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The CDC Has Recommended Against Traveling For Thanksgiving
The CDC Recommends Not Traveling For Thanksgiving 2020
November 19, 2020 by Victoria Messina
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging Americans to refrain from traveling for Thanksgiving as COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the country. "It's not a requirement. It's a recommendation for the American public to consider," Dr. Henry Walke, the CDC's COVID-19 incident manager, said on a call with reporters Thursday, according to NBC News. He added, "Right now, especially as we're seeing this sort of exponential growth in cases, and the opportunity to translocate disease or infection from one part of the country to another, it leads to our recommendation to avoid travel at this time."
The public health agency updated the Thanksgiving guidelines shared on its website on Thursday as well, noting that the safest way to celebrate the holiday is at home with the people you live with. If you are considering traveling, the CDC suggested asking yourself a series of questions to decide whether it's the right move. These queries include:
Are you, someone in your household, or someone you will be visiting at increased risk for getting very sick from COVID-19?
Are COVID-19 cases increasing in the destination you're headed or where you currently reside?
Are hospitals in your destination overwhelmed with patients?
During the two-week period before your trip, have you or those you're visiting had close contact with people they don't live with?
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Are you traveling with people you don't live with?
Are you traveling by bus, train, or air, which may make it difficult to stay six-feet apart from other passengers?
If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, you should consider making other plans, such as hosting a virtual gathering or delaying your trip, the CDC said. All holiday travelers are advised to wear a mask, stay at least six-feet apart from anyone you don't live with, refrain from touching your face, and bring along hand sanitizer. Visit the CDC's website for more information about how to make your Thanksgiving as safe as possible this year.
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A portrait of a richly dressed Native American Chief. Jimmie Lee Sudduth's first wife was Native American, and it was perhaps her heritage that inspired Sudduth's series of Native American portraits.
Jimmie Lee Sudduth was one of the early masters of southern self-taught art. He was born March 10, 1910 in Caines Ridge, Alabama, near Fayette, where he lived for most of his life. There he worked for years as a farm hand, although even from an early age Sudduth had an affinity for art. "I started drawin' when I was three years old, and I been drawin' ever since," he said. "I always use mud. That's right. And charcoal out of the fireplace. My mama was a medicine doctor, you know. She'd go out and get stuff outdoors, and I'd be drawing on a tree with the charcoal and mud." True to his word, Sudduth painted with whatever materials he happened to have on hand. He would use grasses, berries, and even soot for color. His favorite and most used pigment was mud, which he experimented mixing with sugar, soft drinks, and instant coffee to make it adhere better to the plywood, doors, and other found wood he painted on. He finally decided on sugar as the best adherent, and through this combination of mud and sugar—and eventually paint when his paintings became more in demand—he created his distinct medium, "sweet mud." Sudduth claimed "you can paint a thousand dollars worth of pictures with just a cupful of sugar." After years of prolific painting, Sudduth's work finally gained widespread recognition, and he was chosen as one of the two artists to represent Alabama at the Smithsonian Institute's Bicentennial Festival of American Folk Life in 1976. Since then, his paintings have been featured in museums across the country, from the Birmingham Museum of Art to the American Museum of Folk Art in New York. Sudduth passed away in 2007. Right up to the end, he kept on painting.
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About Magic in the Mix:
In Magic in the Mix, the sequel to the beloved time-travel adventure The Magic Half by New York Times bestselling author Annie Barrows,fan-favorite character, Miri, returns with a new story.
After meeting back in time in The Magic Half, Miri and Molly have landed safely in the present, resuming their “twinned” life as if Molly was always a part of the Gill family. But when some minor home repairs set off some major surprises in their very special, very magical, house on Pickering Lane, the girls find themselves whisked back in time once again—to the Civil War where they must race against the clock to save two very unusual soldiers and come to terms with Molly’s real past. Miri and Molly know that “magic is just a way of setting things right,” and it’s up to them to help fit together the pieces of history in order to get back home.
Brimming with drama both big and small, a historical backdrop, and spine-tingling action, Magic in the Mix will bring fans and new readers alike to Annie Barrows’ highly acclaimed, wonderfully popular world of twin-inspired magic.
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Annie Barrows was a children’s book editor at Chronicle before becoming a full time writer. She has written several adult titles including the New York Times bestseller The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, as well as the highly acclaimed children’s series Ivy and Bean. Annie lives in Northern California with her husband and two daughters.
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DOMESTIC GAG RULE REDUCES CONTRACEPTIVE ACCESS FOR NEARLY 450,000 WOMEN LIVING IN MICHIGAN
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(Washington, D.C.) — According to data released by Power to Decide, an estimated 438,730 Michigan women of reproductive age (13-44) in need of publicly funded contraception live in counties impacted by the implementation of the Title X Family Planning Program “domestic gag rule.”
The domestic gag rule requires health providers receiving Title X funds to withhold information from patients about abortion services and care. In addition, health centers are required to cease providing abortion care with non-Title X funds at sites that offer Title X supported services, such as contraceptive care, breast and cervical cancer screening and STI testing. The new rule requires that abortion services, no matter how they are funded, must be performed at a separate physical site, which is impossible for many health centers.
“The implementation of the domestic gag rule could impact nearly 450,000 women in need in Michigan,” said Ginny Ehrlich, CEO, Power to Decide. “This federal rule exacerbates an already challenging contraceptive access landscape for women struggling to make ends meet. Even before the implementation of the domestic gag rule, more than 600,000 low-income women in Michigan live in contraceptive deserts where they face barriers such as transportation, child care and taking unpaid time from work to get the contraception they need.”
Data from Power to Decide show that 629,080 women living at or below 250% of the poverty level in Michigan live in contraceptive deserts, counties in which there is not reasonable access to a health center offering the full range of contraceptive methods. Nationally, more than 19 million U.S. women of low income live in contraceptive deserts.
In this challenging landscape, states like Michigan can take steps to partially alleviate the impact of damaging federal policies and to proactively expand access to contraception in various ways. Michigan has already expanded Medicaid to low income adults, which helps decrease the percentage of uninsured women, and by extension, give them contraceptive coverage. In addition, Michigan allows pharmacists to prescribe contraception. Other policies that would help include requiring insurance to cover an extended supply of prescription contraceptives, and enacting policies that protect insurance coverage of the full range of contraceptive methods. More information about these policies can be found here.
Power to Decide is a private, non-partisan, non-profit organization that works to ensure all people—no matter who they are, where they live or what their economic status might be—have the power to decide if, when and under what circumstances to get pregnant and have a child. Please visit us at www.PowerToDecide.org or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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One Pfennig 1979
One Pfennig 1979, Coin from Germany - detailed information
One Pfennig 1979, Coin from Germany (demonetised 2002)
The 1 Pfennig coin, abbreviated 1 Pf., was the smallest circulating denomination of the Deutsche Mark (German mark), which was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later of unified Germany from 1990 until 2002. One Pfennig was equal to 1/100 of a Mark.
In 1999, the Deutsche Mark was replaced by the Euro; its coins and banknotes remained in circulation, defined in terms of euros, until the introduction of euro notes and coins on 1 January 2002. The Deutsche Mark ceased to be legal tender immediately upon the introduction of the euro.
Coins issued in 1979 circulated for 23 years until 28 February 2002, after which date they were no longer accepted as valid forms of payment in Germany.
Stuttgart Mint Letter F 180,089,000 (180.1 million)
Hamburg Mint Letter J 160,289,000 (160.3 million)
Bavarian Central Mint - Munich Letter D 156,089,000 (156.1 million)
Karlsruhe Mint Letter G 103,889,000 (103.9 million)
The obverse features a small oak seedling sprouting five leaves. The oak tree had been a German symbol for centuries. This young shoot represents the hope for the reconstruction of Germany after the war.
Around, the legend BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND (Federal Republic of Germany).
Below that, the year of issue: · 1979 ·.
BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND · 1979 ·
Between two ears of rye, a large numeral for the value: 1; around below that, the denomination PFENNIG.
The mint mark of the mint which struck the coin is a small letter centre top, between the two rye ears.
Munich (1979 D): 156,000,000 + 89,000
Stuttgart (1979 F): 180,000,000 + 89,000
Karlsruhe (1979 G): 103,800,000 + 89,000
Hamburg (1979 J): 160,200,000 + 89,000
Note that Deutsche Bundesbank provides a PDF file with mintages that differ from the above (figures seem to be rounded, and do not include proofs):
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One Pfennig 1979: Known varieties
Issued: 89,000 (included in total)
Proof coins ("PP" from "Polierte Platte" in German) in the year's "D" proof sets from the Bavarian Central Mint - Munich.
Proof coins ("PP" from "Polierte Platte" in German) in the year's "F" proof sets from the Stuttgart Mint.
Proof coins ("PP" from "Polierte Platte" in German) in the year's "G" proof sets from the Karlsruhe Mint.
Proof coins ("PP" from "Polierte Platte" in German) in the year's "J" proof sets from the Hamburg Mint.
One Pfennig 1979: References to Information Used
All (39) Coins of Country: Germany, Type: One Pfennig
One Pfennig 1948 239,435,984 BANK DEUTSCHER LÄNDER · 1948 ·
One Pfennig 1950 2,970,968,720 BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND · 1950 ·
One Pfennig 1966 255,201,170 BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND · 1966 ·
One Pfennig 1985 75,219,000 BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND · 1985 ·
One Pfennig 1997 (mint sets only) 575,000 BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND · 1997 ·
One Pfennig 2001 (mint sets only) 1,040,000 BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND · 2001 ·
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The royal slave: nobility, diplomacy and the "African Prince" in Britain, 1748-1752
William Ansah Sessarakoo, the son of a powerful Fante slave trader on the Gold Coast, was tricked and sold into slavery in Barbados by a British ship’s captain during the 1740s. He was emancipated and brought to Britain in 1748, where he enjoyed a brief period of national celebrity before returning to the Gold Coast in 1750. This paper examines the specific political and cultural circumstances surrounding his remarkable journey, through the lens of the media generated about him during his tim...
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The Rabbinical Alliance of America Mourns the Terrorist Murder of Rina Shnerb
The Rabbinical Alliance of America — Igud HaRabbonim, representing over 950 American rabbis — joins the people of Israel and Jews across the world in mourning the savage killing of 17-year-old Rina Shnerb by a terrorist bomb on Friday, August 23, 2019, while she was hiking at a natural spring outside the town of Dolev in Samaria, Israel. Her father, Eitan, a rabbi in Lod and a battalion rabbi in the Israel Defense Forces, and her brother Dvir, 19, were injured when the bomb detonated and currently are in serious condition in a Jerusalem hospital. Tragically, this terrorist attack occurred just one week after Rina celebrated her birthday. Israeli police have determined that an improvised explosive device was used and that the bomb was planted there early and was triggered remotely when the family approached it. As the Sabbath approached late Friday afternoon in Lod, hundreds of mourners attended the funeral.
Rina’s uncle, Shmulik Shenhav, called his niece, “an innocent, G-d fearing girl.” “She was so sweet, with her whole life head of her,” he said. Her sister, Tamar Levanoni, spoke at the funeral about how Rina, “constantly strove to advance, to learn and understand.” “This hole is not just felt by the family; it is a void in the heart of the nation,” said her sister. “The space now needs to be filled; the work begins now. Dearest, beloved Rina, thank you for the years we had with you. I hope that together we an fulfill the mission you left us.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who held a security meeting following the attack, offered his condolences and vowed to capture those responsible. “We will continue to strengthen communities,” Netanyahu said. “We will spread our roots deeper and strike at our enemies. Security forces are in pursuit of the vile terrorists. We will reach them. Our long arm will pay them their dues.”
United States Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman stated, “Heartbroken and outraged by the brutal terrorist attack in Dolev that left a 17-year-old girl dead and her father and brother seriously injured. No words to describe the sadness of the moment as we grieve and pray for the injured to recover. May they receive God’s blessings.”
United States Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt likewise offered his support: “Another savage attack by Palestinian terrorists kills an Israeli teenager enjoying time with her family. This isn’t the path to peace, just endless suffering.” Greenblatt further stated, “Hamas praised 17-year-old Rina Shnerb’s murder by Palestinian terrorists. The PA must unequivocally condemn this attack & the recent murder of 18-year-old Dvir Sorek. If they don’t, donor countries should demand the PA answer for why their donor funds continue to be used to reward attacks.”
United States House Majority leader Seny Hoyer also condemned the attack. “I strongly condemn the attack on Rina Shnerb, her father Rabbi Eitan, and her brother Dvir,” Hoyer said in a statement. “I extend my deepest condolences to Rina’s family and friends and I hope those responsible are swiftly brought to justice.”
The RAA condemns the cold, inhumane act of terror and hate that took the life of Rina Shnerb and that seriously injured her father Rabbi Eitan and her brother Dvir. Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik, executive vice-president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America, stated, “Words cannot express our outrage. As Jews, we are sadly all too familiar with terror, hate and violence, and the trauma of living with fear of violence. With a history of pogroms, the Holocaust and terror in Israel, we, as Jews and Americans, join the people of Israel and Jews world over in mourning this tragic loss of life and terrorist attack. What started as ordinary days should never have ended in death, chaos and destruction. We call upon every decent peace-loving person to lock hand in hand and to condemn this violence and resolve upon ourselves as human beings and as Americans to not rest until these cowardly terrorists are found and all those responsible for this heinous act of murder, death and destruction are held accountable.”
Rabbi Yehoshua S. Hecht, presidium chairman of the Rabbinical Alliance of America, called upon “members of the Jewish faith to say additional prayers for the victims of these massacres and to pray that, as Americans, we should never see such acts of death and destruction again. The only way to combat hate is through love and acts of kindness. We urge all decent people to build and strengthen local communities to provide care in times of need and support in times of stress. This country needs more prayer, more faith and more love.”
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NJ judge rules Portuguese fugitive must go back
A federal judge in New Jersey ruled Tuesday that a Portuguese man arrested after a traffic stop last month can be returned to his home country to face a prison sentence for allegedly hiring hit men to murder his ex-wife in 2006.
NEWARK, N.J. – A federal judge in New Jersey ruled Tuesday that a Portuguese man arrested after a traffic stop last month can be returned to his home country to face a prison sentence for allegedly hiring hit men to murder his ex-wife in 2006.
But Manuel Albert Soares' attorney said he will appeal the ruling, which means a resolution may not come for months.
Soares appeared in federal court in Newark in handcuffs Tuesday. He has been held since mid-April when he was pulled over for driving in a carpool lane with fewer than the required three passengers. Police discovered an international warrant for his arrest during a driver's license check.
A Portuguese criminal court acquitted Soares in 2007 of the attempted murder of Maria Teresa Franqueira Mourao, but prosecutors appealed and Portugal's supreme court revoked the acquittal, sentencing Soares to four years and six months in prison.
In Tuesday's ruling, U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo rejected defense attorney Michael Orozco's request for more time to gather trial transcripts he said would establish that there wasn't probable cause to arrest Soares initially.
"My role is limited, it's not to retry the case," Cox Arleo said.
In a request for bail that Cox Arleo denied, Orozco questioned the characterization of his client as a fugitive and said Soares left Portugal legally while the case was on appeal and has been living openly in the U.S. — even renewing his driver's license in the weeks before he was detained. The 55-year-old Soares was born in Newark and has dual U.S. and Portuguese citizenship.
Orozco said he planned to appeal Cox Arleo's ruling, an action that would transfer the case to a U.S. District judge and could delay a ruling for a few months. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Romankow declined comment after the hearing.
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Grant Morrison, the Grand
Posted on March 30, 2015 by Ray
I was so young then…
In 2005 or 2006 I met comic book writer Grant Morrison at a music festival in Los Angeles. It was an odd event in Echo Park, with many experimental bands playing at various stages, and at the same they had a workshop on the occult. Sadly, most people weren’t concerned about the workshop part.
I was ecstatic to hear that Grant Morrison would be there. He gave a fascinating interview. Seriously, you must youtube some videos of him immediately. Low-key event that it was, we got to chat personally for a few and he was nice enough to take a picture with me. I met his wife too.
I met him at Comic Con the following year as well, at events far more crowded, and he was still very nice. I won’t inundate with more pictures, however, I’m not that much of a fanboy.
For more here’s an particularly awesome video from 2000’s DisinfoCon introducing the tenants of chaos magic and how to do a masturbation sigil:
Note he’s Scottish.
And now my blog begins. Presenting the master of the Postmodern Superhero. The punk rock star of comics. My personal all-time favorite.
Goodreads Grant Morrison
First things first, comparisons with Alan Moore are inevitable. They are both absolutely brilliant. They are both magicians. They both deconstruct the nature of the superhero like no other.
Yet, one is a mess of hair and the other is bald. One seems to be a misanthropic old man, and the other apparently has lot of fun as a writer. One hates all things mainstream, and the other is just fine with utilizing corporate characters as tools to tell the important stories.
Unfortunately, if you’re a Grant Morrison fan then you must be an Alan Moore fan as well but the reverse isn’t necessarily true. There’s a lot of overlap in themes, yet if you want to be an anti-mainstream purist you can skip Morrison. I think you would be missing out if you did that.
Anyhows, I am a great fan of both so what’s wrong with that?
As for me, I personally first came across Grant Morrison in my teens (though the story gets more interesting in my twenties), because of the huge phenomena that was JLA in the 90s. I was marginally interested, being that I followed everything important that was DC at the time, and the first volume was okay. Superman with a mullet notwithstanding. When I got to the Rock of Ages graphic novel, I was astounded. Then the following arc about the 5th dimensional beings left me well and truly mindfucked.
To me, the peak was the One Million crossover about time travel to 853rd Century. Great high-concept science fiction.
Grant Morrison has since further written Superman in such titles as All-Star Superman, Action Comics, which you can see my opinion thereof by following that link .
One of the random things I was into seeking back in the day was Flex Mentallo, a strange Vertigo piece about a corny superhero. I found issue 3 at discount, and spent years hunting down the full story.
It had everything: deconstructionism, metafiction, with groundbreaking art by frequent Morrison collaborator Frank Quitely.
I contend that Flex Mentallo is superior to Watchmen. It takes a dissection of the superhero genre even further. And it’s funnier, wittier, with treatises on childhood trauma and cosmic abduction, and contains the classic line “Fredric Wertham was fucking right!”
It was so hard to get all four issues. The problem was that Flex Mentallo was a satire of the ‘hero of the beach’ and with republication risked getting sued by those old strongman ads. DC wouldn’t reprint a graphic novel for years. Back then, I bit the bullet and paid high prices on ebay and it was well worth it. Now, of course, there’s a trade.
Let’s go a bit more backwards, with Animal Man. The saga of Buddy Baker was one of Grant Morrison’s first forays into DC during the 80s British Invasion. This obscure hero was given a modern reboot, that quickly went from an essay on animal rights to some weird routes onto the nature of fiction. Combining Wile E. Coyote with Native American mythology, by the end it went full on metafiction. Most haunting of all was when Animal Man broke the fourth wall and looked directly at the audience, shouting “I can see you!”
Concurrently, Doom Patrol was a very interesting take on outcast heroics. The patrol were always a bit odd, a tad off, and Grant Morrison knew how to play to the strengths of that. Robotman as eunich, transgendered street characters, and most of all were the villains based off art history. Brotherhood of Dada anyone?
Not to mention Flex Mentallo first appeared in Doom Patrol.
These were all well and very, very good. However, Grant Morrison’s true opus came in the 90s with the Invisibles. By the time I got caught on, well after it was completed, I was generally getting into more esoteric subject matter. I was reading P.K. Dick and Robert Anton Wilson. I was collecting Disinfo books. I was coming across these strange interviews with one Grant Morrison comic writer, on the subjects of chaos magic and higher consciousness. It was time to read more.
I ordered the entire set, and read on. Then I read them again, and a few more times at differing stages of my life. I’m about ready for a reread again.
The Invisibles is an epic take on Gnosticism and conspiracy theories, through the lens of an action comic, published by Vertigo. About a team of anarchists fighting the good fight against the forces of control in this world. It incorporated all kinds of references to psychedelic mythologies. All came to a head in that Singularity futuristic year of 2012.
It felt somewhat cathartic that my burgeoning spiritual path was overlapping with my love of comics and superheroes. I was doing it right all along. Much can truly be learned about human growth via the metaphor of the Superman. Thanks, Grant Morrison.
And, I may share that reading interviews on how Grant Morrison took LSD and other various chemicals for the sake spiritual experiences, that had an impact. Helped to encourage me with my own experiments utilizing psilocybin and dimethyltryptamine, legal or otherwise, rewiring some synapses within my nervous system in some arguably positive ways.
As always, reading books (and comics) can be such a bad influence!
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Posted on January 26, 2015 by Ray
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If any one character deserves a really long solo post, it is Superman. That is, not just comic book/superhero characters. Any one character in all American fiction, period.
Most would agree that Superman is very important. However, he hasn’t gotten the movies he deserves (at least since the late 70s). Hasn’t been a top seller in ages. And everyone likes Batman better.
Don’t get me wrong, I love love love Batman. But I always felt resentful that everyone thinks the caped crusader is so much cooler than Superman. I prefer the Man of Steel out of sheer spite.
Seriously, I am a sincere fan. I like escapism, science fiction, exploding planets, time travel, that’s what comics are all about to me. It’s funny Batman is more grounded in the real world, yet he’s in the Justice League with aliens and mermen. I will admit one discrepancy: Superman needs Batman as part of his mythos but the other way around isn’t necessary. Batman can be in both worlds. More on Batman later.
First of all, let’s just admit that the superhero genre is supposed to be a bit corny. We’re talking about muscle men in skintight outfits saving the world from super-villains; it’s not meant to be gritty and realistic! That’s me. I find the literary quality comes from taking 1950s children’s stories and then somehow grounding them in plausible scenarios.
I like corny heroes. Captain America is my favorite Marvel superhero of all, and Cyclops is my favorite X-Men.
On Superman… Shall I start at beginning? In 1938 Jerry Seigel Joe Shuster created ushered in the superhero genre, a true American creation as valid as jazz, punk rock, and pop art. The metaphor is obvious in retrospect, the last son of the planet Krypton disguises himself as mild-mannered Clark Kent: He is the proverbial Jewish immigrant.
The Golden Age was the beginning. The Silver Age was totally weird and psychedelic. We’re all familiar with the films. Pre-Crisis Superman is classic, but he was a bit stiff. Too perfect, with only kryptonite as a weakness, he more than anyone needed a reboot.
Before the Crisis, noted genius Alan Moore and iconic artist Curt Swan produced Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow as this iteration’s last hurrah. Nostalgic yet serious at the same time, and nobody could write it like Moore. Goodbye, Kal-El.
“An imaginary story. Aren’t they all…?”
Then the Crisis happened. The previous “didn’t count”, or something. So came Marvel star John Byrne to do Superman his way. It wasn’t bad, but I preferred Byrne on team books like Fantastic Four. At least Clark Kent was three-dimensional. At least Lex Luthor was more formidable. New villains were introduced, but mostly it was just the start until the 90s Superman was to be fully fleshed out.
Dan Jurgens was in charge by then. Louise Simonson of X-Men fame was a good writer as well. Lex Luthor was cloned and recloned — kryptonite poisoning you see — Kirby-esque Cadmus Labs was made integral, Maggie Sawyer of the Metropolis Special Crimes Unit, and Clark even revealed his secret identity to Lois Lane when he proposed. A lot was added to the backstory.
Things were looking up. Yet, with all that competition from Marvel with those big crossovers, DC had to do something drastic to get noticed. They wanted an event. Hence came Doomsday, and the pivotal Death of Superman event.
Doomsday was a kickass villain. About damn time Superman faced more physical threats. Still, Doomsday had a rather simplistic motivation. He was mysterious and we later learned more, but the real point of the death was to introduce the Resurrection of Superman.
Superboy, the new clone. The Eradicator, a Kryptonian intelligence. Steel, a new DC hero of Justice League merit. And the badass looking Cyborg, whom of course turned out to be the villain. Then Superman came back to life, albeit with a mullet, and it was an epically great story unlike any other. We all have the fondest memories.
Over in the other side of the DC universe in the mid-90s, much was stalling. Meanwhile, the great Grant Morrison proposed that DC simply utilize the best they have and make the Justice League the premier team they were in the Silver Age. After doing away with the endless spinoff aspects, Mr. Morrison put in Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and the Martain Manhunter and made it as awesome as possible. Unfortunately, it all started during the mullet era.
Grant Morrison’s take on Superman, as well as Mark Waid’s, was crucial to how the character evolved in the 90s and 2000s. DC purposely wanted to downplay the more omnipotent aspects to Superman, make him just another decent hero with various states of dramatic conflict fighting average villains. But the critically-acclaimed writers wabted a classic Superman, embracing what makes him “super” instead of toning him down. JLA (Justice League of America) worked, it was DC’s top seller for years, the only title that legitimately competed with Marvel. Was a more cosmic take on Superman valid after all?
Perhaps. And then they changed his powers and him electric, a controversial move. Still lambasted today, though I kinda liked it. Whenever there are great changes to the status quo we all know it’s temporary, so why not have fun for the time being? Least he got a haircut.
Finally, in the 2000s it was decided that Superman should be more pure. Enough of the gimmicks. Grant Morrison and Mark Waid unfortunately didn’t get to lead the way, but writer Jeph Loeb and artist Ed McGuinness did their best.
I didn’t like Jeph Loeb’s writing, but McGuinness was spectacular. I say the cartoony-look worked well. Joe Kelly writing Action Comics was most brilliant of all. I miss that era. It all climaxed in the Our Worlds at War crossover, where Superman and the JLA fought a Galactus-type new space nemesis, Imperiex.
On villains, yes some are too lame. Toyman, the Prankster. Mxyzptlk ok. Lex Luthor, of course, is great but has always suffered from being a normal human up against the power of a Superman — intellect or no.
Metallo is cool. Parasite is decent. But overall, Superman’s old school villains haven’t been the best. Especially when compared to the classic rogue’s galleries of Batman, Spider-Man, and the Flash.
As said, I believe Lex’s rebirth in the 80s as a sleazy businessmen was a great improvement. In the 2000s, it went one step further. President Lex.
(Which “coincidentally” corresponded to the W. Bush years. Life imitates art or art imitates life? Seriously, I’m asking.)
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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. ACF Middlebrow #15: Die Hard
Titus Techera
My friend Pete Spiliakos and I are doing our 10th podcast and it’s about a movie on its 30th anniversary. Die Hard is well-loved and little talked about — we’re here to remedy that. We discuss the great everyman performance Bruce Willis put in and how director John McTiernan crafted the entire movie around him. With remarkable coherence, you get a view of the working class moral realism and virtues of American men and, from that perspective, of the arrogant incompetent of all sorts of institutions: Corporations, media, government, police, etc. We also talk at length about the social changes that have made action movies almost inconceivable and replaced working class heroes with oligarchs and mythical aristocrats, who alone seem to deserve our attention and billions of box office dollars… This is what our Middlebrow series is all about: How movies reflect society and also reflect on our ideas and beliefs.
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Miffed White Male Joined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
Titus Techera: With remarkable coherence, you get a view of the working class moral realism and virtues of American men and, from that perspective, of the arrogant incompetent of all sorts of institutions: Corporations, media, government, police, etc. We also talk at length about the social changes that have made action movies almost inconceivable and replaced working class heroes with oligarchs and mythical aristocrats, who alone seem to deserve our attention and billions of box office dollars…
No offense, but … Pass. I hate subtext.
It’s just a fun action movie.
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September 5, 2018, at 12:35 PM PDT
Duane Oyen Joined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
Titus, did you forget to include the D/L link? SoundCloud seems to have an extra step for that and it happens a lot.
Duane Oyen (View Comment):
Yup–thanks for pointing it out. Solved!
Miffed White Male (View Comment):
Dunno if it’s for you. I don’t mean subtext. When the movie shows you one of the villains is an
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journalist who endangers people’s lives to put kids on TV–you know, for the human interest story…–that’s not subtle.
When you see cokehead corporate raiders trying to negotiate with terrorists & dying over spilt Coke, well, I wouldn’t call it subtle or subtext.
These are the sorts of things we’re talking about.
Also, the movie was prescient about Waco & other happy-go-lucky FBI &c. moments of killing people in service to the public good…
Valiuth Joined in the first year of Ricochet Ricochet Charter Member
“Ho, Ho, Ho now I have a machine gun”
Subtext: The arming of the working classes endangers the rapacious capitalist enterprise of neoliberals as alluded to by Hand Gruber.
I’ll have to listen to this one Die Hard is a great movie, and a classic of the 1980s action genera which much like the fabled western of yore is basically extinct.
I’m curious though Titus how do you feel about movies like Taken or John Wick. Both of which had a kind of 80’s sensibility to their actionness. Granted neither is really a about a working class hero, but then again neither are all 80’s action movies. I think what makes the 80’s movies great is their simplicity and focus. Modern movies are too cluttered, and often end up dripping in computer generated special effects. They also tend to suffer from what I dub tourism advertising syndrome where they go on a sight seeing tour of various famous cities around the world. A movie just about a regular corporate building in LA? And it isn’t the tallest in the world or in an “exotic location”? How utterly novel by today’s standards.
I think much of this is driven by the rising importance of foreign releases and revenue for movies. 80’s movies were made for Americans, and maybe they did well over seas. Now half your revenue comes from foreign movie theaters.
My solution to this is simple have people try to make action movies that have two unbreakable rules. They can’t be over 90 minutes long and they can’t have a total budge bigger than 60 million.
September 5, 2018, at 1:14 PM PDT
Valiuth (View Comment):
I’m curious though Titus how do you feel about movies like Taken or John Wick. Both of which had a kind of 80’s sensibility to their actionness.
Loved Taken. It’s a divorced dad movie, as my friend Pete says. Like Night at the museum; or Ant-man. Or The Santa Clause, at that time. Good idea, well done, & it had a certain working-class ethic to it. Protective, violent dad, not very productive, unlike the rich new husband & liberal mom…
JW had good ideas. Second one is about damnation & how you cannot escape the evil you’ve done, even if you thought you were justified. God’s wrath is real. Not very well done. First one doesn’t seem to have anything as intelligent, but it’s significantly better done. Should have been a clear Gen-X will save Millennials story.
Granted neither is really a about a working class hero, but then again neither are all 80’s action movies. I think what makes the 80’s movies great is their simplicity and focus. Modern movies are too cluttered, and often end up dripping in computer generated special effects. They also tend to suffer from what I dub tourism advertising syndrome where they go on a sight seeing tour of various famous cities around the world. A movie just about a regular corporate building in LA? And it isn’t the tallest in the world or in an “exotic location”? How utterly novel by today’s standards.
You’d need clear-eyed writers who ask themselves: What could Americans love, if they dared hope? Who’s gonna get them screaming, Yeah!–Action is essentially a populist patriotic genre. Much could be done, but few dare do it. You’d also need directors who try damned hard to attract attention not by gimmicks, but by something else. Getting people to believe this action is real & has the moral urgency of the investment you’ve made in the character.
More than half to begin with; on most successes. More than two thirds on sequels. Worse still, sequels make more money & are even often more profitable. Death knell to clear-headed story-telling.
You may be on to something. We’re going B anyway. Since the 70s. We’re all B now. That’s Netflix. Why not make it work for action?
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Taken is basically the best Father’s Day movie.
What I think made it and John Wick feel so much more classic action movie is how tight and simple their plots were. Good action movies aren’t complicated. All the characters are introduced in the first 15 minutes usaully the hook is set, the goal is made clear and then every action shown leads to that goal, once the goal is achieved the movie ends. Simple and satisfying like chicken soup.
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I think you’ve forgotten the other great action film of the late 80s. Lethal Weapon (1987). Its almost an exact formulation for Die Hard. I know due to production timelines Die Hard’s creative team could not have been (too heavily) influenced by the Lethal Weapon film. but its remarkable how similar the 2 films are.
Die Hard did change the way American action films are made – they’re made in the style of Lethal Weapon. Does Lethal Weapon also deserve some love for breaking many of the same rules that Die Hard did, but the year before?
Its a great discussion of Die Hard’s many nuances – but the most important question went unresolved – Is it a Christmas Movie?
Judge Mental
Titus Techera (View Comment):
You need a modern Golan and Globus. They made schlock, but they made a boatload of money because the movies were fun.
OccupantCDN (View Comment):
I’m a fan of Lethal Weapon. But I think Shane Black’s story is great, whereas Donner’s direction is not at all impressive. (But he may deserve real credit for making the story less 70s grim. Or whoever did that…)
What made it worthwhile was pairing a middle-class man with a lower class superman, which American politics since Vietnam had made somewhat plausible, though that’s a movie closer to ’75, both for its Vietnam war characters & the cinema style, not ’87… It’s a bit Cosby-weird to have the middle-class guy be black, but in the 80s it worked.
So what do you mean by breaking rules?
It’s a bit Cosby-weird to have the middle-class guy be black, but in the 80s it worked.
You do know most Black people in America are middle class, right?
September 6, 2018, at 4:44 AM PDT
No, I don’t. What do you mean? Are you judging this by income, equity, assets? Are you talking about the 80s or now?
I love both films, I’ve seen both of them dozens of times. To my eye, I cannot discern subtle post production work. I know nothing about editing techniques and film making generally. In my perception both films are very similar, and thus would have broken all the same traditions of earlier American action films.
I’ll sometimes see a movie – think its great, and share this with someone, but have no idea who was in it. I’ll have to look up on wikipedia or IMDB to find out who was in it. I like to loose myself in the film when I see an actress on screen, I like to see the character not the actress – so that I am not distracted by all the gossip I’ve heard about an actress. The best example that comes to mind was “Zorro” … I’d seen the film and was telling my co-works about how great this film is, and must be seen… They asked me about Cathline Zeta Jones … I said “Who?”
That is where I am – an uninformed observer and fan.
In Lethal Weapon, I see both detectives as equals – but one man has had his life destroyed by the untimely death of his wife. They could be a before and after cautionary posters on alcoholism. Riggs ultimately saves Murtaugh’s family and redeems himself. (Spoiler Alert!) I could almost think as Riggs as being in the mold of “Han Solo” (the original Harrison Ford version) the lost soul who redeems himself in the final act of the movie. Maybe thats a stretch.
LW should be understood as a song of grief. There’s this guy who came back from Vietnam pretty screwed up, but was redeemed by the love of a good woman. Then she died. What’s he gonna do but what he’s really, really good at? Mel Gibson did a bang-up job of showing that the man enjoys being excellent & the civilian world drives him crazy, because there’s no place for him & people worry all the time about the most meaningless things. The psycho-drama of suicide–jumping from the building–is all about that. But there’s no one to pull him out of his own drama. Life has taken everything he had. Being a man fit for war, it’s not hard to slip from willingness to risk one’s life to actually courting death. America looks at him & blinks.
At the end of the story, he can grieve. He can go to his wife’s grave. He’s not suicidal anymore.
What’s changed? Well, part of it is the middle-class experience. It can remind him of home & childhood (he’s playful at Chez Murtaugh), as well as let him see what he’s never going to have, since he’s a widower. (Trailer by the beach is not a home.) Happily for him, they’re in mortal danger, so he can do what’s he’s excellent at & be praised for it! What would he do if what they needed was boring, reliable, reassuring help?
The other part is the dead woman. He avenges a murdered woman–meanwhile, you see another guy’s life torn apart by the death of his daughter, who consents to his own destruction because he knows he’s scum, since he neither protected her nor avenged her…
The story gives Riggs a psycho-drama he can actually live with. It gives meaning to suffering, for once. It allows him to walk away from it once it’s done.
Have you seen the extended version, where they have restored a couple of deleted sequences reinforcing his extreme willingness to take risks?
September 7, 2018, at 12:03 AM PDT
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It’s the entire movie. (Lethal Weapon, in case there’s confusion.) The extra scenes are on the DVD.
Thank you! Got it now.
You said something like, that as they break into the vault, you suddenly get the Ode to Joy. Actually, it’s been there through the movie, always associated with Hans Gruber.
In the symphony, that theme is repeated four times, with the instrumentation becoming more elaborate with each. The first is nothing more than the low end strings, cellos and violas. This version first appears with the arrival of Hans and the gang. The fourth repetition, with the full orchestration of a triumphal march, is the one used when the vault opens, followed by the Turkish March variation just after that.
I’ll have to watch again to see if the second and third versions appear, but I won’t be surprised if I hear them.
Did you see a movie from 5-10 years ago called Law Abiding Citizen? In plot, it’s similar to the Jennifer Garner vehicle being released this weekend, family killed by criminals, failure of the justice system, wronged party takes revenge on both.
Gerard Butler plays an inventor, successful enough to be wealthy but not rich, whose family is killed. He has ten years to plan his revenge and enough wealth to carry out his plans. That should have been enough, and there is nothing that he does that couldn’t have been done by such a guy.
But nope, you find out that he used o be a CIA ‘brain’. Not an agent; ‘agents are a dime a dozen’. This is a superman. In describing him, they might as well have had R. Lee Ermey talking about Steven Seagal.
One more point to remember: nowadays, people think of Bruce Willis as an action movie star. At the time this movie came out, people were laughing at the idea. He was only known for light, romantic comedy (Moonlighting) before that.
Watching now, I had forgotten. The Ode to Joy is playing at the party; I think they have a string quartet.
And I already remembering from just the first few minutes… much of the incidental music is done as variations on that theme, so it’s not quite Beethoven, but still recognizable.
Yeah. McTiernan now & then pretended he didn’t even know who Beethoven was or the 9th. Americans running away from artistry accusations…
Yes, I know LAC. I rather like the movie. But I agree that the superman idea is nuts. So also the idea of having him be super-muscular.
It could have been a great tough brainy guy tragedy done upside down–one of America’s supermen brought to horror by suffering. Like Apocalypse now–podcast comes in a week or two…
I liked it as well. But the CIA angle jarred. It served no purpose; there was nothing he did that required that aspect.
The super-knowledge to plan everything on every level from poison to international finance.
It’s also insane…
Would that the CIA had any such competences. There would have been no 9/11…
Oh, the days when Seagal saved environmentalism by causing a massive oil rig explosion & subsequent fire!
Plus the speech at the end. That one is more insufferable than most.
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Benthic communities of the Flic-en-Flac reef and lagoon, Mauritius
Nazurally, N. (Creator), Louis, Y. (Creator), Pomeroy, A. (Creator), Rinkevich, B. (Creator) & Facknath, S. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5eb29eb58a55d
Data from: Interplay of eustatic, tectonic and autogenic controls on a Late Devonian carbonate platform, northern Canning Basin, Australia
George, A. (Creator), Ferguson, I. (Creator), Chow, N. (Creator) & Da Silva, A. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5eb901d06c136
Western Rock Lobster Chemotaxis Trials #1
Brooker, M. (Creator), Langlois, T. (Supervisor), de Lestang, S. (Supervisor) & How, J. (Supervisor), The University of Western Australia, 2020
DOI: 10.26182/62az-7861
Effect of elevated magnesium sulfate on two riparian tree species potentially impacted by mine site contamination
Canham, C. (Creator), Cavalieri, O. Y. (Creator), Setterfield, S. (Creator), Freestone, F. (Creator) & Hutley, L. B. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 19 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5e61d3ad6a460, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-59390-9
Data from: Transferring Biodiversity Models for Conservation: Opportunities and Challenges
Martins Sequeira, A. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 18 Apr 2018
DOI: 10.4225/23/5a979b84c81ff
Data from a visual search study examining the effects of participant sex and target laterality
English, M. (Creator), Maybery, M. (Supervisor) & Visser, T. (Supervisor), The University of Western Australia, 27 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5e575c32dd0b6
Supplementary Table 1
Yeap, B. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 31 Aug 2018
DOI: 10.26182/5b5ffbd769566
The Effect of Dietary Manipulation on Iron Metabolism and the Immune System in Elite Athletes
McKay, A. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5f39d5940efd8
Dataset: Developing extruded seed pellets to overcome soil hydrophobicity and seedling emergence barriers
Ritchie, A. (Creator), Erickson, T. (Supervisor) & Stevens, J. (Supervisor), The University of Western Australia, 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5f44645fe0bb6
Zostera muelleri seagrass genome data
Lee, J. (Creator) & Edwards, D. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2016
DOI: 10.4225/23/5ad41a6c77b60, http://appliedbioinformatics.com.au/index.php/Seagrass_Zmu_Genome
Supplementary data for manuscript:"High intraspecific diversity of Restorer-of-fertility-like genes in barley"
Melonek, J. (Creator), Zhou, R. (Creator), Bayer, P. (Creator), Edwards, D. (Creator), Stein, N. (Creator) & Small, I. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 21 Sep 2018
DOI: 10.26182/5ba4695d7ff38
Local hydrodynamics at edges of marine canopies under oscillatory flows
Serra, T. (Creator), Oldham, C. (Creator) & Colomer, J. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2018
DOI: 10.26182/5b6d4c6392813
DNS results of 2D and 3D forces on a circular cylinder (data)
Jiang, H. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5f3b8346c3228
Data for Microclimate modelling of beach sand temperatures reveals high spatial and temporal variation at sea turtle rookeries
Bentley, B. (Creator), Kearney, M. (Creator), Whiting, S. (Creator) & Mitchell, N. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 21 Jan 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102522
Impact Of Mooring Activities On Carbon Stocks In Seagrass Meadows
Serrano, O. (Creator), Ruhon, R. (Creator), Lavery, P. S. (Creator), Kendrick, G. (Creator), Hickey, S. (Creator), Masque Barri, P. (Creator), Arias-Ortiz, A. (Creator), Steven, A. (Creator) & Duarte, C. M. (Creator), Research Online Institutional Repository (Edith Cowan University), 2016
DOI: 10.4225/75/56c561fb1d419, https://doi.org/10.4225%2F75%2F56c561fb1d419 and one more link, https://ro.ecu.edu.au/datasets/26/ (show fewer)
Bioturbation by bandicoots facilitates seedling growth by altering soil properties: dataset
Valentine, L. (Creator), Ruthrof, K. X. (Creator), Fisher, R. (Creator), Hardy, G. (Creator), Hobbs, R. (Creator) & Fleming, P. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 2018
DOI: 10.4225/23/5b16364fb037e
Can Mud (Silt and Clay) Concentration Be Used To Predict Soil Organic Carbon Content Within Seagrass Ecosystems?
Serrano, O. (Creator), Lavery, P. (Creator), Duarte, C. M. (Creator), Kendrick, G. (Creator), Calafat, A. (Creator), York, P. H. (Creator), Steven, A. (Creator) & Macreadie, P. I. (Creator), Research Online Institutional Repository (Edith Cowan University), 2016
DOI: 10.4225/75/56c55ab91d417, https://ro.ecu.edu.au/datasets/25/ and one more link, https://doi.org/10.4225%2F75%2F56c55ab91d417 (show fewer)
Matroids on 9 elements
Royle, G. (Creator) & Mayhew, D. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 29 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5e3378f0ca2cd
CityViz: Ageing in Australia 2006-2016
Liu, E. (Creator), Chomik, R. (Creator), Sisson, A. (Creator), Atkins, M. (Creator) & Judd, B. (Creator), UNSW Press, 2020
https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/cityviz/ageing-australia/
Environmental correlates of reptile variation on the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago, eastern Indian Ocean
How, R. (Creator), Cowan, M. (Creator), Teale, R. (Creator) & Schmitt, L. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 24 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1ns1rn8qw, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.1ns1rn8qw
The compendium of crop Proteins with Annotated Locations (cropPAL) version 2020
Hooper, C. (Creator), Castleden, I. (Data Manager), Aryamanesh, N. (Data Collector), Black, K. (Contributor), Grasso, S. (Data Collector) & Millar, H. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, Jan 2020
DOI: 10.26182/5f3b83f9c3229
Data from: Farmers’ use of weather and forecast information in the Western Australian wheatbelt
Lacoste, M. E. (Data Collector) & Kragt, M. (Supervisor), The University of Western Australia, 17 May 2018
DOI: 10.4225/23/5afd07e459ea3
Effect of dietary nitrate supplementation in trained cyclists on a cycling power profile test in normobaric hypoxia
Kent, G. (Creator), Dawson, B. (Creator) & Peeling, P. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 9 Aug 2018
DOI: 10.26182/5b6cfc9e340ef
'Using the Trier Social Stress Test twice: a protocol for reducing Habituation’ Dataset
Masih, T. (Creator), Dimmock, J. (Creator) & Guelfi, K. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 26 Sep 2018
DOI: 10.26182/5bab2eee4e2f3
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Independent journalist briefly detained amid D.C. riots
Independent journalist Talia Jane was briefly detained while documenting riots in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.Jane was documenting via …
Two Washington Post video journalists detained in police ‘kettle’ during D.C. riot
The Washington Post video journalist Whitney Leaming was detained alongside a colleague while documenting riots in Washington, D.C., on Jan. …
Washington Post video journalists detained in police ‘kettle’ during D.C. riot
The Washington Post video journalist Zoeann Murphy was detained alongside a colleague while documenting riots in Washington, D.C., on Jan. …
New York Times reporter assaulted, cameras stolen and damaged amid Capitol riot
New York Times reporter Erin Schaff wrote that she was assaulted, one of her cameras stolen and the lens of a second broken by rioters as they stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021.A riot broke out as supporters of President Donald Trump marched on the Capitol, swarmed the building and broke inside in an attempt to disrupt the Congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Reuters reported. At a noon rally held in front of the …
Freelance photojournalist struck multiple times with projectiles during Capitol riot
Freelance photojournalist Amanda Andrade-Rhoades said she was hit by crowd control munitions fired by law enforcement officers four times while …
Slate reporter pushed by Capitol Police officer in effort to ‘slow down’ rioters
Slate reporter Aymann Ismail was pushed by a Capitol Police officer while covering the riot at the Capitol in Washington, …
Cell phone of French journalist destroyed during his livestream of Capitol riot
Vincent Jolly, a reporter for the weekly magazine of French newspaper Le Figaro, had his phone destroyed during a live report about the riots at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.Protests organized around Congress’s confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory devolved into a riot earlier that day, Reuters reported. At a rally in front of the White House, President Donald Trump called on his supporters to protest the vote on the basis of unfounded claims of election …
Rioters rush broadcasters, destroy Associated Press, other media equipment
Broadcast equipment belonging to The Associated Press was reportedly destroyed as rioters swarmed a group of broadcast journalists covering the …
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WondaGurl Travis Scott, Jay Z, Drake, SZA, Young Thug, Kanye West
MXXWLL Snakehips, Aloe Blacc, DJ Jazzy Jeff, GoldLink, Soulection, Majestic Casual
Graves GoldLink, Kanye West, Desiigner, Kid Kudi, Beyonce, Denzel Curry, Ekali
Knox Brown Ed Sheeran, Wretch32, Wiley, Professor Green
DJ Switch World DMC DJ Championship Winner
Slushii Marshmello, Khalid, Ariana Grande, French Montana, Maroon 5, Charlie Puth
Autograf Daft Punk, Lorde, French Montana, Pharrell
Thugli ASAP Mob, Diplo, Jay Z, Rick Ross, Yellow Claw, Drake, Mad Decent, Grandtheft
Gladiator DJ Snake, Major Lazer, Fools Gold Records, Chance The Rapper, Big Beat Records
Lookas Travis Scott, Flo Rida, Seven Lions, The Chainsmokers
Gent & Jawns Rihanna, Major Lazer, Yellow Claw, Mad Decent, Diplo
Slander Travis Scott, Post Malone, Adele, ILLENIUM, Ellie Goulding, Diplo
Grandtheft Drake, Schoolboy Q, DJ Mustard, Rihanna, T.I., 2 Chainz, Troyboi
UZ 21 Savage, Ice Cube, DJ Shadow, Flosstradamus, Fools Gold, Foreign Beggars,
Plastician Skepta, BBC Radio 1Xtra, Wretch 23, Scruffizer, Dot Rotten, Will.i.Am, Rinse FM
Henry Fong Drake, Rihanna, Sean Paul, Sia, DJ Snake, Shaggy,
Ben Scarr A&R for Island Records/Universal Music
DJ Frank E Wiz Khalifa, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Tyga, Lil Wayne, Charlie Puth, John Legend, T.I
DJ Cut Killer Shadyville, Jay Z, MC Solaar
BabyPaul Nas, AZ, Fat Joe, Black Moon, Smif-n-Wessun, Kanye West, Pharoahe Monch
IllBlu Mahalia, Shystie, Island Records, Estelle, Universal, Mista Jam, James Morrison
DJ Semtex Kanye West, Def Jam, Dizzee Rascal, BBC Radio
Ski Beatz Mac Miller, Jay Z, Raekwon, Fat Joe, Jay Electronica, Wiz Khalifa, Ras Kass
BabyPaul
From the jump it's so obvious that the people behind Prime Loops are really passionate and truly wish to keep the beat of the music industry alive.
All music producers past and present can benefit from this service to get those creative juices going. From now I definitely will be using Prime Loops as a reference to support my sound library!
Nas, AZ, Fat Joe, Black Moon, Smif-n-Wessun, Kanye West, Pharoahe Monch
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Welfare Review Submissions Deadline Looms
The deadline for Not for Profits to have their say on the recently released interim report on reforming Australia’s welfare system is set to close in less than two weeks.
Lina Caneva | 29 July 2014 at 10:50 am
The review called A New System for Better Employment and Social Outcomes recommends some disability pension recipients be moved to a new, temporary “working age entitlement” scheme. However the Government said while it was an interim report it would not estimate how many people with disability would be affected.
The public submissions close on August 8.
Federal Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews said all feedback on the interim report would be considered by the Reference Group in developing its final recommendations to the Government, due later this year.
“The interim report identified four main pillars of reform: simpler and sustainable income support system; strengthening individual and family capability; engaging with employers; and building community capacity,” Andrews said.
“All interested organisations and members of the public can put in a submission, or make a brief comment if preferred.”
The Government said in addition to the public submissions process, the Reference Group invited feedback on its Interim Report through targeted roundtable discussions and a closed online forum.
About 350 organisations were invited to take part in these forums, including community and business groups, advocacy groups and service providers, peak welfare organisations, employers and expert individuals, at both a national and local level.
To lodge a public submission, click here.
Tags : A New System for Better Employment and Social Outcomes, australia, Consultation, disability pension, government, interim report, Kevin Andrews, not-for-profit, welfare system,
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Real estate drives 17% return at KLM pension fund
By Leen Preesman2015-01-20T14:19:00+00:00
KLM’s three large pension funds in the Netherlands all reported strong results for 2014, with the €2.5bn scheme for cabin staff returning more than 17%.
The final quarter contributed 4.5 percentage points to the cabin staff scheme’s annual return, with returns of 1.3% for government bonds, 2.5% for equity and 6.8% for property.
For the whole of last year, bonds, equity and real estate returned 10.4%, 10.7% and 16.2%, respectively, the Pensioenfonds KLM Cabinepersoneel said.
Mark Burbach, CIO at Blue Sky Group, the asset manager for the KLM schemes, said listed property returned 21.9%.
He said the return had come from “a very low point of the market” two years ago, as well as the continuously diminishing costs of capital.
He added that listed property in the US had delivered the best results.
Burbach said he was very pleased with the 10.3% return on private property, and attributed the result to “a combination of high-quality assets, active management, low leverage and relatively long underlying rental contracts, which provided stability”.
He added that the pension fund wanted to increase the strategic allocation to private real estate gradually from approximately 50% to 60% within a year, “as it is expected to generate a more stable cash flow than listed property”.
The scheme’s property portfolio is almost equally divided between private and listed property.
However, with a return of 24.4%, private equity was the pension fund’s best returning asset class.
KLM’s €7.3bn pension fund for ground staff (Algemeen Pensioenfonds KLM) reported an annual return of 14%, following a fourth quarterly return of 3.5%.
With annual and quarterly results of 15.8% and 6.5%, respectively, listed property was also the best performing asset class.
Bonds and equity delivered 12.4% and 10.5% over the full year.
The €7.8bn pension fund for pilots (Vliegend Personeel KLM) reported an annual return of 11%.
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Investor Universe - Netherlands: Opportunities closer to home
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Dutch pension funds are some of the most active global investors. However, the recovering home market is prompting them to increase domestic exposure. Rachel Fixsen reports
Blue Sky buys into restructured CBRE Dutch Office Fund
Dutch investor negotiates ‘attractive price’ on the secondary market
RedTree, Eternam and M&G’s Asian client co-invest in Paris office complex
Value-add manager led by Eric Sasson raises €250m and targets co-investors for French real estate
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NetIQ Releases Enterprise Firewall Reporting Product
NetIQ Corp. extended its firewall monitoring capabilities to the enterprise level this week with the release of the WebTrends Firewall Reporting Center.
The product grew out of NetIQ's March merger with WebTrends Corp. The firewall reporting center reports on 35 firewalls, runs on Windows and Solaris and is more scalable than NetIQ's existing WebTrends firewall reporting products.
The firewall reporting product takes raw firewall log file data and presents reports about the state of the firewalls, security events, Internet traffic and bandwidth utilization.
"Although firewalls are an integral part of every security perimeter, without an analysis and reporting solution it is impossible to know how effectively bandwidth is being utilized and what security events are occurring at the perimeter of your network," Tom Kemp, senior vice president of products at NetIQ, said in a statement. "With the addition of Firewall Reporting Center, we are now able to offer these capabilities to the largest and most Internet-intensive enterprises and managed service providers."
To improve scalability, Firewall Reporting Center allows several servers to analyze hundreds of firewall logs simultaneously and then return data for reporting from a single console.
The product analyzes data from firewalls and firewall devices, VPNs and routers. It includes native support for many of the largest vendors. More than 20 partners also support NetIQ's WebTrends Enhanced Log File (WELF) format.
Firewall Reporting Center also supports browser-based administration and role-based administration. The administration and report user interface runs on a fully configured Apache Web server that is included with the product.
NetIQ previously offered smaller scale firewall solutions, which remain available. Firewall Suite provided reporting for businesses using enterprise firewalls and proxy servers in a single-site environment. Firewall Appliance Analyzer provided basic reporting for small businesses using firewall appliances.
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Discover → Epic Fantasy
Bond of a Dragon: Zahara's Gift
By A J Walker
A young man forced into action. A juvenile dragon alone in a new world. Whispers of a terrible evil returning to power.
Nineteen-year-old Anders lived a fairly normal life until the only family he had was taken away from him. When he finds himself forced to embark on an action packed adventure, he discovers there is more to the world than he was told. The magical force that flows within everything around him becomes revealed. Dragons, elves, orcs, and goblins lurk around nearly every turn along the path as he pursues his two kidnapped cousins.
As Anders discovers more about his family’s past, he learns of their involvement in The War of The Magicians and the circumstances leading up to the attack of his hometown. When Anders is told about his potential involvement in a prophecy involving dragons and their powerful magic, he will need to make a difficult decision. Will he continue to follow the path that is laid out for him or can he make his own destiny? Will he ever be reunited with his family again? And if he succeeds, will he ever be able to return to the life he once knew?
A Stranger and The Thief
Anders gripped the oars tightly, his muscles strained against the force generated by the storm. Freezing rain stung the side of his face as he rowed furiously through the rise and fall of angry ocean waves. The storm had come without warning, catching Anders and his younger cousin by surprise.
“Thomas!” Anders yelled against the gale force wind. Thomas clung tightly to the ribbing on the floor of the small fishing boat, fearing for his life. “The boat is taking on too much water! Grab the bucket and bail!” Anders saw his cousin lift his head briefly and search for the bailing bucket. “Now, Thomas, do it now or we’ll sink!”
Thomas gathered his courage and let go of the floor he had clung to so desperately. He grabbed the bucket and vigorously shoveled water over the side of the swaying boat.
Squinting through the downpour, Anders could just see the rocky shoreline of Highborn Bay. The two were nearly back inside the safety of the bay’s calmer waters. He was well aware that they had reached almost the exact spot where Anders had been eighteen years ago, when his family’s ship had wrecked in a spring storm. The details of the tragedy were lost to Anders’ memory because he’d only been one-year-old at the time, but he’d heard his uncle tell the story countless times since then.
He and his parents had sailed for nearly a week from Southland to Grandwood, a city nestled along the northern coast of Westland, where Anders’ uncle Theodor and his newly pregnant wife were waiting to greet them. Anders’ family was on track to dock in Grandwood’s port when a storm suddenly forced the ship off course, missing the port and wrecking into the rocky spit of land that formed half of Highborn Bay. Theodor found infant Anders washed ashore among the ship’s wreckage. The only survivor, he was left without parents, yet fortunately with his uncle and aunt to raise him.
The wind was unrelenting as they struggled to reach the bay. Thomas continued to shovel the salty water out of the small boat as wave after wave piled over the bow. Anders heaved the final strokes on the oars, skimming into calmer waters. It wasn’t long before they were pulling the boat on shore. Thomas’ younger sister, Kirsten, had watched as the two rowed themselves into the bay. She ran down the hill from the stone farmhouse through the rain, eager to help them despite becoming drenched in the downpour.
“Here,” Anders said, handing her one of several baskets overflowing with salmon. “Take this up to the house.”
Kirsten’s blue eyes widened upon seeing the size of their days’ catch. Taking the basket she staggered for a moment, allowing herself to adjust her feet under the surprising weight of the basket.
As she hauled the catch back up the hill, Anders called after her, “Kirsten, have Theodor come help us with the rest.” Anders and Thomas filled their arms with waterlogged fishing gear and the remaining baskets of fish, struggling to carry them up the hill to the house.
When they reached the front porch, Anders dropped his load on the ground and heard Kirsten say from the open doorway, “Anders, I couldn’t find him. I think he went out to do chores.”
Looking at Thomas with a furrowed brow, Anders said, “In this weather? He’ll probably need help. Thomas, finish bringing up the gear. I’ll go help with the chores.” Thomas nodded and headed back down to the boat.
“Don’t be too long,” Kirsten told them, stepping onto the wooden covered porch and drying her sandy-blonde hair with a towel. “Dinner is nearly ready.”
Anders stepped out from under the protection of the porch and headed in the opposite direction away from the bay and toward the farm. He looked in the barn, the corral, and around the rest of the small homestead. Theodor was nowhere to be seen. Anders noticed most of the chores had already been completed. He decided to look behind the house, along the edge of the woods. Sometimes when the animals got out, they often wandered away from the farm into the trees. Though hard to tell in the rain, Anders thought he saw a set of footprints leading into the woods. He followed them. In places where the ground had not yet washed them away, Anders could make out just enough to see the outline of his uncle’s boot tracks leading him farther away from the farm.
Anders thought about getting the others to help him search, but decided he would go a little farther before alarming them. His mind racing with possibilities as to why Theodor would be wandering into the woods, he continued following the tracks. Before long, the lone footprints angled sharply to the right. Anders saw they went up and over a small ridge.
If I can’t see him from the top of this ridgeline, I’ll go back for Kirsten and Thomas, he thought to himself.
Night was approaching fast and from the top Anders had a hard time seeing clearly down the backside of the ridge. He squinted into the darkness, hoping to glimpse any sign of his uncle. Out of the corner of his eye, he thought he saw something move. He watched as a figure walked out into a small clearing on the backside of the ridge below him. It was Theodor, Anders was sure because of his uncle’s recognizable silver hair. He cupped his hands around his mouth to shout down to him, but held his breath when he saw someone join Theodor in the clearing. Anders couldn’t make out who it was, this tall figure sporting dark clothes.
I have to get a closer look, he thought.
He looked around for a way to get closer without being seen. He knew his uncle would be furious with him if he learned Anders was spying on him, but something in his gut told him he needed to investigate what Theodor was doing out here.
To his left a cluster of short trees extended about half way down toward the clearing where Theodor and the strange figure stood talking. The dim evening light, combined with the trees’ foliage, would be enough to provide cover.
He quickly ran to the thicket of trees. Water that had pooled on the leaves drenched him as he parted the branches. The sound of the rain falling covered the noise of his footsteps as he grew closer. Anders stayed low, crouching to keep from being seen.
He paused for a moment to see if he could hear what they were saying. Their voices were still too muffled to hear clearly, so he carefully crept forward to the edge of the small trees. Here, he was able to make out snippets of their conversation. Through a space between the branches, he could see they were arguing.
Dressed entirely in black, the tall man with Theodor wore a broad sword strapped to his belt. The stranger’s face was weathered, creased and tanned from his travels. He displayed an air of ruggedness that Anders had only seen a handful of times on the faces of soldiers and mercenaries passing through Grandwood. Anders strained to hear what they might be arguing about.
“He’s not ready,” Theodor said sternly.
“You have to tell him,” the stranger urged. “The time has come and he needs to know the truth.”
“Are you sure there isn’t more time?” Theodor asked the man in black. “How can you be sure he’s the one they’re searching for?”
“He may be your kin, but that doesn’t change anything. He will have to face it, whether he’s ready or not,” the stranger replied in a commanding tone. “You have known as well as I that this day would come. Powerful forces are stirring in the east. The elves talk of orcs and kurr assembling by the masses. An evil that was once a great threat to the five nations of Kartania is clawing its way back into the world.”
“So the rumors are true,” Theodor noted soberly. “I thought those days of peril left when he did.”
“You must have known he wouldn’t stay in the shadows forever. He is coming back out from whatever rock he’s been hiding under,” the stranger said coldly.
Unconsciously leaning forward to hear more clearly, Anders put his weight against a small dead limb. Suddenly it snapped. He began to slide out from his hiding place, nearly exposing himself. Luckily, he grabbed hold of a low-hanging branch just in time; this one did not break.
Upon hearing the branch break, the man in black abruptly stopped talking and turned toward the hillside. He looked directly where Anders knelt in hiding. Anders didn’t move, hoping the dim lighting and vegetation would conceal him.
“Did you hear that?” the man asked Theodor as he stared at the clump of trees.
Turning around to see what the man was staring at, Theodor answered, “I didn’t hear anything.”
“We are being watched,” the man in black said shortly.
“Don’t be ridiculous. No one knows we’re here,” Theodor said turning to face the man once again. The man, however, had disappeared leaving Theodor standing alone in the rain. He turned back and stared for a while at the slope, scanning for whatever it was the stranger had heard.
Anders’ heart nearly beat out of his chest. It seemed so loud; he was surprised Theodor couldn’t hear it. Theodor kept his gaze on the vegetation where Anders hid and even took a step toward him. A rabbit darted out from its hiding place just below where Anders crouched. It scurried across the open slope, through the rainfall, and down into its hole.
Theodor stopped his advancement and said to himself, “stupid rabbit.” He left the clearing and headed back toward the house. Anders waited to make sure he was well out of sight before leaving his hiding place. Then he ran back through the woods as fast as he could.
While hurrying back toward the house, he thought to himself, what did they mean an evil was crawling back into the land? Who was it Theodor needed to tell something to and why had he decided not to do it? Was the man talking about his cousin, Thomas? And who was it they were talking about hiding in the shadows? The thoughts swirled in his head as ran.
Anders knew he had to beat Theodor back to the house. If he didn’t get back before his uncle, Thomas and Kirsten would ask him questions. If they asked him the right questions, they were sure to uncover that he had not been helping Theodor with the chores. Anders didn’t want to risk his uncle or cousins discovering his spying. The secret his uncle was keeping from them might damage their family’s relationship, even more than the death of Thomas and Kirsten’s mother had just three years ago; that was the last thing he wanted.
When Anders opened the door he saw Thomas tending the fire and Kirsten setting the dinner table, both unaware of Anders’ newly discovered secret. Shaking off water like a wet dog, Anders closed the door behind him.
“Where’s father?” Thomas asked noticing Theodor wasn’t with him.
“He was just behind me. I’m sure he’ll be in shortly,” Anders answered, relieved to know he’d made it back before his uncle. He rushed to his room to dry off and change into dry clothes. In his room, Anders looked at his reflection in the small mirror on the wall next to his closet. He quickly practiced a straight-faced expression as he imagined how talking to his uncle would go. Throwing on a dry shirt and rubbing the water out of his thick brown hair, Anders practiced his unsurprised face one more time before returning to the dining room. Joining his cousins at the table, he smiled lightly at them, trying to avoid any suspicious looks from their piercing blue eyes.
Soon, Theodor was wiping his muddy boots on the floor mat and shedding his saturated outer layers. Hanging his coat to dry, placing his boots by the crackling fire, and taking a seat at the dinner table, he acted as if nothing was different from any other day.
Once they were all gathered at the table, he asked, “Tell me about your day. What happened?”
Thomas recounted the day’s events as Kirsten and Anders began to hungrily inhale their sausage and potato dinner. He told his father how he and Anders had caught the most salmon they’d ever brought in while fishing. He also bragged that because of his heroism and ability to remain calm, he had saved them from almost sinking in the storm.
“Is that so?” Theodor said astonished, his thick eyebrows rising to expose the bright blue hue of his eyes.
“Nope,” Anders said through a mouthful of sausage. “He was shaking like a baby. I nearly had to bail the water out myself and row us back to shore at the same time.” He smiled at his cousin, who turned red in the face.
Thomas scowled at Anders’ brotherly banter and stuck the tip of his tongue out though his pursed lips in his direction.
“I just tell it how it happened,” Anders said, still smiling at his younger cousin. “We did catch quite a lot of fish out there today,” he added to Thomas’ credit. “Should be able to make some good money at the festival tomorrow.”
Theodor congratulated them on their success and told Thomas he was sure his version of the story wasn’t far from the truth.
After dinner, when the four of them turned in for the night, Anders lay in bed thinking about what Theodor was hiding from them. The conversation he’d overheard with the strange man kept replaying in his head. Anders lay awake late into the night thinking through all of the possible explanations for what he’d heard. He wondered if he should tell Kirsten or Thomas about it. He fell asleep not knowing what he would do with the sensitive information.
The rising sun beamed golden rays across Highborn Bay as it warmed thin patches of snow left behind from the heavy winter. The storm had passed during the night. Songbirds sang and spread their wings, flying through the clear blue skies. Anders awoke to floorboards squeaking under Kirsten and Thomas’ feet. They shuffled over to the kitchen and began preparing the morning meal of eggs, sausage, bread and Anders’ favorite tea loaded with caffeine called mate. Theodor always pronounced it wrong and Anders grew tired of correcting him, “It’s mah-teh, not matee,” he would say irritated.
He was still half asleep when he joined his cousins around the table. Unlike his uncle, who’d already been up for a half hour, Anders was not much of a morning person until he had his mate. Theodor walked in through the front door in his usual chipper mood. He had just finished the morning chores.
“Good morning,” he said, rubbing the top of Kirsten’s head, messing up her shoulder-length hair.
“Stop that!” she whined and ducked her head to the side, attempting to avoid her father’s playful hand.
“How are we feeling this morning? Ready to go to the biannual Grandwood Festival?” Theodor asked, still chuckling at Kirsten’s reaction.
“I’ll let you know once I’ve finished my mah-teh,” Anders replied emphasizing the syllables for his uncle. He held the mug tightly, his hands wrapped around its warmth.
“You’ll want to be at the festival’s market early if you are wanting to sell all of your salmon,” Theodor said while pouring himself a hot cup of tea. He gently blew on it and said, “tasty stuff this matee.” He glanced at Anders who shook his head and smiled. Kirsten, Thomas and Anders agreed with him about getting an early start but remained seated waiting for the caffeine to take effect.
Thomas was the first to leave the table. Anders watched him bring the horse and carriage around to the front door and load up their baskets of salmon. He wondered if he should talk with Theodor about the argument with the stranger he overheard the night before. But when he turned to look at his uncle, who was laughing at something Kirsten had said, he decided it was not the right time.
Anders took one last swig of his tea and said with a hint of sarcasm, “Well, what are you waiting for? Let’s go to town; we need to be at the festival early if we are to sell all of our hard-earned salmon.” Theodor smiled exposing his tea-stained teeth in acknowledgement of Anders’ remark.
Anders jumped into the back of the wagon alongside Kirsten. Theodor and Thomas rode up front on the wagon’s bench seat.
“And… we’re off,” Theodor said with reins in hand.
The crisp morning air washed over their fair-skinned faces as they trotted down the road to the City of Grandwood. The dirt road followed the edge of the forest as it wound through rolling foothills. The city was nestled neatly between the Pelagic Ocean and the Grandwood Mountains. After nearly a half-hour of riding, they crested a hill, able to see the sunlight glinting off the city’s many rooftops and buildings.
It was the first time any of them had seen Grandwood since the arrival of the thousands of visitors for the biannual festival and Grandwood Games. At the far end of the city, Anders could see the masses of vendors’ and visitors’ tents that had sprung up over the last several days. The temporary gathering extended down the beach, nearly doubling the size of the coastal city.
“Anders, do you think you’re ready for the competition?” Theodor asked. “It begins tomorrow.”
“I’m nervous,” he began. “I’m also confident I will finish this year. My goal is to complete the event, not to win. Although winning would be nice,” he added smiling.
“The Grandwood Games is the most fierce and challenging competition of any in the five nations,” Theodor spoke as if he was an announcer for the event. “This is the fiftieth year it’s been held and nearly half the contestants don’t complete it. Of course you know that because you were one of them last time,” he chuckled lightly looking back at Anders. “You were lucky I knew the judges and they made an exception for you. After how it ended for you though, I would never advise anyone to compete while still under age. Just try to relax and enjoy the festivities while you can. There will be plenty of time to be nervous tomorrow,” he said trying to buoy his nephew’s confidence.
“I’ll be betting on you, so you’d better do well this year,” Kirsten chimed in. “And if you decide not to compete at the last minute, I will take your place. I may need to disguise myself so the judges think it’s you, but I could pull it off,” she said with great self-confidence.
“Kirsten, you think you’re so funny, don’t you! Too bad you must be eighteen to participate,” Thomas said mocking her.
“In all seriousness,” Anders said, “I know you could probably hold your own with the best of them, but you must not make the same mistake I did. You can cheer me on this time, and in two years we’ll be able to compete alongside one another.”
“Hey Thomas,” Kirsten said, trying to shift the focus off herself, “It must drive you crazy not being able to compete next year when you turn eighteen. Too bad it’s a biannual event, because all of the greatest contestants in history have done their best in their eighteenth year.”
Thomas balled his fists together tightly in an attempt to hold back his anger. He knew what his sister was trying to do to him. “It’ll be worth the wait,” he said through a clenched jaw. “Then I can crush you at your first games.”
“There must be a mutual level of respect for one another among all athletes,” Theodor said, attempting to end the argument. “That includes the both of you.”
Kirsten stuck her tongue out at her older brother behind his back while her father spoke.
“Real mature,” Anders said in a low voice, giving her a loving shove with his forearm.
As they rode across town toward the festival’s market, Anders enjoyed observing the many cultures represented at the event. People of all nationalities had come to Grandwood to participate in the trade and commerce. The market was beginning to fill with people when they found an open lot for their stand. Anders and Thomas used the wagon as their booth, displaying their fresh salmon in several wicker baskets. Kirsten and Theodor unhooked the horse and led her over to a nearby hitching post.
It wasn’t long before the roar of the market was in full effect. The four of them had little trouble selling their fresh fish. They sold out within an hour.
Feeling the plump pouch of coins they’d just acquired, Theodor said, “Well done. This is more money than this family has had in months. I say we split up into groups and get supplies for the farm before we lose focus and become lost to all the festival has to offer.” The three of them nodded their heads in agreement. “Anders, you and Thomas get supplies for the boat, while Kirsten and I get the rest. Sound like a plan?”
They set out into the vast market to gather what they needed. After Thomas and Anders had most of their supplies loaded into the wagon, Anders said to his cousin, “I’d better go find the registration tent for tomorrow’s competition. I’ll track you down afterward.”
“Okay, sounds good to me,” Thomas replied. “I’ll let father and Kirsten know. I’ll be trying exotic food and checking out all the new things people are selling this year.”
“Have fun and don’t get food poisoning,” Anders said slapping Thomas on the back. He winced in pain because of the sunburn he’d suffered after spending the day fishing under the spring sun before the storm hit. He turned to tell Anders off, but his cousin had already disappeared into the crowd.
Anders pushed his way through the mass of people toward the registration tent. When he reached the beach and located the tent, he paused just outside the door. His nervousness came rushing back and his heart pounded fast. He took several deep breaths to calm himself down.
Exhaling, he reached out to open the tent door. Just as his hand wrapped around the handle, he was knocked violently off his feet. For a moment, he was lost. The world around him was a blur. He’d lost his bearings and found himself entangled with whoever had come barreling through the doorway in such a hurry. As he tumbled free from the stranger, he regained his composure. Rising to his feet, still confused about exactly what had just happened, Anders saw the man scramble to his feet and frantically try to escape. Two people from the registration tent rushed out after him.
“Thief! Stop that man! Stop that thief!” they yelled, hands raised pointing at the man who was now gaining speed along the crowded beach.
Anders quickly made sense of what was happening. Cursing under his breath, he took off at a dead sprint after the thief. As he raced through the crowd, he very quickly found himself gaining on the man. Running past tents and wagons, he saw a vendor with a row of handmade tool handles. The fleeing thief turned sharply to the left and bowled through a group of people, knocking them out of his way. Anders quickly grabbed a shovel handle as he passed the vendor. He rounded the corner and saw he had a clear shot at the man. He hurled the hard piece of wood with a fierce side-handed throw. It spun twice through the air with great speed, colliding into the back of the man’s head with a loud, CRACK! Instantly the man toppled to the ground like a sack of potatoes, dropping the large bags in his hands, spilling the contents. The people around him gasped when they saw the man fall, surprised to see such a violent end to the chase.
Anders rushed to the unconscious man. Beside him, the two bags of gold coins he’d stolen lay scattered on the ground. One of the people working at the registration tent had been just a few moments behind Anders throughout the chase. She quickly came to his side.
“Thank you so much!” Anders heard the girl say with a hint of an accent.
Anders lifted his head to see her walking swiftly toward him. Her brown eyes met his as her long amber hair ran down behind her shoulders. Her darker skin shone brilliantly in the light of the spring sun, captivating Anders. She was beautiful.
He opened his mouth, but no words came out. Anders managed something of a smile and rubbed the back of his sunburned neck. After what felt like much too long a silence, he finally squeaked out, “Yeah, don’t mention it.”
She chuckled at his inability to smoothly start a conversation. “That man took all of the proceeds for the games tomorrow. He snatched them from me when my back was turned. If he’d gotten away with it, I would be out of a job for sure,” she said to Anders. “I bet you weren’t expecting him to come barging through the door, were you?”
Anders, still smiling at her like an idiot, joked, “I sure wasn’t. I’m just surprised he held on to those heavy bags when he ran me over.” She smiled at him showing Anders the full beauty of her face and he felt himself instantly relax. “Well, I’m happy you won’t be getting fired. Let me help you pick up this mess and take the bags back to the tent.”
“That would be great! My name is Maija,” she said, extending her hand toward him.
“Anders,” he replied taking her hand and shaking it.
She seemed to be examining his face as they shook hands and said, “I like the color of your eyes.”
Anders blushed, the redness rising up his neck and across his sunburned face. “Thanks. The brown in your eyes matches the color of your hair beautifully,” Anders heard the words come out before he realized it might be rude to give a girl he didn’t know such a tender compliment.
She smiled after seeing his facial expression change to humiliation, “Yours are lovely too. They’re like the color of a storm rolling across the sea. What do they call it?”
“My uncle calls it gray-haze,” he said bashfully.
“I haven’t met anyone with gray eyes before,” she said.
“I find that hard to believe,” Anders said.
“Where I come from there aren’t many people who have bright eyes,” she said, gazing longingly into Anders’ eyes.
“Where is that?” he asked.
“A small island off the coast of Southland,” she said with a slightly accented Landish tone that differed faintly from other Westland and Southland speech. “They’re called the Kewians,” she smiled.
“It sounds like a lovely place,” Anders said holding her gaze before awkwardly glancing down at his feet.
Together they gathered the scattered coins. Several of the town’s watchmen had seen the chase and were quick to put the thief in chains. Anders and Maija carried the money back to the registration tent while the watchmen hauled the thief away.
“So, it would be safe to assume you were about to come in and register for the games when that man ran into you?” Maija asked Anders.
“Yeah, I didn’t see that one coming,” he replied. “He was moving pretty fast, too. He should’ve signed up for the event instead of trying to steal the money. Probably would’ve done pretty well,” he joked.
“It looks like you got the best of him in the end, though,” Maija said. “Good thing you got lucky with that shovel handle.”
“Hang on,” Anders said. “That wasn’t just luck. I happen to be an excellent shovel handle thrower,” he smiled at her.
Back at the tent Anders was thanked and congratulated by the others working alongside Maija. He glanced over at Maija, who was staring at him, but looked away embarrassed when he noticed. After shaking the hands of Maija’s co-workers, Anders finally completed what he had come to do in the first place. He registered for the Grandwood Games. They told him to return in the morning to go over the rules before the competition began. He smiled brightly at Maija, who smiled back, before he left the registration tent.
After meeting up with his family, Anders told them what had happened.
“Anders, that’s amazing,” Kirsten said in admiration. “Maybe now you’ll have an advantage in the judges’ eyes.”
“It certainly won’t hurt,” said Thomas in a hopeful voice.
“Good job, Anders. No matter what happens tomorrow, I’m proud of you,” Theodor said as they climbed aboard the wagon to leave the Grandwood Festival.
He’d left out the part about meeting Maija, the beautiful Kewian girl who he now found himself thinking about.
The sun set over the horizon as the four of them rode up to their home above Highborn Bay. Anders and Thomas unloaded supplies from the wagon while Theodor went inside to start a fire. They warmed themselves by the fireplace as darkness fell, drinking warm tea and speculating how Anders would fare in the upcoming games. After placing several wagers among themselves, Anders wished everyone good night and went to sleep thinking about Maija’s beautiful brown eyes and enchanting smile.
Written by A J Walker
A J Walker
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These are the opening four chapters of my comedy thriller, Lifting the Lid, which is the first book in the ‘Lifting the Lid’ series.
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Trevor stood with his back to the fireplace like some Victorian patriarch but without a scrap of the authority. Although the gas fire wasn’t on, he rubbed his hands behind him as if to warm them. His mother sat in her usual chair by the window, staring blankly at the absence of activity in the street outside.
He knew exactly what her response would be. It was always the same when he told her anything about his life. Not that there was often much to tell, but this was different. This was a biggie. Almost as big as when he’d told her about Imelda’s—
‘It’s of no concern to me.’
There we go. And now for the follow-on. Wait for it. Wait for it.
‘I’m seventy-eight years old. Why should I care? I could be dead tomorrow.’
Trevor screwed up his face and mouthed the words of his mother’s familiar mantra, but it became rapidly unscrewed again when she added, ‘…Like Imelda.’
‘Don’t,’ he said. ‘Just don’t, okay?’
‘No concern to me,’ said the old woman with a barely perceptible shrug.
In the silence that followed, Trevor became aware of the ticking of the pendulum clock on the mantelpiece behind him. It had never been right since his father had died, so he checked his watch instead. ‘You won’t be… ‘ and he hesitated to say the word, ‘ … lonely?’
If his mother had had the energy or inclination to have laughed — derisively or otherwise — she would have done, but she settled for the next best option and grunted, ‘Hmph.’
Trevor knew from experience that the intention was to pick away at his already tender guilt spot, and he looked around the room as if he were searching for the nearest escape route. His mother still referred to it as ‘the parlour’, perhaps in a vain attempt to attach some kind of outmoded elegance to a room which, to Trevor’s eye at least, was mildly shabby and darkly depressing even on the brightest of days. It was festooned with fading photographs of people who were long since dead, interspersed here and there with pictures of his more recently deceased brother and his very-much-alive sister. Of Trevor, there was only the one – an unframed snapshot of him and Imelda on their wedding day.
He became aware of the clock once again and cleared his throat. ‘So… er… I’ll be away then.’
This time, the shrug was accompanied by the slightest tilt of the head. ‘No concern to me,’ she said.
Again, he glanced at his watch. ‘It’s just that I have to—’
‘Oh get on if you’re going.’
Trevor stepped forward and, picking up his crash helmet from the table next to his mother, kissed her perfunctorily on the back of the head. For the first time, she turned — not quite to face him, but turned nevertheless.
‘Still got that silly little moped then,’ she said, repeating the comment she’d made when he had first arrived less than an hour before.
‘Scooter, mother. It’s a scooter. — Anyway, how could I afford anything else?’ He was thankful she couldn’t see the sudden redness in his cheeks or she would have instantly realised that he was lying.
He kissed her again in the same spot, and this time she seemed to squirm uncomfortably. For a moment, he followed her line of vision to the outside world. — Nothing. He tapped his helmet a couple of times, then turned and walked towards the door. As he closed it behind him, he could just make out the words: ‘Your brother wouldn’t have gone.’
Out in the street, he strapped on his helmet and straddled the ageing Vespa, eventually coaxing the engine into something that resembled life. He took a last look at the window where his mother sat and thought he saw the twitch of a lace curtain falling back into place.
‘Oh sod it,’ he said aloud and let out the clutch.
At the end of the road, he turned right and stopped almost immediately behind a parked camper van. Dismounting the Vespa and still holding the handlebars, he kicked out the side stand and was about to lean it to rest when he decided that some kind of symbolic gesture was called for. Instead of inclining the scooter to a semi-upright position, he looked down at the rust-ridden old machine, tilted it marginally in the opposite direction and let go. With the gratingly inharmonious sound of metal on tarmac, the Vespa crashed to the ground and twitched a few times before rattling itself into submission. Trevor took in the paltry death throes and allowed himself a smirk of satisfaction.
Pulling a set of keys from his pocket, he kissed it lightly and walked round to the driver’s door of the van. The moment he turned the key in the lock, a lean-looking black and tan mongrel leapt from its sleeping position on the back seat and hurled itself towards the sound. By the time Trevor had opened the door, the dog was standing on the driver’s seat, frantically wagging its tail and barking hysterically.
‘Hey, Milly. Wasn’t long, was I?’ said Trevor, taking the dog’s head between both hands and rocking it gently from side to side. ‘Over you get then.’
Milly simply stared back at him, no longer barking but still wagging her tail excitedly.
‘Go on. Get over.’ Trevor repeated the command and, with a gentle push, encouraged her to jump across to the passenger seat. Then he climbed in and settled himself behind the steering wheel. ‘Right then,’ he said, rubbing his palms around its full circumference. ‘Let’s get this show on the road.’
The lift was dead. The grey-haired guy in the expensive suit wasn’t, but he looked like he was. Lenny had him pinned against the wall by leaning his back into him as hard as he could to keep him upright — no mean achievement since, although built like a whippet on steroids, Lenny was little more than five feet in height and well into his fifties.
‘Come on, Carrot,’ he said. ‘What you messin’ about at?’
Carrot – so called because of his ill-fitting and very obvious ginger toupee – jabbed at the lift button for the umpteenth time. ‘Lift’s not working. We’ll have to use the stairs.’
‘You kidding me? With this lard-arse?’
‘So we just leave him here, do we?’
Lenny’s heavily lined features contorted into a grimace. ‘How many flights?’
‘Dunno. Couple maybe?’
‘Jesus,’ said Lenny, taking a step forward.
The laws of gravity instantly came into play, and the Suit slid inexorably down the wall and ended up in a sitting position, his head lolled to one side and his jacket bunched up around his ears. Not for the first time, Carrot wondered why he’d been paired up with a dipshit like Lenny and even why the whining little git had been put on this job at all.
‘Well you’ll have to take the top half then,’ Lenny said. ‘Back’s playing me up.’
Carrot snorted. Here we go again, he thought. The old racing injury ploy.
Lenny pulled himself up to his full inconsiderable height and shot him a glare. ‘And what’s that supposed to mean? You know bloody well about my old racing injury.’
‘Doesn’t everyone?’ said Carrot.
Although Lenny’s stature – or lack of it – gave a certain amount of credibility to his countless stories about when he used to be a top-flight steeplechase jockey, nobody in the racing business ever seemed to have heard of him. It was certainly true that he knew pretty much everything there was to know about the Sport of Kings, and most of his tales of the turf had a ring of authenticity about them, so he must have been involved in some way or other but more likely as a stable lad than a jockey. Hardly anyone bothered to doubt him to his face though, probably because his vicious temper was legendary and so was his ability with both his fists and his feet. For a little guy, he could be more than handy when it came to a scrap.
He looked like he was spoiling for one right now, so Carrot diverted his attention back to the Suit.
‘Grab his ankles then,’ he said and manoeuvred the man’s upper body forward so he could get a firm grip under his armpits from behind.
Halfway up the first flight of concrete stairs, Lenny announced that he’d have to have a rest. Even though Carrot was doing most of the work, he decided not to antagonise him and eased his end of the body down onto the steps. Truth be told, he could do with a short break himself. He was already sweating like a pig and, besides, he needed at least one hand free to push his toupee back from in front of his eyes.
Lenny leaned back against the iron handrail and started to roll a cigarette.
Carrot’s jaw dropped. ‘Lenny?’
‘Yeah?’
‘What you doing?’
‘Er…’ Lenny looked down at his half completed cigarette and then back at Carrot. ‘Rollin’ a fag?’
His expression and tone of voice rendered the addition of a ‘duh’ utterly redundant.
‘We’re not in the removal business, you know.’ Carrot nodded towards the Suit. ‘This isn’t some bloody wardrobe we’re delivering.’
Lenny ignored him and lit up. He took a long drag and blew a couple of smoke rings. Putting the cigarette to his lips for a second time, he was about to take another draw when he hesitated and began to sniff the air. ‘What’s that smell?’
‘Er… smoke?’ Two can play the ‘duh’ game, thought Carrot.
‘It’s like…’ Lenny’s nose twitched a few more times and then puckered with distaste. ‘Ugh, it’s piss.’
‘Dumps like this always stink of piss.’
‘No, it’s more…’ Lenny carried on sniffing, his eyes ranging around to try to identify the source of the smell. ‘Oh Jesus, it’s him.’
Carrot looked in the direction he was pointing and, sure enough, the dark stain which covered the Suit’s groin area was clearly visible despite the charcoal grey of the trousers. ‘Oh for f—’
‘Bugger’s wet ‘imself.’
‘I can see that.’
Lenny took a pull on his cigarette. ‘Fear probably.’
‘Don’t be a prat. The man’s out cold. He doesn’t know if it’s Christmas Day or Tuesday.’
‘Maybe it’s like when somebody has their leg cut off – or their arm. They reckon you can still feel it even though it’s not there any more.’
Carrot stared at him, unable to discern any logical connection between amputation and pissing your pants.
‘You know,’ Lenny continued, apparently aware that further explanation was necessary. ‘It’s like your subconscious, or whatever, doing stuff behind your back without you realising.’
‘I think it’s far more likely it’s a side effect of the stuff we injected him with.’
‘Could be,’ said Lenny, and he took a last drag on his cigarette before lobbing it over his shoulder into the stairwell.
‘Ready now?’ Carrot made no attempt to disguise the sarcasm in his tone.
‘I’m not taking the feet this time though. My face’ll be right in his piss.’
Carrot squeezed his eyes shut and counted to three. ‘You want to swap?’
‘Not necessarily. We could try taking an arm each.’
Because of the substantial difference in their heights, Carrot knew that this meant he would be taking most of the weight again, but he also realised there was no point in arguing. The priority was to get the guy up the stairs and into the flat before somebody spotted them.
The time wandered by, and the miles slid comfortably under the tyres at a steady fifty-five. Battered though it was, the converted Volkswagen Transporter was only twelve years old and could have gone faster, but Trevor was in no particular hurry. He was enjoying the ride, happy to be away and with the road stretching before him to an unknown destination. Milly seemed equally contented and alternated between sitting upright on the passenger seat, staring fixedly ahead, and curling up to sleep in the back.
It was Trevor’s first real trip in the camper, and he liked the idea of having no fixed itinerary. After all, he reasoned, wasn’t that the whole point of having one of these things?
To say that he had bought it on a whim would have been a gross distortion of the truth. Trevor didn’t really do whims. His idea of an impulsive action was to buy an item that wasn’t on his list when he did his weekly shop at the local supermarket. Even then, there would have to be a pretty convincing argument in favour of dropping the quarter-pound packet of frozen peas, or whatever it might be, into his trolley. Half price or two-for-one were minimum requirements.
The camper van hadn’t fulfilled either of these criteria, and to begin with, he’d toyed with the idea of a motorbike. Something a bit flash, like a Harley. He’d have needed a halfway decent tent of course. A simple bedroll and sleeping out under the stars were all very well in Arizona or wherever but totally inadequate over here — unless you were one of those rufty-tufty outdoor survival types with an unnatural fixation about the SAS. He’d never understood the attraction of deliberately putting yourself in a situation where it was more than likely you would either starve or freeze to death or be attacked by a large carnivore or stung by something so venomous you’d have seconds to live unless you applied the appropriate antidote in time or got your best friend to suck out the poison. No, Scottish midges were about as much as he was prepared to tolerate, but even then he’d make damn sure he had a plentiful supply of insect repellent with him.
A hermetically sealable tent and a good thick sleeping bag would be indispensable as far as Trevor was concerned and, if space permitted on the Harley, an airbed — preferably with a pump which operated off the bike’s battery. It had all started to make perfect sense until a small problem finally occurred to him. What about Milly? She was too big to ride in a rucksack on his back, and as for the only other possible option, the very idea of a Harley with a sidecar made him squirm with embarrassment.
A car was far too ordinary for his purposes, so a camper van had seemed to be the next best thing if he couldn’t have a Harley. It still had a kind of ‘just hit the open road and go where it takes you’ feel to it, and he’d once read a book by John Steinbeck where he set off to rediscover America in a camper with an enormous poodle called Charley.
The whole decision-making process had taken months of what Imelda would have called ‘anally retentive faffing’, but which Trevor preferred to consider as an essential prerequisite to ‘getting it right’. In his defence, he would have argued that it wasn’t just about buying a van. There had been much greater life choices involved, such as whether to pack in his job at Dreamhome Megastores.
As it turned out, that particular decision had almost made itself for him. The company was in a bit of financial bother and was having to make cutbacks, so he and several of his colleagues had been offered voluntary redundancy. Although not exactly generous, the severance package was certainly tempting enough to cause Trevor a run of sleepless nights. But it wasn’t until his annual staff appraisal that he’d finally made up his mind.
He had sat across the desk from the store manager and studied the thin wisps of hair on top of the man’s head while he read out a litany of shortcomings and misdemeanours from the form in front of him.
‘This simply won’t do, Trevor. Really it won’t,’ Mr Webber had said, finally looking up and removing his glasses. ‘I mean, there have been more customer complaints about you than any other member of staff.’
‘I don’t know why. I’m always polite. Always try and give advice whenever I—’
‘But that’s exactly the problem, Trevor. More often than not, the complaints are about your advice. We’ve had more goods returned because of you than… than…’ The manager had slumped back in his chair. ‘Good God, man, have you learned nothing about home maintenance and improvement in all the… What is it? Fourteen years since you’ve been here?’
‘Fifteen.’ And in all those long years, he’d never once heard Webber use the phrase ‘do-it-yourself’, let alone its dreaded acronym.
‘Quite honestly, I’m at a loss as to know what to—’
This time, it was Trevor who had interrupted. He couldn’t be sure that he was about to be sacked, but he’d already had his quota of verbal and written warnings and thought he’d get in first with: ‘About this voluntary redundancy thing…’
And that was that. Decision made and not a bad little payout. Added to what he’d squirreled away over the last couple of years or so, he could buy the van and still have enough left to live on for a few months as long as he was careful. He’d have to look for another job when the money did run out of course, but he was determined not to worry about that until the time came. At least, he was determined to try not to worry about it.
‘What the hell, eh, Milly? This is it,’ he said and shoved a tape into the cassette player.
He caught sight of the dog in the rear-view mirror. She briefly raised an eyebrow when the opening bars of Steppenwolf’s Born to be Wild bellowed from the speakers above her head. Then she went back to sleep.
Trevor tapped the steering wheel almost in time with the music and hummed along when the lyrics kicked in. A song about hitting the open road and just seeing where it took you seemed particularly appropriate for the occasion, and when it got to the chorus, he’d begun to lose all sense of inhibition and joined in at the top of his voice.
Moments later, the van’s engine spluttered and then abruptly died.
Carrot and Lenny hauled the Suit to his feet and, with an arm slung around each of their shoulders, half carried and half dragged him up to the first floor landing. As Carrot had predicted, Lenny’s contribution amounted to little more than providing a largely ineffectual counterbalance, and by the time they’d lurched and staggered to the top of the second flight of steps, every muscle in his neck and back was screaming at him to stop whatever he was doing.
‘I’m gonna have to… have a break for a minute,’ he said, fighting for breath as he altered his grip and lowered the Suit to the ground.
‘Come on, mate. We’re nearly there now,’ said Lenny, but his words of encouragement were meaningless, given that he did nothing to prevent the Suit’s descent.
Carrot groaned as he sat him down against the frame of the fire door and so did the Suit.
‘’Ang on a sec. He’s not coming round, is he?’ Lenny squatted like a jockey at the start gate and brought his face to within a few inches of the Suit’s. ‘He is, you know.’
The muscles in Carrot’s back grumbled as he crouched down to take a closer look and spotted the faintest flicker of the eyelids.
‘You can’t have given him enough,’ said Lenny.
‘The injection.’
‘Yeah, stupid me,’ said Carrot, slapping his palm against his forehead. ‘I should’ve allowed extra time for all your fag breaks.’
Even though he resented Lenny’s accusation, he’d worked with him on several other jobs and was used to getting the blame when things went wrong. Not that this was surprising since Lenny always avoided making any of the decisions, so any cockups were never his fault.
‘We’ll have to give him another shot,’ said Lenny.
‘We’ meaning ‘you’, Carrot thought and shook his head. ‘Stuff’s still in the van.’
‘Jesus, man. What you leave it there for?’
Carrot bit his lip, aware from his peripheral vision that Lenny was staring at him, but he had no intention of shifting his focus to make eye contact. The Suit’s eyelids were twitching more rapidly now and occasionally parted to reveal two narrow slits of yellowish white. Maybe the guy was just dreaming, but it was two hours or more since they’d given him the shot, so—
‘Better bop him one, I reckon,’ said Lenny.
It was Carrot’s turn to stare at Lenny. ‘Bop him one?’
‘Yeah, you know…’ He mimed hitting the Suit over the head with some blunt instrument or other and made a ‘click’ sound with his tongue. ‘Right on the noggin.’
Carrot continued to hold him in his gaze while he pondered which nineteen-fifties comedian Lenny reminded him of, but he was shaken from his musing by a strange moaning sound. The Suit’s eyes were almost half open now.
END OF FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS
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4 thoughts on “‘Lifting the Lid’ – Opening chapters”
Allison Rathan on June 7, 2012 at 7:26 pm said:
I think you’re extremely funny. And I hope you get your book published. I would recommend however toning down the prose and relying more on the story and plot. I felt a bit bombarded by the jokes and descriptors but without a good idea of the scene. So even though the jokes were funny and the descriptors super clever, the action didn’t carry me along wondering, “what happens next?”. That said, I’m only offering this as hopefully helpful criticism because I would hope that talent such as yours doesn’t go unnoticed. While you whack olives off trees and what not.
Rob Johnson on June 7, 2012 at 11:18 pm said:
Hi Allison. Many thanks for your encouraging comments and also for the constructive criticism, both of which are very welcome. I’ll certainly have another look at this first chapter, especially in the light of what you say about it not making you want to find out what happens next – obviously a major problem for any opening of a novel.
One thing I wasn’t quite clear about was what you meant by the overuse of descriptors. If you happen to see this reply, I’d be very grateful if you could give me a couple of examples.
Incidentally, I hadn’t really considered trying to market the novel in the USA because I thought it might be ‘a bit too British’. Having read your comments and discovered from your website that you’re in the USA, I might just give that a rethink! Also, and at the risk of sounding like some kind of mutual admiration society, my partner and I both genuinely thought the examples of your work were brilliant. I hope you’re getting the respect you obviously deserve in the art world.
Allison Rathan on April 11, 2013 at 5:43 am said:
How funny! I saw your reply while googling myself (I’m quite vain).
Americans not only adore all Britishism, we also automatically assume all British people to be more intelligent/funny/handsome than they actually are, based of their Britishisms and accents. Luckily for you, this does not apply to me; my husband is English and I’ve long since figured out the ruse.
Reading it again, I don’t think there is much you could cut from it without removing some of the humor as well as your ‘descriptors’ are part of what makes it funny. I think it’s a bit of the curse that comes with humorous writing; when a book is very funny, say a work of Jerome K. Jerome or Chris Moore, I don’t invest in the characters, and therefore the action – I’m simply delighted by the prose. Perhaps the best bet then is to play to your strength and simply make it as funny as possible so they can’t put it down!
I’m sure by now you’ve realized I’m offering you near the exact opposite advice that I gave you a year ago. Clearly it’s best I didn’t get into book editing. I’ll end with the equally infuriating advice that I’d really love to read this in first person. Reading your blog, I think you capture the reader more in first. And it seems to lend itself better to humorous writing; I think it helps to bond the reader more quickly to the character, thus making up for the whimsy of the humor.
I’ll get back to painting now, or the “real job” that I am also forced to do. Mostly to pay for my art supplies. Thank you very much for the mutual admiration. This time I will click the box to notify myself of follow-up, rather than waiting for the next self-google. Best wishes and good luck, Allison
Rob Johnson on April 12, 2013 at 3:33 pm said:
Hi Allison, and many thanks for taking the time to comment once again (although you’ve obviously rumbled the real truth about us Brits ;)).
Since your previous comment – and also the comments of others – I’ve been reworking the beginning, and I’m currently in the process of editing what I hope will be the final draft of the whole novel. In fact, I now have a new opening chapter, and moved this one to Chapter Two. I think this restructuring might improve the ‘what happens next’ factor, and the text of what you read here is much the same even though it’s been shifted around.
I’d like to be able to post the new opening here, but it includes the first four lines of a well known song lyric and I’m still waiting to get copyright permission to reprint them. However, I’d be happy to send you a ‘sneak preview’ if you have the time to read it as I’d be interested to know if you think it’s an improvement or not.
Unfortunately, I still haven’t found a publisher for the novel, although I’ve had some positive feedback from a few literary agents. Close but no cigar! I’m therefore seriously considering the self-publishing route to get it out there as an e-book and probably a print-on-demand paperback. Watch this space.
In the meantime, thanks again for commenting, and I hope all goes well with your painting. (What is your ‘real job’, by the way?)
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The two happy girls Erica McConell and Natalie Brennan from UiB received two awards for their concept Digital Gut Interface under AquaHack 2018 in Bergen.
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In the corridors of MediaCity Bergen, it is action. Here is AquaHack, which is the world’s first hackathon for the aquaculture industry. Here, 45 aquaculture sprouts have been given two days to solve some of the industry’s problems.
The participants have been divided into six teams 48 hours to develop and sell their ideas to the aquaculture industry.
Björgólfur Hávarðsson from the NCE Seafood Innovation Cluster shared the Aquahack prizes on behalf of the judge panel and announced that the winner of the concept category was Erica McConell and Natalie Brennan of the University of Bergen (UiB) for their solution "Digital Gut Interface".
Got first and second place
To Kyst.no, the two ladies say they complemented each other well, as one is an educated biologist and the other takes a master in system dynamics.
"We were very surprised that we won the concept category in AquaHack, and a second place in the technology category. We think the other participants were very impressive, so we got a little shocked, they said satisfied.
The victory, as well as the second place, implies a cash prize of a total of $ 40,000 for the two girls, but what the money will go to, they have not figured out yet, but point out that they want to develop the idea further.
McConell and Brennan said during their five-minute presentation that breeders today take many decisions based on the stomach feeling. This inspired them to create the Digital Gut interface, which is a modeling system that will collect data from breeders, which in turn can help them make better and more accurate decisions, as well as plan production better.
Their concept is to collect different data such as temperatures, smolt sizes, licorice, weight of the fish and so on. When using an algorytme, suggestions are made for different things that can be done to increase the welfare of the fish. The solution can be integrated with AquaCloud.
Second place in the concept category went to "Three Brothers on the 9th floor" for the concept "Smart nets", and winner of the technology category became "AquaLens".
The competitors are preparing to pitch their idea.
Two days of intensive work
The competition in Bergen has gathered 45 participants from many different countries over two days. Participants have teamed to win first place in the "technology" and "concept" categories. The first place in the categories won 30,000 kroner and the second place received 10,000 kroner each.
The participants have been working closely together for two days to develop a new idea. Participants have, among other things, been the first to be allowed to use sensitive data from AquaCloud, and thus have been able to use real data in the concepts they have developed.
Day one of Aquahack consisted of idemulation and task work, and on day two, six teams had to present their pitch idea in five minutes.
Product developer Nina Grieg in Grieg Seafood said she was impressed by what the participants have shown. She was also one of the judges and helped to assist the participants these two days. Included in the judges panel was Kasper Løberg Tangen in Deloitte, George Georg Baunach in Hatch, Björgólfur Hávarðsson from Nce Seafood Innovation Cluster and Tore Notland in IBM.
It took a long time after the presentations before the referees came back with the final winners, so it is clear that the experienced judge panel took this to the greatest seriousness.
The event is a shared collaboration between NCE Seafood, NCE Media, IBM, Deloitte, Hatch, Bergen Municipality and Grieg Seafood.
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SubTopic BI software
Augmented analytics adoption, uses and issues
AI at the core of next-generation BI
Augmented BI tools speed insights with less manual labor
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BI vendors are increasingly using NLP technology to make their products work more like a web search, with simplified user interfaces and improved ease of use for customers.
Adding natural language processing (NLP) capabilities to business intelligence (BI) and analytics tools makes them easier to use for augmented data discovery. And these vendors are on a mission to democratize complex data analysis.
"The big difference is the use of technologies like deep learning, which allow you to have a much better understanding of language," said Nigel Duffy, global artificial intelligence leader at professional services firm EY. "We have a richer understanding of what words mean."
The current state of the art, at least among BI and analytics vendors, is text-based natural language-querying capabilities. For example, if a user types in a general query such as "all sales for April," typically the tool would provide a type-ahead menu of more specific options, like a Google search, such as "all sales for April by count" or "all sales by dollar value."
Some vendor options with these capabilities include Tableau, Knowi BI Natural Language 2.0 platform, Microsoft Power BI and Arcadia Data. Other vendors like Sisense appear to be laying the groundwork for an NLP search capability with aspirational content. But that doesn't necessarily mean the tool doesn't have natural language capabilities.
For example, Sisense, Qlik and Tableau use Nature Science's Quill natural language generation capabilities to "narrate" data visualizations. This facilitates a common understanding of data visualizations, which is helpful because individuals might interpret the same data visualization differently.
Few BI and analytics vendors offer NLP search today, although Gartner expects that, by 2020, half of all analytical queries will be generated via NLP or voice search -- or they'll be generated automatically.
How BI and analytics vendors get NLP search wrong
Some of the deep learning techniques used to improve NLP search are convolutional neural networks (CNNs). These networks are generally associated with image analysis and recurrent neural networks, and they deal with sequential data.
"There are recurrent neural networks for specific ideas and convolutional neural nets for discovering new categories or decomposing a certain number of dimensions. You can use both," said Erick Brethenoux, senior director analyst at Gartner. "Those techniques have not replaced the others, such as symbolic techniques. They complement each other."
Symbolic techniques are rule-driven, while more modern techniques are statistical.
Gartner expects that the use of graph analytics will grow in the future because enterprises will need to ask complex questions across complex data.
"With knowledge graphs, you represent information in the form of a network of entities that are linked by rich connections that have levels. So, this article is linked to that, this data is linked to that data, this data was derived from that data -- and it is also using that application or that report," Brethenoux said. "It offers a lot of benefits in addition to accelerating search, and the way we can use it at scale now with a very large number of nodes and entities is starting to become very interesting."
Knowledge graphs could be used to discover and show relationships buried in volumes of structured and unstructured data. Like many other approaches, this isn't new. In fact, Brethenoux said the old AltaVista search engine from 1995 used knowledge graphs. Google uses knowledge graphs now.
Context is key in augmented data discovery
Context is essential to rendering a relevant search result. It's not as simple as understanding the context of the words used in a search. There's also the context of the search itself: Who's asking? What do we know about that person (role/persona)? What's the person trying to achieve?
"The semantic can vary depending on the pragmatics that you might be using. Pragmatics is not just context, it's also intention," Brethenoux said. "Maybe I want to look at that sales data because I want to promote one of my salespeople -- or maybe I want to demean that salesperson so that I get the promotion."
Intent must be inferred sometimes; it's not always explicit. For example, what people type or say doesn't always represent what they actually mean. In addition, different people may use different words to convey the same thought.
Another type of context is search histories that can indicate a pattern or patterns of behavior. They can then be used to accelerate the delivery of search results. This is sometimes reflected in type-ahead search results that have been cached in local memory. More enduring results would require greater amounts of remote memory, most likely in the cloud.
Yet other interesting contexts are time and place -- a search result should be able to adapt to what the user is doing in a particular place at a certain time. Are they driving to work? If so, then a search result should probably be a spoken response. If you're looking at a mobile device on a train or in a restaurant, a simple visual and short description works. If you're using a laptop at work, a more complex presentation might be more appropriate.
"It's never as easy as picking up software and making it work," said Beena Ammanath, managing director of AI at Deloitte Consulting. "It's a machine and you need to train it."
The road ahead for natural language search tools
Combining natural language understanding and natural language generation will result in dynamic, bi-directional human-machine communication that will take several forms: text, voice and images. In text and voice scenarios, the BI or analytics solution can converse with the user to render the desired result -- regardless of data-related and query-related search complexity.
Data visualizations also will become more interactive, if not immersive, along the lines of Busby from Oblong Industries. This product focuses on immersive interfaces, not specifically BI or analytics. However, its concepts could have a ripple effect on how people interact with data and thus, augmented data discovery.
"I think the future of BI is no BI," Brethenoux added. "Don't ask me to search and look for things anymore. Give me that piece of information when I need it and if I need it. Come to me when there's something I need to know."
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Shri Vasdev Sindhu Bharti
Shri Vasdev Sindhu Bharati (born on 09/11/1938) is prominent artist, cartoonist and children’s storywriter, who has made a considerable name in his specialised branch of the children’s literature. A couple of collections of children’s stories are to his credit. More outstanding contribution from his pen is rendering of some important folk tales and historical personalities of the Sindhi community into Hindi language and very imaginatively, illustrated with artistic sketches. He has done calligraphic work of many Sindhi books and magazines. He is one among Sindhi writers, who has gained proficiency in Hindi language and has been regularly contributing to Hindi papers. He is an activist of Sindhayat from the early days of partition. During his young age, he actively promoted sindhi by way of volunteering and holding exhibitions in Sammelans. His calligraphy & painting work was noteworthy. He was always helpful in any social work related to Sindhi Language. Share with others & Do subscribe We promote Sindhi through internet and media ie Television. Pls watch our 'Sindhi Sangat Kids' channel on youtube and Subscribe. https://www.youtube.com/SindhiSangatKids Enjoy and stay connected with us!! Subscribe to Sindhi Sangat channel for Sindhi Programmes http://www.youtube.com/WeSindhi You can also visit us at http://www.youtube.com/Sindhi Sangat Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/SindhiSangatWorldwide Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/SindhiSangat Download for Free 'LEARN SINDHI' app on Mobile- and Learn Sindhi Website of the most illustrious Sindhi short story writer http://www.sundriuttam.com
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That’s What Life Is All About (reprise) Lyrics By Bing Crosby
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My life is like an open book
And as I glance back through the pages
I see the chances I often took
Though I was never too courageous
Life’s never easy all the time
The hills you climb often lead nowhere
Of ups and downs, I’ve had my share
That’s what life is all about
I’ve known success, some mild acclaim
And thinking of it gives me pleasure
And I’ve had some stress, the scars remain
When lady luck gave me short measure
When things went wrong
I’d fake a smile but that’s my style
‘Cause I’ve been around
And having been being around, I’ve found
Its been a joy, I can’t deny
Though some may think
I took things lightly
But man and boy, I look on high
And never fail to thank him nightly
When I look back, I can’t forget
The friends I’ve met
And the things they’ve done
I thank ’em all, it’s been great fun
As for me, I have no doubt
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Native American Woman: Zitkala-Sa
Vanessa Melton-Wampler SOCI3093. 50 March 18, 2013 Professor Thomas Native American Woman: Zitkala-Sa The month of March is Women’s Truth Month and one of my fondling months of the year. This month has the opening to seduce race understand environing women from all races, ethnicities, and backgrounds, and allow women to maltreat those who’ve made a discord. There are abundant Native American women who’ve fought and died for the rights of their persons and sex, but she is by far one of my fondling ones. Through scholarship, melody, and politics, she fought to substitute the thoughts and beliefs of Innocent America so their views of Native American refinement could be ameliorate ones. Indicate of Momentous Woman I chose to transcribe environing one of my fondling Native American authors and activists, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin. Zitkala Sa, which instrument Red Bird in the Lakota phraseology, is a indicate she gave herself behind she left the persons and graduated from ground (Giese 1996) so she is notorious by twain indicates. She was born February 22, 1876 at the Yankton Sioux Offence (Johnson and Wilson 1988:27) and she “died at 61 and was buried in Arlington Cemetery (due to her wife's advantage in World War I)” in 1938 (Hoefel 1999). Racial/Ethnic Background Gertrude Simmons Bonnin is considered a part of the Yankton Sioux Tribe. She was the partial offshoot of John Haysting Simmons, a man of Anglo-French graceful (Johnson and Wilson 1988:27) and generous blooded Yankton Sioux Indian Ellen Tate 'I yohiwin “She Reaches for the Wind” Simmons (Henderson 1997). She dentified advance delay her Native American roots owing of the transmitted educations her woman taught her. Her woman taught her the ways and accents of the Yankton Sioux and plain high-minded her in “a tipi on the Missouri River until she was 12” (Hoefel 1999). Justification Gertrude Simmons Bonnin/Zitkala-Sa is such an momentous woman owing of her dogmatical contributions to the Native American association. Bonnin not merely was “one of the leading figures in the Pan-Indian move” she “dedicated her duration to decent the gregarious and counselal awareness of American Indians” (Johnson and Wilson 1988:27). She used her writing skills to combat for new comp that favored Native Americans. Her involvement as editor of the American Indian Magazine, a quarterly berth for the Indian Rights Association (SAI) helped to tend her race apprised of any new comp (Johnson and Wilson 1988:30). Duration Truth It was at this age when Ellen Tate ‘Iyohiwin Simmons ruled to transmit her daughter to the identical siege ground she fertile so Bonnin would keep the “ability to fend for herself after in duration discurrent an increasing sum of palefaces” (Hoefel 1999). The siege ground Gertrude Bonnin fertile was run by Quaker Missionaries in Wabash, Indiana. The White’s Manual Drudge Institute became Bonnin’s abode for four years until she returned to the offence in South Dakota. Against her woman’s wishes, she ruled to inquire eminent counsel by synchronous another ground plain advance from abode designated the Santee Normal Training Ground in Nebraska. Behind graduating from that ground, Bonnin went on to get separate scholarships, degrees, and accolades from Earlham Ground in Indiana and Boston Conservatory of Music. After ground, she retained a education job at the Carlisle Indian School. This ground was founded by Richard Henry Pratt, an multitude administrator delay the mottoes “’From brutality to civilization’ and ‘We must massacre the uncivilized to hinder the man’” (Giese 1996). In specification to his mottoes, “Pratt abusively exploited the learners for drudge era at the identical era receiving council funds for each learner synchronous the ground” (Henderson 1997). During the two years she taught at the ground, she wrote environing the punishments effected to the learners who didn’t harmonize. This is when she became notorious as Zitkala-Sa; transcriber and activist. She was criticized “owing abundant felt she showed no thankfulness for the mercy and influence that the innocent race had abandoned her in her counsel” (ibid. ). She married Captain Raymond Bonnin, who was a partial Native American upright enjoy she was. Together they had a son and lived on the Ute Offence in Utah for fourteen years. It was there she actively got confused in the move for substitutes delayin the Native American association. Through her efforts, Bonnin gained an companion indicated Montezuma who “echoed [Bonnin’s] anti-BIA sentiments” and influenceed her combat to admit the Indians generous citizenship rights so they could state their own doom (Johnson and Wilson 1988:34). Contributions During her durationtime, Bonnin civil a lot in the indicate of her Native American entailment. In 1916, the Bonnin’s moved to Washington DC where she acted as secretary and editor of the American Indian Magazine. She fought to ban the use of peyote discurrentst her race. She “aired such controversial issues as dismissal, Indian soldierly advantage in World War I, adulteration in the BIA, and apportionment of tribal places” (Hoefel 1999). She has explicit her control and gregarious opinions through her multiform divergent writings: Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians: An Orgy of Graft, Exploitation of the Five Civilized Tribes, Legalized Robbery (1924), American Indian Stories (1921), "Why I Am a Pagan” (1902), The Ground Days of an Indian Girl, and An Indian Teacher Discurrent Indians. In specification to her inspissated publishing’s environing Native American duration and her autobiographies, she too was a guide discurrentst her race. She and her wife founded the National Council of American Indians in 1926. Legacies She was the pristine and merely principal of the NCAI, where she “was the solitary influence of the structure, through suggestive engagements to women’s groups” (Giese 1996) and era she was quick, its society was made up of merely Native Americans. Through her struggles and efforts, she helped “American Indians gained generous citizenship in 1924,” (Johnson and Wilson 1988:38). She “fought for council rectify, law codification, Bureau of Indian Affairs’ avocation of Indians, Court of Claims’ revise of place settlements, and the poffence of the explicit truth of her race” as polite as “assimilation, citizenship, and abolishing the BIA” (Hoefel 1999). References Giese, Paula. 1996. “Gertrude Bonnin Zitkala Sha Yankton Nakota. ” Retrieved March 19, 2013 (http://www. kstrom. net/isk/stories/authors/bonnin. html). Henderson, Melessa Renee. 1997. “Gertrude Simmons Bonnin. ” Voices from the Gaps, Edited by Lauren Cutright. Retrieved March 20, 2013 (http://voices. cla. umn. edu/artistpages/bonnin. php). Hoefel, Roseanne. 1999. “Zitkala-Sa: A Biography. ” The Online Archive of Nineteenth-CenturyU. S. Women’s Writings, Edited by Glynis Carr. Retrieved March 20, 2013 (http://www. facstaff. bucknell. edu/gcarr/19cUSWW/ZS/rh. html). Johnson, David L. and Raymond Wilson. 1988. “Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, 1876-1938: ‘Americanize the Pristine American. ’” American Indian Quarterly 12 (1):27-40. (Retrieved from JSTOR on March 23, 2013).
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GIS Data: City of Fredericksburg, Virginia Shoreline Management Model
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Sharon Killeen, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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Karen A. Duhring, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Kallie Brown, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
Jessica Hendricks, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
David Weiss, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
Carl Hershner, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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The Shoreline Management Model is a GIS spatial model that determines appropriate shoreline best management practices using available spatial data and decision tree logic. Available shoreline conditions used in the model include the presence or absence of tidal marshes, beaches, and forested riparian buffers, bank vegetation cover, bank height, wave exposure (fetch), nearshore water depth, and proximity of coastal development to the shoreline. The model output for shoreline best management practices is displayed in the locality Comprehensive Map Viewer. One GIS shapefile is developed that describes two arcs or lines representing practices in the upland area and practices at the intertidal shoreline level (Accomack_SMM_Preferred_BMPs_2016).
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Shoreline management, GIS model
2017 City of Fredericksburg, Virginia - Shoreline Inventory Report: Methods and Guidelines
Disclaimer: The Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) provides these data with the understanding that they are not guaranteed to be correct or complete, and conclusions drawn from the data set are the sole responsibility of the user. Every attempt has been made to ensure that these data and the documentation are reliable and accurate. CCRM, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), and the Commonwealth of Virginia assume no liability for any damages caused by inaccuracies in the data or documentation; and make no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, or utility of this information, nor does the fact of distribution constitute a warranty.
This project was funded in part by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program at the Department of Environmental Quality through Grant # V720240ofthe U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.
Berman, M.R., Nunez, K., Killeen, S., Rudnicky, T., Bradshaw, J., Duhring, K., Brown, K.F.,Hendricks, J., Weiss, D.,and Hershner, C.H. 2017. City of Fredericksburg, Virginia -Shoreline Inventory Report: Methods and Guidelines, SRAMSOEno.458. Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary,Gloucester Point, Virginia, 23062.
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Russian private space tourism will begin in 2025
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Private Russian company "Kosmocar" leading is currently developing a reusable spacecraft for suborbital flights, has promised to carry out the first commercial tourist launch in 2025.
"the First flight of the prototype (rockets and suborbital vehicle) to be held in 2023, the first "flight" with tourists — in 2025", — said the General Director of the company Pavel Pushkin in a conversation with news Agency TASS.
The head of the "Cosmokarta" added that tests of the rocket and the lander capsule will start even earlier – in 2022, and already this year, the summer, the company plans to deliver to the Federal space Agency of the preliminary design of the apparatus for examination.
"In 2021 should be made to the hardware, in 2022 are expected to be tested. The preliminary design will be put into the Federal space Agency to fly this year, in April and may. Where he really needs to pass examination", — he said.
Pushkin is noted that in the framework of the preliminary design by the company has been deeply researched various technical issues.
"At the moment we are already actively involved in pre-production and experimental base. The first units are already in production for testing", — he added.
The program — from the beginning of the project until the first tourist flight – estimated at 150-200 million dollars. Interestingly, at the moment the company has only a few dozen million rubles, and where it is going to take the remaining required amount, the head of "Cosmokarta" is not clarified.
"this Budget for us yet. At the moment, "Kosmocar" invested tens of millions of rubles. While we may be enough money to develop further," — he said in an interview with reporters, TASS, adding that the company has one investor.
Reusable complex for suborbital flights for tourists will consist of 80-ton rocket and spacecraft mass 7 tons. The main propellants for missiles would be oxygen and alcohol-related component — nitrogen. The possibility of a jet landing capsule is due to its engines.
"Now experts compare these systems and decide which is better. We consulted with the Russian space Agency about this, they are willing to consider the option of jet landing" — said Pushkin.
According to him, for testing rocket engines which will send a ship with tourists in suborbital flight, the specialists of "Cosmokarta" has already started to create the stands in Moscow and the Moscow region. Management system the company has partnered with NPO automatics from Yekaterinburg.
It is Expected that within the tourism flight crew of six tourists and one instructor, the steward would do the 14-minute climb to a height of 180-220 km. having been in a state of weightlessness 5.5 minutes, hikers will descend on the camera back. The cost of one ticket is expected to be 250 thousand dollars. The company plans by 2030 to spend up to 115 starts per year, that is two starts in a week. According to preliminary estimates, the project will be profitable within approximately seven to ten years from the start of the first tourist flights.
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Coimbatore Shirdi Shani Shingnapur Train Yatra
Coimbatore Shirdi Shani Shingnapur Train Yatra Gurusthan Gurusthan is the…
Coimbatore , Ranjangaon Ganpati , Renuka Mata Mandir , Shani Shingnapur , Shirdi
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This 2 night holiday in Aurangabad and Shirdi will be suitable for the perfect weekend getaway. Have a spiritual retreat in Shirdi, a quaint village which was once the home of Sai Baba, the late saint. Devotees from all over the world are thronging here everyday at the Sai Baba Temple and it is a holy experience.
Departure from Coimbatore
18.00 Departure from Coimbatore Railway Station to Pune.
Full day Train Journey towards Pune.
On arrival Pune Railway Station at early morning.
Morning Dharshan of Saibaba Temple.
Free Time for shopping.
Starting from shirdi at 02.00 pm and drive to Pune and on the way visit Shanisingnapur and Renukadevi Temple.
Return train journey from Pune to Coimbatore.
Gurusthan is the location where the 16 year old boy Sai Baba first appeared to the world. The location is underneath a Neem branch. It also has a shrine where the image of Sai baba is put right in front of it, with a Shivalingam and the Nandi ram. Gurusthan converts into the location where the saint Guru lives. It is also the spot where Sai Baba spent much of his time coming to Shirdi for the first time, and also where, according to Baba, his own guru ‘s tomb is situated by the neem tree. According to the story, when some villagers were digging the earth just behind the neem tree to lay the foundations for Sathe Wada, they came across some bricks in the soil that looked like the beginning of a tunnel.Uncertain about going ahead with their work, they sought advice from Baba on the subject. Baba told them not to search any more, as this was his ancestors / Guru’s resting spot, so it would be in their benefit not to bother them. The most remarkable aspect of the holy neem tree is that its leaves are not bitter but sweet, and even today it continues to lavish its warm blessings upon the pilgrims. Gurusthan means- the teacher’s seat. Devotees sincerely believe that the illumination of incense sticks at this location would relieve them of all their illnesses.
The Sai Museum in Shirdi is a rich repository of all Shri Saibaba related things. Kept under Shirdi’s Saibaba Sansthan, the museum has some of the Spiritual Guru Saibaba’s most private, personal possessions. Devotees from around the world are touring this Dwarkamai museum. The Sai Museum has properly stored many of the items similar to this charismatic Guru. It has padukas or boots from Saibaba, which are worshipped by devotees of the Sai. The place also has some of the coins issued to Malsapati by Saibaba, Khandoba’s priest. The museum retains the two utensils which were used in crowds to feed food. One was tiny and another large in these utensils.The smaller one was used to supply food for 50 people while the large one was used to feed a party of 100 people. Lord Saibaba also used a Grinding Mill in the museum. This grinding mill has its own purpose and symbolizes Sri Saibaba’s deep-seated ideology.
Sai baba used to spend alternating nights at Chavadi during his last years. The place is situated near the Dwarkamai mosque from where Sai baba’s procession was held in a palki along with his disciples. Chavadi is historically the location where taxes were raised, village records kept, disputes resolved by the village members,And officials who visited stayed. So it happened that once the Dwarkamai mosque where Baba used to live in Shirdi, during the monsoons, was unfit to provide shelter to him because of its leaky walls. As a result, his devotees affectionately forced him to leave the mosque out of pure love and compassion for Baba, and then moved him to the Chavadi.Soon afterward, Baba began to spend alternating nights at the Chavadi and the place was sanctified by his presence and daily aarti offerings to honor him. The Sansthan inherited the Chavadi after Baba’s mahasamadhi, and used it for storing books and entertaining pilgrims until the late 1930s. The village offices have been moved for a long time, and the Chavadi is preserved as a shrine for Baba and It is available to everyone. Also today, every Thursday a procession takes place with the saint’s idol inside the palki. Thus the location is of great significance to the followers of Sai baba.
One of Shirdi’s jewels for the devotees is Dwarkamai. They tell Dwarkamai is Shirdi ‘s heart, the location where the great Sai Baba spent a large portion of his life including his final moments. It is a blessing to all devotees of Baba because it has been the birthplace of God on Earth, as they want to name him. People of all religions look up to the great Sai Baba and genuinely believe in what he believed. Here, the spirit of love , compassion and welcoming is alive. At first, this site was a dilapidated mosque covered with deep knee holes and collapsing ruins. Baba is the one who converted it into Dwarkamai and repeated who God is one.One is taken over by the sacred energies of Sai Baba, and bestowed upon entering this mosque with his blessings. The striking and strong aura of positivity is so soothing and peaceful that one can feel the liberation of their soul from all worries, insecurities and negativity. Upon entering the home of Baba you feel at home. You feel at peace.
The beautiful garden is located on the highway from Shirdi-Manmade Province. Sai Baba used to spend most of his time here in the mornings and evenings, watering the plants everyday. Sai baba once got shade and rest from the Neem tree in the garden. There is a marble ‘Deepagraha’ in the garden where Sai once lit a deep-sea that even today burns from dusk to dawn.The Deep (earthen) lamp was lit under the Neem tree and held in that pit. In memory of this location one octangular Deepgriha named Nanda Deep was founded in marble stone. It burns up in a glass box continuously. There is a Peepal tree on one side of the Deepgriha, and a Neem tree on the other. A Datta Mandir beneath an Audumbar tree is some distance away.
Shani Signapur
Shani Shinganapur or Shingnapur is an Indian village inside the Maharashtra nation. Located inside the Nevasa taluka district of Ahmednagar, the village is known for its famous temple of Shani, the Hindu god associated with planet Saturn (graha). Shingnapur sits 35 km from the metropolis of Ahmednagar. It is alleged that the Shani Shinganapur temple is a “jag runt devas than” which means a god nevertheless exists inside the temple symbol. Villagers claim that the god Shani punishes anyone who attempts theft. Here the deity is “Swayambhu” (Sanskrit: self-evolved deity) which appears from the earth in the form of dark, intimidating stone. While no one is aware of the exact date, the Swayambhu Shaneshwara statue is the notion to have been found by means of shepherds of the then local hamlet. This is believed to occur at least earlier than the start of Kali Yuga. It is the tale of Shani Shingnapur inside the Maharashtra country of India, wherein villagers eschew protection due to their timeless consideration in Lord Shani, Saturn’s father, who’s considered the village’s mother or father. … The Lord informed the slab to be placed in the village, where he lived from right here on. The Temple of Shani Shingnapur is a widely recognized Temple devoted to Shani Dev. Devotees generally go to Shingnapur after attending the Shirdi temple, there are many non-public motors to drive you to the Shingnapur on a seat-sharing basis. Shani Shingnapur Temple or Shri Shaneshwar Devasthan Temple is considered one of India’s famous Shani temples.
Renuka Devi Temple
Renuka Mata is the mom of lord parshuram, Lord Vishnu’s 6th incarnation. There is a lovely temple of Renuka Matha near Shani shingnapur Shani. While three times earlier than I had visited Shani Shingnapur, I changed into no longer aware of this Renuka Matha glass temple. “The Renuka darbar temple is in Ahmednagar-the national motorway of the Aurangabad. It’s about 3 km from the village of Sonai. Sonai manner diamond, in Marathi or Hindi. Shri macheendranathji dropped in this land a sturdy piece of gold and as such retained the equal call and has become well-known as sonai. When coming from Shirdi or Pune, take the primary avenue to Shani shingnapur and get off the dual carriageway. So one agricultural college arrives after 20-30 minutes of vehicle journey. Only after this college, there’s a left flip that leads you to the temple of Sonai. Sonai manner diamond, in Marathi or Hindi. Shri Macheendranathji dropped a strong piece of gold in this land and as a result, remained the equal name and has become well-known as Sonai. The temple’s foremost diet is Renukamatha, another Shri Parvathimatha type or avatar. And this Renukamata is swayambhoo. The entire temple complex is designed using the shank metal by professional sculptures from Rajasthan.
What is Shirdi railway station name?
Sainagar Shirdi Railway station is situated in Shirdi, Maharashtra. Station code of Sainagar Shirdi is SNSI.
How many trains are there in Shirdi?
About Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station. Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station is one of the primary railway stations in Shirdi. Around 35 trains pass through Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station.
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Tuticorin to Mumbai, Shirdi, Kolhapur Yatra
Tuticorin to Mumbai Shirdi Kolhapur Yatra Tuticorin is generally…
Thoothukudi , Ellora Caves , Grishneshwar , Kolhapur , Mumbai , Pune , Renuka Mata Mandir , Shani Shingnapur , Shirdi
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In Shirdi there are numerous strict places to visit Chavadi, Samadhi Mandir, Dwarkamai masjid, Shani Shignapur.
Kolhapur gets its name from a fanciful tale of Kolhasur-a wicked spirit that Goddess Mahalakshmi has destroyed. Mahalakshmi's revered sanctuary is here constructed in memory of the goddess Mahalakshmi.
Mumbai Sightseeing
Departing from Tuticorin airport.
On arrival Mumbai Airport.
Pick up from airport and then transfer to the Hotel.
After Lunch, then proceed towards Mumbai city tour.
Dharshan @ siddhivinayak-temple .
Overnight stay @ Hotel.
Mumbai to Shirdi
After Breakfast and then check out from the Hotel.
Then proceed to visit India Gate.
Small Purchase @ famous shopping streets and Malls.
After Lunch, starting towards Shirdi.
Next Proceeding towards Pune.
Overnight Stay at Hotel – Pune.
Kolhapur Temple
After breakfast and then Check-out the Hotel.
Then proceed towards Kolhapur.
To visit Kolhapur Mahalaksmi Temple.
After Dharsan, then proceed to wards Pune.
Shopping at Pune Malls.
Finally drop at Pune airport.
Tuticorin to Mumbai Shirdi Kolhapur Yatra
Tuticorin is generally referred to as Thoothukudi, which means ‘dig and drink’ as this district has no rivers and the only source of water is wells. It is a well-known hub for sea trade and pearl fishing in Tamilnadu. It is situated along the coast of Gulf of Mannar at a distance of 600 km from the state capital, Chennai.
Paniya Matha Church
It is otherwise known as Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Snow. The main attraction in Tuticorin was built on a cliff in 1711 by Portuguese. The annual church celebration in August draws to Tuticorin enormous hirds of devotees and pilgrims.
Mundanthurai-Kalakad Sanctuary for Wildlife
The region that is under the buffer zone occupies 817 sq km. It is a homage for species like Nilgiri Langur, lion-tailed macaque and many other macaques. Spotted deer, mongoose, sloth bear and squirrel varieties can be found. It is a place of dangerous amphibians like King Cobra, Viper and crocodiles. It is also an exceptional location for bird watching.
Mumbai is the main city of Maharashtra. Amidst its cosmopolitan crowd, there still exists a world that is connected with a rich history that can undeniably, win every heart. Right from the holy sites to sometimes crowded beaches, from colourful bazaars to happening nightlife and from skyscrapers to high-end hotels, Mumbai is packed with attractions that you can not give a miss.
For visitors of any age and kind, Mumbai has many attractions in and around the city. The major attractions in Mumbai include places like Gateway of India, Haji Ali, Mahalakshmi Temple, EsselWorld, Marine Drive, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Global Vipassana Pagoda, Juhu and Chowpatty Beach.
Where do you stay in Mumbai?
A large number of tourist accommodations are always jam-packed by visitors from every nook and corner of Mumbai. This place is a major commercial centre and has several 5-star properties that have luxe facilities. It also houses moderately to budget hotels, homestays, hostels, B&B Inns, lodges and guesthouses that ensure a relaxed and friendly staying experience to the travellers.
Situated in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, before his Samadhi in 1918, Shirdi was the location where Sri Sai Baba lived most of his adult life. Sai Baba has millions of devotees spread all over the world including people belonging to all castes, creeds, social and economical backgrounds of both Hindu and Islam religion.
This religious honesty amongst Sai devotes is one of the most admired facts and make Shirdi a wholesome spiritual sojourn. Visit Shirdi, get drenched in Sai Baba’s mystical aura and return with a rejuvenated soul and mind!
In Maharashtra, Kolhapur is a land of temples and regal palaces. The most revered of them is the Mahalaxmi Temple, which has a simple yet fascinating structure. Temlabai temple, Jyotiba temple and the temple of Bimkhambi Ganesh are other tourist places in Kolhapur.
An archaeological site about 30 km away from Aurangabad, the Ellora Caves are listed as a World Heritage Site. It belongs to the state of Maharashtra and is believed to have been carved out and founded by the Rashtrakuta dynasty at the beginning.
Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple features a red-brick design with many intricate details, fine carvings, and statues of Indian gods, one of the twelve major shrines devoted to the goddess Shiva. Keep in mind when you visit that photography is not permitted inside. Use our Aurangabad travel route planner to add Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple and other attractions to your Aurangabad vacation plans.
In south-western Maharashtra and towards the south of the capital city of Mumbai, the city of Kolhapur is mainly famous for the temple of Kolhapur Mahalakshmi and the Panchganga River, on whose banks the ancient city of Kolhapur was built. Located near the eastern slopes of the Sahyadri mountain ranges, the city has its fair share of exceptionally picturesque natural places like mist capped mountain.
Kolhapur is the perfect place for the flamboyant side of India to become intimate. This ancient village, just a few hours from Goa, has an intensely fascinating temple complex. In August Kolhapur is at its vibrant best when Naag Panchami, a snake-worshipping festival, is held in tandem with one at Pune. The town is also the birthplace of the famous Kolhapuri cuisine, which is spicy.
Though often overshadowed by its neighbour, Mumbai, the city of Pune in Maharashtra is rich in both natural and historical attractions. As India’s first high-tech city, Pune is also an education hub. And being near many hill stations makes it perfect for thrilling road trips to Pune.
Renuka Devi Temple at Mahur in Nanded in Maharashtra is one of the important temples dedicated to Goddess Shakti. At Mahur Temple, the Murti worshipped is the head of Goddess Renuka Devi. Mahur is one of the four pilgrimage sites with the abodes of the three and a half goddesses in the state of Maharashtra that are of major significance.
As none of the houses has doors, Shani Shingnapur village is an interesting village. The villagers’ conviction is that they will be shielded from all evil by their Lord Shaneshwara.
The lord’s portrait is large and made of black stone. Only male devotees are allowable to worship in the temple. The devotees should first take bath in the public bathrooms and then pray with wet clothing.
The spectacle of the deity in black stone is overwhelming. A unique aspect of this place is that the Shanidev is not housed in any temple structure. There is only a simple platform on which stands the swayambhu idol, in black stone.
Devotees here can perform puja or Abhishek or other religious rituals themselves, unlike other pilgrimage centres.
In the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, Shirdi, a well-known religious destination, is situated 240 km from Mumbai and 190 km from Pune. It is renowned for being the birthplace of Sai Baba, who preached and spent 50 years in Shirdi. People from different religions visit Sai Baba Temple to seek his blessings.
‘The Gurusthan’ is another draw here to visit, a spot where Sai Baba came as a Balyogi.
Transports:Thoothukudi to Thoothukudi Transports* All local vehicle transport
What is the Speciality of Kolhapur?
The city is famous of Kolhapur SAAJ (necklace with traditional pattern), jaggery ,Kolhapur chappal (traditional leather sandal) and wrestling. Kolhapur is also famous for it non-veg food recipes (Marathi: Kolhapuri pandhara rassa, tambadaa rassa) and unique spices.
How far is Kolhapur from Mumbai?
Distance between Kolhapur to Mumbai by Road is 371 Kms
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Can tourism subsidies save Japan's coronavirus-blighted economy?
Philip Patrick
In a striking contrast of priorities, as the UK government offers discounted fast food vouchers to revitalise the restaurant and hospitality sector, the Japanese have chosen a different, healthier, method of boosting their own Corona blighted economy: half-price domestic travel. The Japanese government anticipates the move will see hordes of travellers roaming across the country indulging in the usual Japanese holiday activities of hiking, camping, making pilgrimages to shrines, and bathing in hot springs – all the while, of course, spending money.
The ‘Go To Travel’ campaign, as it has been called, is a bold and expensive (1.35 trillion yen or £10bn) initiative, and is, in theory, a good and potentially popular idea. Unfortunately, it has fallen foul of a recent spike in Corona cases, particularly in the Tokyo area (though most recently elsewhere too), which has re-spooked a population just starting to imagine a return to something approaching post-pandemic normality.
The uptick in case numbers forced the government to rewrite the rules and exclude Tokyo from the plan. It has also led to criticisms from the socially unified and community conscious Japanese public that now is not an appropriate time to be encouraging such a selfish and potentially dangerous pursuit as leisure travel. And with the government flip-flopping on compensation for Tokyoites who had planned on using the scheme, the initial uptake has been modest.
However, if there is a spike in rationality (the Corona ‘surge’ correlates neatly with a significant increase in testing, and has not been accompanied by a rise in hospitalisations or deaths), most expect the ‘Go To’ campaign to ultimately be successful. It has been welcomed by Hideyuki Sato, head of the Japanese hotel and Ryokan (Japanese style inn) Association, and researchers and industry experts, such as Yutaro Suzuki, of the Daiwa Institute predict positive outcomes for the programme in the long-run.
This is not the first attempt by the Abe government to get people moving around the country – similar schemes were launched for the Kyushu area in 2016 and Hokkaido in 2018, both in response to earthquakes. These were considered to have been marginally successful, though a concern then and now is that only certain tourist hotspots benefit. In Hokkaido’s case the Sapporo and Hakodate areas received a decent boost, while the rest of the vast island saw almost no change in tourist numbers. Similarly with ‘Go To’ it’s likely that the big names such as Kyoto, Nara and Hakone will profit, while the roads less travelled will stay less travelled.
And herein lies a major and perennial issue for Japan, with its ageing population, falling birthrate and long running trend of urbanisation. The drift to the cities and decline of provincial life was referenced as long ago as 1953 in Yasujiro Ozu’s film Tokyo Story, and the sad decline has only gathered pace, reaching a rather desperate state in recent years. So widespread has the exodus become that the Japan Policy Council estimated that nearly 900 towns across Japan might disappear from the map by 2040,
There are also believed to be ten million abandoned properties around Japan, with a huge number in the rural prefectures of Kagoshima, Kochi and Wakayama. These decaying, but often substantial, dwellings are known as akiya (vacant houses) and this is another problem that is only getting worse; one forecast predicts that 30 per cent of all homes in Japan will be empty and abandoned by 2033.
The akiya problem got so bad that the Japanese government began offering these houses for free, with the stipulation that the occupier agree to live there for a certain amount of time and bring the property up to standard. The scheme was not a success, though, probably due to the limited appeal of relocating to moribund outposts with few attractions, facilities or neighbours under the age of 90, and having to pay the hefty property taxes that come with home ownership in Japan, for the privilege.
The ‘Go To’ campaign then fits in with a general policy of trying to help the national blood stream circulate and stop the extremities atrophying. It had seemed like a hopeless task, often characterised by tokenistic gestures, such as last year’s rugby World Cup, which saw games spread out around the country in areas not noted for their interest in the sport, necessitating brief, expensive, and inconvenient, trips to Sapporo and Kyushu from Tokyo based fans.
But there may yet be hope in the long-term effect of the Corona crisis on working life. While ‘Tokyo Story’ depicted the break down of traditional family life under the pressure of urbanisation and westernisation, at least the first of those processes may be about to go into reverse. With remote working seeming to have taken a hold with the traditionally office bound Japanese, it could be the massive office blocks of central Tokyo that become the ‘akiya’ of the future. The gravitational pull of the capital could finally be beginning to weaken, and Japanese may yet rediscover the allure of country living.
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The Future is Wild was a 2003 "documentary", which used computer-generated imagery to show what life might look like in the future after millions of years of evolution. This series was accompanied by a book written by geologist and author Dougal Dixon and television producer John Adams.
The basic concept of this show is similar to the concept of After Man; humans have become extinct and other animal species reconquer the world on nature's behalf. The Discovery Channel made the scenario less harsh by stating that the human race had left the planet instead of disappearing completely. Our descendants would then send probes back to Earth to observe how life has changed. Many other animals and plants also disappear, especially well-known mammals, such as cats, dogs, whales, elephants, rhinos, dolphins, bears, seals, hippos and apes.
This documentary was based on research and interviews with dozens of scientists, though some conclusions these scientists made are controversial, with other scientists criticizing many conclusions made in the series.
1 Future Worlds
2 5 million years
2.1 North American Desert
2.2 Mediterranean Basin
2.3 Amazon Grasslands
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3 100 million years
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Future Worlds
The Future is Wild was divided into three points in time and twelve different ecosystems. The first four ecosystems are set 5 million years hence, the second set of four are set 100 million years hence, and the last four are set 200 million years in the future.
5 million years
About 5 million years hence, the world is in the grip of an ice age. Most of the world's freshwater is locked up in the ice caps and glaciers. The animals who live on the borders of the ice have to adapt to the harsh temperatures and unforgiving winters. The tropical rainforests of this future earth have mostly been replaced by tracts of savanna and grassland, devastating such diverse ecosystems as the Amazon basin. The Mediterranean has dried up as Africa moves slowly north towards Europe, which is mostly covered in ice and tundra. The East African Rift has split off from the mainland to form its own landmass just as Madagascar did eighty five millions of years prior to it. Australia has moved north and collided with New Guinea and parts of Indonesia, pushing them northwestwards and causing them to fuse into Southeast Asia.
North American Desert
During this time of cold temperatures, the central region of the North American continent has become a vast desert. It is just as cold as the Gobi Desert was and is frequently battered by fierce sandstorms. The desert also receives snowfall in higher areas and encounters tornadoes. The few plants that live in this desolate region are hardy and adaptable. The inhabitants of this region, including the armored Rattlebacks, also have to be wary of huge diurnal bats.
Deathgleaner, a giant predatory bat of the North American desert
Desert rattleback, a North American species of rattleback
Spink, a subterranean quail that lives in underground colonies
Mediterranean Basin
Once a great sea, the Mediterranean has become a large salt basin. The area is about 6,500 feet or 2,000 meters below sea level. It consists of brine lakes and salt flats that turn into salty mush in the rare event that it rains. The islands of the Mediterranean now dot the landscape as mountains. Due to high salinity, only bacteria and algae survive in the Mediterranean lakes. Brine flies have been able to flourish here as well.
Cryptile, an agamid lizard that catches flies with its frill
Gryken, a terrestrial mustelid that is descended from the pine marten
Scrofa, a Mediterranean descendant of the wild boar
Amazon Grasslands
The Amazon basin was the most biodiverse region in the world, but now it has been mostly reduced to stretches of savanna. The area now receives very little rainfall, causing the Amazon river to dwindle. Bushfires are common, ignited by lightning or sunlight. The Amazon is now home to the last species of primate on Earth, the Babookari.
Babookari, a ground-dwelling descendant of the uakari
Carakiller, a giant flightless caracara that hunts babookaris
South American Rattleback, an armored rodent descended from the modern-day agouti
North European Ice
Northwest Europe is frequented by severe blizzards. Ice sheets cover most of North America, all of Scandinavia, and almost all of Europe. Sea levels have dropped approximately 500 feet (150 meters). A great deal of the land just south of the ice is covered in barren tundra. Temperatures drop to -70 degrees Celsius. Very few plants and barely any trees grow from the shallow soil.
Gannetwhale, a flightless aquatic bird descended from the gannet
Shagrat, a sheep-sized marmot that lives in herds on the tundra
Snowstalker, a large saber-toothed wolverine that hunts shagrats
100 million years
One hundred million years from now exists a world the polar opposite of ninety five million years ago. Instead of dominating glaciers and dry savannah, the world is rich, moist, and damp. Rainforests cover most of the land and vast swamps border the coast. The sea level has risen 100 meters causing new reefs to form. Mammals are virtually on the point of extinction and the Earth is dominated by animals who arose from the new conditions, such as reptiles, birds, fishes, arthropods and mollusks. Due to continental drift mountain ranges are taller than ever. But there is a dark side to this paradise world. Increased volcanic activity has caused a large mass extinction to occur. Most lifeforms won't survive, but a few life forms will rise up and claim the earth for their own.
Great Plateau
When Australia colides with Northern Asia and North America a large mountain Range forms. Three times as high as the Himalayan mountains, it is one of the few places in this hothouse world that has snow and ice. The summers are faintly warm and the winters are bitterly cold. Blizzards are common year round. The area also has a large amount of ultraviolet light.
Great blue windrunner, a blue bird with four wings for flight
Silver spider, a large colonial spider that hunts poggles
Poggle, the last mammal on earth, descended from a hamster
Bengal Swamp
Rise in sea levels has triggered massive floodings of land to occur. 100 million years later, the country of Bengal, India, has transformed into a large wetland seven times the size of the Everglades. The swamp consists of estuaries and tree groves. The humidity levels are at 43% and have caused the Himalayas to erode to small hills.
Swampus, an octopus that can survive on land for periods of time
Toraton, a gigantic tortoise that lives in wetlands
Lurkfish, an electric fish that hunts in murky water
Antarctic Forest
100 million years from now, Antarctica has drifted north to the equator and is now covered in rich forest twice the size of the Amazon. Rain falls frequently and sunny days are occasional. Most of the species of plant have evolved from the mosses, lichens and algae that inhabited Antarctica in the human era but some seeds and spores have drifted from South America. Most of the forest's inhabitants are birds evolved from seagoing fowl. A few bugs and spiders have drifted over from other continents and nearby islands.
Roachcutter, a swift descendant of the tube-nosed birds
Spitfire bird, a small bird that can spit a corrosive liquid
Falconfly, a giant predatory wasp with modified front limbs
Spitfire beetle, a beetle that works in groups to catch birds
Shallow Seas
The melting ice caps has caused sea levels to rise over 100 meters, flooding flat land and warming up the ocean. As a result, large reefs, bigger than the Great Barrier Reef, have formed. But there are many differences then from the reefs of today. For one thing, there is no coral. Instead, large algae reefs have formed. The area is also dominated by tropical storms.
Ocean phantom, a large colonial jellyfish that travels with the wind
Reef glider, a free-swimming descendant of the sea slug group
Spindletrooper, a sea spider that defends ocean phantoms from predators
The Earth is recovering from the mass extinction that occurred 100 million years ago, causing the death of most evolutionary groups, leaving only molluscs, insects, slime molds, plants, and the remaining fish and crustaceans to fill the evacuated environmental niches. All the continents have met up and created a second Pangaea and a large global ocean. A massive desert has formed in the center of the continent and forests border the coastlines. Many of the lowly organisms have adapted and have claimed the open niches - molluscs have taken the place of mammals, for instance. The last backboned animals, fish, now fly as the birds or remain in the seas as the last sharks. Crustaceans and some molluscs also stay in the oceans, whilst insects and worms populate the central deserts.
The central desert lies in the very center of the continent, where there is no rainfall. This is because of the large mountains that border the coastline and block the oceanic moisture from reaching the desert. There is no vegetation. The only water that the desert has is at the underground rivers and the occasional oasis formed by the emergence of part of the cave system. Sandstorms are common as well as tornadoes. Specialized insects and worms are the only creatures to make a living here.
Terabyte, a species of termite with extremely specialized castes
Gloomworm, a primitive bacteria-eating worm
Slickribbon, a subterranean predatory worm
Garden worm, a worm that has formed a mutual relationship with algae
Rainshadow Desert
On the east coast of the supercontinent, there is an 8,000 (49,709.695 miles) area called the Rainshadow Desert. This is where ocean flish land if they are caught in continues storms called hypercanes with 250 mph (400 kph) winds. Animals and plants here have adapted to very little moisture and infrequent food intake. It is populated by molluscs and insects as well as carnivorous plants.
Bumblebeetle, a species of beetle that depends on dead flish for survival
Grimworm, the larva of the bumblebeetle
Desert hopper, a strange snail that uses its "foot" to hop
Deathbottle, a carnivorous plant that traps prey with poisonous spikes
Northern Forest
On the northwestern corner of Pangaea II, warm currents bring large moisture levels and results in endless amounts of rain. Because of the plentiful supply of water, a large, temperate rainforest has formed. The plants and animals of the northern forest are used to the constant moisture of rain. Because of this, once lowly organisms, such as slime molds, can now evolve into new species. Conifers are now able to grow the size of Redwood trees, and the once dwindling lichen plant is now a three-meter high tree which bears fruit. Though covering a relatively small range, this forest is one of the most complex of ecosystems on land. This forest is the home of a new, advanced animal order: the Terrasquids, land-dwelling cephalopods descended from present-day squid. This forest could also be the birth place of a new civilization as one of the most favourable places on Earth for the development of particularly high intelligence. Some fish who have taken flight have entered the forest and abandoned oceanic life, becoming forest flish, the fliers of this new habitat.
Squibbon, a highly intelligent, arboreal squid
Megasquid, an omnivorous terrestrial squid that reaches sizes similar to that of the elephant, others disagree that this animal could exist [1]
Forest flish, a species of flish that lives in the forest
Slithersucker, a giant slime mold
Lichen tree, a large tree in a symbiotic relationship with the Silthersucker
Global Ocean
With one continent, the New Pangea, only occupying most of one half of the planet, the rest of Earth is covered by a vast global sea. Because there are no landmasses to break up currents in the ocean, extremely powerful and large "hypercanes" batter the coastlines almost year round. The currents of the ocean are extreme from pole to pole, which is why most of the bony fish have left the water and evolved into ocean flish and the rainbow squid are extremely large, but not particularly powerful, for the currents can take them all over the planet without requiring much strength on the part of the squid. Other inhabitants include the silverswimmers, who have taken the niches left by fish wiped out by the mass extinction and the sharkopaths, future sharks, which are the last fish left in the seas.
Rainbow squid, a massive squid that changes colors for camouflage and display
Ocean flish, a flying cod that hunts silverswimmers
Sharkopath, a bioluminescent species of shark that hunts in cooperative packs
Silverswimmer, fish-like neotenous crustaceans
In order to ensure that The Future is Wild had a scientific basis, the production team acquired the aide of 16 scientists. The scientists were of a variety of different fields including paleontology, botany, biomechanics, and climatology.
Leticia Aviles, evolutionary biologist
Phillip Currie, paleoornithologist and palaeontologist
Dougal Dixon, author, geologist and palaeontologist
Richard Fortey, paleontologist
William Gilly, cell biologist, developmental biologist, and marine biologist
Stephen Harris, mammalogist
Kurt M. Kotrschal, zoologist
Roy Livermore, palaeongeographer
R. McNeill Alexander, specialist in biomechanics
Karl J. Niklas, botanist
Stephen R. Palumbi, biologist, zoologist and marine ecologist
Jeremy Rayner, zoologist
Stephen Sparks, geologist
Bruce H. Tiffney, palaeobotanist
Paul Valdes, paleoclimatologist
Mike Linley, herpetologist
In 2007 a animated series television series, aimed at children, was produced.
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In the moment, a VR game, appears to be under work by CGartist continuing the exploration of new periods of time, environments and creatures.
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Singapore to host the Formula 1 World Championship until 2021 – Formula 1
Singapore to host the Formula 1 World Championship until 2021
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Coker Tire Company is a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based company that manufactures and sells vintage-style Michelin, Firestone, BF Goodrich and Uniroyal bias-ply and radial whitewall tires for collector automobiles.
Coker Tire partners with Mecum Auctions Coker Tire, the world’s largest supplier of collector vehicle tires, is proud to announce it has signed an exclusive tire and wheel sponsorship agreement with Mecum Auctions, the world’s largest collector-car auction company. Kicking off with this week’s 10-day, 3,200-car auction at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, the new partnership will include on-site booth displays at each of the 18 stops along the 2018 Mecum schedule, commercial spots, and dedicated air time during coverage offering perspectives about auction vehicles equipped with Coker tire products. “Partnering with Mecum Auctions will serve as a testament to not only our love of classic vehicles but also our focus on getting the period-correct details that add value to these incredible cars,” President and COO of Coker Tire Wade Kawasaki said. “For years, Hot Rodders, custom-car builders and even concours-winning restorers have known that Coker Tire offers the best balance of aesthetics and performance. Dana Mecum and his team have built an incredible presence with their auctions both at the local and national level, and their appreciation for preserved and restored classics makes this relationship a perfect fit.” With a full line of tires and wheels for both restored classics and customized vehicles, Coker Tire offers the highest quality rolling stock for a wide array of collector vehicles. From its latest Firestone Wide Oval Radial tire to concours-quality bias-ply tires and steel wheels, Coker Tire products are designed to preserve factory aesthetics and increase value while providing modern performance and quality. Coker Tire and Mecum staff will choose vehicles at every auction to represent the brand on display, and Coker Tire will share some of its favorite vehicles from each event via social media and post-sale media coverage. Mecum President Dana Mecum said the agreement seamlessly aligns with the company’s ongoing mission of partnering with the best brands that offer the greatest products for collector cars. “Coker Tire’s extensive history as a leader in this market makes them an ideal brand to team with. Providing them with first-hand access to the collectors, enthusiasts and industry influencers that attend our events is an essential component to this new relationship.” Coker Tire will be on hand at Mecum auctions nearly every month of 2018, beginning with the Kissimmee, Florida, event running Jan. 5-14. The next three Mecum auctions will take place in Las Vegas, Jan. 23-27, Los Angeles, Feb. 16-17, and Kansas City, Missouri, March 16-17. With multiple days of cars, motorcycles and automobile memorabilia, there will be a diverse group of both auction offerings and collectors at each auction. Nearly every Mecum car auction will be broadcast on NBCSN in most markets. For the full auction schedule and to learn more about Mecum Auctions, visit mecum.com. ### Coker Tire Company, Inc., based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the world’s largest manufacturer/ supplier of collector vehicle tires and motorcycle tires, with distributors in more than 30 countries. For more information, to request a catalog or to place an order, call (800) 251-6336 or visit the website at www.cokertire.com. ### About Mecum Auctions: Nobody sells more than Mecum. Nobody. The Mecum Auction Company is the world leader of collector car, vintage and antique motorcycle, and Road Art sales, hosting auctions throughout the United States. The company has been specializing in the sale of collector cars for 30 years, now offering more than 20,000 lots per year and averaging more than one auction each month. Established by President Dana Mecum in 1988, Mecum Auctions remains a family-run company headquartered in Walworth, Wisconsin. For further information, visit Mecum.com or call (262) 275-5050. Follow along with Mecum’s social media news and join us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram.
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Sportsbeat continue partnership with The Open
Sportsbeat’s content will power the official website and App of 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
The agency provides the R&A with year round editorial bringing alive the storied history of golf’s oldest major championship.
During championships week, our editorial team. produce a range of interviews, reviews and previews and our content powers the live blog on TheOpen.com and the official Open App.
“We were proud to add The Open to the list of national governing bodies and major events who trust Sportsbeat to deliver their content strategies,” said managing editor James Toney.
“After working with the team at the Royal and Ancient for the first time in 2017, we extended our brief for 2018 in Carnoustie and again for Royal Portrush in 2019, when The Open returns to Northern Ireland for the first time since 1951.”
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Photo Blogs » Road Trips » Southern California » 2017 Southern Cal » 2017-05-23~27 Horse Thief Springs
The Bird and Mammal team from the San Diego Natural History Museum launched an expedition nearly 300 miles north to the north-east flanks of the Kingston Mountains, about 75 miles south of Death Valley and 12 miles from the Nevada border at a site called Horse Thief Springs. Our plan was to stay for eight days and study two nearby sites that were part of an earlier study from the early 1900’s by the great naturalist Joseph Grinnell. The survey history at Horse Thief Springs is complex, but the main two visits they were seeking to replicate were from June 1939: (A. Starker Leopold, Monroe D. Bryant, Ronald W. Smith, and Ward C. Russell) and June 1940: (Alden Miller, David H. Johnson, Frank A. Pitelka, Harvey I. Fisher, Milton Hildebrand, and Thomas C. Groody.) These were all students of Grinnell from the MVZ. They covered the spring itself, and the vicinity, including 2 miles north, other springs to the west (Beck Spring and Crystal Spring), and the higher slopes to the south and west. A few also returned to the area on a few later dates, including 15-18 June 1940.
The site got its moniker due to its past use by a Ute Indian chief (Walkara) who earned a reputation as the “world’s greatest horse thief”. He must have been quite a guy. He spoke five or six languages and his exploits were reported as far south as Cajon Pass, south of Victorville California. The springs here make up a desert oasis. The water pushes above ground into a bosque of large cottonwood and willow trees with dense growth of small bulrushes on its floor.
I arrived at our campsite on Tuesday ahead of the rest of the team and scouted viable camping locations. The best site for the main party had no cell reception, so I made my campsite in a location about 2 miles down the valley. I’ve learned that if I am denied internet reception, my time is spent less efficiently. When not done in the field, processing the data for my images might double the time required if this step is delayed until the return home. I invested in a cell phone amplifier for my RV with a high gain antenna specifically for expeditions such as these. This was my first test of the system on a SDNHM event, and I found it had other benefits.
Our plan was to stay until the following Wednesday for an 8 day stay, but we got word on Thursday that one of our team member’s father was in the ICU in Tucson due to a nasty fall he’d taken at the hospital. Given I was the only one with cell service, I took the message from a concerned friend back in San Diego about the situation. Because my RV’s Add-A-Room and awning were staked to the ground for the “Rat Theater”, I had to ride my bike 2 miles to the main camp in the dark. Our friend drove down to my camp and after calling his mom and the hospital staff, he elected to drive directly to Tucson that night. With him gone, the rest of the team had to abbreviate the original scope of the survey.
In spite of these unfortunate circumstances, we still managed some meaningful science. The mammal team caught lots of animals. Desert Woodrats were especially abundant, and some even were captured unintentionally in the mist nets. Rat Theater had its first introduction to the White-Tailed Antelope Squirrel. This animal is fondly called “Rocket Squirrel” by team members, because of how they launch on release from the Sherman traps used for their capture. We all had visions of the cartoon Tasmanian Devil tearing up the theater scenery, but after a couple of bounces off the glass walls, our little girl settled down and was a cooperative player in the theater.
Perhaps the most surprising find by the bird team was a black-eared Bushtit. This striking pattern represents not a species or subspecies but a morph (polymorphism). It is seen commonly in mainland Mexico but less so in the U.S., where it crops up in a few juvenile males. It is extremely rare in California. The black “ears” are not retained by the birds as they age into adults.
Two members of the team were from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in Berkeley. They joined us after their own 7 week mission monitoring birds further north in Death Valley and vicinity. These two split their time between the bird and mammal teams. Dan and Andrea from UC Berkeley were each a delight to spend time with. Dan’s approach to his field work impressed me when he told me he’d opted to release a Mountain Chickadee with an unusual beak structure, rather than collect it for the museum, even though he had all the right permits to do so. His field assistant Andrea was brilliant, always willing to pitch in where needed. Her can-do spirit, good humor and willingness to contribute wherever needed were a joy for all of us to associate with.
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One of the mammals encountered at Horse Thief Springs on the northeastern flanks of the Kingston Mountains is one of the Joseph Grinnell restudy locations taken on by the San Diego Natural History Museum. The site is roughly between Death Valley and Las Vegas Nevada.
(Peromyscus eremicus)
Horsethief Springs
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The "Black-Eared" variant of the Bushtit is believed to be a form of Polymorphism in some juvenile birds and is rarely seen in California. It is not retained in the adult birds. Horse Thief Springs on the northeastern flanks of the Kingston Mountains is one of the Joseph Grinnell restudy locations taken on by the San Diego Natural History Museum. The site is roughly between Death Valley and Las Vegas Nevada.
(Psaltriparus minimus)
Kingston Mountains, California
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(Neotoma lepida)
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Horse Thief Springs on the northeastern flanks of the Kingston Mountains is one of the Joseph Grinnell restudy locations taken on by the San Diego Natural History Museum. The site is roughly between Death Valley and Las Vegas Nevada.
(Accipiter cooperii)
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Male bird (dark iris) at Horse Thief Springs on the northeastern flanks of the Kingston Mountains is one of the Joseph Grinnell restudy locations taken on by the San Diego Natural History Museum. The site is roughly between Death Valley and Las Vegas Nevada.
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Costa's Hummingbird
(Calypte costae)
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(Polioptila caerulea)
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(Amphispiza bilineata)
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Peromyscus eremicus
Psaltriparus minimus
Neotoma lepida
Accipiter cooperii
Thryomanes bewickii
Calypte costae
Polioptila caerulea
Amphispiza bilineata
Categories California Travels, Far Away Trips, Museum Activities, Photo Stories Tags Chief Walkara, Desert Woodrat, Horse Thief Springs, Joseph Grinnell, Kingston Mountains, Mountain Chickadee, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology in Berkeley, Rat Theater, Rocket Squirrel, San Diego Natural History Museum, White-Tailed Antelope Squirrel Post navigation
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When Nostalgia Tilts to Sad: Anticipatory and Personal Nostalgia
Contemporary research has showcased many benefits of nostalgia, but its bittersweet character and historical reputation as unhealthy raise the possibility of less favorable impacts. In recent studies, daily diary data highlighted nostalgia’s mixed valence and suggested that nostalgia is more strongly associated with negative feelings. Variables that influence the adaptive or maladaptive dimensions of nostalgia have not yet been fully explored. Recently, a focus on when nostalgia is experienced relative to past and future was introduced in the construct of anticipatory nostalgia, missing the present prematurely before it has become past. Distinct from personal nostalgia, anticipatory nostalgia was found to be characterized by difficulty enjoying the present and a tendency toward sadness and worry. The present study examines the distinctive dynamics at play in anticipatory and personal nostalgia by exploring the relationship between each type of dispositional nostalgia and reported experience with happy and sad stories. The Nostalgia Inventory, the Survey of Anticipatory Nostalgia, and a brief form of the PANAS were completed by 144 undergraduates (110 women), who rated their exposure and reactions to happy and sad stories. Reported frequency of exposure to happy and sad stories was related to dispositional happiness and sadness. Personal and anticipatory nostalgia did not differ in frequency of exposure to happy and sad stories, but they did differ in reactivity to and learning from sad stories. Findings highlight the importance of the timing of nostalgia, consistent with the distinction between nostalgia for the past and nostalgia for what is still present.
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Converging Development of English as Foreign Language Listening and Reading Comprehension Skills in German Upper Secondary Schools
Astronauts Launch from American Soil
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Japanese netizens outraged over famous YouTube channel’s treatment of hamsters【Videos】
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Netizens are now calling for the arrest of the owner for animal abuse.
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Group of ISIS-inspired kids abuses, attempts to kill a goat as “practice for killing a person”
Earlier this month we saw what was beleived to be the first ISIS-inspired murder in Japan when a group of teenagers brutally killed a fellow classmate. However it has recently come to light that in the middle of February, a different group of Tokyo middle school students broke into an elementary school with the intent of murdering the school pet goat as “practice” for killing a fellow human being.
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Animal rights groups unhappy as “hamster fishing” game spotted at summer festival
KK Miller
Summer festivals all have one thing in common: there’s always a ton of people at them. That also means there are plenty of exciting booths to spend your money at. Besides food stalls, there are some popular carnival-type games that you’ll find at festivals in Japan, most of which are classic games of skill and luck which reward you with a variety of prizes. Perhaps one of the most famous festival games is a goldfish scooping game called kingyo sukui.
This year, however a slightly different “fishing” game was spotted at a summer festival held in Osaka. As you might imagine from a game requiring participants to “fish” for live hamsters, it is certainly generating a wide range of reactions.
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Japanese politicians want workers across country to have option for three-day weekends every week
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Persons born 8 January 1892
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TROY JONES was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 465-24-3385 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died October 1973. Research in ZIP Code 75401. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
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TRUDIE BELL was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 564-05-8942 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died January 1982. Research in ZIP Code 92103. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
UGO MECONI was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 217-10-6872 (indicating Maryland) and, Death Master File says, died 10 June 1990. Research in ZIP Code 26855. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VALERIA FLEMMING was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 327-56-6392 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died September 1984. Research in ZIP Code 61031. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VALERIA TABOR was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 168-50-9524 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died November 1978. Research in ZIP Code 18702. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VALERIE MOREAU was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 035-42-3416 (indicating Rhode Island) and, Death Master File says, died January 1985. Research in ZIP Code 02838. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VEELLA FITCHETT was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 527-07-8662 (indicating Arizona) and, Death Master File says, died October 1985. Research in ZIP Code 85018. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VENA LITTLE was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 587-86-0766 (indicating Mississippi) and, Death Master File says, died November 1976. Research in ZIP Code 38824. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERA ARST was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 024-40-6155 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died January 1983. Research in ZIP Code 01746. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERA BRIGHT was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 559-34-9540 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died April 1970. Research in ZIP Code 20015. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
Vera Brown, wife of Seth William Brown, was born 8 January 1892, died 7 September 1987, and was buried in Section 2M, Site 2099 in Long Island National Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York, United States of America.
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VERA CONKLIN was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 311-20-2480 (indicating Indiana) and, Death Master File says, died February 1972. Research in ZIP Code 47265. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERA JACKSON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 505-30-5601 (indicating Nebraska) and, Death Master File says, died October 1963. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERA KLOTH was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 551-70-3064 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died August 1972. Research in ZIP Code 90241. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERA J ORRICK was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 457-17-5781 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died 14 January 1989. Research in ZIP Code 76706. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERDA HOBSON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 507-26-5349 (indicating Nebraska) and, Death Master File says, died July 1974. Research in ZIP Code 50310. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERNA BOWLBY was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 273-14-2576 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died June 1963. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERNA FINK was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 297-05-6122 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died March 1986. Research in ZIP Code 44614. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERNA FRARY was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 549-03-4782 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died May 1982. Research in ZIP Code 95207. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERNA WARNER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 053-38-5998 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died January 1985. Research in ZIP Code 14135. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERNON HARRIS was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 459-60-4790 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died April 1984. Research in ZIP Code 75631. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERNON OLIVER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 412-40-9400 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died November 1972. Research in ZIP Code 38126. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VERNON SLAGLE was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 157-03-5609 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died November 1962. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VETO BARRETT was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 587-16-8552 (indicating Mississippi) and, Death Master File says, died August 1975. Research in ZIP Code 38827. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VICTOR BRINK was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 070-03-0636 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died October 1976. Research in ZIP Code 13901. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VICTOR LOCANDER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 395-01-5538 (indicating Wisconsin) and, Death Master File says, died November 1972. Research in ZIP Code 53219. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VICTOR LUTZ was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 022-05-6115 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died September 1967. Research in ZIP Code 02139. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VICTORIA COMEGYS was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 219-07-6546 (indicating Maryland) and, Death Master File says, died February 1972. Research in ZIP Code 21639. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VINCENT HUBBARD was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 049-14-4821 (indicating Connecticut) and, Death Master File says, died April 1971. Research in ZIP Code 06897. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VINCENT STOKSIK was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 337-10-5623 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died August 1976. Research in ZIP Code 60641. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VINCENT TESORI was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 071-28-4878 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died June 1967. Research in ZIP Code 10458. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VINCENTA TRUSEWICZ was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 018-10-4749 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died April 1979. Research in ZIP Code 02062. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VINCENT H PERCY was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 288-12-2741 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died 01 September 1965. Research in ZIP Code 44106. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIOLA BRYLD was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 545-80-1900 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died October 1985. Research in ZIP Code 95120. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIOLA ILER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 469-76-8585 (indicating Minnesota) and, Death Master File says, died August 1978. Research in ZIP Code 55008. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIOLA KRANZ was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 502-56-2414 (indicating North Dakota) and, Death Master File says, died 28 January 1992. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIOLA SANDERS was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 429-28-7423 (indicating Arkansas) and, Death Master File says, died July 1979. Research in ZIP Code 72764. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIOLET SCHENKENBERG was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 557-30-3387 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died October 1985. Research in ZIP Code 95240. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIRA CRAWFORD was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 004-09-4442 (indicating Maine) and, Death Master File says, died October 1974. Research in ZIP Code 04106. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIRGIL BELCHER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 373-07-1782 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died January 1963. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIRGIL DOTSON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 405-01-1917 and, Death Master File says, died April 1963. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIRGINIA CREECH was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 226-40-5797 (indicating Virginia) and, Death Master File says, died November 1974. Research in ZIP Code 23454. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIRGINIA HALL was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 048-36-0509 (indicating Connecticut) and, Death Master File says, died February 1977. Research in ZIP Code 06410. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIRGINIA MCALPINE was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 322-09-5876 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died November 1971. Research in ZIP Code 64111. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIRGINIA OLIVER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 028-03-1083 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died December 1970. Research in ZIP Code 02139. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VIRGLE RANEY was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 466-22-7646 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died August 1971. Research in ZIP Code 75455. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
VOLTAIRE CROOKS was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 460-09-0004 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died August 1977. Research in ZIP Codes 77022 and 77008. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
W HOWELL was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 518-32-4966 (indicating Idaho) and, Death Master File says, died February 1977. Research in ZIP Code 83261. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
W TWEEDLE was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 455-22-4714 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died August 1980. Research in ZIP Code 76634. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALDEMAR KARKOW was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 345-03-9359 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died September 1979. Research in ZIP Code 60521. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALLACE BROWN was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 434-05-1516 (indicating Louisiana) and, Death Master File says, died September 1963. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER ADAMS was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 435-12-5409 (indicating Louisiana) and, Death Master File says, died February 1970. Research in ZIP Code 71282. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER BEVIS was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 419-05-7436 (indicating Alabama) and, Death Master File says, died June 1963. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER BLOESS was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 494-10-0261 (indicating Missouri) and, Death Master File says, died May 1965. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER BRADLEY was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 193-09-4094 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died May 1964. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER BREWIN was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 151-01-5845 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died July 1974. Research in ZIP Code 08078. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER BROSSMAN was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 190-01-5657 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died July 1965. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER CARLSON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 471-40-1488 (indicating Minnesota) and, Death Master File says, died April 1978. Research in ZIP Code 55082. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER CHOAT was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 304-09-5385 (indicating Indiana) and, Death Master File says, died August 1968. Research in ZIP Code 46203. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER DUBOSE was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 452-66-2223 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died August 1962. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER FITCH was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 557-26-1900 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died January 1963. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER GRIFFIN was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 504-42-2033 (indicating South Dakota) and, Death Master File says, died June 1969. Research in ZIP Code 57242. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER JOHN was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 393-12-0893 (indicating Wisconsin) and, Death Master File says, died June 1973. Research in ZIP Code 53949. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER KRSIAK was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 169-03-3853 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died January 1965. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER MAHLER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 161-09-4400 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died March 1983. Research in ZIP Code 53210. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER SCHMIDT was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 542-30-7794 (indicating Oregon) and, Death Master File says, died 18 August 1988. Research in ZIP Code 97330. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER VAUGHN was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 408-24-0005 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died July 1958. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER WILLIAMS was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 149-20-7116 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died March 1970. Research in ZIP Code 07103. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WALTER WILSON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 441-05-8653 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died January 1973. Research in ZIP Code 74437. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
Walter B. Taylor, Rank: ENGINEMAN 1ST, Branch: US NAVY, War: WORLD WAR I, was born 8 January 1892, died 20 May 1958, and was buried in Section 11, Site 187 in Little Rock National Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America.
WALTER W STEPHENSON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 413-84-4437 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died 26 October 1973. Research in ZIP Code 37361. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WANDA BES TURNER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 543-38-1791 (indicating Oregon) and, Death Master File says, died December 1974. Research in ZIP Code 97027. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WARREN OLIVER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 247-68-2374 (indicating South Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died February 1975. Research in ZIP Code 29048. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WASSELINA MILLER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 187-40-3061 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died April 1984. Research in ZIP Code 15748. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WAYNE HICKEY was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 525-74-8812 (indicating New Mexico) and, Death Master File says, died May 1970. Research in ZIP Code 87827. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WENDELL SOPER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 392-36-8649 (indicating Wisconsin) and, Death Master File says, died July 1972. Research in ZIP Code 53504. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WESLEY HOUGH was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 150-09-0061 (indicating New Jersey) and, Death Master File says, died August 1972. Research in ZIP Code 08232. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILBERT CASH was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 401-07-5198 and, Death Master File says, died January 1963. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
Wilburt Cash, Rank: PVT, Branch: US ARMY, War: WORLD WAR I, was born 8 January 1892, died 20 December 1962, and was buried in Section H, Site 242 in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America.
WILEY GIPSON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 400-16-3424 (indicating Kentucky) and, Death Master File says, died December 1954. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILEY LAMM was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 245-20-1707 (indicating North Carolina) and, Death Master File says, died October 1976. Research in ZIP Code 28144. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILHELM TOEGEMANN was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 039-03-4531 (indicating Rhode Island) and, Death Master File says, died January 1974. Research in ZIP Code 02910. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILHELMINA LEE was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 119-20-0646 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died 04 November 1987. Research in ZIP Code 92020. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILHEMINE BEMBNISTA was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 378-24-3233 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died April 1978. Research in ZIP Code 48135. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILL BRIDGES was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 432-38-1084 (indicating Arkansas) and, Death Master File says, died August 1964. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILL HINES was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 374-05-2652 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died October 1966. Research in ZIP Code 48217. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILL LEE was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 415-07-3801 (indicating Tennessee) and, Death Master File says, died July 1983. Research in ZIP Code 37373. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILL MCGHAHA was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 449-26-8468 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died August 1965. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILL STENSON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 421-24-0317 (indicating Alabama) and, Death Master File says, died November 1963. Research in ZIP Code 13210. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM ACHILLES was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 337-32-0500 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died October 1965. Research in ZIP Code 61265. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM BAILEY was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 438-01-4214 (indicating Louisiana) and, Death Master File says, died July 1968. Research in ZIP Code 71430. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM BETRON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 385-03-6105 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died August 1972. Research in ZIP Code 62330. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM BEWLEY was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 307-12-7010 (indicating Indiana) and, Death Master File says, died February 1969. Research in ZIP Code 46202. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM BINGHAM was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 703-09-3371 (indicating Railroad Board) and, Death Master File says, died November 1971. Research in ZIP Code 37020. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM BRANDON was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 469-07-6294 (indicating Minnesota) and, Death Master File says, died February 1968. Research in ZIP Code 56131. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM BRAWNER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 467-03-9376 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died February 1976. Research in ZIP Code 77520. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM BRUCKER was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 058-16-0839 (indicating New York) and, Death Master File says, died November 1964. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM CAPSHAW was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 402-14-6895 and, Death Master File says, died May 1980. Research in ZIP Code 42167. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
WILLIAM CORNELL was born 08 January 1892, received Social Security number 558-24-3464 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died December 1977. Research in ZIP Code 92504. Source: Social Security Death Master File (public domain).
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CONRADY, MICHAELJ thru CONRAHY, JULIA
CONRADY, MICHAEL J. was born 17 October 1946, received Social Security number 286-40-7899 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died 1 June 1968
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CONRADY, Michael Joseph of Sheffield Lake, Lorain County, Ohio, United States of America was born 17 October 1946, entered the Army where he served during the Viet Nam War, and either became a casualty or died 1 June 1968.
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CONRADY, MILDRED L. was born 5 June 1903, received Social Security number 268-09-5362 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died 20 September 1995
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CONRADY, MORA IRENE LASLEY was born 20 January 1910, died 31 July 2002, and was buried in Rose Hill CEMETERY in Carter County, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
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CONRADY, NAOMI was born 4 October 1923, received Social Security number 525-30-2968 (indicating New Mexico) and, Death Master File says, died 4 May 2005
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CONRADY, NICOLAS married 14 Sep 1886 in COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. a bride named ALICE MENTGEN.
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CONRADY, NORMA F. of Campbell County, Kentucky died 12 January 1993 at age 67 in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States of America.
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CONRADY, OTTO was born 20 July 1898, received Social Security number 446-38-8975 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died October 1972
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CONRADY, PATRICIA K who was 32 (born ABT 1944) married 31 DEC 1976 in TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a groom named RONALD D KETTREY who was 38 (born ABT 1938).
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CONRADY, PAUL F. was born 15 October 1923, received Social Security number 512-32-4736 (indicating Kansas) and, Death Master File says, died 3 May 1992
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CONRADY, PAUL P. was born 29 June 1922, received Social Security number 510-34-8215 (indicating Kansas) and, Death Master File says, died October 1989
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CONRADY, PHILLIP M. was born 3 November 1937, received Social Security number 443-34-0391 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 1 September 1998
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CONRADY, RALPH R. was born 24 May 1921, received Social Security number 448-28-0374 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 19 January 1998
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CONRADY, RAYMOND was born 14 May 1909, received Social Security number 194-09-4423 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died 4 July 2003
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CONRADY, Raymond Lee married in 1940 in Hancock, West Virginia, United States a bride named Julia Cecilia Veon.
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CONRADY, RENEE A who was 18 (born ABT 1962) married 6 JUN 1980 in DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a groom named ALI IZADI who was 22 (born ABT 1958).
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CONRADY, REUBEN was born 8 May 1902, received Social Security number 351-28-0289 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died December 1970
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CONRADY, RICHARD was born 10 May 1913, received Social Security number 168-10-3173 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died February 1984
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CONRADY, RICHARD E. was born 10 April 1930, received Social Security number 286-24-3418 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died 11 February 2000
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CONRADY, RICHARD H. was born 13 October 1941, received Social Security number 390-40-8477 (indicating Wisconsin) and, Death Master File says, died 12 May 2006
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CONRADY, RICHARD L. was born 9 June 1930, received Social Security number 379-24-5790 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died 9 September 1999
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CONRADY, RICHARD P. was born 14 August 1934, received Social Security number 189-28-5499 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died 20 June 2002
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CONRADY, RITA L. was born 8 June 1928, received Social Security number 181-34-2711 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died 27 May 2006
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CONRADY, ROBERT was born 4 March 1924, received Social Security number 392-14-1682 (indicating Wisconsin) and, Death Master File says, died 6 April 2002
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CONRADY, ROBERT was born 10 May 1913, received Social Security number 168-10-4142 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died March 1978
CONRADY, Robert married in 1933 in Brooke, West Virginia, United States a bride named Julia Baycura.
CONRADY, ROBERT A. was born 14 October 1917, received Social Security number 443-28-1195 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 22 September 2002
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CONRADY, ROBERT D. was born 4 November 1930, received Social Security number 360-30-9924 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 5 February 2005
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CONRADY, ROBERTHA was born 28 October 1882, received Social Security number 204-36-2683 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died May 1975
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CONRADY, ROBERT J was born 8 June 1925, died 16 June 1991 and was buried 3 July 1991 in South Pleasant View Cemetery in Kewanee, Illinois, U.S.A.
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CONRADY, ROBERT J. was born 8 June 1925, received Social Security number 347-18-6449 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 16 June 1991
CONRADY, ROBERT M. was born 5 July 1956, received Social Security number 442-60-5153 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 14 August 2003
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CONRADY, RONALD L. was born 3 November 1949, received Social Security number 510-54-0730 (indicating Kansas) and, Death Master File says, died 19 January 1998
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CONRADY, ROSALIE M. was born 14 April 1920, received Social Security number 445-12-1290 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 9 December 1994
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CONRADY, ROSE was born 12 December 1887, received Social Security number 509-40-5625 (indicating Kansas) and, Death Master File says, died October 1967
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CONRADY, Rose (daughter of John C. Conrady) was born ABT 1882 in Ohio and she was in the 1900 census in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.
CONRADY, ROSEMARY (possibly her maiden name) had a baby named MICHAEL DONALD GREENWELL on 16 August 1978 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America.
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CONRADY, ROSEMARY (possibly her maiden name) had a baby named RICHARD LOUIS GREENWELL on 16 August 1973 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America.
CONRADY, ROSS B. was born 26 June 1989, received Social Security number 347-82-6888 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 16 February 2008
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CONRADY, ROY L who was 26 (born ABT 1949) married 5 APR 1975 in ARCHER COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a bride named DIANE G FENOGLIO who was 23 (born ABT 1952).
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CONRADY, RUTH was born 21 October 1913, received Social Security number 347-07-3393 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died April 1973
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CONRADY, RUTH L. was born 23 September 1909, received Social Security number 381-12-4369 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died 26 June 1988
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CONRADY, SCOTT R. was born 2 October 1964, received Social Security number 526-83-8445 (indicating Arizona) and, Death Master File says, died 20 May 1990
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CONRADY, SEIDE was born 13 January 1894, received Social Security number 360-30-9925 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died May 1982
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CONRADY, STEPHANIE LYNN was born 23 July 1974 in Missouri, United States of America. Special thanks to Reclaim the Records. Please consider donating to them.
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CONRADY, Subena B. (daughter of John C. Conrady) was born ABT 1878 in Ohio and she was in the 1900 census in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S.A.
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CONRADY, TEDDY W who was 18 (born ABT 1959) married 17 JUN 1977 in WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a bride named ADANNA J JACKSON who was 17 (born ABT 1960).
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CONRADY, TERI L. married CHRISTOPHER N. BIGGS on 24 November 2009 using a marriage license issued in Adams County, Indiana, United States of America.
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CONRADY, THOMAS was born 21 September 1905, received Social Security number 443-34-0998 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 1 October 1994
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CONRADY, THOMAS E. was born 13 July 1919, received Social Security number 474-10-0781 (indicating Minnesota) and, Death Master File says, died 15 July 2005
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CONRADY, THOMAS E. was born 31 December 1948, received Social Security number 385-46-4915 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died 12 June 2012
Conrady, Thomas E., Rank: CPL, Branch: US MARINE CORPS, War: WORLD WAR II, was born 13 July 1919, died 16 July 2005, and was buried in Section 8, Site 190D in Salisbury National Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States of America.
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Conrady, Timothy Nicholas, Rank: GYSGT, Branch: US MARINE CORPS, War: VIETNAM, was born 25 February 1947, died 30 March 2016, and was buried in Section 12, Site 3195 in Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Seville, Ohio, United States of America.
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CONRADY, TOBIAS J who was 22 (born ABT 1981) married 6 SEP 2003 in TOM GREEN COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a bride named JUDY NIEVES who was 25 (born ABT 1978).
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CONRADY, VALERIE J who was 26, (born 1982 or 1983) married 03 October 2009 in WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a groom named ALAN J PETRO who was 29 (born 1979 or 1980).
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CONRADY, VERA was born 8 October 1896, received Social Security number 345-38-6212 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died August 1976
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CONRADY, VERA J. was born 20 April 1928, received Social Security number 453-76-4355 (indicating Texas) and, Death Master File says, died 24 December 2002
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CONRADY, VETA P. was born 11 April 1919, received Social Security number 515-20-4583 (indicating Kansas) and, Death Master File says, died 24 May 2004
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CONRADY, VICTOR was born 11 November 1915, received Social Security number 395-03-4086 (indicating Wisconsin) and, Death Master File says, died August 1970
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CONRADY, VIRGENE B. was born 1 January 1922, received Social Security number 305-12-9551 (indicating Indiana) and, Death Master File says, died 6 December 1987
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Conrady, Virgene B., wife of Thomas E. Conrady Sr, was born 1 January 1922, died 6 December 1987, and was buried in Section 8, Site 190D in Salisbury National Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States of America.
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CONRADY, VIVIAN L who was 59 (born ABT 1910) married 2 MAY 1969 in COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, U.S.A. a groom named JACOB B MENDENHALL who was 61 (born ABT 1908).
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CONRADY, WALTER was born 9 May 1897, received Social Security number 469-42-5090 (indicating Minnesota) and, Death Master File says, died August 1974
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CONRADY, WALTER was born 14 January 1900, received Social Security number 559-01-0184 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died February 1974
CONRADY, WALTER E. was born 09 May 1897 in MINNESOTA (child of KARL (mother)) died 29 Aug 1974 in SCOTT COUNTY, MINNESOTA, U.S.A.
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CONRADY, WAYNE was born 21 October 1952, received Social Security number 530-48-6756 (indicating Nevada) and, Death Master File says, died October 1986
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CONRADY, WAYNE L. was born 20 November 1922, received Social Security number 328-16-1133 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 6 August 2002
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CONRADY, WAYNE T. was born 1 August 1914, received Social Security number 347-07-3365 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 5 December 2000
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CONRADY, WILBUR was born 15 August 1909, received Social Security number 325-10-8326 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died October 1985
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CONRADY, WILLIAM (father), and MARTHA E. [no surname shown], had a baby, [no given name shown] CONRADY born 8 May 1902 in Carroll County, Illinois, U.S.A..
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CONRADY, WILLIAM married 8 Sep 1880 in WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. a bride named MARTHA E FIELDSEND.
CONRADY, WILLIAM was born 5 September 1883, received Social Security number 350-10-3170 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died August 1964
CONRADY, WILLIAM was born 18 April 1886, received Social Security number 049-26-6675 (indicating Connecticut) and, Death Master File says, died August 1964
CONRADY, WILLIAM was born 26 December 1897, received Social Security number 557-44-9964 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died 11 June 2000
CONRADY, WILLIAM A. was born 20 December 1905, received Social Security number 371-22-8265 (indicating Michigan) and, Death Master File says, died 6 August 1988
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CONRADY, WILLIAM ALBERT was born 9 August 1883, died 18 December 1944, and was buried in Rose Hill CEMETERY in Carter County, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
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CONRADY, WILLIAM D. was born 22 May 1913, received Social Security number 528-03-7998 (indicating Utah) and, Death Master File says, died 18 July 1996
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CONRADY, WILLIAM E. was born 6 September 1944, received Social Security number 344-38-4179 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 26 June 2003
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CONRADY, WILLIAM E. was born 28 August 1917, received Social Security number 206-07-5901 (indicating Pennsylvania) and, Death Master File says, died 8 October 1999
CONRADY, WILLIAM HENRY (father), and MAGGIE EDITH [no surname shown], had a baby, BONNIE IONA CONRADY born 9 Apr 1912 in Carroll County, Illinois, U.S.A..
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CONRADY, WILLIAM J. was born 3 July 1930, received Social Security number 442-38-4238 (indicating Oklahoma) and, Death Master File says, died 22 June 2009
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CONRADY, WILLIAM V. was born 9 April 1924, received Social Security number 544-10-7535 (indicating Oregon) and, Death Master File says, died 16 April 1976
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CONRADY BROW, MICHELLE A. was born 27 June 1977, received Social Security number 352-78-1289 (indicating Illinois) and, Death Master File says, died 4 May 2010
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CONRAD YERKEY, Amanda was born ABT 1848;; died 5 Mar 1926 in Ellis, Gilmer Co., West Virginia.
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CONRADY MILL, DONNA M. was born 4 January 1960, received Social Security number 299-64-2689 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died 27 July 2006
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CONRAE, JOHN married 12 Aug 1873 in ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, U.S.A. a bride named MARIA HAMMER.
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CONRAEL, Nillie Pearl (mother), and Frennan Arnold Bergdoll, had a baby, Albert Arnold BERGDOLL.
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CONRAF, Margaret was born ABT 1873 in Dublin City, (daughter of Elizabeth Cameron) was in the 1911 census for Peter St., Mansion House, County Dublin, Ireland
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CONRAGAN, ALBERT was born 17 December 1890, received Social Security number 567-28-2317 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died November 1979
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CONRAGAN, ALICE was born 21 January 1905, received Social Security number 032-24-0665 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died 31 January 1990
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CONRAGAN, ANN was born 1 May 1906, received Social Security number 549-30-7758 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died 9 May 1994
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Conragan, Ann, wife of James Conragan, was born 1 May 1906, died 9 May 1994, and was buried in Section W, Site 2164 in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California, United States of America.
CONRAGAN, ANNIK was born 15 May 1914, received Social Security number 548-80-8245 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died 5 March 1998
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CONRAGAN, BEATRICE was born 17 February 1935, received Social Security number 012-28-9225 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died 14 September 2009
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Conragan, James K., Rank: PVT, Branch: US ARMY, War: WORLD WAR I, was born 14 September 1895, died 7 March 1956, and was buried in Section W, Site 2163 in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California, United States of America.
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CONRAGAN, KENNETH Q and LYNN BRACKEN completed their Douglas County (Nevada, United States of America) marriage license application number 30728 and, on 17 June 1966 had their wedding ceremony.
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CONRAGAN, KENNETH Q. was born 30 October 1930, received Social Security number 551-36-3106 (indicating California) and, Death Master File says, died 28 April 1992
CONRAGAN, RUTH was born 5 April 1930, received Social Security number 028-20-2388 (indicating Massachusetts) and, Death Master File says, died 15 April 2008
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CONRAHY, Elizabeth was born ABT 1851 in Queen Co, was in the 1901 census for Charlemont Place, Fitzwilliam, County Dublin, Ireland
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CONRAHY, Julia was born ABT 1889 in Kings Co, (daughter of Thomas Conrahy) was in the 1901 census for Coolreagh or Cloghanhill, Cloghan, King’s County (now known as County Offaly), Ireland
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Mike White Selected As Next Southern Region Chairman
The Southern Region is pleased to announce that Mike White will become the next Southern Region Chairman effective December 28th, at the National Order of the Arrow Planning Meeting. The Director of the Southern Region, Ron Oats, has selected Mike to assume these responsibilities.
Mike resides in Charlottesville, VA and is a member of Stonewall Jackson Area Council #763. Over the years, Mike has served in numerous leadership roles in the Order of the Arrow both as a youth and an adult. Most recently he has served as a Lodge Adviser, Section Adviser, Regional Coordinator for National Lodge Adviser Training Seminar (NLATS) and as a member of the Southern Region OA Committee. Professionally, Mike is a Senior Analyst at OPUS Underwriting Limited.
In addition to his duties as Chairman, Mike will join the National Order of the Committee and serve on the Section and Regional Operations Sub Committee.
ReliefCorps 2016: Operation Louisiana Relief
An Arrow of Recovery: Help support OA Reliefcorps 2016
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Free Legal Aid in Buffalo
One of Buffalo’s several nicknames is “The City of Good Neighbors.” Without bragging too much, we live up to that nickname with the multiple organizations and private attorneys that offer free and reduced cost legal aid for our neighbors in and around Erie County.
If you’ve lived here for a while, this comes as no surprise, as Buffalonians frequently show themselves to be a giving bunch. The City that has given the world so much, including electric city lights and world famous chicken wings, continues its tradition by giving quality legal assistance. FindLaw does its part by helping you find the helping hands.
Buffalo Legal Aid Providers
Neighborhood Legal Services
NLS offers free legal services to Erie County residents with low incomes. The organization also provides services to individuals with disabilities throughout Western New York. Legal work often arises in public benefits, housing, disability, and family law.
Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled, or Disadvantaged in Western New York
Legal Services staff and volunteers conduct home visits and legal workshops aimed at helping the region’ elderly, disabled, and low income populations. Most clients are over age 60, but the organization helps younger people with disabilities and low incomes as well. The law practice covers foreclosure defense, health care, landlord-tenant disputes, tax law, and grandparents’ rights issues.
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
The Legal Aid Bureau has multiple divisions which assist clients in matters related to government benefits, child support, housing, bankruptcy, domestic violence, and more. The organization provides a mixture of direct representation, community legal education, and assistance for self-represented litigants. For more information, see the organization’s Snapshot of Accomplishments.
Bar Association of Erie County
The Erie Bar offers multiple forms of public services. Visit the website for information on the Elder Law Fair, Statement of Clients’ Rights, Volunteer Lawyers Project, and other forms of legal assistance. If free or low-cost services are not available to you, contact the Lawyer Referral and Information Service, (716) 852-3100. The Erie Bar will help you (1) determine if your issue actually requires the help of a lawyer, and (2) find a lawyer practicing in that subject.
Catholic Charities of Western New York
Immigration and Refugee Assistance Program
20 Herkimer Street
The immigration and refugee service assists local immigrants with matters related to asylum, family reunification, U Visa’s and other similar immigration activity. Contact the program for more information.
Martin P. Violante Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
8th Judicial District, Erie County Court Building
25 Delaware Avenue
The program refers cases to neutral legal professionals who help litigants settle their disputes. The program covers civil, commercial, family court, and matrimonial maters. For more information on Buffalo court services, see FindLaw’s resource page dedicated to Buffalo courthouses.
8th District Court Help Center
Supreme Court Law Library
77 W. Eagle Street
The Help Center provides information to make it easier to fill out forms, find court and government buildings, and initiate and respond to a legal action.
Sub Board I, Inc. Legal Assistance
377 Student Union
SUNY at Buffalo
The organization offers consultations with attorneys regarding legal matters that students frequently face: landlord-tenant disputes, traffic and criminal violations, student debt, and more. The organization’s Student Defender program works to inform SUNY Buffalo students of their rights when the students face disciplinary proceedings under the student code of conduct.
Additional Help
Office of the Chief Immigration Judge
The office maintains a Free Legal Services Providers List. The list shows private attorneys and organizations from across the state that assist clients in immigration matters—often for free or at a reduced cost. Several providers are located in the Buffalo area.
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‘Ponyo’ – Hayao Miyaki’s ‘Little Mermaid’ fable on HBO Max
!Featured, Animation, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, fantasy, HBO Max, Kid Stuff, SVOD, Venice winner 11/25/202011/25/2020 Sean Axmaker
Part Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, part ecological fable, and part children’s fantasy come to life, Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo (Japan, 2008) is a gentle storybook film, a simple, sweet tale animated with a delicacy unique to animated features.
Ponyo is a water sprite, a curious undersea creature and daughter of the sea gods who gets swept to the shore, trapped in the pollution of the human world and rescued by a human boy, with whom she falls in love. This isn’t the romantic type of love of Disney’s The Little Mermaid but the unconditional affection of young kids and she takes human form to join him on land, which upsets the balance of nature so carefully kept in check by her wizard father (voice of Liam Neeson in the English version) and elemental mother (Cate Blanchett).
There are moments of personal magic (the boy “talks” with his sailor father as he passes their Cliffside home using signal lamps), natural magic (schools of fish become literal waves curling upon the shore in the search for the missing Ponyo) and imaginative magic (Ponyo turns a toy boat into a watercraft sized just right for a couple of kids), but the film’s real magic is in the generosity and love on display from humans and spirits alike. Unlike Anderson’s fairy tale, this is no tragedy but a celebration of a meeting of cultures and the possibility of a healthy (and ecologically responsible) co-existence, all told with a sense of wonder.
The English language version was scripted by Melissa Mathison (E.T.) and produced by Pixar honcho John Lasseter with Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy, and features a voice cast that also includes Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cloris Leachman and Lily Tomlin, among others.
It won two awards at the Venice Film Festival
Rated G, with original Japanese and English dubbed soundtracks and optional English subtitles.
Also on Blu-ray and DVD and on SVOD through Amazon Video (English language
and Japanese language
editions), iTunes, GooglePlay, Fandango, Vudu and/or other services. Availability may vary by service.
Ponyo [Blu-ray+DVD]
Ponyo [Steelbook Blu-ray]
Ponyo [DVD]
The Blu-ray and DVD editions offer both the English and Japanese language versions, with an English language introduction, the “Storyboard Presentation of the Movie” (which replays the entire film soundtrack to a slideshow of storyboards and sketches) and “The World of Ghibli,” a collection of featurettes (both Japanese and English language productions) on the film and the English adaptation, plus interactive peaks at other Miyazaki features.
The 30th anniversary edition includes a collectible booklet and additional featurettes.
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Oscar winner ‘The Hurt Locker’ on Amazon Prime and Hulu
‘The Dark Knight’ vs. The Joker on HBO Max
Underdog Oscar winner ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ on Amazon Prime and Hulu
‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ on VOD and Blu-ray/DVD
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Patents for Sale
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Tangible IP Announces the Sale of Multifactor Authentication Portfolio
Seattle – MARCH 25, 2020. TANGIBLE IP, LLC, an international patent brokerage and Intellectual Property advisory firm headquartered in Seattle, with over 3000 patents successfully brokered, announced that they successfully brokered the sale of a patent portfolio...
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Nanolithography, New Method Experienced by Iranian Scientists TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian researchers at the Research Institute of the Petroleum Industry (RIPI) managed to carry out lithography process by means of Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to directly synthesize nanoparticles along with proposing a procedure for putting this method into practice.
Muscle Breakdown Sharpens with Age
TEHRAN (FNA)- New research into the reason why people have thinner arms and legs as they get older conducted by a team of Nottingham researchers has shown that suppression of muscle breakdown, which also happens during feeding, is blunted with age. ( 15:17:01 - 2009/09/13)
Iranian Scientists Increase Graphite Wettability
TEHRAN (FNA)- The surface properties of graphite, including its wettability and dispersion in water, were improved by Iranian researchers using nanotechnology. ( 14:34:27 - 2009/09/12)
Betaferon's Relapsing-Remitting Effect on MS Similar in Different Doses
TEHRAN (FNA)- A new study for comparing the efficacy of 250 micro/g or 500 micro/g interferon beta-1b with Glatiramer acetate for treating relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis showed that both doses had similar clinical effects to Glatiramer acetate. ( 13:37:12 - 2009/09/12)
Nano Mix, Super Concrete Lubricant with Unique Properties
TEHRAN (FNA)- Experts at Jazica Co., a research and technical service company in Iran, applied nanoparticle additives to super lubricants to produce a novel product called Nano Mix which demonstrates unique properties. ( 12:49:55 - 2009/09/10)
Iranian Scientists Accelerate Photo-Degradation of Industrial Wastes
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian scientists succeeded in synthesizing a nano-structural semi-conductor which increases the speed of photo-degradation process treating industrial wastes. ( 15:14:48 - 2009/09/09)
Bacteria Grows at Normal Speed Even in Small Nanoslits
TEHRAN (FNA)- A research conducted by TU Delft's Kavli Institution of Nanoscience showed that Bacteria can take on a completely new flat shape in extremely small nonoslits and grow at normal speeds in such a squashed form. ( 15:07:11 - 2009/09/09)
Nanoelectronic Transistor Leads To Better Electronics
TEHRAN (FNA)- If artificial devices could be combined with biological machines, laptops and other electronic devices could get a boost in operating efficiency. ( 15:29:32 - 2009/09/08)
New Technology Developed for Use in Underwater Acoustics
TEHRAN (FNA)- Scientists are developing a new technology for use in underwater acoustics which uses flashes of laser light to remotely create underwater sounds. ( 14:47:26 - 2009/09/08)
Iron Nanocatalyst Increases Fischer-Tropsch Process's Efficiency
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian scientists at the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) used iron nanocatalyst instead of iron catalyst for converting syngas to hydrocarbons to increase Fischer-Tropsch process's efficiency up to 1.5 times. ( 15:25:16 - 2009/09/07)
New Images of Milky Way's Cousin Released
TEHRAN (FNA)- ESO released striking new images of a nearby galaxy that suggest this hive of stars is spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way. ( 15:01:17 - 2009/09/07)
Iran Produces Atomic Force Microscope
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian researchers have developed an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) putting the country among ten leading countries possessing this nano-technology. ( 12:31:13 - 2009/09/07)
Nanocomposites Reveal More Efficient Ceramic Cutters
TEHRAN (FNA)- An alumina-based nanocomposite was produced in Iran's Materials and Energy Research Center which enables the production of cheaper ceramic cutters with better mechanical properties. ( 15:29:20 - 2009/09/06)
High-fat Diets Bring Stupidity, Laziness
TEHRAN (FNA)- Rats fed with a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown. ( 14:46:57 - 2009/09/06)
Nanopore Adsorbents Destroy Pollutants Easier
TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers at Tarbiat Moallem University, Iran synthesized high capacity nanopore adsorbents which can probably contribute to resolve major environmental pollution problems. ( 14:54:55 - 2009/09/05)
Iran, Turkey Urge Increased Consultations over Regional Problems
● Britain Asks for Expansion of Ties with Iran
● Turkey Ready to Host Iran-West Talks
● Iran Inks Gas Deal with Foreign Company
● Palestinian Politician Hails Power of Int'l Qods Day
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Kill Em All
The movie Kill Em All: trailer, clips, photos, soundtrack, news and much more!
Kill ‘Em All Movie Trailer
You may watch below the first official trailer of Kill ‘Em All, the upcoming action movie directed by Peter Malota and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kris Van Damme, Peter Stormare, Maria Conchita Alonso, Autumn Reeser, Daniel Bernhardt, Hans Marrero, James P. Bennett, Paul Sampson, John L. Armijo, Christopher Heskey, Peter Organ, Andrew S. Atkinson, Jeffrey Riseden, Mila Kaladjurdjevic, Nikki Caruso, Dominic Salvatore, Talia Andrews, and Sadie Hebert:
KILL’EM ALL
Plot synopsis:
“After a massive shootout, a mysterious stranger (Van Damme) arrives at a local hospital on the brink of death. Then, a foreign gang brazenly comes to the hospital to hunt him down. His nurse, the sole surviving witness to the follow-up shootout, must face an FBI interrogation that unlocks a plot of international intrigue and revenge”
Here’s a trained-killer, a one-man army. So I guess those baddies just bought a one way ticket to hell, lol!
Here’s the BluRay cover:
(Click on the poster to enlarge.)
KILL ‘EM ALL
When you don’t know who to trust…
The release date of the movie Kill ‘Em All is set to June 6th, 2017 (on BluRay/DVD and Digital).
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Kill Em All Movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
A first look at Kill Em All, the upcoming action movie directed by Peter Malota based on a script by Jesse Cilio, Brian Smolensky, and Craig Stewart and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Stormare, Maria Conchita Alonso, Autumn Reeser, Daniel Bernhardt, Kris Van Damme (yep, JCVD’s son!), Hans Marrero, James P. Bennett, Paul Sampson, John L. Armijo, Christopher Heskey, Peter Organ, Andrew S. Atkinson, Jeffrey Riseden, Mila Kaladjurdjevic, Nikki Caruso, Dominic Salvatore, Talia Andrews, and Sadie Hebert:
(Click on a picture to enlarge.)
“A fast paced action/thriller, where Die Hard meets The Usual Suspects.”
And here’s a behind-the-scenes video:
Kill’Em All – Behind the scenes – Jean-Claude Van Damme vs Kris Van Damme
The film has yet to get an official release date.
Stay tuned with us for more details about the movie Kill Em All.
Directed by: Peter Malota
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kris Van Damme, Peter Stormare, Maria Conchita Alonso, Autumn Reeser, Daniel Bernhardt, Hans Marrero, James P. Bennett, Paul Sampson, John L. Armijo, Christopher Heskey, Peter Organ, Andrew S. Atkinson, Jeffrey Riseden, Mila Kaladjurdjevic, Nikki Caruso, Dominic Salvatore, Talia Andrews, Sadie Hebert
More Information at: Kill Em All Trailer
https://teaser-trailer.com/movie/kill-em-all
Watch the official movie trailer of Kill Em All below:
Tags: Action, Andrew S. Atkinson, Autumn Reeser, Christopher Heskey, Daniel Bernhardt, Dominic Salvatore, Hans Marrero, James P. Bennett, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jeffrey Riseden, John L. Armijo, June 2017, Kill Em All, Kris Van Damme, Maria Conchita Alonso, Mila Kaladjurdjevic, Nikki Caruso, Paul Sampson, Peter Malota, Peter Organ, Peter Stormare, Sadie Hebert, Talia Andrews
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Buy-Personal protective equipment - Id 33749/2019-05-26/Sweden
The procurement includes personal protective equipment, such as protective jackets, protective helmets etc. for ongoing calls during the contract period.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate - Date: 17/06/2019 - Local Time: 23:59.
Language (s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: Swedish, English.
Buy-Supply of emergency and working clothes - Id 33746/2019-05-22/Czech Republic
The subject of the public contract is the supply of emergency and working clothes for the staff of the contracting authority - the clothes are intended for the exit groups of the contracting authority and will be used in providing pre-hospital emergency care.
On the basis of the public contract, a framework purchase contract will be concluded with one selected supplier for a period of 4 years, separately for each part of the public contract. The order is divided into 4 parts.
Total estimated value
value without VAT: 19 550 000.00 CZK.
Buy-Business pants - Id 32737/2018-05-30/Poland
We buy summer business pants - 5000 pieces.
Deadline for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Language (s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
Minimum period during which the bidder must maintain its offer
Duration in months: 2 (from the deadline for receipt of tenders).
Buy-Police jackets - Id 32699/2018-04-11/Germany
We have 6,850 jackets lined indoors for Police staff (men and women).
Jackets for protection against the cold season are purchased for the period 2018-2021.
They must have collared material collars, knitted on both sides.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 07/05/2018
Language (s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: German
Buy-Supply of short-sleeved and long-sleeved technical polo shirts - Id 32229/2016-11-24/France
Supply of short-sleeved and long-sleeved technical polo shirts for SDIS 06 firefighters.
Framework Agreement with purchase orders issued for a maximum period of 12 months from the date of notification, renewable tacitly 3 times, without exceeding a total duration of 4 years.
Minimum quadrennial amount: 200 000 EUR VAT excluded.
Maximum quadrennial amount: without.
Local time: 4:00 PM.
Buy-Blouses for women, clothing for rain, cold - Id 32171/2016-10-21/France
Buy work clothing for the period 2017 - 2018:
- Blouses for women
Minimum amount: 36 450 EUR excluding VAT.
Maximum amount: 61 666 EUR excluding VAT.
- Clothes for Municipal Police
Maximum amount: 104 166 EUR excluding VAT.
- Clothing for rain, cold
- Other types of clothing
- Clothing for firefighters
Minimum amount: 0 EUR excluding VAT.
Deadline for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: November 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m. local time.
Buy-Police uniforms - under body armour combat shirts - Id 32092/2016-09-06/United Kingdom
Black, Police uniform, long sleeve shirts to be worn by firearms officers under body armour for long periods.
Value excluding VAT: 480 000.00 GBP.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 28/09/2016, local time 12:00.
Buy-Linens - Id 32086/2016-09-05/Belgium
Rent and maintenance of linen and clothes for cooks, schools, kindergartens and administrative services of the city of Aalst and Aalst Police for a period of 4 years.
Estimated value, excluding VAT: 452 196,92 EUR (for 4 years).
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 27.9.2016 - 10:00.
Buy-Supply business trousers, uniforms, field and summer uniforms - Id 32044/2016-08-10/Poland
The contract is for delivery of new, coming from the current production of 5900 pieces of trousers official olive-colored, 400 pcs. Trouser business in navy blue, 4000 kpl. uniforms and field 560 set. uniforms summer field according to the requirements of the Employer.
The warranty period for items of the order is at least 24 months from the date of the object from the store to use. Shelf life objects of the contract in the warehouse is a maximum of 5 years.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 135 000 and 10 000 000.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: August 17, 2016 - 10:00.
Sale-Sell - rent garments factory operation - Id 31978/2016-06-01/Romania
SALE - RENT - INVESTMENT
During the talks can cope with any variants of business.
description factory
The unit is located in Ploiesti, jud. Prahova exiting the city, the Targoviste. It benefits from direct access TIR and CF nearby.
The factory is surrounded by access roads (perimeter), it has a total area of 1,200 square meters and courtyards concrete / asphalt.
Spaces are structured as follows:
1. Deposits of materials and finished products
2. Repositories accessories and spare parts
3. Section Cutting
4. Section assembly
5. Section board
6. Section final - CTC - Packaging - Delivery
7. Social Spaces
8. Offices
Capacity calculated for a maximum of 250 working conditions for employees.
On this they are employed in the factory 123 workers
The factory has a production site near to about 120 workers.
The total capacity provided 370 workers.
Front is ensured by August and flows commands are in the normal indefinite period, under current contracts.
Details are offered on request.
Buy-Supply and delivery of operational clothing - Id 31954/2016-05-10/Ireland, Republic of
Supply and delivery of operational clothing to the Irish Prison Service, over a 3 year period.
Duration in months: 36.
Estimated value excluding VAT: maximum 900 000 EUR.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: May 20, 2016 - 12:00.
Buy-Fire-fighting clothing - Id 31750/2015-10-13/Netherlands
The client is planning a framework contract with a supplier to conclude the delivery of "fire-fighting clothing." The performance of the contract is planned from the moment of entry into force of the agreement and for a period of 3 (three) years with an option to extend for three (3) times 1 (one) year. The agreement is established by means of signing the agreement. The tendering of the agreement, the client has chosen a European public tender.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 26.10.2015 - 12:00.
Buy-Supply of protective clothing - Id 31705/2015-09-03/Germany
The buying group HAMBURG WATER, consisting of Hamburg Waterworks GmbH (HWW) and Hamburg water AR (HSE), represented by the Hamburg water AR intends to award a framework contract for the supply of protective clothing. The duration should be 3 years. It containes items of protective clothing and equipment that are in use in two companies. The demand is carried out through an e-procurement. The contractor will prepare a catalog format BMEcat 1.2. The catalog language is German. The goods will be respectively accessed during the entire contract period in the form of small amounts of HWW and HSE. The respective delivery time for this amounts to 2 working days.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: September 29, 2015 - 23:59.
Buy-Looking for a wide range of workwear - Id 31692/2015-08-27/Sweden
The contract includes uniforms, footwear, PPE and promotional clothing for municipalities Hbo, Heby and sthammar.
We are looking for a provider that has the capability to supply a wide range of workwear for many different types of activities. Logos and other customizations differ between municipalities.
Annual purchasing volume is estimated at about 3 million.
After completion of the tender signed a framework agreement with one (1) provider for a period of two years, with the possibility of 1 + 1 year extension. Estimated contract start is 01/11/2015. sthammar connects to the agreement first 01.01.2016.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: September 23, 2015.
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LGBT Movies: Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)
Before Will and Grace, Sean Hayes starred in the indie film Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss. Billy’s a depressed photographer who falls for an enigmatic model (Brad Rowe). The guy says he’s straight but Billy spends rest of the film harassing him. The story is a sour tragedy masquerading as a fluffy romcom. All bright colors and cheery pop songs. The contrast would work if the film had some self-awareness. Instead it mistakes Billy’s creepy arrested development for innocence and charm. He’s one of the worst gay romcom protagonists in a competitive field.
Am I overthinking this? Let’s take a closer look in my spoiler filled recap.
Act One: A New Muse
Scene One: A Party in Los Angeles
(Drag Queens dance and lip sync.)
BILLY (A photographer. Played by Sean Hayes): I’m gay, single and unemployed.
GALLERY OWNER: I’ll pay you to complete your Polaroid series on Hollywood screen kisses. Like From Here to Eternity and-
BILLY: (Rolls his eyes.) Stop trying to help! I don’t actually want to improve my life!
(Billy sees Brad Rowe, a handsome waiter.)
BILLY: You should model.
BRAD ROWE: I have a girlfriend.
BILLY: You’re rejecting me like my best friend in elementary school did when he learned I was gay!
BRAD ROWE: You’re 28. Shouldn’t you be over that?
Scene Two: Art Gallery
BILLY: He might be a Kinsey 2.
GALLERY OWNER: Date men who actually want you. Like m-
BILLY: You’re judging me like my best friend in high school did when he learned I was gay!
GALLERY OWNER: Shouldn’t you be over that?
(Billy dreams he’s dancing with Brad Rowe. Brad dances badly and ditches him for a woman.)
BILLY: He even dances like a straight guy.
Act Two: Uncomfortable
Scene Three: Beach
BRAD ROWE: I don’t feel comfortable in these tight swim trunks.
BILLY: (Rolls his eyes.) Oh Brad, I don’t care about your feelings.
(The photo shoot commences… off-screen.)
BILLY: It’s a shame they don’t show me doing something I’m good at. It might have made my character more interesting.
BRAD ROWE: I just got offered an underwear modeling gig in Catalina.
BILLY: What does your “girlfriend” think of that?
BRAD ROWE: We broke up. Why? Are you going to ask me out?
BILLY: No. I’m just going to stare at you awkwardly.
Scene Four: Billy’s Apartment
BRAD ROWE: Other guys want something from me. You treat me with respect.
BILLY: Since when?
BRAD ROWE: Mind if I spend the night?
(Brad Rowe crawls into bed and “pretends” to sleep. Billy “pretends” to molest him.)
BRAD ROWE: What, are we 14? (He leaves.)
BILLY: How dare you.
Act Three: Rebounds
Scene Five: Catalina Beach
(Billy stalks Brad Rowe.)
BRAD ROWE: Hi Billy. Meet my new boyfriend.
HOT MALE MODEL: Hi.
BILLY: So, I launched your career and helped you come out? You’re welcome.
(Billy throws his camera into the sea.)
BILLY: No one loves me!
GALLERY OWNER: I was in love with you for years. (Kisses him.) But I grew up and got over it. (Leaves.)
BILLY: Booooo!
Epilogue: Art Gallery
RANDOM MAN: I liked your photo exhibition. Did you stage any kisses besides From Here to Eternity?
BILLY: I’ve no idea. We dropped that plot thread. Did I learn anything from all this?
RANDOM MAN: Dunno. But if we keep making small talk the audience will assume that we’re going to hook up.
BILLY: Aww. You’re my consolation prize.
Tinseltown Dreams
“It’s fairly autobiographical. It’s sort of based on my straight crushes. I’ve had several… The idea is to take a story that’s pretty personal and blow it up on a grand cinematic scale.”
Tommy O’Haver, Writer/Director
Billy’s future is unclear. A generous reading would say that he’s found some closure and self-respect. The Hollywood dreams and traumatic childhood stories suggest he’s never in the present. There’s no guarantee his new admirer will snap him out of his delusions. Roger Ebert called the ambiguous ending a “giant, soggy, wet-blanket.”
Sean Hayes’ star would launch with Will and Grace that year. At the same time he faced a lot of criticism from the gay community for playing the caricatured Jack McFarland on screen and demanding privacy off the set. I didn’t mind Jack’s femininity. I minded his lack of inner life. His co-stars were allowed a range of emotions that he was denied. But Jack’s more fun than the gloomy Billy. Writer/Director Tommy O’Haver said that Hayes made Billy “bright and cheery” enough to offset his self-loathing. I disagreed.
Brad Rowe was marketed as the next Brad Pitt. This was a blessing and a curse. He walks a fine line here as the sexually ambiguous model. He underplays and lets the audience fill in the gaps. Critics called the role was a “shallow opportunist” (Variety), a “shrink-wrapped boy toy” (New York Times) and “a mystery” to the end. (AV Club). Rowe initially said he played the role “fairly straight.” Years later he described the character as “newly out of the closet.” He’d play the flip side of that in the 2007 romance Shelter. There he played a confident gay man mentoring a scared closeted case.
Writer and director Tommy O’Haver was hired to direct Archie for Universal Pictures. I’d love to know why it was cancelled, and if anyone involved stayed on for Riverdale.
Have you seen Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss? What did you think of it? Did you sympathize with Billy? Dislike him? Both? Who would you cast in these roles today?
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Vanessa Fernandez covers Led Zeppelin tunes in "unplugged" acoustic arrangements on the 100% all analogue recording When The Levee Breaks. Brilliant rhythm guitar and solos from arranger-guitarist Tim Pierce including an extended electric guitar solo on the rock version of "Whole Lotta Love" as well as killer vintage slide work on "When The Levee Breaks;" awesome drumming and majestic kick drum work from Jim Keltner on "Kashmir," "Babe" and "Immigrant Song;" driving electric bass lines from Chris Chaney; memorable B3 and Wurlitzer fills and runs from keyboardist Jim Cox; audacious violin solos and fills from Charlie Bisharat on "Kashmir" and "Immigrant Song;" and, last but in no way least, stirring percussion backing from the great Luis Conte on "When The Levee Breaks," "Black Dog" and "Whole Lotta Love" (acoustic).
And throughout every song the magnificent incomparable vocals of Vanessa Fernandez. Yes - the album was recorded all analogue multi track but several of the vocal tracks are the complete original live track used without any overdubs or fixes. The vocal performance on "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is gonna leave listeners breathless! Engineered by Michael C. Ross, mixing of the all analogue album was completed at United Recordings (formerly known as Oceanway Recordings). The mixing was done in the legendary studio A with it's great sounding custom built mixing board. The album was mixed down to 1/4 inch 30 ips tape and delivered to Bernie Grundman Mastering where the mastering and lacquer cutting was done. All the above elements combined to create memorable and immensely satisfying versions of several well known Led Zeppelin songs and the results are in - an album of epic musical and spectacular sonic quality!
Vanessa Fernandez, vocals
Tim Pierce, guitars
Jim Keltner, drums
Chris Chaney, bass
Jim Cox, keyboards
Charlie Bisharat, violin
180g 45rpm 3LP-set
Features two exclusive LP only tracks
Mastered directly from the original 30 ips 1/4 inch analogue master
Cut by Bernie Grundman
Triple Gatefold
First 2500 copies numbered
"Much of the album, spread onto three 180g 45rpm records, is acoustic, but songs like "Kashmir" with Jim Keltner on drums, rocks out big time. These are fresh arrangements by guitarist Tim Pierce...The instrumental performances add new luster to the old chestnuts. Old fans will enjoy the new musical environment and some non-Led Zep fans will be won over. Most importantly, Ms. Fernandez, a long time Led Zep fan, has the vocal chops and the sensibility to wrap her cords tightly around the lyrics and wring new meaning from them. From what I got to hear later on a lacquer, the performances and the sonics will drop your jaws..." – Analog Planet
Vanessa Fernandez
When The Levee Breaks
3 × Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Album
Jazz, Rock, Blues
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A Tribe Called Quest – The Anthology
A TAV Curator's Pick.
The Anthology is A Tribe Called Quest's 1999 greatest hits compilation spanning their entire career.
The compilation contains songs from all of their currently existing full-length catalogue, including People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, The Low End Theory, Midnight Marauders, Beats, Rhymes and Life and The Love Movement. It also contains Q-Tip's "Vivrant Thing", which was featured on the first music compilation for Violator Management. The song would also later be featured on Q-Tip's solo effort, Amplified.
The album cover features Erykah Badu with fluorescent stripes of green and orange reminiscent of the traditional colors of the Kente tribe of the north Congo.
“For those who haven't discovered that A Tribe Called Quest made several of the best LPs in hip-hop history, Anthology is a perfect way to encapsulate the trio's decade-long career into one manageable portion. All of their best and biggest songs are here, from the early neglected joint "Luck of Lucien" to classic jazz-rap from The Low End Theory like "Jazz (We've Got)," and their 45-rpm peak with "Award Tour," all the way to their last big hit, "Find a Way," from 1998's The Love Movement. Yes, anyone who enjoys hip-hop needs to own at least Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory, but Anthology succeeds in delivering all the highest points from a great hip-hop group's career. The collection also includes the first solo track from Q-Tip, 1999's "Vivrant Thing." – AllMusic
2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
This reissue: 2015 | Original - 1999
Conscious, Jazzy Hip-Hop
Spiritmuse Records
Abdullah Sami - Peace of Time
This one goes deep! An incredible reissue stepping into the the world again in 2019 via Spiritmuse Records.
A spiritual jazz, ultra-rare Holy Grail from Abdullah ‘Mudon’ Sami and New York’s & Chicago’s late ‘70s underground jazz scene, that has acquired mythical status. Originally released as private press in 1978 by the artist for only 300 copies, it’s now been remastered and reissued for the first time on vinyl. A highly anticipated reissue amongst collectors 'in the know', ‘Peace of Time’ and the story of Mudon Abdullah Sami is the true stuff of legend. - Spiritmuse Records
Label: Spiritmuse Records – SPM 001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Released: 12 Apr 2019
Rhino Records | Parlophone
Air – Le Soleil Est Près De Moi [Single] | RSD2017
After their first two incredible debut singles ("Modulator Mix" and "Casanova 70") were revealed to the world in 1995 and 96, Air released two follow up classics in 1997: "Le soleil est pres de moi" and "J'ai dormi sous l'eau". This RSD release includes both original versions and a remixed version of 'J'ai dormi sous l'eau" by the famous French electronic music duo l :cube & DJ Gilb'R .A.K.A Chateau flight and a Dan The Automator remix of "Le soleil est pres de moi". (Limited worldwide release of 4500.)
SIDE A: 01 Le Soleil est pres de moi 02 J'ai dormi sous l'eau
SIDE B: 01 Le soleil est pres de moi (Automator remix) 02 J'ai dormi sous l'eau – Press Release
Air [ French Band ]
Le Soleil Est Près De Moi
Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Limited Edition, Reissue, Orange Splatter
This reissue: 2017 | Original – 1997
Downtempo, Easy Listening
Aircheology / Parlophone
Air – Twentyears [Compilation]
Twentyears is a compilation album by Air, consisting of French duo Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, released in 2016, twenty years after their international debut.
The anthology includes one LP of the duo's hits, plus another LP comprising 14 rare or unreleased cuts. Selections include classics like "Sexy Boy" and "Kelly Watch The Stars," as well as lesser-known collaborations with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jarvis Cocker and Françoise Hardy, plus recordings of radio performances on BBC and KCRW.
“Twentyears does exactly what a compilation needs to; it shows how Air are arguably one of the last great singles bands, but by delving beyond the hits we are presented with an abbreviated version of a back catalogue of panache and flair. Always engaging, always different, but always Air.” - The Line of Best Fit
“As laid-back as it is, a track like opener “La Femme D’Argent,” from Air’s 1998 debut full-length Moon Safari, shimmies quite a bit—but in a totally nonchalant, debonair manner. The cool-strutting bass line paves the path as jazzy, improv-sounding piano flutters around and alien-noise squiggles slice into the synth breeze.
Pop-electronica big hits like “Playground Love” and “Sexy Boy” anchor the compilation, but the secondary and tertiary singles make the album move. An instrumental like “Alpha Beta Gaga,” from 2004’s Talkie Walkie, ratchets intensity in a way that’s both uplifting and cathartic.” - AV Club
Twentyears
2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Downtempo, Future Jazz, French
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Barstool Pirates Take Flight
by The Boston Sun Staff • August 29, 2016 • 0 Comments
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Homeless Groups Advocate for Return of Long Island,Against B.Good Contract
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TEA to Celebrate 15th Anniversary at Moondance Gala in September
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Red Bull Flugtag Competition Flies into Boston
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Boston Police Make Arrest in South End Sexual Assault
Boston Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a sexual assault in the South End on Monday. Eduardo Rodriguez, age 31, of Boston was arrested by officers assigned to the Boston Police Special Investigations Unit and charged with aggravated…
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Home Fashion and Lifestyle Business Journalists projected 2020 results based on NPP Collated figues, Paul Adom-Otchere confirms
Journalists projected 2020 results based on NPP Collated figues, Paul Adom-Otchere confirms
Paul Adom Otchere, Host-Good Evening Ghana
Paul Adom-Otchere, the host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, has admitted that the incumbent NPP was calling election results to some media houses and journalists to project President Nana Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
The opposition NDC and many critics have accused the media and the NPP of rigging the December 7, elections.
According to Adom-Otchere, he was part of those who received such figures from the NPP’s collation centre which the party had set up at their headquarters.
Adom-Otchere stated on his show that he would be exploring and investigating claims by the opposition NDC that the December 7, 2020 elections were flawed.
He explained, “…The New Patriotic Party began the night of elections, we were in this studio […] and we all saw that the New Patriotic Party had set up a collation system by which they were collating the results of the election and at each point, they will send information across board. I got some of the information, I believe other journalists did. Different people got it, and they will tell you that they are at 70 per cent reported pink sheets from across the country and this is what they are seeing.”
He added: “In fact, as far as their system was concerned, their presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took an early lead in the election collation processes. He led the system for a very long time and his lead began to dwindle a little bit towards the end and they were still confident that President Akufo-Addo would obtain a majority of 50 per cent plus one (sic), which is the constitutional requirement to have won a first-round presidential victory.”
The EC, on Wednesday, December 9, 2020, declared the incumbent President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president-elect.
It has, however, since then changed the figures several times admitting mistakes.
After the declaration of the December 7 elections results, the opposition NDC alleged that the Electoral Commission (EC) liaised with the incumbent NPP to overturn the verdict of the people.
John Dramani Mahama, who led the NDC into the 2020 elections has described the elections as ‘flawed and fictionalised.’
Mahama averred that data available to his party from across all the 16 regions of Ghana showed that he had won the 2020 presidential election, insisting that any other pronouncement by the EC was evidence of manipulation of figures.
He, therefore, rejected the declaration by the EC.
The EC on Thursday, December 10, issued a statement admitting an error in the declared results.
The EC stated in its press release that its Chairperson “inadvertently used 13,433,573 as the total valid votes cast”.
“The total valid votes cast is 13,119,460. This does not change the percentages stated for each candidate and the declaration made by the Chairperson,” the EC’s statement said.
Analysis by pundits on social media shows that the 10 December 2020 press release by the EC was still fraught with errors.
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Police unions face lobbying fights at all levels of government
By Alex Gangitano - 06/13/20 08:37 PM EDT
Police unions are gearing up for their biggest lobbying fights in years as lawmakers at all levels of government push to reform law enforcement practices and protections.
In Congress, the brewing battle comes as House Democrats have introduced sweeping legislation to overhaul aspects of the criminal justice system, with Senate Republicans expected to unveil their proposal in the coming week.
The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), the country's largest police group that represents over 330,000 officers, is expected to play a major role, much like it did in 2014 when it tried to protect access to military equipment following the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.
“There seems to be a lot of variation in how police unions are handling the situation, ranging from just the outright opposition and in some cases vile statements coming out of union heads to … union heads that are open to reforms,” said Jake Rosenfeld, a professor at the Washington University in St. Louis who specializes in unions.
The FOP, which has in-house lobbyists, said it spent $55,000 on lobbying activities in the first quarter of 2020, a relatively low amount compared to unions in other sectors. In 2019, it spent $220,000.
An FOP spokesperson declined to comment on any plans for expanding lobbying in light of the new legislation.
The group’s last lobbying surge was in 2014, when it was initially unsuccessful in arguing that a Pentagon program that provided surplus military gear to the police should be continued. Then-President Obama placed restrictions on the program, but President Trump Donald TrumpGiuliani used provisional ballot to vote in 2020 election, same method he disparaged in fighting to overturn results Trump gets lowest job approval rating in final days as president Fox News' DC managing editor Bill Sammon to retire MORE lifted those restrictions during his first year in office.
But the debate this time around is much broader and one that threatens to reshape police forces nationwide.
Rosenfeld said that in 2014 “it certainly felt like it was just drawing a line in the stand and not moving from it. Here, this movement seems to be somewhat different.”
The FOP put out a statement last month after the killing of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, when an officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.
“Law enforcement officers are empowered to use force when apprehending suspects and they are rigorously trained to do so in order to have the safest possible outcome for all parties,” FOP national president Patrick Yoes wrote. “Police officers need to treat all of our citizens with respect and understanding and should be held to the very highest standards for their conduct.”
Other law enforcement unions have been active in Washington this year, particularly around COVID-19 relief funds.
The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association hired Folger Square Group on April 1 to work on supplemental funding to address the effects of the coronavirus and criminal justice. Those efforts have since been overshadowed by the May 25 killing of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody.
Police unions also have to prepare for fights outside the Beltway.
“It’s really at the local level where a lot of the real action will be. I think you’ll see a lot of variation in terms of where unions will be on what’s coming out of cities in efforts for fundamental reform,” Rosenfeld said.
In California this month, a coalition of district attorneys called on the State Bar of California to prohibit police unions from making campaign contributions to district attorneys “to reduce the possibility of political influence from law enforcement unions over prosecutorial decision making.”
Clamping down on police union contributions could further erode the clout of law enforcement groups, though restrictions on making donations to federal candidates is not even being discussed.
The FOP’s PAC has spent 9,000 on federal candidates so far this cycle -- 44 percent to Democrats and 56 percent to Republicans, according to data from the Center for Responsible Politics.
That money was spent between Sen. John Cornyn John CornynHarris to resign from Senate seat on Monday Cruz, Cornyn to attend Biden inauguration McConnell about to school Trump on political power for the last time MORE (R-Texas), who received $5,000, Sen. Chris Coons Chris Andrew CoonsSenate Democrats leery of nixing filibuster Security concerns mount ahead of Biden inauguration Trump impeachment collides with Biden's agenda MORE (D-Del.), who received $2,500, and Rep. Alan Lowenthal Alan Stuart LowenthalLawmakers briefed on 'horrifying,' 'chilling' security threats ahead of inauguration OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA declines to tighten key air pollution standards | Despite risks to polar bears, Trump pushes ahead with oil exploration in Arctic | Biden to champion climate action in 2021 Democrats question legality of speedy Arctic refuge oil lease sales MORE (D-Calif.), who received $1,500.
It also gave $5,000 to Green Mountain PAC, which is Sen. Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph LeahyPompeo's flurry of foreign policy moves hampers Biden start Senior Democrat says Hawley, Cruz should step down from Judiciary Congress unveils .3 trillion government spending and virus relief package MORE’s (D-Vt.) leadership PAC, and $5,000 to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Steny Hamilton HoyerBoebert communications director resigns amid Capitol riot: report GOP divided over Liz Cheney's future Pelosi mum on when House will send impeachment article to Senate MORE’s (D-Md.) Majority Fund.
The PAC spent the most on any race in 2012 when it gave over $41,000 to federal candidates. Ninety-five percent of that went to Democrats, with Sen. Amy Klobuchar Amy KlobucharGoogle completes Fitbit acquisition Hillicon Valley: Fringe social networks boosted after Capitol attack | Planned protests spark fears of violence in Trump's final days | Election security efforts likely to gain ground in Democrat-controlled Congress US Chamber of Commerce to stop supporting some lawmakers following the Capitol riots MORE (D-Minn.) receiving the most at $10,000, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics.
Klobuchar, a contender for running mate for Biden, has received $15,000 from police union and law enforcement PACs since she’s been in the Senate, second only to Leahy, who has received $21,250.
Leahy’s office did not respond to a request for comment.
“Senator Klobuchar has a long record of working on justice reforms and police accountability. As a prosecutor she pushed for police accountability reforms such as videotaped interrogations and publicly supported outside investigations for police officers,” a spokesperson for Klobuchar told The Hill.
The FOP has not endorsed a presidential candidate this cycle, but it endorsed Trump in September 2016 for that year’s race after not endorsing now-Sen. Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyBiden's minimum wage push faces uphill battle with GOP GOP senators wrestle with purging Trump from party Impeachment trial tests Trump's grip on Senate GOP MORE (R-Utah) when he was the GOP presidential nominee in 2012.
FOP did not respond to The Hill’s request for information on further plans for contributions or endorsements in 2020.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden Joe BidenWoman accused of trying to sell Pelosi laptop to Russians arrested Trump gets lowest job approval rating in final days as president Trump moves to lift coronavirus travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil MORE has not received any police union endorsements this cycle.
As of April, law enforcement officers had individually contributed to more than $70,000 to Biden’s campaign, compared to $62,000 for Trump, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Plus500 Feels the Heat, Q3- Revenue Drops by 40% on Back of ESMA Leverage Cap
Asaf Elimelech, CEO at Plus500
The FCA-regulated online broker, Plus 500 released its trading update for Q3, in which it reported over 40 per cent decline in net revenues compared to previous on the back of stringent ESMA leverage cap.
In the Q3-2018, Plus 500 has registered a total revenue of $100.1 million, which is 40 per cent lower than the previous quarter and a third of record revenues of Q1-2018 at $297 million. The Q3-2018 numbers include the first two months of ESMA’s stringent regulation that capped leverage offered to clients by up to 30X for major FX pairs and 2x for cryptocurrency FX pairs.
The Average Revenue per User in the Q3-2018 came down to $981 compared to $1232 in Q3 last year. The decrease in ARPU was also due to comparatively low volatility in Q3 than Q1 and Q2. Also, the cost of acquiring a new customer also went up significantly during the period to $1581 compared to just $677 in the first six months of this year.
The stock of the company has also bear the burnt of stringent regulations by ESMA, which is now almost down by 40 per cent from August level. The company said that now 8 per cent of EEA have elected to become professional clients representing almost 38 per cent of the revenue compared to 5% EEA customers in Q2 contributing almost 20 per cent in revenue. In the long term, the company believes that only 30 per cent of the revenue will be impacted by EEA clients.
The company has also initiated a $10 million share buyback programme and has appointed Liberum Capital Limited to manage the whole programme.
Asaf Elimelech, Chief Executive Officer of Plus500, commented:
Our results for the third quarter continued to show satisfactory levels of trading activity of our Active Customers in comparison to previous years, despite regulatory changes and low market volatility. We continue to focus on our core markets and acquiring high value customers supported by our innovative technological edge and the prospect of potential new licences outside the EEA. We now expect to be ahead of current market expectations for 2018.
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LENA RICHARD: HONORED BY JAMES BEARD THEN AND NOW
by Toni Tipton-Martin | Mar 11, 2012 | Entrepreneurs, Featured
I went to the safe to retrieve a New York-area author from the Jemima Code cookbook collection to be among the black cooks featured in my pop-up art exhibit at the Greenhouse Gallery at James Beard House in Manhattan. I came out with New Orleans chef Lena Richard. More than 70 years ago, the “father of American cuisine” had been Richard’s advocate. Now, she would return to his home to uplift and encourage a whole new generation.
Until recently I had only briefly studied Richard’s life. I read in a resume of her accomplishments in the exhibition guide at Newcomb College Center for Research on Women at Tulane University, that she was a formally trained culinary student, completing her education at the Fannie Farmer Cooking School in Boston. She ran her own catering company for ten years, operated several restaurants in New Orleans, including a lunch house for laundry workers, cooked at an elite white women’s organization, the Orleans Club, opened a cooking school, and taught night classes while compiling her cookbook.
In 1939, she self-published more than 350 recipes for simple as well as elegant dishes in Lena Richard’s Cook Book. Her smiling face radiates from the kind of ladylike portrait one might expect to find cradled inside a gold locket worn close to the heart. A year later, at the urging of Beard and food editor Clementine Paddleford, Houghton Mifflin published a revised edition of her work. This book, however, contained a new title and preface, and that precious cameo-style photograph was gone.
Through the end of April, visitors to Beard House were welcomed into the sanctuaries of unsung culinary heroes like Richard. Screen-printed images of black women at work in and around the kitchen hearth in slave and sharecropper’s cabins, gardens, and in shotgun houses throughout the south hung on the walls of the Greenhouse. The images in this engaging visual history were taken from my historic reprint of a 1904 classic cookbook, The Blue Grass Cook Book — photographs that document culinary contributions to American cuisine and establish an enduring legacy for the women as modern role models who encourage everyone to cook and share real food.
In these times of Top Chef-styled plates where food is stacked, foamed and streaked, it can seem impossible to be impressed by the simplicity of three-course menus comprised of dishes like avocado cocktail, buttered saltines, broiled steak, petit pois, and watermelon ice cream — but we should try.
So, in celebration of the hard-working, nimble chef who taught culinary students how to make homemade vol-au-vent and calas toud chaud while tutoring her daughter in the entrepreneurial skills of business 101, and as part of my outreach to vulnerable children in Austin, and in partnership with the James Beard Foundation, the University of Texas, the Texas Restaurant Association, and Kikkoman, four high school culinary students cooked for a reception featuring chef Scott Barton, April 1 at the Beard House.
For the past three years, students from Pflugerville’s John B. Connally High and Austin’s Travis High have demonstrated professionalism, self-awareness, and pride in the presence of these art works, the kind of outcomes we can expect when we provide culturally-appropriate experiences that engage and inspire kids toward careers in the food industry — whether those jobs are in food archaeology, anthropology, food service, or public health.
Ryan Johnson, a senior at Connally described the meaning of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity this way: “Most people my age have never heard of the James Beard Foundation, or the IACP, but as soon as Chef mentioned those names, I couldn’t believe my ears. I thought. “No way!
“Every night this week, I could hardly sleep because of the anticipation, and thoughts of the different people I’ll meet, and foods I’ll see. My mom always wanted me to be as passionate about food as she is; her wish has come true. I am truly grateful for the wonderful opportunities my passion and hard work have brought me, and I can’t help but think, “I’m actually going to be a chef…”
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Lena’s Doughnuts
2 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon each ground nutmeg and cinnamon
1 egg, well beaten
1 tablespoon melted butter
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Sift together, three times. Combine sugar and egg; add butter. Add flour, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time. Beat after each addition until smooth. Knead lightly 2 minutes on lightly-floured board. Roll 1/3-inch thick. Cut with doughnut cutter. Let rise for several minutes. Fry in deep, hot fat until golden brown. Drain on unglazed paper. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.
Number of Servings: 12
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SEC Doubles Down Its Attack on Telegram's TON Project, Claims That Postponement Is Unacceptable
The SEC is certain that Telegram will continue violating the law if allowed to move forward with the TON network launch
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According to Russian press agency TASS, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked a federal court not to deny its request for a preliminary injunction against Telegram.
Defendants’ Opposition asks the Court to deny the preliminary injunction without the benefit of the discovery or the hearing specifically contemplated by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, vacate the Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) and Order to Show Cause (“OSC”), and permit Defendants to merely stipulate not to violate the law for the time being.
As reported by U.Today, the company behind one of the biggest messaging apps recently filed its response to the US regulator where it states that its Gram tokens are not securities. Hence, the SEC's restraining order, which prevented the Telegram Open Network (TON) network from meeting its launch deadline, was unwarranted.
TON was supposed to go live on Oct. 31, according to the token purchase agreement. After being hit with a lawsuit for running an unregistered ICO, Telegram was forced to delay the network's launch to Apr. 31, 2020 due to immense regulatory scrutiny. Its investors can either wait until the new deadline or take 77 percent of their money back.
However, the SEC calls this five-month postponement "unacceptable" in the recently submitted filling. According to the securities watchdog, the regulator is "virtually guaranteed" to violating the law again if given a chance to distribute its Gram tokens.
Third, Defendants’ position as the holder of all existing Grams under a self-imposed contractual obligation to distribute Grams means that they are in a position where future violations not only can be anticipated, but are virtually guaranteed.
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Furthermore, the SEC states that Telegram's argument about its ICO not being a securities offering was not convincing enough.
U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel, who presides over the case, is yet to voice his stance.
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Phat Diem Cathedral is one of the most famous and beautiful churches in Vietnam with special architecture: an elegant combination of Western architectural style and Vietnamese religious buildings. Phat Diem Cathedral is a complex comprising a lake, a cathedral, a stone church, Phuong Dinh (bell house) and three artificial grottoes.
Phat Diem Cathedral is Vietnam’s most distinctive Catholic church with strong traditional Vietnamese design elements and a rich history. Phat Diem was built in 1875s to 1898s and it took 24 consecutive years. Phat Diem Cathedral was designed by a Vietnamese priest, known as Father Sau. Father Sau rallied the local population to build the cathedral, five side chapels, three artificial grottoes, an artificial lake and a bell tower.
In the middle of the lake, there is a small island with statue of Jesus Christ. Phuong Dinh easily becomes the next eye-catching monument, with stone carvings on both sides of the walls. It is 25 m high, 17m wide and 24m length consisting of three floors built of boulder.. The first floor is covered by large green flagstones. In the middle of Phuong Dinh, it has a monolithic table; outside and inside, there has the bas-relief carved images of Jesu with elegant lines.
The second floor of Phuong Dinh, it hangs a big drum. The third floor hung a bell with 1.4 meters height, 1.1 meters in diameter and 2000 kilograms weight. This big bell was casted in 1890. Phuong Dinh’s roof has five arches; the highest arch is in the middle of the third floor. Roof of Phuong Dinh in Phat Diem cathedral is not soaring as the other churches; it has ancient roof and same the roof of temple, pagoda.
The cathedral is 74 meters long, 21 meters wide and 15 meters high with four roofs. Inside the church there includes 6 monolithic ironwood columns; two rows of columns with 11 meters height, 2.35 meters in circumference, 10 tons weight in each column. Besides, it has a large altar was made by a monolithic boulder with 3 meters length, 0.9 meters width, 0.8 meters height and 20 tons weight. In the front of the boulder, it was carved with flowers of the four seasons. Two sides of the cathedral are 4 churches with the unique architectural.
Next to the grand cathedral is a church named “Nha Tho Trai tim Vo Nhiem Nguyen Toi Duc Me” . But people usually refer to it as “Stone church” because its walls, pillars, ground, bars and beams are made of stone.
The inside of the church has many sophisticated carved reliefs, with chrysanthemums, bamboo, fir trees and apricot trees that symbolize four seasons in a year. Around Phat Diem Cathedral, there are a lot of beautiful stone caves and artificial mountains.
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In Montana, Tracking Long-Term Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke
A Northern Rockies town was inundated with dangerous smoke levels for 49 days. It’s now a case study for smoke exposure.
Top: The Sprague Fire in Montana burned nearly 17,000 acres in 2017. Visual: Glacier NPS / Flickr
By Katheryn Houghton
SEELEY LAKE, Mont. — When researchers arrived in this town tucked in the Northern Rockies three years ago, they could still smell the smoke a day after it cleared from devastating wildfires. Their plan was to chart how long it took for people to recover from living for seven weeks surrounded by relentless smoke.
They still don’t know, because most residents haven’t recovered. In fact, they’ve gotten worse.
Forest fires had funneled hazardous air into Seeley Lake, a town of fewer than 2,000 people, for 49 days. The air quality was so bad that on some days the monitoring stations couldn’t measure the extent of the pollution. The intensity of the smoke and the length of time residents had been trapped in it were unprecedented, prompting county officials to issue their first evacuation orders due to smoke, not fire risk.
Many people stayed. That made Seeley Lake an ideal place to track the long-term health of people inundated by wildfire pollution.
So far, researchers have found that people’s lung capacity declined in the first two years after the smoke cleared. Chris Migliaccio, an immunologist with the University of Montana, and his team found the percentage of residents whose lung function sank below normal thresholds more than doubled in the first year after the fire and remained low a year after that.
“There’s something wrong there,” Migliaccio said.
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While it’s long been known that smoke can be dangerous when in the thick of it — triggering asthma attacks, cardiac arrests, hospitalizations, and more — the Seeley Lake research confirmed what public health experts feared: Wildfire haze can have consequences long after it’s gone.
That doesn’t bode well for the 78 million people in the western United States now confronting historic wildfires.
Toxic air from fires has blanketed California and the Pacific Northwest for weeks now, causing some of the world’s worst air quality. California fires have burned roughly 2.3 million acres so far this year, and the wildfire season isn’t over yet. Oregon estimates 500,000 people in the state have been under a notice to either prepare to evacuate or leave. Smoke from the West Coast blazes has drifted as far away as Europe.
Extreme wildfires are predicted to become a regular occurrence due to climate change. And, as more people increasingly settle in fire-prone places, the risks increase. That’s shifted wildfires from being a perennial reality for rural mountain towns to becoming an annual threat for areas across the West.
Dr. Perry Hystad, an associate professor in the College of Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University, said the Seeley Lake research offers unique insights into wildfire smoke’s impact, which until recently had largely been unexplored. He said similar studies are likely to follow because of this fire season.
“This is the question that everybody is asking,” Hystad said. “‘I’ve been sitting in smoke for two weeks, how concerned should I be?’”
Migliaccio wants to know whether the lung damage he saw in Seeley Lake is reversible — or even treatable. (Think of an inhaler for asthma or other medication that prevents swollen airways.)
But those discoveries will have to wait. The team hasn’t been able to return to Seeley Lake this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Migliaccio said more research is needed on whether wildfire smoke damages organs besides the lungs, and whether routine exposure makes people more susceptible to diseases.
The combination of the fire season and the pandemic has spurred other questions as well, like whether heavy smoke exposure could lead to more Covid-19 deaths. A recent study showed a spike in influenza cases following major fire seasons.
“Now you have the combination of flu season and Covid and the wildfires,” Migliaccio said. “How are all these things going to interact come late fall or winter?”
Seeley Lake has long known smoke. It sits in a narrow valley between vast stretches of thick forests.
On a recent September day, Boyd Gossard stood on his back porch and pointed toward the mountains that were ablaze in 2017.
Gossard, 80, expects to have some summer days veiled in haze. But that year, he said, he could hardly see his neighbor’s house a few hundred feet away.
“I’ve seen a lot of smoke in my career,” said Gossard, who worked in timber management and served as a wildland firefighter. “But having to just live in it like this was very different. It got to you after a while.”
When Missoula County health officials urged people to leave town and flee the hazardous smoke, many residents stayed close to home. Some said their jobs wouldn’t let them leave. Others didn’t have a place to go — or the money to get there.
Health officials warned those who stayed to avoid exercising and breathing too hard, to remain inside and to follow steps to make their homes as smoke-free as possible. The health department also worked to get air filters to those who needed them most.
But when flames got too close, some people had to sleep outside in campsites on the other side of town.
One of the known dangers of smoke is particulate matter. Smaller than the width of a human hair, it can bypass a body’s defenses, lodging deep into lungs. Lu Hu, an atmospheric chemist with the University of Montana, said air quality reports are based on how much of that pollution is in the air.
“It’s like lead; there’s no safe level, but still we have a safety measure for what’s allowable,” Hu said. “Some things kill you fast and some things kill you slowly.”
While air quality measurements can gauge the overall amount of pollution, they can’t assess which specific toxins people are inhaling. Hu is collaborating with other scientists to better predict how smoke travels and what pollutants people actually breathe.
He said smoke’s chemistry changes based on how far it travels and what’s burning, among other factors.
Over the past few years, teams of researchers drove trucks along fire lines to collect smoke samples. Other scientists boarded cargo planes and flew into smoke plumes to take samples right from a fire’s source. Still others stationed at a mountain lookout captured smoke drifting in from nearby fires. And ground-level machines at a Missoula site logged data over two summers.
Bob Yokelson, a longtime smoke researcher with the University of Montana, said scientists are getting closer to understanding its contents. And, he said, “it’s not all bad news.”
Temperature and sunlight can change some pollutants over time. Some dangerous particles seem to disappear. But others, such as ozone, can increase as smoke ages.
Yokelson said scientists are still a long way from determining a safe level of exposure to the 100-odd pollutants in smoke.
“We can complete the circle by measuring not only what’s in smoke, but measuring what’s happening to the people who breathe it,” Yokelson said. “That’s where the future of health research on smoke is going to go.”
“It’s like lead; there’s no safe level, but still we have a safety measure for what’s allowable,” Hu said.
In the meantime, those studying wildland smoke hope what they’ve learned so far can better prepare people to live in the haze when evacuation isn’t an option.
Joan Wollan, 82, was one of the Seeley Lake study participants. She stayed put during the 2017 fire because her house at the time sat on a border of the evacuation zone.
The air made her eyes burn and her husband cough. She ordered air filters to create cleaner air inside her home, which helped.
On a recent day, the air in Wollan’s new neighborhood in Missoula turned that familiar gray-orange as traces of fires from elsewhere appeared. Local health officials warned that western Montana could get hit by some of the worst air quality the state had seen since those 2017 fires.
If it got bad enough, Wollan said, she’d get the filters out of storage or look for a way to get to cleaner air — “if there is someplace in Montana that isn’t smoky.”
Katheryn Houghton reports for Kaiser Health News.
This article was originally published by Kaiser Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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EPA Drops Data Before GOP Forces Shutdown of Transportation Hearing
The Senate environment panel today was forced to prematurely shutter its latest hearing on the next long-term federal transportation bill after Republicans invoked a rarely-used right to close down committee work as part of their broader protest against the majority party’s health care legislation.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), center, with Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) at right. (Photo: NWF via Flickr)
The abbreviated hearing gave senators little time to discuss the next transportation measure’s impact on energy and the environment, a significant issue for members of both parties. "It’s a shame," committee chief Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said, "but we’re caught up with something that has to do with health care."
Gina McCarthy, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) senior air-quality official, did get to outline the results of an report her agency released last month [PDF] at the request of Sen. John Kerry (D-MA). The senator had asked the EPA to determine the maximum achievable reduction in pollution from the transportation sector — which currently accounts for about 30 percent of total U.S. emissions — by the year 2030.
For its emissions model, the EPA assumed that auto fuel-efficiency standards would continue rising in concert with the Obama administration’s plan to reach an average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. Other assumptions included a 60-percent improvement in the fuel efficiency of new freight trucks and the transit and land use reforms outlined in last year’s Moving Cooler report.
What did the EPA find? Per McCarthy’s testimony:
[B]y 2030, greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector could be reduced by 600 to 1000 million metric tons annually, which would be the equivalent of taking 120 to 200 million cars off the road. The projected oil savings are 4 to 7 million barrels per day, representing one-third to over one-half of our current oil imports. These greenhouse gas emissions and oil savings represent a 25 to 40 percent reduction in the transportation sector relative to the Energy Information Administration’s 2009 Annual Energy Outlook baseline.
McCarthy emphasized that the report does not represent an official EPA recommendation on transport emissions cuts, but its release comes at an auspicious time, as Kerry bids to revive the prospects for a Senate climate bill by partnering with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) on a new approach to curbing pollution.
That Senate trio reportedly plans to make a revenue-neutral fuel tax part of its climate proposal, a concept that could hinder lawmakers’ ability to use the existing federal gas tax as a tool to raise revenue for the next transportation bill. The stated goal on all sides is the same — bringing America towards "energy independence" — but major questions remain over how to define that state.
NGV America president Richard Kolodziej, who leads a coalition of energy firms and utilities seeking more support for natural gas-powered autos, told senators that "we will not be independent" of foreign oil within the next two decades. "But we will be much less dependent if we can have a system where our commercial infrastructure cannot be affected because of an embargo" by oil-exporting nations, he added.
Deron Lovaas, transport policy director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, countered that a better term to define the national ideal should be "energy-secure." That state would be possible by 2030, he said, by combining policies that decrease demand (e.g. more investment in transit) with more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Lovaas also cited his membership in the new Mobility Choice lobbying alliance, members of which include conservatives Clifford May and Kenneth Green. lllustrating the competing political interest in new fuel fees, Lovaas said the new group "favors an oil security fee to pay for inter-city passenger rail."
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The Senate Climate Bill Reaches a First Milestone Today — Maybe
By Elana Schor | Nov 3, 2009
The Senate environment committee is slated to begin formally voting on its climate change bill today in an atmosphere of high drama, thanks to Republican members who have vowed to boycott the proceedings in a bid to delay the legislative process. Senate environment chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA), at right, with the panel’s top Republican, Jim […]
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By Elana Schor | Aug 31, 2009
Underscoring the growing intensity of the message war over climate change, Senate environment committee chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) said in a joint statement this afternoon that they would delay the unveiling of their carbon-emissions legislation until late September: Because of Senator Kennedy’s recent passing, Senator Kerry’s August hip surgery, and […]
At Senate Climate Hearings, Lots of Transport Talk and All Eyes on Baucus
By Elana Schor | Oct 27, 2009
The Senate environment committee today held the first in a three-part marathon of hearings on its climate change legislation, with supporters singling out the bill’s investments in clean transportation even as one senior Democrat notably withheld his support from the measure. Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (Photo: Baucus 08) The Senate climate bill calls […]
Kerry: There’s a Narrow Window For GOP Cooperation on Pricing Pollution
The chief sponsor of the Senate climate change bill acknowledged today that there is a narrow window for Republican cooperation on the legislation, thanks to GOP resistance to its central goal — putting a price on CO2 emissions. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), at right, with climate bill co-author Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (Photo: NWF via […]
Voinovich: Business Buy-in Can Get a New Transportation Bill Done
By Elana Schor | Jun 25, 2009
George Voinovich (R-OH) may be the only senator who wants to forget about an 18-month extension of existing transportation law and move ahead quickly on broad reform. But that doesn’t mean he’s giving up. Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH), rendered by political caricaturist Kerry Waghorn. Getting business interests to work on methods for funding a long-term […]
Boxer and Inhofe Agree: Transportation Policy Reform Can Wait
Green transportation advocates are pressing Congress to refuse any new spending that’s not tied to reform of the existing system — a call that influential senators in both parties ruled out today. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) joined Sen. Jim Inhofe (OK), the panel’s ranking GOPer, in endorsing another 18 […]
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COMEDY OF ERRORS strikes gold
Posted by Kat Webb | Jul 6, 2014 | Iron County, Reviews | 0
CEDAR CITY — Mistaken identity runs rampant in Shakespeare‘s The Comedy of Errors, a farcical romp that is given new life in director Brad Carroll‘s wild west interpretation of this comedic favorite. When Egeon of Syracuse is given news of his impending death for reasons of trespassing upon Ephesus soil, a law enacted against those of Syracusian heritage. Egeon explains that he lost both his wife and son in a tragic shipwreck, and that the twin he’d saved from the wreckage with left home at eighteen to seek his twin brother. Duke (or Sheriff in Carroll’s reimagining) Solinus’s heart softens at the story, and informs Egeon that he may be freed from his fate, if he will pay an exorbitant amount of money in bail.
Aaron Galligan-Stierle (left) as Dromio of Syracuse, Drew Shirley as Antipholus of Ephesus, Chris Amos as Antipholus of Syracuse, and Misha Fristensky as Dromio of Ephesus in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2014 production of The Comedy of Errors. (Photo by Karl Hugh. Copyright Utah Shakespeare Festival 2014.)
However, as a stranger in a strange land, Egeon finds few allies ready to pony up the fee for freedom. Meanwhile, and unbeknownst to Egeon, Antipholus (of Syracuse) arrives with his lackey Dromio (of Syracuse), and they quickly adopt a manner of dress familiar to those in Ephesus. It is, however, in Ephesus where Antipholus’s twin brother—also named Antipholus, resides with his lackey, also named Dromio. Hijinks ensue when members of the town mistake one twin for another, when one Antipholi perceives one lackey Dromio as another. And only when all seems lost and the knot is too thick to untangle, does everything find its proper place and family unit is reunited once more.
The conceptual overhaul of this piece is the center of this production, and it worked to excellent effect. I’ve seen many interpretations of The Comedy of Errors, and this was unlike any other. Bold setting in the 1849 California gold rush brought a rogueish energy to the stage, a very tangible excitement that echoed throughout the theater. From the first moment of entering the Adams Shakesperean Theatre, the set (designed by Vicki M. Smith) strikes an energy suggestive of antiquated bar fights, of saloon girls, and rowdy prospectors eager to taste their first gold strike. It is an energy matched by richly textured costumes (designed by David Kay Mickelsen), each with their own spunk and sass, that unfold world of character without a word having to be uttered. The visual spectacle—at times, caricatured in reference to the wild west—gave a strong foundation for this piece’s story. I was appreciative of the little details given both in set and dress, be it a functioning water trough or demure little librarian glasses. All in all, it was an absolute visual treat.
A scene from the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2014 production of The Comedy of Errors. (Photo by Karl Hugh. Copyright Utah Shakespeare Festival 2014.)
Both lighting (designed by Donna Ruzika) and sound (designed by Paul James Prendergast) layered in elements of drama that only heightened the comedic effect and distinguished flow of performance. Of note were the shift in light and the contemplative music underscoring those soliloquies belonging to Antipholus of Syracuse. The first time the audience saw this theatrical device, the theater filled with raucous laughter. I enjoyed a more stereotypical approach to the accompanying music, keeping in theme with a portraitured glimpse into 1849.
One of the great strengths of this piece, and something I always look for in Shakesperean performance, is a strong sense of storytelling. Indeed, in keeping with the festival theme of “into the words,” a beautiful emphasis was given to the story propelling this piece forward. Despite a tediously slow opening scene (hindered by a running gag that played a little too long), I thought the pace and unfolding of plot worked to great effect in this piece. Anyone looking for a good introduction to Shakespeare will surely find a wonderful beginning in this production. In addition, strength of blocking and use of physical comedy to tell the story kept the potentially-complicated plot clear and forward-moving. I appreciated the momentum of this performance.
Chris Amos (left) as Antipholus of Syracuse and Aaron Galligan-Stierle as Dromio of Syracuse in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2014 production of The Comedy of Errors. (Photo by Karl Hugh. Copyright Utah Shakespeare Festival 2014.)
The performers themselves deserve praise for a high-spirited enactment of this complex comedy. I was particularly fond of the command Antipholus of Syracuse (played by Chris Amos) brought in the nuances of his interactions. Sweet and gentlemanly with Adriana, he easily switched to a more powerful brashness in status with his servant, Dromio. And Dromio of Syracuse, played by Aaron Galligan-Stierle, brought such a fun and vibrant energy to his performance that it was impossible not to love him. He was one of the few to directly broach the fourth wall and speak directly to the audience, and the result was absolutely hilarious. I appreciated having his weariness and frustration with the situation as our window into the world of the play. Physically, he performed with an exactness, reciprocated by twin Dromio of Ephesus (Misha Fristensky). The two worked in conjunction to form a believable pair of stage twins, and the consequential reunion was an absolute delight. Of merit, additionally, was Cassandra Bissell‘s distinct Adriana. Her dramatics were performed with such an intensity of sincerity that I found the entire performance endearing. And the usual shrewishness of her character was rewarded with a delightful sweet sincerity upon the play’s conclusion.
In the end, the Utah Shakespeare Festival has a cohesive, fast-paced comedy with a delightfully rowdy feel that is suited the Bard’s irreverence. I loved the wordplay throughout the play, and little homages to classic gold rush interpretations (including a little videogame bit at the end) brought a smile to my face. There are a lot of details that separate this Comedy of Errors from others I’ve seen, and the amount of thought put into production resonates well. I’d highly recommend Utah Shakespeare Festival’s The Comedy of Errors to anyone, whether Shakespeare aficionado or first-timer.
The Utah Shakespeare production of The Comedy of Errors plays various dates at 2 PM and 8 PM through August 30 at the Adams Shakespearean Theatre on the campus of Southern Utah University. Tickets are $16-73. For more information, visit www.bard.org.
Tags: aaron galligan-stierle, brad carroll, Cassandra Bissell, chris amos, comedy, comedy of errors, david kay mickelsen, donna ruzika, iron county, Misha Fristensky, Paul James Prendergast, Shakespeare, utah shakespeare festival, Vicki M. Smith
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Kat has been involved in the Utah Theater community for some time, as an actor, designer, and director. Her favorite roles have included Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Viola in Twelfth Night, and MacDuff in Macbeth. She currently teaches theater to wonderful middle schoolers, and hopes to return to the stage soon!
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Madison marks two years since passing Housing Rights Resolution Advocates say important work remains
Advocates say important work remains
MADISON — This Friday, November 29, marks the two-year anniversary of the passage of a city resolution declaring housing a human right in Madison. In the intervening years, while some progress has been made to reduce homelessness in the city, advocates say much work remains to be done.
On that day, Madison City Council resolved, “that housing be recognized as a human right and that all people who desire a place of shelter and stable long-term housing be prioritized to have this basic need met both temporarily and permanently.” Dane County passed a similar resolution in July of 2012, documenting the problem of homelessness and creating benchmarks for success in the coming years towards making housing a human right.
Since then, city, county and state funding has been added to decreasing budgets to protect the health and personal safety of homeless people. This funding resulted in a temporary daytime warming shelter last winter and in the provision of restrooms, showers, and storage facilities for this winter. Additionally, funding from both city and county government has expanded winter services at multiple homeless services locations, including the placement of two case managers from The Shine Initiative at the new downtown public library branch. We applaud both the City and County's recent budgets for 2014 in relation to housing and homelessness in Madison and Dane County.
Despite these improvements, the number of both sheltered and unsheltered homeless people has risen in the last two years. In 2012, more than 3,400 people utilized Madison’s emergency shelter options. We applaud both the City and County's recent budgets for 2014 in relation to housing and homelessness in Madison and Dane County.
The Shine Initiative and numerous other homeless advocates have been pushing for city and county funding for a daytime resource center for people experiencing homelessness. Sarah Gillmore, Shine’s executive director, explained, “A comprehensive day center will provide a one-stop shop for all the resources a person might need to overcome their homelessness. We seek to serve the most vulnerable members of our community, with an end goal of stable, permanent housing for everyone who walks through the door.”
Funding has been allocated for both the purchase and operation of a permanent day resource center starting in 2014. However, because a location has not been secured, a day center does not yet exist, and because of an ongoing lack of affordable housing options in the community, thousands of people will face unsafe conditions this winter. Exposed to the harsh Wisconsin weather and crowded overnight shelters, homeless people are susceptible to hypothermia and other major health concerns.
Gillmore also said, “Wisconsin’s state motto is ‘Forward,’ and the city, county and state leadership has done a great job of moving forward to improve life for its most vulnerable residents. Celebrating the ‘right to housing’ anniversary must lead us to work even harder to prevent homelessness and to dedicate ourselves to ending homelessness for people already experiencing it in Madison.”
Especially vulnerable among the homeless population are people whose struggles with mental illness have made them unwelcome in some public facilities where they could previously access important resources.
Likewise, domestic violence survivors who become homeless because of violence are the fastest growing subpopulation among homeless people in Madison – with a nearly 20% increase from 2011 to 2013. The threat of winter weather and other harms associated with homelessness can send these survivors back to unsafe situations.
The city and county right to housing resolutions reflect international claims to this right; the right to housing is recognized in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. While the United States has received criticism from U.N. member states for its high rate of homelessness and its failure to ensure housing rights for all of its citizens, our local recognition of this helps establish a firm commitment to access to housing for all in our community.
For more information about The Shine Initiative, see www.madisonshine.org.
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What goes into a Bee’s diet?
Ryan Blake, Staff Writer
Contrary to popular belief, a Medina Bee does not solely consume honey; in fact, it is a much more complex process than that.
With a childhood obesity rate of about thirty percent (ages 12-19), schools are taking measures in order to keep children healthy. With a major meal coming from schools, the health of children can almost directly be related to what they are served in cafeterias.
Taking note of the aforementioned, Medina High School is constantly altering its menu with new and improved recipes that include healthier options for those who purchase school lunches. Whole grain breads have been widely substituted for the less health conscious, white bread. Certain cheeses have been replaced with reduced fat versions.
Run by Elizabeth Kiousis, the cafeteria at the high school is the proverbial well-oiled machine. All 15 employees having specific duties and responsibilities, which all work towards benefiting the common good. Luckily, the staff has been together for multiple years, and according to Kiousis, they know each other and work very well together. New staff is only brought in on special occasions like retirements.
The staff is made up of a vivacious bunch of people, with a wide range of ages and interests.
“My favorite part about being a part of the school day is being able to see each kid develop through their high school years, it is a really cool sight,” said Tina Wells, a glorified member of the lunch lady community.
With constant regulations and restrictions regarding to the things that go into students’ bodies, it is wonderful to see that the members who create these lunches are such an enthusiastic and health conscious group of people.
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Logitech G recently launched its Color Collection of gaming and computer accessories and all I can say is: Hallelujah, hallelujah my prayers have been answered.
I’m sick of black and gray tech. I have a sneaking suspicion the sea of dim, dark devices in my home is having a negative impact on my mental health – especially since the quarantine began. All I see when I look around is darkness punctuated by flashing lights. It’s like my home is the most boring space ship ever made. Darth Vader would love it here.
Well, he would have. These days I’m sporting some flashier gear thanks to Logitech G. The Color Collection, as advertised, is a series of gaming accessories – a headset, a wired mouse, a wireless mouse, and a loosely-related wireless mechanical keyboard – aimed at consumers with a penchant for flair.
The most exciting part of the collection is the excellent G733 wireless gaming headset ($129). Not only is it gorgeous, but it’s a worthy and well-featured addition to any gamer’s gear lineup. Let’s start with the looks.
The new headset and both mice come in Logitech‘s new pink, blue, or lilac and the keyboard comes in white. I opted for the lilac because the pink was a bit too understated for my taste and the blue seemed… safe. I was not disappointed.
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I cannot think of a better looking headset than the G733. The new colors pop and I’m over the moon with the lilac thanks to some very smart decisions by Logitech G. First off, they opted for a conservative design that focuses on what’s most important: sound and comfort. Then, whoever was responsible for the aesthetics got funky with it.
The headband is reversible and you can buy other designs and colors for further customization. The microphone, which is detachable thanks to a clever plug-in design, can also be gussied up with optional covers.
But what I like most about the design of the G733 wireless headset is how it manages to stand out from the crowd with functional design. This isn’t a headset trying to look weird or quirky in a sea of flashing neon doodads. In fact, I’d say this thing turns heads without turning people off.
However I’m not about to fork out $129 for a headset just because it’s purple and that makes me happy. I’d rather have an ugly one that works well than a pretty set of mediocre cans. Luckily, Logitech G delivers the goods in both areas.
You can check the specifications here at the Logitech website, but the quick and dirty version is that the 40mm drivers and Blue (yes, that Blue) microphone are both fantastic. I tested the G733 with games I’ve found it advantageous to have a decent headset in (Modern Warfare, Shadow of War, and Dead by Daylight) and I also spent a few hours listening to music with it.
I can’t speak to the quality of the mic personally, but those I chatted with remarked that my headset was clearer than it’s ever been – my daily driver is an Alienware headset from a few years back, so that’s pretty high praise.
And as far as sound quality goes, I found it to be a mixed bag. The G733 shows off its chops when playing blockbuster games. Call of Duty sounded as good or better on these cans than any other headset I’d used and I found the low-end a bit more clear when playing Dead by Daylight – a game where the sound matters more than most. It might be a coincidence, but I had some of my best games ever in both titles wearing this headset. Music, on the other hand, was where I found it to be just okay-to-good.
Don’t get me wrong, you can rock out with the G733 cans. They’re loud and clear and they sound good. But at the same price point you could get a pair of Sennheisers or Audio Technicas that would blow these out of the water. However, those would be flat headphones and not a balanced gaming headset with a microphone. Compared to what’s out there right now in gaming headsets, the G733 competes any similar priced offering.
At the risk of over-simplifying, the main problem with these headphones is a small sound stage. When I listen to classic rock or modern pop it feels like the instruments are all crammed into a small space instead of spread out over a stage I can visualize in my head. But nobody is buying a lilac Logitech G gaming headset so they can listen to the new Deftones album. If you’re a gamer, these are more than enough to give you an edge.
Most importantly: the G733 is, hands down, the most comfortable headset I’ve worn. They’re light and comfy. Normally I talk about how long it takes to fatigue wearing them – for reference, my Alienware headset starts bugging me after about 60 minutes and my favorite headphones of all time, the Neumann NDH 20s, start getting heavy on me after a couple of hours. But I can’t bring that up here because, honestly, I could wear the G733’s all day long.
I’ve spent the bulk of this review talking about the new G733 because the other Color Collection offerings are a bit less novel. But that’s not to say they aren’t worthy. The G203 wired gaming mouse and G305 wireless gaming mouse are clear-cut winners.
Logitech sent a wired G203 ($39.99) in lilac and wireless G305 ($59.99) in white for me to review. If I’d had it my way I would have wanted a lilac wireless, but I’m actually glad the wireless mouse and the G915 tenkeyless wireless keyboard showed up in white.
It seems like a good idea to buy matching accessories, but Logitech G knew something I didn’t: good design aesthetics start with a good pallette. All of the colors are meant to look good together. And I have to admit, that keyboard is stunning in white and it looks good next to both the white and lilac mice I reviewed.
The mice were good bordering on great. I’m not much of a keyboard and mouse gamer, so my metric is whether or not I’m constantly aware of my mouse or if it fades into the background like a good gaming accessory should.
Both met the purpose well. I do have big hands and will be spending the majority of my time with larger mice than these, but for those with regular-sized mitts both mice are great gaming options. You can get the full specs here on Logitech’s website.
And that brings us to the G915 wireless tenkeyless keyboard ($229.99). This isn’t a new release from Logitech G and it doesn’t come in lilac, blue, or pink, but it looks exceptional in white and was surprisingly good. I’m not a professional gamer, but I do write for a living and I’m pretty picky about my keyboards.
This gorgeous, slightly understated keyboard is a winner. I’m not sure why Logitech G chose to market this to gamers – most gamers want the number pad. But for my purposes – someone who typically games with a controller and doesn’t need a number pad for work – this is the bees’ knees. I get a full-quality mechanical keyboard that’s pleasantly easy to type on (it pumped me up about 5 wpm) that fits just about anywhere. I’m in love with the form factor and crisp, beautiful buttons on this keyboard.
The bottom line here is that Logitech G is gambling that there’s more people like me out there. People who don’t want to wallow in darkness because the “majority” wants dark gadgets. Luckily the company has the wherewithal to make something bright and colorful without it becoming a bargain niche product.
I love the Logitech G Color Collection. I wish it came in more colors and I’d love to see the G team expand into even bolder choices. But the bottom line is that you’re not just getting pretty devices, you’re getting high quality gaming accessories. It just so happens they’ll also look fantastic in a live stream. I heartily recommend each of these products.
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The Sky’s The Limit? #socs #jusjojan
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"The sky’s the limit" prompted me to look up through the skylights in the living room, but I didn’t see much, because it’s overcast. So the limit today is 1600 feet (I checked the National Weather Service) or about 487 meters (I checked Siri for all you metric fans out there).
I kind of like the picture above, because it looks like the slide they used to put up on TV when there was a rain delay during a baseball game. Kind of like this…
Too bad it’s cloudy, because on a clear day, you can see forever. Hey, that would make a pretty good song title. Maybe I could get Barbra Streisand to sing it…
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That is a moody sky and I see a crying baby doll’s head in the cloud.
I was going to say that I saw a duckie and a horsie, but forget it. (Remember where that came from?)
Rain delays were hard on TV and even harder in the ball park.
Tell me about it. WGN would run Golf Tip of the Day with Dow Finsterwald (there’s a name for you) and some other garbage until it looked like they were going to resume play, then we’d sit and watch the grounds crew putting new dirt on the infield and someone putting new lines on the field while Jack Brickhouse and Lou Boudreau would shoot the breeze about whatever until they were ready to start again. And of course you got a heapin’ helpin’ of commercials for Hamm’s Beer, United Airlines, Union 76 gasoline, Winston cigarettes (before 1971) that were more entertaining than Dow or Jack and Lou…
You don’t get any of that at the ballpark. Mostly just sit there watching puddles form and having water drip on your head. That’s why people brought radios…
We always took a radio yo Forbes field so we could listen to Bob Prince call the game.
That’s a name I haven’t heard in years. Those old announcers were classic. Listen to them, you didn’t need a TV…
My dad used to turn the sound off on the TV and listen to Bob on the radio.
I did that during the 1991 World Series because Tim McCarver and Jack Buck were driving me crazy. I also listened to the last game of the 1992 league championship on the radio because McCarver again…
Peppylady(Dora) says:
Like photo of dew drops.
Coffee is on and stay safe
That’s the badge for the year, with the dewdrops. It is nice, isn’t it? I almost hope they keep it another year…
J-Dub says:
I am singing along. Not nearly as good as Babs but enjoying myself just the same. 🙂
That’s the important thing. Have fun with it…
I love that song. Seems like I remember her singing it in triumph.
I only ever heard the records. It was from a Broadway show, so whatever led up to Babs bursting into song must have been pretty amazing…
Maybe I’m thinking of another triumphant Streisand song.
I think there was one in Funny Girl, but I don’t remember which.
Maybe. Don’t Rain on My Parade was one.
So funny to see cartoons advertising cigarettes!
Ever seen the Flintstones push Winston cigarettes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwK7wXUxn-0
It wasn’t too long ago that nurses smoked right in the nurses station at our hospital!
We visited a friend in the hospital about 40 years ago, and she was havin’ a butt while they exercised her knee. A lot of the earlier ads showed doctors endorsing Camel cigarettes. Seems really weird now…
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Now Kylie isn’t a billionaire, here’s how much money each of the Kardashians has
They’re still rolling in it
A few weeks ago Forbes announced Kylie Jenner is no longer a billionaire. They suggested documents “proved” Kylie and her team had made Kylie Cosmetics seem like it was worth more than it is and therefore making Kylie not as rich as she made out. And then they removed her billionaire status. Savage.
They’ve since updated how much they think Kylie is worth and she’s basically still a billionaire – Forbes have estimated her net worth as $900m. Oh to have a successful lip kit line.
Kylie is by far the richest in the Kardashian/Jenner clan and earns more than double that of the majority of her siblings. However Khloé and co are hardly poor. They’re still earning millions of dollars.
So just how much money are the Kardashians worth? These are the net worths of the Kardashians:
via Instagram @kyliejenner
Net worth: $900m
Kylie is still worth nearly a billion dollars so it’s really nothing to cry over. She’s made her fortune from Kylie Cosmetics, appearances on Keeping Up With The Kardashians and paid Instagram posts.
via Instagram @kimkardashian
The second richest of the group, Kim is worth $370m according to Forbes. Her money comes from KUWTK, endorsements and her brands. KKW Beauty made over $100m in sales in 2019 alone.
Kim also launched Skims, and despite the original dodgy name, she’s still managed to make a decent profit from it.
Caitylin Jenner
via Instagram @caitlynjenner
Caitlyn has managed to make a LOT of money during her time. From Keeping Up With The Kardashians to I Am Cait – her own reality show – she’s got plenty from TV.
She also brings in money from her book, sponsored Instagram posts and public appearances. Caitlyn was also reportedly paid a casual £500k fee for appearing on I’m a Celebrity.
via Instagram @krisjenner
Net worth: $90m
The momager who makes it all happen is naturally one of the Kardashians with the biggest net worths. She gets a cut of all of her daughters’ deals and is also an executive producer on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
Kris has also appeared in a campaign for Fendi with Kim and North, which naturally will have brought in some extra cash.
via Instagram @khloekardashian
Ngl kinda shocked Khloé is this high up the list. Aside from KUWTK, Khloé also has her own reality show “Revenge Body” and has produced a true crime series.
Obviously her clothing company Good American will bring her in loads of money as well as adverts on Instagram.
via Instagram @kendalljenner
In 2018 Kendall was named the highest paid model in the world by Forbes for the second year in a row. Since then she’s racked up even more money from modelling.
via Instagram @kourtneykardash
Avid Kardashian fans will be surprised to hear that for a woman who doesn’t enjoy the spotlight, Kourtney has done financially very well from it.
Kourtney has made her money from KUTWK, her lifestyle website Poosh and promoting products on Instagram.
via Instagram @letthelordbewithyou
The Lord makes a lot of dollar, despite not being an official Kardashian or Jenner. Scott gets most of his money from KUWTK and his own reality show about renovating houses called “Flip It Like Disick”.
Scott also has his own clothing company, Talentless, and does a lot of cringe sponsored ads on Instagram.
Rob has the smallest net worth of the Kardashian family, however I wouldn’t be upset over having $10m. Rob has gained his fortune from appearing on KUWTK and his own reality show “Rob and Chyna.”
He also started his own sock company and has a clothing brand called “Half Way Dead”.
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•Quiz: Can you guess which Kardashian said the iconic quote?
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The Virtual Family Law Project
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for Ottawa families
COVID-19 has severely restricted the matters our Court system can deal with, but it has not slowed the need to move forward with the timely resolution of family law matters.
When the public court system resumes normal operation, the backlog will be enormous.
The Virtual Family Law Project is comprised of Senior Family Law Lawyers in Ottawa
who bring their expertise in arbitration, mediation and court processes to permit families to continue to work towards resolution of their family law issues outside of the public court system, using remote technology.
What kind of Family Law issues?
We can help you resolve virtually all family law issues such as custody and parenting responsibilities, access and parenting time, child support and/or spousal support issues including determining incomes available for support purposes, special and extraordinary expenses for minor and adult children, division of property for both married spouses and common law spouses (as applicable).
What technology are you using that makes it "Virtual"?
In the normal course, most dispute resolution processes were conducted “in person”. But our world has drastically changed in a short period of time and what we used to do in person, we now have to do in a “virtual” format. The lawyers working with The Virtual Family Law Project are all experienced and set up to conduct all dispute resolution processes using virtual technology such as:
In order to engage in one of our virtual dispute resolution processes, the parties and their lawyers must consent to the use of these technologies, including acknowledging that any information shared or obtained through this technology will remain confidential. Everyone also has to acknowledge that there is no guarantee that everything shared through such technology will remain confidential as all such technology comes with its own risks. Each lawyer providing such virtual services will require the parties and lawyers to sign consents addressing such points.
Can you help me with my Family Law issue?
The Ottawa Virtual Family Law Project (OVFLP) is the portal through which you can address your family law issues. There are only two issues we can’t help you with and that is actually getting divorced (unmarried) and child protection matters where a Children’s Aid Society has taken steps to address a child protection concern. Those still require a judge. The OVFLP is designed as a “one-stop shop”, a virtual gateway through which you can access all the dispute resolution tools required to resolve your family law issues.
How are you managing outside the public court system?
Alternate Dispute resolution (mediation, arbitration and collaborative law) results in enforceable outcomes. When you reach an agreement, we can draft a separation agreement which can be enforced by the Court; your lawyers can submit consent orders to be signed by a judge; or your arbitration awards can be converted into a Court order. In any event, you can rest assured that the deal you reach with the assistance of our professionals will be respected.
What are the criteria to join the project?
In order to join the project as a service provider, you need to meet the following criteria:
Be a lawyer in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario
Have practiced Family Law for 10 or more years since your call to the Bar
If providing Private Case or Settlement Conference services, you must be approved by the Regional Senior Justice for this purpose.
If providing Mediation services you must have completed a 14-hour training program (all taught in one week or less) in screening parties for domestic violence and power imbalance in the last 5 years and also be:
Accredited by the Ontario Associated of Family Mediators (OAFM), or be certified by either Family Mediation Canada (FMC) or the Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (FDRIO); OR
Have completed 15 full mediation cases within the last 3 full calendar years.
If providing Arbitration services you must have completed a 14-hour training program (all taught in one week or less) in screening parties for domestic violence and power imbalance in the last 5 years and also comply with the criteria required by the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.
If providing Collaborative Family Law services, you must have completed the required Collaborative Family Practice training as required by the OACP and Collaborative Practice Ottawa and be a practicing panel member of Collaborative Practice Ottawa.
If providing Domestic Violence and Power Imbalance Screening services, you must have completed a 14-hour training program (all taught in one week or less) in screening parties for domestic violence and power imbalance in the last 5 years.
If providing Parenting Coordination services, you must have completed a 14-hour program (all completed in one week or less) in screening for domestic violence and power imbalances in the last 5 years.
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McGuinty Law Offices Professional Corporation
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MacKinnon & Phillips
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With Arbitration the parties hire a private individual to decide their case.
Family Mediation involves you and your partner choosing one neutral professional to assist you in resolving your family law issues.
Domestic Violence, also referred to as “Family Violence” or “Intimate Partner Violence” refers to emotional, physical, sexual and / or financial abuse by one person against their current or former partner.
Parenting co-ordination is a private family dispute resolution process.
A Private Settlement Conference is much like a settlement conference in court; however, it is conducted by a senior lawyer with at least 10 years of experience in practice.
A Case Conference is required in every family law court proceeding that is defended.
The neutral third party is experienced in the substantive area of the dispute.
Collaborative Family Law is a process wherein each party hires a specially trained lawyer to assist with negotiations in a respectful non-confrontational manner.
A mediation-arbitration approach called med-arb combines the benefits of both processes.
The Virtual Family Law Project is composed of Senior Family Law Lawyers in Ottawa who bring their expertise in arbitration, mediation and court processes to permit families to continue to work towards resolution of their family law issues outside of the public court system, using remote technology.
The lawyers listed on this web site have all been called to the bar in Ontario and have been practising Family Law in the province of Ontario for at least 10 years.
VFLP is a resource provided solely as a convenience to assist members of the public and members of the legal profession finding experienced lawyers who are offering particular services (i.e. mediation, med-arb, arbitration, private case conferences, private settlement conferences etc.) in the Ottawa area. The lawyers listed on this web site are not affiliated nor associated with one another and they have no liability for the actions of others listed on the web site. All biographical information and professional qualifications are provided by the individual lawyers themselves and are assumed (but not guaranteed) to be accurate.
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Variety Read Next: San Francisco Film Festival Names Jessie Fairbanks as Director of Programming
Sep 7, 2019 2:39pm PT
Film Review: ‘Sing Me A Song’
Thomas Balmès' profound documentary explores the ripple-effect ramifications of a seemingly positive invention perverting an unspoiled community.
By Courtney Howard
Courtney Howard
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Documentarian Thomas Balmès was handed a gift when he made “Happiness.” That 2013 documentary, about the rapid development of Bhutan seen through the eyes of an 8-year-old monk, begat the idea for a followup feature in the form of “Sing Me A Song.” This sequel spotlights that same child 10 years later, now a young adult and the product of technological advancements, wrestling with the decision to abandon his spiritual calling for secular, earthly values. While more than an hour and a half seems like a long time to make the simplistic statement that the internet is bad, Balmès has greater profundity in mind when disseminating astute observations about how modern necessities and communicative devices impact cultures and ecosystems.
Balmès latest film opens on clips from his previous documentary to establish what life was like prior to modern interferences. Boy-monk Peyangki embodied adorable innocence and purity before roads were carved into the steep mountains leading to Laya, a small, untouched Bhutanese village nestled in the Himalayas. Before the advent of electricity, television and the internet reached their town, the precocious young monk — whom some swore was “a lama reincarnated” — spent his idyllic days following his bliss, learning Buddhist prayers and frolicking in the pink-flowered fields as birds sung their songs. He clearly had a natural curiosity for the world outside, but was intently focused on the discipline it takes to become a lama as an adult.
Fast-forward 10 years to our protagonist as an 18-year-old, and the contrast is shocking. No longer is Peyangki as devoted to his studies as he once was, nor does it appear that his childhood sense of jovial whimsy has remained intact. He spends much of his free time on his cell phone either playing video games, scrolling through the internet or video-chatting with a prospective girlfriend, Ugyen Pelden. She lives in the capital city of Thimpu and sings in a barroom with a few other women for a mostly male clientele. She’s also keeping a few big secrets from her paramour: She’s a single mom to a toddler daughter and she’s leaving the country soon. Unbeknownst to her, Peyangki is selling medicinal mushrooms (a regional trade) to gather enough funds to abandon monastery life, motivated exclusively by his romantic inklings for her.
Outside of the sudsy drama unfolding within the narrative, Balmès cunningly and rather magnificently captures fascinating commentary without any heavy-handed, obtrusive sentiments. The meat of this documentary lies in the ways he engages the audience to contemplate bigger-picture questions about modernization and the internet’s positive and negative influences. The manner in which he coaxes out these authentically-manifested ideas is powerful and thought-provoking.
When we see teenage Peyangki in his studies with his classmates at the monastery, it’s in closeup on their faces, deep in prayer, all chanting. But as Balmès slowly pans out from the shot, we see they are all on their smartphones, playing games as the sound of their prayer barely masks the sound of their devices. While getting ready for work, Ugyen and her pals pore over the internet, discussing designer shoes and handbags as dispassionately as they discuss terrorism. In the market, the young monks find a box full of toy guns and play a mock game of war, mimicking gunfire with firecrackers. The overwhelming sentiment here is that these kids have a flippant attitude toward war.
How Balmès visually contextualizes his subjects’ struggles is indelible and impactful, transforming their emotions into tangible imagery. After discovering Ugyen’s situation, a tearful Peyangki is placed in the center of the frame turned away from Ugyen, shoving her into the righthand border, showing he’s centered within the pain of his sobering realization. Later, when he learns she’s abruptly left him with no notice, the camera seems as unmoored and listless as the spurned boyfriend himself, following the lonely soul through the empty, dank streets into a booming, neon-lit disco. While Nicolas Rabaeus’ evocative score complements Peyangki’s mindset, scenes like those in the internet cafés develop a foreboding quality that hits like a wallop.
Other choices aren’t necessarily as effective. Whether it be when Peyangki’s mom shows up to lovingly lecture her son on keeping his goals in focus, or when his disciplinarian master threatens expulsion, the conversations captured in these scenes feel a tad guided by Balmès. It could very well be that what the audience is seeing isn’t director interference, but a result of the subjects’ reluctance or awareness of the camera. We might never know. What bolsters the documentary are the scenes that could never be manipulated, misconstrued or misunderstood.
Suggesting longterm potential akin to Michael Apted’s decades-long “Up” series, it would be great to visit with Peyangki in another 10 years to see if the themes have matured and transformed as much as they did since “Happiness.” Finishing on a definitive, hopeful note helps raise our spirits as we leave the theater. However, the irony Balmès highlights through these two documentaries is that tools meant for creating a community can also break it apart.
Reviewed at Raleigh Studios, Los Angeles, Aug. 26, 2019. (In Toronto Film Festival — TIFF Docs.) Running time: 99 MIN.
Production: (Documentary – France) A Participant Media presentation of a TBC Prod. production, in co-production with Zero One Film, Close Up Films, ARTE France Cinéma, RTS — Radio Télévision Suisse, with the support of ARTE France, the Région Ile-de-France, Filmförderungsanstalt, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Office fédéral de la culture — OFC, Cinéforom and Loterie Romande. (Int'l sales: Participant Media, Los Angeles.) Producer: Thomas Balmès. Executive Producers: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann.
Crew: Director: Thomas Balmès. Camera (color, widescreen): Thomas Balmès. Editors: Alex Cardon, Ronan Sinquin. Music: Nicolas Rabaeus.
With: Peyangki, Ugyen Pelden.
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If you built it, they will come
Free Space is located Reno, NV, USA. Our roots started in LAN / WAN networking over 20 years ago. We are investing in Tron for all the right reasons and take a long-term viewpoint. We believe in the overall mission, a decentralized network, and community spirit. We have a combination of technical, marketing and communication skills, which makes us perfect SR candidates. We believe the follow items are the reasons that you will want to vote for Free Space.
• Perfect combination of performance and price
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An Interview with TronLive
We are dedicated to building a network to support Tron’s vision of a new internet. We will put our first $2,000,000 of our top 27 SR block rewards back into the network and network operations. And then, do the same with the first million each year after that. We need to build a Tron army of the best and brightest technical team. We intend to execute on the following:
A three phased roll out of SR network operations. Details can be found at the link below.
We want to lead the effort to bring Tron to every country on the planet. We will work with aspiring engineers from all over the world and help fund the hardware and bandwidth needed so they can install and maintain a full-node on the Tron network.
Build and operate a public Tron test net. This will allow aspiring engineers the opportunity to configure servers, build blocks, monitor logs, and eventually become Super Representatives.
We are committed to information flow back to our voters. We realize as SRs we will have insight and information on many topics that our voters crave. We will make that available via reddit, telegram, and YouTube.
Like a maturing company that offers a profit sharing on dividend plan, we do believe there is a time to pay our voters with TRX, but not initially. As stated above, we need to put our SR rewards back into the network and network operations, and the more we put back into the network, the more we accelerate the increase in the price of TRX. The more we take out of the ecosystem in dividends, the more we stunt the growth of the price of TRX. We believe strongly that this model will return the highest ROI for our voters.
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‘I want Joshua to fight Tyson Fury’
By Feyi Kolawole On Oct 29, 2017
Anthony Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn said on Sunday he wants to see his fighter take on controversial former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury in an all-British showdown next year.
Joshua, 28, successfully defended his IBF and WBA heavyweight titles against Carlos Takam in Cardiff on Saturday and either WBO champion Joseph Parker or WBC champion Deontay Wilder appear the most likely next opponents.
However, Hearn has not ruled out the prospect of a headline-grabbing bout with Fury, who is still waiting for a final ruling from UK Anti-Doping on a suspended drugs ban after the hearing was adjourned in July.
“I think the Wilder fight is potentially one of the biggest in world boxing and I think that fight is realistically going to happen in the summer of 2018,” he told BBC Radio.
“But Tyson Fury is a guy who we’d love to see come into the sport. Whether that’ll happen or not is another issue.
“The problem for him is to overcome the governing body and UK Anti-Doping.
“I think he will come back. I think at some point he will wake up one morning and think, ‘I’ve got to get myself together here’ and go challenge in these big fights.
“If he does, with one or two fights, then I’d love to see the Anthony Joshua fight and I’d like to see it in 2018.”
Fury, whose licence was suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) last October, has not fought since beating Wladimir Klitschko to win the IBF, WBA and WBO titles in November 2015.
Earlier this month, the 29-year-old Fury said he would not reapply to the BBBofC for the right to fight again, further reducing the chances of a return.
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PDP cautions FG over plan to establish ranches
By By WazobiaReporters On Jun 21, 2018
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the Federal Government to exercise caution over its plan to establish cattle ranches in some parts of the country and hold enough consultations so as not to escalate the same problems it claims to be addressing.
The party noted that the situation has already generated discordant tunes and acrimony among major stakeholders, groups, and states across the country, particularly relating to issues of funding and land ownership.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that the PDP is particularly worried by the lack of adequate consultations by the Federal Government resulting in the disagreements that had trailed the plan, especially along ethnic divides.
He said, “The party calls on the Federal Government to get its acts together and follow all due processes, as stipulated by the laws and 1999 constitution (as amended) regarding this issue, in order to eliminate the current disagreements being generated.
“The PDP holds that the nation has witnessed enough disagreements, violence, and bloodletting, as such all measures must be put in place to avert a fresh crisis.”
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New Stripes for Samburu and Grevy’s Zebra Trust
By David Vasquez
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has created innumerable hardships that the world must endure together. But it has also brought out the best examples of human kindness and innovation. WCN’s Conservation Partner, Grevy’s Zebra Trust (GZT), is doing its part to help during these trying times by making cloth face masks to protect the community.
This sort of thoughtfulness comes naturally to GZT, who already helps local communities in northern Kenya through several programs, including its Nkirreten Project. This initiative empowers women in the Wamba region of Samburu County, Kenya, to both protect Grevy’s zebras and establish economic opportunity through the production of reusable sanitary pads. These biodegradable pads help women in the region generate income and ensure girls do not miss school because of a lack of sanitary pads. The program also raises awareness for endangered Grevy’s zebras by using black and white zebra stripes printed on each pad. Now, GZT is pivoting this program to tackle the spread of COVID-19.
To help contain coronavirus transmission, GZT and its network of local Samburu women will be making free face masks for their community. These masks are also reusable and will retain the iconic zebra stripes to continue drawing attention to Grevy’s zebra conservation, as well as to raise people’s spirits. The Nkirreten Project reaches 20 schools in Samburu, although schools are currently closed due to the quarantine. GZT plans to extend it to an additional 20 schools later this year. Members of each school and their communities will be receiving free face masks as GZT continues its good work, producing about 700-1,000 masks per week.
Even under stressful circumstances, it’s important to find ways to help and bring hope to each other. GZT and the women of the Nkirreten Project are leading by example to shine light in the darkness and keep their communities healthy, united, and engaged with wildlife conservation.
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You’re Not God So I’ll Give You Fire For Fire, Fani-Kayode Replies Pastor Bakare
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The war of words between a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, and a Senior Pastor of the Citadel Global Community, Lagos State, Tunde Bakare, does not seem like it will end soon as the ex-minister has asked the cleric to respond to the questions he had raised earlier about his (Bakare’s) alleged ugly past.
Fani-Kayode noted that though he had an ugly past and was troubled over 30 years ago in Ghana, he was not ashamed of it, and was ready to answer Bakare “fire for fire”.
Bakare had on Tuesday dared Fani-Kayode and the spokesperson for Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin, to expose his “supposed ugly past and feel free to publish it.”
Bakare had for the first time reacted to the statements he made about a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, saying that Fani-Kayode was in the grip of Satan when he (Bakare) ministered Jesus Christ to his mother in the recent past.
Earlier, Fani-Kayode had on Monday called out Pastor Bakare over the accolades he showered on the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Tinubu, noting that he did not know “who was dragging Bakare’s balls.”
But in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, Bakare dared Fani-Kayode to expose the supposed ugly past he (Bakare) had.
Expose My Ugly Past Over Tinubu Comment, Pastor Bakare Dares Fani-Kayode, Odumakin
To this, Fani-Kayode replied in another statement, “Yinka (Odumakin), tell Tunde Arewa that I only asked questions. I made no assertions and indulged in no falsehood. I simply asked him to clear the air. Can’t we ask questions? Is he God? Why is he so upset? Why can’t he just answer the questions rather than get his knickers in a twist?
“In any case, why is he sending you to me? If he is a man, let him reach me himself and not send you to me. I do not react well to threats and you are not his messenger. If he has anything to say to me, let him say it. I am waiting. And I will respond to him fire for fire.
“As for my past, he can say what he likes. Nothing is hidden. I have given my testimony publicly many times, including before the Nigerian Senate and I have always said that I am a living manifestation of God’s mercy and grace. Everyone has a past. No one is an angel, including him.
“I was troubled 30 years ago. I went to a Bible school in Ghana. God delivered me and my life was never the same again. End of story. That is my testimony and it is a great and miraculous one. That is why I am a believer. That is why I am so proud of the God that I serve.”
Fani-Kayode added that if the devil wanted to “use my past against me, I will use his future against him. Let God judge.”
Who Is Squeezing Bakare’s Balls? By Femi Fani-Kayode
Fani-Kayode had said, “On October 28, 2019, Pastor Tunde Bakare said the following, ‘Tinubu will give account for all his deeds. He should not be seen as a generous man; he is an integral part of the rot in Nigeria.’
“Curiously, just one year and two months later, on December 20, 2020, the same Tunde Bakare changed the music and said the following about the same man.
“He said, ‘People should see Tinubu as a Yoruba hero, he shouldn’t be vilified. Like Jephthah the Gileadite, he has fought many battles on behalf of the Yoruba people and won despite his rough beginning and God does not need anybody’s permission to put such in his hall of fame despite their past deeds and ancestry.’”
“Is he being blackmailed? Are his balls being squeezed by a hidden hand? Is there a deep secret somewhere that we know nothing about and that they are dangling over his head like a sword of Damocles?
“Could this volte face have been motivated by the fact that an unsavoury event which allegedly took place in 1990 in the life of the pastor was about to be exposed by the Tinubu camp? I’m not making any allegations here: I’m only asking a question.
“Again, could it have anything to do with an allegedly ugly situation with a bank whose ownership recently changed hands?” Fani-Kayode further said.
Similarly, the Afenifere spokesperson described the accolades Bakare showered on Tinubu as displeasing.
In his column in a Nigerian newspaper, Odumakin wrote, “It is the very height of the abuse of the rostrum for a pastor to say to us no matter how God-forsaken the country has become that if somebody is accused of being a thief, the rest of us should go and become thieves as well.”
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One Day in the Outer BanksAAA editors suggest these activities for a great short vacation experience. Those staying in the area for a longer visit can access a 3-day itinerary at AAA.com/TravelGuides.
Morning To fully appreciate North Carolina's Outer Banks on vacation, a car is a necessity.
Start your day off right with breakfast at Miller's Seafood & Steak House , which is where to eat in Kill Devil Hills. A popular brunch spot for both locals and vacationers, this family-owned and -operated restaurant serves up generous portions of chocolate chip pancakes, Texas-style French toast, omelets, country ham and other breakfast favorites. Be sure to order a colossal cinnamon roll on the side.
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Visit one of the most important things to see in the Outer Banks: the Wright Brothers National Memorial . History was made here on a wintry day in 1903 when Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully completed the first manned, heavier-than-air flight. The visitor center has a full-scale reproduction of their flying machine, and markers on the airfield point out the distances achieved on each of the four flights the brothers made on that historic day. The visitor center and the nearby Centennial Pavilion have exhibits about the Ohioans, their gliders and the history of aviation. An imposing granite monument at the top of Big Kill Devil Hill commemorates the realization of the brothers' dream of human flight.
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As you leave the birthplace of flight and head to the northern end of the Outer Banks, a good place to go for a quick lunch is The Duck Deli in Duck. This small roadside food place in a wood-frame building along SR 12 is known for its barbecue—pulled pork, ribs, chicken and beef—as well as wings, baked beans, hush puppies and Philly cheesesteaks. The casual atmosphere, reasonable prices and fast, friendly service are a decided plus.
Adventurous Things to Do in the Northern Outer Banks
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For an off-the-beaten-path experience, continue north on SR 12 to Corolla. Book an excursion with Wild Horse Safari , which takes passengers on off-road tours in open-air, safari-style beach cruisers to see wild Spanish mustangs running free on Currituck beaches. The mustangs are believed to be descendants of horses brought here more than 400 years ago by Spanish explorers. Naturalist guides provide information about area ecology and wildlife that can be viewed on the expedition, including shorebirds, dolphins and pelicans.
Historic Corolla Park provides two other things to do while in Corolla. You can climb the 220 steps to the top of the unpainted brick Currituck Beach Lighthouse , which has been guiding navigation since 1875. The partially renovated Art Nouveau-style Lighthouse Keepers' House is adjacent. Or step inside the Whalehead in Historic Corolla to see the elegantly furnished “cottage” built 1922-25 as a winter retreat by a wealthy Northern couple who enjoyed wildfowl hunting on the northern Outer Banks. The home's cork floors, Tiffany lighting fixtures, copper roof and five chimneys are things to see.
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Splurging on an exceptional meal is one of the perks of a vacation, and several fine-dining options in the northern reaches of the Outer Banks in Duck await your choice. Overlooking Currituck Sound is The Blue Point , which describes its menu as Southern coastal. Seafood is the focus here, from the she-crab soup to the crab cakes, but be sure and try one of the heavenly desserts. Sound views can also be enjoyed at Kimball's Kitchen , an elegant 60-seat bistro that is part of the Sanderling Resort complex. The local restaurant's name is a reference to both the left bank of the Seine River in Paris, France, and the actual location of the food place on SR 12. Contemporary American cuisine with a French bent is matched with wines from the restaurant's highly regarded collection. The menu changes, sometimes daily, to reflect the best-available seasonal ingredients.
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'Body bags' line St Kilda beach in protest against alleged 'genocide' in Ethiopia's Tigray region
By Max Walden
Posted SatSaturday 9 JanJanuary 2021 at 3:18amSatSaturday 9 JanJanuary 2021 at 3:18am , updated SunSunday 10 JanJanuary 2021 at 2:56amSunSunday 10 JanJanuary 2021 at 2:56am
Demonstrators wearing "body bags" in St Kilda raise awareness about the Tigray conflict. (ABC News: Michael Gleeson)
Members of Melbourne's ethnic Tigray community have donned mock body bags during a demonstration at St Kilda Beach to raise awareness over what they say is "genocide" occurring in the Tigray region of Ethiopia.
Ethnic Tigrayans in Australia estimate 80 Australian citizens are stuck in the Tigray region
At least 56,000 refugees have fled Ethiopia into neighbouring Sudan since early November
The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is assisting Australians to return home if requested
Fighting between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) — a guerrilla movement-turned-political party that dominated the federal government for nearly three decades until 2018 — broke out in Tigray in November.
The United Nations says more than 56,000 Ethiopian refugees have since fled into neighbouring Sudan — about 45 per cent of whom are thought to be children.
"The Tigray community in Melbourne has already started to hear of families that have been lost to this senseless war," a statement from the Tigray Community Association in Victoria said.
It estimates 80 Australians are still stranded in the region.
The Australian Government has expressed "deep concern" over the conflict in Tigray. (ABC News: Michael Gleeson)
However the association said it met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) officials on November 24 and "they had no idea how many Australians were stranded nor had an evacuation plan".
"We contacted them on the 9th of December with no further development," it said.
Escape from Tigray
Aida travelled from Melbourne to Ethiopia's Tigray region to reconnect with her roots. Little did she know, it would become a war zone.
"Some have not survived this journey and the Tigray community in Australia fear their families are amongst them."
DFAT told the ABC it had been providing consular assistance to a number of Australians affected by the conflict, "including facilitating their return to Australia where requested".
"Owing to our privacy obligations we will not comment on the circumstances of individuals," a spokesperson said.
"Australia has expressed its deep concern to the Ethiopian Government about the conflict in the Tigray region and the humanitarian impact.
"We have called for de-escalation, respect for human rights, humanitarian evacuations and consular access to Australians."
Contrary to Tigray Community Association in Victoria's statement, the chargé d'affaires at the Ethiopian embassy in Canberra, Beryihun Degu Temesgen, recently told ABC all Australian nationals who wanted to be evacuated from Tigray had been.
The Ethiopian Government claimed victory in the conflict in November, but the UN refugee agency and other humanitarian organisations say it is ongoing.
Tigrayan Australians say that the Government has not done enough to help Australians stranded in Ethiopia. (ABC News: Michael Gleeson)
A 23-year-old Australian woman recently spoke to the ABC about her experience of fleeing Tigray to London.
"We ask the Australian Government to make efforts to evacuate its citizens from the region," the Tigray Community Association in Victoria added.
"[We] urge the Ethiopian Government for an immediate cessation of hostilities, allow for humanitarian assistance to be delivered to those in need, and to conduct all-inclusive political negotiations between political parties."
Protests by ethnic Tigrayans took place elsewhere in Australia on Friday, including in Perth.
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Tigrayan Australians fear for the safety of family members in Ethiopia.
General says Eritrean forces are in Ethiopia
The protests were held as a senior Ethiopian military official confirmed the presence of troops from neighbouring Eritrea in the Tigray region, contradicting repeated denials from the Ethiopian Government.
The UN says almost half of those who have fled Ethiopia into Sudan are children. (AP: Nariman El-Mofty)
"We don't want it; we personally feel as a defence force, it is our country," Major General Belay Seyoum, head of the Ethiopian Army's northern command, was quoted by the Addis Standard newspaper as saying.
Fears for Australians in Ethiopia
As a situation described by the United Nations as a "full-scale humanitarian crisis" unfolds in Ethiopia's Tigray region, members of the community say at least 50 Australians are stuck in the conflict zone.
"We know the problems that are being raised, it's painful, but who let them in?" he said in translated remarks.
"My conscience does not allow me to say, 'Eritrean Army come and help us!' We can solve our own problems on our own and we do not lack the capacity to solve them."
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for ending a conflict with Eritrea that lasted two decades.
In early November 2020, however, he ordered airstrikes on Ethiopia's own soil against the TPLF, which the Government considers a rebel junta.
Ethnic violence is a major challenge for Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. (AP: Mulugeta Ayene)
Critics have expressed concern over Mr Abiy's increasingly oppressive rule, which has included the frequent detention of journalists.
A report from the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission recently concluded Ethiopian security forces killed 75 people and injured a further 200 amid protests in June and July last year in the wake of the killing of a popular singer.
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The Advantages of a Modern OMS System During a Pandemic: CORIS®’ impact in fighting COVID-19
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had an unprecedented impact on correctional agencies across the globe. To successfully facilitate operations during such a pandemic, correctional administrators must be able to manage numerous complex processes, and delays in minor procedures can have significant consequences. Correctional administrators are tasked with keeping staff and offenders safe, mitigating infections to levels at or below community levels. Although correctional agencies have developed plans for addressing pandemics, COVID-19 has challenged administrators in unanticipated ways. The coronavirus disease is highly contagious with a long incubation period. Additionally, the disease can be transmitted by asymptomatic individuals. Such factors make addressing the coronavirus even more challenging than expected in confined populations.
Correctional facilities face many unique challenges when confronted with a pandemic. Offenders spend most of their time near others, frequently in locations that exceed maximum capacity. Offenders are also often required to share showers, bathrooms, and sleeping areas. In overcrowded prisons, practicing social distancing is impossible. The only recourse in such situations is to mask offenders and staff, limit movement within the facility, and restrict the number of individuals entering the facility. However, placing facilities on “lockdown” can have negative impacts on both staff and offender mental health. Facilities that have dormitories are also unable to effectively “lockdown.” Administrators also find it challenging to locate areas where infected or vulnerable offenders can be isolated for facilities that are already at or above capacity. Additionally, staff resources that are already challenged are exacerbated as staff becomes ill. Offenders who are admitted to hospitals also present staffing challenges.
Despite all of these efforts by correctional administrators, the number of COVID-19 cases in prisons continues to rise. Much of this increase is because prisons, where offenders were symptomatic, began to test their populations aggressively. Such findings suggest that coronavirus was prevalent in prisons to a much greater extent than known early in the pandemic. In the United States, more than 46,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported among prisoners with more than 540 deaths (themarshallproject.com, 2020). Staff members are also at risk in correctional facilities. While more than 9,665 prison staff members have tested positive, only 41 deaths have been publicly reported (themarshallproject.com, 2020). Because of these challenges, many governments are seeking ways to reduce offender populations. The focus of release efforts has been on those who are at lower risk of re-offending and higher chances of successful re-entry. Prison administrators have also been asked to release offenders who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. Due to increases in “truth-in-sentencing” laws and the abolition of parole in many locations, the number of vulnerable offenders in prison is more extensive than ever. Between 2000 and 2016, the percentage of individuals in state prison in the U.S. age 55 and older more than tripled (themarshallproject.com, 2020). In 2016, the number of offenders age 55 or older in state facilities reached nearly 150,000. Additionally, 11 percent of federal prisoners (more than 20,000 individuals) were at or above the age of 56 (themarshallproject.com, 2020). These populations are particularly vulnerable to the effects of coronavirus.
Another way some correctional agencies address the coronavirus pandemic is with a robust offender management system (OMS). An offender management system allows correctional administrators to access and analyze data from all business processes to identify and mitigate risks. During a pandemic, a robust OMS allows correctional agencies to share important information with other justice and public safety agencies.
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I recently had the opportunity to discuss the advantages of a modern OMS system during a pandemic with Tom Sawyer, one of the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with Abilis. Our conversation centered around the utilization of CORIS® to address a pandemic such as COVID-19. Tom served in a variety of roles for the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) over a 25 -year career. Tom was also noted as one of the most proficient users of CORIS® in the VADOC.
Benjamin Wright (BW): One of the areas that CORIS® can be beneficial is during the intake phase. Tom, please advise how CORIS® could be utilized to monitor jail intake.
Tom Sawyer (TS): One of the things that happens in the process of the jail intake is the fact that the jail is in communication with the agency about those offenders who are essentially ready to be transferred into the facility. For this, CORIS® has a Pending Intake feature that allows agencies to have at their disposal a list of offenders who are DOC responsible, and that can be prioritized with regards to the COVID-19 outbreak. Unique about CORIS® is the data aspect: with the Pending Intake comes a feature that shows for how long the offenders were waiting, and when they were admitted into the DOC facility. Agencies could go back and look over the pandemic period and extract the data describing for how long the pandemic experience set them back: for example if we look over the last 3 months, the agency would be able to compare this data with the one of the previous 3 months, or the same 3 months the year before, and show the difference in the pandemic pending time. Additionally, this will also allow them to hold those who are in a risk group, or who have been possibly exposed, and change their priority.
BW: How would you utilize CORIS® to monitor the impact of COVID 19?
TS: I am going to detail a few areas I can think of:
Incident reporting. CORIS® has the flexibility to maintain incident types, which means that an incident type related to the coronavirus could be created and, as incidents occur, the agency (whether it’s a facility or district office) can write a report about it; they could also utilize CORIS® Lockdown module to document the point prevalent testing, and/or any other kind of related incidents.
Transports associated to the coronavirus could also be tracked; treatments or hospitalizations using the transport feature can track the man-hours, the vehicles used to transport infected offenders, which additionally could also be used for contact tracing.
In the community, CORIS® has the ability to track different types of due dates for the offenders who are under supervision, and contact frequency, or change or revise contact frequency based on the pandemic. Any of the data captured like this can be used for analysis.
Facilities. Our housing module can monitor bed types as they are maintainable and configurable. As such, a pod or dormitory could be converted into quarantine, while the number of available beds, the number of offenders using those beds and the time could be additionally tracked. With any of these instances, the demographic information captured as part of our basic OMS could be further utilized to look at the age group of the offenders, and to determine if there is any correlation between the age group and quarantine duration. All these investigations could be done using CORIS® BI analytic tool.
We also know that across the country, and all over the globe, there were calls for early releases. As such, the agencies need to be able to look at their population and identify those who were eligible for early release. CORIS® allows our customers to quickly go through the information and make those decisions. For example, in many instances the criteria for early release is less than a year or less than two years remaining to serve. CORIS® lets you quickly run a report of the release dates and add any additional criterion such as a risk group, or even a disqualifier (e.g.: sex offender) to identify the offenders who would be eligible.
BW: With regards to offenders in community settings, how can CORIS® mobile be utilized during the pandemic?
TS: The first one is probably the most obvious and that’s not having to be in an office, in front of a PC. A P&P officer or a P&P district chief can immediately access and conduct offender checks remotely, look at their caseload, check when their contacts are due, and make waiver requests. If there is a high-risk offender, they can obviously use CORIS® mobile for social distancing, meet them at an appropriate location, and document the check. Our CORIS® Mobile has the ability to take pictures, add them to a case note, or record a video or audio. It gives the officer the flexibility not to be tethered to a PC.
BW: How could CORIS® help prison administrators track coronavirus cases both within the facility and across the agency?
TS: We already talked about some of them: creating incident reporting, incident types, quarantine beds. We also have a physical health page, which doesn’t duplicate the health record. CORIS® health page is intended to capture some quick data, for example if an offender has been identified with symptoms related to the pandemic. The agency headquarters could send out a set of instructions on how to use this CORIS® health page, and how to document all the encounters when a person is suspected of being infected with the coronavirus, and report on how many were screened. We can also track any kind of inoculation; obviously for COVID-19 there is no inoculation, but we are able to go back into that page for example and track if there was any inoculation, and draw any correlation associated with that.
I touched on some other points earlier: on point prevalence testing through the CORIS® lockdown module, offenders’ hospitalizations via transports feature. But I will tell you something else I didn’t think about before: home planning. I mentioned earlier the call of the governments for early releases. A big part of releasing offenders is the home plan. It’s of upmost importance to have the ability to expedite home plan investigation from the facility into the P&P districts in this case, and you are able to do that with CORIS® mobile.
I also want to mention all the analytical opportunities available through the CORIS® BI (Business Intelligence) tool using the data captured in the OMS. For example, you can compare how many symptomatic offenders, how many quarantines, what period of time they were showing symptoms, and cases within age demographic groups. CORIS® BI allows for geographic tracking as well. Certain areas in the US were hit particularly hard with the coronavirus, and the DOC agencies obviously have their facilities spread-out within their jurisdictions; so if there were geographic areas or a particular facility with a unusually higher number of cases, an investigation could reveal, based on the data captured by CORIS®, a causal factor for that.
BW: How can CORIS® help protect staff during the pandemic?
TS: One way to protect the staff is by limiting contact; obviously correction officers and some of the essential workers will have to come to work, but CORIS® OMS could be utilized to help minimalize some other contacts. For example, non-custodial staff who are involved in process hearings for offenders: using CORIS® they are able to document the hearing outcomes and rather than have the offender come to a hearing, they could use the technology available at the facility (audio-video) to conduct those hearings. Likewise, the case manager would be able to continue to do classifications and different due process hearings without having the offender physically present in front of them.
The visitation module also helps protecting staff: CORIS® has a feature where visits could be scheduled, and this could be used for scheduling video visitation.
During a pandemic, and particularity with COVID-19, there’s an increased need to take extraordinary sanitation measures throughout the facility. Creating in the OMS new jobs that are associated with the sanitation efforts for the pandemic is another way that staff can be protected. Using Jobs module, you can create jobs and track the number of hours an offender is working, and even link that to the financial
module for payroll purposes.
Another way to protect staff is through Programs. Using the Programs module in CORIS®, our customers can document when a program is occurring, who attends it, and its duration, all geared at reducing outbreaks in the facilities and subsequently keeping staff safe by limiting the amount of contact or the amount of appointments. Another important thing to mention here: we have our Internal Movements feature which allows the agency to go back and help do contact tracing. So if you have someone who’s displaying symptoms and ends up testing positive, you can go back and look in CORIS® to check if they went to work or an appointment, and who facilitated the movement.
In prisons there are issues with safeguards compliance as unfortunately not everybody follows the rules, so using the Discipline module our customers can track offenders who may be non-complaint with, for example, protective gear, and raise the level of disciplinary actions and associated sanctions.
Another important KPI in the corrections business is grievance. In CORIS®, an agency has the ability to set up a grievance type and category. Agencies monitor grievances closely because they are good indicators of what could be hotspots in their operations. For example, if you have a high number of complaints about sanitation or welfare in an agency, that allows the management to investigate why is the population raising their hands about it. This module helps agencies to investigate different issues raised by the offenders and become more proactive.
So those are some of the ways I think that CORIS® has helped keeping staff safe in agencies.
BW: You touched on this earlier, but how can CORIS® application be utilized to assist identify potential offenders for earlier release, and how can CORIS® assist in the release processing as well?
TS: It’s all about the ability to create a release report: to identify a group of offenders (community or facility) and look into the time left to serve and apply on top of that all the other required criteria. Part of our CORIS® OMS is the Sentencing module which safeguards offenders’ criminal history, and this could be used to determine if an offender is going to be exclusionary for early release (e.g.: either politically not savvy to release or have high probability to recidivate). CORIS® has an Assessments module as well, and some of our customers interface with different professional services to make determination about their risk to recidivate and obviously, this information could be extracted from our OMS within seconds. This, in correlation with the case notes in Discipline, could quickly help you make the determination about those most suitable for an early release. Also, CORIS® allows for home planning and anything else that require the community and facility to communicate with one another. CORIS® is a one stop OMS, not a separate system for community or facility, so everybody who works in the agency uses the OMS and has access to all that important information, which could be sliced and diced in so many different ways as to help preventing the spread of the pandemic, as well as to help protecting the offenders and the staff during a pandemic.
BW: Excellent overview Tom, thank you!
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How chef who ‘murdered’ lawyer in Lagos hotel was caught
A Police Inspector, John Babalola, on Wednesday narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a lodger, Joshua Usulor, who allegedly murdered a lawyer at the Citiheights Hotel, Opebi, Lagos, was caught by authorities.
Babalola testified as a prosecution witness in the trial of Usulor, a 21-year-old chef.
Usulor was accused of murdering Feyisayo Obot, an Abuja-based mother of two, who was also a lodger at the hotel.
The witness, who was the Investigating Police Officer of the case, was led in evidence by lead state prosecutor, Olakunle Ligali.
He told the court that on January 31, 2019, a case of murder was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, from the Area F Police Division, Ikeja, Lagos.
Babalola said after he received the statements of witnesses and filled the Coroner Form for the performance of an autopsy, he and members of his team visited the crime scene.
He said: “Photographs were taken at the scene and we demanded for the CCTV footage to know what took place on January 26, 2019.
“The management of the hotel took us to a room where we watched the footage.
“I demanded the lodgers’ book and it was given to me.
“I discovered that the name the defendant gave was Adedeji, which was different from his actual name, and I asked the hotel staff if this is how guests give random names.
“They said that they do not want to chase customers away with too many questions.”
The IPO said he traced Usulor’s whereabouts from a mobile phone he left at a hotel, and after a month, he was able to locate the defendant and his team lured him with a job offer.
Bablola said: “On February 28, 2019, I was able to track him to Intercontinental Hotel.
“Immediately I saw him, I recognised him because of the distinct way that he walks and he was also holding a copy of his CV.
“I approached him, introduced myself and immediately he said: ‘Officer wait, I know what I have done, I will tell you.’
“And immediately we took him to state CID.”
Babalola said at the police station, Usulor was cautioned and he gave his statement where he confessed to the alleged crime.
He said: “He said that on January 23, he lodged at the hotel and on the next day, he met the deceased, they spoke and exchanged room numbers and that he told the deceased that he was a chef and he was looking for a job.
“He said on January 26, he went to her room and she asked who was at the door and he told her he was a staff of the hotel, and when he got inside the room, he saw N27,000 on the table.
“The defendant said he took the money and asked her if she had more money and she said: ‘No,’ and that it was her employer that even paid her hotel bills, and he took a knife, stabbed her and slit her throat.”
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The policeman said according to Usulor, he took Obot’s two mobile phones: a Samsung and an iPhone, and made an attempt to leave the hotel, but was accosted by front desk staff.
Babalola testified that the defendant gave hotel staff the deceased’s mobile phones as collateral and promised to go to an ATM to withdraw some money to pay his outstanding bills, but he never returned and on his way, he threw the murder weapon into a canal.
He added: “After giving his statement, he said that nobody sent him to commit the murder.
“The next day he changed his story and said that it was a guy that he did business with that sent him and he gave me the guy’s number.
“I tracked the number and brought him to the station.
“When I confronted the guy, he said he knew Usulor, but denied the accusation.
“I made him confront the defendant and Usulor denied that the guy sent him to commit the crime.
“He said the guy is owing him N900,000 and he wanted the police to track him on his behalf and that the guy did not send him to commit the murder, but he wanted the guy to pay him his money.
“I immediately berated Usulor for his actions.”
The prosecutor, at this point of Babalola’s testimony, tendered Usulor’s statement to the court as an exhibit.
Defence counsel, Spurgeon Ataene, however raised an objection to tendering of the statement on the grounds that it was obtained under duress.
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo immediately ordered a trial-within-trial.
During the trial-within-trial, Babalola denied torturing Usulor while he gave his statement in custody.
“My lord, we do not have any torture equipment in our office, and it is against our rules and regulations,” he said.
While being cross-examined by Ataene, the IPO said Usulor wrote three statements while at the state CID.
He said: “The first statement admitted that no one sent him to kill the deceased, the second statement said a master sent him, while in his third statement, he exonerated the master that allegedly sent him.”
Babalola said that there was no video recording of Usulor’s statement being taken because the state government had at the time not made provisions for a video recorder and that no lawyer was also present.
He denied using electric gadgets to torture the defendant, which had allegedly made him unconscious and hospitalised.
“The defendant one night cried out that Feyisayo Obot’s spirit was disturbing his life and that he could not sleep and was restless, and that was why he was taken to the hospital,” the IPO said.
Earlier during proceedings, two front desk staff of Citiheights Hotel: Lateefat Adebayo, a receptionist, and Olabanji Ibitunde, Operations Manager, while led in evidence by Ligali, narrated how they attended to Usulor when he lodged in the hotel.
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Adebayo said Usulor while providing his details during his check-in at 10am on January 23, 2019, gave a false name as Adedeji Ayodele.
He was lodged in room 311.
She said: “I asked him to fill a form and he described himself as a student and he paid cash.
“He paid N30,000, which was for one night.
“After checking him in, I did not see him again, he did not come downstairs.
“Around 12pm on January 24, was when the money was due. I called him and he said he would check-out at 6pm in the evening and I said I will add half-day and he said it was okay.”
On January 26, 2019, I was not on duty and my colleague called me that a guest I had checked-in has killed a guest in room 501.
“I resumed for night duty on January 27.
“I was arrested and taken to Panti, where I gave a statement.”
Ibitunde in his evidence narrated how he confronted Usulor over his outstanding N42,000 hotel bill when he was checking out.
He said: “When a guest is having an outstanding bill, we take their luggage.
“I looked into his luggage and he had just a pair of jeans and a pair of shoes, but he had three mobile phones: an Itel, Samsung and an iPhone.
“I collected the iPhone and the Samsung because they can cover the cost of the outstanding bills, and he promised to come back to pay.
“I called his number, but it was busy.
“After he left, we noticed that a guest was murdered in a room and we checked his room and observed some bloodstains.
“We checked the CCTV and noticed that he went into Feyisayo’s room at 7:23am and came out at 7:34am.
“He was running out of the room.
“We went to Usulor’s room and we also noticed blood stains and in Fisayo’s room, she was on the floor with clothes covering her and her throat sliced.”
Ibitunde identified Obot’s body through crime scene photographs shown to him and the CCTV footage of Usulor was tendered as evidence by the prosecution.
On cross-examination by Ataene, the operations manager said three staff were on duty at the reception when the alleged crime occurred.
Usulor a chef, who resides at 30, Fadiya Street, Ketu, Lagos, is facing a charge of murder, contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2015.
He allegedly killed Obot, an employee of an Abuja-based Non-Governmental Organisation, Save the Children.
The alleged murder occurred on January 26, 2019.
Obot was also a lodger at the Citiheights Hotel and was in Lagos for a few days to write a project management examination.
The judge adjourned the case until April 1 for continuation of the trial-within-trial.
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Helping hand: Good languages assessment
Research 13 Jun 2013 6 minute read
Effective assessment tools provide a helping hand for second language teachers and that’s good news in any language, as Bernadette Brouwers explains.
In the busy world of day-to-day school life, teachers can sometimes feel that assessment is simply an additional burden to their already crowded days of lesson preparation, teaching and attending meetings. Further to this, language teachers often have the additional pressure of promoting their subject in the context of competing curriculum demands.
So, why should we make time for and, indeed, ensure that a good variety of assessments are thoroughly integrated into our teaching and learning programs in languages? There are many reasons. Not least, good assessment allows us to gauge exactly what students know and understand, and what students can do. Good assessment identifies learning problems and gaps in student learning. Good assessment also provides a mechanism for us to reflect on the effectiveness of our teaching and learning program and make adjustments to improve the teaching and learning opportunities for our students.
The Assessment of Language Competence (ALC) tests, developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), provide valuable support to teachers in doing all of the above. From its early days as the Australian Language Certificates, the ALC project has grown into an internationally recognised suite of second language tests designed to assist teachers in making assessments of their students in primary and secondary schools. As a reflection of its wider impact, the ALC is now known as the Assessment of Language Competence tests.
What is the ALC?
The ALC comprises listening and reading tests in seven languages which are offered at three competency levels: Certificate 1 (listening only) for students who have completed between approximately 80 to 100 hours of prior learning; Certificate 2 (listening and reading) for students who have completed between approximately 100 to 200 hours of prior learning; and Certificate 3 (listening and reading) for students who have completed between approximately 200 to 300 hours of prior learning.
The languages offered are French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese. Recent feedback has suggested that there may be interest in a future test for Arabic.
Tests are not tied to a particular curriculum framework so as to provide access to students across a wide variety of school programs.
What do the tests look like?
ALC tests focus on the receptive skills of listening and reading. Each certificate level includes 28 multiple-choice questions in the listening section and 32 multiple-choice questions in the reading section. The tests are enhanced with lively graphics, where appropriate.
While the tests will eventually be administered online, they are currently provided in pen-and-paper format and include a CD for the listening component.
How are the tests developed?
Expert writers are employed by ACER to develop an entirely new bank of items from year to year. Writers have both expertise in the language of the test and extensive experience in language assessment. The item development process takes place via a wiki and items are intensively vetted along the way. Once the items have been finalised, the draft tests are subject to a process of second vetting, proofreading and trialling before reaching the final printing stage. What do the test items look like?
All ALC test items are multiple-choice. While the texts are all in the target language, items are generally in English at Certificate 1 level although there are a number of items in the target language at Certificate 2 and Certificate 3 levels. Writers develop authentic texts and questions based around a wide variety of topics relevant to young people’s interests. Test items cover a broad range of item intents and allow for the assessment of more literal skills such as locating a single piece of information within a text to asking students to identify the main idea in a text or infer details. Figure 1 illustrates a typical item at Certificate 2 level.
How are the tests administered?
Schools register their students for the tests. At the time of registration, schools can also purchase a School Report and a copy of the Voice CD Transcripts. A Teacher Handbook is also provided to schools at no cost and is available on the ALC project website. An annotated sample of the School Report is shown in Figure 2.
All test materials are despatched to schools at least one week before the test dates. Answer sheets are returned to ACER for processing and results are sent to schools.
What will the test results tell me?
Once results have been processed, all students receive an individual Student Certificate showing their results for both listening and reading at High Distinction, Distinction, Credit or Participation band level.
The ALC School Report provides an insight into student and cohort or group performance in the areas of Listening and Reading for each language and level for which the school is registered. Comparative data on cohort performance against other schools is also provided in band levels.
Schools can ask a range of questions to help them best use the data available in the School Reports. Questions may relate to performance at individual student, class or whole-school level. Schools may also examine performance in the skill areas of listening and reading or make comparisons across languages.
How can and do schools use the ALC?
Schools use the ALC tests for a number of reasons. Some schools use the ALC as an informal mechanism to benchmark their students in a wider group, while other schools use the data as an integral part of their annual whole-school data collection on student performance.
Many schools find that the ALC helps in promoting language learning in their school community and distribute ALC Student Certificates at major school assemblies. ALC results are also published in school newsletters.
The ALC provides schools with a long-standing and highly respected tool to support good assessment in second language programs.
Read more about the Assessment of Language Competence tests at <www.acer.edu.au/tests/alc>
Bernadette Brouwers
Bernadette Brouwers was formerly the Assessment of Language Competence project director at ACER.
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Science Fiction and Fairy Tales: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
September 3, 2012 April 27, 2013 Posted in book reviews
I’m a fan of fairy tale retellings. From classics like Robin McKinley’s twists on folk tales, to Jackson Pearce’s updated versions of Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, or her forthcoming adaptation of The Little Mermaid, I never get tired of hearing a new spin on a fairy tale.
But nothing is cooler than Cinderella as a cyborg. {to be fair, I have not yet read Malinda Lo’s Ash, which sounds amazing and I’m sure is going to be cool}. In Cinder, the first in the Lunar Chronicles, Marissa Meyer has gone beyond a simple retelling and created a fantastical new universe by transporting the classic Cinderella story to New Beijing, a futuristic world where former Earth residents have colonized the moon. Living on Lunar has caused these citizens to develop special powers that allow them to manipulate the thoughts and minds of others—but wait, I’m getting ahead of myself…
Cinder has no memory of her life before being adopted. Whatever happened to her as a young child, she knows it was bad, because in order to survive, she had a computer operating system hard-wired into her body, and one foot and hand are now metal. When her adopted father suddenly dies of the plague that is slowly sweeping the world, she is left with her stepmother and stepsister, who are not especially nice and even blame her for his death. Luckily, she has is close to one of her stepsisters and also has a droid as a friend.
Cinder works as a mechanic to support her family. Her cyborg status makes her a second-class citizen. The story opens with Prince Kai (in disguise, of course) stopping by her booth to see if she can fix his droid. Before she gets a chance to repair it, a sudden outbreak of the plague infects her sister and puts Cinder in a dangerous position. Her stepmother blames her for her sister catching the disease, and thus volunteers her for the dangerous vaccine experiments conducted by the palace research teams. She may be the only one in the world to be able to stop the plague and in the process, discovers secrets about her past.
Before a cure is developed, Prince Kai’s father, the king, dies from the plague, prompting the Lunar Queen Levana to visit Earth. She intends to capitalize on the tragedy by forcing Kai to marry her to form an alliance, the first step in her plan to conquer Earth. Will Kai be able to maintain peace with the Lunar colony and resist Queen Levana’s influence? Will Cinder be able to fix his android? Will a cure be found for the deadly plague? And most importantly, will Cinder agree to go to the ball with Kai?!
The plot is familiar, but the sci-fi setting more than make up for the predictable “twists.” Cinder was a character you wanted to cheer on, whether she was rushing to try and save her sister or risking her own safety for the Commonwealth. She’s strong, self-sacrificing, and smart.
This novel is a great exploration of the nature of prejudice; both Lunars and cyborgs are feared and despised. Still, the story moves beyond this to the basic question of the essence of humanity. Do a few artifical parts or an evolved consciousness change what it means to be human? These themes made Cinder as thought-provoking as it was entertaining.
The romance was subtle. Cinder’s shame over her cyborg parts forces her to keep Kai at a distance. Kai is persistent but not overbearing in his pursuit of Cinder. He’s a down-to-Earth guy who takes his royal responsibilities seriously. Rather than pushing into melodrama, the conflict was based on real hardships, rather than artificial angst.
My only complaint was the cliff-hanger ending! I can’t wait to read more from Marissa Meyer. This was one of the most hyped debuts of 2012, and for me, it lived up to it.
You can read a short story and prequel, “Glitches,” online here, and the second installment in the Lunar Chronicles, Scarlet, will be out next February! I recommend this to anyone who likes reimagined fairy tales or a blend of sci-fi and fantasy in their young adult fiction.
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by Jordan Adams | Jan 13, 2021 | Sports | 0 comments
RICHMOND, Va. — VCU defeated George Washington 84-77 at the Charles E. Smith Center on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
The first half was very hard-fought. The Rams got out to a 6-0 start after a lay-up and poster dunk from Corey Douglas, but a pair of three-pointers from the Colonials helped them retake the lead by 1 point at the 14:31 mark. The Rams retook the lead at the 12:50 mark as their steals started to translate into points. With less than 8 minutes to play in the half, the Rams were posing for a double-digit lead but sophomore guard James Bishop had other ideas. Bishop knocked down a straight line three to push VCU’s lead down to four. The Rams would go into the half on a 5-0 run after two made free throws each from Hyland and Ward. The Rams opened the second half with an 11-4 burst, punctuated by a 3-pointer from Hyland from the right corner to take a 52-39 lead with 16:26 remaining. VCU would push the lead to as much as 17 before the Colonials staged a late rally to trim the final margin to single digits. Hyland scored in double figures for the 12th time in 13 games with Wednesday’s effort. He was 5-of-13 from the field with a pair of 3-pointers. The Wilmington, Del. native also tied a career-high with six steals and grabbed four rebounds. Sophomore forward Hason Ward added a career-high 11 points, five rebounds, and four blocks for the Rams, while junior forward Vince Williams supplied 10 of his 12 points after the break for VCU. Freshman guard Jamir Watkins added 10 points, while classmate Ace Baldwin contributed eight assists and four steals for the Rams. VCU shot .534 (31-of-58) from the field and outscored George Washington 50-28 in the paint. James Bishop led all players with 24 points for George Washington.
The story of the game was turnovers.VCU forced 23 George Washington turnovers, including 14 in the first half, the Rams outscored the Colonials 23-13 off those miscues. The Rams also committed 20 turnovers themselves, resulting in 13 points for the Colonials. There were multiple times in the game where both teams were just passing each other the ball instead of to their teammates. The Rams have now forced at least 15 turnovers in every game this season.
The black and gold are now 10-3 on the season and 3-1 in conference play. VCU is scheduled for a 10-day break, following the postponement of Saturday’s game at Richmond. The Rams’ next scheduled contest will be on Saturday, Jan. 23 when they host Dayton at the Siegel Center at 4:30 p.m. on CBS Sports. Network.
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FBI • LA County Jail • LASD • Pandora's Box • Sheriff Lee Baca
OPERATION PANDORA’S BOX: Will Hiding a Federal Informant Result in Criminal Indictments for Members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department?
For 18 days in the summer of 2011, members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department reportedly went to elaborate lengths to hide a federal informant from the FBI, an operation that those involved say was approved at the highest levels, including by former-Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, then the department’s powerful second in command, and by Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca himself. Despite a grand jury convened to investigate the matter, and a lengthy and ongoing probe by the FBI, Baca and his spokespeople still maintain that the informant was hidden for his own safety.
(The sheriff’s main spokesman, Steve Whitmore will be interviewed by the FBI on the matter early next week.)
However, those department members who actually did the hiding say that the official line is untrue, that even back in 2011 when they were in the midst of “Operation Pandora’s Box,” as they came to call it, they knew without question that what they were doing was illegal.
This is the inside story of that operation.
In the summer of 2011, Anthony Brown, 44, was a convicted armed bank robber languishing in Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail, while he waited to be transferred to the California state prison at Lancaster, his first stop in a very long stay behind bars. As it turned out, however, in addition to being a jail inmate, Brown was something else: a carefully cultivated informant for the FBI.
At the time, the feds were—and still are—investigating charges of widespread brutality, abuse and corruption inside the Los Angeles County jails, which are run by the LA County Sheriff’s Department. As a part of the investigation, Brown was embedded as a spy in Men’s Central Jail—MCJ—the county’s largest, most rundown and statistically the most troubled facility. In order to secretly report to his federal handlers, Brown had a contraband cell phone, which allowed him to call or text information about any misconduct and wrongdoing on the part of deputies he might personally witness, or hear about via the jail’s very gossipy grapevine.
Phones are, of course, strictly forbidden inside the jail. So when, in mid-August 2011, by pure happen chance, a jail deputy discovered the contraband phone during what was reported to be a routine search of Brown’s cell, the deputy followed protocol and quickly turned over the phone to the jail internal investigative unit, JIU. Concerned that Brown was using the phone for illegal activities, the jail investigators examined his call and text log, and found that, indeed, there were a few phone numbers that Brown dialed repeatedly. When investigators ran those numbers, the information they got back was not what they expected.
“Most of the numbers led back to a building at 11000 Wilshire Boulevard,” said one insider. In other words, LA’s FBI headquarters.
“Motherfuckers!”
The cluster of employees sitting at the five or so desks within earshot of then-Assistant Sheriff Paul Tanaka’s office on the 4th floor of the SHB—the Sheriff’s Headquarters Building in Monterey Park—did what they always did when Tanaka began screaming. They busied themselves looking anywhere but at each other.
Motherfuckers! Motherfuckers!
Tanaka, a highly intelligent, but physically small man, was infamous for these outsized eruptions of fury, which were reportedly frequent enough that the 4th floor workers who could not help but overhear them had developed intricate coping mechanisms, which mostly consisted of careful disinterest, lest the anger be suddenly turned their direction.
“Mr. Tanaka yelled at almost everyone,” said one witness to this particular tantrum, “even sometimes people like Assistant Sheriff Cecil Rambo, who was his good friend.” This time, however, Tanaka was not yelling at anyone who was physically present in his office, but at whomever had just called him on the phone. His fury was formidable. “The worst I’d ever heard,” said the witness. “He kept slamming his hand on the desk as he talked. “
“You stupid fucking idiots! “Bam, bam! “I’m surrounded by fu-u-c-king idiots!!” Bam, bam, bam!
At the time, no one listening knew what the call was about, as they could hear only Tanaka’s side of the conversation. It was only later, that they were able to piece together the fact that this was the moment when the then assistant sheriff first learned about Brown, the cell phone, and the FBI connection.
According to sources, Sheriff Lee Baca was not seen on the 4th floor that day. The assumption was that he was out of town. But he reportedly met with Tanaka in the latter’s office a day or two later. “And normally he never came to Tanaka’s office,” said the source. “That’s how we knew that there was some kind of unusual crisis.”
It is not certain who ordered what happened next. It could have been Paul Tanaka. It could have been Sheriff Baca. It could have been Tanaka with Baca’s permission or at his orders. Most sources believe it was some version of the latter.
Whatever the provenance of the order, on an evening after the discovery that Anthony Brown was working with the feds, two Sergeants from ICIB—the department’s criminal investigative unit—paid an after-midnight, unannounced and entirely unrequested visit to the home a female FBI agent who was one of Brown’s federal handlers. (For the sake of convenience, let’s call her Diana Engels, although that is not her real name.)
The two ICIB guys rolled up to Engels house and attempted to question the federal agent, threatening to arrest her, saying they could play hard ball and get a warrant if they wished to, or words to that affect. The two sergeants also reportedly used their car’s hi definition camera that is attached to a powerful microphone, to surreptitiously record the conversation with Engels.
In truth, of course, the ICIB sergeants had no way of arresting Engels, as she had done nothing illegal. The purpose of the visit appeared to be mostly an attempt to bully and intimidate the federal agent, and perhaps to get some information out of her.
According to sources, the ICIB agents later played the recording for Sheriff Baca as part of a briefing on the matter. Baca reportedly thanked one of the sergeants for providing him with the week’s best laugh.
THE SQUAD
A day or two after the nighttime visit to the FBI agent, LASD Deputy James Sexton got a text from Deputy Gerard Smith telling him to come to Men’s Central Jail for a meeting. Both Smith and Sexton were members of Operation Safe Jails, or OSJ, a specialized investigative unit that, as its name suggests, does its intelligence gathering inside the LA County Jail system, making use of jail informants to uncover illegal activities both in the jails and on the streets. OSJ also tracks, to what degree they are able, the moods and movements of the prison gangs that have a strong and often corrosive presence in the jails.
Although both Smith and Sexton were OSJ deputies, Smith was slightly higher up the food chain than Sexton, as he was a favorite of the unit’s commanding officer, Lt. Greg Thompson.
“Hey, I got something and I need your help,” Smith texted.
Within the hour, Smith, Sexton, and a third deputy named Mickey Manzo, all met with Lt. Thompson, who explained that there was an inmate that OSJ needed to hide. Manzo was another deputy whom Thompson frequently relied on for tasks, and Sexton was the computer whiz of OSJ, hence his inclusion. (Another computer savvy deputy, Jason Pearson, would be added later.) At the ad hoc meeting, Thompson outlined a highly unusual situation in which they must hide an inmate inside the jail system, but they must hide him so completely that no one outside of a special few would have any way of detecting his presence, either physically or digitally.
Paradoxically, the inmate, who was, of course, federal informant Anthony Brown, must not merely be rendered invisible, he must, at the same time, be accessible to special few.
To accomplish this dual purpose, meant some unorthodox actions. The operation also required a trustworthy team.
(THE REST OF “OPERATION PANDORA’S BOX” IS AFTER THE JUMP)
HIDING THE BALL
The next phase of hiding Anthony Brown took place on or about Wednesday, August 24, 2011, when approximately thirteen OSJ deputies—Smith, Manzo, Pearson, and Sexton among them—were called to a meeting in the staff barbecue area outside Men’s Central Jail, known as Hero’s Park.
Normally if an OSJ operation required a meeting, it would have been held inside the jail. But Thompson and some of the other jail administrators had been jittery for a while about the possibility of bugs or listening devices planted inside the jail itself by federal agents. And the whole Anthony Brown/cell phone thing had not exactly calmed their paranoia. Hence the meeting’s outdoor location.
OSJ deputies generally consider themselves to be an elite squad. And this group was made up of Thompson’s best guys, the deputies whose unquestioned loyalty he trusted the most. While they waited for their boss to show up, they talked about what they knew. “Some dude was found with a cell phone,” Mickey Manzo confirmed.
Greg Thompson, who was typically a casually attired guy, arrived in a suit and tie, having just come from a meeting with the brass at the SHB—department headquarters. Since this was a Need to Know operation, Thompson told the deputies only the basics, much of which they already knew via the deputy grapevine. An inmate had been caught with a contraband cell phone, that he was being worked as an informant by the feds, and that he needed to be hidden at the orders of Assistant Sheriff Paul Tanaka. In order to accomplish this task, a two-deputy detail would be on Brown at all times, stationed outside his cell. The idea was to make certain that no one—no one—without clearance could talk to the inmate, or even know he was anywhere in the LASD system. Most particularly the team was told that “under no circumstances” should anyone from the FBI or representatives of the U.S. Attorney’s office be allowed anywhere near Anthony Brown.
This is coming directly from Paul Tanaka, Thompson reportedly repeated in case anybody missed the point.
It was also coming from Baca, according to Mickey Manzo who confided to several of his fellow deputies that he had been present at SHB when Thompson briefed the sheriff on the whole matter. Manzo even described how at several points Baca unhappily put his head in his large hands at what he was hearing.
In the days after the Hero’s Park meeting, Manzo and Gerard Smith both confided on several occasions to various team members about what they had observed at subsequent briefings with Baca.
“See, it’s a big event for a deputy to get to brief the sheriff,” said one team member, “so they wanted to brag about it to somebody.” And their OSJ buddies were the safest.
Nearly a year and a half later, when the LA Times’ Robert Faturechi broke the story of Anthony Brown’s existance and about the report that the sheriff’s department might be deliberately hiding him, the matter was explained by sheriff’s department spokesman, Steve Whitmore, as having been done for Brown’s safety at the inmate’s own request. The implication was that, once it became known that Brown was an informant, he was fearful that he would be retaliated against, or even killed, by jail deputies who saw him as a dangerous snitch. However, OSJ team members present at the Hero’s Park meeting scoffed at the notion
“At no point were we told that we were protecting this inmate’s safety,” said one deputy. “Never! We were told explicitly that we were hiding him from the FBI. That’s all we were told right from the beginning. We were also told that the direction had come straight from the top.”
“Look,” said a second OSJ source, “we have the guy in our jails who is accused of murdering Juan Escalante [a very well liked deputy who was stationed at MCJ when he was fatally shot as he was headed to work]. I mean, he killed one of our own, and we manage to keep him safe. We have people in Men’s Central Jail who have EME hits on them” [referring to the Mexican Mafia], “and we know how to keep them safe. So to say we went through this huge routine to keep Anthony Brown safe from department deputies? That is seriously laughable! We did it to keep him away from the feds. Period.”
GAMING THE DATABASE
During the more than two-and-half weeks that Brown was hidden from the FBI, the OSJ team moved their charge between several locations within the LA County jail system. Yet he spent much of his time in a jail located in one of the department’s most out-of-the-way stations, namely San Dimas, a small city the LASD contracts to police, that is situated off the 210 Freeway, about halfway between downtown LA and San Bernardino—in other words, not the place that anybody searching for someone would think to look first.
But playing hide-the-ball with Brown’s physical whereabouts was not the hardest part about concealing Anthony Brown. In addition to moving the inmate around physically within the jail system, the team had to change Brown’s alias, his booking number, and his physical descriptors every 48 hours to avoid setting off alarms in the jails’ aging, homegrown computer system known as AJIS—Automatic Jail Information System—which is used to manage the information system requirements for the department’s custody facilities.
Among its various functions, AJIS tracks the identification, the movements, the medical requirements, the court dates, prison transfer dates and/or release dates of each inmate. Thus if one needed to hide someone, that meant one needed to hide him or her from AJIS in such a way that would leave no embarrassing breadcrumbs or digital oddities that might prove troublesome in the event of a future investigation.
Tricking AJIS, however, required a bit of doing. For one thing, when the team began the operation, according to AJIS, Anthony Brown was ready to be shipped out to state prison—-which obviously the department had no intention of doing, since the whole point of this operation was to buy time so that LASD investigators could find out what exactly Brown knew.
This meant that someone had to persuade AJIS to “release” the computerized Anthony Brown, as if he was actually being released to the street, as this the easiest way to make his name vanish from the system. Then moments after his computerized “release,” Brown would be “booked” into the database as a brand new inmate, with a brand new name and distinguishing traits—all of which required some digital sleight of hand.
“That required a new booking packet—what we call a ‘nine line,’” said one of the OSJ team members. “First name, last name, DOB, and descriptors.”
Anthony Brown was a large man, 5’10 and around 220 lbs, “so he tended to stand out.” Thus the OSJ team changed his height, weight, body-type, along with other descriptors, like race, hair and eye color, every time they changed his name—which they had to do every two days, exactly. Otherwise, at the 48-hour mark, AJIS would notice that the “new” inmate had not been “live scanned”—aka fingerprinted—and ever-vigilant AJIS would begin to send out alarms. Therefore, just before the deadline, the “new” inmate—aka Brown—would be “released,” and yet a newer “new “ inmate (still Brown) would be booked into the system, with yet another name, a “nine line “and the rest.
Then 48 hours later, the team did it all over again. And again. And again.
For 18 days.
GRAY AREAS
When they were first trying to figure out how to get around AJIS, Thompson and his team leaders floated the idea of using deputies’ finger prints to avoid the need for so much faux moving of Brown, but they were quickly disabused of that notion. “Live scan fingerprints are sent directly to the California Department of Justice where they remain on file forever,” said a team member. “So, no, that was not a good thing to do to some poor deputy.
Even more problematic than the merry-go-round of release/catch/release, was the bothersome fact that the real Anthony Brown was taking medication, adding a yet another level of false information that had to be fed into AJIS so that the multiple mythical inmates that were Brown could be given the medication that Brown required without setting off warnings that could conceivably be tracked by outsiders later.
“Every log in is anonymous,” said an LASD source, “so if you have the right clearance, and know the right commands, you can get whatever you want from AJIS without leaving tracks.”
But the OSJ did not have the right clearance to do some of the necessary phony data entering, so they had to rope in someone who did have the necessary clearance.
This was not exactly a slam-dunk. Some of the non-team members balked when asked to perform the highly unusual computer work-arounds.
One such person was a non-sworn LASD employee, a “civilian,” named Greg Sivard who reportedly raised concerns about such a bald-faced breaking of rules.
“Plus we were telling the medical professionals every 24 to 48 hours that we had a new body that needed medicine,” said a team member. “And that was freaking them out!”
When the team members ran into the inevitable resistance, they had all been instructed utter the magic phrase: This is being directed by the Assistant Sheriff, Mr. Tanaka.
“We just told them ‘Mr. Tanaka, Mr. Tanaka, Mr. Tanaka. If you have any questions, call Mr. Tanaka.’”
“I think it’s about that time,” said one one team member, “when a lot of us of recognized that we were probably doing something really wrong.”
In fact, several members of the OSJ team told us of their discomfort about the operation. “This was unilaterally ‘in the gray,’” said another team member.
So why did they do it?
“People did it because it’s made clear that if you say ‘No,’ it won’t sit well with your superiors,” an OSJ deputy explained. “You think, ‘What about my job? My career? What if one day I want to buy a house?’
“So you do it,” he said, ‘because you want the people above you to think, ‘This guy’s stand-up. He can handle the gray area and get things done. He’s a company man. And you do it because it’s common knowledge that, in a lot of parts of this department, the main way to get ahead is to be ‘in the car’ with somebody who has power, which means helping them out when they ask you. In the case of our team, we did it to help out Greg Thompson, who was helping out Paul Tanaka,” who was easily the second most powerful person in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and according to some, the shadow sheriff.
Still, perhaps it was an artifact of their discomfort that several of the OSJ team members started to jokingly call their collective actions Operation Pandora’s Box, after the mythical container that, once opened, loosed a variety of ills upon the world that could never again be forced back into captivity.
THE OVERTIME FACTOR
I am in the process of making the next week or two of schedules for the Brown detail. I need to know who is going to be out of town (Vegas conference) include dates and or hours you are unavailable. If you anticipate being unavailable for any other reason, I need to know that ASAP so I can get this schedule done, and you can make some $$$$$. Thank you.
(Email from Gerard Smith, August 24, 2011, to Pandora team)
In addition to being complicated, hiding Anthony Brown was reportedly expensive. All the deputies on the OSJ team worked at least one full shift of overtime each week as part of the operation, some of them more, during a period where the department was supposed to be slashing overtime down to the absolute minimum—hence Smith’s statement in his email of “you can make some $$$$. The overtime being generated was substantial enough that a “dedicated overtime account,” was created with the official name of: Operation OSJ, Summer 2011.
THE OTHER PANDORA TEAM
Thompson’s OSJ crew was not the only team that was involved with the Brown operation.
There was also a second team that operated in far more secrecy than the OSJ guys. This team was headed by Lt. Steve Leavins, and was made up of various homicide detectives, and undercover types, pulled from multiple places in the department. Thompson and Leavins were at the same rank, but Leavins was a lead investigator at ICIB and, according to sources who worked on the project, had more juice with the higher-ups on the 4th floor than Thompson did, even though Thompson was known to have a longtime relationship with Tanaka, going back decades to their days as ankle-tattooed Vikings* at Lynwood.
Yet, it was reportedly Leavins, far more than Thompson, who regularly briefed Tanaka.
“Leavins would come up to Tanaka’s office to make reports in person, sometimes two or three times a day,” said one department observer.
While Thompson’s OSJ team was supposed to hide and guard Brown, Leavins’ team was tasked with getting information out of the man.
Even more than with Thompson’s crew, Leavins’ team’s actions were extremely secretive, at times self-consciously so. They reportedly met for planning and debriefing in the LASD’s Monterey Park headquarters in a room with its windows temporarily blacked out, a set up that only served to draw the attention of otherwise uninterested department members.
Once Leavins team was up and running, they used a variety of methods to try to get information out of Brown. For instance, during the first week of Operation Pandora, Leavins sent two undercover cops from his group into Brown’s cell. At the time Brown was being kept in MCJ’s 8000 unit, on the medical floor. The two undercovers were both African American, like Brown, and both dressed like inmates with medical conditions, supposedly needing a place to be stashed until a permanent cell could be found for them. In order to make the scene more realistic, the two OJS deputies guarding Brown “resisted” the intrusion with terse and angry theatricality, agreeing only to the new “inmates’” presence for a few hours.
Most often, however, the questioning of Brown was more straightforward, and occurred primarily at night, particularly once he had been moved to the San Dimas station, where the OSJ team was instructed to “soften him up.” The instruction had no Abu Ghraib-ian overtones. Mainly this meant getting Brown treats and special privileges, like lots of smoking breaks, and special deliveries of Kentucky Fried Chicken, all with the purpose of gaining his cooperation.
Then on certain nights, whatever deputy was guarding Brown would be told to bring him to a particular room in another area of the station where three to five Leavins team members would question him for hours.
When the investigators were finished for the night, the OSJ guard would be texted to retrieve Brown from what was often an otherwise empty room, littered with snack wrappers and coffee cups.
Not surprisingly, the OSJ deputies were not informed as to what the Leavins team investigators ever got out of Brown.
However, one night during the first few days of the operation, an OSJ deputy happened to have few moments alone in Brown’s cell during the period when the informant was briefly seeing a nurse. Out of curiosity, the deputy stepped over to Brown’s stacks of papers and legal pads, and glanced through some of the 20-some pages of handwritten notes that Brown had evidently been keeping. The team member reportedly saw three or four names of jail deputies whom Brown listed as having gotten him cocaine. There were also names of deputies who Brown indicated owed him money in return for some kind of favor. According to a source, Brown wrote about most of these transactions in pages and pages of highly detailed prose, in which he itemized every nuance of the various alleged exchanges.
The OSJ deputy had only a few minutes in the cell, thus could only skim Brown’s approximately 25 pages of longhand. But, the impression he came away with, he said, was that, if what Brown wrote was true, the informant had information that could implicate a number of MCJ deputies in criminal acts.
SO, DID THE FBI TRY TO GET HIM BACK?
Sheriff’s department spokespeople have maintained that, at no point did the FBI come looking for their informant. The LASD also maintains that several calls to the feds about Brown got no reply. WLA was not able to determine the truth of the latter statement, but we do have some information about the former.
While, indeed, sources tell us that, to their knowledge the FBI did not come knocking on the front door of Men’s Central Jail and demand to see Anthony Brown. But according to several sources, about a week into Operation Pandora, the US Marshalls knocked on the door in the FBIs stead. “A woman who works at IRC called and told us that they’d just gotten a call on the law enforcement line from a US Marshall who said the marshalls had a removal order, which is a court order, to collect an inmate named Anthony Brown,” said a source. (“IRC” is the jail system’s inmate reception center). According to members of Operation Pandora, “she told the marshal’s ‘I’m sorry sir but there’s was no one by that name in our system.”
The marshal reportedly replied, “That’s bullshit,” or words to that effect.
Another OSJ source confirmed the report that marshals had come knocking and added that, on two separate occasions when he was on guard detail for Brown, once at MCJ, a second time at San Dimas, he got a call from Gerard Smith who said that he and his partner should be prepared for the arrival of some US Marshals who had a removal order for Brown.
“Do not let him take the inmate,” Smith reportedly told the two deputies.
The OSJ deputy on duty was a bit taken aback. “I wasn’t sure how exactly I was supposed to stop some armed federal marshals,” he said.
It turned out to be a moot point as, in both cases, the marshals never arrived.
“The whole time everyone was terrified of leaks,” said another OSJ deputy—meaning the kind of leak, he explained, that might allow the FBI to swoop in and grab Brown.
By the evening of September 11, the Leavins team was finished with Brown. The following day, Brown was transferred to the California State Prison at Lancaster.
In order to make the transfer possible, the Pandora team had to perform one more act of digital sorcery. Brown’s ghost inmate self was “released, and Brown was booked into Men’s Central Jail as a brand new inmate under his old booking number, which was attached to his old case number. Then the real Brown was live scanned, and voila! Anthony Brown was digitally rematerialized. Minutes later, a deputy informed AIJIS that inmate Brown was being transferred out of county jail to the custody of the state.
Four of the Operation Pandora’s Box team members, Mickey Manzo, Gerard Smith, James Sexton, and Noah Kirk, piled into a two-car convoy, and personally drove Brown to the California State Prison at Lancaster on Monday night.
The next morning, Deputy Smith sent out the following email to the Pandora team.
Sept 13,
Over the past few weeks you have helped out tremendously, with the safeguarding of inmate Anthony Brown. You have done so without asking to [sic] many questions and prying into the investigation at hand. Inmate Brown was transferred to Lancaster State Prison last night, so that part of the investigation is over, however this investigation is and will continue to be a time consuming affair. I am both proud and thankful to have each and every one of you to rely on, in a time of need. Your dedication and professionalism is and will continue to be needed. There will continue to be times during this investigation when I will need your help. I am confident that I will be able to call on any of you in a time of need. Once again thank you.
Always remember we are a UNIT. We were picked by people, who want to see us succeed and grow. I believe we all have similar goals for our unit, so if someone is lacking in a particular area, we must all work together to help them succeed. If we work together, we will always succeed. If you need anything, give me a call. THANX, Smitty
THE CIGAR DEBRIEF
There was no formal debriefing for Operation Pandora’s Box, but two or three weeks after Brown had been driven to prison, Lt. Thompson called an informal meeting, again outside the jail complex in Hero’s Park. He handed out cigars to the nine or so OSJ participants, then Thompson reportedly articulated in plain terms what the OSJ’s mandate was when it came to dealing with the FBI.
“It is our job to keep the FBI out of our jails,” Thompson said, “and to make life as difficult for the FBI as possible.” There was even a discussion at the cigar meeting about putting clandestine recording devices in the interview rooms that the feds used when they were talking to prisoners. But, according to our sources, that plan was never carried out.
Yet the message was unambiguous.. “Fuck the FBI!” Lt. Thompson reportedly said to his troops before the meeting disbanded, a cigar still in his hand, his features arranged in a rakish grin.
POSTSCRIPT: WHAT ABOUT INDICTMENTS?
Since the operation ended, many of the members of Thompson’s team have been questioned by FBI agents, as have others involved in some aspect of the operation, such as clerks at the jail’s Inmate Reception Center. Team members have also been subpoenaed to appear in front of a grand jury in order to talk about the hiding of Anthony Brown, some appearing as many as three times.
No one whom we spoke with who had been interviewed by the feds had any doubt that the FBI was pursuing the Anthony Brown operation with the intention of issuing criminal indictments. In addition to the issue of obstruction of justice, the feds reportedly mentioned such federal statutes as 241 and 242, Conspiracy Against Rights, and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law, respectively.
If the ongoing investigation does result in indictments, exactly when such indictments might be brought, how many, and how high up they might go…is anybody’s guess. This is, after all, just one of at least three—possibly as many as five— major investigative tracks being pursued by the feds against members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.
We do know that Paul Tanaka testified in front of a grand jury regarding Operation Pandora (and other issues) on December 19, 2012, with FBI interviews conducted a month earlier. We also know that he has been interviewed again by the FBI at least once late this spring, “in connection with the pending grand jury investigation,” and that Mr. Tanaka has hired a high profile criminal defense attorney named Ron Nessim.
As for the sheriff, he was interviewed by the FBI about Anthony Brown on April 12, 2013, prior to which time he received a letter specifying that he was not the object of the investigation.
We have not yet been able confirm whether or not he has been interviewed since that time.
We do know, however, as we mentioned earlier, that Baca’s longtime spokesperson, Steve Whitmore, is one of the newest people to be summoned by the FBI for an interview about the Anthony Brown operation. The interview is to take place on Monday, July 29.
When I spoke to Whitmore about the Brown investigation in general, he said that the department and the sheriff were cooperating in fully with the FBI and welcomed their investigation. Whitmore also again confirmed that it was Baca’s contention that Anthony Brown was hidden for the inmate’s safety.
As for his own testimony, Whitmore said that he looked forward to fully cooperating. “I want to help in any way I can.”
Just before we ended the call, I asked if he was at all nervous.
“A little nervous,” Whitmore admitted.
“But as they say, and I truly believe this” Whitmore added, “’The truth will set you free.’”
*The Vikings are the once notorious deputy clique that originated at the department’s Lynwood station.
UPDATE: On the morning of December 9, the first round of federal indictments against 18 members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were unsealed by U.S. Attorney Birotte. Among those charged were seven members of the teams that hid or questioned Anthony Brown. Those indicted on the Brown matter included two lieutenants, two sergeants, and three deputies—Gerard Smith, Mickey Manzo and James Sexton, despite the fact that Sexton had reportedly acted as a whistleblower and come to the FBI on his own accord. To date, no one above the rank of lieutenant has yet been indicted regarding the Brown operation.
Illustration by Walter Crane (1845-1915) courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
J.London says:
To C and her crew: I’ve got to hand it to you guys! Good job! If the Feds don’t prosecute we can never expect the LASD to recover! I think of all the people who have come forward to risk the lives and careers to expose the corruption of Lee Baca, Tanaka, Thompson and all the rest! Thanks to Pat Gomez and all his witnesses, Bob Olmstead, Ray Leyva, Al Gonzales and all the other heroes who risked it all! Thanks! I pray that your sacrifice will be rewarded! And Whitmore the TRUTH will set you free spiritually so why don’t you tell the truth? Because the truth will set you in jail!
Nipsey says:
yo brown its nipsey ur brother…holla at me if u see this
Investigative Mind says:
Nothing here is surprising because this behavior is happening all over the departmental units. Retaliation still exists even as of yesterday in Detective Division. This NEVER seems to end.
All I know is DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT!!!!!!
I think I am going to be sick. ughh.
CSN83 says:
Sounds to me like a whole bunch of officers need to be relieved of duty. And we thought the Sgt test scandal was a disappointment.
This is nothing new and still they work. Send them home until the investigation is over. But who will do the investigation?
To the Deputies, I hope you took notes as those homes you had hoped to buy one day might be gone now. I have found the higher the rank the less they knew and the more fault you will get. What the hell were you thinking?
The administration will give your job away to save their own from Baca on down. Do yourself a favor and tell the truth when asked. That will set you free to forgive yourself for making such a bad choice with your career.
Add, if you haven’t read the entire article I urge you to do so!
Wild Turkey says:
CSN83, you’re pretty hard on the rank and file deps. I’m curious what you think they should have done, or more directly, what would you have done if you were a custody dep with 3-5 years on and had been ordered by MR T himself to carry this out?
This was a Baca/Tanaka operation from the get go. ICIB was present and participating. So who would the rank and file go to in order to report wrong doing? What exactly should they have done?
And everyone seems to forget, the ONLY reason this article and the investigation described within exists is because OSJ deputies involved cold called the FBI and blew the whistle, and leaked this to the press to shine a light. Those OSJ deputies who called “bullsh*t” and made the calls deserve a lot of praise for bringing this forward.
Some of the rank and file deputies have been stubborn and recalcitrant in being forthcoming. They deserve scorn and will certainly get their lump of coal.
How about relieving LEROY BACA, since he was in charge of this operation? Oh, of course not. We don’t do that. We just destroy the lives of rank and file deputies. Not supervisors. You can always tell a supervisor by the way they immediately call to have every DSG involved rolled up, and turn a blind eye to the 4th floor.
Investigative MInd, What happened yesterday in the Detective Division??????
Jack Dawson says:
CSN83,
A wise person once said, “you will always give the best speech you will ever regret when angry”…
This is not the first time several people have had to remind you that the deputies involved are OUR young men who need mentors and support now more than ever. How is having a position on a specialized unit leveraged against them in return for their compliance their fault? Can you show me where the 911 for the Feds is located? Lord knows I could use it for my own observations in this place.
Regardless, take pause and note this article is an evaluation of systemic and calculated process to obstruct an investigation by the FBI at the direction of the highest levels. One can’t help to notice your favorite name is mentioned several times in the post. Can’t wait to read your personal attacks and self righteous comments.
What would you have done at that point in your career. I have no doubt you would have told the department “no, this is illegal!!” And once the retaliation began, I’m sure you would have seeked the intervention of courts.
Instead, you want them relieved and austrized further. Sounds about right… This will fall on deaf ears but the call to action has been sounded. Time to do more than post, but that would require raising money, putting your name on lawsuits, and reaching out beyond our broken command structure. Easier said than done folks, right CSN83??
Huh! says:
Lets see the execs spin this one! It is really sad to see how many on the department have sold their souls in the hopes of getting “in the car.” What ever happened to our reputation of standing up to the “powers that be.” The reason I chose this department is that guys, way before me, had established themselves as ” no nonsense types.” They would stand up to thugs on the streets as well as the bully execs. I guess that’s what comes out of hiring people who do the job only for the paycheck!
It’s almost embarrassing to be part of this department. I just wish the public was better informed so that we could look forward to some real change in the future.
Like I have said before, well said “J.London” and “Wild Turkey.” I truly hope to meet you guys one day and shake your hand for telling it like it is, and always calling BS.
Jack Dawson, you bring up an interesting point I had missed. Placing a custody deputy, who thinks that wearing a raid jacket and jeans makes you a rock star, in a specialized unit that isn’t considered coveted gives the executives a LOT of leverage against them.
Apparently CSN83 is suggesting that he would have said “I refuse! This is immoral!” I don’t know exactly though, because he neatly side stepped my question.
Had any OSJ deputy done that, the operation would have gone on anyway, they would have been rolled up back to the line, and black balled by those “in the car”.
They whistle blowers on the OSJ team handled it the best way they could have. “Okay you’re the boss” but picking up the phone and dialing the FBI. It takes serous, serious balls to cold call the FBI as a custody deputy, against your own department when everyone in the world is more connected and influential than you are, and you’re trying to make a name for yourself with the LASD power brokers.
Custody deps are expendable assets, easily intimidated, manipulated and convinced that it’s “for the good of the department”. They are terrified of taking an unpopular stand against anything wrong because they fear what reputation will follow them to patrol. That’s why they were used so extensively in this op.
But let’s not forget Greg Thompson. He needs to be examined as a case study of what Tanaka has wrought on our department. There are dozens of coin-holders like him that are a shadow government for Tanaka even while Mr T is away from the department.
Thompson has decades of close association with Paul Tanaka. They share tattoos, and rumors abound that Thompson wrote the paper that cleaned up an ugly shooting for Tanaka. They are pretty tight from what I hear. And from what we know from other witnessla articles, Thompson is in his comfort zone when he’s breaking laws and throwing the rank and file to the wolves to put a new coat of paint on “the car”.
This whole shebang was a criminal conspiracy dreamed up by Tanaka/Baca and Thompson, and implemented by a Lt. who could leverage unquestioning loyalty and obedience out of his troops at OSJ because he gave them what they wanted. A decent schedule and a little feel for real police work. The deck was stacked against the DSGs from the word go.
I’m surprised any of them had the courage to come forward and say to the FBI “there’s something you should know”. That’s a huge decision for a custody deputy to make. That shows how far off the reservation they felt this operation went.
Could someone please tell me what the dept. did to Pat Gomez that resulted in the million dollar settlement…I worked with him prior to my retirement and thought he was a great Deputy.. I read years ago that there was some type of problem but have never known exactly what the dept did to him…
High Horse says:
CSN83…. Ever since you started posting, you’ve been on a horse too high for any of us to reach!! Everyone on here who has done combat know that Politics and Power trump any Whistle Blower protections that exist. If they said “no”, then they were done!! If they were done, then their families were done!! You haven’t a clue what that choice means!! I have
#Wild Turkey We all have a choice in what we do on this job. Perhaps I am hard on them as I took the same oath as they did. We were hired to protect and serve, not to be a cool guy. I feel that when any supervisor tells you to do something that is unethical and wrong you must walk away. If you believe the article in any fashion, Baca/Tanaka/Thompson and those that followed have made a really bad decision. This has the makings of a B rated movie as it is obvious from the beginning what the out come will be.
I do wonder why they did’t give up the informant to begin with. If the inmate saw and reported illegal going ons in the jail let those doing it take the hit. What were they trying to hide?
I am so proud of the deputies that called this mess into the FBI and those guys are reclaiming their own integrity back. What they did took a lot of courage and while they may have fallen into a bad situation they themselves are taking responsibility for their own decisions and moving forward. There is not a day that goes by that those who are close to them need to give a call and say hello.
Baca needs to go as it starts and ends with him.
There are several good points brought up, but much is forgotten. Everyone does have a choice, but each choice comes with sacrifices. Do you expect new custody deps to go through everything on their own? You get relieved or fired for doing the right thing and who calls them? Do you? Who backs them up? You? Many can’t take that pressure, so they try to wade through the murky waters hoping for a way out but all they get is “the truth will set you free”. Give me a break, what good does that do them. If you are going to use a quote from Jesus at least use it right because the way the department is going and with monday night quarterbacks everywhere Jesus is the only thing that can save them. Not every custody dep is good and for those that aren’t, yes get rid of them. But don’t dare try to sit on the sidelines and tell the known and unknown deps who have been retaliated against what to do but not help them.
CSN83 you talk a big game, you swore the same oath? Good, there are others that did what you asked and have been fired for it. You better put up or shut up cause those guys are going to need you. Jack Dawson hit the nail on the head “Time to do more than post, but that would require raising money, putting your name on lawsuits, and reaching out beyond our broken command structure.” And more lawsuits are coming. Since “Custody deps are expendable assets, easily intimidated, manipulated” believe there are more that will require your help. If you aren’t willing then shut up because nobody cares how proud you are if you aren’t going to do anything about it.
10-33_Go says:
Sorry, I just disagree with the emphasis-placing on the line deputies. These guys have been beat up for years, during the hiring process, the academy, training and custody, about the importance of the chain of command, so I think it’s fanciful to think the majority of any group of deputies in their position would see the big picture, see the potential downstream consequences of their small part of a directed effort, and to quite literally walk away from their supervisor–to say nothing of turning their back on an opportunity to continue their career advancement, based on the structure in place at the department.
I agree supervisors stating the importance of keeping federal authorities out of the facility should have been a pretty blaring wake up call, as should have been basically falsifying and destroying records. But if ICIB, IA and department execs were on board, who’s some custody boot to say he knows better? The organization (indeed, virtually any organization) doesn’t work that way. Irrespective, there will be consequences for the deps who participated here; indeed, there already have been. After all, how many custody (pre-patrol!) deputies are the subject of federal investigations? Or part of such investigations? Have their names and alleged actions so publicly aired? So, I think they will pay a price, but I think our attention is more productively directed toward the brass, who had the big picture, who had the context, and who made the decisions and gave the directions.
I *totally* agree with CSN’s analysis that the ending here is, or should be, fairly predictable. It’s ludicrous that people who are the subject of multiple federal investigations would contemplate a run for public office. What’s more ludicrous is that, left unopposed, they could win. So I completely agree that we need a serious opponent in the race and sincerely believe that if that person lined up some quality internal and external supporters, you might see a dramatic shift in loyalties away from the old regime. Such a candidate would also have the added benefit of splitting the Baca/Tanaka vote and giving each’s supporters multiple targets to spend their resources attacking.
However things land, remember that we have term limits for a reason (albeit not for sheriff) and a contested race is always better for society than a king for life.
I agree these line and special deputies do need mentors and support in their jobs but they also come with common since. Specialized units are tuff and you are put in those units hopefully because you will do a good job not because you are willing to do what ever they tell you to do, even when it is wrong. Maybe the deputies were kept in the dark on why they were moving the inmate multiple times and that to shall come out.
Don’t hate me JD for having my opinion about what we are going through. Just like you I come from a different background. And yes I have been put in situations that were illegal and took a different road. Self righteous no, just liked my job. Do you think the public cares that these deputies were in a specialized unit and it was leveraged against them in return for their compliance? Do you have any idea to how that sounds? Not all supervisors are bad but this bunch takes the cake.
Oh and you mentioned retaliation. Tell me a time when there was no retaliation in one form or another. I cannot name a person I have worked with that has not had some type of retaliation leveraged against them. If you need to be mad at someone be mad at the ones who put us here to begin with, you know their names…
Maybe this is our problem. We want that special job so bad we will do anything to get it and the administration knows it….
arletha wright says:
What you do in the dark will come out in the light. Always be honest even if it cost you your job. Remember God always got ur back. God aint through. When you think u r above the law and above God. This is what happens.
Marc Cooper says:
Great story Celeste!
Mountain Man says:
The hits just keep on coming for Leroy and Paul. Federal indictments will be the touchstone that makes the upcoming election for Sheriff a, “fair fight.”
Sadly, the mainstream voters of Los Angeles County have no idea this is going on, or really do not care. They will mindlessly vote for, “incumbent” on their ballots.
interestedparty says:
Please don’t put line deputies with OSJ deputies. Besides for a very few OSJ deputies, they no ack every other line deputy believing somehow when they put on the green jacket and jeans they are above everyone else. I have 0 respect for 95% of the good ole boy OSJ Daddy helped me crowd.
Let's Be Real says:
It’s no the incumbent that they’re voting for. First of all,, about 30% of registered voters will even bother to vote. The Sheriff spends an incredible amount of time politicking with influential “community leaders”, Reverends, activists and City Council members. He needs them to tell their flock to get out and vote for “our friend” Leroy Baca. They do. Because he gives them special favors. Badges, guns, reserve status, positions on “advisory boards” and all the other sleazy, slimy ways he can figure out to curry favor with these influential people. The only way this inherent advantage can be offset in a midterm election is if the media in the county finally decide that they’ve had enough of his incompetency and mount a concerted effort to get him defeated. Endorsing a challenger is not enough. They, metaphorically speaking, must “shout from the mountain tops” that Leroy Baca is incompetent and encourage voters to show up and vote against him. Otherwise, get used to Leroy Baca being the Sheriff, the corruption, shenanigans and insanity to continue.
Thanks a lot says:
What REALLY blows me away is the balls of the ICIB Sgt.s thinking they could get away with bullying a Federal Agent. On Baca’s/Tanaka’s orders no less, like that will get them out of their predicament they now will surely face!! I hope they enjoy their jail cells.
I think now more than ever during Leroy’s time in office, voters are seeing him for what he really is. Look what happened to his buddy Trutanich. Two failed election bids. Leroy has given so much ammunition to an opponent. Same for Paul. He’s busy playing the blame game. Paul, didn’t you brag being the one running the department while Leroy was globe trotting ? You are just as responsible as some of your former neighbors on the fourth floor for this mess.
The veil has been lifted says:
Tanka’s reaction of “MF, MF, I’m surrounding by F—ing idiots,” is a unique insight into the mind of the little man, unhinged and undisciplined. This outburst is consistent with a psychological disorder called, “Intermittent Explosive Disorder.” It is symptomatic of an individual who has very low self-esteem and who is desirous of being seen and perceived as one of ultimate authority and power. Other causes of uncontrollable anger include mental illness. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric illness characterized by emotional instability, impulsiveness. Bi-Polar disorder is also symptomatic of temporary bouts of rage and anger. Tanaka feels “entitled” to scream, yell and demean anyone who angers him. It is consistent with a narcissistic personality where he uses people to suit his own goals and needs.
One who takes pleasure in displaying rage will feel a sense of empowerment that compensates for a life long experience of inadequacy and lack of masculinity. If one resents authority as a child, they will connect the interaction and relationship with a domineering father to individuals they interact with as an adult. Individuals with this disorder often have difficulty in maintaing relationships with women and have been known to revert to physical violence and fits of rage. Pay particular attention how the little man smokes a cigar, it will reveal a great deal of his personality. I think the little man knows the walls are closing in, he has no control over the FBI. No deals to broker, no promises to make, no enticements to offer, no control at all. All the little man can do is wait and worry, wondering when the phone will ring or the sound of a knock on his door. As for Greg Thompson, some cheap advice. When the Feds contact you, take the deal. It will be the only one you will get. Listen to her words and think about about what she says.
Lesser evil says:
Hmmm? Even with the Little man out of the office, force goes up. Who will be responsible now? Surely not the Sheriff!? Right?
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-deputies-inmates-20130723,0,7610283.story
CSN 83,
I respect and appreciate your opinion within this forum, and invite you to bring constructive criticisms that forward the discussion of change for the department. However, I take issue with your antagonizing, condescending, poorly written (grammar and vocabulary), and illogical personal attacks upon people who are serving in our department. Your posts are akin to a teenage girl’s malicious and spiteful cafeteria gossip. You are a frequent and active poster that should know by now several people use this site to communicate, organize, and sometimes vent.
Or you could be like our friend @interested party, who introduces the “daddy helped me crowd” (how profound…) argument. He/she brings up an interesting point pertaining to maturity within our organization, and failed to acknowledge a couple of things. Several of the deputies mentioned in this article are now patrol trained, and are doing extremely well at their respective stations. No one did that for them unless the briefing room has changed. The “ninja nod” is everywhere and it only gets worse outside of custody. OSJ has deputies assigned to tasks for organizations nationwide at the direction of units to include homicide, MCB, Narco, etc… and they do it well even by the admission of Mr. Tanaka in his interview with Mr. David Ono.
Lastly, I do not think you have had the pleasure of smelling Mr. Tanaka’s breathe during one of his rants, received an email from him implying there are plenty of people who can do your job, or stood before Sheriff Baca while he was perched upon his famous couch. If you had, then you know what it is like to reconsider your adulthood. We know a lot of know these guys and support them, and we reach out to them via this site. They read it….
Since you are so outspoken and fearless, check in with Celeste and get my bona fides. Maybe we could have this chat elsewhere (email or phone call) or you can take the handle on addressing the fact that two chiefs, several commanders, several captains, and first line supervisors (sergeants) not only signed off on this but participated in the operation. That’s a lot of candidates for ROD and long list of executives of you to speak to.
That’s what I am “hating on” today. I am looking forward to your comments.
# 20, interested party: You can have whatever personal beef you’ve got with OSJ deputies. That’s your right. And some of the OSJ deputies I know do suffer from over inflated ego syndrome. However, like I said earlier, this article, and the federal investigation into the subject matter, would simply…not…exist if it weren’t for OSJ deputies that worked up the testicular fortitude to call the FBI and say “enough”.
Facts matter says:
There seems to be a disturbing common theme about all these stories that everyone seems to deflect. “The tell all, end all.”
– THE SHERIFF
He is responsible for ALL this mess (Before Tanaka, and now after Tanaka. What excuse will he use now? For those of you who think the Sheriff will win re-election, think again. LA County residents may be misinformed or uninterested, but they won’t be for this election. Trust me.
#21- Remember what you posted, and keep it in your memory bank for 2014. There are some who think Pat Gomez or other candidates don’t have a shot for the office of Sheriff, NOT TRUE. LA County will vote for change this election. The power of a democratic society will be proven.
Evil: Great post. Baca is responsible for all issues on the LASD. If force goes down, up or sideways it rests at his feet. But, because Baca is corrupt is the MAIN reason why all this cheating, lying and committing of crimes was and is allowed to continue. Why would we develop a force program to cause force to go up? That doesn’t make sense! Why a force program for the force to stay the same? That doesn’t make sense either. The goal is for force to go down! Ass. McDonald stated the reason for the rise was that we are counting the uses now! I’m positive neither one us believes that! Once again she is incompetent and her behavior is consistent with the problems she had at CDC. Ask; if we were jail deps with all the heat that’s on the jail would we be inclined to use force or do our best to stay away from it?
Jack: For generations the LASD has relied on current and retired members to get new recruits into the Department. Who else better (than us) to know who is well suited for this work? However, since Baca took over this program went straight to HELL! Recall Baca’s nephew getting hired? And how many hundreds of just totally unqualified people we have now on the job! Criminals, gang members and everything else under the sun! That’s Baca’s responsibility and again rests at his feet, the jerk! I know many of the young men hired and their dad’s helped them. Ironically, many of them were quite competent and didn’t need dad’s help. Parents can be overzealous when it comes to their kids. Parents must stay out of their adult children’s lives. Lastly, from my view to answer the question about the “room.” It has changed and changed for the worse. An example would be Herbert who I worked with at Century. Herbert did his job well but he’s not the same man. Herbert assisted in ruining careers and impacting lives at Personnel B. I hope Herbert reads this post and goes back to being the Spiritual man he was!
Wild: Your post about what we expect from the deps was the best! When we are new we don’t know who to trust and who not to! It wasn’t just the OSJ guys but also the very elite and very experienced Homicide guys that participated in hiding the FBI informant and all of them knew it was wrong! Why didn’t they do what was right? The question of a lifetime. You know the old saying; it takes ten atta boys to make up for one ah S! Right now thanks to Baca, Stonich, Waldie and Tanaka who created this crap hole it’s now up to us to clean it up! I was asked recently “why would anyone wipe their butts when you work in a crap hole?” My one word answer “Hygiene!” We gotta stay clean!
Hang in there boys we can do this!!
Sorry Jack, very busy day yesterday. You seem to have no problem going after people who you happen to disagree with. If I chose to voice my opinion about something or someone It is my opinion. Illogical attacks? We all are upset about this BS crap that just” keeps on giving” and instead of you voicing your opinion and moving on you wanna keep coming at me.
You do not know me or my history. I have no interest bumping chest with you so maybe we can just move forward instead.
With your comment about all the chiefs, commanders, captains, sergeants that signed off on this my question to you does that make it right ? The deputies that brought this to light are doing what they had to do and in my view the true hero’s . That took a lot of courage and I wonder if those deputies will be the ones that brings this administration down.
Do you think #20 interested party might be a deputy? Why are you slamming them ? Maybe they know something you don’t…..
What do you think Jack?
#28 Mr.Facts you have no idea how much I hope you are right. What confuses me is the argumentative tone you have when it’s obvious we are not on opposite sides of the fence. I didn’t say Baca couldn’t be beat. I simply gave my opinion of what it would take for him to be beaten. Did you read the entirety of my post? I have no problem remembering what I posted. It’s in my memory bank. Please forgive me if I’m not overly confident that if Baca runs again he will get beat. Think about it. He’s been a loon, incompetent and corrupt from day one. Yet he’s been elected how many times?
I appreciate your response and I want you to know I take the call to action seriously. I prefer civil conversations as opposed to personal attacks of people via their real names outside of the board. I’m not scared to come out from behind the mask of our silly little monikers via Celeste and the offer is always there.
You are absolutely correct that being directed does not dismiss accountability for their actions, but there is a clear distinction between supervisor direction and supervisor participation in this case. ORG #s were pulled, timekeeper violations waved, inmate folders moved by and under the supervision of captains, station captain allowing Anthony Brown, etc… Etc… Etc…
These guys weren’t doing all of this under a misinterpretation of an order from middle management.
I’m not the hall monitor and I’m by no means perfect, but I’m not ashamed of my support for some of these young men. Soap boxes and personal attacks are part of this, but you are here more than most. Till we meet again…
When the NYPD went through their painful and drawn out corruption purges, beginning with the Knapp Commission in 1970, the department was dealing with bottom up corruption. That is, a vast majority, according to notable informants (most famously Frank Serpico), of street cops in the NYPD took money. The brass looked the other way, or took money also. Finally, under public pressure, the brass went “ah sh*t” and started cleaning house.
What we have on the LASD appears to be the exact opposite end of the spectrum. The VAST majority of LASD Deputies are honest cops. There are dirty cops on the line assignments, but they are few, far between, and statistically inevitable in an organization of 10,000. Our brass is mostly crooked or inept. Corrupt, self serving, politicking sycophants intensely obsessed with their own advancement, whatever the moral cost, completely caught up in a group hysteria of self promotion and worship of the twin demagogues in our department, Too Tall and Uncle Leroy.
A few bright islands of greatness in a sea of mediocrity, but nothing overwhelming.
What are WE, as the honest foot soldiers of this organization going to do about this? How are we going to take action? Should we be reporting every small infraction committed by our supervisors? Perhaps. It’s a way to purge the brass, and it’s what they do to us. Should we blow up the phones and email in our union offices, and push for a vote of no confidence in Leroy Baca? That might work. ALADS has been weirdly silent on corruption issues.
I don’t have the answers. Nor do I claim to. I just looked at the situation today and realized, the majority of our department is honest and clean. Our brass is driving this department into the dirt (and a consent decree). It seems like we’re getting past (or should be) the “ah sh*t” phase, where we realize we have no choice but to get the broom. So, what are we, as the silent majority, going to do about it? We need to DO something.
Very well said Wild!!!
nothing says:
nice post, Wild. Nothing will happen unless or until some meaningful indictments come in. Leroy has converted most of Paul’s bozos or they have flipped the switch and changed sides. Sue and get promoted. Unfortunately, the goons can still kill careers. Worse, we need a three inch hose with a brass nozzle, not a broom. The hits keep on coming, but the only folks getting served up are line swine. When they deliver some brass ass, I hope the tide will turn. Shucks, Alads might even remember they’re an employee association. A lot of good folks don’t want to stick their necks out. The thrill is gone. The worker bees have been abused so long, they just want to hunker down, do their time, and retire without any more drama.
Let’s be real- I apologize if my tone, which seemed argumentative. My intention wasn’t negative towards your statement. All I was trying to say is that the Sheriff’s Ship is sinking and sinking FAST. Voters will be well educated and motivated to hit the polls for this one.
16 years is way too long for anyone to hold office, especially the one in question. Soon, he will realize getting rid of the Undersheriff position will only expose him more for what he is.
Pat Gomez (or anyone else) for Sheriff.
@ Wild Turkey et. al. OUTSTANDING post, you are spot on. Listen up folk, in about two weeks, a new candidate is going to announce his candidacy for Sheriff. This will be an individual whose integrity and dedication is absolutely without question. The silent majority need not be silent any more. Members of LASD will have an opportunity to choose their destiny. A new Sheriff, one we ALL can be proud of, one who will bring back the pride of LASD or, we can stay with a delusional and unethical Sheriff along with his command staff, who will give us four more years of misery, scandal, indictments and embarrassment. It is our choice.
@ #37, BN, I sure hope it is a viable candidate that we can all respect, or someone we already respect. The suspense is killing me! If it is, I will openly pledge my full support, which will probably be the demise of my career, which is fine, because I can live with my current paycheck, but not the current regime!
Chargin'Charlie says:
The community expects a professional law enforcement agency but the leadership has delivered something that is more akin to a cult. Operation Pandora is another example of how the LASD has slipped any objective ethical moorings to be responsive to the whims to Baca/Tanaka because they’re the BMOC. Senior leaders feel unassailable in their authority with the freedom to define right and wrong and then re-define it according to circumstances. The rank and file who see their success tied to approval from the leaders follow with little questioning. Is it against the law? Who cares, Mr T says it’s OK. When the leadership is so corrupt that orders endorsing illegal behavior are followed out of self interest and a sense that there is no other choice, it is time for a new leadership.
Viewpoints says:
[…] WitnessLA.com has been following the story from the beginning. For a full version of what they found, and its potential legal implications for the nation’s largest contract policing agency, please click HERE. […]
Update please says:
Can anyone verify Thompson’s status? ROD, fired, retired, promoted, driving Baca, Tanaka’s campaign manager? Heard many stories without validation.
I cannot verify 100%, but from what I understand, he has been terminated, had his skelly, and is waiting to hear back.
WitnessLA.com » Blog Archive » OPERATION PANDORA’S BOX: Will Hiding a Federal Informant Result in Criminal Indictments for Members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department? | Accessories says:
[…] For 18 days in the summer of 2011, members of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department reportedly went to elaborate lengths to hide a federal informant from the FBI, an operation that those involved say was approved at the highest levels, including by former-Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, then the department’s powerful second in command, and by Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca himself. Despite a grand jury convened to investigate the matter, and a lengthy and ongoing probe by the FBI, Baca and his spokespeople still maintain that the informant was hidden for his own safety. Read more… […]
killabee says:
The very arrogant LASD will have to pay.” Pride goeth before destruction”!
Coastaleddie says:
Wow. I have been retired for 18 years and no longer live in the area. I just found out about this scandle. I wish all of you good luck.
R.G. says:
I was once put in the back of a sheriff’s car while he tried to chat up some girls as he has me in the back of his car for absolutely no reason. He was agrressive physically and verbally and gave me no reason as to why he was detaining me. After 30 minutes of sitting in his car for no reason, he let me go. I was literally doing nothing except going for my nightly walk around the neighborhood and he claimed that it was “suspicious” of me to be walking at that time of night, (a little before 9 pm on a sunday, labor day weekend) needless to say I was fuming, drove down to the sheriff’s station immediately and was made to wait about an hour in the hope that I would just leave before I could speak with his watch commander. The watch commander, obviously trying to make sure I didn’t put in a formal complaint, would not let me get a word in and went on and on about bogus things having nothing to do with the matter at hand. During this time, he had called in the abusive officer so they can get their stories straight and while talking to me, he’s motioning with his eyes to the officer to walk the other way to avoid me, as if I couldn’t see his eyes not paying attention to my words. I turn around and see the officer who abused me and his power, and he immediately turns and walks the other way. He goes in the back and he comes out with some bogus story about how they had a call about a burglary in the neighborhood and I matched the description. I knew it was bogus when he fed it to me but the moment I knew it was incredibly bogus was when I was again walking around my neighborhood a couple days later and I witnessed some cops questioning a group of black teenagers hanging around their car by the park. As I’m walking in close proximity one of the guys asks the sheriff why they are harassing them and the sheriff replies with, “oh, we’ve had a report of a burglary in the neighborhood and you match the description.” Not a day goes by that I don’t regret suing the hell out of the LASD.
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"Far Away From Home" Kim Dotty Hachmann quantity
Far Away from Home reflects upon the situation of Berlin based artist Kim Dotty Hachmann, who merges all into one life: work, family, art, motherhood and herself. In Birdie, Neo and the photo series in between the main topic is dealing with the feeling of being far away: The kidnapping of the bride in the Western Movie Birdie, the indifferent atmosphere in the video Neo and the atmosphere of former communism still existent in a hotel in Sofia today with the protagonist in between childhood and growing up from the photo serie in between. With the works Küchen Power, emotional secrets and homemade Kim Dotty Hachmann includes the feeling of home and its diverse aspects.
Kim Dotty visually presents her family in short videos, video installations and photo series in order to exploit the complexity of visual, temporal and acoustic aspects. Thus fantastic stories depict the opposites of individuality and community, intimacy and borders, power and weakness in a humorous, poetic and sometimes grotesque way. Kim Dotty Hachmann mostly makes use of her own fantasy worlds to express her ideas. It’s a conscious choice that she and her family act in her productions. Kim Dotty Hachmann sees herself as a modern day storyteller.
Kim Dotty Hachmann will be in Chicago to work on the 3rd edition of a collaborative video project with artist Ginny Sykes, followed by a residency at the Ragdale Foundation.
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Who is Fred Sirieix? Remarkable Places to Eat and First Dates legend – The Sun
12/24/2020 Fred, Is, Remarkabl, Sirieix?, Who
FRED Sirieix is considered a real-life Cupid thanks to his role as maître d’ and matchmaker on Channel 4's First Dates and First Dates Hotel.
The suave Frenchman is back on our screens and making us hungry in his new BBC show Remarkable Places to Eat at Christmas.
Who is Fred Sirieix?
French-born Fred is best known as the loveable maître d’ on the hit Channel 4 show First Dates.
He is also the face of First Dates Hotel.
The 48-year-old was born and brought up in Limoges in western France and knew from an early age that he wanted to work in the hospitality industry.
He attended catering college and initially trained as a chef but decided to focus on being front of house instead.
Fred trained as a maître d’ in France before moving to London.
Fred then worked at La Tante Claire in Chelsea and also spent time at Le Gavroche in Mayfair, Satario and Brasserie Roux.
As well as appearing in First Dates, he is the general manager at Galvin at Windows – a Michelin-starred French haute cuisine restaurant located on the 28th floor of the London Hilton on Park Lane.
Fred also hosts BBC's Million Pound Menu, which sees contestants competing to win an investment.
In April 2020, Fred hosted The Restaurant That Burns Calories which sparked controversy among viewers.
Is Fred Sirieix married?
Despite being very private about his love life, Fred did open up about questions concerning whether he is in a committed relationship or not.
In July 2016, the French native revealed he had never been married before, adding that the closest thing to marriage had been his 12-year-old relationship with the mother of his two children, who is simply known as Alex to the public.
In January 2018, Alex took to his social media account to reveal he was in a new relationship with a woman he had nicknamed Fruitcake.
The couple got engaged in March 2020.
How did Fred Sirieix become famous?
Fred saw his profile rise after first appearing on First Dates in 2013 during the first series.
On the show, Fred greets the nervous daters as they turn up at the First Dates restaurant for a blind date.
He is often seen showing singletons to the bar and to their tables and even offers his pearls of wisdom to some of those who are unlucky in love.
Since then, the Bafta-winning show – which is filmed in London’s Paternoster Chop House – has had a huge boost in both popularly and ratings.
But it wasn't the first time that Fred has graced our screens.
He co-hosted BBC2 show Michel Roux's Service and in 2012, he appeared on an episode of The Apprentice on BBC1.
And he has even dabbled in music and once made a dance track called La Vie Continue (Life Goes On) – a song about “love, loss and everything in between”.
Fred went on a road trip with famous TV chefs Gordon Ramsay and Gino D'Campo in 2020.
The ITV series saw the trio travel around the highways of Mexico and the USA, visiting Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Texas and Tijuana.
While in lockdown, Sirieix reprised his role as cupid when he hosted Hitched at Home.
During the show, Fred worked around the clock to set up the perfect wedding for a couple who's wedding was cancelled due to the lockdown.
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The Missing Person (2009) Review
René S. Garcia, Jr.· December 1, 2009
It’s always a treat when a classic genre is coupled with a modern setting and contemporary story. In this case, the film noir style is mixed into a timely story about loss and coping with 9/11 as a backdrop. The Missing Person is a perfect example of disparate elements coming together to create something that is altogether unexpected, yet familiar. The noir style works here, given the subject matter, but at times it feels tacked on, with not enough focus devoted to the story proper. Nevertheless, fans of film noir and subtle filmmaking will discover a rare gem with The Missing Person.
John Rosow (Michael Shannon) is a down and out private detective living in Chicago. He’s haunted by memories of a woman, which drives Rosow to numb himself with alcohol as often as he can. One morning, he receives a phone call from a high-priced New York attorney who wants Rosow to tail a man to Los Angeles, offering nothing more in details. Convinced by a cash advance, the recommendation of an old colleague and the attorney’s beautiful assistant, Rosow accepts the case and boards the next train. His journey leads him out of the country into emotional and personal territory that Rosow isn’t ready to explore.
For fans of film noir, all of the distinguishing characters and characteristics are present in The Missing Person. Rosow is the committed detective with a sordid past and too many vices. He takes a job from a mysterious employer whose motives aren’t clear. Rosow is hassled by law enforcement for poking his nose around their business, engaging him in a fast-talking witty exchange. Yet Rosow also has the requisite chum on the police force he can go to for help. Throw in a femme fatale, a seedy gangster type and a pastiche of memorable characters and you have yourself everything you need for the noir genre.
The noir tropes are used well, but don’t always feel organic to the film. The scene when Rosow has a run-in with federal agents stands out in particular, with the banter turning too familiar too quickly for strangers. The femme fatale is given such short screen time it’s difficult for her to even earn her title. Most glaringly, there just isn’t enough inner monologue to give us insight into Rosow. Nevertheless, writer/director Noel Buschel still does a fine job delivering the look and feel one would expect from a noir film. The colors are desaturated and drab, the locations are moody and atmospheric and most of the characters have just enough personality to be likable without begging for more screen time.
Michael Shannon performs adequately as Rosow. He’s everything an audience would expect from a modern-day, classic-tinged hard boiled detective. He speaks in short statements, isn’t very personable and has a strong jaw. Regrettably, he doesn’t get much opportunity to crawl out of his tough-guy shell. When he does, the moment feels forced. Still, at the end of the day, audiences won’t have a hard time watching him carry the movie.
While the entire film is great to look at, some shots are truly inspired. A long take of the lights that have replaced the World Trade Center as a cloud passes through is hauntingly beautiful and will bring tears to the eyes of those who remember the smoking buildings. Another gorgeous shot involves a silhouetted scene against a moonlit sky and a deadpan Rosow inner monologue. It’s quintessential noir, dripping in style and so beautiful to look at that it almost makes up for any entertainment shortcomings the rest of the film may have had.
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‘Cyberpunk 2077 is a dream game’ says Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai
The director of Smash Bros. has said he’s ‘deeply moved’ by CD Projekt’s attempts to offer refunds and fix the problems of Cyberpunk 2077.
The launch of Cyberpunk 2077 has been a disaster that will have lasting effects on the whole games industry but, for various obvious reasons, it’s not one that developers from other companies are willing to comment on.
No one wants to be seen as hypocritical or attacking a fellow developer, but while Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has spoken out about the incident his comments are not quite what you might imagine.
If there’s one company you’d expect not to release a game full of bugs it’s Nintendo and yet Sakurai clearly has a lot of sympathy for CD Projekt’s position and says that he was ‘deeply moved’ by the offer to give refunds for the game.
‘Dealing with refunds is something that makes even me feel deeply moved. This kind of sincerity was never heard of before’, said Sakurai in an upcoming Famitsu column, according to Siliconera.
‘I support this game from the bottom of my heart for sincerely dealing with [the refunds]’, he said.
Cyberpunk 2077 debuted at number two in the charts in Japan, a strong performance for a Western-made game from a new IP, but fell to number 28 in its second week, with lifetime sales of just 112,408 in the country.
Our experience of speaking with Japanese developers has made it clear that many do not play a lot of Western games and often have little knowledge of even the biggest franchises.
Sakurai has always seemed more cosmopolitan in his tastes though and is clearly very impressed by Cyberpunk 2077, as well as the people that made it.
‘Cyberpunk 2077 is a dream game. I wonder how much planning and production was needed’, he said.
‘Having a multi-platform release for an AAA title is at a level where that’s enough for me to say that it’s wonderful.’
But before anyone gets the idea that maybe Judy or someone is going to be in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Sakurai has always made it clear that Nintendo makes the choices for DLC characters – not him.
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, launched a Melbourne office, added a significant number of people to its team and won the creative accounts for Holden, CrownBet, Canadian Club, Asahi Beer, Australia Post and NRMA.
In fact, 2017 was the agency’s biggest year in its 12-year history, as revenue climbed and profit soared.
With the agency’s purpose to “make provocative ideas happen”, The Monkeys delivered a diverse range of work that encompassed beer brands to aeroplanes, bras to pizzas, and meat to sports shoes.
And the proof is in the many puddings, with The Monkeys’ string of award wins internationally and locally, at Cannes, D&AD, the Effies and One Show. Most recently, the agency was named NSW Agency of the Year at the AdNews Agency of the Year Awards and took out AdNews’ first Effectiveness Award for its Meat and Livestock Australia work.
For Group CEO Mark Green, he struggles to pinpoint his proudest moment of the past 12 months, but said it always comes back to doing ground breaking work for iconic Australian brands, from Qantas to Telstra and now NRMA, Holden and Australia Post.
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“For an Australian business that built its way up in this country, it’s a proud moment whenyou can look on your portfolio of iconic Australian brands and see big work you’ve produced that’s successful and liked in equal measure,” Green said.
“We never thought we wouldn’t be here, but it’s one thing to have a vision and a dream and it’s another to have it realised – to start a business with three people and organically grow to the 160 odd people that we are today.”
Ask any agency founder who they admire in the industry and ‘The Monkeys’ is always top of the list. It’s not hard to see why with a highlight reel that boasts MLA’s ‘Celebrate Australia’ and ‘Spring Lamb’ campaigns; the emotional Qantas Dreamliner campaign on the successful ‘Feels Like Home’ platform; and a new brand plat- form for IKEA: ‘The Best Day is the Everyday’.
The agency produced its first work for Holden, and its work for Berlei named and launched a new kind of bra - Womankind. For NRMA, it showed what gets Australians on the road with a heartfelt Christmas story and launched a new brand platform for CrownBet – A Better Way to Wager.
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“There is no luck involved,” said Green. “We have created our own luck from the crazy commitment from the founders and the consistency of the management team.”
It’s this consistency of leadership and creative ambition that Green said has driven years of success for The Monkeys, but the agency certainly hasn’t become complacent, giving up its independent title after a decade to facilitate its next step.
Green described Accenture Interactive as a “rocket ship” now attached to the agency, allowing it to add skill sets and explore the best opportunities for growth and expansion.
“People are griping about the challenges the industry faces, but we are seeing strong opportunity and we aren’t taking any backwards steps.”
For Scott Nowell, group chief creative officer, seeing Celebrate Australia contribute to the national agenda through its commentary on the #changethedate movement, its Berlei ad make the news for having boobs banned from Facebook and Qantas work loved by the majority of Australia – that’s what matters.
“You know you’re in a good position when your work is talked about on the streets,” Nowell said. “Our aim is to always affect popular culture.”
Winning the first AdNews’ Effectiveness award for MLA, driving a 23% lift in sales during the campaign period of Celebrate Australia, The Monkeys know their work works.
“Our work is all about making provocative ideas happen and that’s how we intend to continue. We will keep making work that doesn’t get ignored, that elicits response and captures people’s imagination to establish a meaningful brand connection,” Green said.
“We are in a great position totake the industry into a truly exciting place,” Nowell added.
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The Monkeys' best year yet
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Scott Nowell, Mark Green, Fabio Buresti and Justin Drape
This was first published in the May issue of AdNews Magazine.
It’s been a big year for The Monkeys. The agency was acquired by Accenture Interactive, launched a Melbourne office, added a significant number of people to its team and won the creative accounts for Holden, CrownBet, Canadian Club, Asahi Beer, Australia Post and NRMA.
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Western Australian (WA) soils have formed as part of one of the oldest and most stable land surfaces on Earth. Consequently, our soils tend to be highly weathered and of low fertility. Soil types are highly variable across the state depending on geomorphology, climate, hydrology and vegetation cover. WA soils range includes deep sands, duplex soils, gravels, loams and heavy clay.
The pressure on growers to produce ever higher yields has exacerbated a number of soil health issues. Further information provided via the links below may help you identify and treat soil health issues on your property.
Soil acidity affects more than 70% of soils across the Southwest of Western Australia and is a natural consequence of agriculture caused by the removal of plant material (pasture and crop), application of nitrogen fertilisers and leaching of nitrates…read more
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McKenzie, N. et al. 2017. ‘Priorities for improving soil condition across Australia’s agricultural landscapes.’ CSIRO. https://publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=csiro:EP177962&dsid=DS3
Soil Quality http://www.soilquality.org.au/
Wheatbelt NRM. 2013. Wheatbelt NRM Soil Health Guide. https://www.wheatbeltnrm.org.au/sites/default/files/knowledge_hub/documents/Wheatbelt%20NRM%20Soil%20Health%20Guide_standard.pd
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Microsoft adds privacy tools to IE8
So-called porn mode tools to debut in IE8 Beta 2 this month
Gregg Keizer (Computerworld) 27 August, 2008 09:17
Microsoft Monday spelled out new privacy tools in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) that some have dubbed "porn mode" in a nod to the most-obvious use of a browser privacy mode.
A privacy advocate applauded the move, calling it a "great step forward," while rival browser builder Mozilla said it is working to add similar features to a future Firefox.
Slated to appear in IE8 Beta 2, which Microsoft's former chairman, Bill Gates, promised will release this month, the three new tools share the "InPrivate" name, which Microsoft filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office several weeks ago.
The most intriguing tool, and the one that has prompted the "porn mode" label, was dubbed "InPrivate Browsing" by Microsoft. When enabled, IE8 will not save browsing and searching history, cookies, form data and passwords; it also will automatically clear the browser cache at the end of the session.
Other new tools will include "InPrivate Blocking" and "InPrivate Subscription," which notifies users of third-party content that can track browsing history and subscribe to lists of sites to block, respectively. Microsoft will also tweak its existing "Delete Browsing History" by adding an option to preserve bookmarked sites' cookies even when all others are erased.
"When we began planning IE8, we took a hard look at our customers' concerns about privacy on the Web," said Andy Zeigler, an IE program manager, as he explained InPrivate Browsing in a long post to the team's blog. "Many users are concerned about so-called 'over-the-shoulder privacy,' or the ability to control what their spouses, friends, kids, and co-workers might see.
"If you are using a shared PC, a borrowed laptop from a friend, or a public PC, sometimes you don't want other people to know where you've been," Zeigler added.
One wag commenting on Zeigler's post quoted some of his text before shooting back. "You know as well as I do this feature is built for porn," said a user identified as "Ert."
That label marginalizes privacy concerns, countered Mozilla's Mike Beltzner, director of Firefox. "To lock everyone into a'porn bucket' makes people who have alternate privacy needs think that they're doing something wrong," said Beltzner.
Instead, Mozilla has used the term "private browsing" to describe the tools it plans on adding to Firefox, perhaps in a follow-on to Firefox 3.1, which the company has targeted for a release later this year or in early 2009.
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AHEAD OF THE CURVE: Software patents set sail
Tom Yager (InfoWorld) 15 October, 2003 16:11
The European Commission’s vote on software patents drew as many anxious observers in the US as it did in Europe. At stake was the possibility that America’s bizarre patent system would leak like an oil spill across the Atlantic. If that were to happen, Europe would soon be in the grips of a patent frenzy, just as we’re experiencing here.
The US patent system has become a mace that large companies can use against smaller ones. Just the threat of a patent infringement suit incurs onerous legal fees on the threatened company. That can be enough to break a low-budget outfit or shutter an open source project.
The European nations that avoided these conditions can no longer breathe easy; the EC voted in favor of its software patent legislation. I find no pleasure in knowing that Europe will soon be in the same mess we’re in.
At the time the EC was set to vote on the issue, I was doing my own thinking about patents. I met with executives at the SunNetwork conference about Mad Hatter, the x86 desktop Linux that Sun is rolling out. Mad Hatter is a combination of Linux, GNOME, StarOffice and the Evolution email client.
If you replace StarOffice with OpenOffice, you can pull together a nearly identical bundle from scratch. Sun contends that users aren’t willing to invest the effort to imitate Mad Hatter. Perhaps so, but in the present market, $US100 per seat is a lot to pay for a desktop Linux.
A quartet of Sun execs good-naturedly let me bat this issue around the table. Eventually I was left with one question: How can Mad Hatter make a profit when its features can be duplicated using free software? Sun answered, “We have some patentable technology in there.” They didn’t offer any specifics.
For some watching this issue closely, Sun crossed the line when it let the words “Linux” and “patent” get too close to each other. I’m concerned that Sun patents could head off similar technology that’s already part of an open design.
Companies in the commercial software business just shrug; Sun would be poorly run had it not put protected IP in Mad Hatter. Sun could rely on unique bundling and ease of installation to differentiate Mad Hatter from free Linux. But maintaining that edge would be costly. Patents are comparatively cheap and they last forever.
Companies that can afford it — IBM springs to mind — file patents for every significant idea they hatch. When IBM acquired Lotus and other properties, it picked up a slew of patents. IBM could probably find something connected to its patents in all of the software, methods, and algorithms that matter.
Fortunately, we have assets that reduce the inappropriate use of IP protection. So many companies own key patents that there is a sort of détente. No one wants to fire that first missile that pits all multi-billion dollar tech firms against each other.
There is also a team of unpaid researchers that is more dedicated and has better resources than the best paralegals at the biggest law firms: the open source community. Given enough time and bandwidth, they could dig up prior art on da Vinci’s entire portfolio. The media also plays a role. Even at times when massive staff cuts are rewarded with rising stock values, using patents as cudgels always attracts bad press.
The EC’s vote on software patents paves the way for protection of legitimate inventions. It also makes room for inappropriate punitive, retroactive, and pre-emptive legal action. European software patents aren’t yet a done deal. The European Parliament has voted in a set of modifications that considerably narrow the scope of the EC’s bill. It will take some time to work out a compromise. But considering that the European Commission and the Parliament agree on the need for software patents, developers and small companies likely to be affected should prepare. They’ll find plenty of empathy and advice on this side of the pond.
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Paradisi, 2019
on form 18
Greer View Mirror, 2017
Silent Conversation, 2016
ASPIRATION hinter dicken Mauern /behind thick walls
retroActive 2015
APPREHENSION - APPREHENSION, 2009
Alluding to Illusion, 2008
Flight Dreams (Group Exhibition), 2008
John Greer, Reflecting on Culture, 2006
Senseful (Reasonable, Judicious), 2003
John Greer at Wynick/Tuck Gallery, 1996
Flotsam, 1993
Civilization, 1992
49th Parallel, New York NY 1981
The Time of Your Life, 1976
A Sense of Meaning, 1975-1976
A Present of the Past, 1972
A-Space Gallery, 71
Echo, 2019
Chest of Mysteries, 2018
Twice Removed, 2018
Cowry Revisited, 2018
The Now of Time, 2016 - 2017
Balanced, 2016
Thinking Back to Gertrude and Henrie, 2015
A brief History of Money, 2014
Fuse, 2013
Money Wagon, 2013
Time Keeper, 2012
Taboo, 2011 - 2012 -
From Old Money, 2012
Remembering Eve in the Garden, 2012
Life Source, 2011
Moving Forward - Looking Backward, 2011-2012
Pre-Money, 2011
Facing East, 2009
Montreal City Sirens, 2009
Double Lie, 2009
The Source, 2009
North South Dialogue, 2008 - 2009
Res Ipsa Loquitur! , 2005 - 2009
Cosmic Fish
Letting Go (2), 2007
Receding, 2007
Reproduction, 2007 (Hiroshima - Texas Limestone, 2007 and "Take off, little boy!", 2007)
Age of Irony, 2006
Sleeper, 2005 -
Continuum, 2005
Buddha with Eyes Downcast, 2001
Tantalus, 2000
Gravity, 1998
Awakening to Infinity, 1998
Prehistory, 1995
Rose of Verona Rose, I+II 1995
Black Seeds, 1994
Vortiginous, 1994
7 Rosebuds in Iceland, 1994
Civilization, 1990 - 1991
Single Grain of Rice, 1991
Nine Grains of Rice, 1991
Reconciliation, 1989-90
Plumb, 1988
Court (Model for a Fountain), 1985
COMMISSIONS + PUBLIC ART
McMurtry Gardens of Justice, 2017
CBTU Monument, 2017
Cradle, 2012
The Sirens, 2011 / Die Sirenen, 2011
Humble Ending, 2009
Gathering, 2001
Reflection, 2001
3 Grains of Wheat, 2000
Feather, 1997
Gas Jets, 1992
Iron Goddess, 1995
Origins, 1995
PRINTS + DRAWINGS
Paper Money, 2013
Duende, 2008
Soundings, 2009
Wait Of Water, 2014
Commissions and Public Art
Governor General's Award 2009
Greer View Mirror - Review by Ray Cronin
John Greer Goes retroActive; review by Virgil Hammock
Out Of Time, The creative logic of John Greer, review by Adria Young
John Greer - Staging Civilization by John K. Grande
Review by John K. Grande, Sculpture Magazine, 2010
An idea for sculpture: The art of John Greer by Ray Cronin
Objectify yourself in Greer's figures, by Elissa Barnard
Review by Anne McPherson, Art in America, 1996
ART UP ON LIFE english/deutsch
ART UP ON LIFE (english)
A word before
MAKING SENSE OF MAKING ART
Never the same after words
IN SEARCH OF THE OTHER LANGUAGE
Mental devices - Physical Grounding
Who am I if that is me?
On and of the world
Objects for Words
CHANGING THE HEAD
Connected Works
SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE
Spirit on Ground
The world in Us
Matter in Balance
Waiting in Silence
HEAD UP
KUNST AUF UEBER LEBEN (deutsch)
Ein Wort zuvor
KUNST MACHEN VERSTAENDLICH MACHEN
Niemals dasselbe nach den Worten
Wiederversöhnung
AUF DER SUCHE NACH DER ANDEREN SPRACHE
Mentale Vorrichtungen - Materielle Grundlage
Wer bin ich wenn ich das bin?
Auf und von der Welt
Objekte fuer Worte
DEN KOPF WENDEN
EINE SPRACHE SPRECHEN
Geist zu Boden
Die Welt in uns
Materie im Gleichgewicht
In Stille warten
KOPF HOCH
JOHN GREER
Avec une lumière pour voir comment je ne vois pas,
entre le déjà plus et le pas encore,
c'est la que j'ai été placé.
"Civilization is the state of having a high level of social organization, culture, and a comfortable way of life."(Collins). Greer's "Civilization" 1992 consists of 13 pieces of marble shaped in the form of specific bones of the human body, upscaled to a size that we relate to as furniture next to a human object.
The "bones" are functioning here as ideas, not as images. They stand for the ordinariness of every person walking on the earth. The work is upgrading this ordinariness of the normal person in opposition to the mystification of bones as relicts for the demonstration of a heroic act.
Facing our own mortality as vital element in our lives, we should be familiar with bones - not as reminiscent parts of a person, but as vital part of the body. Instead, bones do have a sacred meaning in our civilization; they are confined to the museum as sacrilege, loaded with meaning just by the course of time. History is developing relations and is defining a concise pattern of historical facts. For John Greer, historical facts are fiction. As mentioned in the preceding chapter, his understanding explains history as a record of subjective positions, and because of that as a (necessary) construct that is apart from reality. Foucault writes in "Die Ordnung der Dinge" (The order of things): "Since man is just devoting himself to positive knowledge by talking, working and living, could history be something else but a knot of different foreign times, and heterogeneous to each other, that can not be disentangled?" (Foucault)68. For him as well, history is a narration that is foreign to us. It is imposed on facts of life, because it exists only in verbal language and therefore can be changed, depending on the subjective point of view. For the artist, experience is visualized in form, that is, in natural forms, as much as in "cultural" articulation. As described earlier, for Greer, the correlating definition in opposition to history is memory.
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In our society, we grow up in the awareness of an existing dualism between mind and practice - an applied consideration of the human being as an ever-present point of criticism in Greer's body of work. With his art, he tries to make us aware of the fact that our mind has to operate through the body, which is - through experience. In his writings on "Art as Experience", John Dewey tries to give a definition of mind as a cornerstone of memory in order to describe the esthetic experience of a work of art. "In its non-technical use, "mind" denotes every mode and variety of interest in, and concern for, things: practical, intellectual, and emotional. It denotes all the ways in which we deal consciously and expressly with the situations in which we find ourselves."(John Dewey)69
He continues by describing that general thinking has changed the understanding of mind as activity into the acceptance of mind as an independent entity. He sees a danger in the fact that our society changed its way of responding to the environment, because it separated mind from time and space, from the world of matter and events. "This conception of mind as an isolated being underlies the conception that esthetic experience is merely something "in mind", and strengthens the conceptions which isolates the esthetic from those modes of experience in which the body is actively engaged with the things of nature and life. It takes art out of the province of the live creature." (John Dewey)70
As Dewey, Greer situates art in the immediate surrounding of the human being and works with means of form and object that make us reflect on being simply, but intensively alive. The exhibited marble-“bones” were carefully chosen in reference to their qualities of defining life processes and human action: mentality is captured by a brain-case, communication is represented by a jaw, as well as mobility by the femur, breath or spirit by the rib and dexterity by the thumb bones (they are arranged in a line in order to form a loose connection). The additional small, scattered elements reference a whole skeleton that is taken apart. The substantiality of the elements as sculptures and their inherent strength and vitality keeps them from becoming morbid or even sinister. In contrary, the richness of surface detail unfolds a field of associations that is closely tied to body experiences and relates to universal natural patterns. For example, the veining in the scull, which is reminiscent of the vein-pattern of leaves, is important as the negative form of a specific brain. It is a physical manifestation of thinking potential, an energy pool that is gone into the world. Many surface details of the "original" bones become important in relation to the living body, because of the difference in scale. Functional details receive tactile qualities.
The element of life inherent in a bone - its coming into existence from a core, the "fleshing out" in a body around it, is similar to the idea as such - a basic thought, becoming form and matter through human interaction versus reaction by natural development. Memory is the motor of continuance of form as matter and life. In that close proximity we can perceive a piece of art as an expression of continuance of memory. With the piece "Civilization", Greer subjectifies this force for a new reflection in experience. "Art is the most universal form of language, since it is constituted, even apart from literature, by the common qualities of the public world, it is the most universal and freest form of communication. Art is the extension of the power of rites and ceremonies to unite men, through a shared celebration, to all incidents and scenes of life. That art weds man and nature is a familiar fact. Art also renders men aware of their union with one another in origin and destiny." (John Dewey)71 With his carvings, Greer tries to capture a celebration of life, gives us an incentive to rediscover a common ground.
The artist's concern for time as opposing component to history seems to culminate in the described work, "Civilization". The cultural component is an overlapping process that merges with the nature of evolution. Here it is used to redefine the natural aspect of our human organization as thinking beings of the world. A last statement by Dewey sums up the relationship of art and civilization exemplarily: "The material of esthetic experience in being human - human in connection with the nature of which it is a part - is social. Esthetic experience is a manifestation, a record and celebration of the life of a civilization, a means of promoting its development, and is also the ultimate judgment upon the quality of a civilization.(...) There are transient and there are enduring elements in a civilization. The enduring forces are not separate; they are functions of a multitude of passing incidents as the latter are organized into the meanings that form minds. Art ist the great force in effecting this consolidation.(...) Continuity of culture in passage from one civilization to another as well as within the culture, is conditioned by art more than by any other thing." (John Dewey)72
Greer carefully crosses the border of such a definition and merges the experience of a work of art with its definition of humanity as an act of integration. He does that by using imagery that is ambivalent in its meaning as remaining part of a body and living part of a form of intelligence. This is only valid in connection to the scale that Greer uses. The pieces do have architectural sizes - and are meant as such - by referring to a structure as support of a system. The sculpture-object should not be misunderstood as image. A comparison with architecture is useful in order to describe this state of "being" - as objects among us. Dieter Rahn refers in that context in "Die Plastik und die Dinge" (The form (sculpture) and the things) to a "temple" as place - which is encouraging the visitor to move inside of the room and not to reflect upon it as an image. If one considers the temple as a sculptural building that comprises inherent spatial and formal relations, it opens up an understanding of sculpture (Plastik) as a spatial correlation: "The orbitary column-hall defines the Greek temple as a "plastic" (plastische) construction, not as a shell for an inner space. "Spatial" architecture in its familiar sense does only exist since the Pantheon in Rome was built. The column has the quality of an opening-up towards all directions. (...) Gravity, light, deformation and construction are confrontational without any subordination or preference. Neither does the temple become part of nature, nor is he denying or embellishing the wilderness. Through its position to the temple as a construct, the wilderness appears as the "chaotic" and is thus accepted as wilderness. Essential is the contrast as such. If you psychologically remove the temple, you suddenly realize how much you perceive it, and through it what there is, how much that, which would be in Greek terms "chaos" is together with it part of the cosmos. (Dieter Rahn)73
We impose order as structural element on the existing chaos in a similar way as Greer uses image in the complexity of his underlying concerns. The spatial quality of architecture applied to the sculptural "bones" of Greer puts them in relation to architectural ruins that are similarly tempting our experience of time and memory. In connection to contemporary positions that deal with artificial ruins, Heinz Schätz writes in "Kunstforum international": "As much as ruins evoke death and transitoriness, looking at them renders you conciliatory. This is true for all the natural and even more for the artificial ruins. The sight of a ruin is capable to evolve a feeling of pantheistic unison with nature. The ruin reminds of a law that is subordinating the human body as much as the surrounding nature: the law of transitoriness. Even more: the ruin refers to a kind of "home", because being transitory means that the human body is part of nature. (Heinz Schätz)"74
In opposition to the approach of the Avantgarde, he states a mnemonic approach to art. It is using repetition, is anticipating the state of decay in order to overcome history by relating to memory. It refuses linear history in order to grasp time as spatial element, where memories and ideas can move in all directions.
By overcoming the fear of mortality, Greer is defining the diversity of live as evolution. Here, civilization is investigated in the dimension of time as space, allowing the viewer to get an understanding of the world by taking part in the suggested system of order - a scattering of significantly familiar elements.
"Flotsam" 1993 is another work that should be seen in this line of mnemonic understanding. Here, the emphasis lies on the dualism of order and chaos in live circles, on casual encounter in our civilization. The image in this work is not as close to our body, but probably more familiar in our daily encounter. The work consists of eight pieces of carved sandstone in the shape of: an olive pit, a thorn twig, a plum pit, a neck bone of a bird, a pine cone segment, a grass plant root and an apricot pit, all laid out on the floor in a slight curve that is suggesting a tide line. "The specific source objects for this work Flotsam, were picked up within approximately a two meter square on the seacoast of Italy. It represented a global recognition of the tide line on all the shores of the earth, since the beginnings of land and water. This tide line phenomena will continue until the end of where land and water meet.” (John Greer)75. The artist captures the continuity of forces of living energy in a subjective sculptural statement. In that sense, he is using "history" in order to define the chaotic existence of mind in matter. According to the artist, order is just perception, not reality. So every form of "order" creates a different understanding, is opening more and more doors for a new experience and perception. Flotsam: "floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo, broadly: floating debris, an accumulation of miscellaneous or unimportant stuff; (Webster) By encountering the objects of "Flotsam", we grasp memory through form, are confronted with extracts of a flow of life, collected and arranged in a pattern which is giving us a tool at hand for an imaginative walk through the world. Seemingly unimportant things gain an importance, which is in relation to the scale that is used by the artist.
Encountering works like "Civilization" and "Flotsam", we have a chance to share an experience of being of the world and having the world in us.
68 Foucault, Die Ordnung der Dinge, Suhrkamp,
Frankfurt a. Main 1978, S. 42; quoted in Marie Luise Syring,
Kunstforum Kunst Geschichte Kunst, Bd.123, p.116
69 John Dewey, Art as Experience, Perigee Books,
New York, 1934 c, 1980, p.263f.
70 John Dewey, ibid.
71 John Dewey, ibid. p.270f.
72 John Dewey, ibid. p.326 f.
73 Dieter Rahn, Die Plastik und die Dinge, Rombach Verlag
Freiburg, 1993, pp.309
74 Heinz Schütz, Kunstforum International, Bd. 123, pp.309
75 John Greer in a catalogue accompagnying the exhibition
"Flotsam", 1993
77 Klaus Fußmann in an essay in march 1997
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It's November
Thursday 6th November 2014 6th November 2014
Residential life in Dubai has begun again by November. After a few weeks at the beach, dining al fresco and (literally) dusting off the garden/balcony, we remember why we live here and why our friends in rapidly cooling, wet climates are absolutely sick of hearing as much.
Generally speaking, November to March is crazy busy for everyone in the Emirates. Growth has returned to the country’s economy and there is a real buzz in town. The business pace picks up over the period, but everyone plays as hard as they work over this glorious long Dubai winter season. Additionally few areas of the city have escaped constant road works, from the Marina’s latest tram line to Jumeirah’s new canal work, but it’s all easily forgotten with so many fab things to look forward to.
In terms of entertainment, November in Dubai is largely about two things best enjoyed outdoors: live music and sports. There are new music festivals added to the November line-up each year and we are thoroughly spoilt every weekend of this month for great acts to see. Likewise, we have the golf, the Grand Prix and various athletic events to participate in.
The winter also seems to be a season of creativity in Dubai and there are some really cool new urban art scene initiatives to check out in November. And, as usual here, there are lots of macho, petrol head events “for the boys” to geek out at.
To put hairs on your chest...
Admittedly, not strictly a ‘boys’ thing, but Gulf Bike Week 2014 kicks finishes on Sat 1st November. There’s a growing biking scene here – from curb hipsters on their trendy pushbikes to an actual Motorcycle Club in the Arabian Ranches I know of (far from your Sons of Anarchy set). I imagine this Media City event could be better attended than ever this year.
From Thursday 6th until Saturday 8th of November, 4X4, desert-camping nuts can attend the Dubai Off-road and Adventure Show at Motor City’s Dubai Autodrome.
The Dubai Motor Festival returns to Dubai for its second year, from the 19th of the month. The event brings with it the popular Dubai Grand Parade and the white-knuckle Red Bull Car Park Drift Championships (27th at the Meydan of the world’s most incredible Super, Exotic, Luxury, Concept, Extraordinary, Modified and Vintage cars and bikes in UAE. The participants include car clubs and private car collectors. The 500 plus cars and bikes will be led by the Dubai Police’s Supercars through the iconic streets and landmarks of Dubai.
To give you tinnitus...
In addition to the private bar, club and yacht parties taking place over November, featuring the world’s best DJs and artists, AND further to the Formula 1’s impressive line-up, including Pharell Williams and The Who; Dubai has a number of large, public festivals arranged for our listening pleasure:
I’m quite intrigued by the Grazia Fest, which will be held at the Mina Seyahi Marine Club on the afternoon/evening of the 7th November. It promises catwalks and fashion retail kiosks, as well as performances from Eliza Doolittle, Claritta De Quioz, Jet Lag and Ant Scott- Lee. Tickets are AED150.
Band Jam - Battle of the Bands is back for its second year at the Al Ghurair Mall in Deira on the 13th to the 15th November. Alongside street art shows and the slickest mall magazine you ever did see, this is part of the oldest mall in Dubai’s valid attempts at becoming Dubai’s coolest “urban hub”. Admission is free and the shows start at 5 pm each evening.
In a totally different cultural direction, Opera in the Park returns to Wafi this winter with John Innes performing alongside Georg Tormann, Lawrence Robinson and Julia Kermott on the 13th and 14th. Enjoy over a WAFI packed- picnic basket at the mall’s rooftop gardens from 7 pm, for AED195 admission.
On the same weekend, you spend your Friday afternoon/evening at the inaugural Party in the Park festival. Lily Allen is headlining and will be supported by Richard Ashcroft and the Ting Tings. Worth checking out I reckon – at Media City, tickets from AED295 to AED1,000.
The mixtape, a cheese-ball 90’s sesh’ is being held for the second time on Fri 21st at Emirates Golf Club. This time around experience the pop courtesy of 5ive, B*Witched and Peter Andre. Tickets are available online at the Platinum list and at Virgin.
To stimulate the right side of your grey matter...
Amateur group, Backstage, presents Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Suicide Club at DUCTAC in the Mall of the Emirates from Thursday 6th until Saturday 8th November.
The third edition of the Al Quoz Arts Festival return on Saturday 8th November. The free event runs all day at the popular Al Serkal Avenue complex in Dubai’s up-and-coming industrial area. The exhibition will include live art, murals, workshops, film screenings, gallery openings, and live music all performed and created by local talents. This is one of a few new platforms giving a much- needed boost to locally based artists.
Steel Magnolias is being performed by Dubai Drama Group at the Courtyard Playhouse between Thursday 13th and Saturday 15th November. Tickets are AED80.
Sole DXB is an “urban lifestyle fair” that incorporates four pillars of Fashion, Basketball, Hip Hop, and Street Art. It promises to be an “expo of all things cool, slick and alternate and of course footwear.” It will include “sneaker swap stalls” and workshops and displays on regional counter culture and street styling. Find it at Dubai Design District on the weekend of the 14th and 15th. Tickets are AED50.
To meet crazy, single women...
Hit the 10th International Cat Show on the weekend of the 7th and 8th at Dubai Sports City. Admission is free.
But to treat the whole family to some fun animal shows and novelty animal accessories, you must check out the very popular Dubai Pet Festival, on either the Friday 7th or Saturday 8th November.
To get your cheer/beer/sweat on...The sporting month kicks off with the Dubai International Triathlon – the first half iron distance triathlon to be held in the UAE. It’s running, swam and cycled on Friday 7th at the Atlantis Hotel, The Palm. On the same day, running girls can sign up for the Dubai Women’s Run. The five and ten kilometer races are run at the Meydan Hotel.
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has to be one of the biggest things to happen to the UAE in the past five years. It’s definitely the most exciting to happen to my annual social calendar! I plan to be yacht-based, partying with visiting girlfriends with a view of the track the entire weekend of 21st – 23rd November. I’ve been saving my mummy’s-weekend-off chips since the last GP in 2013.
Over the long weekend starting November 20th, the ‘Greatest Golfers on Earth’ will be battling the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates.
But if that’s too sedentary for you, Skydive Dubai is hosting the 5th Dubai International Parachuting Championship, starting Wednesday 25th. They will run until December.
Running is second to the fun at the Dubai Autodrome’s Colour Run on the 29th.
To entertain the kids...
Oh yeah, them! Well, there’s just so much free and easy stuff to with the nippers this time of year; beach - parks – pool – REPEAT; that we needn’t spend half money as much as we did over the summer keeping them out of trouble.
Magic Phil and His Pirate Adventure Show, runs over the weekend of the 21st and 22nd at the Mall of Emirates, DUCTAC Theatre. That looks like it might be fun.
Have a lovely November! Heidi xx
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Nixonland
October 4, 2009 | By Adam Roberts | COMMENTS
This morning I finished reading a 750 page book by Rick Perlstein called “Nixonland.”
I won’t lie, it was a bit of a struggle to get through it. There were parts of the book where I’d get frustrated with all the minutiae (whoah, is that really how you spell that?) details of political machinations and national conventions involving Senators and delegates and party leaders and Mayor Daley of Chicago. It made my head spin and often times I’d throw the book down in frustration. In fact, halfway through the book I read two other books before picking the book back up again.
But that’s not being totally fair to the book, which, in all its detail and all its research, paints such a vivid portrait of the 1960s and early 70s and the way that the politics of that era (from Johnson’s landslide victory in 1964 to Nixon’s landslide victory in 1972) shape our current political climate, it’s still very much a worthwhile read–almost essential reading for anyone who wants to understand American politics in 2009.
It’s definitely an even-handed approach: I found myself as disgusted, reading these detailed accounts, with the left-wing radicals (setting off bombs, mocking working class soldiers and cops) as I was with the right-wing radicals–well, almost. The anti Civil Rights movement stuff–especially the account of a race riot in Newark (a jaw-droppingly awful and unstudied chapter in American history)–will make any liberal’s blood boil, but I suppose that’s the point. That righteous anger that I felt reading those pages was the same righteous anger so many Americans felt on both sides of the political divide; and the clever politicians who exploited that anger–notably, Richard Nixon–are responsible for the same exploitation that takes place today over similarly contentious issues.
Issues aside, though, this book is immensely entertaining. There’s fun to be had, for example, spotting famous figures from modern times back at the dawn of their careers. For example: who’s the TV producer who helps Richard Nixon reshape his image, staging “candid” rap sessions with a planted audience fed scripted questions? Why it’s Roger Ailes, founder of Fox News. And who’s the crafty conservative who sabotages (or “ratfucks,” as it’s less politely known) liberal candidates by posting flyers on college campuses advertising their rallies with free booze and rock music only to have students show up to a non-event, furious at the liberal for being fooled? Why it’s none other than Karl Rove!
At the center of the book, of course, is Richard Nixon, whose brilliance and bitterness form a character so complex and compelling he’s practically Shakespearean. He does some pretty awful things in the book’s final chapters–most of them known, others not so much (did you know, for example, that after the attempted assassination of George Wallace, he sent his minions to plant liberal propaganda in the assassin’s apartment?)–and as much as you may despise him by book’s end (the book holds him accountable for hundreds of thousands of lives lost in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos), you simply can’t ignore his tenacity, his ferocity and his drive.
The most unexpected result of reading “Nixonland” is that I feel like I understand better, now, my parents and their whole generation. The divides that were forged in the 60s and 70s were character-defining. Understanding those divides not only helps us understand an earlier generation, it helps us understand ourselves. And for that alone, “Nixonland” is an excellent read.
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