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30 November 2011
Profane Love: Derek Jarman and Caravaggio
I created the above video after failing at writing about Caravaggio for The House Next Door and the Summer of '86 series. I had a pile of fragments, quotes, scenes I wanted to somehow refer to, but couldn't make any of it cohere. A month or two ago, I thought about trying again by creating a sort of collage, and figured if it was too weird or unfinished for The House, I could at least post it here and be done with it. But as I looked over the collage, it felt more like some sort of script to me. "Wouldn't it be nice," I thought, "to make a film about Caravaggio?" In all my copious spare time. But the idea nagged at me, and finally I sat down to see what such a thing might look like. I transformed the essay-collage into a script-blueprint, recorded the narration, and then tried to fit images to it. I thought it would take an afternoon. It took substantially longer, and involved various software failures, lots of thinking and rethinking, a willingness to put up with some frustrating compromises after headache-inducing hours of work, and some serendipity.
In the end, I like what came out. Given endless time, there's plenty I'd change, and it's still very much a text essay that became a video essay rather than something that was conceived from the beginning as a video essay, but that's okay. Maybe I'll conceive some video essays now.
Below the cut, I'll post the script as originally written. It went through some edits as I put the video together, so this is essentially a shooting script rather than a transcript. But one of the problems I faced in putting the video together was how to signal quotations, and I never really solved that problem, so the script will at least help make it clear what is and isn't a quote.
Labels: art, Cheney publications, Derek Jarman, film, Movies, video, video essays
29 November 2011
Buy Yourself a Holiday Gift! And Something for Everybody Else You Know, Too!
Terri Windling is facing health and financial problems right now, and so a bunch of folks have banded together to create a giant auction of stuffs to raise money for her. If her name is unfamiliar to you, check out her Wikipedia page for a quick summary.
I don't know Terri Windling, but she has been a great help to many of my friends in their lives and careers, so I am distressed to hear of her distress. I've got dozens of books in the house with her name on them, and far more with her name on the acknowledgments page.
Therefore, I decided to contribute an item to the auction, something I've had for a while and have been looking for a good cause to which to donate it. This seems perfect.
Thus, if you would like to bid on a copy of Startling Mystery Stories with Stephen King's second professionally-published story in it, follow this link. This issue of Startling Mystery was the first magazine where King's name appeared on the cover.
There are all sorts of other items offered in the auction, of every size, shape, purpose, and price, with more added frequently. Keep your eyes on it -- treasures and wonders await you, and your money will go to a good cause!
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Therefore, I decided to contribute an item to the auction, something I've had for a while and have been looking for a good cause to which to donate it. This seems perfect.
Thus, if you would like to bid on a copy of Startling Mystery Stories with Stephen King's second professionally-published story in it, follow this link. This issue of Startling Mystery was the first magazine where King's name appeared on the cover.
There are all sorts of other items offered in the auction, of every size, shape, purpose, and price, with more added frequently. Keep your eyes on it -- treasures and wonders await you, and your money will go to a good cause!
Labels: Announcements, auctions, fantasy, Terri Windling
15 November 2011
World on a Wire Update, Plus Vanya
Consumer-citizens of the United States, rejoice! Criterion has announced that they will be releasing Rainer Werner Fassbinder's wonderful science fiction epic World on a Wire in February. Diligent and obsessive readers of this here blog may remember that I swooned over World on a Wire both here and at Strange Horizons back in September, and I remain as swoonful toward it as before. The DVD/Blu-ray will include a 50-minute documentary about the film by Juliane Lorenz, one of Fassbinder's most frequent collaborators and the head of the Fassbinder Foundation. Lorenz has created documentaries for some of the other DVD releases of Fassbinder's films in the U.S. and elsewhere, and I've enjoyed all of the ones I've seen, so am looking forward to this one quite a bit.
And in equally magnificent — indeed, perhaps even more magnificent — news, Criterion will also be releasing Louis Malle's final film, Vanya on 42nd Street. It's one of my favorites, a movie that has been important to me since the day I first saw it at the Angelika in New York during my freshman year at NYU — accompanied by Carol Rocamora, whose Chekhov course I was taking at the time, and for whom I later did work as a production manager and a copyeditor. My VHS of the film is wearing out, and it will be a real thrill to replace it with the Criterion Blu-ray. I know of only one other film of Chekhov's work that affects me as deeply as some of the great stage productions I've seen — Nikita Mikhalkov's Unfinished Piece for Player Piano, which is a much freer adaptation of Chekhov (created from elements of his first play, Platonov, and some short stories). Vanya on 42nd Street uses David Mamet's adaptation of a translation of Uncle Vanya, and while there are vastly better versions (Carol Rocamora's, for instance!), the synergy of the actors along with director André Gregory is pure magic. I disliked Wallace Shawn as Vanya for a while, but have grown to love him in the role. And Larry Pine as Dr. Astrov gives one of the greatest performances I've ever seen. And Phoebe Brand and Jerry Mayer are charming and brilliant and sad and hilarious. And— Well, I'd better wait. In February, I'm sure I'll want to write about the details, and about watching the film again, for what will be something like the 15th time (I used to watch it at least once every 6 months, and used it with a couple of classes years ago).
If you can't wait till February, Amazon has the film available online, and the old DVD is back in stock after having been unavailable for years (it seems to be still unavailable outside the U.S., alas). I expect Criterion will do an excellent job with the remastering of the image, and though it's not a film that has the sort of striking cinematography that World on a Wire does, nonetheless the intimacy and immediacy of the staging will, I expect, benefit from the new image and higher resolution.
Labels: Chekhov, Criterion Collection, Fassbinder, film, Movies
Epigraphs for an Imaginary Novel
Going through notes for old pieces of writing, I discovered this collection of quotations I hoped to sprinkle through a piece of long fiction I was outlining ten years ago. The story itself never came to anything, but some shadowy traces of it remain in the collage...
If the New World fed dreams, what was the Old World reality that whetted the appetite for them? And how did that reality caress and grip the shaping of a new one?
—Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark
Why is it so inconceivable to our dramatists that some people do not know, or care, how they feel all the time? That some people act with a detachable motive, or from a myriad of contradictory ones? Why is life itself less interesting per se than explanations of life?
—Mac Wellman, "The Theater of Good Intentions"
There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he for ever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.
—Herman Melville, Moby Dick
It is the private dominion over things that condemns millions of people to be mere nonentities, living corpses without originality or power of initiative, human machines of flesh and blood, who pile up mountains of wealth for others and pay for it with a gray, dull and wretched existence for themselves. I believe that there can be no real wealth, social wealth, so long as it rests on human lives — young lives, old lives and lives in the making.
—Emma Goldman, "What I Believe"
I have carried out, before my own eyes and against my intention, a part of the modern tragedy: I have made a lasting flaw in the face of the earth, for no lasting good.
—Wendell Berry, "Damage"
A great idea springs up in a man's soul; it agitates his whole being, transports him from the ignorant present and makes him feel the future in a moment....Why should such a revelation be made to him...if not that he should carry it into practice?
—William Walker, president of Nicaragua, 1855-1857
If we confine the concept of weeds to species adapted to human disturbance, then man is by definition the first and primary weed under whose influence all other weeds have evolved.
—Jack R. Harlan, Crops and Man
Faith defies logic and propels us beyond hope because it is not attached to our desires. Faith is the centerpiece of a connected life. It allows us to live by the grace of invisible strands. It is a belief in a wisdom superior to our own. Faith becomes a teacher in the absence of fact.
—Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge
Of what consequence, though our planet explode, if there is no character involved in the explosion?
—Henry David Thoreau, "Life without Principle"
I actually had to develop a love of the disordered & puzzling, viewing reality as a vast riddle to be joyfully tackled, not in fear but with tireless fascination. What has been most needed is reality testing, & a willingness to face the possibility of self-negating experiences: i.e., real contradictions, with something being both true & not true.
—Philip K. Dick, Exegesis, 1979
For small erections may be finished by their first architects; grand ones, true ones, ever leave the copestone to posterity. God keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught — nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!
—Herman Melville, Moby Dick
My favorite melodramatic theme: the harried anarchist, a wounded wolf, struggling toward the green hills, or the black-white alpine mountains, or the purple-golden desert range and liberty. Will he make it? Or will the FBI shoot him down on the very threshold of wilderness and freedom?
—Edward Abbey, journal, December 1951
To argue from analogy, every thing around us is in a progressive state; and when an unwelcome knowledge of life produces almost a satiety of life, and we discover by the natural course of things that all that is done under the sun is vanity, we are drawing near the awful close of the drama.
—Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
When I reflect to what a cause this man devoted himself, and how religiously, and then reflect to what cause his judges and all who condemn him so angrily and fluently devote themselves, I see that they are as far apart as the heavens and earth are asunder.
—Henry David Thoreau, "A Plea for Captain John Brown"
You tell me of degrees of perfection to which Humane Nature is capable of arriving, and I believe it, but at the same time lament that our admiration should arise from the scarcity of the instances.
—Abigail Adams, November 27, 1775
06 November 2011
Fresh Links
Just an addendum to my previous post, in which I lamented the breaking of Google Reader's share function, which enabled the "Fresh Links" widget over on the sidebar—
I have created a near fix, as you'll see if you look over on the side. I'm using the RSS feed from my Delicious account for this, since it was sitting dormant. (Thus some of those links are very much not fresh right now!)
I have created a near fix, as you'll see if you look over on the side. I'm using the RSS feed from my Delicious account for this, since it was sitting dormant. (Thus some of those links are very much not fresh right now!)
Labels: Linkdump, site update
02 November 2011
Google has done gone and broke Google Reader, removing the sharing function to encourage people to use Google Plus instead. This means the "Fresh Links" section over on the sidebar is no longer able to be refreshed, and I'll probably go back to occasionally doing linkdump posts. Here, for instance, are some links:
- My latest Strange Horizons column, "Reading Systems", has been posted, as has my latest Sandman Meditations piece. (The Sandman pieces are going to be biweekly for the rest of the year rather than the regular weekly schedule because I'm just too busy to keep up with a weekly schedule right now, and I was getting really frazzled.)
- Team VanderMeer has launched The Weird Fiction Review, an online journal about kumquats. Famed kumquat collected Neil Gaiman is interviewed, and there's an interesting selection of nonfiction, art, and fiction about kumquats. Don't believe me? Well, go over there and see for yourself!
- In publishing news, it turns out that libraries are actually good for the publishing industry.
- Fandor has a great set of tributes to the great Derek Jarman. I'm working on something about Jarman's Caravaggio (25 years old this year!) and also a piece about Jarman for Rain Taxi, but I'm finding Jarman much harder to write about than I expected, and both pieces are vastly late. But I shall persevere!
- And here are 92 open-access film e-books. Never again will you complain about lacking something to read!
Kael Days
Seventeen years after her last book and ten years after her death, Pauline Kael's name is hard to avoid right now if you read culture magazines or blogs. That's because of three books that came out in October: The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael, edited by Sanford Schwartz and published by The Library of America; Brian Kellow's biography Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark; and James Wolcott's memoir Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in Seventies New York, which includes, apparently, lots of material about his friendship with Kael (before they had a falling-out after he published a sharply critical, even vicious, essay on Kael's acolytes in Vanity Fair in 1997).
I haven't read Wolcott's memoir, but I've been reading around in Kellow's biography and I'm familiar with almost everything in The Age of Movies. It was Kael's 1,291-page retrospective collection For Keeps from 1994 that made me into a fan of her writing when I was an idealistic, ignorant kid studying playwrighting and screenwriting at NYU, and though my opinions about her have changed a bit over the years, she's part of my psyche, her presence inextinguishable, like a crazy aunt.
Labels: Calder Willingham, critics, film, Movies, Pauline Kael, Writers
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The Safest Way to Update Sony Drivers
There are a number of frequent alerts and also other messages which you might get in the driver upgrading procedure, a number of which I've paraphrased and listed here together with information on what to do:
QUESTION: My VPCL234FX screen cursor is moving erratically and automatically opening proplems. When typing hae to reset cursor to continue to type. It took me 15 minutes to sort this concern. Does everyone have a option to this challenge?
ANSWER: What is the existing operating system of the Desktop personal computer? Let's isolate the issue by following these suggestions: Reinstall drivers: Go to Device Manager -> double click Human Interface Devices -> right click the driver/s under that and select Uninstall (DO NOT DELETE). Do the same to Mice and other pointing devices -> (Again, DO NOT DELETE). Restart the computer. Boot the computer to Safe Mode: https://us.en.kb.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/43530/c/65,66/kw/safe%20mode. You may also run DriverTuner to download the Sony drivers and Windows Update for Microsoft drivers.
Way to Update Drivers with Device Manager
1. Open Control Panel
Depending on your version of Windows, Control Panel is usually available from the Start Menu or the Apps screen.
What you do next depends on what Windows operating system you're using:
- In Windows 10 and Windows 8, tap or click on the Hardware and Sound link.
- In Windows 7, click System and Security.
- In Windows Vista, choose System and Maintenance.
- In Windows XP, click Performance and Maintenance.
Note: If you don't see these options, your Control Panel view may be set to Large icons, Small icons, or Classic View, depending on your version of Windows. If so, find and choose Device Manager from the big collection of icons you see and then skip to Step 3 below.
2. Open Device Manager
- In Windows 10 and Windows 8, check under the Devices and Printers heading.
- In Windows 7, look under System.
- In Windows Vista, you'll find Device Manager towards the bottom of the window.
- Windows XP Only: You have a few extra steps since Device Manager isn't as easily available in your version of Windows.
From the open Control Panel window, click System, choose the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button.
3. In Device Manager, you can check for updates, update your drivers or troubleshoot driver problems
To set Windows to install recommended updates
To automatically get available driver updates for your hardware, set Windows to install recommended updates. You can set Windows to automatically install important and recommended updates or important updates only. Optional updates aren't downloaded or installed automatically. To get all available updates for your devices, periodically check Windows Update for optional updates.
- Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button. In the search box, type Update, and then, in the list of results, click Windows Update.
- In the left pane, click Change settings.
- Under Important updates, click an item in the list. You can decide which updates to automatically download and install.
- Under Recommended updates, select the Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates check box, and then click OK. If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. You can also allow anyone using your computer to install updates by selecting the Allow all users to install updates on this computer check box.
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Financials: Mar. Bonds are currently 12 higher at 146'11 and the 10 Yr. Note 6.5 higher at 132'16.0. As expected a suspension of the Debt Ceiling was passed and the issue will be revisited in a few months. An overnight break in equity indexes, particularly the tech weighted Nasdaq has pushed Bonds to the upside. I'm still looking at a rally to the 146'20-147'04 area as a selling opportunity for a short term (1-4 days) trade. Support remains at 144'24.
Grains: Mar. Corn is currently 5'4 lower at 715'2, Mar. Beans 14'6 lower at 1437'0, Mar. Wheat 9'0 lower at 765'6 and Dec. Wheat 9'2 lower at 805'0. As mentioned over the last few weeks I will be a buyer on a break to the 707'0-712'0 area for a short term trade in Mar. Corn. Resistance has been lowered a bit to the 734'0 level from 740'0. If support does not hold in the 707'0-712'0 level the next level of support will be the 697'0 area. Consider going long out of the money call spreads in Dec. Wheat for a long term trade.
Cattle: Apr. LC are currently 10 higher at 130.55 and Mar. FC 17 lower at 146.975. If you went long on yesterday's break either take profits or raise your protective sell stop to the 129.95 level in Apr. LC and/or 146.225 in Mar. FC.
Silver: Mar. Silver is currently $0.66 lower at $31.78 and Apr. Gold $15.00 lower at $1,673.50. We remain long Silver. Gold is once again nearing support in the $1,645.00-$1,657.00 area, levels where I'm willing to once more trade from the long side of the market.
S&Ps: Mar. S&Ps are currently 3.00 lower at 1487.50. The market is on the defensive this morning, particularly the tech heavy Nasdaq 100 index which is nearly 1.5% lower in the wake of Apples earning that were flat and below expectations. My bias remains negative and I continue to recommend a small short position or out of the money puts. Yesterday the S&P's made a new contract high at 1491.50.
Currencies: As of this writing the Mar. Euro is currently 30 higher at 1.3355, the Swiss 18 lower at 1.0745, the Yen 144 lower at 1.1140 and the Pound 64 lower at 1.5772. If you remain short the Euro either take profits or continue to use a protective buy stop at 1.3365 (the overnight high is currently 1.3364). Once again I'm looking to the long side of the Yen on any further break as a contratrend short term trade with a protective sell stop just below the recent low of 1.1086 made January 22nd.


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"Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll"
During the 1940s, 50s and 60s, Southern-born, Chicago-raised and New York-made Sister Rosetta Tharpe introduced the spiritual passion of her gospel music into the secular world of popular rock 'n roll, inspiring the male icons of the genre. This flamboyant African-American gospel superstar, with her spectacular virtuosity on the newly electrified guitar, was a natural-born performer and a rebel -- one of the most important singer-musicians of the 20th century. She is acknowledged as a major influence not only on generations of black musicians -- including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Isaac Hayes and Etta James -- but also on white stars such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. D
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by Rachel Jolbert
The holiday season is here with shopping, baking and decorating under way. Holiday events and activities are happening all over Niagara County and next weekend will be no exception, with "Christmas in the Village" in Youngstown.
The event will take place Saturday, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with several activities scheduled at the Youngstown Red Brick School Village Center, 240 Lockport St., and the First Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Main and Church streets in the village.
Events at the Red Brick School Village Center include:
•An Artisan Christmas Market will be open in the gym from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with more than 30 vendors selling various items from gluten-free baked goods to clothing, fine art, walking staffs, Peace Garden bricks, jewelry, pottery, woodwork and Native American crafts.
"They're all local vendors, from Youngstown, Lewiston, Ransomville," says Tina Oddy, chair of the Youngstown Recreation Commission, one of the organizers of "Christmas in the Village."
She says some vendors are also expected from beyond the county area.
•A children's "Party with Santa" will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. It will include face painting, cookies and crafts.
•Musical entertainment can be heard in the Village Center by Step in Time: Monti and Marsha Jones, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Julie Winden on the trumpet from 2 to 4 p.m.
•Children's crafts will be available in the Youngstown Free Library inside the Red Brick School from 1 to 3 p.m.
•Horse-drawn carriage rides provided by Lewiston's Tour d'Elegance of Niagara will be available outside of the Red Brick School from noon to 4 p.m.
•The Porter Historical Society will open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., providing tours of the museum as well as offering a selection of postcards and books in the artisan market in the gym.
•The Youngstown Lions Club will offer hot dogs and popcorn free of charge.
•Rudolph, Frosty and the Grinch will be wandering the Red Brick with "Happy Holidays" for all.
Events at the First Presbyterian Church include:
•A "Victorian Tea," from 2 to 4 p.m., and a Nativity display, also from 2 to 4 p.m.
In addition to a planned display of an 18th century camp scene outside the Red Brick School from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Old Fort Niagara will hold a raffle for family passes to the fort's "Castle by Candlelight." The program will be held on Saturdays, Dec. 15 and 22, at Old Fort Niagara.
Visitors can adventure through a display of 18th century common soldier's possessions, winter equipment and a nine-man tent. The program will also feature reproductions of artifacts from the fur trade, and visitors will be able to discover how winter fur traders, or hivernants, survived long Great Lakes winters.
For more information, call Old Fort Niagara at 716-745-7611.
For more on "Christmas in the Village," contact Oddy at 716-745-7897.


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Poz Politics ... in the Face of Armageddon
By Ibrahim
August 13, 2011
"It started with a poster," an old nice woman once told me when I was a child explaining how in history, dictators used images and posters to demonize people they dislike, or to idealize the one and only beloved. We in the Middle East had many of these posters: a poster showing the beloved Sheik, King, or president hugging a child. Him visiting patients in the hospital. Him as a great teacher. Him taking a shower. Posters everywhere. And there were hate posters that depicted the enemies with horns.
I was flipping through posters in my mind when I was standing in the subway looking at the New York City Health Department's poster, "It's Never Just HIV." The poster used pretty much the same tactic this old lady told me about: Fear ... demonizing individuals. Nothing based on solid facts, except overdramatizing isolated cases.
The issue of that infamous poster is not a matter of bad taste for the city of fashion and tasty food; nor it is an issue of education the "Oliver Twist" way. It's a matter of political mentality within the city health department that embraces a mentality of "We verses Them" and pays little respect to the Poz community.
But, is it only that stupid poster that gives alarming signs in the U.S. of how little attention is paid to the Poz community when it comes to decision making? Furthermore, could such a poster be proudly exhibited in the subways if it had the same amount of ignorance against another group? I think the Poz political will is missing on many levels today and this poster is just a tiny part of it.
The bigger question is, where is the Poz political voice in what is happening today in America, which will affect every Poz person in the U.S. and the world? When it comes to HIV, it's not just about zip codes anymore. An economic Armageddon in the U.S. will damage the global strategy in fighting HIV/AIDS and future plans to eradicate it.
The U.S. as a nation is built on a heritage of setting the example to be followed by others. Reading through African Services Committee's latest annual report, the stories of many HIV-positive immigrants who still seek protection and better lives in the U.S. against all the odds they faced in their home countries strengthened my belief in the American heritage of asking the world to give us their tired, their poor, their huddled masses yearning to breathe free. HIV programs and researches sponsored by the U.S. are proof of the American commitment to a healthier world population. Is that still the case in D.C.?
Months ago, I asked Director Jose Antonio Vargas after the screening of his film The Other City: "Are the folks at the White House aware of this genocide?!" I did not see the term genocide to be an emotional impulse in response to watching the film. It was the best term to describe the lack of adequate governmental response to the HIV crisis in the U.S.
Nevertheless, the story of Capitol Hill with HIV is not limited to ineffective legislations that is linear to the crisis of HIV. In fact, the recent deal reached between President Obama and the conservatives of this nation went too far -- far enough to reach all of us as HIV-positive individuals, as we will be sacrificed on the altar along with the rest of the middle class in America if the current policy of cutting essential social expenses becomes the norm in U.S. economic policy. Without even a dollar of increased taxes for the wealthiest taxpayer, the agreement included higher cuts on Medicaid/Medicare and social pensions than on military expenditure. Thanks of course to the conservatives who understand nothing in economics but few old theories that belong to the Museum of the Cold War.
The effect of this agreement is not limited to the cuts on Medicaid/Medicare and social pensions. The real effect is yet to come when this extreme conservative-driven policy will result in an economic Armageddon. Ignoring the real problems in the structure of our economy and focusing more on scoring at Obama will lead -- inevitably -- to an economic depression that will shake the world economy, cuts in the funding of various HIV/AIDS programs will follow ... and the Poz community will face the harsh effect of this economic disaster.
I guess my HIV virus should vote Republican in the next elections, because this will give it a chance to multiply once my medications get the shortage in supply. Clearly, my virus and I are on very different political agendas. (Oh no! A conservative lives inside me!)
Understanding that I am among the vulnerable category in the U.S. is a stressful feeling -- imagining that if the ship sinks, I will be among the first to jump off the boat. If an ordinary citizen is worried about losing his job and medical insurance, that to a Poz person will equal a death sentence.
I always thought that I had a soft spot for blondish Scandinavians. Now I know: I actually have a crush on their health care system. Maybe it is time to consider it. Thinking about that and the politics behind it the other day, I became stressed and sad. Why do I have to be so vulnerable? Trembling every time I hear that an economic Armageddon might happen. Thinking how this will affect my access to medical treatment and the impact on HIV research. Then I remembered the stories of the brave Poz folks and I flipped through the report I was carrying. I had something else to read on the cover of the ASC report that brought me relief and courage. It was a saying by the great Muslim Sufi Master Jaluldeen Al Rumi: "Branches tremble, the roots are still." Yup that is me and you!
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New York Congressman Eliot L. Engel telegraphed his sentiments about the new folks in the White House Tuesday by passing up a coveted aisle seat at President Donald J. Trump's speech to Congress.
It was reportedly the first time in nearly 30 years that the Democratic lawmaker, who represents most of southern Westchester, had blown off the chance to shake the hand of the Oval Office's current occupant ... whoever that may have been.
Engel explained his decision not to greet Trump by saying that, while he has always prided himself on working with folks on both sides of the aisle, the new administration does not appear to be similarly inclined.
He cited the Trump administration's apparent lack of interest in working with Congress on problems, such as "Russia's unlawful interference in last year's election."
Engel, however, because of a purported "deep respect for the presidency" itself did attend Trump's address. And he was not shy about sharing his reactions afterward.
Calling the speech "heavy on rhetoric and light on details," Engel dubbed it confusing.
"It described a country that is both crumbling and prospering, limping along in despair while sprinting to new heights since his election," he said, adding: "Sadly, the truth about our country's true standing was left out, and, as a result, the American people are no closer to understanding how the president plans to deal with the real issues facing our nation."
Engel, who sits on the House's Foreign Affairs and Energy and Commerce committees, did say he appreciated that Trump had acknowledged the recent spike in anti-Semitic incidents and a fatal shooting in Kansas City that authorities believe was motivated by racial or ethnic bias.
Some of those alleged hate crimes have occurred in Westchester, where bomb threats were called in at two Jewish community centers and several swastikas were found painted or carved at Lewisboro schools.
"We all must work together to put a stop to this troubling trend," Engel said.
The congressman was equally as vocal about what he called "dangerous and unconstitutional" policies aimed at Muslims.
"President Trump's rhetoric on immigration continues to be deeply troubling," Engel said.
Engel decried as "political" Trump's plan to "publicly highlight crimes committed by immigrants."
Engel said Trump's speech "left out any mention of people like Jeanette Vizguerra, a working mother of four from Denver who was called before an ICE hearing this month to await deportation." Vizguerra has sought sanctuary at a church in Denver and her story, "though disheartening, is not unique," he added.
Engel also accused Trump of promising a new health care system that will improve choice, increase access, and lower costs, while putting forth policies "that do nothing to achieve those goals." Referencing the current heroin epidemic, he chided the president for vowing to help end drug addiction while "simultaneously gutting the law that ensures coverage for substance abuse treatment."
In January, Trump reinstated the "Mexico City Policy," banning federal funding of organizations, such as Planned Parenthood, that offer abortion services.
Engel said this is another contradiction in Trump's vision for the future because taking money away from organizations that "provide comprehensive reproductive health care is antithetical to the goal to 'invest in women's health."
Furthermore, the congressman said, promising "access to coverage" for Americans with pre-existing health conditions "means nothing without the Affordable Care Act's protections that keep insurers from charging those consumers more for care."
Engel accused Republicans and the president of being more "concerned with scoring political points than (with) building on the ACA's progress to address the challenges facing American families."
The Bronx-born, former New York City school teacher and guidance counselor also had something to say about Trump's stand on education.
While the president was "right to call education a civil rights issue," the solution he offers "only serves to set us backward," Engel said.
"His call to take funding away from our public schools and divert it to private, charter, magnet, and religious schools will not lead to greater achievement," Engel said.
Vouchers divert "valuable resources away" from the public education system and don't offer any real choice "for the overwhelming majority of students," he said.
"I've always prided myself on working across the aisle, and if there is one thing on which we can all agree it's that our country faces some real challenges. But tonight's speech did little to address those challenges in a meaningful way," the congressman concluded.
Engel's district includes parts of the Bronx as well as Yonkers, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Mamaroneck, Pelham, Pelham Manor, Larchmont, Tuckahoe, Bronxville, Eastchester, Hastings-on-Hudson, Ardsley, Hartsdale and Rye City. Prior to his election to Congress, he served in the New York State Assembly and chaired its committee on alcoholism and substance abuse.
Trump, who owns an estate in Bedford, also owns Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley in Stormville. The Trump name also adorns Trump Tower At City Center in White Plains, Trump Plaza in New Rochelle, Trump Park Residences in Yorktown and the Donald J. Trump State Park on the Westchester/Putnam border.
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The Los Altos City Council narrowly approved a regulation Feb. 12 placing a four-year waiting period on former city councilmembers seeking appointment to all city volunteer bodies.
An amendment to Section 4.4 of the council's Norms and Procedures passed by a 3-2 vote, with Mayor Jarrett Fishpaw and Councilwoman Megan Satterlee dissenting.
The four-year hiatus was a compromise of sorts for the council after the original revision – authored by Satterlee – called for an outright ban on former councilmembers serving on city commissions and standing committees, but not on ad hoc committees or task forces.
The close vote came after a lengthy debate about the potential advantages and pitfalls of former councilmembers serving on a city body soon after an expired council term.
"It seems to me … that there are two divergent views of former Los Altos mayors and councilmembers," Councilwoman Val Carpenter said. "I think either they're among the most dedicated volunteers we have, who add great value to an organization that they give their time and talent to. Or, they exert undue influence and should be banned from serving on any city-funded and council-appointed bodies."
Carpenter noted that while the provision would ban service on commissions and standing committees, former councilmembers would still be allowed to serve on ad hoc committees and task forces, as outlined in Section 5 of the council regulations.
Initially, Carpenter said her preference was either to strike the ban altogether or to apply it across the board. She later offered her support for a two-year waiting period for city-funded bodies, instead of the across-the-board four-year wait that was approved.
Fishpaw also offered his support for striking the ban or a two-year waiting period.
"Someday I might want to serve on the Senior Commission," said Fishpaw, 25, with a grin.
Satterlee countered that the rule's intent was to encourage participation from residents who previously haven't served on a city-appointed volunteer body. She noted that commissioners and committee members, like councilmembers, are subject to term limits in part for that reason.
"If our primary purpose was to have the most experienced people – who I would argue councilmembers are – serving as our commissioners, then we would not have term limits," Satterlee said. "We have terms limits to allow for fresh perspectives and allow for continued regeneration of community participation in government."
As for ad hoc committees and task forces, Satterlee pointed to the city's 60th anniversary committee, with members serving roles as ambassadors for Los Altos.
"Who better to be an ambassador within the city than former councilmembers?" Satterlee asked. "To exclude them from that I don't think serves the same purpose of the standing commissions and committees."
A compromise was ultimately reached on the four-year limit – suggested by Councilwoman Jan Pepper – coupled with the provision that it applied to all city bodies, as offered by Carpenter.
In addition to the four-year wait, the council voted unanimously on several other amendments, including one that bans members of the same family or household from simultaneously serving on the same body. Immediate family members of current councilmembers living in the same household are also ineligible for appointment to any city body.


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Buckle up your seat-belts as Nene Leakes, star of the Real Housewives of Atlanta, graces the latest cover of Rolling Out magazine and she doesn't hold back when it comes to dishing on some hot topics.
In the mag, Nene responds to Sweetie Hughes' recent comments in which she stated Nene was ruining her life. Nene also talks about the Donald, her impending divorce, dating, her experience on the upcoming Celebrity Apprentice and her thoughts on returning for the 4th season of the RHOA.
Excerpts from Nene's interview below –
ON SWEETIE: "Sweetie is not even a housewife, nor is she a celebrity. I said on the show that Kim was treating her like a slave, and that was my opinion. As a black woman, [if you] allow any woman of any ethnicity to say to you, 'You black b—-, go and get my cigarettes,' either you are a slave or you have a problem. And the Free Sweetie campaign had nothing to do with me. Rickey Smiley is a comedian and he did that [as] a complete joke, and people are just laughing about it, and Sweetie is taking it seriously." Nene then delivers a verbal backhand: "I'm not ruining her life. What kind of life does she have anyway?"
ON HER PENDING DIVORCE: "[When] going through a divorce, you need to be around people who love you and care for you, and there were times that I really didn't want to talk to people, just because I was failing in that area. I don't think it's anything that I did. It's just after 14 years, we just grew apart."
ON DATING: Nene reveals she's now back on the market and looking for Mr. Right. She wants a man who is "confident in who he is, and stays in his lane and not over here in mine," she says. "He has to be spiritual, he has to have swagger, and it doesn't matter if he's black or white." Mr. Right must also have his own money. "I'm not in it for the money, but, if I date a man he has to have his own money. I think it's only fair," she states. "If I'm out here making money, what in the hell am I going to do with a guy who's not making money? Like, that's not even cool. I don't want to take care of a guy."
ON CELEBRITY APPRENTICE: Nene reveals her much anticipated appearance on "Celebrity Apprentice," will be nothing like what you've seen of her on Real Housewives of Atlanta. "Celebrity Apprentice wasn't a great experience for me; it was a very hard show to do. We shot the show in literally 45 days. It's a big show with 16 celebrities (you have eight guys and eight girls), as opposed to working with five. The hours are bananas; you work six days a week, and you rise at 4 a.m. and you get in at midnight. The earliest was 10 p.m.; but sometimes it was 1 a.m."
ON DONALD TRUMP: Working with Donald Trump was great, however. "Donald is great; he's very real in his own type of way. He's not the easiest person to get to know right away," NeNe recalls. "It takes some time to get to know him. I found him very cool, and I must say he really likes me. You know he likes women who are really tall. And he's had some brown sugar." She's also open to dating the married Donald. "Yeah, I would date Donald Trump … let's hook it up. I met some really important people through Mr. Trump, he has that swagger."
ON RETURNING TO REAL HOUSE WIVES OF ATLANTA: "I can't say today that I want to be a housewife next season, I don't know that. Maybe a month from now, I will feel different. I want to have the opportunity to talk to the producers to see where we can go as far as the editing, and as you know, we don't have any control over that, we just shoot the show and they show what they want to show."
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Triune – consisting in three in one. Trinity. Three pieces to make one. Mysterious? Its the name of short movie I did with Andrew Thomas Corbett.
Target: Destroyed
2nd practical exercise with After Effects in my Advanced Motion Graphics lab. Quick 11sec animation that gave me headaches.
Zombie Apocalypse Infographics
Here is quick result from my Advanced Motion Graphics class at Brunel University.
GHOST: Militia Assasult
About 2 years ago me and few of my buddies came together to shoot a short action movie. I found some pics of behind the scenes on my PC and link to actual video as well.
Behind the Scenes Intro
Here it is. My intro for "Behind the Scenes of: …" 🙂 Well at least thats one of the first frames and you can see only dust 🙂
Sober Titles
Sober titles. Based on Pink lyrics. Sounds weird? Confused? Well, then see inside what is it all about.
Brunel Dance Show 2012 Titles
Brunel Dance Show 2012 is coming. And its looking to be a very big one. And here are the titles.
Twinkle twinkle …
… Little Star … Here is a little practice motion graphics I did yesterday night. Playing with After Effects and few resources to create something relaxing and simple.
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Encana (NYSE:ECA) engages in the the production of natural gas from natural gas formations, including tight gas, shales and coal bed methane (CBM). [1] The companies segments are divided into two geographic regions: a Canadian Division and a USA Division. Relatively low natural gas prices have had a significant impact on earnings while also limiting EnCana's capital expenditures as will as its expansion plans.[2] In addition, the company engages in unconventional gas production, which is facing regulatory scrutiny in North America.[3]
Revenue growth can be partially attributed to acquisitions of various North American land and properties in 2010.[4] However, a weak natural gas pricing environment has partially offset Encana's expansions by reducing revenues, profitability, and overall return on production.[5] In 2010, Encana reported annual net income of $1.5 billion on $8.8 billion in revenues, representing a 19.4% decline on net income and a 20% decline in revenue.[6]
Natural gas future prices have averaged approximately $4.2 per million BMU over the first months of 2011.[7] Since 2008, prices have declined by 52% due to high supply and relatively low demand in North America. Encana's operations are very concentrated on natural gas production, and its profitability and revenues have decline in a directionally consistent manner with natural gas prices.[8]
In response to a weak environment, Encana's management is curtailing capital expenditures in an effort to reduce costs.[9] To further support its growth, Encana has sought to engage in partnerships to develop and finance its properties.[10] However, these partnerships and other forms of external financing have the potential of making Encana dependent on these sources to fund acquisitions. In addition, partnerships and other asset sales have reduced the company's portfolio of natural gas properties significantly.[11]
As several Asian and South America economies growth, their demand for energy in the form of coal, natural gas, and oil expand as well.[12] Because natural gas provides an environmentally "cleaner" alternative to coal, the economies of China, India, and Brazil are projected to require substantial amounts of natural gas in the future.[13] Many of these countries have substantial resources. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that China has 1.28 quadrillion cubic feet of technically recoverable shale-gas resources, among the most in the world. While China is drafting plans to develop its shale-gas reserves, many Chinese energy companies like PetroChina Company (PTR) are seeking to partner with North American gas producers to secure future supplies.[14]
For producers like Encana, these partnerships have the potential of providing the financing necessary to grow their businesses and develop their currently owned fields. Other Asian companies like Petroliam Nasional Bhd, Barrick Gold Corp (TSE:ABX), and Korea Gas Corp (SEO:A036460) have also sought energy and mineral deals with North American companies.[15] However, these deals are not a sure thing, even after the partnership has been signed. In 2011, PetroChina Company (PTR) ended a $5.5 billion deal with Encana.[16]
Encana's competitors are independent oil and gas producers in North America. Because weak gas prices have reduced the revenues and capital expenditures of many of its competitors, several US and Canadian companies are seeking to strike deals with a limited number of Oil & Gas Majors or foreign companies in order to finance their expansions.[17]
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McCain: Well, I try to talk about them more often. A lot of the people that come, frankly, are people that are having trouble staying in their homes, keeping their jobs, etcetera. But I think it goes back to all this business of Sen. Obama's view of "fairness." When Charlie Gibson said, why would you want to raise capital-gains taxes when you know it will decrease revenue? And he said in "fairness." And he told Joe the Plumber — Joe the Plumber got the message through better, what we've been trying to do this whole campaign. [Obama] wants to "spread the wealth around." That takes from the investor class. That takes money from one group of Americans and gives it to another.
Now that signal has been very clear. And I think people ought to pay attention to it, because it's been tried before in other countries, and policies of other left-liberal administrations. It doesn't work, and it's bad for America. We want to encourage the investor class, and that means capital-gains and dividend taxes are low.
Kudlow: You've just unveiled a new tax cut on capital gains. Can you tell us about that? Because in some sense, that's probably the most important investor class tax.
McCain: It's the most important in many respects, Larry, and we want it low and we want it lowered. Every time — there's one tax that there's no argument about, that every time it's been lowered since Jack Kennedy, we have seen an increase in revenues. Now, why anybody would argue, as Sen. Obama does, that we need to raise it, even if it's — of course, the amount needed to raise it is varied with whatever poll he's taken — but the point is that we want to lower it and keep it low and encourage investment, especially now in America in these difficult times.
Kudlow: But senator, what is — the current law rate is 15 percent.
McCain: Yeah, yeah.
Kudlow: You're taking the cap-gains rate down to what?
McCain: First down to 10 percent, I would like to see it, and gradually even make it lower. Look, why should we tax people's gains twice? Why should we tax them twice, okay? They make an investment, they should be able to get their returns on their investment. And capital gains is obviously — low capital-gains tax is probably the greatest incentive for investment that we have in America today. And so, look, I'll be glad to listen to smart people like you, Larry, but the worst thing we can do is tell people we're going to raise it, and that, obviously, would chill investment in America, right?


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If you've been to a restaurant that serves alcohol lately, you've probably seen a sign from the surgeon general telling you it's dangerous for pregnant women to consume alcohol. But according to a new government survey, one in 13 women are willing to take the risk.
Plus: Pregnancy Tests Coming to Minnesota Bars
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed more than 14,000 women from 2006 through 2010 and found that one in 13 pregnant women admitted to drinking during their pregnancies, reports MSNBC.
Among those who drank, nearly one in five women (1.4 percent of the total women surveyed) said that they had at least one binge drinking experience, consuming four or more drinks at one time during pregnancy.
Plus: Study: Some Alcohol While Pregnant May Be Safe
On the positive side, the data shows that less pregnant women are drinking alcohol than they were five years ago, according to CDC data from 2001-2005. According to 2001-2005 results, 1.8 percent of pregnant women admitted to binge drinking at least once during their pregnancies.
According to the CDC, drinking alcohol in pregnancy is the leading preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disabilities in children. The CDC also says that there is no safe amount of alcohol that women should consume while pregnant.
What do you think of these survey results? Have you drank—or would you ever drink—alcohol while pregnant?


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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has announced it will keep a small team of military personnel in Afghanistan to help coalition forces after it formally withdraws from the country in April.
The group of 27 will be primarily based in Kabul undertaking planning and intelligence duties. Included are three elite special-forces troops.
New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key said Monday the country remains committed to international efforts to improve the security and prosperity of Afghanistan.
Most of the 27 will operate under an initial one-year commitment through April 2014.
Last year, New Zealand announced it was withdrawing from the country in April 2013, five months earlier than previously planned. The country has stationed about 145 soldiers in central Bamiyan province since 2003.
Ten New Zealand soldiers have died during the conflict.


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Detectives are investigating claims that someone tried to get into the accounts of Saad al-Hilli by telephone after his death on September 5.
About 100 police officers in Britain and France are investigating the murders of engineer Mr al-Hilli, 50, his dentist wife Iqbal, 47, her elderly mother, Suhaila Al-Allaf, 74, and passing cyclist Sylvain Mollier in a gun attack near Chevaline, Lake Annecy.
The couple's four-year-old daughter Zeena lay undiscovered under her mother's corpse for eight hours after the shooting, while her seven-year-old sister Zainab was found with serious injures after being shot and beaten.
French investigators searched the al-Hilli family home in Claygate, Surrey, in the wake of the deaths.
Later in September, Surrey Police asked Greater Manchester Police to arrest a man at an address in Alban Street, Salford, on suspicion of fraud offences.
Abiodun David John was questioned and then later released on bail pending further inquiries. He is due to answer his bail tomorrow in Surrey.
Mr John, who has since moved to London, has denied any wrongdoing.
He told the Manchester Evening News: "I believe that people have been tapping into my phone and accessing my internet.
"When the police came into my house I did not know what they were talking about.
"I am totally innocent. I do not know where this whole thing has come from."
A spokesman for Surrey Police said: "A 32-year-old man from the Greater Manchester area was arrested on September 25 in connection with an ongoing fraud investigation being carried out by Surrey Police.
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Aaronp18 wrote:Yeah the lack of press and shots across each others bow through the media probably means the NHL and NHLPA are truly getting down to business and making progress on talks.Strangelove wrote:Colour me over-optimistic but I smell a tentative agreement within days!
A season that starts before December begins would be nice.
These negotiations just make clear what complete and utter bull shit the previous "bargaining sessions" were.
Neither side had made a legit proposal and both sides were simply putting on a show to increase their current position.
The fact it's the no2's from both sides meeting and neither side is talking is fantastic news. That is how the deal got done last time and probably exactly how it's going to get done this time.