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Today we received notice that Dogswell "voluntarily" withdrew select jerky treat from the market. This is rather ironic because just a couple days ago we visited the Dogswell's booth at Superzoo, a huge pet trade show in Las Vegas, and asked them about their new marketing campaign "Live Free." When asked what that means, a salesperson told us that not only does it refer to their ingredients (i.e. the chickens are supposedly raised cage-free, even though they source the meat from China!), but also that their products are free of corn, soy and fillers, etc. Plus, it means dogs can live free of harmful, unnatural ingredients! Oh my. Obviously this "voluntary" (a misnomer if there ever was one) withdrawal belies that assertion. Note this is the same "antibiotic residue" problem that happened with the Chinese jerky that we reported on here.
At Dogswell, our number one priority is the safety of our products and the health of our canine and feline customers. We strive to make and sell only the highest quality treats and food with added vitamins that provide great taste and functional benefits such as improved hip health, skin and coat health, and other benefits.
During routine testing of our products, the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets (NYSDAM) discovered that a sample of our Dogswell Happy Hips Chicken Breast Jerky contained trace amounts of an antibiotic residue that has not been approved for use in the United States. It is important to note that this antibiotic is accepted for use in other countries (including the European Union), and there is no evidence that products containing trace amounts of this antibiotic pose a health risk for pets or humans. Since we were notified by the NYSDAM the week of July 22nd, we have made the decision to voluntarily withdraw Chicken Breast and Duck Breast jerky under the Breathies, Happy Heart, Happy Hips, Mellow Mut, Shape Up, Veggie Life, Vitality, and Vitakitty brands that are labeled with a “Best Before” date of January 28th, 2015 or any earlier date. The vast majority of these products were distributed before March 1st of this year. No other products are affected.
Since January, we have been using state-of-the-art testing procedures to ensure that our chicken and duck products do not contain these or other unapproved antibiotics. All chicken and duck breast jerky products with a “Best Before” date of January 29, 2015 and later have been fully tested for and do not contain these antibiotics.
It is important that you know that all Dogswell and Catswell products remaining on the market are safe to feed as directed.
We have issued a press release to make our consumers like you aware of the situation. We also identified the stores that received the product, and contacted them to destroy any affected products in their possession (if any).
We are doing everything we can to resolve this situation quickly and ensure that our consumers like you can feel confident feeding Dogswell and Catswell products to their companions, as we do here.
To learn more about the affected product, we invite you to read our “frequently asked questions” below. If you would like to speak with someone live, you can call us at 1-888-559-8833 or email us at [email protected]. If we are unable to get to your call or it is after hours, please leave us a message and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.
We thank you, our valued customers, for your understanding, and we hope to be able to regain your trust.
Yours,
Brad Armistead
Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat products are being withdrawn by Dogswell and Catswell?
Dogswell and Catswell are voluntarily withdrawing Dogswell and Catswell brand jerky treats made with chicken or duck with a ”Best Before” date of January 28th, 2015 or any earlier date.
Why are Dogswell and Catswell withdrawing these treats?
We were recently notified by the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets (NYSDAM) that a batch of our Happy Hips Chicken Jerky treats contained trace amounts of an antibiotic residue that has not been approved for use in the United States. Therefore, the company decided to withdraw any chicken or duck jerky treats that have not been tested for this antibiotic.
Have there been any reports of pets getting sick from eating treats that contain this antibiotic?
There is no evidence that products containing trace amounts of this antibiotic pose a health risk for pets.
How can I tell if I have a product that is affected by the withdrawal?
First, you should check the name of the front of the package. If it says anything other than Chicken Breast or Duck Breast, it is not a part of this withdrawal.
If your package does say Chicken Breast or Duck Breast, you should turn the package over. In the bottom right hand corner of the package printed in black ink on the seam, you should find the words “Best Before”. After “Best Before” is a series of eight numbers, such as:
07262015 or 07/26/2015
This number would be translated to the date July 26, 2015 (07 for July, 26 for the day of the month, and 2015 for the year). The products affected by this withdrawal are for “Best Before” dates of January 28th, 2015 or any earlier date (which would read as 01282015 or 01/28/2015). Any product with a “Best Before” date after that time has been tested for unapproved antibiotics and has been cleared.
If you find that you have a product that is affected, please call us for a full refund at 1-888-559-8833.
If you are having trouble determining if you have the product that was affected, or if you would like to speak with us directly about a full refund, please contact us directly at 1-888-559-8833 or email us at [email protected].
I just went to the store and saw your products there. Why is there so much Dogswell product on the shelf there if it has been withdrawn?
As of January, we have been using state-of-the-art testing on each batch of chicken and duck jerky to ensure that they do not contain these unapproved antibiotics. All of the products that you see on the shelf have passed testing and were approved to be sold.
Call us directly if you have any concerns or questions about DOGSWELL® products. We're here until 5:00 PM PST Mon-Fri888-559-8833.
What does DOGSWELL do to make sure its products are safe?
Our manufacturing facilities are designed to prevent cross-contamination and all of our products are manufactured under strict sanitary conditions. We closely monitor these facilities, and also regularly visit them to ensure the quality and safety of our products. Our co-packing plants operate under HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), a system for managing food safety. Also, U.S. - based Third Party Food Safety Auditors make announced and unannounced visits to the audit all food safety and quality systems in which our facilities have always received high scores.
Where are your products manufactured?
Most DOGSWELL products are manufactured in the US. Some of our treats are manufactured in China, but we hold these facilities to the same stringent quality standards we maintain at our US facilities. DOGSWELL sources its ingredients based upon where we find top quality ingredients and a high quality supplier whose facilities and practices meet our safety testing standards.
Why are the jerky treats made in China?
China is a country where dark meat is more popular due to its inherent fat and flavor. DOGSWELL believes it is less wasteful to obtain our white meat in China where it is abundant, rather than sourcing it domestically, where white meat is less available and held at a premium. Not only do we care about your pet's health by sourcing only the healthiest meat available, we also practice sustainability by reducing as much waste as possible.
How do you test your products?
Every batch of DOGSWELL product is tested for melamine, bacteria and other contaminants.All of our ingredients are carefully chosen and we conduct regular testing in U.S. facilities using APPA-approved methodology. Quality assurance is critically important and has been part of our standard operating procedure, and an integral part of our company, since day one. Please see below for a link to our test results.
How do you prevent salmonella from contaminating your jerky products?
The DOGSWELL® facility is specifically designed to prevent any cross contamination. Salmonella is one of the easiest contaminants to prevent. Salmonella is killed after 23 seconds at 160 degrees. We ensure that that all of our poultry jerky products are cooked at 160 degrees for ten hours. While some manufacturers choose a quicker “flash cooking process” to irradiate their products, DOGSWELL® has chosen the slow-cooking method to provide a clean, safe treat.
What is the Cage-Free Difference?
Cage-free chickens are kept in barns where they can roam, scratch and perch as they please. Our chickens eat a natural diet, have plenty of room to roam, and live and grow free of stress. | {
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A Postpartum Doula for Every Motherby Allie Chee
As Americans, we are under the impression that new moms are “Superwomen” and can return to life as it was before baby. We must remember to celebrate this new mother and emulate the other cultures that honor new mothers by caring for them, supporting them, and placing value on the magnificent transformation she is going through. This is the greatest gift we can give to new mothers and newborns. A postpartum doula can help bridge the gap of support for new mothers and babies by providing the support and education they need to become confident new mothers.
—Darla Burns, CAPPA Executive Director of Postpartum Doula Programs
In Part 1 of this article, “A Birth Doula for Every Mother” published in Midwifery Today, Issue 104, Winter 2012, we discussed one of the helpful ways a woman can reclaim the magic in her childbirth experience—by hiring a birth doula, who supports the mother emotionally and physically in childbirth. In Part 2 we will discuss what happens after pregnancy and what can be especially helpful for a woman during this time.
In the case of live births in the US, women are usually sent home from the hospital a few hours to several days after birth with a few formula samples and a little bag of diapers; friends or family members drop by with meals and flowers or stay a few days to help around the house.
In the case of miscarriage and stillbirth, a woman is usually sent home with no postpartum care instructions other than perhaps a list of negative signs to watch for that may indicate further complications with her health. In these instances, many friends and family members, often not knowing how to respond, leave the mother to grieve alone and recover physically by herself. Of course she will share her grief with the father of the child (when he is involved), but men’s need for support and time to heal is also underestimated and neglected. Both parents are usually expected back at work almost immediately, unless they claim vacation days or take unpaid leave. (The US is one of three countries in the world that provides no mandatory paid family leave, the other two being Swaziland and Papua New Guinea.)
Whether a mother is left to care for herself and her new baby during the postpartum time or is working to recover from her loss, she is in almost all cases expected to “bounce back on her feet” in a few days.
Is our approach to postpartum falling short?
While postpartum women are naturally appreciative of any help, this common modus operandi in the US indeed falls far short of offering the full healing, bonding and growth that can be experienced in the first several weeks postpartum. Consider these statistics published by the Illinois Department of Public Health (http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/womenshealth/factsheets/pdpress.htm 12/5/12):
Mild depression is common to many new mothers (approximately 50%).
Ten percent to 20% of new moms will experience a more severe form of depression known as postpartum or perinatal depression, which can interfere with daily life.
Postpartum psychosis is a rare, serious mental illness that affects one in 500 to 1000 new mothers. The onset is usually within the first six weeks after delivery and may cause the mother to completely lose touch with reality.
The depression and anxiety experienced by many women after a miscarriage can continue for years, even after the birth of a healthy child.
The numbers to the above statistics are likely higher since so many cases go unreported. This suggests that something significant is missing in the way we approach the postpartum time.
In the Far East, Southeast Asia, India, many nations of South America and Africa and in Muslim societies around the world, there are varying practices for the postpartum time. They go by different names, a few being confinement (English term used in Asia) and zuò yuèzi (Mandarin for “sitting moon”), ansei (Japanese for “peace and quiet”), but they have several things in common.
They are an expected part of pregnancy—not just for live births and not just for the wealthy. In fact, any woman from a culture that practices traditional postpartum care would be shocked to learn how women in the US essentially receive nothing in the way of a recovery routine.
They last approximately 30–60 days. Amy Wong, an internationally acclaimed author and expert on postpartum writes, “Natural delivery requires at least 30 days of rest, while cesarean delivery, miscarriage and abortion require at least 40 days” (Wong 2012, 11).
They involve constant support, physical and emotional, for the mother and baby. An experienced female family member or a hired professional may provide this care.
They involve a diet of specific foods and herbs for the mother’s rapid return to vitality and her ability to produce abundant, highly nutritious milk.
The mother is supported and natural remedies are offered in case of nursing problems.
Specific, gentle exercises are encouraged to support the mother’s return to strength. In China, the exercises come with inspiring names such as “Get Rid of Big Fat Butt” and “Improve No Saggy Breast.”
They involve certain prohibitions to protect the mother’s health (i.e., no consumption of cold beverages, no exposure to cold air/wind).
These practices are considered vital for the mother’s short- and long-term health and her subsequent pregnancies.
I discussed the topic of postpartum care with Valerie Lynn, author of The Mommy Plan: Restoring Your Post-pregnancy Body Naturally, Using Women’s Traditional Wisdom. This is what she had to say:
In Western countries the notion of a “resting period” after childbirth is deemed an extravagant and self-indulgent act by a mother. I find this generalized opinion to be uninformed, outdated and baseless when there is an overabundance of statistics indicating some of the highest rates of postpartum-related illnesses belong to high income or developed countries, such as the United States.
Through living and working in Asia for over 16 years, I have conducted in-depth research on various after-birth traditions and recovery methods in East Asia. Deemed as essential or necessary, most traditional after-birth recuperation periods range from 30 days to six weeks (Lynn, personal communication).
I believe such traditions are directly linked with low rates of postpartum depression. For example in Malaysia—a country that has well-developed postnatal recovery traditions—the national rate of postpartum depression is just 3.9%.
Though we don’t have a complete, traditional method of care for postpartum mothers, we do have one resource that can be of great benefit: the postpartum doula.
New families hiring doulas to help care for them—to whatever degree the family desires—is not a substitute for complete postpartum care routines, paid family leave or medical support, but it is an enormous step forward for individuals and society as a whole.
The services and skills offered by postpartum doulas vary greatly. Some will be highly trained and certified in various skills including: lactation consulting, postpartum massage, infant massage, infant CPR, support for families experiencing loss, nutrition and meal preparation. Others will serve primarily as an extra set of hands and help mom have quiet time to nap, groom and care for herself.
The timeframe of service also varies. Some postpartum doulas will work fulltime, even living with the family for a month or more, while others schedule certain days and hours—even just a few hours a week if that is what the family wishes.
The fees vary, too, and can be a flat rate for the entire time booked or hourly rates that range widely. One common denominator: almost all doulas are willing to reduce rates and offer payment plans for those in need.
There is another advantage of working with a hired postpartum doula rather than relying exclusively on friends or family. While they likely have good intentions, family and friends (again, in the US) are normally not experienced in caring for a postpartum mother, often lack special skills a doula will offer and do not understand the mother’s physical and emotional needs. Though we love when friends and relatives share wisdom and ideas, emotions can run high and postpartum is not always the best time for such guidance!
Evidence shows the tremendous need and benefit of postpartum support. Doulas offer a range of expertise and services and their rates can fit into almost any budget. In other words, all new moms could benefit from hiring a postpartum doula, and there’s a postpartum doula for every mother!
Allie Chee is the author of New Mother: Using a Doula, Midwife, Postpartum Doula, Maid, Cook, or Nanny to Support Healing, Bonding and Growth and Free Love: Everyday Ideas for Joyful Living. She is also a certified Traditional Chinese Medicine nutritionist and a homebirth mom. www.alliechee.com
Through networking and education, Midwifery Today's mission is to return midwifery care to its rightful position in the family, to make midwifery care the norm throughout the world, and to redefine midwifery as a vital partnership with women. | {
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The importance of hydration for seniors
Most seniors probably drink even less on average because you lose your ability to know when you’re thirsty as you get older because of changes in your brain.
In addition, you may take medications like diuretics and laxatives that lead to dehydration. Or, you have limited mobility that keeps you from the simple task of reaching for a glass or cup.
You may even suffer from urinary incontinence, which is more common in seniors, and that makes you unwilling to drink out of fear of going to the bathroom too often. It also contributes to seniors feeling as though they’re a burden to the point that they won’t drink fluids.
“From a physiological standpoint, as aging occurs, the water content of our bodies decreases,” Kelly O’Connor, RD, of Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, tells Today’s Geriatric Medicine. “Research indicates the total body water content of a 75- to 80-year-old person is nearly 50 percent less than a young person. For some reason not yet clear, the decline in water content is even greater in elderly women.”
Dehydration can lead to a compromised immune system, constipation, and even death since the organs are mostly water,” adds Rebecca Scritchfield, MA, RD, a nutrition and exercise expert specializing in healthy weight management.
She says organs pull water from the brain, shrinking it and causing headaches. Chronic, persistent dehydration, she says, leads to cell death and, without proper rehydration, tissue death.
Other ideas include keeping a pitcher of water near a favorite seat where he can reach it, experimenting with beverages at different temperatures, trying something savory like soup broth, giving him popsicles made from fruit juice or other sweet liquid, and offering smoothies, milkshakes, and sports drinks.
You should also encourage seniors to drink small amounts of fluids throughout the day to make it easier. A lot of sips add up if you drink from a water bottle all day long. | {
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Q: When will new information be posted for the next Holocaust Remembrance Service?
A: We hope to have student guidelines, and the service date posted before the beginning of the school year each year. Details about location and guest speaker may take longer to determine. Note that the deadline for the Literary Competition will always be March 1, and the prompts will be posted well in advance of that deadline.
Q: If a student chooses to write a narrative poem using the prompt, are they required to write 500 words for the high school narrative poem?
A: A submission can be as long as needed to address the prompt, as long as it does not go beyond the maximum number of words.
Q: For the literary competition, should my daughter use her school counselor to support her, or her English/Social Studies teacher, or does it matter?
A: A student can use any of these options to support them when submitting an entry. Teachers or counselors can each earn prizes by having students of theirs submit essays or having students join them at the Holocaust Remembrance Service.
Q: I thought that prizes were bonds. Why are prizes gift cards/certificates now?
A: For many years the prizes were bonds. Then for a few years the prizes were iPads and Tablets. Recently it was suggested that gift cards would allow students/teachers to purchase books, or whatever supplies or rewards they choose.
Q: We would like to help support the efforts to encourage students and teachers to be learning about the Holocaust. Can we make donations for the Holocaust Remembrance Service or the Literary Competition?
A: Make donations to Northwest Louisiana Jewish Federation (245 Southfield Road, Shreveport, LA 71105) and specify that it is for the Holocaust Literary Competition. Thank you for your support!
Q: How can our church host the Holocaust Remembrance Service?
A: Contact the Northwest Louisiana Jewish Federation, or this year's current Chair of the event.
Q: How do I know that the judging is fair?
A: If submissions follow the guidelines to keep entrant's identity safe, the judges cannot know who submitted the entry or which school the entrant is from.
Q: When do students and teachers learn if they have won awards?
A: Judges are supposed to have winners determined during the first week of April, and the intention is to let the students know if they have won by the middle of April. Teachers who have had students submit any entries are already eligible for an award, and teachers with at least 3 students attending the service will also automatically receive an award during the service.
Q. My students participated in the past, but I did not receive essay prompt information this year for the competition. Who should be contacting our school?
A. Please check this website each year for the prompts, which should be posted during the summer with a deadline of March 1 the following spring. While attempts are made to contact each school, and parish school coordinators, sometimes there are complications (email addresses no longer valid, mail not delivered, etc.) Even if you do not receive the prompts, check the details on this website. If you still have questions, email here.
Q. Will poorly written entries be able to win a prize?
A. Teachers should help students to hone the submission so that it is worthy of submission. If insufficient entries meet the basic guidelines, then not all prizes will be awarded.
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A. The number of submissions vary each year, but often the total number of submissions for all categories is at least 100.
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UK businesses ‘deeply concerned’ at slow pace of Brexit talks
UK’s five main business lobby groups told Theresa May they’re deeply concerned that time is running out for a Brexit deal that protects hundreds of thousands of British jobs. — Reuters pic
LONDON, June 24 — The UK’s five main business lobby groups told Theresa May they’re “deeply concerned” that time is running out for a Brexit deal that protects hundreds of thousands of British jobs, ratcheting up pressure on the prime minister to offer more detail on the future relationship with the European Union.
“In the absence of clarity, businesses will inevitably have to implement plans for a worst-case scenario, which could cost the UK economy billions of pounds, thousands of jobs and leave many families without a main income,” the groups said in a letter to May dated Saturday. “An increasing number of companies have made clear that in the face of uncertainty, they are now actively considering moving substantial volumes of work away from the UK We know that many more large businesses are close behind in their plans.”
May is under mounting pressure to spell out Britain’s vision for the EU relationship. The premier has promised a white paper on her plans before the summer recess starts on July 24, but must first reach consensus with her squabbling cabinet and party over details including plans for customs and an open border with Ireland.
The letter from the groups follows warnings from aerospace giant Airbus SE and car maker BMW AG that time is short before they need to implement contingency plans. Airbus said on Thursday it may pull investment from Britain in the event May fails to strike a deal, an outcome it described as “catastrophic” and which would threaten its 14,000 UK jobs. BMW’s UK chief, Ian Robertson told the BBC a day later that without clarity within a couple of months, it would have to prepare alternative plans, damaging Britain.
Get behind May
“It’s completely inappropriate for business to be making these kinds of threats,” Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Sunday in a BBC interview. “We are in an absolutely critical moment in the Brexit discussions, and what that means is we need to get behind Theresa May to deliver the best possible Brexit, a clean Brexit.”
With the UK yet to settle the divorce terms with the EU, negotiators haven’t begun formal discussions on the future economic relationship, even though Brexit Secretary David Davis has said he aims to have details of that nailed down by October. For business, the biggest worry is that May fails to reach an agreement. She’s repeatedly said that “no deal is better than a bad deal,” raising concerns that it is an outcome she would accept.
Supply chains
“We’ve got to be free in a negotiation to say if we don’t get the deal that we want, there won’t be any agreement,’’ International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said in an interview aired Sunday on Sky News. “Companies are right to say that if there’s no deal that won’t be good for Britain, but it won’t be good for Europe either. In an era when we’ve got complex integrated supply chains, it will be necessarily bad for both sides.’’
Fox’s desire to keep open the “no deal” option was buttressed by 60 economists, politicians and business people who wrote to May on Sunday saying she should speed up planning for Britain to revert to World Trade Organisation rules if Brussels refuses to strike a free-trade deal. The letter was organised by the pro-Brexit group Economists for Free Trade.
“To have any real leverage in the Brexit endgame, the UK must reserve the right to walk away without a trade deal,” according to the letter, whose signatories included May’s former Brexit minister, David Jones, and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson.
Approach not working
The business lobby letter to May, obtained by Bloomberg, was signed by British Chambers of Commerce Director General Adam Marshall; Confederation of British Industry Director General Carolyn Fairbairn; Stephen Phipson, chief executive of the manufacturing lobby, the EEF; Federation of Small Businesses Chairman Mike Cherry; and Institute of Directors Director-General Stephen Martin.
The letter also went to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk with copies to Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier.
“Our business members and their European trading partners need faster, more decisive action from both sides,’’ they said. “It’s time to move on. The current approach by the UK and European Council isn’t working and threatens growth and jobs.”
Transition
They expressed concern that a 21-month transition period to give business time to prepare for Brexit is losing its value because little is known about the conditions after exiting. The period, from Brexit day in March until December 2020, will maintain current regulatory and trading relationships, even though technically Britain will be out of the bloc. The groups said they need more detail on the future arrangements for the border, mobility of labour and regulatory cooperation.
“The original benefits of transition are being wasted as time ticks down,” the business chiefs said. “Every day, larger companies are not only contingency planning, but spending many millions on implementing these plans, without even knowing what to prepare for.”
Medium-sized businesses “are watching and waiting” and can’t plan without clarity, while smaller companies involved in European supply chains are deferring investment, according to the letter. — Bloomberg | {
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Ye Olde Goblet of Stanley
Zack Frongillo, representing the Washington Capitals, battles Lee Orchard as the Golden Knight during a pregame show before Game 1 of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final between the Capitals and the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Monday in Las Vegas.
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In their first year of existence, the Vegas Golden Knights have shocked the National Hockey League by making it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final. The Golden Knights’ over-the-top pregame shows have been perhaps even more stunning. Before each home game, the franchise stages a set piece centering on fake medieval warfare, featuring a knight-champion who does brief and victorious battle with foes on skates.
The shows got more complex as the season wore on; by Monday, before the first game of the Stanley Cup Final, the spectacle came complete with “flaming” arrows shot by female archers, a castle that looks to have been constructed out of papier-mâché, and, inexplicably, drummers wearing futuristic light-up goggles. It’s all very Vegas—and it’s great.
The shows have gone viral, and we will hopefully get another spectacular one when the Golden Knights play the Washington Capitals in Game 2 on Wednesday night. (Vegas leads the series 1–0.) Hotly anticipating a new chapter in the saga, I called on Kevin Uhalde, a historian who studies and teaches popular medievalism at Ohio University, to talk to me about misused catapults, sword fighting on skates, and whether or not the Golden Knights are actually ronin.
Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Rebecca Onion: It’s completely ridiculous to think about historical accuracy when you’re watching a hilarious bit of pop culture medievalism like this, right? Should we just be putting the whole concept of accuracy aside to enjoy these shows?
Kevin Uhalde: I often distinguish between accuracy and authenticity, or realism, with the idea that you need some accuracy to have any sense of authenticity. Attention to detail matters up to a point, but for most people it’s the smallest part of what matters, and that certainly applies to medievalism.
One thing that’s not an “inaccuracy,” because I don’t think they’re trying to be accurate, but knights, historically, would have been on horseback, and there are obviously no horses on the ice, so that’s kind of out the door.
Another thing is that knights were generally not rogues. There’s either a sovereign, a liege lord—there’s someone that knights are following. Watching this, I thought of, in feudal Japan, the example of the ronin, the masterless samurai. In Arthurian material, there are some examples of wandering knights. But it’s really contradictory to the very notion of what it means to be a knight, just like being on foot is contradictory to the notion of being a knight.
I looked up the helmet design, because I didn’t know whether it was supposed to be an English, Viking-era, Saxon, or Scandinavian helmet, and I did think, “Well, it looks a lot like a late Roman helmet, or maybe some sort of Greek or Spartan helmet.” I thought it was really interesting to see that Ken Boehlke [of the Golden Knights fan site SinBin] had this whole article saying, No, it’s really a knight’s helmet! I know you think it’s a Spartan helmet, but it’s really a specific medieval helmet from 15th-century Italy!
"I like the extra-messy medievalism where people are mixing up different stuff—really mixing up their own notion of what ismedieval.”
— Kevin Uhalde
That was a great defensive internet moment.
[The slippage between Spartans and the medieval period] makes it clear that what they want out of the medieval context is the martial or military part of chivalry. What you’re left with are some warrior motifs that are recognizably medieval because of the armor and the keep with the turret. It’s clearly medieval, but it could be any martial culture. There’s nothing wrong with that! That’s clearly the most relevant thing to competitive sport, and especially one like hockey that’s known, at least in part, for being violent.
Historical slippage is always part of popular medievalism, whether you’re talking about Renaissance fairs, which are vaguely medieval and Renaissance-y, or even talking about medievalism in literature gong back a couple centuries. There’s a great tradition of just picking and choosing whatever elements you want.
There’s a negative part of me watching these shows and thinking, ugh, it’s so depressing how we strip mine history for broad symbols. But you’re saying that’s been happening with medievalism for a long time.
Yeah! There’s nothing strange or new about it, in and of itself, and I like the extra-messy medievalism where people are mixing up different stuff—really mixing up their own notion of what is medieval. There are at least two different kinds of medievalism going on in this one. The most obvious one is the chivalry—which is, when I teach anywhere from 50–100 students a course in medieval history in film and literature, chivalry is what everyone says medievalism is.
But it’s also pulling from this dark primitivism. That’s what clearly informs Game of Thrones and some of the more recent movies to come out, like the most recent Arthur movie from last summer, where the atmosphere is very dark and it’s brutal. That’s its own version of medievalism that goes back to the Renaissance, where they refer to the medieval period as the Dark Ages.
And that’s in this show as well. Especially in the opening where the sort of hooded figure comes out with a lantern and everything’s dark. It’s got a primitive feeling; the guy is fighting off these forces of evil that happen to be Toronto or Winnipeg.
Those horrible Canadians. I liked the opening part too, because there was a way they were enlisting the audience to listen, and it seemed to be similar to how the audience might hear an epic—analogous to medieval storytelling.
When they say things like, “In Chapter 1, we saw the fall of the kings … in Chapter 2, the knights feasted on shark … ” they’re spinning out an epic, taking us on a journey.
There was some profile I was reading that mentioned that one of the people putting on the shows had worked for World Wrestling Entertainment. And he said something like, I learned at that job that you just need to make good and evil extremely obvious. You can see that in the inequity between the champion of the Golden Knights and the villain–bad guy from the other team, who is very easily vanquished in their little battle.
In actual medieval chivalric literature, there’s much, much more gray in there. But certainly our idea of the Middle Ages—our medievalism—is all about light and dark and good and evil, from Tolkien to everything else. There’s no ambiguity.
The use of the flaming arrows and catapults—how did that become the go-to visual indicator of medieval combat?
I’m not a military historian, but I think what most historians would tell you about catapults is that they’re used against fortifications, not against people. For a lot of reasons. They’re not mobile. They would be constructed outside of a fortified city to batter the walls, but the way you see them used most often in movies or in this show is being used against people.
The flaming arrows, they just look good! And it’s hard to see arrows otherwise.
I really liked the fact that this catapult had a StubHub ad on it. If you were going to teach these shows in your class, how would you teach them?
I don’t know if there’s a lot to learn, except that medievalism is so popular that you can almost not notice it. There seem to be ebbs and flows, and times when you see more of it around, and now is one of those times. I was just teaching the course on medieval history in film and literature in the spring, and toward the end, I realized that Bud Light had been running this ad series called “Dilly Dilly,” and it had been running since the fall, and it’s got a medieval king and knights, and they’re really funny. So we watched three or four of them in class. These Golden Knights shows run on the same principle as “Dilly Dilly,” where medievalism is something we can connect to without really thinking very deeply about.
Playing with this anachronism becomes really easy because we all have this little pool of signifiers to point toward.
Yes, and the thing about medievalism is that you get to have these violent references, to slaughtering your foes and eating them. It’s a degree of violence where it’s hard to imagine how they would stage that in a pregame show without putting it in some remote past. | {
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San Diego State and Boise State stand to earn about $7.8 million annually from the new TV deal coming up for the Big East Conference, according to estimates by an independent national market research firm.
If that estimate is on the mark, it would easily validate SDSU’s move to the Big East from the Mountain West, where the Aztecs make just $1.2 million annually in TV money.
The league begins negotiations on its new TV deal in September — an event that promises to be a critical milestone for the future of Aztecs athletics.
•Football-only members in the Big East stand to make $7.8 million per year. Basketball-only members would make $3.2 million per year, and full members in all sports would make $11 million. SDSU and Boise plan to join in football only on July 1, 2013.
•If SDSU and Boise State stayed in the Mountain West instead of joining the Big East, the Big East deal still probably would be at least double that of the Mountain West.
The Mountain West and Conference USA have been discussing a joint collaboration to maximize the value of their media rights. But the teams in those two leagues don’t have the TV markets and fan bases that the Big East would deliver for TV networks with markets in Texas and the East Coast.
“A Mountain West with Boise State and SDSU would still earn less than the Big East without those schools,” said Jeff Nelson, analytics manager for Navigate. “It just wouldn’t have football programs with the fan bases and pull to draw ratings comparable to the Big East.”
ESPN has first negotiating rights with the Big East. NBC and Fox also have shown interest.
“The main draw of Boise State is obviously its level of play in recent years and the hope that it would bring viewers due to being ranked and being an exciting team to watch,” Nelson said. “So losing it would hurt. However, Boise State’s actual fan base is very small, so its drawing power is completely tied to its performance — unlike schools with much larger fan bases — and therefore slightly limited, meaning the drop isn’t enormous.”
•If the Big East added BYU, the Big East would add value for all football members, though not by much. Navigate Research projects the TV revenue share for football-only members would jump from $7.8 to $8 million annually if it included BYU. | {
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Conversation partners aligning the way they speak is often thought to indicate affiliation between two people. Have a chat with someone who curses liberally, for example, and the likelihood is good that you’ll drop a swear word too. While matching linguistic styles is a documented phenomenon, what’s particularly interesting is that new research shows that higher levels of female fertility are linked to lower levels of linguistic matching from male conversation partners.
According to a study published last month in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers interpret this to mean that men are trying to distinguish themselves in the mating process by being unconventional. What’s more, they don’t seem to even realize they ‘re doing it.
Jacqueline Coyle, an adjunct professor of human factors and systems at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, followed 123 male undergraduate students who interacted with five female undergraduate students at various points throughout the women’s menstrual cycles. The women, whose menstrual cycles were tracked, weren’t relying on hormonal contraception.
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New Year, New Tech, New Tools
- Tom Dyas is the President of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. To find out more information about the organization please visit www.kelownachamber.org.
KELOWNA - 2017 is rolling out with only a few surprises, so far: the best one is how ebullient the business market is. We came right out of the gate in January with pumped-up business predictions, and a busy-ness we weren’t completely expecting.
A few notable points: you can’t pick up a newspaper or open an online news page without seeing the word “Trump” on every page – literally. The Trump Effect on the stock market currently, remains a positive one, alongside the headline-grabbing back-stories.
Hendrik Brakel, Senior Director of Economic, Financial & Tax Policy for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce laid out some numbers at the end of January: US unemployment is at just 4.6%, a couple points below Kelowna’s 6.8% (last official monthly rate, November 2016) and US wages are rising 3% year-over-year.
Strong US numbers are good news for Canadian exports: it means the US market is hungry and cashed-up, waiting for Canadian imports. In the mid-February Washington meetings between the US and Canada, we read that NAFTA will be “tweaked” not tossed out; and that the punishing 20% border tariffs weren’t even on the table in the discussions between Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Trump. Another good signal.
Hendrik Brakel’s overall prediction for 2017: a year of Shock and Opportunity.
Elections are the byword for 2017. The Kelowna Chamber’s annual election closed March 2 in advance of the March 15 AGM. The US election results are still loudly resonating in the headlines. In BC, the provincial election goes forward May 9; there will be announcements and budget presentations in advance, and doubtless some MLA changes and new policies after.
The Kelowna Chamber hosted a provincial budget presentation with Premier Clark on February 24. Many of our chamber colleagues are hosting presentations in their respective BC locales in the run-up to the election.
Internationally, the effects of the general election in the Netherlands (March) and France (April-May) will have less effect on businesses locally, but will still set a global tone as predictions of more populist, right wing representatives have their effect on protectionism, the EU, tariffs, and immigration. All eventually have their effect here at home.
Kelowna continues to be touted as a great site for tech employees – Accelerate Okanagan’s CEO Raghwa Gopal forecasted in January that tech will become Kelowna’s biggest economic sector in the next decade.
Jeff Cates, president of Intuit Canada, pointed out in the February 15, 2017 Globe & Mail that smart business leaders not only focus on their business plans at this early point in the year, but also look ahead to identify trends that can better position their businesses for success.
One of Cates’s hot buttons for 2017 is ‘machine learning.” Simply defined, Machine Learning is a type of AI (Artificial Intelligence) which has been around for years now. But Machine Learning centers around computer programs that teach themselves evolution – they get smarter as they are exposed to new data. That’s a good career choice for all of us, and it’s good to hear that the machines that help us create success are involved in helping us get there.
Current AI initiatives are visible at Mercedes Benz (an autonomous car to be introduced next year); Amazon, Alexa and Hey Google. These all represent self-learning platforms that Cates – who is clearly deeply invested through his Quick Books Online – sees as creating an AI strategic adviser for everyone’s business. Heady stuff!
Another big tech tool that was much in evidence at the annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas in January – the global pinnacle of all things tech – was Virtual Reality. “VR” is a term that is being attached to a ton of products that are already in people’s living rooms, offices, and autos.
One of the most fascinating business applications will be VR as it applies to remote workers. Colleagues will be able to stay connected, both in a social environment, and in learning new applications and techniques in a remotely connected, 24/7 online environment.
Last but not least, I continue to be fascinated by alternate payment/cash strategies. We’ve moved from cash to plastic, from bricks and mortar banking to online technologies. Now, there is “Blockchain Technology”. Best known as the technology that underpins the Bitcoin digital currency, Blockchain goes far beyond and is starting to have real impact in the financial services industry.
One of our members, John Phillips at our local BMO, steered me toward some published information on the technology. The Bank of Canada is developing a digital currency called CAD-Coin, in collaboration with Canadian banks and NY-based blockchain start-up R3.
Canada’s “Big Five” chartered banks are participating, and are members of the R3CEV consortium. The consortium is testing and developing CAD-Coin.
“The Bank has an ambitious research agenda to conduct research into a DLT (distributed ledger technology) payment system,” said the senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada, Carolyn Wilkins. The outcome would be to build an interbank payment system using blockchain technology.
Just one “out there” Blockchain example is Mycelia – they have developed songs with smart contracts already built in – artists can thus sell direct to consumers without the need to involve either a streaming company or a record label. Change, change. I look forward to what else 2017 will bring! | {
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We're the relentlessly fun Washington Capitals blog hopelessly devoted to Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov, and Evgeny Kuznetsov!Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:38:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Christine Mariehttp://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2010/05/12/your-bad-joke-of-the-day/#comment-2634
Fri, 14 May 2010 20:07:34 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=4182#comment-2634Boooo to this joke.
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Fri, 14 May 2010 00:14:36 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=4182#comment-2596I feel a little better about the Caps loss now because I realize the Habs win was no fluke. I salute the Canadiens and thank them with all my heart for disposing of Crybaby Crosby. Now I won’t have to agonize any more about the Pens winning a second consecutive Cup. Good-bye and good riddance to them and all their trollish fans who have been gloating on Caps boards for the past two weeks.
Has there been any word about Evegni Malkin joining Team Russia or Crosby joining Team Canada for the rest of the WC?
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Thu, 13 May 2010 13:03:02 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=4182#comment-2581I’m a huge Caps/Ovie fan but that is kind of funny. Feeling much better about our demise now that the Habs have knocked out the defending Cup champs. You have to respect the Habs.
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Wed, 12 May 2010 20:35:49 +0000http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/?p=4182#comment-2562haha I’ve been told that joke at least 3 times at work. Obviously written by a Penguins fan. This is the Capitals fan retort (slightly cheesier, but whatever):
Crosby shares the latest joke about Ovi with bartender and whines, “Why all these about Ovi and nothing about me?”
The bartender says, “Don’t worry, he’s the one for you… Do you know what’s the difference between you and your bra?”
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If someone put me in a line-up & asked you to pick out the comic book reader – I doubt you’d choose me first.
I mean c’mon…pick the gal in her 30’s in sling-backs & Ann Taylor? Choose the intellectual (look I said that with a straight face *giggle*) mother of two with the degree & the Dilbert-esque corporate career? Nah – it’s the big Goth girl or the little geek-guy – not main-stream-middle-class-church-going-little ol’ me, right?
And you are asking now, “What does this have to do with anything?” For years, people have been confounded that someone like me reads those COMIC BOOKS, so I get a lot of practice trying to explain. I’m not saying I actually succeed, but I try.
Even the most Cro-Magnon members of our culture want to communicate & be understood (BE-lieve me I’ve dated them, I know *grin*). Fact based communication can take you so far. But when you’re ready to explore bigger ideas sometimes it helps to deliver that idea as metaphor, allegory, parable, etc.
So we tell stories. Books are perfectly acceptable – have been for centuries. The best ones inspire you to create your own vivid pictures in your imagination.
But let’s add pictures to help tell the story. Movies & television are still generally mainstream. These media allow the creators to tell a story but add their own vision of what the story “looks” like. Again, the best ones have the ability show you things outside your imagination. Or even when an already existing story is now told with pictures – you have the opportunity to see the same story in a whole new way.
And that’s all comics are, a story told with both words & pictures, right? Why choose this medium for entertainment when there are books to read and movies to watch?
Because it’s truly unique.
It takes the best of different media and creates a rich storytelling experience. It’s a marriage of original artwork & words. Then when it’s coupled with meaningful, iconic characters – it hardly gets better.
Think about the written word alone. The author’s imagination can be ablaze with colorful settings & characters, but the conveyance of his ideas can be restricted by the reader’s perceptions & limits to their imagination.
Words are powerful. They have amazing descriptive ability. But think of the capacity a picture has to covey a whole host of ideas at once.
I can think of the perfect example. I ripped up my collection looking for this issue so I could describe it, but couldn’t find it. (It was one of the X-men titles & they are always hopping around each others books.) But maybe it’s better to talk about it from memory so I can express the imprint it left behind.
It was a time when Colossus had left the X-men to join Magneto. Due to a serious head injury he received in his armored form he resolved to remain that way. The wound would probably be too severe to survive if he reverted to his human form.
His X-pals naturally still cared for him & figured out a way to repair the damage, but Colossus would not willingly submit to the procedure.
Because of Colossus’ unwavering trust in her, Xavier enlisted Kitty Pryde to ask him to return. The thought of deceiving him sickened her, but she wanted him to have the opportunity to heal, so she persuaded him to come to the mansion.
When he arrived & realized he was there under false pretenses he raged at the duplicity, but was quickly overpowered. The procedure to repair the damage was a success. Kitty was there when he woke up.
Here’s where the pictures turned this from an ordinary story to something I’ll never forget.
Kitty tries to convince him that he can return to his human form now. Colossus is angry, but more than that he is hurt by her betrayal. As they talk we learn the wound was really a convenient excuse. He wanted to stay armored up – it was “safer” that way. Not just physically, but emotionally.
As this already compelling conversation plays out we see him, literally SEE HIM, start to let go. Until the one picture that summed it up for me – a spent, vulnerable Colossus, now human again, is wrapped only in a sheet, clinging to an equally emotional Kitty.
The dialogue was moving, but when paired with the picture the message was perfectly communicated. It’s safer in the armor. How could people who loved him rob him of his reasons to stay protected & secure? He did NOT want to feel…to grieve…to forgive. But for that one moment, in the arms of safety, he let it all go.
Oh man I got to quit this – I’m getting teary all over again now. See – little pictures, big impact. And this is also a great example of the weight the mythology of these characters has. Colossus is such a great character. Who among us can say they haven’t had a time where we could relate to those feelings? C’mon – I think we all “armor-up” the minute we set foot out the door each day.
Okay this grows ridiculously long – I’ll try to wrap up with my last point. So if a “comic” is just storytelling with pictures – I can get that at the movies, right? Well, not exactly.
Where on earth are you going to find such a wealth of original artwork? Sure we all have different preferences & some of it is “out there” – but so much of it is fantastic!
Technology for making movies today is astounding, but it has limits. CG work can create almost anything now, but it’s a lengthy & expensive process. In a comic though a fantastic character, an exotic setting or an entire world can be just one sketch away. (I know, that’s waaaay oversimplified, but you get the point.) And those people & places can live on forever as long as there are artists to continue creating them.
I know, I just made mincemeat out of that last point trying to dash to the finish line. So I’ll wrap it up here. Unbelievably I had so much to say about “why comics” I lopped off half my thoughts here & put them on another essay. Look for it soon. Thanks for listening to the rant…..
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Chris Ybarra, Photo EditorSophomore Skylor Poole defending against Leander Glenn at the first Lady Badger varsity soccer game of this season.
The varsity soccer Lady Badgers kickedoff their season with a game against the Leander Glenn Grizzlies on Jan. 4, losing 5-0. The Lady Badgers also played in the Killeen Scrimmage Tourney on Dec. 28 during the winter break. The JV and varsity girls will both playin the Fredericksburg Tournament on Jan. 10,11 and 12.
“Of course there are things like ball skills and running [to improve], but there are also intangibles like effort and hustle,” Assistant Coach Nathaniel Brayton said. “I think one of the biggest obstacles always for us is having mental toughness. T
he ability to not get rattled when we get down in a game will be a large obstacle for us.¨
The varsity Lady Badgers went into the game against the Grizzlies with players missing,a number of which were playing with basketball at the time. Due to the shortage of players, JV players were called up to help fill in, including freshmen.
“I just wanted to try and keep a positive attitude throughout each play and keep my head up,” freshmen Toni Poole said. “The results were a bummer, because I knew we could’ve had that game in the bag, but we just backed off the ball the second we got it. I believe if we had more practice on the field, we could’ve easily gotten goals.”
Returning seniors also took to the field to begin the final season of their high school career.
“My mindset was that we were going to play our best as a team and try our hardest in our new formation,” senior Taylor Malone said. “I think this game could have gone completely different, especially if we had practiced our new formation more. We could learn from this game that in order to maintain possession, we need to talk and pick our heads up.” | {
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Undead shopaholic Betsy Taylor has found that being a vampire queen has more problems than perks. It may be easy to find blood in the dark of night, but try finding a strawberry smoothie. And employees at her nightclub Scratch have been giving her nothing but grief since she killed their former boss.
But Betsy’s “life” takes an interesting turn when her father lets it slip that Betsy has a long-lost half sister. Now twenty years old, this woman just so happens to be the devil’s daughter – and destined to rule the world…
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You just never knew when a totally normal vampire
errand would end in a bloodbath with severed-limb soap.
My Review
Undead and Unappreciated is the third book of the Undead series. Betsy’s adventures continue, and finally she finds – I guess it’s neither a secret nor a surprise – ‘happily ever after’ with Eric Sinclair.
Betsy and Eric
Everybody knew my views on the subject. They had to be as tired of hearing about it as I was of bitching about it.
After the prologue, and especially after the lines above, I was so afraid that Betsy would be whining throughout the book that she didn’t want to be neither the queen, nor a vampire, not even the consort of Sinclair. So I was very relieved when she finally pulled herself together, and saw daylight (literally).
Six months of pushing him away, and when I succeeded, I was sick about it.
Thank God! Here is the development I wished for!
Betsy is still acting crazy, her thoughts and behavior are rhapsodic:
“Why don’t you mind your own fucking business for once?” I snapped. “If I want to take my sister to my place of business, that’s my own damned business and not any of your business.” Was I overusing the word business? Fuck it. “So mind your own business.”
But she also can be sober, confident, and full of determination and plans for the future.
But realizing—okay, admitting—I loved Eric Sinclair didn’t solve anything. Real life was messy, and loving him didn’t magically undo the old problems and make everything wonderful and perfect.
So true, isn’t it? Especially after ranting at Sinclair a day before that.
So, the romance of Betsy and Eric comes to pass in ‘Undead and Unappreciated’. I don’t say ‘finally’, or ‘at last’, as it is the third book. I guess, the timing is okay, and I’m really curious about their future together. Betsy is surprisingly sober-minded and rational about it, Eric is sweet and open, and I love their natural and unpretentious ways with each other.
I Disliked
Betsy is saved again. It would be great to see her finally saving herself, without any help by others, to see her proving her strength, and superior abilities.
The prologue with the AA meeting, and Nick’s appearance – totally unnecessary.
Betsy’s viewpoint is very limited as she focuses only on herself. For example, I would love to know more about Sinclair. And I’m wondering whether Jessica doesn’t have a life of her own? I mean, does she never date? Or doesn’t she have other friends, or a cousin? Or some kind of occupation? Or hobbies? Anything. So the storytelling is one-sided, but at least it is not outstretched.
I Liked
Laura, the goody-goody spawn of the Devil, who “turned her back on her destiny”. Nice! And surprising too, I really didn’t see what was coming!
George, with the finest butt among the Fiends, playing with skeins of yarn. Weird. Anyway, his attraction to Betsy, and his endeavor to be near her, “creepy but kind of cute”. 🙂
Both Laura and George are promising and refreshing characters, I’m looking forward to seeing how their storylines progress.
The effects of the Book of the Dead on Betsy. The change of her thoughts is shown smartly and in a really terrifying way.
The story ends withAndrea and Daniel’s wedding ceremony. Great, I love it! Just a small episode, nothing cheesy, but it is overall romantic and nice.
All in allIt is an enjoyable read, and much better than the second one. Though the plot is not well-composed; it seems to consist of loose, random events in succession. I missed some intense erotica, and I hope Betsy’s viewpoint will broaden in the following books.
Today here is a quote fromUndead and Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson.
Me, I was ready to bite everybody in the room just for the relief of the screams. It was the usual collection of wannabe socialites and poseurs. Believe me, a bite on the neck would be doing every one of them a favor.
Being royally undead isn’t all it’s cracked up to bethere are still bills to be paid. Luckily, new Queen of the Vampires Betsy Taylor lands her dream job selling designer shoes at Macy’s.But when a string of vampire murders hits St. Paul, Betsy must enlist the help of the one vamp who makes her blood boil: the oh-so-sexy Sinclair. Now, she’s really treading on dangerous groundhigh heels and all.
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“Being a soulless denizen of the undead was really hard sometimes.”
My Review
I’m sad to say that the second book of the Undead series fell short of my expectations.
The first third of the book is pretty boring: Betsy has financial and termite problems, so she needs a job, and a new place to live.
Then a group of vampire hunters appears, killing vampires all over the city. Betsy is enlightened thatas a queen she has certain responsibilities.
“We’re getting reports of quite a few staked vampires.”“So?”She looked at me.“Ah, no,” I whined. “What, this is my problem?”“You’re the queen.”“Oh, so I have to protect the city’s vampires?”“The world’s vampires, actually,” she said gently.
On top of this, she gets some upsetting news from her stepmother, and a little girl as a companion, whose entity is a surprise only for Betsy, but not for the reader.
The intended turns of the story are too obvious – I mean the antagonist supporting the above mentioned vampire hunters, aka the Blade Warriors, aka the Broody Warthogs. Although their appearances are great and laugh-out-loud funny, I soon get tired of them.
I hoped for some development of Betsy, but she has the same naïve, self-centered, negligent attitude she had before. But even so, she is funny most of the time. 🙂
The final action scene is just lame; I expected a more spectacular ending. I don’t despise the fact that Betsy escapes almost miraculously, thanks to her being a supervamp, but that the whole scene, especially the revenge, is performed poorly.
All in allDespite the flat action, the predictable plot turns, and the uninteresting, but at least quickly disappearing new characters, Undead and Unemployed still has enough laugh-out-loud situations and sparkling dialogues to have a good time with it. A light and amusing read! | {
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MINI John Cooper Works Concept To Debut In Detroit
MINI John Cooper Works Concept will make its official first world appearance at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next year. The concept features all of the highlights that are typical for the MINI Style but includes technology lifted straight from the race track.
One can see that the car also features all of the details that are typical for the John Cooper Works style, including exclusive body paintwork in Bright Highways Grey, familiar MINI red colour accents, bespoke aerodynamic features and 18-inch John Cooper Works light-alloy wheels in a newly developed design.
The aim of the engineers and designers with this concept was to deliver the ultimate driving experience for those behind the wheel. This was made possible thanks to the precise interplay of the ultra-high-performance powertrain and chassis technology with the car's aerodynamically improved exterior. In addition, these enhancements also contribute towards an agile and surefooted handling.
This concept vehicle is based on the latest-generation MINI. This means benefits in terms of weight savings, aerodynamics, and more. Large air intakes – filling the space reserved for fog lights in the series-produced MINI models – and precisely formed air-channelling elements mark out the front apron of the MINI John Cooper Works Concept, which also features LED headlights and a black surround for the front grille.
A special aerodynamic kit is also added and it comprises of specially contoured side skirts and a rear apron with flaps and a diffuser element. The car also includes a roof spoiler and additional body components. They serve in channeling the air efficiently around the C-pillars for optimized aerodynamic balance at high speeds.
The exterior appearance of the study car is exceptional. It features a Bright Highways Grey exterior paint shade over which is applied a hand-polished surface layer with a clear coat. This results in lustrous sheen of the paintwork. A contrasting red is utilized for the roof, roof spoiler and exterior mirror caps.
Also included are Sport Stripes in Chili Red for the bonnet and boot lid, and in white for the roof. Red accents can also be seen on the rim wells of the JCW light-alloy wheels, the callipers of the sports brakes, the side indicator surrounds and the contour lines of the front and rear apron.
John Cooper Works logo is positioned on the radiator grille. A special exhaust system is also featured and it includes the JCW silencer system, and the striking twin tailpipes with chrome finish that also carry the logo. | {
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The Republican governor says in a statement that "the likelihood of this measure surviving a court challenge remains in question." He calls the measure "a legitimate attempt by a state legislature to discover the boundaries" of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
Dalrymple on Tuesday also signed into law another measure that would makes North Dakota the first to ban abortions based on genetic defects such as Down syndrome. He also endorsed a measure that requires a doctor who performs abortions to be a physician with hospital-admitting privileges. | {
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A view of the interior courtyard of the Basilica of Saint Anthony's Cloisters. Columns supporting pointed arches create the ribbed vaults of the cloister. The back of the basilica appears behind the cloister. Gothic, Romanesque, and Byzantine architecture traits. | {
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What is CEFR and Common Reference Levels? by Aysun Güneş Source: Aysun’s Blog: Language Teaching Tips After a long holiday, I’ll kick off with some information about CEFR and levels. Actually, I first saw the definition years ago, but started … Continue reading →
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Amanda Gefter says every book and article she consulted gave the same answer to the question “What does the M in M-theory mean?”: “nobody knows” (19 April, p 47). She finally tracks down Edward Witten, who reveals: “the M stood for magic, mystery or membrane, according to taste” – as he did in my New Scientist article “Theory of Everything” (Instant Expert, 4 June 2011).
In the period between the superstring revolution of 1984 and the M-theory revolution of 1995, membranes were taboo. One string theorist announced that “I want to cover up my ears every time I hear … | {
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However, apart from the group game between Nigeria and Libya in northern city Tangiers, matches not involving the host nation drew paltry crowds.
Central city Marrakech and Agadir in the south on the Atlantic coast were the other venues used during the 23-day tournament.
Cold northern hemisphere winter weather was one deterrent to Moroccans with many who did attend wearing clothing more familiar with Europe than Africa.
An encouraging sign, though, was the number of families who came to watch some of the best domestic football talent in Africa.
Matches kicked off at 1630 and 1930 local/GMT time and many crowds decreased noticeably after the first game as temperatures dropped significantly.
Weather will not be an issue should Morocco be awarded the 2026 World Cup as the tournament is traditionally staged during June and July – hot months in the kingdom.
Morocco has not officially named their proposed World Cup venues, but the four Chan stadiums are sure to be in the list.
At least one venue in capital city Rabat would certainly be included to host the World Cup in 2016. | {
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To use a tired football cliché, the letter that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NCAA president Mark Emmert recently sent to 19 governors that urged them to support legislation that would protect youth football players from concussions was a win-win.
Not only do the men and their respective entities appear as if they genuinely care about the issue, which they probably do, but they also are putting their considerable brand behind the initiative, which should affect change.
Currently, 31 states have laws similar to the Zackery Lystedt Law, which was named after a middle school football player who sustained brain damage after prematurely returning to the field before recovering from an initial concussion. The law requires that youth players, who may have sustained a concussion, be evaluated by a licensed health care professional trained in concussion evaluation and management before returning to play.
What follows is the letter:
Dear Governor Snyder,
The NFL and the NCAA request your leadership on an important matter affecting youth athletes in your state. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as many as 3.8 million sports and recreation-related concussions occur each year in the United States. More alarming than the high occurrence of this injury is the impact a concussion can have on the developing brain of a young athlete.
The NFL and the NCAA follow strict policies to properly manage concussions among the more than 400,000 student-athletes and nearly 2,000 NFL players competing each year. These policies focus on increasing concussion awareness through a variety of outreach efforts, properly identifying concussion symptoms, and implementing conservative return-to-play guidelines.
Similar safety measures should be followed in all levels of sport. To protect youth athletes, the NFL and the NCAA have joined together to urge leaders throughout the country to support legislation to create a safer playing environment. Such laws contain three key elements and are modeled after the Zackery Lystedt law which was passed in Washington State in 2009:
1. Youth athletes, parents and coaches must be educated about the nature and risk of concussions each year;
2. If a youth athlete is suspected of sustaining a concussion, he/she must be removed from a game or practice at that time, and;
3. A licensed health care professional trained in the evaluation and management of concussions must clear the youth athlete to return to play.
To date, laws containing these provisions have been passed in 31 states and the District of Columbia. We urge you to support the introduction and passage of similar legislation in your state this year.
As you consider the importance of this youth sports concussion legislation, we would be please to provide any additional information to you and your staff. Please ask your staff to contact Jeff Miller at the NFL at [email protected] or Abe Frank and the NCAA at [email protected]. Additionally, further resources can be found online at www.nflhealthandsafety.com and www.ncaa.org/concussions.
The health and safety of tomorrow’s leaders is at stake- and it will take a collaborative effort between sports and political leaders to generate awareness of this dangerous injury. We hope to add you to the growing number of leaders across the country, who are working to protect our youth athletes. | {
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Americans’ anxiety with savings and stocks lingers
Americans reported feeling comfortable with their overall financial security for the second straight month in April, according to Bankrate’s Financial Security Index. But their optimism had waned since March and wasn’t enough to push them into investing in stocks or to dispel their unease with their savings.
The index registered 100.4 in April, down from an all-time high of 101.5 in March. A reading above 100 indicates a positive feeling of financial security versus the year before. April’s reading marked the second time the FSI — which began in December 2010 — has hit positive territory for two months in a row. The last time was May and June of last year.
The index, which was conducted before the latest anemic jobs report, may have captured earlier enthusiasm created by the sharpest increase in home prices in six years and post-recession highs from the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock indexes.
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“Americans have recouped entirely the $16 trillion in household wealth that they lost since the Great Recession,” says Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at The Economic Outlook Group. “That’s one of the two main drivers of consumer confidence.”
The other important factor is the jobs outlook, Baumohl says. While March jobs numbers were disappointing, there’s a good chance the government will revise those preliminary figures higher as it has done nine times in the past 14 months, he says.
The Financial Security Index showed that 85 percent reported feeling better or the same about their job security versus a year ago. More than three-quarters felt better or the same about their net worth and debt levels. Overall, 3 out of 4 rated their overall financial security as better or about the same compared with last year.
Stocks shy
Despite the upbeat attitude, Americans remain reluctant to invest in stocks. While the value of the S&P 500 has grown 135 percent since 2009, our survey found that more than 3 out of 4 people were not more inclined to invest in the stock market, even as yields on savings accounts and certificates of deposit remain comically and persistently low.
“I think investors are still in a state of post-traumatic stress investing,” says Ron Florance, CFA, managing director of investment strategy at Wells Fargo Private Bank. “They’ve been so beaten up over the decade that even a rally doesn’t give them confidence.”
The survey found that the higher the income, the more likely a person was to invest in stocks. Thirty-one percent of those who earned more than $75,000 a year were more inclined to invest in stocks versus only 13 percent who earned less than $30,000 a year.
That’s hardly a shock. Florance noted that higher-income people are generally more familiar with the risks and rewards of stock investing. About 7 in 10 households in the highest two income quintiles have stock or mutual fund investments, compared with only about 2 in 10 in the lowest two quintiles, according to 2011 government data.
Higher-income people also typically invest for the longer term, a strategy that better weathers the ups and downs of the stock market, he says.
The rainy-day fund
Along with stocks, Americans also felt uncomfortable with their savings compared with other parts of their personal finances. Only 61 percent felt better or the same as last year about their savings level. That left more than a third worried about their nest egg.
“People’s attitudes have changed since the recession,” says Paul Edelstein, director of financial economics at IHS Global Insight. “They want to have a lot of cash on hand.”
But higher payroll taxes this year have hampered consumers’ ability to save. A worker earning $50,000 a year is bringing home $20 less each paycheck this year than in 2012, thanks to the expiration of the 2 percent payroll tax holiday enacted during the recession. The effect has been immediate.
Americans socked away 2.4 percent on average of their disposable personal income in the first two months of the year, according to the most recent data available. In 2012, the savings rate was 3.9 percent on average each month.
What consumers can put away for a rainy day isn’t earning much in savings accounts and certificates of deposit, either. Those returns have averaged less than 1 percent a year, hardly better than stuffing the couch cushions with cash. No wonder Americans are still worried about their cash reserves.
“Instead of buying big-ticket items or investing in the stock market,” says Edelstein, “Americans are thinking, ‘I’d like to save a lot more.'”
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Facial expressions are widely used in the behavioral interpretation of emotions, cognitive science, and social interactions. In this paper, we present a novel method for fully automatic facial expression recognition in facial image sequences. As the facial expression evolves over time facial landmarks are automatically tracked in consecutive video frames, using displacements based on elastic bunch graph matching displacement estimation. Feature vectors from individual landmarks, as well as pairs of landmarks tracking results are extracted, and normalized, with respect to the first frame in the sequence. The prototypical expression sequence for each class of facial expression is formed, by taking the median of the landmark tracking results from the training facial expression sequences. Multi-class AdaBoost with dynamic time warping similarity distance between the feature vector of input facial expression and prototypical facial expression, is used as a weak classifier to select the subset of discriminative feature vectors. Finally, two methods for facial expression recognition are presented, either by using multi-class AdaBoost with dynamic time warping, or by using support vector machine on the boosted feature vectors. The results on the Cohn-Kanade (CK+) facial expression database show a recognition accuracy of 95.17% and 97.35% using multi-class AdaBoost and support vector machines, respectively.
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Her Dom’s Journal – Part 1
London stared at the black leather bound journal. Her fingers itched to touch it. She reached for it but pulled her hand back, chastising herself for even considering reading his diary. Oops, his journal. It pissed him off when she called it a diary.
“Men don’t keep diaries, we write journals,” her Dom told her on more than one occasion.
London sat down on the floor, Indian style. She placed her hands demurely in her lap, away from the journal that lay in front of her. How could he have left something so precious behind? Once he realized it was missing from his briefcase, he was going to be angry.
But there was nothing he could do about it. London smiled wickedly. He’d apparently dropped it as he packed for his trip to Hawaii, without her. London was upset that he was leaving her behind but taking him with him… Daniel, his assistant, his boy toy. Daniel got trips to Hawaii but all London got was a mind blowing orgasm and an order to not go to the Fetish Garden – the sex club where she met her Dom, Michael.
Well, if Michael didn’t want her to go to the Garden then she would have to find something else to do to occupy her time with him gone for a week. London smiled at the journal. She knew if it had lips it would smile back at her and tell her to read it. All books wanted to be read.
She couldn’t do it.
If she read his journal he would punish her. He was already upset with her for not answering the phone when Daniel called last week. She didn’t need to do anything to further anger him. Then again, he always assumed the worst in people, he was cynical like that. He would assume she read it even if she didn’t, which meant she had a punishment coming whether it was deserved or not.
London twisted a strand of her long red hair around her finger, a nervous habit.
What to do?
She really only had two options. Read the journal – get punished. Not read the journal – get punished.
London pushed herself up off the floor and walked over to the journal. The poor thing looked so lonely on the red carpet of her Dom’s bedroom. She may as well quit resisting, with him gone for a week she knew she was going to read the journal at some point.
London picked the black journal up, it felt heavy in her hands, or was that guilt weighing her down? She walked over to the king size bed she shared with her Dom. She climbed into the bed and snuggled under the covers. She could still smell his cologne on the black satin sheets. She missed him already. She should be ashamed of herself for what she was about to do. A good little sub would never disobey a direct order from her Dom. | {
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Lloyd Mats Northridge Rubber Floor Mats Reviews
We just leased a new car and will have to turn it in, in 3 years. Condition, inside and out, will be important at that time. What's usually the dirtiest item inside? The cloth-like factory floor mats, of course. So I took out the factory mats, stashed them away, and replaced them with these Lloyds rubber mats. They fit perfectly and I like the herringbone design....and, if they get dirty I can just hose them clean! When our car lease is up I will put the pristine factory ones back. | {
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This beautifully rendered sandstone sculpture of two lovers in an energetic position was made in ancient India, and is based upon the contents of the Kama Sutra (see below). The position – the man leaning back and pulling the woman onto him, their right legs wrapped around the others’ left legs – is known as Suspended Congress. The detailing of hair, faces and jewellery on arms, ears and in the coiffures is exceptional. The tenderness and delicacy of touch in their expressions and the coiled tension of their poses make this piece stand out among others of the genre.The Kama Sutra is commonly and mistakenly believed to be a lovers guide at best, pornography at worst. In fact, this epic work, written by Vatsyayana Mallanaga in the third century AD, is a very important work of scholarship that incorporates anthropology, sociology, psychology and philosophy as much as sexology. It is based upon standard philosophical principles. Many Indian philosophies are divided into the four main goals of life, to include Dharma (virtuous living), Artha (material prosperity), Kama (sensual pleasure) and Moksha (liberation). This holistic attitude towards life has stymied those who attempt to dismiss the Kama Sutra as indulgent pornography, although it is true that it is the somewhat graphic images that have seen the greatest exposure and public popularity.The Kama Sutra is divided into 1250 verses over 36 chapters. As stated above, many of these are comparatively mundane, featuring sections on personal motivation, manners, demeanour, business comportment, the importance of learning foreign languages and so forth. Further chapters include marriage and selection of a partner, civilities, appropriate social behaviour when with one’s spouse, and, eventually, sexual behaviour, fully illustrated to underline the practical issues and cosmological significances. Sex as part of the physicality that is a necessary part of life is underlined throughout, using parables from healthy and unhealthy social and sensual relationships to demonstrate the points made.Ancient Indian artists often carved and painted the 64 sexual positions shown in the Kama Sutra, as these were considered to be perfectly valid as subjects, both aesthetically and philosophically. They were often arranged around the courtyards of temples and other public spaces in a frieze, and this is the likely source of the current piece. The Gupta period is noted for the dynamic exuberance of their sculptural works, as can be clearly seen here.This is an impressive piece of ancient Indian art.- (OF.267) | {
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SFA pleased with frank and constructive session with fisheries minister
January 30th 2015
Following a meeting between skippers and Scottish fisheries minister Richard Lochhead at the NAFC Marine Centre on Thursday afternoon, SFA chairman Leslie Tait said he was pleased with the frank and constructive discussion that took place.
“The industry in Shetland is fearful of the impact of any reform to the quota system,” said Mr Tait.
“We are also very concerned about the lack of clarity on how the discard ban which will come into force for the main white fish species next January will actually work.
“The minister left with a strong sense of the concerns among our skippers on these issues.
“As far as the discard ban is concerned he clearly agrees with our point of view, and he and his officials are lobbying in Brussels and at Westminster to ensure that the new management regime does not put any of our boats out of business.
“The minister offered us assurances that any reform introduced after the consultation on the way the quota system operates would not jeopardise our fleet.
“We share his aspiration to bring more young people into the industry and in Shetland we are already working hard to achieve this.
“But as ever, the devil will be in the detail and it was made clear to Mr Lochhead that radical change to the quota system has the potential to undermine confidence in the industry in these relatively buoyant times.”
Mr Tait praised Mr Lochhead for visiting Shetland to see for himself how important the industry is to the islands. | {
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New York performer narrates Okinawa’s history through dance
NEW YORK — The name Okinawa can conjure up an image of islands scattered between Japan proper and Taiwan, or a picturesque blue sea and white beaches, or U.S. military bases surrounded by protesters.
These images are all very common, but Okinawa has much more to offer, says Junko Fisher, a New York-based performer specializing in traditional dances from her native prefecture.
Since last summer, Fisher has been teaching a workshop on traditional Okinawan dance in Queens Library in New York. A rare program focusing exclusively on Okinawa’s culture, it combines dance performances with talks on the prefecture’s history.
Fisher says she used to perform traditional Okinawa dances at Japanese and American events, such as cherry blossom festivals, but about two years ago she started to feel that “something was missing.”
“I would typically perform a piece for about 10 to 20 minutes and that was it. People will only remember it as a ‘Japanese dance.’ But I felt I needed to interact with the audience to tell them about Okinawa,” she says, recalling her motivation to start the workshop.
Now part of the library’s Adult Services program aimed at encouraging continued learning, the workshop is being offered at branches throughout the borough of Queens.
Doris Jones, the library’s programs assistant, said the library has offered a number of Japanese performances in the past, but Fisher’s workshop is unique because the performer doubles as history teacher.
“It allows for a very intimate learning experience,” Jones said.
The Okinawa dance is also known as the Ryukyu dance, after the name of the independent kingdom that ruled the region from the 15th to the 19th century. Old European maps sometimes refer to the kingdom as Lequeo Grande or the Great Ryukyu, as a distinct entity from Japan.
With China and Japan both restricting their maritime activities, the kingdom prospered through intermediary trade. It did business with a diverse group of areas across Asia, including the powerful Malacca Sultanate in Southeast Asia.
Reflecting this history, the 90-minute program opens with a demonstration of a dainty court dance called “Yotsutake.” Two pairs of bamboo pieces are used as castanets by a performer in a bright yellow kimono known as “bingata” and red footwear that was only worn at court.
The dance was developed to entertain Chinese envoys who visited the kingdom to approve its new ruler.
This piece is followed by “Nubui Kuduchi,” which depicts a journey of a young Ryukyu official visiting feudal Japan’s Satsuma domain, which roughly corresponds to today’s Kagoshima Prefecture.
Fisher tells the audience about the evolution of these dances — from sumptuous pieces for entertaining ambassadors to those that are more pleasing to common people. She then demonstrates a joyous piece called “Kanayo” (“My Dear One”), depicting a young couple’s courtship in which a red woven towel is used as a symbol of affection.
“I didn’t know that performing arts in Okinawa were so closely related to its history, for example its trade relations with China,” said Susan Hamaker, a freelance writer who recently attended the workshop. “It’s great that you can have a history lesson while learning to dance.”
Another participant, Jasmine Akhter of Bangladesh, said she was amazed how similar some of the movements were to those of her home country’s dances.
“There is something universal about dancers’ emotional expressions,” she said.
Born Junko Nagahama in the village of Yomitan, Fisher grew up in a family of dancers — both her mother and uncle are accomplished Ryukyu dance performers.
Fisher came to New York in 1988 to polish her Japanese-English interpreting skills, her career back then, but ended up settling in the Big Apple after meeting her American husband at a publisher where she worked.
Fisher continued her interpreting work after the couple’s marriage in 1991, but the amount of work plummeted following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
She says the sudden drop in her workload put her into a psychological slump. “Day after day, I kept asking myself ‘Who am I?.’ “
After about two years, Fisher says, she discovered her true calling. “I came to realize that I really wanted to dance. And that’s what saved me.”
She says she gets inspiration from her fellow New Yorkers from all over the world who keep their cultural heritage alive in the American melting pot.
“I meet people talking passionately about their cultural traditions, such as Argentine tango and Chinese Peking opera. They speak with such a passion that I can visualize everything like a movie. I strive to be like them.” | {
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As an archivist it’s always a great feeling when you receive an exciting new donation or you discover a fascinating document in your collections. I experienced that feeling earlier this week as I was working in the Discovery Museum loft with Colin, my colleague on the Sunderland shipbuilding archives project.
Colin and I were called in to look at various collections of documents held by the Museum because it was believed that they included a large number of shipyard records. Many of these were donated in large quantities in the late 1970s and 1980s and were stored so that they could one day be catalogued and made available for research. This role of rescuing items for the future is a common feature of the work of archivists and curators.
The work of sorting and appraising these documents was certainly worthwhile because we found interesting material relating to several Sunderland shipyards including Bartram & Sons Ltd and William Doxford & Sons Ltd. However, the most exciting finds relate to a Tyneside business, R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, an internationally renowned builder of ships, locomotives and marine engines. The company was created in 1886 by the amalgamation of two firms – the Newcastle upon Tyne engineers R. & W. Hawthorn (who had works at Forth Banks and St Peter’s) and the shipbuilding company A. Leslie & Co, based at Hebburn.
As we were sorting through various documents stored on a pallet we came across two old registers. The excitement built as we read the works ‘apprenticeship register’ on the spines and grew when we looked inside and discovered that they once belonged to an illustrious local firm.
The registers date from 1877 to 1978 and contain details of the men and women who served apprenticeships at Hawthorn Leslie’s marine engineering works at St Peter’s in Newcastle upon Tyne. The earliest entries up to 1886 relate to the firm R. & W. Hawthorn before it merged with A. Leslie & Co. The information given includes:
I’m sure that this discovery will be of real interest to family historians and is a particularly exciting find because personnel records have often not survived well within the business records for Tyne & Wear.
The Archives already holds a large, well used collection of Hawthorn Leslie records and the apprentice registers are an exciting addition to it. The registers can be viewed in the Archives searchroom, although access restrictions may apply to entries from 1926 onwards. Details of our location and opening times can be found on our webpages.
91 Responses to Old apprenticeship registers discovered at Discovery Museum
My paternal grandfather, Ralph Gray Younson, was at various times a Foreman-Driller and then a Foreman-Plater at Palmers Hebburn, He originally was apprenticed at Sunderland. He had seven sons, John Oliver Younson, Ralph Younson, George Younson, Tom Younson, Ernest Younson (my father), Robert Younson and Colin Septimus Younson. All served in WW1. All except my father had engineering or shipyard careers. My daughter Frances Younson is an archivist at Cwmbran and has more information than I do. I will be very interested if any of the names I quote turn up in your searches. I have compiled apprentice lists for the Herts County Record office.
Thanks for your getting in touch about your ancestors. I’m afraid that relatively few records are known to survive for Palmers shipyard at Jarrow. General details of the records we hold can be found in the user guide to shipbuilding, outfitting, registration and repair on our website http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/archives/userguides/. If I come across any references to Younson family members as I catalogue the Sunderland shipbuilding records I will of course get in touch.
Dear Archivist,
I would be very grateful for your help with my family history research.
My grandfather and great grandfather worked in Palmers shipyard in Jarrow.My grandfather was killed in an accident at Palmers in 1930. Please could you advise where I might find any apprenticeship records or even newspaper articles about the accident? Thank you very much
Thanks you getting in touch. I’m afraid that we don’t have any relevant personnel records for Palmers so we can’t help you there. It might be worthwhile for you to check the local newspapers, though. We don’t keep those but South Tyneside Local Studies Library should be able to help you. Contact details can be found on their website http://www.southtyneside.info/article/8862/Local-history-zone.
I’m afraid that a wooden marker would be outside the collecting remit of the Archives. If you could give me a bit more information about it, though, I’d be glad to pass the details on to one of my Museum colleagues.
The 1901 census shows this family (gather lots families not only same
surname but also parents!) but the child I seek is missing from this.
Seek info on HENRY knows as harry born c1885 no one can find his birth
(still working on that) nor the family in he 1891 census. have found his
early life in Australia where he emigrated with his wife in 1911 – they have
found him working as a carpenter but “stories are told of his engineering/
carpentry work on large projects in the UK” – occurred to me thereforet hat perhaps he was an apprentice – are you able to check the records please?
have no idea how they are filed ie by surname date etc. if born c1885
perhaps age ten when started so between say 1895 and 1911
If you can help in any way it would be wonderful. It is infuriating he is
the only child I can’t find details of and need this info to trace his death
and descendants in Australia. With thanks Jill Rowlalnd
Thank you very much for getting in touch. I’m afraid that owing to restrictions on staff time we can’t search our records free of charge. The demand is really huge! You are very welcome to visit us in person to examine the documents we hold and you can find details of our location and opening times on our website http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/archives/makingavisit/.
I can appreciate, though, that a visit might not be possible – particularly if you live in Australia. We do have a paid research service, which you can use and details of this can also be found on our website http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/archives/researchservice/. Of course if I happen to stumble across any information about Henry Watson then I will contact you again myself.
My father George Henry Conway worked all his life, appart from when the yards were closed in the depression at Pickersgills, later Austin and Pickersgills at Southwick Sunderland. He was a Plater. His father Thomas Conway worked there also and was a rivetter. His father James Conway originally worked on the tyne and would have been apprenticed there about 1860 in 1881 he was living in Southwick and working in one of the shipyards there.Maybe Pickergills, I don’t lnow family legend says that he came to the Wear from the Tyne with Priestman, but in the book I have Priestman didn’t stary his yard in southwick until 1882 and I can’t find information about him having a yard on the Tyne. Other members of the family worked in the southwick yards.
This is a most interesting website.
Thank you very much for your message and the kind words. By a happy coincidence, next month’s blog will focus on some of the personnel records we hold for Austin & Pickersgill and its two predecessors S.P. Austin & Sons and William Pickersgill & Sons. The blog should go live towards the end of April.
I served my apprenticeship at Hawthorn Leslies Engineers at St Peters, Newcastle from 1972 -76. I signed up under my stepfathers surname as John Johnson. I lived in Gateshead and went to Gateshead Boys Grammar School. I later taught part time at Gateshead tech where I had studied after.my first year at Hebburn.
Presently MD of a Marine services company in Qatar. Good times and memories from my days at Hawthorns, have some old picks and still have my Indenture papers in the UK. Could let you copy them if required.
Thanks for getting in touch. The Archives holds a lot of Hawthorn Leslie records and if you’re ever back in Newcastle you’d be very welcome to come along and take a trip down memory lane in our searchroom. I’m afraid that we don’t usually accept copies of documents but if you’d consider donating the originals then we’d be delighted to take a look at them.
I served my apprenticeship at Hawthorn Leslie”s from 1956-1961 and worked in the erecting shop 8 west end until 1963, when I left to go to a better paid job with better working conditions at W.D.& H.O. Wills. For the last 2 years I have attended the Hawthorn”s re-union at the Heaton Meadowfield club in October each year.
I left Hawthorns for a better paid job, with shorter working hours that was 44 hrs/week at HL and 40 hrs/week at wills. My basic wage was higher and after 9 months, after training on packing machinery my basic wage was 75%higher. There was also a monthly bonus and every March an annual bonus was paid. the first annual bonus was 15% of my gross earnings. On site facilities were 1st class, A nursing sister was on everyday, doctor 3days/wk dentist 2days/wk optician 2days/wk chiropodist 1day/wk. It was warm all year round, tools were supplied also overalls. The factory was very clean we had official tea breaks, and you were NOT expected to smoke, but were still given 40 cigs each week. Sports facilities were second to none, That is just the basic reason why I left Hawthorns, where I could not see any long term future.
Thanks for your message. The Archives holds a lot of Hawthorn Leslie records and you’re very welcome to come and take a look by visiting our searchroom. Details of opening times and how to find us are shown on our website http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/tyne-and-wear-archives/visiting-us.html. If you could spread the word at the next Hawthorn Leslie reunion that would be great.
Thanks for your reply. It’s really thoughtful of you to offer to bring your indentures in. Because we already have the apprenticeship registers they probably wouldn’t add much to the collection. However, one area that’s often lacking is photographs of employees at work and play. If you or any former colleagues have photos of that sort (or any other interesting archives) we’d love to add them to our collections.
Hi Alan,unfortuneately I dont have or know of any photographs from my time in Hawthorn”s, I do have a photo of the apprentices football team which I want to keep,but if you have any way of printing a copy off it I will bring it in ASAP.
Thanks for getting back to me. The photo of the apprentices football team sounds great. We don’t normally take copies of material but if you would ever consider donating the original we’d be delighted to accept it – we could always scan it and let you have a copy. I’ll completely understand, though, if you want to hold onto it – there must be plenty of happy memories attached to it!
According to my family research to date, my paternal grandfather, Dominick O’Kane/Kane/Cain (b. Gateshead, 1866), worked at A. Leslie & Co. shipyard, first as a rivet boy from ca. 1877, then as an apprentice from about 1880 until about 1883/5. Dominick’s father, Bernard/Barney (b. ca 1828, Co. Derry, Ireland), and brother, Neil/Neal (b. ca. 1852, Co. Derry), also both worked at Leslie. Is it possible for any of your staff to review these or related documents for any record of the family?
Thanks for your message about your family’s ties to Leslie’s shipyard at Hebburn. I’m afraid that we don’t have any personnel records for the shipyard covering the period that you’re interested in. It’s possible that they haven’t survived but as an optimist I hope that they do and will one day find their way to the Archives.
My great grandfather John Hogg b,1848 worked at Hawthorn Leslies as did both his sons, William [Billy Hogg footballer, who played for Sunderland and Glasgow Rangers and was capped 3 times for England] and John[Jack, also played football for Southampton, Sheffield United, West Stanley among others]. Footballers had day jobs too in those days! My great grandfather actually died at work and there was an inquest in 1912. I will be interested to see any records when I am able to travel up to the museum, Barbara
Hi again Alan, if any of your readers are interested, Hawthorn Leslie”s reunion is on the 3rd October at the Heaton Meadowfield club at 7pm These are nearly all from the St.Peters works, Malcolm Hodgson
Thanks for letting me know – I’ll pass the news on to any former employees I come across. If you could mention the Archives at the reunion that would be great. We’re open to the public Tuesday to Friday and it would be great to get more people looking through the Hawthorn Leslie records. It’s a great collection.
Very interesting web site – I served my 4 year apprenticeship as a Tracer at Hawthorn Leslie (Engs.) St. Peters Works from 1957-1961. After family commitments, enlisted again from 1970-1978 being the last of the original apprentices left in the firm before amalgamation and ended up in the Drawing Office. Still have a few items of my work on the original linen.
Hi, just read your post…i worked downstairs in the Accounts office from 1955 – 1961, my Uncle John Kasher also was an accountant in our office..Stew Kirkup..Billy Hawkins..Wynne Garvey..Mary McMullen..Betty and Gwen and Don in the cashiers do you remember any of them ? I was going out with Alan Graham from 1958-1961 when i left to go to George Angus along Walker Road…not a good move !!! I heard that he Emigrated to Canada in the late sixties…My Dad also worked in the Pattern Shop from late 1930 until they closed and merged with North Eastern Marine in Wallsend, lots of Happy Memories !!!!
Hi,Alan the reunion went well although the numbers were down a bit. An old colleague of mine has 2 signs that were outside the gatehouse and I asked if he would let you have them, he says he will think about it,another said he had some pictures of the factory and he would try and make time to let you have a look at them cheers Malcolm
I am very interested in attending the reunion and find out if there was a list of attendees from last year. I have just lost a good friend from the St Peters works on Saturday and going to his funeral next week.
I was one the of last to leave St Peters and still have fond memories
of my time there.
Hi Alan,as I have only been going to the Hawthorn reunion for the last 2 years I do not have the email address of the organiser,but a colleague of mine says he can see no problem with you attending the reunion. It is being held on the 1st Thursday in October 2014 at the Meadowfield club in Heaton, just behind the Chillingham pub. I will get in touch nearer the date. by for now Malcolm
I am not sure if you can help but I would like to get in contact with some ex-shipbuilders. Iam a professional dancer and choreographer based in Newcastle. Currently, I am working on a dance project in collaboration with the visual artist Alexander Millar. His paintings depict industrial scenes of shipyards and images of the working men of the North East. I am eager to get in touch with some ex-shipbuilders who worked in the shipyards here in Newcastle for this project.
I wondered if you had any contact from ex-shipbuiders and if you could put me in touch with any of them. Ideally, I would like to get in touch with them as soon as possible so I can start work on this project.
I would like to record their stories of working in the shipyards and also get them physically involved in the dance project.
Hi Kristin,sorry about the delay,but the only ex-shipyard worker I know is not on the internet and is almost 83years of age.I will pass on your request when he returns from holiday.I know he worked at Walker Naval Yard,Wigham Richardson and Swan Hunters. I doubt if he will get involved in the dance project,but I will pass on your message. Bye for now Malcolm
Hi Andrew
Is there a J T Nicolson (born 1860) as one of the earliest apprentices at R&W Hawthorn? He was my great grandfather and ended up as the professor for engineering at Manchester University (the technical school).
Many thanks
Peter
I served my apprenticeship at St Peters works 1945-1950 The names of my group intake were as follows-
Bill Tulip
Jack Flett
John Lidell
Jack Senior
Bill Laws
Norman Gibson
Others I knew well but not in my group were
as follows- Martin Knowles , Walter Brown, George Sams, Jim Bell, Brian Bambra, Peter Mavin. I wander how many are still with us after so many years!
I remember Bill Tulip & Martin Knowles were friends of my brother Alf Thompson. Also John Wall & Bob Holmes. My brother joined the Merchant Navy and emigrated to British Columbia. He died in 1998. My father was Bill Arkle on the marking-off table. My cousin Fred McCourt was a draughtsman. I worked in the Correspondence Office in 1958.
We all worked at the St. Peter’s Works. I remember Sports Days and Work Dances. I have been living in British Columbia Canada since 1970.
Pauline Carr. (nee Arkle).
Hi Alan, My father John William Arkle did paintings of the machine shops in Hawthorn Leslie (Engineers) Ltd. I could email a copy. He was a marker-off in 5 Shop. I had his story published in “Remember When” Issue 79 May 11/2010. There are numerous articles published in the “Evening Chronicle’ about him, still in the archives.
Best wishes,
Pauline Carr.
Hi Pauline
I vaguely remember your name. I was an Office Boy in the Works Office from 1954 – 55 and remember Mr Jackson running the office. At one stage I worked with his son, Phil.
I particularly recall Margaret Malloch; do you know what became of her as she was good friend during my time in the Works Office.
Also, do you remember Andy Imrie?
I note that you live in BC; I worked in New Westminster in the late 1970s and have many happy memories of God’s own Country and my Skiing trips to Whistler and Grouse!!
Thanks for your message. Did you notice in the earlier comments that there’s an annual reunion of former employees of St Peters Works? I’m sure that they would make you welcome if you were able to attend.
I am not sure if you can help but I would like to get in contact with some ex-shipbuilders. Iam a professional dancer and choreographer based in Newcastle. Currently, I am working on a dance project in collaboration with the visual artist Alexander Millar. His paintings depict industrial scenes of shipyards and images of the working men of the North East. I am eager to get in touch with some ex-shipbuilders who worked in the shipyards here in Newcastle for this project.
I wondered if you had any contact from ex-shipbuiders and if you could put me in touch with any of them.
I would like to record their stories of working in the shipyards and also get them physically involved in the dance project.
I served my time at Hawthorns from 1977 -81. I was in the gauge box when Norman Gibson was foreman and peter Mavin was manager, then 8WE erecting shop. Billy Graham was manager and Jimmy McLean was foreman, Happy days!!!
Hi Anthony I am Billy Grahams son and we are going through a few things of my Dads and have come across many photos of the ship engines made while my Dad was at Hawthorns and pictures which hung on his office wall of the whole st Peters yard and I think the original blue print of the erection of the buildings would love to share them with people it would mean something too. I Heard he was nicknamed the Sheriff !!!!!!
Thanks for your comment. It’s great that the blog has helped to bring people interested in St Peters Works together.
Have you considered donating your Dad’s photographs to the Archives? If that’s something you’d consider then I’d be delighted to take a look. Donating them to a record office like Tyne & Wear Archives is a great way of preserving them and also sharing them with a much wider audience. If you’d like to discuss this privately you can always contact me by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
Thanks for your comments. It’s great that you have such happy memories of life at Hawthorn Leslie. We have a lot of records of the firm and if you ever fancy a trip down memory lane please do pop in. You can find details of our location and opening times on our website http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/tyne-and-wear-archives/visiting-us.html.
message for David Hawkins, I’m guessing thats Davy Hawkins, hope so, trust you are well and life has been good to you and your family. I also have fond memories of Hawthorns, crack with the lads was great, particularly the Erecting Shop. My apprenticeship (Indenture) was @ 72-76, left for a couple of years then came back, did the Clarke Hawthorns bit then finally left in 86.
Message for Colin Graham, your dad Billy,was he in the Pattern Shop, at HAWTHORN LESLIE ST PETERS WORKS, if so, he was an apprentice to my dad {Patternmaker} Norman Thackray, also his brother Alan was also my dad,s Apprentice,later moving into the drawing office after his apprenticeship ended at 21years of age.I started work in the Accounts office in 1955 and my uncle John Kasher was also in the Accounts office.The last reunion i attended your dad told me the sad news that Alan had died in Canada,he and i had been very close in the late 50,s so it was sad to hear that news.
Hi Moira, I don’t know if you will remember me. I worked in the correspondence office in 1958.I have a photo of you & I with Laurie,Joe,Pat,June & Jean. I have been living in British Columbia,Canada for nearly 45 years! Did you keep in touch with any of the girls?
Best wishes, Pauline (Arkle) Carr.
Hi Pauline,how nice to hear from you,you are so lucky to be living in Canada,i keep in touch with Margaret West who was in the Typing Pool,we still send Xmas Cards, she is living in Switzerland,has been since she got married to the Sulzer Engineer. We are now living in Leeds to be close to our son and his wife,who are both Teachers in this area,thanks for getting in touch,would love to see the photo, best wishes Moira x
Hi Alan,the Hawthorn Leslie reunion is on Thursday 8th October at the Meadowfield club 7pm it would be nice if you could make it and bring a few of the mementos along with you. Hope you can make it. cheers Malcolm
I’ve just spotted your message. Our system used to automatically send me details of incoming blog comments but this seems to have stopped. I’m very sorry that I can’t make it this year but still hope to come along one year with a few historical items.
My Mother tells me that my grandfather who’s name was Isaac Bulmer living at Tantobie Co Durham was an apprentice droughtsman at Hawthorne Leslie at Newcastle upon Tyne .Please can anyone tell me how I can found out anything about his time at the company.
Regards
Harry Oliver
Thanks for getting in touch. If your grandfather served his apprenticeship at the firm’s marine engineering works at St Peter’s, Newcastle upon Tyne between 1877 and 1978 then he should be listed in the apprenticeship registers mentioned in my blog. You’re very welcome to come and visit the Archives to search through them and details of our location and opening times are given on website https://twarchives.org.uk/visit-us.
Thanks for getting in touch. The Archives does hold a lot of Swan Hunter records, although only a small quantity of these relate to employees – they mostly relate to the ships. You can see a list of the personnel records we hold by searching our online catalogue https://twarchives.org.uk/collection/catalogue entering DS.SWH/2 in the Refno field. If you find anything of interest in there, which you would like to follow-up please get in touch by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
If you do find something of interest, access to the records is likely to be restricted under the Data Protection Act 1998. However, we could search through the records for you using our paid research service https://twmuseums.org.uk/collections/research. I hope this is helpful.
Sirs — My grandfather, Dominick Kane (aka: O’Kane/Cain) was born in Gateshead in 1866. His father was Bernard “Barney” Kane. According to his obituary in 1944, from about 1871 to 1882 worked as a rivet boy, then apprentice, then boilermaker at A. Leslie & Co. Shipyard in Hebburn, along with his dad and older brother, Neal/Neil, where they were laborers. I would greatly appreciate if you could look at these registers and see if you can find any record of Dominick or the family members. If so, I would greatly appreciate copies of all relevant pages and title page(s), and will happily reimburse any duplication and postage costs. Thank you very much.
I’m afraid that the registers mentioned in the blog just relate to the marine engineering works at St Peter’s, Newcastle and don’t cover the Hebburn shipyard. I don’t know of any surviving apprenticeship registers for the shipyard but will certainly get in touch if any turn up in the future.
The notice prior to this is the wording on a brass plate on a old wooden boxed cutlery set presented to the Manager or the day in 1900, The cutlery is in great condition, Hardly used even if was ever used, it looks like it has 12 place setting plus everything to carve and serv. It belonged to my Father-in-law who has now passed away, so I am looking for a new home for this piece of history, but I don’t know were to start. Ant idea’s ?
I’m afraid that the Archives couldn’t accept the cutlery set because it’s outside our collecting remit. However, I’ll draw your messages to the attention to one of my colleagues at the Discovery Museum and I’m sure that he’ll get back to you about it soon – it sounds like a very nice item.
Maybe you can’t help me, but my grandfather Gilbert “Skip” Graham worked as a plumber at Hawthorn Leslie for 50 years until he retired in about 1980. I understand he was known as Skip as he was the captain of the football team. Even my grandmother called him Skip all his life. I wonder, is there any record of my grandfather?
I’m afraid that relatively few personnel records survive for many of the shipyards and engineering works in Tyne & Wear. That’s why the discovery of apprenticeship registers for St Peter’s Works was so exciting. Sadly, I’m not aware of any records relating to the Hawthorn Leslie shipyard that might mention your grandfather. I’ll certainly get in touch, though, if I come across any.
My father was an apprentice at Hawthorn Leslie. I have his original signed Articles of Apprenticeship dated July 1, 1924 along with comments added at the successful completion of the apprenticeship. It is noted that in 1924 and 1925, he received 1st Prize and Scholarship for the Browne Memorial as well as Good Conduct Money.
Is there any way to trace which Shipbuilding Company in the Newcastle upon Tyne area provided the manpower for the Floating Cranes used in the Tyne during the Second WW please. I know that my late Father, Thomas William WELCH was an Electrician and worked for one of the Companies. Sadly I don’t know which one! My late Mum always said he worked “at Heppron Shipyards”. However, we all know there is no such place as Heppron – maybe, perhaps, she mean Hebburn?? Any idea on the Floating Docks? Please. I know it was dangerous work going out into the sea to sort the beleaguered ships struck by mines, and they floated out there at night in the dark! Thanks (I am in Canada and cannot visit the Archives personally).
Hi Stewart, I don’t remember you or Margaret but I remember Mr.Alan Bell would be your boss. I do remember Andy Imrie. He was an electrician who used to fix the bells.I worked for Mr.Jackson. Did you know John Lough & Alan Walker?
I live in Coquitlam on top of a mountain in beautiful British Columbia.
Regards, Pauline.
I do recall a Alan Walker, although I cannot remember in what context.
I did work under Alan Bell but more directly with George Blechynden, Peter Mavin, Ben Crowdy and John Bulman. Other than Ben Crowdy who is still alive, and still in Newcastle, the others sadly died some time ago.
I was initally an office boy in the Works Office but later in my apprenticeship I earned a place in the Drawing Office and opted to work in the Works Office. I left in 1961 at the ripe age of 22yrs to study at Durham University and thereafter followed a career initially in Warshipbuilding with Vosper thornycroft on the south coast and thereafter in the Offshore Oil Industry which took me to many places, including beautiful British Columbia.
Hi Stewart, thank you for your reply. I was in the correspondence office 1958-60 and left to work for solicitors in Newcastle. Mr.Jackson had encouraged me to take night school courses and when I passed exams he got a bonus for me the same as the apprentices.
My father was Bill Arkle a marker-off and my brother & cousin both served apprenticeships. Hawthorn’s shaped our lives as my brother joined the Merchant Navy and came to Canada. My husband & I followed.
You mentioned Durham University. My father studied art at King’s College and obtained a scholarship. He worked as an engineer & went to King’s evenings or days depending on his work shifts. I have drawings he did of the Machine Shop etc.
Regards, Pauline.
I came across this website and was very interested in the record of apprentices.
I was seconded to the St Peter’s site in 1970, by my company, BP Tanker Company as part of my cadetship. Although I was treated like an in-house apprentice, I am doubtful my name will be on the record. I had an amazing time working on the erection of a very large Doxford engine and an even bigger Sulzer.
I remember one of my fellow apprentices at the time being Les Temple and another with the surname Leslie. This was a very useful and enjoyable part of my career. I left BP Tanker Company and went to Sussex University, ending up as a Brewery Designer.
Other interesting memories – getting the ferry to Wallsend or the Boneyard from Hebburn and the launch of the Esso Hibernia – “Get Carter” brings it all back. | {
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Chelsea Grand Café offering something different and new this coming Valentine's Day and it will be only available this week and wont be offered soon. so grab it and try. And there something one thing that your partner will be so happy because once you dine-in on Chelsea Grand Café in February 14, you will get a special flower.
Dont forget to join their contest about selfie because once you win in the contest you can get something special Chelsea Grand Café but make sure that you dine-in and but the tag like #lovechelseagrandcafe and #loveraintreerestaurant in all your social media account like facebook and twitter. The winner will be announce on Feb 16 at the Chelsea Grand Café Facebook Fanpage
Heres the yummy fondue that they offer for Valentine's Day
Chocolate-Orange Fondue 550 php
This fondue is really for a chocolate lovers because on the sweetness coming from the platters of prunes, strawberries, marshmallows, some slice of waffeles, cookies, slice of red & green apples and some fruits.
How to do eat this Chocolate Orange Fondue just simple as ABC first choose the slice that you like to dip-in Chocolate Orange Fondue and eat.. For me its feel like heaven because of the combination of the dark sweet and the natural sweet.
And for sure you will really like to try this one, specially with you are kid at heart who loves dipping.
Garlic Cheese Fondue 795 php
This is one of the best fondue i try in my life not because of the yummy melt cheese because on that they have in the platter like veggies, shrimp, bacon and some bite size fruits. Its really something good speacially when you deep your yummy veggies in the hot melt cheese.
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Not sure where else to ask this.....
My hubby & I are teaching about dinosaurs in our homeschool co op this year grades K-1. Using mostly Ken Ham / Answers in Genesis materials. I need help with dinosaur crafts for the kids. (or any other helps)
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"Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts." (W.B.)
Daffodils
Daffodils are possibly my favorite flower. I love how they bloom while everything else is still dormant – heralding spring, as they say. I have some in my front yard right now…so bright and cheerful.
I don’t feel like they’re mocking me exactly. They’re still somehow hopeful…a sign of new life. The problem is that I don’t want a new life. I want my old life. I don’t want hope – I want Matt. This isn’t to say that I don’t have hope – or at least faith that I will be hopeful at some point in the future; it’s just that I get hung up on just not wanting this to be real. I KNOW it’s real – there really isn’t any denying that. But that just hasn’t changed how I feel about it… or at least my feelings don’t stay changed.
I’m reading a book – No Time to Say Goodbye – by Carla Fine. Subtitle is “Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One,” and in the author’s case it was her husband. I’m really liking the book so far, and read this paragraph today – “The pain is something you have to experience. There is such a lack of control and there’s nothing you can do about it. There is no answer. Crazy things happen in our world, but you can’t dwell on why they’re happening to you. It’s just romanticizing your situation. With hope, you come to terms with it.” These are things that I keep telling myself. Sometimes they help (which is to say, make me feel better for a bit). | {
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Fife
Pittenweem in
Fife
Fife is one of the 32 unitary council areas into which
Scotland has been divided since 1996. Of all of
Scotland's mainland council areas, Fife has been the most constant and least
altered. Between 1975 and 1996 it was a region, and before 1975 it was one of
Scotland's traditional counties, sometimes called Fifeshire. For accommodation
in Fife and a full list of features, see our
Kingdom of Fife area pages.
Fife's existence as a distinct entity can actually be traced back
even further: to the Pictish Kingdom of Fib in the centuries after the
departure of the Romans. It is for this reason that Fife is commonly referred
to as "The Kingdom of Fife", or simply "The Kingdom".
This constancy of existence may in part be due to geography. Fife
occupies the peninsula formed by the Firth of Forth to the South and the Firth
of Tay to the north. It isn't an island but until relatively recent times you
needed a ferry or a long detour to reach it from most other parts of
Scotland.
In terms of size, Fife is the 13th largest council area in
Scotland, while in terms of population it is ranked 3rd. In part this reflects
the industrial heritage of the central and western parts of Fife: and while the
Fife Coalfield has long gone, new industries have grown up in large towns like
Glenrothes,Kirkcaldy and
Dunfermline. The eastern
part of Fife is a contrast to its other two thirds. The main settlements are
Cupar and, in the far north east,
St Andrews, home to
Scotland's oldest university and,
perhaps more famously, home to the game of golf.
The coastline of Fife overlooking the Firth of Forth is home to a
series of harbours and ports that get increasingly attractive the further east
you go, with those in the "East Neuk" of Fife being some of the most
picturesque villages anywhere in Scotland.
From the point of view of local authority coverage, the area now
covered by Fife formed the traditional county of Fife. A tidying up of the map
of counties which reduced their number to 33 in 1890 transferred ownership of
an exclave of Perthshire around
Culross and Tulliallan to Fife,
but otherwise its boundaries have been unchanged.
When Fife became one of the 12 regions into which
Scotland was divided from 1975 to 1996, it formed the
upper of two tiers of local government. The lower tier comprised three district
councils: North East Fife,Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline, whose areas reflected traditional
divisions within Fife. In 1996, a further major reorganisation swept away
Scotland's regions and districts and replaced them with 32 unitary councils.
Fife became a unitary council area and has since divided its area into three
management areas based on the boundaries of the three district councils. They
are called St Andrews & East Fife; Kirkcaldy & Mid Fife; and
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Me and Online Spaces
Nowadays almost every single person in the world have an internet connection.
Number of internet users in 2012
Source: International Telecommunications Union
I’m using social networks since I was a little girl. But in early ages I was not really care about which social networks are suits me or which one is really useful. I signed up just because it was fashionable to be in this network. But now, when I grew up, I realized the importance of the online world. It is much easier to communicate and interact with people. In general I use online spaces as an individual to post photos or information, which I like. Of course I met a lot of new people, knowledge and other different stuff. And the main reason why am I using online spaces is to share with people. It doesn’t matter what.
I am in a variety of private groups. The most of them consist from my friends or group mates. Because there are a lot of situations when you have to sign in a group. A good example of it is our Project Community group, where people share by their ideas and thoughts. Such groups will help you not to lose information. Theymake your life easier just because you don’t need to write or send the same letter to everybody, just put it on the wall in your group and everybody will see it.
I most often use twitter, just because I can see what people are thinking and worry about. But when I moved to Europe, I started to use Facebook. But i simply use it, like, not so active in posting and reading information from this network. The most comfortable is twitter and instagram. These online spaces are a bit similar; they have one purpose, to show what’s happening to you. Twitter is a platform of text communication and Instagram – of posting images. Also these kinds of social networks haven’t got such a lot of rubbish as Facebook have.
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As I can gather from your blogpost, you prefer online platforms where you can share and show, as an individual, but not communicate or interact with others, which is a very important factor of online platforms, to me.
At least, i agree with you about the facebook-trash, but if you know how to handle the trash it will stay where it belongs. | {
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If Cthulhu rises, he's gonna have one heck of a revolution on his hands. Humanity will fight him to their last breath.
Conversely, people would line up for miles to cheer on their new reptilian overlord.
A fight between Godzilla and Cthulhu isn't just a fight between the two. It's Cthulhu vs. Godzilla + THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE ROOTING FOR, AND TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCING, Godzilla.
Oh, and Godzilla always wins, especially when all of Japan, and the world, cheers for him. Kind of like Gamera, who would erupt from the ocean whilst Mothra soared in from the islands to help Godzilla. Remember, he's the king of monsters, and it's not about who would win in a duel, it's about who wins, and who's dead.
Would you brag of the abilities of an army of ants in a fight between the entire German blitzkrieg and a dozen British Spitfires? For that is how little the support of humanity would matter. The dread Lord of R'lyeh would crush the pitiful overgrown rebellious Deep One, and not even notice the teeming masses of tiny pink hairless monkeys.
Would you brag of the abilities of an army of ants in a fight between the entire German blitzkrieg and a dozen British Spitfires? For that is how little the support of humanity would matter. The dread Lord of R'lyeh would crush the pitiful overgrown rebellious Deep One, and not even notice the teeming masses of tiny pink hairless monkeys.
But, how do you miss an obvious breakfast when you wake up angry and hungry?
Godzilla's a wee lad compared to Great Cthulhu. Godzilla has a nuclear breath weapon. Cthulhu thinks that Godzilla would look good turning upon his tiny pink hairless monkey fanbois and incinerating the lot of them. Godzilla's SAN loss is more than sufficient to warrant saying "yes boss" to this wonderful suggestion.
Godzilla becomes the forerunner of monsters yet to come. Too bad for the Godzilla fanbois - although they at least enjoy the knowledge that "their monster" is as he always was - prone to incinerate and stomp on his fanbois simply because he woke up with a migraine.
After all, Godzilla's patterns of emergence are for no apparent reason. Godzilla dreams. Great Cthulhu rules the dreams of those who rest in the ocean depths.
Godzilla's a wee lad compared to Great Cthulhu. Godzilla has a nuclear breath weapon. Cthulhu thinks that Godzilla would look good turning upon his tiny pink hairless monkey fanbois and incinerating the lot of them. Godzilla's SAN loss is more than sufficient to warrant saying "yes boss" to this wonderful suggestion.
Godzilla becomes the forerunner of monsters yet to come. Too bad for the Godzilla fanbois - although they at least enjoy the knowledge that "their monster" is as he always was - prone to incinerate and stomp on his fanbois simply because he woke up with a migraine.
After all, Godzilla's patterns of emergence are for no apparent reason. Godzilla dreams. Great Cthulhu rules the dreams of those who rest in the ocean depths.
Great Cthulhu wins before initiative is even a consideration.
.
No way. Godzilla knows where Cthulhu is sleeping on the bottom of the
ocean. So it is just a matter of walking over and performing a
coup da grace.
sigh... Now I miss Cthulhu. Too bad he is such a bad fighter, and that
Godzilla keeled his ass.
(Cthulhu couldn't even dodge the boat that hit him in the head and popped his head open.)
Gotta go with Godzilla on this one. Chuthulu's mind tricks might work on mere mortals but would be ineffective against Godzilla. Godzilla is invulnerable to most physical harm and heals fast as well. In "Call of Chuthulu" said monster got his head split open by a ramming boat (though he does heal fast) but this would not have even scratched Godzilla. Plus Godzilla has that crazy atomic breath weapon which would probably dehydrate something as squishy as Chuthulu. And Chuthulu couldn't even run and hide in his city of R'lyeh, because Godzilla is ocean based as well. Yeah, I think Chuthulu would become an 'Old Dead One'. | {
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The Chinese Warriors will be back for an afternoon of martial arts and acrobatics Oct. 27 at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts after popular demand.
Courtesy of the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir makes its way to Bedford Park for a performance Dec. 9.
Courtesy of the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
The Ballet Folklórico de México will show off some classic Mexican choreography during a performance at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 18.
Courtesy of the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
‘American Idol’ Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard will perform Luther Vandross’ music at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts on March 30.
Courtesy of the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
For more than a decade, Eva Bornstein has been the executive director of the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, curating an entire season’s worth of music and dancing from world-renowned performers in order to make multicultural experiences accessible to Bronx residents.
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The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts at 250 Bedford Park Blvd., kicks off its 2018-19 season Saturday, Sept. 22. Costs vary per show.
It was just a week ago the executive director of the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts dreamt a ballerina got sick and a company manager insisted Bornstein step in to perform “Swan Lake.”
“In my dream, I was thinking, ‘How am I going to dance?’” Bornstein said. “‘I don’t know how to do this. I’m going to make a complete idiot out of myself.’”
As Bornstein pleaded with the company manager, she finally came to a decision.
“I said, ‘I’ll do it because the show must go on,’” she said. “Fortunately, I woke up. Thank God.”
Bornstein’s dream is simply a testament to the many hats she wears to run the day-to-day operations at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts. This month marks the start of the center’s 38th season of multicultural music and dance featuring such familiar faces as “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard, and dance companies like the Ballet Folklórico de México.
Kick-off
The season kicks off with a Sept. 22 performance from the Mambo Legends Orchestra and Gilberto Santa Rosa, who will pay tribute to the palladium era of mambo music. The “palladium” refers to the Palladium Ballroom that existed in New York City from the late 1940s until 1966, where Latin music stars like Tito Puente thrived.
Bornstein said she’s especially proud of this season because of the variety of performers she was able to book. The process to curate an entire season begins two to three years ahead of an ongoing one.
“It’s a slow process,” Bornstein said. “If something really gets me excited, I feel that the audience will be excited as well.”
The center also announced it’s extending its partnership with Goya Foods, allowing the company to sponsor shows throughout the entire season.
For Bornstein, it’s a chance to reflect on the Lehman Center’s Latino series and how it’s grown since she first joined as executive director more than a decade ago. Since Bornstein grew up in Poland, she was unfamiliar with Latino music and recognized she had a lot of work to do in order to cater to a predominately Hispanic audience.
“These artists were very rarely performed in that part of the world,” she said, “so I had to really learn who these people are.”
It took a lot of research over the years, but Bornstein can confidently say she’s learned “who’s who in the Latino world.”
Unfamiliar choices
Bornstein also is committed to exposing her audience to more than just the things they’re familiar with in order to give them a well-rounded cultural experience.
“You need to always expand your horizons,” she said. “And this is why I very often (tell) my audience, ‘Don’t just come to salsa. There (are) more cultural offerings. Try to learn about other cultures.’”
Since encouraging her audiences to diversify the shows they go to, Bornstein has noticed there have been more Latino faces at different multicultural performances.
Her encouragement also is an opportunity to give audiences an excuse not to have to travel to Manhattan for a similar show they can go to right in their own borough.
“We try to keep all of our cultural shows, especially, very affordable to our audience because I feel very strongly that our mission is to enrich our audience culturally and to also educate them,” Bornstein said.
And in that time, Bornstein has become a familiar face to regular patrons.
“They think I’m sort of a celebrity of some kind,” she said. “I was shocked because normally you want a picture with an artist. You don’t want a picture with an executive director necessarily because I don’t perform. I just speak to them.”
Center’s new look
As Bornstein continues her mission to bring audiences the best cultural offerings out there, she and Lehman College are trying to do the same aesthetically. Last November, the college began renovating the center with more than $15 million in funding in order to do things like improve seats inside the theater, expand the lobby, and make the area more accessible for people with disabilities.
Renovations will be complete by next spring.
When it all comes down to it, Bornstein sees the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts as a community center where people can gather and experience culture with their peers, something that she can’t see being accomplished in virtual spaces.
“We can’t just be sitting at home watching TV, or just using social media,” she said. “We need to be connected. We need to have some kind of encounter with each other we don’t become weird. We need that.” | {
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"The last conversation Kate had with him was this discussion about his medications and she warned him, "You can't mix drugs that you don't know anything about.""He said Katie, Katie, I'll be fine!" Well that's a cavalier boy's answer. It just put his whole system to sleep I guess."
Heath was 28 when he died from taking a combination of several different prescription medicines. The toxicology report that was released following an autopsy stated that the cause of death was "acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine."
Heartbreakingly, Kim also went on to admit that Heath's death was "totally his fault". He said:
"It was no-one elses. He reached for [the pills]. He put them in his system. You can't blame anyone else in that situation. That's hard to accept because I loved him so much and was so proud of him."
Since the Dark Knight actor's death, Kim has worked tirelessly to raise awareness about prescription medication misuse, particularly in his native Australia.
Celebrities, including co-star Jake Gyllenhaal and mother of his daughter, Michelle Williams, have also spoken of the huge impact Heath's death had on their lives.
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Youve spent hours and hours planning, preparing, planting and tending your little plot of earth, only to walk over for an admiration session and discover the horror. Slugs have chewed and slimed their way through your lovely broccoli, cabbages, carrots, rhubarb and pumpkins. Whats a gardener to do? Stop feeding those slugs, and find out how to get rid of pesky garden slugs and protect your progeny properly.
What is a slug? Slugs are terrestrial mollusks. Slugs are related to clams, snails and octopuses. Most gardeners find slugs positively repulsive looking, aside from being so destructive in the garden. Garden slugs arent just gross; they have been known to cause serious illness when eaten raw.
Protect your plants. If youve discovered slug damage, youll need to arm yourself with knowledge and get rid of the buggers. Check out these top 10 tips for preventing and removing the garden slug.
Keep it clean—Your garden should be free of debris, which gives slugs a nice place to hide out. All you should see in the garden are plants and soil.
Share your beer—Keep a flat container full of beer next to and in your garden. Pie plates, empty tuna cans or any flat container can be submerged in the earth and filled with beer. The slugs will slither over for a sample and drown.
Coffee, anyone?—Slugs arent so fond of coffee. Spread coffee grounds in your garden as a natural pesticide. You can even squirt coffee on slugs to kill them.
Police slugs with copper—Once your garden is free of slugs, you can prevent them from coming back quite simply. Strips of copper tape neatly lining the perimeter of your garden will act as a deterrent for future meandering mollusks.
Iron phosphate pellets—Once a slug has ingested iron phosphate, it doesnt have long to live. The iron phosphate is also purported to be safer for animals and humans than chemical bait.
Diatomaceous earth—One of the best slug barriers and killers is diatomaceous earth. It is a white powder made of fossilized diatoms. These dead one-celled algae have a silicon skeleton that is razor sharp and lethal to the slithering garden pest. Be sure to line your garden perimeter with the stuff after each rain, as it washes away, according to Organic Gardening.
Talcum powder—Lining your gardens with talcum powder is similar to the diatomaceous earth method.
Seaweed, not slugs—Seaweed is a natural slug repellant, and its a great garden additive.
The lure of clover—Red clover is a slug favorite. Planting a patch of the stuff will cause the slugs to leave everything else alone. Plant red clover next to garden beds. Once the clover dies out, you can cut it and till it into the soil for a nitrogen boost.
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amatyr4n said
Even if we get 100% of the comission there’s still 40% left for Envato
I see what you did there
I don’t
I’m no mathematician, but I don’t get it either.
Vladimir Putin. maybe thats helps to understand.
Ah you’re suggesting that Envato might be corrupt. No way, Envato is totally legit. However, I did find it odd that I had to give the reviewer a “donation” of $50 for accepting my last file… Perfectly legit for sure.
I have some other suggestion?
I think it would be cool if envato reduced demands to not 75,000 but say 50-60 because let’s be real here for almost four thousand authors and only 15 of them are 70%
I am here for half a year of which only four months to actively spread the music
To date, I have 35 sales and this 591 dollar increase to the nearest 51% commission to sell me more for 3100 not to mention the 55 or so 60%
I hope that will agree with me
Gotta work for it they’ve already increased commissions HEAPS , check the historical rates. When we started we were getting nowhere near the commissions they are handing out now. Envato has lots of bills to pay, if everyone got 70% they wouldn’t be able to sustain the marketplace.
Gotta work for it they’ve already increased commissions HEAPS , check the historical rates. When we started we were getting nowhere near the commissions they are handing out now. Envato has lots of bills to pay, if everyone got 70% they wouldn’t be able to sustain the marketplace.
I’m agree with you that Envato must have enough money for paying bills, expanding advertising and all other things that such business needs. I like competitive spirit of the system, it makes me to strive for better results and to learn more and more every day. The point is that for more than 50% of authors reaching the 70% rate is somewhere in the future, one almost invisible future.
The idea of one 70% rate day of every month i can explain this:
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The contrast on this one is some lovely textured cream card stock. I added two foam raised panels on the horizontal before adding the foam raised image. I added the sentiment and the florals with some little cream foliage before decorating with pink pearls.
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Ushahidi @ Mind Speak
30Mar
On 27 March 2010, Erik Hersman otherwise known as White African was invited by Aly Khan Satchu (Rich.co.ke) to come give a talk about Ushahidi and iHub. It was quite an informative and engaging talk. Erik was quite open and descriptive about Ushahidi, how it began, how they got seed money, gaining success and what else is in the works for Ushahidi.
Erik Hersman presenting about Ushahidi @ Mindspeak
Ushahidi has gone international and has been praised by many sectors of the modern society. It has been used in South Africa during the Xenophobic attacks, Congo violence, India elections, Pakistan violence, Haiti earthquake, Washington snowstorm and recently in Chile earthquakes. Locally Ushahidi has been rolled out to report Crime activity in Nairobi, Kenya through Hatari.co.ke
On technology start-ups Erik was quite straight about a few things
Build first, Money later
One should build their credibility and image so if one has an idea one should work on it and not concentrate on getting funding prior. In his opinion many techies tend to expect seed money first before developing their idea…and that’s how ideas die or someone else develops it before them. He gave the example of Ushahidi where it started from no funding, using volunteers free time which was weekends and nights. In the end the great product that came out of the skills, goodwill and passion of the volunteers gave them a good reputation and credibility. The fact that they made it Open Source and the way they launched did actually add reputation to their name and product.
Erik also happened to comment on one having to always be working on a concept even if it gains success. He gave a point in case of Safaricom’s MPESA which is a revolutionary concept he stated that it has great potential but at Safaricom’s pace don’t be surprised if someone else improves the concept to a much better improved service and take over the Mobile Cash transfer business in Kenya and maybe in the world.
White African explaining about Ushahidi
In this regard Ushahidi is always being improved with new ideas and modules being worked on. In order to improve the credibility of data gathererd from the different sources, Ushahidi have developed Swift River. SwiftRiver is a free and open source software platform that uses a combination of algorithms and crowdsourced interaction to validate and filter news.Swift River acts as the verifying filter for different channels (Twitter, email, news sites, blogs, and SMS) and is possible precisely because of the volume of information available from these sources.
Amongst his important advice to all, he suggested
In whatever you do make 80% normal and 20% edgy
The 20% may not produce any fruitful results but is has the potential to yield great results which may help in creating innovative and novice ideas.
Erik also spoke about iHub , Nairobi’s Innovation Hub for the technology community where technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers with a focus on young entrepreneurs, web and mobile phone programmers and designers in the area can use the area as an open workspace. He described its objectives, potential and the dreams he has for this initiative. He dreams that with such initiatives and other innovations Nairobi could be the technology hub in Africa. He further insisted on the need of iHub to remain neutral in terms to the Technology partners they take up so as not to be deemed as partisan to specific platforms hence locking out other potential areas. One of iHub’s main agenda is to create an open environment to be innovative, creative and open doors for ideas to thrive since it can be considered as a pre-incubator.
Erik hopes that such hubs in Africa could create a network between themselves and elevate the technological potential in Africa before reaching out to other hubs around the world.The White African also indicated the need for a 1 Stop Shop on ICT here in Kenya and the void may need to be filled soon which he hoped someone would take up the initiative.
After the session Erik Hersman was kind enough to answer questions from the audience on any issue from ICT, Ushahidi, Venture Capitalism and his advise on various issues for upcoming techies.
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This guide is from the Kalydo board in our forum and it was written by ChrisKalydo. As released for months, Robo Rescue is now one of the most popular games on the game portal Kalydo. In Robo Rescue you customize your male or female Robo character and rescue the kidnapped Robo citizens. It features tons of levels, action packed gameplay, puzzle solving. Now let's take a closer look at it.
Robo Rescue - Game Guide
By Chris van der Linden @ Kalydo
Story
Evil Robo is at it again! He has started to kidnap Robo citizens with his big UFO. Robo Central is in shock. Now it is up to you to rescue to kidnapped Robo people. Together with Robo Prof, who helps you with his inventions you must go on an electrifying action adventure!
Goal of the game
In Robo Rescue you go and help Robo Prof to rescue all the kidnapped Robo citizens. Evil Robo has put them into electro cages which you must open by finding the hidden button. But that's not all! Robo world is a place full of dazzling locations you must overcome. Perform mindboggling stunts to finish the levels.
Your ultimate goal is to find Evil Robo and defeat him to stop his evil plans for ever!!
Nouns
CheckpointsIn the levels there are green flags which are checkpoints. You must visit all checkpoints to open up the level finish. If you loose a life you start at your last visited checkpoint.
Bricks, StarsIn Robo World there are Brickx and Stars you can collect for points. Get all the stars in a level to get the extra Star Collector bonus.
TrickhoopsTrickhoops are a series of hoops you can move through to score points. If you move through them all in one go you get a score bonus! Have you moved through all Trickhoops in a level you get the extra Hoopaholic bonus!
Perfect RunsWhen you finish a level whithout losing a life you get a Perfect Run bonus. Try to collect all bonusses available for a monster highscore!
Controls
Robo Rescue is played with the keyboard keys. Use the arrow keys to roll around the levels.
Rolling around can be a little bit difficult at first. The trick is to not go too fast at first until you have a good control over your Robo character. Let go of the Up Arrow sometimes to avoid going super fast all the time.
Choose Your Character
When you start the game you can choose to play with a Boy or Girl Robo. The further you progress in the game and rescue other Robo characters you get to play with them. Go to the Customizer machine to choose your Character to play with.
To score extra points and unlock new characters to play with you must Rescue the kidnapped Robo characters. They are held in electro cages by Evil Robo. But finding the cages is only on step! To open the cages you must find and press the button hidden somewhere in the level. Evil Robo will do anything to make your life hard!
The Robo Prof is there to help you with advise and his crazy inventions. Look for his Holograms to meet up with him. In his workshop Robo Prof works on his inventions and whenever he has a new one ready he will let you try it out! :D
In Robo Rescue you will travel to the most fantastic locations! At one moment you will be racing around on acceleration pads, the other you will be flying through the air with the Robo Copter. Robo Rescue will call for all your skill to finish the action packed levels and defeat Evil Robo!!! | {
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
At SXSW we figured we’d have a lot of time to update the JMSMC page and we were very much wrong. We played to a packed house on a rooftop bar (umm, a big crowd on a roof), made a TV appearance, detoured to Taylor, Texas for free beer and a small show, played a coffee shop acoustic set and saw too many other shows in too little time. Also, the insomnia wave is best ridden drunk. To recap, free time was a no go.
And now that I’ve more or less caught up on sleep and/or substituted beers for energy drinks, I am ready to unveil the one most memorable event from the SXSW madness: a girl.
Now don’t take-off running because I promise it doesn’t get mushy here. Me rockstar. Me no cuddle. Me rockstar. Me rock. It just so happens that there was a brunette with the (second) most beautiful capo I’ve ever seen.
She was a brunette, the capo a blonde. She had long smooth legs and the capo shined in the stage lights during her solo acoustic set. She played in one of those basement bars where the inexplicable always seems to occur, and her voice was what first jolted me into sobriety. They say love is intoxicating, but if you’re already at the latter I suppose it works the other way, too.
As I was admiring her, er, blouse selection, I noticed her fancypants Takamine guitar and then this custom pearl white capo with a swirling extension that looked like her initials. I was now full-on sober, if you pick up what I’m putting down. I put myself down in a chair and did the whole elbows-to-table-and-chin-to-fists thing and was more than enthralled with her ability to move while seated, how her hair fell along the frets, how she picked with her eyes closed and sang so heartily it must’ve began in her toes.
I cannot specifically recall the melody to that song but I can remember every detail of every brick on the walls around her and every face staring as equally as intently as I had been. She strummed a last eerie minor chord and received a calm we’re-not-going-anywhere applause. She reached for the shiny white capo, soothingly slid it up three frets and said, “This song is a cover and it’s called Waiting on the World to Change. I hope you know it and sing along.”
My sober state vanished with the help of a Saint Patty’s Day car bomb and we left. | {
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Your name: Lori Lee
Your Email address: webmaster (at) googer.netURL of the site:http://www.Googer.net
Age of site: A few months
Traffic statistics: Minimal traffic and revenue
Source of traffic: Asking price: $300.00 with BIN at $450.00
Gross and net revenue per month (Total): $35+
The specific source of your revenue (Names/Details for each. DO NOT post your Google AdSense data):
Copyright status of the content on the site: all graphics were designed by myself and the PPC script has a license.
Any other pertinent data:
I'm selling Googer.net because I am currently in the process of starting a new company with my friends that I can't spend much time on the online program.
www.Googer.net -- PPC(Pay-Per-Click) Search Engine Website is professionally designed and programmed to maximize your site revenue.
You are not just purchasing a website, but the domain name as well. You are getting the whole package and all the work has already been done for you! With a domain name like www.Google.com the site advertises itself! It is not an "affiliate" of another site. This website is a premium website programmed in PHP and MySQL. You keep 100% of the profits! With promotion and marketing, this website's potential is unlimited!
Payment:
I Accept PayPal, Egold and MoneyBookers, or transaction to go through escrow.com. I'll cover the fees.
Other:
Googer.net is recieving minimal traffic and revenue but is VERY good for a pretty new site.
I confirmed that Googer.net was clean history and no feed was banned.
I reserve the right to refuse the sale to anyone who weirds me out.
If you would like to bid on this please post reply, PM or mail to webmaster (at) googer.net
About the PPC Website and Script:
What is Pay-Per-Click(PPC) Search engine?
Advertisers bid on specific keywords to get their websites listed on your site. This is the search engine style that was made popular by Goto/Overture, it has been adopted by Internet giants Google, Yahoo and AOL, and is now used by thousands of other search sites, from small to big. This style became so popular because advertisers can bid as low as $0.01 per click, and work their way up by bidding higher. On sites that use this system, some bids are known to go as high as $5 per click! Believe it or not, but it's the result you get from competitive advertising
What will be the earning resource?
1.Advertisers deposit:
With pay per click website, people can go on and submit to put their website into the searches. They pay a specified amount per hit. You make money when these people make deposits to fund their account, which they need to do to submit their site. You will keep 100% profits when advertisers deposit into your site.
External search engines's revenue share:
What is "External search engien feeds"? When you start your new search engine, you may not have advertisers who list keywords into your search engine. Do not worry! You can signup those XML feed provider sites such as RevenuePilot, SearchFeed and LookQuick. You can integrate their search listing database by using XML. Those external search engines which pay YOU every time you refer a visitor who clicks on their embedded search results on your site.
Depends on which XML feed provider you use, but you will most likely make 50% to upto 90% in extra revenue from those external feed revenue share as an affiliate! The integrated search results will be transparent to your visitors so they look just like regular search results!
Providing XML feed to other PPC search engines:
You can also provide your XML feed to other search engine. QualityPPC is a ready script to provide XML feed. You can assign specific feeds to each users and have control to block feeds as well. Can you imagine that your site could gets traffic and earn while you are sitting on the sofa and watching TV.
Scripts features :
Admin features :
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Ability to determine 3 country groups
Ability to determine the country filter(s) to each feed
Ability to block certain IP addresses
Ability to block certain Domains
Ability to block certain Keywords
Ability to block most of Anonymous,Open,Transplant Proxy individually. All proxy filters can be On/Off
Option: New! QEB Elite proxy finder
Option: QualityEBiz blacklist illegal Annoy Proxies which are updated daily
Option: Proxy filter 3 levels
Proxy Level 1 : Transpalet Proxy - Many ISP use it like AOL
Proxy Level 2 : HTTP Protocol, web based Proxy
Proxy Level 3 : Open/Anonymous Proxy
Option: Set % to set on proxy filter automatically by the % of site stats
Option: Set % to block individual user when the proxy % reachs you determined
Option: Set % to credit for proxy traffic(*1)
Option: Block individual member to each feed
Ability to determine the Real IP
In/Out Buffering by setting period. you can determine teh IP status yourself and creat your own black IP list
Ability to avoid software clicks at high percentage.(all options can be set On/OFF)
Must be same IP to click the links on the page
Not allow to complete the search by copying/paste search result link(direct link)
Avoid automated clicks(Bot click) Option
Ability to set time interval between click and search(NEW)
Ability to tune script performance to fit your site security level
Ability use 3rd party's proxy list
Captcha Security by using Graphic font for Secure Login and search.(you can set the number. example,ask secure login search every XX times) (GD library free forn must be supported on your server)
Ability to determine the number of crediting to a user per IP in the hours you set. (Possible to set different setting for local use and out going users)
Ability to set on/off for free search or show the message after the IP reachs the number you set
Ability to set up as many affiliates levels as you want
Set self earning %
Set direct referral earnings %
Set Signup Bonus
Free referral rotation offer(coming soon)
Fantastic Feed manager
Advanced rotation: Ability to rotate feeds and set the alternate feed in the rotation. (There are two rotation type:1) rotating to the country block(s)=If US surfer visit, then only US rotation will be used for the results listing. 2)Simple rotating with no country and group=All vesitors will get the feed rotation in a row.
Grouped result: Ability to show result by grouping from all active feeds
Index results : Ability to index results by bid value
Ability to provide feeds rotation or certain feed(s) to individual feed user
Real time site stats
Real time country groups % stats
Graphyic site click stats
Top Keyword logs
Real time top 15 keyword list on search result page
Real time system log; Ability to see IP, Referral URL(*2), Bid price/credit and User
Graphic site stats(GD support required)
Easy to setup PayPal, Egold and MoneyBookers account for your deposit option(2Checkout coming soon)
Grobal member search
Easy transaction manager for credit and debits
Ability to set email address for contact form, register, and send mail
Ability to set on/off for accepting multiple signups in same IP
Possible to make relationship with your member based site(*)
Advanced statistics for monitor your affiliate activities
Easy to add new pages in HTML
No scripts knowledge required
Ability to download database from admin area
Ability to indexing database from admin area
Member stats(Downline stats, click log, Top keyword log)
News manager in member area
Send mail to all members(choices/Active Only: Suspanded Only: Cheaters Only: )
Ability to set up search link page and portal page
Local advertising listing manegar
Banner rotation manager(unlimited or max impressions)
Account manegar
Ability to set up partner stats for feed provider or receiver
Option to choose "IP limited message" or "Bring visitors to Free search without credit"
Ability to allow search by proxy without UID:
Option to auto or manual activate member signup
Option to auto or manual activate member portal page
Ability to open result site under frame
Ability to open result site in new window
Ability to set keyword in result in bold text
Ability to compress HTML pages
Option for admin login from only admin computer ID
Easy to receive upgrade version from admin area
UNLIMITED future upgrades for lifetime
Payment gateaway(current: PayPal, Egold, and MoneyBookers.)
PPC Member features :
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Real time statistics
Real time statistics report by period
Referral stats
Affiliates ready to use affiliate's tool; Search Box, Portal page, referral URL
Ability to block a member and terminate
Send mail system to members HTML or TEXT(send to ALL, Active, Blocked or terminated members)
Easy to make deposit
Payment request system
PPC Feed maneger :
Quote:
Real time statistics
Ability to rotate as many feeds as you want
Ability to set second feed when feeds in main rotation doesn't have result or listed slower
Ability to set country block(s) for each feeds
Ability to de-active feed when the feed takes specific time you determine
Approximate stats for each feed; site credit and member credit amount
Ability to fix feed stats to keep real stats
Ability to set percentage of you receive from each feed.(for avoiding losing invalid earnings)
Ability to give the certain feed to your feed users
Ability to set feed rotation for out going feed
Ability to see the feed stats by the date period you determine
If you dont mind me asking (or do get back here in time before the sell) how long have you had this place and how much profit has it made since the start? I can see you noted 35/mo, but that doesnt really tell people how much it has made so far. Thanks. | {
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Cameron Garfield is a 2009 C with a 6'1'', 195 lb. frame from Murrieta, CA who attends Murrieta Valley. Garfield showed catching ability in the work out with a 1.90 pop time and has strong catchers frame. At the plate he has a quick bat with very good balance and hits hard line drives to all fields. He gets good extension in his swing and has serious power potential. Not sure if he showed the arm strength to catch at the highest levels, but he projects large at the plate and shows MLB caliber hitting tools. He is a good student and has made a verbal commitment to San Diego.
Cameron Garfield is a 2009 C with a 6'1'', 195 lb. frame from Murrieta, CA who attends Murrieta Valley. Good frame, good build, present strength, moves well behind the plate, good receiver, soft hands, good feet, balanced swing, good bat speed, quiet approach, good pop, hands to ball, can hit, big power potential, can really play, good student.
Cameron Garfield is a 2009 C with a 6'1'', 195 lb. frame from San Diego, CA who attends Murrieta Valley. Garfield has an athletic body with a muscular strong build. He is a physical player with a good frame. Defensively, Garfield has good arm strength with carry on his throws. He has quick transfers and quick feet which make for a very good pop time both in the workout (1.76) and in game (1.98). Garfield has good receiving skills and is a very good defensive catcher overall. At the plate, Garfield starts with low hands and a good set up. He generates good bat speed and really throws the bat head to the baseball. He gets good lift and leverage in his swing while maintaining good balance. Garfield gets good extension in his swing and has juice in his bat. He has a good swing with power potential. Garfield can really hit the baseball and is also a very good student. | {
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A Crisis in Intelligence: Unthinkable Consequences of Outsourcing U.S. Intel (Part 3)
Privatized intelligence operations have become a favored practice of the U.S. and other Western governments, but the tactics of so-called spies for hire are often unethical and possibly illegal, explains George Eliason. (Read part one here. Part two here.)
By George Eliason
Decades ago, philosopher Marshall McLuhan predicted a future world war fought using information. While World War I and World War II were waged using armies and mobilized economies, “World War III [will be] a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation,” McLuhan said, a prophecy included in his 1970 book of reflections, Culture Is Our Business.
We are now seeing this information war play out in real time. Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s indictment on Friday of 13 Russian nationals who allegedly attempted to “sow discord in the U.S. political system, including the 2016 U.S. presidential election” can be seen as the culmination of the intelligence community’s efforts to ferret out trolls engaging in “Information Operations” against the United States. But in some cases, this may be the product of the West’s own Information Operations – often utilizing private “intelligence” companies, or “spies for hire.”
In parts one and two of this series, we looked at the private companies serving the deep state. We have seen how the top levels of the deep state interact with smaller companies and individual actors.
Now let’s look at the unimaginable.
This is the world the predators that the government helped create and sustains through contract work thrive in.
What alternative media outlets that have been attacked by criminal groups like PropOrNot don’t know is there are laws and policies in place that protect civilians, journalists, and publications.
What is needed to stop the criminal actions of the Russian troll hunters is to demand current laws are enforced and that Congress closes up the remaining gray areas of law and policy spies for hire are exploiting to destroy lives.
As you read this, understand there are no caveats. What’s needed is for people who are willing to stand up for themselves and each other to do so. Legal action is what’s needed. If Congress won’t provide more protections or the laws that are in place won’t be upheld, lawsuits are the first line of defense against this onslaught. Violence will only insulate the criminals from responsibility for their crimes.
When spies for hire attack civilians or suppress their free speech rights by mounting Information Operations against civilians, they are crossing the line into illegality.
In part two, inherently governmental actions were defined as governing, policing, policy, military activity, and intelligence work. This was further defined as activities requiring government personnel to be legitimate. When any of these activities are done extra-legally, the protections given civilians and government authorities under the law are stripped too.
According to the Federal Register, “[i]t is the responsibility of the combatant commander to ensure that the private security contract mission statements do not authorize the performance of any inherently Governmental military functions, such as preemptive attacks, or any other types of attacks. Otherwise, civilians who accompany the U.S. Armed Forces lose their law of war protections from direct attack if and for such time as they take a direct part in hostilities.”
According to Rule 26.9 of the Tallinn Manual, “Virtual Online communities and people expressing opinions do not qualify as combatants.”
It is important to note that cyber and online operations are both parts of this in the definitions of legal and illegal target choices. The manual defines lawful and unlawful combatants by what they are doing or attempting to do as well as their official authority to do so.
Tallinn Manual rules that are applicable to the spies for hire attacking civilians were designed to set rules for official military actions. The reason for their applicability in this situation is simple. When unlawful combatants attack civilians, civilians have the right to defend themselves and their properties. Civilians also have a right to restitution for damages.
Rule 30 of the Tallinn Manual defines a cyber attack as a non-kinetic attack reasonably expected to cause damage or death to persons resulting from the attack. If the attacker mistakenly calls civilians lawful targets, the attack on civilians still occurred. It is a crime. This is an important consideration considering how interconnected the internet has made people.
The only part that requires further definition is the word damage. People’s ability to make income can be damaged. Reputations can be irrevocably damaged.
Tallinn Manual Rule 33 states: “If there is doubt to the status of a person, that person is to be considered a civilian and not targetable.”
This is very important going forward. It shifts the burden of responsibility to the attacker for any damages done to people. If the attacker cannot meet the legal definition of status and show governmental authorization, then it is unlawful.
According to Rule 35.5, “Gathering information for the military makes you a combatant. Journalists are prohibited targets. Once an attack is made, the retribution is legal and does not necessarily need to be in kind. A cyber attack can be met with conventional weapons.”
Rule 35.5 means that all the corporations, companies, and “one man intel operations” working outside the direct oversight of Blue Badge ODNI agency supervisors against civilians are acting as terrorists.
Rule 41 describes cyber weapons broadly as the means to carry out cyber war by use, or intended use of cyber “munitions” designed to cause damage, destruction, or death to its targets. The breadth of the rule is required because of the wide array of possible attacks through cyber means.
Spies for hire can use the software legally on U.S. citizens that may have to be labeled munitions when they export it to client states that also use it on U.S. citizens labeled “Russian trolls.” Pentagon contractors are developing lethal cyber weapons. Do you think only the military will have access to it under the current laws?
Thinking the Unthinkable
First, let’s establish that it’s common for spies for hire to assume they can take on inherently government authority and powers. Andrew Weisburd started working with the Ukrainian government publicly in January 2015, just as they announced their IO army and Myrotvorets (PeaceKeeper) which bore his signature Russian troll hunter methodology early on. Myrotvorets will become important later in the article.
According to Weisburd‘s February 26, 2015 definition of what he is doing: “I‘m just trying to do my part to help make bad things happen to bad people who are in the service of the Kremlin. And for the record, I’m not an army of one. I’m more like a one-man intelligence service.”
Because of this Russians have been kept from influencing Ukrainian media, news, or people through social media this entire time.
What do people like Joel Harding, Andrew Weisburd, Clint Watts, or Eliot Higgins think about your rights? Your worth?
As Harding once wrote in regards to a question about the world’s billion-plus Muslims who do not condone violence, “The vast majority of peaceful people are irrelevant because they did not influence or stop those who committed those acts of atrocity.”
It is this type of absolutist, black-and-white thinking, which dismisses the “the vast majority of peaceful people” as “irrelevant,” that we are dealing with in the spies-for-hire community.
Spies for hire assume authority that falls under inherently government responsibilities. They consider most of the population to be insignificant, which is why they have no problems turning Americans into “Russian agents” and line items on their invoice.
Once you’ve made it on to their radar, you might find yourself receiving threatening messages such as this one that I received from Joel Harding:
“It’s been fun following you!” he wrote. “I hope you’re having fun in Donbas. So sorry NovoRossiya is being dissolved. http://toinformistoinfluence.com/2014/10/12/novorossiya-fail/
I’ve been looking forward to you publishing some more articles. But I’m curious, two months and nothing? Did you change names?”
He continued: “I know your bandwidth there is limited, this is probably costing you many Russian rubles. Oh yeah, I hear they don’t take Ukrainian Hryvnia. The good news is that Luhansk and Donetsk will both remain with Ukraine, Russia can’t afford it.”
“By the time you return to the West, I should be in Kyiv, waiting for you,” he concluded. “You have a date with the SBU.”
The SBU is the Security Service of Ukraine, the main law-enforcement agency in the area of counterintelligence activity, which has been implicated in torture.
Harding, like every other person working for the Ukrainian government that is attacking U.S. and Western journalists, websites, and readers who leave comments on social media are not the volunteers or “concerned citizens” they claim to be.
This is important to establish because according to the Tallinn Manual, being volunteers excludes you from responsibility for some aspects of an illegal combatant activity.
If Harding never received a penny from the Ukrainian government directly (he was hired), he was still paid through the company he advertises on his website. He used to have a contact form that bragged about how they would destroy your corporate competition using these means and that they were state to state capable.
Harding helped NATO STRATCOM Centres of Excellence (COE) Latvia off the ground at the same time he was helping set up the Ukrainian Information Ministry. He wrote Ukraine’s Information Policy in 2015-2016. Harding’s IOTA Global, which offers services in “PsyOps, Media Operations, Key Leader Engagement and CIMIC as well as Operational Planning, Target Audience Analysis and Measurement of Effect” according to its LinkedIn profile, announced they were working with both STRATCOM COE and the Ukrainian government. If you look at the comments, the COE leadership appear to be gushing with emotion.
“We are delighted to have been working with the NATO Centre of Excellence for Strategic Communication, Latvia, (2015) in delivering capacity building training, in Kiev, to representatives from the Ukrainian government. Ukraine is faced with a number of challenging issues, not least the ongoing territorial dispute with Russia,” according to one comment. “IOTA Global and its partner company, SCL Ltd, were contracted by the Canadian Government earlier this year to assist the NATO COE in its vital work. This included the delivery of a 9-week intensive Target Audience Analysis course, using the Behavioural Dynamics Institute (BDi) advanced TAA methodology (TAA), to train 20 students from 11 NATO nations.”
This is important because, for the last three years, Harding has been working to destroy news and websites that disturb his narrative building and information operations. GlobalResearch.ca has been an ongoing focus for him and the other unlawful combatants named here the entire time.
Joel Harding harnessed practitioners, companies, countries, and NATO in his fight to take down GlobalResearch.ca
“GlobalResearch.ca,” Harding wrote on his blog. “Remember that name, put it on your ‘bad’ list and spread the word. They are despicable, vile, the opposite of journalists.”
According to the Globe and Mail, NATO Center of Excellence for Strategic Communication, Latvia is going after GlobalResearch.ca and their reasoning parrots Joel Harding’s.
“At its headquarters in Riga, StratCom researchers consider globalresearch.ca to be a link in a network that reposts such stories,” according to the Globe and Mail article. Donara Barojan, who does digital forensic research for the NATO COE claimed that Global Research uses techniques to boost stories’ Google ranking “and create the illusion of multisource verification.” She admitted though that they do not have proof that Global Research is connected to any government.
This focus and constant barrage have taken its toll on www.globalresearch.ca because the same people who are attacking them are trusted fact check sources for Google, which affects the site’s ranking.
This is a clear-cut case of unlawful combatants steering the ship at NATO to settle imagined grievances. Spies for hire committing illegal actions are also teaching NATO, DOD, ODNI agencies, and foreign counterparts how to go about their business. They are giving them the criteria to find enemies and engage them.
On its own, or with other websites, Global Research has the ability to counter this with a lawsuit. The apparent attack by NATO COE, Latvia is at the instigation of Joel Harding. A lawsuit could include him, Andrew Weisburd, Clint Watts, Hamilton 68 Dashboard, Bellingcat, the Canadian government, as well as others involved including NATO and every country with a part in the NATO Center of Excellence.
Spies for Hire Attack Teenagers
Are terrorists allowed to put American kids on their kill lists? If they are, watch out! Are your kids are next?
Joel Harding wrote the information policy for Ukraine. Myrotvorets is what it led to right away. This is the first product of the information policy, Ukraine’s infamous kill site. Ukraine maintains the right to kill anyone on listed on it, anywhere in the world, any time they choose to. And the Ukrainians use this to find and murder people who talk, post article links in social media, or write articles they don’t like.
Andrew Weisburd started his kremlintrolls.com website at the same time Myrotvorets came online. He taught the Ukrainians how to catch entire networks so they could be put on the list.
Eliot Higgins and Aric Toler of Bellingcat taught the Ukrainians to find the people in the networks that are on the kill list at Myrotvorets.
Ronnie Miller was 17 years old when he was put on this list. He’s never been to Ukraine before. Three out of four of these unlawful combatants are Americans working for a foreign country that is attacking Americans in United States!
DONi: Do you feel safe in your own nation expressing your views about Donbass?
Ronnie Miller: This nation of mine preaches for freedom of the press, information, and the ability to formulate an opinion. What I support isn’t a threat to National Security. What Islamic extremists preach, is. I don’t feel safe, nor threatened. It is most definite that I am being watched or on a list of some sort. However, I am in no threat of being taken away or bribed to stay quiet.
It sounds like Ronnie Miller didn’t skip civics class and is expecting his government to honor Constitutional protections.
Instead of protecting its citizens, the U.S. government is sending weapons and instructors to the government that is putting American citizens on kill lists.
Ron Miller should consider a lawsuit against the illegal spies for hire who put him – whether directly or indirectly – on a kill list with a foreign government.
Here’s a fun fact. If you are out driving a car without insurance in a state that requires it and you get hit- it is still your fault. You weren’t supposed to be there. The spies for hire are not supposed to be able to call American kids “terrorists.” Since the UWC and UCCA both fund Myrotvorets through donations and supplied the nationalist ideology that wants to kill 17-year-old Americans, they could be sued too.
Previously, we discussed the method of operation that is used, which is staying within the developed narrative of “Russia will attack! Russia is attacking! Russia has attacked!”
What happens when spies for hire fall out of the narrative or need to get rid of each other? There is only so much of the pie to go around.
The screenshot above is mindblowing to me. Andrew Weisburd once again admitting that his Russians aren’t Russian at all. He’s trying to cover up for his Hamilton 68 Dashboard only set on catching tweets from a few accounts that aren’t even trolls.
Both Weisburd and Higgins (British national) agree that award-winning journalist Vannessa Beeley, who reports from Syria for 21st Century Wire must be stopped before:
She destroys their narrative. They cannot prove Assad used gas on the Syrian people. But if she is allowed to continue, the proofs from Syria that she is providing might go mainstream soon. Beeley has been at the forefront of the story showing the ties between the White Hats and ISIS.
She might influence policy people around American president Donald Trump and change Syria policy.
What is clear is Andrew Weisburd will try to bring this up to congressional representatives who listen to him and further destroy civil rights and the First Amendment. Eliot Higgins cannot survive being wrong about the on the ground realities in regions he is supposed to be an expert on for too much longer.
The spies for hire are purposing an Information Operation to rope in U.S. policy at the executive level and rescue Donald Trump and the State Department from any facts that might get in the way of their narrative. Left to their own, they may succeed.
Vannessa Beeley’s reputation as a journalist and ability to gain access to do her work and disseminate the reports she does depends on her credibility. People who are trying to usurp the authority of government are declaring her to be an Information Operations agent. This is beyond slander.
The U.S. federal government could not get away with doing this – literally working to get a journalist censored.
However, spies for hire like Clint Watts, Andrew Weisburd, Jonathon Morgan, JM Berger, the Hamilton 68 Dashboard, the German Marshall Fund of the USA, The Alliance for Securing Democracy, Michael Chertoff, Eliot Higgins, Aric Toler, Bellingcat, The DFR Lab, Atlantic Council, UWC, and the UCCA can be enlisted to brand Vanessa Beeley as a traitor to the United Kingdom and a foreign agent.
Yet, these are all in violation of Tallinn Rule 33 and 35A which prohibit targeting people you can’t identify clearly and attacking journalists. Targeting Beeley is a criminal act on their part.
Once again the spies for hire have usurped government powers illegally.
Unconventional Warfare
If you look at Weisburd’s @webradius Russian Influence Spy Ring, it is populated by tens of thousands of people living in the United States who voted against Hillary Clinton.
This is what spies for hire do for partisan politics, money, or the company they work for. For some, nothing more than their own warped sense of satisfaction watching another human beings life twist in the wind. Many are ultra-nationalist and if you don’t agree with them, you will be made an enemy of the state. Malignant parts of the deep state getting out of hand.
I’ve given people that play in the private sector, government, and policy a lot of exposure because they attack innocent people, journalists, and news and opinion websites.
Professor Michel Chossudovsky and every journalist and activist who publishes at GlobalResearch.ca is on the the list including Paul Craig Roberts and Robert Parry, who are considered Russian active measures agents in the Ukraine war and every “agendized news event” they write on. Tyler Durden, connected writers and journalists are Russian propagandists. Deena Stryker, an editor at OpEdNews is noted because of her PressTV interview for saying the US is engaged in a propaganda war.
All conspiracies aside it wouldn’t feel right without adding Alex Jones and Michael Rivero. Harding developed what seems to be a fixation about Jones and company a few years back. It’s not that he hates Jones’ news sites any more than the others, but it is personal. Joel Harding’s favorite nephew rates Jones take on international events as more credible than what Harding has to say.
After writing my 5th or 6th article about what Weisburd, Watts, and Harding were doing, Harding and his growing work group were considering what to do about me. The friend he mentions is Andrew Weisburd who I had just exposed planning to attack a major opinion site.
“I still engage with Pro-Russian Trolls on a daily basis,” Harding wrote on his blog in November 2015. “I’ve had reporters write bad stories about me on Russian Proxy ‘News’ sites. I currently have a vehemently rabid anti-Western, especially anti-American, troll trying to smear a group of Russian troll chasers I work with. He also published several stories blaming us for all his woes.”
He continued: “The difference is I have been professionally trained on how to mess up somebody’s life, permanently and forever. Yeah, we were trained in Special Forces more on weapons, explosives, communications, intelligence, operations, tactics, and medicine, but being trained in Unconventional Warfare does give one an advantage when one desires to get nasty.”
Imagine being so brazen you could publish that threat on a public website. Andreas Umland, who is supposed to be a leading academic, didn’t think it was wrong to republish that threat on my life on his own blog.
The intelligence community cannot police itself anymore. It is out of control. If you don’t see a clear and present danger it’s because you are part of the problem that needs to be cleaned up.
My goal as a journalist is and has always been to ensure that the facts get out from Donbass. I think I’ve done that and will continue to do so. I am a firm believer that only the facts and realities of a situation can help. If you know the facts about what is going on in Lugansk People’s Republic (LNR) and Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) you won’t support the deviant and murderous Ukrainian Nationalist politic that Andreas Umland does. Unless of course you think it’s okay to murder 17 year old Americans, destroy freedom, justice, and the free press. And perhaps like Umland, you think it’s okay to murder me.
My goal is to do my part and help America reestablish her commitment to justice for all the people, law, and civility. I hope I’m doing that. But don’t get up and react for me. If you don’t do it for you, there is no future left to worry about.
George Eliason is an American journalist who lives and works in the Donbass region of Ukraine.
I am a retired German professor of public international law. I never worked for the intelligence community but spend a lot of time analyzing information coming from the intelligence community in various research projects. The outcome of my research is serious cause for concern – in the United States as well as Germany. George Eliason presented an impressive description in his articles “U.S. Intelligence Crisis Poses a Threat to the World (Part I to III), consortiumnews.com February 11, 2018. I came to three conclusions in this regard:
1. People working for a national intelligence community are state organs, equipped with specific competences reserved for state organs. It is not legal to outsource such powers and to hire private contractors as intelligence agents.
2. All agencies of a national intelligence community have to be co-ordinated and controlled by top ranking intelligence people with the aim to evaluate information that was gathered and to decide which information is relevant for purposes of briefing the government and which not.
3. Access to evaluated intelligence information is no privilege of the government. It has to be made accessible to all top state organs: the President, Congress, the top military admirals and generals, the higher courts and the leading people in various executive authorities.
On the basis of these three rules, the work of the intelligence community can be considered as one of the pillars of state organisation. Accountability is central to constitutionalism, though.
Lou no last name
February 19, 2018 at 2:08 pm
I think the american people,is happy with the House intelligence committee investigation of the deep state corruption. keep going on the right track, get rid of the swamp
creatures, that don’t care about our american values or our people.
Thanks to George Eliason, you’re doing a great service to get out truth on Ukraine amidst the nefarious activities of these warped individuals who are spies for hire.
michael crockett
February 19, 2018 at 6:55 am
I think this was an excellent article from George Eliason.The takeover of the CIA, NSA, DNI etc. by private corporations is part and parcel of an agenda to take control of all Government agencies. The obvious motive is profit. So much money to loot through fraud and theft. Government employees who follow the mission statement, uphold the Constitution, and serve for the greater public good are at risk of reprisal. Contractors are commonly performing tasks that only federal employees should do. Contract oversight is weak and disappearing altogether. The bidding process is rigged in many cases. This becomes a much deeper concern when this is happening at DOD and the many intelligence agencies. Nefarious programs of psychological operations and propaganda are herein created with deep state guidance. The MSM will get the message out and keep pounding it home until the masses are compliant. This is what Fascism looks like. With that being said, I want to thank the many thoughtful and insightful readers who post comments. You give me hope. We can change the world. We can rearrange the world. It`s dying to get better.
Joe, i read that quickly, and it’s from the elite right-wing think tank viewpoint. How did they think Obama didn’t go along with the playbook? His militarism opposition rolled away fairly quickly, and the nasty responses he pulled against Russia at his last term end revealed his true nature as corrupted fully in DC. We never heard much about those Russian ambassadors, 11 I think, who died within a short time period at the end of O’s time, some deaths suspicious.
I agree with you that the anti Russia stuff (I am so sick of these **** “Gates” stuff!) is cooked up by CIA and FBI is plenty involved in the mess of violence that continues unabated! It’s worse now because 1) globalization has connected all of us; 2) population is at an all-time high and mounting, therefore must be controlled; 3) technology brought new means of control; 4) unequal wealth distribution worldwide has brought misery to huge numbers of people who are clearly getting sick of their misery.
If Clinton had gotten in, she’d have acquiesced to MIC agenda from Day 1, including posturing against Russia and China to keep Western/US dominated imperialism on top. Since Trump didn’t make those noises, he had to be brought on board. The cooked-up Russia story works well for ignorant America, and I include Trump in the “ignorant” category. How he could have gotten the Cabinet he chose shows his level of ignorance!
Incidentally, Joe, i discovered a book you would probably enjoy, “White Trash: 400 Years of Class in America” by Nancy Isenberg, a Professor of History (southern school, maybe Emory). Very interesting on outcast groups settling America and elitist attitudes of “founding fathers”, states’ attitudes, white poverty, slavery issues, many interesting buried tidbits never discussed, ends with current time and she says Trump not that different in long line of demagoguery.
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 10:35 am
I bought the book. Your suggestion, and the great reviews, convinced me I will enjoy it. Other than that with your comment I confirmed you are you. I like the new look, dare I mention it Jessika. Joe
I always enjoy your commentary, Realist. Americans are so brainwashed, and they are clueless about CIA nefarious activities since days of Allen Dulles, who brought over all those Nazis with Operation Paperclip. And what else have they done, with MKULTRA and other evil deeds, Gladio, on and on? Americans hear this is all for the good and many believe it.
I believe all this Russia hacking story is a jingoist fabrication of CIA from the start in collusion with Clinton. There’s a list of CIA meddling since 1948 at Zero Hedge yesterday; Laura Ingraham interviewed former CIA director James Woolsey on Friday, I guess, and he grudgingly admitted CIA meddling. Said it’s “for the good”! We’ve read that list on other sites, but it’s always for the good if US does it!
Joe Tedesky
February 18, 2018 at 11:19 pm
Jessika while you ponder fabrications of the CIA, Lee Smith speaks to how CNN, MSNBC, WaPo, NYT, etc., would have been loss without the Steele Dossier. Reporter Smith also can’t understand where the media was on a couple occasions when Obama made nice gestures towards Putin, and where Obama on the subject of Assad turning over all of his chemical weapons arsenals, Smith asks to why Obama was not chastised for his stepping outside of the ‘Washington Play Book’.
Ps I think most of this Russia-Gate psy-ops was John Brennan’s creation.
Realist
February 18, 2018 at 4:08 pm
So, the CIA, or its patriotic auxiliary, doesn’t necessarily make office appointments with people like the author whom it wants to “cure” of thought crime but it still effectively runs a Room 101 service for its paranoid Uncle Sam. I was wrong when I said that the US has become as bad as the old Soviet Union. It is considerably worse, certainly more mean, ruthless and repressive. With the largest prison population in the world and many of the “criminals” locked up not for violent acts but social deviancy like ingesting a natural herb, who’s to say we don’t even have gulags? We certainly had “extraordinary rendition” and probably still do. Thanks, Obama, for doing the right thing and shutting down Guantanamo, even if it did cost you a little bit of political capital [sarcasm]. If you read about Joe Biden’s last speech, the American goon squad is not doing nearly enough to put the screws to Russia. He wants that nation ground into the dirt. Smilin’ Joe is one exceptional mindless Russian hater, and he dares to nonchalantly call other people racists. How can my fellow Americans stand so much hatred, hypocrisy and bigotry?
Joe Tedesky
February 18, 2018 at 11:49 pm
Here ya go Realist, as I gingerly attach links to what I think are important articles to reference here, as I also don’t want to wear out my welcome. Here is an article which is fascinating to read. Another hint; what kind of investigation is it when the special prosecutor refuses to hear testimonies from voluntary willing witnesses? Read this, and find out….
I don’t get why my welcome should be worn, but they have been moderating me left and right even without attached links. Am getting a little piqued at the time wasted and discussions interrupted.
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 10:29 am
It’s just that I have posted a lot on this article. It had nothing to do with you moderating. Joe
Virginia
February 19, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Hi Realist —
I always enjoy your posts.
Re: Moderating. Me, too. Long moderations. I’ve taken to making a copy and then posting it again without any URLs. Now I realize all I need to do is post it without URLs, and then immediately afterwards post the URLs. Haven’t tried that yet; I might be wrong.
I’d like to see fewer articles coming out in such rapid succession. Can’t read them all plus the comments, and I feel we might be missing out on dialogues with each other that we’d like to see and maybe be a part of.
Realist
February 19, 2018 at 12:20 am
Indeed, Joe, it does seem a bit remiss to ignore letters directed to the prosecutor stating “I knew Seth Rich. I know he was the @Wikileaks source. I was involved” and volunteering to testify and provide hard evidence before the relevant bodies in Washington. Of course, this would have more impact if published in the MSM instead of Zero Hedge. But then, the NYT or WaPo would no more entertain that notion than apparently does Mueller. This is your basic intersection of two simultaneous parallel universes passing each other like ships in the night without any meaningful interaction. Not the slightest recognition by one (the narrative) that the other (the reality) exists.
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 10:32 am
Well Realist it would have more impact being posted on a MSM paper, or site, but when was the last time they told us the truth?
Also, isn’t it weird how the prosecutor could hit two birds with one stone, the biggest espionage story of so far this century, and a young DNC workers murder. Wow, what has happened to policing? Joe
Lots of information which seems somewhat disjointed. Enticed me to read about the Talinn Manual. Apparently a serious attempt at looking at cyberspace and law. The author uses it to focus his article. Interestingly, there is no Russian input mentioned. It is a NATO document. That is unfortunate.
That on top of the recent statement by McMaster that the United States and its NATO poodles have no intention of sitting down with Russia to try to curb cyber warfare
What I take away from the series by Eliason cyberspace has no rules and freedom of speech needs to be protected in a way that punished those who subvert it.
While the Russian citizens may have tried to influence voters, as if no other country does, what is wrong with speaking their minds about the American election. I don’t even see any reason why they shouldn’t use aliases which is common practice on the internet. The American people should welcome what Russian think. If the test of malicious slander is imposed, which is reasonable, then what will our politicians have talk about during elections. That is a little unfair to many politicians but the recent presidential election makes the point.
All of this speaks to the larger issue of achieving peace and harmony among all people, and people of good will on both sides maknig such an effort The result may not be perfect, but the intent is there, and that is the most important thing. Trying to be objective, it is hard not to blame America for the increasing tensions. around the world.
The McMaster mention above, the continuous rejection of Putin overtures in the Middle East and southwest Asia, the Pence debacle in Korea all cause many to point the finger at us. There are many more examples, of course, but they all point the finger at us.
Need to look at the Global Research website.
Realist
February 18, 2018 at 4:14 pm
Anything foreigners opine about American politics and foreign policy pales in comparison to the epithets and bald-faced lies American citizens cast at one another in the ongoing media “info wars.” The whining and whinging done by and at the behest of Washington is ludicrous and ought to be laughed off the stage, not enshrined in new repressive law. America has become a case study in collective sociopathy. Let the rest of the world beware.
Joe Tedesky
February 18, 2018 at 10:19 pm
Approval, disapproval, or no opinion at all, what’s the difference who says it?
Virginia
February 19, 2018 at 2:26 pm
Joe — I’m going to start calling you My Pal Joey! So …, here’s a little episode that would interest you I think. Not of great moment, but an aside:
Yesterday at dinner — long table with lots of my community’s residents — the whole table was talking about the Russia hacking, the 13 indictments, etc. — bouncing this discussion off the Monitor Breakfast held with Eric Holder and reporters asking him questions. (Politico writes this up; also, found on CNN and other media sites). Many in the discussion had watched the entire breakfast video and were discussing, joyously, how Holder didn’t rule out prosecuting the President, and said: “If you’re a prosecutor, you make sure that you are building the best case. Not a technical case, but the best case, you know, that you can. …You know, the Comey firing. The outreaches to Coats and the other intel guys.”
By this time, I’m looking around for another seat, and thinking, “Boy, am I at the wrong table!” Then I butted in and asked whether any of the reporters had asked Holder whether he felt any of the FBI or DOJ officials (who conspired, lied, leaked) should be investigated. All but one, who agreed with me, were beyond startled that I asked such a question. One said she didn’t think any reporter asked that question but the subject was sort of danced around. That at least ended that conversation, and we went on to better things. But toward the end, a man asked me if I believed Russia hacked the election. And when I tried to differentiate between spying or hacking — the DNC or generally –, he kept repeating, “Do you or don’t you?” I said, “No,” of course. Then he said, “Congratulations, you are a minority. Now 70% of Republicans believe Russia hacked the elections.” Again, I said he needed to make a distinction, etc. But alas, I’ve looked all over the Internet today and can come up with nothing remotely approaching a basis for a comment like that — differentiating or not.
But don’t worry about me, Pal, because I just jokingly say to myself and to my husband, …it’s very lonely up here!
What a “resort” we have here at CN! A public resort, and it doesn’t even cost that much. You don’t have to make a reservation, try to get group rates, all decide on a common destination. It’s right here. A place where we can resort to our higher selfhoods, higher thoughts and ambitions. Very desirable! And really, all are welcome!
Good day!
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 5:03 pm
Virginia, I think I may have had dinner at that same exact table, was you wearing a red top with a beige skirt…just joking, but seriously your dinner party sounds very much like what I, and many others here have encountered with our travels through modern day American society’s political conversations. And yes, we here at ‘the Consortium’ do certainly help each other navigate through these confusing, and deceptive, times we live in. The good news is Virginia is that we all here are here, and for the most part we have great discussions, and often I come away a better informed citizen, not to mention I finally get to speak with people who do know what’s happening in the news.
I started my journey in the beginning by my just having a big interest in the news. In fact I worked so hard in the 90’s I missed watching Seinfeld. So, I started reading all about the JFK assassination, then one day on HuffPo was a article written by our beloved Robert Parry and thus I linked to his site and never returned to HuffPo again, and I feel I’m the better for it, and I watched every rerun of Seinfeld I could….but the added attraction to Mr Parry’s excellent site was this comment board. So it’s good Virginia we can all share our thoughts, and get mad at the same trolls. Joe
Joe Tedesky
February 18, 2018 at 10:18 pm
Herman part of the allure for the warmongering DC crowd to pick on Russia is that by their blaming Russians for suspected interference into our American elections, that this now gives our U.S. NGO’s the go ahead to have clear approval as to strike the Russians back, at anytime they have their own elections. Is it any wonder to why Putin kicked out of Russia all of the U.S. NGO’s?
Herman you don’t seem like you would be the type to be easily fooled, so understand that just like all the other events we Americans have encountered together, that the hidden hand is at work subverting our freedoms and rights as we all cry out to our government to keep us safe. This is the predicament we Americans are in that it is not so much of what we do see, in as much as it is of what we don’t see as to what is going on inside of our American world, when our government does come to the rescue. Yes, there is an agenda, and no it’s not yours. Joe
Rather than I struggle trying to make my point, I’ll let George do it for me inside of 4:15 minutes, enjoy.
When we lose a man as insightful as George, I really wish someone would find the key to immortality. Or, if good old George does continue to exist at some level, that he’s not still plagued with finding solutions to such problems.
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 2:50 am
If I grow a beard again as when I did some people thought from far away I looked like George Carlin but like my wife pointed out that they knew I wasn’t the great comedian the closer they caught because they could see I wasn’t funny….then you laugh. I’m suppose to be the Martin or Abbot and play the straight guy all the time, but what my partner doesn’t know is I’m playing to the crowd…just having fun, and now paying closer attention to typo’s….that’s another story and it’s late and we got a routine.
I’ll leave with this Carlin line… “What year did Jesus think it was?”
Realist
February 19, 2018 at 4:24 am
If we assume the year 2018 AD (Anno Domini) or CE (Current Era for the politically correct sticklers) is correct (but which is said by scholars to be false), JC would have said he was born in the year 3760 on the Hebrew Calendar, and passed away in 3793. Supposedly the Jewish calendar starts from the first day of creation, and they do their calculations based on the lineages and ages of the patriarchs cited in the Torah (all that “begetting” stuff). It is presently 5778 and the Messiah is due no later than the year 6000 according to prophecy. So, watch this site, he’s coming soon, if you are not a Christian. If you asked Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea at the time of the crucifixion, he’d give you a date from AUC (ad urbe condita–from the founding of the city of Rome). Since Rome was founded in 753 BC (or BCE), JC would have been born in 753 AUC (assuming the first year was called 0, 754 if called 1) and passed away in 786 AUC. It is now 2771 AUC if you are still a dyed-in-the wool Civis Romanus. Since JC always said that Caesar could keep his stuff (render to… and all that) he probably wouldn’t have pressed for the present convention which didn’t really become a thing until the 800’s, having only been first devised in 525 AD. Well, you brought it up… or maybe it was George.
Brad Owen
February 19, 2018 at 6:29 am
And Realist, the current year is indeed 2771AUC, according to the ruling plutocrats of three fourths of the planet, and New Rome is in The City. The City is the pivot upon which is attached its two great and powerful wings: the EU is its right wing and the Five Eyes (UK, USA, Canada, Australia, NZ) is its left wing. South America is kept in line by deploying Papal influence and Muscle from USA. Zionism is deployed to suppress any further rise of a Muslim Empire in MENA, and deployments from former colonial,masters in the now EU keeps resources flowing from Africa into the New Roman Empire(NRE?). However, atomic weapons have sparked a direct intervention from, apparently, those whose mission is to police the creation to keep things from going too far off the rails. That was the whole point of the Roswell incident happening near the World’s only atomic bomber force (CIA was formed a few months later, tasked with replying forcefully to this direct intervention…a most-wicked response). This is what is REALLY going on, post-WWII
mike k
February 19, 2018 at 7:57 am
Thank God Realist will make all this clear for us. One less thing to worry about……….
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 10:28 am
I’ll have to get back to Realist I have lots to do redoing my calendar, and you can be sure you will be the last person I ask for the time. Other than that I’ll watch what I bring up in the future. Joe
Realist
February 19, 2018 at 4:38 pm
Just remember, Joe, the correct usage is “Romani ite domum” if a centurion should punish you by making you re-write your misspelled graffito on the wall C times.
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 5:06 pm
Gee Realist hanging out with a guy like you a fella may get super smart. Joe
Realist
February 19, 2018 at 9:47 pm
Smart? I dunno. I just happened to remember that comedy routine from Monty Python’s “Life of Brian”–the story of how a guy named Brian born at the same time and in the same place as JC happens to get caught up in the religion-crossed geopolitical whirlwind of the age. The Pythons were as perceptive and unforgettable commentators on religion and politics as was George. They assumed that the idiocy transcends historical era.
Joe, thank you for your thoughtful and kind comments. I think the people on this website make our comments in the hope that they will make a difference and yet I am aware of the growing skill and tools of those in power at mind control, at moving us to support any agenda they come up with. .
Take the recent confrontation involving Russian troops in Syria. It is described as an attack on Americans when in fact the Americans have no right to be in Syria and Russia is assisting Syria to get its country back. Russians bad guys, Americans defending our freedom.
The people on this website are just too cantankerous to accept stuff like that.
George Carlin does make the point but I am happier thinking things can change.
A cliché but hope does spring eternal. .
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 5:22 pm
Herman you may never meet a bigger purist at heart, and wishful thinker, as myself. I sing John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ like it’s my own personal national anthem. So I’m right there with ya buddy.
About the U.S. being in Syria illegally Herman you may want to research old articles on ‘the Consortium’ and read the comment section, because there are many here who do agree with you on the status of the U.S. being in the sovereign nation of Syria illegally, and I’am one of them who agree with you.
One of the things I overlook to some degree, is I don’t expect every author who post an article on this site to fall in line with my philosophies or opinions. In fact, sometimes I wish I were reading more opposite opinions of mine, but that’s another story. It is always smart to study the other sides strategy. I also don’t expect all the comment posters to think as I do, but it is nice when they do, but diversity is key in a country with a democracy, that is if you can still find a country with one.
But you know what’s most important Herman? It’s that you have finally arrived here, so enjoy yourself old boy, and talk to me when you wish at anytime you feel the urge to do so. Welcome. Joe
Skeptigal
February 18, 2018 at 10:25 pm
It is a Canadian website based in Montreal. I love this website because of the variety of articles. Most are well written and informative. Unfortunately there is no commentary section at the end of the article.
Clif
February 18, 2018 at 2:28 pm
Parts 1&2 were good, this needs editing.
Anon
February 19, 2018 at 8:39 am
Yes, it needs a better progression of logic and better structure on each point.
1. The source for the otherwise unknown “Tallinn” statement of international law is in Russia;
2. The webpage snapshots use too much space and badly disrupt short paragraphs;
3. Reference to the Federal Register should note that it refers to federal contracting regulations DFARS (Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) parts 212, 225, and 252) and DoDI No. 3020.41;
4. The story about the teenager being put on a “kill list” by US contractors may be too prominent in that nothing happened yet, and he does not even feel at risk, so it should not have large illustrations.
These and other issues give one the impression of being bounced around and forced to reorganize the article to come to an understanding. The issue is very important so editing would be worthwhile.
Paolo
February 19, 2018 at 5:55 pm
I totally agree – except about Tallinn which is the capital of Estonia and therefore not Russia (anymore)
What the author writes is interesting and scaring, but the article is so confused that it is hard to imagine that many will stand up to fight for this. Bad or poorly written articles make people yawn.
J.D.
February 18, 2018 at 1:17 pm
If the Ukrainian Government has really adopted totally inept and shallow “National Information Strategy” that Joel Harding allegedly wrote for them (at least he boasted of it on his LinkedIn profile before got permanently kicked out there for repeated violations of the User Agreement – harassment and libeling other users, misreprenting re his credentials) they must be just of the same intellectual level as Harding, and his level is best exposed by his own social media trolling practices and utterly stupid and heavily embedded with grammatical and factual errors mendacious posts. https://russia-insider.com/en/politics/brig-gen-joel-harding-natos-troll-king-and-neo-nazi-extraordinaire-part-iii/ri16370 The best they could do is prohibiting Russia media, social networks and even Yandex search engine. Which Ukrainians easily surpass by using proxy servers and VPN. ))
Den Lille Abe
February 18, 2018 at 12:54 pm
Cool article! But who will heed it’s advice. So I am considered a Russian troll, according to the definitions that the US applies. This is certainly new to me. Maybe I can ask the Kremlin on a contribution to my household?
The Zombie nation of the US is exposing itself to the world, it is almost a “stiff” already.
Dr. Ip
February 18, 2018 at 12:13 pm
I recommend reading XIII. THE USE OF SPIES in Sun Tzu on the Art of War.
These disinformation spreaders are just spies in sheep’s clothing. They are not civilians. Their main job is to convert the opinions of possible activists against their cause. When opinions cannot be swayed to their favor, all forms of attack are considered allowable. This extends from “ruining” lives to extinguishing lives. The message delivered by these methods is the same one the Mafia has delivered since it came into existence: Do as we say or you are dead.
The war against fascism has been on since October 1922 when Mussolini marched on Rome. It’s not over yet. And, my friends, we are not winning!
These modern black shirts and brown shirts have studied the Art of War and Marx and are doing their best to delay and, if possible, derail the downfall of their authoritarian worldview. These people don’t just fade away. Either they die of natural causes after a long grip on power, or they are removed by a violent uprising. So, you can be patient or be active. Either way, it certainly will not be easy. Your job is to retain an appearance of irrelevance and do what all good spies do, sow confusion and uncertainty in the ranks of the enemy. Do unto others as is being done to you!
Are you then still a civilian?
Joe Tedesky
February 18, 2018 at 12:11 pm
All I kept thinking while reading this fine article by George Eliason was that his narrative stressed that the pen is mightier than the sword. It would appear that what a good citizenry needs to combat the evil forces of our modern day world is not to be found so much in the way of bullets but in the way of lots of ink, and some legalese to pursue this task.
Joe Tedesky
February 18, 2018 at 3:49 pm
Listen to Professor Stephen F Cohen and learn within 12 minutes to just exactly what got destroyed in Russia with this Russia- Gate psy-ops. Here’s a hint, it’s the last thing we Americans would have wanted to lose.
I swear, Joe, you are a total maestro when it comes to ferreting out relevant stories, many from rather obscure sources that most people (even amongst this readership!) never find their way to. Moreover, you must be a voracious speed reader to consume them all before passing them on to the rest of us. If this blog gave out stickers to put on our “helmets,” like the Buckeye football team does for exceptional contributions, your headgear would be covered, nay layered, with gold stars.
Here’s where you say: ah, shucks, tweren’t nothin’. But it is!
To get back to the story, Joe Biden’s recent remarks just underscore how true this whole Russia-gate story is and how dangerous the American government has become to the survival of civilisation itself. Our leaders have set their monsters from the Id loose, and we know how that ended in the McCarthy-era movie (Forbidden Planet) wherein one man’s thoughts prevailed and even incipient dissenters were quickly destroyed.
Joe Tedesky
February 18, 2018 at 9:33 pm
What bothers me most about those anti-Russian remarks of his, is that Old Man Joe is probably laying down Democrates talking points for future elections. I think we citizens would do ourselves well to check the water reservoirs in our nation’s capital, because I swear someone spiked it with some very sour and evil kool-aid.
Realist
February 18, 2018 at 4:45 pm
And this, Joe, is the take-home lesson that needs to be made clear to the American public. These are the most impactful consequences laid bare by Professor Cohen of the mindless pursuit and relentless escalation of “Russia-gate.”
“Meanwhile, I would add because it’s not reported here, that people in Moscow who formed their political establishment, who surround Putin and the Kremlin, I mean, the big brains who are formed policy tankers, and who have always tended to be kind of pro-American, and very moderate, have simply come to the conclusion that war is coming. They can’t think of a single thing to tell the Kremlin to offset hawkish views in the Kremlin. Every day, I mean, this list of oligarchs and the rest. Every day, there’s something new. And these were the people in Moscow who are daytime peacekeeping interlockers. They have been destroyed by Russiagate. Their influence as Russia is zilch. And the McCarthyites in Russia, they have various terms, now called the pro-American lobby in Russia… This is the damage that’s been done. There’s never been anything like this in my lifetime.”
The fools in Washington are not just intimidating Russia, they are egging them on to war. They are deliberately provoking the actual hard liners and diminishing the moderating influence of Putin and his allies.
Sam F
February 18, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Exactly, the US warmongers seek to build up the right wing of Russia and China through provocations, to generate the incidents they need to pose with the flag as false patriots, to demand domestic power and accuse their moral superiors of disloyalty. Standard procedure for tyrants since Plato.
Joe Tedesky
February 18, 2018 at 8:53 pm
Realist & Sam F thanks for the kind words Realist, as coming from you it really, really, means a lot. I will add one more thing though, and that is this comment board has been one of the greatest learning platforms for me since I arrived here at ‘the Consortium’ a few years ago, because of all the brilliant commenters I had the advantage and luck to learn from. I would add that visiting this comment board is a mind safer, as in today’s America it is next to impossible to find very many like minded people who you may discuss, or debate, with our current events of today. I won’t say, ‘it takes a village’ because that cliche has already been taken. Coming here to ‘the Consortium’ is like visiting the sane, and well read on today’s news, and with that ‘the Consortium’ becomes a rest stop, a safe haven of sorts.
The part where Professor Cohen sadly describes the Russians we loss during these times of Washington’s intimidation of all things Russian, and especially Putin, is so bad on so many levels it’s hard to find a good starting point to further discuss it.
Okay, so big deal that the Russians who leaned towards a friendly relationship with the U.S. are now being peeled away with one American accusation after another. So some in DC see this as causing Putin a headache of somekind, as these same Washington instigators would jump for joy to cause the Russian leader this agony. Let me explain, that anyone who would find this loss of Russian support as no big deal, I would warn them to think a little longer about that unwelcome status.
Yes, your imagining these supportive Russians just merely loss some praising America talking points, but look at it from another perspective. Imagine how Russia’s Right Wing warhawks now have a clear uninterrupted task ahead of them, as to urge the Russian government to become more confrontational and stronger acting against the U.S.. Think of Tulsi Gabbard losing out against John McCain, and how this would leave the sanity candidate out on the rails, while the insane warmonger takes control of the bridge. If you can picture this in your mind, then picture when the warmongering captain (this is a metaphor) gives the command to ‘all ahead full’ …..with that order this is a ship fueled by propaganda heading to it’s destruction of everything and everybody if this should go that far. So you don’t want to lose a Russian insider ally, as they are America’s only advocates in Moscow if we can still retain them.
One other thing, Washington may miss these American leaning Russians, and that is very regrettable. Although think again, as to if certain other members inside of our American government are not only not sad about losing these faithful Russians, but they are seriously jumping up and down with joy, that now no one in Moscow will stand in their way of creating more war. It’s like the American warring crowd wants war with Russia… are the warhawks in DC insane? Yes, and if you doubt me,then tell me of what thing that is going on in our nation’s capital which doesn’t come off as hair brained or insane,
Americans need to come to their senses, and see this Russia-Gate psy-ops for what it is, and that it is just one more insult towards the world’s second most powerful nuclear armed nation. We Americans without a doubt have loss our Left Wing of persuasion, and with this Mueller allegation latent announcement of Russian election interference it would appear that Russia also loss their Lefty’s by default.
We all better hope Putin can rise above all of this, or we will directly go to war. Maybe not tonight, or tomorrow morning, but with only Russian and American generals in charge it will come to that eventually, and probably when you would less expect it…. because that’s how Nuclear Armageddon works. Joe
CitizenOne
February 19, 2018 at 1:17 am
Good comments all; Joe, Realist, Sam F,
We are in a state where we are being influenced by the MIC to go to war with Russia. Mueller’s Investigation and the recent indictments have had the effect of putting Trump in a box although these allegations were not linked to Trump they are clearly aimed at boosting the claims that Russia has had an undeniable effect on our election process. They want sanctions and they want to align us all on the supposed criminal intent of Russians to influence our election processes.
So be it. We are undoubtedly and inexorably tied up in cyber warfare for better or worse. The United States engages in cyber warfare just as much as out perceived enemies are involved in exploitation of the free and ubiquitous internet.
The biggest news is that Mueller did not indict a single member of Trump’s campaign.
That should be proof enough that Trump did not collude with Russia. The media is ripe with backstories about how Mueller’s investigation is not finished yet James Clapper himself has stated that there is little likelihood that there is another shoe to drop in the investigation. CNN has reported that the likelihood of evidence for collusion coming forth is most likely not to be forthcoming. There is just no evidence for it. Mueller had a whole year to come up with something and yet his investigation only revealed some independent Russian sources of an information campaign to attempt to sway the election not related to Trump.
But what we see in the fake media is that Trump still is accused of something to he has to hide because he “acts” like he has something to hide.
This is not on the legal framework of a democratic nation at all. In a democratic nation like the USA we examine facts and evidence and decide if there is a conspiracy or not which might violate law.
In the case of the Mueller investigation we are left with two possibilities. Either the Mueller probe which has gone on for a full year has come up empty handed despite the enormous power of the intelligence agencies to unearth the vast spying technologies employed by our intelligence agencies or we are going to be bombarded with “news” stories about how Trump is missing the Big Picture.
The very fact that the FBI, Main Stream Press and the Intelligence agencies are shifting their stories about how Donald Trump doesn’t care about the meddling by Russia is a sign of their defeat. The very fact that they say he does not care about Russia and how that is a condemnation of his presidency is the same logic that would prevail in a courtroom where the defendant was found to be not guilty but was instead blamed for not signing up to swearing an oath for the prosecution’s evidence that although the defendant was not indicted by the prosecution that there were other available means with which the defendant could have used to fight the allegations which the defendant chose not to pursue.
It is simply a one and done jurisprudence law which does not seek to blame the defendant for the actions of others who acted independently from himself. This is basic Law. What we are seeing is an abdication of the notion of law.
What we are seeing is the abdication of the rule of law in order to continue to investigate a story and an allegation that Russian officials and Trump conspired to flip the election minus evidence and to turn the investigation into indictments against unaffiliated operatives into a indictment of Trump.
This is not justice. It is a perversion of justice. Either make the connection between Trump and Russia or go home and sleep it off.
I am amazed at how there is a uniform strategy in the main stream press to continue the narrative that Trump has “something” to hide despite the recent indictments after a year of investigation that found no evidence of collusion.
Collusion was what the investigation was all about but I can safely predict that there was never any evidence of collusion and this is all political theater designed to smear Trump for his honest desire to stop the official investigation which was pure BS and to derail his presidency because he is not one of them.
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 2:25 am
CitizenOne good take on our American Reality. With Woolsey’s CNN proclamation of how when the U.S. interferes, why he didn’t just come out and the say the CIA well, apparently since Russia does it we really need to step it up in that interference department. So in other words to the wind of Mars begone with international election laws, Jimmy do ya hear me, we are going to make international voting interference the new war on terror. So there Vladimir, while Putin says, ‘what I do partner? Although Putin is always a prop.
I’m wondering to if this Rosenstein/Mueller 13 Russians, and something I forgot, die down and go to sleep, but if it is, should we include all associated FBI investigations to 2016 with the most popular vote Hillary Rodham Cliton? It has been said, I’m just telling what I heard, but the #metwo movement doesn’t want to see, or listen to Bill…they are done with him.
CitizenOne it sounds like your saying, that after all has been said and done with this Russia-Gate psy-op exercise that the Pentagon won, well then I agree. In so far as our screwball MSM and I mean all of them are loss, I doubt they will give up on beating Donald the prez Trump….I mean he’s so beatable, fun to pick on, plus he almost always deserves it, or at least a frown and a scrug..well with the MSM it’s all about ratings, and Trump is to the good in their corporate MSM bottom line brains, plus it’s the greatest when it comes to American Reality TV brought to you by the MIC written by CIA and on and on. Joe
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 2:39 am
Clinton… that seriously was a typo, ugh sorry. Joe
Dave P.
February 19, 2018 at 5:25 am
Realist, Joe, Sam F. – All very thoughtful comments.
A year ago, many of us thought that this Russian Hysteria is something temporary and will go away. But it is becoming worse, and it is getting extremely unnerving to watch any TV network News or read these Corporate Newspapers like L.A. Times – which is a ritual in our home. The whole leadership of the country seems to have lost their minds, completely out of touch with reality. And this madness is beginning to affect the population in the country. People, especially those who are retired are getting very addicted to watching whole day this Russia Hysteria drama being played every day nonstop on all channels.
The other day McMaster said in his speech at the Munich Security Conference that “Russia’s interference in U.S. 2016 Election” is an inconvertible truth. Russia is almost under full scale attack by The West – economic sanctions, cyber warfare, troops on their borders, the warships patrolling Black Sea, Sea of Japan . . . At least It should be a matter of concern to the leaders in Academia in the Universities. But there is not even a murmur coming out of Academic Institutions. Like in Nazi Germany, they are all in lock step with the Ruling Power Structure.
Tulsi Gabbard used to raise her voice. But I think she was taken to the woodshed after her visit to Syria with Dennis Kucinich in Jan. 2017 where they met Assad. And she is very quiet since then – going along with the Democratic Leadership.
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 10:23 am
Dave have you not noticed the new trend of bringing back old tv hits. Like, Will & Grace, Rosanne, Murphy Brown is coming back on the air, and so is ‘Cold War II’. I’m telling you Dave I swear with the MSM going on all the time about Trump the script has been perfected, and now we have ‘American Reality TV’ starring as U.S. President that amazing super star of ‘the Apprentice’ Donald J Trump, and brought to you by those fine manufacturers of military killing machines the MIC. We are officially now a TV Nation. Joe
Virginia
February 19, 2018 at 1:54 pm
Joe — Thanks for the link. Cohen starts at about minute 2:00 on the video. Then, if you scroll down, there are comments and most of them from the liberal side, condemning Nunes and taking what Cohen said very lightly, so everyone, your comments might help give a balance there. Cohen mentioned he had an article on this topic (Russia, cold war) in The Nation recently.
Joe Tedesky
February 19, 2018 at 4:49 pm
The pseudo limousine liberal Virginia has done their job, and we should all be grateful for the job they did. These half wits looked the other way all the while Hillary & Debbie were robbing the ever popular Bernie of his chance to win the primary. Then these same tired excuses for liberalism stayed ever so close to their warmongering Hillary, all the while they ignored the fly over country folks who wanted détente to prevail with Putin’s Russians. Now these lame thinking so called lefty’s want Trump out of the White House, but God don’t they realize that they are the same exact ones along with Hillary & Debbie who put President Hair do into the Oval Office? Nothing makes sense anymore, if it ever did, and America has no liberal left. Thanks Virginia I’m now going to read for myself the comments on the site where Professor Cohen was, as I keep reminding myself of how the Left has vanished in our America. Joe
Tim
February 18, 2018 at 11:35 am
I read Part 1 but I’m missing Part 2. Can anyone give me a link to it?
George Eliason: How do you do ‘legal’ regime change of a democratic state?
john wilson
February 18, 2018 at 8:51 am
The author seems to be implying that outfits like PropOrnot are somehow operating under the radar of government law enforcement agencies. Nothing could be further from the truth. These clandestine outfits are simply and arm of the deep state and the last thing deep state agencies want to to is rock the boat for the PropNots of this world. In my opinion these shadowy internet sites operate on behalf of the state in the same way that some countries (including my country, England) provide rendition services to carry out abhorrent torture programmes.
“The vast majority of peaceful people are irrelevant because they did not influence or stop those who committed those acts of atrocity.”
…I guess Harding can’t see atrocity in the mirror. I’m going back to bed…I don’t think I want to be “relevant”.
john wilson
February 18, 2018 at 5:58 am
There have been spies since men fought with swords and bows and arrows and most likely, long before that. The fact is, spying is about gathering information, usually about one’s enemies and information as we all know, is POWER. Your enemy maybe better armed than you, but if you know what he’s going to do before he does it, well………….. In the past spies were real people who took great risks to gather information on the ground, but today any smart teenager can break into government secrets with a cheap laptop. Governments themselves can just about look up one’s rsole with their massive computing power. Perhaps this is a good thing because everyone can see at the click of a mouse what everyone else is doing or planning and so be forewarned. At the very least it does make clandestine military planning for an attack much more difficult.
geeyp
February 18, 2018 at 6:55 am
Awesome, all-encompassing work from George Eliason. The ground covered renews my suspicion regarding the threats to sites like g. research.ca and other individuals. I wonder if this Harding is any relation to the author of “Collusion”, Luke Harding? This also is disinformation written with permission from “The Guardian”. Ahh… the evil threats egged on and stemming from the USA spy vs. spy agencies. Once again, making the world safe from democracy. Please do take care, George, and thank you. | {
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It has been one of the most protracted games of "will he, won't he"
the City has ever seen, but on Tuesday James Murdoch bowed to shareholder
pressure and stepped down as BSkyB's chairman.
In doing so, he has all but ended an eight-year relationship with the pay-TV broadcaster that has been bookended by controversy. First, when his father, Rupert, crowned him chief executive of the FTSE 100 company at the tender age of 30. And latterly when he spectacularly misjudged the strength of shareholder anger and attempted to ride out the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.
Most other chairmen would have been shown the door when the hacking row erupted last summer but, whether by virtue of his surname or his status as BSkyB's one-time chief executive, Mr Murdoch was allowed to remain. Even now, he has clung on as a non-executive director, instead of making a clean break.
BSkyB's board members – who unanimously and vociferously backed Mr Murdoch at the company's annual general meeting in November – have buried their heads in the sand, allowing corporate governance concerns to fester, obscuring BSkyB's not insubstantial virtues.
Loyalists will point out that many of BSkyB's strengths were James Murdoch's doing in the first place. While chief executive, he helped transform the company from a loss-making business routinely ridiculed for its sluggishness, to a sure-footed market leader, generating more than £1.2bn in cash every year.
Mr Murdoch is credited with spearheading BSkyB's investments in new technology, including the sophisticated set-top boxes that gave it a clear lead over competitors. He set the ambitious target of 10m subscribers, which BSkyB managed in 2010, and was influential in going after major sports rights.
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According to insiders, Mr Murdoch also took the early decision to offer broadband and telephony services, broadening out BSkyB from a pay-TV operator to something approaching a utilities business. They are less eager to recall that, as chairman, he oversaw its acquisition of a 17.9pc "blocking stake" in ITV. Its gambled failed and - after wranglings with Ofcom – BSkyB took a £348m loss on the deal.
However, even brushing aside the last point, Mr Murdoch's achievements have been overshadowed by his failures. In his letter to the board, he expressed fears that he "could become a lightning rod" for BSkyB. Some critics say he already has.
Even Crispin Odey, one of BSkyB's biggest shareholders, who was once married to Rupert Murdoch's eldest daughter Prudence and has long endorsed James's strategic abilities, accepted there were some benefits to his departure. "It really does weaken the Murdoch link. It's good news from a shareholder perspective," he said.
For many, appointing James as chairman was always the wrong move. It handed News Corp far too much power and stored up future problems. "The company should have appointed an independent chair last summer, to create a clear separation between the business and the scandal at News Corp," said Alan MacDougall, of shareholder lobby group Pirc.
The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum added that Mr Murdoch's decision to quit his "problematic" chairmanship went "some way" to achieving the much-needed distance between BSkyB and the hacking scandal.
But while BSkyB's directors would be forgiven for breathing a quiet sigh of relief over his resignation on Tuesday, they would be mistaken in thinking that BSkyB's troubles with News Corporation and the Murdochs are over.
Many shareholders continue to object to James Murdoch having any boardroom role, as well as to the heavy presence of his family's allies on the board. Its new chairman, Nicholas Ferguson, has served as a BSkyB director since 2004 - just short of the nine-year maximum considered good corporate governance. Its new deputy chairman, Tom Mockridge, is chief executive of News International and part of Rupert Murdoch's inner circle.
Investors are likely to continue their campaign for a full board shake-up. Dame Gail Rebuck, chief executive of Random House publishing, and Lord Wilson of Dinton are already expected to step down from the board, and shareholders are unlikely to be satisfied by anything other than a rigorously independent replacement.
However, a more serious threat is Ofcom's "fit and proper" test. The regulator, which has the power to revoke BSkyB's broadcasting licences and pull the rug from under its entire business model, has been relatively quiet on the subject in recent months. It was waiting for the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee to conclude its own inquiry but, with the Committee due to publish its report after Easter, Ofcom on Tuesday reminded BSkyB of the looming threat. The regulator "continues to gather evidence which may assist us in assessing whether BSkyB is and remains fit and proper to hold its broadcast licenses", it said. It added pointedly that a licensee "will include controlling directors and shareholders".
In other words, James Murdoch might well have resigned his position, but Ofcom may need a lot more convincing before it believes News Corp has stopped trying to control the broadcaster. It was only nine months ago that Rupert Murdoch looked set to add BSkyB to his media empire, as News Corp teetered on the brink of acquiring the 61pc of the business it did not already own.
Now, even after James Murdoch's belated resignation, it may be forced to sell down its existing stake. | {
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Risks & Rewards Run Aplenty in This Award-Winning Game's Expansion
Sid Meier's Civilization has always been a game of choices, but your decisions carry even more weight in this expansion. With the loyalty of your citizens on the line, the borders of the world are in constant flux as free cities emerge and neighboring empires compete for their allegiance. Lead your empire successfully, and you can send it into a prosperous Golden Age, but reckless decisions can send you into a Dark Age and spell swift defeat.
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Mark Cavendish tweets photo of car that 'tried to run him off the road'
Mark Cavendish has been shaken by a run-in with a car that he says tried to run him and fellow cyclist Russell Hampton off the road.
Yesterday afternoon he tweeted a picture of the offending vehicle, adding: "This man just tried to run me & @russellhampton off the road."
The photo clearly showed the numberplate of the car, a white Citroen, and an elderly-looking man in a fisherman's cap.
He added: "Just noticed in the photo of my road-rage friend, he looks old & fragile. Can assure you he was far from it. Angry, patronising & aggressive.
“He could have ended our careers or worse. He looks old and frail but he was angry, patronising and rude.”
It's perhaps unsurprising that Cav might have reacted angrily to the turn of events - last month he was involved in an incident with a car while training in Italy.
Around the same time, Bradley Wiggins suffered broken ribs in a collision with a car close to his home in Lancashire, and GB head coach Shane Sutton sustained a fractured cheekbone and bleeding on the brain in a separate incident.
After an unpromising start, having to be bribed by her parents to learn to ride without stabilisers, Sarah became rather keener on cycling in her university years, and was eventually persuaded to upgrade to proper road cycling by the prospect of a shiny red Italian bike, which she promptly destroyed by trapping a pair of knickers in the rear derailleur. Sarah writes about about cycling every weekend on road.cc. | {
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Each year Holy Trinity sponsors a Parish-wide Trivia Night which is held in the Quigley Center., usually in January or February. Teams of 10 are encouraged to sign up, although single participates are also welcome and will be assigned to a team. Register here | {
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Avril Lavigne’s video for her new single, “Hello Kitty,” is a bit of a head-scratcher. As the pop-punk princess attempts to sway her Hot Topic minions into a new, sugar-coated world of synthesizers and cutesy pop-rap — “Someone chuck a cupcake at me?” Huh? — she’s also being accused of appropriating Japanese culture in a totally racist way.
Lavigne’s video features expressionless Japanese backup dancers following the Canadian singer around Tokyo, where she frolics through a candy store and giggles over sushi. Is she using Asian culture as a prop? Pandering to her fan base there? Or simply trying to emulate Gwen Stefani’s career in the most obvious way possible?
Lavigne views “Hello Kitty” as an homage. It’s an expression of love, she says. She took to Twitter to explain:
RACIST??? LOLOLOL!!! I love Japanese culture and I spend half of my time in Japan. I flew to Tokyo to shoot this video… | {
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Today, Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is set to land two of the top three slots in the Christmas top 40, courtesy of "X Factor" winner Alexandra Burke and late singer Jeff Buckley. Here's some other moments in the song's much-covered history.. | {
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How Colors Alter Mood
As a kid, I relished organizing M&Ms by color and eating the “best” ones first and relegating the “gross” tan-colored ones to the trash. To this day, I reach for yellow and red peanut M&Ms first, believing that they’re far superior to all other varieties without really understanding why. Then I read about a study that showed these colors to be appetite stimulants. Suddenly, my preference—and that rumor about green M&Ms being aphrodisiacs—didn’t seem so crazy.
Most of us recognize that certain colors inspire certain moods (which is why the colors we paint our rooms are so important), but few realize they can shape how we perform and think. They can even affect how things taste. Color psychologists study these kinds of influences on humans and while their findings aren’t all-inclusive—many personal factors, like cultural norms and experiences, shape a person’s perception of color—they have discovered that color can alter behavior in unexpected ways.
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Yellow is an energetic color representing sunshine, vitality, and happiness. Researchers at a university in Amsterdam found that it was a mood lifter for many participants, though some believe a yellow room encourages aggression in people. It might also improve brain functions like memorization. In 2007, researchers in New York City worked with paint specialists to analyze how people behaved at cocktail parties hosted in yellow, red, and blue rooms. Those in the yellow room were more lively and boisterous compared to partiers in the other rooms and they ended up eating twice as much as anyone else.
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Doctors and nurses wear white uniforms and hospital rooms are painted white because the color represents sterility for many people. Purity, innocence, light, and peace are common adjectives associated with the color white in our country. In China and Japan, it can symbolize mourning or death. Office walls are often white because it’s considered a neutral color, but it doesn’t always lead to the best work environment. A 1999 study showed that employees working in white-walled offices experienced nausea and headaches more than employees in red or blue workspaces.
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McCartney & Starr to appear on Grammy's Beatles tribute special
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Surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will be taking part in the upcoming TV special honoring the 50th anniversary of the band's first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Australia's TVTonight.com says Beatle widows Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison will also appear on the show, along with a number of other stars. Australian TV executive Brian Walsh says the lineup features Justin Timberlake, Adele, and Lady Gaga along with Pink, Bruno Mars, and Katy Perry. Walsh runs the network that will be airing the special in Australia.
"The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles" will air on CBS on Sunday, February 9th, 2014 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern - exactly 50 years to the day, date, and time of the original "Sullivan" broadcast. The show will be taped on Monday, January 27th - the day after the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. | {
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12-28-17 The Creepy
We spent our day running errands with my mother. Tim was working, so it was me, the kids, and my sister. My mom made a stop at a bank and we noticed that we were close to a local thrift store, so we decided to check it out. The kids asked if they could get something and I told them I would think about it, because the last thing we need in our house is more junk. We looked at the books, saw some bicycles, and made our way to the toy aisle. I checked the prices on the basic toys (ie- cars, dolls, etc) and nothing was over about $3 so I told them they could each get one small toy.
Big E stared at the shelves of toys in wonder, his eyes darting from toy to toy. In the end, he chose a bright orange machine gun that made silly shooting noises. C narrowed it down to a Bop-It game and a princess wand, but in the end she opted for the game (smart girl.) Baby E had the hardest time choosing, because naturally he wanted everything. He tried out the princess wand, a microphone, a mini drum set, a piano, and… a troll doll. Yup, an ugly, old, yellow haired troll doll. “That creepy troll?!?” I asked him. “Yes, I want the creepy troll!!” he responded with excitement. He held it up high in the air and watched the troll’s hair dance in the slight breeze. It was like he was looking at a precious treasure. And so he clutched his creepy troll and we made our way to the front of the store to purchase their finds.
And since that moment, he and the creepy troll have been inseparable. He says it looks like Moana (it does not look like Moana.) He says it looks like Aunt Julie (it really, really doesn’t look like Aunt Julie) but it is his new prized possession. It looks like it used to talk at one point in time, but we were at least spared that torture as the battery must have died long ago. He also laughs that you can see its booty.
Anyway, at some point during the day, Baby E resorted to calling this troll “The Creepy,” and now that is the official name. This evening he even asked to sleep with The Creepy, so at this very moment he is curled up in the other room with it- just Baby E and The Creepy.
So join me in welcoming our new addition, “The Creepy.” May his reign be swift and quickly forgotten! Ha! | {
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IF YOU KEEP GOOD FOOD IN YOUR FRIDGE, YOU WILL EAT GOOD FOOD.
As mentioned in my Review on Raw Food my diet is 100% vegan and 100% plant-based and gluten-free. And also high in carbs and low in fat. Wow, what a fancy labelling: high-carb, low-fat, plant-based, vegan. Sounds so complicated,
although it's really not. I live on grains, fruits, vegetables and
plant-based protein - watching my fat intake but in no way counting
calories. Get in those carbs, girl!
So what do i eat exactly?
Below you will find the complete Shopping List for my regular grocery shopping.Since this is quite a long and detailed list, i went ahead and highlighted the food that i ALWAYS keep in the house. Maybe this will give you some new ideas or inspiration for your own food shopping!
Rule #1 Never, and I mean never, go to the supermarket hungry! All of a sudden EVERYTHING will look good to you… You will end up packing your cart to the brim with foods you wouldn't normally reach for, and may even forget what you actually came in for ;) Or bring a list with you and stick to that list!
If you are thinking right now, "oh crap, i can't afford this!", here are a few things you can do to save some cash:
1) Base your meals around potatoes, oats, beans, rice and bananas. These foods are normally very inexpensive and easy to find. And they keep you full and satisfied! Especially beans.
2) Buy in bulk; buy discounted produce; compare prices in stores and between stores! If you eat huge amounts of bananas, buy boxes of them and save a few dollars that way. You can also get discounted prices on overly ripe fruits and veggies. Simply freeze that produce and add to smoothies, soups and stir-frys later on! And often times different places have different prices, so take the time to compare and buy what you think is best.
3) Skip the packaged, pricey nut milk. If you're really craving some milky stuff, go ahead and make it yourself (DIY Almond milk). It is actually cheaper that way - and you know exactly what you get.
Also, mix your own make-ahead oatmeal packs, so that all you have to do in the morning is add liquid and cook. Those instant oatmeal packets are convenient, but they're full of added sugar. So make yours convenient too! By making your own "instant oatmeal", you get to decide exactly what goes in. Plus, it's cheaper. For example: 1/2 cup of oats, a little bit of sweetener (or mash 1 fresh banana and add to it as you cook it!), any dried fruits, nuts, seeds, or spices you want. I love cinnamon and cacao powder.
4) Dried tomatoes are usually pretty pricey as well, so dry them yourself! Like so.
5) Omit the nuts. Sub them for sunflower seeds (at least where i live they are way cheaper than nuts and packed with essential fatty acids, vitamins, protein and minerals) - by the way, it's not as common, but you can actually make sunflower seed milk as well! In recipes, you can usually sub nuts for buckwheat, shredded coconut, carrots, celery, mushrooms, chia seeds, flaxseed or any root vegetable!
6) Grow your own greens! If you don't have a garden (i don't, for example -.-), you can still grow your own sprouts and herbs in a little seed tray on your windowsill!
7) Instead of going all exotic, stick to you good ol' local foods and look up what's in season right now. Where i live papaya, persimmons, pineapples and melons are especially pricey, so i buy them only occasionally,
while my daily fruit intake consists of bananas (which are the cheapest
fruit i know, even though they're tropical), apples, pears,
strawberries, frozen berries, dried dates,...
8) Don't buy juices. Eat the whole fruit instead. Much more satisfying and contains the entire complex of vitamins and nutrients.
If you insist on juice, make it yourself! Don't have a juicer? No
problem, 'cause you're just gonna blend these babies up! That way you
get all the fiber, plenty of fresh vitamin and - thanks to the fiber -
are full for a long time.
9)
Make meals in advance. Preparation is key, and will not only save you
money but also time. Instead of making one meal at a time, prepare your
meals in BULK for several days, even up to a week. That way you won't
spend as much time cooking and preparing, and it will also help to keep
you on track instead of going for fast food when you come home hungry!
10) Don't worry too much about organic. As much as i love and promote organic food (apart from the nutrients even the taste is so much more vibrant!), i don't buy everything organic, though i try to get at least my everyday staples (like bananas, carrots, apples, baby spinach...) organic. Here's a helpful list to see which products you should buy organic and which are lowest in pesticide: | {
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The financial crisis, the subsequent economic crisis and the crisis in the Eurozone have multiple facets that highlight and, in some respects, exacerbate social democracy’s malaise. They are crises of values, programmatic beliefs, policies, leadership and institutions. They raise in the most pressing manner the issue of the real contemporary meaning of reformism, internationalism and solidarity, the relationship between the political sphere and the economic sphere, the boundary between the public and the private, the appropriate level(s) of action (national, European, global), and the search for leadership and effective institutions. However, the ongoing crisis is above all a crisis of neo-liberalism and not enough (as well as a particular kind) of Europe. Yet, it was the Centre-Right and its allies that won the 2009 European elections. Crucially, they did so on the basis of a theme and slogan with clear social democratic overtones: to help create “l’Europe qui protège”.
What lessons have Europe’s social democrats drawn from this ongoing crisis and, above all, how would they deal with it? What are their proposals and their strategies in that respect? How do they propose to meet the challenge of building the broad alliance that would enable them to return to power and what is to be done if they succeed? The purpose of this event is to bring together speakers from a range of spheres and offer them a chance to begin to sketch out current social democratic thinking at both the national and the European level on the crisis in the Eurozone and the associated ensemble of issues, including the regulation of financial services and the demand for the explicit politicization of the European Union. Is more integration the answer and if so, what kind of Europe should emerge from this crisis? How can democratic politics be brought to bear on unfettered markets and what is the appropriate level of action? | {
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According to the Book of Enoch, exactly 200 Watchers fell to Earth to take human wives. It names 20 of these, explaining that each one was a leader in a group of 10. In his book From the Ashes of Angels, Andrew Collins names a few others, and other reference works corroborate some of the names given in these sources, sometimes with alternate spellings. | {
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By the year 2030 one-fifth of Americans will be 65 years or older, resulting in projected increases in health care spending of up to 25% (CDC, 2007; He et al., 2005). Declining mental and cognitive health is a primary component of increased health care costs, and a risk factor for diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and death (NIH, 2007; van Gelder et al., 2007). Therefore, research supporting a greater understanding of the biological basis of cognitive aging and dementia, and important factors for their prevention, is essential for the development of low-cost prevention and treatment programs to address the aging crisis. For instance, although age is a prominent risk factor for AD, epidemiological studies have shown that lifestyle factors such as physical exercise significantly decrease age-related risks for cognitive impairment and AD (Barnes et al., 2003; Larson et al., 2006; Lindsay et al., 2002). Yet relatively little is known about precisely how exercise effects on the brain benefit human cognition (Cotman and Berchtold, 2002; Kramer and Erickson, 2007).
In this thesis I examine effects of physical activity on age-related deficits in brain function and cognition, followed by an examination of potential explanatory neurobiological factors. I examine brain function by assessing patterns of functional brain organization, or brain networks, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Using fMRI I demonstrate the use of multiple methods for measuring functional coherence of brain networks, and in turn, illustrate what various methods reveal about the positive effects of exercise on the aging brain. In the final study, I examine potential moderators and mediators for the positive effects of exercise on the brain, such as neurobiological markers of brain plasticity.
Normal aging is associated with a decline in cognitive functions, such as processing speed, episodic memory, and executive-control skills such as inhibition, planning, and working memory, and relative stability in semantic knowledge (Park and Reuter-Lorenz, 2009). Brain imaging studies have also revealed that the aging brain is characterized by increased variability in brain activation patterns which are often hard to explain by unified theories of cognitive aging (Greenwood, 2007a, b; Reuter-Lorenz and Lustig, 2005). In turn researchers have started to characterize functional brain networks comprised of regionally separate but temporally connected brain regions (Deluca et al., 2006; Fox et al., 2005), which could help uncover fundamental patterns of systems-level change associated with cognitive aging (Andrews-Hanna et al., 2007; Damoiseaux et al., 2008). One functional brain network, the default mode network (DMN), has received much attention for its capacity to predict individual differences in normal age-related cognitive decline (Andrews-Hanna et al., 2007; Damoiseaux et al., 2008) and clinical pathologies such as AD and MCI (Greicius et al., 2004; Lustig et al., 2003; Sorg et al., 2007).
Since both default mode network (DMN) function and increased aerobic fitness have been associated with improved cognitive performance and reduced incidence of AD among older adults. The first study in my dissertation investigated this link by examining the association between aerobic fitness, DMN function, and cognitive performance. Results showed significant age-related deficits in functional connectivity in both local and distributed DMN pathways. Interestingly, almost half of age-related functional disconnections showed increased connectivity as a function of aerobic fitness level. In this study I also examined the hypothesis that functional connectivity in the DMN is a source of variance in the relationship between aerobic fitness and cognition. Results demonstrated instances of both specific and global DMN connectivity mediating the relationship between fitness and cognition. This study provides the first evidence for functional connectivity in the DMN as a source of variance in the association between aerobic fitness and cognition, and results are discussed in the context of neurobiological theories of cognitive aging and disease (Voss et al., 2010a).
The second study in my dissertation extends the first study by (1) examining change in functional connectivity after a year-long randomized controlled trial of exercise training with elderly adults, and (2) comparing the effects of exercise on multiple brain networks including the DMN, two additional cognitively relevant brain networks, and primary motor and auditory sensory networks. Results showed that aerobic training improved the aging brain’s functional coherence selectively in higher-level cognitive networks. One year of walking increased functional connectivity between aspects of the frontal, posterior, and temporal cortices within the DMN and between the right and left prefrontal cortices in a Frontal Executive Network, two brain networks central to brain dysfunction in aging. Length of training was also an important factor. Significant effects in favor of the walking group were observed only after 12 months of training, compared to non-significant trends after six months. A non-aerobic stretching and toning group also showed increased functional connectivity in the DMN after six months and in a Frontal Parietal Network after 12 months, possibly reflecting experience-dependent plasticity. Finally, changes in functional connectivity were behaviorally relevant. Increased functional connectivity was associated with greater improvement in executive function. Thus, the second study provides the first evidence for exercise-induced functional plasticity in large-scale brain systems in the aging brain, using functional connectivity analysis, and offers new insight into the role of aerobic fitness in attenuating age-related brain dysfunction (Voss et al., 2010b).
In the third study I introduced another a class of methods for measuring functional connectivity in the brain, based on mathematical models that have been used for characterizing dynamic network behavior in self-organizing real-world systems, such as social networks or patterns of commercial airplane travel (Guimerà et al., 2005; Watts and Strogatz, 1998). Such methods provide a way to quantitatively describe the integration and segregation of communication patterns in the brain, and compare them to theoretical models of network communication, such as “small world” network models (Bullmore and Sporns, 2009). In this study I first use graph metrics to describe the associations between network topology, aging, and aerobic fitness in elderly adults and voxel-wise network metrics of communication in the brain. Second, I examine how exercise training affects such metrics of brain communication. This study was conducted with methodological support from Dr. Paul Laurienti (from the Department of Radiology at Wake Forest University), based on their published methodology (Hayasaka and Laurienti, 2009). Results and issues raised in this study also generalize to the study of individual differences in cognitive aging and training for future applications in my research. Overall, this study demonstrated that aging is associated with a qualitative shift in brain organization, which was associated with slowed processing speed and impaired working memory performance. Aerobic exercise was associated with attenuated progression of network markers of aging. Further, aerobic fitness was associated with a network metric reflecting network resilience to attack, and greater changes in aerobic fitness over one year were associated with increases in network resilience. The results of this study suggest that large-scale organizing properties of the brain are plastic to changes in health behaviors such as a one-year exercise program.
Finally, the fourth study examined the association between measures of brain connectivity and potential explanatory factors of the benefits of exercise on brain function, including neurobiological markers of brain plasticity measured from peripheral blood serum. Brain neurotrophins such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are considered primary molecular factors mediating effects of exercise on the aging brain (Cotman et al., 2007; Erickson et al., 2010), so the aim of this study was to link training-induced changes in BDNF, IGF-1, and VEGF with training-induced changes in functional brain connectivity as measured through univariate methods (Chapters 1 and 2) and multivariate methods (Chapter 3). However, since there were no changes in regional connectivity patterns in favor of the walking group, this study only examined the association between changes in connectivity shown in Chapter 2, and changes in neurobiological factors. The study also examined the extent to which baseline measures of peripheral growth factors was associated with change in functional connectivity in regional connections sensitive to exercise training. Results showed that although there were no group-level changes in growth factors as a function of the intervention, increased temporal lobe connectivity between the bilateral parahippocampus and the bilateral middle temporal gyrus was associated with increased BDNF, IGF-1, and VEGF for the aerobic walking group but not for the non-aerobic control group, and that greater baseline VEGF was associated with greater training-related increases in this functional connection. Results are consistent with animal models of exercise and the brain, but are the first to show in humans that increases in functional connectivity in the hippocampal and surrounding temporal lobe from aerobic exercise are promoted by changes in growth factors and may be augmented by greater baseline VEGF. | {
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Hey Good People! I know it has been a minute, but your girl has been on world tours on the weekend lately. And the weekdays have been jammed packed too. However, I want you to have as much fun as I do, so let me give you the scoop!
The anchor play during the festival is MIKVEH by Hadar Galron. Eight women’s stories unfold in this compelling depiction of religious observance and evolving feminist consciousness inside the secretive world of the Jewish ritual bath (mikveh).
Where else can you travel the globe and learn about different countries without leaving DC? Passport DC, an annual celebration of international culture presented by Cultural Tourism DC , showcases Washington DC’s embassies and cultural organizations with a wide range of performances, talks, and exhibits. In addition to embassy open houses and events, several Washington, DC museums participate in Passport DC with special programming.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Its time for challenges to start back up after our long month of birthday celebrations, amy and I would like to thank everyone who joined us for this fun filled month. Today for our challenge #13 it is all about christmas party decorations no cards or layouts please. Now lets see what our design team has made for some inspiration, we are missing three this challenge, holidays got in the way and it is totally understandable, hope all of you find time to enter in our challenge for a chance to win a prize at end of month and end of challenge. Last winner of birthday challenge is Jessica from www.cricutafterdark.blogspot.com with her beautiful peacock party decorations.
Now lets look below and start with our talented Norma www.pinkblingcrafter.blogspot.com this is so cute and you can find out more about it by clicking on her blog. enjoy your visit and hope you find something to inspire you along the way.
Please be sure to stop by and visit our WONDERFUL Guest Designers... We are sure they would appreciate your visit!! :)
In case you missed it... This month we are CELEBRATING Rhonda's and Amy's Birthdays ALL MONTH LONG (so you'll have ALL month to enter your projects!!)... Also for THIS month (and this month ONLY), we'll be opening up the challenge to ANY project (yes, this means you can enter a card or a layout too!!)... Because of this, we are LIMITING the number of entries to a MAXIMUM of THREE -- you can enter up to THREE projects this month for your chance at the Birthday Presents!! A little birdie told me that there would be one of Rhonda's minis, one of Amy's explosion boxes, and several other FUN prizes thrown into the mix!! So get working on those projects for YOUR chance to WIN!!
For Challenge #12, we are asking you to create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!! Let's celebrate EVERYTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT GETTING OLDER (tee hee) with your table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more!! :)
Link up your project before 11:59pm (EST) on November 29th to be eligible for all of this month's prizes -- We are having MULTIPLE gifts (to celebrate Rhonda's and Amy's Birthdays!!)!! Please take a look at our Challenge Rules (HERE) before submitting your project. :) (*Remember, the more entries we have, the more winners we select -- which means more chances for YOU!!)
Sunday, November 13, 2011
congrats to carol"s creation she was first place winner of the birthday challenge with her elmo invites, she won a free mini which she wanted elmo for her birthday pictures. please hop over to carols and congratulate her www.4evercarolcreations.blogspot.com dont forget we are having birthday challenge all month picking new winners at each end of the 2 weeks so dont forget to enter your birthday projects. This is the front of mini
and this is how the inside looks the mouth and nose hold the picuture. enjoy carol and I have already mailed off (sat) so be looking for it. hugs
Please be sure to stop by and visit our WONDERFUL Guest Designers... We are sure they would appreciate your visit!! :)
In case you missed it... This month we are CELEBRATING Rhonda's and Amy's Birthdays ALL MONTH LONG (so you'll have ALL month to enter your projects!!)... Also for THIS month (and this month ONLY), we'll be opening up the challenge to ANY project (yes, this means you can enter a card or a layout too!!)... Because of this, we are LIMITING the number of entries to a MAXIMUM of THREE -- you can enter up to THREE projects this month for your chance at the Birthday Presents!! A little birdie told me that there would be one of Rhonda's minis, one of Amy's explosion boxes, and several other FUN prizes thrown into the mix!! So get working on those projects for YOUR chance to WIN!!
For Challenge #12, we are asking you to create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!! Let's celebrate EVERYTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT GETTING OLDER (tee hee) with your table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more!! :)
Link up your project before 11:59pm (EST) on November 29th to be eligible for all of this month's prizes -- We are having MULTIPLE gifts (to celebrate Rhonda's and Amy's Birthdays!!)!! Please take a look at our Challenge Rules (HERE) before submitting your project. :) (*Remember, the more entries we have, the more winners we select -- which means more chances for YOU!!)
Monday, November 7, 2011
congrats to becky, she won the comment blog hop and she wanted a vintage mini this is the front to see more just hop over to my blog www.scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.comenjoy becky and I will mail it out this week. hugs
Saturday, November 5, 2011
the winner of the comment blog hop is becky dunham at www.bloglessinutah.blogspot.comshe commented on everyones blog thank you becky I know others commented on all blogs also I took all the names and put them in a hat and drew from there, if you didnt win this time you have plenty of chances to win on this blog. Now hope you join us for the month long birthday challenge. hugs
karen at little scrap pieces won first place for her wonderful halloween house she entered in our challenge for halloween. She won a free mini of choice along with a chance for big prize at end of month and a winners button. She choice a christmas mini hop over and give her a big congrats www.littlescrappieces.blogspot.com this is the front of the mini picture really doesnt show all the glitter.
here the inside to hold pictures all are decorated in different paper
and here is the back. enjoy karen and I will be mailing it out sometime next week. hugs now for all the rest of our blog friends enter a birthday card this month and get entered in the prize for the end of month and also a chance to win a free mini. we are excepting birthday cards this month and this month only to celebrate my 50th b-day and my partner amy's also.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Hello, hello to all of our WONDERFUL followers!! It's time again for a FUN-FILLED 'Comment Hop' (for Challenge #11)... This hop ENDS on Saturday, November 5th at 11:59pm!! So hop, hop, HOP for your chance to WIN!! :)
We're doing something just a little different with our Comment Hop this time... Since we had such a HUGE response to this past challenge, we've randomly selected 11 projects to feature along with our designers' projects from the "Halloween" Challenge... We'd still love for you to visit all 50 participants' projects (as they were all pretty fabulous entries!!), but for your chance to WIN, we ask that you please visit and comment on the 11 featured projects plus our 5 designers....
What's a 'Comment Hop'???
Well, it's our way of celebrating a few of the AWESOME creations of our designers and challenge participants!! To be eligible to win a FUN prize, all you need to do is hop to each of the projects linked below to leave an encouraging comment!! We'd love for you to become a follower at each blog (with a link to your blog so everyone can find you too!) since our 'mission' is all about promoting and celebrating one another... When you're done, be sure to leave a comment on this post so that we know to include you in the drawing!! :)
Want to know what YOU could WIN???
The fabulously creative Rhonda has agreed to again make our 'Comment Hop' Winner one of her beautiful mini albums in the theme of the winner's choice!! WOW!! If you haven't seen Rhonda's work, click HERE to take a look!! :)
To make your hopping easier, we've included a link for each project to visit!! Clicking on the picture will take you directly to that project!! Please be sure to mention in your comment that you're visiting from Decorate To Celebrate!! :) Have FUN!! :)
**You do NOT need to leave a second comment to be eligible to win, so if you have left comments on any of the project posts already, THANK YOU!! --those comments count!!**
Happy Hopping, everyone!!
Gather up some decorating and party supply ideas from our talented friends!! :) Our 'Comment Hop' WINNER will be announced on Sunday!! :)
Please be sure to stop by and congratulate our WONDERFUL WINNERS... We are sure they would appreciate your visit!! :)
In case you missed it... This month we are CELEBRATING Rhonda's and Amy's Birthdays ALL MONTH LONG (so you'll have ALL month to enter your projects!!)... Also for THIS month (and this month ONLY), we'll be opening up the challenge to ANY project (yes, this means you can enter a card or a layout too!!)... Because of this, we are LIMITING the number of entries to a MAXIMUM of THREE -- you can enter up to THREE projects this month for your chance at the Birthday Presents!! A little birdie told me that there would be one of Rhonda's minis, one of Amy's explosion boxes, and several other FUN prizes thrown into the mix!! So get working on those projects for YOUR chance to WIN!!
For Challenge #12, we are asking you to create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY!! Let's celebrate EVERYTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT GETTING OLDER (tee hee) with your table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more!! :)
Link up your project below before 11:59pm (EST) on November 29th to be eligible for all of this month's prizes -- We are having MULTIPLE gifts (to celebrate Rhonda's and Amy's Birthdays!!)!! Please take a look at our Challenge Rules (HERE) before submitting your project. :) (*Remember, the more entries we have, the more winners we select -- which means more chances for YOU!!)
If you had the chance to visit the Birthday Party for Rhonda and Amy Blog Hop on November 1st, then you've already had a PREVIEW of the FANTASTIC Birthday cards, layouts, decorations, and gift ideas our fabulous team of DESIGNERS has created for your inspiration!! If you MISSED the hop (GASP!!), be sure to visit each of our Designer's Links below to check it out today!! There's PLENTY of Blog Candy up for grabs on the hop (as well as a chance at the GRAND PRIZE too), so be sure to visit everyone!! :)
Now it's YOUR turn!! Link up your NEW BIRTHDAY PARTY Themed party project here!! :) While you're considering what you can create, please take a moment to visit ALL of the Designers' blogs and leave a comment for your chance at this month's GRAND PRIZE... When you comment on all of the Designers' projects AND all of the participants projects, be sure to leave a comment on this post to be entered to WIN in our monthly comment drawing!! :) Here is a list of the designers' blogs to make hopping over easier for you (participants' links will be shown in the linky list below)!! :) **Please note that the links will take you DIRECTLY to each project (in case you're joining us later in the week or month)...
(Be sure to stop back on Thursday to join in our Comment Hop for Challenge #11 for a chance to WIN one of Rhonda's INCREDIBLE minis!! There's a TWIST on the Comment Hop this time!!)
*** One final reminder: Our goal is to Decorate your Celebrations with decorations and party supplies; however, for THIS month (and this month ONLY), we invite you to share your Birthday Cards and Layouts too!! Because of this, we are LIMITING the maximum number of entries per person to THREE. Thank you so much!! ***
Just a QUICK NOTE to let you know who won the little something special from the DTC "Project Match-Up" during the Blog Hop on Tuesday....
You will still be eligible for our BIRTHDAY MONTH GRAND PRIZE all month long;
however,
here are the participants who answered our Project Match-Up correctly:
Claire
Jackie
Becky
Linda
Melissa
Tami B
Judy
Lisa
Rather than pick just ONE of you -- Would ALL OF YOU please email me your address so that I can send you EACH a Birthday Card and Stamp!! Thanks so much!!
Amy's email is scrapbookingwithamy (at) gmail (dot) com...
Once upon a time (okay, once upon two times nearly a decade apart), two girls were born... These girls were both visited by their fairy godmothers and granted very special talents... One was given the talent of creating the most beautiful mini scrapbook albums while the other was given the talent of creating some really amazing explosion boxes... Each of these girls would one day begin blogging, and this is how they would meet...
Somewhere over the rainbow, you'll find the lovely Rhonda... Where scrap happens and paper flies... And somewhere near the zoo, you'll find dear Amy... Where giraffes prance and frolic to her heart's content...
One day, these two lives collided and Rhonda and Amy have become forever friends!! Lovely Rhonda had this incredible idea for a new twist on a challenge blog, so she contacted dear Amy and asked her to take care of the "technical" side... For many months, they have enjoyed CELEBRATING the get-togethers and parties that make life fun by showcasing the DECORATIONS that others share... And THAT is how the Decorate to Celebrate! challenge blog began...
Today, it's time to CELEBRATE good times and good friends with this "BIRTHDAY PARTY" Blog Hop and Birthday Project Link-Up that will last all month long!! Rhonda, who is turning the big 5-0 this year deserves a month-long celebration, don't ya think??? And Amy, who will forever stay 29 (for the 12th time) has always been a BIG believer in the "Birth-month Celebration"... Soooooo... After the hop has ended, you'll be able to create a "Birthday Party" themed project and LINK IT UP right HERE at the Decorate To Celebrate! challenge blog!! Usually, your entry needs to be a decoration or party supply, but THIS MONTH (and this month only), you can link up ANY Birthday Party project (cards, layouts, 3D Art...). We'll be giving out some Birthday Presents all month long, but you'll need to enter to WIN!!
Rhonda and Amy have assembled a few of their creative friends to join them on this Birthday Party Adventure through Bloggie-Land... Along the way, you'll find some incredibly creative projects to celebrate Rhonda and Amy... If you came here from Amy (the December Birthday Girl), then you are in the right spot!! If you are just checking in here at DTC or are reading this via email, we'd love for you to join the PARTY so CLICK HERE to start at Rhonda's Blog so you don't miss any of the FUN!!
Now that you've finished up the hop, we have a FUN little game for you... To be eligible to WIN our GRAND PRIZE for the hop, you needed to leave a comment on each post in the hop... Now, let's see if you can match all the projects to WHO made them!! All you have to do is leave a comment telling us who made each of the following projects (comment moderation will be enabled so everyone has a fair chance in the drawing)... We'll draw one person who gets them all correct for a SURPRISE treat!!
*** You will still be eligible for our BIRTHDAY MONTH GRAND PRIZE all month long; however, here are the participants who answered our Project Match-Up correctly:
Rather than pick just ONE of you -- Would ALL OF YOU please email me your address so that I can send you EACH a Birthday Card and Stamp!! Thanks so much!! Amy's email is scrapbookingwithamy (at) gmail (dot) com...
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WOW -- Aren't those some truly AMAZING and FUN projects??? Guess what?!? That's not even ALL of them!! Be sure to visit each blog hop stop to see the rest!! :) And remember to leave your comment with the names of who created each BEAUTIFUL project!! :)
Here's the entire line-up!! **Please note that the following links will take you DIRECTLY to each project (in case you're joining us later in the week or month)... | {
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Coronavirus case and death growth falls in Spain for the first time
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Monday's daily report showed 812 new fatalities, taking the total up to 7,340, while the number of cases nationwide passes 85,000 | The government says the country reached its peak in infections on 25 March
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While the coronavirus figures for Spain continue to rise, for the first time the country has been able to report a fall in the daily increase of both deaths and new Covid-19 infections.
Monday's official figures counted 812 new deaths, 26 fewer than Sunday's 838, taking the total up to 7,340.
Meanwhile the official number of infections in Spain has reached 85,195, overtaking the 82,447 cases reported by the Chinese authorities. This latest figure, however, shows an increase of 6,398 cases in one day, down on the 6,549 reported by the government on Sunday.
The number of health workers infected with Covid-19 is rising however, with 12,298 cases, 15% of the country's total.
Bearing in mind the current figures, the government's Health ministry said on Monday that the spread of the virus is started to be "under control". It went so far as to say that the country could have already reached a peak in infections on 25 March.
Also in the last 24-period analysed, 2,071 more patients have been declared as having recovered from the disease, taking the total up to 16,780.
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Wedding bells are ringing on both coasts. Dawn's dad is getting married in California and Mrs Barrett (a favourite BSC client) is getting married in Stoneybrook. Looks like a job for the Baby-Sitters Club.
Mary Anne, Kristy and Claudia are flying out to help with the wedding. And Dawn has a big surprise for Mary Anne: the stepsisters are both going to be bridesmaids.
Back in Connecticut, Stacey's a BSC bridesmaid too - for Mrs Barrett. Some of the club members have even been hired to baby sit at the big event.
Being a bridesmaid sure is a lot of fun - and a lot of work. But at least when it's all over, the Baby-Sitters have something extra special to celebrate. Dawn's coming back to Stoneybrook - for good!
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Dissecting the Sectors: Retail and Homebuilding
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Schaeffer's Investment ResearchOct 08, 2012 1:30 pm
Contrarian investors should continue to look for trade setups where outperforming retail stocks remain unnoticed by the crowd. Investors who are long housing should consider hedging to guard against possible short-term shocks.
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Sector: Homebuildng
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Outlook: We continue to see evidence that the housing sector is in recovery mode. Recent reports have shown housing starts at a 28-month peak, existing-home sales at a 27-month best, and home prices at a new five-year high. Plus, the Fed's plan to buy mortgage-backed securities as part of its QE3 endeavor is even more bullish for homebuilders. This past week, the average 30-year mortgage rate dropped to 3.36%; such a low reading could be a fundamental tailwind for the group, as real-estate investments become a more attractive prospect. Despite all of this positive news, housing skeptics continue to compare current data to pre-bubble levels.
Many of the key stocks in the group remain heavily shorted, and Reuters recently reported that a popular hedge fund manager is betting against the sector. This downbeat backdrop is encouraging for contrarian investors, as it sets the stage for positive momentum on any good news. For example, KB Home (NYSE:KBH) spiked to a new 18-month high after its late-September earnings report, which topped lowball consensus estimates. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA:XHB) is currently trading above the $25.65 level -- marking a more than 50% year-to-date gain -- which is an encouraging sign, as this could have been a speed bump for the security. Meanwhile, XHB's 50-day put/call volume ratio on the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) stands at 1.71, as puts bought to open have nearly doubled calls during this time frame. We saw a similar pop in this ratio in February, preceding a three-month rally in the ETF. This latest uptick could be the result of hedge funds using these puts to protect the long stock positions they've been accumulating. Hedging is a bargain on this ETF of late -- especially for short-term options -- as implied volatility is just off annual lows.
As a result, individual investors who are long housing may also want to consider hedging with the broader puts to guard against possible short-term shocks. In addition to KBH, some of our preferred names in the group include PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM), D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI), Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL), Lennar (NYSE:LEN), and Meritage Homes (NYSE:MTH), due to a combination of solid price action and lingering skepticism from Wall Street. Going forward, all of these technically strong names could enjoy additional upside spurred by short-covering support and/or analyst upgrades. | {
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10 TV shows that are too amazing to miss
From scintillating sci-fi and charming costume dramas to the series making long-awaited comebacks, here are the things to watch as the nights draw in.
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The Crown
Period dramas were made for colder months, and Netflix’s ten-part royal offering for autumn is anticipated to be a winner. Starring Clare Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, alongside Matt Smith as Prince Philip, the first season out of an anticipated six focuses on the monarch’s life as a newlywed and her relationship with Downing Street.
Stranger Things
Fear you’ve missed the Stranger Things boat? Find yourself lost in conversations about Eleven and tele-kinetics? Worry not, you can still catch the sci-fi drama that everyone’s talking about on Netflix – but it’s advisable to pick a weekend when you can binge-watch all eight episodes in one go.
Humans
The much-anticipated second season of the popular sci-fi drama, which explores the blurred lines of a dystopian world in which synths live alongside humans, is currently on air. Season two picks up a few months after the first left off, as tensions between man and machines grow.
Black Mirror
The third season of Charlie Brooker’s Emmy-winning satirical series makes its move to Netflix, but the plot lines are anticipated to be as dark as ever.
Crazyhead
A comedy-horror six-parter in which an unlikely duo of early-twenty-something demon hunters end up navigating friendship, love and exorcisms together.
Westworld
The sci-fi theme is popular at the moment, as shown in Westworld – HBO’s remake of Michael Crichton’s 1973 film set in a futuristic, Western-themed amusement park in which robot “hosts” allow the high-paying visitors to live out fantasies through artificial consciousness with no consequences.
The Young Pope
It feels like a long time since we learned that Jude Law had been cast to play the pontiff, but now the time has finally arrived for his portrayal of Lenny Belardo, the complex and confused first American Pope with Diane Keaton co-starring as Sister Mary.
Planet Earth II
For those already lamenting the end of The Great British Bake Off, don’t fear – another beloved British classic is set to come back in November, as David Attenborough’s Planet Earth II hits our screens – ten years after the first series aired – showcasing the planet’s most extraordinary habitats.
Divorce
Sarah Jessica Parker fans rejoiced as the actress returned to screens in 10-part dark comedy Divorce . It’s only two weeks in, so catch up on protagonist Frances’s marital disharmony and get your SJP fix, fast.
Tutankhamun
Starring Max Irons and Sam Neill, ITV’s re-telling of the famous discovery fills the void left by Downton Abbey’s departure and is said to be a key contender in the costume drama stakes for this autumn. | {
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Iranians celebrate Mother's day. Fatima Zahar's birthday
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.D.com/free-vector/mothers-day-card-with-flowers_23-2147506812. People buy different items such as flowers, handicrafts and clothing but jewelry is always a favorite for women.
In Iran, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the anniversary of the birthday of the daughter of Islam’s prophet Mohammad, Hazrate Fatima who was born around 605 A.
Mother’s Day is officially celebrated in well over 140 countries around the world on different days throughout the year.
The Shops are busy and everyone is buying something to show his or her appreciation for the important women in their lives no matter where they may be.
This Wednesday, Iranians celebrate Lady Fatima Zahra’s birth anniversary, designated by the Islamic Republic as Women’s Day and Mother’s Day in the country.
For shopkeepers business is good on this day.
On this day husbands thank their wives and children thank their mothers.
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SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 25, 2014) - GTC -- NVIDIA today introduced a GPU rendering appliance that dramatically accelerates ray tracing, enabling professional designers to interact with computer models of such high visual fidelity that it can largely replace the lengthy, costly process of building physical prototypes.
The NVIDIA® Iray® Visual Computing Appliance (VCA) combines hardware and software to greatly accelerate the work of NVIDIA Iray -- a photorealistic renderer integrated into leading design tools like Dassault Systèmes' CATIA and Autodesk's 3ds Max. Because the appliance is scalable, multiple units can be linked, speeding up by hundreds of times or more the simulation of light bouncing off surfaces in the real world.
As a result, automobiles and other complex designs can be viewed seamlessly at high visual fidelity from all angles. This enables the viewer to move around a model while it's still in the digital domain, as if it were a 3D physical prototype.
"Iray VCA lets designers do what they've always wanted to -- interact with their ideas as if they were already real," said Jeff Brown, vice president and general manager of Professional Visualization and Design at NVIDIA. "It removes the time-consuming step of building prototypes or rendering out movies, enabling designs to be explored, tweaked and confirmed in real time. Months, even years -- and enormous cost -- can be saved in bringing products to market."
NVIDIA is working with all software companies that license Iray technology about adding support for Iray VCA. At this week's GPU Technology Conference, Iray VCA is being shown powering a range of applications, including Bunkspeed Drive, from RTT; Iray for Maya, from 0x1 Software; and Iray+ for 3ds Max, from Lightwork Design.
Understanding Critical Design IssuesPrior to Iray VCA, design teams have typically relied on workstations using one or two GPUs to create 3D visual models. The most sophisticated solutions, involving clusters of machines, have limited interactive quality or require the creation of movies of product designs. And both prevent a full understanding of critical design issues, such as undesirable reflections on a windshield.
Iray VCA delivers unprecedented rendering performance using eight of NVIDIA's most powerful GPUs, each with 12GB of graphics memory, which together deliver 23,040 CUDA® architecture cores. It has both 10GigE and InfiniBand connections, so rendering clusters of multiple Iray VCAs can be easily built up over time. Its exclusive Iray cluster-management software dynamically allocates Iray VCAs to meet the demands of the day's workload.
Iray VCAs can be conveniently located in an IT center and serve their rendering power on demand, while requiring little or no technical support.
Honda an Early AdopterHonda Research and Development's styling design department is an initial user, with a prototype cluster made up of 25 nodes to refine styling designs on future cars.
"For our styling design requirements, we developed specialized tools that run alongside our RTT global standard platform," said Daisuke Ide, system engineer at Honda Research and Development. "Our TOPS tool, which uses NVIDIA Iray on our NVIDIA GPU cluster, enables us to evaluate our original design data as if it were real. This allows us to explore more designs so we can create better designs faster and more affordably."
Product AvailabilityIray VCA systems will be available starting in summer through a global VAR network of certified system integrators, including CADnetwork, Fluidyna, IGI and migenius. Pricing is $50,000 in North America, and includes an Iray license and the first year of maintenance and updates.
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Steven Moffat reveals what we should be asking, even if he's not ready to answer. Screenwriter David Goyer explains why Superman can be a killer, and what that means for his future film appearances. Runaways writer Drew Pearce thinks there's still a chance the movie could happen. Plus tons more on Person of Interest, Revolution, and Agents of SHIELD. Spoilers!
Top image from Doctor Who.
Man of Steel 2
Screenwriter David Goyer discusses the controversial decision to have Superman kill General Zod at the end of Man of Steel, and in the process he hints at how Superman’s choice will reverberate through the sequel:
"We were pretty sure that was going to be controversial," Goyer said. "It's not like we were deluding ourselves, and we weren't just doing it to be cool. We felt, in the case of Zod, we wanted to put the character in an impossible situation and make an impossible choice. This is one area, and I've written comic books as well and this is where I disagree with some of my fellow comic book writers - 'Superman doesn't kill'. It's a rule that exists outside of the narrative and I just don't believe in rules like that. I believe when you're writing film or television, you can't rely on a crutch or rule that exists outside of the narrative of the film.
“So the situation was, Zod says 'I'm not going to stop until you kill me or I kill you.' The reality is no prison on the planet could hold him and in our film Superman can't fly to the moon, and we didn't want to come up with that crutch. Also our movie was in a way Superman Begins, he's not really Superman until the end of the film. We wanted him to have had that experience of having taken a life and carry that through onto the next films. Because he's Superman and because people idolize him he will have to hold himself to a higher standard.”
Now, what he calls a “narrative rule” is what I’d probably call “an unshakable moral principle so intrinsic to who Superman is for at least the last 50 years that to remove it arguably undermines what makes the character special,” but eh, it’s really not worth getting worked up over, I realize there are a ton of counterexamples to this in the comics and other media (hell, Man of Steel isn’t even the first time Superman has directly killed Zod), and, anyway, I do see his point. Basically, I guess the main takeaway is that Zod’s death is a learning experience for Superman. [Digital Spy]
Guardians of the Galaxy
Photographer James Beddoes offered these tidbits:
"Can't believe I just got to look at official production still from Guardians of the Galaxy of Ronan and Nebula. I can't describe how cool they look and how much it made my day! The costumes look so amazing, Lee Pace is going to be amazing as Ronan, he looks even cooler then Thanos did in Avengers!... He has a lot of prosthetics on his forehead & chin but you can tell it's his face, his skin is a similar blue color to Mystique in the X-men films!"
Runaways
Screenwriter Drew Pearce, who went on to co-write Iron Man 3 after Runaways was shelved, says he still holds out hope that it could find a place on Marvel’s Phase Three slate after The Avengers: Age of Ultron:
"We were really close to being made, and then this movie started to happen called The Avengers," explained Pearce, whose screenplay for the project was his first work for Marvel. "Oddly, it pulled focus from the unheard-of brand Runaways, and it really did kind of consume the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It's there, maybe it'll be a Phase Three movie, I really hope so, I'm really proud of it and I think it'll be a brilliant film, but I think it all depends what Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel, what his master plan is."
Doctor Who
When asked if Matt Smith’s final episodes will reveal why the TARDIS blew up back in series five – which was so long ago I forgot that was even a thing that happened, to be totally honest – Steven Moffat says Smith’s regeneration story this Christmas will answer far bigger questions than that:
“Oh, never mind the TARDIS blowing up, what about the endless, bitter war Kovarian was on about? And what’s Trenzalore? And the oldest question in the universe? And what exactly do they mean, silence will fall? Anyway, I’m off to a readthrough…”
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Showrunners Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon explain how the show will draw on the many different kinds of beings that inhabit the world of Marvel:
Tancharoen: Marvel is a very vast and diverse universe.Whedon: There are gods and aliens. So we have a lot to play with. There's a spy aspect of the show and SHIELD is some of the most sci-fi in the Marvel universe because it's about gadgets. So we have a lot of different things to play with. It will be a mixture of both. We will be focusing on having every story having a beginning, middle and end, but some of it will be mythology and some of it will standalone. And our character runs will continue through all of that.
The pilot sets up the story about Level 7 clearance and bringing Coulson back. What kind of balance will we have in terms of setting up that central story? Whedon: We're going to try to tease it out slowly enough to make it thrilling and not drive people crazy. A lot of shows will keep having a hatch within a hatch or keep asking questions without giving answers or payoffs. We're definitely focused on paying off anything we bring up and making it as rewarding as possible.Tancharoen: I like to look at Coulson's journey to the answer as a sort of existential crisis with a Marvel twist.
They also discuss a few of the things they can’t do on the show:
Tancharoen: We can't ever say "mutant."Whedon: There's a database that's tailored to our show with the properties we can use as well as the properties that are owned by other studios and things that are flagged for major franchises. There are certain areas we can't go because we don't want to step on the toes of the movies. We've had free reign. There are certain rules in terms of the Marvel brand. Marvel is very focused on being grounded — and it is our world with the one twist that they're superheroes. There's no Metropolis, there's no Gotham. It's New York City and Chicago, and in the cinematic universe the process of powers is pretty young. They say it's only been a couple years since Iron Man in terms of our timeline in the universe. So the idea in our world that powers exist is new to the population and SHIELD's job description. It used to be keeping those things secret and that has now changed, so we're dealing with some of that.
And here are some thoughts from Joss Whedon on what ideas and lessons he was able to draw from previous shows in devising Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. They are mostly just variations on things he has said before, but he takes a shot at Fox, so I imagine many of you will enjoy this:
Anybody who’s ever seen one of my shows knows I love the ensembles; I love the peripheral characters. This is basically a TV series of “The Zeppo” [an episode of Buffy], which was a very deliberate deconstruction of a Buffy episode in order to star the person who mattered the least. The people who are ignored are the people I’ve been writing as my heroes from day one. With S.H.I.E.L.D., the idea of [Clark Gregg’s Agent Coulson] as the long-suffering bureaucrat who deals with Tony Stark’s insufferability is delightful and hits the core of something I’m also writing about all the time—the little guy versus the big faceless organization. Now, somebody might point out, “But isn’t S.H.I.E.L.D. a big faceless organization?” It absolutely is, and that’s something we’re going to deal with in the series. But what’s really interesting to me is there’s a world of super-heroes and superstars, they’re celebrities, and that’s a complicated world—particularly complicated for people who don’t have the superpowers, the disenfranchised. Now, obviously there’s going to be high jinks and hilarity and sex and gadgets and all the things that made people buy the comics. But that’s what the show really is about to me, and that’s what Clark Gregg embodies: the Everyman.
Is there anything from your previous TV experiences where you’re like, “Now I know this, therefore I’m doing it this way”?Well, don’t work for Fox. Cast for sanity. And the thing I brought to the other shows is the thing I still try to do: Have a different reason to tell a story every week and not just have a different story. This is the hardest thing, because S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t lend itself to the same level of absurdity; it’s a more straightforward show. I want these stories to connect to the people who are solving them. That won’t always be the case; sometimes it will be a cool story with character stuff that resonates, and that’s not bad, but I want more than that.
Person of Interest
Executive producer Greg Plageman explains why the third season isn’t exactly about the search for the Machine:
Don’t know if I’d call it the search for it so much as, “What is The Machine up to?” I’m not certain its physical location is of paramount importance, more so than, “What is the Machine evolving into? What sort of an organism is it becoming? And is it expanding beyond the parameters of what even Finch designed?”
Is it that Root will be in every episode, or that you wanted to guarantee Amy was available when you need her?More so the latter. What Root represents is a diverging point of view about The Machine’s potential, someone who is just as capable as Harold Finch but has a very different philosophical opinion about how they should be treating The Machine. We think that’s the most fun, when a villain really starts to make a lot of sense. Where we start this year, there’s a third entity that The Machine is now reaching out to, and that’s where it starts to get interesting, in term of its relationship with Root.
He also reveals two characters he hopes to explore further this year:
Two of the characters we would like to get a little bit more into this season are Detective Carter – what happened in her personal past, how she would up where she is. Also, we think [flashbacks are] a really good way to know a newer character like Shaw, so we think we’ve got a really fantastic Episode, 5, that deals with that. I think people are going to find that character dimensionalized in a way they hadn’t thought of.
Newly promoted series regular Sarah Shahi, late of Fairly Legal, discusses what’s ahead for her character Samantha Shaw this season:
“There’s just gonna be a lot more killing. Another interesting thing is we’re gonna go a bit deeper into the characters’ personal lives, and specifically with Shaw, we get to see why she is the way she is.”
Sleepy Hollow
Here’s a sneak peek and a promo for next week’s third episode, “For the Triumph of Evil…” [SpoilerTV]
And here’s the synopsis for the subsequent episode, “The Lesser Key of Solomon”:
Lt. Abbie Mills and Ichabod Crane search for Abbie's estranged sister, Jenny (guest star Lyndie Greenwood), who has escaped from a Sleepy Hollow psychiatric hospital. In a game-changing episode, which includes flashbacks to the real Boston Tea Party, Abbie and Ichabod discover more about the evil they are facing... and finally learn its name in the haunting, all-new "The Lesser Key of Solomon" episode of SLEEPY HOLLOW airing Monday, Oct. 7 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
Revolution
Creator Eric Kripke says the characters are no longer trying to turn the power back on in the second season:
No, we wanted to get off it. It was inevitable, because so many of the characters were such a ground zero of why the power went off in the first place. So we dove with both feet into that mythology, and we took it to its logical end… Their driving impulse is these new bad guys that we have in Season 2 called the Patriots, this insidious conspiracy of people who are draping themselves in the American flag, but they’re not America. They’re planting their tentacles in all sorts of different storylines, and our heroes have to realize what they’re up to and stop them. The character Randall in Season 1 was the first of them, but he was just a vanguard of a thousand more of them that are out from Cuba. It becomes a more interesting story of trying to uncover the mystery and conspiracy of what this dark force is up to.
He also describes some of the season’s new characters:
A few of them are from this Texas town called Willoughby, which is a Twilight Zone reference. Willoughby is Rachel’s hometown, and it’s where Miles brings her in the aftermath of her nervous breakdown. They take her to her father, Dr. Gene Porter, played by Stephen Collins (7th Heaven).
Aaron, who also settles in this town, finds himself a love interest, who’s played by Jessica Collins (Rubicon). She’s a really interesting character, because she’s intelligent and funny and also devoutly religious. There’s a lot of people who have a real, reasonable point of view on God, and we thought it was interesting to explore that — especially in this world, where they’ve returned, in so many ways, to a simpler time.
Then on Neville and Jason’s side, they do head back to the East Coast to try to find Neville’s wife, and it’s through their eyes that we really see the devastation and the chaos that the East Coast has descended into since they lost the cities of Atlanta and Philadelphia. They meet the character that Nicole Ari Parker (Soul Food) plays, which is really one of the first of these Patriots who we get to know, who oversees a refugee camp. Her name is Secretary Allenford. She starts, like all of the Patriots [do], with this very benign mask, but there’s something much darker beneath it.
Arrow
Costar David Ramsey offers this tease for the second season:
"Craziness, mayhem. We're taking it up a level. Season one ended with literally a bang and this is going to get even bigger. A lot of bad guys, Bronze Tiger, Black Canary, a lot of stuff is going to happen. All the bad guys in season one, if they were nine, this season they're 12." | {
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One of the top juniors in the state of New Jersey took a trip down to Piscataway on Saturday for Rutgers' Junior Day. Super junior Devin Fuller made a return trip to Rutgers, already holding an offer to the state university. | {
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit Wednesday to Rome brought parts of the center of the ancient city to a grinding halt, infuriating some locals but acting as another spectacle for tourists to absorb. Views about President Trump on the streets were decidedly mixed.
As Pope Francis welcomed President Trump to the Vatican for their first-ever face-to-face encounter, Eva, a devout Catholic from Boston visiting Rome and the Holy See, expressed relief that the meeting had even taken place.
“I think it was fabulous that the pope decided to meet with Trump,” she said.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church and Trump traded pointed exchanges last year during the U.S. presidential campaign, with Trump accusing the pope of allowing himself to be used as a political pawn by the Mexican government on the issue of migration.
The pope responded by questioning then-presidential candidate Trump’s Christian faith, saying his plan to build a wall on the border with Mexico had no basis in the Gospel.
Eva said she hoped the meeting gave the pair the opportunity to make peace.
“I hope they were reconciling with one another in respect to how they were quite adversarial in terms of what was said during the campaign — the pope saying certain things, and Trump saying many things. And I hope they reached some sort of meeting of the minds on several issues.”
The Vatican expressed similar sentiments in a statement issued after the meeting in which it said the encounter had been “cordial.” It went on to say it hoped there could be “serene collaboration” between the U.S. government and the American Catholic Church, including, it said pointedly, “assistance to immigrants.”
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pass a Swiss Guard as they arrive at the Vatican, May 24, 2017.
Trump received a tribute from the Swiss Guard in a Vatican courtyard when he arrived.
A Vatican protocol official was heard by reporters quipping to the president that it was not like Trump Tower in New York.
Pope Francis smiled at Trump when he greeted him and first lady Melania Trump, but some Vatican watchers say he was not as outwardly friendly as he can be with visiting dignitaries. The pope, however, joked with the couple as they left.
Pope Francis exchanges gifts with President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican, May 24, 2017.
Outside the Quirinale Palace, the Italian president’s official residence, where a small crowd mostly of tourists gathered to catch a glimpse of Trump in the distance down a closed avenue, 50-year-old Ragna, a Danish banker, said she did not really know why she was waiting.
“I really don’t know because we have never come near a president because we don’t like Trump,” she said. “I hope he will disappear soon.”
A young Canadian couple, expressing fears of terrorism in Europe in the wake of this week’s concert bombing in Manchester, England, was more welcoming of the U.S. leader. Twenty-two-year-old Samantha, a travel agent, gave her reason for wanting to see Trump.
“I have just been a huge fan of him. I think he, you know, is real and is unlike any other president we have had,” she said.
Pope Francis waves as he leaves at the end of his Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, May 24, 2017.
Her 19-year-old boyfriend, Daniel, who works for a Canadian airline, said he hoped Trump’s visit would help Europe become more stable.
“We hope he can bring some more stability because Europe has been quite unstable for the past year or so and even more than that. So we can hope he can bring more stability while also keeping things peaceful and not escalating things too much,” he said.
Nearby, a middle-aged British couple, sweating in the sweltering heat, said they only stopped because the road was closed. The husband declined to be interviewed, explaining gruffly he did not like politics. | {
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App purchases by Australian consumers on mobile and handheld devices
On 19 July 2013, CCAAC’s Inquiry Report on App purchases by Australian consumers on mobile and handheld devices was released.
It is evident that apps offer many benefits, including through their ability to increase the functionality of a user’s handheld device. However, CCAAC has also uncovered circumstances where consumers have experienced difficulties when purchasing, downloading and using apps. The prevalence and aggressiveness of in-app purchases for some apps has been a common cause for concern for consumer stakeholders.
CCAAC views this inquiry as only the start of the conversation. There is an ongoing need for industry, government and consumer stakeholders to continue to monitor consumer outcomes in this new market. It is hoped that CCAAC’s findings will help support further work in this regard. In particular, CCAAC has identified concerns relating to the refunds and complaints processes of some app stores and proposes a range of improvements that could be made. In addition, CCAAC considers that improvements could be made to the manner in which information is provided to consumers, including with regards to in-app purchases.
While CCAAC has not identified a need for additional industry-specific regulation, it acknowledges that regulatory options could play a role in improving outcomes for the community. It would be appropriate to consider whether there is a need to re-examine the issues in two years time. In this regard, CCAAC has written to industry stakeholders to encourage them to make some practical changes to their current practices and it is noted that some app stores have adjusted practices in advance of the release of this report.
On 5 November 2012, the Assistant Treasurer, the Hon David Bradbury MP, released the Terms of Reference.
Technology is evolving at a rapid pace opening new markets and creating new opportunities for consumers. Consequently, online markets associated with mobile and handheld devices are expanding. These markets allow consumers to purchase digital content (or applications, ‘apps’) such as music, movies, magazines, software programs and games. There are various options for downloading and using this content through the most popular ‘ecosystems’ and may also feature ongoing subscription-based and ad-hoc ‘in-app’ purchases beyond the initial free or paid download.
The Commonwealth Consumer Affairs Advisory Council (CCAAC) will conduct an inquiry into the experiences of Australian consumers with downloading apps, including free and paid apps, and making in-app purchases, on mobile phone and handheld devices.
Terms of reference
Under its terms of reference, CCAAC will examine the following matters as part of its inquiry:
the characteristics, features and trends of app markets in Australia;
consumer experiences when downloading and using such content, including when used by children;
adequacy of the information being disclosed to consumers about the costs associated when downloading and using this content before and after it is downloaded;
adequacy of existing measures to address any consumer concern, including the legal protections available to consumers, the adequacy of default settings to ensure consumers are making an active decision before incurring additional charges, the availability and ease of use of ‘opt out’ features, the adequacy of existing parental controls for app stores and how these controls are promoted to consumers, and any other industry initiatives; and
actions that can be taken by consumers, industry and governments to help improve consumer experiences when making in-app purchases, including international approaches. | {
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Student art featured at Dallas gallery
Cohn Drennan Contemporary, a Dallas art gallery owned and operated by ACU alumnus Cohn Drennan, is featuring an exhibition of ACU student work through June 22 in its Gallery A.
Asja Leznina, I Spy Pollution, 2012. acrylic on canvas, 36 x 60”
The exhibition, entitled SAID, is the second such exhibition to feature the work of university students. Gallery representatives say the goal is to advance the development of the next generation of artists and art professionals.
ACU student artists represented include Hortencia Flores, Asja Leznina, Paris PLR and SM Tracy. All are from ACU's Department of Art and Design.
"The Department of Art and Design is honored by the opportunity to showcase the work of our best fine arts students in this prestigious gallery," says ACU professor of art Robert Green. "I'm excited that this group of students rose to the challenge and put together a tight, strong body of paintings and sculptures."
Cohn Drennan Contemporary is located at 1107 Dragon Street in Dallas. For more information, visit the gallery’s website or call 214-708-8051.
Surviving Ebola
Dr. Kent Brantly ('03) and his wife, Amber (Carroll '06), shared their story of faith and hope during ACU's Homecoming. Here, Brantly speaks on Ebola, Liberia and loving our neighbors. | {
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Mike Thompson tries again on gun violence
Rep. Mike Thompson of St. Helena opened another push by House Democrats on Friday for legislation to reduce gun violence and target mental health services following the killings of six people in Isla Vista a week ago.
Thompson, an avid duck hunter, was tapped by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco to lead a gun violence task force after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December 2012. Republicans have blocked all gun control legislation, and attention is focused now on whether changes in the mental health system might help stop some would-be killers before they go on rampages.
Thompson rolled out the Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014 at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Friday. He said the bill would improve crisis intervention efforts, give law enforcement more tools “to enforce laws and keep guns away from those who shouldn’t have them,” and improve “the submission of mental health records into the criminal background check system.”
Thompson said no law can end gun violence, but “by taking these steps — and requiring background checks on all commercial gun sales — we can make our communities safer and prevent more shootings while respecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners.”
The bill would prohibit the purchase or possession of a firearm by anyone subject to involuntary outpatient commitment if a court finds they pose a threat to themselves or others. Current federal law has been interpreted to apply only to inpatient commitments.
The bill would increase funding for mental health crisis intervention and help states strengthen their own gun laws.
For example, Thompson said, states could allow police to petition for a warrant to temporarily take away someone’s guns when there is reason to think the person poses an imminent risk of harm to himself or others, or temporarily prohibit the purchase and possession of a gun after an involuntary hospitalization on an emergency basis due to serious mental illness.
The bill also would prohibit the purchase or possession of a firearm by anyone convicted of misdemeanor stalking. It also would expand the definition of intimate partners and expand the potential victims of misdemeanor domestic violence to include dating partners, children, grandparents, grandchildren and siblings. | {
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Consultation on Welsh Medium Expansion in Barry
Consultation on a proposal to increase the number of Welsh medium school places in Barry by increasing the capacity of Ysgol Gwaun Y Nant from 210 places to 420 places starting in 2015
The Vale of Glamorgan Council has a legal duty to meet parental demand for Welsh Medium education. There has been a significant increase in demand for Welsh medium places across the Vale since 2009 that led to the opening of two new Welsh medium schools in September 2011 in Llantwit Major and Barry.
The growth in demand has continued since 2011 across the Vale to the extent that in Barry there is an expected shortfall of reception places for September 2014. Welsh Medium primary education in Barry is currently provided at four schools: Ysgol St Curig, Ysgol St Baruc, Ysgol Nant Talwg and Ysgol Gwaun y Nant.
The Council proposes to increase the number of Welsh medium school places in Barry by increasing the capacity of Ysgol Gwaun Y Nant from 210 to 420 places starting in September 2015. There will be places for 60 children in each age group, in two classes: at the moment there are 30 places. The school will grow gradually with 60 places in the reception class each year. This proposal will manage the increased demand for Welsh medium education in Barry to enable the authority to deliver school places to meet the future needs of children in the area.
The growth in demand in Barry is expected to continue at the current rate for the foreseeable future with a shortfall of places expected for 2015 and beyond. The proposal will respond to the growth in the parental demand for Welsh medium education in Barry.
This consultation will run from the 18 November 2013 to 10 January 2014.
THIS CONSULTATION HAS NOW ENDED.
Consultation Report
The authority is grateful to everyone who took the time to consider our proposal and to those who let us know their views. All comments were considered by the Council's Cabinet on 24th February 2014.
Decision
On 28th April 2014, the Vale of Glamorgan Council's Cabinet approved the proposal for the expansion of Ysgol Gwaun y Nant in Barry subject to Welsh Government grant funding being awarded from the 21st Century Schools Programme. | {
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This paper deals with simulation studies on surface densification of PM gears by rolling process using finite element method. The PM gear is considered as a porous continuum and analysis is performed using constitutive relations based on Gurson model for porous materials. The influence of various parameters such as initial position of mating gears, braking torque applied, friction between mating surfaces and roll stock allowance on the process have been studied. The density obtained by the process is highly influenced by the braking torque applied. The results presented provide a better understanding of the PM gear rolling process. | {
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Praying it's our last "casted" day
Let's pray that today is the last day as a "casted Luke." The doctor is going to take some X-rays at 4:20p today. Drew and I have been praying that Luke's arm healed properly and we can get this cast off. If things go as we hope, I am sure we will head straight for the bathtub when we get home if his arm smells anything like the preview we get when we sniff really hard near his right fingers. Pew weee!
pic taken this morning with my phone
You take your arm for granted until you're unable to use it.
From Luke:
Top Ten Things I am going to do when my cast comes off..
Splash in the bathtub with both hands!
Wear my clothes normally
Play with my T-ball set (there's a story on this one. In one of my brilliant moments I decided this would be a great time to break out the T-ball set he got for his birthday. Poor little guy was trying to hit the ball off the Tee with one arm. :-( )
Play with my golf set
Finger paint and do some handprint crafts
Eat with both hands again
Straighten my arm out high to the sky
Tackle daddy without giving him a serious head injury (that cast hurts)
Hop into my car seat really easily.
And last, but certainly not least, give mommy and daddy a great big hug without whacking them hard in the head with my cast arm. I love hugs! | {
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Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: drama and mysteries of an old European University
Ukrainian historian and diplomat Dmytro Ishchenko on the dramatic history of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy on its formal birthday
These days, the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, one of the oldest educational institutions in Eastern Europe, marks its formal birthday. Many Ukrainians see the said establishment as a symbol of Ukraine's intellectual history and, to some extent, of her restored independence. The Academy's beginnings, however, are full of obscure episodes, violent conflicts, macabre incidents, and political intrigue.
Metropolitan Petro Mohyla (1596-1647), whose name bears the Academy. Mohyla, a member of the princely Romanian family, was one of the greatest leaders of the Orthodox Church. Portrait by an unknown painter, mid 17th century. (Source: Wikipedia).
The official story
The official biography of the Academy outlines the following events.
In October 1615, a noblewoman named Halshka Hulevychivna bequeathed her considerable land property in Kyiv along with the city mansion to the Kyivan Orthodox Brotherhood. That led to the foundation of the Epiphany Monastery, the hospital for the poor, and the school for the local children ‘of all estates'.
In 1632, Petro Mohyla, Kyiv's future Orthodox Metropolitan, initiated the merger of the Kyivan Brotherhood School with the school of the Pechersk Lavra – the monastery, at which he served as its archimandrite. The new creation was called the Kyivan Brotherhood College.
27 years later, in 1659, the parliament of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth agreed that the College was to receive the more prestigious and much higher status of Academy. The Tsars of Russia confirmed this title in 1694 and 1701.
In 1817, the Russian Holy Synod, the governmental agency that had replaced the Patriarchate of Moscow, closed the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and opened the Theological Seminary in its stead. Between 1819 and 1918, it was known as the Theological Academy of Kyiv.
In the whirlpool of the Revolution, this Academy was closed too, whereas its premises and facilities found the new owner – the Dnieper Military Flotilla of the newly established Bolshevik government. In 1967, the Soviet authorities created there yet another educational body – the Kyivan Naval Political College.
On August 24, 1992, in already independent Ukraine, the very same premises saw the triumphant opening of the ‘University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy'. It reclaimed the property of the Naval College as the legally acknowledged successor to the institution that functioned at the place in the 17th and the 18th centuries. Since its rebirth, this center of knowledge has been happily thriving despite the inevitable financial difficulties.
This is the short, respectable, and somewhat dry narrative. The details, on the other hand, are much more interesting. The scrupulous work of the Academy's historians (above all, of Professor Natalia Yakovenko, Dr. Tetyana Lyuta, Dr. Maksym Yaremenko, Dr. Kateryna Dysa and some of their other colleagues) brought to light various unknown pages of the old university's past.
Here are some of them.
Halshka's restored house, a part of her Kyivan estate granted to the Brotherhood. (Source: Wikipedia)
The questionable nature of Halshka's Donation
The present-day Academy praises Halshka Hulevychivna as the Alma Mater's founding mother. A generous and gentle lady, a member of a noble and influential Ruthenian family, a patron of learning and a protector of the East Orthodox culture – she was the perfect protagonist for the origin story. And yet, the chivalrous veneration of this dame appears to be just an elegant cover for the tangle of murky conspiracies.
First of all, the original document confirming the donation of Halshka's estate to the Kyivan Brotherhood is nowhere to be found. Its alleged copies, which were published only in the 19th century, contain a great number of anachronistic formulations. The attempts to explain this fact begot two distinct theories. According to one, the members of the Kyivan Brotherhood (or mysterious persons behind it) used some juridical trick to get their hands on Halshka's property. The other hypothesis revolves around the supposed scheming of Kyivan clergy in the 1760s. It is quite possible that the first suggestion is correct, but there are no documentary proves to back it at the moment. The second idea, by contrast, reflects real social and political tensions of the 18th century Ukraine and Russia.
The clergy vs. the Cossack nobility in the 18th century
In the middle of the 18th century, the Ukrainian polity known as the Hetmanate was a part of the Russian empire. That autonomous ‘state' had its official head, the flamboyant count Kyrylo Rozumovs'kyy, and its own aristocracy formed by the upper ranks of Ukrainian Cossacks. This social class aspired for the education that would grant its members a proper place in the then political hierarchies. With the said ambition in mind, the Hetman and his nobility petitioned Catherine II, the Empress and Autocrat of All Russia, to transform the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy into a secular university modeled after the best universities of Europe. The Orthodox clergy that controlled the Academy and its curriculum opposed this aristocratic initiative as strongly as it could.
By the end of the 1750s, both parties came up with particular arguments. The nobles claimed that the Academy had been founded by Hetman Petro Sahaydachnyy – the military and purely secular Cossack leader of the early 17th century. In return, the monks referred to the Metropolitan Petro Mohyla and his role in the establishment of the Brotherhood College. As some researches believe, it was during that debate when the cunning clerics concocted the story of Halshka's magnanimous endowment to the Kyivan Brotherhood and the future monastic house. This reasoning was supposed to ‘prove' that the Epiphany Monastery and the clergy had all the rights to captain the Academy, because Halshka (according to the myth of her generosity) donated the property she had owned in the city specifically to the Orthodox Church of Kyiv.
In 1764, Catherine II transformed the Hetmanate into the Governorate of Rus Minor, but, despite the abolishment of their political autonomy, the Cossack grandees and their successors persistently tried to implement the educational project of Hetman Rozumovs'kyy. Nevertheless, at least in the case of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, they lost to their clerical rivals. The victory of the latter became quite obvious, when Emperor Alexander I of Russia substituted the Academy with the Theological Seminary.
The affair of Hetman Sahaydachnyy: hard times, hard lines
The Hetmanate nobles of the 18th century had a well-argued case, when they mentioned Petro Konashevych-Sahaydachnyy as the founder of the Academy.
In 1620, he and ‘the entire Zaporozhian Host' joined the Kyivan Orthodox Brotherhood, or, according to some sources, registered as the students of the Brotherhood School. This intricate move meant military and almost gangster-like protection, which was something that the Ukrainian establishments devoted to the East Orthodox religion desperately needed.
Petro Konashevych-Sahaydachnyy (1582-1622), Hetman of Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossacks between 1616 and 1622. Woodcut in the book of poems, written by Cassian Sakowicz, rector of the Kyivan Brotherhood School, written on the occasion of the death of Sahaydachnyy, 1622. (Source: Wikipedia)
The lands of Ukraine constituted the large part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – the political entity, which had chosen Catholicism as its official religion. While many noble clans of Ruthenian descent turned to this faith to strengthen their social position, Kyiv found itself under the increasingly growing pressure of the Catholic factions. The patronage of Sahaydachnyy was more than timely.
Like Halshka Hulevychivna, the Hetman was a member of the old nobility loyal to the Orthodox Church. Moreover, since 1618, he participated in the magnificent (although unsuccesful) talks concerning the creation of the Anti-Turkish Christian League, or, as it is called in some documents, the Christian Militia. The initiators of this format included Charles de Gonzaga, Duke de Mantua de Montferrat de Rethel and de Nevers. As a friend of the named prince and other scions of European aristocratic houses, Sahaydachnyy was a serious ‘international' asset to the future Academy.
Since the third quarter of the 17th century, the Academy's alumni often found employment at the monarchical court of Russia. The brightest of them all was Theophan Prokopovych, Ukrainian theologian, writer, poet, philosopher, and mathematician. In 1711-1716, he served as the rector of the Kyiv-Mohyla Kiev Academy and the abbot of the Epiphany Monastery. Summoned by Peter I to St. Petersburg, Prokopovych became the architect of the Tsar's policy to reform the Russian Orthodox Church and was among those who laid the foundation for the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
Finally, he designed the new splendorous title for his boss, who, instead of just ‘Tsar Pyotr', was to be called Peter the Great, the Emperor of All Russia and Father of his peoples. Prokopovych supplemented this invention with detailed ‘historical' arguments and explanations concerning the rights of Russian rulers to hold imperial status and to rule various lands far beyond the borders of the then Tsardom of Russia.
The students' irredeemably bad reputation (the 17th and the 18th centuries)
Those who studied at the Academy came from different social backgrounds. The largest group of students was of the Cossack stock – the sons of common Cossacks, the middle-rank officials, and the Hetmanate aristocracy. However, the heroic charisma of the Cossackdom did not help the Academy's wards to win the popularity among Kyivan dwellers. The latter saw the former as haughty, supercilious, and unpleasantly cocky. Besides, there's always a problem, when a horde of wild youths is lurking around the place, in which the right minded artisans or traders are diligently working leaving their wives and daughters unsupervised. A young rascal chased by angry husbands or fathers was an ordinary phenomenon in the streets surrounding the former residence of Halshka Hulevychivna. This ‘pestilence' was known to many European cities and towns doomed to host a university or a college.
Another reason for extremely bad reputation was found in the fact that many students of the Academy were prosecuted for signing the ‘deal with the devil'. Numerous Kyivan counterparts of Doctor Faust were repeatedly caught while performing the ‘dark rituals', and that was not a good thing for the institution's standing in the local community. Until the early 19th century, the communication between the Kyivans and the students had a very good chance to take a form of a scuffle with many participants.
The famous writer Mykola (Nicolay in Russian) Gogol was inspired by the stories about the interaction between the students of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and the satanic forces. This inspiration is reflected by the horror novella ‘Viy' (1835). Gogol's portrait of 1841. (Source: Wikipedia)
The unremembered period
The history of the Theological Academy of 1819-1918 seems a little uneventful. Nevertheless, it is often regarded as a part of the university's history.
At the same time, the Kyivan Naval Political College is rarely mentioned. Of course, the Soviet epoch is not always an easy matter for a discussion, but other historical periods are hardly easier. We cannot pretend that a number of decades simply did not happen.
As for the mentioned peculiar and rather interesting establishment, its task was to prepare the so-called political commissars for the Soviet Military Navy. Its students, the dashing cadets with romantic pre-Revolutionary notions of ‘officer's honor' and ‘hussar gallantry', irresistibly attracted the young members of Kyiv's feminine population. There were good moments too and they deserve to be remembered.
The graduation of the cadets of Kyivan Naval Political College (1980s). The photograph has the inscription: ‘Kyiv cried when we were leaving'. (Source: www.morpolit-old.narod.ru)
The graduation of the cadets of Kyivan Naval Political College (1980s). (Source: www.morpolit-old.narod.ru)
The present-day Academy
The National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy claimed an old and very bright legacy. Its story is thus intertwined with the past of early modern empires, kingdoms, principalities, and the political entities of later time. Monarchs, European aristocrats, religious leaders, military commanders, artists, philosophers, writers and other worthy individuals made their appearances in the historical spectacle, in which the Academy professes for itself a noticeable role. One may only hope that the today's heir to Petro Mohyla's center of learning will live up to its own ambition. | {
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Through another weekend, divers, boats and dogs continued the long search for the remains of Larry Sack.
Sack is thought to have fallen in the supply canal above the Sutherland Reservoir while fishing during Labor Day weekend. His family members reported him missing Monday, and his pickup and fishing gear were found on the canal bank about six miles from the reservoir inlet. Divers began looking for him on Tuesday, Sept. 4 and the search has continued every day since then.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14-16, were more days of disappointment for searchers and Sack’s family, Lincoln County Chief Deputy Sheriff Rollie Kramer said late Sunday afternoon.
Searchers got a shot of home Thursday when part of a leg turned up on the lake. There were no more meaninful indications Friday, but Kramer said on Saturday, a dog alerted from a boat on the lake, indicating remains nearby. But divers went down followed by jet skis pulling drags through the water, without success.
“We started this morning around 10 a.m. and looked until mid-afternoon," Kramer said. "Yesterday we looked until dark.”
The remains will be sent to a lab Monday for a DNA match, Kramer said.
He said searchers would like to rest and reassess for Monday. Private citizens have said they will keep looking.
Kramer said the divers from Sutherland, Paxton and Ogallala have worked hard.
“They get paid nothing,” he said. “They have been here every time we ask, and they have done everything we can think of.”
Kramer also expressed gratitude to a Lincoln County woman who has donated a bloodhound to the search.
When searchers found Sack's pickup on Sept. 4, they said the line of his fishing pole was in the water and his gear set out on the bank.
A dive team arrived that afternoon and slowly began searching the swift flowing, 15-foot-deep canal. Dogs, airplanes and horseback riders searched the surrounding area. For the last week, the attention of searchers has focused on the lake. | {
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The Six Million Dollar Man – The Complete Collection DVD Review: Oscar Goldman can't make this set any better
Currently only available through their website until October 2011, Time Life presents The Six Million Dollar Man – The Complete Collection, marking its debut on DVD. The series mixed action and sci fi into a fun, family mix, yet this massive 40-disc set is most likely to appeal to the Gen Xers who grew up with it. This review will focus on Season One and the set of Exclusive Bonus Features that were made available.
Based on Martin Caidin's novel Cyborg, The Six Million Dollar Man started as a series of three 90-minute TV movies in 1973 before being picked up as a series. The first TV movie presents his origin as astronaut Steve Austin (Lee Majors), who is severely injured and rebuilt by a government agency. But don't look for Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) of OSI. Instead it is Oliver Spencer (Darren McGavin) from OSO who talks Dr. Rudy Wells (Martin Balsam, the first to play him) into installing the bionics into Steve's arm, legs, and eye. This TV movie has very slow pacing and is a bit silly dramatically as Steve comes to grips. It might make you want to fast forward to the action when he gets sent to the Middle East on a mission. Speaking of fast forward, it's funny to see Steve running in fast motion to convey speed rather than the signature slow motion.
Glen A. Larson takes over as executive producer on the next two TV movies. A brief opening montage shows Oscar Goldman taking the place of Oliver Spencer, and Alan Oppenheimer now plays Dr. Rudy Wells. In these TV movies, Steve comes off like James Bond as he deals with Soviets and a kidnapping plot involving gold. There's a lot of action right and plenty of attractive women. Guest stars in these movies include Britt Ekland, Earl Holliman, David McCallum, John Vernon, and Elizabeth Ashley.
Harve Bennett took over as executive producer for the 13-episode first season, which began in 1974. The standout episodes include "Day of the Robot" with John Saxon and a robot impersonator created by Dr. Chester Dolenz (Henry Jones). This robot became the basis for the Maskatron toy. Dr. Dolenz returns in "Run, Steve, Run." "The Rescue of Athena One" features his wife Farrah Fawcett Majors as Major Kelly Wood. William Shatner hams it up while playing a friend of Steve's who has been endowed with some mental powers after a space mission in "Burning Bright."
Season One comes with a disc of Bonus Features comprised of newly created interviews with the cast, crew, and fans. "Real Bionics" (12 min.) explores how the science fiction of the show is influencing the modern world. "An Iconic Opening (19 min.) covers the opening title sequence that TV watcher are familiar with. "Season 1 VIPS: A Celebration of The Six Million Dollar Man Guest Stars" (12 min.) looks at the familiar TV actors who appeared in the season such as Jo Anne Worley Kevin Tighe, William Shatner, George Takei, and Noah Beery Jr. Interactive Bonus feature: "Bionic Breakdown" reveals the different aspects of Steve Austin's bionic abilities through clips of him in action. Lastly, "OSI Mission Debriefing: Executive Producer – Harve Bennett" is an interesting 75-minute interview about the series.
The Exclusive Bones Features comes on a five-DVD set. The three TV movie reunions find Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) joining Steve: Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987), Bionic Showdown: the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989), Bionic Ever After (1994). The graphics and theme songs have been updated and Dr. Rudy Wells is played by Martin E. Brooks, who took over the role in the third season. Steve's son from a previous relationship ends up getting an advanced set of bionics in "Return." Sandra Bullock plays Kate, a handicapped young woman who gets bionics in "Showdown." The final TV movie finds the bionic duo getting married after one last adventure. All three reunions are so corny they are barely watchable. Not a great way for the characters to go out. Also included are the first three TV movies edited into two-part episodes for syndication.
That leaves two discs chock full of extras. "TV Goes Bionic: The Origins of The Six Million Dollar Man" (11 min.) looks at Cyborg writer Martin Caidin, actor Lee Majors, and reveals Steve Bocho was a ghost writer. "The Bionic Age of TV: The Success of The Six Million Dollar Man" (25 min.) is explored as well as the creation of the Bionic Woman, who the writers killed off, but were forced to bring back. "Top Secret: The OSI, NASA and Bionics" (11 min.) covers what the government may be working on. "The Reunion Movies: Life After the Series" (24 min.) is self explanatory as is the "Meet the Cast – Getting to Know" section with segments comprised of "Lee Majors & Steve Austin" (12 min.), "Lindsay Wagner & Jaime Sommers" (15 min), "Richard Anderson & Oscar Goldman" (19 min.), and "Dr. Rudy Wells" (13 min.).
And there's more. Disc Five has featurettes about "The Pop Culture Effect" (13 min.) and the "Bionic Action…Figures!!!" (21 min.). The latter shows all the licensed products and the grown men who know way too much about them. "The Stunts of the Bionic Age" (30 min.) shines a spotlight on the series' unsung heroes. It's amazing to hear the injuries stunt coordinator Vince Deadrick Sr. gladly suffered over the years. His near-death experience after a stunt went wrong is stunning. The Bonus Features conclude with "OSI Mission Debriefing: Lee Majors" in an 85-minute interview, some of which has been repurposed in the other extras.
The Six Million Dollar Man – The Complete Collection is a definitive set that will provide plenty of hours of entertainment. Other than Lee Majors delivering it to your house or having bionics installed into your body, I can't imagine there's anything more to ask for.
Video: The Six Million Dollar Man – The Complete CollectionHere's a fun montage of Steve Austin in action:
By Gordon S. Miller
About the author
Gordon S. Miller is the artist formerly known as El Bicho, the nom de plume he used when he first began reviewing movies online for The Masked Movie Snobs in 2003. Before the year was out, he became that site's publisher. Over the years, he has also contributed to a number of other sites as a writer and editor, such as Blogcritics, FilmRadar, and High Def Digest. He became the Editor-in-Chief of Cinema Sentries upon its inception in 2011.
Thanks, boss. Seasons 2 through 5 had either 21 or 22 episodes. Time Life did the same thing with Get Smart. Sold online, then stores, then broke off individual seasons. I really need to see the Bigfoot episodes | {
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