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Author | Source: The Economic Times | Monday, Jan 29,2007 7:55 AM
Prince Charles invited them to attend his wedding with Camilla Parker Bowles. They run a six-sigma operation just like Motorola and GE, but without any IT support. Their business model is a case study at the Harvard Business School and IIMs. Now India's top operator Bharti Airtel is tying up with them to spread its reach in the country's financial capital. They are Mumbai's dabbawallahs (tiffin carriers), the lifeline for lakhs of office-goers in the busy megalopolis.
Airtel has partnered with the Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers Trust, the dabbawallahs association, to sell its pre-paid cards, new connections and bundled handsets, sources told ET.
White-clad dabbawallahs touch nearly 2 lakh households and 70 local stations as they carry home cooked food for office-goers and school kids across Mumbai. Bharti is looking at using their reach to expand its user base. With hectic work schedules, users who don't have the time to step out of office can easily buy a recharge voucher or a new connection from a dabbawallah, who visits them on all weekdays.
An Airtel official refused to comment. Association's president Raghunath Medge said the tie-up would provide nearly 5,000 dabbawallahs of Mumbai an additional source of revenue. "We will get Rs 250 on every new subscriber we bring to Airtel," he told ET.
The tie-up is yet another attempt by the telecom operators to increase their reach in Mumbai. Some like AV Birla's Idea Cellular are already selling vouchers through dhabas (eateries) along the highways of Haryana. Some others are using village panchayats to sell their telecom products and services. India is adding more than 6 million mobile users every month and telecom firms are all going all out to tap every available distribution channel in the scramble for market share. The dabbawallahs will provide the registration form to prospective customers and collect the filled forms.
Airtel dealers will collect it from dabbawallahs and complete the transaction. "We will just provide the lead to dealers, who will do the follow up. Our men are neither too educated nor have the time to go through the form. Dealers will take over after we collect the form," said Mr Medge.
They will also get commission on the sale of pre-paid vouchers. "A part of this commission will go to the dabbawallahs' trust," said sources. Every dabbawallah contributes Rs 15 per month from his earnings to this trust, which also runs a website besides taking orders on mobiles. The dabbawallah tradition dates back to late sixties and is very unique to this city that seems to work non-stop.
Long hours of travel, congested trains mean residents depend upon this group for their daily meal. Over the years, the dabbawallahs have worked out a system of transporting thousands of tiffin-boxes from one end of the city to its destination with unerring accuracy. In doing so, they have established connections of lakhs of families, a reach that is the envy of many a savvy corporate.
Almost every dabbawalah in the group is a Maharashtrian and they follow the "Warkari" tradition, where a member wears a Tulsi Mala and commits himself to an austere lifestyle. They are known for their honesty and true gentlemanly behaviour. Every year each one of them would make a trip to Pandharpur, in the month of Ashadh/Shravan to pay respects to Lord Vithal and revive their pledge to the group.
While the move will definitely provide more visibility to brand Airtel in Mumbai, it will also increase the earnings of dabbawallahs, which is around Rs 4,500 to Rs 5,000 per month. Airtel currently has over 17 lakh users in Mumbai, where Reliance Communications, Hutchison Essar, BPL Mobile, MTNL and Tata Teleservices also offer services. Hutch is the market leader in Mumbai with nearly 24 lakh users.
In June last year, the world's biggest handset firm Nokia too had roped in dabbawallahs for its "Defend your turf" campaign, a global branding exercise in which the dabbawallahs played football with "Boys from Brazil".
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CHICAGO — In a world where hotel guests increasingly crave pampering, upscale hotel chains are turning club floors into over-the-top retreats where members can choose their pillow, groove to a free iPod, and pour a cappuccino day or night. Hotel "clubs," members-only floors with special perks not available to standard guests, have been used for decades to reward good customers. But now hotel chains are trying to raise the bar to justify higher rates and boost revenue.
Ritz-Carlton is adding fireplaces and barista coffee service, Sheraton's installing new computers that let users download music, while Hilton plans more late-night snacks. The chains are in various stages of launching new club concepts, but many expect to start in the next year. Some examples:
•Sheraton will start providing free wireless Internet and the new Microsoft Surface tabletop computer that lets people order songs or download photos. It's considering Starbucks single-serve coffee machines and self-service refrigerators to let guests help themselves to drinks or yogurt. New lounges are being tested at Sheratons in Chicago, Overland Park, Kan., and Toronto.
•Wyndham is planning a new look and feel for club levels in 2008 that will emphasize an allergen-free environment and more ways to personalize one's visit, by, say, pillow type or fruit request, says Peter Strebel, president of Wyndham Worldwide. The new concept can soon be seen at Wyndham O'Hare, now under renovation. Club rooms will cost 5% to 25% extra, depending on the market.
•Hyatt plans free wireless Internet and cappuccino machines on club floors. It's testing oversize, marble-topped tables to make it easier to work on laptops, hold small meetings and squeeze more people into small lounges, says John Wallis of Hyatt. Hyatt's trying new lounges at the Hyatt Baltimore and Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago.
•Hilton is launching night club food and drink offerings plus concierge services for members. Test lounges will open this year at Dallas Lincoln Center, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Villahermosa, Mexico.
•Ritz-Carlton is offering free lunch foods such as sandwiches and salads and is considering more sophisticated adults-only club lounges after seeing the success of the adult lounge at its Cancun, Mexico, resort. A new club lounge is being tested at the San Francisco Ritz-Carlton, which has a fireplace and automated cappuccino machine, pet-walking services, and free use of music-filled iPods.
Fancy services aim to justify higher rates.
The focus on club floors — also called concierge or executive floors — comes as nightly rates are rising and hoteliers are seeking ways to justify higher rates.
Furthermore, the chains face growing demand from leisure travelers willing to pay extra for VIP room assignments, as well as loyalty club members expecting them as free upgrades.
Guests who stay on club floors expect restricted key-card access to their floor, better bedding, fewer children, concierge service, and a lounge that offers a free breakfast buffet and evening snacks. Some offerings are better than others, and inconsistency leaves some people leery of the premium rate.
Now, chains across the price spectrum — from $200 a night to more than $1,000 — are brainstorming new formats to make club floors seem more like a hotel-within-a-hotel and worth the price. As chains launch their new club concepts in the next year, travelers will see them pitched as clubby, exclusive retreats for the well-heeled or just affluent-minded, says Chekitan Dev, an associate marketing professor at Cornell University's hotel school.
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California Congresswoman Maxine Waters puts her foot down by reclaiming her time.
Maybach Music Group head Rick Ross and Meek Mill will travel down to Atlantic City, New Jersey, this Friday (May 11) to perform at a charity event.
Hosted by celebrity barber and industry insider Lenny "The Barber" Hansen and his LTB Entertainment, the event, called MMG Invasion, will benefit Team Hope, a charity organization that benefits impoverished families in New Jersey.
"Our objective is to inject a sense of hop into the hip hop community that will empower young fans with the desire to prosper," Lenny The Barber said in a statement.
In addition to Rozay and Mill, the show will also feature performances from French Montana, Future and Travis Porter. Mill and French will squeeze in time for the charity event in between appearances as openers for Drake's Club Paradise tour, which hits Las Vegas this Friday.
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In 1904, while Macario Sakay, Felizardo, Montalan and several other "ladrones" (the label used by the Americans on remnants of Filipino revolutionary forces) were still actively roaming the Philippine countrysides, and, once in while, conducting raids on isolated American garrisons, the conditions in the Philippines were described as one of desolation wrought by war.
U.S. Major General Nelson A. Miles - highly decorated civil war hero, famous Indian war conciliator, bloodless taker of Puerto Rico- visited the islands in 1903 and wrote this observation in his report to the Secretary of War:
Another visitor to the islands made this remark:
Here is the report of Prof. Willis referred above:
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U.S. Major General Nelson A. Miles - highly decorated civil war hero, famous Indian war conciliator, bloodless taker of Puerto Rico- visited the islands in 1903 and wrote this observation in his report to the Secretary of War:
"In going from Calamba to Batangas … I noticed that the country appeared to have been devastated, large sections lying waste, and in the thirty-eight miles ride I did not notice any of the large fields under cultivation. Small patches of ground were being cultivated, but I should not think enough to supply food for the people that I saw along the road. It was all open country, and easy of observation. The people appeared to be more depressed than in any other section of the archipelago. There were but very few men along the road. (Miles, 6)General Miles regretted he came in too late in Philippine affairs as it was no longer possible for him to do something to prevent the conflict with the Filipinos. After his retirement, General Miles became an active member of the American Anti-Imperialist League.
Another visitor to the islands made this remark:
"I drove through Albay Province, and I found 300,000 people reconcentrated, hemp rotting in the fields, homes empty, and not a human being outside the lines - all-punished because some 300 men are in the mountains as ladrones or insurrectos. I submit that this was not justice - that it was not even a justifiable war measure. (Doherty[2],16)A more in-depth analysis was rendered by Prof. H. Parker Willis, of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., and published in the New York Evening Post of October 28, 1904, which was made an appendix to the speech of Senator H.E. Carmack of Tennessee in the Senate of the United States, December 10, 1904 (Carmack, 1). Willis' report attributed the appalling conditons to economic prostration, depressed agriculture, reconcentration, severe penal and judicial practices, exesses of the native constabulary, control of the press by intimidation, and the maintenance of the most expensive administration the islands have ever known.
Here is the report of Prof. Willis referred above:
The prominence given by Secretary Taft to the Philippine question, and his assurance that satisfactory progress toward better things is being made in the Islands may lead persons who have not closely examined this subject to believe that Insular conditions are all that they should, or at least all that they can be. A recent visit to the islands, extended through some four months and covering a wide field of observation, has not only led to a conviction on my part that this opinion is unfounded, but, further, I am satisfied that it is in all essential respects at variance with the facts. They are otherwise than as Secretary Taft represents them to be - quite otherwise.
This statement is not intended to reflect on Mr. Taft's sincerity, but is made in the belief that the principles on which the Philippine Commission is organized necessarily prohibit its members, and particularly its head, from either coming into close touch with the natives or fully realizing the nature of conditions for which they themselves are responsible.
There can he no doubt that the general public of the United States is under grave misapprehension concerning the situation in the Philippines. Erroneous statements as to what has actually been done in the archipelago have been constantly put before them from many sources. They may well be described as "given to strong delusion, wholly believing a lie." If they could realize the state of affairs in those Islands now prevailing, they would be terrified at the desolation wrought by war and disgusted at the failure of our "civil government" to lay even the foundation for improvement.
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The Philippine Islands are to-day absolutely prostrated economically and politically. Hardly any undertaking is being successfully conducted. According to unpublished figures furnished by the internal revenue office of Manila, about 5,000 licences to do business have been issued to American individuals and firms during the period of our occupation. Of these firms and individuals all except some 800 have failed or withdrawn from business, or about 84 per cent of the total. The survivors include chiefly the very smallest establishments, such as boarding houses, saloons, etc. It appears that hardly more than half a dozen American firms of recognized capital are at this time actually doing business in Manila. The population of the city, formerly same 266,000 persons, has fallen (census 1904) to 219,900, owing largely to depressed business. Simultaneously with this decline a heavy decrease in the American population has occured (from 6,462 in 1901 to 4,389 in 1904). During this past summer at least three of the chief American business enterprises either failed or withdrew from the field. A steady and positive decline in all branches of trade with the United States is now in progress, as partially illustrated by the fact that for the seven months ending July, 1904, the shipments of domestic merchandise from the United States to the Philippines were $2,530,899, as against $2,593,924 for the correspdoning months a year earlier, while the shipments merchandises from the Philippines to the United States were $5,978,148 for these same seven months, as against $7,337,532 a year earlier. Relations between the United States and the Philippines under the tariff act passed by Congress in 1902 are so diftiult that there is no reason to anticipate the building up of any satisfactory trade between the islands and the United States either now or in the future. Recent shipping legislation has depressed the interisland trade still further, both actively and by anticipation. To-day a large fleet of Philippine steam vessels is anchored off Cavite with absolutely no occupation. The fleet is daily growing in size.
While the conditions in trade with our own country are thus discouraging, there is not warrant for the belief that the general outlook is more favorable. Much have been said by American administrators of a recent growth in exports and imports as indicating increased prosperity, but there is certainly no such inference to be drawn from the figures. Bewteen 1899 and 1903 gross improts of merchandise increased about two and one-half times, but imports of food and animals quadrupled, the growth in this item being due to rice purchases for the support of the starving peasants and draft animals designed to replace those destroyed by war and rinderpest. Manufactured goods imported fell off largely between 1901 adn 1903, showing a decline in productive business and articles of luxury, etc., more than doubled between 1899 and 1903, showing nothing more than a demand for such goods made by government employees of the islands. The growth in exports (chiefly hemp) is due simply to a partial restoration of peace and consequent resumption of regular dealings.
The trade conditions observable at Manila and other ports are merely a reflection ofr what may be witnessed in the interior. A journey through the provinces can not help giving a most discouraging impression. Many towns, formerly well built, and destroyed during the war by some of the various armies, have been only partially, and even then hardly, rebuilt. Churches are in ruins; whole villages here and there lie waste. In many part of Luzon the roads and trails, nearly impassable, are daily falling into worse condition. Barring one initial appropriation of about $1,000,000 and some recent appropriations from the Congressional relief fund, nothing has been done by the central government in road making except to sink some $800,000 in attempting what seems to be an impossible road to the summer resort at Benguet. The bridges blown up or otherwise destroyed have in few instances been replaced. It is the common opinion that land travel is more difficult and slower than ever before.
The increasingly depressed state of agriculture in these rice growing islands can be realized by a review of the importations of rice during the past four years. These have been as follows (Report 1904, p. 48)
1901 ...........................................................$3,113,423
1901 ............................................................5,400,958
1902 ............................................................6,578,481
1903 ...........................................................10,061,323
This growth in the imports of rice is attributed by Philippine farmers not to changes in agriculture, initiated by Governor Taft, but to three causes: (1) The almost total loss of their farm animals (estimated officially at 90 per cent due to war and rinderpest; (2) injury done to irrigation systems during the war; (3) the scarcity of adult male labor as a result of the war. The "disproportionate number of women and children" consequent upon the war is still noticeable. Most of these farmers are now drawing on their savings or are borrowing at rate averaging at least 20 per cent in order to get subsistence and pay their taxes. The imposition of heavy land taxes in the provinces by the Commission has led to a general expropriation in some quarters. In others the suffering has been so intense that the Commission has had to suspend the tax in default of putting up for sale the bulk of the landed property of the province. In somes provinces hundreds of pieces of property, many of them not exceeding 2 acres each, have been scheduled for sale. No machinery for providing loanable capital has been introduced by the Commission, and the requirement that land shall be registered at a heavy fee in order to prove titles is working great immediate hardship.
The depression in rice culture is paralleled for a different reason in the growth of sugar. Sugar could be raised with much less reliance on animal labor than could rice; but the American tariff situation absolutely forbids the possibility of making a profit on it. Planters state that under present tariff duties they can barely cover the cost of production. Tobacco is in a suffering condition, owing to new tariff duties in several eastern countries. Hemp is the only article in which prosperous conditions of production now exist; but its cultivation must always be narrowly limited to certain soils and localities. Parallel with the bad trade and agricultural outlook has come a great increase in cost of living, which is now fully double its former amount in come places. So hard has it been to get even a bare subsistence that the population has become greatly reduced in vitality and has fallen an easy prey to the series of terrible epidemics of the past three years. The Philippine tariff on imported commodities is so arranged as practically forbid imports of agricultural machinery, and the Commission professes to be unable to change it without Congressional consent.
Partly owing to the bad industrial prospect, to actual suffering, and to intense and permanent dissatisfaction with existing political arrangements the unrest of the country continue to increase. When President McKinley sent the Philippine Commission to the islands he furnished a certain clear-cut instructions as to the line of conduct it should pursue.
"The Commission," he wrote (April 7, 1900), "should bear in mind *** that there are certain great principles of government which have been made the basis of our governmental system, which we deem essential to the rule of law and the maintenance of individual freedom; *** that there are also certain practical rules of government which we have found to be essential to the preservation of these great principles of liberty and law, and that these principles and these rules of government must be established and maintained in the islands. *** Upon every division and branch of the government of the Philippines, therefore, must be imposed these inviolable rules;
"That no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation; that in all criminal prosecution the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistnace of counsel for his defence; that excessive bail shall not be required nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted; that no person shall be put twice in jeopardy for the same offense or be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself; *** that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or of the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and petition free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship without discrimination or preference shall forever be allowed."
Have these instructions been fufilled? Although the islands have now for about three years been under the full control of what is technically known as a "civil government" there are certain facts which indicate that the term "civil" is a misnomer. It is further true that this term is becoming progressively less and less applicable to the administration of the Philippines. Notwithstanding that in the beginning many of the provinces were organized as civil governments, it has been thought necessary now and again to substitute a politico-military government, and to-day at least six of the provinces are still organized on that basis. Extreme military methods for controlling the population are provided for by law and their application in certain cases authorized. Of these the most marked is what is known as " reconcentration."
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The use of this plan for reducing a population to submission is authorized by section 6 of the Commission's act No. 781, further organizing the constabulary, in the following words:
"In provinces which are infested to such an extent with ladrones or outlaws that the lives and property of residents in the outlying barrios are rendered wholly insecure by continued predatory raids, and such outlying barrios thus furnish to the ladrones or outlaws their source of food supply * * * it shall be within the power of the civil governor, upon resolution of the Commission, to authorize the provincial governor to order that the residents of such outlying barrios be temporarily brought within stated proximity to the poblacion or larger barrios."
It is a fact that no recent year has passed without the application of this policy on a large scale. In 1902 it was undertaken in the region about Lake Taal, comprising parts of Laguna and Batangas provinces. It then affected not less that 100,000 people, according to the report of Colonel Wagner, who inspected the camps (S. Doc. 331, 37th Cong. 1st Sess. pt. 3 p. 2873), each of which included from 8,000 to 14,000 persons. During 1903 the same plan was pursued in Albay, where very large areas were entirely deprived of population, the inhabitants being herded in camps like those of Batangas. During the current year reconcentration has been ordered for Samar (executive order of August 15) throughout a region including about 20,000 inhabitants.
Besides the official application of the policy on a large scale, other instances have occurred. Several camps now exist in Cavite, and, not long since, reconcentration was tried in Tayabas, without official authority, according to Ex-Governor Taft. It is beyond the question, from the testimony of both natives and Americans who are conversant with the workings of reconcentration, that its effects are most disatrous, causing widespread suffering. In the camps food is distributed only when extreme want requires it, work on the roads being sparingly furnished to those who are able thus to supply themselves with rations. The lack of house accomodations and the scarcity of food, as well as the overcrowding of the inmates of the camp, have invariably caused marked increase in mortality. At the same time there has been a tremendous loss of crops and houses throughout the districts in which reconcentration has taken place. The hemp losses chargeable to reconcentration in Albay are estimated by Mr. Taft at from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 pesos, or $5,000,000 to $6,000,000 United States (Report, 1901, p. 32), an enormous loss when the limited character of native resources is considered.
Even this estimate is certainly too low, and would have to be largely increased if other commodities besides hemp should be considered. A vastly larger loss was unquestionably inflicted upon the province of Batangas, which has the appearance of being wholly ruined, owing to the destruction of coconut and other trees. The authorities speak of the treatment accorded to this province as a "severe lesson," and there is in the Philippines none of the familiar pretense that reconcentration operations can be carried on without hardship of the most terrible character.
Total losses of crops left without tendance in the reconcentrated districts, of houses burned by the careless or malicious soldiery, and general ruin to fixed capital, necessarily result in most serious suffering when the inmates of the camps are released and find themselves deprived even of the scanty support furnised them while in confinement. The natives had become so accustomed to the use of reconcentration by the Spaniards that they regarded it as a matter of course in time of war. They resent very bitterly, however, the pretense that civil government exist when such methods are employed; and this is the first complaint usually made by intelligent Filipinos, when questioned concerning reconcentration. They feel that Mr. McKinley's "rules" ordering that "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, and that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation," have been violated.
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The readiness of the Commission to make the whole population suffer for the acts of a small body of insurgents or ladrones is further shown in the operations under act No. 378 and its subsequent modifications. The act imposes the penalty of death, or at least twenty years' imprisonment, for membership in a ladrone band, providing that "to prove the crime *** it shall not be necessary to adduce evidence that any member of the band has in fact committed robbery or theft. A further provision (Sec. 4) specifies taht "Every person knowingly aiding or abetting such a band of brigands *** by giving them information *** or by securing supplies of food, clothing, arms orammunition *** shall *** be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten years." This legislation has been carried further by Act No. 1121, which enlarges the number of commodities, theft of which constitute "highway robbery," and gives a broader scope to the kinds of assistance that may be rendered to such a band. It is not now safe to give even the traditional cup of cold water to a suspected ladrone. The object of this whole series of acts, like the use of the reconcentration policy, has been to bring into subjection an unsympathetic population, and to render peaceful people responsible for the acts of a less submissive element. It is the testimony of capable American lawyers in Manila that under existing law it is entirely possible to convict any human being in the archipelago of "bandolerismo" (the local name for membership in or assistance to organized bands of insurrectionists), without regard to guilt. That such conviction can be secured is, in fact, the open boast of some constabulary officials. Filipinos believe that these statutes are inharmonious with the "great principles of government *** which we deem essential to the rule and the maintenance of individual freedom."
How effective this legislation has been may be seen from the situation in the Bilibid prison. From September 1, 1902 to September 1, 1903, there was a growth of nearly 100 per cent in the population of this institution, the number confined on the latter date being 3,184. On a recent date (May 23, 1904) this number had risen to 4,420, a growth in less than nine months of 1,236 persons, or about 40 per cent. The net inward movement was then estimated by the authorities at 8 to 10 persons per day, which would mean a gross annual increase of 2,800 to 3,500. The total number of persons confined August 31, 1903, on charges of "aiding insurrection, brigandage, conspiracy, highway robbery, illegal custody of arms, rebellion, sedition, violation of oath of allegiance, violation of laws of war, violation of articles of war, and treason," was 1,093. These offenses do not include such crimes as murder, homicide, or theft, but represent the number of men confined for what we consider strictly political offenses. In other words, about one-third of all these prisoners were confined becuase of their connection with revolutionary movements. Supposing that the rate of increase in this class of prisoners had been the same as the ratio of growth in the total prison population, and eliminating 414 petty police-court offenders, it appears that fully 50 per cent of all long-time convicts now in Bilibid are confined for such political offenses. On a recent date the number of men confined in Bilibid who had been sentenced and were awaiting capital punishment was 100.
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In bringing about these convictions, and in harshly enforcing the harsh legislation already referred to, responsiblity must be divided between the judiciary and the constabulary. The judges have for the most part been under the thumb of the Commission, or incompetent and disposed to convict without sufficient evidence.
The defective character of the judiciary of the islands has been fully recognized by authoritative writers. Mr. Colquhoun, the English author of a recent book, Greater America, speaks of it (p. 343) as a well-known fact, and other foreigners fully agree with him. We, in fact, took to the islands a body of judges for the lower courts, many of whom knew little American, and no Spanish, law; who were ignorant of the Spanish language, and who had never heard the native dialects. The evil features of the present situation seem to be as follows:
(1) The judiciary act (No. 136) contains no provision for the length of tenure of judges in courts of first instance, and no process by which they may be publicly impeached and removed from office. They hold their places subject to the will of the Commission.
(2) Few of them speak and understand Spanish, and they are consequently able to follow the testimony in the courts only with great difficulty. This is a notorious fact.
(3) A system of venal or incompetent interpreters has been developed, through whose errors or corruption many innocent men are brought into jeopardy. Numerous cases of the sort can be cited.
(4) The Commission has assumed the privilege in some cases of suggesting to the judge in advance the direction to be taken by his verdict. Cases of this kind are vouched for by two high officers of the Philippine government, by one ex-judge, by prominent lawyers in Manila, and by intelligent natives.
(5) No legislation or precedent exists whereby judges are distributed according to a known system, so that it is customary to bring a judge of well known ultra administration sympathies to try a case where a certain kind of verdict is wanted. Some judges have been permanently transferred to another district as a kind of penalty for anti-administration verdicts. Some have been asked to resign; others have been ostracized, and thereby forced to resign and leave the islands. A review of the names of the judges appointed during the last three years and their later history fully illustrates this statement. It should be added that in revising the Spanish substantive law we have eliminated most of its characteristics features and have left it a medly of heterogeneous provisions drawn from American State systems, and roughly put together for a bench most of whose members knew no Spanish law. In Americanizing the law of the islands we have, however, omitted the principles of trial by jury, and other protections to individual rights. The present confusion is keenly felt by the best Spanish and Filipino lawyers and by the most informed of our judges. No more drastic criticism on the work of our legal revisionists could be penned that the "Notes to the Spanish Civil Code," lately published by Judge Willard, formerly of the Philippine bench. The bad judicial and legal situation was fully presented to Mr. Taft before he left the islands by eminent members of Manila bar, but he failed to take action, suggesting political motives for the criticisms.
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In close connection with the status of the judiciary should be considered some of the recent developments in the organization of the native constabulary. In organizing this force (Act No. 175) it was provided that its members should be drawn from the province where stationed, thus giving it the character of local police. This policy is highly praised by Governor Wright in his most recent report as secretary of commerce and police. The plan has, however, been entirely vitiated by the act of congress passed January 30, 1903, whereby the use of the Philippine Scouts under command of the chief constabulary, was ordered. These scouts are chiefly Macabebes and Ilocanos, and they have uniformly been stationed in provinces toward which they feel strong racial antipathy. Moreover, the rule that the constabulary should be recruited in the provinces where they were to serve seems to have been frequently violated. As time has gone on, too, the constabulary has approximated much more closely to the military type, and has lost its original character as a police force. Its members have ceased to live among the people or in their own homes, have been gathered into barracks, placed upon a basis of military pay and rations, and are now substantially a military force like the scouts. They are described as "peace officers," but are authorized to arrest men "without warrant." Constabulary officers are to two classes – old soldiers elevated from the ranks of the regulars, and young, inexperienced men brough from the United States. Under the first class of officers serious abuses and hardships have been inflicted upon the population. Under the second class evils of disorganization and laxity have become prevalent.
At various points the constabulary or scouts have inflicted torture, as in Cavite; done violence to women, as in Isabela Province, and committed cold-blooded murder, as also in Isabela; arrested men without warrant and instituted unreasonable searches and seizures, as in Cavite; have stolen personal property, or taken it wihtout payment, as in Masbate and elsewhere, or have grossly violated public order, as in Cebu. The foregoing practices are mentioned because the abuses in each and every case there referred to can be established by the testimony of reliable eyewitnesses. Trustworthy Philippine lawyers affirm that there are hundreds of men all over the islands who are confined by the constables without any warrant of law. It is certain that the irritation aroused among the people by constabulary outrages is nearly universal. In fact, the uniform reply to questions concerning the constabulary situation is that the force is "as bad as the Guardia Civil" of Spanish time – a verdict than which none more severe could be imagined. It deserves to be added that the hardships inflicted by the constabulary have not been directed against the ladrones, but against the peaceful inhabitants. Ladronism still continues in different regions, apparently in some cases through the connivance of the constabulary. The constables have been vastly move active in campaigning against insurrectos that against those ladrones whose only motive was robbery. In the former case, they have when able to surround a small band, often butchered them without quarter, as in the case of the force of General San Miguel, which was literally cut to pieces toward the end of 1903. General Allen, chief of the constabulary, states, in conversation, that the records of this bureau are "filled with complaints against the force," but he never finds that the charges have any foundation. This is attributable to the fact that constabulary abuses are always investigated and reported upon by constabulary officers, usually belonging to the very locality where the abuses complained of have been committed. It is only by outside investigators that the facts can be established. This makes it the more to be regretted that the Commission has almost uniformly refused to investigate charges of this sort directly.
The great difficulty encountered in correcting abuses prevalent in the Philippines to-day probably lies in the absence of freedom of speech or of the press. Act No. 292, known as the 'sedition act," provides that "if two or more persons conspire to overthrow, put down, or destroy by force the Government of the United States in the Philippine Islands *** such persons shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 and by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for a period not more than six years." Under this act, and by the use of the constabulary spies, it has become unsafe for private persons to attend social gatherings, or express political opinions in their homes. Expressions by letter are usually dangerous owing to the searching of the mail – a process which, it is thought by Senior del Pan, of Manila bar, in his argument on the recent Lukban case, has been carried vastly further, and has been more arbitrarily used, than under the Spanish administration. While prosecutions under the sedition act are chiefly directed against natives, restraint of the Americans is mainly carried under Act No. 227, known as the "criminal libel act." This law defines a libel as a "malicious defamation," and specifies that the truth of the libel shall not constitute a defense unless it shall be shown that publication was made "with good motives and for justifiable ends," a point not easily to be established before Philipine courts. The provision of this act, taken in connection with those of the sedition act, are such as to make it practically impossible to express an opinion adverse to the administration or any member of it without becoming liable to prosecution.
In cases where a critic is too influential, or where his criticisms and charges are too carefully phrased to admit of prosecuting him, a process of ostracism takes place which is usually very effective, as Manila society consists chiefly of officeholders who take their bias directly from those in authority. An American bishop stationed in Manila expresses in conversation the opinion that the "impatience of criticism shown by the Commission" is one of the most disastrous features of the present Philippine situation. The hostility of the higher authorities, he asserts, is visited upon preachers who venture to criticize a member of the Commission or any of its policies. In the recently concluded "O'brien libel case" the two defendants, who conducted a newspaper in Manila, were sent to prison on the ground that they had published a report of some court proceedings containing statements unfavorable to the defendant, who happened to be a member of the Commission. It was admitted that the report was correct; but the technical point was made that the headlines did not accurately describe the substance of the article.
In recent decisions handed down by courts of first instance in Manila, heavy penalties, including both fine and imprisonment, have been awarded not only to the author and producer, but even to the actors in the play, "Hindi Aco Patay," a dramatic production of an allegorical character, in which Philippine independence was hinted at.
A process of buying the good will of publications through the award of Government advertising and other favors has been used to supplement the methods of intimidation already suggested. The expression of opinion through the agency of political parties has also been placed under severe restrictions. The Nationalist party, which attained a considerable degree of strength about two years ago, was destroyed by prosecutions directed against important men in the organization. Under purely technical attacks in the form of its constitution, a workingmen's union was recently driven out of existence because of the belief that its purpose "was primarily political." These statements are vouched for by the prosecuting officers of our Government in Manila, who freely admit the ulterior purpose of the prosecutions in question. During the past summer efforts were made to recast the platform of the Federal party in such wise as to demand independence. The revised draft was shown to members of the Commission as a precaution, and these gentlement requested its suppression on the ground that "it would embarass Mr. Taft just at this time." The platform never appeared in print.
Do these conditions agree with President McKinley's "rule" that "no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or of the rights of the people peaceably *** to petition the Government for a redress of grievances?"
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The system of government just described has not been the merit of economy. It is by far the most expensive government the island has ever known. The Schurman Commission (Report, vol. 1, p. 80) gave the annual receipts of the Spanish Government in 1894-95 as $13,379,900 Mexican, of which sum about $9,000,000 was derived from internal taxes. The new internal revenue law of the Philippines just passed is estimated to produce from $10,000,000 to $11,000,000 and is apologized for by its authors as "no worse than the Spanish." The Schurman Commission quotes (page 79) expenditures of the Spanish Government in 1894-95 as $13,280,130, of which sum $4,045,061 was for war and $2,450,176 for navy, the balance – some $6,700,600 – being civil outlay. As against this sum it may be noted that our outlay for the year 1903 on strictly civil expenses was about $22,000,000 Mexican currency. To this should also be added probably $2,000,000 for the cost of provincial administration and a somewhat greater sum deducted for permanent improvements. Conversely, there should be large reductions in the "civil outlay" noted above for the Spanish Govenment, as that figure includes the cost of carrying on the church, some diplomatic expenses and other items. Withoug going into these changes in the accounts in detail, it may be stated that the cost of our civil administration is from three to five times as heavy as that of the Spaniards – yet the Schurman Commission complained of the Spanish administration on the ground of "costliness."
Nor can the indictment of the expense incident to Philippine administration stop with local conditions in the islands. The Philippines are tremendously expensive to the United States. According to Gen. George W. Davis (Report Div. of Phil., 1903, p. 50), the annual cost of the army and navy in the Philippines in actual cash is at least $21,000,000 gold. This estimate was based upon a force (scouts and Americans) of about 23,000 men. As the present force is probably 3,000 men smaller, a reduction of corresponding amount must be made. This, however, is far more than offset by the cost of the Philippine mail service,which falls largely on the United States; of the army transports, both trans-Pacific and interisland; by the facts that tropical service counts double time toward retirement for enlisted men; that claims for pensions are more numerous as a result of such service; that many army officers are now serving in the Philippine government at the cost of the United States; and that in a variety of ways, the islands are a continous draft on our Treasury. Conservative estimators place tha present annual money cost of the Philippines to the United States at not less than $25,000,000.
Nor does the money laid out for civil expenses "go largely to Filipinos." as often claimed. A review of the personnel of the government, during the past three years shows that the number of Americans holding civil offices in 1903 was 3,458, as against 2,777 in 1902, and 2,044 in 1901, while the number of Filipinos for these three years was 3,318, 2697 and 2562, respectively. In other words, there were employed in 1901 25 per cent more natives than American, while in 1902 the natives were about 3 per cent less numerous than the Americans and 4 per cent less numerous in 1903. In the latter year the 3,318 Filipino employees drew aggegate salaries of $1,497,610, while the 3,455 Americans drew $4,284,482.
As General Davis mildly states the situation (Report, 1903, p. 31): "Americans in the Philippnes have not so far been an unmixed blessing to the native inhabitants." We have, in fact, destroyed the public buildings of the country, inflicted continous crop losses, during a period of six years; ravaged and burned large sections of territory; produced conditions leading to the death of most of the farm animals and to serious human and animal epidemics; brought foreign trade to an unprofitable condition by our tariff legislation; inaugurated a tremendously expensive government for the benefit of foreign officeholders; established a partisan judiciary; crowded the prisons, and deported or sent to the gallows the best and most patriotic of the native leaders.


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The FSH Society's March 11, 2017, meeting in Manhattan was a milestone in our efforts to nurture a network of stakeholders in one of our most concentrated urban centers. Hosted by FSH Society Board member Stuart Lai, this meeting featured two stellar speakers, Matthew Harms, MD PhD, of Columbia University College of Medicine, and Jia-Ray Yu, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow working in the world-renowned laboratory of Danny Reinberg, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at New York University Langone School of Medicine.
Two dozen patients and family members from New York City and beyond attended. For many, it was their first time meeting others with FSH muscular dystrophy. Continue reading


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Get Ready to Be Flown Away by the Current Real Estate Trends
Most people are real estate lovers. It is continuously improving and booming. And with the passing of years, you can only expect to witness and experience more. These are the real estate trends.
Interest rates make the real estate market. And whether you are the seller or the buyer of a real estate property, you are likely to be affected by interest rates. Interest rates for the year 2017 are expected to rise. This will help the market to boom all the more. Increase in the rates for real estate also means increase in mortgage rates. This is a great time for real estate businessmen and women to really make money. Buyers, on the other hand, need not to worry that much. The increase will not be more than 5 percent.
Together with the enhancement in the real estate industry are the so many privileges and chances for those people who either will sell or buy real estate properties. But it will be much more when you are intending to invest in a real estate. The great enhancement in the real estate industry and its good name has just bid a come here to those individuals and even institutions to join in the money-making scheme and provide a wide range of financing and lending opportunities for those who need or want to purchase a real estate but just lack the finances needed to pay cash. And when there are many lending institutions and many real estate property sellers and dealers, a buyer like you can really receive a great benefit. That means you will have so many options to pick from. Aside from that, loan opportunities also abound, so it will not be difficult for you to secure a borrowing.
With the real estate industry being positively perceived at by the experts and analysts, more business people are also being encouraged to invest in housing businesses. This will be very beneficial to real estate seekers and buyers. When a lot of businesses open up housing ventures, that means there will be so many homes for sale. And when there are more homes, that means you are likely to find the best and the right home for you. This works opposite to having to make a choice among few homes which may not be what you are looking for and are more expensive that you can afford or are willing to spend for.
Do you plan to join and be with the real estate industry? If you are, then you would need to be aware of the real estate trends.


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1987 - Conception
Spicers was conceived in 1987 by Peter Crellin and Stuart Pedersen, who set up one of New Zealand's first financial planning and wealth management firms - Stevenson Crellin & Associates.
1988 - Building our client base
To grow the business, Stevenson Crellin & Associates established a joint venture with accounting firm Spicer & Oppenheim.
1989 – Preparation for growth
After a name change to Spicers, we developed an administration operation and appointed New Zealand Guardian Trust as the custodial trustee for our monitoring services.
1990 - First franchises established
We enlisted a number of leading accounting firms, mainly in the lower North Island, to become Spicers franchises. This injection of financial advisors generated significant business growth.
1995 – A substantial firm
At this point we had more than $450 million under advice on behalf of our clients, with 70 advisers providing services from 21 offices throughout New Zealand.
1996 - An exciting new phase
A management buy-out of Spicers was accepted by Spicer & Oppenheim. The company opened its own funds and established an arrangement with Jacques Martin, a Wellington administration firm. This allowed the company to embark on a new phase of growth.
1997 – New York on board
New York-based firm Sterling Grace purchased a 24 percent stake in Spicers. Sterling Grace took control of Spicers in 1998 by increasing its holding of the company to 65%.
2000 – Into Australia
With the aim of building an Australasian firm based on the Spicers model, Spicers purchased 50% of the Invest Assure Group, which owned Australian financial planner Monitor Money, and financial systems firm Assure.
2001 - Spicers meets the AXA Group
In 2001 AXA Asia Pacific purchased the Sterling Grace business and took ownership of Spicers.
2011 - Spicers meets AMP
In 2011 AMP (Financial Services) Ltd purchased AXA and took ownership of Spicers.
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Kombucha Part II
October 28, 2016
When you have your basic kombucha routine going, consider taking your practice to the next level.
Secondary Fermentation
- Start with one 16 ounce mason style jar
- Puree your favorite fruit, enough to cover the bottom of the jar a half inch high
- Pour puree into jar
- Top the jar off with fresh kombucha
- Place the lid on the jar
- Let the jar sit, out of sunlight, 48 hours
- Refrigerate for a week (or more, will last a long time in the fridge)
- When you are ready to enjoy, scrape the fruit off the top, and drink
How To Make Your Own Kombucha
October 7, 2016
This is a bare bones guide to making your first batch of Kombucha.
On a difficulty scale from 1 to 10 this Make Your Own guide is a 2.
To keep it simple, we are going to make one 1/2 gallon batch.
What do I need?
- Pot (1) to boil water and make tea
- Water (64 ounces)
- Tea bags (4) prefer black like Earl Gray
- Sugar (1/2 Cup)
- One 1/2 Gallon glass jar (Walmart)
- One Scoby (will explain at the end)
How do I pull it all together?
- In your pot, bring 32 Ounces of water to just shy of a boil
- Input tea bags, and leave in the water just shy of boiling, for 20 minutes
- After 20 minutes, remove the tea bags, input your sugar and allow it to dissolve
- Take the pot off the heat, and cool sweet tea to room temperature
- Pour your cool sweet tea into your 1/2 gallon jar
- Top the jar off with another 32 ounces of water
- Input Scoby (see below)
- Cover the top with a coffee filter, and secure with a rubber band.
- Let the jar sit out of the way, out of direct sunlight, for ten days
- Refrigerate and drink as you wish
Note: At the end of the first ten days, if you want to start batch number two, repeat steps 1-7 before steps 8-10.
What is a Scoby and how do I make one?
The Scoby is short for Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast (Scoby), and it turns your sweet tea into Kombucha.
- Buy a bottle of plain unflavored Kombucha at the grocery store
- Pour the contents into a glass jar
- Cover the top with a coffee filter, and secure with a rubber band
- Let the jar sit out of the way, out of direct sunlight, for 14 days
- What you will find in the jar at the end of the 14 days in your new Scoby
Harold A Brown
March 16, 2016
Many of you are aware of my Dad's passing, the morning of Thursday, March 5, 2016 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He had been driving West from Tennessee to visit me and my family in Maricopa, Arizona (Phoenix Area). Several folks have asked me to write down the details of his last days. The following is based on information gathered from various sources including conversations with Dad and his doctors at the hospital before he passed, folks he talked to during his trip, and the contents of his wallet. I write this and hope it will provide some comfort to those who loved him.
Preface: For those of you who did not know, Dad was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (cancer) three years ago. He had what was considered a successful stem cell transplant two years ago, thanks to the amazing staff at Vanderbilt Medical. Dad always said he would die with his disease, not from it. Dad was right, once again.
Dad's Last Days: Dad set off on his last great road trip on Friday, February 26, 2016. He had been planning the trip for months and was very excited to see me, my wife Linda, and our son Henrik. Dad stopped in North Little Rock, Arkansas to visit his cousin. They had a nice meal at the Outback Steakhouse, Dad had a burger and fries, and a Dr Pepper. Dad and Kathleen talked until the early hours on Saturday, February 27, but despite insistence he stay and rest before continuing his journey West, Dad decided to drive on.
Dad made the trip West through Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, stopping twice along the way to check into a hotel and rest. By Monday, February 29 Dad had made it about 80 miles West of Albuquerque and started feeling really tired. He stopped at the Sky City Hotel in Acoma, New Mexico and checked in. Dad said he was so tired he got into bed without changing into his pajamas. He got up later that night, changed into his pajamas, and went back to sleep. The next day he woke up feeling even more tired, and decided to stay another night. Dad did that for the next two nights, each time thinking he would wake up feeling better. On the morning of Thursday, March 3 Dad knew something was very wrong. He woke up, called his primary oncologist, and was told to get himself to the closest Emergency Room.
Crystelle had been in contact with Dad every day of his trip. When they spoke Thursday morning he admitted to being in bad shape and heading to the Emergency Room. Crystelle called me and I started the drive East not knowing where exactly I would need to go. Dad found help getting to the local Acoma-Canoncito-Laguna Hospital (ACL) in Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico where he was treated for severe dehydration. After some time, and careful negotiation, Crystelle was able to get Dad transferred to the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque where they were better equipped to treat. Dad was admitted to their Emergency Room at 3:30 PM. I arrived at 7:30 PM. Shortly after my arrival Dad was taken to have an ultrasound done on his Kidneys since the fluid output was not keeping up with the input.
After we returned to his room, I texted Crystelle and we agreed she would take the next available flight to Albuquerque.
At around 10:30 Dad was transferred to a room in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
After a restless night's sleep, Dad sat up in bed about 9:30 AM the next morning and put his head in his hands. The nurse running some tests asked Dad if he was in any pain. The last articulate words I heard Dad say were, to the nurse, or perhaps to me, himself, or God, "I'm just so weary".
I picked Crystelle up at the airport at noon on Wednesday, March 4. We talked in the hospital parking lot about Dad's state. Prepared as possible, we went up to Dad's room. Crystelle spent a lot of time talking to Dad. He did respond to her several times, and there was ample indication he was aware we were there by his side.
Dad had a rough night, and the next morning his heart stopped.
Causes: The doctors were tireless. They turned over so many stones to piece the puzzle of Dad's condition together in order to treat. In the end they were able to figure out somewhere either before or during Dad's trip he had picked up the H1N1 flu, contracted Pneumonia, and as a result of the re-hydration, had Sepsis. Any one of those complications would have killed a lesser man. He fought to the end, but passed without any pain, surrounded by his children.
Postlogue: Dad was an amazing human being. One of a kind. Complicated but practical to his core. He was a renaissance man, artist by trade, but a good athlete, great coach and prolific mentor. He was a craftsman, poet, and historian. He loved his friend and family, and the evidence of that was certainly well represented at his memorial. The experience was amazing and surreal, to see friends from 40, 30, 20, 10 years past there to share a story and say goodbye.
One more thing: My cousin called me the night after the memorial and asked if Dad had planned his memorial before his passing. He was so impressed with every detail. For that, our family would like to thank two amazing men, and two of Dad's closest friends, Larry Yarborough and Bill Craig. I know how much you loved Dad, and that he also loved you.
High Definition Audio
May 30, 2015
I am not sure I would describe myself as an audiophile. I am a music fan. I am not a music snob. Well, maybe just a little. About a year ago something made me curious about sticking my toe into the water that is high definition audio. I treaded slowly in and have come to a handful of conclusions that may be helpful to others.
1. Lossless is good enough. Most people simply do not have the ear for anything more. It is not like moving from regular television to HDTV in my experience. And if you do not have the hardware, forget about songs with a 5,000 bit rate (kilobits per second or kbps) that cost $30 to but one album.
2. Hardware is key. Invest in an awesome pair of non trendy headphones. Buy the best pair you can afford. I bought a pair of Bowers & Wilkins P7. They are amazing. There are better pairs out there but that is the best I was willing to even consider and I agonized over spending that much money on headphones for over six months.
3. Like with breakfast cereal, you get what you pay for, but not always. I actually think that trendy headphones are sold like snake oil. Just a gut feeling. High end however is high end, with established brands sans celebrity spokespeople.
4. Invest in a digital to analog converter (DAC). Here you do not need to buy the most expensive DAC you can afford. Put that towards your headphones. But make no mistake. You DO want a DAC. It levels your experience up at least as much as the headphones do. The brand Alpen makes a few different FiiO DAC models. I chose a relatively inexpensive portable device the FiiO E17 that doubles as a amplifier. Works great with my iMac where I listen to my lossless files at a bit rate around 1,000 kbps and on my iPhone where I stream music from the Rdio application at a bit rate of 320 kbps. If you are keeping score, iTunes songs are typically 128 to 256.
In conclusion, I have listened to pieces of music a hundred times and with this setup heard instruments that I didn't even know where in the arrangement before. That trigged one really big smile. Ear to ear, pun intended. Happy listening!
Eulogy for Paul Bang
January 30, 2015
The word eulogy has a Greek origin. It is a speech or writing in praise of a recent dearly departed. This is my first. I wrote this a few weeks ago and never had an opportunity to have it delivered. I share it here instead. These words are for my dearly departed friend Paul Bang. Paul died recently after what can be described as complications from cancer. Paul decided in what can in its best light be seen as a sort of act of bravery in his situation. I do not care to argue that in any way. Paul decided to call it a life, quits, on his own terms. For Paul.
Paul was a great storyteller. As I write this, I wish I could ask Paul, "Hey, how would you write this?" I would not ask him what he would write about himself. That would be too obvious. I would ask him about the broad strokes of what he would share, and maybe a little bit about how he would share it.
When I first moved to Southern California I knew exactly two people. Paul was my first new friend out there. We worked together. Offices in downtown Burbank. We stayed friends and in the end Paul was one of my oldest friends. He did things I found outrageous. He once flew to San Francisco to meet my wife and I for dinner. He rented a car and driver and had us chauffeured all over the city in style. Never mind Las Vegas trips. Never mind dinners in Los Angeles. Too many to share. Paul had style. Paul was generous.
Truth is Paul was most of the reason we stayed in touch for so many years. Paul was a friend keeper. Someone who does not let their good friends drift too far away. He would call from time to time, and for example, ask for my perspective on a situation. Sometimes it might be advice about how to deal with a workplace challenge. He would always thank me in a funny voice for "my white friend perspective". I think I know what he meant. It did not require definition.
I have imagined many times over the past weeks, being able to say a real goodbye to Paul. To look him in the eye and tell him how much I miss him. The sadness from his leaving us. I would have used different words, harsher words to his face, and Paul would have appreciated the brutal honesty and emotion. I will tell him now, and imagine him here with me, I miss you brother. Good bye, friend. God speed you to your next, and if not or in the meantime, may your rest be peaceful.


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Posted on March 23, 2017 at 12:22
As far as I know GML is silly and doesn't have a built in function to check if a value is smaller or greater than all of a given set of numbers. I mean there are situation where you can use min() and max() functions but there are situations where they don't work. It would make your if-statements a little more readable and easier to manage at times.
So yeah, it's dangerous to go without, here. *shoves them into your face*
smallerThan( real, array[val1, val2...] )
/// @description Checks if a number is smaller than all of a set of given numbers
/// @param real Value to compare
/// @param arr[val1 Array of values to compare against, can also given as single parameters (val1, val2, val3...)
/// @param val2...]
var _c = argument[0];
if( argument_count == 2 ) {
var _vals = argument[1];
for( var i = 0; i < array_length_1d(_vals); i++ ) {
if( _c > _vals[i] ) {
return false;
for( var i = 1; i < argument_count; i++ ) {
if( _c > argument[i] ) {
return false;
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greaterThan( real, array[val1, val2...] )
/// @description Checks if a number is greater than all of a set of given numbers
/// @param real Value to compare
/// @param arr[val1 Array of values to compare against, can also given as single parameters (val1, val2, val3...)
/// @param val2...]
var _c = argument[0];
if( argument_count == 2 ) {
var _vals = argument[1];
for( var i = 0; i < array_length_1d(_vals); i++ ) {
if( _c < _vals[i] ) {
return false;
for( var i = 1; i < argument_count; i++ ) {
if( _c < argument[i] ) {
return false;
return true;
Could've made them into a single script that can be flipped between smaller and greater check by a bool but I sort of prefer having 2 separate ones. It's a bit clearer in my opinion.
// Okay here's one more for finding if a value is contained in a set of values, works in a similar way.
contains(real, array[val1, val2...])
/// @description Checks if an array or a set of values contains the compared value
/// @param real Value to compare
/// @param arr[val1 Values to compare against, can also be an array of values
/// @param val2...]
var _c = argument[0];
if( argument_count == 2 ) {
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Posted on October 13, 2016 at 19:57
I haven't had much going on in life as of late, other than on thought level so this will be a brief one.
So, if you were lacking on things to do this weekend give a look at the 20th GM48 and consider participating. :D
Still undecided myself, I might or might not be available this weekend.
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Posted on August 29, 2016 at 21:49
So. It's over I guess. Didn't get even remotely as much done as I wanted to get. Learnt something (like how not to manage time), had struggles, had some fun too.
The entry is in a kind of sorry state but at least I tried. For the first time ever. I'm kinda proud just for doing that.
But! I kinda like where the game was going so I'm going to keep working on it for a while and see how it goes.
If you care to try how the walking simulator plays you can get it from here: download.
// Well, have a screenshot too.
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Posted on February 07, 2016 at 16:13
I started and project and I'm feeling good about it for the first time in ages! Yaaaay!
However. I figured that before I go all nuts on building things I go through all the technical stuff. Keyboard controls and gamepads, mouse navigating in menu, game options... and, now this is where I ran into a wall: game resolution.
Okay so if I'm going to make a game, I'm going to make one that I'd like to play myself. Not just for the sake of making something and half-arseing it. And I like it when games have versatile configuration chances, especially in case of PC gaming. And that includes proper video options. And proper video options have a good variety of resolutions to choose from.
My choice of graphical style causes a bit of trouble with this though. You see, pixels don't scale very well with uneven multipliers. Hand drawn graphics would be simple enough to scale down as lowering the resolution but scaling pixels up isn't as self explanationary. I've figured of a couple solutions but they both have their problems.
Okay, so one solution would be to simply have black borders around the game picture. That would be a silly thing to do, though. I guess we can all agree on that. Or you could add a fancy border overlay thing instead of the plain black box, but it's not much better.
Okay the better solution would be to simply scale the view port in relation to the wanted resolution. This works great in games that have a bunch of empty space around the game area/you can add it and it won't have impact on the experience, no problem. But how should we approach this with games with a moving field of vision? I did a little math.
Say, I want the real resolution of the view be around 640x360. If I scaled the view with some of the most used resolutions (according to this), ignoring the phone/tablet ones, here's how they would scale:
1920x1080 - 640x360
1680x1050 - 560x350
1600x900 - 533x300 or 800x450
1440x900 - 480x300 or 720x450
1366x768 - 683x384
1280x800 - 640x400
1280x720 - 640x360
1024x768 - 512x384
So, if my math is correct, between the widest and highest views views we have the differences of whopping 171/288 pixels in width and 100 pixels in height. That equals 75/144px left-right and 50px up-down of extra viewable area around the player. It depends a whole lot on the style of the game, but that can be a whole lot. The height difference I would still be willing to fix by letterboxing the thing, but 50 pixels aren't that much, not even the full height of a 64x64 sprite, and a projectile would be visible for some 5-10 frames (okay that's a big deal to some players) before it would on on the smaller screen. The width is a bit different though. It's the stupid 3 resolutions between 1920x1080 and 1366x768 and the old 1024x768 screwing it over the worst.
What I'll probably do is do the resolutions as listed above without letterboxing, scaling the view port to the resolution rather than scaling the view, and add the highest 2 real resolutions (since they are bigger in different directions) as an option to pick for windowed view - or fullscreen if you don't care about the distortion - in case somebody happens to feel discriminated for having picked a display with "wrong resolution".
But... I really don't know what to do with the 2 pieces of shit there. The smaller choices are too small and the bigger choices are too big. Why can't we just stick to a single standard (or say, 1920x1080 and 1366x768 because lol laptops). It would make things for devs easier.
Sorry if that's hard to follow, I'm far from a decent writer.
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Posted on January 03, 2016 at 10:46
Well, my first entry for the year will be a short one. I'll get to writing about my things and stuff, life I guess, later this month but anyways:
I thought I'd give a heads up about a yearly week long charity speedrun marathon titled Awesome Games Done Quick (or AGDQ for short) starting soon (as in about 45 minutes after this being posted). I don't know how many of you guys enjoy watching live speedruns but as a good partion of us are gamers to some degree I though I'd give it a mention anyway.
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Posted on January 19, 2015 at 23:07
So. Insomnia. Or some shit like that. Went to bed somewhere after 22:00 and woke up at 3:00 just to roll around in bed for about 2 hours just to give up on getting any more sleep tonight. And the same shit last night, with the difference that I only slept about 3 hours. And to add to the injury I slept like 4 hours on Sunday morning so... I'm just expecting to spontaneously combust sometime soon. Or fall asleep during a class, who knows. I just want to sleep, damn it!
Okay, we got that out of the way now. I've been hoarding Castlevania games for a while now, and have concidered on streaming through every damn one of them in the order of release. Well, excluding anything that isn't on Nintendo's console or PlaySation, anyways. Because I don't really feel like finding myself an MSX or anything Sega right now at the moment. I'm still missing a couple of titles I wanted to get (Vampire's Kiss/Dracula X, Legends, and Aria of Sorrow come to mind but there's more, getting them all as loose carts will cost something like 150€, if lucky). Anyways the broadcast language is still open. I might roll with English if any non-Finnish viewers pop up, or keep it in Finnish and just answer to whatever the foreign ones have to say in appropriate language. Anyways, I'll probably post a link to the stream if anything ever happens.
And my other projects? Well... basically no progress. Because school. And lazy ass. For some unknown reason I haven't got myself to draw or anything for a while now apart from crappy random sketches during classes, but I've been going through a lot of stuff in my head. It's just a shame I haven't written anything down. I haven't done anything much towards my website either. Everything just seems to have frozen in place, like too many times before. I really want to get back into game making but I can't decide on any of the crap that needs to be decided. And I suck at storywriting. I can't speak for storytelling because I don't think I ever got that far in making a game. I mean I get a crude engine together and then the project freezes because I'm not sure what to do. But I'll figure out something this time!
Sorry you had to go through that mess of a post.
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Posted on January 04, 2015 at 06:07
Soo... It's been a bit over a year since my last blog post. Seems like I removed the post, but whatever.
What have I been up to? Well, I finally started my studies and in a few years I should have engineer's degree in Software Technology/Programming. I'm still not quite sure if it's what I truly want to do but time will show. Actually, I'd love to make a living by crafting stuff but it's really hard to make a good living as a carpenter or such here. Well construction workers do get paid relatively well I guess, but I'm not that much into that.
But really programming is the closest to doing-stuff-by-hand I could think of as you get a visible result on the monitor for all the hours you worked on the code. And I can still keep on doing handicrafts as a hobby. :3
Well, might as well share this and that with you (the pad will get a bar and plating at the rear at some point). And a video of the latter. Not my best run but whatever, it's meant to show it works (although the sensitivity still needs some tweaking).
I've also been pondering on an idea for a game (actually 1st thought about it a couple of years ago). There's not much concept art, or anything else on that matter, yet, but I feel like might actually get something done this time. I'll post a more thorough blog about it when I have more to show.
I'm just scared by the sheer amount of character animations I'll have to do as I never was that good at animating human (nor animal) movements. I suppose I should try to look more into animating before I rush into anything. :p
Let's see how my activity lasts this time. 8D
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Trying to get artistic
Posted on September 09, 2012 at 14:47
Well, it's been quite a while since I last wrote a blog entry. There ought to be alot to tell but, I guess I'm just one of those with boring life. :<
So... Yeah. As some of you might already know, I HATE DRAWING BACKGROUNDS, GOD DAMMIT!
I'll be adding a proper background later. Or then I'll just try drawing it from a scratch again. I've planned on using the design in some game of mine. If I ever actually get to finish any...
Aaaand so much about the art.
Speaking of Pokémon. I lately got into the Pokémon TCG again with a couple of friends. And now I've spent way too much money on the cards to catch on with the other people. A few hundred, I guess. I'd be better off buying single cards for my decks but I'm not just that kind of person. I like the excitement of opening the booster packs. :<
I also tried some Duel Masters but I guess that game is dead by now. Havn't seen anything related to it for a while. Now all this TCG mania of mine has led to the thought of creating my own TCG but I can't really see it getting much attention in middle of hundreds of other TCGs. Series like MTG, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and WoW are pulling too much focus from players.
PS. Can't wait for the S4D to start. :3
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168 hours of Pokémon!
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 15:38
168 Hour Gaming Marathon Raising Money For Autism Charity
ARLINGTON, TEXAS – May 30, 2012 – On Friday, June 15 at 6PM CDT (GMT -5) TheSpeedGamers, a group of gamers from Arlington, Texas, will begin their annual weeklong gaming marathon for charity. The group has raised over $309,000 for various charities and causes since it was formed in 2008 including; Japan Relief, Gulf Restoration, Susan G. Komen, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation. These charities directly help support those in need and help fund research towards cures for various debilitating diseases. The marathon will cover Nintendo's popular series, Pokémon.
This marathon TheSpeedGamers will be raising money for ACT Today! (www.act-today.org) whose mission is to raise awareness and provide treatment services and support to families to help their children with autism. 100% of donations will go directly to ACT Today!. Most major payment types are accepted and can be sent via TheSpeedGamers' homepage.
TheSpeedGamers' Pokémon Marathon is a seven-day charity drive that is broadcasted live online. The marathon will last 168 hours and the goal is to try and capture all 649 Pokémon before the marathon ends. The group encourages donations through great gameplay, commentary, contests, and prize incentives. TheSpeedGamers have featured many huge Internet personalities such as YouTube's famous Let's Player, ChuggaaConroy, and ProtonJon. During the event, viewers can chat directly with the team via IRC chat, or social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
Watch the event live on the web at http://www.thespeedgamers.com beginning June 15th at 6 PM CDT.
Also, I'm doing just fine (or I think I'm...).
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2012 and F4D
Posted on January 03, 2012 at 06:16
O'hey, look, it's the year of the Armageddon!
New year went quite fine.
And that's pretty much it. So, happy new year! :3
So about the F4D. When I noticed that the deadline had been extended I finally started with my game! It was on 29th or 28th day I think. And now it has been extended by one more week! There's still hope to get an actually playable version published in time!
It's dangerous to go alone, take this screenshot with you!
As you can probably notice, almost all of the graphics are placeholders. Those maroon red cylinders will be replaced with trees/rocks other stuff, and somehow look less repetitive (random x/y coords abit?). Might attempt to make heightmapped terrain to make it look nicer, but that's pretty much the last thing I'll be doing for now.
Lets add that it's my 1st 3D project ever! D:
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