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Translated by Karen Rae Keck
While the Roman provinces of Noricum and Pannonia had been strongholds of
the early church - St. Martin of Tours,for example, was a native of Burgen-
land - the barbarian invasions hit them with such violence that Christianity
eventually almost disappeared. The re-introduction of the faith was due
largely to Theodo I, Duke of Bavaria in the late 600s. St. Rupert was not the
only Frankish missionary whom Theodo brought into his territory; another, St.
Emmeramus, met a martyr's death when, to help a distressed princess, he pre-
tended to be the father of her illegitimate child, thus permitting her lover
to escape the vengeance of the clan.
Although Rupert was a Frank, tradition also associates him with Ireland;
certainly the old Roman city of Juvavia (Salzburg), which he refounded
as his headquarters, quickly became a center of Irish missionary activity
in Central Europe. The Austrian church was pervaded with Celtic influence,
and was even organized on Celtic lines under ``abbot-bishops'' in succession
from Rupert. The most famous was St. Virgil the Geometer, otherwise Feargal
O'Neill from Leinster. St. Virgil is remembered today mostly as an astronomer
who shocked his more intellectually staid contemporaries by speculating
about the habitibility of the Antipodes; he was also an outstanding Orthodox
hierarch who evidently tolerated the use of the vernacular at baptismal
services and launched, in Carinthia and Slovenia, one of the first attempts
to evangelize the Slavs.
The Austrian Church did not long retain its free-spirited identity. Four
years after St. Virgil's passing, the Austro-Bavarian duchy was conquered by
Charlemagne and rapidly integrated into the European mainstream. The
abbot-bishops gradually changed from spiritual leaders into worldly poten-
tates, Electors of the Western Empire. By a terrible irony, the inheritors of
the mantle of St. Virgil became the chief opponents and persecutors of Cyril
and Methodius whom he had foreshadowed. Nevertheless, although Austria and
Bavaria have not been Orthodox for a thousand years, the saints of the
Orthodox period still live in Christ, interceding for their countries and all
humanity. May the reader of the following Lives be saved through the prayers
of Saints Rupert and Erendruda!
--N. Redington
(March 27)
1. Today is the feast of St. Rupert, a most holy and blessed man. This feast
reminds us of his passing into joyful paradise; it shows forth mystical
gladness to devout minds. It renews delight in our hearts while the course of
years runs. As the Scriptures say, "The righteous shall be in everlasting
remembrance." He who passes into the angels' joy is made worthy of men's
remembrance: as the Scriptures say, "A wise son is the glory of the father",
and how great is his glory, who redeemed so many barbarian nations by the
knowledge of God in Christ Jesus through the Gospel!
2. When Childebert the king of the Franks was in the second year of his reign,
the Bishop of Worms was the Holy Confessor Rupert, who was born into the ranks
of the Frankish nobility, but was nobler in faith and piety. He was gentle and
chaste, simple and prudent, devout in praise of God, full of the Holy Spirit.
He was also provident in his plans and righteous in his judgement. He was
secure in the strength of both his right and left arms, and his good deeds
shaped his flock in his own image, because he admonished them with his words
and the example of his works confirmed them. He frequently kept vigils; then
he weakened himself with fasting. He adorned his work with compassion. He gave
away his riches that the poor might enrich themselves, because he believed
himself to be one who should receive the naked and poor.
3. Therefore, when the exceeding fame of this most venerable man had spread
to the ends of the universe, very famous men, not only in that region but from
other nations, poured in to hear his most holy teaching. Some in anxious
sorrow came to receive consolation through his pious conversation, and others
from the church came to hear pure truth from him. Many were freed from the
snares of the ancient enemy by his loving dedication, and they started out
on the way to eternal life. But the unfaithful, who were often numerous in the
vicinity of Worms, not understanding his sanctity, exiled him from the city
in great shame. They afflicted him with terrible sufferings and beat him with
rods. At that time Theodo, the Duke of Bavaria, hearing about the miracles
which this most holy holy man had done, and about his blessedness, desired to
see him, and, having sent resolutely his very best men, he summoned him: how
long might he consent to visit the regions of Bavaria, and could he instruct
him in the way of life-giving faith? The blessed bishop, when he saw such a
legion of questions, and knew that these came from Divine dispensation,
thanked the Merciful One, because " those who sat in the darkness and the
shadow of death" longed to know the author of life, Jesus Christ.
4. Consequently, he sent his own priests, as if they were rays of faith, with
the ambassadors before him to the Duke, and he himself, after a short time,
undertook the journey to Bavaria. When the Duke heard the news, he was
overcome with great joy, and he and a large retinue hastened to meet St.
Rupert. In the city of Regensburg, he with the greatest zeal overtook the
saint. Then St. Rupert, not saying he was hungry, instructed the Duke in the
mysteries of the heavens, and he strengthened him in the true faith. He made
the Duke renounce the cult of idols, and he baptized him in the name of the
Holy and Indivisible Trinity. The nobles and the people, whether gentry or
plebians, were baptized with him, praising Jesus Christ the Saviour of the
world, who considered them worthy to be called wonderously into His light
from their darkness through His own confessor, the most blessed Rupert.
Through his word, their darkened hearts were lit up, and the breasts of the
unfaithful thirsted for the fountain of life.
5. When the saint had demonstrated the Divine grace by baptizing the Duke and
his people, Theodo understood the sacrament of saving baptism. He begged the
saint, and Rupert boarded a ship and sailed up the River Danube. Through the
towns, villas, and forts, he declared the gospel of Christ in a free voice.
To the ends of Noricum, into the lower parts of Pannonia, he himself brought
the light of Christ's ministry, placed as it were like a bright lamp above a
candelabra. Then, having returned through the land, he entered Lauriacum
(Lorch on the River Enns), in whose water he converted many who were regener-
ated in baptism from the cult of idols. In the name of the Lord he cleansed
more who had been oppressed by various weaknesses. After he had left Lauriacum,
he saw with fervor the errors of the race in that region; he boldly undertook
to destroy idols, to smash images, to proclaim everywhere the divinity of the
Lord Jesus Christ as well as His sacred incarnation, that they might believe
Him to be at once God and man; who was truly begotten of the Father before the
Morning Star; who is the Word of God truly born of a virgin mother in the
latter days for the salvation of humanity; who illumines all men who come
into the world.
6. But when the man of God considered whether to become the Bishop according
to the entreaties of the Duke and his people, he went to the stagnant waters
of the Wallersee, where a church had been built in honor of the chief apostle
Peter. He moved from there to the Juvavian (Salzach) River where once the
city of Juvavia stood, which had been erected in ancient, miserable times.
Among the Bavarian cities it had held noble eminence, but by this time it
had been overrun by thickets and few people lived in the near-ruins. The
servant of God considered this suitable for his episcopal cathedral, because
being among the mountains it was remote from the tumult of the crowds. He
entrusted himself with propriety to the Duke, and recounted to him with great
enthusiasm his plan to build a basilica there in honor of the blessed Peter,
Chief of the Apostles, and endowed with all the splendors necessary by the
generosity of Theodo. Afterward having ordained priests, he made all of them
celebrate the daily offices in an agreeable order. The holy man of God wished
to supplement his site, so he asked the Duke for more money, and with the
appropriate legal formalities bought the manor of Piding for thousands of
solidi. Thus, successively, by the aid of God and the bequests of kings or
dukes or faithful men, the establishment began to grow.
7. Later after a certain number of days worthy men told the blessed hierarch
something of great wonder which had happened when they had gone into the
unnamed wilderness area now called Bongotobum (Pongau). Three or four times
they had seen heavenly portents of fiery lamps, and they had experienced the
smell of sweet and wonderful aromas there. So the pious bishop sent the
priest Domingus to that same place, because of all the marvels which were
present on top of these portents. He hoped that the priest would diligently
test the truth of such signs by setting in that place a wooden cross which
the holy one had blessed and constructed with his own hand. Domingus, when he
arrived, at once began the First Hour with the religious who had come with
him. They saw a bright lamp emitted from the sky descend and light up the
entire region as if it were the sun. Domingus saw this vision on three
nights, accompanied with the sweetness of a wondrous odor. He erected the
blessed cross in that same place, and it moved back above the hut toward St.
Rupert, confirming the first assertion with a sure report! St. Rupert,
communicating his design to Theodo, went away into the wilderness to the very
same place, and seeing that it was suitable for human habitation he began to
cut down aged oaks, and to bring heavy material back into the plain of level
ground, that he might build a church with dwellings for the servants of God.
8. At that time, Theodo fell into ill health, and as he felt the end of his
life approaching, he called to his bedside his son Theodobert. He appointed
him to be the Duke of Noricum, admonishing him to obey St. Rupert and to aid
him conscientiously in his divine work, as well as to raise up aptly the
sacred place of the Juvavian church with love, honor, and dignity. He adjured
him also to honor it and exalt it. When he had instructed his son with these
doctrines and all that he desired, he closed his last day and fell asleep in
the Lord. After this, the Duke Theodobert continued to go with his best men
to St. Rupert, because his sanctity was worth seeing. Coming to the saint in
his far hermitage, the Duke showered him with pious affection, and he went to
the church which the saint had built there. The Duke donated three milestones
in honor of St. Maximilian. He also gave property on all sides of the forest,
as well as an Alpine villa. He contributed other gifts to nurture the monks,
whom the most blessed Rupert had ordained to the service of God.
9. When these things had been done, the man of God saw that the height of
Bavarian dignity had submitted himself to the yoke of Christ but had left
worldly matters to the errors of the clan. Therefore he accompanied the Duke
to his homeland. From thence Rupert returned with twelve of his special
friends (among whom were Kuniald and St. Gisilarius, both priests and both
holy men). His neice St. Erendruda, a virgin dedicated to Christ, accompanied
them to the city of Juvavia. There in the high fortress of the city he built
a monastery in honor of Our Lord Jesus Christ the Saviour and His sacred
Mother, the Ever-Virgin Mary. He placed in that same monastery St. Erendruda,
that she might serve the King of Heaven. And with the support of Duke
Theodobert, who gave many gifts to the community, he developed their social
life rationally in all things.
10. When these things had been done, the blessed man became eager to complete
the teaching he had begun with the help of the High Priest. Escorted by his
flock, he resolved to visit his followers in the Norican kingdom. Leaving the
city of Juvavia and visiting the people on whom the light of faith had not
yet shown, he sowed the wheat of faith amidst the grass. The deception of the
devil fled from the hearts of these barbarian hordes, and Rupert sowed there
faith, love, mercy, and humility, for through these Christ, the giver and
source of all good, is able to enter the domicile of the human mind. When he
had travelled to the ends of Bavaria, he had converted all to faith in
Christ, and had strengthened those who remained steadily faithful. Having
sent out several priests and men of God who brought the Divine Mysteries to
the people, he was eager to go back to Juvavia. Because he was full of the
spirit of prophecy, he knew that the day of his calling was at hand. He told
this to his disciples, who showed sadness and consternation. This was the
reason that there was much weeping and great mourning when he left the
brand-new Christian people.
11. He, however, with the hope that had been established by Christ, commended
the city, the Norican people, and all who had turned to faith in Christ to
the Most High and All-Knowing God, and he chose Vitale, a holy man whom the
people themselves had accepted, as his successor. When the forty days of Lent
had been observed, Bishop Rupert, the man of God, began to be exhausted by a
high fever. When the most holy day of the Resurrection of Our Saviour Jesus
dawned, he celebrated the solemn liturgy, and he was fortified for the
journey with the sacred body of Christ. By his mellifluous admonitions to
natural piety and his last words of love, he strengthened his brothers and
sons. Then, amidst the holy tears of the band, amidst the weeping of the holy
ones: the death rattle. He returned his most pure soul to God. The host of
angels heard from the saints in the heavens and bore his holy soul with a
melodious voice to eternal happiness. Thus he rested in peace. He whose life
was praiseworthy and blameless was in death equally blessed. Thus it is
written: " Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints,"
whom the angels bear into heaven. Frequent miracles were attributed to him,
for God was gracious through the body of this holy man in visitations. His
intercessions adorned his faithful and the Church through innumerable
miracles. Indeed the Blessed God - one in three persons - lives and reigns;
to Him be all praise and glory unto the ages of ages. Amen.
(June 30)
1. The blessed and pious confessor of Christ, Rupert, was born of a noble and
royal family of the Franks, but he was far nobler in faith and in devoutness.
He was a man prudent, gentle, and truthful in his conversation, just in his
judgement, and circumspect in his counsels. He was known for his charity, and
in the universe of morals he stood out in his honesty. Indeed many flocked to
his most sacred teaching, and they received the proclamation of eternal
salvation from him. When the report of his blessed conversation grew far and
wide, he found in his acquaintance the Duke of Bavaria, Theodo, who asked of
the man of God as many intercessions as he was able. He began to ask through
his distinguished messengers that the saint might consent to visit his
province with his blessed teaching. To this the preacher of truth, stung by
divine love, gave his assent, and, having first arranged his affairs, he
consented to go to the flock of Christ which would be gained because of him.
2. When the Duke had heard this preaching, he was overwhelmed with great joy,
and continued with his attendents on the way to meet the blessed saint and
doctor with all honor and dignity, as much as he possibly could. He caught up
with him in the city of Regensburg. The blessed man began to admonish him
soon about Christian conversation and to instruct him in the universal faith.
Thus, he converted the Duke and many other noble men to the true faith, and
he baptized them. He confirmed them in the holy religion. Praying, the Duke
allowed the holy man to choose a place, pleasing to himself and to his
followers: whichever place he desired, so that he could build a church and
complete all the other things needed for the work of the Church. The man of
God, having accepted the Duke's permission, seized the chance to sail down
the Danube valley until he came to the city of Lorch, where he proclaimed the
same doctrine of the holy life. Many there who were ill, many who were
languishing in oppression, were cleansed by the strength of God.
3. Passing through all the Alpine region, he came at length to the kingdom of
the Carinthians. Being asked, he converted that kingdom and cleansed it with
the baptism of Christ. Climbing the highest mountain, called Tauern (Mons
Durus), he preached to the Vandals and attained the greatest fruit graciously
given by the Lord. He also built there many churches, and he established
several monasteries. At last, having charged his disciples, religious,
priests, and clergy to keep the Christian faith, he returned to the territory
of Passau. Having come back, he began to travel around the province. He
reached a certain lake which is called the Wallersee, where he had built and
consecrated a church in honor of the Apostle Peter. There often the renowned
Duke distributed his personal possessions in the same place where he
originally met the saint on his rounds.
4. Afterward another place came to the attention of St. Rupert. It was up the
River Salzach, or as it was known in olden times, the Juvavian Stream. It had
been named in the time of the Roman emperors, and a beautiful little house
had been built, which was now discovered hidden in the trees. Hearing this,
the man of God wished to look at it with his own eyes and experience the
truth about the thing, because he thought that it would profit the faithful
souls. Giving thanks to divine grace, he began to ask Duke Theodo that he
might bestow his authority upon this place, to exorcize and purify it and to
establish a church according to his pleasure. The Duke at once consented,
bestowing possessions over two leucas in length and width, that he might do
what was useful to the Church. Then St. Rupert began to renew the place
(Salzburg), building a beautiful church to the First God, which he dedicated
in honor of St. Peter, the foremost of the Apostles: and he built finally a
cloister with other houses for the use of religious men, orderly throughout.
Afterward he ordained priests, and he instituted daily solemn observance of
the canonical hours. St. Rupert wished to increase the places of service to
God. With the help of God, from the gift of the King and Duke, and by the
behests of faithful men, the places began to grow.
5. The man of God, seeing the flock of the Lord depart over the precipice of
vices because of the longings of the women, prayed to God in his heart,
saying, ``Lord, if it is good in your eyes, I will pick for myself other
people fit for your service and refinement, through whom the practice of your
good life may become attractive to the women, and, as well, to the men.'' He
had in his country, that is, Vangionum in the state of Wormatia, known a
certain noble virgin, consecrated from the cradle to God. Her name was
Erendruda (Erentraud), and he wanted to send for her that she with others
might found a religious order for women. He built a place and a mansion
appropriate for the chaste in the Juvavian fort, and he gave it to the charge
of the Theotokos. When it was completed, he went to call Erendruda to
himself, and great joy came over the face of the blessed Rupert, because he
had lived to see this before the day of his death. Therefore the holy priest
led her into the oratory, which was consecrated to the Theotokos, and said:
``Lady Sister, do you know why I have asked you here?'' She replied: ``Yes,
Father, I know, for Our Lord Jesus Christ has revealed it to my spirit,
saying: Go in peace as you are called. Behold I will be with you, and I will
lead to myself through you many women's souls, whom you shall guide by your
example to the true religious path, coming to me.'' When he heard this, the
blessed priest rejoiced greatly in God.
6. After a short time, many virgins and noble matrons came to the virgin
Erendruda, and she led them with such discernment that in a brief time all
showed their learning and gave appropriate service to God. Such was the
virgin Erendruda in custom that she reckoned wealth to herself whatever
solace any disciple of hers received as a divine gift. Such was she in
prayer, that she considered it her whole health. Such was she in aspect,
that whether she met good people or bad, she thought herself lower than they.
What is to be remembered of the constancy and restraint of her life, of her
largesse in almsgiving, of her rectitude, of her steadfastness in vigil and
her sanctity in all of religious life? If at first she was not strong in one
or another of these, it ought to be overlooked rather than investigated.
7. At length, when the blessed Rupert knew by divine revelation that his
death was at hand, he said to Blessed Erendruda, whom he had called to him:
``My beloved sister, my private conversation is to you; I pray that you will
tell none of this, as I have told you a secret. It has pleased God to show me
my departure from this Earth, and now I ask, Lady Sister, that you pray for
my soul when God sees fit to call it to His peace.'' The holy virgin
responded with tears: ``If it is true as you say, master, arrange that I die
before you do!'' The bishop said to her: ``Sister, most dear one! You should
not wish to hasten to an inopportune death, nor to choose your exit while sin
is great. Our end has not been fixed in our wishes, but in divine
providence.'' The holy virgin prostrated herself at the feet of the priest
and begged him: ``Father, master, I ask you to remember that you have led me
here from my own country, and now you wish to leave me a poor orphan. I ask
only one thing of you, that if I am not worthy to depart before you or with
you, at least intercede as a witness with God that I may be worthy of the
passing wished for!'' The most holy priest Rupert granted these requests, and
when for a long time they had joined in talk sweetly about eternal life, and
they had wept together, they said a final sad farewell.
8. The blessed Rupert celebrated the liturgy before the entire church on the
day of the Resurrection of the Lord. He gave a homily to the people, and
distributed the Body and Blood of Christ. He gave the blessing and
benediction. When the Mass was ended, he fell down in prayer. Commending
his spirit into the hands of the Heavenly Father, he fell asleep in the
Lord on the twenty-seventh day of March. He was buried in the Basilica of
Sts. Peter and Paul, which he had himself consecrated to their honor. The
entire population of Noricum mourned him, because he had been an apostle to
that race, and he had never grieved anyone in any way. After this, the
blessed Erendruda sat night and day in the oratory and prayed to the Lord
with tears for the soul of her now dead friend Rupert. She kept watchful
vigils and awaited the gift of promised consolation. At last one night the
holy Rupert came to her in a vision and said: ``I have come, beloved sister,
to the kingdom of Christ, for which I have labored for a long time.'' Wide
awake, she gave thanks to God, and at once she began to feel ill. She called
together all the sisters; she exhorted them; she received the Sacrament of
the Church. After they had exchanged the sweet kiss of peace, she gave up
her spirit. After this, her sacred body, preserved with spices, was buried in
the Monastery of the Most Holy Theotokos with great veneration on the
thirtieth day of June.
The Latin texts of the lives translated here can be found in the * Acta
Sanctorum * of the Bollandists under March 27. Another, possibly older,
Latin life of Rupert is given in Vol. 6 of the Merovingian series of *Monu-
menta Germaniae Historica* and excerpts in Latin from other lives are in
John Colgan's * Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae * (Louvaine, 1647). An English
translation of a few sentences from the Life of Erendruda occurs in *Butler's
Lives of the Saints* by Thurston and Attwater under June 30.
An extremely recent secondary source on Austria-Bavaria in Merovingian and
Carolingian times is * Germany in the Early Middle Ages * by T. Reuter
(London: Longman,1991). Some material on the Austro-Irish Church can be found
in John T. McNeill's * The Celtic Churches * (University of Chicago, 1974).
The St. Pachomius Orthodox Library, 1994
O Lord, have mercy on Thy servants Karen, Norman, and the Archpriest Robert.
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NEW YORK (AP) — With the TV industry in flux, ABC entertainment chief Karey Burke said a goal for the network's 2019-20 schedule is something network audiences might welcome — familiarity.
There are newcomers, notably Tiffany Haddish, and inevitable cancellations. But ABC said next season represents the lightest hand in more than a decade.
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"We're extremely proud of how the show turned out creatively and how well it performed this year," she said. "I think you'll see us not messing with that formula, to the best of our abilities."
Asked if that meant two-time Oscar host Kimmel wouldn't be conscripted, Burke stopped short of ruling it out.
"I'm not being evasive. It's something that the (motion picture) academy makes decisions about later in the year," she said.
A duty the comedian can't skip is entertaining advertisers and media buyers for ABC and other Disney networks at a New York theater, eviscerating his employers as well as their competitors.
In his 16th outing Tuesday, Kimmel called "Modern Family," which ends after next season, "the rarest of ABC shows — a hit."
He summoned the memory of past network standout "Desperate Housewives" to poke fun at a cast member involved in the college-bribery scandal.
That was "back in the days when Felicity Huffman only played a scheming suburban mom," he said.
Over at NBC, Kimmel said, popular drama "This Is Us" received a rare, three-year renewal — "Or, as Constance Wu would call it, a death sentence," a reference to the ABC star's public outburst .
Although ABC's cancellation slate is far from a Red Wedding, these seven shows got the axe: "Whiskey Cavalier," ''For the People," ''Dancing with the Stars: Juniors," ''Child Support," ''The Alec Baldwin Show," ''The Kids Are Alright" and "Splitting Up Together."
Add one more: "Speechless," a groundbreaking comedy about a teenager with cerebral palsy, played by Micah Fowler, and his family.
"It was not without great, gut-wrenching consideration that we ultimately made that call," Burke said. It drew an outcry from fans, but the end ratings ruled: it was decided that "Fresh Off the Boat" would do better in the time slot.
That outcome proved ironic for Wu, who experienced her own backlash after she complained online after learning that "Fresh Off the Boat" would return.
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In exploring the issues of homosexuality within the Korean military, director Lee Song Hee-il's (이송희일) short film Going South (남쪽으로 간다) is a somewhat culturally sensitive affair on an oft-known, yet seldom discussed topic. Forming part of the director's 2012 trilogy alongside White Night (백야) and Suddenly, Last Summer (지난여름, 갑자기), Going South also depicts the evolving relationship between two men over the course of several hours, in this instance as they travel through the countryside towards an army barracks. The returning soldier, Gi-tae (Kim Jae-heung (김재흥), is distraught as his lover Jun-yeong (Jeon Sin-hwan (전신환) has ended their relationship following the completion of his mandatory military service. The narrative explores their differing ideology regarding homosexuality within the trauma of separation, emphasizing key socio-cultural issues throughout. Yet the film also struggles with the debate and the increasingly tense relationship, sparingly introducing information about the couple resulting in a somewhat bland, yet very attractive film.
The most striking feature of Going South is undoubtedly the colour palette as director Leesong employs highly effective use of the natural green tones of the countryside. The director's artistic sensibilities are acutely on display throughout as he captures the vibrant greens of the forests that serve as a backdrop for the protagonists, providing a palpable energy as Gi-tae and Jun-yeong fight and curse at each other during their break-up. Within this realm Gi-tae's military uniform seamlessly merges with the surrounding environment while Jun-yeong's city fashion is completely at odds, and director Leesong does well in employing costume to highlight the stark differences between the two protagonists. The contrast with the brown hues that enter the film are also profound, adding potent symbolism for the various stages of their rapidly deteriorating relationship.
Central to the narrative is the issue of homosexuality within the military, which is wonderfully articulated through Gi-tae and Jun-yeong. For Gi-tae, being gay is part of his identity; for Jun-yeong, it is a phase that men go through during military service. As the two clash over their different ideological perspectives, letters that were exchanged between them when they served together are edited within the film, harking back to their history and the sweet exchanges that took place. Such title screens are quite distracting however, and serve to pull the audience out of the film due to their unnatural insertion. Despite this, Going South quickly becomes an examination of contemporary Korean masculinity, and the role of the military in defining sexuality.
Yet attractive visuals and central theme aside, Going South is a somewhat flat queer film. Much of the running time is preoccupied with driving through the countryside, with more information required to make the protagonists and their 'journey' more compelling. The narrative does pick up in the later stages to end on a high note, yet the actors aren't really stretched into creating the required impetus for these scenes to truly generate the utmost poignancy.
Going South is a vibrant, attractive queer film examining homosexuality within the Korean military, and deserves praise merely for broaching the subject. Director Leesong Hee-il employs the colours of the countryside effectively, however the film is a rather flat offering due to the sparse information and lack of powerful performances. Yet Going South offers an interesting perspective in role of the military in defining contemporary Korean masculinity, and as such provides a fresh approach in the exploration of gay relationships.


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LUXEMBOURG – 14 December 2015 – Today in Luxembourg, Europe celebrated top girls and women in technology as part of the Luxembourg presidency of the Council of the European Union. The 2015 European Ada Awards, an initiative of the Brussels-based Digital Leadership Institute (DLI), were presented in the categories of Digital Woman, Digital Impact Organisation, and Digital Girl of the Year. Two teens from Ireland and the UK were recognised in the category of Digital Girl of the Year.
"I'm really excited," beamed Niamh Scanlon, thirteen-year-old Digital Girl Award-winner from Ireland who has been coding since she was nine. According to Scanlon, after-school classes at CoderDojo were critical for her to hone and share her award-winning app-building skills. "Classes especially for girls are really important to get them coding," Scanlon adds. In a field susceptible to discouraging stereotypes, "girls shouldn't feel like coding is just for boys," she says.
"I go to an all-girl school and still uptake in computing wasn't as high as other subjects," says Yasmin Bey, fourteen-year-old Digital Girl Award-winner from the UK who knows five coding languages and professes a love for tiny Raspberry Pi computers. "I started coding clubs to inspire girls and show them how awesome programming is," she says. Bey now teaches classes with hundreds of students and is keen to share her knowledge. "Everyone should learn to code," she says.
Needed: More Female Tech Role Models
Janneke Niessen, COO and Cofounder of Improve Digital, received the 2015 European Digital Woman of the Year Award and acknowledges that being one of a small group of woman tech founders in Europe "has its own challenges." Since as few as three percent of European founders in digital fields are women, more action to increase their visibility is needed, according to Niessen. Niessen herself has launched two initiatives: InspiringFifty, promoting women tech role models, and a book for young girls called Project Prep. "Girls don't know what they're missing when they say 'no' to a career in technology," Niessen says, "so it's important for us to show them."
Longterm Vision and Commitment
Cocky Booij, Director of VHTO in the Netherlands, accepted the 2015 European Digital Impact Organisation Award for her organisation's pioneering work to increase participation of girls in digital sectors. "Given the dominance of digital technology in our lives and the chronic underrepresentation of girls as digital makers," Booij says, "VHTO promotes an integrated approach with a longterm vision to engage girls and keep them in these fields."
Driving Step-Change
"The goal of the Ada Awards is to drive a step-change in attitudes about girls and women as digital leaders," says Cheryl Miller, DLI founder, who admits frustration about the pace of change. Unfilled tech jobs in Europe will reach one million by 2020, so skilling girls and women now to take up these jobs is a 'no-brainer,' she says. "Targeted action to engage girls and women in digital leadership is not a luxury," Miller continues, "but an economic necessity demanding urgent action by Europe's leaders."
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1. Digital Girls of the Year:
- Niamh Scanlon, 13-years old from Ireland
- Yasmin Bey, 14-years-old from the United Kingdom
2. Digital Woman of the Year: Janneke Niessen, COO & Cofounder Improve Digital
3. Digital Impact Organisation of the Year: VHTO, the Netherlands


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Another of my Liberal maladies, Knee Jerk Syndrome, causes politicians to want to pass unneeded and largely useless laws every time sometime a tragedy happens. Chris notes that even Republicans can be afflicted with this malady that seem to strike all the common sense in people!
Common Sense? Meet Rep. Peter King (R-NY). Now please help him stop over-reacting to the Tucson shooting incident. Please, before he does something really stupid.
Although I don't know what could be more stupid than this: Rep. King plans to introduce legislation making it illegal for someone to knowingly carry a gun within 1,000 feet of certain high-ranking federal officials, including members of Congress.
"It would give law enforcement the weapon they need to protect federal officials and just as importantly, it would provide a large measure of security for those who want to meet with their federal elected officials," said King, who is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
Have metal detectors, will travel? And while Petey and his Congressional Bubble are in transit will it emit a constantly updating real-time GPS map so us otherwise law-abiding citizens can detour around the Cone of Insanity?
Good Freaking Grief!!!!!!! Is that law going to stop a deranged man? Or a terrorist who cares not if he dies? NO! Of course not! Be sure to read all of Chris's post, and check out his update, which features Dan, "I want to be a knee jerk dumb ass too" Burton!
And also take a look at what William Jacobson, and Lance Burri have to say on this!


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Temperatures are expected to be higher Sunday and Monday than they were Saturday.
The National Weather Service is expecting a high of 83 degrees Sunday in Los Angeles, similar heat on Monday and dropping temperatures throughout the rest of the work week.
The Inland Empire follows a similar pattern, but with more heat. Sunday is supposed to be sunny with a high of 92 in Ontario, according to the NWS. Accuweather.com is reporting similar temperatures combined with humidity may make it feel like it's 100 degrees outside in San Bernardino on Sunday and Monday.
West Covina temperatures will linger around 90 degrees Sunday and Monday before dropping off, according to the NWS.
The High Desert will get the brunt of the heat with forecasters predicting triple-digit heat in Victorville on Sunday and Monday.
The coastal areas and mountains offer a reprieve. Malibu will see some fog and temperatures just under 80 degrees at the beginning of the week, and Big Bear Lake will be in the mid to low 80s with sunshine, the NWS predicts.


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Jim Hodges (b. 1957) is an American contemporary artist based in New York, NY. I loved his work at Barbara Gladstone (both locations) a few months ago, as well as at SFMOMA and Marc Foxx Galleryin LA in the past. His materials (including mirrors and lightbulbs), and themes (happiness) overlap with those in my work. I am finally getting around to doing more research about him.
The more I learn, the more it seems that I've been following in Hodge's footsteps.
Hodge's work can be luminous or colorful, and suggestive of pleasure or happiness, but it is also characterized by themes of death and fragility. The feeling of loss made sense when I learned that Hodges was a contemporary and friend of Felix Gonzales-Torres. I was also reminded of how Tom Friedman experiments with common materials too.
Below are some photos found online, and some scanned in from an exhibition catalog. I think the dates of the works are quite telling about the artist's development.
Past Installations
I suspect that Hodge's fake flower projects started with simple material investigations: taking apart ready-made flowers, arranging and re-arranging them, which culminates in monumentally-scaled curtains that drape on the floor.
A massive curtain composed completely of fake flowers. It's super colorful and translucent in person. It's also very difficult to resist touching. Sometimes I think contemporary art is afraid of sentiment, but this work wholly embraces joy. Very pop.
Here's a curious black version.
I've been sewing and thinking about flags a lot, so here's one more instance of serendipity.
Immersive gold leaf.
(Works that are not quite 2-D or 3-D)
Having spent so much time obsessed with light bulbs for previous projects, it's strange that I'm only just now coming across this work.
I love how simple yet effective this is. It's presented in an unfussy way, yet is beautiful and works beautifully.
Works on Paper
Found this today. Oddly, I've also been playing with photo transparencies of kitch imagery in the studio lately.
Text Work
Lift ticket for Aspen Art Museum's partnership project. If this is not positive psychology, I don't know what is.
For this billboard, according to the Hirshhorn:
Hodges invited international delegates to the United Nations to translate in their own language and handwriting the phrase "don't be afraid."
Originally used "to remind the artist to have courage in making his own work," the phrase also takes on various political connotations.
Recent Exhibitions
Selections from the knock-out exhibitions at Barbara Gladstone this past winter. Rejoice, Minnesotans: these are going to be in the Walker's 2014 survey exhibition, Jim Hodges: sometimes beauty.
Get the backstory on the monoliths at Walker Art Magazine.
Installation using light, mirrors, motors, blackened water, the entire gallery space, and then some. It's really riveting. Have a look at the video of a performance at jimhodges.com.
It's interesting to think about how an artist develops—starting with modest projects made alone, in a studio, using materials at hand, and then orchestrating multi-venue, logistics-laden, monumental fabrication projects. This is a particularly contemporary way for an artist's work to mature, as the latter is only possible with market success and the support of blue-chip institutions.
Perhaps if emerging artists bushwhack their way through creative territories, established artists have to remain true to course despite siren songs of numerous pathways (sorry for mixing maritime and terrestrial metaphors). Even in his recent massive metallized boulders, I think Hodges' work retains its elemental, experimental and experiential aspects.
This seems to be true for viewers and for artists, including Hodges. Quoted by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson of the Aspen Art Museum (HuffPo), Hodges said:
There are no guarantees [in art]. [Art] challenges and rewards. We get what we choose from it.
Surveying an artist's life's work is a great way to gain perspective. When I did a lot of research on contemporary artists in graduate school, I realized that of the artists whose work I love, the work they're making their fifties is outstanding. Hodges is in his mid-fifties. (So is Cindy Sherman.) The message is to keep pushing, be patient, and never stop evolving.
I think it's fantastic that the Walker is going to host a survey of Hodges' work next year. Combined with the Walker's amazing design team, I'm sure the catalog is going to be fantastic. Maybe a Phaidon monograph will be in order soon?


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text: VS2008 seminars in New Horizons Bulgaria 19. June 2008 Galcho .NET Development, Architecture, Astoria, LINQ, Web (0) Yesterday was last seminar from VS2008 series held in the New Horizons Bulgaria office with Microsoft Bulgaria support. The seminars was very interesting (not only from my perspective of trainer) but also from audience perspective we see in their feedback. During high demand I am publishing presentations and demo scripts where available. It is always good to write code in live (although not very easy - try it ;) ) and this is why I cannot provide working demos - I have only my own cheat lists which I use in cse I am stuck somewhere. Deep Dive in LINQ - Here I talked about new features in C# in details and how they are build internally(also described in my Introduction in LINQ and C# 3.0 (In Bulgarian) ). Also I covered LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML. In demos we took a look at C# syntax sugar, new ways to work with XML as well as some problems stated in Project Euler and solved with C# 3.0. Slides + Demo scripts (PPTX+DOCX - 1.22MB) Develop Dynamic Web Sites with ASP.NET 3.5 - This session was focused on web development. Here I show new controls to work with LINQ to SQL data source declaratively. We took a look at ASP.NET Extensions (aka Futures): ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Dynamic Data, ASP.NET AJAX Integration, ADO.NET Data Services. All features was shown in code except ADO.NET Data Services. For ASP.NET AJAX was shown how to control Browser's Back Button from both server-side and client-side. Slides+Demo Scripts (PPTX+DOCX - 3.23 MB). Overview of WCF, WF, WPF - Although these technologies are not new there is still some improvements in .NET 3.5. These components are very useful but their adoption is not very fast. We talked about the architectural decisions and challenges behind them. The demos show how to work with WCF in VS2008, How to create REST Service and how to expose JSON as result. WF demos show how to create simple sequential workflow. WPF demo presented project structure, generated code, XAML (of course) and WPF data binding basics. Slides+Demo Scripts (PPTX+DOCS - 10.8 MB). Hope you'll find it useful.As always any comments and feedback are very welcome.


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When producers Kenny "Dope" Gonzales and Louie Vega formed Masters at Work in 1990, they proceeded to create a catalog that contains some of house music's most recognizable classics. Such is the case when two great creative minds come together to collaborate. It seemed that from the time Alvin Ailey hit the streets of The Big Apple in 1954, he and Duke Ellington's paths were destined to meet. Both he and Ellington were born in different areas of the country but had come to New York City to pursue their art, although by the time young Ailey had arrived, Ellington had already cemented his legacy as a jazz virtuoso. However, it didn't take long for Ailey to begin to carve a name for himself in the world of dance. With pieces like "Revelations" and "Blues Suite", the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which was formed in 1958, quickly became a sensation in the modern dance scene. Like Ellington, Ailey was known for a unique style infusing ballet, Horton, jazz and African dance techniques. Also like Ellington, Ailey lifted his art above the grouping of race which allowed his work to be recognized as an American art form the world over.
In 1970, Alvin Ailey and Duke Ellington's paths finally met. American Ballet Theater commissioned Ailey to create "The River". The ballet was the first collaboration between Alvin Ailey and Duke Ellington. Ailey would again refer to Ellington's music when he created "Night Creature" in 1974 and "Pas de Duke" in 1976. For the 2013 season, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater paid homage to these late geniuses and their collaborations by premiering new productions of "The River" and "Pas de Duke" at the New York City Center. Along with the first season's performance of "Night Creature" and Ailey's most seminal work, "Revelations", the debut of these works was an evening of remembrance, revelry and appreciation for beauty, physicality and style in motion.
AAADT weaves athleticism and artistry so seamlessly that it takes the medium of dance to another level. Visually stunning and always breathtaking to behold, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater never fail to provide its audience with the most soul-stirring shows they will ever see. It is where perfection and performance meet. This sentiment simply radiates through "The River", a work that utilizes the entire company and is as moving, fierce and romantic as its namesake. With the accompaniment of Duke Ellington's score driving this piece forward, the love Ailey had for dance is truly exhibited. The way in which he carefully blended classical ballet elements together with modern techniques is nothing short of masterful. "The River" is energetic; it rolls and sweeps the audience in its majesty. It is a living example of the brilliance of these two men.
"Pas de Duke" was first created for Ailey's muse Judith Jamison and ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov. Black and white, modern versus ballet, Eve and Adam, "Pas de Duke" is witty, flirtatious, sophisticated and utterly charming. Ailey must of thought of the song "Anything You Can Do" when he choreographed this piece.
As one of the children of the night, I have always had a fondness for those who skulk down sidewalks, saunter into nightclubs and compete with colored spotlights for the glory of a night filled with sweat and velocity. On many occasions, I have been one of them creating new realities on the dance floor. Ellington said, "Night creatures, unlike stars, do not come out at night, they come on." I would say they come out to be alive, alive in a way they can't be when the sun is shining. Alvin Ailey's "Night Creature" is overflowing with life. The company slinks, leaps and struts with authority. It defines the sumptuous nightlife that New York City is known for.
There can be no better end to an evening with AAADT than "Revelations". It is the work that Alvin Ailey is most known for and definitely on the top my list. Seeing Alvin Ailey's choreography paired with Duke Ellington's music gave me a few revelations of my own. There is no debate why the majority of their works are regarded as masterpieces. I would liken the Ailey-Ellington collaborations to an artistic atom bomb – an explosion of epic scale whose far reaching effects have spanned over generations.
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The title of the upcoming Godzilla anime movie sequel is nothing if not crazy tantalizing: Godzilla: Decisive Battle, Mobile Breeder City. A mobile breeder city? Where do I sign up? How much is the rent? Can I move there now?
If you haven't seen Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) on Netflix, I question your sanity. The ending is so unreal, it's unreal. And it's so good, I'll be counting down the 'ol tick tock when Godzilla: Decisive Battle, Mobile Breeder City releases in Japanese theaters on May 18, 2018. Maybe a few of us could carpool there.
So here's the press release, which reveals that MechaGodzilla will be getting into a rust up with his mountainous counterpart: "After suffering a crushing defeat at the claws of Godzilla Earth — the seemingly immortal, 300 meter tall, 100,000 ton incarnation of Godzilla who now rules the planet — Haruo Sakaki is rescued by Miana, a native girl who belongs to the Futua tribe, the descendants of humanity that were left behind on Earth during the initial evacuation."
Meanwhile, Galu Gu, the leader of the Bilusaludo forces, realizes that the arrowheads of the Futua are made of nanometal, the same material that was used to build MechaGodzilla, a super weapon that failed to curb Godzilla's rampage and that was presumed destroyed in a battle at the foot of Mt. Fuji in the 21st Century."
I just soiled myself. Whilst I go clean up, here are a few just released/upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that may or may not be made out of nanometal…
REVENGE OF ROBERT (available now)
"Germany, 1941: Two secret agents, one working for British intelligence and the other working for the Nazis, board a train. Their mission is to find a Toymaker who is in possession of a mystical book which gives life to the inanimate. As the two secret agents close in and the Toymaker has no idea who to trust, he uses the magical tome to bring a vintage doll called Robert to life…and Robert will stop at nothing to protect his puppet master. So begins a blood soaked battle aboard the train as the Toymaker and the killer doll fight to survive. Only the victor will get off at the next stop!"
Ugh — more dumb doll horror. Chucky, if he wasn't undead, would be rolling over in his toy box. And does this plot not take replacement parts from Puppetmaster (1989), and its 12 sequels? (Honorary mention: Magic/1978).
FAMILY BLOOD (March 31, 2018/Netflix)
"Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is determined to make it work this time, finding a stable job and regularly attending her meetings. Unfortunately, new friends, a new job, and the chance of a new life, can't keep Ellie from slipping once again. Her life changes when she meets Christopher— a different kind of addict —which forces her daughter and son to accept a new version of Ellie."
Smells like a vampire to me. Then again, everything smells like vampires, especially Krispy Kreme™ donuts. Those things will suck the very soul right out from under your taste buds.
4/20 MASSACRE (April 3, 2018)
"Five women who go camping in the woods to celebrate a friend's birthday over the 4/20 weekend. But when they cross the turf of an illegal marijuana growing operation they must struggle to survive the living nightmare."
Hmmm, what could a "living nightmare" possibly be when stumbling into a marijuana growing operation? You guessed correctly — there's no beer with which to catch a weekend buzz. How boring it must be for all of them.
Svetlana Veselov is a sweet, naive exchange student from Moscow plunged into a living nightmare where she must fight to survive. But, what happens when the hunted becomes the huntress and the pain of others brings pleasure?
Again with the living nightmare. It's like you're working at Jack In The Box™ when your friends show up at the drive-thru window and you're standing there in the grease spattered company uniform, stinking of french fries and secret sauce. Still, I've been in worse living nightmares, none of which, though, involve mail-order Jack In The Box™ brides. Yet, anyway. (I'm more of a Five Guys Burgers And Fries™ mail order brides person.)


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I've recently been cc'd on an email thread in which a humanitarian group has started to "air out some latent issues and frustrations" vis-a-vis the use of crowdsourcing in emergencies. I applaud them for speaking up and credit them for coining the fantastic term "crowd-sorcerers" which is brilliant! The group is apparently preparing to publish a report concerning Humanitarian Information Management in Haiti. I really hope to appear in their chapter on "The Crowd-Sorcerers."
I too prefer candid conversations over diplomatic pillow talk. Lets be honest, it's not actually difficult to disrupt the humanitarian system. It's hierarchical, overly bureaucratic, slow, often unaccountable and at times spectacularly corrupt. But I want to make sure my tone here is not misunderstood. I want to be constructive but playful and provocative at the same time, to "lighten things" up a bit. We often take ourselves way too seriously, too often. That's why I absolutely love the term Crowd-Sorcerer! Lets use Muggles for our humanitarian friends.
I'll first lay out some of the frustrations aired by the Muggles in their own words so I don't misrepresent their concerns—some of which are obviously valid (but not necessarily new). I'll be reviewing these concerns in a series of blog posts, so stay tuned for future episodes in the new Crowd-Sorcerer Series! Caution: in case it's not yet obvious, I will be deliberately provocative and playful in this series.
Muggles: Unless there are field personnel providing "ground truth" data, consumers will never have reliable information upon which to build decision support products. Crowdsourcing may be a quick way to get a message out, but it is not good information unless there is on-the-ground verification going on.
Not sure how you'd interpret these words but what they say to me is this: unless information comes from official field personnel, i.e., Muggles, it's absolutely useless and should be dumped in the trash. I personally find that somewhat… is colonial too provocative?
Crisis information that was crowdsourced using the distributed short code 4636 in Haiti helped save hundreds of lives according to the Marine Corps. The vast majority of this information could not be verified and yet both the Marine Corps and Coast Guard used this as one of their feeds while FEMA encouraged the crowd-sorcerers to continue mapping, calling the crisis map of Haiti the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information available to Muggles.
There's another extraordinary story here, and that's the story of Mission 4636. Tens of thousands of incoming text messages from disaster affected communities in Haiti were translated from Haitian Kreyol to English in near real-time thanks to crowdsourcing. These text messages were translated by thousands of Haitian Kreyol speaking volunteers from all around the world.
Without this crowdsourcing, the Marine Corps, Coast Guard, FEMA and others could not have used the information streaming in from 4636 as effectively as they did. And guess what? The original platform that was used to do this translation-by-crowdsourcing was built overnight by Brian Herbert, a 20-something tech developer at Ushahidi.
Where were the Muggles then? I'm sorry to put it in these terms but if we listened to (and waited for) Muggles all the time, then perhaps several hundred more people would have needlessly lost their lives in Haiti.
A forthcoming USIP report that reviews the deployment of the Ushahidi platform found that Haitian NGO's and local civil society groups were physically barred from entering LogBase—the humanitarian community's compound near the airport in Port-au-Prince. One Haitian NGO rep who was interviewed said he felt like a foreigner in his own country when he wasn't allowed to enter LogBase and attend meetings where he could share vital information on urgent needs.
Now tell me, how is trashing Haitian text messages any different than physically excluding Haitians from having a voice at LogBase? Because the so-called "unwashed masses" don't have the "right" credentials as defined by the Muggles? Either way, they are excluded from having a stake in the hierarchical system that is supposed help them.
Incidentally, a fully independent evaluation led by a team of three accomplished experts in M&E (monitoring and evaluation) are currently carrying out their impact assessment of the Ushahidi deployment during the emergency period. They will be in Haiti to for the field work and yes, one member of the team speaks fluent Kreyol. The PI from Tulane University has over 20 years of relevant experience. It would make absolutely no sense for Ushahidi to carry out this review.
Ushahidi has little to no expertise in M&E and such a review would likely be viewed as biased if Ushahidi was authoring it. In fact, Ushahidi didn't even commission the evaluation, The Fletcher Team did, and they should be applauded for doing so. By the way, as I have blogged here, it is misguided to assume that experts in, say development, are by definition experts at evaluating development projects. M&E is a separate area of expertise and profession in it's own right. Anyone who has taken M&E 101 will know this from the first lecture.
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LSD Tripper Amputates, Flushes Monster-Containing Testicles – May 12, 2010
ARCATA – The use of the drug LSD, or commonly referred to as "acid," appears to be increasing especially among young adults in Arcata, according to an Arcata Police Department press release issued yesterday.
On April 18, officers responded to a residence to assist the Arcata Mad River Ambulance with a 31-year-old male subject who had just castrated himself. Medical personnel and officers were unable to locate the subject's testicles. He later told officers that he flushed them down the toilet as he feared they contained "monsters."
The victim, who police say had a Tennessee address, was with several friends when he began to experience negative feelings. He was dropped off at the Jay Street residence, to which Arcata Police responded at 4:18 p.m. that day.
"We just thought it was an isolated incident," said Police Chief Tom Chapman. He said calls to aid people having a bad experience with LSD or psilocybin mushrooms are "not uncommon." But a flurry of subsequent incidents represent an unusual surge in LSD-related calls for service.
On May 8, a 21-year-old male subject took LSD and wandered away from his residence. He left his shoes, adequate clothing, and cell phone behind and did not tell anyone where he was going. He wandered around the forest for days while concerned friends and family looked for him. He eventually returned a couple days later.
On May 9, officers responded to the Mad River Hospital to assist with a combative 19-year-old male subject who was undergoing "flashbacks." The subject had ingested LSD two weeks ago. Today, officers found him standing in the field being held by three friends who were attempting to get him into the emergency room. The friends were requesting police assistance and wanted their friend to get help. The officers detained the subject and held him for psychiatric evaluation by Humboldt County Mental Health.
Last night, officers responded to the 900 block of H Street where an 18-year-old male subject, who was under the influence of LSD, was throwing himself on the ground in the middle of the street. He was arrested and taken to jail.
Also last night, May 11,officers from APD assisted officers from UPD arrest a subject who was under the influence of LSD.
Officers from the Arcata Police Department also had two additional contacts with unrelated subjects undergoing "flashbacks." Both were cared for by friends and family. One subject was taken out of the area and back home by his family.
The Arcata Police Department would like to remind you that the effects of LSD are extremely unpredictable. Many LSD users experience flashbacks long after initially using the drug. It is difficult to determine how long the effects of the LSD will last. The physical effects include dilated pupils, higher body temperature, increased heart rate and blood pressure, sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors.
Some LSD users experience severe, terrifying thoughts and feelings, fear of losing control, fear of insanity and death, and despair while using LSD. Some fatal accidents have occurred during states of LSD intoxication.