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Coming off a win, this article probably isn't going to be timed great. But hey, I've thought about doing it, and just got some free time so here it goes:
I'm no medical doctor. Nor do I study to be one. I'm closer to Dr. Nick Riviera than I am Doogie Howser. With any medical issue there is generally the disease or diagnosis (flu, strep, chicken pox), symptoms(cough, headache,upset stomach) and some type of a cure (bed rest, orange juice, and rest).
I'm going to attempt to take some of the issues the Jets have had and try to figure out what ails them. Join after the jump for what our problems really are. (These are purely for fun and written as if a doctor was listing the problems.)
Let's start at the top and work our way down:
Woody Johnson:
Disease: Headline-defeicit disorder. Possible little brother syndrome.
Symptoms include: signing role players instead of fixing key issues. Signing on to Hard Knocks. And then trying to do it again, against the coaches mindset. Not letting the product speak for itself on the field, but in the headlines. Running the team like a business whose main goal is money, forgetting the fans and not headlines support the product.
Cure: A
Romney victory. (Couldn't resist, sorry! ) A super Bowl win would cure all ailments. That or a sudden dose of cold, hard reality.
Mike T:
Disease: Crushed Cap Number with a slight tear in the balance sheet.
Symptoms include: Over the hill defensive players with big cap numbers. Looming contract issues. Signing players to huge extensions with no way out next year. Not evaluating talent on talent alone, but on cap numbers. Leaving holes at positions. Not firing obvious coach issues. Holdouts with your best player. Draft day heartbreak and deliriousness. And of course the biggest symptom: Wayne Hunter starting at right tackle induced nausea.
Cures: At this point, euthanasia of job responsibilities could be a valid solution. However, let's try some other remedies before we say goodbye to our dear friend. Let's start with the cap, well considering he's a cap "genius" maybe let him try to operate. However, with any operation you must get a specialist to make sure you don't go overboard. So we need another operator with a doctorate in evaluating talent by his side (or to pull the plug). Also, keep away from Woody Johnson for relapses occur around him. Also, get him the contract and holdout handbook to prevent further relapses.
Rex Ryan:
Disease: Foot in mouth disease.
Symptoms include: False hopes, AFC championship loses. 8-8 records. Getting ripped apart in media. Getting called a clown. Being in headlines for bad reasons. Having a loyal fanbase when things are good, and losing them when things are bad. Having players want to join you. Losing pulse of the team.
Cures: Winning. Winning will cure it all. Except of course the foot in mouth disease, but it gets rid of the symptoms. Possible home remedies: getting him a snack. But not just any snack. Only a god-damn snack will suffice.
Disease: Unknown (possible inconsistanitus, with an acute Brian Shotty disease.
Symptoms: Tim Tebow sightings. Poorly thrown balls. lack of faith of fanbase and receivers. Possible Draft bust status. Getting booed during intros. Tipped passes at line. Poor screen passes. Great games followed by horrible games. Confusion amongst pundits, coaches and fans as to whether symptoms will ever go away.
Cures: Well we know that a new OC wasn't a cure. Neither was working out in the offseason. Hell if anyone knows, I'm sure the Jets would love to hear it. (We'll just call it unknown)
Running game:
Disease: 2ndandlong syndrome
Symptoms include: Two yard runs. Getting stuffed at the line. Pressure on the pass game. Wildcat induced reversal of field position. Going a year in between long runs.
Cures: Austin Howard was a good patchwork remedy. However, a star running back helps as well as a good offensive line push. Shonn Greene in playoff mode works wonders. That or playing weak defenses.
Disease: Missing run stopapge, Revis Island injury-revenge.
Symptoms: 200 yard running games for opposing offenses. Inability to get off field. Loss of possession time. a 3-3 record. Not being able to cut off half the field.
Cures: Getting younger and healthy. That and the return of Revis Island related happiness.
Well, that's about all the diseases I could come up with that ail our team. I'm sure there's more, but I feel like Dr. House today, I'll spend most of the time on these diseases only to find the real disease at the end which hopefully leads to a cure of a Super Bowl or death. Either way, there is a lot that certainly is curable and some stuff that is not so curable (Rex Ryan's disease for instance). Either way it has been fun playing Dr.
And to quote the best doctor of all time: Good bye Ev'rybody!


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Hat tip to: The PJ Tatler - Video: US Navy pilots surprise Japanese with food and water.
Minor correction. The pilots are the guys who are inside the the cockpit and driving the aircraft. The aircrew are the people who are carrying the supplies from the helicopter to the people waiting on the ground. Now, as the father of a Navy helicopter pilot, I love the helo pilots, but give "the guys in back" a big hand here.
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The Virginia Men's basketball team allowed its most points in a game this season, as the Cavaliers fell 93-81 against North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
The game was tied at 40 at halftime after a Jontel Evans buzzer-beating three-pointer, but the Tar Heels connected on 7-of-11 three-pointers in the 2nd half to pull away.
Junior Joe Harris led UVA with a career-high 27 points.
Sophomore P.J. Hairston (Hargrave Military Academy) had a game-high 29 points for UNC.
Virginia hit 31-of-53 shots from the field (58.5 percent), and the loss is the teams first when shooting 55 percent or better since losing to Duke in 2003.
The Cavaliers made a season-high 12 three-pointers, and shot 50 percent or better from beyond the arc for the seventh time this season.
The 'Hoos continue ACC action Tuesday as they take on #3 Miami in Coral Gables at 9 p.m.
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Parade named 2 MN players to their A-A teams. Joe Coleman? The MN Mr basketball, Gatorade and consensus POY, etc. Nope. Instead Shelby Moats and Ross (?) White get named. Here's why. The author (Brian McLaughlin) and selector of the players is a FOOTBALL recruiting analyst at The Sporting News. Utterly clueless on basketball recruiting.


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St Albans Judo Club member lands bronze medal
12:20pm Thursday 22nd May 2014 in Sport
St Albans Judo Club's Tom Lish won a bronze medal at the Ippon Trophy in Antwerp at the weekend.
Lish, who was featuring for the first time, made it through the pools of his weight group to reach the final as he earned third place for the British team.
St Albans sent six members to the competition after they were selected for the European ranking event.
In order to be selected the young judokas needed to have won a gold or silver medal at the last two national tournaments and have attended the British Judo Council Squad training on a regular basis for the last year. These were Paige Rowlett, Emily Niven, Victoria Cleevely, Jessie Edwards, Tom and Paddy Lish. They attend schools across Hertfordshire, including Bushey and Watford.
Rowlett and Cleevely competed in the 15 to 18 age category and finished fifth after making it through to the finals.
Paddy Lish, Edwards and Niven took part in the 12 to 15 age group and fought hard despite not making it through to the finals.
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i'm having problems with simple methods like for file handling or sockets. for instance when i try to open a socket i get the following exception:
Uncaught exception java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/net/Socket.
according to the documentation it says that the class is not defined. where can i do this? what does that mean? i use eclipse and the appropriate libraries are already included in the build path.Code:try { s = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 12345); data_in = new DataInputStream(s.getInputStream()); data_out = new PrintStream(s.getOutputStream()); System.out.println("connected."); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("error connecting."); }
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The first trailer for the reboot of George Miller's 1979 Mad Max is here, and damn. Water wars, body horror, Theron's Furiosa riding through the night like a dirty desert queen...I don't know exactly what's going on, but it's captivating. Hopefully the actual film will live up to some of this footage, although Theron's shaved head has probably set an unfair precedent. Good luck topping that, Warner Bros.Read More


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Rentaneko in one word: adorable. Considering the Internet's overflow of cute kitten pictures, this film was just waiting to be made. With its absurd and idiosyncratically Japanese premise and humour, it's basically Tampopo (1985) with countless cuddly cats in place of the mountains of mouth-watering food.
Sayoko (Ichikawa) lives alone with an army of cats. The kitties are naturally attracted to her as if via pheromones and everyday she takes them around in a cart, renting them out to lonely people. The film has a cyclical structure, with Sayoko meeting a client, renting a cat, for some reason lying about having a lucrative, always oddball job on the side – ranging from fortune teller to TV jingle composer – curing the client's loneliness, and then finding herself at home lamenting her lack of a husband.
The story is pretty thin and largely irrelevant. This is of no importance, for Sayoko is as adorable as her many cats and Rentaneko's bizarre humour is absolutely irresistible. The whole film is basically a succession of hilarious scenes that includes some lighthearted philosophy on the side. It could have been a bit shorter, as it stretches its premise out a bit by nearing the two-hour mark, but that's really just nitpicking – it's completely enjoyable and anyone with an affinity for Japanese absurdity will have a thoroughly good time.
Rentaneko (E: Rent-a-Cat) | Directed by Naoko Ogigami (Japan 2012) with Mikako Ichikawa, Reiko Kusamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Maho Yamada, Kei Tanaka
World premiere in the Panorama section of the Berlinale 2012 at the CinemaxX 7 on Tuesday, February 14th, at 19:00.
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Bernstein: Ford's Nixon Pardon 'Right Thing To Do'
A minor historical footnote, perhaps, but arguably an interesting one . . .
A man whose Watergate reporting made his career and led to Richard Nixon's downfall has declared that Pres. Gerald Ford did the right thing in pardoning Nixon.
Carl Bernstein made the--to me at least--surprising statement on today's Morning Joe, in the course of a discussion of Jeff Greenfield's new book about various what-ifs in history.
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Bernstein was arguing that if Ford had not pardoned Nixon, he might well have defeated Jimmy Carter in the 1976 presidential election. When Pat Buchanan suggested that letting Nixon stand trial would have torn the country apart, Bernstein opined that pardoning Nixon was "the right thing to do."
CARL BERNSTEIN: If Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, there's a really good chance that Carter wouldn't have been elected.
PAT BUCHANAN: I don't know about that. If he hadn't done that, if he had set Nixon on trial, it would have torn the country apart. I do agree that if --
BERNSTEIN: It was the right thing to do to pardon him.
BUCHANAN: Look, I think he did the right thing.
BERNSTEIN: I do too.
Bernstein Blasted Pardon At The Time: h/t Georgia Girl. As reported by his Watergate WaPo sidekick Bob Woodward, when Bernstein first heard of the pardon, his reaction was "the son of a b---- pardoned the son of a b----." Maybe next time Berstein's on Morning Joe he could explain how and when his thinking . . . evolved.
Calmer Carl: Last time I blogged about Bernstein, it was to blast him for his bumbling attack on Sarah Palin. It was a much calmer Carl on Morning Joe today, offering only pro forma criticisms of Scott Walker and calls for the defunding of NPR.
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Stopped watch...
Submitted by Red Jeep on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 9:34am.
...and all that...
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Submitted by charlietexas on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 9:41am.
from the one who got famous burning Nixon. Quite surprising.
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Maybe some on the left....
Submitted by adamsmith on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 10:22am.
Maybe some on the left are starting to see that maybe Obama is really a Communist and are starting to get frightened. These guys have been railing against the "Man" since the '60's. Now it turns out they voted in their own "Man" and he's a Commie Pinko.
We're going to be paying for all this for a long,long time. And that's if he doesn't win reelection.....
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Submitted by GG_NB on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 1:03pm.Regarding whether Bernstein was supportive of the pardon in 1974, Web articles indicate that Bernstein's reaction at the time was an angry "the son of a b**** pardoned the son of a b****." So I'd say that's a NO!
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I think that what Bernstein
Submitted by TE on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 3:02pm.I think that what Bernstein said is nothing but a throw-away line used by Bernstein in a failed attempt to disguise himself as something other than the complete whack job, fringe, leftist fanatic that he is.
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Watergate and the pardon
Submitted by tominhouston on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 3:14pm.I remember paying close attention to the Watergate scandal. I find it as facinating now as I did then. I agree that Nixon should have been pardoned Had Nixon not been pardoned the things that would have been uncovered in the investigations surrounding his prosecution could have harmed the basic structure of American government. Then again if a "9 on the Richter scale" shake up of government had occured then I wonder if the country would be be in better shape than it's in today? So what if Bernstein changed his mind - maturity has a tendancy to do that. As to Ford winning over Carter - no. Ford was there to fill the gap and everybody knew it. The only reason that the Republicans ran him was that he was the incumbant and basically, there wasn't anybody else. Bear in mind also that Carter was an outsider, a democrat like Kennedy and not like Nixon/Ford, he was in the Navy like Kennedy and he was a farmer - the salt of the earth - the backbone of the country, who wasn't afraid to talk about going to church, being born again and having committed adultry in his heart (while holding his wife's hand). It only took 1 term to find out that those were the only things he had going for him and don't count for much when it comes to actually "being" the President - It tends to put you in mind of someone else who only has some history as a community organizer behind him.
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Peel and Cut Papaya In Rings of about ¼-inch think, Brush on some olive oil and salt, then grill until grill-marks are showing. Rest papaya after grilling in refrigerator for about 10 minutes Combine spice mix with 1 tbps of olive oil, roll shrimp in it and then grill shrimp until nice and golden brown In a blender combine all dressing ingredients beside the olive olive, blend all ingredients and once blended start adding olive oil very slowly at a slow speed Place Organic Greens in a salad bowl ,add dressing to taste Add Papaya cut in small pieces, add feta, add almonds and add shrimp all around the salad Serves 4. Enjoy!
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Albany-- Ray Charles Plaza was dedicated on December 7th, but the city of Albany still hasn't taken ownership of downtown's newest attraction. That's because work on the plaza isn't finished.
The centerpiece of the park still isn't working properly. The statue of the music legend isn't rotating as it should, and the lights and music still have problems. Despite the kinks, several people making their first visit to the plaza Monday afternoon told us it's a great draw for downtown. Jermaine Coleman said, "This is my first time seeing it. It looks beautiful from here. They really did a lot of good work on it. I'm sure once they get the kinks out of it, like they said they did it in a short amount of time maybe they kind of skipped some steps to make it to that deadline, but it still looks beautiful even sitting still."
The Albany Tomorrow project manager in charge of the plaza did not return our phone calls today to talk about the problems or a timeline to fix them. City manager Alfred Lott says the project is not unacceptably late, and the city will continue to work with A.T.I to finish the plaza before the city takes control of it.
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Hello everyone! Having enjoyed the discussions about heavyweight boxing and the Klitschkos, and the ones regarding García vs Matthysse and Mayweather vs Canelo, I'm back for more. Relentless despite getting owned by the 99% of people that didn't agree with me in any of those subjects, I'll try with another one, because I don't mind not being part of that 99%.
I'm not writing this in hopes that it turns into an argument about who won the fight, if Márquez deserved it, or Bradley won fairly. People, judges and pundits have all agreed with Bradley being the winner. I, myself, thought Márquez should have won the fight, but as I said in some other comments, I don't even score the fights when I watch them and when I say stuff like that I normally base it on overall feelings. As such, I won't defend my views very strongly against dozens of people that actually scored the fight, and know 100 times more about boxing than me.
Instead of that, I will stick to perceptions, numbers, and facts. My goal is not to try to convince anyone that the fight should have been scored differently. I aim to make some people think about Bradley´s performance. Was it as good as some people claim? How do the numbers from that fight compare to the numbers from both fighters careers? Could Bradley's actions have influenced people's views on the fight in a way they shouldn't have? Let's start.
First of all, the disclaimers. I'm going to use Compubox stats for this. I know Compubox stats don't tell the whole story. Sometimes, they can give a somewhat accurate description of how the fight went. Most of the time, on the other hand, you need to know more in order to get a true picture of what happened. This is not to say Compubox stats are totally useless, I think treating them as useless is as wrong as treating them as definite proof of anything. I'll just post the numbers, write what I take away from them and let people decide if they have any meaning at all to them regarding the way the fight went in their minds.
Secondly, circumstances change. Bradley is, for example, stepping up in competition from what he fought some years ago. Thus, even when his stats doesn't show an improvement, his competition getting harder makes it so keeping the numbers as they were before actually means an improvement. If he can keep the numbers consistent against better competition, that's an improvement. The magnitude of the improvement is proportional to the difference in level between his rivals in different eras.
Now, let's start with my hypothesis. I think Bradley fought and acted in a way that made many people get the notion that he was performing at a higher level than he actually was. I'd add that Márquez doing the opposite in many instances caused his performance to be viewed as worse than it actually was, in the eyes of many. To say it in a different way, it was a very close fight, Márquez performed better than people credit him, and Tim did worse. The reason for this, is his behaviour in certain aspects during the fight.
These are the numbers I am going to use:
Compubox Stats for Bradley vs Márquez
Márquez stats:
Punches thrown/landed 455/153
Connect rate 34%
Bradley stats:
Punches thrown/landed 562/168
Connect rate 30%
Compubox career averages for Márquez
Punches thrown/landed 636/204
Career connect rate 33%
Opponents connect rate against Márquez 33%
Compubox career averages for Bradley
Punches thrown/landed 720/228
Career connect rate 31%
Oppenents connect rate against Bradley 27%
Now let's see how those numbers compare to the perceptions people have about the fight. Some of the things almost everyone rate in Bradley's favour are defense, ring generalship, effective aggression. Many people argue that Bradley negated Márquez offense, rendering him unable to hit him while hitting Márquez at will during most of the fight. The reasons for that, as people suggest, is that Bradley's footwork allowed him to run circles around Juan, making it difficult for him to get to Bradley and at the same time keeping Bradley in spots in which he could bang Márquez without leaving him the option to retaliate, much like slick boxers try to accomplish normally.
Well, do the numbers agree with the notion that Bradley frustrated Márquez and didn't allow him to get to Tim, while letting him do the opposite? So first, let's see how those numbers compare to their respective career averages.
When we do the math, we see that, indeed, Márquez was able to throw a quite lesser number of punches than he does on average. He threw only 71,5% of the punches he throws in his fights, on average. That clearly points to him having problems to get to Bradley. He knew he had to be aggressive, so a 28.5% drop on punches thrown has to mean he didn't find the way to attack Tim more, since, had he found it he would have done so.
What about Tim? Well, Tim threw 75% of the punches he normally does. It seems not only Juan had serious problems to get himself in a position to throw, but Tim had them too (in a lesser grade). That goes strongly about the notion that Tim perfectly controlled the distance and dictated the pace of the match in a way that was much favourable to him.
Of course, thrown punches only tell a part of the story. Let's see how their connect rates compare to their average, reference performance. Márquez connected with 78% of the punches he normally connects with. Bradley connected with 73.7%, compared to his average. We get a strong indication here that Tim's defense and precision don't fare as good as people claim against Juan's, since Juan connected a 78% of the punches he normally connects.
We can see, then, that while both men were able to make it so his opponent wasn't as comfortable as normally throwing punches (with Bradley having slightly more success at it), it was Márquez the one which made Bradley connect with a lesser percentage of punches than he normally does, and with a larger margin. That goes very strongly against the notion that Tim's defense was that much better than Márquez defense. And Márquez is not regarded as a fighter with a tight defense.
Now, let's analyze the idea that Márquez wasn't comfortable, or he wasn't the Juan Manuel Márquez we know, while Tim performed at his best. We can see that Tim landed 30% of his punches on Juan. That's 3% less than the average fighter when fighting against Márquez. It seems not only Tim didn't land on Márquez at will. In fact, he landed less than he normally lands, and less than what the rest of Juan's rivals have landed, on average.
On the other hand, Márquez landed 34% of his punches on Tim. That's 1% more than Juan normally lands on his rivals, and 7% more than what rivals normally land on Tim. Bradley landed 30% against Márquez, whose rivals land 33% on him, average.
Put into words, and be it for different reasons, the truth is Márquez landed more often on Bradley than he has landed on average through his career, while also landing much more than Tim's previous rivals have landed on him. At the same time, Tim managed to catch Márquez less than he normally landed against other rivals, and less than what previous Márquez rivals have achieved, also on average.
What do this all mean? Well, for sure it doesn't mean Márquez should have won the fight, and I'm fine agreeing with Bradley's win. But you could see how he reacted when hit. He didn't lose a second to show the audience and the judges how he wasn't hurt. At the same time he got cocky when he landed on Márquez. Juan didn't do any of that. Bradley acted at the end of every round like it was a clear round for him, even if it wasn't, Marquez didn't do the same. Bradley answered the final bell running up on top of the corner to make everyone know he had won, while Márquez didn't. How he moved, his gestures, his postures, him dropping the guard, smiling, the way he walked. I think those were all calculated moves, and they achieved their goal.
I think Compubox numbers, while not an indication that the result of the fight should have been different, hint on the direction that people bit Tim's tricks, and regard the fight as a fight not as closer as it actually was. For the same reasons, they treat Juan like he performed very badly, when in fact, his performance will improve his stats in almost all categories, meaning it was an above average effort. The opposite is true with Tim, and despite that people talk about a career-defining win and his best ever performance.
This is what I think and those are my reasons. As I said, my goal was only to show a way in which things can be analyzed, that doesn't quite agree with the prevailing opinion on the fight. I think most of Bradley's movement was only for the show. I didn't see Juan get frustrated, he cut on the ring and found Bradley there to be hit.
If Tim's ring generalship was as great as people claim, he would have improved his numbers for thrown punches while decreasing Juan's output. The reality is he actually managed to have Márquez throwing less, but at the cost of him throwing less also in almost the same proportion.
If Tim's defense was as good as people claim, he would have made it so Márquez connect rate was lower than normal. It was, in fact, higher.
If Tim's offense was as good as people claim, he would have made it so his connect rate was higher than normal. It was, in fact, lower.
To wrap things up, I'll write down an extreme example on how a fighter can use ring generalship to decrease his opponents output while improving his own. Also, it shows how to use your defense to negate your opponent's accuracy, and how to use your offense to improve your own.
Compubox stats for Mayweather vs Márquez
Mayweather stats:
Punches thrown/landed 493/290
Connect rate 59%
Márquez stats:
Punches thrown/landed 583/69
Connect rate 12%
Of course, Floyd vs Juan was one of the more one-sided beatings people have seen in years. And the reasons for that go much further than what numbers can suggest. Still, here we can actually see what happened. Floyd's footwork and ring generalship allowed him to maintain his thrown punches average, almost exactly, while greatly decreasing Márquez's output. Floyd's defense allowed him to completely destroy Juan's accuracy compared to what he normally does. Floyd's offense made it so he could connect on Márquez a 17% more than he does on average.
Compubox doesn't tell the whole story. You can't decipher how a fight went by reading the stats. But that is one thing. It's a different thing to believe that stats are so broken that you wouldn't find a trace of what actually happened in the fight by looking at them. That is not true. You can't make a fight in your mind just by watching at the numbers. But if you watch a fight, the numbers have to reflect at least some part of what actually happened. Since the numbers from Bradley vs Márquez doesn't tell the same story that the fans tell, then there has to be different reasons for them to actually think like that.
I have stated my opinion, now I would like to read yours, if anyone takes the time to actually read this infernal wall of text!!


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The First Global Civilization: The Rise and Spread of Islam
The followers of Islam created the first global civilization.
Islam eventually spread from its point of origin in Arabia to
Europe, Asia, and Africa. The great Islamic empire provided
commercial and cultural links to all of the civilized centers
of the Eastern Hemisphere. Despite the appearance of
religious homogeneity, political rivalries, ethnic
differences, and sectarian rifts divided the Islamic world.
Political rivalries often led to technological and
administrative advances that strengthened the Islamic world
as a whole.
Islam appeared first on the Arabian peninsula, an area
occupied by pastoral nomads and on the periphery of the
civilized zones. Much of the peninsula is desert, which
supported both goat and camel nomadism among peoples called
bedouin. Sedentary agricultural communities were limited to
the far south of the peninsula, and trading towns developed
along the coasts. The tribal culture of the bedouin provided
a critical backdrop for the emergence of Islam.
The basic social unit of the bedouin was the kin-related
clan. Although clans were also linked together into tribes,
tribal units seldom met together. Clan councils determined
the distribution and use of water resources, critical to
nomadic life. Family leaders, or shaykhs, dominated clan
councils. Such men were distinguished from other clan
members by wealth in animals, wives, and retainers.
Households of free warriors and slaves made up the rest of
the clan membership. Clashes between clans over water
rights, animals, or even perceived slights to clan members'
honor often led to violence. Inter-clan disputes initiated
feuds in which honor could only be maintained by exacting
revenge from the clan's enemies. Constant feuding weakened
bedouin society and made it difficult to put together large,
cooperative ventures.
Some cities existed along the western coast of the Arabian
peninsula, where they served as entrepots for
transcontinental trade between Europe and Asia. Mecca,
founded by the Umayyad clan of the Quraysh tribe, was the
most important of these Arabian cities. The city was also
regarded as a religious center and housed the Ka'ba, a shrine
venerated by many bedouin. Because of the Ka'ba, Mecca
decreed a cessation of all tribal feuds during portions of
the year. The truce encouraged many bedouin groups to come
to Mecca and trade. The town of Yathrib or Medina lay north
of Mecca. Periodic disputes among the two bedouin and three
Jewish tribes that dominated the city stunted Medina's
economic growth.
Women in bedouin society may have had higher status than
those of neighboring civilizations. Women made significant
economic contributions to clan life, and inheritance in some
tribes was matrilineal. Multiple marriages were permitted to
both men and women. Arabian women were not secluded. Their
advice was sought in clan councils, and they were often
authors of bedouin poetry. Because women could not serve as
warriors, they were not the equal of men. Treatment and
status were not guaranteed to women, and customs varied from
one tribe to another. In the urban environment of Mecca and
other coastal cities, Arabic women appear to have enjoyed
less status than among the bedouin.
Arab material culture was less highly developed than that of
neighboring civilizations. The most creative activity of
bedouin society was poetry. Bedouin religion featured a
blend of animism and polytheism. Spirits and gods tended to
be associated with the night and were often located in sacred
caves, springs, and groves of trees. Allah was but one of
the bedouin deities. Clan custom had more of an impact on
ethical standards and morality than did religion.
By the sixth century C.E., both the Byzantine and Sassanian
empires were attempting to extend their political influence
into the world of the Arabian bedouin. Monotheism, in the
guise of Judaism and Christianity, began to influence the
culture of Arabia. The prophet Muhammad responded to the
increased emphasis on a single, all-powerful god. Born into
a clan of the ruling Quraysh, Muhammad was raised by leading
members of his father's clan. He received an early education
as a merchant and during caravan journeys was exposed to both
Christianity and Judaism.
Muhammad married Khadijah, the widow of a wealthy merchant,
and continued to trade both in Mecca and on the caravan
routes outside of Arabia. He became increasingly concerned
with tribal feuding and economic inequities among clan
groups. Despite earning great wealth as a merchant, Muhammad
began to devote himself to meditation. In 610, he began to
receive the revelations that were later collected as the
Muhammad's first converts were drawn from his own household
and close clan relatives. As the number of converts grew,
the new religion began to threaten the traditional deities
associated with the Ka'ba and the authority of the rulers of
the Umayyads. To escape plots to murder him, Muhammad fled
in 622 with his closest followers to Medina, where the
prophet was invited to arbitrate clan disputes. Muhammad was
soon able to win new converts from among the bedouin clans of
Medina. Still threatened by Muhammad's success in Medina,
the Quraysh of Mecca initiated a series of attacks on the
neighboring city. The victories of Muhammad's forces over
the Quraysh led to a truce in 628, which included a provision
allowing the prophet and his followers to visit the Ka'ba.
Muhammad's victorious return to Mecca in 629 demonstrated
both the prophet's success in converting bedouin tribesmen
and the power of his one God, Allah. Most of the citizens of
Mecca soon joined the new religion.
Islam offered a means by which Arabs could be united in a
single movement that transcended clan and class divisions.
The new religion was fiercely monotheistic. It offered Arabs
a religion that was distinctly their own, free of the
influences of outside civilizations. The umma the undivided
community of believers made political unity possible,
provided a single source of authority, and directed the
military culture of the bedouin outward against unbelievers.
Islam also helped to close the rift between the wealthy and
poor Arabic clans. The well-to-do were enjoined to take
responsibility for the weak and the poor. The zakat a tax to
support the poor was a responsibility of the faithful.
Islamic law, drawn from the Quran and the life of the
prophet, regulated all aspects of Islamic society.
The beliefs and practices of Islam gave it strong appeal to
cultures outside of Arabia. Muhammad's acceptance of other
religious revelations helped to spread Islamic beliefs among
both Christian and Judaic Semitic peoples. The five pillars
of Islam provided a foundation for religious unity. All
Muslims were required to confess their belief in Allah and
Muhammad as his Prophet, to pray facing Mecca five times a
day, to fast during the holy month of Ramadan, to pay a tithe
to be used as charity for the poor, and to make a pilgrimage
to Mecca to worship Allah at the Ka'ba. All Muslims,
regardless of their nationality or ethnic origins, shared the
same responsibilities.
Although some bedouin tribes renounced their allegiance to
Islam following Muhammad's death in 632, the Prophet's
followers were able to conduct military campaigns restoring
the unity of the Islamic community. Once the rebellious
tribesmen were brought back into the umma, Muslim armies
began to launch attacks on neighboring civilizations outside
of Arabia. Within a short period of time, Arab armies
captured Mesopotamia, northern Africa, and Persia. A new
dynasty, the Umayyads, ruled this Arabic empire.
Muhammad died in 632 without designating a successor as
leader of the umma. After consultation among the clans, one
of Muhammad's first converts, Abu Bakr, was selected to lead
the Islamic community as caliph. Abu Bakr's control over the
umma was weak. He had no income, and his command over the
Muslim armies was limited. Despite the fundamental weakness
of the caliphate, Abu Bakr's armies defeated other bedouin
clans and forced most of the tribes to return to the umma.
With the completion of the Ridda Wars and unification of
Arabia, the Muslim armies began to raid the borders of Persia
and Byzantium. When initial forays demonstrated the frailty
of the older empires, the way was prepared for conquest.
Arab unity made it possible for the Muslims to challenge the
neighboring empires. Early Islamic caliphs saw conquest as a
useful means of deflecting martial energies outward from
Arabia. Muslim warriors viewed campaigns as a means of
taking booty. All of these were powerful motives for Islamic
expansion, but the opportunity to win new converts to Islam
was not. The economic incentives for conquest were powerful,
and the promise of booty was threatened by the specter of
increases in the numbers of the faithful who could share the
Both the Sasanian Empire of Persia and the Byzantine Empire
were vulnerable to attack, but the Persian empire was the
weaker of the two. A powerful landed aristocracy controlled
the Sasanian emperors and oppressed the peasantry. The
imperial religion, Zoroastrianism, failed to generate popular
enthusiasm, and the government ruthlessly suppressed more
popular religions. When the Arab attack occurred, the
Sassanian Empire made only a token resistance. By 651, the
last of the Persian emperors had been assassinated. Portions
of the Byzantine Empire notably Syria, Palestine, and Egypt
fell rapidly to the Muslim armies. These regions had a
Christian tradition that differed from the orthodoxy enforced
in Constantinople.
When it appeared likely that the Islamic invaders might be
more tolerant than the Byzantine government, the Christian
populations of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria welcomed the
Muslims. Loss of the southern provinces by 640 weakened the
Byzantines, and they were equally unprepared for the
challenge to their control of the Mediterranean. The Arabs'
ability to achieve naval supremacy in the eastern
Mediterranean sealed their victories in the former Byzantine
provinces and northern Africa. Byzantine emperors were able
to prevent the final collapse of their empire in the seventh
century, but the Byzantine Empire survived only in Asia Minor
and the Balkans
The successful conquests temporarily masked over continuing
tribal divisions within early Islam. In 656, tribal and clan
disagreements of leadership and shares in the spoils of
conquest spilled over into violence. Uthman, the third
caliph and a member of the Umayyad clan of Mecca, was
assassinated by disgruntled soldiers seeking a greater share
of the booty. Supporters of Ali, a member of the Prophet's
family, proclaimed him caliph. The Umayyads refused to
recognize his election. Conflict between the supporters of
Ali and the Umayyads led to the battle of Siffin in 657.
Rather than press his attack, Ali accepted a plea for
mediation of the dispute. Ali's most fervent supporters then
deserted his cause and split the forces opposing the
In 660 the Umayyad leader Mu'awiya was proclaimed caliph.
His claim proved successful, when Ali was assassinated in
661. Ali's son, Hasan, renounced his claims to the
caliphate. The Umayyad succession did not heal deep
divisions among the Muslims. Supporters of Ali called Shi'as
continued to regard the Umayyads as usurpers. Ali's second
son Husayn attempted to restore the Shi'ite claim to the
caliphate, but the Umayyads killed his small party at Karbala
in 680. Other Shi'ite claimants continued to mount a
resistance to the Umayyad caliphate.
With the settlement of internal divisions, Islamic expansion
was renewed in the middle of the seventh century. Arab
armies crossed northern Africa to the straits of Gibraltar.
In Asia, the Muslims penetrated to northern India. Muslim
ships patrolled most of the Mediterranean. In size and
extent, the Umayyad empire exceeded that of the Romans.
Although Mecca remained the religious center of Islam, the
political capital of the Umayyads was located in Damascus.
Unlike the earlier caliphate, the Umayyad rulers constructed
a bureaucracy to manage their far-flung empire. The Umayyad
state was run by and for the benefit of Arab Muslims.
Muslims comprised the bureaucracy and the army. In order to
sustain Arabs outside of Arabia and to keep them separate
from the indigenous populations, the Muslim armies were
housed in garrison cities.
Despite attempts to keep garrisons apart from indigenous
populations, cultural interaction and intermarriage did
occur. In addition, large numbers of people voluntarily
converted to Islam. Non-Arabs who converted the mawali
continued to pay the tax required of nonbelievers and were
excluded from government and the military. The greatest
number of people within the Umayyad Empire were dhimmi a
term initially applied to Christians and Jews who, like the
Muslims, considered the Bible a sacred text. The term was
later extended to Hindus, Buddhists, and Zoroastrians.
Dhimmi peoples were tolerated so long as they paid the tax of
nonbelievers. They were permitted to keep land and legal
systems without interference from their Muslim overlords.
As the Islamic empire grew, the status of women changed. In
the first generations after Muhammad, Islamic women
strengthened their positions within their households and
avoided seclusion and extreme patriarchy typical of other
Middle Eastern civilizations. Islam declared the spiritual
equality of men and women before Allah, and women
participated in the early wars of expansion. The women of
Muhammad's family were role models for Islamic women in
general. Women of the early Islamic umma entered many
occupations, including commerce and law.
By the eighth century, the Umayyad caliphs had retreated into
luxurious palaces and adopted sybaritic lifestyles.
Dissenters, who already opposed the Umayyads on the basis of
the seizure of power after Ali's death, now accused the
caliphs of violating the dictates of the Quran and the
examples set by the Prophet and his family. The rebellion
that toppled the Umayyads began in the frontier garrison town
of Merv. Disgruntled soldiers accepted the claims of the
Abbasid family to be rightful rulers of Islam. By taking
advantage of military discontent and allying with Shi'ite
factions, Abu al-Abbas advanced from Persia toward Damascus.
In 750 the Abbasid army defeated the Umayyad caliph and
captured Syria and the Umayyad capital. Abu al-Abbas
attempted to eliminate all remaining members of the Umayyad
clan, but one leading member of the family escaped to Spain,
where he established a separate government.
The victory of the Abbasids allowed them to establish a
centralized government, but one which did admit all converts
to Islam into the regime as equal partners in the empire.
Gradually the Abbasids shifted away from their alliance with
Shi'ite groups and began to suppress varieties of Shi'ism as
heresy. The Abbasids built a new capital in Iraq at Baghdad,
where they established an opulent court. The growth of the
bureaucracy was symbolized by the growing authority granted
to the office of wazir, who served as prime minister to the
caliphs. The burgeoning bureaucracy enabled the collection
of vast sums of taxation for the Abbasid coffers. Abbasid
rulers adopted a status that placed them above other
believers, although they did not proclaim their own divinity.
Under the Abbasids, mass conversion were encouraged, and new
converts were admitted to full equality within the umma.
Converts were attracted to Islam by the Prophet's revealed
message and by social and economic advantages that accrued to
believers within the empire. The Persians, who converted
readily to Islam, actually came to dominate the Abbasid
The revival of the Afro-Eurasian trade network during the
Abbasid period restored commercial prosperity and spurred
urban growth. Ideally placed between the other civilized
cores, the Islamic world took advantage of their strategic
location to engage in long-distance trade of luxury goods.
Wealth supported luxurious lifestyles, went to charitable
ventures within the Islamic community, and made possible the
construction of schools, baths, and hospitals.
As cities grew, handicraft production also expanded. Skilled
artisans formed labor organizations to negotiate wages and
working conditions. Slaves performed most unskilled labor.
Some slaves worked in the caliphal court, where diligence
could result in social advance and eventual freedom. Less
fortunate were slaves bought as agricultural laborers on
rural estates, where conditions were brutal. Many of the
slaves were non-Muslims captured in war or on slaving raids.
From the middle of the ninth century, the most desperate of
the slave groups formed a source of social unrest. In the
countryside, a wealthy elite the ayan dominated the
landscape. Peasants were reduced from landowners to
dependent agricultural laborers.
Although the Arab bedouin who conquered the neighboring
civilizations were initially illiterate, they rapidly
absorbed the culture of Persia, Rome, Hellenistic Greece, and
Mesopotamia. Under the Abbasids, Islamic scholars and
artists flourished. In particular, Muslim philosophers
preserved the writings of the Greeks and transmitted these
critical concepts through an Islamic filter to the West.
By the ninth century, the power of the Abbasid rulers in
Baghdad had waned. Increasingly the authority of the caliphs
was lost to Turkish military commanders who carved out
independent territories within the empire. Loss of
centralization in the ninth century should not diminish the
scope of the earlier Muslim achievements: the creation of a
global empire, the emergence of one of the universal
religions, the preservation of the cultures of ancient
Hellenistic Greece and Persia, and the construction of a
Eurasian trade system that would survive until the sixteenth


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Keeping it Real: Not a religion and not about rules
I am sitting in the restaurant Pure Food and Wine, (my home), at my favorite corner table, very late, yet still early enough that it's full of people, energy, and loud music (for which we are often given a hard time, but is just all part of the fun). The very fact that these LOUD and rowdy groups are here, and very likely, I am guessing, not vegetarian/vegans, in fact warms the cockles of my heart. How far this "crazy" idea of raw food has come, and yet how far there is still to go…
Given that it's still January (though with the
balmy weather in NYC you'd never guess), I'm going to leverage the New Year's
theme for one more post… as I've been hearing so much still about resolutions
(mostly broken ones!). I don't like to make resolutions, because I'm one of
those people that sees a rule and wants to break it. If I see boundaries I want
to cross them. People ask about my 'diet' all the time… "Oh… you're not allowed to eat
this, are you?"… my stubborn response, at least in my head, is always… I can eat
whatever I want… I just don't want to eat that big
plate of crispy fries with sweet ketchup. I swear.
I always remember how I felt, shortly after going raw, when I sat in a midtown restaurant across from a friend who ordered filet mignon (I went straight from carnivore to raw vegan, no inbetween). My friend, from my Wall Street days past, ate the entire juicy filet, all the fries on his plate, and left behind the ten or so peas that were the only thing around remotely qualifying as vegetable. At the time, I happened to have just begun my first and only gallstone-cleanse… (again, more on that later - I should really keep a tally of all the things on which I'm supposed to one day soon elaborate). All I had was a glass of water. After he ordered, I was preparing myself for a good twenty minutes or so of torture. My concern was that I would not hear a word of his side of our conversation, as I'd be silently obsessing over what was on his plate - my eyes following fork from plate to mouth back to plate, the way your cat does, if you have one.
I had not eaten anything all day except some horrid tasting oxymag evilness and cider vinegar concoction (that I will never consume again). Now I was on water. But very oddly I was not even remotely wanting what he was eating, and it didn't bother me to sit there, and in fact, I forgot about it as we talked and talked. And after we left, I felt so good. Relieved, and almost empowered. So when people ask me what I can and cannot eat, I can nicely convey that I can eat whatever I want, I just don't want to eat that. I'm not following any rules. It's not a religion. There's no prescriptions. No percentages. I am not among the raw food heads who proudly announces, "I'm 97.5% raw!"… Who's counting? And who cares? Get over yourself. It's a gift just to have this awareness, and feel so great as a result.
What's my point? Just that this is not difficult, and does not feel like deprivation, as many people assume it would. What do I really crave? Foods such as fresh greens, pineapple, avocado… like never before. It was promised that I'd share recipes, so here is my less than graceful segue into offering up a recipe (with avocado in it, and not already existing in the book). And SORRY… I'm not going to put exact quantities. There is no editor to force me into what is not necessary for many recipes, particularly salads. If I wrote, "8 ounces of greens"… is ANYone going to pull out a scale and weigh them? I really hope not.
So here you are:
Fill a bowl with fresh greens… my preference
would be lighter greens, like lolla rossa and red oak, or butter lettuces, mixed
greens, whatever. Cut limes and squeeze the juice over the lettuce. Pour some
Macadamia Oil over it (possibly my favorite ingredient of all time), sprinkle
with a little bit of Himalayan Crystal
Salt (or sea salt) and toss it up. Taste
it and see if it has the right balance of nutty oil, citrus and salt and tweak
by adding more of whichever is lacking, though keep in mind that you're about to
add dulse, if you want it, which can be very salty by itself. Add a handful of
Hemp Seeds. Tear up a handful of dulse (be sure to check for those pesky
little shells) and throw that in. Cut a lovely ripe avocado into large dice and
add that. Then, grab some Rosemary
Crackers and break them into pieces over
the salad, and toss the whole thing once more. I realize most people don't have
Rosemary Crackers lying around the cupboard, but we carry them here at our Juice
Bar, and they can be ordered through One Lucky Duck, and you can find them at
many Whole Foods and other stores in and around New York City, but otherwise, as
a substitute you can add some chopped dehydrated almonds and a wee sprinkle of
minced fresh rosemary.
Or if you're really lazy, you can just run over to our juice bar and order the "S&M salad", so named because I used to make it for our own personal consumption (don't ask… but we'll probably be renaming it soon anyhow). And now that I'm finally wrapping this up, and it's REALLY late, the good news is, we're still inhabited by rowdy guests, even though it's way past my bedtime and the music is blasting in my ears, as I'm just under the speaker. Good music, a glass of my favorite wine, great food and happy staff and guests… this is why I call this place my home.


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You may have even wondered if that was what old age had in store for you. Were you witnessing what it would be like for you? When you're young, it seems many years away, so the tendency is not to worry. But as you grow older, is osteoarthritis what's facing you? Is there a 100% chance that you will develop osteoarthritis at some point in your life? Does everyone develop osteoarthritis?
Common But Not Inevitable
Osteoarthritis is common, but the disease is not inevitable. While there are about 27 million Americans with osteoarthritis, it is possible for a person to live their entire life without developing the condition. That's including the elderly. It has been established that approximately 70% of people over the age of 65 have x-ray evidence of osteoarthritis, but not all of them experience symptoms.
Not Solely Related to the Aging Process
The risk of developing osteoarthritis increases with age, but it is not simply a normal part of aging. While certain cellular processes that occur with aging may cause osteoarthritis in some people, it has been suggested that there is more responsible for arthritic changes to cartilage and joints. An inflammatory process has been mentioned and studied.
Certain Factors Increase Risk of Osteoarthritis
There are risk factors associated with osteoarthritis. The more risk factors you have, the more likely you will develop the disease. For example, if have a family history of osteoarthritis, you are at increased risk of developing the disease. If you have had a joint injury or are overweight, your risk of developing osteoarthritis is greater. Some risk factors are modifiable (e.g., being overweight) while others are not (e.g., genetics). While these factors increase your chances of developing osteoarthritis, you can develop the disease even if you have none of the recognized risk factors.
The Bottom Line
Not everyone develops osteoarthritis. It is not an inevitable condition. Risk factors increase the likelihood you will develop osteoarthritis, but people can develop the disease who have none of the known risk factors.
Managing Arthritis: Q & A's. Longevity. Foundations of Wellness. UC Berkeley. Accessed 11/27/2011.
Osteoarthritis of the Hip. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon. July 2007.


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The morning after our little pizza party we set off for 20 miles along the coast at 8am. We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was about 65 degrees the entire way with a nice marine layer that hung around the entire time. At mile 16 Angela and Teresa called it quits because they're smartie pants and they listen to their bodies (something I might not have been smart enough to do). However, I was feeling so great I could have run a marathon. Honestly. All I can hope is that the weather cooperates in Chicago and I feel just as great as today.
After our kick-ass run we hit up a place called Lotus Cafe in Encinitas which is basically heaven for vegans (and non-vegans). I ate almost this entire chocolate peanut-butter cupcake by myself before my vegan tamales even arrived at our table.
To balance out the cupcake and pizza, we made a healthier dinner. Our salad consisted of arugula, mixed greens, strawberries, sliced almonds, dried cranberries, fresh basil, cucumber and homemade white balsamic dressing. Delish! On the side we had red wine and some spinach pasta covered in fresh basil. I am quite satisfied. :)
The bike trainer Angela ordered arrived the other day so I am looking forward to some cross training on the bike tomorrow morning. I hope everyone is having a great weekend!


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After only recently pondering the prospects for screenwriter Rowan Joffe's adaptation of Graham Greene's classic underworld thriller "Brighton Rock," the first trailer for the film has now been unveiled in preparation for its upcoming theatrical release in the U.K. and recent premieres at the London and Toronto Film Festivals.
With a strong cast boasting rising thespians Sam Riley and Andrea Riseborough starring alongside accomplished veterans Helen Mirren and John Hurt, iconic source material and a proven writer at the helm, everything seemed in place for an exciting piece of work. However, ever since its unveiling during the fall festival seasons, we've heard nothing but bad things personified by a reader comment in our latest story about the film that simply read "it's an abomination."
The trailer doesn't exactly paint the picture of a disaster of that magnitude other than with a few overcooked lines, and the crafty 1960's England setting looks pretty nice. The story is of an up-and-coming gangster (Riley) who marries a naive waitress (Riseborough) after she stumbles onto evidence linking him to a murder, while an older couple (Mirren, Hurt) try to save the waitress from her marriage.
Reviews, though, had noted problems with "pacing, plotting, and thematic convictions" as well as "self-conscious (and technically over-egged) noir stylings [that] bristle against a clearly overworked script that fidgets to no effect with Greene's plotting, with a cast that never coalesces floating somewhere amid the wreckage."
It could be a while before most audiences can witness what Joffe has created for themselves but: "Brighton Rock" hits U.K. theaters on February 4th and doesn't, as of yet, have U.S. distribution.
Judith | November 24, 2010 7:47 AM
Agree with Matt! Looks great! Sam Riley is a brilliant and promising young actor. I don't go to the movies these days but Sam has changed all that for me. Loved him in "Control "- his performance as Ian Curtis was phenomenal! This film shows another side to our gorgeous Mr Riley....:) :) Wonderful!!!
Matt | November 24, 2010 6:36 AM
It looks good! I can't wait to see it, also The Guardian, which can be a great source for good criticism across the pond besides the BFI seemed to be very taken with the film. Even at best the reviews from festivals were mixed from what I could tell.


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Fayetteville, NC -- Prosecutors in Cumberland County said they plan to seek the death penalty against the man charged in the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis.
Mario Andrette McNeill has been charged with murder, kidnapping and rape in Shaniya's death. Her body was found near the Lee-Harnett county line in November 2009, six days after she was reported missing.
Autopsy results showed that Davis died of asphyxiation and she also had injuries consistent with a sexual assault. The medical report stated that investigators believed the girl was used to pay off a drug debt.
In July, Shaniya's mother, Antoinette Davis, was indicted on charges of first degree murder, indecent liberties with a minor, felony child abuse, rape of a child, sexual offense of a child by an adult offender, human trafficking and making a false police report.
Warrants for her arrest stated "did knowingly provide Shaniya with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude" and "did permit an act of prostitution with Shaniya."
Bond was set for Antoinette Davis' murder charge at $2 million. She already had bonds totaling $1.5 million for previous charges.
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Dozens of community members crowded into a UM Law School classroom today to hear from the veterans, who each shared memories from WWII. 88-year-old Richard Munro, a Montana native was a B-17 tail gunner in the Air Force, who flew in 27 combat missions.
Munro says, "By the time I finished my missions, we had very little opposition from German fighters."
Frank McCauley, who is now 97 years old, was a P-47 flying ace, with 5.5 confirmed air kills. He says he and a comrade were credited with a "half kill" each, after they shot the same enemy plane down at the same time.
2nd Lt. in the Montana Army National Guard, Bradley Jones, says McCauley is one of only two living flying aces in Montana, and he felt honored to meet both men.


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Filed under: Domestic Policy, Entertainment, Pop Culture, Religion, Sports, Television | Tags: Seattle Seahawks, The Super Bowl
Had an appointment at the hospital yesterday, and it was fun to see all the receptionists in Seahawk tee shirts. There were some women, who clearly were not former cheerleaders, who seemed to be wearing extraordinarily large lime-green pompoms on their heads, and wearing a strange variety of homemade costumes. The grocery store was wall-to-wall appetizers, and beer of course.
Go Hawks!
43-8 !
Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Pop Culture, Television, United Kingdom | Tags: How Can He Be Alive?, Mystery Upon Mystery, Sherlock Holmes
O.K. So how can he be still alive? You saw him fall off the building. You saw him dead. A major tease from the BBC.
Filed under: Domestic Policy, Entertainment, History, Movies, Politics, Television | Tags: Hollywood Movies, Special Effects Excess, Violence and Storytelling
In all the conversation about "assault weapons" most of the commentary has concerned the cosmetic appearance of guns, and the number of bullets in a magazine. Some small number of the comments have concerned violent video games but there have been no serious studies that show a connection to disturbed people committing mass shootings.
On the other hand, let's admit that movies are violent, unnecessarily so. Hollywood's minor celebrities, always anxious to get their faces and names before the public rushed to make a commercial to advance the president's efforts to ban gun violence and guns. Though he claims to appreciate the Second Amendment, Obama is on record saying that he does not believe that people should be allowed to own guns.
The Hollywood celebrity bunch made a forgettable commercial for Obama's original campaign for the presidency, so this one was much in the same style — a little gag inducing. Conservatives re-did the commercial, inserting clips from each particular celebrity's very own movie, celebrating the very kind of gun violence they were so pompously opposing. It's fun to see hypocrisy exposed. Demand a plan. Heh.
The president, you will notice, said not a word about violence in movies. Hollywood people are major campaign supporters and celebrities flock to the White House. When the CDC studies the causes of gun violence, movies will probably not be included.
Commenters write about seeing World War II movies, which only demonstrates how superficial the thinking. Hollywood is in business to make money. When a movie is popular, they pay attention to what was different about the movie. It is not an accident that so many popular movies have been remade several times. (Think Superman or Robin Hood) Special effects have taken over. What was once a simple car crash, is now a major spectacle with dozens of flaming cars flung high over freeway overpasses. A real-life Volt bursting into flame isn't really shocking any more.
There was a time when most gun violence was in cowboy movies, where the hero pointed his six-shooter in the general direction of the bad guy, sound-effects provided the necessary sounds, and the bad guy fell down dead. Gangster movies were about the 20s and bank robberies and prohibition and car chases. The gangsters were recognizable because they had tommy-guns, wore black and black hats and drove big black cars that had a back seat or trunk large enough to hold a body. But the story was about bravery and cowardice, honesty and dishonor.
Special effects have taken over, and each movie must top the last. Heads explode in pink mist, wounds rip bodies apart, limbs are amputated. Whole groups of people are torn to pieces. What make-up cannot create, technical wizards will create with their computers. The sad thing is that Hollywood has lost the art of storytelling. Movies are just not so appealing any more. More violence, more gore, more blood, more sex, more squalor, more evil, more vulgarity, more bad language.
Movies once concerned the human condition, not in its excesses, but in its ordinary foibles. People are very human and struggle to understand their own human failings. Good storytelling makes you laugh or cry as you recognize bits of yourself and your friends and realize that perhaps you're normal after all. That's what storytelling has always been about, from how to have courage, how to be a hero when you are frightened, how to cope with the death of a loved one, how to be a good person, how to survive.
Think of some of the great movies: High Noon, Gone With the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, To Kill a Mockingbird, It's a Wonderful Life, E.T., The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Singing In The Rain, Lawrence of Arabia, It Happened One Night. Shakespeare told stories, Homer told stories, Aesop told stories — all about being human.
People use movies as examples in conversation and thought. They justify ideas, not by history, but with movie scenes. Movie dialogue has become an integral part of conversation and speech. I notice because it is not natural to me, and I have been surprised by its prevalence. Often notions of history come from the movies rather than from historians' evidence from the past. The behavior of celebrities in real life is influential and imitated. So to assume that violence in movies has no effect on violence in society is absurd. Will that connection be investigated? Not by Obama's Executive Orders.
Filed under: Entertainment, Movies, Politics, Pop Culture, Television | Tags: Celebrity is Not Fame, Hypocrites, Violence in Movies
I don't know, maybe you are so impressed with "celebrity" that you welcome advice from those who are modestly well known because they were once in a movie or got their picture in the paper. Somebody must be, because so many magazines feature "celebrities" on their covers. I am not, and find them tiresome. Their movies are increasingly uninteresting, and dominated by the same old special effects, and nobody in Hollywood seems to remember how to tell a good story.
Anyway, these tiresome pretty people, inspired by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary decided to tell the rest of us that we should dump the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Somebody else, who also found them tiresome, took the trouble to juxtapose the violent scenes from their very own movies with their preachiness. Delicious. Love seeing hypocrites exposed.
Because we occasionally spend money to see a movie, and their agents tell them how wonderful they are, doesn't mean that said minor celebrities have any expertise in politics that might influence the rest of us. I only recognized a couple of them. If you care so much, stop making such violent movies. You are a bad example. Please — just shut up.
Filed under: Entertainment, History, Humor, Television, United Kingdom | Tags: And the Money is Gone?, Maggie Smith Rules!, Mary and Matthew
Tears and trouble. The British upper crust soap opera that we all love. Better than Dallas. The period styling is marvelous.
Filed under: News, Television | Tags: BBC, Downton Abbey, Season 3, Television
For those of us addicted to the gripping British period soap-opera, Downton Abbey, the seasons are always too short, and the wait between is always much too long. But now we at least know how long the wait will be. The third season will broadcast in the United States starting next January. (Ugh!) This trailer comes from the UK, where it begins next month. (Hmm, perhaps a subscription to Hidemyass is in order):
Shirley MacLaine makes her Downtown Abbey debut as the Countess of Grantham Cora Crawley's American mother—a role to rival Maggie Smith's beloved Dowager Countess ("She'll bring enough drama of her own")—arriving when the Earl of Grantham learns the estate is broke. This, of course, doesn't make for wedded bliss between the newly engaged Mary Crawley and Matthew, and the look on his face when Mary wonders, "if we could disagree over something as fundamental as this then shouldn't we be brave and back away now?" says it all. Other points of note: Branson's back, Bates is still in prison, and there are no signs of the two younger Crawley siblings or the servant staff. [click image to watch]
Filed under: Entertainment, Television, YouTube | Tags: Just for Fun, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Revisited.
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Filed under: Humor, Religion, Television | Tags: Christmas, Good Neighbors, Little House on the Prairie Christmas Special, Star Wars Christmas Special
Remember back when TV didn't suck? Yeah, neither do I.
BUT, these first two videos had me briefly believing that such a time existed — then I remembered the third video.
The first is from my new favorite (old) show. I didn't even discover Good Neighbors (alternately titled The Good Life) until a few years ago. It's a show about a couple, the Goods, who drop out of the rat-race to live a simpler, self-sustaining life. (Don't worry, it's not a preachy environmental show at all) while their neighbors and friends maintain their affluent ways.
This is their Christmas show from 1977. The characters will charm your socks off, and you will probably end up watching the entire series as I have. Each show is less than half an hour and all are also available to view instantly, in much better quality, on Netflix. But YouTube works just fine, if you dont mind the show being split into three parts. See parts 2 and 3 here.
The second video is one you may remember. Schmaltzy tear-jerker, as Little House on the Prairie so often was. Warm, fuzzy family-viewing from back before networks had altogether eradicated Christ from Christmas in favor of Santa Claus. Here's part one, the rest can be viewed here.
And the third video is one that I saw for the first time since 1978 last year. I remember seeing it then. I was nine years old and a GINORMOUS Star Wars fan. Even so, I think I remember thinking how bad this was even then. If you have not seen the Star Wars Christmas Special, you must. It truly is must-see-TV because watching is the only way to appreciate how utterly dreadful it is. Chewbacca's wife and kids? Princess Leia singing, and what Star Wars Christmas Special could be complete without appearances by Harvey Korman, Jefferson Starship, Dianne Carol and Bea Arthur dancing with Greedo?
In all sincerity, this may very well be the worst thing ever broadcast in any format at any time. George Lucas has said he wishes he could hunt down and destroy every last copy. I wish he would.
WordPress wont allow us to imbed Google videos, so you can watch it here. So painfully, uncomfortably bad, it's hardly to be believed. And isn't that what Christmas is all about?
Merry Christmas!
Filed under: Humor, Media Bias, Politics, Progressivism, Television | Tags: Al Sharpton, Democrat, MSNBC, parody, Resist We Much
Al's latest and greatest will surely join the archives of great moments in Democrat oratory. (Couldn't help but notice whilst mocking-up this parody that the font msnbc chose for the "lean forward" tagline is called "agenda". How appropriate!)
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GOLF: Captains team up to triumph in January Bowmaker at Cirencester (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)
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MEMBERS of Cirencester Golf Club are very fortunate to have a course that stays in great condition throughout the year. Even in midwinter it is possible to play competitive golf and the seniors' section have taken advantage of the conditions to add some additional competitions this winter season.
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The Bowmaker played on January 22, in which the best two scores counted on each hole from a team of three, was won by seniors' vice captain Mike Brown, past seniors' captain John Thurston and Peter Knight with a score of 89 points.
The team in second place were Ken Mills,John Binder and Chris Watson whose score of 48 points on the back nine was outstanding but with an overall 87 points not good enough.
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PHP Function of the Day (2011-9-15): get_class_methods
Today we will look at one of the functions that predates the powerful reflection API. That said, there are situations where get_class_methods will be faster.
The documentation states that get_class_methods returns the class method (that is, function) names. This is mostly true - what it returns are the methods available to the current scope. Protected or private methods not visible to the function scope where get_class_methods was called won't be returned as seen in the example below:
Code php:
class A { public function foo() { print_r(get_class_methods($this)); } protected function moo() {} private function zoo() {} } class B extends A { public function bar() { print_r(get_class_methods($this)); } private function car() {} } $a = new A(); print_r(get_class_methods($a)); // Returns foo $a->foo(); // Returns foo, moo, zoo $b = new B(); print_r(get_class_methods($b)); // Returns foo, bar $b->foo(); // Returns foo, moo, zoo, bar (scope of A::foo ) $b->bar(); // Returns foo, moo, bar, car (scope of B::bar )
As you first start working with protected and private methods get_class_methods can help establish what is and is not visible at each scope which used in debugging.
You can of course use it to test to see if an object has a method before you try to invoke it, but this is what interfaces are for.
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interface C { public function foo(); } class A implements C { public function foo() {} } $a = new A(); if ($a instanceof C) { $a->foo(); }
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Each of us are in recovery, whether that be from: mental illness, substance abuse, abusive relationships, homelessness, etc. Whatever the situation, lets be an example to others that we can and do overcome tough situations by sharing our testimonies... Here is mine...
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- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- I am overcoming schizophrenia, and I believe others can too. Here is how I am managing my condition...
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Trapped in my Schizophrenia: A Glimpse of my College Journal
Schizophrenia for me, is characterized by hallucinations (specifically the voices and visions of people or ghosts), thoughts of people gossiping about me, following me, or trying to poison me, and false beliefs or delusions...
As I reviewed old college journal entries it saddened me how prevalent my diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia was. Certain phrases gave indication that Schizophrenia was dominate and slowly getting worse. I relied on God to relieve my stressful situations. Now, I will share with you some thoughts I had that I wrote about in my college journal while I was a sophomore and/or junior.
Stress played an intricate role in my symptoms that surfaced. On February 26, 2006, I wrote: "...Although I have been under a lot of stress due to financial, car, and professor conflicts, everything is okay...." Most of the time I tried to stay positive. However, I was obsessed with the idea that someone or some group of college students were gossiping about me. On March 11, 2006, I wrote: "...I have the feeling that people are gossiping about me..."
Eventually, I did not trust anybody including my closest friends, and I began to isolate myself. These thoughts and actions are portrayed in the following journal entries: (March 12, 2006) "...I am at peace with myself I do not feel bad about deteriorating relationships at school..." I went on further to write on March 23, 2006: "... I am blessed because I know I cannot trust any of my closest friends with my secrets..." As you can imagine, not being able to share information with other people, or even your best friend, can make a person feel trapped... I felt trapped, and I did not understand why.
The belief that others were talking about me behind my back got worse to include a group of individuals outside of my initial circle of support. On March 31, 2006, I wrote: "...I think I am certain of who the main gossipers are- [I listed several names]..."
Back then, I remember whenever I was under a lot of stress, (which was a lot), I would take a walk around campus (I lived on the college campus), no matter what time of night. For instance, I took a lot of late night walks just before and during finals week. During these walks, I sometimes heard voices or people laughing (at me). I rationalized the voices by believing that I had extremely good hearing, and I assumed my friends were laughing at me in secret, which made me withdraw from them and eventually everyone else.
In my mind, the stress got so bad that I needed to take a break from school. A year after the listed journal entries, I withdrew from all college courses during my junior year in March 2007. I felt like I lost my drive, focus, and motivation to complete assignments, and to even go class.
I must emphasize that during the time I journaled, I did not know I was living with a mental illness. Also, even though my faith seemed to help me get through some difficult times, my mental illness was not prayed away, and I have learned that it cannot be willed away, or slept away. (I am not by any means suggesting that divine intervention or miracles are not possible). How to treat a person's mental illness should be discussed with a mental health professional.
Now, I no longer feel trapped by my Schizophrenia. I have friends and relatives who I can trust. As I do research on the illness and remember situations from my past, or read old journal entries, I am able to distinguish reality from delusions... I am still putting together the pieces, which is refreshing to me- to know the difference. More important, I am back in college!
To learn more about Schizophrenia visit Embracing My Mind, Inc., the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia (Canada).
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Labels: Delusions, journal, paranoid schizophrenia
1 comment:
- helenasmole said...
Waw! I still don't dare to read my old diaries. You are good!
Helena Smole
- February 21, 2011 at 1:44 AM
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Man accused of Basildon nightclub rape is released without charge (From Basildon Recorder)
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Man accused of Basildon nightclub rape is released without charge
10:13am Monday 30th June 2014 in News
A MAN arrested on suspicion of rape, has been released without charge.
A 26-year-old Basildon woman alleged that she had been raped inside the Liquid nightclub at the Basildon Festival Leisure Park at 4.30am on New Years Day.
A 27-year-old man from Barking in east London was arrested at his home on Sunday, January 5.
He was later released on police bail pending further enquiries.
Police have now concluded their enquiries and the 27-year-old man has been released without charge.
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11:00am Mon 30 Jun 14
pembury53 says...
12:04pm Mon 30 Jun 14
supermadmax says...
Poor lad have been branded a rapist for life, and had his face blasted all over news sites.
He should sue the victim.
12:57pm Mon 30 Jun 14
LinfordsLunchbox says...
supermadmax wrote:A broken clock tells the correct time twice a day...
Oh was I correct again ?
Poor lad have been branded a rapist for life, and had his face blasted all over news sites.
He should sue the victim.
2:20pm Mon 30 Jun 14
SLord90 says...
9:49pm Mon 30 Jun 14
beejiu says...
SLord90 wrote:I could say the same thing about you -- there's no evidence that anything of such nature has taken place. For the public record, he is innocent until proven guilty.
Who knows if he committed this offence or not... if he hasnt, this will probly live with him forever and be branded as a rapist... if he did do it, he should be severely punished... how would he like getting raped?
8:03am Tue 1 Jul 14
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