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Police: Body Of Black Transwoman Pulled From Lake In Dallas
The body of a black, transgender female was pulled from White Rock Lake in Dallas early Saturday evening after a passerby noticed it and called authorities, police say.
Dallas police said a person call them around 5:45 p.m. Saturday after seeing a dead body in the lake.
A Texas Game Warden was the first to arrive at the scene and pulled the body out of the water due to the potential for severe weather and fears that the body would float back into the lake, police said.
The body was not identified Saturday, but police and the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the race and gender Monday. A cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
The woman's body was found less than two weeks after the murder of Muhlaysia Booker, a black trans woman, and an annoucement from Dallas police that they were working to see if there was a link between three attacks on black trans women in Dallas in the last year -- two of which were fatal.
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Pete Buttigieg's Black and Hispanic Campaign Staff Say They Were Hired As Tokens
Study Finds Lesbians Are More Accepted Than Gay Men
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Babul Supriyo slams Dilip Ghosh for ‘shot like dogs’ remark
Kolkata, Dubbing anti-CAA protesters as “infiltrators”, BJP’s West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh has threatened to beat up, shoot and send them to jail saying his party’s governments in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Assam are doing just that.
Ghosh questioned why the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal did not fire on the protesters who destroyed public property worth Rs 500-600 crore and said her administration remained ‘inactive’ as they “vote for her”.
Addressing a party rally in Nadia district’s Ranaghat, about 80 kilometers from Kolkata, Ghosh alleged that there were one crore infiltrators in the state.
“Friends, please know these people who are opposing Hindus and Bengalis. In whose interest are they doing this? There are one crore infiltrators. They are having their meals and staying her on our money, said the controversial BJP leader known for his incendiary comments.
Referring to the widespread violent protests in the state for days last month against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, during which trains, buses, railway property were torched and vandalised, Ghosh said: “Several hundred crores… Rs 600-500 crore, went down the drain.
“This (violence) happened because there was neither any baton charge, nor firing, nor was any FIR filed. Why? Didi’s (elder sister – as Mamata Banerjee is popularly called) police did not arrest anybody.
“Why didn’t they do so, even though so much public property was destroyed? Is it anybody’s paternal property? The railway tracks, roads, buses and trains were made with the money we pay as taxes. You are not taking any action only because they are your voters?” she said.
He then referred to some states ruled by the BJP.
“In Assam, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, our governments have shot dead these devils like dogs. They were taken elsewhere and then again cases were filed against them. They will come here, eat, stay, and then destroy property, do they think this is their zamindari?
“We will hit them with sticks, shoot them, and also send them to jail. Our governments have done exactly that. Mamata Banerjee doesn’t have the guts to do anything,” Ghosh added.
“Very irresponsible of Dilip Da to have said what he said,” his party’s minister in Modi cabinet Babul Supriyo tweeted, adding that BJP as a party has nothing to do with what Dilip Ghosh has said.
“It is a figment of his imagination and BJP Governments in UP, Assam have NEVER EVER resorted to shooting people for whatever reason whatsoever,” he said on Twitter.
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Competition in food innovation
The new age has shifted weight to the quality of food products with emphasis, through innovation, on nutritional value, durability, use of local products and targeting to special groups (diabetics, etc.). The sectors with the highest degree of innovation are dairy products, beverages, ready meals, frozen products, appetizers, meat products, chocolate products, sweets, cereals, alcoholic beverages and more. In order to link the production process to research, and, at the same time, promote innovation in the field of nutrition, a widespread practice is a competition for the emergence of innovative products / packaging / disposal techniques on national and international level.
Important international competitions are:
Food Innovation Challenge which regards business ideas of packaged products disposal, in which the last winner (details here) received a prize of 50.000$ of seed funding and 50.000$ of services from National Foodworks Services.
LAUNCH Food which regards innovative ideas promoting healthy nutrition choices.
ECOTROPHELIA which is based on the projects of students' teams about creating innovative food products, which can be later promoted to the food industry.
In Greece, food sector competitions are ECOTROPHELIA and Life Innovation.
Ecotrophelia The Federation of Greek Food Industries (SEVT) has launched the 7th ECOTROPHELIA 2017 competition to create new eco-innovative food products. The aim of the competition is to support young Greek students who are engaged in food science and to become a nursery for innovative ideas in food industry. The competition aims to create innovative nutrition products (food or beverages), which will necessarily present elements of eco-innovation. In order to participate in the competition it is necessary to have a final product, which will be tested.
The ECOTROPHELIA competition is conducted on 2 levels. First, on national level, where each Food Industry Association organizes the competition in its own country to promote the best team and, then, the winners of all countries participate in the European Competition to be held at the«Food Matters Live 2017» 2017 International Food Fair , in London, 22-23/11/2017. The competition is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students of tertiary educational institutions and research institutes in Greece. Participation in the competition is through teams, consisting of 2 to 10 people, coming from the same or different university or research institutes. It is permissible for groups to be mixed, ie consisting of students of 2 levels (undergraduate and postgraduate) and be guided by a maximum of 2 supervisors, who may be either Doctoral Candidates or Postdoctoral Researchers, Lecturers, Teachers, etc.. The competition includes 4 money and 2 prizes:
The ECOTROPHELIA Gold Award, which includes a cash prize of € 1,200 and the participation of the team at the ECOTROPHELIA European competition, to be held at the International Food Show "Food Matters Live 2017" in London on 22-23/11/2017 Travel, with accommodation costs are covered by the European competition.
The ECOTROPHELIA Silver Prize, which includes a cash prize worth € 800.
The ECOTROPHELIA bronze prize, which includes a cash prize worth € 500.
The FOODPRINT Award for the best environmental footage, including a € 500 cash prize. Only products that have computed their environmental footprint will be awarded for this prize by completing the corresponding field in the technical envelope.
Honorary Best Presentation Award.
Honorary Best Marketing & Marketing Plan Award
The food product should:
Not be marketed until the day of the contest.
Be intended for human consumption.
Be tradable for retail sale and/or for sale in restaurants and/or for catering.
Be innovative in one or more points compared to similar products on the market. Innovation may be related to the idea and/or the technological aspects and/or the composition and/or packaging,
Take into account eco-innovation with regard to the main components (origin, biological and/or low energy footprint, etc.) and/or packaging (recyclable, etc.) and/or the production process (energy saving, use of recycled water, etc.), and/or logistics (new services, small supply chains, etc.).
Be distinguished for its organoleptic, nutritional or other properties.
Be reproducible on an industrial basis based on the description of the dossier (ingredients, production process, production costs, industrial investment, etc.).
Comply with applicable regulations (process, additives and ingredients, packaging, advertising, safety)
Be commercially exploitable (balance between supply and demand, marketing plan, packaging, logistics, etc.).
Be fully consistent with all of the above criteria.
In the 2017 competition the products that were awarded in the competition are the following:
First prize (€ 1,200 in prize money and participation in the European competition to be held at the Food Matters Live 2017 International Food Fair, London, 22-23 / 11/2017) Τeam of the NTUA/School of Chemical Engineering for the product "AVOYOG Smoothie Beverage", a functional drink of avocados and strawberry yoghurt with prebiotics and antioxidants.
2nd prize (prize money 800 €) Group of ATEI/Department of Nutrition and Dietetics - AUA/Department of Biotechnology - NTUA/School of Electrical and Computer Engineering for "Yomast", a Greek yogurt 2% without lactose with mastic, enriched with vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus.
3rd prize (prize money 500 €) Team of the NTUA/School of Chemical Engineering for the product "Eli", a snack of Greek green olives with crisp coating.
Honorary Award for Best Presentation To TEI THESSALY/Food Technology Department for the "Don Cake" product, which is protein fiber cookies cooked with cream cheese and goat milk.
Honorary Award "Best Marketing & Marketing Plan" To PAN. AEGEAN/Department of Food and Nutrition Science for the product "Honey Bee Good", a food based on Greek honey and herbs.
FOODPRINT Award Group of the NTUA/School of Chemical Engineering & ELGO DIMITRA/Institute of Agricultural Technology for the product "Veggie Cuts", which had the best environmental footprint in order to raise awareness among students and to encourage food companies to take all necessary actions to reduce Of carbon emissions.
In the 2016 competition, according to the results of the evaluation, 16 student groups were selected in the second phase, namely:
National Technical University of Athens / Chemical Engineering School «Vegan, Say Cheese» It is a vegan spreading product alternative to milk products, rich in nutritional and probiotic cultures.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / Agriculture School «OnYoGreekWhey» The product is a nutritious yoghurt dessert with bioactive ingredients from whey and onion bark.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / Chemistry Department «HALKIDELEAR» The product is tasty olives with reduced salt for all groups of people in a smart snack package.
Agricultural University of Athens / Food Science and Human Nutrition «SHELLICIOUS» The product is tasty vegetable chips, enriched in calcium with high nutritional value.
TEI of Athens / Food Technology and Nutrition Department & Univeristy of Ioaninna / Biological Application and Technology Department «DEMAVIE» The product is an innovative nourishing nutritional supplement donkey milk, rich in beta-glucans and antioxidants and of low calorie value.
National Technical University of Athens / Chemical Engineering School «Fibertoni» The product is a type of fresh pasta of high nutritional value without gluten from alternative buckwheat flour, beans and a high percentage of dietary fiber.
Agricultural University of Athens / Food Science and Human Nutrition
«Veggie it» The product is a delicious, high-value stuffed biscuit with lyophilized vegetables and beta-glucan.
Agricultural University of Athens / Food Science and Human Nutrition «ProBito» The product is a beverage, absolutely delicious and functional, made of fresh tomato juice, probiotics and stevia!
National Technical University of Athens / Chemical Engineering School «GR – Eco salad snack» The product is a semi-dehydrated healthy snack with rich flavor, high nutritional value and stable at ambient temperature.
TEI of Thessalia / Food Technology Department «LO.GI.C BREADD» The product is functional woody oven with low glycemic index, β-glucan, vitamins D and E, ω-3 & fibers.
TEI of Thessalia / Food Technology Department «οΝvit» The product is ice cream, with honey and beta-glucan, low in fat, ecological.
Aegean University / Food and Nutrition Science Department «SIX STICKS» The product is a salty bar of cereals with ω3 fatty acids and gluten-free and lactose-free fiber.
TEI of Thessalia / Food Technology Department «Cruckies» The product is raw oatmeal cookies, a source of fiber and beta-glucan, a new proposal for a healthy lifestyle.
Aegean University / Food and Nutrition Science Department «Black waves» They are ecologically nutritious crackers that combine unique Mavragani flour and Kalathaki Lemnos cheese, Mytilini olives and extracts of Greek herbs.
Aegean University / Food and Nutrition Science Department «Αegean Puffs» It is an innovative snack, of high nutritional value, made 100% of local raw materials from the Aegean islands.
TEI of Thessalia / Food Technology Department «MEDdipTERRANEO» It is a tomato sauce bio-functional, ecological, of high nutritional value, with a strong Mediterranean character.
With the completion of the 2nd phase, the products, distinguished in the competition, are the following:
1st prize: € 1,200 cash prize and participation in the European competition to be held in Paris on 17 October 2016 in the framework of the SIAL International Exhibition. The product that won the 1st place was "Veggie it" and arose from the collaboration of I. Makaritis, N. Grivokostopoulos, M. Gerekou, D. Siderakos, K. - A. Steriotis, D. Tagouli, GAO students under the guidance of Dr. A. Kapetanakou.
2nd Prize: 800 € cash prize The product that won 2nd place was the "GR - Eco salad snack", which resulted from the collaboration of K. Panteleakis, C. Koumandrakis, M. Yannoglou, NTUA students under the guidance of Dr. G. Katsaros.
3rd prize: 500 € cash prize The product that won 3rd place was the "HALKIDELEAR", which resulted from the collaboration of A. Mashrelexis, M. Philippidou and E. Papadakis, students of the Aristotle University under the direction of Prof. M. Tsimidou.
Honorary Best Presentation Award The Best Presentation Award was awarded to the TEI of Thessaly for the product "Cruckies".
Honorary Best Marketing - Marketing Award The Best Marketing and Marketing Plan was awarded to the Aegean University for the product "Aegean Puffs".
An innovation competition was launched by APIVITA, in collaboration with the "Βιοεπιχειρείν", entitled "Life Innovation", offering a lucrative scholarship of 6,000 Euros funded 50% from"Βιοεπιχειρείν" and 50% from APIVITA with the possibility of dissertation at the APIVITA bioclimatic plant. The competition has three thematic sections:
Innovative Cosmetic Product
Innovative Dietary Product
Innovative Dietary Supplement
Right to participate to the competition have: Graduates of Health Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Polytechnic Schools and other Departments of Greek Universities or recognized institutions abroad, as well as graduates of ATEI departments of relevant cognitive subject. Deadline for submitting proposals is July 5, 2017. A total of six (6) best proposals from all thematic sections will be announced on July 15th and will qualify for the 2nd phase of the competition, from which the 3 best proposals for the third and final phase of the competition. To enter the competition, tap here.
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Tali Tamir - Dürer on Treetops
Ayelet Carmi’s painting clings to a lost solemnity: ceremonial gestures, parades and processions, emperors and princes, mythological attributes, and small nature rituals. The flag-bearers heading the ceremony are all women whose facial features and not-very-young naked bodies attest to their being women of the current time and place, charged with past and history, and as such — they do not belong to the world of myth. As if given a signal or a cue by some director, they collaborate with the interrupted gestures and fragments of festivity still underway.
This theatrical vision takes place outdoors, in nature, surrounded by tree trunks, felled bare branches, a few small leaves, and ultra-thin twigs. Carmi undermines proportion: her mythological human community is reduced in scale in comparison to the life-size trees. Quotations from classic art of antiquity and the Renaissance enhance the sense of alienation and distance, generating a feeling of temporal split and chronological incongruence: the mythical presence is “inserted” within a picture of local scenery and inside the body of women of flesh-and-blood who obey the uncontrollable theatrical urge forcing itself on them. They are led by the artist herself, in the figure of the mythological Medusa: her self-portrait is portrayed on a flag fluttering overhead, her eyes wide open, her hair swirling snake-like around her. This is the petrifying gaze of Medusa, the gaze of the painter which freezes the vision onto the wall, turning it into stone.
The rituals likewise take place on several levels and in different times: these are battle and war rituals, cults of nature and flora, as well as rituals of modernist painting. The women in the group bear the signs of myth: a lion’s mask, javelins and swords, twigs and branches of sorts, a painter’s pair of compasses or a long brushstroke that they drag along like the train of a dress. In contrast, the figures of princes, dressed in Renaissance elegance and painted against the backdrop of silver and gold leaves, are circumscribed within their medallions in silent gestures. This strange procession progresses toward the “big bang,” but even this melancholic and spatially isolated apocalyptic event is revealed via art-world attributes: a female torso akin to a quote of an armless classical statue, with a torn, bleeding arm, and color splattering a-la Jackson Pollock behind the figure’s sculpted head… Art has become yet another mythological stratum with a legible code all its own, alongside the other mythologies populating Carmi’s painterly oeuvre. Straightforward reality is invisible; it is concealed by chains and cycles of theatrical gestures.
As someone who grew up in a kibbutz, in the Jezreel Valley, Carmi’s painterly style initially appears far-removed from all local aesthetics, evading any reference to socialist asceticism. A closer reading, however, reveals the appearance of a dual awareness oscillating between sublime ideology and harsh banality, between the body’s aging and the eternal juvenility of utopia. Carmi’s painterly installations are imbued with the echoes of collective ritualism, with a festive ornamentation of flags and emblems, with the rhythm of processions and parades, and with an upright mythological self-image. The vegetation paintings, accompanying virtually every scene, similarly attest to an intimate affinity with raw nature, and a physical sense of twig and leaf surfaces and of the roughness of tree bark.
Carmi has replicated the ritualism inherent in her since childhood onto art historical ritualism. She transformed Pollock’s splatters or De Kooning’s slashing brush strokes into a “hoisted” flag, just like the May Day flag; she hosted Dürer, Velázquez, Goya, and Albers in the shade of her childhood trees, juxtaposing them with fantasies about glamorous princes whose power lies in their standing — there, afar — motionless, doing nothing but playing their flutes. Furthermore, Carmi placed the great compasses — an age-old attribute of painters and artists, but also of God, the ‘architect of the universe’ — in the hand of a woman (as opposed to the male figure holding a huge pair of compasses in William Blake’s 1794 painting The Ancient of Days, for example). In her other hand the woman holds a sword, but her head and attention are turned to the work of art embodied by the pair of compasses.
Within Carmi’s body of work from recent years, a special chapter is dedicated to classical reliefs adorning Alexander the Great’s sarcophagus (4th century BC). These reliefs, which Carmi copied with the discipline of an art student at the Louvre, feature bloody battle scenes; she painted them during the Second Lebanon War, when the studio bubble was pricked vis-à-vis the stormy reality outside. Consciously striving to distance her testimony from the immediate reality, Carmi incorporated the mythological figure of the conquering emperor and the energy of belligerent masculinity into the mysterious procession of women bearing the flags of color and vegetation.
One anatomical detail recurring in Carmi’s relief paintings acquires a symbolical meaning: the phalluses of the nude men in the marble relief have been broken over the years, making them appear like a black hole, a negative of intrusive masculinity, and their owners — like emasculated warriors… Carmi’s women, in contrast, are muscled and industrious like bees, taking the fragile reality on their shoulders, bravely confronting it.
The nascent Israeli art has no direct, paved course leading to the heights of Western painting. All it can do is embark momentarily on brilliant, “inserted,” quotations, forever foreign and strange, in a reality of turbid rivers and sparse vegetation. These instances of leap are moments of dreaming about conversion, refinement, princeliness. Carmi takes the liberty of leaping — if possible, to another century, even another millennium: art is her flagship, the canvas is the sail, and the brush is the oar and mast. The captain stands in her full stature on the front deck.
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Jose Mourinho has criticised pitch conditions amid chaotic scenes in Beijing ahead of Mondays International Champions Cup clash against Manchester City, and stated his only objective was to get his Manchester United players home healthy. The United manager held an impromptu briefing with some members of the press on the side of the stadium pitch on Sunday after the initial news gathering inside the conference room at the National Stadium was cancelled due to soaring temperatures. My only objective is to take the players home safe and without injury. These are no conditions to play a good game of football. Jose Mourinho on Mondays Beijing friendly Hours earlier, City boss Pep Guardiola was handed a towel as temperatures reached unbearable levels inside the Olympic Sports Centre during his press briefing. The incident capped a chaotic 24 hours for United after half the first-team squad were re-routed on their flight from Shanghai to Nanjing airport 160 miles away from Beijing due to adverse weather in the Chinese capital. International Champions Cup on Sky Whos playing when and where and how to watch Further torrential downpours are forecast over the next 24 hours and Mourinho claims the condition of the pitch at the Birds Nest - which organisers believe will be fine for the game - have caused him to re-evaluate his priorities ahead of Mondays meeting with City (kick-off 12.30pm BST).Mourinho said: I think Beijing is unlucky because the pitch is very bad. The condition of my players is more important than the results in pre-season. Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says city rivals United will be a better team this season under Jose Mourinho My only objective is to take the players home safe and without injury. These are no conditions to play a good game of football.If it was a friendly, it becomes a double friendly now. No injuries, play calm, play safe, go home and keep the preparation for next week. I hope our players and Citys players can go home without injury. Pep: I will shake Joses hand Pep Guardiola insists he will shake Jose Mourinhos hand on Monday Manchester City have been doing all they can to make sure the game goes ahead as planned. For the past 10 days, their deputy head groundsman has been in Beijing working - at Citys expense - with the ground staff at the Birds Nest Stadium.Mourinho also voiced his displeasure at having the travel plans of half his squad disrupted.We were supposed to fly with two different planes, with half of us in one plane and half in the other, added Mourinho.The ones in the first plane were lucky because we landed safely and were in the hotel to have dinner. Highlights of Uniteds 4-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the International Champions Cup on Friday The second group was unlucky. The plane was not good. They had to make an unscheduled landing for a couple of hours, and then they arrived in the hotel to have dinner at one oclock in the morning.After a 4-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Friday, and now the difficult weather conditions in Beijing, Uniteds trip to China has not been ideal preparation for the upcoming Premier League campaign.Mourinho admitted he cannot wait to get back to Manchester and begin training with his full complement of players. Jose Mourinho helped launch Manchester Uniteds new home kit for the 2016/17 season during their tour to China Manchester City have all of their players. We have six, seven or eight, which played in the Euros, he said.What I want is to get back to Manchester and train with the full group.Asked why the club has come to China for pre-season, Mourinho added: Its good for the fans and for the commercial side of things.We have a good group, we have a good spirit and we cope with it. Monday is the last day and then it is over. Follow Man Utd v Man City on Monday on skysports.com and Sky Sports mobile and iPad apps, with highlights available to watch across Sky Sports from midnight. Also See: Pogba not worth ￡86m - Scholes Pep: I will shake Joses hand Jose: Our goal is the title ICC guide - whos playing when? Jaromir Jagr Jersey . FLIP SAUNDERS (Timberwolves): Im not the least bit surprised that he appointed himself as head coach after his search concluded. Mika Zibanejad Jersey . 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The Patriots are scheduled to practice again on Friday before leaving for Denver where they face Peyton Manning and the Broncos in the AFC championship game on Sunday. Brady is 10-4 in his career agaiinst Manning.dddddddddddd. That includes a 2-1 record in the post-season. The Patriots (13-4) have won their last three games with Brady throwing for fewer than 200 yards in each of them. Theyve relied on a strong running game led by LeGarrette Blount. The Broncos (14-3) are coming off a 24-17 AFC divisional-round win over San Diego. ' ' '
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Golf Buggy Emergency
Jerry Jones, our mechanic was called out to a broken down golf buggy on the 14th hole on Tuesday.
Many years of training and experience enabled him to identify the fault (the key was in the off position) and swiftly return the buggy to the players.
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Top Dressing Greens
The greens were top dressed today.
Top dressing is one of our most important tools for maintaining firm fast and true greens.
Greens update
The greens were reading 8ft 4inches on the stimpmeter this morning and the smoothness rating was 7.
The soil temperature is up to around 9.4 degrees so we should start to see some grass growth and improved definition over the next couple of weeks. We're planning to top dress the greens early next week - weather permitting.
Nightingales have returned over the weekend with at least five singing males on the course this morning. Although spring is very late this year, the nightingales have arrived at about the usual time, it seems a little odd to hear them singing with hardly a leaf to be seen on the trees.
Vertidraining greens
The greens are being Vertidrained this week; we carry out this work every four to six weeks through the Winter and two or three time during the growing season.
Vertidraining and other aeration work is a key part of our maintenance programme, without it a deterioration in turf quality is inevitable. Aeration reduces compaction of the soil, a process by which foot and vehicle traffic compresses the soil, reducing pore space.
The main benefits of aeration are:
Improved drainage (firm fast greens)
Deeper rooting
Improved drought resistance and reduced water usage
Reduced thatch build up
The fine grasses are encouraged at the expense of shallow rooting annual meadow grass.
Bunker work
The recent spell of very windy and dry weather has played havoc with the bunkers. The wind redistributes the sand within the bunkers, or blows it away, exposing the native sand and a lot of stone. We've been working on putting the sand back where it should be, topping up where necessary and removing stone.
Andrew and Arthur sorting out the fairway bunker left of the 18th
Heather Establishment
As part of our Higher Level Stewardship agreement we're working on the restoration of lowland heath on four areas of the course. The main aim is to establish heather and prevent the encroachment of bracken, coarse grasses, scrub and trees. Two of the areas (between the 10th green and 18th tee and behind the 12th tee) were previously covered in dense bracken. The bracken has been controlled and the accumulated bracken litter has been removed to expose mineral soil, then heather brashings containing seed have been spread over the area. The other two areas are the 4th carry where we hope to increase the amount of heather and the 13th carry where the existing heather area is to be extended.
Trevor and Neil spreading heather brashings between the 16th and 17th holes
Many thanks to Dave Thurlow the RSPB warden at North Warren for allowing us to collect heather brashings for this work from land at Aldringham Walks.
Weather summary for March
March was very cold (coldest for over 50 years) and dull. We recorded a maximum temperature of 10.6 degrees C on the 5th and a minimum of -2.2 on the 11th. The average temperature was 2.9 but with the relentless wind towards the end of the month it felt a lot colder. The soil temperature remained low throughout the month with an average of around 3.5 degrees; much lower than the 9 degree average we recorded in 2012. It is soil temperature that has the greatest impact on grass growth at this time of year so we're some way off having significant growth to work with.
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April Cheri
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Life is a Verb Talk: I Am Because We Are
Posted on November 10, 2015 by April Cheri / 0 Comment
I Am Because We Are: What I Learned About Building Cultures of Belonging from Leading a Rural Sex Positive Organization
There is a beautiful saying among the Xhosa tribe in Africa , Ubuntu, that says, “I am, because we are.” My sense of self is directly related to the depth of my being known, being an integral part of the whole.
If you took a peek behind the Redwood Curtain in Northern California between 2008 and 2013, you would have found an unusual community built on that very principle. A group came together to produce sex positive events in Humboldt County, a rural community best known the world over for its marijuana. The organization – which we called The Impropriety Society – was led by three women – myself and two others.
These events were unique in the US because they were inclusive of all sexual expression – straight monogamous couples, swingers and polyamorous tribes, queer and trans folk, and all sorts of kinky players. In cities, the various sex positive groups tend to gather exclusively with similar people. Rare is a party where every form of expression is both welcome and celebrated. But when you live in a county with a population of 150,000, this was the only way to throw regular events that involve more than a handful of the same people. These all-inclusive parties built a foundation for long-term community engagement.
Parties included a dance floor and DJs, catered food, amateur performances, cuddle spaces for intimate activity, and a separate dungeon for kinky activity so that non-kinky folks could choose whether they could see what was going on. Every party also had a blue room – a chill out space where no sexual activity was allowed so that people could take a break if needed. Our events were not orgies. They were simply a safe and creative space provided for consensual activities between adults.
When we started this endeavor, the three of us really had no idea what we were getting into. As one of my partners would repeatedly say, we just wanted to throw fun sexy parties. Instead, because there is so much shame in sexuality, we birthed a radically inclusive community where deep questions around inclusion and belonging came to the surface regularly.
The first step we took towards radical inclusion was the Vibes Crew.
Large parties had a volunteer staff of 80 -100 people to manage up to 300 guests. We had crews for food, music, performances, security, the dungeon, clean up, and Vibes. Security was responsible for external and physical safety. Vibes was responsible for emotional safety for both guests and staff. Their task was to foster a sense of welcome and belonging. Vibes held a safe container, held space for expression, exploration, and connection. They were trained in how to encourage and support the intense emotional energy that people experience in such a highly charged and vulnerable environment. Some of the basics included making sure everyone was personally welcomed – we didn’t want anyone to leave without having known they were seen and appreciated as a participant – and handing out water at 3 a.m. when everyone was dehydrated from dancing and playing. Vibes was trained specifically not to look for problems, but to look for opportunities to connect, inform, and support, especially when things were awkward or challenging.
With the Vibes crew, a modified Vibes training for all staff, and the commitment to operate from our core values (including love and service to the greatest good), we invited people out of isolation and fear into love and acceptance. We practiced radical inclusion with people of different body types, with disabilities, chronic illnesses, and mental health challenges, people with unusual and taboo interests, single men who were perceived as “creepy” (which usually translates to someone who is socially awkward and/or insecure), and even people who publicly attacked us (it’s amazing how you can disarm people through love and transparency).
We nurtured a sense of belonging by actively encouraging vulnerability and connection. I led trainings that required vulnerability to help our staff to be mindful of what guests experience in an erotic party environment. Just showing up to one of these events is vulnerable. Dressing in what we think is sexy is vulnerable, especially for anyone that varies from our cultural beauty norms. Sharing and living out one’s deepest desires and fantasies is vulnerable. Seeking new friends and play partners is vulnerable. Having an unusual kink is vulnerable. So we had interactive training activities that provoked vulnerability. For example, we guided small circles, in which each volunteer had to share a desire or a fear for the upcoming party and be lovingly witnessed and held by the group.
For guests, we started with a pre-event primer at which people new to the community could meet the hostesses, some volunteers, and other new party goers, as well as have all of their questions answered. At events we encouraged guests to be active participants through games like get-to-know-you BINGO with sexually oriented content, missions on small slips of paper that required finding someone to fulfill, or unique valentines and thank you cards for people to give each other (like Camp!). We did everything we could imagine to encourage people to connect.
We were told over and over again that people were transformed by our events and our community. We had gender-queer people who felt comfortable expressing themselves in public for the first time. We had people with deep wounds around sexuality who were healed through positive interactions. We had people who had felt incredibly alone in their kinky interests who found not just acceptance, but celebration of their authenticity. People became whole because they were known for their truth and beauty. There was no Other. When the community gathered, everyone was part of the tribe.
Now that I’ve witnessed and experienced the power of a culture of belonging, I am passionate about taking this work into the greater world. I currently work for a nonprofit that provides radically inclusive community for people who are poor, addicted, and/or physically or mentally disabled in the downtown neighborhoods of Portland, OR. I am also developing community art projects that explore our stories of belonging and how we can work together to provide belonging for each other in our local communities. My hope is to bring this concept of Ubuntu into our culture and meet the need for belonging and wholeness that exists in all of us.
Thank you for including me and co-creating this incredible culture of belonging.
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Alaus oculatus (Eyed Click Beetle).
Size: approx. 45 mm. Photo: 07/29/18, 11 am.
I'm excited to finally have a photo of the iconic Eyed Click Beetle. The large "fake" eyes are seemingly meant to intimidate or confuse predators. Its amber-colored larvae feed on grubs of wood-boring beetles. They have strong jaws and should be handled with care. The small photo shows the same specimen on its back. It actually stopped moving when it noticed me even after I turned it around.
bug guide (these photos):
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http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/trees/beetles/click_beetle.htm
Anchastus fumicollis.
Size: approx. 7 mm. Photo: 04/05/16, 9 pm.
Anchastus fumicollis is endemic to Florida.
bug guide (this photo):
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1207362
Athous cucullatus.
Size: approx. 10 mm. Photo: 06/03/15, 10 pm.
This small click beetle sat nicely in a perfectly fitting groove of our window frame and then started to move around. It is Athous cucullatus. The genus has 40 species in North America.
Conoderus lividus.
A common click beetle in the Eastern US.
Diplostethus carolinensis.
Size: approx. 15-20 mm. Photo: 07/04/16, 10 pm.
Diplostethus carolinensis is a rather large click beetle. The brownish color on this photo surprised me, because in real life it looked rather blueish black to dark gray.
Dipropus sp..
Photo: 08/18/14, 9 pm.
The expert on bugguide.net thought that this click beetle might be a female of D. schwarzi or possibly D. simplex. The genus has eight species in North America.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/980595
Heteroderes amplicollis (Gulf Wireworm).
Size: approx. 5-10 mm. Photo: 09/12/11, 11 pm.
This click beetle is a Gulf Wireworm (Heteroderes amplicollis). It is not native but was introduced from South/Central America. Click beetles can produce a loud click sound by snapping a spine on the prosternum into a notch on the mesosternum. This trick can bounce the beetle into the air to avoid a predator or simply to get back on its feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_beetle
Melanotus sp..
This click beetle is Melanotus sp. The genus has 50 over species north of Mexico. In contrast to most other beetles, click beetles have a rather flexible connection between the mesothorax and the prothorax. If placed on their back they can "click" and jump, which typically turns them right side up.
Melanotus morosus.
The body color of this click beetle species is reddish-brown. Its body is evenly covered with white hairs and 10.5-13 mm long. The pronotum is wider than long. One can usually distinguish this species from M. depressus because "they have the pronotal sides parallel and not distinctly divergent as in depressus".
J.W. Smith, W.R. Enns, J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 51, 42, 1978:
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Orthostethus infuscatus.
A "hairy" and rather large click beetle. These "hairs" lie very close to the body that is strikingly elongated. I found this specimen rather close to one of our outdoor lights. A high resolution photo can be accessed here.
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Photo: 07/03/18, 10 pm.
A fairly large click beetle. The genus Selonodon has 25 species in the US but identification to the species level is apparently extremely difficult. Females are flightless, which might contribute to regional variations that further complicate identification. Bugguide.net also states that "most adult activity seems to be during and immediately after big rainstorms".
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Records The Shape of a Single Photon Unveiled in China
Por Camilo Arcaya • 17 may, 2013 • Sección: Opinion
The world’s first quantum memory that stores the shape and structure of single photons has been built in a Chinese lab
Photons are the workhorses of modern communication. At present, they generally carry information in light pulses consisting of many photons but physicists are already able to use single photons instead, encoding data in their very structure.
One way of doing this is to use the photon’s orbital angular momentum, a measure of its helicity. So instead of travelling as an ordinary flat wave, the photon can be thought of as a helix with left or right handedness that is twisted to varying degrees.
Physicists can use this handedness and the amount of twist to encode data in the very shape and structure of the photon itself. This has big advantages over the way physicists exploit photons today.
The conventional way physicists do this is using polarisation. A photon can have two distinct polarisation states–either horizontal or vertical. It’s straightforward to create photons in one state or the other and use this to encode data.
The big advantage of orbital angular momentum is that a photon can be produced in an infinite number of different states of handedness and twistedness. That means a single photon can carry an arbitrarily large amount of information, in principle a least.
So it’s no surprise that researchers are eagerly exploring ways of creating and detecting photons with varying spatial structures that can carry information.
But what they’ve lacked is a way of storing these photons–including their detailed shape and structure–and then releasing them again later.
Today, Dong-Sheng Ding and pals at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei say they’ve cracked this problem for the first time.
These guys have generated a single photon with a complex spatial structure, stored that photon in a cloud of rubidium atoms and then released it up to 400 nanoseconds later. In their experiment, they compare the structure of the photons that come out of storage with the structure of the photons that go in and say they are more or less identical. “The spatial structure of the photon is preserved very well,” they say.
That’s a potentially important advance. Other groups have made similar attempts to store photons in this way but only by using laser beams so weak that they probably contain a single photon at any instant. However, there’s no way of being certain that the experiments definitely do involve single photons.
Dong-Sheng and co improve on this by creating their photons individually, using a process known as spontaneous four wave mixing. This means they can be sure the experiments involve single photons rather than an ensemble of them. “We report on the first experimental realization of storing a true single photon carrying an orbital angular momentum in a cold atomic ensemble,” they say.
The ability to store and release single photons is one of the enabling technologies for a quantum internet. These quantum storage devices are the key to quantum routers. Clearly, memories that can preserve the spatial structure of the photons will make this kind of router, and the internet it empowers, far more flexible and capable.
Of course, the technologies that end up making the quantum internet of the future will depend on many other factors, not least of which will be a significant dollop of luck. But given the numerous advances in this area made by Chinese labs in recent years, only a fool would bet against Chinese technology playing a significant role in the way we quantum communicate in future.
Ref: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2675
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514921/first-quantum-memory-that-records-the-shape-of-a-single-photon-unveiled-in-china/
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Mahabharata Vol. 9 (Second review)
Mahabharata: Volume 9
Translated by Bibek Debroy
"A wife must always be honoured and cherished. When women are not honoured, all the rites become unsuccessful. When daughters-in-law grieve, the family is destroyed." Very strong words spoken in defence of women - and pointedly addressed to both the husband and the parents-in-law. The sanctity of marriage not only results from the vows, but also from the "injunction of dharma that a husband must regard his wife as having been given to him by the gods." What about parents who sell their sons - basically yoke a son to the family who will give the maximum dowry? Such a person has to "progressively pass through seven terrible hells known as "Kalasahvya". After death, he feeds on sweat, urine and excrement." An unpalatable fate that still does not seem to deter many.
Forget dowry, even the act of giving to the undeserving can invite such a fate - "the giver remains in hell for ten years - surviving on excrement."
Temptation is a constant in the epic, though the lessons are never straightforward or along expected lines - succumbing to it does not always have negative consequences, and resisting it does not open the gates of heaven either, as Arjuna learned in heaven! Innumerable tales abound on how sons were born to sages - the birth of Krishna Dvapayana as later his son, Shuka exist as prominent examples. Just as men, women too are not beyond temptation. In Anushasan Parva we get to read tales of temptation from the other side, so to say. Dana Dharma Parva has a story of Vipula using yogic powers to reside in his preceptor Devasharma's wife Ruchi's body in order to protect her from the advances of Indra in the sage's absence - a very paranormal tale if you ask me!
While on the topic of temptations, you may recall King Janaka of Mithila as a person who figures not only in the Ramayana, but also in several Upanishads. The wise king makes a frequent appearance in the Moksha Dharma Parva also - as when instructing Shuka. There is a lengthy conversation between Shuka and Janaka, between Janaka and Parashara, where Parashara opines, "If a man knowingly performs wicked deeds and then performs good deeds in atonement, he will separately obtain the fruits of both." Coming back to temptation, the debate between Sulabha, a female mendicant, and Janaka, is riveting in its own right. Sulabha wished to test King Janaka, and "used her powers of yoga to penetrate the king's spirit with her own spirit". The ensuing debate between the two takes place using only the mind - no words are spoken!
Krishna may well have said that a person who was always established in truth was but a child - i.e., of juvenile intellect. Narada had the same opinion. On being questioned by Shuka, he had this to say about truth - "There is nothing that is superior to truth. Truthful words are the best. However, beneficial words are preferable to the truth. It is my view that whatever brings great benefit to creatures is the truth." We know of sage Vishwamitra, who was once a king and khsatriya, but became a brahmana because of his austerities. Yet there is the fascinating and also poignant tale of King Vitahavya who became a brahmana, not because of austerities, but because of words spoken by sage Brigu, to save him from King Divodasa's son, Pratardana. Bhrigu's words were not quite the truth when uttered, but they became true. Pratardana left happy, victorious. Why? Because of the sage's words, the kshatriya Vitahavya left his kshatriya ways and become a brahmana. For all practical purposes, the kshatriya was no more. In his place stood now a brahmana. This one call the the easy way of becoming a brahmana. The other way is quite difficult, involving a few thousand cycles of births.
While almost the entire Anushasan Parva is in the form of questions - by Yudhishthira - and answers - mostly by Bhishma - you will still be taken aback, to put it mildly, by this proverbial bouncer of a question that Yudhishthira posed to Bhishma: "When there is intercourse between a woman and a man, who feels the greater pleasure from this?" No, this is not a trick question, though Bhishma - an avowed bachelor and celibate - may have felt otherwise, and was certainly unqualified to answer the question. What Bhishma did do was to recount a conversation between Bhangashvana and Shakra (Indra) on this topic - Bhangashvana who was a king and who turned into a woman. A poignant tale, again, made so by Indra's insecurities.
Vishnu Saharanaam - the thousand names of Vishnu - is quite well-known, and on which Adi Sankara wrote a masterful commentary, Siva Sahasranaam - thousand names of Siva - however is comparatively less known. This despite the fact that both are to be found in the Mahabharata, and that too in the same Parva and upa Parva - Dana Dharma Parva in Anushasan Parva. The Siva Sahasranaam comes first, in Chapter 17 of Anushasan Parva. Even though Yudhishthira addresses this question to Bhishma, it is Vasudeva who answers at Bhishma's request. And how did Krishna get to know these thousand names? From Upamanyu. The full lineage of the transfer of knowledge can be traced from Brahma, to Indra, to Mrityu, to Rudras, to Tandi, to Shukra and Bhargava, to Goutama, to Vaivasvata Manu, to Achyut Narayana, to Yama, to Nachiketa, to Markandeya, and then on to Upamanyu, and then to Krishna, who recited these to Yudhishthira. The art of citations had been perfected in ancient Aryavarta!
By the way, do you know the price of a Brahmana? Yes, I mean it - if you had to pay a price in exchange for a brahmana, would you pay a thousand gold coins? No? How about a hundred thousand, a crore, half the kingdom? What if the brahmana in question is Sage Chyavana? Well, Anushasan Parva answers this question. If you are the impatient type, jump to chapter 51 of Dana Dharma Parva to find out.
The penultimate volume - 9 - in Dr. Debroy's series of unabridged translation of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute's Critical Edition of the Mahabharata is long, over seven hundred pages, and over eight thousand shlokas. It contains approximately six thousand shlokas of Moksha-dharma Parva and two-and-a-half thousand shlokas from Dana-dharma Parva - both from Anushasan Parva. Volumes 9 and 10 were released concurrently, so the latest unabridged English translation of the Mahabharata is now complete. Gods willing, I will have finished reading the tenth volume shortly, the review online, and so my journey too will have reached a logical point of conclusion.
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ISBN-13: 9780143422914, 9789351186649 (ebook)
Publisher: Penguin
This review first appeared in Swarajya on March 9, 2015.
My review of Volume 9, in Swarajya Magazine
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Muslim Leader Foils Deadly Terrorist Attack Against Christian Church in Egypt: 'We Have to Take Care of Each Other'
By Leah Marieann Klett ( [email protected] ) Jan 10, 2019 10:50 AM EST Comment
Coptic Christians worship in the main Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, May 22, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
In an incredible act of compassion and unity, a Muslim leader foiled a deadly terrorist attack against a Christian church -- and called on Christians and Muslims to "stand by each other's side and take care of each other."
According to AsiaNews, the incident took place at the end of the celebrations for Coptic Orthodox Christmas at the Church of the Virgin Mary and Abu Seifin in Ezbat al-Haganah, Nasr City, an eastern suburb of the Egyptian capital. For the Coptic Orthodox, January 7 marks the celebration of Christmas.
Local sources told the outlet that Coptic Christians were celebrating their Christmas when a stranger with a suitcase approached the church. Sheikh Saad Askar, the imam of the mosque opposite the church, was conducting services when two of his students noticed the man and alerted him of the potential threat.
Together with mosque worker Gouda Shaaban Khalifa, 63, Askar ran after the man, but he fled the scene, leaving behind a trolley case. A video posted on social media shows the sheikh warning people in the church to quickly get away.
The police found three explosive devices inside the suitcase. Major Mostafa Ebeid al-Azhari, from the bomb squad at the Cairo Security Directorate, defused two bombs before the third one exploded, killing him, the BBC reports.
Visiting the church afterward, Imam Askar said: "We have to stand by each other's side and take care of each other. Those who target places of worship have no religion and are neither Muslim nor Christian."
Coptic Christians, whose faith dates back to about AD50, make up approximately 5 to 10 percent of the Egyptian population. In recent years, the group has faced brutal terror attacks on churches and their communities, with the Islamic State terror group spreading its influence into Egypt. More than 100 Coptic Christians have been killed in attacks by jihadists since 2016.
Some Christian leaders in Egypt have said that despite the persecution they face, followers of Christ are winning new converts in the Islamic country.
"The mood is very, very good amongst Christians who are living in Egypt. Not because the situation is good or bad - that is not the reason. We have two kinds of news - earthly news, which is very ugly, very discouraging and I think in the West, you get only the earthly news - a bombing here or there," Rev. Sameh Hanna, associate pastor at the Evangelical Church in Cairo, told Premier in April.
"But there is heavenly news. We know what is going on spiritually. We see things that not everybody is seeing. We see things you are not hearing. We see the multitude coming to the knowledge of Christ from every background, so this brings joy to us."
In a Christmas message delivered to the Coptic Church, Pope Francis praised Christians for their faithfulness despite ongoing persecution, saying "you have some martyrs who give strength to your faith. Thank you for your example."
"I offer a special greeting to my very dear brother His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and to the dear Coptic Orthodox Church, which is known to give a true witness of faith and charity even in very difficult times," Pope Francis said.
"May the worship of God in the highest heaven ever be welcomed in the new cathedral, and may blessings and peace descend upon all people, whom God loves," he added.
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A Glimmer Of "RPM2Nite" Appears On ESPN
Normally, Thursdays are a bit slow on the "NASCAR news" beat. This week, things are even slower with the NEXTEL Cup Series taking the weekend off. This "Thursday vacuum" has always led ESPN2's daily racing show, NASCAR Now, to struggle in figuring out what to talk about, and even who should do the talking. Viewers have seen a "veritable plethora" of talking heads visiting this show to talk about everything under the sun.
Yesterday, The Daly Planet documented the fact that ESPN News anchor Ryan Burr had hosted an outstanding fast-paced episode of NASCAR Now on Wednesday. What fans and viewers could not know was that on Thursday, Burr was about to host the best produced and most polished episode of this series since it began in February.
The sad case of Aaron Fike led this telecast, and Burr used Detroit News veteran Motorsports Reporter Angelique Chengelis for all the details. Chengelis and Burr work well, and these two professionals laid-out the problems and challenges that Fike will be dealing with over the coming months. Chengelis has been solid as a "hard news" source and always speaks in clear terms about these types of difficult issues. This segment of NASCAR Now had all the credibility of Baseball Tonight or Outside The Lines and is exactly what fans have been looking for from the network.
With the Busch Series race at Gateway on ESPN2, Burr did a preview of the event and the led to an interview with IndyCar's Sam Hornish Junior. Burr let Hornish describe his own feelings about NASCAR, and then critique his own performance in his part-time Busch Series role. Hornish gave the impression that NASCAR certainly is on his list for 2008. He hedged his bets by saying things next year would be mostly fifty-fifty between NASCAR and IndyCar. This interview is a great cross-over for ESPN and ABC, who now carry both the top two NASCAR Series, and the entire IndyCar schedule.
Continuing to touch base on the Aaron Fike story, Burr brought in NASCAR veteran Jack Sprague, who is a full-time driver in the Craftsman Truck Series this season. Burr took the time to ask Sprague about his own interest in the sport, and what he has left to accomplish. His answer was honest and heartfelt. Moving to the story of Aaron Fike, Sprague wasted no time in ridiculing the "young kids" of today by comparing his own meager beginnings with the apparent disrespect that some of the young drivers have for their fellow competitors and the sport.
"You had the golden spoon in your hand...and you dropped it" said Sprague of Fike and his alleged drug use. Sprague continued to emphasize the hard road that most drivers of his era took to "get up" to the biggest series in the sport. Burr got Sprague to endorse random drug testing in the Truck Series, and also the permanent ban of anyone for even violating the drug policy one time. Strong stuff.
For once, Tim Cowlishaw of Around The Horn fame was concise and on-target with his weekly "driver pick'em" segment. He had good information to make his picks, and explained his reasons without hype or hysteria. Even Cowlishaw seemed to be picking up on the new vibe of this show. He was actually entertaining.
Since February, ESPN2 has struggled to deal with the "bi-polar" personality of this one series. Sometimes oriented to news, sometimes loaded with hype, and sometimes just absolutely terrible, NASCAR Now seems to have gotten on-track with "hard news" leading into an interview, then a solid feature, and finally a closing segment referencing the upcoming event and the miscellaneous news and notes.
ESPN's other top shows thrive by being consistent. Although the stories themselves change every day, the "body" of the show and the personalities presenting it do not. NASCAR Now should be considered in the same breath as NFL Live and Pardon the Interruption. It should have the same credibility in viewers minds as thirty minutes of the ESPN News Network.
Thursday, NASCAR Now finally accomplished every goal set out for it by the network. No hype, no innuendo, and no ineptitude. This program sparkled from start-to-finish and will hopefully serve as the model for the thirty minute mid-week shows for the rest of the season. If this happens, ESPN may have finally put their mark on the NASCAR brand in the same way they have affected Major League Baseball and other professional sports.
On behalf of NASCAR fans nationwide, I would ask ESPN...could we have more of that please?
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What to expect when expecting: Oral health care during pregnancy p. 111
Ujwala A Brahmankar
DOI:10.4103/2155-8213.122669
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Dental student debt in the U.S.: A mountain to be scaled p. 112
David G Dunning
Dental student educational debt in the United States continues to grow as a concern for both dental educators and dental students. While certainly warranted, this concern needs to be understood from the perspective of return on investment. The student debt issue remains a critical one. However, this debt is essentially "good" debt when viewed as an investment made by associates/employees of general dental practices and general dental practice owners.
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Lemon grass oil for improvement of oral health p. 115
Ruckmani Rajesvari, T Lakshmi
Lemon grass essential oil has been used for decades to treat respiratory infections, sinusitis, bladder infections, high cholesterol, digestive problem, varicose veins and also for regeneration of connective tissue. It has anti spasmodic, anti-pyretic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-septic, insect repellent, sedative, vasodilator and flavoring properties. In china, it has been used traditionally as a remedy for stomach and liver diseases and also to treat rheumatism. Since lemon grass oil possess various pharmacological actions, it is also quite useful in dentistry. Hence, the objective of this article is to highlight various uses of lemon grass oil in the dental field and in the medical field in order to aid the professionals for future research.
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ORIGINAL HYPOTHESIS
Combining 3-dimensional degradable electrostatic spinning scaffold and dental follicle cells to build peri-implant periodontium p. 118
Ximu Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhou, Deyu Hu
Introduction: Some inevitable problems, such as concentrated bite force and lacked ability of self-renewal, are proved to be the major challenge in the management of implants failures. Thus, it is meaningful to find an ideal dental implant harboring its own peri-implant periodontium, just as the natural teeth. Various studies attempted to reconstruct the periodontium around implants, but unfortunately, it was previously revealed that the artificial periodotium around implants was just a wilderness of fibers, while without the physiological function of natural periodontium, like sensory and homeostatic. The Hypothesis: In this paper, we propose a hypothesis that a modified three-dimensional scaffold with reconstructed peri-implant tissues can be a network for stem cells differentiation. After seeded on the scaffold, stem cells produce various growth factors and differentiate to different orientations in places necessary. This hypothesis, if proven to be valid, will offer a novel and effective therapy for the restoration of missing teeth by implant. Evaluation of the Hypothesis: The scaffold involves three different tissues. Though degradation rate of electrospinning scaffold is under control, its degradation rate should be in consistent with the generation of three tissues. Therefore, the relative experiments are necessary to define the best rate of degradation. Further verification is necessary to check whether the rebuilt cementum, bone and periodontium are strong enough to keep the implant stable and maintain its function.
Transforming growth factor-β1/Smad/connective tissue growth factor axis: The main pathway in radiation-induced fibrosis of osteoradionecrosis? p. 122
Qian Wei Zhuang, Zhi Yuan Zhang, Guang Long Liu, Shui Ting Fu, Yue He
Introduction: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible is a serious complication following radiation therapy for malignancies of the head and neck. Radiation-induced fibrosis (RIF) is a new theory that accounts for the damage to normal tissues after radiotherapy, and the radiation-induced fibroatrophic mechanism includes the free-radical formation, endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, microvascular thrombosis, fibrosis and remodeling, and finally bone and tissue necrosis. The Hypothesis: Previous studies revealed that transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is the master switch cytokine responsible for the regulation of fibroblast proliferation and differentiation that result in RIF. Among the targets of TGF-β1, connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a downstream mediator through the Smad3/4 pathway and plays an important role in connective tissue homeostasis and fibroblast proliferation. Studies have proved that the TGF-β1/Smad/CTGF signaling pathway is involved in the RIF of soft tissues, so the authors put forward a hypothesis that the TGF-β1/Smad/CTGF axis is also the main pathway in RIF of ORN. Evaluation of the Hypothesis: The validation of our hypothesis may provide new insights for better understanding the pathogenesis of ORN and open new perspectives for anti-fibrotic therapies, and pioneer novel approaches to treat ORN.
Assessment of periodontal status of the patients with dental fluorosis in area with natural high levels of fluoride: A cross-sectional survey p. 127
Ketan Sukumar Vora, Pallavi Ketan Vora
Introduction: Dental fluorosis exhibits as enamel mottling, surface irregularities, leading to plaque accumulation and periodontal diseases. It may cause failure of cemental resorption leading to hypercementosis and causes osteonecrosis of alveolar bone leading to reduced bone height. The study is conducted in Raichur, being known as one of the highest fluoride containing area in Karnataka with level of fluoride in drinking water approximately 3.5-5.5 ppm. This is an effort to find an association between dental fluorosis and periodontal diseases. Aims: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of severity of dental fluorosis on the periodontal status in the patients assessed. Settings and Design: This cross-sectional, epidemiological survey was carried out at rural parts of Raichur. Materials and Methods: One hundred and eleven subjects with dental fluorosis were selected for the study with age range of 15-45 years. Assessment of dental fluorosis and periodontal status was done by Dean's Community Fluorosis Index (DCFI) and Ramfjord's Periodontal Index (RPI), respectively. Statistical Analysis Used: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, chi-square test, and Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results: A statistically significant relation was found between severity of dental fluorosis and severity of periodontal diseases (Spearman's correlation coefficient 0.88, significant). Discussion: Dental fluorosis may have significant effect on periodontal condition. But, further studies on the periodontal status of subjects from naturally high water fluoride regions from different parts of India are essential.
Perspectives of oil pulling therapy in dental practice p. 131
T Lakshmi, R Rajendran, Vidya Krishnan
Oil pulling has its origin in Ayurvedic medicine, is a natural remedy to improve oral health. Its antibacterial properties help to eradicate the bacteria and other debris from adhering to the oral cavity. It reduces the accumulation of plaque, prevents halitosis, cavities, gingivitis. It is used to heal the bleeding gums and mouth ulcers. Oil pulling with sesame oil improves overall health. Other than oral health, oil pulling also helps in reducing asthma, allergies, chronic fatigue, diabetes, migraine headaches and chronic skin problems. It works by detoxifying or cleansing the body. The aim of this article is to highlight the benefits of oil pulling in management of oral health.
CLINICAL INNOVATION
Custom-made different designs of pressure clips for the management of ear lobe keloids p. 135
Anshul Chugh, Anita Hooda, Punam Bishnoi
Introduction : Keloids are frequent finding after physical trauma. Keloids of ear lobe are common complication of ear piercing, although its incidence remains unknown. The use of intrakeloid resection and a form pressure device to treat pinna keloids. The recommendation of this therapy is to maintain constant pressure and duration of pressure therapy was about 25 weeks. Clinical innovation : This article will present inexpensive custom made pressure clips of various designs. The dimensions of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) plates in ear lobe clip presented by us though they esthetically not so good, but colored PMMA has been used to make it decorative and acceptable by most of the patients. This has been an encouraging experience to use the different designs. Discussion : Ear clip prosthesis has been developed for maintaining pressure on ear lobe keloids before and after surgical removal. The prosthesis includes an ear clip to which heat-polymerized acrylic resin is attached, which covers the keloid area. Pressure therapy is widely used to help in the early maturation of scar tissue and to prevent the recurrence of keloid. The preliminary report by Brent revealed that constant light pressure was an effective means of preventing post excision recurrence of ear lobe keloids using a decorative, spring-pressure earring.
New clinical technique for fabrication immediate partial denture p. 139
Abdulsalam Ali Zwiad
Immediate partial denture is a choice of treatment due to various cases of teeth extraction such as badly carious teeth, periodontal disease, eruption problems, trauma, and other reasons. Many choices are used to replace the lost teeth; one of these choices is a removable plastic denture in which hot cured acrylic resin should be used to fabricate such denture. Aim of Study: To provide an applicable technique to fabricate an immediate partial denture by reducing and declining the prosthetic steps and some materials in proportional to the conventional method. Clinical Procedures: Maxillary and mandibular stone casts are mounted to a simple articulator and the procedures are explained as step by step to fabricate an immediate partial denture without using the conventional methods and material, just using a small quantity of white cold cure acrylic resin to fabricate the artificial teeth, hot cure acrylic resin for the denture base and mold made of a silicon impression material are used to fabricate an immediate partial denture. Conclusion: The finished immediate partial denture showed a good retention and produced the exact shapes and sizes of the extracted teeth with low cost and less time for a dentist and patient.
Challenges in reconstructing an isolated anterior tooth with a metal-free crown p. 143
Max Doria Costa, Marcelo Barbosa Ramos, Jefferson Ricardo Pereira, Daniel Sartorelli Marques de Castro, Saulo Pamato, Fabio Cesar Lorenzoni, Luiz Fernando Pegoraro
Introduction: Currently, new esthetic treatments are available to the dentist due to the advent of ceramic-ceramic prostheses. A new option has become part of daily clinical practice, with the promise of esthetic optimization through the elimination of metal in prosthetic crowns. The translucence of these new systems allows the transmission of light through the tooth structure, minimizing gingival darkness and producing a vibrant and natural appearance. Case Report: The patient, 30 years old, female, showed with a fractured tooth crown at the cervical level in the right lateral incisive. It was observed that the tooth had prior adequate endodontic treatment. A metal-free restorative system was selected. A plaster model was obtained for subsequent tooth preparative scanning and manufacture of ceramic framework. After receiving the framework, adjustments were made and the color choice of covering ceramic, following the protocol of choice for a chroma suboptimal aiming further characterization. After the ceramics application, adjustments in shape, texture, and occlusion were made. The crown was characterized by exterior paint, getting a favorable result, restoring esthetics and function. Discussion : The metal-free systems are a viable alternative to the restorative treatment when esthetics is desired, allowing a natural and harmonious smile, combined with the reliability of the restorative material.
Infiltrating lipoma of oral cavity: A rare entity p. 148
Syed Wali Peeran, Karthikeyan Ramalingam, Fatma Mojtaba Alsaid, Marei Hamed Mugrabi
Introduction: Lipomas are rare in the oral cavity comprising less than 5% of benign neoplasms in head and neck region. Infiltrating lipomas are much less common than other variants. Case Report: We report a rare case of infiltrating/intra-muscular lipoma in the retro-molar region of a 28-year-old male. Discussion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report from Libyan population and in the Middle East & North Africa region (MENA). Surgical excision is curative but, regular follow-up is needed to identify recurrences of this unusual variant.
A textbook of advanced oral and maxillofacial surgery p. 151
Jafar Kolahi, Yadolah Soleymani Shayesteh
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Annex F Glossary (GLO) Draft
A DUBAI Financial Services AUTHORITY ("DFSA") CONSULTATION PAPER ADDRESSED TO PARTIES INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF Financial Services AND MARKETS Regulation WITHIN DUBAI'S FINANCIAL FREE ZONE (THE "DIFC")
This paper consults on the proposed law and rules for Islamic Financial Business. The draft law and rules are published for consultation purposes only. Please note that, although the draft law and rules are in near final form, it is still 'work in progress' and the DFSA reserves the right to amend the drafts at its sole discretion. The enactment of the draft law and the making of the draft rules is conditional upon the issuance, inter alia, of the Regulatory Law 2004.
Comments are invited on any aspect of the regime proposed in this paper, on both the principles and the detailed drafting. The DFSA would be particularly interested to have the views of firms considering establishing themselves in the DIFC, and views on how this regime compares with those in other major centres. In the light of the comments received, the DFSA may determine to adopt in whole, or in part, the proposals outlined in these papers, or may amend the proposals.
Anyone wishing to submit comments should provide details of the organisation he or she represents. The names of commentators and the content of their submissions may be published on the DFSA website and in other documents to be published by the DFSA. If you wish your name to be withheld from publication, please indicate this when you make your submission.
Any comments should be addressed to:
Mr Nicholas Alves
DFSA
or e-mailed to nalves@dfsa.ae
All comments should be provided in writing, on or before 10 July 2004.
2. Background and context
The draft Law Regulating Islamic Financial Business 2004 and the draft rules forming the Islamic Finance module need to be considered in the context of the Regulatory Law 2004 and the DFSA's Rulebook. The draft law and rules also need to be considered in the context of the DIFC as a centre for wholesale business.
3. Purpose and summary of the material provisions of the law
The purpose of this law is to regulate Islamic Financial Business activities undertaken in the DIFC. The material provisions of the law are:
• A prohibition from conducting Islamic Financial Business unless an Authorised Firm or Authorised Market Institution has an appropriately endorsed licence
• A requirement to appoint a Shari'a Supervisory Board
The law also defines Islamic Financial Business and enables the Council of the DFSA to make rules prescribing circumstances in which an Authorised Firm or Authorised Market Institution will be taken to, or will be taken not to, hold itself out as conducting Islamic Financial Business. The purpose of this provision is to enable the Council to take account of developments in Islamic Finance in the DIFC and elsewhere.
The remainder of the law deals with various endorsement matters including:
• The Council's power to make rules in relation to endorsements
• The DFSA's right to refuse to grant or to vary endorsements
• The DFSA's power to impose or to vary or withdraw conditions and restrictions in relation to endorsements
• A licensee's right to make representations in respect of certain endorsement matters or to appeal a decision of the DFSA in relation to an endorsement issue to the Regulatory Appeals Committee
4. The DFSA rulebook
The Regulatory Law 2004 provides the DFSA with a wide range of powers, including powers to make Rules and to issue Guidance. This Guidance is not binding, nor does it create a "safe harbour" protecting those who comply with it from action for breach of the underlying rule.
The Rules together make up a Rulebook containing a number of modules. The entire DFSA Rulebook may be viewed on the DFSA's website along with all the draft DIFC Laws and Regulations.
The DFSA will have power to waive or modify rules, and it will be prepared to use this to adapt the rules to the specific circumstances of individual firms.
5. Purpose and summary of the material provisions of the rules
The purpose of the Rules set out in the ISF Module is to provide the necessary detail in relation to:
• The appointment of Shari'a Supervisory Boards
• The conduct of Shari'a reviews
and to provide certain protections to Clients or Commercial Customers by way of:
• Disclosure requirements
• System and Controls requirements
The Rules impose a number of requirements upon an Authorised Firm which is an Islamic Financial Institution or which operates an Islamic Window. In addition to ensuring that its constitutional documents State that its business operations will be conducted in accordance with Shari'a, such an Authorised Firm must maintain an Islamic Financial Business policy and procedures manual, which addresses certain prescribed matters as part of its Systems and Controls. There are additional rules in this regard for firms which operate PSIAs.
The rules set out various criteria in relation to the appointment of a Shari'a Supervisory Board including the requirement to take reasonable steps to ensure that its Shari'a Supervisory Board is independent and not subject to any conflicts of interest with respect to the Authorised Firm and that the Members appointed are competent to perform their functions. There are also rules which relate to the relationship between the Shari'a Supervisory Board and the Employees of the Authorised Firm in relation to such matters as providing assistance and allowing access at all reasonable times to relevant records and information. In addition the rules set out how Shari'a reviews are to be carried out and prescribe the AAOIFI standards to be applied when doing so.
In relation to the disclosure regime, the rules require that an Authorised Firm disclose certain information to each Client or Commercial Customer at the outset of the relationship and thereafter whenever the information changes. There are further detailed provisions in respect of conduct of business standards. These relate to transactions involving Clients becoming PSIA holders, Authorised Firms operating Islamic Windows and Authorised Firms communicating marketing material.
Rules relating to Authorised Market Institutions in respect of Islamic Financial Business will be set out in another module namely the Markets module which will be the subject of consultation in due course.
6. Appendixes
In Appendixes 2 and 3, defined terms are identified throughout by the capitalisation of the initial letter of a word or of each word in a phase and are defined in the Glossary (GLO) which can be found on the DFSA website.
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Exclusive: Legend Franco Nero on Crazy Italian Accents and the Legacy of 'Django'
on July 21, 2011 by Todd Gilchrist
Franco Nero is like the Robbie Williams or Kylie Minogue of the movie industry—a superstar everywhere else in the world, but still a cult figure in America even after decades of great work. Italian-born Nero clenched his breakthrough role early in his career with Django, a Sergio Leone-inspired western that became one of the biggest hits in the world. (And is now getting remade by Quentin Tarantino.) The mustachioed manly man went on to appear in movies from directors and countries all over the globe: Spain (Luis Bunuel), France (Claude Chabrol), Germany (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) and of course his native Italy (Elio Petri, Lucio Fulci), to name just a few. After appearing as the senior seducer in last year’s Letters to Juliet against real-life wife Vanessa Redgrave, Nero scored a small role in Pixar’s Cars 2, playing (appropriately) an Italian patriarch named Uncle Topolino. Boxoffice recently caught up with Nero to discuss over-the-top Italian accents, the weirdest movie he ever made and how his long and illustrious list of accomplishments is about to get longer with his new friend, Tarantino.
How did you get the role of Uncle Topolino? Did you have to audition or did somebody from the movie track you down?
I was just asked to do it. I was asked by the producer of Pixar and the director, John Lasseter. They sent me a script and I liked it. It was a lot of fun so I said, "I will do it," and then we did it. It was very nice. With the director, first I tried to do normal English, but then I said, "Do you want me to do the strong Italian accent? Why not? Let's try that." So we tried and we chose that strong Italian accent. Instead of saying "Ferrari," you say "FERRARI!" with some lines in Italian, you know.
How much work in the past have you done playing animated characters?
I've never done it before. It was a new experience. I was very curious. And then we did also the video game, and they said, "Can you come to Los Angeles to do it?" I said I'm in Brazil now shooting a movie. They said, "No problem. We will do it in Brazil." So I did the video game in Rio De Janeiro.
We always hear that the process can be a little isolating because you're not actually there with the other actors. How easy was that to adjust to?
Well, actually when I did Uncle Topolino for the movie, my wife [Vanessa Redgrave] was there. She did it, too. She did Mama Topolino. I was in good company. For the video game it was, yes, by myself, but that was so quick. We did two or three different versions each time. So they liked the way I did it.
How do you feel about them hiring Tony Shalhoub or John Turturro to play these Italian characters as opposed to actually hiring Italian actors to play them? It's funny that you were happy to sort of exaggerate your Italian accent, but of course they get these Italian American actors for other roles.
I don't see them, so I can't judge them. I haven't seen the movie. Because Vanessa did it with a strong Italian accent too and it was nice because she speaks wonderful Italian. I think that was the best way to do it. It's important to be different from the American actors doing the American cars. These are Italian cars in an Italian village, you know?
Am I correct in assuming that you were also able to do your own character’s voice in Italian as well for the Italian version of the movie?
Yeah. I did the Italian version. And in the Italian version I did it with an accent from the North, from Parma (laughs). Parma is my hometown. I'm sure you know Parma is the town where Giuseppe Verdi was born and with the best opera house in the world. They say Parma is metropolitan like New York. But it of course it’s great because we speak with a little bit of an "rrr," like the Spanish, because in Parma was the wife of Napoleon, Maria Luisa. All the people from Parma speak with the French "r." Parma, of course, is very popular because of all of the food like the Parmesan, the ham of Parma, the cheese of Parma, and the perfume of Parma. In Parma there is the oldest newspaper in Europe.
How important are those sort of regional specificities? As an American we're accustomed to hearing maybe a southern accent and a Brooklyn accent and then everything else is just kind of normal.
I haven't seen the Italian version, but I know that the actors do an accent from Naples. You know, in Italy every region has a different accent. You know, from the South, from Milan, from Venice, from Rome, from Florence, they are all different languages actually. In Italy many years ago, each region had their own state and this is why there has been the 150 years of the unification of Italy. Giuseppe Garibaldi was the one who managed to unify Italy and I played Giuseppe Garibaldi a few years ago. It's very important that everyone is unified 150 years ago, because before there were different states. And in Italy there are actors like Sophia Loren, with an accent from Naples. Another one plays with an accent from Rome. I think they started to do it with a Roman accent and it was good.
You have always sort of enjoyed this flirtation with Hollywood, but you obviously have a huge career in Italy.
I’ve been doing movies all over the world. I've done movies with 30 different countries with directors from 30 different countries. I've been very lucky to work with everybody.
Have you ever felt limited at all? Do you feel like Hollywood has been as attentive as they should be to your work? Have they given you the sort of opportunities you feel like you deserved?
I felt that I could have had more chances in America, but that was my choice. When I went to America for the first time I did Camelot, the musical, I had a contract with Jack Warner to do five movies. I said to Jack after Camelot, "I'm homesick. I need to go back to Europe." He said I was crazy and that I was going to be a big Hollywood star. I said, "No. I want to be in Italy and Europe where I feel more comfortable." He said, “I think you’re crazy,” but he canceled the contract. And I think that it’s a question of choice. I could have stayed in America and done American movies, but that was my choice. I still managed to work with all the top European directors from all the countries. In Italy I worked with the top Italian directors, in Spain I worked with Luis Bunuel, in Germany with Fassbinder, in Russia with Sergei Bondarchuk, who won the Oscar for War & Peace, in France with Claude Chabrol. I managed to work with all of the best directors in the world. Once in a while I did a few American movies. Recently I did Letters to Juliet and everybody loved it and it was quite successful. And I'm sure that Disney decided to hire me after Letters to Juliet with Vanessa, where we’re playing together. But now I have a few offers and maybe I will do some more American movies.
When Django first came out, did you have a sense at the time that it was going to become a phenomenon?
No. We had no idea. We just did the movie, and then after the movie opened in Italy, it was a huge success. In a few months, all over the world, it was an incredible success. I remember that in many countries, instead of Franco Nero, they put Django in the hotels when you go to check in. I just said, "Okay." Actually in Germany they went crazy about Django. They started to call all of my movies that were shown in Japan, “Django.” It was like an obsession. People always ask me why I think Django was such a success. I don't know. Maybe it's because he was a representation of male, young workers and they wanted to be Django. They wanted to go to their bosses and say, "Hey man! From now on, the situation is different." Because he was cool and so different from the American westerns. It was like a samurai-Japanese movie.
Quentin Tarantino has his Django movie in the works. Have you already signed up to do that? What can you tell me about it?
It is a very funny story. It's a very incredible story. Tarantino has always been a great friend of mine. Two years ago, I was doing a movie in Spain for Miramax with Penelope Cruz. She played my daughter in this movie called Talk of Angels and she went one day to San Sebastian to the festival and when she came back the next day, she said, "Franco, there was Quentin Tarantino and when I said to him that I was doing this movie with you he said, 'Bring him here! I want to meet him!'" So that was the first time I knew he really loved my work and followed my work. So he did a few interviews in the newspaper and television and kept saying, "Franco Nero! Franco Nero! He's my idol." Finally, he came to Italy for Kill Bill and Harvey Weinstein went on this speech to present the movie and said [Tarantino] was sick and he couldn't come, but he said "He begged me to say if Franco Nero was in the audience please say, 'Hello.'" So finally, about two years ago, he came to Rome and he said to the production, "I need to meet Franco." Finally they got a hold of me and we had lunch together. He told me the story. He said, "Franco, when I was 14, I started doing movies and videos." He knew the lines of my movies and also he started to do the music too. So he said, "We're doing a Western. Would you be so kind to cameo?" and I said, "Oh yeah!" I know about the Western he is trying to do. I was sure, very sure, I would do it. Then I was in Berlin with Vanessa and Harvey Weinstein was there and he said, "Oh, Franco! You're going to be in Tarantino's movie?" I didn't know anything, so I came to America and some newspaper wanted to know. I said I don't know. So this story said "Franco Nero will be in a Tarantino movie." I know he [Tarantino] saw Django. I did Django many years ago before I came to America and Django was the most successful movie around the world along with A Fistful of Dollars. So every time Tarantino and I spoke, he wanted to know everything about Corbucci, the director of Django. And then I said to him, ‘Quentin, we are going to do a Western. It would be an homage to Sergio Leone and John Huston, the director that discovered me, and would you be so kind to play a cameo?’ And he said, ‘Oh yeah! What do I have to do?’ I said, actually there are three bandits, and I have to kill them all, and he said, ‘Oh, great, so I can come with Robert Rodriguez and my friends to play them.’ I said, yeah! That would be great! He said, ‘But how are you going to kill me?’ I said, “I’ll tell you: with a shotgun, and inside, instead of having bullets, it will be gold coins. He said, ‘I love it!’”
Do you come to the United States very often?
I was there in February because we do a week of Italian cinema at the Egyptian theater the week before the Oscars. I'm one of the organizers of these festivals. We do it every year and we've been doing it for the last five years so that's the reason why I come during that period. I go to New York quite often because I have grandchildren there and Vanessa's been doing Broadway. She's been doing Driving Miss Daisy.
You've done so many Italian movies. Is there a movie that you think people should go see which you are the most proud of?
Django was a very commercial movie, but I've done fantastic Italian movies with the top directors like Elio Petri, who won an Oscar for Investigation of a Private Citizen. I did all the best movies in the '70s, '80s, and late '60s. Now the Italian cinema is not the same anymore because now there is no industry. In the '60s we had the best industry in the world, you know? We were producing like 400 movies a year and there was space for everybody. The producers were making a lot of money with commercial movies and had money to do quality movies with the top directors. Now it's not the same. There's a lot of TV. They do a lot of these miniseries or series that I don’t like—I like cinema. So in Italy, I try to do good movies with young directors. I directed a movie myself about three years ago called Forever Blues and it showed at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. I was there four days and I went with my band and we did a concert and they showed my movie. They liked the movie very much. They don't really show movies there so it was very, very interesting. It was very nice. So it was a movie that I directed, I wrote, I produced, and I acted in. But I'm very privileged because in recent years in Italy there are very few movies. I have offers. I do movies in Hungary. I played the hero of Hungary a few years ago. I played the hero of Yugoslavia. Like I said, recently I just finished a movie in Brazil called Lucia Murat, a really great director. I do movies in England, Germany. I'm lucky I have so many offers from different countries, so I'm very privileged.
A weird film of yours I recently saw was La Stridulum, or The Visitor, from 1979. That movie is crazy. You're playing Jesus, there's an 8-year-old little girl that gets a handgun for her birthday and Shelley Winters plays a psychic nanny.
Yes. They put my name on that movie. [Laughs] Because I'll tell you. You know why I did that movie? I wanted to meet the director that discovered me, John Huston. I play this sort of Jesus Christ of the future, you know? I did this cameo just for fun because it was a scene with John Huston, and I owe him everything. He's the one who suggested me for Camelot and he's the one who taught me English. John Huston, for me, I really owe him a lot. So I just did it for fun.
Do you remember the making of it at all?
Well, it’s like last year—I'll tell you this funny story. Last year, they wanted me to play a cameo in The Rite with Anthony Hopkins. They needed an actor who spoke good English and I had to really do like six pages of script. A long monologue teaching at the Vatican. It was a long scene and I accepted and said, "On one condition, that you don't put my name under any billing." They accepted, so I did the scene and they loved the scene. But then I was in New York and I said to Vanessa, "Lets go see this movie. I have a cameo." We went to see the movie with a few friends, and of course, I wasn't there. The entire scene was cut! But it happens sometimes in movies.
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H.E. Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed with Ambassador Ahmed Araita Ali at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace.
On Tuesday 22nd October, Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, along with Ambassador Ahmed Araita Ali, took part in the Japanese new Emperor’s enthronement ceremony which was held at the Imperial Palace.
H.E. Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed with Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.
Last May, 1st, the new Emperor Naruhito acceded to the throne following the abdication of his father, Akihito, during his lifetime and in his favor.
Meeting between H.E. Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed and Mr. Minoru KIHARA, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan.
Meeting between H.E. Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil and
Mrs. Nobuko KAYASHIMA, JICA’s Vice-President.
The ceremony was attended by members of the Imperial family, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as well as 2,000 guests including Heads of states, dignitaries and crowned heads representing 180 countries.
Japanese Emperor Naruhito along with Empress Masako, both dressed in traditional regal attire reserved to this unique ritual, officially proclaimed his enthronement at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace under the Constitution and the Imperial Household Law.
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H.E. Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil with
H.E. Mr. Taro KONO, Minister of Defense.
On Wednesday 23rd October, Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed held talks with Mr. Minoru KIHARA, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Mr. Taro KONO, Minister of Defense and Ms. Nobuko KAYASHIMA, JICA’s Vice President.
Meeting between H.E. Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil and H.E. Mr. Taro KONO, Minister of Defense.
The discussions were conducted with trust and focused on topics of common interest, including ways and means of promoting private investment as part of TICAD 7.
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Like A Thief In The Night
Mike Longo
(LaserLight)
Former Dizzy Gillespie pianist Mike Longo hasn’t had a very high-profile career. But while his playing and writing is somewhat unexceptional, his proficiency and ability to keep it all interesting are never at fault. The ten tracks that comprise this solid 59-minute CD come from two 1975-era albums Longo cut for Sonny Lester’s Groove Merchant label, 900 Shares Of The Blues and Funkia.
The players – including Joe Farrell (reeds), Randy Brecker (trumpet/flugelhorn), Ron Carter (bass) and the versatile Mickey Roker (drums) -- are above reproach. And the sound (predictably) recalls that familiar, mellow CTI groove, with Longo’s post-modal thinking and playing adding an edge.
Longo, heard mostly on Fender Rhodes throughout, varies mood and tempo enough to hold attention (or not divert it when something else is going on). There’s the waka-waka groove of the title track, the churning "Funkia," the easy funk of "900 Shares Of The Blues," the slow blues of "Ocean Of His Might," the post-bop of the mostly acoustic "Magic Number" and the surprisingly invigorating Latin take on the otherwise sappy "Windmills Of Your Mind." Longo shines brightest at slower tempos, like the ballad "Summer’s Gone," where he unplugs and lets Farrell glide on soprano and Brecker takes a muscular turn on flugelhorn. Both Les McCann’s "Samia" and Gillespie’s "Ole For The Gypsies," veer too closely to Chick Corea/Return To Forever formulas, but neither are they without their charm.
Like A Thief In The Night, newly available on a well-distributed low-budget label, has aged quite nicely and holds appeal for today’s easy-groove crowd and jazz folk who like a little more meat in their diet
Tracks: 900 Shares Of The Blues, Like A Thief In The Night, Ocean Of His Might, Magic Number, Summers Gone, El Moode Grande, Ole For The Gypsies, Samia, Funkia, Windmills Of Your Mind.
Players: Mike Longo: piano and Fender Rhodes; George Davis: guitar; Joe Farrell: tenor sax, soprano sax, flute; Randy Brecker: trumpet and flugelhorn; Ron Carter: electric and acoustic bass; Mickey Roker: drums; Ralph MacDonald or Potato Valdez: percussion.
Down On The Deuce
Hank Crawford
(Milestone)
Although Hank Crawford’s second Milestone LP was made in 1984, it’s never been available on CD until this 1998 release. It’s a welcome, enjoyable date that finds Hank digging into what he does best. There’s a bit ‘a funk ("Survival"), a bit ‘a blues ("Used To Be Love" and "Down Home Blues"), some ballads (the yucky Kenny Rogers hit "Through The Years") and a little boogaloo (the title track). With producer Bob Porter at the helm, a first-rate cast of notable players is on hand too. Jimmy Ponder and Melvin Sparks take turns on guitar, Bernard Purdie rocks on drums and the horn section includes bari-man Howard Johnson and Crawford’s longtime partner, David "Fathead" Newman, on tenor and flute. Pianist Cedar Walton is on board too, but (surprisingly) he’s not offered the same share of the spotlight the guitarists get and, as a result, sounds a little anonymous here. But that deep, rich, signature sound of Hank Crawford’s alto saxophone is a reliable joy; heard to great effect on sessions like this.
As usual, his happy wailing works best at up-tempos or digging in on the blues. Crawford can even redeem the bland ballads he covers (his straight R&B approach to "When A Man Loves A Woman" offers considerable proof). But there’s enough of that good Hank Crawford soul to keep Down on the Deuce interesting and worthwhile.
Tracks: Down on the Deuce; Used To Be Love; Down Home Blues; Through The Years; Survival; When a Man Loves a Woman.
Players: Hank Crawford: alto sax; Cedar Walton: piano, electric piano; Jimmy Ponder, Melvin Sparks: guitar: Wilbur Bascomb Jr.: bass; Bernard Purdie: drums; Danny Moore, Martin Banks: trumpets; David "Fathead" Newman: tenor sax, flute; Howard Johnson: baritone sax.
Eric Allison
(Contemporary)
Producer Joel Dorn recently said "if musicians had to pay royalties for using someone else’s sound, David (Newman) and Hank (Crawford) would be billionaires." If so, reed man Eric Allison would be paying dues. He’d also be paying the estates of Gene Ammons, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and King Curtis too. Does that leave After Hours without merit? Probably not. Allison sounds fine and his program is a well-played mix of jazz that swings with blues, gospel and juke-joint groove. Like fellow South Florida residents Jesse Jones, Turk Mauro (who both appear here) and Terry Myers, Allison can hardly irritate with originality. It’s actually fun to guess the origins of the sounds he’s making or name the tunes he’s riffing on. Mostly he sticks to tenor, but he’s also heard on alto, flute and clarinet. His all "originals" program relies on the familiar too. There’s a bit of "Parker’s Mood" in the appropriately titled "After Hours, a lot of "The Sidewinder" on "Double Shot" and "’Round About Dawn" (featuring pianist Lonnie Smith’s only appearance on organ) is a sort of cross between "Round Midnight" and "You Don’t Know What Love Is." Smith certainly stands out on piano and the rest of the crew supports Allison nicely. But, perhaps appropriately, After Hours is like those old jam-sessions its executive producer, Bob Weinstock, used to supervise in the fifties: rafter shaking and entertaining, but no tremors after dawn.
Tracks: Midnight Groove; After Hours; Double Shot; ‘Round About Dawn; Sittin’ In; No Cover; Tip-Toein’; Straight Up; Deanna; Delta Joy.
Players: Eric Allison: tenor sax, alto sax, flute, clarinet, tambourine; John Bailey: trumpet; Jesse Jones Jr: alt sax; Turk Mauro: baritone sax; Dr. Lonnie Smith: piano, organ; Danny Burger: drums.
Three Latin Adventures
The Clarke-Boland Big Band
(MPS)
The Clarke-Boland Big Band was Europe’s foremost jazz orchestra during its existence from 1960 to 1973. It started as a sextet led by American expatriate drummer Kenny Clarke (1914-1985) and expert arranger and French pianist Francy Boland (b. 1929), then grew to a large band comprised of expatriates like Johnny Griffin and Benny Bailey and talented Europeans like Ronnie Scott and Ake Persson. By the late 60s, its only real competition was New York’s Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Big Band. But only occasionally did the C-BBB – or its records -- make it over to the US.
The two albums featured on the superb Three Latin Adventures are1968’s Latin Kaleidoscope (released on Prestige Records in the US) and Fellini 712 (also 1968). Latin Kaleidoscope is comprised of two suites that are more traditionally Latinate, with the band swinging on well-written parts to a panoply of well-used percussion elements (Boland recruited drummers Kenny Clare, Al "Tootie" Heath" and Sabu Martinez to add their percussion talents). "Fellini 712" may be based on Latin origins, but Boland transcends such humble beginnings to a more universal language.
Gary McFarland’s six-part "Latin Kaleidoscope" is a joy to discover – much as it was to first hear his creations for Stan Getz on 1962’s Big Band Bossa Nova (to which this Latin suite bears some distinctive similarities). His trademark is simple, invigorating themes with a memorable, childlike quality. "Latin Kaleidoscope" offers much evidence of his gifts. Boland, who added his own touches to this suite, never takes a solo throughout and is occasionally heard on harpsichord; a sensitive touch to sensitively considered music. And excellent solos are taken by Sahib Shihab ("Duas Rosas"), Ronnie Scott ("Uma Fita de Tres Cores") and Aki Persson ("Othos Negrs").
Francy Boland’s "Cuban Fever" is like a musical postcard of Cuba: powerful, colorful, exciting, where the unexpected is approached at every corner. The innate skill of Boland’s craft is most apparent here. Like the great jazz arrangers, he’s a scenarist, a master painter. Here the brasses cover more of the thematic canvas. But it is often the reeds that take solo honors (a nice contrast) – with the exception of the beautiful finale, "Crepusculo y Aurora" that benefits by a resonant Benny Bailey trumpet solo (Clarke’s clever shifting patterns are much in evidence here too).
Boland’s "Fellini 712" suite is an ambitious, slightly more avant-garde take on Latin themes that is a testament to Boland’s substantial abilities as a writer and arranger. This suite, named for Italian director Federico Fellini and a reference to Rome’s 712-kilometer distance from the French border, was the result of an invitation for the band to perform in Rome during 1968. Boland was inspired by the band’s "dolce vita" Roman holiday and named his three movements after their hotel, the location of the studio where they performed and a café popular among musicians and artists. During this suite, it’s as if the band coalesces before your ears into one brilliant entity; each individual providing light and shadow to the collective whole. It is the magic Boland works in his pieces, but it’s brought alive by the enthusiastic playing of the band members. The extended time of each movement allows for more soloing too, with exceptional turns taken by Sahib Shihab on flute, Dusko Gojkovic on flügelhorn and Tony Coe and Johnny Griffin on tenor sax.
This is some of the best orchestral jazz that was made in the late 60s, wisely compiled for the CD age by original producer, Gigi Campi, in another one of MPS’s well-designed packages with informative notes by Mike Hennessey. Recommended.
Tracks: Latin Kaleidoscope (Um Grao de Areia, Duas Rosas, A Rosa Negra, Uma Fita de Tres Cores, Olhos Negros, Ramo de Flores); Cuban Fever (Fiebre Cubana, Mambo de las Brujas, Extrano Sueno, Cara Bruja, Crepusculo y Aurra); Fellini 712 (Villa Radieuse, ‘Tween Dusk and Dawn In Via Urbana, Rosati At Popolo Square).
Players: Francy Boland: piano; Kenny Clarke: drums; Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Milo Pavlovic, Jimmy Deuchar, Dusko Gojkovic: trumpet; Ake Persson, Nat Peck, Erik Van Lier: trombone; Derek Humble, Phil Woods, Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe, Sahib Shihab: reeds; Jimmy Woode, Jean Warland: bass; Kenny Clare, Shake Keane, Al "Tootie" Heath, Tony Inzalaco, Sabu Martinez: percussion.
Memphis, Ray and a Touch of Moody
(32 Jazz)
Hank Crawford, a solid baritone player and Ray Charles’s musical director from 1958-64, already had his own sound on alto sax by 1960 when he started his own Atlantic recording career (quite a feat in the wake of Bird and the dawn of Cannonball). During the next decade, he produced a consistent catalog of soulful sets for Atlantic, almost all well worth hearing.
This excellent two-disc set brings back four (!) of the best and earliest of Crawford’s long out-of-print Atlantic LPs: his debut, More Soul (1960); his third, From the Heart (1961); his fourth, Soul of the Ballad (1963); and his sixth, Dig These Blues (1964). It’s a remarkably cohesive, swinging set of first-rate soul jazz, blues and soulful ballads.
More Soul starts it all off with a straight-ahead, fun-filled set of seven solid swingers (even "Misty" swings here). Crawford’s well-constructed septet features an alto/tenor/baritone/two trumpet frontline. David "Fathead" Newman shines on tenor, Leroy Cooper grinds on baritone and the trumpeters take several nice spots. But Crawford testifies: he jumps, soars, swoops and glides, never resorting to pretense or showiness. He means what he says and it sounds good.
The same group returns for the great From the Heart , a slowed-down, low-down set of nine blues. Guitarist Sonny Green turns out on three tracks, doing Crawford’s sound up Basie style. Crawford, covering soulful standards like "Dat Dere" and "Sister Sadie" on his previous outing, explores more of his own blues here: "Sweet Cakes," "Sherri," "The Peeper" and "Stoney Lonesome."
Soul of the Ballad is a sax-and-strings affair that seems a little out of place here. Nevertheless, Crawford invests warm gusto in a set of too-familiar ballads, arranged by Marty Paich in the same country-soul style he was helping Ray Charles popularize at the time. The excellent Dig These Blues returns Crawford to more familiar ground, digging deep in on some good blues, and Crawford sitting in on piano for the noir blues of "Bluff City Blues" and "The Crazy Saloon."
Memphis, Ray and a Touch of Moody, despite its odd title (referring to Crawford’s birthplace, his musical benefactor and, presumably, the saxist’s affinity for James Moody), offers a satisfying portrait of one of jazz’s most soulful alto players and a heaping helping of delicious soul jazz at its best. Recommended.
Tracks: Boo’s Tune; Angel Eyes; Four Five Six; The Story; Dat Dere; Misty; Sister Sadie; Don’t Cry Baby; Sweet Cakes; You’ve Changed; Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand; Sherri; The Peeper; But On The Other Hand; Stoney Lonesome; What Will I Tell My Heart; Blueberry Hill; I Left My Heart In San Francisco; Stormy Weather; Sweet Slumber; If I Didn’t Care; Stardust; Any Time; Whispering Grass; Time Out For Tears; I’m Getting’ Sentimental Over You; There Goes My Heart; Have A Good Time; Dig These Blues; Don’t Get Around Much Anymore; Banana Head; H. C. Blues; It’s A Sin; Hollywood Blues; Baby Won’t You Please Come Home; New Blues; Bluff City Blues.
Collective Personnel: Hank Crawford: alto sax, piano; David "Fathead" Newman, Abdul Baari, Wilbur Brown, Wendell Harrison: tenor sax; Leroy Cooper, Howard Johnson: baritone sax; Phillip Guilbeau, Oliver Beener, Marcus Belgrave, Julius Brooks, Jimmy Owens: trumpet; John Hunt: trumpet, fluegelhorn; Edgar Willis, Ali Mohammed, Charlie Green: bass; Milt Turner, Bruno Carr: drums; Sonny Forrest: guitar; The Marty Paich Orchestra.
It's Mister Fathead
David "Fathead" Newman
This excellent collection couldn’t have a better title. It’s Mister Fathead accords Texas tenor David Newman with the respect he deserves, but inexplicably has not yet achieved. His muscular and likable tenor sound is readily identifiable and has worked its charms for listeners of Ray Charles (1954-64 and 1970-71), Herbie Mann (1972-74) and non-jazz personalities like Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Greg Allman and Natalie Cole. But this compilation focuses the spotlight on the tenor great’s first four long out-of-print solo albums on Atlantic, recorded between 1958 and 1967. All are terrific, solid sets of swinging blues, after-hours jazz and soulful grooves.
Fathead is a classic 1958 sextet session featuring Ray Charles in a rare sideman role on piano with Hank Crawford on baritone sax and Marcus Belgrave on trumpet. It’s one of those Ray Charles sets jazz listeners can easily admire. The group has a big band quality to it, and seems very much like a cohesive whole rather than a leader with a backup band. All solo meaningfully, invigorating a few standards, four Hank Crawford originals and two Newman numbers he still plays today ("Hard Times" and "Fathead," a.k.a. "Shana").
Straight Ahead, a winning quartet session from 1960, features Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Charlie Persip on drums. This sparkling quartet gels together perfectly, tackling four excellent Newman originals and two well-arranged standards. Newman’s tenor (and, for, "Night of Nisan," his distinctive flute) confidently fills those wide open spaces and the rhythm section brews a spicy, soulful stew.
The 1961 album, Fathead Comes On, returns Newman to his familiar Ray Charles bandmates, but in smaller groups. Here, Newman’s own brand of soul becomes much more apparent. The jazz is solid and Newman swings hard on tenor, alto and, on the excellent "Unchain My Heart," flute. But his own soulful groove has become much more distinct at this point. Four of these seven tracks are Newman originals, and are the best of the bunch.
Newman played with Ray Charles through 1964, but didn’t record on his own again until 1967’s House of David. Newman is heard here in an organ quartet, an ideal situation for his brawny, heartfelt tenor. Kossie Gardner isn’t a memorable accompanist on organ, but the juke-joint thing works well for Newman. "Little Sister," "House of David" and "Miss Minnie" offer classic groove and this writer’s always had a soft spot for Newman’s lullaby-like reading of Dylan’s "Just Like A Woman." Wish Newman recorded in more organ groups.
It’s Mister Fathead is an exceptional collection of first-rate swinging, soulful jazz by an unfortunately underrated talent. Kudos to Joel Dorn and 32 Jazz for returning it to circulation, enhancing the original sound and wrapping it all up in a well-designed, full-color package with original cover art and notes. A very welcome reissue.
Tracks: Hard Times; Weird Beard; Willow Weep For Me; Bill For Bennie; Sweet eyes; Fathead; Mean To Me; Tin Tin Deo; Batista’s Groove; Skylark; Night of Nisan; Cousin Slim; Summertime; Unchain My Heart; Cellar Groove; Alto Sauce; Hello There; Scufflin’; Esther’s Melody; Lady Day; I Wish You Love; One Room Paradise; Little Sister; Miss Minnie; Just Like A Woman; House of David; Blue New; The Holy Land.
Collective Personnel: David "Fathead" Newman: alto and tenor sax, flute; Bennie (Hank) Crawford: baritone sax; Marcus Belgrave: trumpet; Ray Charles, Wynton Kelly, Norris Austin: piano; Kossie Gardner: organ; Ted Dunbar: guitar; Edgar Willis, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Jefferson: bass; Milton Turner, Charlie Persip, Bruno Carr: drums.
Electropica
Richard Bone
(QuirkWorks)
Electropica is Rhode Islander Richard Bone’s avant-ambient tribute to the significant influence of Bossa Nova. Bone is a one-man keyboard arsenal that launches his lush cocktails from the inspiration of Creed Taylor’s Verve and CTI recordings of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa, Joao Gilberto and Walter Wanderley. While the result doesn’t possess the rich complexities of samba or much of the improvisation of jazz (with the possible exception of "Waveland"), Bone constructs bright and witty percussion motifs that elevate the music several quality notches above your typical New Age wallpaper. Imagine what Martin Denny would have done with synthesizers and you have an idea of what to expect. Then scan titles like "Electropica" (the disc’s best track), "Afrouxe" and "Canguru" for evidence of the wit Bone brings to his inspiration. And while only rarely does Bone get referential – "Ipanema 2000" quotes "The Girl From Ipanema" and "Pao, Baby!" offers a sample of Walter Wanderley’s "Summer Samba" – his music offers a considerable understanding of the mysterious twilight warmth of the most appealing samba. Electropica, Bone’s eighth QuirkWorks disc, is much deeper than Deep Forest and filled with the warm, effervescent feel of a classic samba production. For more details, contact QuirkWorks at 401-232-0210 or visit the BONEpage.
Tracks: The Andean Grays; Electropica; Waveland; Afrouxe; Little Orpheus; Ipanema 2000; Canguru; Puff; Amazona Adeus.
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Bing helps you turn information into action, making it faster and easier to go from searching to doing. Howdy! 🤠 2007 Blue Bird Vision School Bus with Cat C7 Diesel Engine only 62,015 miles. Download free Blue Bird vector logo and icons in AI, EPS, CDR, SVG, PNG formats. With a total battery capacity of 594 kWh, the LFSe+ has range; it can run between 211 and 292 miles (340 to 470 km) before needing a charge, depending on power demands and operating conditions. Twenty-nine new electric school buses, including the Trans Tech eSeries, are being provided in pa Read more. Learn more at bluebirdbio. 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NYC Memorial. Mozilla is the not-for-profit behind the lightning fast Firefox browser. Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The logo, which you see above, is a slightly redesigned version of the logo that was originally created by Lindon Leader in 2001. BLUEBIRD MANUFACTURING. Click for more information. Below is the solution for Company with a blue bird logo crossword clue. Getting your passengers from point A to point B, safely and on schedule—that’s our job. They include comfortable passenger seats and also include shoulder seat belts too and electric swing arm stop signs like always. > Learn More ©2010 - 2019 Cardinal Bus Sales & Service, Inc. bluebird bio Inc. and expanded our business scope. is engaged in the designing, engineering, manufacturing and sale of school buses and related parts. 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Buro HQ is a creative think tank full of ambitious entrepreneurs. You'll be rubbing shoulders with crypto and blockchain startups, as well as fintech, fashion, adtech and media companies. Open sky and city views with oversized windows. Entire 8nd floor beautiful white art-penthouse with rooftop and 9’ ceilings, exposed brick walls and original whitewood floors, 24/7 access, 2 elevators opening directly into the space. Situated at the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge. Come by and enjoy the beautiful design, art and inspiring atmosphere here! Located in the heart of Lower Manhattan, the Fintech, AdTech & Fashion district in NYC, close to all the major subway lines and hottest tech companies such as Squarespace, Meetup.com & Square, Zocdoc, Reddit, Foursquare, Warby Parker. 24/7 Access, Conference room + Lounge all equipped with SmartTV, Projector & Sound System, Phone Booths for privacy and Nap Room for sleeping! 3650 Sq.ft loft with 9 foot ceilings. Personal lockers & Storage options, Mail. Central Location Within 5 min walking distance to all major subway lines (B,D,F,M,N,Q,R,W,J,Z,4,6). Please send inquiries via email: ms@burohq.com or call to the community manager, BuroHQ at (917)582-4244.
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BuroHQ provides an NYC's workspace, community, Investment Relation for Crypto & Blockchain startups, and FinTech, Fashion-, Media-, AdTech entrepreneurs with Ethereum/Bitcoin, who share the space, partnership, have the opportunity to work together, and that want to enter the Global market with offices in megapolises: New York, London, Hong Kong, Moscow, Berlin, Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai, Tel Aviv, Paris, San Paulo. The majority of BuroHQ's early tenants have at least $3-5M in annual revenue, with some hovering around the 50-100M-dollar valuation range. BuroHQ only welcomes companies that have raised $500K+ or have annual revenue of $500K+ (seed-round for the global expansion or R&D, marketing, business development), that have 3 to 9 employees in global megapolises not included HQ. BuroHQ, aiming to be the Blockchain Tech with Cryptocurrency for office leasing and co-working space. We found all in style as "Liberty. Luxury. Security. Total guest Privacy" thing, which became an icon of the decade, maintaining the dream of enriching everyday life through modern design and creating a co-working experience that is both theatrical and intimate by adhering to a strict policy of complete guest privacy. Members can also access exclusive panels, the most recent featuring serial entrepreneurs, experts, business angels and VC funds. By the end of this year, BuroHQ expects to have about 10 locations in global megapolises. BuroHQ transforms traditional office rental into a new-generation community-based ecosystem where one can share, sell or rent out high-quality office spaces using Ethereum/Bitcoin digital tokens.
Find an open seat by the common area for 16+ and hot desk, in the main workroom, or in the back by the big steps. For late nights and weekends, please stay in the front common area.Show your ID to security in the lobby and ask them to active the elevator to the 8th floor. Go up to the 8th floor via elevator. Head up the floor to check in.If you're arriving after 6 pm, call ahead to make sure there is someone on staff that can let you in.For night and weekend access, CHECK IN and you'll be able to unlock the doors electronically. If you can't get in the workspace, call BuroHQ at (917)582-4244.The 2 floor of BuroHQ Howard is home to Crypto & Blockchain Accelerator. Meet some of the hottest startups in FinTech!Hosting open nightout for crypto community, startups and investors, workshops, hackathons, happy hours, members luncheons, lunch and learn, meditation, meetups, fire side chats, you name it! Any interested guests can participate in the event. Fitting up to 50-80 people with state of the art A/V equipment for $500-1000/hour during the evenings. Please book an appointment via email: ms@burohq.com.
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No changes in credits made after the nominations are announced will
be recognized for Awards.
Special Rules for the Acting Awards
1. Reminder lists including the casts of all eligible pictures shall be sent
with nominations ballots to all members of the Academy Actors Branch,
who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five Acting
achievements in each category: Best Performance by an Actor, Best
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Performance by an
Actress, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.
2. The five Acting achievements in each category receiving the highest
number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the ActingAwards.
3. A performance by an actor or actress in any role shall be eligible for
nomination either for the Best Acting Award or for the Supporting Player
Award. The determination as to whether a role is a lead or support shall
be made individually by members of the branch at the time of balloting.
However, if any performance should receive a sufficient number of votes
to be nominated in both categories, the achievement shall only be placed
on the ballot in that category in which it first received the required number
of votes to be nominated; in the event that the performance receives
the number of votes required to be nominated in both categories simultaneously,
the achievement shall only be placed on the ballot in that category
in which it received the greater percentage of the total votes.
4. In the event that two achievements by an actor or actress receive a
sufficient number of votes to be nominated in the same category, only the
one which first receives the required number of votes shall be nominated.
5. In the event that an actor or actress receives a sufficient number of
votes to be nominated for one achievement in one category and for another
achievement in the other category, both achievements shall be eligible.
6. Final voting for the Acting Awards shall be restricted to active Academy
Special Rules for the Art Direction Award
1. A reminder list of all eligible pictures shall be sent with a preliminary
ballot to all art director and set decorator members of the Academy Art
Directors Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for one or
Title Rules, 1970 (43rd) Academy Awards
Description 23 pages.
Format pamphlet
Local Topic Rules
Description Page 8
Full text [EJ The Academy shall prepare reminder lists of all eligible pictures, but before distribution to voters, studios must check and assume full responsibility for errors and omissions. [FJ Eligibility for all Awards shall first be determined by credits as they appear on the screen and/or as certified to the Academy by the producing companies, but final determination in any event shall be made by the Academy. [GJ No changes in credits made after the nominations are announced will be recognized for Awards. SEVEN Special Rules for the Acting Awards 1. Reminder lists including the casts of all eligible pictures shall be sent with nominations ballots to all members of the Academy Actors Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five Acting achievements in each category: Best Performance by an Actor, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Performance by an Actress, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. 2. The five Acting achievements in each category receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the ActingAwards. 3. A performance by an actor or actress in any role shall be eligible for nomination either for the Best Acting Award or for the Supporting Player Award. The determination as to whether a role is a lead or support shall be made individually by members of the branch at the time of balloting. However, if any performance should receive a sufficient number of votes to be nominated in both categories, the achievement shall only be placed on the ballot in that category in which it first received the required number of votes to be nominated; in the event that the performance receives the number of votes required to be nominated in both categories simultaneously, the achievement shall only be placed on the ballot in that category in which it received the greater percentage of the total votes. 4. In the event that two achievements by an actor or actress receive a sufficient number of votes to be nominated in the same category, only the one which first receives the required number of votes shall be nominated. 5. In the event that an actor or actress receives a sufficient number of votes to be nominated for one achievement in one category and for another achievement in the other category, both achievements shall be eligible. 6. Final voting for the Acting Awards shall be restricted to active Academy members. EIGHT Special Rules for the Art Direction Award 1. A reminder list of all eligible pictures shall be sent with a preliminary ballot to all art director and set decorator members of the Academy Art Directors Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for one or Page 8
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In June of 1996 I joined the team at the Center for Aerospace Technology (CAST) Weber State University under the student work-study program in which I was enrolled during two years of my college career. To begin with I would like to explain the CAST program and the role of its commercial technology transfer company One Stop Satellite Solutions (OSSS).
As the universities' only research and development program, CAST’s primary directive from the university was to provide students enrolled in the universities’ college of applied science and technology in the degrees of Design, Electronics, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science Technologies with senior project opportunities in space based technology applications. To fund the CAST program the University set up a technology transfer company, One Stop Satellite Solutions, or OSSS. OSSS's primary role was to provide a vehicle to promote and bring to market the research and development of products such as sensors and reaction wheels from the CAST organizations R&D efforts. The university held the patents for these product developments for which the royalties of these sales then went to fund activities with CAST.
Although my primary responsibility to CAST was as a mechanical designer for the design of tooling, fixtures, test equipment, and flight article hardware for space based applications on small satellite projects, I was involved heavily in other project aspects.
These opportunities quickly lead to the expansion of my role in the organization to include extensive hands on training in multiple engineering disciplines. Under the tutelage of my employer, community volunteer engineers, and my colleagues, I studied and worked to produce vital engineering solutions in the fields of Mechanical Design Engineering, Research and Development, Systems Engineering, Process, Fabrication, and Quality Control and developed my understanding of engineering principles, standards and practices.
During this time I was tasked on a regular basis as a result of my primary roll as mechanical designer to research designs and develop models. I performed engineering computations and analysis (under the supervision and direction of our mechanical engineering staff), prepared work orders for fabrication of parts, (usually fabricated by my self and an assistant) and wrote detailed notes for fabrication and assembly instructions. Although primary modeling and detailing was done with Auto Desk Mechanical Desktop, I and other colleagues modeled our constructs in I-Deas on a regular basis for computer FEA and orbit thermal analysis.
With the help of my assistant I then fabricated my designs involving tooling, and fixtures, test equipment and high tolerance flight article components. These components included reaction wheels, electronics enclosures, deployable mechanisms, sensors, solar panel systems, mounting fixtures and structural frames for use on the satellite projects I was involved in using various materials, primarily aluminum.
After completing the fabrication I was directly responsible for quality inspection and assisted in subsequent integration of parts into various applications including assembly and testing facilities and space craft structure.
I also participated in writing requirments and specifications as they related to the interface of connectors and mechanical components of my designs, as well as test procedures and other documentation and participated in carrying out the testing phase of the projects on several occasions.
I was named documentation’s officer for the organization when it became apparent to my employer that the drawings and documentation I produced in concert with the rest of the team would be the focal point of any project.
At the direction of my employer I began development of an extensive project driven one-to-many relational database in Microsoft Access 97. The database, organized by project, consisted of the contact information for our contractors, payload customers, and partners, and listed the specifications, drawing, integration, testing, and other documentation of our projects.
The requirements of each project were outlined by the Principal Engineer, the CAST organization and One Stop Satellite Solutions.
In 1998 I was made a full time employee of OSSS where in I began working as a career employee.
In July of 1998 CAST and OSSS secured an 18-month contract for the JAWSAT payload as described in the final configuration. It was launched on board the Minotaur launch vehicle in January 2000.
The contract called for the integration, delivery and deployment of five separate small satellite payloads to a polar LEO orbit aboard the Orbital Sub-orbital Program (OSP) Minotaur Launch vehicle, the nations first launch vehicle to use engines from decommissioned MinuteMan Ballistic missiles. The design of the JAWSAT Program consisted of the integration of our payload customers, Stanford University (OPAL SAT*), Arizona State University (ASU SAT*), Airforce Academy (FalconSAT*), Airforce Research Labs (AFRL) Optical Research Experiment (ORE*) and two experiments from Marshall Space Flight Center NASA (PEST), and Weber State CAST Attitude Determination and Control Platform (ACP) into a structural frame called a Multi Payload Adapter (MPA*).
The design also included the integration of multiple digital camera systems to capture the deployment of each payload as it was deployed from the MPA. The scope of a project of this magnitude called for exceptional organization among some fourteen different contracting organizations in addition to our direct payload customers. In response to the perceived need for the organization and collaboration of efforts among so many clients and contractors, I took initiative as the documentation officer to provide an email newsletter detailing the progress of efforts on several fronts. As the project began to mature I directed my colleagues at CAST to put the CAST database online. This enabled our customers to download detailed drawings and models of the design of the MPA, and ACP as well as specifications and other documentation as written by others and myself for the integration "foot print", wire harness, and power specifications of each payload to the MPA. In addition, at my direction, my colleagues and I set up an FTP site that was directly linked to our web site to which our payload customers and contractors were required to upload extensive descriptions of their efforts and progress on the project.
Clients, customer payloaders, contracting agencies and a host of other participants were able to keep an up to date picture of the program during the course of the project, from the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to Critical Design Review (CDR) and on through to integration of payloads to the MPA. Tracking mile stones by MS Project and posting deadlines for these milestones to our web site, we successfully managed the program providing critical data to all parties, including payload envelope specifications, integration specifications, FEA, predicted and actual mass properties calculations of the completed payload integration.
These efforts resulted in the on time completion and delivery of the JAWSAT payload to the launch vehicle site at Vandenberg Airforce base in California for integration to the launch vehicle and subsequent successful launch and deployment of our payloads as called for in our contract.
Other projects I was involved in durring this period included:
The begining phases of the CATSAT (Cooperative Astrophysical and Technology SATellite) program
CubeSAT development project. The unit seen here is my design, one of many.
Tropnet, a proposed tellacommunications array stationed in LEO orbit over the equator.
ACP Attitude Determination and Control. Click here for more
Spin Balance System A senior project. An extrodinary engineering accomplishment by some very dedicated students. Click here for more.
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BOOK PUBLICATIONS:
Waking the Bones, The Piscataqua Press, forthcoming.
Surrender to Light, Cherry Grove Collections.
My Life as a Doll, Autumn House Press.
The Red Dragon, a first prize chapbook published by Permafrost.
Slow Risen Among the Smoke Trees, Carnegie Mellon University Press.
Postal Routes, Carnegie Mellon University Press.
Twenty Colors, Carnegie Mellon University.
The State of Maine’s Literary Arts Fellow granted by the Maine Arts Commission.
Reader’s Award for “Walking the Wife,” New Letters.
Honorable mention for “The Collector’s Favorite Doll.”
Nominee Lenore Marshall Prize.
Nominee, Patterson Poetry Book Prize.
Finalist Award, Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Finalist Award, Grolier Poetry Prize.
Individual Artist Grant, The New Hampshire State Arts Council.
Elizabeth Kirschner’s “Twenty Colors” is a first book quite remarkable for its consistency and maturity of voice. The beautiful contradictions are conveyed with much poise, confidence, and courage as the poet maintains a stance that is once tough and tender, mediating between a gentle embracing of disappointment and mistrust toward any promise of paradise.
Nance Van Winckel, Shenandoah
“In her debut collection, “Twenty Colors,” Elizabeth Kirschner offers a splendid chronicle of exiles and reprieves, a chronicle in which vision operates at the extremes of materiality, upon the flesh of everything.
Donald Revel, Denver Quarterly
What fascinates about “Slow Risen Among the Smoke Trees is its overt delineation, through the medium of lyric poetry, of a distinct, linear narration. What makes this book a success is how Kirschner tells Lily’s story; the poems are powerful; and moving, with the plot not so much narrated as evoked. The real treasure is the wonderful last section, where Lily must come to terms with both her past and her present…all the poems work to create a Lilly who becomes real in our eyes and then transcends that reality, becoming, in the victory of her past, a moving symbol of human possibility in the face of any odds.
Bern Mulvey, The Missouri Review
Praise for the forthcoming book, “My Life as a Doll.”
These poems are dark, iridescent beads strung along a narrative of embattled childhood that supports but never overrides the lyrical force of Kirschner’s voice and vision. The narrative begins with a mother’s violence and follows it effects upon the daughter’s inner landscape—the visions, the bouts of madness, the circling smoke of memory—as she grows older. It’s the landscape that generates the force behind these poems, rendered as is with stunning imagery at every turn and with urgent rhythms that push toward a kind of exorcism. These poems confront hard things head-on, but far from being sensationalistic or depressing, they are lush, fierce, and lovely.
Leslie Ulmann
Artwork by Sirarpi Heghinian Walzer
The bleak ferocity of Kirschner’s lines often to comes nigh to overwhelming this narrative of an abused childhood but the strength of imagery, a richness for which this poet is known, seizes the nightmares and transforms them into events that can be handled, shaped and put aside. No, not a happy ending but one that locates dignity and the forever force of life.
Hilary Masters
Reviews of “The Dichterliebe in Four Seasons
…Several of the poems closely follow Heine, but the emphasis of the cycle is fundamentally altered—the love affair is made to last longer, through four seasons rather than just one, and the heat is turned down to a slow burn that is perhaps more appealing for the modern listener than Heine’s lyrics of infatuation. The listener is directed to Kirschner’s cool but devastating final exit for the poet. It is perhaps Kirschner’s blank verse that is most compelling—“In vesper shadows, I can behold your silouette in violets”—and it fits Schumann’s music.
Sam Goody
I love the folks at little Albany Records. I love them. You never know what they’ll come up with next, but you do know it will be passionate. Here is a collection of music by both Schumanns—three famous songs and a handful of piano Romanzes by both Robert and Clare. The comes the “Dictherliebe,” Schumann’s ethereal cycle about the course of a love affair—fitted with new poetry, not a tranlation. “In wundershoen Monat Mai,” though it translates “In the beautiful month of May,” begins instead “I saw the lilacs in the rain.” I liked the experiment. You coud argue that the German contributes to the nature of the songs, but still, the newness of this creation puts the music in a new and interesting light.
Mary Kunz Goldman
Notable CDs:
The Dichterliebe in Four Seasons, Albany Records, spring 2007. This CD has my poetry set to Robert Schumann’s great love song cycle. It premiered in Vienna followed by American debut here in Boston. The CD features Jean Danton, soprano and pianist Thomas Stumpf and was recorded at Jordan Hall, Boston, MA.
New Dawn, Albany Records, fall 2008. Piano music and songs cycles featuring an eight poem cycle, “Lingering, Lonely Calls,” written by me and set to music by Carson Cooman.
The Revelations of Divine Love, Albany Records. Music by Carson Cooman, finale poem by Elizabeth Kirschner, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, 2009.
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Dichterliebe (In Four Seasons)
by Jean Danton; Thomas Stumpf
* Genre: Classical, Vocal
* Label: Albany Records
* Release: April 1, 2007
* Availability: Canada, United States
American poet Elizabeth Kirschner has created a new set of texts for Dichterliebe, featured in this recording. Robert Schumann was unwell in the years preceding the composition of Dichterliebe. The year 1840, however,... show full description »
American poet Elizabeth Kirschner has created a new set of texts for Dichterliebe, featured in this recording.
Robert Schumann was unwell in the years preceding the composition of Dichterliebe. The year 1840, however, proved to be one of unexpected delight. He was finally able to marry the woman he loved and coveted, Clara Wieck, the daughter of his former teacher, Friedrich Wieck, a musical icon in Leipzig. It seems odd, then, that after a five-year struggle to obtain the right to marry the woman he loved and the constant success of such works as Davidsbundertanze, Op. 6, Kinderszenen, Op. 15 and the song cycles Liederkreis, Op. 24 and Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42, he should turn to such a dark subject as the one presented in his sixteen-song cycle Dichterliebe, set to texts by the German poet Heinrich Heine. “A Poet’s Love” is a murky tragedy with its early flourish of love, its eventual deterioration and the poet’s despair of every loving again, even preferring death to a new attempt. American poet Elizabeth Kirschner, who teaches at Boston College and who has collaborated with many modern composers, has created a new set of texts for Dichterliebe, which breaks the cycle into four distinct sections of four songs each (Spring I-IV, Summer V-VIII, etc.). Kirschner has taken the “season of love” in the Heine poems and transformed them into a full year of desperation, elation, introspection and rejection. Soprano Jean Danton has performed widely on the opera, oratorio, musical theatre and concert stage, and has previously performed in the world premiere of Carson Cooman’s Seducing Summer by the Sea, on a libretto by Elizabeth Kirschner.
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Scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions through expanded partnerships (STEPs) in Malawi
Title Scaling up HIV/AIDS interventions through expanded partnerships (STEPs) in Malawi
Author Kadiyala, Suneetha
Abstract "This paper discusses enabling and constraining factors related to the scaling-up of the Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Interventions Through Expanded Partnerships (STEPs) initiative, supported by Save the Children U.S.A. (SC), to combat HIV/AIDS in Malawi. It also discusses potential threats to and contextual factors limiting scaling up of STEPs. The report draws primarily upon the available literature and qualitative data collected during a five-day visit to SC Malawi in December 2002. STEPs started in 1995 as Community-Based Options for Protection and Empowerment (COPE). COPE was a service-delivery program in Mangochi District to assist children affected by HIV/AIDS. Through evaluations, SC realized that such an approach was unsustainable, not cost-effective, and not scalable. Based on the recommendations of the evaluations and on field experience, the program changed course to mobilize collective action to combat the epidemic. Working in the Namwera community in Mangochi under the National AIDS Commission (NAC), STEPs revitalized the dormant decentralized AIDS committees and their technical subcommittees at the district, community, and village levels. Based on the positive experience in Namwera, the program changed its initial strategy to that of an external change agent, assisting communities with community mobilization and capacity building so that communities became empowered to act collectively to address their problems. Village AIDS committees (VACs) first identify the vulnerable. Then VACs plan responses on the basis of the nature and magnitude of vulnerability within the villages, needs of the vulnerable, and capacity within villages to respond. The committees also monitor activities and mobilize resources. As the needs of the most affected communities are crosscutting, the program has become truly multisectoral, with activities along the continuum of prevention, care, support, and mitigation. STEPs has also been influencing national policies related to HIV/AIDS and children." -- Authors' Abstract
Subject - country location MALAWI
Subject - keywords Capacity strengthening
HIV/AIDS -- Africa
community-driven development (CDD)
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Rasmussen, Eric
Investment Management Weekly;06/07/99, Vol. 12 Issue 22, p6
Reports that the West Virginia Investment Management Board launched a search for a chief executive officer to possibly replace chief executive officer Craig Slaughter. Duties of Slaughter in the fund; Extension of the contract of Slaughter; Reason for the search for a chief executive.
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The Harvester World: Volume 5, number 5, May 1914
This binder purchased in 1884 for $250.00, was used continuously for 26 years. Picture sent in by W. F. Kenyon, Vanceburg, Ky.
AN OLD MODEL
Almost every day we receive photographs of machines accompanied by writeups commenting on their unusual age. This is a tribute to the farm machine trade which shows the broad vision and sincere purpose of its pioneer manufacturers.
The picture used herewith came in from an I H C agent, now 72 years of age, who is a distributor of IHC machines at Vanceburg, Kentucky. This letter came with the picture:
"The machine shown is a Deering self-binder of the old wooden Junior type. I bought it at Portsmouth, Ohio, from H. C. Grimes, and paid him $250.00 for it, in the summer of 1884. That year I harvested one hundred and twenty-five acres of wheat with the binder and cut about the same amount the next year. Every year thereafter, for twenty-six years, I cut with this binder from IS to 20 acres. In the two years when I harvested for my neighbors at $1.50 per acre the machine more than paid for itself. Other machines came into the neighborhood about that time and I did not do so much outside work.
" During all the time this binder was used the re¬ pairs, outside of what I made myself, did not cost over $20 or $30. The machine was side-tracked three years ago, but if I had kept on farming myself I could have run it several years more.
"The picture shows me as I am seated on the machine. On the ground are my two sons, Dan and Earl, and Earl's dog, Joe. I am now 72 years old but in good health. " Yours respectfully,
(Signed) "W. F. Kenyon."
"Oh, please speak to mamma!" " Hasn't she gone away for a week?" " Certainly; but she has already left her consent in the gramophone." — Meggendorfer Blaetter (Munich).
DAVID MAXWELL AND SAWING WOOD By O. S. Harbert, Assistant General Agent, Detroit, Mich. Shown herewith is a 30-cord pile of wood which was cut during one short winter day by David Maxwell and his boy on the Maxwell farm near Carsonville, Mich. It is safe to say that this boy will never leave the farm on account of the drudgery of wood sawing as so many other boys before him have done.
In sawing the thirty cords of wood with a 4-H. P. IHC oil engine and an ordinary buzz saw three gallons of kerosene were consumed. The fuel, which cost seven and one-half cents per gallon, thus cost them a total of twenty-two and one-half cents for the day's work.
How theyharrowin Pennsylvania. The Osborne line on Welling¬ ton Dietrick's farm
David Maxwell and son keep still while their IHC 4-H. P. saws wood
The outfit was sold by the hustling firm of C. C. McGregor & Sons, Carsonville, Mich. These dealers are noted around Carsonville for their tendency to give their customers the best machines that money can buy anywhere. Not only this but they give their customers and prospects attention and service which money cannot buy. They handle a long line of harvest¬ ing machines, corn and haying machines, ensilage cutters, feed grinders, cream separators, engines, spreaders, wagons and trucks. They appreciate the value of a complete IHC line, and that it cannot be duplicated elsewhere.
WELLINGTON DIETRICK HARROWING
By J. E. Kiehl, Osborne Division, Harrisburg, Pa.
This illustration shows how farmers farm in the state of Pennsylvania. Little of Penn's original woods can be seen in the picture. In the immediate foreground is one of those far-famed and justly popular Osborne Rival disk harrows which are said to work perfectly in anything from limestone to soft sand. The field which is here being converted into a soft and warm seed bed is an old corn field of hard red shale. Four huge, imported Percherons are doing the tractor act.
By going over this field twice with the harrow with¬ out a rival we put it in first-class condition for seeding oats, saving Mr. Dietrick, the owner of the farm, con¬ siderable time, work and expense in the preparation of the seed bed. It is expressing it tamely to say that Mynheer Dietrick was pleased with the piece of work. He knows a good thing when he sees it without it being labeled.
But the man who lives a double life often has to do two men's work Chicago News.
Title The Harvester World: Volume 5, number 5, May 1914
Physical Description 7 x 9.75 inches
Source The Harvester World, May 1914
Full Text This binder purchased in 1884 for $250.00, was used continuously for 26 years. Picture sent in by W. F. Kenyon, Vanceburg, Ky.
Almost every day we receive photographs of machines accompanied by writeups commenting on their unusual age. This is a tribute to the farm machine trade which shows the broad vision and sincere purpose of its pioneer manufacturers. The picture used herewith came in from an I H C agent, now 72 years of age, who is a distributor of IHC machines at Vanceburg, Kentucky. This letter came with the picture: "The machine shown is a Deering self-binder of the old wooden Junior type. I bought it at Portsmouth, Ohio, from H. C. Grimes, and paid him $250.00 for it, in the summer of 1884. That year I harvested one hundred and twenty-five acres of wheat with the binder and cut about the same amount the next year. Every year thereafter, for twenty-six years, I cut with this binder from IS to 20 acres. In the two years when I harvested for my neighbors at $1.50 per acre the machine more than paid for itself. Other machines came into the neighborhood about that time and I did not do so much outside work. " During all the time this binder was used the re¬ pairs, outside of what I made myself, did not cost over $20 or $30. The machine was side-tracked three years ago, but if I had kept on farming myself I could have run it several years more. "The picture shows me as I am seated on the machine. On the ground are my two sons, Dan and Earl, and Earl's dog, Joe. I am now 72 years old but in good health. " Yours respectfully, (Signed) "W. F. Kenyon." "Oh, please speak to mamma!" " Hasn't she gone away for a week?" " Certainly; but she has already left her consent in the gramophone." — Meggendorfer Blaetter (Munich). DAVID MAXWELL AND SAWING WOOD By O. S. Harbert, Assistant General Agent, Detroit, Mich. Shown herewith is a 30-cord pile of wood which was cut during one short winter day by David Maxwell and his boy on the Maxwell farm near Carsonville, Mich. It is safe to say that this boy will never leave the farm on account of the drudgery of wood sawing as so many other boys before him have done. In sawing the thirty cords of wood with a 4-H. P. IHC oil engine and an ordinary buzz saw three gallons of kerosene were consumed. The fuel, which cost seven and one-half cents per gallon, thus cost them a total of twenty-two and one-half cents for the day's work. How theyharrowin Pennsylvania. The Osborne line on Welling¬ ton Dietrick's farm David Maxwell and son keep still while their IHC 4-H. P. saws wood The outfit was sold by the hustling firm of C. C. McGregor & Sons, Carsonville, Mich. These dealers are noted around Carsonville for their tendency to give their customers the best machines that money can buy anywhere. Not only this but they give their customers and prospects attention and service which money cannot buy. They handle a long line of harvest¬ ing machines, corn and haying machines, ensilage cutters, feed grinders, cream separators, engines, spreaders, wagons and trucks. They appreciate the value of a complete IHC line, and that it cannot be duplicated elsewhere. WELLINGTON DIETRICK HARROWING By J. E. Kiehl, Osborne Division, Harrisburg, Pa. This illustration shows how farmers farm in the state of Pennsylvania. Little of Penn's original woods can be seen in the picture. In the immediate foreground is one of those far-famed and justly popular Osborne Rival disk harrows which are said to work perfectly in anything from limestone to soft sand. The field which is here being converted into a soft and warm seed bed is an old corn field of hard red shale. Four huge, imported Percherons are doing the tractor act. By going over this field twice with the harrow with¬ out a rival we put it in first-class condition for seeding oats, saving Mr. Dietrick, the owner of the farm, con¬ siderable time, work and expense in the preparation of the seed bed. It is expressing it tamely to say that Mynheer Dietrick was pleased with the piece of work. He knows a good thing when he sees it without it being labeled. But the man who lives a double life often has to do two men's work Chicago News.
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Welcome to the April 2008 edition of Fantasy Book Critic’s monthly SPOTLIGHT. Previous spotlights for the year 2007 (June-December) can be visited HERE and for 2008 (January-March) HERE. Not sure if it was because I was more vigilant this time or there was just that many new books coming out, but April 2008 is by far the biggest spotlight that I’ve done so far, and I hope you enjoy this month’s diverse offering :) Of course, if you want to know about even more books, then be sure to check out Urban Fantasy Land's April Roundup HERE, which has a few titles I missed ;) (NOTE: Unless stated otherwise, all release dates are for the US):
“Lonely Werewolf Girl” by Martin Millar. Release Date: April 1, 2008. “Lonely Werewolf Girl” by award-winning author Martin Millar (Thraxas fantasy series) is an expansive urban fantasy tale of werewolves in the modern world—elegant werewolves, troubled teenage werewolves, friendly werewolves, homicidal werewolves, fashion designers, warriors, punks, cross-dressers, musicians—an entire Clan of Werewolves, getting in trouble from the Scottish Highlands to London, and in several dimensions beyond...
Official Martin Millar Website
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Order “Lonely Werewolf Girl” HERE
Read Extracts HERE
“Small Favor” by Jim Butcher. Release Date: April 1, 2008. No one's tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and for once the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow for Mab—monarch of the Winter Court of the Sidhe and the Queen of Air & Darkness—is calling in an old marker that Harry can’t refuse. A small favor that will trap the wizard-detective between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally while straining his skills—and loyalties—to their very limits…
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Read Sample Chapters HERE
Read Reviews of “Small Favor” via FantasyBookSpot, Flames Rising + Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review
“Infected” by Scott Sigler. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Across America a mysterious disease is turning ordinary people into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, themselves, and even their own families. Find out the terrible truth behind this deadly disease in Scott Sigler’s hardcover debut “Infected”, a cinematic, relentlessly paced novel that mixes and matches genres, combining horror, techno-thriller, and suspense in a heady mix that is equal parts Chuck Palahniuk, Michael Crichton and Stephen King…
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“The Houses of Time” by Jamil Nasir. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Over eight years after his last book was released, critically acclaimed writer Jamil Nasir—best known for “Tower of Dreams” which was awarded the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire—is back with his fifth novel “The Houses of Time”, a thought-provoking story of a man gifted with the ability to manipulate reality and dreams. A talent that is being exploited by the Caucasus Synod Western Orthodox Church to bring their prayers to the Divine Presence in the universe…
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“Armageddon in Retrospect” by Kurt Vonnegut. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Imbued with Kurt Vonnegut’s trademark rueful humor, “Armageddon in Retrospect” is a collection of twelve new and unpublished writings on war and peace. Also included are Vonnegut’s last speech as well as an assortment of his artwork, and an introduction by the author’s son, Mark Vonnegut. “Armageddon in Retrospect” says as much about the times in which we live as it does about the genius of the writer…
Official Kurt Vonnegut Website
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Read A Conversation with Mark Vonnegut HERE
“Button, Button: Uncanny Stories” by Richard Matheson. Release Date: April 1, 2008. “Button, Button”—which inspired a memorable Twilight Zone episode and is soon to be a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz—is just one of a dozen unforgettable tales in this new collection by Richard Matheson, the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. This volume contains a number of stories that were adapted for television, as well as a new introduction by Matheson himself…
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“Galaxy Blues” by Allen Steele. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Two-time Hugo Award-winning and national bestselling author Allen Steele returns to the universe of his Coyote Trilogy, “Spindrift” and “The River Horses” novella with “Galaxy Blues”, a standalone novel that follows the entertaining story of Jules Truffant—disgraced and expelled from the Union Astronautica space fleet—as he embarks on a suicide mission that takes him to the middle of a black hole as it plows through an inhabited star system…
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Read Reviews of “Galaxy Blues” via SF Scope
“Empress” by Karen Miller. Release Date: April 1, 2008. In a family torn apart by poverty and violence, Hekat is no more than an unwanted mouth to feed, worth only a few coins from a passing slave trader. But Hekat was not born to be a slave. For her, a different path has been chosen. It is a path that will take her from stinking back alleys to the house of her God, from blood-drenched battlefields to the glittering palaces of Mijak. This is Hekat’s story, precious & beautiful… Book One of Karen Miller's Godspeaker Trilogy…
Official Karen Miller Website
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Read Reviews of “Empress” via The Specusphere
“Implied Spaces” by Walter Jon Williams. Release Date: April 1, 2008. From Walter Jon Williams—the celebrated & influential author of “Hardwired”, “Voice of the Whirlwind” and “Angel Station”—comes “Implied Spaces”, a new novel of post-singularity action, pyrotechnics, and intrigue. Williams, whose name has long been synonymous with state-of-the-art SF, builds on the prophetic futurism of Vernor Vinge and Charles Stross, while adding his own brand of poetic prose, masterful plotting and engaging storytelling…
Official Walter Jon Williams Website
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“And Less Than Kind” by Mercedes Lackey & Roberta Gellis. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Continuing The Doubled Edge series—after “This Scepter’d Isle”, “Ill Met By Moonlight” and “By Slanderous Tongues”—which in turn is a prequel to the SERRAted Edge novels, “And Less Than Kind” deals with the death of Edward VI, Mary proclaimed as queen by the intervention of the evil elf-lord Vidal Dhu, Elizabeth ordered to marry and bear a child so that she might never reign, and the evil machinations of the Dark Court…
Official Mercedes Lackey Website
Official Roberta Gellis Website
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Read Excerpts HERE
“Embrace the Night” by Karen Chance. Release Date: April 1, 2008. In the third book starring Cassandra Palmer, the recently named world’s chief clairvoyant wants to break the spell that binds her to the master vampire Mircea, but to do so she will need to find the Codex Merlini, an ancient grimoire that can only be found in the past. But Cassie soon realizes the Codex has been lost for a reason because while the book may be the key to freeing her, it also possesses the power to endanger the world…
Official Karen Chance Website
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Watch the “Embrace the Night” Trailer HERE
Read Reviews of “Embrace the Night” via Darque Reviews
“Orphan’s Journey” by Robert Buettner. Release Date: April 1, 2008. In the years since the last Slug War, Jason Wander's command style hasn't made him any friends in the Army. Now, in an effort to keep him out of trouble, the Army has sent Jason to the vast, Earth-orbiting resort called New Moon. At the core of this enormous space station is a starship, a relic from the last war… Continues the series that began in “Orphanage” and “Orphan’s Destiny”, both of which have been re-released in support of “Orphan’s Journey”…
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“Magic Burns” by Ilona Andrews. Release Date: April 1, 2008. As a mercenary who cleans up after magic goes wrong, Kate Daniels—star of “Magic Bites”—understands how paranormal energy ebbs & flows across Atlanta. But once every seven years, a flare comes when magic runs rampant. During such a time, Kate retrieves a set of maps for the Pack which she quickly realizes is the opening gambit in an epic tug of war between two gods hoping for rebirth, and if Kate can't stop the showdown, the city may not survive…
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Read Reviews of “Magic Burns” via Darque Reviews, Dear Author…, Scooper Speaks + Urban Fantasy Land
“Dragons Wild” by Robert Asprin. Release Date: April 1, 2008. First book in a brand new series from the New York Times bestselling creator of the Phule’s Company and MythAdventures novels, “Dragon’s Wild” introduces Griffen "Grifter" McCandles, a low-stakes con artist and killer poker player who graduated college fully expecting his wealthy family to have a job waiting for him. Instead, his mysterious Uncle Mal reveals a shocking family secret: Griffen and his sister Valerie are actually dragons…
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“Ravenous” by Ray Garton. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Something deadly has come to the coastal California town of Big Rock—something that’s leaving mangled and devoured bodies in its wake. At first, Sheriff Arlin Hurley refuses to believe the wild talk of werewolves, but when the evidence becomes impossible to ignore Sheriff Hurley and his men set out to stop the spreading terror. Unfortunately they soon learn that many of the old werewolf legends are nothing but myths and that the reality is far more terrifying…
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“Varanger” by Cecelia Holland. Release Date: April 1, 2008. With vivid description and passionate characters, Cecelia Holland’s Viking novel “Varanger”—a follow-up to “The Soul Thief” and “The Witches' Kitchen”—takes the reader back to a time when heroes voyaged to the far corners of the known world, whether fighting the ice in a deep Russian winter, sailing down a great river in a dragon ship, or wandering the elegant streets of the Black Sea city of Chersonese. “Varanger” is historical fiction made real…
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“The Stone Gods” by Jeanette Winterson. Release Date: April 1, 2008. For over twenty years Jeanette Winterson has consistently been one of our most brilliant writers and in her latest offering “The Stone Gods”, what begins as a witty, satirical futurist adventure deepens into a dazzling exploration of our relationship to environment, to power and technology, and to what defines us as humans. Lyrical, visionary, by turns funny and devastating, “The Stone Gods” is fiction at its most provocative…
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Read An Extract HERE
Read Reviews of “The Stone Gods” via the New York Times, Guardian, Times Online + Asylum
“The Martian General’s Daughter” by Theodore Judson. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Set over two hundred years from now in a world very much like Imperial Rome, “The Martian General's Daughter” is at once a stirring military adventure, a cautionary tale of repeating history, a cutting satire, and a heartbreaking examination of the joys & pain inherent in the love between a father and child. Destined to take its place in the canon of science fiction and sure to appeal to readers of Orson Scott Card and Walter M. Miller Jr…
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“The Locktender’s House” by Steven Sherrill. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Janice finds her life upended after her boyfriend is killed and winds up in PA where she takes refuge in an abandoned house. After a while, she meets a sculptor with whom she forms a relationship; she encounters as well a strange woman who attracts her in unexpected ways. As the reality of Janice's inner & outer worlds—and the slippery border between—gradually becomes evident, the reader is drawn in and led to a satisfying close… —Publisher’s Weekly
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“Devil’s Cape” by Rob Rogers. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Nicknamed “Pirate Town” for the violence and blatant corruption that have marred the city since its founding, Devil’s Cape is the unforgettable setting of Rob Rogers' debut novel which blends together gritty crime noir with a heavy dose of the supernatural for a gripping tale of superhuman heroes & villains reminiscent of Alan Moore’s Watchmen or NBC’s mega-hit Heroes. Briskly written and highly readable, “Devil's Cape” will appeal to a wide audience…
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Read Reviews of “Devil’s Cape” via Horror Reader
“Paper Cities” edited by Ekaterina Sedia. Release Date: April 1, 2008. The city has always been a place of mystery, magic & wonder, and in the “Paper Cities” anthology, twenty-one original stories will takes readers on a trip through the urban fantastic including cities past, present, and future; in metropoli real and imagined; and with mutilated warrior-women, dead boys, mechanical dogs, and escape artists just some of the wonders and horrors explored in this bizarre assembly of works from voices new and old…
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Watch the "Paper Cities" Video HERE
“La Vida Vampire” by Nancy Haddock. Release Date: April 1, 2008. Trapped underground for over 200 years, vampire Francesca Marinelli is rediscovered during the renovation of a Victorian mansion and gets a job as an Old Ghost Town Tour guide. Unfortunately, when people in her tour group start turning up dead, Francesca is naturally suspected by the police and a squad of vampire hunters. Factor in a non-existent love life and Francesca is starting to wish she was dead. Or at least buried, where she was safe…
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Read Reviews of “La Vida Vampire” via Scooper Speaks
“Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet” by Joanne Proulx. Release Date: April 1, 2008. When 17-year-old Luke Hunter foretells the death of his friend with freakish accuracy, his life gets complicated especially when the premonitions keep happening. Terrified, Luke lurches through a personal minefield studded with unconsidered existential ponderings, Christian fundamentalists, and a dream girl who his dead friend left behind… Joanne’s debut is a darkly comic coming-of-age novel that nails contemporary youth culture…
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“Caliphate” by Tom Kratman. Release Date: April 1, 2008. In the 22nd century, atheism in Europe has been exterminated; homosexuals are hanged, stoned or crucified; and such Christians as remain are relegated to dhimmitude, a form of second class citizenship where they are denied arms, civil rights and a voice, and specially taxed via the Koranic yizya. Into this world a German girl sold into prostitution at the age of nine to pay her family's yizya, dreams of escape to the magical place across the sea called America…
Official Tom Kratman Website
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“Unholy Domain” by Dan Ronco. Release Date: April 1, 2008. A decade after a lethal computer virus called PeaceMaker roared across the internet leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead, a war is raging between science and religion, the world wallows in a global depression, and the United States government is paralyzed, unable to intervene. “Unholy Domain”, the follow-up to “PeaceMaker” is a fast-paced, techno thriller where religious terrorists and visionaries of technology fight for supreme power…
Official Dan Ronco Website
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Read Excerpts HERE + HERE
Watch the Unholy Domain Trailer HERE
“The Unblemished” by Conrad Williams. UK Release Date: April 3, 2008. Originally released in limited edition by Earthling Publications in 2006, “The Unblemished”—winner of the International Horror Guild Award—is now making its mass market debut thanks to Virgin Books, giving new readers the opportunity to enter the mind of a serial killer who believes he is the rightful son and heir to an ancient dynasty of flesh-eaters… “The Unblemished” by Conrad Williams will be published in the US on June 10, 2008…
Official Conrad Williams Website
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Read Reviews of “The Unblemished” via Dark Devotee + Infinity Plus
“Line War” by Neal Asher. UK Release Date: April 4, 2008. In the fifth Ian Cormac novel from Neal Asher (Cowl, The Skinner), the Polity is under attack from Erebus—an AI entity melded with Jain technology—and it’s up to an unlikely group of individuals including Cormac who is struggling to control a new ability no human being should possess, the indefatigable brass killing machine Mr. Crane, the scientist and Dragon expert Mika, and a vastly-augmented haiman who herself controls Jain technology to stop the threat…
Official Neal Asher Blog
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“Blood Ties” by Pamela Freeman. Release Date: April 7, 2008. A thousand years ago, the Eleven Domains were invaded and the original inhabitants forced on the road as Travelers, belonging nowhere, welcomed by no-one. Now the Domains are governed with an iron fist by the Warlords, but there are wilder elements to the landscape which cannot be controlled and which may prove their undoing including three humans—Bramble, Ash, & Saker—whose lives are bound together by their past, their future, and their blood…
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Read Reviews of “Blood Ties” via Grasping For the Wind
Read Grasping For the Wind’s INTERVIEW with Pamela Freeman
“Once Upon a Time in the North” by Philip Pullman. Release Date: April 8, 2008. In this new prequel episode from Philip Pullman's popular His Dark Materials universe—an exquisite clothbound volume featuring the illustrations of John Lawrence and a removable board game (Peril of the Pole)—“Once Upon a Time in the North” introduces fans to the first friendship of two of the most beloved characters in the author’s trilogy: Texan aeronaut Lee Scoresby and armored bear Iorek Byrnison…
Official Philip Pullman Website
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Read An Interview with Philip Pullman via Publishers Weekly
“The Resurrectionist” by Jack O’Connell. Release Date: April 8, 2008. Part classic noir thriller, part mind-bending fantasy, Jack O'Connell's “The Resurrectionist” is a wild ride into a territory where nothing is as it appears. It is the story of a father's love for his son, a journey driven by hope and anticipation, and by a belief that there had to be an answer. Gripping, startling, wildly original, and ultimately incredibly tender, “The Resurrectionist” is a masterpiece of invention that takes the familiar and makes it wholly new again…
Official “The Resurrectionist” Website
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Read Reviews of “The Resurrectionist” via FantasyBookSpot
“Keeper of Dreams” by Orson Scott Card. Release Date: April 15, 2008. Featuring twenty-four short stories including new author introductions for each story and commentary on Orson Scott Card’s life and work, this huge new collection of one of science fiction’s most beloved and popular writers is sure to please his millions of fans. Like the earlier “Maps in A Mirror”, this collection is a definitive retrospective of the short fiction career of the writer that The Houston Post called “the best writer science fiction has to offer…”
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“Shadow Gate” by Kate Elliott. Release Date: April 15, 2008. In the bestselling “Spirit Gate”, book one of the Crossroads series, readers were swept into the turbulent world of the Hundred, where the peace and order of life under the protection of the immortal Guardians had given way to chaos and violence. Now in the enthralling sequel, “Shadow Gate”, three new Guardians have emerged, beginning a struggle among the immortals with nothing less at stake than the future of the land and its gods…
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“The Hidden World” by Paul Park. Release Date: April 15, 2008. “The Hidden World” is the fourth and concluding volume in Paul Park’s (The Starbridge Chronicles, Celestis) remarkable tale of Roumania—previous volumes include A Princess of Roumania, The Tourmaline and The White Tyger—an alternate historical fantasy world that is both more real and yet also more mysterious and magical than our own. Publishers Weekly claims that the novel “provides a fitting and triumphant conclusion to the series…”
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“The Crystal Skull” by Manda Scott. Release Date: April 15, 2008. British bestselling author Manda Scott has won critical acclaim and garnered honors on both sides of the Atlantic for her historical fiction about the life of Boudica and her novels of suspense (No Good Deed, Absolution). Now in “The Crystal Skull”—a spellbinding blend of history, myth, and science—Manda Scott unleashes a thriller that sweeps from the secrets of the Mayans to the court of a sixteenth-century queen to a shattering end-times prophecy…
Official Manda Scott Website
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Read Reviews of “The Crystal Skull” via ReadingAdventures
“Lord of Lies” by David Zindell. Release Date: April 15, 2008. In “The Lightstone” and “The Silver Sword”, Valashu Elahad, noble warrior and prince of the royal house of Mesh, sought and found the mythical Lightstone in a quest to stop the dreaded Dark Angel Morjin from enslaving all of Ea. Unfortunately, fulfilling a quest doesn’t always mean peace & serenity. For now that the Lightstone has finally been found, Morjin will use all of his talents to get it back. Thus, Val's victory has only caused Morjin to declare war…
Official David Zindell Website
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“Cold Plague” by Daniel Kalla. Release Date: April 15, 2008. Pristine water—hidden for millions of years, untouched by pollution, and possessing natural healing powers—is found miles under Antarctic ice. While people around the world line up for a taste of the therapeutic water, a bout of mad cow disease explodes in a rural French province forcing a team from the World Health Organization to investigate who end up uncovering a global conspiracy and discover the water might hold the key to a microscopic Jurassic Park…
Official Daniel Kalla Website
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“Operation: Save the Innocent” by Tony Ruggiero. Release Date: April 15, 2008. Part of the Team of Darkness series, “Operation: Save the Innocent” finds Navy Commander John Reese recalled to active duty for a new mission. This time he’s ordered by a dark governmental group known as the Agency to recover two vampires that have escaped from the secure holding that Reese helped design, and in the process crosses paths with the dangerous Team of Darkness and a mysterious woman who harbors dark secrets…
Official Tony Ruggiero Website
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“House of Suns” by Alastair Reynolds. UK Release Date: April 17, 2008. Six million years ago, at the dawn of the starfaring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a thousand male and female clones—the shatterlings—who have been documenting the rise and fall of countless human empires. Now though, someone is trying to destroy the Gentians and the surviving shatterlings have to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them—and why—before their ancient line is wiped out of existence forever…
Official Alastair Reynolds Website
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Read Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist’s Interview with Alastair Reynolds HERE
“The Burning Man” by Mark Chadbourn. UK Release Date: April 17, 2008. After a long journey across the ages, Jack Churchill has returned to the modern world, only to find it in the grip of the terrible Mundane Spell. With a small group of trusted allies, Jack sets out across the globe to find the two 'keys'—one person with the power of creation, the other of destruction—that can shatter the spell. Alas, ancient powers are stirring and the odds appear insurmountable, but the need is desperate. This is a time for heroes…
Official Mark Chadbourn Website
Official Jack Of Ravens Blog
Order “The Burning Man” HERE (Hardcover) + HERE (Paperback)
“The Ninth Circle” by Alex Bell. UK Release Date: April 17, 2008. A man wakes up with no idea where, or who, he is. He can do extraordinary things but without a name, without a past, he's isolated from the rest of the world; a stranger to everyone, including himself. But as he pieces the clues together, everything points towards an astounding war between angels and demons...and a battle not just for the future of the world, but for the minds and souls of everyone in it. This is The Bourne Identity as if Neil Gaiman had written it...
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Read Reviews of “The Ninth Circle” via HorrorScope
“Lavinia” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Release Date: April 21, 2008. In The Aeneid, Virgil’s hero fights to claim the king’s daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an empire. Lavinia herself never speaks a word in the poem. Now, Ursula K. Le Guin gives Lavinia a voice in a novel that takes us to the half-wild world of ancient Italy, when Rome was a muddy village near seven hills. “Lavinia” is a book of love and war, generous and austerely beautiful, from a writer working at the height of her powers…
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“The Sharing Knife: Passage” by Lois McMaster Bujold. Release Date: April 22, 2008. Acclaimed science fiction and fantasy writer Lois McMaster Bujold—five-time winner of the Hugo Award—brings us the third installment in her New York Times-bestselling romantic fantasy The Sharing Knife, which continues the story of young Fawn Bluefield and soldier-sorcerer Dag Redwing Hickory as the couple leaves behind all they have known in order to find fresh solutions to the perilous split between their peoples…
Official Lois McMaster Bujold Website
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“The Rosetta Key” by William Dietrich. Release Date: April 22, 2008. Entertaining and vividly evocative, “The Rosetta Key”—which continues the adventures of Ethan Gage who was last seen in “Napoleon’s Pyramids”—is William Dietrich at his fast-paced, cliff-hanger best. For lovers of stirring historical adventure laden with intriguing mystery and puzzles galore, “The Rosetta Key” is a terrific thrill ride not to be missed as Gage must use an archaeological key to prevent dark powers from seizing control of the world…
Official William Dietrich Website
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“The Hakawati” by Rabih Alameddine. Release Date: April 22, 2008. Like a true hakawati, Rabih Alameddine (Koolaids: The Art of War, I, the Divine) has given us an Arabian Nights for this century—an astonishingly inventive, wonderfully exuberant novel that takes us from the shimmering dunes of ancient Egypt to the war-torn streets of twenty-first-century Lebanon. “The Hakawati” dazzles from its very first lines: “Listen. Let me take you on a journey beyond imagining. Let me tell you a story.”
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“Found” by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Release Date: April 22, 2008. Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, who's also adopted, begin receiving mysterious letters that plunges them into a mysterious adventure where there lives are at stake… With “Found”, Margaret Peterson Haddix begins a new series that promises to be every bit as suspenseful and page-turning as her bestselling Shadow Children sequence…
Margaret Peterson Haddix @ Wikipedia
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“The Voice” by Bill Myers. Release Date: April 28, 2008. Charlie Madison is a burned out Special Forces Agent whose world is turned upside down when his thirteen-year-old niece barges into his reclusive life. Forced out of retirement to rescue her parents, Charlie soon realizes there is far more at stake than the lives of two people. For a computer Program has recorded the actual Voice of God, and if the Voice of God created reality, It can destroy it. If controlled, It would become a weapon of mass destruction…
Official Bill Myers Website
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“The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy” edited by Ellen Datlow. Release Date: April 29, 2008. Joining two great names in speculative fiction—Del Rey and Ellen Datlow—this selection of sixteen never-before-published short stories presents some of the most powerful works of contemporary science fiction and fantasy including contributions by Jeffrey Ford, Elizabeth Bear, and Margo Lanagan. Here you will find slyly twisted alternate histories, fractured fairy tales, topical SF, and edgy urban fantasy…
Official Ellen Datlow Website
Order “The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy” HERE
Read Reviews via SF Scope
“In Milton Lumky Territory” by Philip K. Dick. Release Date: April 29, 2008. In “The Novels of Philip K. Dick”, Kim Stanley Robinson states that “In Milton Lumky Territory is probably the best of Dick's realist novels aside from Confessions of a Crap Artist,” and calls it a “bitter indictment of the effects of capitalism.” A compassionate and ironic portrayal of three characters enmeshed in a web of everyday events, in a tension between love & money, “In Milton Lumky Territory” stands out among Dick's early works…
Official Philip K. Dick Website
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“Little Brother” by Cory Doctorow. Release Date: April 29, 2008. Marcus is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–-and how to work the system. But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves in the wrong place of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco and are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security. When the DHS finally releases them, they discover the city has become a police state and the only option left is to take down the DHS itself…
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Official Little Brother Myspace
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“Iron Angel” by Alan Campbell. Release Date: April 29, 2008. In this stunning follow-up to his epic fantasy debut, “Scar Night”, Alan Campbell returns to his captivating world of deities and demons, fallen angels and killers, and the ancient city of Deepgate which has been overtaken and finds itself at the center of converging powers and myriad plans for vengeance that range from the continent of Pandemeria to Heaven itself. “Iron Angel” is the story of a city battling for its own survival—and that of humankind…
Official Alan Campbell Website
Official Alan Campbell Blog
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Read Fantasy Book Critic’s Reviews of “Scar Night” + “Lye Street”
“Fallen” by Tim Lebbon. Release Date: April 29, 2008. From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of some of the most provocative fantasy being written today comes this stunning new adventure set in the fascinating world of Noreela (Dusk, Dawn, After the War). Tim Lebbon’s “Fallen” is a harrowing tale of an epic journey that dares to cross the forbidden boundary separating us from all we fear—and desire—the most. It is a tale that may alter the very history of Noreela forever…
Official Tim Lebbon Website
Official Noreela Website
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Read Fantasy Book Critic’s Review of the “Dusk/Dawn Duology” + “After the War”
“Death’s Head: Maximum Offense” by David Gunn. Release Date: April 29, 2008. With “Death’s Head”, David Gunn rocketed onto the scene in the most explosive and entertaining science fiction debut since Richard K. Morgan’s “Altered Carbon”. Now, Gunn is back with “Death’s Head: Maximum Offense”, a book just as brutal and unforgiving as it’s protagonist Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg, an antisocial, antihero one-man killing spree whose best friend is an intelligent handgun with an attitude…
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Read Fantasy Book Critic's REVIEW of "Death's Head"
“The Queen’s Bastard” by C.E. Murphy. Release Date: April 29, 2008. Society’s fascination with the European Renaissance is evident in the wide span of books, movies and television shows that celebrate the machinations of the royal courts. Now, royal conspiracy meets sensual fantasy in C.E. Murphy’s (The Negotiator, The Walker Paper series) “The Queen’s Bastard”—Book One of the Inheritors' Cycle—an absorbing mix of historical detail, fantastical elements, and the carefully woven thread of human emotions…
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“The Cold Spot” by Tom Piccirilli. Release Date: April 29, 2008. Chase was raised as a getaway driver by his grandfather, but when Jonah crosses the line and murders one of his own, Chase goes solo. Tragedy though forces him to turn to the one man he hates most in the world and even as the two men work together, Chase knows that their unresolved past will eventually lead them to a showdown of their own…”The Cold Spot” is the latest hardboiled crime thriller from the four-time Bram Stoker Award winner Tom Piccirilli…
Official Tom Piccirilli Website
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“Ink Exchange” by Melissa Marr. Release Date: April 29, 2008. Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance between the Faerie Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly-vulnerable fey together. If he fails, bloodshed and brutality will follow. Thus continues Melissa’s tales of Faerie, a dark, ravishing story of temptation and consequences, and of heroism when least expected…
Official Melissa Marr Website
Order “Ink Exchange” HERE
Read Reviews of “Ink Exchange” HERE + via Darque Reviews
“One Foot in the Grave” by Jeaniene Frost. Release Date: April 29, 2008. Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She's still using everything Bones—her sexy and dangerous ex—taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind and this time he won’t let her get away... “One Foot in the Grave” is the second book in Jeaniene Frost's current Night Huntress series…
Official Jeaniene Frost Website
Order “One Foot in the Grave” HERE
“Armed and Magical” by Lisa Shearin. Release Date: April 29, 2008. “My name is Raine Benares. Until last week I was a seeker—a finder of things lost and people missing. Now I'm psychic roommates with the Saghred, an ancient stone with cataclysmic powers. Just me, the stone, and all the souls it's ingested over the centuries. Crowded doesn't even begin to describe it...” Armed and Magical continues the charming and imaginatively fun fantasy series that began in Lisa Shearin’s Magic Lost, Trouble Found…
Official Lisa Shearin Website
Order “Armed & Magical” HERE
Read Reviews of “Armed & Magical” via The Toasted Scimitar
“The Darkest Kiss” by Keri Arthur. Release Date: April 29, 2008. Riley Jenson hunts evildoers and does it with a style all her own. With vamp blood coursing through her veins, and a werewolf’s uncanny instinct for danger, Riley wears snakeskin stilettos and pure, in-your-face attitude when she plunges into her latest case: Hunting down a killer whose victims are high-society strumpets and the rich and powerful men they’ve dated… “The Darkest Kiss” is the sixth volume in Keri Arthur’s (Spook Squad) Guardian series…
Official Keri Arthur Website
Order “The Darkest Kiss” HERE
Read Reviews of “The Darkest Kiss” via Scooper Speaks
“A Dog Among Diplomats” by J.F. Englert. Release Date: April 29, 2008. He reads Proust. Surfs the internet. Is the soul of diplomacy. And when it comes to solving crime, Labrador Randolph is the dog for the job. This time murder has come to Manhattan’s East Village and in this entertaining sequel to “A Dog About Town”, it will take all of Randolph’s considerable cunning to protect Harry, clear the name of his beloved mistress Imogen, solve the crime—and stay alive long enough to enjoy his upcoming birthday…
Official J.F. Englert Website
Order “A Dog Among Diplomats” HERE
“The 5th Witch” by Graham Masterton. Release Date: April 29, 2008. In Graham Masterton’s (Charnel House, Family Portrait) latest, a new and powerful crime alliance holds Los Angeles in a grip of terror. Anyone who opposes them suffers a horrible fate…but not by human hands. Bizarre accidents, sudden illnesses, inexplicable and gruesome deaths—it all leads back to four mysterious women who wield more power than the crime bosses could ever dream of. But at the heart of this nightmare lies the final puzzle, the secret of The 5th Witch…
Official Graham Masterton Website
Order “The 5th Witch” HERE
“Otherspace” by David Stahler Jr. Release Date: April 29, 2008. In this concluding volume to David Stahler Jr.’s Truesight young adult SF trilogy (Truesight, The Seer), danger is closing in. The stars are calling. And young Jacob Manford is restless. He's tried settling into life as a Seer, but he hasn't forgotten the ghostly boy who told him about a new colony—a colony for those who were once blind but can now see. A place for people like Jacob. Will Jacob finally find the life and peace that he’s been looking for…
Order “Otherspace” HERE
That is the best comprehensive and descriptive list of books releasing that I've read anywhere. Usually I'll find one or two books with descriptions of releasing books or a list of books with no description. Thank you for taking the time to compile the books of April.
I love the spotlights dude!
I'm jacked about 4 or 5 of those.
Hope the fams doin well. : )
Kimberly Swan said...
Wow, that's a lot of new releases and I've only gotten to a few of them so far! If there were only more hours in the day. *grin* Thanks so much for sharing the DR review links! :)
Stacy, thanks for the huge compliment! That really means a lot :) Also, I need to get your website linked to the blogroll. I've been meaning to forever...
Reanimanted, we're all doing well though Zane has a little cold. Thanks for asking!
Kimberly, I hear what you're saying. So many books, so little time... You're welcome for the links btw! They're a big help :)
Mihai A. said...
Every time at the beginning of a month I'm more than happy to check your spotlight. It is an excellent work and it helps me a lot when I try to find books that will appear and that interest me.
Awesome. Love this list of up-coming books..
Alot of works goes into it, I'm sure, and want you to know how much it's appreciated!
Great list again; the one book I did not know about and interests me is the House of Time; it's already on my reserve list at the library as is Paper Cities
In the mail there are the 2 N. Asher books (Shadow of the Scorpion while technically May is available here and there)and the Judson book.
Bujold, Gunn, WJ Williams, S. Williams (Earth Ascendant - end April), Reynolds and Campbell are buy on publication.
I've already read Orphan 3 (Amazon April delivery - and of course the first 2 when published), Rosetta Key as an arc early in January and Caliphate and I put my impressions at sffworld in various threads.
Basically Orphan 3 is very enjoyable, Rosetta Key is fun but not as much as Napoleon's Pyramids which was one the most surprising entertaining reads for me, not since K. Neville's The Eight I have enjoyed a historical thriller so much, Caliphate is vintage Kratman and not for everyone, but if you enjoyed Carera 1 and 2, and you like to see Europe humbled and muj killed left and right, the book is for you
I have Stone Gods from the library on my desk, but I browsed it and it does not excite me that much
I may browse Galaxy Blues at some point, but Steele writes competent hard sf, nothing exciting and I am sort of bored with that - Spindrift and M. Brotherton' Spider Star were good examples of that, neither excited me to more than browse and fast read through...
Harry Markov said...
You definitely rocked my world with this list. Now that is for sure I will be having many books to read and some of them I have an idea exist. Hehehe.
Mihai, Mike and Harry, I'm glad you enjoy the list and your comments are much appreciated!
Liviu, thanks for sharing :) As usual, despite my best efforts I miss a book that should have been included like "Earth Ascendant". Perhaps I should be getting your input ;)
"Shadow of the Scorpion" is definitely set for next month's Spotlight--and I hope to get a copy of--and I've never read any Alastair Reynolds, but the new book sounds wonderful :)
doc said...
hey this is doc from the itunes podcast: Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy, i thankyou for putting together this list. Many of these books look real good and i am always looking for interesting books to review for the show. I found this site thru a google alert. Again, thanks for taking time to do this, it makes it real easy on the rest of us. website www.heroesofsciencefictionandfantasy.com
Doc, thanks for stopping by and I'm glad the Spotlight is helpful to you :) That's what they are there for! Also, I appreciate you letting me know about your podcasts. I'll definitely be checking them out and in the meantime I've linked your website :)
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DALE DRINNON: Atlantean Sahara, Cedar and Willow, Benny's Blogs
New at the Frontiers of Anthropology:
http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-atlantean-sahara.html
New on Cedar and Willow:
http://cedar-and-willow.blogspot.com/2012/12/atomic-robot-tesla-comic.html
New on Benny's Blog:
http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2012/12/bernard-gorcey-and-abies-irish-rose.html
Best Wishes, Dale D.
NICK REDFERN'S MOVIE MONSTERS
They range from a massive, city-destroying reptile to a monstrous ape, a glowing-eyed winged fiend to an oversized spider, a shape-shifting werewolf to a blood-thirsty giant worm, and much, much more. They have given cinema audiences thrills, shocks, scares and frights for decades. And they have achieved legendary status in the worlds of film-making and Hollywood. Some you will know, others may be less familiar. But they all have one thing in common: they fall under the banner of our personal, favourite monsters of the movies. So, sit back, grab a bag of popcorn and a coke, and read on.
My take on the top 20 monsters of the movies...
http://www.ehow.co.uk/slideshow_12252903_movie-monsters-time.html#pg=1
THIS CHRISTMAS FROM CFZ PUBLISHING GROUP: Cats of Magic, Mythology and Mystery by Karl Shuker
Surveying an eclectic spectrum of feline anomalies existing both within and far beyond the perimeters of cryptozoology, here are homing cats and demon cats, king cheetahs and woolly cheetahs, ligers and leopons, winged cats and horned cats, belligerent nundas and evanescent marozis, the mythology of the tailless Manx cat and the origins of Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat, latter-day sabre-tooths and feline deities from around the world, dream cats, snow cats, and psychic cats, displaced panthers and out-of-place pumas, Janus cats of the double visage and the lost constellation of Felis, marsupial lions and Queensland tigers, green kittens and Runcible Cats, albinistic leopards and melanistic tigers, servalines, cheetalines, aquatic yaquarus, even a cat-headed serpent or two – and much, much else besides.
The result is a unique clowder of caterwauling curiosities all too frequently neglected or sorely restricted in previous works of feline non-fiction, but greatly deserving of ailurophilic attention, and lavishly supplemented throughout by over 200 remarkable illustrations, including many rare and never-before-published images.
So let Dr Karl Shuker be your guide as you journey through a feline phantasmagoria wholly unlike any cat book previously published - celebrating the magic, mythology, and mystery encompassing one of our world's most inscrutable and fascinating mammalian dynasties: Felidae, the genealogy of Grimalkin.
FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES (CFZ)
In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that - whereas the study of out of place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot, or lake monsters - it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean Zoologist to be interested in. So, after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo, Corinna has taken the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.
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Things are actually going quite well today. I finally sorted out a seemingly insurmountable technical problem concerning Richard Freeman's book (or at least I think I have), and am feeling quite pleased with myself. I am saddened by the death of Ravi Shankar, and listened to the 'Chants of India' album that he made with George Harrison. I really am quite impressed by the way that my 83 year old mother-in-law copes with the madness that is my life. Strange people come and go, and odd music is listened to and esoteric subjects discussed, and the sweet lady takes it all in her stride. I am truly blessed.
We kick off today with our regular visit to the home of Thom the World Poet. (Also poetfreaks, read his eulogy to Ravi Shankar below)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_13.html
More on Michael Des Barres' excellent Christmas single
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/link-michael-des-barres-sings-of-skinny.html
Part two of our exclusive interview with the lovely Judy Dyble
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/exclusive-judy-dyble-interview-part-two.html
Once again I have shamelessly nicked a pile of archive stuff from Helen McCookerybook's blog page. But I think that you will agree with me that my chicanery has paid off
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/more-helen-and-horns-stuff-pinched.html
I am very fond of Auburn - they are a brilliant band, and this picture captures their essence on stage
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-favourite-picture-yet-of-auburn-live.html
We say goodbye to Ravi Shankar
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/those-we-have-lost-ravi-shankar-1920.html
* The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginitavely - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html
* Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat - puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?
The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. In September 2012 Emma Osborne decided that the Mystery Cat Study Group really deserved a blog of its own within the CFZ Blog Network.
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One of the places Drake would have visited was Africa. Several hundred years later famines on the continent would have provided the inspiration for the world's most patronising Christmas song which included lyrics like “and there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas...” as if that was a bad thing. The mass shut-downs of any sorts of transport infrastructure we get in this country when it snows every year are bad enough, but imagine how bad it would get in a country situated on the equator where it has never snowed before ever! It'd be like the apocalypse:
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JNST: "A scenario of large amount of radioactive materials discharge to the air from the Unit 2 reactor in the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident"
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology has a paper by Fumiya Tanabe of Sociotechnical Systems Safety Research Institute published online on March 28, 2012.
Tanabe is the one who said last August that there was a second "meltdown" in Reactor 3 on March 20-21, in which the melted fuel dropped through the Reactor Pressure Vessel onto the floor of the Containment Vessel, releasing a large amount of radioactive materials that caused the spikes in radiation levels in wide areas in Tohoku and Kanto.
In November last year (11/19/2011), he also disclosed his analysis of the Reactor 2 Suppression Chamber, and concluded that it may have been damaged by the earthquake. This paper looks to be that analysis, now peer reviewed and published.
The paper was received on December 9, 2011, accepted final version for publication on January 24, 2012.
So it is possible to disclose the outline of the analysis before submitting the paper to a peer-reviewed magazine, and the magazine has no problem accepting and publishing the paper. (All those researchers in Japan and elsewhere in the world who withheld their data, analysis, research until their papers were published by peer-review magazines, what would you say now?)
From Taylor & Francis Online:
A scenario of large amount of radioactive materials discharge to the air from the Unit 2 reactor in the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident
Fumiya Tanabe
Based on an analysis of the measured data with review of calculated results on the core melt accident, a scenario is investigated for large amount of radioactive materials discharge to the air from the Unit 2 reactor. The containment pressure suppression chamber (S/C) should have failed until the noon on 12 March 2011 only by seismic load due to the huge earthquake on 11 March or by combination of seismic deterioration and dynamic load due to steam flowing-in through safety relief valve. Opening of the two safety relief valves (SRVs) at 14 March 21:18 should have resulted in discharge of large amount of radioactive materials through the S/C breach with the measured air dose rate peak value of 3.130E-3Sv/h at 21:37 near the main gate of the site. The containment drywell (D/W) should have failed at 15 March 06:25, at the cable penetration seal due to high temperature caused by the fuel materials heating up on the floor of the D/W, which had flowed out from the reactor pressure vessel. Then large amount of radioactive materials should have been discharged through the D/W breach with the measured air dose rate peak value of 1.193E-2Sv/h at 15 March 9:00.
Is Tanabe saying that venting of Reactor 2 on the night of March 14, 2011, with the Suppression Chamber already broken due to the earthquake, caused a discharge of a large amount of radioactive materials through the Suppression Chamber?
What a tragi-comical sequence. Amateur hours.
If the Reactor 2 Suppression Chamber was already damaged by the earthquake, what about other Reactors?
Labels: Fumiya Tanabe, Reactor No.2, Suppression Chamber
The researchers are lost too
laprimavera "So it is possible to disclose the outline of the analysis before submitting the paper to a peer-reviewed magazine, and the magazine has no problem accepting and publishing the paper. (All those researchers in Japan and elsewhere in the world who withheld their data, analysis, research until their papers were published by peer-review magazines, what would you say now?)"
In my discipline, authors who submit papers to journals for publication, usually post full preprints of the manuscripts on the publicly accessible arXiv.org e-print archive before submitting the manuscripts to journals for peer review. I can't understand the excuses which the Japanese and other scientists are using to withhold data related to the Fukushima NPP disaster from the public.
BTW, laprimavera, send an e-mail to johnoah at gmail dot com if you want a full copy of the article by Tanabe.
JAnonymous said...
As I already said earlier, and I think this is exactly the proof I needed. An MSM paper and a peer-reviewed paper differ by several orders of magnitude.
This said, the real reason why scientists sit on their data waiting for peer reviews (which can take up to 2 years, how 'novel' is that when you publish 2 years late) is that they are SCARED that someone steals their idea and makes a better paper. No need to be scared if you are a good and confident researcher.
Actually, excellent scientists who do care, usually publish a 'technical report' as early as possible to warn the masses. About a disease outbreak, about flawed practices, and so on...
This makes the upcoming paper only better because of the time that people have to assimilate the information. And this inevitably hypes the paper, making non-scientific audiences want to know what's in the actual peer-reviewed paper.
Also this keeps reminding me about the farce of whaling for research, although this is getting OT.
It is common in Math and Physics to publish a preprint of your scientific work on http://arxiv.org/ before publication in refereed journals. Therefor the attitude to "hide" such important information seems strange to me.
elbows said...
Responding to this part of your blog post:
"Is Tanabe saying that venting of Reactor 2 on the night of March 14, 2011, with the Suppression Chamber already broken due to the earthquake, caused a discharge of a large amount of radioactive materials through the Suppression Chamber?
What a tragi-comical sequence. Amateur hours."
Venting details get a bit complex, especially at reactor 2 where it is unclear whether earlier vet-venting or the brief dry-venting actually happened. But a picture is emerging where the large release of radioactive substances at reactor 2 was caused because they failed to vent at the right time, they left it too late....
The SRV stuff they mention is to release pressure from the reactor vessel, not containment, They have to do this to get the factor pressure low enough to pump in water by fire truck.
But this release from the SRV goes to the suppression chamber. And this is where the big problem at reactor 2 starts. On March 12th they switched the source of water for the RCIC cooling system to use the water from the suppression chamber. But they failed to monitor the pressure and temperature of the suppression chamber at all until March 14th. So by the time the RCIC was failing on 14th and they needed to get ready to pump water, the suppression chamber was already in a state where it would not be able to properly deal with the steam released from the reactor via SRV.
To work around this problem, they needed to vent the suppression chamber. But these attempts failed. So they tried to dry-vent the dry-well instead, but this attempt either raffled totally or was only successful for a few minutes.
As a result of these failings, one or more of the following happened:
Reactor vessel only depressurised slowly, causing delays in water injection.
Suppression chamber got damaged because it couldn't handle the steam from the reactor SRV valves
Drywell failed whilst still under high pressure
The interim cabinet committee report from a few months ago is very good at explaining the failings that happened at all 3 reactors. Based on these details, here is what I believe they should have done to minimise radioactive release:
They should not have waited for the RCIC cooling system to fail. They should have switched to pumping water earlier rather than waiting till RCIC failed. Well before noon on the 14th they should have wet-vented via the suppression chamber, then depressurised the reactor via SRV, then pumped in water.
I can forgive them for problems getting the pumping & venting ready because the explosion at reactor 3 ruined a lot of their preparations. But it is inexcusable that they did not start monitoring the suppression chamber temperature & pressure until late on the 14th of March. If they had measured it sooner they would have realised that the RCIC would fail soon, and that suppression chamber was in a poor state to handle SRV. They would have had more time to successfully vent the suppression chamber (wet vent) and as a result we would probably not be looking at reactor 2 as the main culprit for serious contamination to Japanese land.
So to be clear, faults in Mark 1 containment mean that if the core melts, you have to vent, and the containment will still fail in some way anyway. This was unavoidable, it was the best that could be done for Fukushima. But at least wet-venting removes some of the worst radioactive substances, and the containment doesn't fail at a moment when pressure is very high. Failure to manage this at reactor 2 is what sets it apart from reactors 1 & 3.
The (planned, voluntary) venting would have brought with it responsibility for inevitable contamination. As things stand, it's an unfortunate accident and no-one is responsible.
@Anonymous That may have been a factor very early on, with reactor 1, but Im quite confident it didn't have much affect on later decisions. They tried to vent at reactor 2, including the much more polluting dry-vent, but they mostly failed for technical reasons. And they were not afraid to vent reactor 3 even when they knew the risk of the building exploding. Venting is the lesser of 2 evils.
If the rain had reached central Tokyo at the same time as the March 15th plume, rather than what actually happened with the rain not making it much past the mountains, things would have been much worse.
The political consequences of venting are not as bad as the consequences of venting. This is more true for wet venting than dry venting, but even dry venting is preferable to having delays pumping in water, dramatic containment failure, etc.
Oops that last paragraph was supposed to read 'The political consequences of venting are not as bad as the consequences of not venting'.
It should not be assumed that there was earthquake damage to the torus. A seismic analysis would be necessary. AFAIK, TEPCO has not done a formal seismic analysis on the torus, but I might have missed something in the deluge of information that has been posted (not all of it in English). However, the sloshing of water inside the torus due to the earthquake may have developed forces strong enough to cause damage. It is a question of resonance. The long duration of the earthquake is particularly troublesome in this regard.
If the SuppressionChamber had failed that early, then I don't know as the RCIC cooling system would have lasted as long as it did, since it was switched to use suppression chamber as a water source on March 12th.
Also they did not start measuring suppression chamber pressure until late on March 14th, so we don't have good data for the earlier period.
But we do have drywell pressure data from earlier, and interestingly when TEPCO and NISA ran analysis of the accident using models, they could not get the model output to match the actual measured pressure of the drywell during the early days of the accident, before reactor 2 had its real bad days on 14th and 15th. The model suggested that the drywell pressure should have increased more rapidly than was actually the case. They eventually got the model to match the measurements, by adding an assumption that some damage occurred to the drywell quite early on. This was the reason we had stories a long time about an assumed drywell leak of so many cm, but there isn't actually any real observations or data about this, its just an assumption to make their model fit the reality, so it seems plausible.
Even though they thought this early damage was in drywell rather than suppression chamber, I expect that early damage to the suppression chamber is still an alternative possibility, but there isn't much that tells us quite how likely this was. Whatever happened at reactor 2, we know that the situation didn't get real bad till the 14th when reactor water levels could no longer be maintained. A leak before then would not have resulted in notable contamination as the fuel had not yet melted. Looking at the timing of when reactor 2 RCIC failed, it is also possible that the explosion at reactor 3 caused a problem.
Thank you elbow for sharing your thinking.
Thanks, and sorry that I am unable to explain things in a way that uses less words!
I'm sure there are sometimes some mistakes in my thinking, and I an not an expert, I just read a lot of government reports and background papers and over time things started to make more sense. But there is so little real data that many things will remain assumptions or speculation rather than facts for many years.
Anyway as I have mentioned several times how lucky Tokyo was not to get more contamination than it did, I should provide my source. It is the page that is labelled '2333' of this paper:
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/12/2313/2012/acp-12-2313-2012.pdf
I was thinking along the lines of the wetwell cracking and losing water, thus allowing the PCV to vent directly to the atmosphere. Perhaps there is a simpler way. One of the ducts that go from the PCV to the torus may have cracked, inside the torus, but above the water level, providing a dry vent path.
Well there are lots of possibilities, lots of explanations that would result in significant release from reactor 2, the challenge is working out which ones actually happened, and that may yet take a while.
When looking at timeline of events at reactor 2 I realised that I seem to have been making a mistake when I say that suppression chamber pressure & temperatures were not taken till late on March 14th. Looks like they started taking them on the morning of the 14th. Regardless, they should have started taking them on March 12th.
Thanks to all commenters for the input.
I am still somehow not convinced that the midnight venting at March 14/15 really failed.
1. The alleged rupture disk failure is, first, extremely improbable by itself at double the rupture disk working pressure, second there seems to be no actual confirmation/proof of the rupture disk not opening. It's just Tepco stating they believe so, without having proof by inspection or indicators.
2. The discussed alternative paths of reactor2's big release through parts of of the reactor building instead through the vent stack seem unplausible to me. Where are the highly radioactive condensates you'd expect then?
The few millisieverts in RB#2 to me just seem to contradict the assumption that a significant part of the core's radioactivity escaped through these rooms.
How could this be possible when the vent stack of unit 3/4 measures 10+ sieverts from condensates of #3's vent?
Just think of how much water runs down in a cold bathroom in winter if you take a hot steamy bath, even if you open the bathroom's small window.
If the radiation escaped via the electric ducts as the study says, wouldn't there have to be expected way more radioactivity than has been found near the electric installations in the RB?
On the other hand, the "exit duct" maybe was near the blowout panel and blowed the steam directly into the outside? (Has already a Quince taken measurements there?)
I am still clueless.
Do you mean the vent stack of 1/2? Thats where the 10+ Sv/hr is as far as I know. It could even have come from a possible brief reactor 2 vent for all we know.
However a brief dry vent at midnight does not explain the high levels of radiation on site & away from site during periods much later on the 15th than the supposed vent.
I know what you mean about radiation levels in the building, but the robot did pick up several hundred mSv/hr on the top floor either side of the top of reactor containment cavity. I don't know what levels are reasonable to expect, since the much higher value in the pipe can be influenced by the fact that its a pipe, a very narrow route which very nasty stuff could have flowed down at high pressure during important moment of reactor fuel melt. Also the robots radiation detection is probably not as good at getting readings directly next to the hotspot as a human with the 'detector on a pole' would be. The actual radiation levels right next to the failure points where the steam came from for months could be higher than the survey data we have seen so far.
And if we want to consider all possible areas of doubt, we don't know what role reactor 3 may have played in emissions on the 15th, if any, or even spent fuel pool at 4 for that matter (even though lack of obvious fuel damage in this pool has seriously decreased the emphasis on this possibility as time has gone on).
On March 15, I think there was a white smoke rising from Reactor 3.
RSMC Beijing report says there was a second explosion of Reactor 3 on March 15, at 11AM.
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/12/world-meteorological-organization.html
elbows,
thank you for correcting me, I obviously remembered wrong. You are right, such a high radiation at the #1/2 vent stack's foot could indeed point to a dry vent event.
Really need more information about radiation condensation effects and how much residual radiation would remain.
You probably are right too with stating that Quince isn't that good in finding the actual hot spots like a pole-equipped human.
Don't even know for sure where Quince's radiation counter is located. Some documents state "in 1 m height", others state 1.20 meters.
So surface radiation could be much higher than one might think.
Then the actual radiation at floor level near the #2 concrete lid could be multi-sieverts, where Quince strangely didn't respond for 11 secs for two times. Which in turn could have been caused by a radiation-induced hangup and the following reset sequence, followed by quickly being pulled back from the danger zone?
And, the main release path even could be not the circular outer side of the concrete cap where Quince "hanged up", but at the line separating its two half-circle parts, where Quince possibly hasn't been at all.
Looking from this perspective, it even could be possible that there was first a short dry vent, following by drywell leaking and containment compromise due to extreme strain, caused by the expansion and deformation of the drywell cap being heated by the glowing RPV and losing its tight closing.
The chamber between the steel drywell cap and the radiation protection concrete lid then could have worked as a steam condenser and steam cooler, thus reducing the condensation contamination in the reactor hall itself. So it also would have dampened the violent release pressure somewhat.
At least this would explain the missing of apparent cracks in the concrete which would have been big enough to allow for such a large pressure release and be consistent with the relatively smooth, not-too-violent steam billowing out of #2's blowout panel.
But I am still speculating as I still don't understand why RB #2 is so "clean" compared with #1 and #3, in spite of its alleged much bigger release.
Reactor 3 steamed/dry vented for weeks. Containment lid definitely damaged. Containment also leaks into the building, for example at the hatches, even if the pressure didn't get as high as in #2. Sign of an in-containment pressure surge, possibly due some sort of explosion?
And this minor releases compared to #2??
SFP 4 partially ran dry.
Do the spent fuel assemblies really have to melt before releasing nasties? Doesn't it suffice to lose the Zirconium cladding barrier by transforming into a brittle and porous Zirconium oxide?
Radioactivity values at the plant's MPs dropped sharply immediately after water levels restored, with no official explanation given.
Really reason to exclude releases from SFP 4??
Above all, remember that all these release estimates are only more or less arbitrary estimates based on release model assumptions, not actual release measurements.
Atomfritz, it is possible that the fuel rods release gasses simply upon being heated up. No major deterioration of the cladding is needed, microscopic cracks and pores can be enough. Such cracks and pores are routinely found in even properly-cooled used fuel.
I am sure that watering SFP #4 contributed to the significant decreases in dose rate on-site, but I am unsure about the mechanism. Perhaps even just the reduction in gamma shine and stopping the water from bubbling would be enough to matter?
I am saying this because from the recent movies we can say for sure that the fuel in SFP #4 was not uncovered for any period of time - there is no warping, no discoloration, nothing.
I am not so sure that we can deduct from the SFP videos that it never ran dry so that part of the fuel got exposed.
We saw only a handful of the more than 1300 used assemblies.
Could well have been a Potemkin village. What if we were shown only a section of older fuel assemblies?
Reportedly substantial part the fuel stored in the pools was older than 12 years and develop way less heat than "fresh used fuel".
A Zirconium-steam reaction could even have happened if only part of the fuel was exposed.
But, there could indeed have been other mechanisms that come into effect when water boils while the fuel is still fully covered. Concrete debris damaged fuel would then release contaminants to air via steam bubbles.
I don't think the gamma shine would have much an effect at the plant gate radiation detectors as it would have been directed into the air.
There were some radiation measurements from helicopters which indicated high gamma radiation above some reactor buildings, but I don't find the actual values they metered in which height.
But they were quite high, maybe from SFP gamma shine too and not only from the radiating steam plumes.
So many possibilities.
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Bent Water Rod in Spent Fuel at TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuke Plant, No One Knows Why or How
Engineers, care to comment?
During the regular maintenance, TEPCO found a bent water rod in one of the spent fuel assemblies in the Reactor 5 Spent Fuel Pool at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa. In another assembly, the company found a bit of cotton-like fiber caught in the spacer.
From TEPCO's press release (Japanese) on October 17, 2012:
Fuel rod configuration, from "Nuclide Composition and Neutron Multiplication Factor
of BWR Spent Fuel Assembly", Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (November 1999):
Labels: Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, Spent Fuel Pool, TEPCO, water rod
#Radioactive Japan: Government Changes Rules, and 102.8Bq/kg of Cesium in Rice Becomes 100Bq/kg, Rice Safe and Good to Sell
Rice harvested this year in a district in Iwaki City in southern Fukushima was found with 102.8 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium.
Because under the little-noted guideline from the Ministry of Health and Welfare on March 15 this year before the provisional safety standard of 500 becquerels/kg of cesium expired, you are supposed to round down or up the 3rd digit and use only the first 2 digits. (Jiji article below says the notice was issued on July 5, but the original notice was on March 15.)
So, 102.8 becomes 100. Exactly the safety limit, and that's fine with the Fukushima prefectural government. They say it is "sufficiently safe", meaning the rice will be sold.
コメ検査で基準値上限＝「十分に安全」と県－福島
Rice tested at the upper safety limit, "Sufficiently safe", says Fukushima government
福島県は１８日、２０１２年産米のモニタリング検査で、同県いわき市で生産されたコメから放射性セシウムの基準値の限度いっぱいの１キロ当たり１００ベクレルが検出されたと発表した。基準値は超えておらず、県は「十分に安全」（水田畑作課）としている。
Fukushima prefectural government announced the result of monitoring tests of rice harvested in 2012, which showed 100 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium had been detected from rice grown in Iwaki City in Fukushima. Since it didn't exceed the safety limit, the prefectural government says it is "sufficiently safe".
県によると、いわき市の旧川部村で１６日に採取した玄米で、セシウム１３４が３９．６ベクレル、セシウム１３７が６３．２ベクレル検出された。合計すれば１０２．８ベクレルで基準値を上回るが、厚生労働省は「（合計値の）３桁目を四捨五入し、有効数字２桁とする」と７月５日付で通知しており、これに従うと１００ベクレルちょうどになる。
According to the prefectural government, unmilled rice from former Kawabe-mura in Iwaki City harvested on October 16 was found with 39.6 becquerels/kg of cesium-134, and 63.2 becquerels/kg of cesium-137. Total would be 102.8 becquerels/kg, exceeding the safety limit. However, the Ministry of Health and Welfare had sent a notice dated July 5, 2012 which stated, "Round off the third digit to the nearest whole number and use the first two digits as significant figure." According to the notice, [Iwaki's number] is exactly 100 becquerels.
県は安全性確保のため、一定数のサンプルを採取して行うモニタリング検査に加え、全ての県産米（約１２００万袋）を対象に全袋検査を実施中。これまでに、いずれの検査でも基準値を超えるセシウムは見つかっていない。
The prefectural government has been conducting the test to detect radioactive materials (cesium) on all rice (about 12 million bags [of 30 kilograms of rice]) grown in Fukushima, in addition to the monitoring test with a certain number of samples [per location]. So far, no rice has been found with radioactive cesium exceeding the safety standard in either test.
Uh... it has just been found, hasn't it? 102.8 becquerels/kg?
Japanese wiki on rounding numbers says you should be conservative in rounding the numbers when it comes to safety. In this case, if the safety standard is 100 becquerels/kg and the rice exceeded that standard by whatever small margin, it should have been treated as "exceeding the standard", instead of rounding down and declaring it is "sufficiently safe". If anything, it should be rounded up to 110 and ban the sales to be very conservative and safe.
As one of my Japanese Twitter followers suggested, that wiki entry needs a revision: "You should disregard safety when it involves the government policy, and round down the numbers to fit the safety standard to avoid baseless rumors."
By the way, Fukushima Prefecture tested one more sample from the same village in the monitoring test. That sample was found with 71.8 becquerels/kg, which the Fukushima prefectural government dutifully rounded up and printed "72 becquerels/kg".
Last year, there were 3 samples tested from this particular village in Iwaki City. They were all ND.
Labels: Iwaki City, radioactive rice
Will Lithuania's Referendum Stop the Construction of a New Nuclear Power Plant?
Hitachi's spokesman says the referendum result was "regrettable", according to Daily Yomiuri Online (English).
This referendum is "consultative", meaning it doesn't have the enforcing power. The government will have one month to decide on the resolution. (Wikipedia: Referendums in Lithuania)
Only a minor bump in the road for Hitachi, most likely.
From Daily Yomiuri Online in English (10/17/2012; emphasis is mine), which has more information than the article that appeared in Japanese Yomiuri (10/15/2012):
Hitachi's nuclear plan hits bump / Lithuania referendum on construction project could hurt export strategy
A Lithuanian referendum result has cast a shadow over Hitachi Ltd.'s strategy to increase sales from its nuclear business--and could affect other Japanese companies in the nuclear industry.
Hitachi has signed a provisional contract with the Lithuanian government to construct a nuclear plant in the Baltic nation. But in a nonbinding referendum held Sunday, 62 percent of Lithuanian voters rejected the project, a result that could make the Lithuanian government review it.
A Hitachi spokesman said the result of the referendum was "regrettable."
"We'll closely watch how the Lithuanian government responds to the result," the spokesman added.
Hitachi signed a provisional contract with the Lithuanian government in July 2011 to construct the latest model of a boiling water reactor in Visaginas, eastern Lithuania. The project will cost 400 billion yen to 500 billion yen, and the Lithuanian government plans to use the reactor to supply electricity to all three Baltic countries, including Estonia and Latvia, from the early 2020s.
The Lithuania deal was the first inked by a Japanese company to build a nuclear reactor overseas since the crisis began at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in March 2011. The contract showed the safety of Japan's nuclear technology was recognized internationally, to a certain degree.
Hitachi plans to increase sales of its nuclear businesses from 160 billion yen in March to 360 billion yen in March 2021. However, observers said the company will have to revise its strategy if Lithuania does a U-turn on its nuclear policy.
Other Japanese nuclear power plant companies are concerned the result in Lithuania might affect sentiment in more nations considering building nuclear reactors.
Toshiba Corp. is competing for an order to build a nuclear plant in Turkey with South Korea, Canada and other countries. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is trying to export a nuclear power reactor to Jordan.
As these companies have no prospect of building a new nuclear plant in Japan since the government reviewed the nuclear energy policy after the Fukushima crisis, they must try to expand their businesses overseas.
However, some experts said the real issue of Lithuania's referendum was the massive spending that would be required for the construction at a time of financial difficulties, not the government's nuclear policy itself.
Many developing countries, including Lithuania, need to increase their power supply to sustain economic growth.
"Those countries have high expectations for nuclear plants that can stably supply a huge amount of electricity," an official of a Japanese nuclear company said.
I think I know what's coming next: a massive amount of interest-free loan from the Japanese government to Lithuania so that it can afford to have a state-of-the-art nuclear power plant.
Newsweek/Bloomberg article says the Lithuanian referendum result may prompt Estonia to commission a second oil shale-fired power unit.
Estonia's oil shale deposits account for 90% of Estonia's power source, and 17% of total deposits in the European Union, according to wiki.
Labels: anti-nuke referendum, Estonia, Hitachi, Lithuania, oil shale
IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano: ‘We Continue to See Activities’ at Iranian Parchin Site"
Mr. Amano, a career bureaucrat at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, became the Director General of IAEA after the organization and its then-Director General Mohamed ElBaradei had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
His appointment didn't go smoothly, but in the end his and his government's pledge to the US that he would be instrumental in reining in Iran's nuclear ambition in the interest of the US seems to have finally cinched the election in 2009. (WikiLeaks, as reported by Asahi Shinbun on December 3, 2010.)
From Antiwar.com (10/17/2012; emphasis is mine):
IAEA Chief: ‘We Continue to See Activities’ at Iranian Parchin Site
The IAEA also noted an increase in Iranian enrichment capacity, but the latest report confirmed Iran's uranium was used for peaceful medical research
by John Glaser, October 17, 2012
UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukio Amano said on Wednesday there continues to be some “activity” around Iran’s Parchin military site, although he refused to say what kind of activity or to make any direct allegations that Tehran is hiding anything illicit in its nuclear program.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its chief, Amano, continue to push Iran to allow inspections at Parchin, following accusations that Iran was trying to clean up evidence of weaponization of its nuclear program. The activity IAEA officials are seeing it from satellite imagery.
But Parchin is a military site that is not a declared nuclear site, and therefore not under IAEA jurisdiction. IAEA inspectors continue to constantly inspect all of Iran’s declared nuclear enrichment sites and to this day have never found any evidence that nuclear material from these sites has been diverted elsewhere for possible military use.
Many Western observers suspicious of Iran’s nuclear program, which they continue to insist is for purely peaceful uses only, use the unspecific Parchin accusations, along with Iran’s increasing uranium enrichment capacity at its Fordow plant, as indirect evidence that Iran is working towards nuclear weapons.
But the IAEA’s latest report, and Israeli intelligence, conclude that Iran has diverted much of its enriched uranium to peaceful scientific research and medical isotopes, as it promised.
Despite the IAEA’s estimate that enrichment capacity has increased, senior Israeli defense officials told Haaretz that “Iran has moved the wall back by eight months at least.”
And regarding inspections at Parchin, international observers should not be surprised that Iran hasn’t followed every demand and dictate of the inspectors and the Western-led negotiators.
The so-called diplomacy with Iran has been “predicated on intimidation, illegal threats of military action, unilateral ‘crippling’ sanctions, sabotage, and extrajudicial killings of Iran’s brightest minds,” writes Reza Nasri at PBS Frontline’s Tehran Bureau. These postures have spoiled the chance to resolve this issue promptly and respectfully.
After the failed talks in 2009 and 2010, wherein Obama ended up rejecting the very deal he demanded the Iranians accept, as Harvard professor Stephen Walt has written, the Iranian leadership “has good grounds for viewing Obama as inherently untrustworthy.” Former CIA analyst Paul Pillar has concurred, arguing that Iran has “ample reason” to believe, “ultimately the main Western interest is in regime change.”
Labels: IAEA, Iran, Yukiya Amano
#Radioactive Japan: US High School Students Did Visit Fukushima, on "Strengthen Kizuna" Project
A Japanese independent journalist posted this photo on his tweet. It is an air dose measurement of 0.54 microsievert/hour in front of a junior high school in a village in Fukushima Prefecture, and the village name is Tenei-mura (pronunciation: ten'ei).
Remember that before the Fukushima nuclear accident, the average air dose rate in Fukushima Prefecture was one order of magnitude lower.
Now, why did this particular tweet catch my attention? Well that village was one of the locations where the high school students from the US were sent, as part of the "Kizuna" project by the Japanese and the US government to show support and solidarity with the "victims" of the disaster and to spread the correct information about recovery and decontamination effort by the Japanese government by having young people from the US visit Fukushima.
Remember those high school students, who followed the footsteps of the students from Middle Tennessee State University?
The original meaning of 'Kizuna' is "a tie that binds a domestic animal so that it can't escape".
From Fukushima-net.com (no date, but assumed to be in July 2012; part):
米国の高校生が被災地を訪問 天栄などで「キズナ強化プロジェクト」
US high school students visit disaster-affected areas, part of "Project to strengthen 'Kizuna'" in Ten'ei
東日本大震災の復興支援のため、アメリカの高校生たちが10日から天栄村などを訪れ、地元の人たちと交流を深めている。
High school students from the US have been visiting places [in Fukushima] including Ten'ei-mura starting July 10, interacting with the locals to support the recovery from the March 11, 2011 disaster.
外務省の委託事業で、日本国際協力センターが実施する「キズナ強化プロジェクト」の一環。アメリカの高校生が被災した宮城、岩手、福島、茨城の４県を訪れ、復興状況などを視察している。
It is part of the "Project to strengthen Kizuna", which is commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and carried out by the Japan International Cooperation Center. Under the project, high school students from the US are visiting the disaster-affected Miyagi, Iwate, Fukushima and Ibaraki Prefectures and observing the progress of the recovery efforts.
本県は天栄村ふるさと子ども夢学校推進協議会が受け入れ先となり、１０日から１３日までの日程で実施。
In our Prefecture [Fukushima], a council of Ten'ei-mura is organizing the event from July 10 to 13.
アメリカの4つの高校で日本語を学んでいる学生と教師約１１０人が来日している。
110 students and their teachers from 4 US high schools are in [Fukushima]. The students are learning Japanese at their high schools.
... 12日は長沼高、岩瀬農業高を訪れ、日本の高校生との交流を図るほか、天栄村の職員から村内の畑の除染活動について説明を受ける予定。
On July 12, they are scheduled to visit the local high schools to interact with the Japanese high school students [there], and to be briefed by the village officials on the progress of decontaminating the farm lands in the village.
今回のプロジェクトは、アメリカの学生に被災地の復興状況を見てもらい、除染への取り組みを海外に発信してもらおうという狙い。
The aim of this project is to have the US students see the recovery of the disaster-affected area, and have them spread information on the decontamination effort.
The site has a photograph of students wearing "Kizuna" T-shirts and eating "mochi".
Ten'ei-mura is located along the corridor in the middle of Fukushima where the radioactive cloud passed through, between Sukagawa and Shirakawa. Professor Hayakawa's Radiation Contour Map (ver.7) has Ten'ei-mura inside 0.5 microsievert/hour, with a significant chunk of it inside 1 microsievert/hour.
Labels: radiation exposure
AP: White House Considering Retaliatory Strike in Libya
Wag the dog.
From Boston Globe, citing AP (10/16/2012):
White House faces dilemma in Libya attack response
Strike forces, drones on alert in North Africa
WASHINGTON — The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the Al Qaeda-linked group responsible for the death of the US ambassador and three other Americans in Libya.
But officials say the administration is weighing whether the short-term payoff of exacting retribution on Al Qaeda is worth the risk that such strikes could elevate the group’s profile in the region, alienate governments the United States needs to fight it in the future, and do little to slow the growing terror threat in North Africa.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking responsibility for security at a US consulate in Libya where an assault by extremists on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks killed the four Americans.
Pushing back against Republican criticism of the Obama administration for its handling of the situation, Clinton said Monday in Lima, Peru, that security at all of America’s diplomatic missions abroad is her job, not that of the White House. She made the comments in several television interviews.
‘‘I take responsibility,’’ she told CNN. ‘‘I’m in charge of the State Department’s 60,000-plus people all over the world (at) 275 posts. The president and the vice president wouldn’t be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. They’re the ones who weigh all of the threats and the risks and the needs and make a considered decision.’’
I still remember how the government and the media put the spin on the news of the attack. It was blamed on the anti-Islam movie, or that's how they wanted us to sort of believe.
Labels: Libya
via Zero Hedge (10/16/2012):
Obama: Governor Romney just got going sure want people jobs
Romney: People get going jobs four years president
Anheuser-Busch provided free beer crafted in small batches to the reporters.
Labels: 2012 US presidential election
OT: French TV Depicts Japanese Goalie with 4 Arms, Calling it "Fukushima Effect"
The French soccer (football) team lost to the Japanese team 0 to 1.
From Kyodo News English:
French TV host riles Japan with "Fukushima" comment
Photo captured from a Belgian website that posted an image run by France 2 shows a composite picture of Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima with four arms. A host of the national television station France 2 reportedly angered the Japanese Embassy by showing the picture during a variety show on Oct. 13, 2012, citing the "Fukushima effect" when praising Kawashima for his performance in Japan's defeat of France in a soccer friendly held on Oct. 12.
Well, having 4 arms is nothing. Buddhism deities have just as many, and more. In fact, the Japanese phrase "八面六臂" (eight faces, six arms) is used to depict someone with extraordinary talent and energy, worth several people. Like Mr. Kawashima.
This "Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokites'vara" statue is a Japanese national treasure. It is from the 8th century, and has 1,000 arms to save people in distress:
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Grand Final Bee spelling competition
by Nick Schnelle · March 16, 2013
Students from across the state competed in the Grand Final Bee spelling competition on Friday held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25. Ram Koganti of Wallace Elementary School won the spelling bee with the word “outrageous” and will move on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee held May 28-30 in Washington D.C.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR Students line up along a wall before entering the studio on Friday before the start of the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR Students and parents wait in the lobby on Friday before the start of the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR Steve Shaw, right, directs students on how not to speak into the microphone on Friday at the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR Isabel Quinones of Putnam County Junior High School stands in place for Steve Shaw, right, as he determines the correct height for the microphone on Friday at the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR John Offutt of Mossville Elementary School spells his word on Friday at the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR From left, Amy Walmsley of Lewistown Central School spells her word as Sydnee O’Donnell of St. Philomena School waits her turn on Friday at the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR Grace Klooster of Stark County Junior High School clenches her fingers as she spells her word on Friday at the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR From left, Ram Koganti of Wallace Elementary School stands as John Offutt of Mossville Elementary School spells his word on Friday at the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR Giarmando Parker of Nielson Elementary School asks the judges to clarify his word on Friday at the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25.
NICK SCHNELLE/JOURNAL STAR From left, Ram Koganti of Wallace Elementary School is presented with his trophy by Phil Jordan on Friday after Ram won the Grand Final Bee spelling competition held at the studios of WEEK-TV, Channel 25. Ram will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee held May 28-30 in Washington D.C.
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Republican attack on public schools
GOP strips retirement health care from future teachers, other state government workers
Submitted by scharrison on Sat, 06/20/2015 - 09:46
Because 30 to 40 years of service means nothing to Republicans:
A few short lines in the 2015-17 Senate budget would eliminate state-paid health retirement benefits for teachers and state employees hired after January 1, 2016.
“This will negatively impact the state’s ability to recruit good, qualified folks,” said Richard Rogers, executive director of the North Carolina Retired Governmental Employees’ Association. “In the future, I don’t see folks sticking with state government for the long term or for a career.
They don't want "good, qualified folks," working for the people, because that would make it harder to tear down government agencies and institutions. Better to fill the ranks with mediocre, unqualified folks, because it will condition the populace to not be dependent on a functioning public service machine, and make it much less controversial when that machine is finally switched off for good.
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NC charter schools: All your dollar$ are ours
Submitted by scharrison on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 11:12
Even your bake sales and booster bucks:
Senate Bill 456 would force school districts to share all local tax revenue proportionally by striking the ad valorem exception. Sponsor Sen. Jerry Tillman R-Randolph, said the bill "puts the funding back where the courts say it should be."
However, the bill also strikes the law's exceptions for "sales tax refunds, gifts and grants restricted as to use, and trust funds." That means donations, from school PTA fundraising dollars to booster revenues for bands or sports teams, would all go into the shared pot unless the school district sets up a separate account for those dollars and unless donors specify that their contribution is for that particular account.
I'm sure Conservative band boosters and other alums will somehow perceive this as "the damn government" meddling in school affairs, which later will coalesce into "the damn Democrats" did it, since they can't grasp the idea of their intrepid Republican heroes pulling stunts like this. And if/when they do see something negative about the GOP on the news, the filters kick in to defend them from "that damn Liberal media." SMFH.
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Report details massive fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars by the charter school industry
Submitted by scharrison on Wed, 04/29/2015 - 11:43
Enough to buy a shitload of public school textbooks:
The 2015 report cites $203 million, including the 2014 total plus $23 million in new cases, and $44 million in earlier cases not included in last year’s report.
It notes that these figures only represent fraud and waste in the charter sector uncovered so far, and that the total that federal, state and local governments “stand to lose” in 2015 is probably more than $1.4 billion. It says, “The vast majority of the fraud perpetrated by charter officials will go undetected because the federal government, the states, and local charter authorizers lack the oversight necessary to detect the fraud.”
The lack of oversight wasn't an oversight on the part of Republicans, they're counting on it. In the absence of that needed fraud detection, they can continue to expand the program until the private sector gains a controlling interest in public education. And some of them probably genuinely believe that fraud and abuse in the private sector is still better than efficiency and good results from government entities. Which is reason #27 why they need to be booted out of the Legislature.
Read more about Report details massive fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars by the charter school industry
More proof that charters are resegregating NC classrooms
And more embarrassing national media exposure:
The most recent cautionary tale comes from North Carolina, where professors at Duke have traced a troubling trend of resegregation since the first charters opened in 1997. They contend that North Carolina’s charter schools have become a way for white parents to secede from the public school system, as they once did to escape racial integration orders.
“They appear pretty clearly to be a way for white students to get out of more racially integrated schools,” said economics professor Helen Ladd, one of the authors of the draft report released Monday.
The sad and frustrating thing is, Republicans in the General Assembly probably think that's a legitimate desire for white parents to have, and the government should actually help them to achieve it.
Read more about More proof that charters are resegregating NC classrooms
The UNC Board of Goolsby?
There's apparently not enough fraud and misrepresentation on the BOG:
Sen. Bill Rabon (R-Brunswick) nominated Goolsby for the position, according to the Senate Clerk's office.
Goolsby says he wants to make sure taxpayers get their money's worth from the UNC system by cutting wasteful spending. Goolsby says people deserve a huge return on investment from the UNC system.
Bolding mine. If the taxpayers were given a choice as to who would be safeguarding their investment in higher education, I doubt very seriously they would choose somebody who misled investors and has been barred from securities trading or advising for ten years:
Read more about The UNC Board of Goolsby?
GOP assault on higher ed continues
Submitted by scharrison on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 11:03
When party affiliation trumps performance:
They got Tom Ross. Now, they are going after Scott Rawls.
Under the Dome noted that Rawls, President of the North Carolina Community College System, is interviewing for a job as head of a college in Northern Virginia. Regardless of what he says publicly, my guess is that he is being pushed out. Republicans are in the process of purging Democrats and Democratic appointees from all levels of government and Rawls came to power before they were in control.
Can't help but get the feeling these moves represent more than just partisan house-cleaning. If Republicans are planning to execute some massive, radical funding cuts, it's best to do so after replacing education leaders who would have been outspoken opponents of such. It's a sign of the crazy times we're living in that I hope it's just partisan hackery, and not something more devastating.
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Charters and the resegregation of NC students
Submitted by scharrison on Mon, 02/23/2015 - 12:34
The dark side of parental choice:
One reason is that as charters have grown, they haven’t met the needs of low-income and special needs populations. By law they are expected to serve minority populations, but they are not required, like traditional schools, to offer transportation and subsidized meals. In practicality, that’s a deterrent to non-white families. “There is no doubt that the charter school system in this state is contributing to racial segregation,” Ladd says.
She said white parents, in picking out charter schools, are concerned as much about minority enrollment – they prefer less than 20 percent – as about quality. Satisfaction surveys and re-enrollment trends, she said, show higher satisfaction with charters among white families than minorities.
And I'm sure more than a few of them would prefer zero percent, whether they would admit to it or not. And their children, more than any of their peers, would benefit from engaging in a diverse school population. It's the best (only?) way to break the cycle of generational prejudice. An observation which I'm sure would have the Puppets grasping for their smelling salts:
Read more about Charters and the resegregation of NC students
GOP siphons more money away from low-income schools
In support of their unwise privatization efforts:
The White House on Friday issued a report that said a House Republican plan to revise the Elementary and Secondary Education Act would reduce North Carolina’s federal Title I money for disadvantaged students by an estimated $17 million in 2016 and $220 million over the next five years.
Currently Title I funds are concentrated in schools with large numbers of poor students. The House bill would allow this grant money to follow each low-income child to the traditional or charter public school of the parent’s choice.
The emergence of this legislation during a time when many new charter schools are failing due to fiscal mismanagement is no coincidence. The people behind the curtain in this movement are well aware their "efficiency" leaves something to be desired, so they've been scheming to find various flows of public monies to tap into. And in case you were wondering, yes, this is an ALEC initiative:
Read more about GOP siphons more money away from low-income schools
The crossroads of poverty and poor student performance
A concerned teacher speaks out:
The strong correlation between poverty and academic achievement has been noted for decades. Nutrition, stress, lack of health-care and housing stability all play a role in brain development and student learning. This is not disputed, yet as educators, we largely ignore poverty and instead focus on how to better teach our students. No amount of revised lesson plans or new curriculum will remove the impact of poverty on student learning.
Taking a stand against low wage poverty is a stand for education. I want to be clear: there is nothing intrinsically wrong with the academic abilities of poor children. In fact, when you remove the stresses created by poverty, academic achievement goes up. There is something wrong with a society and economic system that allows so many of our children to live in poverty.
And one of the biggest problems we have to overcome is ingrained prejudice bolstered by a healthy dose of narcissistic navel-gazing. I got into a very unsettling argument with a handful of normally progressive friends and family recently over the living wage issue. The concerns raised by these folks centered around fairness: "Is it fair to the people who have labored to obtain a college degree or professional certification, only to have someone who didn't even graduate high school come along and get paid $15 per hour?" The argument pretty much fizzled out when I explained how they (as taxpayers) were actually paying part of the wages the employers refused to, via food stamps and other public assistance a $7.25 per hour worker was qualified for. But that didn't address the deeper social schism that caused those feelings of unfairness, a schism that is a direct result of decades of Meritocratic thinking. We're programmed to believe we compete with each other, but, in fact, we are competing with the 1%. And losing.
Read more about The crossroads of poverty and poor student performance
Against all better judgment, virtual charters coming to NC
And Wall Street investors are throwing a party:
Today’s anticipated vote of approval will be a significant change of the state board, which fought an attempt in the courts from the N.C. Virtual Academy to open up a virtual school three years ago.
If approved, the N.C. Virtual Academy (to be run by K12, Inc., NYSE:LRN) and N.C. Connections Academy (to be run by Connections Academy, owned by education giant Pearson, NYSE:PSO) will be able to enroll up to 1,500 students each from across the state, and send millions in public education dollars to schools run by private education companies.
Why "throw money" at NC's public schools, which graduate 80+% of their students, when you can piss away millions to out-of-state companies that often only achieve a 10% graduation rate? Because "Freedom." But the working poor better not get any ideas about taking part, because the GOP's irresponsibility is all-encompassing:
Read more about Against all better judgment, virtual charters coming to NC
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Generational Theory Forum: The Fourth Turning Forum: A message board discussing generations and the Strauss Howe generational theory › Fourth Turning Forums › Entertainment and Media
the best songs ever
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(06-20-2016, 02:12 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I like Heart, but the one I would choose is most-likely this one: Magic Man
It has a brilliant melody. I think it was a big hit from 1977.
It is a mainstay from my old Bewitched Music program
I don't see it on my top 400 list, having discovered it later. But I bought the album, and it is probably an oversight not to have included it at least on my runners up list, if not higher.
Comment on the video: Christine Lavoie 6 months ago
Simply one of the best songs ever.
I like both songs pretty much equally. Magic Man has a great melody, Barracuda has driving rhythm and power, a feminist anthem.
Eric the Green
For many Gen Xers, rhythm, power and words (often angry) are enough. For some boomers like me, that isn't enough.
This song has all of those things and much more. It is desperation, anger, bravado and frustration that turns into bliss, with some help from intoxication. Dr. Jimmy and Mr. Jim is the climax of a story of a British teenager on a spiritual journey of growing up. The rock opera Quadrophenia is like a summation of the previous 10 years, and artistically the summit and finale of core-awakening rock music. That's why I say nothing since has approached it, and that Pray by Justin Bieber is the best song in all the years since 1973. But Quadrophenia is better, as are at least 30 or 40 others from the era, and this song is on the soundtrack of my life. Sometimes, the live versions are better, in some respects. #2 on my top 400 list.
Quadrophenia was also recently given to us in a classical version, arranged by Pete's current life partner, and broadcast on PBS.
"I close my eyes, and I can see a better day" -- Justin Bieber
Keep the spirit alive;
06-20-2016, 10:56 AM (This post was last modified: 06-20-2016, 11:42 AM by Eric the Green.)
the best live version
Trailer/interview for Classic Quadrophenia
https://youtu.be/uKZ4ZyTbqio
Classic Quadrophenia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCBAeyD8...7sCFCR4OSL
https://youtu.be/PYFI60wYh-M
Best rock album ever
Here's one from '76 I forgot:
Fond childhood memories. (This was a favorite of my dad's)
Not sure what year this was, but I used to have this concert on 8 track when I was a kid.
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'76 huh?
1984 Apollonian Civic
ISFP - The Artist.
(06-21-2016, 01:06 AM)gabrielle Wrote: Here's one from '76 I forgot:
I agree with that one. I have some Lightfoot to post soon.
06-21-2016, 02:59 PM (This post was last modified: 06-22-2016, 10:50 AM by Eric the Green.)
Back to 1975 for this one, my favorite Doobie. It's their tightest and most thrilling composition. But it also appeals to "the days where I spent my youth," because I can see the hills above Santa Cruz and Loma Prieta from my house. In fact, in 1971 (or so) the Doobie Brothers lived on the same block as I did, and I could hear them practicing their early song which I heard as "Peanut Butter." (actually Feeling Farther Down). But I only had heard this "Santa Cruz" song once or twice when I put it on my top 400 in 1977. After a while I wasn't even sure it existed and I was about to take it off when I found it on you tube. I did not even know the title; I just assumed it was "the Hills Above Santa Cruz." But it's "Neal's Fandango", which refers not only to the lively hispanic dance, but to Neal Cassidy and the inspiring, freewheeling ways of the beatniks and the young hippies who admired him. Obviously it also reminds me of those days of my youth too. It may still be under-rated on my list, as it certainly is among Doobie tunes.
Doobie Brothers – Neal's Fandango Lyrics
Well, a travelin' man's affliction makes it hard to settle down
But I'm stuck here in the flatlands while my heart is homeward bound
Goin' back, I'm too tired to roam, Loma Prieta my mountain home
On the hills above Santa Cruz, in the place where I spent my youth
Well it was Neal Cassady that started me to travelin'
All the stories that were told, I believed them every one
And it's a windin' road I'm on you understand
And no time to worry 'bout tomorrow when you're followin' the sun
Papa don't you worry now and mama don't you cry
Sweet woman don't forsake me, I'll be comin' by and by
Songwriters: SIMMONS, PAT
Neal's Fandango lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
1973/74; Seven Island Suite by Gordon Lightfoot
Musically and even lyrically, has much in common with the Doobie tune above.
Interesting discussion of Seven Island Suite here:
http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=15180
"If you feel it you better believe it, you're gonna see it, do you really know
It is rising like a feather, dipping and dancing from below
There's a new wave that is breaking in the wake of a passing ship
Every nation's gonna be shaken, put it together, don't let it slip"
ooo wee, yes sir ree!
lyrics: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/gordonlig...suite.html
06-21-2016, 03:16 PM (This post was last modified: 06-21-2016, 03:23 PM by Eric the Green.)
Finale of Quadrophenia. Also known as Pete's tune.
Interesting that gabrielle posted Heart. I posted the Heart song I preferred, which then led into Quadrophenia in the next post. Heart also did the best cover of this very soulful song, Love Reign O'er Me.
https://youtu.be/GaK0fS8WhLg
I also have developed my own vocal, organ and piano cover of it, and performed it, but I haven't recorded it yet. Obviously central to my own experience too. I have to switch to lower octaves though in places; I can't match Roger's (or Ann's) vocal range!
Ragnarök_62
06-21-2016, 05:09 PM (This post was last modified: 06-21-2016, 05:10 PM by Ragnarök_62.)
(06-21-2016, 03:16 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Finale of Quadrophenia. Also known as Pete's tune.
<snip vid>
Yes you can hit that vocal range.
1. Get a script for Androgel.
2. Get that 2nd shot at puberty.
3. Problem solved.
---Value Added
Not so much after they played it 50,000 times on the radio. Only one of the many reasons why the seventies are decade I could have done without.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
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06-22-2016, 10:02 AM (This post was last modified: 06-22-2016, 02:40 PM by Eric the Green.)
Pete Townshend and The Who's "Quadrophenia" (1973) is musical alchemy. This is most vividly presented in the 2 instrumentals; both equally great. Near the beginning is "Quadrophenia" which introduces the four main themes in succession. It is like an overture. Near the end is "The Rock" which does the same, but then combines them so that we hear 3 or 4 of the themes simultaneously. This kind of counterpoint is a rare feat in music, and you may remember that the only pop song since Quadrophenia that may have accomplished this, as far as I know, is "Pray" by Justin Bieber and the Messengers; also the best song in pop since then.
The premise of Quadrophenia is that Jimmy, the young protagonist, has mental illness. The popular idea of schizophrenia is "split personality," and although that's not actually what it is, it serves as a good idea for the opera, except that Jimmy's personality is further split into four. Furthermore, there's an "as above, so below" scenario, because Jimmy identifies with The Who, so that Pete designs four themes representing both one aspect of Jimmy's personality, and at the same time a member of The Who. Each theme appears in several places in the opera, including in the two instrumentals, and also is presented individually as a song from the opera.
The tough guy and desperate, angry-protester theme is "Helpless Dancer" (Roger's theme) which appears on side 2 of the 4 LP sides. The romantic is open to wonder and self-discovery, and is represented by "Is It Me? (for a moment)," (John Entwhistle's theme), heard as part of "Dr. Jimmy" on side 4. John had written and performed a song called "Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde" on an earlier album. The heroic but manic "Bell Boy" (Keith's theme, sung by Keith) is the final track on side 3. The lost seeker of redemption is "Love Reign O'er Me" (Pete's theme), which follows "The Rock" to conclude the album in a blaze of passion and glory with a unique, intense, rumbling, blizzard-like climax of drumming, chords, and a guitar-glissade.
The Rock represents the potential for transformation through integration of the four parts of our being, and of Jimmy's personality. Maybe we all are kind-of like Jimmy. I go on to compare the four themes in one to The World, the final card of tarot, which pictures the throne of God image in Revelation, and to the four elements in alchemical and neo-pagan/esoteric philosophy which are represented by the four beasts in the picture around the goddess of wisdom in the center. "The Rock" is the alchemical philosopher's stone of rock! Picture the 4 members of The Who on the world card: Keith is the Bull (earth/Faith), Roger is the Lion (fire/Strength), Pete is the Eagle (water/Love), and John is the Man (air/Temperance).
In the Bible, of course, the four beasts also symbolize the four main gospel writers. The four generational archetypes obviously come to mind too. But which is which? And can they come together?
(06-22-2016, 02:39 AM)Galen Wrote:
Not so much after they played it 50,000 times on the radio. Only one of the many reasons why the seventies are (a) decade I could have done without.
Culturally, I generally go along with the theory that "the sixties" are 1963-1973, "the seventies" are 1974-1984, and "the eighties" are 1985-1995.
(contrary to Galen, of course, it's the eighties that I could have done without; not personally, but culturally and politically)
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galen Wrote: Not so much after they played it 50,000 times on the radio. Only one of the many reasons why the seventies are decade I could have done without.
I liked the period of the 1960's-1970's. However, I do agree that certain songs like the one mentioned here, Disco Duck, Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald, and Convoy were way overdone. In fact I have no issue with Convoy, except the radio station overplayed that one. Turning wise it goes as follows:
1T which hung on longer in Oklahoma : Good.
2T arrived in 1969: Good , except for Disco.
3T arrived on schedule, 1984 : Awesome in all ways.
4T This just sucks in all ways except for some good obscure songs from Airbourne,Acid King, Smoking Spore, AC/DC, etc. Some examples of suckage are the Security State, continued Wars of Choice, War on Drugs which yeah, started in the 3T, Civil Asset forfeiture = legalized robbery by government entities, and dumb Fed policies like QE. Of course, my shitlist is pretty endless wrt 4T! I wish there were a fast forward button, but oh well.
next 1T , this can't come soon enough!
next 2T , I'll be like real old, but I think it will pan out OK if I get the same reactions my Lost relatives had.
(06-22-2016, 11:11 AM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote: [quote pid='3555' dateline='1466581196']
Off topic. But these things you mention about the 4T came along earlier. Security State is essentially post 9-11-2001. And it was not as bad under Obama. War on Drugs started in 2T, and is less-pursued now than before. Now some states have legalized marijuana. That's better than before. QE is no problem, and was the only solution allowed by the Republicans to the recession. But yeah, the recession sucks. But it is ENTIRELY the result of late 2T and 3T policies. Awesome in all ways? Of course not. The 3T sucked in all ways. You can't blame the 4T, in short, for the policies created in earlier turnings. We have to pay the piper now, and people are increasingly willing to do that. So, 4T is better! And culturally, yes, our 4T still sees the lousy results in pop and on broadcast TV from decades of earlier neglect and commercialism. As far as songs being overplayed, I think over-playing songs was the default policy of radio stations for decades, and you certainly can't single out the ones you mentioned.
I didn't really mind hearing it over and over because I liked it. There were other songs from the 70s that were played over and over that I couldn't stand, like this one:
And this one:
Now now, this is the best songs ever thread, not the worst!
One more from Quadrophenia: Keith's theme, Bell Boy
A beach is a place where a man can feel, he's the only soul in the world that's real.
A beautiful song from a beautiful man
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South African apartheid-era foreign minister Pik Botha dies
October 14, 2018 04:35·
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I don't even know how I was breathing. 'My wife was the same and even though I was the stronger of the two of us, I wasn't strong. Unable to control his emotions during the hard chat, Michael reflected on fame and admitted he became "embarrassed by his ego".
Google Pixel Settings Suggestions app now available on Play Store
The new Pixel 3 models also recently surfaced in official-looking renders that highlighted their Black and White colour options. This app includes some of the technology meant to make the Google Pixel 3 the most elite camera smartphone in the world.
Maradona slams Messi, reveals what he does before a game
But he has struggled to reproduce the same scintillating form when wearing the blue and white shirt of Argentina . The 57-year-old has now taken aim at Messi after criticising the Argentina national team's recent shortcomings.
The Department of Justice has approved the merger of CVS and Aetna
Additionally, the DOJ has informed Aetna that it must enable WellCare to hire employees who are employed by this division. Humana Inc., whose deal to merge with Aetna was blocked on antitrust grounds past year , is another potential deal-maker.
The US Open Final: Who Will Make it?
The 34-year-old Swiss won the first two sets 6-4 and 7-5, forcing an injured and struggling Djokovic to retire in the third. If she’s at her best, then she’ll make it to the final and if she performs on the day the title will be hers.
Halloween Gun Rights Controversy Has Jamie Lee Curtis Sounding Off
For instance, I fully support an assault weapon ban, I fully support a bump stock ban", she continues. But I fully support the Bill of Rights. "And fully support the Second Amendment", she said.
Oil price dips as International Monetary Fund cuts growth outlook; eyes on hurricaneNaija247news
The views of market experts and observers are divided on the issue of oil business between New Delhi and Tehran. Reuters however reports that markets were supported as Hurricane Michael closed almost 40 percent of U.S.
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The total market is further divided by company, by country, and by application/type for the competitive landscape analysis. It analyzes the global microeconomic factors determining the market developments in each area.
Judge may overrule jury’s decision in Monsanto Roundup case
The tentative order told lawyers to be prepared at the hearing to discuss other arguments, including those addressing liability. She said plaintiff DeWayne Johnson failed to produce "clear and convincing evidence of malice or oppression" by Monsanto.
Knicks Waive And Stretch Joakim Noah
Noah has been away from the Knicks since January following an alteraction in practice with former Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek. The Knicks had hoped to trade him but no deal materialized, so they put the centre on waivers Saturday.
Croatia hold wasteful England in empty stadium
They will bring a star-studded team into Friday's game, with Real Madrid's Luka Modric leading the pack. Dier headed Jordan Henderson's corner off the post a minute before the break.
Searchers find body in hurricane-stricken town
Michael has continued up the America's southeast, dumping heavy rains and spreading flash flooding misery as far away as Virginia. The Coast Guard said it rescued at least 27 people before and after the hurricane's landfall, mostly from coastal homes.
Economics - Ikea planning expansion into Luxembourg
Brodin has signed off on a raft of store experiments as well as the purchase of gig economy odd-jobs company TaskRabbit . IKEA's fast expansion in India is marked by a huge response it received in the cyber city of Hyderabad in August.
Michaelle Jean to vie for Francophonie post despite Canada, Quebec pulling support
Over the past few months, Jean has had to try to defend herself against allegations of her improper and excessive spending. Sources said the Canadian government tried unsuccessfully to convince Jean that re-election was improbable.
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Britain's unbeaten Billy Joe Saunders vacates middleweight crown
Health care exchange premiums dip, finally
IL investigating 9 ‘sporadic’ cases of polio-like illness in children
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Thunder journal: Paul George explains why he's on Jimmy Butler's side
Chinese official extradited to U.S. to face espionage charges
Prime Minister Scott Morrison promises to fast track new business tax cuts
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After Sajid Khan, Nana Patekar walks out of Housefull 4
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Villa Nobel
List of Countries » Italy » Genoa and Liguria » Villa Nobel
Villa Nobel in Sanremo (Corso Cavallotti, 116) was bought by Alfred Nobel in 1891. After important arrangements, in 1893 the Villa was ready for Nobel's needs, with some rooms for visitors, a laboratory, a stable and a private pier for his experiments on the seashore. Nobel spent in the Villa the most of his last years and died in it on December 10, 1896.
The Villa, now a property of the Province of Imperia, was deeply restored at the end of 20th Century and, from 2002, hosts a Museum and a conference center as well as some rooms of the original Nobel's house.
More info in the Villa's official website.
Photos by Luca Borghi ti.supmacinu|ihgrob.l#| (August 2010), courtesy of Dr. Franco Massa, Director.
Alfred Nobel's bust
Ascanio Sobrero's bust
- Giovanni e Antonella Lotti, Nobel a Sanremo. La villa, il museo, i Premi Nobel italiani, Allemandi & C., Torino 2009, pp. 232.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, February 15, 2017
Israel, US Discuss Strategy to Counter UN Human Rights Council Article
Trump Admin, Congress Seek to Slash U.N. Funding in Wake of New Anti-Israel Action Article
The scene of the attack (Photo: South Mt. Hebron Council)
A Palestinian terrorist stabbed an Israeli settlers in the southern Mount Hebron area of the West Bank on Wednesday afternoon, after which the settler opened fire on the terrorist and amanged to kill him.
The terrorist infiltrated the Mor Farm outpost near the settlement Teneh Omarim, where he stabbed and lightly wounded a settler, at his home and in front of his children.
A preliminary investigation found that the terrorist entered the farm, and that after the settler heard noises coming from the outside, he exited his house and noticed the terrorist holding two knives. The settler then ran home to retrieve a gun, with the terrorist in hot pursuit. Both men reached the settler's home, where the terrorist proceeded to stab him before his wife and children. The settler then shot and killed the terrorist.
Residents of Teneh Omarim were told to stay indoors, as searches for a possible second terrorist are being carried out.
Palestinian stabs Israeli in southern Mount Hebron area Document
Streets of Berlin (File photo)
Police in Berlin are investigating a possible link between a series of 'acid' attacks in the German capital, in which women had corrosive liquid sprayed into their faces by cyclists.
Last Monday, a woman was victim of such an attack in the fifth incident of this kind in the capital since December.
The 27-year-old woman was strolling down a street in Friedrichshain, a nightlife district east of the city centre, when an unidentified cyclist approached her and sprayed a liquid in her face.
The exact nature of the liquid, which had splashed on nearby cars during the attack, is not known but the firefighters who neutralized it suspect it was acid according to Die Welt.
The victim, who was rushed to hospital to be treated for serious damage to her eyes, simply described her attacker as 'wearing dark clothes,' police said in a statement.
In January 2017, another woman who was walking home at night was sprayed in the face by a cyclist in Prenzlauer Berg, a few kilometers north of Friedrichshain. She, too, was 27.
And in December, three women were attacked with a skin-irritating liquid in the neighborhoods of Prenzlauer Berg, Weissensee and Charlottenburg.
In one of these attacks, the substance was found to be battery acid. In a second case, investigators found the substance was water which had been squirted from a water gun.
Berlin Gripped by Fear as Acid-Throwing Cyclists Target Women Document
UN Human Rights Council, Geneva
The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Erin Barclay, spoke before the UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva and said:
"The council's annual rebuke of Israel has been a particular source of irritation for both Republican and Democratic US administrations."
State Dept rep says Israel-bashing UN Rights Council was "a source of irritation" to Democrats Article
End the UNRWA Farce Article
S.474 - A Bill to condition assistance to the West Bank and Gaza on steps by the Palestinian Authority to end violence and terrorism against Israeli citizens ("Taylor Force Act") Document
The site of a stabbing in the Havat Mor settlement outpost near Hebron
A Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded a resident of the southern West Bank settlement outpost of Havat Mor inside his home on Wednesday, the army said.
The Israeli man drew his gun and shot the terrorist, who was pronounced dead on the scene by a local doctor, a spokesperson for the Magen David Adom ambulance service said.
The Palestinian man had broken into the West Bank outpost in the Hebron Hills, the army said.
Israeli troops and Magen David Adom ambulances were called to the scene.
The victim, 33, suffered stab wounds to the limbs, Magen David Adom said. He was described as lightly injured. "When we arrived at the scene we saw the victim, fully conscious and walking around. We gave him medical treatment, including bandaging. He was in stable condition," a medic said.
On Tuesday, police set up roadblocks and closed streets for several hours in response to suspicions of an unspecified "security incident" in the Beersheba-Rahat area, several kilometers south of the scene of Wednesday's attack.
They lifted the precautions Tuesday night.
Israeli security officials have noted a marked drop in attacks in the last several months, following a several-month wave of violence starting in October 2015.
However, sporadic attacks have persisted.
Last month, at least five people were lightly wounded when a Palestinian man opened fire at a bus and stabbed a person near an outdoor market in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva.
Since October 2015, 40 Israelis, two Americans, a Palestinian and an Eritrean national have been killed in stabbing, car-ramming and shooting attacks.
According to AFP figures, some 250 Palestinians, a Jordanian and a Sudanese migrant have also been killed, most of them in the course of carrying out attacks, Israel says, and many of the others in clashes with troops in the West Bank and at the Gaza border, as well as in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
Terrorist breaks into West Bank home, stabs resident Document
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (File photo)
Members of Congress Reintroduce Bill To Halt Palestinian Authority Funding Until Terror Rewards Stop Article
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Erin Barclay
Obama State Dept Holdover Given Lead of US UN Human Rights Council Delegation. Talks "Reform" of the Unreformable Development
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Erin M. Barclay
During the High Level segment of the Human Rights Council's 34th session in Geneva, Erin M. Barclay, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, gave the U.S. national intervention.
Ms. Barclay said:
"...my government will be considering the Council's actions with an eye toward reform to more fully achieve the Council's mission to protect and promote human rights."
Obama State Dept holdover given lead of US UN Human Rights Council delegation. Talks "reform" of the unreformable. Development
Statement by Israel at the High Level General Segment of the UN Human Rights Council Development
United Arab Emirates UN Speech Highlights Challenges of Muslim on Muslim Violence and Ignores Palestinians Development
Women in a makeshift hospital in Hama, Syria, after a gas attack (File photo)
Russia and China Prove UN Inability to Discern the Real Villains, Veto Security Council Resolution on Syria's Chemical Weapons Use Article
Suhail al-Hindi, (center) Chairman of the UNRWA Staff Union in the Gaza Strip (File photo)
UNRWA Gaza Staffer Suspended After Elected to Hamas' Bureau Was Previously Reinstated After Suspension for Hamas Affiliation Article
Police on Sunday dust for fingerprints on a headstone that was knocked down at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia (Associated Press)
More Bomb Threats at Jewish Schools and Community Centers, and Another Jewish Cemetery is Vandalized Article
Jean Ziegler (File photo)
Infamous Antisemite an Invited Panelist on Opening Day of UN "Human Rights" Council Development
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein (File photo)
UN Rights Chief Opens UN "Human Rights" Council with Not So Subtle Swipe at Trump Administration: "Reckless Political Profiteers" Development
French soldier guards a synagogue
France: Anti-Semitic Attacker Saws Man's Finger Off As Attackers Yell 'Dirty Jews, You're Going To Die' Document
The International Criminal Court
Senior Official: Australia Will Press ICC to Avoid Attacks Against Israel Article
President Donald Trump speaking during joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, February 15, 2017
Report: Trump May Pull U.S. Out of UN Human Rights Council Due to Israel Bias Article
Christians fleeing Egypt
Egypt's Christians Flee Terror in North Sinai Security Void Document
A Palestinian terrorist at a rally marking the 29th anniversary of the founding of the Hamas movement, Gaza City, December 14, 2016
Israel Demands UNRWA Fire Suspended Gaza Staffer Who Was Elected to Hamas' Leadership Article
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (File photo)
Right From Wrong: Nikki Haley's First Hurrah Article
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (File photo)
Palestinian Leader to Bask in Esteem of UN "Human Rights" Council Article
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January 29, 2020 lonesoldierstories@gmail.com Stories of Lone Soldiers in the IDF
From Canada to Israel
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Sara, a soldier serving in Michve Alon immigrated with her family to Ft. Langley, Canada during her childhood. She arrived in Israel a year and a half before joining the IDF, already knowing that she wanted to make Aliya. She says the time she spent here before the army helped to prepare her culturally for her service.
“This is the only home for Jews,” she says. “At this point, since I’m in today’s world, I’m in the safest place for Jews. Israel brings a kind of peace that is unique to the rest of the world.”
She enjoys the way that people from so many different cultural backgrounds come together in her Tsevet (army staff) and work towards the same goal. She gives special thanks to Tammy, a resident of the Kibbutz where Sara spends her weekends. She says that Tammy takes in all soldiers who come her way and provides them with endless emotional support. She’s even willing to get up in the middle of the night to drive sick soldiers to the hospital. “She deserves an award,” says Sara.
Although Sara hasn’t been assigned a position in the army yet, several people have told her she’d make a fantastic military spokesperson. Regardless of where she ends up, she says it feels good to be here, and also that the Lone Soldier Center has become like a home away from home.
“You leave one big house back home and you come to a million small little houses,” explains Sara, referring to the communities she’s become a member of in Israel. “You always feel like you have a place to go.”
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IMAP Meetings
WELCOME to IMAP
The Inner Melbourne Action Plan (IMAP) is a collaborative partnership between the Cities of Melbourne, Port Phillip, Stonnington, Yarra and Maribyrnong.
These inner Melbourne Councils work together to strengthen the liveability, attraction and prosperity of the region.
Inner Melbourne Action Plan 2006
The first Inner Melbourne Action Plan was adopted in 2006 in response to the demands of "Melbourne 2030", the State Government's blueprint for managing sustainable growth and change across metropolitan Melbourne.
IMAP was established with the aim to ‘Make Melbourne More Liveable' by implementing a series of strategies and actions including:
Linking and improving transport routes;
Minimising traffic congestion and increasing public transport use;
Supporting planned residential growth and housing choice;
Developing the distinctive activity centres, encouraging business investment and tourism; and
Linking regional open space.
The Action Plan guides a collaborative and consistent approach to the future growth, development and enhancement of inner Melbourne.
Inner Melbourne Action Plan 2016-2026
In 2014, the IMAP Councils determined to review the Inner Melbourne Action Plan. This was in response to:
the inclusion of the Maribyrnong City Council into the IMAP region, and
the publication of the State Government's new strategic planning policy "Plan Melbourne" which, initially, identified the 'central subregion' around the five IMAP Councils. (The 'central subregion' was subsequently altered in the Plan Melbourne refresh.)
The new Inner Melbourne Action Plan was adopted by the five IMAP Councils on 28 June 2016.
This website still contains the ongoing and completed work of the first Action Plan. A number of the current projects will transition through to the new plan.
An update to this website is proposed to reflect the new Plan. In the meantime, you can see progress on implementing the new plan under the tab: Action Plan 2016-2026.
For an overview of progress on the IMAP Strategies, see the latest Progress Report.
This page was last updated 10.12.2018
Growing Green Guide for Melbourne, green roofs and walls project
The 2018-19 IMAP Annual Report is now available - click here.
A copy of the approved Plan is available on this website. Follow this link for further information.
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What is the world’s first MIDI Turntable™?
by Ali on March 13, 2012 · 0 comments
Musical Instrument Digital Interface, or MIDI, is an open-source language for musical instruments. MIDI guitars, MIDI drums and MIDI pianos have been available on the market for years, but up until recently nothing existed in the form of a MIDI turntable. That is, until the introduction of the EJ MIDI Turntable™.
Video has become essential to 21st-century DJs, and the ability to edit film in real time has never before been possible. As a bridge between the analog world of the vinyl record and the digital world of streaming video, the EJ MIDI Turntable is the first product that allows DJs to “scratch” video—that is, to synchronize standard techniques such as scratching, rewinding and beat matching with other MIDI equipment, such as sound, video and lights. Other products use an analog record and needle, a method associated with problems such as feedback, skipping and grounding. Since the EJ MIDI Turntable uses light instead of grooves to read the record, it provides a pure digital pathway from the vinyl to the processor.
The EJ MIDI Turntable components consist of the EJ Vinyl, Optical Cartridge, MIDI Converter and ScratchTV®:
• EJ Vinyl: A real vinyl record picture disk that contains a black-and-white checkerboard pattern instead of a traditional groove.
• Optical Cartridge: Installs on the tone arm of the turntable, where the needle normally goes; instead of a needle, it uses two beams of light to read the checkerboard pattern on the EJ Vinyl.
• MIDI Converter: Box that converts the light data into MIDI messages: code that can be read by other equipment, gadgets, and software.
• ScratchTV®: A software program (Mac and PC compatible) that allows users to load any media file onto a computer and manipulate it in real time.
A lot of other products on the market only work inside their own proprietary systems. In other words, they don’t play nice with others. Since MIDI is an open standard, the EJ Turntable is compatible with many other products on the market.
In 2006, Kent earned a patent on the EJ MIDI Turntable—more than 5 years after he started work on a prototype.
The newest version of ScratchTV® is Universal Binary/Intel-Mac ready and works on Intel® Core™ Duo processors for a speed increase of 40 percent, as well as the ability to scratch HD video in real time—another world’s first.
INTO THE FUTURE: Justin initially manufactured 100 EJ MIDI Turntables, all of which were sold to cutting-edge musicians and videographers around the world.
Currently, Justin is using the MIDI Turntable system as a tool in his own performances.
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Female, ID #601, b. 15 June 1849, d. 10 May 1936
Father John Thorn Glanville b. 1805, d. 7 Mar 1893
Mother Charlotte Anna Lane b. bt 1815 - 1816, d. Mar 1898
Elizabeth Glanville was born on 15 June 1849 at Oxford, OXF, ENG; registered Oxford. She was baptized on 15 July 1849 at St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, OXF, ENG. She died on 10 May 1936 at Westfield, Berrick Salome, OXF, ENG, at age 86; recorded age 86, registered Ploughley. She was buried on 14 May 1936 at Berrick Salome, OXF, ENG; recorded age 86. Her estate was probated on 31 July 1936 indexed as:
1936 GLANVILLE Elizabeth of Berrick Salome near Benson on Thames, Oxfordshire, spinster who died on 10 May 1936. Probate at Winchester on 31 July to Hephzibah Emily Turner and Martha Kelly, spinsters, effects £3899-2.
Elizabeth Glanville appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Lodgings of the Warden of All Souls College, 32 High Street, Oxford St Mary the Virgin, OXF, ENG; recorded age 1, living with her parents.
She appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Manor House, Newington, OXF, ENG; recorded age 11, living with her parents.
She appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Berrick Prior, OXF, ENG; recorded age 21, living with her parents.
She appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Newington, OXF, ENG; recorded age 31, living with her parents.
She appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 8 Malt House, Berrick Salome, OXF, ENG; recorded age 41, living with her parents.
She was living on own means on 31 March 1901.
She appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at Berrick Street, Berrick Salome, OXF, ENG; recorded age 51, living with her sister Charlotte.
She appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at Berrick Salome, OXF, ENG; recorded age 61, living as sister to Charlotte Glanville.
She was living on private means on 2 April 1911.
Frederick Lewis Glanville
Male, ID #602, b. circa May 1854, d. 1 March 1885
Father Edgar Glanville b. bt 1808 - 1809, d. 17 Feb 1867
Mother Mary Anne Brown b. bt 1809 - 1810, d. 9 Dec 1869
Frederick Lewis Glanville was born circa May 1854 at Observatory Street, Oxford, OXF, ENG; registered Headington. He was baptized on 11 June 1854 at St Paul's, Oxford, OXF, ENG. He died on 1 March 1885 at Bristol registered, GLS, ENG; recorded age 30.
Monumental Inscription at St Sepulchre Cemetery, Oxford "Frederick Lewis Glanville, died March 1, 1885 aged 30." He was buried on 5 March 1885 at St Paul, Oxford, OXF, ENG; recorded age 30, from Bristol.
Frederick Lewis Glanville appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at 61 Observatory Street, Oxford St Giles, OXF, ENG; recorded age 6, living with his parents.
He was a scholar on 7 April 1861.
He was a solicitors clerk on 2 April 1871.
He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Kingstone Road, Oxford, OXF, ENG; recorded age 16, living as brother in law to William and Maria E Kay.
He was a Brewery Traveller on 3 April 1881.
He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Newington, OXF, ENG; living as nephew to John Thomas and Charlotte Glanville.
He was a ticket collector at Whitechapel, London Brighton and South Coast Railway, resigning between April 1883 and 19 October 1883.
John Cooper Glanville
Male, ID #603, b. 22 May 1807, d. September 1882
Father John Glanville b. 1776, d. c Apr 1855
Mother Mary Cooper b. 1780, d. Apr 1857
John Cooper Glanville was born on 22 May 1807 at Ewelme, OXF, ENG; 8 July in baptism register. He was baptized on 17 July 1807 at Ewelme, OXF, ENG; parents named John and Mary Glanville. He married Alice Flight on 27 December 1827 at Thame, OXF, ENG; both of Thame. Reported also at Ewelme (possibly Banns read there.) John Cooper Glanville married Elizabeth Parker on 3 December 1838 at St Giles, Oxford, OXF, ENG; registered Headington. Both of this parish. Witnesses Amos White, Ann Glanville, Harriet Glanville. John Cooper Glanville died in September 1882 at Ewelme, OXF, ENG, at age 75; registered Wallingford, recorded age 75. He was buried on 7 September 1882 at Ewelme, OXF, ENG.
John Cooper may be the John who remarried to Elizabeth Stiles at Clifton Hampden in 1834 after the 1833 death of Alice.
John Cooper Glanville was married 2 times.
He witnessed the marriage of Anne Glanville and James Flory on 14 August 1841 at St Thomas, Oxford, OXF, ENG; registered Oxford. Both of this parish. Witnesses John Glanville Jnr, Esther Oliver.
John Cooper Glanville was a carpenter, at baptism of son John on 30 April 1828.
He was a carpenter, at baptism of son Edward on 23 October 1831.
He was a journeyman carpenter on 30 March 1851.
He and Elizabeth Parker appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at The Shepherd Public House, Ewelme, OXF, ENG; his age recorded 43, hers 50.
John Cooper Glanville was a master carpenter and joiner on 7 April 1861.
He and Elizabeth Parker appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Cyres Lane, Village, Ewelme, OXF, ENG; his age recorded 53, hers 60. Living as father and mother to Elizabeth.
John Cooper Glanville was a carpenter and publican, at marriage of daughter Elizabeth on 23 May 1861.
He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Beer, Ewelme, OXF, ENG; recorded age 63, widower, next door to The Shepherd, public house.
He was a carpenter on 2 April 1871.
He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at 5 Cloisters, Ewelme, OXF, ENG; recorded age 72, a widower.
He was an alms man on 3 April 1881.
Alice Flight b. 4 Mar 1798, d. Dec 1833
John Glanville+ b. 1828, d. c Aug 1888
James Glanville b. 1829
Edward Flight Glanville+ b. 1831, d. Aug 1888
Elizabeth Glanville b. 21 Jul 1833
Elizabeth Parker b. bt 1800 - 1801, d. Apr 1866
Helen Glanville
Female, ID #604, b. 8 October 1810, d. 26 September 1887
Mother Elizabeth Evans b. b 1770
Helen Glanville was born on 8 October 1810 at St Georges East, MDX, ENG. She was baptized on 22 September 1811 at St George in the East, Stepney, MDX, ENG; Helen, Dr of John Glanville, Custom House Offr by Elizabeth his wife. Jane Street. Oct 8 1810. She died on 26 September 1887 at 14 Albert Road, Croydon, SRY, ENG, at age 76; registered Croydon, recorded age 76.
Helen Glanville was a housemaid on 7 April 1861.
She appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Bedford Hill, House, Streatham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 44, servant in the household of widowed Jane Brands. 23yr old Sophia E Glanville a fellow servant.
She appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Bedford Hill House, Streatham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 70, in the household of James Brand.
She was a domestic servant on 3 April 1881.
She was 1887 GLANVILLE Helen formerly of Bedford Hill House, Balham but late of 14 Albert Road, Croydon, both in Surrey, spinster who died on 26 September 1887 at 14 Albert Road. Will proved at London on 22 October by Thomas Sparkes of Frithville Gardens, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, gentleman, the sole executor, estate £1,140-12-0.
John Glanville
Male, ID #605, b. between 1811 and 1812, d. 27 June 1887
Father Peter Glanville b. bt 1780 - 1781, d. 19 Nov 1868
Mother Rebecca Saunders b. bt 1784 - 1785, d. c Feb 1879
John Glanville was baptized in 1812 at Feniton, DEV, ENG. He was born between 1811 and 1812 at Feniton, DEV, ENG; Peahembury recorded in 1871 census. He married Anne Woolyer on 19 November 1838 at St Pancras parish church, St Pancras, MDX, ENG; Registered St Pancras. After banns, both of full age, bachelor and spinster. Fathers named Peter Glanvill farmer (or farrier), John Woolger deceased. John Glanville died on 27 June 1887 at "Crown Inn", Cobham, SRY, ENG; registered Epsom, recorded age 76. His estate was probated on 5 August 1887 indexed:
1887 GLANVILL John late of the "Crown" Inn, Cobham, Surrey, licensed victualler who died on 27 June 1887 at Cobham. Will with codicil proved at London on 5 August by Alfred John Glanvill, licensed victualler, the son and Frederick Holden, blacksmith, both of Cobham, the executors, estate £1,821-6-3.
John Glanville was also known as Glanvill recorded at marriage. As of 19 November 1838, John Glanville and Anne Woolyer lived at Camden Town, MDX, ENG. As of 10 November 1839, John Glanville and Anne Woolyer lived at The Crown, Cobham, SRY, ENG.
John Glanville was a currier on 19 November 1838.
He was a victualler on 10 November 1839.
He was a publican on 6 June 1841.
He and Anne Woolyer appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Church Street, Cobham, SRY, ENG; Elizabeth Woolger with them. His age recorded 25, hers 30.
John Glanville was a victualler on 30 March 1851.
He and Anne Woolyer appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Crown Inn, Church Street, Cobham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 39, hers 41.
John Glanville was a publican on 7 April 1861.
He and Anne Woolyer appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Cobham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 49, hers 50.
John Glanville was a gentleman, at marriage of son John on 17 March 1862.
He was a publican on 2 April 1871.
He and Anne Woolyer appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Crown Inn Church Cobham, Cobham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 59, hers 62.
John Glanville appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Church Cobham 'Crown Inn', Cobham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 69, as a widower.
Anne Woolyer b. bt 1808 - 1809, d. c Nov 1876
Henry Glanville+ b. 17 Oct 1839, d. 9 Sep 1913
Alfred John Glanville b. 31 Jan 1847, d. 24 Feb 1924
Anne Woolyer
Anne Woolyer was born between 1808 and 1809 at Clapham, SRY, ENG. She married John Glanville, son of Peter Glanville and Rebecca Saunders, on 19 November 1838 at St Pancras parish church, St Pancras, MDX, ENG; Registered St Pancras. After banns, both of full age, bachelor and spinster. Fathers named Peter Glanvill farmer (or farrier), John Woolger deceased. Anne Woolyer died circa November 1876 at Epsom registered, SRY, ENG; recorded age 66.
Anne Woolyer was also known as Woolger. Her married name was Glanville. As of 19 November 1838, Anne Woolyer and John Glanville lived at Camden Town, MDX, ENG. As of 10 November 1839, Anne Woolyer and John Glanville lived at The Crown, Cobham, SRY, ENG.
Anne Woolyer and John Glanville appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Church Street, Cobham, SRY, ENG; Elizabeth Woolger with them. His age recorded 25, hers 30.
Anne Woolyer and John Glanville appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Crown Inn, Church Street, Cobham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 39, hers 41.
Anne Woolyer and John Glanville appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Cobham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 49, hers 50.
Anne Woolyer and John Glanville appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Crown Inn Church Cobham, Cobham, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 59, hers 62.
Anne Woolyer was a publicans wife on 2 April 1871.
John Glanville b. bt 1811 - 1812, d. 27 Jun 1887
Alfred John Glanville
Male, ID #607, b. 31 January 1847, d. 24 February 1924
Father John Glanville b. bt 1811 - 1812, d. 27 Jun 1887
Mother Anne Woolyer b. bt 1808 - 1809, d. c Nov 1876
Alfred John Glanville was born on 31 January 1847 at Cobham, SRY, ENG; registered Epsom. He was baptized on 28 February 1847 at St Andrews church, Cobham, SRY, ENG. He died on 24 February 1924 at Epsom Infirmary, Epsom, SRY, ENG, at age 77; recorded age 77, registered Epsom. He was buried on 28 February 1924 at St Andrews church, Cobham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 77. His estate was probated on 27 May 1924 indexed as:
1924 GLANVILL Alfred John of Spencer Road, Cobham, Surrey who died on 24 February 1924 at Epsom Infirmary, Epsom, Surrey. Probate at London on 27 May to Ann Eliza Stripp, widow, effects £895-14-10.
Alfred John Glanville was also known as John Glanville in 1881 and 1901 census. As of February 1924, Alfred John Glanville lived at Spencer Road, Cobham, SRY, ENG.
Alfred John Glanville was a scholar on 30 March 1851.
He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Crown Inn, Church Street, Cobham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 4, living with his parents.
He appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Cobham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 13, living with his parents.
He was an assistant on 2 April 1871.
He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Crown Inn Church Cobham, Cobham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 24, living with his parents.
He was a Publican Assistant on 3 April 1881.
He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Church Cobham 'Crown Inn', Cobham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 34, living with his widowed father.
He appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at Church Cobham, Cobham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 44, a boarder. His property was adjacent to "The Crown."
He was living on own means on 5 April 1891.
He appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at Church Cobham, Cobham, SRY, ENG; recorded age 54, lodging with William and Mary Jane Bealey.
He was living on own means on 31 March 1901.
Duey Haggard
Female, ID #608, b. between 1812 and 1813, d. September 1893
Duey Haggard was born between 1812 and 1813 at Swindon, WIL, ENG. She was baptized on 22 December 1812 at Christ Church, Swindon, WIL, ENG; parents Edward and Ducy Haggard. She married Robert Staines Glanville, son of William Glanville and Martha Lane, on 20 April 1841 at St Thomas, Oxford, OXF, ENG; registered Oxford. Both of this parish. Witnesses Wm Upton?, **** Haggard. Reported in Oxford University and City Herald 24 Apr 1841:
On Tuesday last was married, at St. Thomas's church, by the rev. Dr. Ashhurst, Mr. Robert S. Glanville, porter of All Souls' College, to Lucy, youngest daughter of Mr. Edw. Haggard, of Swindon, Wilts. Duey Haggard died in September 1893 at 20 Holywell Street, Oxford, OXF, ENG; with a recorded age of 80, registered Oxford. She was buried on 3 October 1893 at St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, OXF, ENG; recorded age 80.
Duey Haggard was also known as Ducy transcribed from baptism record. Her married name was Glanville. Duey Haggard was also known as Dacy recorded in 1881 census.
Duey Haggard and Robert Staines Glanville appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at All Souls College, Oxford, OXF, ENG; both with recorded age 25.
Duey Haggard and Robert Staines Glanville appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at No 3 Long Wall Street, Oxford St Peter in the East, OXF, ENG; his age recorded 37, hers 39.
Duey Haggard and Robert Staines Glanville appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at All Souls College, High Street, Oxford St Mary the Virgin, OXF, ENG; both with recorded age 47.
Duey Haggard and Robert Staines Glanville appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Porters Lodge, All Souls College, Oxford, OXF, ENG; his age recorded 57, hers 58.
Duey Haggard appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at 4 Park Place, Holywell, OXF, ENG; recorded age 68, as a widow.
She appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 4 Park Place, Holywell, Oxford, OXF, ENG; recorded age 78, widowed, a lodger.
Robert Staines Glanville b. 1813, d. 31 May 1877
Robert Glanville b. 30 Jun 1842
Edward William Glanville+ b. 22 Apr 1845, d. Apr 1922
Robert Staines Glanville
Male, ID #609, b. 1813, d. 31 May 1877
Father William Glanville b. bt 1766 - 1767, d. Nov 1854
Mother Martha Lane b. b 1783
Robert Staines Glanville was born in 1813 at Ipswich, SFK, ENG. He was baptized on 1 August 1813 at St Peter, Ipswich, SFK, ENG; Robert Staines son of William and Martha Glanville, abode Ipswich. He married Duey Haggard on 20 April 1841 at St Thomas, Oxford, OXF, ENG; registered Oxford. Both of this parish. Witnesses Wm Upton?, **** Haggard. Reported in Oxford University and City Herald 24 Apr 1841:
On Tuesday last was married, at St. Thomas's church, by the rev. Dr. Ashhurst, Mr. Robert S. Glanville, porter of All Souls' College, to Lucy, youngest daughter of Mr. Edw. Haggard, of Swindon, Wilts. Robert Staines Glanville died on 31 May 1877 at All Souls College, Oxford, OXF, ENG; with a recorded age of 53, registered Oxford. He was buried on 1 June 1877 at St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, OXF, ENG; recorded age 63. His estate was probated on 4 September 1877 indexed as:
1877 GLANVILLE Robert Staines late of All Souls College in the University of Oxford, butler who died on 31 May 1877 at All Souls College. Will proved at Oxford on 4 September by Duey Glanville of 68 High Street, Oxford, widow, the relict and Edward William Glanville of 68 High Street, coal merchant, the son, the executors, under £600.
Robert Staines Glanville and Duey Haggard appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at All Souls College, Oxford, OXF, ENG; both with recorded age 25.
Robert Staines Glanville was servant in the college of all souls, at baptism of son Robert on 31 July 1842.
He was a college servant on 30 March 1851.
He and Duey Haggard appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at No 3 Long Wall Street, Oxford St Peter in the East, OXF, ENG; his age recorded 37, hers 39.
Robert Staines Glanville was a butler, living in Long Wall Street, according to Gardner's Directory, College Servants section in 1852 at All Souls College, Oxford, OXF, ENG.
He was a butler, All Souls College on 7 April 1861.
He and Duey Haggard appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at All Souls College, High Street, Oxford St Mary the Virgin, OXF, ENG; both with recorded age 47.
Robert Staines Glanville was a butler, all souls college on 2 April 1871.
He and Duey Haggard appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Porters Lodge, All Souls College, Oxford, OXF, ENG; his age recorded 57, hers 58.
Duey Haggard b. bt 1812 - 1813, d. Sep 1893
Ella Fern Jewell
Female, ID #610, b. 17 March 1894, d. before 1940
Ella Fern Jewell was born on 17 March 1894 at Linden, Iowa Co., WI, USA. She married Royal Rufus Glanville, son of John Glanville and Harriet Melissa Bowden, on 1 December 1917 at Mineral Point, Iowa Co., WI, USA. Ella Fern Jewell died before 1940.
Her married name was Glanville.
Ella Fern Jewell and Royal Rufus Glanville appeared on the census of 1920 at Iowa Co., WI, USA; both with recorded age 25.
Ella Fern Jewell and Royal Rufus Glanville appeared on the census of 1930 at Harlem, Stephenson Co., IL, USA; both with a recorded age of 36.
Royal Rufus Glanville b. 15 Feb 1894, d. 31 May 1962
Marcella Glanville b. 1919
Verneal K. Glanville
Male, ID #611, b. 20 November 1909, d. 13 March 2005
Father James Glanville b. 22 Dec 1867, d. 25 Mar 1944
Mother Roey Estell Gibson b. 25 Sep 1869, d. 19 Dec 1949
Verneal K. Glanville was born on 20 November 1909 at Stockton, Jo Daviess Co., IL, USA. He died on 13 March 2005 at Stockton, Jo Daviess Co., IL, USA, at age 95.
Frances V. Polack
Frances V. Polack was born between 1905 and 1906 at NE, USA. She married William H. Glanville, son of William Wright Glanville and Katharine A. (Unknown), before 1934 at USA.
Frances V. Polack and William H. Glanville appeared on the census of 1940 at Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA; his age recorded 33, hers 34.
Enos Morrison Halbert
Male, ID #613, b. 19 March 1834
Enos Morrison Halbert was born on 19 March 1834 at TN, USA. He married Elizabeth Anne Glanville, daughter of Rev Thomas Glanville and Mary Donnell, on 23 August 1861 at Hickory Co., MO, USA.
Elizabeth Anne Glanville b. bt 1837 - 1838, d. 8 Nov 1871
Emory Swen Glanville
Male, ID #614, b. 24 January 1889, d. 14 November 1947
Father Charles Oliver Glanville b. 6 Jun 1863, d. 31 Jan 1921
Mother Mary Regina Peterson b. 1862, d. 16 Mar 1899
Emory Swen Glanville was born on 24 January 1889 at Heber City, Wasatch Co., UT, USA. He married Amelia M. Saner circa 1912 at Heber City, Wasatch Co., UT, USA. Emory Swen Glanville died on 14 November 1947 at age 58.
Emory Swen Glanville appeared on the census of 1900 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; recorded age 11, living with his parents.
He appeared on the census of 1910 at Tulare, San Joaquin Co., CA, USA; recorded age 21, living with the Schmidt family.
He and Amelia M. Saner appeared on the census of 1920 at Dry Creek, Sacramento Co., CA, USA; his recorded age 30, hers 29, living with her monther Mary Saner.
Emory Swen Glanville and Amelia M. Saner appeared on the census of 1930 at Tracy, San Joaquin Co., CA, USA; his recorded age 41, hers 39.
Amelia M. Saner b. c 1893
Amelia M. Saner
Female, ID #615, b. circa 1893
Amelia M. Saner was born circa 1893 at Heber City, Wasatch Co., UT, USA; California recorded in census records. She married Emory Swen Glanville, son of Charles Oliver Glanville and Mary Regina Peterson, circa 1912 at Heber City, Wasatch Co., UT, USA.
Amelia M. Saner and Emory Swen Glanville appeared on the census of 1920 at Dry Creek, Sacramento Co., CA, USA; his recorded age 30, hers 29, living with her monther Mary Saner.
Amelia M. Saner and Emory Swen Glanville appeared on the census of 1930 at Tracy, San Joaquin Co., CA, USA; his recorded age 41, hers 39.
Emory Swen Glanville b. 24 Jan 1889, d. 14 Nov 1947
Mode Rupert Glanville
Male, ID #616, b. 6 July 1890, d. 19 December 1971
Mode Rupert Glanville was born on 6 July 1890 at Heber City, Wasatch Co., UT, USA. He married Florence Agnes Smith on 30 July 1910 at UT, USA. Mode Rupert Glanville died on 19 December 1971 at UT, USA, at age 81. He was buried in 1971 at Park City Cemetery, Park City, Summit Co., UT, USA.
It was reported that Mode was born in Wales to a father named John, and immediately sent to an orpanage in the USA with sister Faith, Hope and Charity. At the age of 12 years he is supposed to have run away and worked with a cattle drover. He later at the age of 17 took upon his own and went to work at the Sliverton Mine in Park city Utah.
Mode Rupert Glanville appeared on the census of 1900 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; recorded age 10, living with his parents.
He appeared on the census of 1910 at Heber City, Wasatch Co., UT, USA; recorded age 18, living as grandson to Betty Peterson, 75.
He and Florence Agnes Smith appeared on the census of 1920 at Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; his age recorded 29, hers 28.
Mode Rupert Glanville and Florence Agnes Smith appeared on the census of 1930 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; his age recorded 39, hers 38.
Mode Rupert Glanville was a locomotive engineer, on the steam railroad in 1940.
He and Florence Agnes Smith appeared on the census of 1940 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UA, USA; both with recorded age 49.
Florence Agnes Smith b. 18 Dec 1890, d. 1981
Hal Lynn Glanville+ b. 6 Jan 1912, d. 9 Jun 1941
Florence Ruth Glanville b. 31 Dec 1913, d. 21 May 2002
Naomi M. Glanville b. 1919
Douglas Glanville b. bt 1933 - 1934
Blaine Charles Glanville
Male, ID #617, b. 19 July 1892, d. 30 January 1967
Blaine Charles Glanville was born on 19 July 1892 at Heber City, Wasatch Co., UT, USA. He married Jessie Marshall on 7 August 1913 at Price, Carbon Co., UT, USA. Blaine Charles Glanville died on 30 January 1967 at Provo, UT, USA, at age 74. He was buried in 1967 at Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., UT, USA.
Blaine Charles Glanville appeared on the census of 1900 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; recorded age 8, living with his parents.
He appeared on the census of 1910 at Slate Range, Yuba Co., CA, USA; recorded age 19.
He was a supervisor in the building and construction industry in 1940.
He and Jessie Marshall appeared on the census of 1940 at Ogden City, Weber Co., UT, USA; his age recorded 46, hers 45.
Jessie Marshall b. 1 Jun 1894, d. 17 Apr 1963
Billie Glanville b. a 1913, d. b 2012
Blaine Lavell Glanville+ b. 27 Mar 1915, d. 30 Dec 1990
Claude Glanville+ b. 11 Mar 1917, d. 29 Jul 1995
male Glanville b. 27 Jul 1929, d. 27 Jul 1929
Holly K. Glanville b. 2 Aug 1934, d. 18 May 2012
Joy Glanville
Female, ID #618, b. 4 July 1898
Joy Glanville was born on 4 July 1898 at Heber City, Wasatch Co., UT, USA.
Joy Glanville appeared on the census of 1900 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; recorded age 2, living with her parents.
Jessie Marshall
Female, ID #619, b. 1 June 1894, d. 17 April 1963
Jessie Marshall was born on 1 June 1894 at Coalville, Summit Co., UT, USA. She married Blaine Charles Glanville, son of Charles Oliver Glanville and Mary Regina Peterson, on 7 August 1913 at Price, Carbon Co., UT, USA. Jessie Marshall died on 17 April 1963 at UT, USA, at age 68. She was buried in 1963 at Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., UT, USA.
Jessie Marshall and Blaine Charles Glanville appeared on the census of 1940 at Ogden City, Weber Co., UT, USA; his age recorded 46, hers 45.
Blaine Charles Glanville b. 19 Jul 1892, d. 30 Jan 1967
Florence Agnes Smith
Female, ID #620, b. 18 December 1890, d. 1981
Florence Agnes Smith was born on 18 December 1890 at Midway, Wasatch Co., UT, USA. She married Mode Rupert Glanville, son of Charles Oliver Glanville and Mary Regina Peterson, on 30 July 1910 at UT, USA. Florence Agnes Smith died in 1981 at UT, USA. She was buried in 1981 at Park City Cemetery, Park City, Summit Co., UT, USA.
Florence Agnes Smith and Mode Rupert Glanville appeared on the census of 1920 at Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; his age recorded 29, hers 28.
Florence Agnes Smith and Mode Rupert Glanville appeared on the census of 1930 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; his age recorded 39, hers 38.
Florence Agnes Smith and Mode Rupert Glanville appeared on the census of 1940 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UA, USA; both with recorded age 49.
Mode Rupert Glanville b. 6 Jul 1890, d. 19 Dec 1971
Samuel Poad
Male, ID #621, b. circa 1831
Samuel Poad was born circa 1831 at ENG. He married Martha J. Glanville, daughter of Johnson Glanville and Mary Ann Pedlar, before 1865 at USA.
Martha J. Glanville b. 21 Oct 1840
Jeremiah Glanvill
Male, ID #622, b. 17 June 1817, d. 16 April 1875
Father Jeremiah Glanvill b. b 15 Feb 1763, d. 5 May 1838
Mother Sarah May b. bt 1789 - 1790, d. Apr 1875
Jeremiah Glanvill was born on 17 June 1817 at Westminster, MDX, ENG; St John Westminster recorded in 1861 census. He was baptized on 16 July 1817 at St Margaret's parish church, St Margaret Street, Westminster, MDX, ENG. He married Edith Newnman Winstanley on 7 May 1845 at St Mildred parish church, Poultry, London City, LND, ENG; registered London. Both of full age, by licence. Bachelor and Spinster. Fathers named Jeremiah Glanville builder, Edward Winstanley druggist.
Reported in Reading Mercury 10 May 1845:
On the 7th inst., at St. Mildred's Church, Poultry, by the Rev. Robert South, M.A., Mr. J. Glanvill, of Guildford, son of the late Mr. Glanvill, of Great Queen-street, Westminster, to Edith Newnham, youngest daughter of Mr. Edward Winstanley, of No.7, Poultry. Jeremiah Glanvill died on 16 April 1875 at Waterden Cottage, Guildford, SRY, ENG, at age 57; announced in The Times of 20 Apr p1 as "On Friday, the 15th Inst, suddenly, at his residence, Waterden Cottage, Guildford, J GLANVILLE, Esq., aged 57". Registered Guildford, recorded age 57. He was buried on 22 April 1875 at St John the Evangelist, Stoke next Guildford, SRY, ENG; recorded age 57. His estate was probated on 15 June 1875 indexed as:
1875 GLANVILLE Jeremiah late of Waterden Cottage, Guildford, Surrey, gentleman who died on 16 April 1875 at Waterden Cottage. Will proved at London on 15 June by Matthew Wood of West Lodge, Horsham, Sussex, Esquire and Thomas Mapleson Butler of Guildford, surgeon, the executors, under £1500.
Jeremiah Glanvill witnessed the marriage of Mildred Glanvill and Thomas Staples on 19 July 1843 at St Matthew parish church, Brixton, Lambeth, SRY, ENG; registered Lambeth. By licence, both of full age. Bachelor and spinster. Fathers named Thomas Staples farmer, Jeremiah Glanvill builder. Witness Jeremiah Glanvill. As of 7 May 1845, Jeremiah Glanvill lived at Guildford, SRY, ENG. As of 21 September 1846, Jeremiah Glanvill and Edith Newnman Winstanley lived at Stoke next Guildford, SRY, ENG.
Jeremiah Glanvill was gentleman on 7 May 1845.
He was a gentleman on 21 September 1846.
He was a proprietor of houses and freeholder on 30 March 1851.
He and Edith Newnman Winstanley appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at London Road, Stoke next Guildford, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 33, hers 36.
Jeremiah Glanvill was a proprietor of houses and freeholder on 7 April 1861.
He and Edith Newnman Winstanley appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at London Road, Stoke next Guildford, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 43, hers 47.
Jeremiah Glanvill was retired from merchant service, income from houses on 2 April 1871.
He appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Walexden Cottage, London Road, Stoke next Guildford, SRY, ENG; recorded age 53, widowed, living with his widowed mother.
Edith Newnman Winstanley b. bt 1813 - 1814, d. 30 Dec 1869
Ellen Glanvill b. c 20 Sep 1846, d. Sep 1846
Sarah Beetle
Female, ID #623, b. between 1814 and 1815, d. circa May 1900
Sarah Beetle was born between 1814 and 1815 at Debden, ESS, ENG. She married an unknown person between 1836 and 1845. She married Jeremiah Glanville, son of John Glanville, on 18 August 1844 at St Lukes parish church, Old Street, Islington, MDX, ENG; registered St Lukes. After licence, both of full age, Bachelor and Spinster. Fathers named John Glanvill sawyer, William Beetle coachman. Sarah Beetle died circa May 1900 at South Stoneham registered, HAM, ENG; recorded age 87.
Her married name was Glanville. As of 18 August 1844, Sarah Beetle lived at 12 City Road, Islington, MDX, ENG. On 10 November 1896 Sarah was a witness at the marriage of Charlotte Mary Heron to Ernest Robert Small at the register office in South Stoneham.
Sarah Beetle was a schoolmistress on 30 March 1851.
She and Jeremiah Glanville appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 2 Brighton Street, Portsea, HAM, ENG; his recorded age 36, hers 34.
Sarah Beetle was a sailors wife Royal Navy on 7 April 1861.
She appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at Truro Place, South Stoneham, HAM, ENG; recorded age 48, married, husband not present.
She and Jeremiah Glanville appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 7 Peterborough Road, South Stoneham, HAM, ENG; his age recorded 54, hers 56.
Sarah Beetle was a nurse (sub med) on 3 April 1881.
Sarah Beetle and Jeremiah Glanville appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 7 Peterborough Road, South Stoneham, HAM, ENG; his recorded age 72, hers 79. 17 granddaughter Charlotte Mary Heron born Brixton Surrey living there.
Jeremiah Glanville b. bt 1816 - 1817, d. c Aug 1892
Elizabeth Mary Glanville+ b. c Aug 1845
William L. Glanville b. bt 1847 - 1848
John William Glanville+ b. c Nov 1847
Thomas William Glanville
Male, ID #624, b. 16 December 1816, d. circa November 1904
Father John Glanville b. bt 1788 - 1791, d. Oct 1843
Mother Elizabeth Willats b. bt 1790 - 1791, d. 25 Oct 1821
Thomas William Glanville was born on 16 December 1816 at St Margaret's parish, Westminster, MDX, ENG. He was baptized on 26 May 1817 at St Margaret's parish church, St Margaret Street, Westminster, MDX, ENG. He married Charlotte Simmons on 3 February 1838 at St John the Evangelist parish church, Smith Square, Westminster, MDX, ENG; registered Westminster. After banns, both of full age. Bachelor and Spinster. Fathers named John Glanvill carpenter, James Simmons orris weaver. Thomas William Glanville died circa November 1904 at London Lambeth registered, SRY, ENG; recorded age 88.
Thomas William Glanville was also known as Glanvill recorded at marriage. As of 3 February 1838, Thomas William Glanville lived at 36 Hide Place, Westminster, MDX, ENG.
Thomas William Glanville was an orris weaver on 3 February 1838.
He was an orrice weaver at baptism of daughter Charlotte on 2 August 1839.
He was a gold lace weaver on 6 June 1841.
He and Charlotte Simmons appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at John Street, St Pancras, MDX, ENG; both with (erroneously) recorded age 33.
Thomas William Glanville was an orrice weaver on 7 April 1861.
He and Charlotte Simmons appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at 20 Tyers Terrace, Lambeth, SRY, ENG; his age recorded 44, hers 46.
Thomas William Glanville was a gold and silver lace maker, at marriage of son George on 22 April 1867.
He was a gold & silver lace weaver on 2 April 1871.
Thomas William Glanville was a gold lace maker, at marriage of son Edward James on 6 October 1872.
He was an orris? weaver on 3 April 1881.
He appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at 21 Queen St, Lambeth, SRY, ENG; recorded age 64, as a lodger in the household of Ann S Burrows.
He was a retired orris weaver on 5 April 1891.
He appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 19 Leopold Street, Lambeth, SRY, ENG; recorded age 74, widowed.
He appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at 19 Leopold Street, Lambeth, SRY, ENG; recorded age 84. Boarding, a widower.
He was a retired house painter on 31 March 1901.
Charlotte Simmons b. bt 1815 - 1816
Charlotte Glanville b. c Nov 1838, d. c Feb 1840
Thomas William Glanville b. c May 1840, d. c Aug 1857
Edward James Glanville b. c Nov 1843
George Glanville b. c Aug 1844, d. 20 Sep 1885
Mary Ann Glanville b. c Nov 1845, d. 31 Mar 1846
Fanny Glanville b. c Feb 1847, d. c Aug 1847
Charles Glanville b. c May 1849, d. c Aug 1849
Charlotte Glanville b. c Aug 1851
Elizabeth Harper
Elizabeth Harper was born between 1819 and 1820 at Bletchington, OXF, ENG. She married Charles Glanville, son of Benjamin Glanvill and Sarah Ann Smith, circa May 1851 at Oxford registered, OXF, ENG. Elizabeth Harper died on 21 September 1901 at Abingdon, BRK, ENG; recorded age 82, registered Abingdon. Her estate was probated on 14 October 1901 indexed as:
1901 GLANVILLE Elizabeth of Abingdon, Berkshire, widow who died on 17 September 1901. Probate at Oxford on 14 October to William Henry Glanville, gentleman, effects £1658-4-9.
Elizabeth Harper and Charles Glanville appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at West St Helen, Abingdon St Helen, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 33, hers 40.
Elizabeth Harper and Charles Glanville appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Stert Street, Abingdon St Helens, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 43, hers 49.
Elizabeth Harper and Charles Glanville appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Stert Street Savings Bank, Abingdon St Helen, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 53, hers 61.
Elizabeth Harper and Charles Glanville appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at St Helen, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 63, hers 70.
Elizabeth Harper and Charles Glanville appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at Savings Bank, Stert Street, Abingdon St Helen, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 63, hers 70. 8yr old nephew William P Glanville born Abingdon living with them.
Elizabeth Harper appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at 12 Stert Street, Abingdon, BRK, ENG; recorded age 81, widowed.
Charles Glanville b. bt 1827 - 1828, d. 22 Feb 1900
Frederick Charles Glanville b. c Aug 1854, d. c Nov 1893
William Henry Glanville O.B.E.+ b. 30 Jul 1857, d. 15 Aug 1942
Male, ID #626, b. between 1827 and 1828, d. 22 February 1900
Father Benjamin Glanvill b. 1793, d. 1 May 1868
Mother Sarah Ann Smith b. bt 1803 - 1804, d. 20 Nov 1878
Charles Glanville was born between 1827 and 1828 at Windsor, BRK, ENG. He married Elizabeth Harper circa May 1851 at Oxford registered, OXF, ENG. Charles Glanville died on 22 February 1900 at Abingdon, BRK, ENG; recorded age of 73, registered Abingdon. His estate was probated on 23 March 1900 indexed as:
1900 GLANVILLE Charles of Abingdon, Berkshire, actuary who died on 22 February 1900. Probate at Oxford on 23 March to Elizabeth Glanville, widow, effects £1891-0-7.
Charles Glanville appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Boar Street, Abingdon St Helen, BRK, ENG; recorded age 13, living with his parents.
He was a solicitors clerk on 30 March 1851.
He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Bear Street, Abingdon St Helen, BRK, ENG; recorded age 24, living with his parents.
He was a solicitors managing clerk on 7 April 1861.
He and Elizabeth Harper appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at West St Helen, Abingdon St Helen, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 33, hers 40.
Charles Glanville was a solicitors managing clerk on 2 April 1871.
He and Elizabeth Harper appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at Stert Street, Abingdon St Helens, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 43, hers 49.
Charles Glanville was a solicitors clerk on 3 April 1881.
He and Elizabeth Harper appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at Stert Street Savings Bank, Abingdon St Helen, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 53, hers 61.
Charles Glanville was an actuary savings bank on 5 April 1891.
He and Elizabeth Harper appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at St Helen, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 63, hers 70.
Charles Glanville and Elizabeth Harper appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at Savings Bank, Stert Street, Abingdon St Helen, BRK, ENG; his age recorded 63, hers 70. 8yr old nephew William P Glanville born Abingdon living with them.
Elizabeth Harper b. bt 1819 - 1820, d. 21 Sep 1901
Lydia C. (Unknown)
Female, ID #627, b. April 1863, d. before 1920
Lydia C. (Unknown) was born in April 1863 at IL, USA. She married Emory Glanville, son of William Wright Glanville and Esther Isabel Swires, between 1894 and 1895 at USA; married 5 years in 1900 census. Lydia C. (Unknown) died before 1920.
Lydia C. (Unknown) and Emory Glanville appeared on the census of 1900 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; his age recorded 41, hers 37.
Emory Glanville b. 15 Jul 1859
Robert F. Glanville b. May 1896
Robert F. Glanville
Male, ID #628, b. May 1896
Father Emory Glanville b. 15 Jul 1859
Mother Lydia C. (Unknown) b. Apr 1863, d. b 1920
Robert F. Glanville was born in May 1896 at UT, USA.
Robert F. Glanville appeared on the census of 1900 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA; recorded age 4, living with his parents.
He appeared on the census of 1910 at Seattle, King Co., WA, USA; recorded age 13, living with his father.
Bonnie J. Conrade
Female, ID #629, b. 11 November 1936, d. 7 September 2001
Bonnie J. Conrade was born on 11 November 1936 at Emporia, KS, USA. She married Jack B. Glanville, son of Jack B. Glanville and Janet F. Mailen, on 28 April 1957 at Calvary Episcopal Church, Emporia, KS, USA. Bonnie J. Conrade died on 7 September 2001 at Newman Hospital, Emporia, KS, USA, at age 64; with obituary:
Bonnie J. Glanville, 64, died Sept 7, 2001, at Newman Hospital in Emporia. Bonnie J. Conrade was born Nov. 11, 1936, in Emporia to Anna Mohr and Henry Conrade. She was a graduate of Olpe High Schoool and was a resident of Chase County since 1957.
She married Jack Glanville Jr. July 28, 1857, at the Calvary Episcopal Church in Emporia. She was a member of the Cottonwood Falls United Methodist Church. She was a homemaker and worked at Chase County Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Deborah Kline, Cottonwood Falls, and Dixie Rees, Marshall, Mo; two sons, Keith Glanville and Randy Glanville, both of Cottonwood Falls; and three grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Jan 5, 2001. Funeral services were held Sept 11, 2001 at the Cottonwood Falls United Methodist Church. Rev James P Patterson officiated.
Burial was in Prairie Grove Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to fund a college scholarship in the name of Bonnie Glanville for the Chase 4-H members in care of Croy Funeral Home, Cottonwood Falls.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kans. She was buried in 2001 at Prairie Grove Cemetery, Cottonwood Falls, Chase Co., KS, USA.
Jack B. Glanville b. 26 May 1931, d. 5 Jan 2001
William Nicholas Merton Glanville
Father John Karritt Glanville b. 25 May 1788, d. 24 Oct 1838
Mother Charity Murten b. b 1790
William Nicholas Merton Glanville was born between 1820 and 1821 at Portsmouth, HAM, ENG; also Portsea quoted. Portsea recorded in 1901 census. He married Martha Pearce on 11 July 1842 at the Parish Church, Alverstoke, HAM, ENG; registered Alverstoke. Bride and Groom both of Full Age, William's father named John. Witnesses John and Caroline Glanville. William Nicholas Merton Glanville died circa August 1906 at Portsmouth registered, HAM, ENG; recorded age 84.
William Nicholas Merton Glanville was also known as William in all records other than birth registration of son William in 1846.
William Nicholas Merton Glanville was an Apprentice on 6 June 1841.
He appeared on the census of 6 June 1841 at Crasswell Street, Portsea, HAM, ENG; recorded age 18, living with widowed Ann.
He was a cordwainer on 11 July 1842.
He was a cordwainer; birth certif of son William on 24 March 1846.
He was a shoemaker on 30 March 1851.
He and Martha Pearce appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 20 Guildford Street, Landport, HAM, ENG; both with recorded age 29.
William Nicholas Merton Glanville was a shoemaker on 7 April 1861.
He and Martha Pearce appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at 37 Guildford Road, Landport, HAM, ENG; his age recorded 38, hers 33.
William Nicholas Merton Glanville was a boot maker on 2 April 1871.
He and Martha Pearce appeared on the census of 2 April 1871 at 37 Guildford Street, Portsea, HAM, ENG; both with recorded age 49.
William Nicholas Merton Glanville was a boot and shoe maker; marriage certif of son William to Jane Riddle on 14 August 1875.
He was a boot and shoe maker on 3 April 1881.
He and Martha Pearce appeared on the census of 3 April 1881 at 37 Guildford St, Portsea, HAM, ENG; both with recorded age 60.
William Nicholas Merton Glanville and Martha Pearce appeared on the census of 5 April 1891 at 43 Bishop Street, Portsea, HAM, ENG; both with recorded age 69.
William Nicholas Merton Glanville was a shoemaker on 31 March 1901.
He and Martha Pearce appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at District Parish of Portsmouth Workhouse, Portsmouth, HAM, ENG; both with recorded age of 79.
Martha Pearce b. bt 1820 - 1821, d. c Nov 1907
Ellen Glanville b. c Feb 1844
William Glanville+ b. 24 Mar 1846, d. c Feb 1908
Julia Glanville b. c Feb 1848, d. c Nov 1848
Rosalia Glanville b. c Aug 1849
Julia Glanville b. c Nov 1852
Louisa J. Glanville b. 6 May 1854
Charles Albert Glanville b. c Nov 1858
Caroline Glanville b. c Aug 1860
Alfred John Glanville b. c May 1863, d. c May 1863
Emily Glanville b. bt 1866 - 1867
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Loretta Sanchez on Jobs
Democratic Representative (CA-47)
Voted NO on allowing compensatory time off for working overtime.
Congressional Summary:
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize private employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of 1 1/2 hours per hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required.
Authorizes an employer to provide compensatory time only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement.
Prohibits an employee from accruing more than 160 hours of compensatory time.
Requires an employee's employer to provide monetary compensation for any unused compensatory time off accrued during the preceding year.
Requires an employer to give employees 30-day notice before discontinuing compensatory time off.
Rep. COURTNEY: This is the fifth time that the majority party has introduced [this bill since] 1997; and each time, the huge flaws in this legislation have resulted in its complete collapse. And once again, it doesn't deserve that support. Despite the representations made in its title--that it promotes workers' flexibility, that it gives workers choice--a closer examination of the bill shows the opposite is true. The better way to describe this bill is the More Work, Pay Less bill.
The 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act created a bright line to protect people's right to a 40-hour work week, and make sure that that next hour after 40 hours is paid for with the time-and-a-half of wages. That created the weekend in America. That created the time off that middle class families have taken for granted for decades.
What this bill does is it blurs that line; it creates total chaos in terms of trying to come up with a system to set up ground rules with a case-by-case written contract, and then leaves it to the enforcement of State Labor Departments Wage and Hours Divisions, which are totally incapable of going into the tens of thousands of workplaces all across America.
Reference: Working Families Flexibility Act; Bill H.R.1406 ; vote number 13-HV137 on Apr 9, 2013
Voted YES on overriding presidential veto of Farm Bill.
OnTheIssues.org Explanation: This bill was vetoed twice! Congress passed an identical bill in May, which Pres. Bush vetoed. Congress then discovered that a clerical error. A replacement bill was passed; then vetoed again by the President; and this is its "final" veto override.
Congressional Summary: Provides for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through FY2012. Revises agricultural and related programs, including provisions respecting:
commodity programs;
conservation;
trade;
nutrition;
credit;
rural development;
research and related matters;
forestry;
energy;
horticulture and organic agriculture;
livestock;
crop insurance and disaster assistance;
socially disadvantaged and limited resource producers; and
miscellaneous programs.
President's veto message: I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 6124. The bill that I vetoed on May 21, 2008, H.R. 2419, did not include the title III (trade) provisions that are in this bill. In passing H.R. 6124, the Congress had an opportunity to improve on H.R. 2419 by modifying certain objectionable, onerous, and fiscally imprudent provisions [but did not].
This bill lacks fiscal discipline. It continues subsidies for the wealthy and increases farm bill spending by more than $20 billion, while using budget gimmicks to hide much of the increase. It is inconsistent with our trade objectives of securing greater market access for American farmers. [Hence] I must veto H.R. 6124.
Proponents argument for voting YEA: We had a meeting this morning with the Secretary of Agriculture to talk about implementation. So [despite the two vetoes], the work has been going on within the department of agriculture to get ready for implementation.
This is a good bill. It has wide support in the Congress. It does address all of the issues that have been brought to the Agriculture Committee. Reference: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; Bill HR6124 ; vote number 2008-417 on Jun 18, 2008
Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing.
To enable employees to form & join labor organizations, and to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts. Requires investigation that an employer:
discharged or discriminated against an employee to discourage membership in a labor organization;
threatened to discharge employees in the exercise of guaranteed collective bargaining rights; and
adds to remedies for such violations: back pay plus liquidated damages; and additional civil penalties.
Proponents support voting YES because:
The principle at stake here is the freedom that all workers should have to organize for better working conditions & fair wages. There are many employers around the country who honor this freedom. Unfortunately, there are also many employers who do not. These employers attempt to prevent workers from unionizing by using tactics that amount to harassment, if not outright firing. In fact, one in five people who try to organize unions are fired. These tactics are already illegal, but the penalties are so minor, they are not effective deterrents.
Opponents support voting NO because:
Democracy itself is placed at risk by this bill. The sanctity of the secret ballot is the backbone of our democratic process. Not one voter signed a card to send us here to Congress. None of us sent our campaign workers out to voters' houses armed with candidate information & a stack of authorization cards. No. We trusted democracy. We trusted the voters to cast their ballots like adults, freely, openly, without intimidation, and we live with the results. But here we are, poised to advance legislation to kill a secret ballot process.
Let's be clear. Every American has the right to organize. No one is debating that. This is a right we believe in so strongly we have codified it and made it possible for workers to do so through a secret ballot. Reference: The Employee Free Choice Act; Bill H R 800 ; vote number 2007-118 on Mar 1, 2007
Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25.
Increase the federal minimum wage to:
$5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after enactment;
$6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th day; and
$7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th day.
We have waited for over 10 years to have a clean vote on the minimum wage for the poorest workers in this country Low-wage workers had their wages frozen in time, from 10 years ago, but when they go to the supermarket, the food prices are higher; when they put gasoline in the car, the gasoline prices are higher; when they pay the utility bills, the utility bills are higher; when their kids get sick, the medical bills are higher. All of those things are higher. They are living in 2007, but in their wages they are living in 1997.
This bill is marked more by what is not in the bill than what is in it. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. They create two-thirds of our Nation's new jobs, and they represent 98% of the new businesses in the US. What protection does this bill provide them? None whatsoever.
We can do better. In the interest of sending the President a final measure that provides consideration for small businesses and their workers, the very men and women who are responsible for our economy's recent growth and strength, we must do better. Reference: Fair Minimum Wage Act; Bill HR 2 ("First 100 hours") ; vote number 2007-018 on Jan 10, 2007
Voted NO on end offshore tax havens and promote small business.
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004: <0l>
Repeal the tax exclusion for extraterritorial income - Permits foreign corporations to revoke elections to be treated as U.S. corporations Business Tax Incentives - Small Business ExpensingTax Relief for Agriculture and Small Manufacturers
Tax Reform and Simplification for United States Businesses
Deduction of State and Local General Sales Taxes
Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform
Provisions to Reduce Tax Avoidance Through Individual and Corporation Expatriation
Reference: Bill sponsored by Bill Rep Thomas [R, CA-22]; Bill H.R.4520 ; vote number 2004-509 on Oct 7, 2004
Voted NO on $167B over 10 years for farm price supports.
Vote to authorize $167 billion over ten years for farm price supports, food aid and rural development. Payments would be made on a countercyclical program, meaning they would increase as prices dropped. Conservation acreage payments would be retained. Bill HR 2646 ; vote number 2001-371 on Oct 5, 2001
Voted NO on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B.
Vote to pass a resolution to give no enforcement authority or power to ergonomics rules submitted by the Labor Department during the Clinton Administration. These rules would force businesses to take steps to prevent work-related repetitive stress disorders. Reference: Sponsored by Nickles, R-OK; Bill S J Res 6 ; vote number 2001-33 on Mar 7, 2001
Rated 100% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record.
Sanchez scores 100% by the AFL-CIO on union issues
As the federation of America�s unions, the AFL-CIO includes more than 13 million of America�s workers in 60 member unions working in virtually every part of the economy. The mission of the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our nation. To accomplish this mission we will build and change the American labor movement.
The following ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position. Source: AFL-CIO website 03n-AFLCIO on Dec 31, 2003
Allow an Air Traffic Controller's Union.
Sanchez co-sponsored allowing an Air Traffic Controller's Union
OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY: Federal Aviation Administration Fair Labor Management Dispute Resolution Act of 2006: Prohibits the FAA from implementing any proposed change to the FAA personnel management system in cases where the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service do not lead to an agreement between the Administrator and FAA employees, unless Congress authorizes the change during the 60-day period. Requires binding arbitration if Congress does not enact a bill into law within the 60-day period.
SPONSOR'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: Sen. OBAMA: Because what air traffic controllers do is vital to our safety, I became very concerned by a letter I received from Illinois air traffic controller Michael Hannigan. He wrote that "the air traffic controllers are not being allowed to negotiate in good faith with the FAA."
What was clear in Michael's plea was the sense that he and his colleagues felt that they were being treated unfairly. I looked into it and came to the conclusion that if we did not restore a fair negotiation procedure, it would threaten agency morale and effectiveness.
The problem is this: the FAA Administrator currently has the extraordinary authority to impose wages and working conditions on her workers without arbitration. In order to do that, she merely has to declare an impasse in negotiations and if Congress does not stop her from imposing her terms and conditions within 60 days, the Administrator can go ahead and act unilaterally. That authority denies air traffic controllers and all other FAA employees the opportunity to engage in and conclude negotiations in good faith.
It is in the best interest of the agency and public safety to have management and labor cooperate in contract negotiations.
EXCERPTS OF BILL:
LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; never came to a vote. Source: FAA Dispute Resolution Act (S.2201/H.R.4755) 06-S2201 on Jan 26, 2006
Form unions by card-check instead of secret ballot.
Sanchez signed H.R.1409&S.560
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit.
Requires that priority be given to any charge that, while employees were seeking representation by a labor organization, an employer:
discharged or otherwise discriminated against an employee to encourage or discourage membership in the labor organization;
threatened to discharge or to otherwise discriminate against an employee in order to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of guaranteed self-organization or collective bardaining rights; or
engaged in any unfair labor practice that significantly interferes with, restrains, or coerces employees in the exercise of such guaranteed rights. Source: Employee Free Choice Act 09-HR1409 on Mar 10, 2009
Rated 0% by CEI, indicating a pro-worker rights voting record.
Sanchez scores 0% by CEI on union issues
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free markets and limited government, has created a Congressional Labor Scorecard for the 112th Congress focusing on worker issues. The score is determined based on policies that support worker freedom and the elimination of Big Labor's privileges across the country.
Votes in the current Congress score include:
Bill: H.R. 658, LaTourette Amendment No. 21: NO on repealing changes to the Railway Labor Act's voting rules.
Bill: H.R. 658, Gingrey Amendment No. 18: YES to prohibit Federal Aviation Administration employees from using official--that is, taxpayer sponsored--time for union activities during the official workday.
Bill: H.R. 1, Price Amendment No. 410: YES to defund the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Bill: H.R. 1, Guinta Amendment No. 166: YES to prohibit imposing "prevailing wage" and other requirements in project labor agreements that advantage unionized contractors.
Bill: H.R. 2017, Scalise Amendment No. 388: YES to prohibit project labor agreements in DHS contracts
Bill: H.R. 2055, LaTourette Amendment No. 411: NO on funding for federal project labor agreements.
Bill: H.R. 1, King Amendment No. 273: YES to eliminate the "Davis Bacon" prevailing wage rate requirement for federal projects.
Bill: H.R. 2017, Gosar Amendment No. 386: YES to eliminate the "Davis Bacon" prevailing wage rate requirement for Department of Homeland Security contracts.
Bill: H.R. 2354: Gosar Amendment No. 655: YES to restrict application of the Davis-Bacon Act to contracts exceeding $20 million.
Bill: H.R. 2017: Rokita Amendment No. 2: YES to prohibit collective bargaining at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Source: CEI website 12-CEI-H on May 2, 2012
Raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2016.
Sanchez co-sponsored Minimum Wage Fairness Act
Congressional summary: Increases the federal minimum wage for employees to:
$8.20 an hour beginning 6 months after enactment
$9.15 an hour beginning 1 year later,
$10.10 an hour beginning 2 years later, and
an amount determined by increases in the Consumer Price Index, beginning annually after 3 years.
Increases the federal minimum wage for tipped employees to $3.00 an hour beginning 6 months after enactment, with annual CPI adjustments.
Proponent's argument in favor (RaiseTheMinimumWage.com): The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour remains decades out of date, and the federal minimum wage for tipped workers--$2.13 per hour--has not increased in over 20 years. The minimum wage of the past provided significantly more buying power than it does today. The minimum wage of $1.60 an hour in 1968 would be $10.56 today when adjusted for inflation.
Opponent's argument against: (Neil King in Wall Street Journal, Feb. 24, 2014): The CBO concluded that a jump in the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour could eliminate 500,000 jobs. For Republicans, the report provided ammunition that a higher minimum wage would kill jobs. Democrats pointed to the CBO's findings that the higher wage would lift 900,000 people out of poverty. But both sides missed a key finding: That a smaller hike from the current $7.25 to $9.00 an hour would cause almost no pain, and still lift 300,000 people out of poverty while raising the incomes of 7.6 million people.Congressional Budget Office report:: Once fully implemented, the $10.10 option would reduce total employment by about 500,000 workers, or 0.3%. Some people earning slightly more than $10.10 would also have higher earnings, due to the heightened demand for goods and services. The increased earnings for low-wage workers would total $31 billion. Accounting for all increases and decreases, overall real income would rise by $2 billion. Source: S.1737 & H.R.1010 14-H1010 on Mar 6, 2013
Ban discriminatory compensation; allow 2 years to sue.
Sanchez signed Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that an unlawful employment practice occurs when:
a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice is adopted;
an individual becomes subject to the decision or practice; or
an individual is affected by application of the decision or practice, including each time wages, benefits, or other compensation is paid.
Allows an aggrieved person to obtain relief, including recovery of back pay, for up to two years preceding the filing of the charge, where the unlawful employment practices that have occurred during the charge filing period are similar or related to practices that occurred outside the time for filing a charge. Applies the preceding provisions to claims of compensation discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
[Note: A woman named Lilly Ledbetter filed a lawsuit for gender-based discriminatory compensation. The Supreme Court ruled that Ms. Ledbetter could only sue for damages going back 180 days, and the 180 days was calculated from the time her employment contract was initiated, i.e., her hire date. This new law changes the 180-day period to two years, and also calculates the date from the time of each paycheck, rather than the hire date. -- Ed.] Source: S.181&H.R.11 2009-S181 on Jan 29, 2009
Stronger enforcement against gender-based pay discrimination.
Sanchez signed Paycheck Fairness Act
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex.
Revises the exception to the prohibition for a wage rate differential based on any other factor other than sex. Limits such factors to bona fide factors, such as education, training, or experience.
Prohibits employer retaliation for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing the wages of the employee in response to a sex discrimination investigation.
Makes employers who violate sex discrimination prohibitions liable in a civil action for either compensatory or punitive damages.
States that any action brought to enforce the prohibition against sex discrimination may be maintained as a class action in which individuals may be joined as party plaintiffs without their written consent.
Source: S.182&H.R.12 2009-S182 on Jan 8, 2009
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Russia Eyes Latvia Ahead of Election
By Franklin Holcomb, Catherine Harris, and the ISW Russia and Ukraine Team
Key Takeaway: Russia will likely intensify its campaign to disrupt Latvia’s political stability ahead of Latvia’s fall 2018 parliamentary elections. The Kremlin may use rising social tensions over a new Latvian educational bill as just one tool to fuel divisive narratives and trigger large-scale protests. The U.S. should support NATO ally Latvia as it confronts Russia’s hybrid warfare and use the upcoming April 2018 Baltic Summit to reinforce its commitment to defend Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.
Russians and Russia-linked actors are escalating tensions over a controversial Latvian education bill. The Latvian Parliament approved the final reading of a draft language bill on March 22, 2018.[1] The bill aims to gradually transition Latvia’s education system from mixed Latvian-Russian language instruction to Latvian-language based.[2] Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the Latvian government of forcing Russians in Latvia to abandon their heritage.[3] Moscow-linked political-social organizations have attempted to halt, delay, or alter the legislation.[4] The Russian government-linked Russian Union of Latvia (RUL) organized protests against the bill, including protests of around 1,000 individuals on February 24 and March 10, though pro-Russia sources claimed 3,000-5,000 people attended.[5] The RUL is currently attempting to challenge a decision by the Latvian government blocking a public referendum on the bill in Latvia’s Supreme Court.[6] The RUL is also petitioning the EU to recognize the bill as an infringement on minority rights. It called on several EU and NATO states, namely Hungary and Romania, to support the “Rescue Package for National Minorities” which would grant minority groups across the EU increased autonomy.[7]
The Kremlin may fuel these tensions to destabilize Latvia ahead of the fall 2018 Latvian elections. The Kremlin seeks to destabilize Latvia in order to reassert influence over the former Soviet state, to test NATO unity, and to drive further divisions within the EU. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assesses that the Kremlin is most likely to undertake a multifaceted approach, potentially including the use of irregular troops, if it chooses to escalate in Latvia rather than conduct a large-scale, short-notice conventional ground operation. The Kremlin regularly uses tensions over language as means of destabilization. ISW assesses that the Kremlin is fueling escalation between Hungary and Ukraine over a similar Ukrainian language bill in order to seed social unrest in Western Ukraine and drive a wedge between Ukraine and its neighbors. The Kremlin could exploit existing tensions surrounding the Latvian language bill to boost divisive narratives and destabilize the political landscape.
Latvian officials have already expressed concerns about the Kremlin’s intensifying interference in Latvian affairs, which may be indicative of the Kremlin’s increasing campaign of subversion. The Latvian Foreign Minister warned about the Kremlin’s escalating disinformation campaign ahead of the elections while he was in Washington on March 7, 2018. Latvian parliament member Ainars Latkovskis warned on February 21 that the Kremlin is attempting to “add more fuel to the fire” of a Latvian banking crisis in order to “create chaos in Latvia by portraying it as a failed state.”[8] Latvia’s Defense Ministry warned on February 20 that “there is a high probability [of an] externally organized widespread information operation…that, by its structure and execution, is identical to those observed in pre-election periods in the U.S., France, and Germany.”[9] Latvia’s Security Police warned on March 19 that Russian intelligence services continue to pose a “significant threat” to Latvia and are continuing their efforts to recruit Latvians and infiltrate key Latvian government institutions.[10] Signs of the Kremlin’s accelerating campaign to destabilize Latvia could include large-scale protests, sudden attacks on Russian-language speakers, and cyber attacks.
The U.S. and its Western allies should support NATO ally Latvia’s efforts to bolster its defenses as it confronts Russia’s hybrid campaign. Latvia should continue with its gradual approach to implement the language bill, if passed, so it does not provide additional opportunities for the Kremlin to exploit. The U.S. and its partners should support Latvia in its efforts to deny Russia the ability to foment political unrest and vie for domestic political influence. These countermeasures could include bolstering efforts to ensure that Kremlin-backed media does not dominate the information space for Russian-speaking Latvians, increasing tailored support to Latvian intelligence and law enforcement, and other mechanisms that can support an early detection and adequate response to a Russia-fueled destabilization campaign. The upcoming Baltic Summit in April 2018 hosted by President Donald Trump presents an opportunity to reinforce the U.S. and NATO commitment to defend allies against the full range of Russian warfare.
Russia's Military Posture: Ground Forces Order of Battle
[1] “Saeima supports transition to Latvian as the only language of instruction in schools,” Latvijas Republikas Saima, March 22, 2018, http://www.saeima.lv/en/news/saeima-news/26706-saeima-supports-transition-to-latvian-as-the-only-language-of-instruction-in-schools
[2] “The parliament passes bills about gradual transition to Latvian-only education,” baltic-course.com, March 23, 2016, http://www.baltic-course(.)com/eng/education/?doc=138352 ; ” Bill against Russian language in Latvian schools passed in second reading,” TASS, March 9, 2018, http://tass(.)com/society/993327
[3] “Moskalkova accused the authorities of Latvia of discriminating against Russian-speaking residents,” RIA, February 25, 2018, https://ria(.)ru/world/20180225/1515253741.html ; “Moskalkova urged the UN and the OSCE to prevent cultural apartheid in Latvia,” RIA, February 25, 2018, https://ria(.)ru/world/20180225/1515253980.html ; “Lavrov accused Latvia of Russian forced to abandon their heritage,” rubaltic.ru, March 15, 2018, https://www.rubaltic(.)ru/news/15032018-lavrov-obvinil-latviyu-v-prinuzhdenii-russkikh-otkazatsya-ot-svoego-naslediya/
[4] “At the CEC refusal to hold a referendum - to answer a march on March 10!” rusojuz.lv, March 05, 2018, http://www.rusojuz(.)lv/ru/ourevents/26265-na-otkaz-cika-v-provedenii-referenduma-%E2%80%93-otvetim-marshem-10-marta/
[5] “Latvia: Russian community protest bill ending Russian language in schools,” eblnews.com, February 24, 2018, https://eblnews(.)com/video/latvia-russian-community-protest-bill-ending-russian-language-schools-338007 ; “Pictures from the rally on February 24 dedicated to 229 anniversary of the first Russian school in Latvia,” rusojuz.lv, February 24, 2018, http://www.rusojuz(.)lv/ru/ourevents/26262-fotoreportazh-s-mitinga-24-fevralja-posvjaschennogo-229-godovschine-pervoj-russkoj-shkoli-latvii/ ; “Miroslav Mitrofanov: Thank you all! March in defense of Russian schools turned out! We are waiting for new, higher goals!” rusojuz.lv, March 13, 2018, http://www.rusojuz(.)lv/ru/ourdeputy//26277-miroslav-mitrofanov--vsem-spasibo--shestvie-v-zaschitu-russkih-shkol-poluchilos-nash-zhdut-novie-bolee-visokie-celi/ ; “Pictures from the march in Riga March 10, 2018,” rusojuz.lv, March 10, 2018, http://www.rusojuz(.)lv/ru/ourevents//26270-fotoreportazh-s-shestvija-v-rige-10-marta-2018-goda/ ; “The beat of drums: in Riga took place many thousands march in defense of Russian schools,” Sputnik Latvia, March 10, 2018,
https://ru.sputniknewslv(.)com/Latvia/20180310/7620465/boj-barabanov-riga-sostojalsja-mnogotysjachnyj-marsh-zashhitu-russkih-shkol.html ; “In Riga, three thousand people attended the rally in support of Russian schools,” RIA, February 25, 2018, https://ria(.)ru/world/20180225/1515235538.html?inj=1
[6] Vladimir Akopov, “The founding fathers of Latvia were "for", and spoke out against the Central Election Commission,” baltnews.lv, March 5, 2018, http://baltnews(.)lv/news/20180305/1021745696.html ; “At the CEC refusal to hold a referendum - to answer a march on March 10!” rusojuz.lv, March 5, 2018, http://www.rusojuz(.)lv/ru/ourevents/26265-na-otkaz-cika-v-provedenii-referenduma-%E2%80%93-otvetim-marshem-10-marta/
[7] “’The rescue package for national minorities’ - what is it?” rusojuz.lv, March 10, 2018, http://www.rusojuz(.)lv/ru/ourevents/26253-spasatelnij-paket-dlja-nacionalnih-menshinstv-%E2%80%93-chto-eto-takoe/ ; “’The rescue package for national minorities’: signatures collected in Latvia,” baltnews.lv, March 12, 2018, http://www.baltnews(.)lv/riga_news/20180312/1021771205.html
[8] “Ainars Latkovskis: Russia Latvia is once again trying to show as a failed state,” lsm.lv, February 21, 2018, https://www.lsm(.)lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/ainars-latkovskis-krievija-latviju-atkal-megina-paradit-ka-neizdevusos-valsti.a268753/ ; “Latvia banking crisis: Riga wary Russia could be to blame for 'hybrid warfare',” CNBC, February 22, 2018, https://www.cnbc(.)com/2018/02/22/latvia-banking-crisis-riga-wary-russia-could-be-to-blame-for-hybrid-warfare.html
[9] “Latvia Signals Russia May Be Interfering in Banking Crisis,” Bloomberg, February 20, 2018, https://www.bloomberg(.)com/news/articles/2018-02-20/latvia-signals-russia-may-be-interfering-in-banking-crisis
[10] “Russian special services have seriously threatened the security of Latvia in 2017 – PB,” rus.lsm.lv, March 19, 2018, https://rus.lsm(.)lv/statja/novosti/politika/rossiyskie-specsluzhbiserezno-ugrozhali-bezopasnosti-latvii-v-2017-godu-pb.a271878/ ; “The Security Police shall publish a report on the functioning of the service in 2017,” dp.gov.lv, March 19, 2018, http://www.dp.gov(.)lv/lv/noderigi/publikacijas/drosibas-policija-publice-parskatu-par-dienesta-darbibu-2017.-gada.art99
Syria Situation Report: March 6 - March 20, 2018
This graphic marks the latest installment of the Syria Situation Report (SITREP) Map made possible through a partnership between the Institute for the Study of War and Syria Direct. This graphic depicts significant developments in the Syrian Civil War from March 6 - March 20, 2018. The control of terrain represented on the map is accurate as of March 22, 2018.
Map credit: Sana Sekkarie
Turkey Threatens New Attacks in Syria and Iraq
By Elizabeth Teoman with Jennifer Cafarella
Key Takeaway: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to conduct military operations across six locations in eastern Syria and Iraq following the Syrian Kurdish withdrawal from Afrin City in northwest Syria. Russia and Iran seek to use Turkey to undermine the U.S. and may encourage Turkey to prioritize operations in areas that would put American forces at risk, disrupt U.S. supply lines, and constrain U.S. military operations, creating further opportunities for the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS) to resurge in southeastern Syria.
The Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) ceded Afrin City to Turkey on March 18, 2018. Syrian Kurdish YPG forces and tens of thousands of Kurdish civilians withdrew to the towns of Tel Rifaat, Nubul, and Zahra before Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and Turkish-backed rebels arrived in the city center. The YPG announced a transition from conventional fighting to a guerilla campaign against Turkey and its partner forces in Afrin. ISW assessed previously that Turkey’s Operation Olive Branch pursued five operational objectives: secure the Syrian-Turkish border, isolate Afrin city, seize the Mennagh airbase, secure ground lines of communication, and establish a new forward line of troops (FLOT) to serve as a future “de-escalation” line with pro-Bashar al Assad regime forces including Russia. The YPG decision to withdraw from Afrin City allowed Turkey to take direct control, which may not have been a necessary outcome for Erdogan. Turkey is now working to establish a new forward line of troops with pro-regime forces and deployed an additional “observer position” on the front line west of Aleppo City in Anadan. It is unclear whether Erdogan intends to capture the Mennagh airbase, north of Tel Rifaat. The TSK could outfit Mennagh as a rotary wing airbase to support counter-insurgency operations in Afrin moving forward.
Erdogan threatened on March 19 to conduct additional military operations at six possible locations in Syria and Iraq. He stated that Turkish forces may attack Kurdish forces in Syria’s Manbij, Kobani, Tel Abyad, Ras al Ayn and Qamishli in addition to Iraq’s Sinjar areas. He may calculate the YPG is vulnerable in Eastern Syria due to its attrition fighting Turkey and its commitment to waging an insurgency in Afrin. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu previously announced the Government of Iraq had agreed to conduct joint operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq on March 8. Cavusoglu claimed operations would begin after Iraq’s elections scheduled for May 12.
Erdogan may have acquired Russian and Iranian support for further military operations during a tripartite meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 16. Russia and Iran seek to use Turkey to undermine the U.S. and may encourage Turkey to conduct operations in areas that would make U.S. forces vulnerable. A Turkish operation in Sinjar, Iraq could disrupt the U.S. and YPG supply line into northern Syria through the Fishkhabour Border Crossing. Turkey likely needs Iran’s approval to conduct an operation in Sinjar. Iranian proxy forces are heavily deployed along the Syrian-Iraqi border north of Sinjar. A Turkish operation in Syria against Manbij or Kobani would put U.S. forces directly at risk. Operations farther east threaten to destabilize U.S. rear areas and could force a contraction of U.S. forces to a smaller footprint, creating opportunity for ISIS to resurge in southeastern Syria. Turkey, Russia, and Iran may finalize an agreement during a tripartite presidential summit in Istanbul scheduled for April 4. American officials will reportedly meet with a visiting Turkish delegation in the coming days as part of discussions focused on resolving bilateral disputes, including in Syria. The working group will likely continue prioritizing the future of Manbij, which lies east of Afrin on the banks of the Euphrates River. The YPG-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces currently control Manbij with support from U.S. forces.
Turkey Set to Besiege Afrin City
By Elizabeth Teoman
Turkey has set conditions to besiege Syrian Kurdish-controlled Afrin City in northwest Syria. Turkey will use its military position as leverage in tripartite negotiations with Russia and Iran in Astana, Kazakhstan on March 16, 2018. Turkish forces and Turkish-backed Syrian rebel forces seized positions that enable them to sever the last ground line of communication to Afrin by March 15. The advance has driven tens of thousands of civilians toward terrain held by the Bashar al Assad regime and its allies. Turkey’s likely primary goal in the Astana negotiations is to reach an agreement with Russia and Iran over the future of Afrin and other Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG)-held areas north of Aleppo City.
Regime Gains in Damascus, Syria: March 6 - 12, 2018
Pro-Bashar al-Assad regime forces including Russia and Iran successfully split the besieged Eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus into three separate opposition-held pockets following the seizure of Mesraba and Madyara on March 10 – 11. The advance separated the city of Douma – the urban stronghold of Salafi-Jihadist group Jaysh al-Islam – from the densely populated suburbs of Irbeen, Zamalka, and Ayn Terma dominated by Islamist group Faylaq al-Rahman. Pro-regime forces will further intensify their targeting of civilian populations and infrastructure within these new pockets in order to coerce their surrender and achieve the forced displacement of opposition-supportive populations from Damascus.
Syria Situation Report: February 21 - March 6, 2018
This series of graphics marks the latest installment of our Syria SITREP Map made possible through a partnership between the Institute for the Study of War and Syria Direct. These graphics depict significant developments in the Syrian Civil War from February 21 - March 6, 2018. The control of terrain represented on the graphics is accurate as of March 8, 2018.
Ayad Allawi Sets Conditions to Recreate 2011 Premiership Bid
By: Omer Kassim
Key Takeaway: Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi is presenting himself as a viable Shi’a reformist alternative to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the upcoming Iraqi legislative elections slated for May 12, 2018. Allawi is setting internal conditions to recreate his strong 2011 bid to secure the premiership. Allawi– a secular Shi’a politician– seeks to reunite the Sunni political leadership under a secular platform akin to the Iraqiyya coalition that won 92 seats in the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) under his leadership in 2010. Allawi will likely leverage his opposition to the expansion of Iranian influence in Iraq, reformist stance and support for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to draw Shi’a Sadrist and some Kurdish support in the post-election premier selection phase. Allawi can then maximize on his strong ties with Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, to augment his premiership bid.
Allawi is using his secular and nationalist credentials as well as his support for Sunni grievances as core pillars of his strategy to draw the Sunni vote. Allawi has arguably been the most prominent secular figure in the Iraqi political process since 2003. Allawi is highlighting his consistent secular credentials and his rejection of the sect-based division of power as major Sunni and Shi’a Islamist parties gravitate toward a secular campaign strategy. This shift coincides with an apparent public discontent with Islamist rule post-2003. The Vice President has also amplified his nationalist rhetoric, rejecting Iranian influence in Iraq and calling for the integration of the Iranian-backed PMF into the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) following the defeat of ISIS. Allawi has advocated for the ability for internally displaced Sunnis to return to their homes as a condition for holding the elections. However, this is unlikely to be implemented fully due to security concerns and lack of infrastructure. Allawi has stated the Sunni communities in provinces formerly held by ISIS were the first to sacrifice for the liberation of their areas, identifying the failure in the political process as the reason for their plight.
Allawi has created the Iraqi National Alliance Coalition as a platform to unite Sunni political class under his leadership. The new coalition formed on January 11 includes CoR Speaker Salim al-Jabouri, former Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq and Baathist-friendly elements outside the political process. Jabouri is building up his secular credentials after quietly distancing himself from the Iraqi Islamic Party–closely tied to the Muslim Brotherhood–to form the secular Civil Gathering for Reform. An alliance with Jabouri helps Allawi highlight popular support for secular rule, while capitalizing on Jabouri’s prominent stature to draw Sunni votes particularly in home province of Diyala as well as Baghdad. Meanwhile, the inclusion of Mutlaq–a secular Sunni and founding member of Allawi’s Iraqiyya coalition of 2011– signals Allawi’s intent to recreate a similar coalition despite the existence of power struggles between its prominent figures that eventually contributed to its collapse. The inclusion of Mutlaq also allows Allawi to draw the Sunni vote from Anbar–Mutlaq’s home province.
Allawi’s alliance is set to compete with Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi’s Iraqi Decision Coalition for Sunni votes. Allawi has been a political and ideological rival of Nujaifi since the collapse of their Iraqiyya coalition. Power sharing disputes, Allawi’s dwindling chances of securing the premiership and differences on Iraqiyya’s future strategy antagonized tensions between the two leaders and contributed to the collapse of the coalition after the 2010 elections. The rivalry also reflects regional political divisions, with Allawi backing the Saudi Arabia-Egypt axis and Nujaifi backing the Turkey-Qatar axis. Allawi also rejected Nujaifi’s push for increased autonomy of Sunni areas post-ISIS, stressing his support for Iraqi territorial integrity. Jabouri is also a major political rival of Nujaifi, as both lead competing wings within the main Sunni bloc in the CoR the Sunni Alliance of Forces. Jabouri and Nujaifi disagreed on the post-ISIS Sunni vision for Iraq. Jabouri called for facilitating talks with Shi’a parties to reach national consensus and Nujaifi called for confidence building measures on limiting Iranian influence, demographic changes in Sunni areas and freeing Sunni prisoners.
Allawi may intensify efforts to sway support from nationalist Shi’a during post-election premiership talks. Allawi’s inability to draw cross-sectarian support particularly from Shi’a parties contributed to the failure of his 2011 bid for the premiership. He will likely look to rectify this issue by leveraging his ideological proximity to Sadrists in order to sway their support for his premiership bid. Allawi supported the 2016 Sadrist protest movement to institute anti-corruption reforms. Allawi also backed the unsuccessful Sadrist protest campaign to overhaul the electoral process through the selection of a non-politicized electoral commission and the passage of an electoral law that does not favor pre-existing dominant parties. Allawi also supported Sadrist calls for a technocratic, non-sectarian based form of government. Additionally, Allawi has joined Sadr’s identification of Iranian-backed proxies within the PMF as “shameless militias.” Allawi’s desire to maintain political independence and maneuverability likely prevented him from entering into what was expected to be a near pre-election alliance with the Sadrists.
The Vice President may seek Kurdish support for his premiership ambitions. He could do this by leveraging his historical ties with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and his support for Baghdad-Arbil dialogue to prevent further military action following the October 16 military takeover of disputed territories by Iraqi forces. Support for the Kurds during and after the September 25 2017 Kurdish referendum period came at a political cost, leading Allawi to pursue a nuanced approach to his relationship with both sides. Allawi, while deeming the timing of the Kurdish independence referendum “inappropriate,” blamed Baghdad for failing to address Kurdish power sharing concerns at an earlier stage. Allawi also blamed Baghdad for not participating in post-referendum talks that he attempted to sponsor with unidentified regional Arab countries. Allawi also stated military operations in disputed territories included the presence of Iranian forces, particularly in Kirkuk. He has appeared to dismiss Baghdad’s accusations of KDP corruption. Allawi also supports maintaining the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of the federal Iraqi budget at 17%–an agreement that he secured in 2004 during his brief tenure as Prime Minister.
Allawi may be an alternative premiership option compatible with U.S interests in Iraq. Allawi maintains friendly ties to the U.S and rejected Iranian influence in Iraqi affairs. Allawi also maintains strong ties to the KRG; he stressed the resolution of the Arbil-Baghdad disagreements must be constitutional and within the framework of a united Iraq. Allawi also maintains strong ties with U.S regional partners in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan.
Afghanistan’s Powerbrokers Prepare for 2019 Presidential Elections
By: Scott DesMarais
Key Takeaway: Afghanistan’s powerbrokers are in the early stages of an intense competition as they prepare for the planned 2019 presidential election. The multi-month disagreement between President Ashraf Ghani and warlord and long-time Balkh Province Governor Mohammad Atta Noor over the latter’s governorship is the first stage of a much larger battle between the two politicians for the presidency. Atta is exploiting friction caused by how President Ghani wields his power to build a network of alliances to challenge President Ghani in 2019. Meanwhile, Ghani is actively using his immense presidential power to undermine Atta’s attempts to build an opposing coalition.
The Political Disputes Permitting Atta’s Rise
The internationally negotiated National Unity Government agreement that set President Ghani in place has failed to create a genuine power-sharing arrangement between the president and his opposition.
Ghani’s administration has not adhered to the terms of the internationally negotiated National Unity Government (NUG) agreement that established him as President and his Tajik rival Abdullah Abdullah as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ghani has used the president’s significant constitutional authority and the vague terms of the NUG agreement to marginalize CEO Abdullah and to limit other Tajik rivals’ influence in governance.
The Ghani administration has not implemented the agreement’s required reforms aimed at ensuring transparent elections, so Ghani’s administration is repeatedly able to delay parliamentary and district council elections. Ghani has been able to postpone, on grounds of process, calling the required Constitutional Loya Jirga to convert the Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO) position into a constitutionally mandated premiership.[1] Such a constitutional change would create a more balanced power-sharing agreement between Ghani and CEO Abdullah, who is Jamiat’s most senior representative in the government.
Ghani’s corruption reforms could drive Atta, Jamiat, and entrenched Pashtun powerbrokers to form an anti-Ghani coalition in order to secure the patronage networks they benefit from. Ghani is pushing a reform agenda that is intended to combat corruption and empower government institutions over powerful regional personalities; as a result, Ghani has attempted to remove regional warlords and powerbrokers from Afghan politics—including First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta. Ghani’s anti-warlord initiatives allow Atta to build and strengthen alliances against Ghani among traditional rivals.
Atta’s coalition building
Atta is attempting to unite Jamiat under his leadership by courting other Tajik powerbrokers and by leveraging his governorship to increase Jamiat’s influence in government. Jamiat’s negotiations with President Ghani over the Balkh governorship are an effort to reset the Afghan political system in order to increase Jamiat’s power and influence in the government. Based on Jamiat’s current demands, Atta would resign from the Balkh governorship if Ghani appoints Jamiat leaders to key government positions and if Ghani alters the parliamentary system to increase the role of political parties, like Jamiat, in parliament. If Atta is able to use his negotiated resignation to force Ghani to adhere to Jamiat’s demands, Atta would accomplish what CEO Abdullah could not: getting Jamiat leaders appointed to key positions in the government. This would be an important step towards convincing the historically fractious Jamiat party to support Atta in 2019 elections.
Atta is trying to build a powerful and diverse coalition with ex-President Hamid Karzai to challenge Ghani in 2019. Atta has already created the Coalition for the Salvation of Afghanistan (CSA) with Dostum and Deputy CEO Mohammad Mohaqiq in June 2017. This alliance has united three minority groups, the Tajiks, Uzbeks, and a faction of the Hazaras. Atta is also trying to build alliances with Pashtun powerbrokers, most notably with former President Karzai. President Ghani prevented Atta from attending a December 2017 meeting of opposition parties in Kandahar, indicating Ghani feels threatened by Atta’s attempts to build alliances with Pashtun powerbrokers. Jamiat political figure Ahmad Wali Massoud met with Shah Wali Karzai, Hamid Karzai's brother and the head of the Pashtun Popalzai Tribe, in Kandahar on February 7, 2018. It is possible Massoud is working as an emissary for Atta, given their January 2018 meetings. Additionally, the powerful Kandahar provincial police chief, General Abdul Raziq has publicly supported Atta, who claimed he met with one of Raziq’s representatives in Mazar-e Sharif on February 23. Raziq reportedly hosted the meeting, which several former Karzai administration officials attended. One of the most prominent attendees was Rahmutallah Nabil, Karzai’s director of the National Directorate of Security and the leader of the Karzai-linked Mehwar-e Mardom party.
Atta will struggle to create an enduring and strong partnership with Former President Karzai. It is unlikely that Karzai will choose to support Ghani, but it is also unlikely that he will fully support Atta in the presidential election. Karzai cannot run for President again, but he will likely seek the best opportunity to increase his own influence within the government. He may choose to support a Pashtun, likely one who served in his administration, during the 2019 election instead of Atta. The leaders of Karzai-linked opposition groups may have presidential ambitions of their own, so it may be difficult for Atta to maintain support from these groups until 2019, especially if Karzai decides to support one of their campaigns. Additionally, traditional tensions based on past dealings with Karzai may make it difficult for Atta to convince all of Jamiat to support an alliance with Karzai.
Ghani’s efforts to undermine Atta
Ghani can attack Atta’s fragile network of alliances in multiple ways as he prepares for Atta’s challenge. Atta will need a united Jamiat, full support from the CSA, and alliances with powerful Pashtun leaders to challenge Ghani realistically in the 2019 elections. Ghani will work to exploit intra-Jamiat tensions, the traditional rivalries between the members of the CSA, and long-lasting tensions between Karzai and most of Afghanistan’s northern power-elite. Ghani may also try to limit the appeal of Atta and Jamiat’s current proposals to alter the Afghan system of governance. If Ghani is able to secure deals with some disenfranchised powerbrokers, both inside and outside of Jamiat, he may be able to limit Atta’s ability to contend in 2019 elections.
Ghani is trying to fracture the Coalition for the Salvation of Afghanistan by creating tensions between its members. Ghani is using historic tensions between Dostum and Atta and their respective political parties to weaken the CSA. Ghani reversed a decision to replace the Jamiat deputy governor of Samangan Province with a member of Dostum’s Junbesh-i Milli party after reaching a deal with Jamiat on February 20. This led the spurned Junbesh member to threaten to seize the deputy governor’s post by force. This incident demonstrates an example of how Ghani can play one CSA member against the other. Ghani also may be attempting to split Mohaqiq from the CSA, which would weaken the coalition. Ghani met with Mohaqiq in early February 2018 reportedly to build a “Council of Elders,” which may be Ghani’s attempt to create a rival coalition. Another senior member of the CSA, Mohammad Natiqi, criticized both Ghani and Jamiat for ignoring other opposition groups during their negotiations.[2] Natiqi said both Ghani and Jamiat are to blame for excluding other parties that supported CEO Abdullah in 2014 from discussions on implementing the National Unity Government Agreement. Atta will need the Uzbek and Hazara support he derives from the CSA to have a legitimate chance at winning a national election. However, Atta’s primary concern is likely to unite Jamiat and the Tajiks, so Ghani can use the political disputes this causes to reduce Atta’s support from the CSA.
Atta is engaged in a power-struggle with Jamiat’s acting-leader Salahuddin Rabbani that may weaken Atta. Afzal Hadid, a close advisor to Atta and the Balkh Provincial Council head, claimed a resolution to the Balkh dispute was close following a private meeting between Atta and representatives from Ghani’s administration in Mazar-e Sharif on March 04-05.[3] However, a Jamiat spokesman denied any negotiations between Atta and Ghani’s administration occurred, and Rabbani reportedly does not support Atta’s direct negotiations with Ghani’s administration. An anonymous source from Jamiat claimed Ghani is negotiating directly with Atta in an attempt to find an alternative solution to the Balkh dispute because multiple rounds of negotiations with Jamiat representatives, led by Rabbani, have failed to resolve the crisis. Like Atta, Rabbani may have been using his role leading Jamiat’s negotiations over the Balkh dispute to improve his own position in Jamiat by demonstrating his ability to support the party’s interests. Rabbani may want a more prominent role in Afghan politics given reports that he initially supported Atta’s removal and rumors that he is interested in a unified Ghani-Jamiat presidential ticket—presumably with himself as the Vice President. Ghani may have offered an attractive deal to Atta that Ghani believes will split Jamiat.
However, there are conflicting reports about whether Atta and Ghani negotiated a settlement or simply set conditions for Ghani-Jamiat negotiations to resume. Some anonymous sources claimed that Atta and Ghani had reached a deal. Based on the rumored agreement, Atta plans to resign but will choose his successor and a new Balkh police chief.[4] Additionally, Ghani will appoint Jamiat members as Minister of Education and Minister of Information and Culture, and Ghani will appoint six new Jamiat ambassadors to unnamed countries. In contrast, other sources claimed Atta’s negotiations had only paved the way for negations between Jamiat and Ghani to resume in Kabul.
If Atta and Ghani negotiated a deal, Atta would likely have expanded on Jamiat’s initial demands that sought Jamiat appointments to senior government positions.[5] While Jamiat and Atta’s demands gradually increased to include much broader electoral and constitutional reforms, Atta may believe he can use this agreement to consolidate his control of Jamiat.[6] Ghani may believe such an agreement will exacerbate a power-struggle in Jamiat. Alternatively, Ghani may be willing to make these concessions in order to reduce the pressure stemming from the growing support for Jamiat’s reform agenda combined with upcoming parliamentary elections. The parliamentary and electoral reforms Jamiat and Atta have demanded would make it difficult to hold parliamentary elections as scheduled so this possible agreement may indicate Ghani is trying to mitigate the potential consequences of delayed elections.
If Atta set conditions for future negotiations, it would indicate limited progress, but given the broad reforms Jamiat demands, a resolution may not be imminent. This would also demonstrate that Atta is confident that Ghani will be unable to split Jamiat by offering a Jamiat faction a favorable deal to abandon Atta.
Ghani may try to counteract growing support for Jamiat’s reform agenda. Multiple parties have announced their support for the reforms Jamiat is demanding. Ghani has held separate meetings with multiple opposition leaders whose parties either already have or could ultimately support Jamiat and Atta. Ghani has met with Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf, the leader of the Council for Protection and Stability in Afghanistan;[7] Hezb-e Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar;[8] Deputy CEO Mohammad Mohaqiq; CEO Abdullah Abdullah; and Hazara Hizb-e Wahdat leader Karim Khalili. Ghani’s office said the meetings were “to discuss issues of national interests;” however, anonymous sources claimed Ghani intended to create “Council of Elders.” It is possible Ghani is trying to constrain Atta and Jamiat by creating a rival coalition focused on implementing reforms but on terms that are more favorable to Ghani.
Ghani’s decision to release new electronic National Identity Cards (e-NICs) that include nationality could drive a wedge between several opposition groups. The Tajiks and Hazaras are opposed to including ethnicity and nationality on the cards, while Uzbeks and Pashtuns support the labels. One of Jamiat’s current negotiating demands includes the use of e-NICs that do not include nationality or ethnicity. Ghani may be able to use e-NICs to increase tensions within the CSA and, more importantly, could use ethnic tensions to block Atta from aligning with Pashtun leaders. As an example, General Raziq said that anyone opposed to listing nationality on the e-NICs as “Afghan” should leave the country, while Atta criticized the e-NIC release on February 17.[9] Atta’s February 23 meeting with Raziq’s representative may indicate their emerging alliance can overcome the e-NIC issue but impassioned disagreements over e-NICs could pose challenges to Atta’s alliances.
The ongoing Balkh dispute and continued parliamentary election delays could become inflection points that lead to an uncontrollable destabilization in Afghan domestic politics. The most likely indicator that either of these inflection points will cause significant problems is the outbreak of protests in Kabul. Atta has continually threatened to organize mass protests in Kabul unless Jamiat’s demands are met. As long as the Balkh dispute persists, large protests will remain a possibility. Atta said that it would be difficult for him to control a “massive movement from Balkh” that could lead to a crisis that caused the government to collapse.[10] Large anti-Ghani protests in Kabul increase the risk of violent confrontation between security forces and pro-Atta demonstrators, which would lead to an unpredictable escalation of tensions. It’s also possible that repeated election delays could catalyze destabilizing protests. Many political parties demand timely and transparent elections, so the emerging anti-Ghani coalition may be able to leverage electoral delays to organize protests. Parliamentary and district council elections are still officially scheduled to occur on July 7, 2018, but Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials have admitted elections will likely be delayed until October. There are indications some parties will accept a delay to October, but any announcement that elections will not be held in 2018 could prompt destabilizing protests in Kabul. Given widespread demands for timely elections, protests over elections delays could grow so large and intense that Ghani is forced physically to resign and a transitional government is created.
[1]Parliamentary and district council elections must be held before a Constitutional Loya Jirga can be held.
[2] Natiqi is Mohaqiq’s deputy in the Hizb-e Wahdat-e Mardom party. Natiqi is one the six signatories of the original CSA agreement in Turkey in June 2017.
[3] Atta reportedly met with the head of the National Directorate of Security, Massom Stanekzai, and the head of the Office of the President, Abdul Salam Rahimi (both of whom have been involved in the discussions with Jamiat’s representatives). Hadid said he was not aware of the details of the negotiations but said he “can say it with confidence that the door for settling the tensions has opened.”
[4] The current Balkh police chief announced he would remain loyal to the government should the dispute escalate into a violent conflict on December 26 so Atta probably wants to appoint a more loyal commander
[5] Jamiat and Atta initially demanded Jamiat members be appointed Minster of Education, Minister of the Economy and the ambassadors to Tajikistan and Bangladesh.
[6] Control of the Ministry of Education is a crucial concession to Jamiat because the ministry is the largest civil employer in Afghanistan and is a key component of Afghan patronage networks.
[7] The Council for Protection and Stability of Afghanistan (CPSA) consists mostly of former Karzai administration officials who had previously supported Abdullah in the 2014 election. They have previously demanded Ghani implement reforms and hold timely and transparent elections.
[8] Hekmatyar is not likely to support Atta but a faction of Hezb-e Islami supports Jamiat’s agenda and Hekmatyar has said timely elections are necessary.
[9] “Afghan” has historically been used to refer to the Pashtun ethnicity.
[10] Atta was referring to protests planned to coincide with the Kabul Process meeting that he later postponed.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT NO. 57 HON. PAUL G. BRECKENRIDGE, JR., JUDGE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff, vs. GERALD ARMSTRONG, Defendant. MARY SUE HUBBARD, Intervenor. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. C 420153 REPORTERS’ TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS Tuesday, May 15, 1984 VOLUME 12 Pages 1896 through 2030, incl. APPEARANCES:(See next page.) NANCY L. HARRIS, CSR #644 HERB … [Read more...]
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Ian Quinn
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Hometown: Baltimore, MD
High School: McDonogh
Major: Aerospace Engineer
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife Part 3 – La Liga Newcomers
July 29th, 2016Be the first to comment!Diaries, FM16Tags: Domestic, Pre Season, Spain, Tenerife
Back in the big time but condemned to relegation by the pundits, a strong start will be needed if we’re to secure our place in the Spanish top flight amongst the likes of Barcelona, Real and Atletico Madrid.
Squad Building
It was an abrupt start to life in La Liga due to the club’s change of ownership at the end of last years promotion winning season. With our transfer window narrowed to just a few weeks it was a big challenge to improve the squad and further ingrain our new tactical outlook (the 4-2-3-1 counter pressing philosophy).
Youngster Jorge, a player of high potential, was given a fair amount of first team action last season and has established himself as a key figure in our defence. Not a day goes by without strong interest from Europe’s finest clubs but he hasn’t been unsettled, nor has he attempted to engineer a move away. The £10M buyout clause in his new long term contract will have to be met if any club wants to prize him away. The highest bid so far has been around the £3M mark, which doesn’t cut the mustard.
The tranfer embargo, coupled with a lack of funding from the new president, meant that the loan market had to be utilised for a second year running, though we did confirm the perminent signings of a few players and extended the contracts of some key players.
Permanent signings (free transfers) include:
Josep Señé (advanced playmaker), Israel Puerto (central defender), Enoch Andoh (Ghanaian winger) and Michael Doyle (Scottish right full back).
Loan signings include:
Anton Kanibolotskiy (Ukranian goalkeeper), Luke Garbutt (English left full back), Cristo González (trequartista), Andreas Pereira (Brazilian advanced playmaker), Will Keane (English striker) and Luca Valzania (Italian advanced playmaker).
González returns to the club after being sold to Man Utd by the board last year. Young Pereira and striker Keane accompany him from the red half of Manchester to form a strong attacking threesome. I’m quite excited to have young Garbutt in the left back slot too, he’s a player I rate highly and could develop into a top quality player for both club and country given enough playing time. The natural successor to Leighton Baines for England, perhaps.
Anton Kanibolotskiy
According to my coaching staff on-loan Ukranian keeper Kanibolotskiy is the key player in our squad, and with a very reasonable £1.8M buyout clause worked into the deal that could remain the case for years to come. A £700K future fee for Will Keane also looks to represents great value, as he leads the line and the goalscoring charts with 9 from just 8 starts.
These additions give us a healthy sized squad with decent options and cover for injuries and possible dips in form. The only outward transfers involved the release of a few fringe players, who’s contracts were up at the end of the season having failed to justify renewal talks.
Hit the Ground Running
We’ve had a really strong start in the league (far better than I’d expected) with the squad gelling well through pre-season and carrying that form into competitive matches. In our first fixture away to Real Sociadad however I cowered and neglected to use our new attacking philosophy, opting for the comfort of a 4-1-4-1 formation. We lost 2-1. Since then I’ve remained faithful to the 4-2-3-1 and the players have thrived, picking up wins against Valencia (2-0), Atletico Madrid (2-1) and Malaga (4-1) to name a few. It seems attack is the best form of defence in our case.
La Liga league table, season 2 (2016/17), after 10 games
Playing Style Evaluated
Only Real Madrid and Barcelona have outscored us after 10 league fixtures, though Atletico have a game in hand. The majority of our goals have been scored in the first half, either in the first 15 minutes or in most cases between 31-45 minutes, highlighting our ability to start games strongly and capitalise on that with a goal or two (Keane’s high finishing attribution coming in handy here). The timing of goals conceeded is fairly evenly spread, so other than improving the quality of our defence (as always) there aren’t any obvious lapses in concentration to address. We’ve won more games (6) than we’ve lost (2), a simple indication that our attacking style is working thus far.
Crosses and through balls have been the primary source for our converted chances. The use of an inside forward (usually Pereira or González) cutting in from the left has been fruitful with the left flank delivering the most assists. It’s also down that channel where the opposition have been having joy, with more assists against us from the oppositions right flank. I could probably sure that side up a bit with the use of a winger over an inside forward (to better support the full back) but attack is the priority for us, and since it’s creating opportunities I’d rather leave it be and accept that some chances will go the other way too. We are after all a team who aims to attack and entertain.
A few assists from inside the box is pleasing to see too, proving that the players are adopting the ‘work the ball into the box’ instruction to good effect. What type of goals are we scoring? Almost entirely placed shots from inside the box, just what the doctor ordered.
Promotion to La Liga gave our finances an expected boost and although we’re taking a monthly hit, our bank balance is looking healthy for the duration of the season (£11M overall). With wages kept tight (about £450,000 a month) and a stadium expansion unlikely until next season there’s little more we can do to boost the balance, other than sell players (which I’m not looking to do) or put together a decent cup run (which I’m hoping to do, but not at the expense of our league survival).
Staying in the league is the best way to secure our finances as we continually look to build.
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Susan Braudy is a journalist and author. She clawed her way from Philadelphia to Manhattan. She wrote the memoir Between Marriage and Divorce: A Woman's Diary , two novels Who Killed Sal Mineo? and What the Movies Made Me Do: A Novel as well as two highly researched non-fiction books This Crazy Thing Called Love: The Golden World and Fatal Marriage of Ann and Billy Woodward and Family Circle: The Boudins and the Aristocracy of the Left . The last was nominated by publisher Alfred Knopf for a Pulitzer. She is a frequent blogger on the Huffington Post.
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For years, Susan has experienced the wonder of serendipity in the big city and savors the details of urban life that often elude those rushing through life. She enjoys telling the stories of the sung and the unsung. At E.A.T. restaurant she loses her appetite but is captivated by an explicit description delivered by a debonair Englishman sitting near her of stalking, killing and cutting off a fox’s tail – his murderer’s trophy. In Central Park she stumbles upon a marijuana deal and can’t resist interviewing dealer and buyer. She's totally fascinated and sometimes that breeds fearlessness. There's more>>
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What Doctors Don’t Tell You
Written on May 30, 2018 by marcia in miscellaneous, Reflections, Things
The best health magazine in the world is called What Doctors Don’t Tell You. It gives us no-nonsense ways to keep healthy through gentle sensible strategies. You can buy it at Whole Foods and then subscribe. It’s published in England and I guess it’s naturopathic, but not far out. This month’s issue explains the Feldenkrais…
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Tips For Living Inexpensively in Manhattan
Written on May 6, 2018 by Susan in Reflections, Things
First of many tips for buying inexpensive fashion shirts in Manhattan.
Defeat Trump and Putin’s Election Hacking
Written on July 1, 2017 by Susan in People, Reflections, Things
Since Trump claims Putin didn’t hack our elections and is doing nothing to prevent similar future crimes, we need to mount a campaign. I suggest starting by fighting for reinstating old unhackable machines. We need to get going pronto. How do we start? Photo by John C Abell
How Nuts Are We to Protect Gun Ownership??
Written on June 14, 2016 by Susan in miscellaneous, Reflections, Things
Why doesn’t somebody who hates guns as much as I do ask for examples of Americans who’ve used guns to protect themselves, their homes, or families?
Black Swagger, French Aesthetics– Whoopee I Am in the Center of The Material World As I Think I Know it
Written on May 26, 2016 by Susan in Places, Things, Urban Voyeurism
Sometimes–not very often–your Manhattan Voyeur takes a deep breath and realizes she is in the best of all places. Standing on the corner of 57th and Fifth Avenues I find myself in the red hot center of the material world. It’s more fun being a voyeur here than at any fashion museum or display at the Met or faux exciting haute couture show.
6 of the Best Insider Cleaning Tips for Clothing
Written on October 16, 2015 by Susan in miscellaneous, Reflections, Things
Your Manhattan Voyeur likes to eat while reading a book. So dry cleaning blouses and sweaters could become an expensive necessity. Fear no more. Dishwashing liquid and a little COLD water AND a good rub take out every stain I’ve inflicted on treasured clothing.
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How to Get Smarter: A Tip from Susan Braudy
Written on August 13, 2015 by Susan in miscellaneous, People, Reflections, Things
A book recommendation from Susan Braudy to help you be smarter. Television is the New Television by Michael Wolff. About what’s up in the new and old media.
Great Tips For Clothes Shopping in Manhattan
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Today’s Secrets: Strawberry, J. Crew & Niketown Your Urban Voyeur is in a generous mood. So I’m imparting secrets gleaned from years of poking my nose in open shop doors. Strawberry is a gem! J. Crew on Fifth at 15th Street is a bargain hunter dream come true! And Niketown is where your cool looking…
Don’t Bank at J.P. Morgan Chase. Chase Mugs Clients.
Written on June 4, 2013 by Susan in miscellaneous, People, Places, Reflections, Things, Urban Voyeurism
It started last week when I was mugged on the Madison Avenue bus. Then I was mugged seven more times by J.P.Morgan Chase bank. Buyer beware of too big to fail/jail banks.
I Hate Verizon. I Like AT&T
Written on April 17, 2013 by Susan in miscellaneous, People, Things, Urban Voyeurism
My First Cellphone Your voyeur recently purchased her first cell phone. I’d gotten by nicely cadging other people’s phones when I needed, But when a doorman wouldn’t reveal the room number of a physical therapist I wanted to visit I joined the plugged-in horde. Since I own an iPad I was counseled to purchase a…
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What is Kung Fu?
A good place to start in the study of Kung Fu is to understand the meaning of the word itself. Kung Fu literally means Energy (Kung) and time (Fu). In china, the word Kung Fu came to be identified with martial arts because according to Chinese tradition, proficiency in martial system required at least 10 to 18 years of devoted practice. The martial artists who constantly practice became the symbol for the dedication energy and patience require to live up to the ideals of Kung Fu. In time Wu-Su came to be known as Wu Kung - which means martial Kung Fu or more simply Kung Fu.
Kung Fu is not a game
Kung Fu is a high skilled art which, if misused by the untrained can be deadly. There is more to Kung Fu than physical powers, fighting ability, speed and ability. In additional to these visible attributes the Kung Fu novice must endeavor to develop the mental discipline and spiritual awareness necessary to counter any and all abuse the art.
The Origin of Kung Fu
Shaolin, one of the oldest schools of Wu-Su, has been closely associated with a monastery of the same name in the songshan mountains in Henan proviace, which was built by Courf decree towards the end of the fifth century A.D. The monks living in this monastery later developed a school of Wu-Su on the basis of earlier forms of martial arts for self-defence and health-building. Known as the Shaolin School, it has spread throughout the country and branched into numerous varieties and different names in subsequent eras. While each of the many Chinese martial arts shares certain similarities, each has its own district featmes. This text deals with one of these - THE MANSURIA KUNG FU.
What is MANSURIA Kung Fu?
During the later days of the ming dynasty (1368 – 1644 A.D) a group of Buddist monks built a temple and named shaolin.. Here they devoted themselves to the dictums of their religion. And they used their leisure hours to practice and develop their fighting skills.
Eventually the ming Dynasty collapsed and was succeeded by Ching Dynasty established by the northern barbarians, the MAN TSU (MANSU). The HAN TSU, the conquered people of the ming Dynasty, however, baiked at what they considered subjugation by uncivilized, inferior heathens. Although they were never successful in their attempts to overthrow the machuria regione, they chrished the hope of drivins out he hortherners and reestablishing the Han asistocracy. Because their patriotism, combined with their boning skills, provided some measure of retatiatory action, the disciples of Hung Yun were in valuable to the resistance efforts of Han-TSU. In memory of their efforts and in recognition of Hung Yuns developed of the art of fighting the pepole renamed MANSURIA KUNG FU because it is the mixed form of MANSURIA style and Chinese Old Monks style of fighting.
Who is the founder of MANSURIA Kung Fu?
YUNGOYUN the Buddist Monk was the founder of MANSURIA Kung Fu. His disiples also made more development in this Kung Fu.
How it spread all over the world style?
In 1864 a martial art school in name of MANSURIA KUNG FU was held at Pung. It was conducted only for Chinese people.
During the later, WONG was one of the best student of the MANSURIAN KUNG FU school of Pung, started a branch in Sanfrancisco in 1921. From the same school LEE LING FU become skilled and he started a school in U.S.A. mean while. MANSURIAN Kung Fu spread a all over the world, especially in HONGKONG by KALAI-ACHONY LEE. His best student R.SEKAR, Who learnt the secrets of Kung Fu under his special control spread it in India by his ability. Now it is called MANSURIA KUNG FU INTERNATIONAL.
Characteristics of MANSURIA Kung Fu International
MANSURIA Kung Fu International is a very comprehensive Institution of Martial Art Teaching elements of the Shaolin art Chikung Tai Chi ch`uan, Hsing -1 Pa kua chin - Na, all animal styles and 35 Weapon Styles. As a natural consequence, it bears some resemblance to each of these. Yet this combination of styles results in a school of unique merits which places a variety of fighting techniques at the students disposal, allowing him a wider range of possibilities in any given situation.
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SCI-FI OBSCURA!!! With KEVIN AVERY!
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Just when you finished watching all the films we turned you on to in our classic episode HORROR OBSCURA, MONSTER PARTY has a new assignment. JAMES GONIS, SHAWN SHERIDAN, LARRY STROTHE, and MATT WEINHOLD have come up with a whole new list of seldom seen science fiction cinematic surprises, that can only be described as... SCI-FI OBSCURA!!!
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Nurr1 as a Genetic Target for Treating Levodopa-induced Dyskinesias (LIDs) in Parkinson's Disease
Executive SummaryPatients afflicted with Parkinson’s disease often develop severely debilitating movement disorders as side effects from currently available treatment options. Researchers at MSU propose to use a new gene therapy approach that will both reduce these side effects and prolong the effectiveness of treatment by targeted gene silencing.Description...
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Genetic Targets and Gene Therapies for Treating Levodopa-induced Dyskinesias for Parkinsonisms
IntroductionThe Parkinson’s Disease Foundation estimates that there are 1.0 to 1.5 million people suffering from Parkinson’s disease (PD) in the United States alone. Those suffering from PD are afflicted with tremors in the limbs and face, rigidity and stiffness of the limbs and trunk, slowed movement, postural instability, and impaired...
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By Zack Palm on Wed, 09/04/2019 Online Co-Op And Versus Multiplayer Comes To Super Mario Maker 2. Online versus games are played at 60fps on dedicated servers, and the new ranking system means better matches, no matter how good you are. Never Fight Alone: Enjoy two-player co-op with friends locally via split-screen, over Xbox Live or LAN. GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Grab a friend and play Gears of War 4 and The Crew 2 Standard Edition for free during the Xbox Live Gold’s Free Play Days event. The Horde mode has gotten a revamp since Gears of. My son got into videogames watching me play Gears 3. Gears of War 4 makes noticeable attempts to keep a good flow of action and progression in its story without jarring players with heavy uses of cut-scenes or unnecessarily slow moments between the. Gears of War 5 was officially revealed at Microsoft's Xbox E3 2018 event and its simply referred to Gears 5. However, player 2 can only choose Kait or Del to play with and JD Fenix will always be locked for second player. Not if that includes the chance to play the game's campaign in 4-player co-op. Complete the Campaign in Co-op on Any Difficulty before. Discussing Gears of War 4 Trainer on Gears of War 4 PC message board and forum (page 7). After narrowly escaping an attack on their village, JD Fenix and his friends, Kait and Del, must rescue the ones they love and discover the source of a monstrous new enemy. Gears of War is focused on team-play, either with AI or with other players; when the player takes too much damage, they enter a downed state and must be healed by another member of their team. We have collected a handsome. Gears 5 early access: how to play the new Gears of War game before the release date on Xbox Game Pass and PC. With a generous trailer, it showed off melee combat, a host of different enemy types. WHY GAMESTOP IS EXCITED FOR Gears 5. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or in-store pick-up. Gears of War 4 is just on the horizon with only a few weeks to go until its launch on October 11th, 2016, and this time around aside from its console debut the title is also making its way to PC. Here's how you can experience all the co-op goodness it has to offer. 0: Team up with four others and battle wave after wave of increasingly difficult enemies by choosing your combat class, leveling up your skills and deploying. Gears of War 4 server problems or maintenance Gear of War 4 is the new game from The Coalition and the first Gears of War game in the series not to be developed by Epic Games who have handled all. 00GHz Memory: 16 GB RAM (15. More details to come. Back in 2006, the original Gears of War launched with a seamless two-player campaign that offered the same experience as the single-player version, just with a friend. Gears 4 To Gears 5. While we didn’t get to play that mode, if Horde is anything to. You won’t have to fight alone in Gears of War 5 thanks to its local split-screen co-op and online co-op game modes. Gears of War. One of the coolest new features for Gears 5 is the 3-player co-op, split-screen or online, where one player gets to play as Jack. Microsoft's ultimate action franchise, Gears of War, makes its return with an all-new epic campaign and brutal multiplayer in this year's Gears 5. Which gears of war games have 4 player campaign coop? 4 player coop campaign. The campaign seems to have taken a backseat to the multiplayer in terms of improvements, but it’s worth buying for the multiplayer alone, so there’s that. Posted on 27 December 17 at 13:02: Needing to get 3 people for the co-op. Gears 5 let's play by 97Jonnyboy. Beautiful cut scenes are peppered throughout the game — each time you defeat a boss or get through a difficult part your eyes will be rewarded. Oct 4, 2019 Gears 5 Live Update: October 3rd. A new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. If you're having problems playing Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on Windows 10, here are fixes for some of the most likely errors. Marcus Fenix and delta squad fight against the locust to prevent them from sinking the cities of planet Sera. In addition to these, all previous multiplayer game modes return. If co-op is your deal, you can play a variety of modes with a friend either online or locally with split-screen. The Coalition studio head Rod. From one of gaming’s most acclaimed sagas, Gears is bigger than ever, with five thrilling modes and the deepest campaign yet. With a generous trailer, it showed off melee combat, a host of different enemy types. horde has 5 players. Toggle “AMD CrossFire” to On. But worth it for campaign, and co-op Horde mode thing (defending against waves of enemies) if that kind of mode is of interest to you. Gears of war 4 has fantastic graphics (best in series), very good story, incredible level design and atmosphere and classic superb gameplay. It can be played both locally or online over Xbox Live. The biggest addition to multiplayer is 4-player online co-op in the story mode. When trying to join one another it times us out. Gears of War 4 struggles with pacing issues and a bland protagonist, but it works well as a passing-the-torch installment bridging the old and new trilogies. New players can get Gears of War 4 for 50% off ($19. The home of Gears of War brought to you direct from The Coalition Studios. But given how new and exclusive Xbox Play Anywhere titles are (not compatible for all Windows machine, for example) - we're going to keep notices like these to the notes. Not if that includes the chance to play the game's campaign in 4-player co-op. Especially if there are no defined roles and every player is basically the same toon. Player 2 can select either Kait or Del; Redefined Cover Gameplay: New close-cover combat moves and combat-knife executions turn each piece of cover into an offensive opportunity. Gears of War 4 crossplay will only be for cooperative multiplayer according to The Coalition, the game's developer. You can expect to see new gameplay and more during Microsft’s media briefing at E3. And with both split screen and online two-player campaign co-op the game. • Explosive Xbox LIVE® Play The most visceral online shooter gets even better with a new party system, more co-op modes, and TrueSkill(TM) matchmaking. Co-Op is still a blast. It was the game we always played with mates in co-op and we. Three-player Campaign Co-op: Battle alongside your friends in three-player online or split-screen co-op. Gears of War's studio head explains why Gears 5 won't support 4-player co-op in Campaign - and why fans shouldn't expect to see it return. com Jack is counted as a player. 0: Team up with four others and battle wave after wave of increasingly difficult enemies by choosing your combat class, leveling up your skills and deploying. Gears of War 4 is just on the horizon with only a few weeks to go until its launch on October 11th, 2016, and this time around aside from its console debut the title is also making its way to PC. Co-Op campaign is a feature included in every Gears of War Game in which multiple people can team up and play through the story cooperatively. A new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. A long, demo was showcased right before that. 0: Team up with four others and battle wave after wave of increasingly difficult enemies by choosing your combat class, leveling up your skills and deploying fortifications anywhere on the map. , while the second player can either take control. The freedom to complete the game with a friend you can see and chat with face to face is something that is growing scarce in the modern gaming trends. The way Gears 5 explores this is brilliant. Gears of War 5 is based on the Unreal Engine 4 technology and uses its full potential. Gears of War 4 gets permanent cross-platform play By Andy Chalk 2017-01-27T21:54:38. Gears of War 4 will support Split-screen Co-op and 21:9 resolutions on PC at launch, but will lack HDR support due to the minimal number of PC users that own HDR compatible hardware and the lack of HDR monitors. Gears of War 2 video walkthrough guide. Gears of War 4 will be out on October 11 for Windows PC and Xbox One. Gears 2 was supposed to have 4 player co-op, but it got shelved for some reason, along with the ability for AI team mates to revive you in the campaign, even if you're playing solo, if they. Battle alongside your friends anywhere with cross-play between Xbox One and PC. Everything you own in your Gears of War 4 collection today will be available for use in Gears of War 4 forever, but will not transfer to Gears 5. Let's Play Co-op Gears of War Episódio 5 - Boomers bem equipados Bora continuar, nesse vídeo enfrentamos mais monstros diferentes com armas perigosas onde também podemos coletar mas o negocio ta ficando tenso ta e ta ficando emocionante curtam e abraço. In Gears 5 what we get is a game that is a true sequel to the Jock-centric stylings of Gears of War 4, only with an added sense of maturity where character development and narrative is concerned. 0: Team up with four others and battle wave after wave of increasingly difficult enemies by choosing your combat class, leveling up your skills and deploying fortifications anywhere on the map. Gears of War 4’s campaign will have split-screen co-op on PC By Tom Marks 2016-09-19T13:00:47. Gears of War 1 set the standard for an integrated co-op experience, and 2 looks to raise the bar by having separate difficulties available to each player. I haven't tried co-op but doesn't the coop not work if easy anticheat is disabled? If you can play. A new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. Get YouTube Premium Get YouTube TV Best of YouTube Music Sports Gaming. then use the Game Booster, to fix game errors and enhance the gaming experience. The Coalition is a big fan of the first Gears of War, so we talk with the team about how it aims to bring the series back to its darker, horror-themed roots. Gears of War 2 features an upgraded multiplayer mode that allows up to ten users to simultaneously play in teams of five-on-five. Currys PC World is currently offering co-op third-person shooter and Xbox exclusive title Gears of War 5, plus a wireless Xbox One controller in black, white, blue, or red for £25 off - that's a. Five players! Cliffy B (Haha, I will call you that) just confirmed it at Microsoft's Press Conference, to a mediocre set of applause. Gears of War 4 Achievement Guide For "Bot Killer," you are required to play the Co-op Versus AI Gears of War 4 Offering Gilded RAAM to Take into Gears 5: Mar 22, 2019: Gears of War 4 is. Tobias Jurss-Lewis in the franchise, and knowing that you can do it all in co-op, same storytelling pinnacles as Gears 3, Gears of War 4 ’s gameplay is the. “The example I use a lot is Mad Max: Fury Road ,” says Fergusson, referring to. Gears of War 4 is a Shooter, Third-Person, and Action game published by Microsoft Studios released in 2016. Chest Candy (10 points) Earned one of each launch Ribbon. Gears of war 4 has fantastic graphics (best in series), very good story, incredible level design and atmosphere and classic superb gameplay. You can expect to see new gameplay and more during Microsft’s media briefing at E3. AMD Setup 1. This pack will be unlocked at launch. Gears of War 3 Modo LOCURA #2 Cooperativo cuatro Player. The book also looks ahead at the upcoming Gears of War 5. There will be a Gears of War 3 coming out in April 5 in USA, and April 8 World Wide 2011. More details below!. The story of “Gears of War” thrusts gamers into a deep and harrowing battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the depths of the planet. Here are the best co-op games for the Xbox 360. 4 player co-op TrueAchievements forum thread. The single-player campaign is great, but isn't quite as strong as any of the three original entries. 2-player Co-op. The freedom to complete the game with a friend you can see and chat with face to face is something that is growing scarce in the modern gaming trends. Play solo or with a friend in local split-screen co-op, or online co-op and experience every mode in 4K Ultra HD resolution with stunning HDR at a smooth 60 frames per second. Back in 2006, the original Gears of War launched with a seamless two-player campaign that offered the same experience as the single-player version, just with a friend. If co-op is your deal, you can play a variety of modes with a friend either online or locally with split-screen. The included dynamic resolution allows users to select a minimum frame rate of 30 FPS, 60 FPS, or 90 FPS, and effectively scales visual fidelity to match the selected level of performance. This pack will be unlocked at launch. Apparently Gears 5 is not for me (a Gears Versus player) Gears 5. If you're having problems playing Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on Windows 10, here are fixes for some of the most likely errors. GoldGlove Let's Plays 39,579 views. A new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. Gears 5 will, of course, also ship with a campaign mode, which Microsoft says will take players "back to where it all began" and reveal the origins of the Locust Army. 0 and Versus modes, Gears 5 will be going one better by serving up cross-play support across. Check weekly for the latest news and content, or join the forum discussions with other avid Gears fans. He also provided a roadmap for Gears 5's near future. Gears of War 5 is based on the Unreal Engine 4 technology and uses its full potential. com Read Full Story >>. Skim across glaciers, sail over deserts and descend into sunken ruins to discover the largest and most diverse Gears world ever created. After narrowly escaping an attack on their village, JD Fenix and his friends, Kait and Del, must rescue the ones they love and discover the source of a monstrous new enemy. 19 + 7 Deal do i need those pathetic xbox live to play online co op? Reply Helpful Comment? 0 4. Play solo or with a friend in local split-screen co-op, or online co-op. And with both split screen and online two-player campaign co-op the game. 16 videos Play all Gears of War 4 - Single Player Campaign GoldGlove Let's Plays Gears of War 4 Co-Op Gameplay Walkthrough - Part 8 (ACT 4) - Duration: 36:46. The Coalition studio head Rod. Gears of War 4 A new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. The Gears of War series has been one of the staples in co-op and split-screen gameplay since the original launched on the Xbox 360 in 2007. com/channel/UCl-x7OEved_rYRFCnrSWSWg Dank Links! Join The Foundry Discord! https://discord. Gears of War 5 is based on the Unreal Engine 4 technology and uses its full potential. We've even more or less settled on roles. Now, with Gears 5, developer The Coalition is doubling down with two brilliant new cooperative hooks, features which remind me more of party games and the XCOM series, of all. com ] Related. Gears of War 4 encourages you to "Never Fight Alone" with cross-play on Xbox One and Windows 10 PC across all modes (campaign, Horde and Co-op versus) and versus multiplayer cross-play in private matches. Alongside Gears 5, there’s also a turn-based strategy game for PC called G ears Tactics, and a cutesy mobile game with a Funko art style called Gears Pop. New weapons like the Claw manage to feel unique but fit right in, too; Gears 5 does a tremendous job of balancing the old toys with new ones. Player 2 can select either Kait or Del. Related Badges. Five players! Cliffy B (Haha, I will call you that) just confirmed it at Microsoft's Press Conference, to a mediocre set of applause. Gears of War. The battles are going to be so intense in. The Swarm has corrupted the Coalition's robot army and is descending upon human cities. This is much more fun co-op. A long, demo was showcased right before that. Gears of War 4 is out for Windows 10 and Xbox One on October 11 Its a well-paced game with very few peers A host of gameplay tweaks make it the best in the series. If the exclusion of local co-op in Halo 5: Guardians has you paranoid about the future of split-screen multiplayer on Xbox One, fear not: Gears of War 4 has it all. Gears of War 4 gets permanent cross-platform play By Andy Chalk 2017-01-27T21:54:38. The freedom to complete the game with a friend you can see and chat with face to face is something that is growing scarce in the modern gaming trends. Gears of War: Judgment. There's lots of co-op for you and your friends in Gears 5, there will not be four-player campaign co-op though. This afternoon, the team used data from the last three weeks to re-calibrate the Tier Points (and corresponding rankings) of all ranked players in Gea. First of all, deal with four of them - on and under the bridge. Gears of War 4 review – a shot in the arm for a fading series 4 / 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. While we didn't get to play that mode, if Horde is anything to. 4 player co-op TrueAchievements forum thread. Gears 5 narrative shifts to the perspective of Kait (front), while Del (left) takes the role of co-op partner. Gears of War (Platinum Collection) * Engaging and disturbing cinematic story: Massively scoped worlds, memorable characters, and an epic storyline play out like an intense and unsettling blockbuster action film. 93 GB RAM usable) Current resolution: 1920 x 1080, 144Hz Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise. Gears of War 5 release date is set for September 10, with a 3-player co-op mode called Escape to keep you and a couple of friends occupied. Like Gears of War 4 before it, Gears 5 is limiting its co-op story mode to only two regular characters. Gears of War 3 Includes 4-Player Co-op, New Weapons the only way you can do that is to play 3 or 4 player co-op. Jul 29, 2019 Gears of War's studio head explains why GEARS 5 won't support 4-player co-op in Campaign - and why fans shouldn't expect to see it return. Nah I have no idea if that's the case or not but I'm just bringing it up since Gears 4 only had 2 player co op but we were still running around with 4 characters blowing shit up in broad daylight lol. gears of war 4 deluxe airdrop for xbox one free download - Gears of War 4: Starter Airdrop for Xbox One, Gears of War 4: Elite Pack for Xbox One, Gears of War 4: Operations Stack for Xbox One, and. The Swarm has corrupted the Coalition's robot army and is descending upon human cities. Player 2 can select either Kait or Del; Redefined Cover Gameplay: New close-cover combat moves and combat-knife executions turn each piece of cover into an offensive opportunity. A new saga begins for one of the most acclaimed video game franchises in history. 24/7 Live Support. Overview Gears Of War 4: Del being the secondary hero in the game, will always have to be ready and prepared for battles and short action filled fights. GoldGlove Let's Plays 39,579 views. If you're having problems playing Gears of War: Ultimate Edition on Windows 10, here are fixes for some of the most likely errors. Sep 01, 2016 · Gears of War 4 is one of the major games of the fall season, and one way Microsoft is keeping the franchise fresh is a new twist on the game's co-op play mode, known as Horde 3. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Gears of War 1, 2, & 3 The Expendables 2 Great XBL Arcade game that features four-player split screen co-op. Collector (5 points) Recovered 5 Campaign collectibles. It's a three-player co-op experience where you work through a map as a team, taking out enemies while being chased by a poison cloud that somehow. The Coalition's mark has. This time around, the Swarm has corrupted the Coalition's robot army and wreaks havoc on human cities. The story is set 25 years after the end of the war with the Locust. Gears of War has a strong single player, so it will have success on Steam even without xbox players and you can simply co-op with your Steam friends. A demanding multiplayer mode - Gears of War 4 is the first title in the series, in which Multiplayer is as important as Single Player campaign. Check it out in action right here: More than just one new "Gears of War" game was announced during Microsoft's briefing. Is LAN or System-Link play supported? Yes, you can play any of the modes via LAN for the supported number of players. More details below!. With Xbox One X, enjoy 4K Ultra HD and enhanced graphics with Halo 5 and unmatched clarity with 4K visuals, wide color gamut HDR, dynamic shadows and more in Gears of War 4!. Some fans wondered, why the step back? The reasons behind it carry over into the Gears 5 co-op campaign that why it settles at 3 players. Gears of War 4 is a third-person shooter video game developed by The Coalition and published by Microsoft Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. Check weekly for the latest news and content, or join the forum discussions with other avid Gears fans. Your health constantly regenerates, but don't rely on that too much. Player 2 chooses whether to be Kait or Del. 25 years after the events of Gears of War 3 (2011), a new breed of monsters called "The Swarm" threatens the remaining inhabitants of Sera. Never Fight Alone: Enjoy two-player co-op campaign with friends locally via split-screen or over Xbox Live. Gears of War 4's campaign can be played cooperatively with another player as you fight against new enemies like The Swarm and the COG's DeeBees. For Gears of War 4 on the Xbox One, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "How many players in coop?". The Coalition might have reduced the local co-op powers from 4 to two but it is still a great homage to what makes Gears of War what it is. With a generous trailer, it showed off melee combat, a host of different enemy types. Gears of War: Judgment. Remember: it's not Gears of War 5, of repeatable co-op dungeon activity where you have. GEARS OF WAR 4 NEVER FIGHT ALONE. we can play horde and multiplayer just fine but the campaign just times the non-host out while. Winter approaches. We doubt many were going to play the game like that though, since the other thing Gears Of War is famous for is its co-op. For Gears 5 support, Then continue to play Gears 4. • HD Gaming’s New Standard Innovative controls and unmatched intensity made Gears of War® one of the best-selling Xbox 360® games. Shooter games are fast paced action games that are based on testing the players reaction time. Gears of War 4 is the newest addition to the critically acclaimed, and maybe one of the most important gaming franchise in Xbox, if not in all of gaming history. It's likely the most obvious advice we can give you, but playing Gears of War 4 with a buddy is pretty much a must if you wish to beat the campaign on Insane difficulty. Never Fight Alone: Enjoy two-player co-op campaign with friends locally via split-screen or over Xbox Live. then use the Game Booster, to fix game errors and enhance the gaming experience. If co-op is your deal, you can play a variety of modes with a friend either online or locally with split-screen. Buy Gears of War 4 on HRK Game. The trial version is the full game on a 10-hour timer with a lock, so if you decide to buy it, your purchase simply. Grab a friend and play Gears of War 4 and The Crew 2 Standard Edition for free during the Xbox Live Gold’s Free Play Days event. The Horde mode has gotten a revamp since Gears of. Player 2 can select either Kait or Del. Select the “Maximize 3D performance” radio button and apply the settings. We doubt many were going to play the game like that though, since the other thing Gears Of War is famous for is its co-op. Once the battle begins, have player one switch to the Longshot and player two switch to the Torque Bow. Gears of War 4 is epically awesome!. 19 + 7 Deal do i need those pathetic xbox live to play online co op? Reply Helpful Comment? 0 4. Co-op campaign with two players either locally or online is supported. Gears 5 let's play by 97Jonnyboy. Add to it the fact that the online multiplayer can keep you going for about 100 hours and you have a value for money proposition. First of all, deal with four of them - on and under the bridge. Co-Op campaign is a feature included in every Gears of War Game in which multiple people can team up and play through the story cooperatively. After narrowly escaping an attack on their village, JD Fenix and his friends, Kait and Del, must rescue the ones they love and discover the source of a monstrous new enemy. When trying to join one another it times us out. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself. The game offers the versus modes, a co-op mode for two-players sitting next to the same console and more. Although the previous installments featured such kinds of experience already, it is Gears of War 4 that places as much emphasis on the multiplayer modes as it does on the single-player campaign. Gears of War 4 is out and there are some questions as to how the all of that Xbox Play Anywhere/cross-platform play works. May 16, 2008 11:40 AM. Classy Move (5 points) Reached level 10 in one Horde class. ? More questions Can you play co-op mode for Gears of WaR( pc version)?. Gears of War 3 Includes 4-Player Co-op, New Weapons the only way you can do that is to play 3 or 4 player co-op. Gears of War 4 will have split-screen co-op on PC, but not competitive Split-screen multiplayer is one of the most neglected features of gaming in recent years. More details to come. There will be a Gears of War 3 coming out in April 5 in USA, and April 8 World Wide 2011. Come And Knock on My Door (5 points) Completed one Act in Co-op Campaign. For Gears of War 4 on the Xbox One, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "If I play Campaign on PC, can I do Co-Op with a Console player?". If Lasting More than 4 Teammates (5 points) Resurrected 4 teammates using the Fabricator. Which gears of war games have 4 player campaign coop? 4 player coop campaign. The Xbox 360. The next big game release on the calendar is Gears 5, the fifth mainline entry into Microsoft‘s cinematic action franchise of Gears of War games. 77,981 Players Tracked Unlocked 50 Achievements in Gears of War 4 before 9/2/19 10am PST. It was a natural move after bringing the Halo games. All-inclusive Single-Player and Co-Op Walkthroughs: Learn battle tactics for every encounter throughout the campaign and get tips for co-op play with our detailed, full-game walkthrough. The story is set 25 years after the end of the war with the Locust. Gears 5 expands the cooperative aspects of the game with clever features borrowed from party games and XCOM. Players live and breathe the role of Marcus Fenix. Weather systems will also play a crucial part in gameplay, and can be used to a player's. Gears of War, for me, is what videogames are about. "It's official, Gears of Wars 2 will have a five player co-op mode. Gears of War 5 PC Xbox One screenrant. This review only covers the campaign, which is the one part of the game that we could. As Kait you must journey across the biggest, most beautiful Gears world to uncover the origins of the Locust, and fight with your squad to protect what's left. He also provided a roadmap for Gears 5's near future. Related: Gears 5 Wants To Change The Way Video Games Are Monetized Fans hoping for a return to four-player co-op in Gears 5 are going to be disappointed. The game delivers high-quality. Gears of War 4 will support Split-screen Co-op and 21:9 resolutions on PC at launch, but will lack HDR support due to the minimal number of PC users that own HDR compatible hardware and the lack of HDR monitors. We have collected a handsome. Gears 5 is a third-person shooter video game developed by The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. Gamerevolution Wednesday, Triple Play (5 points): Killed 3 enemies with a single Buzzkill shot. It's coming next year on PS4, Xbox One and PC. New and favorite multiplayer modes all happen at 60fps on dedicated servers while a new, visible ranking system provides fairer matchmaking for casual and competitive players alike. Especially if there are no defined roles and every player is basically the same toon. Gears of War 4 offers the following styles of gameplay. In this part player becomes a heroine known from Gears of War 4, called Kait Diaz. If co-op is your deal, you can play a variety of modes with a friend either online or locally with split-screen. Three-player Campaign Co-op: Battle alongside your friends in three-player online or split-screen co-op. Gears of War 4 Download – Install-Game Player 2 can select either Kait or Del. With all-out war descending, Kait Diaz breaks away to uncover her connection to the enemy and discovers the true danger to Sera – herself. The story is set 25 years after the end of the war with the Locust. Never Fight Alone: With Gears of War 4, enjoy two-player co-op with friends locally via split-screen, over Xbox Live Gold or LAN. How to Play Gears of War Multiplayer. Gears of War 4 will support Split-screen Co-op and 21:9 resolutions on PC. Gears of War 4 is just on the horizon with only a few weeks to go until its launch on October 11th, 2016, and this time around aside from its console debut the title is also making its way to PC. Gears of War 2 includes most of the multiplayer modes, including Execution, Warzone, Annex and King of the Hill, and adds in three new modes. Included in the Sven Co-op Contest Map Pack. Apart from the single-player campaign, Gears of War 4 for PC and XONE offers a multiplayer component. It's big, loud and just fun. (NOTE: Gears 5 includes a campaign, competitive multiplayer, a co-op horde mode and a new co-op escape mode. In Gears 5 as Kait, journey across the biggest, most beautiful Gears world ever created. For Gears 5 support, Then continue to play Gears 4. Downloadable tracks from the Gears of War 4 soundtrack. Gears of War 3 will feature four-player co-op for the first time in the series. Never Fight Alone: Enjoy two-player co-op campaign with friends locally via split-screen or over Xbox Live. Aug 19, 2019 · Microsoft and game developer The Coalition have revealed the new Horde mode co-op play for Gears 5 at the Gamescom 2019 event in Cologne, Germany. Tours of Duty: Rank up from new recruit to four-star general in Gears Tours of Duty. (NOTE: Gears 5 includes a campaign, competitive multiplayer, a co-op horde mode and a new co-op escape mode. Do you die too often when you play Gears of War? Have you had enough of your friends teasing you about how bad you are at it? Well, the tides are about to change, now that you have this guide. Gears of War 4 Vintage Del Pack: The Vintage Del Pack features a Vintage Del character skin, emblem, two Vintage weapon skins and a special Vintage Del bounty. Gears 5 review: Refreshes the formula for one of the best Gears of War games yet. Get Gears of War 4 PC download for free to compare it with older titles, if you have played them in the past. Gaming & Culture — Gears of War 3 trailer released, four-player co-op confirmed We all knew it was coming, and now it's official: next April Epic Games will … Andrew Webster - Apr 13, 2010 4. 99 USD) during E3 week. Starting on August 1, Gears of War 4 and Torchlight will be free with the subscription. Come And Knock on My Door (5 points) Completed one Act in Co-op Campaign. Then we get hands-on time with Gear of War 4’s new close-cover melee system. Gears 5 will be the "first to feature three-player split-screen campaign co-op" as players follow the story of Kait Diaz teased in previous trailers. Gears 4 also brings back the chainsaw dueling multiplayer that the series has always been known for. Skim across glaciers, sail over deserts and descend into sunken ruins to discover the largest and most diverse Gears world ever created. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Gears 5 will be the "first to feature three-player split-screen campaign co-op" as players follow the story of Kait Diaz teased in previous trailers. How To Play Gears 5 Early. Find guides to this achievement here. It boosts the game and you can play the smooth and faster game. The way Gears 5 explores this is brilliant. At its E3 2019 press conference, Microsoft announced that Gears 5 will be released on September 20, 2019, and revealed a wealth of detail about the third-person shooter. Tutorials, hints, lets plays, walkthroughs, guides, and more. Get Gears of War 4 PC download for free to compare it with older titles, if you have played them in the past. Gears of War 4's campaign can be played cooperatively with another player as you fight against new enemies like The Swarm and the COG's DeeBees. The Coalition / Xbox Game Studios. Also included is the new Beast Mode, the opposite of Horde, in which players fill the shoes of a member of the Locust Horde attempting to survive wave after wave of COG soldiers. Never fight Alone Play solo or with a friend in local split-screen co-op, or online co-op. Gamers playing on the Xbox One and PC platforms can play. Update: Microsoft has told IGN that Bleszinski says "co-op's drop-in, drop-out, multiple difficulty. In Gears 5 as Kait, journey across the biggest, most beautiful Gears world ever created. Play solo or with a friend in local split-screen co-op, or online co-op and experience every mode in 4K. This afternoon, the team used data from the last three weeks to re-calibrate the Tier Points (and corresponding rankings) of all ranked players in Gea. Coming in 2019. Gears of War 4 Vintage Del Pack: The Vintage Del Pack features a Vintage Del character skin, emblem, two Vintage weapon skins and a special Vintage Del bounty. Discover the largest Gears world ever Explore Sera. Ahead of a showcase of the mode at PAX West this weekend, Xbox and The Coalition have revealed new details about Gears of War 4's Horde Mode 3. Review: Xbox "Scorpio" era starts early and looks great—but geez, the campaign sucks. The Coalition studio head Rod. Everything you own in your Gears of War 4 collection today will be available for use in Gears of War 4 forever, but will not transfer to Gears 5. Additionally, Gears 5 widens the pool of potential players considerably as its available on both PC and Xbox One, while God of War only on PlayStation 4. Gears of War's studio head explains why Gears 5 won't support 4-player co-op in Campaign - and why fans shouldn't expect to see it return. Our walkthrough will provide you with the in game best strategy guide that takes you from the beginning of the story until the end and provide you with tips and trick on completing the game. Player 2 can select either Kait or Del. The new game mode is called Escape, and will be the first 3-player co-op game mode of the series.
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Interview: James Leonard Hewitson
We chat with the observant slacker-pop rock star ahead of his performance at Last Train Home on 7th September.
By David Saunders on Tuesday, August 20th, 2019
Photo by Lauren Sadie Marsden
Having recently released the catch as hell, Deader with a swish looking video and North-East tour to support it, James Leonard Hewitson is looking ahead to his Autumnal activities, which among other things, includes the release of his new single, Dance track and a performance at Darlington’s premier multi-venue event, Last Train Home.
James is one of the North-East’s finest all-round performers, with the nonchalant charisma of a Jarvis Cocker, the anthemic songwriting ability of stadium rock band and an on-the-pulse observant wit of a stand up comedian. It’s only a matter of time before he goes stratospheric but before that happens we caught up with him to find out how things are going.
Your next single, Dance Track comes out on 11th October, what is it about?
‘Dance Track’ is out on 11th October 2019 and it is the second single from my debut album, ‘Only The Noise Will Save Me’.
It is about the fleeting thoughts of balancing work life and love life and shows how different priorities take the fore in our minds. Sometimes we need nobody, but sometimes we need somebody. Sometimes we’re in love, but until we are, we aren’t, as we navigate through a melancholic English way of life, with no dance to signify our times, despite always going clubbing. The song poses a question in the break – ‘do we really need anyone?’ – as more people are choosing to live single than ever before.
The artwork is by Rebecca Little and myself, and is made up of a collage of paper shapes and my photographs of urban buildings in Hartlepool, to represent the man-made, conveyor-belt flow of the song.
Can you tell us a little about the writing and recording process?
This was actually an old song that I’ve reworked! I jammed it on bass guitar with Michael Kitching on drums, then we got that down in the studio to a click-track. Then I said to Chris ‘let’s put an oscillating loop through it’, and it just started to gain layer after layer until we had the finished product.
Your songs are very observant and insightful and filled with charm and wit. What’s the secret behind writing great song lyrics?
Thanks! I don’t know, I like to write lyrics that make me laugh a bit, but lyrics that also represent whatever I’m going through in relation to a wider societal picture. I suppose ‘the secret’ is to just be yourself, write about what interests you and what suits you, but remember that they are also for other people to understand. I try to be more literal than abstract in how I tackle lyrics, but other people are different.
Are you looking forward to performing at Last Train Home the day after your single release? Who are your highlights of the festival?
Yeah totally! It looks brilliant, and if Music Box is anything to go by, festivals in Darlington are always a joy to attend. There’s loads to choose from but I think it will be nice to watch A Festival, A Parade as I haven’t seen them for a while, and headliners She Drew The Gun and Pigs x7 (depending on how they line up) will also be a joy. It’s also the day after my birthday, so technically it’s my birthday weekend!
What can the crowd expect from your live show?
I will be performing songs from my upcoming album, ‘Only The Noise Will Save Me’, joined by Michael Kitching on drums, Daniel D’Arcy on guitar and Ian Harrison on bass guitar. We’re pretty laid back but sometimes we kick off. We might kick off.
What does the future have in store for James Leonard Hewitson?
Get the album out, do more gigs, keep going and going and going and going and going. Never stop.
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Accueil du site Séminaires Soutenance de thèse
Vendredi 13 mars 2015 à 14h00,
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Orateur : Benoit Bertrand
"Long-range transfer of spin information using individual electrons"
Abstract :
Recently a growing interest emerged towards the use of electron spins for information processing. The current developments range from the generation of spin polarized currents to the coherent manipulation of single electron spins in quantum dots, with applications in spintronics and quantum information processing respectively.
The main objective of this thesis was to develop the equivalent of spintronics at the single electron level. For that purpose, we try to achieve the coherent transport of a single electron spin between distant quantum dots. This could be a promising means of interconnecting different nodes of a quantum nanoprocessor.
The electron transfer is ensured by a surface acoustic wave (SAW) that induces dynamical quantum dots thanks to the material piezoelectricity.
First, the injection of a single electron from a static to a dynamical quantum dot has been studied. It enables the control of single electron transfer with unity probability down to the nanosecond timescale, thanks to a fast engineering of the static confining potential.
Next, we demonstrate the possibility to prepare a coherent spin superposition, using an isolated double quantum dot in a metastable position that is compatible with SAW-assisted electron transfer. This type of isolated dot systems offers more liberty in terms of control. Taking advantage of this feature, a new scheme for coherent spin manipulations has been implemented and proved to have reduced noise sensitivity.
Finally, transfer of spin information encoded in one or two electrons has been achieved, with fidelities reaching 30%.
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Sellafield Ltd has complied with an Improvement Notice for managing asbestos at the Calder Hall facility at the Cumbrian site.
The Improvement Notice was issued in November 2014 following an ONR inspection of Sellafield Ltd’s arrangements for managing materials which contain asbestos at a number of locations at the site.
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Sergei Rogov:"Russia has come to today's G8 Summit in a very strong position"
'Russia has come to today's G8 Summit in a very strong position,' said Sergei Rogov, Director of the US/Canada Institute at a press conference on Tuesday. According to Rogov, one year ago at the G8 Summit, the US President was riding high. 'He was the conqueror of Hussein,' emphasized Rogov. 'But today it is just the opposite. America is in a tough spot with the Iraq situation. Besides that, this fall Bush faces a difficult election campaign in which his chances for victory are not absolute.' Rogov noted that the Russian president traveled to the US after his recent re-election, and he now has strong political and economic positions. 'A unique situation has emerged. Bush, who in the beginning treated this summit like the next stop on his pre-election campaign, is now forced to ask for help,' stressed Rogov. 'That is, today America needs Russia more than Russia needs America. The political scientist explained that the US needs the moral and political support of Russia. 'The UN Security Council is considering a new Iraq resolution today,' he said. 'Americans, in preparing this document, made concessions to Russia and France that will return the Iraq situation to an international legal field. Moreover, the US agreed to Russia's suggestion for an international conference on Iraq.' In the words of Rogov, a year ago America commanded the entire world. Now the situation has changed and it must take into consideration its partners and ask for help. In addition, underscored the US/Canada Institute's director, most of the members of the G8 are petroleum exporters. 'And all of them are interested in Russia increasing its supply because the world market situation remains very difficult,' says Rogov.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Mexico on Monday
Vladimir Putin will live in a bungalow in the US
NATO cooperation with Ukraine is proceeding more successfully than with Russia
Four Russian soldiers were killed and five wounded in the Itum-Kalinski region of Chechnya
The latest version of the explosion at a Samara market Friday afternoon is that it was a terrorist act.
Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow and All Russia meets with lawmakers
The dismissal of Namedni anchor Parfenov is an internal matter of the NTV television company
Leonid Parfenov:"In my own work I cannot be guided by considerations outside of the informational realm"
Kosovo will be high on the agenda of talks between Vladimir Putin and Vojislav Kostunica
Lyudmila Putin and Walter Schwimmer come out for united Europe without demarcation lines
Nikolai Senkevich signed an order dismissing the host of the program Namedni Leonid Parfenov
Liudmila Putina is set to arrive in Strasbourg to participate in a youth festival in the Council of Europe
Zelimkhan Kadyrov was found dead Monday evening at home in the village of Tsentoro
Russian businessman Kakha Bendukidze has been appointed Georgian Economy Minister
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not rule out the opportunity of raising nearly all benefits categories to the federal level
Gennady Zyuganov believes that the letter of some members of the Communist Party's Central Committee calling for his voluntary resignation will not have any destructive effect on the party
Georgia is moving special-purpose forces to the region of the Georgia-Ossetia conflict
Sergei Lavrov will visit an oil platform on the shelf of the North Sea
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said in an interview on Channel One on Sunday night that the government was not easy to run
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Minor Notes: Maddox has surgery; can free agency be changed?
Here are Monday's Minor Notes:
Right-handed pitcher Austin Maddox had surgery on his right rotator cuff on September 19. The 27-year-old only threw 7 2/3 innings in 2018, dealing with inflammation in his throwing shoulder through much of the season.
WEEI.com's Rob Bradford has been projecting who might be on the Red Sox postseason roster and has Ryan Brasier, who was called up on July 8 after pitching well in Pawtucket all year, as a lock to make the American League Division series pitching staff.
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Posted by Shawn McGrath
Minor Notes: Instructs set to begin, award season wraps up
Here are Monday's minor league notes:
The SoxProspects.com Awards and All-Star teams were announced this week, starting with the All-Star position players, followed by the All-Star pitchers, the Homegrown Player, Ex-Prospect, and Graduate and of the Year, the Rookie, Breakout Player and Comeback Player of the Year, and finally the Offensive Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year.
The Red Sox 2018 Fall Instructional League schedule and roster were announced last week, highlighted by Trey Ball (pictured) being listed as an outfielder and the Red Sox' first three selections in the 2018 draft in Triston Casas, Nick Decker, and Durbin Feltman. Contributing Editor Shawn McGrath has a full write-up on the players that will be in Fort Myers starting on Monday.
Posted by Jim Crowell
SoxProspects.com Awards: Offensive Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year
This week was SoxProspects.com award week: On Monday All-Star hitters were announced, Tuesday was dedicated to the All-Star pitchers; Wednesday we announced the Graduate of the Year, Homegrown Prospect of the Year and Ex-Prospect of the Year; and Thursday featured the Rookie of the Year, Breakout Player of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year.
The biggest awards were saved for last. The SoxProspects.com Offensive Player of the Year goes to Bobby Dalbec and the SoxProspects.com Pitcher of the Year is awarded to Denyi Reyes.
Posted by Will Woodward
Podcast Ep. #145 - We're letting it roll, so just go ahead
Our minor league revels now are ended for 2018. Before we turn our attention to the big club and their quest to break the franchise record for wins in a season, Chris and Ian wrap up the minor league season. They preview the Arizona Fall League, highlighting the strong contingent of Sox Prospects who will play for Mesa. They begin to game plan the off-season, before getting down to the in-depth review of the system at season end. Ian concludes that the system is coming back, thanks to a great draft and high volume of international signings. But first, Chris and Ian welcome unofficial podcast ombudsman and Senior Web Editor Matt Picard to refute Chris' slanderous comments about Kevin Youkilis.
Listen in!
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SoxProspects.com Awards: Rookie, Breakout Player and Comeback Player of the Year
SoxProspects.com award season continues after all-star hitters were announced on Monday, followed by all-star pitchers on Tuesday and the graduate, homegrown prospect and ex-prospect of the year on Wednesday.
SoxProspects.com's rookie of the year is Jarren Duran, the breakout player of the year is Kutter Crawford and CJ Chatham earns the nod for comeback player of the year.
Jarren Duran was also named one of three All-Star outfielders on Monday after having a spectacular professional debut in 2018. Duran was selected in the seventh round of this year's draft after three years playing for Long Beach State and made an immediate impact, going 3 for 5 with two triples in his professional debut on June 17. Duran had hits in 13 of his first 15 games and was slashing .348/.393/.548 with 10 triples through 37 games with Lowell before his promotion to Greenvile on August 1.
While the triples were lacking for the Drive over the final month of the season, the 22-year-old still put up a strong slash line of .367/.396/.477. In addition to 11 triples across both levels, Duran was 24 for 34 in stolen base attempts and was third in the system in steals. With almost a 50 percent groundball rate, Duran has been effectively using his plus-plus speed to take the extra base and he was a strong contributor across two levels.
Trey Ball's outfield conversion to highlight Fall Instructional League
A year after being mostly washed out by Hurricane Irma, the Red Sox 2018 Fall Instructional League will open on September 17, running through October 9 and featuring many of the system's top prospects.
"Fall Instructs," as it is often called, is used to develop players in the low minors and includes both classroom training as well as on-field workouts. The organization will have 55 players in Fort Myers this year, although the game schedule has been noticably slimmed to just nine games, five of which come against the Orioles, with two more each against the Rays and Germany's Under-23 team.
SoxProspects.com Awards: Homegrown Player, Ex-Prospect, and Graduate and of the Year
SoxProspects.com award season continues after All-Star hitters were announced on Monday and were followed by All-Star pitchers on Tuesday. Today we cover three of the more widely known award winners, all of whom have graduated from their status as prospects.
Homegrown Player of the Year
Part of the reason the Red Sox farm system is not as elite as in past years is because so many players have recently been traded or graduated. In another year, outstanding performances from Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts or outfielder Andrew Benintendi might have put them in the running for this award with their impressive 2018 performances. However, Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts (pictured, left) is not just the SoxProspects.com Homegrown Player of the Year this season, he is the best position player in all of baseball.
His 2018 season did not come out of nowhere. Entering 2018, Betts was a career .292/.351/.488 hitter with two All-Star appearances and finishes in the top-20 in MVP voting each of the last three seasons. This season, Betts took what was an already impressive track record to the next level and, as of September 11th, he is hitting .342 (best in baseball) with a .433 OBP (second in baseball) and .633 slugging (second in baseball) with 42 doubles, 29 home runs, 116 runs, 71 RBI, and 27 stolen bases.
It is not just his offense though - he is regarded as one of the best baserunners in baseball, and he continues to produce highlight-reel plays in the field. Defense is especially important for a right fielder for the Red Sox as Fenway Park boasts one of the largest and most difficult to play right fields in baseball. Even the advanced statistics cannot deny Betts' greatness this season with him leading all of baseball in positional player WAR according to both FanGraphs and Baseball Reference. That unrivaled five-tool production is why Mookie Betts was an easy choice for the SoxProspects.com Homegrown Player of the Year.
2018 SoxProspects.com All-Stars: Pitchers
Following up Monday's All-Star Position Players post, we are presenting the top five starters and three relievers from the 2018 season. The list includes four players from the lower minors, three players from the upper minors, and one starter who was traded at the end of July.
Starting Pitcher: Denyi Reyes
After starting the season in Greenville bouncing between starting and a piggyback role, Reyes earned a full-time slot in the rotation by the end of April and he never looked back. Once he locked down a starting role in Greenville he went 8-3 with a 1.70 ERA, striking out 104 and walking only 13 over 106 innings. He won the SoxProspects.com Pitcher of the Month award in May, June, and July over this span and was subsequently promoted to Salem to begin August. While he was not quite as dominant in Salem, he still put up great numbers while facing competition about two years older than him on average. Over six starts he went 2-2 with a 2.25 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 32 innings.
Reyes was also a SoxProspects.com All-Star and a New York-Penn League All-Star in 2017 and he was named the 2018 South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Year. The 21-year-old from the Dominican Republic has pitched his way onto the radar, rising from being outside of the SoxProspects.com top 60 to start the year to being ranked 24th at the end of the year.
2018 SoxProspects.com All-Stars: Position Players
This year, we are presenting our SoxProspects.com Awards and All-Star teams a bit differently. Instead of one All-Star post and one awards post, we will be rolling everything out over the course of the week. Here is the schedule:
Monday: All-Star position players
Tuesday: All-Star pitchers
Wednesday: Graduate of the Year; Homegrown Player of the Year; Ex-Prospect of the Year
Thursday: Rookie of the Year; Breakout Player of the Year; Comeback Player of the Yer
Friday: Player of the Year; Postion Player of the Year
The 2018 All-Star lineup includes a June draftee who burst onto the scene with an outstanding first pro campaign, a pair of 2016 draftees who re-established themselves among the top ten prospects in the system. It is also a new-look roster of stars, as only two of the nine position players have been honored previously.
Catcher: Austin Rei
Rei's inclusion on this list seemed pretty unlikely in late April, when the 2015 third-round pick was mired in a season opening 2-for-34 slump that included 21 strikeouts. He turned things around soon after, with a very solid .277/.374/.433 from April 25 onward, including an outstanding July when he reached safely in 16 of 17 games and hit .339/.439/.500. Rei set career highs in all three slash stats, as well as with his seven home runs. He also provided stability behind the plate as Portland shuffled through 28 pitchers on the year: his 81 games caught led the organization.
Posted by James Dunne
Minor Notes: Boles not returning to the PawSox
With the minor league season over, the SoxProspects.com staff has voted on season-end All-Stars and award winners. The results will be posted throughout the week, with the All-Star hitters coming out on Monday, the All-Star pitchers on Tuesday, the Graduate of the Year, Homegrown Player of the Year, and Ex-Prospect of the Year posting on Wednesday, Rookie of the Year, Breakout Player of the Year, and Comeback Player of the Year coming on Thursday, and the Pitcher and Hitter of the Year wrapping things up on Friday.
Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times reported that PawSox manager Kevin Boles (pictured, right) will not be returning to the team. Kevin Thomas of the Portland Press Herald reported that this was Boles's decision. Boles was not under contract for 2019 and he decided to pursue other opportunities. Boles was with the organization for 11 years, with the last five coming as Pawtucket's manager. He won the Governors' Cup in 2014 with the PawSox and was named the Best Managerial Prospect in the International League this summer by Baseball America.
Minor Notes: MLB rosters expand; minor league season ends
Here are Tuesday's Minor Notes:
SoxProspects.com released its August player and pitcher of the month on Monday, giving the nod to Michael Chavis and Jhonathan Diaz. Tommy Cassell went in-depth on how they each fared in the season's final full month.
The final day of the minor league regular season was on Monday and Trey Ball was 1 for 3 in his first set of professional plate appearances. He added a double to drive in the game-winning run. SoxProspects.com's James Dunne has the story in Monday's Cup of Coffee.
Rafael Devers powered the Pawtucket offense on Sunday with a two-run home run as the Red Sox affiliates finished 5-2 on the penultimate day of the regular season. Bobby Dalbec tripled and Tanner Nishioka earned player of the day honors as well.
Cup of Coffee: Devers delivers during rehab; Betts belts pair of homers
9/4 Cup of Coffee: In the final day of the season, with all five teams failing to make the playoffs, Rafael Devers proved he was ready to rejoin the big club while Jordan Betts finished up his 2018 season with a bang for Portland. Jarren Duran delivered a fitting final performance of the season, collecting two hits in a Greenville win.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (NYY) 5, Pawtucket Red Sox 1
Michael Chavis provided the only run on a force attempt in the first inning, but it was the lone run for the PawSox in the final game of the regular season. Rafael Devers, in his final rehab outing, went 2 for 4 with a pair of singles. Mike Shawaryn lasted 5 2/3 innings, giving up six hits two runs and striking out five to finish the year with a 3.93 ERA across 36 2/3 innings pitch for Pawtucket.
The PawSox finished the year with a 66-73 record.
Posted by Tommy Cassell
August Players of the Month: Michael Chavis and Jhonathan Diaz
The minor league season comes to a close on Monday for a non-playoff bound Sox farm system. But baseball won't be stopping anytime soon for one of the Players of the Month for August in Michael Chavis.
The top-ranked SoxProspects.com prospect is heading to the Arizona Fall League to make up for lost time, and lost at-bats, following an 80-game suspension to start the year. Chavis (pictured, left) would do well if he continued his torrid pace at the plate from August and kept it going out in the desert.
Joining Chavis as Player of the Month is Jhonathan Diaz after the left-hander started August with two losses before finishing off the month with three wins in four starts, allowing just two earned runs in that time frame.
Diaz's pick as Pitcher of the Month snaps a three-month string of selections for Denyi Reyes.
Cup of Coffee: Trey Ball starts at DH, rips game-winning double
9/3 Cup of Coffee: With the regular season set to come to a close on Monday and all five remaining teams eliminated from postseason contention, the focus was squarely on individual performances on Sunday. The biggest news of the day was that left-handed pitcher Trey Ball (pictured), who had struggled on the mound since being taken seventh overall pick in the 2013 draft, would get the start at designated hitter and bat ninth in the Portland lineup. Some rust was inevitable with Ball having not hit in an organized game in over five years, and he struck out in both of his first two at-bats, but he was the improbable source of an RBI double that proved to be the game winner.
Elsewhere, Jhonathan Diaz and Tanner Nishioka led Greenville, while a big evening from Tyler Esplin and the first New York-Penn League homer off the bat of Brandon Howlett powered Lowell.
Veteran right-hander Josh A. Smith was the tough-luck loser, as a committee of five Scranton hurlers struck out 12 PawSox while holding them to two runs. Smith allowed three runs on four hits in seven innings, striking out eight without issuing a walk. Left-hander Josh Taylor, acquired in the deal that sent Deven Marrero to Arizona, made his Triple-A debut, striking out three in two scoreless frames. Rafael Devers doubled as part of a two-hit evening, and he his now 5 for 17 during his rehab assignment.
Cup of Coffee: Devers powers Pawtucket; Nishioka follows suit with Drive
9/2 Cup of Coffee: Rafael Devers homered in a rehab appearance, powering Pawtucket to win while Tyler Hill had three hits in a split of a doubleheader for Salem. Tanner Nishioka and Hunter Haworth were both crucial in victories for Greenville and Lowell, respectively.
Pawtucket Red Sox 3, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (NYY) 0
Four pitchers combined for a shutout while a rehabbing Rafael Devers provided all the offense the PawSox would need. Josh D. Smith (4 IP, 3 H, 2 K), Travis Lakins (2 IP, 1 H, 1 K), Fernando Roriguez Jr. (2 IP, 1 H, 3 K), and Marcus Walden (1 IP, 1 H, 1 K) all pitched in for the shutout with Lakins picking up the win and Walden the save. Devers hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning as Pawtucket collected just five hits as a team.
Cup of Coffee: Greenville and Lowell eliminated from playoff contention
9/1 Cup of Coffee: With the GCL playoffs already over, it is now official that no other Red Sox affiliate will play in the postseason. Greenville and Lowell were eliminated on Friday night while Pawtucket, Portland, and Salem were previously eliminated from contention. Rafael Devers (pictured, right) continued his rehab assignment, while Yasel Santana had a tremendous debut for Lowell.
Rafael Devers played for the third straight night, going 1 for 3 with two strikeouts and a throwing error. The single was one of only three hits for the PawSox, with a Brandon Phillips solo home run and a Tony Renda single being the only other damage. Renda also stole a base, while Phillips slugged his third home run in the last nine games. Chandler Shepherd was the tough-luck loser, dropping to 7-10 after allowing two runs in six innings. Matthew Gorst followed with two innings of one-run ball, striking out three. It was a particularly tough evening for Michael Chavis as he went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts.
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1897 Singer Modele de Luxe Path Racer
New pattern for 1896: This is similar in design to the Grand ‘Modele de Luxe’ semi-racer, but is intended for path racing only.
It is fitted with wheels 28in, speeded to 70in (or to order), rat-trap pedals and toe clips, steering lock etc. Finish black framework, brown rims, lined gold.
– 1896 Singer Path Racer catalogue description
The mid-1890s saw the introduction, in Britain, of various cycle components that would become the industry standard. The Brooks patent saddle clamp is one example, replacing the style of clamps where a large nut was screwed through the bottom of the clamp into a flat spot in the seat post to secure it. The diameter of the seat post fitting for the saddle clamp was standardised as a result, but the diameter of the seat pin varied (because the gauge of cycle tubing varied).
Slotted pedal cranks – both right-hand threads, bolted in place – were superseded, through various stages over a period of two years, by screw-in pedals. (See the chart above). When threaded pedal shafts came into use, opposite threads became necessary.
Singer was an exclusive brand; its components were made in-house, unique to the company, and of top quality. Its customer base comprised society ladies and gentlemen, and most Singer bicycles and tricycles were in a traditional style (see the 1896 catalogue below). However, Singer bicycles had enjoyed many racing successes since the days of the ordinary (‘penny farthing’). To capitalise on their racing publicity, the company introduced a dedicated Path Racer in 1896 which featured the latest frame technology – using the same fine-gauge lightweight tubing as the Singers ridden by racing cyclists. This lightweight diamond frame machine may seem ‘modern’ to our 21st century eyes, but this was a revolutionary design for 1896 – bear in mind that the ‘upsloper’ style had only just been replaced by the diamond frame design.
The 1897 Path Racer featured here has Singer’s later style of chainwheel, though all other parts are as per the 1896 catalogue illustration, with an early pattern open fork crown, and pedals of the older style using pinch-bolts to secure them to the crank. Already a lightweight machine, the overall weight of this example is further reduced by the fitting of ‘Roman Rims’ which came onto the market in 1897.
ROMAN CYCLE CO
The ‘Roman Cycle Co’ of 31 Lombard Street, London, experimented with the production of aluminium-tubed cycles up to 1897. Its founder Dr Reinhard Isidore Romanoff was a pioneer in the application of aluminium, and he perfected a jointless rim made from an alloy of aluminium and copper, which he patented in 1897. He named his unique alloy ‘Romanium’, and these new lightweight wheels were called ‘Roman’ rims.
Bicycle ‘novelties’ such as aluminium wheels were welcomed by the cycle industry, cycling press and public alike.
‘Medium Height’ (23″ Frame)
28″ Aluminium ‘Roman Rims’
Singer Patent 17″ Nickel Racing Handlebars with Centre-pull Stirrup Brake
Singer Patent Rat-trap Pedals
Gough Racing Saddle
Fixed Wheel
The Singer Cycle Co was one of the World’s leading cycle manufacturers. This top quality racing machine uses only the best components, including state-of-the-art wheels – Roman Rims were introduced in this year – and a nickel racing handlebar. Singer’s 1896 patent drop handlebar and rat trap pedals are superb features on this rare racing machine.
Although Singer made their own patent front plunger brake, fitted to their ladies’ models and gents’ roadsters, brakes were not used on fixed wheel racing machines (coaster brakes were still a few years off). The pull-up front brake on this bicycle would have been added later.
This racer was repainted at some time in its life, and has a few scratches to the paintwork as a result of regular use. It’s in excellent overall condition, is a fast machine, and is ready to ride.
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Nugget of Awesome Interviews: Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Lindsay Zier-Vogel in her workroom. Photo by Joel Yum.
LINDSAY ZIER-VOGEL is my most familiar and regular artistic collaborator. She is also a wicked friend to me and an amazing cheerleader in both joy and trouble. We met in 1998 at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre where we studied together for 3 years. Lindsay hired me as a dancer, my first professional gig, in her dance work September Sentence. Since then I have made costumes for her, she has made choreography on me, we’ve made dances together. I edit her writing, she taught me to make books, we had a line of clothing together called Puddles in my Pocket (a combo of her Puddle Press and my Pocket Alchemy and yes, the acronym is P.I.M.P. We didn’t realize…) We taught workshops in schools on combining poetry and dance, we even rocked that workshop at Hillside Festival a couple of times! Whew. Lindsay’s an absolute force to be reckoned with, she’s got verve.
Lindsay Zier-Vogel is a Toronto-based writer, arts educator and bookmaker. She studied contemporary dance at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and completed at Masters of English at the University of Toronto.
Lindsay Zier-Vogel hosting her The Love Lettering Project at P.S. Kensington in Toronto, May 2012.
She is currently working on her second novel titled “The Opposite of Drowning,” where 20-year-old Bea Porter confronts grief as a lifeguard on the edge of Lake Ontario.
Lindsay has written text for various dance pieces including Susan Kendal’s Organ Stories and travelled to Saskatchewan for a three-week creation residency for Shannon Litzenberger’s HOMEbody.
Lindsay teaches writing and book making workshops and is the creator of The Love Lettering Project, a one-of-a-kind community-based love letter art project that was featured on CBC Television’s The National and deemed one of the top 50 reasons to love Toronto in Toronto Life magazine.
Lindsay Zier-Vogel: I do a bunch of different things – I’m working on a novel about a 20-year-old lifeguard named Bea, and have been writing the “scripts” for a bunch of dance performances this year. I am the creator of The Love Lettering Project, a community arts project that gets people writing anonymous love letters to their city. I also make limited edition hand-bound books and a Toronto Brunch Map.
I like juggling a lot of different projects as I find they often end up informing each other. I also love creating tangible “things” – books, baked goods, anything I can hold in my hand as novel-writing is a lot of sitting in front of a computer time.
LZV: Lake Ontario. I live close by and have set my current novel on its edge. I love that it looks like an ocean if you stand in the right place. I love how the light shatters off its surface. I love that it can blend seamlessly with the sky. I love that it is deep and dark and filled with seaweed and eels, and also swimmable.
And in terms of paper-y creations, my deep, deep love for this city [Toronto] I live in. For this year’s love lettering project, I’ve been hearing about what hundreds of strangers-to-me love about this city. It inspires me to no end.
LZV: I write every morning, which means I have to get up way before I’d like to, but it’s when I get my best writing done, so sleep be damned. I also go (in my pjs!) to a coffee shop around the corner that has no internet, which helps me stay focused. I’ve also realized that I write in the mornings because I want to do the thing I love most before I do anything else. Even if the rest of the day goes sideways, I will have done the thing that matters most to me right off the top. I use evenings post-work to juggle grant-writing, website updating and love letter admin work.
I wish I had more of a plan, but I have an agenda that doubles as my Bible and I make sure it’s always as up-to-date as it can be to avoid double booking events. Sometimes looking at it gives me a panic attack, especially this last June.
I also try to make sure to write in upcoming grant deadlines a few weeks early to get the ball rolling early. Really, I just end up shoehorning in the time when it’s needed. Most of the time, I’m a little stunned and amazed that it all gets done…
LZV: Writing wise, it’s just me and my computer (with a side order of a mushroom identification book as my main character and her grandmother like to go mushroom hunting), lists of Rush songs (as Bea’s boyfriend is a big Geddy Lee fan) and an old lifeguarding manual (as Bea’s a lifeguard on the shores of Lake Ontario).
But for book making and love lettering, I’ve fallen in love with washi tape from The Paper Place. I also love love love the Nepalese paper they carry there. The colour is so rich and the paper itself is so forgiving – you can sew it, and bind books with it. I love teaching with it, because it’s just so kind to first time paper sewers and bookbinders.
LZV: I don’t often listen to music with lyrics when I’m in the creation phase of writing, though I started my novel listening to Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago album and The Department of Eagles’ In Ear Park album on repeat, so anything from either of those albums immediately get me working again. But for editing, sewing, book making and general crafting, I need music to keep me going.
Lindsay Zier-Vogel letterpressing. Photo by Jenny Lederer.
My non-stop working song right now (that’s perfect for editing/website-updating/kitchen dancing/watering the plants/etc) is Christa Couture’s newest single You Were Here In Michigan. I love that it references the creative process.
Whitehorse’s Emerald Isle is also perfect for working to. And sometimes, when it’s time to really buckle down, I put a ponytail on the top of my head (my “powertail”), put on my running shoes (strange, but it really makes me work faster!) and crank some Bring Da Ruckus by Wu-Tang.
LZV: Transitions! In the early days of novel writing, the “who” of my main character Bea kept me up at night, and then questions about her nan, and her boyfriend, Malcolm, but these days it’s transition – how to move Bea from one chapter to the next without losing key bits.
LZV: I feel like you can answer this better than I can – you’ve seen everything from those early angsty hand bound poetry days I photocopied on the photocopier at my Parks and Rec job to now.
Check out Lindsay Zier-Vogel and her Love Lettering Project, you can follow her inspiring projects and events on both sites. She’s out and about in the Toronto area this summer presenting The Love Lettering Project, I highly recommend it as a great city activity. And you might just catch some of her infectious, brilliant enthusiasm!
Twitter: @lindsayzv
July 20th: Bess Callard
Bring Da Ruckus
For Emma Forever Ago
Nepalese paper
RPM.fm
self producing
The Paper Place
Toronto Brunch Map
You Were Here in Michigan
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AERO partner United Autosports makes European Le Man Series history with stunning double prototype victory
United Autosports release.
United Autosports (UAS) is the exclusive supplier of AERO™ Advanced Paint Technology to motorsport in the United Kingdom
Sensational last-gasp ELMS LMP2 debut triumph from front row
LMP3 championship winning team scores double podium including repeat win
Henderson Insurance LMP3 Cup Championship races next up for UAS
TOWCESTER, Northamptonshire (April 15, 2017) – A new chapter was written in European Le Mans Series (ELMS) history at Silverstone.
Twelve months ago in the corresponding race, the Anglo-American team sensationally won the LMP3 category in its maiden sports-prototype race on United’s European Le Mans Series début. In this year’s opening race of the series at the Northamptonshire circuit, Filipe Albuquerque, Will Owen, and Hugo de Sadeleer dramatically scored the team’s début ELMS LMP2 class win – even overcoming a drive-through penalty. Meanwhile John Falb and Sean Rayhall comfortably repeated the team’s LMP3 victory in the 4 Hours of Silverstone. The Zak Brown and Richard Dean led team held front row class start positions and went on to achieve a double victory – the latter never having been achieved by a sports-prototype team in the same race. Furthermore Wayne Boyd, Christian England, and Mark Patterson completed the team’s joy with third-place in the final results.
The second round of the ELMS is staged at Monza (IT) on 14 May while the previous day sees the opening two-hour race in the Michelin Le Mans Cup in which Matt Bell (GB)/Jim McGuire plus Shaun Lynn (GB)/Richard Meins (GB) fly the flag for United in a brace of Ligier JS P3 sportscars. But before heading for the ultra-fast 3.6-mile Autodromo Nazionale track north of Milan, the Leeds-based team contest the opening 2017 Henderson Insurance LMP3 Cup Championship races at Donington Park (GB) next weekend (23 Apr) with a pair of Ligiers.
Richard Dean, Team Owner and Managing Director, United Autosports:
“It’s been an incredible day! Last year we achieved 1-2 on our ELMS début and I didn’t think it could get any better but to win LMP2 on our class début, dominate LMP3 again with a win and third place is truly amazing. I wish Zak could have been here to see it.”
Zak Brown, Team Owner and Chairman, United Autosports:
“Amazing - simply amazing! What an impressive job by everyone at United Autosports. I’m so happy and very proud of our team. I wished I could have been at Silverstone but watched the last 90 minutes ‘live’ after our [McLaren-Honda’s] qualifying here in Bahrain.”
L-R: Richard Dean, Will Owen, Filipe Albuquerque, Hugo de Sadeleer
LMP2: #32 Albuquerque/Owen/de Sadeleer. Qualified: 2nd, 1m 44.314s (FA). Race: 1st.
De Sadeleer, making his sports-prototype debut and having only previously raced at Silverstone twice (Formula Renault), started from the front row courtesy of Albuquerque’s heroic efforts the previous day, running impressively in second for much of his opening stint despite his lack of LMP experience. The Swiss pitted with 40 minutes gone for fuel, plus left hand side tires only, resuming seventh and took the lead almost 80 minutes into the race before making a scheduled pit-stop.
Owen, who made his LMP2 début in the US earlier this month and was racing at Silverstone for the first time, re-joined second having taken on left side tires only plus fuel. Will, however, had to serve a drive-through penalty on 90 minutes for an earlier “yellow flag” no overtaking infringement by de Sadeleer dropping to fifth. With an hour to run, Albuquerque was second, 30 seconds down on the leader, but consistently lapping faster, Filipe stormed to tremendous 6.339secs victory having taken the lead with just two minutes remaining.
Filipe Albuquerque (P): Born/Lives: Coimbra, Portugal. Age: 31
“It was brilliant – a dream. I managed my tires from when I got in the car. The gap was coming down and I could then see the leader was struggling. I enjoyed the last lap when I was in the lead! We must remain calm and focused for the next race. Qualifying had been tricky, taking care of the tires for the race. I only had enough fuel for one flying lap at the end after the early times were deleted. I pushed very, very hard – squeezing everything out of the car.”
Will Owen (US): Born: Plano, Texas. Lives: Denver, Colorado. Age: 22
“It’s a great start to the season in my first race with United. Everyone in the team has worked hard day and night and deserve this success. I’m super happy. My stint was safe and clean with no dramas.”
Hugo de Sadeleer (CH): Born: Lausanne, Switzerland. Lives: Monaco. Age: 19
“What a way to begin with United Autosports! I managed the start well and the stint, just trying to be consistent. I saw the yellow [flag] and slowed and so didn’t think I’d done anything wrong but obviously there had been a GT car somewhere.”
L-R: Team representative, Richard Anderton and LMP3 winning drivers, Sean Rayhall and John Falb
LMP3: #2 Falb/Rayhall. Qualified: 2nd, 1m 53.786s (SR). Race: 1st.
#3 Boyd/England/Patterson. Qualified: 3rd, 1m 54.181s (WB). Race: 3rd.
The United Autosports duo lined-up second and third respectively in class, qualifiers Rayhall and Boyd running at the head of the field until their respective pit-stops. Sean and Wayne pitted with a little over one hour gone, Rayhall staying in the car after taking fuel only at the stop while England took over from Boyd, fuel and a fresh front right tire going on his Ligier – the duo back at the head of the field almost immediately.
Falb, like Rayhall, making his race début for United, took over the lead Ligier from his fellow American with a little short of two hours to run, England switching a lap later to Patterson – the United Autosports pair both taking on fuel and tires and resumed one-three. With an hour to go, Falb enjoyed a near full lap advantage although Patterson had slipped to fifth. John brought the lead #2 Ligier in for its final pit-stop with 50 minutes to go (fuel only), Mark following suit minutes later handing over to Boyd. Falb survived a quick spin without contacting anything on his way to a dominant 41.166 seconds victory while Boyd had sliced his way back up to in fourth at the checkered flag – less than three-seconds from scoring a podium. However, late on Saturday evening the #3 Ligier was listed third in the final results after a breach of regulations by another car.
John Falb (US). Born: Dallas, Texas. Lives: Las Vegas, Nevada. Age: 45
“The race evolved exactly as planned. It was a case of staying focused. My stint was great, I could pound out the laps with consistent times. I’m so very pleased. I had a small spin very near the end but it didn’t hurt us.”
Sean Rayhall (US): Born/Lives: Atlanta, Georgia. Age: 22
“Words can’t describe how I feel. The team has done an awesome job. The pit-stops were flawless. The strategy was spot on throughout. It was a ‘picture perfect’ race for us. I went into the lead at Turn 3 and then just got my head down and pressed on. It was great to claim a front row spot in my first race with United the previous day. It was almost ‘pole’ but I made a small mistake in the first sector on my final lap.”
Wayne Boyd (GB): Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland. Lives: Templepatrick, Northern Ireland. Age: 26
“I got off to a good start and brought the car into the pits in second. The car was consistently fast so we take many positives away that we can use to good effect in Italy. Qualifying went well. Unfortunately I found myself in traffic when the tires were at their optimum.”
Christian England (GB): Born: Barnsley, UK. Lives: Huddersfield, UK. Age: 35
“I enjoyed the race, pace was good, and car handled well for me. I pitted to Mark in second but he lost over 30 seconds trying to re-start with a clutch issue. Wayne just missed out on third place on the road but we ultimately achieved a deserved podium. We can now look forward to Monza.”
Mark Patterson (US): Born: Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Lives: Montana, USA. Age: 65
“Unusually we gave some time away in the pits today while I was a little disappointed with my own pace. Christian did a great job and Wayne was awesome. It’s always great to race at Silverstone – and fantastic to see United score two class wins with our car ultimately taking third-place.”
AERO-painted United Autosports Ligier prototype
About United Autosports
United Autosports is a well-known GT and sports car race team, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. Founded in 2009 by businessman, Zak Brown and racing driver, Richard Dean, United Autosports have raced in a number of different championships, with a vast range of cars and drivers.
The team are reigning European Le Mans Series LMP3 champions, having clinched the title with one round remaining in their debut year. United Autosports are also sole UK agents for Onroak Automotive's range of LMP3 and CN cars as well as the exclusive motorsports supplier of AERO™ Advanced Paint Technology. In 2017, United Autosports will enter the European Le Mans Series with two Ligier JS P3 cars. They will also enter the LMP2 class of the series, with their Ligier JS P217, along with racing in the prestigious Le Mans 24 Hours. The team have also confirmed their entry into the Michelin Le Mans Cup - support race to the ELMS. Plans are also in place for the team to race in the debut season of the British LMP3 Cup Championship.
United Autosports restore, maintain, and race a vast range of rare historic Formula One and sports cars, entering races in the UK, Europe and across the world. The team is known for contesting various special events throughout the year, such as the Bathurst 12 Hours (Australia), Spa 24 Hours (Belgium), and the Macau GT Cup (Asia). The team have also entered the Daytona 24 Hours (USA), the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (China) and Petit Le Mans (USA).
United Autosports, Unit 1, Helios 47, Isabella Road, Garforth, LS25 2DY
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Ilha dos Meus Sonhos (Island of My Dreams) Tells Azorean Immigrant Stories
Ilha dos Meus Sonhos (Island of My Dreams) puts faces to the stories of common people with uncommon courage to leave their impoverished island homeland of the Azores, determined to create a better life in America for themselves and their children. Azores is the name of the Portuguese archipelago of nine islands in the Atlantic Ocean, about 2,400 miles off the east coast of the United States.
Ricardo Rebelo, a Rhode Island filmmaker and instructor of TV and film at Bristol Community College, and himself an Azorean emigrant, captures these untold stories of Portuguese immigration to the Fall River area, particularly the two waves of emigration from the Azores in the 1950s and '70s. The film also explores how the immigrants have maintained their Portuguese culture and traditions here in America, while the modern culture in the Azores has actually changed dramatically since the revolution.
Ilha dos Meus Sonhos (Island of My Dreams) presents the experiences in a personal way – from what life was like on the islands, to what motivated so many Portuguese to abandon their birthplace to immigrate to America. Rebelo also interviews family members who chose not to leave, but who stayed on the islands. The narrated documentary includes interviews with immigrants in their native Portuguese language (with English subtitles), interspersed with vintage family photos and rich scenic footage of stunning natural beauty of the Azores.
The Ilha dos Meus Sonhos (Island of My Dreams) documentary film makes its public television premiere exclusively on WSBE Rhode Island PBS on Saturday, May 21 at 7 p.m. (rebroadcast on Sunday, May 22 at 11 p.m.) as part of the ongoing WSBE series Rhode Island Stories.
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WSBE Rhode Island PBS transmits over the air on digital 36.1; on Cox 708HD / 08, Verizon 508HD / 08, Full Channel 08, Comcast 819HD / 09, 19, 20, or 11, depending on location (check local Comcast listings for standard definition channels); on DirecTV 36 and Dish Network 7776. WSBE Learn transmits on digital 36.2; on Cox 808, Verizon 478, Full Channel 109, Comcast 294 or 312.
WSBE Rhode Island PBS is operated by the Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority, a public corporation established by Rhode Island General Laws 16-61-2. WSBE is a viewer-supported member of the PBS network of public broadcasting stations, and transmits on two channels: WSBE Rhode Island PBS and WSBE Learn. Committed to lifelong learning for more than 43 years, WSBE uses the power of commercial-free media to educate, engage, enrich, inspire, and entertain viewers of all ages in Rhode Island, southeastern Massachusetts, and eastern Connecticut. For more information about the programs and education services at WSBE, visit www.ripbs.org.
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Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu reveals real reason soldiers invaded his home
Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu reveals real…
* Hints on what will happen on ’17th of this month’
By Steve Oko
Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamani Kanu, has revealed real reason soldiers raided his Afaraukwu Umuahia country home last year.
Kanu who made the revelation in a post on Radio Biafra Facebook page said he was marked for elimination because he was the first to alert the world of the “impostor in Aso Rock “.
The IPOB Leader who was addressing a crowd of his supporters in his father’s compound had told them that Buhari was dead but replaced with a double.
According to the video clip, he vowed to storm Abuja with 2 million IPOB members on the “17th of this month ” (probably September 2017).
His house was however raided on September 14, three days before the date and his court case in Abuja.
Kanu said he was under oath to actualise Biafra restoration.
The IPOB leader who is currently taking refuge in Israel was heard in the video saying “it is either Biafra or death”.
His words : ” I am under oath to defend Biafra. The man in Aso Rock is a product of extensive surgery.
” I will take 2 million people to Abuja and Nigeria won’t remain the same again. I am taking 2 million IPOB members to Abuja on the 17th of this month. I cannot be arrested! ”
Since his re-appearance in Israel about a month ago, Kanu has consistently maintained that “an impostor is now in charge of Aso Rock “, a claim the presidency has dismissed as “a bunkum and utter nonsense “.
Kanu in his latest broadcast on Radio Biafra threatened to “scientifically unmask the impostor in Aso Rock ” on December 17 .
He said that when he raised the alarm in 2017 that Nigeria was being ruled by an impostor many folks thought he was out of his senses.
Kanu noted with delight that many people are now getting curious over the ‘Buhari double ‘ narrative, adding that many world leaders are also beginning to ask questions.
He said he should be commended for exposing the cover-up about the impostor masquerading as the President of the country.
However, Kanu’s claims that President Muhammadu Buhari was dead and replaced by an impostor ( Jubril from Sudan) is still a subject of controversy as Buhari had debunked that “he was cloned”.
Buhari had while interacting with Nigerians in far-away Poland on December 2, dismissed the rumour of his alleged double as false and malicious.
But Kanu disagreed with Buhari’s explanations, insisting the real Buhari was dead and replaced with an impostor by the cabal holding Nigeria to ransom.
His words :” In 2017 Kanu awoke Biafrans over the impostor, Jubril occupying Aso Rock people though it was a joke.
” Today the… is crumbling. The entire world is reasoning over the impostor. Countries are now asking questions.
” IPOB is the true pacesetters of Biafra struggle, resseting the brain of the blackman. People are rediscovering themselves and are seriously heading towards freedom.
“IPOB has proved that nothing is fundamentally wrong with the mind of the black man from the beginning of things. I’m not surprised to know why people are envious of IPOB and Nnamdi kanu “.
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Jimmy Eat World Drummer Calls Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins a "Fucking Creepy Douchebag"
Jimmy Eat World and Third Eye Blind went out on a co-headlining tour earlier this summer, but it doesn't seem like they'll be teaming up again any time soon as Jimmy Eat World's drummer Zach Lind has called out Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins for being "a fucking creepy douchebag."
Lind didn't give too many details, but he did defend his claims to anyone who pushed back on Twitter.
Stephan Jenkins is such a fucking creepy douchebag.
(I feel so much better now)
— Zach Lind (@zlind76) August 4, 2019
Lind cited Jenkins' relationship with his bandmates and his environmental hypocrisy as just a couple of reasons he wasn't part of the Jenkins fan club. Lind also mocked his acting abilities by sharing a trailer for the Jenkins-starring Art of Revenge.
See Lind's string of tweets below. Jenkins has yet to publicly respond.
LOL pic.twitter.com/SrkFwcmt5E
Just the way these photos are arranged tells you all you need to know about that operation.
I genuinely feel bad for anyone stepping in to defend this dude when they have no idea what they're defending. My assessment of the man here is extravagantly generous.
Singer of a rock band bragging his tour was environmentally friendly while riding a star coach for the entire time. Can't make this shit up. 🤷🏻♂️
And for those saying I should have said my peace in person, A) you don't know I didn't and B) you're coming to the defense of someone who literally redrafted his bands recording contract for his own benefit on the eve of the signing & didn't tell his bandmates until years later!
It's true. https://t.co/eYWAXmT6AH
— Zach Lind (@zlind76) August 14, 2019
But at least I can spell "fucking" correctly.
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Redescription of Echinoderes levanderi Karling, 1954 (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) – a kinorhynch tolerant to very low salinities (2018)
Martin V. Sørensen
The kinorhynch species Echinoderes levanderi Karling, 1954 is redescribed. The species can now be recognized by the presence of spines in middorsal positions on segments 4–8, and in lateroventral positions on segments 6–9, with lateroventral spines on segment 9 showing sexual dimorphism; tubes in subdorsal and ventrolateral positions on segment 2, in sublateral positions on segments 4 and 8, in lateroventral positions on segment 5, and in laterodorsal positions on segment 10. Furthermore, the enlarged sieve plates on segment 9 make the species highly characteristic. New records of the species extend its distributional range into the Bothnian Bay where the bottom water salinity drops below 5 ppt, which is the lowest salinity recorded for a habitat with kinorhynchs.
Faunistic and taxonomic investigations on the Odonata fauna of the Samoan archipelago with particular focus on taxonomic ambiguities in the "Ischnurine complex" (2015)
Milen Marinov Mark Schmaedick Dan Polhemus Rebecca L. Stirnemann Fialelei Enoka Pulemagafa Siaifoi Fa'aumu Moeumu Uili
New faunistic data is provided on the Odonata inhabiting the three main islands within the Samoan archipelago, namely Savai’i, Upolu and Tutuila as well as the smaller islands of Aunu’u and the Manu’a group. The specimens collected or observed in the field were compared to samples from other nearby Pacific island groups such as Fiji and Tonga. This study makes important contributions towards resolving taxonomic issues regarding the Ischnura species described as endemic to Samoa and their relations to other Coenagrionidae genera. New diagnostic features for distinguishing between females of the endemic genera Amorphostigma and Pacificagrion, subspecies separation in the Pacific Tramea transmarina and distinguishing between Samoan Hemicordulia species are suggested. Anaciaeschna melanostoma is proposed as junior synonym of A. jaspidea. A possible new subspecies of Lathrecista asiatica, confined to the Samoan archipelago, is discussed. The validity of Agriocnemis interrupta as a separate species from A. exsudans is questioned. Pacific Pseudagrion is believed to be represented within the region by one species only, with separate subspecies in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, although more specimens from Fiji are required to resolve this issue.
Records of dragonflies from western Bhutan collected in October 2015 (2016)
Vincent J. Kalkman Thinley Gyeltshen
Distribution data of dragonflies and damselflies from western Bhutan collected during a trip from 10 October 2015 to 22 October 2015 are presented. In total 53 species were recorded of which eleven are new to the country (Aciagrion pallidum, Anisopleura lestoides, Megalestes irma, Gynacantha incisura, Gynacantha khasiaca, Gynacanthaeschna sikkima, Lamelligomphus risi, Somatochlora daviesi, Crocothemis erythraea, Sympetrum fonscolombii, Tholymis tillarga). Another three species, one Megalestes and two Cephalaeschna, were not identified to species level but are also addition to the list of species recorded from Bhutan.
Morphological studies and taxonomic considerations on the 'reddish-brown-winged' group of Neurothemis Brauer, 1867 with the description of N. taiwanensis sp. nov. (Odonata: Libellulidae) (2016)
Malte Seehausen Rory A. Dow
Specimens of Neurothemis disparilis Kirby, 1889, N. fluctuans (Fabricius, 1793), N. fulvia (Drury, 1773), N. ramburii (Brauer, 1866), N. stigmatizans (Fabricius, 1775) and N. terminata Ris, 1911, including their subspecies, were studied with the main focus on the morphology of the vesica spermalis, wing maculation, wing venation, abdominal markings and vulvar scales. The results were compared with species descriptions and directly with type specimens where possible. The vesica spermalis, especially the medial process, is useful at least in separating species groups and supports the traditional differentiation methods using wing maculation and venation. The use of other characters in accessing specific status, coupled with known distribution patterns, is discussed. The following taxonomic changes are proposed: Neurothemis manadensis (Boisduval, 1835) stat. nov., Neurothemis papuensis (Lieftinck, 1942) stat. nov. and Neurothemis taiwanensis sp. nov. is described (27.5.1998, Kenting, Pingtung County/Taiwan, L. M. Juang leg.; holotype is deposited at Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipeh, Taiwan). The type of Polyneura palliata Rambur, 1842 was rediscovered at MNHN and designated as lectotype; a lectotype for Neurothemis nicobarica Brauer, 1867 housed at NHMW is designated. The holotype of Neurothemis incerta Brauer, 1867 was rediscovered and synonymized with N. ramburii.
Competing sexual and asexual generic names in Pucciniomycotina and Ustilaginomycotina (Basidiomycota) and recommendations for use (2018)
M. Catherine Aime Lisa A. Castlebury Mehrdad Abbasi Dominik Begerow Reinhard Berndt Roland Kirschner Ludmila Marvanová Yoshitaka Ono Mahajabeen Padamsee Markus Scholler Marco Thines Amy Y. Rossman
With the change to one scientific name for pleomorphic fungi, generic names typified by sexual and asexual morphs have been evaluated to recommend which name to use when two names represent the same genus and thus compete for use. In this paper, generic names in Pucciniomycotina and Ustilaginomycotina are evaluated based on their type species to determine which names are synonyms. Twenty-one sets of sexually and asexually typified names in Pucciniomycotina and eight sets in Ustilaginomycotina were determined to be congeneric and compete for use. Recommendations are made as to which generic name to use. In most cases the principle of priority is followed. However, eight generic names in the Pucciniomycotina, and none in Ustilaginomycotina, are recommended for protection: Classicula over Naiadella, Gymnosporangium over Roestelia, Helicobasidium over Thanatophytum and Tuberculina, Melampsorella over Peridermium, Milesina over Milesia, Phragmidium over Aregma, Sporobolomyces over Blastoderma and Rhodomyces, and Uromyces over Uredo. In addition, eight new combinations are made: Blastospora juruensis, B. subneurophyla, Cronartium bethelii, C. kurilense, C. sahoanum, C. yamabense, Milesina polypodii, and Prospodium crusculum combs. nov.
Revision of the Siriella brevicaudata species group (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae) from the West Indo-Pacific (2018)
Mikhail Daneliya W. Wayne Price Richard W. Heard
The Siriella brevicaudata species group from the West Indo-Pacific, defined and designated by Murano & Fukuoka (2008), previously contained five nominal species. In this study we describe five new species in the brevicaudata group: S. bassi sp. nov. from the Bass Strait, southern Australia, S. occulta sp. nov. from the Arabian Gulf, S. muranoi sp. nov. from the coast of Northern Territory, Australia, S. tabaniocula sp. nov. from Ningaloo Reef of Western Australia and Lodestone Reef off Queensland, and S. talbotae sp. nov. from Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia. Furthermore, Siriella hanseni W.M. Tattersall, 1922 from India and S. vincenti W.M. Tattersall, 1927 from South Australia are redescribed based on re-examination of their type material. A re-examination of specimens subsequently attributed to these two species from other geographical regions showed that these were misidentifications, partly representing three of the new species described herein. Siriella gibbosa (Ledoyer, 1970), which was previously synonymized with S. brevicaudata Paulson, 1875 by Bačescu, is revalidated and included within the brevicaudata group. Siriella lacertilis Talbot, 2009, from Lizard Island, is placed within the brevicaudata group. Diagnostic features for all the members of the group and the group itself are updated. As a result of the present study, the brevicaudata group now comprises 12 valid species.
Revision of the Madagascan endemic Homollea (Rubiaceae - Pavetteae), with description of two new species (2018)
Petra De Block
Homollea Arènes (Rubiaceae, subfamily Ixoroideae, tribe Pavetteae) is a genus of shrubs and small trees endemic to western and northern Madagascar. The genus comprises five species occurring in dry deciduous forest, often in limestone areas. The five species are narrow endemics and their conservation status is either Endangered (4 species) or Critically Endangered (1 species). Homollea is characterized by few-flowered, pseudo-axillary, pedunculate inflorescences, well-developed calyces with the lobes much longer than the tube, laterally flattened seeds with a shallow, elongated to linear hilum and entire endosperm, ovules arising from the upper margin of the placenta, and, pollen grains with supratectal elements in the shape of microgemmae. Until now, three species were known and their descriptions are amended. Two further species, H. furtiva De Block sp. nov. and H. septentrionalis De Block sp. nov., are described as new for science. The five species are dealt with in detail: descriptions, distribution maps, conservation assessments, illustrations, lists of exsiccatae and an identification key are given.
Medleria gen. nov. adds to the biodiversity of Flatidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) in the island of Socotra (2018)
Dariusz Świerczewski Igor Malenovský Adam Stroiński
A new monotypic genus of flatid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae), Medleria gen. nov., is described for Medleria caudata gen. et sp. nov. (type species) from the island of Socotra (Yemen). Habitus, male and female external and internal genital structures of the new species are illustrated and compared with similar taxa. Medleria caudata gen. et sp. nov. is probably endemic to Socotra where it is known to date from a small area of the Dixam mountain plateau only.
Three new species of Entomobrya (Collembola: Entomobryidae) from China (2018)
Yitong Ma Shidi Shi
Three new species of Entomobrya Rondani, 1861 from China are described: E. leviseta sp. nov. and E. polychaeta sp. nov. from Shaanxi Province and E. dingi sp. nov. from Yunnan Province. This is the first report of Entomobrya from Shaanxi Province. Entomobrya leviseta sp. nov. is characterised by prelabral smooth chaetae on the labrum; E. polychaeta sp. nov. by three pairs of longitudinal dark blue stripes from Th. II to Abd. III and eight lateral mac on Abd. III; and E. dingi sp. nov. by only a little pigment on the body and 5 central mac on And. II & III. A key to all Chinese species of Entomobrya is given.
Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification (2018)
Timothy D. O'Hara Sabine Stöhr Andrew F. Hugall Ben Thuy Alexander Martynov
A new classification of Ophiuroidea, considering family rank and above, is presented. The new family and superfamily taxa in O’Hara et al. (2017) were proposed to ensure a better readability of the new phylogeny but are unavailable under the provisions of the ICZN. Here, the morphological diagnoses to all 33 families and five superfamilies are provided. Ten new families, Ophiosphalmidae fam. nov., Ophiomusaidae fam. nov., Ophiocamacidae fam. nov., Ophiopteridae fam. nov., Clarkcomidae fam. nov., Ophiopezidae fam. nov., Ophiernidae fam. nov., Amphilimnidae fam. nov., Ophiothamnidae fam. nov. and Ophiopholidae fam. nov., are described. The family Ophiobyrsidae Matsumoto, 1915, not yet discovered in the previous publication, is added, based on new molecular data. A new phylogenetic reconstruction is presented. Definitions of difficult-to-apply morphological characters are given.
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…An Adventure Ends
It’s been a long time since I posted here last. Like, a really long time.
The Internet has changed a lot since blogs became a thing, and they’re no longer a key player in information consumption. The introduction and expansion of social media killed that.
When I first started writing, it was only writing. When inserting pictures became the norm, that was HUGE. By the time videos started becoming more common, I had other responsibilities that left me struggling to keep up.
When I started PVSGaming, the goal was to build a community around the idea of people just playing games. They didn’t need to be good at the games, or even know what they were doing, but just have fun. It was targeted at the more casual player, that I was becoming.
The mistake I made was building it as a community, then expected it to fill up (if you built it, they will come). Time proved me wrong that those who are more successful are those who built a community around themselves. If an individual got big enough, they merged communities with other individuals at that time. PVSGaming never really took off in that aspect.
Realizing the error of my ways I tried branching out and just doing PVSJeff. Unfortunately given that PVSGaming never took off, the PVS part never really made much sense. It also didn’t help that my life took other directions when it came to my career.
To summarize, PVSGaming and PVSJeff didn’t work. So with that said, I’m going to be done with PVSGaming and work on unbranding (rebranding) from PVSGaming and let this page and everything with it archive.
Because I’m bad at ‘throwing anything out’ I’m going to continue to leave the pages as they are. Regardless of the quality of all the content, some of it wasn’t horrible (if not now dated). Don’t expect any updates. Maybe in the distant future I’ll collect all the sites I had and merge them into a scrapbook.
I’ll focus for the time being on Twitter being where I update anything. We’ll leave it there.
That’ll do Pig. That’ll do.
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Week starting Dec 09, 2012
Green Crocs 4 Miles: 66.00
Day of rest. Went to church. Afterwards we had a family Christmas party. We did it earlier than normal because Sarah is due around Christmas.
A.M. Lots of snow today. Ran with Rob and the kids. Total of 7 miles. Benjamin did full 7, Jenny and Julia 3, Joseph 2, Jacob 1, William 0.5. Rob ran around 5, I think. We slipped a lot.
Green Crocs 4 Miles: 7.00
A.M. More or less a repeat of yesterday except I did 8 miles total. Benjamin did 7, Jenny and Julia 3, Joseph 2, Jacob 1, William 0.5. Rob did 4. Even more snow today, sometimes we could not even go 10:00.
A.M. Last night Sarah was feeling nervous about labor and had a hard time falling asleep. So I gave her a math problem to solve. The problem was this. A plane on the 45th parallel starts flying west trying to "catch" the setting sun. How fast does it need to go for the sun to stop setting? She solved it for the case of doing it on the equator ( circumference of the earth/24 = 1035.62 mph), but struggled with the 45th parallel location. So I started explaining the solution. To make long story short all you need to do is multiply the equator speed by the cosine of the parallel, so in this case circumference of the earth/24 * cos(45 degrees), or in other words (40000/1.60934) *(sqrt(2)/2)/24 = 732.29 mph, however I started explaining the proof of that, and she fell soundly asleep within two minutes.
I felt recovered from the marathon and ran total of 12 today. All of it was with the kids and/or Rob. So Rob ended up doing 4 miles with one of them in 7:36 on hills, Benjamin 7.5, Jenny and Julia 3, Joseph 2, Jacob 1, and William 0.5. Benjamin and I did a 2 mile tempo down the Provo Canyon. The purpose was to assess the damage. For Benjamin, the loss of fitness after the cold. For me, to verify that the cause of 2:44 in Rocket City was indeed humidity and nothing else, and also to measure the recovery from the marathon.
We went through the first mile in 5:42, and Benjamin was struggling. So we backed off to a little under 6:00 for the next half mile, and then picked it up in the last 0.5 (5:38 pace) to finish 2 miles in 11:29. It was obvious that Benjamin had suffered significant damage, but on the positive side his fitness was not completely destroyed, and he has made great progress just over the last two weeks. Two weeks ago he struggled at 8:00 pace. Now he can sustain 5:45 over 2 miles.
I felt great and the entire time wished I could have felt that way just in the first two miles of the marathon then bring the humidity on. This alone would have made me 40 seconds faster :-)
So this run confirmed to me that I am just really really bad at dealing with humidity right now for one reason or another. Maybe it has something to do with that I've had almost zero exposure to humidity over the last 20 years.
A.M. Did 12 total. Most with the kids and Rob. Rob did 4, Benjamin 7, Jenny and Julia 3, Joseph 2, Jacob 1, William 0.5.
Fri, Dec 14, 2012
A.M. 4 with Rob, most of the rest with the kids. Did a couple of pickups. Benjamin did 7, Jenny and Julia 3, Joseph 2, Jacob 1, William 0.5. I got 12 total.
A.M. Ran with Rob, the kids, and Chad. Total of 15 for me and Chad. Benjamin did 8, Jenny and Julia 3, Joseph 2, Jacob 1, William 0.5, Rob 4. There was a lot of snow.
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Patriot National, Inc.
Patriot National, Inc. Securities Litigation
On or around 11/08/2019 (Other)
Filing Date: March 14, 2017
According to the law firm press release, the Complaint filed in this class action alleges throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by Defendant, and alleged related party transactions that served to benefit Defendant to the detriment of other Company shareholders. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Defendants failed to disclose: (1) that the Patriot National special committee was beholden to Defendant; (2) that, as such, the special committee was operating for the benefit of Defendant, and not the Company or its shareholders; (3) that the special committee did not independently assess the merits of the Ebix transaction; (4) that the special committee was not exploring strategic alternatives in order to maximize shareholder value; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants’ statements about Patriot National’s business, operations, and prospects, were false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
An Order of Consolidation was issued on October 12, 2017.
On February 2, 2018, the Court issued an order staying all claims against the Issuer Defendant due to Defendant's voluntary filing of a petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. On February 27, the Court issued an Order appointing Co-lead Plaintiffs and Counsel. On October 18, Co-lead Plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended Complaint. On December 20, the parties entered into a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement. The Court issued an Order preliminarily approving the Settlement on July 22, 2019. On November 6, the Court granted final approval of the Settlement and entered Final Judgment.
Defendant: Patriot National, Inc.
Industry: Insurance (Miscellaneous)
Ticker Symbol: PN
Anthony L. Gingello, et al. v. Patriot National, Inc., et al.
JUDGE: Hon. Edgardo Ramos
4 Suggestion of Bankruptcy of Defendant Patriot National, Inc. 02/02/2018
In re Patriot National, Inc. Securities Litigation
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Bromo Volcano and Tengger Caldera – East Java, Indonesia
Maria Goncharova March 22, 2015 Indonesia, Travel Blog 2 Comments
Watching sunrise in the valley of volcanoes from the top of the mountain, walking along volcano ashes, climbing to the edge of volcano crater and looking into the funnel of the active volcano. Sounds really great, isn’t it? We traveled to Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park to get this experience.
Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park
Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park is located in East Java. It’s a very popular tourist place. Typically, trips start at night to see the sunrise on the top of a mountain overlooking the valley of volcanoes. Our trip was not an exception.
We woke up at 2 am in the Chemorolawang (Cemoro Lawang) village, got into a local jeep and went to the observation platform of Mount Penanjakan. The road took about 40 minutes and passed through the picturesque and quite steep serpentine. Jeep arrived almost to the site. We only needed to walk up a little bit (an average of about one kilometer, but it depends on the place where the jeep stopped). For your convenience you can take a motorbike on the road, there are a lot of offers all along the road. But the road is so narrow, that it could be faster to walk to the place, especially if it’s very crowded.
Mount Penanjakan Viewpoint
Views from the observation deck on Mount Penanjakan are breathtaking. The rising sun colors the valley first in blue, and then in gold. From the top you can see the entire 16-kilometer Tengger Caldera: Bromo and Batok volcanoes on the foreground and majestic Semeru on the background. Clouds shrouded the valley are gradually fading, smoke coming from the depths of Bromo and Semeru rare clubs become clearly visible. Magnificent picture of the valley of volcanoes exactly as on pics, even better.
After sunrise we got some tea and coffee in the nearest warung and went to an another platform of the same mountain. There were no people, so we were able to enjoy the views while the rest of tourists climbing on Bromo. Colours of the valley during the day time are not worse. Of course, there is no magic sensations of feeling a birth of a new day and of changing colors of the sky. But clouds are finally gone and we could see all the details.
A Little Bit of Geography
Tengger Caldera is a result of a grand volcanic disaster that occurred millions of years ago. Five volcanoes of the volcanic complex (Batok, Watangan, Kursi, Widodaren, and Bromo) are surrounded by a sea of sand and ash formed after the destruction of a huge volcano.
Bromo volcano (2392 m) is popular due to its easy availability and constant activity. Bromo is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Its top was destroyed after the eruption, so now it has such a strange shape with a disproportionately large crater diameter (600 meters). Near the Bromo Batok (2440 m). It’s an extinct volcano of an almost perfect shape, covered with vegetation. Semeru volcano (3676 m) is the highest point of Java. It’s in a constant state of explosive activity during the last 6 years. A smoke above Semeru on the photos is not a cloud, it’s the evidence of volcano activity.
Chemorolawang (Cemoro Lawang) village is located on the edge of a sheer cliff 100-200 meters in height.
Way to Bromo
Парковка джипов в кальдере Тенгер
Синих джипов не так много, нам повезло.
In order to climb Bromo, you must first go to the bottom of the Tengger Caldera. Jeeps park in a row just. There may be a lot of cars on the parking, so I advise you to remember a color, a number plate and an approximate location of your car to be able to find it later.
Then you walk along the sand and ash to the volcano. There is a dead zone around – a the desert born of fire and smoke. Sand dunes look like waves, that’s why the caldera called the Sand Sea.
Sand See. Thanks to Elena Yudina for the photo.
Rock sculptures on the way to the volcano
Suddenly in the middle of sands you can see a Hindu temple (Pura Luhur Poten Bromo). Hindu temple in the middle of the Muslim island? Actually indigenous inhabitants of Tenger highlands, Tenggerese, are Hindus. They believe that volcanoes are the entrances to the underworld. Every year Tenggerese hold a Kasado ceremony. During this ceremony they cajole volcanoes, all participants walk along the edge of the crater and throw offerings into the funnel of the volcano.
Luhur Poten Bromo Temple
The road to the foot of Bromo take up to 30 minutes. You can rent a horse to move faster ($ 6-10). Don’t worry if you have never rode a horse. Usually tourist don’t ride, they just sit on a horse, and a horseman lead it. But when I had seen this huge field around, I dreamt about gallop riding when there is nobody around .
Way to the top of Bromo volcano
A staircase of 250 steps (300 m) leads to the top of the volcano. It’s the easiest and the most common way. But as far as there were a lot of people because of Chinese New Year, we decided to go up along the hill slopes. We lumbered and sank into the sand and ashes, but actually we reached the top quite quickly and had a lot of time to take pictures of the crater while waiting for those who went to the stairs. It’s much easier to go down. You can stop making yourself slow and just run directly to the bottom. Amazing feeling of joy, like in childhood!
Tengger Cadera from the top of Bromo
On the Top of Bromo Volcano
At the top of Bromo you can walk on the edge of the crater, look at Sand Sea from the heights and make traditional selfie. But be careful with the selfie. They say that there were cases when people fell down into the crater, and no one tried to take them out.
Прогулка по кромке кратера
Традиционное фото
Please look our short video (1:41) about Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park:
A Piece of Advice
Something you need to know before you go:
National Park is located in the highlands. It’s really cold here at night, it may be about 5 ° C. You need warm clothes. Not just a sweater, take a jacket or a coat. Also you can take with you or buy hats, scarves and gloves in the village.
The sun beats down during a daytime. So you can get a sunburn. Protective cream and thin long-sleeved shirts will help to avoid this.
On holidays it can be a lot of people. A lot means that there is no place near by the fence of a viewing platform at all, even beyond the fence and on it. Jeeps parking goes along a couple of kilometers down the road. We have observed this on Chinese New Year. For the sake of good shots I had to squeeze between people, to climb over the fence many times, stand on the dangerous slopes behind the fence and move back and forth across the site.
In case of increased activity of Bromo (when the smoke is really thick), it’s maybe dangerous to be on the edge of the crater without a protective mask, because a high concentration of a sulfur gas.
Bromo is an active volcano. Most of the time it’s safe, but on June 11, 2004 an unexpected eruption killed two tourists. The entrance is normally closed until the danger has reached a high level, but it’s important to remember about the risk.
The best time for a visit is a dry season (April to October). During a rainy season there is a risk to see only clouds instead of the beautiful panorama of the valley. But usually it’s clear in the morning, clouds begin to gather in the afternoon.
Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park Gallery
Map of Main Places
Usually travellers stay at hotels in small villages near by Bromo. Cemoro Lawang village is the most popular one. I could recommend Sion View and Bromo Permai hotels which are very close to Bromo volcano. In general I must say that facilities around Bromo are pretty simple.
There are a lot of warungs pretty much anywhere in tourists places. But usually they offer Indonesian cuisine only. Simple and cheap.
How To Get to Bromo?
It’s easier to get to Bromo and Mount Penanjakan from Chemorolawang (Cemoro Lawang) village. You can walk to the volcano from the village. The road takes an hour and a half. But usually people take jeeps.
Often people combine a trip to bromo with a trip Ijen volcano and Madakaripura waterfall.
How To Get There by Public Transport?
By plane to the international airport of Surabaya. Then take a shuttle to a bus terminal Bungurasih / Purabaya. Then by bus go to the town of Probolinggo, to the local terminal 6 km from the city center. Then take a bus or a minibus to Chemoro Lawang village (a distance of about 50 km, the approximate travel time 1.5 hours).
How to Get There by Car?
Go from the international airport Surabaya to the Cemoro Lawang village (3-4 hours). In the city you can take a tour, rent a car or a car with a driver.
How To Get to Bromo Volcano from Bali?
Go to Gilimanuk ferry terminal on the west of Bali.
Take a ferry to Java (it takes about an hour).
Go from Ketapang ferry terminal on Java to Chemoro Lawang village (5-6 hours, about 230 km).
If you go by public transport, then go from Ketapang ferry terminal to Probolinggo and continue as described above.
Date of the trip: 21 of February, 2015
Place: Bromo volcano
Location: Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
Nearest town: Probolinggo
Coordinates: -7.941667,112.95
Time for visiting: 5-8 hours
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Thankyou so much for the amazing photos and straight forward advice. This is the most recent blog I have found so far – I am traveling through Java in September and so looking forward t it!! Thanks Again.
thank you so much for kind words. It’s a great pleasure to see comments like yours. Good luck with your trip!
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Dog rape woman. Brave woman opens up on how she was raped and forced to have sex with a dog : The Standard 2019-07-28
Dog rape woman Rating: 7,6/10 1339 reviews
Dog 'rape' victim describes horrific ordeal
Away from the light, his eyes and his coat blend like a mixture of caviar and coffee grounds. The actress was probably a prostitute, a drug addict or both. A 49-year-old woman we interviewed for our documentary thought she had taken precautions. Laity was handed an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and will be on the sex offenders' register for life. It was a cute little, furry, tan and white kind of pomeranian. His future mate, if he gets one, must be genetically compatible, and that requires a time-consuming search of pedigrees. I got a dog, so that I can run with him, and I also carry mace on me now when I run.
Horse and Woman and Dog
The fully extended organ was black, hard and hot to the touch. Do men go through these elaborate scenarios in the dead of the night, trying to map out an escape route? Typically, women were afraid of physical violence or they were afraid for their children's safety. We feel at risk because we are. Fear proscribes how and where we live, where we walk, where we park, where we sleep, eat and travel. The first woman engages in sadistic pursuits such as capturing young women at the beach to force them to engage in sexual activities, including copulation with a horse and a dog. Hooks was later charged with first-degree sexual assault, use of a dangerous weapon, false imprisonment and possession of a firearm by a felon in May.
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If you need an exception from a rule for a specific reason send a message to the mods to discuss. But most women I know have a plan. For him, this was natural behavior. Discrimination against other shibes will not be tolerated 3. An anthropologist friend of mine who comes from a perspective of looking at cultures past and present, agrees with her.
But now, years later, my thinking has changed. The beatings and rapes while Sam was pregnant - which included him punching her in the stomach - led to the baby being born with severe brain damage. Because of this, we have to find —which might sound fun and adventurous, but then our dog will stand right next to us and bark or try to ram through a door to get to us. What had she done to strike terror in men? I treated that dog as if it were my own. Nero is staring at me the way a teenage boy gapes at a woman on a topless beach. Nero stuck his nose into the rear of a mixed breed bitch whose oblivious owner was letting her roam free.
The Married Woman Whose Dog Ruined Her Sex Life
One afternoon he was lying on the bed, revealing himself in his favorite way, lying on his back with his penis and testicles exposed. For too many of us, the most intimate of crimes is a bitter reality. Her husband was leaving town and she didn't want to stay in the house alone. There is a world of solitary adventure I will never have. Red at the tip, shiny with wetness and life, it emerged from its sheath, like its cosmetic namesake. Debbie flatly refuses, claiming that the woods were once the home of a demented dog trainer who taught his dogs to rape women.
A Woman's Worst Nightmare
Because you never know what's going to happen. The television host was visibly affected and almost moved to tears by the inspiring woman's story of survival after she was subjected to a prolonged horrifying ordeal by her sadistic ex-boyfriend. I doubt I'll ever walk alone in certain places or stop locking doors and windows. Thin hairs grew there like freshly sprouted grass. On November 11, 2003, it was re-released under the title Horse and Dog and Lady. The sadistic woman is applying make-up to her face while looking into the mirror of a compact. Our files so soon started to bulge that I gave up adding anymore disheartening evidence.
Nero was watching me out of the corner of one eye. On the dash was a small tv screen. I expected to smell dog pee, but it, too, smelled clean. I know he needs my help, but he is becoming more demanding by the day. It killed the sexy vibe for a minute, but we were actually able to get it back. The dog trainer is long dead, but his dogs are still at large, ready to fuck any girl foolish enough to enter the woods. For the present, the only partner he can have is me.
Raped By the Dog Pack by Kiki Bangs
Kanako Kishi's sex scenes with animals created a good deal of controversy and resultant publicity. When reporting, please explain why you think it should be removed. He pushed me against the fireplace. We learn early that we must take extra precautions to protect ourselves. I turned back toward the living room and the dog, who was now a 13 year old chubby shirtless boy came over to me.
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THE FOUNDATION FOR MY REVERENCE AND BELIEF IN THE REAL PRESENCE OF CHRIST IN THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT IS PRE-VATICAN II NOT POST VATICAN II AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CATHECESIS, GOOD OR BAD!
Bishop Barren isn't wrong but he misses the mark in his commentary why so many Catholics, up to 80%, no longer believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament. Bishop Barron says, “It represents a massive failure on the part of Catholic educators and catechists, evangelists and teachers.”
It goes deeper then that Bishop Barren! Let me explain.
I have always been an observer of people's behavior since before I entered elementary school. This is especially true of what I observed in my Catholic parish, the Chapel at Fort McPherson, Georgia between 1957 and 1960.
I knew something important was taking place by the demeanor of the people. There was silence in the Church and a great deal of kneeling at Mass. When it came to Communion time, the choir came down from the loft first and processed toward the altar as the priest was receiving Holy Communion. When the priest turned as said "Ecce Agnus Dei" the choir immediately knelt on the hard floor of the aisle. Then everyone went to receive Holy Communion at the altar railing. I take that back, not everyone, but a small percentage of the congregation went to receive.
The demeanor of the communicants exuded reverence, belief and fear and wonder. When they returned to their pews they knelt down, some laying their head on the forearms which were on the pew in front of them. Other had their hands over their faces as though they were crying or were sad.
Even before I knew anything theological about the Mass or Holy Communion, I knew that there was something important that everyone believed at Mass.
Fast forward to the mid 1970's. What does a child who is not actually catechized observe at Mass?
Not a lot of quiet or sacred silence.
At Communion time, everyone ques up, and that means everyone, to receive Holy Communion from an array of Communion ministers dressed in a variety of tasteful and distasteful ways with secular clothing. No one kneels to receive. Children pop the Host into their mouths and keep moving. There is a lot of grabbing and a multiplicity of ways people actually receive.
In some places, the laity are instructed to remain standing at the pew when they return from receiving Holy Communion until everyone has received!
What does this say to a Catholic child just beginning his awareness of what Holy Communion is or to the atheist who might be visiting that day?
The pre-Vatican II emphasis on reverence sacred silence and the manner in which the Host is treated at Communion time and who can touch it with their hands is the solution to the malaise that is infecting the Catholic Church for the past 50 years.
Are bishops who should be united on this topic willing to go beyond Vatican II political correctness as it regards the wrong headedness of so many reforms. Will there be no Cardinal Ratzingers or Pope Benedict's to tell us the truth and the way back to Catholic sanity as it regards the Mass and how Holy communion is received?
Posted by Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Sunday, September 08, 2019
Off topic, but I think this will give you a chuckle:
http://wdtprs.com/blog/2019/09/francis-wears-leopard-skin-at-mass-apologies-from-libs-to-card-burke-to-follow/
In total agreement with what you are saying. Since we are similar in age, I have witnessed the same. I expect Clericalism on Steroids to disagree
David Burkovich said...
I am also in total agreement with you Fr. I thank God every day for my faith and that I have always believed in the "Real Presence" even the time in my life when I did not attend church and the faith was never on my mind. Thank you Blessed Mother for bringing me back. Although Vatican II played a part in what you stated, I feel that the secular culture was starting to take over more and more even before that and Catholics were especially targeted by the enemy, who is now, it appears, in total control. With Our Blessed Mother leading us, prayer and fasting by those still with belief will ultimately bring about conversion of many souls and Her heel will finally crush his head.
Victor said...
Last year Cardinal Sarah stated that Communion in the hand is part of a ‘diabolical attack’ on the Eucharist:
https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/02/23/cardinal-sarah-communion-in-the-hand-part-of-diabolical-attack-on-eucharist/
With the neo-modernists fully in charge of the Church now, his warning remains unheeded. Rather, these mocked him for being divisive, as if those who forced the practice on the faithful after the Council were not.
consolata said...
I too agree: I was taught that only the hands of the priest were consecrated (?) to touch the Holy Eucarist. Excuse my spelling and wrong words. I was inspired by my mothers example to receive on the tongue. I am 66, and was away from the church for a long time: imagine my surprise when I returned. May God bless you abundantly.
According to Progressive dogma, the people that attacked Cardinal Sarah are racist
I still say that Holy Communion by intinction is the way to go. It would solve a lot of abuses "Communion in the Hand" seems to engender, and would decrease the regiment of EMHC who are there more "to give the laity something" to do rather than real need.
Bee here:
It's reported that Father John Hardon, S.J. once proclaimed, "Behind Communion in the hand — I wish to repeat and make as plain as I can — is a weakening, a conscious, deliberate weakening of faith in the Real Presence . . ."
It's obvious there is no urgency on the part of the USCCB to discontinue the practice, even after the publication of the PEW survey. But shouldn't this be a huge concern for the bishops, and wouldn't bishops who truly held the Catholic faith change this?
I made my first Holy Communion in 1958 and was taught the following. Approach the altar rail with hands joined and eyes downcast. After receiving, do not cross yourself (this was disparaged as an Irish habit) but return at once to your place. Do not genuflect when arriving at the end of your pew, but kneel down in your place to make your thanksgiving, and only sit when the priest closes the tabernacle door. Try not to chew the Host.
Those, like choir members, who need to communicate first, should approach during the priest's Communion and be kneeling at the rail before the Ecce Agnus Dei. The remainder should approach after the Ecce Agnus Dei. The aim is not to be caught out standing in the aisle. Do not approach in any particular order.
In the Novus Ordo this would not arise since the Ecce is before the priest's Communion. In larger churches, and especially nowadays where everyone troops up (if not for Communion, then at least for a blessing) it is a good and pious practice to make one's thanksgiving at a side altar and perhaps light a candle.
Of course, in the OF the faithful have the option of receiving standing and in the hand, if the bishops permit it. However, if there is a rail, most people will kneel, since standing is awkward, and most will receive on the tongue. And if they do receive in the hand, they will consume the Host before getting up, and the danger of profanation is much reduced.
John, in our diocese till this day, and more than likely because of Irish priests and nuns we had for so many years, we were and still do encourage communicants to "cross" themselves after receiving.
As well I remember quite well many people, not just the choir, approaching the altar railing to kneel as the priest made his Communion, before the Ecce Agnus Dei. It does seem to me to be an abuse rightly reformed if the priest's Communion which concludes the Sacrifice is sidelined by people approaching the railing in order to receive first and some departing Mass after doing so and more than likely the same ones who came just in time for the Gospel.
It is not an abuse but a minimum requirement (Lateran Council IV, 1215) that in order to fulfil their obligation the laity must be present for the Offertory, the Consecration and the priest's Communion.
Obviously, it is better that they be present for more of the liturgy, but it is a Novus Ordo conceit that they have to be there and 'actively participating' throughout. I once attended a lecture at Merton College Oxford by the liturgist Laurence Hemming where he reminded his audience (mostly priests) that the person who arrived late, knelt at the back and left early, was connecting with the liturgy no less than those who appeared more actively involved.
John Nolan at September 9, 2019 at 9:48 AM said,
"... the person who arrived late, knelt at the back and left early, was connecting with the liturgy no less than those who appeared more actively involved."
I once heard a priest remind the congregation that the one who left the Last Supper early was Judas. I don't know if he also arrived late. :-)
I suppose Hemming would think that the person who arrived late for a meal and ate only the dessert was "connecting with the dinner party no less" than those who came on time, enjoyed preprandials with the host and other guests, and stayed for coffee and conversation afterwards.
While arrival by the Offertory and departure after the priest's Communion may constitute the fulfillment of one's obligation, it hardly constitutes a full, active, and conscious participation in the Mass such as is enjoyed by those who arrive on time and remain till the end.
'I suppose Hemming would think that ...'
Only if he shared Anonymous's penchant for inapt analogies. The Mass is not a suburban dinner party whose purpose is to enable people to react with one another.
Having said this, it does occur to me that Anonymous's theology of the Mass may make the analogy less inapt in his eyes.
"The Mass is not a suburban dinner party whose purpose is to enable people to react with one another."
Alas, I suspect some "Liturgy Committees" view the Mass that way!
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Spartan Considerations
Cabal of Opposers
The present author had the opportunity to review recent campaign finance reports. While not all of the listed contributors are anti-education equity (at least publicly), some interesting findings/relationships came to light.
District 1:
Notable contributions to Christina Delmont-Small
Mark Newgent, Hogan aide & former Red Maryland contributor $100
Chris Oxenham, Republican political operative $40
Dr. Yun Lu, Board of Education candidate (District 5) $40
Lisa Kim (the same Lisa Kim who criticized the voters in the 4th County Council District for not electing her to public office in 2018?) $40
Cindy Vaillancourt, former BoE member, seeking election in District 5 $40
Steven Keller, Admin, Howard County Neighbors United $40
Notable contributions to Larry Pretlow
Matt Levine, Board of Education candidate $50
Dr. Yun Lu $25
Notable contributions to Matt Levine
Larry Pretlow, frequent candidate $50
Notable contributions to Sezin Palmer
Steven Keller $50
Larry Pretlow $50
Notable contributions to Dr. Saif Rehman
Raj Kathuria (2018 County Council candidate, District 1) $251
With a few days remaining until the candidate filing deadline, it remains to be seen who else might decide to run for a Board of Education seat in 2020. That said, it looks like an anti-education equity slate, funded in part by conservative donors, is taking shape.
Now is the time for serious people, dedicated to serving the public and committed to progressive values, to reflect upon the importance of a Board of Education that shares their vision for Howard County.
“To whom much is given, much will be required.”
In solidarity.
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Breaking HoCo BoE Candidate News - Mosley Is In
Jolene Mosley has filed for the Howard County Board of Education (Council District 3).
My sources tell me her campaign will center on a pro-student, pro-equity platform.
In her own words, Ms. Mosley informed the present author that she is "running for BOE to support a healthy Howard County Public School System where children, teachers, and staff have the resources and support they need to reach their goals."
Sounds like she has the right priorities.
As I used to say, "stay tuned, as more will follow."
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Howard County Neighbors United: Hypocrisy Alert
First, if you would like to hear a lively and engaging discussion on multiple topics of interest, please check out the latest installment of Forward Maryland...ideal for post-game or Sunday listening!
Turning to the topic referenced by the title...
An Admin for this Facebook group has been busy posting reminders such as "be respectful and courteous," "no personal attacks, hate speech, or bullying," "no generalizations," and "no partisan political commentary,"
Meanwhile, a cursory glance at such group threads as the link to the Dailycaller (!) story, "Maryland Legislator Wants to Steer Low-Income Housing to Affluent Suburban Neighborhoods" or the News Break piece, "Howard County Executive Calvin Ball Agrees to Let Refugees Be Resettled in County" will reveal numerous...shall we say...posting policy transgressions.
Occasionally, one will come across a comment that seeks to rebut some of the more reprehensible posts, but the coded (and sometimes uncoded) language is easy to spot.
One wonders...do the members of this group realize that some of their fellow commentators sound as though they belong to a latter-day Citizens Council? Where is the resolve to stand up against such sentiments? Perhaps instead of choosing civility, more people should choose courage.
HoCo Board of Education: Candidate Considerations
As we approach the filing deadline, file this post under information that should be obvious but nonetheless must be explained (to some).
- Local boards of education are inherently political offices. Decisions made by boards of education can, and have, sparked debates and led to court cases involving rulings on the rights and liberties of Americans. See: Brown v. Board of Education,Tinker v. Des Moines, Abington School District v. Schempp, etc...etc...etc...
- Some who serve on boards of education go on to seek other elective offices and oft times, they affiliate with a political party. Focusing on Howard County for a moment, this includes such local figures as now-Delegate Courtney Watson and former Howard County Council Chairwoman Mary Kay Sigaty.
- Knowing that their decisions might touch upon constitutional issues and further recognizing that some use BoE experience as a credential when running for another public office, voters have a right to know the worldview of Board of Education candidates, and that includes their party affiliation.
- Understanding that there are Democrats and Republicans of varying stripes (although this is less the case than it was 50 years ago), BoE candidates should be transparent about their partisan leanings. If they decline to state their political affiliation (whether D, R, Green, Libertarian, Unaffiliated, or Other), voters have an absolute right to factor this chosen silence into their BoE candidate vote decision-making process.
- The individual members of the electorate must decide for themselves which candidate selection criteria is important to them. Given the connection between ideology, values, policy stances, and the choice to align with a particular political party, a decision of a BoE candidate to not reveal their partisan affiliation represents a willful opacity.
These are some points that 2020 BoE candidates should bear in mind when questionnaires come their way, as they will.
Jill Carter for Congress
For years, my (former?) best friend, with whom I haven't spoken since Trump's inauguration (no coincidence), used to do a bit called True Facts. The premise was that we were guests on a political talk show and would make claims that were blatantly false and preposterous, but with absolutely certainty. For example:
"Of course Luxembourg poses a serious threat to American national security, what with their death ray satellites orbiting Phobos. These are true facts!"
No longer a sketch comedy concept, similar utterances from 1600 Pennsylvania are now commonplace.
Turning from "True Facts" to Serious Opinions, in these most serious of times, I am a firm believer in the idea that districts that can elect strong progressives, should elect strong progressives. Maryland's Seventh Congressional District, where I live, is one such constituency.
With that framework firmly in place, I believe State Senator Jill Carter would be the ideal Democratic nominee. An independent voice known as the People's Champion, Senator Carter is right on all of the major issues of the day, issues that have a profound impact on the day-to-day lives of Americans. From her commitment to Medicare for All, to her belief in restoring the principle of free public higher education, to her support for a pro-job and pro-environment Green New Deal, Senator Carter's campaign represents the best opportunity for the voters of the 7th to send a staunch progressive to Washington.
Furthermore, out of the many seeking the office, the Carter campaign has been one of the most active. Looking at some specific metrics, they have already knocked on almost 4,000 doors, with a concrete plan to contact, by phone or at the door, at least 50,000 voters by the Special Primary date, February 4, 2020. The Jill P. Carter for Congress Facebook group has over 2,800 followers, including individuals from across the District. The State Senator Jill P. Carter Twitter page has over 7,700 followers. And they plan on engaging 500,000 voters via social media by the special primary. The campaign is running social media ads and is exceeding their fundraising targets.
In short, if you are looking for an experienced (but not "Establishment") progressive who will fight for the working families of the 7th, Senator Carter, in my humble(-ish) opinion, is the best choice.
And that's a Real Fact!
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King of Misnomers
I was un-banned recently (and most likely temporarily) from the Howard County Redistricting Opposition Group. As a result, I was able to view some posts about the “HoCo Families for Educational Improvement (FEI),” the group which inspired the title of this article.
There was a fundraising link for the FEI which noted that they only accept donations from Maryland residents. Why not Howard County residents only? Why are they apparently willing to receive cash infusions from folks residing in, for example, Garrett County? Won’t outside dollars lead to outside influence? It is “HoCo Families,” is it not?
Beyond that, I see more of a commitment by this group to partisan name-calling and invective-laden personal denunciations of those combatting segregation than I do anything resembling “educational improvement.” It takes but a quick glance at the comments to see the vitriol of the Opposers in full effect.
Fig leaves wilt and crumble, every candidate seeking election to the Howard County Board of Education needs to recognize this fundamental point. The watchers will themselves be watched. And their words and actions subject to the highest levels of scrutiny.
It is called accountability, ladies and gentlemen, and the deceivers shall be called out by name.
Happy New Year Dear Readers!
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Wait...there is a Pulse!
Projected Order of Finish: Maryland’s 7th Congressional District – Special Primary Election
(As of 11/26/2019)
The top half:
1. Senator Jill Carter. 22%. Clear Left choice in a crowded field. Existing electoral base.
2. Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings. 19%. Party connections & strong policy background.
3. Former U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume. 15%. Establishment. It’s not 1996 anymore.
4. Delegate Dr. Terri Hill. 12%. Good progressive credentials & only top-flight HoCo candidate. How much vote can her campaign pull out of Baltimore County and the City?
5. Delegate Talmadge Branch. 8%. Majority Whip in Annapolis but an unclear path to D.C.
6. Delegate Dr. Jay Jalisi. 6%. A well-deserved humiliation for a walking embarrassment.
7. Harry Spikes. 5%. Cummings connections but faces the daunting challenge of shifting from aide to Member of Congress.
8. Saafir Rabb. 2%. Interesting business/community background.
9. Dr. Mark Gosnell. 1.5%. Been in the race for a while. Where is his constituency?
10. Dr. Leslie Grant. 1%. Good health care credentials.
11. F. Michael Higginbotham. 1%. Solid legal/academic background.
12. Anthony Carter Sr. 1%. Arguably, the strongest of the three candidates running this time who primaried Congressman Cummings in 2018.
Topline thoughts:
The top four candidates have a legitimate chance of winning the February primary. In a likely low-turnaround election, one that is driven by the base D vote, it is difficult to see Senator Carter finishing worse than a strong second place… with an upside that could see her finish with a victory with 30%-33% of the vote. Overall, her odds of winning: 3-2.
On paper, a candidate such as Dr. Rockeymoore Cummings could absolutely crush it with 40%-45% of the vote but with so many credible establishment candidates in the field, her odds of winning are substantially reduced, 3-1.
Former Congressman Mfume stands to benefit the most if the non-Carter front-runners collapse and Branch & Jalisi (as expected) under-perform. That said, he is running in a district quite different from the one he represented before he resigned his office in 1996. Odds of Mfume winning the primary: 5-1
Meanwhile Dr. Hill needs to win Howard County by a resounding margin, be highly competitive in Baltimore County, and pull a respectable double-digit figure in the City to obtain, by a narrow margin, the nomination. Not impossible, but challenging. Dr. Hill’s odds of winning: 6-1.
And the other 12:
13. Charles Stokes. < 1%. The second of the three 2018 D primary challengers to Rep. Cummings. Finished only 20 votes behind Carter Sr.
14. Paul Konka. <1%. Finished second (albeit a distant second) in the Baltimore County Board of Education (District 3) race. Lost in the general by a wide margin.
15. T. Dan Baker. < 1%. Public health background but a virtual unknown.
16. Darryl Gonzales. <1%. Educator.
17. Nathaniel Costley, Sr. <.5%. Ran in the 10th House District Democratic primary (same seat as Jalisi) in 2018. Finished 5th of 6 candidates.
18. Adrian Petrus. < .5%. Frequent candidate.
19. Jay Fred Cohen. <.5%. Why?
20. Jermyn “Mike” Davidson. <.5%. Does.
21. Matko Lee Chullin III. <.5%. It.
22. Alicia Brown. <.5%. Really.
23. Dan Hiegel. <.5%. Matter.
24. Charles Smith. <.5%. Third of the aforementioned three ’18 D primary challengers.
Note: Top 4 candidates garner 68% of the vote. Top 7 candidates account for 87% of the vote.
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Playing up the playboy bachelor image EDITORIAL 01/30/2011
Playing up the playboy bachelor image
It’s all media to blame. The so-called straight path of Noynoy is taking extreme twists and turns pointing to an administration that is very similar to the corrupt regime of Gloria Arroyo. And like Gloria, Noynoy is blaming no one else for all the adverse issues cropping up against him but who else, if not the usual Palace foe, the critical media.
Recall that sometime back, there went Gloria, lecturing to media just how they should treat a story.
Recall too, that Noynoy very recently — after the bus bomb blast in Edsa-Makati — lectured media, saying that criminal incidents have gone down under his regime, but the media have been portraying the country as though it was wracked with criminality and terrorism.
And not to forget. He even told media that they should not highlight such breakdown of peace and order, as this would scare away the investors he wants to woo..... MORE
Military probing itself? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/30/2011
Military probing itself?
With the big scandal of a P500-million slush fund and arrival and departure cash gifts in the tens of millions for a military chief of staff, there went the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) leadership, saying that a probe into this practice of payola will be investigated, claiming that under the new President and Commander in Chief, this is not happening today.
Not happening, my eye! This practice has been ongoing for decades, with everyone taking a bite out of the “slush fund” which is getting bigger and bigger yearly, just as the military budget gets bigger and bigger every year.
The AFP under the Noynoy Aquino regime is certainly not going to come clean with the public and admitting that the payola practice and “tradition” continues to this day.
But the military leadership claims the finance section of the AFP has been broken up and reorganized and that it will still conduct a probe, because as claimed, the military is now a “transparent” and “honest” AFP.
That’s a laugh and if anybody believes that line, he must still believe in fairly tales..... MORE
EU’s Baltic states oppose Belarus embargo focus 01/30/2011
EU’s Baltic states oppose Belarus embargo
RIGA — Moves to ban senior Belarussian officials from the EU over a crackdown on the opposition have the backing of the bloc’s ex-Soviet Baltic states, but they oppose calls for economic sanctions.
The 27-nation European Union is set Monday to slap a visa ban on high-ranking Belarussian officials held responsible for mass arrests after the ex-Soviet republic’s Dec. 19 presidential election.
“We support imposing visa restrictions for those responsible for violating the democratic process,” Latvian Foreign Minister Girts Valdis Kristovskis told AFP.
“At the same time, we must think how to promote democracy in Belarus,” he said. “We don’t support economic sanctions because they affect many ordinary people, and haven’t worked before.”
Western observers faulted the poll, which gave victory to strongman Alexander Lukashenko who has ruled Belarus since 1994..... MORE
Flawed SC ruling on Vizconde case BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 01/30/2011
Flawed SC ruling on Vizconde case
Louie Logarta
For practical considerations, Manila City Hall officials are elated that the multi-billion North Harbor modernization project to be undertaken jointly by San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and the Harbour Centre group is finally going to get off the ground.
Mayor Alfredo Lim said he cannot but feel glad for thousands upon thousands of residents who stand to benefit most from the estimated P20 billion which the proponents are going to be investing to make the port project a going concern in terms of employment benefits; not to mention the various downstream businesses that are expected to sprout about in the Tondo area, long considered one of the most depressed in the country, where the North Harbor is located.
More importantly, he said the city expects to generate easily in the vicinity of P1 billion in the form of real estate as well as income taxes from a redeveloped North Harbor which the SMC-Harbour intends to transform into a world-class industrial hub in the mold of similar models in Kaohshiung, Taiwan and Laemchabang, Thailand complete with state-of-the-art pier facilities, cargo warehouses, gantry cranes and other capital equipment, passenger terminals all of which are designed to promote the country’s economy..... MORE
‘General Appropriations Act’ TABLETS OF STONE Larry Faraon, OP 01/30/2011
‘General Appropriations Act’
...Or the act of appro-priating public funds to the generals!
Of course, we can provide answers to explain why such corruption of the highly placed among the generals epitomized by the retired generals now scorching their assess at the Senate hot seats. Indeed, since the time of the late Ferdinand Marcos who bankrolled the military, especially the helm masters, for his martial law mechanics, dynamics and logistics, a culture of “awakening the sleeping giants” has crept into the sacred grounds of camps where the military has become fully aware of the maximum use of their position, precision and power in perpetuating civilian power but not without favors, either during their incumbency or after, from their handlers or manipulators.
Any sitting president for that matter has to woo and coo the defense establishment to secure his position at least for the duration of his term or at least ensure that no military adventurism such as a “coup d’etat” or a military putsch would push through in case of a general dissatisfaction among the people. The Cory government knew too well the role of the military in the political governance and leaned on Gen. Fidel Ramos to offset the lingering ambitions of Col. Gringo Honasan and company by appointing him as Chief of Staff and later endorsing him as the next president of the Republic. Being a military man himself, Ramos kept at bay any adventurism. However, failing to “Cha-cha” his way into a term extension, he connived imperatively in ousting illegally a duty elected sitting president in 2001..... MORE
Clarification LETTER 01/30/2011
This concerns the newspaper column Crossroads of Jonathan de la Cruz entitled “Questionable Appointments” published in the Daily Tribune on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011.
In his article, Mr. De la Cruz centered on the appointments made by H.E. President Benigno Aquino of key government personnel with supposed “questionable records.” He then proceeded to make,both false and malicious innuendos linking me to certain irregular and immoral activities. I do not wish to gratify the baseless accusations against me but nevertheless, to set the record straight and for the sake of transparency, please allow me this reply.
Firstly, I am not aware of being particularly “charged,” either civilly, criminally or administratively of any offense relating to being an “overstaying and autocratic” Chairman of the Board of Mechanical- Engineering, for “illegal collection of fees,” for “irregular and arbitrary implementation of laws,” for “favoritism,” for “whispers of sexual indiscretion,” and for “conflict of interest.” Please note that Mr. De La Cruz, to his credit, qualified the statement by pointing out that that I was merely “reportedly charged” of the above enumerated offenses..... MORE
‘Boys and Toys’ VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 01/30/2011
‘Boys and Toys’
By way of a foreword, let it be expressly said from the very start that the matter herein thought of, the concern hereby taken up, is general in content and common in intent.
While it may readily arouse certain assumptions and easily lead to some conclusions, the subject matter of “Boys and Toys” has reference to but on the ground reality without the need of psychological profundities nor expert interventions. In substances, it merely says that toys are for boys in the same way that boys need and want toys. It is that plain. It is that simple.
Hence: it is great to be a boy. It is challenging to be a young man. It is defining to be an adult. What is disastrous is being an adult yet thinking like a boy. Thus it is that toys are meant for boys, not for adults. This is why it is not merely unbecoming but also demeaning when adults behave like boys and thereby get toys. This has special relevance the moment “boy-adults” hold tenure of influential officers, have authority and power — in a family, in a community, in a country. Their victims are always the same, viz., their subordinates, their followers, their dependents..... MORE
Reyes, Cimatu, Villanueva up for grilling over ‘pabaon’ By Gina Peralta-Elorde 01/30/2011
GLORIA ALSO SOUGHT TO BE INCLUDED IN PROBE
Reyes, Cimatu, Villanueva up for grilling over ‘pabaon’
At least three former chiefs of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) — Angelo Reyes, Roy Cimatu and Diomedio Villanueva — are being lined up for “grilling” at the Department of National Defense (DND) in its scheduled inquiries following the revelations of a former finance military officer on the alleged “pabaon” or send-off gift of as much as P50 million in lump sum to a retiring head of the AFP.
AFP spokesman Brig. Gen. Jose Mabanta Jr. said the practice stopped with the abolition of the office of the AFP deputy chief of staff for comptrollership (J6) in 2004. It was abolished following the controversy involving former military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia who was charged with plunder before the anti-graft court after he was accused of amassing more than P300 million in ill-gotten wealth from his post as military comptroller.
Last Thursday before a Senate hearing, retired Col. George Rabusa, a former military budget officer, pointed to Reyes as having received P50 million as a send-off gift when he retired as AFP chief of staff.
Mabanta appealed to the public to give former AFP leaderships the benefit of the doubt before making sweeping accusations against them.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin created last Friday a special DND committee to investigate allegations of corrupt practices within the AFP..... MORE
Aquino’s critics grow; protest rallies set 01/30/2011
Aquino’s critics grow; protest rallies set
The rank of the disillusioned with President Aquino keeps growing and now includes supporters of his mother, former President Corazon Aquino, who indicated plans to start holding protest actions mainly as a result of the rising cases of criminality in the country.
The group, some associated with the Council for Philippine Affairs (Copa) led by Pastor “Boy” Saycon, openly expressed to the Palace its intention to organize an anti-Aquino administration movement and added their voice to those warning that Aquino won’t be able to finish his six-year term should he fail to address all the security issues facing his administration.
The Palace said the group is free to express its anti-Aquino views.
“We are always open to them. If they have any concerns, they could have easily approached us. But, again, this is a free country. They have the right to express whatever grievances they have. But we can very well assure them that we are doing everything that we could. In fact, if they are less myopic, they will see that there is development going on,” said presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda at a post-briefing interview when asked of Malacañang’s thoughts about this latest set of Aquino’s detractors..... MORE
Use gov’t car, avoid flak, solon tells Noy By Charlie V. Manalo 01/30/2011
Use gov’t car, avoid flak, solon tells Noy
Consider using an official car, this was the advice given by a legislator to President Aquino after the string of controversies he had faced in being seen periodically riding a luxury vehicle.
To get rid of the intrigues involving his use of luxury cars, Deputy Speaker Cavite Rep. Juan Crispin Remulla said President Aquino should content himself with an official car for his use.
“The Office of the President has the funds to procure an official car for the President. It is a privilege and right enjoyed by the sitting President, to have an official vehicle for his own use that can also guarantee his safety,” Remulla told the Tribune in a telephone interview.
Remulla said by getting his own official car, Aquino can do away with the intrigues peddled by his critics he (Aquino) is insensitive to the plight of the people due to the country’s worsening economic, political and peace and order problems as he has indulged himself in luxury sports car..... MORE
Senate probe of POEA’s ‘role’ in human trafficking slated 01/30/2011
Senate probe of POEA’s ‘role’ in human trafficking slated
The alleged anomalies and collusion of some officials and employees of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) with syndicates engaged in human trafficking, in the guise of recruitment of migrant Filipino workers, are set to be unveiled in the Senate anytime soon following a move to conduct an investigation by the blue ribbon committee.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV initiated the filing of Resolution 329 in the light of complaints lodged with the Department of Justice pointing to the alleged connivance between POEA officials and three recruitment agencies that led to the exploitation of around 100 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
It was found out that the licenses of these recruiters had expired and yet were not sanctioned by the POEA, the senator noted.
“Concerns have been raised by various stakeholders regarding allegations that certain officials and employees of the POEA are themselves involved in human trafficking and violations of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act,” Trillanes said..... MORE
DND backs mandatory SIM registration 01/30/2011
DND backs mandatory SIM registration
The Department of National Defense (DND) is supporting calls for mandatory registration of pre-paid SIM (subscriber identification module) cards as part of the government’s long-term anti-criminality efforts following a series of high-profile crime incidents in Metro Manila within this month.
DND spokesman Eduardo Batac voiced the department’s support to the proposal made by Sen. Vicente Sotto III following increase in prank calls about bomb threats, particularly in Makati City.
“All SIM cards should be registered so that at least when there are these prank calls we would know (where they are comingfrom), or even when undertaking criminal acts like for example kidnapping,” Batac said..... MORE
The economics of Comval ‘plantas’ where gold is sold 01/30/2011
The economics of Comval ‘plantas’ where gold is sold
NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley — Located near Purok Reserba, Barangay Mainit, Nabunturan and delineated by the Manat River, the mineral processing zone seems to have its covert and lively presence having some 30 plantas of varying production tonnages.
Plantas are actually the carbon-in-pulp cynidation plants, locally fabricated plants that were endogenously cocooned out and made effective during the over two decades of small scale mining development in Compostela Valley Province.
Found mostly in Barangay Mainit mineral processing zone are 15-ton and 20-ton plantas. There are only few 25-ton, 30-ton and 40-ton plantas.
Each planta has its set of crushers or ballmills which would mill and pulverize into sands the half bags of raw gold ores, the locals called as “puyong”, from tunnels somewhere, before the sands are poured down to the plantas for carbon-in-pulp cyanidation processing..... MORE
Cities of Cebu, Mandaue placed under state of calamity By Gina Peralta- Elorde 01/30/2011
DUE TO RAINS
Cities of Cebu, Mandaue placed under state of calamity
By Gina Peralta- Elorde 01/30/2011
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday confirmed that cities of Cebu and Mandaue were placed under a state of calamity following heavy rains triggering flash floods for some days now.
The cities councils reportedly approved separate resolutions to declare a state of calamity by allowing the two cities to get calamity funds.
Last Tuesday, Cebu and Mandaue experienced flash floods due to heavy rains.
Meanwhile, the NDRRMC also said yesterday that a resident of Surigao del Norte was reported missing while at least 225 families were evacuated to safer grounds due to floods in that area.
The missing person was Amado Basadre, 40, of Honrado village in San Francisco town. He was about to cross a river but was swept away due to the strong current..... MORE
Soldiers Offer Inconsistent Testimonies During CHR Hearing on Botanist’s Killing
During the first public hearings into the deaths of Leonard Co and company conducted by the Commission on Human Rights, soldiers admitted that fired their weapons at the direction of the three victims but at the same time denied having killed them.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA — The Philippine military was hard pressed this week to explain the inconsistencies in the testimony and statements of soldiers regarding the supposed encounter with communist guerrillas on Nov. 15 in Kananga, Leyte, where noted botanist Leonard Co and two other companies were killed.
Agham’s Dr. Giovanni Tapang, together with Renato Reyes Jr. of Bayan, witnessed the inconsistencies in the testimony of soldiers regarding the supposed encounter with the NPA and the circumstances behind the killing of the Kananga 3. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society, Inc. / bulatlat.com)
During the first public hearings into the deaths of Co and company conducted by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Tacloban on Jan. 26 and 27, soldiers admitted that they fired their weapons at the direction of the three victims but at the same time denied having killed them.
Co, a renowned botanist and his companions, Julius Borromeo and Sofronio Cortez, were shot dead while conducting research inside the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) complex in Kananga, Leyte, on Nov. 15, 2010.
Based on information made public by Renato Reyes, secretary-general of Bayan, and Giovanni Tapang of Agham, who were at the public hearings held at the Leyte Park Hotel in Tacloban City, 11 soldiers belonging to the 19th Infantry Battalion came to testify. Lt. Col. Federico Tutaan said they only knew of the presence of the civilians at the EDC complex at around 10:30 a.m., 30 minutes before the three victims were killed.
All the soldiers were consistent in saying that they saw “three men in black who seemed to be observing something.” 1st Lt. Ronald Odchimar, the platoon leader, said he saw three to 10 armed men in the area..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/01/28/soldiers-offer-inconsistent-testimonies-during-chr-hearing-on-botanist%E2%80%99s-killing/
Deadly Eton Accident Opens Can of Worms About Abuse of Construction Workers
The 10 who fell to their death at Lucio Tan’s construction site were contractual workers. Subcontracting and labor-only contracting are a common practice in the construction industry, where workers are thoroughly exploited.
By MAUREEN A. HERMITANIO
Related Story: Work Safety Group Urges Probe of Lucio Tan Firm for Death of 10 Workers
MANILA – The death yesterday of the 10 construction workers at the construction site of Eton Residences in Makati City could be regarded by some as a “freak accident” but is actually the result of the gross neglect of labor standards and workers’ rights, both by the employers and the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole).
An artist rendering of the Eton Residences in Makati, where the fatal accident took place.
The victims — Joel Abezilla, Celso Mabuting, Michael Tatlonghari, Kevin Mabunga, Borz Cristobal, Tisoy Perez, Vicente Piñion, William Bañez, Jaykie Legarda and Diocado Jeffrey — were all project-based employees of Arlo Aluminum and Glass Inc., the subcontractor of Eton Properties, the real estate arm of the Lucio Tan Group of Companies. The only surviving victim, Rowel Perez, is still fighting for his life at the Ospital ng Makati.
The workers were installing glass windows on the 32nd floor when the gondola or construction elevator they were on gave way and sent them crashing to the seventh floor. Each of them was paid P260 a day to work at the dangerous construction site.
Underpaid, No Benefits
The work-related accident opened a can of worms about the operations of Eton Properties, one of the biggest real-estate developers in the country. It also reminded the public as well as authorities about the institutionalized violation of workers’ rights, labor standards and occupational health and safety regulations in the construction industry, considered by the International Labor Organization (ILO) as one of the most hazardous workplaces.
The P260 daily wage received by the construction workers at Eton is way below the government mandated P402 daily minimum wage in the National Capital Region. This doesn’t come as a surprise since construction workers at Eton are hired through a subcontractor, CE Construction Corp..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/01/28/deadly-eton-accident-highlights-neglect-of-labor-standards-and-workers-rights-in-philippines/
Philippine Agencies, State Schools That Promote GMOs Are Violating the Law — Casiño
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño said agriculture agencies and government-ran agricultural schools are mandated by the law to promote organic farming. So why are they promoting genetically modified crops like Bt eggplant?
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
MANILA – Government agencies and institutions that are supposed to promote organic agriculture in the Philippines are violating the law because these, too, are proponents of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño said this week.
Casiño said Congress should investigate the involvement of these agencies and institutions in promoting GMOs, which critics deem harmful to humans and the environment.
“Congress, through its Committee on Agriculture and Food, has to look into the cases of testing and releasing genetically modified organism (GMO) crops into the Philippine environment,” Casiño said.
He expressed incredulity that the proponents of Bt eggplant in the Philippines, particularly the Department of Agriculture, the Bureau of Plant Industry and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and other state colleges and universities, are the same entities tasked to spearhead organic agriculture in the Philippines.
Bt eggplants. (Photo from whybiotech.com)
“Field tests on Bt eggplant runs counter to organic agriculture law and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, a protocol to which we are a signatory,” Casiño said. “By allowing the field tests and even by merely planning to sell Bt eggplant in the market, these agencies are breaking the law and, much worse, they are putting public health at risk.”
Among the schools that participated in recent field tests of Bt eggplant is the University of the Philippines- Mindanao, which was forced to uproot and destroy the crops after the local government issued a cease and desist order in December..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/01/27/philippine-agencies-agri-schools-that-promote-gmos-are-violating-the-law-casino/
Mendiola Massacre Survivors Recall the Horror (Video)
24 Years Since Mendiola Massacre, Victims Still Clamor for Justice from Bulatlat on Vimeo.
Survivors of the Mendiola Massacre talk about that day, when bullets fell from the sky like rain, as one of them put it. Along with farmers and peasants, they remain indignant at the injustice that continues 24 years later. (Interview by Ina Alleco R. Silvero, video by Jo A. Santos, edited by Ayi S. Muallam).... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/01/26/mendiola-massacre-survivors-recall-the-horror-video/
Join the AFP, be a multi-millionaire EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 01/29/2011
Join the AFP, be a multi-millionaire
Now it really is out: Military chiefs not only get millions as “welcome” gifts then millions more in send-off gifts, but also close to P500 million, or half a billion yearly — at their disposal and all taken from taxpayers’ money which has never been intended to be pocketed by the military brass.
It was divulged during the Senate hearing yesterday that Angie Reyes, while he was chief of staff, got a welcome gift of P10 million, along with a P50 million pabaon, plus of course the P500 million yearly, plus definitely a lot more. And it is not just the military honcho who makes millions. Down the line of military officers, millions more are pocketed.
Recall that Reyes’ wife and the wife of his then comptroller, Jacinto Ligot, always took trips abroad together, no doubt to stash the cash — which has already been converted to dollars.
Think of all those bloated military contracts in the billions. There is always more money to be made..... MORE
Same treatment please FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/29/2011
Same treatment please
There should be enough prima facie evidence of plunder against Angie Reyes and all the other chiefs of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), before and after him. But will the Ombudsman, once the Senate, or some such other government office, say even Malacañang, through its Department of Justice (DoJ), file the right complaint against them?
It should be easy enough for Noynoy and his allies in the Senate, along with his DoJ to file plunder charges against Angie and all the others who came before and after him — who served under the Gloria Arroyo regime, as individuals who are identified with Gloria are automatically seen as the Aquino regime’s political foes.
Yet even the Noynoy appointees in the top military hierarchy and his new allied appointees installed in his executive department should also be investigated for the same reason, because that which is alleged to have been done during their time, whether in the military or the police, or even in other executive departments, are said to still being done today. After all, such plunderous practices are, as retired military officer George Rabusa said, part of “tradition.”
It is also easy for a new administration, along with its political allies, to quickly charge those who are seen as their political foes, but they hardly ever — if at all — move to probe one of their own, despite their awareness of that which is happening inside government offices..... MORE
Egypt protests pose US dilemma focus 01/29/2011
Egypt protests pose US dilemma
WASHINGTON — Egypt’s political unrest leaves Washington torn between freedom-seeking protesters and a government that has been a vital ally — a dilemma with deep implications for its troubled Middle East policy.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been a fulcrum of US regional strategy for decades, a guarantor of his nation’s peace with US ally Israel and a central player in successive and frustrated American peace initiatives.
But with his 30-year rule seemingly under threat, amid talk of a possible “Arab spring” of revolt against authoritarian rulers, US policymakers must pick their way through a political minefield.
“They are in a difficult position because there is all sorts of momentum in Egypt — and in Washington people think that the dominoes just are going to fall,” said Gregory Gause of the University of Vermont..... MORE
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Steps to a Healthier Rockland
"Ride the bus to parks and farmers markets" brochure
Go Green with TOR!
Rockland County government is working every day to practice green living. Click the links below to learn about using TOR buses and other "green" methods of transportation such as carpooling and biking.
Go GREEN on our green & white TOR buses whenever the kids are heading out to the mall or if you are going to work or play. Produce fewer carbon emissions and spend less money while enjoying a comfortable ride that costs less than half a gallon of gas.
Ride the bus to parks and farmers markets. Our brochure has information on Rockland County parks and farmers markets accessible by bus; bus routes served; hours; locations; healthy tips, and more.
Learn about carpools and vanpools, ride-sharing programs where two or more people in a car, or 7-15 people in a van, travel to and from work together..
Go to www.rocklandbike.org and get into biking. Use natural energy instead of carbon.
Bike-on-Bus Program
The Rockland County Department of Public Transportation is proud to join the growing number of transit systems across the country that have implemented bike-on-bus programs to help increase regional mobility while reducing air pollution.
Transport of Rockland (TOR) local service within Rockland County:
Rockland County includes factory-installed, front-mounted bicycle racks on all new TOR bus purchases. Although the entire fleet is not yet equipped with racks, you are welcome to use bike racks on buses already equipped.
These new bicycle racks are easy to use as you can see in an online video guide (courtesy of CATA – State College, PA) at www.catabus.com/HowToVideos/BikeRacks/index.html.
Printed directions for using the TOR bike rack are available at http://www.sportworks.com/products/transit_racks/.
Directions in Spanish for using the TOR bike racks are available at http://www.cttransit.com/pdfs/NewRider/bikes_on_board.pdf(courtesy of the Connecticut Department of Transportation).
Rockland County Bike-on-Bus Rules for TOR:
No special permit or extra charge is required for this service.
The program operates on a "first-come, first served" basis.
Be ready to load your bike by removing all detachable accessories from your bike before the bus arrives.
Not all buses are equipped with bike racks.
Bikes are not allowed to be brought onboard into the passenger compartment (except for folding bicycles).
Bicycles are transported at the owner's risk. Neither Rockland County nor its bus operator are responsible for damage, theft, or loss of bicycles.
Remember to take your bicycle with you when you get off the bus!
View schedules, routes and fares or call the Rockland Transit Center at (845) 364-3333 for more information.
Other bike-on-board services in Rockland
Bicycles can be brought on most off-peak NJ Transit trains serving Nanuet, Pearl River, Sloatsburg, Spring Valley and Suffern train stations.
The Hudson Link bus service between Rockland and Westchester Counties provides bike racks on the front of each of its buses.
Bicycles can also be brought on the NY Waterway Haverstraw-Ossining ferry.
Regional bike-on-board transit services
BikesOnTransit.org
http://www.bikemap.com/bikesontransit/index.php
Information on using bicycles and transit together. Search their database of places where you can take a bicycle on a bus, train or airplane.
http://www.cttransit.com/NewRider/Index.asp#Bikes
Local bus service in Connecticut
I-Bus
http://www.ibusexpress.com
Express bus service from White Plains to Stamford.
MTA Long Island Railroad
http://www.mta.info/lirr/about/Bicycles/
Bikes are allowed on most off peak trains. Note that an MTA bike permit is required.
MTA Metro-North Railroad
http://www.mta.info/mnr/html/getaways/bikerule.htm
For east of Hudson rail service, including Ossining, Tarrytown and White Plains. Bikes are allowed on most off peak trains. Note that an MTA bike permit is required.
New York City subways
http://www.mta.info/nyct/safety/bike/index.html
Bicycle safety in the subway, including safety tips and rules.
NJ Transit
http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BikeProgramTo
New Jersey Transit bike aboard program.
http://www.panynj.gov/path/bicycles.html
Rapid Transit between New Jersey and Manhattan. Bikes are allowed on most off-peak trains.
Putnam County PART bus
http://www.putnamcountyny.com/planningdept/putnam-transit-schedules/
Putnam County PART bus information.
Suffolk County Transit
http://www.sct-bus.org/
Transit in Suffolk County, Long Island.
Transportation Alternatives
http://www.transalt.org/resources/aboard
Has "Bikes Aboard" information for local and regional transit (bus/train/ferry) companies.
Local Bicycle Clubs
Bike Walk Alliance of Westchester and Putnam
http://www.westchesterbikewalk.org
Unites cyclists and pedestrians to work together to make walking and cycling safer and easier in Westchester and Putnam Counties.
New York Bicycling Coalition
http://www.nybc.net
Rockland County Bicycle Club
http://www.rocklandbike.org/
Westchester County Cycle Club
http://www.westchestercycleclub.org/
Regional Bicycling Links
Bicycling in NY
https://www.dot.ny.gov/bicycle/maps
From the NYSDOT, search their database for bicycle maps, trails, and information in New York.
George Washington Bridge bicycle information
http://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/gwb-pedestian-bicycle-info.html
New Jersey bicycle information
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/bike/
Information on biking in New Jersey from NJDOT.
New York City cycling maps and routes
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bicyclists/bikemaps.shtml
http://www.transalt.org
Local advocate for bicycling, walking, and public transit.
Westchester County Hiking & Biking
http://www.visitwestchesterny.com/index.php/things-to-do/sports/hiking-and-biking
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Tulsa Industry Overview
Why Tulsa
Jobs & Companies
Industry History
| Oil & Natural Gas
| Energy Utilities
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| Refining & Marketing
| Manufacturing & Construction
| Alternative Energy
Tulsa is home to a variety of mostly small companies engaged in various aspects of the burgeoning alternative energy industry. From wind to solar to biomass, as well as innovative approaches to energy conservation and usage, Tulsa is attracting its share of “new players” in what many hail as a new era of energy.
Energy is Oklahoma," Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett Jr., said. "Our state was founded on the energy industry. Now the door is wide open for the City of Tulsa to lead Oklahoma into the future with energy initiatives and projects that address sustainability."
Tulsa Energy Now will feature some of Tulsa's Alternative Energy Industry companies in this section. We encourage Tulsa area energy entrepreneurs to contact us about their companies. This list, which will be updated regularly, features only a few of the companies engaged in renewables, conservation and other sustainability initiatives in Tulsa.
Tulsa Gas Technologies was founded in 1991 by Tulsans Tom and Charles Sewell. TGT builds high-quality CNG fueling dispensers from parts made in-house, installs CNG fueling stations for contract clients, and performs vehicle conversions. TGT designs, busilds, installs, and services CNG equipment and has on-going projects located throughout the world.
The Covanta Tulsa Energy-from-Waste Facility began commercial operation in 1986. The facility processes 1,125 tons-per-day of solid waste, generating up to 240,000 pounds-per-hour of steam. The steam can be used to power a turbine generator to produce 16.8 megawatts of clean, renewable energy that is sold to Public Service Company of Oklahoma. However, on a more regular basis, the steam is sold to HollyFrontier, Inc. and used in the refining process. This offsets the need for the refinery to use fossil fuels to generate their own steam.
Tulsa Energy Industry Economic Impact Report
Mayor Bartlett Discusses Tulsa's Strengths (video)
Mayor Bartlett Sees Energy Industry as Key to Tulsa Continued Renaissance
Tulsa Ranks #1 in Fobes List of Best Cities for Young Entrepreneurs
Mayor Bartlett Believes LNG Exports will Benefit Tulsa
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Stereoscopic Views & Stereoview Database with Publishers and Photographers
Master Catalog (current)
A.C. Co. 45
A.W. Judd 1
Ackerman Bros. 17
Adams, S.F. 113
Akehurst, E.L. 1
Aldrich, G.H. & Co. 121
Allen, A.E. 10
Allen, Alexander 8
Allen, Marie E. (Jenkins) 1
Alvord, Kellogg & Campbell 3
American And Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium 1
American And Foreign Views 13
American Photograph Co. 1
American Stereoscopic Co. 265
American Sugar Refining Company 2
Anderson & Ennis 4
Anderson, A.W. 16
Anderson, David H. 61
Anderson, Joseph H. 1
Anthony, Edward 22
Anthony, Henry T. 3
Appleton Stereo Photo Co. 1
Appleton, D. & Co. 2
Atlas View Co. 2
Auchmoody, D.J. 20
Averill, M.L. 2
Bachelder, John 9
Bacot, F.C. 14
Bailey & Co. 6
Baily, Dix & Mead 3
Baker & Record 277
Barber, A.S. & Son 3
Bardwell, Jex 4
Barke 1
Barker, George 19
Barnard, George N. 192
Barnard, Thomas Nathan 1
Barnes-Crosby Co. 1
Barnum, Delos 60
Barnum, Deloss 1
Bartlett & French 33
Bartlett, H.C. 6
Bashline, W.M. 1
Bates, Joseph L. 28
Bay State Publishing Co. 2
Beal's Gallery 23
Beaman, E.O. 4
Beckford, C.A. 11
Beckwith, E.W. 15
Beer & Co. 2
Beer Brothers 1
Beidel, H. Frank 1
Bell & Bro. 66
Bell & Rau 1
Bell, C.M. 1
Bell, William 103
Benedict 5
Bennett, F.G. & Son 10
Bennett, G.C. 1
Bennett, Henry Hamilton 1
Berry, Kelley & Chadwick 20
Bierstadt Brothers 3
Bierstadt, Charles 24
Bierstadt, Edward 1
Bishop Bros. 2
Bixby & Buck 12
Black, L. & Co. 1
Blanchard, Valentine 9
Blessing, S.T. 2
Blosser Scenic Art Company 1
Blosser, J.A. 1
Bly, H.O. 1
Bohn, Casimir 4
Bonine, R.A. 177
Bonine, Robert K. 81
Bonney, A.D. 2
Borhek, E. & Son 1
Bower, M.B. 1
Bowtell, Charles W. 1
Bradbury, W.J. 2
Bradley & Rulofson 35
Brady, Mathew 16
Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries 41
Brandon, D.F. 2
Brandt, Eugene 9
Brickell, T.J. 1
Brigandi, Philip 10
Brokaw, J.C. 9
Brooks, Caroline S. 1
Brooks, N.V. 1
Brown, G.O., Active 18
Brown, L.E. 1
Brown, Nicholas 3
Brown, William Henry 1
Browne, William Frank 18
Brubaker & Whitesides 31
Brubaker, C.B. 51
Brubaker, C.F. 1
Bruce, J.A. 1
Bryant & Smith 2
Bryant. George S. & Co. 1
Buell, A.B. 1
Buell, O. 1
Buguey, J.B. & Co. 2
Bundy, J.K. 12
Burnham, A.F. 2
Burnham, L.G. 4
Burnham, L.G. & Co. 1
Burns, C.K. 13
Burritt & Pease 8
Burritt, E.H. 3
Burt, Henry Martyn 5
Bushby & Hart 1
C. Duhem & Bro 50
Camp, Daniel S. 6
Campbell, Alfred S. 46
Carbutt, John 32
Carleton, C.G. 5
Carson, Marian S. 2
Carter's View Emporium 2
Caswell & Davy 55
Centennial Photographic Co. 6
Chamberlain, W.G. 2
Chase, William M. 38
Cheney & Clapp 1
Child's Art Gallery 1
Churchill, L.O. 7
Clark, Lake & Co. 2
Clary 3
Clauder, Henry T. 14
Clifford, D.A. 28
Clough & Kimball 24
Clough, Amos F. 15
Collier, Joseph 1
Collins, Geo. E. 2
Conant Bros. 20
Conklin, Enoch 1
Continent Stereoscopic Co. 104
Cook & Friend 7
Cook, George Smith 18
Cook, O.H. 2
Cooley, Samuel A. 60
Coonley, Jacob F. 1
Copeland, C.F. 2
Copeland, O.H. 11
Copelin & Hine 13
Copelin & Melander 1
Copelin & Son 9
Copp, E.J. & Co. 2
Corlies, Samuel Fisher 5
Cornell, S.S. 4
Corte Scope Co. 1
Cottenet, Edward L. 1
Couch, C.M. 16
Coughlin & Co. 3
Cousins, Frank 7
Crater, I. 1
Cremer, James 213
Cremer, James & Co. 1
Crissman, Joshua 46
Cross, D.H. 1
Crossman House Photographic Studio 72
Crum, R.D. 144
Cudlip, C.S. 6
Cudlip, Charles S. 16
Cudlip, L. 5
Cudlip. C.S. & Co. 1
Cunningham & Co. 2
Cunningham, F.W. 1
Cushing, W.H. 5
D.D. Merrill, Randall & Co. 1
Dakin, C.L. 8
Darrow, Erastus 1
Dart, C. 3
Davis Brothers 14
Davis, C.A. 2
Davis, E.G. 6
Davis, G.B. 6
Davis, James M. 15
Davis, Robert M. 16
De Planque, Louis 1
De Young Palace Dollar Store 9
Denison, H.H. 1
Dennison, B.G. 1
Detlor & Waddell 11
Dill, Harry P. 2
Dinsmore, D.C. 4
Dodge, Collier & Perkins 7
Doremus, J.P. 1
Douglas, Ranald 4
Dowe, Lewis 1
Drew, C. 1
Duhem, C. & Bro. 2
Dupee & Co. 5
Durgan, Gooding & Co. 1
Durgan, J.O. 1
Dyer, J.J. & Co. 2
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. 2485
E.S. Lumpkin & Co. 5
Eagles, J.D. 30
Earle & Hawley 2
Earle, James S. & Sons 1
Eaton, Edric L. 1
Eclipse View Company 1
Edwards & Luce 3
Ehrich Bros. 1
Elmer & Tenney 3
Emerson, Edwin 3
Emery, A.G. 6
Emery, F.B. 1
Emery, F.H. 1
England, William 2
Engle & Furlong 10
Ennis, George O. 7
Ensminger Brothers 2
Evans, J.G. 5
Everett, E.G. 1
Farnham, James A. 4
Farr, H.R. 1
Farrar, Charles Alden John 8
Farrington, George P. 1
Fassett, S.M. 1
Fassitt, Francis T. 3
Fay, W.D. & Co. 11
Faze, W.A. 1
Fearon, R.N. 13
Fellow, C.C. & Co. 1
Fellows & Graves 1
Fellows Photographic Co. 2
Fifield, H.S. 49
Filson & Son 2
Fisher, Albert J. 46
Fleischner, P. & Co. 3
Florida Club (Cooperative) 61
Fogg, Charles G. 1
Fouch, John H. 3
Fowx, Egbert Guy 1
Fox & Symons 1
Francis, H. 1
Freeman, C.H. 7
Freeman, J. 61
French & Sawyer 5
French, J.A. 19
Friend, Hervey 2
Frost, G. & Co. 2
Fuller, George A. 1
G.M. Whipple & A.A. Smith 3
Gardner, Alexander 110
Gardner, James 3
Gardner's Gallery 35
Gardner's Photographic Art Gallery 14
Garwood, C. 1
Gates Brothers 1
Gates, G.F. 147
Gates, G.F. (George F.) 1
Gates, R.R. 1
Gates, W.D. & Co. 1
Gaylord & Thompson 1
Gentile, Carlo 1
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) 167
German and American Photograph Gallery 8
Gibbard, C.G. 1
Gibson, James F. 21
Giers, Carl 6
Gill & Hayes 2
Gill, William L. 6
Glover, Ridgway 6
Goetting, A.H. 1
Graves, Carleton H. 78
Graves, Jesse A. 14
Great Western Photograph Publishing Co. 1
Greater New York Stereo Co. 2
Green-Wood Cemetery 3
Green, J.A. & Son 1
Green, Jeremiah F. 3
Green, W.H. 3
Greene, M.V.B. 5
Greene, P.B. 41
Griffin, T.J., Jr. 5
Griffith & Griffith 55
Griffith, George W. 9
Guilloû, Constant 2
Gurney, C.S. 2
Gurney, J. & Son 6
Gurnsey, Byron H. 1
Guy & Brothers 14
H.C. White Co. 214
Hagaman, M.S. 1
Hains, Ben 20
Hall Bros. 16
Hall, C.H. 2
Hall, Julius 1
Hamilton & Hoyt 1
Hamilton, C.L. 1
Hamilton, J.H. 1
Hanson & Kimball 1
Hart, Alfred A. 214
Hastings, H.L. 3
Hatch, W.I. 4
Havens, O. Pierre 19
Hawkins, A. 1
Haworth & McCollin 1
Haynes, Frank Jay 130
Hayward & Muzzall 1
Hearn, Charles W. 1
Hegger 11
Hemple's Photographic Rooms 1
Hempler, H.H. 1
Henderson, R.S. 2
Henry Bailey 1
Hensel, Loudolph 1
Herbert, George C. 10
Herrick, H.J. 18
Hervey Friend & Company 9
Hill, John B. 1
Hillman, N.J. 1
Hills & Bowers 8
Himes, Charles Francis 20
Hobbs, William N. 23
Holmes & Jarvis 4
Holmes, D.R. 2
Holmes, William B. 10
Holt, Charles 1
Hook, W.E. 7
Hoover, J.H. 1
Houseworth, Thomas & Co. 63
Hovey, E.F. 6
Hoyer, H., 9
Hoyt, Brooks F. 1
Hubbard & Mix 27
Hubbard, Erastus 3
Hull, Charles Wager 1
Humphrey, Charles 1
Hunter, James 3
Huntington & Co. 1
Huntington Brothers 1
Hunton, F.N. 1
Hurd & Smith 24
Hurd & Ward 8
Hurd, W.P. 1
Illingworth, W.H. 23
Indiana College of Photography 4
Ingersoll View Company 23
Ingersoll, Truman Ward 117
International Stereograph Co. 3
International Stereoscopic View Co. 10
International View Co. 31
Ireland, Geo. H. & Co. 1
Irish, George S. 1
Iversen, J.C. 12
Ives, H.P. 2
J. Gurney & Son 12
Jackson, W.H. & Co. 12
Jackson, William Henry 157
James Cremer's Stereoscopic Emporium 7
James Fitzallen Ryder 1
James, C.H. 40
James, William E. 3
Janes, G.M. 3
Jarvis, John Fillis 567
Jeffers & McDonnald 4
Jenney, J.A. 47
Johnson & D'Utassy 1
Johnson, Charles Ellis 16
Johnson, Newton G. 1
Johnston, J.S. 1
Jones, George H. 1
Jouvin, Hippolyte 3
Kelley, E.W. 59
Kelton & Gates 1
Kendall, N.W. 1
Kendrick, H.P. 1
Kennedy, J.F. 1
Keyes, C.H. 1
Keyser, Nicaise de 1
Keystone View Co. 1338
Kilburn Brothers 1097
Kilburn, Benjamin West 371
Killam, D. 4
Kimball, Howard A. 3
King, J. 1
King, M.F. 1
Kinsey's View Publishing House 1
Kirk, Geo. W. 2
Kirkland, Geo. W. 1
Kleckner, M.A. 1
Knackstedt & Näther 2
Knight, J. Lee 1
Knowlton Bros. 31
Knowlton, G.E. 2
L.D. & Co. 8
La Rue, Eugene Clyde 1
Laighton Brothers 3
Lake George View Co. 1
Lakin, Josephus Holtzclaw 3
Lambert, Alexander 24
Lamy, E., Active 1
Lane, Wm. V. 6
Langenheim, F. & W. 1
Langenheim, W. 1
Langworthy, O. & Co. 3
Lanoworthy, O. & Co. 1
Larkin, J.E. 1
Lawrence & Houseworth 1
Le Van, W. Barnet 1
Lewin, Otto 7
Lewis, C.E. 1
Lewis, T. 35
Liberty Brand Stereo Views 1
Lilienthal, Theodore 1
Lilienthal's Photographic Establishment 1
Lindsay, L.E. 1
Lindsly & Faber 1
Linn, J.B. 1
Littleton View Co. 250
Lochman, Benjamin 1
Lochman, Charles L. 5
Lochman, William J. 1
Loeffler, J. 1
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co. 3
London Stereoscopic Co. 2
London Stereoscopic View Co. 63
Lovejoy & Foster 74
Lovejoy, Edward 4
Lovell, J.L. 86
Lumpkin, E.S. 10
M'Clees' Stereoscopic Photographs 2
M'Glashon 1
Mangold, Jonas G. 8
Marshall, William Isaac 53
Marston, C.L. 11
Martin & Peers 1
Martin's Art Gallery 23
Mason, Perry & Co. 4
Masterson & Wood 2
Mather, J.A. 2
Mattocks, F.H. 1
Maybin, Joseph A. 1
McAlister, Wellington H. 2
McAllister & Brother 5
McCalla & Stavely 2
McCollister, E.R. 4
McCormick, W.M. 1
McCullum & Butterworth 3
McDonnald & Sterry 74
McIntosh, H.P. 85
McIntosh, R.M. 1
McKay, A.L. 1
McKeen, W.H. & Co. 1
McLain, B.W. & Co. 16
Mclean, Lachlan 1
Mcpherson & Oliver 36
Mead, William 4
Mears, J.F. 10
Melander, Louis Magnus 2
Merril, Bayne & Co. 1
Merrill, A.C. 1
Merrill, Bayne & Co. 4
Merrill, I.W. 1
Metropolitan Syndicate Press 2
Miller & Best 7
Miller & Wilson 2
Miller, Wm. & Co. 1
Mills, H.A. 1
Milmore, Martin 1
Monroe George & Co. 6
Montgomery Ward & Co. 10
Mooers & Plummer 1
Moore, O.M. 4
Moran, John 35
Moravian Publication Office 7
Morgan, Rufus 12
Morrill, Frank A. 15
Morrow, S.J. 16
Morrow, Stanley J. 8
Morse, S.M. 1
Moulton, J.W. & J.S. 115
Moulton, John S. 16
Mt. Vernon Association 39
Mullen, James 10
Mumper & Co. 4
Munroe, J.M. & Son 3
Murray, E.E. & Co. 9
Muybridge, Eadweard 5
N.E. Stereoscopic Company 2
Nast & Martin 2
National Photograph Company 2
National Stereoscopic Advertising Co. 1
New Jersey Stereoscopic View Co. 4
New York Stereoscopic Co. 29
New York View Co. 1
Newell, R. 1
Newell, Robert 4
Nickerson, G.H. 1
Nicoll, E.I. 1
Norman 12
North-Western View Co. 1
Northrop, S.C. 3
Notman Photographic Co. 5
Notman, William 4
Nowack & Chase 1
Nowell, F.A. 24
Nugent, William 3
O'sullivan, Timothy H. 228
Ober Brothers 2
Ogden 1
Oneida Community 1
Osborn & Durbec 72
Osgood, G.S. 1
Pach, Gustavus W. 55
Palmer, J.A. 25
Palmer's Scenic Views 1
Pan American Photo Art Co. 6
Parementer & Tower 1
Parker, J. & Son 1
Paul & Curtis 1
Payne, T.H. & Co. 1
Peabody & Tilton 4
Peale, Titian Ramsay 4
Pease, Nathan W. 30
Penfield & West 8
Perkins & Wood 2
Perley, M.P. & Co. 1
Pestalozzi Educational View Co. 1
Philp & Solomons 12
Philpot, F.C. 1
Pike, B. & Sons 3
Pittman, J.A. W. 1
Platt Photograph Co. 3
Pollock, Charles 64
Pomeroy & Wilson 5
Poole, Rodney 3
Portser, William J. 1
Powers, E.C. 3
Prescott, W.A. & Co. 1
Procter Brothers 1
Purviance, W.T. 231
Putnam, F.H. 5
Putnam, F.H. & Co. 1
Pywell, William Redish 1
Queen, James W. & Co. 10
Quinby & Co. 15
R. Newell 26
R. Newell & Co. 4
R. Newell & Sons 15
Ramsdell, H.M. 3
Randall, F.A. 1
Rau, William Herman 138
Raymond Bros. 1
Raymond, George J. & Co. 18
Rea, T.I. & Co. 2
Realistic Travels 4
Reckling, W.A. 3
Reekie, John 9
Rees, Charles R. 1
Reilly, John James 1
Rice, M.P. 1
Richardson, C.F. 25
Richardson, T.G. 6
Riddle, J.R. 3
Ridley, E. & Sons 1
Ripple Bros 1
Robbins & Bissell 2
Robbins, Frank 10
Roberts & Fellows 5
Roberts, H.L. & Co. 3
Robertson, W.T. 3
Robinson, G.W. 2
Robinson, J.N. 1
Roche T.C. 1
Roche, T.C. 21
Rockwood, George Gardner 2
Rodgers & Co. 4
Rogers, John 2
Rogers, W.C. & Co. 1
Rollins, E.G. 1
Root's Gallery 21
Ropes, H. & Co. 47
Rosicrucian Spring Co. 1
Rowell, Frank 111
Rowell, Frank & Hervey Friend & Co. 22
Russell, Andrew J. 62
Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris 2
Ryan, D.J. 15
Safford, M. & Co. 7
Salt Lake City, Utah 1
Sampson Stereoscopic Co. 1
Sanftleben & Westmann 1
Saratoga Photograph Co. 25
Savage & Ottinger 13
Savage, Charles Roscoe 67
Sawyer, S.W. 1
Schaffers, Nestor 1
Scheiding, John & Co. 4
Schlattman Bros. 1
Schreiber & Sons 25
Scripture, George H. 3
Seaver, Charles 2
Sedgwick, Stephen J. 3
Selden & Co. 15
Selden & Ennis 6
Sellers, Coleman 16
Setley & Davis 2
Seymour, C.E. & Co. 1
Shaw & Lord 1
Sherman & Yarwood 3
Sherman, C.S. 2
Shriver, Robert 5
Shute, C.H. & Son (R.G. Shute) 125
Shute, R.G. 1
Sinclair, E.W. 2
Sinclair, F.W. 3
Singley, Benjamin Lloyd 44
Sipperly, William H. 37
Skeels, Lynn Charles 1
Slayton, H.E. 4
Smillie, Thomas William 47
Smith 1
Smith & Lowe 1
Smith, A.F. 2
Smith, O.C. 7
Smith, W.G. 5
Smith, W.M. 3
Souder, S.T. 11
Soule, John P. 425
Spencer, Spence 1
Stacy, George 776
Standard Scenic Company 35
Starbird, E.R. 2
Stark, A.D. 4
Steele, R.E. 12
Stereo-Photo Co. 16
Stereo-Travel Co. 30
Stevens' Bookstore 1
Stien & Lyon 1
Stiff, Charles W. 2
Stoddard, S.R. 160
Stone & Company 1
Stone, George Eathl 2
Stormer, H.W. 1
Strand, L.G. 20
Strohmeyer & Wyman 252
Stuber, F.L. 1
Styles, Adin French 40
Surdam & White 5
Sutton, W.L. 32
Sweester, C.A. 1
Taber, Isaiah West 40
Taylor & Huntington 120
Taylor, F.A. 4
Taylor, Farmer 3
Taylor, Geo. W. 1
Taylor, John C. 4
Tebbetts, G.H. 3
Texas View Company 1
The Johnson Co. 2
The Lee Gallery 2
The Maywood Company 8
The New York View Co. 1
The United States Stereograph Co. 1
The Universal Photo Art Co. 3
The Whiting View Company 3
Thomas Lewis 1
Thomas Peaker 1
Thompson, E.C. 1
Thompson, Frederick Ferris 4
Thorne, George W. 12
Thum, Mandeville 34
Thurlow, James Thomas 48
Tilton, John P. 4
Tinkham, A.M. 1
Tipton & Myers 2
Tirrell, Geo W. 1
Towle, Simon 1
Towler, John 1
Townsend, T.W. 1
Trask & Dole 6
Tuttle, C.B. 1
U.S. Stereo View Advertising Co. 4
U.S. Stereoscopic Co. 38
Underwood & Underwood 1167
Union View Co. 102
United Photographic Company 1
United States Stereograph Company 1
Universal Photo Art Co. 24
Universal Stereoscopic View Co. 3
Universal View Co. 3
Upton & Bolles 2
Upton, Benjamin Franklin 7
Vail, James Gardner 4
Vermont Stereoscopic Co. 7
Vose & Paul 11
Vose, A.S. 2
Vose, S.S. 31
Vose, S.S. & Co. 10
Vose, S.S. & Son 4
W. Kilburn Co. 15
Wagner, Van 22
Wakely, G.D. 3
Walker, L.E. 82
Wallach, John 2
Walzl, Richard 1
Ward, H.D. 4
Warner, H.D. 3
Warner, Milan P. 1
Warren, Joseph W. 1
Washburn, J.G. 1
Washington City Views 1
Washington, D.C. 1
Wasson, Charles L. 86
Watkins, Carleton E. 176
Watson, A. 8
Webster & Albee 159
Webster, C.R. 1
Webster, J.N. 12
Webster, William T. 19
Weil, Peter F. 4
Weitfle, Charles 11
Weller, F.G. 3
Weller, Franklin G. 24
Wendt, Julius M. 1
Western View Co. 3
Weston, F.C. 1
Wheelden, G.R. 3
Whipple & Barnard 2
Whipple, G.M. & A.A. Smith 5
White, A.D. 7
White, H.C. & Co. 113
White, Hawley C. 24
Whiting View Company 10
Whiting, Richard Ross 56
Whitney & Adams 1
Whitney & Zimmerman 4
Whitney's Gallery 63
Wiggins' Fine Art Parlors 1
Wight, E.N. 1
Williams, Brown & Earle 1
Williams, J.A. 78
Williams, N. Bangs & Co. 2
Williams, Sophus 1
Wilson & Havens 3
Wilson, Edward L. 2
Wilson, Jerome Nelson 5
Wilson, Joseph Miller 3
Woodbury, David 1
Woods, W.J. 1
Woodward & Albee 10
Woodward & Rundell 1
Woodward Stereoscopic Co. 33
Woodward, Charles Warren 126
Woodward, J. Fletch 2
Worden, Nicholas R. 1
World Series (Firm) 1
World Stereoscopic Co. 5
Wormell, E.S. 1
Wright, Thomas & Co. 1
Yeager, F.M. 5
Young, E.J. 2
Young, R.Y. 1
Zahner, Martin H. 16
Zellner, James 10
A. Gawthorp & Co. 1
A. Orr & Son 1
A.A. Childs & Co. 1
A.H. Pepper & Son 1
Abbott, J.H. (fl. 1860-1879) 9
Abbott, William H. (1838-1898) 1
Abeline, Tony 2
Adams, E.W. (fl. 1870-1879) 1
Adams, J.M. (fl. 1861-1879) 6
Adams, S.F. (b. 1844) 201
Adams, S.M. 6
Alden Photo Co. 1
Alden, A.J. 21
Alden, Augustus Ephraim (1837-1914) 47
Alger, I.F. 4
Allderige, William 11
Allen, A.M. (Amos M.) (1823-1907) 15
Allen, Alexander (fl. 1870-1880) 8
Allen, E.L. (Edward L.) 49
Allen, H.S. (Henry S.) (fl. 1880-1890) 21
Allen, J. Henry 2
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Allen's Photograph Gallery 2
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American Stereoscopic Company 2
American Stereoscopic Company (New York) 3
Anderson, A.W. (fl. 1870-1902) 36
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Anderson, D.H. (David H.) (b. 1827) 57
Anderson, Robert (1805-1871) 1
Androscoggin Photo. Co. 4
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Appleton & Proctor 1
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Arnold, A. (fl. 1870-1879) 1
Arnold, T.J. 5
Artistic Stereoscopic Views 1
Aunspach, J.S. 1
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Averill, H.K. (Henry Ketchum), Jr. 1
Averill, M.L. (fl. 1870-1879) 2
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Ayer, E. (Elisha) (fl. 1870-1899) 1
Aylesworth, J.H. 3
Aylsworth & Loomis 1
Babbitt & Tugby 4
Babbitt, Platt D. (d. 1879) 11
Bachelder, John 29
Bacon, F.W. (1819-1901) 1
Bacon, W.P. 6
Bailey & Whiteside 1
Bailey, Henry (fl. 1870-1879) 19
Baker & Record (Firm) 269
Baker, Leander (ca. 1842-1925) 80
Baker, W.H. (fl. 1880-1897) 5
Baker, W.J. (William J.) (fl. 1860-1880) 1
Baldwin, A.A. (1844-) 2
Baldwin, G.W. (George W.) 46
Baldwin, George C. (fl. 186--187-) 9
Baldwin, Schuyler C. (Schuyler Colfax) (1823-1900) 31
Ball, George (b. ca. 1850) 1
Bardwell, Jex (1824-1903) 5
Barke, J.F. 1
Barker, George (1844-1894) 441
Barker, J. F. 1
Barnard, George N. (1819-1902) 30
Barnes, G.W. (fl. 1860-1879) 2
Barnes, J.C. (fl. fl. 1870-1879) 1
Barnes, O.C. (fl. 1870-1879) 4
Barnes, Seward J. 2
Barnett & Haynes 2
Barnum, Deloss 198
Barritt, W.H. (William Henry) (1848-1920) 41
Barton, Charles R. 1
Bates, A.A., Jr 2
Bates, James C. 1
Bates, Joseph L. (1806 or 7-1886) 33
Battelle, W. 11
Bauder, George W. 6
Baxter, O.F. (fl. 1860-1880) 1
Beaman, E.O. (Elias Olcott) (1837-1876) 13
Bean, L.V. 1
Beckford, C.A. (Charles A.) 18
Beckwith, E.W. 9
Beer Bros. (Firm) 3
Beer, S. 8
Beerwald, J. (fl. 1870-1879) 1
Beidel, H. Frank (1857-1932) 1
Bell & Bro. (Washington, D.C.) 301
Bell, C.M. (Charles Milton) (ca. 1849-1893) 11
Bell, Christopher 4
Bell, F.H. 6
Bell, W.H. 3
Bell, William (1830-1910) 1
Bell, William H. 2
Benecke, Robert 10
Benj. L. Denton & Co. 1
Bennett & Brown 5
Bennett, G.C. (1846-1945) 3
Bennett, H.H. (Henry Hamilton) (1843-1908) 103
Berg, E. (fl. 1870-1879) 3
Bergstresser, J.B. 8
Berry, E.M. 2
Berry, Kelley, & Chadwick 1
Besancon, H. 1
Best, John 1
Betts, Edward C. 2
Bicknell & Rice 3
Bierstadt Brothers 177
Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902) 2
Bierstadt, Charles (1819-1903) 372
Bingham, H.L. 1
Bingham, T.P. 1
Bishop Brothers (Firm) 2
Bishop, B. 1
Bixby, M.J. 2
Blackhall, J. 1
Blair & Son 2
Blanks, A.L. 3
Blauvelt & Co. 4
Blessing & Bro. 1
Blessing, S.T. 35
Bliss, L.R. 1
Boehl & Koenig 64
Bolles & Frisbie 1
Bolton, G.M. (George M.) 1
Bonine, Elias A. (1843-1916) 9
Bonine, R. (Robert K.) 12
Bonney, A.D. (fl. 1870-1879) 5
Botsford, Heman (fl. 1870-1879) 1
Bottom, Chas. H. 1
Bower Bros. 1
Bowler, F.C. (fl. 1860-1869) 2
Bowman, W.E. (William Emory) (1834-1915) 16
Boyer, W.H. (1854-1886) 1
Bracy & Colby 2
Bracy, C.F. (1845-1915) 1
Bradford & Barton 1
Bradford, O.E. (b. 1849) 1
Bradley, B. (1839-1899) 44
Bradley, P.B. 1
Brady & Co. (Washington, D.C.) 3
Brady, Mathew B. (1823 (ca.)-1896) 89
Braithwaite, Jonathan 1
Breidenbach, D. (fl. 1870-1879) 1
Bretz, George M. (1842-1895) 1
Brigham, E.T. 32
Brince, H. (fl. 1870-1879) 2
Broadaway, J.S. 1
Brock, C.F. 1
Brookings, G.W. (fl. 1900-1909) 1
Brown, C.E. (fl. 1870-1879) 2
Brown, G.O. (fl. 1860-1889) 4
Brown, H.G. (fl. 189-) 1
Brown, H.J. 5
Brown, Henry W. 3
Brown, J. (ca. 1829-1874) 6
Brown, W. 1
Brown, William Henry (1928-) 38
Brown, William Henry, 1844-1886 1
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Browne, B.P. 2
Browne, William Frank 6
Brownell & Adams 8
Brownell & Graham 1
Brubaker & Whitesides 7
Brubaker, C.B. 8
Bryson, John (fl. 1870-1880) 2
Buchholz, Herman 4
Buchtel & Stolte 2
Buell, Charles W. 2
Buell, O.B. (1844-1910) 4
Bugbee, F.E. (Freeman E.) (1846-1899) 3
Bullock, John (b. 1827) 42
Bullock, S. 3
Bundy & Williams 6
Bundy, J.K. (Joseph K.) (b. 1812) 27
Burbank, A.S. 1
Burbank, A.S. (Alfred Stevens) 2
Burdick, E.H. 1
Burnham, J.U.P. (John U.P.) 2
Burns, C.K. 2
Burrell 1
Burrell, D.T. (David T.) 9
Burritt, Joseph C. (Joseph Curtiss) (1817-1889) 3
Burt, Henry M. (Henry Martyn) (1831-1899) 10
Buser, H.R. (Henry R.) (1840-1903) 1
Buser, Joseph S. (b. 1845) 2
Butler, George W. 1
Butterfield, D.W. (David W.) (1844-1933) 5
Buttorff, R.H. (Reuben H.) (1849-1934) 1
C. Duhem & Bro. 15
C.A. Sweetser & Co. 2
C.C. Morse & Son 4
C.H. Shute & Son 103
C.H. Wheeler & Co. 4
C.M. Bell (Firm : Washington, D.C.) 1
C.P. 1
C.P. Hibbard 1
Cadman, A.W. 3
Cadwallader, J.D. 1
Cady, J. 5
Calvert, Walter S. 1
Camp, D.S. (Daniel S.) 40
Cant, William 2
Capper, J.M. 1
Carbutt, John (1832-1905) 102
Carli, C.H., Jr. 9
Carpenter & Mullen 2
Carter, C.W. 69
Cary, C.H. 2
Centennial Photographic Co. 508
Chamberlain, E.H. 1
Chamberlain, W.G. (William Gunnison) 85
Chandler, M. (Martin) 17
Chapman, George L. 1
CHARLES BIERSTADT 1
Charles Taber & Co. 7
Chase & Bachrach 1
Chase, H.L. (1831-1901) 1
Childs, B.F. (Brainard F.) (ca. 1841-1921) 103
Choate, J.N. (John N. ) (1848-1902) 10
Churchill, L.O. (Lucius O.) 14
Churchill, R.E. 6
Chute, C.H. & Son 1
Clark, C.H. (Charles Henry) (b. 1847) 2
Clark, D. --(David) 2
Clark, F. (fl. 1870-1880) 10
Clarke, L.H. 12
Clauder, H.T. (Henry T.) 1
Clench, F.B. (fl. 1860-1879) 21
Clifford, D.A. (Daniel A.) (1826-1887) 60
Clough, A.F. (Amos F.) (1833-1872) 17
Clough, O.W. 2
Cobb, George N. 11
Coffrin, William 2
Colby, C.H. (1850-1895) 3
Cole, B.F. 8
Collier, James 28
Collins, E.M. (Edwin M.) 2
Collins, George E. (fl. 1870-1879) 5
Collins, J.A. (fl. 1870-1879) 2
Conkey & Hultz 1
Conkey, G.W. (George W.) (1837-ca. 1900) 26
Conklin & Kleckner 6
Continent Stereoscopic Company 15
Cook & Friend 23
Cook, A.I. 1
Cook, Geo. L. (George L.) 3
Cook, J.C. (fl. 1880-1889) 2
Cooley, A.A. 2
Cooley, Sam A. 5
Coombs, J.A. 2
Coombs, Philip (fl. 1860-1869) 7
Coon & Mossetter 1
Coon, S.H. (fl. 1870-1889) 1
Copeland & Fleming 1
Copeland, O.H.(Oliver H.) (1836-1876) 22
Copelin & Melander 14
Copelin & Son 27
Corning View Company 1
Cornish, J.J. (fl. 1880-1899) 2
Couch, C.M. (fl. 1860-1889) 16
Cowee 1
Cox, W.A. 1
Crane, T.F. 4
Crater, Isaac W. 1
Crawford, J.G. (James Gilmore) (1850-1929) 17
Cremer, James (1821-1893) 278
Crocker & Co. 1
Crocker, M.N. (1827-1927) 2
Crockett, F.H. (fl. 1880-1909) 9
Cross, D.H. (1836-1918) 2
Cross, W.R. (William R.) 7
Crum, R.D. (fl. 1870-1879) 144
Culver, W.W. (b. 1837) 2
Cunningham & Co. (1880-1889) 1
Cunningham, F.W. (fl. 1870-1879) 2
Currier, Frank (fl. 1890-1909) 3
Curtis, George E. (d. 1910) 360
Curtiss, E.R. (b. 1836) 2
Cushing, Henry (fl. 1860-1889) 1
Cushing, W.H. (fl. 1870-1889) 10
D.P. Thompson & Co. 1
D.S. Camp 5
Daft, Leo (fl. 1870-1889) 3
Daggett, M.L. 1
Dahl, Andreas Larsen (1844-1923) 1
Dakin, C. L. (1848-) 5
Dart, C. (Calvin) (1809-1883) 3
Davis Bros. 20
Davis, E.G. (1846-1913) 9
Davis, G.B. (fl. 1870-1879) 6
Davis, H.J. (fl. 1870-1879) 1
Davis, N.S. (fl. 1870-1879) 1
Davis, Robert M. (b. 1857) 6
Davis, S. (Saul) (fl. 1860-1879) 39
De Lamater, R.S. 31
Dean & Larrabee 1
Dean, Wm. P. (William P.) (b. 1834) 3
Deland, E.J. 1
DeMott, S. (fl. 1880-1899) 3
Dickson, M. (fl. 1870-1899) 3
Dillon, J.W. 1
Dillon, Luke C. (b. 1844 or 1845) 10
Dinsmore, D.C. (fl. 1860-1889) 4
Dobler & Dawson 1
Dockweiler, Michael 3
Doerr & Jacobson 16
Doerr, H.A. (Henry A.) (1826-1885) 17
Dole, A.K. (fl. 1870-1879) 17
Doonan & Co. 4
Doremus, John P. (1827-1890) 16
Douglass, W.F. 2
Dowe, L. (Lewis) 1
Drew, George H. (fl. 1861-1882) 1
Durgan, J.O. (James O.) 18
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) 3
E. Anthony (Firm) 1
E. Bien & Co. 3
E. Borhek & Son 2
E.A. Curtiss and R.R. Thurmond 1
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm) 1
E.G. Weld & Son 1
E.J. Wardwell & Co. 2
E.P. and Wm. Kellogg 3
Eagles, J.D. (Joseph Dunlap) (1837-1907) 30
Easterline, J.W. (Jacob W.) (b. 1857) 1
Eaton, E.L. (Edric L.) (b. ca. 1836) 4
Edwards, J. (fl. 185--186-) 2
Eggert, H.B. (Henry B.) (ca. 1831) 1
Eldridge, A.G. 5
Elkins, Richard 1
Elkins, S. 4
Ellinwood & McClary 7
Ellinwood, John G. 1
Ellis, H. 1
Ellis, Howard 5
Elwell, W.A. (William A.) (1821-1891) 1
Ely, Cook (1847-) 10
Emery, A.G. (Ard G.) (1833-1923) 19
Emery, J.F. (John Fletcher) (1849-1928) 2
Emery, W.H. (William H.) (b. 1840) 2
Empire State Copying House 1
England, W. 1
England, William (d. 1896) 40
Engle & Furlong 2
Ennis, George O. 10
Ernsberger & Ray 3
Evans & Soule 8
Evans, F.E. (Frank E.) (b. 1856 ) 8
Evans, J.G. (James G.) (b. ca. 1835) 5
Everett & Co. 1
Everett, James (James E.) (b. 1834) 21
Everitt, E.F. (Elias Foster) (b. 1837) 2
F. White & Co. 3
F.J. Moulton & Co. 1
Farrar, Charles A.J. (Charles Alden John) (d. 1893) 2
Farrington, Maurice 1
Faulkner, F.D. 2
Fay & Farmer's National Gallery 2
Fearon, R.N. 5
Fennemore, James (1849-1941) 4
Fernald, E.C. 1
Field, J.C. (b. 1845) 4
Field, W.B. 1
Fillmore, L.H. 2
Finley & Sons 1
Fisher, A.J. (Albert J.) (1842-1882) 2
Fisher, S.R. (Samuel Ritter) (1834-1908) 1
Fitzgibbon, J.H. (1816(?) - 1882) 4
Floyd's Studio 1
Follansbee, E.K. 2
Folsom, A.H. (Augustine H.) 19
Folsom, E.S. (Edward Swazey) (1844-1909) 1
Folsom's Photograph Gallery 4
Foss, F.H. 2
Frear, William H. (1836-) 1
Freeman, C.H. 22
Freeman, J. (Josiah) 62
French, D. (David) 5
French, J.A. (1834-1898) 26
Friedgen & Donner 1
Fronti, J. 4
G.A.F. (Firm) 1
G.C. Robinson & Co. 13
G.H. Aldrich & Co. 173
G.J. Raymond & Co. 27
Gage, F.B. (Franklin Benjamin) (1824-1874) 27
Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) 46
Gardner, James (b. 1832) 1
Gardner, R.G. 4
Gardner, W.B. 2
Garland, F.G. 1
Gates Brothers 13
Gates, E.R. 2
Gates, G.F. (George F.) 200
Gay, E.F. 9
Gentile, Carlo (1835-1893) 2
Gentile, Charles 1
Geo. G. Johnson 1
Geo. H. Ireland & Co. 18
Geo. Hinman & Co. 1
George & William H. Rau 1
George S. Bryant & Co. 2
Gerould, E.P. 1
Getchell, W.H. 4
Gibson, James F. (b. 1828 ) 5
Giers, Carl (1828-1877) 7
Gifford, Noah 1
Gilbert & Bacon 1
Gilbert & Miller 1
Gill, W.L. (William L.) (1827-1893) 19
Gillingham, C.L. (Charles L.) 7
Goebel, Rudolph (1835-1923) 8
Goff, O.S. (Orlando Scott) (1843-1917) 1
Goldsmith & Lazelle 9
Good Berners & Lant 1
Good, J. 1
Good, J. --(Jonathan) 1
Goodale, George C. 1
Gooding, C.G. 3
Goodrich, C. (Carlisle) 2
Goodwin, J.W. (1836-1910) 4
Gordon, H. 2
Gordon, H.L. 5
Gorham, L.B. 2
Gott, C. 1
Grandy, Z.B. 2
Granniss, G.N. (George N.) 2
Grant, Alonzo G. 2
Graves, C.H. (Carleton H.) (d. 1943) 2
Graves, G.H. 1
Graves, Jesse A. (Jesse Albert) 52
Gray -- photographer 1
Great Southern Photo Company 1
Green, J.F. (Jeremiah F.) (b. 1841) 4
Greene's Gallery 1
Gross, W.H.S. (b. 1831) 3
Gubelman, Theodore (1841-1926) 1
Gurnsey, B.H. (Byron H.) (1833-1880) 98
Gutekunst, Frederick (1831-1917) 26
H. Ropes & Co. 14
H.C. White Co. 5
H.F. Nielson & Co. 2
H.L. Roberts & Co. 5
H.N. Gale & Co. 9
Haas, Isaac 10
Hacker, F. 2
Haines, E.S.M. 5
Hall Bros. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 16
Hall Photo 20
Hall, H.G. 1
Hall, J. (Julius) (b. 1844) 25
Hall, W.L. 20
Hamacher & Loring 1
Hamilton, S.C. (Samuel C.) 1
Hamor, A.B. (Anderson B.) (b. 1841) 18
Hanaford, S.R. 1
Hansard, J.W. 3
Hardy, F.W. (Francis W.) (b. 1830) 5
Harriman, M.C. 1
Harriman, W.H. 1
Harrling, James C. 1
Hart, Alfred A. (1816-1908) 25
Hart, E.H. (Edward H.) ( fl. 1887) 1
Harvey Bros. 1
Hatch, A. 2
Havens, O. Pierre (1838-1912) 147
Hawes, J.J. 1
Haygood, A.J. (Adonirum Judson) (1846-1927) 10
Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay) (1853-1921) 131
Haynes, Fred. E. (Frederick E.) (b. 1861) 1
Haynes, T.C. (Trustum C.) (1835-1899) 1
Hazard, E.W. (Emerson W.) 1
Hazeltine, Martin Mason 1
Hebden, W. (William) (b. 1840) 3
Heister, H.T. (Henry T.) (d. 1895) 4
Hemenway, H. 4
Hemple, A.H. (Alfred H.) 7
Hendricks, Francis 1
Hennigar, George W. 1
Henry, D.A. (David A.) (b. 1852) 19
Hensel, L. (Loudolph) (1849-1927) 27
Herbert, George C. 3
Herrick, F.J. (Frank J.) (b. 1852) 1
Herrick, H.J. (Henry J.) (ca. 1830-1877) 16
Heywood, John B. (d. 1870 ) 200
Hibbard & Larkin 1
Hickox & Co. 2
Hickox, R.A. (Robert A.) (b. ca. 1844) 1
Higgins, J.C. (John C.) (b. ca. 1845) 2
Hill, William Henry (1845-1925) 4
Hillers, John K. (1843-1925) 52
Hillman, W.J. (William J.) (d 1849-) 2
Hills, E.R. (Edgar R.) (b. 1856 ) 4
Hillyer, H.B. 1
Hinckley & Meske 6
Hinckley, A.S. 3
Hinds, A.L. (fl. 1870-1879) 31
Hine, Burton (b. 1842) 7
Hine, Thomas 1
Hoag, A.B. (fl. 1870s) 1
Hoard & Tenney 4
Hobart, D.B. (Delbert B.) (b. 1857) 1
Hobbs, W.N. (William N.) (1830-1881) 40
Hodge, E.B. (Elliott Bernard) (1839-1893) 1
Hodges, Wallingford 2
Hoelke & Benecke 13
Holden, E.B. 1
Holley, J.F. 1
Holly, M.S. 1
Holmes 1
Holmes, William B. 2
Holt, Charles (b. 1837) 1
Holton and Robinson 1
Homon, C. 1
Hook, W.E. 11
Hoover, J.H. (J. Harry) (1842-1897) 2
Hope, J.D. (1846-1929) 36
Hopkins, C.H. 1
Horton, G.W. (George W.) 4
Hotchkiss, A.E. 4
Hovey, George L. 1
Hovey, John F. 2
Howard, A., Jr. 2
Howard, L.B. 16
Howard, S.W.S. 1
Howe, C.L. (Caleb L.) 7
Howe, C.L. & Son 1
Howell, William R. (d. 1890) 5
Hoyer, H. 1
Huffman, L.A. (Laton Alton) (1854-1931) 1
Hull, Chas. (Charles G.) 7
Hunold, F. 1
Huntington, C.J. (d. 1878) 2
Hurd & Smith's Excelsior Gallery 5
Hurd, L.F. 3
Hurn, J.W. (John White) (d. 1887) 2
I. & J.H. Palmer 8
Ide, D.T. (David T.) 4
Illingworth & McLeish 2
Illingworth, W.H. (William H.) (1842-1893) 46
Ingersoll, T.W. (Truman Ward) (1862-1922) 69
Ingraham 1
International Stereoscopic View Company 1
International View Co. 1
Irish, G.S. (George S.) 10
Irving, James E. (1818-1901) 10
Isaacs, A.C. (fl. 187-) 3
Ives, E.B. (Edwin Burke) (d. 1906) 4
J. Ward & Son (Firm) 3
J.A. Green & Son (Firm) 1
J.B. Clark 2
J.G. Mangold & Son 4
J.J. Little & Co. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1
J.L. & H.A. Jordan (Firm) 2
J.W. & J.S. Moulton 199
Jackson & Knight 2
Jackson Bros. (Omaha, Neb.) 2
Jackson, C., photographer 1
Jackson, William Henry (1843-1942) 213
Jacoby, W.H. (William H.) (1841-1905) 9
James Cremer & Co. 2
James W. Queen & Company 1
James, C.H. (Charles H.) 48
James, William E. 15
Jarvis, John F. 88
Jenkins, Harding 2
Jenney, J.A. (James A.) 55
Jennings, W.H. (William H.), photographer 2
Jernegan, E. (fl. 186--187-) 1
Johnson Gallery 4
Johnson, A.A. (Arthur A.) 2
Johnson, E.M. (Elbert M.) (1844-1910) 13
Johnson, Geo. G. (George G.), photographer 1
Johnson, Levi D. (1832-1905) 2
Johnson, N.G. 65
Johnson, T.H. (Thomas H.) (b. 1821) 2
Johnson, W.S. (fl. 185--189-) 1
Johnston, J.S. (John S.) 1
Jolly, D. 2
Jones, N.P. 1
Jones, O.M. 4
Jones, W.S., photographer 25
Jones, William (fl. ca. 187-) 1
Joslin & Phillips 2
Judd, C.S. (fl. 188-) 3
Judd, J.L. (Jesse L.) 3
Judd, M.E. (Myron E.) 5
Judkins, L.D. (Lorenzo Dow) (1833-1890) 3
Keen, L.W. 2
Keet, A.G. (Asahel Gunn) (1826-1888) 1
Kelley, J.C. 1
Kellogg, E.P. (Edwin P.) 20
Keniston, J.F. 1
Kennedy, J.F. 16
Kenney 1
Kenyon, F.P. (Franklin P.) (b. 1824) 2
Ketchum, W.G. (William G.) (b. 1843) 2
Keyes & Chiverton 1
Keystone View Company 42
Kilburn, B.W. (Benjamin West) (1827-1909) 446
Kilgore, H.L. (Henry L.) (b. 1841) 2
Kimball, A.W. 1
Kimball, H.A. (Howard A.) (1845-ca.1930) 20
Kimball, W.G.C. (Willis G.C.) (1843-1916) 13
King & Pearson 3
King, M.F. 34
Kinney, B.C. 1
Kinsey, Darius (1869-1945) 1
Kirk, H. 1
Kirkland, C.D. (Charles D.) (1851-1926) 2
Kitchell, George W. 1
Klauber, E. (Edward) (1836-1918) 7
Kleckner, M.A. (Moulton A.) (1844-1922) 87
Knapp & Marble's Photograph & Portrait Gallery 1
Knecht, R. (Reuben) (1826-1887) 6
Knight, W.M. (1841-1881) 4
Kreider, Chas. D. (Charles D.) 1
Kuester & Wyer 1
Kuykendall & Whitney 2
La Barre, I.D. 3
Labarre, I.D. 7
Lamberson & James' Fine Art Gallery 1
Lamprey, M.S. (Maurice S.) 12
Landon, S.C. (Seth C.) (b. 1825) 15
Lane, A. H. (Asa H.) (b. 1832) 34
Lane, Wm. V. (William V.) (1849-1903) 4
Langdon & Tallman 2
Langenheim, Frederick (1809-1879) 30
Langenheim, Loyd & Co. 71
Larkin, J.E. (John Edward) (1836-1924) 1
Latourette, A.V. 15
Launey & Goebel 4
Launey, A.R. 2
Law, G. 1
Lawrence, C.A. 3
Lawrence, Frank 11
Lea, George 1
LeBeau & Lavigueure 2
Leck, George H. 2
Lee, Chas. F. (Charles F.) (1843-1917) 1
Leedham, J.S. 10
Leeson, W.H. (William H.) 1
Lefavour, J.S. (John S.) (1831-1892) 11
Leidloff, H. (Herman) 1
Leonard & Martin 4
Leonard, J.H. 5
Lewis Emory Walker 1
Lewis, Edward (fl. 1860-1880) 6
Lewis, T. (Thomas R.) (d. 1901) 86
Libby, E.P. (Evelen Porter) (ca. 1830-1895) 6
Liebich's Art Gallery 14
Lilienthal, Theodore 15
Lindsey, Charles H. 1
Linn, J.B. 19
Liscomb, W.C. 8
Littler, J.C. 1
Lloyd (fl. 187-) 21
Lock, James G. (James Gardner) (1862-1938) 73
Locke & Robbins 4
Locke & Rogers 1
Locke, A.H. (Amos H.) (b. 1838) 2
Locke, E.F. 3
Lockwood & Ely 2
Lockwood, W.M. (William M.) 3
Loeffler, J. (John Jacob) (1834-1901) 103
Lombard, Wm. W. (William W.) 3
Long, W. 6
Loomis, E. 1
Loomis, F.E. 7
Lord, R.E. 10
Lovejoy, E. (Edward) 6
Lovell & Knowlton 5
Lovell, J.L. (John Lyman) (1825-1903) 88
Lucas, George L. (George Luzerne) (b. 1849) 1
Luck, T. 4
Ludwig, Frank, photographer 1
Luke, W.O. (Wellington O.) (b. 1847) 1
M. & H.W. Smith 2
M.E. Beckwith & Son (Firm) 1
M.M. & W.H. Gardner (Firm) 5
Macurdy, J.C. 1
Manchester Bros. 8
Mangold, J.G. (Jonas G.) (1826-1894) 12
Manville, C.B. 1
Marsh, C.M. 21
Marshall, A. 1
Marston & Prince 1
Marston, C.L. (1826-1895) 8
Martin, Alex (Alexander) (1841-1929) 22
Martin, F.T. 1
Martin, I.R. (Isaiah R.) 1
Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.), photographer 19
Masterson, E.P. 1
Mather & Lyon 12
Mather, H.S. (1836-1908) 1
Mather, J.A. (1829-1915) 5
Matthews, James (fl. ca. 187-) 2
Mayer, Adolph 1
Maynard 2
McAllister & Brother 13
McAllister, W.Y. (William Y.) 3
McClary, Charles F. 1
McColl, J.A. 4
McDonald, James A. 1
McFarland 1
McIntosh & Camp 1
McIntosh, A. (Ansel) 3
McIntosh, R.M. (b. 1823) 38
McIntyre, A.C. 75
McKernon, P.H. 9
McLellan, photographer 2
McMullin, S. (Samuel) 4
McPherson & Roloson 1
McPherson & Sons 5
McPherson, Roloson & Graves 1
Mead & Beard 1
Mears, J.F. 9
Meinerth, Carl 2
Melander and Henderson 1
Melander, L.M. 1
Mellen, George E. 1
Melven, L.B. 1
Menns, W.K. 1
Merrill, C.L. 1
Merrill, N.L. 1
Merriman, O.G. 4
Meske, Gilman & Rawson 2
Miller & Brown 1
Miller & Tankersly 2
Miller, H.H. 1
Miller, R.A. 8
Miller, William E. 1
Milliken 3
Mills, H.A. 45
Minard, William E. 2
Mitchell, J.S. 7
Monroe, George H. --(Hibbard) (1851-1916) 25
Monroe, M.H. 2
Montano, A.A. 1
Moore, F.J. 21
Moore, George W. 10
Moore, J. Robert 65
Moore, J.W. 5
Moran & Storey 13
Moran, John (1831-1903) 73
Morehouse, M.A. 6
Morgan, N.D. (Nathan D.) 1
Morris, S. Hall 2
Morrow, Stanley J. 17
Morse & Fronti 17
Morse & McIntosh 5
Morse & Simmons 1
Morse, A.F. 8
Morse, S.R. 20
Morton, H.Q. 16
Mote Brothers 1
Mould, M. 1
Moulton & Dopp 4
Moulton, B.S. 1
Moulton, F.J. 1
Moulton, J.C. 25
Moulton, John S. (b. ca. 1820) 96
Mr. & Mrs. C.V.D. Cornell 6
Mugnier, George F. 19
Muhrman, C.H. 8
Mundy & Williams 4
Munger, A.P. 3
Munger, D.G. 10
Munson & McKay 1
Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904) 35
N.H. Hammond 8
Naramore, D.H. --(Davis Hamish) 1
Newberry, C.S. 1
Newell, R. (d. 1897) 26
Nichols, C.W. (Carlos W.) 11
Nickerson, G.H. (George Hathaway) (1835-1890) 51
Nims, F.A. (Franklin A.) 9
nman, William H., photographer 2
Noble, E.A. 3
Norman, Henry C. (1850-1913) 12
Norton, G.H. 1
Noss, H. 1
Notman, William (1826-1891) 18
Nowack, M. 27
Nye, J.L. 9
O'Sullivan, Timothy H. (1840-1882) 102
O’Sullivan, Timothy H. (1840-1882) 55
Oakley, A. Newton 4
Ober Brothers (Fernandina, Florida) 4
Ober, E.R. 14
Odiorne & Co. 2
Oldershaw, T.S. (Thomas S.) 1
Oldroyd, L.K. 8
Oldroyd, W.M. 2
Oliver, F.W. 1
Oliver, H.W. 1
Orvis, F.H. 1
Osborn, D.C. 3
Osgood, Henry W. 2
Osgood, Z.B. 9
Pach Brothers 6
Pach, G.W. (Gustavus W.) (1845-1904) 237
Page, W.F. (Wilbur F.) 1
Palace R.R. Photograph Car Co. 2
Palmer, A.A. 13
Palmer, C.A. 1
Palmer, J.H. (1836-1899) 1
Parker, Everett Edward 1
Parker, G.W. 2
Parker, J., Jr. 3
Parks, J.G. 5
Parlmer, C.W. 1
Parlow, Geo. F. 1
Patch, J.K. 1
Pattee, H.M. 1
Patterson, J.B. 1
Patterson, U.H. 1
Peabody, Edwin N. 20
Pease, Charles H. 1
Pease, F . O. 1
Pease, N.W. (Nathan W.) (1836-1918) 267
Peck Brothers 4
Peck, A. 1
Peck, H.S. (Henry S.) 8
Peebles, O.M. 2
Pendergast Brothers 1
Perkins & Lefavour 2
Perrigo, O.M. 1
Perry & Bohm 1
Perry Mason & Co. 1
Phelps, George C. 5
Phillips & Warren 1
Phillips, Harry 2
Phillips, J. 2
Pierron, Geo. (George) (b. 1816) 22
Pine Bros. 2
Pittman, J.A.W. 3
Platt, A.C. 2
Platt, S.L. 2
Plimpton 9
Plimpton & Ruggles 2
Pollock, Charles (1832-1910) 27
Pond, C.L. (Charles L.) 28
Pond, F.L. 3
Poole, R. (Rodney) (1837-) 5
Popkins, B.F. 3
Porter, J.R. 1
Powers, J.D. 1
Pratt, D.C. (Dewitt C.) 1
Prescott & White 40
Prescott, D.K. 1
Pressey & Hodge 2
Preston, James E. (Esson) 1
Preston, William G. 11
Procter Brothers 63
Proctor, G.K. 29
Prudden, B.E. 1
Purviance 2
Purviance (New York, N.Y.) 3
Purviance Photo 1
Purviance, W.T. (William T.) 262
Putnam, George T., 1851- 13
Putnam, S.A. 3
R. Rive 1
R. Ruehlman & Co. 2
R.B. Lewis 1
R.M. & J.B. Linn 1
RA Miller 1
Ragan & Shannon 10
Rand & Bird 2
Rand & Latto 2
Randall & Whiteman 5
Ranger & Austen 2
Ransom, H. 4
Rau, William Herman (1855-1920) 21
Rawson, D.W.S. (d. 1869) 2
Recher, E.M. (Elias M.) (1828-1887) 6
Record & Epler 4
Reed & McKenney 5
Reed, D.T. 12
Reed, H.J. 4
Reed, J.H. 2
Reed, S.C. 35
Reid, J. Jefferson 8
Reid, John, II (1835-1911) 4
Reiff & Arenson 1
Reilly, John James (1839-1894) 32
Rice, D.S. 3
Rich, J.E. 1
Richardson Bros. 1
Richardson, L.A. 2
Richardson, T.G. (Thomas G.) 19
Richardson, W.T. 4
Rideout & McFadden 1
Rider, J.A. 1
Rinehart, F.A. (Frank A.) 9
Ripple Bros. 1
Ritton, E.D. (Edward D.) 6
Robbins, Frank (1846-) 23
Roberts, D.H. (fl. ca. 1860s) 4
Roberts, H.L. 3
Robinson, Frank P. 1
Robinson, Godfrey Clive 11
Robinson, H.N. 2
Roblin, Frank F. 10
Roche, T.C. 109
Rockwood and Co. 1
Rogers, A.A. 2
Rogers, C.H. 35
Rogers, Early 2
Rogers, I.L. 4
Rogers, John S.E. 15
Rogers, S. 2
Rollins, E.G. 15
Roloson 1
Rominger, J.T. 1
Rood, F.M. 1
Root, Samuel (1819-1889) 47
Rose, P.H. 10
Rose, R.H. (Royal Hunting) 2
Rossiter, H.J. 1
Rothengatter & Dillon 2
Rumsey, H.D. (fl. 187-) 4
Russell, photographer 2
Russell, R.J. 1
Rust, T.D. 2
Rutherford & Co. 2
Ryan, D.J. (1837-) 44
Ryder's Photographic Landscapes 2
S.S. Vose & Co. 7
S.S. Vose & Son 4
S.T. Davenport & Son 3
San Antonio View Co. 5
Sanborn, N.C. 2
Sanderson, I.H. (Isaac H.) (1833-1891) 2
Sanftleben, John 1
Sargent, F.V. 2
Savage, C.R. (Charles Roscoe) (1832-1909) 73
Sawtelle, E.E. (Edward E.) 11
Schadde, P. Joseph 5
Schaub, J.L. 9
Schaub, J.T. 15
Scholfield, E.A. (Everett Augustus) (1843-1930 ) 1
Scholten, J.A. (1829-1886) 3
Schurch & Co. 2
Scidmore 1
Scofield, C.H. 14
Scripture, G.H. (George H.) (1839-1929) 30
Scripture, J.C. (John Calvin) (1808-1929) 2
Seaver, C. (Charles) 69
Seely, Walter Fredrick 1
Seward, H.W. (H. Walton) (d. 1871) 21
Shackford, A.W. 5
Shanahan, W.T. 1
Sharp, P.T. 2
Shaw & Chamberlain 2
Shaw & Lord 14
Shaw, J.W. 2
Shaw, L.D. 1
Shay, G.B. 3
Sheldon, K.T. (King T.) 7
Shepherd, C.F. 2
Sherburne, A. P. (Alden P.) 1
Sherman, W.H. 19
Shumway, H.L. 10
Shute, R.G. 28
Simon, A.W. 12
Simons, M.P. (Montgomery P.) 3
Simpson, photographer (fl. ca. 1880s) 6
Sinclair, James 15
Singley, B.L. (Benjamin Lloyd) 143
Sission, G.R. 1
Skinner 2
Skinner, F.A. 2
Slee Bros. 12
Smillie, T.W. (Thomas William) (1843-1917) 50
Smith & Sayles 3
Smith, D.E. (fl. 1860-1890) 3
Smith, Edward F. 6
Smith, George, photographer (fl. ca. 1871) 5
Smith, H.G. 8
Smith, R.H. (Rollin H.) 5
Smith, S.B. 1
Smith, Washington G. (1828-1893) 43
Smith, William Morris 2
Soule Photograph Company 1
Soule, John P. (1827-1904) 836
Spafard, E. 7
Sparhawk, L.T. (Luther T.) 2
Spooner, J. Pitcher (John Pitcher) (1845-1917) 3
St. Joachim 1
Stacey, C.A. 2
Stacy, G. (George) 11
Staniford, G.E. 3
Stanton, I.B. 1
Stark & Horton 13
Stauffer, William H. 10
Stebbins, A.B. 1
Stereo Photo Co. 1
Sterro-Photo Co. 1
Sterry 1
Stiff, C.W. (Charles W.) 1
Stiles & Bach 1
Stoddard, Seneca Ray (1844-1917) 245
Stone & Company (Firm) 1
Stone, N.L. 4
Storer & Reed 2
Storey, J. 2
Storrs, J.W. (John W.) 11
Strohmeyer & Wyman 8
Styles, A.F. (Adin French) (1832-1910) 103
Sumner's Gallery 1
Susong, Joseph D. 2
Swain, E.C. 1
Swan, W.H. 1
Swasey, H.J. 1
Sweeny 1
Sweeny, Thomas T. 17
Sweeny's Photographic Landscapes 10
Sweet, J.L. 5
Taber, I.W. (Isaiah West) (1830-1912) 2
Taft, Frank M. (Frank Miller) (1851-) 2
Taft, P.W. 21
Talbot, C.W. 5
Tallman, C.W. (1833 - 1896) 3
Taylor, George W. 1
Taylor, S.M. 1
Taylor, T.W. (Thomas W.) (1838-1904) 1
Tebbetts, G.H. (fl. 1872-1890) 3
Tennant, P.W. (fl. 1877-1879) 4
Tenney, Charles A. 2
Terhune, A.D. 1
Thayer, L.E. 4
Thomalen, E.A. 2
Thomas Houseworth & Co. 10
Thomas, G.S. 4
Thomas, William C. (fl ca. 1880) 3
Thompson -- photographer 1
Thompson & Atwood 2
Thompson, W.C. 9
Thomson, J. (John) (1837-1921) 3
Thorn, G. 4
Thorne, G.W. (George W.) 2
Thum, M. (Mandeville) 33
Thurlow, J. (1831-1878) 59
Tice, A. Wurts 1
Tinkham, A. 1
Tipton, William H. (1850-1929) 33
Tirrell, George W. 14
Tomlinson, C. (fl. 1874-1890) 19
Tooker, T.D. (b. 1833) 9
Totherick, E. 33
Tousley, H.S. (1825-1895) 11
Towle, S. (Simon) 31
Townsend, A.C. 2
Townsend, C.H. (1859-1944 ) 1
Trask & Birth 1
Trask, M.G. (Manly G.) (1836-1919) 3
Trenham, N.J. 1
Trowbridge & Jennings 3
Tucker & Perkins 1
Tucker, W.M. 5
Turner, A.M. 6
Turpin, Earle 2
Tuttle, W.C. (William C.) 14
Tyler, A.D., Jr. 1
U.S. Stereoscopic Co. 6
Udall, Horace D. 1
Udell, H.D. 2
Underwood & Underwood 31
Union View and Copying Co 1
Union View Co. 21
Upton, B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818 or 1824-after 1901) 81
Usher, John, Jr. 14
Vail Bros. 3
Vail, J.G. (James Gardner) (1842-1929) 7
Van Aken, E.M. (Elisha M.) 3
Van Ness 3
Van Wagner 22
Vanderwarker & Nally 3
Veeder, Aaron 52
Vermont Stereoscopic Company 7
Vose & Paul 2
W. Grundy? 1
W.A. Prescott & Co. 4
W.D. Fay & Co. 11
W.H. Jackson & Co. 42
Waite, E.O. 1
Wakely, G.D. 84
Wakeman, J.H. 3
Waldack, Charles 70
Walker, Jonathan A. 1
Walker, L.E. (1826-1916) 9
Walzl, Richard 23
Ward, H.D. 10
Ward, Joseph 1
Wardner, W.G. 1
Warner, Milan P. 52
Warren, Joseph H. 11
Warren, Joseph W. 30
Wasgatt, L. (Lycurgus) 1
Washburn, George L. 14
Watkins, Carleton E. (1829-1916) 191
Weaver, P.S. 2
Weaver, W.H. 6
Webber, H.L. 13
Weber Bros. 1
Webster & Albee 27
Webster, A.G. 2
Webster, E.Z. 6
Webster, J.N. (Joseph N.) (1838-1920) 16
Webster, William T. 1
Weed, Charles L. 18
Weeks, J. 11
Weil, P.F. (Peter F.) 3
Weitfle, Charles (1836-1921) 80
Weller, F.G. (Franklin G.), (1833-1877) 64
Wendt, Julius 2
West & Waddell 4
West, J. 1
Weston, Frank C. 2
Wetmore, August, Jr. 6
Wheeler, D.N. (Dansford Noble) (1841-1909) 2
Wheeler, F.W. 1
Wheeler, W.S. 1
Wheeler's Art Gallery 1
Whitaker, G.C. 5
Whitcomb, I.A. 3
White, Franklin (1813-1870) 16
White, Isaac 6
White, Luther (d. 1936) 1
White, T.E.M. 17
White, W.S. (Wallace S.) (1842-1921) 2
Whiting View Company 2
Whiting, R.R. 1
Whitley, J.H. 7
Whitney & Beckwith 2
Whitney & Zimmerman 59
Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice 25
Whitney, J.E. (Joel Emmons) (1822-1886) 3
Whitney's Gallery 4
Whittemore, A.J. 12
Wiggins, Silas T. (1831-1908) 1
Wight, Edward N. 4
Wildey, O.H. 3
Wiley, E. 1
Wilkins, J. 5
Wilkins, O.E. 1
Wilkinson, O.R. 9
Willard, O.H. 1
William Allderige & Son 7
William M. Chase 401
William S. Robbins & Co. 54
Williams, C.C. 2
Williams, J.A. 1
Williams, J.H. 29
Williams, Joshua Appleby 81
Williams, L.B. (1833-1907 ) 7
Williams, William A. (fl. 187-) 2
Wilson & Davis 2
Wilson & Havens 23
Wilson, David W. 12
Wilson, J.N. (Jerome Nelson) (1827-1897 ) 97
Wilson, William E. (d. 1905) 1
Wiltse, G.G. 1
Winder, J.W. 2
Windsor's Photographic House 8
Wing, S. (Simon) (1826-1906) 1
Wires, W.M. 2
Witte, W.F. 7
Wittick, Ben (1845-1903) 13
Wolcott, U.E. 2
Wood & Bickel 15
Woodward & Son 30
Woodward Stereoscopic Co. 2
Woodward, C.W. (Charles Warren) 44
Woodward, G.W. 7
Worden, N.R. (Nicholas R.) 10
Worthley, W.E.G. 2
Wright, B.L. 3
Wyer, Henry Sherman (1847-1920) 11
Young, C.P. (Charles P.) 1
Young, E.J. 26
Zahner, M.H. 1
Zimmerman, Charles A. (1844-1909) 79
Ashmead Bros. 1
Bergquest & Johnson 1
Cremer, James (1821-1893) 7
Davis, James M. 7
J.A. Pierce and Co. 1
James S. Earle & Sons 22
Judd & Rugg 1
Muller Bros. 1
Quaker Oats Company 5
Singley, B.L. (Benjamin Lloyd) 1
Warner, Amos M. 1
Wing & Bush 1
Agriculture Department 1
Battle of 50
Boat 1
Calif. 295
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Chicago 141
etc 16
etc. 1
Ford's Theatre 1
George 21
Gulf of 4
Henry Ward 4
Ill. 141
Lake 157
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Mass. 297
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the (Calif.) 71
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Adobe buildings 6
Adobe houses 2
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African American cooks 1
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African American farmers 1
African American girls 1
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African American school children 3
African American women 8
African Americans 100
African Americans -- Domestic life -- Georgia -- 1890-1899 1
African Americans -- Men 11
African Americans -- Women 2
Agaves 18
Aged persons 1
Agricultural laborers 7
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Alameda County (Calif.) 14
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Albany (N.Y.) 90
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Alien laborers 2
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Allegheny Mountains 177
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Alleys 6
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Alligators 23
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Amherst (Mass.) 87
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Gettysburg (Pa.) 94
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Honesdale (Pa.) 1
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Arbotek
Benton Modern Display
A flurry of painted art: the May episode of ScreenFonts looks at posters for Headshot, Umi Yori Mo Mada Fukaku (After The Storm), Donald Cried, Personal Shopper, God Knows Where I Am, The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Grave (Raw), Before I Fall, and All This Panic.
While gathering examples for this episode of ScreenFonts, I was pleasantly surprised to find a wealth of beautiful painted or illustrated posters, as well as two photographic compositions that look like painted art. I even had to shift some of the work to my upcoming “Leftovers” follow-up due to lack of space here.
© 2016 Screenplay Infinite Films. Poster by bpg.
Designers have a number of ways to cram as much information about a film as possible into a poster—think image mosaics or the oft-derided floating heads maneuver. One elegant strategy is what I’ve come to call “the Star Wars stack”: merging characters and story elements into a cluster on the canvas. Yes, I just made up that name, and Tom Chantrell wasn’t even the first to do this for Star Wars —but hey, sue me. Noted poster designers Brandon Schaefer and Sam Smith, collaborating as The Poster Boys, replied on Twitter that the Star Wars poster was referred to as “The Dirty Dozen direction” after Frank McCarthy’s art for that 1967 war story. The style, however, has its roots in a lot of the earliest posters from the 1900s.
As I pointed out in my comparison of the original Chinese poster for Journey To The West and Paul Shipper’s superior illustrated art, photographic compositions in this style usually fall flat because they fail to reach the same level of consistency. Yet, once in awhile, a designer proves me wrong. bpg’s theatrical one-sheet for Indonesian action thriller Headshot manages to achieve a harmonious composition by dramatically desaturating the photographs and using obvious fade-outs instead of trying to cover up the transitions. These fade-outs are consistent with the smoke-like hole in the main protagonist’s head, a clever metaphor for both the injury and the amnesia the young man suffers from. The splattered red lettering not only reinforces the painterly look of the poster, but also serves as a typographic warning about the film’s violent content.
Umi Yori Mo Mada Fukaku (After The Storm)
© 2016 Film Movement. Poster by Akiko Stehrenberger.
Next, we move from a photo montage mimicking painted art to a photorealistic painting. This month’s episode illustrates why Akiko Stehrenberger is a standout among this generation of film-poster designers. Instead of a signature style, Stehrenberger has a signature attitude that sees her adopt unexpected solutions tailored to the film—compare, for example, two of her award-winning designs: one for Funny Games , the other for Kiss of The Damned. Stehrenberger’s versatility and inventiveness create interesting situations: for example, although both this poster and the next have water as a common thematic thread, they could not be more different.
For Japanese drama Umi Yori Mo Mada Fukaku (After The Storm), Stehrenberger envisioned looking at father and son through a rainy window as the perfect metaphor for the film’s subject matter: a private detective struggling to raise money for child support while trying to reconnect with his son and ex-wife after the death of his own father. Instead of putting up a physical barrier, the masterful optical distortion of the raindrops imparts an air of melancholy—and also of profound human connection. The stunning theatrical one-sheet reveals a rare sensitivity and genuine empathy that is hard to find in film poster design. Just perfect.
Silas Dilworth’s Heroic Condensed stays out of the art’s way. The Skyline styles of Titling Gothic have the same compact quality, while Tasse Compressed and Antenna Compressed are slightly squarer, with airier apertures. Joost, a new arrival at Type Network, is another—more adventurous—alternative.
Donald Cried
© 2016 The Orchard, Rough House, Electric Chinoland & Cardboard productions. Poster by Gravillis, Inc. with artwork by Akiko Stehrenberger.
Although she usually presents a handful of concepts for a project, Stehrenberger only showed a single design for Donald Cried to creative director Kenny Gravillis. The character wearing glasses, she explains, offered more possibilities than merely reflecting something. Having them collect water/tears—like underwater goggles tend to do—was a simple and funny visual that mirrored the title and further distorted the protagonist’s already goofy face. Because Stehrenberger likes to keep things straightforward, this was supposed to be the piece’s only gimmick. However, the client felt the artwork needed more elements from the story: sex, drugs, and guns. Stehrenberger incorporated them as a wallpaper motif in the background so as not to have them distract too much from the main image. Still, it made the title less legible. Stehrenberger found out only after the fact that a blurred drop shadow had been added—not a solution she would have chosen.
Type Network recently came by two exciting deco-flavored alternatives to Mark van Bronkhorst’s Bovine, in use in this poster. Arbotek by José Manuel Urós is a modern interpretation of art deco, and CSTM’s eccentric Pilar has four stylistic sets that make the typeface increasingly adventurous. Mainstay Mostra Nuova also fits the (literal) bill.
© 2016 GC Cinéma. Poster by inSync Plus.
© 2016 GC Cinéma. Poster by Tula Lotay for Mondo.
Artists who don’t normally work in film poster design often bring unexpected richness to the medium. Consider Personal Shopper, which revolves around a ghost story set in the Paris fashion underworld. The main theatrical poster by inSync Plus plays up the mystery in the movie. The sheer curtains covering two thirds of the canvas and partly veiling Kristen Stewart can be seen as an almost literal interpretation of the ghost element, and also enhance the understated sensuality of Stewart’s body language as she takes off her shoes. The fine features of Didot underline the image’s sophistication; for more delicate Modern/Scotch faces, take a look at Moderno Light, Benton Modern Display Light, and Miller Banner Light. Feeling plucky? Choose Vinter Thin for an even more pronounced French-fashion look. And you’d be hard pressed to find a finer serif than Kazimir Text Hairline.
But back to painted art. Whatever the theatrical one-sheet aims to do, it pales in comparison to the absolutely wonderful variant poster created by illustrator/comic book artist Tula Lotay for Mondo. Even though this is “only” a drawing of Kristen Stewart, what we see is a genuine, whole person expressing a fully developed personality, her strengths and insecurities shining through the brush strokes. The palette is gorgeous, and the spontaneous brush lettering is the perfect solution for the movie title and actor’s credit.
God Knows Where I Am
© 2016 Wider Film Projects. Poster by Dan Forkin Studio.
Things start to get a little surreal here, and this approach is just right for the biographical drama God Knows Where I Am. Dan Forkin’s official key art condenses the documentary’s essence into a puzzling image. The ghostly silhouette framing the apple tree symbolizes Linda Bishop’s dissociation and eventual disappearance into nothingness. The upside-down tree lends itself to various interpretations. As she descends into insanity, becoming trapped in her own mind, Bishop waits for God to save her—hence the tree descending from the heavens. Visually, the latticework of branches mimics the nerves and blood vessels in her head, while the fruited tree reinforces the fact that Bishop survived for nearly four months on apples and rainwater. And this is where the last surreal detail suddenly hits you. The orientation of the apples makes you realize that the tree is not a rotated image—it’s actually hanging upside down, a metaphor for Bishop’s warped sense of reality.
The watercolor letterforms of the book face Bembo supply the poster with a literary touch. I’d like to see what sort of minute shifts in tone and voice would occur if this design were instead executed with Faunus, Elmhurst, Whitman, or Kopius.
The Blackcoat’s Daughter
© 2015 A24. Poster by LA.
The previous poster proves that flipping, rotating, or mirroring one or more elements can be very effective if you want to introduce a subtle level of disquiet or turmoil into a poster design. (See my review of Orphan for another example.) In the horror thriller The Blackcoat’s Daughter, two girls are up against a mysterious evil force when they are left behind at their boarding school over winter break. In LA’s theatrical one-sheet, the building providing the setting for the movie is rotated sideways and mirrorred. This forms a bizarre pattern connecting the profiles of the two protagonists, creating the gruesome impression that both faces were initially joined and are now being slowly ripped apart. It can also be seen as the occurrences inside the building invading and infecting the girls’ psyches.
The classic red serif capitals of Carlton, published by the Stephenson Blake Typefoundry in the early 1900s, lend the poster a vintage atmosphere. The architectural Grand Central, the mechanical Meyer Two, and the calligraphic Phaistos have similar period associations.
Grave (Raw)
© 2016 Focus World. Poster by Silenzio Communication.
© 2016 Focus World. Poster by P+A.
© 2016 Focus World.
It’s often enlightening to compare an original poster with local or international versions. French horror drama Grave (Raw) tells how a carnivorous hazing ritual at a veterinary school unlocks a disconcerting taste for meat in the bright student Justine, a vegetarian and longtime believer in animal rights. Silenzio Communication’s original one-sheet singles out a key moment in the film: the prescient nosebleed that foreshadows Justine’s cannibalistic tendencies. This artwork and P+A’s international one-sheet basically use the same image—yet the typography makes all the difference and elevates the latter to a higher level. While the choice of typeface for the film title and its location on the French poster seem mostly functional, in the American version the placement of the film title over Justine’s mouth turns the white high-contrast letters into metaphorical fangs, an imaginative and strong concept. Justine’s pose and bloodied mouth give her a feral, almost lupine look in the third poster variant. The positioning of the type, turned into a stencil face by having an outline eat away at the contours, beautifully reinforces the angle of her shoulders and chin.
The typeface in P+A’s artwork is Salomé, an interpretation of the fat-face model by Atipo, the Spanish graphic and type design studio whose projects I featured a number of times on The FontFeed.
© 2017 Open Road Films & Awesomeness Films. Poster by Ignition.
© 2010 Lionsgate. Poster by Ignition
I find it a little weird when design studios plagiarize themselves. Ignition created a theatrical one-sheet for mystery drama Before I Fall that looks uncomfortably similar to their own design for Rabbit Hole, a poster I reviewed on The FontFeed almost seven years ago. The vertical divisions and image repetitions serve completely different purposes, though. In the poster for Rabbit Hole , the transition from warm colors and blissful imagery at the center to desaturated despair toward the borders of the canvas visualizes the disintegration of the protagonists’ psyches and marriage. For Before I Fall, this graphic solution symbolizes the fateful last day in the protagonist’s charmed life, which she must live over and over again until she gets it right. While conceptually the artwork for Rabbit Hole has more depth, the fractured typography reinforces the design of Before I Fall. Proxima Nova is a solid and versatile alternative to Gotham, while Arboria or Eagle would add an art-deco twist.
By the way, this is not the only time Ignition has copied their own poster concepts. In early 2010, I compared their teasers for 30 Days of Night to the one for Daybreakers.
All This Panic
© 2016 Factory 25. Poster by Oddopolis.
We end like we started, with photographs that were manipulated to resemble painted art. The documentary All This Panic offers an intimate look at three years in the lives of a group of teenage girls coming of age in Brooklyn. Oddopolis’ poster series beautifully captures the girls’ youthfulness. By cranking up the contrast in their portraits until they look like stencil graffiti in black and hot pink, the posters take on a punk quality. The New York skyline concealed in the dark areas of the photos gives the artwork a sense of place. While I almost immediately recognized Jakob Erbar’s hand, the typeface initially had me puzzled, until I realized I was looking at Phosphor without the inside line. Another one of Jakob Erbar’s types served as the basis for Dunbar; Allium Black has the same crisp heaviness, but without the peculiar S-shape.
Me, I am way beyond my teenage years, and thus have no reason to panic. And neither have you—if you haven’t had your fill of movie posters yet, come back in a few days to feast on “The Leftovers.” And, as always, you can discover a fresh batch of noteworthy movie posters with me in the next episode of ScreenFonts.
Bald Condensed, né Yves Peters, is a Belgian-based rock drummer known for his astute observations on the impact of letterforms in the contemporary culture-sphere. A prolific writer on typography, he has a singular knack for identifying the most obscure typefaces known to man.
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Review “Do You Believe in Madness?” (The Second City): The Lunacy is Real!
Friday, November 8, 2019 The Fourth Walsh, The Second City Permalink 0
The Second City presents its 108th Mainstage Revue, DO YOU BELIEVE IN MADNESS?
I do believe in madness. And I know we’ve been living in it for the last few years. A daily sh#tshow is originating from the White House. The constant ferocity is hitting Americans like a never-ending, category 6 hurricane. I preface the political climate because it definitely dampens what should be a hilarious escape from reality at The Second City’s 108th Mainstage Revue.
Do you believe in Buffoonery Fatigue? I do because I have it!
The Second City celebrates sixty years of poking fun of government antics. Their shows are anchored in lampoons on the current state of the union. What used to be gut-busting punchlines are now just gut-busting punches. The lines of civility no longer exist so the humor gets lost in the decaying crevices of humanity.
The terrific ensemble (Mary Catherine Curran, Sarah Dell’Amico, Andrew Knox, Asia Martin, Jordan Savusa, and Adam Schreck) have written and perform a variety of sketches. They do a fantastic job. It’s just reality weighs heavy on the comedic moment.
For example, these are great set-ups…
A Russian-accented Schreck is applying for a job at Facebook.
Curran and Martin bond over a Lizzo song despite their cultural differences.
Martin talks to her mother played by Dell’Amico about being pregnant.
A noteworthy Dell’Amico explains Flexit.
Knox explains why he didn’t vote for Hillary.
The entire crew celebrate by singing an impeachment song.
The set-ups are ripe with laugh-out-loud potential. The bits are funny. Yet, the conclusions are more stingers than zingers. The heightened absurdity is actually our reality. So, a lot of my laughter had a sigh attached to it. Although the ensemble rarely even mention Trump, his persona looms large creating division and acting like a spoiler.
Sprinkled into the political satire, a few sketches do hit the non-partisan funny bone. As kindergartners, the ensemble hilariously discuss their gender identities. Martin spiritedly belts out a Chicago anthem for legalizing marijuana. And a snarky Dell’Amico proctors a classroom where Curran is cheating on a test. The classroom set-up is a clever way to sneak improv onstage. Curran’s mates must get her to guess audience suggestions of Zac Efron, “A Star is Born”, Portland Sea Dogs and “Gold Digger”. The audience lends support in figuring out the pantomiming by golf clapping louder when Curran is getting closer. The interactive skit is light and frothy humor.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MADNESS? mirrors real life buffoonery. The wit and talent of the ensemble is solid. But if you are currently on a steady diet of CNN and Politico -like I am, some of the shtick will be hard to laugh at. The lunacy is too fresh and still being made daily. I’m hoping this show ages into pure madness aided by the ending of this buffoonery-heavy era. Hindsight is 20/20… and I’m hoping it’s 2020!
Running Time: Two hours with an intermission
At The Second City, 1616 N. Wells
Written and performed by Mary Catherine Curran, Sarah Dell’Amico, Andrew Knox, Asia Martin, Jordan Savusa, and Adam Schreck
Directed by Ryan Bernier
Music direction by Nick Gage
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm
Fridays and Saturdays at 11pm
For more Chicago theatre information and reviews, please visit Theatre in Chicago
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Black Celebration: A Personal History of Goth
Can someone join a subculture without knowing it exists? Is it possible for a single person to comprise a sub-subculture — a clique of one? These are questions I contemplated a lot, based on how I spent my teens and young adulthood.
The riotous colors of 1993 hurt my eyes. Worse yet, its hot dance-poppy tracks (think: Haddaway, Tag Team, Ace of Base) burned in the open cut of my deepening depression. I rejected all of it. The alternative was literal: alternative — as in, alternative music, as in, more specifically, grunge, which to most minds meant Nirvana, a band I could barely stand. Mainstream culture left me feeling conspicuously out of place. Aimless and alone, I stumbled down the gloomy, unlit path of goth.
Before all-black clothes and eyeliner became my daily wear, I'd never heard the word goth. It's likely that I encountered the iconic look — the pitch dark hair, the deathly complexion, the silver-buckled, -spiked, and -chained accessories — in a movie, on TV, in a book, or on the streets of a foreign city before adopting goth's dark splendor for myself. But contrary to what you'd expect, I never set out to dress that way. My transition was organic, a product of several factors.
I came by the pale skin honestly, thanks to genetics and insomnia. Being an overweight tween had inclined me to wear black, which seemed to slim away a bit of my huskiness. The mysterious, the Romantic, the (I'll just go ahead and say it) Byronic had always compelled me. Temperamentally speaking, autism spectrum disorder and major depression made me standoffish. Through my father's broad musical tastes and penchant for nightlife I was exposed to pulsing, subversive-feeling stuff that struck nerves I hadn't known I possessed. Shut in my candlelit room, writing tormented poems while darkwave beats, borrowed from my dad's music library, trembled from the stereo, I was like a caterpillar in its cocoon. All the stuff swirling around in there was bound to solidify into some new form of life eventually.
I emerged as a beautiful black butterfly shortly before turning fourteen. As my personal mythology has it, the trigger was seeing a daytime talk show on which a "troubled" teen spoke about why he wore that ghastly makeup and black velvet, lace, and leather. The dramatic monologue he delivered, about coping with darkness by embracing darkness, was my own angst given voice. Before that epiphanic Oprah episode (or whatever it was) I'd believed myself alone in feeling this way. In the egocentrism of youth, what teen doesn't think he's the first, the only — even when that exclusivity is to his detriment? Regardless, from that day forward, every time someone asked why I dressed all in black, I answered in one of two ways: either "Color is nothing more than trumpery and lies," or "Because the price of tomatoes has fluctuated again." I was a blast at parties. (No one invited me to parties.)
Better than any other lesson, school taught me that I did not fit. The adjective peerless implies good — unequaled, unrivaled. But I dropped out of my academically prestigious high school in large part because I had neither equals nor rivals. To be an outcast, that is, to be cast out, you have to first be in. I'd joined no clubs, hitched myself to no teams, took part in no extracurriculars. I'd walked to classes unaccompanied, literally on the fringe. Except in the eyes of one accidental girlfriend who mistook my awkwardness for cool, I was a non-entity.
I was eventually old enough for the clubs that, if only one night a week, played the darkwave and industrial (i.e., goth) music that lured palefaced youth out of seclusion. In preparation, I'd powder my nose, smear my eyes with kohl, take one last appraising look at myself in the mirror. My studded collar and high Doc Martens looked suitably fetishistic. My silver rings glinted. My lacquered fingernails reflected darkly. I'd head for the car, slipping a Djarum Black from its box. I'd light the clove cigarette and inhale. I'd turn the ignition key. I'd crank up the music and drive.
The parking lot would be scattered with vehicles and little groups of black-clad twenty-somethings, all rendered paler than normal in the sulfurous light. Most showed up every week, drawn by the camaraderie of other gothic oddities. The DJ was basically irrelevant; no one ever really danced. Like me, they huddled at the periphery of the dance floor and watched the poseurs do their thing. The poseurs were the worst. The poseurs were whoever they suspected of wearing color during the week, and anyone deemed insufficiently cool. Which was everyone.
Inside, the club's red lights would smooth and unblemish every face. "This Corrosion," a Sisters of Mercy song so stereotypical as to be almost a joke, would crash along while everyone feigned indifference. I'd stand, drinking my nonalcoholic drink, not talking to any of the people milling around, ignoring me. Many hugged each other, displaying affection more freely than you might expect from people wearing spikes and claw rings.
Although I looked the part, my club experiences were from a certain standpoint no different from school. Perhaps recognized by sight, I remained unacknowledged, unknown. I returned, week after week, in the hope of making a friend, yet lacked the wherewithal to break the ice. After a few hours, I'd go home feeling more alone than when I arrived.
Online newsgroups and IRCs (Internet chat groups) opened the world of goth to me, in the form of band recommendations, links to clothing boutiques, recipes for cocktails, lots of biting social criticism, and tips for coloring everything, from clothes to flowers, black. Goth's online contingent was even more fiercely cliquish and territorial than the clubgoers, but as long as I didn't try joining in, I could slink along the virtual periphery, reading their tips, quips, and laments, and silently judge those self-appointed arbiters of gothic taste and macabre fashion.
I couldn't stand those elitists' mentality, the way they gazed down with gother-than-thou scorn from their obsidian tower. I soon disassociated myself from the lot of them, the online contingent and their real-life counterparts. I continued to dress the part, and certainly didn't give up the music I loved so much, but I wouldn't permit anyone to mistake appearance for substance. For instance, my father was on the phone in the next room one afternoon, talking to a friend about me. I heard him say, "He's too goth to go see Mrs. Doubtfire with us." Without getting up from my computer desk, I shouted, "I'm not goth!" And I meant it. However, this irony was not lost on me: in my browser window was a man in black lipstick, modeling a very tall pair of boots beside a crying angel statue. That picture made me really want to buy those boots. Deep down, I was goth as fuck. No impassioned arguments would change that.
A thousand essays and academic papers have been written with the title "What Is Goth?" Debates over what (or who) does and doesn't qualify as goth continue to rage on the Internet. Goth is what was once freely called a lifestyle — heavy on the style. It's precisely this quality of insubstantiality that I believe has made it so difficult to define. It's shallow, and you can't base an ethos, and certainly not a philosophy, on black clothing and minor-key music. So, what happens when the kids who dress in impractical, pseudo-archaic outfits and head for the club, as I once did, realize the vacuousness of this aesthetic ideal they've built their lives around?
I chose to dance to the beat of my own drum machine. I toned down the eyeliner. I put away the spiked leather collar. I embraced my ungothly geekiness full-on, with Frisbee in the park, They Might Be Giants on my stereo, and posters of the periodic table of elements in my kitchen. I grew up and all but forgot about the subculture that had seemed so tantalizingly close to my heart.
It sounds like a riddle: I clothe myself in shadow but will not be overshadowed. My sound is dark as night itself. I am forty and still love The Nightmare Before Christmas. What am I?
Labels: autism spectrum disorder, clothing, editorial, goth, music, reflection
I love this entry about how you unwittingly (if I may) found yourself to be aligned with Goth culture, yet still felt on the outside of it looking in. Fascinating, really.
I found myself at my happiest when I didn't try to fit any labels that society demands to put on things they don't understand. I am me. Whether you like it or not. And if you don't? Don't let the door hit you on the way out. ^.^
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32970 Views February 02, 2018 103 Comments Saker Analyses and Interviews The Saker
[This analysis was written for the Unz Review]
So, finally, the suspense is over. Kind of. The US Treasury has finally released the list of Russian entities and individuals which could (conditional!) be sanctioned by the US Treasury in compliance with the H.R.3364 – Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. These two short excerpt from the report show why I say “could”:
Now let’s translate all this in plain English: the US took a copy of the Kremlin telephone book, then a copy of Forbes and created a new list combining both. Then the US proclaimed that these entities and individuals are not under any sanctions yet, but are candidates for such sanctions.
Does that make *any* sense to you *at all*?!
Well, if it does, stop reading and enjoy your unique gifts. If it does not, then don’t feel bad as this makes no sense whatsoever for anybody in Russia either. Oh how I wish modern technologies would make it possible for me to post here all the recent interviews, articles, talk-shows and public statements made in Russia for the past 24 hours! To say that the Russians are baffled is, really, an understatement.
Two things are noteworthy: first, this list completely ignores one of the most important realities of Russian politics: that the real, dangerous, opposition to Putin is not from the people (who support him at anywhere between 60% to 80%+) or from the Russian media (which, while often critical, does not represent a real threat to him) or even the Duma (whose opposition parties are critical of the Kremlin, but who are very careful about criticizing Putin himself lest they lose support from the people) . For years now I have been explaining that the real opposition to Putin is a) inside the ruling elites, including the Presidential Administration and the Government and b) big money: banks, oligarchs, etc. I call this (informal) opposition the “Atlantic Integrationists” because what these pro-western globalists want is for the AngloZionist Empire to accept Russia as an equal partner and to have Russia fully integrate the US-controlled international financial and security structures: WTO, NATO, EU, G7/8, etc. Very roughly speaking you could think of them as the “Medvedev people” (but you could also say that the Ministers in charge of the Russian economy all fall into this category, as do almost all the heads of Russian banks). I call the (informal) group supporting Putin the “Eurasian Sovereignists“. These are the folks who see the future of Russia in the South, East and even North, who want to pull Russia out of the AngloZionist international financial and security structures and who want a truly sovereign Russia to contribute to a new truly multi-polar world in collaboration with countries like China or the other BRICS countries. Very roughly you could call these people the “Putin people” (but you could also say that figures such as Ivanov, Rogozin, Shoigu and a few others are key personalities).
This is important because the this list of (potentially sanctioned) people makes absolutely no distinctions between these two groups. Check out this article on RT entitled “Major Russian bank will no longer service defense industry over US sanctions fears“. It quotes the Alfa Bank CEO Mikhail Fridman whose net worth is estimated at $16.2 billion by Forbes, as saying that the magazine that Alfa-Bank was cutting ties with the Russia’s defense industry, adding, “What can we do?”. Now look at the list, Appendix II, entry #23. Do you see who is there? Yup, the very same Mikhail Fridman!
Now let me add this: in the current political climate in Russia, to have bank accounts in the West is considered shameful and unpatriotic and that is something which even most dishonest and hypocritical Eurasian Sovereignists can hardly afford for political reasons (that does not mean that some don’t try, they do, but at a great political risk). In contrast, among Atlantic Integrationists, whose power and influence does not depend on public opinion, having assets abroad is much less dangerous and, therefore, much more common.
Now that the US Treasury has released this “list of marked individuals” (and their families, relatives or associated corporate entities) for potential, unspecified, future sanction, who do you think will freak out most, the Eurasian Sovereignists or the Atlantic Integrationists? Then look a step further and forget about the US for a second: Russia is trying hard to work with the Europeans in many join projects. What do you think the creation of such a list will have on joint ventures between EU and Russian businessmen? I predict two things:
It will place a great deal of pressure on EU corporations not to do business with the Russians and, therefore, it will further place the EU and the US on a collision course.
It will hurt the Atlantic Integrationists where it hurts them the most: in their financial interests.
Frankly, if I was paid to think long and hard about how to come up with the dumbest and most self-defeating foreign policy decision for the USA I could never do better than what the Trump Administration and Congress have just done. This is, by the way, something which all Russian analysts agree with. What they don’t agree with are the reasons for that seemingly completely and terminally stupid move. Here are the various schools of thought in Russia on that account:
Group One: “the slap in the face of Russia”:
They believe that the sole intention was to insult and humiliate Russia by basically declaring that all the top Russian people are gangsters. According to them, there ain’t much the US can do to Russia other than to continue a petty war of insults and harassment (like the expulsion of Russian diplomats and the seizure of Russian consular buildings in the USA).
Group Two: “it’s all internal US politics”:
That groups says that this has nothing to do with Russia at all. According to them, the US economy is doing well under Trump, the Democrats have nothing to use against him so all they do is continue to hammer the “Russian threat” fairytale to which Trump responds with deliberately ineffective and totally symbolic actions which make it look like he is anti-Russian when in reality he is quietly sabotaging the Democrats’ attempts at truly worsening relations with Russia and preventing the Democrats from playing the “Russian threat” card against Trump.
Group Three: “Трамп Наш” (Тrump is ours):
No, nobody in Russia seriously believes that Trump is a Russian agent or is somehow “owned” by Russia, but they say that as a joke, always laughing. But what they do mean is that deep down Trump is a friend of Russia and is actually helping Russia and Putin. How? By taking all sorts of measures which only hurt the USA while very powerfully helping Russia (for example, by forcing Russian oligarchs to bring their foreign assets back to Russia). Some even go as far as saying that this list is most damaging to the people opposed to Putin and that it gives him a pretext to fire them all after the Presidential elections in Russia. Far from considering Trump a bumbling idiot, this group sees him as a consummate politician who is actually creating the circumstances to really hurt his (real) enemies and help his (real) friends.
Group Four: “Наших бьют!” (Our people are under attack!):
This is the group which doesn’t care at all why the US is doing this or that, no matter how clumsy. All they care about is that this is yet another attack on “our people” (meaning Russian individuals or corporate entities) and that means that Russians should “circle the wagons” and come to the rescue of those thus attacked. This group most vociferously demands retaliatory steps from the Kremlin. They are a vocal minority.
Group Five: “Филькина Грамота” (Botched document produced by clueless idiots [very approximate translation!])
This is the group which basically says that it is all much more simple and no complex explanations are needed: the Trump Administration and Congress is composed of clueless idiots who have no idea what the hell they are doing and who just like to produce some policy decisions just to look like they still matter in world where they really don’t. Putin himself seems to be in this last group as he officially called this latest US document “complete stupidity“.
Frankly, in my experience the decision making process in the USA is almost never the result of the efforts of single actor. In fact, US political decisions are the “sum vector” of the effect of many different vectors acting together to produce a sum vector which sometimes looks nonsensical but which is still the logical result from the joint effect of all the vectors which determined it. In other words, all the explanations above could be right, albeit to various degrees. This being said, I strongly favor the last one as, like Putin, I have come to the conclusion that the Empire is run by stupid, ignorant ideologues who live in a world totally detached from reality.
What is absolutely certain is that this latest move by the USA is, again, a dream come true for Putin and his supporters, especially right before the elections.
First and foremost, this is clearly an attack on “our guy” and even on “all of us” and this triggers a very strong reaction of support from the people. Furthermore, it separates all Russians into basically two camps: first, Putin supporters and, second, those who are so totally sold out to the USA (like Ksenia Sobchak) that they would even hand back Crimea just in order to be friends with the West. The first group must roughly include, oh, let’s say 95%-98% of the population, the 2nd one about 2%-5%.
Second, it is now clear that every Russian oligarch (along with his family members and colleagues) has a big bullseye painted on his back and that he now should hurry to place his assets in the only location were the Empire cannot seize them: inside Russia.
Third, a lot of those oligarchs and civil servants who more or less actively opposed Putin and his policies now need to come back to him and, with hat in hand and with a groveling tone, need to make amends and beg for his pardon and mercy. They placed their bets on the AngloZionists and they lost. Now they need to come back to papa and beg for clemency (they will probably get it too). This right before the elections is very helpful indeed even if nobody doubts the outcome of these election to begin with.
To sum it all up: the latest move is a true blessing for Putin and Russia in both economic and political terms and the only ones really hurt by all this are the Atlantic Integrationists (who are really going through some very bad times anyway).
The paradox: US sanctions – a blessing in disguise?
Let’s think about what the USA has been doing over the past couple of years. Officially, the USA has been trying to “isolate” Russia. But isolate from exactly what? From Peru? Or maybe from cultural exchanges with Morocco? Hardly. When the USA says that it wants to isolate Russia it means cut Russia off from the western markets (trade), the western financial system (credit) and the western political elites (fora). These sanctions were supposed to hurt Russia precisely because Russia was, at least in part, dependent on trade with the EU, credits from western financial institution and her participation in G8 (now G7) type of events. Putin predicted that it would take 2 years for Russia to recover from these sanctions (and the concomitant drop in energy prices) and he was right: Russia not only created new trade ties, but also finally began investing in her internal market, she found credits elsewhere (China) and in terms of fora, it really turned out that the G7 without Russia was more or less like the Council of Europe or, for that matter, the UN Security Council: useless. Instead, world leaders began booking flight and visiting Moscow. Now the latest US sanctions are putting an immense amount of pressure on Russian oligarchs to bring their money back home. It sure looks to me that US sanctions made it possible for Putin to do something he might never have been able to do without them: to seriously begin reforming Russia (which badly needed such reforms). Remember, Eurasian Sovereignists are just that – sovereignists; whereas Atlantic Integrationists are just that – integrationists. By “cutting off Russia from the West” – whose agenda did the USA really hurt, the integrationists or the sovereignists? Could it be that Putin owes his immense popularity, and Russia her success, at least in part to US sanctions?
The fundamental theory of deterrence holds that “deterrence is in the eye of the beholder”. In other words, I cannot assume that what would deter me would also deter you. In order to deter you I need to understand what your goals and values are. I submit that when the US elites decided to sanction Russia (putatively to deter her from further resisting the Empire) they made a fundamentally wrong assumption: that Russia was ruled by Atlantic Integrationist types who would be horrified and deterred. Instead, these sanctions ended being a blessing for the Eurasian Sovereignists who used these sanctions to paralyze the Atlantic Integrationists, to push through much needed reforms and basically eliminate the pro-Western opposition. In so many ways Russia is still a mess and a struggling country, but thanks to US sanctions none of that will have any impact at all on the next Presidential elections in Russia and the Eurasian Sovereignists are more powerful than ever before. Thank you, Uncle Shmuel!
Possible Russian reactions:
Whatever the reasons for all this nonsense, this does beg some kind of reaction from Russia and I think that judging by all the similar situation in the recent past, the Russian reaction is fairly easy to predict.
First, there will be no grandiose gesture or loud hyperbolic statements out of the Kremlin. Putin jokingly deplored that his own name was not on the list, Peskov said that this was a hostile act, a few Russian Duma members canceled planned trip to the USA and Russian commentators expressed various degrees of dismay and disgust. But, all in all, this is very, very little. As usual, this will be completely misunderstood in the West where the culture is roughly “if your enemy slaps you in your face, you have to immediately slap him back lest you look weak“. In most of Asia (and the Middle-East, by the way), the norm is totally different: “if your enemy slaps you in the face you step back and plan how to bring him down in the long run because what matters is not the short-lived posturing, which can be even dangerous and counter-productive, but playing the long run and winning“. You could say that in the West the attention span and long-term planning is counted in days or weeks, while in Asia and the Middle-East it is counted in years and decades. So while there might not be anything particularly photogenic or quote-worthy coming out of the Kremlin, a few Russians did drop hints of what the Russian policy will be: “good luck to the Americans trying get anything major done on the planet without our support“. And just to make that point clear to those who can connect the dots, the Russian ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov, speaking on the Russian TV channel Rossiya One, declared that the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergei Naryshkin, recently traveled to the USA and met with some high level US personalities (including, according to US sources, CIA Director Mike Pompeo). As Newsweek wrote, Naryshkin would be “the Russian spy chief behind 2016 election hacking campaign” which various nutcases even called an act of war. He is on the very top of all these sanctions list, but there he is, traveling inside the USA and meeting with top US officials. Why did Antonov leak this? Simply to show that for all the huffing and puffing and hyperbolic grandstanding from the USA, the reality is that the USA and Russia are still very much working together because they really cannot afford not doing so (as I write these words I got a link to a WaPo article now saying that Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and even Colonel-General Korobov, the head of the Main Directorate of the General Stuff (GU GSh), the military intelligence service (ex-GRU) also took part in this trip to the USA.)
So that is the real Russian message to the USA: you need us a heck of a lot more than we need you because you need to work with us or else you won’t get anything done, we are still willing to work with you, but if you go crazy then your global interests will suffer much more than our ours; for all your hot air, you have been working with us all along and if you go overboard with the nonsense we will first reveal the extend of our collaboration and, if that is not enough to cool you down, we will terminate it.
There is no doubt in my mind that for most inhabitants of the AngloZionist Empire the notion of the almighty USA needing the struggling (and economically comparatively small) Russia more than Russia needs the USA is laughable. These folks would say something like that: “what is the Russian share of the gross world product, how many aircraft carriers does Russia have and what is the Russian weight in international financial institutions? And how is your vodka-soaked Ruble doing anyway, buddy?!” The Russians wouldn’t reply much of anything, most would just smile in contempt and think something along the lines of “when is the last time you got anything successfully done, you dumb pompous ass“. That’s fundamentally fine since this message is really not destined to ideological drones but to those in power in the USA who are aware of the real scorecard of Uncle Sam and who realize that right now it is the Empire, not Russia, which is almost completely paralyzed, and isolated (oh irony!) on all levels.
Conclusion one: the Empire’s main export is hot air
Many of my friends and readers send me various articles with all sorts of quotes by US officials and I have a really hard time explaining to them that they should stop listening to this endless bombastic verbiage. Not only because the vast majority of officials making these statements are both stupid and ignorant, but because the main export of the AngloZionist Empire nowadays is hot air. We saw that recently with the grand statements about Kurdistan or, for that matter, the plans “A”, “B”, “C” and “D” about Syria: all delivered with the same final gravitas. This is counter-intuitive, I will admit that. After all, when the President of the nuclear superpower, a three star general or any other senior official takes the floor to make an official statement, we automatically tend to assume that what they say matters, especially if they are surrounded by flags and many exited reporters. But it really doesn’t. Especially not when the “other guy” (the Russians and the Chinese) come from a culture which frowns upon loudmouthed histrionics: “make my day, punk” is just not an (Eur-)Asian way of delivering threats.
I don’t mean to suggest that we should ignore the Empire, most definitely not, but we should look at what the Empire actually does and more or less ignore it’s constantly running narcissistic commentary. When the Empire promises to do something right, it usually lies. When it promises to do something wrong, these are usually empty threats. So what’s the point of paying so much attention to these promises?
Conclusion two: learning optimism and caution from history
If we look at world history we can always see the same phenomenon taking place: when things go well, the elites are united, but as soon as things go south, the elites turn on each other. The reason for this is quite simple: elites are never as united as they pretend to be. In reality Empires, and any big country, really, are run by a coalition of elites who all benefit from the established order. They can hate each other, sometimes even kill each other (SA vs SS, Trotskyists vs Stalinists, etc.), but they will work together just like crime families do in the mob. But when a real, profound, crisis becomes undeniably apparent, these ruling elites typically turn on each other and when that happens, nobody is really in charge until, eventually, the entire system comes tumbling down or a new main ruler/group emerges. Right now the AngloZionists elites are locked into a huge struggle which is likely to last for the foreseeable future. However, we need to be aware that such a situation can also be used by a previously less visible party to make a move and seize power. That is exactly how Putin came to power, pushed by the Russian security services even while Eltsin was still the nominal head of state. This also fully applies to the Ukraine which is also run by a group of people whose main current contribution to the world scene is hot air. But that could change very, very fast. This is why while I recommend more or less ignoring the hot air coming out of the top US (or Ukie) officials, I would keep an attentive eye on the level right below them, especially the US (or Ukie) military. Finally, we should never confuse the inability to get anything done with the inability to make things worse: the latter does not flow from the former. Nazi Germany was basically defeated in Stalingrad (Feb 1943) but that did not prevent it from murdering millions more people for another two and a half years before two Soviet soldiers placed the Soviet flag on top of the Reichstag. We are still far away from such a “Reichstag flag” moment, but we sure are witnessing the AngloZionist “Stalingrad” taking place before our eyes.
john mason on February 02, 2018 · at 12:53 am EST/EDT
Must be a reason why Putin is not on the list. It appears to be a deliberate omission. Could it be to throw suspicion on Putin that he is colluding with Trump therefore is not targeted, that he is protected? It could also be to try and put Putin in a position where the Atlantic Integrationists and Eurasian Sovereignists become suspicious of Putin and gang up on him, become distrustful of Putin and need explanations, to explain himself.
May also explain the reason Putin is going as an Independent which allows him to choose his cabinet without having to remain loyal to a Party and abide by there directives.
By the way, a very good article, food for thought.
david on February 02, 2018 · at 2:12 am EST/EDT
I’ve never seen any evidence that Putin is anything other than a civil servant?
Certainly not a billionaire.
Despite claims of $200 billion fortunes, Putin has responded:
“But Putin has consistently denied sitting on a massive fortune, claiming in April 2015 to have an income of just £95,000 made up of his Presidential salary and his ownership of two apartments and a car park.”
Accusing Putin of “corruption” just doesn’t cut it.
He personally is probably worth more than that, he is clearly the most powerful man on the planet, but i suspect most pundits could not conceive of someone achieving that without taking personal advantage of it.
The Saker on February 02, 2018 · at 6:55 am EST/EDT
Russia is not the USA or Germany. Putin has so much power that he literally does not *need* money. Neither did Stalin, or Nicholas II or Alexander III for that matter. There must be some X amount of money they all nominally possessed, but in Russia having money always puts you at the mercy of power whereas powers puts you infinitely above money. Put differently, and not to be interpreted literally, but you could say that a strong Russian leader “owns” ALL OF RUSSIA. At that point – why in the world would he need any money at all?
All this talk about money comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of Russia and the examples of *very weak* Russian leaders like, say, Khrushchev, Gorbachev or Eltsin and even they, really, never had that much money either, not as much as oligarchs anyway.
F*** NATO on February 02, 2018 · at 2:05 pm EST/EDT
Israel Shamir, a keen observer of the American-Russian relationship, and celebrated American journalist Robert Parry both think that one man deserves much of the credit for the new Cold War and that man is William Browder, a hedge fund operator who made his fortune in the corrupt 1990s world of Russian commodities trading.
Geoff on February 03, 2018 · at 6:47 am EST/EDT
Aristotle had come to that determination on power a long while ago when he wrote something to the effect, “men desire power over all else.”
Jose Garcia on February 03, 2018 · at 1:25 pm EST/EDT
Bingo, Saker! I agree with this analysis a thousand percent. Putin is not concerned with money. From what I see he is concerned for the future well being of his country. All the money in the world cannot guarantee that. A complete opposite compared with leaders here in the US. They have depleted all stability for our future generations.
Paulv on February 02, 2018 · at 2:30 pm EST/EDT
Russia is similar to the Singapore model anyway. Putin is the CEO of CEO’s. And he should be worth billions.
B.F. on February 03, 2018 · at 10:20 am EST/EDT
Paulv
In what way could Putin possibly be worth billions ? Can you please elaborate your statement. Some evidence perhaps.
I don’t know. Why should he be poor ? Why wouldn’t he have some wealth set aside for his family ? Board of directors, salary plus options on some of the Russian majors like Gazprom. Stuff like that.
Nobody knows what Lee Kuan Yew’s net worth is either. But why shouldn’t he be rich ?
B.F. on February 03, 2018 · at 9:57 am EST/EDT
The Western media has for years been trying to vilify Putin, writing all sorts of nonsense. That claim that Putin has 200 billion dollars is an old disinformation claim, which even Western reporters have admitted is just that, disinformation; apparently Putin “embezzled” 200 billion dollars, putting it into a Swiss bank, of all places. Had he done that, it would have made front page news in a matter of days, as the Swiss would have provided all the paper work. A few years ago Putin was absent from public life for about a week. The Western media immediately went into a frenzy of speculation, with an English tabloid claiming that he went to Switzerland to see “his baby”, which apparently he had with a Russian celebrity. That piece of “news” was in circulation for about a few days, after which it stopped. I am still waiting to see a photo of the baby, which does not exist. The Western elites will do anything to vilify Putin, no matter how absurd. .
Salmon on February 05, 2018 · at 10:12 pm EST/EDT
Just photoshop Putin’s head onto a baby’s body, that’s all the proof most of my countrymen will need (sadly).
Full Spectrum Domino on February 02, 2018 · at 12:56 am EST/EDT
The Empire has taken up The Doctrine of Asymmetric Self-Infliction or geopolitical masochism.
“If we The Empire can induce a cold within ourselves, it will be enough to spark pneumonia in Russia.”
The trouble is a pathogenic ethos takes hold. Mankind deserves better than a climate of disease. Nor is it a closed ward as Russia can bolt to the fresh air of Eurasia.
Purple Library Guy on February 14, 2018 · at 2:07 pm EST/EDT
I have a hypothesis that might help explain the atrophy of long term planning and thoughtful diplomacy in the West: It’s a spillover from short-termist corporate/investment outlooks. The thing is, for investors the short term outlook can work. If you invest in a company, milk it for short-term returns so in the medium term it sinks, it doesn’t matter as long as you have insider knowledge and sell to some chump before it gets too obvious. You’ve made a return which you can invest in the next prey to pick the bones of. Similar things apply to fiddling with exotic speculative financial instruments with no attachment to real-world wealth creation, as long as you hop to the next thing you can pile up short-term gain after short-term gain. It’s a game you can keep going until the world economy collapses. Overall, with the institutions we have short-termist investment can outperform the kind of investment that actually builds useful things (this is one of the major problems with the institutions we have).
There are a LOT of rich and powerful “Western” people who think that way nowadays, investing and getting results for this quarter (even this millisecond for stock market trading), taking a quick profit over and over. That’s their hammer. And diplomacy looks like a nail. But it isn’t one–a “quick profit” from heavy-handed quick fixes does NOT give you something bigger to invest elsewhere, to the contrary it creates problems which will come back to haunt you in the future and which you cannot just “move on” from. Diplomacy calls for a very different mindset from the short-termist corporate outlook (and for that matter from the military mindset, or at least the bloody-minded American military mindset), but Western politics mostly just has short-termist corporate thinkers to draw from.
Redford on February 02, 2018 · at 1:00 am EST/EDT
A lot of smart here but it really lacks factoring GDP numbers before making wishful thinking like Russia needs USA more than the opposite.
In term of economy Russia is dwarfed by… France. Just France alone. THIS is a big item in the mind of Russian leadership. Getting the national money pool to grow is a key matter and money has to come from other sources. China has a big pool but a lot of Chinese are living on it. The big fat income source is still, by far, from the west. Which probably explain why everyone involved with money in Ru is indeed an Atlantic integrationnist. No need to be a traitor. Just basic common sense.
Sven Lystbak on February 02, 2018 · at 3:52 am EST/EDT
I think the best way to compare economic strength is by GDP corrected for purchasing power. Here you will see that the Russian economy is at the size of Germany;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)
Further it should be noted that GDP only measures what is being bought and sold and not what is being done due to the kindness of the heart. The west saw an increase in GDP when drug dealing and prostitution were included in GDP.
guibus on February 02, 2018 · at 9:19 am EST/EDT
Does it mean you consider “drug dealing and prostitution” being ” done due to the kindness of the heart” ?
No, it means quite the opposite, that when “love” is turned into a business transaction it increases GDP.
I think the logic is, that prostitution and some sorts of drug dealing are legal in some countries and consequently you have to make adjustments to the size of the economy of countries where it is illegal as the activity exist everywhere. However nowhere is consensual love making between adults included in GDP.
Katherine on February 03, 2018 · at 5:22 pm EST/EDT
And, a lot of very destructive and even pointless activities boost GDP.
Tearing down a house and building another on the same site boost GDP—both of these operations—but obviously, all the value that existed in the house—the labor to build it, the materials, etc.—is gone, poof. No one counted value after the building was constructed.
There are lots of examples of basically destructive activities being counted to boost GDP.
Meanwhile, a lot activities that boost the actual value of life in a community, or on earth, are not coiunted in GDP.’
I think that was Sven’s point. That GDP is pretty misleading about a lot of things.
Serbian girl on February 02, 2018 · at 12:38 pm EST/EDT
Yes, they add a completely arbitrary number for drugs and prostitution, which is ridiculous.
At first glance it would appear that the US economy is is a whopping 14 x bigger than that of Russia. (GDP of USA is 18 trillion.GDP of Russia is 1.28 trillion).
However, US GDP is 70% consumer spending fuelled by credit. This leaves only 30% of GDP that represents the true, wealth-generating economy. For Russia consumer spending is far lower at 50%. In order to compare the true wealth generating part for both economies, let’s remove consumer spending: USA GDP approx. 5.4 trillion and Russia GDP approx. 0.65 trillion. The difference is now only 7-8 x bigger for USA.
USA state debt is 125% of GDP and Russia’s is only 12%.. US trade deficit is 500 Billion (2016), Russia has a trade surplus of 100 Billion..
I would say the trajectory of the US economy actually looks worse than that of Russia..
Serbian girl
You forgot to mention the US foreign and domestic debt. The 20 trillion dollars which is mentioned is only foreign debt, money owed to foreign banks and governments. Even analysts are not sure what the domestic debt really is, and its many times bigger than the foreign debt. Russia has virtually payed off its foreign debt.
Anonymous on February 06, 2018 · at 12:38 pm EST/EDT
About two years ago estimations went from 44 trillion to over 60 trillion.
Yes its just infuriating that even people who visit blogs like this, still believe the utter nonsense about the size of Russia’s GDP.
Its lèse-majesté in my opinion, to go around, under-stating a nations GDP by over half.
Jacques Cuse on February 02, 2018 · at 5:57 am EST/EDT
The biggest business in the west is pharmaceutics and healthcare. Mind you that this part of the economy produces nothing than loss for the general economy. It’s like throwing in your own windows, than producing new glass, and repair the windows once more. Lots of money going around, raising the GDP, but really nothing created and no progress.
This is pure f’ing garbage Redford. You cannot count a non dollar economy nominally. When you do, you only get dollar value of exports. France, Germany and Japan have Federal reserve primary dealer banks. They are dollar economies.
Russia does not. So GDP by PPP is the proper way of measuring its GDP. Russia comes in at number 6. The 6th biggest economy in the world. Set to surpass Germany in the next couple years.
Russia has the 6th most foreign exchange reserves in the world. How in Gods earth could the 12th biggest economy have the 6th most reserves ? That should tell you something about the validity of GDP by PPP (#6)
Serbian girl on February 02, 2018 · at 8:19 pm EST/EDT
Yes you are right! Russia’s GDP PPP is much higher.. ( US stays the same) So when comparing consumer spending, debt, trade etc. Russia’s number look even better than what I wtote above. Thanks for your comment !
Dr N.G. Maroudas on February 02, 2018 · at 1:01 am EST/EDT
911 Trillions — Follow the Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3xgjxJwedA
Among other snippets, Rothschild arms co Carlyle has contacts with Bin Laden family as well as the Bush crime dynasty. After the successful rape of Iraq with transfer of Iraqi assets to Rothschild companies, UK criminals BLiar and Brown were made directors of Carlyle. BLiar was also given a job with Goldman-Sachs, and a directorship in House of Rothschild.
“Love of money is the root of many evils” — Old Testament
Isabella on February 02, 2018 · at 1:11 am EST/EDT
“Make my day punk” is not a Eur – [Asian] way of making threats.
Well, I have no idea about Europe [since Eur is the stem of Europe, this must be what this refers to] since I’m not too sure what the culture of France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Greece is these days. I suspect they dont much know themselves. Given that the subject of the article is the American sanctions on Russia, I dont see what Europe has to do with this anyway. Asia, i.e. the Orient made up of Oriental peoples and culture certainly has long held a reputation for inscrutability and patience.
However, I had thought it was Russia we were discussing here – I find it odd she is not mentioned.
So – no, my readings and chats with Russian people would support the contention that Russia as a culture can be summed up in one word – subtle. Russians would find such a response coarse, rude, and the mouthings of weak bully.
Also it’s hard to work out what “Eurasian Sovereignty” means.
President Putin speaks only of Russian sovereignty, since it is Russia which is a sovereign nation. Eurasia is a concept of Russia resisting the West, outlined by the philosopher Dugin. A philosophy cannot have sovereignty, only a nation.
And America and it’s sanctions???
It’s hardly news anymore, is it. The dying insane culture and it’s schizophrenic leadership is behaving more and more insanely. It’s what we expect after all – it’s “news” of the “dog bites man” variety.
Although certainly more insane than we expected. Perhaps the end of the Evil Empire is closer than we once dared to hope.
yurivku on February 02, 2018 · at 5:21 am EST/EDT
flies are biting before die. The problem of watchers of ending the empire is to survive.
Babushka on February 02, 2018 · at 5:42 pm EST/EDT
Reminds me of the haunting ending of the story depicted by the film The Mission.
@Also it’s hard to work out what “Eurasian Sovereignty” means.
No wonder. Nobody spoke of “Eurasian Sovereignty” but of “Eurasian Sovereignists”. Russians who see the future as a collaboration between the fully sovereign states of the geographical space of Eurasia. And that necessarily includes Europe as well. The ‘Atlantic Integrationists’ are the ones ready to relinquish certain attributes (if not all) of a sovereign state in favor of a super national organism.
An excellent article, as always from The Saker. I would like to add a few points.
Americans traditionally have a tough time understanding foreign countries, their cultures and mentalities. When they introduced the first sanctions against Russia, they were under the impression that Russia would break, causing social and political upheaval, leading to the installment of a pro-Western puppet. It did not happen. The spirit of “Borodino” emerged, when most people rallied around Putin. Worse for the US, Russia turned to it’s infrastructure, building up industry and agriculture and establishing new trade partners. Yes, sanctions did cause some damage. However, it was the EU which by the second half of 2016 lost 100 billion euros in trade with Russia, leading to the logical conclusion that sanctions had the dual purpose of both weakening Russia and the EU and bringing the EU more closely to the US. Not even this happened to any great degree. The second set of sanctions, which also targeted EU firms who were building the Nord Stream – 2 gas pipeline were a nasty shock to Europe, as it turned EU states into Washington’s imperial puppets. European politicians were brought into the absurd position of having to prove to their own populations that they were not Americas puppets. As far as I can see, while the EU officially backs Washington, it is more and more turning to Russia and the European Economic Union and Shanghai Cooperation Organization. A few days ago Germany has officially approved the building of the Nord Stream- 2 gas pipeline.
The advantage which Russians and Chinese have over Americans is their history and culture. It’s older. Both Russians and Chinese have incredible patience, something Americans never did nor ever will have, preferring the winner take all mentality. Both Russia and China made plans, and both are on the rise, something Washington is having a tough time understanding.
Russia has in modern history been divided between “Easterners” and “Westerners”, ie. between those who placed Western culture above Russian and those who placed Russian culture above Western. “Westerners” in Russia do exist, but their numbers are minimal. Both Washington and the EU have concentrated on the “Westerners”, by giving them support through NGO’s. Kseniya Sobchak is the prime example. However, her appearance and performance was more comical than serious, reducing herself to an entertainer. She is proof that NGO’s are having a tough time finding people of quality.
When it comes to Putin, it was not just Russian security services who placed him in power. During Yeltsins reign, when Russia was plundered of some 100 billion dollars a year by Western banks, corporations and domestic oligarchs, it became apparent that it was facing a catastrophy, even dissolution. It was then that “Easterners”, patriotic forces made up of security services, the military, political leaders and academics made their move. The backed Putin. Yeltsin was given an offer: If he resigned, no criminal charges would be brought against him. He wisely resigned, and when he died, Putin went to his funeral, wisely stating that history will render the final judgement on Yeltsin. These were all smart moves.
Finally, I would like to reiterate what analysts have already written. The 18th century was the century of France, the 19th century was the century of Britain, the 20th century was the century of the US and the 21st century will be the century of Russia, backed by China. It’s going that way, and it’s inevitable. Russia’s chief advantage is it’s history and culture, which will enable it to prevail.
Rob on February 02, 2018 · at 7:37 am EST/EDT
Interesting indeed that you mention the EU for their shizofrenic position.
Nord Stream II is a fine example. The Germans may seem to the outside world as nice boy scouts, grown in this role by decades of political correctness and imposed guilt.
This may seem on the outside, thereunder not so much. If you talk to Germans you have to wait until they know and trust you, and then you’ll get to know what they really think. They will do this not so easily in public, but they distrust their government, they know that the MSM is spitting out bullshit with a big coverup of the mess that anyone can see, and they even question the official results of elections.
Germany has a history of many centuries, and an industrial tradition. Just imagine that last year the German machine industry had a downfall of some 30% in orders, due to the precious ‘sanctions’ of angry neocons that failed to steal the Crimea port of Sewastopol. Do they really think that we don’t know?
The German industry has a powerful lobby, and in the background Merkel has to give in or she will be broken. Merkel is struggling to form a new government, in which it is plain to see that everybody is jerking, itching and bowing in any direction to help Lady Pattex for Soros’ sake on her beloved chair again. Her position has grown feeble, and so Nord Stream II will come.
We Germans are practical people, we know that the Ukrainians can’t be trusted and only the Poles are that stupid to buy American LNG for double the price.
It has struck me the last years, that US foreign policy often has just the opposite result as to what it was meant. For centuries it was ‘to keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and Germany down’. For many decades the USA and UK were afraid for a cooperation between Russia and Germany (top industry and top raw materials were considered a threat), and Brzezinski warned against cooperation between Russia and China.
Well, where are we now?
I get the impression, that USA foreign policy is based on assumptions that the outside world will react in the same way that Americans would react, and that is not exactly true. As a resulting vector of many vectors, then most vectors have no realistic idea about the world outside the USA (which matches my experience with many, but not all Americans).
And thanks Saker, for -again- an excellent article with food for thought.
Anonymous on February 02, 2018 · at 8:55 am EST/EDT
“Well, where are we now?” — Indeed, something strange and sinister appears to be re-working the US fundamentals. I just finished a podcast on “Vice” (link below) and its apparent transformation and cynical use of hip memes to subvert the youth and propagate hostility. What I found worrisome was the degree of sophistication being deployed in engineering extreme outcomes using traditional counter-culture symbols.
The question is: is this a local USA phenomena, or is it more wide spread? I hope just the former.
A pocket of neonazi puss in the backwoods of the Ukraine is odious enough, but if this general rot takes hold in the centers of Europe then we are indeed heading back to dark places at a rapid speed. Where are we now? … On a dangerous cusp I’d suggest and with no way for many of knowing how to escape the emerging hostilities and conflicts. Vice? — indeed!
https://soundcloud.com/moderaterebelsradio/vice-media-us-empire-robbie-martin-episode-13
(“Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by filmmaker Robbie Martin to discuss how VICE has transformed from a nihilistic hipster magazine into an enormous media empire that propagandizes on behalf of the US empire, dutifully promoting hawkish American foreign policy with an edgy aesthetic. We address the hundreds of millions of dollars of investment Vice Media has received from the world’s largest corporate media conglomerates, including 21st Century Fox and Disney, along with the coterie of regime change trolls who have emerged from the Vice universe. We also talk about Alyssa Mastromonaco, a top Obama administration official who became Vice Media’s COO; CEO Shane Smith, who has become an influential billionaire; and co-founder Gavin McInnes, a promoter of far-right white supremacist politics.”)
A Russian-German economic partnership, backed by China, has a been a nightmare of Western bankers for more than a hundred years. Bismarck proposed it, and was removed from power because of it, leading to two unnecessary world wars. US troops are in Germany not because of any potential Russian invasion, but to prevent any Russian-German cooperation. It’s not exactly working. According to analysts, Merkel controls the bankers in Germany, but has lost control of industrialists. When the US introduced sanctions, some 500 German industrialists were in Russia, conducting negotiations. I think it’s only a matter of time before Germany joins the Eurasian Economic Union, after which others will follow.
I’m not so optimistic, B.F.
From Bismarck to Hitler, when has Germany ever chosen the Eurasian side?
In any case, for Germany to exercise it’s own free will and in the name of its own interests, it first has be released from the clutches of the the AZ empire, and by the looks of it, they will never let Germany go.
As I have written, Bismarck proposed a Russian-German economic partnership, and two world wars were fought to prevent it. Bismarck was, foolishly, removed from power, because of his proposal (he was removed by the Kaiser, who was induced to do so). The famous English geographer Halford Mackinder warned of the importance of Euro-Asia and the dangers to the British empire of a Russian-German alliance. Brzezinski copied Mackinders writings, reproducing them in his book The Grand Chess Board and in the process, foolishly, warning both the Russians and Chinese, that the US will not tolerate the rise of any power which might endanger Washington’s globalist (imperial) policy. The result of that silly book is the current Russian-Chinese partnership, which Germany wants to join, something it should have done when Bismarck was alive. Поздрав.
Anonymous on February 02, 2018 · at 8:45 pm EST/EDT
Merkel controls the bankers?
I’m pretty sure it’s the other way around.
Merkel didn’t lose many industrialists. She and the other traitors (of “we the people”) are protecting industry wherever possible. There’s hardly any resistance to the use of Glyphosat. Merkel and the other traitors do everything in their power to protect VW (Dieselgate). Customers who got screwed by VW (including Audi, Porsche, Skoda and Seat), Mercedes and BMW aren’t permitted to file a class action suit – Secretary of State for Transport rescued German automakers. So, no … the Berlin bunch is as corrupt as it previously had been.
Merkel is under foreign control, controlling domestic German bankers. Both are under control. However, according to analysts, Merkel has lost control of German industrialists, who are in Russia openly negotiating deals and who are not respecting the US imposed sanctions, as they know that they were also introduced against Germany and Europe.
Merkel may have had some control of medium-sized businesses and was able to exert some power over Siemens for a limited period of time. Other than that she doesn’t have control over them. It’s the other way around. Industrialists and banks are telling her how high she should jump. Blackrock (the US investment company) owns stock of many of Germany’s incorporated companies. (Blackrock owns 6,2% of the shares of Bayer, the company that had bought Monsanto: http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=26241). Basically US companies don’t comply with the sanctions imposed by the US government. (Check also this link and the presentation it refers to: http://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=41159).
Rita Lamar on February 02, 2018 · at 11:35 am EST/EDT
Russia and China do not only have old histories and cultures; they have also been able to sustain, above class distinctions, social cohesion and an acclaimed determination to preserve their national economic and political sovereignty. This does not seem to be true for India, though… Despite its old history and culture, India remains a backward nation (‘underdeveloped’ after the British Empire destruction of its independent economy in the 18th and 19th Centuries and beyond), dutifully serving the interests of the Transnational elite while +90% of the people linger in absolute poverty and ignorance.
We can conclude that it is the specific historical condition – that is, the stages of capitalism-imperialism and of the means to resist it –, allied to the social cohesion and the determination to preserve the nation’s economic and political sovereignty – which are determined by the nation’s history and culture – that matter. For this reason, we can believe that Russia and China will certainly win their final struggle against imperialism!
(Incidentally: I thought this was an excellent article! Thanks.)
Interesting comment re India.
Religion is so important in that country.
Of course, important in all countries, in one way or another.
But still, the Muslim-Hindu split seems to be a wedge/chasm that the couintry cannot get by and that has weakened it terribly.
And now Modi seems to be destroying the last vestiges of India’s long traditions as a spiritual pot-pouris, mosaic, and melting pot.
I am not an expert in this, but my thoughts prompted by the observation that India is an ancient civilization that seems to be losing its way politically, or is not effectively drawing on its history and traditions to forge a strong new identity and national cohesion? Maybe there are simply too many people and too much poverty? Maybe the current fanatical and politicized Hinduism is a “modernizing” stage for India?
As far as I know Berezovsky helped getting Putin into the government. Probably he thought that he had found some puppet and didn’t suspect that Putin would serve the people instead of those who had gotten him the position.
Berezovsky never helped place Putin into power. That was done by Russian patriotic forces, the security services, the military, political and academic figures. Yeltsin was give an offer of resigning or facing criminal charges. He wisely resigned.
Which story is true? Several accounts say that Berezovsky played a role, others vehemently deny it.
Berezovsky the kingmaker:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/23/boris-berezovsky-kingmaker-vladimir-putin
Berezovsky never played a role:
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/us-government-documents-prove-putin-was-not-hand-picked-presidency-berezovsky-and-oligarchs
I doubt that Yeltsin suddenly discovered his patriotic feelings and permitted other Russian patriotic forces to help getting Putin into the government. Yes, Yeltsin faced criminal charges, but that doesn’t say anything about the role of Berezovsky.
Il Discobolo on February 02, 2018 · at 4:49 am EST/EDT
Staordinary analysis, masterfully concluded.
I point on this sentence: “the Empire’s main export is hot air”.
And often with a tendency to think that mosquito bites are big shots…
I consider one of them the following: in Washington DC they want to rename the portion of Winsconsin Avenue where is the Russian Embassy to Boris Nemtsov.
Sometime, however, it can be very simple to kill the mosquitos.
Ahahah: Boris Nemtsov who?
– Find, in the immense data base of the millions of Russian soldiers (infantry, tank crews, aviators, saylors) died (both during and after WW2) in the fight against the nazis, one with the same name, and dedicate him a plaque, well visible from outside the main entrance of the Embassy, with written:
Boris Nemtsvov
Sergeant, b. 1921- d. 1944 (the rank & dates are just for example)
Fighter for the Freedom of his Country
(Or, better, wait they put their Plaque to tune it to the most similar sentence and words).
And, moreover,
rename the section of the street where the USA Embassy in Moscow is locate as:
“General Robert E. Lee Prospeckt” (both in Cyrillic and English)
and, of course, put a Plaque of him riding a horse with the flag of the CSA and the inscription (both in Cyrillic and English): “Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate States of America, b. 1807 – d. 1870. Fighter for the Freedom of his Country”.
I am sure that a lot of Americans would rejoice…, also sending a lot of cards to the new address of the US Embassy in Moscow and, it may be, coming to put flowers under the Plaque…
JC on February 02, 2018 · at 6:15 am EST/EDT
Or “general George A. Custer prospekt”, “genocidal hater of genuine Americans…”.
Nussiminen on February 02, 2018 · at 1:02 pm EST/EDT
Haha, now it’s really getting funny! Indeed, there are quite a few names that would be most appropriate for the unfortunate Moscow street hosting the offal:
a) Crimea Remains Annexed Street
b) Assad Still In Power Lane
c) Boris Nemtsov Boo-Hoo Road
d) Ramzan Kadyrov Forever Boulevard
As always, refined amusement in the form of thinly veiled contempt is a sure recipe for success!
@two Soviet soldiers placed the Soviet flag on top of the Reichstag
The story of the hoisting of the Red flag on the Reichstag is quite interesting. Wikipedia has different variants.
Apparently there were three in the official photo:
Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria (Мелитон Варламович Кантария) – Georgian.
Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov (Михаил Алексеевич Егоров) – Russian.
Alexei Prokopievich Berest (Олексій Прокопович Берест) – Ukrainian, political officer.
The photo was taken by Yevgeny Anan’evich Khaldei – Jew
“The celebrated image is a re-enactment of an earlier flag-raising of which no photograph was taken, as it happened at 10:40 p.m. on 30 April 1945 while the building was actually still held by German troops. A group of four Soviet soldiers (G. Zagitov, A. Lisimenko, A. Bobrov, and M. Minin) fought their way to the roof, where 23-year-old private Mikhail Minin climbed up on an equestrian statue representing Germany, to fasten an improvised flagpole to its crown. As that occurred at night and under fire, no photo could be taken. The next day German snipers shot down the flag. The surrender of the Reichstag came on 2 May 1945, and only after that did Khaldei scale the building along with the three soldiers which he had picked up randomly on his way. He was carrying with him a large flag sewn from three tablecloths by his uncle for this very purpose. The seams are indeed visible on the picture”.
“Minin was recognized for his feat, but was not rewarded as one would expect: even though the brigade’s commanders requested that all soldiers in Minin’s platoon be awarded the Hero of Soviet Union decoration, they only received a lower-ranking decoration, the Order of the Red Banner. As there were no photos taken when the flag was put on the roof on 10 p.m., other photos were taken afterwards to recreate the event for the camera”.
“On 2 May 1945, Khaldei scaled the now pacified Reichstag to take his picture. He was carrying with him a large flag, sewn from three tablecloths for this very purpose, by his uncle. The official story would later be that two hand-picked soldiers, Meliton Kantaria (Georgian) and Mikhail Yegorov (Russian), raised the Soviet flag over the Reichstag, and the photograph would often be used as depicting the event. Some authors state that for political reasons the subjects of the photograph were changed and the actual man to hoist the flag was Alexei Kovalyov, (also known as Alyosha Kovalyov) a Ukrainian, who was told by the NKVD to keep quiet about it.
However, according to Khaldei himself, when he arrived at the Reichstag, he simply asked the soldiers who happened to be passing by to help with the staging of the photoshoot; there were only four of them, including Khaldei, on the roof: the one who was attaching the flag was 18-year-old Private Alexei Kovalyov from Kiev, the two others were Abdulkhakim Ismailov from Dagestan and Leonid Gorychev (also mentioned as Aleksei Goryachev) from Minsk.The photograph was taken with a Leica III rangefinder camera with a 35mm f3.5 lens”.
“After taking the symbolic photo, Khaldei quickly returned to Moscow. He further edited the image at the request of the editor-in-chief of the Ogonyok, who noticed that Sen. Sgt. Abdulkhakim Ismailov, who is supporting the flag-bearer was wearing two watches, which could imply he had looted one of them. Using a needle, he was able to remove the watch from the right wrist. He also copied the smoke in the background from another picture to make the scene more dramatic”. The unedited copy found its way in publications outside USSR (that’s the one we saw all the time).
The question is why was Minin ‘edited’ out the story? Was it too Russian, evocative of a history (1612) that was ‘rediscovered’ only recently?
The Real History on February 03, 2018 · at 1:16 am EST/EDT
Great and important share! Thank you!
The truth is that we live in a world of make-believe.
Paracletus on February 08, 2018 · at 9:33 pm EST/EDT
The legendary Iwo Jima photo was also a second take of an earlier raising of a smaller flag. Same symbolic value, made into one of the most important monuments in Washington, right next to Arlington Cemetery.
Egon on February 02, 2018 · at 4:57 am EST/EDT
Hey, and thank you for another great article. I liked it very much.
Just wanted to ask – in this sentence here: “Instead, these sanctions ended being a blessing for the Eurasian Sovereignists who used these sanctions to paralyze the Atlantic Sovereignists…”
shouldn’t it be “Atlantic Integrationists?”
yes, it should, and I corrected that
Fabien on February 02, 2018 · at 5:02 am EST/EDT
Group 7 / Hypothesis 7: a desperate intent to blackmail Sicilian threat style, Russian Oligarchs + Atlanicists into overthrowing (or at least trying to) Putin within 6-7 weeks before presidential elections
Group 8 / Hypothesis 8 : Trump is bolstered by the Nunez memo and defies the swamp full frontal with not enforcing those sanctions
doctor on February 02, 2018 · at 5:24 am EST/EDT
-…the head of the Main Directorate of the General Stuff (GU GSh)
obviously a typo, you surely meant ‘Staff’ (I have no intention of nitpicking, as ‘nitpicking is for nitwits’, however, ‘Stuff’ sounds amusing indeed), that is, Supreme Headquarters ?
Other than this small remark, a most interesting article indeed
JJ on February 02, 2018 · at 5:33 am EST/EDT
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2018/01/untying-propornot-look-2017s-biggest-fake-news-story.html
very good article re ukrainian intelligence influences to make up “lists”…………….
one minion on February 02, 2018 · at 8:06 pm EST/EDT
Very interesting story and links, there, thanks.
Nussiminen on February 03, 2018 · at 2:07 am EST/EDT
The linked article is very good indeed; well-researched and to the point. Demented Ukronazi propaganda forming the basis of Western slander and disinformation once again just as in Robert Conquest’s fiction about Stalin’s USSR.
Couldn’t resist this little gem in the article where Wikipedia comes a cropper (emphasis added):
“Who are the BBG? According to Wikipedia — ‘The Broadcasting Board of Governors’ is an independent agency of the United States government.”
That’s some “independence” ! About as convincing as saying “Alexis Tsipras is an ‘independent’ bootlicker of the European Union”.
JJ on February 03, 2018 · at 11:06 am EST/EDT
http://www.fort-russ.com/2018/02/pro-ukrainian-internet-bots-soon-on.html?m=1
Ukraine says going to develop cyber attacks in partnership with foreign intelligence agancies…..watch out folks.
They don’t have to develop bots, they already possess some. Soon after the coup in Kiev many forums (especially critical ones) were flooded with pro-Ukrainian comments.
Mish on February 02, 2018 · at 6:22 am EST/EDT
I wish to believe that this is indeed so, Saker, but i fear the following may be the case. This “list” is a signal to the right people that it’s time they made their choice: betray Putin (and Russia) or lose their fortunes. Those are just a few people on the list, the rest are so much ballast. These are the people who have real power, can make things happen, and they know what is required of them in order to preserve their fortunes. They are urged to get rid of Putin, in any way they can come up with, or face the music. An invitation to treason, an ultimatum to surrender the country and save their hides
Mats on February 02, 2018 · at 10:05 am EST/EDT
Good point. The Liberals have their money in the West where it is subject to being held hostage if they don’t act against Putin. This could very well be a warning of what will happen to their purloined riches. The Thief will have his goods stolen by the US.
Cyril on February 03, 2018 · at 3:19 am EST/EDT
They are urged to get rid of Putin, in any way they can come up with, or face the music. An invitation to treason, an ultimatum to surrender the country and save their hides
Do the AngloZionists ever keep their word? What if the weak oligarches betray Russia and they lose their fortunes anyway? And risk being charged with treason to boot? What is the Russian penalty for treason?
ross on February 02, 2018 · at 6:35 am EST/EDT
Again a well argued summary of current events…..
Living in the EU I also observe the following….. (which deepens the sakers strong points of – watch the lower ranks of policy decision makers – and ignore the rants from the upper levels of entrenched suits of unelected, but for variety of reasons do hold office of influence.)
I share with you A summary of where I live in europe plus I observe daily the negative trends cited below….
What is happening on the ground is not what media portray… europe is collapsing slowly…. by following Washington s rants Examples below.
1/ Europe in or out of the EU is represented by mostly elected suits of little intelligence who, as has already been argued, promote freak shows for minorities and ignore the majorities wishes and views …. with loads of childish Russia bashing – which is boring and dangerous ie NATO.
2/ The EU Commission plus other institutions are full of unelected (Exception EU Parliament) but appointed has-beens from 28 nations… These are mostly folk who the electorates voted out of office as they ALL are pass their use by date….. Thus the EU today is managed by a bunch of has-beens. (they werent in the past as bad as this group.) Thus very poor policy is implemented – which is heavily influenced by the most powerful of global corporate lobbyists. So little policy favours EU citizens. The EU has become all about money
3/ The negotiations between Ireland EU and Britain re political economic and social issues plus border issues are managed by morans…. and media get it all so wrong. Debates are subjective ignoring citizens inpute s.
4/ Flooding europe with mostly males 90 + % who have little skills cant speak our array of languages with too many steeped in a sexist culture is seriously problematic. (Solution is for europe to stop participating in the smashing up of the middle east/north africa – militarily, political and economicly.
5/ These migrants cant be easily assimilated for a variety of reasons which are not permitted to be debated in the main stream media. But they are an unaffordable drain on national budgets housing welfare…. Even failed applicants just end up on streets not easily deported. So gangs have formed …. social chaos in areas where this is occurring placing policing under enormous strain….. Poor policy little planning and the future is bleak for all. We are talking millions in 2 years with more on the way. Europe is being invaded and media lie about this…
6/ Solution 1/: Stop participating in Washington s wars …. Stop financially raping their economies….
7/ Under current mis – management by the Commission many EU member states citizens are immensly unhappy with their elected and some nations are publicly debating to leave. Reality for many nations are high unemployment all round and in particular amongst youth.
8/ The Euro will collapse and widely argued …. within 5 years under its current structure.
Europe wide nations are undergoing an identity crisis …… who are we …… Unless major major reforms ocurr the future looks bleak for all people in europe.
Solution 2/:
Russia is our neighbour and we need Russia China and Iran and many others to do business with in order to survive. The world s future is east of where i live and observe.
Washington s war mongering via NATO and its proxies must have no part of our combined global future…. Washington must change its way or implode … slowly as it is doing….
As the Saker writes …. so well …. and so often now ….. Washington is shooting itself in the foot before it gets the gun out of the holster …… but is still capable of bringing down the planet in a nuclear exchange.
Everything washington is doing today is pushing Europe away …. slowly and building Russia China Iran up slowly ….. Plus ….
If we are heading in this direction (though my guess is that Russians will just shrug their shoulders), I have a few more suggestions:
-Julian Assange Avenue
-Ho Chi Minh Lane
-Hezbollah Boulevard
-Gulf of Tonkin Alley
-Sesame Street
Jujube on February 02, 2018 · at 6:53 am EST/EDT
If it doesn’t kill and destroy more than today, this Stalingrad is OK for me.
And at the end Russians always win(I know that, I’m french and we still have pain from 1812) :).
Alas, I’m afraid that it will become more and more awfull before being better.
“…and we still have pain from 1812”
We didn’t invite you. Did we? Same to Germans, Swedish and others.
“And at the end Russians always win”
We have to if it was just an old style war, but in a nuk one, I’m afraid, not many could see who at the end won.
So only alltogether we can win and seems that now it’s right time to begin. As to Russians, we as always will fight up to the end whatevet it’ll be.
Auslander on February 02, 2018 · at 12:18 pm EST/EDT
What many forget is over half of Napoleon’s army invading Russia was not French, they were either willing allies of France or press ganged in to service one way or another. Less than 20% of them made it back to the starting point of the Nieman River. In Hitler’s armies invading Russia were tens of thousands of volunteers from most countries in Europe. They didn’t fare well, either.
Andrew on February 02, 2018 · at 2:50 pm EST/EDT
Don’t forget the massive armies of Romania, Italy, and Hungary. They finished badly as well. Truly a multinational coalition of the willing!
mundanomaniac on February 02, 2018 · at 5:49 pm EST/EDT
Stalingrad-capitulation on 2. 2. 1943, 75 years ago saved Europe from the German Empire.
Here is a short astrological background, how it came to that, and a parallel to a recent capitulation
on the same constellation, still waiting for other bunches of demons:
http://astromundanediary.blogspot.de/2018/02/via-stalingrad-from-barbarossa-to.html
B.F. on February 03, 2018 · at 2:46 pm EST/EDT
Napoleon invaded Russia with 500.000 men. Only 1/3 were French, the others being from other European countries. Only 1.000 returned. Hitler invaded Russia with 3 million men. Not all were German. What both Napoleon and Hitler have in common is that both were financed by private bankers, who gave them the money for the invasions, a point historians like to ignore, either by accident or by intent. This says plenty, especially in the context of NATO being close to Russia’s borders. And who controls NATO ? Bankers, who else.
If there’s not other way than war, then destroy / nuke locations of the financial “industry” first. Finally each and every conflict can be traced to the bankers. Since they’re not the ones lying in the trenches, doing the fighting and dying it would be nice and fair to change the rules of engagement.
Eimear on February 02, 2018 · at 7:06 am EST/EDT
Not to ‘dual’ citizens.
Former ticket tout Mikhail Friedman (Alpha Bank) is one.
Israel is the redoubt for Kosher Nostra.
Remember, the Trump White House opposed the passage of this congressional act. He could not veto the act because of the overwhelming votes in favor in the Congress. Trump could have officially veto’d the act, but he’d have quickly have lost the veto over-ride vote that would follow. Thus, he’d take a political hit in the US Deep State media, and for no real advantage as the act would have become law anyways.
Thus, I see two things in this discussion. First, that the US treasury dept didn’t really want to devote much time to enforcing this act. They didn’t see any benefit in devoting a large amount of time and resources to the required report. Thus, the appearence of a rather sloppy report quickly thrown together from a Krelim phone book and a Forbes list.
Secondly, perhaps they realized exactly what The Saker is pointing out here. That this quickly thrown together list would hurt the people who are opposing the Trump agenda within Russia. IE, if Trump feels he’s got a decent personal relationship with Putin, and that at some point they might be able to make the sort of peace/de-escalation deal that Trump has always said that he wanted, then it also makes sense that weakening Putin’s internal enemies would be to Trump’s eventual benefit.
Again, remember the first point. Trump did not support this congressional act, and was forced to sign it into law. That his administration doesn’t seem enthusiastic in enforcing the act, and is finding ways to enforce it such that it doesn’t match the aims of the ‘We-want-nuclear-war-and-we-want-it now” crowd isn’t surprising.
Macario el Viejo on February 02, 2018 · at 8:01 am EST/EDT
Well, I don’t consider this so mysterious. It is plainly a threat (or an attempted threat) to high-rank and deep-pocket Putin supporters, a threat to hit them where it may hurt. And for the minority on the list who already opposed Putin, you could view it as an extra incentive to intensify their opposition.
PC Roberts talks about it in more detail:
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/02/01/kremlin-list-bullet-aimed-putins-heart/
On January 30, I explained four of the main reasons for the list. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/01/30/washington-reaches-new-heights-insanity-kremlin-report/
Here are two more important reasons for the list:
1) The list is an implicit threat against the business interests of Russian oligarchs, and they understand that. Reports are that many lobbied Washington to get off the list. By suggesting that Washington could curtail the oligarchs’ travel to the West, seize their Western-based assets, and prevent Americans and Europeans from doing business with their companies, Washington is telling them to remove their support from President Putin. Washington intends to use the Western-funded NGOs and media in Russia to interfere in the upcoming Russian elections. Washington does not want Putin to have the smashing victory that is expected. It is difficult to make a monster out of a person who has higher public support than any American president in history.
2) The list is an intended insult to Russia and to President Putin. As a result of Putin’s low-key response to past provocations, Washington anticipated, correctly, no response from Putin to Washington’s insult to the entire political and economic leadership of Russia. The unanswered insult thus becomes Washington’s way of displaying its hegemony over Putin and Russia.
The lack of a meaningful Russian response will encourage more insults and actual sanctions against Putin’s supporters, which will cause some of them to separate from Putin in order to protect their own economic and career interests. In the past Washington has used sanctions in efforts to deprive leaders of public support. With the Kremlin list, Washington has changed its tactics and is targeting the reputations and economic interests of the leadership class. The list is Washington’s attempt to deprive Putin of the support of the top echelon of government and business leaders..
TRM on February 02, 2018 · at 8:10 am EST/EDT
Pelosi & Waters .. clueless idiots? They may be on to something :)
Senile old hags would be another way to look at it.
A Member of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy of Russia, Major-General of the Federal Security Service, Alexander Mikhailov, has made a sharp statement in relation to the new anti-Russian sanctions planned by the United States (“The Kremlin List”)
“The latest sanctions list indicates that they have run out of arguments against us.
After this, we have an impasse. The sanctioning of top political leaders is borderline to a break in diplomatic relations.
Our relations with the IOC, the Baltics and even Eurovision etc have become so ridiculous, that we have nothing left to lose.
It’s time to bring the Donbass home.” Mikhailov stated.
http://www.fort-russ.com/2018/02/fsb-reacts-to-kremlin-list-by-calling.html
Nate on February 02, 2018 · at 9:42 am EST/EDT
If you look at an ameba underneath a microscope you will see that there is a logic to it’s action even though it has no intelligence.
When the US was economically preeminent than it gain influence around the world simply by allowing access to it’s markets, and did so quit deliberately as a strategy during the Cold War. This is the starting point of our current global system. But over time the US became depleted, both of natural resources (especially energy) and in terms productive capacity. (factory-closings) Most Americans became big losers while a tiny financial elite and a few government insiders became big gainers. This contradiction reached an inflection point in 2007, precisely speaking, with the insolvency of Lehman Brothers and the breaking of the buck on the money markets.
Since then the global system has survived through accounting fraud and the use of military force. But what is really needed is more energy sources. Russia’s. But instead of a few oligarchs depositing all the proceeds properly into Western banks like the Saudis, that son-of-a-bitch Putin set up state companies that are actually paying taxes. Outrageous! This is authoritarianism at it’s worst and must be stopped. And the Russian people are defending themselves somehow by voting for him.
So Saker, if you want to understand the actions of the Empire, peer closely at a starving ameba. The show will be just as brainless but much more sad.
Casey on February 02, 2018 · at 11:37 am EST/EDT
Very intriguing. “If we look at world history we can always see the same phenomenon taking place: when things go well, the elites are united, but as soon as things go south, the elites turn on each other. The reason for this is quite simple: elites are never as united as they pretend to be.”
How are things “going south” for the elites? The billionaires I know seem to be doing quite well, indeed. Do you mean the AngloZionist quest for a global Empire is failing?
mike k on February 02, 2018 · at 11:08 am EST/EDT
Beautiful essay with much truth in it; but there is one very real possibility not mentioned in all the analysis and predictions: the dying dinosaur of Empire may violently lash it’s nuclear armed tail, and knock all the carefully placed pieces off the world chessboard, in the process of destroying said world. How do we prevent that? Prayer?
tanto on February 02, 2018 · at 11:33 am EST/EDT
Dogs are barking and Caravan is moving on
JJ on February 02, 2018 · at 1:15 pm EST/EDT
Link to “the memo” just published
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/read-the-gop-memo/2746/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_memolink-1219pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
“Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.”
Despite the fact that we’re dealing with totally rotten, reactionary garbage here, I have to say that there is something subtle and genuinely beautiful about these lofty names. They resemble the ancient Chinese and their renowned sense of harmony — think “Square of Heavenly Peace” , “Garden of Humble Servants” , etc.
Wouldn’t be the slightest surprised to hear about something like “Crimean Liberation and NATO’s Commitment to Democracy in the Ukraine Act”. Seems to be a demented, ideological hobby among the Zionazis. Quite impressive achievements, LOL.
Dear Saker.
It cannot be over-stated how utterly unhelpful China has been to Russia and the multi polar project over the years and how much China actually keeps the Anglozionist empire on the tracks.
China is the worlds biggest legitimate creditor to the US. We have to draw the line somewhere. Being the biggest sucker for US treasury trash is simply unacceptable. And it is totally unnecessary. Russia grew its economy more in real terms from 2000-2008 than China, with minuscule trade with the US. The US isn’t even China’s biggest trade partner. The EU is.
And China is the worlds biggest creditor. Period. China is on the clock as the worlds biggest creditor just like Britain and the US were in times past. Its time for them to make a move and QUIT mamby pambying it.
Pacific on February 05, 2018 · at 8:03 pm EST/EDT
The main point of the article is that “Russian” Chinese” plan decades ahead. Especially the Chinese, they plan 100 years ahead and have a “one party” state that makes it possible.
Every minute, hour, day week counts towards decoupling. They will extract themselves from the house of cards with minim loss.
Their deposits allow creation of credit (USD – reserve curcency) in US which recycles back into Chinese economy. Foolish to wind this up overnight and then have to deal with huge unemployment back home, rather milk the system dry , or for every cent to buy “gold” to back its own currency, which will slowly rise and become unassailable. Patience!
Tony_0pmoc on February 02, 2018 · at 3:16 pm EST/EDT
I am English, in England, and I am not surprised, that you don’t know what is going on in the USA.
I am Male, I normally give my accolades to The Best Journalists irrespective of Nationaily, Creed, Race, Religion or Colour (though of course like everyone else – I am biased) or what they look like. Now I have to try to be politically correct (and no I do not fancy The Saker)
The Trump Memo won’t make the slightest difference. The Americans are too brainwashed to understand it.
I don’t like to intrude on your Russian space – but you seem quite sensible compared to the Americans…
Just goes to show that the Female Journalists Have Got More Balls Than The Men
To Investigate and Write The Truth
Eva Bartlett (Canadian)
https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/01/20/a-personal-reply-to-the-fact-challenged-smears-of-terrorist-whitewashing-channel-4-snopes-and-la-presse/
Vanessa Beeley (English)
http://21stcenturywire.com/2018/02/01/white-helmets-channel-4-bbc-guardian-architects-war/
Caitlin Johnstone (Australian)
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone
I’m in Awe
Three Girls VS The Rest
The Girls win 3-0
No serious male competition.
MOSCOW, February 2. /TASS/. The US Treasury Department cautioned that extension of sanctions against the Russian sovereign debt and Russian derivative securities may lead to adverse consequences not merely for the Russian but also for the global financial market and for US investors. Such statement is made in the report sent by the US Treasury to the US Congress, Bloomberg reports on Friday.
Kremlin: US sanctions unpredictability forces Moscow to ‘be constantly on guard’
“Given the size of Russia’s economy, its interconnectedness and prevalence in global asset markets, and the likely over-compliance by global firms to U.S. sanctions, the magnitude and scope of consequences from expanding sanctions to sovereign debt and derivatives is uncertain and the effects could be borne by both the Russian Federation and U.S. investors and businesses,” the report says.
According to the report, “introduction of sanctions against the Russian debt “could hinder the competitiveness of large US asset managers and potentially have negative spillover effects into global financial markets and businesses.”
The reports also says that the extension of US sanctions without support of the European Union and other US partners may undermine unity on the issue of sanctions against Russia.
“Expanding US sanctions to include dealings in new Russian sovereign debt without corresponding measures by the EU and other US partners could undermine efforts to maintain unity on Russia sanctions,” the document says.
A potential future ban on purchase of Russian sovereign debt securities within the framework of US sanctions may cause certain volatility on the market but the effect will be of short term, chief of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina said earlier.
http://tass.com/economy/988310
Does this mean they are thinking of doing this?????
Gastarbeiter on February 02, 2018 · at 4:07 pm EST/EDT
Which sanctions?
Russian LNG is being delivered to Boston.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/26/russia-gas-sanctions-american-homes-312866
https://www.rt.com/business/417237-russian-lng-tanker-gas-arrived-us/
Comedia del’arte or circus? Really don’t know..
“This is the group which basically says that it is all much more simple and no complex explanations are needed: the Trump Administration and Congress is composed of clueless idiots who have no idea what the hell they are doing and who just like to produce some policy decisions just to look like they still matter in world where they really don’t.”
That seems plausible. Looking back, the American political class hasn’t changed much in 100 years’ time, forever stuck in their false consciousness and dogma about the world. What brings their utter incompetence and stupidity out in the open especially with regard to contemporary Russia is that, unlike the USSR, Russia isn’t promoting ideology very much. It was easier to win hearts and minds attacking the Enemy State’s ideology, especially when you could “make a statement” by being generous with other peoples’ natural resources and labour output. The American political class is blinded by its own ideology/hubris and really doesn’t seem to care about what works and what does not. The rot speaks for itself.
He hath placed his tents twixt the holy mountain and the sea and he will go up without allies against the king of the north and will be destroyed.
Sam on February 02, 2018 · at 8:08 pm EST/EDT
Re: “Well, if it does, stop reading and enjoy your unique gifts.” LOL!
I also love “Uncle Shmuel.”
Saker has a good sense of humor. Thanks!
Many assert that the FBI was against Trump. That the security services colluded with the Obama administration to stymie Trump’s prospects in the election.
Why then did Comey shaft Hillary two weeks out from polling day with his reopening of the email and server case.? Did Comey calculate Hillary needed a public rewash and certification to close out doubts about her trustworthiness in the voter’s mind in the last few moments prior to election day.? Did Comey attempt instead to firewall any post election revision of the FBI and Justice Department cover up of her crimes.? Was Comey attempting both of the above but actually ended up shafting her as an unforeseen consequence of otherwise sincere set of efforts to heal a bruise made by the FBI on Hillary with its handling of these matters when they first came to light.? Was Comey’s hit on Hillary what Hillary’s team asked for.? Did they agree to resurface the issue to deal with it in public so it could be dismissed with authoritive voices resounding it voter’s ear as pen toucheth the ballot paper.? The Steele Dossier, the actors and actions surrounding it, in some respects is chump change compared to likely conspiracy between FBI and Hillary to relaunder her in the voter’s mind a few days out from the election.
Rob from Canada on February 02, 2018 · at 9:41 pm EST/EDT
The Saker says: “I have come to the conclusion that the Empire is run by stupid, ignorant ideologues who live in a world totally detached from reality.”
Yeah, I hear ya Saker, except I call them crazy, (Edited language,MOD) dumbasses with an inaccurate conceptual map of reality.
I know psychological projection isolates the ego from the environment and I wonder if we’re witnessing the psychological defeat of the empire on the moral and mental levels of warfare.
If the AZ Empires failure in Syria represents it’s Stalingrad defeat on the operational level. Then I’d guess Operation Barbarossa was the 911 false flag attack ongon the WTC and Pentagon.
Anonymous on February 03, 2018 · at 12:02 am EST/EDT
Washington targeting the super-rich in Russia is a clear attempt to do what the US successfully does in many weak, Latin American countries: conduct oligarchical-backed coups against popular governments independent or partially independent from the US. However, I think Washington’s coup attempt will totally fail. The memories of the traitors being in power in the 1990s are too recent in most Russians’ minds. Hopefully Washington’s aggressive moves will only further undermine its own puppets inside Russia.
Francis Lee on February 03, 2018 · at 8:11 am EST/EDT
”the “Atlantic Integrationists” because what these pro-western globalists want is for the AngloZionist Empire to accept Russia as an equal partner and to have Russia fully integrate the US-controlled international financial and security structures: WTO, NATO, EU, G7/8, etc.”
There was never any serious intention of the AZ-Empire of accepting Russia as an ”equal partner” to the imperial juggernaut. You should know that the US doesn’t do Partnerships, other than of the ‘Me Tarzan, You Jane’ variety.
Moreover, this no longer just about Russia. A eurasian anti-hegemonic bloc is beginning to coalesce around the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS. Russia has been in the vanguard of this movement having pivoted to the East after fruitless attempts to form a working relationship with the EU,fell on deaf ears and was met with NATO enlargement. The Chinese behemoth is is the economic powerhouse in this Eurasian geopolitical configuration along with Iran, the central Asian ‘Stans’ and now India and Pakistan, there are others waiting to join.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has evolved in a number of areas: regional security, economy and culture but is still very much a work in progress. The SCO has been supplemented by the BRICS alliance, the first summit of which took place in Yetakerinburg in 2009. The BRICS encompass 30% of the earths landmass, 43% of the global population, 46% of the global labour force and 30% of global GDP. An anti-hegemonic alliance was beginning to crystallise. China in particular with a growth rate 3 times that of the US is now in purchasing parity power the largest economy in the world.
Yes, Russia and Putin really look isolated. (sarcasm BTW)
Den Lille Abe on February 03, 2018 · at 11:46 am EST/EDT
Good analysis Saker. Thought experiment , what if Russia had become EU member, say 5- 10- 15 years ago? I know its just thought experiment, but you know as well as I, EU gives a shit for Nato. Yes Poland and Baltics are trembling , but they have done that since Valdemar leveled Tallin in 1212, so stuff them.
This is actually not that far out as a thought experiment, the OBOR initiative makes less sense without the EU as the end destination, so naturally there must have been talks we are not directly privy to, and that must include Russia. The general consensus in Europe is that Russia is not an enemy, but not quite a friend. Europe is not bothered much about the Ukraine mess, (Fuck the EU, V. Nuland), but clearly the US wants a war there. We dont and we cant really get rid of the Candy King, we dont deal in this sort of thing. The Nazi trait in Ukraine is a strong one , which they must shed, like Poland must shed their Fascist tendencies, Hungary too. I am digressing.
The US of course sees the EUAsian trade relationship as a major threat to its hegemony, they will be left with South America, Africa mostly slipped through their hands.
ioan on February 03, 2018 · at 12:00 pm EST/EDT
Very good article indeed, as always when comes from The Saker. From an outsider, it is very hard indeed to have a proper image of Russia’s internal state of politics, not knowing Russian, one is dependent on Russian newspapers or sites in English, German, French or other language, many of which are biased “atlaticists”. So, is hard to make a good evaluation from a Russian perspective. Anyway, I have already learned in the past to read between the lines and take out what is worth attention. The eastern mentality is different form that in the west, moreover the Russian mentality, which so wide and deep as Russia itself, that’s why I agree with Saker when he said that to understand Russia with western glasses (or binoculars) is useless work or at least a very hard endeavor. This is also very well known by the Empire, who has build a large armada of propagandists, backed by a large armada of media of all kinds, not just outside Russia, but inside as well. Lessons have to be learned, as quick as possible, and applied in full force, after Putin will be reelected, otherwise, the slowly but surely replacement of truth inside Russia will be a fact. For Putin haters : indeed, thy want Putin out of office, but what if it may come come someone else who will be totally different, being fed-up with all this ugly play from Empire and will “solve” the problem with force ? …then, they will cry for Putin.
Swan on February 04, 2018 · at 8:08 am EST/EDT
Thanks as always for the interesting and penetrating analysis. I seek your wisdom in another area, though. And I hope that I will not be considered out of bounds for posing the request in this manner.
To me, one of the great mysteries of recent modern history is the Fall of the Soviet Union. I rather suspect the pablum fed to uneducated Americans that it was all due to Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts fomenting the uprising in Afghanistan is rather far from the truth. But I would dearly love to be exposed to a reasoned and clearly articulated explanation for this event. Could you kindly point in the right direction at least? Sadly, it must be in English, for my consumption. My dear Lithuanian wife says quite rightly that there are only three kinds of people in the World: bilingual, multi-lingual,and American. Of course, I am one of the latter.
Xaka on February 04, 2018 · at 9:53 am EST/EDT
Constancy of Evil Empires policy is so assuring like a Swiss watch. Great. That make one have feeling of no disappointment. On the other hand RusoZionists’ camp wishy-washy responses are predictable too, so the play is continue . How long to be seen. Have comfortable seat and enjoy.
ruca on February 04, 2018 · at 7:24 pm EST/EDT
Hi Saker. Slightly off topic. Did you ever send the Letter to a Friend, to the people you discussed in one of your articles? I know very few of my “friends” from the west understand what the heck is going down. It was such a scathing, honest, factual article, and I assume that maybe one or perhaps two are still your friends. It would be interesting to know the results, of course in detail :) but probably isn’t a good idea.
Referring to the present article, it sure is bizarre what these inbred psychopaths can pull out of their collective ar$e$.
Also, why do you live where you live? It kinda seems your heart isn’t there. Best wishes to you, your family and your crew here on the Saker.
Bryan Hemming on February 05, 2018 · at 8:56 am EST/EDT
Although the anti-Russian campaign probably started long before, for me the signs of it really hotting up came just before the Ukrainian coup in a speech Christine Lagarde gave to the Press Club in Washington on January 15th 2014, in which she referred to the ‘G7’ meeting planned for July that year. But it wasn’t a G7 meeting in the pipeline on January 15th but a G8 meeting, as Russia was not expelled from the G8 until a few weeks later. A point the corporate media seemed to ignore. I wrote about this in more detail on my blog later that year. https://bryanhemming.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/numerology-g7-or-g8-the-unwitting-prediction-of-christine-lagarde/
anodinous on February 05, 2018 · at 12:16 pm EST/EDT
Nice catch…
I had one of those moments when Obama, in Mexicos G20 said something like:
“The EU, for now, is comprised of independent countries…”
Tried to get a reference but didnt manage… CYS YMMV
Dissident X on February 06, 2018 · at 3:56 pm EST/EDT
I love the article.
I was wonder what your thoughts are concerning these latest sanctions and the market movements (downwards) in the past week; do you think there could be a relationship?
If there really was the big money involved, and the markets are ridiculously ‘peaked-out’, and appropriately reflected in the automated trading programs, the possibility of some kind of organized pull-out, within a specific timeframe, seems like it conceivably could initiate a ‘correction’.
Personally, I already consolidated my investments about a month ago, to ultra-secure domestic (Can), but I am seeking a method to diversify to Yuan and Rouble denominated instruments, Russian: defense and energy, China: BRI infrastructure development and (well-diversified) business development in participating route locations.
Perhaps an expert article?
Contrary to any noise on the subject that gets to the MSM, I am not so certain that the petro-dollar … decline, will be smooth over an extended period of time; rather, I am of the opinion of a rapid spiraling down and wide-spread opportunistic jumping on the convertible yuan junk (I see the pun, but at the time intended the reference to chinese sailing technology, i.e. ‘boat’, as in ‘rats’ leaving the sinking ship of the hegemony’s gravity-defying fiat currency).
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Blue Hawaii Return with 'Tenderness,' Share New Song
By Brock Thiessen
While we heard rumblings of a new album last year, Canadian electronic duo Blue Hawaii have now made their return official. Tenderness will arrive on October 6 via Arbutus Records, and you can hear its first teaser track now.
The album marks the band's first since 2013's Untogether, and to get a sneak peek, you can stream the new song "No One Like You" at the bottom of the page.
As for what to expect from the new album, here's how a press release describes the latest from Braids vocalist Raphaelle "Ra" Standell and Alexander "Agor" Kerby:
Tenderness is a concept album which brings forth the challenges of handling relationships online. Maintaining closeness over distance and a need for more tenderness between each other — both in real and virtual life — are important themes in the album's progression. The album draws upon influence from '90s dance tracks and deep disco cuts, often mixed with Ra's acoustic guitar playing. It unfolds like a play and each song being supported by shorter interlude pieces: skits, phone calls, acoustic demos, real life samples and quiet left-turns.
That's of course the album art up above and the tracklist below, where you'll also find a few upcoming European tour dates.
Tenderness:
1. Free At Last
2. No One Like You
3. Pregame
4. Versus Game
5. Belong to Myself
6. Prepare for Flight
7. Younger Heart
8. Strummin
9. Make Love Stay
10. Big News
11. Blossoming From Your Story
12. Searching For You
13. Do You Need Me
14. Tenderness
15. Giggles
16. Far Away Soon
11/16 Amsterdam, NL - Muzieklokall @ de School
11/21 London, UK - Pickle Factory
11/22 Paris, FR - Supersonic
11/23 Cologne, DE - Gewölbe
11/24 Heidelberg, DE - Karlstorbahnhof
11/25 Berlin, DE - Internet Explorer
11/26 Warsaw, PL - Kulturalna
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Something went wrong after AI17 returned from the Aloha State, but we're not exactly sure what
So, uh...what the heck just happened?
If you're joining us this fine Spring weekend to see if we WhatNotToSing.com editors can provide any clarity and insight into the just-concluded American Idol season...well, nice weather we're having, huh?
Honestly, we're at a loss, too. Everything seemed set up for a spectacular Season 17. The series reboot in 2018 was an uneven but mostly-entertaining affair that led to a deserved winner being crowned. The second season of a three-year Epoch is almost always the best. The production staff returned almost unchanged. The judges, as awful as they were last year by Idol standards (and that's really saying something), had a full season under their belts, and they assured everyone that they'd learned from their rookie mistakes. The audition season produced...well, it produced a lot of crappy, silly, boring episodes, but that's perfectly normal, plus it was peppered with what appeared to be plenty of legitimate musical talent. Hollywood Week – see "c,s,b" above, but it was nothing out of the ordinary either, and the pre-performance rounds were capped by what appeared to be a truly outstanding beach concert in Oahu. The judges may have made a mistake or two in casting the semifinals, but as Laine Hardy and Alyssa Raghu just demonstrated, there's no law against keeping a promising young contestant on the back burner for a future season, where they'll be better prepared to compete for the crown.
When the Top 20 was announced, our only concern was, "How are we going to sort through this much talent to pick a winner in just seven calendar weeks?"
Today, after a 49.3-rated season, we're wondering, "Can we go back to Hawaii and get a do-over?"
So, in short: no, we don't know what happened, either. Let's walk through it and see if anything stands out from an Idol season that was tremendously successful from ABC's point of view, but which, at least to us, ultimately felt very disappointing on the other side of the TV screen.
If there was a legitimate, widespread worry coming into this spring, it was about the judging panel. Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan showed tremendous chemistry and playfulness in the AI16 audition rounds, then deftly segued into what was arguably the worst display of Reality TV talent-judging in modern American history. We are merely being polite about the "arguably" part. It's way too early in the article to bring out the big guns.
This year, our intrepid trio once again shone in the episodes that nobody gives a damn about, but which 19E and Fremantle figure they have to waste four weeks showing anyway, because (a) they spent roughly the GDP of Luxembourg running auditions around the country, (b) they have approximately 30,000 hours of raw film from that period, and (c) if they instead ran five more weeks of live shows, they'd probably have to pay Katy Perry another $25M, and that's simply not in the budget.
There were some scattered highlights in those early weeks: a few gag auditions, a simply wonderful "Punk'd" segment featuring the defending champ disguised as a Goth airhead, and a Pomona multi-instrumentalist in a wool cap who had what the producers hyperbolically described as "the best audition in American Idol history." Not really, but Alejandro Aranda was pretty impressive nonetheless, demonstrating high craftsmanship on both guitar and piano plus original songwriting skills. His vocals were awfully soft and breathy, but hey, mentor Bobby Bones and the AI musical directors shouldn't have any problem fixing that, right?
Hollywood was next. As usual, it was a mild improvement over the Audition episodes, which equally as usual is not saying much. Naturally, it culminated with contestants sitting on the floor of a hotel conference room nervously awaiting their fate, because chairs aren't in the budget either. At this point, having exhausted our annual pleas to 19E to stop this cruel, pointless, time-wasting, utterly unwatchable 'tradition', we can only propose to the Idolsphere: let's all boycott this episode in 2020. We can read online about who made it through, and maybe a 0.1 in the demo will get ABC's attention.
The Top 40 were rewarded with a trip to Hawaii. Yeah, it was a tie-in to one of the Disney Vacation Club premier resorts, but what did you expect? Anyway, the scenery was terrific, and so was what we saw of the concert. Voice-overs and cutaways helped advance the backstory of each contestant. The traditional "Green Mile" episode was on deck (our 2021 boycott target, just so you know), leaving us with an acceptable Top 20, plus at least a half-dozen cut quarterfinalists whom we fully expect to see in future seasons. So far, so good.
The semifinals began on April Fools' Day. We'll eschew any wisecracks. Besides, if we're being honest, the kickoff show was quite decent, notwithstanding the fact that the producers crammed an Idol-record 20 solo performances into one two-hour taped episode. Upon rewatching it, we realized that they were able to accomplish this feat mainly by omitting virtually all intro packages and by limiting the judges' critiques to brief, obsequious flattery. We're on board with both ideas, particularly the latter one.
The first 90 minutes produced no major highlights as far as WNTS approval ratings are concerned. Nigeria-born Uché Ndubizu, going by his first name only, produced a 73 on Figures, which was tops during that extended opening stretch. Of the first 14 performances, only he and Hardy reached 4-stars. Oh well, Opening Night is always a sloppy affair, and anyway, the final six performances ended the show with plenty of momentum. All were 3-stars or better, highlighted by back-to-back 5-star triumphs courtesy of Maryland choir singer Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon, covering Bob Dylan, and Texas country-folkie Laci Kaye Booth, covering Cheap Trick. Wait, what??!
It was true: Booth rearranged the punk-rockabilly classic I Want You To Want Me into a sensual neo-country ballad, earning a well-deserved 86 from web reviewers. And, if anything, Harmon was even better, taking the Idol staple To Make You Feel My Love to a 92 after normalization – the first "showstopper" of American Idol 2.0. After having gone the entire first season of the reboot without a 90+ performance, AI17 effectively ended the vigil right out of the gate. The episode average was a healthy 49.6, very good by historical standards. Just imagine how strong the Finals were going to be after the weaker half of the field was culled.
Round Two of the semis was Celebrity Duets. This is the third straight season for them, which we suppose qualifies as a "tradition" too. They're honestly not among our favorite parts of the Idol calendar, but meh, they're mostly harmless. They do allow AI to showcase this year's talent alongside contemporary pop artists, for better and for worse. Among the "better": a pair of stellar performances by English stage luminary Cynthia Erivo, partnering Harmon and California crooner Ryan Hammond. Among the "worse": Madison VanDenburg and Kate Barnette getting schooled by Pat Benatar, who at 66 still possesses some of the finest rock-and-roll pipes on the planet. (Props to Benatar for thoughtfully trying to hold back and not overwhelm her partners' vocals, but it was like trying to drive a Lamborghini 20 MPH down an empty freeway.)
Two of the duets were noteworthy in that the semifinalist requested and received a specific celebrity partner. New Hampshire teen Evelyn Cormier, a serial Reality TV contestant, sang her audition song Wicked Game with none other than Chris Isaak himself. Aranda joined his Pomona compatriot Ben Harper on "There Will Be A Light". Both performances earned pretty good web reviews (a 60 for Aranda & Harper, a 49 for Cormier & Isaac), but more importantly, both felt more natural and fluid than many of the other pairings. Barnette, whose journey ended this round, drew a particularly unsuitable duetmate for her thinner, jazzier voice. We love the idea of having the contestants choose their dream duet partners, which would elevate this new 'tradition' into one we might actually look forward to each year. But, if the producers can't fulfill the bucket-list wishes for a majority of the field, it's fairer not to give special treatment to just one or two of them.
Of the six contestants cut by the judges after this round, only Hammond's dismissal (a 54 solo, a 62 duet) seemed to us a clear error. We would not have minded hearing one more performance out of Brooklyn chanteuse Cristina Contreras, whose Top 20 solo performance was a 1-star mess, but whose duet with Shaggy we thought was surprisingly good. (Officially a 44 in the spreadsheet, but we graded it at 65.) It may not have helped her cause that Contreras sang under her childhood nickname, an idea that has worked out swell for Philadelphia's Alecia Beth Moore because her voice and her songwriting could outshine whatever silly monicker she chose for herself. For pretty much everyone else out there considering an American Idol run, we'd strongly advise: stick to some variation of your real name. You need to make a personal connection to the voters if you hope to win. It's easier to do that when the viewing audience isn't having flashbacks of being stung by a bee.
With an incoming Cast Rating of 57.9, fifth-highest in AI history for a semifinal episode (this one's the leader, if you're wondering), we think we can be forgiven if we call the Top 14 show a major buzzkill. Just two of the first hour's performances reached 3-stars, and frankly, both of those ratings seemed rather generous. Poor song choices were a major factor. Eddie Island and Wade Cota picked songs that had been done memorably well in the past on Idol. Riley Thompson picked one that had been done memorably badly and managed to improve on it only a little. (In fairness, however, that previous singer has gone on to have a nice career.) Cormier, whose distinctive contralto voice is best suited only for certain songs, chose a jarringly unsuitable one. As the nine o'clock hour struck, and with the episode average sitting at a stunning, miserable 28 halfway through, we buried our faces in our hands and asked ourselves for the first (but hardly the last) time this season: What the heck just happened?
As it turned out, the producers made a poor choice of their own: they elected to back-load the strongest performances into the latter half of the episode. That's generally a smart strategy for any variety show, but we respectfully believe that on this night, they took matters too far. The first hour was a complete slog to sit through, and it may have dampened the audience's mood for the second hour, which averaged 61 to bring the episode's final rating to 44.6.
Harmon and Booth were once again one-two on the night. They were voted into the Finals by America, along with Aranda despite a 27 rating on Drake's One Dance. It looked for all the world at the outset like American Idol was finally going to see a true EDM performance. With laser-like lights shining behind him and a smoke machine providing just the right atmosphere, Aranda demonstratively set up a drum rhythm on his synthesizer, put his hands to the electronic keyboard, and...well, basically, he whispered roughly three notes over and over for two solid minutes. It earned a standing ovation from the judges, but this season, so did an on-time delivery from GrubHub. Most of the Idolsphere, meanwhile, sat at home staring at their TV sets and wondering, say it with us: What the heck just happened?
Also voted through were VanDenburg, Hardy, Cota, and Alabama college student Walker Burroughs who closed the show with a pleasant but unremarkable 41-rated rendition of Climb Ev'ry Mountain. That too earned a standing ovation from the judges. Virtually everything this year earned a standing ovation from the judges. If those three merely sat in their seats and clapped wildly after you sang, followed by giving you fawning vocal praise, it was the equivalent of Simon Cowell ripping you a new rectum.
For the second straight year, none of America's choices for the Finals were African-American. Traditional and social media shockingly took note of this fact, leading to a Wild Card show the next night where, if you couldn't predict who two of the judges' picks were going to be, you probably have no future in sports handicapping. There was a clear Idolsphere consensus that Uché deserved to go through. Baltimore's Dimitrius Graham, on the other hand, had work left to do, in our opinion. He rose to the occasion with a pretty good vocal covering the ubiquitous Billie Eilish, on a night in which most performances rated out well below 50, to earn the ninth chair fair and square. Slot #10 came down to either Raghu or Ashley Hess; the latter had the better overall portfolio, the former, in true Camp Should-a-Been style, produced a better-rated performance on this night. The judges chose Raghu.
We'll pause to note here that Lionel Richie 'saved' Uché by running up on stage after his performance and escorting him directly to the Finalists' seating area. It was a brave, unique, highly emotional, spur-of-the-moment demonstration that made for breathtaking live TV. Kind of like how Katy Perry saved Ada Vox precisely the same way last year. Or how Jennifer Lopez saved Jessica Sanchez in 2012. J-Lo's original reaction was undoubtedly sincere; as for KP and LR and any future copycat judge: knock it off, already. That schtick's due date has long expired. You may be great singers but you're lousy actors.
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Just as it was last season, the theme for first week of the finals was The Music of The Mouse. We know many of our correspondents are already tired of this latest tradition, and we sympathize. Personally, we're still okay with it. As we noted last year, it's basically a broad "Pop Showtunes" theme accessible to younger viewers, the Disney canon includes a wide range of strong material, and in any case, it's not like ABC is ever going to pass up an opportunity for mass cross-marketing. It's what they do. Besides, AI16's show was terrific, garnering a 61.0 average rating. Why not give lightning the chance to strike twice?
Well, the producers did, and the lightning didn't. This year's Disney episode, inexplicably mentored by Rebel Wilson, came in nine points lower. The problem wasn't a couple of train wrecks pulling down the average, either: Every performance scored at or above what we consider the "acceptable" cutoff of 30, and only Cota and Aranda fell below 40. But, only four contestants broke 50, led by Princess VanDenburg channeling Princess Moana to a 76. It was an okay night, but yet again, what we Idol fans expected and what we got were far apart.
At the end of the show, after the nationwide live vote, Ryan Seacrest announced that Uché and Graham had the lowest totals. The former earned a very charitable 45 from web reviewers for his rendition of I 2 I, from the criminally underrated A Goofy Movie. (We're assuming it was 40 points for the choreography and 5 for the singing, to be honest.) The latter earned a very stingy 63 for You'll Be In My Heart, from Tarzan – a song we don't even like but which we thought Graham sang superbly. At any rate, the sight of the only two black finalists of 2019 going out together on the first night...um, yeah, not a good look for the franchise. Should the judges have used their one and only Save of the year on either? Uché had rated strongly to this point (his 64.3 average ranked second on the season) but had suffered an off-night. Graham had a so-so campaign but a strong (and upwardly-trending) approval rating tonight. The judges elected to let them go. That was painful but wise: both guys were Wild Card picks, meaning they'd essentially been "saved" once already this season.
(We already had something to say about the AI voting system after this episode, and we'll have more later in the article.)
For our money, and despite its pedestrian 48.7 episode rating, the most enjoyable night of the season was the Top 8 Show, starring one Adam Lambert as guest mentor. Evidently he knows a thing or two about singing Queen songs. In all seriousness, Lambert was terrific, giving the contestants helpful, actionable advice that they mostly used to their advantage onstage. Given that Bobby Bones knows a thing or two about singing himself, we're at a loss to explain how Lambert could just stroll into the office one day and fix a bunch of vocal issues that Bones, along with every long-suffering Idol fan, surely also recognized, and which he must have tried for weeks to correct.
Whatever the reason, our old friend Adam got it done. Booth and Harmon dropped a pair of 5-star gems, while Hardy, VanDenburg, and Raghu all cracked 50 on their solo performances. There were also four Movie Duets – you could have won a small fortune from WNTS Inc. if you'd bet us before the show that nobody would do Shallow. We thought three of the four duets were pretty good to great, notwithstanding a lyrics flub by Hardy that he covered well. While we're not normally a fan of contestant duets, as you know, we concede that with eight singers, it makes more sense to do eight solos and four duets than to try to squeeze 16 Finals performances into a two-hour time slot.
So why did the episode rating wind up below 50? Three reasons. One, Cota forgot the lyrics to We Are The Champions, which takes some doing. Two, Burroughs and Aranda teamed up for what was the most bizarre performance of the season – imagine singing Mrs. Robinson like Shout, except when you get to the part about "...a little bit softer now", you keep repeating it without ever reaching "...a little bit louder now!" Three, Aranda hit rock bottom with a 15 approval rating on Under Pressure. Grrr...seventeen freaking years we've waited for someone to sing a David Bowie song on American Idol, and when a contestant finally does......(*ahem*). Anyway, we thought "Pressure" deserved a similar rating to "I 2 I": 40 points for the brilliant emo-ballad arrangement, and 5 for the singing. The Idolsphere concurred with the latter but only awarded Aranda 10 for the arrangement. Tough break, kid.
Raghu and Burroughs were eliminated, for no particularly good reason. Not that either was a threat to finish first this year, but many in the Idolsphere, including us, felt that Aranda and Cota were no-brainer choices to leave that week. Cota's rich but gravelly voice, which sounded as though Tom Waits and Kim Carnes secretly had a baby, wasn't getting any more accessible over time. Aranda's approval ratings were in free-fall. Well, no worries, they'll surely bomb out the following Sunday, right?
Not so fast. On the unlikely dual theme week of Woodstock and Showstoppers, mentored by Lauren Daigle, Cota and Aranda each turned in their strongest nights of the season. Cota's performances (one a Joe Cocker cover, naturally) averaged 53, a marked uptick from his mid-30s average. Aranda, meanwhile, unexpectedly regained the mojo he'd had during the Audition and Hollywood rounds. His polarizing (29 s.d.), hypnotic twist on the ultimate acid-rock song White Rabbit was decidedly love-it-or-hate-it, but it was his original song Poison, delivered at the piano, that turned his season around. At 81, it was the only 5-star performance of the year by anyone with fewer than three names.
With their patience finally rewarded, fans of Aranda and Cota voted early and often, leading to a classic Idol Sesame Street Syndrome situation where a frontrunner might be in unexpected danger. Who would be the victim? Booth certainly picked a lousy night to be, well, lousy-ish. Her voice sounded vaguely hoarse on both her songs, perhaps due to illness, and neither rating broke 50. Hardy and VanDenburg each delivered one 4-star performance and one in the 40s. Harmon, of course, would be most assuredly safe – not only was he in the process of pitching the first WNTS 'perfect game' by a male contestant, but he singlehandedly kept the producers from being sued for false advertising by delivering a legitimate 90-rated showstopper during the Showstopper round: Somewhere. Though you know, that 63 on Swing Low Sweet Chariot feels awfully 'soft' to us. Could it be?...
...Yeah, it could. Harmon and Booth were the bottom two vote-getters. With the top of the hour approaching fast, and the credits rolling on the bottom of the screen, the judges had to scramble. They took 30 milliseconds to elect to use their Save, then 60 painful seconds debating which singer it would be. A shaken Katy Perry (remember: good singer, lousy actress) croaked that they'd decided to save...wait, Laci?
Even Booth herself was mortified at the call, mouthing "No!" as the screen faded to black. No doubt the judges (and, ahem, the producers) had prepared a priority order for exercising the Save this week, which would expire if it went unused. But, understandably, they probably didn't spend too much time discussing this particular scenario. Booth and Harmon had produced eight of the AI17 Top Ten performances on WNTS. Dismissing Booth would mean there'd be only one girl in the Top 5, on a series that had longstanding issues with gender equality. Dismissing Harmon would merely eliminate the highest-rated male contestant of the first seventeen seasons (80.1). We suppose that adjudicating no-win scenarios like this are why the judges get paid the big bucks. It's sure as hell not for their critiquing skills.
Few things can put a pall on an American Idol season like a shock boot of a highly-rated contestant. Perhaps, then, there was a silver lining to the fact that ABC only committed to five live Finals episodes (up one from last year, at least.) With just one show to go before the Finale, there was little time for moping. Final Five Night featured one round of songs from Sir Elton John, one chosen for each contestant by Bobby Bones, and a final round with the unwieldy theme of "Hero Tributes". The latter was originally advertised as "Mothers' Day", same as last year; we imagine that such a theme was uncomfortable to at least one of the five remaining singers.
The 49-rated show can best be described as 'unremarkable' – again, a clear disappointment compared to AI16, where the Mom Round produced five fine results. Complicating matters was the fact that the producers tried squeezing 15 solo performances plus a live elimination in two hours. In theory, this shouldn't have been a problem. American Idol routinely used to stage eight acts in an hour-long show, and it's not like Randy, Paula, Simon, and (especially) Kara used to babble any less than the current judging trio does. In practice, the performances (about 85 seconds on average) and the overall pace felt terribly rushed. Nobody came particularly close to 5-stars, and only Cota fell below 20 on an awkward rendition of Rocket Man. There would appear to be a good reason why Joe Cocker never covered that song
Booth and Cota were eliminated, setting up a Final Three of Alejandro Aranda, Laine Hardy, and Madison VanDenburg. Aranda's up-and-down season has been well-documented here. Hardy and VanDenburg, however, have barely been mentioned in our recap, yet here they are in the Finale. What gives?
As it happens, both high schoolers (Hardy from Louisiana, VanDenburg from New York) had produced two of the most quietly consistent resumes that American Idol has ever seen – a feat made doubly noteworthy considering that teenaged Idols usually produce a scatter field of approval ratings resembling a shotgun blast. Hardy's top performance, Hurricane, came in at 71. (We thought it deserved better, to be honest.) His lowest, Can't You See, still garnered a perfectly respectable 44. VanDenburg's ratings ranged from a spirited 76 on Disney Night to a 43 on her Bobby Bones assignment.
In past years, we'd call both LH and MVDB "high midcard" contestants, the sort that finish fourth or fifth and whose consistently good 3-star body of work helps form the foundation of Idol's most enjoyable seasons. Season Seven and Season Ten had Laines and Madisons galore. There was nothing wrong with Season Four or Season Fifteen that adding those two to the cast wouldn't have cured. Very possibly, if they'd been in the field in Season Thirteen, it rather than AI11 would have posted the season approval rating that all others are judged against.
But, having both in the AI17 Finale was not what any good Idol doctor would have ordered in 2019. The chance that either could produce a 5-star, "Gimme that crown!" statement was slim. The unpredictable Aranda, meanwhile, could sink and soar several times within a single performance. His original song Blesser, for example, had scored a 72 that was largely because of a spectacular acoustic guitar solo. (One longtime WNTS reviewer commented, "I'm just going to pretend that the vocals never happened, okay?")
As it happened, the Finale went pretty much as predicted, or as feared if you prefer. Other than VanDenburg becoming the latest casualty of Breakaway, all the performances traded within a narrow 30-point band. Aranda elected to sing three original songs, plus a fourth with a backing orchestra for his uncritiqued "celebrity showcase" piece. One rated out tops on the night, another we thought really ought to have been the low. As Correspondent Jamie observed, Aranda's strategy was perhaps a tactical error if his intent was to win (which it may not have been) – the four songs lacked variety and resulted in none particularly standing out. We might deem Alejandro the first "Post-WNTS" contestant: his unique, highly creative, free-form performances that mixed musicianship of the highest caliber with vocals that, uh, weren't, were almost impossible for reviewers to pin a single number on.
The Finale's traditional showcase performances spanned the gamut from the sublime – Harmon and Katy Perry did a duet of "Unconditionally" that was, no lie, as good as anything we've seen on AI since the night Candice Glover slayed Lovesong – to the ridiculous – Weezer's disjointed medley of classic rock covers will not make the highlights reel for their inevitable Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. Whatever Montel Jordan sang shall be filed in the bulging folder labeled "What the Heck Just Happened?" Eventually, Kierin dimmed the lights for the final time and Ryan Seacrest announced that swamp-rocking Laine Hardy was the seventeenth winner of American Idol.
If there was a downside to the Finale format this year, it was – we cannot believe we are about to type this – that the Original Winners Song™, "Flame", was not performed in a competition round. Hardy's version of it is legitimately good. We've pretty much given up all hope of seeing an Idol coronation song make the Billboard Top 40 these days, but the single is selling well on Amazon and iTunes, and we hope it'll earn a little airplay and perhaps some traction in a niche chart like Contemporary Christian.
The mostly-meh Finale meant that the season rating finished at 49.3. Normally this is where we advise readers not to judge an American Idol season based on its WNTS average. Some fondly-remembered seasons barely cracked 50 (heck, AI5 didn't even make it that high), whereas AI12's 51.2 stands fifth overall but we never, ever, want to relive that train wreck again. This year though...um, yeah. 49.3 seems just about right. No doubt the talent was there, but the Idol machine somehow devised a way to turn an entire solar farm of potential energy into a AAA battery's worth of power.
Are we any closer to being able to answer the burning question: "What the heck just happened?" Not really, but we'll give it a go.
Quincy, M.E.
First things first: the judges have to go. All three of them.
Please be assured, we take this position neither lightly nor insensitively. We know that American Idol judge is a tough, if well-paying, job, and we know all three hope to return for AI18. Virtually every source we've read says that Perry, Richie, and Bryan are terrific behind the scenes. They genuinely like one another. They take their responsibilities seriously. They felt so strongly in 2018 that Hardy would be successful if he had another year under his belt that they coaxed him back with a guaranteed pass through to Hollywood. (Anyone who believes Hardy just happened to show up in Idaho to play guitar for a friend's audition needs their gullibility sensors replaced.) They convinced the shy Aranda not to quit the competition roughly three billion times since last fall. Their casting, while not exactly Jennifer Lopez-quality, still beats by miles the dark days of Simon Cowell and his cruel collection of sitting-duck semifinalists. All of that are deserved gold stars on their report cards.
But, Lord have mercy, we cannot stand the thought of sitting through another season of those three on the live shows, distributing standing ovations and unvarnished platitudes after every performance like grass seed. They are horrible. They make Steven Tyler sound like Voltaire. They make Kara DioGuardi appear pithy. They make Paula Abdul seem like, er, triplets. They promised us they wouldn't be like this two years in a row, and they broke that promise.
We're now two seasons into their tenure, and the overarching motif of the KLL Epoch has been "contestant stagnation". With no constructive criticism nor tough-love feedback to guide them (sorry, Luke, but "just keep being you" doesn't qualify), nor any incentive whatsoever to venture out of their comfort zones, the young singers under their tutelage have pretty much sat quietly and played with their crayons. Aranda is arguably the only contestant this era to display a growth arc of sorts, and that because he recognized after a series of disastrous covers that his only hope was to perform his original compositions whenever he could slip one past the episode theme.
Even if the performance rounds were longer, the current judging panel would be unacceptable. But when ABC has yet to commit to more than five weeks of wham, bam, thank-you-ma'am Finals, they're downright detrimental to the franchise. We hear that the network is willing to bring them back at much lower salaries, which is encouraging, strangely enough. That's often an entertainment corporation's backhanded way of saying, "We want to fire you but don't want the blowback from your social media followers."
The supporting cast also had less than stellar seasons. Ryan Seacrest normally is so smooth and reliable a host that you barely notice he's there. But, this season there were a handful of jarring instances in the live shows where he seemed unprepared as to what he was supposed to be doing or what segment was coming next. At one point, he even "introduced" a performance while forgetting to mention the contestant's name. Yikes! We suppose it happens to even the best of them sometimes.
As for full-time mentor Bobby Bones, we frankly don't know what to say. His background in the music industry is vast and he seems a genuinely nice guy to boot. He may have done a few worthwhile things behind the scenes; e.g., someone wisely talked VanDenburg out of delivering the eleventh rendition of I Have Nothing during the Finale (unless she was playfully trolling the show's longtime fans by claiming that was her first choice, which cannot be ruled out.) For the most part, however, an Idol mentor can by judged only by the quality of the contestants' song choices and the artistic growth they display during their time on the show. Neither speaks well of Bones, we're afraid.
Two people who did mentoring right, it seems, were Lambert and Daigle. The promo clips, though surely carefully edited, showed them giving pointed advice on both singing and presentation to their young charges. The contestants then acted on them during their subsequent performances, almost always to their benefit. (Daigle's advice to Aranda was essentially "sing louder and enunciate, okay?" but that was all that was needed.) The horrid memory of young Riley Thompson cheerily singing Jolene like it was "Walking On Sunshine" seemed like it took place in some other season. Aranda unfortunately regressed a bit in the next two episodes, but VanDenburg ("pay attention to the lyrics") and Hardy ("it's not illegal to move around a little bit, you know") appeared to consolidate what they'd learned. Plus, the combination of Queen + Adam Lambert pulled in the show's biggest audience since roughly the Reagan Administration.
Speaking of which, American Idol's unexpected success in the Nielsen ratings this year is something every fan should celebrate. Good themes, good mentors, and finalists with some legit zeitgeist buzz are a pretty tough combination to beat, as The Voice just found out. The series finished as high as second in the weekly rankings among broadcast shows, despite going up against Game of Freaking Thrones for much of its run. We deeply hope that this will melt away any last vestiges of reluctance among the ABC brass in committing to a longer season next year.
Some of our suggestions for 2020 are such broken records that we think we'll just assign them numbers going forward to save keystrokes. Let's see, there's 218 ("fewer audition shows"), 109 ("fewer Hollywood shows"), 633 ("many more competition shows, which you can achieve easily via 218 and 109, you twits"), 51 ("pimp pieces for every semifinalist or for none"), 865 ("fix the damned voting system, already"), 448 ("buy swaybot repellent in bulk"), 1297 ("fewer repeat songs" – we're looking at you, Madison VanDenburg), and of course, 1438A ("trap doors under the judges' seats if they talk too long"; 1438B involves crocodiles as well.)
One number we'd thought we could retire is 154: "Quit showing cutaway shots of the judges during a performance". This particular annoyance was the brainchild of former executive producer Per Blankens, whose name ought to be accompanied by whinnying horses in the distance. Trish Kinane appeared to clamp down on the practice upon taking the reins, but perhaps Blankens snuck back into the camera truck this season. Anyway, stop it.
The voting system...oy. We don't want to go into too much detail here, referring you instead to our previous editorial. We'll say this to the AI producers, however: Two years in a row, America chose an overwhelmingly white Finals roster. Two years in a row, the chagrined Idol steering committee felt they had to add some demographic diversity to the cast by choosing all non-white Wild Cards. Two years in a row, a Mara Justine or an Ashley Hess, whose approval ratings to date were Finals-worthy, wound up in the alley outside the soundstage door going, "What the heck just happened?" And, if you retain the same asinine "10 votes per contestant per method" strategy, all this nonsense will reoccur next year too, and the year after, and the year after that. No matter where you lie on the socio-political spectrum, please understand that, at the end of the day, this system serves absolutely nobody.
While you're making fixes in this area, you may want to consider an elimination strategy that combines a contestant's long-term portfolio with their most recent performance. Booth was clearly the deserved eliminee in the Top 6 if Camp Should-A-Been rules were in effect, but we make no assertion that that's the ideal way to run a singing competition. It just makes for better snark. Our editorial staff treads cautiously into these waters, because we recall all too well the producers' manipulations in the first decade of Idol. Unearthing a Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood was so potentially lucrative to 19E that all semblance of fair play often went out the window. That era appears gone for good, so maybe it's safe to revisit this topic. Maybe.
The earlier-than-expected eliminations of Uché and especially Harmon had several of our regular correspondents wondering, "Can an openly gay contestant get a fair shake on American Idol?" We still have nowhere near enough data to draw any reasonable conclusion. However, if you feel you can extrapolate from our earlier Idolmetric studies on race, region, and sex, where White/Southern/Male were shown to be statistically significant survival traits, you're excused if you decide the answer is likely "no". That's our guess too, to be honest.
Uché, honestly, was no great loss to us. Though his smile and energy were off the charts, we nonetheless felt that he was the season's most overrated finalist by leaps and bounds – a Qaasim Middleton 2.0, as it were, whose infectious dance moves covered up a great many bum notes that the Idolsphere would never have tolerated from a stand-and-sing contestant. (Honestly, not to belabor the point about "I 2 I", but if you'd not seen his staging and you'd only heard it over your car's Bluetooth speakers as you were driving home with your family from Easter dinner, you'd know from whence we speak.) Harmon is another matter entirely. The son of a preacher who'd only recently come out, and who was still mending his relationship with his parents, was nothing short of superb, joining Pia Toscano as the only contestants to finish with a 5-star contestant rating. True, his crystal-clear vocals and classical singing style probably make him better suited for the stage, or for a Josh Groban-like concerto career, rather than for 2019 pop radio. It's important to note that one could say the same about Toscano, who also went out earlier than expected in Season 10. Still, Jeremiah's sixth-place finish seems an injustice. We'll keep an eye on this topic in future seasons.
Our guess is that the breakout star this year, if anyone, will be Aranda. His social media following exploded during the last three months, and MJ reports that his just-announced summer concert club tour sold out almost immediately. In a world where Instagram and YouTube rule the artisan roost, Aranda could become as popular of an online music celebrity as anyone. His soft, introspective vocals will translate well to small venues. To large ones, not so much. But, these days a studio artist like Zedd or The Chainsmokers can write the catchy EDM songs, formulate the arrangements, record all the necessary backing tracks, and bring in the likes of Alessia Cara or Bruno Mars to handle the vocals. We personally would love to hear, say, Haley Reinhart have a go at Aranda's reimaginations of "White Rabbit" and "Under Pressure".
The average song age in Season 17 was 25.8 years, a whopping five-point jump from AI16. That's not ideal. Some of it can be attributed to the Queen-Elton John-Woodstock themes, plus, when there are only 105 performances, a Swing Low Sweet Chariot is going to do a bit of damage to this metric. The Freshness Factor fell to 55% new-to-Idol songs, but the bigger disappointment here is that nobody but Aranda did an original composition. [Ed. Note: Oops! Correspondent Dan corrected us. Harmon did one, too: Almost Heaven, his 'Victory song' on Wild Card night.] The Repeat Factor jumped to 1.06; VanDenburg (2.54) is probably hiding from us behind her bedroom dresser. Oh yeah, annual complaint #1162: "Will somebody please inform the contestants that Queen has more than a dozen songs in their catalog?"
The show's production values seemed to slide a bit this year, particularly in terms of sound mixing and pacing. Aranda assuredly wasn't the only contestant to be drowned out at times by Bandzilla. Stationing Ryan Seacrest backstage in the contestants' lounge caused too many awkward logistical issues. And, we hope it goes without saying that the Final Five show should have comprised 10 performances, not 15. That said, and all things considered, ABC and Fremantle do a pretty good job. If you watch the commercials for other live prime-time shows, like Jesus Christ Superstar or this week's All In The Family/The Jeffersons reenactments, they make it sound like any little glitch might cause the actors to die in a raging nuclear fireball in front of 10 million viewers. Yet, this Hunger Games-hazardous world is what the American Idol production staff simply calls "Sundays".
So after all this verbiage, have we answered the $64,000 Question yet: "What the heck just happened?" We haven't? Okay. Some simple questions have no simple answers.
AI17 wasn't a disaster by any means, but it was a disappointment. There was no single reason. The judges spent six months off camera being professionals, followed by nineteen televised hours being blockheads. The in-house mentor got out-done twice. The contestants were immensely talented but, by and large, didn't perform as well as we'd expected. The voters, and the voting system, delivered their annual knee-buckling punches. (In hindsight, Season 13's elimination sequence was like Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak: a statistical anomaly for fans to savor, because it'll never happen again.) And, the network seemingly cannot fathom why seven calendar weeks from Top 20 to Confetti is like trying to prepare filet mignon in a microwave.
But, even a disappointing Idol season beats a hiatus. The winner is a niche artist, but for his age in that niche, he's fantastic. Several of the also-rans should have long and successful careers in various aspects of the music business. The coronation song is good. And, most of the problems that beset AI17 can easily be fixed in AI18. Except, they won't be. And we'll be back anyway, happily chronicling American Idol in 2020. See you all then.
(All photos in this editorial are courtesy of American Idol and ABC Television.)
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Darryl V. Chiappini
Darryl V. Chiappini, 62, of Colchester Street, Amesbury and formerly of Ipswich, died Sunday, January 14, 2018 in the Massachusetts General Hospital following his long illness.
Born in Saugus May 1, 1955 son of the late David J. and Joanne J. (O’Neil) Chiappini, Darryl was raised in Ipswich and was a 1973 graduate of Ipswich High School where he played hockey as team captain. As a youth he served as an altar boy at the former St. Josephs Church in Ipswich.
For many years he was employed in sales at Flynn Tan Leathers in Peabody and most recently and for many years at Ebinger Brothers Leathers in Ipswich.
Darryl was an avid Patriots fan. Later in life he also enjoyed hiking, camping, reading, adventure and home gardening.
Darryl is survived by his beloved partner, Beth Larocque of Amesbury, two sons, J.B. Chiappini and his wife Julie of SC, and Robert D. Chiappini of Hampton, NH, three daughters, Rhiannon S. Dunne and her husband Ryan of Quincy, Michelle Daley of Amesbury and Heidi Prieur and her husband Dustin of Hamilton, two grandchildren, Jacob and Bryson Chiappini, both of SC, a brother, Edward “Duke” Chiappini and his wife Jeannine of Hanover, two sisters, Darlene St.Laurent of NH and Dina Chiappini of Amesbury, his former wife, Kelley Bergeron of Hampton, NH and his loyal feline, Turnip.
His funeral will be held 9 am Friday January 19 from the Whittier-Porter Funeral Home, 6 High St., Ipswich, followed by the celebration of a 10 am Funeral Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of Hope Church, 1 Pineswamp Rd., Ipswich. Family and friends are respectfully welcomed. Visiting hours are 4 to 7 pm Thursday. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions in Darryl’s name may be made to: The COP Amputee Association, P.O. Box 304, Wenham, MA 01984.
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The magic of Maroon comes to humans in many ways.
To those able to wield it, the powers of magic can shape their world for good or ill.
Belts of the Cincture
The Cincture, an agreement first forged in the early days after the rebellion against the First Folk, regulates the overt expression of a mage's power within the Old City and later, the provinces. Any mage who has undergone mandatory training at the Academ receives the plain hempen belt of the Cincture, signifying her agreement to be bound by its authority and laws. Unbelted mages are forbidden from using their craft in any public capacity in Vindulan.
What is it like to be a Belted mage? The answer lies in the Academ, where men and women who can sense the wind are trained. Trained is a misnomer, though. There are no classes, as such, for each person studying at the Academ must come to their understanding in their own way and time. The works of past Consiliars, High Deacons, and other women and men of talent are gathered in the library there, available for transcription and study, but they are merely guides. Officials in the service of the Academ visit on a volunteer, rotating basis to give lectures and demonstrations. The only class as such is the basic safety course that all Belted mages must undergo; until a mage is cleared of this primary requirement and takes the hempen belt of the novice, no further access is granted to the resources within.
The division of the Cincture into Red, Yellow, and White belts is a distinction of talents, but not of raw skill--more of a difference in style. Three great schools of thought emerged in the decades after the Awakening, and the talents of each school manifested in different ways. Diffierent students are receptive to different techniques, and as students learn and study, they usually find themselves gaining traction with one of the three. For the majority of Belted mages, a single Belt is a lifetime achievement, carrying her through her service to Vindulan without need for broader study. Each Belt is form of certification, granted only by demonstration of basic forms at several tiers of performance, followed by a thesis both academic and practical. Some few mages have attained twin belts, and most rare is the individual who has earned the woven braid of Junction.
The Unbelted
Outside of the Academ, magic can be wild, sometimes unpredictable. The Beacon safeguards the people of Vindulan from this threat as much as they do from the external threats to the freeholds- however wisely or justly she may have ruled, within the Cincture it is never forgotten that the first Sorceress Regnant took her throne by force of magic, at the cost of human lives. Sorcerers, hedge wizards, and warlocks are all merely Unbelted in the eyes of the Beacon.
The Church of the Three adheres to the tenets of the Cincture, and as part of ordination, a clerk of the Aspects must earn the plain hempen belt of the novice. Several Aspects of the Arcane have taken the White in furtherance of their journeys, and Boddigan, the first Aspect of War, famously took the Red after the Beacon had lost Hilgarden, taking command of the Beacon under order of the Council.
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Mr. AGU
While slurping noodles at AGU, you may catch a glimpse of a man with a markedly strong physical appearance, an intense look of determination and a confident attitude to match. That's Hisashi, the founder and owner of the popular ramen bistro. It's no secret that this chef came onto the Honolulu scene to take his place as victor in the "Ramen Wars".
You could say that Hisashi "Teddy" Uehara was born to fulfill this destiny. Having spent his early years in Okinawa, the adventurous boy moved to Honolulu alone when he was 14. There, he attended the St. Louis School for Boys, and later, relocated to Los Angeles to begin his college education. At the age of 19, while still attending college, he apprenticed under a hardcore, old school chef from Japan. For an entire year, Hisashi demonstrated his tenacity and commitment as he tirelessly peeled onions, and sliced negi. Having proved himself, he was promoted and eagerly absorbed the secrets of making sushi, tempura, kaiseki and other delicacies.
In 2007, Hisashi took the plunge and opened a yakitori restaurant in Southern California. The LA Times touted the South Bay location as "Best Yakitori". In 2008, he followed with the first authentic Okinawan Izakaya in LA, as well as a Hawaiian Deli and BBQ. In 2009 he added a Izakaya in Las Vegas. Propelled by this success, he returned to Honolulu to join one of the best Japanese restaurant chains on the Island, Gyotaku, hailed to be Hawaii's Favorite Japanese Restaurant.
When envisioning his signature ramen bistro, Hisashi realized that a restaurant's popularity and success depend not only on the food, but also on the patrons' overall experience. He explains, "I want to bring smiles and happiness to our customers. I wish to enrich their hearts through food and culture. In Japanese, we say 'magokoro,' which means 'sincerity'. This is my joy and driving force." So, like the ancient clan of samurai, the AGU team is also dedicated to maintaining a strict code of excellence.
Since it opened in 2013, AGU has become a tour-de-force amongst Oahu's numerous ramen restaurants. Boasting broths made from the finest pork and Jidori chicken, Hisashi has elevated the level of this traditional fare to something extraordinary. Nevertheless, he is not one to stand still. Spending hours experimenting and creating innovative recipes that keep his menu fresh and intriguing, his mission is to make AGU "Honolulu's best ramen bistro"!
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As the world-at-large recognizes Hisashi as an artist, and AGU as a superior eatery, the list of accolades continues to grow!
• 2014 - AGU Ramen named one of the Top Ten "Rave Choice" 'Ilima Award winners by Honolulu Pulse
• 2015 - AGU is runner up for Honolulu Pulse Awards for Best Ramen (now Hisashi is pushing forward even harder!)
• 2014 and 2015 - AGU is honored with the Iichiko Best of the Best Award, two years in a row
• 2015 - Hisashi Uehara was chosen as one of the "Chefs of Aloha" at the 9th Annual Hawaii Restaurant Association Hall of Fame Awards Dinner and Chefs of Aloha Dine-Around • 2015 and 2016 - Hisashi receives Hale Aina Awards two years in a row
• 2016 - AGU's visionary, Hisashi Uehara is chosen as one of Honolulu Magazine's "2016 Faces of Hawaii", as featured in a special black and white photo essay
• 2016 - Hisashi gets a big Texas-style welcome as he serves AGU tonkotsu ramen to over 2,000 at the 2016 Houston Japan Festival
• 2016 - In Spring of 2016, the Houston press eagerly waits to slurp when they get a whiff of Hisashi's plans to open several AGU locations in Texas. Hisashi cites Houston's central location, ethnic and cultural diversity and current culinary renaissance as the reasons he's targeted the city as the site for his first mainland expansion.
• 2016 - October and Piggy lands in Houston! Hisashi opens his first restaurant at the Parkway Village Plaza, quickly followed by one on Westheimer Road and another on Washington Avenue.
• 2016 - Hisashi's newest ramen bistros garner applause from many Houston food critics. ZAGAT places AGU on its "Houston's 10 Most Important Openings of 2016".
• 2016-2017 - Mr. AGU makes numerous television appearances on both Hawaiian and Texan shows to explain his philosophy and the art of making excellent ramen, along with some recipes and demos. Stay tuned!
• 2017 - He did it again! Hisashi receives a Hale Aina award when AGU takes silver in the "Best Japanese Noodles" category.
• 2017 - Two more Texas locations opened: NASA and Sugar Land in May.
• 2017 - ZAGAT touts AGU's ban ban ji kurage as one of the "12 Totally Outrageous Bar Snacks" in all of Houston.
• 2017 – December, AGU Mockingbird opens as the first store in Dallas, TX.
• 2017 – AGU's Hisashi Uehara is once again featured in a special black and white photo essay after being chosen as one of Honolulu Magazine's "Faces of Hawaii" for the second year in a row.
• 2018 – January, AGU Mason, Katy, TX opened. Another location in Katy - La Centerra at Cinco Ranch opened in February 2018.
• 2018 – February, Agu Express opens at the Kalihi central kitchen, making it the seventh location in Hawaii. It serves a local plate lunch menu as well as most of the full Agu Ramen menu.
• 2018 – March, In a ceremony at Ala Moana Center Stage, Hisashi Uehara was honored by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Hawai‘i Governor David Ige for his tremendous contributions to the local economy and food culture through the thousands of ramen bowls enjoyed daily at Agu restaurants. March 6, 2018, was proclaimed Agu Ramen Day in the State of Hawaii.
• 2018 – March, Agu participates in the inaugural Noodle Festival Hawaii at Ward Village with bowls of tonkotsu shio ramen.
A harmony of aroma and complex flavors is affirmation of my love for the art of ramen. Steeped deep within the noodles, is a reverence for life and the Japanese culture. However, these bowls of passion can only reach perfection, if I succeed in passing on their secrets to future generations”
— Chef Hisashi Uehara
Copyright © 2020 Agu Ramen®
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From the Archives: Theorizing Everyday Resistance and Political Transformation
May 14, 2018 May 13, 2018 From the Archives
By Fatima Tassadiq
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Sivaramakrishnan, Kalyanakrishnan. 2005a. “Introduction to ‘Moral Economies, State Spaces, and Categorical Violence.’” American Anthropologist 107 (3): 321–30.
Sivaramakrishnan, Kalyanakrishnan. 2005b. “Some Intellectual Genealogies for the Concept of Everyday Resistance.” American Anthropologist 107 (3): 346–55.
Witsoe, Jeffery. 2011. “Rethinking Postcolonial Democracy: An Examination of the Politics of Lower-Caste Empowerment in North India.” American Anthropologist 113 (4): 619–31.
This post brings together four articles published in American Anthropologist that engage with the relationship between everyday resistance, popular protest, and political transformation. Sivaramakrishnan’s articles explore James C. Scott’s political theory on agrarian change and relations between hegemony and rural social protest. Borneman reviews Partha Chatterjee’s influential work on politics of resistance by marginalized groups. And Witsoe’s ethnographic piece studies lower-caste politics in India to understand how democratic practice relates to and is changed through relations of everyday life in the postcolony.
I selected these articles to think about formations of citizenship, political participation and democratic practice in Pakistan. In my research, I study the implementation of a mass transit system in Lahore to understand how the social and material worlds of people are shaped by infrastructures that are simultaneously technological objects as well as administrative interventions. I am interested in how people resist, accommodate, or support the changes brought by this transit system. How are political subjectivities formed in the everyday—for example, through assessment of the train as an instance of political programming, by the shaping of bodily practices of commuters and through (re)forming the city space and enabling particular movements, socialities, and publics? I then track how these micropolitics and everyday negotiations translate to larger changes in things like political party affiliations, voting behavior, and support for civilian leadership. I use these articles to reflect on how Scott and Chatterjee have theorized everyday resistance, its relationship to social transformation, and the limitations of their theoretical interventions.
One of the neighborhoods that was demolished for the mass transit project in Lahore. (Photograph by author)
Sivaramakrishnan traces the influence of E. P. Thompson on Scott’s analysis of everyday resistance and its implications for his conceptualization of hegemony (Sivaramakrishnan 2005, 246–55). Following Thompson, Scott argues that the visible deference of the lower classes is a means of self-preservation rather than uncontested acceptance of the gentry’s paternalism. Social transformation is thus informed and limited by a sense of social boundaries that make certain forms of protest impractical. This reading of social hierarchy recovers the agency of the marginalized and informs a more contested understanding of hegemony that was consistent with positions emerging within historical anthropology in the 1980s.
Over the last few decades, Scott’s work has had a major influence on how anthropologists have studied power relations and resistance. Scott’s development of politics of resistance parallels Gramsci’s (1989) conception of counterhegemonic forces, where the latter includes the formation of alliances across subordinate groups and countercultures that posit alternatives to the present social order. Scott similarly argues that everyday forms of resistance are a form of class struggle because they require tacit cooperation among different marginalized groups and this loose coordination relies on popular cultures of resistance (Sivaramakrishnan 2005b). In his later work, Scott focuses on infrapolitics of subordinate groups to identify limits of hegemony through comparisons of “public” and “hidden” transcripts (Scott 1990). It is the persistence of hidden transcripts and their role in everyday forms of resistance that contradict notions of false consciousness of the poor and their apparent complicity in exploitative situations as the result of hegemonic incorporation. The limits of hegemonic control can be understood from the extent to which hidden transcripts of the poor deviate from public transcripts. Anthropologists like Greenhouse (2005, 356–68) thus note that the Gramscian concept of hegemony as total incorporation and naturalization of existing power relations fail the test of “thick description,” which reveals the existence of private transgressions.
Scott’s analysis of infrapolitics provides an entry point into the discussion of the relationship between everyday forms of resistance and political transformation. In my work, I am interested in understanding how a massive infrastructural project impacts the lives of people and whether it changes their behavior and affiliations vis-à-vis institutional politics. While Scott’s work is invaluable in recovering the political consciousness of subordinate groups, it is less clear on how this would translate to broader change. As Sivaramakrishnan (2005b) notes, everyday resistance as formulated by Scott does not seek to overthrow power but only make the current relations more bearable for subordinate groups. However, everyday resistance “can, and occasionally does, contribute to revolutionary outcomes” (Scott 1985, 249) through the figure of the first mover who initiates open confrontation. However, Scott does not really clarify why an individual would suddenly abandon pragmatism and attributes the “sudden acquisition of guts” to individual emotion and resentment (218). More important for my work, though, are issues of what counts as politics and change. Scott appears to privilege open confrontation and conflict as constituting transformation. Instead of trying to understand if the political valence of everyday resistance rests in the ability of the latter to produce violent confrontation, can we think about alternative ways of conceptualizing politics and meaningful transformation? For example, small acts of resistance may accrue over time and bring about incremental change that may not necessitate violent conflict. This conception of political change may be more pertinent to understanding the gradual entrenchment of democratic politics in a country like Pakistan.
Partha Chatterjee’s (2004) influential theory of political society dovetails with Scott’s notion of everyday resistance of the marginalized in multiple ways. He theorizes the disjuncture between formal and substantive rights by contrasting “civil society” with “political society” and then focuses on the paralegal arrangements and use of vote banks by the latter to negotiate the conditions of life. As Borneman’s (2005) review suggests, the commitment to celebrate the agency of subordinate groups perhaps renders Chatterjee and Scott liable to romanticize and overvalue the significance of daily struggles in ameliorating the effects of marginalization. Ethnographic work in different contexts suggests that Chatterjee’s conception of political society is predicated on the very specific structural conditions characteristic of the Indian democracy. Consequently, his insights may not be readily applicable in other settings. For example, Nicolas Martin’s (2015) research in rural Punjab in Pakistan shows that in spite of their majority, peasants are unable to use their votes to bargain for resources from landlords. Economic insecurities, the persistence of debt bondage, and extreme poverty promote intra-class conflict, prevent horizontal organization against the landed elite, and enable landlords to buy votes for small but direct cash payments instead of offering more comprehensive political programming. In addition, weak state institutions give landowners near complete monopoly over violence, which obstructs the ability of the poor to vote freely without fear of retribution. In such an absence of vote-bank mobility, the numerical majority of landless peasants does little to make life more bearable. While conditions of urban constituents in my fieldsite of Lahore may be less dire, vote bank politics has done little to give them meaningful bargaining power. Whereas cities like Karachi are ethnically diverse enough to enable political organization along ethnic lines, the Punjabi-dominated Lahore is largely homogenous. It remains the stronghold of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and no alternative political party is established enough to offer strong opposition in the city or the province. This democratic deficit means that resistance to PML-N programming, such as this mass transit system, by citizens can be difficult to channel through institutional party politics.
Borneman (2005) also questions if we can really elevate tactics that ensure daily survival, even when effective, to the level of “politics”? For his part, Chatterjee limits the political significance of such contestations by arguing that they do not offer a “transformational narrative threatening the course of capitalist development . . . it is not a concept of revolutionary politics” (2011, 148). He also argues that the ad hoc rights and resources provided in this manner are granted as exceptions to the current laws and therefore maintain and strengthen overarching structures of exclusion. In this framework, transformational politics would then entail tactics that result in the formalization of rights. While this is a move away from Scott’s focus on violent confrontation as the legitimate locus of sociopolitical transformation, we can still argue that this analytic approach rests on a restrictive definition of transformative politics (or simply politics as far as Borneman is concerned). For example, the urban poor in cities of the Global South may have been unable to force legislation that decriminalizes informal housing, but they have also consistently prevented thorough implementation of existing laws. The so-called exception has become a sustained albeit precarious means of accessing a particular resource. Does that not count as effective politics? In addition, persistent subversion of law does not always strengthen overarching structures. In the case of Lahore, for example, the state’s tolerance of illegal settlements for decades has now made it extremely difficult to evict their residents—so much so that the state refrains from intervening in such settlements unless absolutely necessary. And even then it must dole out substantial compensation before the residents can be persuaded to leave. In other cases, continuous occupation under certain circumstances and/or over an extended period of time has been sufficient for courts to grant ownership rights to settlers. Lastly, the very disjuncture between formal and substantive rights indicates that the formalization of rights through legislation is no guarantee of actual implementation. Therefore, it is critical to look at the life of laws and their embedded context alongside their content. Thus, the relationship between legal and ad hoc arrangements, rule of the law and negotiation, is often fraught with contradictions and ambiguities. The precariousness of these improvisational tactics notwithstanding, the possibilities of alternative futures contained in these tactics caution us against dismissing their political valence.
Witsoe’s (2011) deployment of Chatterjee’s theorization to study lower-caste politics in India follows a similar line of thought. He uses the two notions of hegemony developed by Gramsci to explain counterhegemonic formations in Bihar that have undermined the political power of the upper castes as well as the hegemony of development discourse that is deeply implicated in upholding their dominance. An alliance of subordinate groups—lower castes and religious minorities—rallied to support the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party under its lower caste Yadav leader, thus effectively channeling the counterhegemonic agenda and grievances of marginalized social groups. RJD’s subsequent electoral victories not only weakened the political dominance of the upper castes but also displaced development related issues with a politics of caste empowerment. RJD mobilized its constituency by explicitly promising honor and dignity rather than development. The popularity and electoral success of RJD troubles the neat binary between civil and political society, where the former is believed to be the locus of discursive and legal rights and the latter is characterized by negotiation for material resources for everyday survival. This also posits important questions regarding the relationship between political transformation and resistance. Is the struggle for respect and empowerment more revolutionary than that based on access to material goods?
A train station under construction in Old Anarkali, Lahore. (Photograph by author)
Witsoe (2011) also attends to the transformative role of everyday resistance in lower-caste politics. He argues that changing political conditions at the institutional level in Bihar were accompanied by an intensification of everyday challenges to landlord authority and crop theft by lower-caste peasants. Two things are worth noting here. The hidden transcripts of peasant resistance signaled political consciousness and a counterhegemonic culture that escalated given the right circumstances to enable a significant restructuring of relations of agricultural production and village-level power dynamics. Secondly, the distinction between struggling for dignity and fighting for access to material resources and substantive rights can be misleading. Even though RJD identified its agenda as that of caste empowerment rather than development, the party’s continued popularity depended on restoring the honor of marginalized groups as well as economic benefits accruing indirectly from RJD policies. Development discourse and political programming are thus not the only means of enabling access to resources and mobilizing marginalized groups through promises of the same.
These works prompt us to think critically about what constitutes the political and meaningful change. As an ethnographer, I am particularly interested in the strategies and discourses people actually use to make claims and access resources, the ways in which they make sense of their relationship with the state, and how they think about sociopolitical change and their own agency in bringing about particular futures. These issues are of particular interest to those of us studying regimes of citizenship and democratic practice in postcolonial societies.
Chatterjee, Partha. 2004. The Politics of the Governed: Reflections on Popular Politics in Most of the World. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Chatterjee, Partha. 2011. Lineages of Political Society: Studies in Postcolonial Democracy. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Gramsci, Antonio. 1989. Selections from the Prison Notebooks. Edited by Quintin Hoare and Geoffrey Smith. International Publishers Co.
Greenhouse, Carol. 2005. “Hegemony and Hidden Transcripts: The Discursive Arts of Neoliberal Legitimation.” American Anthropologist 107 (3): 356–68.
Martin, Nicolas. 2015. Politics, Landlords and Islam in Pakistan. Routledge.
Scott, James C. 1985. Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. Yale University Press.
Scott, James C. 1990. Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts. Yale University Press.
Tassadiq, Fatima. 2018. “From the Archives: Theorizing Everyday Resistance and Political Transformation.” American Anthropologist website, May 14.
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by Ariel Fisher | November 2, 2013 | Film Reviews | 0 comments
Unfortunately, this aptly titled film lives up to its name. A predominantly one-man show set in a women’s bathroom during the zombie apocalypse, the film feels far more stagnant than startling. No amount of blue zombies or Evil Dead visual cues can save this film from its fate as altogether underwhelming.
Our unnamed protagonist finds himself trapped in a women’s bathroom after dodging in there to hide from his former boss. With a toolbox in hand that is mysteriously devoid of tools, and full of cash, he barricades himself in a stall just in time for the zombie apocalypse. What ensues are a great many scenes of attempting to kill time and escape alive through the growing throng of the undead.
Stylistically, the film has a lot going for it. It establishes a clear campy tone from the very beginning. Unfortunately, it lacks the feverish pace necessary to infect audiences. It starts off far too slowly, and the pace crawls from there. Its occasional jump scares aren’t potent enough to carry its down time, and there’s far too much dead air in between thrills.
The premise is sound, but marketing the film as Shaun of the Dead meets Phone Booth was a mistake. The two are tonally dichotomous, and you can see these themes fighting with each other throughout. The solitude behind the one-man show concept is never achieved, as it spends so much time holding onto the camp factor for dear life. Simultaneously it strives for moments of profound heart and exposition that wind up falling flat due to its visual style. What should have been a mile-a-minute Zom-Com unfortunately moves at a snail’s pace, and simply doesn’t grab you by the throat.
Tony Burgess struck intellectual gold with Pontypool. Stoic, elegantly simplistic, and frightening, it hit all the right marks. Septic Man unfortunately misses that mark. Jesse T Cook’s bombastic style and Burgess’ subtlety seem to clash in this project, rather than support each other. Unable to choose a direction, the film winds up feeling as stuck as its protagonist.
Set and shot in Collingwood, Ontario, the film centers on a town in crisis. A mysterious and violent illness is striking its citizens, and no one seems to be able to either locate the problem or put an end to it. Enter Jack, the Septic Man (Jason David Brown). Having saved the town once before, he’s contacted yet again to play the conquering hero. While attempting to locate the genesis of all that ails the town, he accidentally falls into the very waste that has killed hundreds. What ensues is a horrendous transformation as he bides his time and attempts to escape his septic hell.
What felt like it would be a more serious Toxic Avenger, Troma-esque aesthetics with more weight to its premise, simply felt trapped. The film can’t seem to reconcile the stylistic elements of its creators. As such, it struggles to find a balance between full-tilt gross-out and intellectual commentary. The struggle then lies in senseless vulgarity. It can’t even be called gore, as there’s very little blood. But there’s enough vomit to make even the most strong-willed Emetophobe cave and run away screaming. There needed to be more meat to the film in order to justify that kind of audience alienation. As an Emetophobe, this was one of the film’s largest failings for me.
The introduction of characters such as Lord Auch (Tim Burd) and his tender giant brother (Robert Maillet) feels out of place, and largely unnecessary. Molly Dunsworth’s performance as Jack’s wife Shelley does more harm than good, as she’s incapable of making the stilted dialogue work. Julian Richings, however, as the mysterious Phil Prosser, steals the show. Far and above the best performance in the film, he’s a joy to watch in every scene. Unfortunately, it’s simply not enough to save this film.
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