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Thursday, March 19, 2009
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Eric Lee of LabourStart was recently in my manor to debate Israel/Palestine. Here he reflects on his "Shylock moment" at the debate.
Related: Stanley Fish on boycotting Israel (h/t Jogo). Norman Geras responds.
Unrelated: I don't agree with Alex Callinicos very often, but I quite liked this rebuke of Zizek and his celebrity "idea of communism" conference (h/t Perverse Egalitarianism). Also from PE, Alain Badiou and the word "Jew".
On the BNP, Glyn Ford in Tribune is good. Reading Gombeen Nation on a day out in London with Anti-Fascist Action (1, 2) brought back some memories for me. Meanwhile, a bizarre outbreak of agreement has occurred between the "bourgeois anti-fascists" of Harry's Place and Andy Newman of Socialist Unity, that hitting a BNP thug with a claw hammer is a squaddist own-goal. As an ex-squaddist (albeit a nervous one), I think the more pertinent point is that the BNP in Leigh physically attacked anti-racists. (I join the comment threads here and here.) My response if broadly that of Eric Lee: "At what point does it become appropriate to take them seriously, and to defeat them on every front - electoral, in the media, and in the streets?"
Updates on some issues we've been following here. A little more on Chas Freeman from David Adler. A little more on Seven Jewish Children and the BBC from David Hirsh and from David Adler. And I've also been updating the links from my Miners' Strike post.
19 comments:
- Matt said...
I've been thinking about that Fish column, and Geras's response, and a certain analogy strike me. Fish's 'neoliberalism' to Manchester Capitalism and the attack on it to the Fascist critique of Manchester Capitalism.
Fish argues for the natural, unimpeded process of academic inquiry while the boycotters say academic behavior must be guided by a sense of the common good.
I think Geras misses a beat by not acknowledging the merit of Fish's view based on the general difficulty of defining the common good. In doing so, Geras sides with the boycotters in demanding that there is such a thing and how can Fish not see that.
Geras is right that it's appropriate to challenge the boycott on the grounds that it's an antisemitic policy, but Fish is more interesting.
The boycotters demand the right to define the common good and respond with frustration by lashing out at those who disagree on just what is good. Faced with the fact that not everyone agrees with them, how many of them respond by declaring their critics unfair and unfit to participate in the discussion.
There is something wrong with that that would remain wrong even if it didn't leverage antisemitism for support.
Thoughts? - 19 March, 2009 13:44
- ross said...
"I think the more pertinent point is that the BNP in Leigh physically attacked anti-racists"
it's odd given the apparent tooled upness of the BNP (an odd thing to take seriously in itself at present given their current successful political trajectory and on the eve of the euro elections) with coshes, dogs, crowbars and other weapons and their supposed physical attacks on the protestors we have absolutely no reports of anyone injured from uaf/antifa
there's definately something that stinks in this whole episode and i think joe owens has called it correctly on what's going on in the liverpool BNP branch
and lets face it, the BNP are making themselves relevant to people in political terms and therefore the only effective counter strategy is a political one - so both the obama inspired tactical voting strategies to increase the total vote and lower the BNP share and the 80's throwback physical anti-fascism are impotent in the face of the actual threat as it manifests itself in the here & now
whatever the actual facts are relating to leigh, the point is that physical anti-fascism in 2009 is a one trick strategy that is destined to fail even on it's own terms - its clear that the actual capacity to increase the level of violence to a level that it could possible deter people from joining and therefore damaging the level of BNP political activity is just not there - and that's assuming it was a relevant strategy, which it's not - 19 March, 2009 16:02
The agreement between Harry's Place and Andy Newman isn't that much of a surprise, surely? The trad left joining up with liberals to attack AFA was a common theme through the 90's. It's reasonably amusing that the usual suspects are now claiming that AFA were justified then but similar tactics are outrageous now. While attacking current militants in very similar terms used to attack AFA at the time.
That said, I think Ross makes a lot of pertinent points. I'd disagree however that there can be no role for physical confrontation at all currently. It's got potential when used carefully to make it hard for the BNP to mobilise (and the theory that the BNP were never going to return to the streets has been proved incorrect, on a small level at least). But there is also the whole issue about not wanting to see the best militants getting themselves nicked for actions which will have little effect.
We still don't know who this was, mind. It doesn't seem to have been antifa. There's a good chance it was locals from what I can tell. - 19 March, 2009 18:29
- ross said...
"It's got potential when used carefully to make it hard for the BNP to mobilise"
the rise of the BNP is but an expression of real substantive underlying issues in today's society, any attempts to artificially muffle that expression through physical violence does nothing to confront and address the underlying issues that give that expression life in the first place. the BNP are doing an expert job of filling a vacuum creating by the political abandonment of the working class, all surface/superficial type attempts like tactical voting or physical violence do nothing to confront the existence of that vacuum and as such are politically impotent - i don't for a minute see this episode as any kind of evidence of a return to the streets by the BNP (they'd be mad to for a start given the huge successes they've seen since turning their backs on that route)
and it is correct that AFA were justified then, but similar tactics are not now, there's nothing in itself contradictory about that statement, it's just a response to the changed conditions we find ourselves in - 19 March, 2009 19:24
- Graeme said...
Perhaps of interest to you, Bob:
Haven't given it a listen yet--haven't even downloaded it for that matter. - 19 March, 2009 22:27
- bob said...
Ross: the rise of the BNP is but an expression of real substantive underlying issues in today's society, any attempts to artificially muffle that expression through physical violence does nothing to confront and address the underlying issues that give that expression life in the first place.
Surely that was just as true in 1985-2001? AFA then had a two-track strategy. It never just pursued physical violence (unlike Antifa today). I don't think that what happened in Leigh was necessarily the right thing to do, but I think that we cannot rule out physical confrontation, so long as it is subordinate to a political strategy to defeat the BNP's ideas.
Graeme: Thanks, will check it out! - 20 March, 2009 09:26
- ross said...
well the key thing is the form that that expression takes, and any effective counter strategy needs to be appropriate to the form of the expression - applying a solution to a form of expression that no longer exists seems pointless and doomed to failure
and secondly, let's be honest physical anti-fascism at present is not subordinate to a political strategy, because - outwith various pockets up and down the country - there is no political strategy. so you have an orphan like last gasp throwback tactic whose method is totally inappropriate to the nature and the scale of the threat posed and whose only success (and a remarkable one at that) is to make the left look even more irrelevant/impotent/out of touch than it already is at present - no mean feat
also as i've mentioned many times before, combatting the BNP means combatting the conditions that give rise to the BNP - and that means an effective and credible attack on those who already have their hands on the levers of power and are directly (in the main) responsible for the fostering of those conditions - anti-fascism (of any stripe) that continues to focus on the expression rather than the substance of that expression is just putting off the inevitable - 20 March, 2009 10:04
Ross: also as i've mentioned many times before, combatting the BNP means combatting the conditions that give rise to the BNP - and that means an effective and credible attack on those who already have their hands on the levers of power and are directly (in the main) responsible for the fostering of those conditions - anti-fascism (of any stripe) that continues to focus on the expression rather than the substance of that expression is just putting off the inevitable
Sure. But the two aren't mutually exclusive. Putting off the inevitable is precisely the role we need militant antifascism to play. It's a defensive strategy, aimed at giving us the breathing space needed for the primary political strategy to be developed.
Bob: It never just pursued physical violence (unlike Antifa today)
Yeah, I'd agree with that as a criticism of Antifa. I think that's partly a byproduct of Antifa being, in essence, just an anarchist organisation. Whereas AFA, at its best, was a broad front that united anti-fascist militants.
In particular, the tactic of attacking the fash at home has always struck me as entirely futile. - 20 March, 2009 16:42
- bob said...
One question Ross: was AFA right from 1985 to 2001? Because then, too, surely, combatting the BNP means combatting the conditions that give rise to the BNP - and that means an effective and credible attack on those who already have their hands on the levers of power and are directly (in the main) responsible for the fostering of those conditions - anti-fascism (of any stripe) that continues to focus on the expression rather than the substance of that expression is just putting off the inevitable.
It is right to question whether we were right then. Certainly, our publicity etc stressed our street-fighting abilities ("beating the fash, an old East End tradition", etc) rather than the political struggle. Certainly, there was lots of macho posturing, and some counter-productive actions (along with many successful ones).
But I think we were basically right. I also think AFA was right to change strategy after the Rights for Whites campaign - the Filling the Vacuum strategy. But that does not mean we must now renounce all physical confrontation.
Even more importantly, it seems to me that for today those decent anti-fascists who do not wholly subscribe to the IWCA for various good and bad reasons have no way of expressing and acting on their anti-fascism. In most places, they have the choice between the SWP-dominated UAF, the liberalism of Searchlight's Hope Not Hate, or the ultra-violence of Antifa. I think therefore it was a serious mistake for AFA to retreat from the field, even if it did so for good reasons. (Or, rather, I think it was a mistake for Red Action to withdraw AFA from the field...)
P.S. I'm offline for a while, so apologies for any slow reply to any on-going discussion! - 20 March, 2009 17:37
It is the case that the criticism that AFA were fighting the causes rather than the symptoms were being made throughout our existence from groups like the ICC and the RCP. I'm not convinced that those criticisms of anti-fascism are any more valid now.
Particuary when we take into account that the Filling the Vacuum analysis was actually talking about the IWCA tactic as a twin track strategy to AFA, not as a replacement for it. And many of us who supported it did so on that basis. The folding up of AFA was not, to be blunt, done in a democratic way.
I think a lot of the problem was that we hadn't developed our own intelligence network. Which caused us real problems when we proscribed Searchlight. I absolutely support that proscription. We should have told them to fuck off sooner. But by time it happened we were far too reliant on them already. And the lion's share of the blame for that reliance lies squarely with Red Action. (Which made the fact that the proscription notice still allowed London AFA to work with Searchlight ridiculous). Don't get me wrong, I think Red Action were a vital part of AFA and I agreed with them on a hell of a lot of stuff. But they weren't as infallible as they liked to paint themselves an they were bloody awful at admitting when they'd fucked up.
Bob- I'd agree. I actually think the events in Leigh illustrate that point perfectly. An organisation is absolutely needed so good intentioned anti-fascists like those have some kind of structure and support.
The question is what those of us who do think there's a vaccum in anti-facism at the moment are going to do about it. This is the kind of discussion where theoreticals can only take us so far... - 20 March, 2009 19:39
- The Contentious Centrist said...
"The questioner will speak softly. Their face will show real concern, even pain. And what you'll hear is not an accusation, but a real question, because the person is genuinely confused.
They will say something like this: "I've been watching the scenes from Gaza on TV. I've seen small children standing in front of the ruins of their homes. I've seen parents weeping over the loss of their children. And I can't understand how you can see all this and still support Israel."
This is what Eric Lee calls "the Shylock moment". An impossibility to break through an impenetrable barrier.. A moment when he suddenly realizes that it's not his politics that are being questioned but his very humanity. According to Lee, he succumbs to it. He pleads for recognition of his humanity.
From whom?
Shylock's words are probably the most famous speech in the MoV. But we tend to overlook the situation in which it is made. In the play, Shylock addresses them to Salanio and Salarino, two very minor characters who were accessories to Jessica's elopement. They mock Shylock, ridiculing him for speaking of his daughter as his "flesh and blood". Jessica, they say, is no more like Shylock than ivory is to jet, or Rhenish wine is to red wine. Jessica had renounced her ancestral home, robbed her own father and married one of his enemy's most loyal friends. That is what makes Jessica human in Salanio and Salarino's eyes. Her only path to human respectability. Only by these acts of betrayal did she reinstate her claim to humanity, according to these two.
It's a humiliating scene.
We should not allow people to abdicate their elementary responsibility to question their own premises, their own knowledge, and their own ethics. These people should be challenged as to why they think like they do, why their pity is so exclusive, lopsided, so uni-directional, so devoid of genuine understanding and human compassion.
These people must be forced to confront the question of why they are so impervious to the pro-Israel arguments and facts.
My husband calls it "the coffee machine syndrome'". It has to do with the story of an automatic coffee machine which he had bought for me a few years ago. It suddenly stopped working, the display instructing me to: "check water level". As if there was not enough water in the water tank. The only problem was, the tank was full to brim. It was the sensor that failed. And the malfunctioning sensor prevented the machine from producing my espresso. The faulty sensor acted as the ultimate arbiter in this matter and the machine, quite healthy in all other respects, obeyed its decree. There was no built-in manual alternative to the sensor. So the ruling of the sensor could not be circumvented. I could see the water level, and knew the problem was in the sensor, but I could not communicate this to the machine. So the damn machine refused to prepare the coffee.
Presumably, the person who asked Lee a question that seemed to distrust Lee's very humanity is in the same spot as my coffee-making machine. His trust in the sensor to relay the information is so complete, that he never so much as considers the possibility that the problem might not lie with the actual level of the water. In other words, the asker completely forgets his own responsibility, independently- thinking agency and, yes, his own humanity, implicit in which are vulnerability, proneness to misjudge, and a keenness to believe the worst about others, that is, to believe sensors even when they are so obviously malfunctioning. - 21 March, 2009 23:38
- ross said...
bob/waterloo sunset - just to make clear, i am not opposed in any way to the concept of physical confrontation with fash/far right, and i'm not ruling it out as an available tactic - my point is however than at this moment in time, it's a tactic that doesn't seem to reap any benefit for the cause whose name it's been done under and probably offers more benefit to those involved in it on a personal & psychological level (i.e. what bob alluded to as people needing an expression for their anti-fascism) than actually doing anything of substance in terms of actual anti fascism.
I presume there would be no disagreement that the BNP, in it's current guise, is the main (and only credible) threat in terms of a resurgence of far right/euro nationalist politics in the UK - all the other floatjam kicking around (NF, BPP etc..) are an irrelevance and to the extent that they remain an irrelevance there presence should be pretty much ignored in looking at ways in which to confront the threat from the far right.
In the mid 90's the BNP abandoned the battle for the streets, largely because of the successful twin track tactic of physical & ideological confrontation of AFA. The former seems to always get more attention than the later, but clearly both played a part and both parts were clearly needed. At around the same time labour abandoned clause 4 and the combination and implications of these two things clearly meant a re-evaluation of the content & activity of anti fascism - as regards to the soul searching in regards the manner in which that happened, i'm not sure it's got too much relevance now. events since then have proved the general direction to be the correct one. probably because the BNP were so roundly beaten as to street politics, it gave them a head start in their new direction and one in which the left and anti-fasicm in general is still struggling to catch up with
I am a bit sceptical of the notion pushed above that an organisation is required to provide good intentioned anti-fascists some kind of structure and support for them to express that anti-fascism - isn't this a bit arse about face - anti fascism in whatever form, doesn't exist just to provide individuals with a form of expression, it exists to do the job it says on the tin (although i'd argue that anti-fascism in itself, devoid of a wider objective, is somewhat contradictory), and surely that must be first & foremost and the dominating factor in any deliberation about it, and from that basis it comes back to the requirement to develop a political solution to what's going on at present - this does not necassirly rule out physical confrontation if required and as a response to conditions that warrant that as a tactic, but as bob says it has to be a physical confrontation that is subordinate to, and but a tool in the box, of a wider political assualt
i think at present any push to increase the level of physical confrontation with the BNP (not that there really is much capacity to actually do this) is misguided for a couple of reasons - given the current political situation, orphaned physical confrontation, seems to be completely reductionist and substitutionist, but more importantly things have changed so much in the last decade and a half - when the right were playing out their strategy on the streets then physical confrontation was fair game and it was generally fair to lump their members and supporters all in the same camp, now however we have near on a million people happy to vote bnp. we can't categorise all of them in the same way and right them off as knuckle dragging fash racists who need a good kicking - the situation is much more nuanced now, and a clear political solution to the issues that lead to this million oddd people (and countless others) to even consider lending their support to them is the only way that is capable of making a dent on this accumulation of support. If instead all they see from 'anti-fascism' is isolated theatrical physical attacks on the one group that is seen to be attempting to politically address the issues being faced by a disillusioned and political abandoned white working class then it's not too hard to see whose side said people would place the perpatrators of physical attacks on - something that would only further serve to alientate the left and make them even more irrelevant than they are at present in communities up and down the country today. anti-fascism has to be more succesful as a by product of militant and unrepentant pro working class political organisation - success at this naturally combats and defuses the conditions that give rise to support for the far right in the first place
ps even searchlight are now pushing (probably through gritted teeth) the political solution approach and the bankruptcy of everything that we have so far seen to date from them and liberal anti-fascism - 23 March, 2009 11:47
"...These people must be forced to confront the question of why they are so impervious to the pro-Israel arguments and facts..."
You misunderestimate them.
They are not innocent naifs, or obtuse simpletons. They are skilled baiters and propagandists, who taunt their prey imaginatively and with considerable guile. And they have no interest in the truth. - 24 March, 2009 04:24
The simple answer to disarm the BNP is to address those people's concerns and to value their groups as you do other groups. The English are people too. The Scots are people too. Why is it anathema for them to organize into special interest groups like everybody else? Why are they not allowed to participate in the political syste? Positively discriminatory and oppressive, and your answer is to provoke violence in the street and then point fingers at them. Its like the Palestinian Gambit.
Good Lord!
When will the Left be satiated in their attacks on Western Cultures, Peoples, and Civilization? - 27 March, 2009 04:31
Dont indigenous populations have rights? Or is that only when they are non Western?
- 27 March, 2009 04:33
Decades of Leftwing villification, paying off....Caucasians - the new Jews.
Good news: Brazilian prez Lula blames financial crisis on "white people with blue eyes"
President Lula said it was completely unfair that the poorest people in the world were suffering most for the mistakes of wealthy, Western financiers…
President Lula, head of Brazil's main left-wing party, said that 'no black man or woman, no indigenous person, no poor person' had been in any way culpable for the global banking crisis.
'I'm not acquainted with any black banker,' he said. 'The part of humanity that's responsible should pay for the crisis.'
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/26/good-news-brazilian-prez-blames-financial-crisis-on-white-people-with-blue-eyes/ - 27 March, 2009 04:41
Hey, I know, lets attack any subset of Caucasians, who are advocating their interests politically in public with violence.....then blame those Caucs on the violence.
The utter insanity of it. Mindboggling. - 27 March, 2009 04:44
- bob said...
Matt - Good comment. Will give me thoughts shortly.
Ross - Don't know if you and WS are still around. We're basically in agreement in our analysis in most ways. You are right to draw attention to a very bad formulation of mine: "expressing their anti-fascism. Anti-fascism can be a badge of moral purity, an identity politics, and real politics should not be about "giving expression" to such identities.
I am also completely against any push towards more physical confrontation: it would be utterly the wrong strategy for the current period. We need to address the BNP politically.
However, how to do this? It seems to me that the IWCA may be working OK in some of the localities where it has taken root. But it has failed, so far, to take off on much scale. Its core of activists are very hard-working, but are too small to spread the organisation geographically. Many decent people were alienated it from it by the un-democratic decision to simply wind up AFA, and this has limited the activist base. While AFA was a very strong and attractive "brand", the IWCA has not been able to capitalise on that.
There are also many people with political positions close to the IWCA's, but who do not sign up to all its positions. They are also put off by the political party like aura it sometimes has.
I think there is a need for a broader-based, looser coalition or network of those anti-fascists who share a similar analysis about political confrontation. AFA would have been the perfect body to pull this together, but that cannot happen now, because of the un-democratic way Red Action acted. (I say this in sadness, not in spite, because I always had the utmost respect for Red Action.)
I would love to be able to point towards practical steps we could take in this direction, but as someone who was never more than a footsoldier, to use Martin Lux's phrase, and who has very limited time, I am not well-placed to do that. Which, I know, undermines what I am saying... - 07 April, 2009 14:40
- bob said...
I think that Fish is right that there is something important about the academic community that makes boycotts a bad thing, but I don't agree with him that it is always wrong. There comes a point at which academia is utterly compromised by its relationship with a regime, and it would be right to boycott it. For instance, he is wrong to say it would have been wrong to boycott the Third Reich's universities, and I think it wrong to say South African academia should not have been boycotted.
I think I'm with Norm. - 08 April, 2009 17:18


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In The Queen Mary's engine room and the boiler room, cameras go dead, batteries get drained and orbs show up in photos. Occasionally cameras simply "give up the ghost" refusing to operate normally until they've left the area. In Engine Room 2, people report feeling a sense of dread—perhaps because this was the spot many stowaways believed would be their safe-haven. Instead, when the engines roared to life many were burned. Door #13 in the belly of the boat has crushed two men to death, one a young seaman who lied about his age to get the job he so desperately wanted. People report seeing him, dressed in blue coveralls, hurrying down "Shaft Alley" towards the door before he disappears.
The old swimming pools are also the sites of frequent sightings. Visitors have reported women in wearing swimsuits from the 1930s walking the pool decks. Others have heard splashing or spotted fresh wet footprints. Near one of the pools people have even seen a little girl, sometimes clutching a teddy bear, and at other times calling for her mommy and dolly. Is this the ghost of the little girl, named Jackie, who drowned while the Queen Mary played ocean liner? Or is it the little girl—supposedly quite precocious and a child who enjoyed sliding down banisters—who went for a slide and got bucked off when the ship hit a huge swell, the child's neck snapping as a result of sudden impact? Perhaps the two have even found each other and play together, as many report hearing childish laughter.
In the third-class children's playroom a baby's cries are sometimes heard. Those who know the ship best think it is the sound of the little boy who died there, shortly after his birth. Other ghosts occasionally are spotted in the playroom, too—perhaps parents picking their children up from what was essentially daycare, or maybe the caretakers themselves linger, watching for the children still aboard.
A strange vortex phenomenon has also been reported near the women's changing room, supposedly the resulting negative force because of a woman being raped nearby.
In some first-class staterooms, a man wearing a 1930's style suit has been seen and phones are known to ring without anyone on the other end. Faucets also turn on in the middle of the night as if someone is washing up after a late night enjoying themselves.
A beautiful young woman in a stylish evening gown can sometimes be spotted in the Queen's Salon. Some claim she dances alone in a shadowy corner of the room.
But beyond the tragic deaths of children and military men, perhaps the darkest thing still clinging to the Queen Mary is the remnants of one mysterious man's deeds. Once, a single male passenger checked in, and stowing his luggage, gave a steward some cash to see if he could find a willing female companion to share his cabin for the night. The steward was successful and dropped a woman off for the man. The pair retired for the evening. The next morning, when the steward realized his patron was not at breakfast, he went to see how things had gone. He knocked on the cabin door, but got no answer. Worried, he raced away to find his superior—a man who could open the door. When the door opened they were horrified to find the corpse of the willing woman, her blood spread round the room. They searched for the only suspect—the male passenger—but found no sign of him—no registration information, no luggage… There had not even been a passenger assigned to that cabin. To this day, the man's identity and method of escape baffles everyone who hears the chilling tale of what happened when two people met for a sudden tryst.
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Adrianne says: |
September 15, 2008, 3:19 pm |
I don't believe the queen mary is really haunted, I am a believer but also a skeptic, and I have been to the queen mary many times. Things seem to be normal, and I haven't had one experience here unlike other places I've known to be haunted, I think it's just hysteria.
fanny says: |
September 16, 2008, 11:23 pm |
i think it is haunted cause i saw ghost hunters on t.v. and they showed the queen mary so i belive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nonya says: |
September 20, 2008, 5:58 pm |
I don't think the queen Mary is haunted. And for the comment above mine. On the ghost hunters episode nothing paranormal happened at the queen mary. Not only did nothing happen someone tried to mess with there cameras so you would think a blanket moved by stopping there cameras most likely because the queeny mary get a lot of business with the legend that its haunted and they knew damn well they weren't going to catch anything because its not. I don't think that just because a t.v. show finds something or doesn't should be your basis for believing if a place is haunted or not. Come on its t.v.. I've been to the queen mary many of times and I've never had anything at all ever happen. I've never known anyone else who has personally had something happen. Its just one of those places that has a story for who knows why. The queen mary isn't haunted!
Kim says: |
September 24, 2008, 12:50 pm |
I went with my church youth group to Long Beach in 1987. And some of us had a choice to take a tour of Queen Mary. I opted not to. I felt uneasy standing outside the ship. I didn't know the ship was haunted until 20 years later when I saw a show about haunted places on t.v. Now I know why I got that uneasy feeling. The ship was haunted.
Minister Helena Garilano says: |
October 3, 2008, 11:38 am |
I have been on the Queen Mary in Januray of 2008 and experience a horrible feeling while in the Women's restroom on the floor where you register for a room. I walked to the back of the ship and as I stepped into the restroom I had a threatening feeling. It was so bad that I had to rush out of there. It wanted to hurt me and wanted me off the ship.
I bound it and commanded it to stay away in the name of Jesus Christ.
This ship needs deliverance.
Minister Helena Garilano says: |
October 3, 2008, 11:40 am |
I do recommend to be very careful if you go on this ship.
my site is http://www.HauntedHouseBuster.com
Jason says: |
October 3, 2008, 1:51 pm |
Cool site, check out mine at http://www.paranormalknowledge.com
Minister Helena Garilano says: |
October 5, 2008, 12:04 pm |
I would like to recommend saying the following prayer when you believe you are entering a Haunted Hotel, Haunted House or Haunted Land. Lord I ask for Warrior Angeles, protect me Lord. I cover myself , my family members and this place with the Blood of Jesus Christ. I bind every demon and command you to stay away in the Name of Jesus Christ.
You must be a Christian before you say this If not please start reading the King James Bible today and become one.
Minister Helena Garilano
Michael Bye says: |
October 13, 2008, 3:48 pm |
My testicles tingle when I go to haunted places. This is how I know they're truly haunted.
Scarry says: |
October 16, 2008, 7:22 pm |
When I was about 7 years old, my grandparents were visiting us from the East Coast. My Dad thought it would be a fun day to go to the Queen Mary. While we were in the engine room, my Dad had my little brother who was 2 in his arms. I was overcome with extreme fear and dread, grabbed my brother from my Dad and ran as fast as I could to daylight. It is the same fear and dread I get whenever I am in a bad place.
Kimmiepooh says: |
October 22, 2008, 2:12 pm |
Oh my gosh…Michael Bye is hilarious! Slept at the Queen Mary a few years ago. Walking down the halls, I felt the hall was stretching. Perhaps my eyes were playing tricks on me. The room that I slept in was quite small. In the middle of the night, I heard voices in the room coming from the intercom above the bed but of course, one of the staff members could be playing tricks on that. I've heard stories about it but a bit reluctant to try going to the marked places myself. Perhaps one day, I'll build the courage and go there again but with a bottle of Holy water just to be safe. =)
Minister Helena Garilano says: |
October 29, 2008, 11:53 am |
Never use Holy Water when fighting spriits. Use the name of Jesus Christ. I bind and command you to leave in the Name of Jesus Christ. You must be a believer to do this , if not you can become one.
Helena http://www.hauntedhousebuster.com and http://www.deliveranceminister.com
accmed says: |
December 31, 2008, 4:16 pm |
this story is soooooooooooooooooooooooo not scary you put this story on real haunts WHEN ITS NOT EVEN THAT SCARY
oh and i don't think little children should read this or watch this
its super stupid, dumb and i wasted my time reading it sooo yeah
and i think………………… (long Pause)
i don't know what i think about this i think i told you all that i need to tell you about this story that's what i think in smiley face form
uneasy feeling says: |
January 23, 2009, 1:38 pm |
i think there is somethin wrong with the queen mary cause ive been to it and slept in it and have been woken up by someone shakin me many times in the night…..(still have no answer to the cause).except for the boiler room its not haunted its just a feelin you get cause its big and dark your mind tricks you!
Minister Helena Garilano says: |
January 24, 2009, 2:30 am |
Uneasy feeling,
I know the feeling….It was a spirit that woke you up and as for the boiler room …you mind doesn't play tricks on you , it you get a feeling it's because the spirits are giving it to you……I got a feeling as I walked down the long hallway to the restroom and it because very strong when I went into the bathroom….real bad feeling….I also went on the upper deck to buy coffee and got a dismal feeling.
There is a lot of demonic spirits, that's where the bad feelings come from because they are so evil.
yvonne says: |
January 24, 2009, 6:41 pm |
I know the queen mary is haunted. WHEN I WENT ON THERE BACK IN 2005 I HAD WENT DOWN TO THE WOMENS CHANGING ROOM AND I HAD SAW A WOMEN IN A RED DRESS SITTING THERE THAN I LOOKED AWYA FOR A SECOND AND LOOKED BACK SHE WAS FLOATING BY THE WINDOW JUST LOOKING AT ME. THAN I GOT SCARRED AND TOOK OF RUNNING THAN I RAN PAST A WOMEN THAT WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING, EXACTLY WHERE SHE WAS STANDING IS WHERE A WOMEN HAD DIED. I WENT TO THE FRONT DESK THEY SHOWED ME A PICTURE OF THE WOMEN I SEEN FLOATING AT THE END OF THE LONG HALLWAY. and thats all the truth beleive it or not but that ship is really HAUNTED!!!
Helena Garilano says: |
January 25, 2009, 2:21 am |
If that ever happens again anywhere say I bind you and command you to leave me alone in the Name of Jesus Christ. It Works !
Helena Garilano says: |
January 25, 2009, 2:28 am |
Sorry about all the mistakes in my comment on 1/24/09…It's odd though because when I typed the comment it didn't have mistakes. Ever since I got involved in the Deliverance Ministry strange things happen to me all the time. What I wanted to say is that the Queen Mary is full of demonic spirits . You can tell because they put fear in you and give you bad feelings.
robnoize says: |
January 27, 2009, 2:35 am |
i have worked on the ship for meny years and have experinced several things from cold spots and apperitions to beng watched. you see the ship is ovr 1000 feet long with several decks and passage ways and most of the ship is not open to the public. i am lucky enough to have free run of the ship 24hrs a day,(i have a gifted job) so i have been to meny places on the ship that most have not seen in years. i do have sum photos of "intresting" evidence that i have collected from the first class pool, broiler room and the ship ships most haunted room: 336
Cesar says: |
February 23, 2009, 2:14 am |
Why are people so scared of ghosts? How many people in this world have been killed from ghostly encounters? none that ive heard of.


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The fact that "Brokeback Mountain" lost out to "Crash" become a major point of contention following the 78th annual Academy Awards. Some critics, such as Michael Jensen, leveled accusations of homophobia against academy voters, while others wondered if Hollywood politics ("Crash" featured a star-studded ensemble cast) played a part.
Of the two, "Brokeback" has certainly fared better over time, while "Crash" in retrospect comes off as preachy, with its hit-us-on-the-head observations on bigotry (we get it, everyone has their prejudices).
Ang Lee's low-budget indie about two male ranchers (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger) who share a secret romance had received more awards than "Crash" in the lead-up to their Oscars showdown.
After taking home the Golden Globe for best picture, and following three Academy Award wins (including best director for Lee), "Brokeback" seemed a sure-fire for the top prize. When presenter Jack Nicholson read out "Crash" as the best picture winner, an audible gasp could be heard from the Oscars audience in reaction to the upset.
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A major expansion for the Girls Catholic Athletic conference is on the horizon.
St. Ignatius athletic director and GCAC Corresponding Secretary Jim Prunty confirmed Thursday that six schools — Montini Catholic, St. Francis, Rosary, Providence, Bishop McNamara and Fenwick — will be joining the GCAC for the 2015-16 school year.
Montini, St. Francis and Rosary were members of the Suburban Christian Conference, which is disbanding after the 2013-14 school year. They will be competing as independents in 2014-15.
Providence, Bishop McNamara and Fenwick will be leaving the East Suburban Catholic Conference after the 2014-15 school year.
"The Suburban Christian schools decided to join ranks with us a couple of months ago," Prunty said. "We had been in conversation with Bishop McNamara, Fenwick and Providence quite a number of times.
"We had a meeting in March with all six of those schools and laid out how we thought the future of the league could look. The three East Suburban Catholic schools wanted time to think about it, and when they researched with their coaches they came back and made the decision."
The GCAC had 16 schools in 2013-14, but will be losing Mount Assisi, which will be closing in June. The GCAC will have 21 schools in 2015.
"I'm very excited for the conference," Prunty said. "We think it is going to give us the premier girls conference certainly in the state, and maybe in the Midwest."
Providence's boys teams compete in the Catholic League, with many of the coed Catholic League schools competing in the GCAC.
"It was a big selling point," Providence athletic director Doug Ternik said. "It's a real good feeling knowing there are a lot of common opponents now between our boys and our girls sports, for sure.
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Marlene Gallegos, Dawn P Bradly, Allan S Tenorio, Ali Keshavarzian, Shriram Jakate. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background: There has been an increasing prevalence of LGV (lymphogranuloma venereum) or Chlamydia trachomatis cases in Europe and North America in the MSM (men having sex with men) population. These cases may present with incomplete history and proctosigmoiditis without characteristic adenopathy syndrome. Such cases may be confused clinically and morphologically with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This causes diagnostic delay and worsening morbidity. We describe two such cases initially diagnosed as IBD and subsequently identified as Chlamydia trachomatis proctitis.
Design: 2 males (ages 28 and 30) who presented with at least 3 weeks of bloody diarrhea underwent colonoscopy with biopsies. 1 male (age 28) with persistent anal bleeding had a biopsy from an anal verge ulcer. All patients had subsequent (2 to 20 weeks later) endoscopic evaluation. Their clinical profile, travel history, endoscopic findings, serum antibodies and DNA probe assay for chlamydia and initial and subsequent biopsy tissue were reviewed.
Results: All patients had initial clinical and endoscopic suspicion of IBD. Histologically, the colonic and anal biopsies showed patchy chronic inflammation with cryptitis and lymphohistiocytic infiltrates reminiscent of Crohn's perianal disease and IBD-type proctosigmoiditis. None had adenopathy syndrome at presentation to evoke clinical suspicion of Chlamydia trachomatis. Subsequent history revealed that all patients were MSM. 1 patient had travel history to Europe but the diarrhea was considered too long standing for an infectious etiology. At the time of initial biopsies, the serum antibody studies were not performed. Since the symptoms persisted after IBD therapy, further studies were performed that included serum antibody and DNA probe assays for chlamydia which were positive. The patient with travel history to Europe subsequently also showed HIV positivity and Kaposi's sarcoma in the cecum. All patients responded to antibiotic therapy for chlamydia.
Conclusions: Patients with Chlamydia trachomatis who present without classical history or symptoms and have isolated proctosigmoiditis may be confused clinically, endoscopically and histologically for IBD. When there is lack of response to IBD therapy and/or the clinical profile raises the potential for C. trachomatis infection, serological and DNA probe studies for chlamydia can be perfomed. The specimen must also be sent to the state health department. Awareness of its mimicry to IBD and prompt identification of Chlamydia trachomatis are crucial for treatment and prevention of further complications from this disease.
Category: Infections
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There's a pond on the bluffs above my parents' camp. It's called Tees' Pond (after the Tees family, who used to farm the land that the camp is on). What's notable about the pond is that it is mostly covered by a floating mat: Tees' Pond is a floating bog. When you walk on it, it's like walking on a giant waterbed: sproing. Rick, apparently a fan of empirical verification, of course did not believe me when I claimed that the bog is floating. This was before we jumped across a narrow bit of water to land on it, at which time - sproing sproing sproing. And Rick, because he is human and nobody human can resist the fun of a giant waterbed feel, started bopping up and down and talking about runners with knee injuries. At this point, I felt the need to add one tiny caution: you know, you can punch through, eh? So Rick immediately started, literally, punching the mat to see if he could get through. He reported that it smelled.
But let's back up to why we were hanging out at the camp in the first place. See, I stalk Rick through the internet. No, really, I do: he has these cool pages about his place in Bocas del Toro, Panama, and I read them. Tell me, can you read this page about a jeep trek on the Uyuni Salt Lake and *not* want to stalk the guy in the hope that he'll go on a road trip with you? Exactly. Well, fortunately for me, I managed to trick him into thinking *I'm* cool through my own pages, and heh... next thing you know, we're planning an adventure! Our adventure was supposed to involve a hiking trail and then off-trail exploration involving the Agawa Canyon. We spent some enjoyable hours looking at satellite imagery, I'd printed out the relevant maps, the GPS was pre-loaded with the relevant data.
The best-laid plans... see, people who spend most of their time in either California or further south, they're not likely to have seen black bears. And they also don't know that saying "I hope I get to see a bear on this trip" is playing with fire. When I heard Rick utter that one, I quietly put the bearspray in my pack, figuring we'd be in for a nocturnal visit one of these nights (yep. superstitious.) I didn't anticipate what would really happen: bear roadkill. Past Sudbury, late at night, in the dark, there is a big thump. And then there is coolant all over the place, and fur, and blood, and it is very, very obvious that we need to call the cops because there is going to be an insurance claim, and we need to call a tow truck because the red car, it's not going anywhere on its own that night. And when you're past Sudbury late at night, and you have a CAA Plus membership, you have the choice of having yourself towed to Sudbury or Espanola to find a motel and a garage and wait it out. Or you can get CAA to tow you all the way to your parents' farm, 190km from the site of the accident. It's a no-brainer, eh.
But then, you're stuck at the farm, minus transportation. Fortunately, if you're me, you also have cool parents, and a mother that will drive from the camp to come and get you, and then lend you her car to go to the Sault to purchase car stuff. Which wouldn't do me much good at all, if it wasn't for the fact that South American road trip veterans know 16 uses for wire and tell you they need a Hosenklammer (which is German-English for hoseclamp, Rick got into the spirit of bastardized German when he was exposed to my language butchering family!) and aren't bad with other tools either, and Rick claimed he could make the car driveable again. I didn't let him until I got clearance form my insurance company, so that meant, weekend at the camp. There are worse places to be.
So, our adventure weekend turned into something unexpected, but no less fun: we did a quick one-night canoe trip using my crappy old canoe and my dad's truck with its faulty brakes (but that is another story, and one that will get its own entry). I dragged Rick along all the trails of my childhood, and insisted that he conquer both bluffs behind the camp. I took him to the MacKenzies to see the dogs and miniature horses and buy maple syrup. We ate a lot of fish with my parents. We did a dump run for my dad, where Rick discovered that in northern Ontario, rooting through the garbage dump has become such a fine art that there is a "give-away building": too good to throw out, don't want to keep it anymore? put it in the give-away building. Perhaps the romp through the childhood of an internet acquaintance wasn't what Rick had in mind - and it certainly wasn't my plan - but it was big fun all the same.
And it confirmed suspicions formed the previous weekend: hanging out with Rick is fun, even if you're not having a grand adventure. And I want to go on real adventures with him. The kind that involve exploring something a bit more remote than Highway 17, or even logging roads. I wonder how much stalking that will take?
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I recently learned that rock tumbler can be used to buff and polish sterling silver jewelry. The process removes fine scratches and makes the jewelry looks like new.
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I was checking on utube for info on casting silver. One guy used a rock tumbler for polishing silver after casting. The stuff you put in tumbler you can purchase but he found that the plastic spacers used for laying floor tile worked better than the stuff you can buy...he also used an empty plastic peanut butter jar in the tumbler, you might be able to find it under jewelry casting in silver on utube, didn't save it. |
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I am new to minis. I bought one on impulse last year at Walley World and this year it is a mass of blooms. I love it. I think I want/need more LOL. I was thinking about a mini rose for my front porch. I have looked at Rainbow's End. Could you all send some pics my way of your climbing mini and tell me how tall it gets, if it is BS and PM resistent and if it does well in the South? Also a great place to buy it online. I actually need 2 one for a trellis which is about 8' and one for my front porch post which is at least 10' Thanks for any photos you can provide. Sharon in Georgia |
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- Posted by Kathy9norcal CA 9 (My Page) on Fri, May 6, 05 at 20:39
Here is climbing Candy Cane (pink on brass trells, next to white tree rose), which I love. I can't speak to disease. We usually have hot dry weather so no blackspot to speak of, except for rainy springs. See the link for a closeup. Kathy |
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WOW that is beautiful. CAndy Cane is a mini? I would have never guessed. What is the thorns like on it. It would do great on my trellis. I need something that I can sort of "wrap" around my porch post. Are the canes flexible? I LOVE it. |
Beautiful! I too am looking for a smallish climber for a trellis set in a window box. Does candy cane have a nice scent? What is the pink rose in the planter next to candy cane? Becky |
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This is my climbing Rainbow's End. This is S.W.A.L.K. (Sealed With A Loving Kiss). It is younger than the Cl. Rainbow's End and is just now really starting to take off. I have tried to get a good picture of this rose but haven't managed it yet. Dana |
Wow Rainbow's End is awesome. Do you often stop and ask you what that rose is!! I had NO idea mini's got that big. I always thought of them as tiny little one foot plants. The canes on S.W.A.L.K. appear to be more flexible and would work on a post or pillar. I am still debating, mini climber or clematis for the post but what could possibly be wrong with doing both :) Thanks for the pictures, really enjoyed them. |
Does anyone know what rootstock is used for climbing minis? Is Fortuniana used? |
Climbing minis are usually own-root. Johnny Becknel (Calvin Boutte) or K&M Nurseries may have some minis on Fort, I don't know if they have any climbers. |
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Jay Cross helps people work and live smarter. Jay is the Johnny Appleseed of informal learning. He wrote the book on it. He was the first person to use the term eLearning on the web. He has challenged conventional wisdom about how adults learn since designing the first business degree program offered by the University of Phoenix.
This post continues the discussion among the members of the Internet Time Alliance about appropriate terminology for learning in the network era. This is an exploration, not an ultimatum.
The main point is getting the job done. That pays the bills. Everything flows from working smarter.
All learning is social, so that's not really a useful distinction unless we're stressing social networked learning.
Learning has replaced training as the term of choice. (For more on that issue, see transcript of tonight's #lrnchat.)
There's a continuum from top-down, mandated learning ("formal") to self-directed, intrinsically-motivated learning ("informal"). Unfortunately, "formal" and "informal" are tainted words that invite misinterpretation. Formal can mean stodgy or accepted. Informal can mean casual or flippant.
I prefer calling the bookends of the spectrum of corporate learning….
Traditional learning is not better than independent learning or vice-versa; context determines utility.
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The following is a list of terms used to describe parts of the shoe. Some terms refer to parts that all shoes have such as the sole, while other terms may only apply to certain types or style of shoe.
The forward facing part of the heel, under the arch of the sole
A stiff piece of material at the heel of a shoe positioned between the lining and upper that helps maintain the shape of the shoe. The counter helps strengthen the rear of the soe.
The part of the shoe where the upper's edge meets the sole
The heel is the part of the sole that raises the rear of the shoe in relation to the front. The heal seat is the top of the heal that touches the upper, this is typically shaped to match the form of the upper. The part of the the heel that comes in contact with the ground is known as the the top piece.
A layer of material that sits inside the shoe that creates a layer between the sole and the wearer's foot. A la The insole adds comfort for the wearer, while hiding the join between the upper.
Most shoes include a lining on the inside of the shoe, around the vamp and quarter. These linings improve comfort, and can help increase the lifespan of the shoe.
The exposed part of the sole that is contact with the ground. As with all parts of the shoe, outsoles are made from a variety of materials. The properties the outsole need are: grip, durability, and water resistance
a reinforcing inside the upper which gives the toe its shape and support. Similar in function to a toe cap.
The rear and sides of the upper that covers the heel that are behind the vamp. The heel section of the quarter is often strengthened with a stiffener, which helps support the rear of the foot. Some shoe designs use a continuous piece of leather for the vamp and quarter.
Where the heel of the fit sits in the shoe. It normally matches the shape of the heal for comfort and support.
A piece of metal inserted between the sole and the insole lying against the arch of the foot.
The entire part of the shoe that sites below the wearers foot. As opposed to the upper. The upper and sole make up the whole of the shoe.
The front of the vamp next to the toe cap. For shoes were the vamp and quarter panels are one piece the throat is at the eye-stay.
Toe cap:
Shoes may have a toe cap in the front upper of the shoe. Toe caps can take various forms, but the distinct types are: complete replacements for the front upper of the shoe; stitched over toecaps that add an extra layer to the upper; solid toe caps for protection, such as steel toe caps. Stitch over toe caps may be decorative in nature. Toe caps help add stength to the upper front of the shoe, an area that receives a lot of stress and wear from use.
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The part of the heel that comes in contact with the ground. Made of a durable material that helps maintain friction with the ground.
The top edge of the upper
The entire part of the shoe that covers the foot.
The section of upper that covers the front of the foot as far as the back as the join ot the quarter.
The arch and in-step of the foot.
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Ariana Grande And Jai Brooks Caught Kissing! Does This Mean Jariana Is Back On?!
So as soon as Ariana Grande premiered her shiny new summer smash of a single "Problem," everyone started yapping on about how it may or may not be about her former fella Jai Brooks. AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW? While the rumor mill goes into actual overdrive, Ari and ex-boyfriend Jai have been spotted kissing backstage at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in LA. AGH.
Yup, it seems Jariana are officially back on despite the whole Nathan Sykes debacle of 2013, and we're shipping it all over again. Look how frickin' cute they look.
#Jariana rt if you support them, you don't need to like their relationship but at least support them :) pic.twitter.com/Sm5LRZ55ZJ
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Ariana and Janoskians Jai were snapped looking all loved-up backstage at the awards, generally looking like love's young dream and making us all wonder if we'll ever listen to "Almost Is Never Enough" in the same way again.
JARIANA IS THE CUTEST pic.twitter.com/loTJqMOCod
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Here they are doing some walking together.
#HappyForJaiAndAriana today has been the best day ever! #JarianaIsBack #Jariana pic.twitter.com/iEGXJFhdpb
ʚTHANK YOU ARIɞ (@ari4everJP) May 2, 2014
And here they are being all cutey cutey kissy kissy.
Congratulations! #happyforjaiandariana pic.twitter.com/cLJDr9Qwga
ʚTHANK YOU ARIɞ (@ari4everJP) May 2, 2014
So there you goit looks like #Jariana's officially a thing again.
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The Danish publisher Gyldendal has recently published the great Danish encyclopaedia on the web. The idea is that all the web users can access the huge material online. The new service represents 54 kg of contents in the printed version, and is found on the site: www.denstoredanske.dk.
Site Search
The site includes a site search functionality based on the Lucene search engine. This functionality is not working very well. I have tried with miss spellings and synonyms, and many search queries end op without a result – but with a sometimes relevant "Did you mean".
Miss spellings
Well the word encyklopædi (encyclopaedia in Danish) gives no result if it's miss spelled ensyklopædi – see below.
Is it a problem or could they do better?
Well it's an easy word to spell so no worries … you might say. But still I think a Site Search should do better and give some results on a word like this – it's very close to the product and brand you might say!
It's a problem with Danish and other small languages, as some search engines are quite poor in handling miss spellings. But what is an acceptable level?
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EUR/USD Technical Analysis Update For 4th December
(Forex-FX-4X.com, Euro/Dollar Technical Outlook, 4th December)
- The EUR/USD gained (+ 0.60%) on the daily basis for Monday – with a higher close printed for the fourth consecutive trading session – and is now trading at a six-week high after breaking above the 1.3000 handle.
- Continued signs of an increasing appetite for risk were found on Monday, with Chinese manufacturing data along with news from Spain and Greece seeing the German DAX and French CAC reaching their respective 52-week highs on the intra-day basis. Spanish and Italian bond yields have also declined which benefited the 17 nation European currency during early week trading.
- The euro/dollar upside came as the greenback was broadly weaker and lost ground versus its major currency counterparts, including sterling (GBP/USD +0.53%), Japanese yen (USD/JPY -0.34%) and the Swiss Franc (USD/CHF -0.31%).
- The past three daily attempts to move above EUR/USD 1.3000 had met with balanced selling pressure, however the bulls were firmly in control on Monday, taking price as high as 1.3075 before closing just above 1.3050. The upside move also marks a close above the longer term descending trend line, originating from the 4/5/11 1.4939 highs.
- Price is now trading just under a possible third touch of the embryonic trend line located around 1.3093. Any upside would need to contend with this potential resistance area in the first instance. Any prolonged upside move would see price at the 17/10/12 1.3140 area previous swing high point, with the 1.3170 17/9/12 area highs in focus if the EUR/USD can move markedly higher in the coming sessions.
- Potential support may be experienced around the following: the 1.3020 area previous daily highs, the 1.3000 psychological level and a retest of the descending trend line which is currently located around 1.2960.
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text: | Motorcycles at the museumJanuary 27, 2012 - Frank RobinsonI had the pleasure recently of going to the National Packard Museum's 12th annual motorcycle exhibit on Mahoning Avenue in Warren. It was a sneak-preview on Friday the 13th and the weather, unlike recently, was not cooperating. There was plenty of snow on the ground. I thought about waiting a day or two for better weather, but decided to go anyway. It was worth the trip. Surprisingly, there were a lot of people there, especially considering the weather conditions. The exhibit officially opened on Saturday, Jan. 14. This is the 12th year for the car museum to feature the motorcycles. It was the first time I had been there since the addition was built in 2010 during the museumás expansion. The addition really adds a lot of room at the facility, which seemed cramped the last time I was there. This year's theme for the motorcycle exhibit is called 'Packards Abroad.' It features motorcycles from around the world. I looked at most of them and I have to say the range in types of bikes was interesting. I was left scratching my head as I looked at some of the machines. Some looked like bicycles with little engines. Others looked more traditional. One had a cement mixer motor and was about 3 feet tall. The exhibit runs through May 20, so that gives people plenty of time to go. And don't forget, there are some nice looking cars there, too. Article CommentsNo comments posted for this article. Post a Comment | |