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The 15 Best Scenes In Doctor Strange
Опубликовано: 04.11.2016
WARNING: This post contains SPOILERS for Doctor Strange.
Let's be honest: Doctor Strange had a lot to live up to, and more than for just being the first new property to debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase III. Its absolutely stellar cast (one of the reasons why Marvel Studios, the film arm, was purported to break away from the overarching Marvel Entertainment), its way-out-there visuals, its mystical subject matter – all combine to make not only a departure for the shared universe, but one of the company's biggest gambles yet.
The good news is that the risk more than paid off, providing one of the strongest installments yet in the MCU (and considering that this is the 14th entry, that's no small compliment). We'll still have to wait and see if the box office take will back up this creative success, but that can't stop us from saluting what writer-director Scott Derrickson and his collaborators have managed to accomplish now.
Here, then, are the 15 Best Scenes in Doctor Strange.
15. Odin's alive!
In the movie's mid-credits scene, we see Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) talking to someone off-screen in the New York Sanctum Sanctorum, offering him something to drink while preparing to talk about what will apparently be some serious business. The first payoff of this scene is the revelation of Strange's conversation partner: Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the god of thunder himself, which leads to a fun little gag about Thor continuing to drink while the future Sorcerer Supreme continues to magically fill the glass up again.
But neither moment compares to the real thrust of the scene: that Thor and his mischievous brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), are on Earth, looking for their missing father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins). This not only serves as a flash-forward sneak peek at Thor: Ragnorak, which is due to arrive almost exactly a year from today (something Marvel first attempted with Ant-Man's jump-forward to Captain America: Civil War last year), but it's also part answer to a question that has been plaguing fans ever since the end of 2013's Thor: The Dark World: just what happened to King Odin? While we still don't have any definitive answers, at least we now know that the Allfather is still alive, and that's certainly something.
14. The car crash
The traumatic event that kicks Dr. Stephen Strange's character arc – and metaphysical journey – into action, the car crash has several different elements going for it. First, there is the shock of the incident – the sudden onslaught of the accident, the swerving across the road, the flipping through the air, and the smashing down into the water. All of which underscores the sheer technical mastery behind the sequence, from the on-location shooting to the CG rendering (when reviewers say that audiences must see this film in 3D, this is one of the big contenders why).
And then there's the little blink-and-you-miss-it nugget that serves as the first of only two references Doctor Strange makes to the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe (not including the after-credits scenes): over the phone, the good doctor is offered a new case to work on involving an Air Force colonel who has severe spinal damage due to an accident in an armored suit – War Machine's (Don Cheadle) injury suffered at the hands of the Vision (Paul Bettany). It's great to see the events of Civil War get mentioned, even if fleetingly.
13. The very long night of Christine Palmer
One of the film's tragically-underused characters is Dr. Christine Palmer, better known as Night Nurse in the comics (not to be confused with that other Night Nurse, Claire Temple [Rosario Dawson], in the Defenders Netflix series), which both deprives Doctor Strange of some extra heart and continues to perpetuate what has been dubbed the "girlfriend problem" in the MCU.
Christine shines brightest when she responds to Strange, her ex-lover, after he comes careening back into the hospital, decked out in his new "cult" outfit, spouting mystical mumbo-jumbo, and brandishing a wound that seems to have been impossibly inflicted. The capstone would at first seem to be her witnessing of a portal in the broom closet that allows Stephen to jump back to the New York Sanctum (who would have thought that a falling mop could be so humorous?), but it's overshadowed shortly afterward by Strange's return visit. "Are you serious?" Christine exclaims upon hearing the telltale signs of the portal re-opening – until she sees an injured Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), which stops her dead in her tracks.
Funny and sad – Marvel's specialty.
12. The Ancient One's rescue of Master Strange
Stephen Strange and Karl Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are battling against Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen) and his disciples in the mirror dimension, and the sequence employs the movie's by-this-point-well-entrenched Inception-esque landscape-shifting technique. Although never short of being visually arresting and technically impressive, this stylistic approach to wizarding battles has, by this point in Doctor Strange's runtime, become normalized and internalized by the audience; it's become just another chase scene.
And then the Ancient One shows up, upsetting the balance of the fight and changing the direction (literally) of the scene, just as Stephen is at the mercy of Kaecilius and is about to be slain. It is here that the movie begins to one-up itself, having Mordo realize that his master has, indeed, been drawing power from the Dark Dimension – and then everything turns south again when the Ancient One herself ends up taking Strange's place as the zealots' murder victim. The conjuring of that last portal, and how the protagonists pathetically flee from the might of their enemies, is an enduring image.
11. A little light reading
Having been barred from certain books within Kamar-Taj's library by Wong (Benedict Wong), the protector of magical relics and, apparently, tomes, Stephen finds his own workaround: he opens a series of small portals behind Wong's back that are just large enough for him to shove his hand through and grab whatever advanced volume he has his little, ego-driven heart set on. (Of course, the fact that Wong is busy listening to Beyonce while all this is going on – another subversion by Strange, and one of the movie's comparatively-rare jokes – is just icing on the cinematic cake.)
The scene's more than just a humorous gag, however. Doctor Strange moves quickly without quite feeling rushed, and such economics in storytelling are perhaps most perfectly on display here; audiences get to see how much of the Magical Arts Strange has learned since just the previous sequence while also demonstrating the character's affinity for breaking rules, something which will ultimately prove to be to all of their benefits by the movie's end.
10. The Ancient One's final scene with Strange
For a film with so much emphasis placed upon action or mind-bending visuals (or, usually, both at the same time), Strange still manages to find some time for the quiet moments, as well. The biggest – and the most poignant – of these is easily the goodbye scene between Stephen Strange and the Ancient One, when his astral form chases hers out of the operating room and unto a balcony, overlooking New York and the water. Visually, the moment is effective, given that the two are in the process of stretching one moment into "a thousand," which the bolt of lightning that is forming in the clouds overhead and preparing to strike the ground below attests to.
But the real punch here, actually, is in how Scott Derrickson handles their final moment together. Whereas other movies would (and often do) have it be a histrionic farewell, all tears and desperate hugs and overwrought music, here it is a simple, sweet holding of the hands, and then nothing – the Ancient One just disappears when she passes over to the Other Side. The fact that, even here, the filmmakers opted to forego any cliché visual representations of death (such as vortexes of bright lights or the slipping through dramatic doorways) makes the sequence all the more impressive – and memorable.
9. The astral fight
The fight between the astral representations of Dr. Strange and Lucian (Scott Adkins), one of Kaecilius's most fervent zealots, around the former's dying body while Christine Palmer attempts to work it over is one of the standout moments from the movie, taking full advantage of its various mystical elements (astral projection is good for action as well as exposition and heartfelt drama) and helping Strange to stand out from the rest of the comic-book adaptation crowd, as well.
Of course, the little bits of humor thrown in – lights that get shorted out, or objects that get disheveled in the spirits' fisticuffs – only help to underscore the sequence's uniqueness. And let's not forget its climax, when Christine pumps Strange's body full of enough electrical current to disintegrate Lucian's astral form and, even, to burn his physical body, all the way back in the New York Sanctum Sanctorum. It's the perfect ending.
8. The Cloak of Levitation
The unsung hero of the movie is, without question, the Cloak of Levitation – a pretty remarkable comment, considering that it (a) is a piece of fabric and (b) is entirely CG-rendered.
When the cloak is broken free from its display case and immediately shrouds the good doctor, it begins working in his best interests, punching his adversaries, helping him fly above the fray, and tugging him out of harm's way. But what probably ends up being the Cloak of Levitation's most effective moment is when it snaps off of Strange's shoulders and wraps itself around Lucian's head, temporarily blinding him – and then slamming his head into the floor again and again, its own limited-but-cute way of helping to thwart the bad guys and allowing the good doctor to escape.
(And although technically not part of this scene, a follow-up moment must nonetheless be mentioned: after triumphantly reaffixing the cape around his shoulders, Stephen is surprised when it starts to wipe the smudges of battle off of his face. When it continues to do so, he snaps at it to stop, and then carries on as if nothing had happened.)
7. Imprisoning Kaecilius
Here's the Cloak of Levitation again, stealing yet another scene.
As Strange's fight with Kaecilius continues, the former's cape pulls him back to the other side of the room in the New York Sanctum. Stephen thinks it's to grab an axe, which he repeatedly attempts to do, while the cloak continues to hold him back, humorously keeping him in place while the amused villain calmly collects himself and readies to strike again.
Strange eventually discovers what the magical object wants out of him, and he grabs some sort of medieval-looking contraption – which proceeds to unfold and wrap itself painfully around Kaecilius, contorting his body into a submissive position as it locks itself there. It is arguably the gnarliest effect in the whole movie, and one that audiences seem to get a big kick out of – it is both fantastical and everyday, archaic and futuristic.
If this is an indication of what kind of story beats future Doctor Stranges are capable of providing, we're definitely in for the long haul.
6. The apple
Dr. Strange's grabbing of the Eye of Agamotto, an extraordinarily powerful magical relic, in Kamar-Taj's library is one of the most important moments in the entire film. By putting it on and activating it – something which even most of the masters there cannot, apparently, accomplish – Stephen demonstrates the vast reservoir of untapped potential that resides within him (and also unleashes one of the coolest-looking spell effects in Strange, which is no small feat).
He also introduces into the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the very first time something which rumor has already indicated may play a very large role in both The Avengers: Infinity War and the beginning of Phase IV, in the summer 2019: time travel. Using a partially-eaten apple as the example for how time-control magic can work is ingenious, especially when Strange fast-forwards it to a decomposed state. Mordo and Wong's horrified-yet-still-awed reaction is also sublime, helping to set up the film's climax while simultaneously explaining why not everyone is flitting all about the timeline, making changes left and right.
5. Strange's introduction to the multiverse
In order to adequately explain this whole new sub-mythology within the larger MCU – parallel dimensions, alternate realities, astral planes, the fluid flow of time – director Scott Derrickson needed to convey reams and reams of exposition. He also needed to establish the new look of this new take on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and how the visual rules of magic work, and make the viewer suspend his disbelief just enough to fully be on board for Strange's duration.
The answer? An introductory sequence in which the titular doctor goes on a trip through the far recesses of the multiverse, keeping audiences engaged while simultaneously conveying all the necessary backstory. (It doesn't hurt that last year's Ant-Man helped in this regard, setting the stage for Doctor Strange's full-throated theatrics.) The 2001: A Space Odyssey-esque journey is a mission statement, a promise to viewers, and a thoroughly fun way to spend five minutes in a film, all rolled into one.
4. The prologue
Ever since Christopher Nolan established the practice with both The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, a number of modern Hollywood movies – particularly the comic-book sub-genre – have felt it necessary to include a prologue that sets the stage for the following film's action, tone, and plot.
Doctor Strange doesn't disappoint in this regard at all. The audience's first encounter with the world-altering battling of the masters of the mystical arts is mind-blowing and jaw-dropping in equal measure; when one adds the kung-fu fisticuffs of the Ancient One and Kaecilius's followers and the eye-popping effects of their magical weapons, the sequence becomes more than over the top. And the fact that audiences enter this cold, not having any sort of explanation or build-up at all, only adds to the spectacle.
Put more simply: Strange starts perfectly. That it also happens to end the same way makes it one of the most satisfying single-viewing experiences in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date.
3. The fall of Hong Kong
The Ancient One is dead. The London Sanctum Sanctorum has fallen. The New York holdfast has been broken, and now Stephen Strange and Karl Mordo must hurry to the Hong Kong Sanctum as fast as possible to prevent the dread Dormammu from consuming the entire Earth. Except when they arrive, they find a scene of mass carnage, including scores of dead civilians – and Wong, who died valiantly off-screen – and a sky that is increasingly becoming consumed by the Dark Dimension. The stakes really couldn't be raised any higher.
It's the most unbelievable way to start off the story's climactic end-battle, and it provides some of the best imagery (and visual effects work!) in the entire film. And even if audiences are able to piece together that Dr. Strange will employ the Eye of Agamotto to engage in some more time travel right before the character pulls out the magical artifact to do so, the suspense over him breaking the laws of nature in this way aren't diminished in the slightest; the movie has so effectively set up the dangers of playing with the space-time continuum, viewers can be more than forgiven if they think such a move will have dire consequences, if not backfire completely.
What more could you ask for in setting up the climax?
2. The rewind-time battle
One thing, actually: a worthy follow-up conflict, one that is able to take the absolutely stellar setup and translate it into a kinetic, engaging, well-crafted conclusion. Luckily for us, Doctor Strange is able to deliver on this, as well.
As Stephen starts to rewind time in all of Hong Kong, audiences are treated to the visual delight of seeing an entire city start to piece itself back together; bodies fling back through windshields into cars, bystanders take food out of their mouths and put it back into their bowls, and Wong lurches out of the rubble to his feet. And then, when Kaecilius and company are able to pry themselves out of the rewind spell, they take the fight to the heroes once more, forcing each other to duck around all the flying debris – culminating in the way-too-cool image of Kaecilius himself being sealed in a brick wall as it just so happens to rebuild itself while he gets thrown there. There is just no conceivable way that Doctor Strange didn't take full advantage of its time manipulation abilities in this sequence.
Well, except for one…
1. The time loop against Dormammu
The final confrontation between good and evil, life and death, normal-space and the Dark Dimension is just as fittingly crafted as everything that had preceded it. Dormammu's home is complementary to the rest of the cosmic sequences depicted, yet different enough to make it both beautiful and haunting, irresistible and off-putting. And the Lord of the Realm of Darkness's design is suitably other-worldly while still being relatable as an emoting character that an actor could portray – a suitable pay-off to a movie-long build-up of this mysterious being composed of mystical energies.
All of this, however, is literally just set dressing to the main action: the showdown between Strange and Dormammu, in which the future Sorcerer Supreme activates a time loop that allows him to keep coming back again and again after being murdered innumerable times – and in innumerable ways – by his foe. Indeed, this montage of rapid-fire deaths and reintroductions plays almost comedically, like a twisted scene from Groundhog Day.
This combination of surreal design, emotional tension, and humor is a sublime ending – one of Marvel's best to date.
Did we miss your favorite scene? Disagree with our top three picks? Be sure to sound off in the comments.
Doctor Strange is now playing in theaters; Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 opens on May 5, 2017; Spider-Man: Homecoming– July 7, 2017; Thor: Ragnarok – November 3, 2017; Black Panther – February 16, 2018; Avengers: Infinity War – May 4, 2018; Ant-Man and the Wasp – July 6, 2018; Captain Marvel– March 8, 2019; Avengers 4 – May 3, 2019; and as-yet untitled Marvel movies on July 12, 2019, and on May 1, July 10, and November 6 in 2020.
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Traveling from San Francisco to Mammoth Lakes
Positioned within the heart of the legendary Sierra Nevada Mountains and surrounded by some of the state's largest and most iconic peaks, this quaint mountain town is your gateway to adventure. From exhilarating mountain highways loaded with scenic viewpoints to unforgettable flights over the endless Sierras, getting here is part of the adventure! Whether traveling by plane, train, bus, or automobile, the most difficult part of reaching this huge outdoor playground from San Francisco is deciding how to arrive.
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Flying from SFO to Mammoth Lakes
During the winter months, the easiest way to reach Mammoth Lakes is by direct flight from San Francisco International Airport (SFO). This flight is one of the world's most gorgeous, passing over the massive granite landscape of Yosemite and the sandy shoreline of Mono Lake on its 45-minute-long route. In less than an hour, you can be on the ground and heading to the epic slopes of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.
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Driving from San Francisco to Mammoth Lakes during the Summer
Once the winter's snow melts in late May to early June, many of the high-alpine passes that cross the Sierra Nevada Mountains open for travel. Mammoth Lakes may be reached by several of these breathtaking routes — each possessing a distinct natural beauty that begs to be explored. With several options on hand, you may want to consider taking a different route home so you can see more of the area.
SR 120: California State Route 120 is the quickest and arguably the most scenic route connecting San Francisco to Mammoth Lakes. This highway links the awe-inspiring Yosemite National Park with the Eastern Sierra region via Tioga Pass, which is the highest highway pass in California. Along the way, SR 120 skirts majestic mountains of light colored granite and once it merges with US 395 on the east side, travelers are greeted with the serene waters of the ecologically unique Mono Lake. With dozens of educational and interpretive stops, this is an unforgettable route for a family adventure.
On average and depending on traffic, you should expect this trip to take around 6 hours. Many services are available, although amenities are limited in Yosemite National Park. Once in the Eastern Sierra, the small hamlet of Lee Vining at the base of Tioga Pass has a wide variety of eateries and from here, Mammoth Lakes is less than 30 minutes away.
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text: Contents IT Business Management Previous Topic Next Topic Planning console Subscribe Log in to subscribe to topics and get notified when content changes. ... SAVE AS PDF Selected Topic Topic & Subtopics All Topics in Contents Share Planning console The planning console is a centralized interface for the Project Management application. The planning console gives project managers a comprehensive view of all aspects of a project, including a hierarchical list of subprojects, if any, project tasks, which appear in a work breakdown structure (WBS) list, and the project Gantt chart. The console also integrates with Live Feed so your users can collaborate on projects. Sections of the planning consoleThe planning console is divided into the following sections: A list of the project tasks if you open the planning console for a project. The Gantt chart. Banner icons and lists for performing tasks on the console. Figure 1. Example planning console For more information on the Gantt chart and the task relationships and dependencies you can build, see Gantt chart and Project task relationships and dependencies.Note: The resources in Assigned to column in planning console can be constrained to be derived only from the allocated resource plans associated with the project or any of its tasks. The Derive assignee list from resource plan field controls the behavior on the project form. Business rulesBy default the business rules are not triggered during an operation in the planning console. You can enable the business rules using Enable firing of Business Rules property. Automatic and manual projectsIn an automatic project, any changes to the dates, duration, or relationships of a project task automatically updates all tasks the entire project, including the project record, as necessary. The automatic project icon () appears next to the project name.In a manual project, changes to the dates, duration, or relationships of a project task do not automatically update all tasks. So parent task dates do not reflect any changes made to dependents or child tasks. The only change that is made automatically is when a task date or duration change updates dates and duration of the project record. The manual project icon () appears next to the project name.You can specify if a project is automatic or manual in the Calculation field of the Project form. This field becomes read-only when the project starts. TutorialA tutorial walkthrough is available in the console. It shows you all the features of the console and how to use them. Access the walkthrough under the help icon (). Open the project planning consolePlanning console tasksYou can perform several tasks on the planning console that you can perform on lists and forms, such as creating projects and project tasks. You can also perform several tasks unique to the console.Gantt chartA Gantt chart on the planning console is a visual representation of a project timeline that shows start and end dates of tasks, and the dependencies between tasks.Create a parent-child relationship on the planning consoleThe WBS section of the planning console allows you to create parent-child relationships for new tasks or move around existing tasks in a new parent-child relationship. The position of a task in the hierarchy and the level of indentation determine the parent-child relationship it has with the tasks above or below it.Predecessor dependencies in the planning consoleIn the WBS section of the planning console, you can create dependencies between tasks by specifying a series of values.Custom columns in the planning consoleIn addition to the regular columns that are provided in the base system, as the administrator, you can configure which columns appear in the planning console. On this page Send Feedback Previous Topic Next Topic


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- Communist writer and poet (1905-1987)
- Friend of Paul Robeson
- Mentor to a young Barack Obama in the 1970s
- Dedicated supporter of the Soviet Union and enemy of America
Frank Marshall Davis was born in Arkansas City, Kansas on December 31, 1905. For periods of time in the 1920s he attended Friends University and, later, Kansas State Agricultural College, studying industrial journalism but never compiling enough credits to graduate. Davis suffered the sting of considerable racism during these years, and he was particularly impacted by the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. He prayed that God might bring retribution upon the guilty whites who had destroyed so many black lives; but when no physical retribution came, Davis began to turn toward atheism.
Also during the Twenties, Davis started to write poetry. In 1927 he moved to Chicago and worked for the Chicago Evening Bulletin and the Chicago Whip, both African-American newspapers. He also spent some time working for the Indiana-based Gary American.
In 1931 Davis relocated to Atlanta to become managing editor of the Atlanta Daily World, a semi-weekly black newspaper. He dramatically increased the publication's sales and profitability, turning it into the nation's first successful black daily. During this period, Davis took an interest in the Scottsboro Boys case. The involvement of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) in the case is what first drew Davis's attention to the Party, which was, in fact, usurping the boys' defense and dragging out the case for propaganda purposes.
In 1933, The Crisis (the official publication of the NAACP) asked Davis to articulate his opinions regarding communism. He wrote: "It is a fact that the Negro, getting the dirty end of the economic[,] social and political stick, finds in Communistic ideals those panacea he seeks." "And yet," Davis quickly lamented, "I believe that were our government adjusted according to Red standards, few members of the kaleidoscopic race would have sense enough to take advantage of it."
In 1934 Davis returned to Chicago, where he served as executive editor of the Associated Negro Press (ANP), a news service for black newspapers. He would remain with ANP until 1947.
When Davis later discussed his return to Chicago in his memoirs, the first two names that appeared were both prominent African-American communists: Langston Hughes and Richard Wright. Davis knew both men on a first-name basis. Wright, whom Davis met in Chicago in 1936, would leave the Party permanently in 1940 and would eventually describe his disenchantment in the huge bestseller, The God That Failed. Davis characterized Wright's defection as an "act of treason in the fight for our rights" — an act that "aided only the racists who were constantly seeking any means to destroy cooperation between Reds and blacks."
During his tenure with ANP, Davis was occasionally asked by the FBI to assess the character of applicants for government jobs in Washington, DC. Davis deliberately lied to his questioners, as he would explain decades later in a 1987 interview:
"I often had the FBI contacting me at the Associated Negro Press. They … wanted to find out whether such-and-such a person who had applied for a job in Washington was a good risk. So I had determined that if this brother who applied for this job in Washington was an Uncle Tom, then I would tell the FBI that this person was … a risk, and he was no good, and so I, I used to work this in the reverse, and if a person … was officially militant, I would praise them the highest. I would say he is completely in favor of the Constitution [and] he supports the entire Constitution and so forth, so it would have just things. I hoped it would have just the opposite effect on the FBI."
Throughout the Thirties, Davis continued to write and publish poems. When the Chicago socialite Frances Norton Manning became aware of Davis' work, she introduced him to the publisher Norman Forgue, whose Black Cat Press produced Davis's first book, Black Man's Verse, in the summer of 1935.
Davis was, at this time, much more political than when he had left Chicago in 1931. In the intervening years, he had been exposed to a number of major African-American communists, including Angelo Herndon and Ben Davis, Jr., among others.
In 1936 Davis was listed as a contributing editor to the Spokesman, the official organ of the Youth Section of the National Negro Congress, which the U.S. government had identified as a Communist-front organization.
In 1940, Davis became involved with the American Peace Mobilization (APM), which Congress described as "one of the most notorious and blatantly communist fronts ever organized in this country" and "one of the most seditious organizations which ever operated in the United States." APM's objective at that time was to prevent the United States from entering World War II against Nazi Germany, because Hitler had signed a non-aggression pact with Joseph Stalin, to whom American communists swore their unwavering allegiance.
Davis joined the Communist Party in the early 1940s; his Communist Party card number was 47544. In a letter he sent to a friend during this time period, Davis wrote: "I've never discussed this with you and don't know whether you share the typical American uninformed concepts of Marxism or not, but I am risking such a reaction by saying that I have recently joined the Communist party."
The FBI first began tracking Davis in 1944, after having identified him as member of the Communist Party's Dorie Miller Club in Chicago. Over a nineteen-year span (1944-63), the Bureau compiled a 601-page file on Davis. One document therein suggests that Davis's CPUSA affiliations had begun as early as 1931. Moreover, the FBI listed Davis in its security index, meaning that he could be arrested or detained in the event of a national emergency.
In early 1945, the FBI identified Davis as a member of the Carver Second Ward West of the Communist Political Association. The following year, the Bureau identified him as a member of the Carver Club of the Communist Party. Davis' wife, meanwhile, was a member of the Paul Robeson Club of the Communist Party of Chicago.
From 1944-47, Davis served as vice chairman of the Chicago Civil Liberties Committee, a communist front. He then spent a year as a national board member of the Civil Rights Congress, a Communist front.
In 1946 Davis co-founded the Chicago Star, a weekly publication secretly controlled by the Communist Party; he would serve as its executive editor until 1948. The Star was unabashedly pro-communist, consistently echoing the CPUSA/Soviet party line. Indeed, the paper would periodically print statements on U.S. domestic politics from Joseph Stalin, or carry an exclusive interview with Vyacheslav Molotov, the high-ranking Soviet politician and diplomat. In addition to his editorial duties, Davis wrote a weekly column for the Star, titled "Frank-ly Speaking," which endorsed every conceivable Soviet foreign-policy initiative while accusing all anti-communists of fascism and racism. Davis's writing was also replete with rich veins of anti-Americanism. On November 9, 1946, for example, he wrote: "I'm tired of being beaned with those double meaning words like 'sacred institutions' and 'the American way of life' which our flag-waving fascists and lukewarm liberals hurl at us day and night."
Also in the 1940s, Davis wrote for the left-wing Chicago Defender, a publication heavily influenced by the Communist Party USA.
From 1946-48, Davis attended Communist Party Cultural Club meetings in Chicago. During this period, he taught a course at Chicago's Abraham Lincoln High School, which was run by the CPUSA and had been cited by the U.S. government as a subversive organization and a Communist front.
Additional Communist-front organizations with which Davis was affiliated in the Forties were: the Chicago Committee for Spanish Freedom, American Youth for Democracy (which was the youth wing of the CPUSA), the National Association for Constitutional Liberties, the League of American Writers, and the National Negro Congress. Also in the mid- to late 1940s, Davis was affiliated with the Communist-line publication Chicago Star.
In 1947 Davis was a signatory to a petition urging Congress to abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), branding the latter as an "undemocratic" entity whose work would inevitably result in "the ultimate suppression of all traditional American civil liberties."
In 1948 Davis published his most ambitious poetry collection, entitled 47th Street: Poems, chronicling life on Chicago's South Side.
In April 1948 Davis was listed as a member of the Citizens' Committee to Aid Packing-House Workers, a Chicago-based organization dominated by the CPUSA.
Also in 1948, Davis' good friend Paul Robeson, who himself was a dedicated Stalinist, persuaded Davis to move to Honoloulu, Hawaii.
Beginning in May 1949, Davis wrote the column "Frankly Speaking" for the Honolulu Record, the International Longshore & Warehouse Union's communist-line newspaper. (During WWII, the Record's editor and its largest shareholder both worked as informants for Mao Zedong in Yenan, China.)
According to Davis' FBI file, his column in the Record "constantly followed the CP [Communist Party] line" and was "devoted to unrelenting and unmitigated complaints of racial discrimination in the United States." Added the FBI file: "Davis has revealed himself to be a bitter opponent of capitalism and a staunch defender of … prominent Communists and Communist sympathizers." Specifically, his weekly columns expressed support for the National Lawyers Guild, Soviet Russia's foreign policy in Southeast Asia, U.S. recognition of Communist China, the airing of black Americans' grievances before the United Nations, American disarmament, and the acquittal of Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Moreover, Davis opposed the Smith Act of 1940, a federal statute that set criminal penalties for advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government.
Davis would continue writing for the Record until May 1957.
In the late 1940s, Davis attempted to lead a hostile CPUSA takeover of the NAACP. In 1950 Edward Berman, a member of the NAACP's Honolulu branch, testified to HUAC that Davis had "sneaked" into local NAACP meetings to "propagandize" the organization's members about America's "racial problems," with "the avowed intent and purpose of converting it into a front for the Stalinist line."
Davis was identified unequivocally as a CPUSA member in a 1951 report by the Commission on Subversive Activities to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii (CSALTH), which, like HUAC, charged that Davis was affiliated with a number of Communist-front organizations.
In May 1953 Davis was elected president of the Hawaii Civil Rights Congress, an affiliate of the Civil Rights Congress (which, as noted above, had already been cited by the U.S. government as a subversive organization).
Also in the early Fifties, Davis chaired the defense committee for the "Honolulu Seven," a group of Communists who were charged with Smith Act violations and were convicted in 1953 of advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government by force and violence.
According to Max Friedman, a former undercover member of several Communist-controlled "anti-war" groups, Davis testified in 1956 before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (which was investigating "the scope of Soviet activity in the United States") and invoked his Fifth Amendment right when asked about his Communist Party membership.
According to the FBI, Davis in 1957 "championed the policies of Soviet Russia."
In 1959 an FBI source who was close to Davis reported that Davis had been having conflict with his comrades at the ILWU and the Honolulu Record, because Davis was a "haole [Caucasian] hater."
In 1968 Davis, under the pseudonym Bob Green, authored the book Sex Rebel: Black (Memoirs of a Gash Gourmet), an explict, pornographic autobiography published in San Diego by Greenleaf Classics. Emphasizing that "all incidents I have described here [in the book] have been taken from actual experiences," Davis openly acknowledged that he lived the life of a sexual swinger:
"I admit, however, that my sex syndrome may be more complex than that of many swingers and swappers…. Under certain circumstances I am bi-sexual…. I'm also a voyeur and exhibitionist. Occasionally I am mildly interested in sado-masochism."
Further, the book described sexual encounters which the fictional Greene and his wife had experienced with underage children of both sexes.
In the very early 1970s Davis met a young Barack Obama, whose mother had sent the boy to live with his grandparents in Hawaii. Obama's grandfather, Stanley Armour Dunham, arranged for Davis to become the boy's mentor and advisor. From approximately 1971-79, Davis had considerable influence on the young Obama, particularly during the last four of those years. (Notably, Davis once sat on a union-publicity committee with Chicago Sun-Times reporter Vernon Jarrett, father-in-law of Valerie Jarrett, the latter of whom would later become a close confidante and advisor to President Barack Obama).
In the early Seventies, Davis sold marijuana and cocaine from a hot-dog cart which he operated near his home in Waikiki. Though Davis was generally content to live in Hawaii, he lamented in his posthumously published (1992) memoir, Livin the Blues, that: "There are not enough [black] souls here to wield political or economic power. There is no ghetto, hence no potential Black Power."
In his 1995 book, Dreams From My Father, Barack Obama writes about Davis but does not reveal the latter's full name, identifying him only as "a poet named Frank" — a man with much "hard-earned knowledge" who had known "some modest notoriety once" and was "a contemporary of Richard Wright and Langston Hughes during his years in Chicago," but was now "pushing eighty." (Several sources — including Professor Gerald Horne, Dr. Kathryn Takara, and libertarian writer Trevor Loudon — have confirmed that Obama's "Frank" was indeed Frank Marshall Davis.)
Obama in his book recounts how, just prior to heading off to Occidental College in 1979, he spent some time with "Frank and his old Black Power dashiki self." Obama writes that "Frank" told him that college was merely "an advanced degree in compromise," and cautioned him not to "start believing what they tell you about equal opportunity and the American way and all that sh–." Davis also told Obama: "What I'm trying to tell you is your [white] grandma's right to be scared…. She understands that black people have a reason to hate. That's just how it is. For your sake, I wish it were otherwise. But it's not. So you might as well get used to it."
Davis penned many poems during his lifetime. One of them, titled "To the Red Army," hailed the Soviet revolution and condemned the "rich industrialists" in Washington DC and London who allegedly wanted Hitler and the Nazis to "wipe Communism from the globe."
Davis also wrote poems mocking traditional Christianity. In some of those compositions, he called Christ "a Dixie Nigger" who was nothing more than "another New White Hope"; he derided Christians as hypocrites "who buy righteousness like groceries"; and he spoke of Africans being killed with a "Christian gun" by missionaries following "the religion of Sweet Jesus," rather than by a spear.
Another Davis poem, "Peace Quiz for America," condemns "Uncle Sam" for having sent him to fight "against Axis foes in the death-kissed foxholes of New Guinea and Europe, without shielding my back from the sniping Dixie lynchers in the jungles of Texas and Florida."
Davis died of a heart attack in Honolulu in July 1987.
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It can seem like lunacy to get up an hour early every day to exercise in a way that statistically 80% of the participants are injured each year. Being a cross country runner from high school, it is simply a form of exercise I am comfortable with and that makes me feel I've done something to offset the highly sedentary nature of my work. I can't explain it to my wife but other runners know and when we find each other we instantly have a kinship that any non-runner cannot comprehend. We may argue about dirt versus asphalt or about every little aspect of the sport, but we are more alike despite our differences than any non runner would infer from our heated discussions.
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It's tough to feel sorry for an exec who earns a salary of $1, but bags $3.3 billion via the sale of stock options.
That sorry-not-sorry-for-you guy is Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose almost-nothing base salary for 2013 was revealed in a regulatory filing late Thursday. No big surprise here, as that $1 deal had already been announced in a filing roughly one year ago.
Zuckerberg is following in the footsteps of dollar-earning CEOs such as Google's Sergey Brin, Oracle's Larry Ellison and Tesla's Elon Musk, who also earn a buck for their toil. And of course, an even-more-famous example of the $1 salary -- the late Apple leader Steve Jobs. (Check out an early critic of the $1 salary.)
Zuckerberg, whose stock options are now down to zero, has also opted out of the bonus program. Meanwhile, his annual compensation dropped to $653,164 in 2013, from around $2 million the prior year -- a 68% slide. Nearly all of that compensation was spent on private jets "in connection with Mr. Zuckerberg's overall security program," said the proxy statement. The cost of his private-jet travel rocketed to over $1.2 million in 2012, but is now more or less back to 2011 levels.
In 2012, Zuckerberg topped the list of highest-paid CEOs with a total compensation package of $2.28 billion.
All this aside, the Zuck is still worth a big pile of cash, providing Facebook doesn't go belly up. He's a controlling majority shareholder, holding 426.3 million shares, worth $25.7 billion, based on a closing price of $60.24 on Thursday. Even though a rough March knocked Facebook shares down by 12% -- due partly to Oculus-acquisition exasperation -- they're still up a staggering 134% over 12 months, so one would guess Zuckerberg is still in fairly good shape.
His colleagues did pretty well last year; but like him, not as well as in 2012. Sheryl Sandberg isn't earning a wage of $1, but her total compensation did take a big step down to $16,147, 148 in 2013, from $26,216,173 in 2012. The COO's base salary went up a bit, and her bonus went up a lot (a 78% increase over 2012), but her stock awards dropped. (Note: the FT on Tuesday was querying whether or not Sandberg is eyeing the exit, as she's shed more than half her stake in Facebook since its IPO.)
Facebook CFO David Ebersman's total compensation dropped to a paltry $10,463,910 from $17,543,861 in 2012, largely due to a drop in stock awards though his bonus went up by 272%.
From the cheap seats this morning on Twitter, it was a little harshy harsh.
Even in the not-so-cheap seats, it seems Facebook is fighting some has-been chatter. "Rich Kids of Beverly Hills," the series that follows a bunch of wealthy kids from LA, urged viewers in the season finale to dump their Facebook accounts, and instead make sure everything gets updated on Instagram.(h/t Business Insider)
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Facebook owns Instagram, whose users grew by 23% in 2013, against just 3% for the mother ship, according to GlobalWeb index. Zuck should know that most parents are eventually look dorky next to their hipper offspring.
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This review is submitted way past its self-appointed deadline. I promised Mark, that I'll have this done 3 days after his request but apparently a lot happened: a weeklong meeting in Bangkok, a weekend project planning in Anilao, mid-terms in my MA and a weeklong battle with flu and a urinary tract infection got in the way.
To make up I searched my old blog m35b to put into context my long digital friendship with Mark (Oblong) that has transcended Blogspot, Friendster, Purevolume, MySpace and Facebook. As I remember meeting Mark way back when Oblong was still in its infancy sometime back in 2004, when he wrote a very kind comment on m35b. During that time blogging was still in its infancy and Friendster testimonials were still considered sacred thus guestbook messages are treasured as well. At that time Mark was still involved Boy Meats Girl a Laguna, indie rock outfit that I vaguely remember watching at a morning show as I was preparing to go to work.
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Ceremonies comprise a big part of our lives, so is music which is normally one of the most important components of any ceremony. This means that careful selection of the right genre and style of music is paramount to a success ceremony.
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Then there were the procession songs that he chose. They comprised of local traditional music from a live band, I felt that this would be a bit more old-fashioned, but it too worked miracles as the tunes changes for each set of the attendants walked down the aisle- the ushers had there's, the bridesmaids and then the bride-me. All was marvelous.
The postlude music carried the day. It was a mixture of newly released music hits and other celebratory music which really made the guest feel part of the wedding ceremony as they all rose from the sits to join in the music which played till past midnight.
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Enrollment Questionnaire
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Summer Service Internship Info and Applications
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General Information
Applications and accompanying materials must be turned in by February 7, 2019. Compose your answers to the open-ended questions in a word processing program before pasting them in the text boxes below.
What is your anticipated graduation date?
What is your cell phone number?
What is/are your major(s?)
Citizenship Status
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Citizen of another country
If you are neither a United States citizen nor a Permanent Resident, you are required to set up an appointment with an advisor in Rice University's Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) prior to turning in your application. OISS may be reached at 713-348-6095. Students who are not US citizens take sole responsibility for ensuring that they are in compliance with all visa and travel requirements of the US, their proposed host countries, and any other countries to which they may travel during the term of their service.
Internship Requirements
In order to receive funding from the Program in Poverty, Justice, and Human Capabilities (PJHC), students must be declared PJHC minors. If you have not yet declared PJHC as a minor, bring a signed Declaration of Minor form (available via the Registrar) to Rayzor 322 or 323 before submitting your application. Please note that in order for the Registrar to process your Declaration of Minor form you must declare your major before or at the same time as you declare the minor. Are you a declared PJHC minor?
Students who receive summer internship funding from the PJHC must complete PJHC 300: PJHC Service Reflection, a one-credit course that is typically taught in the first half of the fall semester. Effort will be made to ensure that the course is scheduled at a mutually agreeable time. Will you enroll in PJHC 300 in Fall 2019?
Have you completed PJHC 371 (formerly listed as HUMA/SOCI 371)?
Have you completed PJHC 394 (formerly listed as SOCI/SWGS 394)?
If you have not yet completed PJHC 394, are you enrolled in the course for Spring 2019?
Have you completed – or are you currently enrolled in – a capstone course or course sequence?
Yes, HIST 421
Yes, SOCI 469 & 470 or SOCI 470
Yes, PJHC 470
Yes, SWGS 494, 496 & 497 or SWGS 496 & 497
Yes, an alternate course as approved by PJHC Program Director, or, the Director of Undergraduate Studies
List the PJHC elective courses that you have completed by the end of the Fall 2018 semester. Indicate whether they fulfill the General, Race and Ethnicity, or Global South requirements.
List any PJHC electives you are registered for in Spring 2019. Indicate whether they fulfill the General, Race and Ethnicity, or Global South requirements.
Proposed International Internship
What are your proposed internship dates? International internships must be at least six weeks.
What is your proposed internship location (city or town, country)?
Please provide complete contact information for your proposed third-party service provider, including URL.
Describe your proposed internship in detail. What will your direct responsibilities and tasks be this summer? Be as specific as you can. How will this project benefit the community you will serve? The selection committee expects you to have done some background research on your project beyond reviewing the service provider's website.
What is the official language of the country in which you plan to do your internship?
Language Preparation
What language(s) do you speak, read, and/or write? How would you assess your conversational ability in each of these languages? What level of fluency does your proposed third-party service provider expect?
List any relevant language courses taken at Rice or elsewhere. Indicate when and where the courses were taken, and include any courses in which you are currently enrolled.
Describe any relevant language experience that you have had outside of formal instruction.
How do you intend to improve your language proficiency during your internship? Does your proposed third-party service provider provide language instruction?
International Travel
What sort of independent international travel experiences, excluding group and family travel, have you had? Provide details, including country/countries and dates. If you have not had any independent international travel experience, how do you feel you have prepared yourself for such an experience? What challenges do you foresee?
Service Experience
ist your past community service involvement, including service learning completed through course work and community-based research.
What do you expect to learn from participating in the summer internship program?
What value is there in performing long-term direct service? How does it impact the host agency, community, and individuals in the community?
Under what circumstances could you foresee negative consequences to service work in a disadvantaged community?
What topics in the study of poverty, justice, and human capabilities most interest you and why? How does the PJHC minor fit in your future life plans?
Costs for international internships generally average less than $8,000.
Transportation: What are your estimated transportation costs to and from the site of your internship? Indicate how you arrived at this estimation. (For example, Delta round-trip JFK to Accra Flight 584 departs 5/29/18; Flight 855 returns 7/28/18. Total cost: $1,994.) If you are using frequent flyer miles to pay for your flight, include any booking fees here. If round-trip ground transportation between the airport and your service site is not included in your program fee, you may also include it in this section. Your proposed third-party service provider can help you estimate this cost. You may also include the cost of ground transportation to and from the airport(s) you depart from and return to in the US. (Note that the PJHC program will pay only for the cost of transportation to and from your internship site; in-country travel unrelated to your internship, such as weekend getaways, and travel on the way to or from your internship site are your responsibility.)
Program fees: How much does your proposed third-party service provider charge for this program? What does the fee include? (For example, "Placement, in-country support, housing, and two meals per day.")
Additional housing costs: If your program does not directly provide housing, please estimate and explain your housing costs. Consult your proposed third-party service provider to determine an appropriate budget.
Food: What food costs do you anticipate? Consult your proposed third-party service provider to determine an appropriate budget. Note that PJHC funds can only be used to pay for meals that are not provided by your program. (For example, if you choose to eat a restaurant instead of eating with your host family, this expense should come out of personal funds.)
Other expenses: Please describe and estimate the cost of any other required expenses for your internship.
Possible additional expenses include: Preventative medication or immunizations/vaccinations required or recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), required visa fees charged by host country, calling card or local cell phone, Internet fees, language programs offered by your third-party service provider as part of your placement, and so forth. Please note that the PJHC will not be able to cover the following expenses: Luggage and backpacks, toiletries, optional travel, alcohol, and gifts to host family, host community, or third-party service provider staff.
Additional funds available: Describe any additional sources of financial support that you are able to draw from, such as personal savings or gifts from family, including gifts of frequent flyer miles.
References and Unofficial Transcript
Before the application deadline of February 7, 2019, please deliver to Rayzor 322 or 323 a copy of your unofficial transcript, including your Fall 2018 grades, in a sealed envelope labeled with your name and "Unofficial Transcript." If the office is closed, slide the transcript underneath the door. (The Program Administrator will confirm receipt of your unofficial transcript via an email to your Rice email address.)
Provide the names and contact information for two references, one academic and one from a previous service placement.
PJHC Internship Commitments
To be eligible for selection, applicants must affirm these commitments by checking the box next to each item.
• I will meet all academic requirements for the internship, including the completion of PJHC 371 (formerly listed as HUMA/SOCI 371), PJHC 394 (formerly listed as HUMA/SOCI 394), and at least one approved elective, by the end of Spring 2019.
• I will enroll in a one-credit course (PJHC 300) in the fall semester following my internship, or the next fall semester if I am studying abroad at that time.
I have not previously received funding from the PJHC for a Susan McAshan Summer Service Internship.
I will attend the McAshan internship orientation and closing events.
My proposed placement is a nonprofit, politically nonpartisan organization that serves an under-resourced community. My internship will not be used for the purpose of direct proselytizing.
I will devote at least 75 percent of my time to direct community service that actively engages with those being served.
I will work at least 35 to 40 hours per week in the approved placement continuously for at least six weeks. In all, I will work at least 225 hours with no leave of absence.
If I combine the Susan McAshan Summer Service Internship with another Rice-based program, I will meet with the PJHC Program Administrator prior to commencement of the program to ensure that all internship goals will be met.
In addition to service, I will study the structure and functions of the agency where I am placed so that I can assess the effectiveness of the organization in attaining its goals.
• Throughout the duration of my internship, I will remain caught up with the weekly required reading materials and Internship Forum reflections and discussions
I will exhibit sensitivity to the host culture, observe local rules and laws, and abide by the philosophy, structure, and regulations of the host agency and my third-party service provider.
I will complete a final reflection project and a thank you letter to donors at the end of the internship.
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Winter Temperatures Are Cold, But The Kelowna Real Estate Market Is Still Hot!
The Central Okanagan MLS statistics have recently been released and its showing that the Kelowna Real Estate Market Trends are holding strong and steady.
The results of 2016 saw growth over 2015 in these areas:
-Residential Home Sales were up 19%
-Apartment Sales were up 38%
-Townhome Sales were up 20%
-Lot Sales were up 70%
There is already an increase for 2017 in Residential Homes and Apartments, which is a great indicator of what is to come in 2017.
Currently the overall inventory in all areas is approximately 30% lower over January 2016, indicating that the demand is high.
If you are thinking about selling your property or want to discuss the Kelowna Real Estate Market in more detail, please do not hesitate to contact the team at Nyrose and Associates today. The Kelowna Real Estate Pros can be contacted by phone at
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Real life couldn't have created an enemy more terrifying than your standard police officer; after all, what other civil servant has the state-sanctioned power to murder us, both with military-grade weaponry and egregious parking fines? True, most of your garden variety cops spend their shifts hassling non-violent drug offenders and telling rude teens to stop skateboarding on things, but a small minority employs the power of the badge to abuse their authority with criminal intent. Thankfully, the medium of video games allows us to seek vengeance against those who've fallen over to the icky side of the thin blue line a more gratifying fate than seeing the traditional crooked cop punishment of extended paid vacation.
(WARNING: Some pretty significant spoilers lie within)
Since 1994's Pulp Fiction, the casting of Samuel L. Jackson in any role serves as a sort of shorthand for the audience, as if to say "this expletive-shouting man may be dangerous and unstable." If he's on the protagonist's side, then victory's in the bag, and the creative vulgarities can fly freely without caution; unfortunately, the first five minutes Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas spell out the fact that Officer Frank Tenpenny is a very, very bad man. His behind-the-scenes string-pulling gives our hero CJ the mass-murderer status demanded by every Grand Theft Auto installment to date, and Tenpenny's own crimes eventually lead to a full-scale riot the aging hardware of the PlayStation 2 did its best to simulate. Close to ten years later, and Grand Theft Auto as a whole has yet to come up with a more enigmatic villain or at least one voiced by a guy with some clearly defined snake boundaries.
As someone who grew up in the '80s, I can tell you that the PSAs and educational cartoons didn't lie: drugs were everywhere. Like many "very special" episodes of your favorite cartoons indicated, walking more than 50 feet proved impossible without a pusher aggressively forcing his latest drugs into one of the pockets of your Ninja Turtles backpack. Thankfully, the United States government launched the War on Drugs to combat this rising problem, even if billions of dollars were spent just to have The Muppet Babies and A.L.F. team up to sing a song about just saying "no." And Midway's N.A.R.C. which came before the infamous "Winners Don't Use Drugs" splash screen can be seen as a product of the drug war, what with its slogan of "say 'no' or die" and the whole focus on wiping out waves of crusty junkies. Granted, Narc at least offered the ability to arrest instead of kill, but when you give a cop a rocket launcher, every problem starts looking like a thing that can be blown up with a rocket launcher.
By the mid-'90s, Nintendo's squeaky-clean image had begun to tarnish after all, there was Mortal Kombat money to be made. And, unexpectedly, one of the most subversive moments in the 16-bit era could be found in a then-unpopular Japanese RPG which would later build a cult currently rivaling Jonestown in terms of fanaticism. Yes, Earthbound may pit you against various critters and citizens brainwashed by the evil Giygas, but the cops you fight aren't under this alien overlord's control at all; basically, they're just dicks. Onett's police officers pride themselves on shiftless belligerence (and roadblock erecting), so when a young teen they've been sworn to serve and protect outdoes them at their own job, these boys and blue do the sensible thing: namely, organizing a prison-style beatdown intended to teach this headstrong scamp to mind his apples. Captain Strong acts as the ringleader in this exaggerated case of police brutality, and, as expected, returns to the safety of his cushy desk job without a question asked when this abuse of power misfires. At this point, hemorrhoids would be the next best thing to poetic justice.


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We call it giniling or ground meat in the Philippines but here in Singapore, they call it minced meat. Just the same, I will be cooking a favourite Filipino dish today for my hungry munchkins using minced chicken meat I bought from online meat store, Mmmm!
The Filipino style of cooking Giniling is similar to cooking Spanish dishes Picadillo and Arroz Ala Cubana. In the Philippines, if you were served this dish with raisins or quail eggs or green peas, oh you are special. Only when there are special occasions like fiesta, birthday or baptism that this dish is usually served and made truly espesyal with the mentioned extra ingredients.
What You Will Need:
500 grams of minced chicken meat
peeled and crushed clove of garlic, sliced onions
diced carrots and potatoes, some green peas
peeled, hard-boiled quail eggs
tomato puree (or tomato paste)
laurel leaves, salt and pepper
What You Will Do:
Saute garlic and onion in some olive oil until golden brown.
Add the minced chicken meat and let it cook while stirring from time to time.
Add your potatoes, later your carrots, and few minutes more add your green peas.
When your meat is fully cooked and your veggies turned crisp and just nice, add tomato puree, laurel leaves, some salt and pepper. You may add some sugar if you want it sweet. Let it simmer for 5 minutes.
Finally, add the quail eggs and stir gently. Let it simmer for few minutes more then it is ready to serve.


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In the meantime, the department is conducting its business from three rented trailers and a mobile command center in the parking lot of the station, the chief said.
DARTMOUTH — The town police station will remain closed for at least two months and possibly more, according to Police Chief Timothy M. Lee.
Officials must be sure the plumbing system is free of the bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease.
"At this point, the earliest I can see (returning) is May, if all the tests come back clean," he said. "The problem is we don't know."
In the meantime, the department is conducting its business from three rented trailers and a mobile command center in the parking lot of the station, the chief said.
Lee said his two priorities are the safety of his 82 employees, including 67 police officers, and ensuring that the public is inconvenienced as little as possible.
The building's plumbing system has been flushed with 160-degree water to kill any legionella, the bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease, and the department expects to have the test results next week, the chief said.
If the department receives a report that the system has been cleaned of all bacterium, it plans to wait 45 days before personnel are allowed back in the building, he said. The waiting period is to ensure the organism does not return.
Wendy Henderson, the town's public health director, said the bacterium can grow in stagnant hot water ranging from 95 to 115 degrees. The cause was "likely" stagnant areas in the plumbing system that are warm enough to support the bacterium's growth, she said.
The building has been closed since March 7, the same day a consultants' report indicated that the legionella bacterium had been found in the department's hot water system.
An officer got sick in January and was hospitalized and tests showed he had Legionnaires' disease, a form of pneumonia, prompting a check of the station. The officer, who is not being identified, has returned to work.
Legionnaires' Disease got its name in 1976 when a number of Legionnaires attending a convention at a Philadelphia hotel came down with the same disease. The Centers for Disease Control said on its website that it carries a mortality rate of 5 percent to 30 percent.
Lee said there are separate trailers for detectives; administration; and dispatch and patrol. The mobile command center is being used as the department's main office and to do report writing and license firearms. Also a garage on the property has been refitted so officers can write their reports and conduct roll call.
Arrests continue to be booked by Dartmouth officers at the state police barracks on Faunce Corner Road, he said. Dartmouth police dispatchers have resumed taking 911 calls, after Westport police did it for the first few days after the building's closure.
Town Administrator David G. Cressman and Lee said the costs for the testing, flushing and meeting with consultants is between $10,000 and $15,000. That does not include the rental costs for the trailers, which is $2,000 per month for the three the chief said.
The town has insurance for the station, but Cressman said he does not believe it will cover all the costs. "This is not your typical kind of claim," he said.
Shawn McDonald, chairman of the Select Board, said the town intends to hire a plumbing engineer to go through the building and correct "any dead-ends" where hot water can stagnate in the system. He also wants to replace the hot water tank.
If the building has to be closed for any length of time after May, the town should look for short-term and long-term solutions, including the relocation of the station, he said.


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Dominick's pizzeria to raise funds for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Husband and wife Dominick and Raquel Bellizzi came to town from New Jersey nearly 10 years ago, bringing their delicatessen and pizza-making expertise with them. Since then, their four-star trattoria and two delis have been reviewed in my column, "Counter Culture," which appears in the Friday Ticket section.
Now word comes of their fund-raiser for the Greater Sacramento Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Pizza, wine-tasting and live entertainment will be on the menu from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Dominick's New York Pizza & Deli, 187 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom; (916) 351-0900, www.dominicksmarketdeli.com. Donations are $25. Proceeds will go to the society.