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The Kurds: Not Quite a Nation
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By Jacob L. Shapiro
One of the questions we receive most often from our readers is: Why will the U.S. not offer the Kurds more support? Some suggest the U.S. could supply the Kurds with better weapons and more military assistance, others go so far as to ask why the U.S. doesn't put more pressure on Turkey to give the Kurds independence. But many see that the Kurds have proved themselves to be excellent fighters and willing contributors to the fight against the Islamic State, and so the Kurdish question has become routinely debated in the U.S. In President-elect Donald Trump's own words earlier this year on the campaign trail, "the Kurds have to be brought into it, because they're good fighters and we treat them terribly, and they're the ones that really seem to be the ones that fight."
As with all questions, there are both short answers and long answers; the goal here is to give a relatively short answer. This inevitably means that certain facts and developments will be omitted, but for those who feel short-changed, we promise to follow up with a more comprehensive study in due course. We need to start by stating that there is no such thing as "the Kurds." There are Syrian Kurds, Turkish Kurds, Iraqi Kurds, Iranian Kurds and others as well. There are well over 100 Kurdish tribes throughout Kurdish-inhabited areas in the Middle East alone. There are Kurds who speak Kurmanji, Sorani, Pehlewani, Gorani and a number of other languages and various regional dialects. There are Sunni Kurds, Shiite Kurds, Jewish Kurds and Yazidi Kurds.
The media likes to repeat the line that the Kurds are the world's largest stateless nation, and while it is impossible to get a precise number, most sources estimate there are between 29 million and 35 million of them. There are two problems with this. First, the Tamils, who live mostly in India and Sri Lanka, might have something to say about the idea that the Kurds are the largest stateless nation in the world, as there are almost 80 million Tamils. But the second and more fundamental problem is that it is an overly simplistic way of looking at a diverse group of people who share a number of things in common but who are also very different from each other.
Kurds in Turkey celebrate waving the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) banners as a peshmerga fighters convoy crosses through at the Habur border along the Turkish-Iraqi border with heavy weapons on Oct. 29, 2014. ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images
Language is one notable example of these differences. A common language is one of the basic building blocks of a national culture, and the various communities of Kurdish people in the Middle East and beyond do not share one. The two most common Kurdish languages are Kurmanji and Sorani, and while they are related, linguistic experts have compared the difference between their grammatical structures to the difference between German and English. Furthermore, they employ different scripts: Kurmanji is usually written in Latin script and is spoken in Turkey, northern Syria and Iraq; Sorani is written in Arabic script and is spoken in much of Kurdish Iraq and western Iran. The Kurdish languages also do not have an extensive written tradition; writing systems were standardized only in the 1920s, when the first stirrings of Kurdish national awareness were emerging. On this most basic level, it is hard to speak of a mature Kurdish national identity.
Besides the differences in language, another important element to keep in mind is that Kurdish affiliations are still much more tribal than they are national. This is not to say that Kurdish nationalism doesn't exist – it does, and it has a diverse range of manifestations. But the Kurdish peoples have never really had an independent state, and that is because the "state" has never been the ideal organizing principle of Kurdish hierarchy. The only independent Kurdish state of the modern era was the short-lived Republic of Mahabad, which was located in present-day Iran. But this exceptional and obscure piece of history just confirms the importance of tribal ties, rather than nationalist sentiments or formal state structures, to the Kurds.
Mahabad emerged because the Soviet Union supplied it with significant military and economic assistance. The leaders of Mahabad, including Mustafa Barzani, the father of the current president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), used this aid to buy the loyalty of neighboring tribes. As part of the negotiations at Yalta, where ironically for these Kurds Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt discussed the future of a post-World War II world based on principles of national self-determination, the Soviets agreed to withdraw, and Mahabad was reabsorbed into Iran without strong resistance. Many Kurdish tribes welcomed the reabsorption because without Soviet aid, the economic conditions of the fledgling republic rapidly deteriorated. In a tribal system, people's loyalty is with their kin and their leader because the tribe provides for and defends its members. The transition from tribe to state requires that tribal leaders give up those powers and agree to work within a political framework, and the idea that the diverse population of the Middle East's Kurdish groups are going to do that is little more than fantasy.
This is reflected in the current political divisions in the Kurdish world today. The situation is immensely complicated in Iraq, where the KRG is in a state of paralysis for two reasons. First, current President Massoud Barzani refuses to step down from his position. Second, the financial situation in the KRG is awful, and Barzani's "government" increasingly lacks the necessary funds to sustain the various patronage networks that make the KRG function. There are two main political parties in the KRG: Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). These two factions fought a civil war in Iraq in the mid-1990s, and Barzani and the KDP even called in Saddam Hussein – the same man who oversaw the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Kurds at the hands of his Iraqi army in the late 1980s and early 1990s – to help the KDP defeat the PUK. The two sides aren't at war now, but that is about the most that can be said. They still fiercely compete for political control in the KRG.
Meanwhile, Syria's Kurds, led by the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, have much more in common with their Kurdish cousins residing in Turkey (to whom they are more closely related) than with the various clans and tribes that support Barzani and the KDP. As a result, Syria's Kurds fight IS in Syria, the KRG's peshmerga fight IS in Iraq, and the two Kurdish groups now also compete against each other for control of terrain in the areas around the old Syrian-Iraqi border, which has become a fluid border between different strains of Kurdish political and military control. Looming over all of this is Turkey, which has the largest Kurdish population in the world by far. Turkey has been fighting a sporadic Kurdish insurgency within its own borders for decades now, in part because Turkey has no interest in granting these areas further autonomy, let alone independence. And yet Turkey maintains an excellent relationship with the KRG, which relies on Turkey for investment and access to land routes to export KRG oil to the world when Baghdad is not cooperating. The KRG has also invited Turkish troops into northern Iraq outside Mosul, much to the chagrin of the Iraqi government.
The problem is that there really is no good word in the English language to describe who and what the Kurds are today. They are not quite a nation, and yet they are more than an ethnicity. Historian David McDowall has noted that before the Kurds began to define themselves ethnically around the 17th and 18th centuries, the term "Kurd" referred more to a socioeconomic class of nomadic tribes who moved from the mountains that define the borders between Turkey, Syria and Iraq, to the various plateaus around them. This definition remains part of Kurdish culture today even as it becomes more settled and less nomadic.
One thing the Kurds do all share in common is the mountains, a geographic feature that gives Kurds a common perspective as well as a reason so many different pockets of Kurds have developed. "The Kurds have no friend but the mountains" is a common Kurdish expression that seems to exist everywhere Kurds live. When things get difficult on the plateaus and the plains, the Kurds retreat into the mountains' defenses. One Kurdish myth about the beginnings of the Kurdish people describes the Kurds as descendent from children who fled into the mountains to hide from Zahhak, who is either a terrifying dragon, a child-eating giant or an evil king bent on oppression. Zahhak is also a fairly common character in ancient Persian mythology, which perhaps says something about Kurdish origins as well.
The myths of Kurdish origins may seem a silly place to end, but in some ways it is the most revealing, because for all of the Kurds' differences, there is a common perspective, as well as a growing awareness of what it means to be Kurdish in a Middle East where old borders are crumbling left and right. The Balkan Peninsula is another place where the mountains have always imparted a deep, almost mystical fascination, but no one would confuse Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks and Montenegrins – whose languages are more similar to each other than Kurdish languages are today – as members of the same nation. Despite the Kurds' internal differences, there is undeniably a group of people today who all identify as "Kurds" one way or another, even if those ways mean vastly different things to different groups.
Independence is not something that can be "given" to the Kurds. Self-determination is won, not bestowed. If some kind of unified Kurdish national identity were to emerge, it could become a powerful force. But there is no guarantee that this vision of a united, independent Kurdistan will ever come to pass, and if it does, it will happen slowly over decades and perhaps even centuries. New nations can and do emerge over time, but they are not forged overnight, and in the meantime the U.S. requires partners of sufficient reliability and power to manage the Middle East's instability without the constant presence of U.S. troops. Right now, that means the U.S. must rely on Turkey and Iran, neither of which are interested in a meaningful Kurdish independence movement (or movements for that matter). Another comment Trump made about the Kurds during his campaign was that the U.S. "should be using and utilizing those people." The U.S. will continue to do just that, and little more. The Kurds have no friends but the mountains.
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One to Watch: The Dark Tower actor Nicholas Hamilton
Nicholas Hamilton is a young and talented actor
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Nicholas has a bright and promising future in acting
When an actor first comes on to the acting scene at a young age, it is always interesting to watch them and to see exactly what is going to happen with their future in the acting industry, as there are a few ways things could go. As we have seen a lot over the years, there have been many young stars who have either gone off the rails, become less appealing, or simply lost interest resulting in them vanishing from the acting scene. However, there have also been those who have gone on to become Hollywood superstars and enjoy a long and successful career in the business.
With that in mind, we have been looking at some of the young stars who have been coming through on the acting scene and have been getting bigger and better as they have been going along. Our One to Watch for today is the young and talented actor Nicholas Hamilton, who first appeared on both our television screens and the big screen back in 2013 and has been continuing to progress and develop ever since.
Already in his acting career to date, we have seen Nicholas Hamilton appearing in television shows such as Wanted, and Mako Mermaids, while he has also appeared on the big screen in movies including Strangerland, and Captain Fantastic. Meanwhile, Nicholas is set to take his career to the next level, as he is about to star in the remake of the classic movie It, as well as having a role in the big screen adaptation of The Dark Tower.
At the age of 16, Nicholas is beginning to get to that stage of his career where he will begin to take on more adult roles, which could really make or break his career. We believe that Nicholas could well go on to become a huge Hollywood superstar, but we will wait and see what the future brings.
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Prince's Sign O' The Times: 30 Years Old Today
Paisley Park/Warner Bros, released 30th March 1987
Album chart position: #6 (US), #4 (UK)
Singles released: 'Sign O' The Times' (#3 US, #10 UK)
'If I Was Your Girlfriend' (#67 US, #20 UK)
'U Got The Look' (#2 US, #11 UK)
'I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man' (#10 US, #29 UK)
At the time of Sign O' The Times' release, the general critical consensus seemed to be that it was a great double album but, shorn of a few tracks, would have made a sensational single album. But what the press probably didn't know was that Prince had actually intended to release a triple album!
He believed the three-record set Crystal Ball would have been be a huge artistic statement after a relatively disappointing 1986, but the idea scared the hell out of Warner Bros and also his manager Bob Cavallo. Prince was reluctantly forced to back down.
The tracks intended for Crystal Ball but later abandoned for Sign O' The Times were 'Rebirth Of The Flesh', 'Rockhard In A Funky Place', 'The Ball', 'Joy In Repetition', 'Shockadelica', and 'Good Love' (all hoovered up from two other aborted album projects, Dream Factory and Camille). But even after Prince removed these, he was still left with a 16-track double album, a brilliant mix of the sacred and profane, and a record which many fans believe was his finest hour.
The famous title track was recorded on 15th July 1986 in a single ten-hour session at LA's Sunset Sound. Prince was experimenting with a new piece of kit – the Fairlight sampler/synth – but characteristically made the technology swing in a way that no other artist could. The track also demonstrates his love of space; it's essentially just a minimalist blues featuring a three-note melody line, some sampled drums/bass and a bit of electric guitar. Listening again on the day after the Westminster terror attack of 23rd March, the song's lyric also seems as relevant now as it was in 1987:
Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside
You turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' you somebody died
Sister killed her baby cos she couldn't afford to feed it
And we're sending people to the moon
In September my cousin tried reefer for the very first time
Now he's doing horse, it's June
It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes
And everybody still wants to fly
Some say a man ain't happy
Until a man truly dies
'Play In The Sunshine' and 'Housequake' are pure party pop – it's scarcely believable that Prince alone could generate such a raucous studio atmosphere with only Susannah Melvoin's backing vocals, a few guests and Eric Leeds' sax for company. The latter also represents his first recorded attempt at hip-hop (unless you count the brief 'rap' in 'Girls & Boys'), typically supplying something usually missing from the genre: humour.
'The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker', recorded in Prince's Minneapolis home studio on 15th March 1986, may be his most psychedelic recording, the soundtrack to a dream with seemingly-spontaneous musical moments that no one else could have created. He demonstrates his mastery with the LM-1 drum machine and, vocally, sets up a novel 'Greek chorus' effect.
'Forever In My Life' takes a melody line very similar to Sly And The Family Stone's 'Everyday People' (and maintains Sly's key of G) but again demonstrates Prince's remarkable sense of space and also features another extraordinary backing vocal arrangement. The heartfelt lyric was written when he believed he would settle down with fiancée Susannah Melvoin (twin sister of Wendy) – sadly it wasn't to be.
'It', another bold experiment with the Fairlight, returns to the cold, sexualised world of 1999, while 'Hot Thing' is its flipside, a funky, James Brown-inspired one-chord romp with some great Leeds tenor sax.
'If I Was Your Girlfriend' (another song about Susannah/Wendy), 'Strange Relationship' (another big nod to Sly), 'It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night', 'Starfish And Coffee', 'U Got The Look' and 'I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man' are just brilliantly performed, beautifully written pop tunes with dashes of psychedelia and soul.
According to engineer Susan Rogers, Prince was very influenced by Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love during the recording of SOTT, the track 'Cloudbusting' a particular favourite. Other songs showed contemporary influences too – 'Adore' was apparently Prince's response to the popularity of Luther Vandross's Give Me The Reason and Patti Labelle's The Winner In You, and it also hugely influenced the neo-soul movement, particularly D'Angelo's ballad style. 'U Got The Look' – the last song recorded for Sign O' The Times on 21st December 1986 – was apparently inspired by Robert Palmer's 'Addicted To Love'.
Sign O' The Times sold 1.8 million copies in the US, a very similar number to Parade. Some believed the slightly disappointing sales were due to the choice of 'If I Was Your Girlfriend' as the second single; it is strange that 'U Got The Look' didn't get the nod. But if Prince's popularity was levelling out in the States, it was growing across Europe.
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You Terrible Cult: The Enduring Appeal Of 'Withnail And I'
Which films do you revisit every couple of years? I never tire of 'Sideways', 'Diner', 'Duel', 'Career Girls', 'Tape', 'This Is Spinal Tap', 'The Long Goodbye', 'The Apartment', 'Eyes Wide Shut', and a few others too.
But 'Withnail', released 30 years ago this week, should probably go right at the top of that list. I first saw it around 1988 when my dad rented the video. I think he was a vague acquaintance of the movie's writer/director Bruce Robinson at the time and had an inkling that it would float my boat.
How right he was. I was immediately smitten, drawn in by the superb swearing, anti-establishment mood, hilariously down-at-heel, self-important protagonists and low-key ending. By the early '90s, there was an outbreak of Withnails all over Britain – pasty, unshaven, rather insolent youths mooching around in leather overcoats and muttering about 'wanting the finest wines available to humanity'…
Not a big hit on its original release, 'Withnail' has nonetheless become a classic cult movie, inspiring many devotees and even a notorious drinking game. But why has it endured? Here are seven reasons why it doesn't seem to date as the years go by (swearing and spoiler alerts…).
7. No 'Crap Bits'
Actor Ralph Brown – who plays Danny the Dealer – analysed 'Withnail"s appeal thus. Almost every movie has a clunky change of pace/tone or a dodgy character beat – not this one, though Bruce Robinson has pinpointed an uncertain moment in the final reel when Danny embarks on his 'They're selling hippy wigs in Woolworths' speech.
6. Lack Of Plot
Let's face it, nothing much happens in 'Withnail'. But that's one of its great strengths. Two out-of-work actors try to go on holiday, one of their uncles comes to stay, falls in love with and attempts to seduce the other one, then they come home. It's two fingers up to the screenwriting template taught in most film schools. But, framed another way, it's actually the classic plot: put your hero(es) up a tree, throw rocks at him and get him down, though poor Withnail seems destined to stay up the tree forever…
5. Endlessly Quotable Dialogue
This is probably the key to the film's longevity. 'Fork it!'… 'Monty, you terrible c**t!'… 'We've gone on holiday by mistake', 'I demand to have some booze!' 'My thumbs have gone weird…' etc. But as the years go by, it's the throwaway lines that now make me chuckle the most: 'Out-vibe it', 'Jesus, you're covered in sh*t,' 'I've waited an aeon for assistance', 'Drugs banned in sport…' 'We'll be found dead in here next spring…' etc., etc…
4. Memorable Minor Characters
The film is chock-a-block with them. There's Ralph Brown's classic turn, Noel Johnson's delightfully-plastered pub landlord, Llewellyn Rees's tea-shop proprietor, Michael Elphick's psychotic poacher and Anthony Strong's manic traffic cop. All perform as if their lives depended on it. Late, great casting director Mary Selway must take a lot of credit.
3. Outstanding Lead Performances
Has there ever been a better movie drunk than Richard E Grant? (How about Ray Milland in 'The Lost Weekend'? Ed.) It's a superb breakout performance, especially coming from a famous teetotaler. In a far less showy role, Paul McGann does a fine job of tethering the movie (Kenneth Branagh and Michael Maloney were apparently sniffing around his part, so to speak), even if his accent flies around a bit. And of course Richard Griffiths as Uncle Monty is a delight.
2. Lack Of A Remake/Sequel
Please, please, please may it stay this way. Hollywood: stay away from 'Withnail'. For that matter, a request to 'edgy' young Brit writer/directors: leave well alone. Let the legend endure.
1. Good Grammar
It's not called 'Withnail And Me'…
Posted in 1987, Movies, Withnail And I	/ Tagged brucerobinson, maryselway, michaelelphick, paulmcgann, ralphbrown, richardegrant, richardgriffiths, withnailandi	/ 4 Comments
Thomas Dolby's The Golden Age Of Wireless: 35 Years Old Today
EMI Records, originally released 25th March 1982
London-born Thomas Morgan Robertson had already made a bit of a name for himself as a synth wiz for hire – working with Bruce Woolley/The Camera Club, Joan Armatrading, Thompson Twins, Lene Lovich and Foreigner – before embarking on his debut solo album in late summer 1981. But, as he once said, he knew 'too many chords' to get any regular employment in the punk and new-wave bands of the era, so was pretty much forced to go it alone.
The Golden Age Of Wireless was mainly recorded at Tapestry (a subterranean studio built and owned by John Kongos situated at the end of my mum's road in South-West London), essentially a one-man-band operation with occasional contributions from various muso mates (Daniel Miller, Tim Friese-Greene, Andy Partridge, Simon House, Kevin Armstrong, Mutt Lange).
Lyrically, the album seemed to be a Janus-like vision of England – looking back to its WW2 past and forward to the kinds of urban dystopias explored by novelist JG Ballard. 'Europa And The Pirate Twins' emphasises this collision of past and future with Andy Partridge's blues harmonica and the song's rockabilly feel rubbing up against a barrage of synths and sequencers. The haunting 'One Of Our Submarines' repeats the trick with 'futuristic' vocal samples alongside ARP string synths more redolent of the mid 1970s.
The album is also for me inextricably linked to the coastal area of South-East England near the White Cliffs Of Dover where I spent family holidays during my late teens, an area of course also reverberating with military history. I'd comb the beaches and walk the cliffs with Wireless playing loud on my Walkman.
But first to 'She Blinded Me With Science'. The title is taken from a war-time phrase, an expression of female appreciation, as in: 'Cor, she fair blinded me with science, guvnor!' For a 'novelty' single, it has aged pretty well, mainly due to the incredible amount of detail placed across the stereo image: TV scientist Magnus Pyke's still-pretty-funny interjections, Simon House's beguiling, Middle-Eastern violin licks, Matthew Seligman's pithy synth bass and Dolby's intriguing sonic 'events'. The song was a huge American hit, making #5 in May 1983, but could it have been any more British? Never mind the title – one wonders how many Americans even came close to understanding a lyric such as 'She blinded me with science and failed me in biology'.
But 'Blinded' was somewhat of an anomaly. Much of Wireless is downbeat, enigmatic and haunting. Dolby proves himself a brilliant producer and arranger, a master of painting pictures with sound: the shortwave radio which kicks off 'Radio Silence'; the shipping forecast closing 'One Of Our Submarines', the 'doom' vocals which introduce 'Weightless' and close 'Cloudburst At Shingle Street'. He's also obviously a tremendous keys player, with endless excellent arrangement ideas and even a few chops (you wouldn't catch anyone from OMD attempting anything like the extended Moog solo in the very Prefab-esque 'Commercial Breakup').
In the middle of recording his second album (and second masterpiece) The Flat Earth, 'Blinded' took off in the States, becoming a signature tune of the Second British Invasion. Dolby had to drop everything and get over there pronto. Michael Jackson wanted to meet him. But he would never again trouble the singles charts in the States, and the 'mad scientist' image would only very occasionally be dusted off from here on in. Not necessarily a bad thing.
Posted in 1982, Album Reviews, Pop, Synth Pop, Thomas Dolby	/ Tagged andypartridge, johnkongos, magnuspyke, matthewseligman, simonhouse, thomasdolby	/ Leave a comment
Story Of A Song: Donald Fagen's True Companion
Steely Dan's breakup was officially announced on 17th June 1981 when Donald Fagen gave a scoop to journalist and long-time fan Robert Palmer in the New York Times. In the interview, Fagen didn't rule out the possibility that he would one day reunite with Steely co-leader/co-songwriter Walter Becker, but neglected to mention that he had already returned to the studio as a solo artist.
Until a few years ago, I assumed The Nightfly was Fagen's '80s debut, but the one-off track 'True Companion' preceded it by a year. It was part of the 'Heavy Metal' soundtrack, an animated film based on the sex'n'slash fantasy comic book of the same name. Fagen used the song as an excuse to get back into the studio after a few years off.
'True Companion' was recorded at Automated Sound in New York and co-produced by Fagen and legendary engineer Elliot Scheiner (Dan helmer Gary Katz was busy producing Eye To Eye's debut album). Lyrically, the song seemed to be a 'Dark Star'-esque meditation on the spiritually-bereft inhabitants of a spaceship, possibly narrated by God, or at least some kind of omniscient being…
Crewmen of the True Companion
I can see you're tired of action
In this everlasting twilight
Home is just a sad abstraction
Just beyond the troubled skyways
Young men dream of fire and starshine
I've been dreaming of my own green world
Far across the reach of space time
Musically, the track showcased some exceptionally dense Fagen vocal harmonies (prefiguring a similar approach on The Nightfly's 'Maxine'), and typically tasty Fender Rhodes playing by Steely regular Don Grolnick. But the first half of the tune was almost a mini guitar symphony for Steve Khan.
I asked Steve for his recollections of recording 'True Companion':
'During those years, I think that Donald was trying to find the confidence to move forward with a solo career because, after Gaucho, it seemed that he and Walter were going to need a long, long break! "True Companion" was one of a few experiments Donald recorded just to test the waters, as it were. To be in the studio with old friends and bandmates like Don Grolnick, Will Lee and Steve Jordan and with Elliot Scheiner engineering, nothing could have felt more familiar. Actually, for working with Donald, things went really fast. I would imagine that I played the electric parts first, then overdubbed the solo, and thereafter the acoustic steel-string. With the Les Paul, I know that I was playing REALLY loud in the room, but I did that because I felt that this was the underlying attitude of the song. It was a blend of subtlety and power. So I tried to give it both…'
On the 'Heavy Metal' soundtrack album, 'True Companion' sat incongruously alongside tracks by Black Sabbath, Grand Funk Railroad, Journey, Sammy Hagar and Stevie Nicks, a state of affairs that no doubt tickled Fagen. But, most importantly, he had taken his first major steps back into the recording studio, and by late summer 1981 was recording The Nightfly.
Almost 15 years later, a reunited Steely Dan also played 'True Companion' live on their second comeback tour:
Posted in 1981, Donald Fagen, Song Stories	/ Tagged donaldfagen, dongrolnick, elliotscheiner, eyetoeye, heavymetal, steelydan, stevekhan	/ 11 Comments
Book Review: Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor by Tim Lawrence
No less a pop personage than Brian Eno called the early 1980s 'the most exciting era of New York music', and he should know a thing or two about the subject. Tim Lawrence's excellent 'Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor 1980-1983' makes a good case for Eno's claim.
The book traces the many musical and cultural strands of the early '80s NYC scene, from the 'Disco Sucks' movement which briefly blossomed at the beginning of the decade through to the end-of-an-era AIDS panic of late '83.
Lawrence vividly brings to life a scene where musicians, DJs, dancers, artists and club owners fused new-wave, no-wave, punk, dub, pop-art, Afro-funk, kitsch, S&M, psychedelia, disco, gospel, electro and hip-hop to create an exciting, vibrant, anything-goes aesthetic. Along the way, the book also looks at the making of some of the key NYC records of the era – 'The Message', 'Rapture', 'Moody', 'Blue Monday', 'Planet Rock'.
Pretty much all the key players of the scene make memorable appearances, a fascinating roll call including Larry Levan, David Byrne, Madonna, Afrika Bambaataa, Fab 5 Freddy, Sylvia Robinson, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kool Herc, Arthur Baker, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash, Francois Kevorkian, Don Was and James Chance.
Lawrence also paints a vivid picture of the diverse dancefloors of The Roxy, Danceteria, Paradise Garage, Mudd Club and Canal Zone, where on any given night you could see people doing martial arts moves, magic tricks or even aerobics (yes, apparently early '80s NY also foresaw that cultural boom which hit big later in the decade). Many rare and previously unpublished photos are included, and Lawrence also gets his hands on many interesting artefacts from the era such as Kraftwerk and Bambaataa full DJ setlists from The Ritz in 1981.
But all good things must come to an end, and 'Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor' doesn't scrimp on the full details of how Reaganomics, gentrification, corporate intrusion and the spread of AIDS decimated the scene. The book is a great achievement by Lawrence, with a level of detail and seriousness befitting a Professor of Cultural Studies but also large doses of fun and gossip befitting a good-time era and its fascinating protagonists.
'Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor 1980-1983' is published by Duke University Press.
Posted in Book Reviews, Hip-Hop, Post-Punk	/ Tagged afrikabambaataa, bookreviews, brianeno, grandmasterflash, madonna, mellemel, newyork, timlawrence	/ Leave a comment
Post-Tutu Blues: David Sanborn's A Change Of Heart 30 Years On
Warner Bros Records, released March 1987
Bought: Our Price Richmond
On 17th July 1986, Tampa-born sax great David Sanborn broke off from his own European tour to guest with Miles Davis and band at the Montreux Jazz Festival, playing on 'Burn', 'Jean-Pierre' and also 'Portia', one of the standout Marcus Miller compositions from the soon-to-be-released Tutu. Though obviously nervous, Sanborn acquitted himself well, getting stuck in with some tasty modal solos and prompting many Miles smiles. Hopefully the performance would bode well for Sanborn's next studio recording.
Unfortunately not. Sanborn made some fine albums during the 1980s – Hideaway, Voyeur, As We Speak, Straight To The Heart – but A Change Of Heart was not one of them. It was the kind of over-produced, under-composed, unfunky 'fusion' record that Tutu should have killed off once and for all.
I bought A Change Of Heart on cassette when it came out, proudly showing it off to a cool family friend who had previously introduced me to loads of great music. I hoped he would be impressed by my purchase. He turned his nose up, mumbling something about 'Bloody muzak…' I was puzzled and a bit embarrassed. Listening back 30 years on, he was right about A Change Of Heart but wrong about Sanborn. It would be a shame if A Change Of Heart was a listener's first experience of his music.
The opening two Marcus-written-and-produced tracks – 'Chicago Song' and 'Imogene' – deliver a quality that the rest of the album never even remotely comes near. Miller was in constant demand around this time and presumably couldn't commit to the whole album. 'Imogene' is a classic ballad with a haunting fretless bass melody and beguiling bridge, while 'Chicago Song' transcends its simple melody with an irresistibly funky rhythm section and biting Hiram Bullock guitar bridge. It's still part of Sanborn's live set to this day.
The rest of A Change Of Heart seems designed for the latest Don Simpson movie or an episode of 'Miami Vice'. Syndrum overdubs and unsubtle Fairlight samples prevail alongside ugly synth sounds and flimsy melodic motifs, without a whiff of jazz or R'n'B. Producer/synth players/writers Ronnie Foster, Philippe Saisse and Michael Colina toil away fruitlessly and even Sanborn's licks don't stick.
Sanborn toured A Change Of Heart extensively with a great band featuring Bullock and Dennis Chambers on drums, even popping up on primetime UK music show 'The Tube' playing Michael Sembello's smooth jazz ballad 'The Dream'. He was clearly at his commercial peak (the album made the top 100 in the US and UK) but the creative rot would prevail to the end of the '80s. He got back on track with the release of 1991's Another Hand.
Posted in 1987, Album Reviews, David Sanborn, Funk, Fusion	/ Tagged davidsanborn, hirambullock, marcusmiller, milesdavis	/ 4 Comments


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Claire Malloy, owner of The Book Depot, in Farberville Arkansas is having a bad day. There are rats in her . The book and characters are interesting and very true to life, in their everyday existance. There are rats in her kitchen and she is going to have to move out while the problem and other emergency work is taken care of. This could take weeks. I have enjoyed every one of the Claire Malloy books I have read and look forward to more enjoyable books in the future.
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August 15, 2022, 1:46 PM ET
You Really Won't Believe What Is Revealed Next at Dorit Kemsley's Charity Gala
Plus, one of the RHOBH husbands casually dropped some big news at the emotional Season 12 event.
By Jocelyn Vena
Sutton Stracke Drops a Bombshell About Erika Jayne's Latest Lawsuit
Kyle Richards Worries Sutton Stracke Might Look Too High Maintenance for Her Date
Garcelle Beauvais Says She Doesn't Have to Try to Make Erika Jayne Look Bad
As you might recall, Dorit Kemsley's Homeless Not Toothless charity gala, first featured in the August 10 episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, included "a beautiful dinner party, all dressed up. So far we've had rage, tears, laughter," but "at this point in the night" the hostess is "looking for a little bit more laughter," as Dorit notes in an exclusive first look at the upcoming August 17 episode of RHOBH.
Fresh off Melissa Etheridge's performance and lots of emotional ups and downs, there is still more gala to enjoy, including a special birthday celebration for Kyle Richards. And as the 90210 ladies continue to navigate the roller-coaster ride of emotions and revelations that tend to happen at almost every gathering of Real Housewives, the husbands are off for their own bonding.
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WCSO News for 8 Aug 2022
On 29 Jul 2022 Deputy Derkin began an investigation into a dog biting a subject near Fort Harmar Drive.
On 29 Jul 2022 while working the Washington County Jail, Lt. Timberman was made aware of an aggravated menacing incident with Inmate Dylan Tennant. Tennant was being escorted by a corrections officer and began stating that he would kill him and his family. At one point Tennant made an aggressive move towards the corrections officer. Assistance was given and Tennant was secured and placed in a cell where he continued making threats towards both corrections officers. A charge of aggravated menacing was filed on Dylan Michael Tennant, age 25, 1005 ½ Third Street, Marietta, OH.
On 29 Jul 2022 Sgt. Stillson began an investigation in Newport Township regarding a vehicle being entered and tools being stolen.
On 2 Aug 2022 Deputy Davis began an investigation into a subject being scammed out of $100 on Facebook.
On 2 Aug 2022 Deputy Tucker responded to 1096 Walsh Road, Fairfield Township, to a report of Kenneth Miller trying to hurt subject(s) at the home. After conducting the investigation and meeting with all witnesses, Deputy Tucker placed Miller under arrest for domestic violence. Kenneth E Miller, age 52, 1096 Walsh Road, Vincent, OH, was transported to the Washington County Jail where he was charged with 2 counts of domestic violence.
On 3 Aug 2022 deputies responded to Meadowbrook Drive, Waterford Township to a report of an altercation. It was reported that the previous night there had been a verbal altercation. The subject returned home today and a physical altercation ensued with Aaron Madden. Deputies learned that Madden had started throwing beds and yelling, pushing the victim around and choking them. In speaking with Aaron Madden, he reported no violence or threats of violence and denied any wrongdoing. He stated the victim came in, woke him up and started yelling at him. Aaron M Madden, age 35, was placed under arrest for domestic violence and transported to the Washington County Jail.
On 3 Aug 2022 Deputy Harlow began an investigation into a stolen/forged check.
On 3 Aug 2022 at approximately 1308 hours deputies responded to Robinson Hill Road, Warren Township to a domestic dispute. It was reported that Bobbee Haynes had gotten upset and while getting dressed, Bobbee got on top of the victim and began punching them in the torso. A struggle ensued over a cell phone as well as Haynes biting the forearm of the victim. Haynes stated they were in a verbal argument and denied any physical violence occurred. When asked about bite marks, Haynes admitted to the biting, however denied it occurred today. Bobbee Jo Haynes, age 38, 924 Robinson Hill Road, Marietta, OH, was placed under arrest for domestic violence and transported to the Washington County Jail.
On 5 Aug 2022 Deputy Peters responded to Zion Ridge Road, Newport Township to a domestic violence complaint. The victim reported being struck by Lauralye Bowman in the face. Bowman had left the residence and was located later and placed under arrest. Lauralye Isabella Cassandra Bowman, age 20, Marietta, OH, was charged with domestic violence and transported to the Washington County Jail.
On 5 Aug 2022 Deputy Davis began an investigation into a theft/scam of over $2000 through Facebook Marketplace.
On 5 Aug 2022 at approximately 1952 hrs. Deputy Tucker responded to Hill Road, Wesley Township, in reference to an assault. Brandon Thompson reportedly came to the residence drunk, screaming and yelling. Thompson then punched the individual in the face as they were trying to stop him by stepping in front of him. The individual punched Thompson back. Brandon Scott Thompson, age 37, Cutler, OH, was placed under arrest and transported to the Washington County Jail charged with disorderly conduct and using weapons while intoxicated.
The following subject(s) were processed into the Washington County Jail 5 Aug 2022 to 7 Aug 2022:
Jody Lynn Smith, age 35, Marietta, OH, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor, and possession of drugs, a felony.
Skyler Michael Paul, age 29, Marietta, OH, parole violation, a felony
Kristopher Michael Williamson, age 29, Marietta, OH, felonious assault, a felony.
Lauralye Isabella Cassandra Bowman, age 20, Marietta, OH, domestic violence, a misdemeanor.
Brandon Scot Thompson, age 37, Cutler, OH, disorderly conduct and using weapons while intoxicated, both misdemeanors.
Bradlee Scott Rea, age 45, Wingett Run, OH, using weapons while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
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Tintin may be an old-style hero, but the new stage version gives him some very modern neuroses: those of his creator, Hergé. By Mark Lawson
Wed 7 Dec 2005 06.20 EST First published on Wed 7 Dec 2005 06.20 EST
Adolescent hack...Russell Tovey as Tintin in the Young Vic's production at the Barbican.
One of the mysteries of Tintin is just how good a reporter he really is. Hergé's plots for the 24 cartoon books about the boy reporter generally involve him stumbling on the truth rather than uncovering it through killer questions or clever deductions. And most of his adventures tend to happen when he's on vacation rather than assignment. Even Tintin, though, would have gathered that things seem rather fraught on the day before the opening preview of the first British theatre show featuring the adolescent hack and his dog Snowy. Rufus Norris, the director, has just been forced to cut a spectacular flying scene on grounds of time and health and safety.
Norris has a history of making hard demands of his cast: he admits that his last Christmas show for the Young Vic, Sleeping Beauty, resulted in "two hospital trips". With Tintin, there is concern over not only the flying but also a series of bicycle chases across the vertiginous white wooden alps that fill the stage of the Barbican, which is co-producing with the Young Vic.
"I like to think I have a good relationship with actors," says Norris. "But I think, in reality, they're rather wary of me. The bicycles and flying are hard enough now, but imagine the matinee in early January when they're struggling with flu."
There are also issues with the script by playwright David Greig. The Hergé Foundation, which represents the estate of Tintin's creator, is known to be protective of his property - a biography of the artist by the late Harry Thompson was refused permission to use any images - and a representative is sitting in on the rehearsal. When we meet, Norris is waiting for a ruling on a scene in the adaptation in which Captain Haddock, Tintin's salty companion, farts in a tent at night.
Many of the journalists I know went into the profession because of youthful exposure to either Tintin or All the President's Men, but theatre people seem to have come to the short-pant reporter rather later. Norris missed out on the books in childhood and read them only when some were given to his eight-year-old son as a gift. David Greig also avoided the stories when he was in the target readership but is now a convert.
Greig's initial interest came from wanting to write a show his own children might like. He was also hooked by Norris's choice of Tintin in Tibet, which gave him the chance to write another mountain drama. The playwright is a climber and high peaks have featured in several of his plays, including A Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union and Pyrenees.
"I don't know quite why I like writing about mountains," says Greig. "But they are naturally dramatic. You can't depict them naturalistically so you have to be interesting about it. And mountain plays are usually about people escaping from their lives - that's true of Tintin in Tibet. It's much less of an adventure than many of the books: Tintin is on a personal quest. I said early on to Rufus that mountain plays are usually about nervous breakdowns."
Although Greig is not a Tintin expert, this remark turned out to be remarkably appropriate with respect to Hergé. Norris had settled on this book for its visual and dramatic possibilities but, when visiting the foundation to negotiate the rights, was told: "We assume you've chosen this one because it was the most important to the author."
The keepers of the flame explained that Tibet had a double personal significance for Georges Remi (1907-1983), whose pen name came from a reversal of his initials as pronounced in French: air-zhay. In the late 1950s, while his first marriage was failing, Remi suffered recurrent nightmares that were a literal expression of nuit blanc, the French euphemism for sleeplessness: his head would be filled with visions of terrifying icy whiteness.
He consulted a Jungian psychoanalyst in Switzerland, who concluded that the shining blankness was a metaphor for artistic exhaustion: the only solution was to stop drawing. Thankfully, Hergé convinced himself of a more sophisticated visual interpretation for the bleached-out dreams and began to picture alps and crevasses, the basis for Tintin in Tibet, which was published in 1960.
The previous year, China had driven the 14th Dalai Lama and tens of thousands of his supporters into exile, but Tintin in Tibet, although its denouement features a troupe of peace-loving Buddhist monks, is not directly political; it is most interested in broader local associations such as the Abominable Snowman. It's possible that politics made Hergé nervous: during the second world war, he had worked on Nazi-owned newspapers in occupied Belgium and suffered short-term investigation and long-term suspicion, although the strips he drew under the 0ccupation were certainly not pro-Nazi.
The subtext of Tintin in Tibet, though, is quietly political and personal. Tintin goes to the region to seek Chang, a friend he made in China during the adventure of the Blue Lotus in 1936. At the beginning of the Tibet strip, Tintin learns that Chang was reported aboard an Indian plane that has crashed in Nepal.
Tintin's Chang is a sombre homage to Chang Chong-Jen, a young sculptor who had met Hergé in Brussels in the 1930s and helped him with the oriental detail in The Blue Lotus. The real Chang had returned to China but his whereabouts had been unknown since the Cultural Revolution. So the Tibet strip is a fantasy of reunion. Touchingly, it came true in the late 1970s when Chang left China after years of humiliation from the Maoists (including being reduced to street-sweeping) and settled in France, where he resumed his friendship with Hergé.
While the estate remains nervous about fart-gags and a few newly minted insults Greig has given to Captain Haddock (it prefers the "blistering barnacles!" register of the original translations), it has agreed to the dramatist's larger tamperings. Hergé's nightmares of whiteness have been transferred to Tintin as a framing device, and a scene in which Tintin drops down inside the broken jetliner that may have carried Chang - which runs to just a few frames in the book - has become a potentially frightening sequence in which the dead passengers come to life and speak.
This more graphic depiction raises the question of whether theatre for the young is becoming too adult: three current London shows - Mary Poppins, Billy Elliot and Coram Boy - issue warnings against bringing very young children. Greig and Norris feel that the lower limit for Tintin should be seven or eight. Says Norris: "When I'm directing this kind of show, I find it useful not to think of it as children's theatre. But obviously there's an issue about who comes to see it. Although my past experience is that the complaints often come from people who don't have children worrying about children being affected."
Another issue for contemporary children's theatre is that young people are growing up with very high visual expectations from movies (such as Shrek and The Incredibles), television and video games. Does this place theatre under pressure to deliver?
Greig acknowledges the competition but views it optimistically: "The standard of storytelling for families in Hollywood films is incredibly high at the moment, almost a golden age. But, in a way, computer-generated imagery can make us lazy. If they can do anything, why should anything impress us? Here, if we want to make mountains and flying work, we have to use our imaginations. The unique selling point of theatre now is that your effects really have to be special".
· Tintin is at the Barbican, London EC2, until January 10. Box office: 0845 120 7511.


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Kip Fulbeck is not your average performance artist.
At age 35, he's a tenured professor at UC Santa Barbara, does outreach programs for at-risk kids, was a nationally ranked swimmer and even ferries bugs outside instead of brutally squashing them.
Most recently, he published his first book, Paper Bullets: A Fictional Autobiography (University of Washington Press). And, at a rather buff 6-foot-1 with long, dark brown hair and a more Asian-than-not-mix of a Chinese mother and a Welsh, Irish and English father, he sports a definite resemblance to Disney's version of Tarzan.
What Fulbeck brings to the stage is a compilation of rapid-fire snippets from his life thus far: everything from dealing with such asinine comments from strangers as, "Oh, we were just wondering what our kids might look like," to being the only Asian kid in school, to dating a white woman who wanted him to speak only Chinese in bed, to trying to figure out where he fits in as a multiracial Asian American male.
To these autobiographical stories done stand-up style, he adds his award-wining short videos—think Chris Rock meets VH1. But don't ever make the mistake of putting Fulbeck in the mainstream: "I'd rather be throwing bombs from the sidelines," he says. "I don't want to be part of the system. I want to see things change."
Change is the operative word for one of Fulbeck's most successful solo performance pieces, I Hope You Don't Mind Me Asking, But …, which he's performed over 20 times in the last two years.
Because his audiences are always different, he improves each show into a unique performance.
Fulbeck, a native Southern Californian, didn't grow up thinking he'd be confessing his life in front of an audience. "Like any good Asian kid, I was pre-med," he insists. "Okay, for a day. Maybe a week."
Then it was communications, then art. By the time he was about to graduate, however, three things happened over three weeks that changed his life forever: Fulbeck's best friend since kindergarten died, his grandmother was placed in a nursing home against his mother's wishes, which splintered the extended family, and his almost-Olympic swimming career came to an abrupt end.
"I just sat at the computer one day and spewed this diatribe on the keyboard about all the things that were pissing me off. And that became my first spoken word piece. People just responded."
And the Kip Club was born. Artist Amy Hill (best known for her portrayal as Margaret Cho's hilarious grandmother in All-American Girl) thinks he's "introspective and funny and fearless."
Performance artist Dan Kwong, curator of "Treasure in the House" the Asian Pacific American performance and visual art series at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, CA, wants to thank him for "the sentiments he captures so well in The Pissed-Off Asian American Guy Who es Fed-Up and Had It With All This Ignorant Racist Bullshit (and we know who we are)."
Philip Cheah, editor of The Big O Magazine and director of the Singapore International Film Festival, lauds him for "his use of pop culture to comment on the Asian American Condition, [which] makes his observations so scathing but entertaining as well."
And Arnold Marquez, managing director of the San Diego Asian American Repertory Theater, talks about Fulbeck's "hip articulation and breezy competence," adding "That man sure makes an impression."
These days, the Kip Club is only growing. As Pam Wu, managing director of San Francisco's Asian American Theater Company, where Fulbeck performed last year, points out, "[Audiences today are] used to watching films, reality TV, videos—all mediums that cut quickly from one image to another.
"That's what Kip's work is like: he's got spoken word, he's got video, he's got soundscape, then he's back to monologue. He's the perfect introduction for younger audiences to performance art."
Which, not to sound selfish, is great or me. Because by the time my hapa kids hit adolescence in a decade or so, I'm going to enroll them in the Kip Club.


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(NEXSTAR) – Lines of mourners paid their respects Sunday to Gabby Petito during a public memorial service on Long Island, New York. Her body was discovered last a few weeks ago in a remote area in northwestern Wyoming. Authorities continue searching for Brian Laundrie, her boyfriend who is wanted as a person of interest in her death, which has been ruled a homicide.
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People out and about in the Belfast Hills were surveyed at various times from 2009 to 2012 and asked about the sites they used, their opinions of them and if they thought any improvements could be made. The most common improvement asked for was signage. This signage consisted of interpretative panels providing information about aspects of the site, and directional signage showing people where to go. To provide a coherent look and feel for signage in the Belfast Hills area, a Belfast Hills brand was developed and adopted by all landowning partners in the Belfast Hills. On this basis new site welcome signage was developed.
The Belfast Hills produced and distributed about 60,000 basic walking map and guide leaflets which describe how to get to the major public sites in the Belfast Hills, these leaflets are still available today. A constant request however was for a proper OS map of the Belfast Hills, which people can use to get to a site and orientate themselves once they enter it. This OS map was produced through the Landscape Partnership Scheme and is still available to purchase.
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Sports Digest: Worcester opens early lead and holds off Maine for ECHL win
The Railers jump to a 2-0 lead just 5:33 into the game and hold off the Maine Mariners for a 3-2 win.
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Worcester opened a two-goal lead just 5:33 into the game and the Railers went on to a 3-2 ECHL win over the Maine Mariners on Saturday night in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Shane Walsh scored at 2:13 and then set up Ross Olsson as the Railers (7-15-1-0) jumped out quick.
Walsh made it 3-0 in the third period before Maine (12-10-0-1) got goals from Alex Kile and Zach Tolkinen to pull within one goal with 7:42 left in regulation.
Evan Buitenhuis made 20 saves for Worcester.
The Mariners' Tom McCollom stopped 23.
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP: An Italian 1-2 finish edging Mikaela Shiffrin into third place. This movie has been seen before in the women's World Cup this season.
By the smallest margin, Italy's Sofia Goggia won a super-G race on Saturday and Mikaela Shiffrin was third which helped extend her overall standings lead.
Goggia was just 0.01 second faster than her teammate Federico Brignone on a sunny, windswept mountain above the high-end resort of St. Moritz
Shiffrin was only 0.13 behind Goggia for her sixth podium finish in eight World Cup races so far as she seeks a fourth straight overall title.
MEN'S WORLD CUP: Organizers of the Alpine World Cup canceled a men's slalom due to strong winds and rescheduled it for one day later.
KOREAN BASEBALL ORGANIZATION: Veteran pitcher Dan Straily has signed a one-year contract worth $800,000 with the Lotte Giants, the Korea Baseball Organization club announced.
The 31 year-old right-hander became a free agent in October after spending last season with the Baltimore Orioles, his sixth major league team.
Each KBO team is allowed two foreign pitchers with Straily joining Adrian Sampson, formerly of the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers, who signed with the Giants in November.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova is skipping the rest of this season to find her motivation again.
That means that the 17-year-old Russian won't defend her world title in the spring.
She hasn't set a date for her return to competition. Zagitova told Russian state TV on Friday that she's struggled to motivate herself ever since winning the Olympic title in 2018.
PREMIER LEAGUE: Mo Salah used his blistering pace and a bit of trickery to score both goals in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Watford – a result that extended the Reds' lead to 10 points in the table as they move closer to a first Premier League title in 30 years.
Closest challenger Leicester was held to a 1-1 draw at home by Norwich, while defending champion Manchester City is a full 17 points behind in third place ahead of its game at Arsenal on Sunday.
Fourth-place Chelsea, meanwhile, slumped to a fourth loss in five league games with a 1-0 home defeat to Bournemouth – giving added hope to the handful of teams chasing the final Champions League spot.
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Power Plays in the White House Lead to Chaos
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The ousting of Steve Bannon from the National Security Council has led to a storm of reports about the power plays that are already endemic to this White House.
Josh Marshall sees it as a rise of the "normal people."
…we do seem to be seeing a group of normal people – I use this term advisedly and in a very broad sense – trying to create a functioning administration, at least on the foreign policy front around Trump, in spite of Trump.
Mike Allen has a similar take.
Operation Normal — the steady, loud accumulation of power by Jared Kushner and his allies, at the expense of the more ideological force hardline ideologues, led by Steve Bannon — keeps winning.
Alex Isenstadt and Andrew Restuccia dive a bit deeper into the federal bureaucracy and describe a battle between Trump loyalists and the establishment. One of the former captured it with this statement: "The swamp is winning the battle."
Jonathan Stevenson is one person who isn't buying the conventional wisdom that the latest developments indicate a win for McMaster and a loss for Bannon. In making his case, he notes that Michael Flynn loyalist Ezra Cohen-Watnick still has his job as senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council because Kushner and Bannon teamed up to intervene when McMaster wanted him gone.
That raises the specter of yet another grouping. As the Russian probe intensifies, there are those who have loyally defended the president and those who have betrayed him. It might be important to keep in mind that Trump defines loyalty and betrayal differently.
Someone like Cohen-Watnick would be viewed as loyal for getting the dirt on the people Trump wants to vilify in his lie, distract and blame pattern — as long as he doesn't get caught. Once that happens, it is a betrayal (see: Michael Flynn).
What created Trump's fury about the Sessions recusal was likely the fact that the Attorney General took the hit and didn't fight back. In Trump's mind, that is a betrayal. Beyond that, Sessions recusal removed the person the president was counting on to be his watchdog over the investigation to make sure it didn't get out of hand. That is a huge betrayal. So Bannon isn't the only one that is losing power when it comes to influencing the president. I suspect that Sessions is sharing a room with him in the dog house right now.
None of this is normal. Perhaps generating this kind of chaos worked for Trump in the business world (although I doubt it). But it is disastrous in a presidency. Stevenson goes on to describe the kind of chaos we're seeing in the president's foreign policy as a result of the mess we're witnessing on the National Security Council. Here is how he describes its function:
Among the National Security Council's key tasks is to help the president arrive at a consensus on a given foreign policy issue by soliciting the views of different agencies and orchestrating compromises in formulating a clear and integrated approach. On that basis, the council customarily provides the president with background briefings and talking points, or vets those prepared by other members of his administration. The importance of this harmonizing process rests in sending clear signals to adversaries as well as allies and partners about United States attitudes and intentions.
Is it any surprise that Trump's foreign policy is a disaster right now?
Nancy LeTourneau
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Right mix of regulation and innovation needed to drive equity crowdfunding in U.S.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – There is no easy answer when it comes to the perfect amount of regulation, based on the opinions expressed by a diverse panel at the 2015 Global Regulatory Forum in Washington, D.C. today.
How well equity crowdfunding is working depends on what you actually mean by crowdfunding,Crowdcheck CEO, and founder Sara Hanks said. Models targeting accredited investors work well, as do local initiatives while the rest is a mixed bag, she added.
The Deputy Director of Policy for the National Association of Securities Administrators (NASAA) said it is clear affinity groups are supporting the concept in the 25 states with effective crowdfunding legislation. Anya Coverman said 119 offerings from small businesses looking to leverage that affinity. The offerings come from many different sectors, she added.
"It is definitely a growing and involved market," Ms. Coverman said.
John Berlau reminded the crowd that crowdfunding is not a new concept. Building upon earlier presentations citing examples from the Ming Dynasty and the Renaissance, Mr. Berlau, a Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said Ben Franklin and Henry Ford are among the famous Americans who tapped earlier variations.
Equity crowdfunding could work a lot better stateside, Mr. Berlau said.
"For decades red tape has got in the way (of progress)."
By liberalizing technology, equity crowdfunding can revive traditional community funding, Mr. Berlau added.
Koreconx founder and CEO Oscar Jofre, whose company officially launched earlier in the day, said he just returned from a similar conference in China which attracted 13,000 people, clear evidence of widespread interest in peer-to-peer finance and crowdfunding.
Just because there is strong interest, it does not mean we should rush in blindly en masse, Mr. Jofre said.
"Because we have to protect so many stakeholders it will take time."
Mr. Jofre added that the technology must be seamless. Fragmentation will be a killer.
"Equity crowdfunding will not survive without it," Mr. Jofre suggested.
Added regulation and disclosure does not necessarily curb malfeasance, several members suggested. Mr. Berlau cited research showing quarterly disclosure can actually make it easier to commit fraud. Just because data is posted does not make it accurate. Fraudsters can just as easily provide numbers every 90 days and create a false sense of security for investors.
There is actually more fraud being committed by publicly traded companies, Mr. Berlau said.
"Enron led to Sarbanes-Oxley and since then we've had Countrywide."
Mr. Jofre said that the affinity many crowdfunding investors have for the companies they support means they are not "in and out" investors. They are already connected to the company anyway and crave opportunities to solidify that connection.
Whatever actions are decided on better be enacted quickly, Mr. Berlau said.
"We've waited four years. I don't think entrepreneurs with the next Microsoft, which can benefit American society, can afford to wait."
The simple fact that technology has the ability to lower professional fees to below one percent of the average raise makes them worth considering, Ms. Hanks said.
"Let the market decide if they want to buy."
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