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I am just curious why the Western media are so hung up on the basic animal instincts like sex (bedfellow) to parable things.
Can you in your cartoon put the two poor fellas in a car scene instead, like at odds fixing flat tire or something? You simply can put them (or their issues) to bed anyway.
I was just pointing out that watchingchina had put up a self-defeating argument with his ridiculous lists, wasn't I?
Besides, you are a joker, too, you know... LOL
You write:
"JAIHA: Funny you mentioned. Suffice to say that India and China are developing their respective country in their own ways both with some success no doubt, and there is no cause to belittle each other.
For this article, it is as improper to bring up debate on old wounds of Chinese cultural revolution 40 some years ago now redressed..."
And you are the same guy who gives a one-sided and fautly lecture on Tibetan history in the very same comment (LOLLOLLLOL!!!):
"FYI, when Xizhang (Tibet) empire was formed, it sent its subjugation to China as early as 610 AD. Tang Princess Wencheng was married to Xizhang ruler Songtsan Gampo in 641 AD. Princess Wencheng brought with her from China thousands of craftsmen of many trades, medicine men and even a band of musicians to Lhasa along with Buddhism (originated from India and developed with Chinese characteristics) from Tang court.
Under the sponsorship of the Princess, they developed the first phonetic written language of 30 alphabets. And the rest is, like they say, history."
Tibetan Buddhism was based on the contemporary Indian Nalanda school of Buddhism and not on Chinese Buddhism. You may be mixing up "Communism with Chinese characteristics" with "Buddhism with Chinese characteristics" there... LOL
And the Tibetan script is based on the Indian sanskrit script. I doubt that a Chinese princess would have been a sponsor (although, of course, it is not entirely impossible).
what adamsmithllc's referring is the potential
annexation of Bhutan by India, not you.
It's quite the reverse from your statement:
"The Bhutanese and Nepalese have been smarter than the Sikkimese because they got a treaty with the British to protect them from the Indian annexation"
my earlier post; correction
Kingdom of Bhutan may become/annex as India 29th
State (not 24th).
adamsmith, you are a joker...
"People like JAHA and machani wanted Tibet to be independent so that they can annexed it next. Ask that from Bhutan, Sikkim, etc."
How am I to annex Tibet? I neither have the inclination nor a private army to do so. LOL!
Besides, have you ever talked with a Bhutanese about the Tibet issue? I have.
And he smilingly had the following to say:
"The Bhutanese have been smarter than the Tibetans because they got a treaty with the British that protected them from the Chinese."
Quite telling, is it?
Hold your fire. We love the Chinese. We hate communism. The Chinese did not invent communusm. They got it from Russia. Give the Chinese credit for what they are now doing. They are a huge country and they have never tried to make it bigger for the sake of getting more land like, say Hitler tried to do. They seem to have been forced to aquire a buffer to keep people out. Right now the entire world seems to going insane. When and if the world becomes peacefull again, maybe China will be happy to have only Chinese to govern. It will take them some time to develope something like a democratic way of government but my guess is not as long as it took us. Give them a chance. I have had many Chinese friends and I liked them all. The United States is full of Chinese people now many married to "whites" as we call those of us we call Europeans. This is making us more Chinese than European and it seems to be improving, or at least changing the way we look at things. No one knows the future but we have a much bigger problem now than China. If Iran gets the bomb, or even makes like they are, everything else will be put aside as the consequences will be so great. We can work together with China to end the recession and get the world's economy back in order if we can restrain our own government.
People like JAHA and machani wanted Tibet to be independent so that they can annexed it next. Ask that from Bhutan, Sikkim, etc. They sent their military to Sikkim "by invitation", and volla! a "democratic" vote (under their guns) and then it was annexed.
Looks, it was "democratically" annexed, Sikkims loved to be Indians. And you will never hear of the guerrillas in the Bengals fighting for independence.
I am afraid your picture about China is too rosy.
73m CCP members (I thought some cult claimed that 50+ million has turned in membership, they increase millions daily, haha) are mostly social elite, I agree to that. Don't forget that not only includes top students but also mafia, goons in villages, who are perfectly suitable as social elite.
I've never heard of promoter of a detained official being troubled, instead they are often sent to another area and promoted as usual. The detained officials you mentioned do not say much about some may be corrupted with billions. You mentioned Shanghai, the recent famous incident was that a new building collapsed turned up to be built by the county real estate director (or something like that)'s family, just think about how much money he needs to borrow to be an RE developer these days.
About People's congress, they are not rubber stamp, they do have power to write laws. However, they don't have control over law enforcement, which means any local government can make their own rules, that is pretty much the reality today. And don't forget a lot of those congressmen are thugs themselves, I happen to know a few cases.
There are lots of problems in China. But I certainly do not agree with those people who slap a commie/police state label on it as if the rest of the world is clean. China's problems are pretty much the same as anywhere else, especially for a developing country. You think your country is democratic? Count how many of your congressmen have mafia ties, or are criminals (look at India). Don't forget the US have the same mafia problem in the turn of the 20th century. It is easy to slap a label on something you don't know about and pretend that you are right, while you are just a moron pretending to be a genius.
@ machani wrote: Fri, 2009-10-23 15:28
@ JAIHA wrote: Sun, 2009-10-25 19:12
(1). machani: You said: "SORRY. But the Dalai Lama is not a "separatist monk"…." ?
No need to be sorry, just check with your history. Even the not-always-accurate Wikipedia would be a good start.
FYI, when Xizhang (Tibet) empire was formed, it sent its subjugation to China as early as 610 AD. Tang Princess Wencheng was married to Xizhang ruler Songtsan Gampo in 641 AD. Princess Wencheng brought with her from China thousands of craftsmen of many trades, medicine men and even a band of musicians to Lhasa along with Buddhism (originated from India and developed with Chinese characteristics) from Tang court.
Under the sponsorship of the Princess, they developed the first phonetic written language of 30 alphabets. And the rest is, like they say, history.
(2). You said: "The only people in the world who consider Tibet to be part of China are the Chinese. It's because they have been brainwashed by their state controlled media." Wow!
How could you say that in the broad daylight without blushing?
There are more than 180 nations having diplomatic relations with China and every one of them including India recognizes Xizhang (Tibet) being part of China.
And Indian Prime Minister Singh who attended the ASEAN + 3 (China, Japan & Korea) Summit in Thailand on October 26, 2009, as an Observer nation, reaffirmed this in his meeting with Chinese Premier Wen there. You don't want to think Mr. Singh was brainwashed do you?
(3). JAIHA: Funny you mentioned. Suffice to say that India and China are developing their respective country in their own ways both with some success no doubt, and there is no cause to belittle each other.
For this article, it is as improper to bring up debate on old wounds of Chinese cultural revolution 40 some years ago now redressed, as to decry Indian's backward caste system now outlawed, or that more than 500 m Indians in hunger or malnourished state now being addressed, or that bad quality of water affected the health of 28.2 millions Indian children and killed 1.5 million of them every year attributed to water quality in large measure due to corruption.
We all only wish that none of these had happened albeit they did. So it's better to move on.
Who cares about Nepal?
This site seems to have so many activists that cry for coverage of their little corner of the world, and then blast China which receives ridiculously high coverage and criticism on every topic.
A while back the Economist sent out email that only subscribers can comment on the site, maybe that will be better than having these activists around, they know nothing about Economics.
Mao will be thoroughly disgusted (in hell) if he knows what China is today (comparing to his ideology), so Uncle Sam is not really in bed with Mao, Deng should be the one.
The Economist is somehow fixated on Obama's tyre conflict, that is just a political ploy, come on, a sector that only worth a few millions to make his constituents happy.
Reply to JUNQI: the Mormons in Utah already have their religious freedom, so your comparison with Tibet fails a simple test of logic. Why is the Chinese government so afraid of freedom? Awaiting your reply.
Could The Economist comment on the Chinese government's recent moves in Nepal (Chinese cultural festival in Kathmandu last week with inauguration by the Nepalese PM who wants the Chinese train to Lhassa extended to Kathmandu and who said no anti-chinese activities will be allowed on Nepalese soil), their desires to redraw India's borders, their dealings with Pakistan regarding Kashmir, their role in ASEAN's new human rights watch committee, their signing of a deal with Gazprom and the new, huge methane source they have found in Tibet? What exactly are they trying to do?
The growth of the Chinese clount is disheartening because I feel that Mr. Obama wants to do so many things, but has to constantly look behind his back and ask pemission from China.
You ended:
"Read reports on China with an open mind. You will find much that is novel, exciting and certainly entertaining. We are perfectly happy being what we are. We are not interested in becoming American nor Englishmen. You need not fear our intentions. There is so much happening in China that will keep us busy and occupied for another two generations. Just look at the Chinese communities amongst you. We are exactly the same people. We are peaceful, law abiding and hardworking. If we want to beat you we already do so in your schools. Just take a walk around Berkeley or MIT."
Indeed. I studied and taught at MIT and met many Chinese there; no part of the world has a monopoly on smart people. But the American system of personal freedom and private property produces a wealth of brash innovators; that is its strength. It also produces egotistical, self-serving politicians who "rarely do the right thing until all the other possibilities have been exhausted" (Churchill, I believe). America has a constitutionally weak government -- it succeeds in spite of limited and often poor governance. It succeeds (when it succeeds) because individuals know not to rely on others, and seek to find better solutions on their own.
A technocratic, consensus-seeking one-party government devoted to increasing the collective welfare of the people may serve China well. It served Japan well for more than a generation, although for the past generation Japan's ruling party has fallen apart into self-serving factionalism. Singapore still does well with that approach. With a larger, more diverse population, I fear China will reach the limits of that approach sooner. And I do not believe that China will create an MIT or Berkeley without evolving into a much more free society, less devoted to consensus. The Chinese students at MIT, very smart people, differed from their American and Indian peers in that they needed to be coaxed to offer their unique views. Their first instinct was to ask for and follow the lead of someone more senior. Given a few years of exposure to American ways, many changed, but few who changed wished to go back to China upon completion of their studies. That is perhaps a small problem today, but one which China must confront as it moves forward.
And finally, if asked, would the Chinese people choose to grant themselves multi-party democracy, private property, and more personal freedoms, despite the successes of the Communist party? I think the answer is a limited yes now, but a growing one. No matter how successful the party is at reaching its goals of advancing the welfare of China and the Chinese, the people will never be as grateful as the party claims, or feels it deserves. As memories of the days of hunger and humiliation at the hands of foreign powers fade, the Chinese people will again demand more freedom, as they did in 1989. A weak country needs a strong and efficient government, but a strong country with a confident people can choose other priorities. China will never be just like the USA, but as China grows stronger and the USA weaker, in the end the two powers will choose to become more like the other.
I surprised myself by recommending the contributions of @canadianchinaman and @watchingchina. Although I do not agree with everything they say, they did manage to change my mind about possible Chinese developments.
If the Chinese leadership is indeed more decent and honest than Western media suggest, if it succeeds in emancipating the Chinese people toward realizing their considerable talents, and if can gradually change the system into a meritocracy where all Chinese have equal opportunity to become true citizens, they may even end up with a more enlightened society than the US currently sports. But, granted, these are a lot of 'if's and bigotry is present everywhere.
It is no accident that early enlightenment philosophers such as Pierre Bayle judged Confucianism a more rational basis for modernity than the Revealed Christianity on which, the more provincial, moderate enlightenment of Locke is based.
Moderate enlightenment has largely reduced rationality to science and government by the ballot box. The ballot box does not necessarily create or sustain a modern rational and secular society, look at the democratically elected Hamas government in Gaza, the prospect of a Palin-presidency in the US, and the destruction-by-ballot-box of the California Republic.
The US seems to move in the wrong direction, China in the right. If the trends cross it would be a miracle or a disaster, depending on the direction.
But again there are a lot of 'if's involved and reliable information is scarce.
One question that is rarely asked is where China's GDP is, in demographic terms. Sure, as the article states, GDP per capita in China is 1/14th that of the United States, but China has over a billion more people than the US and Canada combined. Many of these are rural subsistence farmers that earn next to nothing. My guess is that millions have discretionary spending power very similar to that of Americans if we look at them in terms of purchasing power parity. Americans spend a lot of their incomes commuting an average of 50km per day, and the majority of them live in mortgage-bought wood-frame construction homes that require repair and maintenance. Chinese urban-dwellers live in concrete tower blocks. My guess is that they and their would-be neighbors - the internal migrant workers - have accounted for most of the country's explosive growth and are not as dissimilar to their Taiwanese and S. Korean counterparts as one might think.
As a European I am somewhat wary of this G2 phenomenon. Not because the Europe is left out, but because in some respects the US and China are converging in an unwholesome direction. First, income inequality has converged to a similar high level (Gini indexes of .45 and .47 respectively, 2007 estimates). Second, but related to that, both nations are increasingly ruled by plutocratic elites with mixed systems more and more looking like eighteenth century Britain: 'aristocratic' rulers; economically disenfranchised, ignorant, and credulous majorities; and an appetite for empire (cf. Ireland, Tibet).
China has a single party system with some balloting of elites under the supervision of local plutocrats, the US has a system of general balloting of politicians financed by the plutocrats or their enterprises. The same holds true for the media. In addition the current economic recession is starting to wipe out entrepreneurship in both countries leaving even larger swaps of the economy in the hands of the plutocrats. On the bright side, the US's system is (within it's borders) much less repressive, sports the rule of law, favors citizenship and it's plutocratic rulers operate way more subtle and sophisticated, usually within the law.
It is the political implementation of Locke's moderate enlightenment philosophy in Britain and later copied by Europeans that has caused colonialism, war and other suffering from the eighteenth on to the first half of the twentieth century. Even if the US and China would come to a compromise, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America will continue to suffer from renewed imperialism. The signs of this are already visible.
I think for both countries it would be quite wholesome to implement the radical enlightenment philosophies of Spinoza, Bayle and Diderot, where morality and political theory is based on equality and the common good of mankind, rather than authority, inequality, ignorance, and credulity.
In more educated and less credulous populations (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PISA#Results) like Japan (Gini .38, see http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=GINI+US+China+Japan++Europe) one already sees a drift away from the Anglo-Saxon Lockian model toward more radically enlightened political theories that were the basis of the political arrangements of Continental Western Europe.
See: Jonathan Israel: Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752
It's not just communist party often resorts to nationalism, it's the characteristic of the whole population. And it's not just the people today, but throughout history. In certerain times nationalism saved the country. And I would definitely say the word nationalsim means very different thing between china and US.
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i was like reading a tabloid full of biasd view about 2 movie stars. the auther seems to be trying to set the 2 at loggerheads. so green~so shallow~
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Before their show in Seattle last month, London four-piece Savages posted a sign around the venue that laid out a couple of ground rules: no Instagramming, no video, no tweets-- in short, "SILENCE YOUR PHONES." This could be seen as a part of a growing trend of bands pointing out how sick they are of looking out into a sea of smartphones rather than human faces (the Yeah Yeah Yeahs posted a similar missive at their recent New York homecoming show), but it felt more like an extension of Savages' overall manifesto. And no, "manifesto" is not too dramatic a word; especially in contrast with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' sign, which tempered its message with chatty humor ("PUT THAT SHIT AWAY!...MUCH LOVE AND MANY THANKS!"), Savages' fiery imperative read like something hammered onto a door. "OUR GOAL IS TO DISCOVER BETTER WAYS OF LIVING AND EXPERIENCING MUSIC," they wrote (caps theirs). "WE BELIEVE THAT THE USE OF PHONES DURING A GIG PREVENTS ALL OF US FROM TOTALLY IMMERSING OURSELVES." Ironically, their ability to see the value of silence in a world of noise might make Savages the most web-savvy band of the year. People have been tweeting and tumbling about their live shows the way that people used to talk about live shows: something you just have to see for yourself.
If you've paid even the slightest attention to Savages in the year leading up to their debut Silence Yourself, you know that this is how they do things-- in fact, it's very likely you knew something about their philosophy before you heard a note of their music. Whether you find it profoundly refreshing or a little tedious that Savages draw lines in the sand, none of this would be worth mentioning if the music didn't live up to the force of the message. Silence Yourself proves that Savages are more than just talk. It's one of rock's most commanding and ferociously poised debuts in recent years, the work of a band whose outsized confidence and sharp clarity of vision doesn't correlate with the short amount of time it's been together.
Savages' music feels out of step with current trends-- which I'm sure they'd take as a compliment. With its tumbling, tom-heavy percussion, singer Jehnny Beth's Siouxsie-summoning battle cries, and the compositional emphasis placed on Ayse Hassan's bass (in the moments when Beth is silent, the bass feels like Savages' lead singer), post-punk is Silence Yourself's most obvious sonic reference point. And it doesn't matter that they missed the post-punk revival by about a decade. While the bands that dominated indie rock in the early aughts looked to Joy Division and Gang of Four for reasons that had mostly to do with rhythm, Savages' music finds kinship with post-punk's oppositional politics, thematic darkness, and anxiety about the dehumanizing effects of technology-- the spirit is the same, but it's been adjusted to reflect the times. Savages' distaste for experiencing life through a screen comes from the same place as, say, Wire's sardonic take on viewers whose idea of adventure was living vicariously through "the Lone Ranger"; after all, if "Ex Lion Tamer" were written today, it'd probably go, "Stay glued to your iPhone."
Which is not to say that Savages are writing scathing songs about shitty service providers; their lyrics are boldly stark, elemental, and timeless. (The titles alone hit with a blunt force: "She Will", "Hit Me", "No Face", "Shut Up.") Beth has said that the band's writing process is less about addition than subtraction, paring each song down to its most essential shape. All of the best songs on Silence Yourself derive their power from this kind of focused intensity, from the driving, dissonant "City's Full" to the creeping, percussive lurch of "I Am Here". The chorus of "Husbands", a phenomenal single first released last year, sharpens that focus down to a single word. "I woke up and saw the face of a guy/ I don't know who he is," Beth sings in the song's paranoia-inducing opening moments. A Savages song is about challenging the ideas, words and desires we consider "normal", and they've found that repetition is an effective way to get that point across. "Husbands, husbands, husbands, husbands, husbands, husbands," Beth chants in a manic whisper; with each intonation, the meaning erodes from a word that's ostensibly meant to evoke comfort, protection and familiarity until it feels faceless.
Savages really show promise and range on the slow-burners. The moody dirge "Waiting for a Sign" and goth-cabaret closer "Marshall Dear" aren't the most immediate songs on the record, but over repeated listens, they bloom. If Hassan and Faye Milton's punishing rhythm section takes the helm on the more frantic numbers, Savages' downtempo moments allow Gemma Thompson and her scuzzy Fender to shine. On the excellent "Strife," she holds back as often as she strikes, underscoring Beth's most brutal lines with perfectly timed jolts and filling the song's winding corriders with thick plumes of distortion.
The mix allows each band member's contribution to smolder with equal intensity and lends a palpable physicality to Savages' sound. Milton handles her toms and bass drum like a boxer going at a punching bag; Hassan's bass strings pulsate like a throbbing tendons; Thompson's guitar cuts with a goosebump-inducing tone that recalls a chainsaw, and Beth shrieks like she's resetting her own bones. Combining in a constant pendulum swing between tension and release, it all provides the perfect atmosphere for the darkly sensual themes that Silence Yourself explores.
As a lyricist, Beth says she's inspired by the "awkward places" from which "twisted, original desires" spring. "Hit Me", a sub-two-minute tornado of squalling noise, isn't about domestic abuse, as some people assume, but is instead about a consensual encounter described by the porn star Belladonna. (Beth: "I hate it when women are turned into victims.") Savages might make political pronouncements in interviews and on album covers, but their songs come from a lived-in perspective as Beth inhabits her different characters' states of mind-- and forces the listener to do the same.
"How old are you, really?" a voice asks in the opening seconds of the album; it hovers in the air without an answer. It might be a knowing sneer at critics who think Savages are just recycling post-punk's signature sound, but ostensibly it's also a salute to an artistic kindred spirit. The line is from Opening Night, a 1977 movie by John Cassavetes-- a filmmaker who also saw a kind of beauty in emotional brutality and was prone to spouting off humanist manifestos. "My films are expressive of a culture that has had the possibility of attaining material fulfillment while at the same time finding itself unable to accomplish the simple business of conducting human lives," he said. "What is needed is reassurance in human emotions; a re-evaluation of our emotional capacities." Substitute "films" for "songs" and those words could almost be lifted off the cover of Silence Yourself. The album cuts through a world of chatter and distraction because it practices what it preaches, transmitting its message directly through the primal, bone-rattling force of its songs.
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OK, So the deal with flickr is sharing, right? So in the spirit of that, here's a bit about me... please feel free to ignore the blah blah blah; ...just figured I owed it to somebody after over 7 years here.
I'm a Washington based photographer with more than 25 years biz experience in location and studio photography. My past specialties involved architectural interiors and exteriors, and now currently I enjoy conceptual still life photo illustrations at my studio in Silver Spring. I also worked more than 10 years with my pal Ron, a fine and successful architectural/editorial shooter, as his location digital tech, grip, lighting guru and 1st assist. I also did all his post-production work until the recent big slowdown. That stuff, my own art work, and family life keeps me hopping; but it's also important to me to find time to share here with you fine folks.
I've met the absolute best folks on flickr and it continues to blow my mind, touch my heart and deeply enrich my creative spirit.... I thank you all.
I've loved making pictures since I was 4 with a box brownie, privately and commercially. I've made portraits, shot film stills, shot studio product and still-life, managed and printed in fine art and custom photolabs and have used film cameras in all formats.
I'm mostly shooting Nikon digital these days, but will work with anything from 4x5 to toy cameras to to iPhones to get what I need visually. I love fine tools, but care most about the imagery we can create with nearly anything, from pinhole to polaroid, from film to digital to video. I've got a lot of gear, but I try to use just what is needed for the task at hand.
I've taught workshops, and long studied the art, history and craft of photography. I've shot for publications, corporations, architects and designers and mounted exhibitions of my work and others and love every aspect of photography from snapshot to fine art. Like most of you, my favorite thing is just shooting for myself.
I do architectural and studio post production services and am working hard to learn as much as possible using Adobe Software such as Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6 to get maximum benefit from our images, without heavy handed pseudo-surrealism (although I am driven to dabble in everything in the long run, lol!). My goal with Photoshop is usually more about achieving the control I once utilized in the wet darkroom and to finally come near expressing what was in my eyes and mind when I saw and captured an original image. Having said that though, I am currently having a blast with the aps on my iTouch as well.... so much fun, so little time!
I'm on Flickr to share community and my personal work, but I also post privately for family and friends.
I seem to be working on simultaneous thematic series...often as an interpretation of the documentary tradition; major long term ones include: doors, cemeteries, drive-in theaters, minigolf creatures and mannequins. It's a kind of cultural anthropology, if you will.
I'm slowly working to scan work from my archives as well as to create new digital images of persons, places and things that interest me in the everyday world, as well as more conceptual work created especially to illustrate an idea.
My family pictures are here too, but the web being the wildwest that it is, they are private to family and friends.
It's a privilege to share, or publish, the images I create here and to find and enjoy all the fine imagery being done all over the globe, posted right here on Flickr by all kinds of folks, to see how we all connect, and how much we really all have in common.
It's an amazing time to be a photographer and to love visual art.
Authorship is important to me. PLEASE DO NOT STEAL my images. All my personal (and commercial) work is copyrighted with all rights reserved, all wrongs revenged, and may not be used in any way without written permission from me. I will unleash the dogs of hell upon any who steal my imagery, but will often share with those who approach with honesty and respect for good cause.
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I hope some of my images will touch and move folks in some way; ....some may bore; I'm sure some will annoy or repel others, ...and still others may find a few images inexpressibly in touch with some personal baggage only the viewer can know about. I tend to make images of things in the world that attract or repel me. I like images that ask more questions than they answer.
Even the simplest of subjects or views I show here, come through me, are filtered through me; yet I hope some viewers recognize something like universal truths or questions on the best of them, whichever those are.
Thanks very much, to all who take the time to look carefully.
I will periodically post other images here as fair use of ephemeral objects, film stills and the like; to make a point in discussion, in study or critique of art or in sharing a treasure, but will make every effort for proper attribution of images not created by me. I am grateful to all who have helped me determine the artist of public works I have photographed such as murals, graffiti, sculptures and architecture.
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The History of photography has many giants, past and present;
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Mark Estabrook says:
"From a shared interest in Austin music, to his expansive views of nature, Blaine, who I prefer to call "Z," is a master of his environment. Although he probably was around when the camera obscura led to photography, his work is as fresh and lively as our young artistic counterparts of today. I admire his eye and perspective with architecture. Go check out his slideshow in that set. You won't be disappointed! Good luck, Blaine. Keep snapping my friend. PS: Little known fact about Blaine: he shot production stills on "Blood Simple" for Coen brothers. How about THAT?!"
March 5th, 2009
Kristian Thacker says:
"if its a camera or camera related this man knows how it works, where it came from, who made it, and its best practical uses. he's a walking, talking photographic encyclopedia that I don't get to talk to enough. oh, and i almost forgot, he's a great photographer as well. if you ever have the chance to meet this man I suggest you take it."
March 23rd, 2007
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December 5th, 2006
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October 1st, 2006
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September 13th, 2005
danakay says:
"I dont know Z!! personally but in the past month on Flickr he has been an inspiration to me. I have asked him a million questions. He has taken the time with all the answers and more. He has been knowledgable, helpful, motivating, and supportive. I feel like I have known him forever. He has a new baby and a busylife. Yet everytime I have had a problem or question he has responded. His photography has also been an inspiration in me. His photos carry such feeling. I often feel like I was right there feeling what he felt and seeing what he saw. I have tried to use some of the approaches he has to improve my photography (long way to go) People like Z!! are one of the reasons I have become so passionate and excited about the world of photography. Thank You Z!! you are AWESOME"
July 21st, 2005
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"Zzzzzzt is one my best freinds and my mentor. He is generous beyond measure with his great knowledge of all things photographic (and many other areas as well). He sees beautifully, creating a capturing beauteous images saturated with a (sometimes not so) subtle content, message, feeling, or questions. He is big and huggable and I owe him a lot. Look and inquire, learn and enjoy. I always do. Go to his site, too: www.blainepenning..."
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Facts and Figures
Year: 1968
Run time: 101 mins
In Theaters: Friday 13th January 2012
Box Office USA: $4.0M
Budget: $6.5M
Distributed by: Fox Searchlight
Production compaines: See-Saw Films
Contactmusic.com: 5 / 5
Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Fresh: 154 Rotten: 42
Cast & Crew
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Producer: Lars-Owe Carlberg
Screenwriter: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Carey Mulligan as Sissy, Michael Fassbender as Brandon, James Badge Dale as David, Hannah Ware as Samantha, Nicole Beharie as Marianne, Alex Manette as Steven, Elizabeth Masucci as Elizabeth, Marta Milans as cocktail waitress
Also starring: Liv Ullman, Max Von Sydow, Lars-Owe Carlberg, Ingmar Bergman
Shame Review
The plot is simplicity itself. The Rosenbergs (played by Liv Ullman and Max Von Sydow) are a youngish couple enjoying average happiness on an island that's part of a larger, unnamed country. (The fact that Bergman chooses not to specify the film's setting, nor to clarify the conflict that follows, contributes to the film's surreal yet universal feel.) Both are musicians; they farm a little, too, and they drive their ailing truck into town to sell their produce. It's not an idyllic existence, exactly; the two are not above bickering, for instance, and in their discontented moments they may feel that they've settled for something. But it's essentially (and believably) a happy life.
A war that arrives on the island changes this. It looms into the Rosenbergs' life slowly at first, and then with startling speed. The two are detained first by one side - Ms. Rosenberg is filmed by them in an interview - and then captured by the other. Among the film's most frightening scenes is one in which the Rosenbergs are later shown the film; the face is that of Ms. Rosenberg, but the words she speaks - rebel, propagandistic sentiments - are not hers. Beginning here, Shame acquires a forceful surrealist inevitability. We marvel, along with the Rosenbergs, at the way logic is turned on its head, and we feel with them the tenuousness of decency and civilization. Few shots are fired onscreen in Shame, and there's little overt violence. Yet by the time the two take to the sea in a small boat to escape the war near the film's end, we've seen some of the worst of what humanity has to offer.
Shame's look and feel match these proceedings with eerie precision, and Sven Nykvist's clear black-and-white cinematography is evocative yet properly detached. But real and lasting credit goes to Ullman and von Sydow, whose performances here are among the best this writer has ever seen. Bergman wants us to know that war does more than endanger our lives: it robs us of our dignity as humans. As their allegiances to one another are tested - as they are forced to choose between love and survival - Ullman and von Sydow plumb depths seldom touched in film. Their performances are transcendent and wholly, heart-breakingly alive.
The final passage of Shame - in which the Rosenbergs, afloat in the sea and enveloped in deep fog, make an unexpected, appalling discovery - is among the most indelible in all of film. These final images are horrific, but they're not designed for easy sentiment, as they might be by Spielberg, and they don't carry the weight of a message, as they might in any other director's work. It was Bergman's gift and burden that he took his films as deep as he could, both emotionally and intellectually. At the end of Shame he shows the viewer the very depths of war, and he doesn't offer an easy way up.
Aka Skammen, The Shame.


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I am using Nottingham for the first time.
I am used to th us-05 which makes a good lott of bubbles in the yeast lock.
This one though went wery slovly for two days and then more or less compleetly stopped.....
Pitched drye at 30°C
Started of in about 14 hours
Fermenting at 19°C
Any ideas...?
In my experience Nottingham ferments at about the same rate as US-05 if pitched into the same beer at the same temp. I have found that Notty really benefits from rehydrating before pitching as it tends to clump together so you don't get a good strong inoculation which can slow down the action. Once it gets going though it is usually done bubbling withing 2-3 days at 65-68F.
Next up: Belgian Wit
Primary 1&2: Citric Acid IPA (All Citra)
Primary 3&4: Amber Rain Amber Ale
Bottle Conditioning/drinking: German Kolsch, Osage Pale Ale.
Well, it seems to have stopped after 2 days at slow rate.....
Keep in mind that if you are fermenting in a bucket fermenter you may be leaking CO2 out from under the bucket lid as most lids don't seal air tight.
You mighy be right there.
It actualy made a real nose in the room which I'm not used to in that amount.....
Just messured it....
Sg after 3 days 1.010
It's possible. Nottingham even says on their product sheet that it can finish in 72 hours if the conditions are right.
Now just let it go another 2 weeks to clean up the off flavors and then bottle!
Oh I will:-)
I'm not in a rush.
Was just to worried not to messure it to see if it was doing allright.
Noe I actualy am a bitt worried it will go even lover.....


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Survivors Series 1 - Now Released
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Two youths, who allegedly attacked a 70-year-old man and injured him, were sentenced to seven-year imprisonment by a fast track court here on Wednesday.
According to police, Balamurugan (25), a painter of Chetpet, borrowed some money from Jayaraj (70) of the same area a few months ago. When he asked him to repay, Balamurugan dodged him. However, Jayaraj kept insisting on the payment.
Irked over this, Balamurugan and his associate Sripal (25), a car driver of Chetpet, attacked Jayaraj when he was going to a shop on a bicycle on April 5 last year. The victim suffered injuries and was admitted to a private hospital.
"The incident took place in broad daylight on Yadavar Street. Jayaraj is an acute diabetic and was hospitalised for many days. The accused persons were arrested and remanded to judicial custody. Investigation revealed their involvement in many cases," Inspector (Aminjikarai) S. Anantharaman, who investigated the case, said.
The second fast track court judge, Ravindra Das, who heard the case, sentenced both the accused to seven years' rigorous imprisonment.
A fine of Rs.200 was imposed on them, sources said.


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NEW YORK (AP) - The prom is making a big comeback.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Americans may not feel optimistic about the economy but they're still spending more at Starbucks.
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