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So what is bulk email software?
Bulk email software is used for sending bulk emails, or in other words, the same message to a large number of subscribers. Different email software can be used for sending bulk email messages, including regular email clients such as Mac Mail, however specialized bulk email software for Mac performs this particular task much better.
In bulk emailing, new people join an email list, through subscription process and leave it through unsubscription process. On a large scale there can be literally thousands of new people subscribing and unsubscribing every single day, and millions of email messages can be sent every week.
A good specialized bulk email software usually handles all this efficiently, and in a fully automatic way, saving time and money.
Why can't I just use Mac Mail for sending bulk email?
If you use a regular email program such as Mac Mail for sending mass email messages, you should keep all your subscribers in Apple Address Book, and then put a number of them in the "To" or "BCC" field of a new bulk email message, which is, basically, just a regular message. We'll not be talking about all the disadvantages of using a regular email client for sending bulk email messages here. Let's just say it does't work.
This used to work 10 years ago, and in fact, it was the main way to go, but due to abusive use and misuse, Internet and email providers started to limit the number of people that could be put in "To" and "BCC". Now, they either cut your recipient lists to make them not more than 100 recipients, or reject any messages that have more than 100 recipients.
This method was also a big privacy concern because once received, bulk email messages were disclosing other members of email lists. The entire email lists were being hijacked by spammers, and because of that people were afraid to subscribe to any email lists.
Why specialized bulk email software is the way to go
Things changed with the invention of bulk email software. Bulk email software for Mac uses a different approach to sending email message to masses. It creates a separate, fully personalized email message for every recipient on the list, before sending it out. And it does it in such a way that the one who receives the message, can't even tell the difference (if this message was sent personally using Mac Mail or it was sent in bulk). Which is a big advantage.
Bulk email software for Mac, also, offers a very good database system to keep and maintain email lists. As opposed to Apple Address Book, it's automated. In Apple Address Book you have to add and remove recipients manually, but in a bulk email software for Mac, you usually click a button to check your website for subscribe and unsubscribe requests, and the database is updated automatically, which saves a whole lot of time.
Another thing I really like about bulk email software, which Mac Mail misses is email message personalization. If you send bulk email using Mac Mail, you cannot use personal salutations such as "Dear, John!" and cannot reference personal information such as order numbers and dates of purchase in your bulk messages. However if you use bulk email software for Mac, you can compose a so-called message template, and then use it to generate fully-personalized messages that use a range of personal data stored in your database.
I find all this so versatile, that I even use bulk email software for sending invoices to my customers, which I couldn't do at the times I was using Mac Mail.
I've tried many different software products for sending bulk emails, such as MacMassMailer, BulkMax Mailer and BULKmailer, and found out MacMassMailer does this job perfectly.
MacMassMailer is a really good bulk email software for Mac
It's a nice native Mac OS X application that looks good and performs well. Aside from its handiness, in terms of functionality, it gives me exactly what I need:
- Fully automated and customizable recipient database.
- Automatic subscribe, unsubscribe and bounce-back management.
- Message templates and message personalization.
- Extremely fast and reliable message delivery.
- Multiple SMTP accounts with automatic switching between them.
- Import and export that supports 99% of all document types.
Download MacMassMailer and try it for yourself
Because it's:
- Easy to install and use.
- Automates every aspect of bulk emailing.
- Offers a great functionality.
I was also pleased to discover that MacMassMailer could be downloaded as a 30-day free trial. So I thoroughly tested it before investing even a penny into it. Actually all the software products I mentioned earlier, which I tried, also came in 30-day trials.
So if you are in a situation when you need to automate your bulk emailing, I really recommend you download MacMassMailer and try it free.
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In early December 1891, Dr. James Naismith,[1] a Canadian physical education professor from McGill University of Montréal and instructor at YMCA Training School[2] (today, Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied and at proper levels of fitness during the long New England winters. After rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto a 10-foot (3.05 m) elevated track. In contrast with modern basketball nets, this peach basket retained its bottom, and balls had to be retrieved manually after each "basket" or point scored; this proved inefficient, however, so a hole was drilled into the bottom of the basket, allowing the balls to be poked out with a long dowel each time. The peach baskets were used until 1906 when they were finally replaced by metal hoops with backboards. A further change was soon made, so the ball merely passed through, paving the way for the game we know today. A soccer ball was used to shoot goals. Whenever a person got the ball in the basket, his team would gain a point. Whichever team got the most points won the game.[3]
Naismith's handwritten diaries, discovered by his granddaughter in early 2006, indicate that he was nervous about the new game he had invented, which incorporated rules from a children's game called "Duck on a Rock", as many had failed before it. Naismith called the new game 'Basket Ball'.[4]
The first official game was played in the YMCA gymnasium on January 20, 1892 with nine players and the game ended at 1-0 and the shot was made from 25 feet (7.6 m), on a court just half the size of a present-day Streetball or National Basketball Association (NBA) court. "Basket ball", the name suggested by one of Naismith's students, was popular from the beginning. By 1897-1898 teams of five became standard.
Women's basketball began in 1892 at Smith College when...

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While trying to find a new or used vehicle at automobile auctions, newspaper classifieds or the web, it is very important gather the mandatory data which is able to enable you determine the true value of the automobile or vehicle you plan to purchase. Most insurance corporations have negotiated contracts with salvage buyers and will use that avenue to recoup a number of the cash paid out for the whole loss. Thus, most used vehicles for sale by owner may be sold for a lot lower than an analogous vehicle at a automotive dealership.
Whereas it's laborious to think about no drivers on the street, it is sensible when we see how safe these autonomous vehicles can keep us. Not all drivers are dangerous, however in in the present day's technologically pushed world nearly everybody you see could have a smartphone of their hand or pocket.
Previously credit score for enterprise was primarily reserved for many who could afford spending thousands of dollars too corporate credit score services and enterprise credit companies to construct their enterprise credit score score on a brand new business entity.
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For one time jobs you should utilize a decide-up truck, or trailer, but these usually are not essentially the most ideal vehicles because of them not having safety from the weather. The businesses who deal in such methodology will help the individuals to take away their junk or useless vehicles from their garage spaces.


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Affiliate Newsletter w. 39
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- Only best placed with a stake of 50 NOK or more will count towards the competition
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- Red Tiger – Dragon's Luck Power Reels
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2016 Statute
|Article 19. - JAILS
19-1927. Whenever any county or board of county commissioners in this state owns a tract of real estate formerly the site for its county jail, and the same is no longer used for that purpose, and a new county jail has been built elsewhere in such county, and such abandoned jail and its site is no longer in the judgment of the board of county commissioners of such county needed for county jail purposes, the board of county commissioners of such county, without a vote of the people or of the electors of such county, may (a) sell and dispose of such real estate either at public or private sale, for cash or other consideration and on such terms as the board of county commissioners of such county deems to be the best interests of the county, or (b) convey by deed, without consideration, such jail and site to a historical society incorporated under the laws of Kansas as a charitable or benevolent corporation for the purposes of a historical society, if the board finds that such jail and site should be preserved as a historical site or monument: Provided, Such conveyance shall be upon the condition that the title shall revert to the county when the property is no longer maintained and used by such historical society for the purpose for which it was conveyed.
History: L. 1937, ch. 199, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 174, § 1; June 29.
|Article 19. - JAILS


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Negroni the Second
Part two of the quest to create the Perfect Shirt for Stef! I can already tell you that there will be a part 3 somewhere in the future, because this one still needs some fine-tuning. For the second and what I hoped to be the final version I used a medium weight linen-viscose blend. The viscose gives the linen some stability and also some stretch, which makes for a lovely fluid fabric. I bought it in Italy for pretty cheap, but in this case that doesn't say much about the quality. I only got 2 meters instead of the recommended 2 7/8 yards, but it worked without too much trouble. I almost ruined this fabric by using the wrong detergent (a homemade one made from wood ashes). It has some light discolouring stains because of this, but they're pretty evenly spread out and Stef doesn't mind.
The adjustments I made were first to go down a size everywhere except the neckline. I sewed it up until the joining of the side seams and sleeves, and then did a fitting. It seemed good so I did the flat felled seams, proceeded with the cuffs, buttons and buttonholes, etc. But then when he tried it on it seemed too big again, at the waist but also the sleeves were a bit baggy. I apparently didn't pay enough attention, and so had to take out the flat felled seams again. I took in the sleeves and sides without altering the armhole, for about 2 cm on each side. I'll probably have to taper towards S at the waist next time. The shoulders are much better, although I think I'll take the armholes in just 0,5 cm (1/4″) at the front.
The back looks a lot better with the 2cm dowagers hump adjustment. It hangs more towards the body at the center back, and the draglines at the armhole have diminished. I lowered the yoke by 1 cm, but I think it could use another cm. I topstitched it because that gives it a more finished look imo. The plackets turned out very nice, I'm getting better at sewing them and I enjoy trying to sew them as neat as possible.
The 6 buttons are definitely better than 5, no gaping when he moves. I do still need to reposition the buttons a bit, the fronts are slightly uneven as the pockets are showing. This shirt still needs some fine-tuning, but I'm happy with how it turned out and so is Stef! Next time I actually want to try and give it an under collar and a standard button placket. Peter of MPB has done a tutorial on this for the Negroni. The clean lines of the front are nice but the facing adds more bulk at the neckline and front than necessary. There's a soft cotton plaid waiting for me at my mom's that would make a perfect winter shirt. The quest for the perfect shirt is put on hold for now, but I'll get back to it this fall!


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I cannot remember a time in my life when I thought of 'weak in the knees' as more than just an expression as I did yesterday. I'd set my alarm for 6 a.m and was awake before it rang. I failed to get out of bed and when I finally managed to sit, I couldn't stand. My knees would not let me. Later that morning, I would be setting off to pay my last respects to Nnalongo, as she was fondly called. My legs wouldn't let me stay up. My heart wept.
I had looked forward to Saturday, 9th April for the longest time. In fact, it is safe to say, it was the highlight of the first quarter of 2016. Putting up a library without fundraising for countless months is in itself a milestone for me. The fact that hundreds of children in the community will benefit from it makes it all the more worthwhile.
That morning I received a call from *Julie. She used her mother's number, a contact I had saved possibly a decade ago.
Julie: Morning, how are you feeling now?
Me: I am not so bad. I should be asking how mum is.
Her: I didn't want to worry you but she was diagnosed with cancer last week.
Me: Oh no…!
Her: She had her first chemo on Thursday. When she was discharged we could tell she was still weak but we took her home. This morning when I checked on her, she was barely responsive so I ran to a nearby clinic and…*muffled words and sobs*
I stayed on the phone for a bit and then I hang up. I could not hear what followed and I refused to believe the worst. I got dressed, took a boda boda to the meeting point and started welcoming the different people who were slowly trickling in for the trip to Luweero.
I do not know how I convinced my brain to block an entire compartment. My mind kept drifting back to the conversation but I had to be a robot, a feeling-less machine. I could not believe myself. Once a good number of 40-40 supporters was gathered. I called Kim, a mutual friend, to check on Julie and find out what the mood in the background was. In a couple of minutes, she confirmed my worst fears.
That evening, we walked into church just in time to catch Julie speak. How in the world is someone expected to summarise the life of a superwoman, who was a mother and father to many, an angel who gave everything she had for her children, her family and everyone who crossed her path- How is one supposed to collect all of that into a few minutes of a eulogy? That is what death does, it steals and forces you to do things you did not even think possible.
I have heard people say "Aww, she was really strong." I suppose I have used the expression too. If we are to go by what it represents on the surface then yes, Julie was strong as she stood in front of the church and spoke on behalf of her siblings. Hundreds of people had gathered on short notice, on a Saturday evening. Nnalongo was no ordinary woman and if each one had been asked to share their experience with her, the world who have seen countless broken hearts.
About a year ago, I thought I had 'killed' my friend's dad. She had told me he was ill for months and every check came out negative. I asked if they had tested for cancer. A couple of days later, she called to tell me they tested and it came out positive. I visited that weekend. He left this cruel world a week later.
Two years ago 40-40 worked with a home for children with cancer. The proprietor, on our first visit told us the country had one radiotherapy machine purchased decades ago, which was old and constantly out of service, putting patient's lives at risk. Even as he spoke, we were checking the cost on Google. The amount in dollars was blinding, but if you have met my team, you know that we often believe in the impossible. We went on to speak to different people who encouraged us to only take on such a grand in partnership with a bigger organisation. It was then that we started to consult individuals who were already vocal in the fight against cancer.
Along the way, we were derailed and sunk back into our chairs, taking on 'easier' challenges that we had more control over. The moment I read about the situation in Mulago and watched as their PR people scampered to 'suddenly' organise a guided tour for journalists, the pain I had in my heart was quickly laced with nausea. Being online and reading about the developments had my stomach in knots. I can only imagine what families of patients struggling with cancer are going through.
Nnalongo's cancer was discovered at Stage 4, as are most cases in Uganda. While 'the system' seems to have forgotten the people, I know that those who are suffering don't have the 'luxury' to complain. They are too busy concentrating on staying alive, and their families are doing everything they can to look after them.
Let us find out which places have free screening and carry everyone we know to get checked. For those that are lucky enough to have health insurance, nudge your providers about the packages available and utilise them. This scourge is appalling and also very real. While we demand that the health system in Uganda improves, let us make small steps in creating awareness and testing our loved ones.
For my Julie and your siblings, your mommy was the epitome of resilience. She knew and loved the Lord, and has brought you up to be amazing individuals that will stay with you. This period is unimaginable and even I struggle to find the words to say to you. You have so many unanswered questions but we have to take comfort in the knowledge that God will take care of you. He has taken away one of his favourites, our favourites but she is in a better place.
Today we lay her to rest; she forever lives on in our hearts.


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So comedic actor Seth Rogen doesn't hesitate to call Christians the A-word for supporting Hobby Lobby. Knowing that Christians don't retaliate, maybe at worst start a picket line.
But when Seth Rogen makes a film, "The Interview", satirizing the "Great Successor", Kim Jong-un, he turned and ran, hired body guards, and is too scared to even offer a quote.
Seth Rogen is so fortunate to live in a country built upon Christian values. If he were in an Islamic or Communist nation, he wouldn't be alive today.
Keep up the bad work Seth Rogen.


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A dirt bike rider is fighting for his life after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Bronx yesterday, authorities said.
The 22-year-old man was traveling northbound on Clay Avenue at 174th street on a Kawasaki dirt bike at 7 p.m. when he was rear-ended by a red four door sedan, police said.
The car then fled the scene.
The victim was transported to Saint Barnabus Hospital in critical condition, suffering from head trauma, police said.
Authorities said he was unconscious and bleeding heavily from the head when the ambulance arrived.
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Helen Talbot sat in the living room of her tidy ranch, listening to an audio book by author James Patterson. The story was a good one, she said, but she wasn�t really enjoying it.
�I�d rather be with people,� she said. �I like to work. I like to feel needed.�
For the last 10 years, Mrs. Talbot loved her job as a bus monitor for special needs children in Auburn. The bus would pick her up in the morning, then collect the children and take them to school. The process would repeat in the afternoon. She worked four hours a day, five days a week, for $12.75 an hour. The money supplemented her Social Security, but helping children gave purpose to her life.
When Mrs. Talbot called me last week, tearful, to explain that she had been fired from her job, she revealed that she was 78 and legally blind. When I suggested it must have been challenging to monitor children with special needs, she said she didn�t consider her age or infirmity a problem. Neither did Dan Daly, a driver who worked with Mrs. Talbot for six years.
�She was tremendous with those kids,� said Mr. Daly, who retired in 2010. �You�d never know she had a vision problem unless she told you. The kids need a lot of special attention, and she was always right there. She loved them all.�
I visited Mrs. Talbot on Tuesday and met a spry, fit woman with short gray hair and deep blue eyes that became foggy in the late 1990s, when she suffered bleeding behind her retinas. Two surgeries failed. Today, she�s grown accustomed to living with limited eyesight, although she regrets being unable to read to her grandson. She does her own housework and can see shapes but not faces.
She became a bus monitor in 2002, when she was 68. Ten children routinely took Bus C, and Mrs. Talbot would buckle them into their seats, button their coats and dispense hearty hugs. She talked to them about their day, but was also able to keep them in line with a sharp word when they misbehaved.
The days didn�t always pass smoothly. One afternoon, in July of 2011, an 18-year-old boy put his hands around her neck and began to choke her. This March, the same boy began cursing loudly when Mrs. Talbot suggested the children sing happy birthday to a student with cerebral palsy, she said.
Within days of the incident, Mrs. Talbot received a call from Linda Perno, division manager of AA Transportation Co. Inc., the bus company that contracts with Auburn. Ms. Perno told Mrs. Talbot she was being laid off at the recommendation of Philip Campbell, director of pupil services for the Auburn public schools.
�I was flabbergasted,� Mrs. Talbot said, her eyes filling with tears. �No one had ever told me I was doing anything wrong.� A letter later sent by Ms. Perno accused Mrs. Talbot of �not being capable to fulfill the needs of the students on board that bus.�
Mr. Daly, the retired bus driver, said he was shocked to learn that Mrs. Talbot has been let go.
�She never took any time off,� he recalled. �She was a great worker and a wonderful, wonderful lady. They loved her at the bus company. She must be devastated.�
This summer, Mrs. Talbot said, she received a notice in the mail, notifying her of a mandatory meeting August 24 for drivers and monitors. Thrilled, she assumed that the company had reconsidered or needed her to fill an opening. Once she arrived, however, she was asked to leave the room and wait until the meeting was over, so someone could drive her home. There was no job. Too distraught to wait, Mrs. Talbot left the building in tears and began to walk home, alone, until someone stopped and gave her a ride.
Neither Mr. Campbell nor the president of the bus company would divulge the reason for Mrs. Talbot�s firing, and the intent of this column is not to cast aspersions on that decision, without knowing the facts.
Rather, I was struck by Mrs. Talbot�s strong desire to feel useful, even at 78. Twice widowed, she was a bookkeeper at R&R Plumbing for 33 years, retiring in 1998 when her vision began to fail and she could no longer see the numbers on the computer. She then volunteered to deliver meals to senior citizens, and later worked for a woman with Parkinson�s disease.
�I worked all my life,� she said. �I like to feel that I�m doing something that matters. We may be older, but we�re the ones who show up and are always there.�
Helen Talbot�s tireless work ethic is typical of her generation and virtually unrecognizable in a time when young people feel entitled to easy jobs at good pay. She�s worth saluting. And it�s worth remembering that senior citizens don�t want to fade away simply because they age.
�I had no plans of ever retiring,� she said. �But they took away my job and they didn�t even give me a choice.�


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Security X-Ray - Defense
Security X-ray for EOD/IED inspection must be conducted with the utmost caution. The safe disposal of a suspect device and the neutralization of an unexploded weapon both depend upon a full understanding of the components inside the item being X-rayed, as well as their current status. Is the suspect item a real threat or a dummy? Is the detonator of the EOD primed, or can the object be moved? Are we dealing with a chemical or biological device where disruption could be disastrous? All of these questions can be firmly and quickly answered with a high-resolution, and high-penetration X-ray image.


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Earlier in the year I gave an overview on the Self Service recovery capability of Veeam Backup for Office 365 which gave Veeam Cloud and Service Providers the ability to offer self service to their tenants for the recovery of Exchange data that's been backed up on their platforms as a service.
As a bit of a refresher:
Tenant admins communicate with the Service Provider via the Cloud Gateway component which handles flow of data. The Service Provider grants the ability to their tenants so that each tenant can perform self restore operations using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange. By default, tenants are not able to restore anything from the backup without a Service Provider assistance.
The steps above show the self restore scenarios performed by the Tenant:
- Tenants use Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange to send restore requests via Veeam Cloud Gateway directly to the Service Provider.
- On the Service Provider side, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 management server detects a proxy server responsible for processing tenant data.
- Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 management server locates an associated repository that contains a backup file that belongs to the Tenant.
- Corresponding backup data is then transferred back to the tenant via Veeam Cloud Gateway.
What's Changed in v2.0:
As mentioned, one of the big limitations in VBO v1.5 was the fact you could only restore the most recently backed up recovery point which limited it's usefulness for most administrators looking to take advantage of the feature. That's changed in VBO v2.0 with the ability to now choose a point in time from the Explorers. This is true for both Veeam Explorer for Exchange and Sharepoint (Which also does OneDrive).
Shown below is a Service Provider view of a restore operation for the Sliema organisation. As with the previous versions you have the ability to use latest or go back to a point in time.
If you go to choose a point in time that precedes the date of the first backup you will get the error below.
To reiterate, the market for Office365 backups is significant and we have built in some pretty cool technology into Backup & Replication that works with Backup for Office365 that allows easy, self service capabilities that can be productized by Service Providers out of the box. Not only can Service Providers offer services to backup client Exchange, SharePoint or OneDrive Organisations but they can also extend that to offer self service which increases overall operational efficiencies at the provider end while also offering enhanced services to clients.
Configuring Service Provider Self Service Recovery with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365


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I guess that statement requires a bit of explanation.
The topic of Corporate Finance/Capital Markets is, even within the world of the Dismal Science, a exceptionally dry and boring subject matter, encumbered by complex mathematic models and economic theory.
What made Dr. K memorable was a gimmick he employed that began with his introduction at the beginning of his first class:
"Now I know some of you have already heard of me, but for the benefit of those who are unfamiliar, let me explain how I teach. Between today until the class right before finals, it is my intention to work into each of my lectures ... one lie. Your job, as students, among other things, is to try and catch me in the Lie of the Day."
And thus began our ten-week course.
This was an insidiously brilliant technique to focus our attention - by offering an open invitation for students to challenge his statements, he transmitted lessons that lasted far beyond the immediate subject matter and taught us to constantly checksum new statements and claims with what we already accept as fact.
Early in the quarter, the Lie of the Day was usually obvious - immediately triggering a forest of raised hands to challenge the falsehood. Dr. K would smile, draw a line through that section of the board, and utter his trademark phrase "Very good! In fact, the opposite is true. Moving on ... "
As the quarter progressed, the Lie of the Day became more subtle, and many ended up slipping past a majority of the students unnoticed until a particularly alert person stopped the lecture to flag the disinformation. Every once in a while, a lecture would end with nobody catching the lie which created its own unique classroom experience - in any other college lecture, end of the class hour prompts a swift rush of feet and zipping up of bookbags as students make a beeline for the door; on the days when nobody caught the lie, we all sat in silence, looking at each other as Dr. K, looking quite pleased with himself, said with a sly grin:
"Ah ha! Each of you has one falsehood in your lecture notes. Discuss amongst yourselves what it might be, and I will tell you next Monday. That is all."
Those lectures forced us to puzzle things out, work out various angles in study groups so we could approach him with our theories the following week.
Brilliant ... but what made Dr. K's technique most insidiously evil and genius was, during the most technically difficult lecture of the entire quarter, there was no lie.
At the end of the lecture in which he was not called on any lie, he offered the same challenge to work through the notes; on the following Monday, he fielded our theories for what the falsehood might be (and shooting them down "no, in fact that is true - look at [x]") for almost ten minutes before he finally revealed:
"Do you remember the first lecture - how I said that 'every lecture has a lie?'"
Exhausted from having our best theories shot down, we nodded.
"Well - THAT was a lie. My previous lecture was completely on the level. But I am glad you reviewed your notes rigorously this weekend - a lot of it will be on the final. Moving on ... "
Which prompted an rousing melange of exasperated groans and laughter from the classroom.
If I ever teach a class, I will have to incorporate this technique.
And while my knowledge of the Economics of Capital Markets has faded in time, the lessons that stayed with me was his real legacy:
- "Experts" can be wrong, and say things that sound right - so build a habit of evaluating new information and checksum it against things you already accept as fact.
- If you see something wrong, take the initiative to flag it as misinformation.
- A sense of playfulness is the best defense against taking yourself too seriously.
I've had many instructors before and since, but few that I remember with as much fondness - and why my favorite professor was a chronic liar.
Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told--and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' The reason is that beliefs guide behavior, which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume we have any awareness at all. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.
-Michael Crichton, The Lost World
P.S. Welcome, readers from theferrett, Ben Casnocha, and other places! Feel free to poke around and read older pieces ... last longish essay that may also interest you is The 16 Essential People of Your Life. Cheers!
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Blessed are those who indulge in plagiarism ......
Jenny Bell has followed suit in most of her letter, with the same themes etc, based on a letter posted in the Veteran Community last week from a West Australian veteran, in which his was an open Letter to Gillard and Abbott...
She is Not ORIGINAL in thought.
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Good find. However, I doubt that the ding-a-ling would have been intelligent enough to read the Gettysburg Address. More likely she has lifted it (and most of everything else she put in her letter) from other people.
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You are correct Oigle and I know where she got this from; ....in Australia the Government ... is FOR THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE, & BY THE PEOPLE ...
It is part of the text from the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863; .... and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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Jenny Bell has sent an open letter around which seems to have been cobbled together from other letters which have done the rounds.
Unfortunately she seems to have sucked a few in. Text of an email follows - - -
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thought you might be interested. I have just spoken with Mrs Jenny Bell and congratulated and thanked her for her excellent letter.
You may wish to on forward her letter to others who feel as I do and I'm sure you do about this matter. Let's stop being the silent majority.
Cheers Rossco
I think that this letter expresses the feelings of the vast majority.
Subject: Fw: The silent majority
This seems to put into words what I – and I am sure many others of the silent majority – think! It was written by Mrs Jenny Bell of South Australia to Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott:
To Julia Gillard & Tony Abbott ...
You BOTH Worry me ! ( In fact both of your Political parties worry the hell out of me !!!)
Over the last three years, I find myself becoming more and more fearful of the pair of you, and between you, you are turning this country into a place that I no longer feel at home in, or feel a part of! I watch you in parliament, and no, not just the two of you, but every politician that I see, stand up in parliament sneering at each other, and acting like children !!! (..and if you were my children, I would be ashamed of you all ... what an example to set!)
Although you would like us all to believe that you are putting the needs of this country at the forefront, NEITHER of you are doing that, you seem more interested in "one-up-manship ", in scoring off each other, & denigrating each other, to the detriment of this country & its people !!!
It seems to be all about YOU as individuals, and not about what you can DO for this country !
It is fast becoming a place that I do not recognize, as the place I always thought, was the best place in the world to be !!!
But no longer !!!
You are not listening to the people of this country !!!
And here in South Australia, your counterparts are afflicted with the same disease - is it endemic in all politicians ?
I am watching the deterioration of living standards in this country, (and according to you, on a world stage we are doing better than most countries ... REALLY
) ... and yet the gap is widening between the "haves" and the "have-nots" . I see our homeless on the streets, our hospitals under-funded, and understaffed, our health system is an absolute mess and a disgrace ... and yet I see multi-millions of dollars being sent off shore, in aid to other countries, before attending to this country's needs !
I see the "selling off of the farm", in large amounts, to foreign interests, (In Every State ) including water rights to foreign interests too .... and WHY...?
Especially when you go to great lengths to tell us that water is a finite resource, & supposedly, we must ALL be careful with how we use it, so that we ensure we have it for the future ?
Foreign interests "Fracking" for coal seam gas, and riding rough shod over farmers' rights to their own land, AND USING QUESTIONABLE CHEMICALS. (You don't even KNOW what chemicals they use), and possibly causing damage to the water table in the process !!!
And those foreign interests I believe, do NOT have to pay anything in royalties back to this country, for the first five years of their tenure ... IS THIS CORRECT
A Carbon Tax,( which you KNOW is just another tax with a "Starting Point dollar value") which will make NO appreciable difference, to carbon emissions, AT ALL!
A tax, which in spite of all your arguments FOR it, you are doing alone, when other major countries will NOT & DO NOT embrace it, or believe in it !
All that it will do for this country is put working families and small businesses behind the eight ball, .....what planet are you on, if you think that your few hundred dollars a year, will make even a scrap of difference to the effect of the carbon tax on people ?Blind Freddy can see the holes in that argument !!! Do you really think we are that dumb
The CONVOY OF NO CONFIDENCE was real !!! ...and I haven't spoken to even ONE person, who would not have liked to be there if they could, but the tyranny of distance and /or work was the only thing that kept them away, ( myself included ), ... and you KNOW that only a part of the convoy was actually allowed to be in front of Parliament house and ON VIEW ... the rest were streets away, unreported by the media !
For Mr Albanese to stand up in parliament, and call it "THE CONVOY OF NO CONSEQUENCE ", in his sneering tone, shows just how out of touch with the people of Australia , you really are !!!! WE WOULD HAVE ALL LIKED TO BE THERE !!!
DEFENCE ....... Because Americans are our Allies, and we support them in Wars, .........Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, .... and you have sent our soldiers to those places, and our soldiers fought for you, and for Australia ....... some coming home with terrible physical injuries, and some with devastating Mental Injuries as well ..... BUT WHERE ARE YOU, WHEN THEY NEED YOU
Veteran's Indexation to CPI only is a disgrace ... and is something YOUR Labor party Julia, used as an election sweetener, to get the Veteran's Vote ... BUT YOU LIED (Again) ! You never had any intention of honouring your election promise to them ... and it WILL come back to bite you at the next election !!!! (And Tony, Liberals were NO BETTER, Howard had more than 10 years to "fix it " and didn't !)
Veterans are not alone, they have families, friends and supporters, who are heartily sick of the deception your party perpetrated on them ....AND THEY ALL VOTE !!!!
THEY are your obligation, first and foremost ..... and it is not your first obligation to give aid to every man and his dog overseas first !!! Look after your own FIRST !!!! Is this what you call SALUTING THEIR SERVICE
Have you any idea , how sickening it is for our Vets to see you both, ( Labor or Liberal ) turn up to the funerals of our current young vets for a photo opportunity, to be seen to be "caring " in the public eye, but only to turn your backs on them all, when they need you
(Just ask Breanna Till an Afghanistan Soldier's wife, how CARING this government is !!!)
And in light of what you DON'T do for our Vets .......Let's talk about Multiculturalism ......People have come here from other countries, for a better life, for more years than I have been alive ( I am 65 years old !) ... my own family migrated here in 1883, from Germany, and did find a better life ...
Pre & Post war immigrants have came for a better life, and settled in and became wonderful contributors to this country, as did those who came here after the Vietnam War, ... all have contributed to the rich diversity of this country, and some descendants have even fought FOR this country, and they have become Australians and were glad to be ...and they had NO handouts from our Government either, ...they worked hard for everything !
I have never before had a problem with all, or any, race of immigrants coming here ...
.......However , I DO NOW !!!
Please tell me why we have areas like Lakemba, where police do NOT, & will NOT go, for fear of their life ?
Please tell me why we can no longer have religion in schools, for fear of "OFFENDING" someone ? (The latest little gem is that they are not having, or being funded, for "chaplains " any more , but "Counsellors "?)
Please tell me why religious Christmas observances are no longer allowed in some schools for fear of OFFENDING someone ?
Please tell me HOW Christmas decorations in some stores might OFFEND someone ?
Please tell me why we have to have segregated days in some swimming centres, for fear of "OFFENDING" someone ?
Please tell me why we have some RADICAL clerics demanding Sharia Law in this country ... when if we were in THEIR country, this would NEVER be allowed ?
Please tell me why our laws need to be changed, so as not to OFFEND someone ?
Please tell me why we are fast becoming a MINORITY voice, in our own country, because of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ?
Please tell me WHY Australians cannot legally wear a face covering bike helmet into a bank ..and yet it is ok to wear a Burqa which covers the whole face ?
And please tell me WHY, when those people who want asylum here, can wreck our detention centres, as in Villawood , and STILL be accepted here ?
SO , in light of the above, WILL BOTH OF YOU ......Please tell me WHY, when some of our Vietnam Veterans FINALLY received (in the last 6 months) the recognition that they should have had after the Vietnam War, (and which they received from the USA & South Vietnam, during and immediately after the Vietnam War), that the families of those Veterans, were refused assistance by this Government, to attend that award ceremony, and yet this Government ....flew , accommodated , and even took on bus tours , to the the families of asylum seekers, after the funerals of those who were killed in the boat which sunk off Christmas Island ?
What does that say, about just who are this government's priorities ?
The Australian people that I speak to have genuine concerns about becoming a second class minority in our own country, and the reasons for it, are some of the above, ..... Are you so blind that you cannot see this ?
And no , I am NOT racist !!!...(if I did not like Catholics or Protestants would I be considered racist ?) Of course not !
Why is it, that if we object to what is happening in our country ... we are immediately labelled RACIST, in an attempt to shut us up ?
We are fighting Radical Muslims, in Afghanistan & Iraq, are we not ?I hear you say, yes but the Muslims we have here are "Not like that " ... well how would we know ? ...do we hear ANY of them coming out & speaking AGAINST radicals ?? I haven't ...have you
Islam is not compatible with ANY of the values that we hold here in Australia ! ....Are not the experiences of Britain, France, and the Netherlands an example of that? Why do you think it would be any different here ? We even have an Australian born "radical ", whose message is that Australia WILL become a Muslim country, under Sharia Law, & that we had "better get used to it ".
Will both of you grow some "Balls ", and start sticking up for this country and its people
We are the people who put you where you are, and PAY you to look after our interests ! ... And you are NOT doing that, by any stretch of the imagination !!!
I would appreciate an answer, from both of you, if only to convince me that once again, I am not talking to a brick wall !!!!!
In case it has escaped both of you ...I would like to remind you that, in Australia the Government ... is FOR THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE, & BY THE PEOPLE ...
never forget that......because you sure have up till now !!!
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Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Simnel, Lambert
SIMNEL, LAMBERT (fl. 1487–1525), impostor, was probably born about 1475, the birth-date of Edward, earl of Warwick (1475–1499) [q. v.], whom he personated; his age in 1487 is variously given as ten years (Rolls of Parl. vi. 397) and fifteen (Bacon). It has been suggested (Notes and Queries, 1st ser. iii. 390, 506, iv. 212) that Simnel was a nickname given him, from the trade of his father, a baker ('Simenel' or 'Simnel' = a small cake, cf. Skeat, Etymol. Dict.), but the official account (Rolls of Parl. l. c.) described him in 1487 as 'oone Lambert Symnell, a child of ten yere of age, sonne to Thomas Symnell, late of Oxforde, joynour.' In his letter to the pope on 5 July 1487 Henry VII merely calls him 'quemdam puerum de illegitimo thoro natum' (Letters and Papers of Henry VII, i. 95, 383). Other authorities represent his father as an organ-builder (Lansd. MS. 159, f. 6) and shoemaker, and the discrepancy between the various accounts suggests that the government and the chroniclers alike were ignorant of his real origin.
According to Polydore Vergil (Hist. Angl. 1555, pp. 569–74), from whom all other accounts are derived, Lambert was 'a comely youth, and well favoured, not without some extraordinary dignity and grace of aspect,' and one Richard Simon, an ambitious and unscrupulous priest, conceived the idea of passing him off as one of the princes believed to have been murdered by Richard III in the Tower, and thereby securing an archbishopric for himself. It is highly probable, however, that the Yorkist leaders, Francis, viscount Lovell [q. v.], John De la Pole, earl of Lincoln [q. v.], and perhaps the queen dowager, Elizabeth Woodville, were in the secret. Simon took Lambert to Oxford to educate him for the part; but late in 1486, on a report that Clarence's son, the Earl of Warwick, had escaped from the Tower, Simon changed his plan and took his pupil to Ireland, the stronghold of the Yorkist cause. There he declared Lambert to be Clarence's son, whose life he had saved. Gerald Fitzgerald, eighth earl of Kildare [q. v.], was persuaded of the genuineness of his claims, and Sir Thomas Fitzgerald, the lord chancellor, and Walter Fitzsimons, archbishop of Dublin, followed by most of the prelates and officials, declared in his favour. Their only opponent was Octavian de Palatio, archbishop of Armagh. Negotiations were at once opened with the Yorkist adherents in England and abroad. Margaret of Burgundy recognised Lambert as her nephew, and the contemporary Burgundian chronicler Jean Molinet throughout speaks of him as Earl of Warwick (Chroniques, ed. 1828, iii. 151–6). Lovell, then an exile at the Burgundian court, crossed to Ireland, while Margaret herself persuaded her son-in-law Maximilian, king of the Romans, to despatch to the impostor's aid fifteen hundred German mercenaries under Martin Schwartz [q. v.], who landed in Ireland on 5 May.
Meanwhile Henry VII, on 2 Feb. 1486–7, held a council at Sheen, where he determined to confine the queen dowager in a nunnery. He then caused the real Earl of Warwick to be paraded through the streets of London. These proceedings produced no effect in Ireland, and the Earl of Lincoln, who is said to have conversed with the Earl of Warwick on his one day of liberty, went at once to Ireland to maintain the claims of his counterfeit. On 24 May, Whit Sunday, Lambert was crowned in the cathedral at Dublin as Edward VI, John Payne (d. 1506) [q. v.], bishop of Meath, preaching the sermon. Coin was struck and proclamations issued in his name. On 4 June Simon, Lambert, and his supporters crossed to England, landing near Furness in Lancashire, where they were joined by Sir Thomas Broughton and other Yorkists. Marching through Yorkshire, they met the royal forces at Stoke, near Newark, on 16 June. The ensuing battle was stubbornly contested for three hours, mainly owing to the valour of Schwartz and his Germans. Simon and Lambert were both taken prisoners; the former was imprisoned for life, while the latter was contemptuously pardoned, and, according to Polydore Vergil, employed as a scullion in the royal kitchen, and then as a falconer. Subsequently he appears to have been transferred to the service of Sir Thomas Lovell [q. v.], and he is no doubt the 'Lambert Symnell, yeoman,' who attended Lovell's funeral in May 1525 ('Expenses of the Funeral of Sir Thomas Lovell,' Addit. MS. 12462 f. 10 a). Vergil, whose work was completed in 1534, speaks of him as still living at the time he wrote. The Richard Symnell who was canon of St. Osith's, Essex, on its surrender in 1539 (Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, xv. 342), was perhaps Lambert's son. No other bearer of the name has been traced.[The only contemporary references to Lambert appear in the Rolls of Parl. vi. 397, 436, in Henry's letter to Innocent VIII (5 July 1487; printed in Gairdner's Letters and Papers of Henry VII, i. 95), in Innocent's bull (printed in Wilkins's Concilia, iii. 622, and Rymer, xii. 332), in Andrea's Historia, p. 49, and in Jean Molinet's Chroniques, ed. 1828, iii. 151–6. These were all written after his defeat, and Polydore Vergil, from whom the later chroniclers, Hall, Stow, Grafton, Bacon, and others derived their account, was in the service of Henry VII, and would naturally give the official view, whether true or not. But no serious historian has doubted that Lambert was an impostor; even Horace Walpole, in his Historic Doubts, describes his imposture as 'admitted.' Asgill's Pretender's Declaration, with some Memoirs of Two Chevaliers St. George, in the Reign of Henry VII, 1713 (2nd edit. 1715), and The History of the Two Impostors, Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck, by W. S., 1745, are historically worthless. See also Lansd. MS. 159, f. 6; Book of Howth, pp. 188–90; Leland's Collectanea, iv. 208–15; Ware's Annals of Ireland; Gilbert's Viceroys, pp. 425–433; Nouvelle Biogr. Générale; Bagwell's Ire- land under the Tudors; Gairdner's Henry VII (Twelve English Statesmen Series); and Busch's England under the Tudors, i. 34–7, 326, which gives the best modern account.]


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I love pop up cards. Ever since my first pop up book as a kid they've always got a place in my heart. Little did I know, just how easy they were to make.
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- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 45, Issue 6, 1 Dec 1991, p. 676 - 682
Detection of IgM Antibodies to Neisseria Meningitidis Group a Polysaccharide in Meningitis Patients by Direct and Antibody Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays
Serum specimens obtained from culture-positive group A meningococcal meningitis patients in Cairo, Egypt were tested for immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies to Neisseria meningitidis group A polysaccharide by direct and IgM capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). Sera from patients with meningitis caused by other bacteria were used as negative control specimens. The IgM antibodies to this antigen were detected by direct ELISA in 93% of 58 specimens obtained from patients with group A meningococcal disease three or more days after hospital admission, and by IgM capture ELISA in 83% of 60 such specimens. Sixteen percent of 25 specimens obtained three or more days after admission from negative control patients were positive by direct ELISA, and 4% were positive by IgM capture ELISA. The correlation coefficient of the results with the two assays was 0.85.


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In Ergastulume, a city of shadows, full of petty thieves and ushlymi guys bought corrupt cops and the women, and then things happen, to which even the dregs of society do not want to be involved.
Kvinser arrived at a military base in Alaska to study objects that made a revolution in military affairs.
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Native Crayfish - Good News for Essex
Last year we reported our concerns for the only known river population of the native White-clawed Crayfish in Essex.
Last year when we carried out an annual survey we found relatively low numbers, and of those we found most had White Porcelain disease, which results in high fatality rates. We were therefore concerned for their future. Last years article can be read here.
However we have good news, this year's survey shows a healthy population with hardly any with White Porcelain disease and in fact we almost found a record breaking male who measured just over 53mm in length. The standard way to measure Crayfish is from the end of the shell covering above the tail to the end of the rostrum).
The numbers were still low and there was a gap in the age classes we found from very small ones, about 1-2 years old, and then larger ones of 4 or more years old. We hypothesise that the White Porcelain disease killed off a large number of the individuals between the 2-4 year age class, resulting in these being absent
from our survey results.
The reason for the improvement in the health of this population may be the wetter summer we have had this year, which has increase oxygen levels in the water and diluted any pollutants. Less elongated periods of hot weather has probably also helped.
We hope that the results from next years survey is just as positive, if not more so, and this population continues to hang on.
The picture is of the large male we found.
Wednesday 17th August 2016.
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First, a PSA: I learned this week that my multivitamin, like many prenatals, contains a laxative. Polyethylene glycol is the active ingredient in Miralax, etc., in fact! It's added to many prenatals to counteract possible constipation from the high iron content, but I'm surprised and a little angry that there's no advisement on the label about it. Obviously I've quit taking them since I found out and (surprise) had significant reduction in mid-run bathroom stops.
Back to the running: After Sunday's Columbus 10k, I felt pretty motivated to get back into shape. My goal race will probably be the Columbus Marathon which is still many weeks away so for now my main goal is to build miles (ideally to the 70-80/wk range consistently) and enjoy it. An unexpected day off left my total a bit low, but given that I'm just starting to build, I'll consider the goal accomplished this week.
Monday: 1.5 in the morning before JB woke up. 6.5 @ 8:19 pace in the evening before bed.
Tuesday: 7.5 @ 8:14 pace. Last two clients canceled so I had time for an outdoor run!
Wednesday: Off work for 5 stroller miles @ 8:36 pace, then another 5 in the evening on the treadmill.
Thursday: No run. So tired after work. Went to bed right after JB.
Friday: 3.3 @ 8:07 in the morning, then 7.7 @ 8:11 in the evening
Saturday: Longest run in quite a while! 14.5 @ 8:09 average. Felt good, then ran out of energy hard in the last 5 minutes.
Sunday: 9.5 @ 8:18. Thought I'd feel rough after yesterday's miles, but didn't.
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Limb Fitting Center inaugurated at Shama
A GHC50,000 Limb Fitting Center has been inaugurated at Supomu- Dunkwa in the Shama District of the Western Region. It was provided by Rotary Foundation, Rotary UK and the Sekondi-Takoradi Rotary Club with support from the Ghana Health Service.
The center, the third in the country will serve patients in the Western and Central Regions and help ease congestion at the Accra and Nsawam Limb Fitting Centers. It will also improve the health status of people with limb disabilities and deformities in Ghana by providing them with affordable services.
The Director in charge of Human Resource of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Sylvester Anemana commended the Rotary Club for its assistance in building the centre.
The President of the Sekondi-Takoradi Rotary Club, Ignace Kudu urged the Ghana Health Service to maintain and operate the centre to benefit the unfortunate ones who will have amputated legs and hands


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Beautiful handmade leather bracelet with a beautiful purple bead and a vintage style star charm hanging from it. Each piece of jewellery from the watch to the bracelet is handcrafted and is made with leather and cord, bound together with a variety of beads and stones, giving each one a unique vintage, Native American look and feel.
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Connecting With The Hunger Game
Reading the book before the movie is a mantra that many people subscribe to. Fortunately, I went to see The Hunger Games with absolutely no preconceived ideas of the plot, the characters or the message of the film and was delighted with my movie going experience as I had no expectations. The connection was amazing and I hope you will try and see the movie soon and talk about it's deeper meaning. Ponder what "games" might be going on between buyers, sellers and real estate agents. Basically, in life what games are being played in your individual experience and how do you survive?
The Hunger Games is a box office phenomenon raking in more than three hundred-sixty million dollars and the numbers are still rising. The only reason my husband and I went to see this movie came down to the fact we did not want to see any of the other 10 choices playing at our local theater. I posted a question on facebook as to what movie to see on date day and three out of ten responses said "The Hunger Games." Spring is not the season for "great movies" so the time is right to attract movie goers that might NEVER have gone to see this YA or Young Adult film. As a vintage player in this 21 century world I initially heard about The Hunger Games as a mention in broadcasting at the 2012 Academy Awards. By the name I did not think it was something I would like to see. I must have been under a rock in the YA world since the book series started in 2008 by best selling author, Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games book trilogy includes "The Hunger Games, Catching Fire (film to be released November 2013) and Mocking Jay." Over 23 million copies are in print in the United States alone and the series has developed a massive global following. It was on the New York Times Best seller list more than 160 consecutive weeks. The books are published by Scholastic Press internet portal and book club for the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books. Visions from my past came to my mind when I discovered Scholastic Press published the trilogy. The light came on ONLY after watching the film this was a "Harry Potter, Twilight" reader/viewer and I had just been caught up in the latest buzz. For the record, I was a Harry Potter fan before he was cool.
Before going to the movie the title made me uncomfortable because reality shows are of no interest to me, at all. After watching Survivor the 1st season I decided that teaching viewers, including children of all ages to lie, create false alliances, misrepresent and manipulate people with premeditation and malice for a million dollars was something that I did not need to waste my time with. Consider "The Bachelor" are you kidding me? It is hard to fathom the beautiful girls going on National TV to be humiliated and duped in front of the world. To think you are going to find your soul mate in six weeks and have it be a lasting relationship is really the definition of having your "light bulb burnt out™." What can I say about the Housewives series, if you have ever watched one episode you will know that money and fame creates deranged behavior beyond comprehension. The stage had been set for me to watch The Hunger Games with an open mind, except for the dislike of reality show and get whatever message there was for me to absorb. A steno note pad is a standard issue for going to the movies however, I forgot to bring it and all I had in my purse was an envelope which I opened to remind myself of important quotes and thoughts. As the plot thickened I had to tear open my popcorn bag to continue with my note taking so I could remember what stood out during the first viewing of the film.
Suzanne Collins wrote this book for Young Adults however the message is for ALL mankind. Her background as a screen play writer made the transition into film appear seamless. The movie gets a two thumbs up from me as I connected today, Roman behavior and Easter dots all from one Hunger survival game. I only cried three times and left wanting to know "the rest of the story."
The film is set in a "1984" dystopian type atmosphere in the country of Panem after a terrible war on the futuristic ruins of North America. The Hunger Games is the story of 24 children known as "tributes" selected through a lottery system known as the Reaping, to represent their District. The game includes slaughtering one another in a terrifying government sponsored reality TV competition which was considered a national media event. The games are a twisted punishment for a past uprising of the people and an ongoing intimidation tactic by the government.
The story deals with brutality,and mortality of young characters from 12 districts. The selection process starts the saga and the viewer is riveted to the seat the entire length of the film leaving exhausted from the journey.
The winning tribute or survivor and his/her corresponding district is then rewarded handsomely with food and plenty. The purpose of the Hunger Games is to provide entertainment for the Capitol and to serve as a warning to the Districts to remind them of the Capitol's power and lack of remorse for the past uprising.
The Hunger Games explores issues of life, love, survival, death, and corruption. Watching teenagers in peril and starvation is uncomfortable to say the least but to see the heroism and fight come alive for a cause is thrilling as the plot unfolds.
The story line depicts the games of life through the ages comparing the Roman gladiators to the "tributes." We see those who have been highly trained their entire lives to survive as participants, be pitted against those who only have innate survival instincts to pull upon as their resources to make it through. There are impossible choices that have to be made in the arena against life and love.
Let the games begin…. The theme through the film repeats
"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.
As the tributes prepare for their Roman gladiator type experience they are wined and dined in luxury they have never experienced. Could it be an analogy to the "last supper?" Twenty-three of the children will die so the welcome oratory exclaims "Tributes we welcome you and we solute you for your courage and sacrifice." This was not a choice for any of the children it was for the glory of those in power and for entertainment and intimidation to stop future uprisings. If everyone stopped watching there would be no games so it appears the public holds to key to the success or failure of the sentiment. The game is designed and manipulated to create desire to watch the killing and how it is played. Woody Harrelson plays Haymitch, a former winner 20 year ago from the poorest Distric 12. He tells Peeta, played by Josh Hutcherson, the bakers son from District 12 as they eat, he should "embrace the probability of your eminent death." Haymith tells Katniss Everdeen, the girl tribute from District 12, played by Jennifer Lawrence, she should try and get people to like her so she can have sponsors who will send life lines to her in the field as the war rages. The concept of creating an image or doing something that was not honest was foreign to Katniss but she listens and responds to do what she needed to do to try and survive with poise. After spending time with Katniss, her mentor, Haymith tells her to be herself because she is so strong.
Katniss and Peeta the two tributes from District 12 discuss who they are and how they want to play the game to survive They know that they do not want the game to turn them into something they are not. This starts the beginning of an alliance and maybe more. Katniss has left her widowed Mother, and 12 year old sister at home with her soul mate and hunting friend Gale, played by Liam Hemsworth.
From the Capitol's standpoint the games at the arena were partly staged to provide a distraction for the growing, underemployed and hunger of the people, just like the ancient Roman working class and the gladiators. Focusing on the games kept the public from rioting in the street. In the film we see similar Roman games of gladiator vs gladiator and even gladiator vs computer generated animals to keep the public from thinking about what is really going on all around them and the devastation of the country.
As the games progress and the alliances are formed there appears to be a support sentiment that the President did not like. The oppressors state that "the only thing stronger than fear is HOPE." so they decide to change the rules of the game to manipulate the crowd and their feelings about the game. They want to give the public something to cheer for, an underdog. The games are scripted just like the reality TV shows of today and the rules change when the sentiment moves. When watching he movie you can decide if the change in engagement created hope and was that good for the oppressor or bad?
Watching the movie the question arises how anyone can see entertainment and joy from watching people kill each other. Think about the "mind games" that go on in life and relationships in general. Children of divorce with parents deceiving each other for custody, business alliances to capture market share, couples trying to justify behavior and just quite possibly buyers and sellers trying to influence real estate agents. This film makes one think about the games people play under many circumstance and then how distracted we get about injustice and cruelty that takes place with these games.
The Hunger games very possibly could awaken the viewing public and take away the numb feeling about what is going on in the world today by the themes that are present in the film.
- Family Love and dedication to helping those that are in emotional need.
- Hunger, physical and mental
- Love triangle confusion
- Rules of engagement and living with change
- Fear and Hope
- Knowing who you are and staying true to that ideal
- Doing uncomfortable things we don't want to do
- Romeo and Juliet devotion
- Judas complex
- External control of our lives
- Standing out
- Creating a plan for survival aka strategy
- Taking the high road
- Working with others, creating a team
Wouldn't it be great if every person and family that watched this film discussed the 14 or more ideas expressed in the movie or the book and applied it to their own individual lives? I believe that The Hunger games is possibly an Academy award winning film which is going to make a difference in the way people think about what they do and how they act.
This film shares how to act strategically to possibly combat established power structures, how to take the high ground, stay true to your beliefs and position yourself to survive. The controversial topics showing an imperfect world brings the movie goers to a place of questioning and a desire for more. I encourage you to see the film, discuss it with your family and friends and make a difference.
History is history so looking back at the Roman times and parables in the Bible do you think there could be a connection between the people back then and the crowd in Panem?
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