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Schlock & Awe: DUNE
By Kyle Anderson on May 28, 2014
Sometimes you hear things about movies and you just kind of take them for granted. Lots of people say Citizen Kane is the best movie ever made, and even if you haven't seen it, you can just say, "Oh yeah, Citizen Kane's the best movie ever made," without much context for it. And then you actually watch Citizen Kane and you're like, "Damn, this actually IS the best movie ever made."
A similar thing happened with me concerning David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune. The movie is one of the most notorious disasters in sci-fi history, and Lynch himself has all but disowned the picture. Recently, I saw the brilliant documentary Jodorowsky's Dune about Chilean surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed attempt to make the "unfilmable" novel into a film, and I, who has never read anything in the Dune-verse, was sufficiently intrigued enough to seek out the Lynch version. And guess what; it's just as incomprehensible as everyone said, and probably even more so.
Jodorowsky had been trying to get Dune made in the pre-Star Wars 1970s and a lot of his ideas would have been revolutionary had the film actually come to fruition. By time it was actually made in the early-1980s, it was yet another attempt by Italian mega-producer Dino De Laurentiis to cash in on the space opera craze Star Wars created. In 1980, of course, he got the Razzie-winning Flash Gordon made. While Dino served only as executive producer, his daughter Raffaella was the on-hand producer for Dune. To handle writing and directing duties for the incredibly dense source material, they handed it to Lynch, who had only made Eraserhead and The Elephant Man prior to this.
I should point out yet again that I've never read any of the Dune novels, and the version of the film I watched was the Theatrical Cut. I understand there's an extended version which is longer and explains more, but I also hear it uses production photos and drawings since lots of it weren't ever filmed. That might be nice for Dune fans, but I'm talking about a sci-fi movie, so the cut that people saw at the time is the one I care about. As such, I had next to no idea what was actually going on, especially toward the end of the film. However, I will attempt a brief synopsis for those who have no foreknowledge. There's also a good five minutes of spoken-to-camera prologue and world set-up by Virginia Madsen as Princess Irulan, a character who doesn't even show up until the end of the movie, to guide us plebs.
Way out in space, there are aristocratic houses that rule various planets. They're all designated as "House _____," just like in Game of Thrones. One of these planets produces a very important spice called melange which powers most of the galaxy's stuff. Most importantly, this spice allows for "folding space," a way for spacecraft to travel excessive distances without ever moving in physical space (a pretty weird thing to invent, it has to be said). The Emperor of the galaxy (played by Jose Ferrer) senses a threat to his throne by the leader of House Atreides, Duke Leto (Jurgen Prochnow), so decides to stave it off by giving him control of the planet Arrakis, a/k/a "Dune", the only planet that produces melange, and then having the Atreides' sworn enemies, House Harkonnen, attack and kill them. While all this is going on, the Duke's son Paul (Kyle MacLachlan) is learning how to be more awesome and has some ability, that his mother also shares, to persuade people using a deep monster voice and then he eventually teams up with people who live on Dune whose eyes turn bright blue and fights back against Harkonnen and the Emperor.
Okay, that's fairly complicated, but it's not the hardest thing to figure out, right? Well, you're forgetting that we're talking about David Lynch here, who goes out of his way to make things as muddled and oblique as possible. I was with this movie for about the first hour (of its 2 hrs 17 min runtime), or as much as I could be, but by the midway point, I was lost like so much sand on Arrakis. It doesn't help matters that probably 55% or more of the spoken words in this film are internal monologue. We hear the thoughts of every character, not just our lead, and a lot of what they think to themselves could and should be inferred from facial expression. Parentheticals are for the actors to know, not for the audience.
The other problem is that characters will say lines that I guess are meant to have meaning but they don't because we've never known what they're doing in the first place. At one point, Paul triumphantly says "The sleeper has awakened," and there's a musical cue to punctuate it. This prompts me to ask several questions: Was the sleeper ever in danger of not awakening? Is the fact that the sleeper has awakened a good thing or a bad thing? Who is the sleeper and why is he awake? Another example comes at the end of the film after Paul has defeated his sworn enemy that he's only just met Feyd Rautha (Sting. Oh yeah, Sting is in this movie) and then the little girl with an adult voice who is apparently real powerful says, "And how can this be? For he is the Kwisatz Haderach!" Oh wow! So Paul's the Kwisatz Haderach? Good for him; he really deserves to be the Kwisatz Haderach. WHAT THE FUCK IS A KWISATZ HADERACH?!?! You can't end your movie on a line proclaiming something that we don't know what it is!
I could go on and on about the problems with the script and the way the story makes no sense at all and the lines (like Paul's "If a person can destroy a thing, a person can control a thing") were probably taken directly from Herbert's book, but I'll stop doing that so I can talk about the stuff in the movie that's actually good. VERY good in fact – the music, the effects, the costumes, the set design, and pretty much everything in the movie not having to do with story and character. This movie is technically marvelous. Each set is enormous and highly detailed and seem to be entirely of a piece with each other. The costumes, too, are ornate and complex and you can tell where everybody's from based on what they wear, which I appreciate in a space opera, especially one so confusing otherwise. The model work is also very impressive, which is not what I expected given the film's reputation. I mean, the parts where people are riding the giant Graboids doesn't looks amazing, but the rest of it is really well done.
It's a very well shot and well designed film, and even fairly well directed from a visual perspective; it just doesn't have anything going for it otherwise. The characters are aloof and impossible to relate to, the story tells us too much and not enough all at the same time, and the actors clearly have no idea what's going on from moment to moment. This might be a fault in Herbert's novel, or the fact that maybe the source material is just unfilmable. Jodorowsky was going to make his version 4 hours long or something like that, and the Sci-Fi Channel made a big long miniseries of it that probably allows for more development in, well, everything. The only good thing that came from Dune is that it gave Lynch the spark to make Blue Velvet, which is pretty much his masterpiece.
Dune is worth watching for its visuals and score, and the fact that there are a billion and one recognizable people in it, but just don't expect to grasp anything without copious Cliff's Notes or an annoying friend who's read everything.
The main problem with this movie is that if you haven't read the book none of it makes any sense. If you have read the book only half of it doesn't make sense.
I first watched this in my pre to early teens because my father was a fan of the books (he's read them all) and may not have understood all of the intricacies at that age, but do remember that it fascinated me so much that I did desire to watch it again and have now watched it many times.
I agree that the movie itself is probably not incredible (I think they'd need to take the Peter Jackson approach and split it into separate movies to do it properly) and there are some complex and involved story lines, but I definitely didn't have the trouble comprehending it that is being expressed here, (and, as Paul says, most of the things that are points of confusion were in fact explained in the movie).
In fact, I'd have to say that I find it very Shakespearean with all the plotting and scheming, twists and turns, alliances and family feuds, etc (for the record, I love Shakespeare).
That's it. You've convinced me. I need to schedule some time to re-watch this.-
also for the record, my father may have read all the books, but I haven't (though they are on my reading list). My knowledge/comprehension is based purely on the movie and miniseries.
What is the point of this article? Why would you 1) Write a review of a 30 year old movie that ever sci-fi fan has already seen & fallen in love with2) write a review of Dune while knowing nothing about the film or any of the books3) Try to convince people that this classic, amazing film is somehow not a good film
This wins the, "Worst Nerdist Article of the Day" award (which is kind of like a razzy only no one thinks its funny)-
You Sir have sumarized it VERYVERY WELL
Tried reading the book a few times, but could not get past all the BS at he beginning – all the political, planetary, intergalactic, "house" trivia and statistics piled in with weird names… Just too much to try and forge one's way through for being the first book in the series.
I do agree the film is muddled, but not half as much as the book. The fact that they were able to construct a fun, albeit off-kilter and inexplicable, story for film is amazing.
Slander! Legit the best movie of all time. Who doesn't want to watch Sting knife fight in his underwear!? Doesn't have anything else going for it!?!?!!?!?!? PAUL MORDEEB!!!!!
Absolutely love Dune! At the age of 6 I was floored when Lynch's adaptation came out in '87. Everything about that movie started me out as the syfy fan I am today, combined with Star Wars and Star Trek. I am 33 now and I have seen that movie more times than I am actually willing to admit as it probably is in excess of 100!! There is nothing in that movie that I did not understand and wasn't able to follow completely by the age of 12!!! The Shocker: I did not even know it was based on a book until about 8 years ago!!!
oops not came out in '87, but when i first seen it as i would have been 3 when it came out in 1984 lol
Your homework assignment: Read the book, re-watch the movie, then comment.
Most shittastical review of a movie ever. Did you even pay attention or were you too busy smoking crack?
"WHAT THE FUCK IS A KWISATZ HADERACH?!?" – This is actually what the whole story is about. Granted Lynch did a piss-poor job of explaining it. Paul is the product of a genetic program started by the Bene Gesserit (The chicks in black.) who are trying to create the ultimate human being. They have been intentional breeding highly skilled and intelligent people with one another over thousands of years to create this superman whom they wish to control. However, Lady Jessica disobeys them (Bene Gesserit can control the gender of the children they produce) and she has a son just to please her husband, Duke Leto. (She was supposed to have a daughter to breed with Feyd Harkonnen.) This throws the Bene Gesserit plan into the chaos just as they were about to succeed. The Kwisatz Haderach can predict the future (and as Paul finds out, can change it) because he has access to the "genetic memory" of all of his ancestors. In other words, he can see all possible futures and is able to shape the future of the universe based on his supreme knowledge of the past. The spice is the agent that makes these crazy mental abilities possible, which is why it is so important. Really, what Dune boils down to is two things – first, a metaphor for politics where great powers fight for control of essential resources and secondly, planetary ecology. The spice is a product of the sandworms and makes space travel and, therefore, the empire possible. (Psst…it's a metaphor for oil.) This isn't exactly the type of easy-to-follow concept you want in a screenplay which is what makes this story, supposedly, unfilmable.That's pretty much it in a nutshell. Lynch's film is quite bad and it doesn't get the brilliance of the book across at all. He also threw in the weirding modules, which aren't in the book. Needless to say, THE BOOK IS SO MUCH BETTER!
The film is confusing and I saw Dune as a kid through kid eyes. I loved it as it was one of the first scifi films I had ever experienced. As bad as it is, it still looks cool and I think a great version of this film could be made. I think if Pixar or Dreamworks did a CG animated version it could be Jodorowsky's Dune.
Kyle Anderson. You sir, are no nerd. We, the fans of Dune, and Nerd everywhere, demand that you resign from your position at Nerdist, and go back to watching Twilight.
I never understood this version either. The SyFy version was very well done & easy to understand.
The SyFy version was horrible looking and only does the literal version of the story justice. The visuals and acting does not.
I just want to say as a film student, you can separate a criticism of a film from the source material. Give a Kyle a friggin' break!
SPOILERS: Well more precisely, the "spice" melange exists only on Arrakis and it harvested from it's desert sands. It cannot be synthesized. By consuming massive quantities of spice, mutated human Spacing Guild navigators gain prescience and "SEE" a safe course through space but the engines of the ships do the "folding". It isn't really well explained at the end of the movie but Paul Muad'Dib threatens to destroy all spice harvesting. This forces the Emperor and Spacing Guild to submit. The movie also fails to mention that computers are not allowed to exist anywhere due to 1000 years prior, A.I. robots almost destroyed the entire human empire and also that spice withdrawal is fatal. Yup, not too complicated
SPOILERS: Well more precisely, the "spice" melange exists only on Arrakis and it harvested from it's desert sands. It cannot be synthesized. By consuming massive quantities of spice, mutated human Spacing Guild navigators gain prescience and "SEE" a safe course through space but the engines of the ships do the "folding". It isn't really well explained at the end of the movie but Paul Muad'Dib threatens to destroy all spice harvesting. This forces the Emperor and Spacing Guild to submit. The movie also fails to mention that computers are not allowed to exist anywhere due to 1000 years prior, A.I. robots almost destroyed the entire human empire and that spice withdrawal is fatal. Theres a lot more… yup, not too complicated
I was actually the first person in line to see this at the theatre in Ottawa in 1984. I was a huge DUNE fanatic.
…and to be left flapping in the breeze over Jodorowsky's non-starter, after being teased by pictures in Starlog magazine of H.R. Giger's sets and Chris Foss' spaceships that never got to see film, was a crushing blow. Then Lynch brought us the De Laurentiis opus.I HAD to see it!
I saw the movie with two friends, one who had read the book, one who hadn't. The first thing I said when we came out was ,"People who have read the book are going to love most of it, and those who haven't are going to be confused as f**k!" To which my friends pretty much agreed. Actually, the one friend who hadn't read DUNE, had intended to prior to the movie, but the movie left such a bad taste in his mouth that he wanted nothing to do with the book afterwards.
I have the movie on DVD and watch usually once a year. I still enjoy it, but I think I pick out more things wrong with it each time.
Never read the books but love this movie. I have admit I got a lot more out of it after watching the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series, but I never felt it was incomprehensible.
Dude. You lost me at "extended version which is longer and explains more, but I also hear it uses production photos and drawings since lots of it weren't ever filmed. That might be nice for Dune fans.." It is widely known among everyone who knows anything about anything, that Dune fans DO NOT like the bastardized re-cut version that David Lynch did actually disown. The theatrical cut that you watched is the ultimate version to watch, is widely praised by fans, and only confusing to kids who can't pay attention while watching grown up movies.
He who can destroy a thing controls a thing, if you're going to use quotations, then please use a quote.
Sir, you fail at SciFi. Folding space was not invented in Dune and takes very little reading to encounter multiple universes that use the concept. The Kwizatz Haderach is adequately explained (granted, no better) and you must not have been paying ANY attention when they talk about what the spice does. Yes, the movie trusts the audience to think and pay attention. Something modern movies don't typically do, but they should. It annoys me that I'm never trusted to follow any level of complexity in a movie these days.
I saw the film at age 11, having only played (not even beaten!) the 1992 computer game–which is great, by the way–and didn't walk away from it confused. It is certainly a bizarre and complex film, and being that it wasn't divided into three films, which Hollywood would gladly do today, it's understandable that so little of it is understood by mainstream audiences. But it's not impossibly head scratchy, as the author implies. It's a flawed but brilliant film.
Um. You guys. You're being sort of mean to a guy whose "crime" was expressing his opinion about a movie. It may not be an opinion that you agree with, but I don't think that's a legitimate reason to call him names and accuse him of not being a "real nerd". That seems exclusionary to me. I thought Nerdist was a place for positive enthusiasm and discussion, a supportive community.
Eh, I was 12 when it came out and saw it in the theaters and thought it was fucking awesome and it made as much sense as any movie I'd ever seen. You're a moron.
I saw this flick when I was 14 and for the last 30 years have not had a problem with it. I liked it, understood it and have rewatched it many times. And everything you questioned had answers. Everything. Someone wasn't REALLY paying attention. Oh, and folded space is a LONG running hypothesis. Go watch EVENT HORIZON and then come back and give DUNE another try.
You do realize you can read right? So maybe pick up one of the Dune books.. or just watch the movie more than ONE TIME and all your questions will be answered. Why do we have to suffer through this idiocy and degradation of a brilliant and classic film from some young idiot who has no sense of the film whatsoever. Hey, how about next time you ask "Cake Boss" to come do a review on Marxism. smh. So disappointed you'd allow this Chris Harwick. I had the impression you were more intelligent that that. This "review" is pathetic.
You write for a website called "THE NERDIST" – your audience is NERDS.
Perhaps you prefer "Sponge Bob Square Pants"?
This is one of the worst reviews I have ever read. I cannot even begin to imagine why you even took the time to write this. Ugh.
This is a site called The Nerdist. You haven't read any Dune and used a Game of Thrones reference. Nerd cred=revoked.
Yeah, it's really rude of him to not have the exact same viewing and reading interests as you.
You are kinda dumb.. sorry.. you are.
The internet is a confusing place where every single article is met with derision. If this post had been on how awesome Dune is, most of the posts would be on how crappy it was. I have seen Dune a couple of times, and I never understood what was going on. It's probably as much my fault as the film maker's. This post has prompted me to watch the movie again.
I've always found Dune to be, by far, Lynch's most straightforward movie. Eraserhead? No, don't get it at all. Dune? Sure. It's pretty much straight up religious science fantasy.
The Sci-Fi channel's miniseries for Dune was waaay better. Sticks to the source material.
Agreed that it followed the source material far more faithfully. The problem was that it seemed very low-budget and suffered from an embarrassingly bad production design. The Lynch movie was the opposite. The look and feel (aside from the unnecessary mutation of the Weirding Way) was spot on, IMO. The implementation of story (either edit)… not so much.
Jodorowsky's Chilean, not Mexican.
OK, so obviously a lot of people disagree with Kyle's review, myself included. I just don't understand all the vitriol about it. Sure, I have a hard time seeing how Kyle didn't seem to be able to follow it; I first saw it in the theater when I was 13 and it more or less made sense. And I get that there are people who totally LOVE the movie. I'm kinda surprised – though I shouldn't be: because the Interwebs – that so many people seemed to have taken this review so personally. Also, I'm curious if those same people have read the book. I hadn't when I first saw the movie but had by the time I'd seen it again. And while I still thought the movie was overall entertaining and looked great, my view of it had been lessened tremendously. To this day, Dune is easily my favorite book. And yes, the beginning is slow; but just like a quality Joss Whedon project, you have to deal with quite a bit of exposition so that he can really set up the awesome intricacies down the road. Anyway, despite the unnecessary changes from book to movie, I still thought it was a decent flick. Again, I can't but wonder if the people who loved the film/considered it a classic have also read the book…
I'm not sure it's exactly vitriol (things always read worse online), but more annoyance that Kyle seemed to have put a lot of work into the article, yet it reads as though it were written by someone paying more attention to their phone than to the movie. It's hard to say that I grasp these things when I was 13, because I've seen the film so many times since then that it's just a part of my permanent memory.
I will also disagree with those calling this a "classic". While I love the film, it was a box office failure and, for the most part, disliked by everyone including sci-fi fans. I was definitely in the minority with my love for it. Most of my friends said "you like that boring movie where everyone whispers 'The Spice' all the time?" Yes. Yes, I did
I was a bit miffed that a reviewer would attempt a review of a movie he/she clearly didn't pay attention to enough to understand, and comment on "source material" (the 412 page novel it's based on) he/she hasn't read.
I've read the novel and enjoyed it and the movie.
star wars saga and avatar are just copy
Um, sorry you were confused by this movie, but I saw it when I was 8 and understood it.
For instance, the Kwisatz Haderach is basically a human god, which you get from story bits which you were complaining about (inner voices, etc). It's a complex story, with a complex plot line, and isn't for everyone, especially if you can't manage deep thoughts about a topic. -
Read the book in Jr High. (accidentally read the next 2 out of order, got completely confused)
Saw the movie when it came out in the theater (high school).
Read the review.
Completely boggled by reviewer's take.
Folding space weird? Didn't catch dad telling Paul the sleeper must awaken? Compared the naming of the clans to Game of Thrones?o.O
Not likely to read another article written by said author due to extreme WTF!?!?!? -
i must totally disagree, I have loved this movie since I first saw it during it's theatrical release and both own the Steel Book DVD with both versions and the Theathrical BD which, I just saw the other day!!! It is amoungst my favorite films and will always be, just stop over anaylizing and enjoy it for the excellent cast and what it is.
Incomprehensible? Only if you didn't pay attention.
Oo, I knew as soon as you said, "And then you actually watch Citizen Kane and you're like, 'Damn, this actually IS the best movie ever made'" the comments would be ugly. Though they may exist (the internet is full of interesting things), I've never met a Citizen Kane fan who was a Dune fan, and vice versa – each group thinks the other movie stinks (I'm in the "Citizen Kane stinks" group; although Dune is not high on my watchlist, I'd watch it long before I'd watch CK).
Umm, I enjoy both… Does that make me the Qwizats Haderach
although i agree the movie is kind of a disaster i was never confused about anything in the film
Your article is indecipherable…
This review told me too much and not enough all at the same time. Also, it was too wet whilst somehow being too dry, concurrent with it having great taste, but being less filling.
Hey, I don't speak Russian and I haven't read any Tolstoy; can I review "War and Peace" for you? -
Actually, if you JUST read the book, you might find it is incomprehensible as well. I watched the movie and was bewildered but intrigued by the style. Then I read the book and everything clicked for both. The book is genius. Genius like how Tolkien's world building is genius. But, it takes a little work to absorb the lore. Anyway, I don't necessarily like how the book was translated, but the movie is still an amazing example of visual style that shouldn't be dismissed.
I haven't read the cimments , but I totally got this movie. Then saw the extended. Then read the books. Am I alone?
I first saw Dune when it came out on VHS, I think I must have been around 10 at the time. I really enjoyed it. It played to my love of the Star Wars movies with the whole evil empire and blue eyed, spice snorting Jedi guys. I had the action figures (Sting would later meet his end at the blade of a lawn mower), I had the poster magazines, it's fair to say I was a fan. However, I can't help but to agree with Kyle.
I think what Kyle is saying here, is that Dune is a beautiful mess of a movie. I'm not sure that I understood the intricacies of the plot, if I did it would be due to my mother being a fan of the book and explaining as we watched, but that didn't matter to me then.
I've since read the book myself, and seen the movie several times and with each viewing it has become more of a frustrating experience. While I applaud the ambition of trying to cram all that plot into an easy to swallow running time, it just doesn't work. As Kyle points out, it's a beautifully made and visually stunning film and that's what keeps me coming back to it. Thanks for giving an honest opinion Kyle, from someone who's not too precious to accept it as a valid one.
Maybe, just maybe, that lawn mower had a point. -
Lynch's Dune is a masterpiece. Complicated, long and flawed, yes. Original and beautiful, also. Lynch is a man of vision. The Dune film was rich in texture, dialogue and strangeness. Strong actors, characters. I love this movie.
I hated it in 1984 because it was nothing like typical science fiction of the day. Sometimes you have to see a movie more than once.
Also, I was a child.
This review seems to compare the amazing pre-production of Jodorowsky's possible Dune to Lynch's. The documentary makes my mouth water with what might have been but let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater!
Jodorowsky's Dune would have probably been amazing! We will never know. You may have an opinion of Lynch's Dune but I think it is an unfair and biased opinion. Maybe Jodorowsky's would have been better than Lynch's. We will never know (unless it is miraculously made).
It is foolish to let Jodorowsky's possible great movie bias an actually great movie.
Just my opinion, but I suggest you give Lynch's Dune another chance. And then enjoy it several hundred more times. -
Lynch's Dune is a masterpiece. Complicated, long and flawed, yes. Original and beautiful, also. Lynch is a man of vision. The Dune film was rich in texture, dialogue and strangeness. Strong actors, characters. I love this movie.
I hated it in 1984 because it was nothing like typical science fiction of the day. Sometimes you have to see a movie more than once.
Also, I was a child.
This review seems to compare the amazing pre-production of Jodorowsky's possible Dune to Lynch's. The documentary makes my mouth water with what might have been but let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater!
Jodorowsky's Dune would have probably been amazing! We will never know. You may have an opinion of Lynch's Dune but I think it is an unfair and biased opinion. Maybe Jodorowsky's would have been better than Lynch's. We will never know (unless it is miraculously made).
It is foolish to let Jodorowsky's possible great movie bias an actually great movie.
Just my opinion, but I suggest you give Lynch's Dune another chance. And then enjoy it several hundred more times.
As someone who read the book, even I have to admit that it's hard to follow at times. There were parts that I thought to myself, "Okay, they cut this, this, and this out and jumped to this point with almost no explanation. I understand why this movie would be confusing." The Sci-Fi Channel mini-series (which is 3 episodes that are each almost as long as an episode of Sherlock) does develop and explain a lot more but they also make some really weird changes to certain parts and it just looks cheap as hell. The Sci-Fi Channel mini-series overall is only marginally better than the David Lynch movie since you're trading production value for story and characters.


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Been busy and haven't hit too many stores up in the past week... All I've come home with was a skeet jacket. Interested in seeing how that does.
Food/bread comments: Tell me about it. I wish more places sold "bachelor" amounts of staple items such as bread/eggs. There's a Fogo de Chao down the street I've been planning on hitting up when I get a few bigger jobs going. I look forward to leaving there properly meat drunk.
Yesterday on set, a crew member also happened to own a Columbian style hotdog cart.
Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)All beef dog, crushed potato chips, bacon, catsup, mustard, pineapple sauce, cilantro sauce, pink sauce, and there's some mozzarella in there as well. Crikey. It was good. They also had a variant with chili but I just couldn't after two of the above. Oh and also had turkey and veggie dog options, but come on, really?
Ghost story:
I remember how this experience felt like it was yesterday. Once when I was young, probably six or seven max, my parents attended a trade show at the Queen Mary (a ship converted into a hotel/event center with a well documented history of being haunted). My dad's company was an exhibitor there, so we got a nice room to stay in during the show. My parents had a few events they had to attend without me, so they had my babysitter come watch me in the room for a few hours here and there. One evening, we were watching tv and I got up to go grab a drink from across the room. I actually remember putting skittles in something like club soda to see if it'd make the drink tolerable to my young sensibilities. As I walked back across the room, I recall passing through a spot that was both much cooler and more dense. It felt strange and made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Like walking through something or someone. I got to the bed and my babysitter asked if I felt alright, I guess I went pale. I recall being pretty freaked out the rest of my stay there.
Tonight's location for the shoot I'm on is a really nice, really big used book/record shop. I feel this may end poorly for my wallet, thank god the shop will be closed.


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Release date | 10 January 2007 (Update) |
Members? | Yes |
Quest item? | Contact! |
Tradeable? | No |
Equipable? | Yes |
Stackable? | No |
Value | 10,000 coins |
High alch | 6,000 coins |
Low alch | 4,000 coins |
Destroy | You can obtain another from Osman. |
On death | Appears under gravestone |
Store price | 20,000 coins |
Examine | A mystical-feeling dagger. |
Weight | 0.4 kg |
The keris is a dagger obtained after defeating the Giant Scarab at the end of the Contact! quest. Players will need 50 Attack to wield this item. Its stats are the same as a rune dagger, but with an additional +2 Prayer bonus. If lost, another can be bought from Osman for 20,000 coins.
It was created by worshippers of Elidinis, in order to smite the followers of Scabaras. It has a passive effect that works against scarab creatures (scarab mages and locust riders) and kalphites (see Kalphite Hive): it boosts your accuracy by 15% (25% with Desert amulet 3)[1] and deals 33.3% more damage against these creatures with abilities and auto-attacks, effectively placing it between Dragon and Barrows equipment while only requiring level 50 attack. It also has a small chance to deal triple damage instead of +33%, which is increased while wearing a Desert amulet 3 or higher. These boosts also affect offhand weapons, so Keris can be combined with a high level offhand to greatly improve its damage output.
A (full) slayer helm while on a kalphites task helps together with the keris. The special effect is rare (even with completion of the Hard Desert Tasks) and the stats of the keris aren't that high. In addition, no kalphites, other than the Kalphite King, are weak to stab (or melee for that matter), making the keris not as useful as one may think. The only non-boss monsters with a melee weakness that the dagger's effect can trigger on are ranged-using scabarites, but those are weak to crush rather than stab. Despite that, the damage and accuracy boosts coupled with a powerful offhand places the Keris on par with the equivalent mainhand.
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- The Keris is based on the Malaysian/Indonesian weapon called a "kris" or "keris".
- Keris displays the aura effect of a sword, extending farther than the dagger itself.
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You get access to x7, a rented t-shirt, a glass + head accessory and a gold + head accessory. Soon you'll also have 48 save slots, more hair colours to pick from and a few more pop-up colours to pick from.
Killer deal, right? Right!?
If you're getting it, get it for the games, avatars, themes and discounts in the PS store. You can keep the themes and avatars even after your sub runs out.
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For example » picture Playstation Plus like blockbuster video club.!
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Moderation's gonna hold a board meeting today just because you asked them to?
lol okay
I know right. Since when did moderation drop moderating and start making executive decisions?
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Since they became Home employees.. in a family style corporation.. The Mods (sorry for tellng you all secrets, seriously ) Will basically read what we post, Next they will sit down as a family, and express what we want.! When the leader of the division sees tyat most of the moderation team stands behind our ideas.! it gets implemented.!
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Yesterday I picked up a pretty hosta named American Sweetheart. I came home and researched a bit.... apparently it is one of the first intentionally induced polyploids. It boasts thicker substance, wider margins (2 1/2" vs 3/4"), and more intense foliage colours than Sea Thunder, it's mother plant. It is purported to also be a much better grower. As I read further I found out that it was named in honour of Mildred Seaver, America's "Queen of hostas" who also was known as "Queen Bee". I'm happy to say I have at least three of her hostas so far. :-) Thank you for looking and I would love to see yours if you have one, mature or otherwise. Without further ado, I present American Sweetheart. Jo |
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Okay we have the same taste in hosta's I'm thinking! If only we were neighbors and could share divisions! :) Beautiful hosta. Love the moss, it will beautiful when it spreads and is in bloom! :) Keep the photo's coming! What's that sound you say? Its my debit card melting! |
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- Posted by tropic_lover 6UT (My Page) on Sat, Jun 21, 14 at 17:42
Wow! She is a beauty! I think I might NEED that one too! Linda |
America Sweetheart also is the name of a VERY popular depression-era glass pattern. Pink is a very common, but expensive color, while monax [white] stuff is nice, but not as pretty, IMHO, and more difficult to see the pattern. I have a fairly complete 8 pc set of it, with all the sherbets, plates and cups and saucers, but not all the glasses and tumblers … It is only fitting to have a hosta by the same name. dkB |
- Posted by josephines67 5 ON (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 1:04
Well, I'll be!! Show us a pic! Ahem....please? |
- Posted by sandyslopes zone 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 2:30
That's nice to get some background on the name. Interesting. Here's mine from last week. It's a pretty one. |
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I have mine planted next to "Marilyn Monroe". As a theme I guess....Actually it was completely by accident. |
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 12:21
Jim, planting Marilyn Monroe next to American Sweetheart is a Freudian thing. But understandable. I think she was adorable as Sugar in Some Like It Hot....one of my all-time favorite movies. But.....back to hosta. I have American Sweetheart. It was a fall order bonus from Hallson in 2012. They described it as having a "low chill requirement, unknown parentage." I'm sure Chris chose it because of my climate....it does not need heavy duty dormancy to thrive. And that is turning out to be true. I have it planted in a tub with Autumn Frost, Yellow Splash Rim, and 'Moon Shadow'. Pretty soon the four buddies have to be separated to give them each a chance to shine. |
- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 15:16
american .... is a name.. used by van wade.. on a vast many number of sports ... that are found in his garden...which used to be called something like: American hosta and daylily.. but i cant find a fast reference to such ... i doubt it has anything to do with depression ware ... and i would bet a nickle.. the sweetheart part ... is some form of pun to let you know what it came from just like he.. took what he called an improved form of Northern halo .. and called it something like American halo form number 37 sub b.. category III .. lol one time.. he showed up at the hosta college.. with a TRUCK FULL OF CATALOGS.... they were like 300 pages of newsprint paper... it was like he was mic jagger for the weekend.. signing copies.... what a scene .... ken |
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 22:49
It's the survivors who get to write the history books. Hang in there, Ken. You have some great history to reveal. |
- Posted by Don_in_Colorado 6a (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 3:57
Right you are, Jo. Good backstory, indeed. May I also add a small amount of info so we may give credit to the person who introdced the plant....... 'American Sweetheart', introduced by Hans Hansen in 2002. This looks like a really nice hosta. Great pictures from everyone, too. Don B. |
- Posted by josephines67 5 ON (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 4:49
Kate, if only...both our stock would increase immediately! Lol. Thanks, btw!:-). I had an itty bitty piece of moss in a 2" pot about three years ago which grew into at least an 18" round or more. I've been borrowing from it. All pieces are starting to set bloom - love the bright and cheery "carpet"! Thank you, Linda! You know how it is...you can only sit on the sidelines for so long.....lol Sandy, oh yes, pretty indeed! Lovely with the heuchera and astilbe colour combination. Jim, I like the association in your planting :-). How old is your American Sweetheart? Mocc, that Autumn Frost really makes the green shine and pop on your Sweetheart with such clarity! Very nice! Ken - oh my, really? I'd rather see the real Mick - for the third time! ;-) Don, thank you for adding that which I inadvertently omitted! How good of you for providing such important information! :-) I'm going to try and site this one where I can enjoy the yellow centre for as long as possible. I really, really like the shade of green in your pic, Mocc. |
- Posted by ken_adrian MI z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 9:01
ok.. had time to look it up.. i threw you a red herring.. and don sorta got it .. it has nothing to do with van wade ... i think hans should NOT have used the american thing ... else it might confuse someone like me.. lol.. its all about me... BTW... there is a hosta called sweetheart ... but it does it have anything to do with this plant.. nooooooo... if i were registrar.. i might suggest the name was confusing ... go to the library for AS.. hit the myhosta link... you see its a TC sport of sea thunder ... and it is named in honor of mildred seaver ... well .. at least next time.. if you see the American tag.. something might make you think of van wade... and his series of said plants ... ken |
- Posted by josephines67 5 ON (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 16:15
go to the library for AS.. hit the myhosta link... you see its a TC sport of sea thunder ... and it is named in honor of mildred seaver ... Ken >>> basically what I wrote in intro above....but thanks for re-iterating :-) Hahaha re Van Wade - "story" - I happen to know who he is - and you'd be great around a campfire! |
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We eat a lot of popcorn at the Bountiful Blessings Farm. One of our favorite recipes is Kettle Corn. We also make quick caramel corn. I will post that recipe another time. Check out our web site for our home grown popcorn. I use one of those theater popcorn poppers to make all of our popcorn and this recipe. It works great. Nonetheless, the method printed here works well.
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Ah! That's just a bandwidth limitation, but it's a rather goodOn Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:> It's not impossible. I guess nobody is able to note, let's say, 10 000
I'd like to show that the human auditory system performs a significant
reduction in the dimensionality of sounds. Start with sets of signals
on [0,1] that have finite energy and power: s(t) on [0,1] is finite,
and the integral of s(t)^2*dt on [0,1] is also finite.
Q: So, how many dimensions do we start out with?
A: infinite--this is one example of a Hilbert space. The
dimensionality is clear by application of Fourier series. We can
represent functions in this space with a series of orthogonal
functions (sines and cosines), but to represent *all* functions in
this space, the series has to be infinitely long.
Q: Now suppose we limit the bandwidth to 200 kHz. How many
dimensions do we need?
A: 400,000. By Nyquist's sampling theorem, we need 400,000 samples
to represent continuous signals up to 200 kHz. Either by
sampling/reconstruction or Fourier Series, we can show that our space
is homeomorphic to R^400,000.
So, your own example shows that if we increase our bandwidth
arbitrarily high, we can't tell the difference anymore. The auditory
system is bandwidth limited in this way--typical rule of thumb is
about 20kHz of bandwidth. We represent these continuous sounds with
samples at a rate more than twice the bandwidth. So typically, we
sample at 40kHz and above. Real acoustic sounds can have a lot of
extra frequencies above 20kHz, so sample at higher rates to reduce
aliasing of those frequencies onto the auditory band. No further
increases in quality can be obtained by sampling at faster rates.
Regardless, it's a gigantic number of dimensions. The essence of
psychology is the study of mental representations. How can each of
those things be represented in the mind? The problem becomes, what is
the smallest integer-dimensional space into which we can embed the
space of all sounds? This is not a problem that has been solved, nor
do I prescribe how to take such a measurement.
But finding such a result is the *exact* problem to solve in
psychoacoustic coding. It's reducing a problem from a set which takes
a large number of points to represent all possibilities to a set which
takes the fewest number of them.
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Posted on 05 / 06 / 2014The beef fajitas are amazing... And I am Mexican, so I know what I am talking about
The beef fajitas are amazing... And I am Mexican, so I know what I am talking about
The atmosphere was awesome. mariachie trio singing cover songs was great. Their seperate vegan menu is commendable and I do appreciate them for trying however my faux beef burrito had a small piece of not so faux beef in it. The rest of it was super yummy. When I agree to have my food cooked in the same area as non vegan food I am already making a compromise, eating non vegan food is not part of that. Doubt it happens often and they were very nice and comped the food but I would investigate my food a little further next time prior to chowing down here.
On the last two trips through Vegas, we've stopped at Yard House and Hussong's, both listing vegan menus. Can't complain about that, they are making the effort (though neither guarantee that their vegan items haven't been made with utensils or equipment that may have just been flipping burgers...). Basically, subbing Gardein for meat in a few of their dishes is an easy way to go, but personally, I'm not looking for imitation meat - hey, if you are a Mexican restaurant, why not just a basic bean burrito, instead of having "chicken" or "beef" Gardein in every dish? The stuff is just a bit much for me....
On a recent road trip across the US, we visited Las Vegas, and were pleasantly surprised when we found this restaurant which proudly boasted on their front window "Vegan Menu now available". We quickly entered the restaurant and were presented with a separate vegan menu. Their selection was great and they used daiya cheese to substitute regular cheese, plus used "Gardein seitan strips to substitute meat. Their dishes were very inventive and delicious. We were happy that we had an option for vegan food.
Hussong's Cantina was a breath of fresh air in terms of price as compared to any of the Wynn restaurants. The "Chicken" burrito was amazing and the staff was attentive. If you get lucky you might get serenaded by musicians as well. Very good experience!
Went there for happy hour -- they had an awesome deal for a beer and a taco for $5. I got the vegan taco that featured marinated gardein beef. So good! They had a whole separate vegan menu and all of the options sounded really good. If I lived there I'd definitely go back--often!
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On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 12:18:51AM +0100, Jens M Andreasen wrote:
> In which one of those two codepaths would you like to spend your spare
> [OK... That might be enough CUDA advocacy for tonight? :-D]
The cuda stuff is impressive, and may well be the way of the future.
However, I don't think it is generally right for linux audio until I can
write cuda code (or a similar language) and have it run on Nvidia cards,
ATI cards, at least one card using open source drivers, and plain CPUs
using SSE (and/or threading).
It seems that any quarter now, OpenCL may be close to meeting the
qualifications I set (use with Nvidia, ATI, free drivers, and CPU only),
however, I don't believe that the OpenCL language is as nice or easy to
use as Cuda. Is there any work on an open source clone of Cuda?
Obviously any individual programmer can do what they want, but I believe
that as a community, GPUs are not yet ready for us to be using them, not
strictly for technical reasons, but primarily for freedom and
interoperability reasons. I am really eager to see this change though.
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Forensic Art MSc
Why Dundee
Forensic art encompasses a wide range of subjects, notably facial anthropology and identification, such as two and three-dimensional facial reconstruction, craniofacial superimposition, post-mortem depiction, composite art and age progression.
This highly innovative one-year taught Masters course will encompass all these fields, employing highly specialised tutors from scientific backgrounds alongside experienced forensic art supervisors.
Why study Forensic Art at Dundee?
Forensic Art is the presentation of visual information in relation to legal procedures. A forensic artist may aid in the identification or location of victims of crime, missing persons or human remains, and may facilitate the identification, apprehension or conviction of criminals.
Forensic artists require technical and conceptual art skills alongside comprehensive medical and anatomical knowledge.
What's so good about studying Forensic Art at Dundee?
You will benefit from the facilities of a well-established art college, whilst appreciating the newly-refurbished laboratories, a dedicated library and access to human material in a modern medical science environment.
The award-winning staff in the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) are amongst the most experienced in the UK in the fields of human identification, forensic anthropology, craniofacial identification and the study of the human body. The core remit of the Centre is the study of anatomy and staff deliver high quality anatomy teaching at all levels, via whole body dissection which allows students to develop a sound knowledge of the human body.
The Centre was awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education in November 2013. Presented in recognition of 'world class excellence', the Queen's Anniversary Prizes are among the most highly-regarded awards for the UK's universities and colleges.
Short term internships in forensic and medical institutes throughout the world will be offered to selected students following graduation. Internship institutes offer these internships based on the reputation of the course and its tutors and include the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), USA; the Turkish Police Forensic Laboratory, Ankara and Ninewells Hospital, Dundee.
Who should study this course?
This course will benefit artists with specific interests in the medical and forensic applications of visual art.
It will also provide a postgraduate qualification for police artists, and medical artists working in the NHS, who are seeking validation or further specialisation of existing skills to conform with medico-legal procedures and for registration with relevant professional bodies.
What You'll Study
The course is delivered using traditional methods including lectures, practical studio sessions and small group discussions with an encouragement into debate and theoretical solutions to current problems.
Forensic Art students study:
Semester 1 (60 credits)
- Anatomy - Head and Neck
- Life Art
- Digital Media Practice
- Research Training
- Facial Analysis and Imaging
Semester 2 (60 credits)
- Medico-legal Ethics
- Depiction and Identification of the Dead
- Depiction and Identification of the Living
Semester 3 (60 credits) - dissertation resulting from a research project undertaken either at the university or as a placement.
On successful completion of Semesters 1 and 2 there is an exit award of a Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Art.
The Anatomy and Facial Analysis and Imaging modules will be assessed by spot-tests, practical examinations and coursework. Medico-legal ethics will be assessed by both a written exam and coursework. All other modules will be assessed by coursework.
This programme aims to provide professional vocational training to underpin your first degree, so that you can enter employment at the leading edge of your discipline. Career opportunities in forensic art are varied and will depend on individual background and interests.
In forensic art, potential careers exist within the police force and overseas law enforcement. Possible careers include:
- Police art & design departments producing law enforcement documents, image enhancement, CCTV surveillance, image collection, staff posters and presentations.
- SOCO/CSIs in UK or overseas law enforcement agencies
- Facial composite practitioner and witness interview expert in police force
- Archaeological artist working with museums, institutes and exhibitions
- Facial identification services
- Medico-legal artwork
- Freelance art applications
- Special effects and the media/film world
- Academia – teaching or research
- PhD research
Entry Requirements
Year of Entry: 2015
Entry Requirements: First or upper second class honours degree in Art/Design or related forensic/anatomical science. All applicants must provide evidence of artwork, in the form of a portfolio on CD, which you should submit with your application. Relevant professional experience will be taken into account if you have no graduate qualifications.
EU and International students visit our EU and International webpages for entry requirements tailored to your home country.
English Language Requirement
IELTS of 6.5 (or equivalent), if your first language is not English.
Please check our English language requirements page for details of equivalent grades from other test providers, and information about the University of Dundee English language courses.
English Language Pre-Sessional Programmes
We offer Pre-Sessional programmes throughout the year and Foundation Programme(s) for both undergraduate and postgraduate students which start at the beginning of the academic year. These programmes are all designed to prepare you for university study in the UK when you have not yet met the language requirements for direct entry onto a degree programme. Successful completion of these programmes guarantees progression to various degrees at the University of Dundee as long as you hold a relevant offer.
The 30 week (one Academic Year) Foundation Programme(s) allow applicants who have not met our typical academic entry requirements, and require additional English Language support by up to 1.0 IELTS, to gain the necessary qualifications to enter the University of Dundee degree programmes in the following year.
The 24 week Pre-Sessional programme (March – August) provides additional English Language tuition for students who do not meet our minimum English Language requirements by up to 1.0 IELTS and the 10 week Pre-Sessional programme (June – August) (October – December) provides specialist English Language tuition for students who are 0.5 IELTS below the requirement for their degree programme.
Fees & Funding
There have been many changes to the arrangements for funding students entering higher education in recent years, yet a degree from the University of Dundee, with its high rate of employment success, remains a cost-effective option.
The fees you pay will depend on your fee status. Your fee status is determined by us using the information you provide on your application. Find out more about fee status.
Fee category | Fees for students starting 2015/16 |
Scottish students | £8,200 per year of study |
Rest of UK students | £8,200 per year of study |
EU students | £8,200 per year of study |
Overseas students (non-EU) | £15,950 per year of study See our scholarships for international applicants |
Your Application
Please read the Postgraduate "How to Apply" section for information on how to upload relevant documents to UKPASS before proceeding with your application.
Apply online via UKPASS
Course Contact
Dr Christopher Rynn
Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification
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ANT 384M • Social Inequality in Mesoamerica
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Course Description
In this course we will examine social inequality in Mesoamerica from the Formative period and into the Spanish colonial period. We will focus on issues related to social class, race, gender, and sex, and how these intersect to create, sustain, or transform social inequality in different time periods. This is an archaeology course, but we will also draw heavily from history, art history, and anthropology.
We will begin by formulating definitions of the four main kinds of social inequality that we will focus on for the rest of the semester: class, race, gender, and sex. What are these categories? Can we find them in the archaeological record? How do societies use them to create powerful distinctions between people? The beginning of the semester will be mostly theoretical, but we will soon apply this theory to specific case-studies in Mesoamerica. We will then study cultural ecological models of the rise of social complexity in the Formative period to dissect the particular visions of the relationship between social classes that these models share. We will proceed to contrast these models with post-processual models that focus on gender, sex, and human agency to explain social complexity and provide a very different vision of how social classes relate to one another. Other topics will include Classic period relationships among elites and between elites and commoners, strategies for emphasizing or euphemizing sex and gender in the construction of social inequality in different time periods, archaeological indicators of class distinctions, the relationship between material culture and the construction of social inequality, and methodological problems with the study of sex and gender in prehistory. The course will end by looking at issues of race in the colonial period, the caste life, and how race, class, and gender intersected to support or break down power.


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Dr. Kenneth S. Austin graduated from the New York University School of Medicine in 1988. He works in Airmont, NY and 3 other locations and specializes in Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. Dr. Austin is affiliated with Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. He speaks English and Spanish.
Gender: Male
Years in Practice: 27 Years
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Graduation Date: 1988
Hospital Affiliations: Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
Specialties: Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
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Recently there has been increased attention by the media and
the federal government to the high rates of sexual assault and rape on college
and university campuses. As a scholar of gender-based violence, I welcome this
attention and the increased scrutiny of the ways men and women relate to one
another; the institutional procedures in place to prevent violence in the first
place; and the question of whether or not universities are equipped to
adjudicate cases of sexual violence and rape as outlined by the Department of
Education's Title IX. These are all
important issues to consider as employees and students of institutions of
higher education, and what implications our institutional approach to
addressing sexual violence will have for the wider culture.
The American Anthropological Association (AAA), under the
guidance of Principal Investigator Dr. Jennifer R. Wies of Eastern Kentucky
University, has taken the important step of investigating the scope and scale
of sexual violence and sexual harassment experienced by its members, whether
they are undergraduate students, professors, or practitioners in non-academic
settings. With over 12, 000 members, the AAA is the largest professional
organization for anthropologists, and it has a long and distinguished history.
It also exists in a cultural context where sexual violence and harassment are rife,
and many AAA members have reported instances of abuse and violence in their
institutional settings, laboratories, and off-campus fieldsites in other
It is a great privilege to be asked by Dr. Wies to
participate in the AAA project to study the rates of sexual violence and sexual
harassment amongst the membership. This
is an opportunity to investigate the university and college settings where
members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) study and work,
including Quinnipiac University. The
purpose of the AAA sponsored research is to identify the levels of sexual
violence and sexual harassment experienced by members of the AAA in their
university settings, classrooms, workplaces, laboratories, and of-campus
fieldsites (local and international). Once we obtain baseline data on the rates
of violence experienced by our members, we will identify the level of knowledge
members have about institutional procedures and policies in place to address
sexual violence and harassment. Are AAA
members working and studying in settings where the following questions can be
addressed: Is the information about Title IX readily accessible on the
university website? Can students and employees access help and resources via
the website or some other portal? Are there publicly announced and regularly
held trainings and educational seminars on sexual violence and harassment? Does
the university provide prolific educational materials in the form of brochures,
posters, and social media to make students and employees aware of their rights
and responsibilities? Is there a trained victim advocate on campus, and is this
advocate's presence well publicized and highlighted to students and employees? How
active is the university in seeking out the expertise of campus scholars who
study sexual violence and harassment, and utilizing their expertise as a
resource? How active is the upper administration in messaging the importance of
preventing rape, sexual assault and harassment on campus?
These are questions that are not only important for AAA members
to have the answers to, but any prospective college student and his/her
parents. While the ultimate goal should
be to become a society where rape is outright eliminated, in the meantime
people have a right to know how their institution is working to prevent
violence as well as how the institution support the victims if violence
Culture shifts occurs when people are active agents of
change: the more we address, name, and identify the problem, the more likely it
is that people will work against it.
Colleges and universities have for too long hid the problem of sexual
violence and sexual harassment, and that tactic hasn't been successful in ending
the violence. It is time to try something different.
n.b. It is important to acknowledge that rape and
harassment are crimes that affect all segments of the population, not just
elite college students. While the AAA study specifically identifies experiences
of its members, the research team is staffed by scholars whose work focuses on
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Central Marin Police said Brian Holland, 29, was attempting to convert marijuana into a wax form late Saturday, when butane used for the process ignited from being too close to the heater pilot light. Marijuana wax is becoming increasingly popular, as it concentrates THC — the intoxicating compound in marijuana — and makes it significantly more potent than smoking marijuana in its plant form.
Holland was taken to a local hospital to be treated for a minor burn on his arm suffered in the fire. Holland's two children, 2 and 4, were asleep in a bedroom adjacent to the living room where the fire started, but were not hurt, authorities said.
Holland's mother was also in the apartment, authorities said.
Upon being released, Holland was booked at Marin County Jail on two counts of child endangerment and one count of manufacturing a controlled substance.
Corte Madera Fire Department received the call about the fire, at an apartment complex at 777 Meadowsweet Drive, shortly before 9 p.m. But the fire had been put out by residents with a fire extinguisher before responders arrived, leaving only a burn mark on the living room carpet, fire officials said.
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Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said raising additional resources for the International Monetary Fund should not become the focus of a solution to the European debt crisis.
Flaherty, speaking to reporters in Paris ahead of a meeting of policy makers from the Group of 20 countries, said officials need to avoid focusing on non-central issues such as new funding for the IMF. He said that some countries are pushing for a larger role for the Washington-based institution.
Flaherty also said the statement that the G-20 will release after tomorrow's meeting is not likely to be very different from a statement issued last month. One change he'd like to see would be to add "moderate" language on foreign-exchange flexibility, Flaherty said.
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Transfusion Medicine Fellowship - William Beaumont Hospital
Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Description: The Blood Bank at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, has begun accepting applications for its ACGME-accredited one-year fellowship program beginning July 2015. This Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine fellowship, established in 1979, is a twelve month ACGME-accredited program. The fellowship is divided into 3 sites: Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak) Blood Bank (10 months), American Red Cross Southeastern Michigan Regional Blood Service (1 month), and Karmanos Cancer Center (1 month). Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak) is a 1070 bed facility, which has an active transfusion service supporting a Level 1 Trauma Center, an expanding solid organ transplant program, and busy OB/GYN and Hematology/Oncology services. Blood donor center experience is obtained at the American Red Cross Southeastern Michigan Region Blood Services, which is a large regional blood center with an associated reference laboratory. Training for Transfusion Medicine support of stem cell transplantation programs is obtained through the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at the Karmanos Cancer Center, which is a university-based program providing autologous, related and unrelated stem cell transplants under certification of the National Marrow Donor Program. The overall goal of this fellowship is to prepare a physician to become a competent Transfusion Medicine Specialist for any clinical sitting; therefore, upon completion of this fellowship the fellow has learned the essential administrative, laboratory, and clinical aspects to be a director of a blood center and/or hospital transfusion service. Prerequisites: Board eligibility or certification by the American Board of Pathology, or subspecialty certification in hematology from another board of the ABMS. Candidates must also hold a license (or eligibility) to practice medicine in the State of Michigan. Stipends: Salary is commensurate with the level of postgraduate training. Applications: Peter A. Millward, M.D., Program Director Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Pathology Beaumont Health System, 105-RI 3601 W. 13 Mile Rd. Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769 Phone: (248) 551-1226 Fax: (248) 898-3398 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Web site: http://meded.beaumont.edu/blood-bank-transfusion-medicine-fellowship


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Everyone knows the best eggnogs are made from scratch, and our Christmas Countdown continues with a Drink of the Week that's among the most delicious homemade nogs we've tasted. Swapping out the bourbon, rum or brandy traditionally used in eggnog, bartender and blogger, Jeffrey Morgenthaler, subs in aged tequila and amontillado sherry for an eggnog that we're pretty sure will become a holiday favorite for anyone who tries it. It's delicate, balanced and, maybe best of all, made in a blender, making it a cinch to whip up during the holidays.
Tequila-Sherry Eggnog
2 large eggs
3 oz. (by volume) granulated sugar
½ tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
2 oz. añejo tequila
2 oz. Amontillado sherry
6 oz. whole milk
4 oz. heavy cream
Tools: blender
Glass: coupe
Garnish: freshly grated nutmeg
Beat eggs in blender for one minute on medium speed. Slowly add sugar and blend for one additional minute. With blender still running, add nutmeg, brandy, rum, milk and cream until combined. Chill thoroughly to allow flavors to combine and serve in chilled wine glasses or champagne coupes, grating additional nutmeg on top immediately before serving.
Serves 4.
Note: If using a commercial blender that heats while blending (like a Vitamix) cut the initial blend time down to about 15 seconds.
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