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Seshendra : A synoptic biography
The literary world is aware that my father Gunturu SeshendraSarma, eminent poet, litterateur and scholar-critic, died on 30th may 2007.Ever since he expired, there has been no mention of his parents, family membersand other personal details in the news and in the articles about him. Not onlythis, fictional lies are being spread and using money power one shady lady isbeing propagated as his wife and so on. This has been causing me, as his son, agreat mental agony. That is why, through this article, I am revealing certainfundamental truths to the literary field of this country and the civilizedsociety. I appeal to your conscience to uphold truth, justice and values of ourcomposite culture.
Seshendra Sharma's family members are: Parents: SubrahmanyamSharma, Ammaayamma; Wife: Janaki Daughters: Vasundhara, Revathi,Sons: Vanamali,Saatyaki. Only these two are legal heirs of Seshendra Sharma, socially andmorally too.
In 1972, away from the civilized society, without the knowledge ofparents and near and dear, in a far flung village called Halebeed in Karnatakaa circus, a street play was staged. Let me make it clear that even after thisstreet play my father did not divorce my mother Mrs. G.Janaki legally. He neverhad even a faint intention of committing such as uncivilized act. On thecontrary, in all crucial Government documents he nominated my mother as hislegal heir from time to time. During his long career as Municipal Commissionerwith the Government of Andhra Pradesh, he retired 3 times. His first retirementcame in 1975 by way of compulsory retirement for his anti estrablishmentwritings during Mrs. Gandhi's emergency. His second retirement came in 1983when the then new chief minister N.R. Rama Rao's government reduced the age ofservice from 58 to 55 years. The third and final retirement in the year 1985 onattaining 58 years of age. On all these occasions, in all the governmentdocuments, my father Seshendra Sharma
Nominated my mother Mrs. Janaki as his legal heir. This isprecisely why the self contradictory 'second marriage' is a circus enacted awayfrom the society and Laws does not recognize this type of street plays asmarriage.
N.R. Rama Rao, actor turned politicial married Ms. LakshmiParvathi in 1994 and subsequently in January 1995 he came to power for thesecond time. She used to act as an extra constitutional power and run thematters of government and the party. She developed her own coterie of cohortsand started dominating the party. After NTR was toppled by his own son-in-law,most of them parted ways with her. And the remaining touts left her for goodthe day NTR breathed his last. Ms. Indira Dhanrajgir has been playing the samerole in Telugu literature over a period of more than 3 decades. In the guise ofliterature she developed her own coterie of lumpens with extra literary andmoney mongering elements – Tangirala Subba Rao, Velichala Kondala Rao (Editor,Jayanthi) Cheekolu Sundarayya (A.G.s Office, Hyderabad et al).
There are a couple of dissimilarities between these two instances.Afther the demise of NTR, L.P's coterie of cohorts disappeared once and forall. Whereas, in Indira Dhanrajgir's case new lumpens are entering the fieldwith the passage of time. Squandering her late father's wealth, she is ropingin new touts. Since NTR's wife Basava Tarakam passed away in 1984 and since hewas old and sick NTR's marriage with LP has ethical basis and is legalcompletely. Whereas Indira Dhanrajgir's is neither ethical nor legal. Hence itis a street play. This is the reason why after my father's death she has beenspending money on a larger scale and indulging in false publicity andpropaganda. Bh. Krishna Murthy, Sadasiva Sharma (The then Editor of AndhraPrabha: Telugu Daily, presently with Hindi Milap) Chandrasekhara Rao (Telugulecturer: Methodist Degree College)etc. are indulging in all sorts of heinous acts to propup Indira Dhanrajgir asmy father's wife.
My father passed away on 30 May 2007. When our family was in griefand I was performing the 11 day ritual as per my mother's wish, the abovementioned Sadasiva Sharma went to Municipal Office on 4th June, created ruckus,played havoc telling them that he is from the Prime Minister's Office, madesome 'senion officials' make phone calls to the officials concerned and got myfather's death certificate forcibly issued. When the entire family as mourningthe death of the family head, a stranger and a lumpen S.S. – Why did he collectmy father's death certificate forcibly from the municipal authorities? Whom didhe collect it for?
This is perhaps for the first time that the name of a lady appearsin 3 forms at a time. Perhaps in 1970, in my father's collection of poems"PAKSHULU" her name appeared As Rajkumari India Devi Dhanrajgir. In 2006 shepublished a fake version of Kamaostav (Rewritten by a muffian CalledChandrasekhar Rao). In this book her name appears as Rajkumari India DeviDhanrajgir Prior to 1970 in Maqdoom Mohiuddeen's (Renowned Urdu Poet) anthologyof poetry 'bisath-E-Raks', in Urdu as well as Hindi, at the end of two poemsher name appears as Kumari Indira Dhanrajgir. On 15th June 2007 A.P. Statecultural affairs department and Telugu University jointly heldmy father's memorial meeting. India Dhanrajgir hijacked this meeting by issuingher own commercial advertisements in English and Telugu dailies. In theseadvertisements her name appeared as Smt. Indira Devi Seshendra Sharma and againin the commercial public notices made by her in the month of November 2007 hername appeared as Rajkumari devi etc. Why does her name appear in differentforms on different occasions? Will Indira Dhanrajgir explain? Will SadasivaSharma clarify, who forcibly took my father's death certificate after four daysof his death? Or will Bh. Krishna Murthy clarify?
If Indira Dhanrajgir has even an iota of regard, respect for orfaith in love, or relation, the institution of marriage, immediately after'Halebeed Circus', she would have used my father's family sir name and her namewould have appeared as Gunturu Indira. Since she was conscious of her goalduring all times and conditions she did not take such a hasty and mindless stepof change of her name.
Her life is totally illegal, anti-social and immoral.
Indira Dhanrajgir's father performed her marriage withSrikishenSeth, Nephew of the then Prime Minister to Nizam, Maharaja Kishenpershad in 1945. On the day of marriage itself Indira Dhanrajgir beatSrikeshenSeth up and ran away from him. She did not stop at that. Shepropagated among his friends and relatives and near and dear that he was notenough of a man and unfit for conjugal/marital life. She filed a divorce caseagainst him and dragged it till 1969/70. Lion's share of her husband's life gotevaporated and was sapped completely by then. His parents used to approachIndira Dhanrajgir's father and plead with him to preavail upon his daughter,put sense into her head and see that she either lives with their son ordissolves the marriage legally so that they can remarry off their son. ButIndira Dhanrajgir did not heed. Raja Dhanrajgir after getting disgusted withher nasty activities stipulated a mandatory condition in his will. He statedthat Indira Dhanrajgir would be entitled to get a share of his property only ifshe is married.
This is the reason why INDIRA DHANRAJGIR who has no respect forthe institution of marriage or regard or desire for marital life, in the guiseof love and love poetry inflicted indelible blemish on the institution ofmarriage which is unprecedented in the literary history of the world. After myfather's death she has been indulging in more rigorous false publicity alongwith her coterie of touts.
With this novel Kamostav, father's literary life came to an endfor good. He did not produce literary works worth mentioning in his later phaseof life. During those days he asked for my opinion on that novel. I told himclearly that it lacks the form and content of a novel; it does not have a storyline, plot, sequences, characters and eventually a message which every novelgives. Hence it is a trash. Several people went to court and got itspublication in a weekly stopped. INDIRA DHANRAJGIR got this very trashrewritten completely by Chandrasekhara Rao and printed it. This kind of heinousdevelopment has never taken place in the recorded history of Telugu literaturetill date. A writing which brought disrepute to my father in the literary fieldand isolated him in the society, why did she get it rewritten by somebody andpublish it claiming copyright to be hers? What is her motive? What is her aim?That is why Kamotsav is INDIRA DHANRAJGIR's biography, story of her inner soul.
My father gifted away copyrights of his entire works along withtheir translations to me by way of birth day gift to me on 2.12.1989. Sincethen I have published several of his works during his lifetime itself.Kamostav, the version that is secretly made available is the dirty work ofcheapsters and lumpens under the leadership of INDIRA DHANRAJGIR. It is muchworse than violation of copyrights. That is the reason why I have been reluctantto take action so far. If she and her debased henchmen try to violatecopyrights of my father's works bequeathed to me, I shall take exemplary legalaction against them.
INDIRA DHANRAJGIR made 2 public notices to the effect that myfather cancelled all his earlier transfer of copyrights and retransferred allhis rights to her. This is a palace intrigue in the modern era in our civilizedsociety.
An author can transfer copyrights of his works to any one as perher/his wish. But the Copyrights Act 1957 and the Supreme Court in its variousjudgments has clearly stipulated a procedure to revoke earlier assignment andtransferring of copyrights to somebody else subsequently. The author has toissue a notice to the 1st assignee, giving 6 months time for reply. Dependingon the reply the author can take his next step. Where as in my father'scopyrights matter he did not even inform me orally of any such cancellation.INDIRA DHANRAJGIR claims that she has a typed document of transfer ofcopyrights signed by my father on 5.1.2006. Between 5.1.2006 and 30.5.2007,leave alone issuing a notice, he did not even inform me orally.
My father who assigned copyrights to me in his own handwriting,when he was relatively young and physically fit did not require to cancel the1st assignment when he was totally dilapidated, almost bedridden and wascounting his days. Another important aspect of the matter is that I haveprinted the Xerox of my father's document in his own works as early as 1995 andhave been doing so from time to time during his life time. Where as INDIRADHANRAJGIR claims to possess a document after my father's death and she has notmade it public so far. Indira Dhanrajgir tried to get my father's completeworks published in different languages by TeluguUniversity (Hyderabad:A.P.: India)by paying them Rs. 6 lakhs. I approached Telugu Universityand apprised them of facts. On the advice of legal experts, they stopped thisproject and returned Indira Dhanrajgir's money to her. It is anincontrovertible fact that Indira Dhanrajgir's document is a forged andfraudulent document which does not stand scrutiny before law. Court shallcertainly award her exemplary punishment. In all societies and times literaturehas been social wealth/public property from time immemorial. It should not beused as a mask to grab share of parental property illegally and unethically. Iam committed to this cause/ideal and appeal to the civilized society tostrengthen my hands in this endeavor. INDIRA DHANRAJGIR's younger brother SriMahendra Pratapgir is the lone leage heir apparent of that family and keepinghim in dark, she is squandering her father's wealth in Telugu literature forher nasty propaganda.
In 1997 when he suffered the 1st heart attack he was half-dead.Dr. Sudhakar Reddy, cardiologist of Medicity Hospitals (Native of Warangal,A.P.) performed angiogram and diagnosed that he had blocks in arteries and onevalve was damaged completely. He advised open heart surgery. But INDIRADHANRAJGIR averted it and got angioplasty performed. His health declinedrapidly since then and was leading the life of virtually an invalid till hebreathed his last. He suffered inexplicable mental and physical torture forabout a decade. During the last leg of his journey he was isolated from hisfamily completely. He was deserted by one and all in the literary field. Whenhis younger brother passed away, his younger sister passed away he did notvisit his ancestral home in his village and call on those families. He becametarget of jealousy and animosity in the society. He became a victim of falseimpression with the society that he was an aristocrat and rolling in luxuries.Whereas, he was deprived of even his native vegetarian food for decades together.As a silent and helpless witness to these painful happenings, I was subject tountold mental agony.
In the later half of March 2007 on one of my visits to him, I wasaghast at his condition. His entire body was swollen. His appearance was likethat of a stuffed gunny bag. I told him to get hospitalized. I told INDIRADHANRAJGIR to rush him to a hospital. But of no avail. On 30th May 2007 atabout 11 pm I got a phone call from her "Come soon/Serious" she said. As Ientered at 11.15 pm "Go inside/he is no more" she said.
""One day when swarms of lamps vanish, in the light of a lonelylamp I ask the dumb pillars.
"Can't you liberate me from the disgust of this existence?
I ask those stand still forest flame trees
Which blossom flowers at that very place year after year" can'tyou rescue me?
I ask those high roof tops and this Venetian furniture
Which every one feels are greater than me,
"can't you rescue me from the disgust of this existence?"
All these answer in a melancholic voice
"We have been languishing since more than 100 years watching thesame unchanging scenes we are older prisoners than you are" (Janavamsham:Telugu: Seshendra: Page 80-81:1993: Translated by me)
My father's first biography (in Hindi) titled "RashtrenduSeshendra: Ashesh Aayaam" by Dr. Vishranth Vasishth appeared in 1994. Touchingupon these very sensitive aspects of my father's life he commented in that book"SONE KE PINJRE ME PANCHCHI" (A bird in a golden cage). Alarmed and agonized byhis rapidly declining health as early as June 2002, in order to bring pressureon INDIRA DHANRAJGIR, I gave a 2 cassettes long interview to Vijayaviharam ofJanaharsha group. Later on when I enquired about that interview they said thatin the raids conducted on their premises, they got destroyed.
I wanted to rescue my father and bring him back home when he wasin good health. Alas! At last, I took him to the burial ground, laid him on thefuneral pyre and consigned him to flames and returned home all alone.
G. Satyaki
S/o Late G.Seshendra Sharma
32, Janata Flats, Kanthi Sikhara Complex,
Punjagutta, Hyderabad – 500 482.
Cell: 094410 70985, 7702964402. E-mail:
The Copyright Controversy about Seshendra's Books
The CopyrightControversy about Seshendra's Books
Satyaki's Clarification
Commercialadvertisements cannot replace facts. This time justice will win in a court oflaw.
It appearsthat the copyright of books of the noted poet, Gunturu Seshendra Sarma who passedaway in May 2007, has become a subject of controversy.
On December 2, 1989, SriSeshendra transferred completely, in a will, the copyright of his corpus ofentire works to his second and youngest son, Satyaki, in his own handwriting.
When SriSeshendra was alive, Satyaki reprinted seven books from the collection of hisnewspaper writings,
Enta kalam Ee Endamavulu?
How long are theseMirages?
) in June 1995 to
In Imagination
) in 2001. Withinsix months after Sri Seshendra passed away, Satayaki re-printed the modernclassic,
My Country, My People
Thebook-launching was organized on November 16. On 19-1-2001 (Monday) there appeared anadvertisement given by an advocate in a newspaper. It was stated in the commercialthat Sri Seshendra, suspending all his previous wills, delegated the copyrightsof his books to Indira Dhanarajgir on 5-1-2006. That way she has subjected the issue of copyrightsof Sri Seshendra's books to controversy. In this background, here is aninterview with Satyaki who owned the copyright of Sri Seshendra's books for 17years.
Q: What must be the reason for the release of this commercialad, now?
Satyaki: I was takenaback by this advertisement. She knows well that my father has bequeathed thecopyrights of all his books to me in his own handwriting and based on that Ire-printed a few of his books. If my father has transferred the copyright toIndira Dhanarajgir on 5-1-2006as she claims he would have informed me. He was hale and healthy at the age of62 when he gave the copyright to me. There was no need for him to change the copyrightsin his old age which had been given to me when he was sound in his health. Thisbetrays the conspiracy of Indira Dhanrajgir. This is a palace intrigue. Thatshe is resorting to such things when she crossed the age of 82 brings to focusher scruples and moral stature.
Q: Did you discuss the issue of copyrights with legalexperts?
Satyaki: I discussed this issue with a few legal experts.They expressed their considered opinion that the paper that she holds is of novalue and that it will not stand in a court of law.
I didn't gofurther into details as the need did not arise. In contemporary literaryscenario there are a few instances where the copyrights of poets and writersbelonged to their children. Sri Chalam's copyright went to his daughterSourees, that of Sri Sri to his son, Ramana. Maqdoom's copyrights went to hisson, Susrat. On many occasions, the poets did not write a will. But n my case,there is a clear will written by my father and also its implementation duringhis lifetime.
Q. After Seshendra's death, his did she become IndiraSeshendra?
Satyaki: In the last30, 40 years, she was not consistent in the use of her name. Around 1961 in Maqdoom Mohiuddn's poetry anthology at theend of two poems her name appeared as Ms. Indira Dhanaragir. In 1967, in thepoetry collection,
(Birds) published by my father, she appearedas 'Indira Devi Dhanarajgir.' In November 2006, when she published a novel,
,originally written by Chandrasekhar Rao but published in my father's name, sheincluded her name as 'Rajkumari Indira Dhanarajgir' as copyright owner. Afterthe death of Seshendra on May 30, when Telugu University and State Cultureministry together organised a meeting in his memory she gave commercialadvertisements to the newspapers, Eenadu, and The Hindu. Here she published hername as 'Indiradevi Seshendra Sarma.' Again,within a few months, in another commercial advertisement that appeared on 19-11-07 in a dailynewspaper, and the one on 26-11-07she appeared as 'Rajkumari Indiradevi Dhanarajgir.' Thus, there is noconsistency in the use of her name. It is changed based on the need andcontext.
Q. Will you give a counter to it?
Satyaki: Indira Dhanarajgir means enormous money power, andit is a well-known fact. I don't have the financial capacity to compete withher in issuing newspaper advertisements each time. This is also well-known. Butas soon as I read the ad on 26-11-07,I sent my response through an advocate by registered post. I also received thereceipt for the same. I will continue the publication programme depending onthe financial assistance I get. I firmly believe that copyrights are not likemovable and immovable properties to be enjoyed, but an onerous responsibilityto be carried out. In fact, since the year 2000, whenever contacted on phone,my father would say, "I am waiting for my train to come" or "I am sitting onthe platform and waiting for my train."
Ever since 2002, whenever contactedbetween 11 and 12, the response we got was 'He is sleeping.' Whenever I visitedhim at about 11 am he usedto wake up around 12/12.30, wash himself and then sit on a chair. Inhalf-an-hour he would say that his back is aching and that he needed rest. Whenhe is in such a semi conscious state, what papers he would have signed? Fullyaware? It is for the learned people to decide.
Interview: Satyanveshi
'Visalandhra' daily (literary supplement)
25-02-2008 (Monday)
Seshenra : Visionary Poet of the Millennium
Seshendra Visionary poet of the millennium
October 20th, 1927 - May 30th , 2007
Parents: G.Subrahmanyam (Father) , Ammayamma(Mother)
Siblings: Anasuya,Devasena(Sisters),
Rajasekharam(Younger brother)
Wife: Mrs.Janaki Sharma
Children: Vasundhara , Revathi (Daughters),
Vanamaali, Saatyaki (Sons)
* * *
Seshendra Sharma better known as Seshendra is a colossus ofModern Indian poetry.
His literature is a unique blend of the best of poetry andpoetics.
Diversity and depth of his literary interests and his works
are perhaps hitherto unknown in Indian literature.
From poetry to poetics, from Mantra Sastra to Marxist politics
his writings bear an unnerving print of his rare Genius.
His scholarship and command over Sankrit, English and TeluguLanguages has facilitated
his emergence as atowering personality of comparative literature in the 20th Century Worldliterature.
T.S.Eliot , Archibald MacLeish and Seshendra Sharmaare trinity of world poetry and Poetics.
His sense of dedication to the genre he chooses to express himself and
the determination to reach the depths of subject he undertakesto explore
place him in the galaxy of world poets / worldintellectuals.
edited by saatyaki on 6/17/2014
Shodasi : Secrets of the Ramayana
Shodasi : Secrets of the Ramayana
Author : Seshendra Sharma
This is a path breaking research work on Valmiki's Ramayana ,
coming ages after the sage wrote
the first epic poem of the Human civilization
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The Golden Swan : A Critical Analysis of Sriharsha
• A Great secret hidden for eight centuries
• The swan has been telling her story for 800 years but no one has identified who she is....
• Naishdha Kavya a trinity of Mantra, Yoga Vedantha Sciences
• Sriharsha a Srividya Upasaka
• Damayanthi is none other than Sri Maha Tripurasundari
• Ajapaa Gayathri Chinthamani Thiraskarani mantras treasured in this kavya....
Two Great Peaks in the world literary criticism and research
Shodasi: Secrets of The Ramayana and Swarnahamsa Harshanaishada from the mighty pen of the great Telugu poet, Gunturu Seshendra Sharma are considered to be the two great peaks in the world literary criticism and research. This is a truth most contemporary Telugu writers and readers aren't aware of. The way Seshendra could discover Kundalini Yoga, Gayathri Mantra in Shodasi, he could discern the treasure trove of mantra yoga, Sri Mahatripurasundari, Chintamani mantra in Swarnahamsa.
At a time when our universities which are mere Degrees production Units, churn out "solid waste" in the name of research; Seshendra even while attending to his job as a Municipal Commissioner created research oriented critical volumes like a sage.
Though Shodasi was published in 1967 and Swarnahamsa in 1968; Swarnahamsa was created by him much before Shodasi was conceived. The concepts that Srinatha, Nannayya and Mallanatha, the Telugu Classical poets couldn't decipher, Seshendra could. He humbly submits that he is most fortunate that the triumvirate had left behind some pertinent concepts only to be discovered by him at a later stage.
These two great kavyas were serialised under the editorship of late Neelamraju Venkata Seshaiah in Andhra Prabha Daily, Sunday Literary Supplements from 1963 to 1967 and Seshendra's poems and non-fiction were published in the book forms (6) only after they appeared in serial form in Andhra Prabha.
Seshendra : Visionary Poet of the Millennium
Saatyaki , Seshendra's son's New Year Gift to Devi Upasakas
to Literary Fraternity and Book - Lovers.
In Sanskrit literature there are two well - known writers
with the name Sriharsha. One was a king (Harshavardhana
7th century AD), a follower of Buddhism and author of three
plays – Nagananda, Priyadarshika and Ratnavali. The
second Sriharsha of 12 Century AD was a Srividya Upasaka
and an eminent poet–scholar. It was he who authored the
famous book Naishadha (The story of Nala and Damayanthi)
in sanskrit. Later, in the 15th Century, Srinatha, The
Legendary Telugu poet, translated it into Telugu metrical
poetry. Srinatha was a Saivite and perhaps was not formally
initiated into the Shakteya form of worship and its praxis.
Srinatha could not decipher the hidden mystery of
Damayanthi conceived by Sriharsha as Sri Devi. It would
seem that it fell to the power of intuition of Seshendra, our
contemporary poet, to unravel the mystery after several
centuries. This is indeed a surprise. Sri Aurobindo's 'Savitri:
A legend and a Symbol' is witness to his being the sacred
privy to Pristine Savitri Mantra. Very similar is Seshendra's
Golden Swan, which transcends its apparent meaning of
being a mere commentary to niche of mystic trance
committed to words. Thus in his Shodasi: Secrets of the
Ramayana are included Trijata Swapna and Gayatri Mantra
is in itself a mystery. For, apparently in his Shodasi,
Philosopho-poetic intuition, the dream of Trijata (in the
Ashoka Vana) is verily the Gayatri Mantra as discerned by
the deep yogic sensibility of Seshendra (A nigoodha Yogi).
I have had intimate relationship for over six decades with
Seshendra. All who know him admire him for is poetic
|genius but mostly from reading his recent prose and poetry
works. Even so, how many of them who have read Golden
Swan and Shodasi: Secrets of the Ramayana will have seen
the mystic surrounding his poetic vision?
Saatyaki has now requested me to review Swarna Hamsa.
He is devoted to filial adoration. It is only because of this
that volumes of Seshendra's works are seeing the light of the
day again.
The sacred Mantras: Ajapaa Gayatri, Chintamani are the
common heritage of many upasakas. Not all of them may
have read Sriharsha's Kavya. Even those who might have
read only now know through Seshendra that Sriharsha is in
reality a Srividya Upasaka.
Srividya, the highest form of devotion to Enlightenment,
which gives liberation (Vimukthi) from the travails of both
the worlds, has its own trinity of Mantra, Yantra and form of
worship. Mantra is called Panchadashi. In this context it
would be helpful to study the commentary on
"chaturbis Sreekanthais Siva yuvatibhih panchabhir api
prabhinna abhis Sambor navabhir api moola prakritibhih
chatus chatwaarimsad vasu dala kalaasra trivalaya
tri raekhaabhis saartham tava Sarana konaah parinataah"
11 Sloka in Shankaracharya's Soundarya Lahari.
Contemporary literature is beset with many diversities and
divergences. A swan, they say, can separate milk from water.
How many scholars have the calibre to do a swan,
unearthing the inner meaning of the text? Seshendra, like
that mystic swan, did it with aplomb. Because of this unique
quality Seshendra is a Golden Swan.
Prof. M. Shiva Prasad
Professor of Telugu (Retrd)
Osmania University
Karthika Purnima
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In an attempt to examine individual freedoms, John Stuart Mill provides his utilitarian idea of a strong protection of rights in On Liberty. Mill outlines what he considers to be the major influencing factors that determine societies¿ power and individual rights, and produces what he considers to be the most significant development in his discussion: his belief that man should have ultimate sovereignty on his own decisions as long as they do not harm anyone else. With this ¿harm principle¿ in mind, Mill discloses three individual liberties that are of grave importance: freedom of thought/opinion/speech, freedom of action and freedom to unite. He provides an overview of his perspectives on the right to these personal freedoms and the burden of societal and governmental restriction upon these freedoms. Mill also recognizes that the only appropriate application of societal or governmental power should be in order to protect, and that outside of the function of providing a means for self-protection for each individual, society as a whole should not impose power that influences man's capacity for free choice. In summary, I believe this particular essay by Mill to be a crucial link in the development of individual freedoms. On Liberty, to me, is an endeavor to illustrate the ideas and theories of a man ahead of history, which brings about a series of important ideas and thoughts that outline what individual freedoms truly are.
John Mill has challenged us to reach the bounds of Liberty in our every action and deed. Concepts of Freedom and Liberty come to life in his essay which challenges not only his contemporary society but all societies to come. It is interesting to note his comments about current society and governments being capable of addressing this issue. There are still many governments in this 21st century world who do not subscribe to the philosophy.
I had to read this book for my Honors Compostition class at North Dakota State Univ. The book is definitely a slow read, make sure you have lots of time to read it (you'll probably find yourself re-reading large chunks of it). Mill's viewpoint is definitely extreme, from my point of view. He writes from a very liberal point of view, and suggests allowing no restrictions on human liberty except when another person would be endangered. Several of his arguments seem week and he adds very strange exceptions to his ideas. The book is interesting, but not a must read.
John Stuart Mill has a grasp on Liberty and a fearlessness in communicating it that is unmatched. I read some of the reviews on here, such as from that "composition teacher" who calls John's agruements "week" and was depressed that people miss the points here. Liberty for all, one day I hope all people understand Liberty as John did.
All Americans need to read this!
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such as Cyclone Yasi and the Queensland floods. Though production recovered
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I was thinking I was 0 for 3 until Vale kindly reminded me that I did successfully pace her at Zumbro 100K last year. Though I did have help from John and also managed to lose her on one of the loops – that was quite amusing – to come into the AS without my runner!
The less successful adventures include...
- Eric at Sawtooth 100M last year... things weren't going so well in the unusually hot conditions so I ran with him from mile 42 rather than later on. But at 50M he decided to call it a day (but he will be back to complete the endeavor next month!)
- Karen at Kettle Moraine 100M this summer... I am not sure if it's a reflection on me or not but Karen dropped before I even saw her that day :)
- And now Alicia at Headlands 100M this past weekend... I knew Alicia went into the race with some shin issues and was also battling a head cold. She seemed to be in good form for the first loop though later I realized she was already suffering from the constant steep climbs and descents. By midway through the second loop I could tell she wasn't having a lot of fun out there so I decided to run from mile 50 instead of 75 (it's a 4 loop course – washing machine style). After a 10 minute warm-up in the car we started out with just under 11 hours on the clock. At the first AS 4 miles into the loop we took a few minutes so that Alicia might be able to get in food that would settle her stomach – but to no avail. Soon after I realized she was in quite a bit of pain and as we talked about it over the next few miles I began to think continuing on probably wasn't a smart idea. No one wants to drop from a 100 mile race, especially when you know you have the ability to finish, and when you have traveled across the country to run the race. I have no problem pushing people through mental issues and stomach issues (I'm a little gentler here). But the potential for serious injury outweighs the need to finish a 100 miler in my mind. I knew that covering another 42 miles was going to end up doing a lot more damage than good so when Alicia sat down at the Muir Beach AS at mile 58 and said she was done I didn't argue.
On a positive note, we did still have a fun weekend in the Bay Area. Hanging out Friday night, finding a neat market by our hotel and then a coffee shop that would open at 5:30 Saturday morning - yay! And then when things didn't go to plan on Saturday night we had the chance to enjoy a few hours around the Embarcadero area on Sunday morning - polishing off a breakfast worthy of champions (forgetting about the minor detail of not finishing the race) and then spending a few dollars at the markets.
Before the race prep started in earnest, I had flown out Thursday afternoon to hang out with friends in Berkeley. That evening I had a nice run by Lake Anza in Tilden Park. Then Friday morning, I drove about 30 minutes east to Mt. Diablo State Park. With help from Tony K who put me in touch with a few runners from the area, I started out at the Macedo Ranch trail head, navigated past the cows, and had one of the most glorious runs ever to the summit at 3,849ft. It was just over 10K to the top, on a mix of fire roads followed by relatively smooth singletrack. To be honest, there was probably more hiking than running but I am pretty sure my average heart rate was above what it normally is for a speed workout!
It's been an incredible few weeks of running since getting back on my feet after the foot surgery. And when I haven't been running, the volunteering / crewing has been just as much fun. Without a doubt I enjoyed Afton and Voyageur this year every bit as much as previous years. I have said it before and will say it again, if you run races, you simply have to volunteer at one. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed. And remember, you don't have to wait until you are injured :)


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An authorized prequel to the classic ghost story Hell House
In 1927 the infamous millionaire occultist Emeric Belasco disappeared without a trace, leaving behind dozens of dead bodies in the rambling, isolated mansion known as Hell House. In 1931 a team of parapsychologists entered Hell House in order to solve the riddle of Belasco's fate, only to meet with horror, insanity and death.
Now, 9 years later, in 1940, another team of psychic and scientific experts, including the 15 year-old "Ghost Boy" Benjamin Franklin Fischer - the most gifted physical medium in modern history - return to investigate the most haunted house in the world, only to find Hell House eagerly awaiting its newest guests.
Warning: Contains Graphic Sexual Content
©2009 Nancy A. Collins (P)2012 Nancy A. Collins
"Not quite as good as the original tale..."
... But not bad either!
It tells the story of Ben and his first vist to Hell House aged 15 (the original story by Richard Matheson called "Hell House" - also available fron audible and very good!).
Nice to listen to because its just a short story and the narrator was quite good. Filled in a couple of gaps from the original book too, which I quite liked.
I listened to the original and then this and the two went together very well!
ALTHOUGH - it also works as a stand alone story!
"Didn't expect much but was very pleasantly surprised."
I think you need to read Hell House first for this to make sense and have a context. That said, it was quite well written, enjoyable and contributed to my rereading of the original. A little rushed at the end but worth the small price. Nice little book for fans of Hell House.
"Not the original"
I was skeptical when I first saw how short this prequel was compared to Matthesons' original Hell House. (but to be fair there stay was shorter). Then I worried about reading the prequel, because sometimes it's scarier to not know. But the allure was too Great!
As a stand alone, this is a good short story, but compared to its pregenator it falls flat. None of the characters are as deep or complex. In fact the physical appearance of the house gets more detail than the characters and their lives. This is especially true for Bilasco, the demonic ghost. The subtlety and intelligence of the house is lacking. The other major aspect that was missing was what I would call, "background detail." We get a minimal description of the doctors scientific theory of ghosts but that's it! No idea why these particular people were chosen for the expedition. Little idea of their motives for going. Little understanding of their methods and experiments. . They do not even do a full tour of the house in three days. (Never going to the basement garage). And little understanding of what they intend to do with the psychic energy of Hell House.
Finally, and I may be knitt picking, but I don't think return to Hell House matches with Hell House itself. For example Ben Fisher indicates his original group had trouble with both the keys and the generator, which they don't in this story. I don't even think the layout of the house is the same.
"Not worth the time"
Very good reader but the book itself is not worth it. It's a poor prequel with little original story value on its own.
collins cont. to keep the story graphic, disgusting and scary
just right, wherever they find these professional narrators they are great
good prequel, short,
fit the mood to listen to something gross and scary
"I loved this book"
the story line was amazing and the way it ties into the whole hell house story line is great
"There was no need for this book"
No, it's a boring book and not anywhere are good as the first one. Also, this is a prequel not a sequel as the title would imply. It's a short book, that may be a good thing but I do wonder if they had written more for the book if it would have been better.
It's just a retelling of what we know from the first book. This one has "We want to make more money off the first book/story" all over it. It's more of a tone down PG rated telling of what we know from the first R rated book.
When it was over. No, really! Something happens to the one remaining person in the house that was kinda cool.
NO, the follow-up book was Hell House. This all happens before it.
If you are bored you may like to read this book but you really will have to be bored to be able to get into it and stay with it. If you want a good read, just re-read the first book!
Very curious to check this one out being a huge fan of the original. Hell House '73 is very a disturbing and frightening horror classic, albeit a minor one. Return isn't bad but it isn't really good either. There are a handful of scenes in this strangely short prequel that do invoke some of the power of the original as far as its depiction of the house's repellent debauchery and inexplicable evil. It doesn't really add up to much though. The last half an hour is really a rush job, like the author (who seems capable enough I think) was running out of paper to type on. The source material demands something much better, a well thought out novel, not an occasionally creepy novella. There is definitely a story here, but this just doesn't cut it.
"A great prequel."
This was a great prequel. As a fan of the the book and movie Hell House, this was a real treat. The narrator of this audio book sounds a lot like Rodney McDowell , the star of the movie.
"Not my cup of tea"
If you did not like hell house, you will not like this one as well
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Prof. Mary L. Miller to Head Women's Physical Education at DePauw
November 6, 1959
November 6, 1959, Greencastle, Ind. - "Mary Louise Miller has been named head of the women's physical education department at DePauw University," reports today's edition of the Indianapolis Star. "Miss Miller, a member of the DePauw faculty since 1942, succeeds Ethel Mitchell, who recently was named associate dean of students," adds the item.
In 1953, Professor Miller was named general chairman of the Women's National Aquatic Forum. Details can be found in this previous story.Back


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maybe this place is mainly for gamers tho
Either a guide, or just an area to ask for help might be handy for the less computer savvy people out there.
maybe this place is mainly for gamers tho
Rrrrrol up the Rrrrrrim Stats:
"Please play again" = 25
Free Coffee/Donut = 4
so I should just get lost then?
Sorry for my quippy last post.
Maybe I didn't make my suggestion clear. I'm suggesting a Frequently Asked Questions forum for help with posting. For example:
How to post a picture, How to post a you tube video in posts, etc. It might help the newbies (including myself).
Just an idea.
Okay...I just found the FAQ button........obviously I missed it.
Hi Sharona,
If there is something that you are unsure of please feel free to post your question or you can also email me at anytime and I'll be glad to help you. I check the computer often throughout the day so I will always respond quickly. Have a Happy Holidays. retrogamer
Last edited by retrogamer; 12-24-2006 at 09:28 AM.
Feel free to post the questions in here (suggestions) or if its more of a computer issue, the lounge...
Yeah the FAQ provided is pretty complete but if you have other questions i guess the lounge would be a good place.
Rrrrrol up the Rrrrrrim Stats:
"Please play again" = 25
Free Coffee/Donut = 4
thanks everyone. The FAQ is really helpful, I just had a little trouble finding it.
thanks retrogamer, I might take you up on that!


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In the late 1700s, a Japanese ship ran aground on a desolate scrap of land in the Aleutian Island chain on what is now Alaska. Among the cargo spilled out of the ship that day were common ship stowaways: rats.
In a new book, "Rat Island: Predators in Paradise and the World's Greatest Wildlife Rescue," (Bloomsbury USA, 2011), journalist William Stolzenburg tells the story of what happened when conservationists decided to take the island back. In 2008, conservation groups The Nature Conservancy and Island Conservation joined with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to bait the island with enough rat poison to wipe out the whole population of invasive rodents.
In August 2010, biologists declared Rat Island rat-free. But the scheme didn't come without costs, including the deaths of 320 glaucous-winged gulls and 46 bald eagles that had directly or indirectly ingested the poison. Nonetheless, FWS authorities have said the eradication effort will allow tens of thousands more birds to thrive.
LiveScience spoke with Stolzenburg about the controversy around reclaiming islands and the importance of protecting these isolated ecosystems.
LiveScience: What drove you to write about Rat Island?
It was also an incredible story of controversy. I'm talking about the invaders that need to be killed, including rats, cats, weasels, foxes. It's a sad fact that we're having to kill them. That's the one downside, the controversial side. [Image Gallery: Invasive Species]
Why are these types of island reclamation projects often controversial?
There is another side to this issue: people who believe that we should not kill the rats, we should let them be, that they've made it there, that we should just let nature take its course. There's another argument that admits the rats are making a dent in the seabird population, but we should find a humane way to get rid of them, we should sterilize them or remove them all by live trap.
Most of these ideas are pretty untenable, and it leaves the conservationists in a bit of a quandary. They don't have the time to wait for new [humane] technology. There are those that, although they are vocal about doing better for the rats, they haven't really come up with a more practical, workable solution.
Do these conservation efforts put other animals in danger besides the ones being removed?
There are native rodents on some of the islands that are now being defended. There's a chapter in the book about an island called Anacapa off the coast of Southern California. This island has a native mouse called the Anacapa deer mouse, a cute little thing. When they went to eradicate the black rats that had been introduced there, they had to deal with this native rodent and some other birds that were going to be collateral victims. They actually took hundreds of these mice and kept them in captivity while they did the killing, and then they released them back. As I understand it, that project has been a success.
Did you travel to Rat Island or the other endangered islands in your book?
I was very fortunate and I got to visit New Zealand. New Zealand is the archetype of endangered islands, because this is the last great island landmass to be settled. It was a kingdom of birds,many of them flightless, half of them extinct since people and mainland predators arrived. [Editor's note: The only land mammals native to New Zealand are bats.]
I got to visit there and see what an island with no native mammals is like and see what happens when an island of these innocent walking birds is invaded by mammals. It's a sorry tale.
I was also very fortunate to get out and visit Rat Island and a neighboring island, Kiska. Kiska was not invaded by rats until World War II. It took a few years for these rats to make their way over this very harsh tundra, but they did, and they made it to this incredible seabird colony. There are so many birds in this colony that even the scientists have thrown up their hands. They can't estimate them. Some say there's a million, some have said it's at least 10 million. It's just one of wildlife's most amazing spectacles. [Gallery: The Beauty of Rat Island]
Well, this spectacle in the past 20 years was finally invaded by those World War II rats. Scientists have been studying it ever since, and they've seen years in which the rats were slaughtering these helpless seabirds. Worries for the future of this world-class colony is what spurred the efforts to eliminate rats on Aleutian islands. Kiska was too large and complex to start with, but Rat Island was a good practice ground.
What is it important to understand what's happened on these lost islands?
For one thing, it's a pretty good adventure yarn. This is a different sort of conservation campaign. It's combining your egghead academics along with professional hunters and even some semi-retired poachers.
But as for why we should care, Rat Island is a good metaphor for what's going on in the larger world. If you've ever been to an island that's mad with seabirds, you know the cacophony, the spectacle of life. You go to Rat Island, and you feel the silence and the sterility. That's a good metaphor for what's happening on mainlands around the world during this sixth mass extinction that we humans are helping along.
There's probably a million and one practical reasons why we shouldn't be squandering biodiversity so blithely. I think there's also a case to be made for the sheer wonder of it all. These species are works of art every bit as valuable as the best van Gogh or piece of music by Mozart. If we don't do something now, 20, 30, 40 years down the road we don't have the luxury to say, "Oops, we goofed." Extinction is forever, and we need to remember that.
This article was reprinted with permission from LiveScience.
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in a narrow 4-3 decision, the california supreme court ruled that a former intel employee did not trespass when he e-mailed thousands of messages to former co-workers. the decision in essence makes it more difficult for companies to police their own systems and networks. ken hamidi, the former intel employee, finally has a victory in his 6-year legal battle.
hamidi had claimed free speech gave him the right to send his e-mails, but the court did not necessarily see it that way. rather, the court ruled that sending e-mail did not constitute trespassing. the court also said that this ruling should not be applied directly to spam e-mail.
however, the ruling will make it tougher for companies to protect their systems. now, as opposed to just proving that there was abuse of a system, companies must prove damage.
read more on this topic at cnet and cnnmoney, and check out our previous coverage.
christopher's opinion
well, it is nice to know that the courts are pretty much worthless when it comes to protecting networks and systems. if hamidi can e-mail thousands of people, harass them and the company, and get away with it, what's next? the court might as well have legalized spam.
hamidi is an annoyance, and he should be blocked from sending e-mail to intel employees through intel's systems. this is a ridiculous ruling and goes to show how worthless the courts will be in helping consumers get rid of spam. say what you want, that is all hamidi is doing: spam.
wasted time, hard drive space, and bandwidth is damage. paying for those system features only to have them consumed by something that is unproductive and a complete waste is damage. ruling that hamidi can mass e-mail a company as he sees fit is damage to anyone and everyone who uses e-mail.
thanks for nothing, california supreme court. can i get your e-mail address?
user comments 24 comment(s)
|sour grapes (8:56am est tue jul 01 2003)
i don't consider him a spammer:
1. not using forged headers
it should be relatively simple to block, though maintainence of the blocks might be a pita. – by old sampler
|please (9:16am est tue jul 01 2003)
can somebody please give me a clear definition of spam.
something the courts can use to determine spam from regular emails.
with no vague and ambiguous terminology. – by thanks
|i think… (9:17am est tue jul 01 2003)
it is the job of the system admin to block the emails if appropriate. – by thanks again
|spam is… (10:01am est tue jul 01 2003)
unsolicited mail. – by fat tony
|simple spam definition (10:27am est tue jul 01 2003)
why not use a definition similar to what the courts use for sexual harrassment. if the victim perceives it as spam, then it is. for that mater, why not attack spamers under sexual harrassment. near as i can see that would get rid of half of it. – by woody
|legalized blocking? (10:43am est tue jul 01 2003)
they should do what they did with telemarketers…anyone can add themselves to the national list of people who do not want to be called. businesses have to respect that. why not do the same thing here? although i don't know how easy it would be to track a lot of these home business spammers. – by lyndonws
|spam? (12:40pm est tue jul 01 2003)
it's only spam when it's not wanted.
kinda like flirting & sexual harassment. – by no body
|oh great (12:51pm est tue jul 01 2003)
now that these companies saw how hamidi got away with this, they will hire people to send e-mail with their advertisements on them. of course, if the plaintiff can prove that the person was affiliated with the company, then the company will probably lose the case. – by alpha
|spam please (1:38pm est tue jul 01 2003)
spam is like the people assembling before you, the king of id. you sneer at most, but here and there you find a few interesting subject that you give 30 seconds of your time before dismissing it.
i say, you are all a bunch of weenies crying about a no-issue. hotmail, your main spam devil, is easily extinguished by the max filter setting.
i am a proud spamer. thank you, i'll be seing you in your mailbox soon.
au revoir! – by da
|laws are useless (1:45pm est tue jul 01 2003)
when you consider that u.s. law only applies to u.s.-based spammers, you quickly see that spammers overseas would quickly proliferate and we'd be right back to square one. the same thing would apply to e.u. law — it has no effect outside the borders of the nation/state/union that creates it.
personally, i'm in favor of bounty hunters targeting spammers. i'd certainly post a reward 8^). – by j. eric smith
|jeez, come on people (1:54pm est tue jul 01 2003)
all the ruling said was that he didn't trespass. do you really consider spam trespassing? talk about overreacting.
i hate spam as much as anyone, but surely we can find better ways to nail the spammers than accusing them of trespassing.
(now awaiting the mindless "of course it's trespassing blah blah blah".) – by calm down
|unsolicted (1:56pm est tue jul 01 2003)
unsolicted mail is fine. you get junk mail all the time. all those credit card offers and such.
i don't really have a problem with spam, other then there a no checks and balances. and why is this, because email servers except email from any server on the planet.
a simple solution to this whole mess is to setup a goverment subsidized email server list. just like registering a dns record, you must do the same to have an email server.
yes i like the fact that i can setup my own email server, but there are plenty of free servers out there.
this does not stop spam completely, but unknown servers, and spam server could be blocked. right now some college kids computer can send my email server and mail.
the first problem is the goverment thing, but by that i really don't mean the u.s. congress, there a bunch of idiots. i mean the regulartory bodies of the internet. seeing as the list is going to need to be internationalized.
after we limit the mechanism for spam we can start attaching the senders on normal laws.
send a six year old a penis enlargment or porn and i bet you could get in trouble under current laws.
just general false advertising laws also could come in to play. if the subject is cleary not the subject, then individuals could start to sue.
smtp was designed a long time ago, back when the internet was just a collection of fun loving geeks. now it has a little bit of everyone, including assholes. we need a technical solution, and filters are a short term answer.
– by et
|criminal vs civil action (4:15pm est tue jul 01 2003)
look at the oj case. won the criminal trial but lost his butt in civil court.
as to spammers (or not spammers), who cares what you use to define it "criminally". if you want to stop someone you feel is spamming you, sue him in civil court. now that ruling will have "teeth".
– by canuck
|right decision (4:26pm est tue jul 01 2003)
i don't care how much spam email i receive, it doesn't constitute trespass. harassment, very likely. trespass, no.
i'm only sorry to see that it wasn't a 7-0 decision. – by jj brannon
|love hate (4:40pm est tue jul 01 2003)
there's too many laws.
ooops, there's not a law for this, better make one.
people sue to much. there's too many lawsuits.
ooops, how dare that court not grant the party who sued a remedy. courts are supposed to fix things.
immature flakes of all kinds have opinions about legal process. i guess since i own a computer i'm entitled to put forth opinions about networks, ip protocols, linux vs. ms, etc.
|us government next (5:20pm est tue jul 01 2003)
when someone got fired from the government (like the actual californian governor) he/she can send emails to the entire us government using the free speech right� i hope that happens soon. – by uk
|check the ruling again. (7:54pm est tue jul 01 2003)
if hamidi were to protest across the way from intel. it is ok and within his rights. he did not block or hinder intel in anyway. hamidi is a nuisance to intel, but it is within his right to protest intel.
yes, hamidi did send email, but it did not affect intel business in any way. the mail servers operated normally. it was business as usually at intel. how about the headhunter talking to intel's employers about leaving intel? more disruption is caused by headhunter phone intel's employees. the headhunter is using intel's resources (telephone and employee's time) to disrupt intel's business. should we make headhunting illegal?
– by legal beagle
|strike 1 intel (9:55pm est tue jul 01 2003)
this is great. one for the little guy. i for one can think of some great emails i'd like to send out to the whole company when i no longer work there.
ha ha.
|poo (11:53pm est tue jul 01 2003)
hamidi broke nondisclosure agreements in his misuse of company information, e-mail addresses of employees. fine, its over now.
put it in your company policy that e-mail lists are propriatary or company confidential and to be used for company related business only and never have a repeat of a jackass like hamadi. – by zeke
|"in a narrow 4-3 decision, (7:18pm est wed jul 02 2003)
the california supreme court ruled that a former intel employee did not trespass when he e-mailed thousands of messages to former co-workers."
nuff said. co-workers, within the company.
"well, it is nice to know that the courts are pretty much worthless when it comes to protecting networks and systems. if hamidi can e-mail thousands of people, harass them and the company, and get away with it, what's next? the court might as well have legalized spam."
spamming is wrong. but the email content in discussion had *direct* relation to its destinataries, there were *no* arbitrary destinataries nor arbitrary content, so what hamidi did characterizes *no* spamming.
intel had plenty of rights to fire him. ok, intel fired him. court, for what? that's just braindead. end already. the question is over. – by askheart
|disagree askheart (6:48pm est thu jul 03 2003)
a disgruntled ex-empolyee takes a list of 6,800 e-mail addresses from the previous employer and bulk e-mails his rants against the company on a continuous basis.
askheart, that is just wrong. the judgment to not allow that company to block hamadi's incoming mail is also wrong. it is a private network for business and should be maintained as the company sees fit for the benifit of their business. – by not a lawyer
|not a lawyer (7:36pm est thu jul 03 2003)
but hamidi didn't violate constitutional laws nor did him send offensive content to his pals afaik.
spam is commonly defined as an "inappropriate commercial message of extremely low value". were hamidi's emails inappropiate? yes they were. commercial? hamidi's emails didn't have either the intent of selling or renting commercial products to the recipients, or even trolling them. he wanted a media for his speech, to stand up communicado to his pals, and so he trespasses intel's corporate norms, but *not* the constitutional laws. value? this issue is subjective and pertains to the people who received the emails. if hamidi's co-workers were bothered and pissed off they'd tag up with intel and prosecute hamidi all together. did it happen? no.
this issue doesn't really matter for anyone with the clear exception of hamidi's twisted employers and the lawyers who will enrich, alas, this "market" is so promising i should quit programming in favor of advocacy. – by askheart
|askheart (1:04am est fri jul 04 2003)
to say this mans e-mails were not disruptive might have flown through the courts, but in reality, they were very disruptive to the majority on the receiving end. the terms for "trespass" and "intangible intrusions" regarding e-mail should, and will be examined by the courts in the near future. if you want to be an advocate, you should know who hamidi is and what he really did.
hamidis' e-mailings to employees were isolated at first but then became random and more pervasive and started flooding intel internationaly. it caused much employee concern about who was hamidi and the group face that hamidi made reference to. request of employees to submit resumes and specific applications with job and personal information was solicitation.
fyi regarding hamidis' dismissal from intel.
hamidi lost his discrimination case against intel, it was dismissed. then hamidis' workers compensation case was denied by the state of california.
the appeals board found that hamidi falsified his injury, medical history, home loan application and testimony under oath. the appeals board goes so far as to note mr. hamidi's "propensity to lie" and questions the "veracity of all aspects" of his testimony.
hamidi lost in the court of law for any and all claims made against his former employer on the grounds of his dismissal.
the majority of intel employees that received e-mails from hamidi specifically requested that the e-mails be blocked. the included links to material on hamidis' web site was defamatory to intel and to some current intel employees.
the amount of anxitety and disruption to employees, which are the core of the business, caused by these e-mails from hamidi should not be overlooked.
if nothing else, hamidi is a very proud man. a man caught in too many lies that only wants to save face without admitting wrong doing. the obssesive compulsion to place blame elswhere and make a full time issue to regain his standing went too far when it abused a private business network as "hamidis' personal forum" and quite frankly annoyed the hell out of everyone on the receiving end of his disturbing and slanted views.
free speech won over rights of business property rights. next up, your personal property rights. – by someone
|someone (3:59am est fri jul 04 2003)
a time ago, i talked to an intel employee about the same subject and his view pretty much reflects yours, i ask myself, why don't you intel internals group together in an organized and diplomatic fashion and call hamidi to stop forcing emails through intel?
he does have constitutional rights to publish whatever he wants but, if it's the case that many have found hamidi's emails annoying, not at the prejudice of your own privacity.
keep in mind hamidi's group is formally up with the intent of helping intel employees, thus any attitudes that would detract your productivity at work and/or your mental health should be called on.
moreover, thanks for the additional info. – by askheart


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The Amazing Spider-Man, 2012.
Directed by Marc Webb.
Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irrfan Khan and Chris Zylka.
Teenager Peter Parker begins to develop super powers after being bitten by a genetically engineered spider.
You might remember that I expressed a few negative thoughts about The Amazing Spider-Man two months ago in this analysis of the trailer, but since then, I've tried to avoid reading reviews and watching clips, as I wanted to go in with a clear mind. I did not want to prejudge the movie. After all, I love Spider-Man: I love the comics, films, games, toys, cartoons, so I didn't want the new film, directed by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer), to disappoint.
And after watching it? Well, I'm not going to compare it to Raimi's films. This is its own thing and I respect that. I'll also admit right now that I was wrong about some of the things I wrote in the trailer analysis, but y'know what?
I was right about a few things as well.
I'm not sure if there's any need to provide a plot summary, as we all know this story so well. Peter Parker is abandoned by his parents at a young age and grows up with his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Peter grows up to look like Andrew Garfield and is a social outcast at school, super intelligent but also as dumb as a post when it comes to not getting punched in the face and talking to other people, especially the gorgeous Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). Discovering clues about his father's work, Peter goes in search of "the truth", which leads him to get bitten by a fancy spider, meet Dr Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) and inadvertently create a monster while learning to use his powers and become a super-hero. Will he be able to get the girl and stop The Lizard?
Parts of the film are great, especially the acting. Garfield brings depth and vulnerability to the role of Peter Parker. Stone is perfectly cast as Gwen Stacy, giving a brilliant performance as a well-written female protagonist, who is neither constantly in danger nor in need of being rescued, and has her own agency and gets things done. More female characters should be like this. Denis Leary as Captain George Stacy is phenomenal. His performance is possibly the best part of the movie for me, due to the presence he has on screen and the balance he creates between angry police chief and caring, protective father, as well as his involvement in the film's climax.
In fact, I really enjoyed the first act of the movie. The character and personality of Peter Parker is given plenty of time to develop and grow, and his relationship with his uncle and aunt is very engaging and human. There's humour when appropriate and brilliantly realized drama, especially in an argument between Ben and Peter. The whole thing with the parents at the start actually works quite well: being abandoned at a young age gives Peter a reason to be a moody, angst-ridden teenager, and I didn't hate it like I did in my trailer analysis.
But as time went on, perhaps around the point when Peter finally has the suit on and is swinging around New York, plot holes appear and characters start making really stupid decisions (I won't go into these for the sake of spoilers), and my patience started to wear thin. I think I was most insulted by the sequel bait in the post-credits sequence.
You know how the trailers and posters have gone on about "the untold story" and built up the mystery of the parents? That… that's rubbish, I'm afraid. Okay, it's sort of there: it makes up the first five or so minutes, and gives Peter a reason to meet Connors in the science labs, and provides the Macguffin needed for Connors to make his Lizard serum, but that's it until the bit at the end, which teases how "the truth" of Peter's parents will be explained in the sequel. The untold story is, in fact, left untold.
Blow that nonsense. Prometheus has already done the whole "here's a bunch of questions with no answers, but don't worry, the sequel will sort it out" thing this summer and rightly got called on it.
Then there's Curt Connors. Ifans gives an okay performance, and Connors is written fairly well: we are not too sure whether he is a good guy or bad guy, whether he wants to help Peter, or whether he is guilty over something from the past… but then he injects himself with a serum and goes insane, deciding to embark on mad fantasy of "ridding the world of weakness." How dull.
I think this is a cliché unique to the Spider-Man universe, where Spidey is the only person allowed to have powers and use them for good. Whenever someone else gets powers, no matter how good or normal they are and no matter how similar the process is to how Peter gained powers, they always end up going mad with power and turning evil. The same happens here. In the Marvel Studios movies, at least the bad guys are generally not very nice people, even before they gain superpowers.
And, of course, the Lizard still looks bad. He looks less jelly-like than he did in the trailer, but his head and face are distractingly weird. Even the filmmakers seem to think he looks rubbish: after Connors initially transforms into the Lizard, it then skips to him being on a bridge, messing with some cars and getting kicked by Spider-Man. There's no establishing shot to make him look imposing or powerful, to attempt to showcase how "great" he looks (or could have looked). Compare this to how the Abomination in The Incredible Hulk was introduced. We catch a few far-off glimpses of him, see the damage he causes, and then as an army jeep races towards him the camera zooms in and we get a full-body shot of this monstrosity, leering into the camera in all his glory. Whatever you think of the design of the Abomination (and I know it's not the best), the filmmakers at least had confidence in it, and it was certainly a more exciting introduction of the main villain.
What about the rest of the film? In my trailer analysis, I thought the film was trying to do too much. I was right.
The initial act of the film is great, with its focus on character building, high-school drama and family interactions. Marc Webb's ability to direct drama and character relationships is used to full effect. But once Peter gets bitten, it starts to fall apart. Early in the film, he discovers information about his father, but he ignores what he finds for ages, discovers his powers, then goes back to look at the information, then he discovers more powers, then he interacts with a bunch of characters, then finally gets around to exploring and testing his powers! There's an intense, emotional scene between him and May that seems like it is going to go somewhere… then May is left out of the picture for about an hour, and the film only remembers she exists towards the end! I could go on about how things keep repeating themselves, like how in one scene, Peter uses his powers to get revenge and acts like a jerk, then Uncle Ben calls him on this, only for Peter then to act like a jerk while trying to get revenge again a few scenes later, as if he's learned nothing, until Captain Stacy calls Spider-Man on it. There's just too much stuff going on, and the film only focuses on one thread for a few scenes at a time. Eventually the plot just felt chaotic, with characters disappearing and things being left unexplained.
One thread explores how Peter becomes a hero. In fact, the whole film is meant to show the evolution of Peter from a nobody into a vengeful jerk and then into the protector of New York, and it does this really well. It's essentially using the plot from Batman Begins for its own ends (and there's nothing wrong with that), attempting to provide realistic reasons for why Spider-Man looks and acts the way he does, and this stuff is great! I really liked this approach. This sequence is well-plotted, as it explains why he decides to wear a mask, then why he needs web shooters, then why he needs a spandex outfit. Although, considering it attempts to take this pseudo-realistic path, it doesn't explain why the spandex outfit is bright red and blue, or why he needs to wear silver sneakers with the suit…
So there you have it. It has some brilliant performances, some good writing and story ideas, but the execution, especially of the action and the design of the Lizard and the Spidey suit, just doesn't work. Worst of all? If you're borrowing jokes from X-Men Origins: Wolverine, you're probably doing something wrong…
Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★
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13 July: Film Screening/Performance | L'Inferno | Martin A Smith (live film score) + special guests, The Sound of Film | 7:30-10pm | (F2 Hall) | wegottickets.com/event/168349
Tonight Martin A Smith presents an original live score of the 1911 Italian feature, L'Inferno (World premier)
Inferno is a remarkable film based on the poem by Dante Alighieri. Directed by Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan and Giuseppe de Liguoro it was the first full-length, Italian feature film, famed for its striking images, provocative and spectacular for their time.
Martin has written a new soundtrack to the film inspired by the entrancing beauty of Gregorian Chant, music which resonates both with the images and the story. Martin has taken this music as an "inspirational springboard", and written an original material score, invoking a soundtrack which remains true to the spirit of the poem and the film. As the chants Martin has decided to work with were written at, or before, the time of Dante, it is the music he would have known.
Film Biography: "The poet Dante is lost in a dark and gloomy wood. At the summit of a mountain he sees the light of salvation. He endeavours to ascend to it, but his way is barred by three wild beasts, symbolising Avarice, Pride and Lust.
Beatrice sees his predicament and descends from Paradise into Limbo, where she asks the poet Virgil to rescue and guide Dante. Virgil knows another way to go, but this leads straight through the entire Inferno, before it continues towards Paradise. Virgil leads Dante to the portals of Inferno. Charon ferries them over the river Acheron, and then they start their journey downwards through the different circles of Inferno.
Dante meets all kind of sinners and sees the never-ending punishments they have to undergo. The various punishments are adjusted to the different transgressions. Among the sinners Dante recognises many persons he has met in Florence, when they were still alive…" - Maths Jesperson
Artist Biography: Martin A Smith is a composer and sound artist whose work is concerned with the creation of atmosphere rather than of form, melody or rhythm, of creating an environment through subtle and harmonious changes rather than through force.
Martin has created sound installations for The Royal Borough Of Kensington and Chelsea, The Victoria And Albert Museum, The British Council, GV Art Gallery, SoundFjord, the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, The English Folk Dance And Song Society, Cinetrip in Budapest and The Museum Of Domestic Design And Architecture, amongst others. He has performed live at many venues in Britain and Europe. Martin has written the music for film, television, theatre and contemporary dance, has recently completed the soundtrack for the documentary Utopia London and is currently working on a series of portraits in sound, he is also a is sound designer and is Director of Quadratura, an interactive audio/video projection company. He curates movie themed events with Julian Simon under the banner "The Sound Of Film". Here they play film soundtracks and promote film composers"