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The P.A.S. Community – The First-Year Experience
P.A.S. Resources
Pitzer, Atherton, and Sanborn Halls offer a wide variety of resources to residents, most conveniently located in the complex, many accessible 24/7.
- Study Rooms – P.A.S. has over ten study rooms located throughout the complex. These rooms provide private, quiet study space where individuals or groups can work on classwork. Two study rooms provide access to a printer and computer that is available to the community to use.
- Living Rooms – P.A.S. has three living rooms which serve as social gathering places with such as comfortable seating, TVs, DVD players and community events calendars.
- Community Kitchen – The East Sanborn kitchen is used by both students and clubs on campus for cooking projects and events. The kitchen has a refrigerator, oven, stovetop, dishwasher, sink and a small dining area. Some cooking supplies for the kitchen are available for checkout from the P.A.S. Service Desk in D301.
- Housing Office – Located in the corner between East Sanborn and Pitzer Hall, the Housing Office is where students can go if they have questions about room draw or housing in general.
- Jumpstart – Jumpstart, home to one of Pitzer's most active volunteer groups, is located in Atherton Hall A415. Jumpstart recruits, trains and supervises college students to work with Head Start and other early childhood programs in low-income neighborhoods to provide one-on-one attention to young children who struggle in preschool. Learn more about Jumpstart.
- Black Student Union Office – The Black Student Union (BSU) office is located in East Sanborn Hall, C225. This office provides a meeting space for this student club and gives residents easy access to many of BSU's events.
- Founding Faculty Amphitheater – Dedicated to Pitzer's founding faculty, the amphitheater is located between P.A.S. and West and East Halls. It's a great space to hold outdoor events.
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Spaghetti Squash With Mushroom Sauce
|Spaghetti squash
|1 Medium, halved lengthwise and seeded
|Unsalted margarine
|1 Tablespoon
|Green onions
|3 , chopped
|Small mushrooms
|1⁄2 Pound, quartered
|Dried marjoram
|1⁄2 Teaspoon, crumbled
|Dried thyme
|1⁄2 Teaspoon, crumbled
|Black pepper
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Low sodium chicken broth/Beef broth
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Minced parsley
|1 Tablespoon
In a 4 quart Dutch oven, bring to a boil enough unsalted water to cover the squash.
Add the squash, cut side up, and cook, covered, over moderate heat for 20 minutes or until the squash is fork tender.
Meanwhile, in a heavy 10 inch skillet, melt the margarine over moderate heat; add the green onions and cook, uncovered, until soft about 5 minutes.
Stir in the mushrooms, thyme, marjoram, and pepper; cover and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the beef broth and cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until most of the broth has evaporated about 5 minutes.
As soon as the squash is done, lift it from the Dutch oven, and, with a fork, scrape the spaghetti like strands onto a heated platter.
Ladle the mushroom sauce on top, sprinkle with the parsley, and serve.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 768 Calories from Fat 210
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24 g37.6%
Saturated Fat 4.8 g24%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 369.5 mg15.4%
Total Carbohydrates 141 g46.9%
Dietary Fiber 6.1 g24.5%
Sugars 4.9 g
Protein 23 g45.6%
Vitamin A 88.9% Vitamin C 136.5%
Calcium 57.4% Iron 77.6%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet

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Someone better tell Venus she isn't a progressive - my guess is she'll be just as shocked at that as I would ...
umm, Goldy is not putting this on. Washington Bus a new organization is. Check your facts Josh
Um, Josh, you do realize that "across the state" means "places not limited exclusively to Seattle", right? There's a notorious disconnect between Seattle progressives and, well, everyone else in the rest of the state. Of the many, many, many forums that have been and will be held around here, I think one can safely go on without a Seattle candidate mucking up the joint.
It's THOMAS Goldstein not David.
Here's the sister project in O.R.: www.busproject.org, and why I called you in the first place. See what happens when you don't return my calls? :9
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Authorities in this south Oklahoma community mobilized quickly after Tammy Jackson, Allen's mother, contacted the sheriff's office to report the boy had been missing slightly more than an hour. Allen's serious medical condition and need for medication added to everyone's concerns.
Area volunteer firemen and EMS personnel searched door-to-door and street-by-street. Searchers fanned out to roads and wooded areas.
Johnston County Sheriff Jon Smith said reports of a strange man spotted in the area triggered speculation of a possible kidnapping.
But fears were soon erased when authorities learned the boy was in Ada, Okla., safely sitting in the Pontotoc County sheriff's office.
Investigators said the boy's grandfather had driven to a livestock sale earlier in the afternoon. Allen wanted to go. But his grandfather said no and left, unaware the boy had sneaked inside the trailer he was towing. After arriving in Ada, some passersby heard the boy crying and banging on the trailer. After Allen was rescued, he was taken inside the sale barn in an attempt to locate someone responsible for him.
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Skip to comments.Hospital staff told to make sure Muslim patients' beds face Mecca five times a day
Posted on 12/04/2007 10:49:43 AM PST by UKrepublican
Hospital staff told to make sure Muslim patients' beds face Mecca five times a day
The job of the nurse used to one of caring for the sick and needy.
But not - it would seem - in today's politically-correct Britain.
Now, nurses are being encouraged to spend valuable time turning around the beds of Muslim patients up to five times a day - so they can face Mecca.
In a bid to promote cultural understanding, they are also expected to provide patients with running water so they can wash before prayer.
And then, of course, they are required to turn the beds back around to return the wards to normality. The measures are being pursued by Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust to ensure Muslim patients have a "more comfortable stay in hospital".
Hundreds of staff have attended tax-payer-funded workshops with Muslim GPs and ethnic-minority support groups on how best to help patients.
During these meetings, nurses have been told that if a patient asks for water to bathe in, or for their bed to be turned to face Mecca, then this should be considered.
If the measure is deemed "practically possible" and does not impinge on other patients, then it should be carried out.
And if it is not practical, nurses are encouraged to find them a bed that faces Mecca permanently.
But an experienced nurse at Dewsbury and District Hospital in Yorkshire where the ideas are being tested, has blasted the scheme.
She said: "It would be easier to create Muslim-only wards with every bed facing Mecca than deal with this.
"We have a huge Muslim population in Dewsbury and if we are having to turn dozens of beds to face Mecca five times a day, plus provide running water before and after prayers, it is bound to impact on the essential medical service we are supposed to be providing.
"Although the beds are designed to be moved, the bays are not really suitable for having loads of beds moving around to face a different direction and, despite our best efforts, it does cause disruption for non-Muslim patients."
Conservative MP David Davies also criticised the idea, saying: "Hospitals should be concentrating on stopping the spread of infections than kowtowing to the politically-correct brigade."
The workshops - led by the hospital's chief matron Catherine Briggs - looked at Muslims' religious concerns over being in hospital.
A key part of Islamic faith is praying five times a day to Mecca, Saudi Arabia - revered as the birthplace of the prophet Mohammed.
Muslims are also meant to wash themselves in running water prior to prayer.
Although staff said they would do everything possible to help patients fulfil these obligations, a request by Muslim women to be seen by female-only doctors was not guaranteed.
The scheme comes just a year after some NHS hospitals introduced Burka-style gowns for Muslim patients who did not want to show their face during operations.
Yesterday, a spokeswoman for Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust confirmed that nurses were encouraged to help meet individual requests.
She said: "Nurses have not been ordered to move beds or provide running water - they have just been encouraged to help meet patients' needs wherever possible.
"If a sick patient requests that their bed be moved to face Mecca, then it is right that the hospital looks at this request - even if it is more than once a day.
"If it is practically possible - and is not inappropriate or inconvenient to nurses or other patients - then it is right that nurses try and carry it out.
"We can also try and move the patient to a bed that faces Mecca permanently."
So sorry what is happening to your once great country.
Prayers up that this insanity can be stopped...I truly fear for you if it isn't.
You've got to be Sh**ting me.....
Madness. More madness.
The UK is finished.
hey, maybe they can wheel my bed to Sunday school. Cool!
The scheme comes just a year after some NHS hospitals introduced Burka-style gowns for Muslim patients who did not want to show their face during operations.
do I need to say any more?
Put them on "Lazy Susans".
I know! Put the beds on revolving platforms, and just give them a spin like on Wheel of Fortune! Where it lands, nobody knows!
locate the bathrooms on the east side of the room and the muslim patients will just go elsewhere for medical treatment.
And don't forget to pay them the Jizya tax too, Infidel slave.
What absolute stupidity.
to be technically accurate, to face Mucca the beds need to be pointed almost straight down.
"The UK is finished"
You have to respect the Japanese. They won't tolerate this crap. They pride themselves on being Japanese and won't let other cultures cloud that.
Brits need this mentality. Brits need to be Brits.
If the mudslimes want their way, GO TO AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY!!!
I am so sick of people bending over backwards to please the apes.
just unplug the IV completely. Shut off the ventilator.
give them the 3rd world medical care they deserve.
Hey Muslims... got a tip for ya: The world is "round". In point of fact, if you face away from Mecca, you're still facing Mecca. Neato, huh?
Must be hard to make sure the beds are facing the right way for Satanists.
Do they do this in hospitals in Moslem countries?
Oops, I forgot, there are no hospitals in Moslem countries—they are all clamoring to get treated (for free) in Israeli hospitals.
Not according to Mohaamad (Allah) it isn't.
Mohammed didn't have IVs or ventilators, so wouldn't it be unislamic for them to use them now?
How can the people who gave us the Magna Carta, who raised the concept of civilization around the world, who bravely fought off Hitler, who have been a symbol of stalwart defiance of evil and stiff upper lip support of human rights, be falling apart now and disregarding its own heritage?
It makes me sick....and frightened. Is this what happens when a nation turns away from God and believes in nothing?
That's what this article is about.
I can usually tell by the headlines that these stories come from England :)
Face them towards the wall and tell them it is Mecca. Leave them facing said wall.
" ... Put the beds on revolving platforms..."
I was thinking maybe an isolated Muslim ward with all beds facing Mecca or just moving the whole damned ward to Mecca.
Pretty much. Look what happened to the Roman empire, Mesopotamia.
Let the Muslims open and fund their own hospital with Muslim doctors and Muslim nurses. That way all the beds will always be pointed towards Mecca. Don't make the non-Muslims pay for one cent of their care. And if they ask why they have to pay for the infidels, then tell them because they are in the homeland of the infidels.
Western multiculturalism is on a collision course with Islam and will ensure it's own demise because it can't do otherwise. Multiculturalists have reached a crossroads and they're taking the path of self destruction. Good riddance.
All they need is a small room with a blanket with a hole in it dividing the room and two chairs.
I would comply only if I could give them teddy bears named "Mohammed"
Will they wheel my bed so I may defecate in the direction of Mecca at least once a day?
Make the bed face the window towards Mecca. Then open the window. Then raise the back support until they slide out into the parking lot. Repeat as necessary.
Maybe the virtual fence would help here, they could do this Mecca thing 5X per day "virtually".
Why the smart money is on Duncan Hunter
Posted on 11/15/2007 3:43:17 AM PST by Kevmo
LOL you win the post of the day!!! Hopefully they will all land on Bankrupt.
There are alot of Muslims in the UK so I think it would have to be a larger facility than just a room.
So point em toward Mecca and leave em there.
Is it okay to call them "Lazy Mohammeds"....
I think the Satanists want a constant spin.
I think there's a difference between saying we shouldn't be accomodating Muslims (we shouldn't - this policy is idiotic) and essentially calling for genocide.
These are sick people we're dealing with, not terrorists.
Is there any indication of what prompted this policy?
A much better solution would be a catapult facing toward Mecca.
America should follow the Japanese suit as well. Respect our culture!
Yes, I'm sure the hospital staffers have nothing better to do with their time, such as caring for patients that are in need.
I'd like to buy a towel, er, vowel.
You have just earned yourself one fatwa.
Thank you!!! I'll put it on the side of my computer as a sign of excellence!!! Of course, I'll have to find a place for it since the fatwas are piling up.
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I currently live 40 minutes from campus. Have lived here for a long time and plan on staying. All that a city would need.
Seems to be plenty of parking. Most of my classes are on off days. Not much of an issue.
Health & Safety:
Not sure about the parking garage. No incidents that I have heard of but there is no attendant.
I feel confident about my choice of schools. That it will offer me the best outcome. Also the only accredited school to offer my specialty in the field of my choice as part of the Master's curriculum.
A bit nervous about the workload but I think that would be true of any Master's Program.
Only an issue when it rains.
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Some communication issues but overall a great experience.
Financial Aid Office is helpful. I am not that knowledgeable but trying to learn.
Drug Safety:
Not seeing it at all.
The campus I attend has respectable policies and expectations of the students in attendance.
Never having lived in California, I thought that December would be warmer, but I was at least somewhat prepared for chilly weather. June, however, was a shock. Apparently southern California lives under this fog for most of June in the mornings, and I regretted not having more light, long-sleeved shirts. We didn't have rain at least.
Off-Campus Dining:
Sucks If You're Vegan and Don't Have a Car – Los Angeles has some delicious vegan restaurants, which I was able to experience while staying with a classmate who drove during the June residency. But in December I pretty much only had access to Sprouts grocery and had to do my own cooking in the hotel room. I mean, I was able to eat pretty much as I eat at home, but the restaurants seemed very limited for vegans without transportation.
No Sports – ... at least, not that I'm aware of. And damn, I love that! I hate sports teams and that whole mentality.
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It's New and Ugly – The classes are in ugly new buildings. The worst part is that the windows don't open and the building is "climate-controlled." I've been to two residencies, one in December and one in June, and am always cold. The grounds are pretty nice; small, but nicely designed with decent-sized trees. It's also across the street from a cemetery where you can go to be alone, unless you believe in ghosts.
Campus Food:
Not an Option – Again, because this is low-residency, we don't have/use a dining hall. We do have some dinners and snacks provided, and while it runs the gamut and even includes vegan food (which is crucial for me as a vegan), eating well while I'm at school is a bit challenging. I end up staying in an extended-stay hotel and doing a bit of my own cooking, which makes long days of seminars and workshops a bit troublesome at times. The two delis on, or very close, to campus are not vegan-friendly and are more expensive than buying stuff at Sprouts and making my own sandwiches or whatever at the hotel.I cannot speak about the dining experience of undergrad students. It may be different.
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I think that each sex is equally friendly and supportive of one another exceling
I think his is the most diverse school that I have been to. Everyone is very accepting of each others different backgrounds and culture
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It's fine. We're adults and if there is a problem, the school has set up 12-step programs to be used during residency.
This only applies to the MFA in Creative Writing program, which is very specific. The bulk of our work centers around writing, as is to be expected. The thing I miss is having semester-long seminars that coincide with the writing. For example, during residency you are offered many different seminars on aspects of writing and literature, but once you leave the residency, those seminars are not carried through the term. We do have certain requirements, though: first term, a field study project that you design. Its focus is on social justice issues and writing within your community. Students have done everything from begin a literary journal to teachings prisoners to write. Second term we are required to write a five page paper and participate in a translation seminar, third term we complete a critical paper and fourth term we turn in a manuscript. So there is a lot of work and things to boost your writing and understanding of literature. Just not quite as much as I'd like.
for the MFA in Creative Writing program, you are issued a parking pass and have "free" (it's likely the cost is included in tuition) parking in a garage right next to the classroom building. Very convenient.
Southern California has the best weather. It's also close to the beach which is a fun place to go and study. There is barely ever rain, and summers are sunny and warm, not too hot.
Off-Campus Housing:
It's a big city so it's easy to get housing, but there is a lot of traffic, and finding a nice area is difficult.
Very few internships available for people in my major. This may different for people who are not attending Antioch for their MFA in Creative Writing, though. Once in a while a teacher or mentor, or an alum, will need help with a project and internships become available. On the whole, I am not familiar with any consistent internship availabilities, though.
I'm attending the Master's program in Creative Writing. It's a low-residency program, so the classes are set up differently from those in a traditional college. I love the mentor-student setup, where published authors serve as our instructors. I feel confident in their knowledge and have received excellent feedback and assistance. I appreciate, too, that the mentors I've encountered are there to guide, but do not come across as knowing the One True Way of Writing.What I miss about the low-residency setup is the interpersonal interactions with fellow students. I'm also a bit of a school nerd. When we go to the residencies, we can take as many seminars as we wish; generally they last 50 to 120 minutes and are frequently fascinating, either on some issue of writing or social justice, frequently on a combination of the two. However, once these seminars are over, they're over. This is the other thing I miss; I like ongoing classes that last for months, that allow me to explore, along with fellow students, the issues at hand. It's a bit disappointing that we don't get the chance to do that.The emphasis on social justice issues and creative writing, however, make up for that fairly well.
The graduate program is creative writing, at least at the Los Angeles campus (there might be a psychology Master's program, too, but we don't interact much). It's an excellent program, with astute, interested mentors guiding students along their own paths. One of the things I really love about Antioch is the Field Study -- we must get involved with our local community in a way that combines literature/writing and social justice issues. The workload is fine, what you might expect from a grad program, and also a bit flexible. They understand that many students here are adults working this program into lives already full of responsibilities (though some students are also right out of undergraduate level studies).
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How to get a rack
Before we go on with this blog we must all come to an agreement on two points.
1) Men are inherently stupid when dealing with women
2) Women exploit this for their gain
Now with that being said we can move onto our topic of the day.
Ladies do you want a set of tits for free? You would need to do NOTHING more than what you are doing on myspace now. Chris sent me this link and let's just say ladies, you should go sex him now…
I am talking about the greatest website ever… A website that is successful in getting women free plastic surgery and exploiting men for the desperate perverts that we are.
All you have to do as a women is do what you are doing on myspace now, talk to guys.
It's ingenious. It's revolutionary. It's so simple…
This is how it works… Guys have to pay money to buy credits. Each time they message you it is a credit. And guys… To message these girls that are desperate for tits it will only cost you as little as $1.80 a credit. Imagine the conversations that you can hold with these ladies? Plus if you ask nice enough they will dress up in outfits for you and take pictures (for an additional cost of course)! What a bargain, a fifty dollar picture of a girl with no breasts!
Just think about all the harassing comments and messages you get now on myspace. You ladies have to put up with it for free. It isn't costing them a dime. Now each time a random pervert sends a girl his cock pic it would cost him money to do so, and frankly you probably should get something about of seeing "stumpy".
Guys you can support ladies like Lexus:
And other desperate women that are looking to take all of your money in return for making you feel like they have some sort of interest in talking to you. Why leave your house to get the strip club treatment when you can do it from home? You can spend money on girls to fake having interest in you while just sitting about in your boxers! Ah the power of the internet.
Now I know some of you might be skeptics but the site has testimonials. Listen to what Morgan had to say, "so this site really can work it was only 3 days ago i wrote a blog saying i needed 40 dollars to reach 4k, and here i am fully charged on over 6k"
Over wow over 2k in three days. I'm so happy for you Morgan… I could almost cry. All the hard work you had to do to get there. You earned it girl.
I know people are probably thinking this is blog as a very smarmy tone to it. But alas, I fully support this site. As I am not just a supporter I am also a client.
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The aim of a literature review is to show 'that the writer has studied existing work in the field with insight' (Haywood and Wragg, 1982: 2). It is not enough merely to show what others in your field have discovered. You need to view the work of others with insight to review critically. An effective review analyses and synthesizes material; and it should meet the following requirements (Caulley, 1992):
A literature review has a number of purposes. It enables you to :
As can be seen from the purposes above, the literature review is an exploration of an area, which at best will provide definition and a framework for a piece of research. Most students are not experts in their chosen field before they start their reading. The idea of the literature review is to develop a good working knowledge of the research in a particular area. The final written review should reflect the results of this preliminary research. A good literature review therefore raises questions and identifies areas to be explored. The review should give an idea of the work that has been carried out in the subject area, preparing the reader for the study that is to follow.
A good literature review presents a clear case and context for the project which makes up the rest of the thesis. Even if you are writing your review before you start your data collection, it is important to make clear the relationship of previous research to your thesis project.
This relationship between past work and your rationale is the most important influence on the structure and length of your literature review. Keep in mind that your purpose is important, because it will help to focus and direct your reading.
Caulley, D. N. (1992). Writing a Critical Review of the Literature. La Trobe University; Bundoora.
Haywood, P. & Wragg, E. D. (1982). Evaluating the Literature. Rediguide 2. University of Nottingham School of Education.
Because the nature of a literature review is to be dependent on what other authors have said, it is vital that you develop good referencing skills. These skills should be put into use the moment you first pick up a piece of written material. As soon as you pick up an article, put the publication details into your selected referencing system. The University Library has site licenses for three referencing products: EndNote, EndNote Online and RefWorks. Additionally, there are free and subscription reference management programs available on the web or for loading onto your computer - these include Zotero, Mendeley, Citavi and Papers. It is important to choose one that suits your needs. Refer to the Library's Managing References guide for more information.
Reference management programs can be used to:
For additional titles see the Further reading section (tab) of this guide.
This online tutorial explains why an annotated bibliography is an integral part of the research process. Lecturer and researcher Dr Carolyne Lee interviews three research students to discover how the process of compiling an annotated bibliography helped structure and develop their work. The tutorial explains how to put together an annotated bibliography including the elements for each entry.
Particularly useful for Honours and Higher Degree students.
Discuss your research-specific information needs in a one-on-one research consultation with library professionals. Consultations are tailored to your needs and experience.
Much of the content of this site has been compiled from guides created by the University's Learning Skills Unit, now known as Academic Skills, and by University of Melbourne Library colleagues. The creator of this site acknowledges and thanks these staff for their contributions.


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It's October 21, 2015, and It's Back to the Future all over again in Canada, Nicaragua, Russia . . . but not for the Cubs. As of the writing of this post, they're losing 1-6 to the Mets.
Argentina: Los Abandonados, the movie I want to see but can't find. UPDATE: FOUND!
@Fausta The documentary #LosAbandonados is now online #Nisman https://t.co/fILRGQu7AI
— LosAbandonados Movie (@AbandonadosFilm) October 1, 2015
Website: Los Abandonados Movie
Prior post:
Frances Martel writes about a new documentary, Los Abandonados (The Abandoned),
As Americans reflect on months at the negotiating table with Ali Khamenei, the new filmLos Abandonados ("The Abandoned") demands a deeper look at another Iran deal: the one Argentina made to absolve the perpetrators of the largest terrorist attack in their history.
Part historical account and part spy novel, Los Abandonados tells the story of the death of Alberto Nisman, an Argentine prosecutor who was found dead of a gunshot to the head the day before he was to testify to Congress. He was to accuse President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of making a secret deal with the Iranian government to protect Hezbollah-linked terrorists. The terrorists in question are the orchestrators of the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), the worst terror attack in Argentina's history and the worst attack on the Western Hemisphere prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Readers of this blog know that I've been following the Nisman story, so I'm keenly interested in seeing the film.
However, it has no IMDB listing, movie times, or official website that I could find. It does have a YouTube channel.
Any information on where it's playing will be greatly appreciated.
Labor Day weekend film review: Wild about Wild Tales
Read my Labor Day weekend film review: Wild about Wild Tales
Funny, astonishing, suspenseful. . . Wild Tales.
Is that you, Sabo?
No sooner is Run All Night opening, that the posters are turning up:
All about Steve: a review of Birdman
Rather than a flight of imagination, a philosophical and magical-realism clunker big enough to fuel dozens of film studies thesis for years to come.
Read my review at Da Tech Guy Blog.
50 Shades of meh
Back in my much younger and stupider days, I had to finish every book I started. Then I wised up and realized life's too short to waste on crap. All along, I've been a compulsive omnivorous reader.
So when my sister came to visit raving about 50 Shades (which she picked up at the airport, after realizing she hadn't packed her Kindle), I thought I should take a look.
Oy vey.
Opening sentence: "I scowl with frustration at myself in the mirror."
50(!) pages later, when pervy Mr. Grey hands the idiot girl a binding contract (all puns intended), I had enough of the crappy plot – if you want to call that a plot – and the execrable writing and returned the book to my sister, who by then was working her way through the second volume.
OF COURSE, 50 Shades is a huge hit and they made a movie out of it. The previews hit theaters six months ago.
The movie opens on Valentine's Day. I truly can not understand why anyone would want to watch that on Valentine's Day, of all times, but then bondage's not my idea of a good time, let alone romance.
Last week I was feeding my addiction to British murder mysteries as I watched The Fall, wondering where I had seen the guy before, something that happens often since British actors constantly pop up on murder mysteries: IMDB,
The Fall,
Jamie Dornan.
So he's Mr. Grey.
I wonder if he got that part from having played the creep in The Fall.
To get an whiff of the full 50 Shades aroma you must read Katrina Passick's review:
Now I'll be totally honest, the biggest issue I have with Fifty Shades of Shit is neither the sex nor the horrible writing. It's the plot. Thin as it is, it's still there, its core message being that, given enough time, you can change someone. While I don't have any problem with this if all you're trying to do is help them to lose weight or quit smoking, when you're talking about an emotionally and (dangerously close to) physically abusive relationship, sending that kind of message is ridiculous and irresponsible. Christian is controlling, possessive, condescending, and cruel. He doesn't allow Ana to behave as she normally would, and Ana just puts up with it, insistent that if she can give him what he wants, when he wants, as often as he wants, she can eventually begin to pull his strings. Will it work? In the books, probably. In real life? No. Almost never. How many misguided women are going to waste their lives on some emotionally retarded prick because they've read shit like this and think this kind of fucked-up fairytale will come true for them? I've known women with this mentality. "Oh, he's so dark and dangerous and threatening, but he's got a sad, lonely side, and if I could just figure out what's wrong, I could change him!"
Two restraining orders later, the lucky ones may figure out guys like that will never change – the others get a nice funeral, if any. My initial reaction from the book was, "Grey gets carried away, the girl's dead, he dumps her on Puget Sound from his helicopter, end of story."
As you can see from the links above, I'm not above making a buck, so if you still want to join the buyers of the 100 million copies, knock yourself out and please buy through my links.
Blogging on more serious matters shall continue shortly.
Oh! And I almost forgot –
Since I didn't read the book I didn't know that E.L. James crapped all over Tallis by using his masterpiece Spem In Alium (THE masterpiece of choral music) as Grey's background music of choice for inflicting pain on sick idiots.
**ck James and the beaten-up horse she rode in on.
The Interview. Yes, The Interview
I plunked down $6 and watched it on YouTube.
Parts of it reminded me of Fidel Castro taking Barbara Walters for a ride back in the day, by land,
and by sea,
in preparation for Barbara Walters's interviews of Fidel Castro.
Read my post at Da Tech Guy blog.
Movies: Schultze, and Caviezel as the Count of Monte Cristo
The Showtime Family cable channel is playing Schultze gets the blues, a delightful movie I reviewed nearly nine years ago>. Here's my review,
Minimalism comes to life in Schultze gets the blues.
The story starts when Schultze and his two friends Manfred and Jürgen are pushed into early retirement from the salt mines and receive salt lamps as retirement gifts. Schultze spends his retirement days playing the polka on his accordion, gardening (and polishing his garden gnomes), watching his friends fight over chess, riding his bicycle to get around, visiting his mother at the nursing home, and enjoying a beer or two. At the nursing home he meets whiskey-drinking Frau Lorant, who wants him to take her to the casino.
Then he listens to a Zydeco tune on the radio and his life changes completely.
Schultze's played by Horst Krause, who bears more than a passing resemblance to Curly Howard, if Curly wore eyeglasses and a fedora, and had a deep voice. Not that Shultze is a man of many words.
Director Michael Schorr's touch is light, slow — and I mean slow –, and makes for a very very funny movie. Schultze is a lucky everyman (I was told once that Schultze is a way to refer to a "generic German" guy, and probably not very complimentary, but have never wanted to find out on my own) who manages to break away from his everyday rutine, and, as Amazon reviewer Donald Liebenson said, "While Schultze's journey comes to a downbeat conclusion, the film manages to end on a lovely grace note". That note will make you laugh, too.
I recently watched the 2002 version of The Count of Monte Cristo through Amazon Instant Video.
I read Alexandre Dumas Sr.'s novels and all of Arthur Conan Doyle's books at the age girls read Nancy Drew's mysteries (which never really caught my imagination), and have, over the years, watched many of the film and TV interpretations of their works. I've watched the 1934 Robert Donat, the 1975 Richard Chamberlain, and the 1999 Gerard Depardieu in the title role as the Count of Monte Cristo (or, as Prince would put it, the sailor formerly known as Edmond Dantes). All were different and good (as long as you suspend belief enough to think 13 years at the Chateau D'If could not decrease Depardieu's avoirdupois), so Jim Caviezel's Dantes would complete the set.
I loved the enjoyable, fresh, luscious production, and the very moving performances by Caviezel and Richard Harris. Don't miss the Count's grand entrance,
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More than 1,000 people, including about 100 Buddhist monks, rallied in front of Yangon's city hall Sunday to support a decision by the Myanmar government to ban sale or distribution of the July 1 edition of TIME magazine.
The magazine, which ran a cover photo of radical Buddhist monk Wirathu as the "Face of Buddhist Terror," was banned last week because the article could be "misunderstood," the State of Emergency Management Central Committee said.
Wirathu has been a main protagonist in Buddhist attacks on Muslims in Rakhine State and elsewhere over the past year.
Sunday, protesters held Buddhist flags and placards with words saying they support President Thein Sein, denounce the article and call for legal action against the magazine and its editorial team.
Some placards read, "We support monk Wirathu who is just trying to protect our religion," "We support the president who announced objection to TIME magazine" and "Monk Wirathu is just a peaceful preacher."
Demonstrators included supporters of the recently popular 969 Buddhist nationalist movement.
Government officials said earlier the ban on TIME was to prevent further religious tension that could jeopardize a peace process between Buddhists and Muslims promoted by the government.
The communal attacks, mostly by Buddhists on Muslims, started a year ago in western Rakhine State after a Buddhist girl was allegedly raped and killed by several Muslims.
Attacks have since spread to central towns and cities in the Mandalay region and further east to Shan State.
More than 200 people, most of them Muslim, have been killed and more than 5,000 houses and religious buildings destroyed during clashes, the United Nations has reported.


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Kurdish forces retake parts of Iraq's largest dam
IRBIL, Iraq — Aided by U.S. and Iraqi airstrikes, Kurdish forces Sunday wrested back part of Iraq's largest dam from Islamic militants who captured it less than two weeks ago, security officials said.
The U.S. began targeting fighters from the Islamic State with airstrikes Aug. 8, allowing Kurdish forces to fend off an advance on their regional capital of Irbil and to help tens of thousands of members of religious minorities escape the extremists' onslaught.
Recapturing the entire Mosul Dam and the territory surrounding its reservoir would be a significant victory against the Islamic State group, which has seized swaths of northern and western Iraq and northeastern Syria. The dam on the Tigris supplies electricity and water to a large part of the country.
The Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, launched the operation early Sunday to retake the Mosul Dam, said Gen. Tawfik Desty, a Kurdish commander, after a day of U.S. and Iraqi airstrikes pushed back Islamic State fighters.
A spokesman for the peshmerga said the clashes were moving eastward.
"The west is in control of peshmerga. But there are some battles taking place in the (east) right now," said Halgurd Hekmat, peshmerga spokesman.
Another commander confirmed the information, saying that by Sunday evening, peshmerga forces had crossed the Tigris to the broad plains controlled by the Islamic State.
The U.S. military conducted 14 airstrikes Sunday, damaging or destroying 10 armed vehicles, seven Humvees, two armored personnel carriers and one checkpoint, according to a statement by the Central Command. On Saturday, it carried out nine airstrikes near the dam, destroying four armored personnel carriers, seven armed vehicles, two Humvees and another armored vehicle, the command said.
The peshmerga, the fighting force of the largely autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, surrounded the Islamic State-controlled city of Tel Kayf after taking the nearby town of Tel Kasouf, said the commander, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations.
The advance of Kurdish forces was hindered by roadside bombs and buildings rigged with explosives, planted by retreating Islamic State fighters, he said.
"They have reached inside the dam. There is no fighting, just the (roadside) bombs, and the abandoned buildings are all rigged with explosives," he said. "We will continue to advance and advance until we are given further instruction."
The commander said the evening advance occurred after the Iraqi government delivered 16 military Humvees, at least one with a mechanized bomb-disposal unit that was dismantling the roadside explosives.
Even as they advanced around the dam in northern Iraq, the commander said fighting forces were so poorly armed that he did not believe they could hold onto captured territory without a fast infusion of weapons — or continued U.S. airstrikes.
"We don't have the right weapons," he said.
Troubled relations between the Kurds and the central government in Baghdad have hindered the supply of arms to the force, leaving them overstretched and outgunned as the Islamic State group advanced.
Earlier this month, the militants swooped into Kurdish-held territory, seizing a border crossing and the Mosul dam. They also took control of villages around a northern mountain chain dominated by the Yazidis — adherents of an ancient faith seen as heretical by the militants.
The militants also took over villages near Irbil inhabited by Christians, and two Kurdish towns, Makhmour and Gweir.
Those seizures led to the flight of tens of thousands of Yazidis, Christians and Kurds into safer, Kurdish-held areas, and threatened to march onto Irbil itself.
Their advance was halted by U.S. airstrikes, the first American military involvement in Iraq since its troops pulled out in 2011. U.S. officials also said they would begin supplying weapons to Kurdish forces and said they had already been giving them some automatic rifles and ammunition.
But peshmerga forces say they haven't yet received any new supplies, and it's not clear how long the U.S. airstrikes will continue.
The senior commander said officers of his rank were told the U.S. had delivered mounted machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades to the Kurdish Defense Ministry, but they had not been distributed.
He said the weapons, while powerful, could not stop the advance of the Islamic State group, which has used heavily armored U.S. Humvees taken from Iraqi troops who abandoned them in June when the militants first swept through the territory.
Echoing a complaint by other commanders, he said the peshmerga lacked the firepower to pierce Humvee armor, adding that they needed to be closer than 330 feet (100 meters) from the vehicle with an RPG in order to destroy it. He said the weapons mounted on Humvees typically allowed militants to stay back 1,300 feet (400 meters).
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Desert Snow by KyimotoWatch
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This was seriously the only time I'd ever seen snow up close. It was,....I think....two years ago. yeah that sounds about right.
Lawlz, it's my front yard
Lawlz, it's my front yard
I wish we'd get more snow here, but this year we've only had rain....
thats your front yard??
wow...we gots lots of snow here!!
wow...we gots lots of snow here!!
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A couple things I would love to see added or improved; More sounds and/or the ability to upload sounds (I have your other app 300+ I would love to add all the sounds I like from that one to this one). The ability to record sounds that we have mixed. And lastly the ability to extend/loop one sound while just adding occasional sounds that aren't looped in the main track.
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From the Nov. 27 Clarion, "Kenai River Classic Changes Months," well maybe a hook and release derby on big king salmon where they spawn cannot be sold anymore. Maybe the commissioner would no longer authorize a derby for the once great now ghostly king salmon?
'Tis the season all year long in this community and I believe all should know it. Often times we take for granted those little things that matters most.
Thank you for:
The sweet man that takes the extra time to shovel your deck and plow your driveway even though he doesn't have to;
The police officers spending those extra-long hours to help out those that wouldn't stand a chance without them;
Peninsula business owners need to wake up to reality of the misfortunate folks face on the wages paid to locals.
The minimum wage of $7.75 is barely enough to keep a full-time worker above poverty guidelines of $19,430 for a single person. On the Kenai Peninsula, finding a job that will support a single person much less a family is not just a challenge but a reality that the local business owners seem to ignore.
I have read recently that the Kenai River Sport Fishing Association sponsoring the Kenai River Classic has been moved from July to August to target Silver Salmon.
Why not help our communities of Kenai and Soldotna and move the 'Classic' to every two years and target humpies.
The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce would like to sincerely thank all the donors, especially McDonald's and JTAK Food Safety, for all of the fabulous items that were donated to this year's Annual Pie Auction. This event wouldn't be possible without all of the support that we receive from our wonderful community.
Homer Electric Association would like to thank everyone who helped make our recent Energy and Conservation Fairs a great success. The Fairs at the Kenai Middle School and West Homer Elementary School attracted over 800 people who received information about energy efficiency, renewable energy, recycling, and other topics related to this year's theme, "Safe, Responsible Energy Solutions."
Alaskans have about $40 billion invested in our Permanent Fund. Dollars invested in businesses and nations throughout the world. Most believe dollars are wealth. In the end, dollars are only a tool used to help the people, prosper. Our dollars, created by the private Federal Reserve Bank are accepted around the globe. They are backed, by nothing more than the "good faith and credit" of the American people.
Albert Pine, an English author in the 1850s once said, "What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal." On behalf of those we provide services, the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank Board of Directors and staff thank all those who support the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank throughout the year.
As a Physical Education teacher at SoHi and Skyview for 30 years, I read with great interest the recent Clarion article "Board sees obesity study results." As our nation ponders how to pay for an unimaginable health plan, it stirred passions of my own teaching experiences and my relationship with students as we innocently fought the ravages of obesity 45 minutes per day, five days per week and had a blast doing so. Fond memories of my own children having P.E.
The Alaska Department of Labor's October 2012 Economic Trends report estimates that Alaskans, age 65 years and older, will increase 89 percent by 2020 pushing the total of this demographic to 105,000. The demand for senior healthcare will be enormous across the state, but particularly in the Anchorage/MatSu region and on the Kenai Peninsula.
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Filed under: Mind tactics
Even the most successful people wonder, at times, if they're good workers, leaders, or parents. However, some can be overwhelmed by self-doubt. And they worry they'll be exposed as fakes or frauds to others—otherwise known as "imposter syndrome." Try these strategies to fight your fears and perform well.
- Normalize it. Take some comfort in knowing that others experience self-doubt—and get through it. You're not alone.
- Try on different thoughts. When you treat your thoughts as facts, they can take on a life of their own. Don't assume the worst and think, "I'm going to fail." Instead, experiment with different thoughts, such as, "This is going to be hard, but I can do this."
- Look to others for inspiration. You can feel even more inspired when you find similarities between other successful people and yourself. For instance, maybe he or she is hard-working, imaginative, or organized—just like you.
- Chill out and breathe. If you're too amped up, it's hard to focus on the task at hand. Allow yourself some longer, slower exhales, and enjoy clearer thinking.
- Remember your successes. Mental imagery is a powerful tool. Thinking about past times when you were successful—regardless of when they occurred—might help you feel more confident.
- Know you don't "need" confidence. Certainly you'd like to feel self-assured before you perform, but you don't have to feel confident at first. People often perform well and then experience confidence.
- Fake it 'til you make it. "Acting" successful can help you actually become successful. And if you have some screw-ups along the way, own those mistakes and learn from them.
There's no magic trick to overcoming imposter syndrome, but you can use these approaches to help defeat doubt, believe in yourself, and celebrate success!
When working to build your concentration on one task, consider fixing problems and/or embracing new techniques. Ask yourself whether you're trying to restore a level of performance that you previously achieved—or if you're trying to boost your performance. Physical injuries, pain, medications, sleep deprivation, and addiction could distract you from the task at hand. Mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can negatively impact your ability to focus too. Through successful treatment with a trained medical provider, your attention skills could likely be restored to previous levels.
If you're aiming to enhance your focus capabilities and perform better than ever, you might want to try some mental performance techniques. These skills include goal-setting, self-talk habits, mental imagery, energy maximization, and organized routines to steer your attention. When developing a routine, you can become more aware of where your attention could go, and practice regularly guiding it to where you want it to go. As you develop practical habits, stay flexible and allow yourself to be spontaneous and adaptable when appropriate.
Fear of failure can prevent you from performing your best in many situations including combat, work, relationships, and daily life. Worry can take a bigger hold when you push it aside. For instance, while preparing to give a presentation and thinking, "I can't be nervous," you might actually feel more nervous!
As you face your fears, understand that fearing something will happen doesn't mean that it will happen. Ask yourself these kinds of questions:
- Why do I think I can't be nervous? If I'm nervous, I'll give a horrible talk.
- So if I'm nervous, I'm guaranteed to give a horrible talk? No, I've given good talks while nervous before.
- If nervousness leads to giving an awful talk, what's the worst thing about that? I'd be embarrassed and people would walk away without having learned important material.
- What's worse—embarrassment or people walking away without learning? I'd survive the embarrassment. People need to learn this stuff.
- Is this their last opportunity to learn? No, I'd take more steps to make sure they got it, despite an initially awful talk.
Once you fully consider the failure scenarios, spend more time imagining a positive outcome and accomplishing smaller goals that lead to success.
You might have noticed that you can "turn off" your busy brain by watching TV, but did you know there are other techniques that could help quiet your mind? You can download several MP3 audio files in HPRC's Mind-Body Apps, Tools, and Videos.
- Introduction to Paced Breathing helps you learn to pace your breath and achieve calmness while staying alert.
- Paced Breathing Music guides you to pace your breath once you better understand the timed breathing routine.
- Autogenic Training, a mind-body exercise, shows how to use your mind to warm your hands, while also quieting your mind.
Remember it's okay if your busy brain turns on. But just as easily as racing thoughts creep in, let them creep out—while gently guiding your attention to something neutral such as your breath, or something important such as the task at hand. Whether it's watching TV or using a mind-body technique, find ways to quiet your mind and be more focused when it matters.
There are exercises you can do to improve your mindset and your optimism, the belief that things will go well for you in a given situation. This is important because optimism is associated with health benefits such as:
- less risk of death from heart attack;
- lower risk of depression following events such as the death or illness of someone close; and
- better personal relationships.
Military training for contingency planning can help you identify what can or did go wrong as part of your important risk-assessment skills. However, when you transfer these strategies to noncombat life you may find focusing on potential problems hurts more than it helps. Balancing optimism and contingency planning can be difficult, but the good news is that you can learn optimism too. Here are some strategies to get you started.
Don't make things harder for yourself by making excuses or creating excuses in advance. When you set a goal and the stakes feel high, it can be easy to make excuses when you fail in order to avoid negative feelings such as regret, shame, or guilt. Without thinking about why you do it, you may sometimes make tasks harder than they need to be so that ready-made excuses "protect" you from feeling bad. The downside is that you miss opportunities to learn from your experiences and test your "true" skills. This is called "self-handicapping." Learn how to set yourself up for success instead. Read more here.
The ultimate performance mind state is often referred to as "the Zone," which scientists refer to as "flow." It isn't something you can decide to suddenly experience, but you can remove obstacles and learn mental skills that help pave the way. This experience of being completely immersed in an activity involves:
- Clear goals and immediate understanding of whether actions are helping or hurting your progress towards goals.
- Being intense and focused on the present moment.
- A merging together—in the moment—of what you do and what you are aware of.
- Not feeling self-consciousness or anxious.
- Time slowing down or speeding up.
- Your attention focused on exactly where you need it to be.
- Feeling challenged yet taking opportunities even when they're a slight stretch.
- Feeling in control and prepared to face whatever happens next.
You can experience the Zone in many ways, whether you're engaged in combat, playing competitive sports, or raising children. It can't be forced, but you can set the stage for it by doing many hours of deliberate practice and by honing good mental skills.
You can learn to use the same mental imagery skills that elite athletes use to achieve peak performance. Mental imagery is the practice of seeing (and feeling) in your mind's eye how you want to perform a skill, as if you were actually doing it. It's a popular sport psychology technique that service members can take advantage of. You can enhance your usual training to help maintain—or even surpass—your current skill level, even when you're sidelined.
Some of the benefits of mental imagery include:
- Better decision-making
- Fewer errors
- Improved attention
- Increased confidence
- Reduced stress and anxiety
You can create imagery in your mind for just about any task, such as improving your running time or marksmanship. Good mental imagery uses all of the senses, but it often helps to listen to a scripted audio recording. Use HPRC's Building an Imagery Script worksheet to guide you through the steps of creating your own imagery script.
Watching others can also help. In fact, being a spectator can boost learning even more than mental imagery by itself because you're viewing what you'd like to accomplish rather than conjuring up images with your own mind. Both methods of learning are effective. Observing can be in person or by video, but you can also combine video/imagery approaches and potentially get even more bang for your buck.
With any of these approaches, it's important to "feel" yourself executing the skill, even though you might be sitting or lying down. Of course, you don't have to be sitting still to use mental imagery. Try using it in the setting where you'll actually perform the skill. You can even incorporate it into existing training protocols.
Mental toughness is a psychological edge that some are born with and others develop. It's a mixture of traits that are important for all who want to overcome adversity and be successful. These traits include a strong belief in yourself and an unshakable faith that you control your own destiny. It allows you to consistently cope with training and lifestyle demands better than those who don't have it.
If you have these 4 Cs, you're mentally tough:
- Control: You feel in control of your emotions and are influential with the people in your life.
- Commitment: You embrace difficulty rather than running from it.
- Challenge: You believe that life is full of opportunities, not threats.
- Confidence: You know you have what it takes to be successful.
How to get it? You can gain mental toughness through a long-term process of developing mental skills. Leaders can specifically promote mental toughness by creating a learning environment centered on the mastery of the 4 Cs. They also can help by generally supporting and encouraging service members to maintain positive relationships. Over the long haul, to maintain and improve your mental toughness, you need to constantly hone your mental skills. And finally, you need a self-driven, insatiable desire to succeed.
Routines often can help your performance, but you need to be flexible too. Some of the world's best athletes have scripted routines that begin with what time they wake up. Top performers find that routines can help shift them from stressful anticipation of how things are going to turn out to focus instead on what's most important in that moment. In other words, routines can help you reduce anxiety.
But while rigid routines can be useful when the events are predictable, overly rigid routines can morph a helpful tool into a superstitious or obsessive ritual. The best athletes regard flexibility and adaptation as crucial to their own, often finely honed, routines. With service members for whom crises are part of the job, the best teams are able to go "off-script" when needed in order to work together most effectively.
For more information on mental aspects of performance, visit HPRC's Mind Tactics domain.


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United do rule United do rule Mar 3, 2013 09:03 Flag
Is the end of dark age near for AFC?
Deeprick, It's 1.5 billionSort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
FABONGRASSS FABONGRASSS Mar 3, 2013 09:39 Flag
A monumental #$%$ up by Ian again.
That aside, it's nearly twice the price ManU were sold off for and the highest price ever for any football club.
I can't see the present owners selling, but you never know.
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I agree that our club is not worth 1.5bn. But I can't see what's wrong with a "bunch of Arabs" owning Arsenal. Unless you have something against Arabs. I have something against unambitious and uninterested Yanks. The Yanks destroyed Arsenal and Liverpool.
United do rule United do rule Mar 3, 2013 13:00 Flag
Racist #$%$ pixie, where was the mess - up ?


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OAKLAND, Calif. — Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters marched in the streets of Oakland on Wednesday as they geared up with labor unions to picket banks, take over foreclosed homes and vacant buildings and disrupt operations at the nation's fifth-busiest port.
Demonstrators as well as city and business leaders expressed optimism that the widely anticipated "general strike" would be a peaceful event for a city that became a rallying point last week after an Iraq War veteran was injured in clashes between protesters and police.
Embattled Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, who has been criticized for her handling of the protests, said in a statement that she supported the goals of the protest movement that began in New York City a month ago and spread to dozens of cities across the country.
"Police Chief (Howard) Jordan and I are dedicated to respecting the right of every demonstrator to peacefully assemble, but it is our duty to prioritize public safety," she said.
Protesters planned to hold similar rallies across the country in solidarity.
In Philadelphia, police arrested about a dozen protesters who were sitting peacefully inside the lobby of the headquarters of cable giant Comcast. Officers moved in after they refused to leave. The protesters were handcuffed and led into police vans as supporters cheered.
In New York, about 100 military veterans marched in uniform through Manhattan to protest what they called police brutality against the Iraq War veteran injured in Oakland.
Students from colleges in Boston and union workers, for example, were expected to march on local Bank of America offices, the Harvard Club and the statehouse to protest the nation's burgeoning student debt crisis.
They say total student debt in the country exceeds credit card debt, increases by $1 million every six minutes and will reach $1 trillion this year, potentially undermining the economy.
Along with protesting financial institutions that many within the movement blame for high unemployment and the foreclosure crisis, supporters of the Oakland events are expanding their message to include school closures, waning union benefits and cuts to social services.
Nurse, teacher and other worker unions are taking part in the protests, and Oakland is letting city workers use vacation or other paid time to take part in the general strike. About 5 percent of city workers took the day off Wednesday, according to City Administrator Deanna Santana.
About 360 Oakland teachers didn't show up for work, or roughly 18 percent of the district's 2,000 teachers, said Oakland Unified School District spokesman Troy Flint. The district has been able to get substitute teachers for most classrooms, and where that wasn't possible children were sent to other classrooms, he said.
The day's events in Oakland began with a rally outside City Hall that by midmorning drew more than 1,000 people who were spilling into the streets and disrupting the downtown commute.
The protests were expected to culminate with a march to the Port of Oakland, where organizers said the goal would be to stop work there for the 7 p.m. shift. Organizers say they want to halt "the flow of capital" at the port.
It is the only West coast port that exports more than it imports, according to port spokesman Issac Kos-Read. About 55 percent of the goods it handles are for export. Much of California's agricultural production flows through to foreign markets, including wines from Napa and Sonoma valleys, fruits and nuts from the Central Valley and rice from farms near Sacramento.
About 70 percent of the port's trade is with Asia. Seventeen percent is domestic and military cargo, 10 percent is European trade. The port imports electronics, apparel and manufacturing equipment, mostly from Asia. The port also handles imported cars and car parts from Asian carmakers such as Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Hyundai.
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Based on Jon Krakauer's account of the life and death at 24 of the Emory University grad turned extreme outdoorsman Chris McCandless, Sean Penn's film does well by its youthful hero.
With one foot in the 1960s and another in our own cautious time, Into the Wild captures the recklessness, the passion and also the cruelty of youth. Chris (Emile Hirsch) barrels toward his life's journey from Atlanta to Alaska, but the rest of the world, older and wiser, seems to be limping back slowly from their travels carrying a suitcase loaded with loss and heartbreak.
Flashing back from Chris' last stand in an abandoned bus in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, Penn's film begins in a chaotic, mildly hallucinatory blur. As Chris graduates from Emory, the world seems to rush at him with teeth bared. On this precipice of adulthood, Chris sees nothing but ruin in the inevitable transformation of his idealism into the complacency of his parents (William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden).
Smart enough for Harvard Law School, Chris instead opts out, driven by equal parts love and rage. His flight to remote Alaska reflects his all-consuming romance with nature. But his odyssey is also a prolonged and often cruel attack on the parents, whose dysfunctional marriage, shallow values and calculated deceptions fuel Chris' rage.
Shredding all forms of ID and burning his paper money, Chris sets off for his journey fueled by the moral introspection of Thoreau, London and Tolstoy. But as the journey continues, Chris' perception of what "the wild" can offer him shifts. The bliss of nature often pales in filmic terms to the satisfaction Penn shows of human companionship. On the road, Chris encounters a rich patchwork of Americans: dropouts and hippies, folk artists and vacationing Euros, a lonely retiree and a rowdy, life-embracing farmer played with infectious gusto by a chubby Vince Vaughn.
Carrying much of the film on his shoulders, Emile Hirsch is less an actor than an icon; charismatic and mesmerizing in the manner of young, handsome people who are burdened with embodying our hope for the future.
With the blind confidence of youth, Chris lectures the people he meets on the secrets to a happy, satisfied life – until the film's final moments, when he takes stock of all he has lost, too.
Those hippies – Jan (Catherine Keener) and Rainey (an exceptionally good Brian Dierker) – traveling the country in a painted van take Chris under their wing, even if unable to swallow Chris' litany of complaints about his parents. "You look like a loved kid," Jan chides.
In one of the film's most affecting passages, Chris spends his last moments in civilization in the company of a retired Army vet (Hal Holbrook) who spends his days tooling leather and clocking his time until death. Most of the people Chris encounters seem to want to bottle him like a jar of jam they can put away and break out on the hard, lonely days of winter.
In many ways, Chris' travels are blessed. His burning passion is with nature, and it gives the film a state of rapture. He encounters benevolence and kindness, lucky breaks and straw hats by the side of the road.
In Penn's hands, Chris has an almost saintly dimension, down to his celibacy. Penn's portrait of Chris' parents can at times also slide from reality into archetype. Like the smothering, hypocritical adults in The Graduate, the McCandlesses are starched relics from some past generation's conception of parenthood. It is often hard to respond to them as real people instead of caricatures.
In many ways, Into the Wild seems not only aimed at but infused with the values of a college-aged audience, with Chris offered as a messianic hero for the times who rejects the world's false values for a higher moral purpose. But as the film advances, Chris' infectious enthusiasm and spirit of adventure begin to wane. Something pained and lonely creeps in as Penn flashes forward with increasing frequency to the remote school bus in the Alaskan wilds.
Into the Wild is in many ways a wonderfully sincere and nostalgic throwback to the exploratory spirit of the '60s. Employing split screens, cinema verité elements and folky, indie-rock ballads that recall Leonard Cohen of McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Penn reveals an obvious debt to filmmakers such as Robert Altman and John Schlesinger.
Painful reminders of the film's theme of loss, many of the people whom Chris encounters pine for missing children. Chris is often embraced – even clung to – as an idealized substitute son. His insistence on continuing his journey amplifies their loss once again. A film about yearning and wounded human relationships, Into the Wild also offers a kind of ragged redemption for Chris. His epiphany comes too late, but it is all part of his journey; knowledge and life yield enlightenment and sorrow, too.


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