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Home State Publications II DHHS should integrate state substance abuse treatment facilities into the community-based system...
DHHS should integrate state substance abuse treatment facilities into the community-based system and improve performance management : final report to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee
DHHS should integrate state substance abuse treatment facilities into the community-based system and improve performance management : final report to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee - Page 41
Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Report No. 2014–14
Initiation/Presentation. When individuals present or initiate treatment the
ASAM assessment captures a wide variety of consumer demographics and
information. Diagnosis offers an opportunity to identify the recommended
course of treatment and establish benchmarks to evaluate progression
toward recovery.
Treatment Episode. Individuals often require multiple treatment episodes.
Each episode occurs within a setting along the American Society of
Addiction Medicine (ASAM) continuum through various treatment
modalities. Ideally, if treatment is successful, each episode prepares the
individual to move along the continuum to episodes requiring less intensive
treatment. Establishing treatment performance measures requires
capturing encounter-level data. Encounter-level data is similar to what
might be contained in a standard claim form and includes information such
as treatment setting and modality, treatment duration and completion,
cost, and consumer perceptions. These data are commonly known as
treatment processes and outputs.
Recovery. The long-term intended outcome of substance abuse treatment is
recovery. Effectiveness can be measured in terms of early and long-term
outcomes. Early outcomes provide quick feedback and are the easiest to
measure. These early outcomes might include an individual’s abstention
from substance use while receiving outpatient treatment. Changes in an
individual that indicate recovery can be viewed as long-term outcomes. In
2011, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) defined recovery as “a process of change through which
individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and
strive to reach their full potential.” Long-term outcome indicators that can
be measured include:
reductions or abstentions from substance use,
improvements in personal health,
improvements in social functioning, and
reductions in threats to public health and safety.
Due to problems with NCTracks, North Carolina does not have reliable
encounter-level data to effectively measure the performance of the
public substance abuse treatment system. In order for DMH/DD/SAS to
measure treatment processes, outputs, and outcomes, it must capture
encounter-level data. In July 2013, the North Carolina Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS) went live with NCTracks. NCTracks
replaced the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and the
Integrated Payment and Reporting System (IPRS), which previously
provided encounter-level data to DMH/DD/SAS. At full capability
NCTracks is intended to provide the type of encounter-level data that will
inform performance management. However, since going live NCTracks has
experienced challenges in processing claims.
As of August 2014, approximately 30% of total claims for substance
abuse treatment services have been denied. This denial rate was an
improvement over the approximately 50% rate that was occurring in
February 2014. However, both denial rates are above the normal range
for the legacy IPRS system. A high rate of denied claims in NCTracks
raises issues about the validity of the encounter-level data and whether it
Title DHHS should integrate state substance abuse treatment facilities into the community-based system and improve performance management : final report to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee
Contributor North Carolina. General Assembly. Program Evaluation Division.
Subjects Substance abuse treatment facilities--North Carolina--Evaluation
Substance abuse treatment facilities--North Carolina--Management
Description Title from cover.; "Report number 2014-14."; Includes bibliographical references.
Publisher Program Evaluation Division, General Assembly
Agency-Current North Carolina General Assembly
Physical Characteristics 50 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Digital Characteristics-A 2.03 MB; 57 p.
Related Items http://worldcat.org/oclc/896938155/viewonline; http://catalog.ncdcr.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=348530
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Title DHHS should integrate state substance abuse treatment facilities into the community-based system and improve performance management : final report to the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee - Page 41
Full Text Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Report No. 2014–14 Page 38 of 50 Initiation/Presentation. When individuals present or initiate treatment the ASAM assessment captures a wide variety of consumer demographics and information. Diagnosis offers an opportunity to identify the recommended course of treatment and establish benchmarks to evaluate progression toward recovery. Treatment Episode. Individuals often require multiple treatment episodes. Each episode occurs within a setting along the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) continuum through various treatment modalities. Ideally, if treatment is successful, each episode prepares the individual to move along the continuum to episodes requiring less intensive treatment. Establishing treatment performance measures requires capturing encounter-level data. Encounter-level data is similar to what might be contained in a standard claim form and includes information such as treatment setting and modality, treatment duration and completion, cost, and consumer perceptions. These data are commonly known as treatment processes and outputs. Recovery. The long-term intended outcome of substance abuse treatment is recovery. Effectiveness can be measured in terms of early and long-term outcomes. Early outcomes provide quick feedback and are the easiest to measure. These early outcomes might include an individual’s abstention from substance use while receiving outpatient treatment. Changes in an individual that indicate recovery can be viewed as long-term outcomes. In 2011, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defined recovery as “a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.” Long-term outcome indicators that can be measured include: reductions or abstentions from substance use, improvements in personal health, improvements in social functioning, and reductions in threats to public health and safety. Due to problems with NCTracks, North Carolina does not have reliable encounter-level data to effectively measure the performance of the public substance abuse treatment system. In order for DMH/DD/SAS to measure treatment processes, outputs, and outcomes, it must capture encounter-level data. In July 2013, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) went live with NCTracks. NCTracks replaced the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and the Integrated Payment and Reporting System (IPRS), which previously provided encounter-level data to DMH/DD/SAS. At full capability NCTracks is intended to provide the type of encounter-level data that will inform performance management. However, since going live NCTracks has experienced challenges in processing claims. As of August 2014, approximately 30% of total claims for substance abuse treatment services have been denied. This denial rate was an improvement over the approximately 50% rate that was occurring in February 2014. However, both denial rates are above the normal range for the legacy IPRS system. A high rate of denied claims in NCTracks raises issues about the validity of the encounter-level data and whether it
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Alabama College Ending Aquaculture Program After 27 Years
June 25, 2018 | :
An Alabama college is citing declining enrollment for a decision to ends its aquaculture program after 27 years.
Gadsden State Community College says it will discontinue the courses next spring.
School spokeswoman Jackie Edmondson tells The Gadsden Times the program was one of the few of its kind in the nation.
The program teaches students to care for aquatic life in natural and captive environments. Enrollees work with fresh- and saltwater fish and plants in tanks and ponds.
But the program can’t support itself any longer because enrollment is down.
Statistics show 27 students have completed the program in the last five years, or slightly more than five per year. The teacher, Hugh Hammer, says only one of the last 10 graduates is employed in the area.
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Ms Delphox
Name: Madame Karabraxos, AKA Ms Delphox
Format: Television Show
Time of Origin: Unspecified date in the far future, beyond the 50th century
Appearances: “Time Heist”
Doctors: Twelfth Doctor
Companions: Clara Oswald
While The Doctor prides himself on avoiding killing his enemies, Madame Karabraxos is a unique example of why he tries not to kill unless he is certain that he has to, as she not only reached a point where she sought redemption for her past sins, but actually helped The Doctor thwart her own past self.
One of the richest women in the galaxy in the far future, Madame Karabraxos ensured the security of her wealth by not only establishing her own bank, but actually going so far as to live in her personal vault surrounded by her various treasures, with the bank’s security including a telepathic alien known only as ‘the Teller’ that could detect even the slightest trace of guilt and completely crush the guilty party’s brain. Even with these precautions, Madame Karabraxos was so overly paranoid about the bank security that its daily running was organised by a clone of herself known as ‘Ms Delphox’ while she remained in her personal vault, with only her clone aware of her existence.
From The Doctor’s perspective, he first became involved in Madame Karabraxos’s plan when he received a call on the TARDIS phone. As soon as the Twelfth Doctor had answered the call, he and current companion Clara found themselves in a room with a cybernetically-enhanced hacker called Psi and Sadria, a human mutant who unwillingly assumed the appearance of anyone she touched; all four Of them had just had their recent memories erased by a mind-worm (“The Snowmen”), after leaving a recorded message to themselves stating that They had willingly agreed to this mind-wipe. Discovering a briefcase containing various instructions and a recorded message left by someone who identified themselves as ‘the Architect’ the team were forced to flee, discovering that They were already inside the bank they had been instructed to rob.
Witnessing the Teller in action as they began the heist – Sadira posing as another customer to help them get through the main hall using a provided DNA sample – The Doctor guessed that Their memories had been erased to limit the guilt they would have otherwise felt while infiltrating the bank. Despite the various ‘tips’ planted by the Architect to help them progress further into the bank, including additional briefcases at various stages, the team apparently lost Sadira and Psi when they were forced to use what appeared to be personal disintegrators to escape being caught by the Teller as they advanced towards the main vault. Arriving At The vault, The Doctor initially claimed that The vault’s defences were impregnable, but when a sudden solar storm struck the planet and disrupted the bank’s security systems, The Doctor realised that this robbery had been planned from the future to target the bank when it was most vulnerable, as the storm’s timing was too significant for it to be a coincidence.
Entering the vault, The Doctor and Clara were able to recover Sadria and Psi’s rewards; a serum that would allow Sadria to control her powers and a memory chip that would restore memories of Psi’s family which he had erased shortly before he was captured during a previous crime. Although they were subsequently captured by Ms Delphox, the guards she had assigned to capture them turned out to be Sadira and Psi; the ‘disintegrators’ were really personal teleporters that sent them to an orbiting spaceship. With the team united, they headed back for the personal vault of the bank’s director, which The Doctor had identified as their main target, where they encountered the original Madame Karabraxos, who swiftly ordered that her clone be disintegrated for failing to keep them away.
With Madame Karabraxos’s treatment of her clones reminding The Doctor of his own self-loathing issues (“Amy’s Choice”), The Doctor realised who must have arranged this heist in the first place, quickly scrawling a note with his telephone number on it for Madame Karabraxos to call if she ever had anything she particularly regretted. As Madame Karabraxos departed, the Teller arrived, but The Doctor convinced it to simply probe his recent erased memories, allowing him to determine that he had been the one to arrange the heist by planting the various tools as ‘The Architect’ using information he had received from the future Madame Karabraxos. With his memory restored, The Doctor was able to help the Teller release its captured mate from a deeper vault – the only reason the Teller had worked for Madame Karabraxos all these years – allowing the ‘thieves’ and the two creatures to depart, leaving the two Tellers on an uninhabited planet before returning Sadira and Psi to their lives.
Time Heist
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Mac Air??
Apple could release an $800 netbook in 2009, Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster told investors Tuesday. Munster is just the latest advising the Cupertino, Calif. computer maker to offer an inexpensive laptop.
Although CEO Steve Jobs has poo-poohed talk of a netbook, dismissing the growing trend as just a “nascent market,” Munster believes Apple has the perfect platform: the MacBook Air.
In a note to clients, the Apple watcher said Apple could release an 11-inch version of its MacBook Air notebook and sell the unit for between $800 to $1,000.
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Kanye West Interview With Conan O'Brien!
Beyonce Interview On Tyra Banks Show [Full 23 Min]
Ludacris Brings Out T-Pain, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, DJ Premier, LL Cool J, And Jadakiss In NYC
Kanye On 106 & Park
Kanye West On Angie Martinez Show
Lil Wayne Goes At 50???
The Making Of Arab Money Remix Part 1 - Busta & Diddy vs Akon & T-Pain
Posted by Dreadlocks at 11/26/2008 02:24:00 pm 0 comments Links to this post
Jay-Z on The Angie Martinez Show
Beyonce Interview On Ellen
Diddy Gives T-Pain A Half A Point For Allowing Puff To Use Auto-Tune On His Album!
The Chrome Bugatti Veyron
Jimmy Iovine Explains "Detox" Delay
Interscope head Jimmy Iovine has come forward to explain the delay of Dr. Dre's highly anticipated, upcoming album.
According to Billboard, the music mogul claimed the super producer's follow-up release to 1999's multi-platinum selling album The Chronic 2001 was originally prepped to drop in late 2008. However, the return of Eminem prompted Dre to alter his schedule.
"We only tried to put [Em] out this year to replace Dr. Dre, but we got into a quagmire," Iovine told Billboard. "Eminem was always coming next year. But what happened was, I lost Dr. Dre to Eminem."
Assuring there were no personal issues involved, the music exec said Em's surprising work ethic forced Dre to move his solo project into 2009.
"Dre had to stop making his album to finish Eminem's album," Iovine added. "Eminem hit a streak, and when a guy like Eminem gets on fire, you stop everything. That's how we lost Dre."
While not offering an exact date, Jimmy promised the producer would be on hand to finish Em's new release and complete his own at the start of next year.
"Dre's going back in in January," Iovine continued. "He'll be finished with Eminem by then, and he'll finish his album."
Beyonce On Tyra
John Forte Gets A Pardon From President Bush
Remember John Forte, who used to be down with the Fugees back in the day. Well, in 2007 Forte was sentenced to 14 years in prison when he was caught with $1.4 Million Dollars worth of liquid cocaine. On December 22nd, he will be a free man courtesy of a pardon from President Bush.
T.I. & PSC Perform @ The Dirty Awards
Fight breaks out at Dirty Awards
Dont play with Alfamega boy!!! Dayum!!!
Dirty Awards 2008 Battle Between T.I. and Shawty Lo from Gyant on Vimeo.
Busta Rhymes - I Got Bass
Big Tune!!!!
Red Bull BC 1 B-Boy Competition Winner 2008
Red Bull BC-one 2008
by KeMp-S2O
Wiley feat Kano & Ghetto - She's Glowing
Here Is A Bunch Of Unlucky And Stupid People!! LOL
Guess Who Is Number 1 On The Couples Rich List??
The music industry’s hottest couple, Bey and Jay raked in mega dough this past year, as if it wasn’t already expected, considering the multiple million-dollar business ventures they’re both linked to.
The royal pair topped Forbes’ richest celebrity couples list, collectively making a whopping $162 million in 2008, beating out other power couples who also make big bucks.
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith took the No. 2 spot, with $85 million earned together, while David and Victoria Beckham rounded out the top three with annual earnings of $58 million, reports say.
“Naturally, powerful people tend to gravitate toward other powerful people,” clinical psychologist and celebrity researcher Jim Houran tells the magazine.
In related news, Mrs. Sasha Fierce appeared on BET’s 106 & Park Tuesday, promoting the release of her new album “I Am ….Sasha Fierce,” in which she performed the hit single, ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)’. After the electric performance, Bey’ could be seen flashing her husband’s signature ‘Roc’ sign, preceded by a Heart, as she bashfully snickered at the camera.
Honda FC Sport Concept
The FC Sport was created to show off the packaging options that are possible with hydrogen fuel cells. Using the V-Flow fuel cell stack and electric drivetrain from the FCX Clarity, the FC Sport is a three-seat sports car.
Sha Money XL - One Stop Shop Motivation (About A&R's, Producers, & More) [14 Min Trailer]
I hope people realise how much competition there is in the U.S.
What i do is not easy. This isnt a game!!!
Beat battle starts at 10:47
Lol !!!!!!!!!!!!
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CLASSIC: Musical Youth - Youth Of Today
Diddy To Appear In CSI: New York
Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs is to play a prosecutor in the Miami edition of hit US crime show CSI, US TV network CBS has confirmed.
The rapper - who has said he is retiring from music to concentrate on his acting career - will appear in two episodes of the show.
CBS said Combs would play a prosecutor who argues with Lt Horatio Caine, played by David Caruso.
Another rap star, Nelly, already plays a role in CSI: New York.
Combs, who formed the label Bad Boy Records, had global hits in the 1990s with tracks like I'll Be Missing You and Come With Me.
In recent years, however, he has turned his attention to his acting career, appearing in films such as Made, Monster's Ball and the critically acclaimed A Raisin In The Sun.
Combs episodes are expected to appear on US TV in the middle of 2009.
1 Second Knockout!!!!
Ludacris & Preemo in the Studio
T-Pain Disses Ron Browz
Damon Dash Says.... KanYe West HATES Jay-Z For NOT 'Giving Him' A Rocafella Chain!!!!!!!
Damon Dash is telling more tales about his estranged business partner, Jay-Z. His latest: that Jigga set off a feud with Kanye West by refusing to bestow his bling on Kanye.
Dash claims the simmering beef dates back to a 2003 Chicago concert, where the then-up-and-coming Kanye expected ruling Roc-A-Fella artist Jay to "knight" him by presenting him with a gleaming chain.
But, according to Dash, Jay didn't want to fork over the chain.
"This n- [Kanye ] was like, 'Wow. [Jay-Z] ain't going to give me the chain,'" Dash alleges in December's Complex magazine. "I had to take off my chain and give it to him, and I was heated. I had the real canary diamonds. That s- cost $40,000! I told Kanye, 'Yo, you got to give that back when we get off this stage!'"
Dash contends that after Jay-Z violated the code of hip-hop chivalry, "Kanye hated Jay-Z."
But a rep for Kanye tells us the story is "ridiculous and totally false."
Others suggested that Dash, whose business relationship with Jay ended badly, has trotted out the story to hype his latest protege, rapper Jim Jones.
"This is sad," says one source. "Damon does this every time he's promoting an artist. He just makes things up."
Despite Dash's feud claim, Kanye and Jay have performed several times together since the supposed bling diss.
"They're both on [Def Jam]," says a source. "They're friends and always have been."
Another hip-hop insider added, "No one has ever said that Kanye hated Jay. [West, Jay-Z and Dash] were all together at one point every single day. To say he hated him back then is silly."
"Damon wants to blow [Jim Jones] up," the source agreed, noting that Dash is producing a documentary about Jones in which Dash introduces the rapper to influential acquaintances, like Vogue editor Anna Wintour. "We'll see how this plays out."
Reps for Jay-Z and Dash didn't return calls. The full interview with Dash and Jones appears tomorrow on Complex.com.
Michael Jackson Ill??
Lawyer: Michael Jackson May Be Too Sick To Travel
Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming he owes an Arab sheik $7 million, the pop star's attorney said Tuesday.
Jackson is seeking to give his testimony by video link from the United States.
"It would be unwise for him to travel, given what's he's got now," lawyer Robert Englehart said, declining to elaborate "for the obvious reasons."
A lawyer for Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa said the medical evidence presented by Jackson's legal team was unsatisfactory.
"It's not the first time a sick note has been presented by Mr. Jackson," the lawyer, Bankim Thanki said. He gave no precise indication of what the illness might be, but told the court that Jackson's condition could be treated with a bandage "if the diagnosis is positive."
Jackson has often been seen wearing a surgical mask in public. In one infamous court appearance in California, he appeared to have a bandage hanging from his hollowed-out nose.
Despite much speculation about his radically changed appearance over the years, he has denied having had any alterations to his face other than two operations on his nose to help him breathe better to hit higher notes.
The judge in the current case, Nigel Sweeney, said he would decide the question of Jackson's travel on Thursday to allow time for medical experts on both legal teams to talk.
Al Khalifa, the second son of the king of Bahrain, claims that Jackson reneged on a contract for an album, a candid autobiography and a stage play, after accepting millions from the sheik.
Al Khalifa was in court Tuesday for the second day of arguments and testimony.
The case is being tried in London by mutual agreement, Al Khalifa's representatives have said, and it is expected to close by the end of the month.
Jackson, 50, and the Bahraini royal first made contact when Jackson was fending off accusations of child molestation in California. Once Jackson was cleared of the charges, Al Khalifa, an amateur songwriter, invited him to the small, oil-rich Gulf state to escape the media spotlight.
Thanki said that the pair even moved in to the same palace to work on music together.
However, Jackson dropped the project in 2006, leaving Bahrain and pulling out of the contract, a move Al Khalifa considered a slap in the face, Thanki said.
"It's fair to say my client felt a considerable sense of betrayal by someone he thought was a close friend," he said. Thanki said Al Khalifa suffered financially too: Jackson's autobiography, intended to be "a frank and personal account" of the singer's life, was alone expected to rack up $24 million.
In the meanwhile, Al Khalifa had given Jackson millions of dollars to help shore up his finances and subsidize Jackson's lifestyle in the small Gulf state — including more than $300,000 for a "motivational guru."
Thanki said Al Khalifa considered the money an advance on the profits Jackson would reap from their pop music project, but Englehart said the money was a gift.
"Sheik Abdulla, fortunately for himself, had the resources to be so generous," Englehart said.
Englehart argued that Jackson wasn't bound by the deal he struck because the contract was technically signed on behalf of 2 Seas Records, a venture which never got off the ground.
"This (contract) was one brick in a building that was never built," Englehart said.
Katt Williams Shows Up At Hotel In Bathrobe, Hospitalized In Mental Facility…
Ahhhhhh Man!!! SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Game On Tour In Africa
This kid is a serious Game fan!! Watch at 4:38
Urban Music Awards Chaos!
One person was left critically injured while another was arrested, following a triple stabbing at this year’s Urban Music Awards in London.
According to reports, a huge brawl involving up to 30 people broke out at about 10 p.m. Saturday (November 15).
Eyewitnesses recall seeing “blood all over the floor” after the melee, which sent champagne bottles and chairs flying.
As a result, Urban Music Awards organizers were forced to abandon the event about 90 minutes into the show.
Three hundred people were kept inside the O2 Arena, as police sealed off the venue and allowed one person out at a time after they were questioned.
Three people were treated at the scene and transported to London hospitals. Reports state that none of the injuries were believed to be life threatening.
One man who was stabbed is in critical condition.
Although authorities are still investigating the cause of the brawl, a police spokesman revealed to the Daily Mail that “a 21-year old man is in custody.”
Prior to the brawl, a host of celebrities and guests were on hand for Urban Music Awards.
Nominees featured at the sixth annual event included Dizzee Rascal, Leona Lewis, Estelle, Adele and Duffy.
It is not yet known whether any of the nominees were at the awards ceremony at the time of the brawl.
News of incident triggered immediate reaction as an O2 spokesman told the Daily Mail that “nothing of this nature has ever taken place in the venue before and all the usual stringent security measures were in place.”
Despite the spokesman’s claim, event guests noted the absence of tight security.
The O2 spokesman also offered well wishes to those affected by the stabbings while explaining that the venue is working with the police to “understand how this happened.”
“Our thoughts are with the victims of the attack,” he said.
Dance Flick Trailer 2009
This Looks Funny!
T-Pain On Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Eddie Griffin Airs Out The Paparazzi's!
Justin Timberlake Does “Single Ladies” Parody With Beyonce On SNL!!!
Justin Timberlake & Beyonce - Parodie "Single Ladies" SNL
by Rock_You_Justin
The Roots Retiring!!
Last night in Chicago The Roots announced that they will be retiring from touring EFFECTIVE March 2009. The move is being made to accommodate their new Night Gig as the house band for Jimmy Fallon when he replaces Conan O’Brien as the host of Late Night in March of 2009. Conan will be moved to the Tonight Show.
Amanda Diva, Charles Hamilton, Skyzoo, Mickey Factz, & Cory Gunz Freestyle Cypher
Kat Williams Gone Crazy???
The comedian, known for appearances on MTV's "Wild 'n Out" and BET's "Comic View" has made media reports recently for exhibiting erratic behavior, including not showing for an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in New York on Nov. 4 and being arrested on weapons charges later that week after a traffic stop. On Friday, he turned up in Sumter and allegedly underwent a mental health evaluation for a possible hospital commitment, at the urging of local family members. This was after run-ins with both city and county law enforcement.
The day's bizarre events began with a call to police early in the morning.
Sumter Police Department Maj. Perry Herod said officers responded to a call in reference to suspicious behavior by Williams, 35, on Friday morning at the Mount Vernon Inn.
"And officers did talk with him, and then my understanding is he went on his own to Tuomey Hospital," Herod said.
"Basically we just received a call in reference to a possible suspicious person, but that's the extent of the dealings we had with him," said Sumter Police Chief Patty Patterson.
Patterson said Williams was trying to acquire a room at the motel when hotel employees called at around 8:30 a.m. due to his strange attire: a bathrobe and a towel wrapped around his head. After determining no criminal activity was taking place, officers left.
"He asked for some directions, which he was given, and we departed," she said.
Williams appeared on the doorsteps of attorney Garryl Deas' office at 201 N. Main St. around 9 a.m. Friday, after his encounter with police, according to Deas. Deas said the actor came and solicited the attorney's help, though he said he has not been hired to represent Williams.
During this brief conversation, Deas said Williams told him he felt the police were "attempting to violate his rights" and he was interested in retaining Deas' representation. Williams also went on to talk about his entertainment career and revealed there were people who thought he was missing because he had failed to report to some engagements, Deas said. The actor said there were even rumors he had perished in a plane crash, which Deas said was obviously not true.
"He was alive and in color in my office this morning," he said.
Deas said he talked with Williams until about 9:30 a.m. when the attorney had to leave for a court appearance. Williams asked if he could wait for Deas, and Deas told him he could, Deas said.
When Deas returned to his office at about 10:30 a.m., Williams was waiting for him. By this time, Deas said, Williams' behavior had changed.
"His demeanor was a little troubled," Deas said. He said the actor seemed "disoriented."
About that time, family or close friends of Williams arrived to try to take him to the hospital for mental evaluation, Deas said. He said the family was seeking to have the actor committed. He was under the impression the family members were a teenaged daughter and the daughter's mother. Williams, however, did not want to listen to their urging that he visit the hospital, Deas said.
His erratic behavior continued.
"He just said that he doesn't trust anyone anymore," Deas said. He said he thought "everyone has turned against him. He wasn't really coherent."
By that point, the actor was "speaking gibberish," Deas said, though he declined to guess whether the actor was intoxicated.
Deas said the family was seeking an order from a probate judge to force him to be seen for a mental evaluation. Sumter Probate Judge Dale Atkinson, however, said neither he nor any of his staff issued a pickup order for anyone by the name of Katt Williams.
Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said, however, that an order was issued by the probate court and that because his department becomes involved with these type of matters, his office was called.
Dennis said the call came in around noon and deputies arrived to transport Williams to the hospital. Though he was vocal in his desire not to go, Williams was not physically aggressive.
She could not reveal whether Williams or his family had been in contact with them, but Kathleen Higgins, clinical director for Santee Wateree Mental Health Center, said in order for someone to be psychiatrically committed, one has to be assessed by a mental health worker, "and then a doctor has to sign the commitment papers."
Kanye Talks About His U.K. Arrest
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED…WHEN I LEFT THE CLUB, I WAS ENCOUNTERED BY A THIRSTY PAPARAZZI AS USUAL. HE FELT HE HAD MORE RIGHTS TO MY SPACE THAN ME, SO I PUT MY HAND UP TO PREVENT HIM FROM TAKING MY IMAGE. I DIDN’T ASSAULT HIM BUT MERELY PUTTING MY HAND UP TO COVER HIS LENS. MY SECURITY YELLED, “GET THE CAMERA OFF HIM.” I GUESS IN ALL THE COMMOTION THE CAMERA SCRAPED HIS NOSE.
THREE HOURS LATER I GET A KNOCK AT MY HOTEL DOOR. THERE WERE FIVE POLICE OFFICERS IN FRONT OF MY ROOM AND I HAD NO IDEA WHY. I HAD MY SECURITY GO SPEAK WITH THEM. THE COPS WERE VERY CORDIAL BUT TOLD ME THEY HAD TO ARREST ME BECAUSE A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THAT WAS THE BOGUS PART. THEY PLACED ME IN HANDCUFFS AND DROVE ME TO THE STATION. THEY SPOKE ABOUT HOW THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A PUBLICITY STUNT BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER BUT THEY STILL HAD TO GO THOUGH THE MOTIONS. WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL THERE WERE PAPARAZZI HANGING OVER THE BRIDGE ABOVE THE HOTEL TRYING TO GET A SHOT OF ME GETTING OUT THE POLICE VAN. EVEN THOUGH I WASN’T CHARGED, THE DAMAGE WAS DONE. SURE ENOUGH THE NEXT MORNING, PLASTERED ACROSS EVERY MEDIA OUTLET… KANYE GETS ARRESTED. IT DIDN’T MATTER THAT I WASN’T CHARGED OR THE FACT THAT I HADN’T ASSAULTED ANYONE. ALL THAT MATTERED WAS THAT I WAS ARRESTED
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Lewis Hamilton Is That Guy!!!!
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton became the youngest world champion in Formula One history by the skin of his teeth after a nail-biting Brazilian Grand Prix.
The 23-year-old Englishman's title rival Felipe Massa won the race in his Ferrari but Hamilton grabbed the fifth place he needed at the last corner.
A late-race rain shower looked to have cost Hamilton the title when he dropped to sixth after a stop for wet tyres.
But he passed Toyota's Timo Glock as they entered the pit straight.
Renault's Fernando Alonso, the previous youngest champion, was second ahead of Massa's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel.
Hamilton's success buries the ghosts of last year, when after a remarkable debut season he let slip a massive lead in the final two races and Raikkonen sneaked in to win the title.
Ultimately, there were no similar mistakes this time around - but as he entered the final lap Hamilton was not going to win the title.
He - like Massa - had stopped to change to wet tyres as the rain fell in the closing laps.
But while the Brazilian held on to his lead, Hamilton dropped to fifth place behind Glock - who stayed on dry tyres.
Hamilton then lost that position - which was the minimum he needed if Massa won - when he was passed at the start of the penultimate lap by Vettel.
Hamilton tried hard to get back past the German, but he could not get close enough to him and he would have thought he had lost the title until he came to the last two corners of the lap.
There, Glock - who had started the final lap 18 seconds ahead of Hamilton - was struggling badly on the now-slick track and the McLaren slipped passed the Toyota as it accelerated up the hill towards the finish line.
"It's pretty impossible to put into words," Hamilton said.
"I thought do I have it? Do I have it? And when they told me I was ecstastic."
It was heartbreaking for Massa, whose family were celebrating what they thought was his success for a few seconds until they realised what had happened.
"It was an emotional day for me. You get here and you've almost done everything perfect but we saw Lewis passing Glock again and that mixed emotion.
"Unfortunately we missed [out] by one point but that's racing.
"We need to be proud of our race and our championship. It's one more day of our life when I will learn a lot but for sure I'm very emotional."
His only consolation was that his victory helped secure the constructors' title for Ferrari.
The thrilling climax was a stark contrast to the rest of the race, which Hamilton had approached with the caution he felt was required to avoid mistakes.
The 23-year-old - watched from the sidelines by his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger, singer with the Pussycat Dolls - went into the race knowing he only had to finish fifth even if Massa won his home event.
That luxury showed in the way in which he and his McLaren team approached the Grand Prix.
A shower of rain five minutes before the scheduled start introduced a random element that was exactly what Hamilton did not need.
It caused a five-minute delay and shaped the entire race.
The heavy shower doused the track in the area of the pits and some of the corners, but other areas remained dry.
And with the sun shining as the race started, it was only a matter of time before drivers started to pit for dry tyres.
Hamilton and McLaren played it safe, leaving it as late as they could before coming in to change tyres.
Hamilton stopped a lap later than Massa on lap 11 - and two laps after Vettel and Alonso.
McLaren's decision was the right one in that it limited their risk, but it was not the best in terms of absolute pace.
Vettel and Alonso's early stops vaulted them up into second and third places behind Massa.
Hamilton, by contrast, was demoted from fourth to sixth behind Massa, Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen and the Force India of Giancarlo Fisichella, who had changed to dry tyres as early as lap three.
McLaren were confident the required result was always within their grasp.
But that was reckoning without the unfolding drama ahead.
Hamilton did not pass Fisichella until lap 18, out-braking him in a brave move at the first corner on the still-slippery track.
That put Hamilton into the fifth place he needed, and he was promoted to fourth by the three-stop strategy chosen by Toro Rosso for Vettel in contrast to the two stops of the other leading teams.
Hamilton was only a couple of seconds ahead of Vettel by the time the Toro Rosso had made its stop and he had to up his pace to hold his rival off.
And a late shower increased the anxiety for Hamilton as he sought to close out the championship.
Hamilton stopped for wet tyres on lap 66 - a decision that could have cost him the title.
It dropped him to fifth place behind Glock, with Vettel right behind him.
Vettel pushed Hamilton hard and passed him with two laps to go, leading to the nail-biting finish.
Scot David Coulthard's final race ended at the first corner after he was knocked into a spin by Williams's Nico Rosberg, and was hit by the other Williams of Kazuki Nakajima.
Def Jam Vice President Shakir Stewart Dead
Def Jam Executive Vice President, Shakir Stewart was found dead today (November 1), AllHipHop.com has learned.
While details are being confirmed, sources stated that Shakir's body was found about an hour ago in his New York apartment.
Stewart replaced Jay-Z's position at Island Def Jam and was named Executive Vice President of Def Jam Recordings in June of 2008.
Stewart began is career at Def Jam in 2004, as VP of A&R for the legendary label.
As A&R, he signed artists like Young Jeezy, Rick Ross and others.
Prior to working at Def Jam, Stewart worked for Hitco, where he signed Beyonce to a publishing deal and signed Ciara during his tenure at LaFace Records.
Shortly after signing with Def Jam, Stewart told AllHipHop.com that he was looking forward to signing a new, fresh crop of talent to the storied record label.
“My main thing is to keep supporting the artists that have cultural relevance, a message, a real fan base and that can touch the hearts of men and women,” Stewart told AllHipHop.com of his vision. “My commitment is to the artists of quality music and talent.”
Most recently, Stewart over saw the release of Young Jeezy’s latest album The Recession, LL Cool J’s Exit 13 and Nas’ untitled album.
“That's an honor for me because these are artists [whose careers] I've watched from day one. I remember buying ‘I Cant Live Without My Radio,’ ‘I Need Love’ and ‘Rock The Bells’ from LL, and Nas' Illmatic when that first came out. To be able to be a part of their careers now and work hand in hand with them in creating their albums now…this is [probably] Nas' most anticipated and controversial album ever…I'm for keeping the brand culturally relevant globally, coming in and being a part [from any standpoint] with a company that's had this type of history, recognition and respect is a huge honor and a challenge. I'm up to it, I'm a fan of the music and artists and I'm just passionate about it so I'm just ready to go.”
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UK: Landmark ruling leaves Christians with no right to conscientious objection
Below are some selected quotes from some selected articles on the Gary McFarlane case.
Gary McFarlane: the counsellor whose case led to warnings of 'civil unrest'
By John Bingham, Telegraph, 30 April 2010
When Gary McFarlane, 48, a father of two from Bristol, began working for Relate, the counselling organisation, in 2003, he did not allow his traditional evangelical Christian beliefs stop him from giving advice to homosexual couples.
It was only three years later, when he qualified as a psychosexual therapist – a role which required him to give intimate sexual advice to couples – that he raised concerns about a potential clash between his work and his moral views.
Sacked Christian counsellor Gary McFarlane's appeal bid dismissed
By Stephen Howard, Press Association, 29 April 2010
A marriage guidance counsellor's bid to challenge in the courts his sacking for refusing to give sex therapy to homosexuals led to a serious clash between Christians and the judiciary today.
In a powerful dismissal of the application to appeal, Lord Justice Laws said legislation for the protection of views held purely on religious grounds cannot be justified.
The judge's ruling continued: "We do not live in a society where all the people share uniform religious beliefs.
"The precepts of any one religion - any belief system - cannot, by force of their religious origins, sound any louder in the general law than the precepts of any other.
"If they did, those out in the cold would be less than citizens, and our constitution would be on the way to a theocracy, which is of necessity autocratic.
"The law of a theocracy is dictated without option to the people, not made by their judges and governments.
"The individual conscience is free to accept such dictated law, but the State, if its people are to be free, has the burdensome duty of thinking for itself. [. . .]
". . . the conferment of any legal protection of preference upon a particular substantive moral position on the ground only that it is espoused by the adherents of a particular faith, however long its tradition, however long its culture, is deeply unprincipled."
He said this would mean that laws would be imposed not to advance the general good on objective grounds but to give effect to the force of subjective opinion since faith, other than to the believer, was subjective.
"It may of course be true; but the ascertainment of such a truth lies beyond the means by which laws are made in a reasonable society
"Therefore it lies only in the heart of the believer, who is alone bound by it. No-one else is or can be so bound, unless by his own free choice he accepts its claims."
Christian sex therapist Gary McFarlane loses appeal bid
BBC 29 April 2010
Gary McFarlane, 48, from Bristol, was sacked by Relate Avon in 2008. He claimed the service had refused to accommodate his Christian beliefs.
Lord Justice Laws said legislation for the protection of views held purely on religious grounds cannot be justified.
He said it was irrational and "also divisive, capricious and arbitrary".
'Strongly-held'
Mr McFarlane said after the hearing that the decision not to let him appeal against the ruling left him "disappointed and upset".
"I have the ability to provide counselling services to same-sex couples," he said.
"However, because of my Christian beliefs and principles, there should be allowances taken into account whereby individuals like me can actually avoid having to contradict their very strongly-held Christian principles."
Andrea Williams, director of the Christian Legal Centre, said: "Mr McFarlane simply wanted his religious beliefs to be accommodated by his employer, which, in the specific facts of the case, was not unreasonable.
"It seems that a religious bar to office has been created, whereby a Christian who wishes to act on their Christian beliefs on marriage will no longer be able to work in a great number of environments."
Judge rules Christians have NO special rights as he throws out case of sex therapist who refused to work with gay couples
By Steve Doughty, Daily Mail, 30 April 2010
A senior judge ruled yesterday that Christian beliefs have no place in the law and no right to protection by the courts.
Lord Justice Laws said that Britain would become a religious dictatorship if the views of a single faith were given a priority over others in legal matters.
In a landmark case, the appeal judge told relationship guidance counsellor Gary McFarlane, a Christian, that he had no right to refuse to give sex therapy to gay couples.
And the judge delivered a scathing criticism of former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey, who spoke up for Christians who try to follow their beliefs. . .
The Appeal Court judgment is a resounding rebuff for Christian workers who had hoped to persuade employers that they should be allowed to exercise their religious rights by not recognising the legitimacy of homosexual partnerships or by wearing crosses with work uniforms.
And it means that gay equality legislation, however controversial, will in future take precedence over individual conscience.
. . . former Bishop of Rochester the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, said the judgment allowed no room for people to act according to their conscience.
He told the BBC: 'I think if we reach a stage where there was a kind of tyranny of legislation without conscience it would be a very sorry stage.'
(The above article includes a very interesting profile of Lord Justice Laws, described as a "legal 'activist'', as well as a section entitled: "Does the law really treat all faiths equally? Other Christians have run into trouble with the courts or their employers when they stood up for their beliefs, but some Muslims have fared better. . .")
Gary McFarlane: judge's assault on 'irrational' religious freedom claims in sex therapist case
A senior judge has launched a dramatic assault on religious faith, dismissing it as “subjective” with no basis in fact.
By John Bingham, Telegraph, 30 Apr 2010
Last night there were warnings that the judgment could enshrine the “persecution” of Christians in modern Britain and sideline religion in public life.
Lord Justice Laws ruled that while everyone had the right to hold religious beliefs, those beliefs themselves had no standing under the law.
Mr McFarlane said that his treatment was “without a doubt” an example of Christians being persecuted in modern Britain.
“This is a sad day for our society which I believe is on a slippery slope in terms of balancing competing interests,” he said.
“I represent the Christian faith but I suggest that all other faiths will be concerned about this judgment.”
Last night Lord Carey described the ruling as “deeply worrying”, continuing a move by the courts to “downgrade” the right of religious people to express their faith.
“The judgement heralds a ‘secular’ state rather than a ‘neutral’ one,” he said.
“And while with one hand the ruling seeks to protect the right of religious believers to hold and express their faith, with the other it takes away those same rights.”
Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester, said that the ruling had “driven a coach and horses” through the ancient ties between Christianity and British law.
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Actions of the conference included the appointment of Henry Lyon, David Hewitt, and William M. Smith, all of Battle Creek, to be a committee to investigate the financial condition of the Review office, and the appointment of Uriah Smith as the resident (or managing) editor, and five corresponding editors. These were J. N. Andrews, of Iowa; James White and J. H. Waggoner, of Michigan; R. F. Cottrell, of New York; and Stephen Pierce, of Vermont. The minutes also recorded:
8. That a vote of thanks be tendered to Brother White for his valuable services as an editor, in spreading the light of present truth (RH, Dec. 5, 1855).
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Biographical entry Taylor, Norman (1834 - 1894)
Geologist and Botanist
Norman Taylor was a member of the Geological Survey of Victoria 1856-1869 and geologist to the North Queensland Exploring Party from 1879. On his return to Victoria he again joined the Geological Survey and remained until a short time before his death.
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Norman Taylor was a member of the Geological Survey of Victoria over two periods first from 1856 to 1869 then from 1879 until 1894.
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Age-adjusted D-dimer excludes pulmonary embolism and reduces unnecessary radiation exposure in older adults: retrospective study
Nobes, J., Messow, C.-M. , Khan, M., Hrobar, P. and Isles, C. (2017) Age-adjusted D-dimer excludes pulmonary embolism and reduces unnecessary radiation exposure in older adults: retrospective study. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 93(1101), pp. 420-424. (doi:10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134552) (PMID:27941007)
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Background Patients in whom a diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) is suspected and whose D-dimers are elevated frequently require CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA) for diagnosis. Because D-dimer rises with age, an age-adjusted D-dimer threshold may prevent unnecessary radiation exposure from CTPA in older patients.Objective To determine the efficacy and safety of implementing an age-adjusted D-dimer threshold to exclude PE.Design, settings and patients Retrospective comparison of conventional and age-adjusted D-dimer thresholds in 1000 consecutive patients who had both D-dimer and CTPA.Main outcome measures Conventional and age-adjusted D-dimer thresholds for excluding PE were <250 ng/mL and 5× age for patients older than 50 years, respectively. We defined patients as unlikely to have PE using the revised Geneva score (RGS) and two different categories of clinical risk: RGS ≤5 and RGS ≤10.Results We diagnosed PE by CTPA in 244 (24.4) patients. 3/86 patients (3.5) whose D-dimer was below the conventional threshold of 250 ng/mL had PE (RGS 3, 9 and 14), all of which were judged to be light clot load (group 1). 3/108 patients (2.8) whose D-dimer lay between 250 ng/mL and the age-adjusted threshold had PE (RGS 6, 8 and 9), all of which were again judged to be light clot load (group 2). 62/108 group 2 patients with RGS ≤5 were considered unlikely to have PE as were 102/108 using the RGS clinical risk category ≤10. None of the 62 patients with RGS ≤5 had PE while 3/102 patients with RGS ≤10 had PE. 236/806 patients (29.3) whose D-dimer was above the age-adjusted threshold had PE (group 3).Conclusions In a consecutive series of 1000 patients, an RGS ≤5 and an age-adjusted D-dimer would have led to 62 fewer CTPA at a cost of no missed PEs.
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Agent of Lilith: Chapter 1
Agent of Lilith: Chapter 10
Agent of Lilith: Chapter 15 - Finale
Categories Fiction, Blowjob, Body modification, Cum Swallowing
Author: Eupatrid
"Until next time, my mistress."
James' words seem to hang in the air even after he had gone. Lilith rubbed her neck softly, before her graceful hand strayed lower. She stopped herself, shaking her head and speaking aloud, "Get a hold of yourself, Lilith…"
The olive-skinned demoness let out a long, deep sigh, stretching as she did. Rising from her throne, she stepped down to the tile floor of her endless "paradise." She scoffed to herself at the thought. With a wave of her hand, she dismissed the heap of pillows that had served as a makeshift bed for Lilith and her servant. With a snap of her fingers, she cleaned herself of the mess the two had made on that bed. She missed it already.
Cloven hooves clacking on the floor, Lilith walked for a while through her domain, staring up at the clouds. An aimless pastime of hers, she attempted to pick out shapes in the cloud formations, any sign of deviation that might make the realm seem more real. But there was nothing. She remembered the blue skies on Earth, wisp-like clouds floating on the wind. There, she might look up and see shapes that would remind of her of animals and places, of friends and lovers. Lilith imagined James' face in those clouds, and she felt a twinge of longing.
"What the fuck," she growled to herself, confused by her inability to forget the human for more than a minute. Extending her vast wings, she shot into the sky, stopping once she had entered the cloud level. She knew better than to waste her time trying to climb higher, it just went on forever. Hovering there in the endless expanse of white, Lilith tried to understand what about her new agent had her so…preoccupied. Her past servants had all been little more than tools, why did she get the feeling that James was different? She hadn't felt this way about someone in millennia, not since-
Her thoughts were interrupted as a bright light suddenly pierced the clouds, engulfing Lilith in a luminous beam. "Great, just what I need right now," thought the succubus.
A dulcet feminine voice rang out through the Temple of Venus, emanating from the light itself, "Tell me, Lilith… is this new agent of yours… satisfactory?"
Lilith fought the urge to roll her eyes at the visiting presence. She usually had the luxury of privacy in the infinite plane, but when the lights came on, she knew she was being watched. She calmed her mind and answered the sonorous voice with an even tone. "He'll serve us well, Your Eminence."
"Good…" responded the light, "He seems capable. Let's hope he lasts longer than the others – for your sake."
The ray of light thinned and returned to the heavens beyond Lilith's reach, leaving her alone again. She clenched her fists tightly, her sharp nails digging into her palms. Her interactions with the goddess tended to leave a bad taste in Lilith's mouth, but this was worse than usual. The implication that James was fated to fail made the demoness furious for whatever reason.
"Still," she reasoned to herself, "perhaps it would be prudent to not get so attached…" She contemplated this as she returned to the dais, tired as she was. She needed to rest until James returned; she was growing weak without a supply of sexual energy. Sinking into her throne, the demoness allowed herself the rare indulgence of sleep.
Back on Earth, James was awake and preparing for the day. He felt content with life for the first time in a long time, and he caught himself smiling often – usually due to thoughts of Lilith and their passion-filled night together. Refreshed and ready to fulfill his duty to his mistress, James began his day.
Morning classes were uneventful; James took some notes in History as the professor lectured about ancient Mesopotamian culture, but his focus was elsewhere. He was searching for his first 'sexual conquest,' as Lilith had put it. Unfortunately, his first class was a sausage fest. The prospects in his Sociology class were much better, and he spent a good amount of time quietly flirting with a cute black girl who sat near him. James was confident he could reel her in, but he had no time at the moment. He had Physics class immediately after, and he didn't want to stand up Jess.
"Jess," he breathed to himself. James felt a stirring in his loins at the thought of the petite blonde. Lilith had told him to be honest with himself, and he intended to do just that. In truth, he had always found his friend to be beautiful, and she had starred in more than one of his guilty fantasies. When he saw her in class, waiting for him, his desires were only confirmed. Jessica was wearing a snug, long-sleeved shirt that did little to hide her delicate curves, and her shapely legs and tight ass were on full display beneath her yoga pants.
As class started, a moral dilemma began in James' mind. His conscience was telling him it was wrong to take advantage of his best friend for the purpose of sex, but he convinced himself that his mistress' interests took priority now. His devotion to Lilith surprised him, considering he had only met her two nights ago. But whether it was the magic of their pact, or his own growing feelings toward the beautiful demoness, that devotion won out in the end and James made up his mind about Jessica. She would be his.
Once he had resolved himself, James tried to focus his lustful aura, as Lilith had suggested. Trying to relax his breathing and calm his mind, he reached out with his burgeoning power, attempting to influence Jess' arousal. Though he had been having this effect on people passively for the last 24 hours, it was on a whole nother level when he focused it. Nearly instantaneously, Jessica's face became flushed. She began biting her lip while casting side-long glances at James. He could feel her lust; it was addicting. She squirmed in her seat as her breathing deepened and she slipped one hand between her legs, not caring if anyone saw her.
Physics forgotten, James couldn't take his eyes off the blonde as she grinded into her chair next to him. Realizing how close she was to cumming, James throttled his lustful aura, holding her back from orgasm. Frustration grew plainly on Jess' face. He kept her on edge in this way for the next twenty minutes, denying her orgasm while building her lust. By the time class finally drew to a close, Jess was staring straight at James, unabashed, while she fingered herself under her desk.
James leaned in and whispered to her, "Follow me." He stood and walked out of the classroom, certain that Jess wouldn't be far behind; at this point she'd jump off a bridge if it meant she could cum. Sure enough, she followed, and walking briskly, James led her to the parking garage where he had parked his beat-up SUV. He opened the car door and climbed in the back seat after her.
As soon as the door closed, Jess was on him. Her lips met his in a desperate frenzy. She rested one hand on his strong chest while the other returned to her tender folds. "Oh, James," she said breathily between kisses, "I don't know… what's gotten into me… but I have to have you… I fucking need you… I-"
James cut her off with a finger to her lips. "Shut up," he said with a smile, and pushed her onto her back. Needing no further encouragement, Jess pulled her shirt over her head and tossed it to the floor, the rest of her clothes following shortly. James himself undressed in record time, his arousal through the roof as well after enjoying Jess' little show in class. When he released his massive cock, she moaned in anticipation, licking her lips as she rubbed her pussy.
Swatting her hand aside, James took up position between her legs. Lining himself up, he grabbed Jessica's waist and pulled her onto his cock. Despite her diminutive size, she took his entire length easily; she was more than ready for him. James began to thrust into her, as he did he watched her small tits bounce. He mauled her breasts with greedy hands while he continued to piston away inside her. All the while, she moaned blissfully.
Jess quickly lost herself in the throes of her first orgasm. As she writhed in ecstasy beneath James, he felt his senses sharpen; he closed his eyes and reveled in the sensations. He could smell her intoxicating musk; he could feel every inch of her body, he could practically taste her orgasm. As she came on his cock, James felt a rush of exhilarating energy the likes of which he had never experienced before. His muscles seemed to swell, he relished the feeling of power that rushed into him from Jess, through his cock. "This must be the sexual energy Lilith talked about," he thought to himself. He wanted more.
Pulling out, James quickly flipped Jess over so that she was on all fours and reentered her without missing a beat. Squeezing her round ass, he continued to assault her tender pussy, not letting her rest and sending her over the edge of her second orgasm. She squealed in delight as her body was wracked with pleasure. And James felt all of it, so powerful was his sexual awareness at that moment. His own pleasure was reaching a fever pitch, and while Jess shook violently beneath him, he gave in to his own orgasm. Holding onto Jess with all his strength, he buried himself deep within her, groaning loudly as he experienced the most powerful orgasm of his life.
He saw stars. He felt every inch of skin tingle and every hair stand on end. His whole body spasmed as he unloaded his cum into the petite blonde. She continued to squirm in pleasure, but James paid her no mind; he simply basked in the euphoria he felt. Sexual energy flowed through his veins; he had never felt more alive. When his orgasm at last ended, after what felt like a century, James saw that Jess too had ceased shaking.
She was alarmingly still actually. She stared forward blankly, blinking rapidly, still lost to the inhuman pleasures that James had inflicted on her. Effected by the aftermath of sex with the incubus, her already fair skin grew paler, and her small frame began to look emaciated and frail. James realized then that he was still siphoning sexual energy from her; he was draining her completely! He hastily pulled out, praying it wasn't too late. As his seed spilled from her, Jess gasped, color quickly returning to her skin. She breathed heavily before sitting up and turning to face James with a smile, seemingly unaware of how close she had been to death's door.
With a look of unsatiated lust, she stared at James' dick, still rock hard. Crawling toward him, she leaned down and took the head of his penis into her mouth, eager to taste him and his cum. James moaned, still very sensitive, and put a hand reflexively on the blonde's head as she began to bob up and down on his cock.
A flash of red off to the side caught James' attention, and he turned to see his own reflection in the window. His eyes were glowing red. "What the hell?" he thought. He had little time to stare at his reflection though, as the sound of Jess slurping and sucking his cock brought him back to the matter at hand. It occurred to James that another orgasm might actually kill Jess. So, with considerable willpower, he forced her off him. "That's enough, Jess," he said through a tired smile.
But she wanted more, and she reached out to take him in her hand. "Please, master. Let me take care of you."
"Master?" James thought, "What the fuck?" He pushed his friend back, more forcefully this time. "I said enough, Jessica!"
The petite girl bowed her head in submission and spoke softly, "Forgive me, master."
James stared at the display, was this a side-effect of his sexual conquest? He admitted that it turned him on, but he didn't want to strain his friend any more than he already had. He tried to pull his aura back into himself, to spare Jess the mental stress, but he found himself struggling to suppress the surplus sexual energy he now had. His power had grown considerably after draining Jess.
As he pulled on his pants, James turned to the blonde. "Uh, Jess?"
"Yes, master?" she responded obsequiously.
"Jess, get dressed, go home, and don't talk to anyone about this. Will you do that for your master?" James spoke, trying to sound authoritative.
His long-time friend nodded dutifully, dressed silently, and opened the car door. Before she left, she leaned in and kissed James quickly on the lips. Then she was gone.
James leaned back, careful to avoid the puddle of ejaculate now drying on his upholstery. He took a deep breath. "That was a close call," he thought to himself, "I need to be more careful when draining women… I think I nearly killed Jess."
The result of that draining was, however, incredible. James felt so invigorated, so powerful. It was difficult to contain all the energy he now possessed. Speaking of which, he turned back to the window and examined his reflection. His eyes were still a deep and unnatural shade of red. He assumed this too was a byproduct of the essence he had taken from Jessica. James made an effort to calm himself, closing his eyes and focusing on suppressing his energy. He had more success this time and was able to control his power enough to turn his eyes back to their normal brown.
With a sigh of relief, James checked the time. He had his last class in about ten minutes: Composition with Dr. Sharp. At the thought of his sexy professor, his dick stirred with new life, but he forced that lust down for appearances' sake. He considered skipping class, not wanting to lose control in public, but he had an important assignment to hand in. Besides, James had already proven to himself that he could contain his sexual energy, so with tentative confidence he made his way to class.
As it turned out, this was a mistake. Controlling one's lust is all well and good in theory. But it's a totally different beast when Katherine Sharp is standing two feet away. Everyone's favorite professor was wearing a low-cut blouse, a tight pencil skirt, and heels. Her wavy auburn hair seemed to move in slow motion when she turned her head, and it took all of James' willpower to stop himself from jumping her, let alone restrain his aura of desire.
As a result, James sat white-knuckled, eyes shut tight, as he attempted to reign in his libido. It was such a strain on his mind to suppress his sexual energy.
"-alright? James?" a voice next to him broke through his focus, "Are you alright?" A gentle touch on his shoulder shattered his concentration, and he slowly opened his eyes. Professor Sharp's radiant face was a foot from his own. She watched him with tender concern, her delicate hand resting on his strong shoulder. When their eyes met, blood red dominated kind green, and Professor Sharp backed away slowly. Without a word, she returned to her desk, chewing her lower lip and touching her neck subconsciously.
All around James, students were getting restless. Fidgeting in their seats, faces turning red, they struggled to conceal their growing horniness, an unconscious response to James' lust that now surged unchecked through the room. Aware of the effect his power was having, he watched as students touched themselves under the table and felt the temperature of the room rise. Turning his attention to Professor Sharp, James found that she was staring at him intently, one hand holding a pencil that she chewed on absent-mindedly, the other hand was out of sight below her waist.
James too felt flushed, and his cock was already painfully hard. His desire fed on the subconscious cravings of his peers, which in turn were nourished by James' aura of sexuality, creating a feedback loop of maddening lust. He knew the situation was getting out of hand; if he let this go on unchecked any longer, it could very well turn into an orgy. As stimulating as that thought was, James had no confidence in his ability to exercise moderation. He was certain that he would drain every person in the room dry. No, he had to make a stand here. He had to learn to control his power.
Quieting his mind and pulling his attention away from the sexual tension of the room, James again focused his energies inward. His own body fought him however, and he wrestled with his inner lust as he attempted to regain control of the situation. He felt like a single man trying to hold back the tides, insignificant compared to the power that assailed him. But still, he concentrated further. He dug deep, searching for something to cling to, something to ground him, lest he be swept away. James saw, in his mind's eye, the beautiful face of his mistress, Lilith. The ultimate object of desire, now acting as his rock. He focused on her and found within himself a new strength, stemming from his devotion to the demoness. With renewed vigor, James forced his sexual energy to heed his command, and he was rewarded.
Like a tub being drained, he felt his rampant desires spiral inward toward him, returning to the source. He forcibly suppressed his lust, surprised by how much easier it was now. With a new stopper in place and his power contained, James opened his eyes, sure that they had returned to their natural color. Everyone around him seemed to be somewhat confused as to what they were doing only moments before. Professor Sharp removed the chewed-up pencil from her mouth, cleared her throat, and went on with the lesson. No one remembered what had happened. James relaxed his body but kept his mind focused. Confident now in his ability to maintain his aura, he allowed his eyes to rove without fear of consequences.
The remainder of the class was uneventful, and when the hour ended everyone rose from their seats and made their way out the door, not knowing just how close they came to becoming meals for James' formidable sexual appetite. James was the last to make it to the door, and as he reached it, he stopped, hand hovering over the doorknob. An idea occurred to him, and he made a quick decision to roll with it; now was as good a time as any to test his control.
He closed the door to the classroom and turned the lock over. At the sound, Professor Sharp looked up in James' direction. "Mr. Marshall, wha-" She didn't get the chance to finish her question, as she was assaulted by the crashing wave of James' will. She froze where she stood, heart beating out of her chest, her cheeks flushed with blood. Controlling the intensity of his aura, James closed the distance to Professor Sharp's desk. When they stood face to face, he lessened the pressure his lust was exerting on her, allowing her to speak weakly, "C-can, I h-help you, James?" She swallowed hard and licked her lips nervously. Her green eyes shimmered with barely suppressed desire. James had to admit, he was impressed that she could withstand this amount of sexual energy without cumming on the spot; she clearly had great control over her body and her emotions.
But James was not the same man he had been an hour ago, he knew he was fully in command now. And with cool charisma, he flashed a smile that sent a pang of carnal desire coursing through Professor Sharp's body. He spoke firmly, "Yes, Katherine. You can help me." Her lip quivered in anticipation – not because of fear, but because of lust. She longed for him, and soon she would get what she wanted. "Get on your knees."
Without hesitation, and without waiting for further instruction, Katherine dropped to her knees, her manicured hands going straight for James' belt. As she stripped away layers of clothing, her desire for the man before her only grew. Her lust was incomprehensible, her body ached for him, and he was offering himself to her. When James' cock sprang free, she wasted no time in wrapping her lips around it, coating him in her saliva. James relaxed his aura a little more; he had Professor Sharp in the palm of his hand already, so now he gave her the freedom to please him as she liked.
And please him she did. Despite her usual calm composure and professionalism, Katherine quickly revealed herself to be quite the expert at sucking cock. She placed tender, wet kisses up and down the length of James' shaft before teasing the head with her tongue in slow circular motions. James sighed in pleasure; he'd imagined Professor Sharp's lips around him since the day he first laid eyes on her, and now he could have her any way he wanted.
Looking down fondly at his horny teacher, James pulled her auburn hair to the side so that he could better watch as her eager mouth engulfed his prick again. "Fuck," James spoke, "you're amazing."
Katherine hummed with joy at the compliment, sending pleasant reverberations through James' dick and his entire body. She began to slowly work her lips down his hard cock. With each bob of her head, she came closer and closer to his pelvis. She would run her tongue along his shaft on the way down, and on the way up she'd suck hard on his glans, until it popped from her mouth. She repeated this until she successfully deep-throated his entire cock, all 8 ½ inches. James moaned his approval, "Jesus, Katherine."
Catching her breath briefly, Professor Sharp looked up at James with sultry eyes, "Please, James," she said seductively, "call me Kat."
Pleasing James was having a serious effect on Katherine at this point, and she dug several fingers into her wet pussy in pursuit of more pleasure. James dropped his hands to his professor's head and took the lead, holding her as he moved his cock in and out of her waiting mouth. "Kat," he said, "I'm gonna cum."
Katherine acknowledged him with a delighted moan, working her fingers faster as she built toward her own climax. James was at his limit, and after a couple more strokes, he held Kat in place as he came in her mouth and down her throat. As his orgasm overtook him, he upped the intensity of his lustful aura, sending Kat to new heights before her own powerful orgasm crashed down around her. As the two came, they held one another's gaze as long as possible.
Professor Sharp swallowed James' load like a champ, only a few drops escaping her greedy lips as cum dripped down her chin and into her cleavage. As she sucked him dry, he too drained her. Their sexual energies mixing, James savored the euphoria Kat had given him. With more restraint than before, he pulled away before he hurt her.
The salacious teacher eagerly scooped up any remaining cum, cleaning her fingers and licking her lips. She stood on shaky legs, and James held her firmly until she was able to stand on her own. He couldn't resist leaning down and sharing a quick kiss with the beautiful woman, tasting himself on her luscious lips.
As he pulled his pants up, James brought his sexual power back under control, harder now that he had absorbed so much energy from Katherine, but still manageable. Straightening her skirt and fixing her hair, she spoke to her student, "Mr. Marshall, this was highly inappropriate;" a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth, "I can't wait to do it again."
James smiled and nodded his acquiescence, "I know where to find you." Kat gave his cock one last playful squeeze before he turned and went.
Sex-fueled incubus or not, James was still a student, and that meant he had homework. He found a quiet spot in the library to work on some assignments, studying for a few hours before mental fatigue and physical exhaustion began to set in. He grabbed a bite to eat at the cafeteria before making his way back to the parking garage.
James was grateful that he didn't have to work at the coffee shop that day. With his power more secure than before, he was confident that he could work if he had to, but he could wait until tomorrow to find out. He returned to his car, which still smelled like sex, and drove home.
He dropped his bags as soon as he was through the door and collapsed on the couch next to his roommate, Mark. He yawned widely, starting off a chain reaction that earned him a light-hearted punch in the arm.
"Don't start that shit, asshole." joked Mark, keeping eyes forward and focused on his game.
"Sorry," James chuckled, "long day. David at work?"
"Ye," answered Mark, "Goddamnit." He put the controller down after getting sniped.
"Oof, 3rd place? Better luck next time." taunted James. He watched as his roommate rubbed his stiff neck and ran a hand through his shaggy black hair. Lilith's advice about being honest with himself echoed through his head for the second time that day. Mark was certainly a good-looking guy, but James had never really entertained any serious fantasies about being with another dude. He was too tired to think about shit like that anyway, deciding to put that on the back-burner for the time being.
"I blame you and your damn yawning," said Mark as he got up and stretched, making his way toward the kitchen. "Want a beer?"
"Nah, I'm good. Probably gonna head to bed soon; I'm beat." James responded, forcing himself to stand.
"Alright. Hey, I was thinking that we should get a pet." Mark called from the kitchen.
"What," James replied, "like a cat?"
Mark shook his head as James walked past him, heading down the hall to his bedroom. "Nah, something fun. Like a big dog."
"Why," quipped James, "So you can lose to it at wrestling too?" He laughed to himself as he closed his bedroom door behind him, cutting off any retorts from his roommate.
James slipped his shoes off and fell right into bed, exhausted as he was. Maintaining such fine control over his new power took a lot out of him, and he was asleep in seconds.
<<< Another Stories author Eupatrid
Last Stories author Eupatrid
Categories Fiction, Body modification, Consensual Sex, Non-consensual sex
The beautiful and imposing idol towered over the rest of the exhibit, looking down on the world around it. Surrounded by a rope barrier from which a sign hung that read "Do Not Touch," the great statue towered over James and his friends. It was made in the likeness of a stunningly...
Categories Fiction, Body modification, Non-consensual sex, Rape
"She's back." Lilith's words hit James like a punch to the gut. The severity of the situation suddenly apparent, he hurried to bring forth his magic as quickly as possible. But he was too slow. As James reached inward and channeled his power, great golden chains materialized...
Categories Fiction, Bi-sexual, Blowjob, Body modification
James lay alone in his house, stretched out on the sofa in the living room. Waiting patiently for his guest to arrive, he stared at the ceiling, trying to keep his mind off his inevitable face-off with Ishtar. "One thing at a time," he told himself. After leaving Tina's office a...
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Review: Clipped Wings (Clipped Wings #1) by Helena Hunting
Tattooed and hunky. What’s more to ask for?
Title: Clipped Wings
Series: Clipped Wings
Author: Helena Hunting
Publisher: Orion Books, UK
With New Adult titles popping left, right and centre, enjoying a true NA tittle is rare. They are being shoved down my throat making me keep them at a distance. However, the rave reviews from my fellow bloggers made me give this a second chance.
The plot centres around Hayden, who is a guy who has seen it all and done it all. Drugs, crime, alcohol and strip clubs. But now he is concentrating on running his tattoo shop where he meets Tenley. The quiet, shy girl, who works at this aunt’s antique shop. Tenley, on the other hand, has her own past from which she is running away. She is trying to start a new life but the ghost from her past will not leave her alone. So she decides to get a tattoo as her attempt to break free. During the process of making the tattoo, Tenley and Hayden get close and the spark between them ignites.
I started Clipped wings with low expectations, and I was pleasantly surprised. The relationship developed between Tenley and Hayden was slowly. Their attraction was like a slow burner with stolen glances and quick touches and few words exchanged. But when Tenley decides to get her back tattooed things take a decisive turn.
Like every other NA title out there, both Hayden and Tenley have their own demons to deal with and this is what brings them together. Both understand pain at a visceral level and I believe is what connects them. The sex scenes where hot and the tension leading up to it was thick. Exactly how I like it.
What I enjoyed the most was the dual perspective of the characters. Usually dual perspective can be jarring and confusing. Moreover, I don’t particularly enjoy a male POV. However, Clipped Wings had me loving Hayden’s POV. His voice was honest, entertaining with a dry sense of humour. In fact, I’d rather have had the whole book in Hayden’s POV. I did not have any deep impression of Tenley. I understand that her pain is still raw but I felt disconnected to her. Regardless, I still enjoyed the little interactions between them.
Overall, Clipped Wings is a great NA title with real characters and two people who not only have a connection but even though they come from such different background their pain brings them together. Clipped Wings is no Beautiful Disaster but it’s a wonderfully written story about two people who fall in love and it was meant to be. It ends with a sort of a cliff hanger so I will be reading the next book, Inked Armour when it comes out.
ARC received by Orion Books, UK via NetGalley
Categories ARC, NetGalley ARC, New Adult
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Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), Part V
Author Topic: Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), Part V (Read 144759 times)
Kate_S
Re: Queen Alexandra (1844-1925), Part V
Yes it has been a long term project. I submit my PhD thesis at the end of this summer after 7 years! Then we are moving on with the exhibition. So far three venues have confirmed as wishing to participate - one in the UK and two internationally (better not give the game away until we have actual dates but it looks like being 2018 - these kinds of things take time!) Anyhow, I am meeting curators after Easter to start on a forward plan. I am also then hoping to get some stuff published. I have written a couple of articles which are in academic journals about her clothes if anyone is interested - one which is a detailed analysis of the Coronation dress and a second which is about some of her clothing choices based on a number of different factors. A book is in the pipeline.........
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Quote from: Kate_S on March 19, 2013, 11:11:51 AM
Yes there are some quotes that suggest Worth had a hand in the 'like-dressing' that the sisters indulged in during the Russian state visit in 1873 but other than that it was not a relationship that flourished! None of her surviving garments are by Worth compared to Dagmar's and nothing in the wardrobe accounts bar one small order. My theory is that Alexandra preferred some of the more unusual and lesser known couture houses which is why Morin Blossier were her favourite dressmaker from the 1880s. She quite liked to be a little different I think.
Font of knowledge as always, KateS! Thanks for your insights into her wardrobe and clothing. It's good to have an expert on hand. How goes your work anyway?
Oops--just saw the previous post with the update.
Quote from: Eric_Lowe on March 19, 2013, 07:48:17 PM
Really ? Don't think Toria or Louise in later age was a sharp dresser...
Toria and Louise had very fine clothing. They just weren't cutting edge like Maud was--that's where her legacy lies. They, like Queen Mary, were more locked into a certain style--as was Queen Alexandra after a certain point. Nonetheless, they had very fine materials, tailoring and accessories.
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Aww thanks GDE, it has been a labour of love and the number of garments that have appeared in different places has been amazing. It still amounts to hardly a fraction of the things that Alexandra would have owned in her lifetime but they still have their tales to tell!
Eric_Lowe
I think the dresses of Alexandra will make a nice photo and research book. Looking forward to it.
Indeed Maud changed with the fashions but her sisters did not.
CountessKate
I have written a couple of articles which are in academic journals about her clothes if anyone is interested - one which is a detailed analysis of the Coronation dress and a second which is about some of her clothing choices based on a number of different factors.
I would indeed be interested - it has always saddened me that there are so very few of Alexandra's costumes left and we have only the many photos of the luscious outfits she wore over the years. Was the sharing out of her clothes among her maids both during her life and at the end of it part of the perquisites system which essentially was part of the dressers' wages? I know Prince Albert instituted reforms in the royal households which dismantled many of these perks, but some were likely to have remained. I think at any rate I read somewhere that this is why so few royal wardrobes are in existence to any great degree except for relatively recent times. In the early 1700s, the old Duchess of Orleans was complaining that every year, her wardrobe down to her linen was given up to her household officers, unless she actually bought items back!
Most only kept important dresses like wedding dresses and coronation dresses.
And I suspect the reason might lie in these very ancient traditions of giving your wardrobe basically to your servants in part-payment of wages, rather than a lack of desire to keep at least some of them, for sentiment's sake or even for economy. I also wondered whether the survival of much more extensive wardrobes from the Russian imperial family was due to the previous generations of serfdom where there would not have been such traditions.
I think Dagmar kept most of her dresses. Especially on special occasions because they have sentimental value. Whereas Ella's dresses (of which of much more value as she designed them herself) are even harder to find since they were dispersed during her lifetime.
No I don't think her decisions to gift items of clothing to dressers was a part of the perquisite custom but rather her desire to give things to those around her on a whim. Some of the letters show that the dressers were quite overwhelmed on receipt of the garments. One in particular was given a grey silk dinner dress which Alexandra apparently wanted her to wear but which the dresser, one of the Temple sisters, felt was too grand for her to actually put on. This was cited in Georgina Battiscombe's biography and so is not footnoted very consistently. The newly acquired garments in Los Angeles came via the family of Harriet Giltrap, a dresser who was with Alexandra form the 1880s until her death.
Thanks for the info. Alexandra's more elaborate creations came with her opening of parliament dresses and ball gowns. Those dresses had extensive beading and real and costume jewels sewn into them to create that breathtaking result...
You seldom find the surviving clothes of Victorian royalty with them actually photographed (or painted) in them. So I was rather surprised that the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection owns the bodice of the dress worn by Queen Alexandra, when Princess of Wales, to the christening of her grandson (Albert) Edward, on the 16th July 1894 at White Lodge, but does not seem to have put it together with the photograph which shows Alexandra wearing it.
The bodice (by Madame Froment, of Paris)
And Alexandra wearing it:
A closer look at Alexandra:
One wonders if the lace part of the bodice has discoloured over time as the colour doesn't appear really fit in with the sleeves and the skirt (the latter appears to be missing but clearly from the photograph was a match for the sleeves). However, the sepia tones of the photos often lead one to assume colours and textures were much softer and more muted than they actually were. But it's fascinating to see the costume part which has survived, actually being worn in a photograph.
thebelgianhare
Good eye, I like stuff like this, a cogent link between then and now. It's a wonder any clothes survive from the period shows the dedication of the people who save and look after these items daily. In terms of history it is not from too long ago..but as we all know materials don't always last the stand of time! ...Half of my clothes become discoloured and dull in a few months let alone a hundred years! XD
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Ok, first: I completely lied, I can put as many people in here as I want. How many? 13 seems like a good number. Auspicious, even. Be advised: I have no idea how to dress myself. This also means I have no idea how to dress you. I replicated your documented wardrobes to the best of my ability, but in many cases there were very limited samples to work from. I don't know why I'm so concerned about this aspect in particular! Well!
Because The Sims 4 is dumb and does not include though/dialogue bubbles in screenshots, you're going to have to trust me.
In this picture, for example, the subject provoking my particular despairing expression is: Jukeboxes
Meanwhile, John has become Sad In An Interesting Way
After finally getting inside, some of us settle down in front of the TV. Not TJ, though. She's feeling Playful, which means... quietly eating animal crackers. Ah, but the quality of the animal crackers? Normal.
But what's Paulo gonna make y'all watch? Just some... uh, fuckin'... ????? That's cool.
[Everyone disliked that.]
Meanwhile, Ed's still out on the sidewalk, just... making weird faces at bees. You know what, buddy? That's cool. That's... that's totally valid.
IMPROMPTU DANCE PARTY. BEHOLD THE GRACE OF MY LIMBS. I AM ELEGANCE ITSELF.
Rachel and Pete take over the TV for some kind of medical drama, but Rachel only has eyes for lamp. She loves lamp.
Ashley has discovered some kind of bizarre Fitness Annex on the top floor. I don't understand why she's chosen this machine instead of the Dragon Punching bag, but I respect her incorrect choices.
Emily and François have a thoughtful conversation about heartbreak and the Sun. Emily likes the Sun, but François doesn't understand it. This exchange really builds their friendship.
INTENSE LATE-NIGHT HANG GLIDER SHITPOSTING
Before going to bed herself, Rachel stands over TJ's bed and laughs for an uncomfortably long time.
After François retires to his own bed, Emily watches some historical drama. This causes her to become asleep almost immediately.
Everyone's asleep now except Ashley and Jay. Jay, what are you doing.
Jay sits next to Emily and thinks about fire until she wakes up. She complains, then immediately flees to the Fitness Annex.
John's up! He... "playfully" watches Ed sleep for a while. Okay. That's okay.
And I'm up! At 1:30 AM! Drinking some liquor I found inside a globe! That I just... knew would be there, somehow!
IMPROMPTU 1:30 AM SITUPS/UNCOMFORTABLE VOYEURISM PARTY!
I get pretty fucked up on my one glass of booze and stagger downstairs to try to start a conversation with Ashley. She's both upstairs AND asleep. I stand in the hallway and yell about whoopee cushions for a couple of minutes, and then load the dishwasher. This is the third time someone has loaded the dishwasher tonight; no one has dirtied a single dish.
John attempts to Admire the staircase, then self-cancels that action. He just... stares at it for a while, instead, without having any particular opinion of the staircase. Heh. Starecase.
After an uncomfortably long time, he tries to rejoin the dance party, but Paulo and Emily both immediately leave the room in favor of hanging out in chat while at Meet, as one does.
There's nothing to lose
And there's nothing to prove
Jason finally gets out of bed and... immediately joins chat. For fuck's sake. Also, all the PCs are in the bedrooms and this gives NONE of you any hesitation.
Emily's pretty pumped up for some reason what's... oh. She's found the secret booze room. Well, there you go. She just... does stretches for a while, while thinking about boats.
I don't think I'm going to get all of these maniacs to sleep at once and actually give me a clean place for a chapter stop, but here's Jason, at 4:30 AM on Sunday morning with the first actual food anyone's eaten yet. A ham and cheese sandwich.
Oh god damnit he's just standing there smelling it. He's just smelling it, what the hell
Postscript: A lot of folks went to bed early and didn't get to do much, but Christian did absolutely nothing but sleep the entire night. Didn't even stare at bees! Least he could have done, really. Boo him. Boo this man.
Currently Playing: why did I stay up so late to get this done oh god oh jeez
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Merkin Culture: Classical Poetry
Merkins have the same relationship to Pre-Event dialects that Pre-Event peoples had to Old English; they can understand a word here and there, they giggle at the obvious swears, and they mostly leave the rest to the eggheads. Of course, even the eggheads in question are severely hampered by the limited information on hand; all the world's largest libraries are also inside some of the world's largest Forbidden Zones, and few are willing to accept guaranteed consumption by landsharks to attempt to break into an old building whose contents may have rotted away regardless. However, some smaller libraries have been secured, along with hundreds of individual works originally owned by private Pre-Event citizens, and work progresses furiously on translating these cultural time capsules into a more modern and intelligible tongue. Without adequate references, all these translations are known to be imperfect in one way or another, but we are proud to present what are thought to be some of the most complete and accurate translations of Pre-Event poetry and song yet. No amount of direct translation will give us the historical context and grasp of idiom required to fully understand Pre-Event thought, but the beauty of the words shines through regardless.
Australian Man
A man from a boring place
Said "Two legs with no elephants
Were deserted... Also, in the grits
was an underwater face, broken and sad
that was all crumpled up from bossing people around.
The mason really did a number on this guy.
Despite being dead, some of his things are stomping around
A big rude hand and a nutritious heart.
There was a note there too:
I'm Australian Man, The Superboss:
Look at my stuff and get sad, tough guy!
Nothing but corpses. All around there
Everything is huge and fucked up and naked
It's mostly sand."
Hot Ice
Some people are scared it will get hot,
Others don't like the cold.
I think it's really sexy
When it gets hot.
But the second time I died,
I really hated it
When ice ruined all my stuff.
Well, it wasn't so bad,
I guess it was okay.
You Can't Beat Me
I'm hiding in the dark,
My pits are as dark as the North Pole right now,
Thanks, God
For making me such a tough ghost.
Some bad things happened
I didn't cry about it.
Incidentally, I was hit with sticks
There's blood everywhere but I didn't fall over.
Over there is a place where nobody cries or gets mad
That place is shady, I'm scared of it,
A dude has been threatening me for a while
I'm not scared of him
Even if your fence is in good shape,
or your books are enchanted with curses.
I am in charge of whatever I decide to do:
I am the ghost boss.
Sandstorms
I went to sleep for a minute, but that's over
I saw some pretty weird dreams
Sandstorms, everything is a sandstorm
This old song is like a little water in the ocean
All our stuff keeps breaking, but we don't look at it
Let go of that, only air and dirt are reliable
Even if you're very rich things will get slippery
Man With Sharp Clothes (excerpt)
I looked at some gold and a round diamond
I have everything
My sleeves are pinned together and I am stuck
When I get out of this I will kill you
Everyone runs to my side
Because my sharp clothing drives them insane
Currently Playing: FUCK BEES
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Deities of the Merkins: Bilni
In the wake of the collapse, religion was shaken up as badly as any other part of life. Even if the demographics of religious belief hadn't changed, the documented proof of deities being demonstrably real and prone to meddling would unsettle old structures. As it happened, however, the opportunity to drag old gods out of mothballs was too tempting to resist. This is for the best, as the hundreds of gods squabbling over turf makes it impossible for one god (or even one pantheon) to establish the sort of meaningful dominance that would make their particular teachings really stick (and by "stick", I mean "distort the nature of reality"; Anubis' more eager followers are presumably on board with the weighing process, but most of us would fare poorly).
The most exciting part of all this, for the dedicated sociologist, was the wholesale generation of brand-new gods. The pre-collapse Americans left behind incomprehensibly vast stores of cultural detritus, and many of the depicted figures were latched onto as a sort of spiritual flotation device, arbitrary totems that would, somehow, bring things back to pre-collapse "normalcy". Much of American society seemingly relied upon technology and scientific progress (of the can-we rather than should-we kind), and it was inevitable that a charismatic deity would be elevated to champion "science" purely for its own sake.
The iconography of Bilni almost always includes a stylized bow-tie, and visions of the god himself take the same shape, with a disembodied head and neck fitted into the tie (the exact visage of the deity tends to take on the species and ethnicity of the beholder). Bilni is always facing you, but at the same time his head appears to be constantly spinning. Most messages from Bilni to his faithful are little more than proclamations of relatively obvious physics facts, but there are two clear commandments that all his followers hold in absolute regard.
1. Science Rules. Indeed, where Bilni's followers hold sway, it rules absolutely. In a world where the laws of nature are in some degree of flux, Bilni expects constant experimentation and re-experimentation to confirm that "known facts" about reality are still facts, and extensive documentation of the new facts as they arrive. Further, as scientific progress is hampered by constantly having to re-examine basic premises, followers of Bilni actively seek out and halt events that are expected to change the rules. Which "rules" are most sacrosanct tend to vary from sect to sect; some are dedicated to preserving standard gravity, others to friction, others to matters as seemingly small as the atomic weights of individual elements. Little will dissolve an "anti-science" conclave as quickly as the sound of Bilnites pouring over a hill, their shouts of "Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!" echoing in the darkness.
2. Inertia is a Property of Matter. This commandment is essentially two-sided, demanding that Bilnites who can contribute to the cause continue to do so until the very moment that it would be impossible for them to do so. At the same time, Bilnites who grow too old or injured to be useful in Experimentation are expected to know when to step aside and aid the cause in less active ways. These so-called "Bodies at Rest" are no less respected than the "Bodies in Motion" that make up the outward face of the cult, and comprise all the child-rearing and teaching positions within Bilnite populations.
Recovered Journals of Esme von Brandt: The Long March
Compiler's note: In the Year of the Boundary 175, Esme von Brandt and a small army of mercenaries left the protected confines of the Core to explore the inhospitable regions beyond the Boundary.
Von Brandt expended the entirety of her immense personal fortune on this venture, leaving her penniless when she returned 10 years later to a city even more xenophobic than the one she had left. Her remaining years were spent in poverty and disrepute, and her extensive journals of the expedition were banned from publication (and until recently thought destroyed). As a further insult, von Brandt was posthumously branded a murderer as an official explanation for the massive casualties under her banner (of the 544 personnel who left the Core with von Brandt, less than a dozen returned with her; most, lacking even the flimsy protection of her tarnished family name, fared even worse than she upon their homecoming).
In the wake of these events, the Boundary was further tightened and no exploration attempt of any comparable scale has been made in the two centuries since. Parties of 5 or 10 slip through from time to time and neither they nor any news return to the Core. They are all presumed dead.
These recovered journals are not distributed with the intention of encouraging anyone else to venture beyond the Boundary. The Council assures us that the Boundary is for our own protection, and von Brandt's findings assure us that this protection is sorely needed. Our only intention is to inform, for the Boundary cannot stand forever if we remain ignorant of the forces that hope to breach it.
The book you are holding is illegal to possess. Keep it hidden. Tell no one what you have read; tell no one where you found it. There will come a time when the people of the Core are in a position to demand the truth, but that time is not now.
Dusk season, 8th week 8th day (estimated)
Precious little to report these last weeks; there may be wonders out here but the unbroken darkness and bitter cold hide them all. Enough thermal goggles to outfit 1 in 10 of us and most of our scouts are blindsighted; the rest must remain on their tethers and stumble blindly forward. A handful have coped poorly with the effective loss of their sight, cutting their ropes and fleeing in random directions. Without fire magi, even the ones who correctly guessed at a southeast heading froze solid before they were out of earshot.
Even the goggles don't help much, honestly. The cold is so deep and so uniform this far north that even through the goggles everything is the same unbroken shade of pale blue. The mechanists are in consultation with the wind shamans to try to cobble together a sonar-based approach.
Last.... night? Whatever night means out here, but the chrono said 23 hours. Been warned that the cold might actually be slowing down the chronos, though. Spotted something interesting on the horizon, still pale blue but perhaps a few degrees warmer. Huge. As we approached we realized it was moving, albeit very slowly. We stopped the procession; anything that big that can survive out here is nothing to engage with unprepared.
When the scouts came back, we decided not to engage with it at all. Corpses, thousands of them. Maybe tens of thousands. Walking, walking so slowly that their tracks vanish under the new snow before they take another step. Men, women, bears and horses, donkeys and oxen. Every kind of beast that can walk and pull a rope. And pull they do, each of them tied to the corpse on their right, on the left, and the corpse behind. And each carrying another length of rope for any new friends they might find. They found one of the scouts after some thin ice dropped him into a gully and shattered his legs. The rest of the party tried to reach him, but he bled out. The scouts returned but I ordered them to keep watching. We had to know. Hours later, the marchers finally closed the few yards of distance to the edge of the gully. The rope dangled in front of him; his dead hand clutched it and he was pulled into the ranks. He walks a little clumsily, but I don't think it bothers him.
We're going to try to go around them, but the march extends for miles in every direction. Already the rumors are spreading that there is no "around"; that the marchers block all further northwest progress and we'll need to turn back. The undead are always bad for morale.
Dusk season, 9th week 3rd day (estimated)
Turns out the rumors were true, more or less. Everything in front of us is either a narrow pass choked with the march, or a cliff face of sheer ice. The marchers don't pour heedlessly over the cliffs, which suggests more self-preservation than the undead usually muster. Either we'll turn back or we'll go straight up the cliffs; neither is ideal.
Addendum Du.s 9 3
Up the cliffs it is; the sonar project will have to wait as each and every one of us queues up to the shamans for featherfall charms. I intend to know what drives this legion forward, or at least to know that they are driven by nothing. Not sure which would be worse.
Apologies to Tiny John Mellencamp
There's a tiny black man with a tiny black cat
Livin' in a tiny black neighborhood
He's got a tiny interstate
Runnin' through his tiny front yard
You know he thinks that he's got it so good
And there's a tiny woman in the tiny kitchen
Cleanin' up the tiny evenin' slop
And he looks at her and says, hey tiny darlin'
I can remember when you could stop a tiny clock
Oh, but ain't that Tiny America
For tiny you and tiny me
Ain't that Tiny America
Something to see, tiny baby
Home of the tiny free, yeah
Little tiny pink houses
Oooh, yeah
For tiny you and tiny me!
Currently Playing: something tiny, presumably
The journal entry is on fire?!
You left the journal entry in the car?
The car is a time machine?!
THE JOURNAL ENTRY IS A BABY?
YOU STOLE A TIGER FROM THE RAJA?!
THE TIGER IS THE RAJA?!?!
YOU LEFT THE TIGER RAJA INSIDE THE JOURNAL ENTRY?!?!?!
THE JOURNAL ENTRY EXPLODED ?!?!?!
PS Praise Wheel
Currently Playing: what Nintendon't
Well, my game exists. You can buy it. If you want.
APPREHENSIVE
Epilogue, a brief game about terrible people doing awful things in an unpleasant world now exists in an arguably playable state.
I've submitted it to DrivethruRPG, but they take a few days to process requests since I'm in queue behind D&D 3.5 feat package #7901 and a bunch of Deviantart-quality 2D paper models. But you can wait until it shows up there if you like. It'll cost $4.00. I get $2.60 of that.
If you prefer, you can just Paypal me $3.50 (pang@uymail.com, include a note that mentions the game) and I'll send the game to your Paypal email or a different email if you mention one. This way I get the entire payment (well, minus Paypal fees maybe, but their cut is a lot smaller than DTRPG's), and you get a game with no watermark. Also, you get it when I check my Paypal, rather than (numinous point in the future whereupon DTRPG notices me).
Either way, your feedback is appreciated and if you have rad ideas I am eager to improve on my work. The game looks a bit different than some of the things I described in the earlier entries, but I think the changes are improvements.
Fair warning, the game is less than 20 pages (unless you charitably include the covers). I think it's better for having less cruft, but your opinion may differ.
The game lacks what you might call "visual interest". I am not an artist. I am a words guy. I do not have the budget to hire a designer or an artist. If the game sells well enough to justify it, some of the proceeds will be dedicated to Make Game Look Pretty. If you buy the current Ugly Version, you will be provided access to Pretty Version for free. Hypothetically.
The game also assumes you are not an idiot. It is possible that I honestly failed to explain something, but the game often asks you to use your own judgment. If you don't know what the fuck you're supposed to do, just ask me?
THAT'S ALL I GUESS
Currently Playing: I just bought Brave New World for Civ? Guess I should play that? Dunno
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NOTHING IMPRESSES THE JUDGE
YOUR "KILLDOZER" WILL BE ADEQUATE, I GUESS
Pt. 7: Classy folks with good manners
Oh hey yeah, been a while, hasn't it. End of the semester's always pretty busy. Was really hoping to have the game in some kind of playable shape by the end of the year but that's clearly not going to happen. Still, work continues.
One of the best changes I've made, so far as the things I've already talked about goes: dispensing with dice. Entirely. One of my goals is to make the "needed materials list", if you will, as pedestrian and universally accessible as possible; that's why I tried my damnedest to make the d6 work when it doesn't have enough flexibility. But I realized that there's a random-number generator with much more flexibility than a d20, while possibly being more commonplace in your average home than a fistful of d6s.
A die just gives you a number. A deck of cards gives you numbers, yes, but also suits, colors, and arbitrary combinations of these three traits. And a tremendous amount of cultural baggage on which to hang design gewgaws. And while we're getting rid of needless turbonerd props: fuck your "battlemap", kid. Get your chessboard. (Yes, chess is also for dorks but plenty of people have a chess set even if it just collects dust until the next power outage.)
But we're here to talk about PCs (or, if you will, the PCs' PCs, adhering to the metagame conceit we've established). In the majority of RPGs, your characters are ostensibly heroic guys who just rescue all the prisoners and slay all the dragons and hip-hip-hooray! And that's fine, on paper. In practice, most players do not direct their characters in this way. Why? Because they want the characters to live and prosper. Dragon-fighting and prisoner-freeing are not usually compatible with the broader live/prosper objective. So when dragons are fought, they are dragons which have been determined, mathematically, to represent a minimal risk. When prisoners are rescued, they are the prisoners who are least thoroughly guarded and most able to offer lavish rewards. And that's fine. We don't want to die, and, by extension we don't want our character — who is usually little more than "me, wearing some rubber ears and perhaps a little facepaint", let's be honest — to die either. The problem is the dissonance. You can't be a self-serving, cowardly greedhead and a noble hero whom every peasant loves and respects. Word would get around pretty fast.
So the solution is straightforward: acknowledge out of the gate that your characters are terrible people. In fact, they're such terrible people that their peers have appointed them to do the most dangerous and thankless work available. Of course, they still want these terrible people to succeed: after all, long-term survival probably depends on it. But if a few of these vermin don't make it back alive, fetch an eyedropper to save the village's single tear. So who are these awful jackasses?
The Hack is your standard meathead, good at killin' and breaking things and not a whole lot else. Not necessarily stupid, mind you, or even necessarily belligerent in nature. He's just got a pretty limited skill set and a profound disinterest in diversifying. There are precious few problems which do not, from a certain angle, resemble a nail. Still, they say it takes 10,000 hours to achieve mastery in a field. The Hack was a master before he was out of diapers. Mind you, depending on the Hack in question, that's not necessarily an impressive fact.
The Hack advances (that is, he gains epithets or dismisses scars) when he destroys something important.
The Creep is usually a bit younger or a bit older than the rest of the folks she's been sent out to probably-die with, because Creeps don't stand out as a problem unless they're young and sloppy or jaded and careless. What an individual Creep has or hasn't done is very much down to the Creep's individual proclivities, but the list of terrible things a person could do upon discovering how easy it is to go unnoticed — well. It's a long list, and unpleasant to read. Maybe your Creep just stole some food. For her starving grandmother. Sure.
The Creep advances when she does something audacious and leaves no evidence or witnesses. (Her fellow scavengers are not considered witnesses.)
The Cheat is a liar. That would be enough to get anybody put on scavenger duty. If you can't trust your neighbor, how do you expect to survive the winter, let alone the decade? But he's not just that. Everyone lies here and there. A little bit. But a Cheat is a spider at the center of an ever-growing web of lies, too complicated for a practical man to maintain. But the Cheat has the luxury of being impractical; people will do anything for you when you say the right things to them. And they'll congratulate themselves on the cherry deal they made.
The Cheat advances when he manipulates someone into hurting themselves for his benefit, provided he's far away before they see the trick.
The Jinx has the closest thing a living human being can get to "being in touch with the spirit world": a jumble of half-understood whispers, battering at her mind the moment she drops the concentration needed to keep them out. Which would be sad, in its way, if she hadn't worked out how to whisper back. How to make silent deals with long-dead somethings, how to hide a smile when — oh my goodness, he just stepped in his own snare? In broad daylight? How terrible. He must have hung there for days before the dehydration killed him.
The Jinx advances when she closes a pact, concluding her business with a given spirit after achieving both the (usually awful) thing she wants and the (almost always awful) thing the spirit wants in return.
Any class-based RPG has the "I'm good at X but not Y or Z" conceit, but it always boils down to which approach would be easier: should we fight these guards? No, it would be a hard fight, so we'll use diplomacy. Fuck that. Make the characters want to handle things their way instead of the easy way, because it gives them a sick little thrill that the rest of you can't possibly understand! Of course, these motivations need not always be at cross purposes. You can always wipe out most of an enemy force before persuading the survivors to deliver your "unconditional surrender" to their superiors. They don't need to know about the fungus spreading through their travel rations, and it's quite invisible even if it occurred to them to look for it. I love these horrible people. I can't wait to see them prosper in defiance of all propriety.
Currently Playing: Warren Zevon - Mr. Bad Example
Nov 2, 2013 - 01:25 PM
Pt. 6: I missed Halloween but let's talk about monsters anyway.
I've made a couple of vague overtures in the direction of including magic in the game (even if it won't bear much resemblance to the LET ME LOOK AT MY SPELL LIST mechanics of most RPGS). So if we've accepted that the game world is allowed to be a little unreal, it's perfectly reasonable to have some monsters. But monsters need to be, you know, monstrous: that is, not just people wearing rubber prosthetics. They should be properly alien. Let's examine some tropes. I probably won't keep the names in-game for the same reasons zombie movies rarely actually drop the Z-word, but I'll use them here so we all know what we're talking about.
The Undead: Zombies and skeletons are always good throwaway enemies in any RPG largely because they don't need much in the way of motivation and because they represent a morally-uncontroversial kill. The undead are mindless, have no families, and pretty much always want to murder you. Here's the thing: how do they even work? Ok, yes: A WIZARD DID IT. That's dull. Your real enemy is the wizard, then. These bony jerks are just vacant hurdles between you and your actual foe, and "forestalling the conclusion for forestalling's sake" is a shitty reason for a fight.
I don't know if I mentioned it before, but magic in the game, such as it is, operates on a sort of rough animism. There are spirits in everything, and these spirits have their own opinions and their own problems. Necessarily, a human body has a spirit, and while that person's alive, it identifies with the body: it is that person. Now, let's say the body dies... and the spirit doesn't move on to a new home in, oh, a frog or a river or a famous hat. Let's say it's stuck. In this corpse. There's your zombie: a hard-to-stop dead man with no fear. But that's the distinction: he's a dead person, not merely an ambulatory corpse with no motivations of its own. Maybe Mr. Boddy is horrifically traumatized by his condition; maybe he thinks it's rad and wants to get some unstoppable revenge going. Either way it's only a matter of time before decay renders him immobile. Of course, a decaying corpse eventually turns into a skeleton.
It's tempting to attach the same principle I'm using for "zombies" to justify animated skeletons, but the problems with bones is that, divorced from their meat, they eventually detach from one another. Then you have to ask, which part of this rapidly-disassembling boneheap is Mr. Boddy? Arguably you can affix the bones to one another by various methods, but if you're creating undead out of malice then working with an intact corpse seems obviously simpler and an accursed skull has no means by which to assemble his own rattletrap. So let's say: no Skeleton Warriors. Intelligent bones, sure. The petrified femur of an ancient chief, demanding redress for long-forgotten insults. Might make a good bludgeon.
Ghosts are easy. It's a spirit with no dwelling and, consequently, no sense of identity or purpose. This drives them absolutely fucking nuts, and odds are good that they have a relationship of mutual hatred with every other spirit in the vicinity.
A D&D style "ghoul" — a dead guy who eats human flesh — is just a zombie with some weird ideas about how to fix his problems. The Arabian concept of the ghul is basically a form of djinni or demon, about which more later.
Vampires are a special case because they're "dead" in only the most trivial of ways. So vampires in our game, such as they are, won't be "undead"; they'll just be (incredibly long-lived) people who made really ill-advised and lopsided bargains with something. And they won't be particularly interested in blood. Blood is just a macguffin, isn't it? What vampires want is to not die, ever, at the expense of other people dying sooner than they otherwise would. And if we're willing to dispense with blood, it's trivial to dismiss shit like "scared of sunlight" and "can be killed with this one weird trick discovered by a mom".
Liches. Oh man, why would you become a zombie on purpose? Look at you, all leather and bones, keeping your mandible attached to your skull with a bit of deer tendon. Sad. Yeah, whatever, conjure the spirits against me. Your robe look like a dishrag, damn.
Orcs: There are basically three approaches to orcs in RPGs. Either they're previously-normal people (or elves, or whatever) corrupted by evil, or they're just inherently evil creatures that just exist because the world is a shitty place, or they're just... green people who are less civilized than you are. D&D generally takes this third perspective, and usually recommends you wipe out these savages to the last. That's a little fucked up! We don't really need orcs (or an orc-equivalents like, say, lizardfolk), because if we want mean-spirited humans we can just have that, with all the ethical wibbly-wobbly of dealing with people who are just as human as you despite their disgusting ways. If we make use of non-human humanoids they should be expressly inhuman in ways beyond their appearance, and at that point it is hard to justify giving them a human-like cultural structure. If nonhuman cultures still exist, things like elves or dwarves or gnomes, they're even worse off than the humans are, which is really saying something. The handful or survivors are probably pretty resentful about the state of things.
Ogres: Are unusually large and violent humans, outcast from society thanks to their enthusiasm for cannibalism and other unseemly business. Probably more well-fed than the PCs by a good margin, if subject to more than a little mental instability.
Dragons: A tricky business. D&D and its descendants are always chock full of huge, voracious, intelligent, nearly invincible reptilian predators — and the human villages who somehow exist a mile away. Oh, sure, there's always call for some bloody-handed mercenaries to get rid of the damned thing, but how did both parties survive to this point? Realistically, the villagers pack up shop and get the fuck out, provided they have the sense to do this before the dragon has killed and devoured all of them. It almost always makes more sense to flee a dragon than to fight it; it represents a threat on a scale almost incomprehensible to people who routinely die after an encounter with wolves or bears. In the long term, of course, this guarantees total draconic hegemony, but that's hardly your primary concern right now, just take what you can carry.
If you fight dragons, it should be matter in which you have absolutely no other choice, and a battle in which you absolutely expect to die horribly. You'd never even use the word "dragon", because the genetic identity of the thing is meaningless. It might have a name (which practically doubles as a curse), what you'd neither know nor care precisely what a "dragon" is. A dragon is death in the form of something huge and malevolent and unstoppable. By this reckoning, things like Beholders, Tarrasques, and Purple Worms are also "dragons". Every dragon is a unique specimen who will destroy you and everything you have cared about, and killing them — if it's even possible — should involve a Pyrrhic victory of the worst order.
Where do dragons even come from, whatever shape they might take? Well, I reckon they're demons (about which more later) who made themselves really nice and comfortable. Not every mortal shell can endure dragon levels of distortion, but sometimes you get lucky and end up with a real world-beater. A dragon is what results when a demon keeps getting whatever it wants and nobody stops it. You want to keep an eye on that.
Kobolds: "Tiny lizard man" isn't a super interesting idea. "Pathetic, desperate people who willingly serve dragons is exchange for a tiny, tiny scrap of the spoils"... that's something. How do you even get a dragon to listen to your pleas of mercy? And if you somehow destroy a dragon, what do you do with the kobolds who survive the fight? These people clearly aren't trustworthy.
Golems: Golems are essentially man-made things imbued with rudimentary intelligence Sometimes they follow orders, sometimes no. They're pretty easy to fit into our setting: it's not hard to imagine a half-crazed spirit being trapped inside an old department-store mannequin, or a robot, or a monster truck. Or, depending on how advanced we want to make the precursor cultures, you might have the occasional straight-up legitimate AI wandering around.
Demons: Unusually old unbound spirits who have grown cynical and nihilistic with the passage of millennia. Time has given unto them certain awful secrets about the nature of things, and they gladly use this knowledge to gather power for its own sake. Being devoid of any real form they lack the ability to present a direct physical threat, but they will gladly barter for the chance to borrow any interesting body that passes their way. You might get your body back when the demon is done with it — if you still want it, after the... modifications. Demons are the original source of things like centaurs, gorgons, owlbears, hydras, and other distorted creatures that bear an uncomfortable resemblance to the natural and the sane. Whatever they offer you, it's probably not worth it.
Trolls: What if we took the debased, shameful thing that we've called an ogre and offered it something like the ugly, lopsided promise of longevity we've given vampires? Not that the comparison is entirely fair, since the vampire retains some semblance of cognition and will and could theoretically elect to willingly end their blighted existence. The troll's spirit remains trapped inside its underutilized brain as its bloated, scabrous body unthinkingly destroys and devours everything in sight. Fun!
Gnolls: Basically smart dogs that hate people, running in packs. Let's just do that, it's a lot more interesting than putting them on their hind legs and declaring THEY WORSHIP THE GNOLL GOD WHO LOVES MURDER FOR REASONS.
Ooze: Toxic chemicals are quite threatening enough, thank you, but if you'd like to have demons or angry ghosts wield them like drippy carcinogenic puppets I won't stop you.
Troglodytes: Oh hey, it's the pale men in the caves! You were hardly introduced. Again, more or less human, though after ages of separation neither you nor they would readily acknowledge any relation. Something went wrong in the past. Some kind of accident, a disagreement. Your ancestors went one way (into the hills), theirs went another (into the dark underground). It's been rough times for everyone, frankly, and you still exist in a state of mutual loathing. As long as they do no more than crouch in the mouths of their tunnels and stare, it's not worth the risk of confronting them. Certainly there's no profit in destroying them unless you're into newt bones and lichen. They've got tons of that crap.
Ankhegs, Giant Spiders, Carrion Crawlers: Do you know what's scarier than one really big arthropod? A whole shit-ton of slightly-larger-than-normal insects. The essential terror of creepy crawlies is defeated when you make it plausible that they could be killed by a well-place bullet. Don't have the PCs open a door and find one big spider they can shoot an arrow into: open a door onto a writing black carpet. If you a want a big hungry bruiser animal that's why we have BEARS.
Elementals: It is hard to find a meaningful distinction between Elementals and Golems, in terms of their place in gameplay or story. Seriously, what is the difference between a stone golem and an earth elemental? Oh, right, the elemental comes from... the PLANE OF EARTH, where he has... earth culture... and an earth... family... what the fuck. Who needs fire elementals? Fire isn't hard to get, we don't need a dude who is literally made of fire. It's raining, Jim, we can't use you on the front lines today. Elementals. Christ.
Giants/Titans: I don't think I've ever used a giant in any campaign. They're just not interesting. WHAT IF A GUY... WAS BIG? Seems like something you'd have done TO you, while you lay there crushed by gravity, struggling to breathe, desperately hungry. Eventually enough dirt settles on you that you pass for a hill. Maybe some animals will wander into your big stupid slackjawed mouth! You think some lichens might be growing in there.
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Archive for category: Duck Migration
Follow the duck migration with hunting videos and weekly migration reports.
Waterfowl Migration Update – December 1, 2015
December 1, 2015 /in Duck Migration, Goose Migration, Waterfowl Migration /by Fowled Reality
Our latest waterfowl migration update has ducks and geese on the move south as cold and snow continues to effect a portion of the country. A swath of snow is currently falling across South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota which should continue to push birds south out of these areas, but unseasonably warm temperatures are on the horizon which could slow things up.
The weather system last weekend sent some new ducks south across portions of the Central and Mississippi Flyways. Snow fell over a large portion of Iowa and Illinois and a strong North and Northwest wind followed behind. Many new ducks arrived in portions of Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Temperatures rebounded through last week and melted a large portion of the snow, but with a new system currently effecting some of these same areas, more ducks have been reportedly migrating into Kansas, Missouri, and Northern Illinois the past couple days. Large amount of precipitation has fallen south of the center of the low pressure systems and new food sources have opened up. Duck have scattered from their previous location, but hunters have reported some good success where they have been able to access these fresh resources. The continued weather that has included good winds and cooler than average temperatures the past few days has kept ducks active and success has been above average despite the full moon. The block of ice and snow in areas of South Dakota and Nebraska has continued to hold up the remaining mallards in North Dakota. Peak number continue to be reported there, but the season will soon be closing.
Large concentrations of geese are located across northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. These flocks are in areas they normally are this time of year. Some of the leading edge has pushed further south after the system last weekend, but with the weather upcoming, most should hold in the coming week.
The weather in the next seven days looks to moderate as we move toward the weekend. An abnormally warm pattern looks to emerge as we enter the first week of December. El Nino will continue to establish itself and warmer than normal temperatures will spread over a large portion of the country. This could have two effects: one being birds will bounce back north or they will hold with it being so early in the season. It’s hard to say exactly what will happen, but the only way to find out is to be out there to see.
Missouri Waterfowl Habitat Survey
Illinois Waterfowl Surveys: Illinois River Mississippi River Southern Illinois
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Waterfowl Migration Update – November 23, 2015
November 23, 2015 /in Duck Migration, Goose Migration, Waterfowl Migration /by Fowled Reality
The first winter storm moved across a good chunk of the Central and Mississippi Flyways late last week and finally sent a good waterfowl migration to the south. Cold air filtering in behind the snow only helped to push many ducks and geese further south toward their wintering grounds and hunting success responded nicely as the system dropped up to 18 inches of snow. Temperatures look to rebound during the first half of this week, but a couple new systems look to move across the country as we enter next weekend.
Snow fell across South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Southern Wisconsin, and Northern Illinois this past Wednesday through Saturday. While there was no snow across most of Canada and North Dakota, many ducks and geese were forced to head south thanks to single digit lows and sub freezing high temperatures in these areas. Many bodies of water are now frozen solid with only small portions of large lakes and rivers remaining open. This was the first large push of birds in North Dakota this season. Hunting success had been sporadic up until the point, but now, peak numbers are located in many areas. In South Dakota, not only did temperatures plummet, but snow covered up many food sources for waterfowl. The same goes for Iowa, Southern Wisconsin, and Northern Illinois. Waterfowl in these areas were forced to head south as roost sources locked up and food was blanketed with as much as 18 inches of snow. Locations across Nebraska and Missouri saw a good push of waterfowl on Thursday and Friday. There were reports of just as many geese heading south as there were ducks. As the front finally moved through the Midwest on Saturday, flights of migrating waterfowl were reported across Illinois and hunting success was high for those that braved the wind and rain. The large storm system prevented many states from doing their weekly waterfowl surveys, but had they been able to do it, they would have noted increasing numbers of birds and for areas north of I70, mallard numbers are on the incline while many other species numbers will be headed down as the temperatures drop.
With that system now gone, we’re left with a good number of birds blocked in North Dakota thanks to the extensive snow pack that sits south of them. What’s left of the open water continues to freeze so finding birds might be a challenge, but any open water a hunter can find, will likely have birds on it. Look for large lakes and rivers when it gets this cold and you’ll likely have success in locating waterfowl. In these conditions, find fields they are feeding in and don’t push them off of what little available open water they have. With rebounding temperatures across much of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, birds should remain in place through the weekend. The next system is set to start on Thanksgiving Day and continue into the weekend. There doesn’t appear to be a large push of cold air behind this front, but a chance of snow still exists on the backside of the system. Two or more inches of rain looks likely in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. This will likely flood new areas and scatter birds out as new resources become available. We’ll also be dealing with a full moon this week. Combined with the warming temperatures, hunting success could drop compared to last week, but you never know what will happen unless you’re out there. Good luck this week!
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Our first waterfowl migration update of the season can be characterized by one word: slow! Other than a few stretches, temperatures across much of the United States and Canada have been above normal. Other than calendar migrators, large concentrations of ducks remain well north of where they normally are this time of year. However, things look to change in the second half of November.
Calendar migrators, which is mostly comprised of teal, pintail, shovelors, and young mallards have been sporadically reported across many areas of the country. As always, hunting success correlates with the weather. While these ducks have been gradually making their way south, a lack of weather to make them move has led to a lack of success for many hunters. Even though birds might be around, without something to force them to fly, they hang out in the sun on water all day. Many surveys from across the country have been running near normal to slightly above in areas north of I70 across the middle of the country. South of there, surveys are more spotty. A lack of rainfall and flooded food sources has left much of southern Illinois well behind their average numbers for this time of year.
A strong system is forecast to slowly move across the country this week and leave a ton of rainfall in it’s wake. Much of that rain looks to fall across Missouri and Illinois where it is needed. This should help fill the remaining areas in need of water and create some new ones. Unfortunately, the wet spring will limit the amount of food available across a lot of this area. There should be water for resting and roosts, but food sources are going to be limited. This has limited the number of calendar migrators that have stayed for more than a day or two. An abundance of these duck have already made their way south where food is more readily available. This week’s weather system will help set the stage for a second system early next week that could possibly finally usher in colder air and kick the migration into gear. It’s too early to tell exactly when and where, but next week’s front has the potential to spur a good migration and improve hunter’s success across a large portion of the country. Hopefully the large concentration of mallards that are currently residing in southern Canada will get a nudge south into the US.
Illinois River Survey – Mississippi River Survey
We’ve had some early success so far this season. Be sure to check out our first couple videos for Realtree: “The X” as well as our debut episode of Hard Core Waterfowl TV.
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Waterfowl Migration Update – December 31, 2014
December 31, 2014 /in Duck Migration, Goose Migration, Snow Goose Migration, Waterfowl Migration /by Fowled Reality
We’re now entering 2015 and a lot of waterfowl hunters are glad to see December of 2014 in the rearview mirror. After a month of little to no waterfowl migration, arctic air has finally come back into the midwest and central United States and waterfowl are back on the move. How long the cold will last is anyones guess, but it’s best to take advantage of it now while we have it and the waterfowl migration is back in swing.
Normal to above normal temperatures and little in the way of winter weather had the duck migration virtually stalled for the better part of 7 week. Locations that picked up ducks back in the first half of November still had the same ducks up until the past few days. Hunting success had been poor at best in most places from Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Many season are now closed and more will in the coming week. Luckily, for the homestretch of a lot of ducks hunting seasons, fresh birds made a move the past few days with the cold front. New migrations of mallards have been spotted from northern Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. There has also been an influx of new ducks into Oklahoma and Arkansas. Locations in Arkansas remain dry, but where there is water, there are ducks. A new weather system looks to effect areas along and south of I70 at the end of the week and into the weekend. Rainfall amounts across much of Arkansas could exceed an inch and will be welcome by duck hunters. Further north, there should be a swath of snow by the weekend from central Kansas into northern Illinois. The precipitation could further push ducks into southern Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, while the rainfall across Arkansas could lead to fresh food sources and thinning out the concentrations of ducks where there is currently water.
Canada Goose Migration
Just as the duck migration has been on hold, so has the Canada goose migration. Areas that were having great hunts this time last year, have yet to see much if any northern Canada geese migrate in. Good numbers of geese have remained across the Dakotas, northern Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. While the fresh cold could push some south, the lack of snowfall in these areas will likely lead the geese to stay put for now.
The snow goose migration has been in full swing with the mild temperatures over the past 10 days. Large concentrations of snows moved north last week and made it all the way into the Illinois River Valley and locations around Squaw Creek. The snow goose migration last week resembled something seen in mid February! Luckily, the new cold snap should force quite a few of them back south closer to their wintering grounds. Even without snow cover north of I70, many of the snow geese will make a move back south to get away from the cold. Their not as hardly as the northern mallards and Canada geese, but all it will take a a brief warmup for them to move back north.
The weather in the coming week looks to stay around normal or slightly below. The weekend system should lay a narrow band of snow down, but a lack of snow cover will remain in certain locations all the way into the Dakotas and Minnesota. The cold weather should continue to create more and more ice on large bodies of water and a trickle of migrating waterfowl could continue into next week.
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The weather pattern has been stagnant over the past week and the waterfowl migration is pretty much at a standstill. Other than birds shifting on a local basis as food sources come and go, there has been no large scale migration other than some calendar birds that tend to migrate at or around the same time every year. It’s mid-December and typically places should be getting colder as we move toward Christmas, but the opposite is true this year as we continue this crazy roller coaster of weather.
In the past week, places that have had good concentrations of ducks have continued to have them. Locations such as southeast Nebraska, southwest Iowa, northeast Kansas, and northwest Missouri as well as Arkansas have been loaded with ducks since mid-November. Most of these birds have been heavily pressured and know where they’re safe in these areas. Hunting has continued to get tougher and tougher even with the large number of birds. A few calendar ducks have made moves into locations across the central US and there have been spotty reports of success. As we move closer to the weekend, temperatures are forecasted to climb well above normal in most locations. While this isn’t typically what duck hunters ask for this time of year, most will gladly take it since it could possibly make ducks think about migrating back north. There have already been reports of birds starting to trickle back the past two days as the warmup has started. Just how many will ride the south wind in the 50 and 60 degree temperatures is always the question. Is it too early in the year for a mass movement north? We’re not even to the Winter Solstice and days are short. Ducks know this, but over the past few years they’ve seemed more and more antsy to return back north.
Just as the duck migration has been stagnant, so has the Canada Goose migration. Good numbers of geese are in their usual wintering locations across the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. There are also pockets of large numbers in Nebraska and Kansas. The key to the big geese is getting nasty cold weather to get them to fly inside of legal shooting hours. Most days this past week have been mild and combined with the full moon, geese have been flying late in the afternoon. Goose hunters will need more winter like weather to move in to increase the success of their hunts.
If the activity of the snow goose migration the past few days is any indication of the impending warmup, then this weekend we could see a good migration of waterfowl northward. The past three days there has been snow geese moving back north in Missouri and Illinois. The weather hasn’t been all that conducive to this movement with clouds, little wind, and temperatures in the 30s, but the snow geese know the weather on the horizon and they’re always eager to head back north. As the winds start to pickup and the warmup fully gets under way, look for more snows to make this move. In past experiences, when the snow geese make a jump, the ducks typically aren’t far behind.
The weather so far in 2014 has been anything but normal. A mild start followed by an arctic cool down had the waterfowl migration move from 0 to 60 in just a few days. Since then the weather has really stabilized and other than waterfowl making small moves there really hasn’t been much large scale movement. While the weather coming in the next 7 days isn’t the typical dream forecast, at this point, most duck hunters will welcome it with open arms as it looks to at least force some ducks to migrate into new areas. As we move into next week, the weather pattern looks to become more active with a parade of storms effecting the country. One or two of those is bound to link up with cold air and lay some snow down forcing yet another good waterfowl migration.
Be sure to check out our new Tip Video for Realtree where we discuss some late season hunting tactics.
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an arena for Black, South Asian and 'Minority Ethnic' women to lead discussions on the violence against women and girls
Protesting Narendra Modi's visit to the UK
#MODINOTWELCOME
Modi with the RSS
This November, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India is visiting the UK. Narendra Modi is a lifelong cadre of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu supremacist paramilitary organisation modeled on the Nazi and Italian Fascist parties.
In 2002, as Chief Minister of Gujarat, Modi presided over the genocidal attacks in which over 2,000 people from Gujarat’s Muslim minority community were systematically killed, and 200,000 displaced. Women and children were specifically targeted for horrific violence in the pogrom.
What happened in Gujarat in 2002 has been amply documented and there is clear evidence that the violence was orchestrated and sponsored by the Modi’s state government (‘India: Justice — the victim in Gujarat’).
Since 2002, Modi has never expressed any regret for what happened in Gujarat, stating, when asked about his feelings, that he felt as sad as an occupant of a car that runs over a puppy. Since Modi became Prime Minister in May 2014, incidents of violence against minorities, incited by the hate-speech of his party members and ministers, has become a daily occurrence.
Who is welcoming Modi to Britain?
The Hindu Right has a network of organizations in the UK, including the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS – the British wing of the RSS)the National Hindu Students Federation, Hindu Forum of Britain, and others. The HSS UK is currently being investigated by the British Charity Commission after it was exposed in an ITV documentary ‘Charities Behaving Badly’ broadcast in February 2015. The film showed an HSS UK youth camp where young people were systematically indoctrinated in anti- Muslim and anti-Christian ideology.
Reclaim Diwali!
We, along with South Asia Solidarity Group, Dalit Solidarity Network, South Asian Women’s Creative Collective have announced a special Diwali celebration on 6th November. Join our event here and share amongst friends!
With incendiary performances from:
Singer/Songwriters - SAMIA MALIK, TABITHA BENJAMIN
Dancer and choreographer KALI CHANDRASEGARAM
DJ ANARKALI ELECTRA
Spoken word artist SHAREEFA ENERGY
Tamil political poetry choreographed for Bharatnatyam from OVIA, ANAMIHA AND NIRMALA
Bengali songs by Lalon and Nazrul presented by Mukul and Ghetto Tigers with DELWAR HOSSAIN DILU, TANUSREE GUHA, TONNI KHAN, SAIDA TANIA and PORAG HASAN
Plus delicious food (non-vegetarian and vegetarian) including the Beef dishes the Hindu right want to ban!
We urge the four Labour MPs - Keith Vaz (Leicester East), Virendra Sharma (Ealing and Southall), Steve Pound (Ealing North) and Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston) to reconsider their decision to donate their pay rises for November to the cost of the 'Olympics style' cultural extravaganza in Wembley welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Instead, they should donate the money to the families of the victims of the 2002 Gujarat genocide that occurred under Modi's watch and in which 2,000 Muslims lost their lives and to the survivors of more recent attacks by members of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and allied organisations; alternatively, closer to home they could donate the money to food banks in the UK.
Sign the petition here!
Modi Not Welcome in London - A Day of Protest
Thursday 12 NOVEMBER 2015 FROM 12 NOON ONWARDS
10 Downing Street moving to Parliament Square
3.30pm: Meeting at House of Commons
For more information find out here
The day of protest is organised under the Avaaz network with support from Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance, Dalit Solidarity Network (UK), Indian Muslim Federation (UK), Indian Workers Association (GB), Muslim Parliament, Oxford South Asia Forum, South Asia Solidarity Group, Southall Black Sisters,Southall Monitoring Group, The Sikh Federation (UK), Voice of Dalit International
For regular updates on campaigns against Modi visit www.modinotwelcome.wordpress.com
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Film screening of the award-winning 'Candles in the Wind'
(India 2014 52 min)
South Asia Solidarity Group and the Decolonising our Minds society invite you to a film screening of 'Candles in the Wind' followed by Q&A with the directors Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl
Thursday 28th May at 18:30–21:00
Room V111, SOAS, Vernon Square, Penton Rise, WC1X
Punjab is known globally as the success-story of India's Green Revolution. Popular cinema from Bollywood keeps this carefully cultivated image alive. This image is a mirage.
Behind the smokescreen of an idyllic Punjab, there is real smoke, from the smouldering pyres of the farmers who are driven to suicide by the debt burden due to high costs of seeds, fertilisers and pesticides set by the almighty corporations in collusion with the State.
With suicides of men spiralling, women are left to bear the burden of their debt, and the responsibilities of taking care of children, ageing parents and the carcinogenic chemically damaged fields.
'Candles in the Wind' witnesses the silent determination of these women to survive and struggle against the politics of domination. The film provides a unique insight into the effects of neoliberal globalisation on rural India and the socioeconomic flux which has accompanied it.
Awards: Special Mention, 61st National Film Awards / India; John Abraham National Film Award for Best Documentary / SiGNS Film Festival / Kerala / 2014; Special Mention / IDSFFK / Trivandrum / 2014; Official Selection: Indian Panorama-2014, IFFI-Goa.
Watch the trailer for Candles in the Wind:
Nandan Saxena & Kavita Bahl are independent filmmakers and media trainers.
They received the National Award for Best Investigative Film at the National Film Awards (2011), for the film ‘Cotton for my shroud’. It was screened as ‘Headline Film’ at the World Investigative Film Week at London in 2013.
Almost two decades into filmmaking, they work in the genres of documentary and poetry films. Their oeuvre spans the domains of ecology, livelihoods, development and human rights.
Their most recent film ‘I cannot give you my Forest’ has been awarded the ‘Rajat Kamal’ for the Best Film in Environment, including Agriculture at the National Film Awards (For 2014).
Scrap the trivialising and racist posters on Child Sexual Exploitation
We the undersigned would like to express our concern and dismay about a poster on the crucially important subject of child sexual exploitation which has been produced and is being circulated by the police-led National Working Group on Child Sexual Exploitation
The poster uses the face of a white child with a black/brown hand over her mouth and by doing so trivialises and diverts attention from the reality of child sexual exploitation and at the same time plays into racist stereotypes.
It suggests that perpetrators are Black or Asian and victims are white. In fact, as numerous cases (like those of powerful politicians like Cyril Smith, media personalities like Jimmy Savile, or of white men acting in gangs to exploit large numbers of young girls and women) have shown, perpetrators come from all racial groups. The majority are family members of the child or friends of her/his family.
Racial stereotyping which suggests that perpetrators of child exploitation are most likely to be Black or Asian people is extremely irresponsible, particularly at a time when hate crime is on the increase.
Like the perpetrators, the children facing Child Sexual Exploitation are also from all racial backgrounds and as agencies working with young Asian women have pointed out, often the sexual exploitation of Black and Asian children is ignored because of lack services and other reasons.
The people responsible for the posters
There have been a number of complaints about the poster from different parts of the country but it has not been withdrawn. Instead, the response from the National Working Group for Child Sexual Exploitation has been to justify it. A Freedom of Information Act request has revealed that the images were taken from the library of the National Working Group (NWG) on Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) (the leading UK network of more than 2500 practitioners who disseminate information to professionals working on the issue of CSE and trafficking) and shockingly that the same images have been used on other similar campaigns nationally.
As Chair of the partnership Child Sexual Exploitation group, Assistant Chief Constable of Northamptonshire, Ivan Balhatchet takes full responsibility for the posters and Northamptonshire Police and the Northamptonshire Safeguarding Children’s Board (NSCB), 'do not regard them as discriminating against any group in society'.
Bina Parmar, a Child Sexual Exploitation Specialist Team Member at NWG, who works closely with the Children’s Minister’s team and national organisations such as the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), Barnardos and the Children's Society and was involved in the selection of the images for the NWG claims that "The hand in the image is in fact a white man’s hand, caught in a shadow, and in the print process it does look darker on some visuals.” This argument is dangerous and misleading, because if a hand looks dark in a poster it is seen as the hand of a Black or Asian person. No one walking past such a poster would stop and think: "Is this really a white hand looking Asian or Black..?", and this makes the poster blatantly racist.
In fact, the white supremacist English Defence League (EDL) have, since the Child Sexual Exploitation poster campaign was launched, developed very similar images specifically designed to inflame racial tension.
The poster must be withdrawn!
This petition has been endorsed by the following representatives of local and national organisations which combat violence against women and girls:
Amrit Wilson (Freedom Without Fear Platform)
Zlakha Ahmed (Apna Haq, Rotherham)
Anjona Roy (Dostiyo, Northampton)
Sarah Green (End Violence Against Women Coalition)
Sumanta Roy (Imkaan)
Baljit Banga (Newham Asian Women's Project)
Katie Russell (Rape Crisis England and Wales)
Hilary Fisher (Women's Aid)
Vivienne Hayes (Women's Resource Centre)
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'Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai' or 'Muzaffarnagar Eventually'
(Hindi with English subtitles)
Film Screening and discussion
Tuesday 24th February, 7.00pm
Room V211, SOAS Vernon Square Building,
Vernon Square, Penton Rise
London WC1X 9EW
On the thirteenth anniversary of the Gujarat genocide, with the survivors still waiting for justice, we invite you to the UK premiere of this powerful film about a horrific new ‘laboratory of Hindu Rashtra’ and how it is being resisted.
In September 2013, an anti-Muslim pogrom took place in the Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts of Western Uttar Pradesh in which more than 100 men, women and children were killed and some 80,000 displaced. In the past, these two districts had seen relative harmony between Muslims and Hindus. What happened this time? ‘Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai…’ (Muzaffarnagar eventually...) explores this question examining the many facets of the massacre- the question of women’s ‘honour’, which was used by organisations of the Hindu right, including BJP-RSS, to orchestrate communal violence, the merging of caste identity politics within the larger Hindutva fold, the breakdown of the once powerful farmers’ union, the Bharatiya Kisan Union, whose survival hinged on the unity of Hindu and Muslim peasants, the various aspects of Dalit politics in the districts, the dubious role of the Samajwadi Party, the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh and the feeling of complete alienation and marginalisation of the Muslim community. The film looks at how the massacre found its resonance in the 2014 Indian General election campaign. Finally, it tells of the continued and growing resistance in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts against the corporate-communal nexus.
Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai Nakul Singh Sawhney/2014/135 mins/Hindi with English subtitles
Nakul Singh Sawhney's earlier films include the award winning With a little help from my friends (2005), Agaurav and Undecided, both in 2006, Once upon a time in Chheharta and the acclaimed Izzatnagari Ki Asabhya Betiyaan (2012) on “honour” crimes in Haryana
Labels: BJP, gender violence, Gujarat, Hindutva, India, Muzaffarnagar
Colonial Misogyny and Women's Activism in Palestine - Possibilities for Transnational Solidarity
How do the Israeli state's colonial strategies specifically target women?
What are the various forms of resistance in which women in Palestine are engaged?
How can we extend and strengthen initiatives for transnational solidarity
Dr Rania Masri
Associate Director Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, American University of Beirut
Monday 2nd March 2015, 7-9pm
Rm B111 Brunei Building, SOAS Thornhaugh Street, Russell Sq
London WC1H OXG
Rania Masri is a social-justice and anti-war activist. Her writings and activism have centred on the occupation of Palestine, and the struggle against apartheid and racism. She has also written and organized extensively on the sanctions on Iraq, and civil and environmental rights. A partial listing of her writings and talks can be found on her personal website: http://greenresistance.wordpress.com/my-writings/
Organised by Freedom Without Fear Platform, Decolonising the Mind SOAS, SOAS Students' Union and SOAS Pal Soc
Labels: activism, Israel, Palestine, rights, solidarity, violence, women
Reflections on gender violence, neoliberalism and the Hindu Right
A panel discussion with Tanika Sarkar and Kavita Krishnan
6.30-8.00 pm, Thursday 12 February 2015
Khalili Lecture Theatre
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Eminent feminist historian Professor Tanika Sarkar and leading feminist and left activist Kavita Krishnan will reflect on multiple forms of gender violence in India, both in the recent past and under the current government of Narendra Modi, the challenges faced by those confronting this violence, and how it has been affected by India’s neoliberal policies and the rise of the right-wing political forces of Hindutva.
Tanika Sarkar is Professor of Modern History in the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She has published extensively on women and the Hindu right, cultural nationalism and the politics of Hindutva, as well as social reform in colonial and postcolonial India.
Kavita Krishnan is secretary of the All-India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA). She is also editor of ‘Liberation’ which is the monthly journal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).
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Whatever the case, Vice feels like a documentary-wannabe that never achieves whatever it's trying to do. It rehashes events and information that have long been part of the public record and, despite the abundance of acting talent at director Adam McKay's disposal, none of the characters achieve escape velocity. They are trapped inside the bubbles where we expect them to be.
There's nothing surprising or especially interesting about Vice. It's a lot like Front Runner in that anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of politics will find the terrain familiar and a little stale. From the beginning, McKay seems unsure of his mission: Is it to provide a more comprehensive biography of the man's life, which included decades of civil service with a successful stint in the private sector sandwiched in between? Or it is to lampoon politics in the s and make fun of George W. At times, his Lady Macbeth-ish wife Lynne Amy Adams seems more driven than Cheney, who happily Mature women forced sex free clips out of politics and into the public sector once Bill Clinton secures his place in Mature women forced sex free clips.
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Oddly, Steve Carell's Donald Rumsfeld doesn't recall the man many of us remember from the Bush administration - it's impossible to say whether this was an artistic choice on the part of the actor and director or whether an attempt failed. Carell has shown an aptitude for playing real people in the past - his work in Foxcatcher and Battle of the Sexes being a couple of examples. Bale, known for his willingness to change his physicality in order to become a character, crafts a version of Cheney that looks and sounds more like the former V. As with any performance of this sort, the question of whether it's more of an "imitation" than a "portrayal" comes into play, but there's no arguing that the best part of Vice is Bale.
Vice and Front Runner are two peas in a pod - re-creations of recent political theater that don't need to be exhumed. It appears to have been made for an agitated liberal base that's fascinated with dredging up Republican sins of the past but one has to wonder whether there's much of a movie-going audience for this sort of motion picture. With The Big Short, McKay used comedy, sleight-of-hand, and clever storytelling to shine the light into the shadows of the financial crisis. With Vice, his beam isn't as bright and the darkness isn't as murky. In the awards season, Vice is something of an also-ran. Devoid of the complex plotting, comprehensive world-building, and narrative twists that defined Marvel's two big superhero movies, Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, Aquaman seems strangely out-of-step with where the genre is going.
Constrained by the character's comic book origin, Aquaman refuses to do anything original or unpredictable and turns into a by-the-numbers tale of how the trident-carrying King of Atlantis becomes a protector of both land and sea. It accomplishes this by hoping that special effects saturation will compensate for screenplay weaknesses. They followed up their only legitimate hit in recent years, Wonder Woman, with the execrable Justice League, which apparently nailed shut the coffin of DC superhero team-ups. Aquaman comes across as an afterthought - a "gee, maybe we should give this guy an origin story" apology to audiences looking for something more from a superhero who looks suspiciously like Kal Drogo.
There are things to like about Aquaman but it's no Wonder Woman and often seems to be trying too hard. Also, with more and more superhero movies addressing social issues most notably Black PantherAquaman decided to stake out its claim by addressing humanity's pollution of the oceans. While that's not a bad cause, it feels shoehorned in. When the Atlantians come calling, wanting their queen to return and fulfill her part of an arranged marriage, she goes back to protect her husband and young son. That boy grows up to be a strapping man with extraordinary strength, speed, and resistance to weapons. In flashbacks, we see him training with Viceroy Vulko Willem Dafoewho has been tasked by Atlanna - now dead after being sacrificed by her Atlantian husband to the "trench monsters" - with Arthur's safety.
Skipping to the present day, we learn that Arthur's diabolical half-brother, King Orm Patrick Wilsonis planning a war against those who live in the world above. He is joined by another of the underwater rulers, King Nereus Dolph Lundgren. Things don't go as planned. Following a resounding defeat at the hands of his half-brother, Arthur goes on the run with Mera. They are pursued not only by Atlantis' finest but a revenge-obsessed pirate Yaha Abdul-Manteen IIwho, outfitted with prototype armor and weapons supplied by Orm, calls himself "Manta. There are numerous missed opportunities where a slower, more deliberate approach might have been more efficacious, limiting the repetitive vibe of the quest-style narrative.
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The first time, it's unexpected. By the third instance, it's grounds for a drinking game. The special effects, although not always special as is sometimes the case with CGI overuse, there are times when its obvious the characters are digital representations rather than actorsare numerous. From Finding Nemo refugees to the twisted monsters of the trench, Wan populates the screen with as much bang as he can get for his buck. To his credit, the action sequences are generally well-executed although some of the frenetically paced battles can be difficult to follow and representative of the high-octane approach directors have taken to superhero smackdowns. Comparing Atlantis to Black Panther's Wakanda - two alien places that exist both within and apart from the "real" world - there's no question which comes out better.
More time, patience, and skill was invested by Ryan Coogler in his world-building than is evident in the scattershot approach in Aquaman. Wakanda feels "lived-in"; Atlantis does not. The care employed in establishing the reality of the former setting isn't evident in the latter, which relies almost exclusively on CGI. Atlantis is often pretty and at times breathtaking but the film's focus on visual elements detract from its ability to establish something that's more than just an animated locale in which the live-action actors can play.
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That's what has happened with Transformers. Now that Michael Bay is finished although he's still listed as a producerit's time for a new vision, a new storytelling voice, and a new hand at the helm. The best place to start is to forget all the Bay-directed films. Their era is ended. This is a re-imagination technically, a prequel. Excepting Peter Cullen, who has a "voice cameo" in his signature role of Optimus Prime, none of the actors return. This is an entirely new cast with a new aesthetic. For director Travis Knight Kubo and the Two Stringsit represents new territory his first live-action feature and, although he doesn't avoid robot-on-robot carnage, he doesn't revel in it the way Bay did.
He makes this as much about the human characters as the Transformers and focuses on emotions and friendship over violence and special effects. That may also have something to do with the film's writers. The movie begins with a short prologue set on the Transformers' home world of Cybertron, which has been torn apart by civil war. Sensing defeat, Optimus Prime evacuates his Autobots, sending them to different potential future bases for the resistance. For Bumblebee, this means Earth. His arrival isn't met with open arms, however. He is almost immediately attacked by a group of soldiers led by Burns John Cenawhose furious attacks damage him. The critically wounded Bumblebee has no choice but to shut down and, in the shape of a yellow VW bug, he is left for scrap.
An unspecified time later, that's how year old Charlie Hailee Steinfeldfinds him. At first, she thinks she's getting a really cool birthday present when the junkyard dealer offers her the wreck, although she doesn't realize how "cool" it is. That night, in her parents' garage, she and Bumblebee come face-to-face. The next few days are about them getting to know one another as the Autobot becomes for Charlie what she lacks: Eventually, Shatter and Dropkick discover that Bumblebee isn't dead and, when they come looking for him, this new, unconventional friendship is put to the test. The film's approach to its human protagonist is much different than how the series worked when the role was filled by Shia LeBeouf films or Mark Wahlberg Bumblebee treats Charlie as a real person and gives her believably normal problems that an outcast year old might face.
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Ample efforts are made to establish Bumblebee as a product of the s in particular. The trappings of modern life are absent: Video games are at their most primitive and televisions are large, blocky devices. Kids are awakened by clock radios and listen to Walkmans. And the songs they hear on those devices infuse the soundtrack: The movie works in large part because of the depth of Steinfeld's performance. We haven't seen such a well-realized character in any of the other Transformers movies. John Cena, while not striving for a Best Supporting Actor nomination, is adequate for the part he's playing. Steinfeld's true co-star, however, is all CGI.
Like the women who played opposite Kong, Steinfeld has to overcome of the obstacle of not having a human to interact with - something she accomplishes with aplomb. Bumblebee is a Transformers movie for those that hated the previous five. For eleven years, this series has succeeded commercially while failing artistically. It has become a punch-line Michael Bay has chuckled at while endorsing enormous paychecks. Suddenly, all that has changed. For fans of the brand, this movie hopefully remains faithful to the backstory while carving out a new chapter and offering enough high-tech action to engage and enthrall.
For everyone else, it comes closer to a real movie than its predecessors - a well-paced science fiction action thriller with elements of drama, whimsy, and a strong inter-species buddy movie element. Surprisingly, Bumblebee is one of the best escapist films of the season. Arguably, the best way to describe Mary Poppins Returns is "old-fashioned. For others, it will be the opposite. The movie, directed by today's reliable purveyor of big-screen musicals, Rob Marshall, relies strongly on the original for everything from tone to song style to costumes and set design.
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ORCH20 (a) ARTHUR SULLIVAN : AN IDYLL for VIOLONCELLO SOLO AND STRING ORCHESTA (a) ARTHUR SULLIVAN : AN IDYLL for VIOLONCELLO SOLO AND STRING ORCHESTA. Full Score. The Amber Ring (ISMN : M-708031-39-9) (c) Robin Gordon-Powell 2007 (arranged 2003) pp7 (A4 spiral-bound booklet) NEW (a)£25.00 NEW GANDS orchestral
SONG24 A HYMN OF THE HOMELAND in E-flat for S.A.T.B. The Words written by the Rev. H.R.Haweis. The music composed by Arthur Sullivan:. (a) Novello's Part-Song Book No.1148: Second Series pp28-31 within: THE LONDON SUNDAY SCHOOL CHOIR Annual Festival, Crystal Palace June 14th, 1911. Maroon cloth with gilt tooling on front board, spine worn, ow VG scarce (a)£30.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
SONG24b A HYMN OF THE HOMELAND in E-flat for S.A.T.B. The Words written by the Rev. H.R.Haweis. The music composed by Arthur Sullivan:. (b) Within : Music to be sung by the Imperial Choir for Empire Day, May 24th, 1919 in Hyde Park. Novello pp48 (paper wraps) RARE (see photocopied section) (b)£20.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
ALB1576 ALBUM OF 27 SONGS brown rexine cover with `SONGS' in gilt on spine and `E.S.M.' monogram on cover : CONTENTS:
1. THE LOST CHORD No.3 in A flat. Words by Adelaide Proctor. Music by Arthur Sullivan (1877)
2. LET ME DREAM AGAIN No.2 in D. Words by B.C. Stephenson. Music by Arthur Sullivan (1875)
3. LITTLE MAID OF ARCADEE. Words by W.S.Gilbert. Music by Arthur Sullivan (from THESPIS) (1872) rare
4. THE DISTANT SHORE. Words by W.S.Gilbert. Music by Arthur Sullivan (1874)
5. THE VILLAGE CHIMES. Written by C.J.Rowe. Music by Arthur S. Sullivan (1870) rare
6. THE CHILDREN'S HOME. Words by Fred. E. Weatherly. Music by Frederic H. Cowen
7. IT WAS A DREAM. Words by R.E. Francillon. Music by Frederic H. Cowen
8. ROBIN REDBREAST. Words by William Allingham. Music by Claribel
9. WHO'S THAT TAPPING. Written by J.Loker. Music by S.W.New (small b&w cameo of cottage)
10.A DAISY SONG. Words by S.H. Gatty. Music by A.Scott Gatty
11. NO SIR! by A.M.Wakefield
12. THE BRIDGE. Written by H.W. Longfellow. Music by Miss M. Lindsay ( ILLUSTRATED COLOURED MUSIC COVER)
13. MISERERE DOMINE. Poetry by Adelaide Proctor. Music by John Blockley (b&w ILLUSTRATED MUSIC COVER of ship during and after storm)
14. THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON. Music by John Blockley (b&w ILLUSTRATED MUSIC COVER)
15. WHEN THE SHIP COMES HOME. Music by Mrs. J.Worthington Bliss
16. LOVE'S GOLDEN DREAM. Music by Lindsay Lennox
17. GATES OF THE WEST. Words by A.L. Music by Caroline Lowthian (stamped 19 Sept. 1883)
18. MARJORIE'S ALMANACK. Words by J.B. Aldrich. Music by Charlotte H. Sainton Dolby (stamped 30 April 1872)
19. UNCLE JOHN by F.E.Weatherly
20. TURNHAM TOLL. Words by F.E.Weatherly. Music by Milton Welling
21. A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS. Words by T. Malcolm Watson. Music by Cecile S. Hartog
22. THE WORLD AND HIS WIFE. Words by F.E.Weatherly. Music by Joseph L. Roeckel
23. WHY ARE YOU WANDERING by I.Nathan
24. Cunningham Boosey's UNIVERSAL Music Standard SCOTCH SONGS ed. Fpx and Clarke : Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town
25. CHE FARO SENZA EURIDICE ?Recit. & Air from Gluck's ORFEO
26. DON PASQUALE by Donizetti SERENATA
27. CAVATINA from IL TANCREDI by Rossini Condition : Good £90.00 GANDS ALBUM
ALB1577 AN ALBUM OF 12 SONGS AN ALBUM OF 12 SONGS bound in leather with SONGS in gilt on cover : KING HENRY'S SONG (Youth will needs have dalliance) in E-flat major pp7. Words by HENRY VIII. Music by Arthur Sullivan/ THE PROMISE OF LIFE. Words by Clifton Bingham. Music by Frederic H. Cowen/ SLEEP MY LOVE, SLEEP (1874) No. 1 in D flat pp7. Song. The Words by G. Whyte Melville. The Music composed expressly for Madame Patey. Boosey & Co.by Arthur Sullivan
THE CARNIVAL Words & Music by J.L.Molloy/ HOME, DEARIE, HOME. Words by F.E.Weatherly. Music by J.L.Molloy/ THE STARS OF NORMANDIE. Words by F.E.Weatherly. Music by Stephen Adams/ A IVY SONG. Written by Sarah Doudney. Music by Allan Macbeth/ VINETA. Words from the Schleswig-Holstein poetry. Music by Henry Smart/ HUSH ME, O SORROW!. Words by Madame Darmesteter. Music by Lord Henry Somerset/ THE BIRDS GO NORTH AGAIN. Words by Ella Higginson. Music by Charles Willeby (1902)/ GOLDEN LOVE. Words by Mary Mark-Lemon. Music by Milton Wellings/ QUEEN OF THE EARTH (Man's Guardian Angel). The poetry by H.L. D'arcy Jaxone. Music by Ciro Pinsuti. £30.00 GANDS ALBUM
ALB4 AN ALBUM OF 29 SONGS AN ALBUM OF 29 SONGS BOUND IN MAROON LEATHER with gilt tooling and initials pp256. Containing THREE SULLIVAN SONGS: Will He Come? No.1 in D by A.Proctor. Music Arthur S.Sullivan; Guinevere! in C by L.Lewin. Music Arthur S.Sullivan (inscribed Nov. 1892); O Fair Dove! O Fond Dove! in D: To Miss Rachel Scott Russell. Words J.Ingelow. Music Arthur S.Sullivan. Also 26 NON-SULLIVAN SONGS: The Bridge of Tears/Love, The Pilgrim/ Sunshine and Rain/ Light in Darkness/ A Summer Night/ Genevieve arr. Adams/ An Old Garden (b/w illustrated)
In Old Madrid (b/w illustrated)/ Sweet Kildare/Children/ Byegone Times/ Ah, Well-A-Day/ The Flight of Ages/ When Sparrows Build/ Pierrot Song/ Old Fashions/ By the Fountain/ La Serenata/ Ave Maria (illustrated)/ Darkness & Dawn/ Six Songs by Bache No.6 Serenade & No.4 Farewell/ Harken, O Children of Men/ Venetian Song/ Beauty's Eyes/ The Garden of Sleep £60.00 GANDS ALBUM
DM020 H.M.S. PINAFORE (Sullivan, 1878) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 12a. Lancers as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
DM091 HADDON HALL (Sullivan, 1892) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 73a. Waltz as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
DM088 HADDON HALL (Sullivan, 1892) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 71a. Lancers as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
SONG23 HUMOROUS SONGS OLD & NEW edited by J.L .Hatton. Boosey (c.1892) pp194 : royal blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and decorative front board a.e.g. Includes From Rock to Rock (Contrabandista) ; Lullaby(a) & Rataplan (Cox and Box) (F.C.Burnand and Arthur Sullivan) £20.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
PIANO43 IN MEMORIAM OVERTURE in C for Orchestra IN MEMORIAM OVERTURE in C for Orchestra. Piano Solo arr. Myles B. Foster. Novello pp16. A4 stapled booklet by Albion Music Reprints £14.00 GANDS piano
PIANO50b IVANHOE (b) SELECTION from the Opera of IVANHOE by Charles Godfrey. R.A.M. B.M. Royal Horse Guards. Chappell (1891) DUET pp31. A4 stapled booklet by Albion Music Reprints (b)£20.00 GANDS piano
PIANO10 LES CLOCHES DE CORNEVILLE Volume I LES CLOCHES DE CORNEVILLE Volume I. (The Chimes of Nomandy). Music by Robert Planquette. Arranged & Edited by Ernest Newton. Two Volumes of Easy Pieces for Piano adapted from Planquette's celebrated comic opera. Williams (1924) pp15. Illustrated cover by Fred Low £7.00 GANDS piano
ORCH29j LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
It has fun, pathos and romance, and needs plenty of energy!
The original songs illustrate a journey from Music Hall style to the Charleston era, with at least fifteen roles for solo performers, (some can be doubled;) and a range of scenes to engage the full ensemble.
The show can involve 30 - 50 singers, actors, and dancers, accompanied by a pianist and a small orchestra. It can be simply staged, in an open area with set elements positioned by the cast as part of the action, combined with the creative use of sound, lighting, stylised costume, and minimal props; or there are opportunities for more complex and costly productions. In certain circumstances, permission may be granted to adapt the work to suit the needs of particular groups.
Love Child was commissioned in 2003 for final-year Performing Arts students at Huddersfield Technical College in West Yorkshire, England, and first produced at the Highfields Theatre in April 2004.
"A new show to delight audiences for years to come"
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LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (j) Full Score available singly pp69 (j)£35.00 Score NEW GANDS orchestral
ORCH29i LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (i) LOVE CHILD Concert Overture (Duration: 12 mins.). Published (c) 2008 by Robin Gordon-Powell at The Amber Ring. ISMN : M-708031-49-9
Flute 1/ Flute 2 & Piccolo/ Oboe I/ Oboe 2/ Clarinet 1/ Clarinet 2/ Bassoon 1/ Bassoon 2/ Horn 1/ Horn 2/ Trumpet 1/ Trumpet 2/ Trombone (one only)/ Timpani & Percussion (2 parts for one player)/ Violin (8)/ Violin 2 (6)/ Viola (4)/ Violoncello (4)/ COntrabass (2)/ Full Score pp69 (i)£210.00 Concert Overture with Score and Parts NEW GANDS orchestral
ORCH29h LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (h) THEY WILL BE REMEMBERED Song from the musical Love Child. Four-Part Chorus. Amber Press (coloured cover) (2005) ISMN: M-708031-28-4 pp7 (h)£5.00 GANDS orchestral
ORCH29f LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (f) Band Parts : Flute/Oboe/ Clarinet in B-flat/ Violoncello/ Percussion (f)£15.00 each GANDS orchestral
ORCH29e LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (e) Hardback Full Score with gilt lettering on spine/front board pp280 (e)£85.00 GANDS orchestral
ORCH29d LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (d) Softback Full Score pp280 (d)£65.00 GANDS orchestral
ORCH29a LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (a) Softback Vocal Score pp226 (a)£30.00 GANDS orchestral
ORCH29c LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (c) Libretto pp60 (A4 spiral-bound double-sided booklet). Bridge Cultural Services Ltd. (2004) (c)£6.50 GANDS orchestral
PIANO64Y MY LADY MOLLY. A Comedy Opera. Boo MY LADY MOLLY. A Comedy Opera. Book and lyrics by G.H. Jessop. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank & Charles H. Taylor. Music by SIDNEY JONES. Keith Prowse (1902) : £25.00 scarce GANDS piano
SONG30 ORPHEUS WITH HIS LUTE ORPHEUS WITH HIS LUTE (in B-flat) and O THAT THOU HADST HEARKENED (from THE PRODIGAL SON in G-major) within the Imperial Edition of SOPRANO SONGS Vol.I Boosey & Co. (a) maroon cloth and gilt lettering, a.e.g. pp187, VG (a)£15.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
DM036 PATIENCE (Sullivan, 1881) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 25a. Polka as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
PIANO96a PIANO SCORES original (Chappell): (a) UTOPIA LIMITED (1893) pp92 (arr. King Hall)
with THE ROSE OF PERSIA (1900) or The Story-Teller and the Slave. New Comic Opera by Basil Hood and Arthur Sullivan. pp119 (arr. Wilfred Bendall)
THE GONDOLIERS pp82 (arr. J.H. Wadsworth of Boston, U.S.A.) bound in one volume, navy cloth with gilt lettering on front scarce (a)£60.00 original scarce GANDS piano
PIANO71 RUDDIGORE Piano Selection with Lyrics. Authentic D'Oyly Carte Editions from the Famous Savoy Opera. Selected and arranged by Felton Rapley. Chappell (1950) pp11 : £5.00 GANDS piano
DM058 RUDDIGORE (Sullivan, 1887) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 46a. Lancers as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
DM060 RUDDIGORE (Sullivan, 1887) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 47a. Quadrille as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
DM007 SULTAN OF MOCHA (Alfred Cellier, 1874) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 5a. Waltz (Otto Roeder) £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
ORCH61 TE DEUM LAUDAMUS and "DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM" TE DEUM LAUDAMUS and "DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM". Composed for the Festival held at The Crystal Palace, May 1, 1872 in Celebration of the Recovery of H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES by ARTHUR SULLIVAN. FULL SCORE. Novello pp120. Spiral-bound facsimile (25 x 33 cms)
Orchestration (as laid out in full score): Flauto I.
Flauto II.
Oboi.
Clarinetti in C.
Fagotti.
Corni I & II in F.
Corni III & IV in C.
Trombe in C.
Tromboni Alto & Tenor.
Trombone Bass & Ophicleide.
/ Timpani in C.G.
Violino I.
Violino II.
Viola.
SOPRANO.
ALTO.
TENOR.
BASS.
Violoncello.
Contra-Basso.
Organo. I also have for monthly hire (80.00 GBP + P&P @ 35.00 GBP despatched in two separate lots) a complete set of ORCHESTRAL PARTS** (including a complete set of MILITARY BAND PARTS*** for No.7 FINAL CHORUS):
** (21 PARTS)
FLAUTO I/11 x 2
OBOI 1/11 x 2
CLARINETTI I/II in C x 2
FAGOTTI I/11 x 2
CONTRA-FAGOTTO/ CORNI I/11 in F/E/G x 2
CORNI III/1V in C/D/B-natural x 2
TROMBE I/11 IN C/D/ E-flat x 2
TROMBONI I/1I x 2
TROMBONE BASSO
OPHICLEIDE
VIOLIN I x 10
VIOLIN x 8
VIOLA x 8
CELLO & BASS x 12
*** (20 PARTS)
CONCERT FLUTE
OCTAVE PICCOLO
SOLO CLARIONET IN B-FLAT
CLARIONET 2 IN B-FLAT
3rd CLARIONET IN B-FLAT
REPIENO CLARIONET IN B-FLAT
CLARIONET IN E-FLAT
FAGOTTI 1 & 2
CORNI IN F
CORNET 1 & 2
TROMBONE 1 & 2
TROMBONE BASS
SIDE DRUM £35.00 GANDS orchestral
1141 THE CHIEFTAIN Waltz WALTZ On Airs from F.C. Burnand and Arthur Sullivan's Opera. Chappell (1895) pp7. Albion Music Reprints GANDS
DM075 THE GONDOLIERS (Sullivan, 1889) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 59a. Waltz as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
DM073 THE GONDOLIERS (Sullivan, 1889) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 58a. Quadrille as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
DM071 THE GONDOLIERS (Sullivan, 1889) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 57a. Lancers as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
PIANO24d THE GONDOLIERS Piano Score THE GONDOLIERS pp82 (arr. J.H. Wadsworth of Boston, U.S.A.)
UTOPIA LIMITED (1893) pp92 (arr. King Hall) (d) PIANO SCORES original (Chappell): bound in one volume, navy cloth with gilt lettering on front scarce (d)£60.00 scarce GANDS piano
SONG29 THE LOST CHORD No.4 THE LOST CHORD No.4 in Ab. Album rebound in black cloth (1998). Indexed 1. UP FROM SOMERSET No.3 in D. Music by Wilfred Sanderson. Words by Fred. E. Weatherly. Boosey (c) 1913 .
2. UNTIL No.1 in D-flat. Music by Wilfred�Sanderson. Words by Edward Teschemacher. Boosey (c) 1910
3. MY TREASURE No.2 in G. Music by by Joan Trevalsa. Words by Matthias Barr. Boosey (c) 1903
4. THE GIFT No.2 in E-flat. Music by by A.H. Behrend. Words by F.E. Weatherly. Boosey (n/d)
5. LOVES OLD SWEET SONG No.1 in E-flat. Music by� J.L. Molloy. Words by G. Clifton Bingham. Boosey (n/d)
6. WHEN YOU COME HOME No.3 in F. Music by W. H. Squire. Words by F.E. Weatherly. Boosey (c) 1912
7. SYMPATHY in D (Original). Music by�Charles Marshall. Words by Mary L. Hay. Williams (1908)
8. THE LOST CHORD No.4 in A-flat. Music by Arthur Sullivan. Words by Adelaide A. Proctor. Boosey (n/d)
9. THE CHILDREN'S HOME in C. Music by Frederic H. Cowen. Poetry by F.E. Weatherly. Morley (n/d)
10. LILY OF MY HEART No.1 in D-flat. Music by H. Geehl. Words by Edward Teschemacher. Gould (c) 1912
11. SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALLING No.3 in F. Music by Arthur. E. Tate. Words by Eileen Newton. Larway (c) 1911
12. A SUMMER SHOWER in E-flat. Words & Music by Theo Marzials. Boosey (n/d)
13. THE HOLY CITY in A-flat. Music by Stephen Adams. Words by F.E. Weatherly. Boosey (1892)
14. GOOD-BYE No.1 in A-flat. Music by Paolo Tosti. Words by G.T. Whyte Melville. Ricordi (c) 1902 (stamped May 1911)
15. TIT FOR TAT in E-flat. Music by Henry Pontet. Words by "Nemo". Enoch (n/d)
16. ANCHORED in G. Music by Michael Watson. Written by Samuel K. Cowan M.A. Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew (n/d)
17. THE ROSARY in D-flat. Music by Ethelbert Nevin. Words by Robert Cameron Rogers. The Boston Music Company (c) 1912 £30.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
PIANO60 THE MIKADO. Arrangement for Pianoforte THE MIKADO. Arrangement for Pianoforte by George Lowell Tracy (of Boston, U.S.A.) Piano Score with 1885/95 cast lists. Chappell pp104. Newly rebacked in navy cloth with large gilt lettering on front and spine: THE MIKADO PIANO SCORE £60.00 GANDS piano
PIANO77Xa THE ROSE OF PERSIA PIANO SCORE original (Chappell): (a)THE ROSE OF PERSIA (1900) or The Story-Teller and the Slave. New Comic Opera by Basil Hood and Arthur Sullivan. pp119 (arr. Wilfred Bendall)
THE GONDOLIERS pp82 (arr. J.H. Wadsworth of Boston, U.S.A.)
UTOPIA LIMITED (1893) pp92 (arr. King Hall) bound in one volume, navy cloth with gilt lettering on front scarce (a)£60.00 original scarce GANDS piano
PIANO84 THE SHOP GIRL Musical Farce. Writt THE SHOP GIRL Musical Farce. Written by H.J.W. Dam. Music by Ivan Caryll. Additional Numbers by Adrian Ross & Lionel Monckton. Arranged for the Pianoforte by Rowland Wood. Hopwood & Crew (1894) pp77/ DOROTHY A Comedy Opera. Written by B.C.Stephenson. Music by Alfred Cellier. Chappell (1886) pp75/ THE BELLE OF NEW YORK A Musical Comedy in Two Acts. Words by Hugh Morton. Music by Gustave Kerker. Arranged for the Pianoforte by James Weaver. Hopwood & Crew (1897-8) pp103/ Verdi's ILTROVATORE Arranged for Pianoforte by Rudolf Nordmann pp48. Maroon cloth with `The Shop Girl/ Belle of New York' in gilt on spine £30.00 GANDS piano
SONG47 THE SUNDAY ALBUM OF SACRED SONG Classical & Popular. Edited and Arranged with Pianoforte Accompaniments. Voice Part in Staff and Tonic Sol-fa. A HYMN OF THE HOMELAND (p.16). Words by the Rev. H.R.Haweis. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan (written 1867).224pp. Bayley & Ferguson no date. Well-worn, but contents good within foxed paper covers £8.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
PIANO100 THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD. Pianoforte Score. (a) Chappell pp72. Arrangement for Pianoforte by J.H.Wadsworth (of Boston, U.S.A.). Newly re-backed in navy cloth with gilt lettering on front board, and spine: YEOMEN OF THE GUARD - fine copy (a)£50.00 GANDS piano
PIANO94c TOM JONES by Edward German (c) LIBRETTO : TOM JONES. A Comic Opera. Written by A.M.Thompson and R.Courtneidge. Lyrics by Chas. H. Taylor. Music by Edward German. Revised Performing Edition. Chappell pp62. A4 photocopied double-sided spiral-bound booklet (c)£15.00 GANDS piano
DM003 TRIAL BY JURY (Sullivan, 1875) : MOST OF THE DANCE MUSIC (119 separate items) PRODUCED FROM THE G&S OPERAS (with contemporaries) produced by ALBION MUSIC REPRINTS (A4 booklets with the original Illustrated Music Covers in black and white ) @ £5.00 each : 2a. Quadrille as a duet £5.00 each GANDS pianodancemusic
VOC122a AUBER THE ROYAL EDITION THE ROYAL EDITION. Boosey and Co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J.Pittman jointly, or solely by Sullivan (a) Auber's FRA DIAVOLO pp287. Opera in Three Acts (with Italian and (the original) English words). Red cloth, blue lettering on gilt panel, a.e.g. (a)£25.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC64 AUDRAN, Edmond LA POUPEE LA POUPEE (Prince of Wales' Theatre 24 Feb. 1897. Cast includes Courtice Pounds). Comic Opera. English Libretto by Arthur Sturgess founded on the French of Maurice Ordonneau. Music by EDMOND AUDRAN. Hopwood & Crew (1897) pp134 Publisher's original binding in red cloth (worn) with gilt lettering, protecting MINT illustrated cover, a.e.g. £55.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
1107 BELLINI Bellini's NORMA. Opera in Two Acts (with Italian and English Words) THE ROYAL EDITION. Boosey & co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J. Pittman pp184 a.e.g. FINE COPY £35.00 GANDS
VOC49b CARR, F. Osmond HIS EXCELLENCY HIS EXCELLENCY (1894) A Comic Opera. Written by WSG. Composed by F.Osmond Carr. Joseph Williams (1894) pp219 (b) Photocopy only (A4 comb-bound booklet) (b)£40.00 Photocopy only GANDS VOCAL SCORE
DM054b CELLIER, Alfred DOROTHY WALTZ PIANO DUET version by P. Bucalossi from B.C. Stephenson & Alfred Cellier's Comedy Opera. Chappell pp15 £15.00 GANDS pianodancemusic
VOC131 CELLIER, Alfred THE SPECTRE KNIGHT THE SPECTRE KNIGHT Operetta. Written by James Albery. Composed by Alfred Cellier. Metzler pp113 (First produced at the Opera Comique, London, Feb. 9th, 1878) Albion Music Reprints (A4 spiral-bound booklet ) £35.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC25 CLAY, Frederic DON QUIXOTE DON QUIXOTE. Grand Comic and Spectacular Opera in Three Acts. Libretto by Mr. A. Maltby and Mr. H. Paulton. Music by FREDERIC CLAY. Duff & Stewart (1875) pp141. Albion Music Reprints (A4 spiral-bound booklet ) £40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
1106 DONIZETTI Donizetti's DON PASQUALE. Opera in Three Acts with Italian words and a new English adaptation by Charles Lamb Kenney THE ROYAL EDITION. Boosey & Co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J. Pittman pp224 a.e.g. VG copy £30.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOC122e FLOTOW (e)Flotow's MARTA (MARTHA). Opera in Four Acts (with Italian and English words) (e)THE ROYAL EDITION. Boosey and Co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan pp248 (e) a.e.g., FINE COPY (e)£35.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC59 FORD, Ernest JANE ANNIE JANE ANNIE or The Good Conduct Prize. A New and Original English Comic Opera. Written by J.M.Barrie & A. Conan Doyle. Music by Ernest Ford. Arranged from the Ful Score by King Hall. Chappell pp177. Cast List. Produced at the Savoy Theatre Sat. 13th May, 1893 £40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
PS12 GERMAN, Edward LONG LIVE ELIZABETH from MERRIE ENGLAND. Words by Basil Hood. Music by Edward German. Quartet - S.A.T.B. No.226. Chappell's Vocal Library of Part Songs & c. (1947) pp7 £3.00 GANDS partsong
PS26 GERMAN, Edward LOVE IS MEANT TO MAKE US GLAD from MERRIE ENGLAND : Trio (S.S.A.) Chappell's Vocal Library of Part Songs No.195. Words by Basil Hood. Chappell pp12 (1927) £5.00 GANDS partsong
VOC139f GERMAN, Edward TOM JONES TOM JONES. A Comic Opera in Three Acts founded upon Fielding's Novel by Alex M. Thompson and Robert Courtneidge. Lyrics by Chas. H. Taylor. Music Composed by Edward German. Chappell (1907) (f) LIBRETTO : TOM JONES. A Comic Opera. Written by A.M.Thompson and R.Courtneidge. Lyrics by Chas. H. Taylor. Music by Edward German. Revised Performing Edition. Chappell pp62. A4 photocopied double-sided spiral-bound booklet (f)£15.00 GANDS
VOC1b GILBERT & SULLIVAN THE IMMORTAL GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERAS Containing The Stories of the Plays and the Words and Music of Famous Numbers from each Opera. With an appreciation by Sir Henry Lytton. The`News Chronicle' Publications Dept. (c.1932) Issued as a part-work, (24 issues), and once completed returned for binding.
Vol.I Famous Numbers from THE MIKADO, THE GONDOLIERS, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD.192pp.
Vol.2 Famous Numbers from H.M.S. PINAFORE, SELECTION: Gems From Gilbert and Sullivan. Arranged for the Piano by Reg. H. Casson, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, THE SORCERER. 192pp
Vol.3 Famous Numbers from RUDDIGORE, PATIENCE, THE GRAND DUKE, TRIAL BY JURY. Selection: Gems From Gilbert and Sullivan.Arranged for the Piano by Reg. H. Casson.192pp
Vol.4 Famous Numbers from IOLANTHE, UTOPIA LTD., PRINCESS IDA. 192pp RED CLOTH 4-VOLUME SET : (b) £25.00 (good) GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC1a GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERAS THE IMMORTAL GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERAS Containing The Stories of the Plays and the Words and Music of Famous Numbers from each Opera. With an appreciation by Sir Henry Lytton. The`News Chronicle' Publications Dept. (c.1932) Issued as a part-work, (24 issues), and once completed returned for binding.
Vol.4 Famous Numbers from IOLANTHE, UTOPIA LTD., PRINCESS IDA. 192pp RED CLOTH 4-VOLUME SET : (a) £15.00 (worn) GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOCA1327 GILBERT, W.S. & SULLIVAN, A. H.M.S. PINAFORE Metzler (1909) pp147 (with advertisement for Children�s Edition) royal blue boards, a.e.g., gilt lettering on front board £25.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOC1172 GILBERT, W.S. & SULLIVAN, A. H.M.S.PINAFORE Metzler (1909) pp117 maroon boards with gilt lettering on front board £20.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1333 Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, A. PATIENCE vocal score : original publisher's binding Chappell pp117, with light blue decorative boards
(a)no later than 1888
(b)no later than 1889 (with title in gilt on spine) (a) very slightly better condition (a)£55.00
(b)£50.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1345 GILBERT, W.S. & SULLIVAN, A. PRINCESS IDA Chappell pp134, red cloth, a.e..g. school prize (1932) copyright 1911 £15.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1330 Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, A. THE GONDOLIERS vocal score : original publisher's binding Chappell pp185, olive green decorative boards (inscribed Xmas 1889). With 1889 Cast List FIRST EDITION £75.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOC1171 GILBERT, W.S. & SULLIVAN, A. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Chappell pp174 1950's laminated wraps worn £7.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1344 GILBERT, W.S. & SULLIVAN, A.S RUDDIGORE Chappell pp129 red cloth, gilt lettering, a.e.g. £15.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1331 Gilbert, W.S. & Sullivan, A.S. H.M.S. PINAFORE vocal score (early edition) Metzler pp105 (inscribed 1917). With reference to 1889 revival navy blue cloth, with gilt lettering, a.e.g. Some wear to boards £20.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
PIANO78e GILBERT, W.S. & SULLIVAN, A.S. RUDDIGORE piano-only score Chappell pp68 (1911 copyright) bound in brown rexine (marked), with gilt lettering on cover £20.00 GANDS
1244 GILBERT, W.S. & SULLIVAN, Arthur PATIENCE (revised edition) vocal score Published betwwen 1911-1948. Chappell pp145 red cloth, a.e.g., gilt lettering on spine and front board £15.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
1245 GILBERT, W.S. & SULLIVAN, Arthur PRINCESS IDA; (sic) vocal score Chappell pp134 Bound in red cloth, a.e.g. (1911-1948 Rupert DC edition), gilt lettering on spine and front board, sl. shaken £10.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1156 GILBERT, W.S. and SULLIVAN, A.S. THE GONDOLIERS original publisher's binding Chappell decorative boards (inscribed 1908) pp185. With 1889 & 1898 Cast Lists red cloth (dull) with gilt lettering,shaken £40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOCA1108 GILBERT, W.S. and SULLIVAN, A.S. THE MIKADO original publisher's binding Chappell pp152. Cast List : 1885 (re-produced on Wednesday, 6th November, 1895) brown cloth with illustration of pagoda and bamboo in black. Lettering in Japanese-like script in gilt on front and spine. Fair copy £30.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1152 GILBERT, W.S. and SULLIVAN, A.S. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Chappell pp174 paper wraps (worn), with brown paper spine repair £5.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOCA1154 GILBERT, W.S. and SULLIVAN, A.S. THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD SAVOY EDITION : Vol. IX. Chappell pp136 (inscribed 1907). Cast Lists for 1888 & 1897 red cloth (dull) with gilt lettering, a.e.g. £15.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOCA1155 GILBERT, W.S. and SULLIVAN, A.S. TRIAL BY JURY Chappell (inscribed 1929) pp69 red cloth with gilt lettering, a.e.g. £12.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOCA1332 Gilbert, W.S> & Sullivan, A. THE GONDOLIERS vocal score Chappel pp185; original publisher�s binding, decorative brown boards, with refernce to 1898 revival advertisement for THE ROSE OF PERSIA £50.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
SSH51b GILBERT, WS.G. & SULLIVAN, A. THE DISTANT SHORE Song. Sung by Mr Edward Lloyd (1874) THE DISTANT SHORE in F. Chappell pp7 £20.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
VOC122f GOUNOD (f) Gounod's FAUST. Opera in Five Acts (with Italian and English words - the latter by H.F. Chorley) (f) THE ROYAL EDITION. Boosey and Co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan pp247 (f) a.e.g. (1) VG (2) Covers unevenly faded, lettering bright , inscribed Nov: 1896 (f)(1)£30.00 (2)£20.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC122g GOUNOD (g) Gounod's MIRELLA Opera in Three Acts. With an English Adaptation by Henry F. Chorley (g) THE ROYAL EDITION. Boosey and Co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J.Pittman pp176 (g) a.e.g (printed list of Royal Edition March 1, 1881) VG (g)£25.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC122h GOUNOD (h) Gounod's THE MOCK DOCTOR (Le Medecin Malgre Lui) Comic Opera in Three Acts. The English Version by Charles Lamb Kenney (h) THE ROYAL EDITION. Boosey and Co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J.Pittman (h) Inscribed 18.2.73, a.e.g. FINE COPY (period Royal College of Music embossed stamp) (h)£30.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
SING1267 GREENBANK, Harry & MONCKTON, Lionel JACK'S THE BOY Song IN D from THE GEISHA. Sung by Mr. C. Hayden Coffin from the Japanese Musical Play THE GEISHA. Hopwood & Crew (1896) pp6 £10.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
SSH38 GROSSMITH, George SEE ME DANCE THE POLKA SEE ME DANCE THE POLKA. New Version of The World Famous Song by George Grossmith. Special arrangement by Debroy Somers. Keith Prowse (1936) pp7 £6.00 GANDS SINGLESHEET
1124 HODSON, Henry Edward THE GOLDEN LEGEND. A Dramatic Cantata. Words from the poem of H.W. Longfellow THE GOLDEN LEGEND. First performed in Willis's Rooms, St. James's, on Monday, June 23, 1881. Novello (Fourth edition, catalogue date 12 March, 1906) pp134 (outer wraps missing) £45.00 (A4 spiral-bound photocopied booklet) GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOC68b IRVIN, Christopher LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
The original songs illustrate a journey from Music Hall style to the Charleston era, with at least fifteen roles for solo performers, (some can be doubled) and a range of scenes to engage the full ensemble.
"A new show to delight audiences for years to come" (b) Hardback Vocal Score with gilt lettering on spine/front board pp226 (b)£45.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC68a IRVIN, Christopher LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
"A new show to delight audiences for years to come" (a) Softback Vocal Score pp226 (a)£30.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC68d IRVIN, Christopher LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
"A new show to delight audiences for years to come" (d) Softback Full Score pp280 (d)£65.00 GANDS orchestral
VOC68h IRVIN, Christopher LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
"A new show to delight audiences for years to come" (h) THEY WILL BE REMEMBERED Song from the musical Love Child. Four-Part Chorus. Amber Press (coloured cover) (2005) pp7 (suitable for Remembrance Day ceremonies) (h)£5.00 GANDS SINGLESHEET
VOC68g IRVIN, Christopher LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
"A new show to delight audiences for years to come" (g) Full performing set: Vocal Score; libretto; Full Score; set of 5 band parts : £151.00 less 15% discount (£22.65) = £128.35 (g)£128.35 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC68e IRVIN, Christopher LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
"A new show to delight audiences for years to come" (e) Hardback Full Score with gilt lettering on spine/front board pp280 (e)£85.00 GANDS orchestral
VOC68f IRVIN, Christopher LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
"A new show to delight audiences for years to come" (f) Band Parts : Flute/Oboe/ Clarinet in B-flat/ Violoncello/ Percussion (f)£15.00 each GANDS orchestral
ORCH29b IRVIN, Christopher LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (b) Hardback Vocal Score with gilt lettering on spine/front board pp226 (b)£45.00 GANDS orchestral
ORCH29g IRVIN, Christopher LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
LOVE CHILD was commissioned by Huddersfield Technical College in 2003 as a full-length musical for Performing Arts students, accompanied by six musicians. A large cast carried the story of three families in a northern textile town through the changes occasioned by World War I, their songs reflecting the loves and joys of youth being battered and matured by suffering. This overture for full orchestra develops some of these themes. First performance Saturday 15 November, 2008 The Boots Orchestra, Nottingham (g) Full performing set: Vocal Score; libretto; Full Score; set of 5 band parts : £151.00 less 15% discount (£22.65) = £128.35 (g)£128.35 GANDS orchestral
VOC72 JACOBI, Victor THE MARRIAGE MARKET (a) THE MARRIAGE MARKET. New Musical Play in Three Acts by M. Brody and F. Martos. Adapted for the English stage by Gladys Unger. Lyrics by Arthur Anderson and Adrain Ross. Music by VICTOR JACOBI (also PAUL A.RUBENS and LIONEL ). Arranged by H. M. Higgs. Chappell (1913) pp217. Original illustrated paper wraps (repaired) with cast list. very rare (a)£100.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC91c JONES, Sidney MY LADY MOLLY MY LADY MOLLY. A Comedy Opera. Book and lyrics by G.H. Jessop. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank & Charles H. Taylor. Music by SIDNEY JONES. Keith Prowse (1902) (c) Illustrated Music Cover : MY LADY MOLLY Lancers (ill. by W.George) arr. Carl Kiefert. Keith, Prowse & Co. (1902) pp9 (c)£40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC91b JONES, Sidney MY LADY MOLLY MY LADY MOLLY. A Comedy Opera. Book and lyrics by G.H. Jessop. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank & Charles H. Taylor. Music by SIDNEY JONES. Keith Prowse (1902) (b) pp255 original buff paper covers, spine intact (b)£50.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC91a JONES, Sidney MY LADY MOLLY MY LADY MOLLY. A Comedy Opera. Book and lyrics by G.H. Jessop. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank & Charles H. Taylor. Music by SIDNEY JONES. Keith Prowse (1902) (a) SOUVENIR OF THE 200TH PERFORMANCE pp271 maroon boards with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Coloured Illustrated Music Cover title page. Cast List. FINE COPY Scarce (a)£85.00 Scarce GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC91d JONES, Sidney MY LADY MOLLY MY LADY MOLLY. A Comedy Opera. Book and lyrics by G.H. Jessop. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank & Charles H. Taylor. Music by SIDNEY JONES. Keith Prowse (1902) (d) Programme: (inscribed T.F.Howell 4/4/3). Cast : Sybil Arundale, Decima Moore, Gaynor Rowlands, Andree Corday, Richard Green, Walter Hyde, Arthur Winckworth, Bert Gilbert, J.T. MacCallum, William Waite, Gilbert Laye, Margaret Parker, Madge Greet, Susie Nainby, Dixon Blackburn and Leonard James (16-page booklet) (outer back wrap colour advert for champagne) VG (d)£45.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC91f JONES, Sidney MY LADY MOLLY MY LADY MOLLY. A Comedy Opera. Book and lyrics by G.H. Jessop. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank & Charles H. Taylor. Music by SIDNEY JONES. Keith Prowse (1902) (f) PIANOFORTE SCORE arranged by Guy Jones. Keith, Prowse & Co. (1902) pp115 VG (f)£25.00 scarce GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC91e JONES, Sidney MY LADY MOLLY. MY LADY MOLLY. A Comedy Opera. Book and lyrics by G.H. Jessop. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank & Charles H. Taylor. Music by SIDNEY JONES. Keith Prowse (1902) (e) 1st Violin (Conductor) part only from SELECTION arr. Carl Kiefert. Hawkes & Son CONCERT EDITION (1903) pp14 scarce (e)£7.50 scarce GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC126e JONES, Sidney SAN TOY or The Emperor's Own SAN TOY or The Emperor's Own. A Chinese Musical Comedy. Words by Edward Morton. Lyrics by Harry Greenbank & Adrian Ross. Music by Sidney Jones. Keith, Prowse & Co. Ltd. (1899) (e) Engagement Book (1901) (coloured illustrations by A. Greenbank and others for each month) (approx. size 8.5 x 12 cms) FINE COPY (e)£100.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
ORCH1240 JONES, Sidney SELECTION from the Musical Play THE GEISHA. Hopwood & Crew (1896) Pianoforte/Conductor pp17; Flute & Piccolo; Oboe; 1st Clarinet in A; 2nd Clarinet in A; Bassoon; 1st & 2nd Horn in F; 1st Cornet in A; 2nd Cornet in A; 1st & 2nd Trombones; Bass Trombone; Euphonium; Timpani in D & A; Drums (Side Drum & Triangle ; Bass Drum & Cymbals); 1st Violin (Conductor) x 4; 2nd Violin x 4; Viola x 2; Cello & Bass x 4 A delightful light orchestral arrangement £35.00 GANDS orchestral
VOC37f JONES, Sidney THE GEISHA. A Japanese Musical Play Libretto by Owen Hall. Lyrics by Harry Greenbank. Hopwood and Crew (1896) pp206 (f) red cloth with gilt lettering on cover (and owners name) (f) £30.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOC44 JONES, Sidney THE GREEK SLAVE A Musical Comedy Libretto by Owen Hall. Lyrics by Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross. Music by Sidney Jones. Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew (1898) pp195. Original Publisher's hardback binding, red cloth with gilt lettering on front boards (stain top right ). Coloured Illustrated Music Cover inside by W. George (VG) a.e.g. £50.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC68c KELSALL, Freda LOVE CHILD A New Musical by Freda Kelsall and Christopher Irvin. The Amber Ring (2005) : The story tells of families living in a textile town, the mill-owning Cloughs, and the staunch chapel-going Holroyds, an unmarried mother, the hand-to-mouth Wilkies, and the relationship of sons and daughters whose destinies are influenced by the traumas of World War I.
"A new show to delight audiences for years to come" (c) Libretto pp60 (A4 spiral-bound double-sided booklet). Bridge Cultural Services Ltd. (2004) ISBN : 978-0-9544041-1-6 (c)£6.50 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOC69 LECOCQ, Charles LA FILLE DE MADAME ANGOT LA FILLE DE MADAME ANGOT (1872). Comic Opera. The Words by Clairville, Siraudin, & Koning. Translated into English by H.J.Byron. Boosey & Co. pp276 (leather with gilt lettering: spine worn) (early run programmes available : see PROGRAMMES - also Illustrated Music Covers) £45.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1336 MACFARREN, G.A. KING DAVID An Oratorio Leeds Musical Festival (1883). Stanley, Lucas, Weber & Co. pp305 Basil Tree stamp (and signature), St. James Hall, covers faded, ow good £40.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
1101 MACFARREN, G.A. ROBIN HOOD Opera in three Acts (1860) Written by John Oxenford. Arranged from the score, by Edward F. Rimbault. Facsimile of Cramer, Beale & Chappell vocal score of 1860, and used for the 2010 Victorian Opera Northwest recording. 2nd Edition pp301. Background notes by Raymond Walker laminated wraps £24.95 NEW GANDS VOCAL SCORE
PIANO36b MACKENZIE, A. HIS MAJESTY.An Original Comic Opera HIS MAJESTY. An Original Comic Opera in Two Acts By F.C.Burnand & R. C. Lehmann. Music by Alexander C. Mackenzie. Williams (1897) pp219 (Savoy Theatre Feb. 20 - April 24, 1897 : 61 performances). Albion Music Reprints (b) SELECTION by Charles Godfrey, Junr. Williams pp13. A4 stapled booklet (b)£15.00 GANDS piano
PIANO36c MACKENZIE, A. HIS MAJESTY.An Original Comic Opera HIS MAJESTY.An Original Comic Opera in Two Acts By F.C.Burnand & R. C. Lehmann. Music by Alexander C. Mackenzie. Williams (1897) pp219 (Savoy Theatre Feb. 20 - April 24, 1897 : 61 performances). Albion Music Reprints (c) QUADRILLE arr. Conrad Huber. Williams pp5 (c)£5.00 GANDS piano
PIANO36 MACKENZIE, A. HIS MAJESTY.An Original Comic Opera HIS MAJESTY.An Original Comic Opera in Two Acts By F.C.Burnand & R. C. Lehmann. Music by Alexander C. Mackenzie. Williams (1897) pp219 (Savoy Theatre Feb. 20 - April 24, 1897 : 61 performances). Albion Music Reprints (a) PIANO SCORE. Cast List. Williams pp106. A4 spiral-bound booklet (a)£30.00 GANDS piano
VOC146b MESSAGER, Andre VERONIQUE VERONIQUE. Comic Opera in Three Acts (Apollo Theatre 18 May 1904 with Rosina Brandram in cast : 495 nights). By A. Vanloo and G.Duval. Music by Andre Messager. English version by Henry Hamilton. Lyrics by Lilian Eldee. With alterations and additions by Percy Greenbank. Chappell pp244 (b) (New Edition 1904), laminated wraps, some operatic society stamps (b)£40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC146 MESSAGER, Andre VERONIQUE VERONIQUE. Comic Opera in Three Acts (Apollo Theatre 18 May 1904 with Rosina Brandram in cast : 495 nights). By A. Vanloo and G.Duval. Music by Andre Messager. English version by Henry Hamilton. Lyrics by Lilian Eldee. With alterations and additions by Percy Greenbank. Chappell pp244 (a) (1904 1st) with Illustrated Music Cover scarce (a)£50.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC20c MONCKTON, Lionel A COUNTRY GIRL (c) A COUNTRY GIRL (Daly's Theatre, produced by George Edwardes, cast includes C.Hayden-Coffin and Rutland Barrington). A New and Original Musical Play by James T.Tanner. Lyrics by Adrian Ross. Music by LIONEL MONCKTON. Additional lyrics and numbers by Paul A.Rubens. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank. Chappell (c)1901: LIBRETTO : A COUNTRY GIRL By James T. Tanner. Lyrics by Adrian Ross. Music by Lionel Monckton. George Dance Musical Plays pp64 (missing outer wraps, all text intact) £8.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC20b MONCKTON, Lionel A COUNTRY GIRL (b) A COUNTRY GIRL (Daly's Theatre, produced by George Edwardes, cast includes C.Hayden-Coffin and Rutland Barrington). A New and Original Musical Play by James T.Tanner. Lyrics by Adrian Ross. Music by LIONEL MONCKTON. Additional lyrics and numbers by Paul A.Rubens. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank. Chappell (c)1901: Original decorative paper wraps (1904) £55.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC20a MONCKTON, Lionel A COUNTRY GIRL (a) A COUNTRY GIRL (Daly's Theatre, produced by George Edwardes, cast includes C.Hayden-Coffin and Rutland Barrington). A New and Original Musical Play by James T.Tanner. Lyrics by Adrian Ross. Music by LIONEL MONCKTON. Additional lyrics and numbers by Paul A.Rubens. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank. Chappell (c)1901: Original publisher's binding, green cloth & gilt lettering. With coloured decorative music cover by W.George (foxed) of girl in silvan setting. Chappell . New Edition (1904) pp212 (new endpapers) £100.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC7a MONCKTON, Lionel & TALBOT, Howard THE ARCADIANS A Fantastic Musical Play in Three Acts THE ARCADIANS. Book by Mark Ambient and A. M. Thompson. Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis. Music by Lionel Monckton & Howard Talbot. Chappell (copyright 1909) ACTING EDITION. Good copy pp178 (cream paper wraps). With Cast List for Shaftesbury Theatre, 28th April, 1909 £35.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1268 MONCKTON, Lionel & TALBOT, Howard THE ARCADIANS A Fantastic Musical Play in Three Acts THE ARCADIANS. Book by Mark Ambient and A. M. Thompson. Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis. Music by Lionel Monckton & Howard Talbot. Chappell (copyright 1909) pp240 (cream paper wraps, spine strip frail). With Cast List (for Shaftesbury Theatre, 28th April, 1909) £35.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1315 MOZART, W.A. DON GIOVANNI with Italian words and a new English translation The Royal Edition edited by Arthur Sullivan and J. Pittman. Boosey & Co. pp256 + the unaccompanied recitative pp1-2 orange paper wraps £12.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
1281 MOZART, W.A. MOZART : Neue Ausgabe samtliche Werke [NMA]
123 Volumes of scores
78 volumes of critical apparatus MOZART : Neue Ausgabe samtliche Werke [NMA]
Series I: Sacred Vocal Works 15 Volumes
1/1 Vols 1 and 2
1/3 1 /4 1/5 1/6
Series II: Stage Works 32 Volumes
5/1 5/2 Vols 1 and 2 5/3 5/4 5/5 5/6 5/7 vols 1 and 2 5/8 vols 1 and 2
5/9 5/10 5/11 vols 1 and 2 5/12 5/13 5/14 5/15 5/16 vols 1 and 2 5/17
5/18 vols 1 and 2 5/19 5/20
Series III: Lieder 3 Volumes
Series IV: Orchestral 19 Volumes
11/1 11/2 11/3 11/4 11/5 11/6 11/7 11/8 11/9 11/10
12/1 12/2 12/3 12/4 12/5 12/6
13/1 volumes 1 and 2 13/2
Series V: Concertos 14 Volumes
15/1 15/2 15/3 15/4 15/5 15/6 15/7 15/8
Series VI: Church Sonatas 1 Volume
Series VII: Large Ensemble 3 Volumes
17/1 17/2 18
Series VIII: Chambe 13 Volumes
19/1 19/2
20/1 volumes 1, 2 and 3 20/2
22/1 vols 1 and 2 score and parts
23/1 23/2 both include parts
Series IX: Piano 7 Volumes
24/1 24/2 25/1 25/2 26 27/1 27/2
Series X: Supplementary 19 Volumes (3 of which are books rather than scores)
28/1 volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4
28/3-5 volumes 1 and 1a
29/1 29/2 29/3
33/1 /34
78 volumes of critical apparatus. Kassel, 1955-2002
Total = £8000.00 £8000.00 orchestral
VOC87c REUBENS, Paul A. MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND A Dutch Musical Incident Book by Paul A. Reubens and Austen Hurgon. Lyrics and Music by Paul A. Rubens. Chappell (1907) pp212 (c) attractive hardback turquoise binding, VG (c) £35.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOC87b RUBENS, Paul MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND. A Dutch Musical Incident. Book by Paul A. Rubens and Austen Hurgon. Lyrics and Music by PAUL RUBENS. Chappell (1907) pp213 (b) buff covers, cast list, pp212 (b)£15.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC87a RUBENS, Paul MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND. A Dutch Musical Incident. Book by Paul A. Rubens and Austen Hurgon. Lyrics and Music by PAUL RUBENS. Chappell (1907) pp212 (a) grubby light blue paper wraps, top and tail of spine missing, a little foxing on early pages, ow good. Cast list (includes the Savoyard Isabel Jay) (a)£25.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC8 RUBENS, Paul THE BALKAN PRINCESS THE BALKAN PRINCESS (1910). A New Musical Play in Three Acts. Book by Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon. Lyrics by Paul A. Rubens and Arthur Wimperis. Music by Paul A. Rubens. Chappell pp132 (paper wraps with green spine re-inforcement strip: ex-BBC Music Library) £30.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC138 RUBENS, Paul THREE LITTLE MAIDS (a) THREE LITTLE MAIDS (1902). A New and Original Musical Play in Three Acts written and composed by Paul A. Rubens. Additional numbers by Percy Greenbank and Howard Talbot. Chappell (1902) pp135. Cast List. Original coloured cover (spine repaired with cloth tape) £45.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC138b RUBENS, Paul THREE LITTLE MAIDS (b) THREE LITTLE MAIDS (1902/3). A New and Original Musical Play in Three Acts written and composed by Paul A. Rubens. Additional numbers by Percy Greenbank and Howard Talbot. Chappell (1902/3 NEW EDITION) pp150. Cast List. Original coloured cover : good clean copy £40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC140 RUBENS, Paul TO-NIGHT'S THE NIGHT TO-NIGHT'S THE NIGHT A Musical Play in Two Acts. Book by Frederick Thompson. Lyrics by Paul A. Rubens and Percy Greenbank. Music by Paul A. Rubens. Chappell (1914) pp107 (paper wraps with neat spine re-inforcement) £25.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC9 SMETANA, Frederic THE BARTERED BRIDE THE BARTERED BRIDE. Comic Opera in Three Acts. Libretto by Karl Sabina. English version (from the Czech) by Rosa Newmarch. Music by Frederic Smetana. Boosey & Hawkes (1934) pp241 £15.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOCA1338 STEPHENSON, B.C. & CELLIER, Alfred DOROTHY (1886). A Comedy Opera Written by B.C.Stephenson. Music by Alfred Cellier. Chappell NEW EDITION (1924) pp189 red cloth a.e.g., unevenly faded £20.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOC34b STUART, Leslie FLORODORA FLORODORA. A Musical Comedy. Book by Owen Hall. Lyrics by E.Boyd-Lloyd and Paul Rubens. Music by Leslie Stuart. Francis, Day & Hunter (1899) (Lyric Theatre Nov. 1899) pp224: (b) h/b (ex- Cambridge Union Society) VG (date stamp 22 Jan. 1902) (b)£35.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC34 STUART, Leslie FLORODORA FLORODORA. A Musical Comedy. Book by Owen Hall. Lyrics by E.Boyd-Lloyd and Paul Rubens. Music by Leslie Stuart. Francis, Day & Hunter (1899) (Lyric Theatre Nov. 1899) pp224: (a)hardback, stitching loose ow VG (a)£35.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC34c STUART, Leslie FLORODORA. FLORODORA. A Musical Comedy. Book by Owen Hall. Lyrics by E.Boyd-Lloyd and Paul Rubens. Music by Leslie Stuart. Francis, Day & Hunter (1899) (Lyric Theatre Nov. 1899) pp224: (c) paper wraps 1st edition : lower part of spine strip missing, stain (pink) along top edge of cover, ow VG (c)£35.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOCA1162 STUART, Leslie FLORODORA. A Musical Comedy Book by Owen Hall. Lyrics by E.Boyd-Lloyd and Paul Rubens. Music by Leslie Stuart. Francis, Day & Hunter (1899) (Lyric Theatre Nov. 11th 1899) paper wraps, pp224 Good condition £45.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOCA1284 SULLIVAN FESTIVAL TE DEUM and "DOMINE SALVUM FAC" FESTIVAL TE DEUM and "DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGINAM" for soprano solo, chorus, orchestra, organ and military band (ad libitum) (1872 Crystal Palace). Novello Original Octavo Edition pp77 origianl red cloth edition, boards showing the patina of age, a.e.g., gilt lettering on front board and spine £35.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
PS16b SULLIVAN, A. O GLADSOME LIGHT (from THE GOLDEN LEGEND) S.A.T.B. Th Novello Series of Short Choral Compositions. Octavo Choruses No. 743 pp16-30. Sixteen copies available @ £2.00 each £2.00 each GANDS partsong
VOCA1334 Sullivan, A. ON SHORE & SEA Cantata Composed expressly for, and performed at, the opening of the London International Exhibition, May 1st, 1871. Words by Tom Taylor. Music by Arthur S. Sullivan. Boosey (1871) pp51 + pp3 prelims paper wraps, sellotaped, some foxing £20.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
ORCH1130 SULLIVAN, A. THE MIKADO Full Score (manuscript style) Kalmus Orchestra Library (USA) pp335
PLUS SET OF STRING PARTS : VIOLIN I x 2; VIOLIN II; VIOLA; CELLO & BASS £385.00 GANDS orchestral
ORCH1271 SULLIVAN, A. & BURNAND, F.C. COX & BOX Orchestral Set for Hire The full Set for COX AND BOX comprises: FULL SCORE; Flauto e Piccolo 1/13; Oboe 2/13; 2 Clarinetti 3/13; 2 Clarinetti 4/13; Fagotto 5/13; 2 Corni 6/13; 2 Corni 7/13; 2 Cornetti a Pistons 8/13; 2 Cornetti a Pistons 9/13; 2 Tromboni (Tenore e Basso) 10/13; 2 Tromboni (Tenore e Basso) 11/13; Percussion 12/13; Percussion 13/13; Violin I x 2; Violin II x 2; Viola; Violoncello; Contrabasso Cost of one month's Hire : £130.00 GBP GANDS orchestral
1127 SULLIVAN, A. & GILBERT, W.S. RUDDIGORE vocal score Chappell post-1948 pp141, blue grey wraps, brown paper repair to spine worn £5.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
ORCH1218 SULLIVAN, A. & ROWE, Bolton THE ZOO (Orchestral parts for Hire) Hire Parts (one month):
Flauto; Oboe; 2 Clarinetti in A and B-flat; Fagotto; 2 Corni in E (in original, and transposed to F); 2 Cornets in A and B-flat ; 2 Trombones; Grosse Caisse, Piatti, Triangle ; Violino I x 2 ; Violino II x 2 ; Viola ; Violoncello ; Contrabasso HIRE ONLY : £130.00 + P&P GANDS orchestral
SOLO1310 SULLIVAN, A. arr. Christopher Irvin A SAVOY OPERA MEDLEY for CLARINET in B-flat & PIANO Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, arranged by Christopher Irvin. Four melodies arranged by Christopher Irvin for Clarinet in B-flat & Piano : "Faint heart never won fair lady" (Iolanthe), "In sailing o'er life's ocean wide" (Ruddigore), "The world is but a broken toy" (Princess Ida), and The Cachucha (The Gondoliers). Piano Score pp17 & Clarinet part pp6 Exclusive item £8.00 GANDS SOLOINSTRUMENT
PS8f SULLIVAN, Arthur A HYMN OF THE HOMELAND : S.A.T.B. with accompaniment in E-flat . Words Rev. H.R.Haweis. Hart's Part-Songs and Glees. No.97 pp4 £3.00 GANDS partsong
PS8a SULLIVAN, Arthur A HYMN OF THE HOMELAND in E-flat ("THE HOMELAND"). Words Rev. H.R.Haweis (a) for S.A.T.B.(Novello's Part-Song Book No.1148: Second Series pp28-31) contained within THE LONDON SUNDAY SCHOOL CHOIR Annual Festival, Crystal Palace June 14th, 1911. Maroon cloth with gilt tooling on front board, spine worn, ow VG scarce (a)£30.00 GANDS partsong
PS8b SULLIVAN, Arthur A HYMN OF THE HOMELAND in E-flat ("THE HOMELAND"). Words Rev. H.R.Haweis (b) for S.A.T.B. from the News Chronicle Book of Four-Part Songs for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass with accompaniments pp186-189. Introduction by Sir Walford Davies (c.1935). Boards and esp. spine faded., ow good contents (with O HUSH THEE, MY BABIE pp52-57) ( (b)£12.00 GANDS partsong
PS19b SULLIVAN, Arthur A REGULAR ROYAL QUEEN Quartet from THE GONDOLIERS (b) Chappell's Vocal Library No. 324 (1958) pp8 arranged for Mixed Voices (S.A.T.B.) by Felton Rapley (6 copies available) £4.00 each GANDS partsong
PART1321 SULLIVAN, Arthur BRIGHTLY DAWNS OUR WEDDING DAY from THE MIKADO arranged for 1st Soprano, 2nd Soprano & Alto Arranged for S.S.A. by Greta Tomlins. The Ascherberg Series of Part-Songs No. 585 (1963) pp6 with ringbinder holes £3.00 GANDS partsong
SONG4 SULLIVAN, Arthur CHRISTMAS CAROLS NEW AND OLD : includes ALL THIS NIGHT BRIGHT ANGELS SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS NEW AND OLD. The words edited by Rev. Henry Ramsden Bramley, M.A.. The Music edited by John Stainer. Novello pp184 (includes Arthur S. Sullivan's ALL THIS NIGHT BRIGHT ANGELS SING) c. 1902, green cloth with gilt decoration on front board, sl. worn £15.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
SONG14 SULLIVAN, Arthur CLASSIC TENOR SONGS including EVER CLASSIC TENOR SONGS including EVER (1887) in Db by Arthur Sullivan. Ditson (1888) pp151 a.e.g. gilt lettering on blue cloth (badly ink-stained) £20.00 GANDS SONGSHEET
PS3 SULLIVAN, Arthur COME YE CHILDREN from THE PRODIGAL SON (1869) Arr.for Solo Tenor or Soprano with S.A.T.B. Choir by Ernest A. Dicks. York Series No.518 pp6 (9 copies) £2.00 each GANDS partsong
VOC103b SULLIVAN, Arthur H.M.S. PINAFORE H.M.S. PINAFORE (b) red cloth, clean pp150. Cramer a.e.g. (pre-1948) (b)£15.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
PS7 SULLIVAN, Arthur HARK! WHAT MEAN THOSE HOLY VOICES? (trad. carol) (published 1883) S.A.T.B. York Series No.407 pp7 (38 copies) £2.00 each GANDS partsong
PS10 SULLIVAN, Arthur IF DOUGHTY DEEDS (1866). Words by GRAHAM of Gartmore Arr. for T.T.B.B. by Ernest A. Dicks. York Series No. 394 pp7 (27 copies) £2.00 each GANDS partsong
VOC53b SULLIVAN, Arthur IOLANTHE Chappell c.1920s, pp174 : red cloth, with gilt lettering on spine and front board, a.e.g. VG TWO COPIES AVAILABLE (b)£10.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
PS17 SULLIVAN, Arthur O HUSH THEE, MY BABY (1867). Words by Sir Water Scott (a) S.A.T.B. Novello No. 151 pp7 (12 copies) (a)£2.00 each GANDS partsong
SSH29 SULLIVAN, Arthur OH SWEET AND FAIR! OH SWEET AND FAIR! No.1 in E-flat. The Words by A.F.C.K. Composed expressly for Madame Sainton-Dolby by Arthur S. Sullivan. Boosey (1868) pp7 ex-album £20.00 GANDS SINGLESHEET
ORCH40 SULLIVAN, Arthur ON SHORE AND SEA. A Dramatic Cantata Composed expressly for, and performed at the opening of, the London International Exhibition May 1st, 1871. Words by Tom Taylor. Music by Arthur Sullivan. FULL SCORE edited by Martin Wright. Published (c) 2006 by Robin Gordon-Powell at The Amber Ring. ISMN : M-708031-30-7 : pp130 + ppxxii, light blue cloth, silver lettering on spine (Complete orchestral material for this work is available and may be obtained from the publisher) £75.00 NEW GANDS orchestral
VOC 95 SULLIVAN, Arthur ON SHORE AND SEA. A Dramatic Cantata Composed expressly for, and performed at, the opening of the London International Exhibition, May 1st, 1871. Words by Tom Taylor. Music by Arthur S. Sullivan. Boosey (1871) pp51 + pp4 prelims. A4 laminated wraps. Facsimile by Raymond Walker (2011, 1st edition) £12.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC112a SULLIVAN, Arthur PRINCESS IDA PRINCESS IDA. Chappell pp134 (a) paper wraps. Cast List 1884 (ads. on paper wraps include THE GRAND DUKE 1896) (a)£30.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC112c SULLIVAN, Arthur PRINCESS IDA. PRINCESS IDA. Chappell pp134 (c) blue cloth : 1911 Copyright pp134 (1920's ads.) Annotated throughout - possibly with the DC OC stage directions which were a condition of the licence (c)£20.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC112b SULLIVAN, Arthur PRINCESS IDA. PRINCESS IDA. Chappell pp134 (b) Bound in red cloth, a.e.g. (1911-1948 Rupert DC edition), top of spine sl. rubbed, ow VG copy (b)£15.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
PIANO75 SULLIVAN, Arthur PRINCESS IDA. The Savoy Opera Series Six Easy Pieces for Piano adapted from "Princess Ida" of ARTHUR SULLIVAN. Arranged, Edited & Fingered by Thomas F.Dunhill. Chappell (1925) pp11. Decorative cover by W.George scarce £20.00 GANDS piano
VOC123d SULLIVAN, Arthur RUDDIGORE RUDDIGORE. Chappell (d) pp141, red cloth, a.e.g. gilt lettering (spine faded) (inscribed Sept. 19, 1934) (d)£15.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
PS1c SULLIVAN, Arthur THE BELEAGUERED (part of `Seven Part-Songs', pub. 1868) (c) Arr. for S.A.T.B by Ernest A.Dicks. York Series 351 pp8 (45 copies) (c)£2.00 each GANDS partsong
ORCH1263 SULLIVAN, Arthur THE CONTRABANDISTA or The Law of the Ladrones. Comic Opera in Two Acts (First Performed at St. George's Opera House On the 18th December, 1867). The libretto written by F. C. Burnand Flute
2 Horns
2 Trumpets
2 Trombones
Vln.I x 3
Vln. II x 2
Vla. x 1
Vc. x 1
Cb. x 1
No Full Score or Piano Conductor available (please use vocal score) Hire Period : 1 month @ £130.00 + £130.00 refundable deposit hire only GANDS orchestral
VOC39a SULLIVAN, Arthur THE GOLDEN LEGEND THE GOLDEN LEGEND. Adapted from the poem by Longfellow by Joseph Bennett. Set to music by Arthur Sullivan. The pianoforte arrangement by Berthold Tours. Novello's Original Octavo Edition pp137 (a) scarlet cloth, gilt lettering a.e.g. (a)£25.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
PS11e SULLIVAN, Arthur THE LONG DAY CLOSES (part of `Seven Part-Songs', pub. 1868). Words by Henry F.Chorley (e) In A flat. Four-part song Arr. S.A.T.B. (1902) The Novello Series of Short Choral Compositions P.S.B. 894 58 (1965) pp37-41 (one marked copy @ £1.00) (e) one marked copy @ £1.00 GANDS partsong
PS11d SULLIVAN, Arthur THE LONG DAY CLOSES (part of `Seven Part-Songs', pub. 1868). Words by Henry F.Chorley (d) In A flat. Four-part song Arr. S.A.T.B. (1902) The Novello Series of Short Choral Compositions P.S.B. 894 pp37-41 (punched for ring binder) (d)£1.00 (punched for ring binder) GANDS partsong
PS11c SULLIVAN, Arthur THE LONG DAY CLOSES (part of `Seven Part-Songs', pub. 1868). Words by Henry F.Chorley (c) In A flat. Four-part song Arr. S.A.T.B. (1902) The Novello Series of Short Choral Compositions P.S.B. 894 pp37-41 (c)£2.00 GANDS partsong
PS11b SULLIVAN, Arthur THE LONG DAY CLOSES (part of `Seven Part-Songs', pub. 1868). Words by Henry F.Chorley (b) In A flat. Four-part song Arr. S.A.T.B. No.894 Novello's part-song book (second series) pp7 (c)1902 (6-9-15) (b) £6.00 GANDS partsong
PS11g SULLIVAN, Arthur THE LONG DAY CLOSES (part of `Seven Part-Songs', pub. 1868). Words by Henry F.Chorley (g) in A major. Four-part song Arr. S.A.T.B. (within The Song Service Reporter No. 354 October, 1953) pp3 scarce (g)£6.00 scarce GANDS partsong
SSH20b SULLIVAN, Arthur THE LOST CHORD (b)THE LOST CHORD (1877). The Words by Adelaide A. Proctor. With Pianoforte & Harmonium (ad lib) Accompaniment. Boosey & Co. pp7. Original Editions (27 x 36 cms): (b) No.3 in G (covers detached) (no publisher credited) (b)£8.00 GANDS SINGLESHEET
SSH20 SULLIVAN, Arthur THE LOST CHORD (a)THE LOST CHORD (1877). The Words by Adelaide A. Proctor. With Pianoforte & Harmonium (ad lib) Accompaniment. Boosey & Co. pp7. Original Editions (27 x 36 cms): (a) No.2 in F (heavily restored) (a)£6.00 GANDS SINGLESHEET
PS13b SULLIVAN, Arthur THE LOST CHORD. Words by Adelaide A. Proctor. (b) arranged by Arthur Fagge for S.A.T.B. (with extra 1st Bass part, ad lib.). Boosey's Choral Miscellany No.50 pp11 (1915) (b) arranged by Arthur Fagge for S.A.T.B. (with extra 1st Bass part, ad lib.). Boosey's Choral Miscellany No.50 pp11 (1915) (b)7.00 GANDS partsong
PS13 SULLIVAN, Arthur THE LOST CHORD. Words by Adelaide A. Proctor. (a) arranged for Men's Voices by Doris Arnold (T.T.B.B.) Boosey's Choral Miscellany No.164 (1936) (pages loose) pp12 (a)£6.00 each (2 copies available) GANDS partsong
VOC73b SULLIVAN, Arthur THE MARTYR OF ANTIOCH (b) THE MARTYR OF ANTIOCH. Sacred Musical Drama. The Words selected and arranged from Milman's Poem. The Music Composed by Arthur Sullivan. The accompaniment Arranged for the Pianoforte from the Full Score by Eugene D'Albert. Chappell (1880) i-iv/pp215 (A4 spiral-bound photocopied booklet) £30.00 photocopied booklet GANDS VOCALSCORE
ORCH1329 Sullivan, Arthur THE MARTYR OF ANTIOCH Full Score in Two Volumes THE MARTYR OF ANTIOCH. Sacred Musical Drama. The Words selected and arranged from Milman's Poem. pp178. This work was composed expressly for, and performed for the first time at the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival Oct. 15th 1880 Volume 1 - M-708031-78-9 xxxiv pp143
Volume 2 - M-708031-79-6 pp144-368
The Amber Ring © Robin Gordon-Powell and Martin Wright, 2017 h/b navy cloth £164.14 GANDS orchestral
VOC121 SULLIVAN, Arthur THE ROSE OF PERSIA. THE ROSE OF PERSIA. Written by Basil Hood. Composed by Arthur Sullivan. Chappell (1900) pp237 Photocopy : A4 spiral-bound £35.00 photocopied spiral-bound A4 booklet GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC121a SULLIVAN, Arthur THE ROSE OF PERSIA. Written by Basil Hood Chappell (1900) pp237 Ex-Pub.Lib. (title page removed), hardback, VG £30.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
1085 SULLIVAN, Arthur THE STRAIN UPRAISE (1868). Words by J.M.Neale, D.D. S.A.T.B. HYMN. Banks York Series No.530 pp7 (11 copies) £2.00 each GANDS partsong
ALBwindow Sullivan, Arthur THE WINDOW (1871) THE WINDOW (1871) or The Love of the Wrens. Words written for music by Alfred Tennyson Poet-Laureate. The music by Arthur Sullivan. Songs by Alfred Tennyson. Straham & Co. (1871) pp54 (a)Plum coloured cloth boards, with gilt Millais illustration on cover, a.e.g
No. VI dividing page repaired with archive tape, also pp36-37, and p38
foxing : mainly on early pages pp1-5, pp36-37, p44 and at the end pp53-54 , ow good (one small tear bottom p5 & 26, and chip bottom edge p17)
Tennyson was encouraged by the celebrated George Grove to provide the young Sullivan with lyrics for a song cycle. When written, Tennyson disliked his contribution and refused permission for publication. He even offered Sullivan £500 to abandon the project. Sullivan protested and reluctantly Tennyson agreed to publication, but insisted that a prefatory note appear (included with this edition) as well as the additional and separate printing of lyrics before each song. Floral motifs separate the songs. Drawings were to have been provided by Millais, but only one exists as the front cover. In the 1870s this volume was expensive and cherished by musical Victorian households RARE
(b) Good copy with minimum foxing on outer pages, modern professional spine strip repair (a)£70.00
(b)£85.00 GANDS ALBUM
VOC151 SULLIVAN, Arthur THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD VS c.1891 (corrected score)(Arrangement for Pianoforte by J.H.Wadsworth (of Boston, U.S.A.)) with THE MIKADO VS c.1895 (Arrangement for Pianoforte by George Lowell Tracy, (of Boston, U.S.A.)) bound in one volume. Production markings (navy cloth re-binding 1997) £40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC150b SULLIVAN, Arthur THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Original 1888 VS (with Cast List) (arrangement for the Pianoforte by J.H.Wadsworth of Boston, U.S.A.). Chappell pp136 (b) bound in red rexine, gilt lettering on spine (1888 and 1897 cast lists), VG condition (b)£40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC153f SULLIVAN, Arthur THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD. Chappell (f) red cloth bound, a.e.g. (f)£10.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC150c SULLIVAN, Arthur THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Original 1888 VS (with Cast List) (arrangement for the Pianoforte by J.H.Wadsworth of Boston, U.S.A.). Chappell pp136 (c) original blue/grey paper wraps (spine strip worn) (1897 Cast List) (inscribed 1903) (c)£20.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC153c SULLIVAN, Arthur THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD. Chappell (c) Revised edition. Bound in red cloth. a.e.g. VG. (1911 copyright details) (c)£10.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC142e SULLIVAN, Arthur TRIAL BY JURY TRIAL BY JURY. Dramatic Cantata. Chappell pp57 (e) maroon bound 1911-48 VG (name embossed on front) (e)£15.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC142c SULLIVAN, Arthur TRIAL BY JURY TRIAL BY JURY. Dramatic Cantata. Chappell pp55 (c) c.1884/5 revival blue/grey original paper wraps (complete), condition good scarce (c)£50.00 scarce GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC142a SULLIVAN, Arthur TRIAL BY JURY TRIAL BY JURY. Dramatic Cantata. Chappell pp53 (a) original 1875 edition with cast list, outer boards replaced with cardboard (rexine strip with title in gilt on cover) (a)£30.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC142b SULLIVAN, Arthur TRIAL BY JURY TRIAL BY JURY. Dramatic Cantata. Chappell pp54 (b) 1884 revival with cast lists for 1875 and 1884. Red cloth (personally bound : edges of boards worn) (b)£20.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC142d SULLIVAN, Arthur TRIAL BY JURY TRIAL BY JURY. Dramatic Cantata. Chappell pp56 (d) paper wraps with cast lists for 1875/1884/1898 productions. Chappell pp53, professionally repaired with new navy cloth spine + front/back strips (d)£40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC142h SULLIVAN, Arthur TRIAL BY JURY TRIAL BY JURY. Dramatic Cantata. Chappell pp60 (h) blue/grey paper wraps (post-1948 edition) pp69 (h)£8.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC142j SULLIVAN, Arthur TRIAL BY JURY TRIAL BY JURY. Dramatic Cantata. Chappell pp62 (j) pocket edition (1911 - 1948) pp69 (1) VG+ scarce (2) spine worn (j) :(1)£10.00 scarce
(2)£8.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
ORCH1298 SULLIVAN, Arthur & GERMAN, Edward EMERALD ISLE Selection for Orchestra Selection from the New Comic Opera. Music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German. Selected and Arranged for Orchestra by Charles Godfrey, Junr.
Flute & Piccolo x2; Oboe; 1st Clarinet in B-flat; 2nd Clarinet in B-flat; Bassoons x 2; Horns in F x2; 1st Cornet in B-flat; 2nd Cornet in B-flat; 1st & 2nd Trombones x 2; Bass Trombone; Ephonium; Timpani in E-flat & B-flat with Side Drum, Bass Drum, Cymbals, Tambourine & Triangle; 1st Violin (Conductor) x 5; 2nd Violin x 5; Viola x 5; Cello x4; Basso x 3. Pianoforte Conductor pp19. Chappell (1901) A4 photocopied and stapled booklets on 100gm paper £50.00 GANDS orchestral
VOC1169 SULLIVAN, Arthur & GILBERT, W.S. THE MIKADO Chappell pp193 (bookplate 16 Dec. 1924) red cloth, Gilt lettering on front and spine, a.e.g. VG £15.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
PART1325 Sullivan, Arthur A. EVENING A four-part song. Words translated from Goethe by Lord Houghton. Novello'd Part-Song Book (Second Series) No. 152 pp4 £5.00 GANDS partsong
PIANO17c SULLIVAN, Arthur and GERMAN, Edward THE EMERALD ISLE (c) Selection from the New Comic Opera. Music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German. Selected and Arranged for the Pianoforte by Charles Godfrey, Junr. Chappell (1901) pp19 A4 booklet (c)£5.00 GANDS piano
VOC58 SULLIVAN, Arthur and STURGIS, Julian IVANHOE A Romantic Opera. Adapted from Sir Walter Scott's Novel. Words by Julian Sturgis. Music by Arthur Sullivan (1891). Arranged for the Pianoforte by Ernest Ford. Chappell pp261
(a) Original paper wraps edition in good condition @ £90.00
(b) Ex-Pub. Lib, blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, light foxing pp1-4, ow good copy @ £50.00
(c) photocopy also available: A4 spiral-bound booklet pp261 + advertisements @ £40.00 (a) Original paper wraps edition
(b) Ex-Pub. Lib, blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, light foxing pp1-4, ow good copy
(c) photocopy also available: A4 spiral-bound booklet pp261 + advertisements (a) £90.00
(b) £50.00
(c) photocopy also available: A4 spiral-bound booklet pp261 + advertisements @ £40.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOCA1282 SULLIVAN, Arthur S. THE PRODIGAL SON An Oratorio. The Music Composed by Arthur S. Sullivan. Boosey (1869) scarlet cloth, a.e.g. gilt lettering on front board, pp109 good copy £35.00 GANDS VOCAL SCORE
VOC122n VERDI THE ROYAL EDITION THE ROYAL EDITION. Boosey and Co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J.Pittman jointly, or solely by Sullivan (n) (1) Verdi's RIGOLETTO pp235 (arranged by A.Sullivan and J. Pittman). Words by Francesco Maria Piave. English translation by John Oxenford a.e.g. (boards dull) (2) Ex-College Lib., rebound, maroon boards with gilt lettering on spine, small stain trace on outer front board, ow good (n)(1)£15.00 (2)£6.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC122l VERDI THE ROYAL EDITION THE ROYAL EDITION. Boosey and Co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J.Pittman jointly, or solely by Sullivan (l) Verdi's IL TROVATORE pp208 with Italian and English words (Edited by Arthur Sullivan), bright red/gilt boards, a.e.g VG+ (l)£30.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
VOC122p WAGNER, R LOHENGRIN Opera in Three Acts (p) LOHENGRIN with Italian, German, and English words - the latter by John Oxenford. Original Royal Edition i-xvi pp383 a.e.g. Boosey and Co. Edited by Arthur Sullivan and J.Pittman jointly, or solely by Sullivan (p)£25.00 GANDS VOCALSCORE
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Andrew Sasaka had nine assists and two kills, and Esteban Ortega added five aces to lift the Polar Bears (1-0, 1-0 Inter-High) past the Patriots (0-2, 0-2). Set scores were 25-14, 26-24, 25-17. Onix Vazquez had nine assists and two blocks for Burncoat, and teammate Jason Santos had four kills and one block.
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Another (!) Minneapolis police shooting
Posted by: pdq
Few details known, but from those that are, this may end up being a tipping point of sorts.
Beginning with the victim:
Notice anything different about this victim?
A 40-year-old woman who family members said called 911 to report a possible assault in the alley behind her home Saturday night was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer.
Three sources with knowledge of the incident said Sunday that two officers in one squad car, responding to the 911 call, pulled into the alley. Damond, in her pajamas, went to the driver’s side door and was talking to the driver. The officer in the passenger seat pulled his gun and shot Damond through the driver’s side door, sources said. No weapon was found at the scene.
Minneapolis police are equipped with body cams, but neither were on during the event, and the squad car dash cam "did not capture the event"
The woman was identified by family in local and Australian news reports as 40-year-old Justine Damond (nee Justine Ruszczyk), a native Australian who studied to be a veterinarian in Sydney before moving to Minneapolis to be with her fiance, Don Damond. The couple planned to marry next month, but Justine Damond had already taken her fiance’s last name.
Justine Damond attended high school in Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney with a bachelor’s of veterinary science degree in 2002, according to the ABC. Her personal and business website says she was a qualified yoga instructor, meditation teacher and a personal health and life coach. The website says Damond’s “interest in supporting people to heal and transform themselves developed after she saw family members suffer greatly from depression, alcoholism and cancer.”
Alisa Monaghan, [a] friend, said Damond moved to the United States to “follow her heart” and to find “new life,” the ABC reported. [Another friend] said there’s no way Damond would have had a gun. She often talked about how much better it was in Australia, where people aren’t allowed to have guns.
In a video posted to the Women’s March Minnesota Facebook page, Zach Damond, Justine Damond’s stepson-to-be, said: “Basically, my mom’s dead because a police officer shot her for reasons I don’t know. I demand answers. If anybody can help, just call the police and demand answers. I’m so done with all this violence.”
He added: “America sucks. These cops need to get trained differently. I need to move out of here.”
This makes me sick to my stomach. We have to find a better way.
Re: Another (!) Minneapolis police shooting
Posted by: rjmacs
I guess this whole "get rid of foreigners at all cost" policy is coming down the pike a bit faster than anticipated.
In the interim, while we mourn the death of a pretty white lady, the current administration is working to allow DACA to be defeated in court (by not defending the policy) when a cadre of America's Most Racist States sues to end it. Also, they are plotting to revise ICE/CBP regulations to allow deportatio WITHOUT A HEARING of anyone who cannot DOCUMENT that they have been in the country for at least 90 days. Yeah. Due process. Mmhmm.
Here's hoping they all get justice. I expect we'll hear a lot more about the outcomes for Justine's case than we will for the hundreds of thousands of people targeted by ICE.
Vreemac, Moth of the Future
P.S. If you think this crime is somehow going to have any effect on the crisis of people of color being abused, maimed, and killed by police officers, you need a reality check.
Edit: If people learn any single lesson from this event, I hope it's to remember that when something potentially risky or dangerous is happening, it's worth asking yourself:
Is it really the wisest option to summon a class of domestic enforcers authorized to kill with relative impunity and legal immunity, who just might be a little trigger-happy and/or paranoid?
Or, would it be better to try to de-escalate, avoid, or resolve the matter without the 'assistance' of such people?
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I read the article in the Star Trib about this and it makes zero sense - she's talking to the cop from outside the driver side window after walking 100 yards in her pjs to talk to them and his partner in the passenger seat shoots her through the driver side window?
OK good thing he didn't also hit his partner; that seems like a completely crazy assed thing to do.
and no bodycams on, though they are required by law in Minn.
Bodycams are often not activated until the officer prepares to leave the vehicle. Not defending their behavior, but I don't know what their protocol is.
At least if he'd shot his partner, he'd be a little more likely to lose his job.... Nobody wants to work with someone who kills co-workers, even by accident.
Posted by: Ammo
Ironically, with the memory of the aquital of the officer who killed Philando Castile so fresh, the mood of Minneapolis's AA community (and those who support them) will be very ugly if the officer involved here IS found guilty (justice for white women, but not black men).
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the officer in this case is black, and Muslim. He's the first Somali-American officer in this department
The Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed a 40-year-old woman in the alley behind her home Saturday night has been identified as Mohamed Noor.
A source confirmed Noor as the shooter. Attorney Tom Plunkett is representing the officer, but declined to identify him.
According to a city newsletter, Noor joined the department in March 2015 as the first Somali police officer to patrol the 5th Precinct in southwest Minneapolis. He has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from Augsburg College. Before joining the department he worked in property management in commercial and residential properties in Minneapolis and St. Louis, Mo.
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Let their racism shine.
Posted by: bfd
Whatever happened to "Minnesota Nice"?
Countdown to right-wing murmurs, then tweets, then screaming dittoheads calling this the newest form of 'stealth radical Islamist terrorism': 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday called for penalties against the officer who shot and killed a woman late Saturday night, saying at the very least that his failure to activate his body camera makes “the truth so much harder to find.”
well that didn't take long...
"ACLU Interim Executive Director Teresa Nelson said the department’s body camera policy should include consequences for officers who fail to activate them.
The Minneapolis police officer who shot Justine Damond late Saturday night did not turn on his body camera, according to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. That’s an apparent violation of rules spelled out in the Minneapolis Police Department’s Policy and Procedure manual.
The manual says any use of force requires the activation of the camera. The cameras, when operated as instructed, run continuously so that when an officer activates the recording function, it can keep audio and video of whatever happened in the moments before the officer hit record."
What is going to count in many people's minds is whether an officer who kills a white person is aquited the same as one who kills a black person. There are a lot of competing social/political dynamics to this case. Of course, the most important thing is that someone was killed at all in these types of circumstances.
Folks in Minnesota are relatively nice, but I recently read that that's not how the term originated. This guy's claim (which I don't have the background to doubt or confirm) was that while blacks in Minnesota didn't face overt racism like elsewhere back in the day, they also weren't fully accepted. People would treat you "nice", but not any better than that - they were inclined to keep you at arm's length.
Being from this area, there is some grain of truth to this. It's not racism so much, but folks are a little introverted and clique-ish; "inbred", perhaps (figuratively speaking!). It's said to be difficult to get people to consider moving to this area if you're not from here (due to the weather), and yet if you're from this area, it is difficult to get you to consider moving away (!).
Anyway, I think this has been ameliorated by immigration, which has been a relative success story here. Hmong (Laotian mountain people), Karen (ethnic minority in Burma), other SE Asians, Tibetans, Liberians and now East Africans, in addition to Latinos and South Asians. It is the deepest irony that the shooter in this case is a Somalian refugee.
The cops kill about 500 white people each year, and those killings pretty much never result in homicide charges, much less successful prosecution. Of course the rest of the killings, of non-whites, also don't result in successful prosecution. Before Black Lives Matter and the Obama DOJ we were barely even counting (in fact the FBI was not counting...) these deaths much less doing much to hold police accountable. While acknowledging that sometimes the police need to use force, there is no question that our highly militarized, aggressive force crosses the line too often. And disproportionately so when people of color are involved.
So while I wouldn't want to speculate on what may happen in this latest shooting in MN, the fact that it gets such high level attention at all is at least progress.
Posted by: cbelt3
Lemon, a good point. And the fact that it's pretty damn easy for a police officer to commit cold blooded murder and get away with it is the really damnable issue in this nation. Regardless of melanin levels in officer and victim, the death of a person at the hands of police should always be properly investigated as IF it were a murder, not a 'fear based execution'.
Not to make light of what is obviously a horrible situation, but this one caught my eye the other day for being too close to the truth:
I'm also a Minnesotan, but I think many white residents remain very suspicious of AA's. I don't know, but I suspect this is true in a lot of states.
"The system continues to fail black people, and it will continue to fail you all. Like I said, because this happened with Philando, when they get done with us, they coming for you, for you, for you and all your interracial children," Valerie Castile said. "Y'all are next, and you will be standing up here fighting for justice just as well as I am."
[www.usatoday.com]
Posted by: mrbigstuff
This could have been a hit. An astute friend made this observation today, and the more I read about it, the more bizarre this all sounds.
mrbigstuff
At the risk of sounding harsh, that's the most foolish thing I've heard said about this incident.
rjmacs
Nothing about this shooting makes sense, so his theory is as solid as your theory.
So, there's JUST as much evidence nationwide of police-involved hits on private citizens as there is evidence that cops are trigger-happy and not infrequently kill innocent civilians through overeagerness/spastic fear/impunity?
Oh, I've missed all the stories about cops accepting contracts on civilians lately. Perhaps I'm just in an echo chamber where such news never reaches me.
it is far fetched but I can understand why people's minds are going there, this situation really makes zero sense. I can understand how she ended up outside because if you're a woman and you think another woman is being assaulted, your instinct is to try and stop it and to help her. And this is supposedly the safest neighborhood in Minneapolis so she probably didn't think anything about going outside alone that late.
but why the cop would fire multiple shots at this unarmed woman in PJs through the car door and inches from his partner's body?? (seems to me he could have killed or injured the partner or even himself if the bullet had hit a solid part of the door and ricocheted?) that one needs an explanation and there's none so far - I'm surprised there is not at least a statement from the partner yet 3 days after the event.
He's 25 and a first year officer, neither of these guys had much experience.
It's astonishing to me how hard this story is to believe, basically because the victim was a white woman.
Yet when unarmed innocent black people are killed without provocation by the police (often at the tail end of a profiling event), there's a near total absence of this kind of disbelief.
It's like cops killing black civilians is just less "bizarre" and "crazy" than shooting a white lady in her PJs.
there's a near total absence of this kind of disbelief.
that is just a false statement.
I won't stand for that type of characterization of my questions about this case.
I've never heard of an officer firing across the inside of the car, across his partner and through the door to kill a person who walked up to talk about a crime. sorry but it IS BIZARRE and we have no statements from the officers except the alleged shooter won't acknowledge that he fired the shots.
Firing a rifle into a car full of unarmed, non-threatening teenagers speeding away from you seems "BIZARRE" to me, too.
Why is this so shocking? Why is this so hard to believe?
We give people badges and guns, tell them "if you feel the slightest threat, you are allowed to kill without any legal consequences," and them amp them up by screaming in the public square that our police are UNDER ATTACK, that our brave selfless officers are BEING TARGETED BY CRIMINALS AND TERRORISTS.
Surely it can't surprise you that when citizens get shot by cops for no reason and die stupid, pointless, horrific deaths, we seem to respond differentially depending on the color of the dead person.
I'm not aiming my characterization at you, LD, but it seems this case is more "BIZARRE" to some people because the victim is so unexpected, not because people being shot by police is so uncommon.
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Posted by: DeusxMac
Nah, Hanlon's Razor. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"
astute - having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever
I don't think so in this instance.
Yeah, this woman was probably just another thug. Good riddance.
Kidding, kidding. But I haven't heard about her police record yet (as we did with Castille) - I wonder why that is?
My point above is not about the events nearly so much as it's about our reactions to the events.
People find it easier to come up with plausible explanations for an officer mistakenly, inadvertently, whoopsy-daisily killing Black people because we are acculturated to be suspicious of Black people, to think they might be up to no good, or that they are antagonistic toward police/'uppity'/noncompliant/ANGRY. It's harder for us to do that to a white lady in PJs.
I think that people find sitting on the passenger's side unloading your weapon through the closed door on the driver's side bizarre. So they are throwing out various theories, not just the hit man one.
Hmm. I call BS. I don't recall anyone here saying that the Castile murder occurred "mistakenly, inadvertently, whoopsy-daisily."
You believe that this tragedy would be more "plausible" if someone started to dig into her mental history, or criminal behavior or some such thing?
There have been so many long, long threads about police murdering citizens that I can't imagine why rjmacs has suddenly decided that nobody cared until a victim was white.
I think rj means our society in general and not the people here at MRF.
The other element contributing to the frenzy on this one is the fact that the victim is a foreigner. And she's from a country that has very strict gun laws and where the cops pretty much never kill anyone, so her native land is expressing a great deal of outrage and confusion over this.
Indeed. And they might have a very good reason for asking "Why do Americans put up with this ridiculous environment they've put themselves in?'
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Streetcar Was…
An industry friend who also attended yesterday afternoon’s A Streetcar Named Desire performance at BAM wrote and asked what I thought. “A pretty good first act but a great second act,” I replied. “Cate Blanchett is devastating, brilliant, heartbreaking.”
“I was very closely attuned to the line readings in the first act. I know Elia Kazan‘s 1951 film extremely well, and I noticed how each and every line was delivered differently in this production. As if the actors had studied it also and resolved, ‘I will say each and every line differently…no exceptions!’
“I didn’t care at all for the set, which felt needlessly cramped, claustrophobic. I guess I’m used to the French Quarter flavor of the set in the film. All that stage height and director Liv Ullman decided to keep the atmosphere as small and glum as possible. Joel Edgerton, the muscular Sydney actor who plays Stanley Kowalski, was okay but his voice seemed a little too reedy and downmarket in a rehearsed voice-coach sort of way. (Nobody can top Marlon Brando.) Robin McLeavy‘s Stella was fine; ditto the Mitch guy.”
November 29, 2009by Jeffrey Wells19 Comments
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REMEMBRANCE WEEK 2016: INFORMATION FOR ADMIRERS OF THE MUSIC OF JAMES HORNER
Courtesy of Universal Music
For some weeks now you may have noticed the absence of new articles published on the site. This is due to several reasons:
– Writing is a lengthy and convoluted process, especially if the aim is to offer articles that are high-quality, complete and informative.
– We currently do not have many editors available.
– Resources on the site the past few weeks have focused primarily on adding new features and coming to grips with technical problems.
However we wanted to revive our publishing efforts, because this week marks the first anniversary of the death of James Horner. In this first edition of the Remembrance Week, the following six articles will be published:
FOND MEMORIES – EPISODE 5
IT'S LOGICAL – EPISODE 2
THE 33, JAMES HORNER'S HYMN TO JOY
BLU-RAY REVIEW: HOLLYWOOD IN VIENNA: THE WORLD OF JAMES HORNER
If our promotional copy arrives in time
Regarding the biography series Fond Memories, we think it will take up no fewer than forty episodes. When we get to the post-Titanic period (around episode 30), each episode will be accompanied by interviews with James Horner already published in French in the Horner fanzine Dreams – Cinéfonia Magazine but as yet unavailable in English.
Also, plenty of other articles are in the early stages, one being an exclusive interview with a very close associate of James Horner’s. To wrap things up, the arrival of The Magnificent Seven, Collage and – we hope – Living In the Age of Airplanes will present us with an opportunity this autumn to publish more of our customary in-depth analyses.
With over 10,000 monthly visitors and a Facebook page boasting 2,400 subscribers, our site is well on its way to becoming the premier platform for the community of James Horner fans.
We have now set up a registration system which will allow members to upload comments faster, communicate with other members and especially to join in the new album rating system.
Want to submit your comments on any given Horner album? Simply go to the album, click the Reviews tab to write a text of your desired length, choose your rating and there you are!
It’s up to you to keep these pages alive. Go ahead and tell us what you think! Pretty soon you’ll even be able to react directly to other members’ comments, making each album page a place of exchange. You’ll single-handedly keep the musical legacy of James Horner alive!
You can register and create an account or use your Facebook, Twitter or Google accounts. None of your personal information, names and e-mail addresses, will be disclosed or shared with any third party. Please register now by following this link:
If you find yourself logged off on your next visit, just surf back to this page:
jameshorner-filmmusic.com/login
Alternately, feel free to log on using the header of the site, the home page or the space provided for the comments sections.
Finally, helping hands are still more than welcome. We are currently looking for:
– a contributor with a good grasp of Spanish, reasonably available and motivated to help update the information of the albums pages.
– Anyone wishing to write informative articles about the work of the Maestro – we’ll be sure to publish your material on the site!
– a contributor with a good grasp of English and French, reasonably available and motivated to translate the English pages that do not appear on the French site (Chants and Songs, DVD / Blu-ray ….)
Through his music James was a part of our lives for 35 years, even more so since the regular meetings we had with him during the last years of his life. While we will be forever saddened by his untimely and sudden death, it is an honor to keep this site alive with the publication of articles and interviews highlighting his work, further fueled by your comments and your views on his music. That, I think, is the greatest tribute we can pay to one of the masters of film music.
Thank you for your help and support.
Pamela Read
Thank you so much for your information today at the start of a very special week. You must be so busy…I have checked so many times each day for news from this wonderful Society. He would be so proud of what you are achieving. I only wish there was more I could do to help you in yiur request for info.
Jean-Baptiste Martin
Thank you for your message Pamela.
Zoe Potter
I agree with Pamela I wish there was some way us visitors to the site cpuld do
Thank you Zoe.
Ken Wiggins
Congratulations to all at James Horner Film Music for making sure the flame of memory burned brightly during the week marking the first anniversary of JH’s passing.
There are so many great pieces of music in the Horner legacy that are special to his worldwide legion of fans, but for this time of reflection, which of course will be firmly fixed as a deeply important date in the calendar through the years ahead, perhaps one composition stands out.
I have never seen ‘Bicentennial Man’, released in the latter part of 1999, but I am nevertheless very familiar with JH’s score for the movie. I suspect that in the context of the story the notion of ‘the gift of mortality’ most likely has another meaning, but I believe this beautifully elegant piece now resonates with poignancy above and beyond what was originally intended.
The ultimate cause of the fatal accident will never be known, and it is hard to comprehend how the clear brilliance of a blue sky morning can be so violently transformed into tragedy, but there is no denying that when the composer took to the air on 22nd June 2015, fate bestowed on James Horner the gift of mortality.
While we continue to celebrate the immense richness of all he left behind, ‘The Gift of Mortality’, a stunning six-minute example of the genius of James Horner, captures like nothing else the heart-breaking sadness of his passing.
That is a lovely piece Ken has written on Bicetennial Man score. Had this given to me for a special birthday a few years ago and has remained one of my favourites. It breaks my heart how his life ended so tragically, even though he was doing what he loved so much. At the moment waiting for his music to be played on Classic FM. Pamela.
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EXCLUSIVE: A CD FOR JAMES HORNER’S COLLAGE
FOND MEMORIES – EPISODE 5: 1981-1983 – SIX TWO-HOUR TV MOVIES
61 AND NEW CONTENT ON THE SITE August 14, 2014 | Jean-Baptiste Martin
SHEET MUSIC: THE ULTIMATE JAMES HORNER FILM SCORE COLLECTION... July 31, 2015 | Jean-Baptiste Martin
JAMES HORNER – MUSICAL AESTHETICS AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES... March 19, 2016 | Jean-Baptiste Martin
REMINISCENCES: THE WORDS OF JAMES HORNER June 19, 2017 | Jean-Christophe Arlon
JAMES HORNER – THE CLASSICS, THE SONY CLASSICAL TRIBUTE ALBUM WILL BE RELE... May 13, 2018 | Jean-Baptiste Martin
60 YEARS OLD: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAESTRO! August 14, 2013 | Jean-Baptiste Martin
[IMPORTANT] JAMES HORNER: MISSING PIECES AND A BOOK... June 22, 2019 | James Horner Film Music
WOLF TOTEM: NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE August 25, 2015 | Jean-Baptiste Martin
BACK TO STAVANGER WITH CLARA SANABRAS: FROM TITANIC TO THE TEMPEST... March 5, 2016 | Kim Østenfor Spildrejorde
JAMES HORNER WILL SCORE ‘FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS’... May 26, 2014 | Jean-Baptiste Martin
NEWS REGARDING JAMES HORNER’S DOUBLE CONCERTO... December 2, 2013 | Jean-Baptiste Martin
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The story is about how a ballet dancer's strive for perfection caused her to lose herself as she prepared for two contrasting roles in a new adaptation of "Swan Lake".
Liked how the film depicted the psychological transformation of Natalie Portman! Great special effects that merged dream and reality! Also liked the pretty costumes and the nice music!
Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly
The story follows several characters on how they lead their lives in Indonesia. There are two students, a national badminton player, an old billiards player and a blind dentist among others.
Liked the scene with the pig! Thought the film showed the identity crisis faced by Indonesian Chinese quite nicely! Nice song too!
The Private Life of Henry VIII
The story is about the relationship between King Henry VIII and his six wives.
Liked the King's optimistic attitude despite his many past failed relationships! Learnt a bit about the history of England through this film!
It's A Great Great World
The film consists of four short stories about the Great World Amusement Park in Singapore that was established in 1929 and closed down in 1978.
Liked how the director covered several parts of the amusement park across different eras! Henry Thia's photo shoot in the first segment was innovative, the ghost ride in the second segment was scary, the songs were nice in the third segment and the dialect jokes in the final segment were funny!
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Home / Entertainment / 10 Questions With Vic: Featuring Jai Rodriguez
10 Questions With Vic: Featuring Jai Rodriguez
Vic Gerami
Vic Gerami talks to Jai Rodriguez…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been sixteen years since I first met Jai Rodriguez on the patio of since closed ‘Here Lounge’, a gay bar in West Hollywood in 2003. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy had not aired yet, but the ‘Fab 5’ was in LA promoting it, a couple of weeks before its premiere date. Carson Kressley, the most boisterous of the five, said hi then introduced me to his four co-hosts. Within a few short months, the show was a huge hit, including its youngest cast member, Jai Rodriguez, the ‘Culture Guy’, who was already known from the Broadway musical, Rent.
Since, Jai has built on the success of Queer Eye and gone on to star in films, television, and theater, as well as foster his recording career. Among other things, he currently co-hosts Channel Q’s The Morning Beat with Jai & Mikalah, so I caught up with him just before Pride Month to reminisce about his accomplishments, discuss his current hit show and upcoming projects.
Queer Eye ran for five successful seasons. How do you reflect on the show and that era?
It’s weird to think we ran for five seasons as we worked for almost three years straight. There were rarely large breaks (if any). To be honest, I rarely remember how many. I know they shortened our order the finale season so they could cancel us at exactly episode 100 so they could sell it for syndication. The experience for me was most people’s college years. I’m closer in age to the new cast and I often think about what it would have been like to do the show in my thirties. For me there is an undeniable bond within the five of us. The magic began there. On a broader scale I’m honored to be a part of LGBTQ+ history with Queer Eye as the first all gay cast in network history. I’m humbled many people felt safe to come out due to our show and many other people got to get to know five, queer men they may not have had the chance to experience in their real life. I think that was a giant step forward in terms of LGBTQ+ acceptance, but we still have an incredibly long way to go.
Do most people realize that way before Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, you played Angel in Rent when you were eighteen years old?
Most people don’t know that Netflix’s Queer Eye is a reboot! LOL!. I did Rent for five years and Queer Eye for three. To me, I’ll always be that boy from Rent. I did host the Rent Live screening as Angel in Weho. It was fun throwing on the look 21 years later. Mama still got it.
You are involved with Positively Fearless, a HIV advocacy organization. Tell me about that.
The movement is about being fearless about keeping yourself safe, staying healthy if you’re positive and empowering everyone to remove the stigma around HIV. Even with PrEP and knowing that U = U (undetectable = un transmittable) there are people who still see positive people as other. When my aunt passed from AIDS related complications in the 90’s I knew I would make it my life’s mission to not let her passing be in vain. That’s why I’m an advocate for the HIV community.
Tell me about your talk show, The Morning Beat, on Channel Q.
I host on air with Mikalah Gordon (American Idol). She’s a lesbian and I’m queer, (but really she’s more of a drag queen and I’m an old man). It’s a funny mixture of talk radio and great music. We laugh a lot. I get a lot of DMs and texts saying “you guys are killing me this am”). We like to think of our hours on air as a party with a purpose. We cover informative stories that impact the community while also keeping it fun with games, give-away’ s and celebrity interviews.
Channel Q is a new source for LGBTQ+ talk, news and music across the nation. How is it being part of this new queer network?
It’s been really remarkable to launch this alongside our other radio fam. KROQ, JACK FM, AMP Radio, The Wave, etc. are all on our floor. There were only a small handful of LGBTQ employees at the company until we showed up. I’ve been amazed at how warmly we’ve been accepted by the sister stations.
Even in this era of post-marriage equality and on the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, LGBT media is as important as ever. How do you see your role within Channel Q in regards to all the important conversations that are happening?
I’m in control of the narrative. Finally. My 21+ years of working in entertainment and being a go-to person to tell LGBTQ+ stories through my work is now broadened. I get to give my opinion and tackle topics I previously might have been fearful to unpack At Channel Q we are giving everyone in our community a voice and aren’t afraid to take our adversaries to task.
Name three persons that you would like to have on The Morning Beat that you haven’t had yet.
J-Lo (she’ll be 50 I’ll be 40 a week a part in June). She was a big Queer Eye For The Straight Guy fan and it would be cool to reconnect.
Gaga. Feels weird we HAVEN’T had her on yet since she’s such an advocate for the community. Plus, I’m in the “Telephone” music video so that’s my in – lol.
Cher. Cause, c’mon it’s Cher.
Bonus folks would be Michelle Obama and Hilary Clinton.
We are headed toward a Presidential campaign in the United States soon. Does anyone stand out from the rest at this point?
Mayor Pete. I JUST saw speak him at The Abbey. I’m keeping my eye on him. I really like Kamala Harris as well but I’m holding out until the debates and when people start rolling out policy before I make firm decisions.
Aside from Positively Fearless, what are some other charities and causes that are important to you?
I’m currently in San Francisco doing an event for EQCA. I think the work they do is so vital. I love Lambda Legal and the great Legal work they do for the LGBTQ+ community. GLAAD Has helped me when my character was misgendered on a TV series. They’re statement of “words and images matter” is something I couldn’t agree more with. Of course the Trevor Project is always on my mind with the high number of LGBTQ suicides. It’s hard not to be thankful we have them making a difference. But then my mind goes to FREE MOM HUGS and brave faith-based organizations who are PRO LGBTQ. We need more of that.
Do you have other projects coming up that you can talk about?
I’ll be guesting on a new Hulu comedy called Doll Face opposite Kay Dennings. I’ll also be hosting two one-hour specials for Lifetime’s hit series Dance-Mom’s and I’ll be on season four of Eastsiders.
For more information about The Morning Beat with Jai & Mikalah and Channel Q, please visit WeAreChannelQ.radio.com
VIC GERAMI is journalist, media contributor and the Editor & Publisher of The Blunt Post. He spent six years at Frontiers Magazine, followed by LA Weekly and Voice Media Group. His syndicated celebrity Q&A column, 10 Questions with Vic, was a finalist for LA Press Club’s National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award in 2017. Vic is a contributor for IN Magazine, Windy City Times, WeHo Times, Get Out!, GoWeHo, Los Angeles Blade, Asbarez, California Courier, Desert Daily Guide, Armenian Weekly, GED, Windy City Times and The Pride LA. You can follow him on Twitter at: @vicgerami and on Instagram at: @vicgerami.
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Leather and the Amazon, again!
Redwood Comment
Credit: Juliana Amorim
In the Autumn of 2018 National Geographic magazine took a look at the prospects for the Amazon forest amid the political upheaval in Brazil. It did look good.
“Bolsonaro has a very strong anti-environmental discourse, and I have zero doubt that his discourse will direct policy,” says Scott Mainwaring, a Brazil expert at Harvard University’s Kennedy School. “I don’t see that this government is going to want to tell landowners not to chop down this part of the forest because it’s on indigenous land. It doesn’t seem there will be any major effort to protect the Amazon.” The leather industry has struggled with this subject a decade ago when the Greenpeace Report “Slaughtering the Amazon” attacked major leather using brands for the tropical deforestation. While there was some truth in this the major culprit at the time, according to author Simon Fairlie, was soya - largely driven by a huge upsurge in European demand for soya meal demand to feed pigs. Greenpeace chose to attack the leather industry since they made better target from a publicity point of view.
Backwards step
Regardless, big changes were made by leather businesses in Brazil to add in new reporting processes and technologies, including satellite tracking in some instances, to put integrity and transparency into the system. It led, too, to traceability approaches being introduced in many parts of the world and in some celebrated instances consumers can trace the leather in their footwear, their handbags and even their bicycle saddles directly back to the farm. So, to be reading and watching the news about recent incursions into forest lands in order to bring in livestock is deeply depressing. Farmers being interviewed on the edge of apparently pristine jungle arguing that it belongs to Brazil, rather than the rest of the world, and is “too much” to be left to the indigenous peoples when all the farmers want is a field or two.
Guilty by association
While the tanners’ work is to process a by-product and they are not involved in decisions about husbandry they are inevitably complicit here. As an industry we work with farmers and abattoirs to ensure that hides and skins are as good as they can be and know that good husbandry is vital everywhere in the world. We also know that an industry is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain. The leather industry has quite a few “weak” links that need more focus but the Brazilian Rain Forest is one that attracts high levels of media attention. The worldwide leather industry will inevitably become collateral damage. The leather industry does in fact support an increase in livestock farming in Brazil but not via this intensely unacceptable approach of slash and burn. The work by Rafael de Silva* published in Science Direct in 2018 was incorporated in the Brazilian Government Climate Change Mitigation Plan:
"Agricultural intensification is a key component of the offer, potentially allowing the country to make credible mitigation commitments that are aligned with a national development strategy of halting deforestation in the Amazon, and increasing livestock production. This apparent contradiction is potentially resolved by understanding the technical, economic and policy feasibility of intensification by pasture restoration".
In simple terms, increasing demand for meat provides an incentive for Brazilian farmers to improve degraded pastures. Over 50% of the grassland is in very poor condition. Appropriate levels of livestock grazing is the best way to restore and maintain long term grassland. It would boost the amount of carbon stored in the soil and increase cattle productivity. It would require less land for grazing and reduce deforestation, potentially lowering emissions. Brazilian savannah grass is exceptionally good at sequestering carbon dioxide, better than grass types found in the EU and the U.S..
The concept of a need to destroy forest to graze livestock when much of the longstanding grassland needs more and better managed grazing seems inconceivable. And de Silva’s work clearly indicates that for his team’s approach to be valid as Brazil has to ensure that tropical forest is not being cut down. This is the moment we must look to our national and international organisations to rise to the challenge. The CICB in Brazil have had an exceptional few years in promoting the Brazilian leather industry, but also in defending their 1965 Leather Law and highlighting sustainability. The global industry now needs their help in this challenge, and in this major task they should be supported by their major tanners and backed by the International Council of Tanners’ (ICT).
What is most important is that all elements of the industry do not try and sit this one out. We now tell an ethical and an environmental sustainability story and cannot sidestep what is a direct challenge. In an email exchange I had with Rafael de Silva in 2016 he said “I would say there is robust evidence that pasture expansion …is no longer… linked with deforestation in Brazil, since around 2005. Hopefully it will keep that way, but might not...” In this instance the future is worrying.
Dr Mike Redwood
mike@internationalleathermaker.com
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Publication and Copyright of "Redwood Comment" remains with the publishers of International Leather Maker. The articles cannot be reproduced in any way without the express permission of the publisher.
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X17307655 and see Reducing beef production in Brazil would increase global greenhouse gas emissions - Redwood Comment Published: 01 March, 2017
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PlayKids moves beyond video with three new apps
Movile's co-founder Eduardo Henrique explains why the company is adding eBooks, games and instant messaging to the PlayKids platform.
By Patrick Callan
After dominating app charts across the globe, SVOD app PlayKids is getting playful with its success. Nine months after receiving a US$15-million investment from Brazilian parentco Movile, the service is taking its digital offerings to another level by launching three new apps—PlayKids Stories, PlayKids Talk and PlayKids Party (pictured).
The PlayKids app first launched with video content for preschoolers in Brazil in 2013. Along with the original PlayKids app, which features more than 5,000 videos with content from eOne, PBS, The Jim Henson Company and DHX, the new trio of apps bring eBooks, instant messaging and games into the fold—something no other kids platform is currently doing, contends Eduardo Henrique, Movile co-founder and head of global expansion.
“We are trying to bring more activities to the family, and offer more content and different formats,” he says. “We want to be the platform for families to find good entertainment and learning activities to play, read and watch together—especially using mobile devices as the main driver.”
Henrique describes PlayKids Talk as a safe WhatsApp-type of instant messenger for kids and parents, whereas PlayKids Stories houses more than 380 eBooks that feature content from Disney, DreamWorks, Discovery Kids and National Geographic. PlayKids Party, meanwhile, has more than 10 interactive games designed to improve learning capacity, memory training, attention spans and mental flexibility.
“We’re seeing amazing growth since we’ve launched these new apps. We are very excited about the value that they are bringing to the platform,” he says. “Personally, I’m super excited about PlayKids Stories. I think it increases the willingness to pay for the platform, because it’s more educational than the video offer.”
All four PlayKids apps are now available in more than 100 countries and in 16 languages via a monthly subscription, with prices varying by country (for example, parents will dole out US$6.99 in the US, US$4.99 in Latin America and US$3.99 in China).
“I don’t see any competitor doing what we are in terms of platform,” says Henrique, adding that while companies like YouTube and Netflix provide vast video offerings in the kids markets, they don’t offer books, games and a communications tool. He adds that Amazon and Reading Rainbow are leaders in books, and companies like Toca Boca focus on gaming, but few companies are successfully packaging all of these elements together into one platform.
That may be the case with regards to instant messaging, but there is no shortage of platforms that offer video content and gaming in one place. Aside from fellow industry leader Hopster, whose SVOD/gaming mobile offering expanded to more than 100 territories in 2015, last year alone saw the launch of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s interactive gaming and video subscription service Curious World, as well as Cupcake Digital’s NetKids, which is a mobile app that houses a mix of video, book and activity content from top kids brands like Strawberry Shortcake. Toca Boca has been vocal about its plans to integrate video content with mobile gaming, too.
So while growth within this sector appears obvious, Henrique says Movile foresees an economic crisis headed for the kids mobile market—one that will be driven by a growing lack of investor confidence in the startup tech industry. “It’s become more difficult to raise money globally in the past six months,” he says. “But in every crisis you see the best opportunities.”
“Ten years ago, it was videogames and TV, but the future of media for kids is mobile,” he says. “In the next two years we will see the definition of this market.”
For now, Movile’s main focus is to consolidate its own platform by better integrating its suite of apps, continuing to build its portfolio of educational learning videos and eBooks, and to grow its business in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Latin America and China.
DHX, Discovery Kids, Disney, DreamWorks, Eduardo Henrique, eOne, Movile, PBS, PlayKids, PlayKids Party, PlayKids Stories, PlayKids Talk, The Jim Henson Company
Patrick Callan is a senior writer at Kidscreen. He reports on the licensing and consumer products side of the global children's entertainment industry via daily news coverage and in-depth features. Contact Patrick at pcallan@brunico.com.
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Ayaan understands Islam’s Jew-hating Jihad for the prophet - Dr. Andrew G. Bostom
by Dr. Andrew G. Bostom
Hat tip: Dr. Jean-Charles Bensoussan
Ayaan Hirsi: It is the most zealous, most potent Jew hatred. It both condemns Jews wholesale and seeks to destroy the State of Israel.”
Speaking at the Jewish Public Library in Montreal, on May 13, 2019, Somali ex-Muslim conscientious objector to Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, warned her capacity audience that the “scale and scope” of Islamic Antisemitism remains incomprehensible to most Westerners, rendering this ugly, burning hatred even more dangerous.
“Little attention is paid (to it) and that is a pity because it is the most zealous, most potent Jew hatred. It both condemns Jews wholesale and seeks to destroy the State of Israel.”
She further maintained that the majority of Muslims have not learned “to think for themselves” and are fearful of disagreeing with what Islam’s prophet Muhammad dictated. As Ayaan Hirsi Ali clearly suggested, it is the deep abiding hatred for Jews Muhammad instilled in Islam, which even present day Muslims “fear” rejecting, that animates both the global pandemic of extreme Muslim Antisemitism which hard survey data confirm, and the relentless jihad to annihilate Jewish Israel.
“Then the apostle [Muhammad] went out to the market of Medina and dug trenches in it. Then he sent for them and struck off their heads in those trenches as they were brought out to him in batches”
—The Life of Muhammad. A TRANSLATION OF ISHAQ’S SIRAT RASULALLAH, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY A. GUILLAUME, p. 464.
Indeed, the Moroccan cleric al-Maghili (d. 1505), an important Muslim theologian whose writings influenced Moroccan religious attitudes towards Jews into the 20th century, declared in verse, “Love of the Prophet, requires hatred of the Jews.” This animus was justified, al-Maghili averred, because the Jews repeatedly blasphemed Muhammad, and their overall conduct reflected a general hatred of Muslims.
Muhammad, the sacralized jihadist prototype for all Muslims, before vanquishing the Medinan Jewish tribe Banu Qurayza, dubbed them “brothers of apes”—apes being a Koranic epithet for Jews [Koran 2:65/ 7:166]—then personally beheaded their surrendered males, and enslaved their women and children.
Al-Maghili employed this same Koranic epithet, addressing the Moroccan Jews he preyed upon as “brothers of apes,” then fomented, and led a Muslim pogrom (in ~ 1490) against the Jews of the southern Moroccan oasis of Touat, plundering and killing them en masse, and destroying their synagogue in neighboring Tamantit.
Muhammad, Islam’s idealized, eternal example for all Muslims [Koran 33:6/33:21], thus embodied the creed’s deep-seated animus toward Jews, and its drive for global jihad conquest. He called for waging jihad to subjugate all non-Muslims, including Jews, under an Islamic, Sharia-based order [Sahih Muslim 1:30; 1:31, 1:32, 1:33], and even allegedly foreshadowed the conquest of Christian Byzantium (“Caesar’s” kingdom), and Zoroastrian Persia (“Khusrau’s” kingdom) [Sahih Muslim,19: 4294;
Sahih Bukhari, 4:56: 815]. Islam’s prophet warrior also attributed his military successes to jihad terror, and celebrated jihad martyrdom as the supreme act of Islamic devotion, stating,
“I have been made victorious with terror [cast in the hearts of the enemy, Koran 8:60,33:26] (Sahih Bukhari, 4:52: 220)…I would love to be martyred [Koran 9:111] in Allah’s Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred (Bukhari 4:52:54). ”
September 622 C.E. marks a defining event in Islam—the hijra. Muhammad and a coterie of followers persecuted by fellow Banu Quraysh tribesmen, fled from Mecca to Yathrib, later known as Medina. The Muslim sources described Yathrib as having been a Jewish city founded by a Palestinian diaspora population which had survived the revolt against the Romans. The Jews of the north Arabian peninsula were highly productive oasis farmers. These Jews were eventually joined by itinerant Arab tribes from southern Arabia who settled adjacent to them and transitioned to a sedentary existence.
Following Muhammad’s arrival, he re-ordered Medinan society. The Jewish tribes were isolated, some were then expelled, and the remainder attacked and exterminated—the latter including gruesome, terrorizing political assassinations of individual Jewish leaders, as a prelude to jihad campaigns against entire communities.
Muhammad distributed among his followers as “booty” the vanquished Jews property—plantations, fields, and houses—using this “booty” to establish a well-equipped jihadist cavalry corps. For example, within a year after the massacre (in 627 C.E.) of the Jewish tribe the Banu Qurayzah, Muhammad, according to a summary of sacralized Muslim sources, waited for some act of aggression on the part of the Jews of Khaybar, whose fertile lands and villages he had destined for his followers, to furnish an excuse for an attack. But, no such opportunity offering, he resolved in the autumn of this year [i.e., 628], on a sudden and unprovoked invasion of their territory.
Ali (later, the fourth “Rightly Guided Caliph”, and especially revered by Shiite Muslims) asked Muhammad why the Jews of Khaybar were being attacked, since they were peaceful farmers, tending their oasis, and was told by Muhammad he must compel them to submit to Islamic Law. The renowned early 20th century scholar of Islam, David Margoliouth, observed aptly:
"Now the fact that a community was idolatrous, or Jewish, or anything but Mohammedan, warranted a murderous attack upon it."
Finally, Muhammad’s own words have had a permanent Jew-hating eschatological (end of times) resonance with Muslims. The Muslim prophet, via a canonical hadith [Sahih Muslim, Book 41, Number 6985], declared that the Jews must be annihilated to usher in Islam’s messianic age.
“Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: ‘Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews’.”
The iconic Shiite figure Ali’s interaction with Muhammad serves as a contemporary segue to late Ayatollah Montazeri (d. December, 2009). A Grand Marja (religious authority) of Shiite Islam, Montazeri was considered one of the most knowledgeable senior Islamic scholars in modern Iran. (He was also deemed the much ballyhooed Iranian Green Movement’s eternal “spiritual” inspiration.) Montazeri framed the Shiite Iranian call for global jihad conquest by invoking Muhammad’s own numerous military campaigns to establish Islamic hegemony. He also shared Muhammad’s visceral, annihilationist Jew-hatred, with a complementary Shiite perspective on these motifs.
“He [Muhammad] did not sit in a corner and merely pray, although all his prayers would have been answered. On the contrary, he [Muhammad] carried out an uprising and had about 80 military clashes. He [Muhammad] called on the Muslims to arise, and he established and powerfully implemented Allah’s laws among the people.”
“…[T]hrough a billion strong march by all the Muslims of the world, we can liberate beloved Jerusalem, destroy usurping Israel, and place the destiny of Islam and the Muslims in their own hands…His Excellency [the sixth Shi‘ite Imam Ja’far] al-Sadiq affirmed thrice that those who will ultimately exterminate the Jews will be the clerics of [the Iranian Shiite shrine city of] Qom”
Thirteen years ago, May 4, 2006, upon receipt of the American Jewish Committee’s Moral Courage Award, Ayaan Hirsi Ali was unabashed in identifying Islam’s “holy [Koranic verses” as the overriding source of pervasive Muslim Jew-hatred. Will her latest courageous reiteration of this ongoing stark Islamic reality—a tocsin of looming calamity—also go unheeded by pusillanimous, morally bereft religious and political leaders, Jews, and non-Jews, alike?
Dr. Andrew G. Bostom is Associate Professor of Family Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the author of The Legacy of Jihad: Islamic Holy War and the Fate of Non-Muslims, The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History, and, Sharia Versus Freedom—The Legacy of Islamic Totalitarianism.
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“U” cover by Seventeen (May 5)
When it comes to Super Junior covers just about every other boy band, and some girl groups, has covered “Sorry Sorry” at some point. Yes, it’s an iconic song with an iconic dance by an iconic group that represents an iconic time in K-pop history, but it’s also a very predictable choice. “U” isn’t exactly a refreshing song to cover either, but done by Seventeen, well, it changes things. No other group can cover Suju better than them, really, since they have the chops, numbers, and talent. I even dare say that they’re an upgraded product of the Super Junior model — and this is coming from an ELF! Because even if they didn’t change the song’s arrangement much or the choreography, it still feels like Seventeen put their own flavor in it. I would’ve appreciated an original rap, but the purist in me also likes it as is. This massive group is proving that they deserve to be one of the next generation’s top tiers and I’m looking forward to even more Super Junior covers.
— Alexis
“Oh Ma Mind” by MIXX (released 3 may)
“I’m a sinner captured in a cage called you”
It’s not a sin to desire MIXX, nor do you need this boy to be your hero. You’re not a little princess, just a regular princess who can ride a white horse just as much as a prince. Tired gender tropes aside, MIXX have crafted maybe the best debut of the year so far (in a year of few great debuts). “Oh Ma Mind” is one of those classic K-pop tracks where it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it is. It mixes vocal and musical styles to create something they can call their own. The vocals are typical for a cutesy girl group, fragile and sugar laced. The music is a funky mix of R&B and tropical synths that gleefully bounce. It also has a wonderfully fetishistic music video directed by production team of the moment, Digipedi. Given their involvement, a closer look at those gender stereotypes might yield some interesting results. But that’s an issue for another time. For now, let’s just bop and play some tennis.
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“Re-Bye” by Akdong Musician (released 3 May)
This comeback by K-pop’s favourite sibling duo may be two years late, but the wait was definitely worthwhile. One of two title songs off of their latest album “Spring Vol. 1/Puberty”, “Re-Bye” is an addictive track that fully showcases little sister Suhyun’s great and improved vocals. The accompanying music video is also a delight to watch, set in an opera house with the two siblings as undercover detectives. It’s both playful and thrilling, part of which can be credited to the arrangement of the piece and also to the vocal ability of the siblings. Their growth over the past two years is extremely evident in the maturity of their album as a whole and this was one of YG Entertainment’s best releases so far. Even though they came back at a time with a lot of K-pop competition, Akdong Musician stands out and will continue to do so in the industry. Here’s looking forward to the next release!
“Green Window” by Akdong Musician/AKMU (released 3 May)
Like Anna, I’m another one who is a big fan of AKMU’s album, “Spring Vol. 1/Puberty.” But while the singles were decently solid, it was the b-side “Green Window” where I truly think the brother-sister duo shines. I really hope that they create a third music video to match the upbeat sound of “Green Window,” which I personally think thing is the song that most fits the album’s springtime theme. The song’s production recalls AKMU’s debut album “Play” with it’s almost juvenile instrumentation and hopeful lyrics; it’s almost impossible to listen to “Green Window” without feeling inspired. The song’s rainbow motif reflects the relative age of AKMU (both siblings are in their teens) while the lyrics themselves show insight into the human condition. The song is pretty fast paced throughout, but the staccato build into the bridge’s harmony and eventual synth sound is just inspired.
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Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2017 9:21 am | By Sarah !lastname
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April 18 Student Research Symposium Poster Session
Monday, Apr. 10, 2017 3:10 pm | By Sharon G !lastname
The Grinnell College Libraries is excited to be a part of the Student Research Symposium this year. Come join our Grinnell students across all divisions who will present their posters from 4-6 p.m. in Burling Lounge.
The symposium is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be available.
Grinnell College welcomes the participation of people with disabilities. If you plan to attend this event and need accommodation, please contact Burling Library as soon as possible to make your request.
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Campus Construction Update: April 4-10
Friday, Apr. 7, 2017 12:56 am | By Sarah !lastname
Please be safe and aware of activity that may affect you.
The fence around Mac Field is in place to facilitate geothermal well field drilling, which is scheduled to be completed by August. Traffic on Mac Field will resume when new turf is fully established. Thank you for your patience with our energy sustainability efforts.
Major activity week of April 3 through the week of April 10:
Excavation of south pavilion
Excavation of foundation footings
Deliveries of rebar
Deliveries of concrete, daily
Quality control inspections prior to placing concrete
Excavation of Peace Rock; possible sidewalk closing just south of McGough trailer to excavation site
Installations occurring during this time period:
Geothermal wells, Mac Field
“Mud mats” for footing installations
Foundation footings
Foundation walls
East storm sewer
Waterproofing on foundation walls
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Campus Construction Update: March 28-April 4
Please be safe and aware of activity that may affect you. Construction is expanding beyond the HSSC site.
Major activity week of March 27 through the week of April 3:
Shoring for excavation at Carnegie and ARH
McGough Construction Update, March 31, 2017
Read more about Campus Construction Update: March 28-April 4
Getting Ready for the New Admission and Financial Aid Center
Friday, Mar. 17, 2017 2:20 pm | By Sarah !lastname
We are moving forward with site preparation for the new Admission and Financial Aid Center (AFA), which will be constructed on the southwest corner of the intersection of Park Street and Eighth Avenue. This makes it necessary to relocate the Center for Religion, Spirituality and Social Justice (CRSSJ), as well as three student language houses.
The design for the AFA is still in development, with construction scheduled to start in fall 2017. Current plans call for the AFA to open a year later, in the fall of 2018.
The New CRSSJ
The CRSSJ currently occupies a two-story house, built in the early 1900s, that will be razed this summer to make way for the new AFA. The CRSSJ will move across Eighth Avenue to a one-story, College-owned house at 913 Eighth Avenue.
To accommodate the CRSSJ's varied and special needs, we will extensively renovate, remodel, and expand 913 Eighth Avenue to create a fitting home for the CRSSJ and its many programs. The new CRSSJ will include respectful space for students of all religions and spiritual traditions.
We will construct a 17-foot by 20-foot addition onto the back of the building to create two separate, dedicated prayer spaces to serve students of Hindu and Muslim traditions. President Raynard S. Kington reviewed the design for the proposed addition and gave the authorization to proceed. The students served by the new prayer spaces will be invited to provide input on paint colors, furnishings, and décor. Providing dedicated prayer spaces is an expression of our fundamental commitment to diversity and inclusivity.
The new CRSSJ will also include a lending library, meditation space, multi-religious library, and a large worship and prayer space. The entire first floor of the new CRSSJ will be accessible, a major improvement over the current space. There will be a ramp to provide wheelchair access to the building, which will also include a fully accessible restroom.
Construction work on the new CRSSJ is already underway and is scheduled to be completed this summer. We expect the CRSSJ to move in well before students arrive for the fall 2017 semester.
Language Houses
To clear the site for the new AFA, the Chinese House, German House, and Russian House, which are home to a total of 24 students, will be physically moved onto new foundations being constructed on the west side of Park Street just north of Eighth Avenue. The construction and move are scheduled to occur between June and September 2017.
The relocated language houses are expected to be ready for occupancy in October 2017. We're exploring options to provide suitable temporary housing for residents of the relocated language houses at the start of the fall semester until they are ready to be inhabited.
The Reading Lab
The current Reading Lab at 1321 Park Street will temporarily move to a College-owned house at 1204 East Street the week of March 20, 2017. The lab will remain on East Street until it moves into the new Humanities and Social Studies Complex (HSSC), which is expected to be completed in summer 2020. The HSSC will be the new home for both the Reading Lab and the Writing Lab. The Park Street house will be razed before the end of this semester to clear space for the relocated language houses.
Read more about Getting Ready for the New Admission and Financial Aid Center
Facilities Management Preps for Busy Spring Break
Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017 8:59 am | By Donna E !lastname
Spring Break 2017 FM Projects (March 20–31)
HSSC construction project (ongoing)
HSSC geothermal well field site fence and construction at Mac Field
Move Reading Lab from 1321 Park to 1204 East
Glove Factory furniture installation and office moves for Development and Alumni Relations
Glove Factory Pioneer Room carpet replacement
Golf course clubhouse fire alarm system installation (ongoing)
Rosenfield Center, Room 101 blackout shade control modifications
Bear Center natatorium tile repairs & platform construction
Read more about Facilities Management Preps for Busy Spring Break
Construction Update for March 7, 2017
Monday, Mar. 6, 2017 1:23 pm | By Sarah !lastname
Activity at the HSSC site is picking up. Please be safe and aware of occurrences that may affect you.
Deep Foundations are being installed, meaning that streets will be busy with a high volume of truck traffic all week.
Electrical service for the tower crane is being installed. NOTE: This will require a POWER OUTAGE for all of ARH on Saturday, March 11, approximately 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Major activity week of March 6 through week of March 13:
Excavation of south pavilion to prepare for footing installation
Removal of Existing Site Piping South of ARH
Installations to be aware of:
Window coverings at north windows of ARH
Tower crane base and 1st section of tower crane
Full tower crane, March 17 and 18
Read more about Construction Update for March 7, 2017
Belle Plaine Author to Speak at the Pioneer Bookshop
Thursday, Mar. 2, 2017 9:53 am | By Donna E !lastname
Author Karen Hoelscher Johnson will be presenting her newest book Lancaster's Rose at the Pioneer Bookshop at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 11.
In this heartwarming tale of lost love, Johnson relives a simpler time — when life on the prairie meant dreaming of a life worth living.
Johnson grew up on the plains of Iowa where she and her nine siblings created stories for their entertainment. She holds a master's degree in elementary education.
Read more about Belle Plaine Author to Speak at the Pioneer Bookshop
Ash Wednesday Service of the Word
Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 1:25 pm | By Donna E !lastname
The Chaplain's office is sponsoring an Ash Wednesday Service of the Word at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Herrick Chapel.
Deanna Shorb will be preaching, and ashes will be available for those who wish to receive them.
Read more about Ash Wednesday Service of the Word
Kenneth Adelman ’67 on Reagan at Reykjavik
Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 9:26 am | By Donna E !lastname
Former Reagan Administration Arms Control Director and a US Ambassador to the United Nations Ken Adelman '67 will discuss, during a talk at Grinnell College on Thursday, March 2, the famous 1986 superpower summit in Iceland that helped lead to the end of the Cold War.
Adelman's book Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours that Ended the Cold War is being made into an HBO movie, with actor Michael Douglas starring as President Ronald Reagan.
Adelman's talk at the College will draw primarily from the Reykjavik Summit and his first-hand experiences there, incorporating leadership lessons and diplomacy insights. The event begins at 11am at Alumni Recitation Hall (ARH) Room 302.
Adelman, a 1967 Grinnell College alumnus, was captain of the varsity swim team and active in the College's Program in Practical Political Education (PPPE), which is co-sponsoring the event with the Rosenfield Program.
He served in a variety of prominent positions in the federal government, starting in 1969 at the U.S. Department of Commerce. From 1975 to 1977, he was an assistant to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld before joining the Reagan Administration in 1981.
In addition to his federal service, Adelman served as the translator to boxer Muhammed Ali during his trip to Zaire for the famed "Rumble in the Jungle" rematch with Joe Frazier. Adelman is a popular speaker on executive leadership, weaving in Shakespearean themes in his program Movers & Shakespeares.
Adelman's visit is sponsored by Grinnell's Program in Practical Political Education (PPPE) and Rosenfield Program in Public Affairs, International Relations, and Human Rights.
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Series: Doctor Who -
Big Finish Audio Dramas
Release Number: 85
Doctor: Seventh Doctor
Companions: Melanie Bush
Writer: Stewart Sheargold
Publisher: Big Finish
Format: 4 Episodes on 2 CDs
Prod. Code: 7D/B
ISBN: ISBN 1-84435-176-9
Previous Story: The Nowhere Place
Following Story: The Reaping
1 Publisher's Summary
4 Continuity
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Subject 0357 - Vi Yulquen, designated Matriarch of the needle. Subject is under constant surveillance due to her wish to experience harm. This is in direct contravention of Whitenoise's programming. Also supplier of the drug classified as Slow. Editing is required.
Subject 0841 Chief Blue. Technician in symbiotic relationship with this Whitenoise system. Knowledgeable in human psychological evaluation. Subject has been diagnosed a voyeur, and has a dangerous obsession with the Red Tape. Machine augmentation is favoured to curb this defect.
Subject [error] Melanie Bush, designated companion of subject 3999. Subject [error] is not chipped and is a threat. Her ability to harm has not been checked, compromising the continued security programming of this Whitenoise system. She must be inhibited.
Subject 3999 the Doctor. Subject has committed homicide. This subject now in constant redline. His propensity for violence remains unchecked. Analysis suggests synchronisation with the killer. The Doctor will attempt to kill again. He must be stopped.
The Doctor— Sylvester McCoy
Melanie Bush— Bonnie Langford
Nuane — Denise Hoey
Ann Jenkins — Ann Jenkins
Chief Blue — Sean Oliver
Draun — Peter Rae
Celia Fortunaté — Kellie Ryan
Whitenoise — John Stahl
Vi Yulquen — Sandi Toksvig
Uviol — Steven Wickham
Red occurs after: BFA: Unregenerate!
Red occurs before: DW: Paradise Towers
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This article uses material from the "Red" article on the Dr Who wiki at Wikia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.
For other uses, see Red (disambiguation).
Red was the name used by a female Human terrorist in the 21st century. An admirer of the Red Brigades and Abu Nidal, Red was a member of the Easter Rebellion, a small terror cell led by a man named Easter.
In 2045, Red took part in an abortive mission to capture a pair of extraterrestrials who had been stranded on Earth. After their snowmobile broke down in an Antarctic blizzard, and their leader Easter suffered a mental breakdown, Red assumed command of their group and abandoned the mission. Soon after she and her colleagues were captured by authorities, and "re-educated" via memory wipe. (TOS novel: Strangers from the Sky)
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Homage Comics
Paul Moses
Warren Ellis, Cully Hamner
Red #1
(September, 2003)
2 Other Media
3 Issues
4 Paraphernalia
7 Recommended Reading
8 Links and References
Red is a three-issue miniseries by creators Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, written in 2003. The story is about Paul Moses, a retired CIA operative, who is forced back into action when the new agency director Michael Beesley orders his death. This series was published by WildStorm under the writer-driven Homage Comics imprint.
Paul Moses is a retired CIA agent, formerly known as the greatest killer in the world.
Michael Beesley is the new director of the CIA, a political appointee.
Adrian Kane works directly underneath Beesley, but has been with the agency for much longer.
Sally is Paul's retirement handler.
Main article: Red (film)
Red has a film adaptation announced for later this year. The film will focus on the idea of an older operative set who is set in his ways having to contend with younger and more fit agents as well as modern techniques and technology.[1] It is supposed to be a lighter and more humorous take on the original series.[2] Ellis has explained that the changes they're making are necessary to make a feature length production out of what is essentially a short story, although he has not been directly involved in the process.[3]
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↑ Warren Ellis headed to the big screen
↑ Robert Schwentke talks Red adaptation
↑ Warren Ellis blog on adaptation
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Karen Prell
Red Fraggle is one of the five main Fraggles in Fraggle Rock. She is yellow, and her hair, which she wears in two big pigtails, is red with yellow and orange highlights. She usually wears a red sweater and has the most hair of any Fraggle.
Red is athletic and energetic. She likes to think of herself as the fastest and strongest Fraggle in the Rock. She is very competitive, especially with her friend Gobo, and sometimes gets herself into trouble as a result. Red also has her share of insecurities; she especially hates to admit her mistakes.
Red loves sports, especially diving and swimming. Her job is to clean the pool in the middle of Fraggle Rock. She also teaches swimming classes, and considers herself an expert at rock hockey.
Red shares a room with her best friend, Mokey Fraggle. Red later strikes up a friendship with Cotterpin Doozer. She is particularly loath to listen to Uncle Traveling Matt's postcards.
Red is the first Fraggle that Kermit and Robin meet when they visit Fraggle Rock in A Muppet Family Christmas. She later reappears with the other Fraggles during the Muppets performance of "The Holly and the Ivy."
She also was part of a group of Muppets who sang "Just One Person" at Jim Henson's memorial service.
In recent years, Karen Prell has performed Red at several live functions, including an appearance at San Diego Comic-Con in 2008 and the Fraggle Rock Holiday Toy Drive Benefit in 2009.
Red Fraggle (animated)
Categories: Fraggle Rock Characters | Muppet Characters | Sports
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Fallout 3 character
race: Human, African American
affiliation: Big Town
role: Doctor
location: Big Town
appearances: Fallout 3
quests: Big Trouble in Big Town Strictly Business
SPECIAL: 4 ST 6 PE 4 EN 6 CH 7 IN 5 AG 4 LK
derived stats: Hit Points: 80 → 100
tag skills: Barter: 48 → 70
Medicine: 50 → 72
Science: 50 → 72
level: 4 → 8
actor: Karen Carbone
base id: 00025251
ref id: 00025252
Red is the only doctor and merchant residing in Big Town in the year 2277.
2 Interactions with the player character
2.1 As a follower
3 Inventory
6 Bugs
Red moved to Big Town when she became too old to stay in Little Lamplight.
Big Town has been under attack from Super Mutants who captured her, so she will not be around at first. To retrieve her and the other survivor, Shorty (in order to complete Big Trouble in Big Town), you must travel to the Germantown police headquarters where she is imprisoned.
Once freed from the super mutants, Red will resume selling medical supplies in Big Town.
Interactions with the player character
Once rescued you can escort her back to town. To escort her the fastest way possible, fast travel to Big Town. If you ask for a reward she may give you up to 300 caps. You can get 200 more if your Speech skill is high enough, but you will lose karma. At this point she will tell you that another Super Mutant attack is coming. You can choose to return the extra caps or help them with the other options that are presented. If your Science skill is high enough you can show them how to defend the town by fixing the junk robots they have in their scrapyard. You can also use your Small Guns skill to teach them to shoot, your Sneak skill to teach them to hide, or your Explosives skill to teach them how to plant mines. After you show them how to defend themselves they will use that skill against Slaver and Super Mutant attacks.
She is one of the targets for enslavement that Eulogy puts a special bounty on. However, if you enslave Red before she returns to Big Town, you will not be able to finish the Big Trouble in Big Town quest because one of the objectives is "escort Red back to Big Town." The only way to finish the quest then is if you break into the slave pens in Paradise Falls and either kill her or take the Slave Collar off of her if your Explosives skill is high enough.
As a follower
Some players may choose to keep Red as a follower before finally taking her to Big Town (or Paradise Falls, alternatively). While Red has marginally more health than most standard human NPCs and can be given better armor to help keep her alive, she does not have any combat skills, and the only reason worth the trouble of keeping her safe would be carrying equipment. Due to her low HP and lack of healing, she will eventually become very fragile, at which point it is best to bring her home.
You will not have the dialogue option to retrieve any items given to Red once the two of you reach Big Town. You will have to pickpocket or kill her, so be sure to get your things back before entering the town. Red will use aid items (Stimpaks) if given any, but only during combat. She will not, however, automatically heal after combat, and she doesn't often use her Stimpaks, even when severely injured.
On death
Red's Bandana
Red's Jumpsuit
Reading Glasses Chinese Pistol* - -
* Only if the Small Guns path is taken in Big Trouble in Big Town.
There are mines in the police station which will kill her unless you deal with them. This can be particularly troublesome with the Light Step perk.
Red only appears in Fallout 3.
Red always seems to die if the other residents of Big Town are killed. There will be a confirmation message telling you that she has died, and she will be dead in her cell in Germantown Police HQ. Even if you enslave her and she is in Paradise Falls, if the other townspeople die, you will get a message stating she is dead and her corpse can be found at Paradise Falls.
Sometimes (at least in the Xbox 360 version) Red will not be in her cell when you go into the Germantown Police station. She will be standing in the office directly next to her cell and still talk as if she is locked up until you unlock the unoccupied cell.
Sometimes (at least in PC version) Red will not be in her cell, instead, she will be killing the Super Mutants. After all the Super Mutants are dead, she will be in her cell.
Sometimes if you visit Big Town after completing Big Trouble in Big Town, Red will be found dead in the clinic for no reason at all. This also happened to Bittercup, who is lying dead in the common house. The other residents of Big Town are missing (Confirmed on PS3).
Sometimes (in xbox 360 GOTY edition) if you go directly to Germantown Police HQ and find her companion he asks you to find her. When you go to her cell she is not there but she is dead by the lockers.
Sometimes (at least in PC verison) Red will be out of her cell and if you see her she will be hostile torwards you and you can't rescue her.
Sometimes, after escorting Red to Big Town after rescuing her from Paradise Falls, she will have the speech options of an escaped slave and talk about going to the Temple of the Union. This fixes itself after the super mutants are dealt with (either by explosives, small guns, science, sneak, or by killing the mutants yourself).
Red behind bars
Big Town
Characters Bittercup · Dusty · Flash · Kimba · Pappy · Red · Shorty · Sticky · Timebomb
Places Clubhouse · Red's Clinic · Town Hall
Quests Big Trouble in Big Town · Strictly Business · A Sticky Situation · Bittercup Runneth Over · Ticking Timebomb
Categories: Fallout 3 non-player characters | Big Town characters | Human characters | Fallout 3 doctors | Slaves | Fallout 3 merchants
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From Final Fantasy Wiki
Red may refer to:
An enemy from Final Fantasy IV.
The character from Final Fantasy VII.
The character from Final Fantasy IX.
Category: Disambiguation pages
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1 Basics
3 Mixing Dye
A Vial of Dye (usually just called Dye for short) can be used to change the color of Items. Dyeing your armor or weapons is completely optional and will provide no practical bonus, only aesthetic.
Dye comes in the following colors:
Gray Blue Green Purple Red Yellow Brown Orange Silver Black White
Most armor and weapons can be dyed. Dye is used by double-clicking on the Vial of Dye, then clicking on the item you wish to dye. This will bring up the Dye Preview panel. You may place up to 4 dyes into the preview panel, and it will show the result of the dye(s) on the item.
Backpacks, belt pouches and bags can also be dyed. This does not affect the character's outward appearance. It only changes the bags' color in the inventory window. These items become dyed immediately, without a preview window, and thus cannot have mixtures applied to them. Their default color seems to be brown. Zehtuka's Pack and Charr Bags cannot be dyed.
It is advised that you use the dye preview panel to examine the results before applying the dye. The window closely shows how your equipment will look after applying the dye. Dye is gone forever once used, and cannot be salvaged or removed. The only cure for a bad dye job is to dye it again.
Dye does not produce the exact same color on all equipment. Purple dye shows up purple on Mesmer armor, but a light lavender on Elementalist armor.
Silver will not make non-metallic equipment shine. For example, the Elementalist Elite Stormforged armor is dyed only in the cloth non-metallic parts. Dyeing the set silver will just make the cloth parts a light gray. The already shiny lightning is always metallic. Silver dye is also often used in mixtures to darken or lighten a chosen color. This effect depends on the texture of the item being dyed.
Some items, such as the Eternal Bow and the Necromancer Elite Scar Pattern armor for Males, will accept dye but do not change appearance when dyed.
Some weapons and armor (such as Eternal Shields and Elementalist Headgear) cannot be dyed.
Most holiday headgear and many common armor pieces cannot be dyed.
Hero Armor cannot be dyed.
Unique items cannot be dyed, with the exception of Straw Effigies and the Traveler's Bo Staff.
The starting color has no effect on the resulting color. There is no need to dye your equipment gray before dyeing it what you want.
Mixing Dye
You can mix dye effects in the dye preview screen by simply dragging the dyes you wish to mix into the appropriate slots. Once you have the color you want click apply and the mix is applied directly to your armor. Colors can be mixed only in the Dye Preview window; the mixture is applied directly to the armor. Multiple vials of dye of the same color cannot be mixed unless there is a second color in the mixture. For example, you cannot mix only two silver dyes, but adding a red dye as well is allowed.
The drop rate for dyes is tracked on Drop rate/Dye.
Dye is a somewhat valuable commodity and is often farmed. It is believed that dye drops more frequently in Pre-Searing (see Dye farming guide (Pre-Searing)).
Black dye or White dye are very rare drops. These have the obvious effects of increasing the market value of their specific vials of dye. New players are often unaware of this fact and occasionally fall prey to scammers (see dye scams for details).
If you are wielding a two handed weapon (bow, scythe, daggers, hammer, staff) and try to dye a left-hand item (shield or offhand) the said item will not appear, as when wielding a 2-handed weapon anything wielded by the other hand is omitted.
For most items, their default color does not exactly correspond to any particular dye color but comes close to one. Keep this in mind if you wish to dye something but may want it back in its original color in the future.
Black dye is often used in pre-searing Ascalon for high-end trades.
Historical note: Before the October 25, 2006 update, Merchants sold Dye Remover instead of Gray Dye
Post-Update Dye Guide at Guild Wars Guru
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From Halopedia, the Halo Wiki
There is more information available on this subject at Encryption Code on the English-language Wikipedia.
An Encryption Code, otherwise known as an Encryption Key or an Encryption Scheme, is a functional parameter of cryptological encoding used for security purposes.
1 Cryptological Theory
2 Covenant Usage
3 UNSC Usage
3.1 Encryption Keys
3.2 Public Keys
Cryptological Theory
Encryption only enables senders with the appropriate decryption devices to read secretive transmissions or documents. Persons or organizations that do not possess the appropriate decryption key to decrypt an encrypted file must result to a battery of cryptological techniques to decrypt files, even using artificial cognitive computation sources as powerful as smart AIs.
The sender will encrypt a piece and send it to the receiver, and will list both the public key and private key of the file. The public key is widely available, and was used to encrypt the file. The private key is available only to the receiver, and is used to decrypt the file.[1]
The Covenant and the United Nations Space Command both use encryption devices to hide military tactics and orders.
Covenant Usage
The Covenant occasionally place advanced encryption on high-importance locked doors within their warships, such as the CCS-class Battlecruiser Truth and Reconciliation. During the UNSC raid on the battlecruiser, the Covenant locked the UNSC assault squad in the hangar bays with 128,000-bit modulating encryption[2] until Cortana was able to hack the doors to open and let the UNSC forces venture further into the ship.
UNSC Usage
Encryption is placed on UNSC documentation or transmissions in order to maintain the level of secrecy demanded by the Transmission Classification. Encryption codes, like classifications, come in varying types, based on the importance of the information in the file.
Encryption Keys
None - Transmissions without code are not classified at all and can be accessed by anyone at any time. Examples of this include the journals produced by UNSC Astrophysics.
Red - This code is used most of the time in military transmissions. Classification can be "Restricted," "Classified," or "Secret". The code is sometimes harder to crack, depending on how complex the scheme of the code can be. Examples of this code include the Cole Protocol. It was used before or during 2552 to encrypt UNSC Emergency Priority Order 098831A-1.
Black - This higher level code is used for more important and urgent information, which can be classified[3].
Gamma - This is one of the highest level codes. It is used on the most classified information and is likely to be an extremely complex code. It coincided with the classification of "Eyes Only Top Secret."
Public Keys
file/bravo-tango-beta-five/
file/first light/
↑ "Public-key cryptography" on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
↑ The Truth and Reconciliation
↑ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 122
Categories: The Real World | Technology | UNSC
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From Lostpedia
"Charlotte" redirects here. For the flashback character from "?", see: "Charlotte Malkin".
Maya Henssens (child)
Uncredited actor
"Confirmed Dead"
"Follow the Leader"
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Charlotte Staples Lewis was a gifted cultural anthropologist who grew up on the Island, where her parents were members of the DHARMA Initiative. She eventually escaped with just her mother, leaving her dad (and possibly two younger sisters) behind. She spent the rest of her life trying to find the Island again. This was mostly due to her mother's insistence that she had made it all up, and for a chance to find her father again. She then finally parachuted back onto the Island on day 91, as part of the freighter science team. After initially being held hostage in Locke's group, Sayid traded her freedom for Miles, and she arrived at the beach camp with Daniel Faraday (who she shared reciprocated feelings for), where her presence aroused the suspicions of the survivors due to her secrecy and dishonesty about their mission while on the Island, as well as her attitude to the others. Following Benjamin Linus's turning of the frozen wheel and the increasing frequency of the time flashes that ensued, Charlotte began suffering the effects of temporal displacement and eventually became unable to travel with the other survivors. She succumbed to the illness 16 days after her arrival on the Island, dying by Daniel's side.
1 On the Island
1.1 DHARMA Initiative
2 Off the Island
2.1 Tunisia
3 Back on the Island
3.1 Days 91–100 (Season 4)
3.2 Season 5
3.2.1 Time flashes
4 Post-death
6 Unanswered questions
On the Island
Charlotte waves at Daniel as a very young child in the Barracks. ("LaFleur")
According to information provided by Ben that he received from Michael, Charlotte Staples Lewis was born on July 2, 1979 in Essex, England to parents David and Jeanette Lewis. She was raised in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England along with her two younger sisters. ("Confirmed Dead")
It has since been uncovered that this information is, at least, partially incorrect; Charlotte was actually born in 1971 and she spent a great deal of her younger childhood on the Island. Her family were members of the DHARMA Initiative, whom she lived with at the Barracks. ("This Place Is Death")
In 1974, a much younger Charlotte was present on the same day that Sawyer's group arrived at the barracks with Amy, and infiltrated the Initiative after the frequent time shifts. Giddily, she ran across the grounds with her mother following, and waved to Daniel - who gasped in shock "Charlotte", as this happened just after she had died from the time flashes. ("LaFleur")
Daniel Faraday tells Charlotte she has to leave the Island. ("The Variable")
Three years later in 1977, Daniel came to her at the playground while she was on the swingset. While she seemed apprehensive to talk at first, due to the fact she was "eating chocolate before dinner" and was not allowed to, but she became at ease when Daniel informed her he wouldn't tell anyone. He told her that Pierre Chang would be soon evacuating people from the Island, and that she needed to go with her mother when that happened. He also told Charlotte that if she ever returned to the Island, she would die. The conversation left Charlotte evidently upset because of Daniel's distress, enough that she would repress the memory until the moments leading upto her death where Daniel was by her side. ("This Place Is Death") ("The Variable")
Charlotte was seen by Miles being helped out of a DHARMA van by her mother Jeanette, seconds before his own mother exited the same van with the past version of him and argued with his father. Her mother said something to her, and they headed for the submarines. It is presumed that they evacuated the Island on the submarine that Kate, Sawyer and Juliet were forced to board. Her father did not leave with them, and was left behind. It is also possible her sisters were left behind also, as they were not seen at the submarine docking, however it is also equally likely that Charlotte's mother remarried and bore them off the Island. ("Follow the Leader")
Off the Island
After leaving the Island, Charlotte and her mother settled in England. Charlotte claimed that whenever she asked her mother about the Island, her mother insisted that it was all in Charlotte's imagination. ("This Place Is Death")
Charlotte smiles as she finds the DHARMA collar on a polar bear skeleton in an archaeological dig in Tunisia. ("Confirmed Dead")
Charlotte did her undergraduate studies at the University of Kent, and she also received a DPhil (mistakenly referred to as a Ph.D.) in Cultural Anthropology from Oxford University. She stated that her reason for becoming an anthropologist was so that she might be able to find her way back to the Island again. She also spoke fluent Korean and claimed, perhaps jokingly, but did not demonstrate an ability to speak Klingon. ("Confirmed Dead") ("Something Nice Back Home") ("This Place Is Death")
In 2004, around the time that the faked wreckage of Oceanic Flight 815 was recovered (about which she had already expressed serious disbelief), Charlotte was at an excavation site in Tunisia. She bribed a man in charge to allow her into a dig-site. The excavation revealed the skeleton of a polar bear, and, around the bear's neck was a DHARMA collar, with the Hydra station logo emblazoned upon it. This discovery caused Charlotte evident pleasure as she began smiling. Charlotte recognized the DHARMA logo from her time on the island when she was a child, and the emblem on the collar clearly proved the Island's existence and thus confirmed that she had not simply made the island and her tropical polar bear story up like her mother had said. ("Confirmed Dead")
Charlotte was recruited by Matthew Abaddon and Naomi Dorrit to go to the Island in search of Benjamin Linus. Together with Miles Straume, Naomi, Daniel Faraday and Frank Lapidus, she formed a five-member team for which every member was chosen for (apparently) a specific reason. Also, at some point before she was recruited by Abaddon for the mission aboard the freighter, she won an award, most likely for her outstanding work in anthropology during the archeolgical dig in Tunisia. ("Confirmed Dead")
Back on the Island
Days 91–100 (Season 4)
After landing on the Island, Charlotte is questioned by Locke's group. ("Confirmed Dead")
Charlotte Lewis arrived on the Island after parachuting from a helicopter which had taken off from the freighter, after it encountered severe difficulties mid-flight. She was the last of the passengers to jump out (after Miles and Daniel) when the helicopter encountered electrical problems. During landing, her parachute got caught in a tree which hung over a small river, causing her to become suspended upside down. She managed to free herself by releasing her parachute, landing in the water below, evidently very happy to be back on the island, just before encountering Locke's group of survivors. She showed great pleasure at arriving on the Island and finding inhabitants, smiling and laughing. She questioned the group about various issues, such as how many survivors there were. When she broached the subject of potential rescue, she seemed surprised when Locke announced that his group didn't want to be rescued from the Island. Locke told Charlotte that he wanted her to come with his group, at which she looked greatly shocked and apprehensive. Her transponder was later found attached to Vincent apparently to throw off anyone who may have been looking for her, as she had been taken hostage. ("Confirmed Dead")
Charlotte is shocked as Ben recites her entire history. ("Confirmed Dead")
After Frank Lapidus let off a flare, Charlotte was told she couldn't leave, but defied Locke and attempted to leave Locke's group to meet up with the rest of her team anyway but, before she could leave them, she was shot twice in the chest by Ben. She survived the gunshot however, because she was wearing a cleverly concealed bullet-proof vest that had been provided by Miles before she jumped out of the helicopter. After this, Sawyer held a gun to Ben's head, but was talked out of killing him by Locke, who said it was his mess to clean up. Just as Locke is about to shoot him, Ben began to divulge extremely detailed information pertaining to Charlotte's personal history and background, and the background of the rest of her team.
Sayid brings Charlotte back to Frank, in return for a seat in the chopper. ("The Economist")
This information, however, may or may not be correct, according to Charlotte herself. Ben then bartered with them to keep himself alive, informing the group that he had a spy among the freighter people. ("Confirmed Dead")
Charlotte continued traveling with Locke's group unwillingly, and as she pointed out to Hurley, her status was basically that of a hostage. With the rest of the group, she reached the barracks. She wasn't there for long however, as Sayid arrived (with Kate and Miles), and proposed a deal to Locke; he wanted to exchange his hostage, Charlotte, in return for Miles. Locke accepted the exchange and Charlotte was released back to Jack and her other team-mates. Frank asked her if she wanted to return to the freighter by helicopter, but she refused, explaining that she had work to do on the Island. ("The Economist")
Juliet commands Charlotte to call the "other number" to the freighter. ("Eggtown")
Along with Jack, Juliet and her fellow science team member, Daniel, Charlotte traveled to the beach camp, where she met some of the other Flight 815 survivors. That night she played a card game with Daniel to test his memory. After only guessing two out of three cards correctly, Charlotte attempted to console Daniel by telling him that he was making progress, showing a more compassionate side to her usually forceful personality. Their game was interrupted when Jack and Juliet questioned them about the satellite phone they had in their possession from the helicopter. They didn't believe that there was only one contact number to get in touch with freighter. Charlotte told them that there was also another number, one used for emergencies, and Juliet asked her to dial it. Charlotte reluctantly called the number and Regina picked up; she informed Charlotte that the helicopter, carrying Sayid and Desmond, never arrived back at the freighter. ("Eggtown")
Charlotte is displeased as Faraday explains the existence of time travel. ("The Constant")
While being continuously questioned by Jack about the discrepancies of the helicopter flight, Charlotte repeatedly answered that she didn't know what was going on and why it hadn't arrived at the freighter by now. Juliet then noted that it was very peculiar and strange that Charlotte didn't seem to be at all worried about those who were on the helicopter. Daniel then asked Charlotte if they should "tell them", and Charlotte hinted to him that she did not want to. However, Daniel told them that the Islander's perception of time was not realistic, and that the helicopter was fine. Daniel informed them that their people would arrive on the freighter given time anyway, much to Charlotte's clear displeasure. ("The Constant")
Charlotte and Faraday consult a map on their way to the Tempest. ("The Other Woman")
Later that night, in secret, Charlotte and Daniel packed a bag full of gas masks and HAZMAT suits and set off for the Tempest, a DHARMA station on another side of the Island. During a rest-stop along the way, a somewhat anxious Daniel asked Charlotte what would happen to them if "he couldn't do it". Reassuring him, Charlotte told him that he would be able to, and just as they were about to set off once more, Kate chanced upon them while running through the jungle. She quizzed them about what they were doing, and Charlotte lied to her, fabricating a false story that they were looking for the packs that they threw away from the helicopter. When Kate searched in their bags and found their gas-masks, before she could question either of them, Charlotte whacked her on the back of the head with the butt of her gun, rendering her unconscious. ("The Other Woman")
Charlotte reveals her and Daniel's true intents at the Tempest. ("The Other Woman") (promotional still)
The two journeyed on, and they eventually reached the Tempest. When they arrived there, they then began working on the station's computer network to disable the lethal gas system that was installed there. They nearly completed their mission, when Juliet arrived and attempted to stop them, under the false impression that they were trying to destroy the island by switching the lethal gas system on instead. Juliet fought Charlotte for a while, before beating her into submission, but when she and Daniel told Juliet what they were actually doing there, she changed her mind and allowed them to continue their work. Later, an angry Kate arrived and held Charlotte at gunpoint outside the station, but after Juliet explained that Charlotte was on their side, she relented, and Charlotte brought her into the Tempest to explain to her what had just happened. ("The Other Woman")
Charlotte was also one of the people present at the beach when the body of Ray, the Kahana's medic, washed up on shore with a slit throat. When she was questioned by Jack, she denied having any knowledge about his death. As a result, Daniel later revealed that it was never their objective to rescue any of the survivors from Oceanic 815. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
Jin realizes that Charlotte understands Korean. ("Something Nice Back Home")
A day later, both Charlotte and Daniel were still being hassled by the survivors, most notably Bernard and Rose, about how much information they knew about the freighter, and the intentions of the people still on board. The bickering was interrupted by Jack, who needed emergency surgery to remove his infected appendix. Charlotte, along with her teammate Daniel, and 815 survivors Jin and Sun, agreed to travel to the Staff station to collect medical supplies for Jack's treatment. When they reached the station, Daniel gallantly offered to enter inside first to make sure that there wasn't any danger. Jin remarked to Sun in Korean that he wondered if Charlotte knew that Daniel liked her, to which Sun replied "she's a woman, she knows". Charlotte then smiled to herself at this interchange while looking at the both of them, all the while not realizing that she had just given away the fact that she could understand Korean to Jin. ("Something Nice Back Home")
Jin forces Charlotte to admit she speaks fluent Korean. ("Something Nice Back Home")
After gathering the medical supplies for Jack's operation, the group returned to the beach, where Jin decided to confront Charlotte about earlier. He revealed that he knew that she could speak Korean, as he noticed her listening, and reacting to, several conversations he and Sun were having on the way there. Though initially she denied this fact at first, Charlotte finally caved in after Jin threatened to harm Daniel if she didn't admit to it. Charlotte spoke to Jin in Korean, and asked him what it was that he wanted from her. Jin instructed her that she was to make sure that Sun was on the helicopter when it left the Island. Charlotte agreed to his proposal. ("Something Nice Back Home")
Faraday explains to Charlotte the meaning behind the secondary protocol. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 1")
The next day, Frank Lapidus, who was flying overhead in a chopper, threw a satellite phone down onto the beach. The phone was tracking the helicopter, and Jack and Kate believed that they should follow it inland. Before they did however, Daniel put a call through and listened to what was happening on the other end, but he appeared to be very dismayed by what he heard. Charlotte, noticing that something wasn't right, asked Daniel "what's wrong?" He told her that "they were using the secondary protocol" and that they had to get everyone off the Island right away, due to extreme danger. A while later, Daniel began to ferry people from the Island to the freighter via the emergency raft, the Zodiac. Charlotte stood from the shore watching, looking somewhat anxious after him as he left with the first group of survivors. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 1")
Charlotte is shocked as Miles discusses her search for the Island. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
When Daniel returned to ferry a second group to the freighter, he told Charlotte and Miles that they should be on the next one. Charlotte was initially compliant with Daniel's request, until Miles asked her why she was willing to leave so soon, after trying hard to get back to the Island again - implying that she has been to the Island before. Charlotte was very visibly surprised that Miles knew of this. This clearly led Charlotte to rethink her decision. Later, Charlotte told Daniel that she was not going to go back to the freighter quite yet, because she was still "looking for where she was born." She kissed Daniel tenderly on the cheek before they parted ways. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
Time flashes
Charlotte's nose begins to bleed. ("Because You Left")
Charlotte was at the beach camp when white light immersed the whole of the camp, and the various makeshift structures disappeared from sight. When Daniel arrived back on the Zodiac she was overjoyed to see him alive and OK, having thought he may have been on the freighter when it exploded, sank and disappeared, and the two embraced each other. She then followed Daniel as their group headed to the Swan to try and analyze the events in progress. She displayed her anger and annoyance when Sawyer struck Daniel, becoming very protective over him. Later, while conversing with Daniel, her nose bled in a manner similar to that of Minkowski and Desmond when they were unstuck in time in "The Constant". She made an off-hand comment that she had not had nosebleeds since she was a child. Daniel displayed serious concern and fear because of this, but then managed to cover it up convincingly and effectively by saying that it was just the sight of blood that was disturbing him. Daniel then told Charlotte to return to the beach while he recovered his backpack from the jungle. ("Because You Left")
Charlotte reveals she forgot her mother's maiden name. ("The Lie")
Back on the beach, around two hours afterward, and after another timeshift, Charlotte hugged Daniel when he reappeared, claiming he had gotten lost while looking for his pack. Later that evening while he was doing calculations, Charlotte approached him and gave him some fruit she had found while they'd been in the jungle. She explained to him that her headache was consistent, was not going away, and was getting increasingly worse. More worryingly, she seemed to be suffering from severe and peculiar memory loss; she was unable to remember her mother's maiden name for a short time, which was obviously worrying her greatly. Suddenly looking serious, revealing the true intent of why she had approached him, she asked Daniel if he knew why this was happening to her. Before he had the time to answer her, Miles approached the camp with a boar he had found dead. Soon after, the camp came under heavy attack from an unseen group firing flaming arrows from within the jungle. Charlotte and Daniel, sticking close together, fled into the jungle, Daniel helping Charlotte when she fell over while running away. ("The Lie")
Charlotte is shocked when Faraday confesses his love for her. ("Jughead")
However, soon after reaching the rendezvous point, Charlotte, Daniel, and Miles were captured by a group of Others, led by a young woman named Ellie. The three remaining members of the freighter crew were then taken back to a camp being occupied by the Others, and led to a tent where they were held captive. Charlotte's headaches became worse and worse as their journey towards the camp progressed. As leverage, Daniel offered to help deactivate the bomb, citing his love for Charlotte as the reason he would not detonate it instead, as he would 'never do anything to harm her'. Before he departed, he admitted to Charlotte that he was telling the truth, and that he did love her, as she expressed skepticism that he was telling the truth to Richard Alpert so that he would trust him. He then departed for the bomb with Ellie. Charlotte then remained in the tent with Miles until the survivors time-traveled again, crying slightly to herself after he left. Soon after, the flashing light of the time travel happened, and the survivors were all reunited again. Daniel ran over and embraced Charlotte, however when they let go, Charlotte's nose began bleeding profusely, and she collapsed onto the ground, unconscious. Daniel huddled over her and grabbed her in obvious distress and fear moments later. ("Jughead")
Charlotte warns Jin, "This place is death!" ("This Place Is Death")
Charlotte was incapacitated for over ten minutes as a concerned Daniel and Juliet attempted to revive her. Eventually, she regained consciousness, but was initially slightly confused, not remembering who Daniel was although, apart from a slight headache, she said she felt fine. Along with the rest of the group, she trekked back to the beach camp to collect the Zodiac so as to sail around the horn of the Island and reach the the Orchid. Along the way, Daniel told Charlotte that she'd be able to rest up when they reached the zodiac, to which she replied, "you're sweet, but you don't have to baby me. I'm fine". Eventually, they reached the beach camp after enduring another time-shift. They found the camp deserted, the zodiac missing and two canoes beached on shore. They took one of the canoes and began sailing to another part of the Island, but along the way they were waylaid by unseen assailants firing guns at them from another canoe. They survived the attack when a timeshift brought them back in time to 1988. After landing on another shore of the Island during an extremely violent storm, Charlotte found some scattered items and the recent wreckage of a sailing vessel strewn about on the beach. She immediately alerted the other survivors to her curious discovery. ("The Little Prince")
Charlotte dies in Faraday's arms. ("This Place Is Death")
Charlotte and the others continued their lengthy trek to the Orchid, all the while experiencing increasingly frequent (and obviously more damaging) time flashes along the way. After another double attack of these flashes, Charlotte collapsed, bleeding profusely from her nose. As Dan and the others tried to revive her she spoke rapidly in Korean, not making much sense. Then, in English, she told Jin that "she" must not return to the Island because "This place is death." While the others discussed what to do with her, Charlotte's consciousness seemed to slip between time, much like that of Minkowski and Desmond. She referenced many past experiences in her life, speaking in a childlike voice, i.e. "you know what my mum would say about me marrying an American". Unable to move by herself, Locke refused to allow anyone to help Daniel with carrying Charlotte the rest of the way. She urged a reluctant Dan to leave her behind and accompany the rest of the group to the Orchid, which he refused to do. Before the others left, they discussed how they would find the station if it was at a point in time when it had not been built yet and, in a rare moment of lucidity, Charlotte mysteriously told them "you will find it at the well". ("This Place Is Death")
A little while after the other survivors continued on to the Orchid and Charlotte's condition had dramatically worsened, she confessed to Dan that she remembered how she grew up on the Island as a child, and had left it with her mother at an early age. She also mentioned the DHARMA Initiative, having been on the Island while they were still functioning there. Despite her mother's assertion that she had merely invented the Island, Charlotte believed otherwise, and had been searching for it ever since. She was desperately trying to find her dad, which is why she became a cultural anthropologist. She also confided to Dan that, as a child, a "crazy man" told her that she must leave the Island and never return, or she would die. Realizing that she was going to die on the Island as a result of the repeated time jumps, she finally recognized that man as Dan, warning her from the future. After telling him this, she experienced one more moment of madness due to her repeated time jumps. Smiling, she said she was "not allowed to eat chocolate before dinner", remembering when she met Daniel as a child, and then tragically died as he comforted her. ("This Place Is Death")
Post-death
When the final flash occurred and the living members of Sawyer's group where transported to the 1970s, Charlotte's body remained in the ancient time in which she died. As the time flash occurred, she disappeared in front of Daniel as he moved through time and left her behind. The rest of Sawyer's group came back for Charlotte and Dan, and Juliet consoled Dan over Charlotte's death. ("LaFleur")
When the rest of the survivors became part of the DHARMA Initiative, Daniel noticed a young Charlotte amongst the members with her mother. He quietly exclaimed her name and she waved at him, before running off out of sight. Daniel, Sawyer and Juliet would later witness key events from Charlotte's childhood, including her exodus from the Island. ("LaFleur") ("The Variable") ("Follow the Leader")
Charlotte's total episode count is 18 (as of "Follow the Leader").
Charlotte was the twenty-seventh character to ever have a flashback.
Charlotte is one of the six characters to have their first flashback in the first episode they appeared in. The other five are Miles, Lapidus, Jack, Juliet, and Jacob.
Charlotte has appeared in three episodes since her death ("LaFleur", "The Variable" and "Follow the Leader"), all of which are due to the survivors encountering her after time traveling back to the 1970s.
Ben's recitation of Charlotte's birth date as "July 2, 1979" in "Confirmed Dead" was an error according to producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. They have confirmed Charlotte's birthdate should have been 1971.
The producers originally assigned partial blame for the error on Rebecca Mader, indicating Mader changed the date on set without the producers' permission. (Official Lost Podcast/March 19, 2009) Lindelof and Cuse later retracted the statement and apologized, admitting Mader's script had indeed shown 1979 as Charlotte's birth date. Despite the confusion, Lindelof and Cuse maintain that Charlotte was born in 1971.[1][2]
Charlotte has met all of the main cast except for Boone, Shannon, Nikki, Paulo, Ana Lucia, Eko, Libby, Walt, Charlie and Ilana.
Charlotte has met almost all of the survivors who were alive at the time of her arrival, because she had visited both Jack and Locke's group of survivors.
The headline on the right hand side of the Tunisian newspaper she is reading reads "Le lavage de cerveaux en liberté" - "Brainwashing in liberty".
Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have confirmed that the role was originally offered to Kristen Bell, who turned it down to join the cast of Heroes. Thus, Rebecca Mader auditioned for the part, and was the only new cast-member to read for her role.[3]
Charlotte was originally intended to be in eight episodes but her role was expanded to a series regular.
Because Charlotte studied for her doctorate at Oxford, it would be a D.Phil rather than a PhD as stated by Ben in "Confirmed Dead".
Charlotte was the last member of the freighter crew to be cast for Season 4.
Charlotte was originally scripted as an American character. Rebecca Mader auditioned with an American accent, and then her own, and the producers liked it so much that they changed the character to be British. [4]
Despite her storyline in Season 4 revolving around her role as part of the science team from the Kahana, Charlotte has never been seen aboard the ship.
Charlotte knew Charles Widmore; she wondered if Widmore would look for them, after the Island moved. ("Because You Left")
Charlotte is one of two main characters to die who were never given a centric episode with more than one flashback, the other being Libby.
Charlotte is the first main character to have previously lived/survived on the Island. She was on the Island before any of the others.
Charlotte is the tenth main character to die.
Charlotte is the first main character to die who was not on Oceanic Flight 815.
Charlotte was the first main character to die without another character being responsible-the rest were killed directly or indirectly (Boone died because Locke lied about how he was injured and Michael died due to the C4 being set off by Keamy after Ben killed him) by someone, though it has been argued that she died as a result of Ben turning the FDW.
In the casting call she was described as "Late 20s. Very attractive in a naturalistic, athletic way, her looks are only one small part of charms. Precocious, loquacious, and funny, Charlotte a very successful academic who also knows how to handle herself in the real world. On a personal level it is hard to crack the hard shell of poise and certainty around her, but when it DOES crack its like an egg; lots of repressed and pent up emotions spill out."[5]
Like the Victorian author Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte Lewis is the eldest of three sisters.
The name Charlotte Lewis appeared as a Season 4 clue word for chapter 3 of the Find 815 ARG. it was initially thought to be the names of two separate characters, Charlotte and Lewis.
Charlotte Staples Lewis is a reference to the British writer and scholar, Clive Staples Lewis. Lewis is most famous for his works on medieval literature, Christian apologetics, literary criticism, and in fantasy literature (The Chronicles of Narnia). Both C.S. Lewises attended Oxford University.
In connection to her name being a reference to C.S. Lewis, Charlotte's mother tries to convince her that the Island is imaginary, similar to the character Susan from Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, who becomes convinced that Narnia is imaginary despite her time spent there.
Do not answer the questions here.
Keep the questions open-ended and neutral: do not suggest an answer.
For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Charlotte Lewis/Theories
Why did her mother lie to her about growing up on the Island?
Did Ben know that Charlotte was born on the Island?
How did she know that the frozen wheel could be found "at the well"?
Where did she learn Korean and why?
Who was Charlotte's father in the DI?
↑ http://www.tvovermind.com/tv-news/lost/trouble-on-the-island-deceased-lost-beauty-accuses-former-bosses-of-cover-up
↑ http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/03/lost-exclusive.html
↑ http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid8541540001/bclid8605745001/bctid8633832001
↑ http://spoilerslost.blogspot.com/2007/08/full-casting-information-on-russel-and.html
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(Earth-616)
Nick Fury fought World War II in space
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Red could refer to one of many things:
2 Creatures
3 Armour
5 A member of the Keldagrim Consortium
6 Keys from the Shades of Mort'ton minigame
Red party hat, a discontinued item
Red Halloween mask, a discontinued item
Red boater, a treasure trail reward
Red feather, an item dropped by crimson swift Hunter birds
A red feather headdress, made from red feathers and a coif
Red bead, an item used in the Hunter skill as well as the Imp Catcher quest
Red dye, made or sold by dyers
Red firelighter, a treasure trail reward
Red logs which are made from red firelighters
Redberries, which are used to make a scrummy pie,
Red spice, one of four spices used to make evil stew
Red destabiliser, an item that was used in the 2006 Halloween event
Red toad, a swamp toad dyed red in Mourning's Ends Part I
Red dragonhide, dropped by red dragons.
Red dragon leather, tanned from red dragonhide
Redberry pie, can be made using the Cooking skill
Red chinchompa, an explosive ranged weapon
Baby red dragon
Red chinchompa
Red salamander
Red dragonhide armour:
Red d'hide coif
Red d'hide body
Red d'hide chaps
Red d'hide vamb
Dragon armour
Cape (red), a cape dyed red
Bob shirt (red)
Red elegant clothing:
Red ele' blouse
Red ele' skirt
Red ele' legs
Red ele' shirt
Red goblin mail, special quest clothing.
A member of the Keldagrim Consortium
The Red Axe
Members of the Red Axe:
Red Axe Director
Red Axe Secretary
Rise of the Red Axe quest series, a series of quests relating to the Red Axe
Keys from the Shades of Mort'ton minigame
Bronze key red
Steel key red
Black key red
Silver key red
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Species: Klingon
Hair: Dark brown
Affiliation: Klingon Defense Force Klingon Empire Section 31
Assignment(s): Flight controller
Stationed: USS Phoenix-X
Occupation: Starfleet officer
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Insignia:
Red was a Klingon Defense Force Flight controller aboard the USS Phoenix-X. He held the rank of Lieutenant Commander, and was part of a Federation-Klingon Officer Exchange Program from the IKS B'Chnah. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X)
2 Memorable quotes
3 Background information
In 2364, Red served aboard the IKS Hegh'ta. ("Remnants")
Lieutenant Commander Red was a Klingon Exchange officer aboard the USS Phoenix-X. He served aboard the IKS Bochnah sometime before 2373, where the ship had encountered an enemy that almost destroyed them. When the Phoenix came to aid, a relationship was established and the Klingon Exchange of half each crew was put into place. In 2374, the half-Klingon-Starfleet crew, including Red, was transferred to the USS Phoenix-X. ("The Tiloniam System")
In 2375, Red was the target for murder by Dorwin and Kayjo in an attempt to cause a war between the Federation and Klingon Empire. ("Betrayal and Honour")
In 2377, Red found he had the ability to see on a certain level of existence. For a time he had witness an alien and an alien starship called the Xoleras that attempted to destroy the Phoenix-X. ("Ghost Face Killah")
In 2378, Red left the Phoenix-X to search for revenge against Kayjo and Dorwin and to find a cure for his sub-existence seeing ability. ("Destiny's Revenge, Part III") But sometime before 2382, Red found Kayjo was killed in a bar fight. ("Spider Agencies, Part I")
In 2382, Red's family was framed for dishonor by General Verticon who made it look like Red's cousin Helenia killed Dorwin. With the help of the Phoenix-X, they found that it was just an attempt to gain favor in the Klingon Council for the Duras family. Red cleared his name when he was able to prove that Verticon was responsible. After this, Red rejoined the Phoenix-X in his old Helm position. ("Spider Agencies, Part II")
Two years later, Red's ability to see on another level of existence, or 'interphase', was accidentally cured by Lox when the Doctor was attempting one of his inhumane experiments. ("Fantastic Method")
"Some would say, this creature has the anger of a Klingon! Not me though. I am turning a new leaf and avoiding such one-dimensional observations."
— Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "These Aren't the Voyages..."
Red was named after Red XIII from the video game Final Fantasy VII.
Star Trek: Phoenix-X main characters
Cell | Seifer | Armond | Kugo | Red | Kayl | Lox | RaeLuna | Amp | Omega | Trunks | Mayhem | Wallace | Ensign Dan
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Red can refer to the color red, or any of the following:
Sith lightsabers often produced red blades.
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Red-Eye Baldarek
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Red-haired Jedi
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Red (clone)
Red Stepla
Red Threxa
Spy 189 also known as Red
Redkihl Rokk
Reda Jalooz
Redge Dunlak
Redlio
Rednax
Redros
Lowle Ch'red
Unidentified Red Squadron pilot
Red Two (Battle of Endor)
Red Three (Battle of Endor)
Red Terror
R5-D4, nicknamed "Red"
Redkihl Rokk's spider droid
Neonan red cheese
Polanis red
Red glie
Redor sauce
Somnaskol Red
D8-Red Base
Final Redoubt
Pa'red
Red Bush Grove
Red Deck food court
Red Moon Saloon
Red Nebula
Red Nebula comet field
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Planet of the Red Nebula
Red Nebula temple
Red Rancor
Red Sector (Nar Shaddaa)
Red Sector (Nirama's asteroid)
Red Shadow
Red-skied planet (enslaved species)
Red Threxa's Boarding House
Red Twins
Red Twins spaceport
Redhaven
Redilos
The Redoubt
Redrish system
Genesis Red (gang)
Red Alpha
Red Guard
Red Hand
Red Hills Clan
Red Iaro
Red Knights of Life
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Red Smoke squad
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Redkihl Rokk's Pirates
Red Star Shipping Lines
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Red Flight
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Red Four
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Red Squadron (Old Republic)
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Red Sword Flight
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Sentient
Inhabitants of the Red Nebula
Red pachydermoid species
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Redcrested cougar
Redjik
Redwood tree
Starlight Red
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Red Star 1
Red Tooth
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Redkihl Rokk's ship
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Red ball organ
Red Shift Limit
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From Yu-Gi-Oh!
Johnny Gayle
English (Manga)
Charlie Gale
Death-T
KaibaCorp employee
Previous occupation(s)
Green Beret leader
Debut (Manga)
Yu-Gi-Oh! - Duel 029
Debut (Anime)
Yu-Gi-Oh! First Series - Episode 022
Seiyū (Japanese)
Hisao Egawa
Johnny Gale is an American, former Green Beret leader. He along with Bob McGuire and "Name unknown" known in the English DDM video game as Charlie Gale, Bickford Gage, "Snipes Crosshair" are three men at KaibaLand who Seto Kaiba tells to play Stardust Shootout against Yugi, Honda, and Jonouchi.
Kaiba rigs the game so that the three men on his team have real lasers that cause fatal electric shocks when fired while Yugi and his friends were given toy guns. In the manga, after Anzu and Johji give away the secret about the rigging of the game to her friends, Honda gets a real laser gun from her, tones it down to a non-lethal voltage, and incapacitates McGuire, and the assassin (Jonouchi had previously kicked Gayle in the face).
In the anime, the characters are identified only by colors (Red, Black and Blue). All five members of Yugi's group (Yugi, Honda, Jonouchi, Anzu, and Miho) participate in the game. Miho's timidity led to the downfall of the three KaibaCorp employees.
Yu-Gi-Oh! manga characters
Protagonists Yugi Mutou - Dark Yugi - Katsuya Jonouchi (Katsuya Jyonouchi) - Anzu Mazaki - Hiroto Honda - Pharaoh Atem
Companions Seto Kaiba - Mokuba Kaiba - Ryo Bakura - Shizuka Kawai - Mai Kujaku - Ryuji Otogi - Sugoroku Mutou - Ryota Kajiki - Ishizu Ishtar (Ishiza Ishutarl) - Rishid Ishtar - Mana - Priest Seto - Kisara - Bobasa - Isis - Karim - Mahad - Shada - Siamun Muran
Main antagonists Seto Kaiba - Dark Bakura - Dark Master Zorc - Maximillion J. Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford) - Marik Ishtar (Maric Ishutarl) - Ghouls - Thief Bakura - Aknadin (Akhenaden) - Zorc Necrophades
Other antagonists Chopman - Johnny Gayle - Bob McGuire - "Name unknown" - Dinosaur Ryuzaki - Insector Haga - "Bandit" Keith Howard - Ventriloquist of the Dead - Player Killer of Darkness - Meikyū Brothers - Rare Hunter - Pandora - Mask of Darkness - Mask of Light - Strings (The Pantomimer)
Other Tetsu Ushio - Mrs. Muto - Ms. Chono - Tsuruoka - Tomoya Hanasaki - Sozoji - Goro Inogashira - Director Lucius - A.D. Fujita - Prisoner 777 - Shadi - Professor Kanekura - Professor Yoshimori - ZTV Producer - Hirutani - Junky Scorpion store owner - Kujirada - Playing Card Bomber - Nezumi - Old Man Dentures - Amane Bakura - Feng Long (Dragon) - Hobson (Daimon) - Johji - Koji "the Spider" Nagumo - Mr. Karita - Crocketts - Saruwatari - "Ghost" Kotsuzuka - Satake - Takaido - Cyndia - Arthur Hawkins (Arthur Hopkins) - Mr. Clown (Mr. Crown) - Step Johnny - Isono - Esper Roba - Aknamkanon (Akhenamkhanen) - Gebelk - Hassan
Yu-Gi-Oh! first series anime characters
Protagonists Yugi Mutou - Dark Yugi - Katsuya Jyonouchi - Anzu Mazaki - Hiroto Honda - Miho Nosaka
Antagonists Seto Kaiba - Ridley Sheldon - Ryuichi Fuha - Aileen Rao - Daimon - Red - Black - Blue - Dark Bakura - Dark Master Zorc
Other Shotaro Akaboshi - Ryo Bakura - Ms. Chono - Dragon - Dr. Kekeru Goyu - Haiyama - Hirutani - Hajime Imori
Jiro the Yellow Spider - Professor Kanekura - Kageyama sisters - Kaoruko Himekoji - Mr. Karita - Kokurano - Kujirada
Mayumi - Miyuki Sakurai - Playing Card Bomber - Shadi - Student Council Chairman - Tetsu Tasaki - Tetsu Ushio
Warashibe - Professor Yoshimori - Pokii
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By gistmaster On June 29, 2015 In News Tagged Aliko Dangote, Billionaire, Dangote, Property 1 Comment
Africa Richest man, Aliko Dangote said he has no residential property outside Nigeria.Are you shocked? He told journalists durning an interview session. Read the story in full courtesy Leadership newspaper.
Africa’s richest man and foremost business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that despite his wealth, he has no residential property outside Nigeria.
Dangote, whose 2015 net worth was put at $21.6billion, according to Forbes, also revealed how the late Chief M. K. O. Abiola discouraged him from
investing in the media.
The business mogul stated this during an interactive meeting with senior media executives in Lagos at the weekend.
He said, “Somebody asked me, how many houses do you have abroad? I said, well, to tell you the good news, I don’t even have a nine-inch block outside Nigeria, and that is the truth; I don’t have a house anywhere abroad.”
Dangote also recalled a meeting with the late Abiola at his Ikeja, Lagos residence where the latter told him about the dangers of mixing media interests with other business interests.
He said, “I went to see Abiola and I said to him, you look a bit worried. And he said he could not sleep because of a publication…How many times will I be chasing reporters and running my business. Let me advise you, don’t go and do this newspaper business.”
LEADERSHIP recalls that Abiola, before his death in 1998, owned the Radio Communications Nigeria and Concord Press (publishers of the defunct Concord Newspaper).
Dangote did not, however, foreclose future investment in the media but said he was being cautious in view of his other business interests. “You must think twice before going into it,” he said.
“When people realise that the paper is not balanced – you are always pro-government, it is a challenge. The worst tag a paper can have is to be marked a government paper. The general feeling is that they are eating from the government. So that is why I run away from the media. I am not saying I won’t do it.”
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Videogame Woes
Although most of my reviews are Toy related, I also am a gamer. Here's a list of stuff that games do that makes me grind my gears:
Forced Backtracking: I've spent most of the game going from Point A to Point B threading through enemies, bosses, an entire city, or continent in some cases just to be greeted by a "you need to go all the way back to the beginning to get the item or to do this mission, etc.
To mention some offenders from the top of My Mind:
Metal Gear Solid: Backtracking ALL the way to the Armory to get the PSG-1 needed to beat Sniper Wolf while Meryl lies there bleeding to death...
GTA Series: The "Help character X who is on the other side of the city" type of missions... Vice City's Death Row comes to mind...
JRPGs also LOVE to do this... before you get the airship that makes it easier to travel... I am forgetting the KING of Backtracking...
Escorting USELESS Morons/ AI PArtner is brain dead:
Do you have any idea how Many Times I wanted to Kill Emma in Metal Gear Solid 2 or Ashley in Resident Evil 4? A LOT... Let's say that whenever I play that game on PS2 I choose Mobster outfit for Leon, just to avoid dealing with Ashley... cause she gets the invulnerable Armor!
At least EVA was somewhat useful on Snake Eater... When she wasn't groaning out of hunger, shooting me in the back or moaning about a dog...
VAMP stole my chance to do that myself!!
but back to the rant... It seems that the AI of your partners is in permanent Moron mode... They see the enemy, they get between me and them so it makes it harder for me to protect them.
The GTA Games are full of these too... Have Partner, gets in the way of your bullets.
Moronic AI, love it on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Tag Force games... When they're my opponents, they seem to always pull the right cards to screw me over... When they are my partners they seem to always pull the right cards to screw me over... You read right... Tag Dueling, 3 against me...
SNK BOSS Syndrome:
Guess which company makes some cheap as hell bosses that it gets it's own term... SNK...
I already talked about Seth and a bit on Gill (who are Capcom bosses with a bit of SNK BOSS Syndrome)
Other Bosses can be SNK cheap, but have a kinda glaring weakness... Now I know and knowing is half the battle!
Nagging NPCs telling me what to do or for crap:
Obvious Navi Reference is obvious. This time I'm talking about the GTA IV NPCs pestering Niko to do stuff... Roman, Little Jacob, Packie, etc. Keep calling you at random times to go do menial stuff while I'm in the middle of a firefight or trying to dodge the cops... I don't mind it too much when I'm NOT in missions, but when I'm in missions it gets annoying... I guess making a Rosemary calling Raiden about April 30th reference comes to mind.
Getting hit sends me flyin' to my DOOM!!!!
Old School Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden come to mind here.
DUCK HUNT DOG!!
'Nuff said!
It came from the Toy Chest: in 10 seconds flat!
I got the Fastest Pony in all Equestria... Rainbow Dash!! To help me with this review I hired an Expert in Ponies, Spike, the Baby Dragon...
This is a serious review unlike my normal ICFTTC which have a bit of lame attempts at humor. Rainbow Dash is my second MLP:FIM Pony... Pinkamena Diane Pie was my very first Pony...
Will you stop that, Spike! I will Not make any references to the Plot or how the fandom thinks that RD might possibly be a lesbian pony... Although she DID have a Wingboner when Pinkie Pie... OK Spike, Roll the clip
As always, 1 = crap and 5 = Something more awesome than the Grand Galloping Gala!
Dashie (That's how Pinkie Pie calls her) only has 1 Point of Articulation and is due to the rooted hair. I already complained about the Ponies' lack of articulation before. Almost 30 years and no improvement in the POA!As anAction Figure collector Rainbow Dash would get a 1 here... but since it's the MLP Standard that would translate to a 4 in a MLP collector scale.
Well there's not much to talk here... She's pretty much molded in light blue and the extra stuff is tampographed. Her eyes have a gentler kinder expression, more like Fluttershy than Rainbow Dash... Her sculpt is similar to the standard MLP stuff... Although she's got a permanent Wingboner. The rooted hair makes her look Completely NOT show Accurate... She's got the G3 Rainbow Dash hairdo...(AKA the Rarity Hairdo) 2
Here's where Show accuracy has been thrown off the window... Why is Rainbow Dash pulling a carriage!? that's what Earthponies do! What's with the Squirrel? Rainbow Dash is a loner! If she was getting a sidekick she should've gotten that chicken pony, Scootaloo!
She also has a pink comb... 2
This one is a bit tough... Had she looked more like THIS she would've gotten a higher score...
1.67 as an Action Figure... 2.67 as a Pony... using the MLP curve.
Rainbow Dash herself said it perfectly...
Dammit! I'm still thinking about chopping RD's hair to FIM length... Whwe! made it through the whole review without a Cupcakes reference! D'oh!
It Came from the Toy Chest: I'll giggle at the ghosty
Pinkie Pie is SO RANDOM and so mine too! I got a Pinkie Pie!!
Pinkie Pie is my very first Pony EVER!! Sure I've had a few encounters with the ponies in the 80s, but the Magic that is MLP: Friendship is magic has made me love them... Now If Y'all remember I've talked about the ponies before...
So in the words of the late Mills Lane: Let's get it on!
5= good 1= crap!
Pinkie only has 1 Point of Articulation and is due to the rooted hair. I already complained about the Ponies' lack of articulation before. Almost 30 years and no improvement in the POA!As an Action Figure collector Pinkie would get a 1 here... but since it's the MLP Standard that would translate to a 4 in a MLP collector scale.
Well there's not much to talk here... She's pretty much molded in pink and the extra stuff is tampographed. Her sculpt is similar to the standard MLP stuff... The rooted hair makes her look not too show Accurate... 3
Here's where Show accuracy has been thrown off the window... First of all NO GUMMY!!
I guess that a toothless Alligator is NOT marketable for little girls... The real target audience for them ponies.
Well Pinkie Pie has a comb, a saddle and a yellow mouse... As an action figure collector Pinkie gets a 1 but converting it to MLP Standard 3
As an Action Figure collector, Pinkie is an absolute failure: 1.67 (Going through the same standard gauge as ML, Joes, Transformers, MOTUC, etc.) BUT the scale is different for MLP collectors. (They're more used to the lack of Articulaion, the rooted hair that makes everypony look like Rarity... or in Pinkie's case Pinkamena Diane Pie...) but the Lack of Show accurate accessories DOES hurt her a bit and her MLP score would be: 3.33 The lack of Show accurate accessories did hurt her a bit.
Since I mentioned Giggle at the Ghosty
It came from the Toy Chest: King Randor is getting some tonight
King Randor is Smiling once more...
While he may have lost his job as a Corporate Mascot he still has plenty of reason to be smiling... Mattel and the 4Horsemen have finally done something that has NEVER Been done before... a Queen Marlena Action Figure!! She was the SDCC 2011 MOTUC Exclusive.
Well I finally got mine! (Technically it's a Marlena Glenn Figure, but with a bit of parts swapping I can have the Queen of Eternos... in her Green Filmation garb!!)
Well where do I start... Ratings, 5 is awesome and 1 is crap... yeah! We'll start with that...
Captain Glenn is using the 1.0 Buck and we've already seen what it can do... Nothing new here...
Her Astronaut dress does not hinder her movement. Now her Queen Dress makes her a statue from the neck down. (Except her arms)
Captain Glenn: 4.0 Queen Marlena: 2.0
She's Mostly a She-Ra (figure without her dress) from the neck down. Her Astronaut dress is similar to the Adora dress. and her Queen Dress is brand new. Paintwise she's OK. Very little slop, but there seems to be some incomplete/weird paint applications...
HER EYES!! They look dead thanks to the weird choice in makig them just a black dot.
She looks like she's wearing too much eyeliner on her Astronaut head, While the queen head has a bit of paint missing on her hair. Her Scepter seems to be missing some paint.
She's got:
Extra Queen Head
Queen Dress
2 Piece Helmet
Repaint of Battleground Teela's Sword
Repaint of Adora's gun and Holster
a 1987 Movie Inspired Rifle
CRINGER!!
The dresses are easy to swap. The Tab system works better than expected. Everything else is normal stuff... weapons, Extra head... She gets a 5.0
Captain Glenn Mode: 4.0
Queen Marlena Mode: 3.33
Here's the thing: While Marlena loses a LOT of Articulation in Queen Mode, she still looks awesome... (a bit pissed off, but the Horsemen are NOT perfect) So, having the Entire Royal Family of Eternos outweighs the cons in my mind...
Now Cringer... he's the $5 fig in this 2-pack... Now what can I say about him?
He's very Filmation-like. He's a bit too small (I know Logistics and stuff...) and Underarticulated...
I mean we have a Cringer that cannot cower in fear... But at least it's a Cringer that is NOT Naked Battle Cat...
Dear Princess Celestia: Ponies for Bronies
This is the first Official My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic related article. (I've made a few references before, but not gone with a full article...)
Instead of talking about the show, which is REALLY awesome! WATCH IT! I'm gonna talk about the toys.
If you click on the links you'll see two examples of MLP:FIM toys... and you will notice something... They have NO Articulation... To be fair My Little Ponies are not known for their incredible articulation. (it's been that way since the 80s IIRC) Now this brings forth the whole point of this rant... Moderately Articulated MLP:FIM Figures!! Or as I'd like to call them Ponies for Bronies!
Pony made on the Pony Creator by General Zoi (modified by me to show the POA)
That's pretty much what I'd like to see:
If I can recreate many of the poses from the Evil Enchantress song I'd be happy!
Pegasi like Rainbow Dash or Fluttershy would get hinged ball joints for their wings.
Since the Ponies come with accessories the Ponies for Bronies would be no exception, now here's my list of accessories for Each Pony:
Twilight Sparkle: A Book and Spike (with Quill and Parchment to write to Princess Celestia)
and NO, Spike wouldn't be as articulated as the ponies...
Fluttershy: Angel the bunny, the hat and glasses she wore in the Episode Green isn't your Color to avoid the paparazzi.
Rarity: Opalesence, a basket full of gems and her glasses
Apple Jack: Hat (obviously), Rope, Winona, and an apple basket.
Rainbow Dash: Sonic Rainboom "flight stand"
Pinkie Pie: Cupcake on a plate, rubber chicken from Dragonshy, and this:
Sure some Variants could be made (Sonic Rainboom Rarity, You gotta Share You gotta Care Pinkie Pie, Pinkamena Diane Pie, Floppy horn Twilight Sparkle, etc.) but we'd need the "Mane six" before worrying about everypony on the show...
Labels: 10s toys, 80s toys, Action Figures, My Little Pony, rant
The La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo has a lot of guns!
I've been Playing Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for a while and after beating the game here are my thoughts:
Well not here here... I need to set a bit of background on the game before I ramble on and on about it.
This game is a Sequel to Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and possibly to Metal Gear Rising
The game is set 5 years after the Manhattan (Arsenal Gear coming from underneath the Big Shell and crashing into the Federal Hall) incident.
The one where a pretty boy kills the former President of the United States...
War has changed, Now instead of Armies, the countries use Private Military Corps... The world's economy is mostly fueled by war... a world in "Eternal chaos" where soldiers have a place to be... an Eternal Battlefield... This almost sounds like...
-Outer Heaven!?
Great! looks like I have an unwanted Guest!
-Unwanted Guest!?
You can come out of the Box, Snake! As I was saying:
Snake no longer looks SOLID... It looks like OLD IS Snake...
and we're tossed in the Middle East... was this to poke fun at the excessive amount of "war games" set in the Middle East? Probably. First thing I noticed is that Controls have changed... They no longer feel Metal Gear-like... they feel more like MODERN FPS mixed with Metal Gear...
-Metal Gear!?
Yes, Snake... Now shut up and Smoke... or else I'll have Sunny make some eggs!
As I was saying... The controls might have changed, but this STILL IS a Metal Gear game. Sneaking = Good, getting Spotted = Bad! Basically you're tossed in the Middle east to assassinate...
Uh, Snake? This is the part that you interrupt me to scream LIQUID!! at the top of your lungs...
Well, you are to assassinate Liquid Snake, the talking arm that lives in Ocelot's body. No there is no "I LIVE ON THROUGH THIS ARM!" clip...
Story, Story, Look down, back up! You're in South America now, trying to sneak into a mansion due to Storyline reasons. Some Story later you're in Eastern Europe following some whistling dude across the city. Story stuff... BOOM!
-A Surveillance camera!?
We're back in Shadow Moses! Some plot later We're on... I have no idea where we ended up...
and that brings up my First complaint about the game: It feels too disjointed. Looks like Hideo Kojima got too ambitious trying to cram all these different backdrops into one game. The story is the one tiny thread that binds them together... in some parts barely.
Having the game split up like that kinda feels like a huge PSP MGS game...
Now to the Review part: 1=crap 10= awesome!!!
Obviously since it's a current game and a Metal Gear Solid game, the Graphics are pretty good. Like in The Third Metal Gear Game (Metal Gear Solid) there are some Live action elements mixed with the game (See the Evil Egg scenes) that does throw me off a bit since most of the game uses the same gameplay graphics for the cutscenes... (Not like SquareEnix who loves to abuse the FMV)
This is very important... This and Fun Factor... but FF get's it's own part later.
At it's core THIS IS a Metal gear game, so the standard Elements are there. It does throw a few twists like the Tailing a character which has NOT been seen on a Metal Gear Game since Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. the controls have been tweaked, so it takes a bit of time to get used to. Once you do, It's golden... NOT going to spoil a super secret Boss Battle... the game is a few years old they probably know about it...
Story: Now this is the biggest selling point for the game... Next to the gameplay. It did brought an end to the story, but it left enough room to wiggle around some prequels... I'm Waiting for my Solidus and Liquid Games... Make it so Kojima! Now the story felt a tad iffy... Especially with Nanomachines being the ultimate scapegoat. I have to admit that ACT 4 was a masterful exercise in pulling the Nostalgia factor up to 100
Fun Factor:
While there is a ton of junk to collect, most of the fun comes from messing around with the soldiers... Unless you play Metal Gear Online... You can get some more fun out of that, but as I said before... I'm more of the anti-social gamer... I'd rather play with another player in the same room as I am instead of across the globe.
Overall: 8.38
I think the game being disjointed and the few issues with the story hurt it's score a bit. Personally the game could've been split into 2 and flesh out each of them a bit more.
Labels: Metal Gear Solid, rant, review, Videogames
Odds and ends: Finally I got a Marlena Shipping confirmation
Not exactly the Biggest news ever, but I Finally got the Shipping Confirmation fro Captain Marlena Glenn. Let's see if she can come out of the toy chest in August.
Damn you Milla Jovovich. WE DO NOT WANT RE-INO 5!! The previous 3 movies were steaming piles of Zombie Turd... Unless they kill Alice by The Las Plagas, I'm not interested in this.
Holy bad driving, Batman! Catwoman nearly kills a camera while Filming Baledog Rises!
The suit needs more cat ears to be a Catwoman suit... Anne, darling, the suit needs more cat ears, otherwise it's a bad Baroness costume that you're wearing...
Tony's back, man! Joo better read dis in Al Pacino's bad cooban accent from Scarface, man!
He's gonna be back on top, man! or at least in 475 movie theatres across the States! Joo wanna play rough? OK! say 'ello to a Gnagsta audience!
A wild dog repellent that the Internet version of Bear Grylls would love! Scientists are studying Dingo pee in order to make a synthetic pee-based Dingo repellant.
If Resident Milla 5 was bad enough, the cast of Jersey Shore will be on the 3 Stooges movie... Do I need to elaborate on this... This Abomination!? Right now, I wish I could be distracted with something more awesome... like Thundercats or My Little Pony: Friendship is magic...
Labels: Movie nEwS, odd news, Old news, rant, Videogames
It came from the Toy Chest: Buttered up for Jim Henson
Awful Clawful is here!
He made one quick stop to visit Captain Paintbrush... Now that I think of it All 3 characters who shared the "Lizard/Bee/Crab" Body were visited by Captain Paintbrush...
Unlike the Other 2 where the visit was on their bodies... Clawful got a visit for an Eyebrow plucking treatment...
IF/When Mermista is available, I shall use this for a joke...
Before I start with the Review I have to say this: Finally a Clawful ACTION FIGURE that does NOT look like a Mexican Wrestler with a Crab Motif... While he truly looked like a Crab Monster in 200X, he never had an ACTION FIGURE... Now with MOTUC, his Crabby self is more Crabby, less Rey Mysterio.
Now, for the review I will use A Mattel Stock Photo of Clawful cause I was too eager to eliminate the Muppet Brows that I customized before taking the pics! My bad!
Look at him! He looks like a Muppet... That's why I don't use the Vintage Whiplash head...
Mandatory Muppet Video with a touch of Cyrus... Don't make me play the Ponies!!
I did not play any Pony videos on this article... BTW DO NOT READ CUPCAKES!!!
He's got the Standard MOTUC Articulation, mine has Clawfully loose ankles. His Large, meaty claw has an Articulation point that is rendered useless by the action feature. (No open claw display)
The reuse of the Whiplash body and Buzz-Off claw help break the "Curse of the Mexican Wrestler" on Clawful. The large, meaty claw is beautiful... They even gave him a more Crab-like back piece...
The Paint is nicely applied here. Love the red fading into his arms to avoid the Guy in a suit look. I May dislike the Black Eyebrows, the black shading inside his mouth and the pearly white teeth, but those aren't really flaws. Just design choices that I disagree with...
He's got his Mace... which looks a tad different than the rest of the Maces. It's a bit longer and thicker... and he's got a Crab shelled shield!? A Crab carrying an extra shell to use as a shield... That's like giving a watergun to Snout Spout... Extra head could've worked well here... (Not necessarily a 200X Head, but a more menacing, snarling head... The Classicized 200X look can almost be obtained by painting the eyebrows red...)
Some people may like the shield, but I find it too much and unneeded. It's in my extra pieces bag now... Maybe when I get Peedrink-or: Heroic Master of Crazy Survival in MOTUC he'll use it to make a shelter...
The Lack accessories, once again hurt this score. (Your Mileage may vary.) Paintwise he's one of the best figs I've gotten. shame that he's got such loose ankles...
After the tweaks to hide the design elements that I don't like, he's a lot better now!! He is A LOT better than I expected... aside the ankles and small range of movement on his claw...
Odds and ends: Spider-Man is now half Latino/half black
Boom! Shock Value Bomb! This is not on the main universe where Peter Parker is forever a loser thanks to the lame ass Pseudo Retcon made by The Devil... I mean Joe Quesada.
Ultimate Spider-Man is Peter Parker no more... they killed him and his replacement is half black/half Latino... Miles Morales... Who the heck is Miles Morales? The newest Marketing ploy from Marvel...
We interrupt this pseudonews related rant with some PONIES!!
OK, where was I... Why is Miles Morales doomed to fail?
-First, He reeks of "Marketing Ploy" The whole big announcement stuff that made this article possible is proof enough. Like all Marketing ploys it'll eventually be shoved under the rug and quickly forgotten. (Especially if it backfires on Marvel)
-Replacing Spider-Man has been tried before and it failed... They tried to Replace Peter Parker with... Peter Parker... And that was a massive failure.
-The replacing a hero with another one of different ethnicity rarely works when it's done for shock value...
Monday was the sale for Mattycollector.com's SDCC items. I was able to sang a Marlena Glenn. The curious thing was that they HAD an All Star sale in which they were getting rid of some older figures (such as He-Man, Skeletor, She-Ra, The 4 Ghostbusters, Superman, etc.) set up for customers who discovered the site AFTER SDCC... All the way until August 15th (or the items ran out).
During Monday August 1st the All Star stuff was marked Sold out! and the Allstar Page was inaccessible during the time of the SDCC sale. Now the items are back up! WTF MATTEL!? That's ridiculous... It's like y'all want the products to fail... Kinda like the Club Infinite Earths.
Now that I mentioned Club Infinite Earths, let me get a bit deeper into it. Mattel is Killing DCUC. I mean, the line as it is is going through a reboot... kinda like DC Comics. The collector oriented characters will be on the Sub program Club Infinite Earths, while your basic Superman, Batman, GL will be in retail (most likely based on the new DC Universe designs.)
Also you'd get 3 Large scale beasts not available on Retail (They're killing the collect and connect)
Sounds fine and dandy, BUT this is the only Subscription that has a gauge that determines if this will be done or not... Unlike Voltron, Ghostbusters or MOTU... As of today the subscriptions to CIE are at a 20-something % of what they need... The sub period ends this Friday... It's official Matty is killen teh lien...
Labels: DCUC, Marvel, Mattel, odd news, Old news, rant, Spider-man
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Nina Freysen-Pretorius re-elected as ICCA President
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World PCO Alliance members contribute to the meetings industry
2 partners of the World PCO Alliance have recently been in the spotlight for their participation at the international level of the conferences sector.
Alliance member Nina Freysen Pretorius, CEO of South Africa-based The Conference Company, has been re-elected as president of ICCA. Freysen-Pretorius, who was re-elected in Kuching, Malaysia at the ICCA Congress and AGM, says that her focus during this term will be on ensuring that members be able to engage and benefit from their ICCA membership. Her priorities will be continuing to improve the ICCA Congress, evaluating and improving the ICCA governance model and raising the profile of the business events sector, making ICCA the go-to organization for association meetings.
“Having been re-elected as the ICCA President to a second term of office is a tremendous honour and great responsibility,” says Freysen-Pretorius. “The ICCA Board of directors and team have worked tirelessly at ensuring that the key strategic goals are delivered upon and become tangible and beneficial to members.”
World PCO Alliance member Andre Vietor of Barceló Congresos was recently recognized by IAPCO for his contributions as a board member. Joining the board in 1999, Mr. Vietor held a range of positions, including president and chair of the IAPCO Training Academy, the latter having ended in February of this year.
Mr. Vietor was one of the driving forces behind IAPCO’s EDGE–Experts in Dynamic Global Education–which launched in 2015 and offers a dynamic educational seminar dedicated to professional congress organisation at general, intermediate and advanced levels in different geographical regions throughout the year.
“Passion makes the big difference in the outcome of whatever you do in life,” says Vietor, who was recognized during the IAPCO General Assembly held in Dubai this year. “I am passionate about training and education - it is part of my DNA. However, since this recognition was totally unexpected, I was overwhelmed.”
Mr. Vietor’s role in EDGE will continue, as he plans on being a part of the faculty in some of the future EDGE seminars
Founded in 2009, the World PCO Alliance provides leadership in meeting management through the delivery of streamlined and effective meetings aroundthe globe. The Alliance’s mandate includes the collective exchange of education, technology, and other information for the mutual benefit of the industry, and ensuring the effective global promotion of its clients’ events. The organization is comprised of 20 chosen, quality PCOs in the meetings industry from around the world.
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NINJA trailer
In case anybody missed the link Jake generously provided in the Summer Movies comments, here’s the trailer for the upcoming movie NINJA, which is in my opinion about a ninja.
NINJA marks an exciting moment in DTV history for me, because Isaac “UNDISPUTED 2” Florentine and Scott “Weapon XI” Adkins are a director/star team with a body of work good enough that I’m honestly looking forward to this as much as I would a theatrical film. I’m also happy to hear the return of cheesy action movie trailer narration, especially when it’s talking about the deadly ancient traditions of the ninja.
That’s the other thing – this is part of an upcoming glut and/or renaissance of ninja films. It’s in competition with the McTeigue/Wachowski joint NINJA ASSASSIN for top of the heap, but there’s also another DTV one called THE LAST NINJA and a recent made-for-cable called MASK OF THE NINJA. I didn’t finish that one though and was disappointed that Casper Van Dien played the cop and not the ninja. There was an okay part where his undercover role in a drug bust was as guitarist in a bar band, but he didn’t even use the guitar as a weapon or do an awesome solo.
Oh shit, NINJA 2 trailer!
EL GRINGO trailer
There’s gonna be a NINJA 2
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning trailer UPDATED
Scott Adkins Interview on NINJA 2 by david j. moore
Isaac Florentine Scott Adkins
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27 Responses to “NINJA trailer”
May 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Looks cool, but wouldn’t it be nice to have a totally Japanese-centric modern ninja movie for once? Japanese star, Japanese locale, Japanese villains.
CallMeKermiT
Here you will find information , story and teaser trailer for The Last Ninja :
http://www.masterpieceprod.com
http://www.myspace.com/thelastninjamovie
I think it will be released in 2010.
bullet3
This looks incredibly awesome. I could almost see it getting a theatrical release if it was marketed right. I mean this looks a couple 1000 times better than legend of chun li, or that dragonball movie, or a lot of things. Between this and Dolph’s Command Performance, this looks to be an awesome year for DTV.
Mr. Majestyk
May 9th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Re: Command Performance… Did you guys hear how some fuckers pulled a home invasion on Dolph’s wife while he was off shooting The Expendables, but when they realized whose house they’d broken into they immediately ran away like little girls? Dolph is the hardest man alive: He scared off a gang of thugs when he wasn’t even in the fucking country. Now I want a documentary where he hunts these cocksuckers down one by one. It’ll be called REVENGE IS SWEDE.
May 9th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Stu , there’s a 2001 ninja movie called “Red Shadow: Akakage” with Japanese actors , setting and villains.It’s not bad , but with weird Japanese comedy , modern music , stylized-blue-tinted scenes like in Sin City and the ninja suits are full of leather and metal.Lots of stunts and ninja gadjets , but like I said , it’s a little weird and light hearted , maybe because is a remake of an old tv show.
Mondowray
I’m hoping the Last Ninja is based on the 1980’s Commodore 64 game, I’m also hoping the story strays away from the original 8bit computer game narrative, just so I can make claims about my childhood being raped.
I want to see both NINJA and NINJA ASSASSIN. But with regards to Ninja, and for my sake, I hope all that japanese training and stuff seen in the trailer is kept to a minimum. That kind of stuff puts me to sleep. I just want to see a ninja running wild and chopping people up.
Stu, did you mean modern as in “made recently” or as in “takes place in modern times?” Because SHINOBI (2005) was made pretty recently. In 2005, if I am not mistaken. I haven’t seen it yet, but it appears to be packed head to toe with Japanese stars, villains and locales.
Man, I really do hope this is the beginning of a ninja renaissance, like the zombie renaissance we’ve had over the last several years. ‘Cause if they keep cranking out ninja and zombie movies eventually someone is going to have the bright idea of making a ninja zombie movie. And I will watch the hell out of it.
There IS a ninja vs zombie movie , called , wait for it…….
Zombie vs. Ninja , but i cannot find it anywhere and every information I’ve found seems to indicate that is really bad.Obviously , I’m interested in this little movie and in discovering just how bad it is , but I’m not a big fan ninja-mixed-something……remember what happened the last time they mixed ninja with kids? Or ninja with fucking t@#$les?
(I’m not going to write the two words together.)
hamslime
I have Zombie vs. Ninja and Full Metal Ninja on VHS. Unfortunately my VCR took a crap before I could watch it. I should pick one up.
As for recent ninja movies you got Death Note, Versus (I think you can count it as a ninja movie. If not, it’s still a cool movie) The Machine Girl, TMNT,
Feel free to skip Ninja Cheerleaders though. The fights are as stupid as the movie itself. The only redeeming value of that movie is Michael Pare’.
I’ve also heard about someone making a Ninja 4: Return of The Ninja with Sho Kosugi, but that was a while ago so I don’t know if that’s still happening. Probably not since it’s too awesome of an idea.
CallMeKermiT: Thanks. I actually don’t mind the idea of a ninja with armour. There’s a ninja in the movie Azumi, played by the villain from Versus. He’s got armour, and still comes off pretty Ninjaly. Of course, he acts more as a spy and messenger in the movie than a warrior, but he was still a pretty cool character.
Jake: I guess I meant both. It’d be pretty cool to see a Ninja roof-jumping in modern Tokyo as well as fighting in the forests and mountains.
Sorry to doublepost, but I forgot to say I’d love a “Ninjas vs. Nazis” movie. The basic plot would be that during WW2, a Ninja clan is hired by the allies to infiltrate an Axis Supersoldier or Doomsday Weapon project and sabotage it. I figure a Ninja’s mercenary nature would preclude any national loyalty, or there could be some other motivation for it (e.g. they have american-emigrated relatives being held in an interment camp, and their mission earns their release).
Stu, fuck the family/personal shit. Just make them all-out mercs.
CallMeKermiT: Yeah, I was half-joking since it’s pretty rare that movies with cool/ridiculous premises like zombies fighting ninjas would actually turn out to be great. Though I do think it would be possible. I would definitely check out Stu’s Ninjas Vs. Nazis movie. And thanks for the heads up about ZOMBIE VS. NINJA. I just checked out Godfrey Ho’s IMDB page and he has got to have the single best filmography title-wise that I have ever seen. ROBO-KICKBOXER – POWER OF JUSTICE, THUNDER NINJA KIDS: WONDERFUL MISSION, INFERNO THUNDERBOLT. It’s seems like 50% have the word ninja in the title. Even if these movies aren’t good I’d be pretty proud to direct people to my IMDB page if I were Godfrey Ho.
hamslime: Are you referring to the DEATH NOTE with the notebook that makes people die? ‘Cause I just watched the TV series and there weren’t any ninjas in that.
Stu:I’ve seen both Azumi and Versus ( in fact I LOVE Kitamura , Final Wars is a Godzilla fan dream come true , and he has a project in development called RASHOMON 2010…..say it out loud “RASHOMON 2010”!!) but it’s been a while , are you referring to the AZUMI character that makes dog sounds when hit? Also I like armored ninjas too , but Red Shadow is just all around weird that for some people it’s too much, and , please , WRITE the ninja vs nazi movie , but with a multicultural ninja mercenary outfit , a sort of Inglorious Shinobi Basterdz.Or better , Inglorious Shinobi Expendables Basterdz , whit all the golden age actors: Kosugi , Dudikoff , Nero and Yamashita.
Jake:ROBO-KICKBOXER.It is now my personal mission to track this movie down! See , this is a mix made in heaven , I was only talking about the NINJA crossover movies and my fear of something like Ninja Kids happening again!
STU: That is a great idea for a movie, and I don’t mean that sarcastically. But I would like to request that the teaser or opening credits have an animation of a swastika that explodes when it gets hit by a ninja star.
… or a ninja star that cross-fades into a spinning swastika. Or the other way around, I’m not picky.
Jake – Whoops! I meant Death Trance. It was done by the guy who did Versus and Aragami. I haven’t seen or read anything associated with Death Note but my friend keeps talking it up, that’s probably why I had a brain fart.
The Japanese were allies to the Germans during WWII weren’t they? (I suck at history)
You could have a Jewish guy who’s trained in the black art of ninjitsu before WWII starts and has to spend some time (years) in the mountains as a final test.
When he comes down from the mountain WWII is already underway, and he gets enlisted in a special forces unit in the Japanese military. Shit happens and he ends up in Germany to find out he’s on the side that’s killing his own people and goes AWOL killing Nazis.
Ninja enduced blood-bath ensues.
You’ll also have to end it with him seppukuing himself since he basically dishonored himself by unintentionally siding with the Nazis at first. It’ll have to be a quiet honor type ending like Redbelt where there’s no dialog, you just know that shit got too deep for words.
“He aided in the death of his own people, Now he’ll aid in the death… of THEM!”
CallMeKermiT: I mean the guy who appears at 4:50 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq4WWFesYbA
and 9:20 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chuUZSMqqSo
Though turns out he had less armour than I remembered.
Those are all good ideas for the title sequence, but you could also do something based on the fact the Nazi Swastika is taken from the swastika used in eastern religions such as Buddhism (which Miho based her throwing stars on in Sin City), and have the Nazi flag fade into an image of a Swastika embedded in a SS Stormtroopers head…before it gets chopped off.
Or you could just do the Rocky IV intro with a red boxing glove with the nazi flag on it and a black ninja gauntlet punching each other and exploding.
-a scene in the third act where the Nazis find out there’s ninjas on their base, so the Commandant gives a big speech to rally them to the cause of eradicating the spies, culminating in a unified “Heil Hitler!”, and as all the soldiers do the nazi salute, the ninjas run in from the side, down a couple of rows, cutting the outstretched arms off.
-a hot geisha who’s really a Ninja assassin. That’s one of your basic rules of this sort of thing, no?
-a sub-plot about one of the Japanese Army Officers being the great-great-great-grandson of a Samurai who killed one of the Ninjas’s great-great-great-grandfather, and cos he happened to have the same sword that was used for that and train in it, we get a bonus Ninja vs. Samurai duel, possibly ending with the Ninja getting the upperhand, but a Nazi shoots him before he can get the killing blow, causing the Samurai to go “YOU HAVE NO HONOUR!!” and side with the Ninjas for the rest of the film.
hamslime: Seppuku only applies to samurai (and Yakuza, oddly). So unless he was Jewfro Samurai, that wouldn’t happen.
You forgot about the Ninja Seppuku Loophole which states:
“Ninja don’t do seppuku under any circumstances…unless it’s in the script.”
Also if you go on realultimatepower.net (not that it’s necessarily the authority on ninja, but still…) there’s a section about seppuku with a frisbee.
Wow , this is turning into a community-script , everybody has suggestions for Ninjas vs Nazis : Stu ,you have a goldmine here!
Here’s my suggestion : the jewish ninja mercenary ( played by Liam Neeson ,codename: Schindler’s Miyamoto) , is infiltrating in the nazi castle , at night , dressed in full SS uniform but with ninja mask and katana.He fakes the nazi-salute and throws a ninja star at one of the sentries! Cut to hitler saying :”Achtung , Shinobi!”!!
Also , during the mission briefing or the teaser trailer : an animation of a swastika star against a Jewish Star , like the boxing gloves in Rocky IV , but with the Jewish Star shattering the other!
You should call the movie SwastiKILL.
Another idea would be to call it Seek Hell. Sounds like zieg heil. Get it! No? Okay, just brainstorming.
Stu : Instead , I was talking about the ninja in the second clip you posted , the one with the face protection called Saru. He keeps making dogs sounds when hurt throughout the movie!
Wow , that white samurai sure is annoying!
Caoimhín
Probably old news to most, but this here is Norwegian Ninja, based on a true story about ninjas in Norway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wNVjI9bJIk
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Kroadh
Release Date: 23rd March 1990
Quality: DVDRip
Actors: Sanjay Dutt Sunny Deol Amrita Singh Sonam Anupam Kher Amitabh Bachchan Paresh Rawal Jagdeep Rohini Hattangadi Pallavi Joshi Anang Desai Jatin Khan Vikram Gokhale Yashwant Dutt Bharat Kapoor Sulabha Deshpande Chandrashekhar Ja
Description: Krodh tells the story of two brothers who are in search of the man who killed their mother. The problem is they have never seen his face, but do have his name. The elder brother Ajay gets into the world of crime and also pulls his younger brother Vijay along with him in to the underworld in order to get closer to their target. But coincidentally Ajay himself ends up being a police officer and now he wants to drag his brother out of the underworld but by now its too late as his younger brother is by now the Don of the underworld. Here starts the clash of principles and ideologies between the two brothers and they get separated. Were they successful in getting hold of their mother's killer? Were the brothers successful in settling their differences?Krodh tells the story of two brothers who are in search of the man who killed their mother. The problem is they have never seen his face, but do have his name. The elder brother Ajay gets into the world of crime and also pulls his younger brother Vijay along with him in to the underworld in order to get closer to their target. But coincidentally Ajay himself ends up being a police officer and now he wants to drag his brother out of the underworld but by now its too late as his younger brother is by now the Don of the underworld. Here starts the clash of principles and ideologies between the two brothers and they get separated. Were they successful in getting hold of their mother's killer? Were the brothers successful in settling their differences?
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BDS movement gains unprecedented traction subsequent to Israel’s operations in Gaza
By Lil Jackson - August 19, 2014
Section: [Main News] [BDS]
Tags: [BDS] [Gaza] [Gaza Blockade]
Whilst intense diplomatic efforts to construct a long-term arrangement between Israel and Hamas are continuing action is being taken in the West Bank and across the world to apply pressure on Israel to end its siege on Gaza, occupation of the West Bank and stop Israel from taking the lives of innocent civilians in the future.
At the forefront of this decisive action is the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement. Over the past month awareness and importance of BDS’s cause has been raised as a result of Israel’s 'Operation Protective Edge’ in Gaza and the high Palestinian death toll caused by the offensive on the Strip.
“If scenes from the Gaza concentration camp reveal an Israeli-made tsunami, a counter tidal wave of BDS campaigning is crucially needed to end Israel’s habitual brutalities and massacres...It has never been as urgent to isolate Israel as a world pariah as it is right now,” said Zaid Shuaibi, a spokesperson for the Palestinian BDS National Committee,
The BDS movement, established in 2005, was created after a call from Palestinian civil society for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights. Over 170 Palestinian organizations, endorse the movement. The BDS movement has a wealth of support internationally with a number of international trade unions and a network of international civil society organizations supporting and promoting the boycott of Israel.
BDS took inspiration from the South African anti-apartheid movement and seeks to redress the power imbalance against the Palestinian people and make Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories economically unfeasible.
A common BDS strategy to guarantee sustainability
In the West Bank, several grassroots initiatives to boycott Israeli goods in supermarkets have been galvanized through social media and young local volunteers, BDS spokesperson Omar Barghouti told Palestine Monitor.
“The popular proliferation of boycotting Israeli products in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as a minimal form of resistance, is unprecedented since BDS was launched in 2005. Even among Palestinians in the 1948 areas, boycott has become one tool of activism directed against companies producing in illegal colonies,” according to Barghouti.
Word of mouth is also playing an integral role. Boycott activists in Nablus, northern West Bank, “are going door to door, talking with women to convince them to observe the boycott by changing their consumption style and asserting their commitment to this minimal form of standing with our people in Gaza facing the brunt of Israel's crimes,” commented Barghouti.
In Bethlehem a 'Pledge of Honor’ has been produced in Bethlehem to boycott Israeli goods, whereby the public “was invited to go and sign their names on the pledge, morally committing themselves to the boycott,” said Barghouti.
Activists in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, have reported that European retailers have contacted Palestinian farmers in efforts to clarify that they are Palestinian and not Israeli.
In addition to increasing efforts to boycott Israel domestically calls for action in the internaional arena are being heeded. There is mounting evidence of a “silent boycott” against Israel by European businesses that are unwilling to be associated with Israel. Priniv, a major Israeli fruit juice exporter, has revealed a large deal has collapsed as a result of Israel’s offensive in Gaza. Priniv director, Ido Yaniv has recognized a drop in sales since Israel’s operation began in Gaza.
The BDS movement, with the support of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, has called “on trade unions internationally to take immediate action to stop the Israeli massacre in Gaza,” which has been set out in a five step guide.
“The BDS movement encourages consumers worldwide to boycott any product with a 972 barcode”
In efforts to amplify the boycott to the wider world the BDS movement has published a nine-step guide, which includes boycotting Israeli goods in supermarkets around the world, raising awareness of Israel’s disregard of international law and getting involved with grassroots BDS organizations around the globe.
“The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), which leads the global BDS movement, is currently trying to coordinate with the various initiatives and bodies to reach a common strategy, which would guarantee sustainability well after the current brutal phase of Israeli aggression,” said Barghouti.
The barcode 972 is associated with all Israeli products, including those from illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories. “The BDS movement encourages consumers worldwide to boycott any product with a 972 barcode” said Barghouti.
“It’s shameful, it’s sickening and it’s revolting”
In addition to encouraging the boycott of Israeli goods the BDS movement has called for the application of pressure on international governments to cease trading arms with Israel. BDS deems these governments complicit in Israel’s killing of innocent civilians.
“It’s shameful, it’s sickening and it’s revolting that Britain sells components to Israel for its weapons. It’s shameful that weapons that Israel has field tested on the Palestinians are brought by Britain. The arms trade with Israel has to end now,” stated Sarah Colborne of Palestine Solidarity Campaign at a demonstration in London, July 26th.
A petition from the BDS movement has called on the UN and governments around the globe to implement a comprehensive and legally binding military embargo on Israel. The petition will be presented to the new UN High Commissioner for Human rights when they take up their post in September 2014.
“Israel must be made to pay a heavy economic and political price for its crimes against the people of Gaza…people are echoing the call from Palestinian civil society for a full military embargo on Israel as the most urgent measure of accountability,” said Shuaibi, the BDS movement’s spokesperson.
In addition to a military embargo, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, six Nobel laureates and other prominent figures have written an open letter to the United Nations and national governments expressing concern regarding Israel’s military arsenal and the impunity with which it’s military conducts itself.
“Israel’s ability to launch such devastating offensives with impunity largely stems from the vast international military cooperation and trade that it maintains with complicit governments,” states the letter, which more than 45,000 people have signed.
'Field tested’ equipment and technology
Calls for a military embargo come due to Israel’s position at the forefront of the arms business. The technology it uses is marketed as “field tested.” “Revenue from exports of military equipment and technology provides a vital revenue source for the Israeli government and military,” according to BDS.
According to many commentators, Israel’s edge in the global arms market is based chiefly on its military occupation of the Palestinian territories and grim escalations like we’ve recently seen in Gaza.
Israeli military companies market their military exports as “field tested,” said Yotam Feldman, director of The Lab, a documentary about Israel using Palestinians as guinea pigs for military experiments to enrich a new elite of arms dealers.
“Israel has turned the occupied territories into a laboratory for refining, testing and showcasing its weapons systems,” argued Feldman.
Israel’s economic and military prestige is ostensibly bound together by the high death toll in Gaza. Israel’s unwillingness to comply with international law and the impunity with which it often conducts itself, allow these crimes to continue. Boycotting Israeli goods and pressuring governments to cease trading arms with Israel could have serious economic implications.
International outcry and anger over the slaughter of innocent civilians in Gaza has now been turned into concrete action. As Palestinian human rights activist associated with the BDS movement Rafeef Ziadah argues, when the talk of international community is cheap, “We must step up our boycott, divestment and sanctions, campaigning internationally to end Israel’s impunity.”
Over the past month more than a million people have demonstrated around the world in solidarity with Gaza.
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Novanta completes purchase of Laser Quantum in $45m deal
Acquires remaining 24% of outstanding shares, following its 76% buy-in, last year.
Novanta comprises several photonics-related subsidiary firms.
Novanta, a supplier of photonics, vision and other high-tech devices to medical and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), has acquired the remaining 24 percent of the outstanding shares of Laser Quantum in a cash and restricted stock deal worth $45.7 million.
This transaction completes Novanta’s purchase of Laser Quantum, which was substantially expanded in January 2017, when Novanta, formerly known as GSI Group, increased its equity stake in UK-based Laser Quantum to 76 per cent – effectively making the latter a subsidiary of the diversified technology firm.
Laser Quantum, based in Manchester, UK, supplies OEMs of solid state continuous wave lasers, femtosecond lasers, and optical light engines destined for the medical market.
In its announcement this week, Novanta stated that this latest transaction is not expected to give rise to gain or loss in the consolidated statement of operations:
“Since the 2017 acquisition, Laser Quantum’s business has been consolidated in Novanta's consolidated financial statements. The acquisition of the remaining 24 percent minority interests will be accounted for as a transaction among shareholders.”
The total purchase price was financed with cash on hand and borrowings under Novanta's amended and restated credit facility, and the issuance of $15.0 million in restricted stock.
Laser Quantum exhibiting at Photonics West in 2017.
The restricted stock will become fully vested upon achievement of certain milestones included in the restricted stock agreement. The Novanta statement added, “the transaction is expected to be accretive to Novanta's non-GAAP earnings per share.”
’Common emphasis’
Lawrie Gloster, Managing Director of Laser Quantum, commented, "Novanta and Laser Quantum share a common emphasis on providing mission critical technologies to OEMs with medical and life science applications. We are looking forward to continuing our work together.
“Joining Novanta in 2017 accelerated our business growth and expanded our ability to serve customers. The completion of this final step in the transaction deepens these collaborations and enables us to further strengthen our business."
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Novanta claims photonics design wins as sales grow
Novanta ups Laser Quantum stake to 76%
Photonics surge lifts Novanta profits
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Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita: Volume 01, Chapter 01 – Childhood
01. Srila Prabhupada was born on ____________.
a. September 1st 1886
b. September 1st 1896
c. September 10th 1896
d. August 1st 1886
02. Srila Prabhupada’s parents were _____________.
a. Gaur Gadadhar De and Rajani
b. Gaur Mohan De and Radhika
c. Gaur Gadadhar De and Radharani
d. Gaur Mohan De and Rajani
03. Prabhupada’s name kept by his parents was ____________.
a. Bhakthivedanta
b. Abhay Charan
c. Abhay Charanaravinda
d. Nandulal
04. The day of Prabhupada’s birth was the festival of ____________.
a. Janmastami
b. Nandotsav
c. Radhastami
d. Balaram Jayanti
05. Abhay’s home at Calcutta was at __________.
a. 151, Harrison Road
b. 131, George lane
c. 151, George lane
d. 131, Harrison Road
06. Abhay’s father was _________ by occupation.
a. A Government employee
b. A cloth merchant
c. An astrologer
d. A doctor
07. Abhay’s family was closely associated with wealthy ___________ family.
a. Nasik
b. Mullik
c. Bose
d. Desai
08. Mulliks regularly performed their worship at __________ temple where even Prabhupad would go every morning.
a. Radha Raman
b. Radha Giridhari
c. Radha Damodar
d. Radha Govinda
09. In 1900 when plague hit Calcutta, it was subsided by
a. Hare Krishna Sankirtan all over Calcutta
b. Mass vaccination
c. Mass meditation
d. Yajnas all over Calcutta
10. Gaur Mohan wanted his son to
a. Become a servant of Radharani
b. Become a preacher of the Bhagavatam
c. Learn devotional art of playing mradanga
d. All the above
11. Abhay’s mother wanted him to become
a. A cloth merchant
b. A British lawyer
c. A British surgeon
d. A Soldier
12. Abhay was fond of ___________.
a. Kacauris
b. Sabjis
c. Puffed rice
d. Chocolates
13. Abhay was the pet child of his parents but Rajani expressed her love by
a. Leniency
b. Plans for her son’s spiritual progress
c. Attempts to safeguard him from disease, danger and death
d. Not sending him to school
14. When Abhay was a little boy he was
a. Soft spoken
b. Naughty and stubborn
c. Unintelligent
d. Very quiet
15. Abhay and his younger sister___________ were childhood playmates
a. Bhavani
b. Bhagavathi
c. Bhavatarani
d. Bhanumati
16. Abhay’s Rathyatra ran for ___________ consecutive days
17. When Abhay was________ years old , he asked for a own set of Radha Krishna deities to worship
18. At age _________, Abhay was initiated by a professional guru
19. Abhay was ___________ years old when his mother expired
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The Mexican Touch
Source: Edwa Moser, The Mexican Touch (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940), pp. 110-114
Text: If one was to patronize the movies, Monday was the day to choose, preferably Monday afternoon. Every Monday morning, the Cine Morelos was cleaned and disinfected. The Cine Morelos, once known as the Teatro Diaz, had been built on the colonial plan, with a pit that scarcely sloped at all, surrounded by tier upon tier of boxes. Hänsel had what he called his own box, though he let us sit in it. It was his because he always managed to arrive twenty minutes before the calliope announced the opening, and as soon as he got into his box, he put his booted foot against the door so that no one else could come in. His box faced the center of the screen and was situated on the first and most desirable tier. There were six hard, stiff chairs in it. We were rather crowded as none of us could risk sitting too close to the rail for fear someone above might become excited and absent-mindedly spit. On our hard chairs, we huddled together, the fumes of iodoform writhing, I could have sworn visibly, about us. Hänsel sat straight as a ramrod, his monocle gleaming above a thick handkerchief tied about his nose. Gretel ignored the smell, saying placidly, “Better it should stink a bit than swarm with fleas.” Above us, tier upon tier, the seats would fill, until sometimes … as when Jungle Jim was showing in serial … the whole place became a solid mass of dark, intent faces. The theater was always packed.
It was a good theater. The sound effects carried well and the screen was in good condition. It is true that the electricity sometimes failed, but that was not the fault of the management. At such times, we bought peanuts from the venders [sic] and smoked and chatted pleasantly together until the lights came on again. I recollect only one occasion when the film broke, just at its most thrilling moment, of course, and I remember when the lights were turned on how startled I was that most of the men in the audience had, in the excitement of the story, drawn their revolvers. I remember how unconcerned they looked as they stood up or squirmed about in their seats to put their revolvers away again.
The pictures shown were of all kinds and from all countries. Indeed, at the little Cinema Palace of Cuernavaca, the children and I saw more French and British and German, not to mention Argentinian, films than we had ever seen at home. There were also Mexican movies.
Usually the Mexican movies were clumsy and hard to follow. But I found, after I considered the matter a bit, that the difference was owing not to inferior production, but to their unique technique. The focal point of the action seemed to be, not conveniently in front of me along the “footlights,” but somewhere else, farther off. Then I recollected the Abbey Players from Dublin, who maintain that the center of interest should be the center of the stage itself, as if the audience were included with the actors. And after that, I saw, too, that there was yet another resemblance to the Irish theater: the plots of the Mexican movies need not come to any definite conclusion. After that I enjoyed the good films immensely.
I particularly enjoyed the fact that the Mexicans could create drama without the glamourizing that Hollywood thinks essential. The houses were houses, ineptly furnished but adequate. On the screen they looked somehow innocent and appealing. They might have been any of the houses we passed every day. The heroines were seldom beautiful. Their clothes would not set a fashion. None of them had had their teeth straightened, much less filed and capped. But when they could act, they could act; and without “glamour,” they became urgent and important because they were human beings appealing to human beings in terms of mutual humanity. Some of the heroes were cross-eyed. (Crossed eyes are still considered a mark of beauty by those who appreciate Aztec art.) They behaved … as men behave. They spat, they got drunk, they left their shirttails out or tucked them in in public, they cried on their mothers’ shoulders, they cut off an unfaithful sweetheart’s pigtail. And they continued with apparent satisfaction to everyone the life that went on everywhere, every day.
This method was immensely satisfactory to me, for as there.was no attempt at “build-up,” I could believe that the films represented Mexican life, which we foreigners might otherwise never know. Ken liked the Mexican films. He would go again and again to roar with laughter over El Chaflan and Don Catarino, who were so funny, so naturally funny, it was hard to know if they knew themselves that they were funny. Don the films left cold. He preferred swapping yarns with Alberto or Pedro. Molly would, to Hansel’s delight, emit a succession of disgusted “Ooo’s” every time Rafael Falcón had occasion to weep, as he often had — for he wept beautifully, the tears streaming across his pale, shapely cheeks — while all the girls in the audience could be heard sniffing in sympathy. And Conchita, when we had got home, would sigh at mention of his name, and wiggle her hand inside her dress above her heart to show what palpitations she suffered on his account. But not my Molly. …
There was one picture that impressed us all — as successful a piece of work as we ever saw anywhere. Its name was La Mujer de Nadia (Nobody’s Wife) and it was produced by a woman. It was the story of three young students, none of them particularly attractive, who lived together in a one-room house amid the agreeable harmony of music, painting, and poetry, and who, returning one night from a comradely spree, found a woman unconscious by heir door. They took her in, feeling sorry for anyone who was unhappy and alone while they were so gay, so secure in their fellowship. She, poor drab! could hardly be distracting to that. But with food, and a home and friendship, the girl changed. She became young and beautiful. They all fell in love with her. The painter’s best picture was her portrait. The musician’s best composition had love of her for its theme. The poet’s best verses wooed her. But with love came jealousy. They began hating. It was a tragic moment when the little waif determined she must not destroy the structure on which her happiness was built. Silently, she told the little house good-by and went away, knowing her absence would unite again the spirit that had let her live.
We still remember that picture as one of the merriest, as well as saddest, we ever saw. There was about it the quality of a Strauss waltz that echoes after the party’s over and the guests have gone, and the sky grows gray. It was the only movie I have ever seen that I should like to have for my own.
Comments: Edwa Moser was an American magazine writer and novelist, who wrote this book on a 1930s visit to Mexico. Ken and Molly were her children. Hänsel and Gretel were names she gave to their German neighbours. El Chaflan was a character played by Mexican actor Carlos López; Don Catarino may be a reference to a comic strip character who was filmed. Rafael Falcón was a Mexican film actor. La Mujer de Nadia (La mujer de nadie) was directed by Adela Sequeyro in 1937. Iodoform is a disinfectant.
Links: Copy at Hathi Trust
by Luke McKernan Posted on February 10, 2015
This entry was posted in 1930s, Mexico, Travel writing and tagged Argentinian films, Audiences, Breakdowns, British films, Cinemas, Cuernavaca, Edwa Moser, Food and drink, French films, Hygiene, Interference, La mujer de nadie (1937), Men, Mexican films, Performers, Seating, Smells, Smoking, Weapons. Bookmark the permalink.
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Plainview (PHS) Class of 1964 Alumni List
Help us Update the Plainview 1964 Class List by adding any names missing from the list below:
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The most popular movie of 1964 was Mary Poppins which has grossed over $102,300,000 since its release. The TV series The Beverly Hillbillies was the most popular show of 1964.
My Boy Lollipop
Millie Small
I Love You More And More Every Day
Al Martino
Rick Nelson
Walk Don't Run '64
Where Did Our Love Go
Bad To Me
Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas
Shangri-Las
I've Got a Secret on CBS
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Mary Ann Elizabeth CHARTERS
Name Mary Ann Elizabeth CHARTERS
Born 29 Jan 1862 Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, New York, United States [1, 2, 3]
Residence 18 Jul 1870 Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, United States [4]
Attended School
Residence 7 Jun 1880 Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, United States [5]
Living with her step-father, Thomas McGlaughlin, and her mother, Martha.
Misc 1 Jul 1883 Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Bay City, Bay County, Michigan [6]
Joined the church by profession of faith
Residence 18 Jun 1900 Van Buren, Hancock County, Ohio [7]
Residence 5 May 1910 Parma Village, Parma Twn, Jackson County, Michigan [8]
Residence Jan 1920 Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio [9]
Residence 2 Apr 1930 Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio [10]
Census notes that both of her parents were born in Scotland
Died 27 May 1944 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States [11]
Coronary sclerosis
Buried 29 May 1944 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States [11]
Brooklyn Heights Cemetery
Person ID I130 Watkins
Father John CHARTERS \ CHARTERIS, b. Abt 1822, Ireland , d. Bef 1870 (Age ~ 47 years)
Mother Martha BOWDEN, b. Abt 8 Dec 1824, Ireland Free State , d. 8 Jan 1910, Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, United States (Age ~ 85 years)
Married Between 1843 and 1845 Ireland or Scotland [12]
Residence 10 Sep 1860 Flackville, St. Lawrence, New York, United States [13]
Farmer laborer
Census says that both John and Martha were born in Ireland. It lists John's age as 23 and Martha's as 35. This must have been an error
Family Rev. John TODD, b. 13 Sep 1860, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States , d. 19 May 1946, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 85 years)
Married 16 Oct 1884 West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States [14]
Place of marriage: West Bay City, Bay County, MI. Married by D.L.Munro, Minister.
Witnesses: Miss Jennie Todd and Mr. Robert Sloat
Residence 24 Apr 1910 Spring Lake, Ottawa, Michigan, United States [15]
Clergyman, local church
Residence 1 Apr 1935 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States [16]
4107 Bucyrus Av
Residence 1 May 1940 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States [16]
Listed as Rev. John and Mary E. Todd
1. Mary J. TODD, b. 11 Jul 1885, West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States , d. 12 Jul 1885, West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States (Age 0 years)
2. Carrie Alice TODD, b. 12 Mar 1886, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States , d. 15 Mar 1944, Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States (Age 58 years)
3. John Robert TODD, b. 7 Sep 1887, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States , d. 28 Sep 1968, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 81 years)
4. Martha Ellen TODD, b. 16 Apr 1892, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States , d. 25 Sep 1938, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States (Age 46 years)
5. Elizabeth (Bessie) Grace TODD, b. 31 Dec 1893, Hardin Township, Shelby, Ohio, United States , d. Jul 1977, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 83 years)
6. William Elwell TODD, Sr., b. 19 Feb 1896, Van Buren, Hancock County, Ohio , d. 7 Mar 1964, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 68 years)
7. James Edgar TODD, b. 30 Sep 1904, Bluffton, Allen, Ohio, United States , d. 25 Oct 1936, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 32 years)
Family ID F16 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Bessie, Mary, and Martha Todd
The Family of John and Mary Todd
Back L-R: Carrie Alice Todd, John Robert Todd, Martha Elizabeth Todd, Elizabeth Grace Todd, William Elwell Todd and James Edgar Todd
Front L-R: Mary Ann Elizabeth Charters Todd and Rev. John Todd
L-R: James Edgar Todd, Elizabeth Grace Todd, William Elwell Todd, Martha Elizabeth Todd, John Robert Todd, Carrie Alice Todd, Rev. John Todd, and Mary Ann Elizabeth Charters Todd
Rev. John Todd and Mary Ann Elizabeth Charters Todd
Mary Ann Elizabeth Charters Todd
Mary Charters Todd and Jennie R. Hunt Todd
Although this photo is labeled "Sisters," since Mary Ann's sisters were older than she and probably did not live in Michigan, this is more likely Mary Ann's sister-in-law, Jennie R. Hunt Todd.
Todd Family Group
Elizabeth Grace Todd, Mary Ann Elizabeth Charters Todd, Rev. John Todd, Martha Todd with James Edgar Todd standing in front.
The Family of John and Mary Todd in 1896
L-R: Martha E. Todd, Rev. John Todd, Carrie Alice Todd, Elizabeth Grace Todd (in front), Mary Ann Elizabeth Charters Todd (seated) holding William Elwell Todd, John Robert Todd
Reunion of the Todd Family in 1938
Front row: Jack Schafer, Carol Ann Todd, William Todd Jr.
2nd row: Mary Ann Charters Todd, Rev. John Todd, Mrs. Addie Haman (mother of John Robert Todd's first wife, Pauline)
3rd row: Charles Bolthouse, Bessie Todd Bolthouse, Elizabeth Krupka Todd, John Robert Todd, Ruth Todd, Carrie Todd Shifferly, Florence Bolthouse (wife of Ed Bolthouse) and Martha Todd Shafer
Back row: William Todd, Sr., Herman Shafer, Ed Bolthouse (Charles' brother) and Albright Shifferly (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
Todd Family Reunion
Back row l-r: Albright Moody Shifferly, Carrie Alice Todd Shifferly, Mary Ann Elizabeth Charters Todd, Rev. John Todd
Middle row: Meredith Lucille Shifferly, Bessie Todd Bolthouse, Charles Bolthouse, William Elwell Todd, Sr., Martha E. Todd Shafer, and Herman Shafer
Front row: Mary Carolyn Shifferly, Jack Shafer, James Edgar Todd, Evelyn Beatty Todd
Reverend John Todd and Mary Ann Elizabeth Charters Todd
John (1860 - 1946)
Mary (1862 - 1944)
State of Michigan, File Number 1-99-1884, Record Number
[S102] Barbara Charters.
[S18] Death Certificate, Ohio Dept of Health, Cleveland.
[S113] 1870 United States Federal Census, Lisbon, St Lawrence County, NY Page 58 Dwelling 453.
[S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Lisbon, St. Lawrence County, New York ED 213 Page 8 Dwelling 78.
[S249] Westminster Presbyterian Church, West Bay City, Michigan.
[S414] 1900 United States Federal Census.
Van Buren, Allen Township, Hancock County, OH E.D. 47, Sheet 12
Parma Village, Parma Twn, Jackson County, MI E.D. 34 Sheet 10A
[S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Fremont (Dist 7), Sandusky, Ohio Page 2.
[S18] Death Certificate, Ohio Dept. of Health, Cleveland.
[S143] Records of Barbara CHARTERS Clements.
[S408] 1860 United States Federal Census, Flackville, Saint Lawrence County, New York - Page 190 Dwelling 795.
State of Michigan File Number 1-99-1884, Record 3825
[S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, Spring Lake Twn, Ottawa, MI ED 174 Page 9a Dwelling 278.
[S449] 1940 United States Census, 1940 United States Census., Cleveland Ward 9, Cuyahoga, Ohio ED 92-223, Page 9A, Dwelling 184.
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Advertising / Digital / Print
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‘Hello Digital’ Campaign for Shares magazine
AJ Bell, owners of the financial media brand Shares, approached PowWow to help with a new subscription campaign… But with a twist. Shares were stopping the print version of the magazine and moving to digital only. The key goal was to minimise the loss of subscribers on their migration from print to digital, whilst maintaining the brand’s essence, hitting subscriber targets and appealing to newcomer investors.
Using carefully crafted marketing collateral to support the magazine’s evolution to a digital magazine, we created a suite of online banners, print ads, landing pages and an inter-loop that gave current subscribers all the information they needed for the move. The emphasis being the simplicity and ease of the new digital format plus the additional value added by having a 24/7 hub of stats and information to make on the go financial investments.
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As the campaign has grown and developed so has the thinking behind how we deliver the message, and in turn we have created a new character to help tell the story. By bringing a character to life we are giving customers a trusted partner who can support them as they navigate their way through news, funds, investments and share prices.
“We have been delighted with the results. The campaign helped us to achieve subscription retention levels of 96%. We are continuing to work with PowWow team on digital marketing, videos and a whole host of marketing material for the digital magazine.”
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Tony Hornecker is changing the way we have dinner parties with his supper club The Pale Blue Door
Written by Josh Learner. Published on January 6th 2012.
SOMETIMES you witness someone or something a bit out of the ordinary, a bit whacky dare I say. But rather than casting a snobby, incredulous eye you extract something a little bit special with ingenuity and shear audacity gleaming at you like a sore thumb. This can be said for interior designer/ex-waiter/chef Tony Hornecker, a self-confessed nomadic and the brains behind The Pale Blue Door.
I'm obsessed by nomadism and the ways of the gypsy. Initially we visited Santiago in Chile where we built a crazy set in the mountain serving the food via pullys through the trees.
If you haven't heard of the man, now is a probably a good time to get you acquainted. Arguably one of the brightest creative sparks to come out of Hackney, Tony is on a journey not many people will ever take. To give you a little background, he had been working as a set designer for a number of years in London until the recession cast its relentless 'you're now redundant' spell. His agent went out of business and all looked, to put it bluntly, pretty shit.
Refusing to go back to waiting tables, as well as a determination to guide his artistic talent away from the commercial sphere he'd found himself in previously, Tony started what is now known as The Pale Blue Door three years ago. This unusual and inspiring project turns his house into a pop-up restaurant. But why would anyone in their right mind want a bunch of strangers invading their humble abode?
“Years of on-off experience of working in restaurants, a love of anything clandestine and a genuine desire to share my home all contributed,” says Tony. “Everyone I knew was skintight so I got my out of work stylist and photographer friends to waiter, I cooked, and my delightful friend and extremely talented entertainer A Man To Pet performed. It was a sensation. It ran for a month and then regularly over the next six months.”
A Man To Pet, in case your wondering, is Tony's star attraction. The small fact that he's a crossdresser might be why. He puts on a cabaret show in between the three courses made by Tony himself, and in which the male diner's get made to feel rather uncomfortable.
The set itself is difficult to label, various paraphernalia swamps the walls, most prominently, gypsy clothes. It is rather like entering an oversized doll's house. Tables are put in various crooks and crannies, including a mezzanine area of sorts which includes a bed for the taller folk to stretch their cramped legs out on. There's a TV with porn on too, it really doesn't get much better than this. The house can hold up to 24 diners at a time. A sweet little bar nestles in a corner of the main floor and the kitchen is located at the back of the house.
The seed had been planted and since then Tony has taken his bag of tricks around the world, and most recently Glastonbury, creating a four bedroom Love Hotel in the fields with a restaurant downstairs. “It's about being cheeky and childish with everything, making people happy and tapping into imagination and dreams,” Tony said of his creative inspiration.
He puts his passion for moving around down to first and foremost, the weather. “I'm not a fan of winter and the idea of travelling with the installation was born, I'm obsessed by nomadism and the ways of the gypsy. Initially we visited Santiago in Chile where we built a crazy set in the mountain serving the food via pullys through the trees. It went so well and being just over the road from Argentina we set off to Buenos Aires where we set up in an abandoned old mansion in San Telmo.”
Whether you think this man is plain nuts or a creative genius, he definitely commands respect for his pure ambition and drive alone. After Glastonbury they headed for Berlin to build a tree house with materials they scavenged from the streets, a place where he lived for eight weeks. “Often wet but very happy,” Tony optimistically remarks. As ever he's thinking ahead to his next challenge, the next one being travelling from Chile to London via the Americas, Russia, Europe and North Africa where he plans to build a house in 24 major cities with each location, like Berlin, being made from materials collected from the surrounding urban environment.
If this has made you curious, you'll probably have to wait until the end of this year to visit Tony's Hackney home off of Kingsland Road. Or you can go and find him somewhere out there overseas in a tree, a mountain, a castle, just don't expect to find him easily.
Take a look at Tony's Love Hotel at Glastonbury, pictures by Manuel Vazquez.
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Review: 78/52
The brilliantly crafted 78/52 is more than just the careful deconstruction of a scene.
While “movies” have become a cornerstone of mass media, films today aren’t often looked at as iconic. The same can’t be said for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, a masterclass in suspense and filmmaking. The film was the exclamation mark of Hitchcock’s filmmaking legacy and continues to captures audiences half a century later. One moment in particular has stood out in the film, and it’s this very scene that 78/52 masterfully pulls the curtain back on.
The documentary begins with the voice of an older woman. She’s discussing a memory she has of an old audition where she was simply asked come in, undress, and dress back up again. As it turns out she’s the body double of Janet Leigh in Psycho, and would go on to be one “the other woman” in one of Hollywood’s most iconic moments. Interviews given by a flurry of filmmakers, including Gus Van Sant, Elijah Wood, and Eli Roth, continue to make up the eclectic narrative of the picture as they examine the infamous shower scene that changed everything. The interviews are filled with excitement and wonderful nuggets of info that weave together something enchanting. What they uncover is just how much of a shift this film made – not only in the folds of American filmmaking, but for the filmmaker himself.
The brilliantly crafted 78/52 is more than just the careful deconstruction of a scene. Every inch of this documentary is an ode to the film Psycho. From the softened highlights in its colour treatment, to its tension filled score, the documentary drips with love for it’s source material. Where the doc truly shines though is when the impact of a single scene in felt and not heard, as generation after generation of filmmakers light up at the very topic of a shower gone terribly wrong.
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SGA Rewatch: Vengeance
Hello! Welcome to the Stargate Atlantis Rewatch. This week we are wrapping up season three, beginning today with "Vengeance." Beware of spoilers for the episode and all that came before.
The episode opens up with Ronon giving a very intense training lecture to...Rodney. Apparently he's training Rodney in swordplay, or as John puts it, "ninja lessons." This is going about as well as you would expect. John and Elizabeth stop by to tell the pair that they have lost contact with the Taranans. Remember the Taranans? They of the super volcano and Ancient warship that we done got blown up before it was even completely repaired? It appears they haven't really harbored any ill will toward Atlantis about that though, since the expedition has been helping them get settled in on their new planet and has been providing food and other supplies to them over the past year. Elizabeth is concerned at their inability to reach the Taranan settlement, so she wants to send the team out to check on them.
As the team arrives on the planet, they begin their hike to the settlement, which is some ways away from the stargate. John tries to establish contact via radio but gets no answer. They arrive to find the place deserted. There are no people anywhere, although it doesn't look as if anyone actually packed up before leaving. All of their stuff is still sitting around, as if everyone just got up and left in the middle of whatever they were doing at the time. After a cursory search, Rodney notices one extra life sign on his scanner. It is located some way beneath the village. Teyla explains that a previous civilization on the planet had lived underground, similar to the Genii, and had left behind a large network of tunnels. The Taranans did not utilize the tunnels, however, she adds. They decide to go check it out and see if they can locate the owner of the life sign and maybe get some answers. As they explore the underground complex, they find a room containing a giant cocoon of some sort. The cocoon is empty.
Elizabeth dials in to the planet and radios the team to check in on their progress. John tells her about the abandoned state of the settlement, as well as the cocoon. He also says they are tracking one life sign in the tunnels, and suspects that it belongs to whatever was in the cocoon. He and the team want to investigate further. Elizabeth decides to send a team of marines to the planet for backup. John and company continue exploring and Ronon finds a room containing a pile of dead bodies. The team is dismayed to recognize many of the Taranans in the pile. Every body has a wound in its neck that Rodney and John find disturbingly familiar. Ronon presses on and next finds a laboratory of some kind containing a tank holding an iratus bug. The familiarity of the neck wounds is explained, but John is not pleased. Teyla, disturbed, remarks that the iratus bug is not indigenous to this planet. That means someone brought it there on purpose. Someone wonders aloud if it is a wraith experiment of some sort, but Teyla senses no wraith nearby.
The team, even more desperate for answers now, goes back to tracking down the life sign. The marines arrive from Atlantis and radio in from the gate. John tells them to go to radio silence until they hear from him again and to head to the settlement, saying he will meet them there. As he cuts off his radio, they hear a noise and a creature flies out of nowhere to attack them. Everyone opens fire and they manage to wound it (cutting off one of its arms). The creature runs off and everyone takes a moment to regroup, relieved no one was seriously hurt. They examine the arm of the creature, which John thinks they should try to capture alive, before setting off again. As the marines head to the settlement, they hear the sound of the gate opening and turn around in time to see a wraith dart fly through. They raise their weapons to open fire but are scooped up by the dart's culling beam before they can do any damage or contact John. John and company, meanwhile, stumble across a room full of cocoons in their search for the creature. Unlike the first one they found, these all appear to be occupied still.
In Atlantis, Chuck pops his head into Elizabeth's office to let her know that the marines have checked back in. They have made contact with John's team, who has moved further inland from the gate. Elizabeth is puzzled but Chuck elaborates that according to the marines, the team has located the Taranans, who had just left their original settlement for better ground. Elizabeth asks about the cocoon and the life sign and Chuck replies that no mention was made of either, though it was a very brief transmission.
The team has decided that destroying the cocoons is a good idea and have opted to go with C4. The creatures start to hatch as they set the last of the charges and they barely manage to get out of the room and get the door shut in time. They detonate the explosives and check the room again, relieved to see that they have destroyed all of the creatures. Now they just have the first one left to deal with. John tries to radio the marines for a status update and grows concerned when he receives no answer. On his scanner, Rodney realizes that the creature has somehow managed to double back behind them. John thinks it is using the air ducts. Teyla says that it is clear the creature knows the tunnels better than they do and suggests that they return to the surface. That will give them a chance to find the marines and to radio Atlantis for more reinforcements if necessary. Ronon doesn't like the idea of giving up, but they manage to convince him that for the time being it is the best plan they have.
As they head back to the gate, they discuss what they have seen of the creatures as well as the lab they found. Teyla thinks that someone has been experimenting with crossing the iratus bug with the Taranans. Rodney points out that this is pretty much how the wraith evolved, although clearly whoever is behind these experiments isn't trying to make actual wraith. He suspects the end goal is some sort of hybrid creature that can be used as a weapon. They are all disturbed at the prospect. They reach the gate without having seen any sign of the marines and begin to fear that the men might have encountered the creature as well and not survived. Rodney tries to dial Atlantis but nothing happens. He looks under the hood of the DHD and realizes that the control crystal has been removed. Someone doesn't want them to leave the planet. The scene shifts back to the tunnels where we follow a figure walking through them into the room where the cocoons had been. The camera pans to reveal Michael as he surveys the destroyed cocoons, looking quite distraught.
John decides to head back to the settlement on the off chance that the marines survived. He wants to try to find them. They return to the tunnels and this time Teyla senses something, though she is not entirely certain it is a wraith. Rodney checks his scanner and is surprised when a second extra life sign suddenly appears as if out of nowhere. He realizes that part of the complex must be shielded somehow. The scanner shows that the creature is heading for the extra life sign and the team heads to intercept in case the extra is one of their men. As they approach the life signs, Teyla ducks in a room to scope it out and the door suddenly slams shut behind her. The rest of the team whirls around to try to open the door but the corridor is suddenly flooded with fog or smoke of some sort, destroying visibility, and then the creature attacks. In the room, Teyla bangs on the door, unable to open it from her side. She senses something behind her and whirls around to find herself face to face with Michael. In the corridor, the team manages to kill the creature at last and the fog begins to clear. They get the door open but there is no sign of Teyla. Rodney quickly checks his scanner and finds two life signs moving away from them. The boys start to follow the life signs but they suddenly disappear, confirming Rodney's suspicions that the complex has shielded areas.
We find Teyla strapped down on a table with Michael looming over her, gloating silently. He indicates a tank holding an iratus bug and it is clear that not only is he behind the experiments they have discovered but also that he means to conduct them on Teyla. She begins talking to him, trying to stall for time and to get an explanation of what has happened to the Taranans and what those creatures really are. Secure in the knowledge that he has the upper hand, Michael is only too glad to oblige her. Thanks to the Lantean experiments on him, he is now perceived as unclean by other wraith. He barely escaped alive off of the hive that saved him from the planet the team left him on. He has decided that he needs to find a way to protect himself, and so he has begun his experiment. He was able to figure out how to reverse the process of the retrovirus and use it to create creatures even stronger than the wraith to serve him. He explains his basic process to her (also filling in how and why the Taranans died) and says he has created the perfect animals to do his bidding. Pissed as he is that they destroyed his incubation chamber, he assures Teyla that it was not the only one in the complex. Nor is this the only planet on which he is conducting the experiment.
The boys manage to locate the shielded part of the complex and blast their way in. This trips a silent alarm and Michael tells Teyla that the rest of her team is coming for her. He tells her it doesn't matter though. They will meet the same fate as her and the Taranans. Horrified, Teyla warns Michael that Elizabeth will send help, but he just chuckles and tells her about sending a false message to Atlantis after capturing the marines. He doesn't expect any further contact from the city until well after he is done with the team. Meanwhile, John, Rodney, and Ronon have located the bodies of the marines. They were clearly killed by the iratus bugs. One of the creatures appears and attacks them. They manage to kill it. Hearing the gunfire from his lab, Michael looses the iratus bug on Teyla and leaves. It is about to latch on to Teyla's neck when the boys arrive and Ronon shoots it right off of her. They unstrap her from the table and she tells them it is Michael behind the whole mess. John and Ronon go after him while Rodney stays behind to gather as much information about the experiment as he can in the hopes of finding a weakness of the creatures. Teyla stands guard.
John reminds Ronon to leave his gun on "stun" and Ronon lashes out, telling John that he isn't playing nicely anymore with Michael. He is going to do what they should have done in the first place and kill him. As far as he is concerned, their whole ordeal with the retrovirus has brought nothing but trouble and as long as Michael lives that will continue to be the case. They split up and resume their hunt. In the lab, Rodney marvels at how quickly Michael was able to progress with his experiments. Teyla wonders aloud what Michael left behind when they captured him, lamenting that they know nothing about his past other than that he was a wraith. Rodney comments that he must have been a very smart wraith. He manages to get the shielding in the complex turned off and contacts John to let him know. As they are talking, Rodney picks up a very large number of life signs directly ahead of John. We see Michael open a door and creatures start pouring out of the room beyond it.
Over the radio, Rodney guides John away from the creatures and toward Ronon. But when John rounds the corner he finds himself face to face (and gun to gun) with Michael, not Ronon. They have a bit of a standoff and Rodney sees that the creatures are starting to close in on John's position. John tells Rodney and Teyla to head to the gate and that he will meet them there. He then demands the DHD control crystal from Michael, but Michael refuses to hand it over. A creature appears and attacks John and Michael takes advantage of his distraction to escape. Before the creature can do any damage, Ronon appears, guns blazing, and kills the creature.
John and Ronon make their way out of the tunnels through an escape hatch and come across Michael's dart. Ronon's first thought is to blow it up, but John says he can use it to beam up the rest of the team and then fly them out of there. Ronon stands guard while John gets inside and fires up the dart, creatures closing in all around them. Just as Ronon is about to be overwhelmed, John flies by and beams him up. Elsewhere, Teyla and Rodney are running for the gate and also find themselves surrounded by the creatures. Rodney is appalled as Teyla is shot by a stunner and collapses next to him. He turns to locate the shooter and is stunned as well. Michael strides forward, a look of gloating once more on his face. But before he can do anything, John flies by in the dart and scoops them both up. Michael looks after the dart, chagrined.
In Atlantis, the team dials in and arrives on foot having ditched the dart on another planet. Elizabeth is surprised at their state and then horrified to learn that the marines and all of the Taranans are dead. John promises an explanation but first wants to have the Daedalus diverted to fly by the planet and destroy Michael's facility. Later, Elizabeth tells Teyla that Rodney has finished going through all of the data he downloaded from the lab. Michael has similar facilities on at least three other planets and it is a safe assumption he has hundreds of these creatures bred already. Elizabeth also reveals that Michael got the information about the Taranans from the Atlantis database when the wraith hacked it the previous year, meaning they led him right to them. The guilt is written plainly on her face and Teyla has no real response to comfort her. John stops by her office a little later and says that he's heard back from the Daedalus. By the time the ship got to the planet Michael had already taken all of his creatures and abandoned the facility. They were unable to capture him or destroy any of the experiments. The episode ends with John and Elizabeth reflecting that they need to find Michael. He just gets more and more dangerous every time they meet him. John remarks that it's a safe bet that Atlantis is at the top of his hit list.
My, my, how the sins of the past season come back to haunt us. For the record, I am with Ronon on this one. The second they began to experiment on Michael, they set this whole ball in motion. Granted, he is not without blame for this mess at all. But still, what were they expecting, really? That the wraith would just gladly go into oblivion? That there would be no backlash? That after repeatedly converting Michael and abandoning him he would just walk away and forget about them? Really?
Anyway. I think it's interesting that so much effort was spent on the creatures and establishing how many of them Michael has and what a huge threat they are to the galaxy. Why? Because as far as I can recall, we are never going to see them again. On the other hand, this episode also goes to great lengths to establish that a) Michael is a huge threat to the galaxy, and b) that he has a huge ax to grind with Atlantis in particular.
This isn't a bad episode, but it definitely isn't one of my favorites. Largely because the whole story of Michael rubs me the wrong way. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to see that our heroes are fallible, but this seems like it is just too big of a mistake for them to have made in the first place. Also, it is set up to have a very campy horror vibe, and while well done, that really isn't my cup of tea. I did like how it paid tribute to Alien, though, because that film clearly had a lot of influence over this episode.
Re: Ronon teaching Rodney swordfighting. Ha! I feel a bit vindicated. Ronon is teaching Rodney how to look out for himself. It's a very touching (and funny) scene, and I love that it was included. It also confirms the brotherly relationship these two men have, which I think is becoming one of my favorite aspects of this series the more I watch it over again.
Finally, I do have one nitpick. I noticed in the opening credits that Carson still makes an appearance. That just strikes me as incredibly, well, tacky. The character has been dead for two episodes now, we shouldn't still be seeing him in the credits. I realize that in killing off one of the main-credits characters three episodes before the end of the season, they weren't going to make a new set of credits or anything. I am not suggesting that they should have. But during the transition between Ford and Ronon, they just didn't have an opening sequence at all, instead rolling the credits over the episode itself. I think it would have been a lot more respectful to do that in this case too. Granted, in the long run it isn't really an important detail, but this is one of those shows where the little details do matter to the fans. It strikes me as odd that the producers fell down in this is what I guess I am saying here.
"Are you weak?" (Ronon)
"Uh...no?" (Rodney)
"What is that?" (Teyla)
"Ugh. It's a piece of an arm, it looks like." (Ronon)
"Let's hope that slows him down." (John)
"Well, maybe it'll bleed to death." (Rodney)
"Or just grow another arm." (Ronon)
"Alien.... The movie Alien. They used the air-shafts when they overran the ship." (John)
"And then they systematically killed the entire crew one by one. Thank you for bringing that up." (Rodney)
"They didn't kill 'em all. " (John)
"In some ways, it looked almost like a human." (Ronon)
"If by 'human' you mean clad in a grotesquely proportioned exoskeleton, yes, very human." (Rodney)
"I meant it looked like it had two arms and two legs." (Ronon)
"It looked like a giant bug to me. I hate those things." (John)
"Oh, hey, wait. Set your gun to stun." (John)
"What?!" (Ronon)
"Yeah. We're gonna need to question him." (John)
"No. No more talking. No more questioning. I'm gonna do what we should have done the first time we captured him." (Ronon)
"Ronon, listen to me." (John)
"No, you listen to me John. This retrovirus thing was a mistake. I said it then, no one listened to me. It was a bad idea." (Ronon)
"We had to try. If it worked, we wouldn't--" (John)
"But it didn't work. Admit it. It just made things worse. How long do you wanna keep paying for it?" (Ronon)
"You'd think that the human side of him would temper his aggression a bit." (Rodney)
"Yes, because we humans aren't aggressive at all." (Teyla)
"Well certainly less aggressive than, uh...oh, sarcasm. Yeah, nice." (Rodney)
There we end for today folks. Man, I don't know why I think that Ronon never talks. He's been getting some of the better lines all season. Huh. Anyhoo, see you back here on Wednesday when we'll finish out the season with "First Strike."
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SGA Rewatch: Tracker
Welcome to another week and another installment of the Stargate Atlantis Rewatch! Today we'll be talking about season five's "Tracker." Spoilers for the episode and all that came before it.
Things open up with Rodney preening in front of a mirror in his quarters, saying a random technical phrase over and over again. John comes in and we learn that Rodney is going offworld on a follow-up medical mission. On his day off. John teases him a bit that it's odd that Rodney would volunteer for a goodwill mission on his day off. Rodney heads to the gate room where he finds Jennifer and the surprise addition of Ronon. Rodney is a little bit less than pleased at Ronon's inclusion but the three of them head out.
On the planet Jennifer explains that a sickness similar to influenza has been sweeping through the village so she is just checking up on people and making sure they get the necessary medical attention and treatment to keep it from being a deadly outbreak. They check on a little boy and she tells his mother that he is ill but should be fine as long as he gets plenty of rest and fluids. She also mentions she will prescribe some medicine and Rodney pops out that term he had been practicing earlier, impressing Jennifer. Jennifer says she would like to check the mother as well just to be on the safe side and asks Rodney and Ronon to give them some privacy. She suggests they head into the village and grab some lunch at the tavern.
The two of them have an awkward meal where each tries to convince the other one to go home without saying outright that each of them wants to be alone with Jennifer. They head back to the house where they left Jennifer but she is not there anymore. The mother tells them that Jennifer finished with them and left a while ago, saying she was heading to the tavern to join them. They try to radio her and get no answer. Rodney thinks it might not be working, either that or she turned it off. Ronon says she wouldn't do that and they realize something must have happened to her. They check with the other villagers but there is no sign of her. They worry that someone might have taken her against her will. Ronon tells Rodney to head back to the gate to radio for help while he checks the village and the surrounding area.
Jennifer wakes up in the woods with her hands tied. She sees a strange man, her abductor, going through her things. He sees she's awake and aims a stunner at her, telling her if she wouldn't struggle he wouldn't need the stunner. She tries to find out what he wants and why he's taken her but he refuses to answer, instead telling her it is time to go.
In the woods Ronon finds something and radios Rodney. He says he's picked up tracks of standard Atlantis issue boots--Jennifer's--but that there is someone with her. Bigger tracks, closer to Ronon's size, and it looks like there was a struggle. The strange thing is that they seem to have just appeared out of nowhere. Then he finds a single set of tracks heading into the woods, the man's, they are deeper and Ronon suspects the man was carrying Jennifer, hopefully after just knocking her out. Rodney says he is almost back to the gate and Ronon tells him good, to call for help, he's going after Jennifer. He finds the spot where Jennifer woke up and sees that there are two sets of tracks again, informing Rodney in a relieved voice that Jennifer is definitely still alive.
Rodney gets to the gate but before he can dial Atlantis it activates and a group of wraith walk through. Rodney quickly hides but he steps on a branch and attracts their attention. One comes after him and he runs, radioing Ronon and firing blindly behind himself. The wraith catches him but Ronon arrives and kills it before it can feed. Ronon looks at the wraith and declares that it is a hunter, the kind that chases Runners. Which means there is a Runner on the planet. He asks Rodney where the other wraith went and Rodney replies that they spread out through the forest.
The man leading Jennifer through the woods stops and declares that this is as far as they go on the trail. She asks where he is taking her and then asks that he at least tell her his name. He replies there will be plenty of time to talk when they get "there," but won't say where "there" is. The man begins treading deliberately away and Jennifer hears a noise in the brush. She thinks it is Ronon and calls out but it is one of the wraith. She turns to the man and calls out a warning. He activates a device on his wrist and disappears. The wraith moves in and the man reappears behind him, cutting off his head. Jennifer looks at them both in horror.
Ronon and Rodney warn the village that they have spotted wraith on the planet. They don't think the wraith are headed to the village but still suggest the people gather themselves up and get to a safe hiding place. They ask if if the villagers have seen any strangers lately but they say no.
Jennifer asks the man what the device is but he says it will take too long to answer. She asks if they can at least rest a bit but he says no, that will give her team time to find them. She feigns ignorance but he tells her that he knows she is a doctor from Atlantis and that there are two men traveling with her. This scares her and she runs. But she doesn't get very far before the man appears in front of her, stunner aimed. He shoots her.
Ronon and Rodney get the villagers moved to the caverns and then try to decide what to do next. Rodney wants to go back to the gate but Ronon thinks if they don't find the Runner right away, they won't ever. Rodney says he doesn't think it is a good time to split up but Ronon just stalks off into the woods.
Jennifer wakes up and her captor pulls her up and says they need to keep moving, there are more wraith. She continues to ask him questions he won't answer, realizing he isn't from the village and that the wraith are after him. She asks why and this time he does answer, saying he is a Runner. He asks if she knows what those are and she says yes, one of the men she is traveling with used to be one. This stops the man up short. He says Runners don't just stop being Runners. He asks how that's possible. She tells him to take her to Ronon and she'll tell him. He is tempted but declines, telling her nice try.
Rodney catches up to Ronon and they find where Jennifer's tracks start up again. He thinks that the tracks are too clear though, no Runner is that stupid, he says. They keep moving and stop when they find blood, Rodney is worried but Ronon tells him it is wraith blood. Ronon thinks something is odd about the tracks in the area and proceeds carefully. His caution pays off when he finds a trap in the ground. As he said, no Runner is that stupid.
Jennifer and the Runner reach a cliff wall and he tells her they are going up top of that. She asks how, they don't have any ropes for climbing. He tells her they don't need ropes and activates his device. They are teleported to the top of the cliff and she realizes that is how he got her out of the village without being seen. He says he found the device on another planet and it has helped him stay ahead of the wraith.
Ronon is tracking and realizes Rodney is not with him. He calls out and finds that Rodney has stopped to shake a stone out of his boot. Unfortunately before Ronon gets back to him a wraith steps out of the woods. Rodney manages to shoot it dead though and the two men get in a brief argument. Ronon is angry that Rodney is slowing him down. But Rodney grins and tells Ronon they don't need to rely on old school tracking anymore. He takes a device off the wraith and says now they can track the Runner with that. Ronon looks at it and says they are even farther away than he thought. They keep on and Rodney tells Ronon that he shouldn't be resenting his presence. He guarantees that sooner or later Ronon is going to need his help with something and then will be glad he is there. He needs to remember they are on the same team.
Jennifer asks the Runner when he is going to tell her what he wants from her. He answers that he needs her to help someone. She tries to get more details but he says she'll find out. He says once he gets her to her patient he can't stay with them. The longer he is one place the more likely the wraith are to find him, and there could be a dozen more on their way.
Rodney and Ronon get to the cliff and Ronon says the trail ends there. Rodney looks at the tracking advice and says they are dead ahead, so they either climbed it or found a way around. Ronon asks Rodney to solve the problem of getting up there and Rodney says that's not in his wheelhouse. Ronon just shrugs and says he thought so before stalking off.
Jennifer asks the Runner if he's considered having his tracking device removed. He says he's seen several doctors and none of them have had any luck. She says that she's got some pretty advanced skills and tech and admits that one of their doctors removed Ronon's tracker, which is how he stopped being a Runner. He asks if she has something in her kit that can remove it. She says she's got a scanner and anesthetic, if he wants her to help someone it will be a lot safer for all parties if they throw off the wraith before they get there. He grudgingly cuts her bonds and lets her look at it. She gets out the scanner and after a moment she makes a grim face. She explains that his tracker is different. It is fused to his spine and his brain stem. Removing it would kill him. He doesn't really react and just tells her they need to get going.
Ronon and Rodney find a way around the cliff but it costs them some time. Nightfall is quickly approaching, although Rodney says at least it will be a very short night. They trigger another trap but Ronon's quick reflexes keep them from being hurt. He remarks that this guy is good.
Jennifer and the Runner get to their destination and he leads her into a hidden cave where a little girl is sleeping. Her name is Celise, she broke her leg and it has become infected. He tried finding a doctor on three different planets before hearing that doctors from Atlantis were helping in the village so he came here. Jennifer starts her examination and asks if Celise is his daughter. He says no and explains she lived in a village that was destroyed by the wraith after he stayed there for one night. The whole population was culled and she was the only one he could save. Jennifer chides him that he could have just asked for her help but he says he couldn't take that chance. He asks how bad it is and she says bad. She will do what she can but Celise needs stronger medicine than Jennifer has with her. He says that Jennifer cannot let her die and then goes outside.
Jennifer gets the wound treated and the girl wakes up, momentarily surprised by her presence. She asks after the Runner, calling him Kiryk. Jennifer assures Celise that Kiryk is just outside keeping watch. Celise says Kiryk isn't really mean, he just pretends to be, and Jennifer replies that she knows someone just like him.
Rodney and Ronon come upon a wraith in the woods. They sneak up on it and see that it has been impaled by one of Kiryk's traps and is dead. They move on.
Jennifer pops out of the cave and tells Kiryk she's done everything she can for Celise with what she has but she isn't out of the woods. Jennifer wants to take her to Atlantis to continue her care. Kiryk can't go to Atlantis because of his tracking device, but he agrees as long as Celise is returned to him after she's healed. Jennifer says she isn't sure that's a good idea. Living with a Runner is dangerous and no life for a little girl. Kiryk hears something and hides Jennifer. Some wraith approach and Kiryk fights them off but is stunned when another one sneaks up during the struggle. From inside the cave Celise calls out and the last wraith goes to investigate. As he approaches the girl Jennifer stabs him from behind.
Kiryk wakes up in the woods and finds Jennifer and Celise nearby. He asks what happened and Jennifer tells him she knew they couldn't stay so she carried Celise there and then went back and dragged Kiryk. He says he'll carry Celise and they'll head to the gate. Jennifer says there are wraith everywhere, that's a bad idea. She tells Kiryk she thinks she has figured out a way to disable the tracking device using her portable defibrillator. She warns him it is a risky procedure but he says the end result is the same either way and agrees to let her try, as long as she promises to take care of Celise if he doesn't survive.
Rodney and Ronon see that they are getting close to the Runner's signal.
Jennifer puts the defibrillator pads on either side of the tracking device and charges them. In the woods Rodney loses the Runner's signal. Jennifer does CPR to revive Kiryk and she scans the tracker, saying she thinks she managed to fry it for good. Unfortunately it also seems to have fried Kiryk's teleportation device. He says it doesn't matter, he doesn't need it anymore. She asks if she can have it, saying she knows someone who would love to study it, working or not.
Ronon and Rodney keep tracking the old school way and Ronon finds the marks from where Jennifer dragged Kiryk. Then they find the clearing where Jennifer stopped to rest and Ronon figures out more or less what happened (Jennifer dragged Kiryk, revived him, they left together) from the tracks. Rodney said that Ronon mentioned two bodies had rested there and Ronon tells him the other one was small, probably a child. They find Celise's doll. Then they hear darts overhead and realize the wraith must have noticed that the signal died.
Jennifer and Kiryk get back to the cliff and Kiryk leaves to check out the path down. Ronon comes from out of nowhere and the two men start fighting. Jennifer jumps in between them and manages to convince Ronon to stand down. Rodney calls her attention to Celise and Jennifer sees that her sutures have torn. They will need to be restitched before they can move the girl. Ronon and Kiryk stand guard while she does this.
Just as they are ready to move on, wraith find them. Jennifer and Rodney together manage to take one out while Ronon and Kiryk each take care of one. Rodney asks Jennifer where she learned to fight like that and is less than enthused when she tells him she has been taking sparring lessons from Ronon. They head back to the gate and Jennifer distracts Rodney from griping out Kiryk by giving him the broken teleportation device. Ronon asks Kiryk about Celise and he promises to get both of them out this situation.
They get to the gate and see it is surrounded by wraith. Ronon and Kiryk discuss strategy and Rodney exclaims that he managed to fix the teleportation device. Kiryk snags it and ports down to the gate, attacking wraith left and right. Ronon heads down to help him but Kiryk manages to dial the gate and jumps through, drawing the wraith behind before Ronon can get there. Jennifer takes Celise through to Atlantis while Rodney goes to tell the villagers they can return to their homes.
Back on Atlantis Celise is well on the road to recovery. Rodney is showing her a video game and John and Ronon stop by to visit. Jennifer tells them that a woman on the planet where they found Celise has agreed to take her in. Celise asks if she will see Kiryk again and Jennifer replies that she doesn't know. John promises they are looking for him though. Ronon gives Celise her doll and Rodney's face falls when he sees the happy look Jennifer gives Ronon.
Later Ronon is training by himself and Rodney goes to pay him a visit. He says he needs to know Ronon's intentions with Jennifer. Ronon says he doesn't have any but then asks what Rodney means. Rodney asks if Ronon is interested in her in a romantic fashion. Ronon says maybe he does have intentions then asks if Rodney does. Rodney says of course he does, that's why he was asking. Ronon asks what they do about that and Rodney says he isn't going to fight Ronon for her, but he's not going to step aside either. He guesses they'll just have to let her decide. (Well, duh.) Ronon says okay and they shake on it.
So pretty much the whole point of this episode is to advance the Jennifer-Ronon-Rodney love triangle plot. I get the impression that when John gave his report of what he saw in the future, he didn't tell anybody about the relationship that Jennifer and Rodney developed. He is definitely having fun watching Jennifer and Rodney dance around each other now, although he seems oblivious to Ronon's interest. In fact, this episode kind of establishes that up until now neither Ronon nor Rodney were aware that they were competing for the good doctor's affections.
While I do think that Jennifer seems to enjoy Ronon's company, to me it seems pretty obvious that romantically she is more interested in Rodney. Part of that is a given, I guess, after the events of "The Shrine." I'm speaking not only of Rodney's confession of love but also how clearly opposed Jennifer and Ronon were to each other in that episode. I think from that we can suss out that Rodney is a lot more compatible with Jennifer than Ronon is. Then there is Jennifer's remark about knowing someone who pretends to be mean, which could apply to Ronon, but I think she meant Rodney. Ronon holds himself as more aloof than unpleasant. Also, Jennifer was thinking about Rodney enough to snag that teleportation device for him to study. In the middle of being kidnapped and running for her life and protecting a patient, she thought to get him a present. I mean, come on. So, yeah.
With that in mind, it just comes down to whether or not Rodney can handle the competition on his own, and this episode shows that he can. He clearly cares about Jennifer enough to continue pursuing the relationship even in the wake of a friend's obvious interest. But he also respects Ronon enough to go to him and let him know where they stand on the situation. While a part of me was kind of annoyed at their almost second-thought decision to let Jennifer be the one who decides which guy she's gonna date, I do like that they were very adult about it and clearly don't want to let it get in the way of their friendship.
Finally, I like that this episode gave everybody: Ronon, Rodney, and even Jennifer, a chance to shine at one point or another throughout the episode. In the end, each of them contributed to getting them out of the situation. That was pretty cool.
"What the hell are you doing?" (Ronon)
"At the moment, killing wraith!" (Rodney)
"I'm sorry, but I guarantee you: at some point you're gonna need my help. You'll see. There'll be some problem you can't solve and you'll turn to me, I'll figure it out in the nick of time and you'll say, 'Good job,' or just grunt, or slap me on the back harder than necessary. Anyway, the point is we both have our gifts, so you need to stop resenting my presence here and start realizing that we're on the same team, both trying to achieve the same goal, right?" (Rodney)
"Don't worry, we're gonna get you out of this. Both of you." (Ronon)
That's it for today. See you back here on Wednesday for our next episode, "First Contact."
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Historical Perspectives: Books
Backdoor to Eugenics (2003)- Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's Backdoor to Eugenics was a groundbreaking book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic technologies. Completely updated and revised, this work will be welcomed back into print as we struggle to understand the pros and cons of prenatal detection of birth defects; gene therapies; growth hormones; and substitute genetic answers to problems linked with such groups as Jews, Scandanavians, Native American, Arabs and African Americans. Duster's book has never been more timely. Learn more and purchase the book on Amazon.
Body & Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination (2013)- Author: Alondra Nelson Alondra Nelson deftly recovers an indispensable but lesser-known aspect of the organization’s broader struggle for social justice: health care.
Dying in a City of Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health (2001)- Author: Keith Wailoo This groundbreaking book chronicles the history of sickle cell anemia in the United States, tracing its transformation from an "invisible" malady to a powerful, yet contested, cultural symbol of African American pain and suffering.
Genetics and Global Public Health: Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (2012)- Authors: Simon M. Dyson & Karl Atkin Genetics and Global Public Health presents a new concluding chapter which highlights the critical nature of social science research for sickle cell and thalassaemia communities, providing key insights into the social contexts of human behaviour and analysing how societal arrangements could change to assist people living with either condition.
In the Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race (1998)- Author: Melbourne Tapper In the Blood argues that ever since the discovery in 1910 and subsequent scientific analysis of the disease, sickle cell anemia has been manipulated to serve social ends-as a tool for securing white identity and a way to establish a hierarchy based on European heritage.
Managing Sickle Cell Disease: In Low-Income Families (2003)- Shirley A. Hill examines how low-income African American mothers with children suffering from this hereditary, incurable, and chronically painful disease, react to the diagnosis and manage their family's health care. Learn more and purchase the book on Amazon.
People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier (2013)- People's Science uncovers the tension between scientific innovation and social equality, taking the reader inside California's 2004 stem cell initiative, the first of many state referenda on scientific research, to consider the lives it has affected.
The Enculturated Gene: Sickle Cell Health Politics and Biological Difference in West Africa (2011)- Author: Duana Wiley The Enculturated Gene reveals how the notion of an advantageous form of sickle cell in this part of West Africa has defined – and obscured – the nature of this illness in Senegal today.
The Social Life of DNA (2016)- Authors: Alondra Nelson In The Social Life of DNA, Nelson explains how cutting-edge DNA-based techniques are being used in myriad ways, including grappling with the unfinished business of slavery: to foster reconciliation, to establish ties with African ancestral homelands, to rethink and sometimes alter citizenship, and to make legal claims for slavery reparations specifically based on ancestry.
The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine (2008)- Authors: Keith Wailco & Stephen Pemberton In this captivating account, historians Keith Wailoo and Stephen Pemberton reveal how Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease―fraught with ethnic and racial meanings for many Americans―became objects of biological fascination and crucibles of social debate.
Uncertain Suffering (2009)- In a wide ranging analysis that moves from individual patient cases to the compassionate yet distanced professionalism of health care specialists to the level of national policy, Carolyn Moxley Rouse uncovers the cultural assumptions that shape the quality and delivery of care for sickle cell patients. She reveals a clinical world fraught with uncertainties over how to treat black patients given resource limitations and ambivalence. Learn more and buy the book on Amazon.
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Damn Vandals Release “Done For Desire”
August 2, 2012 Intensely Nick Uncategorized 0
So who are the Damn Vandals?
They are a superb rock alternative band from the UK who have just released a scorching debut album called Done For Desire. With a short, sharp, snappy name like theirs they gain interest from the start and then you check their tunes and definitely become engaged to these Damn Vandals.
‘Done For Desire’ follows on from the highly acclaimed ‘Beautiful Mind’ EP, which garnered passionate support across radio and print media, including being made Shaun Keaveny’s ‘Record of the Week’ on his BBC6 Music Breakfast Show. It’s produced by Julian Simmons, whose credits include Midlake, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Ed Sheeran, Guillemots, and Goldheart Assembly.
‘Done For Desire’ gets a grip on you from the start. It is astutely acerbic and stimulatingly searing. Damn Vandals provide a nice tight sound which sits somewhere between the sound of Echo And The Bunnymen/The Jesus And Mary Chain whilst being unmistakably themselves.
For more: http://damnvandals.co.uk/#191/custom_plain
Apparently, Punk Is Dead…
CD Review: Jesse Terry “Empty Seat on a Plane”
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Ghana And The Road To Nigeria By Pius Adesanmi
To the accompaniment of Phil Collins’s “That’s Just the Way it is”
by Sahara Reporters Dec 24, 2010
Dear Ghana,
Last week, you officially became a very important country in world geo-politics as you joined the league of oil-producing countries. The first gush of oil came after a ceremony attended by President John Atta Mills. I would have advised President Atta Mills and every member of Ghana’s leadership to travel to a village called Oloibiri in Nigeria and read what is written on the withered foreheads of the villagers before pumping that epochal first drop of oil in Ghana. It would have been a sobering learning experience for them. Anyway, welcome to the world of Nigeria, Angola, and Gabon. Now that you are no longer just a backyard producer of cocoa and gold, you will begin to notice significant shifts in how you are treated by the international community - defined as the countries of Western Europe and America. You see, in international relations, all men were not created equal. The rule here is Orwellian: the owner of black gold is infinitely more equal than the owner of gold and cocoa. Don’t even mention groundnut sellers like Senegal. They are not on the radar and will not be until the Americans discover in the future that groundnut contains ingredients that could cure obesity. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
Here are the early indications of your new status that you must watch out for: you will be promoted from occasional spectator status to enhanced spectator status during G8 and G20 summits; President Atta Mills will be invited to Washington in the first quarter of 2011 on a grand state visit and White House chefs will be taught to prepare gourmet kenkey; your Ambassador in Washington will suddenly become a very important man and will begin to receive lots of invitations to White House diners much to the displeasure of Nigeria and South Africa; your Ambassador will soon become the Dean of the African diplomatic corps in Washington. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
Hillary Clinton will now regularly mention a special relationship that has always existed between Ghana and the USA in her speeches - her speechwriters will arrange for more than 50% of African Americans to trace their root to a village near the Akosombo dam in 2011. Luckily, African Americans tend to discover and locate their roots wherever the wind of augury is blowing in Africa. Many of them discovered their Zulu and Xhosa ancestry when South Africa was the talk of the town in 1994. Oprah Winfreh may now announce that she is no longer of Zulu heritage but her ancestors were actually proud Akan warriors. And the brand new Reverend Al Sharpton Okomfo Anokye Junior may announce an emotional trip home to his roots in Kumasi. Hillary Clinton may start carrying a kente handbag in her public appearances; President Obama may now suddenly remember that his father’s family actually migrated from Ghana to Kenya sometime in the 19th century; some lunatic Republican Senator may declare loudly in Congress: “we are all Ghanaians!” People from Guyana in South America should expect their enlightened American neighbours or colleagues at work to say: “hey buddy, I heard that your African country now has oil. Good for ya!” That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
There is more: before the middle of 2011, the State Department will suddenly discover an old memo recommending the construction of a bigger and more functional American embassy in Accra that will rival the embassies in Baghdad and Kabul in size; before the end of 2011, AFRICOM commanders will recommend the establishment of a major Accra substation and Green Zone to pre-emptorily break the linkages between Ghanaian terrorists and their newly-discovered Ashanti relatives in the rugged regions of Yemen, Pakistan, and Afghanistan; China, as usual, will do her job more quietly and effectively than the noisy Americans to make sure that your black gold comes under the red flag and not the star-spangled banner. In other words, you own that oil the way a child in Africa is said to own a goat that he feeds and cares for only to discover the true owner of the goat the day it is slaughtered and he gets the entrails while the elders in the compound feast on the real meat. Somewhere between America and China, you will soon know who the real owners of the oil are. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
For now, the oil companies running the show are unknown British and American quantities called Tullow Oil Plc and Kosmos Energy LLC. Exxon Mobil is said to have sniffed around like a dog and walked out on a deal to buy Kosmos Energy’s share of the new booty in Ghana. That is because it is still morning yet in Ghana’s oil destiny. Don’t worry. ExxonMobil will be back. They always come back. The other big boys will also descend on Ghana once they secure China’s permission: BP, Shell, Chevron, Total Elf, and ConocoPhillips. I’m afraid the arrival of all these people will mark the official end of the independence you got in 1957. They will establish and run parallel governments in Accra complete with their own sovereign armed forces that will have the right to shoot down your citizens in broad daylight if they are deemed obstacles to pipelines. Henceforth, no one will win presidential elections in Ghana without their say-so. Five years from now, watch out for Wikileaks’s release of conversations between the American Ambassador in Accra and the CEOs of these Western oil companies. They will talk about Ghana’s president like an obedient school boy. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
My dear Ghana, please do not be distracted by these little things. Washington, Beijing, and the oil companies are the least of your problems. Your real problem now is Abuja. I am sure you know that little story about the road to hell being infinitely more attractive than the road to salvation? Hell, for you Ghana, is Abuja. Abuja is inhabited by an irresponsible political rulership that has done with Nigeria’s oil everything you should not do with your own oil. Whatever you do, do not take the road to Abuja with your oil. It is a sure road to perdition. You want to make sure you go the way of the United Arab Emirates with your oil. I am writing, therefore, to help you develop an early warning signal based on the colour codes developed by the Americans in the age of terrorism. The mechanism I am advocating will help you determine how dangerously close to Abuja you are at any point and quickly retrace your steps. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
You need to pay attention to the language of your citizens. The fumes of oil are worse than the fumes of alcohol. Oil inebriates in a far more lethal fashion. Your citizens may start using words, phrases, and sentences hitherto unknown in Ghanaian English. Monitor and police them closely. When regular Joes, sorry, regular Mensahs, suddenly begin to gather in Kwame Nkrumah Circle or Labadi beach in Accra to talk about “resource control”, that is bad news. Not good at all. You should put your warning signal in code yellow when this happens. From resource control, your politicians and public officials may suddenly begin to make a lot of noise about “onshore” and “offshore” dichotomy. When you begin to hear talk like that, put your alarm system in code orange. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
Watch your parliamentarians. They are not unaware of what their irresponsible counterparts are doing in the National Assembly in Abuja. It’s just that cocoa and gold could not in any way have guaranteed parity of extravagance with Abuja. Now that there is oil, parliamentary discourse in Accra may suddenly be exclusively reduced to the following keywords: estacode, upward budget review, upward contract review, supplementary appropriation, constituency projects, hardship allowances, newspaper allowances, furniture allowances, recharge card allowances, convoy allowances, renovation allowances, anticipatory approvals. I pity and fear for the Cedi. She will become an endangered species in the language of your politicians and government officials once the petrodollars begin to flow. They will carry out all their transactions in dollars and frown whenever Cedis are mentioned. They may begin to stash raw dollar bills in the presidential Castle in Accra. When all this happens, you are still in code orange. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
Watch out for the big brother and giant of Africa disease. It is worse than HIV/AIDS and has no cure. You see, oil is at once sociology and pathology. Behind every irresponsible national elite in Africa there is plenty of oil. And you must know that Nigeria’s national elite may be the king of irresponsibility, they have no monopoly over it. Your politicians and the new oil elite in Accra may forget that there is still hunger in Ho and Hohoe and begin to ship loads of dollars to places like Chad, Guinea, Niger Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Gambia, Mauritania, the Congos, and Sierra Leone. Rivalry with Nigeria being an ever-present stimulus, they may get ambitious and begin to fund every peacekeeping operation in the continent. They may even begin to tell ECOWAS and the AU that Ghana’s problem is not money but how to spend it. When this happens, Ghana is already in the outskirts of Abuja, approaching downtown Abuja at breakneck speed. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
If you want to travel the big brother route with your new petrodollars, you must always remember that no matter how much you give in aid to fellow African countries, your citizens will be the first to be stereotyped and spat upon when they visit those recipient countries. Well, you already know how you treat Nigerians in Ghana these days so we are not in strange territory here. And you know that our friends in South Africa now see a makwerekwere in every Nigerian despite millions of petrodollars sunk into the anti-apartheid struggle by Nigeria. Very soon, our friends in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya will erect airport showers to disinfect the Nigerians they grudgingly allow into those countries after frisking worse than any indignity an African could suffer in a Euro-American airport. And remember that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ran to Washington to thank them for money and limbs that Nigeria lost while preserving her country even as the unconcerned Americans watched the carnage on TV with their hamburgers and budweisers in hand, between the NBA and the Super Bowl. It is not certain that Mama in Monrovia even remembers that Abuja spent the money to defend and later patch up her country, not Washington. Those are the little indignities of big brotherhood in Africa that you must be prepared for as you begin to flex some muscle with your oil. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
You want to ensure that things do not reach code red by which time your citizens will be talking of MEER – Movement for the Emancipation of Every Region. Somewhere above the cacophony of Kalashnikovs, a stupid oil billionaire may even announce publicly to Ghanaians that he does not know what to do with the five hundred million dollars he just made in profit from the sale of a single oil block. Once you get to this stage, it is too late. That’s the way it is. That’s just the way it is.
Pius Adesanmi
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Electrogenesis of Biopotentials in the Cardiovascular System by Nicholas Sperelakis (auth.)
By Nicholas Sperelakis (auth.)
In 1979 Dr Sperelakis released the `Origin of the Cardiac Resting capability' within the Handbook of body structure of the Heart. considering that that point, many investigators and lecturers of membrane biophysics have used this text as a resource of reference at the basic ideas and equations describing the criteria that identify the resting strength in excitable and non-excitable cells. Professor Sperelakis has increased the scope of this text to supply the current ebook, making a complete paintings and a useful reference at the electrophysiological recommendations underlying mobile excitability.
There has lengthy been a necessity for a textual content which accurately defines the assumptions underlying the derivations and equations that describe the rules of electric excitability and upkeep of ion gradients in excitable cells. the following, Professor Sperelakis not just defines the equations and underlying ideas of membrane potentials, yet offers operating examples of recommendations, therefore permitting investigators to make use of the basic rules of their learn, and scholars of membrane body structure to set up a valid foundation of electrophysiological thought.
`I have used the `Origin of the Cardiac Resting power' in graduate classes on mobilephone body structure and biophysics, and watch for utilizing this new e-book. the effort and time required to place this interact displays the commitment of Dr Sperelakis to the sector of membrane biophysics and electrophysiology in his lengthy, efficient career.'
From the Foreword by way of Dr David R. more durable.
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Clinical Cardiology by Elliot Chesler M.D. (Rand.) F.R.C.P. (Edin.) F.A.C.C.
By Elliot Chesler M.D. (Rand.) F.R.C.P. (Edin.) F.A.C.C. (auth.)
Clinical Cardiology, fifth version offers an authoritative and analytical method of scientific cardiology. the writer describes intimately the bedside abilities of heritage taking and actual exam. A finished account of the pathology, traditional heritage, and remedy of either congenital and bought center sickness is given for either the grownup and pediatric age groups.This beneficial reference quantity is designed for scientific scholars, interns, citizens and fellows in cardiology in addition to experts in inner medicine.
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The Year in Interventional Cardiology 2002 by H.D. White, Pim J. de Feyter, Bernhard Meier, Antonio
By H.D. White, Pim J. de Feyter, Bernhard Meier, Antonio Colombo, A.P. Banning, R. Schrader
The yr in Interventional Cardiology 2002 presents an outline of the present literature within the box and identifies the papers released some time past eighteen months that experience in all probability replaced perform, or that expect possible destiny advancements. It supplies the reader an up to date precis of contemporary learn findings, and their implications for medical administration. It offers a hugely centred evaluation of the present literature, compiled by way of knowledgeable group from one of many prime facilities within the box. those good points make it a pragmatic and obtainable source that every one medical professionals will locate important of their day-by-day perform.
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Fundamentals of Electrocardiography by Roger W. Jelliffe (auth.)
By Roger W. Jelliffe (auth.)
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Hypertension Primer: The Essentials of High Blood Pressure: by Joseph L Izzo, Domenic Sica, Henry R Black
By Joseph L Izzo, Domenic Sica, Henry R Black
Now in its completely up to date Fourth version, the high blood pressure Primer is a finished, readable resource of cutting-edge medical and scientific info on high blood pressure. The e-book includes 171 brief chapters by way of distinct specialists that disguise each point of high blood pressure and its pathogenesis, epidemiology, influence, and administration. Highlights of this variation comprise up-to-date JNC 7 findings concerning distinct inhabitants remedy and scientific administration. Chapters are grouped into 3 well-organized sections--basic technological know-how, inhabitants technology, and medical management--and each one bankruptcy is cross-referenced to different suitable chapters. each one bankruptcy is well digestible and starts with a bulleted checklist of key points.
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Common Problems in Cardiology by Kanu Chatterjee, Byron F. Vandenberg
By Kanu Chatterjee, Byron F. Vandenberg
Universal difficulties in Cardiology is a finished advisor to universal cardiology issues. each one sickness is defined through its pathophysiology, medical presentation, prognosis, hazards, remedy and administration. The ebook is split into 23 chapters, each one protecting a particular ailment, from chest soreness and high blood pressure, to pericardial ailments and cardioembolic stroke. an entire differential analysis and research is supplied with every one symptom. info on cardiovascular hazard and non cardiac surgical procedure, preoperative cardiac diagnostic trying out, preoperative evaluation of sufferers with valvular middle ailment, and revascularisation ahead of noncardiac surgical procedure is additionally supplied. universal difficulties in Cardiology covers perioperative administration of coronary stents, beta-blockade, statin use, pacemakers and anticoagulation administration, in addition to preoperative overview of applicants for kidney and liver transplantation. Edited by means of Kanu Chatterjee, scientific Professor of medication on the college of Iowa and Emeritus Professor of drugs on the college of California, this authoritative and entire ebook is a perfect source for postgraduates, interns, common physicians and working towards cardiologists. Key issues * finished consultant to universal cardiology issues * structure basically offers pathophysiology, presentation analysis, dangers, remedy and administration * complete color illustrations, pictures and tables all through * Edited through US established specialist within the box of cardiology
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Eicosanoids in the Cardiovascular and Renal Systems by J. B. Smith (auth.), P. V. Halushka, D. E. Mais (eds.)
By J. B. Smith (auth.), P. V. Halushka, D. E. Mais (eds.)
The unique sequence, Advances in Prostaglandin learn, edited by way of Sultan M. M. Karim, was once released by way of MTP Press in 3 volumes in 1975 and 1976. a look at these books illustrates the growth that has been made for the reason that then. The thromboxanes have been pointed out two times (first e-book 1975) and prostacyclin now not as soon as (first ebook 1976); leukotrienes have been basically at the horizon. the fantastic iteration of analysis information within the final 10-15 years has given new, extensive insights into many components, together with bronchial asthma, irritation, renaL cardiovascular and gastrointestinal ailments and in replica, and has led in a few circumstances to genuine medical gain. This sequence, Advances in Eicosanoid learn, displays the present realizing of prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes. the purpose is to supply an introductory history to every subject and the main up to date info to be had. even though each one e-book stands by myself, the eicosanoids lower throughout many barriers of their easy activities; chosen chapters from every one e-book within the sequence will offer illuminating and effective details for all readers with a purpose to improve their schooling and examine. within the construction of this sequence, i need to recognize with excitement my collaboration with editors and authors and the sufferer endeavours of Dr Michael Brewis and the employees at MTP Press.
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Anesthesia and the Cardiovascular System: Annual Utah by Dennis T. Mangano M.D., Ph.D (auth.), Theodore H. Stanley
By Dennis T. Mangano M.D., Ph.D (auth.), Theodore H. Stanley MD, W. Clayton Petty MD (eds.)
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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy by Gregory G. Schwartz, Michael W. Weiner (auth.), Saul
By Gregory G. Schwartz, Michael W. Weiner (auth.), Saul Schaefer M.D., Robert S. Balaban Ph.D. (eds.)
The program of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to the cardiovascular procedure is a comparatively new phenomenon. Its skill to noninvasively study myocardial metabolism has resulted in its use to reply to easy questions in animal types of standard and diseased myocardium. Extension of those investigations into the area of human myocardial metabolism has been made attainable through the arrival of really high-field magnets with spectroscopy functions and enough bore dimensions to permit human reports. whereas ongoing and destiny experiences promise to augment our knowing of myocardial metabolism, their luck will, partially, depend upon a radical realizing of the technical and biologic features of cardiovascular MRS, in addition to the present country of study within the many parts encompassed via this self-discipline.
it really is with idea that the current monograph has been written. The association and content material may still lend this booklet to either the start reader who's yet now not familiar with cardiovascular MRS, in addition to to the energetic investigator who needs to consult a quantity that offers with the numerous problems with this box in a concise yet whole demeanour. The monograph is based with a basic assessment of the sphere, by way of a bit addressing the technical problems with cardiovascular MRS. the following part is dedicated to biologic problems with either general and irregular myocardial metabolism, essentially dedicated to investigations utilising phosphorus-31. this can be through a piece facing extra really expert matters, in most cases related to different nuclei similar to protons, carbon, and sodium. eventually, the scientific purposes of cardiovascular MRS are addressed.
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An Illustrated Pocketbook of Hypertension by Peter F. Semple
By Peter F. Semple
This useful sized pocket reference is designed to supply knowledgeable yet concise evaluation of the most important components of high blood pressure that might be of curiosity and relevance to clinicians. hugely illustrated in complete colour, with lucid textual content and tough self-assessment questions, the e-book could be of curiosity to citizens and different physicians fearful to replace their wisdom during this box.
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Gwanghwamun Plaza - The Aftermath
Following last year's presentation ("Gwanghwamun Square") and last month's sneak peek ("Gwanghwamun Square - Preview"), a few more comments on Seoul's new landmark as a neighbor and frequent user :
- As expected, Gwanghwamun Plaza "reinstates downtown's traditional center and shorten distances between major cultural places. Passers-by will again own the heart of the city, and enjoy a better view on its most prestigious and beautiful perspective". Thanks to new crosswalks, tourists can seamlessly walk between all major monuments, and Gyeongbokgung doesn't look anymore like an island lost in a see of cars. Instead of taking a taxi to hop from one spot to another, many may plan day-long walks from say Deoksugung to Samcheong-dong via Cheonggyecheon. Even Seoulites are already changing habits : instead of sitting at a cafe or sweating in a health club, they pick up a drink and take a long walk before work or at lunch break. Soon, they will discover the pleasure of riding a bike across Seoul's historical center.
- Once again, this a giant leap, but not the last step. Many other changes are under way both sides of Sejongno : from hardware (ie many construction sites in Shinmunro, Susong-dong, or Cheongjin-dong) to software (ie places like KT Art Hall or Kyobo Bookstore are getting too crowded, new cultural spaces will necessarily multiply in the vicinity). The atmosphere is changing really quickly West of the boulevard : Sejong Cultural Center area is swarming with people most of the time, its food alleys remain lively on week-ends (neither food nor drink for sale on the square), and further afield, Shinmunro confirms its spectacular revival. The Prada Transformer operation had already put Gyeonghuigung back on the map for younger generations, and the small square in front of Seoul Museum of History attracted very diverse crowds. Now the museum itself decides to draw new visitors : yesterday it inaugurated a giant map of Seoul (scale 1:1,500 - over 70,000 buildings represented), and unlike model house phantasm replicas most Seoulites are used to, you don't see gigantic Amazonian forests nor totemic subway stations popping up from nowhere. Of course, don't look for detailed compounds around Cheongwadae or Yongsan Army Base...
- As pointed out earlier, the square itself cruelly lacks natural shade. It was a deliberate choice for security reasons : like Seoul Plaza, the area might be used as a demonstration spot, but this time right in front of the Government's headquarters. On the other hand, no more gingko trees means that you can enjoy the panorama on the mountain from any point. But this flat area will be as chilly in winter as it is mercilessly hot in summer. More than the embarrassing sea of flowers covering the Northern section of Gwanghwamun Plaza, waterworks do provide some welcomed refreshment, and flower pot benches do grow a few useful metallic umbrellas... but under a scorching sun, it's safer to bring your own shade.
- The slope leading to Gwanghwamun Station confirms its essential role, but Haechi Madang proves to be rather a disapointment (I won't even comment on the new Haechi "cute" character revealed during the inauguration - you will prefer the photo exhibition at the other end of the plaza). I think it would be wiser to install doors, as discrete as possible not to ruin the overall architecture, to mark the transition between the subway and the square, improve the exhibition experience, and save energy / air conditioning in all seasons.
- The most upsetting experience remains the closeness of cars, particularly at night. I was scared to see kids running in the fake streams on each side of the square : they can slip anytime or simply be hit by a rearview mirror, the only protection being the 10-20 cm high and 20-30 cm wide border of the streamlets. The authorities quickly dispatched one cop every 100 m or so to limit the risks but just two days after the inauguration, an overspeeding taxi trying to avoid a collision entered the plaza and landed in the dead middle of the flower beds. Luckily enough the place was empty at that time of the day, so a real tragedy was avoided (except for the gardener). The "longer term quick fix plan" is to add flower blocks on each side. Likewise, I wouldn't be surprised to see new fences prevent people from falling into the descent...
Anywhere else, this kind of risks would have been carefully taken into account... but that's the surprising way major projects are usually carried out here. And somehow, it fits a city that never ceases to evolve, do, undo, and redo. Seoul is alive and kicking, and Gwanghwamun Square will breathe, grow new features*, catch a cold, develop new cures, adapt and improve.
The first thing that struck me for Cheonggyecheon was the narrowness of sidewalks : the place really seemed to ban couples or wheelchairs ! But since it was not life threatening, it took three and a half years to consider enlarging the sidewalks. Now it's done, and not only around the former mayor's masterpiece. This administration seems to have a better grasp on the details that change everyday life.
But it's not only about what Seoul can do for you, folks. This vast Gwanghwamun Square is what Seoul citizens will make of it.
* and don't count out King Sejong, still getting ready for October
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Eurovision 2012: How will Romania fare with ‘Zaleilah’?
Here’s a good question no one truly knows the answer to: at what point during a three-minute Eurovision song do most viewers decide it gets their vote?
Occasionally when watching the contest with friends, I’ve been surprised how quickly one of them will announce, “this is the one I like”. It happened within the first 40 seconds for Armenia’s 2008 song and Azerbaijan’s 2009 number. The fact that both songs didn’t really progress beyond what we’d seen at the start didn’t affect their decision.
I ask this question to lead into another: Is there any more enjoyable opening 40 seconds to a song this year than Romania’s ‘Zaleilah’? (Watch here.) Not as far as I’m concerned.
There’s so much to draw viewers in: the strong percussive opening, the dude with the bagpipes who follows that, the Megan Fox lookalike who next starts ripping her clothes off, followed by the best riff of the whole contest – a bloke with the accordion who looks sure to rival epic sax guy given the enthusiasm with which he plies his trade. What’s not to like?
The fun, summer-hitness of ‘Zaleilah’ doesn’t end there. Megan Fox starts singing in Spanish, which just reminds us of the Macarena and Las Ketchup; the chorus is infectious, nonsensical silliness; epic accordion guy gets to do his riff again, which for me this year is rivalled in catchiness only by the Moldovan trumpet (with predilections like these, I reckon I was a Carpathian goat shepherd in a former life); and later there’s a fun cameo by someone who looks like a member of LMFAO.
I’m not totally sold on the whole package. You could argue that it doesn’t manage to sustain the the brilliance of the opening 40 seconds for the whole three minutes. In particular, I’d have preferred accordion guy to do his shtick again after the second chorus, rather than have the solo vocal that opens the middle eight. Also, the lyrical absurdity of the chorus starts to pall on its third and final sing through. Finally, and this is something we’ll come back to when considering the jury reaction to ‘Zaleilah’, some televoters may find there is too much going on.
But I think that enough casual viewers will already be won over by the enjoyment provided by the song’s opening moments. And ‘Zaleilah’ stands out from the crowd – visually and aurally.
As an added bonus, Romania may not quite be in the top tier when it comes to voting allies, but it gets plenty of assistance, especially with Italy back in the contest. Incidentally, the nation’s Eurovision friends are largely voting in its semi-final – some of them listed by Nick D – and that should easily see the country through to Saturday night, even with a relatively poor draw of sixth in the running order.
In a comment following on from my Iceland analysis, I mentioned that the five remaining big hitters in the contest – Serbia, Greece, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia – look set for the televote top ten. At this early pre-rehearsal stage, with all the caveats over draw and staging that implies, I see Romania as likely to join them for the reasons stated above. Surround ‘Zaleilah’ with earnest stuff late in the running order, and it could do very well indeed in the final televote.
Some commentators are tipping Romania to do extremely well overall because they also think that the juries will be relatively kind. Their reasoning is thus: Mandinga are a professional outfit who have been around on the Romanian music scene for a while now; their lead singer carries the tune well enough; and the song feels like it could be a commercial hit.
I’m not so confident that the juries won’t punish the song, for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, there’s no getting away from the lyrical silliness of the chorus.
Secondly, whilst there are some upbeat entries with plenty of action on stage that have been treated kindly enough (Romania 2010 and Ireland 2011 spring to mind), generally speaking a simple presentation has tended to impress juries more, and there is a risk of ‘Zaleilah’ looking messy in a way that the likes of Jedward last year ultimately didn’t.
Of course, the rehearsal period will tell us far more here. But if, as I envisage, the staging is similar to what we saw in the national final, it could come across as a dog’s dinner. Camerawork will be key – whilst that is true more generally, it is particularly important for as busy a production as this.
Not only could poor shots lessen the strong visual appeal of the act, but it also risks enhancing the impression that the song is messy too. However, one small thing that will help is that the group will have to drop the number of people on stage from the seven seen in Bucharest to the allotted maximum of six for Baku.
So whilst I’m not ruling out an excellent finish for ‘Zaleilah’, I’ll have to wait for rehearsals to further assess just what the juries are going to make of it, whilst enjoying epic accordion guy again and again.
Agree or disagree? Let us know what you think of Romania’s prospects in the comments section below.
April 7th, 2012 | 35 comments
Category: Eurovision
35 comments to Eurovision 2012: How will Romania fare with ‘Zaleilah’?
Panos
April 7, 2012 at 10:57 am · Reply
Hey Daniel, I surely agree with your theory of the strong opening and the casual eurovision viewer. I’ve had similar reactions to those described by you from random friends watching with me on the night, for example for Playing With Fire in 2010. I cannot stop myself from comparing ‘Zaleilah’ to France 2010 with Jessy and, to a lesser extend, Ukraine 2009 with Svetlana (the latter mostly due to busy-ness on stage and its obvious anti-jury-ness). Also, the jury treatment of last year’s spanish entry springs to mind. I totally agree with you that ‘Zaleilah’ can match and beat the televoting result of, lets say, Jessy (8th) given the right circumstances outlined by you (this is Romania afterall, not poor France!). However, the 3 songs I used as examples above only finished 22nd, 16th and 24th respectively with the jury. In line with your similar concern, I am still waiting for a strong, convincing point from someone to sway me into believing that ‘Zaleilah’ will NOT be placed within that bottom 10 window by the juries. If that’s the case, I think we should be talking about its top10 and not its top5 potential.
Substanshell
April 7, 2012 at 12:00 pm · Reply
I agree with your analysis except the Megan-Fox-lookalike. Are you serious? At best she is a blend of young Paula Abdul/ Tulisa from x-factor.
What is your take on Zaleilah’s similarities with Michel Teló’s “Ai se eu te pego”? No. 1 Hit-Single in Belgium, Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.
I’m undecided if this works against Romania’s chances or in its favor.
I’m not totally sold either. She can sing, and that helps, because often those party-esque acts have damningly bad vocals but not always. Panos’s comparison to France 2010 works for me–fun summery dance song not (fully) in English–and rewatching the performance, I don’t think Jessy’s or his backup singer’s vocals were in any way bad. The song was, however, so transparently catchy and so shameless about it that it seems to me that juries felt obligated to punish it. Jessy may have missed the top 6 but the song was easily one of the most commercially successful (Case in point: almost two years later, the music video comes on in a Berlin bowling alley) so perhaps the juries don’t care about commercial success as much as people think. Zaleilah (hate spelling that:P) isn’t as quite as unashamedly catchy and funyet, but it’s heading down that path and if anyone starts stripping or backflipping, they’re done for.
My one complaint about the song’s appeal to televoters in the chorus. It’s catchy as hell, yes, but I think it could be bigger. Allez Ola Ole had a huge chorus going for it and a bunch of recent winners have too. Alexander Rybak’s chorus was HUGE (made a great ringtone, too, I might add:)), Lena’s was smaller but still present and Ell and Nikki’s felt rather big too, especially since they only sang together at the chorus and the backup singers’ perfect timing right after the first “I’m running, I’m scared”. Eric Saade came in second with the televoters from a rubbish draw early on and surrounded by other high energy young singers with catchy pop and the chorus of Popular was smashingly big. Conversely, Anna Rossinelli scored last with the televoters last year and her choruses felt very mellow. Zaleilah won’t suffer the same fate, but I don’t the song is living up to its exciting-potential. And would I sound too very Swedish if I said I think they need a key change? As Blue said in that documentary last year, if the song’s not enough without a key change, it’s not enough, period, and I think that’s true.
I don’t see Bucharest 2013, but who knows. I’m trying to figure out this year’s Popular, the song most people don’t take seriously until the voting’s half over and it’s in the lead, and Zaleilah could be it.
Gert Waterink
April 7, 2012 at 2:31 pm · Reply
I can be short and simple: Romania is a true contender for the victory. It has everything that both televoters and jury’s like.
One question I have for Daniel though. I am reading so much, also on other sites, about the countries that will be helped most from televoters. But which TOP 3 of countries will be helped most by jury’s this year, helping them actually in the final TOP 3?
I am asking this, because I still have a feeling pundits focus to a larger extend on the televoters behaviour. For me it is interesting to find the new ‘Italy 2011’ of this year: The only song in the competition that scores BIG among jury’s (1st or 2nd) and does more or less okay but not that well among televoters (8th to 11th).
I think Spain should be added to that list then. Moreover, where is Germany in this discussion? I can see Germany doing an upset victory as I explained before (Maybe 5th among televoters and 1st among jury’s).
Moreover, what I also forget in this discussion is the difference in music styles. Taking in account the impact a audivisual total package can have, we have seen many kinds of music winning or ending in the TOP 3: Belgium 2003 (folk, slow-tempo), Serbia-Montenegro 2004 (folk, slow-tempo), Ukraine 2004 (up-tempo), Malta 2005 (ballad), Greece 2005 (up-tempo, pop), Bosnia 2006 (folk, slow-tempo), Finland 2006 (rock, gimmick), Serbia 2007 (ballad), Ukraine 2007 (gimmick), Russia 2008 (popballad), Iceland 2009 (ballad), Norway 2009 (folk, up-tempo, pop), Turkey 2010 (rock), Germany 2010 (up-tempo, pop), Azerbeidzjan 2011 (slow-tempo, pop), Italy 2011 (softjazz, pop).
Therefore, I’d rather look which different styles of music will have impact enough to do very well, or to end in the TOP 3: I’d say at this moment, by taking into account the latest live performances, that
– Germany ánd
are the ones to beat.
Slightly down, but this having good opportunity to end 11th to 3rd:
– France (underestimated by many, take in mind the whistling, halfnaked Armani models in Baku),
– Italy,
– Norway,
– Serbia,
– Spain,
– Slovenia,
– Sweden and
– Turkey.
Hello esteemed Sofabet commenters,
Just to let you know we have (finally) implemented a feature Boki asked for an embarrassingly long time ago – a page which has a longer list of recent comments than the five which appear in the top-right column. Here it is –
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Hope you find it useful. It should come in handy if you’ve been away from the site for a few days, and to avoid missing comments when there is discussion happening on multiple posts at once.
Any suggestions for improving this page, and indeed the site in general, are always gratefully received!
Cheers Andrew, if I roughly translate an old saying it would sound like ‘better ever than never’ 🙂
We aim to please, Boki, even if it sometimes takes us a while 🙂
I’m afraid I can’t discuss much about Romania, I find it ‘el cheapo’ but I admit it’s really the type of song I can’t feel at all so will just avoid it (only thing I’m sure of it’s not a winner). Another thing in this article strikes me more but hopefully will come back to it later this evening.
tpfkar
I’m with Boki; I just don’t get it, but there are plenty of people who do so one to leave well alone.
Great site. Your posts are always well thought out and they make me think even when I disagree with them, but this is the first time I have posted.
I am interested in what makes people tick and how they make decisions, so I really like the question you posed at the start of your post.
Most televoters are casual viewers. Eurovision is the type of programme that many people watch while doing other things. This might be chatting about what they’re going to do tomorrow, doing the ironing, browsing the internet for the football results, tweeting or any number of other things. Also, viewers are asked to listen to around 25 songs in quick succession despite the fact that they don’t know the songs or the singers, and often they don’t understand the words. This means that they are easily distracted and each song needs to grab their attention quickly.
One of my tests for finding a likely Eurovision winner is to listen to the first verse and chorus of each song only, and then to discard any song which hasn’t captured my attention. I don’t believe that most televoters will listen all the way through these songs. I’m not sure that I agree that people decide the winner within the first minute, but I do think that they decide the also-rans.
This is a very harsh test and bears little relationship to the overall merit of the song. Novelty songs and songs with flashy staging will pass this test, whereas many slower songs with more musical merit will fail. I think this is one of the reasons why simply staged ballads do rather badly in televoting compared with jury voting. That doesn’t mean all ballads though, but many Eurovision ballads start very slowly and build to a climax in the third minute.
Compare two of the better fancied slower songs in this year’s contest: Spain and Iceland. Listen to just the first minute of each. The Icelandic song is full of colour and variety while the Spanish song goes nowhere. The Icelandic song is probably sufficiently interesting to get most people to listen all the way through, whereas the Spanish song is not. That’s a shame because the third minute of the Spanish song, when it goes all Simon-Cowell-big-ballady, is actually pretty good.
If I were betting on one of these two songs I would definitely choose Iceland.
As you say, Romania passes this test with flying colours.
Hi Jamie and welcome to Sofabet – nice to hear from you. I agree with you entirely on how the casual viewer watches the show: the first minute is indeed crucial. Personally, I think that both Iceland and Spain fail this test. I see where you are coming from in terms of Iceland having ‘colour’ but there’s a pretty slow build here too. However, disagreement is the oil that greases sites like ours, and indeed betting in general, so long may it last. 🙂
Just like Jamie I’m was intigued by your question when people decide during the 3 minutes? Normally I agree if a song begins strong it captures your interest to watch it till the end and vice versa. Jamie’s experiment seems also fair because it includes the chorus which is important, right? I have a theory about decision moments and I think during those 3 minutes you find a favorite here and there but still there are more to come and you know it, so no voting until you hear them all. So I believe that average viewer (not a euro fan of course who knows the songs in advance) will send his votes after the recap and the decision might be heavily influenced by it.
My recap theory says that people heavily use it as a reminder what they heard in the past hour, I don’t expect them to make notes when they like a certain song and it’s not easy to remember everything on a first listen. The fact they changed the voting rules back confirms that majority votes after the all songs performed but my point is: voting is based on the recap.
So what you get as a reminder is not a first boring minute but the best part of the song and that can certainly change your
perspective. Recap doesn’t have the pauses or breaks between the songs, it’s just chorus after chorus and the order (who comes after who) is even more important there. Would Greece last year win their semi based on the horrible first 40sec? Don’t think so but chorus was well powerfull and recap makes you forget the rap part (maybe the Greece example was not good because he sang last but you get the
point). The opposite example from last year would be Armenia which begins quite ok but chorus was flat and that’s not something you want to hear again later. I also remember poor Harel Skaat who got those false notes in the recap and then people are supposed to vote for him !?
To recapitulate: it’s of course the best that you have a Rybakesque song from beginning till end but I think the chorus is still the key especially the part that gets in the recap which determines where your votes finally go.
I miss your reaction to the recap theory. It was either so brilliant that left you speachless or I was talking 100% bollocks and you couldn’t find a polite enough answer 🙂
Hi Boki, I have been travelling over the last day or so and not been able to access Sofabet regularly. There’s nothing I find to disagree with in your recap theory. It is an important moment.
I’m not sure if you are aware but each delegation has the power to choose which part of their song to recap. So if the recap shows the wrong part of the song, a delegation only has themselves to blame.
April 9, 2012 at 8:37 am · Reply
No problem Daniel, sorry for being a little pushy. I’m aware of that and normally it’s a best part of the song, Skaat was only example in my mind where it went wrong. Could it be that they have chosen like between 2:30 and 2:45 in advance and it was too late to change after his performance? That shouldn’t be the case since recap is filmed on the afternoon’s last general rehearsal, right?
eurovicious
Agree completely with Panos and Emma – and Boki.
I think it’ll get a middling jury result (as it’s well-performed but simplistic and repetitive). As regards the televote, Romania’s voting allies will be a big boon, especially in the semi, but the language will be a barrier – that’s not something to be underestimated.
Personally I find it throwaway and it doesn’t speak to me, though I do like the group. I also don’t think it’s catchy in the way that Allez Ola Ole or Popular were – both of those are also simple, performance-based songs with a repetitive hook, but as Emma says, Zaleilah just isn’t quite as fun or belting by comparison. It runs the risk of being passed over (both by televoters and juries) as lightweight, insubstantial and throwaway, especially if it gets an early draw. The chorus just isn’t strong enough or, I think, universal enough in its appeal – this is a “Latin” song in its melody and temperament.
As to epic accordion guys (and I love a good epic accordion breakdown), Latvia 2001 still takes some beating for me 😉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPChW-ZDjws. And if you ever get the chance to see Global Kryner (Austria 2005) live, do, Anton Sauprügl’s accordion solos are legendary…
Uncle Si
Jamie and Boki, I liked your comments and Daniel thanks for another stimulating article. Indeed, for me a fascinating aspect is at which point in the show voters at home decide.
I’m with the recaps theory. The one-off viewer isn’t obsessively scoring and noting each song. Perhaps one or two jump out at them, then they watch the recap to make sense of a blur of new songs, and remember the one they like most. However:
Finland 2006, Lordi. I bet lots of voters straight away thought yeah, this is a good tune and wacky. So memorable no recap needed.
Serbia 2012, Zeljko: Great song,
Takes 2 minutes to get going, so a recap will help, but even then what will the recap show? Part of the last minute but does it remind the voter of much? For me it’s too amorphous, not repetitive or memorable enough. I think Slovenia has more if you’re after that kind of thing, yet in turn has less than the similar Molitva. (Serbia 2007 and check out the dance version!)
By the way, Iceland: overblown, too dark, perhaps 5th to 10th or lower.
Romania: fabulous, probably not top 5 but solid top 10.
Just my thoughts!
At this stage before we see the staging, I think Germany will do it and Sweden and Ireland will be top 5.
Enjoy the build-up!
Hi Uncle, there are exceptions as you mentioned if a song is so memorable (either in good or bad way). Agree fully on Zeljko but he has a lot of support (maybe not like Merlin last year but comparable) who will vote just based on his name. Molitva was better and it won, Zeljko should be happy with top10. Btw why do you see Ireland in top5?
Why did the slow-tempo entries of Serbia 2007 and Azerbeidzjan 2011 won actually? The first 20 to 30 seconds not much happens on stage. Still, they won.
Strong audio-visual package combined with strong diaspora support. And not to forget, it seems lot of people actually liked the songs 🙂
Many people talk much about diaspora. Sometimes they overlook the facts. ESCbet wrote Azer won probably because Turkey failed to qualify for the final. Well, in Germany we had a lot of Turks, nevertheless Germany gave 0 points to Azer. So it is not enough to think, oh it’s Russia, Turkey, Romania. You have to count the points, how many points do you expect, country by country. Otherwise you play negligently.
Hi Boki, yes indeed. It’s a bit of a punt to put Jedward as Top 5, but I think their sheer hard work bouying up their fans will see them improve on a solid 2011 result. And it’s always hard to separate one’s own appreciation of a song from what the public will think, but I prefer Waterline to Lipstick. Time will tell!
I missed out Russia… it’s hard to call it lower than 5th, because of the appeal of the sudden switch from dirge to uptempo, even if the juries mark it down. (But will Europe be putting on its kettles after 5 seconds of grannies’ dirge?)
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Tim B
Just realised that I haven’t yet weighed in with my thoughts on Romania. I think it’s fantastic and definitely my favourite of the uptempos this year. It’s very distinctive with the bagpipes and accordian, and the chorus is seriously catchy and infectious. As long as they get the staging right, I think televoters will love it. I agree with most people who have said that it will get a middling jury vote. Therefore I think a top 10 result in the final is quite likely. It probably is a bit cheap to be honest, but not as cheap as Bulgaria, Cyprus and other songs this year. I think the bottom line is that the song is very memorable, so likely to do quite well.
I’ve not chipped in either (apart from pointing out in the earlier post that it will qualify)… I think it’s fun but maybe a bit lightweight. However… however, however… it’s just *possible* that juries will like seeing a bit of musicianship on stage, even though there’s not going to be any significant noise coming out of the instruments! I can’t absolutely rule its winning chances out, but my gut is saying “no” to anything more than a 6th-10th placing.
April 10, 2012 at 4:27 pm · Reply
Like the intro and accordion, noticed on very first listen but it goes all over the place after that, doesn’t use its strengths as you pointed out above.
Think it is overall a bit dated, past two years winners very well styled and presented and targeted at youth market.
The song I think that has instant grab you appeal is Ukraine but their semi final draw not looking good but there is something about the song that with good staging could be a surprise. The French song could be the real surprise especially with EDM (Electronic Dance Music) on the rise again.
I notice Sweden appearing in iTunes charts around Europe.
So early doors Sweden, France, Ukraine, Germany, Belgium and Malta (bad draw also) on my radar, followed by Spain, and few others but really think it will be down to draw and performance. Hungary last year being an example and the winners well they did appear in the semi final as you so well pointed out Daniel so best wait I think for now.
April 15, 2012 at 11:14 am · Reply
Totally agree with everything Daniel says. This really could be a surprise winner. 40/1 is ridiculous odds and I may have to take a punt on it. Draw will be very important though.
I do hope that she sings it in the original key of the studio version though, because she wimped out in the NF and it lost a bit of impact for me.
April 19, 2012 at 12:05 pm · Reply
Hi! I liked your article,very well written,objective and it shows you know what you’re talking about 🙂
About Mandinga,I’ll say it’s underrated like all the Romanian entries.Being the only latin country surrounded by slavs isn’t easy.They can only count on Moldova,Spain and Italy’s votes.
There are many different songs this year,and this one I guess will stand out for being catchy and the best dance song.
Good things:
-epic intro-drums and the bagpipe guy makes his entry
-they have accordion guy
-the singer is hot (there are only 2 hot singers this year-Elena and Elefteria)
-the song is a dance one and it will do well in charts across Europe
-not only is a dance song but they will make a great choreography-I heard tehy’re working with Skrube,the one who made Master crew,they will add lights on instruments and they’re working on backdrop
-till now they’ll promote the song only in Belgium and the Netherlands,it’s not enough
-early draw
-juries might not like it,but we all know they do politic more than the public,this is why he hear scandals about this thing every year
Now I’m curious about what they’ll do,they deserve a great place and to be famous.They existed for 10 years,sing latino,jazz,dance and live for music,and this is what an esc artist that deserves attention should be…
Daniel, check out these two Zaleilah performances if you haven’t already. The first one showcases her excellent vocal while the second (skip to 16 minutes) shows the effectiveness of the staging/dancing. What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zWWWgfvDB7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubkWbMS7PFU
Hi Tim, I was pretty impressed with her vocals in the first clip. The second clip does tell us what the staging seems likely to be, and epic accordion guy continues to be epic 🙂
May 1, 2012 at 8:28 am · Reply
It seems like it’s all coming together for me. Can you imagine how dangerous they would be in the 21st slot?!?!
I still don’t think it’s going to win – because of jury and language, and because I think it’s too lightweight and people may also think it’s the Spanish entry. Guaranteed 12 points from Malta for Glen Vella on bagpipes though.
I had a nibble at 42 in the win market, which I may or may not hedge depending on the draw.
May 2, 2012 at 10:52 am · Reply
Yeah, with odds like that, a nibble is certainly worth it!
May 26, 2012 at 10:15 am · Reply
Hi there, I’m a Romanian so i’dd realy love Romania to achieve something this year, but honestly and realistically speaking BY FAR the best song comes from SWEDEN. There are other realy good songs from Serbia, Belarus, Denmark, even Spain or Norway or others. I think Romania wont make it in the top 5 but it will be from 5 to 10. Best of luck to ALL the participant countries (long live Europe)
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I am a Ph.D. student in Social Anthropology at York University. My research takes place at the intersection of sociocultural anthropology and science and technology studies. Interested in energetic economies, speculation and the materiality of data and virtual technologies. My current research project examines how a large data centre located outside of Paris, France recycles waste heat from computer servers and uses this heat to power an arboretum. Inside the arboretum researchers experiment on plants that are meant to survive climate change thus speculating on future environmental conditions. Prior to beginning my PhD I completed a M.A. in Sociocultural Anthropology at the University of Toronto.
volksi@yorku.ca
"My doctoral research sits at the intersection of the anthropology of the state and the anthropology of policy in order to study Canadian immigration policies and practices. I examine what these regulations can reveal about the political subjectivities of policy actors and the state in whose name they act. My research proceeds from the idea that, as a tool of government, policy can also be used as a tool in the study of government. My work examines policy as a discursive practice, where its representation in the form of a document moves from the material into the work of state-making and de/subjectification. My doctoral research explores how the imaginary of “the state” is always under construction, and examines policy as a method and tool by which “the precarious achievement” that is “the state” affects the subject-positions of policy actors and im/migrants. Along with my doctoral research, I am also a graduate student with the Global Labour Research Centre."
mgeorge@yorku.ca
I received my M.A in Social Anthropology from McMaster University in 2012 before coming to York to continue my studies in the discipline. My interests are broad and include popular/urban spaces, performance, identity, and play. My M.A research explored the circulation of “politically correct” discourses and its intersection with the growing demand for racially based stand-up comedy in the city of Toronto. Focusing on performers and audience members in comedy clubs, I examined the ways these discourses were discussed, reinterpreted, expressed and consumed and the implications this had for addressing racism within Canada. I am currently interested in further exploring unconventional sites of expression and their capacity for people to create personal and collective feelings of connection. Specifically, I aim to understand how sexual minorities in South Korea use emerging digital technologies, such as dating applications, to carve out spaces of intimacy within Korean society. Through this proposed research I ask whether the affective dimensions of intimacy are being mediated between the online and offline worlds as people perform their sexual identity and what impact will these new platforms provide regarding personal and collective feelings of belonging in Korean society.
rmanek@yorku.ca
My MA research focused on twice migrancy and second generation youth identity within the context of Canadian Multiculturalism. My PhD research explores in what ways Tanzanian youth use creative expression to construct political identities in an environment of social inequality, particularly through the use of gendered expressive forms. I am interested in asking how Tanzanian youth create alternative spaces to cultivate economic, creative, and political expression and how those spaces become politicized.
nikdmcf@yorku.ca
Grounded in ethnographic research on the anti–trafficking, sex worker rights, and migrant worker rights movements in Toronto, ON, Canada, and rooted in activist anthropology research methodologies, my research explores social movements, interactions within and between them, and how human rights frameworks are differentially imagined, produced, and interpreted by them. Drawing on the anthropologies of humanitarianism, ethics, and human rights, as well as the interdisciplinary scholarship on social movements and critical feminist anti–trafficking studies, social movements are conceptualized as ethical worlds wherein the individual ethical orientations and ideological beliefs of movement members contribute to the movement’s guiding framework, with implications for how tensions and conflict are navigated, the activities of movement members, and discursive and in-person encounters between different social movements. With implications for how human rights are conceptualized, deployed, and engaged with by both privileged and differentially marginalized populations in Canada, my research identifies and unpacks the hierarchies of suffering and compassion that sustain them and presents a valuable theoretical framework for investigating the hegemony of some over others.
aodger@yorku.ca
I completed my M.A. in 2015 at the University of Manitoba, focusing on the ways in which sexual health discourses shaped African newcomer young women’s perceptions and experiences of sex and sexuality in Winnipeg. My current research interests include sexual health, sexual education, HIV/AIDS, risk, morality and citizenship. For my doctoral project, I will be conducting ethnographic research with African newcomer young women in Toronto. I am specifically interested in how youth are simultaneously constructed as both a “risky” group and a group “at-risk” within the context of sexual health. My work will explore the discursive power of sexual education in relation to subjectivity, critically examining how value placed on being “sexually healthy” is imagined in relation to being a “good citizen.”
cpatrick@yorku.ca
My work falls within the subdiscipline of medical anthropology, and my research interests lie in the areas of Aboriginal health and well-being, healthcare systems, policy, and the body. My doctoral project takes the form of an institutional ethnography, and explores how Aboriginal medical citizen-subjects are constructed through provincial health promotion programs. I am also deeply invested in the issues of poverty and homelessness within Canada, and have held service and research positions in several Aboriginal-focused organizations that address these topics. Most recently, I held a graduate assistantship with the York University-based Canadian Homelessness Research Network.
maxpo88@yorku.ca
I came to York University after completing an M.A. at Université de Montréal, where I focused on the aesthetics of kawaii, an ideal that advocates cuteness and childish behaviour among Japanese women. The overall objective of this thesis was to update the impact of a given visual culture in the formation and construction of a female identity in Japan. My present research project focuses on the Fukushima nuclear disaster. I aim to ethnographically explore how ideas of contamination shape social relations of acceptance, belonging, and exclusion through everyday practices in Japan. In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, I seek to focus on the discriminatory and marginalizing practices towards those Japanese citizens who are suspected of having been affected by radioactive contamination. I wish to examine how discourses and fears of contamination are socially constructed, especially in their relations to politics of minorities in Japan. The formation of discriminative identities and tendancies, which is not merely the result of radiation, provides a rich context to explore how fear of contamination intersects with historically sedimented and culturally constituted politics of identity. My proposed research asks: what is the intent that gives impetus to everyday practices and discourses of discrimination in Fukushima? Drawing from recent scholarship on environmental citizenship, I plan to show how discriminatory practices arise, how they travel and transform, and what can such analyses tell us about the unfolding cultural politics of exclusion, belonging, and citizenship.
efrantou@yorku.ca
During my B.A. (Panteion University, Athens) and my M.A. (The New School, New York) in Social Anthropology my research focus was on different aspects of migration in Greece such as internal and external (national) borders, the politics of European migration policy, humanitarian aid as state of exception and alternative forms of citizenship. Currently, in my PhD research I am focusing on the vertical and horizontal migration of materials and the cross-scale relations between the disconnected subterranean politics and the notions of everyday life. More specifically, in the wake of crisis-driven market reforms and increasing local concerns over environmental conditions in Greece, mines have become political borders through which systems of power redistribute sociopolitical tensions at local, national and international levels. Taking mines as ‘thresholds’ of knowledge, memory and power, in this work I ask: how are political subjectivities and national identities negotiated and contested around gold mining in the forest of Skouries in Northern Greece? Specifically, how are local political terrains reconfigured by mining activities? How do local activists and their networks operate with, within and against this terrain to create political possibility?
mcsilva@yorku.ca
I am interested in transnational forms of resistance and solidarity woven by indigenous audiovisual creation. My research includes analyses of spaces of transnational encounters (such as international indigenous film festivals) and participant-observation of a recently formed indigenous cinema collective in Brazil. In particular, I seek to understand how indigenous visual works relate to identity making, memory and resistance in the context of globalization -allowing groups to redefine their socio-political emplacement- and how transnational forms of solidarity take shape within indigenous filmmaking. Concomitantly, I am examining the relevance of the anthropological uptake on new cosmopolitanisms for theorizing on such forms of solidarities. Currently, I am also a Research Associate at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), a research assistant on the Globally Networked Learning project and on the SSHRC-Funded Project: Evaluating strategic political partnerships: The case of the women’s movement and the state in contemporary Brazil.
waddell@yorku.ca
My dissertation research explores the emotional lives of student teachers in southern France. My fieldwork, conducted during the 2014-2015 school year, included working at a the local teachers’ college, visiting primary and secondary school classrooms, and interviewing teachers around the region. More broadly, I am interested in the ideas of state secularism, emotional labour, and citizenship and belonging. I am currently a research assistant with the Globally Networked Learning Project at York, a graduate diploma student in German & European Studies, and a graduate affiliate of the City Institute at York University. I am on leave for the 2017-2018 academic year.
mjyaxfr@yorku.ca
Inspired by the cross-cultural mothering experiences I had when my first child was born, I enrolled in the inter university master’s program in Women and Gender Studies at Dalhousie University to learn how migrant women negotiated their identifications; their beliefs, values and practices of rearing and socializing children; and how they negotiated the social, cultural, economic and political environment in which they settled. I am interested in expanding upon these questions to unravel how migrant mother’s social and cultural identities are marked, articulated and transformed while crossing national and provincial boundaries; how they, as social agents, negotiate their social, cultural and political positioning as well as their civic participation within multiple spaces as women and as mothers. I am also interested in further understanding the ways in which women’s maternal practice, as a form of bodily performance, may contribute to opening gaps for new forms of individual and groups identities and hybrid cultures.
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This week’s 11 group matches in the 2011 Copa Libertadores produced four wins for visiting teams, among them Chile’s Universidad Catolica, who edged Velez Sarsfield in a seven-goal thriller.
FIFA.com has the details on that dramatic encounter and rest of the midweek action in Latin America’s leading club competition.
Velez Sarsfield 3-4 Universidad Catolica
Goals: Fernando Ortiz 20, Augusto Fernandez 21, Emiliano Papa 45 (Velez Sarsfield); Lucas Pratto 1, 88, Tomas Costa 73, Francisco Pizarro 90 (Universidad Catolica).
Recovering quickly from Lucas Pratto’s early opener, Velez shot into a 3-1 lead and seemed to have everything under control by half-time. Fernando Ortiz’s second-half dismissal changed the complexion of the game, however, as Catolica mounted a stunning comeback to record their first Libertadores win in Argentina in nine attempts and move into first place in Group 5.
Surprise of the week
Nacional 0-1 Argentinos Juniors
Goal: Franco Niel 27
Montevideo’s Parque Central, the venue for one of the two opening matches at the 1930 FIFA World Cup Uruguay™, provided a suitably grand setting for Argentinos Juniors’ latest win. Los Bichos de la Paternal are proving to be one of the surprise packages of the competition and now stand top of Group 3 with seven points from a possible nine. In contrast, El Bolso, who have won the tournament three times in their history, are bottom of the section and can ill afford any more mishaps.
In the other Group 3 meeting, America recovered from last week’s defeat to Argentinos to edge out Fluminense 1-0 in Mexico City. Daniel Marquez was Las Águilas’ hero, scoring 20 minutes from time to move them into second place, four points clear of the Brazilians.
Cerro Porteno also took a significant step towards the knockout phase when they drew 1-1 at Santos. Elano’s penalty put O Peixe in front only for Argentinian striker Roberto Nanni to level from the spot in injury time. The point keeps El Ciclón out in front in Group 5 with Colo Colo a point behind in second. The Chileans marked Americo Gallego’s first game in charge with an emphatic 4-2 win away to Venezuela’s Deportivo Tachira. Ezequiel Miralles scored twice for El Cacique, with Esteban Paredes and Lucas Wilches also on target, while Julio Gutierrez hit a late double to restore some pride for the hosts.
After racking up nine goals in their first two games in Group 7, leaders Cruzeiro came back down to earth with a scoreless draw at Deportes Tolima, who remain in second place in the section. The Brazilians will no doubt be grateful for the point after goalkeeper Fabio denied Wilmer Medina from the spot 15 minutes from time. Over in Group 1, meanwhile, San Luis and Once Caldas played out a 1-1 draw that did little to improve either side’s hopes of reaching the next round.
The one Brazilian team to take maximum points this week were Gremio, who overcame Leon de Huanuco 2-0 to take over at the top of Group 2. Andre Lima and Borges, from the penalty spot, were the scorers as the Porto Alegre outfit maintained their unusual record of having won every single one of their five Libertadores meetings with Peruvian sides in Brazil by the same scoreline.
Penarol revived their Group 8 bid with a rare 3-1 victory at Godoy Cruz, only their sixth Copa win on Argentinian soil in 26 attempts. The men on target for El Carbonero were Juan Manuel Olivera, who hit a double, and Luis Aguiar. That result, coupled with Liga Deportiva Universitaria’s 3-0 win over Independiente in Quito, leaves the section wide open, with all four teams tied on three points after two games.
Finally, goals from Edgar Jimenez and Nelson Barahona earned Caracas their first win in Group 4 at the expense of Union Espanola. Los Rojos de Ávila are now level on three points with Velez, but lie third because of their inferior goal difference.
Roberto Nanni (Cerro Porteno)
The tall centre-forward has scored in all four of his side’s Libertadores matches this season and is the competition’s top scorer with five goals. The leading marksman in the 2010 Paraguayan Clausura, the 29-year-old made his professional debut with Velez Sarsfield and enjoyed spells with Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine, Spain’s Almeria and Italian clubs Siena and Messina before hitting it off with the Asuncion outfit.
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49 - The number of years since Santos and Cerro Porteno last met in the Libertadores in Brazil, O Peixe winning 9-1 thanks to a Coutinho hat-trick, doubles by Pele and Pepe, and further strikes from Dorval and Zito. Angel Jara scored the Paraguayans’ solitary goal in what was the biggest victory in the competition until 1970.
“Nobody gave us much hope, but the team refused to accept their fate, rolled their sleeves up and went out and won a vital game. This was a final for us. I’m happy and I hope this is the start of something,” Penarol coach Diego Aguirre after watching his side win at Godoy Cruz.
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PicShare: A Capture-Centric Remote Collaboration Tool
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1 PicShare: A Capture-Centric Remote Collaboration Tool Maurizio Pilu Hardcopy Technology Laboratory HP Laboratories Bristol HPL (R.1) May 31, 2007* remote collaboration, casual capture, imaging, scanners Sharing images or documents is a natural activity between people both at work and in their social life. Sharing between remotely-located people is now possible through one of the many remote collaborations tools available on the market. However, none of them was particularly designed with image sharing in mind. This short technical report describes the principles of a prototype remote collaboration application we developed called PicShare that is tailored to sharing and discussing captured images of any kind. The concept of PicShare was developed to systematically satisfy some basic user needs when sharing material captured with a scanner or a digital camera. These needs are seamless integration with a capture device, a collaboration session encompassing a set of images, the selection images and their views and pointing, all without appreciable delay and assured consistency between the local and remote views. PicShare addresses all these issues in a single integrated solution that runs on the top of the ubiquitous NetMeeting videoconferencing application. Observation of PicShare usage by a small number of early users showed that their experience was greatly enhanced when compared to that with existing general purpose application-sharing tools. The integration of PicShare with a prototype desktop face-up scanner and its 2-seconds capture-to-share time has also stimulated thinking of the device itself as a remote collaboration tool, for instance through hand-written sketches or 3D objects that are captured and shared and discussed synchronously. * Internal Accession Date Only Approved for External Publication Copyright 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
2 1. Introduction Remote collaboration has become a fairly hot area in the past 10 years and ever more so since the widespread diffusion of the Internet in corporations and households. Some estimates put the potential value of distance learning and training market alone at $60 billion. Remote collaboration has taken several forms to cater for different needs. Most large organizations have had room-based videoconferencing for years; these solution typically used proprietary technologies and were rather expensive to install and run. Recently, however, the convergence of data, video and voice to IP (Internet Protocol) is making solutions more affordable than ever and video conferencing standard have emerged, such as H323 and T120. Most of the action and dollars at the moment are on so called asynchronous groupware solutions, which allow groups of people, either geographically dispersed or co-located, to share a heterogeneous workspace. Groupware is a broad term meaning the vendors and products that combine a number of collaborative functions, including message transfer agents, directory, gateways, e- mail clients, collaborative tasks and scheduling (quoted from [13]). Here we are more concerned with the growing trend in synchronous remote collaboration (often called RTC, Real Time Collaboration) and videoconferencing, where the participants are allowed real-time interaction with their interlocutors. The camp here is very crowded too, with approximately fifty vendors currently chasing the market (Lotus and Microsoft being the biggest). There are data-only products, often service-based, and richer ones that include both voice and video. There are browser-based RTC solutions where the collaboration space lives in a WEB Browser, thick-clients solutions (where an application needs to be installed on both ends) and a mixture of both. For a comparisons and reviews please see, for instance, [3] or [9] but also the many books available on the subject. The work described here was concerned with investigating optimal ways of sharing captured images such as that of a document, a magazine, a 3D object, or a holiday picture. The concept that was developed as a consequence aimed at systematically satisfying some basic user needs in this context. These needs were identified as i) seamless integration with a capture device; ii) a collaboration session encompassing a set of images; iii) the easy selection of images in this set, their view and pointing; iv) all without appreciable delay independently of network bandwidth; and v) with assured consistency between the local and remote views. The prototype that was born from these requirements, called PicShare, addresses all these issues in a single integrated application which uses the data services provided by the ubiquitous NetMeeting videoconferencing application. Whilst the PicShare application is being used, the users can benefit from the usual services provided by NetMeeting, that is audio, video, chat, application sharing, whiteboard and file transfer. 2
3 2. The PicShare concept The concept of PicShare was formed while experimenting with existing collaboration tools, in particular NetMeeting, and by talking with colleagues about previous HP Labs endeavors in remote collaboration, such as DeskSlate [1,2]. Using a simple document camera prototype built from off-the shelf components [4], we started to experiment with the possibility of instant sharing of things and documents. There are several scenarios where this could be useful, such as families sharing a photo album or children artifacts, engineers sketching a diagram on paper to discuss it with a colleague, showing features of a PCB board, etc. All of them share the common need to share something in the physical world and can be captured pronto with a scanning device. This kind of sharing, of an image-based nature, is bound to happen in the familiar screen world at least until some sort of virtual/augmented-reality application will let users remotely interact effectively in the physical world as well [3]. Following Frohlich s taxonomy [3], we can classify this sort of collaboration as screen to screen synchronous collaboration although, strictly speaking, the synchronous aspect takes place after the image is captured or brought into the sharing space (once and asynchronously). To emphasize this aspect, we have termed this kind of collaboration as capture-centric. The PicShare concept was articulated to fulfill some simple needs in this capturecentric space. In the following we shall explain these requirements, by no means implying that these are the only needs one might have. 1. The path (time plus complexity) from capture to actually sharing must be as short as possible, ideally instantaneous. It is therefore necessary to minimize the GUI interactions needed from the moment one captures to the moment sharing is possible. Short set-up and data transfer times are also of key importance in a (typically) low bandwidth infrastructure. (Scenario. User1: Please, let me show you this drawing I got! ). 2. A collaboration session might involve multiple captures and both users must have the ability to switch seamlessly between previously captured images during the course of their discussion. Switching between pictures must be synchronous and symmetric, that is both users should be able to switch back and forth between pictures and/or initiate another capture. (Scenario. User1: Actually, let me go back for a moment to the previous picture! ; User2: No, wait a sec! Let me show you this idea of mine instead. ). 3. Users must be able to have sessions with different people, some of whom they might have already remotely-collaborated with before. Therefore, we might need separate sharing spaces similarly for documents and pictures that were previously shared with a particular user or for different topics. Automatic picture synchronization can then be used to avoid negotiating who has got what. 4. Both users must have the ability of zoom in to particular regions of the picture and make sure their view is shared with the interlocutor. This is necessary because screen resolution is typically much lower than the resolution of the 3
4 captured image and its details might not be visible in full view. A text document is a good example of this. (Scenario. User1: Let me show you this in more detail! ) 5. Both users must have the ability to point at a particular location of an image in order to facilitate their conversation and make sure that the remote user sees the pointer as well. (Scenario. User1: This is X ; User2: Oh yeah, and what is that? ). 6. In a multi platform environment, people can have displays of different sizes, resolution and bit depth. Images should look as good as they can be displayed on the local and remote machines and their display sizes should be view-based and not pixel-based 1. Experience with T120-based applications sharing tools (such as NetMeeting ) clearly show that these basic requirements for sharing pictures were not part of the design specifications. As we shall see, all these features have all been embodied into PicShare to produce a single image sharing solution. PicShare is a peer-to-peer capture-centric image sharing application based on the simple concept of sharing views of and pointers to images that are stored locally on all the participant s machines. Before being able to share a new image, the originator sends a compresse version of the image to the connected peer(s). The sent image is placed in the current repository of the remote machine, which is called the briefcase. From this moment on, sharing is enabled on these multiple local versions of these images; typical sharing actions, such as changing views and pointing reduce to lowbandwidth negotiation simple commands between the remote and local applications. The local and remote user s briefcase may contains many images that may or may not be available on both machines. This state (shareable or not) is signaled for each image to the users. At any point in time a user can decide to add a new image to the briefcase by either importing or capturing it. A capture-to-share feature is supported that, when the connection is available, immediately shares (sends) the imported or captured image. PicShare is also an application that is directly integrated with scanning devices. A general purpose application sharing tool is not integrated with scanning devices and recur to an image viewer that is shared as a whole application; the steps are typically initiating the scan, saving a scanned file, opening an application and sharing the application itself. In PicShare a scan-to-share paradigm is used where the captured image is directly available for sharing without the need of another application. This considerably simplifies the user interface and rid the user of intermediate steps. 1 With view-based, we mean that a particular view in picture coordinates can be forced regardless the actual pixel resolution of the screen. For instance, if we want to display the top-left quarter of a 300dpi A4 document on the screen, in a pixel-based rendering we need 1000x1500 pixels on the screen, which is beyond most display s capabilities. On the other hand, a view-based rendering would display the top-left quarter sub-sampled at whatever screen resolution and window size the remote user has available. For instance, with NetMeeting application sharing is pixels based and explicit negotiation of the screen capabilities is needed between remote and local users in order to make sure actual views are truly shared. 4
5 PicShare allows for sessions that require multiple pictures, captured on or off-line. All the pictures for the session are held in a local repository called briefcase. Users can then switch back and forth between these pictures without needing to search and open files into the image viewer and close older ones. In PicShare, users can switch between briefcases or create new ones, but it is within a briefcase that multi-picture collaboration becomes seamlessly easy. In fact, at any moment in time, the connected users know which picture could be shared in their current briefcases and can select one of them to share with virtually no delay. We call this feature Briefcase Synchronization and has been adapted from, for instance, the Briefcase folder of the Windows operating system. One user might have a briefcase that is used for all his sharing sessions while another, more organized, could have a briefcase for each topic or project; nonetheless, when connected to each other these two users are at any moment aware of what document is available at the remote end. It is up to individual users to decide whether to share other pictures that are not currently shareable or capture a new one to be immediately shared. When a user has captured or selected a picture for sharing in PicShare, both users can select areas to magnify, or highlight things during their discussion. Since the pictures are stored locally, changing view, zooming, scrolling, etc, does not involve sending actual pixels and the result is that even on extremely slow connections the reflected change on the remote application is virtually instantaneous. Application sharing tools such as NetMeeting (see Appendix 1) are based on a very general paradigm but unfortunately are extremely slow at transmitting changes with slow connections (even with corporate networks the delay is measured in seconds). In addition, a pointer feature is provided that gives users an indication of what the user at the other end is referring to. Given that this pointer is not the same as the mouse of the system GUI (as in standard application sharing tools), some extended pointer features are possible. PicShare is wholly display-size and bit-depth independent. This features is a consequence of the images being rendered locally rather then remotely, as in the case of NetMeeting for instance. In PicShare the viewing conditions are always the best the current display can manage. It is possible for instance to have a user using a 1600x1200 screen with a remote user on a 800x600 screen and yet be sure that a local view matches the (scaled) remote view. None of these features are truly novel, as they can be found scattered in several sharing applications on the market and even in the patent literature. For instance, HP Labs DeskSlate was a pen-based telephone accessory which used a voice and data modem to provide a shared document workspace for telephone partners but lacked an integral scanner for easy document input [and users] were obliged to fax to their own device before making a call [3]. The ill-fated appliance had file synchronization, instruction-based view management and other interesting features at the time. Clearly local-remote file synchronization in PicShare s briefcase is possible by many groupware solution (e.g. Lotus Domino ). Also sharing local and remote views through high-level commands is, for instance, well articulated in an Intel patent [10]. And the list can go on. Nevertheless, PicShare brought all these ideas together coherently to make the image sharing useful and easy-to-use. 5
6 3. PicShare Implementation This section is devoted to the description of the actual technical details of the PicShare prototype (v1.0), specifically its user interface the implementation strategies. The description of the user interface should hopefully help clarify the description of the concepts and features given in the previous section. (Note that the current version does not allow for more that two people in a session.) 3.1. Functionalities and User Interface Figure 2 shows a screen shot of PicShare 1.0 in action that we shall use to describe some of the features. The application window is composed of five areas. At the top we have a toolbar where the most common features can be accessed directly. On the top left we have the briefcase (1. Below there is the preview pan (5) that is used to see the location of the current zoomed view and let the user drag the view as well. The biggest region is the main view area (4), which is where most of the picture sharing action takes place. The strip at the bottom is a status bar containing various information. The briefcase (1) is where a user keeps all the images files s/he would like to use in a session. Different icons beside the image names indicate those that are currently shareable (i.e. present locally on both machines) and those that are not. We call this the synchronization status. Scrolling the image list or clicking on a file causes the corresponding image to be displayed in both the preview and main display areas; if the connection is active and the selected image file is shareable, the new view will also immediately appear at the remote end as well. As well the usual file operations, the briefcase toolbar (2) is used for two purposes, sending a file for sharing and refreshing the synchronization status. The former is used when a image has been captured with PicShare or has been imported into the briefcase and the user decides to share it immediately with the remote (and currently connected) user. The latter is used to refresh the synchronization status of each file in the briefcase (not strictly necessary). 6
7 Another briefcase, perhaps referring to another project or user, can be selected at any time on or off-line using the briefcase selection button (3). A pull-down list conveniently allows speedy selection of recently used briefcases. Currently, the briefcase is nothing more than a directory, so one could select an existing directory in the file system and make it become the current briefcase. The main view (4) and preview pane (5) allow the user to select regions to zoom in (by selecting an area with the mouse), zoom out and scroll. These two views are synchronized and the preview pane is used to have a overview of what region the main view is focused in. The red outlines (6) and (7) are very important because, regardless what the windows actually show, they indicate what it is guaranteed to be visible at the remote end. In some sense it is this that is the truly shared area. Finally, the two scanning buttons (8) are used to scan either with a Twain compatible scanner or with our prototype desktop camera [4]. Note that in both cases capturing is a very simple one-button operation that uses a default and optimal setting 2. When capturing with our prototype desktop camera [4] the main view (4) is temporarily replaced by a live preview window that allows the positioning of the subject, should the users wish to. Once captured the image ends up directly in the briefcase and the user can initiate the collaboration by pressing the sharing button on the briefcase The implementation of PicShare The most important architectural choice that was taken during the early design stages was to use NetMeeting [5] as the communication platform that would support audio and video and data conferencing. In Microsoft own words, the NetMeeting 3 application programming interface (API) provides strategies, technologies and tools that can help you build Internet conferencing applications. This choice offered tremendous advantages. Through its COM API, NetMeeting offers services such as the Node Management and Call Control, Audio and Video using Real Time Protocol. NetMeeting is fundamentally based on two widely accepted standards, the ITU H323 standard for the audio/video part and the ITU T120 standard for the data part, which includes application sharing and file transfer. Microsoft provides the developer community with a free (but far from easy to use) Software Development Kit called the NetMeeting 3 SDK [6]. This SDK uses COM interfaces to access many of the features of NetMeeting along with those of the H323 and T120 standards. This architectural choice implies that PicShare does not per se handle the connection or deals with audio video communication but rather it is an application that piggybacks onto an existing NetMeeting session between two users and uses a dedicated data and file transfer channel for its operations. 2 Future versions will allow interactive setting of defaults scanning parameters. 7
8 Figure 1 shows an overview of the architecture of the PicShare application. The development has been carried out using as much as possible a component-based philosophy. The grayed out outline encloses modules that constitute the PicShare application but are, effectively, independent components. The top-level part of the application has been written in Visual Basic 6.0 [8], which is well suited for this sort of application. One component is the NetMeeting control component, which deals with creating an easy to use and clean interface with the NetMeeting COM API. This component has been implemented as a COM Control (COM object which implements the IDispatch interface) using Visual C [7] and can therefore be included in a Visual Basic application. The component, amongst others, implements two methods, SendData and SendFile, and generates two events, DataReceived and FileReceived; these four are the backbone of all the communication between two PicShare applications over the NetMeeting conference. Another component, ViewSync, deals with synchronizing views and other things (such as pointers) between two PicShare applications. This component, implemented in VisualBasic 6.0, abstracts details of the actual viewing component and the communication mechanisms. Next, there is the viewer component. The viewer component currently used by PicShare is based on the Kodak Imaging (or Wang Imaging in some systems) component that is installed on every Windows 98/NT/2000 machine. However we are planning to re-implement this component from scratch because we encountered several problems with it, such as incompatibility with recent JPEG or TIFF images, and difficulties with rendering overlay graphics on it. The desktop camera component is the one that has been implemented to interface the application with the prototype desktop camera [4]. This was implemented in Visual C and maps almost one-to-one the services offered by the Scanner API supported in [4]. Finally there is the briefcase component. The local and remote briefcases exchange messages to each other to negotiate which image files are available via messages and methods interfaces with the high-level part of the application which in turn calls the communication component. The briefcase was implemented as a control in Visual Basic
9 Figure 1 The PicShare 1.0 architectural overview. The only part of the application that needs to be aware of what the other components look like is the PicShare control, which orchestrates the inter-component interactions and how they affect or are affected by the user interface. One last remark. Given that there is only one data channel available but there are several entities in the application that need to interact, a simple messaging system based upon command strings has been implemented that allows, for instance, the local briefcase to talk to the remote briefcase, whilst the ViewSync component is doing its view synchronization job with its counterpart. 9
10 Figure 2 The PicShare interface. 10
11 4. A bit of perspective In previous sections we have discussed the aspects embodied in the PicShare concept and the reasons as to why we thought they were a step forward from general-purpose conferencing applications. Not surprisingly, informal feedback from early users showed that the usability and experience is greatly enhanced and more consistent with expectations. But a few questions need to be answered. First, how relevant is PicShare in the Real- Time Conferencing (RTC) panorama? And how novel are its features. What are the current alternatives in the market? And what is the HP s business perspective in all this? Despite the crowded RTC panorama, the proposition of a vertical product such as PicShare is one of a solution dedicated to be a good companion to a capture device for image-based collaboration. Many hypothetical situations suggest that a capture-centric solution is better than a general purpose one. For instance, as argued by Frohlich in [3], paper is still the preferred medium to aid articulating concepts and sketching things and a specialized solution makes the transition from physical to the shared digital space very easy. When comparing with a standard way of sharing (see Appendix), the advantages are all too evident. The integration of PicShare with our prototype desktop face-up scanner [4] and its two-seconds capture-to-sharing time has even further highlighted the need for a specialized solution to make the most of the new scanning paradigm. The extremely low time delay when actually sharing an image or switching to another one has also impressed all people that had previous experiences with other desktop collaborations tools. Furthermore, the live preview available when capturing with our prototype desktop camera [4] has proven invaluable to show the potential of face-up scanning together with a sharing tool such as PicShare, opening up exciting possibilities of a smooth link between the physical world and a shared digital workspace. Some products available on the market have addressed successfully vertical applications within the larger remote collaboration scenario, and PicShare resemble some of them. The most notable one is WebEx s collaborative browsing feature [11]. It allows user to synchronously share a web browsing session; this is not done by sending the browser window s pixels (as in standard application-sharing) but through high-level commands. Probably this is clearly a superior solution to application sharing since it can support a far more efficient collaboration experience over a low-bandwidth connection and it is platform and display independent. If we can draw from this, it is the knowledge of the shared object that allows efficiencies through the definition of high-level sharing actions. In the case of WebEx an action could be Connect to whereas in our case it is View 100,100,800,300 or Display Pic1.jpg. The T120 specification onto which the NetMeeting data services are based does support high level commands for image annotation for whiteboards and the likes and its application sharing feature 11
12 could not be more comprehensive, allowing total remote control of any application. But it is especially the use model that is not optimized for an image sharing application. As far as image sharing is concerned, PicShare is to NetMeeting s application sharing what a Photo organizer is to Internet Explorer for the task of organizing a personal photo album: just a more appropriate use model. On the business side, HP is lately showing interest in the lucrative remote teleworking market. Recently, HP has made an equity investment in TManage 3 ( as part of a new strategic alliance aimed at delivering products and services to the emerging corporate/home office (COHO market). HP has also made a strategic investment in PlaceWare, a major conference vendor; HP later released a product based on PlaceWare as a full-blown web-conferencing service for the education market called Jroom [3]. Reading between the lines, we can anticipate that HP has recognized the huge growth potential offered by providing services and technology to the millions of teleworkers. HP has also got into on-line photo albums with Cartogra ( as a vehicle to promote its imaging business and provide various image services to its customers. Cartogra allows sharing in a simple asynchronous fashion being mainly a repository for images. Without entering the discussion on whether on-line photo albums are founded on a viable business model, it is a short leap of imagination to think as Cartogra as the ideal platform to launch a browser-based on-line imagesharing tool with functionalities similar to PicShare s. In this respect, PicShare more sophisticated successors could also evolve towards a thin-client model, whereby a Java enabled web browser could run a sharing applet that could support sharing images stored on a server, on the web or locally. Within HP, the future of a vertical, capture-centric image sharing tool is probably intertwined with that of the scanner business (either flatbed or document camera) and with technology integration issues. At the moment, PicShare is a full-blown application and wholly replaces the main scanner application (currently PrecisionScan) in a capture-and-share session. However the sharing feature could be more tightly integrated with the main scanner application; this avenue will need to be explored further both in terms of technology compatibility and usability issues (such as consistency of GUI and paradigm shift). Concluding, it is wiser to consider capture-centric image sharing as a part of a larger HP solution in the area intersecting casual capture and remote collaboration then might evolve naturally from the existing product portfolio. 3 TManage in one of the market leaders in the sector who provide telecommuting situation audit, telecommuter profiling assessments, technology deployment, maintenance and support ( ) 12
13 Acknowledgements Thanks to Stephen Pollard and David Slatter for contributing to the concepts embodied in PicShare and David Frohlich for his constant input of ideas and references. Thanks also to Andy Hunter for discussions on HP Labs DeskSlate product. I would also like to acknowledge Andrea Zambianchi as a contributor to the SW implementation and the solution of some technical problems. References 1. O Conaill B., Geelhoed G. & Toft P. (1994) Deskslate: A shared workspace for telephone partners. Companion Proceedings of CHI 94: New York: ACM Press. 2. Hunter A. (1995) Pen-based interaction for a shared telephone workspace. Chapter 5 in J. Nielsen (Ed.) Advances in human-computer interaction Volume 5. Norwood, New Jersey: Ablex Publishing. 3. David Frohlich (2000). Beyond remote collaboration: Opportunities for audiovisual support of interpersonal collaboration. HP-Labs Technical Report, In Preparation. 4. Pilu M. & Pollard S. (2000). A Prototype Desktop Document Camera. HP- Labs Technical Report, In Preparation. 5. Microsoft(1999). NetMeeting Microsoft (1999). The NetMeeting 3.0 SDK Microsoft (1999). Visual C++ 6.0, msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ 8. Microsoft (1999). Visual Basic 6.0, msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ 9. Collaborative Strategies (1999). The Data Conferencing and Real Time Collaboration Market in the New Millennium Porter, D. et al (1998). Method and Apparatus for synchronizing viewed information in a conferencing environment, US Patent US 5,740,161, Intel Corporation. 11. ActiveTouch Co. (1999). The WebEx Meeting Center, 13
14 Appendix. Application-Sharing with NetMeeting This appendix overviews the application-sharing features of NetMeeting. These features are based on the ITU T120 standard as with many other similar tools available on the market. Rather than paraphrasing, here we quote Microsoft s description of the feature, acknowledging Microsoft copyright (underlines are the author s). Shared programs allow meeting participants to view and work on files simultaneously. For example, you may have a Microsoft Word document that several people need to work on. You can open the document on your computer, share it, and then everyone can provide their comments directly in the document. Only the person who has opened the file is required to have the program on their computer. Other participants can work on the document without having the program. Only one person can be in control of a shared program at a time. If controllable appears in the title bar of the shared program window, the person who shared the program has control and is allowing others to work in the program. If the mouse pointer has a box with initials, then another meeting participant has control of the program. All meeting participants can share programs during a meeting. The shared programs of each participant appear in separate shared program windows on the other participants' desktops. NetMeeting is as very versatile tool for remote collaboration 4. However the underlined parts of the above quote highlight some of the features that make it not ideal (if not cumbersome) for a capture-centric image-sharing application. First we see that files need be open in an application and the application shared. Then we see that control is asymmetric, that is there is a negotiation to establish who is in control: two participants cannot freely interact. Finally we see one of the greatest problem, the concept that windows are shared, not images; if one needs to share a document that was just scanned, s/he has to share a window that contains his/her viewer application, and the document itself. This leads to problems of view and color incompatibility and excessive use of bandwidth. And these are only few example. Anybody can carry out simple usability experiment using the NetMeeting installed on their Windows machines. It is clear that its versatility has turned (as often is the case) to a disadvantage compared to a tailored application which does few things but very well. 4 The author himself has successfully done some real-life remote support and collaboration sessions with colleagues and was impressed by the usefulness of it. It is opinion of the author (and not necessarily HP s) that reason why NetMeeting is freely available has more to do with Microsoft s business strategy than the intrinsic values of the product. In fact once NetMeeting started to be distributed for free, most of the competition moved from a product model towards a service model with added for their proprietary collaboration technology. 14
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Home » People underrate danger of borrowing toothbrushes – Research
People underrate danger of borrowing toothbrushes – Research
Spitting is the most disgusting habit, a new research has revealed. Some 35% of respondents placed spitting at the top of the list while 73% positioned it in the worst three.
Using somebody else’s toothbrush and not telling them was branded as the most disgusting habit by 25%, coming second in the poll, with nose picking in third (17%).
Flatulence (12%), bad language (7%), belching (2%), biting nails (2%) and thumb sucking (0.3%) made up the rest of the list.
The survey, which questioned more than 1,000 members of the public, was conducted by the British Dental Health Foundation ahead of National Smile Month, a campaign to improve the UK’s oral health in 2012.
In addition to using somebody else’s toothbrush and not telling them being the second biggest pet peeve with respondents, just under half (49%) found it nasty enough to rank it amongst their top three.
Chief Executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, Dr. Nigel Carter said he was surprised the attitudes against borrowing toothbrushes were not higher, especially as it was one of few on the list which could cause illness and disease.
“Borrowing somebody else’s toothbrush leaves people susceptible to all sorts of oral and general health problems,” Dr. Carter said. “There are many hundreds of different bacteria and viruses in the mouth and people sharing a toothbrush could be passing these on to others. Whilst this might be something relatively harmless, such as a common cold or cold sore, if either person is infected with hepatitis B or HIV these could also be passed on via the toothbrush with life threatening consequences.”
Dr. Carter urged all to take good care of their toothbrush, and to change it once every three months. Above all, no one else should borrow it, he said.
“What people may not realise when looking through this list is how many of these bad habits could go on to affect their oral health,” Dr. Carter added. “Nail biting could result in chipped teeth, gum trauma and a reduction in the enamel. An acid reflux from belching could cause dental erosion while thumb sucking can affect the position of the teeth, misaligning the jaw bone over time, resulting in unpleasant and costly corrective treatment.
“Kicking bad habits can often not be easy but in this case they may be crucially important to achieving better oral and overall health.”
National Smile Month, which runs from 20th May to 20th June, is being supported by a record number of sponsors including Listerine, Wrigley and Oral-B.
It encourages everyone to follow three basic rules for great oral health throughout life: brush your teeth for two minutes twice a day with a fluoride toothpaste; cut down on how often you have sugary foods and drinks; and visit your dentist regularly, as often as they recommend.
Other ways to improve oral health include: cleaning between your teeth with interdental brushes or floss at least once a day; using a mouthwash as part of your regular oral health routine; chewing sugar-free gum in between meals to help protect your teeth throughout the day; and if you wear dentures, cleaning them twice a day.
National Smile Month is also promoting a water saving message in 2012. By visiting www.smilemonth.org everyone can find out more about the campaign, including details on this year’s official symbol – the ‘Smiley’.
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Alameda High School fence stirs debate
Michele Ellson
Friday, August 17, 2012 - 00:10
Dennis Laine drove past Historic Alameda High School this morning, and he was shocked by what he saw: An eight-foot tall fence being erected around portions of the old school.
“This fence is more than a simple chain link fence. The posts that are now in the ground are more suitable for a PRISON and that is exactly what Alameda High is going to look like!” Laine wrote The Alamedan on Thursday. “This construction needs to be stopped NOW before it is to late to do anything about it. The fence project needs to be redesigned.”
The Board of Education voted unanimously in June to erect the fence to protect students and passers-by from debris that an engineering firm that studied Historic Alameda High said could fall from the buildings in the event of a catastrophic earthquake. The decision-making process drew handfuls of residents to the board meetings where the fence was discussed. But the fence’s construction has become the talk of the town, with some residents saying they see it as an “eyesore” and questioning whether it will actually offer protection in an earthquake.
“I would think that in the event of a major earthquake, a fence isn't going to do much to help out,” Michelle Marie Stibbs wrote on The Alamedan’s Facebook page. “What about all the kids inside when all this 'pancaking' is going on? Also, it would seem to me that putting a fence there would actually create a secluded area for high schoolers to group and hang out, thus creating more people in the 'danger' zone.”
The fence has attracted the attention of Alameda residents just as district leaders are getting ready to talk about what to do with the district’s aging schools and how - or whether - they will pay for $92 million in fixes a recent facilities study says they will need. Alameda High School alone needs nearly $20 million worth of upgrades, the study says.
School leaders tried unsuccessfully to get voters to approve bond funding to retrofit the old high school in the 1970s, and the bond money they did secure in 2004 was only enough to retrofit the central portion of the 87-year-old campus, which contains Kofman Auditorium and some classes. District administrators moved adult school students out of their Central Avenue digs earlier this year over seismic safety concerns, and Historic Alameda High will be largely vacant when administrators move into their new offices in October.
While many have expressed their anger over the fence and its impact on the look of the campus, others questioned preservationists’ goals in seeking the buildings’ restoration.
“I think people have forgotten that when those who wanted the old buildings preserved were made aware that the space being preserved could not be used for students (not earthquake/Field Act safe) they did not care,” Kate Quick wrote on The Alamedan’s Facebook page. “Preservation of the buildings, even if there was no money to make the space usable for the kids was the goal. There were also no plans for ‘re-repurposing’ the space.”
But at least one school board member sees the public outcry over the fence as an opportunity to better engage residents in the upcoming discussion about the district’s facilities. School board Trustee Trish Spencer, who told her dais-mates she expected a strong public reaction to the fence once it was erected, said she’s been approached by several residents about the fence and also the future of Alameda’s school facilities.
“You put up a fence, that will engage the community,” Spencer said. “At least it’s starting the conversation. We have a problem there. How are we going to deal with it?”
Engineer's report on Historic Alameda High School, February 2012
Wiss, Janney, Elstner report on Historic Alameda High School
Submitted by severeclear on Fri, Aug 17, 2012
This has to be the stupidest rationale for erecting an eyesore fence ever. More likely another crooked city politician throwing some contracting money to a pal. What, (heaven forbid!) if some lamebrain stumbles into Central Avenue during an earthquake into the path of traffic? The same anti-logic used for the Alameda High fence would suggest a similar fence had better be erected between the sidewalk and the street to protect people who might oherwise be injured. Duh.
Submitted by Mike on Fri, Aug 17, 2012
When deciding what to spend money on, is it absolutely impossible to for this School Board to use the simple decision-making guideline of "Is it a learning priority?" Once again, the School Board majority chooses to waste money on a non-essential. I feel like an idiot for having voted for that parcel tax, only to find that it goes to administrator raises, fancy new offices and eyesore fences. To be fair, I have no idea what this fence cost or where the money came from, but it probably cost a lot and ultimately came from taxpayers.
Submitted by Michele Ellson on Fri, Aug 17, 2012
Hi Mike - The entire seismic safety project, which includes caging entrances and exits at HAHS, the fence and I believe some shoring work, is $887,000 (plus $266k for project administration). Let me see if I can find out what fund it came from and I'll dig up the staff report with the cost estimates and post in a bit.
Update: Looks like the money is coming from the district's capital projects outlay fund. Can't seem to find the March or April board packets when this was discussed on the district's website, if anyone can guide me to those, much obliged.
Submitted by Bob on Fri, Aug 17, 2012
Hi Michele - Please find below BOE Agenda Special Meeting 6-4-12 (page 34 of 87):
•Funding would come primarily from Fund 40 “Special
Reserve Fund for Capital Outlay Projects”
•Funding can only be used for “Capital Facilities Projects”
•Current balance in Fund 40: $3,620,955
•Annual generation rate is approximately $400,000
Please post the 6-25-12 letter of findings coauthored by a structural engineer at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Assoc (WJE) recommending the buildings to remain occupied.
Thanks Bob! WJE letter is posted.
Submitted by Al Wright on Fri, Aug 17, 2012
Michele - What does the city of Alameda have to say about a building owned by the school district that will be abandoned and stand vacant for the foreseeable future, surrounded by a fence on steroids, and located in the heart of it's civic center?
If/when the property is considered blight, can the city of Alameda force the school district to mitigate that blight?
Does the school district intend to keep up maintenance on the property? Keep up the landscaping, painting, abating graffiti, keeping lights on for security and to protect against vandalism?
Is this property on the list of historic monuments? If so, what does that mean? I'm aware that homeowners that own historic homes are restricted in what renovations they can make to their homes; does the same hold true for public buildings that are deemed historic?
What does the $887k plus $266k buy? Does that make the buildings safe for adults to use, or safe for kids to use, or just emergency repairs to keep them from falling down and to build the fences and temporary covers over the entrances to the other safe buildings?
Submitted by knealy on Sat, Aug 18, 2012
The fence is horrible. It's got to go. I was shocked to see it. Couldn't the school board anticipate this reaction? If they really put up this prison fence just to get our attention then they are clueless at best.
Submitted by Michele Ellson on Sun, Aug 19, 2012
Hi Al: I can answer the last two questions. The campus is on the National Register of Historic Places, which could entitle the district to apply for some funding, but that as I understand it is the long and short of it (eg, the district could still theoretically knock the buildings down if they chose). And as to what the money buys, they will be doing some temporary seismic retrofitting, caging entrances to the earthquake-safe portions of the building and putting up the fence. I will have to ask the city what if any thoughts they have on all of this.
Submitted by Bob on Mon, Aug 20, 2012
The $1.15m phase one Historic AHS seismic work underway includes both temporary and permanent items.
The entrance cages, west wing bracing, and perimeter fence are temporary. In a 6/25/12 letter, WJE recommended that the floor/wall and ceiling/wall anchors be designed as permanent to facilitate future seismic reinforcing. WJE also stated the anchors “address the most severe seismic deficiency of the structures” and substantially reduce the hazard, thereby allowing the buildings to remain occupied. AUSD has ignored this professional engineering opinion and voted 3-2 to move to Marina Village and abandon the historic high school.
Future seismic reinforcing is needed to make the historic buildings Field Act compliant for student use. However, AUSD has not directed consultants to complete the design and estimate costs of seismic retrofit work. Phase one work is based upon visual inspections by consultants, without benefit of material testing and exploratory structural analysis. The scope and cost of phase two work remains unknown.
Long-term facility planning decisions are being made with incomplete information. In my opinion, the Board of Education has a public responsibility for due diligence and service to citizens of Alameda that recognizes Alameda’s heritage.
Submitted by Richard A. (not verified) on Mon, Feb 24, 2014
This is far worse than the "racial" fiasco at Washington School. Idiots.
Historic Alameda High School
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Goldsmiths workers join national strike
A united strike today by staff at all levels of Higher Education, involving members of the University and College Union, Unison and Unite (with support too from students). Pay is the main grievance, with university staff experiencing a 13% pay cut in real terms over the last four years.
It was well supported at Goldsmiths in New Cross where, despite the rain, 100+ people turned out to picket university buildings and to listen to a range of talks at an open air 'teach out' covering such subjects as food poverty, politics as pantomime, education policy, internet surveillance, Convoys Wharf and more.
Fair pay for all! (outside the ex-Deptford Town Hall meeting)
Pumpkin and Cat power outside the library
'education - justice - equality - solidarity'
Labels: Goldsmiths, New Cross, strikes
Johnson caves in to Convoys Wharf Developers
The plans by Hutchison Whampoa to redevelop the former Royal Dockyard site on the Deptford riverfront at Convoys Wharf have been widely criticised. Essentially they offer an identikit riverside tower block scheme with cursory social housing and little reference to the site's rich history, not to mention a huge impact on the local transport, health and education infrastructure. Lewisham Council has been considering the latest planning application since a revised Masterplan was submitted in May 2013.
Now even the limited influence the community has through the Council's planning process has been taken away by London Mayor Boris Johnson. As revealed in Building Design today, Johnson has 'called in' the project, which means that he will decide if it goes ahead rather the local Council. As the headline in Building Design makes clear ('Boris grants developer's wish and calls in £1 billion scheme'), this follows lobbying by the developer who claim that Lewisham has been dragging its feet for five years. Strange as the developers made a big point that they were offering something new and refreshing when they put in the lastest plan less than six months ago - though as Deptford Is... explains there is little to choose between the 'new' Farrells masterplan and the previous Aedas masterplan. Both 'proposed 3,500 homes, three towers above 32 storeys, 2000+ parking spaces, shops, a hotel, some green space, and a nod to the history of the site'.
Whether there is any connection between Johnson's decision and his recent courting of Chinese capital is unclear. The developer is a Hong Kong-based company with a history of business interests with Convoys Wharf's previous owners, News International. The latter's Rupert Murdoch is of course another mate of Boris.
The years of phoney war about Convoys Wharf may soon come to an end, with Johnson likely to try and push through the plans in spite of local opposition. Campaigners for preserving the site's heritage as a ship building site and a garden have been effective in raising these issues, but there are also wider concerns at stake which will impact very directly on everybody living in the area. Fundamentally its about whether the site is developed in a way which responds to the needs of local communities, including low cost housing, or whether this critical site is turned into a dormitory for the very wealthy - with most of the flats no doubt snapped up as a property investment by people who never live there and have no interest in Deptford.
Labels: Boris Johnson, buildings, Convoys Wharf, Deptford, Hutchison Whampoa
History Corner: WW2 Stretchers as Railings
Mereton Mansions in Brookmill Road, Deptford was formerly Carrington House, a homeless hostel. The railings outside have an interesting history too - they are made from metal stretchers used by ARP (Air Raid Protection) during the Second World War.
Similar examples of this recycling can be found elsewhere in London. I spotted these on the East Dulwich Estate:
See also The Great Wen on World War 2 Railings - he mentions that there are similar railings in Harleyford Street SE11. There is an interesting discussion on flickr too with pictures from elsewhere, and some detail that confirms this is not just an urban myth. In fact here's a photo of one of the stretchers in action:
from Wartime Memories by Ruth Durrant - note the stretchers
(this picture was taken on one of the River Emergency Service boats in the Second World War,
which operated from Cherry Gardens Pier in Bermondsey)
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Labels: Bermondsey, buildings, Carrington House, Deptford, East Dulwich, History Corner, World War Two
Celebrations at Lewisham Hospital as Government Loses Appeal
Celebrations outside Lewisham Hospital tonight, following the Court of Appeal's ruling today that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt did not have power to implement cuts to maternity and emergency services at Lewisham Hospital. Of course the High Court had ruled to this effect earlier in the year, but the Government had appealed the decision - thankfully without success.
from @savelewishamAE
by @Gwynnita
Does this mean that I can finally take down the Save Our A&E box that has been decorating Transpontine for the last year? Maybe I will for now, but Hunt has already said that the ConDem government intends to change the law to give themselves the powers that the Court ruled they don't currently have.
Labels: cuts, health services, Lewisham Hospital, SaveLewishamAE
Music Mondays: Elephants and Castles
Elephants and Castles is a newish band made up of Robin Spencer, Christopher Anderson and Adam Lucas. The band, who played in New Cross at the Hill Station Cafe earlier this month, 'Met near the Elephant, became friends, became a band. Songs of, for, about, because... Concrete gems, hot air, medal-less martyrs, knee trembling, tv off, that goal against Liverpool, my dear tattoo, trunks and turrets...'.
Here's a demo of their song, Concrete Love, 'A nod to the architect Erno Goldfinger and his importance in some of the buildings round our way'.
Oh and hear they are performing it in the Elephant and Castle subway itself:
Listen to more on Soundcloud. There's also a song about Justin Fashanu.
Labels: Elephant and Castle, Elephants and Castles, Hill Station Cafe, Music Monday
Lou Reed in Greenwich 1972
So long Lou Reed (1942-2013), coolest musician of the 1960s by a long shot (well along with the rest of the Velvet Underground anyway). Everyone knows that John Cale from the band went to Goldsmiths in New Cross, but Lou was always more New York. But of course there was a transpontine connection.
In July 1972, with encouragement from David Bowie, Reed came to London to do his first UK show at the Kings Cross Cinema. The next night, Iggy Pop played his first ever gig outside of the USA at the same venue.
According to Paul Trynka in his book 'Iggy Pop: Open up and bleed' (2009), Iggy and band - which included ex-Stooges Ron and Scott Asheton with guitarist James Williamson - prepared from late June 'rehearsing feverishly at Underhill Studios in Greenwich... Lou Reed was rehearsing his own band the Tots, in the studio the same month, while the Spiders From Mars were also preparing for their July shows. London band England's Glory were rehearsing in the adjacent studio'. The latter featured Peter Perrett, later of The Only Ones.
Bowie, Iggy and Lou Reed in London 1972
Bowie was living in Beckenham at the time, Tynka discusses his Underhill studio rehearsals in his book 'Starman'. In an interview in the South London Press, Tynka identified the location of the studio as in the basemen of what is now Gee-Pharm chemists on the corner of Blackheath Hill and Greenwich South Street.
(lost date for this South London Press story, but it must have been in 2011 when Starman was published)
Later in 1972, Lou Reed rented a flat in Wimbledon where he lived while recording the Transformer album.
Lou Reed also played at Charlton with The Who in 1974
Labels: David Bowie, Greenwich, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Underhill Studio
Amersham Arms Street Art
I like the latest redecoration of the Amersham Arms in New Cross, especially the 'I love New Cross DJ'...
...the fox on the corner of Amersham Road...
... and the flamingoes heart.
Sorry don't know the detail of the artist(s), or identity of DJ - anyone know any more?
See previously: Amersham Arms pandas; 2009 Amersham Arms Murals
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Labels: Amersham Arms, graffiti/street art/murals, New Cross
New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival 2014
There's been some great events in the New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival since it started in 2012 - see NXDFFF for previous posts. Planning is starting for the third festival to be held next Spring. If you are interested in film, have an idea for an interesting venue or event, or just want to get involved in something positive going in your area, get involved.
'Would you like to be involved in the third New Cross & Deptford Free Film Festival?
Free Film Festivals is a community group promoting free film screenings in neighbourhood venues. Last year the NXDfff held 23 film events in 13 venues over 11 days. It was a very diverse programme - from mainstream family features, locally made shorts, global docs and 50’s sci-fi horror. The festival was enjoyed by over 1,000 people.
Free Film Festivals is about showing films in interesting local venues. It’s about increasing the 'feel good' factor of people in the community with free and enjoyable events in popular public spaces, including outdoor screenings. We are entirely not-for-profit and run by volunteers. Events are funded thanks to our partnerships with community organisations and other supporters.
If you have an idea for a film event, are a filmmaker or want to gain experience in event organising, marketing and design or just want to be part of a community fun film project come along and meet us on Monday 11 November, upstairs at the Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Road at 8pm.Please drop us a line at nxd@freefilmfestivals.org'
Labels: Amersham Arms, Deptford, film, New Cross, NXDFFF
Time for a Lewisham Travellers Site
The shocking case of children being snatched by the state from their own parents in Ireland (and the accompanying press coverage) has highlighted the racism faced by Romani Gypsies and travellers. The rush of the tabloids to imply that travellers across Europe are going around stealing pretty blonde children reminded me of the medieval blood libel that the Jews were sacrificing young Christians. Seemingly Roma families aren't allowed to have blonde-haired, blue-eyed children - presumably this is a privilege reserved for pure Aryan families only.
Yesterday's Daily Star - no it wasn't Maddie, it was their own child
But what about locally? In the last week, a group of travellers have set up camp in the Girton Road car park in Sydenham. Last month travellers on the site of the demolished Catford Greyhound Stadium were served eviction notice, and travellers were also evicted from a site in Crystal Palace. Travellers like these are being driven from pillar to post because of the lack of proper travellers sites.
Suprisingly Lewisham currently has no official sites for travellers - by way of comparison neighbouring Southwark has 38 pitches across four sites and Greenwich has 40 pitches. The last Lewisham site, in Thurston Road, was closed in 2009 to make way for the Lewisham Gateway development. Proposals for a site in Church Grove, Ladywell provoked a predictable backlash. The Council has promised that they will consult on potential sites before the end of 2013 - lets hope that when they do local communities can avoid an over-emotive response.
There are potential sites available for at least temporary use. For instance what about the derelict Besson Street site in New Cross. It's several years since the housing block there was demolished and the once promised health centre/library is plainly never going to happen. So rather than leave the site as a fenced off wasteland why not put it to good use?
Labels: Lewisham, racism, travellers
History Corner: Transportation from Deptford to Australia
The Deptford riverside has been the starting point for many journeys across the oceans, some of them freely chosen adventures, many of them not. One destination was Australia, where convicted prisoners were shipped off to penal colonies from the 1780s (the practice formally ended in 1868, though it had become rare by that point).
Reg Rigden's The Floating Prisons of Woolwich and Deptford (a pamphlet published by Greenwich Council in 1976), mentions one such voyage. On the 11 December 1814, Mary Langridge, Sarah Morris, Maria McIntyre and Ann Roberts were 'put on board the Northampton at Deptford'.
According to the Australian site Convict Records, 110 prisoners - all of them women - were taken on that voyage arriving in New South Wales in June1815. The ship went from Deptford to Portsmouth, from where it set sail on New Year's Day 1815. It was an eventful voyage, with the ship being temporarily captured by an American ship off Madeira. It made its way via Rio de Janeiro to Port Jackson, with four women dying during the voyage. On the way home, the Northampton went to China, returning to Hastings with a cargo of sandalwood.
Just one voyage amongst so many, but showing clearly how Deptford in that period was a key point in the international circulation of labour, commodities, ideas and much more. Globalisation is nothing new in South East London on Thames.
Labels: Australia, Deptford, History Corner, prison and prisoners, River Thames, transportation
Black Power Mixtape at New Cross Learning
As part of its Black History Month programme, New Cross Learning (283 New Cross Road) is putting on a free showing of the film 'Black Power Mix Tape' on Wednesday 23 October, 7 pm. The film, made by Goran Olsson, is a compilation of amazing footage of the Black Panther Party and other radical activists in the period 1967 to 1975. It features Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale and many others.
Incidentally I remember going to a meeting back in October 1992 in Brixton Recreation Centre with about 2,000 people turning out to listen to Bobby Seale, one of the founders of the US Black Panther Party. The meeting was organised by Panther UK, a group set up I believe by people connected to Militant (now the Socialist Party). I think it split the following year, so no doubt the Brixton meeting was its highest point - a lot of people were turned away because they couldn't fit any more in.
Labels: New Cross Learning/library, racism
Tibetan Monks Sand Painting in Bermondsey
Kagyu Samye Dzong London is a Tibetan Buddhist Centre based in the grand surrounds of the former Bermondsey Public Library in Spa Road SE1. Later this week it will host a visit by monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in India, including the creation of a Sand Mandala, a dance performance and interactive workshops open to all.
The monks creating a mandala in Salisbury earlier this month
The events run from 25th to 30th October (full programme here) and will culminate in a ceremony at Tower Bridge:
'Of all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with coloured sand is one of the most exquisite. The mandala essentially is a representation of the celestial mansion or abode of a principal deity or deities, surrounded by their retinues, and representing the path and fruition of the particular cycle of practices. To make a sand mandala, millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid into place in an intricate design over a period of several days using hollow tubes called chagpurs. The material used is ground marble dust – but in ancient times powdered precious and semi-precious stones were also used. The monks will be creating a Medicine Buddha Mandala.
A total of eight monks will be making the mandala over a period of five days. The exhibition begins with a short dedication prayer, and on completion, the mandala is dismantled in a moving ceremony during which the sand is swept into the centre of the table, symbolizing the impermanence of all things. A small amount of sand will be poured into the Thames after a small procession from the centre to Tower Bridge, and people attending the ceremony can take away with them small bags of sand as a memory of the event.
Wed 30th Oct: 10am - 12pm - Completion and Closing Prayers at 10am and the Pouring Ceremony at Tower Bridge at 12 noon'.
Labels: Bermondsey, Buddhism, Thames
Everything Means Nothing to Me: Elliot Smith Night in Greenwich
I can't believe that it's ten years since the sad death of singer Elliot Smith. There's a tribute night tonight at Oliver's piano and jazz bar in Greenwich (9 Nevada Street SE10), with proceeds going to men's suicde charity CALM.
Labels: Elliot Smith, Greenwich, music
Teachers Strike in Lewisham
Teachers picketing Prendergast-Ladywell Fields College yesterday
Yesterday's teachers strike seems to have been pretty effective in Lewisham. Martin Powell-Davies (National Union of Teachers) reports that 75% of local schools were either completely or mainly closed. The strike focused on three big issues, as described by the NUT :
'Pay – no to dismantling the national pay system
Conditions – no to attacks on conditions – Michael Gove wants a longer school day and year
Pensions – no to working longer, paying more and getting less'
Labels: education, Lewisham, teachers strike
Lewisham Pensioners Book Sale
Coming up next Sunday 20th October, Lewisham Pensioners Forum is having another Big Book Sale. It's at the Saville Centre, 436 Lewisham High Street (near the Hospital), with paperbacks five for £1 and hardbacks from 50p to £2. You can bring along books to donate on the day as well as buying.
Labels: books, Lewisham, pensioners
Stand! for Football at the Amersham Arms (with Terry Hall DJing)
(update: 26 October - apparently this event has been cancelled)
STAND! is a football fanzine that speaks out against the corporate excesses of modern football. Next Saturday 26 October they are having a night of beer, music and football at the Amersham Arms in New Cross.
It starts out with a panel discussion on 'what we can do to take back our beloved game' followed by a night of 'classic old skool indie, house and ska' with a DJ set from the great Terry Hall (Specials/Fun Boy Three), as well as Big Beat Boutique, D'Arcy and One Man Melt. Advance tickets (£10) available here.
Labels: Amersham Arms, football, ska
Pop up Record Shop in New Cross Road
You go for years without a record shop in the area then two open within a month. Vinyl in Deptford is planning on sticking around, but there's also a temporary one opening in New Cross Road this weekend. This from Goldsmiths:
'A pop-up record shop in the heart of New Cross will open on Saturday (19 October) in association with NX Records, a collaborative independent label from Matthew Herbert’s Accidental record label, and Goldsmiths, University of London. Launched just six months ago as a platform for Goldsmiths students from the BMus in Popular Music, NX Records has already hosted live shows, produced an acclaimed introductory mix-tape and is now proud to announce the opening of the NX Records Pop Up Shop.
The first venture of its kind in New Cross, the shop will be open from Saturday 19 October until Saturday 23 November, and will offer a unique record-buying experience in a lively, friendly atmosphere. The most desirable new vinyl and CDs from a range of labels, limited edition releases from NX Records artists and friends unavailable elsewhere, and unique handcrafted releases and zines will also be on offer.
From mainstream to underground, the BMus in Popular Music at Goldsmiths embraces popular music in its many forms: rock, pop, folk, urban, jazz, experimental and commercial. It is also the programme that produced Mercury Prize 2011 nominee Katy B, and James Blake – also nominated for the Mercury Prize and a 2012 Ivor Novello award.
Honouring Goldsmiths' commitment to the local creative community and to a new generation of upcoming artists, the shop will also host talks, workshops and Q&A sessions from industry experts, and one-of-a-kind, intimate in-store performances from NX and other local artists including Holy Milk, Thefft, Buffalo Ink and Crewdson.
Simon Deacon, Director of Popular Music at Goldsmiths, commented: "NX Records exists to showcase the talents, and hopefully launch the careers, of up and coming artists who have begun their creative journey at Goldsmiths. The Pop Up Shop shop will be a creative hub for NX Records and will give New Cross residents a great opportunity to experience some of the amazing talent we have at Goldsmiths."
Goldsmiths recently announced it will be creating new recording studios at 286 New Cross Road for the use of its students from the Department of Music. Once completed, it is hoped the professional-level studios will be available for public hire'.
- For more information about the pop up shop visit http://310nxroad.tumblr.com/
- For more information about NX Records visit http://www.nxrecords.co.uk/
- In-Store events (doors 19:30):
Sat 19 Oct (Opening night) - Thefft (DJ set) + Holy Milk
Fri 25 Oct - Jacob Aria + James Marples
Fri 1 Nov - Tom Morley + King of Hearts
Fri 8 Nov - Femme + Lisa Busby (DJ set)
Thu 14 Nov - Lake Dysmal and Crewdson (workshop and gig)
Thu 21 Nov - Niomi Eve + Jamie Coe
Sat 23 Nov (Closing Party) - Buffalo Ink + Special Guest DJ
Labels: Goldsmiths, New Cross Road, record shops
Day of the Dead Silent Disco
Friday 1 November 2013 is Mexican Day of the Dead, and the only Day of the Dead Silent Disco in London (probably) will be happening in SE14. According to the organisers:
'The Hill Station Café (Kitto Road SE14) will be transformed into a Fabulously Fluorescent, Luminously Lovely, Ultra Violet, Psychedelic Disco. Tickets £15.00 in advance from www.brownpaper.com, include:
Wireless headphones tune in & turn on
Competing DJ's wig out to your fave raves
Free Deadly Cocktail there'll be blood on the dance floor!
Entry into Special Day of the Dead raffle
Prizes for best dressed Senor and Senorita
A top line-up of local DJ's will keep your feet firmly on the dance floor with a selection of the best banging party tunes, decadent disco hits and old-skool hedonism. It's a fancy dress thing - the more skulls the merrier (but of course you don't have to). The best dressed Senor and Senorita will be crowned "King and Queen of the Dead". Everybody gets a free cocktail on arrival, and there'll be lots of extra scary stuff too. Proceeds go towards funding the New Cross & Deptford free film festival 2014'.
Also at the Hill Station, a new season of Cinetopia starts next Friday 18th October - the night with a mystery feature film, a two course themed meal and a film quiz. The first film in the season is described as 'a funny and honest tale of Brooklyn bohemians behaving badly. Artistic failure leads to marriage break-up which affects adolescent sons in different ways. A quirky and wise American indie'. Further details on facebook
Labels: film, Hill Station Cafe, New Cross, NXDFFF, Silent Disco
Jay-Z on the Jubilee Line
When playing at the O2 in Greenwich there's really only one quick way to and from central London - on the tube. Hence Jay-Z being spotted on tube at Waterloo last night on his way to gig (photo by GoodguyGoodguy). And yes that's Chris Martin from Coldplay standing behind him.
Rihanna also took the Jubilee line from London Bridge to North Greenwich when she was playing at the 02 in October 2011
Labels: Greenwich, Jay-Z, London Bridge, Rihanna, Waterloo
South London Anti-Fascists AGM
The past year has seen South London Anti Fascists grow from a largely dormant email list to a significant force in London anti-racist politics. When racist groups like the BNP and EDL tried to exploit the killing of Lee Rigby in Woolwich earlier this year, South London Anti Fascists stepped up with similar groups elsewhere (now organised as the Anti Fascist Network) to mobilise opposition. In some cases the numbers they have mobilised have exceeded those pulled out by more established groups like Unite Against Fascism.
They have paid a heavy price, as the police have met this new generation of militant anti-fascists head on with mass arrests in Whitehall (58 arrests on 1 June anti-BNP protest) and again in Tower Hamlets on September 7th when 286 people were arrested for demonstrating against the English Defence League.
South London Anti-Fascists banner in Tower Hamlets on September 7th 2013
Within South London, they have helped ensure that small demonstrations in Croydon by the 'English Volunteer Force' on 27 July and by Croydon & Sutton British National Party on 5 October have been countered and well-outnumbered. Both demonstrations were at Lunar House incidentally, the Immigration Enforcement (formerly named UK Border Agency) processing centre in Croydon. I've never quite understood why fascists want to protest there, I would have thought they'd be queuing up to work for an Agency that goes around locking up and deporting migrants in a way the BNP and co. can only dream of.
Arguably South London Anti Fascists' most significant intervention was in mobilising for something that never happened - the BNP's planned march from Woolwich to Lewisham Islamic Centre on 1 June 2013. Their mobilising (along with others) built up a huge momentum in the week leading up to the demonstration, and it is plain that the fear of where this might lead prompted the banning of the BNP march in this area.
South London Anti Fascists will face the same arguments that many of us had throughout the 1990s - should the priority be organising amongst the communities threatened by the far right, or amongst the people the fascists are trying to recuit from? How much effort should be expended in countering tiny groups of racists compared with countering racist official immigration powers? How can you combine a broad, inclusive approach with being prepared to sometimes physically stand up to fascists? While it was and is important to discuss these, my experience is that bitter tactical disagreements between competing groups tend to be fruitless - at the end of the day there is no single correct approach, and any and all of the above will be required.
So far, South London Anti Fascists seem to have avoided this trap, recognising the need for a diversity of tactics and combining a militant street presence with some genuine community outreach (e.g. at the only meeting I have been to of their's, they had representatives from Lewisham Islamic Centre and the Nigerian Mosque on the Old Kent Road along to discuss the situation in the context of recent attacks on such places)
South London Anti Fascists have been meeting regularly in New Cross and tomorrow afternoon (Sunday 13 October, 2:15 pm) they will be holding their Annual General Meeting locally - for details of venue please email hello@slaf.org.uk
Anti-fascists in the pub? - spotted at the Amersham Arms
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Labels: fascists and anti-fascists, South London Anti-Fascists
Datacide in Deptford
Datacide, international 'magazine for noise and politics', has its origins in the underground techno/speedcore/noise scene in 1990s London. Its founder, Christoph Fringeli, also initiated Praxis records and the legendary Dead by Dawn nights at the 121 Centre in Brixton (for a while Praxis had a record stall in New Cross Road in what is now Prangsta). Today it is published out of Berlin, but with contributors spread around the globe. As well record reviews and other music news, it features in depth articles and interviews on the related cultural politics, anti-fascism, and much more.
In a return to its South London origins, there will be a launch event for the new issue 13 on Sunday 20th October 2013 at Vinyl, the new record shop/cafe/bar at 4 Tanners Hill, Deptford SE8. It will run from 7 pm to 10 pm (admission free).
There will be talks from contributors including:
- Christoph Fringeli - An overview of Datacide.
- David Cecil - 'Confessions of an Accidental Activist – Sexual politics and homophobia in Uganda'. David was arrested in Uganda and deported earlier this year. He found himself in the media spotlight after he produced a comedy drama in Kampala (Uganda) which was mistakenly portrayed as a piece of ‘gay activism’. The US evangelist movement, international rights activists and the mainstream media have all contributed in different ways to misleading perceptions of sexuality in Uganda. Meanwhile, more substantial and complex factors of post-colonial socio-economic transformation have been (deliberately?) overlooked, along with the actual experience of daily life for LGBTI people in Uganda (David was also involved in the 1990s free party sound system scene).
- Neil Transpontine ' 'Revolt of the Ravers - the movement against the Criminal Justice Act in Britain'. It is now 20 years since the UK Government announced its plans for new laws notoriously targeting gatherings with music 'characterised by repetitive beats', sparking off mass opposition. A look back on that movement and its impact.
Sunday nights sounds will be supplied by South London bassnik DJ Controlled Weirdness.
Labels: Datacide, Deptford, house/techno/jungle/garage/dubstep, record shops, Tanners Hill
Lowry's Deptford Painting
The L.S. Lowry exhibition at Tate Britain closes on October 20th. I took my mum and we tried to find the original of the print we had in our 1970s front room like so many other people at that time - but to be honest a lot of the pictures were very similar and we couldn't be sure which one it was! I remember being lambasted in the pub by a left wing Labour Party activist when I was a teenage young socialist and he put me on the spot about what art I liked. Frankly I could hardly name an artist at the time, so I meekly mentioned Lowry (well we had one in our house!). He jumped down my throat telling me that 'Lowry was so anti working class'. It was one of those classic 'middle class lefty would be saviour of the working class sneering at the taste of working class people' moments. I remembered all this when I saw that Tate had managed to get Marxist/sometime Situationist art historian T J Clark to co-curate the exhibition and redeem Lowry's critical reputation - whether he succeeded or not I'm not sure. Said Labour activist turned out to be right that I should check out Picasso anyway.
Most of Lowry's pictures are famously of the north of England, but in 1959 he painted a view of Deptford Power Station from Greenwich. It is in the National Maritime Museum collection and isn't featured at Tate.
Deptford Power Station photographed in 1973 - it was demolished in 1992. The Millennium Quay housing development now stands on that site.
Labels: art, Deptford Power Station, Greenwich, Lowry, Tate, Thames
Soft Wax and the Search for LT: a 1950s London Soundman?
As mentioned here last week, Vinyl is a new record shop in Deptford at 4 Tanners Hill (previously home to Blossoming Together, Deptford Deli, Deptford Properly and in the 1930s the Communist Party's Workers Bookshop). It has a coffee shop upstairs, records downstairs and a gallery space. There's a great installation on there at the moment as part of the Deptford X Fringe called Soft Wax.
Steve Wax and Cecile Buxton have recreated the feel of a West Indian front room set up for a blues party, drawing on the latter's childhood memories of living in Spitalfields in the late 1950s. There's a 78 record player from the period, and a collection of records to go with it.
As for the records there's a fascinating mystery with a local connection. Steve picked up a collection of unidentified old records which had been sold to a Greenwich record shop - many of them were 1950s American R&B records including a number of 'soft wax' acetate discs. This music was very popular in Jamaica at the time, and without proper local distribution of the records DJs would sometimes make their own copies using acetate cutting machines.
Most of the records have 'LT' scratched into the label, suggesting that they belonged to a DJ of that period (and maybe later, some of the music dates from 1960s and 70s).
So the search is on for LT - who was he? There are some clues, some of the record sleeves have the address Herman Miller of Harlesden written on them. The records were sold by an older Caribbean woman, believed to have been the widow of the records' collector, who probably lived in the New Cross area. LT could have been the person's name, or possibly nick name/DJ name. If you have any clues get in touch.
The installation closes tomorrow (Sunday) but the Soft Wax project continues. Next week (October 12th) they are taking part with Jamtone in a 70s style Reggae Sound System Dance at the Vibe Gallery in Bermondsey:
'It’s a return to the source for us. Together we will be select a blistering mix from the rich heritage of Jamaican music. From the 60s into the early 80s and beyond. For this night the tunes will be spinnin’ on Jamtone’s traditional Sound System rig, enabling them to be appreciated to full affect, in a “back-a-yard” style. Expect guest musicians and DJs live on the mic too.
Darren Jamtone has been the mainstay of Sound Systems for two decades. He is now an accomplished live and studio Sound Engineer too, with many records to his name. Steve Wax has been carving out a unique niche as an installation DJ. This evening will commence with the playing of a “one away” collection of late 50s acetates, played on a period deck with an accompanying installation. There will be a vintage record stall, for your continued listening pleasure. There’s a fully licensed bar and arrangements have been made to order food in. Pure niceness all'.
Labels: 1950s, Deptford, reggae, Tanners Hill
Deptford Anchor Saga: the next chapter
For the last twenty years or so there has been an anchor at the Broadway end of Deptford High Street, a nod to the area's maritime past (although actually it came from Chatham dockyard rather than Deptford). Famously it became the place to hang out for the area's street drinkers - then in April it suddenly disappeared as part of the redevelopment of the High Street.
Photo from Ben Greville's remarkable series of photos of the Anchor
The anchor has ended up on the closed Convoys Wharf site - perhaps with a view to it being used in the proposed development there. Rather strange, as that development hasn't even got planning permission and hopefully will never happen in its current proposed form. Those who miss the old anchor have taken to drawing anchors where it once stood.
Meanwhile a replica anchor has been made and is currently residing in the Master Shipwrights House garden. It may well feature this coming Saturday 5th October when:
'Rediscovered Urban Rituals in collaboration with Deptford Is Forever present Give Us Back Our Blooming Anchor procession. Gathering Midday from the Dog and Bell, 116 Prince St. SE8 to the Arthouse Lewisham way Deptford High Street and Market (approx 12.45pm). Come follow the Anchor with its bearers and rough musicians and revel in the spectacle of this iconic Deptford Symbol on its journey back to its rightful place at the head of the high street and beyond'.
Deptford High Street 'Kids Love Ink' tattoo parlour will also be doing anchor tattoos on the day.
Labels: anchor, Deptford, Deptford High Street, Royal Dockyard
New Cross Acid House 1989
From the excellent Phatmedia archive of Old Skool and Rave flyers, here's one from 1989 - 'A Touch Above presents Asylum Acid House', Fridays at the Harp Club (now the Venue - see previous discussion on its pre-history).
From the same year (15 April 1989), here's a flyer for Subconscious 'Deep House, Garage and Fundamental-Mind Beats' in the Crypt at St Pauls in Deptford
Labels: 1980s, Deptford, flyers, Harp Club, house/techno/jungle/garage/dubstep, New Cross, New Cross Venue, St Pauls Church
Deptford Dolphins Thames Swim
I was slightly sceptical about whether the self-proclaimed Deptford Dolphins were actually going to manage to swim out from Watergate stairs to the nearby crane derrick in the Thames (as previewed here). But two of them made it on 22 September, and there's a film to prove it. They are already thinking of doing it again for next year's Autumn Equinox - with the swimmers to be awarded the Deptford Dolphin badge pictured above.
The Dolphins in the Master Shipwrights House garden after the swim
This was another project of the emerging Deptford Alternative Sports Club, as some of those involved with Deptford Three Sided Football Club seek further adventures. The next planned action is kayaking the River Ravensbourne down to the Thames at Deptford Creek from its junction with the Pool river in Bellingham Park - no date has been set because it all depends on there having been plenty of rain to make the river fully navigable.
Labels: Deptford, Master Shipwrights House, River Thames, sport, swimming, Watergate Stairs
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Is the on-screen smashing jodi of 'Band Baaja Baaraat' Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh fight it out at IIFA, Toronto.
Yes, apparently the couple keeps fighting continuously and patch up even faster. One just heard actor Ranveer Singh say loudly, "Oh I am so stressed." Not once but twice as he tried to get into a lift to go to his room at a Bollywood awards function in Toronto. Sources said that he had a showdown with his whispered actor girlfriend Anushka Sharma yet again.
"The reason was simple. Ranveer and Anushka came in separately and there was a lot of stress during rehearsals because Anushka was not prepared. She felt that she could have got a day extra to prepare if Ranveer would have arrived on time. So, they had a brief argument regarding that," says a source.
Anushka also apparently didn't like the fact that Ranveer tried bonding a little with actor Sonakshi Sinha who was performing with him. "Sonakshi's body language was not that of a shy or reserved girl. She was talking to Ranveer quite openly and didn't care whether Anushka was around or not. Anushka, on the other hand, was just left standing in a corner," says another onlooker.
Finally, while Sonakshi matched steps with Ranveer, Anushka bowed out because she felt she was too unprepared for the performance. "We could see that they were not talking properly to each other and Ranveer was oddly stressed out. That is the reason when he got out of the rehearsals; he just headed back to his car to go the hotel and didn't even stop to sign an autograph, which is very unlike him. He was the same guy who sang and danced with his fans when he landed at the airport. He also kissed a girl on her cheek when she requested him," the onlooker adds.
Ranveer incidentally tried to make up with Anushka on the stage itself, when he and Anushka were both awarded the best couple on screen. He said, "Thank you Anushka for making me so hot!"
That was apparently the only time Anushka smiled at him.
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DITA Concepts
DITA Topics
DITA Maps
Application for Q1-3 Features
Increased Workflow
Our Workflow: Topics and Maps
The DITA process and tools that will be implemented will increase output efficiency by making it easier to reuse content in a unified content strategy. The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based, end-to-end architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. It consists of a set of design principles for creating information-based modules at a topic level and for using that content in delivery channels such as online help and product support portals on the Web (Day, Priestley, & Schell, 2005).
With DITA, you can “write information once and use it in other formats and contexts as needed” (Rockley 274-275). The DITA process reduces the time and effort it takes to create, as well as maintain, and update information. It also facilitates faster delivery and lessens irrelevant information that can potentially be presented to customers.
The DITA process standardizes content, which increases its quality and reusability. It streamlines the content creation process by leveraging content into multiple forms, which can be reused, translated, and published to numerous formats (Samuels, 2014).
The topic is the basic building block unit of DITA architecture. The information type (or “infotype”) is the category it belongs to. There are three different “infotypes”: concept, task, or reference (See Fig.1).
In addition, DITA maps provide an index to these topics. By accessing the maps, you can change the order and hierarchy of topics in different books, simplifying reuse. The maps function as a “table of contents for a virtual document” where you can point to a topic multiple times in the same document and set it at different levels (e.g. chapter, section, or subsection level) in different books (Rockley 277).
Maps serve as pointers to a set of topics in particular, specifying what topics to include in a deliverable (Benz, 2010).
Provide navigation
Specify order and hierarchy of topics
Point to topics, but can also point to other maps
Every business aims to increase productivity and reduce expenses. With DITA’s topics, a “clear base of common structures” is possible, so that different departments create specific structures formed from this base (Rockley 275). In turn, this reduces redundant information and promotes effective reuse. By utilizing DITA, you can write and store content in order to manage it like an asset (Day, Priestley, & Schell, 2005).
Types of Content DITA creates:
Training and learning documents
Marketing, business writing (whitepapers, articles, proposals, reports)
The following diagram depicts the source topics of our DITA plan. These topics will be reused by being inserted into various company materials through differing DITA maps (See Fig.2).
The diagrams depicted below are of DITA maps for three deliverables: Help File, Marketing Website, and Quick Start Guide (See Figs.3-5).
With DITA, you can “write information once and use it in other formats and contexts as needed” (Rockley 274-275).
DITA:
Reduces the time and effort it takes to create and maintain/update information
Facilitates quicker delivery
Lessens irrelevant information presented to customers, improving their satisfaction
By using an architecture such as DITA, less resources will be needlessly squandered.
Benz, Chris. What is DITA and Why Should You Care? Learning Solutions. (2010). https://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/524/what-is-dita-and-why-should-you-care
Day, Don., Priestley, Michael., and Schell, David. Introduction to the Darwin Typing Architecture. IBM developerWorks. (2001, updated 2005). https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-dita1/
Rockley, Ann. Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy (Second Edition). Pearson. (2012).
Samuels, Jacquie. Darwin Information Typing Architecture. Tech Whirl. (2014). https://techwhirl.com/what-is-dita/
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Category Archives: Voice technique
Forum where singers and voice enthusiasts may exchange tips about their personal experience with vocal technique
The STAFF Meeting
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Posted July 28 2015 — 7:54 AM EDT
BY: Eric Renner Brown
Back in February at the Grammys in L.A., Sam Smith joined Mary J. Blige on stage for a rousing performance of his smash hit “Stay With Me.” It was a triumphant moment for the artist, who picked up multiple awards for In the Lonely Hour, one of the biggest albums of 2014. But three months later, his luck ran out: He suffered bleeding on his vocal cords and had to cancel a run of tour dates. After undergoing a procedure and resting up for just under two months, he returned to the road for his U.S. trek. “My throat is looking bloody fantastic,” he wrote on Instagram July 16. “So it’s amazing news.”
Smith isn’t the only artist to recently suffer in silence. Meghan Trainor postponed shows in July due to a vocal hemorrhage, while back in 2011 Adele, the singer with the golden voice, was plagued with a polyp, which can develop if bleeding is left untreated. Artists ranging from Steven Tyler to Julie Andrews to John Mayer have also had to mute their pipes to heal. “I’ve been on tour for the better part of this year, which has been amazing but can be a lot of work for my little vocal cords,” Trainor tells EW. “They’re like muscles, and I feel like I basically pulled a muscle.”
If it seems that visible cases of vocal-cord issues among music’s MVPs are on the rise, they are. So what’s behind the recent spate? “Most of the performers that I care for, they know how to sing,” says Dr. Steven M. Zeitels, a leading surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital who has treated Smith and Adele. “More often than not, the injuries occur because of their unbelievable work ethic. I don’t think there’s an increase in injuries. I think it’s being diagnosed more frequently because of awareness.”
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Sing for easier breathing!!
Belting out a tune ‘helps those struggling to breathe’
By Anna Lacey BBC Health Check
Singing can help people cope with COPD
Around the world an estimated 64 million people are struggling to breathe on a daily basis. But could a simple sing-song bring the relief they are looking for?
“If I want to walk any distance then I find a landmark about 15 paces away, make for that and stop to get my breath,” says Jane Petto, who lives near Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
“And if I see stairs – just looking at them tires me out. They take forever.”
Jane is one of millions of people worldwide who suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD.
It is a lifelong condition caused by damage to the air sacs and passages that make up the lungs – and can make breathing a constant battle.
The World Health Organization expects COPD to be the third leading cause of death by 2030.
But despite having a profound impact on her daily life, there is one activity that gives Jane some respite – singing.
“When you’ve got COPD, breathing is on your mind all the time. But strangely I don’t notice it when I’m singing. I can hold a note for ages,” she says.
Surprising as it may sound, it has long been suspected that singing can help people with breathing difficulties.
But now a new long-term study on COPD and singing from Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent has shown that the benefits are real.
Dr Ian Morrison, a senior research fellow and one of the project’s authors, said: “Lung function improved dramatically, particularly after about five months, once people had got used to what they were doing and changed their breathing habits.”
“To get such an improvement really was quite remarkable.”
Joining a choir is by no means a conventional solution for such a serious illness.
But the research team felt they had good reason to investigate its effects.
Dr Morrison says that people with breathing problems tend to develop a lot of anxiety about the very process of inhaling.
“The tendency is to do ‘gaspy’ breathing so they’re taking short little breaths.
“This actually fills up the lungs without clearing them, making it even more difficult to breathe.”
Due to their obstructed airways, many people with COPD already find emptying their lungs a challenge.
Fill your lungs: the art of breathing
Trained singers can hold notes for longer than the average person because they know how to optimise their lung capacity.
Vocal coach Claire Alsop suggests visualising your lungs expanding by holding your arms in front of you like a ballerina, and moving them outwards as you breathe in.
Keep the shoulders down and knees “bouncy”, not locked, feet slightly apart at a “ten to two” position (like the hands on a clock).
Breathe out with a “tffff” sound – feel your diaphragm pushing the air out.
Extraordinary feats of lung control include A-ha’s Morten Harket, whose 20.2 second sung note on ‘Summer Moved On’ is believed to be the longest in pop history. This beats Bill Withers’ note on ‘Lovely Day’ by just over 2 seconds.
Gasping makes the problem worse and can, in the most serious cases, lead to a build-up of carbon dioxide in the blood, which can result in respiratory failure.
In contrast, the techniques used in singing encourage people to breathe in a much deeper, more controlled manner.
“The whole musculature around the lungs, throat and the upper chest improve with time,” says Dr Morrison.
“They use what they have much better and you really see a difference in the skill of actually breathing.”
To test its effects, Morrison and his colleagues asked over 100 COPD patients – ranging from mild to severely affected – to attend weekly singing sessions over a 12-month period.
They measured their lung capacity with a device known as a spirometer – which looks a bit like a giant breathalyser – and asked participants to fill in a questionnaire to find out on a qualitative level how they were feeling.
One of the tests involved measuring how much air a person could force out in a rapid puff.
“On average the people in our study had 50% of expected lung function,” said Prof Stephen Clift, the study’s lead author.
“That means about 1.5 litres of air in a one second puff. For healthy lungs, we would expect something more like 3 litres.”
Without treatment, people with COPD can expect to see the size of their puff decrease by around 40ml a year.
The very best the team had hoped for was that after singing regularly for one year, the size of that puff would stay the same.
“Instead we got an increase of 30ml,” says Prof Clift.
“Although the changes are small, the progressive nature of COPD means that any loss of function year-on-year is going to be more significant for them.
“In our study, we not only appeared to halt the decline but people showed a small improvement.”
Dr Morrison added: “There’s also the social and psychological side, because any long term condition is isolating.
“So if people can get out and do things and get peer support, then their wellbeing improves as well.”
‘Singing on prescription’
In terms of treating COPD, the study’s results are enticing.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is an umbrella term which includes the conditions chronic bronchitis and emphysema
Inflammation to the airways causes narrowing, making it difficult to breathe
Symptoms include a chesty cough, breathlessness, wheezing, anxiety and sometimes depression
Because the lungs are sensitive, COPD patients should avoid traffic fumes, cigarette smoke, perfume, hairspray and extremes of temperature
Of the deaths predicted by the WHO, most will occur in low- and middle-income countries.
The beauty of singing is that whether you’re Tom Jones or tone deaf, anyone can strike up a tune anywhere they please – for free.
Cooking in indoor stoves and working in dusty places can lead to COPD, but by far the biggest risk factor is cigarette smoking.
It accounts for 80% of COPD cases worldwide, and quitting smoking is the best advice, according to Dr Penny Woods, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation.
“COPD is a chronic disease and it cannot be cured – the damage is irreversible.
“However, someone already diagnosed with COPD could greatly decrease the progression of the disease if they give up smoking, helping them maintain a better quality of life for longer.”
The study’s authors certainly do not claim that singing can cure COPD or be an alternative to interventions such as giving up smoking.
But Dr Morrison thinks that it could be a useful tool in helping people to manage the condition and live with it day to day.
“Deep down, what we’re looking for is singing on prescription for various long-term conditions,” he says.
“However this was only a feasibility study so it wasn’t randomised and there wasn’t a control. But we can now set up a controlled trial where some people sing, some people don’t and that would be even more powerful way of showing these good results.”
But volunteers like Jane are already convinced that singing has made a difference.
She said: “I was diagnosed with COPD 17 years ago and then 13 years ago I was diagnosed with lung cancer as well so I had my right lung out.
“Surviving as I have with everything that’s gone against me, I put it down to singing.
“I’ve been involved with singing all my life and there’s so much going on with the words and the harmony that you’re not thinking about breathing at all. But yet the breathing is working.”
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Deliberate Practice Brings Perfection
by David Shenk
December 28, 2013,
www.bigthink.com
People look at people we call geniuses, people who are at the very, very top of their field and think what do they have? They must have some kind of quality that all these other people don’t have and they must have been born with that because you can’t see what it is.
That’s what this researcher named Anders Erickson wanted to know and it’s been the subject of his own lifetime of study. He has built an army of researchers to study the invisible processes of acquiring skills and going from mediocrity to being really good at stuff.
It turns out that it’s a kind of persistence and a way of embracing failure, which Erickson calls deliberate practice. The idea is you push yourself slightly beyond your skill level and you want to fail. The idea is when you’re practicing the violin you’re not just trying to reinforce what you already can do. You are reinforcing what you already can do and then trying to do it faster or better or with more emotion or more dynamism or whatever you’re shooting for and you’re pushing yourself until you find a place where you can’t quite get there. And then you work at that and you work at that and you work at that and it’s not that enjoyable. Erickson really emphasizes it’s not the enjoyable part of practice.
The difference in personalities between people who get good at stuff or get great at stuff is the people who get great at stuff really enjoy, not in a fun way, but they really find this kind of satisfaction in this constant pushing process.
In Their Own Words is recorded in Big Think’s studio.
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Performance Anxiety Study Suggests Getting Excited Helps More Than Trying To Calm Down
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By: MUSIC.Mic
Tom Barnes August 27, 2015
Onstage, singers get all the attention.
They make the audience comfortable and keep them engaged. They’re often the ones most sought after for interviews to explain their art and intentions. Their voices define the music they make, whether they’re solo artists or part of a band.
But offstage, singers remain a mystery. We know very little about what makes them tick, and while researchers have delved into the brains of many types of musicians (piano players, drummers, those who have taken general music lessons), they have not gone nearly as deeply into the how singing impacts the development of the brain.
The few studies that have, however, have revealed some incredible findings: Singers develop strikingly different minds and bodies than instrumentalists do. In many ways, they are neurologically better suited to handle the pressures that come along with being the center of attention than others.
Fitter, happier, more productive: Many people can attest to singing being an absolute joy, and the full-bodied release it provides can help singers manage the stress of performing.
Much of this comes from the fact that singing stimulates the production of oxytocin, a chemical involved in happiness and bonding. Surveys of individuals who sing regularly report sustained high levels of emotional stability and well-being. Even professional singers, whose singing literally determines whether they’ll be eating or not in the future, still experience a sense of relaxation and energy after singing.
In addition to emotional wellness, singing can also impact one’s physical health. Studies have found that people who sing regularly exhibit increased levels of secretory immunoglobulin A, an antibody critical for the health of the respiratory and digestive tracts. Studies comparing the bodies of amateur and professional singers found professional singers exhibit greater cardiovascular fitness while singing than amateurs. This is why not just anyone can take the stage every single night on an aggressive touring schedule and belt for a full hour and a half, like Beyoncé or Freddie Mercury.
Singing also sharpens cognitive abilities. As one might guess, considering that singing relies on lyrics, semantics and syntax, singers have exceptional linguistic abilities. A 2009 study found that the language processing centers responsible for grammar and comprehension develop “earlier and more strongly” in young, highly trained male singers than in other children.
For those that continue their training, another 2009 study found that classically trained and opera singers develop a number of other cognitive faculties. Trained singers develop better verbal working memory and show higher activation in the basal ganglia than laypeople (ie. medical students), “resulting in more efficient information processing and implicit motor control,” according to the study’s authors. Singers also show increased activation in portions of the prefrontal cortex for maintaining goal-directed attention through changing sensory information.
These skill obviously help in a big way while singers are onstage. While training their voices, singers also train their minds to block out distractions and keep focused on the task at hand.
Beyond developing a sweeping range and expressive style with their training, singers derive a number of neurological, emotional and cognitive benefits from their craft. Even amateurs can get a good deal of emotional release from letting their vocal cords loose. The benefits people can get from finding their voice and using it to bring beauty into the world are too good to pass up, and it seems we’re only beginning to scratch the surface of all there is to know. Make more music.
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Rare Encore at the Met as Mexican Tenor Stirs Crowd
April 26, 2014,
There was a time, early in the 20th Century, when programs at the Metropolitan Opera warned fanatical opera buffs, in capital letters, “POSITIVELY NO ENCORES ALLOWED.”
The rule has since been relaxed only a handful of times in recent decades. But on Friday night the Mexican tenor Javier Camarena joined the small coterie of opera singers who have literally stopped the show at the Met when he got such a thunderous ovation in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” that he was compelled to give an encore of his bravura aria “Si, ritrovarla io guiro.”
The only other two singers to have sung encores during Met performances in more than half a century, by the opera house’s count, were Luciano Pavarotti, who sang one during a performance of Puccini’s “Tosca” in 1994, and the man Mr. Camarena was filling in for on Friday night: the star bel canto tenor Juan Diego Flórez, who sang an encore in a 2008 performance of “La Fille du Régiment” and in a 2012 performance of “L’Elisir d’Amore.”
“My God, it’s so exciting,” a beaming Mr. Camerena said, slightly out of breath, in a brief interview backstage after the performance ended. “To feel this reaction from the public — it was like a big mountain of roars and bravos and applause. It’s really overwhelming. Fantastic.”
It was quite a feat for a stand-in. His role, playing the the prince opposite Joyce DiDonato’s star turn as Cinderella, was originally to have been sung by Mr. Flórez, who announced earlier this month that he would withdraw from the first few performances due to illness. Mr. Camarena, who had just had a triumph at the Met in Bellini’s “La Sonnambula,” agreed to step in.
He got rave reviews. Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times singled out his singing of the second act aria, writing that Mr. Camarena “dispatched the aria’s impetuous runs — capped by thrilling top notes, including an effortless high D — finally finishing with a glorious high C that he seemed almost reluctant to cut off.” He wrote that the opening night ovation lasted so long that he expected Mr. Camarena to return for a bow, but he did not.
On Friday night, the ovation was again tumultuous, with several members of the audience jumping to their feet – which is unusual, mid-performance.
Mr. Camarena, who had exited the stage as the ovation continued, said: “I was waiting, because last time, there was very long applause, and I was behind the stage and was trying to think, what do I do? Do I come back, or stay? What’s going to happen?”
This time, he came out again, and not only bowed but repeated the second part of the aria, hitting another high D.
Now, given Mr. Camarena’s reception, there may be suspense about whether Mr. Flórez will return, as scheduled, to sing the three final performances of the opera, including a May 10 matinee that will be transmitted to movie theaters around the world as part of the Met’s “Live in HD” series.
Mr. Camarena is currently only scheduled to sing the role one more time, on Monday night.
photo:Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
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Gadaar Not Just A Political Traitor But Cinematic Joke
By R. Paul Dhillon
When it comes to the film work of Punjabi writer-director Amitoj Mann, it’s been a hit and miss.
He made a relatively good 1984 insurency drama with Hawayiaan and then made a disaster with Sunny Deol starrer Kaafila. He finally recovered from that disaster to make the well received and well made Haani starring Harbhajan Mann, which also featured a surprising good turn by another singer-turned-actor Sarbjit Cheema.
But the return of Mann and Mann in Gadaar, another politically-charged drama, is another big miss. Not a disaster like Kaafila but it lacks real drama, direction and any thrill even though director Mann has modeled the film after political thrillers.
It is a much better film than those mindless comedies and nonsense Punjabi films but here Amitoj is way off his game with a convoluted story about a man named Tegh-Jeet Singh, aka Jai Singh, played by Harbhajan Mann, who spends most of the film over acting, shouting and generally hamming it up which comes across as laughable (oh and he laughs a lot like those bad villains in B-Grade films).
Jai Singh luckily survived the Punjab insurgency after enduring Police brutality to find himself as a Canadian business Tycoon,but who is still haunted by torture-infected memories of his days as an innocent lad in Punjab. He also suffers from guilt that he lived while his friends and family were murdered by an evil, corrupt cop named Surjeet Singh Sandhu, who is typical of those sadistic real-life and reel-life Punjab cops, hell bent on torture, encounter killings and searching for the cash stolen in a bank robbery by Teghjeet-Jai’s Kharkoo (militant) friends, one of which is played to some reserved measure by the director himself.
I suppose Punjabi film fans used to watching crappy comedies and generally badly written films will find a lot to like in Gadaar, which does excel in parts and works better in the flashbacks to the insurgency than it does in the modern day where Jai Singh is trying to solve a puzzle of his life and prove to everyone that he is not a TRAITOR he has been labeled and that he did not give up his friends to the cops.
However, the execution of this lame story is so foolhardy, comical, amateurish and at times downright stupid that it sucks any drama, credibility and general good cinema from what is basically a flimsy, paper thin plot.
It doesn’t help matters that Mann has wrongly chosen a more commercial format to tell the story (the Thriller-drama convention) rather than choosing a more realist story format. There are hundreds of alleged Sikh militants who moved abroad and made successful lives in countries like Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand and so on – one of those stories where the past catches up to one and how it tears their family apart – would have been a better story than this mess.
Also there has been much chatter about how the film is sympathetic to the Punjab Badal government because it shows a respected Sikh CM, who is principled yet politically savvy. While this portrayal of an uncorrupt Punjab leader is comical given that the state politicians of all stripes are ABSOLUTELY CORRUIPT, it is even more comical here especially since the film ends with the CM saving the day by arresting and punishing the DEVILS in this tale.
May be Mann and his producers got a lot of financial help from the Punjab government or leaders to make the film.
I guess some smell a big CONSPIRACY!
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A bare naked Bearcat
Charlottesville man protests airport security, is arrested | Richmond Times-Dispatch.
University of Cincinnati student, Aaron B. Tobey got nearly naked at Richmond International airport in protest of the TSA’s unlawful groping of airline travelers.
On Tobey’s body was this message: “Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated,”
Tobey was arrested, and cited for disorderly conduct. He’ll have to appear in court on January 10.
Hat’s off to Aaron for being willing to take the heat in defense of the Constitution.
Pulmonary Hypertension and Pregnancy
December 30, 2010 ~ Pharmer ~ 3 Comments
Pregnancy in PAH Is Potentially Manageable.
Dr. Dianne Zwicke, a Wisconsin cardiologist has devised a treatment regimen for managing pregnancy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
The treatment involves management of heart function during pregnancy, delivery of the baby at 36 to 37 weeks, and management of the mom’s condition in the ICU during the crucial period after delivery when maternal mortality rate is highest. Excess fluids are dumped from the mother at a rate of three liters per day for 72 hours after delivery.
Dr Zwicke is not telling women with pulmonary hypertension that they should go get pregnant. Her method, though very successful, is not sufficiently well tested for that, and requires monitoring and cooperation that is not available everywhere. She has been telling already pregnant patients that they don’t have to abort the baby.
Read a news feature on Zwicke’s treatment regimen HERE.
Obama Regime Wishes to Dissuade Normal Citizens From Participating in Political Process
December 29, 2010 December 29, 2010 ~ Pharmer
Feds probe Christine O’Donnell’s campaign spending – Yahoo! News.
Remember the government harassment of Joe the Plumber for daring to ask Obama a question about his tax policy?
Biden must be a little upset at Christine for her shakeup of home state.
The O’Donnell campaign will get an anal exam by the Feds which would never be considered for any democrat campaign, and the media will attempt a smear, to prevent her from ever running again. It’s just too much trouble.
Learn some more about the source of the accusations against O’Donnell HERE . Have some fun for yourself and google David Keegan and Kristin Murray.
Seeing the Fundraising Letter from CREW (funded by Soros, the world’s biggest tick) reminds Pharmer of the false accusations made by the Democrat, Bob Bishoff, about Jud McMillan.
Life News Keeps Obama’s Pro Abortion Scorecard.
Life News keeps a running tally of Obama’s pro-abortion activity which is worth keeping an eye on. Use it to remind your buddies that Obama remains the most abortion-loving politician who has ever served at the national level. This tally will remain linked on the side bar to the right, for your reference. Pass it around!
Obama’s pre presidential record remains at Born Alive Truth, which chronicles the history of the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. That’s worth archiving also. The records were mirrored at the PFLI website also.
Well Over a Foot of Global Warming Dumped on Northeast U.S.
Yes, life has slowed down considerably in the Big Apple and surrounding regions.
Search fails to unearth Al Gore for comment on this winter’s weather 🙂
Government Incompetence on Parade
FBI agents have been interviewing members of the Messianic Jewish Bible study group attended by Scott Roeder, the man who killed abortionist George Tiller in 2009. They have not yet wearied of looking for possible conspirators in the killing. Additionally, Roeder has been sentenced to life, with no possibility of parole for 50 years, thus establishing Tiller as more significant and important than ordinary humans.
Is such attention ever accorded to the women who have been murdered for refusing to get an abortion??
The government steadfastly ignored the multitudinous threats to assassinate George W Bush, and supplications for help in this endeavor on the internet, as well as IRL. The movie on this topic is considered art. A chronicle of the most currently acceptable extremism exists at Michelle Malkin’s site. This acceptance would not be the case for any publications about assassinating an abortionist.
Portland, Oregon, U.S. capital of sex slavery, trudges on with its two vice cops.
The ongoing saga of the Delta smelt, and agricultural ruin in the San Joaquin valley, caused by our government is available HERE. The previous dust bowl conditions leave the area more susceptible to mudslides from the current conditions of flooding.
The government might not have found Hillary leftie enough as Secretary of State, as it appears she may be stepping down. Has Obama reached record turnover of his administration yet?
The TSA continues to fondle kids, the disabled and elderly who wish to fly the friendly skies, while skipping screenings for the population most associated with unwanted explosives, as well as those with the most opportunity for placing and transporting the devices.
France24 – Russian court convicts oil tycoon who opposed Putin
France24 – Russian court convicts oil tycoon who opposed Putin.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky remains unbowed near the end of his first sentence to hard labor in Siberia, calling Putin “pitiful but dangerous”.
So here come’s another sentencing for “embezzlement” for the Russian oil tycoon who has opposed the current regime.
This time the Khodorkovsky is getting sympathy from some of his countrymen, (who have gotten over the class-envy of his former wealth), as they acknowledge the penalties for opposing the government.
This new action from Russia’s “judicial” system brings the expected weak, and tepid response from Obama.
Obstetrical Fear of Lawsuits
December 27, 2010 ~ Pharmer ~ 1 Comment
Ban on birth photos irks western Md. moms-to-be – wtop.com.
Hagerstown hosptital in Maryland has banning birth photography until 5 minutes after the birth since November 1. This ban has taken place at a number of hospitals due to fear of lawsuits. Obstetricians have been prime targets of lawyers for decades, and this has markedly changed the character and practice of the specialty (for the worse).
Obama’s Death Panels Begin Jan 1 by Means of Regulation, Not Law
Obama enacts end-of-life plan that drew ‘death panel’ claims | Before It’s News.
Doctors will be paid to advise on end of life care options (encourage patients to forgo treatment in favor of palliative care).
Yep, it’s the death panels through Obama’s familiar BACK DOOR.
Yes, Medicare will cover “voluntary advance care planning”, (at which the end of life decision) will be encouraged as part of annual visits by the elderly to their doctors.
“Hoity Toity” RINOS, Get Out of the Way
Palin is too nice to say that feminists have enslaved women, but she has the correct general idea about them.
Her comment to Krauthammer and the RINO’s is worth hearing, as well as her habit of talking over interruptions. (Alan Keyes is also known to do that.) It’s the proper way for conservatives to utilize interview time and live spots on television and radio.
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The Outland System Fantasy Role Playing Game is in the works!
While the name of the game hasn’t been released yet pending website domain purchasing, with a choice yet to be made between six closely related but different titles, we have commenced part time and highly enjoyable work on the fantasy RPG. This upcoming game will use the same game mechanic as used in The Mutant Epoch, with several additional character traits to reflect a fantasy world where magic, luck, and the Gods are all very real factors in daily life. The Outland System Fantasy RPG had a former life as a home brew for many years just like the Mutant Epoch did; however, the play test version that we are currently using is greatly expanded and incorporates many of the game innovations learned in the creation of TME as well as trends in the RPG industry.
Because we have been so hard at work on The Mutant Epoch and have still so much to do on it, and still have no firm release date, we don’t even want to hazard a guess as to when the fantasy game will hit the stores. We have been debating whether or not to release the fantasy game Hub Rules as a sort of supplement to TME, like our time travel and dimensional portals book, or Prehistoric World supplements, also in the writing stages. I personally think the reception of the Mutant Epoch will determine the scope of the FRPG line, and to divide the focus would not help Outland Arts until well after TME has been on the market and built a solid base of players who have expressed interest in changing genres but keeping with the Outland System game mechanic.
There are a ton of articles circulating around the internet about Fantasy RPG Heartbreakers. Check out this great and frightening essay: More Fantasy Heartbreakers by Ron Edwards .
Competing with Dungeons & Dragons TM and the OGL seems illogical from a strictly business point of view… however, as a gamer, one who loves the pace, simplicity and myriad of options available in the Outland System… I simply prefer our in-house rules, especially with the additional fantasy and spiritual traits found in the fantasy game, the two settings we are working on, and the unique look at fantasy monsters and magic found in the as yet unnamed Outland Arts fantasy RPG. I suppose it goes without saying that if we found what we were craving in d20 or OSRIC or other FRPG systems, we’d publish under one of those mechanics. We simply feel that The Outland System is the best tabletop gaming mechanic available for the sort of role playing games we enjoy.
As soon as we have a few of our FRPG test play characters ready, we will post PDFs of the character sheets here or on the outlandarts.com site to give you a sneak peek.
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Competition opens to create community facilities as Pacer trains retire from passenger service
July 11, 2019 , Editor , Comments Off on Competition opens to create community facilities as Pacer trains retire from passenger service
government opens competition to see Pacer trains renovated for benefit of communities, as they are removed from the network and replaced by new, modern trains
Rail Minister launches competition with school children at Bolton Station, who give their ideas for how a community transformed Pacer carriage could take on a new role
competition to run until the end of September, with winners announced later this year
Community groups in the North can now submit their plans and ideas on how an old Pacer carriage could be converted into a vibrant public asset, as the Department for Transport (DfT) officially launches its Pacer competition today at Bolton Station (11 July 2019).
School children from St. Catherine’s Primary School in Bolton were among the first to pitch their ideas to Rail Minister Andrew Jones, as they drew up their ideas for how the Pacers could be useful in the future. Freya, 9, showed the minister her idea for the ‘time traveller train’, a museum and classroom where people could learn about the history of Bolton. Millie, 9, suggested using an old carriage for a kitchen and pizza stand, while Lauren, 9, wanted to convert a pacer into a greenhouse to grow vegetables.
Andrew Jones with children from St. Catherine’s Primary School, Bolton.
After more than 3 decades of passenger service, Pacers are being retired from the rail network. New and entirely refurbished trains are now running right across the Northern network, serving Doncaster, Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, Cumbria and Harrogate.
Rolling stock company Porterbrook is supporting the competition by making 3 Pacer carriages available to be converted to serve communities in a new way off the rail network.
DfT is encouraging community groups to submit creative and innovative ideas for converting these carriages over the summer. The competition will run until the end of September and a judging panel, including heritage rail entrepreneur Pete Waterman, will pick the winners. The winners will be announced later this year.
Rail Minister Andrew Jones said:
The energy and ideas shown by the children today has been really creative and fun, providing some brilliant examples of how the Pacers could play a new, exciting role in our communities.
The Pacer trains have been carrying passengers for over thirty years, but they have outstayed their welcome and are being replaced by modern trains and extra services, creating space for thousands more passengers.
This competition is now open for ideas, and I look forward seeing a host of exciting proposals to provide them with a new home off the tracks.
Rail entrepreneur and judging panel Chair Pete Waterman said:
This competition provides a fantastic opportunity for community groups to actively engage with the rail network to make a difference to their local areas.
I’m delighted to be chairing the judging panel to oversee the proposals put forward ensuring they are realistic, credible and provide a real benefit to wider northern communities
Mary Grant, Porterbrook CEO, said:
Porterbrook is delighted to be able to support the DfT’s innovative project to find a new, community based, role for 3 of our Pacer vehicles. It is fitting that this competition will seek to identify new ways in which these Pacer vehicles can continue meeting the needs of the communities they once served”.
Professor Paul Salveson, chair of Bolton Station Community Development Partnership, said:
We are delighted that Bolton station has been chosen to launch this exciting competition to find new uses for the ‘Pacer’ trains, which have been the mainstay of local rail services in our area for decades.
I can’t say that we’re not glad to see them going – we now have fast trains with more capacity and greater comfort. It’s a great idea to re-use the old trains for community projects and I hope this event will stimulate lots of groups to come forward with innovative ideas.
Pacer competition film
More than 100 new trains will be rolled out by Northern from this year, together with new trains on the TransPennine Express network as well, offering more comfortable seats and improved accessibility. This follows LNER’s recent introduction of the brand new Azuma fleet on the East Coast Main Line.
It comes as part of a significant investment by both government, Network Rail and train operators to transform the national rail network, delivering more than 4,500 new carriages to UK passengers by the end of 2022.
Making the north one of the best-connected regions in the UK is at the heart of the government’s ambition for a thriving Northern Powerhouse.
The Department for Transport is investing £13 billion through to 2020 to transform transport across the region and is focussed on supercharging transport connections for years through our support for HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail.
Between 2019 and 2024, the government will also invest around £3 billion further in upgrading the Transpennine route between Manchester, Leeds and York to deliver faster, more frequent and more reliable journeys with more seats.
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Students debate California’s future
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Edwin Dagdagan Jr speaks during the student debate for Day of Politics on Thursday Oct. 19, 2017 in The Great Hall at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo: Samantha Bravo
The future of California was up for debate at the Day of Politics where students, faculty, and government officials discussed state and national issues that affect citizens.
The Great Hall was crowded with more than 200 for the event on Thursday, Oct. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. featuring former mayor Mike Feinstein, assemblymember Matt Dababneh, state senator Henry Stern and political science students.
Host Denise Robb said she was happy with the turnout.
“This is the most politically active I have seen students being on this campus,” Robb said. “It is unbelievable.”
The theme for this semester was California’s future. Events included: student debates on issues involving the government’s role in healthcare, the increase of refugees and the travel ban, and what to do about gun control and gun rights.
Sen. Henry Stern, who attended and hosted a Q&A session, said he enjoyed the Day of Politics and advised California citizens to become politically active.
“I am really excited about a day of politic,” Stern said. “ Politics is a really compelling and attractive platform. What we are building in this state is a really good engine for good. You can get involved and help us make our community better.”
Day of Politics was organized by the ASO, UCLA Government Relations, the Political Science Society, the Alpha Gamma Sigma Honors Society, the Vegan Society, and the Pierce College Republicans, Democrats, and the Young Americans For Liberty.
The three main events were: “Our Situation with our Southern Border,” “Money in Politics and Electoral Reform,” and a Q&A session with Stern.
UCLA representatives were at the event to encourage students to transfer to the school. And a table was set up to register students to vote. The Young Americans for Liberty also passed around a survey that would help determine one’s political philosophy.
Assemblymember Matt Dababneh introduced the student debates at the beginning of the event. Debaters from the Pierce College Democrats, Republicans, and the Young Americans for Liberty went on stage to voice their opinions.
Each student from their respective group expressed how they felt about healthcare, the travel ban, gun rights, and the potential border wall.
During the “Money in Politics and Electoral Reform” portion, Sylvia Moore and Dan Vicuna of Common Cause and former mayor of Santa Monica Michael Feinstein spoke. Topics involved gerrymandering, money and its effects on the political spectrum, and current government issues that affect California. During the second half, the audience was allowed to ask questions.
Jon Christensen, an adjunct assistant professor at UCLA, introduced Stern’s Q&A segment. Christensen asked questions prepared by UCLA and Pierce students. Issues discussed included: environmental changes in California, what California can do to support DACA, and sanctuary cities and what the state is able to do about them. A topic that appeared to interest the audience the most was how California is standing up to the federal government.
Dababneh said he was glad that Pierce was having the Day of Politics event, and wanted everyone attending to know that politics is an important part of daily life.
“Politics, when you really come down to it, is for the greater good of helping someone. You need to be passionate and know that everyday you are going to have an opportunity to help someone,” Dababneh said.
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teevee sucks
Thread: teevee sucks
EyeKhan
That's no moon.
I just finished Season 1 of Killing Eve. It was pretty darn good.
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
Villanelle is a pretty awesome character
Jodie Comer has the most outrageous Scouse accent though.
It's actually the original French billion, which is bi-million, which is a million to the power of 2. We adopted the word, and then they changed it, presumably as revenge for Crecy and Agincourt, and then the treasonous Americans adopted the new French usage and spread it all over the world. And now we have to use it.
And that's Why I'm Voting Leave.
"Chernobyl" is very good. Depressing, but still worth watching.
Yeh I wanna catch that. Looks good.
Good Omens starts on Prime today, if any of you have read the Gaiman/Pratchett book.
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
It's quite lovely feels more Pratchett-y than Gaiman-y. Tennant comes across as a low-rent Bill Nighy impersonator at first, but quickly finds his stride.
I hope I can get my wife to watch Good Omens with me.
So this week I watched Billions s04e11.
Not as solid as the last ep but the characters and drama are so believable it makes it worth it. Really nice.
It kinda sucks that I can remember free TV shows before they became re-runs on paid 'retro' channels, but only because it makes me feel old.
I used to love watching Kimba, the White Lion as a child, along with Johnny Quest. Funny how studios decided what to resurrect or re-make, and what my kids ended up watching in their own childhood years. Would that be the Lion King or Scooby-Doo phenomenon?
The Little Bear series was particularly good because the animation was true to the books. Ditto for Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit. Probably the only time animation lived up to its book origins. (Marvel and DC comic books don't count)
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Originally Posted by rille
She called it a tv-show for kids.
I can sort of accept that she won't watch st:tng with me but she refuses to watch anything sci-fi, fantasy and action related. *sigh*
Dreadnaught
Holy balls her real accent is nuts why didn't I think to watch an interview with her sooner
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Hearing a Scouser say "purple" is one life's underappreciated pleasures.
I just watched the last episode of the most recent season of Games of Thrones. It was hard to follow and honestly wasn't that engaging, so don't think I'll watch the next season when it comes on.
But I am continuing my British subjugation and watching "Crashing" and "The Bodyguard".
Every episode of season three of Jessica Jones is better than every episode of every other Marvel show. Solid story, great plotting, decent dialogue, fantastic casting & characterization, and has even broken the curse of weird pacing that so marred the previous productions. Well, at least up to now; I've only seen the first half. Just incredibly satisfied right now.
I'm only up to episode two, but it does seem better than season 2 was. Low bars, though. I don't think I'd go so far to say that it's better than every episode of every other Marvel show - Daredevil Season 3 was a thing, and so was the Punisher arc of DD Season 2. I like how they seem to have really embraced the noir aspects this season.
I have been getting struck by just how unlikable Jessica has become though. I remember when she was the best part of Defenders, but the unrelenting brooding is wearing on me.
Exactly the opposite for me; I'm finding her less brooding and enjoying seeing her and the others going through their respective growth processes. The other shows were more focused on flashing the stereotypical accoutrements of superhero stories, and were hampered by the need for distracting crossovers and tie-ins, whereas JJ this season has had a clearer focus on its own substance. Whereas the first season dealt creatively but in a heavy-handed fashion with its core theme[s], telling a story about some cool people, this season skillfully paints a much more nuanced picture from multiple well-developed perspectives, creating a more complete—and more real—experience. Def. gotten a better grip of how to use the noir flairs effectively—almost never feels forced or out of place, just feels like a well-made production.
Let's face it, we'll never agree on a TV-show
I just finished season 2 of Fleabag (Amazon Prime), which is the end of the show entirely. I really liked it, the whole thing. Recommend.
I've been trying to get through the last season of Game of Thrones. I knew it wasn't well received going into it, but the first two episodes were good, and I really liked the second. The third made me angry. I kept going until the point where
Game of Thrones Episode 4:
The iron fleet disengaged their cloaking devices and fired guided scorpion bolts at the dragons. Then they engaged their warp drives to get back to King's Landing.
I've been stuck at that point for a while, and I'm about to lose access to HBO again, but I think I'm done. I'll just try to convince myself that the series ended on a cliffhanger right before the siege of Winterfell.
Originally Posted by Wraith
Honestly stop here. The ending is insulting.
Originally Posted by EyeKhan
It's been a bit of a hit here in the UK ... people do say they really liked it.
We watched the first three episodes of S1 and just couldn't get into it. Neither of us liked the main character. And I'm not sure the viewer is meant to like her but she irritated me. Didn't have any desire to see more of her.
Phoebe Waller-Bridges herself is hilarious though.
I had the EXACT same experience. After episode 3 I decided if it didn't improve immediately, I'm done. And it did. A lot. And the end of season 1 crystallizes in a way, for me anyway, that I've never experienced before. You're in the setup, which feels like a weird, unhappy jumble, that all comes together beautifully. Trust me.
I second. It is literally not worth your time to just be annoyed and disappointed.
So I'm still totally in love with Legion's insanity.
Where are you watching Legion? Hulu? Its not on Amazon or Netflix...
Amazon. I paid the $20 for the season. Season 3 will show up on Hulu eventually if you don't want to pay the impatience tax. The first two seasons are already there - it looks like they lag by about 9 months.
There's a flying mecha-narwhal. I don't regret my purchase.
When they see you. Hard to watch, but what was hard to digest that Oprah special at the end of the series. You just sat through 4 episodes of 5 innocent lives being destroyed and then you get a chat show with a woman who is at least partially responsible for the extent of the destruction. Injust incarceration is bad enough, but to have to register as a sex offender makes it all but impossible to make a new start. And that is exactly what Oprah campaigned for years ago.
I watched the first episode. Hard to watch for sure, and i imagine the next episodes won't be any easier. I wasn't aware there's an oprah special in the end though.
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Ronie Kendig
Firethorn, Discarded Heroes #4
Barbour Books; Discarded Heroes edition (2012)
***Special thanks to Ronie Kendig for sending me a review copy.***
An Army brat, Ronie Kendig grew up in the classic military family, with her father often TDY and her mother holding down the proverbial fort. Their family moved often, which left Ronie attending six schools by the time she’d entered fourth grade. Her only respite and “friends” during this time were the characters she created.
It was no surprise when she married a military veteran—her real-life hero—in June 1990. Married more than twenty years, Ronie and her husband, Brian, homeschool their four children, the first of whom graduated in 2011. Despite the craziness of life, Ronie finds balance and peace with her faith, family and their three dogs in Dallas, TX.
Ronie has a deep love and passion for people, especially hurting people, which is why she pursued and obtained a B.S. in Psychology from Liberty University. Ronie is an active member of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and has volunteered extensively, serving in a variety of capacities from coordinator of a national contest to appointment assistant at the national annual conference.
Since launching onto the publishing scene in 2010, Ronie and her books have been gained critical acclaim and national attention, including:
Finalist in Christian Retailing’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards (Nightshade)
RWA’s Faith, Hope, & Love’s 2011 Inspirational Readers’ Choice Awards in Romantic Suspense (Nightshade)
Named one of the Top 25 Christian Fiction Suspense, Mystery, and Thriller Writers by FamilyFiction (Sept 2011)
2011 FamilyFiction Readers’ Choice Awards – 3rd place as New Favorite Author, 8th place with Nightshade for Novel of the Year.
INSPY Award Shortlist final in Mystery/Thriller (Dead Reckoning)
The Christian Manifesto’s 2010 Lime Award for Excellence in Christian Fiction (Nightshade)
Blown and dismantled, Nightshade is ready to repay the favor.
Former Marine and current Nightshade team member Griffin "Legend" Riddell is comfortable. So comfortable he never sees the set up that lands him in a maximum security prison, charged with murder. How can he prove his innocence behind bars?
Covert operative Kazi Faron is tasked with reassembling Nightshade—the black ops team someone dissected. Breaking Griffin out of a federal penitentiary amid explosive confusion may turn out to be her last assignment. What will it take to convince the fugitive that whoever set him up has also dissected the Nightshade team? As Kazi and Griffin race to rescue the others and discover the traitor,
love begins to awaken in their hearts.
Can a covert operative and the felon she's freed overcome their mutual distrust long enough to save Nightshade? Will anything prepare them for who—or what is coming?
Publisher: Barbour Books; Discarded Heroes edition (2012)
To all American military heroes
At home and abroad,
Those who have gone before
and those serving today—
Because of you, we are FREE!
RECON CREED
Realizing it is my choice and my choice alone to be a Reconnaissance Marine, I accept all challenges involved with this profession. Forever shall I strive to maintain the tremendous reputation of those who went before me.
Exceeding beyond the limitations set down by others shall be my goal. Sacrificing personal comforts and dedicating myself to the completion of the reconnaissance mission shall be my life. Physical fitness, mental attitude, and high ethics—The title of Recon Marine is my honor.
Conquering all obstacles, both large and small, I shall never quit. To quit, to surrender, to give up is to fail. To be a Recon Marine is to surpass failure; To overcome, to adapt and to do whatever it takes to complete the mission.
On the battlefield, as in all areas of life, I shall stand tall above the competition. Through professional pride, integrity, and teamwork, I shall be the example for all Marines to emulate.
Never shall I forget the principles I accepted to become a Recon Marine. Honor, Perseverance, Spirit, and Heart.
A Recon Marine can speak without saying a word and achieve what others can only imagine.
Swift, Silent, Deadly
“It’s sad, really.” Marshall “The Kid” Vaughn trudged away from the thumping rotors of the helo that had deposited them back at the Shack, his pack almost dragging the ground. “Ya don’t realize how much a person adds until he’s gone.”
“Legend’s not gone.” Max “Frogman” Jacobs hoisted his rucksack into a better group, his mind locked on Sydney and their two sons waiting for him at home. Poor woman had to be going out of her mind with two of his Mini-Me’s running around.
“Yeah.” John “Squirt” Dighton hit the light breaker, then waited for the six-man team to clear the door. “He’s just temporarily detained.”
Lights sizzled and popped to life. Groaning bounced off the grimy windows as he hauled the door closed, locked it, then started toward the showers.
The Kid grunted. “Forty-years-to-life temporary.”
In the locker room, a depressive gloom hung over the team. They’d been on countless missions, hit just about every terrain and environment imaginable, but none had taken the toll the last couple had. And there was one reason—they were down a man. Griffin “Legend” Riddell. If Max could write the playbook, they wouldn’t do another mission without the guy. But with the man in federal prison for murdering a congressman, it’d be a long wait.
It was quiet. Too quiet. Max looked around the Spartan room. Walls of lockers, most unused. A few benches. A giant once-white bin for dirty duds. And the team. Six men, now. All very skilled. Good men. Even the one missing. Every man here knew Legend had been set up—he didn’t murder that congressman. But nobody could prove it. The evidence was damning. Justice—injustice was more like it—came swiftly. Lambert, ever the puppeteer, couldn’t pull the right strings to get Legend off.
“I’m heading up to visit him tomorrow. Anyone game?” Colton “Cowboy” Neeley slumped on a bench and ran a hand over his short, dark hair. His blue eyes probed the group.
“Nah, man. I’ve got a date,” the Kid said.
Squirt beaned him with a towel. “What girl would go out with you, mate?”
The Kid snapped the terry cloth back at the former Navy SEAL. “Your sister.”
Squirt froze. His jaw went slack. Then his eyes darkened.
Laughing, Canyon “Midas” Metcalfe rose to his feet from the corner. “You just proved his point by thinking your sister would actually go out with him.”
Squirt swallowed, his face drained of color. “I introduced them at a New Year’s party.”
Midas laughed harder. “Your mistake, mate.”
Shuffling closer, Squirt pointed a finger at the Kid. “I swear, you touch her, I’ll shove a fist full of witchety grubs down your gullet.”
“Give me credit, dude.” The Kid raised his hands. “I’m a gentleman.”
Max grunted. “Right.” As he strode around the lockers to the shower well, he heard more threats and much more laughter from the Kid. Max shook his head. Would the Kid ever grow up, learn when to leave things alone?
As he tossed his oily, grimy duds on the bench, Max paused, thinking maybe he should send his report to Lambert now so he wouldn’t have to mess with it tomorrow. The mission had been simple enough, a snatch-n-grab of an Iranian doctor. It’d been nice and clean, in and out. The report wouldn’t take long. Then he could shower, bug out, and know he had the whole weekend with Syd and the boys.
Max jogged up the iron stairs, which creaked and groaned beneath his weight. Down the hall to the right. He punched in the code and entered the secure hub, the door hissing shut behind him. The most high-tech part of this dump-of-a-warehouse.
Shouts drew his attention to the blinds. He jabbed two fingers between a couple and spread them to peeked down into the main area. Squirt and the Kid raced into the bay and back the way they came. Squirt looked ready to kill. The Kid’s face revealed his fear. Max shook his head again. Man, he wanted Griffin back. The guy seemed to bring balance to the team. Badly needed balance.
Max powered up the computer. Hand propped on the warped wood, he waited for the system to boot.
More shouts. Loud thuds.
He pinched the bridge of his nose. Would they never—?
Tat-a-tat! Tat-tat-a-tat!
Instinct drove Max to his knee at the sound of gunfire. He scrambled to the window. Through the slanted blinds, he peered down into the slab of cement. His brain wouldn’t assemble what he saw. Gunmen. A dozen or more. Rushing into the Shack from the parking bay. Moving swiftly, as if. . .
They know the layout.
Max darted to the door and jerked it open. He sprinted down the hall toward the stairs. As his boot hit steel, he froze. A shadow emerged. Floated into the hall.
Max jerked back. Pressed his spine against the wall.
By the showers, the Kid looked up. Max signaled to him. Then made his best and loudest Nightshade whistle, hoping it would penetrate the building, give the men warning to take cover.
The Kid threw himself back into the locker room.
Men swarmed the corner. One looked to his left, one right. His weapon slowly rose as he traced the stairs with his M16.
Max leapt backward into the darkness and into office. He closed the door. As the lock clicked, darkness dropped like an anchor over the entire building. Behind him, a glow screamed his location. The monitor!
Max spun. Lunged across the desk. Stabbed the power button. And paused with his hand still near the monitor. If someone was coming after them. . .accessing this computer. . .
On his knees, Max yanked the cords free. With the box, he moved to the window and reassessed the parking bay. Another van with a half-dozen men with AK-47s. They streamed into the warehouse.
Max’s gut wound into a dozen knots. They were screwed.
Think! Hand on the door, he considered going back downstairs. But that would get him captured. Killed. Yet he’d rather be with his guys than running like a chicken.
No, not running. Considering options, gaining the advantage. Planning. The invasion force was armed to the teeth. They knew who they were coming after. They’d brought weapons. And those guys moved with precision. Swift, deadly precision.
Though Nightshade had a stellar ops record, perhaps they had finally met their match. Still. . .two to one? Nightshade had faced worse.
A large black Suburban screeched to a halt in the middle of the parking bay. Two men emerged, both wearing trench coats.
Max cursed his luck to be up here, away from his gear, his weapons. Up here, without firepower. Thus, powerless.
Okay, enough. He was going down there. He eased the door open and slid across the hall. Bathed in darkness, he crouched at edge of the landing, using the wall for cover. A dozen men so far, rushing here and there. Quick, quiet chatter between the men.
A smirk slid into Max’s face. His team had taken cover and these goons couldn’t find them. If he could just get a weapon. . .
“Can’t find them.”
“They’re here. I saw them go in,” the man nearest the SUV shouted. “Find them! Lights!”
Light rushed through the building as headlamps from the vehicles stabbed the dusty, damp building. Max yanked back, out of sight. He needed to get down there, defend his men. His boot hit the landing.
Shouts erupted. A shot bounced off the steel rafters, taunting as it echoed through the Shack. Stilled, Max waited. More shouts. The sound of a scuffle. The half-dozen men waiting by the SUV lifted their weapons to the ready.
The locker room door swung open. A man walked backward, his AK-47 aimed at a large form filling the doorway. Cowboy. Arms raised, dressed only in his jeans, he stalked forward. Someone shoved him from behind, which barely moved the big lug.
Spine pressed against the wood, Max peered down into the bay.
“You move one wrong muscle,” the one in front of Cowboy growled, “and so help me God, I’ll kill you.”
“No you won’t.” Cowboy lowered his hands. “If you wanted me dead, I wouldn’t be out here.”
Ride ’em, Cowboy.
From the side entrance to the showers, three men dragged a shouting, cursing Kid into the bay. Max smirked that it took three tangos to wrangle the Kid.
Hand clenched, Max’s mind went into overdrive. What could he do? God. . .I need. . .something. What could he pray for? Intercepting the team was impossible. Twelve, fifteen armed tangos against one unarmed man?
He latched on to the hope that they’d only found Cowboy and the Kid. No Midas, Squirt, or Aladdin. Good. Maybe they could regroup and—
A man flew through the bay door from the showers and landed with a thud a yard from the others. Midas flipped over, scissored his legs, and swept the thug off his feet. The Kid seized the confusion to attack the men guarding him. And impressively. With a hard right, he dropped the first and used that weapon to disable the second.
Cowboy took a step back and rammed his elbow into the gut of the nearest guard. The gunman bent forward—straight into Cowboy’s meaty fist. The big guy pivoted, slapped the interior of the gunman’s wrist, effectively seizing the weapon and flipping the muzzle around. He fired at the guy.
In the split second it took for Max to realize the sonic boom that rent the air wasn’t the report of Cowboy’s .45 MEU but of a rifle, Max saw the man in the black trench coat drop to the ground. A circle spread out like a dark halo.
“Sniper!” someone shouted.
The dead guy had fallen backward. Most likely shot from the front. Which meant. . . Max’s gaze rose to the rafters. With no light, it’d be the perfect hiding spot. But. . .who? Squirt? Aladdin?
The man guarding Colton stumbled forward, then went to his knees before hitting the cement.
The man in the black trench coat nearest the SUV dropped. A pool of blood spilled out.
“There!” One guard swung and fired his fully automatic at the ceiling. Four others followed suit, firing at the bank of grimy windows on the southeast wall of the building.
Max followed their direction and watched. Waited, his breath caught at the back of his throat. Cracks and shattering glass blended with the staccato punches of the guns to create a wild cacophony of noise. Max tuned it out, praying whoever—Aladdin or Squirt—wouldn’t be hit.
But then he saw it. A shift of a shadow. Like someone rolling. . .
The gunfire petered out as a body plummeted the eight feet to the ground.
The thud seemed to have supernatural powers as it pounded Max’s chest and pushed him back. Away from the window but not far enough that he lost line of sight.
Silence dropped on the Shack.
“Where’s Max Jacobs?”
As the question streaked through the warehouse, Max registered a red glow in the far corner. Even as he noticed it, he heard a beep. Another. His gaze darted to the source of the noise. Two men were walking the perimeter, their M16s dangling as they raised their arms and pressed something against the supports. Arms lowered and the men stepped back revealing gray bricks with wires.
Explosives.
Gotta stop this. Do something. His gaze collided with Cowboy’s. The big lug gave an almost imperceptible shake of his head.
Max’s nostrils flared as he wrestled with what to do.
“Where’s Dighton?”
How do they know our names?
“Dead,” someone answered.
Pulled back into the shadows, Max clenched his eyes and bit down on his tongue. Dighton was dead. What about Aladdin—had he survived the fall?
Sirens wailed in the distance.
“Load ’em up.”
“What about Jacobs?”
“Outta time.” The leader left as the gunmen dragged the team out of the building.
Stealthily, Max held on to the box and sprinted the length of the hall to the side of the Shack. In the conference room, he plunged toward the window. Craned his neck to peek out. Three vehicles—twin white vans and a black town car.
The guys were loaded into the van and one into the car.
The leader shifted, held something out, then it wavered.
Detonator.
Max spun around, searching for an out. Doors. Only one way down—the stairs. But they led to the bay, which would be engulfed.
Windows. Overlooked the dock. The canal. It was January. The water would be brutal cold. His split-second assessment told him no matter what route he took, it’d be deadly. Despite his training, if he didn’t find shelter out of the water once he broke surface, he’d die an ice cube. If he stayed, he’d die a fireball.
Good thing SEALs are insulated against cold water.
Max vaulted toward the window, hurtling the computer through the window. The glass shattered as a violent force blasted through the air. It lifted him. Up. . .up. . . Flipped him. Searing pain sliced through his arm. Heat stroked his back and legs. Fire chased him out of the building. Into the night.
Another wave slammed into him. Threw him backward. Toward the water.
Something punched his gut. Knocked the breath from his lungs.
Bright white lit the night. Blinded him. Then—almost instantaneously—black. Pure black. And he was falling. . .down. . .down. . .
Ro n i e K e n d i g
Discarded Heroes # 4
OTHER BOOKS BY RONIE KENDIG
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© 2011 by Ronie Kendig
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Ronie just keeps getting better with each book she writes. I totally loved this series, and was sad to see it end. Other than one sad part in Firethorn, the series could not have ended any better than with this book.
Each book in the series focuses on a different member of the special ops group, Nightshade. I think the series should have gone on with a book about each member. That is for you, Barbour Publishing. :-) Firethorn focuses on Legend, the black dude of the group.
This book has a lot going on in it. This really isn't a spoiler, since it happens at the very beginning, but efforts are made to take out the group. I won't give details - read the book and the whole series. In my humble opinion, this may be the most exciting book of the series. It shows what the guys are really made of, and shows their loyalty to each other, their families, and to their country.
Ronie has done a fantastic job through this fictional series of showing the life of military special ops. Not only did I enjoy this book and the whole series, but it has given me a new appreciation for our military and a little glimpse into that world.
As I stated in my reviews of her other books in The Discarded Heroes Series, men will definitely enjoy and get into these books, but so will women who like a suspenseful read with military action. If I gave stars on my book reviews, this book and the three that precede it, would all get 5 stars out of 5 stars. This is an outstanding series.
Thanks to the author for the review copy.
Read the whole series by Ronie Kendig. And check out her website.
Labels: Book Review, Christian fiction, favorite authors, military fiction, read-in-one-sitting book, Ronie Kendig, suspense/mystery
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November 8, 2016 — Elección General de California
Senado de los Estados Unidos
Cámara de Representantes del los Estados Unidos
Estado de California
Senado Estatal de California
Asamblea Estatal de California
Tribunal Superior de California, Condado de San Francisco
Juez, Cargo 7
Condado de San Francisco
Supervisor, Distrito 1
Supervisor, Distrito 11
Ciudad de San Francisco
Member, Community College Board
Distrito especial
Director, Distrito 7
Iniciativas de ley
Iniciativas de ley en la boleta electoral
Prop. 51 Bonos para instalaciones escolares
Prop. 52 Cuota de Hospitales Privados para Medi-Cal
Prop. 53 Voto Público de Bonos de Ingresos
Prop. 54 Cambios al Proceso Legislativo
Prop. 55 Extender Impuestos a Altos Ingresos
Prop. 56 Impuesto al Tabaco
Prop. 57 Libertad Condicional, Sentencias y Procedimientos en Corte
Prop. 58 Educación en el Idioma Inglés
Prop. 59 Pregunta que Asesora sobre Gastos Políticos
Prop. 60 Condones en Películas para Adultos
Prop. 61 Costos de Medicinas Recetadas
Prop. 62 Revocación de la Pena de Muerte
Prop. 63 Venta de Armas de Fuego y Municiones
Prop. 64 Legalizar la Marihuana Recreativa
Prop. 65 Dinero por Bolsas del Mercado
Prop. 66 Procedimientos en Corte para Pena de Muerte
Prop. 67 Prohibición de Bolsas de Plástico
City and County of San Francisco
Proposition A
Proposition B
Measure D
Measure M
Measure N
Measure T
Measure U
Measure W
Measure J Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required
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Contenido incorporable
251,699 votos si (67.17%)
123,004 votos no (32.83%)
Shall the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco be amended to: create a Homeless Housing and Services Fund and appropriate $12.5 million to the Fund in fiscal year 2016-2017 and $50 million annually to the Fund, adjusted for changes in discretionary City revenues, for the next 24 years; and create a Transportation Improvement Fund and appropriate $25.4 million to the Fund in fiscal year 2016-2017 and $101.6 million annually to the Fund, adjusted for changes in discretionary City revenues, for the next 24 years, and authorize the City to issue indebtedness secured by monies deposited in the Transportation Improvement Fund?
¿Qué es esta propuesta?
Información básica sobre la iniciativa de ley — Información oficial sobre esta iniciativa
Un voto por el SÍ significa
If you vote “yes,” you want to amend the Charter to create a:
• Homeless Housing and Services Fund, which would provide services to the homeless including housing and Navigation Centers, programs to prevent homelessness and assistance in transitioning out of homelessness by allocating $50 million per year for 24 years, adjusted annually; and
• Transportation Improvement Fund, which would be used to improve the City’s transportation network by allocating $101.6 million per year for 24 years, adjusted annually.
Un voto por el NO significa
If you vote “no,” you do not want to make these changes.
Ballot Simplification Committee
The Way It Is Now: The City provides a variety of services to homeless people, including street outreach, homeless shelters, transitional housing and Navigation Centers, permanent supportive housing, and health and job services. In July 2016, the City created a Department of Homelessness & Supportive Housing to consolidate the City’s efforts to assist homeless people. The City is not required to provide any specific annual amount for homeless services in the budget.
The City’s Charter gives the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) authority over the City’s transportation system, which includes roads, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, parking, taxicabs and Muni (the City’s public transit system). SFMTA collects income from several sources, including Muni fares, parking fees and citations. The City’s Charter requires the City to contribute a portion of the General Fund to SFMTA each year. The City adjusts that amount every year based on the City’s revenue and population change.
In 2013, the City accepted the Transportation 2030 Task Force Report, which recommended that the City increase funding for transportation and road improvements.
In 2014, the City adopted a “Vision Zero” policy. Its goal is to reduce traffic deaths to zero by 2024 by building safer streets, educating the public on traffic safety, enforcing traffic laws and implementing safety projects.
The City’s transportation system is affected by several other agencies:
• The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (CTA) is responsible for long-range transportation planning for the City. The CTA also analyzes, designs and funds improvements for San Francisco's roadway and public transportation networks.
• Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a public train system that serves the San Francisco Bay Area, and connects San Francisco with stations in the East Bay and northern San Mateo County.
• Caltrain is a commuter rail line that runs between San Francisco and Santa Clara County.
The Department of Public Works (DPW) maintains San Francisco’s streets and sidewalks, including road repaving and repairing potholes.
The Proposal: Proposition J is a Charter amendment that would create two funds:
Proposition J would create a Homeless Housing and Services Fund. Beginning in 2018 and for the next 24 years, the City would allocate $50 million to the fund each year, adjusted based on changes in City revenues.
The City would use this fund to provide services to the homeless:
• housing,
• programs to prevent homelessness and
• assistance in transitioning out of homelessness.
Proposition J would also create a Transportation Improvement Fund. Beginning in 2018 and for the next 24 years, the City would allocate $101.6 million to the fund each year, adjusted based on changes in City revenues.
The City would use this fund to improve the City’s transportation network by allocating funding as follows:
• 12.4% annually to SFMTA to improve transit service to low-income and transit-dependent communities and reduce the cost of transit for low- and moderate-income youth, seniors and people with disabilities;
• 18.8% annually to SFMTA to maintain Muni’s vehicle fleet in good repair, expand the fleet and repair and upgrade SFMTA stations;
• 9.4% annually to the CTA to improve the service of the existing transit system and expand its capacity; and fund planning, design, education, outreach, evaluation and capital investment in transportation infrastructure for transit-oriented development projects;
• 14.1% annually to the CTA to improve the reliability and increase the capacity of BART and Caltrain; fund long-range regional network planning, design studies or capital improvements; improve management of regional highways; and promote sustainable travel choices;
• 12.4% annually to the CTA to implement the City’s Vision Zero policy; and
• 32.9% annually to DPW to repair City streets and conduct preventative maintenance of City streets.
Until January 1, 2017, the Mayor would have the authority to terminate one or both funds, based on his review of the City’s financial condition.
Efectos fiscales
City Controller Ben Rosenfield
City Controller Ben Rosenfield has issued the following statement on the fiscal impact of Proposition J:
Should the proposed charter amendment be approved by the voters, in my opinion, it would significantly increase the cost of government.
The proposed amendment would require general fund contributions to two newly created funds, the Homeless Housing and Services Fund and the Transportation Improvement Fund, of $12.5 million and $25.4 million, respectively, in fiscal year (FY) 2016–17 and $50 million and $101.6 million, respectively, in FY 2017–18.
For fiscal years FY 2018–19 through FY 2040–41, contributions to the funds would be equal to the FY 2017–18 contributions adjusted for annual changes in discretionary revenue. The proposed amendment would authorize the City to issue lease revenue bonds or lease financing arrangements for certain categories in the Transportation Improvement Fund.
The Homeless Housing and Services Fund would be used to provide services to the homeless, including programs to prevent homelessness, create exits from homelessness, and move homeless individuals into more stable situations. The fund can be used to support operations of these services and to make capital investments required to maintain or expand system infrastructure needs.
The Transportation Improvement Fund would be used to improve San Francisco’s transportation network through investments in transit services and affordability; Muni fleet, facilities, and infrastructure repair and improvement; transit optimization and expansion; regional transit; Vision Zero safer and complete streets; and street resurfacing.
This proposed amendment is not in compliance with a non-binding, voter-adopted city policy regarding set-asides. The policy seeks to limit set-asides which reduce General Fund dollars that could otherwise be allocated by the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors in the annual budget process.
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MLB wrap: Padres' Manny Machado homers in return to Baltimore
Manny Machado admitted he was nervous for Tuesday's game.
The Padres infielder returned to Camden Yards for the first time since being traded last July.
"I'm a little more nervous today to come there," Machado said, via ESPN. "I'm never nervous. I guess it's like a weird nervous, in a way. It's just different."
Machado seemed to shake off the nerves almost immediately with a home run in the third inning. It was his 100th career home run at the Orioles' stadium.
The Padres went on to beat Baltimore, 8-3.
An incredible homecoming. pic.twitter.com/P8cvUL7Go4
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) June 26, 2019
Machado, who was selected third overall in the 2010 MLB Draft by the Orioles, finished the night 2 for 4 with two RBIs.
Baltimore sent Machado to the Dodgers before the 2018 trade deadline. He then signed a 10-year, $300 million contract with San Diego in the offseason.
Studs of the Night
DJ LeMahieu hit a lead-off homer to push the Yankees' home run streak to 28 consecutive games, setting an MLB record.
Rangers starter Jesse Chavez threw 6 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and striking out seven in his team's 5-3 win over the Tigers.
Dud of the Night
Trevor Richards allowed seven hits and six earned runs in five innings of work as the Marlins fell to the Nationals, 6-1.
This is one way to take the lead. Hunter Dozier hit a go-ahead grand slam against the Indians.
GRAND SLAM!!!
The #Royals take a Bull-Dozier to the #Indians' lead in the ninth and go ahead 8-6.
Tune in right now on FSKC and FSGO. #AlwaysRoyal pic.twitter.com/aZxkTzfP8V
— FOX Sports Kansas City (@FSKansasCity) June 26, 2019
There was no denying Tommy La Stella this inside-the-park home run.
🚨 INSIDE-THE-PARK HOMER 🚨 pic.twitter.com/GlrV7YkHgE
— MLB (@MLB) June 26, 2019
Willians Astudillo with a great catch.
Willians > Wall. pic.twitter.com/ZT0bkbpP1K
Braves (47-33) at Cubs (43-36), 8:05 p.m. ET — Atlanta rebounded from a series-opening loss to Chicago with a win Tuesday. Now, the NL East-leading Braves will try to keep up their winning ways with Dallas Keuchel (0-1, 5.40 ERA) starting against Chicago's Yu Darvish (2-3, 4.75 ERA).
Felix Hernandez injury update: Mariners ace expected to miss only one spring start
Hernandez left Monday's game against the Cubs after being struck in the pitching arm by a line drive, though he avoided serious injury.
MLB free agency 2018: Where should the top remaining players end up?
A number of MLB free agents have finally found a home this offseason, but there are still plenty of intriguing players still out there.
Texas college coach fired for rebuffing recruit over Colorado’s marijuana law
Texas Wesleyan baseball coach Mike Jeffcoat was fired for telling a recruit the team was not interested in players from Colorado.
MLBPA union head Tony Clark sounds off on tanking, pace of play
Tony Clark said commissioner Rob Manfred made his changes to pace of play without any approval from the MLBPA.
Yankees' Hal Steinbrenner: 'People are concerned about us'
With the acquisition of Giancarlo Stanton, some are calling the Yankees "The Evil Empire" once again, and Steinbrenner is OK with that.
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Drakehall Keep
Revision as of 22:18, 30 June 2017 by Tarken (talk | contribs) (→PC’s associate with the Keep: added the Pixie)
2 Change in Ownership
3 Current Status
4 PC’s associate with the Keep
Drakehall Keep was built many generations ago in the untamed wilderness of the M’Chekian grasslands, and served as the first ancestral fortress of the powerful House Drake. The Drake’s carved out a name for themselves in the harsh and unforgiving wilds, and this fortress provided a beacon of safety and protection to the men and women living in this region.
Situated in western M’Chek, the Keep is nestled in a shallow valley and is surrounded by low, sweeping hills and fertile farmlands. It borders Nelthropian lands and the Hills of the Order of the Way to the north, with Westshore and Bachwood edging its southern boundaries. The Keep is made of stone and is 2 stories in height, with a small watch tower built atop the southwest corner of the roof. Underground rooms provide storage and other necessities.
As time passed the Drake’s power and influence grew, and with it a new port rose out of necessity nearby along the western coastline. Westshore was established and the Drake’s shifted their seat of power to that newly settled coastal settlement.
Drakehall Keep was still used by the Drake’s and those loyal to their banner over the next few generations, but over time it was neglected and fell into disrepair.
Change in Ownership
Lord Constantine Drake of Westshore served as the ruling noble in House Drake. It can be reasoned that this power was not enough for him, and he craved more influence over M’Chek. To this end, he spearheaded efforts at what became plans for an eventual coup attempt.
Constantine’s plans for a coup focused on many fronts. He conspired with numerous individuals to kidnap the young nephew and niece from Chasworth Keep, Edgar and Audra Harwood, the heirs of Lord Tobias Chasworth, as well as General Cassius of the M’Chekian Army. Additionally, aided by General Percival Tate and the disgraced Colonel Tanners, there were many attempted assassinations of multiple nobles in key positions of power and influence. The men also flooded the southwest and the northwest M’Chekian countryside with bandits to sow panic and confusion within the general population.
With the aid of a force hired by Prime Minister Deth and Lord Harvingdale, many nobles were protected from assassination attempts and they ultimately captured the elusive Lord of Westshore. The soldiers of the Skybolt Battalion subdued Lord Drake’s army and all the key players were in custody with the exception of General Tate, who evaded capture.
Lord Constantine Drake was executed by hanging in the Garrison Square of Mikona, after being tried by a jury of his peers in the Noble House. Numerous charges were leveled against him and his co-conspirators to include treason, conspiracy to murder more than a dozen nobles, kidnapping, and a number of other undisclosed crimes. Lord Drake did not swing by the neck that morning by himself; both Colonel Tanners and a mercenary named Geoffrey were executed alongside the disgraced noble.
In the wake of the death of Constantine Drake, the Noble House deemed it necessary to offer Lord Chasworth reparations for the injuries inflicted on his heirs while held captive by Lord Drake’s conspirators. Lord Chasworth was gifted several select pieces of ancestral Drake lands by the Noble House, specifically Drakehall and Drakeshore in western M’Chek.
Sir Thaylis Beign had just recently retired from serving as the Brigadier and commanding officer of the Blackhawk Brigade, and after some private discussions with Lord Chasworth, the former officer and Hero of M’Chek accepted a position as vassal to the older man. Sir Thaylis Beign was granted stewardship of the Drake family ancestral home and the lands surrounding it. With this new responsibility, he is entrusted to oversee the prosperity and welfare of Drakehall Keep and the loyal M’Chekian citizens who live in the surrounding holdings.
Once Sir Thaylis took control of Drakehall, many structural repairs needed to be carried out on the neglected fortress. The repairs were quickly made and Thaylis put a public notice out to the nation, asking for former Blackhawks to fill the ranks of a company of guardsmen needed to serve at Drakehall Keep. Nearly 2 dozen men and women answered the call to his banner. Additionally, Rickus va’Alor, priest to Toran, serves as the garrison commander of the Keep. In addition to these duties, Rickus had requested a small chaplet be built on the lands of Drakehall and to this end, roughly a dozen followers of Toran has joined him. They serve as part of the guard company as well, swelling the number to roughly 35 men and women. A newly built guard tower was constructed adjacent to the Keep, and all members of the company were given a silver insignia which identified them as Drakehall soldiers. The insignia is circular in design, depicting the heads of a hawk and a silver dragon facing each other on a field of M'Chekian blue.
Drakehall Keep's official color scheme is black, silver, and M'Chekian blue.
Drakehall Keep’s main export is an assortment of beers with a distinctive taste in the region. Under the watchful eye of the Keep’s brew master, Flint Wrightson, Drakehall has forged a name for itself with a variety of quality ales and stouts. Growing their own barley and adding a variety of additional imported ingredients gives the finished products a unique taste.
PC’s associate with the Keep
Rickus va’Alor - Garrison Commander. Priest of Toran. Former Blackhawk officer.
Kara Kalinor – Guard Captain. Former Blackhawk officer.
Kate Benneset – Guardswoman. Former Blackhawk soldier.
Ursula Seleivara – Minstrel of Drakehall Keep
Nawen Amakiir - Sage of Drakehall
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===Mid-War: Elysia's Entry through the Battle of Blandenberg===
*(04/17/05) [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=53203 Drotid signs a ceasefire with T'Nanshi and Elysia] - Many in M'Chek are outraged that their ally would leave the war, and fear the wrath of the northern armies which have been freed by this treaty.
*(04/13/05) [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?p=512371#512371 Plans are made to allow M'Chekians to relocate to Visimontium] - This city, far to the north is designed as a Magocracy, to be populated by M'Chekians who have fled from the war.
*(04/10/05) [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=52735 Rhissaerk Jalesh's punishment in Elysia is complete]. He returns to M'Chek and is granted his place back in the army.
*(04/02/05) [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=52254 The Alpha Corps' new public relations department begins making public announcements of battles.] - The first announcement concerns the victorious defense of the remnants of the Village of Blandenberg.
*(03/31/05) [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=52076 General Marcus Deth is raised from the dead] and resumes his place as War Comissioner of M'Chek.
*(03/22/05) [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=51581 Rhissaerk Jalesh is extradited to Elysia for crimes against their city.] Questions are raised whether the extradition of the "Slayer of Vanoviel" has political motives.
*(03/12/05) [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=51027 The Canvas Affair] - A raid on the Canvas by the Sword of Toran leads to the expulsion of its owners from M'Chek, along with the expulsion of the Church of Angadar, and several of its allies. Prominent names among those found guilty include Amonien Amana, Tennira Arknheld, Lisa Kler, Jand le Fleure, and Houseman Kered Rose (who is stripped of his house seat.) Houseman Rose is later cleared of these charges and granted his seat back.
*(03/05/05) [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=50550 Nelthrope Keep is attacked,] the entrance to the mine is collapsed, and its storehouse destroyed. With the food stores for winter ruined, many die of starvation and [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=50726 refugees travel to Mikona] for help. A group comprised of members of the Council of Balance, the Order of Gorethar, the Sword of Toran, the Order of the Dragon, and the Ivory Order [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=50852 appeal to Ferrell for food relief,] which greatly aids in the recovery of the area.
*(02/01/05) [http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=47400 The Blandenberg Hospital is destroyed by terrorists.]
*(12/18/04) After much agression between the two nations,[http://www.avlis.org/viewtopic.php?t=44589 M'Chek and Elysia finally declare war.]
===Early-War: The Fairy Gardens Incident to Elysia's Entry===
Revision as of 10:15, 4 February 2006
1 Post-War
2 Late-War: Post-Plague Phase
3 Mid-War: Elysia's Entry through the Battle of Blandenberg
4 Early-War: The Fairy Gardens Incident to Elysia's Entry
(11/09/05) Jand de la Fleur's banishment is lifted. Accused of treason during the war, he is allowed back into M'Chek after his case is reviewed.
(09/25/05) Dala Wennen, former Commander of the Alpha Corps, granted a Common House seat based on her war record.
(09/19/05) The Nelthrope mines are reopened by the Avlis Arms and Armor Association after the entrance was collapsed in an attack on the Keep during the war.
(09/04/05) Houseman Kered Rose is reinstated in his position of Common House Representative as all charges stemming from the Canvas Incident are cleared.
(08/08/05) The Sword of Toran gives up its duty as the elite law enforcement branch in M'Chek. This duty passes to the newly formed M'Chekian Guards.
(06/10/05) The M'Chekian Guards are founded from the remnants of the Alpha Corps. They share law enforcement powers with the Sword of Toran.
Late-War: Post-Plague Phase
(06/05/05) The war between M'Chek and T'Nanshi finally ends and the Blandenberg Protectorate is formed. The Protectorate combines the Blandenberg Settlement and many of the lands formerly known as "the warzone" into a neutral entity controlled by the Churches of Mikon and Dru'El.
(05/26/05) The Blandenberg Settlementis officially estalished as a neutral entity in the war.
(05/11/04) A joint coalition is able to discover a cure for the plague. Those involved include Moira Windspar, Corporal Tivn Dimbzig and Frigate Captain Ayren Milen. The losses, however, have still been terrible. Estimates are that as many as 1 in 6 M'Chekians are dead from this plague.
(04/29/05) A dreaded plague that has been thus far confined to Elysia spreads to M'Chek. The M'Chekian army declares that one of T'Nanshi's officers (a "Trethlawn Brother") is responsible for this deed. The plague, now no longer containd by Elysia's walls, quickly spreads to T'Nanshi as well. Military operations on both sides all but cease as thousands die.
Mid-War: Elysia's Entry through the Battle of Blandenberg
(04/17/05) Drotid signs a ceasefire with T'Nanshi and Elysia - Many in M'Chek are outraged that their ally would leave the war, and fear the wrath of the northern armies which have been freed by this treaty.
(04/13/05) Plans are made to allow M'Chekians to relocate to Visimontium - This city, far to the north is designed as a Magocracy, to be populated by M'Chekians who have fled from the war.
(04/10/05) Rhissaerk Jalesh's punishment in Elysia is complete. He returns to M'Chek and is granted his place back in the army.
(04/02/05) The Alpha Corps' new public relations department begins making public announcements of battles. - The first announcement concerns the victorious defense of the remnants of the Village of Blandenberg.
(03/31/05) General Marcus Deth is raised from the dead and resumes his place as War Comissioner of M'Chek.
(03/22/05) Rhissaerk Jalesh is extradited to Elysia for crimes against their city. Questions are raised whether the extradition of the "Slayer of Vanoviel" has political motives.
(03/12/05) The Canvas Affair - A raid on the Canvas by the Sword of Toran leads to the expulsion of its owners from M'Chek, along with the expulsion of the Church of Angadar, and several of its allies. Prominent names among those found guilty include Amonien Amana, Tennira Arknheld, Lisa Kler, Jand le Fleure, and Houseman Kered Rose (who is stripped of his house seat.) Houseman Rose is later cleared of these charges and granted his seat back.
(03/05/05) Nelthrope Keep is attacked, the entrance to the mine is collapsed, and its storehouse destroyed. With the food stores for winter ruined, many die of starvation and refugees travel to Mikona for help. A group comprised of members of the Council of Balance, the Order of Gorethar, the Sword of Toran, the Order of the Dragon, and the Ivory Order appeal to Ferrell for food relief, which greatly aids in the recovery of the area.
(02/01/05) The Blandenberg Hospital is destroyed by terrorists.
(12/18/04) After much agression between the two nations,M'Chek and Elysia finally declare war.
Early-War: The Fairy Gardens Incident to Elysia's Entry
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Autodesk releases Maya 2019
Faster animation playback, higher quality 3D previews and performance improvements are some of the features highlighted by Autodesk on the announcement of Maya 2019 availability.
Spiderman Far From Home VFX Discussion
Julian Foddy began his visual effects career in 2006 at DNEG. He works on films like GREEN ZONE, PAUL, FURIOUS 6 and HERCULES. He joined the ILM teams in 2015 and took care of the effects of films such as TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, READY PLAYER ONE and SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY.
Animate Text without Keyframes or Plugins in FCPX
Join longtime editor, VFX artist, plug-in developer, Creative COW leader Bret Williams of BretFX to learn how the FCPX Custom text tool allows you to animate text in Final Cut Pro X without using keyframes or plugins. With the often overlooked custom text tool you can easily create great text animation with just a couple of clicks. Change opacity, position, rotation, scale, duration, spread, blur and easing all without creating a single keyframe!
Han Yang on finding new 3D workflows for The Lande
When 3D artist Han Yang posted work in progress stills and then a trailer for his personal project, The Lander, he received much acclaim for the look of this Predator-inspired short. But, in addition, he captivated viewers by explaining his mix of V-Ray and Unreal Engine in lighting and rendering the film.
Spiderman Far from home VFX interview
Last year, Kevin Souls and Raphael A. Pimentel explained the work of Luma Pictures on ANT-MAN AND THE WASP. They then worked on THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, MARY POPPINS RETURNS, CAPTAIN MARVEL and ONCE UPON AT TIME IN HOLLYWOOD. Raphael A. Pimentel also worked on PEPPERMINT and AQUAMAN.
AE & Mocha Pro - Reverse Stabilization Workflow
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Re-visit the CG of 1994's Lion King
In the 1990s, traditional 2D animation was in a major state of transition. Digital technologies were allowing animation studios, including Walt Disney Feature Animation, to do things in very different ways. Partly, that came about via Disney’s adoption of the Computer Animation and Production System (CAPS) that had been developed in conjunction with Pixar to aid in digital ink and paint, compositing, and production and library management. By the time The Lion King was released in 1994, CAPS had already been utilized on a number of films, including Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.
VFX veteran Jody Madden becomes new Foundry CEO
Foundry’s chief product and customer officer Jody Madden (pictured above) has been appointed the new CEO of the leading visual effects and design software developer.
The 30 Degree Rule
We all know the 180-degree rule. It's a technique filmmakers use to make sure that the talent is always looking in the right direction on-screen by never letting your camera cross the centerline of the action.
Spiderman Far from Home VFX Supervisor
In 2017, Alexis Wajsbrot explained the work of Framestore on THOR: RAGNAROK. He then worked on MARY POPPINS RETURNS. He is back in the MCU with SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME.
Captain Marvel VFX Breakdown
Australian studio Rising Sun Pictures presents their work on CAPTAIN MARVEL in this VFX Breakdown...
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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. - Charles Dickens READ MORE
“Driven by Collignon’s decisive prose, his strong characters and his deep knowledge of New Mexico folklore, Perdido is a one-sitting read, a novel that captivates and surprises all the way to its chilling end.”
“Mr. Collignon has created a distinct and meaningful world.”
RICK COLLIGNON
Madewell Brown walked into the village on a hot, dry day in 1946. A solitary black man with one arm longer than the other, he had never found a place for himself. Never, that is, until he had painted his own history on the interior walls of his adobe house in Guadalupe.
Fifty years later, Will Sawyer’s truck runs out of gas, and as he walks that same long road back into town he knows it’s best to keep his eyes on the ground. But he doesn’t understand the town’s long history of displacement or the difficulty of truly fitting in there, until he hears the story of the dead girl found hanging from Las Manos Bridge.
In Perdido, Collignon returns to the same magical town he first introduced in The Journal of Antonio Montoya. Once again mixing present and past, living and dead, he delivers a forthright and unflinching examination of race, belonging, and identity. With this novel, Collignon shows that a powerful new voice in American fiction has arrived.
16.00 | P.O.D. Sold by the carton only - Non Returnable Order | 5 x 8 | 232 pages
After the café closed that day, Felix cleaned the kitchen and wiped the tables. Then he walked up the hill to the house where Madewell had lived. The sun had set and Felix could feel his shirt, which was moist from the heat in the kitchen, cool against his back. He looked at the house and thought it already felt empty. Felix pushed the door open and stepped inside.
The mud plaster on the walls inside had been painted white, and over that were drawn so many pictures that for a second Felix felt as though the room were crowded. He shut his eyes, and a soft wave of dizziness washed over him. When he opened them again, he began to turn slowly in a circle. All about him were thousands of paintings. They ran from one wall to the other, even across the surface of the door and above the archway that led into another room. They were painted in black, red, yellow, green, and in colors Felix had never seen. In each painting were six children, and from one wall to the next they aged, and as there were so many of these paintings, they seemed to grow old together by the moment.
They were drawn at birth, Telesfor said, lying closely together under one blanket. Their faces were clear and smooth, their eyes wide and surprised. Above them was a black sky with stars and a yellow moon. Felix watched them begin to crawl and then walk clumsily, falling into each other. He saw them in trees and in dry arroyos and in groves of scrub oak, always together, and in aboat on a river that flowed flat and was only water. He saw them kiss each other and wrestle in the dirt and throw rocks at cows and start fires that grew too big. He watched them asleep at dawn and in the rain and in snow without coats or shoes. And at the end, with age, the six of them sat looking out at the person who had drawn them. Felix saw that in this house Madewell Brown had raised his family and that when he left, he left them behind.
It took Telesfor Ruiz a long time to tell this story to Will. By the end, the night had grown dark and Telesfor’s voice sounded like air. Will asked him if he had ever seen the paintings and where in Guadalupe this house was. Telesfor answered that he had seen them just once, but he had never gone back because the sight of them alone in the house made him too sad. He told Will that the house Madewell Brown had lived in was no longer standing. A few years after Madewell left, Horacio Medina bought the land for back taxes. Not long after that, he sold it to the mine, which tore the house down. All that remained now were some old fenceposts and broken glass and pieces of adobe with paint.
Rick Collignon is the author of four novels published by Unbridled Books: The Journal of Antonio Montoya, Perdido, A Santo in the Image of Cristobal Garcia, and Madewell Brown
Rick Collignon's Website
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Martha J. Bailey
611 Tappan Street
207 Lorch Hall
WWW: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~baileymj/
NBER Program Affiliations: DAE , LS , CH
Institutional Affiliation: University of Michigan
November 2017 How Well Do Automated Linking Methods Perform? Lessons from U.S. Historical Data
with Connor Cole, Morgan Henderson, Catherine Massey: w24019
October 2017 Does Parents’ Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X
with Olga Malkova, Zoë M. McLaren: w23971
June 2017 Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women’s Outcomes in the U.S.
with Jason M. Lindo: w23465
October 2014 The War on Poverty's Experiment in Public Medicine: Community Health Centers and the Mortality of Older Americans
with Andrew Goodman-Bacon: w20653
Published: Martha J. Bailey & Andrew Goodman-Bacon, 2015. "The War on Poverty's Experiment in Public Medicine: Community Health Centers and the Mortality of Older Americans," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 105(3), pages 1067-1104, March. citation courtesy of
Is There a Case for a "Second Demographic Transition"? Three Distinctive Features of the Post-1960 U.S. Fertility Decline
with Melanie Guldi, Brad J. Hershbein
in Human Capital in History: The American Record, Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo, editors
January 2014 How Johnson Fought the War on Poverty: The Economics and Politics of Funding at the Office of Economic Opportunity
with Nicolas J. Duquette: w19860
Published: Bailey, Martha J. & Duquette, Nicolas J., 2014. "How Johnson Fought the War on Poverty: The Economics and Politics of Funding at the Office of Economic Opportunity," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 74(02), pages 351-388, June. citation courtesy of
October 2013 Is There A Case for a "Second Demographic Transition"? Three Distinctive Features of the Post-1960 U.S. Fertility Decline
with Melanie E. Guldi, Brad J. Hershbein: w19599
Fifty Years of Family Planning: New Evidence on the Long-Run Effects of Increasing Access to Contraception
Published: Martha J. Bailey, 2013. "Fifty Years of Family Planning: New Evidence on the Long-Run Effects of Increasing Access to Contraception," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 46(1 (Spring), pages 341-409. citation courtesy of
March 2012 The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages
with Brad Hershbein, Amalia R. Miller: w17922
Published: Martha J. Bailey & Brad Hershbein & Amalia R. Miller, 2012. "The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 4(3), pages 225-54, July. citation courtesy of
December 2011 Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion
with Susan M. Dynarski: w17633
Published: “Inequality in Postsecondary Education” (with Susan Dynarski). In G.J. Duncan and R.J. Murnane (eds.), Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children’s Life Chances. (Russell Sage: New York, New York, September 2011). Featured in the May 2012 NBER Digest (http://www.nber.org/digest/may12/may12.pdf).
August 2011 Reexamining the Impact of Family Planning Programs on U.S. Fertility: Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X
Published: Martha J. Bailey, 2012. "Reexamining the Impact of Family Planning Programs on US Fertility: Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 4(2), pages 62-97, April. citation courtesy of
January 2009 "Momma's Got the Pill": How Anthony Comstock and Griswold v. Connecticut Shaped U.S. Childbearing
Published: "Momma's Got the Pill: How Anthony Comstock and Griswold v. Connecticut Shaped U.S Childbearing," American Economic Review, 100 (1), March 2010: 98-129. citation courtesy of
Did Improvements in Household Technology Cause the Baby Boom? Evidence from Electrification, Appliance Diffusion, and the Amish
with William J. Collins: w14641
Published: Martha J. Bailey & William J. Collins, 2011. "Did Improvements in Household Technology Cause the Baby Boom? Evidence from Electrification, Appliance Diffusion, and the Amish," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 3(2), pages 189-217, April. citation courtesy of
July 2004 The Wage Gains of African-American Women in the 1940s
Published: Bailey, Martha J. & Collins, William J., 2006. "The Wage Gains of African-American Women in the 1940s," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 66(03), pages 737-777, September. citation courtesy of
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Facts v. Opinions in News Media
At Rand, Jennifer Kavanaugh and colleagues have a report titled. News in a Digital Age:Comparing the Presentation of News Information over Time and Across Media Platforms. Key Findings:
Print journalism has made modest shifts toward more-subjective reporting
Typical characteristics of print reporting in the pre-2000 period were context- and event-based reporting, reliance on directives, and use of titles and official positions. Many of these linguistic features were frequently used together.
The post-2000 sample showed a meaningful shift away from such language and toward unpacking social and policy issues through character-centered stories, such as homeless children as a way to discuss homelessness.
Television news has made stronger shifts to subjectivity, conversation, and argument
Similar to print journalism, television news has shifted from straight reporting that dealt with complex issues and grounded news in the abstract concepts and values of shared public matters to a more subjective, conversational, argumentative style of news presentation.
When comparing broadcast news with prime-time cable programming in the period after 2000, an even more dramatic difference is apparent, with prime-time cable programming being more subjective, abstract, and directive. However, prime-time programs on cable news channels tend to be opinion-based shows led by pundits, not news reporting-based programs, which could influence the comparison.
Online journalism features a subjective kind of advocacy
Online journalism is more personal and direct than print journalism, narrating key social and policy issues through very personal frames and subjective references.
This research presents key insights for Truth Decay
There does seem to be evidence of a growing use of opinion and subjectivity in the presentation of news. However, the results of this study are not necessarily generalizable. Also, some of the effect sizes are relatively small, and changes observed over time and differences across platforms are subtle in many cases.
Changes in news presentation identified in this report are relevant to individual news consumer decisions about which media organizations to use and which to trust; trends toward subjective journalism might reduce that trust.
Posted by Pitney at 9:15 AM
Labels: deliberation, government, journalism, mass media, news media, political science, politics
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Is-Simar Nature Reserve
The Birder's Market | Resource | Birding locations | Birding sites Europe | Malta | Is-Simar Nature Reserve
The Is-Simar Nature Reserve
Is-Simar Nature Reserve is situated at Pwales Valley, a fertile agricultural valley in the north of Malta. The nature reserve is very close to the small towns of Xemxija and St. Paul's Bay.
Breeding Birds: Is-Simar is the only locality in the Maltese islands where the Little Bittern has bred. Two pairs bred in 1997 and a pair bred again during the year 2000. Is-Simar is also the only locality in Malta where the Reed Warbler nests, with over five pairs breeding annually. The reserve also hosts the largest population of breeding Moorhen in the islands. Other birds breeding at Is-simar are the Cetti's Warbler pictured, Zitting Cisticola, Sardinian Warbler and Spanish Sparrow.
Wintering Birds:The following are some of the birds to be expected during the winter months (October to March) - Black-necked Grebe, Little Grebe, Coot, Water Rail, several duck species, Common Snipe, Common Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, Robin, Stonechat, Moustached Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting etc...
Passage Birds:A varied spectrum of species may be encountered during the spring and autumn migrations. Herons (such as Grey and Night Heron), Little Egret, Bittern (rare), ducks (including occasional Ferruginous Duck), Spotted and Little Crake, waders (such as Common, Wood and Green Sandpiper, etc...), hirundines (Barn Swallow, House and Sand Martin), Yellow Wagtail, flycatchers (mainly Pied, Collared and Spotted Flycatcher), warblers (such as Wood, Willow, Subalpine, Sedge, Great Reed Warbler), and many more.
All these birds find Is-Simar Nature Reserve an ideal place where to feed, rest and breed. BirdLife Malta is committed to improve the habitat of Is-Simar even more in the future for the benefit of the birds.
Further information and access details....
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Languages in the News >
New Study Shows Brain Benefits Of Bilingualism
posted Nov 17, 2013, 12:02 PM by Essia Bernstein
by Barbara J. King. November 14, 2013.
The largest study so far to ask whether speaking two languages might delay the onset of dementia symptoms in bilingual patients as compared to monolingual patients has reported a robust result. Bilingual patients suffer dementia onset an average of 4.5 years later than those who speak only a single language.
While knowledge of a protective effect of bilingualism , the present study significantly advances scientists' knowledge. emphasize the size of its cohort: 648 patients from a university hospital's memory clinic, including 391 who were bilingual. It's also touted as the first study to reveal that bilingual people who are illiterate derive the same benefit from speaking two languages as do people who read and write. It also claims to show that the benefit applies not only to Alzheimer's sufferers but also people with frontotemporal and vascular dementia.
Only when I read , though, published in the journal Neurology and written by Suvarna Alladi and 7 co-authors, did I realize fully the brilliance of conducting this study in .
That choice of location, I believe, lends extra credibility to the study's results.
Here's why. India, as the researchers note, is a nation of linguistic diversity. In the Hyderabad region, a language called Telugu is spoken by the majority Hindu group, and another called Dakkhini by the minority Muslim population. Hindi and English are also commonly spoken in formal contexts, including at school. Most people who grow up in the region, then, are bilingual, and routinely exposed to at least three languages.
The patients who contributed data to the study, then, are surrounded by multiple languages in everyday life, not primarily as a result of moving from one location to another. This turns out to be an important factor, as the authors explain:
In contrast to previous studies, the bilingual group was drawn from the same environment as the monolingual one and the results were therefore free from the confounding effects of immigration. The bilingual effect on age at dementia onset was shown independently of other potential confounding factors, such as education, sex, occupation, cardiovascular risk factors, and urban vs rural dwelling, of subjects with dementia.
In other words, thanks in large part to the study's cultural context, these researchers made great progress zeroing in on bilingualism as the specific reason for the delay in dementia symptoms.
What exactly is it about the ability to speak in two languages that seems to provide this protective effect? Alladi and co-authors explain:
The constant need in a bilingual person to selectively activate one language and suppress the other is thought to lead to a better development of executive functions and attentional tasks with cognitive advantages being best documented in attentional control, inhibition, and conflict resolution.
Intriguingly, when a patient speaks three (or more) languages, no extra benefits accrue neurologically. Speaking a single language beyond one's native tongue is enough to do the trick.
So, now, my almost-monolingual brain is jealous.
I do know some conversational French, and I squeaked by speaking and comprehending enough Swahili to be polite and interactive while living in Kenya. But I've regretted not working up to full fluency in a second language. (As the "Learn to Speak Italian" tapes strewn around my house demonstrate, I haven't given up on this goal.)
The sounds of multiple languages swirling around me when I visit or are enchanting, and I enjoy discussing with bilinguals the claims that switching between languages allows within a single individual.
Being bilingual opens up new worlds of global connection and understanding, and almost certainly allows some degree of flexibility in personal expression, too.
Now we know, more concretely and convincingly than before, that there's a brain benefit to bilingualism, too.
From: NPR. Science section
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Axiom Verge and E3 2014
June 15, 2014 / Thomas Happ
Like most gamers, I've been following this event online for many years now, never thinking I'd attend, let alone exhibit - that's for EPs and VPs and top brass. So I was expecting it to be overwhelming and probably exhausting. But it turned out to grow exponentially more insane as it progressed.
Warning: Name drops inbound.
Believe it or not, Axiom Verge is mentioned somewhere in here.
Before anything started, there was a day of press conferences, with Sony's being the main one for me. No Man's Sky was featured prominently, and a bunch of other indies were shown on this screen (everyone was tweeting this back and forth and playing "Where's Waldo" with each other's logos). Bonus Trivia: The devotion logo was designed by Nick Suttner's girlfriend. My favorite AAA part? The Batman trailer.
Hard to miss Axiom Verge in the Sony booth.
For future reference: 150 business cards was not enough. I'd do at least 300 next time.
In contrast to the press conference presentation, the Axiom Verge kiosk happened to be at the very front and center of Sony's booth, so everyone saw it, plus a lot of traffic was passing by just to get to the high-profile brands behind it. It also didn't hurt to have Nidhogg on one side attracting a constant crowd, and Velocity on the other, looking beautiful.
Behind me (and wrapping 270 degrees around the whole booth) was a giant screen blasting the squishing sounds of AAA monsters dismembering each other. But often it would also play indie trailers.
Basically I spent the entire three days hovering over my two kiosks, demoing AV and talking to journalists and devs, and trying my best to keep hydrated.
This display was ginormous (scientific term) and loud.
James and Trang, Thanks for the delicious pastries!!!
I think the best part was probably the people I met there. James Petruzzi of Chasm fame was there with his wife Trang, and they brought with them a lot of much-needed down-to-earth-ness to counter the mayhem. Chasm and Axiom Verge have a lot of similarities, not just in gameplay but also sharing the underlying technology (XNA and/or Monogame) and also development (regular people making games that remind them of their youth). I just wish Baltimore and Las Vegas were closer together.
We traded stickers, too.
Rami Ismail (maker of Nuclear Throne, Luftrausers, Ridiculous Fishing, and other popular titles) stopped by and gave me a hug, which was nice. And I mean, how often do you get a hug from a respected indie celebrity? He also found a bug in my room transitions and gave some pointers on general game development stuff.
We traded stickers, too. Flame bears! What happens when they meet up with water bears?
Here's Ian Stocker, who recently hooked up with Tim Schaefer for a publishing agreement for Escape Goat 2. I'd been twittering back and forth with him since the Escape Goat 1 days. Did you know he originally envisioned it as a Metroidvania, but decided to focus more on the puzzle aspect? It was really good to finally meet him.
Alex Preston, designer of Hyper Light Drifter, also stopped by! I'll say that HLD is probably my most anticipated indie game. It was actually playable on Vita just behind me, but as a sole developer, I didn't have a way to leave my kiosks and play other games (at any rate I probably want to wait for the full version so as not to spoil the experience.) Alex himself was stationed at Microsoft's booth to helm the XBox One version of the game, which is releasing on every platform ever made*.
*Possibly not entirely factual or correct.
For some reason I didn't take any pictures of it, but there was a fancy dinner for Sony developers at Soho House (I found this image in a Hollywood Reporter article). I sat at the same table with Jonathan Blow - probably the most famous indie developer ever - though it took me a while to recognize him because he'd let his hair grow in. This scene from Wayne's World explains succinctly how that felt. There were also a lot of older "suits" types. I was really tired from a full day at the show so I mostly tried my best to stay awake and not to be completely incoherent talking about garbage collection and IMGUI with the people seated beside me.
Around day 3, James and I met MAN (all caps), from the popular twitch show, Man Vs. Game. Also, James told me MAN's secret identity, which may never be revealed because the internet is full of crazies who would love to stalk him. Luckily I forgot it and I like the name MAN just as well, anyway.
Also on Day 3, GameSpot and IGN dropped these placards off at my kiosk. If getting to meet industry celebrities gave me a shock, this was like some new level of absurdity altogether. The two biggest gaming sites think I could be best of show? I'm just a guy with a laptop. What's going on? Gamespot actually gave me a bag full of "best of E3" buttons for my "team". There were about 15 buttons in there. I used them to make a scale mail shirt.
I was too surprised to think of taking a photo. So, here's some random internet pic.
I guess word must have gotten around because shortly thereafter, Reggie Fils-Aime showed up. I was at a loss for words at that point; I think I said something like, "Is that...?" (the ellipses which were practically audible). Reggie looked at my kiosks and said, "oh yeah, that does look like Metroid," to which a nearby journalist quipped, "Hey, somebody needs to make a Metroid, it might as well be him!"
Things you don't expect to happen to you, ever: Reggie shook my hand and congratulated me.
Then he was off.
Later, while riding the elevator up to my hotel room, I saw a woman with the same "Best of E3" pin that GameSpot gave out, and while pointing to my own, I said something like, "Hey, we have something in common! What game do you make?" Honestly, I was thinking she was probably another indie, until she replied, "Dragon Age."
It wasn't until when GameSpot's posted the E3 2014 winners list that I found out that I was one of only 15. Not even Destiny - the most expensive game ever made - made that list.
So, was E3 overbearing, overwhelming, and insane? Yes, absolutely.
But am I glad I went?
Hell yeah.
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College Football – Seasonal Highs and Lows
Dr. John Huang
UK ups and downs – Photo by Brendon Miller
Are you looking for the perfect conversation starter at your annual Christmas party this year? Are you tired of all the Trump talk at holiday family get-togethers? Scared of gossiping about your boss around the water cooler at work? Fear not—read my column and you’ll have the perfect “go to” topic for all those stodgy occasions. How better to warm up the coals of discussion than to blurt out “How ‘bout them football Cats”? Arm yourself with all the forgotten scores, misleading statistics, and meaningless anecdotes that I’ve recounted in the following paragraphs and you’ll be the life of the party. You can thank me afterwards.
A day after UK’s matchup with Georgia Tech in the TaxSlayer Bowl was announced, I asked Coach Mark Stoops if there was a specific defining moment during the season when he knew his team was going to finish so strong. “No, I don’t think there was any one,” he replied. “I can’t point to any one meeting or practice or game, no. I think it was just staying steady and knowing the pulse of the team and knowing the pulse of everyone in our building.”
That may just be “coach speak” on his part, but from a fan’s perspective, I can think of numerous situations where this past season pivoted precariously—rising to dramatic heights and plummeting to perilous depths like a slick-railed Kings Island roller coaster. With that said, let’s conduct a seasonal review listing the 5 greatest highlights together with the 5 worst lowlights of this watershed year.
We’ll get the lowlights out of the way first–with the lackluster start against Austin Peay representing lowlight #5. If you remember, Kentucky didn’t begin playing against the overmatched Governors until midway through the second quarter. For a game against a winless opponent that would have given the Cats bowl eligibility, falling behind 13-0 raised the eyebrows of many a cynic. Nobody really thought Kentucky would lose, but the familiar strains of sarcasm and negativity were widely circulating throughout the building. To UK’s credit, they finally woke up, rallied and won handily 49-13.
Lowlight #4 would have to be the injury to Drew Barker. Prior to the season, many experts indicated that the success of the entire season would ride on the shoulders of the redshirt sophomore quarterback. Together with a slimmed down Matt Elam anchoring the defense, the duo was anointed as the heart and soul of this team. Team fortunes took a big nosedive as Barker sustained his back injury early in the Florida game and Elam never really got off the snide. Without those two having breakout years, the general consensus was that Kentucky had no chance.
Lowlight #3 goes to the UK defense in their hideous performance against the Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville. Despite their teammates on the offensive side of the ball racking up an impressive 635 total yards, Wildcat defenders were gashed for 599 total yards by their big orange rivals. Quarterback Joshua Dobbs single-handedly torched UK for 147 rushing yards, 223 passing yards and 5 touchdowns as Tennessee embarrassed the Cats 49-36. Earlier in the year, ESPN analyst Lee Corso dubbed D.J. Eliot’s defensive unit as the worst defense in division I football. They weren’t literally the worst, but they were pretty darn close.
The 45-7 thrashing by the Florida Gators qualifies as lowlight #2. The demoralizing defeat left the Wildcats with an 0-2 start and a sense of hopelessness among the ranks of BBN. Serious and legitimate questions about Coach Stoops and his ability to succeed were bandied throughout the sports talk airways. Discussions about contract buy-outs, coaching ineptitude, and replacement candidates polluted the program like rotting fish on a sinking cruise ship.
Of course, lowlight #1 has to be the season opening loss to former offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson and his Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. The fear was that losing to the man who UK fired just one season ago would be absolutely devastating, sending the rest of the season into a hopeless tailspin. As had happened so many times in the past, the Cats jumped out to a big lead, faded down the stretch and snatched a 35-44 defeat from the jaws of victory. Few would have thought that any sort of magical turnaround was even remotely possible.
But something somewhere along the line clicked and the turnaround began to take shape—perhaps at highlight #5—with the loss at Alabama. It’s not usual and customary for a loss to be classified as a highlight but we’ll make a definite exception here. Coming off two hard-fought wins against New Mexico State and South Carolina, Kentucky headed into the Alabama game just hoping to avoid injury and embarrassment. Suddenly, the Wildcats found themselves leading the #1 ranked Crimson Tide early in the ballgame and ended up playing them quite competitively before ‘Bama finally prevailed 34-6. Afterwards, Tide Coach Nick Saban told reporters that Kentucky was much better than everyone thought and several Alabama players claimed that UK was one of the more physical teams they faced. This game essentially validated the progress Kentucky was making and gave the players the confidence they needed to keep competing in the brutally difficult SEC.
Highlight #4 would be the gradual emergence of Stephen Johnson at quarterback and Benny Snell Jr. at running back. Who would have thought that a skinny “California cool” junior college transfer and an unheralded freshman from Ohio could suddenly spearhead a surprisingly revamped and suddenly potent offensive attack. Johnson’s accuracy with deep throws and Snell’s hard-nosed vertical running style played havoc with many a defensive scheme. Kudos to Offensive Coordinator Eddie Gran for dumping the air raid in exchange for a much more balanced philosophy in accordance with the personnel at his disposal. Mitch Barnhart better “pony up” to keep this guy in town.
Highlight #3 goes to Austin MacGinnis and his late game heroics against Mississippi State. His game winning 51-yard field goal as time expired broke UK’s seven game losing streak against their western division rivals. The 40-38 victory represented not only a “must-win” but also perhaps a “program changing” win for the entire team, as a glimmer of bowl eligibility crept back into the minds of players and fans alike. A loss at that point in the season would have crushed any momentum, sending the Cats spiraling back toward conference irrelevance.
Road wins in the SEC are few and far between in the Mark Stoops era, so highlight #2 is UK’s road win at Missouri. The Cats came ready to play, jumping out to a big lead and dominating the Tigers on both sides of the ball in the 35-21 win in Columbia. After this victory, talk of actually winning the SEC eastern division began to circulate, as long-suffering Wildcat fans dreamed of an improbable December date in Atlanta. Of course the dreams were short-lived as the Georgia Bulldogs broke the heart of BBN the very next week with their own version of a last second field goal (honorable mention lowlight).
Highlight #1 should be unanimous—it’s the 41-38 victory over Louisville at Papa John’s Stadium in the regular season finale. Stephen Johnson played a nearly perfect game at quarterback and Austin MacGinnis once again played hero with a last second kick into the gut of Cardinal Nation. Upsetting your bitter in-state rival with their Heisman Trophy candidate on their home field when they’re heavily favored qualifies as a beautifully scripted storybook ending to a magical season.
But, not so fast– the season isn’t quite over as Stephen Johnson, Benny Snell, Boom Williams, Jordan Jones, Jon Toth, Jojo Kemp, Ryan Timmons and company search for one more seasonal highlight as Kentucky goes bowling for the first time in six years. Some would say that win or lose, the season is already a success. Others would claim they’re playing with house money and the game against the Yellowjackets doesn’t really matter. Au contraire, mon fraire. I say the Cats will FINISH STRONG, they’ll NEVER FLINCH, and they’ll KNOCK DOWN ANOTHER DOOR on the way to their eighth victory and a possible year-end national ranking. Even Coach Stoops would classify that as a defining moment for the UK program. It’s been a heck of a roller coaster ride. See you in Jacksonville! You’re welcome.
This blog posting was originally submitted as a UK Football Column for Nolan Group Media publications.
If you enjoy my writing, please continue to visit me at www.huangswhinings.com and follow me on Twitter @KYHuangs
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ROOM:10.18
EDITORIAL: BRAVERY
by Hattie Myers
“Acts of bravery stand out in our minds because they signify a common belief system that we, individually and collectively, matter.”
Coline Covington1
“Bravery,” Coline Covington, a psychoanalyst living in London, told me last spring, “exists in the eyes of the beholder. No one who has done something that other people consider brave or even heroic feels that they themselves have been brave. To a person, they feel they had no choice. Not only that, each one of them felt badly they couldn’t do more. I am thinking of writing an essay for ROOM about it.”
But Covington didn’t write that essay. Instead, she wrote “No Joking Matter.” “ROOM may not want to print it,” she said. “Things change so fast every day that Trump’s visit to London may be old news by October, but this is what I had to write.”
This morning, well after this issue was in production, I got a call from a psychoanalyst in New York: “You may not have room for this in ROOM, but I have an idea about the Kavanaugh hearings that I can’t stop thinking about and no one is talking about it.” Within two hours, Joseph Cancelmo’s essay “The Elephant (Walk) in the Room” arrived. He was right. We stopped the virtual press in order to include the thing that no one was talking about in an already very full issue.
It is not the first time that psychoanalysts are seeing something and feel they have to say something. It’s not the first time that we have been stopped in our tracks to make room for a new way to think about something.
In 1941, Ernst Kris, newly arrived in the US under an “enemy alien visa,” gave a paper to the Boston Psychoanalytic called “On the Dangers of Propaganda.” Perhaps because Kris had come to psychoanalysis through the field of art history, he was particularly attuned to the power of image and media. “My reason for dealing with this subject is not the challenge which its highly flavored topicality may exercise,” he told the Bostonians. “It is rather a sense of duty… psychoanalytical experience and theory have largely contributed to a better understanding of some of the phenomena of human suggestibility.” Kris linked our susceptibility to suggestion to our infantile beginnings, our longing for love and protection. He ended his talk with a call to action, saying that with the advent of “mass communication” (by which, in 1941, he meant radio and film), governments must now attend to new pressures and new responsibilities in order to protect their countries from totalitarianism.2
ROOM 10.18 stands out in the minds of our whole editorial board as our bravest issue. The essayists, poets, and artists in ROOM 10.18 are writing, drawing, and, in some cases, figuratively screaming about racism, sexism, the erosion of the working and middle class, the influence of propaganda and lies, the erosion of morality, and the possibility of a totalitarian state. Psychoanalytic interpretations like Kris’s and the contributions that ROOM authors are making expand our perspective. It is no coincidence that the points that are being brought to bear here are being made two weeks before what will, perhaps, come to be the most important US election of our lifetimes. These are not speculative essays. They are authoritative, confident, and clarifying. We are free to accept them or reject them, but we cannot ignore them.
Delia Battin, in her essay “A Tear in the Fabric” and Michael Diamond in “Taking the U.S. Personally,” do something similar to what Kris did in 1941. Battin explains the psychic consequences for children when the structure of a family is torn apart. Diamond explains, in psychodynamic terms, what happens in large groups when leadership fails to maintain the integrity of our public space. Like Kris, both Diamond and Battin use their psychoanalytic understanding of human nature to suggest actions they feel must be taken to protect the traumatized children on our borders and to protect our traumatized country as a whole.
Elizabeth Trawick and Lama Khouri take what from the outside seems a very brave step indeed, and they share their own stories. “In spite of her shame,” Trawick tells us in “The Lynching Museum,” in spite of listeners “responding with disdainful faces and comments that seem to show they have not grasped the full significance of the event,” she tells of an unforgettable incident she carries from her childhood in the racist south. Lama Khouri confides to us the pain she feels knowing others suspect her as a terrorist and don’t see her as fully human. In “Buried Neck Deep,” Khouri shares a dream she dreamt fourteen years ago that remains seared in her mind, while the meaning she has drawn from her dream has changed over time and given her strength.
In their essays, Carolyn Ellman and Coline Covington want us to know that they are drawing strength from historians. Underlying their generous reporting of what they are learning, is a not-so-quiet desperation to spread the word and get the facts out. Ellman’s “What Happened to the Democrats?” reminds us of Kris’s and Diamond’s warning, that we are all susceptible to hearing what we want to hear, and this fact puts our country in danger. In “No Joking Matter,” Covington reminds us of something else psychoanalysis has taught us: we are also susceptible to not remembering. We repress history at our own peril.
C. Jama Adams’s essay “Outside of History” drives home the ways the practice of psychoanalysis must reclaim history anew. Adams insists that a psychoanalysis whose focus is exclusively on the psychic world must find new ways to engage with the hidden consequences of history beyond the transmission of trauma. The transmission of privilege and the transmission of culture and class, Adams argues, have deep sociological and intrapsychic implications that psychoanalysis has not historically acknowledged.
In his essay “Psychoanalysis’ Fourth Wall,” Isaac Tylim brings his historical and international perspective as he questions the illusion that psychoanalysis can be sequestered from the world in which it is practiced. Aneta Stojnić, who, like Kris, entered psychoanalysis through her study of the arts, describes in “Estrangement Effect: Politics and the Psychoanalytic Theatre” certain similarities she sees between psychoanalytic practice and the way Brecht reconceived theatre: two arts created, not to mirror reality, but to shape it.
Changing our future by engaging with our past is a cornerstone of psychoanalytic action. If there is a single thread that runs through this issue it is this: our personal history, the history of whatever country or community we come from, and even the history of our psychoanalytic field have brought us to where we are today. The act of owning our histories solidifies and expands the connections we have to ourselves and to our community. As ROOM 10.18 reminds us, taking hold of history is a political act. If these essays look brave, it is because it matters deeply.
Two weeks before the election, it matters now. ■
Hattie Myers is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst at IPTAR. Email: hmyers@analytic-room.com
(1) From No Choice but to Act: Psychoanalytic Thoughts on Bravery and Dissent, a chapter in Covington’s, new book, For Goodness Sake: Bravery, Patriotism and Identity, to be published by Phoenix Publishing House, 2020.
(2) Kris was a colleague of Freud’s who fled Vienna in1938. Along with Hans Speier, Kris created and directed the Research Project for Totalitarian Communication, which was funded for three years by the Rockefeller Foundation. The Project worked with closely with the US War Department while producing dozens of papers and seminars.
This United States Congress image is in the public domain. Via Wikipedia.
DEMOCRACY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS: MINDING THE GAP by Hattie Myers
SERIOUSLY NOW by Hattie Myers
PROGRESS NOTES by Hattie Myers
THE ANNIVERSARY by Hattie Myers
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THE FEMINIST FUTURE IS NONBINARY
by Catherine Baker-Pitts
“I should comment on your appearance but I don’t have the time.”
—Gloria Steinem to journalist Bill Beutel, Eyewitness News, 1971
I’m taken aback when Gloria Steinem, the “face of feminism,” announces on the Today show that she’s had “a little fat removed from above my eyes so I didn’t look like Mao Zedong.” Steinem is referring to the puffy-faced Chinese revolutionary who died in 1976, around the time when her model-thin figure was featured on a Manhattan billboard, erected by antagonists intent on reducing Steinem to her body.
With Steinem’s nod to Western capitalist culture, does she fear that the US feminist movement she’s represented will falter and become irrelevant if she shows her age? Or does she believe that talking openly about cosmetic surgery will make her more relatable to the masses? Backed by her so-called choice, her message is clear: masking serious acumen and political heft — “womanliness as a masquerade” (Riviere 1929) — is key to this feminist icon’s cultural viability. Steinem’s endorsement of a surgical lift — especially if it can “buy you twenty years in the public eye” — rattles me. As I step out my front door, I feel like I’ve lost a feminist compass. I’m instantly less confident in both my body and my feminist role model.
And then I consider how I’ve really been let down by Gloria Steinem. She insists that feminists grow more radical with age, and yet she’s been slow to embrace gender diversity. In a keynote address in 2015, Steinem erringly called attention to the “male privilege” of trans women who had lived at least part of their lives in their natal sexed bodies and assigned genders.
Steinem’s transphobic perspective, echoing one strand of a multivocal feminism (Enke 2018), rings of a violent, exclusionary historical politic that perceives trans women as interlopers; this view also entirely misses the cumulative gender trauma of nonrecognition. Terri Fierce, a black thirty-four-year-old trans woman I interviewed in New York City, explains, “For many years, not being seen by my mother left a void and I cried. I was depressed because I’m thinking, ‘I need my mother’s love and affection. But she can’t even see who I am. If she could just erase me, she would.’” Terri was clear about her gender identity before she was out of diapers but felt misunderstood by a society intent on coupling her genitals with her gender. “I knew that I was just a person who was assigned the wrong gender at birth. My body isn’t wrong. I wasn’t born in the wrong body. It’s just the labels put on my genitalia. Nobody should ask me if I was born a male, because I’ve always known who I am. I am female.” As a child, Terri was treated as a girly boy; she didn’t feel any sense of male privilege.
An aura of skepticism around gender creativity and transition highlights an enduring double standard: so long as a surgical intervention enhances a cisgender body, it is deemed normative and even superficial, but when a transgender subject is involved, the body is contested, the intervention is viewed as major, and the psyche undergoes scrutiny. Regarding transgender surgery, Steinem’s position that society’s conceptions of gender should change, not the actual body, expects trans women to shun body interventions or justify them as a cure for dysphoria, while cis women parade their invasive beauty practices as a form of self-improvement. Embracing femininity is not simply oppressive or trivial to cis or trans women, trans-bi writer Julia Serano (2013) asserts, but can be a vital part of self-expression. A surgical transition can be an essential, therapeutic, even corrective and life-saving medical intervention. It can also afford necessary protection against violence perpetrated on transgender and gender nonbinary people.
Fierce explains,
What is considered feminine is so restrictive for everyone, but when people are staring at your big hands or facial hair—and assume those are male traits—you learn to be “on point.” To be a woman is expensive, because you’ve got the makeup, the clothes, the hair and nails, the boobs. I’ve got to look feminine all the time because trans women are getting murdered. I’m really unhappy with people who are half stepping, meaning if you are not going to go all the way in your grooming, then don’t go halfway, because society is always looking. It’s a full-time job dealing with the harassment of people trying to sort me.
A transfeminist lens prompts critical questions, such as how do any of us explore our multigendered selves in a climate hostile to gender-nonconforming bodies? What’s required emotionally to step outside of a gender binary, to uglify as well as to beautify, to subvert rather than comply with restrictive categories and gender expectations? How do the politics of access influence surgical consumption? Whose business are the emotional outcomes of body-altering pursuits, and is happiness even the point? (Chu 2018) If a fuller spectrum of gender expressions, queer embodiments, illegible identities, and body sizes were recognized as legitimate, how might conceptions of cosmetic surgery — and beauty — change?
Many of my fortysomething cisgender contemporaries don’t question any part of elective surgery. On the hunt for Botox bargains, they regard negativity about cosmetic surgery as crunchy, and the idea of growing old gracefully and with wrinkles as old-fashioned, if not an oxymoron. They’ve adopted a brand of female empowerment endorsed by the perennially young actress Susan Sarandon who, in 2016, a decade after she had eye work done, shared her thoughts on cosmetic surgery: “I think women should do whatever they want to do.” With these peers, I feel clear boundaries around choices and a total freedom from judgment, as though each of us is only responsible for our own neoliberal selves and not each other. Choice and self-determination around reproduction and parenting, careers, gender identity, and body interventions are regarded as inherited rights. They fight for financial independence and fierce autonomy, but their stylized bodies convey a spirit of conformity with bourgeois society, uncritical as they are to intersecting systems of white, cis, and economic privilege. (Layton 2004)
Maggie Collins is one of these peers who welcomed me on her makeover journey. At dinner one night, I notice bright red marks across the tops of Maggie’s delicate hands, the effect of intentional burning by a laser that will “rejuvenate” her hands, she tells me. When I’m with Maggie, I do not dwell comfortably in my own skin. I feel far more aware of my physical imperfections and the interventions available to me for “fixing” them. She is what Andi Zeisler (2016) calls a “marketplace feminist,” someone invested in the illusion of free choice, who seeks individual solutions to personal uplift, often in the form of purchases.
On a recent crisp day, as I study the fine wrinkles on the sunlit face of my sixty-eight-year-old friend, I feel a sort of calm inspiration to do nothing, to grieve losses and disappointments, and to accept my declining body. I appreciate that living from within my body and the expansiveness of my gender are achievements that can shift sharply depending on the face I’m peering into. My feminist elders’ objections to cosmetic surgery are not only deeply held beliefs from within; they feel obligated to one another to protest elective self-cuts, which they see as an extreme point on a continuum of social control and gendered violence. The potential for social transformation, in their view, is contingent on feminist solidarity — not on individual empowerment through bodywork. This generation of feminism, however, is stymied to the extent that it does not fully support change and transition, including the trans movement.
Feminism is not a blueprint for personal conduct, Susan Bordo (2009) cautions. The old, prized standard of “authenticity” no longer distinguishes feminists from nonfeminists; minds are not isolated, biology is not sacrosanct, and the culture always seeps in. I won’t be donning Katy Perry’s pink stilettos, even if they were named after Hillary Clinton, but I applaud feminism’s aesthetic range. If a movement for gender parity evolves so that it is not a crumbling empire, like communism in China, feminists need to be freed from a police state of body monitoring. Patriarchy is perpetuated by divisions among people who most need social change, after all.
And feminists need to move beyond a totalizing perspective of women as a class denied inherent rights and subjectivity and get behind an intersectional agenda that is less invested in the category of woman and instead foregrounds justice for the people most oppressed by white supremacy: poor, gay, trans, and gender nonconforming people of color. The trans movement threatens the cis woman’s claim of gender oppression, built on the fight against patriarchy, which rests on a binary assumption, whose corollary is the so-called matriarch.
As nationalism lurks, the insistence on “pure” gendered bathrooms has as much to do with the projection of despised or feared parts of oneself onto the hated other as it does with the deep insecurity and identity crisis fostered by the disposability of not only older women with wrinkles, but of anyone who has failed at the American Dream and feels displaced. The virtue of purity — whether regarding sex, gender, or a body untouched by cosmetic surgery — is accepted as anachronistic outside of biological determinism, and yet this moralism still undergirds feminist attacks and defenses. An embrace of multiplicity, contradiction, flexibility, and curiosity, more than a striving for commonality, requires a tolerance for anxieties that any of us is bound to encounter when we dig deep within our own raced, classed, gendered complexities and interface with an other, whether a Gloria, a Terri, or a Maggie.
After I absorb the initial punch I felt at Gloria’s disclosure of cosmetic surgery, I appreciate that cosmetic compliance does not preclude fighting against transphobia and gender hierarchies. Modern-day feminists insist that how we live in our bodies and experience gender is as idiosyncratic as it is political. (Stryker, 2017) Decades ago, trans pioneer Sandy Stone referred to the engaged life as one marked by continual transformation. Changing with the times is progressive; Jane Fonda (who once shared that she wishes she’d been “brave” enough to opt out of cosmetic work) affirms: “Any healthy country, like any healthy individual, should be in perpetual revolution, perpetual change.”
To the extent that we are all always already entrapped in a power system, Gloria Steinem’s eye lift signals a willingness to flex with a culture in transition, but her elective surgery is also a concession based on a limited view of femininity. With so much reworking of the social body still to do, to focus on Gloria Steinem’s cosmetic work is surely a distraction and, as she asserted long ago, a waste of time. ■
Catherine Baker-Pitts, PhD, grew up living feminism with her three sisters and activist parents. In private practice for twenty years, she is a graduate of New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; lecturer at NYU School of Social Work; guest faculty at New Directions Writing Program; and co-director and faculty of a feminist relational therapy training program. Her work focuses on gender creativity, racial justice, and radical body acceptance.
Email: cbakerpitts@gmail.com
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Layton, L. (2004). “Relational no more: Defensive autonomy in middle-class women.” In J. A. Winer and J. W. Anderson (eds.) The Annual of Psychoanalysis, 32 Psychoanalysis and Women. Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press, pp. 29-57.
Riviere, Joan. 1929. “Womanliness as Masquerade,” International Journal of Psycho-Analysis 9: 303-313
Serano, Julia. 2007. Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Berkeley: Seal Press.
Stryker, Susan. 2017. Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution. New York: Seal Press.
Zeisler, Andi. 2016. We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl@, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement. New York: PublicAffairs.
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How to Do Art with Networks
22nd November 2015 by admin_csn
with: Harm van den Dorpel, Aymeric Mansoux, Martine Neddam, Michael Murtaugh, Anne Roquigny, Robert Sakrowski, Katrina Sluis
Thursday 26 November 2015, 13:00 – 17:30
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Gym, Amsterdam
During a one-day-open market with workshops, lectures and performances, How to Do Art With Networks shows how networks are art.
How to Do Art With Networks provides an opportunity to share experiences, to experiment with platforms, tools and media, to conspire and discuss questions of sustainability, growth and informality. The day is based around several existing net-art-works that act as catalysts to show different perspectives, scales, potentials and pitfalls.
In general terms a network consists of link structures and distribution systems that connect traces, projects and people. Such organisational design of networks is based on flexibility and adaptability that serves to distribute information. Whereas the network influences the way relations and art function, artists and organisations are using the networked structures not only as an ability to inform others, but also as their canvas. This canvas is informed and co-developed by its users to create and construct new languages, new poetries and new arts. In such cases the ‘network’ is about using relationships among people, which can include technology, but it is foremost about seeing a network as a situation or a medium, more specifically, as art.
In his publication How to Do Things With Words (1962) British philosopher of language J.L. Austin describes performative utterances as statements that perform an action: a Speech Act. Rather than describe or report what is being done: they do. Similarly, networks do, they function and enact. The network is embedded in and emerges as art; whilst the art enacts certain events it is also formed by and influences the mechanisms that are used.
LAPS (Lectoraat for Art and Public Space) in collaboration with the Gerrit Rietveld Academie have made How to Do Art With Networks possible.
WORKSHOPS & PERFORMANCES
Harm van den Dorpel, initiator DeliNearInfo (since 2015)
DeliNearInfo is a platform or algorithmic studio, which is made in response to the linear and streamlined structure of contemporary social media platforms. Emphasising a non-linear organisation, unlike social media platforms’ rigid chronological ordering, Deli Near Info explores the continuously changing organisational structure of many creative processes. The multi-user platform mimics the functions of a whiteboard – mapping out different entries in various constellations, whilst the algorithm adds an additional feature by creating various iterations while the page is still in use. This shows the instable process of rapidly changing ideas, emphasising the art that happens between the nodes, the constellation or the combination of entries.
Michael Murtaugh, member/co-initator Active Archives (since 2006)
This project aims at creating a free software platform to connect practices of library, media library, publications on paper (for example, magazines, books, catalogues), productions of audio-visual objects, events, workshops, discursive productions, etc. Practices which can take place online or in various geographical places, and which can be at various stages of visibility for reasons of rights of access or for reasons of research and privacy conditions.
Martine Neddam, initiator MyDesktopLife* (since 2014)
MyDesktopLife is an editing program, made to create online narratives by mixing digital content (sounds, images, texts, iframes, animation effects). An online composition made with MyDesktopLife represents a flow of consciousness because it is composed of many different layers of images, texts, sounds, voice melted into each other. The creation of this software and its sharing has the goal to stimulate the development of expressive languages inside a browser. In terms of style and attitude, it is inspired by the art practices of the early net.art period.
Anne Roquigny, initiator web performance project Webjays (since 2005)
Webjays is a curatorial project for web-based art. It’s also a software and a flexible public device for web performances allowing WJs (webjays, artists, curators…) to play live with online content. WJs take the control of a multiscreen environment and surf at distance in different browser windows simultaneously. Webjays is a visible and collective experience of the surf. The pleasure of browsing is shifted to a live performance environment. Individual and collaborative online productions (in different geographical sites) become collective events (to which an audience is invited).
Robert Sakrowski, initiator Curating You Tube / Gridr (1997 / 2007)
With Curating You Tube Sakrowski explores new web phenomena. He developed Gridr, a special online tool to enable further research. Sakrowski aims to reflect on the paradigm shift in consumption using YouTube, where visitors no longer behave as mere viewers or consumers, but instead become actively involved and transform the work of others in their own way.
Aymeric Mansoux, From code art brutalism to web apps: the strange dérive of networked art practices.
How to do art with networks? Do you mean like Tumblr or mail art? Can it be shared of experienced? Do I have to come or can I stay at home? Is it a network of people or machines? Is it critical or ironical? Is it offline or online? Is it centralised or decentralised? Do I need an academic degree to understand it, which one? Is this a public space or a platform? Is it on the WWW or yet another novelty sneakernet? How much does it cost? Can I participate? Is it related to this new-avant-post thing? Was there a TED talk about that? I’m sure there must be a TED talk about that. Anyway, is it about making art with systems or within systems? Does it matter? And, is this drift going anywhere?
Katrina Sluis, Image Exhaust: Pictures vs Imaging Systems**
The web interface has collapsed the traditional spatial and institutional framing of images, posing new challenges for artists, curators and cultural institutions. The singular, discrete, enframed image (aka ‘picture’) has been usurped by a torrent of jpgs distributed via database-driven imaging systems. How can they be made to reveal the dynamics of network relations even as their retinal lusciousness and plenitude demand our constant attention?
Curated and organised by Annet Dekker and Martine Neddam, and production support by LAPS, Sietske Roorda. For more information please contact Sietske Roorda via s.roorda@rietveldacademie.nl
* MyDesktopLife (Web-Mixer) is made possible by a grant from the Creative Industries Fund NL, Rotterdam.
** Katrina Sluis’ contribution is made possible by School of Arts and Creative Industries, LSBU, London.
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Wild giant panda spotted drinking water in NW China
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A wild giant panda was spotted drinking water from a river in a village in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. [Photo/Weibo.com]
A farmer in northwest China's Shaanxi Province has captured a giant panda drinking from a river, rare footage that indicates the normally-shy animal was probably ill.
In the two-minute video, the giant panda can be seen stretching, dropping its head to the river, and drinking before noticing the farmer and returning to the safety of the jungle.
"I watched it for around five minutes," said He Yijun with the Daguping Village, Yueba Township of Foping County.
The farmer shot the footage in the late afternoon on March 9 near his village, which is part of a state-level reserve for the protection of Qinling wild giant pandas.
He said he thought he had found a huge calico stone, before he realized it was a giant panda, which was moving very slowly.
Yong Yange, a giant panda expert with the Foping natural reserve, said the panda may have been suffering from a sore throat or heartburn, as it took longer than usual to drink water.
"A healthy Qinling giant panda drinks for just one to two minutes before returning to the bamboo woods, and seldom drinks repetitively," he said.
Yong advised local farmers to report any giant pandas that they see drinking repetitively with a white and dry nose, as the animal would probably need medical treatment.
The Qinling giant panda is a subspecies of giant panda that was identified in Qinling Mountains in 2005. It differs from the more familiar Sichuan subspecies by its smaller and rounder skull, shorter snout and fuller fur. There are about 270 giant pandas in the Qinling region.
A wild giant panda was spotted drinking water from a river in a village in Shaanxi Province.
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Introduction to Potala Palace (布达拉宫)
Potala Palace is considered a model of Tibetan architecture and was originally built in the 7th Century by King Songtsan Gampo. Perched high up on the Red Hills, this ancient architectural complex remains the signature sight which represents Tibet. The palace is constructed using wood and stone structure and is split into two areas: The White Palace and The Red Palace.
The White Palace comprises of halls, temples, courtyards and was the living quarters for the Dalai Lama. The Red Palace various chambers for worshipping Buddha and chambers housing the Eight Stupa that contain the remains of fifth through thirteenth Dalai Lama.
Lozang Gyatso, the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, started the construction of the Potala Palace in 1645 after one of his spiritual advisers, Konchog Chophel, pointed out that the site was ideal as a seat of government, situated as it is between Drepung and Sera monasteries and the old city of Lhasa. It may overlay the remains of an earlier fortress, called the White or Red Palace, on the site built by Songtsen Gampo in 637. Today, the Potala Palace is a museum.
The building measures 400 metres east-west and 350 metres north-south, with sloping stone walls averaging 3 m. thick, and 5 m. thick at the base, and with copper poured into the base to help proof it against earthquakes. Thirteen stories of buildings – containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues – soar 117 metres on top of Marpo Ri, the "Red Hill", rising more than 300 m in total above the valley floor.
Tradition has it that the three main hills of Lhasa represent the "Three Protectors of Tibet." Chokpori, just to the south of the Potala, is the soul-mountain (bla-ri) of Vajrapani, Pongwari that of Manjushri, and Marpori, the hill on which the Potala stands, represents Chenresig or Avalokiteshvara.
This ancient architectural complex is considered as a model of Tibetan architecture. Located on the Red Hill in Lhasa, it is 3,700 meters above sea level and covers an area of over 360,000 square meters, measuring 360 meters from east to west and 270 meters from south to north. The palace has 13 stories, and is 117 meters high.
No.35 Gongqian Alley, Beijing Middle Road, Chengguan District, Lhasa
Admission Fee: 200 Yuan (May–October), 100 Yuan (November–April)
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White Palace, Maitreya Chapel, Red Palace, Dharma Cave, Saint Kwun Yum Hall
1. Potala Palace is 3,700 meters above sea level, make sure you take rests and drink plenty of water when climbing the stairs leading up to Potala Palace.
2. Photos are not allowed to be taken within Potala Palace.
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Run by fellow Ravensbourne incubatee and founder of Mi-Hub Rafael Dos Santos the Migrant Business Show is an event where migrant entrepreneurs showcase their businesses to people in hopes of receiving future business opportunities.
While not being a migrant entrepreneur myself it was fascinating to see the broad range of businesses on show from a new and innovative storage service all the way to IT solutions for large companies.
The event also doubled as a party for the launch of Mi-Hub’s new office space in Aldgate. By day the space will not only be a place for Mi-Hub and its operations but a place where migrant entrepreneurs can develop their own businesses, network with like-minded people and work in the heart of London at an affordable rate.
Hyper Japan Christmas Market: Food stands (2014)
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If you’re going to an event like Hyper Japan you pretty much have to try the Japanese food despite how expensive it is. One of the most interesting taste experiences I tried this year was eating mackerel that has been dipped in to a glass of warm sake I don’t know how or why it tastes so good but it does, it tastes almost as if the mackerel was marinated in champagne and in every bite you get such a rich flavour on top the meatyness of the fish. I’d definitely recommend this to anyone whenever the opportunity arises.
I for one have never really been a fan of macarons but for those of you who are you are spoiled for choice not just with the sheer number of flavours but also the attention to detail with some of these aesthetically, who wouldn’t want a macaron shaped like a cute bear’s face? I tried the sakura (cherry blossom flower), rose and lavender which were all very nice, I as tempted to buy a box of assorted macarons but as a rule of thumb any food at a convention will always costs a lot more than outside of it.
The final food I tried for the first time was something I have seen before but always been cautious of, i’m talking about green tea flavoured ice cream. At £2 per cone it’s not too much more than a traditional ice cream but it’s so much nicer, of course being inside a stuffy convention hall means you have to eat it quickly or else it will melt.
Of course I had to have the usual street food favourites takoyaki, karaage, gyoza and a dragon tail. The dragon tail (above) is the simplest and cheapest of all the options and makes for a nice snack but flavour wise it’s not much more exciting than you would expect it to be it’s just rice, shrimp and nori.
There were other foods and drinks I wanted to try including instant miso soup dispensers, ramen and everyone’s favourite drink Ramune but one can only eat so much over 3 days and it’s good to have something new for next time.
Hyper Japan Christmas Market (2014)
Due to the ever rising popularity of Hyper Japan for the first time there have been 2 events this year, the usual one during the Summer and now a Christmas Market which was held at Olympia. Last time I mentioned how disappointing Hyper Japan was as it was a medium sized event trying to expand in to a large sized venue which resulted in lots of leftover space and wide walkways, this year they corrected that problem by using a smaller venue and spreading the event over 2 floors.
If you’re going to an event like Hyper Japan you pretty much have to try the Japanese food despite how expensive it is, this time there were more food stands than ever including instant miso soup dispensers, green tea flavoured ice cream macarons and of course the usual street food favourites takoyaki, karaage, gyoza.
After eating your fill there were plenty of video games to play including Mario Kart 64, Street Fighter with the arcade stick and Dance Dance Revolution. While I may not be a good dancer there were plenty of other games (primarily retro) to play and even if you come alone you will definitely find someone who’ll be your player 2.
There were plenty of stalls selling Japanese products from replica swords and pocket fans to pokemon cards and kimonos. While the quantity was not as large as any previous Hyper Japan it catered to the vast majority of people at the show. When you’re not attempting to succeed at Kendama (Japanese ball and cup game) or almost being fooled by the hyper-realistic Japanese food there are constant performances on stage from musicians, chefs and artists showing their craft for the public to see.
Even the Sake Experience makes a small return with a grand total of 3 stands where you can taste a variety of sakes. As expected the Hyper Japan Christmas Market was nowhere near the scale of the usual events in the summer but for what it is it’s enough to satisfy people.That being said I don’t think the Hyper Japan Christmas Market should charge the same amount to get in as its predecessor (£12). Not everyone wants a huge venue where it would take a huge amount of time and energy to see everything instead Hyper Japan condensed everything that makes its events in to a more bite sized experience.
Hardware Startups Soho Showcase
Having missed the majority of this talk due to a meeting that went on far longer than I expected as well as some unexpected time finding the place which was hidden behind a gated community. The talks were very refreshing as the focus was not on apps, websites and software but physical products, hardware and technology. Many startups were present at this event and all of them were doing something amazing.
After the talks there was a show and tell from each of the startups who presented earlier as well as free beer and canapés. The first product I saw was the Pavegen, these slabs can generate electricity by just letting people walk on top of them. It’s such a genius idea yet also so simple, why don’t these already exist in public space? My guess is the cost.
Next up was MyScope which is a medical device for reading vital medical measurements. While smart stethoscopes already exist the design of them is okay at best with little to no thought about context and how it will be used in the field. MyScope is changing this with the most advanced stethoscope medicine has ever experienced. Their words not mine.
A lot of these startups consist of only a few people and securing funding is often a problem however with crowd funding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. The Deska Board is one of many startups that are seeking funding to bring their product to market. Deska is an innovative new form of transportation that lets people windsurf through the city.
Combining technology with products is another big theme for startups today and Audiowings has fused them together to create a new experience you wouldn’t expect. By using GPS Audiowings know where you are and plays music to enhance what you are doing for example if you are in a park then you might hear calm music or if you are in a restaurant then perhaps you will hear music that compliments your meal.
Also in the area of combining technology, audio and hardware is a device called Mogees that lets you play the world as a musical instrument. It works by sensing vibrations nearby and playing a sound based on the frequency it hears, it’s a lot of fun to play the wheel of a bicycle who knows what creative things musicians will do with this product?
After seeing this showcase it’s with great pleasure and discomfort that I say, I have had my faith in hardware restored. So many apps, websites and digital products are booming right now and people think they are the future which they are but let’s not forget about physical products and the power that something tangible can have on someones life. In a world where digital design dominates it’s nice to see the impact hardware startups are having too.
Hyper Japan: Nintendo (2014)
As per usual Nintendo had several areas dotted around Hyper Japan to show off their existing games, consoles and even demos of upcoming games. While I can’t deny Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2 and Captain Toad Treasure Tracker where all highlights nothing stood out more than the Wii U Smash Bros.
In order to play it you first had to play and win a match in the 3DS version of Smash Bros (which I lost in) then you had the chance to go on stage and fight live on the big screen for fun and for glory. Many people say they are pleasantly surprised with the 3DS version as they thought it would be awkward to play however I can confirm that excluding the chunky slab of metal attached to the 3DS so we couldn’t steal it the gameplay was fluent and before the match started they did show you they controls. Not every character was available however we did get to see newcomers like Megaman (who I played as), the Wii Fit Trainer and the Villager tussle with veteran fighters. If you were lucky enough to win your round in the 3DS Smash Bros (which I didn’t) you got the chance to play it on the Wii U in on the big screen in front of a cheering audience. Although Amiibo showed an appearance in what was perhaps the world’s brightest display case it Nintendo didn’t show how it would be used in the game.
Perhaps the 2nd most popular game hence the 1 1/2 hour line was Hyrule Warriors. This Zelda skin of the popular game Dynasty Warriors was an action filled hack and slash game with barrages of enemies coming at you and overkill attacks to disperse of them. One complaint which I found out happened to pretty much everybody is to do with the key-mapping on the gamepad. Every Zelda fan knows you press A to open a chest but so many people ended up wasting their special attacks instead according to Nintendo the keys are mapped to the Dynasty Warriors game style however there is an option to change them for a more Zelda-esque experience.
Originally a mini-game in Mario 3D World Captain Toad Treasure Tracker has the protagonist Toad exploring 3D environments in order to achieve a star. While it is in the same style as Mario 3D World and Mario Galaxy it is a much slower paced games with little emphasis action. The road from A to B is not always simple although it does requires patience, timing and utilising the gamepad to create new pathways.
As for 3DS games I have already downloaded the demo of Tomadachi Life so I didn’t need to try it again. The game is a life simulator although not a serious one like The Sims or an open one like Animal Crossing. After creating a Mii as the main character you move in to a block of apartments on an island with other Miis, by interacting with the other Miis you can create friendships, find lovers and even raise a family. One feature I would have liked to seen is a world where each Mii is controlled by an actual person instead of a CPU this would have brought a lot more meaning and depth to how people interact with each Mii in the game although to Nintendo’s defence they wanted it to be a lighthearted, not-so-serious game which isn’t a 1:1 mirror of reality. This is most evidently seen in their controversial decision to not include same-sex relationships in the game.
The final game I tried for less than 10 minutes was Pokemon Art Academy. The Art Academy series is not one I have played before this being a designer I do not see the need for this as I already know how to draw. During my session I sketched, inked and coloured an image of ???, The result was okay considering the limitations although I also do not understand the need for this as the 3DS and even the Wii U as they are not the ideal mediums for learning how to draw digitally, I leave that up to the iPad for casual use and Wacom tablets for professionals.
Despite not playing Bayonetta 2 and Smash Bros on the Wii U like I wanted to I thought Nintendo’s did a great job of selling themselves at Hyper Japan and appealing more people in to buying a Wii U. Hell I even bought one last week! More on that soon.
Hyper Japan (2014)
This year the Hyper Japan took place in Earl’s Court 1 which had a huge amount of space in it however it might have had a bit too much. The event itself was bigger than last year’s one at Earl’s Court 2 but it still felt like it was too small of an event in too large of a venue. Spacing aside there was a wide variety of activities going on including talks on Japanese culture, live cooking shows with free food given to the audience and the chance to sing with Wii Karaoke U.
The Sake experience this year didn’t have as many types of sake to try as last year however there was a lot more variety with what was available. Some that stood out to me included the Funaguchi Kikusui, Sho Chiku Bai Shirakabegura MIO sparkling sake and the Gekkeikan Yuzu Nigori. There was free cheddar cheese and crackers to help pace the alcoholic content that comes with 25 shots of sake in a short time-span.
Having missed out on The Sushi awards last year I also gave that a try. It was at a much faster pace than I expected with chefs making sushi at lightning speeds then piling it on your plate and sending you to the next stand, there wasn’t even enough time to eat it until the very end. While visually appealing food porn is definitely a turn on for people the taste has to at least match if not surpass it’s appearance which it of course did with flying colours.
There were plenty of other stands at Hyper Japan not related to food or drink including a place where you can buy replica swords (although you are forbidden to open the packaging until you get home), a school offering you the chance to write your own message on a fan in Japanese and a plethora of merchandise from cute plush toys of burgers to art books from Studio Ghibli.
Another highlight was the Nintendo section where people could play demos of Monster Hunter 4, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, Bayonetta 2, Hyrule Warriors, Tomadachi Life and if you were lucky enough to win your round in the 3DS Smash Bros (which I didn’t) you could play it on the Wii U in on the big screen in front of a cheering audience.
While it was certainly a great event which I recommend to anyone who is even remotely interested in Japanese culture I don’t think it lived up to the hype, it certainly is in the same category as Comic Con it still felt like it should have made a lot more use of the space at Excel 1 like Eurogamer did.
Rave DPI 2014: External show
Last Thursday evening was the external show for the Ravensbourne Product & Interaction design course at the Hoxton Gallery having graduated last year from the same course how could I not go? The gallery itself was a lot larger than anything you would see at New Designers or New Blood and they certainly used the space well giving guests the room browse and mingle in a very creative environment.
After catching up with some friends I went around the exhibition and picked out some highlights that I thought i’d share. First up has to be the student of the year Daryl Humphrey who came up with an innovative new packaging design solution for tablet based medicine. By using perforations and a light tac adhesive it’s never been simpler to get your medicine.
Perhaps the most striking was the Strike Master by Jo Tharmaseelan. Strike the illuminated pads at the right time then once you’re used to the rhythm increase the difficulty via the app and very soon you will find yourself be faster, stronger, fitter.
Picking up leaves is one of those problems you don’t usually think about but Ross Whillis has thought about it and he designed a leaf retriever which actually works. After a lot of experimentation with different shapes he found that a cylindrical drum with combs on the surface was the best methods of both picking and disposing the leaves.
Another project that caught my eye was a packaging solution by Fatima Raza for families to enjoy festive picnics during the summer. Packing a picnic can be hard as different people want different things however a store based solution of multiple themed packs can solve this problem for the right price.
Finally comes Annabelle Murguet and her colourful stories. This app tells the user a visual story through colourful illustrations, by using red or green filters you can hide or reveal certain elements which change the stories narrative. Just like A Book for Two this takes the classic idea of storytelling and turns it on it’s side although I would like to see a physical version of colourful stories.
D&AD New Blood (2014)
D&AD New Blood is a show for graduate graphic designers, illustrators and other type of digital designers that is held in the old Spitalfields Market every year although this was my first time going to it. It was a lot bigger than I expected although not as big as New Designers in the Business Design Centre.
The Ravensbourne graphic design course was exhibiting their fine selection of work including a clever poster about discrimination of Muslims using perforations and cuts to display an infographic.
The Solent Illustration had a gorgeous display of graduate work featuring many different styles from the hand illustrated to the computer generated. Each illustration conveys a message and a story to the viewer, while illustration may not be as lucrative in terms of employment it’s a skill that can make work shine when used.
This project stood out to me for a number of reasons, one I think I have seen it before but more importantly it brings up an important issue, why are people embarrassed about vaginas? Why is the penis so much more accepted in the media and vaginas are never to be mentioned without an alternative name for them. A pussy is a cat, a muff keeps your ears warm, a bush is to be kept in a garden. “A vagina is a sensitive spot not a sensitive subject”.
There was also a booth set up by agency JWT getting recent graduates to tackle one minute advertising briefs. It’s a great exercise to get you thinking as fast as possible, replace colour schemes and typography with snappy word play and crude illustrations all to show your ideas as fast as possible.
Another stand that stood out to me was the one that invested in 16 iPads to display their work to prospective employers. It’s an interesting idea that i’ve never seen executed before probably due to the expense but then again these can be used for many years to come. Each iPad on the upper row showed videos of the students work while the ones on the lower levels could be interacted with to see more specific information on the projects as well as the students themselves.
Perhaps the one piece of work that stood out the most was one that had a warning sign on it saying it’s too naughty for New Blood, how could you not get interested by that? With a whopping 30% of web traffic being dedicated to adult sites you’d expect advertising costs to match. The majority of existing adverts on porn sites only advertise more porn, making it an massively untapped market for other brands. The poster is an advertisement for Polo mints that cleverly displays letters to show 2 similar words. By using these similar search terms advertisers can be more clever with what can be advertised where and turn accidental mistakes in typing in to potential traffic.
Finally when I saw this poster for OCD I could tell something was wrong so I went to go and adjust it only to realise that it’s wrong on purpose. How do you define OCD? Does wanting perfectly aligned boards mean you’re obsessive or does it mean you just want things to look right? The line seems to be very blurred between what counts as OCD and what doesn’t.
Clerkenwell Design Week (2014)
Despite knowing about Clerkenwell Design Week for many years this year was the first time I had the chance to visit, while it spans over the entirety of Clerkenwell I only focussed on the main building.
There were many amazing designs scattered around the building from lighting to products however what stuck out to me was furniture.
One of the most amazing pieces was the Leica T camera which was milled from a single block of metal, every single detail was thought of when designing this camera from the form and aesthetics of the main body to the lens that came with it.
Hustlehack: Lean Prototyping Open Workshop
While juggling The Secret Power of Brands and +Acumen Human Centered Design for Social Innovation I decided to take part in a 1 day pre hackathon called Hustlehack. The main goal was to get people brainstorming ideas that and come up with solutions based around design rather than looking at the bigger picture of business, finance and feasibility.
My group decided to tackle the problem of empty spaces in large cities we came up with many ideas from virtual tours of homes and offices to an app that shows you whats on in your area but what we eventually went with was called Places 4 Spaces.
Essentially we would find unused building and through guerrilla advertising show off how amazing the space could be if only someone bought it, the public could vote on what they would like to see in that space and if someone wants to provide that then they can buy the space. I am currently working on this concept with someone I met at the event which should come to fruition soon.
Meeting Swoozie
A few weeks ago a guy named Adande who has the YouTube channel Swoozie came to London and held a meet-up in Stratford shopping centre which I decided to go to with my friend Momo. The queue was surprisingly short for a YouTube star although we all managed to get at least a minute with him while he gave his autograph, took pictures with us and answered questions we had. It was amazing to meet someone who you only know from their videos in the flesh and there are definitely more YouTube celebrities I want to meet in the future.
Pick Me Up London (2014)
Pick Me Up is a 12 day graphic arts festival that is held every year at Somerset House. The first piece I saw was by someone named Edward Carvalho-Monaghan whom I had met at a tech talk at Technology Will Save Us and saw him produce the Bat Macumba print.
There were a large variety of illustration styles ranging from the psychedelic and flat to the highly detailed and pencil drawn. Upstairs there was a large space for studios to show off and sell their work as well as a music room, screen printing classes and the opportunity to have your portrait done by a mystery illustrator which I decided to do.
Although I didn’t get involved in it there were nightly events which included talks, lectures guests on the Pick Me Up twitter account answering questions. I also got a chance to play a game which was produced by UsTwo called Monument Valley and inspired by the M.C Esher style architecture although the highlight of the whole festival has to be the staring contests, thumb wars and arm wrestling contests going on. Another great festival which I hope to cover as press next year.
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Gulf Coast Oil Disaster
Oil spill threatens Native American land
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN
A statue of Jesus keeps watch over Pointe Aux Chenes, Louisiana.
Gulf oil spill threatens sacred burial ground of Louisiana's Point Aux Chenes Indian Tribe
Most of the tribe's 700 members also rely on fishing and fear the spill could end their way of life
Members say no federal or state officials have advised them on dealing with the disaster
Native Americans from Alaska told the tribe how they dealt with the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill
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Pointe Aux Chenes, Louisiana (CNN) -- The marshes here have long been a refuge for the Native Americans living in Louisiana's bayou.
"We came to live here because it was marshland, where nobody else wanted to live," said Chuckie Verdin, the chairman of the Pointe Aux Chenes Indian Tribe.
The tribe is made up of about 700 members whose ancestors were forced from their lands and resettled to Louisiana more than 100 years ago.
That refuge, already strained from coastal erosion, is facing a new menace: the oil spill spreading uncontrollably across the Gulf of Mexico.
Chuckie Verdin looks at sacred tribal burial grounds. The tribe is trying to protect the area from the invading oil.
On Saturday, the same day that the state closed fishing in the area, Verdin addressed some of the tribal members in the town's cinder block church.
Before the tribal meeting, the members recite a prayer in a French dialect, a language picked up by their ancestors from European settlers generations ago.
Several men have come directly from hauling in the last catch of shrimp and blue crab. They sit in the pews still wearing their calf-length rubber fishing boots.
Verdin, a veteran fisherman and oil rig worker, doesn't downplay the threat growing just a few miles away.
"This could be the end of our way of life," Verdin tells the crowd from the altar.
He is wearing a black T-shirt that reads "I am a Point Aux Chenes Tribal Member and I Count."
Grim expressions cover the faces in the small crowd in the church. People ask if there has been any response from a letter sent to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal asking for help. Verdin shakes his head.
Erosion and oil company trenches have ravaged Pointe Aux Chenes, or "Oak Point." Saltwater has killed many oak trees.
Since the tribe is still fighting for federal recognition, it is not empowered to appeal to Washington. That recognition, tribe members said, would give them special protections and expanded powers to push for the help they say they need.
They are uncertain of how to negotiate with BP, which has set up an office on the second floor of the church to hire people to place protective booms off the coast.
People complain they feel cut off and alone.
The tribal members say no federal or state officials have come to advise them on what to do. However, a small delegation of Native Americans has made the long journey from Alaska to share their experience dealing with the aftermath of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster.
"There were severe human impacts with the workers who tried to clean up the oil spill in Alaska," said Faith Gemmill, who spent 14 hours flying to get to Louisiana. "These are persistent impacts, they don't go away."
But if this area is going to be protected from the encroaching oil spill, the residents of Pointe Aux Chenes will have to do it themselves.
Taking a boom supplied by BP, Verdin and about 25 other tribal members set off in their fishing boats to seal off their wetlands from the oil, which is already reaching the shoreline.
Faith Gemmill, a Native American who saw the Exxon Valdez spill's effects, talked about dealing with spills in Louisiana.
Before they leave, a BP worker inspects the boats and orders the men -- most who have been fishing for all their lives -- to wear life jackets.
Verdin says if BP provided him with more boom and agreed to hire more workers, he could probably get 100 people on the job.
What concerns the tribe the most is a small island off the coast of Pointe Aux Chenes they call their sacred grounds. It is the land where many of their ancestors are buried.
Hurricanes carried away the headstones years ago. It is bare ground except for a large, simple white cross.
From the back of their boats -- some with names like "Geronimo" and "Crazy Horse" -- the workers place the boom on the water's edge.
Several large globs of a reddish-brown oily substance are floating inside the boom. The clumps have been spotted in other areas where the tribal members fish. But this is the closest they've seen it to Porte Aux Chenes.
It is not the first time the tribe has made a stand to protect the burial ground.
If we get oil up in here and you get a hurricane, I don't see them letting us come back.
--Chuckie Verdin, Point Aux Chenes tribal member
Gulf Coast Oil Spill
In the 1970s, Verdin said, tribal members stood on the shores of the sacred ground cradling shotguns and rifles to face down oil company workers intent on dredging the land for a pipeline.
The oil company dredged elsewhere, but the results were still catastrophic. Tribe members say the deep cuts made through the marshes brought in saltwater and led to coastal erosion.
That erosion has turned the once abundant oak trees in Pointe Aux Chenes -- which means "Oak Point" in French -- into empty husks. Erosion has also turned areas where people once lived into waterlogged marshes or open water.
In 2005, Hurricane Rita brought up to 8 feet of water to parts of the town, Verdin said.
Adding oil to such a storm surge would prove disastrous.
"If we get oil up in here and you get a hurricane, I don't see them letting us come back," Verdin said. "Who's going to clean that after, how long is that going to take?"
But for tribe member Lulu Dardar, the disaster already has struck. A single mother of four, she ekes out a living from catching shrimp and blue crab off her small boat.
Dardar's face is a deep brown from a life working in the sun. On the last day of fishing before the state closes the water because of the spill, Dardar unloads baskets of blue crab in the pouring rain.
Once the crab is on the dock, she is out work but with mouths still to feed.
"I don't know what I do next, this is all I know how to do," Dardar said. "I don't know what I do tomorrow."
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The Sunday Magazine: Star Trek Discovery
Posted on January 6, 2019 by mark behnke in Mark Behnke, The Sunday Magazine and tagged leftside1, star trek discovery.
Sometimes you just have to give in and enjoy something for what it is. Somewhere while watching season 1 of Star Trek Discovery I quit questioning all the retroactive continuity that was making me annoyed. Once I did that, I realized this new series was like all of the Star Trek novels I read after the original series left the air in 1969; a way of keeping the spirit alive.
Star Trek Discovery takes place about ten years prior to the original 1966-1969 tv series. It dives right into the problem I have with prequels as it gleefully throws away any previous history in favor of a new version. Over the first few episodes I kept talking back to my television screen which went like this, “Oh c’mon! Somebody would have mentioned this before.” Somewhere in episode 6 or 7 where we were facing new versions of Spock’s father Sarek and original series villain Harry Mudd I stopped caring and just let it go. I put myself in the mindset that this isn’t part of the real Star Trek universe but some alternate version.
One of the reasons I was willing to do this was the crew of Discovery. I stayed with Star Trek Voyager long after the stories dropped in writing quality because of the crew. Discovery, I believe, will have the same effect. It has an advantage of having shorter seasons of 15 episodes. Also, the writing team has seemingly a big board of everything mentioned in the original series and pulls two or three things down and adds them to every episode.
They made a very odd choice to spend the first two episodes on another starship setting up the main character Michael Burnham played by Sonequa Martin-Green. She is a human who was raised by Spock’s parents. Don’t ask more than that because her existence makes no sense. Her actions in the first two episodes are even more illogical. They are meant to put her in a situation where she is looking for redemption when she is added to the crew of Discovery in episode 3. From there as the crew gets to know Burnham and we as an audience get to know the crew things improve.
Like all series these days there is an overarching conspiracy theory plotline. What makes this fun, instead of dreary, is the writers take it to one of the more fun places in Star Trek history setting many of the later season episodes there. Taken as a whole, episodes ten through thirteen are where Discovery takes off. Again as long as you don’t spend too much time thinking about what we know from previous iterations. I was looking forward to the next episode as each one ended.
The resolution of that plot brought season 1 to a two-episode finale that was enjoyable. It ended with a call back to the original series as the Enterprise was hovering in front of Discovery as the season ended. Which is an example of the not quite fan fiction quality of Discovery. There were times it felt like the writers had started with a premise found on a fan forum somewhere.
The second season of Discovery begins in a couple weeks. I’ll be watching. With my mindset perfectly adjusted to enjoy the silly ride.
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http://www.concordia.ca/content/shared/en/news/stories/2018/02/26/a-new-project-led-by-a-concordia-education-researcher-offers-insight-into-teens-online-lives.html
A new project led by a Concordia education researcher offers insight into teens’ online lives
Youth Media Practices serves as hub for resulting educational material for K-12 educators, administrators, youth, and parents/legal guardians
By J. Latimer
If you want to know what high-school students really think about online privacy, it’s best to ask them directly. The same thing applies if you want insight into their digital media practices.
“In the existing research, we often hear from experts and parents speaking on behalf of their children,” says Giuliana Cucinelli, assistant professor in the Department of Education at Concordia.
“I flip that top-down approach. My objective is to put youth voices out there.”
And Youth Media Practices is her vehicle. Officially launched earlier this month, it’s Cucinelli’s online hub for educational material to help us better understand how young people engage with digital media.
The research was funded by a new professor grant from the Fonds de Recherche Societé et Cultures (FRQSC).
Triple threat: doc, game, infographic
The website content has three components: an infographic; an educational game; and an interactive documentary called Define Privacy.
“These are accessible tools I created with students, K-12 educators, administrators and parents in mind to springboard into a discussion about taking a more mindful approach to using technology,” says Cucinelli, co-director of the Participatory Media cluster, part of the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia.
“I worked very closely with my team of research assistants to design and develop the material. It was important for me to work with RAs that had teaching and classroom experience to inform the work.”
In the documentary, approximately 20 kids between the ages of 14 and 18 riff on privacy and what it means to them.
“When viewing all the footage, we kept hearing the same eight words come up over and over again: power, boundaries, share, control, identity, information, choose, consequences,” says Cucinelli, winner of the 2016 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching.
She structured the interactive film around those eight words, with each as a clickable topic. Select “control” and you hear a girl say, “Your business is your business!” about keeping a clamp on her privacy settings.
“The interviews led to surprising discoveries,” says Cucinelli. “The first thing we noticed was how open they were to sharing. I was overwhelmed by their response. The interviews often stretched from five minutes to 25 minutes.”
Cucinelli and her team of graduate students were also surprised to learn how much the students care about online privacy and how well they understand its implications.
“They get what an online identity means and how you curate that image. What came up a lot is how the photos you post of yourself could affect your future on the job market.”
The card game
Look@me is the website’s educational card game, calling for six players per group. It’s paper-based rather than digital, so it’s available to be downloaded and printed. Players choose a random profile and character description. They select five random action cards. An example of an action card is visiting a restaurant, or sitting in a boring class.
Taking turns, everyone “plays” one action card by reading it out loud and placing it next to their profile, as if it’s a Facebook wall. Next, one player takes an event card and reads it aloud. An event card could be about getting a community award, for example, or getting suspended from school.
Players have to decide who should get the event card based on their existing profile wall. The winner places it on their wall and gets points, or loses points if it’s a “negative” event card.
“The game is discussion-based,” says Cucinelli. “It’s about understanding what it means — both the positive and negative aspects — to post something and how to take a more mindful approach to using digital media.”
Next step: tech policy in schools
Cucinelli and her team are taking the card game and the documentary into three Montreal schools this spring to collect data and get feedback.
That feedback will inform her next project, which is helping school boards develop and integrate a technology policy.
Watch Define Privacy, an interactive documentary.
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We pause now to think about the future: What it takes to change, Dtlj at Ars Electronica
Just got back from Linz.
The Future Innovators Summit gathers people from all over the world in order to collaborate and exchange ideas over 2 very full days. The exploratory theme this year at Ars Electronica was: What it takes to change.
Dtlj was joined by Nova Jiang, Anshul Tewari, and Reyes Tatsuru Shiroku. Respectively, we come from Canada, New Zealand, India, and Japan. Together we combined our affection for robots, social start-ups, placemaking and interactive arts. The summit started with a broad discussion prompted by topics such as nuclear power, the USA, the grid, conflict, sex, handwriting, and golf. We landed on the idea of empowerment through productive conflicts.
Yes, productive conflicts.
There will always be conflict as long as humans are involved. So how can we get better at dealing with it? In a morning talk, Hiroshi Ishii described transdisciplinarity as finding opportunities in conflicts between different disciplines. From a broader perspective, there are opportunities in what divides us. How can we get better at turning conflictual situations into innovative solutions? How can conflicts be productive rather than destructive? How can we feel more empowered to act on them?
Artificial conflict…
We flirted with the idea of creating ‘artificial’ conflict in public spaces as a way to get people to be more agile on an everyday basis in their dealing with divergence – petty inequalities, a system that randomly forbids people to enter stores, an automaton that serves tea unequally between parties. We did a quick test on site, serving unequal shares of coffee to our other friends at the summit. We found out that artificial conflict in real life situations either moves people to accept it without questioning it, or actually generates real conflict… either way, nothing really productive happened.
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Innovation under pressure.
Day 1 ended in general disagreement. Day 2 started with a general hangover. However 40 minutes later, we nailed the idea. By the end of that day, we presented Power Seats.
Power Seats.
The idea is initiated in public spaces, where waiting seats are turned into power seats which highlight conflictual power relationship pulled from news headlines. Ukraine and Russia. Palestine, Israel, and the United States. Maybe Beyoncé and Jay-Z too. What would you do if you were in their seats? How would you talk to your neighbour if he was your opponent? The general idea is to raise awareness and stimulate conversations as a base to generate productive conflict. The interaction inspires playful scenarios – sometimes serious ones – around the idea of conflictual relationships. Different points of view emerge. And for us, that is the beginning of productive conflicts.
But, what about the resolution of these conflicts? The Power Seats only really create a context for these ideas to emerge, they allow people to pay attention to issues in a more engaged way, and let them explore these different scenarios. We don’t provide an answer or expect matters to be resolved through this exercise, but we do feel it’s an important first step at becoming more agile in discussing our differences and inequalities. If people care and feel empowered, then they are more likely to act on a situation by taking the corresponding measures. We strongly feel that what it takes to get people to change is to make people feel concerned and empowered, rather than proposing finite solutions.
Now this is just an idea. We roughly prototyped it on stage with the help of kind benevolent participants. The next step would be to properly design this interaction. And that is where the fun truly begins :)
So for now, to be continued…
# Ars Electronica, Future, Innovation
Love this idea! Just put together a week-long exploration on transdisciplinary creation as a way of moving beyond compromise in conflict. The mechanics of creating space for different conceptions of the 'beautiful life' to be integrated are tricky (and exhausting) but we're getting better at it. Mary Parker Follett, way back in 1918, talked about this "Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention".
17 September 2014, by Jerrold McGrath
Thank you Jerry! Love the quote. We so want to do this week-long exploration, don't know when we can do this, but when we do, we will need help ;)
22 September 2014, by Melissa
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