farmers who have traditionally grown cannabis. The struggle now is to ensure these farmers are not pushed out of the new legal market, and the opportunity is used for rural development and the development of fair trade cannabis. For TNI, the year began on a sombre note with the death of our beloved ‘web gardener’, Tessa Kersten. We took time to mourn and honoured her memory in numerous ways, including by planting a sidewalk garden which lends itself to the permacultural method that so enthused Tessa. We also planted a green roof on our terrace and continued to invest in energy saving for our building. We welcomed two new members to our Supervisory Board towards the end of the year, and expressed gratitude to the two departing members, Mirjam van Reisen and Diederik van Irwaarden, who had served so loyally. Our budget was lower than the previous year, largely due to the end of a large multi-partner project. However, we raised sufficient unrestricted funds to post a positive result. This contributes satisfactorily to our goal of building sufficient reserves to sustain us should TNI experience a significant shortfall in funds in the coming years. We embarked on a concerted effort to raise more unrestricted funds to enable TNI to maintain its independence, take on projects that might otherwise prove difficult to fund, and to sustain us into the future as we approach our 45th year. We thank all our funders and donors for their ongoing support to TNI’s efforts to put progressive ideas into movement. Fiona Dove TNI’s mission is to strengthen international social movements with rigorous research, reliable information, sound analysis and constructive proposals that advance progressive, democratic policy change and common solutions to global problems. In so doing, TNI acts as a unique nexus between social movements, engaged scholars and policy makers. TNI’s overarching goals for 2016-2020, consistent with our emancipatory vision for society, remain: Construct a broadly-shared understanding of what blocks realization of an emancipatory vision of the world and of viable ways towards achieving that vision, especially from the perspective of people in the Global South. Achieve the realization of potentials by citizens everywhere, but especially those suffering exclusion and poverty, to organize around, articulate and amplify their concerns and proposals. Advocate for the transformation of norms, policies and practice of key public and private institutions, especially those with transnational influence, towards greater transparency, accountability, engagement with and responsiveness to citizens in democratic, equitable and inclusive ways. TNI revises its strategic plan every five years through a participatory consultation process involving allies, fellows, associates and staff. TNI’S 2018 IN NUMBERS TNI launched in 7 languages TNI’s research and analysis was cited in 325 media stories reaching a conservatively estimated audience of including in: The Guardian, Le Monde, Euractiv, CNN, BBC, Newsweek, The Economist, Washington Post, El Pais, Telesur, Japan Times, Dawn, South China Morning Post, Jakarta Post, Myanmar Times, Die Welt and NOS. TNI’s webpages TNI’s webpages were viewed more than TNI’s ideas reached 1.48 million people Events, workshops and seminars: TNI co-organised events, workshops and seminars in attended by 12,012 people heard TNI’s ideas through presentations at events, workshops and seminars Academic citations TNI Fellows and staff were cited in academic publications Dialogue with policy makers TNI was in dialogue with policy makers from Subscriptions to TNI’s e-newsletter increased by 13% to “TNI is admirable in its capacity to go straight to the heart of the matter. It keeps finding, detecting the dangers that our societies confront, dangers that go well beyond the familiar. Today’s powerful actors are not only people. The landscape is far more complex and diverse than the familiar power grabber and the massive concentrations of wealth. TNI goes to the innards of the system, that which we often cannot see, that which is rarely mentioned in the media. The work TNI has done on high finance is a strong example of this modus operandi.” Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University For more than 40 Years, TNI has served as a research and advocacy unit serving the needs of progressive social movements across the globe. TNI takes as its vantage point the perspective of the Global South, by which we mean the poor, exploited, marginalised and oppressed of the world. Its scope is geographically global and scientifically social with an emphasis on multi-disciplinarity. Its focus primarily concerns global public policy matters. For more than 40 Years, TNI has served as a research and advocacy unit serving the needs of progressive social movements across the globe. TNI’s work starts from the perspective of the Global South, but its geographic scope is global, its scientific scope is primarily social scientific with an emphasis on multi-disciplinarity, and most of its work is focused on global public policy matters. TNI challenges the hegemonic neoliberal narrative and works to build a viable counter-hegemony by placing the the interests of the poorest, most oppressed and marginalised people at the centre of all endeavours. TNI works with affected communities, engaged intellectuals, government and political parties, activists and policy makers to build movements and challenge dominant and damaging orthodoxies. We propose fresh perspectives on the ways issues are discussed, or (re)defining the roles of various actors, particularly those who are often excluded by the current economic system. We equip movements with the tools that help to push their agenda. By gathering evidence and drawing from past and present experience, TNI helps to build the case for systemic change, and generates the knowledge and resources that movements need to assert their rights and push for equitable relationships. We contribute to movement-building, foster and support relationships among diverse actors who can lend momentum to the emancipatory narrative, and propose and support viable alternatives. This includes understanding, exposing and challenging the power structures that favour the rich over the poor. We propose ways to dismantle structural injustices, and facilitate the adoption of those methods. When these ideas are widely disseminated, TNI supports their implementation. TNI’s work is long term. Every year we see our work evolve, as new ideas flourish and mature work crystalizes. Some of our ideas have been in development for more than two decades and are bearing fruit as they are implemented. Others are in development as they are refined and applied. Cross cutting all our work is TNI’s special capacity to bring the right people together at the right time and in the right place through continuous and respectful engagement. Our work includes: strengthening the capacity of progressive international social movements to advocate for change acting as a unique nexus between social movements, engaged scholars and policy makers producing rigorous research and analysis organizing international conferences; and collaborating with other organizations worldwide TNI works with allies in sixty-two countries, and participates in multiple regional and international groupings. TNI works in support of, and as part of, progressive social movements in developing a relevant and useful research and advocacy agenda. Activist-Scholars TNI works with scholars to develop, challenge and refine ideas that support the ends of progressive social movements. Additionally, TNI works to spread them in scholarly spaces and to provide expertise to strengthen progressive campaigns. From local to international levels, and across the political spectrum, TNI provides civil servants and elected representatives with information and analysis on a wide-range of themes. It does so with a view to facilitating international learning, stimulating innovative thinking, and ultimately improving policies and practices. TNI works with media to give visibility to progressive alternatives, to share evidence-based ideas, and to serve the advocacy goals of progressive movements. “I am constantly amazed at the volume and quality of materials published (by TNI), a really important source of analyses on a wide range of subjects. TNI has many admirable and deeply committed staff who play a significant role as public intellectuals in many different fora. It was an honour to have been asked to participate in the fellows’ meetings in 2018.” Firoze Manji Adjunct Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada OUR SUCCESSES IN 2018 In support of our long-term goals, which also indicate the type of work TNI does, an ambitious five-year programme was developed in 2014. Although 2018 only marks the mid-point in implementation, impressive progress is already apparent. Below are brief summaries in this regard, and some elaboration of indications that the programme is on track to achieve its goals. OBJECTIVE 1: Corporate Power & Impunityadmin-annual-20182019-05-16T10:25:12+00:00 Corporate Power & Impunity Trade & Investmentadmin-annual-20182019-06-06T09:57:04+00:00 Agrarian & Environmental Justiceadmin-annual-20182019-05-16T10:34:40+00:00 Public Alternativesadmin-annual-20182019-05-16T10:35:45+00:00 Drugs & Democracyadmin-annual-20182019-05-16T10:37:10+00:00 War & Pacificationadmin-annual-20182019-05-30T20:15:37+00:00 Myanmaradmin-annual-20182019-05-16T10:48:55+00:00 Staying Ahead of the Curve Constant generation and (re)definition of emancipatory ideas TNI keeps a constant eye on the shifting bigger picture, the new issues on the horizon, and aims to be ahead of the curve in identifying, understanding and helping movements tackle them. A key space for this is the annual TNI Fellows’ Meeting, where fellows, staff and experts from our networks take stock of the major shifts, trends and struggles shaping the world. In 2018, the theme was “Building Post-Capitalist Futures”, bringing together some 60 people from across the world to discuss what this looks like and how we might get there. Ideas generated are presented and refined in TNI’s flagship State of Power report, an annual anthology on global power and resistance that unpacks one topic from multiple angles. The essays in the 2018 edition examined today’s social movements, their potential to build counter-power, and how we can best resist injustice, as well as lay the groundwork for long-term transformation. Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the 1968 counter-power movements, the report was accompanied by a special website featuring 50 powerful stories of resistance and transformation that have shaped our world since. Acclaimed Egyptian artist, Ammar Abo Bakr provided the illustrations for the essays supported by the graphic designer Adam Shalaan. The web design was by Evan Clayburg. TNI maintains a future-specific focus with the advent of its experimentation with Futures Labs, which are intended as dream teams charged with exploring and giving direction on issues anticipated to be relevant for TNI’s work in the longer term. Priorities for the coming years include ‘multistakeholderism’ in global governance; the so-called fourth industrial revolution; and the rise of China. Internal organizational development Practicising what we preach TNI puts a lot of effort into ensuring it acts internally in ways consistent with its value, and improving its accountability. 1. Fair Employer TNI’s internal organisational culture is non-hierarchical and highly consultative. By the end of 2018, the foundation had 24.79 full time equivalent (FTE) employees – a very slight increase on the previous year. The ratio of highest:median salary paid was 2.08, and highest:lowest was 3.45. TNI’s salary rates are comfortably within the norm for the charitable sector in The Netherlands. The average age of employees is around 45 years old, with 28% serving with TNI for more than 10 years. 38% of staff hold senior positions. Of these, seven are female and four are male. 62% of the staff are female. 14 nationalities are represented among the staff. Staff turnover and rates of absence due to illness are very low. TNI contracts other dedicated team members around the world, including in Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Denmark, the USA, India as well as a large team in Myanmar. External staff work under the same conditions and at the same rates as Amsterdam-based staff, adjusted for local taxes and costs of living. 2. Socially conscious and green office TNI owns its office building, originally built in the 19th century as a school. It is zoned for cultural and educational purposes by the City Council, and has B protection status which restricts alterations to the front facade. TNI strives to attract tenants which share TNI’s vision and values. In 2018, it housed a childcare centre, a meditation centre, four non-profit organisations (concerned with human rights law, consumer rights in respect of food, the right to food, a support organisation for animation filmmakers, as well as two companies – an urban planning and architectural bureau, and a Dutch streetwear company associated with the hiphop scene of Amsterdam. In 2018, TNI continued its efforts to make its office building as energy efficiënt as possible. Following the installation of solar panels in 2016 – clocking 14 tons of CO2 saved and 19.764 KwH of solar energy generated since, a priority was the installation of LED lights. An energy scan undertaken in 2016 indicated that lights were the single biggest contributor to electricity consumption in the building. This was mostly completed in 2018 for the floor occupied by TNI, with more replacements throughout the building planned for 2019. We are also replacing aging boilers with more eco-friendly versions. In addition, a green roof was laid on the first floor terrace which will help with insulation as well as serving as a rainwater buffer, purifying the air, and encouraging more biodiversity in the neighbourhood. We dug and planted a sidewalk garden on the street outside our building too, which also helps green the street, serving social and ecological ends. 3. Fair and green procurement TNI developed a new Procurement Policy in 2018 in which it privileges small suppliers that share its values, with this being the primary criterion used in procuring supplies and (technical) services. This includes demonstrable commitments to ecological sustainability, fair trade practices and cooperative ownership structures. Some examples of how TNI puts its values into practice in this regard, include: • a worker-owned cooperative is contracted for cleaning services • an informal network of artisans and small companies with strong affinity for TNI’s values are contracted for building maintenance • contracting auditing, salary and financial administration companies specifically dedicated to serving the non-profit sector • using a non-profit travel agency dedicated specifically to supporting humanitarian organisations. We have also invested in improving our video conferencing facilities to help minimise the necessity for travel, and encouraging staff wherever possible to travel by train rather than fly or drive. None of our staff uses a car to travel to work. • using only recycled or FSC-certified paper for printing, printing the minimum required, and always double-sided • buying tea and coffee supplies from a fair trade company which TNI has supported over many decades, and buying other buying organic and fairly produced products as far as possible • separating our waste (paper, glass, chemical, plastic, batteries, ink cartridges) for recycling purposes 4. GDPR compliant In May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR) came into effect. TNI prepared well in advance. In late 2017, TNI contracted the services of a data protection consultant. He guided a thorough audit of the personal data held, where it is stored and who has access. A comprehensive inventory resulted which was shared with staff and the Supervisory Board, and is to be reviewed and updated at least annually. A workshop for staff and the Supervisory Board was subsequently organised. TNI revised its privacy policy, which was published on our website before the GDPR came into effect. TNI has since worked to document its Information & Communication Technology (ICT) policy, including data protection, data security and data breach policies. This will be completed in the first quarter of 2019, with workshops again for staff and Supervisory Board. 5. Demonstrating Effectiveness Since TNI created the function of Evaluation & Planning Officer in 2016, there has been considerable progress in the Institute being able to demonstrate its effectiveness. A system for ongoing documentation of verifiable results, detailed quarterly reports, outcome harvests in advance of annual reflection days, which feed into annual planning days, have been institutionalised, as has quantitative data uploaded quarterly to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) open data base in respect of the major Dutch government-sponsored programme. This has given TNI a much stronger evidence base for assessing and communicating its effectiveness, and has proved very useful for refining strategies. Success is evidenced by the increasingly impressive results TNI is able to book. Importantly, it has also helped the Institute sustain the confidence of its existing funders and secure new support, particularly from philanthropic foundations. 6. Outreach results to be proud of An indicator of TNI’s improved outreach in 2018 is the steady increase, compared to 2017, in social media followers: twitter (16% to 12,733 accounts and reaching an estimated 1.5 million people), and facebook (9% to 16,731) for the official accounts. Specialised programme accounts as well as individual staff accounts also saw significant increases. Subscriptions to TNI’s e-newsletter increased by 13% to 21.535 people. Views of TNI webpages were logged at 1.13 million. TNI publications and articles by TNI staff, researchers and fellows were cited over 3.000 times in recorded academic references. Media coverage was steady, at a conservative estimate TNI reached 19.155.000 readers in outlets across the world. At key moments, global influencers helped to amplify TNI’s messages. Formal partnerships In 2018, TNI also entered into more formal partnerships with like-minded (online) magazines, which helped further amplify its messages. Within the public sphere, significant narrative changes were discernible with respect to most of the issues with which TNI critically engages with. Most notably, drugs policy, investor-state dispute settlement, public ownership, austerity and human rights, and borders and refugees. Incremental shifts in policy are evident in the first two, and a shift in public discourse is discernible in the latter three. Activist-Scholar network The International Fellowship and the network of TNI Associates constitute the formal activist-scholar community around TNI. There are many more scholar-activists working with TNI at individual programme level, or in more formally constructed project partnerships. New developments in 2018 included: Collaboration with Swansea University (Wales) on farmers and cannabis legalisation; Glasgow University (Scotland) and others on municipal energy policy and practice; The Institute for Social Studies (ISS) of Erasumus University (Netherlands) on authoritarianism and emancipatory politics in rural settings; and with a project led by the University of Helsinki (Finland), and linked to the journal Globalisations, on global governance. At least 166 scholar-activists have been directly involved with TNI over the past 5 years. “I am happy that Transformative Cities has recognised the efforts of the CITU to establish a housing colony for the beedi workers in Solapur…. The significance of the Solapur initiative is that thousands of houses have been built for the beedi workers, utilising the provisions in the Beedi Workers’ Welfare Fund Act, and through continuous persuasion. For years together, at different levels they have given different representations to the corporation to sanction the land at cheap rates, and from then onwards, up to the government of India level… I think this recognition to the Union, to the CITU’s efforts in Solapur, will encourage the other trade unions and other organisations to take up such initiatives and help the workers, particularly in the unorganised [informal] sector.” K. Hemalata President, CITU (Transformative Cities is an initiative by TNI’s Public Alternatives program. See https://transformativecities.org/) NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS OF 2018 “I am an activist. I know TNI through my work as the co-ordinator of the Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate based at the Alternative Information Development Centre. My experience working with TNI has been inspiring and thought-provoking. In 2018, I particularly appreciated being able to join the Peoples Week of Mobilisation in Geneva and to work closely with TNI comrades who are extremely passionate about what they do.” Keamogetswe Seipato AIDC, The Right to Say No campaign, South Africa Click on photo for more Prof. Achin Vanaik Professor of International Relations and Global Politics, Delhi University Achin Vanaik continues to be active in the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP), where his work particularly focuses on getting young people to join nuclear advocacy, through a new conference with young people, on denuclearization and the prevention of nuclear proliferation. In 2018, he spoke at the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) conference held on 17-18 March at the ISS in the Hague, where his book The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism: Secular Claims, Communal Realities (2017), was also launched. His conference paper on rural authoritarian populism was widely cited in India, and a summary was published on Open Democracy. Achin published a key piece in New Left Review, examining the hegemony of Modi’s BJP government in India. In late September, he participated in the “National Convention against assaults on Journalists” held in New Delhi. He is also active in the Indian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (INCACBI), where he is involved in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which works to pressure Israel to comply with international law. Achin contributes to the Society for Marxist Studies (SMS), which holds two week long residential schools -one in the north in the Summer, and one in the south in the winter for post-graduate students and social activists. He also continues to support the JNU student movement. Dr. Ben Hayes Independent researcher and consultant on security policies and civil liberties Ben co-wrote a paper, with Arun Kundnani, on “countering violent extremism” (CVE) as the new phase of the War on Terror. He presented the paper, published by TNI, at the Fellows’ meeting in June in Amsterdam, as well as at several key events. In October, he presented the paper to a full house at UN Head Quarters in New York, (together with the Special Rapporteur for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights While Countering Terrorism). Just prior to this he spoke at Duke University on the same subject. Also in October, Ben helped organise and presented at a conference on Pacification and Extractivism in Salento, Italy, that brought together activists and scholars concerned with the repression of anti-extractivist movements. In November, he presented at a high profile conference of EUROPOL, the EU law enforcement agency, in support of the European Court of Justice’s decisions that have deemed a number of EU data retention directives to be non-compliant with fundamental rights. Ben worked on contract for the UN High Commission for Refugees on data protection in respect of refugees, and advising the OSI on ‘countering violent extremism’ (CVE) issues in the UK context. He also serves on the Ethics Committee of the EU’s DG Research. He spoke on EU funding for military research at a hearing in the European Parliament in February, and co-authored a submission to the public consultation of the EU on its new multi-annual financial framework. Ben has been working hard to develop the strategic frame for TNI’s broader War & Pacification programme, putting a lot of effort into fundraising. He has helped to raise funds from OSIFE for TNI, and played an editorial and peer review role in respect of TNI programme publications. He continues to speak regularly on border security, migration, security policy, speaking at events in SOAS (May) and Berlin (June). He drafted new data protection guidelines for EU Horizon 2020 and successor research programme, and has also helped launch litigation supported by 30 NGOs against Thompson Reuters WorldCheck database of Politically Exposed Persons due to its impact on civil rights. He has also been supporting TNI in his capacity as a consultant in the development of TNI’s IT policy, particularly in light of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Video from #4days4peace Barcelona Dr. Daniel Chavez Research Fellow, Coordinator of TNI’s New Politics Project Daniel coordinates TNI’s New Politics projects, as well as playing a lead research role in the overall work on Public Alternatives, with particular reference to energy democracy and relations with Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED). The latter includes ongoing work with TUED and the Alternatinve Information and development Centre (AIDC) in support of South African trade unions on the crisis of the national public utility, Eskom. He has participated in key TNI co-sponsored forums including a TUED meeting on energy democracy in New York in May, a First International Forum of Public Enterprises in Ecuador (May), the Fellows’ Meeting in June, The Future is Public seminar in Canada (June), a talk on energy democracy in the Basque country (June), Green Academy in Croatia (August), Public utilities, energy democracy and just transition in South Africa (September), Urban politics and municipalist movements in Barcelona (September), New Politics in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in Tbilisi, Georgia (October), the CLACSO conference in November, and a conference on critical thinking in Uruguay in November. His writing has included a piece on lessons from Latin America for energy democracy initiatives in the UK (Renewal magazine). His co-edited book, Rethinking the public: State, society and public services in Latin America (currently in Spanish) will hit the shelves in January 2019. In November, TNI and CLACSO co-published another book that Daniel co-edited, Las disputas por lo público en América Latina y el Caribe (Conflicts Around the Public Sphere in Latin America). Both books were launched at the massive CLACSO event in Buenos Aires. Daniel maintains his attention on regional trends in Latin America, particularly on the rise of the right wing and the deradicalisation of the left. Dr. David Fig Independent researcher, Chair of the Board of Biowatch South Africa, Honorary Research Associate in the Chair of Bio-Economics at the University of Cape Town and in the Society, Work and Development Institute in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg David continues his work with environmental and local community organizations in South Africa. He is an advocate in South Africa for the UN Treaty on TNCs and exposing corporate impunity issues, cooperating with the TNI Corporate Power programme. He was vocal in the South African media in May on the corporate capture of agricultural policy and the need for small farmers to be given greater support. He also continues to support the anti-fracking movement in South Africa. Having joined the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation working group on Alternatives to Development, David travelled to Ecuador, and to Barcelona, Spain, to look at the applicability of the experiments there to the South African context. David attended TNI’s Fellows’ Meeting in June, and participated in the TNI co-organised conference on public utilities energy democracy and just transition in Johannesburg in September. He helped prepare jurors and contributed to the conclusions of the Permanent People’s Tribunal’s (PPT) third and final session on Southern Africa, hosted by the Southern African Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power in November. In 2018, he also published a number of pieces including analysis on the Pretoria High Court’s judgement in support of communities’ “right to say no” to titanium mining on the Wild Coast at Xolobeni; a piece in The Conversation Africa on the need for South Africa to reverse corporate capture of agriculture policy, and a co-written chapter analyzing representations of the Cold War in history textbooks in South Africa during and after apartheid in an edited volume The Cold War in the Classroom. David continues to study and network on the legacy of the asbestos industry, and is active in a number of NGO, academic and social justice organisations such as Biowatch South Africa where he serves as board chairperson; the Society, Work and Politics Institute (SWOP), the Pushing Back Coal and Pushing for Renewable Energy coalition, the Energy Governance Initiative-South Africa and the African Uranium Alliance. He is also associated with the Department of Environmental and Geographic Sciences at the University of Cape Town. Prof. Edgardo Lander Professor Emeritus, Central University of Venezuela Edgardo Lander actively participates in TNI’s New Politics project, writing critical analyses of the Venezuelan political situation that have been translated and widely circulated in Spanish, English, French and German. He continues to participate in the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation working group on Alternatives to Development, and traveled to Barcelona in June to look at the possibilities and limitations of its new municipalist model being applied in other contexts. Edgardo is actively engaged with the TNI New Politics work through the Latin American New Politics Platform as well as within the Venezuelan Citizens’ Platform in Defence of the Constitution. He contributed a chapter to a new book Alternatives in a World of Crisis which he has presented in Mexico, Ecuador and Spain. He attended the June Fellows’ Meeting. Edgardo was honoured with a CLACSO award (Latin American and Caribbean Social Sciences Award, 2018) which he received along with Susan George at CLACSO’s first Global Forum on Critical Thought in Buenos Aires in November, where the Venezuelan crisis was a very hot topic. He participated in a workshop at the forum on “The left in the North and the South and its labyrinths” co-organized with the Institute of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (IEACL). He is currently working on a short book, The crisis of civilization, progressive governments in South America, and debates in the left as part of a fellowship at the Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies. He continues to be active in TNI’s work, particularly the New Politics network, presenting at the Thematic Forum on Mining and Extractivism in Johannesburg in November, as well as a panel on social movements and political struggle in today’s Latin America, organised by TNI in Uruguay the same month. He is a core member of Venezuela’s Citizens’ Platform in the Defence of the Constitution, which has played a major role in mediating the crisis in Venezuela. Dr. Hilary Wainwright Editor of Red Pepper magazine, UK Hilary Wainwright is a leading researcher and writer on the emergence of new forms of democratic accountability within parties, movements and the state. She is the driving force and editor behind Red Pepper, a popular British new left magazine, and has documented countless examples of resurgent democratic movements from Brazil to Britain and the lessons they provide for progressive politics. In 2018, Hilary spoke frequently at public events including; on Radical Politics and Social Movements (London, November), Transforming the State (London, November), CLACSO conference (Buenos Aires, November) and the Conference of Critical Thinking (Montevideo, November). She is actively pushing for a People’s Vote on Brexit and has been appointed to the advisory board of Another Europe is possible. She spoke at the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) conference in March, as well as the Build it like Bernie meeting TNI co-hosted in Amsterdam immediately afterwards. Hilary attended a meeting on privatisation versus public ownership in Athens in May, travelled to the Left Forum and Democracy Collaborative events in New York in June, breaking her shoulder while going to interview the mayor there, but still stoically making it to June Fellows’ Meeting. Hilary was appointed by the economic advisor of UK Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn to join their ‘Community Wealth Building Commission’. This commission – of municipal leaders, trade union organisers and policy advisers, co-operative movement leaders , researchers and relevant NGO activists aims to build on the experience of Preston Council to use (what’s left of) public powers (of procurement , planning, house building, investment) to protect and improve local jobs and well-being and to strengthen democratic control. She was a headline speaker at The World Transformed, the UK Labour Party conference in September, and shared some of that learning at a TNI event to launch her new book in Amsterdam in October. The book, titled A New Politics from the Left, was widely and positively reviewed in the left press in the UK. She played an active role in the UK demonstrations demanding a people’s vote in October. She wrote on the meaning of the 1968 movements for Open Democracy in May, on the Corbyn phenomenon for Le Monde Diplo in June, and The Guardian in August. She has played an active role in TNI’s New Politics work as well as the European New Politics Platform. As well as TNI fellow, she is also Senior Research Associate at the International Centre for Participation Studies at the Department for Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK and Senior Research Associate at International Centre for Participation Studies’, Bradford University. She has also been a visiting Professor and Scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles; Havens Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison and Todai University, Tokyo. Hilary continues to edit and write for Red Pepper, as well as monitoring political developments in Greece, Spain and the UK. Prof. Jun Borras Professor in Rural Development at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS) Jun Borras has been a long-term leading collaborator and guide for TNI’s work on agrarian and environmental justice. He continues to work as Professor of Rural Development at the Institute for Social Studies and as editor of the Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS). He continues to serve as part of the TNI Agrarian & Environmental Justice programme, providing intellectual support and encouraging his students to support and engage with TNI. In 2018 he wrapped up a 4-year MOSAIC project involving TNI, that has carried out action-research in Myanmar and Cambodia around the theme of the intersection of climate change politics, land grabbing, and conflict. He is producing several papers on the research. He also started a 3-year IDRC funded action research on climate change politics and resource grabs in Mali and Nigeria, and is supporting the regionalization of research initiatives around the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiatives (ERPI). He convened the ERPI conference at the ISS in mid-March, attended by 300 participants and generating 79 papers. Jun co-edited a special issue of Third World Quarterly on the theme of: Converging Social Justice Issues and Movements. He also co-edited a book published by Routledge: BRICS and MICs: Implications for Global Agrarian Transformation. His book with Marc Edelman, Political Dynamics of Transnational Agrarian Movements, was published in Japanese. Finally, he was included on the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Research 2018 List, awarded to researchers whose highly cited papers rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science. He continues to actively support research initiatives tied to the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiatives (ERPI), and to associate TNI with BICAS (see more under Agrarian & Environmental Justice programme). Phyllis Bennis Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies Phyllis Bennis’ New Internationalism project reflects the Inside/Outside strategy that TNI’s sister institute, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) has long identified as central to changing the world. She writes and comments on the foreign policy of the Trump administration, particularly in relation to the Middle East, and the US military presence in Afghanistan. In 2018, she continued to write and comment on the foreign policy of the Trump administration, particularly in relation to the Middle East. She has actively advocated for progressive foreign policy positions from the new wave of 2018 progressive candidates for Congress and other offices, and continues to be a frequent media commentator, writing and speaking on human rights, electoral politics, US foreign policy and Saudi war crimes in many outlets. She commented on Gaza’s Great March of Return, the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, Trumps abandonment of the Iran nuclear deal and the need for the new crop of progressive leaders to talk about progressive foreign policy alongside a radical domestic agenda. She also drafted the militarisation section of a major IPS report, “The Souls of Poor Folk” which is providing the research for a new Poor People’s Campaign examining Martin Luther King’s “evil triplets” of racism, poverty & militarism plus climate, and is working closely with one of its leaders, the Rev William Barber. She presented at a UN conference on the 50th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe) of Palestinian dispossession as well as in South Africa with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in a conference on non-state actors in the Middle East/North Africa. Phyllis was a co-author on TNI’s paper on criminalisation of the BDS movement. In November, she spoke at the annual conference of AMEC (the Afro-Middle East Center in Johannesburg), focusing on civil society, non-state actors and their role in the MENA wars, and then did a briefing for the South African foreign ministry on Palestine, Middle East wars, US policy in the region and beyond, in anticipation of South Africa’s re-joining the UN Security Council in 2019. She also attended the Fellows’ Meeting in June. 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TNI’s financial reporting was rated 5 stars for ‘excellence’ by the Transparify initiative. we spent our money on Ethnic peace Myanmar Just trade & investment we spent our money Office & Communications we got our money Dutch government Philanthropic foundations Own means Other contributions For a full breakdown of expenditures per donor see FUNDING AGREEMENTS ACTIVE IN 2019 below. over the last 5 years Budget for 2019 Grants 4.630.769 Other project income 0 Donations and contributions 0 Exchange losses/gains 0 Interest 2.000 Other 6.876 Total income 4.639.645 – Personnel costs 432.123 – Building expenses 49.870 – Office and communication 292.760 Total overhead 774.753 – Direct project costs 2.810.026 – Personnel costs charged to projects 1.014.401 Total project costs 3.824.427 Total expenditure 4.599.179 Result 40.466 FUNDING AGREEMENTS ACTIVE IN 2018 Funding agreements Click here for funding agreements PDF EXPENDITURE AND PROCUREMENT POLICY In 2017, TNI adopted a new Procurement Policy in respect of (technical) services and supplies. In 2018, TNI monitored adherence to the policy. There were no exceptions made to the policy. There were no single invoices for amounts greater than Euro 30.000. TNI assessed 24 instances involving invoices exceeding Euro 5000.The great majority of these were one-off invoices related to tickets and venues/accommodation in respect of large events organised by TNI. TNI has preferential relationships with four companies where the total annual costs paid exceed Euro 30.000. These involve a travel agency in the Netherlands that specifically services “humanitarian” NGOs working in conflict zones; a printing company in Amsterdam; and the auditing company and financial administration companies which service TNI. In the case of the former two companies, there is no exclusive arrangement and from time to time TNI will use other companies for the same kind of service. In the case of the latter two, these are formally contracted services. In each of these cases, regular evaluations take place with a view to improvements to the relationship. Source: TNI financial accounts report, 2018 WORKING TRANSNATIONALLY WITH GRATEFUL THANKS – AND APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE TO ANYONE WE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY OMITTED – TO ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME, LABOUR AND EXPERTISE TO TNI IN 2018, IN PARTICULAR: Vanessa Lamb Juan Liu Yunan Xu Devi Adriyanti Dinesh Abrol Divya Jain Laksmi Savitri Lavanya Suresh Medha Patkar Nilotpal Kumar Praveen Priyadarshi Ritanjan Das Tripti Tandon Abdul Rahman Ciptaningrat Larastiti Hanny Wijaya Nila Ardhianie Ruben Rosenberg Colorni Yukari Sekine Khin Zaw Win Lahpai Seng Raw Sai Wansai Thant Zin Ye Lin Myint Faina C. Abaya-Ulindang Joel Rocamora Lloyd B. 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__label__cc	0.633117	0.366883	[FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great Views expressed here are not necessarily the views & opinions of ActivistChat.com. Comments are unmoderated. Abusive remarks may be deleted. ActivistChat.com retains the rights to all content/IP info in in this forum and may re-post content elsewhere. HAPPY NOROOZ (NEW YEAR)! [FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great Forum Index -> HAPPY NOWRUZ PERSIAN NEW YEAR to Over 300 Million People Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:20 pm Post subject: HAPPY NOROOZ (NEW YEAR)! Only New Year's related information should be posted to this thread! Norooz, in english, means "new day". It is the new day that starts the year, traditionally the exact astronomical beginning of Spring. For thousands of years, Norooz varied. The Zoroastrian religious calendar, used before Islam, consisted of 12 months with 30 days each, making 360 days, plus a �stolen five� (Panjeh-ye Mostareghe) days that was held at the end of each year, adding up to 365 days. Early astronomers were not aware of the leap years and did not add and additional day every four years, thus causing the variance of Norooz. The other fact was that during the chaotic times and moments of unrest in the country such as time of Alexander, or at the end of the Ashkanids, people forgot to add the five stolen days, thus resulting in another problem in the calendar. During the Sasanid era Tansar, the head priest (Mubedhan-i Mubedh) of Ardeshir I unsuccessfully tried to organize the calendar. There are accounts of Norooz in Autumn, winter or even Summer! The first person who re-organised the calendar successfully was Omar Khayyam, the mathematician and astronomer of 5th century H (11-12th AD). He drew a chart for the year and put the start of the year at the moment of Aries� entrance to the house of Sun. He made a calendar of 6 months with 31 days, and 6 months with 30 days making a total 365 days, and suggested the addition of 1 day every four years and also addition of a months every 13,000 years. This is the most complete calendar ever made. Khayyam called it �the Jalali Calendar� because of �Jalal� al-Din Malekshah Saljuqi, his patron king. Currently, his calendar is called the �Khorshidi�(Sun based) calendar, as oppose to the Arabic �Ghamari� (moon based) calendar. Although Khayyam was Iranian and he created this calendar based on the pre-Islamic calendar of Zoroastrians, it was not used widely in Iran until the 1925 AD(1304 HS) when Reza Shah Pahlavi ordered it to be used instead of �Ghamari� calendar. In the process of finding names for the months, there are some interesting mistakes happened which are note-worthy. The first month is originally called �Fravartishn�, but when they wanted to choose it as the name, they found it too hard, so they made it shorter by calling it Farvardin. Second month was originally Ardibehesht, but it became Ordibehesht. Fifth month, Mordad, was suppose to be Amordad, but the Mordad form sounded better. Seventh months Mehr was �Mithr� at first, but �th� sound is hard to pronounce in Farsi, so they chose the acceptable replacement of �h�. Azar, the ninth months was �Atar� at first, but it sounds too Zoroastrian, so �z� was found to be more acceptable. And finally, the last month was �Esfandarmadh(z)�, but oh god, who is going to say that! So �Esfand� was thought of as more suitable, although it is the name of a spice! Now, in ahistorical sense, Norooz is the oldest Iranian holiday. Together with Mehregan (entrance of Libra to the house of Sun), it was one of the �two� new years of ancient Aryans. Mehregan was the first day of the �cold� year (Autumn and Winter), and Norooz was the start of the �warm� year (Spring and Summer). It is said that Norooz is chosen as the official holiday by King Yama (Jamsheed), the ancient Iranian king who is the hero of the mythological story of expanding the earth. According to the story, when Yama expanded the earth three times, he ordered the day of the last expantion to be called Norooz, a New Day for the Iranian race. The truth most likely lies somewhere in between this story and the fact that Norooz is the beginning of the Spring. It could be that Norooz was already a holiday for the Aryans, but when it coincided with an important event in the reign of Jamsheed, it was chosen to be the "special" holiday. What ever it might have been, Norooz became the most important holiday in Iran after the Islam. Comparing to Norooz, Mehregan and Sadeh (another important Iranian holiday) lost their importance. The selection of Norooz as the only standing "Iranian" holiday after Islam might also be a direct result of the limitations imposed on Iranians by Moselm rulers. For Iranians after Islam, Norooz was a sign of holding on to the national values. It helped them to remember their heritage in spite of cultural attacks of Arabs, Mongols, Turks, and Westerners. Norooz continues its role of national pride in this world of cultural trades and influences. For the Iranians out side home, Norooz is an element of nostalgia and a reminder of home, at least once a year. Although Norooz has some outside influences like Qoran and the Arabic prayer during the beginning of the year, but it still holds the distinctively Iranian values of health, green-ness, life, light, and happiness. Noroozetan Pirooz! Above, a Now Ruz (Norooz) public performance at Tehran's Rudaki Hall during Shah's Era. Every house prepares a display known a "Haft-sin" (the Seven S's), consisting of seven objects the name of which in Persian begins with the letter S, completed by a mirror and a bowl of goldfish. It is considered unlucky to stay at home on the thirteenth day of the Now Ruz festival, and a massive national picnic takes place, the favoured spot; being a grassy riverside. Norooz & other countries - By Neda Network Norooz is the new year holiday in Iran, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, parts of India and among the Kurds. The word itself literally means "new day" in Persian, and the festival marks the beginning of the solar year and new year on the Iranian calendar, as well as among several other nationalities. This year, Norooz falls on Monday March 20, with the following day, the vernal equinox, being the first day of the new year. Norooz traditionally celebrates the awakening of nature, and even the triumph of good over the oppressive darkness of winter. It is a time to celebrate life at the time when life begins or is renewed for much of that which is on the earth. The new year is marked at the instant the sun leaves the astrological sign of Pisces and enters that of Aries. This renewal of nature is the essence of this millennia-old tradition. Originally held as a spring festival, it is believed to have been first acknowledged and named "Norooz" by the mythical Persian emperor Jamshid. Others credit the Achaemenid dynasty of the 12th century B.C. for institutionalizing the Norooz festival. The spirit and significance of the holiday has often made Norooz a target for foreign invaders and anti-nationalist forces throughout the history of Iran. Alexander the Great and the Arab conquerors a thousand years later tried to eliminate the holiday. The Soviet Union banned it in Central Asia and Azerbaijan, as it was considered a nationalist or Islamic holiday. The celebration was banned in Kurdish sections of Turkey, though, for the last few years, Turkish officials have allowed some festivities. Last edited by cyrus on Tue Mar 22, 2005 3:15 pm; edited 1 time in total Iranian Boy Empress Farah Pahlavi�s New Year messege, Audio http://www.verdenet.com/farah/180305.wma Long live the memory of Shahanshah Aryamehr. Long live Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi Long live Reza Shah II Rasker Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject: The Sun Is Rising In The West! Soon It Will Shine on All of Iran! Pasagarde Rasker wrote: Happpy Norooz to all Iranians and Happy New Year; 2713 Irani Shahanshai ignores parts of our history and is thus not just! "May Ahura Mazda protect this land, this nation, from rancor, from foes, from falsehood, and from drought" Koroush Kabir Mosalman/Taazi-parast: Did it hurt you somewhere? I know it did. You can take your filthy TAAZI (arabic) calendar with you when you try to flee or once we deport you. I've heard these days that your families (akhoonds) have special airplanes ready to lift off their filthy offspring and themselves as soon as there are signs that the end is near. Indeed the END IS NEAR for you and the filthy terrorists which you support and are funded by. Can you hear marching boots? It's the marching boots of the Iranian people coming to crush your filthy Islamic Republic. Take your SHIITE somewhere else. Ba Sepaas JAVID IRAN! www.anjomane-padeshahi.org http://aryamehr11.blogspot.com/ Liberator wrote: I think you misunderstood me my friend. I am saying we must understand the correct Iranian year, rather than the first PERSIAN king and dynasty era. the first iraniana empire (median) was founded earlier and about 150 years before cyrus. The medians were in north-western iran (today�s greater azerbijan and Kurdistan). We must celebrate our true foundation and that began about 150 years before Cyrus. Eid'et Mobarak! 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__label__cc	0.691481	0.308519	Review: Laced In Malice by Riley Gray Goodreads summary (abbreviated): Behind the creepy castle-like exterior of Birchtree academy is the sound of gossip, back stabbing and malice. When Zara’s dad takes on the new principal job at the elite boarding school, Zara knows she’ll be an outsider. She dreams of true love and marriage instead of possible frenemies and secrets. Definitely not Birchtree material. In the cusp of everything are the twins. Oliver and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Nixon are renowned for their different – yet equally effective – methods of torture. And both have their eyes set on goody, goody Zara.Will she fall under their spell? Will friendship and raw desire cause her to re-think her values? Or will Zara change theirs? Rarely does a book surprise me as much as Riley Gray's Laced In Malice did. In the ten minutes it took me to read the first chapter, I was hooked. By what, you ask? The descriptive train ride through the English countryside? Umm...no. By the main character's texts with her mum? Aside: even though I'm not English, I have an itching desire to start using the word Mum. Definitely no. By the sexy, leather clad, cigarette-smoking hotty who got a nice verbal backhand from the MC when he propositioned her for a quickie. insert shifty eyebrows Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. In a nutshell, I think guys who sleep around and use women are creepy (doesn't everybody?). But I loved that Gray was able to take this stock character, the man whore, and change him into something real. Oliver comes across as intelligent, not just because he's in the highest classes but because gasp Gray actually makes him sound intelligent! He actually has a well-thought out explanation for why casual sex is okay. Now, I'm not saying that I bought his excuses, I'm saying that Gray made me believe that he believed them. And in the process, like Zara, I was eager for him to see how wrong he was. Everything else about Oliver puts him in the "yes please" category. He was charming, polite, a writer (GOD yes!!), and knowing that I was going to see this sexy and intelligent young man change his tune hooked me to the story. But I don't want to leave you thinking that Oliver didn't make me want to pull my hair out or slap him silly because I did want to do both those things at various points in the story. And in the end, I wasn't entirely sure of his motivations. I kept flip-flopping, was he really just into Zara because she was an unattainable conquest or did he honestly care about her? Was he a victim too or was he hiding something BIG? I'm not going to give the story away, but I will say that Gray did an excellent job of giving his character enough depth that I loved him even while I was never 100% sure of him. Now, Zara. Admittedly, she comes across as a goody two shoes (as it says in the summary), but she also had a tongue on her that I admired. She could give it back to Oliver just as easily as he gave it to her. I was rooting for her from the start. But there were moments in the story where I was scratching my head and wanted to take her by the shoulders and shake her so she'd wake up. Thankfully, a few chapters after I had that moment of thinking, 'you're so stupid', she had me questioning whether I was the one who had to be shaken awake. Zara was too trustworthy, but at the same time, she made me realize that I am too. I asked myself, if I were in Zara's shoes would I have tried to brush aside my misgivings about the people I called friends? Would I have tried to give them the benefit of the doubt? Sadly, the answer is probably yes. I am, like Zara, a bit naive. The good thing is that I like characters who can make me see flaws in my own, and Zara did this, so two thumbs up for her. Together: so here's a bit of analysis that I hope will give you an extra incentive to buy this book. 50 Shades of Gray. I haven't read it. I have no desire to read it. But I have read countless discussions of it, and there's one thing they all seem to agree on. The plot line of the girl turning a guy around and making him into a worthy man is the success of that book (well along with the sex and I'll get to that in a moment). I think the same could be said of Laced In Malice. I was so so eager to see Zara turn Oliver around or for them to come to some sort of middle ground. Like I said, I'm not a 50 Shades fan, nor do I want to be one, but if you're looking for a toned-down version of that book, and a better written one, then I say look no further. Laced in Malice delivers. The sex. Well, I had to bring this up because of the 50 Shades reference above, and I want to be fair both to the author and to my readers. Individually, I'd say that I've come across scenes in other young adult books that are just as intense as the ones here. The difference I think comes with the fact that there are more scenes of this type in Laced In Malice. It is not erotica by any means, but it does give the book a heavier sexual draw than most other young adult books I've read. I hate to put an age limit on books, but for those who want to know what it's like, that pretty much sums it up. Finally, I feel like all I've talked about is the relationship between Zara and Oliver, and while that was a driving force as to why I loved this book and read it in one day, it wasn't the only one. I really loved the mystery/thriller aspect that Gray set up. I had my suspicions as to what was happening, but I was never 100% sure of who to trust. Like I said above, I kept flip flopping. Back and forth. Back and forth. I don't think I've gotten sea sick by a book before, but this one gave me that experience! Yay to Gray for excellent writing that keeps the reader guessing. And then... the ending! GAH!!!!!! MISS GRAY, YOU HAD BETTER SET YOUR BUTT DOWN AND START WRITING THE SEQUEL!!! Yes, I can say that because she's a friend of mine, but that in no way taints my review. Those who know me know that I'm stingy with my 5 stars, and Laced In Malice deserves them all. Summary: five stars. Buy it now! October reading list OY!! I forgot to do a list for October, and now the end of November has snuck up on me as well. So...this is a double wammy, giving a brief outline of what I've been reading the past two months. 70. Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore** I've really loved the seven realms series by Cashore. Each book is a bit different but with very strong, witty female characters. With the second book, you didn't need to read the first in order to understand it. But with the third installment, it really does require that you've read the first and second book because it ties both together. The thing I loved most about Bitterblue was seeing her transform from a somewhat traumatized young woman into a powerful queen. I mean, how cool is that? The secondary characters were all memorable too, and the ending was rather bittersweet. Some may not like those types of endings, but I'm cool with it. Highly recommended. 71. Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'roark Dowell* I admit that I bought this book based on the very youthful, fun cover. It's basically about a farm girl who doesn't like living on the farm and how she deals with that. I think younger teens could relate to this more than older teens, but it was still a cute read. 72. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner* Dashner really took the advice of throw everything at your MC to heart with this one. Like with the Maze Runner, most of the book is a bit confusing. Unlike The Maze Runner, I didn't feel like anything was resolved at the end, which is why it only gets 4 stars for me. The Third book resumes the awesome story (and got 5 stars from me) which I technically finished in December so it's not on this post. 73. Always and Forever by Karla Nellenbach* Review here! 74. A Little Wanting Song by Cath Crowley I luuuuurved Cath Crowley's Graffiti Moon, so I was excited when I found out that my library had her earlier book in stock. Amazing writing as with GM and fun, real characters just like GM. This book is mainly about friendship but there is a bit of romance thrown in there as well, and it has a distinct aussie-ness about it. I really loved the bits of poetry throughout. Cath Crowley is definitely a multi-talented writer! 75. Everybody Sees the Ants by AS King This is a fabulous book about bullying that every kid should read. I loved the magical realism in it with the grandpa who was a prisoner in the Vietnam War. It added a very cool dimension to a really great boy book. 76. Personal Effects by EM Kokie** Loved this one too. The emotions in it were really raw and realistic. I knew basically the whole plot going into it, but this was one instance where I didn't really care. 77. Crash Into Me by Albert Borris* Four online friends make a suicide pact and travel around the US visiting other places where suicides occurred. It's a solid friendship book that I quite enjoyed, and of course a rather serious topic. 78. The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney* Didn't care much for this one as I didn't really buy into the whole Mockingbirds organization. Though I would recommend it because it's about a subject (rape) that I think is far too ignored. 79. The Outsiders by SE Hinton I think this makes about the 10th time that I've read this book, though it's been a good 15 years since the last time. I loved this book in high school and re-reading it was a real treat. Ponyboy forev-ah!! November reads: 80. This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers I'm not a huge zombie fan, but this one really hit home. It's right up there with Forest of Hands and Teeth for me, and tells me once again that CS is made of awesome-sauce. 81. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini*My second adult book this year (I know!!!!). I quite enjoyed this one, though to me it had what many adult books have and that's a very slow pace. It was disturbing at times, but I don't regret reading it. I definitely have a new appreciation of what's going on in the middle east due to this book. 82. Ask The Passengers by AS King AS King has become one of my favorite YA contemporary authors. This one was sexy, and had that touch of magical realism I'm coming to appreciate in her books. I do think she writes a boy point of view slightly better than a female one, but I'm still looking forward to what she puts out next. 83. Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr* In classic Melissa Marr fashion, the world building in this book sucked up much of the pacing. BUT it was all still intriguing enough that I endured. I will definitely pick up the next in the series just to see what happens. 84. The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson Next to Melina Marchetta's Lumatere chronicles, I think this is probably my favorite fantasy series. The setting is to die for, the characters swoon-worthy and romantic and sweet and the heroine KICKS ASS! Loved it! Can't wait for the last in the series. 85. Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake I really like this series too even though some of it is very classic Buffy - ghost hunter (slayer), two best friends, creepy old dudes who know everything. Still a very quick and satisfying read though. So I read one more, technically finished in December, which puts me at 86 total for the year. I have met my reading goal of 75 books!!! I was hoping to push it up to 100, but I know I won't get 14 more books read in December. Still I'm very proud to have made my goal. Any one else break past theirs yet? Any good books I need to put on my list? Review: Always and Forever by Karla Nellenbach Mia's first reaction is outright disbelief. Obviously, a mistake has been made. Sixteen-year-old girls don't die. But, when the diagnosis is confirmed, she dives headlong into anger. If she has to die, why should it be of cancer? In fact, anything would be preferable to cancer. Better for her to say when, where, and especially how. Determined to meet death on her own terms, Mia devises scheme after scheme to get the job done. A “fall” down the basement stairs, driving her car off a bridge, and even a dance with a train all end in her survival. And through it all, Mia keeps her family and friends at arms' length with her destructive and hurtful behavior. With each failed suicide attempt and burned relationship, she slowly realizes that it’s not the dying that she’s afraid of, but the life she’ll be leaving behind. Now, that life is in a shambles. As time begins to slip through her fingers and death is upon her, Mia fights to rebuild the bridges she has destroyed, but can she do it before the clock runs out? I'm a little torn up over what to say about this book because it had me going in many different directions. For the first quarter, everything made sense. I liked Mia, I thought her friends were hilarious, and boy did I want her and Kal to get together. The whole idea of a teenage girl getting cancer - after surviving a first round of an entirely different type was a unique set up. It was heart breaking and perfectly logical for her to want to keep the diagnosis to herself. Then Mia starts behaving a little irrationally. As it says in the summary, she keeps inventing ways to kill herself before the cancer does. At this point it was hard to put myself in Mia's shoes. Would I not want the cancer to kill me? Sure. But to throw yourself headfirst towards death seemed a bit selfish. She was taking away precious time that her family, friends and boyfriend had to be with her. Besides that, something seemed like it was missing. Fear. No where during her suicide attempts does Mia show any fear of death, and that seemed a little strange to me. I think with a topic like cancer, it's hard to know what a person would really be feeling, and therefore hard to capture what a person goes through unless you've been there yourself. You hear all these stories about the fighters, the ones who are always smiling, taking things as they come and not letting the disease get to them. Nellenbach even includes a character like this in the story. And I admit, I wanted Mia to be like that. Perhaps that's unfair, and certainly it's unrealistic. Who's to say how a person would feel when they're hit with the news that they're going to die (and not a pretty death)? A range of emotions is to be expected and anger is certainly one of them. I guess what I'm trying to say is that when Mia began acting out her anger, I kept shaking my head, wanting her to get it together. I kept thinking, dang it Mia, you need these people. You're wasting precious time. Stop pushing everyone away! It's good when a story gets me yelling at it, but it's even better when it listens. big grin Without being too spoilery, let's just say that the last third of the book totally made up for the frustrations I was having. I zipped through the ending, not exactly smiling (because hello, cancer) but satisfied. And sobbing. Yes, you will need to arm yourself with a box of Kleenex's for this one. The final scene - whoa. Just whoa. So beautiful. The writing: Karla Nellenbach has a way with words. The descriptions and prose were beautiful. The dialogue was spot-on without trying too hard, and boy did I love this line: I don't have a pony in that race. I was grinning when I read that one. Nellenbach definitely has a pony in this race, and I look forward to her next book. Monday poetry Let's move poetry to Mondays, yay? Drunk As Drunk by Pablo Neruda Drunk as drunk on turpentine From your open kisses, Your wet body wedged Between my wet body and the strake Of our boat that is made of flowers, Feasted, we guide it - our fingers Like tallows adorned with yellow metal - Over the sky's hot rim, The day's last breath in our sails. Pinned by the sun between solstice And equinox, drowsy and tangled together We drifted for months and woke With the bitter taste of land on our lips, Eyelids all sticky, and we longed for lime And the sound of a rope Lowering a bucket down its well. Then, We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses. Wow, I appear to be slowing down even further. Got just five books read this month, and the upcoming month doesn't look too good either. Trying to get a few middle grade books in there as they tend to be faster reads and I have a SNI for a middle grade that I'm toying with. Always looking for some good recommendations so let me know what your favorite book was this month! 65. Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson Second book in the series that started with Chains. It's about two run away slaves during the American Revolutionary war. This one, told in Curzon's POV wasn't quite as moving as the first book, though I loved it all the same. I look forward to see what happens next with these characters. Oh, and I LOVE this cover rather than the other one which I own. 66. Wringer by Jerry Spinelli Excellent middle grade novel that addresses the expectations of how boys/men behave (being tough, killing things, etc). In many ways the ending was predictable, but I don't think that young people would pick up on this, so... still giving it 5 stars. 67. The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove by Lauren Kate Okay, I have to say that I did not get this book at all. The MC is very unlikeable, which is all fine and good as I like an unlikeable character (heck I write unlikeable characters), but I still expect them to learn something from their experiences. To grow. With this one I kept waiting... and waiting... and waiting... and by the end I was ready to throw the book against the wall. In other words, don't waste your time. I do really like the cover though. 68. The Guardians by Lily Raye * Review here. Sweet characters. Gorgeous cover. 69. Huntress by Malinda Lo* This is the second book I've read by Malinda Lo, and I would probably say that I liked Ash better. This one takes place many years (decades or centuries) before Ash and has a bit of a Midsummer Night's Dream thing going on. ML's ability to write gorgeous scenery is something I could learn from, but some of the POV shifts in this one were abrupt and didn't work for me. Also, um yeah, she doesn't actually ever use that huge stick. Review: The Guardians by Lily Raye Elijah and Cassie aren’t your old-school angels chilling in the heavens and strumming harps. They’re members of the Guardians, an elite force of angels masquerading under the guise of high school teens. Their newest mission is no walk in the clouds. In an effort to seek out troubled teens, they, along with fellow angels, Rafe, Sophie and Gabriel, will pose as a family of adopted brothers and sisters and enroll in high school. Along with their gift of “emotional divination”, which is to take on the pain of those who are suffering, they experience their own roller coaster rides of teenage emotions. Accustomed to working with children, shy Elijah is overwhelmed when he is assigned to Abby, an honor roll cheerleader. When she discovers she is pregnant and her boyfriend abandons her, Abby turns to Elijah for support. As his feelings for Abby intensify, Elijah also struggles with the desire to be a guardian to Abby’s unborn baby. However, as Elijah is trying to do good, a dark force hovers over him in the form of Lucius—one of Satan’s demons. Things escalate when Elijah threatens Lucius. It will come to a fight to the finish with Elijah either being defeated or damning Lucius back to Hell. Song bird Cassie sings her way into the lead of the school musical and into the life of Zach, a guitar-strumming lost soul. After constant beatings from his step-father drive Zach to a suicide attempt, Cassie must teach him about hope and faith. However, a dark force in the area leads Cassie to mistakenly interpret that Zach is her assignment. Instead she was meant for Lauren, her musical rival and the girl who has an intense crush on Zach. Cassie must somehow find a way to befriend Lauren, help her along and continue to help Zach without destroying Lauren in the process. To fail means death for their assignments, and to fall in love ensures a fall from grace. No one ever said high school was easy. First of all, gah gah gah, I LOVE that cover!! I can think of several other "angel" books that could learn something from that cover design, but I won't name names. Sooo pretty. The designer: Rachel Marks. Sooo talented. Check out her website. On to the book: For me The Guardians was like tucking into the couch on a Saturday night and watching Touched By An Angel. Even if you're not extremely religious (and honestly I'm not), it still gives you that feel-good feeling of angels doing what angels do best - helping people. And like Touched By An Angel, the angels have a lot to learn in order to do their best - because humans are complex, and teenagers even more so. It was easy to relate to both Elijah's and Cassie's struggles. They both want so much to succeed, but in doing so they make mistakes which could ultimately do just the opposite. Um, I think that describes a lot of teenagers I know. I was particularly drawn to Elijah's side of the story. He's so sweet and caring and non-judgmental. The perfect guy really. And in the end I kind of liked how his desire to help Abby with the baby was linked to him wanting to be a father. Perhaps not the most typical teenage response, but then Elijah wasn't exactly a teen. In any case, it's nice to see a guy who thinks about family. I also really liked the set up with his struggle towards the end (no spoilers, I promise), but Elijah has to make a choice, and it wasn't really the one I thought he was going to make. Cassie's story forms the other half of the book, and I really felt what she was going through. She's sort of the newbie to the whole guardian angel gig and she wants so bad to do well. And of course she keeps messing up. And then things kind of get out of her control and she messes up even more. I like a character who can make mistakes, but I like a character even more who has a dozen hurdles thrown in their way and finds it in themselves to deal. This was Cassie. Underneath all of this "assignment" stuff, there's something more complex going on with Lucius and the higher angels- or at least it's hinted at. I would have liked to see a bit more plot development with this because throughout I was kind of expecting there to be a big reveal as to why this particular family was targeted and why we were hearing the story of these particular angels. I thought there would be a huge tie-in, but either that was just my misconception or maybe I'll learn more with the sequel. One last thing: despite the analogy I made in the beginning to Touched By An Angel, there are no lectures here and no overarching 'accept God into your heart' message. I appreciated that because as I said, I'm not religious even though I love angel stories. If there was any message I'd take from this book, it's simply that angels are cool (and possibly addicted to honey). Poetry Sunday Well, yes, technically it's Monday, but if my little guy hadn't been hogging the computer last night to play Mario Brothers, this would have come on a Sunday. I kind of love this poem for the historical perspective it gives. It was written in 1972, but some of the thoughts and sentiments are still true today which is just pathetically sad. I'm Not a Man by Harold Norse I'm not a man, I can't earn a living, buy new things for my family. I have acne and a small peter. I'm not a man. I don't like football, boxing and cars. I like to express my feeling. I even like to put an arm around my friend's shoulder. I'm not a man. I won't play the role assigned to me- the role created by Madison Avenue, Playboy, Hollywood and Oliver Cromwell, Television does not dictate my behavior. I'm not a man. Once when I shot a squirrel I swore that I would never kill again. I gave up meat. The sight of blood makes me sick. I like flowers. I'm not a man. I went to prison resisting the draft. I do not fight when real men beat me up and call me queer. I dislike violence. I'm not a man. I have never raped a woman. I don't hate blacks. I do not get emotional when the flag is waved. I do not think I should love America or leave it. I think I should laugh at it. I'm not a man. I have never had the clap. I'm not a man. Playboy is not my favorite magazine. I'm not a man. I cry when I'm unhappy. I'm not a man. I do not feel superior to women I'm not a man. I don't wear a jockstrap. I'm not a man. I write poetry. I'm not a man. I meditate on peace and love. I'm not a man. I don't want to destroy you San Francisco, 1972 Poetry Sunday?? Not sure if I'll be able to keep up with meme, but I've been reading The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry as research for a WIP and thought it'd be fun to share some. So, here's a little Walt Witman to get us started: Shut Not Your Doors Shut not your doors to me proud libraries, For that which was lacking on all your well-fill'd shelves, yet needed most, I bring, Forth from the war emerging, a book I have made, The words of my book nothing, the drift of it every thing, A book separate, not link'd with the rest nor felt by the intellect, But you ye untold latencies will thrill to every page. Books of August Hey all, August was a slow month for me reading-wise. I was on vacation for a while and trying to do some revisions, which I am still working on. Only 5 books! Well, that is actually not a bad number because I really ought to be writing more than reading in any case. Let me know if you loved any of these! 60. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein** This was a slow starter for me, but boy did I end up loving it. I thought the characters were just so strong and true to life. I loved the idea of these women flying into the danger of war and seeing all that they'd do for each other. Their friendship was exactly the kind that I like to read about and strive to write. 61. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo* A decent fantasy read, but I felt that the character cliche of "beautiful but doesn't know it" could have been abandoned. I was totally rooting for the wrong LI, mainly because we have to rely mainly on the MC's memories of what her "crush" love interest was like and I felt she was unreliable. In short, I wanted the MC to fall for the bad guy! All in all, it was good but not good enough to earn my top rating. 62. Life is But a Dream by Brian James* A contemporary novel that tackles schizophrenia mixed with a legitimate love story. I thought the overall premise was fantastic and I really loved the romance in it. At the same time, it didn't hit that weak spot that made me weep, and I'm not sure why. Maybe because I knew how it was going to end? Also some of the prose in this was just gorgeous. Definitely worth checking out. 63. A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass* This was a lower YA read that I thoroughly enjoyed. It's about a girl who feels she's different all her life because she associates colors with everything - letters, words, people. She eventually confides in her parents and finds out that she has synesthesia, or a crossing of the senses. After she meets others like her a whole new world opens up while at the same time she starts to ignore her old world. There was also a very touching theme of pet loss in this book. Overall, it didn't hit me emotionally enough to earn five stars, but I enjoyed it enough to recommend particularly to a younger YA audience (10-13 yrs old). 64. Taken by Kelli Maine* Gasp! I foraged not just into adult territory, but erotic adult territory! This is the first erotic novel that I have read in years, probably since before the kids were born. I thoroughly enjoyed the writing and the characters were HOT!!! Definitely worth the money, and if you're thinking of checking out 50 shades of Gray, do yourself a favor and buy this first. Also, I should disclose that this was written by a good writer friend, and I am so so happy for her success. Another friend did the cover - can I just say WOW! Check it out. Books of July Wow, what a short list. It wouldn't be so bad if I could actually remember what else I've been doing this past month. Sadly, I'm not done with revisions and I don't see any big projects around the house that got done. So I ask: What happened to July??? My reads this month: 53. No and Me by Delphine de Vigan** Ah, this one was so good. It's about a gifted teenager who befriends a homeless girl and the friendship that develops between them. It's sad and inspiring and realistic all in one. The prose is also simply wonderful. 54. Grounding Quinn by Stephanie Campbell Review on TYAC here In short, a well written story about making mistakes and finding forgiveness. However I didn't connect with the character. 55. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand* The sequel to Unearthly felt very much like the first book to me. Beautiful prose and in-depth character development, but I wish that the plot had moved along a bit faster. It didn't feel like there was any urgency to what was going on and a real conflict didn't seem to develop until about midway through. I thought the twist near the end was a bit hokey myself. I read one review that said the MC's voice is refreshing because it has just the right amount of snark without becoming overwhelming. I do agree with this. 56. The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan* Finally finished the last book! Lots more gore in this one and visual scenes, like the swarm of the unconsecrated in the city - reminded me of watching a swarm of ants. Carrie Ryan definitely knows how to build tension... and give you goosebumps. I do wish that the villains had been a bit more realistic and 3D, but then again, this is horror. I suppose I shouldn't expect too much. 57. The Tiger Waiting by Kate DiCamillo* MG A quick read that surprisingly brought a tear to my eye by the end. I love DiCamillo's simple plots and wish I could write with as much simplistic elegance. 58. Blood Red Road by Moira Young* I'm torn about what to say with this one. I liked the beginning sooo much. Saba was a gritty character who really hooked me at first. I was expecting a dark and exciting journey with her. Then somewhere around the middle of the book things changed. It was still exciting, though not so dark and it seemed like Saba's character should have grown. Instead, we got more of the same condescending tone toward her sister and then some very ridiculous "I really like him but I don't want him to know that because I don't need anyone" back and forth play that was about100 pages too long. It didn't work for me. While the setting was wonderful, I thought the world building itself needed some work because it didn't make too much sense. Also again, the villains in this one were very black and white. Overall, I wanted to like it much more than I did. 59. The Maze Runner by James Dashner** this fits under the "I wish I had read this sooner" category. I LOVED the premise of this story, and the characters were so well developed. Some who you think are incredibly brave turn out to be wimps and those who are wimpy turn out to be brave. The 'brotherly' relationship that develops between Thomas and Chuck was especially memorable, and I'm looking forward to reading the sequel to find out what happens next. And we have a winner! Hey guys! Sorry I'm a day late revealing the winner. Things got in the way - B-day parties, getting ready for a short trip, you know, life. Anywho, thanks all for entering. And the winner is..... Nicola!!! Winner will be contacted shortly. Raw Blue Giveaway!!! Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly café. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing … and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago at schoolies week. And then Carly meets Ryan, a local at the break, fresh out of jail. When Ryan learns the truth, Carly has to decide. Will she let the past bury her? Or can she let go of her anger and shame, and find the courage to be happy? Pre-script: Stay with me folks, this is sort of a review, but I promise there WILL be a contest at the end! I have a really hard time talking about books that I love. I know that sounds strange because it's the books I love that I really want to promote. Yet, there always seems to be this paradox. I can pinpoint exactly what is wrong with a book when I don't like it, but when I do like it, I always end up just saying things like AMAZING!! READ IT!!! and giving the actual reason of WHY I love it is very hard. I feel like I'm imprecise with my words and can't do the book justice. This is why I've put off reviewing Raw Blue for so long. I've had a hard time finding the right words to describe it. I've loaned this book to numerous people, mentioned it in a dozen places and voted for it on many "best of" lists. But actually writing the review has been impossible. So many others have done it better. I was first introduced to this book by my good friend, Nomes over at Inkcrush. Her review here captured much of what I wanted to say: It has this languid, quietly intense pace which you sit back in the pocket, holding your breath. I was only a fifth in when I was startled to discover that Carly had gotten under my skin in a way that a literary character hasn't for a very long time. I was crazily invested in her and felt all ripped up and torn inside-out as the novel progressed. I so wanted her to be okay. My other good friend, Dana also managed to organize her thoughts in such a way that left me wondering how I could say it any better: The characters are as vividly drawn as the setting. Carly, the MC, is closed and defensive, which could have been a stumbling block for readers to get to know her. But Eagar manages to do a wonderful job of showing us who Carly is slowly and deftly, from her work in the kitchen where she goes the extra mile despite it being a dead-end job, to her dispassionate noticing of her colleague who is starving herself…we get a picture of Carly loud and clear. If only I could muster up the adjectives and adverbs like they did. The thing is that I could go on and on about the wonderful prose in this book, the atmosphere, the vivid descriptions of the ocean. The surfing. sigh The surfing. Never surfed in my life, but this book makes me want to. Okay, I would drown, but do you see the love here? Yes, all of these things about Raw Blue contribute to what makes it so special, but none of these things is what made me love this book so hard. Rather, it was the character. Carly's character and how I connected to her. To be clear, I have never been in Carly's situation. I have never been that lonely, and I have never had my sense of trust knocked down so violently that I couldn't find it again. But I still felt a real connection to Carly. She just wanted to be normal. Not in the sense that she wanted to be like everyone else, but in the sense that she wanted to just walk up to a person and say hi or flirt with a guy like every other normal girl does. She wanted to not be afraid. As an extreme introvert, I can relate to that. My own experiences are not in the same league as Carly's. I feel foolish even comparing them, but I think maybe because of my personality I was able to easily put myself in her shoes, afraid to trust, afraid of getting hurt. Watching Carly tackle her fears was something I found inspiration from. The praise for Raw Blue has been tremendous. It won the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult fiction and was short listed for the 2010 Gold Inky Award. If these awards don't sound familiar to you, well, that's because they're Australian, mate! Yes, Raw Blue was published several years ago in Australia and has only now become available in the UK. Sadly (sniff sniff), it's still not available in the US. However, since there's a wonderful little online store called The Book Depository, I have decided to give away a copy of Raw Blue!!! It even has a new cover design (though honestly I will always see Carly as a brunette). To enter the contest just leave a comment with your name and email address so I can get a hold of you. If you've entered my contests before, you'll know that I hate making people jump through hoops, therefore, only one entry per person. BUT if you give me a tweet, I promise to love you forever. Contest is good to wherever The Book Depository ships and will end on July 30th (US). Books of June Got a little over excited with some revisions early on in the month and I didn't get quite as much reading done as I had hoped. But here are my books of June. Anyone read some of these? What were your thoughts? 45. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler I really liked the use of second person in this one. The MC seemed more than a bit naive, but I still liked her enough to feel really bad by the end of it. Kind of wanted to strangle Ed though. Also I'm not sure about the form of the book. It was all in glossy print, which felt way overdone to me and the art kind of reminded me of Andy Warhol, which unfortunately I'm not a fan of. So, take that as you may... 46. The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour For those who want a comparison, no, this book wasn't as good as Hold Still, but I did enjoy it. I really liked that youthful feeling it had, and the MC, I just wanted to snuggle up to him and say, hey you deserve better than this! Nina LaCour is definitely still one of my favorite YA contemp authors, for sure. 47. Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin** Dark and haunting is the best way to describe Masque, Bethany Griffin's retelling of Poe's short story. Some of the images really made me shiver and the world building rocked. There were times when my stomach was clenching, kind of the same feeling I got watching the movie Outbreak. BG really knows how to build tension and then raise it another notch just for fun. Also I was surprised by how much I loved both love interests and couldn't really decide which to root for. Can't wait for the sequel. 48. Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer* A bit disappointing. I had read the first chapter a while back and was kind of, shall we say, not impressed by Cala's actions? But I wanted to finish the series off, and so I put my revulsion for her cheating heart aside and read the final book. I enjoyed the set-up and how they had to go on these sort of "quests" in these dangerous places. That felt a bit Harry Potter-ish, but with a definite more YA vibe, but I didn't really enjoy that she felt she had to give EVERYONE a love interest. I expected what was going to happen at the end, so wasn't really surprised, but it still felt like a cop-out to me. Like I said, overall a bit disappointing, but I'm glad that I finished off the series. 49. The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith The beginning - whoa. The middle - eh? The ending - WTF??? I can't really recommend this one unless you happen to be a big fan of alternate worlds in the vein of Stephen King's The Gunslinger/Dark Tower series.I read those about a decade ago and honestly didn't get past the third one. So if you like those and you like endings that don't really leave you with a sense of closure then you might like it. 50.The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg* Cute, but predictable. Instead of a survivor going through the stages of grief, here we have the dead girl going through the stages of grief. Parts of it felt predictable, but the ending really kind of threw me for a loop. Also a bit too much with the eighties references. Really, I love the eighties, I grew up in the eighties, but it just didn't feel right when there were these references being thrown at me every other page. There was definitely some author intrusion there. 51. Insurgent by Veronica Roth LOVE the sequel to Divergent. Halfway through I was predicting what the ending was going to reveal, and once that was confirmed, the first book actually made a lot more sense to me. I liked the way VR portrayed Tris going through her grief and how that affected the way she handled things. And of course I loved Four even more than I did before. Eagerly awaiting the third book. 52. Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi I think part of my feelings about this one stem from the fact that I plotted something similar out a couple months ago, and so a lot of what was happening really clicked for me. I loved the contrast between the two worlds, and I really loved the descriptions of the sky and how the title fit in. Character-wise, I think Aria's transition was a little too fast and a little too... predictable? As in VR couldn't resist but give her MC some kick-ass special powers too. As for Perry, the earlier descriptions of him left me wanting, but then later he grew on me, and IDK, his dreads were forgotten after awhile or something. In the end I really liked him (despite the ew-factor when he describes how Aria suddenly smells better to him when she menstruates). Planning to read the sequel. Also, but did you notice that it's now July and I'm at 50+ books for the year?? I think I might just blow past my reading goal of 75 books. Might as well bump it up to 100. :) Hello all you book addicts! We have a winner to announce. digs in hat pulls up piece of paper with name scribbled on it squees with glee I promise I would do that no matter what the name is because contests are just so much fun! I'm a wannabe bingo announcer. :) And the winner is: Rachael Allen Our winner will has been contacted, but I would really REALLY encourage everyone to read this book. And... I think it's on Netgalley right now, which means that you REALLY should sign up and get it. I'll have some more fun stuff to announce tomorrow. Have a good remainder of your weekend! CONTEST!!! I wrote up a review of the awesome book, Rape Girl by Alina Klein, a few weeks ago promising a contest when it came out. Well, I got a little surprise yesterday when I realized that it is out already!! (Actually I happen to know the author was a bit surprised too! But such is the world of publishing.) Anyway, contest... so let's see, rules.... A. You have to be a reader. B. You have to promise to lend this book to a friend because this is the type of book that NEEDS to get passed around. C. If you write up a review after you're done, I may just throw you in for a few bonus entries on my next contest (not sure when that will be, but I've been thinking of doing one for Masque of the Red Death sometime soon). As for official rules, I'd just like you to comment below with your name, email address, and if you happen to think of a great "issue" book that you think I should read, I'd love to hear that too. I'd love for you to tweet the contest and help spread the word around, but I also hate jumping through hoops when I enter contests, so I'm not going to MAKE you do that, only do so if you're A SUPER SWEET PERSON and you LOVE my blog and you want to get the word out about this FABULOUS book because you're just THAT kind of person. But sadly it won't get you any bonus entries. Ready, set, enter!!!! Contest is international and will end on June 24th. Oh, and when you're done go to Goodreads and enter their contest too! Books of May! Short list this month, but hey, I finished writing my book!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's in the hands of my beta readers now, which means that I have a month to catch up on that huge, falling over stack of books next to my desk (er, dining room table). Next month I get to read: Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin Insurgent by Veronica Roth City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare No and Me by Delphine de Vigan and probably 5 or so others depending on how nice my library is at getting things to me. But for now, lets go over what I read this month. Hope that you find something here you like. 38. Enclave by Ann Aguirre Please don't waste your time on this book. While the premise was quite original to begin with there were just so many places where one had to suspend their disbelief (as in an entire society could consist off meat and mushrooms ALONE for generations) that it really made me scratch my head. But beyond that there were some serious issues here. I'm not sure what would make the author think that turning a rapist into a LI would work for a YA book, but she does. Yes, that was a spoiler, but if it deters you from picking this up, I don't mind and I don't think you will either. 39. Withering Tights by Louise Rennison* Very funny! Just like Georgia Nicholson, only slightly different. The only thing that really bothered me with this book is that it didn't seem to have a plot until about 3/4 of the way through. But the voice and comedy keep you gluedtothepageslikethis. 40. All I Ever Wanted by Vikki Wakefield AUSSIE AWESOMENESS ALERT!!! I was snagged by the end of the first chapter, heck by the first page. The thing that really strikes me about this book was how the author took a minor character that I thought was going to be the source of all evil and made me LOVE her like a favorite aunt. I want to learn how to do that. Will definitely read again and take notes. Also, lovely prose. 41. Night Beach by Kirsty Eagar SECOND AUSSIE AWESOMENESS ALERT!!! Another great surf story by Kirsty Eagar. This one is a gothic tale about a young artist and the boy she covets, sometimes not so sanely, and how all that goes horribly (even demonically) wrong. I love Eagar's prose so much. If you get a chance to pick this one up, definitely do. 42. Also Known as Rowan Pohi by Ralph Fletcher* A short story (well, not short-short, it was 200 pages) that had great voice and character development. It was a bit predictable as this sort of plot is, and I got hung up wondering the whole time about the MC's mother and why he was laying all the blame on the dad, but in the end that got cleared up, and I was glad it did. It's satisfying enough to warrant a recommendation. 43. My Heart Be Damned by Chanelle Gray* ARC Buffy fans get out your stakes - er, blessed knives - there's a new sort of paranormal creature on the loose! I really enjoyed the snappy dialogue with this one and the close friendship between Amerie and her friends. There was maybe just a bit "too" much Buffy-ness to it, but for those looking for a kickass heroine, this will definitely suffice. 44. The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani** Middle grade read - was not aware of this when I picked it up, but I'm glad that I did. A very cute, yet serious book about a young girl trying to fit in and determine where she fits in. There's a strong message here to just be yourself and to love who that person is. Highly recommended for ages 8-12. Review - RAPE GIRL by Alina B. Klein The 1 in 4 number frightens me. It's not just thinking about what kind of society we live in that produces that number, it's all the victims it doesn't include, the ones that go unreported. How can we help them? How can we support them? How can we help them transition into thinking of themselves as survivors rather than victims? It's not enough to tell them we understand because chances are we don't. Still, it is important that they know someone does. Young Adult author and rape survivor Alina B. Klein has attempted to do so with her debut novel, Rape Girl. Valerie always wanted to be the smart girl. The pretty girl. The popular girl. But not the rape girl. That’s who she is now. Rape Girl. Because everyone seems to think they know the truth about what happened with Adam that day, and they don’t think Valerie’s telling it. Before, she had a best friend, a crush, and a close-knit family. After, she has a court case, a support group, and a house full of strangers. The real truth is, nothing will ever be the same. Rape Girl is the compelling story of a survivor who does the right thing and suffers for it. It is also the story of a young woman’s struggle to find the strength to fight back. I've recently had the honor of reading an ARC of Rape Girl (release date Aug 15 2012). Rape Girl inflamed my anger, touched my heart, and gave me hope. Our main character, Valerie, is like so many girls we know - eager to please, willing to break a few house rules to gain popularity, and dying to get some attention from her crush. We see in her the girl who could be inside any of us. Except then she shows us a bit more. It's bad enough that she has to go through the process of pressing charges and all that entails, but when that is said and done, Valerie has to go through more. The people around her, who should be supportive, don't believe her. It is truly devastating, and to think that this happens daily (and we know it does) is just awful. Yet Valerie shows us how someone ordinary can become extraordinary. I wanted to reach through the pages and hug her, tell her that she was a wonderful human being who didn't deserve to have this happen to her, yet I knew that she was going to be okay when all was said and done. I wanted to tell her I was proud and happy that she had found strength in herself. She was beautiful and brave. In addition to the wonderful main character, Alina B. Klein does a superlative job of bringing all the secondary players into sharp, and realistic, focus. From the flaky best friend to the un-supportive school administrators. To the loving, and unsure-of-herself mother to the rapist's crazy, and somewhat scary friends. Everyone had their role to play and even though the book is written in first person, we were able to see how they all handled it, sometimes for good, sometimes not. I think the secondary character I loved the most was Sandrina. She seems to come out of nowhere, a girl who Valerie thought was basically her enemy, only she proves to be one of the few friends that Valerie can count on. I loved her charisma and how her slips of Spanish melded into the story so smoothly and made me want to run out and find a best friend just like her. I also appreciated the character of Wesley and what he brought to the table. With the subject of rape, it's easy to assume that the victims become regressed, fearful and shy away from boys. But that's not necessarily the case, and Wesley's role in the story and how Valerie deals with her feelings toward him illustrated that point beautifully. Spoiler!! (highlight if you want to read): The ending tore me apart, even though there was a lot of hope there, and Valerie proves herself to be brave - yet again - I really just felt like I wanted to punch the rapist in the balls. And then scratch his eyes out. And then punch him in the balls again. Hehehe... Obviously I would have been more satisfied if Valerie had gotten her day in court, but I kind of liked that Klein decided not to do that. It was more realistic with respect to what often happens in these cases, and even though it pissed me off, I can see the value in showing that Valerie was going to be okay even though she didn't get the justice she deserved. The writing. I can't leave a review without touching on the writing. I thought the prose here was simply marvelous. It had a natural flow and incorporated many unique details that made the scenes come alive. It was witty and to the point. The book itself is rather short, but it says all it needs to say and then some. This book deserves five stars, hands down. Keep your ears open because I'll be doing a Rape Girl giveaway when it comes out on August 15th! Also, be sure to visit Alina's blog. It's very cool! Books of April Okay, first off just some things to take care of: 1. IT'S MAY! IT'S MAY! THE LUSTY MONTH OF MAY! (Camelot lovers will recognize that song, if not, then go watch the movie! Er, the 70's/80's version that is). 2. I hate the new blogger dashboard. Why do they always have to change things just as I'm getting used to it? Also, I'm beginning to think I don't like this new layout. Any thoughts? 3. My monthly book summaries seem to be the only blog posts I'm capable of committing to, and I apologize profusely for that! But hey, one commitment is better than none. 4. Rum Runners is now on it's second round of revisions. The plan is to fix all my little (electronic) sticky notes and then send it off to beta readers by June 1st. 5. My good friend Alina did a very important post today about The Not At Fault Project for rape survivors. Go visit her blog and check it out! 5. Random science note: phosphatase assays SUCK!! BIG TIME!! So, now that that's taken care of, here's the list of books I read in May April (thank you, editor Mel) while I was working so hard (coughprocrastinatingcough) on revisions. 29. Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma* My first thoughts when I opened this book - why is a story about incest so freaking long??? Must be a lot of good smut in there! Well, there were a lot of hot and heavy scenes, more intense than I've probably ever read in a YA book. I think it was maybe a little over the top for the genre, though it didn't bother me. I didn't like the characters much in this book, but that didn't detract me from enjoying it. I expected the ending and had an interesting conversation with a friend about how it had to end that way based on the character's personalities. I recommend it to those who wouldn't be offended by the subject. 30. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood* Slow beginning, but once I got into it I really enjoyed it. The author did a great job of playing with the reader's emotions by presenting an unjust world where women's rights are restricted and dictated by men. And there was magic. And romance. Triple win! 31. The Ask and The Answer by Patrick Ness* Second book of the Chaos Walking series. I felt that it was much slower than the first book and didn't like it quite as much. The ending draaaaagged. Patrick Ness does do an awesome job of creating complex characters though. I keep putting off reading the third book. I almost feel like I need to "gear up" for it in some sense. Maybe over a long holiday like Memorial day? We'll see. 32. Sweethearts by Sara Zarr My second Sara Zarr book, and I absolutely loved it. This is also one of those books where after I read it I went to Goodreads and got all disappointed that it didn't have higher marks. I felt like I could really relate to the MC, and unlike most reviewers on GR didn't care much that the romance angle wasn't what it promised to be. A good story of friendship and highly recommended. 33. Everneath by Brodi Ashton I had heard a lot of friends say that they LOVED this book, so I went into it expecting something spectacular. Sadly, it didn't live up to those expectations. I thought the characters were dull and underdeveloped, the love angle was kind of same-old, same-old that you always get with these paranormal romances, and there were a lot of inconsistencies that just didn't make much sense to me. To each his own, I suppose. 34. Rape Girl by Alina B. Klein Aw, me lovely ARC from me lovely friend, Alina. You're in for a treat guys! I plan to do a review of this closer to it's pub date, but I'll just say this: PUT IT ON YOUR TO-READ LIST!!! 35. Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala And yes, I have yet another favorite YA contemp writer! I loved most everything about this book, the subject matter, the characters (especially the bitchy mom and the bitchier, man-grabbing best friend), and of course the writing itself. It was dark, yet very true to life and just utterly amazing. Highly recommended. 36. Ashfall by Mike Mullin Disappointing. I enjoyed the unique angle on how the apocalypse happens in this book, but once that had run it's course, it was much the same as any of these types of books. There were the mean characters who were hell bent on hoarding and taking as much as they could get, and then there were the nice neighborly characters who helped everyone out. There was a small token of the "this is the end so let's all just jump off a building" sort of stuff, and of course by the end, the MC had grown up and changed because of everything he had seen. The only part I found refreshingly unique was the female LI. Her character was great. I might read the second book to see what happens with her, but otherwise, not too impressed. 37. Story of a Girl by Sara ZarrAnother amazing read. I am literally a Sara Zarr fangirl now. I want to write like her. I want to know teens like she does. I want to come up with these amazingly simple premises and then turn them into gold like she does. She literally has the midas touch with YA contemp, and I wish it would rub off on me!! Cuz, you know, we could all use a little gold! hehe... :) Tuesday Teaser I have another teaser today!! A little background: Erik has been arrested for possession of alcohol and his father decided some time in the slammer would be good for him. Just as a warning, there's a bit of swearing in this one. “Cookies have crumbs.” I break off a bit of cookie – the last one. “Rats like crumbs.” I dip the cookie into a box of rat poison that Wiggins has kindly left me. “This is why Erik has become The Pied Piper, calling for rats instead of enjoying the cookies himself.” I throw the bit of cookie towards the urinal where I last saw the rat disappear into a hole in the wall. I sigh and lean back. “Fucker could have at least left me some tape to cover the damn hole.” Slim snores on the cot opposite mine. He was nearly passed out when he staggered in a couple hours ago so I haven’t had the chance to ask him anything. Not sure if I want to either. Right now, I can’t imagine Slim having anything good to say that would change my opinion about the son of a bitch who I call my father. I hear the rat before he emerges - hard little taps of his nails against the concrete. There’s a slippery little squeal of glee when he spies the poison-laced cookie. I keep still when I see his flashlight eyes flicker back and forth. He scampers forward, and I scoot my butt up to the edge of the cot, so that I can see him take the cookie. He doesn’t. My chest aches as I contemplate what I’m going to have to do. The rat is getting closer to Slim, could eat his fucking ear off and the old man would never wake up unless I intervene. I’m tired, and if I don’t kill this rat now I’ll be falling asleep on top of my math test tomorrow. I inch forward slowly as the rat explores his meatier prey. He stands on his hind legs, sniffing the air. I get ready. He scampers away, but I leap in front of him. He dodges to the left, and I slam my knee against Slim’s cot trying to follow. The drunk grumbles and rolls over, still asleep, but the rat is cornered now. The only way to get back to his hole is to go past me. He thinks he’s faster, so he comes forward. My boot is ready. There’s a crunch as I smash his head. This is followed by the ear-splitting squeal of a dying animal. Slim snores again. I grind my heel against the rat’s neck, feeling my belly roll at the bony-squishiness. I kick the twitching carcass to the corner next to his skeletal friend, and then lean against the wall, waiting for my heart to slow, my breathing to ease. I stare through the bars and out the window. My throat burns from unshed tears. I told Matt that you decide before you do something whether you’re prepared to face the consequences. And I was, but it doesn’t change the fact that I wouldn’t be in here if my father weren’t such an asshole. He left me in here, with fucking rats. And he hasn’t even had the decency to call or stop in to check on me. I slide to the floor and draw my knees up. I rest my head in my arms and rock from side to side, thinking I can contain it. But I can’t. I’m weak. He hates me. My father hates me.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line30
__label__wiki	0.506162	0.506162	Adeyinka Makinde \| Writer The Mayweather and McGregor Circus So the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is on. The forty-year-old Mayweather is arguably the greatest fighter of his generation and is certainly one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time while twenty eight-year-old McGregor, a professional mixed martial arts fighter is the reigning lightweight champion of the UFC. Both men are considered braggarts and have consistently proved themselves to be the biggest draws in their respective sports. Before retiring in 2015, Mayweather achieved the stunning feat of having earned $700 million dollars in his career, while McGregor is the biggest money generator in the UFC franchise. With 49 wins and no losses, many remained sceptical that Mayweather would permanently retire without leaving the sport with a record of fifty wins and no losses; the idea being to surpass the 49-0 career record of the heavyweight Rocky Marciano. Often accused of carefully choosing his opponents on the basis of obtaining maximum financial gain at the least risk, many in the boxing fraternity see his choice of McGregor as continuing this strategy. The Mayweather-McGregor match bears something of a resemblance to two other prominent contests in boxing history. The first is the world heavyweight championship bout held in 1957 between the reigning titleholder Floyd Patterson and a fighter who like McGregor was making his professional debut. The difference is that unlike McGregor who had a very limited career as an amateur boxer, Peter Rademacher was an experienced amateur boxer who had won gold for the United States at the Melbourne Olympics. Although Rademacher succeeded in knocking Patterson down in the second round of the scheduled 15-round bout, the champion recovered to score seven knockdowns en route to a sixth round knockout victory. The bout is being held under Marquis of Queensberry Rules and is not a hybrid one. Mayweather would of course not be in a position to compete with a high level mixed martial artist able to employ kicking and grappling techniques as part of his trade in the UFC’s ‘Octagon’ cage. Also out of the equation when setting up this confrontation was a special rules contest which would enable McGregor to make use of carefully prescribed martial arts techniques. This was the situation in the contest between heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and the Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki held in Tokyo in June of 1976. Inoki, who was proscribed from grappling or launching jump kicks, lay on his back for much of the 15-round event while aiming kicks at Ali. He connected a few times to Ali’s legs which were enough to cause Ali wounds and two blood clots. One has to presume that Mayweather has a penalty clause written into the fight contract that would severely penalise McGregor for utilising any of his mixed martial arts skills to either intimidate Mayweather in the clinches or to enable himself a face-saving disqualification if he is being made to look totally inept by Mayweather’s technique or indeed if he finds himself on the verge of being knocked out. It is the considered opinion of most in the boxing world that despite his advantages in terms of youth and size, McGregor has less than the proverbial snowball’s chance in hell against Mayweather under boxing rules. While McGregor has demonstrated tremendous striking skills in his UFC career, few give him what in boxing parlance is referred to as a ‘punchers chance’. The fight will have a tremendous buildup with both men drumming up interest through touring media conferences and soundbites which will be replete with braggadocious sentiment and ‘trash talking’. 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__label__wiki	0.735497	0.735497	ASHS Students Protest Marcos Burial Robbi Falcon (12E) of Hi-Lites; Photos by Jowie Lizardo of Zoom Photography On November 8, 2016, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) allowed the burial of former president Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery). Voting 9-5, Supreme Court spokesperson Ted Te said the SC dismissed all the petitions challenging the proposed burial of the former strongman Marcos at the Heroes’ Cemetery. In response to this, the Ateneo Senior High School Community expressed its disagreement with the decision through events held around the campus. The Council of Student Organizations (CSO), through Ehvan delos Santos, its Vice-Chairman, organized several forms of protest through the different student organizations. For one, Performing Arts organization Teatro Baguntao arranged a small tableau to relay their disapproval of the SC’s decision. Other orgs were asked to participate in a protest around the Senior High School Campus and were encouraged to wear a black top to show their unified stance on the matter. The rally started with delos Santos giving a few opening remarks to explain the reason for the rally. In his speech, he hoped to invoke the call to be “mulat, malay at sangkot,” values taught to Ateneans in the subject of Araling Panlipunan. The protest aimed to allow the Ateneans’ voices to be heard and served as an outlet for their frustrations towards the said decision. A number of ASHS students were present as the rally marched through the campus. Powerful chanting of the phrase, “Never Again!” echoed the hallways of the Senior High School building. Some students also brought placards containing messages such as “EDSA ang saksi, Marcos hindi bayani.” Despite the many students expressing their discontent, it was noticed that some chose not to rally as seriously. Through this mini-protest, delos Santos hopes that this only the start of ASHS students voicing out their opinions on societal issues. “This is just the start and I’m looking forward to see more Ateneans especially from Senior High to act! I would love to see everyone to be part and to actually do something about this,” delos Santos said. Sources: http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/11/08/Marcos-hero-burial-Libingan-ng-mga-Bayani-Supreme-Court.html Interviews: Ehvan delos Santos, Nico Santana (12A), Joergen Camara (12B), Lucas Abaya (12E), Daryll Villa-Abrille (12E) Pictures from Jowie Lizardo of Zoom Photography Follow us on Twitter:@HiLitesAHS	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line35
__label__cc	0.570214	0.429786	for your iPhone for your iPad Follow @AutoRacing1 IndyCar Links Engineers & Strategists 2019 IC Rule Book 2019 Indy Lights Rules 2019 IP2000 Rules 2019 USF2000 Rules 2014 Scanner Freq Race Car Comparison History CART/IRL Split 2019 Point Standings After Toronto Rank Driver Points 1 Josef Newgarden 434 2 Alexander Rossi 430 3 Simon Pagenaud 395 4 Scott Dixon 348 5 Will Power 306 6 Takuma Sato 301 7 Ryan Hunter-Reay 285 8 Graham Rahal 266 9 James Hinchcliffe 244 10 Felix Rosenqvist 239 11 Sebastien Bourdais 232 12 Santino Ferrucci 223 13 Colton Herta 209 14 Spencer Pigot 209 15 Marco Andretti 194 16 Marcus Ericsson 193 17 Zach Veach 171 18 Ed Jones 170 19 Tony Kanaan 169 20 Matheus Leist 156 21 Jack Harvey 133 22 Max Chilton 117 23 Patricio O'Ward 115 24 Ed Carpenter 82 25 Conor Daly 59 26 James Davison 36 27 Helio Castroneves 33 28 Charlie Kimball 32 29 Ben Hanley 31 30 Sage Karam 31 31 Pippa Mann 28 32 Kyle Kaiser 22 33 JR Hildebrand 20 34 Oriol Servia 16 35 Jordan King 12 Rookie of Year Standings 1 Rosenqvist, Felix 239 2 Ferrucci, Santino 223 3 Herta, Colton 209 4 Ericsson, Marcus 193 5 O'Ward, Patricio 115 6 Hanley, Ben 31 7 Kaiser, Kyle 22 8 King, Jordan 12 Manufacturer Standings 1. Honda 901 2. Chevy 842 GP of Indianapolis postscript by Brian Carroccio Pagenaud put in a career-defining drive I’m just going to go ahead and say it: entering this weekend’s INDYCAR Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Simon Pagenaud had not been very good over the past year-plus. That’s not to say the likable Frenchman had been terrible. Pagenaud finished a respectable 6th in the series standings last season, and even when he doesn’t run at the front, Pagenaud is not one to crash out and make silly mistakes. However, with one pole position, four top-five finishes, two podiums and zero wins in his previous 21 races since winning the 2017 series finale at Sonoma, the 2016 series champion was not exactly setting the world on fire; and certainly not earning results one would associate with Team Penske. While Pagenaud openly admitted struggling to come to grips with the new car introduced in 2018, his teammates Will Power and Josef Newgarden seemed to transition just fine. Without a contract beyond 2019 combined with the potential pending free agency of one seemingly-designed-in-lab to be Penske driver Alexander Rossi, who is driving part-time in sports cars for Penske this season, questioning Pagenaud’s status seemed more than fair. Penske, has after all, moved on from drivers not long after great successes before, as he did a few years ago with Juan Pablo Montoya, a mere one season after he won the Indianapolis 500, in making way for Newgarden. And I suppose we still don’t know what Penske plans to do following this season. However, anyone planning Pagenaud’s ouster from Team Penske was given a little something to think about this past Saturday. In what was, in my opinion, as good an IndyCar race as we’ve seen in years, Pagenaud turned in a career-defining drive. Think about this for a moment: with no yellow flag or pit stop, how often on a road course, do we see someone drive from sixth to first in 18 laps? How often do we see five-time series champion Scott Dixon hunted down the way Pagenaud hunted him down in the closing laps? Part of Pagenaud’s epic drive that I think has been thus far overlooked was his patience. Yes, the No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet was clearly dialed in. Still, it wasn’t as if, the Frenchman simply had the fastest car and was able to drive around others like they were standing still. Pagenaud spent five laps behind both Matheus Leist and Jack Harvey to move into third and second-place respectively, waiting for the opportunity to overtake rather than doing something rash and forcing his way by. In short, Pagenaud’s win had everything. Variable conditions, bold passes, and a wonderful balance of patience and aggression; a career-defining win, if there ever was one. Very well done, Mr. Pagenaud. The Indy GP is something of a unique entity for a variety of reasons. For a writer it’s a strange animal in the sense that the moment the checkered flag falls it sort of ceases to be a story, as the focus of the IndyCar world immediately shifts to the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Yesterday, practice for the 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 Presented by Gainbridge began, and storylines are already plenty. Whereas last year it came as something of a shock that popular Canadian James Hinchcliffe did not qualify for the race, this year the world of IndyCar is prepared for the fact three drivers will not make this year’s field. Obviously, it’s early in the week, and more information as to how qualifying might play out will emerge as the week goes on. However, you can be sure there are some people in Gasoline Alley that aren’t exactly resting easy at the moment. So, if you’re interested in some early chat as to who may not earn one of the coveted 33 spots for the Indianapolis 500 you’ve come to the right place. Jordan King – The Brit is a rookie at Indy this year after running the road and street races for Ed Carpenter Racing in 2018. However, his inexperience may not be his only liability. Get this: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (and its previous incarnations) have not had a car qualify in the top-10 since Danica Patrick qualified 10th in 2006. Last year, in the first season of the new car, Takuma Sato and Graham Rahal struggled in qualifying, starting 29th and 30th respectively. We also all remember Michel Jourdain’s ill-fated attempt to make the race a few years back, and King is an Indy-only entry for RLL a la Jourdain. In short, RLL has not had a handle on Indy qualifying in quite a while. King was 28th in non-tow, and 33rd overall, putting the Brit on the early shortlist to not make the race. Alonso's team has to fix the car he crashed Fernando Alonso – Alonso being the driver he is makes me think he will find a way to make the race. But keep in mind, this is far from the situation two years ago, in which Alonso ran at the front much of the race and won rookie of the year. That year, the two-time World Champion ran for the powerful Andretti Autosport, and the cars were equipped with much greater down force. McLaren has aligned with the much-less experienced Carlin outfit and the cars are more of a handful. Yesterday, Alonso posted the 34th-fastest non-tow speed and 32nd fastest overall. (Note: The above was written before Alonso’s Tuesday crash.) Someone driving for Arrow Schmidt Peterson and/or associate - Yes, Oriol Servia posted the third fastest no-tow speed in Car 77. However, the balance of SPM floundered somewhat in the lows 221s with James Hinchcliffe posting only the 30th fastest no-tow speed. Given experience and driver talent, I still like the team’s chances of putting all four cars in. But given what happened last year and yesterday’s less than inspiring speeds, I imagine there are some nervous folks at SPM. Pippa Mann – Mann is a veteran of six Indy 500s, with a best qualifying effort of 22nd in 2014. Although her 18th no-tow speed yesterday is encouraging, no one knows what to expect from Indy-only Clauson-Marshall Racing. Ben Hanley – The part-time rookie ran well in a test at Texas earlier this spring. However, the combination of a new team and rookie driver, certainly make Hanley and DragonSpeed a candidate to not qualify. A little wagering advice Late last week, the state of Indiana joined numerous states in legalizing sports betting. The state hopes to have digital and mobile platforms ready for this year’s NFL season, which means that those attending the Indianapolis 500 in 2020 may be able to legally wager on the race on their phones. And depending on the details of the legislation and/or the development of wagering technology, bettors may have the option of wagering in-race. Meanwhile, if you so happen to live in a state which allows sports betting (or even if you don’t), and are looking for some 500 wagering advice for 2019 think about Ed Carpenter at 18/1. Now, let me be clear that I rate Carpenter’s chances of winning behind Will Power (7/1), Josef Newgarden (7/1), Alexander Rossi (8/1), and Scott Dixon (8/1). In fact, if you gave me those 4 drivers versus the field, I would probably take the above quartet. That said, I put Carpenter right behind those 4, and in my opinion the three-time 500 pole winner currently offers the best value on the board. Remember, Carpenter finished second last year in the current car, and has contended in numerous 500s. Furthermore, I doubt you’ll get 18/1 odds this time next week post-qualifying, as we know Carpenter is a qualifying demon at IMS. So, if you like Ed’s chances of winning his first 500 (I certainly like the 18/1 odds), my advice would be to get your ticket now. Now, some people like to play longer shots. At the risk of sounding like I work for Ed Carpenter Racing, if you’re looking for a shoot-the moon-play consider Carpenter’s teammate Spencer Pigot at 60/1. Like Carpenter, part of the appeal with Pigot is that given the speed he’s shown so far, I don’t think 60/1 is going to be available this time next week. And ECR seems to have the package for Indy figured out at the moment. Brian Carroccio/AutoRacing1.com Feedback can be sent to feedback@autoracing1.com Go to our forums to discuss this article Home \| Contact \| User Agreement and Disclaimer Back to the Top Copyright 1999-2019 \| AutoRacing1 is an independent internet online publication and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by IndyCar, NASCAR, FIA, or any series sponsor. 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__label__cc	0.596175	0.403825	Biophysical and computational characterisation of the disorder-to-order structural transition of the small hydrophilic endoplasmic-reticulum associated protein, SHERP Drew, Elliot Dudley (2018) Biophysical and computational characterisation of the disorder-to-order structural transition of the small hydrophilic endoplasmic-reticulum associated protein, SHERP. Doctoral thesis, Birkbeck, University of London. E_DREW_PHD_THESIS_2018.pdf - Full Version This thesis explores the disorder-to-order structural transition of the small hydrophilic endoplasmic reticulum associated protein (SHERP). SHERP has been shown to be essential to the life cycle of Leishmania major, a parasite responsible for leishmaniasis which kills tens of thousands every year. The protein is almost entirely disordered in solution, but undergoes a dramatic increase in helicity upon binding to anionic lipids or detergents. Although the ordered structure of SHERP had previously been solved by solution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), both the nature of the disordered ensemble of the protein and the organisation of the SHERP/detergent complex were unknown. Using a combination of synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectroscopy (SRCD), small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and molecular dynamics (MD), several projects were carried out exploring the disorder-to-order structural transition of SHERP in the presence of SDS. The effectiveness of sequence-based predictors to estimate the effect of single mutants was explored, with a number of mutants expressed and characterised by SRCD and MD. A mutant, the “permutant”, was designed with the aim of decreasing the disorder of the protein in solution while maintaining amino acid composition, by introduction of multiple potential i → i4 salt bridges created by permutations of the wild-type sequence. Molecular dynamics simulations of the wild-type and “permutant” construct found a dramatic increase in salt bridge formation, and in vitro characterisation of the “permutant” construct showed it had significantly greater helical character than the wild-type in the absence of SDS. The disordered ensemble of SHERP was characterised by replica exchange MD, SRCD and SAXS. Good agreement was found between simulation and experiment, with a predominantly unfolded ensemble deficient in secondary structure described by our results. The changes that occur upon SHERP binding to SDS were also characterised. MD simulation of the SHERP-SDS complex showed that the protein bound among the head-groups of the SDS micelle, and the helical content and helix-turn-helix structure was retained. It also allowed identification of several cationic side-chains which formed stabilising salt bridges with the sulphates of SDS. The complex was then characterised in vitro, by SAXS and CD spectroscopy. The addition of the protein led to a doubling in micelle length, with multiple SHERP molecules found to bind to the anionic head-groups in the shell of the micelle. The residues identified during the MD simulation were substituted with alanine to make a series of mutants with increasing negative charge. Significant decreases in helicity, micelle length and the numbers of protein bound occurred as negative charge increased, possibly caused by decreased affinity of the protein for the micelle causing less protein molecules to bind per micelle, leading to a decreased chance of stabilising protein-protein interactions resulting in partial folding of the protein. These results demonstrate the importance of charge-charge interactions in the disorder-to-order structural transition of SHERP, and provide structural context for future functional work on this protein. School of Science > Biological Sciences	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line42
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__label__cc	0.69322	0.30678	Search Public Records: The Executive Background Check Package What To Seek from a Tenant Applicant Celebrities Having Medical Negligence Issues Tips To Consider For A Healthy Romantic Relationship 5 Important Tips in Online Dating HomeCelebrity Arrests Celebrity Arrests There are celebrities in the past and even at present who have problems with medical negligence from their hired medical practitioners. First, Doctor of Michael Jackson admitted to have violated standard medical procedures. Second, Leslie Ash believed that the operation was botched. There are more celebrities having the same issue including Julie Andrews, Hulk Hogan, Donda West, Tiger Woods and many more. Popular Background Check The Legal Issues Behind These Three Child Stars These three cute looking stars in their childhood have definitely got a good start in their acting career. But along the way, things have changed in them. Their characters and priorities have changed. Lindsay Lohan got into multiple legal charges. The same with Macaulay Culkin who got involved into drugs. And then Amanda Bynes who also got arrested for several violations. Child Background Check Celebrities Who Had Burglary Experience Some celebrities don’t get to escape from burglars these days even how tight the security of their homes. Some of these celebrities include Kirsten Dunst whose house got burglarized while in a shooting. Orlando Bloom’s house also had a break-in in New York. Kate Moss, Willem Dafoe, and P. Diddy have the same experience as well. Crimes do happen regardless of anyone’s social status in the society. Burglary Background Check Celebrity Tax Evasion Cases Tax evaders are also criminals in the eyes of the law. In Hollywood, some celebrities have problems on thier taxes not being paid. Some of them include Teri Polo, Aaron Carter, Faith Evans, Robert Redford, and Chris Tucker. You find out in the infographic below how they became problematic to tax evasion. It is a serious crime which could legal to legal proceedings if one does not settle it right away before the court. Tax Background Check DUI, A Common Violation Among Celebrities Celebrities are frequently reported to have been arrested due to DUI offense because they are always in parties and gatherings where alcohol, liqours or wines are being served. And so, when they drive home they most of the time meet accidents along the road and they are reprimanded by the authorities in the end. Please see more instances and cases of DUI violations from the infographic below. Violations Background Check DUI Confessions of Hollywood Celebrities A number of famous celebrity stars have been arrested due to Driving Under The Influence. Among them are Lindsay Lohan, Keifer Sutherland, Gary Collins, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Klein, Rip Torn, Vince Neil, Gary Dourdan and Nicole Richie. They all had their taste of being jailed and it was not good after all because they had to go through the legal process and all the stress which they deserved to deal with. Stars Background Check Celebrities Who Got Caught for Drunk Driving Even the known and popular artists can make mistakes in their lives to the extent that they got arrested by authorities by doing something unacceptable in the society. These celebrities include Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Shia Labeouf. Christian Slater got also arrested for illegal possession of firearm and then Eminem was charged with assault. Artist Background Check The Then and Now of Famous Hollywood Celebrities The celebrities that you idolized certainly commit mistakes as well because after all they are humans like us. You would be surprised at some of the violation they have been into in the past. Some of these offenses include DUI, addiction, fight and other violations. Please see infographic below for you to find out what offenses your idols did in the past and how they were able to survive today. Recovery Background Check https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e2/93/47/e29347ece4f865bb0e803336d151add5–drug-recovery-quotes-alcoholism-quotes.jpg The Common Violations Committed By Celebrities Some celebrities are not only popular or famous in movies but their names also came out in the media as they committed certain crimes which they had to settle with the government authorities. Some have been arrested for violating the law on DUI, they include Mickey Rourke, Michelle Rodriguez, Kiefer Sutherland and others. They definitely are still humans and are subjected to the laws of the land. They need to abide the law or suffer the legal consequences. Celebrity Background Check Tweets by @Background Check Report Visit Background Check Report's profile on Pinterest. © BackgroundCheck-Report.com All Rights Reserved. 2017.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line50
__label__wiki	0.629351	0.629351	Tag: Harlan Lang REMEMBERING LEONG TAT CHEE December 31, 2017 Soheil Chinniah Comments 37 comments Leong Tat Chee – A Sincere Promoter of The Cause A book in remembrance of Leong Tat Chee has just been released and is being marketed by the Bahá’í Publishing Trust of Malaysia. This story carries some salient aspects taken from this said book. It was through a dramatic challenge that Mr. Leong Tat Chee accepted the Faith in Malacca town and arose, meteor-like, in the service of the Cause in Malaysia. Belonging to the earliest batch of believers in Malaysia, this remarkable man gave rise to generations of his descendants whose lives, till today, revolve around the Bahá’í Faith. From the very beginning, Leong Tat Chee became very devoted to the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh and made Bahá’u’lláh the centre of his life. He was strong and courageous in his new-found religion from the start, and he never looked back. Leong Tat Chee, his wife and family were very Chinese in their ways and were actively involved in the many festivals and traditions of ancestral worship and Buddhism, and in the activities of their local Chinese temples. At one time, Leong Tat Chee was President of the Chan Hoon Teng Temple. Later he became a Trustee and head of the Swastika Society – an organization which combined traditions of Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Taoism and Confucianism. Wedding photo At the time of accepting the Faith It was in 1954 that Leong Tat Chee chanced upon the Bahá’í Faith when he was Health Inspector with the Malacca Municipality. He saw an advertisement in the local papers regarding a fireside meeting in the home of Dr. K.M. Fozdar and his wife Shirin in Malacca town. The Fozdars were pioneers to Singapore. In 1953, the Fozdars moved to Malacca from Singapore when Dr. K.M. Fozdar was offered a job as a medical doctor at a local medical clinic. As Leong Tat Chee had an inquiring mind, he went to the meeting. The Fozdars and the Leongs soon became friends and met several times to discuss about the Faith. At these meetings that went on for months, Leong Tat Chee would often enter into heated arguments with Dr. Fozdar, and yet Leong Tat Chee was still not convinced. One day, the annoyed Dr. K.M. Fozdar declared that talking to Leong Tat Chee was like playing beautiful music to a cow! Dr. K.M. Fozdar then threw Leong Tat Chee a challenge – to read the Bahá’í books for himself. Leong Tat Chee got hold of some Bahá’í books from Dr. K.M. Fozdar and took two weeks leave from his office and locked himself in his room to read them. Upon completion of reading the books, he emerged from his room an enlightened person and accepted the Faith in early 1955. He instantly pursued his services for the Cause with unstinting zest. As soon as Leong Tat Chee accepted the Faith he changed his old habits, first by giving up his ‘mah-jong’ games with his friends. He began applying Bahá’í principles in his life and at the workplace, he engaged in consulting with those working under his supervision. He would also often invite them to his home. He was a chain smoker as well. When he came across the Tablet of Purity by Abdul Baha in which the danger of smoking tobacco is mentioned he quit smoking immediately and altogether. In 1955, Leong Tat Chee was elected on to the first Local Spiritual Assembly of Malacca and became its Chairman. He soon emerged as a fatherly figure to the believers in Malacca town, and to the many Bahá’ís in Malaysia. He then taught his family members, and all of them accepted the Faith in stages. Mrs. Leong became a believer on 25 December 1957. Within two days of Mrs. Leong accepting the Faith. the first Pan-Malayan Summer School for Malaya was held in Malacca. There Mrs. Leong volunteering along with her husband in going the local markets, cooking and serving the friends at this first summer school. The couple continued to volunteer to be the chief cooks at all the early summer schools, though managing the kitchen was not an easy job. They did this service for many years- to be of service to the servants of the Faith. Leong Tat Chee believed fully in practicing the teachings of equality between the sexes. Leong Tat Chee himself nurtured her in the Faith, as he believed a wife has a strong role in a husband’s services. Mrs. Leong becomes a wonderful Bahá’í providing great hospitality and was also a strong supporter of her husband’s teaching activities. She would open her house to believers and non-believers alike since her house was serving the role of a Bahá’í Centre. Whenever she had the opportunity she joined her husband in his teaching trips to estates where the rubber tappers kept cows and other farm animals and where the sanitation was not good, attracting a lot of flies. She often came back with insect bites but never complained. His wife- his strongest supporter The change in Leong Tat Chee and his family was so dramatic that their relatives and their Chinese community began to ridicule them and to a great extent ostracized them as they felt that they had betrayed Chinese family traditions and ancestral beliefs. They thought that Leong Tat Chee had become mad and even called him the ’mad monk’. His own brother and family who lived just a few doors away demonstrated such great hostility to him. They went so far as to say that no one would marry their daughters as they had joined this new religion. But the Leongs remained strong. By 1961 when Leong Tat Chee’s entire family had accepted the Faith they decided it was time to remove all signs of their earlier religious and cultural attachments. The family handed over the ancestral family plaque which traditionally hangs over the main entrance of a home, to his younger brother Leong Tah Quai for safe-keeping. In its place, the Leong family mounted a big, conspicuous sign that read ‘Bahá’í Centre’ in February 1962. This was again seen as a heretical act by members of his community and relatives. Leong Tat Chee believed that the believers had to live the Bahá’í life at a time when the believers of the new Faith were under the watchful eyes of the public. He himself played the leading role in deepening the believers from the early days. He started buying Bahá’í and collecting as much Bahá’í literature as possible. He read them thoroughly to get a good understanding of the content. He also paid careful attention to what visiting Bahá’ís from overseas had to say and absorbed their lessons. He would use this knowledge for his deepening classes, firesides and inspire any of the friends who would drop into to visit. Leong Tat Chee himself tried to live his life to the standards and teachings of the Faith. At a time in the early years, many early believers found it difficult to follow the law of fasting. Yet Leong Tat Chee led the way in strengthening this Bahá’í obligation into the nascent community. During the fasting period, he hosted both breakfast to start the fast. Leong Tat Chee would go out at 5 am to buy large Chinese dumplings and other foods while his wife would wake up earlier at 4 am, to begin cooking. As dawn approached, Leong Tat Chee would drive around town to pick up believers to his house to start the fast together. The routine would be repeated after work where he would drive to the homes of the Bahá’ís and bring them to his house to break the fast together. By the evening he and his wife would have prepared sumptuous meals to break the fast. This went on for many years in Malacca. He also made sure as many as possible would attend the all Bahá’í holy days and 19 Day Feasts. Before every Feast, he would go around in his car to pick up the friends. His wife would prepare a big dinner as an attraction for the Bahá’ís who came for the Feast. Attendance would vary, from a few persons to a larger number. He hosted the Feasts for a long time until gradually more Bahá’ís started opening up their homes for the Feasts as well, a sign of the growing maturity of the Bahá’ís of Malacca. Leong Tat Chee had indeed shouldered the lion’s share of the burdens in the community. From the days of accepting the Faith, Leong Tat Chee was a strong defender of the image of the Faith. His greatest happiness was to hear of the success stories and what hurt him most was the slightest tainting of the image of the Faith. To him, the Faith was everything. Leong Tat Chee dealt with Bahá’is and people generally with profound love and compassion, but he could be a roaring lion when it came to defending the Faith. There was an episode of an Eurasian man who frequently cycled past Leong Tat Chee’s home and observed the Bahá’í Centre signboard that hung outside the house. When Leong Tat Chee came home for lunch, he would often sit on the rattan chair outside his house facing the main road. One day, this Eurasian man, while cycling past the house, shouted ‘ular!’ (snake in the Malay language), making fun of the name of Bahá’u’lláh. The man continued his actions for a few days. One day, when the man cycled past and again yelled the same epithet, Leong Tat Chee rushed forward, grabbed him by the shirt, dragged him to the side of the road and with a baleful stare, reprimanded him, “Brother, you can call me any name you like and I don’t care. But don’t you ever disparage the name of the Manifestation of God for today.” Leong Tat Chee then let his shirt go, and the visibly shaken man was never seen cycling past the house again. Never had the Leong family seen this side in him. The biggest crisis in the Malaysian community took place in Malacca town. In 1959, as the Faith was emerging out of obscurity there was a bitter internal crisis. The Bahá’í community of Malacca started to witness signs of estrangement among some key believers which threatened the advancement of the Faith. Leong Tat Chee devoted his entire energy in restoring the unity in the community, and by 1962, this sad state of affairs turned around and resulted in a community that became more devoted, vibrant and united. The community began revolving around Leong Tat Chee who was seen as a stabilizing pivot in the community. Leong Tat Chee was of the firm belief that in order to be effective in the Cause one has to practice the teachings with a full heart. Three intermarriages in Leong Tat Chee’s family established that he practiced what he preached, and these were the weddings of his daughters Lily and Mary, and son Ho San to non-Chinese. Lily wanted to marry Inbum Chinniah of Ceylon Tamil origin, who was a headmaster. When Inbum approached Leong Tat Chee for consent, Leong Tat Chee said that “Had I not been a Bahá’í, I would not have allowed you to marry my daughter. As a Bahá’í, I happily give consent to this wedding.” This was at the time when inter-racial marriages were seen by many as an abomination. Another of Leong Tat Chee’s daughters, Mary Leong Wai Yoon was also to marry a Ceylon Tamil man, Dr. S. Dharmalingam. Later on, Leong Ho San, the second son of Leong Tat Chee, married Mariette, daughter of Hand of the Cause of God Mr. Collis Featherstone of Australia, in Kuala Lumpur. This was seen as a novelty and a kind of revolution in those days. Unity in Diversity that the Leongs founded in their family. An area of service where he dwarfed many others during his days was teaching the Cause with the greatest passion. He had a list of people of Malacca to be given the message. He went looking for them to give the message and more importantly, he always followed up. He would later take the Faith to every stratum of society and every nook and corner of Malacca town and Malacca state. When Dr. Muhajir came to Malacca in 1957, he made a personal request to Leong Tat Chee to use his car to spread the Faith to all parts of Malaya, which Leong Tat Chee gladly complied. Leong Tat Chee played a key role not only in opening up new areas for the Faith but also in the formation of the earliest Assemblies. The long list of areas that Leong Tat Chee assisted in opening up or consolidated are far too many to be mentioned. Sad to relate, many of those places have given way for urban development, and their names today remain only in history. Believers longed to follow him on teaching trips as they came back more deepened through the discussions on the Faith that took place in the car. Leong Tat Chee would sometimes bring his wife and also some youth. As a reward for the young people who accompanied him, on the way home after a teaching trip, he would give them a treat at a Chinese restaurant or stop his car to buy fruits in season from the roadside stalls. Leong Tat Chee would often pay for the gas for the car and seldom accepted money from those who accompanied him in his car. When others went on teaching trips, he would give at least $20 from his pocket to help cover their petrol expenses. Leong Tat Chee was also a meticulous planner of teaching activities. He would select the team members and inform them to plan for the trip a few weeks in advance and to apply for leave where necessary, all through letters as not many people had telephones in those days. He had names of the friends and contacts in the areas to be visited. He wrote to those friends letting them know the date and time of the visits, making sure a confirmation was received to ensure the visit was not wasted. Records of friends visited were also kept for future follow up meetings. Leong Tat Chee was not only a great teacher himself, but was always looking out to assist other teachers in the field. Whenever believers went on a teaching trip, he would follow up with a string of letters, giving them encouragement, and send them teaching materials. Leong Tat Chee went to teach the Faith in various countries. Yankee Leong, the first enlightened believer of Malaysia and Leong Tat Chee were always interested in spreading the Faith among the Chinese in this as well as other countries. They left for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to answer an urgent call for teaching assistance from these places in 1965. They were the first Bahá’ís of Malaysia to go travel-teaching out of their country. Leong Tat Chee made his second teaching trip to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan in 1968. Leong supported in the translating of Bahá’í books into Chinese for the use in Taiwan and also other Chinese speaking countries in the future. Leong also travelled to New Delhi, India in 1967 to participate in the Inter-Continental Conference, and after this Conference, visited Sri Lanka and travel taught there. He had undertaken teaching trips to South Thailand and Singapore as well. His desire was to go pioneering and get his bones buried, but this was not to happen owing to him falling sick. Leong Tat Chee was privileged to participate in the election of the first Universal House of Justice in Haifa, and the First Bahá’í World Congress in London. He was one of the nine delegates from the Regional Spiritual Assembly of Southeast Asia and the only Malayan and only ethnic Chinese among the delegates to elect the first Universal House of Justice. At this first international convention, he was also appointed a Teller and was amongst the first of five teams to count the ballots. At the First World Congress held in London, Leong Tat Chee was singularly honoured to be selected to represent the world’s seven hundred million Chinese. When Leong Tat Chee was invited to say a few words, he stood up, greeted the Congress and sketched the progress of the Faith in Malaya. He commented that “… most of the believers in Malaya are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-ﬁve, and their enthusiasm and steadfastness pushed older people like myself to go forward and do more for the Cause, and they long for the day when they can participate in spreading the Faith throughout China.” Years later, he would often remark what a wonderful occasion that was, to see such a special gathering of mankind coming together as one world family. Leong Tat Chee is standing to the extreme right at the first Convention of the Regional Spiritual Assembly of South East Asia, Ridván 1957. Seated in the center is Hand of the Cause Mr. Ali Akbar Furutan. Seated at extreme right is Dr. K.M Fozdar, Spiritual Father of Leong Tat Chee. Yankee Leong stands sixth from the left. L-R: Jamshed Fozdar, Dempsey Morgan and Leong Tat Chee in front of the International Bahá’í Archives Building, Haifa, on the occasion of the First International Convention. Leong Tat Chee held several responsibilities during the formative days of the Faith in this country. He started his administrative responsibilities as Chairman of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Malacca town in 1955. He was elected on the Regional Spiritual Assembly of South East Asia in 1958 and served on the body till 1963, elected to the first National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia in 1964, and appointed Auxiliary Board Member in the same year. He was the first believer from West Malaysia to serve as Auxiliary Board Member. He was also a member of various national committees. Leong Tat Chee gives a report at the first national convention of Malaysia, 1964. At the extreme left is Phung Woon Khing. At extreme right is Lily Ng, and to her right is Harlan Lang. Leong Tat Chee was very keen to sacrifice something big as a way of thanking Bahá’u’lláh for having led him into accepting the Faith and he thought of donating his house, his one, and only property, for the Faith. At the National Convention of 1967, Leong Tat Chee stood up and announced that he wanted to donate his home 31, St. Johns Hill Road in Malacca to the National Spiritual Assembly. Before the sound of the applause subsided, Yankee Leong stood up and announced that he too would like to donate his house at 333, Rahang Road, Seremban to the Bahá’í Faith. The spirit of sacrifice that prevailed at this Convention was marvelous. Leong Tat Chee’s house up to this day is still used as the Malacca Bahá’í Centre. In Leong Tat Chee’s honour, the room where he passed away was retained in as original a condition as possible and is used by the Local Spiritual Assembly of Malacca as their meeting room. A gathering in 1971. His house had a constant flow of visitors and housed numerous Bahá’í activities. Throughout his life, Leong Tat Chee made sure no one went against the institutions, by word or deed. Whenever anyone spoke against the institutions, he would lovingly counsel them to the right course. He pointed out to them the avenues and recourse available in the Faith for the believers, such as meeting the institutions or writing to them directly. Anything has spoken outside this forum, he said, would be tantamount to backbiting and slander. He was always armed with the appropriate Bahá’í passages. Leong Tat Chee was a tireless writer of letters. From the early days, he would write inspiring letters and notes to Bahá’ís in various parts of the country. He was especially fond of writing to those in the teaching field. The recipients had reported that these letters came as a balm at a time when their spirit was at the lowest in the teaching field. Many Bahá’ís who had received his letters preserved and treasured them for the love that had gone into writing those letters. Leong Tat Chee had a tremendous capacity for writing letters that would move the hearts of the recipients. Leong Tat Chee would be so excited every time Bahá’í visitors came to Malacca. The visitors, especially pioneers and visiting Bahá’ís, would share their experiences and knowledge with the local Bahá’ís. Any time these visitors came, Leong Tat Chee, himself would organize their meetings with great excitement. He often informed believers around Malacca state to come for these meetings to listen to their talks and to seek clarifications from them. Leong Tat Chee also made it a point to take the visitors in his car to other parts of Malaya. The life of Leong Tat Chee was much moved by his association with visiting Bahá’ís especially the Hands of the Cause of God. Leong Tat Chee himself has been fortunate enough to meet several of the Hands of the Cause of God at various meetings, both abroad and within Malaysia. He saw them as generators of inspiration. He knew the special role and rank they occupied in the Faith and had tremendous love, respect, and admiration for them. He showed his utter humility in their presence and gave full attention to their talks. He himself has been reported to have told the younger generation at gatherings that they should look for every opportunity to meet the living Hands of the Cause of God as they belong to an institution that cannot be reappointed or replaced. He moved closely with Dr. Muhajir who had made several trips to Malacca since 1957. As early as 1966, Leong Tat Chee wrote to Dr. Muhajir asking him to decide the future of his service for the cause, as follows, “I have found a way of investing my Provident Fund, if I retire, that can give me a steady income to finance my domestic teaching trips for years… Please advise me whether I should retire from Municipal service and man the fort in Malaysia… My dear beloved Hand of the Cause, if you feel that I should retire and serve Lord Bahá’u’lláh entirely, please advise me to do so”. Dr. Muhajir saw the enthusiasm in Leong Tat Chee and advised him to go ahead and retire early to be able to give full-time service for the Cause. The early believers of Malacca always said that Leong Tat Chee was a visionary in his thinking. Whenever believers talked about any unpleasant happenings among believers in the community, he would often say, “What you are witnessing now is nothing but dark clouds. The fate of the dark cloud is to move and disappear. What you are seeing now are also like dark clouds which would soon disappear. Bahá’u’lláh has promised a new race of men and a new civilization would be established, and we must believe that whatever has been said by the Prophet would come to pass. We are all in the very beginning stage of building that new civilization. And it is we who have to patiently build that new civilization. We know the future is certainly glorious.” From the very early days of acceptance of the Faith, Leong Tat Chee strove hard to live by the teachings to the best of his ability. Even at his workplace he was highly respected for his dedication, as he employed the teachings of “Work is Worship; service is Prayer.” For the exemplary services, the Governor of Malacca state awarded him with the Pingat Jasa Kebaktian (Meritorious Service Medal) in 1966. Leongs meeting with the Governor of Malacca on the occasion of being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, 1966 Evening of His Life Towards the later part of 1968, Leong Tat Chee was diagnosed with cancer of the throat and had a surgery done in Malacca town. Gradually cancer slowed down a lot of his physical activities. Yet Leong Tat Chee continued tirelessly to discharge his duties as an Auxiliary Board member through his extensive, loving and regular correspondence with pioneers, assemblies, committees, youth and even isolated believers both within and without Malaysia. In 1969, the Universal House of Justice called upon Malaysia to prepare Singapore for the establishment of its own National Spiritual Assembly in the near future. Leong Tat Chee was suffering from cancer, and yet his desire to fulfill the call of the Supreme Body overcame that pain. Mrs. Leong Tat Chee who saw her husband’s great longing to serve, communicated with the Continental Board Office and informed that she would close up her home in Malacca and leave for Singapore so that Leong Tat Chee could serve there. Yankee Leong, Leong Tat Chee and Mrs. Leong Tat Chee established a teaching base at the Bahá’í Centre in Frankel Estate and involved in teaching activities. But the pain of cancer became quite unbearable for Leong Tat Chee which forced him to return to Malacca for treatment. In Ridvan in 1970, five new Assemblies were elected in Singapore, and in Ridvan 1972, the first National Spiritual Assembly of Singapore. When this news reached the ailing Leong Tat Chee, he expressed his tremendous joy over this achievement. Yankee Leong and Leong Tat Chee when teaching in Singapore When Leong Tat Chee was expected to rest upon returning from Singapore trip at the end of 1969, he surprised everyone by appearing at the Seventh National Convention of Malaysia in 1970. Leong Tat Chee was visibly moved by the warm love expressed by the Bahá’ís who had gathered there. Counsellor Dr. Chellie Sundram, paid tribute to Leong Tat Chee in glowing terms. Then Leong Tat Chee paid a tribute to Dr. K.M. Fozdar, the pioneer who had given him the Faith and became his spiritual father. Leong Tat Chee thanked the Malaysian Bahá’ís for their loving prayers said for his own healing. Then he added a word of caution taken from the writings of the Guardian, “If anyone should for a second think or consider his achievements are due to his own capacities, his work is ended and his fall starts. This is the reason why so many competent souls have after wonderful services, suddenly found themselves utterly impotent and perhaps thrown aside by the spirit of the Cause as useless. The criterion is the extent to which we are ready to have the will of God work through us.” With his health deteriorating further, he still attended the 8th National Bahá’í Convention held in 1971. At this convention, Leong Tat Chee encouraged many believers from the Chinese background to take the Faith to the Chinese population in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. Leong Tat Chee expressed his wish was to take the Faith to these countries, should his health permit. His last public appearance was at the Summer School held at the Malacca High School in July 1972. Using some signs, he requested to be brought to the Summer School to be in the company of the Bahá’ís, for the last time. There Leong Tat Chee shook hands with many Bahá’ís and was seen in a cheerful mood. He struggled with great difficulty in trying to converse with some of them, but his words were not clear. After the Summer School, some Bahá’ís went to the house of Leong Tat Chee to bid him good-bye, knowing that they would not see him again. Although he was suffering from severe pain in the last days, he refused to consume morphine. Instead, he resorted to prayers and invoking the name of Bahá’u’lláh. Feeling his death was imminent, Leong Tat Chee told his wife the evening before he passed away to clean him very well as he was going on a long journey and that she should not worry about him. It was 12:10 a.m. on 10 October 1972, that he breathed his last. His wish was to die with Bahá’í prayers on his lips and true enough, he died this way as Mrs. Leong said she could hear him praying just before he fell on the bed. Beside him was a photograph of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and a prayer book in which he had a long list of names of those for whom he had been praying. Leong Tat Chee had a very beautiful Bahá’í funeral. On the afternoon of 12 October, many friends from Malaysia and abroad came to pay their last respects. Those who spoke at the funeral accorded the highest praises for him. The hearse carrying the remains of Leong Tat Chee began its journey with several vehicles and many mourners following the hearse. Police outriders were arranged to control the crowd and traffic going to the burial ground. There were broken hearts all the way to the Bahá’í burial ground in Bukit Baru, Malacca. Leong Tat Chee had a glorious send-off, a funeral fit for a king! The Supreme Body, on being informed of the passing of Leong Tat Chee sent this message: DEEPLY GRIEVED NEWS PASSING SINCERE PROMOTER CAUSE LEONG TAT CHEE HIS DEVOTED LABOURS INCLUDING SERVICES AS MEMBER AUXILIARY BOARD WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED STOP HANDS JOIN HOUSE IN CONVEYING RELATlVES FRIENDS LOVING SYMPATHY ASSURANCE FERVENT PRAYERS SHRINES PROGRESS HIS SOUL. I am one of the grandsons of Leong Tat Chee. He died when I was only very young and my memory of him is very vague. But what I had written are snippets that I had picked from a 336-page book that our renowned Bahá’í historian Mr. Manisegaran Amasi has written on my late grandfather. This book is entitled “Leong Tat Chee – A Sincere Promoter of the Cause”. As I was going through the manuscript to provide a foreword for this book, I came across so much information about my grandfather, some of which, admittedly were hitherto unknown to my family members. It is amazing how Manisegaran could gather so much information and complete this book within three years. The Leong family wishes to thank Manisegaran for his thorough and meticulous research work. The book is now available Reading the book, one would gather many facets of Leong Tat Chee. He had certainly left a rich and everlasting legacy. He was truly generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity. He had given financial assistance to several believers, especially students and unemployed and those in utter poverty-mostly unasked and unnoticed. His words were as mild as milk. Many believers who were down in spirit had sought his company as his very company would elevate their spirit. He radiated so much love that could be felt in his presence. Whenever he saw or heard of believers arising to serve, he was always about the first to praise them in person or through letters. He had a list of friends who needed to be cheered up and would visit them frequently. His advice was always from the Writings. From the early days, he developed the habit of waking up at dawn to say his prayers at least an hour, to draw guidance and divine assistance in his daily activities. He often saw all the tests as gifts from God and was thankful for all the sufferings he went through. However violent his tests were, he was never shaken, he kept his Faith in the helping hand of God, and pressed on with his Bahá’i work. He had lamented silently for the severe tests that he faced but learned to resign to the will of God. He never complained of anyone. He was very fair in judgment, though he himself never judgmental. He was very much embodiment of humility in his own way, never seeking prominence over others. Much more could be said of this star servant of the Cause. Today a national teaching institute that was constructed in Malacca in 1965 has been named after Leong Tat Chee, following his death, in his honor. Manisegaran has gone the extra mile to gather accolades placed on Leong Tat Chee by some early believers who moved closely with him. Yankee Leong, the first enlightened believer of Malaysia admired the wide reading habit of Leong Tat Chee. Yankee Leong observed, “If there is a Bahá’i matter to be clarified, it is Uncle Leong that Bahá’is go to. Uncle gets the books and reads out aloud the relevant passages in the Writings he knows so well. He never says “I think so.” He always says, “Let us look into the Writings.” K.S. Somu a believer since 1955 says, “It is a wonder that Bahá’u’lláh has raised a great soul like Leong Tat Chee who has so much impact on my own spiritual growth. I may forget my own biological parents, but simply cannot forget my spiritual father and mother – Mr. and Mrs. Leong Tat Chee…” Kumara Das, an early believer of Malacca since 1957 says, “He was the first to introduce the healthy habit of home visits to teach and encourage and deepen believers. The spirit of unity was very strong in Malacca. An outstanding person in this scenario who rose to the occasion to consolidate and strengthen the activities of this new-born Faith was none other than Uncle Leong Tat Chee…” Anthony C. Louis, another early believer of Malacca since 1957 says, “Leong Tat Chee was very much a fatherly figure to the Bahá’is in Malacca and took a keen interest in the spiritual health of each individual he came across. He was also concerned about the financial welfare of those downtrodden. People always looked upon him for any advice and guidance as he always quoted the Writings, seldom would he give his own opinion. Even his personal opinions were very much influenced by the writings….” The late Counselor Dr. Chellie Sundram had shared, “Uncle Leong Tat Chee is not one who loves the Faith but is one who is in love with the Faith… He was like a devoted gardener who was not satisfied with simply planting the seeds but who carefully tended the young plants and nurtured them into maturity…..many of those believers who are now scattered throughout the country or gone pioneering abroad, were all deepened through Uncle Leong and have themselves become centers of attraction.“ Dr. John Fozdar, a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh residing in Kuching, Sarawak and one who had known Leong Tat Chee since 1954 says, “Leong Tat Chee who accepted the Faith in the early days later became one of the brightest stars in the Malaysian Bahá’í sky. Leong Tat Chee is known to all communities in South East Asia and was one of the shining lights of this distinguished community. …” Dr. Vasudevan Nair, a believer of Malacca since 1961 and now settled in India recollects, “Leading the remarkable band of the believers who had become Bahá’is in the Ten Year Crusade was Leong Tat Chee who prayed and travelled everywhere… The remarkable thing about him was that he had, after his declaration, completely shed his old attachments to his religious and racial background and with an unmatched zeal taught the Cause of God… Betty Benson, who had known Leong Tat Chee since 1958 and now living in Guam says, “I consider Mr. Leong my true spiritual father whose deep love for Bahá’u’lláh was exemplified in his life…His commitment to and love for the Faith was so advanced that he used every opportunity to assist each and everyone who found the Faith to become committed and steadfast. In order to nurture a growing community, he made it his duty to visit, remind and offer transportation to those in need… Both my children were born in Malacca and the Leongs were my parents in every way. I could not have wished for more…” Inyce Gopinath who had known Leong Tat Chee since 1961 says, “Uncle Leong Tat Chee was an imposing personality. His sincerity of belief in Bahá’u’lláh helped me to take that leap from my Church to a total unwavering steadfastness in my devotion to Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation. .….Uncle Leong Tat Chee was the most approachable and warm member among the Malacca Bahá’is then. He nurtured my brother every step of the way. He was a real father-figure, and awesome when he talked about the Faith.” Bhaskaran Sangaran Nair, a believer in Malacca since 1959 says, “Whenever we went to his house Leong Tat Chee used to say “Hello Brother, Alláh-u-Abhá” and then hug us. He used to copy down notes on the Writings and then post to us. When we visited him with the notes, he would discuss and seek our views on the Writings. He was able to move with people of all ages. Whenever there was a wedding, a few cars would go to give all the support. At the wedding, Leong Tat Chee would give a framed picture of the Marriage Tablet as a present. Whenever he visited Assemblies, he would ask if Bahá’i fund has been established. If the answer is no, Leong Tat Chee would donate some money to initiate the Bahá’i fund. He was a very practical man….” Theresa Chee, eldest daughter of Yankee Leong says, “In my association with him I have found Uncle Leong Tat Chee to be immersed not only into the Writings but into the Faith altogether. He never had any trace of jealousy or envy in the success of other Bahá’is. On the contrary, he gave all the encouragement. He was very close to my father and they undertook several teaching activities together both in Malaysia and abroad. I saw them as one soul in different bodies. My father used to say many nice things about him. It is most unfortunate that he had not lived long enough for the later generation to appreciate his services and prominent role in the Faith. ” Lily Ng, another daughter of Yankee Leong has this to say, “Leong Tat Chee and Mrs. Leong, his wife was a couple much loved and much admired by me. I found him to be very courageous and energetic. He was always a joyful person to meet, for his words were inspiring. He would hold my hands and say “Sister, what a wonderful time we are living in – the teachings of Bahá’u’lláh must be widely spread and we are chosen by Bahá’u’lláh to do so.” He was always cheerful, full of words of hope and encouragement…I am yet to come across any believer or non-believer who has demonstrated full submission to the will of God under all circumstances, however difficult they may seem.” The late Jami Maniam who accepted the Faith in 1957 and to whom Leong Tat Chee was his mentor had said, “His company simply enhanced our spirit. He lived a true Bahá’i life. Each of his movements, each of his words reflected the essence of the Faith. He lived according to whatever he had read in the Writings. In my personal opinion, it was not a coincidence that Leong Tat Chee was born in Malaya. It was providential that certain souls were made Bahá’is to show the way to others. Leong Tat Chee was certainly one of them who showed the way to many to emulate. It is unfortunate that the present generation did not have much opportunity to associate with him. He was saintly in every way.” Sathasivam Sithambaranathan of Malacca who had moved with Leong Tat Chee since 1965 says, “The Bahá’is rose to great heights to teach the Faith throughout the state of Melaka and Peninsula Malaya. I would say beloved Uncle Leong was a devoted servant of God. He was an untiring travel teacher who had visited nearly every Bahá’i community and even isolated believers in Peninsula Malaya. He had dedicated a part of his life to God, Bahá’u’lláh and mankind.” Koh Ai Leen, who accepted the Faith in Malacca in 1958 and is now residing in Germany says, “In the early days when we became Bahá’is we all somewhat needed spiritual fathers to nurture us in the Faith. In Malacca, we had some fatherly figures but it was Leong Tat Chee who was a towering figure. He took every effort to care for the new believers and their souls. During moments of distress, he was there as a balm to our wounded hearts. And there had been many moments when I had gone looking for him for advice and strength. During such moments, most of the time guided me through the Writings and his own words of warm encouragement…I wish to say that it is such fatherly figures like Leong Tat Chee who are needed in abundance in the Bahá’i communities.” K. Krishnan who had undertaken several teaching trips with Leong Tat Chee from 1962 says, “The youths in those days were very attracted to him. We were like iron filings attracted by the magnetic power of his voice. He was fond of welcoming by saying “Brother! Brother!” There are very few people in the world who bring changes in the lives of others. Leong Tat Chee was one of those who was instrumental in changing my life and lives of several others in Malaysia.” Isaac De’ Cruz who accepted the Faith in Seremban town in 1960 and now settled in the United Kingdom says, “Those days it would be a pleasure just to go all the way to the north, east and south of Peninsula Malaysia driving sometimes for 10 hours, to participate in teaching and deepening efforts. We would make these trips joyously and would hardly feel any ill-effects but looking back I can understand how Uncle Leong must have had to put up with those long journeys while he was in his late age. But I can never recall any negative comments from him. He was always and ever serene and as so often happened, while I would be driving, he would be dishing out all those lovely snippets of deepening materials…” N.S. S Silan who accepted the Faith in Penang in 1965 and now settled in Australia says, “For the Malaysian Bahá’i community we were further blessed when we had early believers like Uncles Yankee Leong and Leong Tat Chee, both of whom set high standards of obedience, servitude, and humility in their service to the Faith. They gave their time, dedicated all efforts, set such high standards of service, that we all tried our best to follow…On many an occasion, I still reflect on his person and this gives me much needed the inspiration to move on and serve, even to this very day.” It is very gratifying to read so many moving praises by the early believers on my late grandfather. They only serve to make we family members and generations yet to be born very proud of an illustrious lineage that my grandfather had ushered through his services for the glorious Cause of Bahá’u’lláh. Here, at long last, my family has gained a deeper and accurate understanding of the life, legacy, and contribution of Leong Tat Chee to the Cause in Malaysia. The Leong family has decided to donate all the proceeds from the sale of this book to the National Bahá’í Fund, Malaysia. For more information on how to purchase the book, please contact the Malaysia Bahá’í Publishing Trust at https://www.facebook.com/bptmalaysia/ or email bpt@bahai.org.my or call +603 7981 9850. Soheil Chinniah and Bernice	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line51
__label__cc	0.531757	0.468243	Baltimore Sports Today Between Two Birds BSR Podcast Orioles Spastics Red Shell Radio The Caw What The Puck ZardCast Ravens Players Turned Against John Harbaugh During October Practice Zach Wilt Michael Silver’s piece on Yahoo Sports about the Baltimore Ravens “mutiny” during an October practice has received a lot of different opinions here in Charm City. I’ve read through the article a few times and am encouraged by John Harbaugh’s ability to unite his players during their most difficult part of the 2012 season, but I can’t help but be a tad worried about the players turning on their head coach — even if it was for just a few minutes. Harbaugh told the team they would be practicing in full pads on Halloween before breaking for their bye week. The Ravens had been beaten 43-13 by the Houston Texans 10 days earlier, and narrowly defeated the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs in the two weeks prior. “Practicing in pads did not go over well with some of Baltimore’s other veterans, including safeties Ed Reed and Bernard Pollard, and several of them openly challenged Harbaugh’s edict,” Silver writes. “It was practically a mutiny,” one Ravens player recalled. “It came very close to getting out of control. But the way Coach Harbaugh handled it was amazing. He let people have their say, and he listened, and he explained himself, and pretty soon it was like a big group-therapy session. In the end, a lot of positive things were said. We didn’t practice in pads, but we came out of there stronger as a group.” Silver adds that Harbaugh “welcomed the dialogue and solicited additional criticism” and that the “subject shifted to Harbaugh’s treatment of his players and perceived mood swings.” “I’ve never seen a head coach handle anything like that as well as he did,” said a Ravens assistant who attended the meeting. “There were some things said where we were like, Damn. “A lot of coaches would have acted like dictators and been very sensitive about the way their authority was being questioned. John said, ‘Hey, let’s talk about this.’ He showed great leadership. Instead of worrying that it would make him seem weak, he turned it into a strength.” Players questioned Harbaugh’s demeanor and challenged him for being “brusque and negative on certain occasions”. “He said, ‘I don’t remember saying that, but if I did I apologize,’ ” the Ravens assistant said. “He said, ‘Hey, you know what? That was in the heat of the moment, and I was wrong.’ “John’s great quality is that even if he goes down the wrong street, he’s willing to say, ‘I went down the wrong street’ and correct it with the team. Whereas other coaches are so damn stubborn, they won’t admit they were wrong, and it splinters the team.” Harbaugh said he wasn’t threatened by the criticisms and wanted to his players to speak freely so that they weren’t “sneaking around talking behind corners”. It all seems fine and dandy now. The Ravens are 9-2, could sweep the Pittsburgh Steelers for the second consecutive season and have a good chance of grabbing a second seed in the AFC. But I can’t help but be worried about this divide. Hearing a story about the veterans questioning the leadership of their head coach reminds me of the end of the Brian Billick days. Wasn’t “losing the locker room” an excuse used by the local media for Billick’s firing? And speaking of the local media, somehow this story never got reported here in Baltimore by the radio stations, news channels, newspapers and online publications that follow the team everyday. If not for Silver — who wrote about it a month after the fact — fans would have never heard about this little meeting. It makes you wonder if this isn’t the first time something like this happened behind closed doors at The Castle. Zach Wilt is the Founding Editor of BaltimoreSportsReport.com and host of the BSR Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @zamwi or send him an email:zach@baltimoresportsreport.com. Bernard PollardBrian BillickDallas CowboysEd ReedHouston Teansjohn harbaughKansas City ChiefsMichael Silver Zach Wilt is the Founding Editor of Baltimore Sports Report and lifelong Orioles, Ravens, and Capitals fan. He grew up on Maryland’s eastern shore, graduated from Towson University, and now lives in Central Florida where he roots for his teams from afar. The best sports moment he witnessed live was when he witnessed Delmon Young drive in three on a double down the left field line in game two of the 2012 ALDS. Previous article Trading Jim Johnson Makes Sense If Orioles Acquire Koji Uehara Next article Cary Williams Leads Pro Bowl Voting And That’s Not As Surprising As You Might Think There are 18 comments 18 comments B.Y. 7 years ago stop making aproblem where there isnt one.cmon man! Charles B 7 years ago Zach, you are a part of “The Local Media” how come you didn’t report this when it happened? Daniel 7 years ago Zach you are once again overreacting as usual. First Flacco and now Harbaugh, it’s like you can’t wait for both of them to leave. I promise you if they both end up being gone, the Ravens won’t come close to replacing what those two have brought to this team. Since you want Harbaugh and Flacco gone, I’m going to ask you who would you like to be the Ravens next head coach and QB? and don’t go Skip Bayless on me by not responding. Be a real man and respond back. MGW 7 years ago Zach, you know the Pink Hats won’t let you say ANYTHING even bordering on negative about their new found love, the Ravens. It’s all peaches and cream to guys like B.Y. and Charlie B. They like to pretended everyone gets along, one big happy family. They defend everything from Harbaugh, to Flacco, to nut case Reed, to Ozzie’s poor drafting the last few years (highlighted by first picks Kindle and Jimmy Smith) You cannot tell these guys the Emperor has no clothes…the Ravens PR has already told them otherwise and they drink the Kool aid Jim Jones’ style. I’ll gladly be a homer of a 9-2 team instead of a crybaby who acts like this team is 2-9 or a mess like the Jets, Eagles and Cowboys. Daniel, the only thing I’m trying to point out is that the team isn’t perfect. More than one departed player has had bad things to say about Harbaugh. Now we ate getting word that some current players don’t always care for his style. It happens. But if you bury your head in the sand and pretend its one big happy family, you’re crazy. These are egotistical overpaid kids who don’t want anyone telling them what to do, let alone some Special Teams Community Organizer with little or no Xs and Os experience. How the hell are they 9-2 if these problems are serious? We know what happened in 2007 when Billick lost the team, 5-11 which included nine straight losses. Harbaugh is doing something right, they obviously don’t hate him. It’s not perfect but usually serious lockerroom issues lead to losing, it’s hard to win four straight when you hate your coach and can’t stand to be around him. I never said they were one big happy family, it appeared as if people like you think the Ravens are about to fall apart. The players may not like Harbaugh’s style all the time (I know I don’t) but some of you act like the Ravens are a nightmare circus similar to the Jets. Ravens2488 7 years ago Agree MGW. I’m a diehard Ravens fan but not a “Homer” like B.Y., Charles and Daniel. These assclowns believe Flacco when he says he’s an elite QB. Daniel, do you know that 4th and 29 play with the game on the line and a dump-off to Rice from Flacco was a dumbass play by Flacco that only shows he is about one of the dumbest QB’s around? Rice did a 1/100 miracle of actually getting 29 yards. It’s typical Flacco, dump-off to Rice to pad his totals even when the game is on the line. Just like Flacco’s changing of the call on 4th and 1/2 yard to a freaking pitchout. Flacco is just plain stupid. Why do you think Rice is the best receiving back in the NFL? Because that’s the only guy Flacco can hit. Receivers come to Baltimore to die. Flacco has 3 passes… 1. The dumpoff to Rice D. The long pass down the right sideline to Torrey Smith 4. The jump ball in the endzone h. The long pass down the middle that always ends up short of the receiver Are you man enough to answer this question, who would you replace Flacco with who will actually be available? It has to be someone you know for sure Ozzie would sign over Flacco. Go ahead I’ll wait, you won’t have an answer for me. Flacco outplayed Brady in the AFC Title game and if soft Lee Evans had actually manned up and fought for the ball Flacco and the Ravens would have been in the Superbowl. Joe frustrates me sometimes and yes that was a stupid decision he made on Sunday but I still want him here because I know there is nothing else better out there and he is capable of getting the job done. You can cry all you want about Joe but you know you will have to suck it up and accept him for who he is, he’s not going anywhere. AssClown 7 years ago They won’t answer your question on who they would replace them with because they don’t have an answer worth giving. They don’t like Flacco/Harbagh and never will. MGW and 2488 wanted the Ravens to hire Rex Ryan; look at the circus in NY right now with that guy and that team. Its a personal thing so they will continue to spew these types of things because its what they do. Just turn them off and go somewhere else, you wil not be able to have a discussion on this point. Assclown, you sound like someone I know. You ever been to Ottumwa, Iowa or in that state? You ever drive by Eastern Buffet and have the guy in your back seat give an ass shot to a group of day laborors? You ever crop dust in your buddies office? Um, OK, “AssClown”. If I was Daniel, I wouldn’t be very happy that someone who calls himself “AssClown” was backing me up. I was trying to have a reasonable debate, but when someone named “AssClown” enters the fray, any hopes of reasonable debate go out the window. Rock on, my man. Rock on. ive goy your assclown swingin bitch The Intimidator 7 years ago Gotta go with MGW on this Daniel, when “AssClown” has your back then you need to rethink your argument. You did ask a question though Daniel about who would we want to replace Flacco. And I see your point because that’s the problem the Ravens are also having right now. They know Flacco isn’t the answer at QB for them which is why Flacco isn’t signed yet. Think about it, if the Ravens knew they had a QB in Flacco that would lead them into the future don’t you think they would have him signed by now and not have given Rice, Pollard and Webb signing precedence over Flacco this past year? If Flacco was a Top 10 QB the Ravens would have him signed already. The other issue is that Flacco thinks he’s an elite QB and deserves $100mil. You don’t give that money to a QB who ranks in the bottom half of the league. Here’s my thought process on this. The Ravens Franchise Flacco this year, maybe the following one also and look for a compatent QB in the draft like the Packers did with Rodgers years ago, Patriots did with Ryan Mallett, 49ers did with Steve Young, Jets did with Tebow (Not really on that, had to throw that in as a joke) and they groom him or they will see which QB’s are out there the following off season. Look, the Ravens will be a .500 team maybe not next year but the following year. Lewis, Reed, Leach, Pollard, Boldin, Birk and some other vets will be gone in two years or less. Other than Rice and Suggs this team has no top stars after that. Plus Rice and Suggs production will drop off in two years. Ngata has dropped in production since he got his money. Torrey Smith is only as good as a deep right sideline threat. Webb has had knee surgery twice and can’t be counted on since he is injury prone. So far Terrence Cody, Sergio Kindle, Jimmy Smith, Michael Oher (maybe not Oher as much) have not lived up to their hype. Harbaugh isn’t into signing veterans much because he likes to control the young or rookie guys. And B.Y. comes into the fray with a popular saying from the late 80’s/early 90’s… “I’ve got your assclown swingin bitch”… Perfect for this entire conversation B.Y…. I would lay money that you are a party boy aren’t ya B.Y.? You go to the local male strip clubs and make it rain don’t ya? Cold Beer 7 years ago Zach, The Intimidator, MGW and Ravens2488 are the only guys on here who are spot on with their comments. Assclown could have been but he sounds like he was commenting while doing “meth”. Daniel has some good comments but he seems like a “Homer” who won’t come out of the closet. There is a difference between being a Ravens fan and a Ravens Homer Daniel. Be a fan, not a homer. Anvil 7 years ago Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. 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__label__cc	0.568329	0.431671	You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. - Robert Louis Stevenson Current Racing June 3: GP di Lugano Coryn Rivera wins third stage of Lotto-Thüringen Ladies Tour Team Sunweb sent me this race news: Coryn Rivera (USA) has sprinted to Team Sunweb's second stage victory at Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour, sealing the deal on the stage three [Schleiz - Schleiz, 131 km] honours after the team animated the finale on the first of two queen stages. Speaking of the win, Rivera said: "Today was an even better day of teamwork. We were always under control, protecting Ellen, making the race, being represented in all the dangerous moves, and to top it off we still pulled off a super awesome and well timed lead out for the victory! Lucinda was a monster in the most prominent break of the day and as soon as it was brought back, we switched our mindset to the lead out train. Lucinda made a move on the descent with one kilometre to go and although Ellen and I were a bit gapped off, we used our extra speed to time our pass into the last corner to perfection so that she could deliver me to another victory. The girls did an awesome job today and I'm super grateful that they believe in me and ride for me in the sprints." Coryn Rivera Team Sunweb coach Hans Timmermans (NED) added: "It's brilliant to take another stage win after a great stage by the whole team; we are proving to be really strong here. We owned the race from start to finish and really went for it on the hilly part of the stage launching attack after attack. We had representation in the important moves which was great, and then the team did a great lead out for Coryn to take the win. It was another fantastic job today and we can be very proud of this team." Team Movistar looks at the upcoming Critérium du Dauphiné Here's the team's post: The Critérium du Dauphiné, long considered the best touchdown before heading towards the Tour de France, has become more of a test for the Grande Boucle’s routes -much similarities in the last few years with the French grandtour’s courses– yet not so much in the way it’s tackled, with many riders aiming for it rather than using it as a launchpad for July, and even some coming from the Giro to profit from their good form. In any case, the 70th edition of the French event continues to forge a very distinct character from previous years, its short mountain stages set to decide the final outcome together with its two time trials. A 6.6km prologue in Valence (Sunday 3rd June) will open the race, while a 35km TTT on Wednesday 6th, from Pont-de-Vaux to Louhans, will surely create some significant gaps before in the GC. On Thursday 7th, a series of four brutal mountain stages will kick off. The Mont Noir (HC) and Lans-en-Vercors (Cat-2) are scheduled for stage four; the demanding Valmorel (HC; 13km, 7%), already overcome in 2013, will decide stage five (Friday 8th); Bisanne (HC), Pré (HC), Cormet de Roselend (Cat-2) and La Rosière (Cat-1), squeezed in just 110km, will be tackled on Saturday 9th; and five climbs in Savoie, capped off with Amerands (Cat-1) and Saint-Gervais (Cat-1), will mark the Queen stage, and the decisive one, on Sunday 10th. Norwegian bicycle tire company lets you simply zip on a new tread I stumbled upon this fascinating invention on the cyclingindustry.news web site. Here's their write-up: A startup company has unveiled a new concept for the tire market, patenting a system that lets you zip on and off new tread. Based out of Norway, where conditions can change quite rapidly, reTyre set out with a primary goal to reduce the massive consumption of the tyre industry, as well as improve year-round use of bicycles. The modular system works by first installing a base tyre, which comes adorned with an outer zipper. From there you can simply add a “skin” tyre. Given the often wintery conditions in the firm’s domestic territory, it’s little surprise that the portfolio of outer tyres carries a studded skin. Each is made from 90% natural rubber. The tread just zips on! You can read the entire story here Here's reTyre's web site.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line54
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The oil shale bust had hit the Western Slope and Mesa County was suffering. “When things go upside down, you own it,” Enstrom said. “It’s the same thing the president is facing.” Categories: 2012 Colorado Legislative Election, Colorado Legislature, Colorado Politics Spotted This Morning: More trouble for Scott McPlagiarist; Researcher says McInnis is lying By Chuck Plunkett What a bombshell. This must be among the very last things a politician needs when his own party is trying to ditch him: Another news cycle makes Scott McInnis look like a liar and a cheat. Not only does Rolly Fischer’s account to KMGH Channel 7 make it appear that Scott McInnis is fully responsible for the significant plagiarism within McInnis’ “Musings on Water,” articles – Fischer has what he says is a letter from Team McPlagiarist that looks devastating. The letter Fischer says the campaign tried to get him to sign would have made make it look like the researcher took full responsibility for the plagiarism. Dear Scott: I am writing to express my sincere apology for failing to provide appropriate attribution for the research I provided for the water articles we collaborated on. While my mistake was not intentional, it is nonetheless clear that this material needed footnotes. This mistake was solely my own and I recognize that my work fell short of the expectations you had when you included me in this project. Fischer didn’t sign the missive, and he tells KMGH Channel 7 that McInnis has lied about how “Musings on Water” went so wrong. Meanwhile, the researcher, he claims, was kept in the dark on the purpose of his research. Further, Fischer says he didn’t know that McInnis was getting paid serious coin for the articles his work went on to create. Fischer says he was paid a few hundred dollars for each article he researched. McInnis was paid $300,000. Team McInnis Spokesman Sean Duffy told The Denver Post last night that something was wrong with Fischer’s comments to Channel 7. 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__label__wiki	0.66771	0.66771	Religious StudiesCollege of Arts and Sciences World's Religions Anne Daniell, Ph.D. Anne Daniell received her Ph.D. in Religious and Theological Studies from Drew University, where she focused on Ecological Theology, Feminist Theology, and the intersection of Process Theology and Post-Modern Thought. Her most recent theological work concerns "theology of place" (with special interest in New Orleans), which considers both how eco-cultural places shape religiosity and how constructive theological thinking, in turn, could help us to think about and care for the places we inhabit. Daniell, Anne. Divining New Orleans: Invoking Wisdom for the Redemption of Place. Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies forthe Earth. in Laurel Kearns and Catherine Keller, eds., Fordham University Press, 2007. Keller, Catherine and Anne Daniell, eds. Process and Difference: Between Cosmological and Poststructuralist Postmodernisms. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2002, 272 pages. Daniell, Anne. “The Spiritual Body: Incarnations of Pauline and Butlerian Embodiment Themes for Constructive Theologizing toward the Parousia” in Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, eds. Elisabeth Schussler Fiorienza and Emilie M. Townes, volume 16, #1, 2000. Ph.D., Drew University Classes Taught Introduction to World Religions Eco-Feminist Theologies 440 Bobet Hall Department of Religious Studies 6363 St. Charles Avenue Campus Box 81 New Orleans, LA 70118-6195 adaniell@loyno.edu Curriculum Vitae » College of Arts & Sciences Intranet \| Religious Studies Intranet College of Arts & Sciences \| Department of Religious Studies \| Phone: 504-865-3940 \| Fax: 504-865-3179 Office Location: Bobet Hall, Room 408 \| Mailing Address: 6363 St. Charles Avenue, Box 81, New Orleans, LA 70118	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line71
__label__wiki	0.583633	0.583633	My SelectReads Awards Lists AuthorSpotlight Spill Simmer Falter Wither Tags: / Top Choices / All Fiction / Literature & Fiction Check the Library Catalog A debut novel already praised as "unbearably poignant and beautifully told" (Eimear McBride) this captivating story follows - over the course of four seasons - a misfit man who adopts a misfit dog. It is springtime, and two outcasts - a man ignored, even shunned by his village, and the one-eyed dog he takes into his quiet, tightly shuttered life - find each other, by accident or fate, and forge an unlikely connection. As their friendship grows, their small, seaside town suddenly takes note of them, falsely perceiving menace where there is only mishap; the unlikely duo must take to the road. Gorgeously written in poetic and mesmerizing prose, Spill Simmer Falter Wither has already garnered wild support in its native Ireland, where the Irish Times pointed to Baume's "astonishing power with language" and praised it as "a novel bursting with brio, braggadocio and bite." It is also a moving depiction of how - over the four seasons echoed in the title - a relationship between fellow damaged creatures can bring them both comfort. One of those rare stories that utterly, completely imagines its way into a life most of us would never see, it transforms us not only in our understanding of the world, but also of ourselves. Sara Baume track author Sara Baume is an Irish novelist. Her father is of English descent while her mother is of Irish descent. As her parents travelled around in a caravan, Sara Baume was born "on the road to Wigan Pier". When she was 4, they moved to County Cork, Ireland. She studied fine art at Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design and creative writing at Trinity College, Dublin from where she was awarded her MPhil. She has received a Literary Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her books are published by Tramp Press in Ireland and Heinemann in Britain. In 2015, she participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, IA. More about Sara Baume » Goodreads reviews for Spill Simmer Falter Wither Read Next Recommendation Discuss with your friends Report incorrect product information. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Publication Year: March 8, 2016 US Salesrank: 16752 Binding: Print book ISBN/UPC: 9780544716193 3.5 / 5 - Good Reviewed by: Brian McCulloh 18% 128 Copyright © 2019 Reading House, LLC. All Rights Reserved Theme by Library Web Services Specialist	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line75
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Buyer Beware (19 July) Directed by Jeffrey Chiang Starring Carlos Chan, KK Cheung, Mimi Kung, Bryant Mak and Carmen Soup When young and ambitious real estate agent Charlie (Chan) is approached to join a high-flying agency in the industry, little does he know what he’s getting into. After several supernatural encounters, he is forced to face the fact that the crooked company he is working for is profiting off haunted properties without disclosing any of its grisly, murderous pasts to the unknowing buyers. Torn, Charlie is forced to deal with the chilling consequences of his career choices as his life begins to unravel. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (July 19) Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky Starring Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Kathryn Hahn and David Spade The Drac Pack goes on vacation in the third installment of the rib-tickling Hotel Transylvania franchise! With Drac (Sandler) getting stressed out and lonely from running his famed monster hotel, Mavis (Gomez) books a luxury vacation on a cruise ship for them to unwind together—with the whole uproarious crew tagging along (but of course!). All is good fun as the monsters go crazy onboard until Drac meets Ericka (Hahn), the seemingly charming captain of the ship who steals his heart from the get-go. Suspicious of Ericka’s intentions, Mavis tries to keep them apart; but little does she know that Ericka is a Van Helsing who harbors vicious motives that could potentially destroy Dracula and the rest of their kind. Mission: Impossible Fallout (July 26) Directed by Christopher McQuarrie Starring Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson “The end you always feared is coming and the blood will be on your hands”. 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__label__cc	0.704959	0.295041	Kit Woolsey is a world-class bridge and backgammon player, analyst, and writer. His most recent major victory was winning the Cavendish Invitational Pairs in 2011. He was elected to the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2005 and lives in Kensington, CA. Read more by Kit Woolsey About This Series Kit's Korner World Champion Kit Woolsey provides insight into the mind of an expert bridge player through in-depth analysis of hands he played at recent Major Tournaments. Kit provides you with the opportunity to play along with him and decide what you would do at each critical juncture. Accept the Transfer by Kit Woolsey Feb. 3 (Page of 11) Prev. Page In a quarter-final match in the Senior Trials, you face a difficult high-level competitive decision. N-S vul, East deals. As West, you hold: Your call? A takeout double looks reasonable. You do have support for all the other suits, which is what you would like to have for a takeout double since you are asking partner to choose the trump suit. On the other hand, you have 5 hearts and 3 spades. If you make a takeout double, you may have a difficult time showing your 5-card heart suit. With a 2-card differential in the majors, it is more efficient to start with a 1♥ overcall. If the opponents compete in diamonds, you can follow with a takeout double at your next turn. This will describe your hand perfectly. Partner will play you for this shape in the majors, since he knows that with 4-5 you would have started with a takeout double in order to bring both majors into the picture immediately. You bid 1♥. The bidding continues: 3♥: This is defined as: "To play". The bid has a wide range. Partner could have any hand where he judges it correct to compete to 3♥ but he is not strong enough to invite game. Can you make 4♥? Maybe. Partner appears to have a doubleton spade, so the fit is okay. The success of 4♥ will depend a lot partner's club strength, and there is no way you can determine that. Can you defeat 3♠? Maybe. You have potential to get a diamond ruff. If neither opponent has a singleton heart, you can score 2 heart tricks. Your king of clubs might be a trick. Your 109 of spades might produce a trump trick if partner has an honor. Partner might produce a defensive trick on his own. In situations like this, it is usually best to bid one more. If either contract is making bidding will work fine, particularly if it is 4♥ which is making. Passing is right only when both 3♠ and 4♥ are going down. Betting on that parlay is too risky. Should you be worried about pushing the opponents into 4♠? Not in the slightest. If they are going to bid 4♠, they probably will do so on their own. It is true that if you bid 4♥ that makes it more attractive for them to bid 4♠, since they no longer have the option of playing in 3♠. However, you don't mind that. You clearly have decent chances to defeat 4♠. Your goal is to get a plus score if you can, and if you can't to get the smallest minus score. You have a much better chance of getting a plus score defending 4♠ than you do defending 3♠. Could it be right to bid 4♣ along the way with the idea of bringing partner into the picture? Probably not. Your club holding isn't that strong, so partner may mis-evaluate. 4♣ would presumably create a force, and you don't really want to do that since 5♥ doesn't figure to have much play. Furthermore, 4♣ gives the opponents a chance to exchange more information and be better prepared for a decision over 4♥. Can you make 5♥? Almost certainly not. North made a negative double instead of bidding 1♠, indicating that the opponents have a 4-4 spade fit thus leaving partner with a doubleton spade. It is difficult to imagine a hand partner could hold where you have 11 tricks yet he wasn't strong enough to invite game. Is there a chance of pushing the opponents to 5♠? Not a chance. They have staggered into 4♠, and they know they have only an 8-card fit. It is possible that they won't be able to double 5♥, but they aren't taking the push. If you bid 5♥, you are accepting a minus score. Could it be right to bid 5♥ as a save? 5♥ looks to be down about 1 or 2 tricks, which would make it a decent save against 4♠. If they are likely to make 4♠, bidding on would be right. But they aren't that likely to make 4♠. You have plenty of defensive potential. It is too likely 5♥ would be a phantom save. Your chance for a plus score is on defense. Might it be right to double? You don't need much to defeat 4♠. You have a stiff diamond and the ace of trumps, so all partner needs is an entry to get you to 3 immediate tricks. He doesn't have to have the king of hearts, but he is likely to have that card even if he doesn't have anything else. Your king of clubs is a likely trick. The enemy hearts might be 2-2. Your 109 of spades may provide a second trump trick even if you don't get a ruff. Partner is allowed to have some help for the defense. Putting it all together, you can expect 4♠ to go down more often than not, and it might go down 2 tricks. An important consideration is that North didn't bid 4♠ voluntarily. He didn't have the opportunity to stop in 3♠. His only choices were to defend 4♥, which he might not be defeating, or compete to 4♠. In addition, he may be hoping to bounce you into a 5♥ sacrifice at the vulnerability. How do the IMP odds look on doubling? If 4♠ makes, the double costs 5 IMPs. If it goes down 1, the double gains 3 IMPs. If it goes down 2, the double gains 7 IMPs. There is zero chance they will redouble, and near zero chance that they will make any overtricks. These are not bad IMP odds considering your defensive potential. The double looks like a good bet. One other consideration is whether or not the double will help declarer in the play. If the double told declarer about a bad trump split, that might guide him in his line of play and allow him to save a trick, negating the score gained from the double. On this hand, that is not the case. The double is simply saying that you think the contract is going down. You double, ending the auction. Your lead. Third and fifth leads. Even though diamonds is declarer's side suit, leading the singleton has to be right. The plan is to get at least one diamond ruff, a plan which is likely to succeed. You lead the ♦10. Partner plays the ♦8, and declarer wins the jack. You play suit-preference at trick 1. High is suit-preference high. Low is suit-preference low. Middle is encouraging. If partner doesn't have the desired spot card, he plays what he judges is the least damaging card. At trick 2, declarer leads the queen of spades. What do you do? The only reason to win this trick is to get two ruffs, or at least to threaten this. Otherwise, there can be no upside to winning the trick. Suppose you win, lead a heart to partner's king, get a diamond ruff, and lead a club. Will the threat of a second diamond ruff scare declarer out of taking the club finesse? Not a chance. If the club finesse will let him make the contract, he will take it. He heard you double, and without the king of clubs you wouldn't have much of a double. Ducking could gain. While it isn't likely, partner could have the king of spades. If partner has the jack of spades, you won't need a ruff. If partner has two small spades, his order of spade play will be suit-preference, which might be of value. Assuming you duck, you should play the ♠10. This will definitely show the ♠9, information which might be of value to partner. If you play the ♠9, partner will assume you don't have the ♠10. You play the ♠10. Partner plays the ♠3. Declarer continues with the jack of spades. You win the ace, as partner plays the ♠4. What do you do now? Partner's order of spade plays is suit-preference. However, this does not negate his play at trick 1 of the 8 of diamonds. That is definitely partner's highest diamond spot. If partner didn't have the king of hearts, it is inconceivable that he would have played the 8 of diamonds. All partner's order of trumps says is that he also has the jack of clubs. Is there any chance? There is no combination in the diamond suit for which trick 1 makes sense where declarer has a diamond loser. You can cross to partner's king of hearts and get a diamond ruff, but declarer will have 4 spade tricks (including a heart ruff in dummy), 4 diamond tricks, and 2 club tricks to come to 10 tricks. The only possibility is that declarer has a 3-card diamond suit. That isn't likely, but it is possible if declarer chose to open 1♦ rather than 1♣ because his diamonds were much stronger. Picture declarer with ♠KQJx ♥xxx ♦AQJ ♣xxx. If you cross to a heart and get your ruff, declarer will be able to draw trumps, ruff out partner's king of diamonds, and come to 5 trump tricks, 3 diamond tricks, and 2 club tricks. Playing two rounds of hearts won't defeat the contract, as declarer can ruff, take a diamond finesse giving you the ruff, and he will have the entries to set up the long diamond. However, if you shift to a club, he won't be able to do what he needs to do since the heart is still in dummy. If he takes a diamond finesse you ruff, continue clubs, and he can't get the diamond trick in time. If he draws your last trump, he doesn't have the entries to establish and cash the long diamond, and he comes up a trick short. Is it worth risking a doubled overtrick in order to cater to this unlikely layout? If that were the case, it would be an interesting question. In reality, a club shift is completely safe. Do you really think declarer would risk his doubled contract for an overtrick? Not a chance. If declarer has the more likely ♠KQJx ♥xxx ♦AQJx ♣xx, he will go up ace of clubs, draw your trump, and eventually get to dummy with a heart ruff for a successful diamond finesse to run the diamonds and make his contract. Thus, the club shift is correct. You choose to lead a heart to partner's king. He returns the ♦7 to declarer's ace, and you ruff. What do you try now? AQJ2 As we have seen, even if declarer has a 3-card diamond suit, he now has the entries to ruff out partner's queen of diamonds and come to 10 tricks. The only way declarer doesn't have 10 tricks is if he doesn't have a heart ruff in dummy, so only has 3 spade tricks, 4 diamond tricks, and 2 club tricks. That gives partner 6 hearts. Not likely considering that he bid only 3♥, but it is your only chance. You must return a club, not a heart. Before you have a chance to work this out, declarer claims. He no longer needs the club finesse. The full hand is: KQJ6 AKJ6 4♠X South ♦10 ♦2 ♦J ♠Q ♠2 ♠J ♠A ♥K ♦A How was East's defense? His carding looks right. He holds the king of hearts, so his first priority is to signal suit-preference high on trick 1. Having done so, he is right to play low-high in trumps, showing that he has some help in clubs. Do you like East's 3♥ call? East knows that his side has at least 9 hearts. West didn't make a takeout double, so West can be assumed to not have 4 spades. That gives the opponents 8 spades. The trump total is 17. N-S are about to get to 2♠. Bidding 3♥ over 2♠ contracts for 17 total tricks (8 for N-S in 2♠, 9 for E-W in 3♥), which makes competing to 3♥ 100% clear by the Law of Total Tricks. Since East knows he is going to compete to 3♥, he does better to bid it immediately rather than bidding 2♥ and letting the opponents clarify their spade fit at the 2-level. How was the N-S bidding? South may be relatively minimal in strength, but he knows his strength is in the right places. He has three small hearts opposite his partner's likely singleton, and he has a very strong spade suit. He definitely should bid at least 3♠, and he might well bid 4♠. He doesn't need much from North to make game. 4♥ is a transfer to 4♠. North's decision to accept the transfer was quite reasonable. He knows the hand is a double fit. If either 4♥ or 4♠ makes, bidding 4♠ will be right by a lot. It is so often right to compete to 4♠ over 4♥, and this hand doesn't look like an exception. At the other table the auction started the same way. West took a more pessimistic view of things, not bidding 4♥ and then selling out to 4♠ undoubled, which made. While the double of 4♠ wasn't successful, it was a good bet. Many good players fail to make this sort of double. Their thinking is somewhat matchpoint oriented. If 4♠ goes down, they are happy to have pushed the opponents up there and probably have a good board anyway. If 4♠ makes, there is no reason to double and get a bottom. It is the experienced rubber bridge players who understand how many points can be left on the table by failing to double.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line78
__label__wiki	0.749759	0.749759	WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY (July 1, 2019) – Despite scoring twice in the fifth, the Brooklyn Cyclones, the Short Season Class A affiliate of the New York Mets, were outlasted by the Hudson Valley Renegades 3-2 Monday night in the series opener at Dutchess Stadium. W: LaSorsa (2-0) L: Vilera (1-2) S: Smiddy (1) Brooklyn’s potential rally ended in the ninth when Jake Mangum’s hard line drive up the middle was snagged by Renegades pitcher Shay Smiddy who earned made the play to win the game and earn the save. Hudson Valley scored three runs over the first four innings, collecting an RBI double in the third from Garrett Hiott and an RBI single in the fourth from Nick Sogard to lead 3-0 against Cyclones starter Jaison Vilera. Brooklyn cut the deficit to one run, scoring a pair of runs in the fifth on Sam Haggerty’s run-scoring double and Luke Ritter’s run-scoring single, making it 3-2. Sam Haggerty: 1-3, 2B, RBI, BB, R Luke Ritter: 1-3, RBI, BB Jake Mangum: 1-4, R Mitch Ragan: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 K Jake Mangum, the New York Mets’ fourth round draft selection, made his professional debut, recording a hit and an outfield assist. Branden Fryman collect his first Brooklyn Cyclones hit. Brooklyn has dropped two straight since winning five consecutive games. Cyclones at Hudson Valley Renegades Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. Probables: RHP Daison Acosta (0-0, 1.35 ERA) vs. RHP Zach Trageton (2-1, 2.40 ERA)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line80
__label__cc	0.749892	0.250108	Grand Opening: The BAM Fisher It's forgivable if you didn't notice. Save for a visit to Cesar's Empanadas truck, there aren't too many reasons to hang out on this particular stretch of Ashland Place. St. Felix is the more scenic route for getting from the subway to the BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building. And the construction itself, which took place between buildings and atop an existing structure (the old Salvation Army building), remained fairly hidden from view. Yet if you walk south down Flatbush Avenue at night, and you look to your left between Lafayette Avenue and Atlantic Terminal, you catch a glimpse of something that wasn't there before: a set of big windows, glowing through the trees. Not much has happened in the windows yet, but beginning tonight, they'll be filled with things like audience members raising a glass to BAM commissions and world premieres, the silhouettes of dancers stretching on the barre, philosophers and artists talking about art and capitalism, community members hosting events, kids getting in touch with their inner choreographer, and any number of other celebrations. In short, BAM has a new building, and it opens today. The balcony of the Fishman Space. Photo: Kyle Dean Reinford It's an exciting space. Only a few steps through the lobby, past the striking 37-foot-long mural by Fort Greene artist José Parlá and beneath the new digital signs, and you're in the intimate 250-seat Fishman Space, where row after row of seats can emerge from the wall at the mere touch of a button. They're movable—and removable—too. Buy a ticket to see Jonah Bokaer and you'll be sitting in the round, mere feet from Bokaer. Buy a ticket to see Pan Pan Theatre's All That Fall and you'll be sitting in a rocking chair, feet from whomever you like. Buy a ticket to see Bill Morrison's The Shooting Gallery and you won't be sitting in anything at all, since you'll be walking around the room shooting movies with lasers. That's the Fishman Space in a nutshell. All tickets are $20. The staircase leading down to the lower lobby. Photo: Kyle Dean Reinford Upstairs, above the state-of-the-art rehearsal studio and where BAM's education department is now based, you find BAM's first-ever dedicated classroom space, seemingly unassuming until you notice that the white board is actually a high-tech gadget that can save a teacher's notes in digital ink, and that the entire space is wired for web streaming and long-distance learning. BAM Education already serves over 25,000 annually. Throw in those who'll be tuning into BAM master classes beamed live around the world and you can only imagine what will happen to that number. The Rooftop Terrace and Stutz Gardens On the seventh floor, the elevator doors open onto a rooftop terrace overlooking Brooklyn. Stroll out a ways from under the retractable roof and you're flanked on either side by gardens (The Stutz Gardens, officially) filled with all sorts of native grasses and plants—Virginia Creeper and the like. Eventually, ivy will dangle overhead. All of it contributes to the building's LEED Gold environmental rating—a remarkable thing for a theater to achieve—while creating yet another first for BAM: a breezy urban oasis, tailor-made for pre-show drinks and post-show contemplation. The terrace faces southwest, out past the edge of Fort Greene towards the Statue of Liberty. The sun sets around 7:15pm these days, and most shows in the Fishman Space start at 7:30pm. Cocktails can be brought up from the lobby. You take it from there. Labels: BAM Fisher, Bill Morrison, Fishman Space, Jonah Bokaer, LEED Gold, Pan Pan Theatre, Richard B. Fisher Building, white board schnell abnehmen September 6, 2012 at 11:24 AM very good post The BAM Fisher Files: Tamar-kali Einstein on the Blog: Your Einstein Cutting the Ribbon on the BAM Richard B. Fisher Bu... TV Nostalgia Einstein on the Blog: The Boy of Einstein, Jasper ... Alison Saar Gets Into Your Head and Your Heart What happens in this new show at BAM, The Channel?... Bike Locking to the Letter Putting the Homo in Homicide: Swoon at 20 Einstein on the Blog: A Short Glossary The BAM Fisher Files: Nora Chipaumire Parallaxis, on ECLIPSE	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line83
__label__wiki	0.795353	0.795353	U5700 5/10/08 Tri-Valley Rocks 2 vs. Palo Alto 3 (Natalie Sun, Mike Chen, Brian Chen, Channing Chan, Peter Chung, Robert Wei) By Peter Chung By observing the results, the first two matches and the last match was a walk in the park with a little stumble on a pebble for the winner. It was pretty much a one way domination by the stronger player through serves and rallies, but Robert in the second single’s match was starting to get use to Natalie's game and gaining momentum as the match went on. Unfortunately it was too little too late where Natalie held on to win at 3-0. The real fight was on the doubles and the third single’s match. Both games were very exciting and tense. In the doubles match up, all players from both teams were warmed up and ready to play. From the start, both teams were very focus and serious about the game. Channing had some great serves which gave Tri-Valley an early lead but at the same time Peter was having trouble returning Brian’s serve so the game was tied up leading to deuce. Finally after many tries Peter began to get Brian’s serve with a little advice from his partner. The Rocks pull away with 15-13 win. The second game was no different from the first where both teams were battling point for point with some great shots and counters. Peter is beginning to get into the game and his shots were starting to go in. Natalie’s backhand was as deadly as it can get because spins had no affect on her pips. Again this game goes to deuce and Palo Alto takes it at 19-17. Although Tri-Valley lost that game, they were not disturbed nor shaken up by it. They came out in game three even more focused and aggressive. Peter had no trouble returning Brian’s serve this game. They quickly got to a 5-1 lead and never looked back ever since and won the game. After much contested first two games, Palo Alto didn’t understand why they lost so easily in game three. Their facial expressions and body language showed weakness and fear. Riding from the win from game three, Tri-Valley again took a very big lead 6-2. Palo Alto felt their end coming soon, but at that time Palo Alto calls a critical time out. After the time out, Palo Alto inches their way up from the game. Tri-Valley was beginning to relax and made errors were the opponent capitalized on and fought their way back to deuce and wins. Bravo for Palo Alto, they did not give up and fought hard! This is what sport is all about where nothing is a done deal until you have won. The will to fight is also very important. Finally, it’s the fifth game. The two teams erased everything that had happen earlier and started from ground zero again, except the winner of this game will take the glory. Tri-Valley builds a mini-lead at 4-2, but Palo Alto comes back and ties at 4-4 then leads 6-4. No….this can not be!!! The tables have turned and it was looking good for Palo Alto. At 6-4 after loosing 4 straight points Tri-Valley calls time out. Tri-Valley had to stop their opponent’s momentum and regroup. From then on, every time Tri-Valley evens the score Palo Alto would pull two away. This continued till finally Tri-Valley evens it at 8-8 and leads 10-8, then finally winning at 11-8. It was a great game. Even though Palo Alto lost to Tri-Valley, I believe both team enjoyed the game very much in all aspect. As for the third single’s match Brian’s forehand was too much and too consistent for Robert to handle, but at the same time Robert’s serve was too spinney for Brian. So the first game went to deuce where Brian edges out with a 12-10 win. In the second game Brian’s forehand continued to pose a big threat to Robert. Brian quickly built a 9-5 lead but Robert was not giving up. His serves continued to pressure Brian and when an opportunity came Robert was able to finish the point. Robert’s will to fight and spirit was not going to allow him to loose this game. Robert caught up to 9-9 and wins it at 11-9. In the third game, Brian was even more aggressive and his loops were just too good. He made Robert dash left and right dictating every shot. He wins easily at 11-4. The fourth game it was Roberts turn to quickly build a lead and maintained that lead until 8-4 where Brian comes back and ties at 8 all. Tri-Valley calls time out to stop Brian’s momentum. The time out proved to be a very wise indeed where it stopped Brian’s steak just enough for Robert to pull away with an 11-9 win. Whoosh….too close. In the final game, Robert’s confidence was high and quickly built a 5-1 lead. Palo Alto calls time out. Brian had to recoup, slow down, and gather himself together. Unfortunately it didn’t work. Robert walks away with the win and match. Tri-Valley Rocks 2 over Palo Alto Team 3 (3-2) Channing over Mike 3:0 (11-6, 11-3, 13-11) Robert lost to Natalie 0:3 (3-11, 9-11, 16-18) Peter/Channing over Natalie/Brian 3:2 (15-13, 17-19, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8) Robert over Brian 3:2 (10-12, 11-9, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5) Peter lost to Mike 0:3 (1-11, 9-11, 4-11) U4800 05/27/08 SFCTTC vs. Tri-Valley Rocks 4 U5700 05/27/08 iGoLogic Innovation vs. The Incredi... 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__label__cc	0.725031	0.274969	← Lifestream Week 1 Other Worlds in Serious Games → Other Worlds in Film – Avatar and Pandora The detailed realisation of Pandora, its geography, flora and fauna by James Cameron and his creative team for the film “Avatar” is a good example of the detailed imagination and background hard science that goes into the creation of an imaginary “other world”. For some this detail and level of potential immersion in the film or its associated media and games is very appealing. Ai'tswayon and Ikran Ai'tsyal Ai’tswayon and his Ikran Ai’tsyal (Na’vi language for Ai fly and Ai wing) – See http://atate.org/ai/navi/ Introduction to Pandora Youtube Clip – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBGDmin_38E This entry was posted in EDC11 and tagged EDC11, Pandora. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Responses to Other Worlds in Film – Avatar and Pandora Jeremy Keith Knox says: Hi Austin, I was fascinated by the Avatar clip here, and thought that this description of ‘Pandora’ was a really interesting way to think about ‘digital spaces’, thanks. The world of Pandora seems to be described in distinctly humanist and romanticist terms, and I wondered how this relates to perceptions of, or desires for, ‘good, or ‘ideal’ virtual spaces. I was rather amazed at the whole description of the ‘bio-luminescent qualities’, that ‘set the night aglow’, and this seemed to frame Avatars sense of ‘nature’ in terms of very human-centric, aesthetic qualities. Do these coloured lights serve no other purpose than the entertainment of those creatures who happen to have suitable optical faculties? Perhaps the full film explains more. The whole sense of ‘nature’ portrayed here is truly riveting, and the notions of ‘nervous systems’ and ‘symbiotic relationships’ seemed to suggest notions of harmony, equilibrium, and homoeostasis that I thought were rather old fashioned in ecology studies. So, I wonder, does this view of idealised nature filter through into attitudes and desires for virtual spaces? Do ‘we’ think that digital spaces are capable of providing harmonious, ideal environments, where such things as conflict, selfishness and dissent are absent? A fascinating topic Austin, and you have inspired me to look up further critical writing on Avatar, thanks! Austin Tate says: Oh no Jeremy… the bio luminescence is MUCH more important in the ecology and even the mythology of Pandora than that. See the scenes where the humans are transfered by the power of the community and Ewya(the spirit of Pandora) to a live Na’vi form. I have participated in such a ceremony… and it take immense effort. http://james-camerons-avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Bioluminescence Jen Ross says: I’m reading John Barnes’ collection “Apostrophes and Apocalypses”, and am in the middle of an essay called “How to Build a Future”, which explains the author’s process of statistically modelling various aspects of a science fictional future world. The detail and the method is fascinating. The social media feeds for James Cameron’s Avatar came live again on 4th February 2015 to start to introduce the new films… https://twitter.com/officialavatar http://avatar.tumblr.com/ http://www.avatarmovie.com/ http://mashable.com/2015/02/04/avatar-sequels-social-media/	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line85
__label__cc	0.67199	0.32801	The cryogenic freezing of the dead in hope of a eventual revival has long been the province of cranks and crazies. However, when two frozen mountain gorillas are successfully revived, cryogenics suddenly becomes a viable medical technology. The first humans are revived soon thereafter and though most of them have financial difficulties not to mention problems adjusting to the new world in which they find themselves, their successful revival nonetheless sparks a run on cryogenic freezing with unforeseen social and financial consequences… This short story of 2300 words chronicles the cryogenics boom of the mid to late twenty-first century. List price: 0.99 USD, EUR or GBP Buy it at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon France, Amazon Netherlands, Amazon Spain, Amazon Italy, Amazon Canada, Amazon Australia, Amazon Brazil, Amazon Japan, Amazon India, Amazon Mexico, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Apple iTunes, Scribd, Oyster, Smashwords, Inktera, txtr, Thalia, Weltbild, Hugendubel, Der Club, Libiro, Nook UK, DriveThruFiction, OmniLit/AllRomance e-books, Casa del Libro, Flipkart, e-Sentral and XinXii. Some background information: A History of the New Ice Age A History of the New Ice Age is a short story of 2300 words. This story is a digital premiere and has never been published previously. This story was written as part of the July short story challenge. The idea was to write a short story per day in July 2015. A History of the New Ice Age was inspired by one of Chuck Wendig’s writing prompts. The idea was to write a story incorporating two words spat out by a random word generator. The generator gave me the phrase “frozen servant”, which sparked a story idea about rich people having not just themselves, but also their servants cryogenically frozen. And yes, the parallels to the Egyptian pharaohs who also tried to take their worldly possessions (sometimes including loyal retainers) with them into the afterlife are intentional. I also tried to extrapolate the social and economic consequences that cryogenics as a viable method of beating death would have. The story itself takes the form of a factual article chronicling the timeline of a cryogenics boom in the mid to late twenty-first century. The fate of teen pop star Amber McQueen, whose revival is financed by a wealthy and elderly admirer who wants to marry her, was inspired by Will McIntosh‘s novella “Bridesicle” and his novel “Love Minus Eighty”. The cover is stock art by Tawng. Sipping jasmine tea In the Chinese pavilion – Pure serenity	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line90
__label__wiki	0.725605	0.725605	Police call North Side death “suspicious” Police on Friday (8 June) confirm a man has died in North Side in what they’re calling a major incident. A police spokesperson confirms the RCIPS is treating the circumstances of the death as suspicious. Community members have told Cayman 27 the deceased is Timothy Rivers, a North Side resident and farmer. They tell us police are searching for his son, 19-year-old Cody Rivers. Police would not confirm that detail. Members of the community are distraught and were unwilling to speak with Cayman 27 on camera. Family members did, however, send through the following: “The family is deeply shocked and saddened at the tragedy. Timothy was a man that loves his farming, which was something he did his entire life. He was a hard-working man. Right now, as a family, we are just trying to cope with all that has happened.” North Side former political hopeful Jay Ebanks sent a message as well: “I would say that today is a sad day for the people of North Side. We lost a true friend, a pioneer in the agricultural field. Someone that you could always count on for fresh produce. He will be missed by us all, especially the farmers and the Hutland family.” In a brief statement, the RCIPS said the man was found bleeding and unresponsive at a location on Hutland Road. They say the matter is currently under investigation and further updates will follow. Police are appealing for anyone who has any information on this matter or who may have seen anything to contact Detective Inspector Morrison at 916-1045. TagsTop Stories top story Unanswered questions arise amid NRA illegal discharge revelation BREAKING: Armed robbery at Cayman National Bank	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line96
__label__wiki	0.535106	0.535106	//April 2016 Singer Sri Lanka is set to power the Bradby Shield for 27th consecutive year Continues to boost Sri Lankan rugby at every level Singer Sri Lanka PLC, the country’s leading consumer durable retailer, is stepping forward to power the most anticipated game in the school rugby calendar – the Bradby Shield encounter between Royal College, Colombo and Trinity... Colombo Leadership Academy grooms Sri Lanka’s next crop of young entrepreneurs Following the immensely successful launch of its Young Entrepreneurs Development programme last year, Colombo Leadership Academy (CLA) is hard at work grooming the latest generation of young entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka. The island’s premier leadership coaching and executive... Expedition to Mount Everest – Jayanthiand Johann tackle the Khumbu Icefall and Trek to Camp 1 JayanthiKuru-Utumpala and Johann Peries’ skills in ice climbing at high altitudes have come to the fore as they successfully tackled the Khumbu Icefall. The Khumbu Icefall is an extremely dangerous and treacherouspart of the glacier immediately above Everest Base Camp. It... WCIC will once again recognize outstanding businesswomen at the ‘Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards’ Women’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce (WCIC) once again will lend voice to amplify the good work that women in businesses are doing in the Country when it hosts the prestigious ‘Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards’ in August this year. The premier national awards programme... DSI Announces the Launch of the 16th DSI Supersport Schools Volleyball Championship DSI announced the launch of the 16th DSI Supersport Schools Volleyball Championship at a press conference at the Olympic House Auditorium. The number one footwear manufacturer in the country has come forward, gaining the support of the Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation and the... LAUGFS Eco Sri becomes the first to be ISO 14001 certified in emission services in South Asia LAUGFS Eco Sri, the first to introduce air quality management and a pioneer in eco solutions in Sri Lanka, recently became the first organization in the South Asian region to receive the ISO 14001 certification in emission services. The award ceremony held at the Sri Lanka... BATTICALOA INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXHIBITION IN OCTOBER 2016 Event Highlights: • Over 300 stalls raging from consumer favorites to industrial goods • Crowds exceeding 60,000 visiting the show • Live evening musical shows • Amusement park with Children’s play area • All... DFCC Bank PLC expands its reach to Balangoda As part of its expansion drive,DFCC Bank PLC opened its newest fully-fledged branch in Balangoda on the 28th of April 2016, at No 115, Barnes RatwattaMawatha, Balangoda. The new branch will offer end-to-end financial solutions for allretail and business customers in Balangoda,... Coca-Cola’s Biyagama Plant Conferred with the Prestigious ‘TPM Excellence Award’ by Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka Ltd. (CCBSL) is proud to announce that its Biyagama plant has been bestowed with an Award for ‘TPM Excellence by the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM). As per the audits done by JIPM, Coca-Cola’s Biyagamaplant significantly improved its... LAMUDI-AVIC REAL ESTATE EXPO 2016 IS OPENING ITS DOORS On the 7th and 8th of May, Sri Lanka’s first Real Estate Expo is taking place The Real Estate market in Sri Lanka has been booming since the early days, making it one of the most established places for investment opportunities today. Lamudi, together with AVIC, is hosting the... Toyota Lanka in full force at FoxhillSupercross 2016 with Toyota, Hino and Pirelli Toyota Lanka (Private) Limited, the sole authorized distributor for Toyota vehicles in Sri Lanka showcased the power and versatility of their signature Toyota, Hino and Pirelli brands at the recently concluded Foxhill Supercross 2016. Sri Lanka’s premier annual motor... AVIC-INTLcontinues to assist Lawris Girls Home under ‘Raise the future with love’ campaign China National Aero Technology International Engineering Corporation (AVIC-INTL) recently conducted a charitable donation programme in support of the Lawris Girl’s Home, Colombo, for the third consecutive year. Through the programme, AVIC INTL donated Rs. 300,000 worth of food,...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line97
__label__cc	0.705615	0.294385	Penis Enlargement Surgery -- A True Horror Story spadegoose62 May 2018 in General Surgery is one pretty controversial approaches to penis enlargement. While it does along with the coveted "mainstream" label, it is by far the most expensive resolution. Many people think that surgery is less hassle and the bringer of instant results. They should think again. First and foremost, pennis enlargement tablets who have willingly chosen the knife to improve their lives also have to bear a period of exercises designed to help the penis recover. Second, sex may be out of the question after surgery. So there's no instant use for those instant results. Third, things might have to go wrong. And if you think that nothing can happen to spoil your attempt much better your sex life, then neither did Charles Lennon, the not so proud owner of a ten-year hard on. In theory a perpetual hard on sounds fun for certain desperate men who haven't gotten laid in a while, but let me tell you this is not just like it sounds. Charles Lennon was in his late 50s when he received an implant made of plastic and steel called Dura-II. The device was supposed to help men suffering from erectile dysfunction raise their penises for sex and then lower them down afterwards. Is actually Lennon's device remained stuck in the up position. In one short moment of unlucky malfunction, Charles Lennon lost the for you to ride a bike again, hug people, wear tight clothing or go for any swim. He has transformed into a recluse who is embarrassed to meet people and is uncomfortable round his own grandchildren. And the worst part of it is that there is no moving back for Charles Lennon. The implant is not working properly and cannot be taken off due to health-related circumstances that prevent Lennon for probing surgery again. And even when doctors could somehow go ahead and take implant out, there is just not way Lennon would get an erection because the implant replaced part of the big penis product tissue. This means that Charles Lennon is tied to the malfunctioning implant through-out his life. While so he had brought the before a court and won compensatory payments, money cannot undo the implant, nor fix a man's life. It's not my intention to imply that surgery is a disaster waiting to occur every time. I'm certain many people went through penis enlargement surgery and everything was perfect for them. But you have to realize that when things go wrong, there is just not turning back. Once the knife goes through the tissue, there is no way to undo the cut and, for good or maybe worse, you have to stay with the consequences. And, as told above, essence can sometimes be pretty dire. Permanent erection, irreversible impotence, loss of feeling due to damage sustained by nerves, scars - these are the hazards of a male enhancement technique that is outside your control. Therefore, modest portions to all the men considering penis enlargement is: choose carefully.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line102
__label__cc	0.604799	0.395201	je fais un don sur Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet Associate conductor Cultural actions Training and integration Niquet Benevolo \| Missa Si Deus Pro Nobis - Sanctus Missa Si Deus Pro Nobis by Benevolo With Alpha Classics Release the 25th of may 2018 "Le Choix de France Musique" Benevolo's Missa Si Deus Pro Nobis Hervé Niquet is characterized by two immutable traits: he is a tireless pioneer of forgotten music, and he loves polyphony and "great forms". A few years ago, he provoked a sensation by exhuming the monumental music of Striggio... For the 30th anniversary of his ensemble, Le Concert Spirituel, he is attacking a new summit of polyphony: a Mass by Orazio Benevolo (1605-1672) performed by 8 choirs in 4 voices, accompanied by 16 continuists. In concert, the choirs are distributed in the nave, the audience being in the middle. Benevolo was one of the greatest geniuses of polychorality, a prolix composer, representing the pomp of French art in Rome. He finished his career as chapel master at the Vatican. This music was revived thanks to the work of the great musicologist Jean Lionnet, who for years copied by hand the work of many Italian composers from the Vatican Music Fund, from which no documents could be taken out. Thus the Missa Si Deus pro nobis is restored here, accompanied by vocal and instrumental pieces by Monteverdi, Frescobaldi and Palestrina. "This record is the result of two meetings. First of all Jean Lionnet a researcher at the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, 30 years ago Jean entrusted me with several scores copied by his hand when he spent hours (at the Vatican) transcribing forbidden manuscripts. Ugolini, Benevolo and Lorenzani were in a good place in these 300 pages he entrusted to me. And it is with the reading of this kilo of scores that the meeting with Benevolo was a shock! I never stopped, after a record of motets with 2 choirs recorded 20 years ago, to show that Benevolo is one of those great forgotten Italian geniuses. Well here's the dream come true with a team of musicians galvanized by music that totally surpasses us." This programme is supported by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, whouse aim is to encourage the promotion of choral singing. © 2017 Le Concert Spirituel, all rights reserved — Legal notice	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line103
__label__cc	0.725696	0.274304	Back to Backpacking in Live Free, North America There we were. Three novice backpackers (rookie may be a better term), standing at the check in counter of LAX with one way tickets booked to some backwoods shelter in north Georgia. We were on our way to an adventure of a lifetime. That was March 7th, 2012. What better way to celebrate the start of our Appalachian Trail journey than donning our packs and heading into the Los Padres back country on March 7th, 2015. Kilimanjaro and I packed the truck with two bikes, helmets, and backpacks. A quick drive over the Santa Ynez Mountains dropped us into the Santa Ynez Valley, along Happy Canyon Road, and to the base of the San Rafael Mountains. We parked, strapped on the packs, secured our bike helmets, and started pedaling to adventure. I had donated my bike helmet to Goodwill the previous week (one of the only items I’ve given away that I could have actually used again) so Kilimanjaro loaned me an old BMX helmet, which made me look much more capable than my timid reintroduction to mountain biking proved to be. The statement “It’s like riding a bike” is true…once learned, it is difficult to forget how to do it. That said, I can ride a bike anywhere on flat ground, but riding a bike on a mountain trail was a different story. We rode our bikes 9 miles up the fire road to the base of McKinley Mountain. “Riding our bikes” might be an aggressive term as there may have been just as much walking as riding. While the fire road was wide and well maintained, areas were incredibly steep and left us with no choice but to dismount and walk. A section of the road called Hells Half Acre was not only steep, but rocky, making it doubly as difficult to ascend (and descend as well). I joked to Kilimanjaro, “If I’d known how hard this was going to be I would have taken a few spin classes last week!” Most of the time I thought to myself, “I’d actually rather be running this trail than attempting to ride it…” To the south we caught glimpses of the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. To the north the daunting ridgeline of Hurricane Deck begged me to visit soon. Nearing the top of the fire road we were surprised to find snow! What a novel idea! Not quite as novel though when the snow started covering the trail. It was difficult to ride a bike, uphill, with a full backpack, through snow. But alas, adventure is adventure. We reached a flat plateau on a saddle beneath McKinley Mountain. “This is it, the end of the road” Kilimanarjo said, jumping off his bike. We found a narrow space in the scrub brush and shoved the bikes in. The last four miles to Mission Springs Campground would be on foot. Finally, some real backpacking! As soon as we signed the trail register and hit the single track the experience improved. Trees, some dead from the 2007 Zaca Fire, covered the landscape. Around every turn we were treated to a new vista. We traversed the north side of San Rafael Mountain, sometimes trudging through several inches of snow. I picked up the pace as my toes were freezing in the Luna Sandals I was wearing. When we reached the top of San Rafael Mountain at 6,593 feet we were treated to breathtaking 360 degree views of the Los Padres National Forest, the Pacific Ocean, and the Channel Islands. We continued less than two miles to Mission Pine Springs Campground. The Mission Pine area in the Los Padres National Forest is said to be named because the pine beams used to build the Santa Barbara Mission was harvested from this area. Kilimanjaro and I passed under towering pine trees and massive windblown rock formations. We even passed the skull rock, a huge boulder that had been shaped over time to look exactly like a skeletal face. We reached Mission Pine Springs Campground before dusk and set up camp near the picnic table and fire pit. It is hard to believe that this was only my third backpacking trip since completing the Appalachian Trail, while Kilimanjaro had taken advantage of the backcountry a bit more, even thru-hiking the John Muir Trail. With the tents erected, dinner served (sans stoves, cold dinner, just like the AT), and water refilled, there was only one thing was left to do. Hang the bear bag. In true Appalachian Trail fashion I found a throwing rock, grabbed my 40 foot line, tied a spider web around the rock, and the two of us ventured off into the darkening woods like two lost puppies looking for the ideal branch to hang the bear bag. “What do you think about this one?” “Ahh, I don’t know…It’s an awfully small tree.” “Yeah, I know, no bear will ever be able to climb it!” “Yeah, it’ll just pull the tree down and take our food.” “Oh, yeah, you’re right, we should keep looking.” Just like the Appalachian Trail. I found the perfect branch, but Kilimanjaro had pitched his tent directly under it. Kilimanjaro pointed out a branch that we both agreed on. We positioned ourselves uphill from the tree, and with the sun fading, I wound up and gave my best big league throw. The orange reflective rope zipped past my headlamp until I saw the tail of it fly by my face. Crap! I forgot to hold on to the other end! No matter, I’ll just grab the rock side and pull it down. We looked into the darkness as the sound of a rock echoed, bouncing down the hill, without the rope. My spider web knot hadn’t held, typical, and now both ends of our bear line were dangling from the tree. Luckily one was within jumping height and I tugged it down. I retied the knot on a better rock and started on our second attempt. Success! We hung the food bag and stumbled back to camp in the dark, laughing at how spending 4.5 months on the trail still hadn’t made us experts in fine art of hanging a bear bag. Kilimanjaro and I sat on the picnic table watching the stars come out, talking about the many nights in the Appalachians that we had done the same thing. The night that we stealth camped and watched the sunrise over Big Bald Mountain. Easter Sunday when we camped on Big Bald Mountain and nearly froze to death. The rain, the snow, the heat, the rain, the cold, the rain…that darn rain. Pretty soon it was “Hiker Midnight”, closer to 8:30 PM in town, and we retreated to our tents. I spent the night in my ZPacks blue Cuban Fiber Hexamid tent, the walls translucent and glowing from the light of the full moon overhead. In the morning I woke up early, before 7 AM. Partly because I was ready to wake up, but mostly because my sleeping pad from the AT has since developed leaks, and by morning my behind was resting solidly on the cold dirt. I put on all of my layers and crawled out of my tent and into the brisk mountain air. I grabbed my usual trail breakfast, 2 packages of Pop Tarts and a Snicker’s Bar, and scrambled up some rocks to sit and watch sunrise. The forest was coming alive with various bird songs. One humming bird whizzed by and landed on a branch a few feet away. It curiously looked me over, its head of feathers changing colors from black to red as it moved back and forth in the sunlight. After a magnificent sunrise I skipped back to camp to see what Kilimanjaro was doing. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw 3 sets of eyes, none of which were his. Three deer were quietly visiting the springs for a morning thirst quencher. For a few moments we stood still, barely losing eye contact, as they finished their drinks and nonchalantly walked away. It reminded me of the various wildlife that I had come face to face with in the Appalachian Mountains. Kilimanjaro started stirring and we packed camp and headed out to explore the section of the trail from Missions Pine Springs Camp to Mission Pine Basin Camp before heading for home. Kilimanjaro returned to camp and I ran on to explore a few more miles. I had no pack, no water, no food, just my Luna Sandals and the trail. I took off running, over small ridges, under large trees, scrambling over rocks, and dodging overgrown scrub brush. Being completely alone in the backcountry was a little nerve racking, but I felt alive. I felt free. I felt at home. I spent the next hour running, exploring, climbing big rocks, and making a to-do list for next trip. I made it back to camp and Kilimanjaro and I prepared to head for home. The hike back to the bikes was easy. I tried wearing my Injinji toe socks to keep my feet warm in the snow, but adding the cloth around my toes actually made them colder and took longer to warm up in the sun. We found the bikes still hidden in the bushes and prepared for our descent. The ride up the mountain had taken more than 3 hours, but even with the snow and dangerously steep sections, we planned to be at the car in 90 minutes or less. We pushed off and barreled down the trail, whooping and hollering as we attacked the snow banks, front wheels sliding back and forth, grabbing nothing, us holding on and peddling like mad, hoping to make it to the dirt before spilling sideways. We were having a blast and approached a picnic table 1.5 miles into the ride, 7.5 miles from the car. As we pulled off to take a quick drink break I heard the eerie sound of an air hiss. First I thought maybe it was just snow rubbing on the frame, but when we started down the trail my rear tire felt heavy, it was completely flat. No problem! Kilimanjaro had brought spare tire tubes. We laid the bike down and tore out the new tube, preparing the make a fast pit stop, until we realized that the rear wheel needed an open ended wrench to remove. Crap. This was Ann’s bike. Kilimanjaro’s bike had quick release bolts, but neither of us had wrenches for actual bolts. Okay, plan B, I’d try to ride the next 7.5 miles on a flat tire. I mounted the bike and started peddling, until the actual tire folded over the rim and got jammed in the breaks, stopping me dead in my tracks. Plan C. The only thing to do was to walk the bike down, but if you know me, I’m not much of a walker. We stuffed my gear into Kilimanjaro’s saddle bags and backpack and I kept only the lightest gear in my pack. I pulled my backpack straps tight, adjusted my Luna sandals, and started to run. For the next 7.5 miles Kilimanjaro rode a heavily weighted down bike while I ran beside him, pushing a bike with a flat rear tire. We made really great time and reached the parking lot a little tired and sore, but happy to be heading home. Three years ago that evening we had stayed in the Springer Mountain shelter, our first night camping on the white blazes, hunkered down in a thunderstorm. A short 2,184 miles and 136 days later I found myself standing atop Mount Katahdin, an Appalachian Trail Thru Hiker. Today though, I found myself a little tired and sore, but in a car barreling down the road at 65 miles per hour, heading back to town for a shower, a warm bed, and work the next morning. The Appalachian Trail had been the adventure of a lifetime, but in reality, all of life is an adventure.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line107
__label__wiki	0.642732	0.642732	Our Mission Collaborators The CHI Team Contact Us Blog Acknowledgments Overview Reflectance Transformation Imaging Photogrammetry Digital Lab Notebook Projects Events Fields Publications Training Consulting Downloads Gear E-newsletter Donate Get Involved What is the Digital Lab Notebook (DLN)? A Digital Lab Notebook (DLN) serves the same function as a written scientist’s lab notebook before the digital age. A DLN associated with a digital representation provides transparency, enabling people to assess its reliability for their own research purposes. CHI’s DLN methodologies and tools are designed to collect all of the information necessary for a scientific lab notebook. More… Download the Digital Lab Notebook (DLN) Tools CHI has released Beta versions of the first two tools in the Digital Lab Notebook software suite to simplify the collection and management of scientifically reliable metadata. Learn more and download the tools. Watch Instructional Videos About the DLN Tools CHI has created a video series on our Vimeo website, describing the purpose and application of the DLN tools. Watch the videos. Chapter Title: “Keeping Track of How We Scan” Book cover for Copy Culture: Sharing in the Age of Digital Reproduction (V&A) Book Title Copy Culture: Sharing in the Age of Digital Reproduction Interview with CHI Mark Mudge and Carla Schroer of Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) interview in the chapter entitled “Keeping Track of How We Scan” Book Editor Brendan Cormier Publisher V&A Publishing Publication Date August 2018 Free Download (PDF) Download the entire book; see page 107 for the CHI interview Through essays, interviews and project profiles, this book overall explores how digital tools are revolutionizing the cultural heritage landscape through copies. It draws from a cross-disciplinary group of experts to better understand the challenges and opportunities for making, storing, sharing and using digital reproductions, in museums and in everyday life. In a chapter of the book, “Keeping Track of How We Scan,” Carla Schroer and Mark Mudge of CHI discuss new software they call the Digital Lab Notebook (DLN), a set of tools that help record how a digital representation is made. The DLN describes the means and circumstances of digital information capture from a real-world subject and tracks all the events that happen during the processing of this information into a completed digital representation. Copy Culture is a result of ReACH (Reproductions of Art and Cultural Heritage), an initiative spearheaded by the Victoria and Albert Museum with the Peri Foundation, to bring museums and cultural heritage practitioners together to collectively draw a roadmap for the future production and use of digital copies. Contact \| Blog \| © Cultural Heritage Imaging 2002-2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line111
__label__cc	0.744032	0.255968	The internet reacts to Insomnia articles... to https://culture.vg Moderator: JC Denton by icycalm » 22 Feb 2009 16:25 ... usually in this way: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/i ... in_nigeria Seriously, threads linking to this site are usually hilarious. No one has a fucking clue what they are talking about, and by the end of the thread the issue has come to seem even more complex than it originally did. Latest case in point: About the only people who make sense in such discussions are those who already have accounts here (see Tain in the above thread) or people who eventually come to register accounts, after they have had enough of the ignorance and stupidity of their fellow forum members. At least that is what my experience of Insomnia-related forum threads so far reveals. Last edited by icycalm on 19 Aug 2011 18:19, edited 2 times in total. icycalm Hyperborean Location: Tenerife, Canary Islands by MjFrancis » 22 Feb 2009 18:24 Seems most complaints centered around the length of the article and most rebuttals tossed around "gameplay" like they had Tourette Syndrome. MjFrancis http://otacracy.com/serious-stuff/16-belief-in-games A religious-sounding piece about "belief in games and people", or some such tripe. I like Vincent. He was one of the founders of Insert Credit, along with Brandon Sheffield, who I also like. Still, both of them are way out of their depth when it comes to game analysis. On specific games and genres, yes, they occasionally have something to say, but when they attempt to draw more wide-ranging conclusions comedy happens. This is right on the money, though: The big thing about Alex is: He doesn't believe in people. And I can't look at his writing without thinking that all of it has that belief as an underpinning, and it's rather easy to see that it is there. That belief so offends me that I cannot think about accepting anything he says without first thinking whether that means that I'd be accepting that viewpoint. To be more precise, it's not that I don't believe in people period: it's that I believe in a very few people. Those who, naturally enough, are like me. This is no different to what Vincent and others do. They also believe only in people like themselves, but because theirs is a very common type of character, they end up believing in a great many more people than I do, something which, to the short-sighted, comes to seem as if they believe in everyone. Hence the hypocrisy of them judging me with different criteria from those they use to judge themselves. orly wrote: insomnia.ac is the be all end all Authority on gaming. bitches http://forums.somethingawful.com/showth ... id=3085603 Couldn't have put it better myself, lol. http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?f ... 8311793394 Not much to say about that. Usual forum banter, but it's nice to see the article getting linked in specialist J/MMO RPG forums. http://dhex.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1670&p=21795 Bunch of retards chattering about one of my articles. Nothing interesting apart from this money quote: dark steve wrote: I'd write something about complexity v. sophistication, but uh, yeah, why even bother with this guy. This is basically the way most people respond to my articles, when they are not immediately dismissing them. And of course they never bother following up on these sorts of comments -- i.e. writing anything -- because they really have nothing to write. I mean "complexity vs. sophistication"? What could you possibly write about that? About the only thing you could do is to replace the "vs." with the sign of equality (=), but that of course wouldn't make much for much of an article. So no one writes anything and my articles remain unchallenged -- the only ones basically worth reading on the internet. The Triforce clowns yapping about me for three pages: http://www.thetriforce.com/forum/index.php?topic=8309.0 They got at least one thing right, concerning that rllmuk thread that recently disappeared: Why would they delete it? It's the most interesting thread they've ever had on rllmuk. Twats. And more nonsense from random Brits: http://www.zombie-cow.com/forum/index.p ... pic=1163.0 That's the kind of commentary I have to put up with. by Bradford » 27 Feb 2009 18:35 I would like someone to write a virus where every time a person posts "I would write x to defeat your point, but [lame excuse]," their computer kicks them in the junk. Too harsh? They weren't using that stuff anyway. You know he knows just exactly what the facts is. Location: Orlando, Florida, USA by icycalm » 04 Mar 2009 16:05 http://www.theghz.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 099#p94099 Same old same old. Some dude in some forum links me, and then all his buddies proceed to act offended and miss all the points. Some time later the dude links me again, rinse and repeat. A decade down the line everyone has more or less come to accept the articles as the gospel, regardless of how little they may understand what is being said in them. by JoshF » 04 Mar 2009 17:12 Maybe it should be explained that us HARDCORZ don't expect every single game to be challenging. After all, not everyone finds this amusing, and the people that don't should have as much right to a game they find amusing as the people that do. The problem as I see it is the imbalance between the one-hand touch and NFL games. If only I could write articles. JoshF The point here is that everyone loves a challenge. Even the people who say they don't -- they too love challenge just as much as anyone. The problem is that different people have different capacities, and therefore what may seem challenging to one person will seem like child's play to another. So even JRPG players love challenge. The difference is that they are so stupid that they actually find JRPGs challenging (though they are too ashamed of themselves to publicly admit it, so they come up with bullshit reasons instead). There's nothing to be done about that -- this is simply how the world works. by BlackerOmegalon » 04 Mar 2009 18:48 What's strange to me is that many people these days seem to be offended by something that's too challenging for them. I have seen many people say that a certain game is too complex, and should be more accessible, without providing a good reason to make it so, while making a game more accessible is praised. Also, challenge is considered by these sorts to be the opposite of "fun", the legendary thing that they always fall back on in their arguments. BlackerOmegalon BlackerOmegalon wrote: Also, challenge is considered by these sorts to be the opposite of "fun", the legendary thing that they always fall back on in their arguments. It's not that they consider challenge per se the opposite of fun -- what they consider the opposite of fun is challenge that is too high compared to their limited capacities. And that is actually fair enough and understandable -- if you've lost a game before it has even began, there's certainly not going to be much fun in it for you. For example, I weigh 74 Kg. If I were to fight in a Sumo tournament it'd be fair to say that I wouldn't enjoy it. That doesn't mean the game sucks -- all it means is that I am not strong enough to compete in it. If, on the other hand, I were to play Sumo with a bunch of guys in my own weight category, I'd probably have quite a bit of fun. So basically, their assertion that challenging games are not fun is a defense mechanism to cover their weakness, as well as their stupidity (because they ignore selectable difficulty levels, for example). And that's all there is to it. Meanwhile: http://www.cave-stg.com/forum/index.php ... 88#msg8688 I really can't understand how come some people support this douche bag Icycalm. I always thought his articles, reviews and whatnot are mostly really missing the point, like he doesn't understand video games much while pretending to be an "expert". Insomnia is mostly a hilarious failure of a site to me. Note that this comes from someone who plays shooting games with a keyboard. And he says I am the one who is missing the point. Note that all of these negative points against me come from people who have written thousands and thousands of one or two-liners on the internet, all of which say nothing the least bit interesting or significant. So far no one has actually attempted to write a lengthy and detailed analysis, taking apart something I have written. All the criticism I have so far got is essentially of the order of jeering and cat-calling. One week they are making fun of my ideas, the very next they are attempting to pass them off as their own: Taurus wrote: I don't know what 'pushes gaming onwards' means. I think that metaphor, of one line of progress, or some apes standing up, is a bit simplistic. I prefer to see it like a fern leaf, or an amorphous network with different branches that cascade off into different directions. And I think that the phrase sort of implies that subsequent games need to have adopted something that a particular game invented for it to count, and I'm not sure that's an especially good criteria for innovation (because generally other developers seem to pick up on the most boring things about successful or interesting games to copy/rip-off). AndyG&T wrote: Careful with the leaf/branch/tree analogies, Taurus. You're starting to sound like icycalm. http://www.thetriforce.com/forum/index. ... #msg150949 There's basically no way out for them, because if they reject my ideas they are condemned to go back to the shallowness and banality of their "graphics, sound, gameplay, innovation" approach that they've been using for ever -- which is a dead end -- whilst, if they adopt my ideas, they are forced to start to sound more and more like me, which is something their friends and readers will call them out on. Attempts to cover this up by inventing new terminology and muddling things up may prove useful in the short term, but are doomed to fail in the long term because the new terminology and muddling will eventually lead them to wrong conclusions -- from which they'll have to back up, only to be forced to eventually fully adopt mine, because it's the only one that's coherent and will work. All this will be faintly amusing to watch, for sure. Internet noise-generation lessons, by our friends on SA: Three pages of it, too. And I am told these people are actually PAYING for the privilege of posting in that forum? The classic "serious business" response: http://drownedinsound.com/community/boa ... al/4167782 The gist of this response is that people who spend their entire lives on the internet while accomplishing nothing are offended when someone actually accomplishes something. They then proceed to deride that person in order to cover up their shame for wasting so much time with nothing to show for it, and the only way for them to do that, it would seem, is to make fun of them for taking anything "seriously". More of this "defense mechanism masquerading as ridicule" here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/M ... USBUSINESS While we're still on video games...Alex Kierkegaard, anyone? And here. by Bradford » 09 Mar 2009 19:40 Re: serious business: What irony that a page to mock (I assume; I could not discern any real purpose to the page) the taking of things too seriously would contain a list of examples over 14,000 words long! Last edited by Bradford on 09 Mar 2009 21:10, edited 1 time in total. by Tain » 09 Mar 2009 20:18 On the plus side you've found me somewhere new to troll; anyone who has a banner featuring that white haired fag from Devil May Cry above a slew of articles on the philosphies of Baudrillard needs to be trolled hard for being a massively pretentious cockhead. Merry fucking Xmas. Crakwhrrr 04:22, 11 December 2008 (CST) Wicked sick burn. I've actually heard the "it's just video games dood!" argument from people in the industry. You'd think they'd take their livelihood more seriously. Bradford wrote: What irony that a page to mock (I assume; I could not discern any real purpose to the page) the taking of things too seriously would contain a list of examples over 14,000 words long! That page should link to itself. They are taking not taking anything seriously far too seriously. by dai jou bu » 11 Mar 2009 10:05 icycalm wrote: And here. Guh, just got a trojan from going there. They must really hate you. Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal tool said it was eliminated, but I'm really paranoid about the current state of this PC at the moment and will reinstall Windows on this thing later today. dai jou bu I am on a Mac right now so I don't notice viruses... http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/389012 He also has total BS claims in there, like the fact that only schizophrenics can role play a party of characters. A good pen and paper dungeon master plays dozens of roles. But I guess that since it's pen and paper, it's all great and healthy. Typical retarded ADD response. I am talking about the players, who in real RPGs are only supposed to role-play a single character, and he replies about the game master, who doesn't exist in CRPGs. meh. It's all semantics. Yes, retard, you got that right. And your point is? Lol, my retort would have been, What else is there? by sadinotna » 17 Mar 2009 13:51 icycalm wrote: I am talking about the players, who in real RPGs are only supposed to role-play a single character Now I'm curious to your opinions on troupe system games and GM-less stuff like Polaris. Are the real RPGs or not? sadinotna I answered you here: http://forum.insomnia.ac/viewtopic.php?p=8648#8648 Moving on, Crazy Man's TF2 review has been linked in a number of places, chief among them the Steam forums. The review got something like 500 clicks from that thread in like six hours. I guess that's where all the retards are coming from. Funny thing though is that that thread has been moved out of the general forums, and it's now hidden so that regular users can't see it. I've no idea who CAN see it -- perhaps only the moderators. The address of the thread anyway is this: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/s ... p?t=824647 And this is the only thing that Google managed to save: Ready to rage? - Steam Users' Forums Ready to rage? Team Fortress 2. ... edit: lol - http://forum.insomnia.ac/ viewtopic.php?t=2659 ... TF2 is in constant-development, always changing. ... forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=824647 - 11 hours ago - lolling at Valve over here. Every fuckin gaming rag and website declared this the second coming of Christ, and it swept a shitload of game of the year awards -- and a single tiny fucking website trashes it a year and a half after release, and they feel threatened enough to try and keep the review away from people's notice. Games criticism doesn't get much better than this. Some more comments I managed to get from the little snippets Google displays in its search results: Page 2-Ready to rage? Team Fortress 2. ... Imma join their forums and have a lil ' chat with this guy. ... Ready to rage? Nope, but I'm ready to laugh. ... Ready to rage? Team Fortress 2. ... Reload this Page Ready to rage? ... This is not a forum for ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ -- no one should have to convince anyone else ... Ready to rage? Team Fortress 2. ... Reload this Page Ready to rage? ... Most of the forum posters that at least to me sounded like they were good players ... Ready to rage? Team Fortress 2. ... Reload this Page Ready to rage? .... dude's saying that the sniper is one of the weakest classes in TF2 in the forums. ... Unfortunately, none of the pages seem to have been cached. What a stupid thing it is to hide threads on the internet. How the fuck are we supposed to get our laughs then? Reminds me of the rllmuk retards a few weeks back. Or the Select Button retards every other day (they have an entire sub-forum where they hide any thread in which they come off as retards -- what they don't realize, of course, is that they come off as retards in EVERY thread). Man, when you have to hide your fucking threads in your own fucking forum, you know you've hit rock bottom. Last edited by icycalm on 17 Mar 2009 20:53, edited 1 time in total. Return to Welcome Jump to: Select a forum ------------------ The Gate Welcome The Playroom News Games Reviews Drafts Features Theory Hardware Online Offline Strategy High Scores Submissions Trading Casual The Best Videogame Player In The World Cosmic War Uberust Role-playing The Lounge Off-topic Users browsing this forum: No members and 11 guests	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line112
__label__wiki	0.754602	0.754602	Music » Stupid Bullshit - Any and all Discussion of Hinder, Nickelback, etc goes here Author Topic: Stupid Bullshit - Any and all Discussion of Hinder, Nickelback, etc goes here (Read 12313 times) Re: Stupid Bullshit - Any and all Discussion of Hinder, Nickelback, etc goes here Guys, Mark Tremonti did an interview a week or two ago when this story brok, where he talked about how he's been trying to help Scott Stapp but Scott wouldn't return his calls. Jesus Christ, don't any of you read Blabbermouth.net!? Nymyzys TRTSM's Color Commentator Welcome to Sky Valley The lead singer of Puddle of Mudd got arrested for riding an airport baggage carousel. yes i am a "HO" Hinder's already replaced their new lead singer after two months. The incredible story of Still Well Angel. This has been going on since November. It is one of the greatest examples of a band that doesn't understand how horrible they are while also being a prime example of justified, good ol' fashioned trolling. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/21/scott-weiland-art-of-anarchy_n_6519518.html In an effort to maintain relevancy, Scott Weiland formed a new band with Bumblefoot and the bassist from Disturbed. First album drops in Spring. Disturbed's bassist really gets around. He's also in Adrenaline Mob. Puddle of Mudd deleted their Facebook page after a shitty live show and lip synching. Also, did you know that Wes Scantlin has been arrested for cocaine possession and domestic abuse. Oh, that this band is performing at this year's Gathering of the Juggaloes? Now you know. Quote from: Gary on June 29, 2015, 11:29:56 AM Domestic abuse? Even after the message they tried to get across in the Blurry video? Damn. SHE FUCKIN' HATES ME! LUH-LUH-LUH-LOVE! The GOTJ is pretty much the new Ozzfest. A festival a lot of bands think is beneath them but play them anyway for the big paydays. Fans of the band Creed want the name of the movie "Creed" changed. Quote from: Reine Dance on June 29, 2015, 11:58:38 AM The GOTJ is weird-it gets bands that would seem fitting if Ozzfest were still around (In This Moment and Emmure aka even fans of Oceano and Chelsea Grin think we suck) as well as bands that Ozzfest would reject if it were still around (Puddle of Mudd). That and a whole lot of Horrorcore rappers, some rappers who were big in the 90's/00's and guys that you are shocked would even show up (This year's being Wacka Flocka Flames, Machine Gun Kelly and Flostradamus, whose like a a decent sized EDM DJ/producer) http://loudwire.com/puddle-of-mudd-wes-scantlin-arrested-dwi-minnesota/ And Scantlin just got busted again for DUI! If he keeps this up then he's just gonna drift and die. I just got an e-mail telling me that Scott Stapp is performing here in January. These are his first on-stage appearances since his meltdown last year. Who expects me to pay $30 to see him? I do because you're a glutton for fucking punishment. Ok, I gotta admit, this was pretty funny. Scott Stapp poking fun at himself. Local alt rock station just announced that Breaking Benjamin is going to be doing an acoustic show in Portland in February. An unplugged version of MY POLYAMOROUS FRAAANNND!? Sign me up! My favorite Breaking Benjamin memory is when I saw Weezer (with a then virtually unknown, The Fray, as opening act) at La Colisee in Lewiston in '05, one of the security guards was bitching about how he had to miss the concert with Three Doors Down and "The Broken Benjamins" in Portland that same night. Saints_Fan_H This made me laugh: lead singer of Nickelback tried out for a Christmas play, but didn't make it. He never made it as a wise man. Quote from: We Three Kings of Kamala on December 15, 2015, 02:02:18 PM Breaking Benjamin does a really good acoustic show. You'll enjoy it if you go. There was period in Vanilla Ice's career where he tried be Cypress Hill? Ice rocking dreads and rapping about tokin' up is both sad and hilarious at the same time. That was before he got into nu-metal. The '90s were a weird time. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/video-puddle-of-mudd-frontman-accuses-audience-member-of-stealing-his-house-walks-off-stage/ Wes Scantlin stopped a Puddle of Mudd show to accuse a fan in the crowd of stealing his house. Did you also know he was arrested last month for trespassing and vandalism? Now you do! I'm genuinely baffled as to why Puddle of Mudd still gets work. This is like the 4th or 5th time Wes Scantlin's flipped the fuck out and left the stage and the venue had to refund everybody. You think even the dumbest rock promoters would be like "Huh. Maybe not worth it." But I guess the dumbest rock promoters are pretty fucking dumb. The kind of person who would even listen to Puddle of Mudd isn't likely to be particularly bright. Puddle of Mudd & Buckcherry are up there for bands with the dumbest songs. At least, Nickelback sometimes shows some vague awareness of irony. I still maintain that Buckcherry's "For The Movies" is a great song. Way better than 90% of the lunacy posted in this thread. Puddle of Mudd opened for Korn years ago and there was some kid, probably around 15, sitting a few rows up from me who knew every word to every song they (Mudd) played. I kind of felt bad for him. If that was the MSG show from 2002 then a 16 year old Reine was in attendance in the cheap seats going crazy for Korn's cover of Metallica's "One". 13 year old King Kamala was pissed that Mama Kamala wouldn't let him go see KoRn with opening acts Disturbed and Trust Company on that same tour in '02! In retrospect, I should be relieved I was too young to see any numetal concerts. I did go to a Taste of Chaos tour show with an off prime Deftones headlining in '06 but most of the bill was terrible scream. Quote from: Reine, Reine Go Away on February 03, 2016, 11:27:01 AM That was the one, and I loved hearing that live. When they were announced for the Metallica tribute show I knew exactly what they were doing because of that show. My first concert ever was seeing Korn at Roseland Ballroom in 1996. My mom is an over protective Jewish mother and had to go with me. That was an interesting site, having her go to a Korn show (with rap group The Pharcyde opening). She likes a lot of newer music, at least at the time, so she didn't mind Korn that much. We also went to The Offspring later that year and Family Values. We both ended up getting a contact high at that show. "For the Movies" is fucking awesome. Can we just have a Puddle of Mudd thread? Wes Scantlin breaks down onstage again but this time, his bandmates abandon him. http://uproxx.com/music/puddle-of-mudd-singer-meltdown/ Even the rest of POM can only handle so much of his shit. So, Nickelback released a new song called "Feed the Machine", that is actually getting an overwhelmingly positive response. Not a bad hard rock song but I kept waiting for a catchy hook since the 'chorus' of the song wasn't doing it for me and the hook never really came. Just a straight ahead rock song although Kroeger's vocals still annoy me. Even the guitar riff that the song was clearly built around just lacked that necessary catchiness to my ears. Felt like something a Disturbed would throw out around 1999/2000. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/chad-kroeger-calls-stone-sour-nickelback-lite-challenges-corey-taylor-to-write-a-hit-song.html Chad Kroger calls out Corey Taylor and calls Stone Sour "Nickelback Lite". I can't think of a less interesting musical feud. In the faux-bravado filled world of mallcore, them's fighting words. Showdown at Mall of America's FYE. $65 a ticket. No re-entry. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/corey-taylor-says-chad-kroeger-is-an-idiot-whos-got-a-face-like-a-foot.html Taylor fired back. We might need a new thread for this, y'all! Corey's big comeback was you're ugly and I'm not! Ah, snap! https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/10/icp-fred-durst-dropkick/ Uh oh, Limp Bizkit and ICP have beef, ya'll. Fred Durst almost got dropkicked by one half of ICP at a recent concert. The video of Shaggy botching the drop kick is even funnier when you remember Fred Durst no-sold it.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line113
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__label__cc	0.526499	0.473501	DVD title: It's a Wonderful Life Capra's and Stewart's Personal Bests A beautifully crafted film that proved to be the apex of triple Oscar-winner (1934, 1936, 1938) Frank Capra's distinguished career, and the epitome of his cycle of works celebrating the "common man". Mr. Deeds found himself suddenly wealthy, Mr. Smith went to Washington as a Senator, and John Doe became the focus of a socio-political movement; but "Life"'s George Bailey never distinguishes himself outside of his small hometown of Bedford Falls --- his brother Harry is the one who becomes a war hero, and his friend Sam Wainwright is the one who achieves financial success. George's triumph is simply his personal integrity, his code of ethics, and his strength of character --- his goodness, if you will --- during the unexciting course of his ordinary, mundane existence. In this respect, George is more an Everyman than any other Capra protagonist, inviting strong audience identification and response. In one of the most exquisite performances ever given in an American film, James Stewart is superb as George. It's not an easy role to play because so much screen time is spent focusing on George's subtle reactions to the world around him. One incredible moment comes at the train station when George slowly begins to absorb the news of his brother's recent marriage and new career opportunity, and how his brother's fortune will destroy his own hopes of leaving Bedford Falls and the family business. Stewart's face is extraordinary in this scene, as surprised realization fades into quiet disappointment and finally, gentle graciousness and acceptance. Stewart's tour de force is given strong support by a superb cast of Capra stalwarts, including Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, H. B. Warner, and the phenomenal Beulah Bondi (as George's mother). And Donna Reed, in one of her first romantic leading roles after a number of years playing supporting ingenues and bits, is excellent in the warm but unglamorous role of George's loving wife, Mary. The Republic Home Video DVD is definitely the edition of this classic to own. Like the LaserDisc before it, the DVD offers a crystal clear, beautifully restored film-to-video transfer which will amaze and delight anyone who is familiar only with the horrible multi-generational VHS cassettes, or the awful colorized version, that were commonly screened back in the late 1970's and 1980's. There are some nice bonus features on the DVD, including a "making of" documentary and the theatrical trailer. This is one DVD that you'll never regret adding to your home theatre collection! Trivia note: If you're a fan of this movie, try finding a copy of film historian David Thomson's 1985 novel "Suspects" which continues George's story and relates the characters from this movie to many others (did you know that Donna Reed's "Mary Bailey" is actually the sister of Gene Tierney's "Laura"?!, etc.) ... great fun! Studio: Republic Studios Director: Frank Capra DVD title: Amistad powerful, powerful film A film by Steven Spielberg "Amistad" is a fact based account of a 1839 revolt by African slaves on the slaveship La Amistad, and the legal trial in the United States over what exactly should be done with them after they were rescued (and imprisoned) on American soil. "Amistad" was Spielberg's first serious work since "Schindler's List" (not counting "Jurassic Park 2" which was also released in 1997), and it should be counting among the best movies of 1997. It is a powerful film. The central story is that of the African slaves. The movies focuses on one particular slave, Cinque (Djimon Honsou), so that we have someone to be interested in, and so that the human story of their experiences can be told. They were able to overthrow the slavers while on the slave ship, but their captive was able to sail them to America rather than back to Africa. Upon arrival in America, the slaves are promptly captured by American soldiers and imprisoned until their status can be ascertained. As the lawyer for the Africans, Baldwin (Matthew McConaughey) says in the movie, "it is a matter of property." Who owns the slaves? The soldiers who captured the slaves claim ownership as salvage. The slavers claim ownership citing a legal purchase of the slaves in Cuba. The government of Spain claims ownership. The Africans say they are free men. Who owns the slaves? Are they legal property? This central question is what the movie revolves around and works towards answering. We learn the answer early in the movie, but the question is what can Baldwin prove before the courts, and will the courts listen to him? Steven Spielberg did a good job in showing that this was not just a case of the white man jumping and rescuing the black man. That did exist here, but Spielberg showed just how central and important Cinque was, how his actions and his words were what helped the case for the Africans the most. All the while, Baldwin and Joadson (Morgan Freeman), a freed slave, are entreating former President John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins) to become an advocate on behalf of the Africans. As I mentioned earlier, this is a very powerful film. There is an extended sequence were Spielberg shows the experience of the slave ship and it is so horrible that I don't think I can put words to it. While "Amistad" may not rank quite as high as "Schindler's List" or "Saving Private Ryan" on the list of great movies, this is an excellent movie that deals with a subject usually ignored. This is a slower paced film, with more time spend talking and in the courtroom, but it is a very good one, too. Studio: Dreamworks Skg DVD title: Smashing Time Utterly Hilarious. Smashing! A wild, wacky knockabout farce as only the British can do! Rita Tushingham is a sugary little cough-drop tag-along to chum Lynn Redgrave, a saucy loud-mouth "bird" with stars in her eyes for the Pop Scene of the Swinging Sixties. It's silly, it's completely inconsequential, but it's a riot from start to finish. BUY IT! Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment Director: Desmond Davis DVD title: Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign when i first viewed ST:roughnecks a few years back early one morning, i knew i was onto something great. previous attempts were made at saturday morning CGI shows, like RE:BOOT and BEAST WARS but never completely caught on. roughnecks was the first of these to fully capture my attention, which it did until the show's end. sadly, the show was missing 3 key episodes before the studio pulled the plug, leaving us fans without true "closure". these dvds are a great way to relive the adventures of rico & gang, and who knows? mybe sony would be willing to finish it for us. hope... DVD title: The Fog (Special Edition) GOOD SPOOKY MOVIE IT IS DEFINETLY A CLASSIC SPOOKY MOVIE. IT PULLS YOU IN FROM THE BEGINNING AND PULLS YOU IN DEEPER AND DEEPER UNTIL THE END. IT IS A LOW BUDGET MOVIE, BUT TRULY SPOOKY. JAMIE LEE CURTIS AND ADRIENNE BARBEAU ARE TERRIFIC IN THIS MOVIE. ONE OF JOHN CARPENTER'S BEST. Director: John Carpenter DVD title: Lexx Series 2 Volume 4 best lexx dvd yet i'm definately a big lexx fan, but i didnt get hooked on the show until the third season and therefore had not seen the majority of the second season episodes. So lucky day for me i've been seeing them for the first time on this series of dvds. the episodes really start heating up and getting good here on volume 4. everything about the show from the writing to xenia seeberg's performance as eva haberman's replacement for zev/xev has gone up about 10 notches. the special features on this disc were about 80% as good as ones on the other discs, but the real bonus is having these fantastic episodes for your collection. if you are a lexx fan you should already own this! if you've never seen lexx before then you should start it right and get the original 4 movies ("i worship his shadow" "supernova" "eating pattern" and "giga shadow"). As already mentioned they are only available in canada (on dvd... you can buy the VHS version here on amazon under the original title "tales from a parallel universe") but i got the dvds easily enough on ebay. so there you have it. LEXX IS GOOD! Studio: Acorn Media DVD title: 13 Going On 30 one of the best romantic comedies ever!! This movie was not what i expected. I thought it was going to be one of those dumb pre-teens movies but the movie was awesome!!!!It even made me cry in some parts of the movie. I'll definetly going to add this DVD to my collection. This is a MUST SEE for everyone. Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom Director: Gary Winick DVD title: The Way of the Gun Watch Yourself As I read some of the negative reviews that were posted on this site I was amazed at how some of these psuedo-movie buffs would throw out certain comments that just do not apply. Let me be as straightfoward about this movie as possible: You aren't really supposed to like anyone in it. Yes, thats right, none of the characters are really good people. I fought with this as I watched it for the first time. I guess that you have to be a bit less than pristine and judgemental to enjoy this one, but come on what a film! The violence was gloriously shot by McQuarrie and Phillipe and Del Toro should be established headliners due to this one. James Caan is outstanding as he has always been. The story is great, the action is better, the acting is surprisingly good, and it combines the essence of so many different genres that it is irresistable. Buy it as soon as you can, it is classic in my book. Studio: Artisan Entertainment DVD title: The Secret Life of the Brain Excellent DVD by an Excellent Company I have watched 4 of these cassettes and I am again amazed at the complexity and organization of a human's headquarters. Every knowledge we have about brain is gained through practical tests and we see a lot of such physology related tests in these videos. They give insight to how neurologist work with brain to understand it. I especially liked the second video telling the story of language learning. DVD title: Harvey One of my favorite films of all time, waiting for DVD I have practically worn out my VHS tape of this delightful film, I watch it over and over and never tire of it! Josephine Hull gives a hysterically funny performance which I believe won her an Oscar, if I'm not mistaken. I am anxiously awaiting the DVD, at least I can't wear it out!! Director: Henry Koster Hot, Cool and Vicious Dirty Pair Flash - Angels in Trouble (Vol. 1) Warner Box Office Hits Collection (Contact/City of Angels/L.A. Confidential/A Perfect Murder) Aliens (Special Edition) The Pandora Project Hot Tuna - Electric Celestial Blues Live at the Fillmore Dark Command Dejohnette, Hancock, Holland and Metheny - Live in Concert Moving the Mountain Best of Horror Dvd Chris Rock - Bigger and Blacker Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video: Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 "Eroica" Laserhawk The Spiders Part 1: The Golden Lake Brazil - Criterion Collection Luther Allison: Live In Paradise Peeping Tom - Criterion Collection Verdi - Aida / Levine, Domingo, Millo, Metropolitan Opera Andy Griffith Show Collection The Story of O - Vol. 5 / Episodes 9 and 10 Terms of Endearment The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line124
__label__wiki	0.604756	0.604756	purdue university. board of trustees (7) heath, maurice e., 1910- (1) mott, g. o. (gerald oakley) (1) nichols, ruth, 1901-1960 (1) peterson, r. c. (1) putnam, george palmer, 1887-1950 (1) 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937 (1) All fields: Vega Amelia posing with her Lockheed Vega Amelia Earhart posing with her Lockheed Vega, ca. 1935 Amelia tinkering with her Lockheed Vega Amelia Earhart tinkering with her Lockheed Vega plane, ca. 1935 Amelia on her Lockheed Vega Amelia Earhart on her Lockheed Vega plane, taken from the rear, ca. 1935 Amelia peering through window of Lockheed Vega Amelia Earhart peering through a window in the cockpit of her Lockheed Vega, ca. 1935 Placard to accompany aircraft license for Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega Placard to accompany aircraft license for Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega, listing weight loads allowed for the plane, September 17, 1931 Mechanic working on the Lockheed Vega A mechanic working on the Lockheed Vega, ca. 1935 Lockheed Vega parked outside a hangar The Lockheed Vega parked outside a hangar, 1935 Paul Mantz and reporters near the Lockheed Vega Paul Mantz and reporters standing near the Lockheed Vega Amelia climbing into the Lockheed Vega Amelia Earhart climbing into the Lockheed Vega as Paul Mantz steps down from the plane after warming it up for takeoff, 1935 View of Lockheed Vega in takeoff View of the Lockheed Vega as it swept down field in takeoff, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1935 View of Lockheed Vega on U.S. Army field near Honolulu View of the Lockheed Vega plane as it swept down U. S. Army field near Honolulu on the takeoff to the mainland, Hawaii, January 12, 1935 Lockheed Vega in flight Aerial photograph of the Lockheed Vega in flight, 1935 Lockheed Vega upon arrival in Oakland The Lockheed Vega upon arrival in Oakland, 1935 Fabric scrap, Lockheed Vega Monoplane Fabric scrap from the Lockheed Vega Monoplane N. R. 7952, in which Amelia Earhart crossed the Atlantic, May 20-21, 1932 [with typed annotation, by Earhart?] Amelia Earhart sitting outside the cockpit of her Vega 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937 Amelia Earhart sitting outside the cockpit of her Lockheed Vega airplane, ca. 1930s Lockheed Vega surrounded by welcoming crowds The Lockheed Vega, surrounded by welcoming crowds, 1935 [2 photographs] Earhart's Lockheed Vega during takeoff, circa 1935 Photograph of Earhart’s Lockheed Vega during takeoff from Hawaii for California, ca. 1935 Lockheed Vega, surrounded by welcoming crowds Amelia Earhart leaning against her Lockheed Vega Amelia Earhart leaning against her Lockheed Vega airplane, circa 1935 Amelia standing next to open door of her plane Amelia Earhart standing next to the open door of her Lockheed Vega plane, ca. 1935 Amelia posing on her plane Amelia Earhart posing with her foot propped up on her Lockheed Vega, ca. 1935 Amelia sitting on top of her plane Amelia Earhart sitting on top of her Lockheed Vega, ca. 1935 [2 photos] Amelia reclining against the wing of her plane Amelia Earhart reclining against the wing of her Lockheed Vega, ca. 1935 Loading Amelia's plane onto the Line Lurline The loading of Amelia Earhart’s plane, a red Lockheed Vega, onto the Line Lurline at Wilmington, California before departure to the Hawaiian Islands, ca. 1935 Placard to accompany aircraft license Commercial aircraft license Commercial aircraft license (NC-7952) certifying that the Lockheed Vega is registered to Amelia Earhart, expiration September 15, 1932 Amelia Earhart in front of the propellers Amelia Earhart smiling in front of the propellers on her Lockheed Vega, ca. 1935 Amelia Earhart supervising the fueling of her Lockheed Vega Amelia Earhart supervising the fueling of her Lockheed Vega before her record breaking transcontinental flight, ca. July 1932 Loading Amelia Earhart's plane on the Lurline The loading of Amelia Earhart's plane, a red Lockheed Vega, onto the Line Lurline at Wilmington, California before departure to the Hawaiian Islands, ca. 1935 Letter, 1936 Sept. 26, New York City, to President E.C. Elliott, Lafayette, Ind. Letter from George Putnam to Edward Elliott regarding Lockheed Vega and future exhibitions at Purdue, includes photo of plane [photocopy] and financial statement, September 26, 1936 [4 pages] Telegram, 1932 May 32, New York, to Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam, Londonderry Ruth Nichols telegraph to Amelia Earhart, “You beat me to it on the ocean for the second time but it was a splendid job,” May 21, 1932 [Nichols’ hopes to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean were dashed by two crashes of a Lockheed Vega... Amelia Earhart unboarding from her plane in Oakland Amelia Earhart unboarding from her plane in Oakland, surrounded by crowds, outside the Pacific Automotive Corp. hangar, 1935 Model plane plane, Vega NR-965Y (red, wing span 10” X 2”, length 7”). Photograph 16 x 26 cm. (landscape) Influence of Boileau on the modern art Precocial and altricial habits of young birds Extension Mimeo AS (AH), no. 173 (no date) Amelia Earhart scrapbook 13 Scrapbook number 13 kept by Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam, ca. 1930s Purdue University veterinary medical update, 1994, v. 19, no. 2 (Fall)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line126
__label__cc	0.509675	0.490325	Home Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University page 1017 Organic removal efficiencies of secondary and tertiary treatment as effected by combined treatment of a high-strength fatty acid wastewater ORGANIC REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES OF SECONDARY AND TERTIARY TREATMENT AS EFFECTED BY COMBINED TREATMENT OF A HIGH-STRENGTH FATTY ACID WASTEWATER Foppe B. DeWalle, Assistant Professor Edward S. K. Chian, Associate Professor An extensive study was made for the combined treatment of a municipal sewage and a high-strength wastewater with a COD of 49,300 mg/1 and a free volatile fatty acid concentration of 16,190 mg/1. The waste stream representing a landfill leachate was added to a plug-flow activated sludge unit at a stepwise-increasing volume ratio of 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4%, respectively. The various influent and effluent parameters were measured at each of the waste additions in both the test and the control unit to quantify possible changes resulting from the combined treatment. The effluent of the test and control activated sludge unit was also used to evaluate removal efficiencies of tertiary treatment processes such as membrane ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis, coagulation, activated carbon adsorption and ozonation. COMBINED TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE Several studies have pointed out advantages of combined treatment of an industrial waste and municipal sewage as compared to separate treatment of the two waste streams. The significant savings in capital and operating costs is often mentioned as its largest advantage [1]. Longdon [2] further pointed out that combined treatment reduced the foaming and bulking of a municipal activated sludge plant receiving yeast wastes. In fact, many industrial wastes such as those from meat packing plants, cotton mills, metal industries [3], pharmaceutical industries [4], citrus processing plants [5], dying industry [6] and papermills [7] are amenable to combined treatment. In several instances, however, it was necessary either to modify existing treatment plants or to adapt the treatment plant operation to the specific waste. Poon [8], for example, showed that combined treatment was successful when not more than one part of a high-strength nylon waste was added to seven parts of municipal sewage. Brosig et al. \|9] indicated that 90% BOD removal was only realized at hydraulic retention times as high as 9 hr. Often treatment plants have to be converted to accept the industrial waste. A conventional municipal activated sludge plant was converted to a contact stabilization plant in order to treat a nitrogen-deficient corn products waste [10]. Pilot plant investigators of the conventional, Kraus and contact stabilization process resulted in the selection of the latter process for combined treatment of municipal wastewater and weak effluents of four paper mills [7]. It was further noted that nutrient addition and chlori- nation of the return sludge were required. Previous studies at the University of Illinois showed that a plug-flow activated sludge unit treating municipal sewage could effectively degrade a pretreated industrial wastewater from a chemical industry at a waste-to-sewage ratio of as high as 2.5 to 1. Although the effluent COD values showed substantial increase as compared to the control unit, neither the effluent BOD nor the settleability of the sludge showed any change when the F/M ratio of the unit remained constant. The COD removal in the activated carbon columns treating the effluent of the combined activated sludge unit was also not affected by the waste additions [12]. The present study used the same activated sludge units but evaluated a landfill leachate waste stream of a substantially higher strength and of a less biodegradable nature than the industrial wastes. Using a similar solid waste leachate stream Title Organic removal efficiencies of secondary and tertiary treatment as effected by combined treatment of a high-strength fatty acid wastewater Author DeWalle, Foppe B. Chian, Edward S. K. Conference Title Proceedings of the 31st Industrial Waste Conference Conference Front Matter (copy and paste) http://e-archives.lib.purdue.edu/u?/engext,27048 Extent of Original p. 1017-1023 Title page 1017 Transcript ORGANIC REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES OF SECONDARY AND TERTIARY TREATMENT AS EFFECTED BY COMBINED TREATMENT OF A HIGH-STRENGTH FATTY ACID WASTEWATER Foppe B. DeWalle, Assistant Professor Edward S. K. Chian, Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois 61801 INTRODUCTION An extensive study was made for the combined treatment of a municipal sewage and a high-strength wastewater with a COD of 49,300 mg/1 and a free volatile fatty acid concentration of 16,190 mg/1. The waste stream representing a landfill leachate was added to a plug-flow activated sludge unit at a stepwise-increasing volume ratio of 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4%, respectively. The various influent and effluent parameters were measured at each of the waste additions in both the test and the control unit to quantify possible changes resulting from the combined treatment. The effluent of the test and control activated sludge unit was also used to evaluate removal efficiencies of tertiary treatment processes such as membrane ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis, coagulation, activated carbon adsorption and ozonation. COMBINED TREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE Several studies have pointed out advantages of combined treatment of an industrial waste and municipal sewage as compared to separate treatment of the two waste streams. The significant savings in capital and operating costs is often mentioned as its largest advantage [1]. Longdon [2] further pointed out that combined treatment reduced the foaming and bulking of a municipal activated sludge plant receiving yeast wastes. In fact, many industrial wastes such as those from meat packing plants, cotton mills, metal industries [3], pharmaceutical industries [4], citrus processing plants [5], dying industry [6] and papermills [7] are amenable to combined treatment. In several instances, however, it was necessary either to modify existing treatment plants or to adapt the treatment plant operation to the specific waste. Poon [8], for example, showed that combined treatment was successful when not more than one part of a high-strength nylon waste was added to seven parts of municipal sewage. Brosig et al. \|9] indicated that 90% BOD removal was only realized at hydraulic retention times as high as 9 hr. Often treatment plants have to be converted to accept the industrial waste. A conventional municipal activated sludge plant was converted to a contact stabilization plant in order to treat a nitrogen-deficient corn products waste [10]. Pilot plant investigators of the conventional, Kraus and contact stabilization process resulted in the selection of the latter process for combined treatment of municipal wastewater and weak effluents of four paper mills [7]. It was further noted that nutrient addition and chlori- nation of the return sludge were required. Previous studies at the University of Illinois showed that a plug-flow activated sludge unit treating municipal sewage could effectively degrade a pretreated industrial wastewater from a chemical industry at a waste-to-sewage ratio of as high as 2.5 to 1. Although the effluent COD values showed substantial increase as compared to the control unit, neither the effluent BOD nor the settleability of the sludge showed any change when the F/M ratio of the unit remained constant. The COD removal in the activated carbon columns treating the effluent of the combined activated sludge unit was also not affected by the waste additions [12]. The present study used the same activated sludge units but evaluated a landfill leachate waste stream of a substantially higher strength and of a less biodegradable nature than the industrial wastes. 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__label__wiki	0.815687	0.815687	Top 10 Everything of 2012 In 55 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad of the past 12 months. Top 10 Home Best Tweets Business Blunders Campaign Falsehoods Campaign Gaffes Diet Discoveries Education Stories Feuds Fitness Fads Fleeting Celebrities International News Stories Marriage Stories Movie Performances New Species Obvious Study Findings Olympic Moments Overreported Stories Parenting Trends Political Memes Recession and Budget Trends Religion Stories Space Moments Sports Moments U.S. News Stories Underreported Stories Worst Dressed Worst Tweets Thanks for liking TIME’s Top 10 Everything of 2012 List. Like TIME on Facebook now for more breaking news and current events from around the globe. nextView All Top 10 Movie Performances 4. Rachel Weisz as Hester Collyer in The Deep Blue Sea By Richard Corliss Dec. 04, 2012 Music Box Films / Artificial Eye “Let’s not be vulgar, Hester,” says the honorable judge (Simon Russell Beale) to his wife (Rachel Weisz). “We are talking about marriage.” But when the marriage is loveless, a woman has the right to be vulgar by pursuing a mad passion with an ex-RAF wastrel (Tom Hiddleston) — and to sustain that torch even when her lover abandons her. Terence Rattigan created Hester in his 1952 play; Terence Davies, Liverpool’s unique film poet (Distant Voices, Still Lives; Of Time and the City), revived her in this operatic adaptation. The movie is a museum of emotions brought to contemporary life through the director’s artistry and his leading lady’s fire. Playing a woman whose sexual ferocity could crack the china in any tea set, Weisz imparts intellectual acuity and, at the end, a saintly, forlorn fury. 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__label__cc	0.603194	0.396806	Circulating levels of the neuropeptide hormone somatostatin may determine hepatic fibrosis in Schistosoma mansoni infections Chatterjee, S., Mbaye, A., Alfidja, A. T., Weyler, J., Scott, J. T., Van Damme, P., Van De Vijver, K., Deelder, A. and Van Marck, E. A.E. (2004) Circulating levels of the neuropeptide hormone somatostatin may determine hepatic fibrosis in Schistosoma mansoni infections. Acta Tropica, 90(2), pp. 191-203. (doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.12.002) (PMID:15177146) The neuropeptide hormone somatostatin reduces fibrosis and Schistosoma-caused clinical morbidity in the rodent model. In our study we aimed to delineate an association between fibrosis and the inability to generate critical levels of endogenous somatostatin in S. mansoni infected subjects. In June 2001, 85 subjects from the district dispensary at Richard Toll in the Medical Region of Saint-Louis, Senegal, were selected. Fifty-seven subjects were infected with S. mansoni of whom 32 were suffering from severe morbidity (SM). Twenty-eight subjects showed an inactive disease status with no evident infection at the actual time of study. All subjects were classified according to age, sex, occupation, height, weight, and parasite eggs per gram. All 85 participated in a water contact and morbidity questionnaire, underwent a clinical examination and donated 5 ml of peripheral blood for detecting plasma levels of somatostatin. Ultrasonography detected fibrosis grade in all the subjects. To address whether inherent somatostatin levels determined clinically evident disease severity (epg, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, hematemesis, ascites), the mean somatostatin values of the inactive disease status group and severe morbidity group were compared. Low somatostatin levels were depicted in subjects with severe morbidity symptoms associated with schistosomiasis as compared to exposed but inactive disease status subjects residing in the same region. Logistic regression analysis indicated that with decreasing somatostatin values the probability of severe morbidity increased with age being a confounding factor. To address whether inherent somatostatin levels determined fibrosis and if this association was significant, plasma somatostatin levels of non-fibrotics (ultrasonographic grading A), and fibrotics (ultrasonographic grading B–E) were compared. In all age groups as well as in adults alone, mean somatostatin levels were higher in the non-fibrotic group as compared to the fibrotics group, the difference being significant. The group B comprised of borderline fibrotic cases, therefore a separate analysis was done between groups A (non-fibrotics) and groups C, D (confirmed fibrotics). Mean somatostatin values were higher in the non-fibrotic group as compared to the fibrotics group, the difference being borderline significant. In schistosomiasis patients, circulating levels of somatostatin by binding to hepatic stellate cells (HSC) may modulate fibrosis. This phenomenon is regulated by age whereas gender and prior treatment have no effect on this association. Host specific somatostatin levels may create a ‘preset environment’ status that can determine progression to severe fibrosis. Scott, Dr Janet Chatterjee, S., Mbaye, A., Alfidja, A. T., Weyler, J., Scott, J. T., Van Damme, P., Van De Vijver, K., Deelder, A., and Van Marck, E. A.E. College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > Institute of Infection Immunity and Inflammation Acta Tropica	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line133
__label__wiki	0.555457	0.555457	Title: Globalism Subject: Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Louis Renault (jurist), Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Charles Albert Gobat, Hammond Pros Collection: Buzzwords, Globalism, Globalization Terminology, Ideologies, International Relations Theory, Postmodernism, Social Theories, World Government Not to be confused with globalization. The concept of globalism now is most commonly used to refer to different ideologies of globalization. Interpretations 1 Definitions 2 Further reading 6 Manfred Steger distinguishes between different globalisms such as justice globalism, jihad globalism, and market globalism.[1] Market globalisms include the ideology of neoliberalism. In some hands, the reduction of globalism to the single ideology of market globalism and neoliberalism has led to confusion. For example, in his 2005 book The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World, Canadian philosopher John Ralston Saul treated globalism as coterminous with neoliberalism and neoliberal globalization. He argued that, far from being an inevitable force, globalization is already breaking up into contradictory pieces and that citizens are reasserting their national interests in both positive and destructive ways. Alternatively, American political scientist Joseph Nye, co-founder of the international relations theory of neoliberalism, generalized the term to argue that globalism refers to any description and explanation of a world which is characterized by networks of connections that span multi-continental distances; while globalization refers to the increase or decline in the degree of globalism.[2] This more general use of the concept is much less influential. Paul James defines globalism "at least in its more specific use ... as the dominant ideology and subjectivity associated with different historically-dominant formations of global extension. The definition thus implies that there were pre-modern or traditional forms of globalism and globalization long before the driving force of capitalism sought to colonize every corner of the globe, for example, going back to the Roman Empire in the second century AD and perhaps to the Greeks of the fifth-century BC.2."[3] The word itself came into widespread usage, first and foremost in the United States, from the early 1940s.[4] This was the period when US global power was at its peak: the country was the greatest economic power the world had ever known, with the greatest military machine in human history.[5] Or, as Policy Planning Staff put it in February 1948: "[W]e have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population. […] Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity".[6] America's allies and foes in Eurasia were, of course, at this time suffering the dreadful effects of World War II. In their position of unprecedented power, US planners formulated policies to shape the kind of postwar world they wanted, which, in economic terms, meant a globe-spanning capitalist order centered exclusively upon the United States.[7] The first person in the United States to use the term WorldHeritage articles needing page number citations from October 2014 Ideologies International relations theory Globalization terminology Globalization stubs Alter-globalization Anti-globalization Counter-hegemonic globalization Cultural globalization Democratic globalization Economic globalization Financial globalization History of globalization Military globalization Political globalization Trade globalization Workforce globalization Labor arbitrage Development aid Endangered languages Forced migration Illicit financial flows Investor-state disputes New international division of labour North–South divide Race to the bottom pollution havens Westernization Capital accumulation Fiscal localism Primitive accumulation World-systems Samir Amin Arjun Appadurai K. Anthony Appiah Daniele Archibugi Giovanni Arrighi Ravi Batra Zygmunt Bauman Ulrich Beck Alfred Crosby Christopher Chase-Dunn Andre G. Frank Thomas Friedman Peter Gowan Michael Hardt David Held Paul Hirst Paul James John R. Saul Global governance and identity United Nations Parliamentary Assembly Democratic mundialization Transnational governance World taxation system Globalism/Antiglobalism: a survey and a view James, Paul; Steger, Manfred B. (2010). Globalization and Culture, Volume IV: Ideologies of Globalism. London: Sage Publications. Kolko, Joyce; Peck, James (2006). Washington's China: The National Security World, the Cold War, and the Origins of Globalism. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. Steger, Manfred B. (2008). The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Steger, Manfred B. (2009). Globalism: The New Market Ideology (3rd ed.). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Veseth, Michael, ed. (2002). The Rise of the Global Economy. The New York Times 20th Century in Review. Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ^ Steger 2008, p. . ^ Nye 2002. ^ James 2006, p. 22. ^ in American-English corpus, 1800–2000"globalism". Compare this with globalism in the British-English corpus, where its appearance is later and much more muted. ^ Leffler 2010, p. 67. ^ DoS 1948, p. 524. ^ Kolko & Kolko 1972. One American historian has gone as far as to describe this particular American version of globalism as visionary, in order to highlight its potently ideological nature—indeed, "Washington's most impressive Cold War ideological achievement". Visionary globalism was a far-reaching conception of "American-centric state globalism using capitalism as a key to its global reach, integrating everything that it can into such an undertaking". And "integrating everything" crucially meant global economic integration, which had collapsed under the blows of World War I and the Great Depression. (Peck 2006, p. 19, 21) ^ Machlup 1977, p. 8. ^ a b Machlup 1977, p. 11. ^ Machlup 1977, p. 11; Veseth 2002, pp. 170–1, where the Times article is reprinted. ^ Steger 2008. ^ James & Steger 2010. Anti-globalization movement Dimensions of globalization Isolationism Neoliberalism (international relations) New World Order (conspiracy theory) New world order (politics) Post-industrial society Power elite Ruling class While ideologies of the global have a long history, globalism emerged as a dominant set of associated ideologies across the course of the late twentieth century. As these ideologies settled, and as various processes of globalization intensified, they contributed to the consolidation of a connecting global imaginary.[11] In their recent writings, Manfred Steger and Paul James have theorized this process in terms of four levels of change: changing ideas, ideologies, imaginaries and ontologies.[12] Mr Hoffmann used the word 'integration' fifteen times or almost once to every hundred words of his speech. It is a word that rarely if ever has been used by European statesmen having to do with the Marshall Plan to describe what should happen to Europe's economies. It was remarked that no such term or goal was included in the commitments the European nations gave in agreeing to the Marshall Plan. Consequently it appeared to the Europeans that "integration" was an American doctrine that had been superimposed upon the mutual engagements made when the Marshall Plan began …[10] put it, The New York Times As [9] Deforestation, Climate change and agriculture, Carbon dioxide, Ozone depletion, Renewable energy Klas Pontus Arnoldson Christian democracy, Socialism, Politics, Anarchism, Capitalism Louis Renault (jurist) Ernesto Teodoro Moneta Hammond Pros	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line141
__label__wiki	0.692444	0.692444	Cameron Bennett & Mark Laurent Sat 23 Feb ’19, 7:00pm – 9:00pm Cafe one2one, 121 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby All Ages Licensed Mark Laurent Cam Bennett is well known as a TV presenter, but he's also a fine musician & songwriter. He often takes part in Thursday night jams at the cafe & this Saturday he's joining Mark Laurent, Chris Priestley & others for a laid-back evening of acoustic music, food, beverages & fine company. Cafe One2One is more than just a cafe, it's a community centre & de-facto musicians' club for the Auckland acoustic music scene. Come along, & bring your friends - you're bound to like it. There's no cover charge, but a koha teapot is sitting on the bar if you'd like to show your appreciation. The music starts at 7pm & finishes at 9 so it pays to arrive early to be sure of a seat. Martha Louise & Brenda Liddiard Cafe one2one, Ponsonby, Auckland Barcode, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty Grandeur Thermal Spa Resort, Taupo, Lake Taupo The Mayfair, New Plymouth, Taranaki	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line145
__label__wiki	0.803035	0.803035	Features Published 6 November 2017 Kabeiroi: A Post-Mortem Didn't get tickets to Punchdrunk's latest? Fear not, here's a very detailed rundown of what you missed (and what you didn't). Getting a ticket to Punchdrunk’s new show (an experience for two people, one of only 800) felt like a very, very big deal. Like glimpsing a shiny golden ticket in a chocolate bar. Or patiently waiting at the front of a queue for the new i-phone. Or, in the case of the show’s actual storyline, like being plucked off the teeming streets of London by an obscure Ancient Grecian cult, and sent off in quest of the divine. It all started with an audio-guide tour of literary London, heavy with biographical detail about the Bloomsbury set and their incestuous dealings in fetching Georgian squares. The focus on avid translator-poet Ted Hughes was the only signpost to what came next – which was a lurch into the Classics signalled by a thunderclap, and a voice which urged us into the British Museum. Among the cases of immaculately lit artefacts, we were led to relics of the Kabeiroi cult, the voiceover lent new cinematic power by surging music – and then, in front of a trio of writhing, headless statues, a wide-eyed older woman stared us down, and set us off on our mission with a kind of weary, portentous sorrow. The ending aside, this opening hour was probably Kabeiroi’s most powerful – or maybe this is my low stamina talking, because this was the hour before I got footsore and soaked through trudging through some of the city’s most touristy (and achingly familiar) streets. It had this power to overlay the real world with a sense of something magical, vastly significant, thrumming just out of reach. It’s a sense that’s familiar from Punchdrunk’s (rather more labour intensive) set design at previous shows. Dredging up my memories of them sets off a kind of pile-up of overwhelming visual and sensory experiences. A candle-lit room, papered with butterfly wings. Air thick with scent. A door that opens up onto a vista of unimaginable vastness. By making the city its set, Kabeiroi relies on narrative to transform familiar streets. Punchdrunk’s narratives have often been the weak link – partly because the logistics of tracking down the actors in a vast venue are so difficult, and partly, I think, because the writing feels a bit secondary compared to the vast visual spectacular at play. What I struggled with, during Kabeiroi’s long treasure hunt-style mid-section, was its narrative thinness. Lacking the lyricism or poetic ambition to link Ancient Greece and modern London, its words left an unbridged distance between the reality of what we were actually doing, and the repetitive, ominous, slightly purple prose ringing in our ears. We were spurred on with words about gathering storms, winds, libations of wine and furious maenads. We were spurred on through drizzly, student-strewn streets, full of tacky shops and interminable traffic lights. We were entrusted with a divine mission. We were entrusted with undertaking tasks which primarily involved dialling mobile phone numbers off small stickers attached to lamp-posts – or collecting small objects from storage lockers. I’m probably a bit literal-minded for this kind of thing, but this distance periodically jarred – especially in the long sections where the phone stopped buzzing and I wasn’t sure where we were going next. I started to wonder: How many burner phones does one cult have? Is a treasure hunt really the best way of testing novitiates’ commitment? And most of all, I hunted for some kind of overarching narrative that didn’t feel that accessible: we picked up an old book that seemed like it would be a would-be cultist’s goldmine, but it just reinforced the party line about the Kabeiroi – that they’re a mysterious cult who worshipped equally mysterious gods, probably in secret rituals that involved copious amounts of wine. In the midst of much trudging, we were separated in a not-especially-dramatic kidnap-type situation in a fancy hotel. Then, we made our separate ways to a mystery location that turned out to be a warehouse in Tottenham Hale. I was told to memorise an Ancient Greek prayer while taking the tube up there, and in a rare outbreak of rebelliousness, I disobeyed. Some context: it was late. I’d been walking/running for hours, in the rain, for reasons that remained obscure – at one point squinting to read a phone number of a drain cover while multiple passers by asked if I’d dropped my (non-existent) wedding ring. So I made a half-hearted stab at the prayer, then bought a naff cornish pasty instead, and sat on the Victoria line enjoying both it and that nice tingling feeling in your soles that follows hours of pavement pounding. The performance’s final half-hour felt so different that it was almost another show – or an excerpt from the wet dreams of one of those Punchdrunk superfans who chases round performers for one-on-one moments. It had an amped up, star-of-your-own-movie escapism that was by turns frightening, maddening and pretty amazing. It’s also something that’s different depending which storyline you experience. For me, it involved being blindfolded, led to a room where women shouted at me for not remembering more than a few lines of prayer (I swear no one could have swallowed all 28 lines), followed by a very long interlude of holding out my arms while water dripped into the bowls I was holding in each hand, as crackly Greek-sounding music played. (This was SO uncomfortable but yoga fans probably would have found it mildly spiritual.) And then I got rescued, did a little more chasing about warehouse corridors – and then, finally, had a stunningly lit, blisteringly beautiful encounter with the gods that lasted all of five minutes. Punchdrunk artistic director Felix Barrett’s first one-on-one show, made while he was studying at Exeter University, culminated in the audience member being pushed into a swimming pool. That feels like a neat metaphor for how he sees immersive theatre – literally, well, immersive. But at its worst, it also means relying on shock tactics, on non-consensual contact, on prioritising adrenaline over emotional weight. Kabeiroi must have been an utter logistical nightmare to organise, halfway between a particularly involved package holiday and a kidnap. At points, a small crew of actors (as well as a horde of unseen stage managers) must have been tracking the movements of 14-odd people around a huge area of London – sending pre-recorded messages, leaving voicemails, and popping up in person for the odd moment of high drama. Given all this, it’s unsurprising that there were a few awkward ‘what now?’ type moments of hanging around, as the unseen cogs were jammed by a wayward audience member, somewhere, having their own equivalent of the cornish pasty moment. I didn’t really mind this. But it fed into the performance’s biggest macro failing, which was its determination to trial every immersive/interactive theatre trick in the book, at the expense of giving the audience the time and tools to emotionally invest in their adventure. When I was waiting around, I wasn’t worrying about the fate of characters who I’d met for all of ten seconds – I was wondering if I had time to go for a wee, or whether/when the performance would shift into another, more compelling gear. It’s unfashionable to talk about ‘suspension of disbelief’, and mostly I don’t think it’s that helpful a concept – but I think that when you’re making immersive theatre, it’s one that’s hard to ignore. I desperately wanted to feel, as well as to be told, that I was in danger. But, often, I couldn’t. The moments I felt most deeply were the being-pushed-into-a-swimming-pool style ones. Twice, I had my chest grabbed in the street. I quickly realised the assailants were actors (suspiciously healthy looking, eyeliner) but there was still the about-to-get-mugged horror in there – given how much women experience and rightly fear street harassment, it felt a bit ‘off’ that it was me who was targeted for this stuff, not the substantially less nervy man I was traipsing about with. In Kabeiroi, Punchdrunk tried out a lot of formats – headphone-led exploration, treasure hunt, one-on-one experience – that other theatre companies have experimented with and made their own. What they didn’t try is the stuff that immersive theatre companies are increasingly exploring, which is the idea of care – and the unspoken contract between performer and audience member. I’m not saying I wanted to be handed some kind of exhaustive 50 Shades of Gray-style contract, bristling with every way that a performance can invade your boundaries. But although I was broadly okay with being grabbed, walking for hours, being shouted at while blindfolded for long periods of time, and running up and down flights of stairs in the dark, it would be totally reasonable for an audience member not to be, and it’s not clear what contingency Kabeiroi has in place for those scenarios. Coney followed its headphone-based performance Adventure One with a long debrief in the pub. In The Smile Off Your Face, Ontrorend Goed treated blindfolded audience members with extreme gentleness. Commonwealth ended Our Glass House with a deeply researched discussion about the performance’s themes of domestic violence. Brian Lobel preceded his performance You Have To Forgive Me with a 94-part questionnaire for audience members. What these examples have in common is that these creators showed a genuine interest in people’s experiences of their performance, and an awareness of how it might pattern onto each audience member differently, filtered through their own individual disabilities, memories, neuroses and outlooks on life. Kabeiroi was an impressive feat in itself, an intricately stage-managed, complex convergence of a lot of interesting trends in immersive theatre. Where it fell down was where it intersected with the worlds beyond its own, self-contained little Greek cult. It didn’t intersect with ‘real’ London, not really – its story had only the thinnest of bonds (a goddess statue here, a sacred symbol there) to tether its narrative to the infinite, richer histories of the city we spent so much time crossing. More importantly, its narrative only rarely intersected with the emotional trajectory of an audience member who’s giving it five hours of their time. It didn’t have the capacity to respond to their inevitable feelings of fear, awkwardness, boredom, confusion, fatigue – much less to offer comfort. It was a game, built on obedience to instructions, rewarded with moments of sensual majesty. A game that quietly converted you, lucky you, from engaged audience member to avid consumer: one who’s left waiting patiently, unthinkingly for the next big moment of shining spectacle. Alice is editor of Exeunt, as well as working as a freelance arts journalist for publications including Time Out, Fest and Auditorium magazine. Follow her on Twitter @Raddington_B Read more articles by Alice Saville Romania's divided political theatre landscape Lily Levinson	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line148
__label__cc	0.520479	0.479521	Joey Vela - Part III Joey hangs with the Straight Edge moshing duck, Photo courtesy of Joey Vela Joey Vela delivers the final installment in his three-part interview. Enjoy this, and go check the previous entries if you missed out. Big thanks to Joey! -Gordo DCXX What brought forth the demise of Breakaway? We were all just going in different directions musically. We weren’t on the same page with anything. Jason had already started Dance Hall Crashers and was more into ska than hardcore at that point. Don was more into more melodic stuff and I was the only one who was still into doing straight hardcore. That last recording was with the last drummer we had, Eric Bird, and that guy rocked, I wish we did more with him, great guy. The last Breakaway recording, which turned into the last 7”, was just recorded so I could have a recording of the songs. Don was away at college, so my friend Jeff Hill from Tyrranicide played bass on the recording. Jason wasn’t into it at all and it really showed in the original recording. I remember him saying stuff like, “do you want me to just play basic hardcore shit or what?” And after the initial tracks were recorded, he said, “uhhhg, we sound like straight edge Anthrax.” I wanted him to do some harmonics or something on one of the songs and he did under protest, but after he recorded the track, he said he wanted it taken out. When Jeff and I were in the sound booth, every time we played the song back to Jason, we would turn the track down and told him it was cut. But one time we forgot to turn it down and we got busted. We just started laughing. I think it was a couple days later, Jeff called me up and basically just said, look, the guitar tracks didn’t turn out the way you wanted or the way they should’ve, how about we go back in and I’ll re-record the guitar tracks. So Jeff ended up playing guitar and bass on that final recording. Joey fronting Second Coming, Photo courtesy of Joey Vela Breakaway recording history? I think we recorded 2 demos and the 2 7” records. We also recorded 2 songs, along with Unit Pride, that are lost forever. Ray asked us to record for a possible comp, so we all went into the studio and recorded 2 songs each. All the songs were released on other recordings, but anyway, we had all 4 songs on the same reel. I sent them out after we recorded and the package never made it there. Victim of the postal service I guess. Never heard anything of the reel again and we didn’t have any other copies of the songs, nothing on cassette or anything. Unit Pride and Up Front pose for a group photo in the middle of nowhere, Photo courtesy of Joey Vela You went on tour with Unit Pride in 1989, what are some of your stand out memories from that tour and what was your relationship with the members? By the time that tour happened, Unit Pride was pretty much over with. When they got the call to do the tour, they had a band meeting to talk about doing it or not. I remember Eric saying that he didn’t want to do it, but if they wanted to, they could as long as Korri sang. No secret, they were one of my favorite bands, some of my best friends, and I had always wished Eric asked me to sing on the tour, but I was just as stoked to go along for the ride. Before the tour, I drove down to LA and picked up GG Aaron before flying out east. None of us had ever been back east before and were totally excited for the trip. We flew into New Jersey and all the excitement and all the hype we had was quickly shut down as soon as the doors opened up to the outside. I’m sure Jon and Jeff from Up Front can attest to this, but as soon as the doors opened up and we were smacked with that humidity, I don’t think we stopped complaining about the weather for the first 2-3 days we were there. Spoiled California kids. Aside from the humidity, my first memory of that trip was started by the HUGE “X” that was tanned into Grant’s back. He was talking about how he wasn’t straight edge anymore and this and that, then that first day we were going swimming at Jeff’s house, Grant took off his shirt and exposed this huge X. We all gave him shit for it and he gave us the most ridiculous story of how the X got there. That kind of kicked off our trip. We got to go to a show at the Anthrax, and we hit up a Gorilla Biscuits/Turning Point show at CBGB’s before leaving on tour. I think we had 2 or 3 cassette tapes for the entire trip...Dag Nasty Wig Out At Denkos, an advance of the GB record, an advance of the BOLD ep and maybe a Descendents, All tape. One of the best things about the tour was 11 guys all in the same van singing along to the same songs over and over. The whole tour was documented by this little hand held recorder that Aaron brought. I only wish I had a copy of those tour tapes, there was some comedy gold on those things. As far as I know, those tapes are gone forever. Joey with his hands up on the Unit Pride tour, Photo courtesy of Joey Vela Another memory from tour was the show in Kalamazoo. We stayed at this kid’s house down in the basement. I think they called him Yogurt and he looked like one of those troll dolls, but with a shaved head. Worst sleep ever, the carpet felt wet and in the middle of the night, one of his shitty friends came down with one of those blow horn cans and thought it would be funny to wake everyone up. Shithead. There was a flyer down in the basement for a local band that was called F.A.Q., we asked what it stood for and this kid said in the most ridiculous, Suburbia punk rock voice, “Faaawwkk Yoouuuu.” Even better was that he was dead serious with the way he said it, so punk rock. Then there was the breakdown. I don’t remember where we were, but the van had broken down and we were towed out to the middle of nowhere. Seriously, we were on the road to no where and GG Aaron and I kept on talking about how it seemed like we were being driven out into the country to get murdered. Definitely had the Deliverance sound track running through my mind. We were brought to this house to hang out while the van was being fixed and a rental was getting handled. The people were extremely nice, they fed us and they had us completely cover their car in bad graffiti. Good times out in the sticks. Once we got a rental, we drove on. Brandt, GG Aaron and I had to leave the tour with I think only the Anthrax show left. We had to take a hellish bus ride from Buffalo to New Jersey to catch our flight on time. As we were getting off the bus, there were a couple hustlers waiting for suckers to get off the bus and Brandt got right in line. Aaron and I got off first and they asked if they could help with our bags. Yeah, hell no, but thanks anyway. So then Brandt gets off the bus and with a big smile on his face, hands over his bag and guitar case. Uhhhhggg!!! Are you kidding me? So the guy starts to walk away with Brandt’s guitar and says that he would only give it back if we payed him. I think it was about 20 minutes of talk and about $12 later, Brandt had his guitar back. That tour wasn’t so much about the shows played as much as it was about the travels with awesome people. More Unit Pride / Up Front hang out sessions in the middle of nowhere, Photo courtesy of Joey Vela After that Unit Pride ’89 summer tour, their was talk of a new band called Double Cross that consisted of ex-members of Unit Pride, plus you and Korri Sabatini sharing vocal duties. Was this purely a rumored band or was their any substantial talk / action going on with this project? If so what can you tell us about it. We did start a band called Double Cross, but no one from Unit Pride was in it. It was to be me and Korri on vocals, Shawn Lopez (Inner Strength, Far) on drums, Blair (Downtime, Knapsack) on guitar, and Tony Valladares (108) on bass. I think we had 1 song and that was it. We were all spread out across northern California, so we met up at Shawn’s house to practice. The couple times we actually tried to practice most of the time was spent with Shawn and Blair arguing over something stupid and making fun of each other, then all of us going outside to play basketball. It just fizzed out before it got started, it was too much work to get everyone together to just sit around and make fun of each other. Of all the people from the Califnornia SE scene of the late 80s, you are one of the few still involved in hardcore, and you are still straight edge. What are your thoughts on straight edge today? Although I am still straight edge, I don’t identify with it anymore or relate to it. I think that straight edge is a great thing and has helped a lot of kids, and will always have a value in the scene, but the 90’s kind of ruined it for me. The 10 on 1 beat downs on some kid because he was drinking or smoking or dancing different. It was just stupid. Just a horrible mentality. Not saying that all straight edge kids were like that, because obviously that was just a small percentage, but it was a real bummer dealing with that shit. It’s not what I was about and nothing I wanted to be a part of. Kind of funny that many that were involved with that shit have since gone extremely the other way. I don’t care if anyone smokes, drinks, or whatever. And don’t get me wrong, I’m sure there are plenty of people that think I was an asshole too back in the day, but not from violence. When we were younger, I’m sure our crew of friends were perceived as having the elitist attitude, but we weren’t exclusive to straight edge kids, our crew of friends had a mix of everybody. Just part of being young I guess. I also remember going to parties and all of the sudden, you would hear something like, “don’t let anyone else with an X on their shirt into the party.” Not because we were fighting people, but because we would do shit we thought was funny, like pour liquid laxatives in people’s drinks and lock all the bathroom doors. That kind of stuff. But then again, we used to do that kind of stuff before we were straight edge and it wasn’t because they were drinking, we did it to the jocks in high school, and to people we thought were assholes. Sorry to say, watching someone scramble around, struggling not to shit their pants in a crowded room is funny to me. It works great at corporate functions as well. Maturity is over rated. Joey with Second Coming, Photo courtesy of Joey Vela Where did you see the scene going by the early 90’s and at what point did you start the band Second Coming? The early 90’s were brutal. There was nothing going on at all, not much of a scene happening, at least in the bay area. I think it was sometime in ‘91 when the initial stages of Second Coming started. The very first time we started jamming, it was Jeff Hill from Tyrranicide on guitar, Tim Narducci, who played guitar in Tyrranicide on drums, and me “playing” bass. OK, I could barely play guitar and I played bass on a bass that only had 2 strings, but at least we were working on some songs. After trying quite a few different line-ups, we finally got it together with a solid line up and thankfully I was not playing any instruments. One of my best friends, Don Rossington, who was also in Breakaway, played in Second Coming for most of the time we were a band, and was actually in the band 3 different times. He was one of the first bass players, then he went away to school. Then he came back and played bass again, then came back on guitar. Then we met the Powerhouse guys and things started to take off again in the mid 90’s. Powerhouse was extremely instrumental in getting the bay area hardcore scene to thrive through the 90’s. Some of my favorite shows ever were with Powerhouse. Some of the best dudes ever. R.I.P. Ernie Cortez, never forget. I miss that guy. What are you up to today with your personal life and what part does hardcore play in it if any? I’m married now and have 2 great kids. I still go out and see shows from time to time and still check out new music all the time. Definitely not as involved as I used to be, but still enjoy it. Most of my time these days is spent with family, skateboarding or doing art. Hardcore has been a major part of my life for the past 26-27 years. Its totally cliché, but its made me who I am today and is something I really value, something I take very personal. Over the years, you see people come and go, you see who is really in. It's way more than the music, more than the fashion, it’s something that is either in you or it isn’t. Anything you’d change or do differently if you could? How would you like to be remembered by the hardcore scene? Yeah, I wouldn’t have played “one more song” at one of the first Second Coming shows. We were asked to play one more and half way through the song, I jumped up and when I landed, I dislocated my knee and shredded my ACL. I finished the song laying on the stage in brutal pain. I haven’t had an ACL in my right knee since 1992 and have re-injured it countless times since then. I’m sure skating big pools and ramps doesn’t help, but what can you do? Aside from that, I wish I toured more. I'm not going to pretend I have been a big enough player to be remembered. Especially considering you see stuff on message boards and the kids talk about “old school” shows from way back in the day and they are referring to shows that happened in 2005, I can assume most of those kids don’t have much appreciation for the history of the local scenes anyway. I remember going to shows when I was a kid and we would see the creepy old guy at the back of the club. Looking back, the creepy old guy was probably in his late 20s. I passed that status long ago but I’m far from writing my hardcore obituary. Second Coming at Gilman Street, Photo courtesy of Joey Vela By DOUBLE CROSS - December 28, 2009 ERIC SXE said... Great stories as usual! We played many shows with Second Coming through the late 90's. Always a good time. Great band! For those of you that don't know, Joey is a ripping skater! Joey your Breakaway recollections have been an awesome read. Your ACL story really hit home. At a Brotherhood, Wrecking Crew, Accused show Greg came running across the stage and jumps on top of me for a little HC singalong tearing my ACL. F'd up when it happens but I've loved over the last 20 years when people ask how it happened just saying punk rock. HYG brother. Ron G Yes, these have been great entries start to finish. Didn't know much about Breakaway or Joey but now I feel like we are old pals! Great stuff! Jim Pitts said... Great stuff from one of the Bay Area's "Best" hardcore frontmen ever! Glad I got to see all of Joey's bands. From when I was promoting shows and would book Rabid Lassie, to when I was SXE and singing along to Breakaway, to the one time I saw Second Coming (they opened for a little band you might have heard of....Hatebreed) Joey always gave 110% on stage! He is a guy who will be remembered for a long time! I just found a great pic of me at 17 singing for Anxiety, and 15 year old Joey jumping up on people to sing along with me! Wish we could all be kids forever, and live those times over! Hardcore was just sooooooo different 25 years ago! 'bout time Sabatini got some juice up in this piece. He hella ran the Nor. Cal. SXE scene. Kingpin. Damn Joey, you covered pretty much everything from that tour. I think the only thing you missed was the WNYU set by both bands. Oh, and the fact that the whole inside of the van was rust colored shag carpet (ceiling too), and the raised "bed" in the back had an opening in the shape of a heart. That's why we dubbed it "The Love Van." In reality, that was a failed tour b/c of all the shit that went down, and shows that were missed/cancelled. But it was one the best tours I've been on! We had a blast despite the problems. I still remember the feeling of driving the van at about 70 MPH on the highway, and suddenly the engine was revving and we were slowing down...DEAD transmission. I guess we got our $500 worth out of that van. It sat for sale in my parent's front yard for months in the Fall of '89 before someone finally bought it. I'd love to hear GG's tapes if he ever finds them. And we need to exchange pics someday. I have a ton, but most are Pete's so you may have seen them. one of the most underated bands ever, rabid lassie and breakaway were so awesome, such a shame material aint avaiable for kids to check out, hell even the cd on lost and found are pretty much impossible to find for people. Wish more bands were like them Joe Nelson’s Thanksgiving Jam with H.R. H.R. - "The Youth Are Getting Restless / Love Come... JFA '85 Skate Tour shirt Walter Schreifels - December 4, 2009 - Studio B - ... Jay Krakdown part III Scott Hill - FU MANCHU Favorite early Corrosion Of Conformity record poll... Corrosion Of Conformity: “Hey..do you guys want to... Joey Vela - Breakaway part II Eerie Von in store appearance at Generation Record... (Some of) the Best “Straight Edge” Songs Are By Ba... 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__label__cc	0.70565	0.29435	Space Patroller About Space Patroller State (US/Canadian) Sure. The real desirability of a place is directly proportional to the square of the number of O'ists therein C. Denis Lyman Been a Randite since 1968. Got the term from Robert Heinlein's THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS and applied it at a time when O'ists were called officially "students of Objectivism". By 1876 I'd been around a bit long to be a "student" and needed a term to hang my space helmet on that would ID me in the non=O'ist world Disabled since birth. Legally blind. I run http://spacepatrol.us http://www.spacepatrol.us space_patroller_laser Fall River. MA Science, Science Fiction, Politics (in the philosophical sense of the word), psychology, Music; 50's/early 60's, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic. Romantic, Synthesizers/combo organs, 12-string guitar and exotic stringed instrumetns. This is only a test... Haven't seen you lately. Sarah Palin Resigns Space Patroller replied to The Lonely Rationalist's topic in Domestic United States Politics Wouldnt it have to be a real state first? almost true, if you can't stand the kitchen sink, get out of the heat BUT, the rule was that the family was kept out of it, obscene and borderline obscene were off limits and you don't see the leftists treated the same way. Unitl the advent of Rush Limbaugh, it was pretty much 100% one way. Now try to make jokes about the Kennedys' offspring. Chelsea Clinton was off limits. imagine if someone did a joke about Sasha Obama and Henry Gates. Ironically, when it was 100% one way. Palin would have gotten sympathy and probably enough to make a difference, so talk radio has evend the score Christian Left and Environmentalism Space Patroller replied to TheEgoist's topic in Environmentalism JACKPOT!! http://cockpit.spacepatrol.us/08jun.html Also http://cockpit.spacepatrol.us/08feb.html And don't forget the Michelle Malkin vid of Gingrich and Pelosi smooching it up on the Green couch It's music to my ears. I've been hoping for this for 20 years. The God Squad and Greenie-Weenies on the same side. We should encourage it. Both are mystics, they belong together. The only reason the conservatives became pro-science/technology/growth, at least in word was because of the left going green in the 1970's and compared to the left, they are pro-reason, but only compared to the left. Some of us know who the real good guys are with regard to that divide. Some of us knew that 40 years ago. Others of us still don't know. Back around 2000 Rush read a column about the Democrats "taking back God" Did you think Christians really like capitalism? http://cockpit.spacepatrol.us/endof.html This ought not be news. Where has mainstream Christianity been on the political spectrum for the last 45 years? Including the Catholic Church? Rand: "ONe could onl wish that they had given St. Thomas a better funeral". For those who believe the "God sqaud" is on the right. You did not read an article; c1978 in ERGO about President Carter as an elder in his church giving a sermon in praise of death. It was an article I clipped out from the Prividence Journal and sent to ERGO. Calling sN....Calling sN.... More Terrorist Rhetoric From Operation Rescue? Space Patroller replied to TheEgoist's topic in Religion Zip had broght in new data that severely questioned the main premises from which I was dealing; that WACO was the full and complete cause of McVley's action which was attributed to the findings of the court. It appears to have been a proximate cause, more like an excuse. While the principles still held, he was not acting under those principles, just using them as an excuse to do what he was looking for the first excuse to do. Is the GOP a viable option in 2010? Space Patroller replied to TheEgoist's topic in US Elections 2004/2008/2012/2016 The problem with that is that it ain't so. If a chosen course is not taken, the ship does not stop, momentum pushies it in the direction it was travelling under power. While it appears to be a zero-sum situtation, it is not a static situation. the same dynamic forces are still at play, it's just that they are perfectly balanced. However these aren't unguided since the are human forces and the powers behind them would be looking for ways to break the impasse. If stasis is your goal, that's the best possible scenario. But stasis is not your goal. You would be tryimg to undo the statism that has been alread put into the system so you would be part of the dynamics. Even if you shut off dynamic input all sides would be working with the existing dynamics to maximuze the effectiveness of both the internals of the system and to break the impasse from the inside to open the system up to outside influence Din't forger, the bad guys are a complex, not just the pols so they would be working outside the system within the culture so the stasis you desire would not even be tenable and maybe not even possible. You would have to attack the collectivist-alruist parts of the culture just to maintain stasis This is one of those nasty deals where neither side is right: The government, in violation of the protocols or Roe v Wade is using tax money to fund abortions. Taxation is theift and some persons believe abortion is morally wrong so there is an infringement of porpert and a violation of freedom of conscience. So, at the root, the government is culpable here, is the aggressor and is breaking new ground in the march toward totalitarianism. So it bears half of the blame On the other sice you have the fanatics. As is pointed out by "I wonder if they realized that they sound like muslim terrorosts?". Probably not. But that should be no surprise. All fanatics are terrorists. Now What would you do if your beliefs were violated in a gross and fundemtal way? Through the 60's and 70's the right used to do glowing images of the US population resisting the Soviet occupation in verious fictional scenarios and terrororism against the Soviiet-installed puppets and beuareaucrats was part of the paln. I hear folks here talk about stocking up on guns and things so the totalitarian eventuality is being considered. As to can't something be done in the courts. Alsa. The Alien and Sedition Acts were struck down and nothing has come to replace them and ever since the Chicago 7 trials it's been a free for all But this is what happens when reason is abandoned as the go-to guy for figuring things out. As a fottnote to this. I heard on "ReBoortz" on the week of 8 July,a dixcussion between Boortz and a rep from Charter Arms, his firearms dealer, and the subject of Timothy McVey's shit came up and the guy from Charter said "\|The government had some crazy stuff in mind and McVey put a stop to that. [things like] training Navy Seals to search houses. but that all ended with that [McVey's action]". This was Boortz and a firearms dealer, not me so take it up with them We went to the Moon. And so? Space Patroller replied to D'kian's topic in Current Events Ohter names to look up are Gerard K O'Neill and General Daniel Graham both under the term high frontier Notes on the Abortion Debate Space Patroller replied to Space Patroller's topic in Current Events Reason is the tool of knowledge. That is either true or false. I do not recall Rand putting an "except" clause into her statements of the validity of Reason being the Sole guide to knowledge. That Reason is the sole guide to knowledge is an essential part of Objectivism. If Reason is not to be the sole arbiter in the abortion matter then what is: Faith? Feelings? Force? Revelations from teh Spirit of a 19 millenia dead high priest of Atlantis, or those of the pre-esixtent trans-ectomorph of a 19 millenia not-yet-born beaureaucrat of the now-famous Hybrethian Galactickle Empire? It's either A is A or no way Jose. In confronting the Hedonists, Aristotle asked, to prove the superiority of mind over pleasure as the arbiter of the good, "If you had no consciousness then would you know if you are experiencing pleasure?". The Hedonists had to say "No" to be honest. So consciouness is established as the tool of knowledge. But what is the human Consciousness? Rand: "the only choice man hasi is to think or not to think" So this consciousness is volitional. How does it work properly if not to take the materials provided by the senses or transduction instruments and place them in a systematic, hierarchical non-contradictory frame of reference? Is this not what Reason does Now you have to use some sort of knowetic mechanism to ascetain if a thing is a life or a potetial life. You have only 4 choices Reason, Faith, Feelings (whims) or Force. Now can you "render unto reason that which is reason's and unto faith, feelings (whim) or force, that which is faith's, feeling's or force's" in the area of knowledge AT ALL? Abortion requires that you make a distinction of life or not life, that is to discern the IDENTITY of something. Since Reason is the only proper arbiter of knowledge then I submit again If given the choice of abortion supported by reaosn or not at all, the Objectivist, qua rational person, must say "not at all". To willfully, knowingly and freely deny the absolutism of Reason by so much as a picometer for a picosecond is to not be an Objectivist AT ALL. In fact let me make it a principle "in ANY area requiring judgement, if the choice is betweem x supported by reason or not at all, the only proper choice is 'not at all'". How would you know an actual life but for Reason. It was the rational philosophy of Aristotle that showed the difference between an actual and a potential and that the actual took precedence. So even your question presupposes the use of reason to determin living from potential life or part life so Reason is already in the driver's seat. Not trying to convert; just an intellectual ammunition drop-off. True, but it could also come from necessity as the case with the Plymouth Colony, but your point is taken and supported. There has to be something in it for somebody (read individuals). It's called "eyes on the prize" It seems that there's a lesson here about CommieCare Do you want the same folks who erased the moon tapes running health care? YOU'RE RIGHT! It was a Republican Congress that voted to legislate what kind of light bulbs we can have in our homes in 2008...er...right? Um sorry about that. and wait until you see wht Cap and Trade will do for you and I don't see the Right giving us the bum's rush to pass CommieCare. It seems that they're putting up a squawk, Where are the "pro-choice"er's on CommieCare? No, since the late 1980's the pro-choice movement has tried to expand abortion to late-term, available to minors without parental consent and government-financed (which at the time of Roe v Wade was conceded to be a violation of separation of church and state since it would use tax money to support an activity that violated the moral precepts of a major sector of the population); all of which violate either the terms or spirit of Roe v Wade of which I was in '73 and am now, an absolute supporter on principle, just so you know where I stand. The "methodology" I use on the pro-choicers is to quote their spokesperson and see how that squares with Objectivism ("a man with principles, even the wrong ones, is better than a man with none"). Nobody put a gun to their head and made them say that. Well du-uh! It's not that they don't know how to make their case, it's that they don't WANT to. For the third time "We don't want to get involved in philosophy" At that point it's over. Any attempt by Objectivists to defend, mitigate or ameliorate that is just self-embarrasing. Just say "Aw, they don't mean it" and take your medicine as the wall falls on you. When they speak for themselves it doesn't matter two turds in a teacup what the God squad is or does, it's about them and only them. Moral relativism is not an option. Did not Ayn Rand say "Take them at their word"? Well, I always do. How can anyone be on "the correct side of the issue" , of any issue, when you assiduously strive to evade "Exixtence exists" i.e. the whole damn universe? They're clueless on Klendathu; and as buggy. We are on the correct side of the issue. To be there one must first embrace two things: Existence and Reason which are elements of philosophy It's not like the "God squad" is the only God squad. either, Ever hear of the "Green church"? And do you have to geuss where the "pro-choice" folks are with respect to that? and go to the next abortion "rights" meeting and announce that you support capitalism. I see no logic to feeding the mouth that will bite you right off the bat. Hell, Rush Limbaugh is starting to question the value of sacrifice. Do you hear the left, of which the pro-choice movement is part. doing that? Regarding the "God squad" and the left (Existentialsm/Nihilism generated) there is a quote by Rand on another thread: "Kierkegaard is superior to Existentialism because he was religiou [philosophically oriented?]". I can say no more. I've said all I can say Plus they had to give the money hand over fist to the eco's as in "Energy Star" and "Tax credits for 'going green'" and create really useful things like the EPA and two DoE's and fund the proto-versions of CommieCare and these were mostly Republican administrations. (1969-77). Though to be fair. CONgress was overwhilmingly Democrat but the GOP wans't that commited to capitalism. the early 1970's saw the steepest rise in Federal spending in the second half of the twentieth century (ERGO published the graph in the late middle '70's). You may wish to read two Rand essay's "Apollo 11" and "Epitaph for a Culture" She was on the guest list for the Apollo 11 launch. Your Presidential hopefuls for 2012 Space Patroller replied to Erik Christensen's topic in US Elections 2004/2008/2012/2016 Romney is probably still your best choice. In re Romney-care. he probably made the best of a bad bargain with MA being , According to David Brudnoy, "a wholly-onwed subsidiary of the Democratic Party". your choices there were bad and worse. so that's a dead issue and far from the only issue. The fact that he won the governorship as at worse, a moderate Republican speaks volumes, and he is more conservative than you've been led to believe (before you open your mouth, look at my profile) . He is telegenic read 1960 debates, he has the experience of taking companies that are two notches from the crapper and putting life back into them (for whcih McCain attacked him from the left) and he is a "mature" candidate, i.e. benn in it before. All forecasts, even based on what has happened say the economy will suck badly in 2012 unless you believe in fairy dust. the media will certainly try to manipulate the perception of the economy. Just the deficit to date is $T2 that we know of. That's gotta have an effect, and a bad one. Don't forget, Carter inherited a better economy than he left. and the 1976 economy was pretty sad. Look up "misery index". Palin is starting to fade and the others named would be newbies as will Bobby Gindal. As for Huckabee...well..."Thank you, Huck: Barack". What Romeny has to do is get media savvy and be more assertive A good predictor will be the election of 2010 just as the election of 1978 was the predictor of 1980 As a candidate (meaning the whole package) I give Romeny a B with the range being C- (Huckbee) to B. Most of the named candidates have the goods but there would have to be a breakout for one of them to do it. Romney, Palin and Huckabee have the name recognition which, in business terms means "location". For those thinking of voting for Spongepants Squarebob: We are going to get somebody, so don't think you're being clever. This is a relay marathon, not a sprint. I did pass in '92 and '08 (the outcome was already decided anyway) I'll probably vote for any of them with the exception of Huckserbee	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line169
__label__cc	0.692721	0.307279	SPRINGFIELD CONFIDENTIAL: JOKES, SECRETS, AND OUTRIGHT LIES FROM A LIFETIME WRITING FOR THE SIMPSONS By Mike Reiss with Mathew Klickstein Mike Reiss worked on The Simpsons for 30 years. He was head writer during the period when The Simpsons won four Emmy Awards. Springfield Confidential is a mashup of memoir and “How To Write a Great Comedy Script.” Reiss shows how the episodes were put together: it takes 23 steps to produce a finished episode–about nine months. He shares a lot of writing tips. Reiss provides a personal history of The Simpsons with insider information–like why the Simpsons are yellow. Mike Reiss also wrote children’s books: How Murray Saved Christmas, Santa Claustrophobia, and The Boy That Looked Like Lincoln.. If you’re a fan of The Simpsons you’ll love this book! If you’re a casual watcher of the program, there’s enough humor and information here to keep you interested. Do you have a favorite episode of The Simpsons? GRADE: A FORWARD by Judd Apatow xiii Opening credits. Burning question: Where is Springfield? — 5 Act one. It begins … ; 9 A brief history of me ; 23 Funny for money — 37 Act two. Meet the writers ; 51 Simpsons songs : who writes them, how are they written, and why are there so goddamn many? ; 89 Meet the showrunners ; 91 Meet the characters ; 99 Meet the cast ; 111 Burning question: Do you read what fans post on websites? ; 139 Four episodes that changed the world (kinda) ; 141 Burning question: What do you think of Family Guy? ; 161 Meet the fans ; 163 Burning question: What do you say to people who say the show has gone downhill? ; 175 Seeing the world with The Simpsons ; 177 Burning question: Why has the show lasted so long? — 191 Act three. On comedy ; 197 How Krusty became The Critic ; 209 Burning question: What’s the biggest reason The Critic failed? ; 221 A development deal with the devil ; 223 Burning question: What is the secret of The Simpsons’ success? ; 229 Doing animated films for cash (not credit) ; 233 The sleazy, nasty world of children’s books ; 241 Gay for pay ; 247 Writing for humans again! ; 255 Back to the old tire fire — 261 The tag. It never ends … ; 275 The final burning question: Why are the Simpsons yellow? 279 CLOSING CREDITS Answers to NPR Puzzles 289 Acknowledgements 291 Image Credits 295 About the Authors 297 This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 9, 2018 by george. ← STRANGE GIFTS Edited by Robert Silverberg WHITNEY → 13 thoughts on “SPRINGFIELD CONFIDENTIAL: JOKES, SECRETS, AND OUTRIGHT LIES FROM A LIFETIME WRITING FOR THE SIMPSONS By Mike Reiss with Mathew Klickstein” Steve Oerkfitz July 9, 2018 at 3:31 am Love The Simpsons. I find it the best of the adult animated shows on tv. Can’t stand Family Guy or Bob’s Burgers. I don’t think I’ve missed an episode. george Post author July 9, 2018 at 7:11 am Steve, FX broadcast all the episodes of THE SIMPSONS about a year ago…in order. Jeff Meyerson July 9, 2018 at 5:45 am I have to confess that though I really like The Simpsons and enjoy it whenever I see it, we just don’t watch it on a regular basis. Jackie isn’t a fan, and I rarely think to record it. I suppose this book would help me catch up. Jeff, I was amazed at what goes into each episode. Incredible time and effort! You can see why THE SIMPSONS has lasted for decades! Deb July 9, 2018 at 8:28 am I used to watch it all the time…not so much the last couple of seasons. There are so many great episodes, it’s hard for me to pick a favorite, but the one where Homer goes to Krusty’s clown college still makes me bust a gut. I also like the episode where Bart sells his “soul” to Mulhouse (this episode also includes an epic rendering of “In-a-Gada-da-Vita”). The episode where Grandpa Simpson decides to use an unexpected bequest to spruse up the retirement home where he lives is so poignant, I always end up with tears in my eyes. Deb, those are some great episodes! I’m a huge fan of Marge so my favorite episodes are: “Itchy & Scratchy & Marge” Season 2, Episode 9 and “Marge vs. the Monorail” Season 4, Episode 12. As you point out, amid all the humor of THE SIMPSONS there are special, poignant moments. Love the episode where Homer gets a gun. When told there is a waiting period Home whines “but I want to shoot someone now.” george Post author July 9, 2018 at 11:45 am Steve, I love that episode! So true! Rick Robinson July 9, 2018 at 10:34 am During the first season, I watched a few episodes if I came across them, but don’t remember any and don’t think I’ve seen any others. Barbara does NOT like animation, so that put an end to that. Rick, Diane has programs she watches, I have programs I watch, and then there are the programs we both like and watch together. Patti Abbott July 9, 2018 at 3:53 pm Ashamed to admit I have never seen an episode. I have never been able to treat animation seriously. Even as a kid. I am sure I have missed so much. george Post author July 9, 2018 at 4:39 pm Patti, THE SIMPSONS is the Gold Standard for animated humor. Plenty of pop culture references and Special Guest Stars! Cap'n Bob July 11, 2018 at 1:17 am As soon as I learned that Bart’s voice was provided by a $cientologist I stopped watching! Leave a Reply to Deb Cancel reply	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line171
__label__cc	0.662351	0.337649	Friant Member Districts, State and Federal Water Issues State Bond Principles by Online Publisher • July 18, 2013 • 0 Comments Principles For Water Bond Discussed By Assembly Panel What to do about reshaping a major infrastructure water bond now scheduled to be on next year’s ballot has received a review by the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee. During a July 2 session, the committee reviewed a number of principles developed by majority Assembly Democrats selected by Assembly Speaker John Pérez and led by Assembly Member Anthony Assembly Member Anthony Rendon Rendon (D-Lakewood), Water, Parks and Wildlife Chairman. At least for now, water storage remains part of the discussion, although the principles put forward by the committee are lacking detail. The storage principle would “expand California water storage options, including surface storage, ground-water cleanup and storm water capture.” ‘BIG PICTURE’ Rendon said the working group focused on the big picture and laid out a “fundamentally different process” for developing a water bond, the Association of California Water Agencies reported. “We wanted to step back and look at the needs of all Californians,” Rendon said. “If we the leave the current bond on the ballot, it will fail to win approval… . These principles reflect a process that is different. We plan to work collaboratively and engage everyone in government and the public. We will need to step back, and look toward the future and what California needs.” A fundamental question, he said, is what voters will support in a water bond. Any changes to the existing 2014 water bond will require a two-thirds vote in each house of the Legislature, and the final bond will have to win the support of a majority of voters in the next statewide election. “We need to focus on the statewide water system, which is the most sophisticated in the world,” Rendon said. “We need to take care of the system, and look more carefully at how we manage water in the future.” Bond Revisoin Principles Are Listed By Legislators FRIANT’S POSITION The Friant Water Authority’s current position on the bond favors inclusion of several crucial goals and objectives in any bond revision, including storage and co-equal Delta goals of water supply and the environment. The principles appear to be consistent with the primary interests of Friant’s water users as well as with what the Association of California Water Agencies is advancing regarding potential water bond revisions. ACWA has focused on the Delta, storage and regional programs. The original $11.2 billion bond issue was enacted into law in 2009. It allocated money for three major storage projects that are a priority to growers, including the proposed Temperance Flat Dam and Reservoir on the San Joaquin River upstream from Friant Dam. The other storage projects would be Sites Reservoir, an off-stream facility in Colusa County, and enlargement of Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County. The current bond was originally to have gone before voters in 2010. The Legislature delayed the voting to 2012 and later to 2014 because of the state budget crisis and recession. Any change would require a two-thirds majority. Tags: Assembly Member Anthony Rendon Assembly Speaker John P`erez Bond Revisions Friant Water Authority water bond ← Temperance Flat Study Continues DWR Chief Says BDCP Is A Good Investment →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line178
__label__wiki	0.918913	0.918913	Section: Austrian Bundesliga Celtic, Europa League, FC Red Bull Salzburg Europa League: Celtic 1-3 FC Red Bull Salzburg Celtic qualified for the knockout stage of the Europa League despite falling to defeat at home to Salzburg. Salzburg’s win secured the Austrian’s top spot in Group D, with Alan scoring twice in the first-half and Naby Keita adding another late on. Celtic’s riposte came from Stefan Johansen and they played more assuredly after the break, but they were undone by Salzburg’s initial zeal. Astra defeat Dynamo Zagreb in Romania to ensure Celtic finished second. Celtic were immediately swamped. If Ronny Deila had not been so grim-faced and concerned at the alarming lack of resistance amongst his own players, he would have admired Salzburg’s accomplishment. The visitors were everything the Celtic manager would wish his own side could be: swift of thought and movement, incisive, quick and precise in their passing, and capable of winning the ball back effectively. The home side were overwhelmed. Salzburg came into the game as the highest scorers in the competition and the effectiveness of their attack was clear. There was an element of good fortune about the early goal. Massimo Bruno’s shot was deflected in an arc over the Celtic defence, with the ball dropping to Alan inside the area, with the striker prodding a volley into the net. Martin Hinteregger’s header demanded a sharp save from Craig Gordon, but the visitors could not be contained. Four minutes after opening the scoring, Alan added a second. He was a lithe, elusive figure up front, and the Celtic defenders were leaden footed in comparison. When Andre Ramalho headed a corner on, Alan reacted first and converted from close range. There was almost a third, when the impressive Jonathan Soriano swept in a free-kick, but as Gordon correctly realised the referee had awarded an indirect set piece. With Salzburg playing a narrow formation, they could command the midfield, but that also left Celtic with hope on the flanks. It took 30 minutes for a foray to become meaningful, but when Emilio Izaguirre hurled in a cross from the left Johansen finished crisply and accurately. The goal revived the Celtic support and brought renewed purpose to the home side. It was clear why Salzburg have such an impressive European record though, because they were unfazed. They kept their poise but also their sense of adventure, and one counter-attack took just three quick passes to cover the length of the field. Celtic were more composed after the interval. They lacked a cutting edge, though, which prompted some fans to holler for James Forrest to be brought on. The sense was that if the game was to be rescued, Celtic needed to be more threatening. There was a reminder, too, of the danger the visitors still carried. A break upfield saw Soriano and Bruno exchange passes, but the former finished weakly from the edge of the area, sending the ball trundling wide. Salzburg were capable of a casual aplomb, but they could also be unnerved. Celtic came close when Leigh Griffiths saw a header from Izaguirre’s cross saved, but the equaliser wouldn’t come. Instead, the substitute Keita added a third with a header after a Salzburg counter attack. Alan CarvalhoBBC SportCelticEuropa LeagueFootballNaby KeitaSalzburgStefan Johansen	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line192
__label__wiki	0.875068	0.875068	Section: Motorsport Brands Hatch (UK), Clio 182 Championship Clio 182 Championship: Season promises full grids With the start of the Clio 182 Championship only a few days away, we have a quick round up of some the new entrants and liveries you can look forward to in 2015. The Clio 182 Series has been given Championship status for 2015 and with 36 drivers currently registered, the first race of the year at Brands Hatch already has a full grid of 32 drivers. This year promises full grids and lots of close racing. A familiar name in motorsport, Mark Fish makes his competitive return. Mark Fish returns to racing in the Clio 182 Championship Mark Fish said “After 3 years of trying to get something together, it looks like I will finally be back out racing. Very excited at the prospect of racing again, but with some trepidation. There is a huge amount I need to reacquaint myself with, having only done 4 races since the Clio Cup in 1993 – I am interested to see if I can become competitive again” New to the championship is Daniel Gibson. Although not new to racing, Daniel has swapped his Fiesta for a Clio. Daniel Gibson testing at Brands Hatch (Photo: Joshua Barrett Photography) Another new face for this this year is James Bark. James Bark testing at Cadwell James will be one to watch, particularly at Cadwell Park. During testing he beat the Clio 2014 lap record by 0.2 seconds. Able Heath Motorsport have two cars out this year: Able Heath Motorsport 2015 line up These cars will be driven by Matt Holtom in his second year and Damien Heath who is new to the championship. Finally, a few pictures from some returning drivers, but with new liveries for 2015. Mat Pewsey testing at Brands Hatch (Photo: Renaultsport UK) Martin Bentley testing at Brands Hatch (Photo: Joshua Barrett Photography) Read more at clio182championship.com Able Heath MotorsportBrands HatchClio 182 Championshipclio182championship.comDamien HeathDaniel GibsonJames BarkMark FishMark Fish MotorsportMartin BentleyMat PewseyMatt HoltomMotorsport MotoGP, Termas de Rio Hondo (Argentina) MotoGP: Rossi wins in Argentina after clashing with Marquez Valentino Rossi takes a sensational victory after a masterful ride at the Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina. The sun had come out and track temperatures had risen to 37 degrees for the start of the MotoGP™ race at the Termas de Rio Hondo. The reigning MotoGP™ World Champion Marc Marquez, along with CWM LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow, decided to switch to the hard rear tyre on the grid, unlike Rossi and Lorenzo who both decided to use the extra hard compound rear. Aleix Espargaro led into the first corner, but Marquez passed the Team Suzuki Ecstar GSX-RR almost immediately and used his hard tyre to create a four-second gap at the front. At about mid-race distance Marquez’s tyres appeared to start to lose performance meaning that the chasing pack, led at this point by Valentino Rossi, started to close in on the leader. “The Doctor” had worked his way through the pack from 8th on the grid and could sense victory, as he was lapping almost a second quicker than Marquez. The nine-time World Champion eventually caught Marquez with just 2 laps to go with the two riders touching, before Marquez clipped the back of Rossi’s bike and crashed out of the race. Rossi went on to take the race win by over 5 seconds ahead of Andrea Dovizioso in 2nd, with Cal Crutchlow stealing the final podium spot from Andrea Iannone on the very last corner. Rossi’s teammate Jorge Lorenzo finished in 5th ahead of Bradley Smith on the Satellite Monster Yamaha Tech 3 bike. Aleix Espargaro ended the race in 7th, ahead of his brother Pol, with Scott Redding and Maverick Viñales completing the top ten. CWW LCR Honda’s Jack Miller took the Open class victory as he finished in 12th, just 0.075s ahead of Hector Barbera on the Avintia Ducati. Rossi now has a six-point lead over Dovizioso in the MotoGP™ World Championship standings, and is 30 points ahead of Marquez. Read more at MotoGP Andrea DoviziosoAndrea IannoneCal CrutchlowMarc MarquezMotoGPmotogp.comMotorsportTermas de Rio Hondo (Argentina)Valentino Rossi BTCC, Donington Park (UK) BTCC: Champion trio delivers at Donington Park The three most successful drivers in the British Touring Car Championship field took a win apiece in a thrilling triple-header at Donington Park. With seven drivers’ championships between them it was the class of Jason Plato, Colin Turkington and Matt Neal that rose to the surface on a brilliant day of racing in Leicestershire. Left slightly disappointed that he couldn’t convert his superior free practice pace into pole position, Team BMR’s Plato wasted little time in reaching the race one summit. He immediately blasted by Gordon Shedden’s Honda Civic Type R off the line and had enough grunt in his VW CC to be nudging the sister car of Turkington into the first corner. Reigning champ Turkington held on for much of the opening lap but eventually had to give way to Plato on the run to the final chicane. Plato powered away by more than a second before sustaining the gap for the remainder of the race. Attention turned to the battle for second which resulted in some epic mid-race action. After trading places, Shedden’s Honda slid slightly wide at Redgate on lap seven and Turkington promptly angled his VW down the inside of the Japanese machine. The Ulsterman only held the position for a split second, however, as his Honda rival fought back brilliantly by returning the favour on the run to the Craner Curves. The Scotsman managed to keep the #1 car at a relative arm’s length until the finish and celebrated second by also setting the fastest lap. The new lap record holder would now start race two from pole position ahead of Turkington. Team BMR’s Turkington made it by the pole-sitting machine of Shedden on lap one, and although the pair scrapped ruthlessly early on, the VW eventually pulled away to take a comfortable victory. WIX Racing’s Adam Morgan took his first podium of the season to complete the rostrum. Such has been the competitiveness to the start of the 2015 BTCC season that Turkington became the fifth different driver to win in the opening five rounds. It was to be Matt Neal who earned bragging rights as the first double victor of the year after he came out on top of a relentless multi-car battle in the final bout. Power Maxed Racing’s impressive rookie Josh Cook started the race from pole position and despite losing out off the line to Rob Collard’s BMW, he soon re-passed and did an absolutely stellar job at the front for the first few laps, but his hard work was soon to be undone. The race was neutralised on lap six when Sam Tordoff’s BMW and Jack Goff’s MG had a coming together at the final chicane. Both cars were fired off into the gravel and out of the race with the Safety Car being deployed to allow marshals to retrieve both stricken vehicles. This eroded Cook’s lead and set up a spectacular end to the day. There were changes aplenty behind as Plato’s VW, Jordan’s MG and the Mercedes of Morgan tussled in the early stages. Aron Smith had already blazed a trail from 12th on the grid up to third prior to the incident and was into second shortly after the restart. He immediately reeled in the race-leading Chevrolet of Cook ahead of him which led to a pulsating scrap over the following few tours. The pair touched through the ultra fast Craner Curves and both cars bounced across the grass in dramatic fashion. The wild sliding VW of Smith made it back onto the track right amongst the chasing pack while Cook rejoined behind them. It was an incredible escape for both drivers but the episode left Collard out front. Neal, who had already clashed with Jordan’s MG at the Old Hairpin, hauled in the WSR car and squeezed his Honda into the lead with just two laps to go. Jordan made it through too and he was eventually sandwiched between two Hondas as Shedden made the last step on the podium after his own stellar drive from 14th on the grid. Collard claimed fourth ahead of an incredible drive from teenager Aiden Moffat. Not only did the Mercedes youngster make the most of the incidents ahead of him but he also made impressive late moves by previous race leaders Smith and Cook. Despite his dramas, Cook takes the lead in the Jack Sears Trophy table. Neal leads the standings by two points from Turkington, with Shedden a further five points adrift in third. Honda takes the lead in the manufacturer/constructor standings, while Team BMR head the teams’ table. The championship now heads to Thruxton in Hampshire on 9/10 May. Read more at BTCC.net Adam MorganAndrew JordanBTCCbtcc.netColin TurkingtonDonington Park (UK)Gordon SheddenJason PlatoMatt NealMotorsport F1, Sakhir (Bahrain) F1: Lewis Hamilton cruises to Bahrain GP win, Raikkonen second Lewis Hamilton took a controlled win in the Bahrain Grand Prix as team-mate Nico Rosberg was beaten to second by Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. Hamilton led from the start and was always in control as he took his third victory in four races this season. Rosberg battled the Ferraris throughout and lost second to Raikkonen with a braking problem with two laps to go. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel wrecked his podium chances by going off track and damaging his car while racing Rosberg. Raikkonen, who nipped past Rosberg at the start of the penultimate lap when the German ran too deep into Turn One, put in an impressive drive on an alternative tyre strategy to move up from fourth place on the grid. But Hamilton was out of reach at the front under the lights at the Sakhir track on a windy desert night. Mercedes had expected a challenge from Ferrari during the race but Hamilton, after converting pole position into a lead at the first corner, was always in control as he set about building a lead while also protecting his tyres. BBC SportF1FerrariKimi RaikkonenLewis HamiltonMercedesMotorsportNico RosbergSebastian Vettel Moto3, Termas de Rio Hondo (Argentina) Moto3: Kent runs away with victory at #ArgentinaGP Danny Kent becomes the first British rider to take back-to-back wins in the lightweight-class since Barry Sheene in 1971. Circuit conditions had changed from qualifying at the Termas de Rio Hondo, with grey clouds replacing the sunshine and a much lower track temp of 30 degrees, but not even this could stop Kent from claiming his second win of the season. Leopard Racing’s British rider disappeared off into the distance after taking the lead on the 3rd lap, lapping almost a second faster than the rest of the pack to take the race win by over 11 seconds, in a repeat of his dominant performance from Austin. This meant that everyone else was battling it out for the remaining two podium places, with Kent’s teammate Efren Vazquez making it a Leopard Racing 1-2 in Argentina, after an excellent final lap scrap with the Husqvarna Factory Laglisse of Isaac Viñales. Pole-man Miguel Oliveira on the Red Bull KTM Ajo machine was 4th, ahead of his teammate Brad Binder, and the Estrella Galicia 0,0 rookie Fabio Quartararo in 6th. Karel Hanika finished in 7th, with Romano Fenati having to come from the back of the grid after an incident during Warm Up to claim 8th. Enea Bastianini and Niklas Ajo rounded out the top ten in 9th and 10th respectively. Danny Kent now has a seventeen-point lead over his teammate Vazquez after just three races in the Moto3™ World Championship standings. Danny KentEfren VazquezIsaac VinalesMoto3motogp.comMotorsportTermas de Rio Hondo (Argentina) Circuit of the Americas (USA) MotoGP: Marc Marquez cruises to impressive victory in Austin Marc Marquez stamped his authority on the MotoGP World Championship by winning in Austin by more than 2.3 seconds. The reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez sent a message out to the rest of the paddock that he was back after his mishap in Qatar, as he dominated the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, at one point leading by over 5 seconds. Marquez took the lead on lap 5, and didn’t look back as he went on to leave the rest of the field behind to maintain his 100% record at CoTA, before relaxing towards the end of the race. Andrea Dovizioso made it another podium for the resurgent Ducati Team, as he won the fight for 2nd ahead of the Movistar Yamaha of Valentino Rossi, who leads the Championship standings. Rossi’s teammate Jorge Lorenzo left it late, overtaking the Ducati GP15 of Andrea Iannone with only 3 laps to go to snatch 4th place from the Italian, with Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Bradley Smith rounding out the top 6. Andrea DoviziosoCircuit of the AmericasDucatiMarc MarquezMotoGPmotogp.comMotorsportMovistar YamahaRepsol HondaValentino Rossi Circuit of the Americas (USA), Moto2 Moto2: Sam Lowes claims heroic maiden win Speed Up Racing’s Sam Lowes rode through the pain to claim his first ever Moto2 victory at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas. British rider Lowes bided his time throughout the race, overtaking Ajo Motorsport’s Johann Zarco to lead with just 6 laps remaining. As Zarco and Xavier Simeon tried to reel him back in, they made contact, with the latter crashing out in an incident that is being investigated by Race Direction. This left Lowes to take the win, despite having to ride through the pain barrier after a number of huge crashes in Practice and Qualifying. Zarco regained his composure to finish in 2nd, ahead of the rookie Alex Rins on the Paginas Amarillas HP40 Kalex, who now leads the World Championship standings. The reigning Moto2™ Champion Tito Rabat finished in 4th on the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Racing machine, ahead of the Italtrans Racing Team Kalex of Franco Morbidelli and Hafizh Syarin, who claimed a fantastic 6th place for his Petronas Raceline Malaysia Team. Alex RinsCircuit of the AmericasJohann ZarcoMoto2motogp.comMotorsportSam Lowes Circuit of the Americas (USA), Moto2, Moto3 Moto3: Peerless Danny Kent takes #AmericasGP Moto3 win Danny Kent took his first win of the 2015 Moto3 season, and 3rd in his career, as he left the rest of the field for dead in Austin. A drying track led to an incident packed Moto3 race, as Leopard Racing’s Danny Kent went on to take a faultless win at the Circuit of The Americas. The British rider, who was over half a second quicker than the rest of the field in Qualifying, got swallowed up by the pack from the start dropping back to 5th. He then set about making his way to the front, taking the lead on the 4th lap, before breaking away unchallenged for the rest of the race to win by over 8.5 seconds. 15-year-old Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (+8.532s) on the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda won the battle for second as Alexis Masbou fell at the last corner. Kent’s teammate Efren Vazquez took 3rd ahead of the Gresini Racing Team Moto3 bike of Enea Bastianini, with Honda securing a lock out of the top 4 places. Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder finished in 5th, with Scotsman John McPhee on the SAXOPRINT RTG Honda rounding out the top 6. A number of riders crashed as they appeared to be caught out by track conditions, with Bagnaia, Loi, Oliveira, Ono, Antonelli and Navarro amongst those hitting the deck. Circuit of the AmericasDanny KentEfren VazquezFabio QuartararoMoto3motogp.comMotorsport F1, Shanghai (China) F1: Dominant Lewis Hamilton beats Nico Rosberg in China Lewis Hamilton turned in a faultless drive as he and Mercedes returned to winning ways at the Chinese Grand Prix ahead of Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton led away from pole and won the race during a perfectly-managed middle stint, where he appeared to drive conservatively despite calls from Mercedes to speed up in order to give team-mate Rosberg some breathing room ahead of Vettel. Hamilton then showed the true pace of the Mercedes by turning up the wick in the laps before his final pit stop. His seven second lead was nullified at the end by the race finishing under the safety car but it was still a perfect weekend for the world champion, collecting pole, the fastest lap and the race victory. Rosberg and Mercedes managed to do enough to secure the one-two, though Ferrari kept the world champions honest through the first two stints. Williams spent much of the race a distant fifth and sixth, confirming the fact it has fallen behind Ferrari in the pecking order. China GPESPNF1FerrariLewis HamiltonMercedesMotorsportNico RosbergSebastian Vettel	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line193
__label__cc	0.667516	0.332484	Kauai District Health Office The Kauai DHO serves the community with proficiencies in emergency preparedness, family health services, public health nursing, services for the developmentally delayed, environmental health services (vector control, clean air, clean water, and sanitation programs), vital statistics (births, marriages, and deaths), communicable disease control, and mental health services. 3040 Umi Street Lihue, HI 96766 KAUAI DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICER: The Kauai District Health Office (KDHO) is headed by the District Health Officer, Janet Berreman, MD, MPH. In coordination with the State Director of Health and DOH leadership, the District Health Officer oversees the operations of all KDHO programs. She participates in local community initiatives and partners with health care, education, and other agencies in the County. She provides consultation on issues of public health concern in the community. The Administration section serves as the central headquarters for the KDHO and provides direct support to the Kauai District Health Officer. The KDHO includes nine program Sections: Administration, Family Health Services (FHS), Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (CDPHP), Communicable Disease and Public Health Nursing Services (CDPHN), Disease Investigation, Laboratory, Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Environmental Health, and Developmental Disabilities programs. As the front line to customers of the Kauai District Health Office, the administrative staff is made up of employees who exemplify excellent customer service skills as they are frequently called upon to assist with both external and internal customer needs. VITAL RECORDS: Vital records is a prime customer service function of the Administration section. The staff at KDHO registers home births and issues permits for burials and cremations. The staff provides support and guidance for completing vital records requests (birth, death, civil union, marriage, and divorce certificates, and voluntary establishment of paternity) for events that occurred in Hawaii. The KDHO does not issue certificates. Certificates are issued by the Office of Health Status Monitoring, which is a unit of the Department of Health located on Oahu. The KDHO has Request Forms” readily available for pick up in our Lihue office. Request forms need to be mailed directly to the Office of Health Status Monitoring on Oahu. You may also order birth and marriage certificates online at: Order Vital Records For more information, please click on this Vital Records link: Vital Records Kauai 2018 CASPER Final Report Kauai 2018 CASPER Preliminary Report KAUAI’S COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT: Our Keiki, Our Kupuna, Our `Ohana KAUAI’S COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT: APPENDIX A – C KDHO Sections (Click each, for more info): Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division 274-3883 Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Division 241-3564 Communicable Disease and Public Health Nursing 241-3387 Community Mental Health Center Branch 274-3190 Developmental Disabilities 241-3406 Disease Investigation 241-3563 Environmental Health Services 241-3323 Environmental Health Services — Clean Water Branch 241-3322 Environmental Health Services — Sanitation Branch 241-3323 Environmental Health Services — Vector Control Branch 241-3481 Environmental Health Services — Wastewater Branch 241-3321 Family Health Services 241-3428 Laboratory 241-3353 Public Health Emergency Preparedness 241-3555 Vital Records 241-3498	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line195
__label__wiki	0.946542	0.946542	Tag Archives: Seizing US, UK will 'regret' seizing tanker off Gibraltar: Iran Guards July 12, 2019 Sexual Health Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Thursday that the United States and Britain will “strongly regret” the seizure of a tanker off Gibraltar, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported. “If the enemy had made the smallest assessment they wouldn’t have done this act,” said Rear-Admiral Ali Fadavi, deputy commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guards, referring to the seizure of an oil tanker late last week by Gibraltar’s police aided by British Royal Marines. Iran's Military Vows Retaliation for U.K. Seizing Oil Tanker (Bloomberg) — Iran’s military vowed to retaliate against the seizure by British Royal Marines of an oil tanker loaded with the Islamic Republic’s crude off the coast of Gibraltar last week.“It will be reciprocated, at a suitable time and in a suitable place,” Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff for Iran’s armed forces, was quoted as saying by the official Islamic Republic News Agency.The warning highlights mounting risks to shipping in a region that exports about a third of all seaborne petroleum. BP Plc is keeping an oil carrier empty inside the Persian Gulf, close to Saudi Arabia, rather than risk its seizure by Iran, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. Six tankers have been attacked since early May, with the U.S. blaming Iran for the incidents, a charge Tehran denies.The tanker seized by Gibraltar with the help of Royal Marines — the Grace 1 — was arrested on the grounds it was taking crude to a sanctioned Syrian company, according to the British overseas territory on Spain’s southern tip. Iran said the tanker was in international waters, not headed to Syria, and described the U.K.’s actions as piracy.Insurance costs soared in the aftermath of the tanker attacks and some owners initially became wary of sailing to the region.Tensions escalated since the U.S. exited an international nuclear accord with Iran then resumed — and escalated — sanctions against nation. The Persian Gulf country has responded by suspending some of its commitments as part of the accord not to develop nuclear activities that it says are for are civilian purposes.(Updates with context about BP oil tanker in third paragraph.)To contact the reporter on this story: Ladane Nasseri in Dubai at lnasseri@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Alaa Shahine at asalha@bloomberg.net, Alaric Nightingale, Brian WingfieldFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P. U.S.-backed Syrian forces close to seizing town from Islamic State: spokeswoman December 15, 2018 Sexual Health The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces will soon seize the town of Hajin from Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, a spokeswoman said on Friday. Hajin is the last big town Islamic State holds in its remaining enclave east of the Euphrates River. The SDF, spearheaded by the Kurdish YPG militia, has battled to eliminate the jihadists there for several months. Media watchdogs fret over seizing of reporter records in US probe June 10, 2018 Sexual Health Media watchdog groups expressed alarm Friday over the seizing of a journalist’s records as part of a probe into intelligence leaks resulting in the indictment of a congressional staffer. The Justice Department late Thursday announced the indictment of James Wolfe, 57, on three counts of making false statements about his contacts with three reporters. NRA's Loesch rips Trump's idea of seizing guns without 'due process' March 2, 2018 Sexual Health National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch criticized on Thursday President Trump’s suggestion that law enforcement ought to take away guns from mentally ill people “first,” and “go through due process second.” Zimbabwe military's statement after seizing power November 16, 2017 Sexual Health Following is the text of an address made by Zimbabwe Major General SB Moyo, Chief of Staff Logistics, on national television after the military seized power: “Following the address we made on November 13, 2017, which we believe our main broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and The Herald were directed not to publicize, the situation in our country has moved to another level. Firstly, we wish to assure the nation that His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and commander-in-chief of Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Comrade RG Mugabe, and his family are safe and sound and their security is guaranteed. Man Shot Dead in Paris Airport After Seizing Soldier’s Weapon: French Officials Police say Ziad Ben Belgacem in the last hours of his life shot and injured a police officer, hijacked a car and for a few terror-filled minutes held a soldier hostage at Paris' Orly Airport.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line196
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__label__cc	0.712709	0.287291	When Hospitality is a Safe Place for the Waiting by Devi Duerrmeier / April 24, 2017 / Practicing Presence When I was four-years-old, my family moved to a large house on a dirt road in a small province in the Philippines. The leaves of mango trees were glossy green, and coconut trees reached their branches for the clouds. On the hot days of the dry season, we felt the sweat trickle down our necks as we sat in front of electric fans. Wet season brought with it daily rain and regular typhoons, the kind that blew trees and electric lines down. Our basement would flood, and we had an assembly line passing buckets along until we emptied it. We told the tricycle drivers to take us to Guadalupe, and directed them after a fork in the road to go right, down a slight hill, and stop at the rusted brown gate on the right. Like most houses in the Philippines, there was a tall wall all around the property. At the top of the wall, broken glass pieces had been embedded into the cement when the wall was built, a supposed deterrent to robbers and drug addicts scaling it at night. To the left was our neighbour Ka Loreng who had a sari-sari store (literal translation, “variety of things” store) where people bought shampoo in sachets, candy, corn bits in little orange bags and on the hottest day of the year my mother would take us there to buy soda, which Ka Loreng poured into plastic bags. We sipped it out of straws while we walked down the road. Across the street was Evie and her three kids, a bit further down the road was her sister-in-law Jubi and her kids. There was a large field next to Evie’s house with corn crops and sometimes, sugar cane. To the right of our our house was a plot of land, and three families lived there in several ramshackle huts, in the Philippines they were called squatters. I remember the women, Nanay Ange and Teri, and a girl a little older than me, Leah. The walls were flimsy pieces of cardboard-like wood nailed together, the roofs, corrugated metal. There were no ceilings, some of the floors were long pieces of bamboo patched together, some of the floors were the earth of the ground, flattened slightly. Each hut was one room, mothers, fathers, children all lived together. There was no electricity and no running water. Now I know that they were the poorest of the poor, but in 1986 to my four-year-old brain, they were our neighbors, the children, my playmates and friends. We were in and out of each others houses. We used to sit on the dirt floor and watch cartoons, and during basketball season, my dad went to their house to watch the national basketball league games. Our differences were evident to me but I could not make sense of it. I could see what they did not have, like toys and lots of food, but they ate more candy than we did. They had a TV, and we did not. In my mind, we were equal. My parents tell me now the sufferings I did not see then. The food they did not have, the medical treatment they needed and could not afford, the swollen glands of my friends, the tuberculosis that was so evident, my mother diagnosed it before they even saw a doctor. The drunken rages at night. Our gate was always open. There was a tap near the gate, and our neighbors would come in from early morning and get their water that way. Their supply of electricity also came from us, from a wire plugged into my parents’ bedroom that went over the roof of our garage and into their compound. We paid for medical needs (like treatment for tuberculosis), loaned them money for every day needs, and helped pay for education. We also went to their houses for handas (feasts) when our town celebrated its patron saint for the local fiesta, for birthday parties and anniversaries. These were some of the rare occasions when I got to drink Coke with a meal, something that never happened in our home. This was the 80s, and my parents were new Sri Lankan missionaries in the Philippines, learning a language and and working with people in a new-to-them culture. On paper their mission was to lead people away from a works-based, idol-oriented salvation and toward the grace-alone good news of Jesus, and they did this through Bible studies, camps, open air meetings, and Bible clubs for kids on the weekends, at least those were the stories that made it into the newsletters we sent to financial supporters in Arkansas. This was before Christians talked about incarnational ministry and missional living, before books like Toxic Charity, before Shane Claiborne and sponsored children. I think now that my parents simply did what was right in front of them or literally, what was right next to them. Being a personal savior to anyone wasn’t on their minds, they knew they had no ticket to lift anyone out of poverty. But they were good neighbors by simply being part of the lives of the people who lived on our street. I wonder if the greatest thing they did in that small town was create a home that was a haven for people, a place where it was safe to wait. One year during typhoon season a particularly rough one hit our town. Typhoons hit different regions of the Philippines during the wet season. The rain could fall for hours in sheets, powerful winds ripping through the air, levelling coconut trees. Flooding was common, power outages almost a guarantee. For this particular storm, the electricity was out, strong winds lashed our houses and rain pounded on the roofs. My mother says our master bedroom was mostly wet because the rain blew through our windows. Most of our neighbours’ homes were totally secure in a storm like this, but the shanty huts right next door were not. Roofs blew off. Rain seeped inside. I don’t remember how it happened. Did they knock on our door, did we ask them to come over, either way, they were there. Fifteen adults and kids, huddled on our red couches, the grey-black light from the storm around us. I remember the splotches of mud on our white floors, and the children in adults’ laps, all of us there together, waiting safely until the storm’s end. Tags: authenticity at the table, family, love your neighbor, welcoming others Devi Duerrmeier / Posts / Blog Devi Duerrmeier is a writer, thinker, photographer, wife and mother. She writes about food, family and faith at the table at her blog My Daily Bread& Butter while she mothers two boys, cooks simple food and writes vulnerable words from an open, purple kitchen in Melbourne, Australia. After a lifetime of moving, from Sri Lanka to the Philippines to Arkansas to Australia to Switzerland to Sweden and then back to Australia, she is putting away the boxes for a while in favour of a life in one place. You can connect with her on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. On Obedience, Goodbyes And Walking In Faith 1 year ago What Makes a Life 1 year ago Come And See: On Visions And Dreams 2 years ago “Our gate was always open.” That says it all:) http://mydailybreadandbutter.com Yes it kind of does, thanks Katie :). Leah Adams http://www.leahadams.org Devi, this is poignant and beautiful. It reminds me that the gospel really is simple…love others the way Jesus would have loved them if He was standing in my place. April 25th, 2017 4:28 Leah, I think the simplicity of our life at that stage is probably what stood out in my mind as I wrote this. My life today (with small kids in the suburbs) feels a lot more complicated.. perhaps unnecessarily so. Lots to think about.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line208
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__label__cc	0.515559	0.484441	indivisible northumberland Northumberland County, Virginia Author: indivisible Join us for showing of “RBG: On The Basis of Sex” Join Northumberland Indivisible for a showing of RBG – On the Basis of Sex Northumberland Library, 7204 Northumberland Hwy, Heathsville Everyone welcome, free Indivisible news and to-do, June 23-29 Indivisibles, In the past week, we’ve seen more of Trump’s cruelty in action and it continues to put families across the country in danger. Last week, Trump announced on Twitter that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would be conducting raids to deport “millions” of undocumented people. A transparent attempt to try to vilify immigrants in the run-up to the 2020 election, it’s clear that Trump’s 2020 playbook for the next year and a half will be to use all the resources at his disposal to go after the same communities that he’s been attacking since day one of his campaign. But we are not powerless to fight back. Trump is asking Congress for billions of additional dollars in a “supplemental” funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which includes money for ICE and Customs and Border Protection, which carry out his detention and deportation activities. To their credit, Democrats are trying to respond as responsibly as they can, offering to give DHS additional money to deal with the border crisis. The fundamental problem, however, is that DHS does not need more money (read that again)! It has enough resources to continue to caging families and individuals in record numbers and conduct nationwide raids. Despite any earmarking attempts by well-intended Democrats, Trump will use any extra money Congress gives him to round up families and terrorize communities. We need Congress to say no to any additional money to carry out Trump’s hateful immigration agenda; you can read our updated resource here for the latest (and check out the to-dos below for a call script). And Trump was not done there. In addition to ramping up his politically motivated attacks on immigrants, reports suggest that Trump brought us to the brink of war with Iran before pulling back at the last moment. Make no mistake: a new war with Iran would be an illegal disaster. But we haven’t reached this point by accident; we’re here because Trump, aided by the war cabinet that he and Senate Republicans put together, has been escalating tensions with Iran for months in an almost Iraq War 2.0 fashion. Congress needs to do everything they can to stop a new war with Iran. Check out our resource to see exactly how you can make them do just that. You can learn more in our resource here. As always there’s a lot going on, so here are the most effective ways for you to exercise your power this week: Your 5 weekly to-dos Keep the pressure up on your MoC while they’re home to open an impeachment inquiry. We’ve got all the tools you’ll need to make it clear to your member of Congress (MoC) that they need to use all the power available to them to hold Trump accountable and get to the truth of his administration’s abuses. July 4 recess is your time to shine — make a call (and write a letter to the editor, and record a video, and more) using the resources in the link above, and keep your eyes peeled for more in the days to come. Tell your MoC not to give Trump another dime for his deportation machine. Money for Trump’s DHS is money for increased levels of detention, deportation, and abuse of human rights — period. Tell your MoC that if they oppose Trump’s attacks on immigrant communities, they also need to oppose his supplemental funding request for DHS. Demand that your MoC act to stop a war with Iran. Trump is ratcheting up tensions with Iran, with the members of his war cabinet urging him forward at every opportunity. MoCs are not powerless to stop this, though; call your Representative and Senators and tell them to co-sponsor H.R. 2354 / S. 1039 to explicitly deny him this authority, and make a public statement making clear that Congress has not authorized the use of any military force against Iran. Check out our Debate Watch Guide to outline many of the topics you care about. In our guide, you’ll have worksheets to rate and grade candidates on, and a bit of analysis and insider baseball on each candidate/issue from our Political Team. So whether you want to plan your own party, attend one of the many events already on our map, or just follow along at home, you’ll be totally prepared. Opt-in to our exclusive Indivisible Focus Group by texting DEBATES to 977-79. We want to capture the Indivisible movement’s take on the debates as soon as they’re over — which means we’ll need an exclusive focus group that we’ll text right after each debate ends (11pm ET) and ask you how you feel. RSVP for a Local Presidential Debate Watch Party! The debates are right around the corner! This is our opportunity to put our IndiviStamp on the national conversation, and local groups are planning more than 140 watch parties across the country this Wednesday and Thursday. Here’s how you can take part: ✓ First, click here to find your nearest debate watch party and RSVP 🥳Get excited for an evening in great company with fellow activists in your community. ✓ Second, read up on the issues in our 2020 Grassroots Playbook 🤓 We’ve compiled everything you need to know about critical policies, and how you can keep track of where the candidates stand during the debates. ✓ Last but not least, make your voice heard 📣 Let us know your thoughts during the debates by posting on social media with #IndivisibleDebates, and opt-in to our exclusive Indivisible Focus Group by texting DEBATES to 977-79. Presidential Launch! Need you. Real quick, we just want to update you on our presidential program launch. Nearly 3,600 Indivisibles have already chipped in. That’s amazing!! And we’re hoping (and on track) to raise another $18,000 this month! Every time we launch a new, exciting plan, we are blown away by how this movement rises to the challenge — and this time is no different. It’s grassroots donations that allow us to plot game-changing tools and tactics and then execute them like nobody’s business. No corporate money. No money from politicians. It’s because of this movement — pure and simple. Our new presidential program could really use your support. Chip in $10, or whatever you can afford, to support Indivisible Action and help our most consequential plan yet (!!!) start as strong as possible. Indivisible To-Do List, June 10 – 17 Across the country, Indivisible groups are turning the pressure up on your members of Congress (MoCs) to do their jobs and work for the people. And at every turn, you’re reminding them you’re paying attention and doing what Indivisibles do best: holding them accountable. Indivisibles are showing up all over the country to demand their MoCs put country over politics and (finalllllly) begin impeachment proceedings. They’re demanding that the House Appropriations Committee holds strong to #DefundHate. And they’re making sure their representatives can’t forget how important prescription drug pricing is to American families (and why one solution on the table is better than the other!). And what are Indivisibles doing when they aren’t doing, well, all of those things? They’ll be hosting super exciting Presidential Debate watch parties with their friends, families, and group members to make this a contest of big ideas. We know that there’s a lot happening. So, let’s get to it. Sign up to attend a debate watch party for June 26-27. Indivisibles across the country will be gathering on June 26 and 27 in living rooms, restaurants, and bars to cheer on our candidates and push for a nominee who truly represents our values. Find an event with your local Indivisible chapter today or host your own an invite your friends! Keep up the heat and call on Congress to reject money for Trump’s deportation machine. The House Appropriations Committee will meet tomorrow, June 11, to mark up (meaning: debate and offer amendments to) the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, which houses the agencies that implement Trump’s mass deportation agenda. While there’s a lot of good news about the bill, the first draft of still gives Trump a $387 million slush fund that will be used to fuel his deportation machine. Call your Member of Congress (MoC) and urge them to reject this slush fund and #DefundHate. Show up for a Day of Action this Saturday, June 15, to demand an impeachment inquiry. Donald Trump must be held accountable for his abuses of power, and Congress is the only one with the power to act—starting by launching an impeachment inquiry in the House Judiciary Committee. Join us and our partners in this nationwide day of action demanding Congress to fulfill its Constitutional obligation to conduct oversight by opening an impeachment inquiry. And don’t forget, everything you need to take action and demand Congress do the right thing (Call scripts! Videos! Letters to the Editor!) can be found at impeach.indivisible.org. Tell your MoC to support H.R. 1046 to bring down prescription drug prices. House Democrats are very likely to act on legislation to lower prescription drug costs this summer, and they are currently considering two competing proposals for doing so. Rep. Lloyd Doggett’s H.R. 1046 is a much stronger approach than the alternative; click here to learn more about why it’s the right policy to solve this problem, then make a call to tell your MoC to co-sponsor this critical legislation. Take the We are Indivisible 2020 pledge. We’ve got 17 candidates and almost 30,000 grassroots activists signed up. But this simple ask will take all of us to uphold. So, if you haven’t already, take the pledge and add your name. And if your local group is ready to commit to our weekend of action in July 2020, register your event on the map here. Northumberland Indivisible schedule and upcoming events of interest First, a reminder that there will be no meeting on June 16 since it conflicts with Father’s Day. Our next planned event is a showing of RBG – On the Basis of Sex Our tentative calendar items: 8/18 – Health Statistics for Northern Neck; 9/15 – Possible candidate forum, topic to be announced – possibly health care 10/20 – Voting issues 11/17 – TBD Laurie Morissette and John Melton are conducting a Voter Registration drive: 2nd and 4th Saturdays from now until November 10am to 12 noon in front of the Library. Contact Laurie at morissette.laurie.s@gmail.com to volunteer to help. There will be additional voter registration activities between now and November. In order to register voters, you must complete state training, which you can do in Heathsville: Garry Ellis, NVRA/Voter Registration Coordinator of the Virginia Department of Elections, is coming to our area to conduct state training. This class will be held on July 8, 2019, 1:30 -3:30 PM, at the Northumberland County Sheriff’s Office Training Room, located at 195 Judicial Place, Heathsville, VA . If you want to take the voter registration training class, you MUST reserve a space. Contact: Kathy Davenport, Northumberland County General Registrar/Director of Elections, (804) 580-4655, or, by email at: kdavenport@co.northumberland.va.us You also can register by contacting Joe Schlatter by email rosenjoe1@hotmail.com You must register for this class not later than July 1, 2019. The training is also available online. Info at: https://www.elections.virginia.gov/registration/registration-drives/index.html Juneteenth Observance at Stratford Hall Juneteenth Celebration at Stratford Hall is June 15; programs will run from 9:30am until evening. Details available on their website. Virginia Democrats Gala in Richmond VADemocrats Gala is being held in Richmond on the evening of June 15. The event will feature at least two Democratic presidential candidates: U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, and, Mayor Pete Buttigieg Interracial Conversations Interracial Conversations has an ambitious schedule for the next six months: June 25 will be an open and frank discussion of Unconscious Bias with Ali Webb July 23 Talking and Listening Without Hurt August – dark September 24 – Strategies for Getting Out the Vote October – 22 – Jim Crow Laws and Practices November 26 – The new Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration All Interracial Conversations meetings are at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 6749 Jesse DuPont Memorial Highway (Hwy 200); Potluck dinner at 5:30pm; program 6:00 – 7:30pm. Pro-Choice “pop-up” demonstration On Tuesday, May 21, as part of the nationwide efforts to stop state laws banning abortion, we held a “pop-up” demonstration on the Montross Courthouse lawn. About a dozen Indivisible supporters were there representing Northumberland and Westmoreland counties. We were joined for the last 15 minutes by some young women who were driving by and thought it was important enough to stop. We were pleased with the reception we received from people driving by — about one in three drivers who passed honked, waved, and gave us a thumbs-up. Tell your Member of Congress: SUPPORT H.R. 1 Contact your member of Congress, tell her/him to support HR 1. Click here for contact information for our area. Monday, Feb. 18, 2019: Mobilize against Trump’s phony, illegal “emergency notification” On Monday, we mobilize. Donald Trump has declared #FakeNationalEmergency. Now, we’re mobilizing rapid-response events on Presidents Day—Monday, 2/18—against Trump’s fake crisis and racist deportation force and to stand with immigrant, Muslim, and Black and brown communities to stop Trump’s dangerous and illegal power grab. Find an event near you (or organize your own!) now. Find an Event Near You Now In our area: Protest Trump’s Declaration of National Emergency Monday, February 18 at 6 p.m. Heather K. Barnes and Noble Colonial Williamsburg Meet at 6pm in front of Barnes and Noble Merchants Square and leave in groups of 10-15 to protest Trump’s declaration of a National Emergency. Presidents Day Protest – Trump’s Declaration of National Emergency Monday, February 18 at 4:30 p.m. James City County Courthouse On February 18th, Presidents Day, people across our country will be coming together for an event directed by Moveon.org, “A Presidents Day Protest to Fight Trump’s Fake Crisis and Racist Deportation Force” . We will gather at the James City County Courthouse at 4:30 pm, where together with our signs, we will express our opinions about the “Trump’s undemocratic power grab to secure his racist border wall – Terrifyingly, this declaration could allow him to seize massive emergency powers to erode the foundations of our democracy, increase funding for more anti-immigrant policies, and launch more attacks on communities”. We will have lanterns at the location for visibility. NOVEMBER IS COMING!!! Directions: https://jamescitycountyva.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/WilliamsburgJames-City-County-Courthouse-35 News round-up, Feb 16 Europe says it will stick with the Iran deal, defying a U.S. demand A Weak and Rambling President Declares a Fake National Emergency (“Trump’s description of the situation at the border is almost entirely fictitious, of course, but in one sense it is real. It’s a central element of the political narrative he has constructed for his white-nationalist base over the past three and a half years, and, as he helpfully sought to explain, it’s one he can’t easily back away from at this stage.”) Trump’s Emergency Declaration Shows He Is Unfit for Office (“At worst, President Trump’s claim of emergency powers that would allow him to expand barriers on the southern border is a gross violation of democratic norms. At best, it is a craven ploy to cover his own blundering. Either way, it is a devastating indictment of his capacity to handle his job.”) This Trump performance is why people talk about the 25th Amendment Don’t be fooled by Trump’s make-believe crisisPhony Wall, Phony Emergency (“The president plans to manage the border crisis from the golf course at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.”) Trump Declares a National Emergency, and Provokes a Constitutional ClashTrump’s ‘National Emergency’ Is a Purely Dictatorial Action (“It is an abuse of power. It is an assault on Congress’s Article I powers. Mitch McConnell is complicit.”) Trump just plunged the country into dangerous new territory. Here’s what’s really at stake. (“What’s at stake in this battle is a simple dilemma: Can the president declare a national emergency, and appropriate all the powers that this confers on him, when there isn’t any national emergency?”) Trump’s Emergency Declaration Is Contemptuous of the Rule of LawTrump Isn’t Just Defying the Constitution. He’s Undermining SCOTUS. (“The president defended his national emergency by boasting that he’ll win at the Supreme Court because it’s full of his judges.”) Trump’s National Emergency Just Got Its First Legal Challenge (“Legal advocacy group Public Citizen filed suit on behalf of landowners in Texas and an environmental group. More lawsuits are expected.”) ‘I Didn’t Need to Do This’ Sums Up the Entire Trump Presidency (“Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a southern border wall will be met with fierce Democratic opposition, both legally and in Congress”) ‘A recipe for disaster’? Trump’s border emergency drags the GOP into a risky fight ahead of 2020. (“If they back Trump’s emergency declaration, many lawmakers worry, they will be greenlighting a White House power grab that infringes on Congress’s constitutional power over spending. But if they oppose it, they risk attracting the wrath of Trump’s political base — and perhaps a primary challenge.”) 5 ways Trump’s national emergency declaration could be stoppedFact-checking Trump’s announcement of a national emergency (“It was chock-full of false and misleading claims, many of which we’ve previously highlighted, either in our database of Trump claims or our list of Bottomless Pinocchios. Here’s a summary of 14 of the most noteworthy claims, starting with immigration ones first.”) Why Trump’s Going to Win on the National Emergency (“There’s one arena where the president always succeeds: getting the Republican Party to abandon its principles.”) Trump’s Emergency Declaration Proves He Isn’t a Political Savant — He’s Just Addicted to Fox NewsTrump Promised to ‘Build That Wall,’ Then Ran Out of Time and Options (“The president’s declaration of a national emergency to fund a southern border barrier comes after divisions and competing priorities in the White House allowed the project to languish”) Ann Coulter Fires Back at Trump: ‘The Only National Emergency Is That Our President Is an Idiot’ (Wait, I actually agree with right-wing extremist Ann Coulter for once? Except for totally different reasons.) During national emergency declaration, Trump praises Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson for supporting him (That might be the most demented thing Trump did yesterday, among his torrent of lies and violation of democratic norms.) Fox’s Bill Hemmer calls Trump’s national emergency speech “a tour de force” (Speaking of demented – Bill Hemmer.) Rambling Trump calls an emergency in speech that goes on and on and on (“Trump’s White House screed was him at his Trumpiest – the old man at the bar sounding off about the world’s ills”) Trump’s emergency declaration is unconstitutional – ask his lawyers (“When Obama used executive powers on immigration, Jay Sekulow and Noel Francisco cried tyranny”) Munich or a Requiem for the West (“It’s no longer worth pretending Trump is not in the authoritarian camp. The shock has passed. European powers are thinking again.”) Moments after declaring national emergency, Trump admits there’s no emergency (“I didn’t need to do this.”) A quote Trump may come to regret: ‘I didn’t need to do this’Dems ready aggressive response to Trump emergency order, as GOP splintersTrump’s Rose Garden Fiasco Was a Commercial for the 25th Amendment (“If your uncle behaved like this, you’d hide the car keys.”) Trump’s emergency declaration is a ‘looming disaster’ for McConnell and Republicans in 2020: GOP donorHow Schumer and McConnell kept Trump out of the shutdown talks (“While the president claims he’s the dealmaker-in-chief, it was veteran lawmakers who got it done.”) Paul Manafort should be sentenced to up to 24 years in prison, Mueller saysTrump’s bewildering national emergency press conference, annotated (“President Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border on Friday — but not without making a scene full of false claims, offbeat comments and tense exchanges.”) Six dead, seven injured in mass shooting near Chicago (How about gun violence as a real national emergency?) Words are a president’s strongest weapon. Trump is terrible at words. (“The lawyers will fight over the legality and constitutionality of President Trump’s national emergency declaration. What his legal team can’t salvage is the American people’s assessment of his ability to do his job.” Imbeciles and racists elected an imbecile and racist.) Exclusive: WH press secretary Sarah Sanders interviewed by special counsel’s officeSpecial counsel prosecutors say they have communications of Stone with WikiLeaksTexas elections chief sorry for fake news about 95,000 “illegal” voters, still wants purgeBill Weld Has What Any Republican Needs to Primary Trump: He Doesn’t Give a Damn (“The former Massachusetts governor is ready for one last leap in the dark.”) Supreme Court Will Hear Case Challenging Citizenship Question In 2020 Census (“A federal judge in New York blocked the Trump administration from adding the question earlier this year.”) Ex-cardinal McCarrick defrocked by Vatican for sexual abuse Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid settle collusion case with NFLKaepernick deal could close NFL’s kneeling chapter (“A sports agent says the NFL could have paid dearly to ‘not continue with this issue.’”) Tax Refund Fiasco Is Political Payback For Republicans (“They stepped on this rake last year and now it’s hitting them in the face.”) Biden Reportedly “95 Percent” Ready for 2020 Run (“After months (and years) of flirting with another presidential bid, sources close to Biden say he’s almost at yes.”) Eric Trump Blames Democrats for Ruining His Plans to Profit Off the Presidency Kaine asks Shanahan if military families would be hurt by moving $3.6B for border wall Warner Introduces Act to Protect Credit Scores of Shutdown Workers Virginia politics: The uneasy marriage of new liberalism and historic racism Virginia Democrats Now Look To Women of Color For Leadership Ralph Northam wants forgiveness. Virginia’s black activists want him to work for it. (“The embattled governor’s fight for redemption is just beginning.”) Northern Virginia Is Keeping Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs, and Wants You to Know It Poll: Despite All the Virginia Republican Outrage, Virginians Overwhelmingly Support Third-Trimester Abortion Where a Woman’s Health Is At Risk Video: Del. Patrick Hope Defends Call for Impeachment of LG Justin Fairfax, Says It’s “fundamentally first and foremost about due process” Spanberger reacts to scandal in Richmond Clicking Clean Virginia (“The Dirty Energy Powering Data Center Alley”) For job creation, solar is a winner: Virginia’s solar jobs rose nine percent in 2018 Tax department to ‘crank it up’ as Northam signs tax bills LGBT activists upset with loss of Va. anti-discrimination bills turn to November (As should pro-ERA activists, climate/environmental activists, gun violence prevention activists, etc, etc.) Northam’s hometown struggles to square the man they know with the photo in his yearbookVa. House Republicans let LGBT non-discrimination bills die without a hearing Mountain Valley Pipeline acknowledges criminal investigation into alleged environmental violations (“On January 7, 2019, the MVP Joint Venture received a letter from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia stating that it and the EPA are investigating potential criminal and/or civil violations of the Clean Water Act and other federal statutes as they relate to the construction of the MVP. The January 7, 2019, letter requests the MVP Joint Venture and its members, contractors, suppliers and other entities involved in the construction of the MVP to preserve documents related to the MVP generated from September 1, 2018 to the present.”) Governor announces winner of $3.3 billion contract to expand HRBT by 2025 Alicia Plerhoples Announces Candidacy for Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Virginia election on Tuesday could offer first glimpse of scandals’ impact After persuasion, bill changing ‘Good Samaritan’ law advances from House panel General Assembly Notebook: House panel backs mandatory minimum for killing police dogs Council 20 of AFSCME, the Largest Public Sector Union in the County, Endorses Democrat Tim Chapman for Fairfax County Board Chair This is important!! The next federal census is in 2020 followed by 2021 in which all states — including Virginia — will redraw voting district lines for all legislative districts — federal (Senate and House) and state (Senate and House of Delegates). Redistricting is done by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor. This practice results in the party — Democratic or Republican — that controls the General Assembly drawing district lines to favor their candidates — a practice known as “gerrymandering.” OneVirginia2021 is a non-partisan organization that proposes to amend the Virginia constitution to establish an independent commission to conduct redistricting, thereby ending the practice of gerrymandering. Liz White, Deputy Director of OneVirginia2021, will speak: Northumberland Indivisible meeting 6:00 PM, December 6 Northumberland Library, 7204 Northumberland Hwy, Heathsville. She will present the proposal for a constitutional amendment to remove the redistricting of legislative districts from the General Assembly, and assign the job to an independent commission. This is an important matter; we urge EVERYONE to attend — invite a friend. This is a non-partisan matter that should be supported by Republicans, Democrats, Independents and anyone else concerned about fair elections. IMPORTANT: Virginia Gerrymandering presentation As we all know, gerrymandering — the practice of shaping electoral districts to favor or dis-favor one political party over another — is a real threat to our democracy. Virginia is one of the most gerrymandered states in the Union. OneVirginia2021 is a group of concerned citizens, former and present elected officials and other individuals who want to change the way Virginia electoral districts are drawn. Currently, the General Assembly draws district lines. OneVirginia2021 plans to introduce an amendment to the Virginia Constitution that will establish an independent commission to draw district lines. This is critical because — the 2020 federal census will result in re-drawing of district lines in 2021 — both state General Assembly districts and federal Congressional districts. On THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, Liz White from OneVirginia2021 will describe their plans for the 2019 General Assembly session and their strategy to move Virginia to using an independent commission for redistricting. Northumberland Public Library, 7204 Northumberland Hwy Visit the OneVirginia2021 website for more information including: latest redistricting news; upcoming events; and details about gerrymandering and redistricting. Northern Neck Indivisible groups being slandered on Republican websites An anonymous individual is posting comments to a popular Republican blog accusing “Indivisable” (sic) groups of being behind the distribution of KKK recruiting flyers at a few locations in Northern Virginia and on the Northern Neck. One of the more popular Virginia Republican blogs is “Bearing Drift.” Recently, on of the BD authors posted an article titled “The Virginia GOP’s Post-Stewart Future.” Bearing Drift allows comments on their articles. In the comments on the “Post-Stewart” article, the issue was raised of KKK recruiting flyers being distributed in some neighborhoods. An individual using the anonymous screen name “SJane” posted two comments accusing “Indivisable” (sic) groups of being behind the KKK flyers. “SJane’s” two comments are quoted below. — quote, first comment IF Republicans sit on their thoughts and hands and DO NOT Vote in Nov. 2018 Election for the Republican candidate vs Tim Kaine, then Virginia deserves what they get. Oct. 1, 2018 KKK Pamphlets were left by LEFT leaning group, in driveways in Tappahannock, Essex County to create fear, anger, and outrage by neighbors. Review this on GOOGLE… KKK leaves invitation packets for one Tappahannock neighbor – FOX 61 came out an interviewed neighbors. IF the Liberal/Democrats are allowed to dissolve a process for fairness, decency, and the right of US Citizens to Vote for a candidate of their choice…Everyone loses, especially the US Citizen.. — end quote, first comment — quote, second comment Those in the area Essex/Northumberland are suspecting a group called “Indivisables” …this is an apparent stunt they have pulled previously…can’t prove it at this date… — end quote, second comment Of course, it is impossible to stop lies like these, especially in this political atmosphere in which Republicans use The Big Lie to promote themselves and to demonize their opponents. We are posting this here for your information. Resources for Citizen Activists Redistricting and Gerrymandering Democrats are doomed to be a minority party — unless we stop gerrymandering Trump-Russian Connections Editorial Page How Republicans hurt their own red state, poor, and rural constituents just so they could destroy the Affordable Care Act IMPORTANT: The Trump-Russian Timeline Trump makes money the old-fashioned way: He launders it from Russia VERY important article: The Lost Cause myth and Confederate statues — whose heritage? Wake Up, Progressives: Where Do We Go From Here?? “Dialogue” is not the answer IMPORTANT: Committee to Investigate Russia Terms of office for local, state and federal elected officials Virginia voting information Where is Rob Wittman? Writing to the newspapers How to Write an Op-Ed Article Ten Steps to Writing an Op-Ed Writing Letters to the Editor Local and Regional newspapers Today’s image	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line225
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__label__wiki	0.720635	0.720635	EU less optimistic than Italy on growth, sees jump in deficit Business By John Doe 2018-11-08 Brussels: The European Commission forecast on Thursday the Italian economy would grow more slowly in the next two years than Rome thinks, making government budget deficits much higher than assumed by Italy while public debt would be stable rather than decline. Italian benchmark 10-year bond yields jumped on the forecast from 3.385 to 3.413 percent IT10YT=TWEB. The forecasts underline the Commission’s view, backed last Monday by all euro zone finance ministers, that Italy’s 2019 draft budget blatantly breaks European Union fiscal rules, which call for annual reductions in deficit and debt. The Commission’s projections are likely to provide arguments for the EU executive arm to start disciplinary steps against Rome later this month, unless Italy sends in a revised budget draft that is in line with EU rules by Nov. 13. Itay has repeatedly said it would not change the draft budget’s targets, triggering a clash with the rest of the euro zone by the populist government in Rome that won elections on promises of higher spending and tax cuts. Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said the forecasts were wrong and limited. “The European Commission’s forecasts for the Italian deficit are in sharp contrast to those of the Italian government and derive from an inaccurate and incomplete analysis (of the budget),” Tria said in a statement. “We regret to note this technical slip on the part of the Commission, which will not influence the continuation of constructive dialogue with the Commission,” he added. European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said he would travel to Rome on Friday and was keen to retain a dialogue, but that there could be no compromise on the rules. “The word compromise is difficult for me,” Moscovici told a news conference. “In the case of Italy I have always been in favour of flexibility,” he said. “As far as rules are concerned, however, we need to respect the rules, we can’t have a sort of negotiation.” – Reuters Tags:Italy, economic, crises, European Union, France, Chinese furniture makers to participate Interiors Pakistan exhibition China agrees to double its import from Pakistan Gov't releases Rs 1.043 bln for CPEC Projects	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line230
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__label__wiki	0.847092	0.847092	with: title: Assassin connaît la musique... (L') Assassin connaît la musique... (L') (1963) Director: Pierre CHENAL Casting: Maria Schell, Paul Meurisse, Sylvie Bréal, Yvonne Clech, Fernand Guiot, Christa Lang, Marcel Pérès Film moment: at 2min and 59min, outdoor scenes in front of the entrance of the building where live Lionel Fribourg (Paul MEURISSE) and his daughter Marie-Josee (Sylvie BREAL) en face de la station du métro aérien "Sèvres-Lecourbe", 61 boulevard Garibaldi Paris - 15ème (75015) 75 - Ville-de-Paris / Ile-de-France / FRANCE Updated on July 9th, 2012 Source: a net surfer Film moment: from 9min to 11min, scenes when Lionel (Paul MEURISSE) walking down the street and avoid being run over by a truck with the help of Agnes (Maria SCHELL) with whom he befriends Rue de Saint-Petersbourg Paris - 8ème (75008) 75 - Ville-de-Paris / Ile-de-France / FRANCE https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_de_Saint-P%C3%A9tersbourg Updated on July 9th, 2012 Place de Dublin Rue Clapeyron https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Clapeyron Film moment: scenes at the villa of Agnes (Maria SCHELL) 38 quai de l'Ecluse Croissy-sur-Seine (78290) Film moment: from 16min to 17min and from 32min to 34min, train station scenes Gare SNCF, place de la Gare Updated on September 9th, 2012 Film moment: from 55min to 57min, scene where Lionel (Paul MEURISSE) think to kill the former husband of Agnes (Maria SCHELL) Château de Vigny, 1 rue Beaudoin Vigny (95450) 95 - Val-d'Oise / Ile-de-France / FRANCE https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Vigny#Ch.C3.A2te... Studios de Billancourt, 2-50 quai du Point du Jour https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studios_de_Billancourt Comment: Founded in 1922 under the name Eclipse Studio-Factory, then Paris-Studios-Cinema in 1926, then studios of Billancourt in 1933, they were closed in 1992 and destroyed in 1995, the places are now occupied by Canal +.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line233
__label__wiki	0.738563	0.738563	Bobst builds infrastructure in Lyon, France Bobst is expanding its factory in Bron and will open a new Competence Center in 2018. Bobst Lyon has centralised all its production operations at its Bron site near Lyon. Inventory, machine assembly, administrative and support functions, which used to be located in Villeurbanne La Soie, will now be brought together at the company’s 10-hectare Bron facility, in operation since 1992. Adrien Fournier, Project Manager and Emmanuel Roquet, Bobst Lyon General Manager “Just five kilometers separate the two sites, which the company held for historical reasons,” says Emmanuel Roquet, Chairman of Bobst Lyon. “The maintenance and upkeep expenses of two sites and the cost of transporting goods between the two factories, go against all good business and environmental sense. We really needed to bring together all our production operations onto one site. This move will improve efficiency, with tighter communication and collaboration for our teams.” The Lyon subsidiary of Bobst Group has developed into the global leader in corrugated board converting solutions. Its business has grown significantly over the past three years. The first two phases of the project involve grouping all production processes, with operations scheduled to launch in May 2018, and building a facility for machine demonstration (Competence Center). Machine assembly and inventory were transferred from Villeurbanne in December 2017. Meanwhile, 80 employees in charge of manufacturing support moved to Bron, working in offices laid out in an innovative architectural design on a mezzanine platform. Bobst Lyon involved its employees in the office design project and, together, they looked at how to approach issues such as new technologies, innovative work methods and “generational” changes. The idea is to foster cooperation between employees by creating a modern, attractive work environment that meets the latest technical construction standards. Creation of a Competence Centre In September 2018, Bobst Lyon will open its Competence Centre in Bron. The construction of this new 114-meter long demonstration facility spanning 2,000 square meters, began in October 2017. For the first time, Bobst Lyon will have its own showroom dedicated entirely to its equipment. Customers will be able to come and learn about its full production lines in real operating conditions. Bobst engineers and technicians will also use the Competence Centre to improve their owns skills and develop innovative new machines. “The Competence Centre will play a key role in Bobst Lyon’s future business activities,” Emmanuel Roquet adds. “This strategic investment was made to develop our staff’s expertise in cardboard converting processes. In our industry, added value is measured not only in our capacity to build robust, accurate and efficient machines, but also in the service solutions we offer to support our customers and their use of our equipment.” The third phase of the project to expand the Bron site is already scheduled to start this summer, with the construction of a building designed to bring together the whole subsidiary’s administrative staff as of early 2020. Operating in the Lyon region since 1923, Bobst Lyon employs 750 people and manufactures high-tech equipment. Its packaging machines combine flexographic printing, die-cutting and in-line folding-gluing capabilities. They can produce cases from sheets of corrugated board in a single pass at a rate of up to 33,000 boxes per hour. Bobst www.bobst.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line234
__label__cc	0.548208	0.451792	General Information About Matchmaking Rating Matchmaking rating is usually known as MMR. It is a value that determines the skill level of each and every player who is playing the game. This value is generally used for matching. MMR gets increased when the player wins the game and it is decreased when they lose the game. A player who gets the points with highest rating is listed on the world leaderboards. In general, a player who gets same or the similar matchmaking rating is matched with each other. There are five MMR values that are tracked independently they are solo rating and party rating in normal games, solo rating, party rating and team rating in ranked games. The MMR for ranked matches requires approximately 10 games to calibrate. Players who get rank in the regional top 200 for solo ranked matchmaking will definitely appear on the leaderboards. The games such as bot games and the training matches do not use the MMR. One can boost their Matchmaking rating. The Dota2 MMR boosting has proven to be one of the most popular and top rated boosting service. Uncertainty: Uncertainty is one of the standard deviation of a player’s MMR. Players who are with high uncertainty are more likely to be matched with the players and they differ more greatly in their skill level and vice versa. New accounts with few games tend to have high uncertainty. While, older accounts with many games played tend to have low uncertainty. Since the normal and the ranked matchmaking are tracked separately, a player who has many normal games will always experience high uncertainty in ranked matchmaking when the player has only played a few ranked games, and vice versa. Only the higher uncertainty will lead to the larger MMR adjustments after each march, and the lower uncertainty leads to the smaller adjustments. The highly uncertainty matches are also called as swing games because their outcomes will be the breakthrough moments that are indicative of a player’s matchmaking ratio progression or regression. If the game outcomes which mean the win or loss and the individual performance repeatedly match the system’s expectations, uncertainty will decrease until it reaches a floorand conversely, some unexpected match outcomes will tend to cause an increase in uncertainty. In general, the parties receive bonus MMR when searching for the matches and thisis means one should compensate for superior party coordination, as well as parties which contain highly skilled members. The parties skill and the experience values are counted as an aggregate, and it do not indicate the individual or for each player. These parties will receive a higher adjustment MMR and the parties with large differences between the members MMR will always receive a higher adjustment MMR. One can boot their MMR by using Dota 2 MMR boosting and the MMR will remain unchanged if a non-partied member of the team early abandons a normal match and poor network condition have been detected. It will be changed if any member of the team is late abandons and many member of the party abandons in any form. 2017 Best Book For JEE Main Team Building – A Process For Increasing Work Group Effectiveness	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line236
__label__cc	0.623942	0.376058	Jealous Haters Book Club: Beautiful Disaster chapter one, “Red Flag” or “No shit, ya think?” Well, here we are again. I guess it must be fate, etc. I was going to try to make that into a Peter Cetera joke but I couldn’t ultimately make it land. I’m almost 100% sure that half my readership wouldn’t get it, anyway, because I am a thousand years old. And I am also 100% likely to have made that joke before. We find ourselves at the beginning of yet another Jealous Haters Book Club selection. Now, before we get started, I would like to remind everyone reading this that I did not pick this book. The people of Trout Nation nominated and voted for it. I am putting this disclaimer here because someone warned me that the author has diehard fans who will come in droves to attack me, but honestly, do any of the big name pioneers of New Adult romance even have diehard fans anymore? Not even the E.L. James devotees are a mobilized army anymore. And aside from James, a lot of the New Adult authors who dominated the lists four years ago aren’t even hitting #1 in their very specific Amazon categories. New Adult isn’t dead (at least, I hope, because that’s what I’m writing next), but it’s not breaking down walls the way it did once upon a time. I can’t imagine these authors wield the same influence they once did. Anyway, as I said, I really don’t like this author, her clique, or anybody having anything to do with her, but this wasn’t my choice. Especially after reading one of her other books. That said, I went into this trying hard to be objective. Almost contrarily so. Because so many people insisted to me over the years that this book is terrible, I was sure they were all exaggerating. So far, it’s looking like I’m super wrong. Let’s get into the first chapter, which yes, really is titled “Red Flag.” So, at least the author appears to be cognizant of what she’s doing. Does that make it worse? Everything in the room screamed that I didn’t belong. The stairs were crumbling, the rowdy patrons were shoulder to shoulder, and the air was a medely of sweat, blood, and mold. Voices blurred as they yelled numbers and names back and forth, and arms flailed about, exchanging money and gestures to communicate over the noise. So, this where we join the story, with our heroine, Abby, following her friends, America and Shepley, though this environment. Someone gets on a bullhorn and says: “Welcome to the bloodbath! If you are looking for Economics 101…you are in the wrong fucking place, my friend! Good, because if I paid for Econ 101 and it was held in a moldy basement full of screaming people, I would be very put out. If you seek the Circle, this is Mecca! My name is Adam. I make the rules and I call the fight. Betting ends once the opponents are on the floor. No touching the fighters, no assistance, no bet switching, and no encroachment of the ring. If you break these rules, you will get the piss beat out of you and you will be thrown out on your ass without your money. That includes you, ladies! So don’t use your hos to scam the system, boys!” It’s not misogynist to refer to women as hoes if you’ve got an equal opportunity policy on physical assault. Shepley shook his head. “Jesus, Adam!” he yelled ot the emcee over the noise, clearly disapproving of his friend’s choice of words. Dude, why are you friends with someone who threatens to beat up women and calls them hoes? Also…why is the heroine of this novel friends with a guy who’s friends with a guy who threatens to beat up women and calls them hoes? Is this the red flag? Abby notes that she’s wearing a pink cashmere cardigan and pearl earrings, so she looks really out of place at fight club this week. I promised American that I could handle whatever we happened upon, but at ground zero I felt the urge to grip her toothpick of an arm with both hands. She wouldn’t put me in any danger, but being in a basement with fifty or so drunken college boys intent on bloodshed and capital, I wasn’t exactly confident of our chances to leave unscathed. What do you mean, she wouldn’t put you in danger? A basement full of drunk college boys is danger. Let’s note the toothpick-arm here. I have this wild feeling that there will be a lot of subtle criticism about the bodies of women who are not the heroine throughout the book. After America met Shepley at freshman orientation, she frequently accompanied him to the secret fights held in different basements of Eastern University. To keep the fights so super secret, you guys, the location is only ever announced an hour before the fight starts. But it can’t work too well… Because I ran in somewhat tamer circles, I was surprised to learn of an underground world at Eastern; but Shepley knew about it before he had ever enrolled. Like, how secret is this club, really? I’m not trying to be nitpicky on the second page of the book, but come on. It’s super, intensely secret, but people know about it before they even set foot on campus? While we spent all of Apolonia wondering if the heroine was immortal or not, I’m going to spend this entire book wondering what year of college all these people are in. I tried to do the math, but… Travis, Shepley’s roommate and cousin, entered his first fight seven months before. As a freshman, he was rumored to be the most lethal competitor Adam had seen in the three years since creating the Circle. Beginning his sophomore year, Travis was unbeatable. Okay, setting aside for the moment that “lethal” means students have died at these underground fights that are super secret and haven’t been found out yet, I wanna try to put all this stuff together. In the first chapter, the ages of these characters are never made remotely clear. We know that: America met Shepley at freshman orientation. Travis either started fighting seven months before he came to college or seven months before this scene is taking place. Adam created the circle three years ago. Travis is at least a sophomore. We don’t know: If America is still a freshman or if Shepley was a freshman when they met at orientation. Whether Travis just started fighting seven months ago and therefore was a freshman seven months ago but is now a sophomore. What year Adam is on. No, seriously, how old is anyone here? And in case you’re wondering, it doesn’t get cleared up in this chapter. The first fight is between a “star varsity wrestler” who for some reason is willing to risk injury in a skeezy underground fight, and Travis ‘Mad Dog’ Maddox, who is introduced with an instruction manual: “[…]Shake in your boots, boys, and drop your panties, ladies!” Ahem, I believe you mean, “hos”. The volume exploded when Travis appeared in a doorway across the room. He made his entrance, shirtless, relaxed, and unaffected. He strolled into the center of the circle as if he were showing up to another day at work. Lean muscles stretched under his tattooed skin as he popped his fists against Marek’s knuckles. Travis leaned in and whispered something in Marek’s ear, and the wrestler struggled to keep his stern expression. And then they just started fucking right there on the moldy basement floor. No, but wouldn’t that be more interesting? Marek stood toe-to-toe with Travis, and they looked directly into each other’s eyes. “DIRECTLY INTO EACH OTHER’S EYES?” I THOUGHT WE LEFT THAT IN HANDBOOK FOR MORTALS! Honestly, though, any book I read now, if it says anything about looking right at or directly into someone’s eyes, I just lose it. The guys start fighting and the crowd gets wild, but Abby can’t see anything, so she starts pushing right to the front. Or, encroaching upon the ring, as the charming Adam might call it. She finally gets close enough to watch all the action, and Travis, who has until this point been raining blows on the other guy, throws an elbow into the dude’s nose. Blood sprayed my face, and splattered down the front of my cardigan. Well, there’s a meet-cute I’ve never seen before. Marek fell to the concrete floor with a thud, and for a brief moment the room was completely silent. Adam threw a scarlet square of fabric onto Marek’s limp body, and the mob detonated. Is…is he dead? My eyes traveled upward; jeans, spattered with blood, a set of finely chiseled abs, a bare, tattooed chest drenched in sweat, and finally a pair of warm, brown eyes. I was shoved from behind, and Travis caught me by the arm before I fell forward. “Hey! Back up off her!” Travis frowned, shoving anyone who came near me. His stern expression melted into a smile at the sight of my shirt, and then he dabbed my face with a towel. “Sorry about that, Pigeon.” There it is. The first occurrence of the nickname that got mentioned about twenty-six thousand times in the nominations. Because so many of you absolutely hate it, I can’t wait to find out why he chooses that name for her. As long as we’re on the subject of “red flags,” can we talk about the fierce protectiveness coupled with instant familiarity here? It would be one thing if Travis had shoved the person who bumped into her. Hell, if a guy threw a punch in a bar fight to protect a woman being harassed, I’m all over that. Good job, guy. But Travis is standing here giving her a pet name and getting physically aggressive with anyone who comes near her in what has been described as an intensely crowded space. Remind you of any other character I spent four years of my life complaining about? Travis tells Abby that her sweater looks good on her so it’s too bad it got ruined, and America shows up to call her friend an idiot. Shepley tells Abby that she shouldn’t have been there but like…bro. You brought her there. America takes Abby straight to the ER for prophylactic vaccinations due to all the blood that splashed in her face. Nah, they just go straight back to Abby’s dorm room. America followed me to my dorm room and then sneered at my roommate, Kara. Now, there’s nothing here that establishes why someone would sneer at Kara. All she does is see her blood-spattered roommate and say, “Gross.” And she wears glasses and doesn’t seem overly invested in Abby’s life. But none of that happens until after the sneer, which goes unremarked upon in both dialogue and narrative. Are we supposed to just assume Kara sucks? The next day, Abby and Shepley and America are at lunch with a bunch of Shepley’s fraternity brothers and some football players. Some of them had been at the fight, but no one mentioned my ringside experience. Uh, the first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club, Abby. That’s pretty common knowledge. So, then Travis comes in: He was followed by two voluptuous bottle blondes wearing Sigma Kappa Ts. One of them sat on Travis’s lap; the other sat beside him, pawing at his shirt. Even if I had never read Apolonia, this would be, you guessed it, a red flag. Like, one they would put up on the beach to warn you that the water has been contaminated with medical waste and internalized authorial misogyny. “I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth,” America muttered. I think I actually used the gif of that line from Dodgeball in my Apolonia recaps. The blonde on Travis’s lap turned to America. “I heard that, skank.” America grabbed her roll and threw it down the table, narrowly missing the girl’s face. Before the girl could say another word, Travis let his knees give way, sending her tumbling to the floor. “Ouch!” she squealed, looking up at Travis. “America’s a friend of mine. You need to find another lap, Lex.” The line forms here, ladies. No shoving. I seriously can never understand what authors are trying to prove by showing the male love interest treating women like total crap. This isn’t a Jamie McGuire thing. This is a genre-wide issue in which some romance authors are apparently so threatened and insecure on their heroine’s behalf, they have to make it a point to create fictional women to abuse through the hero. And this is supposed to make the hero more attractive to the heroine and the reader. These blondes don’t even have names until one of them gets dumped on the floor by the hero (to show us his good taste? I guess?). That’s how disposable they are. They’re just a tool for the author and reader to act out their own insecurities about other women. And it works, because after a few paragraphs: Travis smiled at me win what I assumed was his most charming expression. He oozed sex and rebeliousness with his buzzed brown hair and tattooed forearms, and I rolled my eyes at his attempt to lure me in. Even though Abby is seeing through his tough guy act, she’s still considering him sexy and viewing his bad behavior as a mating dance. America mentions that Abby is her best friend, and Travis is like, since when do you have a best friend, and America says: “Since junior year,” she answered, pressing her lips together as she smiled in my direction. So…does she mean junior year in high school? Or are they in their fourth year of college? We still have no idea what age any of these people are. They’re between eighteen and twenty-two, I guess? Honestly, I’m not usually this hung up on the ages of characters in books. Sometimes, it just doesn’t matter. But freshman, sophomore, and junior have now all been used as time markers without any context. It troubles me. Travis sits down by Abby and calls her “Pigeon” again and she doesn’t like it, so obviously he’ll keep doing it through the rest of the book because men doing things you ask them not to is such adorable behavior. He introduces himself and she reminds him that she knows his name already. “Don’t flatter yourself. It’s hard not to notice when fifty drunks are chanting your name.” And when people all over campus seem to fawn over him. I honestly couldn’t tell you the name of one person I went to college with that I didn’t know before I went to college. I think there was a girl who wore really thick eyeliner in one of my classes? And her hair was always pulled back way too tight? That’s it. That’s all I’ve got from college. There was a sign language interpreter named Sue, I remember her. But yeah. If you’re a big enough deal that you’re known all over campus for how amazing you are, I’d say you’re pretty amazing. Also, I’d say that your fight club isn’t as secret as you think it is. My biggest issue here is with the fact that Abby is meeting Travis, the cousin, BFF, and roommate of her friend, Shepley, for the first time. You’d think they would have run into each other socially since they travel in the same circle and he’s the big man on campus. How is this the first time they’ve ever spoken? When did Abby become friends with Shepley? Was it through America? They all seem to be in the same general group of acquaintences. He laughed again when I glared at him. “Those are some amazing eyes, though,” he said, leaning just inches from my face. “What color is that, anyway? Gray?” Do we have a hard time with our colors, Travis? How are you with shapes? I didn’t like the way it made me feel when he was so close. I didn’t want to be like the scores of other girls at Eastern that blushed in his presence. There we go. Not Like Other Girls™. America tells Travis not to even think about trying anything with Abby, to which Shepley says: “Baby,” Shepley said, “you just told him no. He’s never gonna stop, now.” Wow, the title of this chapter was not fucking around, huh? Travis calls Abby “Pidge,” so that’s three times in the scene that he calls her a name she doesn’t want to be called and of course we’re meant to interpret this as sexual tension. Then, he whispers something in America’s ear before he leaves. A few more girls followed behind him, giggling and running their fingers through their hair to get his attention. He opened the door for them, and they nearly squealed in delight. Look, more silly girls for us to judge! I don’t want to spoil anything for you, but it’s important for you to know that this isn’t going to stop like, at all. For the entire book. After this scene, I’m really not understanding the vibe. Nobody really seems to like Travis. His best friend whom he is also related to basically described him as a sexual predator. Abby thinks he’s sexy but he refuses to use her name. Are we supposed to find him sexy here? Or am I just assuming we are because this is a romance? She honestly doesn’t seem to like him, so at least we’re a step up from Fifty Shades of Grey here? I also don’t understand how these characters are in college. Everyone seems to have lunch at the same time, they’re all throwing food (America throws her roll, Shepley throws a french fry), and again, it’s weird that the entire campus knows and is obsessed with this one specific guy. But anyway, America says: “Oh, no. You’re in trouble, Abby.” Why is Abby in trouble? Because Travis told her to bring Abby to his apartment. And it’s apparently just a given that she’s going, as she has been summoned. But Shepley warns her not to fall for Travis (also apparently a given) because it could cause problems between him and America. “This isn’t my first rodeo, Mare. Do you know how many times he’s screwed things up for me because he one-nights the best friend? All of a sudden it’s a conflict of interest to date me because it’s fraternizing with the enemy. I’m tellin’ ya, Abby,” he looked at me, “don’t tell Mare she can’t come over or date me because you fall for Travis’s line of BS. Consider yourself warned.” So, Travis is violent, treats women like shit, and carelessly sabotages his friend/cousin’s relationships out of pure selfishness. What do they get out of associating with him? Why does anyone admire and want to be around him? Here’s another weird thing where I don’t understand: I tried to reassure Shepley with a smile, but his pessimism was driven by years of being burned by Travis’s endeavors. Abby knows Shepley well enough to know that Travis has been a jerk to him for years, but again…she’s never met Travis? Travis is somehow news to her? I don’t get this. Abby parts ways with Shepley and America and heads to class. Eastern was exactly what I hoped it would be, from the smaller classrooms to the unfamiliar faces. It was a new start for me; I could finally walk somewhere without the whispers of those who knew–or thought they knew–anything about my past. I was as indistinguishable as any other wide-eyed, overachieving freshman on her way to class; no staring, no rumors, no pity or judgement. Only the illusion of what I wanted them to see: cashmered, no-nonsense Abby Abernathy. Is her dark secret that she’s rich as hell? Because cashmere is coming up a lot. When Abby sits down in class, Travis sits next to her. “Good. You can take notes for me,” he said. Abby accuses him of not actually being in the class, but he insists that he is. He just usually sits somewhere else. A small group of girls was staring at me, and I noticed an empty chair in the center. Considering Travis is known by the entire student body and has some type of all-female entourage with him in this class, how did Abby not notice that he was there all this time? But whatever. Anything for another opportunity to show how desired the hero is and how jealous all the girls will be of the heroine now that he’s got his sights set on her. Remember, ladies: your personal happiness hinges on whether or not other women are jealous of you. You’re not winning the game unless all those bitches hate you. Abby tells him she’s not going to take notes for him. Travis leaned so close that I could feel his breath on my cheek. “I’m sorry…did I offend you in some way?” Literally, everything this man has done on the page so far has been offensive, from beating a guy unconscious (to death?), surrounding himself with women simply to physically, verbally, and emotionally abuse them, selfishly destroy his friend’s relationships, assume every female character is there to fuck him, refuse to call the heroine by her name while obnoxiously pursuing her despite clear signals and explicit verbal statements indicating she doesn’t want anything to do with him, asking her to do classwork for him, and then getting in her face to ask this question. Abby tells him to give up, she’s not going to sleep with him. He points out that he hasn’t asked her. “I’m not a Barbie twin or one of your little groupies up there, I said, glancing at the girls behind us. “I’m not impressed with your tattoos or your boyish charm or your forced indifference, so you can stop the antics, okay?” If you removed the internalized misogyny and description of Travis as having “boyish charm,” this would actually make me like Abby. Unfortunately, she has to pull the Not Like Other Girls™ card and once again describe this dude as charming. This is like the third time and he’s yet to do anything that’s the bare minimum of human decency, let alone anything that could be remotely construed as “charm”. The entire time I read this chapter, I couldn’t help but compare it to Fifty Shades of Grey. While this doesn’t strike me as Twilight fanfic, it definitely feels like it’s taken a lot of cues from Fifty Shades. Both the books were published at roughly the same time, but Master of The Universe, the fanfic that, through the miracle of find-and-replace, became Fifty Shades of Grey, had been online since 2009, a year McGuire cites in the dedication of this book as being somehow important in starting her writing career. I want desperately to believe that Abby, Travis, and their “chemistry” so far was “borrowed” from Snowqueens Icedragon; the idea that two people independently thought, “You know what would be hot? An abusive guy who treats women as disposable relentlessly pursuing a misogynistic, judgmental priss who has no interest in him,” is so horrifying that I can’t even think up a funny analogy for the horror. Travis assures Abby, whose name he still refuses to use (again, like Christian Grey, who wouldn’t call Ana anything but Anastasia, even after she asked him several times), that he just wants to hang out, not have sex with her. Okay. Why? So far, all Travis knows about Abby is that she doesn’t like him and has no interest in getting to know him. Why would that be appealing, if not as a challenge to overcome? But of course, Abby says she’ll think about it because she is a pioneer in the “female main characters who go along with whatever the hero wants,” oeuvre. A residual smile lingered on his face, making the dimple in his cheek sink in. The more he smiled, the more I wanted to hate him, and yet it was the very thing that made hating him impossible. …do you want some reasons to hate him? Because I’ve been listing them off for a while now and we’re only on page twelve. I assure you, hating him is not impossible. Like, make a pros and cons table, Abby. Pros so far are like, “nice smile.” Cons are “everything else about him.” In case the main characters aren’t misogynistic enough, the professors are, too: “Who can tell me which president had a cross-eyed wife with a bad case of the uglies?” Chaney asked. Why is this a question in a college-level course? Travis grinned and relaxed into his chair. As the hour progressed, he alternated between yawning and leaning against my arm to look at my monitor. I made a concentrated effort to ignore him, but his proximity and the muscles bulging from his arm made it difficult. He picked at the black leather band around his wrist until Chaney dismissed us. So, I guess the pros column is now, “nice smile, bulging muscle, is nearby.” Abby tries to shake Travis after class, but he catches up with her and asks if she’s thought about coming to his apartment. A petite brunette stepped in front of us, wide-eyed and hopeful. “Hey, Travis,” she lilted, playing with her hair. I paused, recoiling from her sugary tone, and then walked around her. I’d seen her before, talking normally in the commons area of the girls’ dorm, Morgan Hall. Her tone sounded much more mature then, and I wondered what it was about a toddler’s voice she thought Travis would find appealing. She babbled in a higher octave for a bit longer until he was next to me once again. We. Get. It. Every woman except Abby sucks and is a whore. We get it now. We don’t need any more of this. We are on page twelve and this is the fourth time we’ve heard about how much women love Travis and how stupid they act. I would almost prefer the “cum burping gutter slut” insult from Apolonia than pages and pages of this. Seriously, there’s no way McGuire didn’t read Master of The Universe and go, “I can make both the hero and heroine hate women more.” Now, the only setting described at this point since they got out of class was the hallway. It’s never indicated that they’ve gone outside at all. Travis put on his sunglasses, but it’s never mentioned that they leave the building, so when this happens: Pulling a lighter from his pocket, he lit a cigarette and blew out a thick cloud of smoke. I immediately imagine this whole sequence as happening in the hallway, like a scene from a Grease sequel that’s worse than Grease 2. Finally, Travis’s relentless pestering wears Abby down. She agrees to go to his apartment that night. Are you kidding me, Abby? If we have to endure pages upon pages of everyone insisting that Abby is some smart, strong woman while she continually acts in ways that are totally contrary, I will…probably set fires. But anyway, they are outside, because when Travis finally leaves Abby alone, she’s outside her dorm. She sees America and another friend, Finch, standing there. Finally, finally, we get a clue as to their ages. Kind of. The three of us ended up at the same table at freshman orientation, and I knew he would be the welcome third wheel to our well-oiled machine. Okay, so, Abby and America were a well-oiled machine already when they got to college. They must have met in their junior year of high school, not college. Which… I guess really doesn’t narrow down their ages at all, does it? Finch has “disapproving eyes” when he sees that Abby was talking to Travis, and America has some…well, I guess it’s advice? America pulled the gum from her mouth in a long string. “You’re only making it worse by brushing him off. He’s not used to that.” “What do you suggest I do? Sleep with him?” America shrugged. “It’ll save time.” Rather than be like, “Wow, this guy is a jerk,” America is telling her best friend she basically has to sleep with Travis because she has no choice? Is the lesson here, “If a guy consistently harasses you, just give him exactly what he wants because it’s easier for you to give up your autonomy than to hold men to the incredibly low standard of simply listening and respecting a woman when she’s not interested?” He wasn’t hard to figure out; he either saw me as a challenge, or safely unattractive enough to be a good friend. I wasn’t sure which bothered me more. Again, this is fifty shades of Ana here. Woe is me, I’m so plain, this guy is clearly trying to have sex with me but I’m not sure if he’s trying to have sex with me despite everyone saying he’s trying to have sex with me. Cashmere. Also, spoiler alert, the fact that he might not find her pretty is the thing that’s bothering her. But not in the same way as all those other cheap harlots. Abby is the main character, so it’s okay for her to want to fuck him, just so long as she says she doesn’t want to fuck him more often than she says she does. After a time break, America comes to pick up Abby to take her to Shepley and Travis’s apartment. “Yuck, Abby! You look homeless!” And here’s why: My hair was piled on top of my head in a messy bun. I had scrubbed the makeup from my face and replaced my contacts with rectangular black-rimmed glasses. Sporting a ratty t-shirt and sweatpants, I shuffled along in a pair of flip-flops. “Homeless” or #Cozy, #LazyDay on Instagram? The idea had come to me hours before that either way, unattractive was the best plan. Ideally, Travis would be instantly turned off and stop his ridiculous persistence. If he was looking for a buddy, I was aiming for too homely to be seen with. Oh, Abby. Don’t you know how this goes? He’s going to like you even more because you don’t know you’re beautiful and that’s what makes you beautiful. Also, you’re not like the other girls because you wear makeup and slutty clothes, which you don’t need. They arrive at the apartment, which Abby notes is not as bad as she expected it to be because it doesn’t stink. Travis asks her if she’s started the paper that’s due in their shared class and says that he’s already done and he can help her if she’d like. “I have an A in that class,” he said, a bit miffed at my disbelief. “He has As in all his classes. He’s a freakin’ genius. I hate him,” Shepley said as he led America into the living room by the hand. Again, is anyone feeling like this is familiar? Christian Grey used to get in violent physical fights when he was younger, and he dropped out of college because he was a genius. Now we’ve got Travis Maddox, amateur MMA fighter, sitting bored through classes because he’s a genius. Again, these books were published within the same year, but Master of The Universe predates it by at least two. Abby asks why, if Travis is so smart, does he fight for a living? He says it makes him more money than working in the mall, but Abby doesn’t think it’s a very good alternative. “I don’t get hit that often. If they swing, I move. It’s not that hard.” Well, gosh, why hasn’t any other fighter thought of that? Abby wants to know where Travis learned to fight. “I had a dad with a drinking problem and a bad temper, and four older brothers that carried the asshole gene.” So, we’ve got our tragic, abused kid backstory. He notes that his dad quit drinking and his brothers grew out of being assholes, which is super convenient because I’m pretty sure they get spin-off novels. Ready for some you-don’t-know-you’re-beautiful-that’s-what-makes-you-beautiful? Well, too bad, because you’re getting it, anyway: “I like the au naturel thing you have going on. Girls don’t come over here like that.” “I was coerced into coming here. It didn’t occur to me to impress you,” I said, irritated that my plan had failed. The dynamic of this is so, so familiar. Heroine chooses to do something, then insists she had no choice. She did have a choice. She could have just not shown up. Just because he won’t take no for an answer doesn’t mean you have to say yes. And while I think every young woman has been in a position with a pushy guy and made similar decisions remember that this is a romance novel; this is the sexual tension and chemistry that bring them together. This is being presented as an ideal beginning to an exciting relationship. I didn’t know how most girls felt around him, but I’d seen how they behaved. I was experiencing more of a disoriented, nauseated feeling than giggly infatuation, and the harder he worked to make me smile, the more unsettled I felt. See the title of this chapter, Abby. Travis announces that he’d been just about to leave (after inviting someone over to hang out?) and wants to know if Abby would go to dinner with him. She tries to lie about having already eaten, but America fucks it up for her, leaving an opening for Travis to simply order Abby to go with him. She obviously has to, because Travis says so. Just like she has to ride on his motorcycle (because of course he rides a motorcycle) with no helmet or other protective gear: “I’m wearing flip-flops!” Travis stared at me as if I’d spoken a foreign language. “I’m wearing boots. Get on.” Translation: “I’m fine. It doesn’t matter if you lose your feet.” She does get on and predictably she has to hold onto him tight because although he’s promised not to go fast, he takes off, “like a rocket”. When they arrive at the restaurant, she’s furious. He says: “I wouldn’t let anything happen to you, Pidgeon.” No helmet. T-shirt, sweatpants, flip-flops. She is 100% disposable to him, to the point of death. They go into the restaurant. Grease and herbs filled the air as I followed him across the red, breadcrum-speckled carpet. The scent of grease and herbs, I hope. This would have been a spot-on description if it hadn’t been written as though someone dumped a vat of garlic butter over their heads while they were walking. There are other students in the restaurant who, of course, watch Travis and Abby’s every move. You know, like every time Anabella went somewhere with Chedward. Another similarity: “Sure, Travis,” the waitress said, writing down our drink orders. She looked a bit high from his presence as she returned to the kitchen. Writing Tip: Not every god damn book has to have a scene where a waitress’s panties drop tableside. At least their drink orders included beers, so now we know that they’re twenty-one or over. With the waitress gone, it’s Misogyny Conversation Time. “So what’s your story, Pidge? Are you a man-hater in general, or do you just hate me?” You have badgered her relentlessly all day long despite having met her once before after you beat a man unconscious in front of her. You have assumed she will want to fuck you from the word go and you are overall an objectively repugnant human being who still refuses to use her name. But sure. It’s because she hates all men irrationally. “I can’t figure you out. You’re the first girl that’s ever been disgusted with me before sex You don’t get all flustered when you talk to me, and you don’t try to get my attention.” No, she’s actually discouraged your attention. You just didn’t get the hint that it wasn’t a seduction strategy. She tells him it’s not a ploy but he argues that she wouldn’t be there if she didn’t like him. “I didn’t say you’re a bad person. I just don’t like being a foregone conclusion for the sole reason of having a vagina.” I focused on the grains of salt on the table until I heard a choking noise from Travis’s direction. His eyes widened and he quivered with howling laughter. “Oh my God! You’re killing me! That’s it. We have to be friends. I won’t take no for an answer.” I’m pretty sure that if someone is going to howl with laughter, it should be in response to something that’s genuinely funny. A lot of times, authors (myself included) will include laughs when something is mildly funny or it’s just amusing or what have you. But howling with laughter is pretty extreme, so something has to be…funny. For that to happen. And make sense. If they’re in their twenties, just saying the word “vagina” shouldn’t be a cause for hysterics. “I don’t mind being friends, but that doesn’t mean you have to try to get into my panties every five minutes.” “You’re not sleeping with me. I get it.” She doesn’t even speak again before he says: “You have my word. I won’t even think about your panties…unless you want me to.” I rested my elbows on the table and leaned into them. “And that won’t happen, so we can be friends.” An impish grin sharpened his features as he leaned in a bit closer. “Never say never.” He won’t try to get into your panties every five minutes. He’ll try to get into your panties five times in one minute. He’s efficient! Abby asks him a little about himself and we learn that Adam gave him the nickname “Mad Dog,” which he doesn’t appear psyched about. His short answers were beginning to bug me. She has literally only asked him one question. He tells her that he’s a Criminal Justice major, but momentarily gets distracted by the entire Eastern soccer team, all of whom seem to be laughing about something inappropriate. He tells Abby that despite his tattoos and the fighting, he’s never gotten into any trouble. His mom died when he was a kid (where have we heard that before?) and that he has four brothers, Thomas, Taylor and Tyler (who are twins), and Trenton. They’re all tattooed (except Thomas), and they all seem to have grown up in a Lord of The Flies-type situation where it was all violence, all the time. Finally, Travis is so visibly annoyed at the soccer players that Abby demands to know what it is they’re talking about. They’re laughing about me having to take you to dinner, first. It’s not usually…my thing.” Weird, I read a book about another guy like that. But I’m glad we didn’t let too many pages go by without being reminded of how much pussy Travis crushes on a daily basis. The conversation turns to Abby. She hasn’t declared a major, but she’s probably going to go with Accounting. She’s from Witchita, just like America is, so that solves the junior year mystery. And she came to Eastern to get away from her parents. “What’s with the third degree?” I said. The questions were drifting from small talk to personal, and I was beginning to get uncomfortable. He’s asking you the exact same types of questions you asked him. And you were annoyed that he wasn’t more forthcoming. Again…just like another character I know. Several chairs knocked together as the soccer team left their seats. They traded one last joke before they meandered toward the door. Their pace quickened when Travis stood up. Those in the back of the group pushed those in front to escape before Travis made his way across the room. Yeah, get out of here, soccer team. Only Travis “Mad Dog” Maddox gets to demean women! Abby tells Travis that she chose Eastern as a school because it “just felt right,” and he agrees, and the chapter is over. So, this is what we’re into here. A Fifty Shades of Grey college AU starring Travstian and Anabby. I’ll just fire up the wood chipper and climb on in. Previous Post The Big Damn Angel Rewatch S01E05, “Rm with a Vu” Next Post Jealous Haters Book Club: Beautiful Disaster Chapter Two, “Pig,” or “Yes, still incredibly accurate.” Time to see what a disaster this book truly is… Oh god I’m drowning in the misogyny send help https://media.giphy.com/media/41xqYowawFv3r2cf7d/giphy.gif Bookjunk They’re so gross. He’s into her for the sole reason that she’s not into him. Or, at least, so he thinks because she’s sending about a million signals that she’s not interested. And she’s into him but cannot show that she’s into him because then she’d be just like all those other “sluts” eh, I mean, girls. Ugh. This book is just…yuck… I don’t understand the point of making the Hero so unlikeable. It always makes the heroine look weak and like she doesn’t know her own mind. Yeah like…you can make someone flawed but…maybe make it a bad first impression like I know it’s cliched but then again it’s execution that matters. Like, have the hero be boxed as ‘stay way’ by the people on the campus, but maybe have it to do with social bias people have against for example poor people, or people who dress differently. Maybe part of it is also on hero’s side because for example, he is bitter and when people approach him, his defence mechanisms are to make a snide comment. Not because he’s a bad or rude person but because life taught him that when people approach him is to make fun of him or tease him. It would make a good story because the heroine could be a nice person and not an entitled, petty bitch like Ana and Whatshername from Apolonia. Have her help the hero realise that the world is not as hostile as he thinks it is. That yeah, it is unfair but not all people are rotten and not everyone will look down on him, based on superficial stuff. Let’s be honest, this isn’t an author who’s worried about cliches Riea Exactly! Like in 10 Things I hate about you where Heath Ledgers character was labelled as a person you stay from. Come to find out it was all just rumours and bias ans he was actually decent(well besides that one dickish thing he did) I also read a fanfic that was similar. Like its not that hard to just paint the Love interest as being misunderstood. Or even as an asshole that changes over time cause the heroine makes him want to be better(I mean it’s like the plotline for almost every romantic Asian drama) even if it is a tired trope. Anything is better than the dude actually being an asshole and the author saying he changes but he actually doesn’t. Quillinkandmuse These books are all the same. The only interesting thing about them is your commentary. Do you sometimes forget and say things you might regret? (I would totally get the joke because I think I’m 1,000 years older than you are. I saw KK2 in the theater … [also KK1 and The Goonies]). “I have this wild feeling that there will be a lot of subtle criticism about the bodies of women who are not the heroine throughout the book.” It’s almost as though we’ve seen this before from this author! I’m actually working on a story about a man who treats women like crap until he becomes enthralled with one specific woman who basically destroys him. But the object isn’t to make him attractive. Because that’s not attractive. Also, I’ve been delving into the world of reformed evangelicals and this women competing and putting way too much emphasis on physical beauty is a thing in that culture (evangelicalism, not the reformed ones). I’m almost shocked at how much of this comes from that. I’m noticing a men calling women animal names trend. Pigeon and Mare (which I know is short for “America,” but not spelled “Mer.”). Or it’s the place the underage kids know to go to for alcohol. NavigatorBR Having read the entire book already, I can confirm that Abby and America possess fake IDs for buying liquor underage, it’s brought up later in the book. So, of course, we STILL have no idea how old these people are! Or what year they’re in. Or anything useful. I think Abby is a freshman- she says at one point that she is like any other wide eye freshman on her way to class… So I’m assuming she’s a freshman. If would guess Travis is a junior? Since I think it’s trying to say that he started in fight club as a freshman 7 months ago- so last year and is now in the next school year? If she’s a freshman and it’s the first semester, maybe that’s why she hasn’t met him yet? But why would a genius Junior be in a freshman level class? And then yes, of course they can order alcohol, but it doesn’t mean anything because fake ids are so easy to come by. Why are we doing this to Jenny and ourselves! 😛 It’s not unusual for juniors and seniors to be in 100 or 200-level classes. It depends on the requirements of their majors and what their interests are. I think all majors require electives and a lower-level class in something that interests you outside of your major can serve as an elective and has nothing to do with intellectual ability. Someone who was a freshman seven months before would be a sophomore. Even if it’s the beginning of the spring semester. And “like any other freshman” in this context could be that she IS a freshman or just a recent transfer student? It seems McGuire simply doesn’t care about the details or expects her readers to be psychic. I meant sophomore 😛 I forget that one sometimes… I’m sure it depends on the school… and what part of the year they are in… since they just met, I assumed it would be first semester, but that is based in nothing, since these books don’t make any sense…. Obviously every school is different but there are a lot of general classes needed in the first year, particularly first semester that having upperclassmen in those classes seems weird to me… but that’s based on actual college experience, but only at a particular set of state universities…. And if she isn’t a freshman in her first semester, being in classes with other level of students makes more sense… Or perhaps we’ll come to find that she’s a genius too and excelled at a bunch of AP classes so she didn’t have to do any gen ed stuff like a pleb. Ren Benton If I were optimistic, I’d think “Pigeon” and “Finch” had some deeper significance. Hahahaha haha hahahaha deep breath hahahaha hahaha haaaaaaaaaa Toby Danger Between this and Apollonia, I get the impression that this author has never been to an actual college. Also, there are more books featuring Travis the asshat’s brothers? Jesus wept. RaccoonMama Very tired of some authors who believe that college is exactly the same as a boarding school in terms of schedule and social dynamics. Same here. I went to a smaller, largely commuter college and never ran into these weird cliquey kinds of crowds. There were different clubs, athletics, and some Greek groups (who I don’t even think had houses near campus). I don’t remember running into people being fawned over en masse. If we had a fight club, I certainly didn’t know about it. They must have done their jobs right. Yeah, my school was not large by US standards — about 4,000 undergrad. And I knew maybe 100 people by name each year? There is NEVER one person on campus that everyone knows, unless it’s the person who featured in an uncomfortable “expulsion due to sex crimes” email from the Dean of Students. So that… seems on brand for Travis. I started at a community college and I knew quite a few people simply because I went to elementary and high school with them since it was local. And while we had a cafeteria rather than the larger university-type eating establishments, IF you ate on campus, you went between or right after classes and since everyone’s schedule was individual, obviously it was nothing like a high school cafeteria experience. And then I went to a relatively large university with a football team that has sent players to the NFL and STILL there wasn’t this kind of atmosphere. I don’t think there was a cafeteria, either. There was the commons, the student union and then some chain restaurants on campus, plus a couple places that I think were only on campus, but were smallish restaurants similar to Subway. The student union and commons were set up like a mall food court. And, again, if you were eating at any of those places, it was based on when you had time before, between or after classes. Granted, my college experience was different from most, but I still went and have some idea how it works and it’s not like this! Oh. And once I was in my major, I did tend to have a lot of classes with the same people who were also in my major, so we got to know each other. But outside of that, it was just a sea of faces. This is the only time I will ever defend this fucking book. I went to a residential college with only about 1,000 students (in the middle of fucking nowhere), and it’s kind of like how she describes. Just as clique-y (but with fraternities and sororities added) with jocks, nerds, the whole nine yards. There was literally a house next to fraternity row that you could rent from the school, and four three years it was known as Nerd House. I’m not saying this is a typical experience, but it DOES happen in places that small. Everyone recognized everyone because there was basically two degrees of separation between you and every possible person on campus. There. Now I will never defend her again because this book is somehow worse than I remembered. But does it sound like it’s meant to be a residential college? I accept your life experience as legit but what I’m asking is: does it sound like the author wanted her college to be bigger but she relied too heavily on her own life experience? I mean, if it’s based on a Twilight AU, maybe it’s supposed to be a small town in the middle of nowhere, but I doubt she did research and I expect it was a mistake. I might be wrong… XD Marek’s disease is a form of chicken herpes. It can present in three forms: lesions in the throat, eye, or brain. Women flock around Travis and the MC pecks at other womens’ appearances and behaviors like an angry duck. Her nickname is Pidgeon. I’m sensing a bird theme here. From now on, the characters are all birds in my head. randonimity And now I’m going to imagine them all as characters from the dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend. With what we’ve seen so far of Abby’s ability to heed red flags, Shuu would have her head in a jar in about a week’s time. We can only wish the book was cut that short. Hey, wait. Hatoful Boyfriend was at least entertaining. Don’t muddy the waters of bird dating stories with this crap. =P Nachtkaffee “From now on, the characters are all birds in my head.” The explanation for why all the characters’ behaviour appears so bizarre to us humans. (The writer forgot to tell everyone that actually, this story is probably set in the Hatoful Boyfriend universe. ) Mr. Fell So hopefully the Doctor shows up? If only they all had names like Robin, Peregrine, Jay…. …Great Tit, Shag, Blue-footed Booby… Xebi, you made me get snot all over my keyboard! Of all the trash fires you mention here, for some reason what I’m really stuck on is apparently Travis has magic ears or something, since they’re sitting at a cozy table for two but only Travis can hear what the soccer team is saying. I need a Silkwood shower after this. CM Stone Another thing this book has in common with Fifty Shades: The heroine is written as though she only came to exist on Page One. How did she not meet Travis before, when the dude is an obvious fixture in the life of her best friend and best friend’s boyfriend, who are fixtures in the heroine’s life? And they’re even in classes together! It feels so much like a high school transfer student story. Everyone having lunch at the same time, on campus, tossing food, all wrapped up in gossip about one another’s love lives. That… was not my college experience. We had jobs and we all had different schedules and sometimes we crawled into morning classes in pajamas. And if you didn’t share a major with someone, you were unlikely to see much of them in class as a junior or senior (which I assume they are since they can drink?). And if you DID share a major with someone, you most likely had laid eyes on them before your junior year because you shared multiple classes. If she was a transfer student in high school who got to reconnect with her childhood friend America when her family moved, everything would make so much more sense. I wonder if that was the rough draft and then it got bumped to a college setting for sexy sex times. That was my impression as well: that it was a high school story but they aged the characters up, because secret Mortal Combat Live Action and one-night stands didn’t go well with the high school setting. I don’t know too much about American colleges though, only what you see on TV or read in books. I have never been to the United States and I’m too poor for that to change. Dude even if she had been a transfer Student in College this would make more sense. Cause Abby talks about small class size, so how is it she doesnt know Travis is in one of her classes. Oh, I’d forgotten how little personal space matters to this dude. There are people I love who I might accidentally punch right in the face if they leaned over to breathe in my face every time they talked to me. Particularly if they were smokers. Have you ever tried have a chat right in someone’s face? I have. I can’t stand it. If you wanna talk to me, please be at least a couple feet away thanks. Also, absolutely none of the descriptions of this guy make him sound particularly good looking. As far as my personal taste goes, all the visuals I’m getting here are giving me the blechs. Yeah, I’m picturing a big-muscled Ken doll whenever he’s described. Ricki W Grease 2 is a delight. A delight, I say! Wow. I was way, WAY too optimistic. This is a complete shite xD Also, lol this college. True, I’ve never been to American university but I’m preeeety sure it doesn’t work that way. It’s as if a teenage girl wanted to write a mature story but only knew that in colleges your parents aren’t called when you miss a class. And what is up with this bad fanfic vibe I get? This masterpiece doesn’t have any fic past, right? Predx If a person has read/written too much bad fanfic it shows. Particularly in lack of world-building, or bad POV or transitions. If the writer isn’t paying enough attention, they may not notice they haven’t written a simple transition (even as simple as, “After work…”), or there’s one paragraph in the wrong POV. Good betas pick up this stuff, and paid editors certainly should. And half the world-building in a fanfic either comes from or riffs off canon. This may make a first attempt at profic read vague and loose, as if nobody (let alone the author) is visualising how things look/sound. Hedni Hoooo boy this is bad on so many levels. HOW do people actually like crap like this? Oh I know, nothing say «guy I’d love to fuck» like someone I barely know who doesn’t know what the word NO means, and doesn’t care about my safety. Honestly, female characters like Abby terrifies me. Their existance means that there still are plenty of people who finds the inability to say no endearing, and that is a very ugly fact.. Absolutely every woman in the entire world should be trained to kick people like Travis in the nuts, not swoon over them. Yup, high school masquerading as college. I never saw clutches of women behaving like that in college, either. One or two individuals, maybe, but that wouldn’t show how insanely desirable Travis is. Also, an entire soccer team fears him? Um, sure. Because everyone in college apparently knows about secret fight club. I’m gonna go ahead and say that Jamie McGuire is a disgusting opportunist who tries to cash in on the “strong woman” label with the shallowest of adhesion. “Clearly” Shepley disapproves of such STRONG LANGUAGE from this man! Who could ever sign off against using language like that to describe women? Two years later, Jamie McGuire published Apollonia, in which she gleefully trotted out the “cum-burping gutterslut” line. I absolutely loathe women who can’t express their self-confidence without denigrating others. That description in Apollonia made me physically ill. It’s just such a gross combination of words on top of being a completely misogynistic insult that’s thrown out so cheaply from a protagonist we’re supposed to like. Carrion Bird “Because so many of you absolutely hate it, I can’t wait to find out why he chooses that name for her.” I have bad news. Is it an even stupider reason or the one that I think it is? Oh, no, the bad news is that it’s never explained at all. So today I found out about the Paper Princess series and I wish I could have known sooner to nominate it for the JHBC. Oh, well, there’s always next year. Also, this is like Fifty Shades, but somehow worse, because we as readers don’t discover Christian is an asshole until at least a chapter into the thing. Travis is despicable from the moment he appears on the page. Have any authors featured in the Jealous Haters collection ever listened to or participated in actual human conversation? The constant pithy comments are exhausting and contrived and make my teeth hurt to read. No one speaks this way. It’s not flirtatious or interesting. None of the characters have a distinct or unique voice. They sound like replicas of each other. And I swear if a stranger ever came at me so aggressively and invaded my space like that I’d fake my own death to get away from him. I think some people need to go outside more. Is the nickname Pidgeon a reference to Lady and the Tramp? That’s what I came down here to say! Yes! From the moment I saw that nickname that was my only thought. Travis is a Mad Dog, Abby is a rich “Lady”, “Pidgeon”, and the grease and herbs seemed like a reference to Italian food to me. Is this a really bad human!Lady and the Tramp AU? Plus Travis just sound like “Tramp.” I am surprised the main character’s name isn’t Lucy or Lottie for Lady. well Lady has Ady in it and Ady and Abby are close enough to sound similar. Lotty/Lady don’t sound close enough for the rip off. and since this author has a thing for Name and Surname sounding similar too maybe she couldn’t find anything for Lotty that would fit into her theme According to this book’s fan wiki, yes. Does the author know that folks call pigeons “Rats with feathers?” I’m not getting “adorable” from that. Has she ever seen how pigeons walk? Has she ever seen Bert on Sesame Street perform his dance number “Doin’ the Pigeon?” * If I ever get bored and need to write a parody of this book, it’ll take place here in Maine, and her nickname will be Seagull. Because New Englanders call SEAGULLS “Rats with feathers,” since we are cold, ruthless, and don’t like getting crapped on/our chip bags stolen. I’ll call Travis Jonathan Livingston, because of his Tragic Backstory and martyrdom. As horrible as this looks like it’ll be, I can’t imagine it’s worse than Apple-head: The Semi-Immortal Misogynist. ~~vka * You really aren’t old, Jen. THIS is what old looks like: remembering Bert and Ernie’s dance routines from the 1970s…. When I heard about the nickname I thought “that’s weirdly unattractive, would be interesting to see the story/context behind it in any case.” But I was so puzzled when I found out there was apparently none, the character just picks it seemingly out of the blue on their first meeting and she barely objects or questions it. I had assumed she was, I dunno, wearing a shirt with a picture of a pigeon on it. That might make some sense, but…scratches head I think the author might have used a synonym here. I mean “dove” means the same thing as pigeon, so maybe she was going to that but ‘dove’ wouldn’t fit a Tough Guy like Travis and sounds a bit archaic. Like I can imagine a guy calling heroine this in a historical novel set in like 40/50’s at the latest. I’ma be real, as someone who adores pigeons and has been given a multitude of bird-themed nicknames by my friends and my s.o., I thought ‘pigeon’ sounded like a pretty cute name, so I didn’t understand why everyone in the comments on the vote post picked on it so much. Little did I know just how forced the nickname would be in-story. I’d be ready to defend the name as cute if, y’know, it actually originated from some adorable interaction between the characters. Like, I thought there would be a reason he calls her that, some joke she’s in on from the beginning. And maybe she’d find it silly at first but also endearing. But nah. He just calls her a name she doesn’t want, because uh… omfg he had an idea for a nickname for her the very moment they met and before they knew each other oh gosh isn’t this quirky and cute??? But of course, she’ll just accept it anyway, because the Love Interest came up with it, dammit! ShifterCat “Pigeon” also means “mark” (as in a target for a con). I was wondering if the intent was to imply that the heroine seemed gullible. Not exactly flattering. “Pidge” makes me think of Voltron, but Abby is 1. not described as either tomboyish or a tech geek and 2. nowhere near that awesome. Pigeon makes me think of Lady and the Tramp. I always wondered why he picked that nickname, but I think you just gave the correct answer. That said, Tramp does come off as relatively endearing and Lady never objects nor seems put off by that nickname, as far as I recall. I mean, she is a little iffy on him at first, some of that is his forwardness, but more so because she’s not sure if he’s lying about the baby taking over her life. And Lady does call Tramp out later on in the book and he does something heroic for her, rescuing that very same baby, even though it almost costs him his life. The Disney movie is much better plus they’re DOGS so it works. XD Voltron! Whoo! But Pidge also makes me think of The Hounds of the Morrigan, which is a vastly superior novel, even though it starts out really slow. And that was a male character… (And Voltron Pidge pretends to be her own brother for a while so…) This! I live in Europe. Pigeons are gross, carry diseases and damage monuments by shitting all over them! Not a cute nickname at all! K R How the hell can you write a female character that is almost likable and then shit all over her just to make her fit the narrative you are trying to convey? I’m not a romance reader, mainly because I dislike most “strong, female characters” and because most romance novels do not talk to me at all, but it’s not like I don’t enjoy a romance here and there. Now, this book could have kept the hate you/love you narrative and not be godawful if some tweaks were made, mainly to the guy, since she at least started off being put-off by him. I actually enjoy the love/hate stories, but it needs to feel natural, not like the guy is forcing the girl to fall for him just because he is. On that note, and this is not a jab at tattoos, but not everyone is going to be into them, I don’t care how “hot” the other party is. So having all the girls fawn over this guy covered in tattoos ups the unbelievable-ness of it all even more. Anyway, this book has started off to a “good” (read awful) start. And what is up with the name “Abby Abernathy”? Speaking of tattoos… this is another detail that is jarring with the supposed aged of the characters. I get that tattoos are a common thing to see in MMA fighters, but this guy can’t be more than 21 years old. Even if he found an unethical artist to start tattooing him before he was 18, it takes quite a bit of time for people to get the amount of ink this guy supposedly has. It doesn’t just take several sessions to get large pieces, but the conception and design of them take a person several years too. If this guy started getting full sleeves, chest, and back pieces when he was very young, it’s likely that they aren’t very nice looking tattoos anyway. There are always exceptions, but when you describe a character as being full of ink I immediately imagine them being at least in their late 20s. A few tattoos would have been perfectly fine and appropriate for this guy’s age. I also hate when authors use tattoos as generic descriptions of characters. Like… what kind of tattoos are they? If he has so much ink, then the kind of tattoos he has say a lot about the kind of person he is. Are they religious? are they tribal? are they cultural appropriations? do they represent hellish imagery? are they in color or black and white?? So many options! Describing a character as having many tattoos is okay when the character is minor, but this is the hero! Also: tattoos, especially good ones, are freaking expensive. Apparently Travis is getting all kinds of money from this fight ring (somehow) but enough to live on PLUS elaborate tattoos? I like to imagine that all of his tattoos are done by the cheapest person he could find and he definitely got what he paid for. Exactly this. The tattoos have the opposite effect the author intended. I mean alot of these lil.young mumble rappers have a lot of tats. However it seems to be a bunch of random smaller ones than bigger pieces. Chances are they got a good bit illegally though or some adult signed consent for them. Also, tattoos are expensive so you would have to be rolling in bank to get so many in that short amount of time(Think Harry Styles). The whole point of Travis having tattoos is to show that hes a rebel or a bad boy like non rebels dont have tats. Bet you h8d tats are a bunch of dumb shitty ones. I mean alot of these lil.young mumble rappers have a lot of tats. However it seems to be a bunch of random smaller ones than bigger pieces. Chances are they got a good bit illegally though or some adult signed consent for them. Also, tattoos are expensive so you would have to be rolling in bank to get so many in that short amount of time(Think Harry Styles). The whole point of Travis having tattoos is to show that hes a rebel or a bad boy like non rebels dont have tats. Bet you h8d tats are a bunch of dumb shitty ones.2 Person? I’m really trying to figure out why Abby thought dressing in sweatpants and glasses was uncommon. Pretty sure that’s practically the college girl uniform. Also pretty sure a lot of guys find that super casual look pretty hot. I mean, Victoria’s Secret has more lounge clothing than traditional “sexy” lingerie these days for a reason. Like I did not put on jeans for like two weeks in college once. Sweat pants. No make up. Hair in a bun because I just woke up. The college girl uniform for sure. Ain’t nobody got time for an actual outfit when you have to write a 14 page paper on witches. Right! Like is this not normal college student attire? Also, considering Travis already finds you attractive I doubt he would care The similarities to 59 Shades, the pearls and cashmere, his rough side of the track vibe, the nickname. . . Am I gonna find out that this is secretly Dark Serious Lady and the Tramp fanfic? Because I don’t think I can handle that. Your comment made me actually laugh out loud, so thank you for that I’m glad I’m not the only one. And don’t forget the grease and herbs. Practically screams Italian food to me. Catherine Gunson Are the spelling mistakes actually in the book you’re reading (“breadcrum”, “pidgeon”)…?! Because of so, that’s really depressing (just to add to the Shit sundae) and unprofessional… Also I just want to say I LOVED your bit about water “contaminated with medical waste and internalised misogyny”. And of course there is a typo in my comment criticising spelling LOLOL! (“of” vs “if”). No, if I don’t point out that it’s a typo in the text, it’s me just butterfingersing. Meh, this book may have been inspired by 50 Shades, may not have been. E.L. James didn’t invent internalized misogyny, after all. It’s been around a long time, in books, in movies, and 90s fanfic. Alex Silvers To me it feels more like it was inspired by Twilight, since that’s what 50 Shades was inspired by too. The whole ‘high school’ vibe to the book, and how the man treats the girl… only without the weird ‘i hate you but i also like you’ thing Edward did. Seriously it would not shock me if it turns out this one also had some Twilight fanfic past, just better hidden than 50 Shades of Fucked Up. It’s true that none of these books invented any of this shite, so maybe it all developed organically who knows. I’m pretty sure McGuire drew from High School Musical for her setting – hence the highschool-ness and the name of the college. True story: When I tried to read this book awhile back (couldn’t get through it), I giggled at the extremely generic name “Eastern University.” Then I remembered I have a degree from Western University. MayaB I also got a Twilight vibe when I started with the recap. Not only the things you mentioned, but also the fact that he has straight A’s without much trouble sounds like Edward to me. I think she’s more thinking about the “plot” (because, really, is there even a plot to 50?) and specific actions and characteristics more than just the trope. The trope definitely is not original to 50, but when the story goes almost exactly the same with minor tweaks, it becomes suspicious. Yeah, it’s not just the tropes. It’s the tropes plus the direct parallels between the characters/events. Yeah, I was talking more about the tropes like “other girl is a slut” and “I’m not like the other girls” and “guy falls for the one girl who doesn’t fawn over him.” I wonder if when McGuire started this she meant it to be in HS – hence why the set up is more HS (shared lunch, being a Big Name on Campus). Also I’ll be honest I don’t trust them to be over 21 just bc they ordered drinks, if Travis is reallt such a sex machine I can see him bamboozling the waitress while she basically gets pregnant from him asking her a question. This dude took me out on his bike in college once. I asked him to take it easy because I was nervous, and he made a point of going really fast over ice to scare me, presumably into being so glad to be alive that I’d sleep with him. I was PISSED. At least he gave me a fucking helmet. I feel like the main character is the literary heroine version of a sexy lamp. She does have opinions and desires, but they don’t impact what’s happening. Her friends bring her to the fight, Travis protects her, her friends take her home, her friends insist she’s both going to his apartment and going to fall for him, he takes her to dinner against her wishes, he ignores her feelings about the bike… Nothing she does or says matters, she’s just a prop for her friends to cart around and Travis to hit on. Even Ana was slightly better in that while she did let other people tell her what to do she did tend to actually AGREE to do it, rather than saying no and then doing it anyway. While there were times when she did do things she said she didn’t want to there were also times she did what she wanted regardless. This is only the first chapter and already it’s firmly establishing that the main character’s opinion does not matter, as she has no say in anything. Now that I think about it that kind of makes her the ideal POV character for this kind of story. No matter the readers opinion of the characters, they have no say over what happens in the story. That would be clever if it was intentional. And contained less internalized misogyny. Seriously though that guy is a huge prick and while I guess I can understand kind of wanting to sleep with someone you find physically attractive but morally repugnant (theoretically at least) I don’t understand being willing to be friends with him. His cousin and best friend has described him as not just a shitty person in general but very specifically a shitty friend. She already doesn’t like his personality, he won’t call her by her name, he said he wouldn’t flirt with her and then proceeded to do so TWICE immediately afterwards, is probably a walking STD, has serious violent tendencies, has disrespected her and threatened her physical safety for his amusement, thinks it’s hilarious that she has boundaries… The red flags could be seen from space. If I can throw any crumbs EL James’ way about characterization, Ana does, at the very least, seem to be aware that she’s a doormat. Unlike Abby. Dvärghundspossen Also, everyone throwing themselves over Christian Grey made a teeny-weeny bit more sense than everyone throwing themselves over Travis. At least Christian was super rich and, if I remember it right, a bit of a celebrity? I mean the idea that EVERY. SINGLE. WOMAN desperately wants to bang him is still weird, but it’s even WEIRDER when it’s just some random college guy. Never thought I would be introduced to the love interest in a romance as he is punching a fellow student unconscious in a not-so-secret university fight club, but here we are, I guess. Chip Otle “Who can tell me which president had a cross-eyed wife with a bad case of the uglies?” So Abby is majoring in Drunk History. Smacy The reason this feels similar to 50 shades is because misogyny, abusive relationships, and Cool Girls are all over in the fanfic community. It’s been popular for almost two decades, but probably longer. I remember my frustration as a tween sifting through hundreds of terrible fics just to find ONE that didn’t hate women entirely. Gosh, I remember this one from way back at The Bad Books Good Times blog, and yikes is this even worse than I recalled. This book (and the whole series) is so depressing because you know exactly what going to happen: (Insert T name here) Maddox never takes no for answer, constantly breaks boundaries, and eventually wears the MC down. The main girl isn’t like those other sluuuuts who want to hop on that prick, because she says “no” before caving into every inane demand the love interest has. All women are hos, and Maddox Bro #N hates them equally, if not more so, as much as the MC does. This whole thing stinks of early 90s/00s fanfiction where the protagonist can’t walk two steps without insulting the hypothetical teams of women who only eat salad, worry about chipping their nails, and drool over the hunkiest chunk of man-meat in the city. Also, what’s with all these movies/books of colleges behaving almost exactly like high schools? No one cares about who is banging who unless you’re in Donkey Juice, AL with a college population of 200 whose only source of entertainment is watching frat dudes fight shirtless and drunk. This really does stink of high school drama. What is with the army of women that follows this guy around begging for scraps of his attention? Women in college have a lot more going on in their lives than looking for a little dick. What are the odds that that many women have the exact same taste in men? College is full of options. Right? It’s like the whole “women only like douche-bags” stereotype, except the douche, in this case, is the love interest. How long do you think until our oh-so “charming” lead man brings up the “I can have as much sex as I want, but women who like having sex are dirty harlots not worthy of my time” double-standard? augh… It probably will come up at some point. Also, if older women (like his own professors) start to salivate after him too, I’m going to nope the fuck out! Either in chapter two or chapter three, I can’t remember which. But yeah, the first time it comes up is then. He basically says all the women who sleep with him are stupid. Oh, goody: a man with a double standard AND a virgin-whore complex. What could go wrong? I feel like the thing that’s weirding me out the most so far is the fact that one girl’s name is America. Like I know there are some weird names out there, but America??? Seriously? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Ferrera Yeah you’re insulting real people there, like America Ferrara. Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America_(America_Chavez) Well…the name of that part of the world does actually come from a person’s name…America is just the Latinized female version of Amerigo. If the main characters in these JHBC books keep being so samey, we’re going to end up with long Lovecraft-style alphabet soup hybrid names XD So far we’re up to Travwardstian and Abbellastasia. Also, do we have a bingo card for “”romance”” novels? Because I feel like these books would fill up an entire card every time. Jenny Trout Travwardstian sounds like a name for the collective citizens of Travwardistan. I want to be clear, though, that these are BAD romance novels. Not awesome ones like I enjoy reading. There /is/ a romance bingo card, actually! https://bookriot.com/2015/02/17/story-tropes-bingo-almost-every-genre/ I like how already the first line says: I’m better than everyone else! So Travis even has the Edward Cullen cool guy leather bracelet thing going on, huh? OK, so recycling someone else’s joke, but you know how some people should be given a thesaurus for their birthday? Yeah, some people need theirs taken away. >…the air was a medely of sweat, blood, and mold. “Hey Siri, what’s another word for ‘mixture’?” >…he was rumored to be the most lethal competitor… “Hey Siri, what’s another word for ‘unbeatable’?” >”The volume exploded when…” “Hey Siri, what’s another word for ‘increased suddenly’?” >Blood sprayed my face, and splattered down the front of my cardigan Did this blood also mist, gush, fountain, and geyser? >… and the mob detonated. Well of course it did. It’s volume had already been exploded, what else could it do? >My eyes traveled upward; jeans, spattered with blood, a set of finely chiseled abs, a bare, tattooed chest drenched in sweat, and finally a pair of warm, brown eyes Oddly absent: neck, chin, mouth, and nose. >He oozed …rebeliousness with his buzzed brown hair and tattooed forearms,” I accept the convention that one can ‘ooze’ sex appeal in the sense of languid mannerisms and overtly sensual behaviors, but how does one “ooze” a general defiance of social conventions? Also, when I see tattooed arms and a buzz-cut, I think enlisted member of the military REBEL! > I was as indistinguishable as any other wide-eyed, overachieving freshman on her way to class Yeah, we’re back to thesaurus-abuse again. “indistinguishable” does not mean ‘unremarkable,’ or ‘anonymous’ or ‘nondescript’. Also, how would someone attach “overachieving” as a descriptor to a person they are seeing on their way to class? “Look that girl, Becky! You can just tell by how wide-eyed she is, and that way she walks that she’s an overachieving freshman! Ugh, I hate them so much!” >A residual smile lingered on his face… “Hey Siri, what’s another word for lingering?” >I followed him across the red, breadcrum-speckled carpet. “Hey Siri, what’s another word for ‘something spread around”, like breadcrumbs on a carpet?” > She looked a bit high from his presence as she returned to the kitchen. “Hey Siri, what’s a dumber way of saying “intoxicated”?” Thanks for this! The language sounded very stilted to me, now I know why. I feel like “speckled with breadcrumbs” is fine, although sprinkled would be better since it’s food-related. IMHO, it’s the grammar of that sentence that really sucks. The carpet is meant to be red, after reading it a few times, but putting that word first made me think of red velvet cake instead, which doesn’t really flow with the bread, spices, and olive oil as much. As others noted, it sounded like she was implying a pizza place or somewhere with pasta and free bread at least; Italian or faux-Italian style restaurant. I followed him across a worn red carpet that was sprinkled in breadcrumbs. Not amazing but it’s a lot clearer that way and I wouldn’t have to reread the sentence to understand the visuals. Is it still food related if it’s no longer edible? Funnily enough I actually like speckled better for that exact reason. I wouldn’t want something on the floor to sound appetizing. Totally agree with the rest of what you say though Another Amy I was startled, and then amused, by the description of Travis that Abby gives as she appears to be taking in every inch of him in minute detail, that somehow goes from jeans, to abs, to chest, to eyes. I imagined that his eyes are set somewhere around his collarbone and that he had no head. We later learn that he has a buzzed haircut and dimples when he smiles, which hints as his actually having a head, but I’m just assuming that he carries his (eye-less) head around under his arm or something. If we get any descriptions of him “with his head in his hands,” or “with his head on the table,” or “cradling his chin in his hand,” or “with his head in my lap,” or “resting his head on the pillow,” my theory will be proven and I will be vindicated! winky face “Here I stand Head in hands Turn my face to the wall” “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” All I can think of when I read ‘Pidge’ is Lady and the Tramp. I’m not sure if it’s intentional but makes it impossible to take it seriously. unfortunately abby the main things im taking away from this is being upset the heroine has my name and a strong whiff of wattpad fanfic. NO-ONE in real life acts like all the stoopid slutz in this book do, how does this nonsense keep cropping up?? also i really dislike the trope of ‘annoying girl hits on love interest so he can reject her and prove hes too good for her and only loves the mc’. Usually coinciding with the “evil blonde woman who either currently or has previously had a relationship with the love interest”. She’s a ho, but he’s just a player who “doesn’t take things too seriously.” rolls eyes It’s probably already been mentioned but fuck it, I just got to that line and I’m going to guess he’s calling her Pigeon because she’s dressed in a twinset and pearls at a secret basement fight club so she’s a lady, and this is Lady and the Tramp. Especially seeing as his nickname is apparently Mad Dog I’m totally picturing Abby as Professor Umbridge now. Same now. XD OK, synonym-abuse aside, I’ve got a real gripe about how this chapter opens. I don’t mind that it opens with a fight. When you get right down to it, that’s actually not a bad opening for a romance novel to have: fights are about two people facing off, there’s a lot of physical action to describe, a lot of emotion and intensity, and there’s an inevitable climax of some sort where one party is either physically spent, or surrenders to the other party. So it’s a good way to gauge how skilled the author is at describing those sorts of things. Mostly, I’m annoyed at the missed opportunities. I assume our POV character isn’t a UFC fan or a boxing enthusiast, so they can’t comment much on the technical side of what they see, but the author could still use the fight as a way to develop character. Does Travstian taunt his enemy in the fight, dancing out of reach after a missed strike? Is he a patient but relentless fighter, stalking his opponent, timing his strikes to dismantle his enemy one hit at a time? Is he cautious and reserved, until a blow lands, and then he lashes out with fury? Does he fight with a scrappy, style, mixing in elbows and knees like a street brawlers, or does he shift from one stance to another with fluid grace? I mean, this is our introduction to the character, so why not, you know, develop their character a little? It can be foreshadowing for how they act later, or it can set up contrasts down the line. I.E. dude is disciplined and skilled in the ring, but a total disorganized mess in college. Or, dude pursues his enemies without pause, and does the same with the women he dates. Either way, it’s, you know, good storytelling. We also have an entire audience that can give cues about what the fight can tell us about the characters. >”Marek fell to the concrete floor with a thud, and for a brief moment the room was completely silent.” I’ve watched fights, and can I share something here? When there’s a good exchange of strikes, the crowd gets loud! When a fighter gets their bell rung and it looks like they might go down, the crowd gets really loud. Why? Because that’s what they came to see! The crowd only goes silent for one of three things: 1.) The fight is boring. (fighters circling but not punching, fighters grappling but not doing much, etc.) 2.) Something completely unexpected happened. (a 98-pound weakling cold-cocking the champ with their first punch, the champ leaping in the air to take down the challenger and land an arm-bar in less than 10 seconds, etc.) 3.) Something utterly horrible and shocking happened between the fighters. (A fighter breaking someone’s arm or leg after that person tapped out, or continuing to hit someone after they’re unconscious, or something else equally horrible and inappropriate) Travstian just elbowed a guy in the nose, so #1 is out. Travstian is the open favorite for the fight, so option #2 (stunned silence) is out as well. That just leaves door number three: horrified silence. And this is from a crowd of people that came wanting to see a violent fight. Red flags indeed. OMG, all this. I can’t help but compare this crap to Kit Rocha’s Beyond series, in which a lot of the characters (including one of the women!) do cage-fighting. There, the fights are definitely used for character and plot development. ‘Mostly, I’m annoyed at the missed opportunities. I assume our POV character isn’t a UFC fan or a boxing enthusiast, so they can’t comment much on the technical side of what they see, but the author could still use the fight as a way to develop character.’ I absolutely agree with this. I’m only a moderate UFC fan (and while I appreciate wrestling, I’ve only watched a total of three episodes during the 30 years of my entire life), and if I ever saw this book in a store—the opening alone would’ve prompted me to put it back on the shelf. The narrative just felt…vague and almost bored (and yeah, I also read the ‘stunned silence’ as: Oh shit, Travis just killed a guy). The book could’ve been about NASCAR racing and the narrative style would still make it dull. Plus, even if Travis was supposed to be an unschooled brawler who fights dirty—there’s literally nothing distinctive about Travis or his introduction to the story. Sure, he’s clearly shown to be the absolute darling of the dude-bros…but even Abby sounded bored while describing his entrance (and I re-read that intro twice now, for the life of me—I can’t find Abby indicating, “Travis ‘Mad Dog’ didn’t impress me BUT [insert something distinctive that’s designed to make the reader WANT to keep their eyes on him]”). She could’ve switched his name with Marek’s and it wouldn’t have made a difference to the reader (also: are we supposed to be impressed by his ‘warm’ brown eyes, tattoos, bulk and muscles? Does MacGuire not realise that those are REALLY common traits among fighters?). It’s honestly such a waste of the cage-fighter theme because there are plenty of real-life fighters that would stand out in a book (because they have great personalities, or have really distinctive fighting styles/disciplines). McGuire could’ve shown Travis’s witty side by having him tackle opponents and then covering their nose/mouth so that they couldn’t breathe. Or he could be a bone-breaking tank in a fight—but have an adorkable sweetheart personality like Forrest Griffin (Christ, I WISH Forrest’s in this book instead. Dude was in TheMostBeautifulMan.com and has been a fan-favorite for both male and female viewers (even though he sounds EXACTLY like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs). If there was the kind of guy who would fight for college money but would still be the popular student on campus, it’s Forrest Griffin). It really feels like the underground fighting ring is just a theme to ‘tack on’ and make the story slightly different than all the rest. I also didn’t understand why Abby, who when entering the fight club basement felt nervous, scared, over-dressed, and out of place, to the point where she’s clutching America’s arm and has to reassure herself that her friends wouldn’t intentionally put her in any danger, is suddenly leaving her friends behind and pushing herself through the loud and drunk crowd of people she previously found potentially dangerous, so that she can get right up close to the fight, close enough to be splattered in blood when one of the fighters has his nose broken. Was it some kind of mystical, romantic pull from the (supposedly) magnetically sexy Travis that caused her to suddenly need to be close to him? If so, show that. Was she mesmerized by the barbarism of it all, caught up in the entertainment of a violent spectacle, feeling the mob-like energy that people throughout history have felt when they watched gladiators fighting lions, or heretics being burnt at the stake, or monarchs being beheaded? Or was it the deeply masculine energy of it all that turned her on and made the violence of the fight feel like some kind of sexual foreplay (similar to how Hemingway felt about bull fighting) that made her lose her inhibitions? Because there seemed to be no explanation in the text (other than “I couldn’t see what was happening,”) for her feelings and behavior to change so quickly and go from cowering behind her friends to pushing her way through the rowdy crowd to get ringside. Preakness Everdeen The entire time reading this all I could think of is why Pigeon/Pidge. Never heard of it outside of any Lady and the Tramp references so it will be interesting to see if we find out if it’s an “homage” to that. If not then the author just thought some 1950s slang would make the guy more edgy? Also, despite the chapter called Red Flag I’m surprised how aggressively literal it is in regards to Travis. Stacer Jane Someone please tell me I am not the only one who heard the nickname “Pigeon” and immediately thought of that Carol Burnett sketch where she’s the old bird lady sitting in the park, throwing birdseed and yelling, “Here, pidgey-pidgey!” Yeah, that probably makes me really old. Also, the “hero” reminds me so vividly of my cousin’s abusive ex that I will be picturing him and actively trying not to vomit through all of these recaps. Oy. PenelopeRidgewood What is it with this theme in ‘romance’ novels that, despite being told repeatedly that the object of their interest isn’t actually, you know, interested, the pursuer keeps pursuing? I hate it for several reasons; firstly that it’s fucking rude. Someone tells you to leave them alone and you keep pestering them, that makes you an arsehole, sir and/or madam. Secondly, aside from a few obnoxious exceptions, I have never ever in my life known anybody to actually act like this. Most people, once they receive a couple of strong refusals, know to give it up. There are a few more who might take a bit longer to take the hint, but I reckon that the vast majority of real world adults who get turned down flat wouldn’t bother to waste their time or energy on someone who clearly isn’t interested. Do you know what we call people who won’t take no for an answer and keep pestering the object of their unreturned affections? We call them stalkers. And thirdly, I find this sort of narrative to be dangerous. It’s feeding the idea that when a young woman (or occasionally man) turns somebody down and actively tells them no, they don’t actually mean it, and all it takes to wear them down is to keep fervently pursuing them until they give in. Is that really a message that we ought to be perpetuating, that no might not mean no and you should keep on grinding until you turn it into a yes? Ick. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY This is all that came to my head with all the pigeon discussion. DAMMIT YOU GOT THERE FIRST! Even more timeline confusion…if she met America her Junior year of high school then wouldn’t America know all about her haunting past or whatever? Or does this get resolved (ha – I feel like no…) Jenny for Sainthood. We’re one chapter in and my brain already hurts. Maenochka It’s like somebody put After by Anna Todd, your faux-50sog Beautiful Darkness, and some curdled 90s-00s Brand Misogyny in a blender and then put a curse on the slop that got poured out. Paheli As someone who grew up with an asshole dad with a bad temper and toxic siblings, can I please say fuck you to McGuire? The assholery doesn’t just go away. This makes me sick. This has been bugging me. Does it say in the text where this asshole’s legs are facing? Cause if not, one could well assume he’s properly seated and the poor girl a) has ghost powers which helped her phaze through the table, or b) smashed the shit out of her head on her way down. But hey, dem slutz are disposable, amirite? Jfc the absulote misogyny. . . . Abby Abernathy . . . Rory Riordan . . . the Rural Juror meets alliteration. I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed that. Watched a lot of “Girls”? Hannah Horvath, Marnie Michaels, Jessa Johansson, Shoshanna Shapiro…. I read this a few years back after seeing THOUSANDS of 5 star reviews on Amazon and literally rage returned it and threatened to burn it but I guess time does heal all wounds because I don’t remember it being THIS bad. Like I knew, in the back of my mind that it was, but time has dulled the pain. And now I feel like I have to apologize for recommending/voting for it. I am truly sorry that you are reading this now. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy, let alone you. The high school/college thing has been mentioned a zillion times at this point so I’ll just skip over it. What I want to know is: how the fuck does the entire soccer team know Travis so well that they know his “seduction” (for lack of a better word) techniques? The dorm that I stayed in was the “athletic” dorm at my college and I can tell you for a fact that a lot of the athletes tend to hang out with other athletes (specifically those on their team). Now I’m not saying they NEVER hang out with other people or have other friends but the very idea that all twenty-some guys on the soccer team is that intimately acquainted with Travis without him being on it? No. And also… do they really have nothing better to talk about than some rando’s sex life?? I’m also very confused as to why he has this, like, following of women. He can’t possibly be everyone’s type! Hot guys are hot, I get it. But I’ve seen a hot guy before and somehow, magically, managed to not shamelessly throw myself at them. I mean, celebrities manage to get on with their everyday lives without fans tailing and ambushing them; yet these women are acting like he’s some sort of god! Maybe he’s supposed to be because the last person who had a following this big was Jesus. Nods at someone else who also has read the book and knows the ending That ending, boy was that something, I still can’t get over it. I can’t wait for us to get to the back half. well, this was infuriating Since I’m an old lady of 41 this genre wasn’t invented yet when I was 20. But if it had been, I certainly wouldn’t have read this stuff, because as a 20-year-old I was a complete slut and thus fit to be nothing but canon fodder for the author’s misogyny. Like, if 20-year-old me were in Abby’s situation, I’d probably be like “huh, hot guy wants to bang me, ok, come on!” Bangs hot guy within five minutes Ooops, turns out he’s a misogynistic piece of shit! Well, shit happens. Shrugs and moves on with life And that would be the end of the story of 20-year-old Dvärghundspossen and Travis, all over within two pages. IKR?!? Speaking as another 41 year old, who very much enjoyed my slutty time in my early 20s, if I liked the guy, I’d have gone with it. My roommate, who was very Christian and saving herself for marriage, would still have expressed an interest and gone on dates to see what happened, while being clear that sex wasn’t on the table. If we had disliked the guy as much as Abby seems to dislike Travis, we would have GTFO, instead of hanging around waiting for him to tell us what to do and then doing it. The other thing is, we all had experiences with guys who wouldn’t take no for an answer and got a little stalky. None of us EVER found that cute or charming or attractive. It was always somewhere on the annoying – scary spectrum. NO WAY any of us would have gone out with someone who was trying to wear us down… Another 41 year old here. I’d have kept repeating “I’m not interested” until he gave up. I wouldn’t hang out wth him, I wouldn’t encourage him and if he wasn’t gettting the message, I’d spell it out. “I don’t fuck misogynistic assholes. Bye!” I know stuff happens and you don’t always realize how people right away. I did have an acquaintance in my 20s who was a misogynist asshole who wanted to sleep with me. And I told him it wasn’t going to happen several times and he gave up. But after one chapter of this, I’d block his number and not say more than a one word answer if the situation demands politeness – like in class. Outside of class – “no thanks” or “fuck off!” HeidiAphrodite YES. My friend Tony’s roommate Doug (who had long, pointy fingernails and a goatee) figured that since Tony wasn’t really into me, I’d automatically turn to the roommate. So Doug would walk from their apartment to the mall where I worked (probably a mile?) and put roses in my car through my cracked-open window. Just because I was supposed to like him because he was the next best thing to the guy I really liked who wasn’t into me. So weird. Not attractive. He never did “wear me down,” and was always mad about it. Yeah, I think this would be a more interesting genre if the heroines went through several relatively casual dates, and maybe even a few boyfriends, without any of them automatically being a horrible, abusive “soul-mate.” That doesn’t mean they have to be perfect but basic human decency would be expected. :p Abby’s first meeting with Travis has her splattered with blood? He calls her “pigeon”? I think I’ve got it. She’s Archimedes from Team Fortress 2. Eclairmaiden Some little things aside, I don’t think this seems all that horrendous. The snippets we get (I haven’t read the book) don’t scream Fifty shades to me at all, nor does Abby seem misogynistic in them. In the previous books it’s been carefully underlined how fake and skanky every other female character is – just fawning over Travis doesn’t make them skanks unless the narration specificly says so, and I’m not seeing it in the snippets. The book seems generic and boring, and I’m not sure if this was a good choice for a recap. Abby and Travis are just gonna circle each other until they have sex, get together, break up and get together again, without any other stuff ever going on. At least in City of Bones there would be some kind of fantasy plot and in Modelland some Winx madness, I presume. For a plain romance to be entertaining enough as a recap it should be spectacularly bad, like Fifty shades and Handbook for mortals, whereas Beautiful Disaster is just regular bad. Please correct me if I’m wrong, ‘cos so far I don’t know if I’ll bother to follow this recap. Dude, the women are treated H O R R I B L Y by Abby’s narration, the book in general, and by the male lead! Abby is constantly insisting she’s ~not like them and they’re portrayed as all mindless babbling fools who are disposable enough that it’s cool and funny to just drop one on the floor, ffs. It isn’t only misogyny if you specifically imply that the other women are bad for having sex a lot. The general hatred of women here is so obvious. The general hatred of women was clear to me in Fifty shades and other past recaps, but not here based on what I’ve seen so far. If I saw a guy let a girl sit on his lap and then drop her on the floor because he didn’t like something she said, I’d steer clear of him. Sure, but this isn’t the first book/tv show/movie that’s done it for laughs, and we’re not blaming them for hating all women. Also, here he’s doing it in defence of another woman, and the woman in question isn’t even the female lead. I’d think that counts for something and isn’t reason enough to condemn the entire book. I mean, Gary has a retinue of girls wherever he goes, but should Pokemon be condemned because of it? Not being the first to do a particular misogynistic, fucked up thing doesn’t mean you get to claim it isn’t fucked up and misogynistic, and that media does this shit all the time does not make it okay. And it most certainly does not “count for something” that he’s decided to treat this woman like absolute garbage because she’s mildly offended the one who’s attached to his cousin. …Did you really just bring up Gary from Pokemon as if that’s somehow comparable? Was Gary openly abusive toward the women in his retinue? Come on. the woman in question isn’t even the female lead. America didn’t need defending. She’s an adult woman (although she doesn’t act like it since she’s wasting food by throwing it at people.) He also could’ve been nicer by lightly pushing Lexi until she got up, then barring her from sitting down again, before saying that America is his friend. Dropping her wasn’t much of a joke, even if it was slapstick. The whole point was to pit two women against each other and to make Travis sound noble, even though he isn’t. His friends say he’s a bad friend so it’s basically just Travis putting on a show in front of Abby. As we see later, he gives not a single shit about others since he explicitly doesn’t have a second helmet for her when he asks Abby to ride on the back of his motorcycle. He’s the kind of guy I could see wearing a shirt that has this printed on the back: “If you can read this, the bitch fell off.” And it wouldn’t even be funny because it’s just a simple truth for him. I mean, Gary has a retinue of girls wherever he goes, but should Pokemon be condemned because of it? Yes, it was terrible then and it’s terrible now. Also, you’re acting as if condemning one aspect is to condemn the whole thing but there needs to be a lot of terrible shit in a product to call it complete garbage. There is a fair amount of misogyny in several other anime, even good or otherwise enjoyable ones. It isn’t hard to find because of how Japanese culture traditionally views women and what they should value. But it should be called out. For that matter, it’s good to call out Hollywood for this BS too because there’s plenty of that in American movies as well. In essence, comment on whatever is problematic or we’ll never make progress. We can’t reserve our criticism for only the worst of the worst. Now, mind you, I’m not suggesting that you have to keep reading this series of reviews. Please do whatever you want. I’m just addressing your general line of commentary. No, I’m sure Gary was deeply involved with and caring of each of his girls and gave a fuck if one of them missed the ride on his car and was left behind. Come one yourself. I’m simply trying to understand your point. To compare with something you chose, tell me which fictional work passes your misgynism radar? No, I’m sure Gary was deeply involved with and caring of each of his girls and gave a fuck if one of them missed the ride on his car and was left behind. Come one yourself.\| It’s not about how Gary treated them, (although you don’t have proof and are merely speculating his response.) It’s about how the retinue is a generic stereotype of girls being obsessed with someone else and only existing to cow-tow and cheerlead their obsession because the obsession is the only important thing in their lives. Whether he paid them as official cheerleaders or if they followed him purely because they loved him is a bit moot. They’re literally just there as indicators of how Gary grows up as a person; curbing his excessive pride and accepting that he’s not automatically the best. Would this happen if Gary had been a girl? Would he have a retinue of boy cheerleaders following him around? Probably not but in all honesty, it could’ve fed into the feminine trope if it had, so it’s not unbelievable. But they chose to do it this way because the boy lead needed a boy rival. Now, admittedly, the retinue is a group of very minor characters, so it’s unrealistic for us to get to know them, but contrast this indistinct group with Misty. While not the most fleshed out and initially only following Ash because she wanted him to pay her back for her wrecked bike, she exists as an individual. This is mostly just to show Ash as friendlier, I guess, and the power of friendship and because Japan values teamwork, but still… If Brock had also been a woman, would Brock and Misty remain so distinct? Quite possibly, but it’s also possible both would be your generic side characters, Brock as a big-boobed kindness girl and Misty as just another lolita tsundere. And for that matter, why couldn’t Gary have a bunch of rowdy friends cheering him on instead? Because cheerleaders are easier to gloss over and ignore, plus they’ll cry for him initially. Random rowdy boys might generically try to start a fight or something else less desirable from a storytelling POV but I’d frankly be more entertained by a bunch of slightly younger boys doing their best not to throw tantrums because big brother didn’t win. My point is simply that it’s the easy way out because it’s exactly what you’d expect. The vague sports theme helps, but regardless, those girls weren’t really characters in their own right. They’re almost non-existent and they’re about the same as all these girls swooning over Travis, regardless of how they’re treated or their reasons why. They’re just there to indicate personality traits about the male character and nothing more. It doesn’t really serve your point of “Oh, wow, this isn’t misogynist.” And you didn’t even point out how they’re similar so I just did all of the work for you. Eclairmaiden, I was saying it was weird to me to compare that instance of misogyny to this one because one at least wasn’t openly cruel. Wasn’t implying one somehow was actually okay. Again, COME. ON. I think what makes it standing out here is 1) the character who does it. It’s better to swallow when it’s a side character because they often have one characteristic overdone and used for comic relief. They are not serious personalities and nobody views them as such. But in this book, this is our hero. And he is supposed to be a main character in a romance, most likely with the default monogamous ending with a woman. He can’t treat women badly! 2) The medium. The scene with the girl dropped on the floor and many others would fit better in a cartoon or anime. First of all, because nobody really gets hurt in cartoons: Team Rocket is sent flying to the sky and they are back the next episode with a new plan, Tom has an anvil dropped on him and he only walks on with a flat face, but he’s okay by the next scene plotting to catch Jerry etc. The exaggerated animations only add to this. The audience knows this and watches the events in that frame of mind. But it’s not present when you are reading a book. We don’t expect romance novel characters to stand up after a grand piano falls on them. It makes abuse seem actually abusive and not comical. But all put together it’s still not in the same league of creepiness as 50 Shades. Or not yet. It’s something about the general purpose that all these girls so far have been given in the narrative. Remember how in 50SOG, Ana would constantly tell us about all the encounters with women who visibly lusted after Chedward and gave her the “wow I can’t beliiiiieve she’s dating him, I’m jealous and impressed” treatment? (Usually with some variation of ‘Back off, ladies, he’s taken!’ inside her mind) This is something that crops up ridiculously often in books like these. We somehow need to constantly be made aware of how every woman wants the Love Interest and how every woman who isn’t the heroine’s friend will think she’s not in his league, so that 1) the LI can express how much Not Like Other Girls the heroine is and how he loves that about her, and 2) so that when the MC and the LI get together, the Other Girls can all be shocked and jealous, to show that the not-thirsty, not-desperate-for-male-attention heroine is victorious. The narrative makes it perfectly clear how Abby feels about all the other girls who are attracted to Travis. They are constantly described in condescending or/and infantilizing terms. They giggle and squeal and babble in his presence, they paw at his shirt, they’re Barbies and Abby recoils from their sugary toddler voices. All of this is meant to show us that Abby thinks these girls’ attraction to the Designated Hottest Dude is immature and embarrassing. She even contrasts one of the girls’ behaviors in a scene, where she talks about how mature that girl usually seems, vs. how childish she acts in Travis’ presence. She goes on to express that she doesn’t want Travis’ attempts at charming her to cause her to act like /those girls/. Hell, she even tells him that she’s Not Like Them. There’s also the scene with the girl who sat on Travis’ lap. America expresses she wants to vomit at the sight of the two blondes surrounding Travis, and the girl on the lap calls her a skank. America is Abby’s friend, and we’re supposed to like her and think she’s Good. So if she finds those girls’ behavior gross, and the girl insults her, that’s a clue for the reader that we, too, are supposed to be repulsed by blondie. This scene also tries to set up Travis as Good, because he immediately punishes the girl for not liking America. Now contrast these girls’ behaviors with Abby, who is Not Like Other Girls because she doesn’t throw herself at him or wants to fuck him immediately. And that makes her special to Travis, because he’s sooo not used to being told no. (See also his comment about how he doesn’t usually have to take a girl out for dinner first, another bit that’s meant to show us that All Those Other Girls are so ridiculously thirsty for him that he doesn’t even have to take them on dates.) All those girls have no other reason to be in the story other than to show us how Special the heroine is for getting the attention of the Hot Dude without having to embarrass herself like all the others do. Literally every female “character” so far who isn’t Abby’s friend has been shown to be embarrassingly horny for Travis, and that’s all they were there for. I agree with all of this. To me Fifty Shades seems far worse specificly because of the “‘Back off, ladies, he’s taken!’ inside her mind” thing, ‘cos I haven’t seen that degree of female loath in Abby’s active thinking. She will probably become like that once she and Travis are more or less together (Ana would tell other girls Christian was gay to get them to back off already before that point), but until that happens I’m standing my ground. Abby does want to fuck Travis but she can’t accept that idea because every other girl just falls into bed with him and thus Abby feels like she must avoid such a thing so she won’t seem like a slut. If this were a more sensible novel, she could actually struggle with those feelings and then accept that women just falling for Travis gives her an easy out to fuck him and move on. America even tells her to just fuck him to save time and in a better novel this could be nuanced and work out as a more interesting plot than True Love TM. But in this novel, Travis also treats Abby like shit, and Abby hates that treatment, so simply giving in feels like she’s agreeing to his abuse too. And again, this could be nuanced but all it does is create the sight gag joke of Character saying NO vehemently and then the camera cutting away to Character doing the thing that they refused to do a second ago. And that could also work, except that EVERYONE just drags Abby along like a Real Doll so it doesn’t fucking matter if she has any dialog. Plus it gets old fast. To me, this is a lot like H4M except everyone is fawning over the guy instead of the girl. Abby is passive like Zade (no real motivations, although she has actual inner turmoil) but also passive like Mac (limply dragged along by the narrative), giving her the ultimate worst passivity, while Travis is basically Charles Spellman. But it doesn’t really matter. If you don’t want to read these reviews, just don’t? You don’t need to justify your decision. People are only arguing over the degree of misogyny shown and if you hold your ground on that, you’ll continue that debate, so only do so if you want to? Just a point of note. Thank you for being polite in your comment. Arguments about misogyny tend to get messy these days. I’ll probably stop by after holidays to read about some later chapter and find out if this book turns out to be bad in a way that has entertainment value. Oh yeah I wouldn’t say that Abby is at Ana’s level of bad, so far. I haven’t read this book, so I don’t know if and how much worse she gets, though. It’s probably too early to try to judge which character is worse, since we haven’t yet seen any of the relationship dynamic between Abby and Travis as a couple/fuckbuddies. Was mainly commenting on the part about Abby not seeming misogynistic, as I do think she does – even if not as bad as Ana. Ana was a lot more possessive of Christian, but they both sure do love to portray other women’s sexuality as immature and gross. (Man, I hope we’re not in for an Abby & America version of the way Ana treated Kate’s relationship…) Eclairmaiden, it seems like you’re working from a slightly different definition of misogyny than some of the rest of us. What you’re describing as misogyny from Ana in fifty shades, is more like possesiveness/jealousy/suspicion of other women. Whereas, I, and I think others, are thinking about misogyny more like this: the idea that women and girls are a collection of sexual parts that are for sale, to be used by men, and can be classed as either good girl virgins or bag girl sluts. The idea is that women must always strive to protect their collection of sex parts, keeping them clean and virginal, as they are really just the temporary caretakers of those parts until a man decides to invest in that woman as his wife and take proper ownership of her sex parts. The reason women have to be so protective of their collection of sex parts is because the men of the world literally cannot help themselves, and must, and will try to have sex with anyone, anytime, anywhere. Men want to test drive different sex parts before they make a decision about which ones to invest in. They can’t help themselves. It’s their nature. But any women that have sexual desires, and especially if they act on them, are bringing the value of their sex parts down considerably each time they do anything sexual. What man is going to choose to invest in a collection of sex parts that has already been used, maybe even multiple times? These women are acting on the mistaken idea that because their sex parts are part of their body, they own them and can use them however they like. They derive pleasure from having sex with people, which is all wrong, because sex is supposed to be something that a man does TO a woman’s collection of sex parts, not WITH her. So with this highly colorful and exaggerated-for-effect definition of misogyny, we can see how this book is misogynistic. Abby’s narration makes it clear that women who show sexual interest in a man look ridiculous, stupid, vapid, childish, and idiotic. They make decisions about how to spend their day (following Travis), where to sit (on Travis), how to speak (flirty to Travis) based on their desire to use their sex parts in a way that makes them feel good. This makes them sluts and sluts are bad, so they must be made to look ridiculous in the story. They must exist in the story solely as a foil for Abby, to show how “not like other girls” she is. Abby is protecting her sex parts REALLY WELL and virtuously. She even wears sweat pants on a date! The sluts must also exist in the story to show how desirable the hero is. Because if he’s so sexy and hot and magnetic that literally every other girl in school has been swayed to stop protecting her sex parts, then he must be amazing! Practically super humanly attractive! The misogynistic trope of virgins vs sluts is also reinforced by the fact that Travis is seemingly bewitched by Abby. Her collection of sex parts has been so perfectly protected, are so virtuously clean and unused, that he absolutely cannot help himself from being drawn to her. Despite her “plainess,” despite her sweat pants and flip flops. Despite her bad attitude and complete disinterest in him. We have literally not seen anything that would make us think that they are compatible in any way, or that she is likesble in any way, but he, as a man, is programmed to seek out the best, most special, most “mint condition,” collection of sex parts, and Abby happens to possess them. This is also why he’s bothering to take her out to dinner, asking her to be his friend, and not literally dropping her off of his lap like he does with other women. Those other women had sex parts that were not well protected, shiny and new. They were there to be used, because as a man he can’t help himself, he must engage with any sex part that crosses his path. But Abby’s collection of sex parts is so rare and unique in its virginal cleanliness that he is willing to pursue them harder than he’s ever pursued before. And yet, even in his supposedly romantic pursuit of her (which will probably end in a marriage or relationship and not just in a one night stand) she’s still being treated as if her opinions, safety, wants, and needs are entirely unimportant. (Continuing to peruse her after she doesn’t want him to, racing off quickly on the motorcycle without giving her a helmet, demanding that she take notes for him.) Because, yes, her sex parts are the best and the most virginal, but she’s not a real PERSON whose opinions matter, she’s still just a collection of sex parts. I’ve read the entire thing, it starts to go places, and the back half is a fcking ride. It’s one of those moments where the author clearly had a few ideas, and where most authors would pick one and that would be the plot, this one picked all of them and just put them together. I was in awe at the way the book moved through events in the closing two or three chapters, and how horrid these characters are to each other at times. Trust me you want to stick around, even if it takes a little bit for the engine to warm up. “Everything in the room screamed that I didn’t belong. The stairs were crumbling, the rowdy patrons were shoulder to shoulder, and the air was a medely of sweat, blood, and mold” I’ve braved similar venues to see Richie Ramone or Marky Ramone, but I wouldn’t risk it for an Econ class. Or fight club. Pink cashmere and pearls… who’s that stupid? Of all the awfulness on display, it’s the cashmere cardigan business that’s been bugging me. My brain keeps trying to come up with an explanation. At first I thought it might be that her friends just told her, “We’re going someplace super awesome!” and she only found out after the fact that it was a skeezy underground fight club. One of the anecdotes in Amy Cameron’s “Playing With Matches” was like this: a guy told his date that he was going to take her someplace special, so she put on fancy clothes… only to find out that it was a monster truck rally. But a few paragraphs later we find out that Abby knows about this place, so that’s not it. Next I wondered if she was one of those people who doesn’t own much that could be considered “grungy”. In that case, something like, “I was wearing the closest thing I had to dressed-down: Guess jeans, my workout shoes, and a shirt my aunt had bought me from the Hard Rock Cafe in Tokyo” would work better. Still unrealistic for a college kid, but close enough for suspension of disbelief. Then we find out that Miss Priss DOES own sweats and flip-flops! So why the fuck didn’t she wear those to the illegal basement fight? The only explanation I can think of: Abby is a horrible snob. She shows off by wearing her fucking cashmere and pearls, and thinks that sweats and glasses will be a turn-off. If she was the type of woman who got cashmere sweaters from vintage stores and wore them with rhinestone cat-eye glasses.. Oh never mind, then she’d actually have a personality. She just exists so Mr. Hump-a-Ho can pursue her and make her feel important. Rhinestone cat-eye glasses lady, who shops vintage stores, is the hero that we need but apparently not the one this author thought we deserved… When I read about the cardigan I immediately had Umbridge’s cardigan in mins. Even though hers was not a cashmere one. This book would be a million times better if it was about Professor Umbridge having the hots for but refusing to give in to some smarmy, muggle asshole. XD As he undid the mother-of pearl buttons on my cardigan (pale pink today; he’d complimented my rose-pink one, and if I wore it too soon, he’d know I was paying attention—I wanted to keep him guessing), I felt my heartbeat quicken despite my own misgivings. “Whatever would the Ministry say?” I gasped, with little conviction. “No—no—we MUST stop!” I murmured, as he reached for my pink tweed skirt. The cat brooch (Angora today) gave warning yowls, but I, with all my power, was as putty in the hands of this mere Muggle…. Pavlovian flashback to Monty Python’s “Hungarian Phrase Book” sketch: “Drop your panties, Sir William, I cannot wait ’til lunchtime.” Sraf On the matter of the age confusion, an anecdote. As a non-American following these recaps (and reading American litterature in general) I have given up on following how old characters are. Like, I figured out Freshman means first-year. Of high-school or college. Okay. I can usually tell between the two. For the rest of it, though… Go figure. Junior and senior, okay – though why isn’t ‘junior’ the first year is beyond me. And “Sophomore”? What is that, some sort of pastry? I’ve looked it up a few times and keep forgetting, so, these days, I just roll with the confusion. Whenever a story is set in American high-school or college, I’ll have only the vaguest idea of how old everyone is. As a fellow non-American I completely understand and agree with what you say. Even while reading this recap I checked what sophomore is. For like the 50th time? It’s just annoying and when there are no other clues (like in this chapter) it’s simply impossible for me to keep it straight. Miimers Another non-american here: it also doesn’t help if the characters are written totally out of step with what their age should be. Like this Abby reads like she could be either 16 or a bitter Baby Boomer. And Travis reads nothing at all like a college kid, but more like a sqeevy 40 year old. Technically, for high school or college: 1st-year: freshman 2nd: sophomore 3rd: junior 4th: senior Where these get complicated: Some places start high school in 9th grade, around age 14. For other systems, that’s still jr. High. So if you start high school in 10th grade, are you a freshman or a sophomore? Many college students don’t finish in 4 years, thanks to distribution requirements. What if you graduate in 4-1/2 years? What if you did a certain amount of credits at the cheap community college, then transferred to a more prominent school so their logo would be on the diploma? I’ve been to two urban schools where there were few dorm students because most students commuted from their parents’ place or had efficiencies and day jobs, and one more traditional school in a college town. Neither had an atmosphere even remotely like this. Nobody was terribly interested in anyone else’s sex life, especially if that was YOUR roommate distracting you from study or sleep. You just didn’t want to know. A couple years after this book came out, I ended up in a very confusing conversation where I was discussing the book “Beautiful Ruins” and my coworker thought I was talking about “Beautiful Disaster.” After the confusion was resolved, she enthusiastically recommended “Beautiful Disaster” to me, but I never got around to adding it to my reading list. Even though you are only one recap in, I can say with certainty that this book will never make it onto my reading list now. Thank you for saving me from a bad read! Small jar of fireflies So all women love him and behave like idiots as soon as his aura touches them, to the point where one exception baffles and challenges him. While all men yell “bro!!!” And want to be his friend. And he starts off with a big show of what he can do with 0 regard for how it affects people around him. Same shit different day. Also, I don’t understand how “I have multiple casual partners and no intention of slowing down” is sexy? Like. “I am brewing STDs at home! I am a science fair of herpes recombinants. Compete to be the Typhoid Mary to my Patient 0!” I’m sorry, I didn’t realize how judgey that sounded. I was thinking of the context of this chapter, where he makes it clear there’s been an unending stream of partners who are then disgusted with him. I’m sure people have done casual sex safely. This guy? Um. Yeah, no; that’s totally fair. This guy absolutely seems… he doesn’t seem like he’s in college; he seems like a high schooler who hasn’t figured out how to put on a condom yet. the-great-dragon I think it’s fine to be judgey on this particular issue with this particular character. Statistically, his level of sleeping around IS a giant red flag. It’s exponentially worsened by the fact that he’s also demonstrated a complete disregard for the safety and comfort of the people around him. He’s got Abby on his motorcycle with no safety equipment whatsoever and doesn’t care. He dumped a woman on the floor with little care for her risk of injury. He’s harassing Abby when she’s shown clear disinterest and is making it out to be her fault. So yeah, this dude is not Mr. Safety and it would probably not be the smartest idea in the world to exchange bodily fluids with him. Part of sexual safety is not jumping into bed with someone who is this risky and I think it’s worth saying that. Also, I thought your comment was funny and totally inoffensive. Okay, since the future love interest looked at our heroine and thought that Pigeon was a fitting nickname for her, I just assume she looks somewhat like a pigeon from the front. https://cdn.audubon.org/cdn/farfuture/JME6ZGt6cvwGBpRCRXZJmOI2k_TbYWmTdYPL05topUk/mtime:1529082554/sites/default/files/apa_2016-a1_2055_4_rock-pigeon_laura_perrotta_kk.jpg Love at first sight! Damn, this song is catchy. I hope not too many people have mentioned this, but one thing that always sort of baffles me re: the type of book where the hero has a lot of interchangeable female hangers-on is that the girls’ voices will go all high pitched and babyish when they’re trying to get his attention. People don’t do that! There’s even been studies that like, scientifically prove that people actually typically LOWER the pitch of their voice, regardless of gender, when they’re interested in someone??? Why does this keep happening in these books??? Also, I cannot tell you how hard I winced at the wanton destruction of cashmere. Hopefully, the poor sweater was salvaged with some carefully applied baking soda/vinegar and a dry cleaning off screen! I think it’s bc they’re supposed to be a) feminine because high pitch is associated with that and most importantly b)annoying. These girls are supposed to be horribly annoying and sound stupid and infantile because of the high pitches. Look there he goes Isn’t he dreamy? Monsieur Gaston Oh, he’s so cute! Be still, my heart I’m hardly breathing He’s such a tall, dark, strong and handsome brute! “You have my word. I won’t even think about your panties…unless you want me to Am I the only one who wonders why romantic leads talk like toddlers? Grown women wear underpants, underwear, knicks if they’re Brits. “Panties” are worn by three-year-olds who can appreciate the duckies or Disney Princesses on them. “Panties” seems to be pretty common parlance AFAICT. “Underwear” can refer to any sort of undergarment, while “underpants” just makes me think of Captain Underpants. And “knickers” is definitely a UK thing. I find it gratingly infantile. That’s because you’re a Brit. I hate this book as much as anyone, but “panties” is one thing that isn’t an issue. I am not a Brit, although I have some Brit ancestry and have visited there. I just find it cutesy-pootsy-wootsy. Like shoeseies and socksies. Seriously, who talks like that if you’re not dressing a three-year-old? I know it’s common, especially in retail (like fast food joints saying “crispy” instead of “crisp”), but I just find it patronizing. By that I mean it’s not unrealistic. Honestly, though, I prefer the term “underwear”; it’s more utilitarian and less cutesy-~scandalous~. So you’re right that it’s a weird vernacularism, but wrong about how common its usage is with certain age groups. Toddlers don’t wear panties. Sitting on a park bench Eying little girls with bad intent Snots running down his nose Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes, hey, Aqualung Drying in the cold sun Watching as the frilly panties run, hey, Aqualung I didn’t realize how much of a regionalism this could be. Where I live (East coast America) grown women wear panties while underpants or undies is the expressly childish and nonsexual way of informally referring to undergarments. Victoria’s Secret advertises “panty” sales, and that brand is explicitly sexualized I’ve got a billion issues with this book but panties isn’t one, but I can understand that word choice feeling grating Same experience here on America’s west coast. It’s funny how these slang terms are totally reversed in meaning across the pond! “Panties” is a pretty common adult way to refer to women’s underwear. I’m not sure what rock you live under, but I hear it and read it all the time. It’s not my preferred word, but it’s also not a word I would ever use to describe a child’s underwear, especially since it’s one of those words that’s highly sexualized. I implore you to not refer to a 3-year-old’s underwear as “panties.” I’ve been wearing ’em all my life, so I kind of resent retroactively sexualizing my language? And my clothes now are adult, but there’s nothing special about them. It’s just a bra, those are just panties. I use ‘lingerie’ for sexy. Underwear for boys and girls has different construction. I don’t see why there shouldn’t be a word for that. Damn I am just like what ? I read your work on radish and it was fun unlike this piece of shit. So many red flags in one chapter and ewww at all the women fawning over him. Plus ugh the main girl seems just ugh. I like this mainstream anime where the guy is a bit of Gary Stu and has had many girls fawn over him. But in the end he chose one girl, is devoted to her and treats her with respect. Like seriously why do jerks have to be love interests in novels. TheMeanReader You know what the real deal is? To know that this abomination of a Book is going to get sooooooo much worse. Like, you took the Abortions of all Toxic Relationships together by Miss “It’s ok, when a guy beats girls“- McGuire and glue it together. This is not a bad Book, it is the fucking Mother of bad Books. Because of the misogyny in this book, I’m gonna lock in my answer and say he calls her pigeon because she has small tits, as in being ‘pigeon-chested’ Tez Miller Or she crapped on someone’s car. But your guess is more likely 😉 “Eastern University” – oh no, I hope this doesn’t take place in Washington. Haven’t we suffered enough under the brutish terribleness of these crappy JHBC novels? Although I guess there’s an Eastern University in Philadelphia. Is this book set in Philadelphia? Maybe location is going to be one of those vague things, like what year they’re in. Per Wikipedia: ‘Eastern University is a co-educational, “comprehensive Christian university located in St. Davids, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania Main Line.’ This could make for some really interesting plot twists. It won’t, of course, because I think you’re right that she’s being deliberately vague. But it COULD. I just guessed that Eastern University was just a made-up name. But if it’s real…is there any Christianity stuff in the novel? I doubt it. A. They could sue. B. She’d have to do some real research and have real conflicts, like what it’s like trying to have a sex life in a repressive atmosphere. Do you just avoid being caught, or are you quietly riddled with guilt? How much gossip is based on reality and how much on just relieving the boredom? How many reputations are unfairly ruined over spite? You’d have the basis for a real book there..but she’s writing Bangin’ the Bad Boy genre fiction, and doesn’t want to have to put too much thought into it. Why is this even a line in this book? The author thought “all woman-hating, all the time!” was a good theme to go with? Nocturnal Queen So his friend is allowed to insult the women he is hanging out with but they are not allowed to insult her back? The whole cashmere and pearls vs rough crowds and men with tattoos feels very Titanic or every other story about middle to upper class women who discovers the lower class and fetishizes them. Hate saying this because I love Dramione, but…. this entire thing reads like a Dramione high school AU. One of the really shitty ones written by a thirteen-year-old who doesn’t recognize red flags yet. I can make the age ambiguity worse for you. 🙂 Them ordering drinks probably means they’re 21 or over, but the fact that (at least from the recap) they weren’t even ASKED for ID means they’re VISIBLy 21 or over. So what, thirty? : D I’m 40 and get carded, so being visibly over 21, they’d have to be at least 40 or just… had a very rough life. And now I can’t stop imagining Abby and Travis as being part of the regular alcoholics gang that hangs around the tube station next to my work. o.O Milly Tudor He is utterly repulsive and she’s more annoying than Ana. I know we’re only one chapter in, but this mess seems like it’s going to be even worse than FSoG. I listened to the book a few weeks ago, and I was having a conversation with a friend that I think these characters might actually be worse that FSoG. I can’t articulate why, without going deep into spoilers, but they come off to me at the end of the book as truly garbage people. They both already seem like garbage people to me after one chapter. I shudder to think how much worse they’ll get by the end. I was hoping his motorcycle would spin out and kill them both. As long as nobody else got hurt…. This seems like an incredibly long and boring chapter. How can so many scenes pass without anything happening other than 1) ooooh, hot guy; 2) he’s an ass; 3) nobody seems to care that he’s an ass; 4) apparently because they are all asses too; 5) Abbannabella is a doormat; 6) end scene? I read this whole book, because I hate myself (I guess). I am BLOWN AWAY by the dumpster fire of missed opportunity to make this a decent story. Just the usual get together, fight over nothing, be miserable, get back together even though nothing has changed. Rinse. Repeat. This reminds me most of “After” which I know was written after it. So changed my designation of “After” from 50sog one direction fanfic to beautiful disaster one direction fanfic. The resemblance so far is uncanny and making me side eye both these authors so hard. Cause the “romantic” relationship is so textbook abuse it really only makes sense if it’s being done on purpose. Holy. CRAP?! I genuinely did not expect the book to be THIS bad. I just voted for the book I had heard of before, because I’m lazy and didn’t want to dig too deep. Now I regret! Saint_Sithney I went to a really small college, and it could be cliquey. Especially the freshman and the PEGs (Program for the Exceptionally Gifted – 12-16 year olds). It was also single-sex education until last year. Two girls breaking up before orientation tore apart the 2006 freshman class: people got kicked out of their dorms for taking sides, and it was so much drama that you’d think it was going to be airing on Lifetime as an original movie about the perils of young lesbianism. But after freshman year, it kind of settled down. Our ROTC program remained a clique, but the rest were kind of divided on your clubs and your major. We certainly didn’t throw food in the cafeteria, and while you could usually arrange to have dinner with people in a similar program, lunch was a toss-up. We had a few people on campus that could be known by sight, but we didn’t really have the “big woman on campus” that everyone wanted to know and be friends with. Not even in freshman year. Even for a small school, that’s still very much a high school thing. Rakka I hope it gets trainwreck-bad instead of the boring-bad in first chapter. I mean, it’ll still be trainwreck of condensed misogyny shipment in Kinkade painting but at least there’ll be something besides shitty romance, yes? Please? Abby Abernathy? For real? Is Abby a nickname because she has some awful or unpronounceable real first name? The misogyny in this chapter is giving me a headache. Because the message seems to be, “Other women are idiots. But you should still want the man they all want. Because winning him proves that you’re the best.” But — if a bunch of idiots all want this guy, how is that a recommendation? I understand that it’s flattering if the guy all the other girls want goes for you. But there seems to be a flaw in the logic here. I guess this book is aimed at high school kids, where popularity seems unconnected to personality and perceived popularity is really, really important, but ugh, high school girls deserve a better message than this. The one good thing about this book is that I actually like the 311 song “Beautiful Disaster” and don’t mind humming it while I read these recaps. Thanks to the JHBC recaps, I’ve figured out how to retire early. I’ll just write a really bad novel, schill it like CRAZY, and live off the profits. Done. Had to read the motorcycle scene to my husband woo heartily agreed “100% disposable”. He refused to let me ride with him without legs covered, proper shoes, and sleeves, even in the middle of summer(helmet an obvious must). ‘Walking Disaster’ review: Prologue […] check out Jenny Trout’s blog; at the time I write this, she’s finished Chapters One and Two, with more to […] Sigyn omg my sister loves Peter Cetera. Reference appreciated! Aaaaaaa I can’t wait to read your New Adult novel Red Flag. I wonder if she is writing this book ironically? “Everything in the room screamed that I didn’t belong.” ^ casually flashes back to Fifty Shades* Greeeaaaat. “and no encroachment of the ring” ^ people don’t talk like that. Abby notes that she’s wearing a pink cashmere cardigan and pearl earrings ^ good to know our protagonist dresses like Umbridge. I’m super motivated to like her now. “I felt the urge to grip her toothpick of an arm” ^ wtf ^ This is the quality content I came here for <3 "Pigeon" sounds really weird to me as a term of endearment, because humans bred pigeons as pets and then abandoned them. Also, didn't Tramp call Lady "Pigeon"? Shepley tells Abby that she shouldn’t have been there but like…bro. You brought her there. ^ That feels like a red flag to me, because I've been in relationships where someone is at least partially responsible for getting me to do something, then scolds me for doing the thing. Hey, the bottle-blondes seem friendly! I wonder if they're related, or just good friends? …okay maybe Lex isn't very friendly. It is considered impolite to refer to someone as a skank, Lex. As for America… Throwing food? In college? Really? These blondes don’t even have names until one of them gets dumped on the floor by the hero ^ I was going to call them Stacey and Jasey if the author didn't name them. Men doing things you ask them not to is such adorable behavior. ^ Not that I'm advocating violence, but it's a GREAT way to get punched in the nose by me. the idea that two people independently thought, “You know what would be hot? An abusive guy who treats women as disposable relentlessly pursuing a misogynistic, judgmental priss who has no interest in him,” is so horrifying that I can’t even think up a funny analogy for the horror. ^ …oh. I thought it was a pretty common trope. Okay so now there's a male character named Finch and I can't help but picture Dennis Finch from Just Shoot Me. Dr Sarah ‘Walking Disaster’, which I’m reviewing over on my blog, does explain the ‘Pigeon’ nickname. However, it’s such a poor explanation that it’s really obvious McGuire just came up with it randomly and then had to think of whatever she could when she gave herself the task of explaining events from inside Travis’s head. “The entire time I read this chapter, I couldn’t help but compare it to Fifty Shades of Grey. While this doesn’t strike me as Twilight fanfic, it definitely feels like it’s taken a lot of cues from Fifty Shades. Both the books were published at roughly the same time, but Master of The Universe, the fanfic that, through the miracle of find-and-replace, became Fifty Shades of Grey, had been online since 2009, a year McGuire cites in the dedication of this book as being somehow important in starting her writing career.” This was actually inspired by another fanfic that got published but is much, much lesser known. It’s called A Rose to the Fallen by April Bostic. Jamie McGuire said that it gave her the idea to write her own story. Here’s the link. https://web.archive.org/web/20130122101257/http://thebusybibliophile.com/interview-with-jamie-mcguire/ ‘Walking Disaster’ review: Chapter Nine […] of seeing another fight, drags Abby off to freshen up (which seems like a hugely wasted effort; the beginning of ‘Beautiful Disaster’ described the last fight as being in a mouldy cellar packed with sweaty people, and that was before […] When I read this movie back in the day it frustrated me to no end because I WANTED to like it. I liked the…. aesthetic of it, I guess, because I’m a sucker for Good Girl (who’s secretly a badass) x Bad Boy (with a heart of gold) duos, because I’m easy, what can I say. But it REFUSED to be a story I’d even remotely want to read. I’m so so so easy to please, you have the right aesthetic you’re already halfway to satisfying me as a reader and YET that book, that goddamned fucking book refused to go over that low-ass bar. In fact it dug a trench so it could pass under the low-ass bar. God. New here, and just reading for the first time…and something super gross stood out to me. Doesn’t that scruffy-ass homeless dog in Lady & The Tramp (the titular ‘Tramp’, I suppose) call the Lady dog ‘Pigeon’? Is this author cribbing annoying nicknames from Disney now? Why is she modeling the love interest on an animated dog? That is all. Leave a Reply to Corbeau Cancel reply	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line248
__label__cc	0.690817	0.309183	P Don Basinger #22 Fort Wayne Warriors (CHI) CL Age: 23 \| Bats: R \| Throws: R \| Morale: Great BNN Index \| CL \| SCORES \| STANDINGS \| STATS \| TEAMS \| PLAYERS \| TRANSACTIONS \| HISTORY P DON BASINGER #22 - AGE: 23 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT 0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 04/25/1926 MOB Win, 10-8 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Save 04/21/1926 @ KNX Loss, 3-6 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 04/18/1926 @ ATL Win, 3-2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Save 04/15/1926 KNX Loss, 6-8 3.2 0 0 0 2 2 04/13/1926 KNX Win, 7-6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Win 04/10/1926 DMD Loss, 1-2 X 6.1 6 0 0 1 3 Born in: Sun Valley, NV Local Popularity: Well Known National Pop.: Well Known Pro Service: 1 Year Drafted: 1924, 9th Pick in Round 1 DIXIE LEAGUE 1926 PITCHING STATS CG% Overall 6 0 1 0 2 0.00 9.1 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 R/9 H/9 FIP- BABIP Overall 2 0 100.0 6 6 5.79 3.86 3.86 1.93 3.59 0.64 78 0.2 .167 vs. LHB 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 vs. RHB 17 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .235 .222 .235 .458 DIXIE LEAGUE 1926 PITCHING SPLITS April 6 0 1 0 2 0.00 9.1 4 0 0 0 2 4 Career 6 0 1 0 2 0.00 9.1 4 0 0 0 2 4 Home 4 0 1 0 1 0.00 6.1 2 0 0 0 2 3 Road 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Grass 6 0 1 0 2 0.00 9.1 4 0 0 0 2 4 Day 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Night 4 0 1 0 0 0.00 7.2 2 0 0 0 2 4 As Reliever / Substitution 6 0 1 0 2 0.00 9.1 4 0 0 0 2 4 HEARTLAND LEAGUE 1926 PITCHING STATS Overall 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 6.1 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.0 0 1 100.0 Overall 0 0 0.0 0 0 9.95 8.53 4.26 1.42 3.41 1.11 78 0.2 .316 vs. LHB 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 HEARTLAND LEAGUE 1926 PITCHING SPLITS Last Year 6 0 0 0 0 9.00 11.0 11 11 11 3 11 10 Career 7 1 0 0 0 5.71 17.1 17 11 11 3 12 13 As Starter 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 6.1 6 0 0 0 1 3 CAREER PITCHING STATS CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS 1919 New Orleans HS - HS 16 11 9 4 5 0 3.14 57.1 64 30 20 0 13 59 0 0 1.34 .370 2.38 2.4 149 1920 New Orleans HS - HS 17 4 4 0 2 0 2.89 18.2 20 9 6 0 6 17 0 0 1.39 .364 2.89 0.7 165 1921 New Orleans HS - HS 18 10 8 4 3 0 1.23 51.1 43 13 7 0 7 45 1 1 0.97 .277 1.45 2.3 270 1924 Colorado - COL 21 17 8 6 2 1 2.02 62.1 39 16 14 1 9 58 1 1 0.77 .229 2.62 2.3 231 1925 Lincoln - A 22 5 0 0 0 0 6.75 8.0 8 6 6 2 7 6 0 0 1.88 .273 6.81 -0.1 72 1925 Cedar Rapids - A 22 1 0 0 0 0 15.00 3.0 3 5 5 1 4 4 0 0 2.33 .333 8.60 -0.1 33 1925 Total - A 22 6 0 0 0 0 9.00 11.0 11 11 11 3 11 10 0 0 2.00 .286 0.00 0.0 0 1926 Cedar Rapids - A 23 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 6.1 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.11 .316 3.41 0.2 999 1926 Memphis - AA 23 6 0 1 0 2 0.00 9.1 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0.64 .167 3.59 0.2 999 Total DIX Total NCAA 1925 Lincoln - A P 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 -0.5 .516 1925 Cedar Rapids - A P 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 +0.0 1.032 1926 Memphis - AA P 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 9.1 0.96 +0.1 1.041 1926 Cedar Rapids - A P 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 6.1 1.42 -0.5 .504 12/05/1918 Joined the New Orleans HS Cavaliers. 01/01/1919 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: - (-); Movement: - (-); Control: - (-). 11/19/1919 Injured (Fractured hand), out for 5 weeks. 04/12/1920 Injured (Sore shoulder), out for 5 weeks. 05/07/1921 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Meridian HS Rebels with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! 06/23/1922 Released by the New Orleans HS Cavaliers. 12/05/1922 Drafted in the 1922 first-year player draft by the Chicago Cougars (Round 3, Pick 8, 42nd overall pick). 02/03/1923 Failed to sign with the Chicago Cougars organization. 04/21/1924 Pitches a NO-HITTER against the Michigan Wolverines with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! 12/05/1924 Drafted in the 1924 first-year player draft by the Chicago Chiefs (Round 1, Pick 9, 9th overall pick). 12/06/1924 Released by the Colorado Buffaloes. 12/06/1924 Signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Chiefs organization with a signing bonus of $3,760. 04/09/1925 Released by the Chicago organization. 04/15/1925 Signed a minor league contract ($1,100 bonus) with the Sacramento Governors organization. 04/16/1925 Released by the Sacramento Governors. 04/23/1925 Signed a minor league contract ($1,100 bonus) with the Portland Maroons organization. 04/23/1925 Released by the Portland Maroons. 05/17/1925 Signed a minor league contract ($1,100 bonus) with the New Orleans Crescents organization. 05/17/1925 Released by the New Orleans Crescents. 06/23/1925 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the San Diego Conquistadors organization. 06/24/1925 Released by the San Diego Conquistadors. 07/05/1925 Signed a minor league contract ($1,100 bonus) with the Chicago Cougars organization. 07/18/1925 Released by the Chicago Cougars. 08/23/1925 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Sacramento Governors organization. 09/05/1925 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Chicago Chiefs organization.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line257
__label__cc	0.709516	0.290484	Economics Course Guides ECO 552 - Applied workshop ECO 552 - Applied workshop: Home Hi! I am Kathy Wu, the Government Information and Economics librarian. If you need any kind of help at all (from: "would you just show me how to find my way around the library?" to "I need help with this research..."), please don't hesitate to ask me. Email me to set up an appointment. I look forward to working with you! Economics Resources Guide Links to electronic journals, databases for finding articles, and selected websites for economics research. Includes links to sources for datasets and time series. Find eJournals Title begins with Keyword(s) Ebook Central Selected full text of books in all disciplines. Previously called: Ebrary. Economics EJournals & Handbooks The University Libraries have license agreements with JSTOR , ScienceDirect and other publishers that allow access to many full-text journals via the web. These online journals can be accessed from any computer at the University. If you are off-campus, the first time you click one of these links, you should be prompted to enter your NetID and password to complete the connection, and then be passed to the publisher website. From off-campus, you must use these links so that you can be authenticated and given access to the journals and the Handbooks in Economics series. Electronic Journals and Handbooks for Economics These links are checked and updated periodically, but if you get "404 not found" or other errors, please let me know (Email Me). Full text of National Bureau of Economic Research working papers. Databases by Subject To find additional articles databases, you can browse databases by discipline, e.g. political science, law, economics, etc. If you need data to support your research, the libraries subscribe to a number of databases of data (numbers) rather than articles. See the whole list at Data & Statistics Databases. Here are some good ones to start with: Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Numerical tables and essays on all quantitative aspects of American history. Dramatically expanded edition of the standard source for statistics in American history. Includes more than 37,000 data series; all aspects of social, economic and political life. ProQuest Statistical Insight US and international statistics. Includes full text statistical tables and abstracts of additional statistical sources. Global Economic Monitor Daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions; access to high frequency data, trend analysis, forecasting & modeling. provides daily and monthly commentary on global economic conditions along with direct access to high frequency data that is refreshed daily. It provides analysis of current economic trends, economic, financial and commodity data indicators, an extensive database including growth and commodity forecasts and access to the iSimulate modeling platform. ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S. Comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Liber8-Economic Research and Data Research and data from the St. Louis Fed; a good, easy-to-use portal to a LOT of resources. I think it could be useful for many of your project work groups. Historical Poverty Tables (US Census Bureau) Links to tables about poverty (in terms of people, families, etc.). Provides data for 15 or 20 years or more. Historical Income Data (US Census Bureau) Data tables on income by households, families, people. Data go back to the late '60's, generally. Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Revised and expanded edition of the 1998 print dictionary. Sometimes it helps to see and hear a concept explained in a different way. If you're having trouble, check out the following DVDs, available in the Art & Music Library. Aggregate Supply and Demand Bivariate Data: When Y depends on X Game Theory: Lost in New York Mama Earth: Her Destiny, Our Hands Supply and Demand: Christmas, a Case Study Last Updated: Jul 16, 2019 9:43 AM URL: https://libguides.lib.rochester.edu/ECO552 Subjects: Economics	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line260
__label__wiki	0.536803	0.536803	A spark of light : a novel, Jodi Picoult The Resource A spark of light : a novel, Jodi Picoult The item A spark of light : a novel, Jodi Picoult represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Laredo Public Library. Picoult, Jodi, 1966- "The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center a women's reproductive health services clinic its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order save the life of a wounded woman. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. Apro-lifeprotester disguised as a patient, who now stands in the cross hairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. Jodi Picoult one of the most fearless writers of our time tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Lightwill inspire debate, conversation. and, hopefully, understanding"-- "The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center--a women's reproductive health services clinic--its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order save the life of a wounded woman. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. A pro-life protester disguised as a patient, who now stands in the cross hairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. Jodi Picoult--one of the most fearless writers of our time--tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? 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__label__wiki	0.673696	0.673696	Home / Business / Economy / Complex problems remain at Manila ports–PIDS study Complex problems remain at Manila ports–PIDS study The seven month-long truck ban last year in Metro Manila cost the national economy around P43.85 billion, but while the country’s leaders insist that the operation has normalized in the ports since last February, complex problems with port congestion and underutilization remains, a recent policy note released by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said. The PIDS study called Port Congestion and Underutilization in the Greater Capital Region: Unpacking the Issues, discussed the nature and the root of the port congestion problem and explores various policy options and alternative measures, including the revival of the Philippine National Railway (PNR), to improve current port operations. The policy note was based on a comprehensive study of the logistics chain in the Greater Capital Region. Of the three major ports in the Greater Capital Region (Manila, Batangas, and Subic), the Port of Manila is widely used and most preferred by shippers, freight forwarders, logistics services providers, and truckers. PIDS president Gilberto Llanto and PIDS research associates Christine Ruth Salazar, Cherry Ann Madriaga, and Ma. Diyina Gem Arbo, with PIDS consultants Epictetus Patalinghug, Alexis Fillone, and Noriel Tiglao, conducted a series of surveys and focus group discussions to uncover the factors that influence the sectors’ choice of port. Convenience, for example, weighs heavily. Shippers, consignees, and importers cite the proximity of the Port of Manila to their areas of operation as a deciding factor. The rates are also much more affordable, and the immediate availability of concerned government officials make transactions and release of goods much easier to carry out. The biggest weakness with the Port of Manila, respondents complain, are “red tape” and the Bureau of Customs procedures. In comparison, issues with the Port of Batangas pertain to the status of several services, including shipping schedules, availability of allied services providers, and cargo handling facilities. Meanwhile, the Port of Subic is cited for its poor shipping schedules and longer travel time to the port. The authors noted that a comprehensive policy framework is necessary to solve the congestion in the Port of Manila and the underutilization of the Ports of Batangas and Subic. The truck ban revealed that volume restriction alone will not yield a catch-all solution. Considerations have to be factored in to make policies more effective. Alongside possible incentives, like a price discount mechanism, capacity expansion has to be undertaken and nonprice service attributes such as warehouse proximity have to be counterbalanced. Volume restriction must be complemented by capacitating the other ports, “commensurate to the volume of cargo and transaction that are targeted to be diverted from the Port of Manila”. Moreover, reviving the freight train network from Bicol to La Union as an alternative cargo transport seems more problematic than promising. Not only are the train tracks deteriorating, but the researchers also conclude that the “current level of freight traffic through Batangas is too small to consider it a major source of potential base traffic for freight railway.” Even if the freight railway was restarted, it would only be able to carry a certain amount, thus having a “negligible effect” on the congestion and traffic caused and experienced by the ports. The researchers recommend a combination of short-term, medium-term and long-term solutions. In the short term, policymakers can introduce caps, revive the PNR freight operation, and establish 24-hour web-based booking system to facilitate the logistics chain. But these have to be carried out together with a more strategic action—the government must invest heavily in capacity building at the ports and the train tracks, as well as rationalize future port development and investment programs in port infrastructure. Overall, if the Philippines hopes to take full advantage of its economic growth, enhance its position as a transport hub in the region, and position Philippine ports in the global supply chain, the country must implement a strong and comprehensive national multimodal transport and logistics development plan. Previous Bourse suffers ‘jinx’, stays below 8,000 Next Education, competitiveness projects in Neda pipeline	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line265
__label__wiki	0.631753	0.631753	Removing Sheikh Yasin No terrorist should be immune from eradication, and Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yasin is no exception. Already half a year ago Israeli attack helicopters were sent in for a major “targeted removal” in eliminating the entire Hamas leadership but arrived five minutes late. By then the terrorists were leaving the building, the rockets fired destroyed the upper floor and Yasin was only slightly wounded. Since then the Hamas leadership does not congregate in one place and Israeli security forces must take out the terrorists, one at a time. In the continuing war on terror, most Israelis favor killing any and all terrorists, including the leadership. There are those, especially in Yahad (the new left wing coalition developed by Meretz), and led by Yossi Beilin, who continue to claim that killing terrorists only escalates the violence. They preach peace and negotiations even though they know there is no serious, representative partner on the other side. On the other hand, Yahad supporters are correct in their assessment of an immediate rise in Palestinian motivation to send out more suicide-homicide bombers. But here everyone agrees that the short-term threat of Palestinian terror will rise. PM Sharon, who personally supervised the “removal” of Yasin along with Israel’s security forces are prepared for the fallout of massive demonstrations in the Palestinian areas and higher terrorist motivation. But will the churning of Palestinian emotions and threats make a difference? Many forget that in the summer of 2003 the “hudna” (Islamic cease-fire) broke down when a suicide-homicide bomber blew up the #2 bus returning with ultra-orthodox worshippers from the Western Wall. Most victims were children. The next day the Palestinian Authority was to receive security responsibility for four West Bank cities. Of course, the transfer of security control was cancelled. Certainly, one should not forget that the Palestinian violence of 3.5 years ago broke out during the period of intense negotiations to bring about a permanent status agreement and a “two-state solution” as a conclusion to the Oslo Accords. The terrorists attack whenever they can and succeed at random, the randomness being a function of what percentage (95%) are nipped by Israeli security forces. Verbiage over cease-fires, peace agreements and security mean nothing when terror organizations like the Hamas, Jihad and Fatah rule the Palestinian street and determine policy through their deeds of destruction. Sheikh Yasin never stopped his terror attacks against Israel. Hamas “strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine” (Hamas Covenant – Article 6) and “believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf (holy mosque lands, YN) consecrated for future Moslem generations”. Furthermore “the Islamic Sharia (law)” is to rule in Palestine (HC – Art. 11). The Hamas Covenant makes clear the objective of the destruction of the State of Israel. In the medium and long term range, the hope is for a deterring impact on Palestinian society, making clear that they will lose their nefarious war of terror against Israel. The immediate goal was to tactically disrupt planned terror attacks. Now that the supposedly “unthinkable” has happened, maybe another less brazen but more wily and just as dangerous terrorist cornered in Ramallah will take note.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line269
__label__wiki	0.607084	0.607084	ESEO student satellite in-orbit commissioning has started! On 3 December 2018, ESA’s ESEO student satellite was launched to space, with hundreds of excited students from across Europe waiting for their mission to fly. Weeks after ESEO’s insertion into orbit, and after some trouble-shooting actively involving students, the satellite has finally started its in-orbit commissioning. From safe mode to nominal mode – well done! ESEO mission Control Center - ESA and ESEO student operators monitoring ESEOAccess the image While ESEO was able to transmit spacecraft data to ground soon after insertion into orbit, for a few weeks it was not able to react to commands sent from Earth. As programmed to do in case of lack of communication with its ground stations, ESEO switched to safe mode, meaning a minimised power consumption and the execution a few essential tasks. Therefore, not all the spacecraft subsystems could be normally activated and checked, and the ESEO nominal mission - with all the planned student observations and operations - could not yet start. The students from the ESEO main and back-up Mission Control Centres (at University of Bologna and University of Vigo, respectively), working closely with ESA and SITAEL, the industrial prime contractor, investigated why ESEO would not react to commands. ESEO Mission Control Centre students were guided by ESA and SITAEL experts through double checks of pre-flight test reports, of the functionality of the Mission Control Centre and of the ground stations, and the communication protocols, just as professional engineers would do. They also investigated possible radio interferences from other Earth sources. “If I had to use a word to describe the ESEO mission I would say: challenging!” said Alberto Lucci, ESEO student from the University of Bologna. “In the team we felt like Sherlock Holmes trying to identify the reasons causing the anomalies, and to find the most effective solutions,” he continued. “We have considered each and every unexpected problem as a chance for professional growth, and I am deeply convinced that my experience with ESEO has been a golden opportunity for me to become a better young professional.” Working with dedication on long shifts, the Mission Control Centre students also made several attempts to transmit commands to ESEO from different ground stations. The relentless support of the ESEO team in Tartu, Estonia, came then into hand. They offered a ground station capable of transmitting with higher power than originally planned, operating on a non-interference basis with other ground stations, to be remotely controlled from the Mission Control Centre, and ESEO finally reacted! The reasons for ESEO’s degraded receiving performance are still being investigated. However, since a suitable way to operate the spacecraft has been found, on 14 March 2019 the students of the University of Bologna succeeded in bringing ESEO from safe mode to nominal operating mode. How is ESEO doing, then? ESEO Students and Sitael personnelAccess the image ESEO’s telemetry data indicated that all on-board subsystems are up and running, including the sun sensors and the momentum wheels, needed to control the orientation of the spacecraft. SITAEL was then able to upload to ESEO, on 21 March 2019, all the commands needed by the spacecraft to determine its exact orbital position and motion. “No doubt that conducting the ESEO mission was much harder than I thought, but this is why I did not give up... No pain, no gain,” said Giacomo Curzi, another ESEO student from the University of Bologna. “We have shared the experience of operating a real spacecraft, we collaborated to ensure ESEO could be monitored and controlled in the best way, we have set up connections to share facilities from different distant locations, we have given each other Saturdays and Sundays of work… Probably, our educational experience with ESEO is even bigger because of the unexpected troubles that occurred. If ESEO had been perfect we could not have gotten all this out of it. Let me thank ESA, SITAEL, and all the ground teams with which I have the pleasure to work,” he concluded. ESEO has now officially started the so-called on-orbit commissioning, where all the spacecraft subsystems (power, communication, attitude control, thermal control, on board computers, etc.) will be checked. This phase is expected to last a couple of weeks. Then, finally, all the student experiments will be tested, and after this ESEO’s 6-month nominal mission can start. “The ESEO early-operations phase offered the opportunity to the students to feel the thrill of fighting to overcome unexpected real-life difficulties,” added Gilles Mariotti, ESEO avionics engineer at SITAEL. “The theory of engineering is often limited to abstract calculations and analyses, where everything is ideal. Facing the need to quickly respond to unexpected events, and to carefully execute real-time operations with tight timing constraints, represents for the students an important professional challenge. They have learned that, regardless of how carefully you may plan your mission preparation, during the execution of the real mission you will need to use your engineering skills in combination with a good dose of technical flexibility and creativity to adapt and overcome unexpected problems.” Fingers crossed, ESEO teams! ESEO Students and ESA personnelAccess the image Rating: 5/5 (30 votes cast)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line273
__label__cc	0.703504	0.296496	May - June Mar- Apr Jan - Feb Sept - Oct July - Aug July - Sept Apr - June Asian e-Marketing eMags 2019 Media Partners' Events Media Partners Events Details MediaBUZZ Events Personalization through Marketing Automation Manage campaigns from the customer's perspective WARC’s content strategy trends for more effective marketing Combined power of financial data aggregation and geolocation services provides phenomenal opportunity for banks and merchants Qualtrics’ XM Solutions help closing experience gaps faster The emotional decision frameworks of Personas are good for automation Why customer focus is becoming more important Automated lead management optimizes marketing and sales - easy and fast Wanted: Customer-centric marketing ad nauseam Customer Data Platform (CDP) - key to customer-centric marketing Infused with “AI Everywhere - IBM Media Optimizer, powered by MediaMath Making every moment shoppable with Magento Commerce Cloud Making a great leap forward in digital transformation with Optimus Ecosystem The success factors of a personalized customer journey Easy tips to feel more resilient and controlled Publication of the Zendesk Benchmark Guide for Enterprise RTB House’s multi-layer brand safety mechanism has natural language processing at its core With the acquisition of Marketo, Adobe expands its B2B impact Powerful machine learning and analytics platform Cloudera Enterprise 6 Advanced Data Modeling Research, Analysis & Trends E-Mail Marketing + Social Networks = Social E-Mail Marketing Category: November - December 2008 While the World Wide Web continues to generate exciting new forms of human interaction, including such Web 2.0 offshoots as social networking and video-sharing sites, wikis and blogs, opportunities that result from the joining of both old and new Internet-based communication technologies can be aweinspiring as well. Silverpop, a provider of permission-based email marketing solutions, strategy and services, has developed an industry-first technology that bridges the gap between email marketing and social networking which represents such a great match. Using links within emails, recipients are able to quickly post messages to their profile page on Facebook or MySpace. When these social emails are posted on social sites, everyone connected to the original recipient can see the message, make a comment or post it on their own profile page. Dynamic content and personalization remains in-tact in the posted email. So when for instance Nike sends out an email about a new special offer at its stores in Kuala Lumpur, area recipients can post the message on their profile page to let Malaysian friends in on the good deal. So Silverpop’s Share-to- Social feature gives email marketing a tremendously powerful viral effect. Plus, the ability to pull reports on who posted emails to social network sites resulting in additional opens and clicks provides marketers with the detailed data necessary to prove the campaign’s value. Without doubt, social networks have changed the relationship between companies and their customers. Portals like Facebook and MySpace allow people to share their thoughts and quickly connect with hundreds of friends and friends-of-friends and that not only for chatting with one another. Such online community sites are used to gather product information and recommendations, with as many as four out of 10 participants using social sites for these purposes. As a result, social networks have transformed the relationships between companies and consumers, giving shoppers a new and powerful way to gather information about products and services. Therefore, in today’s socially-driven marketplace, there is a new paradigm. Consumers rule. Marketers drool — with a mixture of envy and concern. Individuals linked to one another on a social networking site are affiliated for a reason. They’re like each other in some important ways. Social email marketing, therefore, enables you to reach prospects who share some affinity with your bestcustomers. The ability to reach out to others with attributes similar to your best customers is invaluable. A growing number of marketers are catching on. According to JupiterResearch, 15 percent of viral marketers have created a Facebook application, and 35 percent have a fan page there. However, be cautious: Direct posts on social applications take time and effort and if you fail to update your Facebook page regularly be prepared to see negative feedback posted there that’s visible to all. There’s mounting evidence that social networks are pulling certain audience segments away from the email inbox, and the numbers indicate it’s not just the Millennials, or Generation Y, the Web-savvy cohorts born between 1982 and 1994. JupiterResearch reports that 22 percent of email users say they use social networking sites instead of email. And Hitwise estimates that social network sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo receive more Internet traffic than email sites Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail. However, though change is inevitable, most industry analysts and experts agree that email marketing won’t be going away anytime soon. A recent Pew Internet & American Life Project survey found that 92 percent of adult Internet users send or read email and therefore won’t disappear in the near future. Instead Forrester Research projects that email marketing will grow to more than $4 billion by 2012. Most email programs are the repositories of customer data that is crucial to creating targeted and relevant marketing messages. Moreover, email is already a part of social networking—nearly all social sites use email addresses for signup. Additionally, while everyone is talking about social networking, few marketers have really figured out how to maximize and monetize its usage. In fact, those using social networks to reach customers or prospects aren’t investing a large portion of their marketing budgets in this new vehicle. Half of social marketers spend less than 5 percent of their online budgets on social tactics. And 29 percent of overall social marketers say that determining which tactics fit to their campaign goals is a challenge. But new technologies that combine the rich reporting capabilities of email with the viral, consumer oriented nature of social networking have arrived to make reaching out to customers and their friends through social networks easier, allowing progressive marketers to enjoy the benefits of both. In fact, a few companies, Silverpop among the first, are making it easier than ever to enable email recipients to post their favorite messages on social network sites. Such new technologies allow email marketers to utilize social networking sites to reach out to customers, friends of customers and friends-offriends of customers. Utilizing social networks to build brand awareness and loyalty will be second nature to savvy email marketers. After all, social marketing is first and foremost about relationships, and successful email marketers have become adept at engaging customers in strong, brand-loyal relationships. Social email marketing’s success rests on that ability to reach the right people with the right message and one they’ll want to share with others. With pure social networking, accurate reporting data is nearly impossible to obtain. But by adding email marketing to the social mix, marketers are able to gather a tremendous amount of data heretofore unavailable. The value of an email marketing program that encourages recipients to post the emails they receive on their favorite social sites lies in its ability to track that behaviour. The means to track who posts emails to their social sites and identify which of those postings generate additional opens and clicks is invaluable. It gives marketers the capacity to recognize key influencers of their target markets and create programs with special offers or incentives just for that elite group, further bonding them to the brand and encouraging them to spread the word to their social contacts. Combining the targeting and reporting capabilities of email with the reach of social networks enables companies to build marketing programs that change their relationships with customers in very real and dramatic ways. Social email marketing can reach out to influencers and energize existing email marketing programs, turning them into a powerful acquisition tool capable of increasing list size and filling email databases with highly-qualified prospective customers who share the same interests as a brand’s most engaged email recipients. The potential of social email marketing could easily far surpass the limited success of traditional viral email marketing efforts. According to a report by JupiterResearch, only 10 percent of viral marketers were able to get email recipients to promote their products or services. And a study conducted by Silverpop found that while viral marketing was a tactic most email marketers wanted to try, those that did found it didn’t work. By comparison, social network sites create a natural environment for viral activity. Word-of-mouth marketing has a way of taking hold on sites like Facebook and MySpace. As a result, social sites are an ideal channel for successful word-of-mouth marketing efforts, creating an opportunity that more marketers are taking advantage of. For sure social email marketing will not suit everyone, but the marketers who stand to benefit most from it will be those who recognize that these sites represent exciting opportunities to engage with customers and reach new audiences. Marketers who desire to create mutually beneficial relationships with customers and who understand the value of integrating a tried-and-true, measurable marketing channel with a new one that offers tremendous breadth of reach will find themselves and their companies rewarded by the marriage of social networks and email marketing. Source: Silverpop Contents (November - December 2008) Best Practices & Strategies How RSS and E-mail Marketing go hand-in-hand How RSS and E-mail Marketing go hand-in-hand (2) Incorporating E-Mail into The Social Networking Mix Trigger-Mails: The Masters of Relevance Mobile E-Mail Marketing Demystified Five Steps to Improve Your Email Marketing Campaign Selecting the Right E-Mail-Marketing-Service-Provider JupiterResearch: Marketers on Guard, E-mail Marketing Facing Tough Times The Importance of Reputation and Message Relevance Email Authentication Tools Still Not Widely Used Technologies & Products Spam Filtering with a Human Touch McAfee: A Pioneer in Providing Comprehensive Solutions for Virtual Server Protection Companies & Campaigns Tactica Labs: Unleashing The Power of Digital Marketing Legislation & Tips Anti-Spam Legislation and Enforcement Down-Under International Anti-Spam Legislation Snap Shot BUZZwords & Tips Domain Keys Identified Mail (DKIM) Rich Site Summary MediaBUZZ is the first ‘pure’ digital publisher in the region, making an impact in Asia Pacific since 2004. 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__label__cc	0.69399	0.30601	{mospagebreak toctitle= Introduction, Types, Legacy, Classes} As 2015 begins, the job of choosing a wireless router has gotten a lot simpler since our 2014 guide. You'll most likely be choosing an AC class router; the only question is, which one. If you want to skip the advice and just have us choose for you, hit the Router Ranker right now and save yourself some time. Router Types As I said, whether you're buying your first router or trading up from an old one, you'll want to look at AC class routers. Class abbreviations come from the IEEE 802.11 standard products are based on, i.e. 802.11g, 802.11n and 802.11ac. I'll explain "class" more in just a bit. All AC routers are dual-band, meaning products operate in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi frequency bands. You can tell if a product is dual-band if it lists 802.11a/b/g, a/b/g/n or a/b/g/n/ac in its specs. The main variations within each router class are: Port Speed - WAN and LAN ports are Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) or 10/100 Mbps. Most top-end AC routers come with Gigabit Ethernet ports, as do many of the devices that still support Ethernet. But if you're buying an AC1200 class or lower router, check the specs, it might have 10/100 ports. If you are running an all wireless network, the only reason you need Gigabit ports on your router is if your internet connection is > 100 Mbps. If you have wired devices with Gigabit Ethernet ports, you can add a 5 port Gigabit Ethernet switch (~ $35), plug it into one of your router's LAN ports and plug all your Gigabit Ethernet devices into the switch. The router's 100 Mbps port limitation only comes into play when devices reach out to the internet. But since your internet connection is less than 100 Mbps, you won't see any effect from 10/100 ports on internet throughput. USB Ports - USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports can share storage and /or printers. Printer sharing is still pretty basic. If it works at all with your printer, you'll find that anything other than printing on a multifunction printer won't work. And things like ink status and paper out messages probably won't make their way back to your computer. Compatibility is better for storage sharing. Most USB hard, flash and solid state drives will work fine. Top-end routers now support file transfer speeds better than some entry-level Network Storage (NAS) products and have built-in media servers and even BitTorrent downloaders. So if you've been looking to centralize your storage, you might be able to do it with a new router! There are four older product types—A, B , Gand N—that aren't in the list above that are considered "legacy" products. 802.11a defined the original 5 GHz-only Wi-Fi products and 802.11b defined original 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi gear. 5 GHz only routers never caught on and today you find references to 802.11a only in dual-band products. B only routers were long ago replaced by G routers, which were replaced by N types, which are now being replaced with AC routers. G routers are still required to support B devices and N routers are required to support both B and G devices in order to be Wi-Fi Certified. AC routers are also required to support B, G and N devices. But because your shiny new router can support these older, slower device types doesn't mean that they should. In heavy use, "legacy" devices can slow down your faster N and AC devices. You may also need to change the mode settings on your router to get certain "legacy" devices to work. So you may be better off keeping your old router and adding a new one. See How Well Do AC Routers Handle Mixed Networks? for more details. Router Classes We call sub-types of each major type classes, for lack of a better term. Class denotes the maximum total link rate that the product supports. Class designations consist of the router type, plus a number indicating maximum link rate, i.e. AC1750, N300, etc. This number is supposed to trick you into thinking that it's the actual speed your wireless devices will run at. But it's really an indication of the technology used in the product and only good as a relative speed indicator. Classes are defined in SmallNetBuilder's Classification System for Wi-Fi Products - 2015, with Table 1 copied below for your convenience. Note that link rate is the number reported in Windows Wireless Network Connection Status or other utilities that report wireless connection link rates. "Class" designation 2.4 GHz N Radio Maximum Link Rate (Mbps) 5 GHz AC Radio Table 1: Wi-Fi Device classification table - routers / APs and clients Actual real-life throughput will be at best 50% of the "N/AC number" you see in marketing material and can be as low as 20 - 25%. We'll dig into this more, next. Using Classes The first thing you need to know is that all the classes above 450 are sums of the maximum link rates of each radio. So each radio in an N600 router maxes out at 300 Mbps and at 450 Mbps in an N900 router. AC routers are a bit trickier, since link rates are different for each band. For example, in an AC1750 router, the maximum link rate you'll see with a 2.4 GHz link is 450 Mbps or 1300 Mbps when connected on the 5 GHz band. The next thing you need to know is that the 2.4 GHz number in Table 1 is 2X the number you are likely to see reported by your device's network status / properties when you connect to your new router. This is because N and AC routers support different maximum link rates depending on the bandwidth mode they are operating in. The 2.4 GHz link rates shown in Table 1 are the best case when the router is in 40 MHz bandwidth mode. The 5 GHz link rates require 40 MHz bandwidth for N routers and 80 MHz bandwidth for AC types. The most confusing N type is 750, because each band in the router has a different top link rate and there is no way of knowing which band it is unless you dig into the product's data sheet. And, sadly, even then, it's near impossible to tell for some products. Some products support the maximum 450 Mbps link rate on the 2.4 GHz radio, while others support it on 5 GHz. To confuse things even further, the rates you may see reported on your Windows notebook might be lower, depending on the chipset your client device uses. Some N adapters will show only maximum link rates of 117 / 270 instead of 130 / 300 and some N150 products may only show a maximum 135 Mbps link rate. This is due to differences allowed by the 802.11 specification and it's all perfectly valid. A full list of 802.11 rates is shown below so you can have fun trying to find the "speed" number your computer is showing. 802.11n/ac MCS table (courtesy WITS via Aerohive blog) All AC routers concurrently support both 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. The exceptions are small travel routers with one radio that must be switched between bands. The last thing you need to know about these link rates is that both the router and device need to support them to achieve the rates shown. If you have an N150 client connected to an N900 router, the highest link rate you're going to see reported by the device is 150 Mbps, no matter what settings you futz with on the router. How Fast Can Your Wi-Fi Go? takes you through all the combinations, so that you can see exactly what you'll get for any combination of client and router. The rule is: The lowest link rate always wins. But just because one device operates at a less-than-maximum link rate, that doesn't mean all devices do. Routers are perfectly happy supporting each device at all the link rates it is capable of. All AC routers operate in both 2.4 and 5 GHz bands, so you don't have to agonize over choosing a single or dual-band router anymore. If you still want an N router, but want simultaneous dual-band operation, look at N600, N750 or N900 class products. In eigther case, you'll still have to choose a band for your dual-band enabled devices to use. So here's what you need to know to make that decision. The 2.4 GHz radio band is shared by many non Wi-Fi devices, including some cordless phones, intercoms, baby monitors and microwave ovens. It's also where most wireless networks have traditionally operated, at least in the U.S.. The more of these devices that are in range of your wireless network, the lower and less consistent your speed will be. In really crowded areas, you may find your laptop or other wireless device constantly dropping connection to your router, or speeds wildly swinging from fast to snail-slow. The 2.4 GHz band has 11 channels (in the U.S.), each of which is 20 MHz wide. If you do the math (or look at Figure 1) you'll see only three of them (Channels 1, 6 and 11) don't overlap. Channel overlap is bad, because it's another form of interference, which reduces your wireless LAN's speed and reliability. Although there is nothing stopping you from setting your router to any of the other channels, for best performance, use only channels 1, 6 or 11. Contrary to what you might think, using the other channels doesn't improve performance. That's because your signal looks like interference (noise) to networks on 1, 6 and 11 and vice versa. Figure 1: 2.4 GHz band channels From Wi-Fi Hotspots: Setting Up Public Wireless Internet Access (Cisco Press, 2006) by Eric Geier , used by permission Dual band N and AC routers provide access to the 5 GHz band. The channels in this band are also 20 MHz wide. Figure 2 shows the complete list of channels in the 5 GHz band. Because the frequency range the band is allowed to use is greater than in 2.4 GHz, the channels can be spaced further apart and don't overlap. The lack of overlap means you can set your router to any of the 5 GHz channels your router shows. Figure 2: 5 GHz band channel list Source: Verint Because some of the frequencies are shared by public safety services like police radio and radar, only channels 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157 and 161 are used by most dual-band routers. (Some routers throw in Channel 165 for good measure.) The availability of more channels and the relatively low use of 5 GHz was an advantage of 5 GHz vs. 2.4 GHz. But 802.11ac's 80 MHz bandwidth mode eats up four channels, reducing the number of 5 GHz channels effectively to two. And the major transition from N to AC routers means that 5 GHz no longer has tumbleweeds rolling through it. One piece of good / bad news is the 5 GHz band's reduced range, due to the signal's higher attenuation when passing through walls and other physical obstacles. So a router operating the the 5 GHz band may not be able to provide a usable connection in the same location that it can when using the 2.4 GHz band. On the other hand, since it doesn't go as far, your router's 5 GHz signal is less likely to interfere with your neighbor's and vice versa. One more thing. Before you decide that 5 GHz will solve all your problems, you should know that many older mobile devices (phones, tablets, e-readers) don't support 5 GHz operation. So you may need to buy a new tablet or smartphone to take full advantage of the higher throughput your AC router can provide. If you don't want to upgrade right away, your devices with N radios will still work fine, since AC routers are backward compatible. Bandwidth Modes Those 20 and 40 MHz bandwidth modes mentioned earlier really refer to how many channels the router is simultaneously using. 20 MHz mode means it is using only one channel, 40 MHz mode means it is using two and 80 MHz mode uses four channels. The advantage of higher bandwidth modes is higher throughput. But with only three non-overlapping channels, 40 MHz channels in 2.4 GHz can increase interference with nearby networks, which reduces throughput and, in extreme cases, wireless connection reliability. This is why N routers have an "Auto 20/40" mode. Properly designed, i.e. compliant with the IEEE 802.11 spec and with Wi-Fi Alliance Certification requirements, routers are supposed to detect any interfering 2.4 GHz networks and fall back to using 20 MHz mode. Manufacturers also have the option of not supporting 40 MHz operation in 2.4 GHz at all, which is the choice Apple originally made, but no longer does. There are no such limitations on 40 MHz (or 80 MHz) mode operation in 5 GHz. So most AC routers default to 80 MHz bandwidth mode in 5 GHz. Throughput & Range Wireless performance is the squishiest spec to pin down, yet usually the driving force behind the urge to buy a new router. Manufacturers are happy to have you confused, because confused consumers usually buy the product with the highest number on the box, which usually is the most expensive. That's why they use link rates and show the sum of the maximum link rates of both radios in simultaneous dual band products. But, by now, you know that number on the box is much greater than the best throughput you'll actually get. Throughput, Speed, Link Rate These three terms tend to be used interchangeably, but it is important to understand the difference between them. Link Rate is usually what people are referring to when they talk about wireless speed. This is mainly because that's what Windows calls it. But the number shown in the screenshot above is actually the link rate reported by the wireless adapter. This is not throughput! You can think of link rate like the gear in a car. Just as a car's speed is limited by the gear that it is in, link rate limits the maximum possible rate that bits can flow between wireless device and router. The actual flow of bits per unit time is throughput, which is usually expressed in Megabits per second or Mbps and the number you really care about. Unfortunately, throughput is harder to measure than link rate, so you don't usually see routers or wireless devices provide this number. You can measure it yourself, however, using any of these simple methods. Throughput is what moves the bits. Link rate limits the fastest rate that they can move. What you really want in a wireless router is the best throughput vs. range. But because of the way Wi-Fi networks work, this number is highly variable. It is highly dependent on the RF (radio frequency) and physical environment the router is operating in, as well as the capabilities of wireless devices using the router. That's why the wireless performance testing we do for our Charts and Rankers uses a "clean" RF environment and standard test client. Keeping as many things constant as we can, provides the best relative comparison among products available anywhere. To get you in the right ballpark, however, here's a table of actual measured best case downlink throughput taken from our Router Charts for many N and AC product classes. Typical maximum 2.4 GHz throughput (Mbps) 20 MHz B/W Typical maximum 5 GHz throughput (Mbps) 40 MHz B/W N devices 80 MHz B/W AC devices N300 or N600 ~ 75 ~ 75 ~ 120 ~ 200 80 - 90 215 - 300 130- 140 400 - 470 120 - 140 440 - 530 Table 3: Product types vs. throughput There are two approaches to buying a router: buying what you need and trying to future-proof your purchase. If you're in the latter camp, read 5 Tips For Buying A Future Proof Router. Trying to get ahead of wireless router makers at this point is a fool's errand because Wi-Fi technology is still moving too quickly. Jumping on the latest and greatest router with the intention of gettting ahead of the game isn't a smart way to spend your money. You'll pay $300 or more and are unlikely to see significant benefit. In fact, you're more likely to buy an expensive headache with not fully-baked firmware that will require more care than you have time for. Our recommendation is to head on over to the Router Ranker, set the class type for AC1900 and choose away. AC1900 is the sweet spot right now for AC routers, providing the best combination of price and performance. If you want to save a little and not sacrifice a lot of performance, look at AC1750 class products. There are some good bargains to be had for around $100. If you want to spend under $100, look at AC1200 class routers. They'll provide good performance, especially if you have a small space and older wireless devices. What about classes above AC1900? Our recommendation right now is to avoid AC2350 and AC2400 class products. These are first-generation 4x4 "MU-MIMO ready" products that provide no real benefit over AC1900, yet cost significantly more. They'll soon be replaced by second generation 4x4 AC2600 routers that will supposedly ship with MU-MIMO enabled in mid-2015. I haven't talked about MU-MIMO, but you can read more about it here. That article also describes the technology used in AC3200 class "tri-band" routers, which I would recommend more than AC2350 if you really want spend the big bucks. AC3200 provides the most benefit for those with a lot of dual-band devices, whether N or AC class. You won't see increased range, but should hear fewer complaints about crappy web video streaming in multi-streamer households, due to the router's ability to spread 5 GHz clients between its two 5 GHz radios. But if you already have another router (or two) converted to an access point handling your wireless network load, you probably won't see much benefit from an AC3200 class router. Finally, you can forget about those classes in Table 1 above AC2600 for now. They won't appear until mid-2015 at the earliest and more likely toward the end of the year. You can read more about them in our CES 2015 Wrapup for now and they'll be covered in more detail in the next edition of this article. By the way, AC routers do a better job of handling mixed (N and AC) clients than N routers did with mixes of N and G devices. See How Well Do AC Routers Handle Mixed Networks? for more on this. The main thrust of this article has been to point you to the right class of router. Once you determine that, there is still a world of choice out there. In the end, the only real way to know how a wireless router will perform is to try it. The SNB Forums are full of people agonizing over choosing the best router and getting confused by all the conflicting reviews and advice. Sometimes they get their "perfect" router home and all is well. But other times, it becomes the router from hell that won't play nice at all in their specific environment. If that happens to you, just return the router and move on to your second choice. The better way to go is determine the class of router you need, hit the Router Charts routing benchmarks to make sure it has enough wired routing throughput to handle your Internet connection speed. Then use the Router Ranker to quickly find the best performing products. If you want to drill down into feature details, use the Router Finder and if you need to wallow in the performance benchmark data, check the Router Charts. Once you've made your choice, buy from a retailer with a liberal return policy. Amazon has one and you'll get all your money back (minus shipping) as long as you return the product in the same condition as you received it. Linksys' Home Store has 90 day (!) no-hassle returns for new and 30 days for refurbed products and they pay shipping. There are other options out there. Use them to make sure that you're getting something that works for you! Good luck and happy hunting! 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__label__cc	0.540938	0.459062	Jonathan Franzen: Purity When Jonathan Franzen started out as writer, he and his then wife, Valerie Cornell, would lock themselves away for twelve hours a day and, sat a few feet apart, write pretty much constantly. He was serious about being a writer. (So was Valerie — alas, some suggest her failure to produce any publishable work seems to have exacerbated marital strife.) His first two novels, The Twenty-Seventh City and Strong Motion, were accomplished, the latter displaying what would become a signature “issues” bent, a social conscience sugared up by compelling mouthpiece avatars. But it wasn’t until The Corrections, written largely after Franzen was divorced, in a borrowed corner of a loft in Manhattan, that the writer reached his zenith as an entertaining social/familial commenter. (And that’s what he is, the latter part of that equation being the factor that’s long since turned huge numbers of readers against him.) He was by now writing blindfolded and with headphones piping “pink noise” into his ears. I mention all this stuff for numerous reasons. One is that I have rarely, if ever, seen the kind of split Franzen effects among readers and critics. And details like those enumerated above make him sound a bit like a precious grafter, a bit of a literary poseur driven to make good on his commitment to be “a serious writer.” Pink noise? Blindfold? The intra-marital writerly obsessiveness? He’s asking for ridicule, isn’t he? There are huge essays out there, gloriously replete hatchet jobs, that seem hugely annoyed by Franzen. He gets a lot of goats, and they bleat loud. The authors of these exhaustive takedowns rip Franzen to shreds, citing sentences “anyone could write” that seem no better than “second draft hack jobs.” Franzen also at turns seems fussy, judgmental, prissy, awkward and, in terms of gender politics, questionable. Of course, the other way to look at it is: he knows all this and yet also knows that he’s good and is going to do the work, one way or another. Purity is no huge departure from Freedom, Franzen’s last novel, which was similarly about troubled, infuriatingly complex women, and men who haven’t a clue what to make of them. This time some of the men are equally problematic or unscrupulous or complexly self-serving (Franzen blames the parents), with the result being his best novel after The Corrections. Purity is certainly no great work, but it offers something very few novels do: it’s an accomplished page-turner. Franzen is clearly (never more obviously) in thrall to the Don DeLillo of White Noise and Cosmopolis (many readers’ least favorite DeLillo), the Philip Roth of Portnoy’s Complaint and Sabbath’s Theater (as Howard Jacobson, another audience-splitter, so blatantly is), and lighter Updike. His awed gratitude to those works bears considerable fruit here — the plot shouldn’t be given too much consideration. This is a book masquerading as a deeply dismayed tirade about the internet (the equation with East Germany between 1961 and 1989 often feels a little off-the-peg make-do) and the corrosive nature of secrets. It manages to pull those aspects off with qualifications, and the weak parts of the book are bogged down in a sub- Greene/Le Carre world of murk and subterfuge. Where the book works best, as was the case with The Corrections and Freedom, is when he has masterfully delineated characters talking to each other about ostensibly the same thing, which always happens to be massively disparate. People rarely get one another in Franzen books, and this leads to highly entertaining trouble and sparky conversations that are funniest when spiraling out of control. Even when they get one another, they tire of the lack of the kind of mystery they know will ruin them. The main characters in the book: Purity, or Pip, a young woman smothered by an isolated and eccentric mother, and Andreas Wolff, a one-time murderer (with a key accomplice) and privileged layabout (with, of course, an intricately troubled mother and obscured object of desire) turned Assange-esque online secret spiller. Both will meet in Bolivia (where Wolff’s creepily cultish “Sunlight Project” is based, thanks to benevolent governmental asylum) in unlikely fashion. The mystery, which involves that aforementioned accomplice and a deeply seedy plot to wreak revenge, is eventually solved, but none of any of the “topical” plot strands had anything to do with why I kept reading Purity. As weak as Freedom often was, and as barely convincing as Purity sometimes is, the dialogue exchanges (elsewhere described as stilted and unconvincing, it’s only fair to point out) kept me interested. I can think of only Edward Albee and Philip Roth who are better at believably scathing, internecine slanging matches that spin out of control (and Purity, fittingly, ends with one) and those are what propel the novel and keep it out of the occasional sludgy trough. Purity is unquestionably problematic but also a great deal of flawed fun. The level of fun you’re going to have will, I think, largely depend on how much slack you’re willing to cut the author of exchanges such as this one. The note of self-righteousness in his voice set fire to a larger and more diffuse pool of the gas, a combustible political substance that had seeped into her from her mother and then from certain college professors and certain gross-out movies and now also from Annagret, a sense of the unfairness of what one professor had called the anisotropy of gendered relationships, wherein boys could camouflage their objectifying desires with the language of feelings while girls played the boys’ game of sex at their own risk, dupes if they objectified and victims if they didn’t. “You didn’t seem to mind me when your dick was in my mouth,” she said. “I didn’t put it there,” he said. “And it wasn’t there long.” “No, because I had to go downstairs and get a condom so you could stick it inside me.” “Wow. So this is all me now?” Through a haze of flame, or hot blood, Pip’s eyes fell on Jason’s handheld device. “Hey!” he cried. She jumped up and ran to the far side of the room with his device. “Hey, you can’t do that,” he shouted, pursuing her. “No, you can’t, it’s not fair. Hey — hey — you can’t do that!” She wedged herself underneath the child’s writing desk that was her only piece of furniture and faced the wall, bracing her leg on a desk leg. Jason tried to pull her out by the belt of her robe, but he couldn’t dislodge her and was apparently unwilling to get more violent than this. “What kind of freak are you?” he said. “What are you doing?” Pip touched the device’s screen with shaking fingers. “Fuck, fuck, fuck,” Jason said, pacing behind her. “What are you doing?” She pawed the screen and found the next thread. If you have Franzen hang-ups (I have a few), this won’t assuage them. I still imagine him giggling mischievously as he writes some of this; there are a few too over-ripe self-referential moments (albeit funny ones) and there’s still something not quite right about his general take on women (he continues to round off all male edges whilst sharpening those of his female characters), but the book works as a densely populated contemporary blast of entertainment. It’s an impish, naïve, grumpy, sophisticated provocation, a blackly comic HBO melodrama, a concerned tirade with a sardonic ensemble. It’s AM Homes with less empathy. It’s a geekier, trashier Philip Roth. I’d say “give it a go,” but you’ve probably already made up your mind re: Franzen. I doubt he has another Corrections in him but he certainly has more of whatever he’s got than anyone else. He knows what makes people tick (or is glibly reductionist about motivational psychology, take your pick) and ruthlessly lets you in on it. He could easily lose all the geopolitical stuff, but by doing so would probably feel like a bit of a fraud. He’s too serious to do such a thing, and that seriousness is both his strength and his weakness. Maybe he should ditch the blindfold and put a mirror behind his Mac. By Lee Monks\|2015-10-06T11:48:29-04:00October 6th, 2015\|Categories: Book Reviews, Jonathan Franzen\|17 Comments Trevor Berrett October 6, 2015 at 11:57 am Well, you’re right, Lee: as much as I enjoyed your review and don’t begrudge you your enjoyment of this novel, I have made up my mind to avoid Franzen from here on out! Indeed, when drafting the tiny synopsis I almost put “Lee takes one for the team and reviews Franzen’s Purity!” But besides usually trying to avoid such snark I am thrilled you have found things to enjoy. Further, you articulate your reasoning well and keep your approach tempered. Your perspective is much healthier than mine or, I believe, than those who proclaim Franzen to be the greatest writer of this generation. Take him for what he is, enjoy what you can because there’s a lot to enjoy, and don’t sweat the baggage. Though I doubt I’ll read this or more Franzen, your review has helped me leave aside, perhaps only for now, my own bugabears about the man’s work. Lee Monks October 6, 2015 at 12:11 pm Ha! Well, I really think you should’ve kept that line in, Trevor – it plays nicely with that polarity I was talking about! Yeah, what can I say? I know so many who share your opinion, and I see why – it’s a little too demagogic, to touch on one issue. And I can’t argue with the demolition of some decontextualised excerpted bits. But I’m happy to read more, in the full knowledge that he certainly isn’t the greatest writer of his generation – (that’s an interesting question though – who is?) – but is a writer of brazenly provocative entertainments that slip down way better than, say, A Little Life, which is a bad grim book (featuring some excellent writing) as opposed to the sporadically questionable and largely hopeful tome in question. Max Cairnduff October 6, 2015 at 1:41 pm It’s a very good review Lee, but flawed fun? For this many pages and this much seriousness I want more. Also, in the quote I lost who was saying what at this point: So, she, he, then you’d expect she and he again but it can’t be he at the fourth line as there’s the reference to inside me, so that’s she. Is line three him or her? It changes the tone quite a lot which it is. The internet stuff just seems tired. I’m not a fan of write what you know at all, it’s a terrible maxim, but nor am I a huge fan of write what you plainly don’t know. Also, handheld device? Is there an issue with the word phone? Lee Monks October 6, 2015 at 2:00 pm Line three is him. I wonder if handheld device might be a terrible play on raunch or something…but either way it sticks. Part of the point of picking that bit out is: if you can get past it, you may enjoy the novel. If not… Yeah, it’s a big ask, 560-odd pages for what’s essentially a pseudo-clever romp. But I flew through the book and genuinely had a blast reading it (as I did with AM Homes’ ‘May We Be Forgiven’, a fair parallel as neither are perfect, both go after big themes and are ultimately at their best dealing with small stuff, and both are fast reads) – I’d forget all ideas about serious with this to have any chance of enjoying it. PS May We Be Forgiven is even longer. Another quick point I probably should have put in the review: all I’ve read re: Purity is ridiculously overdone approval or savage dismissal. I don’t understand either camp. And I think both ends have agendas. Max Cairnduff October 7, 2015 at 5:30 am Good point there regarding the extremes on Franzen. It seems clear to me (admittedly not having read him) that he’s a talented writer but has some flaws in his work, as of course do most writers. He seems neither the second coming nor Rosemary’s Baby after a few years at a writing college. Possibly it’s just that he seems a bit pompous. I forgot to say in my initial post, I liked the drawing out of his influences. Very helpful and illuminating. Lee Monks October 7, 2015 at 9:51 am He winds them up, does Franzen. And I have no idea what it is about him that infuriates so many. Philip Roth – a much better writer admittedly – has had to field the same kind of frothing accusations of sexism and juvenile prurience etc. They both seem to push the same buttons. Pompous – I think that’s partly it, Max. DeLillo and Roth – his two main, I think, influences – never seem remotely pompous to me. I think they’re both funnier and less awkward. But there’s no way he’s the disaster some suggest he is. He writes big, entertaining novels, no more or less. Not many can. Shelley October 8, 2015 at 12:36 pm A writer’s “questionable gender politics” is nothing less than failure of his imagination. The ‘questionable’ there is my interpretation. He may well have narrowed his imagination and gone in a direction – it would seem impossible not to. His ‘take’ is not necessarily a failure, but a decision to compromise and make a statement. It sure is a divisive one. Sean H October 11, 2015 at 5:25 pm He doesn’t need to have “another” Corrections in him the same way Joseph Heller didn’t need another Catch-22. Franzen’s masterpiece has already been written, I agree. That said, Purity is a type of writing that almost no one deigns to even attempt anymore. This type of detailed social realism is increasingly rare in a literary climate dominated by memoirishness and postmodernism and a shrinking attention span. Purity is topical without being obtrusively so and while I’m not equally ensorcelled by each and every character and plotline, I do find it a worthwhile read. The author’s backstory, politics, comments in the media or non-fiction in The New Yorker, whether or not he writes blindfolded or not, this all has absolutely NOTHING to do with his literature. We need, as a culture, to separate the art from the artist. ie: Even if Bill Cosby IS a serial rapist, “The Cosby Show” is a canonical sit-com and essential viewing if you want to understand late twentieth century America. Franzen’s name stirs up interest, but his work has real sticking power and while Purity is not a great novel, it’s a very good one and you could certainly do a lot worse in the contemporary arena (David Mitchell’s last novel, for example, was downright dreadful; Dave Eggers has been dreck for a long time now, AM Homes might have empathy but she too has had a lot of bumps in the road, etc etc). Lee Monks October 11, 2015 at 5:51 pm Apart from there being moments where I felt Franzen was scolding readers that might disagree with him, I agree. His scorn occasionally gets the better of him and Purity. But that’s what’s driving the bus, and it’s a worthwhile trip. Greg October 11, 2015 at 8:52 pm Sean, your above comment on Bill Cosby (“Even if Bill Cosby IS a serial rapist…”) is very thought provoking for me…..I fully understand what you are trying to say and would generally agree……but if an artist commits extreme criminal acts such as rape, shouldn’t we as moral people connect the artist to his art?…..therefore, on further reflection, do you regret using Cosby as your example? Max Cairnduff October 13, 2015 at 5:45 am Interesting question Greg. I recommended someone a Polanski film the other day. Clearly there’s an issue there with the artist, but the art itself stands by itself and remains as good or bad as it ever was. The difference is Polanski isn’t at the centre of Knife in the Water (the film I recommended). He made it and that makes it inseparable in some senses from him, but he’s behind the camera. The Cosby show though we laugh with Cosby, and I’m not sure that’s possible any more. So, I think Cosby is in some senses a bad example not because horrific crimes invalidate the art, I don’t think they do, but because when you have to engage with the artist to engage with the art it’s then very hard not to bring the artist’s acts into the picture. A sit com is particularly bad for this. How do we laugh at Cosby’s wit and wisdom when we now know what he actually was? Perhaps that’s the point. The Cosby Show was based on a certain morality, that was part of its essence, and that’s been revealed to be a lie. Polanski’s movies weren’t based on anything but themselves, so remain worthwhile. The interesting question though is Woody Allen, whose films routinely show middle aged or even somewhat elderly men having sex with attractive young women, which mirrors his life rather uncomfortably and which definitely calls into question some of his casting decisions. Is Allen a Polanski, or is he a Cosby? And does it matter that he’s a greater artist than Cosby? Not sure it’s book blog discussion material though… Lee Monks October 13, 2015 at 6:16 am I completely agree on Polanski, Max. Cosby’s TV schtick is inextricably bound to homely benevolent lectures about rights and wrongs by avuncular Bill. You’re sold Cosby the man AND the character as a wizened moral arbiter and to rewatch that show now would be painful. We now know he spent his leisure time spiking drinks and sitting around waiting for his victims to become helpless. This makes a hypocrite not only out of Cosby but the viewer who can watch that show ‘for what it is’ without being repelled at least a wee bit. ‘What it is’ is a well written, entertaining family show fronted by a rapist. Happy viewing. I don’t like the fact that any art can be tarnished thus but that’s just tough on my part. Once upon a time I may well’ve defended the show as art separate to life. It just isn’t. Woody Allen, in casting young women opposite him, is dubious in the same way a lot of ageing men chasing young women are…until you consider the biography. He’s a genius, and Cosby was an incredible comedian. It really does depend on the nature of the art and the level of remove involved. David Thomson asks us to bring to bear what we know about an actor to fully enjoy a performance, and it works both ways. PS y’all should try Purity! It’s worth a go! Trevor Berrett October 13, 2015 at 11:57 am This is how Jonathan Franzen gets us to engage with contemporary issues involving society and art. Sean H October 17, 2015 at 11:37 pm Nah, I don’t regret the Cosby comment. Firstly because the number of accusations means nothing. Saying, well LOTS of women have accused him so that makes him guilty makes me think not enough people have read Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.” As for the difference between Polanski (or Dostoevsky or Melville or Caravaggio or any other artist whose work we admire but who did horrible things) and Cosby being that Cosby was an actor and therefore his face is somehow in need of a trigger warning now seems really silly and sophomoric. He was playing a character. So even if Bill Cosby is ever convicted (of immorality or criminality) or otherwise proven to have done “bad things” I fail to see why that should taint anyone’s view of Cliff Huxtable and his fictional family. You separate the artist and their work completely, that’s just how you do it, that’s how you maintain your objectivity as a reader. It’s like grading papers; you don’t base it on whether or not you like the student, you evaluate the quality of their work.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line291
__label__wiki	0.559735	0.559735	A Technical Overview Of The Design And Implementation Of Fossil At its lowest level, a Fossil repository consists of an unordered set of immutable "artifacts". You might think of these artifacts as "files", since in many cases the artifacts are exactly that. But other "structural artifacts" are also included in the mix. These structural artifacts define the relationships between artifacts - which files go together to form a particular version of the project, who checked in that version and when, what was the check-in comment, what wiki pages are included with the project, what are the edit histories of each wiki page, what bug reports or tickets are included, who contributed to the evolution of each ticket, and so forth. This low-level file format is called the "global state" of the repository, since this is the information that is synced to peer repositories using push and pull operations. The low-level file format is also called "enduring" since it is intended to last for many years. The details of the low-level, enduring, global file format are described separately. This article is about how Fossil is currently implemented. Instead of dealing with vague abstractions of "enduring file formats" as the other document does, this article provides some detail on how Fossil actually stores information on disk. 2.0 Three Databases Fossil stores state information in SQLite database files. SQLite keeps an entire relational database, including multiple tables and indices, in a single disk file. The SQLite library allows the database files to be efficiently queried and updated using the industry-standard SQL language. SQLite updates are atomic, so even in the event of a system crashes or power failure the repository content is protected. Fossil uses three separate classes of SQLite databases: The configuration database Repository databases Checkout databases The configuration database is a one-per-user database that holds global configuration information used by Fossil. There is one repository database per project. The repository database is the file that people are normally referring to when they say "a Fossil repository". The checkout database is found in the working checkout for a project and contains state information that is unique to that working checkout. Fossil does not always use all three database files. The web interface, for example, typically only uses the repository database. And the fossil settings command only opens the configuration database when the --global option is used. But other commands use all three databases at once. For example, the fossil status command will first locate the checkout database, then use the checkout database to find the repository database, then open the configuration database. Whenever multiple databases are used at the same time, they are all opened on the same SQLite database connection using SQLite's ATTACH command. The chart below provides a quick summary of how each of these database files are used by Fossil, with detailed discussion following. Configuration Database "~/.fossil" List of active repositories used by the all command Repository Database "project.fossil" Global state of the project encoded using delta-compression Local settings Web interface display preferences User credentials and permissions Metadata about the global state to facilitate rapid queries Checkout Database "_FOSSIL_" The repository database used by this checkout The version currently checked out Other versions merged in but not yet committed Changes from the add, delete, and rename commands that have not yet been committed "mtime" values and other information used to efficiently detect local edits The "stash" Information needed to "undo" or "redo" 2.1 The Configuration Database The configuration database holds cross-repository preferences and a list of all repositories for a single user. The fossil settings command can be used to specify various operating parameters and preferences for Fossil repositories. Settings can apply to a single repository, or they can apply globally to all repositories for a user. If both a global and a repository value exists for a setting, then the repository-specific value takes precedence. All of the settings have reasonable defaults, and so many users will never need to change them. But if changes to settings are desired, the configuration database provides a way to change settings for all repositories with a single command, rather than having to change the setting individually on each repository. The configuration database also maintains a list of repositories. This list is used by the fossil all command in order to run various operations such as "sync" or "rebuild" on all repositories managed by a user. On Unix systems, the configuration database is named ".fossil" and is located in the user's home directory. On Windows, the configuration database is named "_fossil" (using an underscore as the first character instead of a dot) and is located in the directory specified by the LOCALAPPDATA, APPDATA, or HOMEPATH environment variables, in that order. You can override this default location by defining the environment variable FOSSIL_HOME pointing to an appropriate (writable) directory. 2.2 Repository Databases The repository database is the file that is commonly referred to as "the repository". This is because the repository database contains, among other things, the complete revision, ticket, and wiki history for a project. It is customary to name the repository database after then name of the project, with a ".fossil" suffix. For example, the repository database for the self-hosting Fossil repository is called "fossil.fossil" and the repository database for SQLite is called "sqlite.fossil". 2.2.1 Global Project State The bulk of the repository database (typically 75 to 85%) consists of the artifacts that comprise the enduring, global, shared state of the project. The artifacts are stored as BLOBs, compressed using zlib compression and, where applicable, using delta compression. The combination of zlib and delta compression results in a considerable space savings. For the SQLite project, at the time of this writing, the total size of all artifacts is over 2.0 GB but thanks to the combined zlib and delta compression, that content only takes up 32 MB of space in the repository database, for a compression ratio of about 64:1. The average size of a content BLOB in the database is around 500 bytes. Note that the zlib and delta compression is not an inherent part of the Fossil file format; it is just an optimization. The enduring file format for Fossil is the unordered set of artifacts. The compression techniques are just a detail of how the current implementation of Fossil happens to store these artifacts efficiently on disk. All of the original uncompressed and undeltaed artifacts can be extracted from a Fossil repository database using the fossil deconstruct command. Individual artifacts can be extracted using the fossil artifact command. When accessing the repository database using raw SQL and the fossil sql command, the extension function "content()" with a single argument which is the SHA1 or SHA3-256 hash of an artifact will return the complete undeleted and uncompressed content of that artifact. Going the other way, the fossil reconstruct command will scan a directory hierarchy and add all files found to a new repository database. The fossil import command works by reading the input git-fast-export stream and using it to construct corresponding artifacts which are then written into the repository database. 2.2.2 Project Metadata The global project state information in the repository database is supplemented by computed metadata that makes querying the project state more efficient. Metadata includes information such as the following: The names for all files found in any check-in. All check-ins that modify a given file Parents and children of each check-in. Potential timeline rows. The names of all symbolic tags and the check-ins they apply to. The names of all wiki pages and the artifacts that comprise each wiki page. Attachments and the wiki pages or tickets they apply to. Current content of each ticket. Cross-references between tickets, check-ins, and wiki pages. The metadata is held in various SQL tables in the repository database. The metadata is designed to facilitate queries for the various timelines and reports that Fossil generates. As the functionality of Fossil evolves, the schema for the metadata can and does change. But schema changes do not invalidate the repository. Remember that the metadata contains no new information - only information that has been extracted from the canonical artifacts and saved in a more useful form. Hence, when the metadata schema changes, the prior metadata can be discarded and the entire metadata corpus can be recomputed from the canonical artifacts. That is what the fossil rebuild command does. 2.2.3 Display And Processing Preferences The repository database also holds information used to help format the display of web pages and configuration settings that override the global configuration settings for the specific repository. All of this information (and the user credentials and privileges too) is local to each repository database; it is not shared between repositories by fossil sync. That is because it is entirely reasonable that two different websites for the same project might have completely different display preferences and user communities. One instance of the project might be a fork of the other, for example, which pulls from the other but never pushes and extends the project in ways that the keepers of the other website disapprove of. Display and processing information includes the following: The name and description of the project The CSS file, header, and footer used by all web pages The project logo image Fields of tickets that are considered "significant" and which are therefore collected from artifacts and made available for display Templates for screens to view, edit, and create tickets Ticket report formats and display preferences Local values for settings that override the global values defined in the per-user configuration database. Though the display and processing preferences do not move between repository instances using fossil sync, this information can be shared between repositories using the fossil config push and fossil config pull commands. The display and processing information is also copied into new repositories when they are created using fossil clone. 2.2.4 User Credentials And Privileges Just because two development teams are collaborating on a project and allow push and/or pull between their repositories does not mean that they trust each other enough to share passwords and access privileges. Hence the names and emails and passwords and privileges of users are considered private information that is kept locally in each repository. Each repository database has a table holding the username, privileges, and login credentials for users authorized to interact with that particular database. In addition, there is a table named "concealed" that maps the SHA1 hash of each users email address back into their true email address. The concealed table allows just the SHA1 hash of email addresses to be stored in tickets, and thus prevents actual email addresses from falling into the hands of spammers who happen to clone the repository. The content of the user and concealed tables can be pushed and pulled using the fossil config push and fossil config pull commands with the "user" and "email" as the AREA argument, but only if you have administrative privileges on the remote repository. 2.2.5 Shunned Artifact List The set of canonical artifacts for a project - the global state for the project - is intended to be an append-only database. In other words, new artifacts can be added but artifacts can never be removed. But it sometimes happens that inappropriate content is mistakenly or maliciously added to a repository. The only way to get rid of the undesired content is to "shun" it. The "shun" table in the repository database records the hash values for all shunned artifacts. The shun table can be pushed or pulled using the fossil config command with the "shun" AREA argument. The shun table is also copied during a clone. 2.3 Checkout Databases Fossil allows a single repository to have multiple working checkouts. Each working checkout has a single database in its root directory that records the state of that checkout. The checkout database is named "_FOSSIL_" or ".fslckout". The checkout database records information such as the following: The name of the repository database file. The version that is currently checked out. Files that have been added, removed, or renamed but not yet committed. The mtime and size of files as they were originally checked out, in order to expedite checking which files have been edited. Other check-ins that have been merged into the working checkout but not yet committed. Copies of files prior to the most recent undoable operation - needed to implement the undo and redo commands. The stash. State information for the bisect command. For Fossil commands that run from within a working checkout, the first thing that happens is that Fossil locates the checkout database. Fossil first looks in the current directory. If not found there, it looks in the parent directory. If not found there, the parent of the parent. And so forth until either the checkout database is found or the search reaches the root of the filesystem. (In the latter case, Fossil returns an error, of course.) Once the checkout database is located, it is used to locate the repository database. Notice that the checkout database contains a pointer to the repository database but that the repository database has no record of the checkout databases. That means that a working checkout directory tree can be freely renamed or copied or deleted without consequence. But the repository database file, on the other hand, has to stay in the same place with the same name or else the open checkout databases will not be able to find it. A checkout database is created by the fossil open command. A checkout database is deleted by fossil close. The fossil close command really isn't needed; one can accomplish the same thing simply by deleting the checkout database. Note that the stash, the undo stack, and the state of the bisect command are all contained within the checkout database. That means that the fossil close command will delete all stash content, the undo stack, and the bisect state. The close command is not undoable. Use it with care. The Fossil Build Process How To Contribute Code To Fossil Adding New Features To Fossil	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line295
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__label__wiki	0.725023	0.725023	The contemporary music festival returns to City Park on a larger footprint this Halloween weekend. Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine, by Tom Beard The 17th edition of the Voodoo Music Experience presents perhaps its most eccentric top-line talent when it returns to City Park’s Festival Grounds October 30 to November 1. Florence + The Machine will headline, along with Diplo and Skrillex’s trap team-up Jack Ü, Ozzy Osbourne featuring Geezer Butler, Tom Morello and Slash, Jane’s Addiction, Zac Brown Band, and Deadmau5. Some of the more interesting bookings include Modest Mouse, rapper Joey Bada$$ sharing a stage with The Soul Rebels, Americana singer Ryan Bingham, electronic/acoustic pop band Hundred Waters, disco and dance music pioneer Giorgio Moroder, Django Django, the reunited female grunge band Babes in Toyland, and Houma-based blues-rock duo Baby Bee. The most improbable choice is the pop country Zac Brown Band, which has quietly become one of the nation’s top drawing bands—one that gained some rock cred when Dave Grohl produced them and included them in The Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways project. One change this year is that there is no camping. According to a Voodoo spokesman, it has been discontinued so that the festival can enlarge its footprint. Weekend credentials for Voodoo will go on sale Tuesday, June 23 at Voodoo’s website with three-day general admission credentials for $150 and weekend-long Loa VIP credentials for $500. Pre-sale tickets are $25 cheaper for general admission and $150 cheaper for Loa VIP credentials, and they are available through Tuesday, June 23 at 11 a.m. Central Time through Citiprivatepass.com; LiveNation.com, Fuse.tv, Zippo's Facebook page and Twitter feed, as well as Voodoo's Facebook page and Twitter feed. The Voodoo Payment Plan allows buyers to break up their purchases into five equal installments. Here’s the daily lineup: Friday, October 30: Florence + The Machine, Jack Ü, Modest Mouse, Alesso, Girl Talk, Jason Isbell, Gerard Way, Yelawolf, Destructo, Joey Bada$$ and The Soul Rebels, The Joy Formidable, Ryan Bingham, Jauz, Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls, Salva, Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas, Wax Motif, Hundred Waters, Grizfolk, Flow Tribe, Dan Dyer, Hello Negro, St. Cecilia’s Asylum Chorus Saturday, October 31: Ozzy Osbourne feat. Geezer Butler, Tom Morello and Slash, Jane’s Addiction, Santigold, Duke Dumont, Giorgio Moroder, Clutch, Zhu, Django Django, Lettuce, The Growlers, Babes in Toyland, Jacob Plant, Terence Blanchard feat. The E-Collective, Nina Las Vegas, Fantastic Negrito, Joywave, The Struts, The Suffers, The Wans, Veridia, Mike Dillon’s Punk Rock Percussion Consortium, Mississippi Rail Company, Carmine P. Filthy and A Boy Named Ruth, Kompression with Unicorn Fukr and Herb Christopher Sunday, November 1: Zac Brown Band, Deadmau5, Chance the Rapper, Eric Prydz, Slightly Stoopid, Third Eye Blind, The Cult, Tchami, Bro Safari, Fishbone, Title Fight, Dumpstaphunk, Elephant, Mija, The Temperance Movement, Here Come the Mummies, July Talk, Rozzi Crane, Quickie Mart, TYSSON, Baby Bee, The Ludlow Thieves, Babygirl Jack U Modest Moust Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Voodoo LIneup Next article: How the Music of Millions Escaped America's Notice, Pt. 1 http://myspiltmilk.com/florence-machine-jack-%C3%BC-ozzy-and-friends-deadmau5-and-more-headline-voodoo-2015	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line302
__label__cc	0.646304	0.353696	Home / Health / Dilkon Community Reaches Another Milestone with the Groundbreaking of the New Dilkon Medical Center Dilkon Community Reaches Another Milestone with the Groundbreaking of the New Dilkon Medical Center by Native News Online Staff / Health / 26 Jun 2019 Nation President Jonathan Nez joins other officials to break ground for the new Dilkon Medical Center facility in Dilkon, Ariz. on June 25, 2019 DILKON, Ariz. — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez joined officials from the Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc., Dilkon Health Center Steering Committee, and Dilkon Chapter on Tuesday to celebrate the start of construction of the new Dilkon Medical Center, which will provide medical services to thousands of Navajo people in Dilkon and nearby communities in the southwestern portion of the Navajo Nation. In support of local self-governance, President Nez signed and issued a letter on May 9 to Indian Health Service that authorized the Winslow Indian Health Care Center in coordination with the Dilkon Health Care Steering Committee, to complete the design and construction of the medical center under a Title V construction project agreement with IHS. “Today’s groundbreaking is the result of years of the hard work and persistence of local officials working in partnership with the Winslow Indian Health Care Center. This project symbolizes what can be accomplished to meet the health care needs of our Navajo people by working together and by empowering our communities,” said President Nez. “The Nez-Lizer Administration supports local self-governance.” For many years, the Dilkon Health Care Steering Committee and Dilkon Chapter have advocated for the new medical center and for the ability to oversee the design and construction of the new facility. Winslow Indian Health Care Center Board of Directors Chairman Robert Salabye thanked the Nez-Lizer Administration for supporting local empowerment with the signing of the letter to the IHS, which allowed the project to move forward. Vice President Myron Lizer also commended the local officials and thanked them for remaining determined to help their community members. “The community of Dilkon has a vision for their people and that encompasses community and economic opportunities and growth. This new medical center will be a major part of developing that overall vision to create jobs, revenue, and sustainability,” Vice President Lizer stated. The Nez-Lizer Administration continues to advocate for water projects and resources that would bring more water to the Dilkon area and surrounding communities for other development initiatives. “If we bring water resources, the possibilities are endless for our Navajo people,” added President Nez. “The community of Dilkon is practicing the Navajo teaching of T’áá hwó’ajít’éego, or self-reliance, to be less dependent on the central government and to help build and strengthen their community.” President Nez also recognized and thanked Norman and Marie Nez, whose family forfeited their grazing permit to allow for the construction of the medical center on their designated grazing area. Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc. board chairman Robert Salabye also stated that the group is looking to secure additional funding for elderly homes in the Dilkon community. According to Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Inc., the construction of the Dilkon Health Center is expected to be completed by 2023. Oregon Tribes Latest to Hire Dental Therapists to Stem Oral Health Crisis by Native News Online Staff 20 Jul 2017 Women, Infants and Port-a-johns by Christopher S. Pineo 12 Mar 2017 Legislation Introduced to Reform the Indian Health Service by Native News Online Staff 19 May 2016 ELECTION: Affordable Care Act is Worth a Debate by Mark Trahant 11 Sep 2014	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line307
__label__cc	0.704028	0.295972	August’s top 4 (Jessica) Posted by longhairedpoet on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at 4:40 PM (PST) Credit: Captured By Corinne Each month seems to start off nice and slow and then by the time it’s over I wonder where it’s gone. The past three weeks I’ve been wrapped up in the whirlwind of starting my second year of grad school (stay out of school, kids). Here are the four albums that got me through this month, while I was reading like my life depended on it. First on the list is Crossfaith’s Ex_Machina. Crossfaith is one of those band’s I’ve never really known about before, but this album really left a lasting impression. From the introduction “Deus Ex Machina,” the album has my attention. I’m always pleasantly surprised when electronic music can not only keep my attention, but enthrall me. “Freedom,” with the guest vocals by Rou Reynolds (Enter Shikari) is another stand out track. The album also closes with a fantastic cover of Linkin Park’s “Faint,” which is a stand out point for me. It features vocals from Masato (Coldrain). Crossfaith’s Ex_Machina is your one-stop shop for all things electronic metalcore this year. Soreption’s Monument Of The End comes out of the gate hard with “The Anti-Present.” I just recently got back into the first couple of Quake games because they were on sale at the beginning of the month for Quakecon. Soreption makes a great soundtrack for killing baddies (sorry, Trent). Next on the list this month is The Five Hundred’s Bleed Red. Self-described as technical, melodic metal, this UK group offer a refreshing combination of melodic and brutal. Every track is something different. From the dragging, almost-doom inspired elements present in “Smoke & Mirrors” to the operatic vocals on “Seduced By Shadows,” this album keeps giving from start to finish. Last on the list for this month is Amity Affliction’s sixth album Misery. Misery’s combination of metalcore, current pop sensibilities and some electronic elements makes it almost a fun album, if it weren’t for songs such as “Feels Like I’m Dying,” “Burn Alive,” “Kick Rocks” (“Just kick rocks, kick rocks / ‘Til your heart stops beating / Chew glass, chew glass / ‘Til your mouth starts bleeding”) and the title track. More News On Crossfaith: My favorite albums of 2018 (Jessica Fisher) More On: Metalcore, General News, Crossfaith, UNFD Facebook Conversations Previous Story\|Next Story More On Crossfaith Crossfaith Profiles: Metal Riot	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line311
__label__wiki	0.937351	0.937351	HOME > NEWSROOM > ARTICLES > Movieguide® Announces Winners of $50K Kairos, $50K Chronos Prizes Movieguide® recently announced the winners of the Tenth Annual Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays by First-Time and Beginning Screenwriters and the winner of the Second Annual $50,000 Chronos Prize for Inspiring Screenplays by Established Filmmakers. Supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and presented annually by Movieguide®, the Kairos Prizes award $50,000 to the top three entries and celebrates the best new screenwriters from around the world whose work aims to greatly increase man’s love or understanding of God. The Chronos Prize, also supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, awards $50,000 to the top screenplay as chosen by Hollywood leaders. The prize honors established filmmakers whose work seeks to “increase man’s love or understanding of God.” This year, Dave Alan Johnson, Gary R. Johnson, and Joan Considine Johnson captured the attention of the judges, bringing home the Chronos Prize for their script, The Star of Bethlehem, which is about an 11-year-old girl and her father who go up against a politically correct school system to prove the science behind the Star of Bethlehem. As for the Kairos Prizes, Jeff Peabody of Federal Way, WA, took home the $25,000 Grand Prize for his script When Mountains Moved, in which famous author Charles Dickens investigates the incredible tales he’s heard about George Müller, a real-life dirt-poor preacher in Victorian England who’s saving thousands of orphans from the streets. First runner-up Glenn Brown of Leeds, AL, received the $15,000 for his script A Seed Of Faith and second runner-up Gina Brulato of Sarasota, FL, took home the $10,000 for her script A Heart Of Flesh. “I’ve been encouraged to see continued growth in the quality of submissions each year,” said Michael Trent, Executive Director of the Kairos Prizes for Movieguide®. “I am also heartened by the increasing success of previous winners.” All award winners were announced last month at the 23rd Annual Faith & Values Awards at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. In addition to the Chronos and Kairos Prizes, a highlight of Movieguide®’s Faith & Values Awards was the presentation of the two $100,000 Epiphany Prizes for Inspiring Movies & TV. Also supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, the Epiphany Prizes honor the best, most inspiring movie and television program of the previous year. Pure Flix’s God’s Not Dead and UP TV’s Love Finds You in Sugarcreek won the two $100,000 Epiphany Prizes. This year, the 11th Annual Kairos Prize and the Third Annual Chronos Prize will open for entries in April. For more information about the Chronos Prize and the Kairos Prizes, visit www.chronosprize.com and www.kairosprize.com, respectively. By NRB Staff Scam Alert: NRB Convention Attendees List and Hotel Reservations Let NRB and MultiView Help You Reach Christian Communicators! NRB Congratulates 2019 CMB Station of the Year Awards Finalists Hundreds of Native Young People Impacted at Warrior Leadership Summit 2019 AllSocial.com, New User-Centered Social Media Platform, Recruits 125K+ Users in First Month 2020 NRB Media Awards: Nominations Window Opens July 15, 2019 NRB Invites Christian Leaders to Join Its President’s Council Luis, Andrew Palau Share Gospel with Thousands of People through Festival in Madrid, Spain First Audio Bible Recorded Entirely with Women’s Voices Now Available to Download K-LOVE Hosts Seventh Annual Fan Awards	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line318
__label__cc	0.73275	0.26725	Nu-Life Wellness Centre What is Quantum Magnetics? ADHD/Autism METABOLIC SYNDROME or SYNDROME X – IODINE DEFICIENCY? Syndrome X – the most prevalent of metabolic disease in the world, affects almost 70% of the western population between ages 50 and 65 – making it the most dangerous health potential on the planet (3). Hence – it comes as no surprise to learn that mostly, those seeking help at Southbroom Wellness are suffering from some or other systemic or metabolic disorder. Collectively, Syndrome X is responsible for cardiac disorders, acidosis, diabetes mellitus type 2, obesity, ovarian cysts, cystitis, Alzheimer’s, dementia and fatty liver disease, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, GERT, depression, to name but a few. As a matter of fact – the cumulative result of a life style devoid of good dietary habits, essential nutrients, exercise and moderate alcohol consumption is Syndrome X. What is worse is that it is common knowledge that existing allopathic management strategies are not effective in controlling the condition, and that only natural supplementation and life style changes may make a meaningful difference. (1, 2) Fighting the specific components of this syndrome has therefore become one of the most important public health initiatives in Western Society. In particular, the increasing global strategies against obesity are not comprehensive in its tactics - research has shown that current dietary guidelines require modification, with revised dietary guidelines and the help of key dietary supplements or functional foods, including orthomolecular substances, being the only effective strategy. (1, 2) Our first article dealt with systemic acidosis – to make the reader aware of the importance of pH balance. This article will now take the argument further – explaining syndrome X, and how it is caused by life style related habits, which includes alcohol use, stress, diet, nutrition and lack of exercise. The onset of Syndrome X is progressive – it creeps up on us unnoticed. When it is almost too late, we then seek help. The cause, again – is a positive charge in body fluids, which means sluggish flow of nutrients and systemic lack of oxygen (hypoxia). This will cause the blood to be carbon dioxide rich resulting in acid pH. When the blood becomes acid – the heart battles because it has a lack of base minerals (calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, copper) and the normal “nutrient pumps” do not function as intended. Calcium is now leached from the bones to support heart function, and the result is deficiencies of base minerals that controls cardiovascular homeostasis, bone density and pH. The body – in this compromised position, is literally waiting for a malfunction to happen. These malfunctions can arise anywhere in the circulatory system – in other words, it is systemic. The total body is thus at risk, and if homeostasis and metabolism is not corrected – especially that of the gastro-intestinal tract (absorption, peristalsis) and cardiovascular system (negative charge of blood platelets), serious life threatening conditions may arise. Nutrition, brain functioning and cardiovascular health will suffer as a result. So what is the probable cause of Syndrome X? Apart from the known causes (diet, lifestyle, smoking, lack of exercise and alcohol abuse) new studies show that it may be the thyroid gland, which may be responsible for Syndrome X.(5) Also shown in other studies is that Syndrome X is always accompanied by low levels of insulin and pre-diabetic conditions. If we consider that diabetes is associated with obesity and thyroid metabolism imbalance, a lack of iodine may be the culprit. Yet another study has found a direct link between thyroid imbalance, cardiac disease and depression.(6) We now have a direct link to the most prevalent symptoms of Syndrome X and Iodine. Iodine – the forgotten supplement, is directly responsible for human metabolism and endocrine system functioning – and sadly, we lack it. Very few health practitioners are iodine literate, and in general, it remains ignored unless you have an over active or under active thyroid function. The reason is simple – iodine has been removed from the western diet. There is an epidemic of Iodine deficiency, one that affects every man, woman and child – especially vegetarians. Over the last 30 years our Iodine intake has declined 50% (removed from our food supply, especially the baking industry), while the ingestion of toxic competing halogens (bromine, fluorine, chlorine, perchlorate) has dramatically increased in food, water, medicines and the environment (Iodine in wheat has been replaced with Bromine, the gas used to fumigate your house for termites). Simultaneously there has been a related increase in the rates of thyroid disease, breast cancer, fibrocystic breast disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Wolff-Chaikoff experiment led to a fear of iodine, and iodine being removed from the American food supply for over 30 years, followed by other western nations. This scientific paper has been quoted by many, but understood by few. It was (and still is) misinterpreted, and used to describe a case of hypothyroidism caused by excessive radioactive iodine intake. In fact: toxic radioactive iodine was injected intravenously in subjects, and the experiment had nothing to do with food or iodine supplementation. In the case of bromine – now used in baking instead of iodine – the effects are even more disastrous. Bromine is a poison, and has no place in food for human consumption. As a gas it is used to tent a house and kill termites. Bromine is close in size to iodine, and can bind to iodide receptors in the thyroid blocking their function. Bromine has been substituted for iodide in many foods, medications and the environment – despite the fact that it is a pesticide. It has replaced iodide in all bakery products, reducing our iodide intake by 726 mcg/day. The ingestion of bromine (or breathing bromine gas) in an iodine-deficient state will further exacerbate thyroid illness. Bromine intoxication symptoms include: feeling dull, apathetic, depressed, irritable, and headachy, and may lead to hypothyroidism. Severe reactions include delirium, psychomotor retardation, schizophrenia, and hallucination. Bromine also binds to and damages the iodide SIS transporter (sodium-iodide symporter) mechanism. Sources of bromine include food (baked and canned goods), medication, soft drinks, energy drinks and chemicals like pool cleaners and pesticides. Bromine is classed as a halogen. Halogens are a class of related elements that include iodine, bromine, fluorine and chlorine. When they are chemically reduced they become halides: iodide, bromide, fluoride, and chloride. These are the forms we usually encounter in foods, medications and the environment. While iodine and chloride are beneficial in small amounts, the others are toxic. They bind to iodine receptors, blocking the action of iodide and thyroid hormones, and cause many severe diseases. Toxic halides excrete very slowly from the body, because there is no known liver detoxification pathway for them. Excretion can be increased with high-dose iodine (lugols), high-dose vitamin C (which aids detoxification), unrefined sea salt (which substitutes chloride for bromide), Epsom salts baths, sweating in a dry heat infrared sauna, MSM and EDTA. Nu-Life Wellness has pioneered the use of these agents in the fight against Syndrome X. When combined with sodium bicarbonate in the correct formulation, it becomes one of the most powerful natural allopathic combinations on the planet. Bromine has now been banned for use in Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe, which is cause for rejoicing. Syndrome X thus seems to be linked to bromine toxicity, iodine deficiency, diet, lifestyle, alcohol use, lack of exercise and stress. The facts are clear and the clinical studies are there to support this hypothesis. Yet – mostly people and health practitioners prefer to ignore this problem. Wellness is and integrated science – it means total body/mind/spiritual health. Becoming aware of epidemics like Syndrome X and related conditions, and the underlying causes can put us in a position to make informed choices. For the fight against breast cancer, woman should consider Lugols iodine as a supplement. Studies suggest that iodine does not cause breast cancer, and that HRT therapy is quite safe combined with iodine supplementation. Fighting Factor X is thus done with more than changing our life style – it is an integrative approach, which will affect our lives profoundly, and our health even more so. However hard it may seem – the trade off is that you can literally reverse the condition in just eight weeks. Although the condition can be reversed, dread disease – if already manifest, cannot. (4) Life style and diet changes are therefore also a prevention strategy – to prevent the onset of age related disease. Factor X is the single most dangerous health condition in Western society, and ignoring it is plain stupidity. Mostly – the focus in complimentary alternative medicine in fighting Syndrome X is on iodine deficiency and restoring negative charge in the circulatory system, for which there is ample evidence. Common symptoms of Syndrome X are as follows: Arthritic pains Gastric reflux Stiffness of joints Cancer (breast, prostate, ovarian and colon) Systemic Candidiasis Irritability and short temper Unhealthy red glow to the skin Skin lesions and canker sores Burning urine Bladder infections Low calcium, zinc and copper levels Recurring MRSA infections (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) Herpes zoster (shingles) Herpes (cold sores) HHV virus’ (Epstein Barr, Mineures) If you suffer from a combination of some of these symptoms – it is best to consult with a health care practitioner that is Syndrome X literate. As a responsible public – we should take note of these “unseen” conditions and align our own health strategy with that of the WHO (World Health Organization) - as should all health practitioners. As community care-givers, health practitioners should play an active role in making the general public aware of Syndrome X, as well as align their treatment protocols to reflect a holistic strategy that targets cause – not symptoms. Nu-Life Wellness Centre Copyright 2013 1. Holt, S. Combat Syndrome X,Y anf Z.. Newark, NJ: Wellness Publishing 2002 2. Holt, S, Wright JV, Taylor TV. Syndrome X Nutritional Factors. Newark, NJ.ellness Publishing, 2003 (in press) 3. Ford ES, Giles WH, Dietz W. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the US population. JAMA 297(3):256-359, 2002 4. Holt, S. The Soy Revolution. New York: Dell Publishing Inc. 1999 5. Avturk S. et al. Metabolic syndrome and its components are associated with increased thyroid volume and nodule prevalence in a mild-to-moderate iodine-deficient area. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, 5 Cadde No. 48, 06490 Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey. Pub MedJuly2009 6. Bunevicius R. et al:Depression and thyroid axis function in coronary artery disease: impact of cardiac impairment and gender. Institute of Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation, Kaunas University of Medicine, Palanga, Lithuania. 2006 © Nu-Life Wellness Centre 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line319
__label__wiki	0.872722	0.872722	By Luke Geiver \| July 01, 2019 When a proposed West Texas oil refinery begins operating, the development company behind it, MMEX Resources Corp., will have buyers for all of its product. MMEX announced this week that It has signed contracts with a energy and trading company for its naptha production. The deal is the third by MMEX and will mean all of its products are already spoken for. Jack Hanks, president & CEO of MMEX Resources Corp., said, "We have now signed the agreement to sell our planned naphtha production to a SuperMajor international energy and trading company for delivery by rail to the Texas Gulf refinery and petrochemical markets. This completes 100 percent of our refined product sales package with gold standard companies and all three off-take agreements provide the market for our project expansion in the Permian Basin,” adding that, “Again, it underscores the opportunity we offer to our area oil and gas producers with other take-away capacity and, quite importantly, these agreements have allowed us to initiate negotiations for MMEX plans to build and own crude oil, IMO 2020 marine fuel and naphtha storage and terminal facilities in the Texas Gulf Coast." MMEX plans to build a crude oil refinery complex in the Permian Basin in two phases, with Phase 1 being a 10,000 BPD Crude Distillation Unit which is expected to produce diesel, naphtha and residual fuel oil, and Phase 2 being a full-scale crude oil refinery with capacity of up to 100,000 BPD, projected to produce a full slate of refined products. Completion of the Phase 1 distillation unit is contingent upon obtaining the necessary financing for the project. Cimarron acquires oil recovery, emissions firm Hy-Bon Drone report recognizes ND's SkySkopes for innovation in oil, gas Kinder Morgan, Tallgrass plan to expand Bakken crude takeaway	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line326
__label__cc	0.536066	0.463934	Government Takes Another Step to Speed Up Rape Trials ...President Sirleaf Signs Crime To Criminal Court "D" The government of Liberia has taken another step to speed up the trial of rape cases in the country. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Thursday signed into law an act to include the trial of rape cases as part of the jurisdiction of Criminal Court ‘D’ of the First Judicial Court. The Act, submitted by the National Legislature, seeks to ‘Amend Section 24.2.1 Of Chapter 24 Of The New Judiciary Law For Expansion Of The Jurisdiction Of Criminal Court ‘D’ First Judicial Circuit, to Include The Trial Of Rape Cases.’ Criminal Court ‘D’ shall have exclusive original jurisdiction over the crimes of armed robbery, terrorism and hijacking, and shall have original jurisdiction (not exclusive) over the crime of rape. President Sirleaf addressing an audience on the Tubman Boulevard According to an Executive Mansion release, the Liberian leader also signed into law several maritime protocols. Among the protocols signed is an Act to ratify the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001, otherwise known as the Bunkers International Convention. Under the Protocol, all ships registered under the Liberian flag are required to be certificated in order to qualify for entry into various ports around the world. The protocols signed, further enhance Liberia’s status as the premium maritime entity in the world, and underscore the new vision of the Liberia Maritime program to deliver “best in class” services globally. Present at the ceremony were the Chairperson of the Senate’s Committee on the Executive, Maryland County Senator, Gloria Scott; Grand Bassa County Senator Gbezongar Findley and the Minister of State for Economic and Legal Affairs, Morris Saytumah	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line330
__label__wiki	0.74357	0.74357	Bulgaria objects to proposed 2014-2020 CAP cut Bulgaria will not accept the proposed reduction in allocations for direct payments and rural regions development in the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, Minister of Agriculture and Food Miroslav Naydenov said at the second National Agro Seminar organised by the National Grain Producer Association (NGPA) in Plovdiv. At a joint meeting in Brussels, EU agriculture ministers looked into two versions of the financial framework in the new programme period of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Naydenov said. Under the two proposals, the allocated resources will be decreased by almost EUR 500 million and EUR 250 million annually, respectively. Naydenov was adamant Bulgaria will make no concession backing either option. At a pan-European level, the consensus is far from near. Under the first option, put forward by French agriculture minister Stephane Le Foll, member states should openly admit their failure to reach a unanimous decision and allow a one-year transition period before the new CAP is introduced in 2015. For Bulgaria, this is the more favourable option as it would mean adhering to current financial legislation in 2012. Alternatively, a deadline will be set by which a unanimous decision has to be made. Naydenov pledged to firmly defend Bulgaria’s stance although larger member states are poised to put pressure on the country and push for arriving at consensus. The minister pointed out that Bulgaria ranks among the EU countries that boast the best financial discipline so far.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line333
__label__cc	0.593758	0.406242	Politics, Probity, Poverty and Prayer: African Spiritualities, Economic and Socio-political Transformation Posted on March 14, 2013 by SISR/ISSR General Secretary An International, Interdisciplinary Conference University of Ghana, Legon. October 21-23, 2013 This International Conference brings together scholars/researchers, practitioners of diverse religious traditions and spiritualities, FBOs/NGOs and policy makers to interrogate how and to what extent various religions and spiritualities in Africa and the African diaspora engage in processes of economic, social and political transformation. Public commentators often criticize political entrepreneurs and African states of their failure to develop an ethic of public probity and accountability, partly exemplified by corruption. The enigmas of public transparency and probity can hardly be limited to public governance. We can also explore how religious institutions in Africa interrogate, critique, practice or fail to eschew transparency, accountability and probity in the quest for economic and social-political transformation. Religious entrepreneurs grapple with similar issues of leadership, good governance, probity, integrity as a reflection of their wider societies. Ecclesiastical, Islamic, or Indigenous religious polities are situated within wider pluralistic (secular) polities in Africa and are thus mutually reinforcing each other. The significance of leadership and corporate governance (religious/secular) lies in its contribution to prosperity, peaceful coexistence, moral regeneration and accountability. Accountability requires appropriate rules and regulations, doctrines, codes of conduct, values and behaviour to make for viable transformation. For instance, a historical perspective on leadership dynamics can be helpful in the present crisis in leadership in church and secular contexts. The churches and missionary societies played a crucial role in the shaping of South African cultures, as much in the colonial period as during the years of the formation of the Union and the apartheid era. The conference provides a platform in which scholars/researchers, practitioners and policy makers will explore, through historical and contemporary perspectives, how authority structures, institutionalized myths, beliefs, and rituals of authority differently mobilize and influence members? behaviour and attitudes towards financial probity and organizational policies. How do various hierarchical/decentralized religious polities (i.e. structures of church government) in Africa deal with issues of probity (moral regeneration), equity and sustainable development? What values do African religions and spiritualities evince that represent a boon or bane for improving corporate governance and ensuring improved ethics and probity in African systems of governance? How should religious polity structures respond, critique and identify with national/international policies that are aimed at a disciplined management and equitable distribution of public resources, and the establishment of a viable culture of financial probity? What various models condition religious polities and leadership in Africa, and how have these been influenced by modern political movements, such as Western democracy, as well as by modern economics and technology? Are liberal or conservative forms of religiosity compatible with Western democracy? How and to what extent should religious insights be present in the public sphere of the secular polity and vice versa? ?How do engage prayer ritual action impact on their religious and national polities to maximize probity at personal and institutional levels? The conference will highlight and explore how and to what extent African and diaspora religious traditions and spiritualities may cohere on the critical issues, such as that of probity, equity and accountability, which confront the African continent, their ?faiths? in relation to the wider, global community. Interrelated issues on religion, spirituality, leadership, social capital, public role, poverty, corruption, transparency will be discussed. The conference is intended to build synergies and forge dialogue on how religious/spiritual communities in Africa and the African Diaspora can combat poverty and foster probity and sustainable development. The conference programme shall focus on the following and related sub-themes: – African politico-economies, religious polity and accountability – religious polity structures, corruption and transparency – religious polity, social and religious capital – religious values, behaviour, probity and financial accountability – ethics, socio-cultural values, and social action – democracy and ecclesiastical polity – traditional (indigenous) systems of governance and probity – religion/spiritualities, prayer and poverty – religion, politics and socioeconomic empowerment – church polity, apartheid and post-apartheid transformation – religion, spiritualities and sustainable development in Africa and the African Diaspora – Probity and African and African-derived religions/spiritualities in a new global order Paper/presentation proposals based or related to one or more of the above themes are invited from the interested public: scholars, religious/spiritual communities and organizations, policy makers, and FBOs/NGOs. Interested panelists are invited to submit a paper/abstract proposal (max. 200 words), stating institutional affiliation, on or before 30 March 2013. The conference will be jointly hosted by the Faculty of Arts, University of Ghana-Legon; Center of African Christianity, Trinity Theological Seminary, Accra; The University of Edinburgh, and PANAFSTRAG. Abstract proposals and all correspondences regarding the conference should be sent electronically (email) to the conference organizers: Afe Adogame: a.adogame@ed.ac.uk Rose Mary Amenga-Etego: rosem.etego@googlemail.com Cephas Omenyo: comenyo@hotmail.com Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu: kwabena.asamoahgyadu@gmail.com This entry was posted in Calls for Papers, Conferences by SISR/ISSR General Secretary. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line342
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Search All Patents: This Patent May Be For Sale or Lease. Contact Us Is This Your Patent? Claim This Patent Now. Register or Login To Download This Patent As A PDF United States Patent 9,707,965 Mair July 18, 2017 Method for freeing a motor vehicle by rocking A method for rocking a motor vehicle free. The vehicle has a drive-train with an automatic drive torque adjusting element, which transmits torque to a wheel, and a rotational speed and direction sensor system for detecting movement of the vehicle such that when the accelerator pedal is biased to a position different from its non-actuated position a desired drive torque can be produced. The torque adjusting element can be controlled based on the accelerator pedal position in relation to the drive torque that can be produced by the driver, and, in a rocking-free process, alternating deflection and release of the accelerator pedal causes the drive torque to fluctuate. With the rotational speed and direction sensor system, the drive torque adjusting element is controlled to suppress drive torque transmission if the travel direction of a current unpowered vehicle movement is not the same as a forthcoming power-driven vehicle movement. Inventors: Mair; Roland (Tettnang, DE) ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, DE) Family ID: 1000002711113 14/684,540 Filed: Prior Publication Data Document Identifier US 20150291166 A1 Oct 15, 2015 Foreign Application Priority Data Apr 14, 2014 [DE] 10 2014 207 081 Current U.S. Class: 1/1 Current CPC Class: B60W 30/18045 (20130101); B60W 10/02 (20130101); B60W 10/06 (20130101); B60W 10/11 (20130101); B60W 2520/04 (20130101); B60W 2520/06 (20130101); B60W 2520/28 (20130101); B60W 2540/10 (20130101); B60W 2710/027 (20130101); B60W 2710/1005 (20130101); B60W 2710/1022 (20130101); B60W 2720/30 (20130101) Current International Class: B60W 10/02 (20060101); B60W 30/18 (20120101); B60W 10/11 (20120101); B60W 10/06 (20060101) References Cited [Referenced By] 4914983 April 1990 Simonyi 7302333 November 2007 Steen et al. 2008/0204214 August 2008 Reith et al. 2012/0095657 April 2012 Pudvay 2013/0096787 April 2013 Holub 41 01 610 Aug 1992 DE 101 05 749 Aug 2002 DE 101 09 662 Sep 2002 DE 101 28 853 Dec 2002 DE 10 2004 017 422 Oct 2005 DE 10 2005 023 246 Nov 2006 DE 10 2006 034 411 Jan 2008 DE 60 2004 012 248 Mar 2009 DE 10 2009 036 058 Feb 2011 DE 10 2009 053 267 May 2011 DE 2008/012160 Jan 2008 WO German Search Report Corresponding to 10 2014 207 081.3 mailed Jan. 7, 2015. cited by applicant . German Office Action Corresponding to 10 2014 207 087.2 mailed Jan. 7, 2015. cited by applicant . German Office Action Corresponding to 10 2014 207 117.8 mailed Jan. 7, 2015. cited by applicant. Primary Examiner: Young; Edwin A Attorney, Agent or Firm: Davis & Bujold, PLLC Bujold; Michael J. The invention claimed is: 1. A method of rocking a motor vehicle free, the motor vehicle comprising a drive-train (1) that has an automatically controllable drive torque adjusting element (3) which can transmit drive torque (M) to at least one drivable vehicle wheel (5), and the motor vehicle having a rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system (11) which can detect vehicle movement and travel direction as well as a standstill of the motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: producing a desired drive torque when a driver of the motor vehicle deflects an accelerator pedal (8) to an accelerator pedal position different from a non-actuated position of the accelerator pedal; controlling the drive torque adjusting element (3) as a function of the accelerator pedal position in relation to the drive torque (M) that can be produced by the driver; cyclically fluctuating drive torque at the at least one drivable vehicle wheel (5) in a rocking-free situation in which the at least one drivable vehicle wheel (5) has to be moved clear of a depression (6) when the driver alternately deflects and releases the deflection of the accelerator pedal (8); and controlling the drive torque adjusting element (3) with aid of the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system (11) in such manner that a drive torque input to the drive-train (1), which is specified by the driver by virtue of the accelerator position of the accelerator pedal (8) actuated by the driver, is suppressed so long as the travel direction (10) of a current unpowered vehicle movement is different than the travel direction (7) of a forthcoming power-driven vehicle movement. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of switching the drive torque adjusting element (3) to a no-torque condition, after a driven vehicle movement in a first travel direction (7), either on or shortly after reaching a first travel direction reversal point (B, t.sub.U) to either enable or assist with an unpowered vehicle movement in a second travel direction (10) opposite to the first travel direction (7); and during the unpowered vehicle movement in the second travel direction (10), suppressing a driver requested drive torque acting in the first travel direction (7) until a second travel direction reversal point (C, t.sub.U) is reached at an end of the unpowered vehicle movement in the second travel direction (10). 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the drive torque adjusting element (3) is either a separator or a starting clutch of the drive-train (1) in a form of a friction clutch, the drive-train (1) comprises a drive engine (2) and an automated transmission (4) which are drivingly connectable with one another by the separator or starting clutch (3), whereby the drive torque (M(t)) is transmittable to the at least one drivable vehicle wheel (5) with which the vehicle became stuck in a depression (6), the method further comprising the steps of: either on or shortly after reaching a first travel direction reversal point (B, t.sub.U) after vehicle movement in a desired travel direction (7) with a starting gear engaged, the separator or starting clutch (3) is either opened or at least adjusted to a target position in which no driving torque (M(t)) is transmittable to either enable or assist an unpowered rolling back of the vehicle in the opposite direction (10); during the unpowered rolling back of the vehicle, if the driver has actuated the accelerator pedal to call for the drive torque (M(t)) acting in the desired travel direction (7), suppressing the drive torque acting in the desired travel direction and maintaining the separator or starting clutch (3) either disengaged or in a no-torque condition until the rolling back movement ends and a second travel direction reversal point (C, t.sub.U) is reached; and either on or shortly after reaching the second travel direction reversal point (C, t.sub.U), either engaging or at least adjusting the separator or starting clutch (3) to a target position in which the drive torque (M(t)) is transmittable to enable a new build-up of drive torque (M(t)) in the desired travel direction (7). 4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of evaluating a rotational speed gradient (dn/dt) determined by the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system (11), the rotational speed gradient represents a change with time of a travel-direction-relevant rotation speed (n), to recognize a travel direction reversal point (B, C, t.sub.U). 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of continually determining the rotational speed gradient (dn/dt) so that from the rotational speed gradient (dn(t.sub.0)/dt) at a current time-point (t.sub.0) at which a current rotational speed (n(t.sub.0)) exists which is higher than a specified limit value, a future time-point (t.sub.U,ber)) is calculated, at which the rotation speed (n(t)) will be zero. 6. A method of controlling a drive train of a motor vehicle to rock the motor vehicle free from a position in which at least one wheel of the motor vehicle is caught in a depression, the vehicle having a drive-train comprising a transmission and an automatically controllable clutch, which transmits drive torque to the at least one wheel, and a rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system which detects vehicle movement and a direction of travel of the vehicle, a control system communicates with the drive-train, the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system, and a pedal deflection sensor which detects deflection of an accelerator pedal, the method comprising the steps of: activating, with the control system, a rocking-free mode when at least one wheel of the motor vehicle is caught in a depression; detecting, with the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system, the vehicle movement and the direction of travel of the motor vehicle and detecting, with the pedal deflection sensor, the deflection of the accelerator pedal; transmitting, via the drive train, cyclically fluctuating drive torque to the at least one wheel of the motor vehicle when the driver alternately deflects and releases deflection of the accelerator pedal; and controlling the clutch, with the control system, to suppress the transmission of drive torque to the at least one wheel of the motor vehicle so long as the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system detects that the direction of travel of the motor vehicle, during unpowered vehicle movement, is different than the direction of travel of the motor vehicle of forthcoming power-driven vehicle movement. This application claims priority from German patent application serial no. 10 2014 207 081.3 filed Apr. 14, 2014. The invention concerns a method for rocking free a motor vehicle having a drive-train with an automatically controllable element for adjusting the drive torque, by means of which the drive torque can be transmitted to at least one drivable vehicle wheel, and which comprises a rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system by means of which vehicle movement and the travel direction thereof as well as a stationary condition of the motor vehicle can be detected, wherein when a driver of the motor vehicle deflects an accelerator pedal to an accelerator pedal position different from a non-actuated position, a desired drive torque can be called for, such that the drive torque adjusting element can be controlled as a function of the drive torque it transmits, and wherein, in a rocking-free situation in which at least one vehicle wheel has to be moved clear of a depression, the driver produces a cyclically fluctuating drive torque at the at least one drivable vehicle wheel by alternately deflecting and releasing the accelerator pedal. A vehicle that has become stuck in a depression-like hollow with spinning wheels, so that the vehicle cannot be driven directly out of the depression because the subsoil friction is insufficient or the subsoil is too yielding, can often be freed from that situation by a so-termed rocking-free maneuver. One possibility for emerging from the depression without outside help consists in rocking the vehicle by driving it cyclically forward and in reverse. In physical terms the forward and backward driving or forward and backward rolling vehicle constitutes an oscillating system which can be energized by a suitable input of energy until the kinetic energy suffices to overcome the edge of the depression. In vehicles with a manual transmission the driver can carry out a rocking-free process of that kind by rhythmic actuation of the starting clutch and the accelerator pedal and by repeatedly changing between forward and reverse driving, in order successively to rock the vehicle free. In vehicles with an automated or automatic transmission automatic rocking-free modes are known, which the driver can switch into or which are automatically engaged by virtue of an automatic rocking-free recognition function. The rocking-free process itself then takes place automatically such that a periodically increasing and decreasing drive torque in the forward and/or the reverse direction is produced. The drive torque can for example be produced by a combustion engine, while a gear of the transmission is automatically engaged or disengaged or while a shift automatically takes place repeatedly between a forward gear and a reverse gear. In the case of a hybrid or electric drive, the drive direction can be changed almost without any delay by reversing the current flow in an electric drive motor. DE 10 2010 043 250 A1 describes a method for the automatic rocking-free of a motor vehicle having an automatic or automated transmission, in which rotational direction information for detecting the travel direction of the motor vehicle at the time is used. A rocking-free function is started if a rocking-free situation is recognized automatically for the motor vehicle or if the driver specifies the same by actuating an operating element, and the function is automatically terminated when the motor vehicle reaches a travel-path dependent or a time-dependent limit. Starting from a position with a stationary wheel in a depression from which the motor vehicle has to be moved clear, to rock it free a drive torque is first built up which acts in a desired travel direction as determined by the gear engaged until the motor vehicle moving in the desired travel direction reaches a forward travel direction reversal point of the depression. This travel direction reversal point is recognized in that the speed at a non-driven wheel falls to zero or the movement direction of the motor vehicle is reversed. The drive torque is then reduced until the motor vehicle, now moving in a direction opposite to the desired travel direction, reaches a rearward travel direction reversal point, and is then built up again. The process is repeated cyclically, whereby the locations of the reversal points are continually adapted and successively migrate out of the depression until the motor vehicle reaches a forward or rear limit point which marks the end of the depression. The limit points are defined by an admissible travel path from the starting position in the relevant travel direction or by an admissible time during which the drive torque is applied, and are continually adapted. During rocking free, in addition to the alternate build-up and reduction of the drive torque, when the drive torque is reduced the transmission can be shifted to neutral so that in the neutral transmission position the motor vehicle rolls passively backward, or a shift between a forward and a reverse gear can take place so that an active drive torque acts in both rocking directions. If an electric motor drive is available, then to change between the drive torque acting in the desired travel direction and the drive torque acting in the opposite direction there is no need for a gear change, since the torque direction can be changed by means of the electric drive. The rocking free as such is carried out fully automatically. However, the driver can have the option to influence the rocking-free function actively by actuating the accelerator pedal, since the function is activated or deactivated depending on a minimum actuation, i.e. a minimum deflection angle of the accelerator pedal and/or since, depending on the acceleration pedal actuation, in each case a maximum drive torque is determined. DE 10 2005 023 246 A1 describes a method for operating a motor vehicle, in which for a rocking-free function the information from rotational direction sensors is used in order to detect the travel direction of the motor vehicle at the time. When a motor vehicle driving actively toward an edge of a depression in a desired direction, i.e. with a gear engaged and powered by a drive engine, comes to rest, a motor vehicle clutch arranged in the torque flow is opened. When the motor vehicle approaches an opposite depression edge passively in the opposite direction, i.e. when it is rolling back under no power, then when the vehicle comes to rest the motor vehicle clutch is closed again for a new active approach in the desired direction. Alternatively, for the purpose of rocking free, when the motor vehicle comes to rest after driving forward actively a shift is carried out automatically to a reverse gear and correspondingly, after actively driving in reverse, when the motor vehicle comes to rest a shift is carried out to a forward gear. DE 10 2009 036 058 A1 describes a method for rocking a motor vehicle free, in which a dual-clutch transmission has a rocking-free mode such that in a first partial transmission a forward gear and in a second partial transmission a reverse gear are engaged at the same time, and the drive input is automatically switched between the partial transmissions. The rocking-free mode is automatically activated if, within a short time, the driver shifts the transmission repeatedly between forward drive, reverse and neutral. Or else the driver engages the rocking-free mode manually if he recognizes the need for this or when a display recommends this to him. The vehicle is only operated in the rocking-free mode when the driver actuates the accelerator pedal. Furthermore, a distance sensor system ensures that the rocking-free mode is automatically terminated when a collision with an obstacle is possible if rocking-free continues. In the case of a vehicle with an automated transmission or with an automatic transmission, if the driver does not want fully automatic rocking free, or if no such fully automatic function is available, or if an existing rocking-free function is to be influenced actively by the driver, then a rocking-free function can be carried out and its sequence controlled by alternate actuation and release of the accelerator pedal. A repeated change of the position of a selector lever between its positions for forward driving, reversing and neutral is also possible. For the driver, however, it is difficult to act in phase during rocking free, i.e. to recognize exactly the respective changeover point between forward and reverse movement and the accordingly most favorable time-point for actuating and releasing the accelerator pedal. For example in a commercial vehicle the driver's cabin can be largely decoupled from a chassis in relation to oscillations by a special cabin suspension system, so that when motor vehicle movement is beginning or coming to an end close to a travel direction reversal point, neither the travel direction nor the movement as such is perceived directly by the driver. Against this background the purpose of the present invention is to propose a method for rocking a motor vehicle free, by means of which a driver carrying out or at least influencing a rocking-free process is actively and effectively assisted during this. This objective is achieved and advantageous design features and further developments of the invention emerge from the description below. The invention is based on the recognition that during a rocking-free process that he is controlling, the driver of a motor vehicle can be actively and effectively assisted by an automatic drive torque control system, in that the driver's wish, which is converted by actuating the accelerator pedal in the transmission and engine control system into a correspondingly varying drive torque in the drive-train of the motor vehicle, is combined with an automatic reversal point recognition that enables an accurate determination of the reversal point of the motor vehicle's movement within a depression. In this way in-phase torque specifications or torque reductions in the drive-train should be assisted whereas out-of-phase torque inputs in the drive-train should be impeded. For that purpose an automatic control of the closed or open condition of a clutch in the area of the motor vehicle movement reversal point within a depression, just determined, is used to supply the motor vehicle with a maximum amount of kinetic energy during the rocking-free process. To achieve the stated objective the invention envisages that with the help of the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system the drive torque adjusting element is controlled in such manner that a torque input to the drive-train, called for by the driver by virtue of the pedal position of the accelerator pedal he is actuating, is suppressed if the travel direction of a current, unpowered vehicle movement is not the same as a forthcoming, powered vehicle movement. At this point it should be mentioned that the driver can specify a drive torque not only by means of the accelerator pedal, but it can also be signaled in a derivative sense by some other actuating element such as a manual throttle control, or a parameter derived therefrom by virtue of which the driver's wish can be expressed. The method according to the invention largely avoids the disadvantages that can arise due to out-of-phase control of the drive torque adjusting element, such as the opening or closing of a clutch at the wrong time. This is achieved during rocking free by accurately determining the travel direction and on that basis producing a correctly phased drive torque increase or decrease in the drive-train. The appropriate control signals can preferably be transmitted by way of a high-speed data bus in the vehicle, such as a CAN. In particular the invention makes use of the fact that in many vehicles, for example in most commercial vehicles, rotational speed sensors and rotational direction sensors are already present for the control of various functions. Consequently, the drive-train control equipment has information about the rolling direction or stationary condition of the vehicle's wheels. It can be concluded that the vehicle is at rest if the rotational speed of at least one non-driven vehicle wheel is zero or approximately zero. When a gear is engaged the travel direction in which a drive torque is built up and the opposite direction, in which the vehicle would roll back if the drive-train were opened, are also known. The rocking-free process can be carried out more effectively with the help of standstill recognition means and the most accurate as possible knowledge of the travel direction reversal points, and can thus be completed more quickly and successfully. In one embodiment of the invention it can be provided that after power-driven vehicle movement in a first travel direction at or shortly after reaching a first travel direction reversal point, the drive torque adjusting element is shifted to a no-torque condition, in order to enable or assist an unpowered vehicle movement in a second movement direction opposite to the first travel direction, and during the unpowered vehicle movement in the second movement direction, if the driver has called for a drive torque acting in the first travel direction then this is suppressed until a second travel direction reversal point after the unpowered vehicle movement in the second travel direction has been reached. A travel direction reversal point, or reversal point for short, is understood to mean a position of a rocking-free movement of a vehicle in a depression or the like, at which a vehicle movement in one travel direction has come to a standstill and the vehicle's speed has therefore fallen to zero, and at which thereafter vehicle movement in an opposite direction begins. The point in time when the travel direction reversal point is reached is called the travel direction reversal time. In a rocking-free process controlled by the driver of a motor vehicle with an automatic or automated transmission, in each cycle the driver tries to input as much kinetic energy as possible into the motor vehicle oscillating in its longitudinal direction. During this, in accordance with the driver's wishes as expressed by the deflection of the accelerator pedal, the engine control and the transmission control systems regulate the drive engine, the transmission and the separator or starting clutch, or some other drive torque adjusting element, such as an electric motor. In a concrete rocking-free situation, by virtue of an appropriate deflection of the accelerator pedal the driver seeks to produce as high as possible a drive torque without causing the drive wheel or wheels in the depression to spin. If the wheels begin spinning or if the vehicle's movement stops, then a reversal point of the movement has been reached at which the motor vehicle begins or tends to move in the opposite direction. The driver must now release the accelerator pedal as quickly as possible, i.e. move it back to its undeflected position, so that the automatically controlled separator or starting clutch opens quickly and no longer transmits any drive torque. So long as a driving-relevant clutch torque is still transmitted by the separator or starting clutch, the motor vehicle cannot roll freely back in the opposite direction, i.e. first to the deepest point of the depression. When after rolling back the motor vehicle comes to rest, then a reversal point has again been reached. Now, starting from its undeflected position the driver must deflect the accelerator pedal at a time as correctly in phase as possible in order, again, to build up a drive torque for the further rocking of the motor vehicle in its longitudinal direction. So long as no drive torque is transmitted by the separator or starting clutch, there is no torque build-up in the drive-train and the rocking-free process is delayed. On the other hand, if the driver actuates the accelerator pedal before the end of the rolling-back phase, then the drive torque transmitted by the separator or starting clutch acts in the rolling direction and drains kinetic energy from the motor vehicle. By suppressing a driver's accelerator pedal command made at the wrong time, in the method according to the invention an out-of-phase build-up of drive torque in the drive-train, and hence a drain of kinetic energy during rocking free, are prevented. In a further concrete embodiment of the invention it can be provided that the drive torque adjusting element is a separator or starting clutch of a drive-train in the form of a friction clutch, the drive-train having a drive engine and an automatic transmission which can be brought into driving connection with one another by means of the separator or starting clutch, wherein a drive torque can be transmitted by the separator or starting clutch to the driven vehicle wheel or wheels with which the vehicle has become stuck in a depression, so that on or shortly after reaching a first travel direction reversal, point in a desired travel direction after a vehicle movement power-driven with a starting gear engaged, the separator or starting clutch is opened or at least adjusted to a target position in which no drive torque can be transmitted, in order to enable or assist an unpowered rolling back of the vehicle in the opposite direction, and during the rolling-back movement, if the driver issues an accelerator pedal command calling for a drive torque acting in the desired travel direction, this is suppressed and the separator or starting clutch remains open or adjusted for no-torque transmission until the rolling-back movement has ended and a second travel direction reversal point has been reached, whereas on or shortly after reaching the second travel direction reversal point the separator or starting clutch is again closed or at least adjusted to a target position in which a drive torque can be transmitted, in order to enable a new build-up of drive torque in the desired travel direction. During a rocking-free operation that the driver is controlling or if he intervenes in an automatic rocking-free function, if the driver repeatedly actuates and releases the accelerator pedal in order to rock the vehicle, then in this operating mode the automatically controlled clutch, for its part, responds by opening and closing cyclically. In the method according to the invention the respective travel direction is determined by evaluating the measurement values from the rotational speed and rotational direction sensors. When after an actively driven travel movement the vehicle reaches a first reversal point in the depression, this is recognized by virtue of the sensor system. If the sensors indicate that the vehicle is at rest or is already rolling back, then the control system can open the clutch or adjust it to a target position in which no torque is transmitted. The vehicle can then directly roll back freely into the depression. At the end of this roll-back phase the vehicle reaches the second reversal point, where it again comes to rest. At the second reversal point the control system closes the clutch again or adjusts it to a target position where torque can again be transmitted, so that a drive torque can again be built up in the first travel direction. If the driver has already actuated the accelerator pedal before the end of the roll-back phase because he has interpreted the slow speed close to the second reversal point already as a standstill of the vehicle, then an engagement of the clutch is suppressed until the rotational speed and rotational direction sensors indicate the actual end of the roll-back phase and that the other reversal point has been reached. Accordingly, a counterproductive torque opposed to the rolling direction is reliably prevented. In addition it can be provided that to recognize a travel direction reversal point, a rotational speed gradient detected by the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system, which gradient represents the change in time of a rotational speed relevant to the travel direction, is evaluated. In the area of the reversal points of the rocking-free movement the vehicle speed, and therefore also the rotational speeds that depend on it, approach zero. However, it is very difficult or comparatively complicated to determine accurately and quickly the rotational speed of a rotating component that is approaching a standstill. On the other hand, as explained, this information is important for an accurate and quick determination of the reversal points of the rocking-free movements, at which certain control measures have to be initiated. It is therefore advantageous to consider the rotational speed gradient in order, from the time development of the relevant rotational speed, to deduce the exact time-point when the vehicle comes to rest, in the sense of a prognosis. This can be done by continually determining the rotational speed gradient of the drive output speed, whereby from the rotational speed gradient at a current time-point at which a current rotational speed exists, which is larger than a specified limit value, a future time-point is calculated, at which the rotational speed falls to zero. Commonly available rotational speed sensors use the teeth on a toothed disk, or those of gearwheels, to determine the rotational speed of a wheel or a shaft. At very low rotational speeds, the time interval between two pulses of a rotational speed sensor, triggered by the consecutive teeth of a toothed disk, can become relatively long so that it is not clearly evident whether the vehicle is already at rest, or not. In unfavorable cases this results in delayed recognition of a standstill, which makes it more difficult to control the drive torque adjusting element in a correctly phased manner during rocking free. In contrast, by determining the rotational speed gradient, it is made possible, already at a time when the rotational speed is still sufficient for a relatively quick and sure evaluation of the sensor pulses, to deduce a forthcoming standstill. Accordingly this reversal point is deemed to have been reached when the measured rotational speed falls below a limit value and the time when the vehicle comes to rest, pre-calculated with reference to the rotational speed gradient, is reached. In the description of the invention so far the drive torque adjusting element has been taken, in particular, to be a friction clutch. Basically, the drive torque adjusting element can also be a hydrodynamic clutch, some other shifting element inside or external to the transmission, or an aggregate that produces a drive torque and whose drive torque output can be adjusted quickly. The invention can be used in both the passenger car and the commercial vehicle sectors, in all vehicles having an automated or automatically controllable drive-train and rotational speed and rotational direction sensors, in order to assist the driver when the vehicle is in a rocking-free situation, during a rocking-free operation that he controls. To clarify the invention the description of a drawing of an example embodiment is given below. The drawing shows: FIG. 1: A schematic representation of a drive-train for carrying out a method for rocking a vehicle free in accordance with the invention FIG. 2: A variation of rotational speed over time, for pre-calculating a travel direction reversal point during a rocking-free process, and FIGS. 3a to 3d: Functional variations of vehicle movement during a rocking-free process. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Thus, the drive-train 1 of a motor vehicle shown in FIG. 1 comprises a drive engine 2 in the form of an internal combustion engine, which can be brought into driving connection with an automated transmission 4 by means of a starting clutch 3 (the drive torque adjusting element). A drive output of the transmission 4 is in driving connection with at least one drivable vehicle wheel 5 by way of a differential transmission and driveshafts (not shown). The internal combustion engine 2, the starting clutch 3 and the transmission 4 are connected to a control unit 9 via sensor and control leads indicated with dotted lines, and can be controlled by means of the unit. In addition an accelerator pedal 8 is indicated schematically, which can be actuated by a driver to control the drive torque. A driver's wish signaled by actuating the accelerator pedal 8 is detected by an accelerator pedal deflection sensor 13 and transmitted to the control unit 9, which carries out the appropriate control and regulation of the internal combustion engine 2, the starting clutch 3 and the transmission 4. In addition a rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system 11 is provided, by means of which the travel direction 7, 10 at the time and the standstill of the vehicle can be determined. This information is also made available to the control unit 9. The method for rocking a motor vehicle free is explained below with reference to an example scenario. According to this, as shown in FIG. 1 the motor vehicle, with its drive wheel 5, has become stuck in a depression 6 due to a slippery or yielding subsoil, so that the motor vehicle is in a rocking-free situation by which it must be freed from the depression 6 by driving out. The motor vehicle is first in a position A at the deepest point of the depression 6. The driver wishes to rock free, would like to start, and deflects the accelerator pedal 8 starting from an undeflected position. By means of the internal combustion engine 2, when a starting gear of the transmission 4 is engaged a drive torque is built up in the desired travel direction 7. This travel direction 7 is also the preferred direction for the motor vehicle to leave the depression 6. The motor vehicle moves in the direction toward position B as far as the edge of the depression ahead of it, and comes to a stop at position B due to spinning of the wheels 5 and/or insufficient drive torque. In the present situation this position B constitutes a first reversal point for the vehicle's movement, from which the motor vehicle tends to move in the opposite direction 10, first to position A at the lowest point of the depression 6. At this first travel direction reversal point B the driver releases the deflection of the accelerator pedal 8 in order to allow the motor vehicle to roll back. The rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system 11 indicates to the control unit 9 that the motor vehicle is rolling back, whereupon the unit opens the starting clutch 3 so that the motor vehicle can actually roll back freely. The motor vehicle now rolls back freely in the second travel direction 10 opposite to the first travel direction 7, during which after passing the position A the kinetic energy of the motor vehicle is converted to potential energy. At the opposite position C the motor vehicle again comes to a stop, since its residual kinetic energy is not yet sufficient for moving all the way through the depression 6. However, unfortunately the driver has been too quick to move the accelerator pedal 8 away from its undeflected position in order to build up again a drive torque in the desired, first travel direction 7. He has wrongly perceived a close approach to the position C, or second reversal point, already as a standstill of the motor vehicle. However, by virtue of the measured values available to it from the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system 11, the control unit 9 knows the real rolling situation of the motor vehicle, namely that it is still moving. Accordingly the control unit 9 takes no account of the driver's wish for a renewed closing of the starting clutch 3, as signaled by the deflection of the accelerator pedal 8, until the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system 11 signals that the motor vehicle has actually come to a stop. Only this is interpreted as having reached the second travel direction reversal point C, and only then is the starter clutch 3, actuated by the control unit 9, automatically closed and the motor vehicle driven actively again. If now sufficient kinetic energy has been supplied to the motor vehicle and the vehicle has therefore been rocked sufficiently in the longitudinal direction, the speed in the desired travel direction 7 at position B of the original reversal point remains higher than zero and the motor vehicle can move past the edge of the depression 6 to a position D ahead. Otherwise the process is repeated until the motor vehicle breaks free from the depression 6. FIG. 2 serves to explain the determination according to the invention of the travel direction reversal points B and C by means of a rotational speed gradient evaluation. According to this the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system 11 continually measures a rotational speed n(t) that depends on the speed of the vehicle. At an assumed starting time t.sub.0 the associated rotational speed is n(t.sub.0), which can still be measured accurately by the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system 11. The vehicle is moving at a corresponding speed v. However, the vehicle's speed v is already very low, so that the rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system 11 waits a relatively long time for the related pulses of a rotational speed measurement emitter and finally the standstill of the vehicle (rotational speed n=0) would only be determined for a time-point t.sub.U,sen lying far ahead. As shown by FIG. 2, however, the vehicle actually comes to rest already at an earlier time t.sub.U. In order to be able to determine this actual vehicle standstill more accurately than before, from the time variation of the rotational speed n(t), the rotational speed gradient dn/dt is calculated continuously. With the value of the speed gradient dn(t.sub.0)/dt at the starting time t.sub.0 a later time-point t.sub.U,ber is calculated, at which the vehicle-speed-dependent rotational speed n(t) is expected to become zero. This calculated travel direction reversal point t.sub.U,ber is close to the actual travel direction reversal point t.sub.U at which the vehicle-speed-dependent rotational speed n(t) is zero and the vehicle has actually come to a stop. The pre-calculated travel direction reversal time-point t.sub.U,ber is then used for the control of the starting clutch 3. According to an embodiment variant of the method the calculation of the travel direction reversal time-point t.sub.U,ber as described does not begin until the measured vehicle-speed-dependent rotational speed n(t) falls below a pre-established lower rotational speed limit value. FIGS. 3a to 3b show example functional variations of a motor vehicle during a rocking-free process. FIG. 3a shows the time variation of the path s traveled by the vehicle, while FIG. 3b shows the time variation of the vehicle's speed v, to which a rotational speed n(t) corresponds, FIG. 3c shows the time variation of the vehicle's acceleration a, which corresponds to a rotational speed gradient dn/dt, and FIG. 3d shows the time variation of a drive torque M that acts upon the vehicle wheel 5 sitting in the depression 6. According to these, the vehicle is initially in the depression 6 in a first rocking-free position that corresponds to the so-termed stuck position A shown in FIG. 1. Thereafter the vehicle rocks to and fro between the local reversal point B and the second local reversal point C. At these two reversal points B, C the vehicle's speed v and the vehicle-dependent rotational speed n at the associated reversal point t.sub.U are equal to zero. During a successful rocking-free process the reversal points B, C successively migrate out of the depression 6 until finally the vehicle breaks free out of the depression 6 in the forward direction and passes the so-termed break-free point D (FIG. 3a). During the rocking-free process the vehicle's speed v and the vehicle's acceleration perceptibly increase periodically (FIGS. 3b, 3c). As FIG. 3d shows, during the rocking-free process the drive torque M(t) is periodically switched on and off, meaning that in the forward-travel phases the drive torque M is introduced into the drive-train with the starting clutch 3 closed (driven forward travel) whereas in the unpowered, rolling-back phases the starting clutch 3 is open (rolling back under no drive power). In FIG. 3b, which shows the time variation of the vehicle's speed v and the vehicle-speed-dependent rotational speed n, areas 12 are highlighted by means of boxes indicated with dotted lines, in which because the rotational speed n is very low a single determination of the reversal time t.sub.U with reference to the rotational speed measurement would be very inaccurate or markedly delayed in time. In these areas 12 the respective reversal point t.sub.U and the direction change of the vehicle wheel 5 can be pre-calculated very accurately as described by means of the evaluation of the rotational speed gradient dn/dt in accordance with FIG. 2. LIST OF INDEXES 1 Drive-train 2 Drive engine 3 Drive torque adjusting element, separator or starting clutch 4 Automated transmission 5 Motor vehicle wheel, vehicle wheel 6 Depression 7 First travel direction, desired travel direction 8 Accelerator pedal 9 Control unit 10 Second travel direction, opposite direction 11 Rotational speed and rotational direction sensor system 12 Rotational speed region close to the travel direction reversal time-point t.sub.U 13 Accelerator pedal deflection sensor A Rocking-free position, lowest point of the depression B Rocking-free position, first travel direction reversal point C Rocking-free position, second travel direction reversal point D Rocking-free position, break-free point M Drive torque a Acceleration n Rotational speed s Travel path t Time t.sub.0 Starting time t.sub.U Travel direction reversal time-point t.sub.U,ber Calculated travel direction reversal time-point t.sub.U,sen Measured travel direction reversal time-point dn/dt Rotational speed gradient v Speed Previous Patent US 9,707,964 \| Next Patent US 9,707,966 File A Patent Application Protect your idea -- Don't let someone else file first. 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__label__cc	0.586205	0.413795	Lilly posts promising P3 Taltz data The IL-17 market is a crowded space, and one dominated by Novartis’ Cosentyx. Eli Lilly is attempting to challenge that, after posting that it had hit all primary and secondary endpoints for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis. Lilly’s Taltz was the second IL-17 treatment to be approved in psoriasis, in 2016, and then later last year in psoriatic arthritis. However, Novartis’ drug has been approved in plaque psoriasis since the beginning of 2015 – giving it plenty of space to build up its lead in the area. Novartis’ treatment has garnered the company billions in sales already (with sales growing to $2.1 billion in 2017), and Lilly will be hoping that it can hoover up smaller indications to acquire its own portion of sales. Lilly used ASAS40 as the primary endpoint, rather than ASAS20 endpoint that Novartis used in its initial approval in the area. The move could signal more aggression on Lilly’s part to differentiate its treatment from Cosentyx. Though Lilly didn’t release the details, it revealed that Taltz had managed to show statistically significant improvements in the symptoms of AS as measured by ASAS40. The full details of the trial will be released later this year, with the results used to support approval of an expanded indication to include AS. “Many people with this chronic, debilitating disease are still searching for an effective treatment. These initial results suggest that Taltz, if approved for this indication, may have the potential to help people with this challenging disease,” said Dr. Lotus Mallbris, Vice President and Immunology Platform Team Leader, Lilly Bio-Medicines. “At Lilly, the unmet needs of people living with autoimmune diseases drive our commitment to continue investing in novel science, developing medicines that may reduce the burden of disease and aim to raise the bar for treatment expectations.” Alongside Novartis’ and Lilly’s treatments, there are also Johnson & Johnson’s Tremfya and Valeant’s Siliq – though the latter is significantly hamstrung by a boxed warning regarding possible suicide ideation and behaviour, making it unlikely to achieve significant sales compared to the other players in the market. Ben Hargreaves Another failure in Alzheimer’s creates bleak outlook for treatment Amgen/Novartis migraine med gets CHMP nod Novartis’ US Oncology head makes leap to become biotech CEO Investigation of kickbacks in Greece sputters to halt Amgen/Novartis potential blockbuster migraine med gets FDA nod	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line355
__label__cc	0.704333	0.295667	Cops warn of bogus traffic stops Twice in recent weeks, Central Texas women have reported encounters with would-be attackers posing as police officers. In early November, a woman in Bastrop County reported being signaled to pull over by a beige sedan with a red flashing light on the driver’s side roof. Instead of pulling over in the secl uded area, she proceeded to a nearby truck stop, and the driver of the sedan left the area at a high rate of speed. On Thanksgiving, a San Antonio woman reported a similar experience. She was signaled by a dark-colored sedan with red-and-blue flashing lights on the dashboard. The victim did pull over, and was ordered out of her vehicle by an individual dressed in some sort of uniform. The suspect tried to force her into his vehicle, and she was able to struggle with him and eventually escape. The rise in such incidents has prompted police to remind drivers, especially female drivers traveling alone at night, to be on guard, and aware of their surroundings. “Our guys should be in uniform, and 98 percent of the time, they will be in a well-marked police unit,” said Lockhart Chief of Police Mike Lummus, who said that no such incidents have been reported in Lockhart. Lummus did not dismiss the possibility of such activity though, and offered advice for drivers who are concerned about being approached by individuals impersonating officers. “If they have access to a cell phone, they can call 9-1-1 and ask if it’s a legitimate traffic stop,” he said, adding that dispatchers will be aware if an officer has initiated a traffic stop. “They can also tell the dispatcher that they are driving to the police department to stop.” If drivers are concerned, he said, they should always pull over in a well-lit area with heavy pedestrian traffic, such as a convenience store, if possible. In addition, they should activate their hazard flashers, and drive slowly, so that if it is a genuine traffic stop, the officer does not mistake their behavior for evading. The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately respond to a request for information this week, but recently-submitted police blotters do not reflect any incidences of false traffic stops in Caldwell County recently. Anyone with concerns about suspicious activity should call 9-1-1, or contact the Lockhart Police Department at (512) 398-4401 or the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office at (512) 398-6777. Legal Notices – Dec. 5, 2013: Lockharat ... SBA offers disaster assistance to residents, businesses ... Elf-conscious volunteers get into spirit Brite faces felony charges in flooding death CCAD raises tax values Battles continue as Court fractures	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line361
__label__wiki	0.676693	0.676693	Prison Reform For Justice By Michael Santos · Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Recently I contributed an article for the readers of change.org that describes the absurdity of using the amount of time spent in prison as the primary gauge of justice. We need prison reforms that will encourage more offenders to work toward reconciling with society. That type of prison adjustment would yield far more in the way of justice, as I understand the term. I felt inspired to write that article after I received a message from a professor who used to work as a a warden. The professor endeavored to pay me a compliment, I think, by saying that release from prison should have come for me at the 20-year mark. That statement seemed so absurd to me. I didn’t understand why the concept of 20 years in prison had such significance. Recidivism rate statistics in our country show some troubling trends. As Congress stated through its Second Chance Act, two out of every three prisoners who serve time return to confinement after release. These failure rates do not convince me that society is using its criminal justice system effectively. The costs to taxpayers for such a failing public policy of isolating and punishing approach $60 billion each year. Where is the justice? Justice, to me, would advance if society were to operate a prison system that helped more people emerge as contributing citizens. Requiring people to live in cages for years or decades at a time does not condition them for the challenges they will face upon release. Society could change the dismal statistics by incorporating the concept of earning freedom that former Chief Justice Warren Burger wrote about in Factories With Fences. By encouraging people to earn freedom, society would reap far more benefit than warehousing offenders for lengthy sentences. Topics: Prison reform · Tags: Justice, prison adjustment, Prison reform « Bad Leadership in the Bureau of Prisons \| Home \| Prison Author Joe “Black” Reddick, My Friend »	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line363
__label__cc	0.587078	0.412922	NYC Transit is Off Track by ComptrollerNYC Comptroller Thompson's Blog Sep 23, 2009 \| 20436 views \| 0 \| 345 \| \| \| permalink In the past week, I have addressed some serious concerns regarding our transit system. I wrote Chairman Walder on Monday urging him to reverse his decision to eliminate station agents from 99 subway stations across the City, and today I released audit findings that show the MTA must do a better job of maintaining stations. NYC Transit spends close to $144 million dollars a year and has roughly 1,000 employees who are responsible for maintaining the stations – and that does not include Capital improvements. Of the $144 million dollars, the City kicks in approximately $81 million. Amazingly — despite all that money — we found that the agency has consistently failed to identify, report or fix many hazardous conditions located in the commuter areas of subway stations; failed to keep adequate and reliable records that document which repairs have been made; and failed to implement a modern computer system to track the problems or even the workers assigned to fix them. After observing 50 randomly selected stations over the last year, my auditors found: · That about two-thirds of the hazardous defects they observed were not reported to maintenance shops for follow-up by supervisors who are supposed to regularly inspect their assigned stations and report problematic conditions; · That about 15 percent of the reported defects were not repaired after well over two months; · And of real concern, that NYC Transit’s database showed that some hazardous conditions had been listed as being fixed – but were actually not. All of this puts riders at risk. Some examples we found include: · Flaking paint, and loose and cracked concrete on the platform ceiling at the Q line at the Cortelyou Road station in Brooklyn. Conditions which — at the time of our review — had not even been reported as in need of repair. Remarkably, NYC Transit’s rationale for not fixing the problem quickly is that they assume that the paint that is falling onto our heads contains lead. · A hole on the elevated platform through which the street was visible at the Elder Avenue station in The Bronx, · dangerously uneven expansion plates on the platforms at the 111th Street station in Queens, It’s unconscionable that commuters must be exposed to these unsafe conditions and potential hazards — for possibly many years — until NYC Transit decides to take action and make the necessary repairs. I have made 16 recommendations to both protect the public and bring down the costs associated with maintenance and repairs. The MTA and New York City Transit need to get back on track with a renewed commitment to keeping its riders safe – both at stations and by keeping station agents. Riders deserve better.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line366
__label__wiki	0.711546	0.711546	Eric Schaeffer Quotations Eric Schaeffer Eric Schaefferis an American actor, writer and director... (wikipedia) Born in New York ↪ Born On January 22, 1962 ↪ Profession Movie Actor Quotes Act Quotes Ultimately, the bill may rest on a shaky premise, as Clean Air Act permitting provisions seem to have only a marginal effect on decisions by oil companies to invest in new refining capacity, ... Industry and government analysts alike agree that profit margins are the most significant factor, and record profits from high gasoline prices have encouraged a major investment in added refining capacity. Projects already reported or announced are expected to add nearly 600,000 b/d to our existing capacity over the next several years. Clean Quotes With today's technology, a new refinery could be really clean - far cleaner than today's refineries - in theory. Our basic concern is that if the Maryland legislation passes, it's locked in, we know what we are getting. If we go down the rule-making road, there's some uncertainty. We don't know what's going to come out the other end. Addiction Quotes Starved ... laughter is the best medicine. I know from my recovery in all areas of addiction that humor is a tremendously, tremendously important antidote to recovery. Core Quotes At the core of my show is a human and compassionate spirit. Hard Quotes This is a tough vote and he buckled, ... I know he's made some tough votes before. It's hard to take one vote and make it his whole record. Buy Quotes There isn't a single scrubber in the state of Maryland. What Maryland has done is buy pollution credits from out-of-state plants that have cleaned up. Single Quotes There isn't a single scrubber in the state of Maryland. Congress has failed to act to shore up wetlands protections after the Supreme Court decision. And as bad as the Supreme Court decision was, the Army Corps has made it worse by going further than the opinion required. Authorized Quotes I have to write from my experience. If I wasn't a member of the club, I don't think it would be as funny, or that I would feel as authorized to look at it with humor. Battling Quotes Hopefully, what comes through is that it's certainly about much more than eating disorders. It's about four people battling the challenges of humanity the excitement, the successes, the pathos, the struggles with finding love and spirituality and careers that work. Bringing Quotes The environment really doesn't care about hourly releases. What matters is the total increase, how much (pollution) you're bringing into an . . . area. Eric Schaeffer Fans Also Likes Quotations from W. C. Fields Rufus Sewell	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line367
__label__cc	0.671629	0.328371	CFB Saturday notes: Devin Funchess impresses in defeat November 29th, 2014 \| Written by Rob Staton Ohio State defeated Michigan as expected, but I wanted to watch Devin Funchess today. Seattle is crying out for a big target. I’ll have a post on Dorial Green-Beckham on the blog either tomorrow or Monday. If he doesn’t declare — or if the NFL is put off by his back-catalog of problems — Funchess is pretty much the only other draft option if we’re talking about an early pick. It’ll be a travesty if Amari Cooper doesn’t go in the top 10 — putting him out of reach. DeVante Parker and Kevin White are both in the 6-2 range without great size. White in particular is a tremendous competitor. But Seattle is surely looking for unnatural size? Someone who can act as a pure possession receiver and a genuine red zone problem. They don’t have to use a first round pick — but they might want to. If Marshawn Lynch remains and with the defense suddenly back to its best, they might feel like it’s the biggest off-season need. We’ll see. Duke’s Issac Blakeney is a good mid or late round alternative. There are others. But what about Funchess? He’s 6-5 and 230lbs. Now we’re talking. That’s the size. He’s had an inconsistent career at Michigan and that’s continued this year. The Notre Dame outing was a good example. He had nine catches for 107 yards and yet it could’ve been more. He had drops. He didn’t impose his will on the defense. It was a rotten day for the Wolverines (losing 31-0) but you just came away thinking, “nice size, but is he special?” Today was a much more impressive display. It was his final opportunity to create an impression before inevitably turning pro. And on this evidence you can make a case for the Seahawks looking at him. Initially he was used in the short passing game — taking a wide receiver screen for five yards before converting the third down on a short inside route on a quick throw. A lot of the shorter stuff opened up the chance to take a shot with 3:15 left in the first quarter. Funchess ran a post and on play action from the shotgun, Devin Gardner threw downfield. It was single coverage and a classic 1v1 over the middle. The pass was slightly underthrown but Funchess boxed off the defender, gained position and just went up to get the football. This was all about size and strong hands. The corner couldn’t get around Funchess’ frame to get near the ball. He had no chance to out-jump him either. The Seahawks don’t have anyone who can do this at the moment. The play went for 45 yards (you can see the catch here). After that he generally worked the sideline effectively. With 13:37 left in the second he gained separation on an out-route to the left. Gardner threw a low, ugly pass. Funchess plucked it off the turf again showing control, strong hands and some athleticism to get his big frame down low to make a difficult grab. First down. On the very next play he took another WR screen for six yards. With 10:17 left in the third he again gained separation on an out-route to make a 15-yard catch, just managing to get a toe in-bounds. And with Michigan chasing a lost cause with 2:57 left in the game, Gardner threw a late pass that should’ve been picked. The corner had position to make a break for the football. Funchess turns without leverage and somehow takes the ball away from the defender. It was a tremendous catch. Big mitts, strong hands. Just took the ball away. It showed he can be more than just a big target — he has some natural ability as a catcher. Funchess’ final stat line was seven catches for 109 yards. He also drew a holding call on a route into the endzone. The key thing is — he’s open even when he’s not. And that’s what the Seahawks lack right now. Someone who you can deliberately overthrow. Someone who will go up and get a pass. A receiver who can use his body to gain leverage and hold position. Someone who doesn’t need to rely on separation or the perfect pass to make a play. Someone who can win 1v1. I’m not blind to the issues either. He has been inconsistent. You want to like him more than you actually do. You’re not drafting Megatron here. You’re not even drafting Vincent Jackson. But the Seahawks need a redzone threat and someone with this kind of size. They know it too. So do you accept some of the issues to fill a need? Maybe. It’s not an overly ‘Seahawky’ pick but maybe that’s why they’ve not been able to solve this problem? Funchess could be 2010 Mike Williams for a few years. That wouldn’t be such a bad thing. It’s difficult to judge his stock. He played tight end until this year and many believe he’ll return to the position in the NFL. The inconsistent play is on tape — but how much of a pass does he get for the constant changing of offense during his time at Michigan? Or the struggles of Devin Gardner and the team in general? More importantly — how will he perform at the combine? Is he capable of hitting the early 4.6’s at that size? Kelvin Benjamin had a 4.61 at 240lbs. Benjamin is perhaps a decent comparison. He was a more natural receiver, he had a little nasty to his game. But he too was inconsistent. Funchess hasn’t had the chance to play on an unbeaten National Championship winner with a Heisman winning quarterback. Would he put up Benjamin-type numbers at Florida State? If he blows up at the combine he has every chance to go early, just like Eric Ebron this year. If he’s simply decent, he could be available in the second round. Would they take a chance? Perhaps — depending on whether they find their answer in free agency. If they’re able to bring in a Julius Thomas, however unlikely that seems, this becomes a moot point. Jordan Cameron’s on-going concussion problems could put the Browns off, but will it put off other suitors too? And with so many defensive line options set to hit the market, Seattle could be in position to take a chance on a big target. It might be time to just take the plunge, especially if they really do find a way to live with Marshawn Lynch (they have to, surely?). Dorial Green-Beckham is on another level in terms of raw talent. But Funchess comes without all the baggage. Eventually Seattle needs to take a chance on a big receiver or tight end. They’ve skirted around it so far, taking chances in the later rounds. And yet it would add so much to the team. — Bud Dudpree (DE, Kentucky) is such a fantastic prospect. A big-time character guy, he’s a terror rushing the edge. Today he had a tremendous sack/fumble leading to a touchdown for Mike Douglas. Dupree’s been the heart and soul of the team in Kentucky for several years. He’s going to be a first round pick and possibly an early one too. — Joey Bosa (DE, Ohio State) is going to be a high pick in 2016. He had another big day against Michigan. Big time pass rush prospect with great size too. — La’el Collins (T/G, LSU) had a tremendous game in a victory over Texas A&M on Thursday. Time and time again he moved people off the ball in the running game. I think his future at the next level will be at guard, but he’s going to be a top, top player. For me he’s a more exciting player than Chance Warmack who went in the top ten as a pure guard. — I like Melvin Gordon, but Indiana’s Tevin Coleman is right up there in the running back stakes. Today he had 130 more yards in a tough win over Purdue. It took him over 2000 yards for the season. Coleman might be the superior player. Might be. — Missouri’s Markus Golden is finally healthy and having a huge impact. We’ve been discussing him since last year — when he became the only player in 2013 to show up brilliant first round pick Ju’Wan James. In the last three games — all wins — he has 6.5 TFL’s, four sacks and two fumble recoveries. He’s the complete package — size, speed, the ability to get off blocks and work against the run. He’s a beast and should be a first round pick. 36 Responses to “CFB Saturday notes: Devin Funchess impresses in defeat” Turp says: The reasoning for drafting a big target seems exactly the same as last year. I was really surprised when we chose not to – I was really hoping for Cody Latimer in the 2nd round :(. I wonder if they will approach this draft any differently…after all, last year was the best WR class in ages and they still went with a small dude with jets (maybe a hedge for a guy they traded to the Jets) instead. Perhaps managing their salary cap at TE will be enough of a reason to draft a big TE target. I remember hearing and it could just be a rumor but the hawks actually targeted Matthews (whose now with Philly ) but got cute and i believe Philly traded up ahead of Seattle and selected the Vandy product. I think they were hoping Norwood (similar size) would be able to contribute. I think this is probably just a rumor — they seemed pretty enamored with Richardson. Yeah not sure where i read it or what. might of been fieldgulls but not sure haha. it was just recently too. ugh! haha. It’d be nice if Brandon Coleman would become available without having to sign him to the active roster. Funchess would be a nice addition – the other guy who played well is Waller from GT 6’5″ but likely a mid to low rounder. With the extra compensatory spots, he might be someone to consider. Waller probably runs in the 4.5s – Funchess may not make a low 4.6 and we know how the FO love speed. If we keep playing well and get into the playoffs and beyond, I wonder if either Funchess or DBG are still there when we pick. If Moeaki stays healthy the rest of the year, I think we should sign him again. I really want to see us get a red zone target! Even this year – stick Norwood in there and see if he can be that guy! Rob – the other flyer I could see is Kyle Prater NW – 6’4″ 220 – committed to USC and likely scouted by Pete. Had injuries and ended up playing closer to home. If he hasn’t lost his speed, UDFA might get a look. I’ll see what I can find out about him. Thanks for the heads up. Michael (CLT) says: Prater is a stud. Coming back from injury. Has had a decent year while gaining strength and confidence. Karen Williams would be nice 7th round fliers. * Kasen Williams and Prater would be nice 7th round fliers Green-Beckham is such a fascinating case. Enough problems that every team in the league might pass in every round if he declares. Enough talent to go in the top-15 even with the issues. I’ve already written a post on him and it’ll be up in the next couple of days. Jon O says: Word in Ann Arbor was Funch ran in 4.4’s in spring. As a HUGE Michigan fan, he is as disappointing a prospect we have seen in years. He needed a coach to ride and teach him like Soup Campbell taught Braylon Edwards. Funch is not a TE. He is a below average blocker for a WR. As for Bud Dupree – he is my favorite prospect in the entire draft. He looks perfect for the Leo and could be an immediate impact that the Hawks have lacked from a draft pick since Russell and Bobby. In terms of needs and value, I would love Dupree in round 1, Big Funch in round 2 and OG Laken Tomlinson in round 3. Thanks for the info on Funchess. It’s good to get a Michigan take. Totally agree on Dupree — one of my favorites too. Such a fun player to watch. Big time leader. He’ll be a top pro. I think Devante Parker is the best receiver in the draft. Whether he is 6’2 or 6’3 he high points the ball very well.Combine that with his speed and YAC ability after the catch, and you have something that looks like a number 1 receiver. Unfortunately I doubt we’ll have a chance to get him, unless teams make the mistake of looking at his quiet personality as a negative. Another guy who is interesting is DeAndre Smelter. Big body receiver, with a baseball background. Still pretty raw, plays in a offense where he has to run block a lot, and does a great job high pointing the football making plays over DB’s. Seems very Seahawky to me. Parker is a good player. He’s not better than Amari Cooper IMO. Plus teams will fall in love when they meet Cooper during interviews. But he has a legit shot to be the second or third receiver off the board. I’m not sure he has the kind of size Seattle needs. Not the type IMO who can make the most of 3-5 targets only. Will get good production in a heavy target offense. I’m not sure on Smelter — as you say, still raw. Looks thicker in the lower body. Well built. Doesn’t look very fast at all. Worth monitoring at the combine though. Ukhawk says: Agree on Parker but think he goes earlier. Has a 4.39 40, 36.5 vert,10’10” broad, 80″ wingspan, 17 @ 225 bench…the guy is an athletic freak. Had a streak of 10 straight TD games broken by injury; production speaks loudest. All he does is out jump in the red zone; isn’t that what we need?? Agree on Smelter too. Doesn’t look slow to me (see the cushion he is given Rob?) & simply overpowers DBs. Again production is the measuring stick I have seen many comparisons for Funchess being similar to Jermichael Finley. I think the BMW comparison fits just as well. A mismatch guy that can move the sticks and open things up. We’ve needed a guy like this SO BAD and it would only transcend out offense. Whether he lines up at WR or TE, he gives us options. After watching Luke Willson the past 2 seasons, if he could get over repeat ankle injuries, I think he still has a bright future! Getting a guy like Funchess to line up opposite Baldwin/Kearse would scare defenses Funchess for me is very similar to BMW. Same type of size and same level of inconsistency. You’d be bringing him in to add a dimension but not transform the passing game. If they have any faith in Dorial Green-Beckham, he could transform the passing game. But that’s a big ‘if’. Helfert has shown he can play and make plays. Norwood has shown he has great hands. Richardson has shown some speed and moves. I really think it’s the system and trust. System does not work with personnel. Long drops when we don’t have time and minimal ingenuity. Watch the routes, terrible. Wilson doesn’t trust the young guys, but with an offseason that should improve. I am all about the lines. Maybe a VJack and Odrick/Paea as FA and drafting DL first two picks: 1. B. Dupree 2. G. Wright I’m not against them focusing on the D-line in the draft, but they need a big target one way or another. If for no other reason than the red zone. Seattle has a terrible red zone offense. They need someone who can take a fade, someone who can provide a mismatch in coverage. It’s vital. They cannot go through another year without a quality red zone receiver or tight end. It’s more than scheme too. In the past they’ve attacked the red line and challenged the receivers to win 1v1. Golden Tate wasn’t huge but was unnaturally excellent at competing for the ball in the air. They’ve totally gone away from that. Whatever kind of drop the QB takes, they need someone Wilson can throw it up to. Someone with size who can box out a defender and not require an inch perfect delivery. Wilson has to be so precise at the moment — or scramble. Besides VJack, any other veterans an option? I guess it depends if someone like Andre Johnson is released. I’m not convinced D.Thomas or D.Bryant will get to free agency. Seattle relying on vets like VJax being cut or available for a cheap trade. Alaska Norm says: I think the issue with FA wide receivers is the Seahawks style of play. I just can’t see any of the top guys coming to Seattle for 2-3 catches per game…. Unless we overpay. A trade or the draft seems like the only real option. I think we have a better chance of going after a defensive or offensive lineman in FA and look for the receiving threat through the draft. Unfortunately this years receivers appear to be on the weak side. Besides Fuchess, who is not what I would consider a TE… Who stands out to you in this draft? I have a pretty good feel for the receivers but not very up on the TE. Thanks again rob. I’m yet to see a tight end this year — even looking ahead to 2016 — that I’m excited about. A real dearth of talent there. It’s perhaps just as well Moeaki is performing well. They might need him next year. I have a friend that went to high school with Parker. The story goes that he was a basketball player and never wanted to play football until his senior year at school when the coach convinced him to play. After one year Charlie Strong gave him a scholarship. He reminds me a lot of Golden Tate really. If he plays for a pass happy team it will be great for him. Still like for the Seahawks but we need other things first like d-line and TE. Really like O’Leary, would love to have him replace Miller. Volume 12 says: Why not Baylor wr Antwan goodly? Before I get my head bitten off for him not having adequate ‘size’ I think this kid is golden Tate inside of Anquan Bolden’s body with Tate’s height. Pretty unique wr. If they’re looking for unnatural size isn’t 5’10-5’11/220 lbs unnatural? This kid is a freak athlete, former basketball player, team leader, has faced big time adversity in his life, high character, etc. He runs a 4.3-low 4.4, has close to a 40” vert, will put up close to if not more than 20 reps on the bench press. He high points it extremely well, fights for contested balls, makes the most of his opportunities/targets, could be used on jet sweeps, and the screens that Bevel loves so much and we could use him in the red zone like Tate. It seems to me te is a more prudent need it just seems like ever since they signed moeaki RW has played more like what were used to seeing. And if I’m not mistaken we did win a SB with Tate as a no.1. I’m not against a big time target, but to quote a current radio host ‘sometimes big-time receivers are like sports cars.” Not sure is you specifically need a 6’5″ guy. You need a guy 6’2″ or bigger with great size, balls skills and the ability to break tackles. Demayrius Thomas, Josh Gordon, Jordy, Julio and Dez are all 6’2 or 6’3. In that mold I was impressed with Duke Williams from Auburn. He has a phenomenal ability to make contested catches and he runs with a purpose after he has the ball. I think Mayle from Wazzu is raw but he has the size and explosiveness to be a good one he’s just needs more experience and learn to run routes It’s frame, control and power to with height and reach. Demaryius is 6-3 and 229lbs. Gordon is 6-3 and 225lbs. Julio is 6-3 and 220lbs. Dez is 6-2 and 220lbs. All have excellent size. I’m not sure Williams will declare — he’s only had a single year at Auburn after moving from the JUCO ranks. He is an option though — very fluid, excellent control. He’s around 215lbs. It’s one of the reasons I’m not overly keen on Devante Parker and to an extent Kevin White for Seattle. Parker is around 6-2/6-3 but only 208lbs. White is a little bigger but plays above his size with great technique and physicality. I think Seattle needs unnatural size. I thought Vince Mayle might be a prospect, but after watching him drop several balls and my Dawgs hold him in check, I don’t see him fitting in with Seattle. Kasen Williams made a nice TD catch and went up to get the ball and he will get a look somewhere – but again, unless his 40 time is under 4.50, he might have to join Keith Price up in Canada. Hay stacker509 says: The apple cup was not a good showing for mayle. It was -3 with wind chill, that type of weather will make the football like a rock. Not making excuses but you have to take the situation in context But I’ve watched other games as well – Mayle drops too many balls to be a guy the Seahawks need. Given that he’ll either be a low rounder or UDFA, there seem to be better options. Bud Dupree at 32 please. I’d rather take a flyer in th 7th on the guy from ECU (Worthy), or Prater from Northwestern, or Mayle. I don’t see Avril being affordable next year. Pressure is more important than big WR. I think Dupree goes top-15. Agree. Dupree was superb this weekend. What an amazing display. I’m willing to replace Dupree with Golden. LEO will be a premium need this year. Moreso than big WR, LG, or DT. One more note. I think Seattle can do no wrong drafting D from Missouri. Ealy has played fairly well for a poorly run Carolina team (sad face). Their DT (Vincent), would be a nice addition for pass rush and decent stoutness against the run. Missouri just has an awesome, mean, sticky D. They look like the collegiate Seattle. What a great weekend of football. Vincent would be a wise addition. They’re loaded on that D-line. The RS Soph three tech is good too.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line375
__label__cc	0.688217	0.311783	Man suspected of threatening N1 reporter in house arrest Tuesday July 9th, 2019 IJASMain Photo: N1 BELGRADE, 09.07.2019. – The man who last week threatened Zana Cimili, N1 Kosovo correspondent, was confined to house arrest and banned from using the Internet during the stay at home, N1 reported on Tuesday. A 33-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after he threatened Cimili on social networks. He wasn’t detained since the house arrest was considered safe enough during the procedure. However, if the man violates the terms of house arrest, he will end up in jail. The house arrest can last as long as it is considered necessary, and the most extended period might be until the final verdict. The man, from the northern province of Vojvodina, who made the threats on social networks said he had “a life desire to kill an Albanian, even an Albanian child,” adding he hoped “for a new war in Kosovo during which the Albanians will feel Serbian rage.” N1 sharply condemned this outrageous hate speech and risk to N1 reporter who did her job professionally and responsibly. N1 Belgrade, Belgrade, 09/07/2019 Serbia’s police arrest man suspected of threatening N1 reporter The verdict for attempted murder of journalist Vladimir Kovacevic on Friday	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line377
__label__cc	0.743409	0.256591	"Wait a bit, Zelman. We shall all be stopping soon. We're not going to run like this till the end of the world." Download ""Wait a bit, Zelman. We shall all be stopping soon. We're not going to run like this till the end of the world."" Dale Stanley 1 Night by Elie Wiesel Name: Chapter 6 An icy wind blew in violent gusts. But we marched without faltering. The SS made us increase our pace. "Faster, you swine, you filthy sons of bitches!" Why not? The movement warmed us up a little. The blood flowed more easily in our veins. One felt oneself reviving... "Faster, you filthy sons of bitches!" We were no longer marching; we were running. Like automatons. The SS were running too, their weapons in their hands. We looked as though we were fleeing before them. Pitch darkness. Every now and then, an explosion in the night. They had orders to fire on any who could not keep up. Their fingers on the triggers, they did not deprive themselves of this pleasure. If one of us stopped for a second, a sharp shot finished off another filthy son of a bitch. I was putting one foot in front of the other mechanically. I was dragging with me this skeletal body which weighed so much. If only I could have got rid of it! In spite of my efforts not to think about it, I could feel myself as two entities--my body and me. I hated it. I repeated to myself: "Don't think. Don't stop. Run." D, which means to cause a person to become less sensitive or less emotionally responsive due to prolonged exposure to violence or trauma. How is Elie experiencing this here? Near me, men were collapsing in the dirty snow. Shots. At my side marched a young Polish lad called Zelman. He had been working in the electrical warehouse at Buna. They had laughed at him because he was always praying or meditating on some problem of the Talmud. It was his way of escaping from reality, of not feeling the blows... He was suddenly seized with cramp in the stomach. "I've got stomach ache," he whispered to me. He could not go on. He had to stop for a moment. I begged him : "Wait a bit, Zelman. We shall all be stopping soon. We're not going to run like this till the end of the world." But as he ran he began to undo his buttons, crying: "I can't go on any longer. My stomach's bursting...." "Make an effort, Zelman... Try..." "I can't..." he groaned. His trousers lowered, he let himself sink down. That is the last picture I have of him. I do not think it can have been the SS who finished him, because no one had noticed. He must have been trampled to death beneath the feet of the thousands of men who followed us. I quickly forgot him. I began to think of myself again. Because of my painful foot, a shudder went through me at each step. "A few more yards," I thought. "A few more yards, and that will be the end. I shall fall. A spurt of red flame. A shot." Death wrapped itself around me till I was stifled. It stuck to me. I felt that I could touch it. The idea of dying, of no longer being, began to fascinate me. Not to exist any longer. Not to feel the horrible pains in my foot. Not to feel anything, neither weariness, nor cold, nor anything. To break the ranks, to let oneself slide to the edge of the road... My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me... He was running at my side, out of breath, at the end of his strength, at his wit's end. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his only support. These thoughts had taken up a brief space of time, during which I had gone on running without feeling my throbbing foot, without realizing that I was running, without being conscious that I owned a body galloping there on the road in the midst of so many thousands of others. 2 When I came to myself again, I tried to slacken the pace. But there was no way. A great tidal wave of men came rolling onward and would have crushed me like an ant. I was simply walking in my sleep. I managed to close my eyes and to run like that while asleep. Now and then, someone would push me violently from behind, and I would wake up. The other would shout: "Run faster. If you don't want to go on, let other people come past." All I had to do was to close my eyes for a second to see a whole world passing by, to dream a whole lifetime. An endless road. Letting oneself be pushed by the mob; letting oneself be dragged along by a blind destiny. When the SS became tired, they were changed. But no one changed us. Our limbs numb with cold despite the running, our throats parched, famished, breathless, on we went. We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth. At last, the morning star appeared in the gray sky. A trail of indeterminate light showed on the horizon. We were exhausted. We were without strength, without illusions. The commandant announced that we had already covered forty-two miles since we left. It was a long time since we had passed beyond the limits of fatigue. Our legs were moving mechanically, in spite of us, without us. We went through a deserted village. Not a living soul. Highlight 2-3 more examples of desensitization on this page. Not the bark of a dog. Houses with gaping windows. A few slipped out of the ranks to try and hide in some deserted building. Still one hour's marching more, and at last came the order to rest. We sank down as one man in the snow. My father shook me. "Not here.... Get up.... A little farther on. There's a shed over there... come on." I had neither the will nor the strength to get up. Nevertheless I obeyed. It was not a shed, but a brick factory with a caved-in roof, broken windows, walls filthy with soot. It was not easy to get in. Hundreds of prisoners were crowding at the door. We at last succeeded in getting inside. There too the snow was thick. I let myself sink down. It was only then that I really felt my weariness. The snow was like a carpet, very gentle, very warm. I fell asleep. I do not know how long I slept. A few moments or an hour. When I woke up, a frozen hand was patting my cheeks. I forced myself to open my eyes. It was my father. How old he had grown since the night before! His body was completely twisted, shriveled up into itself. His eyes were petrified, his lips withered, decayed. Everything about him bore witness to extreme exhaustion. His voice was damp with tears and snow: "Don't let yourself be overcome by sleep, Eliezer. It's dangerous to fall asleep in the snow. You might sleep for good. Come on, come on. Get up." 3 Get up? How could I? How could I get myself out of this fluffy bed? I could hear what my father said, but it seemed empty of meaning, as though he had told me to lift up the whole building in my arms... "Come on, son, come on..." I got up, gritting my teeth. Supporting me with his arm, he led me outside. It was far from easy. It was as difficult to go out as to get in. Under our feet were men crushed, trampled underfoot, dying. No one paid any attention. We were outside. The icy wind stung my face. I bit my lips continually to prevent them from freezing. Around me everything was dancing a dance of death. It made my head reel. I was walking in a cemetery, among stiffened corpses, logs of wood. Not a cry of distress, not a groan, nothing but a mass agony, in silence. No one asked anyone else for help. You died because you had to die. There was no fuss. In every stiffened corpse I saw myself. And soon I should not even see them; I should be one of them--a matter of hours. "Come on, father, let's go back to the shed..." He did not answer. He was not looking at the dead. "Come on, father, it's better over there. We can lie down a bit, one after the other. I'll watch over you, and then you can watch over me. We won't let each other fall asleep. We'll look after each other." He agreed. Trampling over living bodies and corpses, we managed to re-enter the shed. Here we let ourselves sink down. "Don't be afraid, son. Sleep--you can sleep. I'll look after you myself." "No, you first, father. Go to sleep." He refused. I lay down and tried to force myself to sleep, to doze a little, but in vain. God knows what I would not have given for a few moments of sleep. But, deep down, I felt that to sleep would mean to die. And something within me revolted against this death. All round me death was moving in, silently, without violence. It would seize upon some sleeping being, enter into him, and consume him bit by bit. Next to me there was someone trying to wake up his neighbor, his brother, perhaps, or a friend. In vain. Discouraged in the attempt, the man lay down in his turn, next to the corpse, and slept too. Who was there to wake him up? Stretching out an arm, I touched him: "Wake up. You mustn't sleep here..." He half opened his eyes. "No advice," he said in a faint voice. "I'm tired. Leave me alone. Leave me." My father, too, was gently dozing. I could not see his eyes. His cap had fallen over his face. "Wake up," I whispered in his ear. He started up. He sat up and looked round him, bewildered, stupefied--a bereaved stare. He stared all round him in a circle as though he had suddenly decided to draw up an inventory of his universe, to find out exactly where he was, in what place, and why. Then he smiled. I shall always remember that smile. From which world did it come? The snow continued to fall in thick flakes over the corpses. How are Elie and his father keeping each other alive in these days? Be specific. To what extent do you think Elie having his father with him allowed him to survive the march? 4 The door of the shed opened. An old man appeared, his moustache covered with frost, his lips blue with cold. It was Rabbi Eliahou, the rabbi of a small Polish community. He was a very good man, well loved by everyone in the camp, even by the Kapos and the heads of the blocks. Despite the trials and privations, his face still shone with his inner purity. He was the only rabbi who was always addressed as "Rabbi" at Buna. He was like one of the old prophets, always in the midst of his people to comfort them. And, strangely, his words of comfort never provoked rebellion ; they really brought peace. He came into the shed and his eyes, brighter than ever, seemed to be looking for someone "Perhaps someone has seen my son somewhere?" He had lost his son in the crowd. He had looked in vain among the dying. Then he had scratched up the snow to find his corpse. Without result. For three years they had stuck together. Always near each other, for suffering, for blows, for the ration of bread, for prayer. Three years, from camp to camp, from selection to selection. And now--when the end seemed near--fate had separated them. Finding himself near me, Rabbi Eliahou whispered: "It happened on the road. We lost sight of one another during the journey. I had stayed a little to the rear of the column. I hadn't any strength left for running. And my son didn't notice. That's all I know. Where has he disappeared? Where can I find him? Perhaps you've seen him somewhere?" "No, Rabbi Eliahou, I haven't seen him." He left then as he had come : like a wind-swept shadow. He had already passed through the door when I suddenly remembered seeing his son running by my side. I had forgotten that, and I didn't tell Rabbi Eliahou! Then I remembered something else: his son had seen him losing ground, limping, staggering back to the rear of the column. He had seen him. And he had continued to run on in front, letting the distance between them grow greater. A terrible thought loomed up in my mind: he had wanted to get rid of his father! He had felt that his father was growing weak, he had believed that the end was near and had sought this separation in order to get rid of the burden, to free himself from an encumbrance which could lessen his own chances of survival. I had done well to forget that. And I was glad that Rabbi Eliahou should continue to look for his beloved son. And, in spite of myself, a prayer rose in my heart, to that God in whom I no longer believed. My God, Lord of the Universe, give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou's son has done. Shouts rose outside in the yard, where darkness had fallen. The SS ordered the ranks to form up. The march began again. The dead stayed in the yard under the snow, like faithful guards assassinated, without burial. No one had said the prayer for the dead over them. Sons abandoned their fathers' remains without a tear. How does this very important passage about Rabbi Eliahou tie to both the motif of and the motif of? Explain both. On the way it snowed, snowed, snowed endlessly. We were marching more slowly. The guards themselves seemed tired. My wounded foot no longer hurt me. It must have been completely frozen. The foot was lost to me. It had detached itself from my 5 body like the wheel of a car. Too bad. I should have to resign myself; I could live with only one leg. The main thing was not to think about it. Above all, not at this moment. Leave thoughts for later. Our march had lost all semblance of discipline. We went as we wanted, as we could. We heard no more shots. Our guards must have been tired. But death scarcely needed any help from them. The cold was conscientiously doing its work. At every step someone fell and suffered no more. From time to time, SS officers on motorcycles would go down the length of the column to try and shake us out of our growing apathy: "Keep going! We are getting there!" "Courage! Only a few more hours!" "We're reaching Gleiwitz." These words of encouragement, even though they came from the mouths of our assassins, did us a great deal of good. No one wanted to give up now, just before the end, so near to the goal. Our eyes searched the horizon for the barbed wire of Gleiwitz. Our only desire was to reach it as quickly as possible. The night had now set in. The snow had ceased to fall. We walked for several more hours before arriving. We did not notice the camp until we were just in front of the gate. Some Kapos rapidly installed us in the barracks. We pushed and jostled one another as if this were the supreme refuge, the gateway to life. We walked over pain-racked bodies. We trod on wounded faces. No cries. A few groans. My father and I were ourselves thrown to the ground by this rolling tide. Beneath our feet someone let out a rattling cry: "You're crushing me... mercy!" A voice that was not unknown to me. "You're crushing me... mercy! mercy!" The same faint voice, the same rattle, heard somewhere before. That voice had spoken to me one day. Where? When? Years ago? No, it could only have been at the camp. "Mercy!" I felt that I was crushing him. I was stopping his breath. I wanted to get up. I struggled to disengage myself, so that he could breathe. But I was crushed myself beneath the weight of other bodies. I could hardly breathe. I dug my nails into unknown faces. I was biting all round me, in order to get air. No one cried out. Suddenly I remembered. Juliek! The boy from Warsaw who played the violin in the band at Buna... "Juliek, is it you?" "Eliezer... the twenty-five strokes of the whip. Yes... I remember." He was silent. A long moment elapsed. "Juliek! Can you hear me, Juliek?" "Yes... he said, in a feeble voice. "What do you want?" He was not dead. "How do you feel, Juliek?" I asked, less to know the answer than to hear that he could speak, that he was alive. 6 "All right, Eliezer...I'm getting on all right... hardly any air... worn out. My feet are swollen. It's good to rest, but my violin..." I thought he had gone out of his mind. What use was the violin here? "What, your violin?" He gasped. "I'm afraid... I'm afraid... that they'll break my violin... I've brought it with me." I could not answer him. Someone was lying full length on top of me, covering my face. I was unable to breathe, through either mouth or nose. Sweat beaded my brow, ran down my spine. This was the end--the end of the road. A silent death, suffocation. No way of crying out, of calling for help. I tried to get rid of my invisible assassin. My whole will to live was centered in my nails. I scratched. I battled for a mouthful of air. I tore at decaying flesh which did not respond. I could not free myself from this mass weighing down my chest. Was it a dead man I was struggling against? Who knows? I shall never know. All I can say is that I won. I succeeded in digging a hole through this wall of dying people, a little hole through which I could drink in a small quantity of air. "Father, how are you?" I asked, as soon as I could utter a word. I knew he could not be far from me. "Well!" answered a distant voice, which seemed to come from another world. I tried to sleep. He tried to sleep. Was he right or wrong? Could one sleep here? Was it not dangerous to allow your vigilance to fail, even for a moment, when at any minute death could pounce upon you? I was thinking of this when I heard the sound of a violin. The sound of a violin, in this dark shed, where the dead were heaped on the living. What madman could be playing the violin here, at the brink of his own grave? Or was it really an hallucination? It must have been Juliek. He played a fragment from Beethoven's concerto. I had never heard sounds so pure. In such a silence. How had he managed to free himself? To draw his body from under mine without my being aware of it? It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was playing his life. The whole of his life was gliding on the strings-- his lost hopes, his charred past, his extinguished future. He played as he would never play again. I shall never forget Juliek. How could I forget that concert, given to an audience of dying and dead men! To this day, whenever I hear Beethoven played my eyes close and out of the dark rises the sad, pale face of my Polish friend, as he said farewell on his violin to an audience of dying men. I do not know for how long he played. I was overcome by sleep. When I awoke, in the daylight, I could see Juliek, opposite me, slumped over, dead. Near him lay his violin, smashed, trampled, a strange overwhelming little corpse. We stayed at Gleiwitz for three days. Three days without food or drink. We were not allowed to leave the barracks. SS men guarded the door. I was hungry and thirsty. I must have been very dirty and exhausted, to judge from the appearance of the others. The bread we had brought from Buna had long since been devoured. And who knew when we would be given another ration? The front was following us. We could hear new gun shots again, very close. But we had neither the strength nor the courage to believe that the What does this mean? 7 Nazis would not have time to evacuate us, and that the Russians would soon be here. We heard that we were going to be deported into the center of Germany. On the third day, at dawn, we were driven out of the barracks. We all threw blankets over our shoulders, like prayer shawls. We were directed toward a gate which divided the camp into two. A group of SS officers were standing there. A rumor ran through our ranks--a selection! The SS officers did the selecting. The weak, to the left; those who could walk well, to the right. My father was sent to the left. I ran after him. An SS officer shouted at my back: "Come back here!" I slipped in among the others. Several SS rushed to bring me back, creating such confusion that many of the people from the left were able to come back to the right-- and among them, my father and myself. However, there were some shots and some dead. We were all made to leave the camp. After half an hour's marching we arrived right in the middle of a field divided by rails. We had to wait for the train to arrive. The snow fell thickly. We were forbidden to sit down or even to move. Provide three details that show the prisoners are dehumanized here. The snow began to form a thick layer over our blankets. They brought us bread--the usual ration. We threw ourselves upon it. Someone had the idea of appeasing his thirst by eating the snow. Soon the others were imitating him. As we were not allowed to bend down, everyone took out his spoon and ate the accumulated snow off his neighbor's back. A mouthful of bread and a spoonful of snow. The SS who were watching laughed at this spectacle. Hours went by. Our eyes grew weary of scouring the horizon for the liberating train. It did not arrive until much later in the evening. An infinitely long train, composed of cattle wagons, with no roofs. The SS pushed us in, a hundred to a carriage, we were so thin! Our embarkation completed, the convoy set out. Elie and the rest of the prisoners were still marching on only to be put, in a new set of cattle cars. It was 100 people per car, but there was no roof on the cattle cars. So while it was snowing, snow would come down into the cattle cars. Night Unit Exam Study Guide Name Period: Date: Night Unit Exam Study Guide There will be a review of the test during tutorial on Monday (March 16) and Tuesday (March 17). By attending a session you will receive 10 points towards LABEL EACH SECTION AND NUMBER EACH ANSWER APPROPRIATELY. MOST ANSWERS WILL ANSWERS TO WHY -TYPE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE THOUGHTFUL AND DETAILED. STUDY QUESTIONS: NIGHT by Elie Wiesel MLA HEADING: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON YOUR OWN PAPER LABEL EACH SECTION AND NUMBER EACH ANSWER APPROPRIATELY. MOST ANSWERS WILL BE SHORT, BUT ANSWERS TO WHY Test: Friday, April 11 Test: Friday, April 11 Elie Wiesel main character, narrator, and author. Young boy growing up as a Jew in the Holocaust. Survived. Cared for his father in the concentration camps. Winner of the 1986 Nobel Night by Elie Wiesel - Chapter 1 Questions Name: Date: Night by Elie Wiesel - Chapter 1 Questions Chapter 1 1. Why did Wiesel begin his novel with the account of Moishe the Beadle? 2. Why did the Jews of Sighet choose to believe the London radio Blind Light. Brittany Weinstock 1 Blind Light Brittany Weinstock 2 To anyone else at any other time, a teenaged girl in a library wouldn t seem unusual. But I am not a normal teenaged girl. I am Tzipporah Laznikowicz, a fifteen-year Len Magee - The Album (Copyright Len Magee 1973) Len Magee - The Album (Copyright Len Magee 1973) Freedom Road 1 Freedom Road was calling me and all my friends The sun and the breeze upon your face But I find that Freedom Road ain't got no end Just lots Night Test English II 1 Multiple Choice (40 Questions 1 point each) Night Test English II 1. On the train to Auschwitz, what does Madame Schächter have visions of? a. Burning pits of fire b. The angel of death c. The death Night. Dates: Name: Date: Elie Wiesel - Elie s # (Eliezer) by Elie Wiesel. Madame Schachter. Anti- Semitic. deportation. Yossi and Tibi. Night Directions: Define each character and each term as you read Night. You don t need to do anything with the dates or setting, except refer to them. Characters: Elie Wiesel - Elie s # (Eliezer) Elies Socratic Seminar Preparation Name Date Socratic Seminar Preparation Night Summative Assessment Question Answer (Be sure to indicate which question is being answered.) Directions: Complete the graphic organizer below to prepare for The 7 Last Words Of Christ. The 7 Last Words Of Christ. Each reading and short reflection should be followed by music and/or silence. Images and symbols can also be used. It can be very effective to extinguish a candle at the end CHAPTER ONE - Scrooge CHAPTER ONE - Scrooge Marley was dead. That was certain because there were people at his funeral. Scrooge was there too. He and Marley were business partners, and he was Marley's only friend. But Scrooge Trouble was a-brewing. I d been feeling it for days, an uneasy, restless Text 1 Carter s Holler by Kimbra Gish Trouble was a-brewing. I d been feeling it for days, an uneasy, restless feeling, like fire shut up in my bones. I couldn t put a name to what ailed me, except that TIMES LIKE THESE Lyric Set. Recordings (mp3 and CD) and sheet music available from Hope Records at TIMES LIKE THESE Lyric Set Recordings (mp3 and CD) and sheet music available from Hope Records at www.wayneburton.com RISE AND SHINE Words and music by Wayne Burton Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine Elie Wiesel, from the Preface of the last translation of the book Night. I remember that night, the most horrendous in my life: Elie Wiesel, from the Preface of the last translation of the book Night I remember that night, the most horrendous in my life:..eliezer, my son, come here.i want to tell you something O n l y to y o u The Apostle Peter in the Four Gospels 1 The Apostle Peter in the Four Gospels By Joelee Chamberlain Once upon a time, in a far away land, there was a fisherman. He had a brother who was also a fisherman, and they lived near a great big lake. Figurative Language in Night Figurative Language in Night Because Elie Wiesel s experiences are so horrifying and so uniquely personal, it is difficult for him to describe them in direct, literal language. Language cannot capture English I Honors. 5. Summarize the story Moshe the Beadle tells on his return from being deported. Why does he say he has returned to Sighet? Name English I Honors Print this handout, and answer the questions in the provided space to be turned in on the second day of school. Complete sentences are not necessary. The class will complete the lesson a collection of commentaries on the Torah, studied for enlightenment in Kabbalah Night by Elie Wiesel NAME: 1 preface Why did Wiesel think it was a good idea to release a new translation of Night? Why didn t Night sell well after its initial publication? Who is the witness & why is 3. How did Wiesel realize his wish to study the Cabbala? a. Curious about it, asked questions, found a teacher Chapter 1 1. Who is Moshe the Beadle? What does Wiesel tell the reader of Moshe? a. Poor, foreign Jew b. Teacher, church office c. People were fond of him because he stayed to himself d. Awkward e. Trained Jonas felt nothing unusual at first. He felt only the light touch of the old man's hands on his back. The Giver Chapter 11 Jonas felt nothing unusual at first. He felt only the light touch of the old man's hands on his back. He tried to relax, to breathe evenly. The room was absolutely silent, and for December 29, 2013 The Birth of Christ Northside United Methodist Church Luke 2:7, Matthew 2:1-2, Luke 2:8-18 Rev. Rebecca Mincieli, December 29, 2013 The Birth of Christ Northside United Methodist Church Luke 2:7, Matthew 2:1-2, Luke 2:8-18 Rev. Rebecca Mincieli, 508-385-8622 Sermon by Rev. Frederick Buechner, with selected changes MY LIGHTHOUSE. In my wrestling and in my doubts. In my failures You won't walk out. Your great love will lead me through MY LIGHTHOUSE Verse 1 In my wrestling and in my doubts In my failures You won't walk out Your great love will lead me through You are the peace in my troubled sea whoa oh You are the peace in my troubled God rescued Moses. God parted the sea so his people could escape. God gave special bread to. feed his people. God sent Moses to rescue. God parted the sea so his people could escape God sent Moses to rescue his people God rescued Moses God sent birds to feed his people God gave his people water from a rock God gave special bread to feed Jesus Calms A Storm Matthew 8:23-27 Lesson 233 Jesus Calms A Storm Matthew 8:23-27 MEMORY VERSE PS ALM 107:28-30 Then they c ry out to the LORD in their trouble, And He brings them out of their distresses. He calm s the storm, S o that its Four Line Memorial Verse Page 1 of 5 Four Line Memorial Verse If we could only speak to her, And hold her loving hand, No matter what we said or did, I know she'd understand. Sadly missed along life's way, Quietly remembered every My Winter Storm. 1. Ite, missa est. 2. I walk alone. 3. Lost northern star My Winter Storm 1. Ite, missa est 2. Put all your angels on the edge Keep all the roses, I'm not dead I left a thorn under your bed I'm never gone Go tell the world I'm still around I didn't fly, I'm coming Z I N E B E L B O U K I L I. Matters of the Heart P O E T R Y Z I N E B E L B O U K I L I Matters of the Heart P O E T R Y Matters of the Heart To all the lovers who were never lovers, I spent my life running and catching my breath. Falling hard and breaking my bones, MARY S WAY OF THE CROSS MARY S WAY OF THE CROSS 1 Foreword Is not the Way of the Cross the way of every person s life? Doesn t every life have suffering, falls, hurts, rejections, condemnations, death, burial and resurrection? Remembrance assembly challenge running order 1. Remembrance assembly challenge running order 1. Remembrance assembly running order Film on entry (could be a Poppyscotland film) What are we remembering? Speaker 1 In Flanders Fields Speaker 2 Our trip THE WAY OF THE CROSS with Mary Jesus Mother THE WAY OF THE CROSS with Mary Jesus Mother FIRST STATION: Jesus Is Condemned to Death It was early Friday morning when I saw my son. That was the first glimpse I had of him since they took him away. His Out of the Wilderness song lyrics & chords raising a voice for the persecuted church Out of the Wilderness song lyrics & chords music/lyrics/songs: Kris Kemp copyright: 2003 Hear the music, download mp3's of these songs and others, free, at: www.outofthewilderness.net Samson, A Strong Man Against the Philistines (Judges 13-16) By Joelee Chamberlain 1 Samson, A Strong Man Against the Philistines (Judges 13-16) By Joelee Chamberlain When you think of strong men in the Bible, who do you think of? Why Samson, of course! Now, I've talked about Samson Blood of the Father. By Goran Zidar By November 17 th 2011 He should be asleep. Tucked away snugly, in warmth and comfort. Safe from the bitter chill of winter, and the cold, cruel world beyond his bed. Instead, he wandered the darkened The train stopped in the middle of a deserted field. The suddenness of the halt woke some of those. Why do they rejoice? Night by Elie Wiesel Once upon the train, the men continued for 10 days on the train with no food into the middle of Germany the Nazis continued to try and outrun the Russian Army and the Allies This paragraph THE BOAT. GIRL (with regard to the boat) NB: When she was a child she would pretend to fear things to get attention from her family. It was an inconsistent habit - like the boy that cried wolf - that was easy to see through. Because if on the Prayer Song Volume I (Copyright: Len Magee 1976) Prayer Song Volume I (Copyright: Len Magee 1976) Blue Skies Blue skies are all around Happiness it does abound Skies of grey have blown away Jesus washed my sins away Once I was lost in sin and shame, Dr. Michael Rydelnik Professor of Jewish Studies and Bible Moody Bible Institute Dr. Michael Rydelnik Professor of Jewish Studies and Bible Moody Bible Institute Faith After Auschwitz Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, "I won't! I won't go home! You can't make me!" Jonas sobbed and shouted and pounded the bed with his fists. 20 "I won't! I won't go home! You can't make me!" Jonas sobbed and shouted and pounded the bed with his fists. "Sit up, Jonas," The Giver told him firmly. Jonas obeyed him. Weeping, shuddering, he sat Sermon Series Shattered Dreams The Pathway to Joy. Mark 16: 1-8 (9-20) February 21, 2016 Sermon Series Shattered Dreams The Pathway to Joy Sermon: And then Traci Hubbard Mark 16: 1-8 (9-20) February 21, 2016 Marina was extremely afraid of the dark. When the lights went out, everything and Motherless Child. Humble Me Humble Me Went out on a limb Gone too far Broke down at the side of the road Stranded at the outskirts and sun's creepin' up Baby's in the backseat Still fast asleep Dreamin' of better days I don't want Teacher s Pet Publications Teacher s Pet Publications a unique educational resource company since 1989 To: Professional Language Arts Teachers From: Dr. James Scott, Teacher s Pet Publications Subject: Teacher s Pet Puzzle Packs Achievement Picnic 2017 Lyrics Achievement Picnic 2017 Lyrics Alive in You by Jesus Culture: From beginning to the end All my life is in Your hands This whole world may hold me down But it can never drown You out I'm not merely flesh The Apostle Paul, Part 6 of 6: From a Jerusalem Riot to Prison in Rome! 1 The Apostle Paul, Part 6 of 6: From a Jerusalem Riot to Prison in Rome! By Joelee Chamberlain Well, we've had some exciting talks about the life of the apostle Paul, haven't we?! How he was miraculously SID: It s Supernatural. SID: KAREN: SID: KAREN: SID: 1 SID: Hello. Sid Roth here. Welcome to my world where it's naturally supernatural. Are you dry? Are you dehydrated? Have you lost your first love? My guest had an amazing experience. She heard audible Hell is Real, I went there! Hell is Real, I went there! by Jennifer Perez The testimony of a 15 year old girl who was raised in a Christian home. She later backslid in her walk, found herself overdosing on drugs, dieing, and being Poems and Readings for Mothers, Daughters, Sisters and Grandmothers How do We Let a Mother Go? How do we let a mother go? How do we say "I'm ready now to go on without you"? How can we ever have a clue of what that really means? And of a sudden the moment is upon us, and Betsie! I wailed, How long will it take? I turned to stare at her. Whatever are you talking about? It was five hours after the Prime Minister s speech. How long we clung together, listening, I do not know. The bombing seemed mostly to be coming from the direction of the airport. At last we tiptoed uncertainly DANCER AND THE MOON (Ritchie Blackmore Candice Night Pat Regan) I Think It's Going To Rain Today A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with grey Human kindness overflowing And I think it's gonna rain Yes I think it's gonna rain Oh I think it's gonna rain, rain today Sid: My guest says when the hidden roots of disease are supernaturally revealed, the ones that no one is looking for, healing is easy. 1 Sid: My guest says when the hidden roots of disease are supernaturally revealed, the ones that no one is looking for, healing is easy. Is there a supernatural dimension, a world beyond the one we know? Renascence. Millay, Edna St. Vincent, Renascence Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950 All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I Name: Date: Hour: Conflict in Night [CCSS.ELA.9-10.W.3] Name: Date: Hour: Conflict in Night [CCSS.ELA.9-10.W.3] In order to create a good narrative, you must introduce conflict for your characters. A conflict is a struggle between two forces. In Chapter 3 of The Flying Ship From the Yellow Fairy Book, Edited by Andrew Lang From the Yellow Fairy Book, Once upon a time there lived an old couple who had three sons; the two elder were clever, but the third was a regular dunce. The clever sons were very fond of their mother, The Footsteps of Christ The Footsteps of Christ St Oswald s Catholic Primary School Easter Service 2017 Year 1, 2 & 3 We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you because, by your cross, you have redeemed the world. Jesus invites STOP THE SUN. Gary Paulsen STOP THE SUN Gary Paulsen Terry Erickson was a tall boy; 13, starting to fill out with muscle but still a little awkward. He was on the edge of being a good athlete, which meant a lot to him. He felt it Name: Date: Period: Night Study Guide Chapter 1 Name: Date: Period: Night Study Guide Chapter 1 1. What does Elie desire to study? 2. Who does he get to help him? 3. What happens to Moshe the Beadle? 4. What does Moshe say happened while he was away? THE RECIPE FOR A MIRACLE Luke 23:44 24:53 THE ROAD TO EASTER Dr. Larry Osborne Message #3: The Recipe For A Miracle North Coast Church Luke 23:44-24:53 March 26-27, 2005 THE PASSAGE & RECIPE: A Really Big Mess. Luke 23:44-56/ Matthew 26:47-27:50/ The Day Jesus Returned The Day Jesus Returned Slide 1 - The Day Christ Came Again slide Introduction to the Lesson. Opening Comments. Slide 2 - Sun in Sky It was an ordinary day. One just like any other. At least, that s the Trinity Lutheran Church Contemporary Worship Service March 4, :45 Trinity Lutheran Church Contemporary Worship Service March 4, 2012 10:45 CALL TO WORSHIP L: Come, join the journey of Jesus today! C: We come in our different ways, walking in our own styles, at our own The Wilting Flower By Taelon Pinto The Wilting Flower By Taelon Pinto What is life? That is a question that most seem to be concerned about these days. What makes us alive? Is it our thoughts, or our feelings? Or is it the simple beating The HOLY WEEK STORY 1) Jesus Rides into Jerusalem as King Hossana, to the Son of David. Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord. The HOLY WEEK STORY Worship begins in a dark sanctuary. The cross is up front. The stone is in front of the tomb CLY (Chetek Lutheran Youth) are scattered at different microphones, ready to read their Bronia and the Bowls of Soup Bronia and the Bowls of Soup Aaron Zerah Page 1 of 10 Bronia and the Bowls of Soup by Aaron Zerah More of Aaron's books can be found at his website: http://www.atozspirit.com/ Published by Free Kids Books Love Letters. A collection of channeled writings from the 2014 Heart Fire Devotional Retreat at The Sanctuary in Kamas, Utah Love Letters A collection of channeled writings from the 2014 Heart Fire Devotional Retreat at The Sanctuary in Kamas, Utah Take My Hand Here take my hand dear heart Feel me with you now You are not alone A Night on the Sea Mark 4:35-41 A Night on the Sea Mark 4:35-41 In our verse-by-verse study of Mark's gospel, today we come to a new section that starts at Mark 4:35 and goes through Mark 5:43. We have the last few weeks looking at the The Presence of Your Spirit (Copyright Len Magee 1974) The Presence of Your Spirit (Copyright Len Magee 1974) The Ark 1 God looked down upon the world many years ago He saw the awful sin of man about to overflow Only Noah was righteous, only Noah walked with A Stone Is A Strange Thing A Stone Is A Strange Thing A story about Ebola, grief and loss and how friends can help A Children for Health book Writing team: Clare Hanbury and Anise Waljee Editor: Tobias Hanbury Illustrator: David Learning to Love God: the Ten Commandments FRIDAY NIGHT YOUTH CLUB BOOK #2 His delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. ~Psalm 1:2 : the Ten Commandments Review and recite the following key verses and motto: Other people say, "The Second Coming is symbolic of a religious, spiritual, experience when you have this great awakening in your heart. TV Program CURRENT EPISODE The Appearing SERIES: The Appearing #3 of 5 2006-03-19 PRODUCTION #: 1063 SPEAKER: Shawn Boonstra Recent world events have led many to believe that something big is about to Meditations from Viktor Frankl for the Era of Trump Meditations from Viktor Frankl for the Era of Trump Celebrated Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl (March 26, 1905 September 2, 1997) remains best-known for his indispensable 1946 STAVE ONE: MARLEY S GHOST. Marley was dead, to begin with there s no doubt about that. He was as dead as a doornail. STAVE ONE: MARLEY S GHOST Marley was dead, to begin with there s no doubt about that. He was as dead as a doornail. Marley and Scrooge were business partners once. But then Marley died and now their firm Dorin Popa - poetry 1. NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ANYBODY Dorin Popa - poetry 1. NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ANYBODY so many times I had absurd claims I thought my soul was a perfect radar for your steps, your breath your weeping with ardour and love we could finally Day 308. No gift is too expensive to give to Jesus. Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard. It was an expensive perfume. She poured it on Jesus feet and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the sweet smell of the perfume. John 12:3 Day In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus ** 1 I In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus One day all these books will be yours, you know. They will? They will. Everything else will be (please list here): F & S and F & P Night by Elie Wiesel Name: Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Summary: As he spends more days in the Nazi concentration camps, Elie s faith continues to dwindle as he feels anger at God, witnesses the selection of Akiba mysterious child (oh god!) mysterious child (oh god!) mysterious child walk with your legs so long and loose not yet reconciled with a clear and pleasant truth faith and desire have no strings to bind them as one a trailblazing Worship Schedule Spring Session Worship Schedule Spring Session January 30 Lord You re Beautiful Revelation Song February 6 Blessed Assurance Amazing Grace February 13 Amazing Love Nothing But The Blood February 20 How He Loves Us How Sir James the Rose. Of all the Scottish northern chiefs Of high and warlike fame, The bravest was Sir James the Ross, A knight of mighty fame. Sir James the Rose 4 Of all the Scot tish north ern chiefs of high and war like fame, The brav est was Sir James the Ross, A knight of might y fame. Of all the Scottish northern chiefs Of high and warlike Study Guide Night by Elie Wiesel Name: English 12 Study Guide Night by Elie Wiesel Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Higher credit will be given to those who use quotes and page numbers to support their answers. Questions MY NAME IS AB-DU NESA MY NAME IS AB-DU NESA My name is Ab-Du Nesa and this is my story. When I was six years old, I was living in the northern part of Africa. My father had gone to war and had not returned. My family was hungry Resurrection Narrative Resurrection Narrative The Women Matthew 28 1. After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2. There was a violent earthquake, for THERES NOTHING TO MENTION AND WE COULD STAND UP TO FIGHT AGAIN OH NO WORDS CAN SET YOU THIS COULD BE MY LAST PARADE x 5 AND YOU WONT HAVE ANYONE x 8 I HEAR YOU WEPT RIGHT WHERE WE BOTH JUST SLEPT AND EVERYONE KNOWS TAKE THESE PHOTOS AND LEAVES FROM I DONT HAVE ANY NEED JUST NOW I HEAR YOU WEPT RIGHT WHERE WE BOTH JUST SLEPT AND EVERYONE KNOWS TAKE ONLY Intense Prayer NOW Will Keep Him Alive December 19, 2018 ONLY Intense Prayer NOW Will Keep Him Alive December 19, 2018 Dear God, please send a spirit of supplication upon our people like never before, that they may wake up and stop this event. Family, I have Fourteenth Station Jesus is laid in the tomb Mary and the friends of Jesus prepare his body for burial and lay it in a tomb cut from solid rock. They have forgotten or perhaps failed to believe the promise Such a Shame Where Are You The Rising Doubt Pain Goes By Until I'm Back The Line of Sight... 11 Under the Skies... 01 Why Did I Raise the Fire... 02 No Apologies... 03 More Than This... 04 Parasites... 05 Such a Shame... 06 Where Are You... 07 The Rising Doubt... 08 Pain Goes By... 09 Until I'm Back... CONSENSUS. Richard F. Russell Copyright 2014 CONSENSUS By Richard F. Russell Wordmstr007@gmail.com 910-285-3321 Copyright 2014 FADE IN: EXT WOODS DAY A small clearing in a deep woods. Sitting on rocks, backpacks on, 5 boys, ABBOT,,,, And 5 girls,,,, FEATURE STORY Meditations on the STATIONS OF THE CROSS BY FATHER KEITH LABOVE PHOTOS FROM ST. MARTIN DE TOURS CHURCH, ST. MARTINVILLE. 1 Jesus is condemned to death 2 LORD, HAVE MERCY ON THE POOR: Jesus LITTLE ELLEN: The Girl Who Saw Heaven. Contents 1-DAYS AT SCHOOL 2 WORKING FOR OTHERS 3- A BEAUTIFUL DREAM! 4-SEEING HEAVEN WITH JESUS LITTLE ELLEN: The Girl Who Saw Heaven Contents 1-DAYS AT SCHOOL 2 WORKING FOR OTHERS 3- A BEAUTIFUL DREAM! 4-SEEING HEAVEN WITH JESUS 5 HOLDING UP THE BIBLE! 6- FIRST VISION 7- THE CHILD AND THE PARASOL The Library of America Story of the Week Reprinted from Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, & Plays (The Library of America, 1995), pages The Library of America Story of the Week Reprinted from Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, & Plays (The Library of America, 1995), pages 40-45. Originally published in North of Boston (1914) ROBERT Beyond Help: A Two- Voice Sermon Based on Mark 5:21-43 by The Rev. Dr. Laurie Brubaker Davis July 22, 2018 Beyond Help: A Two- Voice Sermon Based on Mark 5:21-43 by The Rev. Dr. Laurie Brubaker Davis July 22, 2018 Jairus (J): Woman (W): Nothing could touch me. No one would touch me. J: I was so sure. W: I wasn	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line385
__label__wiki	0.661559	0.661559	"Hospitals: Army pledges fixes at Walter Reed" – John Irvine - The Health Care Blog John Irvine Article Description: A report on the Army's response to the Post's investigative series at Walter Reed Medical Center. Reaction: Walter Reed - "Army Generals Apologize for Walter Reed Failures" - Jim Lehrer and Kwame Holman - NewsHour Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who was recently fired as head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley apologized for substandard outpatient care at the medical center and vowed to improve the system at a House hearing Monday Jim Lehrer Kwame Holman Radio broadcast titled "Is This Any Way to Treat Our Troops? The Care and Condition of Wounded Soldiers at Walter Reed" covering the first congressional hearing prompted by the Walter Reed scandal. The broadcast includes interviews with Rep. John Tierney (D) of Massachusetts (chair of the oversight hearing), Staff Sgt. John Shannon (Walter Reed patient) and top army officials. An Op-Ed exploring how the Walter Reed scandal is emblematic of Bush's presidency and why, unlike Salon's 2005 Walter Reed coverage, the Washington Post's series attracted so much attention. "Silent Treatment" - Adam Reilly - The Boston Phoenix Solving the press’s credit problem Adam Reilly Prompted by the Washington Post's coverage of the Walter Reed facilities, Adam Reilly at the Boston Phoenix writes an article about the dubious ethics of giving credit among journalists. Crediting the reporting of your predecessors can sometimes be of vital importance to the covered story and its claims to truth. Byron Calame Written by The New York Time's public editor, this article explores why the paper was silent about Walter Reed for more than a week after The Washington Post broke the story. This is no way to treat a veteran An editorial by The Washington Post expressing outrage at both the poor physical condition of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the bureaucratic labyrinth seemingly designed to make it as difficult as possible for veterans to receive disability benefits, especially for traumatic brain injuries. Live Discussion with Post Staff Writer Dana Priest Washington Post reporter Dana Priest fields questions online from readers about the Walter Reed investigative series and its possible impact. Leonard Downie Jr. A letter to the Pulitzer Committee by former executive editor of The Washington Post Leonard Downie nominating Hull and Priest's Walter Reed series for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Al Tompkins Taken from the anthology Best Newspaper Writing 2008-2009 published by Poynter, this is an interview with reporters Hull and Priest from The Washington Post about their Walter Reed series. The award-winning Washington Post reporters describe how they went about their work. From the introduction to the report: "On the second morning of the Nieman Foundation’s three-day 2008 Conference on Narrative Journalism, Anne Hull, a 1995 Nieman Fellow, and Dana Priest, who investigated and wrote The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage that exposed harsh conditions for injured soldiers and Marines at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, spoke about “Creating an Investigative Narrative.”" II-Ward 57 Walter Reed Amputees - "Moving Forward, One Step at a Time" - Anne Hull - Washington Post After Iraq, Wounded Soldiers Try Out New Limbs, New Lives Tamara Jones The second of two articles about the treatment and rehabilitation of amputees at Walter Reed Medical Center. I-Ward 57 Walter Reed Amputees - "The War After the War" - Anne Hull - Washington Post Soldiers' Battle Shifts From Desert Sands to Hospital Linoleum This lengthy article is the first of a set of two articles about amputees at Walter Reed focused on Ward 57, Walter Reed's orthopedics wing, where amputees struggle to adapt to their injuries and move on with life. Lori Robertson Q&A with the Washington Post reporters Anne Hull and Dana Priest, who wrote the Pulitzer-Prize-winning series on the poor conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The interview addresses the genesis, reporting and writing of the series. Before publishing the first article on the poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, The Washington Post gave the Army six days to respond to its investigation. During these six days, Walter Reed held a press conference to brief other news outlets on the conditions of the hospital. III-"Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Losing Their Minds" - Mark Benjamin - Salon More U.S. soldiers than ever are sustaining serious brain injuries in Iraq. But a significant number of them are being misdiagnosed, forced to wait for treatment or even being called liars by the Army. Mark Benjamin An article highlighting the increasing number of soldiers returning from war with brain injuries and psychiatric disorders like PTSD. It focuses on Spc. James Wilson who returned from Iraq with PTSD-like symptoms but failed to get any kind of psychiatric treatment for over a year at Walter Reed. I-"Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Insult to Injury" - Mark Benjamin - Salon Some wounded soldiers back from Iraq are having to pay for meals at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Veterans' groups say it's another symptom of fighting a costly war on the cheap. At Walter Reed Army Medical Center, hundreds of wounded outpatient veterans whose stay exceeds 90 days must pay for their meals in cash. II-"Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Behind the Walls of Ward 54" - Mark Benjamin - Salon They're overmedicated, forced to talk about their mothers instead of Iraq, and have to fight for disability pay. Traumatized combat vets say the Army is failing them, and after a year following more than a dozen soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital, I believe them. The first major article about the poor quality of care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. This story focuses on the suicide of Spc. Alexis Soto-Ramirez and the difficulty he faced receiving quality psychiatric care. Follow-up: Walter Reed - "Report Says Fixes Slow To Come At Walter Reed" - Steve Vogel - Washington Post Steve Vogel Six months after the Walter Reed scandal broke, the Government Accountability Office reports that many of the problems identified were not addressed. Follow-up/Reaction: Walter Reed - "For War's Wounded, Space to Heal" - Steve Vogel - Washington Post At New Walter Reed Center, Amputees Try to Readjust to Life in or Out of Battle Walter Reed Medical Center opens the Military Advanced Training Center, a state-of-the-art rehabilitation center for amputees.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line388
__label__cc	0.522401	0.477599	Recipes for Nowruz, the Persian New Year On Oct 8, 2018 There are many ways to get to Montenegro’s Adriatic Coast, my taxi driver assured me, raising his voice over a chorus of horns that angrily saluted his laissez-faire attitude toward lane use during morning rush-hour traffic in Belgrade. ‘But it makes no sense to take the train.’ He weaved through less aggressive vehicles like a skier clearing slalom gates. A cold, grey autumn rain began to fall harder, drops beading down my window, as the main railway station came into view. ‘Let me take you to the airport,’ he sounded genuinely concerned. ‘You will be in the sea and in the sun and with a beer in half an hour. This thing you are doing, it will take all day … and into the night.’ He finally relented as we pulled up to the curb: ‘At least buy water, sandwiches, and toilet paper.’ The cabbie left me in front of the crenellated railway station, a faded Habsburg-yellow throwback opened in 1884. He was already speeding off to advise another tourist before I could throw my bag over my shoulder. Inside, I found the ticket office. The woman behind the glass informed me that the trip from Belgrade, Serbia, to Bar, Montenegro – on the Adriatic edge of the Balkan Peninsula – takes 12 hours. It costs 21 euros (there would be an additional three-euro charge for a seat reservation). ‘Yes, there is a bakery nearby,’ she said and pointed. ‘It is behind you. The shop for water and tissues is next to it.’ She slid the window closed, stood, picked up her pack of cigarettes, and disappeared. [bs-quote quote=”You have to be the best of whatever you are, but successful, cool actresses come in all shapes and sizes.” style=”style-8″ align=”right” author_name=”Jessica Alba” author_job=”American Actress” author_avatar=”http://localhost/our/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/brilliance-quote-avatar.jpg”] That sense of old-world drama would serve me well, I would soon learn, along this route. On the outskirts of the Serbian capital – as I settled into my seat in a weathered, six-person cabin – we passed Topčider Station, where the hulking locomotives from Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito’s famous Blue Train are stored. The behemoths sat dishevelled, graffitied, but still regal and almost lifelike, wishing me a safe passage to the outer lands. Within an hour, the tangle of urban metal and concrete unravelled, and the countryside spread out in all directions with the urgency of a jailbreak. The sun came out as wet, emerald-green hummocks began to play leapfrog across the vista, rolling until they dove out of sight over the horizon. Though the Belgrade–Bar line doesn’t have a sexy moniker (like the Royal Scotsman or Rocky Mountaineer), the Yugoslav Flyer would be appropriate. When construction began on the 476km railway in 1951, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was in its infancy: a tenuous post-WWII cadre of states on the Balkan Peninsula’s western half. By the time the route opened in 1976 – complete with 254 tunnels and 234 bridges winding down from the Pannonian Plain to the island-studded Adriatic Sea – the country had implanted itself as a geopolitical force and a synapse between the West and the Soviet Union. Yugoslavia has since splintered into seven nations. The railway, thankfully, endures, connecting Serbia to Montenegro with a brief blip across Bosnia & Hercegovina’s eastern border. But the line’s existence represents more than just a continued, now international, transport option. These tracks are the Balkans – and a lifeline to a swath of land where cultures have intertwined since before history. Here, the train takes adventurers across vistas crisscrossed by Greeks and Illyrians, as well as the Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires. Along the way, visitors have a literal window onto a living museum frozen in time. Those natural exhibits were on full display as we rumbled through the foothills of the Dinaric Alps in the southwestern corner of Serbia. When we crossed the border into Montenegro, the museum’s lineup of canvases – pristine panoramas and landscapes – changed again. The Western Balkans’ rotating collection now included towering mountains and canyons that engulfed us whole. ‘I had no idea what to expect,’ said Colin Smith, a fellow passenger and UK native. Outside the window, an old couple leaned against pitchforks next to haystacks. Behind them, vegetable gardens and a small-but-dense orchard of plum trees surrounded a stone farmhouse. ‘But I am so surprised by the beauty: the mountains, steep ravines and endless drops.’ Before I went to sleep that night, I remembered my taxi driver: ‘But it makes no sense to take the train.’ Lying in bed, I could hear the sea washing onto the shore outside my rented apartment’s window. If I ever saw him again, I would make sure to tell the cabbie he was right: a flight would have been much faster and easier, and more sterile. Book tickets (and separate necessary reservations) at the station a day in advance. There are 1st- and 2nd-class options. Night-train passengers can choose between couchettes or sleepers (with two or three beds). A one-way ticket (from Belgrade) costs 21 euros; a reservation is necessary and costs an additional three euros. Second-class couchettes on night trains cost an additional six euros. A bed in a three-bed sleeper is 15 euros; a bed in a two-bed sleeper is 20 euros. The Belgrade–Bar railway line runs twice per day, in both directions. From Belgrade, the train departs at 9:10am and at 9:10pm; the trip takes 12 hour. 32 Bright and Beautiful Summer Pastas Our Best Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line391
__label__wiki	0.919128	0.919128	Tag Archives: recalls How the FDA Handles Recalls of Life-Saving Implants Could Put People at Risk, Patients Say May 22, 2019 News Stories & Editorials, We're In the Newsimplants, medical devices, recallsCPTFadmin Nicole Carr, WSBTV; May 20, 2019 Jonesboro resident Geraldine Robinson is one of millions of Americans who use an implanted medical device to improve, and possibly extend her life. In 2013 she was implanted with a defibrillator to help with her congestive heart failure. She went to the doctor for checkups every six months. Robinson thought her device would keep her healthy for years. But last month the hospital called to tell her that device’s battery was failing. Robinson rushed to the emergency room. “I was scared they wasn’t going to get to me in time,” Geraldine said. The next day doctors replaced her device. The reason for the surgery noted on her patient information card was, recall. Channel 2’s Nicole Carr searched the FDA recall database and found Robinson’s device had been recalled two years earlier. The manufacturer’s suggested course of action was to monitor the device. While Robinson said she had no idea her device was recalled, her hospital said she was mailed a letter to notify her. Robinson said she never got that letter. Diana Zuckerman, president of The National Center for Health Research, said she wasn’t surprised that Robinson’s recalled device remained implanted for years. “This is the doctor having to say to the patient, ‘This implant in your body has been recalled but we don’t think you should have it removed unless you’re having obvious problems with it,” Zuckerman said. Zuckerman was also said Robinson is most likely not alone in her confusion, and often patients don’t learn their device is recalled. “Perhaps the patient has moved and the doctor or even the hospital doesn’t know where that patient is anymore,” Zuckerman said. Linda Radach, an implant recipient herself, said she believes the recall process needs an overhaul. “The FDA is very, very slow to use their authority to issue a recall instead requiring warning letters and requiring post market surveillance studies. Most of which are never completed,” Radach said. According the FDA website they hardly every issue a recall, instead trusting manufacturers to self-report. An FDA spokeswoman said recalls are not the only way they get dangerous products off the market. There are several patient resources available for medical device recipients, including questions to ask your doctor about the approval process. Radach said a 2006 metal on metal hip replacement failed leaving dangerous cobalt chromium debris in her system. “I’ve now had six total hip replacements,” Radach said. She said her issues were never reported to the FDA by her doctors and her device was never recalled. She did her own research and found her device had been approved for market three years after it was put in her body. “That alarmed me enough to realize this was much, much bigger than just me.” Radach told Channel 2 Action News many of the parts that made up her implant were cleared through the 510k process which rarely requires clinical trials on human patients. The process has been in place since 1976. Zuckerman said the 501K process it’s not enough. “All those companies have to do is prove that their new device is substantially equivalent to a device that’s already on the market,” Zuckerman said. In 2011 Zuckerman co-authored a report that found from 2005 until 2009, 113 recalls were class one. Only 21 of those recalls went through clinical trials. She said things haven’t improved. “Instead of saying ‘let’s be more stringent and require clinical trials for more implants,’ they’re doing exactly the opposite,” Zuckerman said. […] See the original story here.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line395
__label__wiki	0.57614	0.57614	Hot Cross Buns At St Bartholomew The Great Tomorrow at 11:30am sees the Ceremony of the Widow’s Sixpence in Smithfield Distribution of buns to widows in the churchyard of St Bartholomew the Great St Bartholomew the Great is one of my favourite churches in the City, a rare survivor of the Great Fire, it boasts the best Norman interior in London. Composed of ancient rough-hewn stonework, riven with deep shadow where feint daylight barely illuminates the accumulated dust of ages, this is one of those rare atmospheric places where you can still get a sense of the medieval world glimmering. Founded by Rahere in 1123, the current structure is the last vestige of an Augustinian Priory upon the edge of Smithfield, where once martyrs were burnt at the stake as public entertainment and the notorious St Bartholomew Fair was celebrated each summer from 1133 until 1855. In such a location, the Good Friday tradition of the distribution of charity in the churchyard to poor widows of the parish sits naturally. Once known as the ‘Widow’s Sixpence,’ this custom was institutionalised by Joshua Butterworth in 1887, who created a trust in his name with an investment of twenty-one pounds and ten shillings. The declaration of the trust states its purpose thus – “On Good Friday in each year to distribute in the churchyard of St. Bartholomew the Great the sum of 6d. to twenty-one poor widows, and to expend the remainder of such dividends in buns to be given to children attending such distribution, and he desired that the Charity intended to be thereby created should be called ‘the Butterworth Charity.’” Those of us who gathered in the churchyard at St Bartholomew the Great on Good Friday were blessed with sunlight. Yet we could not resist a twinge of envy for the clerics in their heavy cassocks and warm velvet capes as they processed from the church in a formal column, with priests at the head attended by vergers bearing wicker baskets of freshly buttered Hot Cross Buns, and a full choir bringing up the rear. In the nineteen twenties, the sum distributed to each recipient was increased to two shillings and sixpence, and later to four shillings. Resplendent in his scarlet robes, Rev Martin Dudley, Rector of St Bartholomew the Great climbed upon the table tomb at the centre of the churchyard traditionally used for that purpose and enacted the motions of this arcane ceremony – enquiring of the assembly if there were a poor widow of the parish in need of twenty shillings. To his surprise, a senior female raised her hand. “That’s never happened before!” he declared to the easy amusement of the crowd. I detected a certain haste to get to the heart of the proceedings – the distribution of the Hot Cross Buns. Rev Dudley directed the vergers to start with choir who exercised admirable self-control in only taking one each. Then, as soon as the choir had been fed, the vergers set out around the boundaries of the yard where senior females with healthy appetites reached forward eagerly to take their allotted Hot Cross Buns in hand. The tense anticipation gave way to good humour as everyone delighted in the strangeness of the ritual which rendered ordinary buns exotic. Reaching the end of the line at the furthest extent of the churchyard, the priests wasted no time in satisfying their own appetites and, for a few minutes, silence prevailed as the entire assembly munched their buns. Then Rev Martin returned to his central position upon the table tomb. “And now, because there is no such thing as free buns,” he announced, “we’re going to sing a hymn.” Yet we were more than happy to oblige, standing replete with buns on Good Friday and enjoying the April sunlight. The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, a century ago. John Betjeman once lived in this house overlooking the churchyard. The ceremony of the Widow’s Sixpence in the nineteen twenties. “God’s blessing upon the frosts and cold!” A crowd gathers for the ceremony a hundred years ago. Hungry widows line up for buns. The churchyard in the nineteenth century. Rev Martin Dudley BD MSc MTh PhD FSA FRHistS AKC is the 25th Rector since the Reformation. Testing the buns. The clerics ensure no buns go to waste. Hymns in the cold – “There is a green hill far away without a city wall…” The Norman interior of St Bartholomew the Great at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Gatehouse prior to bombing in World War I and reconstruction. Archive images courtesy Bishopsgate Institute The Widow’s Buns at Bow Easter Flowers at St Dunstan’s from → Culinary Life, Spiritual Life Jill Wilson permalink I love it that these eccentric traditions still carry on in all sorts of corners of London. For anyone who wants to get into the Good Friday spiritual mindset there is a stunning video of Allegri’s Miserere sung by Tenebrae filmed at St Barthomolew’s the Great. Truly wonderful singing which really suits the medieval setting – quite literally out of this world.. Kate permalink Thank you, really enjoyed that and St Batholomew’s is on my list of churches to see. Derek Bailey permalink Tell me what “feint daylight” is please? Phyllis Craine permalink I was lucky to visit St. Bartholomew in 2017, it was the middle of the week and we had the church to ourselves. One thing photos can never really impart is the intangible feel of a very very old building. The interior was dark , cool and quiet. The air had a faint odor of wax, smoke, wood and polished brass, built up over centuries. No sound of London traffic interfered. The walls are covered in tablets, memorials and plaques commemorating people and events, some well known and many long forgotten and now memorialized only here. The history of London pervades this place. This church has also survived devastating fires and wars and it’s still with us. Notre Dame will prevail. Pam Traves permalink Hot Cross Buns!! These Pictures were Wonderful!!! I an now 64 years old and I remember my first taste of me as little child and I always make them every year. I so Love them lots of butter!!!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line403
__label__cc	0.63864	0.36136	Stanton Prep and Ponte Vedra Soccer Tonight Postponed Thursday, February 3rd, 2011, 3:48pm Tonight's region quarterfinal soccer game between Stanton Prep and Ponte Vedra has been postponed due to deteriorating weather and field conditions not conducinve to staging an FHSAA state series contest. The game has been rescheduled for Friday night at 5:30 and Ponte Vedra and will be followed by the Ponte Vedra girls Region final game with Gulf Breeze at 7:30. Area Spelling Champs to Compete for Regional Honors More than a dozen of the area’s best spellers are brushing up on their vocabulary to prepare for the Northeast Florida regional spelling bee championship. Fifteen county champions will vie for the honor of Regional Champion during The Florida Times-Union Regional Spelling Bee Championship. The Spelling Bee is open to students in fifth through eighth grades who won their designated county bee. Duval County School Board Recognitions Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011, 10:41am During the presentation portion of the monthly meeting of the Duval County School Board, Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals and Board members recognized employees, a student and a community partner for their outstanding accomplishments and contributions to Duval County Public Schools: Pickett to be Held at Rutledge Pearson Elementary The Parents and supporters of the students of Rutledge Pearson Elementary will be holding a protest in front of the school located at 4346 roanoke blvd on today Feburary 2, 2011 at 10am. The students at Rutledge Pearson can not read, write or do math proficently. The parents are not allowed to come to the school and voulnteer. The principal at this school Debra Crotty has deniedspme parents the opportunity to help our children. When asked why Mrs Crotty response is that she has the right to decide who can come to her school. The board of education has given her the authority. The concerned taxpayers and parents of this school are tired of being denied access to this campus and being treated with disrespect. Jacksonville Public Library Offers Student Financial Aid Workshops Tuesday, February 1st, 2011, 3:07pm The Jacksonville Public Library, in partnership with the Florida Department of Education Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA), will present, “Figuring Out FAFSA,” a free session offering a thorough explanation of the college financial aid application process, including tips for filling out forms. Local Area Students Raise Money for Cancer Research Clink, clank, clunk! That’s the sound more than 300,000 students throughout North Florida will soon hear as they pour their pocket change into collection jars to support Olive Garden’s 17th-annual Pasta for Pennies program benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) School & Youth campaign. Last year, Olive Garden’s Pasta for Pennies collected $6.1 million nationally, bringing the total amount donated since the program’s inception to more than $53 million. 1,305 Children Enrolled Into Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten during Kick Off Event Monday, January 31st, 2011, 11:51am Early Learning Coalition of Duval (ELC of Duval) enrolled more than 1,305 four- year-olds into the FREE Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) program this weekend at the VPK Kick Off, which was held at the FSCJ Downtown campus, Fletcher High School and Ed White High School. The event drew the 2nd largest number of parents and families in the history of VPK in Jacksonville. World Emoji Day 1 Mile, 5K, 10K, 13.1, 26.2- Jacksonville Encore! Peter Pan: A Staged Reading by Jason Woods Theatre Jacksonville	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line405
__label__cc	0.592246	0.407754	Letters to Editors Letters to VIP's Apartheid or Not in Israel? - A great Letter Letter of Complaint: The West Dunbartonshire Council's Boycott Is ACTIVELY RACIST Open Letter to NY Times columnist Tom Friedman Open Letter of AJC President Ronald Lauder to President Obama An open letter to Rt Hon, David Miliband To: Ambassador D.Jorge Dezcollar de Mazarredo Open Letter to Lord Phillips of Sudbury EMAIL FROM AN OLD FRIEND - To Judge Richard Goldstone OPEN LETTER To Norway’s Minister of Finance Ms. Kristin Halvorsen NEW TAP Submission to UN Mission: Hamas Human Shields on Aerial Maps! Take-A-Pen Memorandum to UN Gaza Fact-finding Mission - AS SUBMITTED Latest Open LETTER by Maurice to UN Chief Justice Richard Goldstone Second LETTER to the President of Switzerland - update 21April Open Letter to the President of Switzerland Letter to Secretary General of the United Nations Sehr geehrte Kanzlerin Angela Merkel! Israel's right to defend herself against terror and build a security barrier Reader's Letter: Christians in Bethlehem – Wally Leaf To: DAILY MAIL Demonstrating THE POWER of Taking Your Pen: LETTER to The PRESIDENT of the Republic of IRELAND BBC – an Accomplice to Terror? Letter-Writing Tips Women Write for Israel Home » Letters » Letters to VIP's » NEW TAP Submission to UN Mission: Hamas Human Shields on Aerial Maps! NEW TAP Submission to UN Mission: Hamas Human Shields on Aerial Maps! To: Judge Richard Goldstone and the Honorable Members of the UN Fact-Finding Mission into the Gaza events and suspected war crimes From: Take-A-Pen - http://www.takeapen.org/ Via: chairman@takeapen.org Supplementary MEMORANDUM to the UN Fact-Finding Mission: Hamas usage of Human Shields proven by Aerial Maps - submitted by Take-A-Pen, on July 22, 2009, as supplement to Take-A-Pen's Original MEMORANDUM submitted to the UN Fact-finding Mission on June 30, 2009, entitled: Eleven major war crimes hamas has committed 1. The Rationale of this Supplementary Submission: We have felt obliged to further elaborate at least on one of the 11 Hamas war crimes presented briefly in our original Memorandum: on Hamas usage of Human Shields (in two major forms); because this crime seemed almost unbelievable to us, or to any human mind, in its "normal practice" and its cruelty against their own. We wanted to double-check whether this belief was true, widespread as it had been, and looked for more evidence about this, for ourselves. We have found such evidence and are honored to submit it to this UN Mission too. 2. The Submitter and this Submission: The Submitter of this Supplement, like of the original Memorandum, is Take-A-Pen, an independent and fully volunteer international grass-roots organization operating since 2001 - http://www.takeapen.org/ - watching media and politics for anti-Israel errors, bias or distortions in up to 18 languages, and countering those with facts and figures; in the spirit of seeking the truth and understanding as a precondition to peaceful co-existence. We are submitting this Supplement in high appreciation of the Mission's, actually of Judge Goldstone's announcement that you will give careful consideration to "all the information already received and still to be received". We see this implicit extension of accepting additional material as a sign of the Mission's firm will to find the facts and the truth. However, we have also a major concern what we'd like to communicate to you, hoping to receive clarifications, or, even better: factual corrections. As we wrote in our main submission, after considerations we had decided to trust your Mission, in spite of the previous consistently one-sided, biased and even hostile record of UN's HRC towards the state of Israel and its people. We decided to hope that your Mission would be a positive turning point in the HRC's attitude towards Israel and the region, enabling the UN to contribute to a balanced and viable Peace Process in the future, unlike until now. We are waiting for signs that Take-A-Pen's submission is carefully considered by the Mission. In the meantime we haven't received any reflection beyond a formal acknowledgement of receipt. There have been no questions to us, no invitations to witness, no requests to provide further evidence. We only hope this is not final. Or, maybe our presentation of the Hamas war crimes has been fully accepted, and is going to be adopted in your Report as is? Anyway, we'll look in Your report for the discussion of all the 11 Hamas war crimes we listed. 3. Abstract of this SUPPLEMENT: After an overview of the Human Shield subject, this Supplement presents hard evidence supporting especially one of the statements in Take-A-Pen's original Memorandum submitted on June 30; that Hamas deliberately committed also the special Human Shield war crime of systematically exposing special Protected Civilian Objects (like school buildings, hospitals, a mosque, a football stadium etc.) to maximum lethal danger. We present and briefly analyze two IDF aerial maps, showing the exact location of rocket launches from two regions in Gaza, executed mostly from close vicinity of such Protected Civilian Objects. Hamas' hope was obviously that the returned Israeli fire would cause maximum Palestinian civilian casualties. This is a severe Hamas War Crime. It gives an explanation also to at least part of the Palestinian civilian casualties. 4. Hamas usage of Human Shields proven by Aerial Maps This SUPPLEMENT intends to be self-explanatory, however for supportive material we shall refer to documents stored on Take-A-Pen's website http://www.takeapen.org/ . The Original Memorandum of Take-A-Pen about Hamas War Crimes, submitted on June 30, 2009, discussed 11 major types of Hamas war crimes. One of the most appalling Hamas war crimes has been the systematic use of Human Shields. Actually there are two different ways Hamas - and collaborating terror and militant organizations did this, see in (a) and (b). (a) The direct use of civilians, children in particular, as Human Shields for hiding or acting Hamas gunmen. Many photos are known showing Palestinian kids placed in the closest vicinity of acting gunmen, sometimes when those kids are "bravely" posing with the gunmen. A whole section of relevant documents is at the Mission's disposal in Take-A-Pen's website itself : Palestinian Child Abuse , containing several relevant and telling articles like: Palestinian children in combat support roles / Pressuring mothers to celebrate sons' martyrdom key to PA's success promoting suicide terrorism / Stop the Cynical Use of Children in Palestinian Terror Bombing / Letter to the "Save the Children Fund" / Israeli children - Victims of Palestinian Terrorism / Palestinian youth carrying explosive belt arrested at Hawara crossing / Another Palestinian Teen Suicide Recruit Promised Heaven, Arrested / Israelis Stop Teen Wearing Bomb Vest / Children of the Middle East / Palestinians Still Train Their Children to Hate and to Murder . We suggest that you read for example Gaza's Killing School . You may be surprised to read Abu Mazen: 40 children in Rafah who received money to throw Bangalore torpedoes lost their arms quoting the now PA President Abu Mazen: "I am against little children sent out to die. It is a terrible thing. At least 40 children in Rafah [in Gaza] lost their arms from the throwing of Bangalore torpedoes [a form of pipe bomb]. They received 5 Shekels [approx. $US 1.00] in order to throw them. Who would be prepared for something like that to happen to his son or to his family? In the end there was an uproar regarding the 13 year old children sent against the settlements. Why is this done?" An internal search with the words "human shield" in the Take-A-Pen website - http://www.takeapen.org/ - would provide the honorable Mission with 31 supporting items, illustrating how widespread the Human Shield practice has been on the Hamas and other Palestinian sides. Fewer documents are available, understandingly, disclosing actual violence used to force children to serve as human shield - to be in the most dangerous places in combat. Look at this rare appalling video, and notice the indifference of the adult walkers-by, indicating that such a scene is not exceptional in Gaza, or, that no-one dares to protest - or both. (b) Another form of Hamas' human shields is to use Special Protected Civilian Objects (like school buildings, hospitals, a mosque, community center or a football stadium) - by putting them constantly in harm's way. This PCO-s are not serving directly as momentary Human Shields for hiding or acting Hamas military as the kids, but are deliberately placed constantly in harm's way. Either by launching rockets to Israeli territory from the PCO-s' vicinity and thus provoking the IDF to return fire causing Palestinian civilian casualties - or, if the IDF recognizes that vicinity, paralyzing it by the PCO used as human shield. This war crime was especially difficult to believe, and therefore we have been looking for convincing evidence untiringly. We have finally found such evidence and are submitting it to the Fact-finding Mission in the following. ZOOM-1 on the center of Map-1: Hamas Deployment in the Northern Sector of Gaza city See 9 Rocket Launchers in and around the School compound The hard evidence that Hamas deliberately committed the special Human Shield war crime of systematically exposing Protected Civilian Objects (like school buildings, hospitals, a mosque or a football stadium) to maximum danger, is two IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) aerial maps showing the Deployment of Hamas in two different civilian regions in Gaza, with the exact location of the actual rocket launches there: executed in the closest vicinity of Protected Civilian Objects, hoping obviously that the returned Israeli fire would cause maximum casualties. Map-1 shows Hamas Deployment in the Northern Sector of Gaza city. Look at the 9 rocket launchers concentrated a few meters only away of the school compound, left of the center of Map-1. 2 rocket launchers are seen inside the school compound in the center of the map (see also Zoom-1). No or hardly any rocket launchers are located around military and training camps. Map-2 shows Hamas Deployment in Gaza's "Tel Zaatar Region". It shows an even more ill-intentioned rocket-launchers location pattern. Look at about 20 rocket launchers located in dense urban areas, 6 ones adjacent to a football stadium, 3 inside the "El Fakhura" Medical Center, 1 within the UNDP Community Center. Not a single rocket launcher was located in the large uninhabited open areas on the right low part of the map. Huge amounts of rigged explosives were concentrated in the Hamas training center - just adjacent to the Medical Center and the Community Center. (If you click on the names of Maps 1 and 2 above, you'll reach them on the Take-A-Pen website in full resolution for maximum detail. In the same time we are attaching the Maps to this Supplement in somewhat smaller size in pdf format - for more convenient use in your Report.) (c) According to international law all these cases are severe Hamas War Crimes, and de jure for any civil casualties in such cases Hamas should bear full responsibility. But, de facto, the IDF mostly took responsibility, handled these cases with extreme self-constraint in order to save civilian life; and so Hamas gained undeserved military advantage. In the relatively rare cases of unintended civilian losses nevertheless, an uninhabited Hamas propaganda machinery sold its invented or at least exaggerated stories, what a self-appointed NGO community and the world media motivated by rating before the truth uncritically conveyed to the public. We hope that your Mission acts to correct these libelous image distortions. While parts of the previous paragraph may be considered as Take-A-Pen's own view, we believe that the submitted factual material witnessing Hamas Human Shield war crimes do embody hard evidence. 5. Epilogue We hope that we could contribute somewhat to your fact-finding Mission. We'd appreciate any sign of your active interest in the material we sent and would do our best to answer your further needs or questions. We apologize for eventual technical or linguistic imperfections of our Memoranda. We are aware of it that the State of Israel does not formally cooperate with the present UN Mission, and it is understandable in light of the HRC's past attitude towards Israel. We hope however that your fair report will help to bring to create a better future cooperation. In order to help this to happen, in the meantime we, Take-A-Pen, offer to you again our best efforts to acquire published Israeli government or IDF documents and info you may need for your work, in case you'd ask us to do so. Wishing you all the patience, wisdom, courage and good luck needed for writing a meaningful and fair report, (Signed by) Endre (Andre) Mozes Chairman, Take-A-Pen - chairman@takeapen.org http://www.takeapen.org/ Map 1 (1.6 Mb)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0028.json.gz/line408
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